"Comic exhibition, hosting, comic exhibition, comic exhibition, hosting, comic exhibition..." Xu Jiaojiao squatted under the ginkgo tree, picking up leaves and muttering. The green ones represented participating in the comic exhibition, and the yellow ones represented activities. Soon, the leaves under the tree were divided into two piles.
However, the wind suddenly blew, and leaves all over the sky fell down, blurring the boundary between the two piles of leaves, causing Xu Jiaojiao to wail.
Tong Yao, who was sitting next to him reading a book, could no longer bear it and said, "Okay, I'll host it for you. You go to the comic convention to take a look at your idol and come back to take over."
Xu Jiaojiao works as an assistant at the College Student Career Guidance Center. Today, she is hosting a lecture where seniors who graduated several years ago will share their workplace experiences. However, a few minutes ago, she learned that the male god of the cosplay circle, Gu Yifan, will attend the comic exhibition, and it will be in an underground venue not far from the school. How can she sit still?
"Woo woo, you must be the angel sent by God to save me!" Xu Jiaojiao jumped up, gave Tong Yao a bear hug, and pretended to cry.
Tong Yao patted her head in disdain: "Hurry up, go early and come back early!"
For Tong Yao, who is from the Broadcasting Department, hosting the show was not a difficult task, especially since Xu Jiaojiao had prepared the script early in the morning.
Before the show started, Tong Yao opened the script and was stunned for a moment. She immediately had the urge to call back Xu Jiaojiao - this lecture was about finance, and the professional terms involved funds, investment banks, VC, PE, etc. This was a disaster for Tong Yao, who knew nothing about finance.
All she could do at this moment was to face the inexplicably agitated crowd below the stage and the flashing lights that kept coming one after another.
"Hey! Your 'ideal type'!" Ren Yue, who was sitting in the last row, patted Qin Zhan, who had been reading an e-book.
"You are lonely again, right? Why don't you do the paper for the financial engineering course by yourself and experience what it means to be 'lonely on the cold sandbank'?" Qin Zhan said coldly. Last time, after eating spicy hot pot with Tong Yao, he started to have a stomachache after returning home. Poor Ren Yue had to look for hot water and medicine, and waited for him for a long time. Since then, Ren Yue teased him whenever he got the chance, and developed an amazing skill of forming words, such as "a spicy dish for a beauty", "drunk on the lap of a beauty, wake up and eat chili peppers", etc., which made Qin Zhan very annoyed.
Ren Yue knew that it was because people had cried "wolf" too many times, so he gave a sinister smile with an ambiguous tone, took out his cell phone and joined the group of people taking photos.
The clock above the blackboard ticked away second by second, and the time for the speech had come.
Let it go, Tong Yao thought. She took a few deep breaths, turned on the microphone, and smoothly introduced the theme, organizers, and guests of the event according to the script card. But when she entered the lecture session, she accidentally read VC and PE together as "VE".
There was a chorus of boos from the audience.
It was at this time that Qin Zhan looked up and saw Tong Yao. His eyesight was very good, and even though he was more than a dozen rows away, he could clearly see the embarrassment on Tong Yao's face and the confusion in her eyes, and he felt a little distressed when he was caught off guard.
But it was only for a moment.
Tong Yao put down her script card, made a hushing gesture, and admitted her mistake frankly: "I'm sorry. Due to my ignorance, I just made a very low-level slip of the tongue. I must admit that when I saw VC, the first thing that came to my mind as a broadcaster was the kiwi fruit rich in vitamin C. I almost thought that all the seniors were going to talk about finance in real life in a very down-to-earth way..." She paused for a moment, and the boos from the audience turned into laughter.
Ren Yue whispered, "Oh, that's good. It seems that lowering your posture and admitting your mistakes at this time and being honest about your origins will be more effective than any pale explanation."
Qin Zhan ignored her and focused on looking at Tong Yao. The corners of his mouth couldn't help slightly raise, outlining a beautiful smile.
When the laughter died down, Tong Yao continued, "But your laughter tells me that my nickname is Tian Zhen."
The whole room burst into laughter, and some students even applauded.
"Thank you for your understanding. I am also honored to have the opportunity to correct my mistakes," Tong Yao said as she picked up the script card again amid the laughter. "Now let's invite our first guest to share his experience. He studied finance at P University for his undergraduate degree, and then studied at London Business School..."
All the seniors who came this time shared their valuable experiences, which were very beneficial whether it was about further studies or career - the students' focus was still on the lecture session.
After introducing the guests to the stage, Tong Yao, relieved of her heavy responsibility, walked silently to the corner of the first row and sat down, raising her hand to wipe the non-existent sweat from her temples.
