10 O'Clock.
Qin Zhen turned off the alarm clock and wanted to sleep a little longer. She remembered that she had promised Zhu Xinqing to attend the high school classmates reunion. She fumbled anxiously, and climbed out of the warm blanket.
After living in G City for three years, where once can wear T-shirts all year round, Qin Zhen was really unable to adapt to such a cold winter.
She lived in her old house without heating. Because the air conditioner has not been used for several years, a thick layer of ash has accumulated in the interior. As soon as the whole room was opened, it was covered with dust. It was only two minutes before she dared to use it. She planned to wait two days for everything to be settled and then cleaned it up when she was free.
Wrapping up the long ankle down jacket that she just bought the day before yesterday, and pulling the zipper to the top, Qin Zhen plucked up her courage to go out.
Although there was sunshine, but the temperature was too low, and there were cold winds, Qin Zhen tightened her clothes a little bit, and quickly stopped a taxi out of the community.
Qin Zhen and Zhu Xinqing had made an appointment to meet in the hotel lobby, but when she arrived, she did not see Zhu Xinqing. She called her and found that she was blocked on the road.
"Ah Zhen, otherwise you go up first, anyway, you all know those classmates." Zhu Xinqing said.
Qin Zhen didn't want to stand in the lobby of this hotel, like a fool, so she agreed with her proposal: "Well, tell me the room number."
"......"
608.
Qin Zhen stared at the number on the door and looked at it for a few seconds, finally determined to open the door of the private room.
Everyone in the room stopped because the door was suddenly opened, and they looked at Qin Zhen unanimously.
"Yo, the top student in our school is here!" A sharp voice came from the room.
Qin Zhen recognized at once the person who spoke was Du Chen, who had never liked her.
"Hi." She ignored her and just greeted everyone with a smile.
Qin Zhen used to be well-connected in the class. Her temperament was easy-going. Although she was a "top student" who was devoted to her studies, she never put on a high-profile attitude and could play with anyone ... ... Except Du Chen and her group of "girlfriends".
Du Chen hated her because of jealousy. Qin Zhen ranked first in the class for a long time, but Du Chen ranked second. Over time, the two became incompatible.
"Qin Zhen, sit here!" Someone greeted her.
Qin Zhen waved her hand, declined the other's kindness, and found an empty seat to sit down, leaving Zhu Xinqing a seat by the way.
"Du Chen, are you sure Su Yi will come today?" Someone asked.
After so many years, when Qin Zhen heard Su Yi's name again, she couldn't help but tremble "slightly". What appeared in her eyes was the indifferent face of the teenager many years ago.
He said, "Qin Zhen, if you go, don't come back."
Later, she really left, but now, she still returned to T city, where he was.
Du Chen smiled so proudly that anyone could feel her tone of showing off: "Of course, when I saw him the other day, I specifically told him and he promised to come."
Because of the sudden news, Qin Zhen was tense and her heart was beating fast. Before, Zhu Xinqing vowed to assure her that Su Yi would never attend this classmate party, so she promised to come over, but now ... she really wanted to pull Zhu Xinqing's collar and question her: this was what you said "Absolutely not"? "
"You're good. You go to work in Su Yi's company and get help from him, you are living quite well, right?" Some students asked enviously.
"It's okay, Su Yi is scrupulous in separating public from private interests." Du Chen said something somewhat convincingly, and clearly wanted to make people feel that Su Yi was really different to her.
Unexpectedly, as soon as her voice fell, the door of the private room was pushed open again. The person who came in was exactly the object of discussion: Su Yi.
Unlike the unruly boy in her memory, Su Yi now had a lot of calm temperament. He was wearing a straight black suit, a white shirt inside, and even a tie.
Qin Zhen stared at him for two more glances, but met his gaze. With a stagnation, she quickly turned her head and looked at the mobile phone in her hand.
As soon as Su Yi came in, everyone's attention was focused on him, and they all greeted him, and he responded to everyone patiently, which again refreshed Qin Zhen's perception of him. In the past, he was ignorant of everyone, and his arrogant attitude made everyone dare not come forward to talk to him.
"President Su." Du Chen called him somewhat shyly.
"Now I'm not in the company. We are high school classmates. There's no need to treat me as an outsider." Su Yi now spoke in a softer tone.
Qin Zhen fastened the strap of the backpack with one hand and quickly tapped on the screen of the mobile phone with one hand, asking how long Zhu Xinqing would be there. She felt she was nearly drowning in the atmosphere, and she needed someone to speak.
"Is this seat taken?" Su Yi's voice suddenly sounded above Qin Zhen's head, shaking her hands, she almost didn't grab her phone.
