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Chapter 17 Homecoming
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jofi
I went to see the director in the morning, and he was very surprised to see me: "Qiaofei, you're back? Why didn't you say hello to the department earlier?"

"After I was discharged from the hospital, I didn't have a phone card in Paris, so I couldn't be contacted." I said.

"Are you feeling better?"

"It's basically nothing." I clenched my hands.There was a scar on it.

"Okay, okay, you will have your graduation ceremony in a few days, your work..."

"I want to go to Shanghai to have a look." I said.

The director looked at me: "You don't want to stay here?"

"do not know."

"Okay, then you go first, take a rest, and get together with your classmates. I'll find you again if I need anything."

I came out of the director's office and went outside the campus to make cheap long-distance calls. I had Huang Weide's business card in my hand, and I wanted to try my luck.

A nice female voice answered the phone: "Hello, Chief Engineer Huang's Office."

It turned out to be true, and I said, "Hi, I'm looking for Chief Engineer Huang."

"President Huang is not here now, who are you? Would you like to leave a message?"

"Well, I'm his friend," I said hesitatingly, I feel that "friend" is not really a "friend" when I have something to ask him now, "My name is Joe..."

"You're Miss Qiao Fei? Miss Qiao from the National Institute of Foreign Languages?" Before I finished speaking, the girl opposite asked.

"it's me."

"Boss Huang is in Paris now and hasn't come back yet, but he left a message for you."

After all, he is still from the Northeast. Lao Huang is a bit rough, but he is still very real.Before he recovered from his illness, he confessed that his domestic subordinates received me.

"When Miss Qiao would like to come to Shanghai, please call me at this number. We will arrange transportation, board and lodging for you. I am Mr. Huang's secretary, Jeremy."

Wow, I felt very embarrassed for being so kind, and I said, "Thank you, me, I will go to Shanghai in a few days."

Now I am very qualified to teach children, to be kind to others, do more good deeds, and my own path will become wider and wider.

However, there is always something in my heart that floats up and down vaguely, and I don't know what it is, I can't see it clearly, I can't catch it, but it makes people uneasy.

Let me get out of the way. It has been raining for a long time, and the raindrops are not big, and the rain is pattering.I want to go back to the dormitory, cross the campus, and pass the playground. The raindrops dripped into the small pits, bubbles popped up, and shattered crisply.

I suddenly knew what made me uneasy and hard to let go.

Cheng Jiayang.

Before I leave here and work somewhere else, I'll go see him and have something to tell him, I never regret being with him, he gave me more than I ever wanted in my life.

But I didn't expect to meet him in another way.And, so fast.

I just saw the director in the morning and was called to his office in the afternoon.

There are two other people in the director's office, one is a stranger and the other is also a stranger.Cheng Jiayang looked at me blankly, lowered his head, and filled out the form.

What is this for?
I didn't have time to calm myself down, I couldn't understand the situation.

Before going out, the director said to me: "Don't you know me? Isn't this brother, Cheng Jiayang? This is a comrade from the personnel department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Your name is Teacher Li. The two of them came to assess you."

Ministry of Foreign Affairs?Check me?
I sit down slowly.

It seemed that Monk Zhang Er was puzzled, and no one told me anything.They come to test me?What, am I going to work for the Foreign Office?

I feel that I have always been able to deal with emergencies, but the one sitting in front of me is Cheng Jiayang, and I am confused when I see him.This is an old problem.Now I'm at a loss.I looked up at him. This man was looking down, filling out the form in his hands with great concentration. I couldn't see his face, only his hands. He was still so thin.When I looked at him like this, I sighed, and his pen stopped suddenly, but he still didn't look up at me.

Teacher Li beside him looked kindly and said to me: "How is your injury?"

It seemed like the whole world knew about it.

"never mind."

"We came here to select young translators for the ministry. The school recommended you. Of course, your grades are indeed good, but you still have to pass the exam. Today is an interview. Teacher Cheng, Teacher Cheng..."

Jiayang stopped writing, and our conversation began in French.

"Please introduce yourself in French."

"My name is Qiao Fei, I am 22 years old, and I have returned from studying abroad at Paul Valery University."

"specialized."

"French Culture, Translation Orientation."

"Nation."

"Liaoning."