Qin Zhan also let out a breath barely perceptible.
"What a clever girl, huh?" Ren Yue said with a wicked smile, "It doesn't seem to match the image of big-breasted girls being brainless as described on the BBS."
Qin Zhan stared at the beautiful lady who was leaving the stage without blinking, his face full of arrogance: "Don't you think about who has chosen you? These few rumors can only fool people like you who are not smart enough."
"Handsome Qin, have you really not seen too many domineering CEOs recently?" Ren Yue complained helplessly. If he didn't care about "some rumors", who had dug out the relevant posts on the BBS one by one and made a table to compare and analyze them one by one?
"You have decided that she is yours so early. Have you ever asked the person involved? Maybe she still thinks you are just a passerby."
Qin Zhan snorted and didn't even bother to deny it.
Avoiding Ren Yue's sight, he silently drew on his notes, preparing a plan to pick up someone after the lecture.
At the lecture, the only people who didn't listen seriously were Qin Zhan and Tong Yao. She knew all the terms and Chinese characters, but she couldn't understand them when they were put together.
She sent a WeChat message to Xu Jiaojiao dejectedly: I feel like my IQ has been crushed and I have no desire to live.
Xu Jiaojiao replied with a "hahahaha" emoji, then quickly withdrew it, sent a few exclamation marks, and then sent another one: Doesn't the Tong family have a family motto? If you are bullied, fight back!
There has to be someone to suppress! Tong Yao was immediately at a loss for words, knowing that Xu Jiaojiao must have seen that great coser (role player) and was excited and passionate, so she was being very perfunctory to herself.
Tong Yao wrote: Flowers are blooming on the roadside, you can go home slowly.
Tong Yao didn't receive any more replies on WeChat, and she started playing with her phone out of boredom.
Qin Zhan, who had been watching her, had an idea. He estimated the distance from the last row to the first row and prepared to quietly move forward row by row during the interval between speakers. However, he had just moved two rows under the pressure of Ren Yue's ridicule when Tong Yao quietly slipped out of the front door with her phone. Qin Zhan made a prompt decision and immediately walked out of the back door.
The lecture hall can accommodate hundreds of people, and the distance from the front door to the back door is dozens of meters. Qin Zhan took two steps forward and saw Tong Yao walking towards him with great momentum.
"What a coincidence, you are here too." "You are a great host, especially witty." "The topic about kiwi fruit is very interesting."... In just a few minutes, dozens of sentences to chat up flashed through Qin Zhan's mind. However, when he saw Tong Yao waving her hand and quickening her pace, those words fell apart as the distance between them gradually narrowed, and only the word "Hi" filled his entire brain.
When he was only one meter away from Tong Yao, he quickly adjusted his expression, raised his hand to Tong Yao with a smile on his face, and was about to say a greeting, but Tong Yao walked past him without turning her head, leaving only a faint scent of perfume. Different from her dazzling charming appearance, the perfume smelled of fresh soil, and it was like the faint smell of sea water in the gentle sea breeze.
The hand raised in the air froze for a moment, and then fell to his head. He scratched his hair, wondering what to do, when he heard Tong Yao calling out in surprise: "Jiaojiao, why did you come back so soon?"
"My Lord has summoned me, how dare I not return?" Xu Jiaojiao said with a bit of shyness, "Thank you, Lord. I took a picture of my idol! Let me show you!"
The two talked and walked out.
Hearing the footsteps fading away, Qin Zhan slowly turned around and immediately saw Ren Yue, who was winking at him. Ren Yue carefully closed the back door, pointed at Qin Zhan and laughed wildly: "What should I say? Handsome Qin, you have come to this day!"
Qin Zhan had no expression on his face, and he spoke word by word: "I can tell you with certainty that you will write the paper by yourself."
"Handsome Qin, there's something wrong with your strategy! Chasing someone is a technical job! Besides, these things don't affect our being a team, I don't want to break up!" Ren Yue decisively hugged Qin Zhan's thigh. He had A+ grades in all subjects and was a real academic master, but he was helpless with financial engineering. If Qin Zhan wanted to break up, he would never let go.
"My strategy is wrong? Then what do you think we should do?" Qin Zhan asked humbly.
Ren Yue thought about it for a moment and was very distressed: "You know, it's always girls who pursue me... Of course, some of them are my 'ideal type' - a devilish figure, and I rarely refuse... But this can never be used as an excuse for you to refuse to be in the same group with me."
Qin Zhan had known that asking him was unreliable, so he said coldly: "Okay. You write the paper alone, and I will revise it. We will both sign it, and I will be the first author."
