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Chapter 19 Quarrel
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I picked up the phone and called Jiayang, my mind was blank except for his number, all politeness, self-esteem, and self-knowledge, get the hell out of me, I just want to know now, no matter how far we are, no matter Whoever he is with, as long as Jiayang is safe and sound, he will be fine.

However, I couldn't get in touch with him, and the notification said that the connection was temporarily unavailable.

My stomach was still hurting, I curled up on my bed, dialed his number over and over again, and heard the reminder tone repeated over and over again, my mind was full of Jiayang.

He loves me, he treats me so well, he wants me to be happy, he carefully wrongs himself, but what about me?He finally went to Paris on business, and I was downstairs in the hotel without going to see him, and I had to tell him that I was with another boy.

It's not like that, Jiayang, I didn't tell you, since I saw you, in my eyes, in my heart, there is no one else.Do you know how painful and hard it is to study, practice, and foolishly pretend to be happy every day, and what has supported me for so long?What allowed me to persevere and not give up?It's you, Jiayang, only you, I want to be with you, work together, live together, I never want to do anything else.

Jiayang, you have to be well, I want to see you, I have so many things to say that I haven't had time to tell you.You can't do anything, Jiayang, what I have is already so pitiful, if there is no you...even if I look at you from a distance, if there is no you, what reason would I have to live?

I was in a daze, Xiao Deng snatched my phone, and forced some kind of granule into my mouth, I choked up, the pain in my stomach seemed to be relieved a little, but the headache was severe, and I fell asleep drowsily caught.

Wake up, it's dawn.I picked up the phone and continued to dial Jiayang's cell phone, but I couldn't get through, couldn't get through...

Xiao Deng heard my voice, ran over from her room, and snatched my phone away.

"Give it to me, please."

"Are you crazy?"

"A friend of mine is missing."

"Ask someone else, that's not the way."

Yeah, I'm really confused.I couldn't find him, but I could find Cheng Jiaming. I had the business card he gave me yesterday in my pocket, and I dialed his cell phone tremblingly.

After three ringtones, Cheng Jiaming answered the phone.

"Hey?"

"Hello, Doctor Cheng, I'm Qiao Fei."

"Hello."

"I, I want to ask you..." I was incoherent and couldn't continue.

Cheng Jiaming said on the other side of the phone: "Listen to me, Qiao Fei, I'm in the hospital now. My colleague just performed an operation on Jiayang, and he is resting."

He had surgery?Something happened to him after all.

I didn't care about anything, so I asked, "What happened to Jiayang?"

"He was vacationing on an island, and the hotel caught fire. He was hit in the back by a door lintel, but fortunately he was rescued by his companions."

"What injury? Is it serious?"

"Shattered shoulder bone, needs rest."

After hearing Cheng Jiaming's words, I couldn't say anything, I just felt that my whole body was full of limbs, and there was no weight.

After an unknown amount of time, Cheng Jiaming said, "Hello?"

"Yes, Doctor Cheng, I'm here."

"Jiayang is stable now, and his family is taking care of him. If you want to see him, please wait a few more days and be with your colleagues. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Yes, I understand. Thank you, Dr. Cheng."

I put down the phone and fell heavily on the bed.

Xiao Deng asked me: "How is it? Do you know the situation?"

I frowned and said, "Xiao Deng, believe it or not, there is really a connection between people? You see, I vomited badly last night, and my friend just had an operation. I remember one time, I What happened, his stomach hurts."

"I believe." Xiao Deng sat beside me, "When the hearts are together, the body will respond."

"Really?" I murmured.

"Is he badly hurt? Are you going to see him?"

"He's got a shattered shoulder bone. I'll see him in a few days. I'm not really worried about him, he's got a lot of care."

"Then take a shower and sleep for a while, Feifei, look at you, you are not doing well."

"Thank you, Xiao Deng."

I turned over and lay on the bed.

Cheng Jiayang

I woke up with pain.

I heard someone say: "Wake up, Jiayang is awake."

I just felt the sun was dazzling, slowly opened my eyes, and saw my mother, she was crying.

I heard the doctor say, "Cheng Jiayang?"

"It's me." My throat is dry and hoarse.

He shone the flashlight into my eyes again, and nodded to the crowd surrounding me.

I was surrounded by others like a giant panda.It was rare for me to see my parents and elder brother appearing at the same time, as well as uncles, aunts, uncles, aunts and many other relatives. I slowly opened my mouth and asked, "Xiaohua, where is she?"

The scene before I passed out was still in front of my eyes: in the burning floor, we fled outside in a hurry, I pushed Xiaohua, and then I was hit by the falling door lintel and fell to the ground, unable to move.Xiaohua cried and called my name: "Jiayang, Jiayang, let's go, hurry up, move." Her hand pushed hard on the red-hot lintel on my body, and I heard "嗞嗞" the sound of.I was pressed down, but my mind was clear at this moment, I said: "Xiaohua, you go, you get out, we can't be here both of us!"

