Chapter 96: With so many people outside,...
It was the end of January 2000. Chen Pan was really shocked when he received a call from Qin Yang just after he got up and washed up.
"What? You've already taken a taxi and it'll be here in ten minutes? No, I thought you took the one that arrives at ten o'clock in the evening."
Last night, Qin Yang called in the middle of the night and said that he had booked a plane ticket. He then told Chen Pan that the ticket he bought was the one that would depart at 8 o'clock and arrive in Beijing at 10 o'clock.
Most of the time, there are only two flights from Longcheng to Beijing. If you're flying in the morning, with all the time it takes to get to the airport, collect your tickets, go through security, and wait, those unfamiliar with the flight process usually need to allow at least three hours for your trip. Some, especially cautious, might even leave four hours early. This means that for the morning flight, frequent flyers will need to depart at least at 5:00 AM. First-time flyers, fearing missing their flight, might even leave around 4:00 AM.
Anyway, between eight in the morning and eight in the evening, Chen Pan usually chooses the one that departs in the evening.
At this moment, when Chen Pan suddenly received Qin Yang's call, he was very shocked and surprised.
"No, I booked a morning flight, not an evening one. The person who booked my ticket also booked a transfer service for me. He came to pick me up at 5:40 in the morning, and we arrived at the airport at 6:20. Business class passengers can go through security early, and I went through security very quickly. I wanted to contact you at that time, but I thought you were so tired recently and would definitely need to sleep more today, so I didn't contact you right away—"
"Oh, so please come over here as you please. I'll text you the exact address. When you get there, call me and I'll pick you up right away."
Thinking that the other party had already rushed here by car, Chen Pan, who had previously sent the other party the approximate address, could only hang up the phone in a hurry and then send the other party the specific building number.
After sending the address, Chen Pan immediately got up and packed up.
Her place was actually quite clean, but even so, there were still a few clothes on the sofa outside that she had just taken off last night and hadn't put in the washing machine yet. There was also a pile of clothes on the balcony outside that she had hung out to dry a few days ago, and they hadn't been taken in yet.
And in the kitchen, she hasn't cleaned the sink properly in the past two days.
Also, she basically doesn't fold the quilt that's always there in the bedroom, but it seems like she should fold it.
She felt that her place was very clean, but in fact she had been busy with studying and taking exams recently, and she hadn't cleaned the TV cabinet and coffee table for a long time.
I felt a little bit resentful in my heart about why Qin Yang came here so quickly.
But even so, Chen Pan quickly packed up everything within a dozen minutes.
Thinking about it, she didn't even have an extra teacup to serve guests, and there were no delicious fruits or staple foods in the refrigerator.
Chen Pan quickly put on her coat and scarf, grabbed her keys, cell phone and small wallet, and hurried out.
Chen Pan currently lived in a small neighborhood with only about twenty buildings. With the exception of the two high-rise buildings at the entrance, all the other residential buildings were seven stories high. It was a very quiet neighborhood with ample space between buildings.
But maybe because it is still a new community, they have strict security here, and foreign vehicles and taxis generally need to register when entering. To avoid trouble, most taxis just park their cars directly at the entrance of the community.
Feeling that Qin Yang would definitely be dropped off at the gate of the community by a taxi, Chen Pan hurried over to pick him up.
There are several small shops and vegetable stalls at the entrance of their community, and there is also a large regular supermarket across the street.
But now Chen Pan felt that it was definitely too late to go to the big supermarket. Chen Pan now hoped that Qin Yang could slow down a little and give her a few minutes so that she could take advantage of this time to buy a cup and slippers, and also buy some snacks and fruits.
Chen Pan planned everything very well, but as soon as she ran to the gate of the community, she saw Qin Yang standing under a big tree at the gate with a suitcase and a backpack.
Qin Yang is 1.83 meters tall and is really conspicuous.
His tall but extremely lean figure is also very eye-catching.
In addition, among so many pedestrians outside, almost everyone, both men and women, were wearing cotton-padded coats and down jackets. He was the only one wearing a black coat, and he was carrying a large black backpack on his back. He was really conspicuous no matter how you looked at him.
"Qin Yang, why didn't you call me when you arrived? Didn't I tell you to call me when you got there?"
Unexpectedly, he arrived early, and after arriving, he just stood there stupidly waiting at the gate of the community. After seeing him, Chen Pan immediately blurted out something like a complaint without thinking too much.
"I realized belatedly that it seemed a little strange for me to contact you fifteen minutes early. Wasn't it because I wanted to give you a little more time to clean up?"
The two hadn't seen each other for about half a year, and when they finally met, this was the first sentence they said.
"Well, that's fine. Wait a few minutes." Nodding in agreement, Chen Pan didn't hesitate. After moving the other person's large suitcase to the side, Chen Pan immediately ran into the small supermarket next door, which was only about ten square meters.