"Handsome Qin, you always bully honest people! If I write, wouldn't I have to write dozens of articles to pass your test?" Ren Yue decided to take the initiative to give in and said, "I will no longer laugh at your pursuit of an 'ideal type'. I will definitely support you based on the principle of collecting more experience and providing more practical guidance. Is that okay?"
Qin Zhan snorted coldly and included the dog-headed military strategist Ren Yue in the backup. No matter what, Tong Yao must be impressed!
Xu Jiaojiao and Tong Yao did not walk too far. She excitedly showed Tong Yao photos of her idol, and occasionally added comments: "My idol is super handsome, isn't he? He looks a lot like Louis Koo! His facial proportions are accurate to the last inch, his face is square enough, the lines of his jaw are very soft, and his chin is round and a little pointed, it's perfect!"
"Look! What a rare and exquisite Greek nose, with the standard flat cheekbones and high nose bridge."
"I like his bronze skin the most!"
…
Tong Yao could only nod in agreement.
Turning to the last photo, Xu Jiaojiao was about to ask something when she suddenly remembered the lecture that was still going on in the classroom and hurriedly said goodbye to Tong Yao.
The battered Tong Yao went to the Taekwondo Club on her own and had a competition with the president and others. By the time she left, she was sweating profusely and felt much better.
She hummed a little tune as she returned to the dormitory, but unexpectedly Xu Jiaojiao was already waiting for her. As soon as Tong Yao entered the room, Xu Jiaojiao hurriedly asked, "I remembered what I wanted to ask you when we parted. When we met, the guy standing in front of me was the school hunk, right? Did he say hello to you?"
Tong Yao looked confused.
"It's Qin Zhan, the one who helped you curse before!" Xu Jiaojiao reminded.
Tong Yao thought for a few seconds and shook her head: "I probably haven't... seen him, right?"
"Impossible! Today I gave a lecture for their department, and I met him later when I went to host it!"
Tong Yao said "Oh" and said uncertainly: "Maybe? But I didn't notice... and no one greeted me."
Xu Jiaojiao was convinced: "Yaoyao, you really have to cultivate to your level of beauty to ignore the handsome guy at the school level. I heard that couples who live together for a long time will look like each other... You said we lived together for four years! Will my appearance lean a little bit towards you?"
Tong Yao compared her heights. Hmm, there was a difference of more than 20 centimeters. She touched Xu Jiaojiao's glasses and saw that her vision was 0.3...
Xu Jiaojiao held her hand with a sad look on her face.
"Be good, maybe the school hunk likes petite girls like you," Tong Yao comforted.
Xu Jiaojiao shook her head quickly.
It's obviously Tong Yao and Qin Zhan who are a perfect match! As a mortal, it's a great pleasure to see the eye-catching school hunk and school belle walking together!
The first thing military strategist Ren Yue did when he took office was to formulate a battle plan: know yourself and know your enemy.
"It's from The Art of War." Qin Zhan said disdainfully, "Can you please be more professional if you want to be lazy? You and I could recite this by heart when we were about ten years old. Who are you trying to fool by bringing it out now?"
Ren Yue expressed his dissatisfaction and threw a bottle at Qin Zhan: "Of course I am talking about the practical part! Let me ask you, do you know what kind of person Tong Yao is?"
Qin Zhan refused to answer directly: "Any general question is just a hooligan."
"To put it simply, it's about the other person's personality. Oh, needless to say, she's straightforward and righteous. Then what kind of food does she like to eat, what TV shows does she like to watch, what music does she often listen to, what online games does she often play, etc. After collecting this information, you can cater to her preferences."
Qin Zhan narrowed his eyes: "Well, it's... a bit like the preparation before a debate, collecting information about the opponent and analyzing it, grasping the opponent's weaknesses, leading the opponent to make mistakes during the debate, and then delivering a fatal blow?"
Ren Yue smiled and patted his shoulder: "Brother Qin, you think too much. Look at all my girlfriends. Which one of them didn't accompany me to play dating games to develop?"
It sounds reasonable...
Ren Yue looked at his expression and added, "Why not start with food? Find out the other person's eating habits, create an accident when they are getting food, and have a wonderful encounter?"
"There are five cafeterias in the school. Where should I start?" Qin Zhan asked, scratching his chin.
Ren Yue said without hesitation: "There are five canteens, so of course we should take turns. Then we can choose the most delicious dishes in each canteen. For example, we can go to Canteen One to eat three-piece steamed buns in the morning, go to Canteen Two to eat chicken leg rice at noon, or choose pig's feet in Canteen Three, and go to Canteen Five in the evening..."
"In order to 'encounter', I must of course queue up for every meal and wait at the window for a while."
"Then... Hey!" Ren Yue widened his eyes and said regretfully, "We've been discovered."