The heart was beating in the chest, she looked up, and just wanted to answer him "yes", she saw that he was standing across a table, pointing to the seat next to Du Chen, and looking atDu Chen.
Qin Zhen felt that she was ridiculous and affectionate. She had hurt him so much in the past. How could she even deliberately engage with him.
After lowering her head again, Qin Zhen covered her lonely expression with scattered long waist hair, but the light from the corner of her eye fell on Su Yi's body through the gap between the hairs ... although she could only see the hem of his suit and his long legs.
"No," Du Chen replied quickly, rejoicing in her tone.
Su Yi walked toward Du Chen, and gradually disappeared from Qin Zhen's sight. She simply retracted her gaze, stared at the phone, and slid her finger absently across the screen, changing from one interface to another, and then back again.
The private room was lively again, and all topics were centered around Su Yi. For a moment, the whole private room seemed to form two spaces, one was Qin Zhen and the other was other people.
Fortunately, not long after Zhu Xinqing arrived, Qin Zhen was finally relieved, took the bag away, and let Zhu Xinqing sit down.
"Why is Su Yi here?" Zhu Xinqing whispered into Qin Zhen's ear as soon as she sat down.
"I still want to ask you." Qin Zhen gave her a sideways glance. "Didn't you assure me he will never come?"
"He didn't come in previous years, and of course I thought he wouldn't come this year." Zhu Xinqing felt wronged, and who knew what went wrong in his mind this year.
"Qin Zhen, Zhu Xinqing, what are you whispering, so mysterious?" Du Chen said suddenly, so that everyone's attention was focused on them.
Qin Zhen subconsciously looked up at Du Chen, and naturally saw Su Yi sitting beside Du Chen. He didn't look at her like everyone else, but stared at the glass in front of him, holding and playing with one hand, with an unknown smile hanging from the corner of his mouth.
"You just said our talk was private conversation, why asking again?" Zhu Xinqing has not fallen out with Du Chen since high school, and has a different attitude from Qin Zhen's forbearance and peace of mind. She always answered back, regardless of the occasion and face.
The atmosphere suddenly cooled down.
Du Chen's face turned green and white for a while, but in front of Su Yi, she was not easy to attack, but just said softly, "Sorry, I was just curious ..."
"It's none of your business. Why are you so curious? Thinking you're a police officer in the Pacific Ocean?" Zhu Xinqing rolled her eyes at her.
The expression on Du Chen's face was even more ugly, and there was a faint flash of tears in her eyes.
Seeing her like this, Qin Zhen didn't have half sympathy, but instead felt funny. After not seeing her for a few years, she actually acted like Sister Lin and she suffered.
"Well, don't say anymore." Afraid of Du Chen taking the opportunity to cause trouble, Qin Zhen began to persuade Zhu Xinqing.
Zhu Xinqing snorted coldly before she stopped.
Others saw the flames subsided and stirred up the atmosphere. Qin Zhen and Zhu Xinqing were still in their world, talking about their own affairs.
"When do you start to work?" Zhu Xinqing asked Qin Zhen.
"Two more days, wait for Situ to settle the office." Qin Zhen answered.
Qin Zhen returned to T City this time because the former superior, Situ An, ran away and opened a studio in T City, inviting Qin Zhen to join the company.
Situ An has always admired Qin Zhen's design talents, and also cared about her in the company. The relationship between the two was much deeper than ordinary colleagues, and Qin Zhen naturally agreed to his invitation.
She knew that Su Yi was in T city, so she hesitated for a while before making a decision, but yet, with a fluke in her heart, T city was so big, the probability that they would meet was very small. However, God gave her a slap with the facts, letting her know that nothing can be lucky.
"Aren't you also the boss? How is it like a shopkeeper?" Zhu Xinqing looked a little confused about her so leisurely.
"He is the big boss, so I just invested some money and just put on a name. Besides, I didn't do nothing. I wrote the recruitment notice on the Internet." Qin Zhen justified for herself.
"Yes, yes, yes, you are the hardest, okay?" Zhu Xinqing gave her a white look.
Qin Zhen grinned, and said cheekily, "That's right."
The two were laughing and having fun, Qin Zhen suddenly felt that someone was watching her. Looking back along the line of sight, but only seeing Su Yi talking to Du Chen, his eyes were gentle, and Du Chen was shy.
The chest seemed to be blocked by something, Qin Zhen felt a little breathless. She retracted her eyes, but no longer had the mood to chat with Zhu Xinqing.