"No, no, Jiayang, why did you tell me? Didn't you promise me that we'll be together forever?" She cried and refused to give up her efforts. She moved with her hands, kicked with her feet, and tried her best to move The things that are pressing on me, I am also covered in bruises. "Jiayang, don't get down on the ground, I beg you, please answer me, okay?!"

I heard her cry, my body was a little loose, I moved out, Xiaohua grabbed me and dragged me out, I only felt a sharp tearing pain on my shoulders and legs, I was thrown from under the lintel by her pull out.

We fled each other, found the little window at the end of the chaotic hot space, and jumped from there. The last thing I remember is that we fell hard on the sand, and then I lost consciousness.

When I said I wanted to see Xiaohua, they got nervous, and after a while, Xiaohua came, with her parents behind her.I panicked when I saw her, her hands heavily bandaged and wheeled around.

I remembered, but couldn't move, I stretched out my hand to her: "Xiaohua, what's wrong with you? Why are you like this?"

She came and took my hand.

"No, don't be nervous, my leg was injured and I can't move." She said, shedding tears again, "It's you, Jiayang, you have to stay on the bed and take care of yourself."

"Sorry." I said.

"What are you talking about?" Xiaohua wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and finally couldn't hold back, sobbing, "I shouldn't, I shouldn't have suggested going there for vacation."

Without really experiencing life and death, seeing people cry bitterly after a catastrophe will feel unreal. Such a sensational scene is like a TV series.I just feel that, in the dark, everything seems to be predetermined like a plot, and the one who depends on my life and death is destined to be this woman beside me.

This sudden drop accident has even greater significance.

Xiaohua and I met each other's parents in different identities from before.

In this situation, the love of life and death seems to move the elderly.

I don't know which elder said it, and said in a low voice: "These two children are born to be together."

My wound is very sensitive, I don't know which step was not handled well, and it became inflamed that day.It didn't hurt, it was just swollen and bloated, and I started running a fever.The fever was quite comfortable. Many people tossed me, turned my body over and over again, inserted tubes and gave injections. I was lucky in my heart. If I didn’t have a fever and I was awake, I would have died of pain.Someone was crying again intermittently, I tried my best to open my eyes, it was Xiaohua.I want to tell her, Xiaohua, stop crying, don't always cry for me.But I don't have the strength, I'd better sleep for a while.

I dream sometimes.

Dreaming about Qiao Fei, I pinched myself, it didn't hurt, it was soft, it was really a dream.

Then there was nothing to be afraid of, so I asked her bluntly: "Where did I offend you, and you want to punish me like this?"

She didn't refute, she looked at me and listened to the lesson with a good temper.

"It's not that I'm sick and dying, so I feel qualified to train you. Sometimes you do things, especially to me, which is really wrong.

"Did two people fall in love together and divide the money so carefully? What's wrong with me wanting to buy something for you? Why are you so sulky?

"I said a word, just one word, 'birth', and I said it unintentionally, and you almost killed me.

"What about studying abroad and working, let me tell you, you don't have to thank me, I do it for myself, I know, it's not true that you thank me, you still bother me.

"So I've known you for such a long time, and I'm not afraid to tell you that I really have a problem with you. You usually pretend to be generous, but you are actually quite narrow-minded. You think about everyone, but you just don't care about me. I It's different, I don't care about others, I just care about you.

"Okay, you don't need to apologize anymore, just give me a sweet word, can we still be together?

"Give me a sweet word."

Why do I waste energy talking in my dream?
I was so tired that I couldn't live up to it, and I fell asleep again before I dreamed of Qiao Fei "give me a sweet word".

When I woke up again, it was Xudong beside me with his hands on my face. "Jiayang, why did you toss yourself like this?"

Jia Ming was beside him: "Xudong, you are right, he almost didn't get sepsis."

"What's wrong with me?"

"It's nothing, I was in a coma for two days and two nights." Jia Ming said.

"Has anyone come to see me?"

"My family. You talk, I'll tell Xiaohua that you're awake." Jia Ming said and went out.

"Isn't the person you want to see the most right here?" Xudong's hand was still on my face, this guy took advantage of me at this moment, and I swung my uninjured arm to hit him.

Xu Dong was tricked: "You are good at your skills, boy, the elder brother also said that you are seriously ill."

"Stop talking nonsense." I said, "How about you, long time no see, how are you?"

"Can I have a cigarette?"

"You turn on the air conditioner and give me one."

Xudong lit a cigarette and put it in my mouth, watched me take a deep breath, and said, "I'm going to be a father. My wife is pregnant."

I froze for a moment: "Which wife?"

"Original match."

"You were recruited?"

"Planned."

I also didn't mention Wu Jiayi, watching Xudong smoking with his back to me.After a moment of silence, he said, "You know, Jiayang, some women are used for life, and some women are only used for love."

The door opened and Xiao Hua walked in.

I said, "This is... this is..."

Xiaohua smiled and said to Xudong: "You are here to deliver cigarettes, right? I know you are all young, but you are the only one who knows how to turn to him, right?"

Xudong laughed, extinguished his own cigarette, took down my one too, and snuffed it out, this traitor.

