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Pei Yanyu: Excuse me.Is there any news about Han Li recently?

Zhong Yunque: I'm sorry, I haven't heard of it.

Pei Yanyu: Well, okay.Thanks.

Zhong Yunque: How are you doing recently?

Pei Yanyu: It's okay, it's the same as before.

As before, the conversation between Pei Yanyu and Zhong Yunque was very brief.For two years, his conversations with anyone were brief.As Sister Zhang said, he has been in Lantang Town for so long, and he has hardly made any friends.

Pei Yanyu had the idea of ​​taking the postgraduate entrance examination at the end of last year, but for more than a year before that, he also had no progress in interpersonal communication.

When he first arrived at the unit, some young colleagues offered him an olive branch and asked him to experience the life of young people in this small town together.However, because Pei Yanyu always had an excuse to refuse, gradually, everyone's contacts decreased, and they all became nodding acquaintances.On the contrary, those older sisters are still enthusiastic about him, and Pei Yanyu's attitude towards him is mostly respectful and far away.

Every time these sisters asked why he didn't go out and walk around and make new friends, Pei Yanyu's answer was always ambiguous.They have their own arguments. Some people say that Pei Yanyu came to Lantang after being wronged in a big city. In fact, they don't like this small town. Some people say that Pei Yanyu is a person who will leave sooner or later. Can he make new friends here? , is not important to him.

No matter which guess, Pei Yanyu neither admitted nor denied it.He just smiled faintly and shyly, knowing that even if he revealed a little bit of information, it would soon spread to the whole unit.

Such is life in a small town.

Now that Pei Yanyu thought about it, if he really got into the graduate school and left the hospital, the guesses of those sisters would be considered true.But is that really his reason for not making friends here?Of course not.

Pei Yanyu didn't know why he didn't do this. He always felt that as a young man, he lacked something and couldn't get up the energy to engage in social activities.This doesn't seem to be a problem that has just fallen in the past two years, it has always been there.All along, he was not a person who was good at making friends. Most of the former friends were the ones who took the initiative to get close, except for Du Weiqiu, and later Han Li.

It's a pity that every time he took the initiative to approach, it seemed that he didn't end well.

If his life wasn't any better than before, it wasn't quite so.When he took the exam from Zhizhou to Jingkou, he didn't have too many expectations for the future, but he just took it for granted that one day he would become the hurried and mediocre one among the crowd.Now he seems to be living the life he envisioned.

Did he ever have expectations in life?

There is.However, whenever he had expectations in life, it was because of someone in his life.Now, he is alone, he is like walking in a forest full of trees, he doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, but he no longer expects anything.

He is much freer than before, and no longer has to make trade-offs and choices between his family and his lover. He lost all these things, became free, and became nothing.

Pei Yanyu had expected that in a few more years, when he finally felt that this kind of life was unbearable, he would step out of this comfort zone and find someone else to love.But this kind of expectation is like a distant star, he knows it hangs there, but he doesn't feel any meaning to pick it up.

Such a state is incomprehensible to many people, and he is not interested in telling anyone.

Pei Yanyu had already made up his mind to reject Li Yanni's statement.Of course, it is inconvenient for him to say that he is gay, otherwise he will probably see strange glances from his colleagues at work the next day, and naturally he cannot tell a strange girl about his ever-changing emotions, so he should speak out about himself. There is no willingness to fall in love, and I hope the other party can understand.

On Saturday, according to the agreed time, Pei Yanyu arrived at the agreed place 10 minutes earlier.

The sun was shining brightly, and the breeze blew through the canopy, making rustling noises.

The tree shadows fell on the stone road, dotted and shadowy.

Pei Yanyu stroked the ID card in his hand - it was the voucher for receiving tickets to the scenic spot for local residents, and looked down to see a ray of sunlight falling on his head.Even so, he still looked gloomy and lifeless in the photo without his hat on.

After a while, he looked up and saw a girl of medium build in a dress walking towards the ticket center.As she walked, she looked around, clearly looking for someone.Soon, she found Pei Yanyu, and her steps became a little hesitant.

Pei Yanyu confirmed that it was time to meet, and walked forward after hesitation.

Her face suddenly turned red, her mouth opened slightly, and she hesitated to speak.

Pei Yanyu asked: "Hello. Excuse me, this is Li Yanni..."

She immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "Well, it's me."

"I'm Pei Yanyu." Pei Yanyu said, and handed her his ID card.

Seeing this, she blinked in surprise, chuckled, and said, "You're so funny."

Pei Yanyu smiled embarrassingly, put away his ID card, and explained: "I need to get this ticket, so prepare it first."

"Oh!" After listening, she opened her bag and looked for her ID card.

Before handing over her ID card, she hesitated for a while, and finally chose to hand over the ID card to Pei Yanyu, smiling shyly.

