Jinling love story

"Come with me."

Tong Sirui pursed his mouth, raised his index finger, gestured to Tong Zhe, turned and walked towards the sofa area.

"Say, what are you doing here?"

Tong Sirui raised Erlang's legs, shook the hem of her skirt, and covered her knees.

"Come...to see you?" Tong Zhe knew he was wrong, and stood in front of Tong Sirui with his hands behind his back.

"Look at me?"

"Yes, yes." Tong Zhe keenly noticed that Tong Sirui's tone softened. "I called you that night. Aren't you in a bad mood? I just thought, this person is not familiar with the place, and he is still not acclimatized. If you have something, I will be so worried." So I quickly bought a plane ticket and came to see you."

"Then why didn't you tell me in advance?"

"Aren't you preparing for the game? I'm so troubled, if I tell you in advance, if it spoils your business, wouldn't my crime be great."

Tong Zhe tried hard to change himself into another role. Although he spoke insincerely, he sniffed his nose a few times and coughed dryly from time to time. The effect he showed almost moved him.

"Aren't you going to class?"

"Class is not as important as you, Sangu."

Tong Zhe felt that his eye circles had started to turn red, so he quickly raised his head, staring straight at Tong Sirui with his big watery eyes.

"I've been by your side all the time. You drank too much last night or I carried you back to your room and vomited all over me. I..."

"Okay, okay, stop talking..."

"Tong Zhe, everything is ready, let's go."

Xia Ranjiang dragged the suitcase, saw Tong Zhe standing not far away, and walked over.

"Uh...Teacher Tong..."

When Xia Ranjiang approached, he realized that Tong Sirui, who was sitting behind the pillar, suddenly froze with joy on his face just now, and only saw Tong Zhe's hand behind his back beckoning him to go away.

"Huh? What's the matter with you two?"

Tong Sirui's upper body slightly leaned over, eyes full of doubt and surprise, looked at Xia Ranjiang, then at Tong Zhe.Clothes of the same style stand out together.

"Didn't you tell me that when I came to see you, I happened to meet Xia Ranjiang. Didn't I tell you before? We know each other. It just so happens that you are both competing, one third aunt, one Friend, I must come."

"Hmm, coincidence, coincidence..."

Xia Ranjiang lowered his eyelids and squinted at Tong Zhe.

"What a mess, your head is getting dizzy." Tong Sirui waved his hands and stood up from the sofa. "Are you two going back to Nanjing? Go back early. Nanjing is cold now. It's almost snowing. I heard that don't freeze."

Tong Zhe turned around with a serious face, pulled Xia Ranjiang to leave, but was stopped by Tong Sirui.

"Xia Ranjiang, go back and rest for a few days. You are too tired during this time. Oh, by the way, tell Xu Jing that she is sick, so go back first. Both of you can take a rest, and you will be given to me at school later. You celebrate!"

"Me too?" Tong Zhe's eyes widened.

"It has nothing to do with you, I will go back and settle accounts with you."

On the airport bus, Tong Zhe couldn't calm down for a long time, and turned his head to look at Xia Ranjiang, who was listening to music with his earphones plugged in.

"Uh...shall I explain to you..."

"Huh? What did you say?" Xia Ranjiang took off the earphones.

"It's nothing."

"I know the relationship between you two."

"Ah? How do you know?"

"I guessed it a long time ago. You have a photo of Teacher Tong at home, and Teacher Tong has a novel that you have taken notes in, and you, a student from a foreign department, often appear in Teacher Tong's office... Do you know the most important thing?"

"Our surname is 'Tong'?"

"You two are the same."

"..."

Tong Zhe's hanging heart fell.

"Then why are you so calm? Don't you think that she and I are conspiring to trick you into participating in the competition?"

"Because it's not important, I don't think you are lying to me. I should thank you more, I believe you are doing it for my own good."

Xia Ranjiang let out a long breath and looked at Tong Zhe thoughtfully.

