I parked the car behind Xiang Chen's car, then opened the car door. He seemed to have noticed me, and walked out of the car at the same time, hugged my shoulders very intimately as before. I smiled, and then the two of them took out a pack of red plum cigarettes from their pockets at the same time. When they were in college, except for Zhongnanhai, they were also red plums. These two cigarettes accompanied us throughout our college career.

We each gave each other one, then ignited it, Xiang Chen asked jokingly, "You are President Zhao now, and you still smoked this 4 yuan pack of Hongmei. Are you playing with advanced or pretending?"

"Living in this world of pretending, this 4 yuan pack of Hongmei is the best item of pretending..."

Xiang Chen smiled "haha": "It's said that it's in my heart, so I'm also smoking. I haven't dared to change it in these years."

"Yes, the highest level of pretending is to return to nature!"

Xiang Chen shrugged: "If everyone is pretending like us, smoking Hongmei, drinking Erguotou, my tobacco and drinking Erguotou will not be able to do this tobacco and alcohol business!"

I smiled and didn't go on, because not everyone in this world has such talent to show off, so Xiang Chen's career in tobacco and alcohol must be fine. The above is just a pastime that the two of them didn't talk much after they met, and they just tried to find entertainment.

During a brief silence, I glanced into Weiran's car. He was not in the car at this time, maybe he had entered the mall. I temporarily put away my emotions and started chatting with Xiang Chen, but I kept sitting in my car and never got off the car from the beginning to the end.

After smoking a cigarette, Xiang Chen looked at the watch, looked at the intersection, and complained: "Why haven't Jian Wei arrived yet? Could it be that the road was blocked!"

"Maybe the company is busy. I'm on the same road as her, and there is no traffic jam on the road."

Xiang Chen's expression suddenly became a little gloomy, and she smiled helplessly: "Sometimes I really don't know why she did this?... Other women, I wish I could live a relaxed and comfortable life. I had nothing to do with it all over the world, wanting to shop, shopping, traveling, traveling, but she didn't have any interest in such a life. Is it really appropriate for a woman to dive into the business world like this?"

I was silent for a while, responded to Xiang Chen's helpless smile and said, "Maybe she is more powerful by nature!"

Xiang Chen seemed to be joking and asked seriously: "Did she look like this when she was in college?"

I put out the cigarette butts, looked at the intersection, and said, "She is here, you have to ask her about this."

Xiang Chen also squatted out the cigarette butts and followed me to look at the intersection. He never spoke again, but his expression was full of complexity. It seemed that Jian Wei also gave him a lot of helplessness that could not be changed. Faced with these helplessness, all he could do was tolerate. It seemed like this all along, because Jian Wei was too strong.

Jian Wei stopped the car, came to Xiang Chen and me with her handbag, and asked, "Zhaoyang, are everyone here?"

"No, it should be almost done."

As soon as he finished speaking, Robben was already riding his motorcycle carrying Wei Manwen, and came to us from another intersection. Then Yan Yan, just a few days later, and Fangyuan and Mi Cai, and that Weiran should be with Mi Cai at this time.

Robben and Xiang Chen met several times. The two greeted each other and then dispersed cigarettes. So the women chatted, the men smoked, and continued to wait for Fang Yuan and Mi Cai who had not yet got off work.

Finally, Mi Cai, Fang Yuan and Wei Ran, Mi Lan walked out of Zhuomei's building together. The four of them walked and said, as if they were still communicating about work until they reached us.

Mi Cai said to everyone who was waiting: "Sorry, the meeting just now took a long time, so everyone has been waiting for a long time."

Everyone expressed their disregard, and I called everyone to leave again. Mi Cai turned around and asked Mi Lan behind him, "Lan Lan, do you want to sit with us?"

"No, I have a drink party tonight. You guys have fun." After Mi Lan finished speaking, she turned around and walked towards Zhuomei's underground parking lot. Fang Yuan and Yan Yan stood together, without any unnecessary communication in the middle. This made me believe that they had completely finished it. After all, Fang Yuan and Yan Yan have been in love for so many years, and it is inevitable that they will be confused for a while, but they will never give up the responsibility of a family because of this. I still believe in Fang Yuan.

After Mi Lan left, Mi Cai seemed to deliberately avoid my conversation with Wei Ran. She walked into my car first and signaled me to get in the car to guide everyone. At this time, I finally had a look with Wei Ran, but didn't say anything, got in the car, and then the group drove towards Xia Fanye's "west of the old city" coffee shop in a mighty manner.

.........

About 20 minutes later, we arrived at the old city area and parked the car at the entrance of the alley. The group divided into two rows and walked into the alley. Jian Wei and Xiang Chen walked together, Wei Manwen and Luo Ben, Fang Yuan and Yan Yan, Mi Cai and I walked in the front, and Wei Ran and each had their own rows, without any communication throughout the whole process, which made the atmosphere a little dull. Maybe this was a gathering with each other. I hope that this would not destroy the style of the coffee shop "west of the old city".

Soon we arrived at the door of the coffee shop, and the sky seemed to be inconspicuously sad, and it started to drizzle again. I stopped and looked at the mottled green painted door and said to everyone: "It's this coffee shop. I asked everyone to come today to invite everyone to have a cup of coffee west of the old city cooked by the shop owner himself. Micai and I like this coffee shop very much..."

Mi Cai nodded and continued, "Well, the story behind the coffee shop is sad, but being met by us is also a blessing, reminding us that we should cherish the people and life around us more."

cc asked, "What story?"

Mi Cai looked back at the shop sign and replied: "The story of the west of the old city... Let's go in and try the coffee first. Zhaoyang and I invite you."

When Mi Cai said something like Zhaoyang and I, she had already told the people present that we had reunited, and that once broken road we would continue to repair and walk on the same time.

I subconsciously looked at Wei Ran, and his face immediately became darker, even painful. This pain was no less than the collapse of faith. At this moment, I believe that Mi Cai might have really given him the promise of getting married, but he broke his promise and returned to me again.

When everyone was looking at Wei Ran, his expression suddenly became calm. He looked at Mi Cai with a gentle and cold smile. Before everyone could, he pushed open the door of the coffee shop and walked in alone. Mi Cai looked at his back with a little at a loss. It was not until I took her hand that I came back to my senses.

Maybe only she understands what it means behind Weiran's gentle smile.

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Chapter completed!