Chapter 19
Yan Qing's ticket was for the morning train. The high-speed rail station was some distance from home, so Yan's father, who was on vacation, volunteered to act as the driver.
In the car, he kept talking to his daughter while driving, having forgotten his wife's warning last night.
"Stop nagging Xixi."
The two left home two hours early and almost missed the bus. When Yan's mother found out, she scolded them in the group. Yan Qing got on the bus and added fuel to the fire in a good mood.
Just as she put the box away, Mingxu received a message asking her if she had gotten on the bus.
[Yan Qing]: Already on the bus.
The train started slowly and it would take four and a half hours to get to the north city. She brought her computer and planned to do some preparatory work for the new article on the train.
No one got on the seat next to him until the car drove up, and Yan Qing was secretly happy.
"Little girl, you are a teacher, so why don't you help my child with his homework? It just so happens that you are free and playing on the computer."
As soon as she started driving and was sorting out some documents, Yan Qing felt a heat beside her ear. When she turned around, she was startled by the face of the woman approaching her.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, the man repeated it quickly, accompanied by the sound of children playing in the aisle. Yan Qing frowned, ignored her, and continued to busy herself.
Seeing this, the people next to her kept pestering her: "Hey, little girl, how can you be so rude? I'm talking to you, are you mute? Hurry up and check my son's homework."
A conductor who was just coming over from the next carriage saw this scene and walked over quickly to inquire about the situation. The man naturally felt that Yan Qing was impolite and disrespectful to the elderly and children, and blamed Yan Qing.
The conductor glanced at Yan Qing, then bent down and spoke to the child in the woman's arms: "Little boy, fighting in the aisle is not good behavior."
Seeing that the conductor not only ignored her but also lectured her child, the woman stood up and pushed the conductor away: "What are you doing? Bullying our child? You're a police officer, what's so great about that?"
After the physical conflict, Yan Qing's ears became quiet.
The flight attendant who had just taken the two people away came over again, his tone full of apology: "Ma'am, I'm so sorry for the unpleasant experience you have. Here are some snacks and water for you. I wish you a pleasant journey on the rest of your journey."
Yan Qing was not bothered by what had just happened. After thanking the flight attendant, he continued to do his own thing.
Her hands froze for a moment, and she simply started browsing her phone.
[Yan Qing]: I just encountered a little trouble.
The call came immediately from the other end, and the tone was full of worry: "What's going on?"
The carriage was very quiet, with almost no sound.
Yan Qing decisively hung up the phone.
[Ming Xu]: What happened?
[Yan Qing]: The carriage is very quiet, so it’s not convenient to make a phone call.
In fact, it was not a big deal. No one knew which carriage the mother and son were taken to by the conductor.
After the little episode, the two chatted idly. Ming Xu was still a little worried and asked a lot of details. In the end, Yan Qing ordered him not to talk about it anymore.
Yan Qing arrived in Beicheng half an hour earlier than Ming Xu. As she was about to reach the station, she began to pack her bag.
Mingxu said that a friend was coming to pick her up, and she felt a little uncomfortable. Mingxu's friend, probably a boy, was thinking about how to refuse when he received a call from Zhou Mingshu. After hanging up the phone, Yan Qing had already forgotten her business.
After leaving the station, I remembered that I should wait for Mingxu, after all, they are more familiar with each other.
"Yan Qing!"
Hearing someone calling her name, Yan Qing looked around hesitantly, but didn't see anyone. She thought she had misheard. Just as she was about to send a message to Ming Xu, she saw someone waving at her, and the person was getting closer and closer.
When I walked in, I realized that I had seen him before.
"We met in Haicheng, Yang Mingzhou." Yang Mingzhou's expression was a little exaggerated, fearing that Yan Qing would forget him.
Yan Qing nodded to indicate that he remembered.
Is he the friend Mingxu mentioned who would pick him up at the station?
"Did Mingxu tell you that I would pick you up? My car is in the basement. Let's wait for him. He should be here soon." Yang Mingzhou glanced at his watch, while Yan Qing looked at the electronic screen. The car from Haicheng was about to arrive at the station.
