die like the dodo

At six o'clock in the evening, Pei Zian arrived at the restaurant and met the female colleague introduced by Yang Peng's wife. She was a quiet and gentle woman with a poetic appearance and temperament.

She introduced herself as Yu Wanqiu, a Chinese teacher in a key high school.Pei Zian felt that it was true, and praised her for being as gentle as her name, and as gentle as autumn.

The two chatted while eating, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. Yu Wanqiu was very interested in Pei Zian's work, and asked him many questions with great interest.

Pei Zian was happy to chat with people about these things, so he chatted with Yu Wanqiu in a leisurely manner, and the two also agreed to take Yu Wanqiu to visit the latest exhibition of the Provincial Museum on weekends.It is the signature dish of this well-known restaurant, but it was left out because the customers chatted speculatively.

After dinner, the two went for a walk in the riverside park not far away.At night in early autumn, the weather is always bright and pleasant, and a few stars can be seen in the night sky, dotted among the leaves of sycamore trees, bright and far away.

Strange men and women are always a little embarrassed when they are alone for the first time, but probably because of the intoxicating night breeze tonight, or because of Pei Zi'an's elegant demeanor that made Yu Wanqiu feel good, she couldn't help but relax and said: " I thought that those who do cultural relic restoration work might not be willing to talk. I thought I would take the initiative to be thick-skinned today, but I didn’t expect Teacher Pei to be quite talkative.” After Yu Wanqiu finished speaking, she realized that this seemed like Somewhat offended, he plucked the hair behind his ears embarrassingly.

Pei Zian didn't take it seriously: "I wasn't very talkative in the first place."

Yu Wanqiu laughed when she heard that, and there was some joy in what she said: "Then can I think that Teacher Pei thinks I'm not bad?"

Pei Zian paused, and before he knew it, the two of them had already reached the riverside. The damp and cold water vapor made him tremble. When he saw Yu Wanqiu's half-bowed head and smiling, he felt a chill in his heart, as if he had suddenly woken up. come over.He has never been a person who takes the initiative to show courteousness, why he took the initiative tonight, some of it is because of his good feelings for Wan Qiu, and some of it is because he wants to take the opportunity to forget Lu Boyuan, he knows it well.

However, when Yu Wanqiu expressed his intention to take a step closer, Pei Zian hesitated again.How is this kind of sincerity towards others different from Lu Boyuan's behavior of leaving him happily?Pei Zian was stunned at his selfishness and meanness, and did not answer for a long time.

Yu Wanqiu pinches the little flower on the skirt, she is not a fool, the other party's hesitation means something self-evident.It's not that she must be a gentleman just because of today's one, but she feels a little regretful in her heart. Pei Zi'an is elegant in appearance and well-mannered in his speech. When he was introduced by a colleague, he also said that he had always refused to go on a blind date, but this time he agreed. She thought it would be possible. There is hope, now that I think about it, maybe there is someone in my heart...

For the rest of the journey, the two of them didn't speak much, instead, Yu Wanqiu said goodbye first, and Pei Zian offered to see her off, but was also politely declined.

When getting into the taxi, Yu Wanqiu suddenly rolled down the window and said to Pei Zian: "Let's make a friend today, the exhibition on the weekend still counts, I have wanted to see that exhibition for a long time!"

"Okay." Pei Zian didn't even realize it, and he was relieved because of Yu Wanqiu's words.He watched the taxi gradually go away in the shadow of the swaying trees, and for some reason he remembered the plane that carried Lu Boyuan away five years ago, and it also slowly disappeared at the end of his vision.

Everyone knows the principle of stopping losses in time, except that he will always stay in place and cling to the old things, and in the end he can only go to perish like a dodo bird...

I don't know what Yu Wanqiu said after going back, but Pei Zian directly told Yang Peng that it was useless.Yang Peng's career as a matchmaker has suffered a blow. These days, Pei Zian's nose is not his nose, his eyes are not his eyes.Yang Peng sat on the big bench in the ceramics group all afternoon, looking at Xiaoyue and Pei Zian with probing eyes for a while.

Xiaoyue came nervously and asked him if Teacher Yang had any opinion on her.Pei Zian knew the reason, and Yang Peng guessed that Yuelao was unyielding, thinking that he and Xiaoyue had some affair, but it was not easy to tell Xiaoyue about these things, so he could only talk to Yang Peng.

As soon as Pei Zian sat down, Yang Peng came up to him and asked, "Didn't you really like Xiaoyue to reject him?"

