Ode to joy

Chapter 25

Wang Baichuan pushed two boxes into the door and closed the door smoothly. "I can't believe it, it's better than I imagined." His eyes moved from Fan Shengmei's face to the beautiful tablecloth, "There is also a beautiful hostess."

"Nonsense." Fan Shengmei smiled, sat down at the table covered with a new tablecloth, and took out the key, the contract, and the receipt from the bag. "Hand over these things to you. Among them, you have to pay part of the office rent before you can get the key. Others... there is a fast food restaurant downstairs, we can eat something to cleanse you, you should go to bed early. But, look Didn't you bring daily necessities like bedding?"

"Samurai, how can I thank you?"

"Let you be in debt, and I will slowly collect the rent later."

"Can the rent collection period be for a lifetime?"

"Wang--Bo-Chuan...can a debtor be so crazy? Come and see these billing contracts."

Wang Baichuan just stood motionless and looked at Fan Shengmei hotly, smiling for a long time, seeing Fan Shengmei lowered his head, and then smiled and said: "I'll wash my face. Shengmei, help people to the end, before the supermarket closes, help me Let's go pick out some daily necessities, I don't even know what to buy. Okay?"

Fan Shengmei refolded the receipts one by one with lowered eyelids, and snorted as an answer.Wang Baichuan just entered the bathroom.But Fan Shengmei thought about it and felt embarrassed, so she opened the door and went to the corridor to smoke.Wang Baichuan used a clean toilet in the bright bathroom, washed his face with warm water, and then dried his face with a brand new and soft towel, feeling more at home.He walked out of the bathroom, but there was no Fan Shengmei, only the door was open, he was startled, and rushed out, "Shengmei, Sheng..." Just as he rushed out, Wang Baichuan saw Fan Shengmei, who was leaning on the wall by the door and smoking, with a teasing expression on her face looking at him.He couldn't help but leaned towards him, but Fan Shengmei pointed at her with a cigarette and blocked her, "I was shocked, I thought you ran away."

Seeing that Wang Baichuan was frozen, Fan Shengmei turned her cigarette butt and pointed it at the door, "Please, please take out my bag and windbreaker for me. First, I will settle the dinner, and then I will do your supermarket shopping for you. Let's work hard, time is running out."

Wang Baichuan looked at Fan Shengmei and smiled for a long time before going in.Only then did Fan Shengmei inhale the cigarette nervously twice, and exhale deeply.But Wang Baichuan stayed inside for too long, and she really wanted to know why, but she didn't want to be defeated, so she had to wait patiently.Finally, Wang Baichuan came out, in addition to Fan Shengmei's bag and windbreaker, and... a new bag with two iconic leather whiskers hanging from the zipper. "Katsumi, I don't know how to thank you, I hope you like this bag."

The famous motorcycle bag!Fan Shengmei recognized the drooping fur whiskers immediately, and also assessed at a glance that this was the most expensive gift she received in her life. "This... is too expensive, don't want it. I just lift a finger."

Wang Baichuan didn't say anything, he held two bags in his hands, put on a windbreaker for Fan Shengmei, and they went downstairs together.In the single apartment building, there were quite a few people getting off the elevator, and the two were squeezed together. Wang Baichuan stretched out his hand and carefully propped up a safe space for Fan Shengmei.When getting out of the elevator, Fan Shengmei said "thank you", and Wang Baichuan smiled and said, "This is the opportunity I dream of." Fan Shengmei could only smile with her eyelids down and did not answer, so as not to meet Wang Baichuan's hot eyes.

Then, the two had a casual meal in the coffee shop and went shopping in the supermarket.A man and a woman, the man pushes the cart, and the woman takes goods from the shelves, discussing in a low voice from time to time, and smiling at each other from time to time.Fan Shengmei feels too perfect to be real, everything tonight is like a well-designed plot of a Korean drama.When waiting in line to pay, Fan Shengmei remembered something. "There are a few alumni from our high school in Haishi, and we often walk around a few. If you are free some other day, do you want to invite them all to get together?"

"Have you told them about the fact that I came here to develop?"

"Not yet. I don't know when you came and what you came for, so I can't talk about it."

Wang Baichuan pondered for a while, and said: "I will not inform them for the time being. On the one hand, I hope that the new business has a good start before we get together. On the other hand, I don't want other people and things to share our exclusive time with you and me in the near future."

Fan Shengmei smiled, rolled her eyes, and didn't answer. "Go to the supermarket, I'll take a taxi home, you should go back to your new home too, you're rather tired today. I've been standing all day, and I'm also very tired..."

"I'll see you tomorrow morning."

"No. You came to Haishi to do business, don't waste your time. I will have tea with my best friend tomorrow."

"the day after tomorrow……"

"You catch me every day. I have a pottery class."

The two fought, the enemy advances and the enemy retreats, and the enemy retreats and advances. Wang Baichuan finally sent Fan Shengmei to the door of Ode to Joy.

This time, Fan Shengmei tried her best to stop Wang Baichuan's request to send her to the door.Of course, she reluctantly accepted the motorcycle bag after repeated refusals.After entering the gate, Fan Shengmei walked a few steps, turned around, waved her hand, and left again.She walked slowly, and Wang Baichuan watched her go in patiently until she disappeared around the corner.