"A hobby or specialty."

"none."

"..."

Jiayang's voice lacked any warmth, and my initial puzzlement and confusion turned into annoyance.

"Sir, I don't understand," I said, still in French.

At this time, he looked up at me, his brows were slightly frowned on his fair face, and his eyes were bottomless. He was the chief culprit who disturbed my mind.

"I didn't apply to work at the Foreign Office."

"What else? What else are you going to do?" he said.

"I've decided to go to Shanghai to look for a job, but I don't think that needs to be reported."

"Shanghai?" He looked away and chuckled slightly through his nose, "What are you going to do? Be a part-time translator or a company employee?"

"I have already contacted Michelin Shanghai Company," I said angrily, I was very displeased with his attitude, so I added, "Doing anything is better than staying here."

He suddenly looked up at me: "What did you say? Say it again! Why is everything better than staying here? Is there something here that I'm sorry for you?"

He hasn't talked to me like this yet, and I see him almost becoming angry, and I lose my energy, and I don't know what to say.I froze and looked at him.

Although we speak in French, our attitude and tone must be unusual. Teacher Li next to him looked at Jiayang: "Mr. Cheng, are you still asking questions?"

Frowning, he threw the form to his colleague and walked out by himself.

Teacher Li looked at him, at me, and at the evaluation form Cheng Jiayang threw to him.He might also be surprised and said, "Qiao Fei, you have passed the interview, and you will go to the Ministry to take the written test and listening test in a week."

I stood up and said clearly to Cheng Jiayang: "I won't go."

He walked to the door, and when he heard this, he looked back at me, wanted to say something, his colleagues were there, and he couldn't get angry, so he gritted his teeth and left.

I just stood there blankly.What happened?Why did Jiayang treat me like this?
I found a corner on the playground to smoke, and I remembered his soft words to me before and his coldness just now, saying that women are fickle, but in fact men are the elusive things.

No matter how deep the relationship is, or how crazy the lovemaking is, it will not bridge the gap that exists in our reality.We can't be together, I know that better than anyone.

But if you can't be a lover, you won't be like a stranger.

Being like a stranger is better than his attitude towards me just now.

But his face is beautiful no matter how you look at it.I squinted my eyes.

Could it be that he still likes me in his heart?Want to play an idol drama with me?

The thought popped up like a little fly, and I quickly found another fly swatter to kill it.

Qiao Fei, stop being obsessed with Cheng Jiayang.

I finished my cigarette, I pressed the cigarette butt to the ground, stood up and stretched.The rain in summer comes and goes quickly, and now there is sunlight shining through the clouds.

I'm going to eat in the cafeteria.For the meals in college, I now eat one less meal.

A car pulled up next to me, and a man got out of it and said to me, "Get in the car."

I don't know what dazzled my eyes at that moment, it was the sunshine after the rain, or this man who has been hiding in my heart.

Cheng Jiayang

Qiao Fei frowned and looked at me carefully, her expression was very strange at this moment.

"Joffe, get in the car, don't make me say it a third time."

She suddenly smiled: "Brother, do you want to treat me to dinner? Yes." She obediently got into the car.I knew what was going on, it was Joffe's usual tactic: play it safe.

I started the car without looking at her.

"Where are you going? Is it nearby? I'll make an appointment with my classmates to play poker later."

I stepped on the gas and headed for the highway to the beach.

"Brother, where are you going? I, I told you, I'm going back to play cards." She was a little anxious, but she still had a smile on her face.

"Shut up!" I hated, "Put on your seat belt!"

I ran all the way out of the city at full speed, I really didn't want to lose my composure, I thought I could control it, but in the final analysis, I was still an unscrupulous person, I didn't know how to play a thousand catties, and I didn't know how to pretend to be stupid at the right time.Youdao, beside me, finally shut up at this moment, and is also thinking of countermeasures.

I parked the car by the beach, got out of the car, and lit a cigarette facing the sea breeze.

I finally met Qiao Fei, but the distance between us is now farther than the past year.

I have a lot of things I want to find out from her, but I have so many thoughts, I don't know how to start.

But one thing is very clear to me, Qiao Fei is very good, she should stay in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this is the best way out for her, she will have the best future.

For her or for myself, my mind is blurred.