"He's fine, let's have dinner together." Xudong said, "I've only watched your show. I look better in person than on TV."

"Thank you." Xiao Hua was very happy.

Xudong didn't sit for a while, said something happened in the company, and left first.

Xiao Hua sat next to me and looked at me: "You scared me to death."

"Hey." I said, "Who knows, I've never been sick, and I've been born a big one." I shook my head.

"By the way," Xiaohua said, "a colleague from your unit called and said they wanted to come and see you, but I refused."

I, who had been lying down all this time, sat up all at once.Enduring the pain in my shoulder, I asked her, "When?"

"When you were unconscious."

She looked at me: "Jiayang, don't worry, you're feeling better, I'll let them come to see you tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, okay?"

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Cheng Jiayang

I thought Qiao Fei would come to see me with colleagues from the unit, but no.

I have mixed feelings.

The fire made me both relieved and discouraged.For a long time, what have I struggled with and what have I pursued?The fate of a person is like the trajectory of the stars, and no deviation is allowed. Qiao Fei and I passed by by chance, making me unable to find my own direction for a long time, but Xiaohua, she pulled me back to the original track .

From now on, I want to go on, smoothly and peacefully, until I die.

I turned around on the hospital bed, and another question came up that bothered me. After thinking about it carefully, I told myself with certainty: She probably didn’t know that I was injured, otherwise she wouldn’t have stopped to see me. I caught a cold one day, and she was very nervous. If she knew about my current situation, she would come anyway.

So, she must not know.

When I go back injured, I will look like I don't care.She asked me, and I said, it's okay.

I'm almost done now, so I have to hurry back.

My father came while the doctor was giving me the jib.

He didn't talk to me, just waited by the side.It took more than two hours to install the plaster and tie the bandage, and he was there all the time.

The doctor finished with me, and I went back to the ministry in his car.When getting out of the car, he said to me: "Don't do anything these days, go home early and rest. Your injury needs to be healed."

I said, "Yes, Dad."

When I returned to the office, I couldn't help but receive a warm welcome and ask about my health.I wanted to hand over work to my colleagues, but the director said, "Don't worry, Jiayang, you can take a rest."

I said, "Is the assignment of the new translation done?"

The director said: "Basically it's settled. Here is the list of those who remain in the bureau. Take a look. You have to bring the new translator."

I took the list he gave me and looked at it, but Jofi's name wasn't on it.

I looked at the director: "You didn't keep that child?"

"Which one are you talking about?"

"It's sign language, you said, one person can use it as two."

"You mean Joffi?" said the director.

"I was afraid you didn't know her. Yes, Director, where is she?"

"I don't know her? Maybe everyone knows her." The director said, "This girl has applied to the Côte d'Ivoire office."

I just stayed there.

"What's going on? How can lesbians be allowed to go there? There's war and plague. She applied, was it approved?"

"There is also a shortage of people there, and no one is going. Qiao Fei is quite persistent and has been reporting to the top. Her father approved it. Now this girl is all typical. She called on the diplomatic front to learn from her. She left in a few days and is now on vacation. , let's pack your luggage."

I nodded: "Then I'm going out, Director, you should do your work first."

I left the director's office quickly, and heard him say behind me: "Jiayang, don't rush to work, pay attention to rest..."

I called Qiao Fei, this time it was fine, she answered quickly: "Jiayang?"

"It's me. Where are you?"

"at home."

"Don't go anywhere, I'll be there in half an hour."

"I'm going out, are you okay?"

"I'm telling you," I said into the headset, "don't go anywhere."

Before I knocked on the door, Qiao Fei opened the door. She looked at me with the crane arm up, her face calm and calm: "You have been discharged from the hospital."

"You still pretend to be me, don't you?"

I've never been so nasty, but I've had enough of her.

She looked at me and stepped aside to let me in, the door was wide open.

Only she was at home, and I sat on the sofa, suddenly feeling speechless again.

After a while, Qiao Fei poured water for me, and I looked up and asked her, "Do you know where Côte d'Ivoire is?"

She didn't speak, and sat down, looking out of the window.

"I'm talking to you."

She turned her head and said with a smile, "What's the matter? As for it? Someone has to go."

"You have suffered so much for nothing? In that kind of place, you can go to a place with almost French, and you have learned translation skills for nothing for so many years?" I just have a sore throat, or I would have yelled.

"Don't you think you control too much? Which identity do you want to use to talk to me?" She still smiled, but refuted me sharply, "Listen to me, Cheng Jiayang, no matter which identity you are, you will treat me , that's a little too much talking. Don't you think so?"

We haven't had a fight yet, and Jofi's words set me on fire.I stood up suddenly, with a jib hanging on one shoulder, and I shook it: "You don't know what to do, Qiao Fei. Me, you ask me, what identity do I use to talk to you? Me, what identity?"

I was so angry that I couldn't continue: "Yeah, you're right. Who am I? What do I care about you? But, Qiao Fei, you don't think about your parents, do you? They After raising you for so many years, you finally became a great translator, and you got yourself to Africa, and you can’t come back after going there for two years, who are you worthy of?”

