Chapter 4:

When Xu Qin came home, he found a series of missed calls on his mobile phone and was about to call back. Meng Yanchen's phone came.
"Hey?"
"Your piece caught fire?" Meng Yanchen asked.
"The street next door. I'm fine here." Xu Qin kicked off his shoes and walked barefoot into the room.
"That's good." Meng Yanchen asked again, "Is busy lately?"
"A bit." Xu Qin glanced through the floor mirror and saw that she was covered with mud spots. She frowned and felt uncomfortable. "I won't tell you first, I will take a shower. Go home tomorrow to see my parents."
"Good." Meng Yanchen hung up the phone.
Standing under the shower, Xu Qin took a shower and saw the splash of water. He suddenly thought of Song Yan's sloppy eyes behind the water flower. The handsome face covered with black ash and sweat had the same evil expression as the original.
At that time, Xu Qin was only a middle school student.
It should be summer, Xu Qin came home from school. The road was stopped by Song Yan's gang.
Xu Qin was used to walking with his head down until he quickly stepped on Song Yan's feet before realizing that the line of sight in front was blocked by someone, and she raised her head.
Song Yan picked his chin: "Are you called Meng Qin?"
Xu Qin was silent.
Song Yan rushed to her and said, "Lao Zi has caught you."
His friends laughed gigglingly, and Song Yan frowned, turning around and scolding: "Fuck all up! Didn't you see coaxing your sister-in-law? Whoever squeaks the old man to kill someone!"
The little walked back and walked back. Song Yan looked back at Xu Qin and frowned: "Talk."
Xu Qin stared at him for a while and said, "I don't know you."
"My name is Song Yan, it's your man."
Xu Qin bowed his head indifferently and went on silently.
Song Yan put his hands in his pockets, raised his chin and smiled at the sky, moved his long legs, and tall body blocked Xu Qin's way.
Xu Qin walked to the left, and he stopped to the left; she walked to the right, and he calmly blocked the right path.
So back and forth, Xu Qin raised his head again and looked at him, his eyes indifferent.
Song Yan tilted her head slightly, and looked down at her with her chin up. She wanted to laugh: "What are you talking about? What did you run before you finished? Hmm?"
Xu Qin did not answer and wanted to take the opportunity to wash away.
Song Yan quickly blocked her way, Xu Qin escaped and hit him.
"Oh--" he hummed ambiguously, and laughed, "Come on, hit it again, and hit my heart."
Xu Qin returned to his place, blushing slightly, and finally broke down: "Rogue!"
Song Yan kept her hands in her pockets and moved her arm as if to testify, innocently said: "What am I doing?"
Xu Qin: "What are you doing blocking my road?"
Song Yan picked his chin: "Lao Tzu's fancy to you, who will you block?"
Xu Qin said nothing.
"Have you heard what I just said? Huh?" Song Yan lowered her head and looked directly at her eyes, "Do not speak, don't let you go."
The young girl Xu Qin looked at him blankly, looking at him, not talking or leaving.
The two stalemate, no one will give in, and finally stood up to each other, ten minutes, twenty minutes, half an hour, an hour ...
People may be naive and stubborn to that extent only in their teenage years.
Xu Qin lost his mind for a moment and suddenly turned off the faucet.
It's just an encounter, and I won't see you again.
But it's an optional person, she didn't expect to see him again.
I had a little trouble when I returned home the next day.
Xu Qin forgot to bring the pass. The soldier on guard at the gate of the compound is estimated to be new. He did not recognize her, nor did she remember her license plate, and stopped her to register.
Xu Qin turned over in the bag for a while, raised his head, and said softly: "It just happened to change the wallet, and the ID card fell."
The guard asked: "Who are you looking for?"
Xu Qin paused for a second and said, "Meng Huaijin, Chief of Staff."
The stationed hesitant self-doubt looked at her up and down.
Xu Qin sat in the car without saying a word, only wondering that it was already evening in the evening, why was it so sun-drenched, and the sun was unexpectedly hot in the car.