Yang Mingzhou was a little uncomfortable seeing Yan Qing in her true identity. "Well, I'm going to get some water. What do you want to drink?"
"Mineral water, please."
Looking at the Coke in front of him, Yan Qing felt upset. Yang Mingzhou didn't realize anything was wrong and enthusiastically opened the Coke and handed it to Yan Qing. Besides, Mingxu had also instructed that Yan Qing must feel at home, and he felt that he had done a good job.
“I don’t drink Coke.”
"Ah?" Yang Mingzhou was stunned for a moment, "I drank both bottles?"
There were many people at the station, so the two of them went up the stairs so that they could see Mingxu as soon as he came out.
In order to make up for his mistake, Yang Mingzhou went to buy two more bottles of water, climbed on the railing, looked at the exit, and talked to Yan Qing.
Just like in the game, Yang Mingzhou is a chatterbox, and even when he is alone, he can still speak like a crosstalk.
"He's out!" Yang Mingzhou jumped up and ran down the stairs to meet him.
"Brother Xu!"
Ming Xu's eyes never left the person since the moment he saw him. Seeing the two bottles of water in Yan Qing's hand, Ming Xu glared at Yang Mingzhou.
"I bought the wrong one, so I bought two more," Yang Mingzhou said, dragging Yan Qing's suitcase in front. "It's perfect, one bottle for each of you, so it won't be a waste."
Mingxu didn't listen to his explanation: "He came to Beicheng to win back his ex-girlfriend, but she dumped him again."
"Ming Xu!" Yang Mingzhou turned around. Passersby looked at him with confusion, and his momentum instantly wilted. "It's so hot, let's go."
There is plenty of cold air at the station.
After getting in the car, the driver stared at the two people in the back seat with a sad look on his face, especially the one who had embarrassed him: "You've opened up the scars I just healed again."
"Remember to block me on your Moments next time."
Yan Qing didn't expect that Ming Xu could be so sharp-tongued when interacting with his friends.
Yang Mingzhou, who was attacked to the point of having little health left, surrendered. After starting the car, he looked at the rearview mirror and said rudely: "I wonder if there are girls who like to be sarcastic." As he said this, he raised his eyebrows thoughtfully.
Mingxu just received a phone call and the car became quiet again.
The hotel was arranged by Yang Mingzhou. He is a hedonist and it’s always a good idea to follow him when it comes to eating, drinking and having fun.
“I stay here every time I come to North City.”
After putting down my luggage, I was taken to have afternoon tea by my limited-time host.
Yang Mingzhou seemed very happy and kept talking. All the food on the table was recommended by him.
Mingxu was still working and said he would be there in a while. After hearing Yang Mingzhou's jokes on the way, Yan Qing had already accepted his character. He was the same type of person as Zhou Mingshu, simple, righteous, and never dull.
"good."
After hearing Yan Qing's evaluation, he was even more proud: "In the whole of North City, there are not even three places with better afternoon tea than his. Tonight, I will take you to another restaurant that ranks first on my must-eat list."
Yan Qing nodded doubtfully, agreeing to his invitation.
After a while, Ming Xu came. Yan Qing saw that he had only drunk a cup of tea and asked, "It's delicious. Would you like to try it?"
The quick-talking Yang Mingzhou answered for him: "He hasn't eaten these things since he was a child. I've never seen him eat spicy strips. Isn't that strange?"
As soon as the words fell, Yan Qing looked at Ming Xu's actions and shook his head: "He ate it."
Yang Mingzhou was stunned and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
"Don't you want to eat these?"
Ming Xu: "It's okay to eat a little occasionally."
The man with the screen on was really scary. Yang Mingzhou was glared at and silently moved his chair a little to the side.
Yan Qing: "Well, people's tastes change."
Yang Mingzhou realized Yan Qing had something else in mind and quickly played up his brotherly role. "I've known Mingxu since college, and he's been the same. He's quite a tough guy, though. During the first week of freshman year, after military training, he beat up the guys from the next class in the dorm, locked the door, and killed them all by himself. He scared me to death."
Yan Qing glanced at the person involved.