She didn't speak, and shook her head away.With shaking hands, she lit herself a cigarette.I said, "Give me one."

She glanced at me, put one in my mouth, and ordered it for me.

We all collected ourselves.

I took a deep drag on my cigarette and said to her, "I didn't come to discuss with you, I came to inform you, Comrade Jofi, that you can't go to Côte d'Ivoire." I said it clearly, word by word, " Don’t you want to be an interpreter? That’s great, the quota for Gao Fanju is tight. You don’t need to be an interpreter anymore, I’ll find another good place for you.”

I was going to leave, but I didn't say a few words to her, the pain was worse than my surgery: "You don't have to go to work, wait to report to the new unit."

I said to go.The wound on my shoulder was really hurting.

"Jiayang, why are you doing this?" She said behind me, "I don't agree, I won't revise my wish."

"Civil servants are subject to assignments from their superiors." I turned to her and said, "And Qiao Fei, you have known me for so long, have you seen what I have failed to do?"

She didn't speak, just sat there, looking at me.

Originally, I couldn't stand stably, but her appearance, her small face, and her squinted cat eyes made me shaken.

"Who did you learn to smoke?" I asked.

"Foreign friends, I have been smoking for a long time."

"Do you know it's bad for your health?"

"do you know?"

"I don't care." I was telling the truth.

"Me too," she said.

We are so hopeless that I cannot speak to her.

I slam the door and leave.

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Jiayang is recovering well, and came running over to yell at me vigorously.

After he left, the more I thought about it, the more angry I became. I'm usually a talkative person, but when I saw Cheng Jiayang, my battery ran out.

I fell asleep.

When I was woken up by the ringtone of the mobile phone, it was already night.

I looked at the number, and it turned out to be Bobo. She just flew back from Paris and wanted to buy me and Xiaodan a drink.I had no energy and was lazy, so I said to her, "Next time, I'm tired."

"Why are you so boring? Come out quickly, Xiaodan finally doesn't work overtime. Besides, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

"well."

I got up, washed my face and went out.

When I arrived at the agreed bar, I saw two other people who were well-dressed.

They looked at me, and Bobo said, "Hey, sit farther away, those who don't know think I brought the nanny."

"You are too vicious." I sat down and poured myself a drink, feeling a little unhappy in my heart.I was in a bad mood at first, and such a bad friend still taunts me like this.

"Are you angry?" Bobo came over and hugged me, "I'm kidding you. Look, I brought you a gift."

She said and gave me a bottle of perfume.

"That's about the same." I put it away.

"Why are you unhappy?" Xiao Dan asked.

"No."

"Come on, your face is all black. And you're not wearing a bra," Xiao Dan said.

I was startled, and subconsciously covered my chest with my hands. The two of them laughed, and I was thrown again.

When people are in a bad mood, their minds are really confused.

I have always played tricks on the two of them, and today I have been tricked one after another.

I also laughed angrily.

At this time, someone passed by me and called me, "Joffe."

When I looked up, Cheng Jiaming and two male friends were beside me.

I said, "Hey, Dr. Cheng, what a coincidence." I took a sip of my wine.

"Do you mind sitting together?" Cheng Jiaming said, reaching out to shake hands with Bobo and Xiaodan.

I said, "Okay, okay."

On the table, several hands were held together, and I wanted to find a way to get out.

The men ordered wine again, and everyone told jokes one by one.

In fact, I really don't want to see Cheng Jiaming, like a creditor who holds an IOU in his hand and doesn't ask for the debt.

I called him that day to ask about Jiayang's situation, and before I could say anything, he told me directly.He knows my past with Jiayang, it's obvious.

The people around Jiayang are all so unpredictable, compared to this, he himself is as pure as a child.

The gentleman who came with Cheng Jiaming said to me: "It's your turn, it's your turn to tell jokes."

"I can't remember at the moment."

"Then it will be fined."

"Okay, then I'll say one.

"Say, how many steps does it take to put an elephant in the refrigerator?"

After I finished speaking, I saw the other five people looking at me blankly.

Another friend of Cheng Jiaming said, "Why don't you drink a drink."

Others laughed, and Bobo said, "Let me tell the story. I have been preparing for quite a long time."

Before she finished speaking, I drank the wine in front of me.

Everyone at the table was a little dazed.

"Everyone, I'll leave after two more drinks. I have something to do. I'm sorry."

I wanted to pour the wine myself, but the glass was held down by Cheng Jiaming on the opposite side: "It just so happens that I'm leaving too, so I'll see you off."

It's over, I'm self-defeating, I just want to avoid this person.

"Wait a little longer, Dr. Cheng. Didn't you just come here?" I said.

"Let's go."

He stood up, put on a windbreaker, reached out and grabbed my arm: "Let's go."

I was dragged out of the bar by Cheng Jiaming.

When he came out, the autumn wind made Chaos' head ache.

"I send you."

"No need."

Cheng Jiaming laughed: "Pretending to be strong will only make yourself work harder."