Anyway, we lived together.Qiao Fei, she is more thoughtful than me, but she is not without flaws. I know I can't be tough, so I reasoned with her.

She came up behind me.

I turned around and said, "I'm sorry for yelling at you just now. I—" I smiled, "I'm not in a good mood."

My attitude was beyond the expectation of a Youdao person, and she froze for a moment: "Ah, it's okay."

"Qiao Fei, you really have to think about working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I treat you as a friend, so I persuade you. Think about it yourself, what a great opportunity this is, why don't you get in if others want to get in? Isn't that rare?"

"It doesn't feel right to me."

"Didn't you always want to be a professional translator? When you enter the ministry, you need to be trained and cultivated. If you want to exercise, you can exercise. If you go to work in a company, that's not the case. It's no wonder that there is no shortage of majors." What I said was The truth, "Your professional grades are so good, it would be a pity if that happened."

"I may also be a professional translator elsewhere." Her mouth was very hard.

"Is there any concern?"

"..."

I spoke slowly, and some words didn't take shape in my head: "Don't think too much, graduation is a hurdle, you are going to be an adult, and the past things are not worth thinking about."

After hearing this, Qiao Fei seemed to be a little shocked. She looked up at me, and her light brown cat eyes seemed to me to be hazy.

"Besides, your home, don't you think about it? Anyway, it's a little closer to home here, and you can take care of it. It's really far away, who can your parents turn to for something?"

She lowered her head: "Thank you, but I have to think about it. I can't decide now. Let's go back." She said and walked towards the car.

She couldn't see me, so I could watch her carefully.She was thinner, and her body was empty in her skirts, but her hair was still so good, it was this man's hair, flexible and strong, and I could never hold it.

I knew those words would have an effect on her heart.

Qiao Fei, she is a slippery loach, but her heart is soft.

I raised my head and saw someone flying a kite in the distance. The kite was very high and gradually turned into black spots.

I felt tired, like a kite flyer without a reel, pulling the string with bare hands, trying to pull it back until I was bloody.

Cheng Jiayang

We were very silent on the way back. When we drove to the city, we caught up with the rush hour for get off work. The car was stuck on the road, and we only moved a little distance for half an hour.

It was so quiet, I could almost hear Jofi breathing.

My heart is very peaceful.

I hope it's always like this, we stop here forever.

She suddenly got a little impatient, looked back and forth, there was a long queue of cars, and there was no possibility of accommodation.She looked at me: "You should think of a way."

"What can I do? There's no way." I said, "If you catch up like this, let's block it together."

She leaned heavily on the back of the chair: "What do you have to say on the beach? I have made an appointment to play poker with my classmates, and you missed my good game!"

She picked up the phone and contacted her classmates: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't go back now, you can find someone to take my place, be more flexible, she has to come down when I go back..."

I looked at her and didn't say a word, because it was my fault, I waited for you in Paris until I went crazy, did you take it seriously?

The signal light in the distance in front of me passed a cycle, the dragon moved a little, and there was a KFC next to us.

"I'm hungry," Joffe said.

"I'm going to buy it." I'm about to get out of the car.

"Hey," she stopped me, "you have to drive, I'll go. What do you want?"

"Burger, chicken wings, corn, mashed potatoes, well, that's what it was." I blurted out, and regretted it.

Qiao Fei did it well when she should be careless, and she didn't hear anything: "Okay, right now."

She ran and jolted away, I looked at her, she was still like this at such a big age, she never seemed to be able to walk properly.

My car followed the long queue and moved forward, and Qiao Fei came back after a while.

One bag for her, one bag for me, delicious food, I feel hungry at this time.

My cell phone rang at this moment, I looked at the screen, it was Wen Xiaohua.I pressed NO.

Jofi hadn't eaten and was looking out, observing the terrain.

"What are you looking at?" I asked.

"Hey, isn't there a subway station here?" She was very happy, and turned to me and said, "I'm sorry, I just took the subway and left, and the signs are overwhelming."

Am I right?
She was about to get out of the car again, so I stopped her: "Qiaofei."

"What are you doing?" She looked back at me.

"I told you about work today."

"I know, you said good things to me, but," she paused, "I have my own choice."

"Think carefully."

"I am leaving, bye."

