Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter

After the frost, Lincheng entered a period of rainy and cold cooling. The day of my birthday was Saturday, and the sky was clear with a little thin sun, and it was covered with rain-washed humidity, which was like a fresh grapefruit color.

The birthday of Shi's resignation was Friday. It was the first time that Tang Kai took time off and did not go to class. However, she wandered around in the dormitory and did not go to the teachers' dormitory until nine o'clock.

She should contact her first. Tang Kai looked at the WeChat dialog box that had been static for nearly a month, and couldn't afford to take the courage to take the initiative to send a message. She took the wrapped gift and came to the door of the speech. After hesitating for a long time between ringing the doorbell or putting down the gift, she rang the doorbell anyway.

The heartbeat went from pounding to disappointment and silence.

No one came to open the door and was away from home. She can leave the gift here, and she should receive her speech. But in this case, will it ease the embarrassment between them?

Tang Kai went around under the old ginkgo tree downstairs for several times, and finally couldn't help but dial the phone. When the button was pressed, she even thought, maybe she can't answer the speech, maybe she can't answer the phone now, she's messed up. After thinking a lot, a piece of piano music rang, and soon the voice of speech was in my ears, "Huh, Xiao Tang?"

Tang Kai was speechless when she heard her name.

The speech did not immediately continue to say anything. Her background was like being on the street, with car horns and pedestrian voices.

"I'm driving, what's the matter?" The speech was calm and gentle, just like she usually speaks.

Tang Kai squeezed her finger subconsciously, "Professor Shi," she realized that she was really nervous when she opened her mouth, and she swallowed her saliva to stabilize a little, "Happy birthday."

She couldn't think of what to say, so she could only say it so directly. After speaking, her cheeks were hot, inexplicably embarrassed and a little relaxed.

Finally it came out.

I can finally speak.

"Oh?" There was a smile in the tone of the speech, which was surprised to hear, "How did you know?"

"Mi Xue told me..." Tang Kai looked down at the canvas shoes on his feet, and stepped on the wet golden leaves on the ground.

"Thank you." The speech's smile became stronger, and the voice was not so far away, "Is there no class?"

"Oh, um..." Tang Kai's voice was soft, holding the gift in his hand, "Will you be back to school today?"

"Today?" Shici was a bit noisy, she said loudly, "My friend held a birthday party for me, and invited some friends whom I haven't seen for a long time to get together. Some just came back from abroad. I am now over there. , Maybe go back at night, not sure about the time..."

It was normal. It was originally a speech that did not overlap with her in the life circle, and the life of the speech was rich and wonderful that she could not imagine.

Tang Kai let out a sigh of relief.

Then she put the gift at the door, should you tell me about it?

"Are you at my door now?" The speech came closer.

Tang Chi paused, and glanced at the door of the speaker, "...well, I..."

"Just... just... come over."

Tang Kai's face became even hotter, and she didn't even believe her words, she really wouldn't lie.

The two were silent for a second or two.

She is quiet here, but Shi Ci is probably still on the road, and there is a bit of harsh noisy noise. Tang Kai hurriedly said: "Professor Shi, please drive, I'm fine."

"...That's good." Shi Ci seemed to hesitate for a while, and said nothing, they ended the call.

Tang Kai knelt down, sighing unconsciously, and stood up, as if a breath of breath was suddenly exhausted. When she was about to put down the gift and go, the phone vibrated.

After opening it, Shi Ci sent an address over,

There is another sentence: "As I said before, this is the shop I opened with a friend."

She didn't say that she invited her, but did it mean that she wanted to go there?

Tang Kai first took the bus, turned the subway, left the subway station, and came to the old city of Huicheng. She was not familiar with the road conditions here, so she had to take a taxi, and when she reached a similar destination, the driver showed her the way.

In the afternoon, the alleys here are quiet without waking up after a nap. The air is faintly scented with sweet-scented osmanthus, and they are all relatively classical buildings.

Tang Kai walked step by step according to the address given in her speech, and came to a two-story building with a white fence in front of her. The beautiful cosmos poked her head from behind, wondering where she was the guest.

The font on the wall says-heat.

It's here.

Tang Kai carried his backpack and took out his mobile phone.

She gave up on the phone and sent a message--

"Professor Shi, I..."

Keep pressing the thumb to delete.

"Sorry, I'm here."

Delete.

Tang Chi sighed and wanted to pat his head, feeling that he was really inexplicable today.

"Heat?"

She let out another breath, closed her eyes, and finally sent it out. In ten minutes, if she doesn't reply to the message, she will go back.

When the speech came out, I saw a young girl standing under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree looking up and counting the petals. She was carrying a backpack, light blue sweater, white-washed jeans, and a pair of black canvas shoes.

Shi Ci's eyes narrowed slightly.

She also dressed like this when she first saw Tang Kai in the school cafeteria. A little bit different is that her hair was over her shoulders, and she was draped in black obediently. Hearing the sound, she turned her face and seemed startled, her eyes swayed, like sunlight passing through water waves, soft and timid, killing wounds. The force is great.

Shi Ci's heart was warmed by her eyes.

She raised a smile and quickly walked to her, "Here it is."

Tang Kai breathed a sigh of relief, as if embarrassed.

The next second, I opened my eyes and looked behind her.