I looked at him: "Do you think you know everything? Do you think that because you are rich and powerful, you can manipulate others casually, and you also said sincerely, this is for my own good, teach me not to make myself harder The truth? Let me tell you, I have always worked hard, that’s how I live. Without a car, I take the subway; when the subway stops, I walk back. I never want to take advantage of anyone, and I don’t need others to save me. Don't talk to me with a smile, I don't appreciate your kindness. Goodbye."

I walk away.

I took the last subway home and it was packed like sardines.

However, it doesn't matter, I am willing, this is the life I should live.

I slept until the sun was up, and got up to eat instant noodles.Go out to buy vegetables, and come back to make dinner for myself and Xiao Deng.

At [-]:[-], I received a call from the Personnel Department of the Gaofan Bureau, asking me to report to the newspaper reference room tomorrow.

I remembered Cheng Jiayang saying bitterly to me: "Don't you want to be an interpreter? That's great, the quota for Gao Fanju is tight. You don't have to be. I'll find another good place for you."

His work efficiency is really high, so I was sent to the reference room next to the retirement office and the family planning office.

I put two more spoonfuls of rice in the pot, and while washing the rice, I looked in the mirror and said to myself: "Laugh, laugh, laugh."

I ate a lot this evening.Xiao Deng said, "Why are you so powerful today?"

"I'm done with my vacation, and I'm going to work tomorrow. I'm not going abroad anymore, they got me to the reference room."

"Wouldn't that be nice? As I said earlier, what do you suddenly want to do in Africa?"

"Yeah, I'm not going to Africa, I'm going to retire early."

"Not happy?"

"I don't know how happy I am."

She put her hand on my shoulder: "You have encountered a lot of things recently, Feifei, cry if you want. Don't bear it, I feel too uncomfortable."

I said: "Drink the soup quickly, don't let it get cold."

She shook her head, sighed, took a sip of the soup and said, "Oh, it's really good."

I still had rice in my mouth, so I said to her, "When you say it, I really found something wrong with me."

"what?"

"I never cry except when I yawn."

When I go to work, the data room is in the corner of the west wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building. Besides me, the person in charge of data management is an old English translator who has abdicated for many years and is waiting to retire.

I am happy and quiet.In addition to sorting out news from the Internet and text media every day, there is basically nothing to do.

There is also a young technician in charge of network maintenance, Xiao Zhao, who comes here often. He is very rude. The first time he saw me, he asked, "Hey, why are you assigned here at such a young age?"

"I'd love to," I said.

However, every job has its benefits. I can't read the French materials here, new or old. I'm tired, and I still have time to surf the Internet casually.

I find it very moisturizing.

One day, when I was flipping through old newspapers, I saw the news about the bombing at Lyon train station in Paris, France in April, which mentioned that Gendarmerie Zuzu Ferrandi died heroically to protect the safety of passengers.

At this time, I was lying on the desk under the window, and the late autumn sunlight shone on me through the large glass window, like warm hands.I opened my palm, and it was the mark left by Zuzu on it.

"How are you?" I said, "Your sister said, God sent you other errands, how are you doing now? I'm not bad now, I'm a national civil servant, but sometimes I'm a little lonely, if you If you are free, come and see me."

I heard someone coughing and took a look, Cheng Jiayang was standing at the other end of the bookshelf.

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Jiayang's boom was removed, and he looked at me with his hands down.

I stood up and asked him, "What's the matter, brother?"

"Yes," he said, "please help me find a copy of Le Monde that reports on NATO's use of troops against Yugoslavia."

This is the old news of which age, I turned on the computer to check.

Find the year, date and archive number of the newspaper according to the content of the article, and find the newspaper on the second floor of the fifth bookshelf according to the number.

I give him the newspaper and register.

Jiayang took it over, looked at me and said, "How is it?" He seemed to be looking for the right words to talk to me, "Are you busy?"

"You see," I said, "I was going to take a nap."

"That's fine, thank you, I'll go first."

"Ah, no need."

As soon as Jiayang left, I received a call from Gao Fanshi, asking me to go.I asked the old translator for leave. He was cutting the newspaper with a pair of scissors. He said to me without raising his head, "Go early and come back early. If someone comes to borrow the newspaper, I won't be able to find it."

It turned out that the Global Sustainable Development Program Conference was held, and the bureau's translators were not enough, so they were seconded from various departments to assist in the organization, reception, and escort of the conference.The senior sister who was in charge of the translation organization read everyone's division of labor according to the list. I guess I can almost accompany the representative wife's group for sightseeing. I am good at this. The English translator Zhao Peng over there greeted me far away I was smiling at him when the senior sister read my name.

"Joffe."

"arrive."

Seeing me sitting by the window, the senior sister said slowly: "The second day of the meeting, November [-]th, you participate, in the morning, from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-], in the afternoon, at [-]:[-] Simultaneous interpretation in French of the meeting until four o'clock."

After she finished speaking, I was dumbfounded, and it took me a long time to realize it.What kind of job opportunity is this?That's great, I'm lucky, Qiao Fei!
I looked at many young colleagues around me who were looking at me with jealous eyes. I suppressed my smile. They are now cursing me for making a fool of myself. Look, I have done my preparations well, and I will definitely be outstanding. Complete the task, and watch it.