He shook his head helplessly: "It's really not..."

"Then why did the girl say that you have someone in your heart? Who else could it be if it wasn't Xiaoyue?" Yang Peng muttered, obviously not believing it. He wanted to ask again, but Tang Lizi cocked his tail and landed on the feet of the two of them. Side stretched a lazy waist.

Pei Zian didn't say a word, he pinched the cat's neck, his eyes were lowered, and there was no expression.Yang Peng saw that he was not interested in oil and salt, so he didn't speak anymore. After all, it was out of good intentions to introduce someone to Pei Zian. If he really didn't want to, he couldn't force it.

But before he left, he still didn't give up. He opened the door and said, "Miss Ren said that I have an appointment with you to see the exhibition in the afternoon, so you must go!"

Yang Peng spoke in a loud voice. As soon as he left, the colleagues who were working quietly around turned their heads and showed gossiping expressions. Xiaoyue, the little girl, couldn't help but quietly came up to Pei Zian and asked, "Master, what did Teacher Yang say?" Is it true? I want to have a mistress?"

Pei Zian stopped what he was doing, and hit Xiaoyue's head with the holder of the Xiaoping pen that was being glazed: "It's just that my friend asked me to show her the exhibition, what nonsense."

Xiaoyue hugged her head and let out a long "oh", but felt like there was no 300 taels of silver here.

Pei Zian shook his head helplessly, and didn't bother to explain. This kind of thing has always been more confusing the more he explains.

Although he and Yu Wanqiu should have talked, Yang Peng's meaning behind the words made him wonder if Yu Wanqiu still cared about him, so he asked him to see the exhibition together.But as soon as the person arrived, Pei Zian knew that he was worrying too much. Yu Wanqiu didn't even put on makeup this time. The image they met was very different, which made Pei Zian take a few extra glances curiously.

Yu Wanqiu sensed his gaze, pointed to the glasses and explained: "Last time I didn't wear glasses for the sake of looking good, but this time I came to the exhibition, I don't think Huang Gongwang's paintings are enough with a pair of glasses!"

Pei Zian was also laughed at by her, and led her to the showroom.Yu Wanqiu really likes calligraphy and painting, and she also studied Chinese painting when she was studying. Although Pei Zian is specialized in ceramics, he has also studied Chinese art history, so they can probably chat a little.In all fairness Yu Wanqiu is really a nice girl, if he hadn't been unable to let go of Lu Boyuan, maybe the two of them would have developed something.

This thought only slipped through Pei Zian's mind for a moment, and he couldn't help but smile wryly at his obsession. When he turned his head the next second, he happened to meet the man at the door of the exhibition hall.

I don't know if there are really so many coincidences in life. The moment Pei Zian saw Lu Boyuan, what he thought in his mind was that if it was true, then most of the coincidences in his life must be tied to Lu Boyuan.

"What a coincidence." Lu Boyuan spoke first. He was wearing a white sports sweater today, and a baseball cap on his head. The braid at the end of his hair was stuck in the cap buckle, making him look much smaller.

Pei Zian nodded awkwardly at him, he didn't expect to meet Lu Boyuan here.Lu Boyuan held a SLR camera in his hand, and Pei Zian thought that the other party was shooting a provincial documentary, maybe he came here to find material.

It's just too unfortunate today...

Lu Boyuan tilted his head and noticed Yu Wanqiu beside him, his eyes swept across Pei Zian's face lightly, as if thinking of something, he smiled at Wanqiu again.Pei Zian's palms began to sweat because of Lu Boyuan's soft and elusive eyes, and he unconsciously clenched the hem of his pants, feeling a little guilty for no reason...

"This is my friend, Mr. Yu, I'll accompany her to see the exhibition!" Pei Zian felt a stagnant turbidity rising in his throat, which made it difficult for him to breathe for a while, but when he opened his mouth, the explanation was stronger than that. Run out first.By the time he realized what he had said, the words had already escaped his lips.He eagerly explained a problem that Lu Boyuan didn't care about, he was like a fool.

Yu Wanqiu sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and awkwardly smoothed things over: "Since we are Teacher Pei's friend, why don't we go together?"

Lu Boyuan seemed to be in a daze, he was stunned when he heard this, looked at Pei Zian who had kept his head down, and said softly, "Okay."

Then he turned his head and said to Wan Qiu: "But I have a friend who hasn't arrived yet, don't you mind waiting for him?"

Yu Wanqiu didn't mind, but Pei Zian murmured in her heart, friend... what kind of friend?