“Honestly, I’ve been in a lot of pain during this period because I’ve been doing things that are against my natural self. I’m thinking too slowly and I’m always in a hurry. I’m so nervous that I can’t breathe in front of so many people. Such a long wheel race, I will have a headache. Even if I fail once, I will suffer for a long time. But maybe this is the way to grow! If this is what you want to see, I am willing to do it. You are kind to me, I know it all. Compared with this pain, I am more afraid of letting you down. Now, I have stepped out of a new self. Now, I also have the confidence to stand beside you. "

Listening to Xia Ranjiang's words, Tong Zhe grabbed Xia Ranjiang's hand and clasped his fingers tightly.

"Listen to music?" Xia Ranjiang picked up the headphones and stuffed them into Tong Zhe's ears.

"Why do you always listen to this "The Sound of Silence"?"

"Because it sounds good."

Xia Ranjiang closed his eyes and leaned lazily.

"But why do I only have the soundtrack but no vocals?"

"Ah? Oh, the soundtrack of this song is like this, one side is the soundtrack and the other side is the human voice, what happens to be the soundtrack for you..."

"You did it on purpose."

"Just listen to light music."

"No, I want it whole."

"Then I'll give you both."

Xia Ranjiang was about to take off his earphones when Tong Zhe held him down.

"That's impossible." Tong Zhe raised his eyebrows. "You have to sing it to me, you will be a karaoke song."

"Don't sing."

"Not singing?"

Tong Zhe leaned over with a smirk on his face, but reached out his hand under Xia Ranjiang's belt, first scratched it tentatively, and then grabbed it suddenly, Xia Ranjiang almost fell off his seat in a jerk.

"I sing, sing..."

Hellodarkness, my old friend

I've come to talk with you again

Because of vision softly creeping

LeftitsseedswhileIwassleeping

And the vision that was planted in my brain

Still remains

Within the sound of silence

InrestlessdreamsIwalkedalone

Narrow streets of cobblestone

'Neath the haloo fast street lamp

Iturned mycollartothecoldanddamp

When my eyes were stabbed by the flashofaneonlight

That split the night

And touched the sound of silence

Andinthenaked light Isaw

Tenthous and people, maybe more

People talking without speaking

People hearing without listening

People writing songs that voices never share

Noonedare

Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools" said I, "You do not know

Silence like cancer grows

Hearty words that Imight teach you

Take my arms that Imight reach you”

But my words like silent train drops fell

Andechoedinthewellsofsilence

And the people bowed and prayed

Tothene on good they made

And the sign flashed out its warning

In the words that it was forming

And the sign said "The word of the prophets

Are written on the subway walls

Andtenement halls

And whispered in the sounds of silence”

Listening to his own voice, Xia Ranjiang suddenly felt that this song, which he had heard since childhood, seemed strange.The calm mood that has been immersed in it for a long time suddenly turned into a layer of colorful ink, which was repelled by the melody like a pond of green water, and could no longer blend in it.

"Let me introduce a few songs to you."

Tong Zhe picked up Xia Ranjiang's mobile phone and found Sam Tsui's album.

"I heard this album before, and it was sung by a Chinese. The cover is very classic. Listen to it."

"'Hold It Against Me'?"

"Just close your eyes and listen."

"If I said my heart was beating loud, if we could escape the crowd somehow, if I said I wanted your body now, would you hold it against me..."

Tong Zhe hummed softly, and approached Xia Ranjiang while humming.

"This song is so insincere..."

Xia Ranjiang opened his eyes slightly, just as Tong Zhe was looking directly at him, he quickly closed his eyes again.The corners of the mouth were sunken and raised slightly, and the head slowly turned to the window, showing a smile.

☆、Chapter 16

Back to Nanjing.As soon as he got off the plane, Tong Zhe shivered in the cold wind.Xia Ranjiang quickly found a down jacket from the suitcase and put it on for Tong Zhe.

"I don't wear this, it looks like a big briquette, it's too ugly."

Tong Zhe hurriedly dodged and sneezed abruptly.

"Do you want to wear it or not? Look at you, your nose is almost flowing into the Qinhuai River. What do you care about whether it looks good or not?"

Xia Ranjiang stretched out his coat, stood still, and stared at Tong Zhe seriously.Tong Zhe ran for a few steps and turned his head. After a few seconds of stalemate, he walked back and opened his arms with his back to Xia Ranjiang. Xia Ranjiang covered his coat.After putting on the sleeves, he turned to Tong Zhe's front again, and zipped up with a "hula".