The P University cafeteria is always crowded at mealtime. One person usually has to take a seat while the other waits in line. They always take turns to get food. Now, in order to avoid waiting in line and have his favorite dishes at every meal, Ren Yue blatantly drags Qin Zhan into it...
Qin Zhan had such a keen eye that he could see it at a glance. But after thinking it over, he still went in willingly - at least when it comes to food, everyone has needs. Of course, he didn't run around like a headless fly as Ren Yue said, but listed the top ten foods in the school, and then selected the food that Tong Yao liked: the spicy hot pot distributed in two restaurants.
The next three days were like a nightmare to Ren Yue - three days of spicy hot pot, three meals a day, without missing a single meal! In such dry and cold weather in the imperial capital, his face did not break out, it was amazing!
"Handsome Qin, if you continue like this I will be angry!" Ren Yue looked at Qin Zhan's clean face and felt the urge to start an uprising.
"It was you who suggested that we accompany her to enjoy the spicy food to our heart's content. If we don't eat so much, how can we have the courage to face that perverted spicy beef ball? This was your suggestion." Qin Zhan said slowly.
Ren Yue suddenly had an idea: "Let's go learn how to eat pig's feet three times! In addition to the original flavor, they also have spicy flavor... Let's order some other dishes while we're at it!"
Qin Zhan nodded helplessly, and while Ren Yue wasn't paying attention, he rubbed his stomach - of course Ren Yue wasn't the only one suffering. In fact, if Ren Yue didn't mention improving the food, he would have to find another way.
It was probably due to their sincerity. Coincidentally, when Tong Yao and Xu Jiaojiao drew lots to choose lunch that day, they also drew pig's feet.
Since Xu Qing moved to another dormitory, the three of them only met four times a week during the compulsory classes. At first, everyone was inevitably a little awkward, after all, they had once walked shoulder to shoulder on the revolutionary road and held hands at the dinner table. However, Xu Qing was used to reading people's faces, so she avoided the two of them from a distance, and if she couldn't avoid them, she lowered her head and pretended not to see them.
This is not a big deal, after all, the earth will continue to rotate without anyone. What is troubling is that after Xu Qing left, what to eat for three meals became a major problem.
In fact, it is not just the two of them. From the old to the young, life is inseparable from the three major questions: what to eat in the morning? What to eat at noon? What to eat in the evening? These three questions are often not difficult because there are no choices, but because there are too many choices. When the three of us were together, we drew lots to vote. Now there are only two of us, so we can't help but feel depressed for a while, until today, both of us drew the pig's feet.
Even if we count the top ten delicacies in the school, even compared with the cafeteria of T University next door, the best one is the pig's feet of P University. It is 60% fat and 40% lean, bright red in color, fat but not greasy, and you will drool just thinking about it. However, there is a limit of 100 pieces per day, and there is always a long queue at the window. Therefore, when they saw the result of the lottery, their eyes lit up and they shouted at the same time: "This is it!" They packed up their books silently, and ran out of the classroom when the bell rang.
Tong Yao won because of her long legs and was the first to line up in the cafeteria. When Xu Jiaojiao arrived, she automatically ran to the window to count the number of remaining pig feet, and then started counting from the first person in the line. When she counted Tong Yao, she carefully calculated: "There are still 43 pig feet, and there are 26 people in front of us. Even if 50% of the people buy two, we still have a great chance!"
"Of course there will be! Please call me the RP (character) queen!" Tong Yao excitedly counted her fingers. She has always believed that her parents' divorce at a young age was the bad luck that overdrew her life, and from then on, she would be able to turn things around and have smooth sailing. Isn't it said that when God closes a door for you, he will definitely open a window for you?
"Please don't use your magic recklessly, little RP diva, okay?"
While the two were chatting animatedly, Qin Zhan, who was a few people away from them, recognized Tong Yao's voice. His first reaction was to touch his stomach - the perverted spicy beef balls and three days of spicy hot pot were churning in his stomach, but this feeling was ultimately defeated by his deep-rooted "ideal type".
Thousands of words can be summed up in one sentence: What is fate? It is that I love to eat pig's feet, and my ideal type also likes it. After buying the pig's feet, I walked past her and said "You are here too", which is poetic!
"How many do you want and what flavor?" asked the counter attendant.
"Original...spicy!" Qin Zhan was about to say original flavor, and in his haste to correct himself, he almost bit his tongue. Needless to say, the "ideal type" must be spicy.
Tong Yao naturally didn't know about his entanglement. Xu Jiaojiao went to reserve a seat, and she chatted with the person behind her out of boredom. The other person was a freshman who had just enrolled this year and brought his mother to try out the new food.