Fan Shengmei held the motorcycle bag in her arms and couldn't help laughing.If only it could always be this beautiful...

Back at 2202, Qiu Yingying rushed over immediately to meet Fan Shengmei: "Sister Fan, Sister Fan, please help me as a consultant. I have looked at these companies for the recruitment in the talent market tomorrow, and you can help me see which one is more suitable. .”

At this time, Fan Shengmei's heart was too lazy to think, she just smiled and said: "Xiaoqiu, how are you tomorrow morning, I'm so tired." She got into her room, blocked the door, and wanted to follow Qiu Yingying who came in raised her eyebrows and smiled slightly, "Sorry", and closed the door.Qiu Yingying was turned away and didn't react for a long time.After a while, she bit her lip, turned around and left immediately, and hid in her room weeping.Even Sister Fan stopped helping her.

Fan Shengmei couldn't care about these things at all, she turned on the computer, and entered the three words "Wang Baichuan" to search.

She needs to know more about Wang Baichuan.But after searching for a long time, there was no information about Wang Baichuan she knew.Not giving up, she added Wang Baichuan's mobile phone number to the search criteria.In this way, despite the combination of various search methods, no relevant information about Wang Baichuan was found.She had no choice but to give up.

But she soon had a new focus. She took a mirror to examine her face carefully, checking whether there were any blemishes in Wang Baichuan's eyes afterward.She has been the dream lover in Wang Baichuan's heart for so many years, but she is not willing to become the naked reality that shatters Wang Baichuan's thoughts.

But... Fan Shengmei's eyes fell on the soft motorcycle bag.She put down the mirror, picked up the bag, and gently wrapped her fingers around the beard. She thought reluctantly, could she let Wang Baichuan see her real self?Could it be that he has been pretending like this, pretending to be the unreal dream lover who is unattainable?But if he doesn't pretend, what will Wang Baichuan think of her?

Of course, Fan Shengmei no longer believes in pure love, and does not believe that as long as there is love, anything is fine.What she saw in her eyes was the young, promising and handsome Wang Baichuan.Usually, such a man is called a diamond king, how many young girls who are so tender that they can pinch water will chase after Wang Baichuan, and how many Wang Laowu like Wang Baichuan is surrounded by beautiful and tender girls who can pinch water.Old school friend, old dream lover, is this weight really effective?Fan Shengmei took a closer look in the mirror again, and couldn't help letting out a long sigh, don't lie to yourself.Soon, the aura of nostalgia surrounding her will fade away, and Wang Baichuan will see the real her clearly.How will she face Wang Baichuan then?

Fan Shengmei retreated in her heart.How about, quit voluntarily and leave Wang Baichuan with a still beautiful back?At least it's still beautiful!

After Guan Ju'er finished working overtime, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.Colleagues came out exhausted together, some were picked up by their family members, and the colleagues who were picked up immediately became radiant; some had their own cars, and went directly to the elevator to get off the garage.The elevator went to the lobby on the first floor, and Guan Juer was the only one left.For the first time, Guan Juer felt that the hall was so empty, she was miserable alone, and working overtime was so inhumane.

It must be cold outside.She turned up her collar, carried her backpack, and walked across the hall indifferently.But someone called her, the voice she was familiar with, Li Chaosheng from other departments.Look, sure enough. "Why are you here? Also working overtime?"

"Hey, didn't you hear that I quit? Xiao Guan, I came here to say goodbye to you, and you don't care about me so much."

"Congratulations. I've been very busy at work recently, so I don't care about anything else. I'm sorry."

"Yes, you are a newcomer in the internship period, I understand. Shall I carry your backpack?" Guan Juer shook his head and refused, but Li Chaosheng was not discouraged. It won’t be too easy. That’s why I switched jobs. The new company I went to is a listed company, and I only need to be busy once a month from now on, so I don’t have to work day and night. Xiao Guan, every time you work overtime, you look up God?" The two walked out of the hall quickly.

Guan Ju'er still shook his head, "You never see stars at night in Haishi."

"The only pleasure I get out of working overtime every day is to look at the sky. Today is a cloudy day. You see, clusters of light merge in the low clouds, like a palette of gray tones. Although the colors are already dim, they can still be distinguished That one is green, we looked down, and it turned out to be a spotlight from Haiyun Building. This is the characteristic of cloudy days.”

Guan Juer raised his head to look at the sky, and followed Li Chaosheng's instructions. Sure enough, the cloudy clouds covered the city like a curtain, and the city's colorful spotlights unscrupulously painted colorful gray, green, gray, red and gray on the curtain. Blue, gray and yellow...it's really distinctive. "That's interesting, isn't that what it looks like on a sunny day?"

"It's different on a sunny day. If you don't believe me, you will look up when you go out. Why are you carrying a big bag? Where did you plan to go to play? Let's go have a cup of coffee, rest tomorrow, and sleep late today."