Hearing that Pei Yanyu had stayed in Lantang for two years but hadn't been to the ancient town, Li Yanni was very surprised and said: "When I was in college, I accompanied my roommate from other places in the dormitory to play. This place is similar to Qingchuan, and it is an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River. , it’s actually not interesting. However, people outside of Jiangsu and Zhejiang like it, probably because Jiangnan was often written in ancient poems.”

Pei Yanyu nodded, confirmed the location of the residence through the map on the back of the ticket, and asked, "Are you going directly to the residence?"

Perhaps it was Pei Yanyu's calm attitude that made her a little frustrated, the smile on her face restrained a lot, she nodded and said, "Okay."

It was two months ago that the two became friends.Li Yanni contacted him suddenly, but Pei Yanyu couldn't think of the reason.He has been looking for opportunities to explain his attitude to Li Yanni, but the topic seems to be out of the question.However, the topic was pitifully boring in essence, no matter what Li Yanni asked, Pei Yanyu's answer seemed unable to keep the topic going.

Worried that she was the one always looking for something to talk about, and ended up having no chance to speak, Pei Yanyu finally asked, "Why are you interested in this new attraction? It's not an ancient building."

"It's not because I'm interested in it." Li Yanni immediately said, "Looking at ancient pagodas and ancient bridges, it's boring to see too much. Although 'Qiju' is a renovation of an old building, its designer won the award last year. The International Youth Architectural Award. The designer is a local. Just because of this, the city deserves a lot of praise. Even if it didn’t win the award because of the “residence” award, the works of international architects are free. Come and see , can also move closer to art."

Pei Yanyu thought to himself that although it was an international award, it was only a youth award after all, and the designer was not yet at the level of a "master".But saying this would definitely lead to another silence, so he didn't say it.

"However, as a layman like me, I'm afraid I don't even care about the excitement, so I just pretend to feel it." She smiled shyly and asked, "Are you interested in architectural design?"

"It's okay." Pei Yanyu replied.

Isn't it a bit strange to ask a medical student this question?Pei Yanyu hesitated.He thought of Han Li, who was also an architect.Now, Han Li is still the legal representative and largest shareholder of Feiyi Studio, but every time Pei Yanyu searches for his works, the results end up in Luhe Flagship Studios that year.

When the cinema was built, Pei Yanyu went to see it on purpose.

He stayed there all day and watched seven films, from day to night, from dark to dawn.Pei Yanyu had completely forgotten what stories those films were about, but he remembered that the crystal ceiling on the top floor of the studio was very bright, reminding him of the skylight in that attic room.

Outside the gate of the courtyard where they lived, they encountered a few students who looked like students queuing up to check tickets.Seeing them carrying portfolios, they looked like students from the Academy of Fine Arts, but after hearing their conversation, Pei Yanyu knew that they were from the Academy of Architecture.

"Huh? Didn't you say that it was designed by Liang Huanxi? Why is it written 'Feiyi Studio' here?" One of the students questioned the sign under the wall outside the door.

Hearing this name, Pei Yanyu's heart trembled suddenly.

He hurriedly followed the place where the students gathered, and he really saw that it said Feiyi Studio.

Another student explained: "Liang Huanxi works in Feiyi, you don't even know that?"

"I thought he was in the Qiju studio. Otherwise, why is it called 'Qiju'?" the student said in a daze.

"No, no, the first generation of residence was Lin Qingwu's design, and the original site is indeed here. It was demolished later, and now it is the second generation after renovation. Did you do your homework well?" His classmates quickly disgusted.

The student smiled innocently and asked, "That Feiyi is very strong, Han Li, Zhong Yunque, and Liang Huanxi! By the way, do you know why Feiyi is called 'Feiyi'?"

"Who knows! Why don't you ask Mr. Liang later? Hurry up, you're already late!" Disgusted classmates pushed and checked tickets one after another and walked into the yard.

"Pei Yanyu?" Li Yanni woke up Pei Yanyu who was stunned.

Pei Yanyu came back to his senses and smiled apologetically.

"What's wrong?" she asked curiously.

"No, it's nothing." Pei Yanyu shook his head, "Check the ticket and go in."

Li Yanni was dubious and nodded.

Pei Yanyu never thought that two years later, he would hear Han Li's name from a passer-by who was completely unfamiliar to him.Is it because the world is too small, or is it because Han Li has left his name in this world?Pei Yanyu hoped it was the latter.

Already known to the students of the School of Architecture, Han Li should be doing well by now, right?

Pei Yanyu imagined that Han Li was already standing in a tall and eye-catching place, and he thought this was really great.When Han Li left, he was so lost and frustrated, burdened with the past that he couldn't get rid of, and there was a haze under his feet.It's much better now, when people talk about him, it's about his company, his work, and no one cares about his past.He really has a new life.

