Dear Chen Jiu

Chapter 60

I got up early in the morning and put on my suit to attend an interview at a securities investment bank.

I set my sights on this company when I was abroad, and I have learned a lot in the past few years.

I have excellent professional quality, so I have a chance to win the interview.

The Human Resources Department will inform the interns to go through the entry procedures next Monday.

"That's right, Xiao Gu.

There is an investment bank reception held at Sanye Gallery on Saturday. Didn’t you just come back from abroad?Go with me when the time comes, some professional vocabulary in art, and translate for me when the time comes. "

The Alex who interviewed me was a middle-aged man with a decent conversation, and this was my first job since I came to the company.

So when I went back at night, I started to frantically search for related words on the computer. If I can’t understand what those foreigners are saying tomorrow, I will be embarrassed, and the company will lose face by then.

When I clicked the mouse on the search bar, a strange but familiar name flashed through my mind several times, and I typed the initials and deleted them in a hurry.

I close my eyes and open them again, let's continue to work hard.

***

Sanye Gallery is located in the suburbs, with a beautiful environment, and there is a unique fountain at the entrance.

People from the investment bank walked in in twos and threes. I don't have any unique insights into art, but I stayed up all night yesterday to embrace the buddha's feet.

Facts have proved that the night is not in vain. I accompany Alex to drink and exchange wine, and I can cope with it freely.

Then I said hello and went to the bathroom.

"Then thank our young and promising architect, Mr. Chen Jiu, who is also the designer of this gallery..."

I dried my hands and came out of the bathroom, and heard this familiar name.

I was stunned for a moment, but my eyes still followed the sound involuntarily.

The one I haven't seen for a long time, my sweetheart, the moon in the sky, close at hand but out of reach.

Wearing a black suit, he stood like an eye-catching beautiful peacock in the crowd, making it impossible for anyone to ignore him.

I haven't seen each other for five years, and the person in front of me seems to have changed a lot. He has long since faded from his former hostility, and there is a trace of humanity in his indifference and alienation.

Five years ago, I couldn't see through the people, and now it's been five years, and now we seem to be no different from strangers.

Holding the champagne, he talked decently with the people around him, maintaining a consistent calm and calm face, and I still had a faint urge to go up to help stop the wine.

Standing beside him was a beautiful woman in a blue dress, holding his arm affectionately, probably this was the rumored fiancée who was about to marry him.

To be honest, quite right.

I can't feel whether they really love each other through the crowd.

But... love or not, what does it have to do with me as an outsider.

Can I still be a male mistress who steals love?

I bowed my head and smiled bitterly. When he was single, I couldn't ask for it. Now that he has a fiancee, I should be called an idiot.

But old classmates, we always have to meet each other when we return to China, and it is still necessary to say hello politely. I slowly walked towards the crowd step by step.

It's strange, every step I take, I can't help thinking about the bits and pieces of the time I spent with him in Jiangzhou.

It turns out that in the past few years, I have tried my best to fill my life with studies and part-time jobs, but in the end it was just a falsehood of self-deception.

Some people have certain things, he has long been engraved in your bones, deep into the bone marrow, and cannot be forgotten.

"Xiao Gu, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Chen, a very young architect in Jiangzhou.

Didn't you just return to China? Their firm also undertakes interior design projects. You can find him if you need it in the future. "

Chen Jiu looked at me with a surprised expression for a moment, but soon regained his expression.

The impassiveness of an adult, he had learned in his youth.

He took out his business card and handed it to me, "Mr. Gu can come to our office if necessary."

Mr. Gu?

"I don't know if there are any discounts for old classmates?" I took the business card and asked him with a forced smile.

Since you intend to distance yourself from me, I really don't want to easily do what you want.

"Are you old classmates?" Alex looked back and forth between us, as if smelling a valuable business opportunity.

"Yes, high school junior."

Chen Jiu replied lightly.

I smiled and nodded in response, "Mr. Chen is always a senior I admired in high school."

"Haha, that is indeed an old acquaintance."

Alex said with a smile.

I looked directly into Chen Jiu's eyes, and our eyes briefly met in the air.

If it was like this before, I would definitely put my arms around his neck and kiss him if there was no one around.

But the current occasion and state of mind, even if there is no one there, I can't do such a behavior.

Time has not only changed him.

If you ask me if I still like this person, I will tell you frankly that I have never wavered for ten years.

But you have to ask me if I will show my heart to him in front of everyone like a 16-year-old, especially when he already has a fiancée.

I can only say that today is different from the past, and now I know what is measured.

Even though the jars of vinegar in my heart have been overturned several times, and I am afraid of being smelled of vinegar from a long distance away, I still have to keep calm and call out senior.

It can be seen how hypocritical the world of adults is.

When a few more people came here with wine glasses to change glasses, Alex and I said hello and left first. Chen Jiu only glanced at me and didn't stop there.

I fled aside and pretended to look at the painting for a while, anyway, my task has been completed.

When I looked at the painting in front of me, it was really abstract.

I don't know if Chen Jiu, who has switched to architecture in the past few years, is still interested in painting these.

Looking at these paintings on the wall, I couldn't help but think of those years when I stayed up with him in the rental house to draw sketches.

His current job should also inevitably lead to staying up late to draw design drawings. In their line of work, staying up late on business trips is commonplace.

In fact, I was not surprised that he switched to architecture. During the second half year of our cohabitation, he quit most of his part-time jobs and read only books on architecture.

He always knows exactly what he wants, unlike me.

Thinking of this, my eyes couldn't help but want to go back to look for that person. When my eyes fell on him, I saw that the wine glass in his hand had been taken away by the waiter, and his hand was gently pressed against it. Stomach, frowning slightly.

His fiancée asked the waiter for a cup of hot water.

I remember that Chen Jiu didn't suffer from stomach pains before...

"Ding--"

I received a WeChat message on my phone, and I lowered my head to unlock it. Now I will not miss any messages from anyone.

--Gu Zong!You are back to Jiangzhou!

It was from Yan Xu. If you want to say that the only connection I have with this city these years is probably Yan Xu.

He has my new WeChat account, and occasionally asks me to buy milk powder for his partner's sister.

--Well, Juju?

--I think so too.

Yan Xu decisively finalized the time and place to meet, and the dinner with his old roommate was arranged in a Chinese restaurant on Saturday night.