When Yu Xiangyang met those cold eyes, he felt his whole body suddenly go cold. The greeting words he had prepared in advance seemed to be frozen, stuck in his throat and unable to come out.
He never expected to meet Wen Qiuning again!
Wen Qiuning was also stunned when she saw that face.
Yu Xiangyang didn't wear a mask today and didn't pull up his collar. In more than three months, his face has recovered to a large extent.
Although there is still a certain gap compared to before, his current appearance looks pretty good.
"Girl, twenty cents." The old man selling sweet potatoes wrapped a sweet potato in paper and handed it to Wen Qiuning.
Wen Qiuning quickly shifted her gaze away from Yu Xiangyang. She dug out two dimes from her bag and handed them to the old man. "Thank you."
Wen Qiuning took the sweet potato and prepared to leave without hesitation.
She didn't plan to talk to Yu Xiangyang, she planned to pretend not to know him.
She doesn't like to have too much communication with people, especially men.
Yu Xiangyang looked at Wen Qiuning's cold expression and had no intention of talking to her, but he saw his comrades not far away looking at him with anticipation.
His inner desire to win forced him to speak up, "Hey... Mr. Wen!"
Wen Qiuning took a step forward and then stopped, looking up at him with no warmth in her eyes, waiting for his next words.
"that···"
Yu Xiangyang's mind was racing as he organized his words.
The words he had prepared in advance were only suitable for strangers, but he had just called her name, so it would be inappropriate to use those words for strangers.
Yu Xiangyang couldn't lie. He thought for a while but couldn't figure out what to say. Finally, he just told the truth, "Mr. Wen, do me a favor and chat with me for a few minutes."
Wen Qiuning still looked at him with that cold gaze.
Yu Xiangyang further explained: "I made a bet with my comrade: if you chat with me for a few minutes, he will treat me to a meal."
Yu Xiangyang felt that it would not be difficult to chat for a few minutes. Besides, he had helped Wen Qiuning before, so Wen Qiuning should be able to help.
Wen Qiuning turned around and glanced at the people watching the show not far away, and his eyes became even colder.
"Don't play such a stupid joke on me!" After saying this, she resolutely turned around and left.
Yu Xiangyang: “…”
Looking at that figure from behind, I angrily thought, "What kind of person is that! Why are you so arrogant?"
The soldiers came over and urged Yu Xiangyang to treat them.
Yu Xiangyang refused to admit defeat and said, "She chatted with me!"
"That's called chatting with you?!" Everyone laughed. "Just look at her expression and you can tell she's scolding you!"
Yu Xiangyang: “…”
They don't understand Wen Qiuning. He treats everyone like this!
Wen Qiuning walked quickly towards the bookstore with a roasted sweet potato in her hand.
Before school started, she asked the bookstore owner if she could continue working there.
The boss was a good man. Seeing that she was a poor student and worked very hard, he agreed.
After school every day from Monday to Saturday, and on Sunday, I greet guests when there are guests, and when there are no guests, I am responsible for sorting and organizing the messy books and putting them on the bookshelf.
The boss provided her with a dormitory where she could sleep at night and go to school the next morning. She received a salary of ten yuan per month.
For a poor student like her, having such a stable income every month is like helping the poor and needy.
She cherishes this job very much and no matter how late she works, she will put the books in order that were messed up during the day.
The aroma of sweet potatoes wafted into Wen Qiuning's nose, and her stomach growled.
Just now, she smelled this fragrance on the road. Although she had already eaten dinner in the school cafeteria, she was still drooling at the smell.
She hesitated for a long time before she was willing to spend twenty cents to buy a roasted sweet potato.
The roasted sweet potato reminded her of her childhood.
The family was so poor that they had no food to eat after the previous one. After work, her mother would go to the fields to pick up some unwanted sweet potatoes.
After returning home, my mother put the thin and short sweet potatoes into the brazier to roast. The whole house was filled with the sweet fragrance, and even the bitter life became much sweeter at that moment.
She hasn't seen her mother for more than half a year, she misses her mother!
After Wen Qiuning arrived at the bookstore, he hid in a corner and finished the roasted sweet potato in a few bites.
She didn’t know if it was because she ate too fast or the roasted sweet potatoes were cold, but she felt that they were not as sweet as when she was a child, and at the same time she felt sorry for the two dimes she spent.
She shouldn't be greedy!
It was getting late and it was time to close the bookstore.
There were originally three workers in the store, and the other two went home after get off work.
Because Wen Qiuning lived in the attic of the bookstore, she was responsible for closing the bookstore every night.
After closing the door, she has to put away the books that were messed up during the day, and then study for another two hours before going to bed.
She walked to the door and was about to close it when several men in military uniforms approached.
She spotted Yu Xiangyang among these seven or eight people at a glance.
Yu Xiangyang also saw her.
Their eyes met, but there was no warmth in their gazes.
Yu Xiangyang said to them, "Just buy it in this bookstore."
Wen Qiuning bowed at the door and said, "Welcome. What kind of books are you looking for?"
Yu Xiangyang didn't even look at her, and walked in with his head held high.
If Yu Xiangyang hadn't been wearing a military uniform, Wen Qiuning would have thought he was here to cause trouble!
Yu Xiangyang didn't have the intention of ruining the party, but he was just in a bad mood.
The reason he was in a bad mood was not because he spent fifteen dollars on treating others to a meal, but because he was very angry today!
Thinking back to the past, he spared no effort to help Wen Qiuning. If it weren't for him, that old man might have done something to Wen Qiuning!
But today, he asked her for a favor, just to say a few words, but she refused to help. Her cold and sarcastic look made him very angry!
While they were having dinner, Fan Lei and his friends mentioned that they didn't know the answers to many questions in the exam and probably wouldn't pass. They wanted to buy some books to study hard and prepare to take the exam again next year.
He brought them to this bookstore.
Wen Qiuning followed and asked politely, "What books do you need? I'll help you find them."
Fan Lei said, "Find me a set of teaching materials."
"Okay." Wen Qiuning said, "Come with me here."
There were several people here who wanted to buy textbooks, so they all followed me.
Yu Xiangyang stood in front of the bookshelf, flipping through this book and that book, flipping through a few pages and then throwing them aside.
Those who wanted to buy textbooks already had a set in hand, but Yu Xiangyang was still flipping through this and that book.
Wen Qiuning walked over and said, "Excuse me, what kind of book are you looking for?"
That look and tone were as if she didn't know him.
Yu Xiangyang said in a cold tone, "Welcome to the great seventies."
Wen Qiuning said politely, "Over here, follow me."
"Bring it here!"
Wen Qiuning still said in the same tone, "Okay, wait a moment."
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