Chapter 24:

Meng Yanchen's birthday and family dinner in the evening.
My dear uncles, aunts, cousins ​​and nephews all gathered, and grandpa Meng, 95 years old, came.
Grandpa Meng was born in the family of scholars in the Republic of China and abandoned his writing to follow the revolution. Three children and one daughter under the knee, Meng Huaijin is the youngest son of the old man, and Meng Yanchen is the youngest grandchild.
As for the great-grandchildren, the greatest great-grandchildren had graduated from work and met Meng Huaijin in a large military area. When they met, they were not called Uncle and Grandpa.
The family is usually busy, and the birthday is gathered together. Fu Wenying's aunt and uncle cousin and cousin also came. Although it was a small family feast, it was also very lively.
Without asking friends, the Meng family has always avoided such opportunities for gifts.
Only Xiao Yixiao came to rub the rice, gave Meng Yanchen several sets of Star Wars models, and also brought Xu Qin with a lollipop. I didn't know which restaurant came from.
Meng Yanchen's eldest nephew said to him: "How come you come every year?"
By Xiao Yixiao anti-spit: "Go to the gate to stand guard."
Fortunately, many people, Xu Qin and Meng Yanchen do not need to care about each other.
After a lively meal, the male guests gathered to talk about work, the female guests gathered to talk about family life, born in the Meng family, and family life can not avoid working relationships.
Xu Qin sat with the relatives for a while, and when everyone dispersed or went on a private conversation or went for a walk, she went upstairs and returned to the room, asking for half the cleanliness. She took out the unfinished wood from the drawer and sat at the table Carved before.
The broken wood scraped off a little, and she carved the little man's body, leaving the most difficult head. She put the carving knife down for a while and wanted to go downstairs again.
When I passed the study, I heard the voices of several elders, as if talking about business.
Xu Qin heard from Meng Yanchen that Sanbo had a plan to enter the Secretariat, and his condition, whether it was the ability or qualifications or the network, was more than enough. And Meng Huaijin also recently transferred to promotion. Meng Yanchen's several juniors have developed well, and the Meng family is in the limelight.
Xu Qin did not care about these, but he still heard only a few words.
"... Let the fourth son contact Secretary Jiang Kecun. The fourth son doesn't like to play with this set by nature, but you need to keep him in touch with your friends."
Fu Wenying: "Relax, the relationship between the two has always been good. Qin Qin and his son Jiang Yu dated each other, but no progress. Now children, I am confused."
The second aunt said: "Our children are law-abiding, so don't worry about it. The Zhan family's son, who is just a day-to-day son, mixed with a student and got pregnant. Now the child was beaten and sent abroad The son of the Zhan family could n’t find the female student, so she left her home every day.

"Family style is not right." Uncle said.
Xu Qin walked through the corridor and went downstairs.
The servant was diligent, not long ago he was in a mess, and he cleaned up instantly. The lights are dazzling and the first floor is quiet and elegant.
She walked through the living room and dining room by herself, stopped in a circle, looked at the big house, and suddenly forgot why she came downstairs.
Standing in situ for more than ten seconds, he walked back again.
After passing the small flower hall, I saw an old, middle-aged father and son sitting at the wooden tea table-Meng Huaijin was peeling oranges for the old man.
The light was warm, he peeled off the orange peel, tore off the white veins, broke open the orange, broke a small petal and handed it to the old man. The old man's hand took it tremblingly, and he put it in his mouth to chew slowly.
Meng Huaijin waited quietly, waiting for the old man to finish eating slowly, and handed him the next.
The old man is too old to describe his thinness. There is no verbal communication between father and son, only the petal of yellow orange is connected to it.
Xu Qin pushed the door in and called out, "Dad, Grandpa."
The old man can't tell the difference, and although Meng Huaijin is middle-aged, he is tall and energetic, and he can't see the state of decay at all; He was open-minded and open-hearted all his life, and he was even more good-looking.
Meng Huaijin asked Xu Qin about his work and said, "Your mother is tired of your work, but I think you like it."