But, it's really strange, why Han Li has become a rising star, but he still can't find it?

After entering the residence, they learned through the promotional posters in the courtyard that the designer came to the site that day to hold an exchange meeting.

No wonder there are students from the School of Architecture rushing to come.

"It starts at 10:30, and the time is one and a half hours." Li Yanni looked at the time and said, "It's been a while. Let's go and have a look?"

Instead of visiting the building, do you go to see the designer first?Pei Yanyu saw that she was in high spirits, and she really was "watching the fun".Pei Yanyu didn't have any interest in this place, but since he learned that this is the work of Feiyi Studio, everything seems to be different.

It is not that he has no yearning for life.As long as it has something to do with Han Li, even if it's just a little bit of contact, Pei Yanyu's heart will involuntarily become tense and start beating wildly.He couldn't concentrate, and his limbs seemed a little weak, like a person who couldn't control himself.

There seemed to be a lot of people gathered in the house, and many people stood outside the door with their cameras turned on, looking in with their feet on their feet.

This made Li Yanni even more interested, even though the door was already three floors inside and three floors outside, she still leaned forward.

Because Pei Yanyu was tall, even if he stood on the outside of the human wall, he could barely see a corner of the room.He was surprised to find that he couldn't judge how deep the house was through the door, as if there were thousands of different worlds in this strange doorway, and there were countless people crowded in it.

"It's good to come early, it's a pity that we can't squeeze in. It seems very beautiful inside." Li Yanni was slightly disappointed, and turned back to ask, "Can you see it? Take a picture for me?"

Pei Yanyu was surprised that she still wanted to take pictures at this point, so she nodded numbly.

He just raised his mobile phone when he heard the host's voice from inside the room: "Next, it's time for our exchange meeting to ask questions. Everyone can speak and ask questions freely. That student in the blue T-shirt over there."

"Hello, Mr. Liang, and Mr. Han. Hehe, I am an architectural design enthusiast and a fan of both of you." The person who asked the question smiled innocently, "My question is relatively simple. Excuse me, why is the studio named What about 'Feiyi'? Does it have any special meaning?"

After hearing this, Pei Yanyu's raised hands froze immediately.He quickly zoomed in on the focal length of the lens, hoping to see the venue inside.However, the meeting place was not facing the door, and Pei Yanyu couldn't see anything except the people gathered together.

"I chose the name for very personal reasons, and it has nothing to do with the architectural design itself." An all-too-familiar voice came from inside the house.

The voice came out through the microphone, and it sounded distorted in Pei Yanyu's ears.But he will never forget the voice.

Hearing this voice, Pei Yanyu finally understood that he would never be impulsive or look forward to again.He returned the mobile phone to Li Yanni who was stunned, and squeezed into the room regardless of everyone's dissatisfaction and complaints.

The fans and the teacher on the stage seemed to have exchanged other questions, but Pei Yanyu walked in with his head down, and kept saying "excuse me" and "excuse me", all he heard was everyone's noisy chatter.

He didn't expect that there would be so many people inside, and the stuffy air made him almost breathless, and he was sweating profusely soon.

After feeling that he had been gone for a long time, Pei Yanyu looked up in the direction of the sound.

It was still very far away, at least ten meters away.

However, Pei Yanyu squeezed in desperately in the middle of the exchange meeting, which had already attracted the attention of the people on stage.

Han Li stared blankly at Pei Yanyu, who was blushing. Although Liang Huanxi beside him was answering the students' questions, he didn't hear a word clearly.

Pei Yanyu stared at him fixedly, trying to calm down his shortness of breath that had become along the way, but it was difficult because his heart beat faster.

Why are you here?Didn't Zhong Yunque say that there is no news about him?Knowing that he was cheated, Pei Yanyu felt endless grievances and resentment.He saw Han Li wearing the most ordinary white shirt and jeans. Isn't this what they looked like the last time they met?However, Han Li now looks a little different from then.

Han Li was wearing glasses.Before their first date, Pei Yanyu clearly told him not to wear glasses, how could he forget?

Thinking of this, Pei Yanyu's nose became sour, and soon his eyes became hot.

Because this is Han Li, not whoever Pei Yanyu wanted him to be.

"Then, does Teacher Han have anything to add?" The host asked with a smile, "Mr. Han?"

Han Li came back to his senses, looked at the host in a daze, and said for a while, "No."

The host was slightly taken aback, and said, "Oh... well, then, there is one more question. There is one last question left to ask."

After listening, Pei Yanyu immediately raised his hand high and stared at Han Li without blinking.

Han Li clenched the microphone tightly and swallowed hard.

The microphone belonging to the audience was passed to Pei Yanyu's hands. The moment he held it, Pei Yanyu realized that his palms were covered in cold sweat.He looked at Han Li, took a deep breath, and asked, "I want to ask Han Li, when did you come back?"