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At 10 o'clock in the evening, people were coming and going on the city streets. Xu Xi rolled down the car window.
At this hour, she didn't know if the friends she only contacted occasionally were asleep. She took out her phone and opened her address book to search. There were only two or three people she kept in touch with regularly, and only chatted with occasionally.
Among them, Xiao Mu was someone she had just chatted with a few days ago. She was Xu Xi's childhood friend; they had been together in elementary school, middle school, and high school. So even though they didn't keep in touch much, they would still find each other to chat when they had some free time.
Xu Xi looked at the chat history. Xiao Mu knew that she had resigned, so he asked her out to play and have supper with him at night.
But I refused on the grounds of finding a new job.
Xu Xi stared at the chat logs in silence. If she had a chance to do it again, she should enjoy her family, her friendships, and all the good things. It wasn't impossible to put work aside for a while.
Although she had no hope, she still silently sent a line of text to the person who had asked her out and had dinner with her:
"Xiao Mu, come out for a midnight snack?"
Xu Xi didn't expect that the other party would reply immediately.
Xiao Mu: "Does the sun set in the east tonight?"
Xu Xi was speechless and embarrassed. "Stop teasing me. Can you come out or not?"
Xiao Mu: "Don't go out. Come to my barbecue restaurant and I'll treat you to barbecue."
Xu Xi was a little surprised. It had only been so long since they last met, and Xiao Mu BBQ had already opened? It seemed that she rarely got together with her friends and had no idea about their current situation.
"address?"
Xiao Mu sent a location, and Xu Xi took a look at it. It was actually quite close to her. Only about ten minutes away.
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Xu Xi stood at the door of the barbecue restaurant and looked up slightly at the sign on the door: Muxiang BBQ Restaurant.
There were two large flower baskets at the door of the store, with red cloth with words written on it, which read "Good luck in opening the business."
Xu Xi had just taken two steps into the door when she saw Xiao Mu waving at her.
"Here, here."
Xu Xi saw her friend waving at her, and the bad mood in her heart had already been reduced by half. She walked over, looked around the store, and asked Xiao Mu: "Becoming a boss? When did this happen?"
Xiao Mu chuckled. "Just these past two days. I asked you out a few days ago, but you were pretty busy. How's it going? Did you find a job?"
"No, I won't look for it for now. I plan to rest for a while before looking again."
As soon as Xu Xi finished speaking, she saw Xiao Mu looking at her with a strange look. "You? Resting?"
Xiao Mu raised his hand and touched Xu Xi's forehead. This person who had been working part-time like crazy since freshman year and had seamlessly started working after graduation, actually said he wanted to take a break?
"I don't have a fever."
Xu Xi wordlessly took Xiao Mu's hand away. She knew that in the eyes of her friends, her world was probably just about studying, working, and making money. It was as if she had no interest in anything around her. She turned down almost all social interactions with the excuse of being "busy with work."
But now, she couldn't tell Xiao Mu that she had been exhausted from overwork and overtime, so now she wanted to enjoy life and live a relaxed and comfortable life.
If you think about it, she herself doesn't believe it.
"People always need to rest."
She made up a random excuse and looked at the customers in the store. "There are quite a lot of customers."
Xiao Mu blinked, a smug smile on his face. "A lot, right? Hehe, actually, they are all former classmates."
So many former classmates? Xiao Mu is still so popular.
Xu Xi frowned slightly. They were all former classmates... but she looked around and didn't recognize any of them. She asked Xiao Mu for confirmation, somewhat incredulously.
"Are all these classmates?"
"Well, look and see how many others you know."
"..." Xu Xi looked over silently and blankly, and confirmed a second time. He really didn't recognize any of them.
Xu Xi was very curious about how Xiao Mu gathered these students here. Xiao Mu told her.
"A few days before I opened the restaurant, I posted the news in all the chat groups from junior high school, high school, and college about my barbecue restaurant opening. I offered a 50% discount to former classmates during the first week, and quite a lot of people showed up. Some classmates also brought their friends. Look, that table over there is a group of our junior high classmates, who brought a few students from the next class to join us for the party."
Xu Xi followed Xiao Mu's hand and looked over. At the table in the far corner of the restaurant, six people were chatting and eating skewers. They were chatting happily and enjoying their food.
However, there was one person who stood out. She didn't say anything, but instead stared intently at Xu Xi. She was a very beautiful girl, with long, slightly curly hair draped over her shoulders and fair skin. She sat there quietly, looking like someone in a painting.
When Xu Xi looked over, her eyes met that girl's. The moment their eyes met, she didn't look away immediately, but just stared at her quietly, her expression expressionless. Xu Xi couldn't remember, and wasn't sure if she knew her.
Because so many years have passed, whether it is junior high school classmates or high school classmates, they should have changed a lot, and it is possible that you may not recognize them after meeting them.
Besides, the way she looked at him seemed to be one of recognition.
Or, ask Xiao Mu, maybe she knows who that girl is?
Xu Xi reached out and gently tugged at the corner of Xiao Mu's clothes. She was about to ask Xiao Mu if she knew the person who was looking at her, but the other person suddenly turned his face away and stopped looking at her, then raised his glass and started chatting with his friends.
It was as if the "eye-to-eye contact" incident just now had never happened.
Xu Xi frowned, feeling a sudden, inexplicable sense of depression. One moment, she felt like she knew that girl, and the next, she was like a stranger.
Xiao Mu lowered his head and looked at the corner of his clothes that had been torn. He asked Xu Xi, "What happened?"
Xu Xi blinked and looked again at the girl who had been staring at her. She was silent for two seconds before she said:
"Do you know the girl in khaki clothes with long curly hair at the six-person table in the corner?"
Xiao Mu glanced over. "Her? Chen Shuning. You really don't know?"
Chen Shuning?
Xu Xi searched through all her memories in her mind and finally stopped recalling with "I don't know her." Judging from Xiao Mu's tone, Chen Shuning should be a goddess-like figure who she didn't know but must be somewhat famous.
She pursed her lips slightly and smiled awkwardly.
"No impression."
But it is true that she is very good-looking. I love looking at her and I can’t help but want to take a second look.
The bad mood I had before coming here has completely disappeared without me noticing...
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