The soldier had to say something. Another soldier strode over to salute him. The young man on guard was unknown, so he followed the salute.
The soldier raised the railing: "Miss Meng, I'm sorry, he's new here, it's delaying your time."
Xu Qin smiled lightly: "It's okay."
She stepped on the accelerator slightly and the car drove into the compound. The two soldiers saluted.
This family compound was built in the 1980s, with red walls and white tiles, shaded by green trees, which is quite old-fashioned. Although it is adjacent to the downtown area of ​​the West District, it is surrounded by the lake on three sides and faces the museum and library.
Xu Qin stopped the car and didn't rush into the house, his chest was sultry and depressed.
She walked to the bushes and smoked a cigarette, standing deep in the shade of the trees, the air was cool and the mood was gradually soothing. She saw a little yellow among the green leaves. It is still summer, but there is a leaf on the ginkgo tree on the other side of the wall. The leaf is slightly yellow, like a child who made a mistake.
At that time, Song Yan turned over from this wall to find her, and the guy remembered the frequency of patrols back and forth clearly.
But it doesn't work now, there are cameras everywhere on the wall.
Xu Qin smothered the smoke, sprayed perfume on his hands, and walked out of the bushes.
Going to the door of the house, Meng Yanchen's car came over.
Xu Qin stood on the spot, waiting for Meng Yanchen in a military uniform to get off.
Meng Yanchen was the best-looking boy since he was a child. The appearance of his youth can even be described by beauty. On the contrary, these years, after wearing military uniforms, he has lost his show and became heroic. The longer, the more like Meng Huaijin was when he was young.
Meng Yanchen's eyes kept locking Xu Qin: "You seem to be thin?"
Xu Qin: "Not so exaggerated. How long have you not been back?"
Meng Yanchen took off the military cap: "Two weeks."
Xu Qin was ascending the steps, turning his head back to white: "Are you sorry to say me?"
Meng Yanchen looked at her slightly stunned face and froze for a moment, then smiled and followed her into the house.
Xu Qin entered the door to change shoes, and cried, "Dad, Mom."
Meng Yanchen followed the cry: "Dad, Mom."
Fu Wenying walked out of the study: "How do you two come back together?"
Xu Qin: "I bumped into my door. What about my dad?"
"Going to play chess with Xiao Yixiao's dad. It's time to eat, and it's time to come back."
Xu Qin: "I just sweated in the car, I went to change clothes."
Fu Wenying frowned slightly, looked around gracefully for a week, and smiled and asked, "Who smokes?"
Xu Qin didn't respond.
"I." Meng Yanchen said, "I just smoked a cigarette in the car. After a long fan, I still let you smell it."
Fu Wenying continued to smile: "Don't remember the rules at home?"
Meng Yanchen raised his hand: "Do not take the smell of smoke home, and promise not to come next time."
Xu Qin went upstairs to close the door and glanced at his room. It seemed that nothing had changed. She went to the table and opened the drawer, and her wood chips and small carvings were cleaned again.
Fu Wenying has never liked her carving, saying that she spends all day sitting in the room carving wood, and does not talk to people. Good girls, their brains are broken.
She also doesn't like her being a surgeon, saying that there are too many germs and that it is not easy to please, saying that the profession of doctor is not something that children of their family should do.
Xu Qin closed the drawer, picked up a skirt from the closet, and began to undress.
Meng Yanchen symbolically knocked on the door twice and pushed open at the same time: "Qinqin--"
Xu Qin took off his shirt halfway, with pink shoulders and a blue bra exposed. She looked at Meng Yanchen calmly with black eyes. Meng Yanchen's mobile phone was held in his ear, froze for a moment, and the door was pulled back halfway, then stopped again.
Xu Qin asked: "What is it?"
Meng Yanchen: "Yi Xiao called and he opened a room in Gulfstream and asked if he would go at night."
Xu Qin nodded: "Well."
Meng Yanchen closed the door, lowered his head and stood behind the door for a while, and turned away.