"Well, it looks like a briquette. Briquette, let's go."

Although it's only been a week, it was autumn when Xia Ranjiang left, but it was already midwinter when he came back.After parting with Tong Zhe at the school gate, Xia Ranjiang dragged his suitcase and entered from the main gate of the campus.

The sycamore trees on both sides of the entire main road in the campus are already bare.Xia Ranjiang suddenly remembered the scene of sweeping fallen leaves, and Tong Zhe bumped into a tree again.Xia Ranjiang couldn't help but look at the tree again.At this time, a gust of cold wind blew through, and a faint ray of red floated on the gray tree branches high above.Xia Ranjiang took a closer look and saw who tied a red ribbon on the top branch.The red ribbon was a little damaged, as if it had been tied for a long time, but it was hidden among the wide and dense sycamore leaves before, so it was difficult to find.Today, the leaves of the sycamore trees are all withered, but this touch of color is still as vivid as fire.

Come to the door of the dormitory and open the door with the key.Just as he was about to reach out to turn on the light, Xia Ranjiang took two steps back in fright with a "bang".

The entire dormitory is full of colorful fireworks falling.Xia Ranjiang's eyes suddenly lit up, and a banner was hung on the opposite window, with a few large characters "Welcome the Champion Returns Triumphantly" written on it.

"Welcome to the triumphant return of the champion!"

Almost at the same speed as Xia Ranjiang read the banner, under the leadership of He Xiaoyu, the students in the dormitory shouted in unison.

"Xia Ranjiang, you are so awesome, we were so excited to see the result of the game."

"That's right, our classmate Xia Ranjiang is going out, those ghosts and snakes should all bow their heads and bow down."

He Xiaoyu took the suitcase from Xia Ranjiang's hand and welcomed Xia Ranjiang in.

"Hey, hey, Wu Qing, I asked you to be in charge of the background music. When will your broken computer be repaired? When it's critical, drop me."

"Didn't you play it well just now...you frightened my computer to hang up just now."

"Don't do it, don't do it."

Only then did Xia Ranjiang realize that it was not a prank.He took off his coat and threw it on the back of his seat.

"Come here, celebration cake."

At this time, the crowd parted, He Xiaoyu picked up the lid on the cake, picked up the plastic knife and handed it to Xia Ranjiang.

"Our champion is here to cut the cake, everyone is lucky to be the champion. All the boys in our grade are here today."

Xia Ranjiang looked around. Although some people couldn't recognize their names, most of their faces were familiar.

"Everyone stay away, Xia Ranjiang is going to commit murder."

There was a burst of laughter.Xia Ranjiang stabbed the center of the cake with a plastic knife.The words "Welcome Xia Ranjiang Home" written in chocolate syrup on the cake sank down.

In the next few days, Xia Ranjiang almost reached the peak of his life.Like a trapped beast that has been terrified in a dark corner for 20 years, suddenly a ray of blessing descends, slowly opens his eyes, and finds that he is actually in heaven.

A large photo of Xia Ranjiang was posted outside the courtyard office corridor.In the gold-plated photo frame, Xia Ranjiang and Tong Sirui stood against the background of the indigo stage. Xia Ranjiang was holding flowers in one hand, and a red book bronzing certificate in the other. The lines are smooth and slender, as if they have been carefully polished.Although his face was a bit tired, under the spotlight, it revealed an air of arrogance that he had never seen before. The sense of agility and vitality made people feel that the person in the photograph was about to emerge.Tong Sirui next to him was a full head shorter than Xia Ranjiang, his face was flushed, his eyes were narrowed into a slit, and his mouth was split open to reveal a row of teeth.

But for Xia Ranjiang, what happened suddenly caught him off guard.Even if he was walking on the way to class in the morning, he had to be wary of someone saying hello. Xia Ranjiang could only respond uncomfortably, but his mind was always checking whether he knew this person or if he forgot his name.I even walked past the bulletin board outside the dormitory building and found that it was covered with my own images, but I didn't remember whether I had taken these photos.