After arranging the tasks, the senior sister announced the end of the meeting. I was stopped by her and stayed.

She gave me a lot of materials: "Qiao Fei, this is your first time as a conference interpreter, so you must be fully prepared."

I said, "Yes yes yes."

She looked at me and said puzzledly: "Such a good kid, why did you make such a fuss about going to Côte d'Ivoire?"

I said: "Where is it not serving the people?"

"Okay, you should prepare well now and serve the people well in the country."

I took the materials my senior sister gave me and went home to fight fiercely. This sudden and glorious task seemed to reactivate me—eating more, exercising frequently, and sleeping soundly.

One night when I was having dinner with Xiao Deng, "God of Cookery" was playing on TV.

Zhou Xingxing, who rose again with "Pissing Cow Pills", said to the villain played by Wu Mengda: "You have to admire me, I am alive again!"

I nodded emphatically.

Xiao Deng said: "You think of yourself in the movie again?"

I said embarrassedly: "No, hurry up, eat fish. It's delicious."

However, I was so full of emotions, energy, and fighting spirit that on the morning of the meeting, when I put on a formal suit and hung the "translation" card on my chest, I found my heartbeat accelerated suddenly.

While the team leader wasn't paying attention, I walked out of the rest room and saw representatives from various countries have already entered the arena.

I looked at the meeting place, as if I had seen this formation before.At that time, I saw the performance of the outstanding Cheng Jiayang; and today, it will be the first time that I will be a simultaneous interpreter in the workshop here.

No, I have to go smoke a cigarette.

I was looking for a smoking room, when Cheng Jiayang's voice came from behind: "Qiao Fei."

I turned around and looked at him.

Cheng Jiayang was wearing a black suit, shirt and tie of the same color, with a fair and thin face, and meticulous attire, he was really handsome.

At this time, I have many things to say to him, but I also know that there are many things that cannot be said.I just look at him.

He slowly stretched out his hand, helped me straighten the name tag on my chest, and said slowly and softly: "Don't be nervous, Qiao Fei, no one is better than you."

I nodded: "I'm not nervous."

He couldn't help laughing.

"What are you doing, aren't you translating today?" I asked Jiayang.

"I am with the leaders of the United Nations. Wait a minute, there will be talks and interviews."

I continue to nod.

"Okay, let's go. Remember what I told you?"

"Of course," I pointed to myself, "I'm very good."

I was paired with a brother and we shook hands and greeted each other before we sat down.

When I hold the shorthand pen in my hand, when I press the device switch for transmitting translation, when I hear the first sentence of the French representative's speech, and at the same time, I say into the microphone fluently in Chinese, "We have a positive impact on economic and social development. Continue to pursue, just like human beings admire longevity..." At the time - I knew very well that I, Jofi, was very good.

Cheng Jiayang

After the meeting, the big figures of the United Nations were sent away, and there was no important task for a while.

After listening to Qiao Fei's work recording, I think she should be able to score 85 points. Although she is not chic enough, she is agile and accurate enough. After a little time, this will be the best translation.

When I thought this way, I was sitting in front of the computer. I couldn't find an opponent in a game, so I had to play games with the computer.

Xiaohua poured milk for me and laughed when she saw me playing billiards.

"Why are you in such a mood, playing by yourself?"

"No." I took her milk and took a sip. "So there was a good opponent. I don't know where he is now."

"Really? Do you still have netizens?"

"Why not?" I looked at her.

"Male and female? You don't know how to engage in online dating."

I smiled: "Don't be so silly."

Speaking of which, I really haven't seen "I don't believe that I can't register" which was renamed "Pear Rang Kong Rong" for some days. It seems that everyone has their own things to do and lawsuits to do, and no one will be too busy. I have time to listen to your talk.

Xiaohua said: "Go to sleep, don't be too tired."

"Okay, you go to bed first, and I'll come right after I take a shower."

Qiao Fei, who performed well in the conference, was transferred from the reference room to the high-end room by our director, and has since worked in the office next to me.

The next day, the deputy director in charge of personnel took her to various relevant departments to meet with colleagues and introduce us to each other.

We shook hands, and Qiao Fei said to the deputy director: "I know Brother Cheng, we are alumni."

The deputy director patted his forehead: "Look, I forgot, yes, isn't Jiayang responsible for your entry training?"

I said, "Work hard."

Fee said, "Thank you."

At noon, my mother called me, and it was her secretary who connected: "Jiayang, wait a moment. The chief wants to talk to you."

"Jiayang." My mother's voice.

"mom."

"Let's have lunch together."

"Okay."

"Let's take my car to eat western food. I'll wait for you in front of the door."

"it is good."

I put down the phone and took a breath.

It was almost lunch break, and I took a little time, the brother sitting opposite me made a long-distance call to my home from the work unit, and he said to the phone: "Mom, really, I really ate breakfast, can I not eat it... ..."

