knowing advisor

When leaving the arena, knowing that he was sitting in the innermost place, he waited until almost everyone had gone out before going out.

And the consultant, because of his inconvenient legs, stayed until the end.

The two came out of their seats almost at the same time.

Mingzhi smiled at the consultant: "What a coincidence."

The consultant looked into his eyes, and after two or three seconds, nodded slightly.

"What a coincidence."

Then, the two walked out side by side.

When I walked to the main entrance of the church, knowing that I took a step first, I found that the steps were a bit high, so I took the initiative to extend my hands to the consultant.

"The steps are high, be careful."

He held the consultant's upper arm with his right hand, and at the same time, the consultant grabbed his left hand.

It's not strong, but it's a solid grip.

At that moment, Mingzhi thought to himself, these hands were exactly the same as in his memory.

There are three or four steps, and when you reach the flat ground, the consultant will let go of it.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

***

The banquet was scheduled for the evening, in a lawn-covered open-air venue with a view of the coastline in the distance.

On the way to the hotel, I noticed that the consultant seemed to be unfamiliar with everyone except for a few words with Lin Zi.

For this reason, knowingly asked him seriously, besides Lin Zi, did he have any other acquaintances present.

At that time, the consultant looked at him sideways, with an expression on his face as if he had heard a very interesting question, and raised his lips: "Yes."

Knowing who was asking, he answered quickly.

"Knowingly."

Knowing that he heard the answer, he didn't know what to say for a while, so he smiled at him again.

He was always smiling when he was with the consultants.

Before the banquet started, considering that the consultant specially flew a long international flight across the Atlantic Ocean just to attend a wedding where he only knew the groom, he chose to sit with him knowingly and kindly.

When sitting with the consultant, he knew that he calmly accepted the baptism of eyes from curious audiences around him.At the same time, he secretly thanked himself for turning off the message notification prompt in the classmate group in advance.

Because, it's too lively.

The banquet has not yet started, and there are some snacks on the table.

The consultant didn't seem to have much appetite, and just drank a small half glass of water.

Knowing that I hadn't eaten anything all day, just in time to be hungry, I found that there were freshly fried French fries on the table. I couldn't help but eat it slowly with a small fork.

Everyone has three or two weird and incomprehensible hobbies, knowing that nature is no exception.

He likes french fries, french fries without ketchup.

For this reason, Chen Jin has been heartbroken countless times, reprimanding him for ruthlessly breaking up the soul mate of French fries and ketchup.

Eating and eating, Mingzhi suddenly felt the eyes of someone beside him silently following him.So, he quietly moved back the ketchup box that he had pushed away, silently dipped the French fries on the fork into it, and put it into his mouth in one bite.

He took only one mouthful and put down his fork.

Turning around, he found that the consultant was propping his chin with one hand and looking at him with his mouth pursed.

"You taste so delicious that people think that French fries are the most delicious thing in the world."

Mingzhi wiped the corners of his mouth with a paper towel, bent his eyes at him, and answered with a lack of confidence: "Yes, it's quite delicious."

"is it?"

After speaking, the consultant suddenly reached out, picked up a fork and ordered a piece of French fries, staggered the ketchup perfectly, took a bite, and nodded.

"It seems to be quite delicious."

Mingzhi lowered her head, not daring to look into his eyes again.

***

As soon as the banquet was over, the consultant's phone screen lit up.

"I'm leaving."

Knowing that there was some surprise: "Going back to the hotel?"

The consultant shook his head: "Los Angeles."

As he spoke, he paused for a while and added: "Work."

Hearing this, Mingzhi seemed a little dazed.

What kind of friendship must be worth flying from the West Coast of the United States to the West Coast of Europe alone, and then rushing back to work overnight.

Knowing that he always wandered unconsciously, until he felt a warmth on his shoulder, he turned around and found that the consultant's hand was flat on his shoulder.

"Send me?"

At this point, the consultant had already put on his suit jacket.

"Well," knowing that the nodding was a bit stuck, he agreed again, "Okay."

As soon as the words fell, I knew that there seemed to be a little more smile in the consultant's eyes.

"Wait for me at the door, I'll go say hello to Lin Zi."

Knowing that there is nothing else to do except nodding and "um".

He stood at the main entrance staring at the road for a while before the consultant came out.

"Anyone pick you up?"

Knowing that he asked the question almost as soon as he saw him, it felt as if this question had been passed through his mind many times.

The consultant paused for a rare second before replying, "I asked the driver to wait for me at the intersection."

"what……"

The consultant didn't answer, and looked at Mingzhi intriguingly, wondering why it was "ah" instead of "oh".

But knowing that he didn't notice the subtle change in his eyes, because at this moment his attention was all on the next uneven stone slope.

Mingzhi felt for the first time that this small city built on top of a hill was not friendly to everyone, at least for people on crutches.

"Let's go."

After finishing speaking, Mingzhi took the consultant by the arm like he was at the door of a church, and led him slowly down the road.