Just as Qiao Fei left, Wen Xiaohua called again.

I pick it up.

"Jiayang?"

"Yeah." I watched Qiao Fei cross the road.

"When are you coming back? Let's go to a movie, shall we?"

"I'm going home tonight," I said, "I'm not going."

"..."

"I'm sorry, Xiaohua."

"Oh, good. Let's go tomorrow, shall we? You know, I've always wanted to see that movie."

"Tomorrow, okay, no problem. I'll pick you up at your unit."

I put away the cord and started eating.

The long queue of traffic jams began to loosen, and after a while, I was finally able to drive, and I went back to my home in the west city.

My mother is here.

She was watching the news in the small living room, and I said hello to go upstairs to my room, but she stopped me.

"Are you busy recently?"

"same as usual."

"Why don't you stay home?"

I sit down and the nanny brings drinks.I didn't say anything and changed the TV channel.

"Are you with Xiaohua?"

"Mom, how do you know everything?" I said.

My mother smiled: "I don't understand you more and more, Jiayang. So I asked you to get in touch with her more, but you didn't like it, and then it happened again. What's going on?"

I loosened my tie.

"It's good to be friends. I think this girl is very good. Although she is not good enough for us, don't be half-hearted."

"What are you talking about? I don't like to listen to your nagging. You are also a senior cadre. How can you tell me about this matter?"

My mother smiled and patted me on the back: "If I didn't have you two, I would never have to worry about it."

I hold her hand.Looking at my mother's well-maintained and radiant face, I asked seriously, "Mom, how long will you care about me?"

She also thought about it seriously: "How long will Bush Sr. control Bush Jr.? When will Chiang Kai-shek control Chiang Ching-kuo? Lifelong escort."

I let go of her hand and went upstairs.

I ran into "I don't believe I can't register" who I haven't seen for a long time on the Internet.

"I'm changing my name," she said.

"what is it call?"

"Pear to Kong Rong."

"why?"

"transport."

"Have you had bad luck recently?"

"Yeah, the response to the new book is mediocre. What about you, how are you? It seems that I offended you last time."

"What last time, I forgot. Recently, I'm okay."

"Aren't you going to get married?"

"Are you kidding me?"

"No, you're a young man of the right age. I ask this because I'm afraid my friend will suddenly scare me with this matter."

"Then please rest assured, I have no such plan in the near future."

"That's good. It's harmless to be single, long live being single."

I lit a cigarette and continued typing: "Actually, no one wants to be alone.

"It's just a last resort. I'll wait for someone to rescue me."

"Why don't you think about me."

Ha ha.

I logged off, read a book on the bed, fell asleep while reading, and said in a daze, "Why did you go so far?"

2
jofi
I received a call from the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, telling me the time for the written test and the political review.I'm really hesitant right now.Everything Cheng Jiayang said makes sense. I want to be a professional translator. I want to stand out. I think my parents are proud of me. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a big pie. Cheng Jiayang moved it and hit me on the head.

Of course, if I don't consider another factor, I will go to the exam without hesitation.

If I pass the exam, will I work with Jiayang?

This is dangerous, but also a great temptation.

I basically don't have much confidence in myself, Cheng Jiayang, I don't think I can afford to offend him, I can always hide from him.

On the morning when I was supposed to go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the exam, I slept very late before slowly opening my eyes.Picking up the watch, hoping to see the time, I feel at ease and don't have to go, but in the end, there is still half an hour.I dress slowly.

Before I brushed my teeth, I received a call from home, and the neighbor aunt said: "Feifei, your mother is next to me, she has something to tell you."

"what's up?"

"Why don't you go home after you return to China?" the aunt said.

"I want to get the job done first."

"Your mother asked you to thank someone."

"Who?"

The aunt said, "That's right, it turned out to be a man who came to your house."

It's Cheng Jiayang.

"He left money for the butcher shop to deliver meat to your parents."

"You said he went to my house recently?"

"Not recently, last year, didn't you go back home before you went abroad? When you left, he came back. But he didn't look at you. If you don't want to leave money for your father, he gave the money to the butcher shop..."

Cheng Jiayang

Candidates of various languages ​​have already taken their seats in the examination room. There are still vacant seats for French, and Qiao Fei did not come.