I was going downstairs in my windbreaker. In the corridor, I saw the English translator Xiao Zhao following behind Fei and said, "Really, at that time, I was really worried. I also said, why is a little girl going to that place? However, you are really good, I heard from them that your business is quite outstanding..."

I stood beside them waiting for the elevator, Xiao Zhao saw me and said hello: "Senior brother."

"Hi," I said.

Qiao Fei followed with a smile: "Go to the cafeteria."

"Ah, no, go eat somewhere else." I said.

They got off the elevator when they got to the cafeteria floor.

Xiao Zhao walked half a step behind Fei, and he was quite protective of Fei.

My mother's car was waiting for me in front of the building, and when I got up, she was still reading with the documents in her hand.

When we got to the restaurant, she put down her work.

Look at me eating foie gras: "How did you lose weight?"

"no."

"You don't think you've lost a lot of weight." She took a sip of the juice, "Recently, your father and I are going to go out separately, and the time is not short."

"Oh."

"Before we leave, I want to meet Xiaohua's parents."

I looked up at her: "Okay. Don't need us to accompany you. You know, I don't know how to socialize with elders."

My mother sighed: "Jiayang, you are not young anymore. I just want to settle the matter between you and Xiaohua."

I was not very surprised, I basically had a premonition that this day would come, and I sealed my mouth with a napkin: "Why is no one chasing Jiaming so much and asking him to get married?"

"Jiaming?" Mother disagreed, "If he had such a good relationship with a suitable girl like you and Xiaohua, I would have married him a long time ago."

There are two main points in this sentence: first, this is a "suitable" girl; second, she thinks that my relationship with Xiaohua is "so good".

My mother's tone was relaxed, not realizing how high a standard this was.

I didn't speak.

"Jiayang, what's your opinion, tell mom."

"...I have no objection, mom, what do you want me to do? I'll do as you said, do you want me to propose to Xiaohua? Well, I'll ask her tonight. Is it you or me? Parents, tell me. If you want, then we can get married as soon as possible, and we can have children as soon as possible.

"Mom, I have no objection, just tell me, what do you want me to do?"

My mother was a little dazed, and I continued to eat.

"Jiayang," she said slowly, and smiled softly at me, "What's the matter, Jiayang, mother is doing it for your own good, I thought, you and Xiaohua have been together for so long, there should be a result .You are all too young now."

Steak was tough.

I called the waiter: "The steak is not good, please change it to Jajangmyeon."

He was embarrassed: "Sir, we only serve Russian-style western food here."

My mother looks at me.

"Please give me Jajangmyeon and cucumber."

"Jiayang."

I looked at my mother: "Mom, can I choose what to eat?"

"What you just wanted was also what you chose."

"Well said, because you only brought me to this restaurant."

I toss down the napkin and stride out the door.

I walked on the bustling street and watched the crowd pass by me.

I just feel that life is a dense net, and I am like a node, bound by countless clues.

I need to calm myself down, I have to go to work in the afternoon.

In the evening, my mother called me again and asked me if I was too busy at work recently and if I was in a bad mood.

I said mom, I'm sorry, I shouldn't be leaving at noon.

My mother said that if I am not ready for what I said at noon, I will let it go first, but it is time to give Xiaohua an explanation.

I put down my mother's phone, Xiaohua called again and asked me why I didn't go back so late.

I suddenly felt irritable, and I couldn't attack Xiaohua, so I restrained myself and said, "Just wait until I finish the work at hand."

I didn't wait for her to speak, so I closed the line.

I should go back to Xiaohua's place, but I was driving around the street, smoking while driving.After a long time, I found myself parked in a somewhat familiar place.

Persimmon trees, old-fashioned residential buildings, let me take a look, this is the downstairs of Qiao Fei's house.

I just felt that my heart was wet, like a drowning person, struggling hard, and finally stranded on the beach.

I want, want, want to see her now.

It's fine to say anything, what should I do?That's how cowardly I am.

I knocked on her door and a strange girl opened the door.

I saw Jofi's shoes by the door.

I said, "I'm looking for Jofi."

She came out from inside: "Jiayang."

I followed her into her room, she opened the door and I closed it.

She sat on the sofa cushions and looked at me.

She seemed to have just taken a bath, her hair was fluffy and wet, and she smelled like a child.

I sit next to her and I look at her.

"What's wrong with you?" she murmured to me.

"Phi," I called her name, and tears flowed down my face. I leaned my head on her shoulder, "I'm tired."

Her soft arms held me in her arms.

4
jofi
I hugged Jiayang for a long time until he fell asleep.

I helped him to my bed, put him under my quilt, and took off his shoes and clothes, except for his shorts.

When was the last time I saw him like this?
I wiped his face with a hot towel.

His eyes were closed, and his long black eyelashes cast shadows on his fair face.

Such a man, who was so firm in giving me warmth and support, is now so helpless, crying in my arms.

Why do I always see his tears?

And most of these tears came from me.

Is there such a wonderful woman?
Make the man she likes cry.

Jiayang turned over, wrapped his arms around the quilt, and turned his back to me.

I saw that the unhealed wound on his shoulder had formed a small red scab at this time, I touched it with my hand, and he moved a little.