After class at noon that day, Xia Ranjiang was still having lunch with He Xiaoyu. As soon as he sat down, he heard the four girls sitting next to him muttering and looking this way from time to time.

"Dude, you're famous now."

He Xiaoyu sat up straight without looking sideways, but he kept listening carefully to what the person next to him was saying.

"Have a meal."

"Hey, that Panxi is not bad, look quickly, look quickly."

He Xiaoyu lowered his head, almost buried in the plate.

"You like it? Write a sonnet and I'll send it to you." Xia Ranjiang had no expression on his face.

"Yeah, at this moment, I want to compose a poem. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day Thou art more lovingly and more temperate..." He Xiaoyu suddenly became poetic, cleared his throat, and began to recite Shakespeare's sonnets.

Before He Xiaoyu could finish reading, Xia Ranjiang hurriedly packed up the dinner plate and dragged He Xiaoyu away.

Just after class in the afternoon, a strange phone call came, and Xia Ranjiang hurried to the hospital office.

This time, it was the head of the department calling himself.In just a few seconds, Xia Ranjiang only agreed, but he had already guessed the best point in his heart.

Following the house numbers of the offices in the corridor, Xia Ranjiang finally found the department head's office at the end of the corridor.The office door was ajar. Xia Ranjiang collected himself and knocked on the door with his cold hand. A deep voice came from inside.

Push the door and enter.Xia Ranjiang lowered his head slightly, moved in small steps, then turned around and closed the door.Maybe it was too much force, the door closed with a "bang", Xia Ranjiang was a little flustered.

"Student Xia Ranjiang? Come, come, sit down."

"Hello, Director Yang."

Xia Ranjiang suddenly realized that it was the director who took the initiative to greet him, and gritted his teeth, regretting that he did not take the initiative.

Xia Ranjiang sat down, just across a desk from Director Yang.

"First of all, congratulations on winning the debate championship and honoring our school."

Director Yang smiled all over his face, walked out from behind the desk, and sat on the sofa as well.

"This is the first time that our school has won the highest award in this kind of competition. This is not only the result of your personal efforts, but also the hard work of the teachers. It also benefits from the excellent academic training atmosphere accumulated by our school over the years."

"Thank you Director Yang."

Xia Ranjiang sat upright, trying to squeeze out a smile.

"I'm looking for you today, and I have three main things to discuss with you."

Director Yang paused for a moment, staring at Xia Ranjiang's chapped lips, as if he was waiting for Xia Ranjiang to continue, but he never expected that the champion of the National Debating Competition who was eloquent on the stage was sitting in front of him like a wax figure, cherishing words Like gold.

"Just follow the director's orders."

"The first thing is relatively simple, but not simple." Director Yang sat up straight with a slight leaning forward, and a light flashed on the lens. "The provincial TV station has an educational talk show, you can go and participate."

"The second thing, as you know, our major is implementing the reform of the credit system, and your results in this competition can be converted into credits. In other words, you can choose to deduct the credits of freshman professional courses and directly enter the sophomore year .”

"You mean... skip a grade?"

"It can be understood in this way. But this grade skipping is not a grade skipping in the traditional sense. This class is a pilot of humanities in our school, and the threshold is relatively high. Your credits converted from this competition only guarantee that you have this qualification, but whether you can get into this class You need to pass the exam. This class is co-organized with five top schools in the United States and the United Kingdom, and there will be more opportunities for further study in the future.”

"Oh."

"There is one more thing, this may be more important to you. Recently we are applying for a scientific research project, and students who have participated in English competitions are required to participate. This project is now in charge of Yang Xincheng, a junior student. I don't know you Do you recognize it or not. This project is also an attempt to reform undergraduate education in our school, and the original intention is to give full play to the innovative ability of students. Of course, we will also have experienced teachers to guide you."

"Okay, Director. I'll do my best."

"The young man has a bright future. These materials have been prepared for you. If there is anything you don't understand, ask your teacher Tong. These three things must be kept in mind. Of course, the prerequisite is to ensure learning. Oh, yes. The humanities class is not in our new campus, but in the old campus, and it will be there for the next three years, and the conditions are a little more difficult. But the opportunity is rare, you have to overcome it yourself, and you have to be mentally prepared. Go."