"Who is this little beauty? Why is she familiar?" Shi Ci saw sister Miu's voice.

She turned to her side, sister Miu walked over with a smile, and Chen Yiyi with an inquiring look appeared at the same time.

"This is Tang Kai." Shi Ci took a step back, stood beside Tang Kai, and introduced her, "These are my two old friends, Miao Xiyin and Chen Yiyi."

"Oh, oh? Suddenly I was called a big name!" Sister Miu looked at Tang Kai, and suddenly realized, "I saw you! Alas, Tang Xiao Hui? You were working last time? Huh, weren't you the quitting student?"

Tang Kai also just remembered who she was, but she was so familiar with her attitude and dense words that she couldn't answer her words.

"It's not my student, it's the same university." Shi Ci corrected him on the side.

"Oh oh oh, at the same university, you are a professor and she is a student, is that right?" Sister Miu's eyes smiled into crescent shapes.

"Are you an adult? You can't enter a bar unless you are an adult." Chen Yiyi couldn't see any expression.

"I..." Tang Kaigang wanted to speak.

"Oh, I'm just looking small, I'm definitely an adult!" Sister Miu haha ​​slapped Chen Yiyi, and waved to Tang Kai, "Come in and play, Xiao Tang Kai."

These two were strangers, people she didn't know, people she hadn't touched before, not like people who had to be in contact with part-time jobs before, but old friends who gave resignation.

Tang Kai suddenly felt that the pressure had doubled, and more than that, several people came out from behind the bar, including men and women.

"A friend who speaks?"

"Ah, so young, haha."

"It's late, we're already drinking it, but it's just the beginning..."

Tang Kai's palms were sweating, and there was a voice in her heart saying repeatedly: "It's okay, it's okay, when they are listening to your lecture, when they are the teacher who asks you questions in the oral test, when they are sitting down listening to your translation..."

"Don't panic, don't panic... They are a bunch of letters, a bunch of talking letters..."

The group of people opposite had their piercing eyes and unclear smiles. They looked at her and analyzed her. There was no hostility, but it meant that Tang Kai was unfamiliar and unaccustomed to teasing and joking.

"Would you like to go in and play?" Shi Ci turned sideways, half-blocking her side, and asked her softly, blocking everything from the outside world.

Tang Kai looked up and saw the arc of her lips curled up. In the unfamiliar atmosphere, the familiar smell of speech gave her a sense of security, and she nodded.

Many colorful balloons are decorated in the bar, and rainbows are hooked up. In the hall, musicians were singing, some were dancing, and some were drinking at the bar. The long buffet table has a lot of food for guests to choose from, all kinds of small cakes, fruits, fried snacks, burgers, sliced ​​pizza, sushi...

Tang Kai was sitting at the bar. She was facing the sky. She was not tall, but the proportions were very good. A pair of long legs wrapped in jeans were placed straight together and attracted a lot of attention.

"What do you want to drink? Wouldn't you drink Bloody Mary like your sister?" Sister Miu was interested in her, and did not wait for Tang Kai to say what to drink, so she motioned to Chen Yiyi for a drink.

Tang Kai probably knows that Bloody Mary is a kind of cocktail. She hasn’t seen it or drank it before, and it’s not easy to refuse. She glanced around, and her speech was dragged away by her friends just now. She wanted to know where she was, but she didn’t want to. Be too obvious and don't want to behave like a minor.

Chen Yiyi has been observing Tang Kai without showing her composure since she saw her. At this time, the bartenders kept moving, and the light from the corner of his eye looked at Tang Kai again.

Soon, he pushed a glass of tomato red liquid full of ice cubes in front of her. Tang Kai blinked, and pressed his lower lip a little bewildered.

"Hahahaha. Your expression is too cute! It's not poisonous, it's not poisonous!" Sister Miu was amused by her and bewitched her, "Come and have a drink."

Tang Kai hesitated to touch the cup, a breath of speech came from the back of her neck, and the wine cup was caught in her palm. She said, "She doesn't drink this."

Shi Ci sat next to her and took a sip, "Well," said to Chen Yiyi, "There are too many ice cubes."

Chen Yiyi glanced at her and pulled out a little smile, "Maybe I accidentally let it go too much."

"Hungry? If you are hungry, there is food there." Shi Ci turned his head and said to Tang Kai, "Do you want me to take it for you?"

"Puff!" Sister Miu smiled, "Speech, she is not a child, don't behave like a babysitter."

Shi Ci smiled and retorted, "I didn't treat her like a child..." She didn't finish her sentence, but stared at Tang Kai.

The light in the bar was dimly warm yellow, and her gaze was a bit breathless, reminding Tang that when the speech brought her in just now, the strap of her watch slipped over her sweater when her palm was brushing her shoulder. surface.

Tang Kai went to look at her watch. This one she hadn't seen before, a platinum chain with a diamond-encrusted box, showed a delicate corner from the cuffs of her black leather jacket. The back of her hand was slender, and her skin was very thin. Blood vessels, fibrous fingertips.

Tang Kai watched such a hand approaching herself, moving naturally and without shy, and in front of her friend, she reached out and touched her tail finger.

Shici smiled and there were beautiful slightly raised silkworms under her eyes, her eyes seemed to be full of love, she was joyful from the heart, "I'm glad you are here."