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When I got off work, it was overcast and raining lightly.

Xu Le lives a little far away from the company. He has to squeeze three subway stops and then take a bus for half an hour to get home.After getting out of the car, he went to the supermarket in the neighborhood to buy ingredients for dinner.Usually it's almost eight o'clock when I get home, and sometimes I eat out after working overtime.

When I got home, I cooked something simple, turned on the TV, and ate while watching.After eating and tidying up, I take a shower, then surf the Internet, and go to bed after twelve o'clock.Get up at seven in the morning, wash up and go out, buy breakfast on the way to work and go back to the company to eat.This simple and regular to boring life has been maintained for almost three years.

Xu Le joined this company as soon as he graduated from university, and most of those who joined in the same period had already quit, but he didn't think about it.His salary is not too much or too little for this city, but it is enough to support himself.Xu Le does not pursue famous brands, and focuses on simple and comfortable daily wear.After excluding basic living expenses and honoring his parents every month, he invests the rest of the money, and after a few years, he has gained a little.

The finance department he works in is usually not too busy, but it is full of yin and yang. Except for the department manager and an older male colleague, most of the others are married women.Colleagues usually like to gossip about entertainment and gossip at home, and most of the time Xu Le can't talk to each other, but since he took the initiative to take over the physical work such as changing the water in the office, Xu Le's popularity in the company is not bad. Not bad.Although sometimes I struggled with their kindness to introduce blind dates, on the whole life was passable.

When it was time to get off work on Friday, everyone was not in the mood for work, and they were chatting enthusiastically about their weekend arrangements. Xu Le did not participate in the discussion.During the holidays, he mostly stays at home by himself, and occasionally asks friends out for dinner.The place he rents alone is about an hour's drive away from home, which is not too far away, but he usually only goes back once a month.It's not that he's not filial enough, it's just that he doesn't want to embarrass his father.Xu Le refused the blind date arranged by the family two years ago and came out of the closet, and then moved out of the family. His father only tacitly allowed him to enter the house again about half a year ago.

When at home, Xu Le and his father Xu Cheng generally have nothing to say, only his mother Wang Dan talks.After they retired, they walked around a lot with their neighbors. When Xu Le returned home, what Xu Le heard the most was the trivial things between the neighbors.

As usual, after having dinner at his parents' house and sitting with them for a while, Xu Le went downstairs and went back.

Just walking downstairs, I ran into Huang Ying who had just come back.She lived on the fourth floor, two years younger than Xu Le, and worked in a large company after graduating from university.Growing up together, both parents thought about making them a couple.After Xu Le moved away, the two didn't see each other very often, but every time they met, they would chat for a while.

"Come back from a date? The car just now was very nice." Xu Le greeted Huang Ying with a smile. After not seeing her for a while, she became more and more good at dressing up.

"Where is it?" Huang Ying sighed, "I just saw the client, and my colleague sent me back."

"It's so hard to work overtime on weekends?"

"These days the customer is God, they don't care if it's a weekend or not."

Seeing her resentment, Xu Le couldn't help laughing.

Huang Ying glanced at him dissatisfied: "You're still laughing! Why don't you have any sympathy?"

Xu Le still smiled, "Girls these days don't need sympathy."

Huang Ying slapped him as a gesture.

"Okay, let's go home and rest." Seeing her tired face, Xu Le stopped making trouble with her.

"I'm really tired today, let's talk next time."

Xu Le watched Huang Ying go upstairs before heading to the bus stop. It was almost winter, and the night wind was blowing a bit cold, so she couldn't help but gather up her collar.

After getting in the car, I found a seat by the window and sat quietly watching the flying scenery outside the car.

There are only a few people in the car, and there are thousands of lights outside the window.