Director Yang looked at Xia Ranjiang's confident face, as if a stone fell to the ground in his heart, he couldn't help frowning.

Coming out of the dean's office, Xia Ranjiang clasped his palms together excitedly, with the tip of his index finger resting on his lips, breathing hard into the middle.Of these three things, only the second one made Xia Ranjiang the happiest.If he successfully skipped a grade, he would be in the same grade as Tong Zhe, which meant that he could take elective courses together and graduate together.The most important thing is that you can be in the same campus as Tong Zhe, and you don't have to wait for Tong Zhe to come to the new campus only after taking professional courses.Thinking of this, Xia Ranjiang called Tong Zhe.

"The dean of our department came to see me today. Guess what happened?"

Xia Ranjiang shrugged, his expression that had been stiff just now melted away, and a blush slowly appeared on his cheeks.

"Want to rule you?"

"Why do I sometimes feel that your brain circuit is very strange."

"Haha, unspoken rules are a good thing. I am more concerned about whether you will resist."

"I'm going to be in the same grade as you."

"what?"

There was a noise from Xia Ranjiang's cell phone, it sounded like something had dropped.

"what happened?"

"It's okay, I hit a tree just now. You continue to talk."

"The head of the department said that there is a new class, as long as you pass the exam, you can take classes with the sophomore, and I'm going to move to the old campus, isn't your major always there?"

"Oh ah?"

Xia Ranjiang was puzzled.The sound of music, cars and people is mixed in the ears, and Tong Zhe's voice is intermittent.

"Where are you? Shall I find you?"

"Ah? No, no, I'm outside. I'll find you when I'm done. Be good."

Tong Zhe hung up before finishing speaking.Xia Ranjiang was at a loss for a while, and lost instantly.

Xia Ranjiang walked aimlessly with his head down, feeling like a walking corpse, not knowing where to go.Back to the bedroom?In addition to staring at the desk lamp in a daze, I can only sleep.go to the library?I don't feel like reading a book now.Go to the self-study classroom?It's still early until the final exam, and besides attending class, I really don't want to turn over the textbook.

Xia Ranjiang began to feel a little regretful, or even afraid.Gradually, every action of mine involved Tong Zhe unconsciously, and Xia Ranjiang would even think about others when he passed the bare sycamore tree every day to and from get out of class.Especially in a flash of inspiration yesterday, the word "Wutong" was homophonic in my mind as "Wutong".This coincidence was enough to make Xia Ranjiang excited for a whole day, and at night he quickly changed his laptop desktop to a picture of the sycamore tree-lined avenue in summer.It took a few more hours to download all the pictures of summer sycamores that could be found on the Internet, and replace them one by one until I picked the one I was most satisfied with.But just when he was complacent about his little idea, Tong Zhe called, Xia Ranjiang felt suddenly nervous for some reason, and hung up the phone in a panic.When Tong Zhe called again, Xia Ranjiang calmed down and chatted with Tong Zhe for a long time, asking and answering, until the phone ran out of battery.

But now, an ordinary phone call caused Xia Ranjiang to have countless questions in his heart.This feeling is tiring, but out of control.

Xia Ranjiang walked back and forth on the playground track for a long time, when a gust of cold wind blew, Xia Ranjiang couldn't help shrinking his neck, but the skin of his neck touched the cold collar.Suddenly remembered that I was going to give Tong Zhe a birthday present on his birthday.Seeing that next week was coming, Xia Ranjiang hurried back to the dormitory, put down his schoolbag, changed into a coat, picked up his wallet and went out.

Tong Zhe has not been idle these days.Since returning from Sanya, Tong Zhe has tried his best to investigate the fraud of the translation company.But as Gu Chuchu said, the amount of fraud was not large enough to meet the standards for filing a case.Tong Zhe just felt that if he didn't get angry, he couldn't swallow this dumb loss.But Tong Zhe thought about it, even if the money cannot be recovered, Xia Ranjiang cannot let Xia Ranjiang know the truth.After weighing for a long time, Tong Zhe finally thought of a way.

"Money is a little tight recently, do you have any spare? Let me borrow some from my buddies."

"How many?"