I turned around outside the examination room again, but was nowhere to be seen.

My colleagues asked me: "Jiayang, let's verify the documents."

I looked at my watch: "Wait a minute."

After the first bell rang, they began to check the candidates' ID cards and student ID cards.

The second time the bell rang and the papers were handed out.

I have been standing outside the examination room.

jofi
"Auntie, I won't tell you anymore. I have an important exam to take. You tell my mother that I will go back in two days."

I hung up the phone, washed my face, got dressed, and ran outside the campus to hail a taxi.When I sat in this car, I thought to myself how big this city is.Sweat ran down my forehead, I blamed Cheng Jiayang, I owed him so much.

I finally arrived at the personnel examination room of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I couldn't wait for the elevator, so I ran up to the fourth floor in three steps at a time. At the end of the long corridor, I saw his figure, with his back to me, facing the elevator.

I walked over gently, stood behind him, and said, "Jiayang."

He immediately turned around and looked at me with a complicated expression at that moment: "You, why are you so late?"

"sorry."

I'm sorry, Jiayang, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for everything you've done for me.

"Quick, follow me into the examination room."

His colleague pointed to the wall clock: "I'm half an hour late."

The rules of the examination room clearly stated that if you are late for such a long time, you will not be allowed to take the test again.

"Let her in. That's your place, Jofi."

Jiayang was expressionless.

"It's so late, I can't finish answering the questions." The troublemaker is still talking.

I turned to him and said very clearly: "I've done it. I know it."

Jiayang smiled, a relaxed smile.

Cheng Jiayang

After the professional written examination, Qiao Fei, the political examiner, and the personnel from the personnel department asked some well-regulated questions. I didn't want to disturb her answering the questions, so I stayed at the entrance of the examination room.

Xiao Li, who went to school with me to interview her, walked over anxiously and saw me: "Jiayang, I'm looking for you."

"what's up?"

"This Qiao Fei, we just got the news that she used to have a bad record in school."

"What?" I looked at him.

"The outer courtyard once received a fax saying that this child used to..."

When I heard this, I felt uneasy. After hearing what he said, I nodded: "Did the outer court conduct an investigation at that time? Is there any conclusion?"

"There is no investigation, and of course there is no conclusion."

"Isn't that the way it is? Let's take the matter of chasing wind and shadows into account. It's too low-level, Xiao Li."

"Didn't I find out about this when I was doing an investigation in the outer court? I didn't record it either. I'll discuss it with you and see what to do."

"What should I do?" I gently pushed open a crack in the door, and saw Qiao Fei who was answering questions inside, with a small red face, "I am in charge of the person I want to transfer."

"Yes, Jiayang, I am discussing with you."

"I see, thank you." I waved my hand.

I didn't wait for Qiao Fei to finish answering the questions. The phone rang, and the director asked me to sort something out.I went to see him, and he asked me about my recruitment situation this year. I briefly reported it, and he was quite satisfied. He told me that the training for newbies should be done well next, and I said don't worry.

It's almost time for lunch, Xiaohua called me: "Where do you have lunch, Jiayang?"

"Canteen. What about you?"

"Canteen? Don't want to eat fresh milk yams and tea-flavored freshwater prawns?"

"Sounds good, but now?"

"Why not now? I bought it and waited for you outside your unit."

I said, "Xiaohua..."

How can someone not be moved when someone treats you like this?
When I had dinner with her after watching the movie that day, I just casually said that these two dishes were delicious, and she remembered them.

"Okay, wait, I'll go down now."

The brother in the same office said: "Girlfriend is here to deliver lunch?"

I smiled: "How do you know?"

"Hey, it's not the first time."

I found Xiaohua's car outside the Foreign Ministry compound, and she said with a smile, "Hurry up and take it, I have to go back to the TV station to record a program in the afternoon. Well, this is yours, and this is for my colleagues. This is ice cream." black tea."

"Are you leaving now?" I took the things over and looked at her.

"Worry. Hey, you can eat slowly. I'm leaving." She was about to start the car, then stopped and looked at me, "Jiayang."

"Huh?" I stood outside the car window and looked at her.

She reached out and caressed my face: "Look at you, you're hot and sweating so much." She kissed my mouth as she spoke.

