Chapter 39: The Flash in the Night
Time moved forward quickly for a week. During this week, Chen Qingyi and I were in peace. She was still working on the TV station. My parents also came to Nantong to take care of Pipi. Our lives temporarily entered a stable period.
Our lifestyle is now like this: after school, my parents will pick it up first, and then Chen Qingyi and I will go to their place for dinner after get off work, and then pick it up to pick it up.
It was another evening when I was about to get off work. After going to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to attend a regular meeting, I returned to my office and dealt with the backlog of work at hand.
Two hours passed, and nothing else was with me except the sound of rain outside the window.
After simply packing my desk, I left the office, and once again I drove through the city in the rain.
The rain evoked my memories of the ancient bridge, as if I hadn't been there for a long time. I was a little surprised. Why did I ignore the existence of the ancient bridge during this period and instantly understand that it was just because I knew Mo Han's movements at this time, so I didn't have to place my emotions on the ancient bridge.
I parked the car by the riverside, got off the car and looked around habitually. There were still girls walking by in groups of flowers on the ancient bridge. I took a deep breath and pulled out a stack of change from my wallet to walk towards the ancient bridge.
I still put change in the beggar's bowl from south to north in order. When I was about to end, a beggar sighed to me and said, "You have not been here for a few days..."
I was stunned, reacted and asked, "Are you talking about that girl?"
The beggar nodded: "It's almost a month!"
I smiled, then walked towards the last beggar, and after I had all the change, I stood by the guardrail and looked at the lake facing the neon lights. I suddenly understood: Maybe Mo Han just regarded the ancient bridge as a sustenance to me, otherwise why did we have contacted each other for a month, and she had never been to the ancient bridge again, but has she really loved me?...... Even now I have never been sure.
The phone ringtone rang, I picked it up and looked at it. It was Wang Jing who called me. I answered the phone in a puzzled way.
"The first phase of the coffee shop renovation has been completed, let's see the effect."
"Now?"
"If you are not busy, come here. We haven't been together for a long time."
I hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll go there now."
.........
When I came to the coffee shop bought by Tian Tian, the shop sign has been changed to "first encounter". Looking into the store through the glass window, the waiter also changed into new work clothes. As Wang Jing said, the first step of the shop's VI redesign has been completed.
In a window, Wang Jing, Tian Tian and Mo Han were sitting and chatting. Mo Han, who had always been as cold as ice, actually listened to what Wang Jing said with a smile. She looked in a good mood.
I walked towards them and sat down beside Mo Han. Tian Tian asked me, "What should I drink?"
"casual."
Tian Tian shouted to the waiter: "Give me a cup of whatever you want."
I looked at Tian Tian in surprise, and Tian Tian said proudly: "We really have a casual coffee here. This idea is what I think. The purpose is to satisfy you casual customers. How about it? Is it humane enough, right?"
"It's pretty good!" I sighed at Tian Tian, who was quite complacent.
After a moment, the coffee was brought to me. What was very funny was that the milk foam on the coffee was made of any word. Tian Tian was still very humorous, at least I was happy to watch it.
I looked at Mo Han's cup, and also made milk foam with any words, and asked, "Do you drink it casually?"
Mo Han nodded, and Tian Tian sighed: "Today, you two are just casual. It seems that there are not as many people living casually in this world as you imagined!"
Mo Han and I looked at each other, and were a little embarrassed by Tian Tian’s teasing.
I changed the topic and said to Wang Jing: "Your theme coffee shop has shown a strong momentum recently!"
Wang Jing smiled and said, "The data I just obtained, your Haijing Coffee's recent turnover has dropped by 20 percentage points compared with the same period!"
I made a helpless expression, then took a "spoken" and took a sip. Sure enough, I drank the feeling of frivolity and illusion before the bursting of bubbles. This is indeed an alternative casual, but I think that people who are interested need to drink this feeling. Most people, like me at the beginning, just drink this cup of casual with an entertainment attitude.
Wang Jing continued to say to me: "But Zhang Yixi, I'm quite confused. Seeing the continuous decline in turnover, can you sit still and have no countermeasures? This is not in line with your usual style!"
Naturally, I couldn't tell Wang Jing about the "private drink" project he was working on, and said: "We are short of funds now, and your strength has weakened our brand value. Now financing is much more difficult than before... There is no way, our cold winter is coming!"
Wang Jing shrugged, expressing his regret, and said nothing more.
After chatting for a while, I looked at the time and prepared to leave first. Wang Jing, Tian Tian and Mo Han also said that we would go together, and the four of us walked downstairs to the coffee shop.
Mo Han and Tian Tian walked in front, Wang Jing and I were behind. I was silent for a while and asked Wang Jing, "Have you seen An Qi recently?"
"A shareholders' meeting was held last week. She attended. She hasn't seen it in the past week. Now her main energy is still on Tianyang Group. I heard that their old man is preparing to abdicate and give Tianyang's power to her completely."
I nodded. Although I really wanted to inquire about Anqi with Wang Jing, I didn't say anything after all.
Wang Jing sighed and said, "Oh! He was born with a golden key and also had the pain of being born with a golden key. Such a huge industry and so many relationships have to be maintained. I, a man, feel a headache when I think about it, let alone a woman... Sometimes, I quite understand her hot temper. Under such a great pressure, there are always some emotions that need to be vented through this extreme way!...Isn't it, Zhang Yixi?"
"Maybe." I responded and stopped talking.
Mo Han walked towards the street, as if he was about to beat me. Tian Tian pushed me and said, "Send her, it will take only twenty minutes to go back and forth. You won't think it's troublesome, right?"
I stopped Mo Han: "Stop taking a taxi, I'll give you it."
“It’s very convenient to take a taxi.”
"It's very convenient for me, it's not a problem!" I said.
.........
After my persistence, Mo Han finally agreed. I drove to her residence. On the way, we were silent with each other. We tacitly entered a state where the past was as if nothing had happened and the relationship was not related. As friends, we really didn't have much to talk about.
Ten minutes later, I took Mo Han to her residence. I stopped the car and Mo Han said to me: "Thank you for sending me back."
"A handful."
Chapter completed!