"My mother will rarely come to Beijing in the future, so I want to take her to taste the delicious food in school before she leaves." The freshman smiled shyly, with childishness in his undeveloped eyebrows and eyes. Then the smile gradually faded, and anxiety and frustration crept up - there were only 7 pig feet left in the window, then 6, 4, 2, and 1.
"Would you like the last spicy one ?" asked the chef.
Tong Yao struggled to look at the pig's feet. She could smell the aroma through the window. Tsk tsk, the color, the taste, it melts in your mouth, the fragrance lingers on your lips and teeth... She swallowed, shook her head, and said to the junior student behind her: "You buy it, I don't like spicy food."
The junior was ecstatic and thanked me again and again.
Tong Yao waved her hand, took firm steps, and left without looking back. Besides the pig's foot, Qin Zhan, who was stunned by the scene, was also left behind.
Although he is not a foodie, he also understands the desire and persistence of experienced foodies for delicious food. But she found such a suitable excuse and gave way politely.
Being kind and considerate will increase your favorability by at least ten points!
Qin Zhan stayed there for a few seconds, then quickly caught up with Tong Yao and asked, "Classmate, we bought too much, do you want one?"
Tong Yao's eyes lit up. She smiled and said, "Yes, yes!" As she spoke, she was about to take out her pocket to find change.
Qin Zhan stopped her and said, "No need. Didn't you treat me to hot pot last time?"
"Ah?" Tong Yao looked confused.
Qin Zhan had never been ignored or even forgotten like this before. He couldn't help but feel a little itchy. He just smiled and reminded her: "Perverted spicy beef balls."
Tong Yao remembered immediately: "Yes, yes, it was to thank you for helping me satirize the 'scumbag'. I remember that on the way to dinner, you almost slipped, haha."
There is no need to mention the following sentence, classmates...
The corners of Qin Zhan's mouth twitched slightly. He deeply doubted his image in the other person's mind and couldn't help but start thinking about how to save his face.
Tong Yao had already consciously taken a pig's trotter and said, "Thank you for your pig's trotter. It really depends on luck to be able to buy it. But you can try the original flavor. After all, the original flavor of pig's trotter is the most authentic."
So... Qin Zhan, who insisted on buying the spicy flavor, seemed to hear the sound of a broken heart. He secretly thought, fortunately Ren Yue was not here, otherwise he would have to laugh for a year.
He picked at the words and said, "You're welcome. The one who should be thanked is the pig who sacrificed himself, not me."
Tong Yao couldn't help but burst into laughter: "You're right, we have to thank Brother Pig first." She looked at the remaining pig on Qin Zhan's plate, hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Are you eating alone?"
Qin Zhan nodded decisively, then looked around as if looking for a seat.
"My roommate is reserving a seat, why don't I grab one for you so we can eat together?" Tong Yao thought of his fangirl Xu Jiaojiao and couldn't help but try to match them up.
Qin Zhan was delighted, and said with a stern face, "Thank you very much." While serving the dishes, he sent a WeChat message to Ren Yue: I have happily contacted you, my dear, you can kneel down to greet me.
Ren Yue replied quickly: I have one more thing to say before I leave, I beg you to give me some pig's feet, two would be even better.
Daydream. Qin Zhan replied, and then added another one, " I'll treat you to spicy hotpot tonight. Let's have enough spicy food at once." After sending this message, he ignored the vibration of his phone, adjusted his expression, restrained his inner excitement, and walked towards Tong Yao.
Tong Yao introduced: "My roommate Xu Jiaojiao, a super cute girl."
Xu Jiaojiao's eyes were already shining, staring at him with a silly smile on her face: "Thank you for your pig's feet, speaking of which, you have helped our Yaoyao deal with the 'scumbag' twice in a row, which is great."
Qin Zhan smiled and said, "You are really not my hero, so don't be polite. Besides, when I meet such a 'scumbag', I just stand up for justice."
Seeing injustice on the road...Xu Jiaojiao couldn't help laughing so hard that she almost choked. Tong Yao patted her on the back, and Qin Zhan quickly unscrewed a bottle of mineral water for her. Xu Jiaojiao smiled and lip-synced to Tong Yao. Tong Yao understood, and recalled the singing battle in KTV that day, and laughed too: "Which classmate sang 'Little Crocodile' at that time?"
Qin Zhan then remembered this dark history, and could not help but explain: "Well, it was my friend Ren Yue, he has always been a bit erratic..." In order to successfully clear himself, Qin Zhan silently apologized to Ren Yue, and then casually told a few of Ren Yue's scandals - although at least half of these incidents were instigated by him. But as a hero behind the scenes, of course he must keep his achievements and fame hidden.