The consultant looked at this young man who was eager to help others, and felt an indescribable amused feeling in his heart, but he really didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm, so he had no choice but to say nothing, and firmly grasped his left hand, which was specially vacated for him, and followed him. All the way downhill slowly.

When there were two small slopes away from the intersection, the dark street suddenly lit up.

There were four or five cars quietly following behind Mingzhi and the consultant, advancing extremely slowly.

Because this street is only one car wide, if there are two pedestrians standing on the road, the car will not be able to pass.But the drivers did not honk their horns or roll down their windows to urge them, but kept following them.

Knowing that he found out, he hurriedly pulled the consultant to the side to stop, nodded to the driver, and waved his hand to let them go first.

The narrow street darkens again as the cars behind pass.

Concerned about the feelings of passing cars, knowingly let go of the consultant, explained to him in a good temper, saying that the road is narrow and there are many cars, they should not occupy the road, asked him if he could walk slowly against the wall, and reiterated to him I didn't feel tired holding him.

In this regard, the consultant had no choice but to imitate his tone last time, nodded and said yes.

At this time, Mingzhi was originally standing behind him.Seeing him walking down, he immediately strode in front of him.

The advisor stopped and looked at him with interest, as if waiting for his answer.

Knowing that he gestured to him a little bit childishly, he explained: "I'll go ahead, so that if you fall, I can still catch you."

The consultant didn't want Mingzhi to find out that he was smiling, so he gently turned his face back with his hand, reminding him: "Watch the road."

Ever since, the two walked along the slope, one behind the other, against the wall.

It's like two idiots who forgot to bring an umbrella on a rainy day and had to cover their heads with their schoolbags, walking slowly next to the eaves.

Tall palm trees are planted on both sides of the intersection. Under the old street lamps, the shadows of people and trees overlap.

The car was parked on the side of the road, like the surrounding ancient buildings, silent and self-conscious.

Mingzhi raised her face and said to the consultant standing in front of her, "Then I'll take you here, happy flight."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand slightly to the consultant. After waving, he felt that this gesture was a bit silly, and silently hid it behind his back.

However, the consultant didn't seem to care much about this, he just stood quietly in front of Mingzhi, neither speaking nor leaving.

After half a minute passed, Mingzhi had no choice but to ask him: "What's wrong?"

"Knowingly."

The advisor suddenly called him.

Mingzhi: "What's the matter?"

"Are you so friendly to everyone?"

The advisor's tone was more serious than before, and Mingzhi felt that if he answered this question without careful consideration, it would be a very disrespectful thing for him.

So, with his incomplete and objective memory of these three days, as well as his thoughts on the definition of "friendliness" proposed by the consultant, he fell into silence.

Just like that, another half a minute passed, and the answer was given knowingly.

"It seems that it is not."

Through the street lamps surviving in the shadows of the trees, he seemed to see the consultant standing under the palm tree asking him questions, and the consultant who stood at the door of the classroom and greeted him when he was in middle school, silently overlapped.

"In that case, can we exchange contact information?"

As soon as the words fell, a gust of wind suddenly rose around.

At the same time, knowingly smelled the cold water-like, clear and steady breath of the consultant again.

***

After a busy and fulfilling day, Lin Zi lay comfortably on his side on the bed, watching his dear new wife patiently smear in the mirror, and could still smell the fragrance of her body from a long distance away.

"At today's wedding, the gentleman with the cane is your famous college alumni?"

"Ah."

"Did he bring his boyfriend?"

Hearing this, Lin Zi was at a loss: "What?"

"Isn't the gentleman sitting next to him his boyfriend?"

Lin Zi thought to himself that he knew the consultant was not in a relationship.As for the person sitting next to the consultant, he recalled it carefully for a while before he remembered it.

"No, that's Mingzhi, my middle school classmate. They've been classmates for half a semester."

Hearing this, Lin Zi's newlywed wife suddenly realized and nodded: "So that's how it is."

Suddenly, she couldn't help laughing, and said, "Your college alumni looked at the boy next to him with exactly the same eyes as when you looked at me. I thought they were a couple."

Lin Zi thought this was quite interesting, but unfortunately he was so busy today that he didn't have time to pay attention to who was sitting with whom, and what expressions were on their faces, all of which were seen from the group of classmates when he was free.

Immediately, he turned over, lay flat back on the bed, and slowly closed his eyes.

Dimly, he suddenly remembered that the moderate friendship between him and the consultant was precisely because the consultant picked up the middle school badge that he had kept for many years.

When the consultant learned that he transferred from another school a year after he left, he opened up a rare conversation.

At that time, the consultant also seemed to ask him a question.

what's going on?

I remembered.

At that time, the consultant asked him: "Do you know Mingzhi?"

After finishing speaking, the consultant was probably afraid that he would remember the wrong person, so he traced strokes on the table with his finger, and reiterated: "Knowingly, knowing the consultant's 'knowingly'."