"Panpan, I'll just get you some milk and a small piece of bread. I've brought everything else."
After all, the two had known each other for almost ten years. After the initial bit of embarrassment quickly passed, Qin Yang soon reacted and shouted in the unfamiliar streets of the capital.
"It's okay, I know what to buy, just wait."
This small supermarket is also a place that Chen Pan often comes to. He quickly found the cup area and quickly got a large white mug for the other party. He also got two new pairs of chopsticks and a new bowl from the side. Then Chen Pan quickly swept through the snack area.
Chen Pan did shop very quickly. After buying snack cups and slippers on the left side of the community gate, Chen Pan stuffed the big shopping bag in his hand into Qin Yang's hand, and then went to the small vegetable shop on the right side of the community.
That store has all kinds of green vegetables and a lot of different fruits.
Chen Pan picked a lot of vegetables and fruits, and quickly came out with her small wallet and mobile phone.
"Leave that to me too?"
Seeing her come out, Qin Yang immediately stretched out his free hand towards her.
"No, this one is very light!"
He raised his hand to refuse the other party, then Chen Pan said with a smile: "Let's go, I'll take you to see where I live."
"Yeah!" The dusty Qin Yang smiled and nodded, then followed Chen Pan and slowly walked towards the small community.
Although it was only 2000, the community where Chen Pan lived already had blue sensor locks.
After sensing the wallet, Chen Pan took Qin Yang and went straight in after the iron gate of the community opened automatically.
"Isn't the residential complex I live in quite small? That's what I was attracted to when I decided to buy it. New residential complexes in Beijing are generally very large these days, and many are high-rise. There are very few communities like this."
After the two came in, Chen Pan naturally introduced everything around to Qin Yang.
"I see. I just saw that famous Tiantongyuan, known as Asia's No. 1 community. It looks ridiculous from the outside. Compared to that kind of place, a small community like this is definitely better."
Scanning everything new around him, Qin Yang began to observe it naturally.
To be honest, the buildings in this community are very similar to the ones they had in Longcheng, and there's nothing particularly special about them. But this is Beijing after all, and looking at the skyscrapers in the distance and thinking about what he had seen in the taxi, Qin Yang couldn't help but get excited and really praised this community.
In fact, Qin Yang is not just giving mindless praise now, but sometimes he really feels good about the small six- or seven-story building built in the middle of high-rise buildings.
Thinking of the Tiantongyuan he had just passed by, Qin Yang felt that the place did not look like a community, but more like a small town or a large block called a community.
Moreover, the distance between buildings in this community is really wide, and the greening in the middle of the community is also very good. In addition, the closed community gate that requires a sensor to enter. And when you reach the bottom of the unit building, you also need to swipe your card to enter, which invisibly adds a lot of points to the community.
"Actually, our community also has high-rise buildings. They're the two buildings at the entrance here. My other two houses are there. But I've rented that place to someone else now, so it's hard for me to take you there to see it."
While talking, Chen Pan took Qin Yang to the fourth floor.
When they arrived at the place, Chen Pan took Qin Yang to visit this small room where the end could be seen at a glance with a little embarrassment, and then immediately washed the cup and boiled water for him.
"Very good, the house is decorated very well." While Chen Pan quickly washed the cups and boiled water, Qin Yang embarrassedly opened the suitcase he brought with him this time: "By the way, Panpan, look what I brought you!"
When the two of them were outside, it wasn't awkward at all.
But for some reason, when they arrived in this closed little room, they felt inexplicably nervous.
Hearing Qin Yang's voice that seemed to be trembling a little, and realizing that the other party was also nervous, Chen Pan suddenly stopped being nervous.
Smiling, he took out the washed cup and asked, "What did you take?"
"It's all food. These are Wang Ji's dumplings, and this is your favorite medicinal roast chicken from the restaurant in the north of the city. I also bought two roast ducks from their restaurant last night. And you must really want to eat potato jelly and stuffed skin. I also bought you spicy hot pot from Ma's Spicy Hot Pot. But I heard that you can't bring soup on the plane, so I asked them to make them all into spicy hot pot. They have a sealing machine to seal it very tightly-"
As Qin Yang spoke, he took out all the tightly packed plastic bags from the suitcase.
"These are all things from the North City Food City. Did you book your ticket last night and then go to the Food City?"
Looking at the box of things in Qin Yang's box, Chen Pan slowly squatted down and started to look through the things inside with him.
Seeing that his suitcase was filled with delicacies and local specialties from his hometown, Chen Pan stared at the suitcase motionlessly, watching him take out the things, and his voice gradually became hoarse.
At this moment, no matter how cold-hearted Chen Pan was, he couldn't help but feel touched.
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