The two girls present were so happy that they were laughing so hard.
With the interesting story to eat with, the three of them quickly ended the "battle". Qin Zhan was still not satisfied, but Tong Yao said bluntly: "I still have classes in the afternoon, let's go."
"Have you been to Boya Garden?" Qin Zhan looked at Tong Yao's curious eyes and introduced Boya Garden while following them.
As the wealthiest department in P University, the Department of Finance has a courtyard house with four entrances and four exits in Beijing, where every inch of land is valuable. As a place for administrative management, there is only one word to describe it: luxurious.
The Siheyuan is an ancient site from the Ming Dynasty. After several renovations, it was renamed "Boya Garden". Whether in terms of layout or design, it still retains the antique flavor. Many people come here because of its reputation, but are blocked outside the door - no one is allowed in. Even students of the same department have to show the badge of the college before they can enter.
Tong Yao had heard some legends and seen photos, but when she heard Qin Zhan talk about it now, she still found it fresh and interesting, so she didn't notice that the Finance Department and the Broadcasting Department were in completely different directions.
Xu Jiaojiao quietly stayed beside the two of them, looking at Tong Yao for a while, then at Qin Zhan, and then chuckled to herself. The handsome boy and the beautiful girl were really pleasing to the eye!
When they reached the downstairs of the Broadcasting Department, Xu Jiaojiao interrupted their conversation and said, "We are going in. The bell will ring in one minute."
Tong Yao exclaimed, "Ah!" and asked in surprise, "Hey, don't you have classes this afternoon?"
Of course there are classes. Not only that, the teacher is an old man from Taiwan. He is funny but strict, and he takes attendance in every class...
Qin Zhan suppressed the turmoil in his heart and smiled faintly: "Yes."
The three said goodbye amicably.
After walking a short distance, Xu Jiao exclaimed: "My male god is so handsome, stylish, honest and kind!"
Tong Yao chimed in casually: "Yes, he even gave us some pig's feet to eat, what a nice guy!"
Xu Jiaojiao said meaningfully: "You guys seemed to be having a great time chatting. He even sent us downstairs..."
"Well, your man may be a little weak, but he is indeed a gentleman."
There is no way to chat today! Tong Yao sent out two nice guy cards in succession... Xu Jiaojiao really wants to know what the male god is thinking now.
Qin Zhan didn't think too much. He ran all the way, with Tong Yao's smiles and frowns in his mind. Her appearance was too charming, and at first glance she looked quite charming. But when she smiled, her eyebrows curved, like a clean child, which made him inexplicably moved. Qin Zhan ran into the classroom panting, and when he saw Ren Yue, he sneezed twice.
Ren Yue joked, "It seems that handsome Qin is going to be lucky in love. On the one hand, he successfully hooked up with his 'ideal type', and on the other hand, someone was talking about him."
"It's a piece of cake!" Qin Zhan looked proud.
"You left your contact information and agreed to meet again next time?"
Qin Zhan's face suddenly turned pale.
Routine... the agreed routine! However, he completely forgot about it... It seems that love really makes people stupid. The two of them haven't done anything yet, but as soon as he met Tong Yao, his IQ dropped offline.
He deserves it! Who told him to forget his friends for the beauty? If he didn't have to go to class, Ren Yue would have laughed out loud: "It's okay, it doesn't matter if you didn't hook up with your 'ideal type', isn't there someone who still misses you?"
Qin Zhan gave him a sinister look and said, "I don't know if anyone misses me. But one of your ex-girlfriends misses you and asked me about your recent situation yesterday."
"Having an ex-girlfriend is troublesome..." Ren Yue answered with a little pride that he didn't show off. Suddenly he remembered something and asked, "It's not Zhuo Yan, right?"
As his ex-ex...girlfriend, Zhuo Yan has helped Ren Yue find several girlfriends since the breakup.
"All your exes had amazing figures, and there really wasn't anything distinctive that could distinguish them. Let me think about it, that girl had red hair, and it was permed into big wavy curls, and she asked me who your current girlfriend is..." Qin Zhan said slowly.
"It's her again! It's better to destroy ten temples than to ruin a marriage! But she is a professional at destroying me. You didn't tell her, did you?" Ren Yue asked with a headache.
"Well, my answer at that time was to let me think about it." Qin Zhanlai walked out and stood up.
Ren Yue was anxious: "Brother Qin, don't be like this, you must save your brother. What do you want to do later..."
"Then help me collect information about her. Just like you said, we need to know each other." Qin Zhan continued, "But this time, we don't want the gossip on the BBS, but the facts."
