Exclusive Memory Chapter 8 Part 7

 In this period, in order to adjust everyone's employment mentality, the school specially opened employment guidance courses.

The teacher of the employment guidance class is surnamed Zhang. After graduating from graduate school, he worked in several cities in the south, and now he has returned to school to teach. Probably worked outside for several years, and lost some scholarly atmosphere. When he talks in class, he always treats us as peers, so he is very casual.

Once, he said: "After entering society, the pressure on men must be much greater than that on women. And boys should go out and make a living. But..." He paused, "Now you may think that the philistine I am talking about is not like what I should say as a teacher, but I still want to tell the male students that sometimes, a valuable marriage will save you more than ten years of struggle.”

"I'm not asking you to be on the same page in this respect, but when everyone considers the fate of their relationship in the future, this factor is also very important."

Bai Lin stopped talking contemptuously: "It's better to marry well than to do a good job. Now this sentence is also applicable to men. It's true that men and women are equal."

After we finished the junior eight exams, Liu Qi successfully passed the civil service examination written test and interview. Chen Yan also told me on the phone that she passed the re-examination.

Everyone is moving towards their ideals, except me.

On the day when we received our graduation certificates, we wore academic gowns, took a camera, and took photos of all the bright spots on the campus: the swimming pool used to raise fish in winter, the crescent-shaped lotus pond behind the library, the four teaching The osmanthus forest downstairs...

In the evening, the whole department gathered for dinner, and many teachers came.

The counselor was in a particularly good mood and allowed everyone to drink.

Many people went to pester Teacher Chen Ting, the most handsome teacher in the whole department, and toasted one after another. It is said that he can drink very well, but he still couldn't stand up to the crowd tactics of his classmates and was still defeated.

"Teacher Chen, where is our Teacher Mu?" A female classmate asked, "Among the teachers who taught us, he is missing."

"As if he dares to come in such a situation like this." Chen Ting shook his head, "He has already hid somewhere else for a business trip."

After dinner, it changed from a department-wide event to a class-based party, and then went crazy together until dawn.

When the sky was dark, a girl finally cried, bringing everyone's sadness.

Bai Lin grabbed me and Zhao Xiaotang, "You two come out every week to meet me." Turning her head and saying to Song Qiqi, "After you go home, you have to text each other every day. Come back to see us during winter and summer vacations.”

The next day, the three of us sent Song Qiqi away, and after returning, we also began to go our separate ways. As a result, everyone in the graduating class of the English Department of the School of Foreign Languages of University A University separated from the school and began their own different lives.

Liu Qi entered the judicial bureau of City A with the first place in the system, and it is said that his father was very happy.

I said, "But this job doesn't resemble your major."

Liu Qi said, "Then what can I do?"

I said, "It's not for nothing that you studied for four years, and you have always liked this major, so it's a pity to just give up."

Liu Qi said helplessly: "In order to survive, we have to compromise."

I looked at him and didn't speak.

So, I got a job as an administrative assistant at the real estate company where Zhao Xiaotang worked. The company informed me to go to work next month. During this time, I stayed home alone, waiting for the time to start work. Occasionally eat with Liu Qi, watch movies, and go to the park on weekends.

He often told me about the office.

On the weekend, we met one of his female colleagues on the street, "Xiao Liu, is this your girlfriend?”

"Hmm." Liu Qi introduced us to each other.

After she left, I said, "I seem to have seen her somewhere?"

"She is your senior sister. When you played the pipa, she was the host."

"No way."

I looked back at the background. This senior sister had long hair at the time, she was only two or three years older than us, she looked like a fairy. I remember one of her speeches, in which she outlined her aspirations and future attitudes with passionate sentences on the stage, which completely shocked us who had just entered the university campus. But now, although she is still beautiful, she looks smoothed by the trivial things of life. Like many people, walking on the street and busy with family affairs, I feel suddenly old.

While waiting for the subway, I said sadly, "I don't want to be like this for the rest of my life."

Liu Qi said: "What? How is this?”