Xiao Yixiao is their neighbor, a buddy who was born on the same day as Meng Yanchen. One is like a fire and the other is like ice. From a young age to a big one, no one will obey anyone. If you like the east, I like the west. If you go north, I will go south.
The first reconciliation between the two was actually the arrival of Xu Qin.
Xu Qin doesn't like talking, he just likes to use a knife to carve wood, like a little robot. Xiao Yixiao likes this little sister very much. She looks at her curiously. Sometimes she touches her hand and pokes her face. She does not cry, but only looks at him with dark eyes. Xiao Yixiao likes it, and runs to the Meng family every day. Meng Yanchen drove him away: "This my sister is not yours."
Xiao Yixiao died, and went back to make trouble with his mother: "I want my sister too. It must be exactly the same as Xiao Qin." He was beaten up by his mother.
Xiao Yixiao listened to Fu Wenying that Xu Qin stayed at home to suffocate her illness, so she climbed the window every day to find Xu Qinwan, and told Xu Qin how fun it was to lure her out.
One day, Xu Qin engraved a little man, and silently stuck it in the hands of Xiao Yixiao. Xiao Yixiao looked at it, it was a small self. He was upset and took it to show off with Meng Yanchen excitedly, Meng Yanchen chuckled and showed a drawer of more than a dozen carved wooden Meng Yanchen.
Xiao Yixiao was so angry that he almost didn't kill Meng Yanchen.
Xu Qin was overprotected by these two people since childhood, and few friends left the compound. Her interaction with the outside world was like a dragonfly.
The exception is Song Yan.
After dinner, Meng Yanchen said to go out to find Xiao Yixiao. Fu Wenying didn't ask much, and she rarely disagreed. Instead, she said how Meng Yanchen didn't learn Xiao Yixiao and found a girlfriend.
Meng Yanchen didn't hear it.
Xiao Yixiao is a typical local child. He invites friends and companions, and saves every night. There are no people he doesn't know in the city from east to west and south to north. There is no place he hasn't been. He has many friends and many girlfriends. Xu Qin once said that he was devoted, but Xiao Yixiao didn't want to spread his hand: "I am still devoted, I have loved you for so many years, and the world can learn." Xu Qin was too lazy to ignore his joke.
He was mischievous since childhood, and was beaten to the age of 28 by his father. Not interested in official career, likes to engage in communication and business, but the most naughty became the richest.
Xiao Yixiao is a frequent visitor to Gulfstream. Almost every night at this banquet guests talk about business. Meng Yanchen only reported Xiao Yixiao's name, and the tall and handsome waiter stooped to lead the way.
Walking through the magnificent elevator room, Xu Qin accidentally saw a red fire hydrant, and there was a "Fire Safety Inspection" column on the side, which recorded the name and evaluation level of the person who checked the inspection date.
"April 16, Nancheng District Fire Brigade, Wang Xuankai, qualified"
...
"September 17, Nancheng District Fire Brigade, Zhang Haoke, qualified"
Ding Dong elevator, the door opened, Xiao Yixiao inside.
Meng Yanchen: "Where are you going?"
Xiao Yixiao: "Dr. Xu is here, so he has to go downstairs to pick him up."
Xu Qin turned around and said lightly: "Have this time to keep your girlfriend."
Xiao Yixiao caught her eyes, looked back at the form, and asked, "What do you see?"
Xu Qin: "It's fine."
The elevator goes up slowly,
Xu Qin suddenly said, "I saw Song Yan last week."
The faces of Meng Yanchen and Xiao Yixiao are different.
Xiao Yixiao took the lead in asking: "What is he doing? I guess, I won't be the boss like me."
The light in Xu Qin's eyes was dim, and he said, "Firefighter."
There was a silence in the elevator, and Xu Qin heard the pity in the silence.
Meng Yanchen, who has always been self-denying, rarely hummed meticulously: "I knew that the kid would not have anything to do."
Xu Qin smiled faintly: "Yeah."