"two thousand……"

"Two thousand? No way, how could Young Master Tong worry about such a small amount of money? You're kidding me!" Yang Xincheng curled his lips with a hint of sarcasm.

"Isn't this a bit of a big expense recently?"

Tong Zhe spoke softly, but he despised Yang Xincheng countless times in his heart.

"I'm not rich recently... I just accepted a scientific research project, and the funds haven't been allocated yet..."

Yang Xincheng stroked the unshaven stubble of his chin, thoughtful.

"Scientific research, you are so fucking awesome. Are you researching artificial breeding of sows?" Tong Zhe cursed in his heart, and secretly rolled his eyes.

"I have a way, it depends on whether you do it or not." Yang Xincheng had an idea and moved forward.

"Written in the criminal law?"

Tong Zhe raised his eyebrows, his expression froze.

"How is it possible?" Yang Xincheng lazily clasped his hands on his chest. "Isn't this my cousin who just opened a hot pot restaurant in Xinjiekou? Now it's opening, and they want to make the atmosphere. They want to find an inflatable doll to stand at the door for a few days. It's strange to say that they haven't found it for a long time." I found it. Originally I wanted to go, but I couldn’t get away for a few days. If you want to do it, I can recommend you to go there, and the price can be negotiated higher. You can treat me to dinner later.”

"This shit sounds like a thankless thing." Tong Zhe looked suspicious, his mind was full of the bitter scenes he had seen before, but after some mental struggle, he lowered his voice and moved forward. "You said 'talk higher', how high is it?"

"My cousin originally gave me one thousand a day. If you do it, you must have fifteen thousand."

"One thousand and five? Are you kidding me?"

"Do you want to do it? Don't ink, just a word!"

"……Fine."

As soon as Tong Zhe gritted his teeth, he bit the bullet and agreed. At this moment, he quickly began to settle accounts in his mind-only two days is needed to make up for Xia Ranjiang's shortfall, and save a few hundred.

Back home, Tong Zhe was lying on the bed only to think of the scene in the amusement park many years ago.At that time, Tong Zhe liked to follow all kinds of inflatable dolls. When he was not prepared, he kicked and was chased by a group of staff.The so-called not to report, the time has not yet come, Feng Shui turns, and finally it is my turn to suffer.

After simple training, Tong Zhe is ready to start work.

"Your job is mainly to stand there and take pictures with customers, hand out leaflets by the way, and then invite guests in. The working hours are from 11 am to 8 pm."

After Tong Zhe heard it, his heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly remembered a sentence he had heard describing a capitalist before: You want his money, but he wants your life.But now that he's here, even if he loses half his life, he still has to earn his money back.

Tong Zhe entered the workshop, and the limbs of inflatable dolls were scattered on the ground.Seeing this scene, Tong Zhe smiled: I was actually asked to play Doraemon, and my long-cherished wish for many years has come true.

Tong Zhe took off his coat and put the lower body of the inflatable doll on his body first.But as soon as he opened half of the plastic skin, a disgusting rotten smell came out. Tong Zhe quickly pinched his nose, but his eyes were still so hot.

"Boss, how long have you been using this doll? Why does it smell so strong..."

"It's okay, it's all washed. Because someone pulled it in before, there's nothing to do if there is a little smell left, so you just make do with it."

"Oh shit."

When Tong Zhe heard this, he felt like crying.But still gritted his teeth, raised one foot and stepped into the leather case, it felt like stepping into the toilet.

Wearing a hood, Tong Zhe looked like a malnourished Doraemon with a big head and a small body.Every time he took a step, the plastic skin made a rubbing sound of "呲啦", and Tong Zhe always felt as if he was stepping on a mass of soft and sticky excrement.

Through the mesh window at the front of the headgear, although the field of vision is much narrower, you can still see the front clearly.After walking a few steps, Tong Zhe gradually found a sense of balance and began to try to trot.Seeing that he was about to leave the gate, his feet seemed to be stuck on the threshold, and Tong Zhe suddenly lost his balance.A gigantic object fell down with a bang, rolled several times, and stopped when it hit the flowerpot.However, perhaps because the air inside the puppet was relatively full, Tong Zhe didn't feel any pain, instead he rolled back twice, and after a long time of stroking his hands like a mallet, he finally stood up and walked forward as if nothing had happened. After moving forward, a few more zombies came and jumped, and finally came out of the gate.