I slowly put my mouth on it, and said softly, "Jiayang, does it hurt?"

Tiredness struck, and I just fell asleep on a soft and warm bed with my arms around the person I love the most—Cheng Jiayang.

Cheng Jiayang

After sleeping well, I opened my eyes and said, "Phi, my back is itchy, please scratch it for me."

No one answered me.

I sat up and saw milk and bread beside the bed. I was looking for a note or something, but there was none.

Fee and her friends have all gone to work.

I dressed, washed, and studied her room.

I've been here before, when I ran to argue with Jofi, who was going to Africa, and didn't take a closer look at her nest.

She likes light colors, with light green curtains, sheets and tablecloths, and her room has a spring vibe in the late autumn weather.

I opened her closet, and there were some simple and neat clothes in it.I thought maybe I could find something I bought her, a dress, a dress, but no.

I went through her drawers again.

I took a look under her bed, hoping I could find something in her, something about me.

No.

Disappointed, I sat in a chair and ate what she had prepared for me.

I was driving to work, and in the hallway I ran into Jofi, who was going to copy materials.

We were all a little embarrassed, and I said, "What are you doing here?"

"Senior Sister asked me to go on a business trip." She asked me to look at the documents in my hand.

"Where are you going?" I took the file.

"As you can see, the international medical conference hosted by the Ministry of Health was held in Chengdu, and an interpreter was seconded from us to do simultaneous interpretation. My sister asked me to go."

"When?"

"Leave the day after tomorrow."

"Time is so tight? Why didn't you give time to prepare?"

"I don't have time to prepare. I thought the Ministry of Health could handle it by itself, so I didn't plan to let us go." She took the document back from my hand, "I won't tell you anymore, I'm leaving and I'm still busy. "

I wanted to call her to stop, but Qiao Fei walked very fast, and her high heels made a crisp sound.

I wanted to call Xudong out for a drink, but he was quite embarrassed on the other side of the phone.I said: "You can turn your face and deny anyone, you are looking for me, when did I not come out?"

"Okay, I'll be there."

We met in a bar, and he drank with me, also absent-minded.He said, "You have something to say."

"You want to go back to accompany your wife?"

"My wife wants to accompany Di, and my son. Now I play a piece of piano prenatal education for him every day."

I burst out laughing right away.Xudong was very upset: "Don't laugh at the sense of responsibility of a father-to-be."

"No, I was moved." I continued to say with a smile.

"You, I won't talk about you. You will know when you are married and have children. Let me tell you, when I see you now, I just feel—immature, really, little comrade, very immature." He said shaking his head.

"I'm not married yet, and I still have children."

"Oh right, it's about time for you to solve your personal problems. When will it be? You can wait, girls can't wait. Isn't that Xiaohua not young?" He looked at me, "But of course, It’s still pretty young on TV.”

"Can you talk about something else?" I drank, "I asked you to come out just to relax, why don't you talk to me about this?"

"Tired and crooked?"

"what."

"That's it, you got it," he laughed, "Xiaohua is in your hands, so you don't take it seriously. I still think you are Cheng Jiayang, but in fact, it's the same as me. Don't say anything Mine is not."

am I?
I looked at him, if not, why did he like one in his heart, but there was another one beside him; if not, why did he deliberately get entangled with Qiao Fei again and again, but in his head, he believed that Xiao Hua was the destined woman ?

When Xudong saw Young Master Liu entering the door with his crush in his arms, he reached out his hand to say hello, and I said, "Stop, call him, and I'll leave."

"What's the matter? Are you two really tied up?"

I said: "You forgot, when we were young, we didn't like to play with him."

"How do I remember that you two squeezed against me together?" Xudong said.

I went back to Xiao Hua, undressed, took a shower, and went to bed.

Xiao Hua said, "Have you slept? You haven't slept, have you?"

I said: "What are you doing?"

"I went to see Mingfang today. I bought two sets of small clothes for her child. Let me tell you, Jiayang, a child, is really an indescribable animal. She has grown up all of a sudden."

"Really?" I sat up and looked at Xiao Hua. She had her hair tied in a small braid in front, wearing glasses, and gesticulating with her hands to describe to me, "She has curly hair, but it's white, and her hands are chubby. Duh, the walk is strong. Also, she can be called 'Auntie' now."

I said, "Are they all this big?"

"Isn't it amazing? Really, Jiayang, I hugged her all afternoon. Don't mention the little milk smell on her body."

I have never seen Xiaohua talk like this, like a child describing a beloved toy.

"By the way, I brought the DV that Mingfang recorded for her girl, do you want to watch it?"

Xiaohua couldn't help but bring the DV player and let me watch the video of Mingfang's daughter. We both laughed when we saw the white and fat little guy with his head stuck on the sofa cushion.

Xiaohua said: "It's really weird. In the past two years, I didn't like children the least. Now that I see it, I think it's really fun. Am I getting old?"

"Yes, me too."

She looked at me, I looked at her.

Xiaohua finally said to me: "Jiayang, let's get married."

(End of this chapter)