"Thank you dad."
Meng Huaijin smiled, tearing the tangle on the orange, and asked, "In addition to work, are there any unhappy things?"
Xu Qin said nothing. Although she doesn't like talking, her heart is relaxed and low, and her father can see it.
"Recently your mother made you blind date?"
Xu Qin did not hide: "Can't I find what I like?"
Meng Huaijin turned to look at her: "Is there someone you like now?"
Xu Qin didn't answer directly: "I don't want to live a planned life, nor do I want to get a glimpse of my head."
"Even if these days are beautiful and happy, carefree?"
Xu Qin did not answer, but asked: "Dad, do you love mom?"
"of course."
"But I heard from my brother that you were not in free love."
Meng Huaijin handed the oranges to his grandfather and talked about the old things, which was a bit funny: "Not only is it not free love, my father liked another woman at the time."
"Why—"
"She doesn't fit."
"Do you regret it?"
Meng Huaijin's smile became mild: "No regrets. The pursuit of love comes at a price. The price is irreversible, but the outcome is uncertain. So I retreated. Fortunately, time is a good medicine. Then I forgot her and fell in love with your mother. "
Xu Qin thought for a moment and shook his head: "That's because you lived happily together."
"Yes." Meng Huaijin looked at Xu Qin again. "Because life is easy and worry-free, new love is born in happiness. On the contrary, if a pair of lovers do not fit each other's conditions properly, they live hard and care about each other. It also becomes hatred in the midst of suffering. "
"Love is temporary, but family and affection are permanent." Meng Huaijin said here and smiled with a sigh. "Of course, this is the thought of our older generation. We are like this. What about you young people? , Advocating freedom, then I do n’t understand myself. "
Meng Huaijin said, continue to feed oranges to grandpa.
Xu Qin went back upstairs alone.
There are many people in this big house, but it is so silent.
She pushed open the door of her room, and a lamp was lit on the table.
Walking through the darkness, the little wooden man in a fire-fighting suit lay in a piece of wood chips, his face blurred-his head was not finished yet.
Xu Qin stood at the table and stared at the little wooden man's face for a long time. Suddenly, she picked him up and threw it into the bottom drawer, and quickly closed the drawer with a snap.
...
Xu Qin about Song Yan eats at Soho Square in Sixidi, a Chinese restaurant on the fifth floor.
Standing in the sightseeing elevator in the shopping mall, Xu Qin continued to move upwards, and saw the colorful signboards of various clothing stores and makeup shops in the shopping mall, full of design.
It's still far from Christmas, but a bunch of big red and golden have been hung on the mall ceiling, which is very eye-catching.
Brightly dressed handsome men and women come and go, with friends shopping together, couples in pairs.
It was then that Xu Qin saw Song Yan on the escalator. He stood with his hands in his pockets and stood upright, slowly moving up with the escalator. He gazed a little over the front of him, his jaw biting slightly, something worried, and he didn't know what to think.
There are many pedestrians going up and down the escalator, as well as many men who have carefully packed them up. But even so, Song Yan is exceptional.
With a ding, the elevator reached the fifth floor.
Xu Qin walked out of the elevator, and the escalator that Song Yan took was slowly approaching. Song Yan Yuguang suddenly saw Xu Qin coming, his eyes swept, and his sharpness and brightness were instantly restored, and his expression remained silent.
Song Yan walked down the escalator, Xu Qin just greeted him, pointing not far away: "There."
The two went to the restaurant without talking. The waiter led the two into the seat, thinking in my heart: really a pair of people.
The restaurant is decorated in Chinese style, with seats leaning against the inner window, turning your head to see the bustling scene in the mall. A series of white escalators fold and shuttle through the hollow floor to create a wonderful space where people walk, and everyone's face is relaxed.
Xu Qin thought, these people should not be like her, to come to an end to a road of hard work that has not yet begun.
After Xu Qin sat down, his eyes were uncertain and he didn't look at Song Yan. He first asked the waiter for two glasses of water. On the contrary, Song Yan started to sit down and kept her eyes locked on her. Although she didn't have any expression, she didn't move for a moment.