It's not time for lunch yet, and today's temperature has dropped sharply, so few people can be seen on the entire street.Tong Zhe leaned against the corner, looked back, and happened to catch a glimpse of the signboard of the hot pot restaurant.There are a few large characters written on it: XX Doulao.Only then did Tong Zhe think of why Doraemon dolls were used for the opening of the hot pot restaurant.Doulao, Doraemon, plus the word "Moe" in the boss's name, it seems that it must be Doraemon.

"Mom, look, look, what a big robot cat!"

Tong Zhe was feeling a little sleepy when he was suddenly heard by an immature voice behind him.Trying to turn his head to look, a child about seven or eight years old was staring at him.

"Look, he's still smiling at us!"

Dressed like this for the first time, Tong Zhe felt an inexplicable sense of tension in his heart, subconsciously took a few steps back.But after thinking about it again, no one else would recognize him anyway, so he went up to meet him again.

But the child seemed to be full of curiosity about himself.The child walked around Tong Zhe a few times, and suddenly jumped up and slapped his head. With a "bang", Tong Zhe felt his ears go numb.Before he could react, the child kicked his butt again. Just as he turned around, the child had escaped more than ten meters away.

"Hahaha, come and chase me, you idiot."

The child made a face at Tong Zhe, and hurried away.

Tong Zhe just wanted to chase after him, but found that the boss was actually standing at the door, and the child was called the boss's father.But the inertia of the body was too great, and he couldn't stop for a while. Suddenly, he saw a couple walking towards him not far away. He took advantage of the situation to make a half circle to meet them, and stuffed two leaflets into the couple's hands.

"The new store is open, with a [-]% discount for the entire site." A muffled voice came from the doll.

"Let's go to this restaurant and try it. It's cold enough to eat hot pot."

The couple had just walked into the hot pot restaurant. Tong Zhe saw the boss greet them inside, then came out and stood at the door, raised his right hand and made an "OK" gesture to him.

Xia Ranjiang got out of the car, it was almost dusk.Along the way, Xia Ranjiang was thinking about what gift to buy.An inexplicable complex emotion bound Xia Ranjiang's judgment.All along, I have never given a gift, let alone a birthday present.If it's just a simple birthday gift, it's not that complicated.In Xia Ranjiang's view, the actual meaning of this gift that has not been given or even known is far more than that. He always imagines that the moment of handing over seems to entrust himself.In comparison, the pain of gritting his teeth to overcome migraines and preparing for the game some time ago is nothing.The tangible is naturally cool after quenching and annealing, while the intangible love is like a long-thirsty person catching a glimpse of an oasis, but not knowing that what looms in the distance is a mirage.

"Scarves? He seems to have several. Pens? It's probably just a decoration. This kid can play with it for a few days at most, and then throw it in the drawer. Wallet? But I probably can't afford a slightly better brand. It's not appropriate to send a cheap one. Or...underpants? Damn, how could I have such a dirty idea..."

Xia Ranjiang wandered from the first floor to the top floor of the shopping mall, and from the top floor back to the first floor, still struggling with what to buy.

"Hey!"

Xia Ranjiang felt someone pat on his left shoulder, but he turned his head but didn't see anyone.Turning around again, he found Yu Qing standing in front of him.

"Shopping alone, it's so leisurely."

Yu Qing looked Xia Ranjiang up and down, grinning, showing a row of neat teeth.

"what."

Xia Ranjiang responded perfunctorily, glanced at Yu Qing sideways, and quickly shifted his eyes, as if he was afraid that the secret in his heart would be seen through by her.

"Tong Zhe isn't here?" Yu Qing said half-jokingly.

"Today he..."

"Not with our debate champion, really."

Yu Qing keenly noticed the redness oozing from the wheat-colored skin of Xia Ranjiang's cheeks, and quickly changed the subject, emphasizing the words "debating champion".

"It's just...just luck."

Xia Ranjiang moved his toes slowly towards the stairs, rubbing against the ground unnaturally.

"you