I said: "Go to work every day, get off work, keep running around for life, and then the family and children, busy, getting old day by day. I completely forget what my ideal was at the beginning, and I don't even have an ideal "

Liu Qi was puzzled: "Isn't everyone living like this?"

I feel sad: "That's why I don't want to."

"Xiao Tong..." Liu Qi said, "Don't you think, you are very strange?"

"I'm just finding my own direction in life."

"Work, get married, and have children. Ordinary people's life is like this. Moreover, I think this is also a kind of happiness."

"I know, but I'm somehow confused about the future."

"Xue Tong, if you don't want to, you don't have to work, I can support you."

"I didn't mean that." I was anxious.

"Then what do you mean?" Liu Qi asked angrily.

A sudden feeling of powerlessness made me physically and mentally exhausted.

That day, I originally made an appointment with Liu Qi to go to my place to buy ingredients and cook at home, because he had never been there, but the two split up unhappily.

When I got home, I turned on my computer, and suddenly found Mu Chenghe's avatar lit up on MSN.

Liu Qi said that everyone lives like that. But, I know that Mu Chenghe does not. Perhaps, he has also encountered such and such feeling unsatisfactory, but he has not compromised.

Two winter nights ago, he told me about Zhukovsky, about his dreams.

I will always remember that when he talked about those dreams, his eyes were as firm and persistent as a rock.

I don't have many friends, and he is the only one online now. I usually don't hide when I'm online, so if he is using msn now, he must have seen me.

Suppose, he sees me, I don't say hello, and I look very tasteless.

Suppose, at this time, I deliberately avoided him, engaged in offline or stealth, and seemed even more tasteless.

So I bit the bullet and sent a smiley face.

Po3a: Hello, Teacher Mu.

Mu Chenghe: Xue Tong, long time no see. Got a job?

Po3a: Hmm. found it.

Mu Chenghe: That's good. Already at work?

Po3a: No, I'm still resting at home and will officially start work next month. And you? How is it going?

Mu Chenghe: I just came back from Moscow.

Po3a: No wonder you didn't come to our graduation dinner.

Mu Chenghe: I heard from Chen Ting that he was tortured by you.

Po3a: Hahaha, it's really miserable.

Mu Chenghe: Then I escaped a catastrophe.

The atmosphere of the conversation suddenly became harmonious, and I felt a lot more relaxed.

Po3a: Did you bring any delicious food back from Moscow?

Mu Chenghe: Speaking of which, there is one thing that suits you.

Po3a: What?

Mu Chenghe: Guess.

Po3a: Vodka!

Mu Chenghe: Smart. Answer the phone.

I thought he meant that he was going to answer the phone, but my cell phone rang, and it was Mu Chenghe who called.

"Xue Tong?" His voice was bright, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

"Ah, yes," I said, "is it really my vodka?"

"I saw it in the store when I was leaving, and suddenly remembered that I had promised you."

"I really want to drink it now."

"Today is too late, you come and get it tomorrow." He said.

When he made an appointment to meet me on the phone, I thought for a while and said, "Teacher Mu..."

"What?"

"Can I bring a friend?"

His voice hesitated slightly, "Friend?"

"The last time you met him was my boyfriend named Liu Qi." I said timidly.

The other end of the phone seemed to pause for a while, and then he heard him agree: "No problem."

Before going to bed, I dialed Liu Qi's number and told him about meeting Mu Chenghe.

"However, I have to work overtime." He said, "There is a meeting on Monday, and the materials must be sorted out tomorrow."

"Can't you just move it?"

"Xiaotong, you know that I have just arrived here and must work harder than others."

"But……"

"Teacher Mu, I've met him many times. You can explain to him the reason for my absence, and he won't fail to understand."

"But, I want you to come with me."

"I will definitely go next time. For dinner, do you have enough money? You have graduated, so don't let your teacher spend any more money."

He gave a lot of wordy instructions, and hung up the phone without leaving me a chance to say anything.

I was lying on the bed and was hesitating whether to change the time with Mu Chenghe when Bai Lin's call came in again.