"I planned to hitchhike home tonight, but I worked overtime again. Sigh..." But just as Li Chaosheng said, oh my god, it's really interesting.Guan Juer was not in a hurry to stop the car, and couldn't help but look for the light from the building where she worked dyed the sky.Li Chaosheng is really interesting.

"I have an idea, in order to celebrate my jumping out of the devil's lair, let's go to the train station now, take the train that arrives in the evening to go to a place of choice, play crazy for a day or two, and then come back as if nothing happened, I will report to the new company, You go back to your old job and work hard. It’s like... take a breath, change, open your eyes tomorrow, and suddenly jump into another world, believe me, it must be very fun.”

Guan Ju'er, who looked up to the sky, heard this, and looked at Li Chaosheng with bright eyes, "But...not good, I don't have much money, and it's the end of the month. And... I don't have a plan, will there be chaos everywhere? It's dangerous to go. Besides, it's so late...it's not good."

"That's why I dared to invite you to hang out with me after I resigned, otherwise my colleagues' outings will affect your internship assessment. I can lend you the money first, and it won't cost too much. The main thing is, have you ever thought about it? In a strange place where others are tired of living, follow the sleepy people on the street without a plan to find the breakfast that the locals love, walk around with a map without a plan, experience the fun and surprises of discovery, and finally, leave quickly At that moment, I realized that there are still many good places to visit, so I left with a little regret and a lot of nostalgia, and vowed to come back next time. It is completely separated from our work and life that is regulated by numbers and icons. , to be honest, don’t you feel bored in this kind of day when you only work and sleep?”

"But... I was going to sleep well tomorrow."

"No, playing is the best rest. You just discovered that the night sky in Haishi has its own characteristics today, right? Believe me, go out and play together, and you will find more different worlds. I am very sincere, you see, I came to invite you after I resigned. Tonight, I will wait for you to get off work in the lobby, and I have waited for so long, Xiao Guan, agree and say OK, it is a reward for me."

Guan Juer looked at Li Chaosheng and shouted in his heart, Sister Fan, Andy, help, what should I do.But in her heart, she felt a little bit like discovering a different night sky, and she was yearning for traveling without purpose or plan.Moreover, Li Chaosheng was so sincere, and after waiting for her for so long, she seemed embarrassed to refuse to speak out.

Li Chaosheng said again: "Don't worry about it, we are just old colleagues, and we are also reasonable friends. I believe that you are a rare kind-hearted person in the company, so I hope to become good friends with you, and share fun things with fun things. You share. I swear, I will never drag you on a train and sell you. Believe my swear?"

Guan Juer couldn't help laughing, Li Chaosheng certainly wouldn't sell her.Of course she nodded.Since she nodded, Li Chaosheng pulled Guan Juer into a taxi and told the driver to go to the train station.Guan Juer said anxiously: "I nodded not to say OK, but to say that you will not sell me."

"Since you believe that I won't sell you, why hesitate, of course it's OK. Xiaoguan, let's start the adventure!"

"I didn't say..." But this time, Guan Juer's voice was a little weak, "But you didn't bring any luggage."

"Before I saw you, I had no travel plans. I don't know why, but when I saw you stepping out of the elevator, I was so tired. I just wanted to take you out of this depressing place, even for a day, so that you could breathe. I have already escaped , I am obliged to help my brother. You see, I have a bank card, an IPAD, and a mobile phone... We don’t have to worry about going hungry all the way.”

"But... I'm very boring, I have a very boring personality, I can't play tricks, I'm not a good travel companion, and I will drag you down."

"Let me count, how many 'buts' you said in one night, 1, 2, 3..."

"Don't forget it, don't forget it, please, it can't be like this."

Only then did Li Chaosheng stop laughing, and turned on the IPAD to call up the train timetable.The two discussed to find a train that would leave in half an hour, and planned to take that train to arrive in another completely unfamiliar city tomorrow morning.So, they rushed to the ticket office as soon as they got off the taxi, bought the tickets and rushed to the waiting room again, and when they finally climbed onto the train, they were almost dying.Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "If we were railway guerrillas, we would have no chance. Are you tired?"

Guan Juer's eyes sparkled, "It's fun!"

Yes, it is a brand-new realm of free will that can only be experienced after going all out. As a good girl, Guan Juer experienced it for the first time, and it felt quite exciting.On the contrary, the city that will arrive tomorrow is out of consideration.Focus on the moment and enjoy the moment.

Singularity is working on the computer, and Andy is listening to her stuff with a headset on in one ear. They are busy with each other without interfering with each other.After Singularity finished, he changed the driving seat with Andy.Only then did Singularity notice that Andy was wearing headphones, "What are you listening to?"

"Yale University Open Class, Introduction to Psychology by Professor Paul Bloom. I downloaded the courses of several university open classes, and listened to them with headphones when I had the opportunity, not just psychology."

"I've heard that too, but I haven't had time to download it."

"Oh, I also heard that you have just been elected to the Boao Council, and you are very busy."

Qi Dian couldn't help laughing and said: "It's very fast to do as the Romans do. When you first came back, you couldn't speak well. So soon, even Boao made you molested."

"I also learned McDull's quotations, Xiaoxin's quotations..."

"Who is Xiaoxin?"

(End of this chapter)