People born in the 80s became relocated households

Chapter 18 Cousin

The rain was still falling. At the entrance of the pedestrian street of the Confucius Temple Scenic Area, in the Yanbo Fishing Port, Jiang Shuyue looked at the time. It was already past 10 o'clock. She nervously held the phone in her hand, hesitating whether she should ask the person with whom she had an appointment.

At this time, a slender man with a stern face looked inside through the glass window and saw a fashionable woman sitting not far away in the hall. He looked familiar and walked over slowly. When the man came to the front, Jiang Shuyue hesitated for a while, stood up, calmed his nervous thoughts, and smiled: "Long time no see."

Lin Moxiao raised his eyes and said, "I haven't seen you for five years. You have really changed a lot!"

Jiang Shuyue smiled slightly and nodded in agreement. She used to always have short hair, looking like a tomboy. She was the youngest of three sisters in the family. Her parents had cut her hair short since she was young, and she dressed like a boy. In addition, she was lively and active, so she was the leader of the children since she was young. Later, she got used to it, and only grew her hair long after graduating from high school.

Now the person of my heart is sitting in front of me. A few days ago, I specially asked a stylist to give me a more ladylike hairstyle, and matched it with an intellectual and elegant sky blue mulberry silk dress.

This outfit is very different from her usual casual style.

She guessed that he might like this. Now he looked very casually dressed, wearing khaki casual pants, a white T-shirt, a light-colored denim shirt, and a black backpack slung over one shoulder.

They each took a sip of tea, and Lin Moxiao stood up with a smile and said apologetically that he was going to the bathroom.

Jiang Shuyue nodded with a smile, and when she saw him walking over, she closed her eyes and patted her head in annoyance, regretting how useless she was. She had prepared a lot of words, but when they met, she couldn't say a word.

The moment she saw him just now, she almost didn't recognize him. He was thinner and taller than before. His originally youthful and sunny face had lost its youthful innocence and gained a bit of determination and sharpness. The only thing that remained unchanged was his still angular face. Such a handsome face had fascinated her for so long that she forgot herself.

At this time, Lin Moxiao's anxious and magnetic voice sounded in the bathroom: "Liangzi, please do me a favor and come to Sanshan Street in 30 minutes."

Wang Ziliang on the other end of the phone was confused by his nonsense and asked hurriedly: "Brother, what happened?"

Seeing that Lin Moxiao didn't tell him the reason, he said, "It's not important. I'm busy now."

Lin Moxiao urged again: "Give you 30 minutes to take a taxi to No. 111 Sanshan Street, and I will pay you... double,... double... your salary for today."

Seeing that the person on the other end of the phone was silent, he asked, "Three times?" A moment later, the other end said, "Deal, you will reimburse the taxi fare."

Jiang Shuyue clenched her palms and calmed down the tension in her heart.

Seeing Lin Moxiao sitting back opposite, he said with a light smile, "Shuya has something to do today, and there is no one to take care of the child at home: she can't come."

Jiang Shuyue raised her voice slightly when she talked about the child. Seeing that Lin Moxiao did not respond, she picked up the water cup and pursed her lips.

Lin Moxiao didn't show any surprise on his face. He nodded slightly and picked up the exquisite menu in front of him and handed it over: "What do you want to eat? Ladies first. I think it will be a while before dinner time. Why don't you order something to drink first!"

As he spoke, he looked at the time on his watch. The two chatted back and forth, asking about their work and life. Jiang Shuyue really wanted to ask about the other's personal life.

But I seemed to be choked by something and was too embarrassed to speak.

She also didn't want to be seen as having a clear goal in mind, so she rashly asked about someone's private life when they met for the first time in five years. The only thing that felt strange was that when she mentioned Shuya's absence, he didn't show any expression. Did he let it go? Jiang Shuyue was a little confused.

One of them was happy and hoped that time would pass more slowly, while the other hoped that time would pass faster. Lin Moxiao checked the time on his wrist from time to time. Until a loud voice broke their cautious conversation. The person who came was Wang Ziliang.

Wang Ziliang's smiling voice sounded, and he leaned forward and pointed: "Jiang Shuyue, it's you, the heroine of our class, class leader Jiang Shuyue" Jiang Shuyue hesitated for a moment, opened her eyes wide, and showed her long-lost hearty laughter: "Wang Ziliang, you are also in Jinling City."

Wang Ziliang reached out and held Jiang Shuyue's hand, his admiring eyes remaining the same as before, without any diminishment.

Lin Moxiao ignored the two people chatting there, picked up the menu and called the waiter, ordered a few signature dishes, and asked the waiter to give the menu to Jiang Shuyue, and said nothing more. Seeing Jiang Shuyue lowering her head to look at the menu, Wang Ziliang turned around and asked, "It's just the three of us today, there's no one else!"

"Who else do you want? Do you want me to call them over for you?"

Lin Moxiao said unhappily.

Wang Ziliang smiled flatteringly: "Among the few of us who played basketball back then, you were the only one who was admitted to Peking University's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. After graduation, you were assigned to Lukou Airport to be a pilot. Brothers envy you so much! You can fly around the world with your childhood dream."

Then he sighed again: "The others are probably working hard like me right now."

Jiang Shuyue calmed down a bit and thought, was Lin Moxiao asking Wang Ziliang to come over on purpose, or was it just to reminisce about the past? Judging from their expressions, they must have been in touch all the time! So she asked without any hesitation, "Ziliang, which company do you work for now, and which district do you live in!"

Wang Ziliang seemed unconcerned by the sudden question: "I live in Hexi and work for a logistics company in Olympic Sports Warehouse."

Then he smiled innocently and said, "I didn't get into college at the time, and my family was in financial difficulty, so I didn't choose to go to a junior college or repeat my studies. I thought that I would have to enter society sooner or later, so I might as well reduce the burden on my family, so I followed my eldest brother to Jinling City."

Jiang Shuyue knew something about Wang Ziliang's situation. He had a younger brother and sister who were both in college. His father died early, and his family was in difficult conditions when he was in high school.

His mother remarried early in his life and ignored them. Even though he was admitted to university, no one paid for his first year's tuition. So he simply gave up in his senior year of high school and stopped studying, just waiting to graduate from high school and get a diploma. He would also be old enough to work at that time.

He is not as lucky as Jiang Shuyue. She has the support of two sisters and parents and can enter the university of her choice without any worries. Of course, this is not a legitimate reason. It is still related to the fact that there is no one to supervise and motivate her. The young man is innocent but not calm enough.

Jiang Shuyue felt inexplicably helpless. Wang Ziliang was his deskmate and also the student who gave the teacher the most headaches in the class at that time. Now he has to work hard to make ends meet. He no longer has the carefree and sharp edge he once had.