Before I could respond, she had already driven away.

I hold the light and sweet food she gave me in my hand, and there is still the lingering fragrance of her gently caressed hands on my face, but my heart is heavy.

After work, I picked Xiaohua up to have dinner with her, and we went back to her place together in the evening.

When I was lying on the bed reading, Xiaohua came over with two photo albums and sat beside me, "I went home today to pick up things and found my childhood photos. Do you want to take a look?"

"Okay." I took it and opened it. On the first page, Xiaohua's hundred-day photo, a little girl with a round face, was colored in the black and white photo, and she had cheeks like red apples. "By the way, the Bairizhao when I was a child was also colored in this way." Turning back, the girl gradually grew up, her eyes were clear, and she turned out to be a lovely girl, "You have been a three-good student for so many years? I really admire it."

Xiaohua laughed: "It's amazing."

"but--"

"what?"

"Your nose didn't seem as good-looking as it is now when you were a child."

"Really?" She took the photo album and looked at it by herself, "Who said, I have been a real hanging bile nose since I was a child."

I smiled and said, "What hanging bile nose? Isn't it lying silkworm nose?"

She stretched out her hand to my armpit to tickle: "That's Guan Yunchang's crouching silkworm eyebrow, why are you so uneducated? You're just kidding me, aren't you?"

I laughed and rolled over on the bed, Xiaohua was pressing on my shoulders, her mouth was facing my ears, and the air she exhaled made me itchy, "My mother said, she wants to invite us to dinner."

I froze for a moment, sat up slowly, and said, "I've been a little busy recently, let's have a few days, let's have a few days. Besides, if you want to eat, I should invite you."

Xiaohua said: "That's right, I told my mother the same. Okay, let's see the photo, I'm going to take a shower."

I saw her go to the bathroom, get up absent-mindedly, drink water, smoke.

3
jofi
What follows is a busy day.

I was hired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.In the last few days before graduation, I took the letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and stamped in various departments of the school, transferred contacts, and checked my body.

Then I was busy looking for a house, because there were many new college students, and the ministry didn't care about the accommodation. From now on, the monthly subsidy will be settled by everyone.In the hot weather, I traveled many places, and finally rented a house next to the subway, sharing the kitchen and bathroom with Xiao Deng, a female white-collar worker who has been wandering in this big city for many years.

The day after I moved out of school was graduation.

I later remembered that that day was really sensational. Everyone took pictures and listened to the teacher and director lecture. Some people really cried.

I must be reluctant to part with the best four years of my life.Looking back, I have been busy, fulfilling, thrilling, exciting, and a little bit evocative in the past four years. Wow, it’s like stepping on a cliff with one foot, and now looking back, I’m covered in cold sweat.

In this big and bustling city, I am very fortunate that my two good friends are still working here.Bobo has started business training since he settled his job at Air France.On the third day of graduation, she flew to Paris for the first time, called to tell the world, and asked one by one: "Do you want to bring something back from Paris?"

Xiao Dan said, "Just hit us."

Xiaodan's work in the travel agency will start immediately.She does planning in the office, assists in the arrangement of travel routes, booking of air tickets, statistics of hotel room prices, etc., which sounds complicated.

She called me the first night: "I regret not doing math well in high school."

It was very hot.

After the exam, I didn't see Cheng Jiayang again.

All basic arrangements are in place.I still have two weeks' leave before reporting to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

I went home.

Originally, I was well-known in this area, but this time I came back from France and will soon work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. My neighbors and neighbors brought their children to pay their respects.

The director of the neighborhood committee, who has always taken good care of my parents, insisted on vacating a small classroom for me in the kindergarten in the community, allowing me to speak to the children in the community and educate them on personal struggle.Not only people of the right age, but all students from kindergarten to elementary school, high school, and university must attend. Those who are too young and not very good at speaking are also required to accompany their parents to attend.

I bite the bullet and say it, and I can still sing in a high-pitched way.My parents are very respectful.

I haven't been home for a long time. At night, I sleep with my mother.

She knew that I was going to work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs when I got back, and she said she must buy me a high-end suit.

I said no, I needed training at the beginning, and I didn’t need to attend any occasions. Besides, I had a suit, which I bought when I was in school.