The waiter left, Xu Qin looked at Song Yan and chatted: "Are you going to return tonight?"
Song Yan: "Well."
Xu Qin glanced at his mobile phone, it is now 11:30 in the morning, and returns to the team at 6 in the afternoon.
She said, "I can rest for a long time."
Song Yan didn't answer, and her lips gradually started to laugh, and she looked at her strangely, like watching a funny clown play.
Xu Qin knew that there was no room for self-confidence, but there was no mountain and dew on the surface, still calm.
"The push of this restaurant—"
Song Yan didn't want to go around with her: "Xu Qin. Speak directly."
The waiter came over to serve two glasses of lemonade. Xu Qin took the space and reached for a glass of water.
Song Yan looked slightly stern, and tapped her finger on the table: "Drink before you finish."
Xu Qin withdrew his hand, and after half a second, he looked at him calmly and said, "Please have dinner to thank you for saving me. That's all."
Song Yan waited a few seconds and saw that she had finished speaking. There was nothing left. He looked away and looked at the mall outside the window. He suddenly hummed from his nose.
When I looked at her again, the laughter was over: "Xu Qin, you just say, you wanted to be nice to me a few days ago, but now I regret that I don't think it's worth playing, is this sentence so difficult to export?"
"I thought that after all these years, your personality would at least be a little bit better." He snorted, not without sneering. "Or, after making a decision, do you want to leave some room for it?"
He revealed her bottom and showed no mercy; instead she relaxed in a flash.
She was really, not at all surprised that her shadow would be cleared by him. She is such a selfish and greedy person.
From beginning to end, she was extremely ugly and ugly in front of him. At this point, he was still hesitating and looking forward to staying behind, which is really embarrassing.
Xu Qin finally nodded quickly, as if forcing himself to make up his mind: "Well. This meal is a thank you, and then we--"
"It's clear," she said.
silence.
Song Yan suddenly had nothing to say.
He just looked at her, just looked at her. Very quiet and silent. There is no extra emotion, but it is so desperate. Xu Qin suddenly couldn't breathe.
Song Yan just looked at Xu Qin's face, nothing more.
He saw the lights in the mall reflected through her glass on her white cheeks. The doctor has been working for a long time, and she has no habit of makeup. He saw that her forehead was clean, her eyebrows were thin, her eyes were dark, her nose was very small, her lips were red, and there was a small depression under her lips. The whole face is not gorgeous, it is beautiful, and looking at it will make him not want to look away.
It ’s okay not to meet,
Really,
It's okay not to meet.
The one in front of him was the woman he saw at first sight, hypocritical, greedy, weak, and ruthless.
Xu Qin, if you are just now knowing you, if you are now at this age, even if you are sitting on hundreds of millions of assets, I will not look at you.
The look out of the classroom window that year was due to him.
Where can I think that at that time, it will take his heart and his life.
But he did not say. There is nothing redundant.
He just smiled and said, "OK."
He accepted her choice in one word, ending their relationship. There is no irony, no ridicule. Very silent, very quickly.
Xu Qin's heart hurt suddenly.
She looked straight at him, her eyes were facing each other, and there was not much to say.
When the waiter came, Xu Qin hurriedly did not look away, grabbed the menu from the waiter, opened it indiscriminately, but Yu Guang saw the man opposite him standing up.
Yeah, with his character, how can he continue to sit down, how can he eat with her casually?
Xu Qin looked up at him, and Song Yan said, "Go away."
She was a little stunned, but calmed herself down within a second, and smiled faintly, without retaining: "Also."
Song Yan nodded slightly at her, saying goodbye.
Xu Qin sat stiffly, staring at him without blinking for a moment, and there was a sudden fear in his heart, would this moment really be the end.
The mall is bustling and crowded;
The waiter stood aside and politely waited;
The moment when Song Yan turned and left, she was suddenly stretched to an endless length, leaving only the picture and no sound.
until--
Suddenly, there was a harsh scream from the mall outside:
"Fire! Help!"