Ming Xu sat up straight and explained to the confused protagonist: "That person said you were a sissy."
This is what he said after beautifying it.
"Damn it! Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Yang Mingzhou jumped up from his chair, causing the restaurant staff to think something had happened and rush over to them. Yang Mingzhou quickly lowered his voice, "Why are you telling me now? You didn't tell anyone who asked you then."
"You said you were sick, and I was afraid of irritating you."
Yang Mingzhou was in a very bad mood at that time. Except for Mingxu, the other two roommates had quarreled with him and almost came to blows.
After they got to know each other better, they talked about how they hadn't argued with Mingxu at the time, not because they thought he was a good guy, but because they thought he was too pretentious. While everyone else was eating and resting after military training, he was working out. Fang Yangmingzhou hated pretentious people, but after noticing Mingxu's quietness and having accidentally seen him working out, he weighed the pros and cons and decided to calm down. He knew he would definitely lose if they fought.
"Didn't I explain it to you guys later?"
Ming Xu: "I have forgotten about that."
Yang Mingzhou snorted, quite dissatisfied: "Then what do you remember?"
Ming Xu didn't say anything, but his eyes were fixed on somewhere.
Most of the afternoon tea went into Yang Mingzhou's mouth. Yan Qing was a little worried that he had eaten too much. "Are you still going to dinner tonight?"
"Go away, these are not even appetizers."
Yan Qing glanced at Ming Xu and saw that he looked relaxed, as if he had long been accustomed to Yang Mingzhou's behavior. "It's four o'clock now. Let's go back to our rooms and rest for a while. See you in the evening?"
After clearing the last piece, Yang Mingzhou looked up and retorted: "Let's go out now. It's a good time to go shopping. It takes an hour to get there."
Ming Xu: "No."
Yan Qing: "Okay."
The two spoke at the same time, and the person being refuted looked at each other: "The minority obeys the majority, Brother Xu."
Yang Mingzhou was so happy to be able to go out and play that he started humming a song and walked ahead consciously.
Yan Qing looked at his cheerful figure and asked the people around him, "Why is he so happy?"
"Simple-minded."
"Ming Xu! You're saying bad things about me again."
When they arrived at the car, Yang Mingzhou said he would not drive at all, under the pretext of eliminating Mingxu's chance to say bad things about him.
Seeing him consciously open the passenger door, Ming Xu said coldly, "Go to the back."
Yan Qing, who had just sat down, dilated his pupils slightly: "It's good for him to sit in the front." As soon as he finished speaking, he met the pair of eyes in the rearview mirror.
Then I heard him say, "Come to the front."
Yang Mingzhou also reacted and sat down behind the passenger seat, urging Yan Qing repeatedly.
"Yan Qing, hand me my phone and use Mingxu's phone navigation."
Yan Qing was about to do as he was told when Ming Xu stopped him: "Just consider it your contribution." On the way, Yang Mingzhou couldn't get the phone back, so he could only cross his arms and sulk.
"Use my phone for navigation." Yan Qing handed the phone on the stand to him as he spoke. "Here you go."
Simple-minded people are really easy to coax. They will be happy immediately: "Yan Qing, you are a good person." After saying that, they will wink at someone.
Listening to the interaction between the two, Ming Xu looked straight ahead without saying a word.
It was the evening rush hour and traffic jams started after driving a few kilometers. Yan Qing glanced at his hands on the steering wheel and remembered the day Ming Xu went to the port to pick him up. He seemed to drive like this all the time, staring intently ahead without saying a word.
Yang Mingzhou's sudden voice broke Yan Qing's memories: "The road ahead is all red for three kilometers. If I had known earlier, I would have listened to you and come out later."
"It's okay. This is my first time experiencing the evening rush hour in North City."
Having a topic to talk about, Yang Mingzhou immediately sat up straight and asked Yan Qing: "Did you work in Beicheng before?"
"I went to college in the north city and left after graduation."
"Back home?"
Ming Xu, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up: "Travel around the world."
Yang Mingzhou didn't believe it: "Don't talk nonsense."
Yan Qing: "Travel around the world."
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