What about Qin Zhan, who was still saying "this is not good" two days ago? He had just had a meal with the other party, but he completely abandoned his position and dug a trap for Ren Yue to jump into? However, things are beyond one's control. Although Ren Yue was helpless, he had to embark on the road of investigation again.
In order to solve his friend's problem at one time, Ren Yue skillfully dug out the network of contacts centered on Tong Yao, visited and investigated, and wrote down what he saw and heard without commenting on it, filling up a thick stack of A4 paper.
But when he handed the brown paper bag full of A4 paper to Qin Zhan, Qin Zhan locked it at the bottom of the drawer.
In the next few days, Qin Zhan stared at the drawer from time to time.
Ren Yue curiously pressed for a confession, but he just laughed it off.
Even though they were brothers who had known each other since the days of open-crotch pants, Ren Yue could not understand his thoughts, so he made up an excuse to drag Qin Zhan to karaoke and got him half drunk. Qin Zhan finally revealed his worries under the influence of alcohol: "I went against you that day because I was hot-headed. I have thought about it these days. Investigating her like this always feels like an invasion of her privacy, and I can't look directly at the information."
Ren Yue opened his mouth wide with an expression that said "are you kidding me?"
Qin Zhan added: "But if I don't watch it, I always feel itchy and can't help it. After all, it may be a shortcut. Just like you said, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you cater to their needs."
"So..." Ren Yue looked at him warily, having a bad feeling.
"After much thought, I decided to burn the brown paper bag." Qin Zhan felt relieved, as if he had solved a huge problem.
Ren Yue looked at the guy who had just stepped into the ranks of "The Sorrows of Young Werther" with a constipated expression on his face - so, was his work in vain?
Qin Zhan seemed to see what Ren Yue was thinking, and said, "You didn't do anything in vain. Thank you for giving me the materials after I was sober."
Are you dissatisfied with the slow speed? Ren Yue opened his mouth, wanting to greet his uncle.
"Don't forget that my father has always called you his second son, and my uncle is also your uncle. Well, but I don't have a second uncle. If you really can't help it, you can say hello to him..." After putting down his burden, Qin Zhan started to talk nonsense.
Ren Yue was so angry that he slammed the door and left.
"Blame me?" Qin Zhan blinked, pressed his dizzy head, and muttered, "Who forced me to drink..."
In early November, strong winds raged and the temperature in the imperial capital dropped to single digits.
Qin Zhan paid the bill and staggered out of the KTV. He was immediately awakened by the cold wind and chill.
He shuddered and waited in the cold wind for about a minute, but still didn't see Ren Yue appear.
Maybe Ren Yue was really angry... Qin Zhan reflected on it for a moment and decided to take a detour to Wudaokou to queue up to buy the famous date cake in order to save their precarious friendship.
Unexpectedly, when Qin Zhan was waiting beside the Wudaokou track, he saw Tong Yao on the opposite side. She jumped off her bicycle and put it away, and went to help the old lady sitting on the ground.
Qin Zhan had a bad feeling and took a photo. Just as he was about to go over, he was blocked by the railway guardrail in the middle of the road. As expected, just as Tong Yao grabbed the old lady's arm, she was grabbed back by the old lady and scolded loudly. Tong Yao was surprised and confused. She hurriedly opened her mouth, but was suppressed by the old lady's loud voice: "It was obviously you who hit her, why don't you admit it? You are so young, and you have such a beautiful face. You just bumped into me today, and I don't know how big a mistake you will make in the future..."
Tong Yao's face turned red and then pale. If the other party was a gangster, even a gang of gangsters, she would not be afraid. At most, she would fight back with two fists. At most, she would suffer some flesh wounds, which would make her stronger in the future. However, such verbal disputes and indiscriminate accusations really made her feel helpless.
"Auntie, I didn't hit you. I just wanted to help you up..."
"Oh, young people nowadays are really amazing, telling lies with open eyes! Didn't you hit me? Look around and find someone else..."
A young man and a young woman came over and persuaded the old lady to stand up first. The old lady cursed and still held Tong Yao.
"Girl, why don't you give her three to five hundred and let the old lady go to the doctor by herself, so that they don't have to wait here and waste everyone's time." The young woman began to persuade Tong Yao to take the money and settle the matter.
Tong Yao shook her head: "If I gave it to him, it would be considered that I tacitly agreed to hit him. Sorry, I won't take the blame."
She stood there stubbornly, which made Qin Zhan feel distressed. After the railroad guardrail was put away, Qin Zhan immediately rushed to Tong Yao and said to the old lady in a tough manner: "My classmate was kind enough to help, but you bit him back. Is there something wrong with your morality?"