"Xue Tong! I'm so angry." Bai Lin said straight away.

"What's wrong?"

"Our supervisor is really a pervert. Yesterday he personally gave me the report and sent it to the marketing department. He obviously made a mistake and said that I can't do things. I whispered to him a few words, and he took me to the meeting room to educate me for a long time, and the saliva was sprayed on my face. I was also asked to work overtime today..."

Bai Lin started her bitter pouring activity at least three times a week again. At first I listened to her while echoing her, but finally I rolled my eyelids and fell asleep listening to her lullaby-like chant.

At night, I had a lot of dreams, all of which happened in the dormitory before, and then like a movie, excerpts flashed back and forth. Early in the morning, my mother's phone call woke me up.

"Mom, what's the matter?" She rarely took the initiative to find me.

"Did Chen Yan contact you yesterday?"

"No."

"Recently?"

"Also no."

"Forget it then." After asking inexplicably, she quickly cut off the phone.

The dream still wanted to continue, so I closed my eyes and fell back to sleep. I don't know how long I slept, but I heard the neighbor downstairs calling the children to eat from the balcony.

Having a meal?

I woke up with a start, sat up all of a sudden, grabbed my phone to check the time, it was eleven fifty-one. God, we're only nine minutes away from our appointment.

"Teacher Mu—" I was on the phone while putting on my clothes.

"I'm in the car and I'll be there in a few minutes," he said.

"No! No! I haven't gone out yet."

"Really?" he said, "It's okay, take your time, don't worry."

"Liu Qi can't come because he has something to do. I just got up, so you must have to wait for a long, long time."

He pondered for a while, "I'm near your house, tell me the address, and I'll pick you up."

I was puzzled, and couldn't help asking: "You don't even know the address, so how do you know where is near my house?"

He replied: "The last time you were at Starbucks, you said it was very close to your home."

My hands froze slightly as I put on my clothes. Unexpectedly, he remembered such a small detail, and I was just looking for a reason for rejecting him in a perfunctory way.

I waited downstairs for less than two minutes before Mu Chenghe appeared. I have to say that his sense of direction and memory are really amazing. The terrain of my house is very complicated. Bai Lin has been here many times, but she still can't tell the difference between south, east and north.

I waved at him from afar.

When Mu Chenghe saw me, he stopped slowly, rolled down the car window, and smiled at me, his eyes curved into a nice arc.

It rained last night, and at this time of noon, the weather is also very cool. The sun hung softly in the sky, occasionally hiding behind the clouds.

I stood under the shade of a tree, watching Mu Chenghe get out of the car and walk towards me. His hair was originally a little brown, but now standing in the sun, it seemed to be plated with a light golden layer.

At this time, a car was coming from behind. He turned his head to look at it, and then changed direction to avoid it. When his eyes came into direct contact with the sunlight, he paused, then narrowed his eyes, and sneezed lightly.

Then, he took two steps and sneezed again.

I couldn't help but be happy. His eyes narrowed, his eyebrows furrowed together, and then he made a small 'Ah Qiu' sound, like a little squirrel caught a cold.

"You're the Sun Sneeze Man!" I said to him as if I had discovered a new continent.

"Sneeze man?"

"It's a cute name for someone like you who loves to sneeze when he sees the sun."

"The first time I've heard about it."

"I also learned it when I was a child reading books, but I didn't expect you to be." I say.

"In the blink of an eye, you've grown into a big girl." He laughed.

I suddenly felt that seeing him this time, my heart was much calmer.

"Liu Qi, he worked overtime, so he couldn't come, he asked me to say sorry to you."

"It's okay."

He asked me, "Let's find a place to eat nearby. When I came, there was a lot of traffic jams over there.”

I suggested, "How about going upstairs and going to my house, I bought a lot of food yesterday and haven't cooked it yet?"

He looked upstairs, "Is it convenient?"

"It's very convenient."

HAHA very convenient indeed, Xiao Tong inviting a man into her house, her subconscious knows the deal...

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