Perceived that she was uncomfortable, Zhu Xinqing glanced across and found the two chatting. Although angry, she was more worried about Qin Zhen at this moment.
"Otherwise, let's just go away and leave?" She whispered.
"No." Qin Zhen did not hesitate to reject her offer, and squeezed out a soothing smile: "I'm fine, don't worry."
Before attending the reunion party, Qin Zhen was mentally prepared to be asked about the house, car, money, um, and probably ex-boyfriend.
So, after finishing the topic around Su Yi, someone began to ask her.
"Qin Zhen, where do you work now?" The former monitor, Lu Zheng, asked.
"Oh," Qin Zhen smiled, and said, "I'm still a vagrant."
Many people were surprised by her answer. After all, she was the only one in the class who got into the Q University, and the second place Du Chen only entered the S University with 10 points less than her.
"Well? Didn't you find your new job before you resigned and returned to T City?" Someone asked.
"Um." Qin Zhen was too lazy to explain, anyway, this group of students would not be much contacted after today, and she had nothing to do with them, and it was not a big deal to let them misunderstand herself.
After hearing Qin Zhen's words, Du Chen felt very proud. After all, Qin Zhen was grabbed the limelight by now. Now she had a good job, but Qin Zhen was still jobless, which made her feel a sense of superiority. Finally she was better than Qin Zhen.
"Hey, Qin Zhen, would you like to submit your resume to our company? After all, our company is the best in T city, and the salary is first-class." Although Du Chen was suggesting to Qin Zhen, she was actually showing off.
"Yes, Qin Zhen, and President Su is sitting here now. If you want to go, he may help you." Someone also said, following Du Chen's words.
"I'm sorry, I never secure advantages through my influence." Su Yi suddenly said, glanced at Qin Zhen, and said coolly, "If Miss Qin likes our company, you can submit a resume to the personnel department and enter the company through the formal process and by your own ability"
Qin Zhen felt funny, she never made a comment on the matter from the beginning to the end, but Su Yi still said such words to degrade her, and the words "Miss. Qin" made her more disappointed.
However, after working for so many years, she remained indifferent whether granted favors or subjected to humiliation. If it was not Su Yi who hurt her, she would never refute it.
"The best is not necessarily the most suitable." Qin Zhen smiled at them and said, "coincidentally, I don't like to be granted secret help, and I have no interest in your company."
Du Chen's smile was condensed on her face, but Su Yi had a calm face, and after listening to Qin Zhen's speech, he smiled, even though this smile made Qin Zhen flustered.
"Really?" He tickled his lips and stopped talking ...
Dishes were served one after another, and the people gradually stopped talking and began to fill their stomachs.
Such an atmosphere made Qin feel comfortable instead of having the illusion of being outside the world of others.
She and Zhu Xinqing were sitting at the outermost position. The waiter would insert the food from where they sit. Each dish was placed in front of them first, but Qin Zhen rotated the table and let others eat first. When it was rotated to her position, there were not many dishes left on the plate.
Qin Zhen glanced at the plate of white and tender meatballs earlier, and did not know what it was made of. It looked particularly elastic. When it was finally returned to her, there was only the last one left.
She swallowed saliva slightly, raised her chopsticks, and reached for the ball lying quietly in the center of the crystal plate. Just two centimeters away, the glass turntable on the table was suddenly rotated, and the ball was also off her chopstick further and further.
"Ah ..." She sighed unconsciously, but no one heard it. Her gaze followed the meatball, and she saw it was pinched, and the hands were white and slender.
Unwilling eyes gradually moved upwards. The next second, she met Su Yi's seemingly non-smiling eyes.
He did it on purpose! This was the first thought that flashed in Qin Zhen's mind. Her movement to pinch the meatball was so obvious that he couldn't have missed it. However, if he had to grab her a meatball because of their past, was this revenge too naive? Totally lost his standard.
However, after Su Yi picked up the meatball and he did not send it into his mouth, his wrists moved, and the chopsticks changed direction, putting the meatball into Du Chen's bowl accurately.
This series of movements lasted only a few seconds, but Qin Zhen's heartache was magnified again, so painful that her hand holding chopsticks was shaking slightly.
Du Chen looked at the meatball in the bowl, the expression on her face changed from the initial shock, to the incredible surprise later, to the final ecstasy. It took her a lot of effort to pinch the ball, put it in her mouth and take a bite, and then smiled and said to Su Yi: "Five-star hotels are just different. The shrimp balls are really good. "
"Yeah." Su Yi's response was so ordinary that he didn't even look at Du Chen, just shook the goblet in his hand, watched the dark red liquid in it form a small vortex, and then drank it with a sip.