The old lady was furious and yelled, "Where did you come from, you little brat? Are young people these days so rude? You have no manners at all. How did your parents educate you?"
The young woman next to him also shook her head at him disapprovingly, while the man tended to scowl.
"Thank you. I was taught very well to respect the elderly and love the young, but not to people like you! It's bad enough that you don't respect the elderly, but you're also trying to blackmail me!" Qin Zhan grabbed the old lady's hand holding Tong Yao's. "I took pictures of her helping you just now. If you insist on making a scene, let's go to the police station and talk. If you don't let go, I'll call 110 and we'll wait here for the police."
"Am I afraid of you? I just can't do Photoshop or anything like that. I've also heard of people making fake things look like the real thing. It's just a pity for my old bones. I got hit like this and still have to be threatened... Oh, I can't live anymore. My whole body hurts!" The old lady cried, touching her legs and loosening her hand that was holding Tong Yao.
Qin Zhan was about to say something, but Tong Yao shook her head at him and prepared to push the cart and leave.
At this time, the man next to her reached out to stop her: "Hey, little girl, if you have a conscience, just give the old lady a few hundred yuan and let her go to the hospital. It's so cold..."
"Take your hand away!" Qin Zhan shouted in a very imposing manner, "Snakes have their ways, rats have their ways, I know that too. Since I've caught you and exposed you today, you'd better stop playing tricks, otherwise we'll see you at the police station." Qin Zhan shook his cell phone at him.
The man glared at Qin Zhan angrily and pretended to hit him, but Tong Yao grabbed his arm. The young woman pulled the man's clothes and whispered, "Let's forget it today."
The man felt humiliated. How could a strong and sturdy man like him express his feelings when a little girl grabbed his arm and pinched it so hard that it hurt?
Tong Yao looked at them with disgust. After all this, she realized that the three of them were in cahoots. She took out fifty yuan from her pocket and stuffed it into the woman's pocket: "It's not much money, but take it. It's considered a good deed. Let this old lady clean up and have a bowl of hot soup. It's so cold, why do you have to do such a morally corrupt thing?"
Qin Zhan wanted to say more , but Tong Yao shook her head at him and gestured for him to leave.
Along the way, the atmosphere was inevitably a bit heavy.
Qin Zhan thought for a moment and asked, "There have been a lot of scams lately. Didn't you think about that when you were helping them?"
Tong Yao smiled bitterly: "I saw her fall down, and I thought she had some kind of acute illness."
"Next time don't..."
"Next time I meet someone like that, I will still help them. It's not that I'm a white lotus, but among ten people, there are always a few who are genuine. If I didn't help, and passers-by also thought the same, how indifferent would everyone become? Although what I did is just a drop in the bucket, I still feel that I should do it with a clear conscience."
Qin Zhan was silent for a while, then said, "To be honest, I admire you very much. There are too few people who can think and do this now."
"No, I should thank you for standing up for justice again." Tong Yao said.
Qin Zhan was in a state of turmoil, but he said calmly, "You're welcome. You'll be fine without me. After all, I'm a good fighter. If you can't beat me with a scolding, just beat me. Then run away."
Tong Yao smiled and said, "Actually, I am a very reasonable person, but I occasionally use my fists to help."
Qin Zhan made a frightened expression and said, "I assure classmate Tong Yao that I, Qin Zhan, am a good student who is virtuous and beautiful. I was, am, and will be a good student in the future."
Tong Yao finally smiled, and the depression in her eyes and eyebrows dissipated a lot: "That's good."
Qin Zhan looked at her bright smiling face, hoping to freeze this moment. However, the reality was that Tong Yao waved goodbye to him and rode away. He savored it for a long time, and his heart felt as sweet as if he had eaten honey in the coldest days of winter.
He was still smiling when someone suddenly patted him. He turned around and asked, "Ren Yue?"
"You guy... I thought you were drunk and couldn't cross the road, so I turned around and looked for you. I didn't expect you to be here chatting and laughing with the school beauty..." Ren Yue said dissatisfiedly.
"Okay..." Qin Zhan's words became softer due to his excessive joy, and he was no longer harsh. "Here, I bought you the date cake."
Ren Yue grabbed the date cake and said, "Apology? Really? Really?" Without waiting for Qin Zhan to answer, he continued, "Then I will accept it with reluctance."
"Isn't your inner drama... a little too much?" Qin Zhan sighed.
"No! Tell me quickly, is there any progress between you and the school beauty?" Ren Yue asked curiously.
"What progress?" Qin Zhan blushed inexplicably and walked away quickly.
Ren Yue followed behind relentlessly: "Come on, tell me about it, I'll help you analyze it..."
The setting sun stretched the two people's backs into long shadows.