That set won't work, it's too old.My mother said in sign language, are you afraid that we will spend money, Feifei?Don't worry, you still have the money you gave to the family. I opened a small store with your father, selling oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, and the business is also good.

real?I said.

of course.

OK, you two.I giggled, not in vain.

By the way, did you do what I asked my aunt to tell you last time?she asked me.

What are you talking about?
Let you thank the brother who came to our house.

Thank you.I said.I turned my head and stuck out my tongue, hey, I really forgot, but I never saw Jiayang again.

Is that boy interested in you?Mom asked.

I look at her, alas, right?

How about you, Feifei?
I have no idea.Mom, their family is too rich, his parents are both powerful officials.

Really?

I nodded.

Then you should make it clear to others as soon as possible.Feifei, we don't deserve it, so don't get involved.I will give you the money, you can return it to him.

I know, Mom, how could I not know?

But when it comes to Cheng Jiayang, I'm quite disturbed.Pay him back?I owe him too many things, such as studying abroad, working, he has always been kind to me, and I still can't pay it back.

I sign language very quickly, and said to my mother, don't worry about it, if you can't say anything clearly, she has a girlfriend, and she is of the right family.I turned off the lights, go to sleep.

I turned off the light and covered my head with a quilt.There was that girl in front of my eyes, and I knew that I shouldn't, so I did a head-to-toe comparison, she was better than me in everything.

My mother pulled the towel off my head.

I go back to the big city.

On this day, I ate a hearty breakfast and went to report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with full energy.

In the conference room of the Gaofan Bureau, I saw that my peers who entered the department with me this year are all elites who have been admitted from foreign language colleges and foreign language departments of universities around the world.

I found a place to sit down and greeted those around me.

A boy said, "Didn't you come in after the exam bell rang that day?"

What an audacity.I looked at him: "ah, what's wrong?"

"You passed the exam too?"

"Otherwise what am I doing here?"

"Don't be upset." The boy smiled, "I said your business is good. My name is Zhao Pengyuan, and I speak English."

"Joffe, in French." I shook his hand.

At this time, several people came in, and Cheng Jiayang stood in front.

He was smart in a white short-sleeved shirt and black trousers.He also saw me, expressionless.

Jiayang said: "I am Cheng Jiayang, a senior translator of the Gaofan Bureau. On behalf of the department, I would like to extend my welcome and congratulations to everyone. The students have been selected through layers of selection. They must be elites in various languages. In the next two months , our Gaofan Bureau will further train and screen everyone. The best French and English students will stay in Gaofan Bureau, and the rest will be assigned to various ministries and embassies and consulates abroad. This process, in Before everyone joins the club, I think you already have a certain understanding, so let’s stop gossip and wish you success first. Let me introduce the teachers in charge of training in various languages..."

Those who are responsible for training us newcomers are all retired from the front line of work due to age or health problems. They are the original elite translators.

I formed a new class with 40 other French students under the leadership of Mr. Wu, who is in his [-]s.

When I called Xiaodan at night, I said, "So I still have to continue to be a student. I can't be a teacher in my life."

"Oh," she yawned, "I'm so envious of you, I'm exhausted from working every day. I won't tell you anymore, I'm sleepy."

I put down the line, stood on the balcony and looked at the summer night sky, the evening wind blew into my nightgown, the heat receded, and it was a little cooler.

I remembered that during the day, after Cheng Jiayang finished lecturing us, we left the meeting room one by one, and when we went downstairs to go to class, he said to me behind me: "Have you found the house yet?"

I looked back at him and nodded.

"Is it far?"

"Yuquan Road, near the Academy of Social Sciences."

"A bit far."

"Not bad, next to the subway."

He didn't speak anymore, just stood beside me.

"Ah, I forgot to thank you."

"Thanks for what?"

"This job. My opportunity to study abroad." I looked at him with a smile, "I went home two days ago to show off."

I didn't mention his visit to my house.

Jiayang smiled slightly: "Qiao Fei, you are very good, you deserve it. From now on, you must work hard."

Yeah, I work, I'm a grown-up now.

Jiayang is right. Graduation is a hurdle. I have stepped over it. Everything in the past, sad, happy, depressed, indulgent, what should be, and what should not be...

That's it, forget it.

I close my hands.

(End of this chapter)