After the divorce, I started to transfer

After a long flight of more than ten hours, Chen Feng finally arrived in the prosperous Magic City.

This time, he did not inform anyone in the country in advance about his return.

The reason was actually very simple. Firstly, he felt there was no particular need to inform in advance; secondly, he wanted to have a good time in this charming city.

Although he had been to Shanghai several times before, he was always in a hurry and failed to appreciate the city's charm. This time, he not only ended his overseas trip early, but more importantly, Zhao Zixuan, whom he missed, was in Shanghai.

In the past, he and Zhao Zixuan were just ordinary classmates. However, their last encounter changed their relationship, and now it has surpassed the boundaries of ordinary friendship.

Although Zhao Zixuan returned to Shanghai after their last separation, the two seldom contacted each other, as if they had quietly disappeared from each other's world, but they both knew in their hearts that the relationship had already been deeply rooted and could not be easily severed.

So, this time when he came to Shanghai, he wanted to spend a few days with Zhao Zixuan.

He wanted to contact Zhao Zixuan immediately, but the plane arrived at the Magic City Airport at two in the morning. Zhao Zixuan must be asleep at that time.

So, Chen Feng had to find a hotel near the airport to stay in first.

When he woke up, it was already 8:30 the next morning. Chen Feng rubbed his sleepy eyes, immediately picked up his phone, and sent a message to Zhao Zixuan: [I'm in Shanghai, just got off the plane, and want to see you.]

Time passed minute by minute, and after almost a minute, he finally received Zhao Zixuan's reply: [Okay, I'll treat you to lunch at noon, and I'll send you the restaurant address later].

Chen Feng was slightly stunned, and then asked: [Don’t you have time in the morning? ]

In his impression, Zhao Zixuan had already resigned and should be free.

[Well, I have something to do in the morning]

【What's up? 】

【work】

[You're working again? Didn't you say last time that you weren't going to work? ]

[I am doing volunteer work. I just arrived. We are short of staff here, so it is difficult for me to leave.]

[Where? I'm fine anyway, I'll come find you later.]

After waiting for more than a minute, Zhao Zixuan sent the address. Chen Feng carefully checked the address and searched on the map on his phone, and found that it was quite far from his hotel. He roughly estimated the distance and replied to the message, saying that he would arrive in an hour.

Afterwards, Chen Feng quickly washed up and walked out of the hotel. As he walked, he contacted the two bodyguards accompanying him via WeChat and told them to move around freely and have fun in the Magic City.

At a bakery near the hotel, he bought some simple breakfast and then called an online taxi.

The order was accepted immediately after it was placed, and five minutes later, the online car-hailing service stopped steadily in front of him.

After more than half an hour's drive, the online taxi stopped in front of the gate of a nursing home.

At this time, the place where they were was already in the suburbs of Magic City, which is what people often call the township area.

This is a community nursing home, which is much simpler than those private nursing homes in the city that charge thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan per month. There was not even a security guard at the door, so Chen Feng walked straight in.

Inside the courtyard is a small cement courtyard with a small flower bed in the middle. The courtyard is surrounded by two-story buildings connected on three sides.

As soon as Chen Feng walked into the yard, he saw several people wearing volunteer vests, patiently washing the elderly people's hair, cutting their hair, and trimming their nails. The scene was warm and harmonious.

Chen Feng looked carefully among the crowd but did not see Zhao Zixuan.

He was about to step forward to ask when he suddenly looked up and saw Zhao Zixuan waving at him excitedly in the corridor on the second floor.

Chen Feng was delighted and immediately walked quickly in her direction.

Soon, Chen Feng went up to the second floor and finally met Zhao Zixuan, whom he had not seen for a long time.

"Why did you think of volunteering?" Chen Feng asked unconsciously in his familiar hometown dialect.

Zhao Zixuan raised the corners of her mouth and revealed a sweet smile: "I have nothing to do anyway."

Chen Feng didn't ask any more questions, but just smiled and gave her a thumbs up.

"Okay, I still have to go in and talk to Grandma Liu, do you want to come with me?"

Since Zhao Zixuan said so, Chen Feng naturally would not refuse and followed her into one of the rooms.

This is a room converted from an old single dormitory. It is not large, only about 10 square meters. One third of the space is divided into a bathroom. In such a nursing home, this configuration is considered good.

After all, the old-style single dormitories in the past were not equipped with separate bathrooms, so this is considered a significant improvement.

When they walked into the room, they saw a thin old lady with gray hair sitting by the window. She was wearing reading glasses and looked to be at least eighty years old, but she was in good spirits. Her eyes were not dim, but rather had a lively look that was not consistent with her age.

"Xiao Zhao, is this your boyfriend?" The old lady looked at Chen Feng curiously and asked.

"He's not a boyfriend, he's a classmate." Zhao Zixuan quickly corrected.

"Haha, don't lie to me. He came all the way here to find you, and you were willing to let him come. And you two are such a good match. I can tell at a glance that you have a special relationship." The old lady said with a smile, her eyes full of understanding.

The old lady was right. Zhao Zixuan's face flushed slightly, but she didn't refute it.

Seeing this, Chen Feng walked forward and greeted the old lady with a smile: "Hello, Grandma Liu, you are so accurate. I am indeed her boyfriend."

"You are her boyfriend? Does she not accept you yet?" The old lady looked curious. Chen Feng was helpless. He couldn't say that he didn't accept her, so he nodded: "Yes, she hasn't accepted me yet."

When Zhao Zixuan heard this, she couldn't help but rolled her eyes at Chen Feng. Her cute look made Chen Feng's heart move.

The old lady saw this scene and couldn't help laughing happily. At the same time, she greeted the two of them warmly: "Come on, both of you sit down."

So the two of them sat down on the two plastic stools in front of her.

"Tell me about your stories. I love listening to stories about you young people the most." The old lady looked gossipy and her eyes were full of anticipation.

Zhao Zixuan was a little embarrassed and said coyly: "There's nothing much to say. He and I were high school classmates."

"High school classmates, right? You met in your youth. When did you establish a romantic relationship? You weren't dating in high school, were you?" the old lady asked.

"No. Although we were classmates for three years in high school, I hardly ever talked to him. Later, I went to college in Shanghai and he went to college in Xiuzhou. We haven't been in touch with each other for several years."

"Ah, so how did you guys get on?"

"… We didn't get along. It was just that a classmate got engaged the year before last, and we all went out for a drink, and we bumped into each other again. After that, I started to have some feelings for him."

"And then, you two got together?"

Zhao Zixuan did not answer, but turned her head to look at Chen Feng, with a look of help in her eyes. Chen Feng naturally understood what she meant, and continued: "At that time, I also had a good impression of her. Then, we started to contact each other one after another, until some time ago, when she went on a trip, I drove from Beijing to Xiuzhou, and I ran into her on the way. I felt that this was the fate arranged by God for us, so I confessed to her, and she hesitated for a long time before saying that she could go out of town with me."

After listening to this, the old lady smiled and said, "This is really a fate sent by God. You didn't miss each other. You really have to cherish each other."

Chen Feng quickly agreed: "Grandma Liu, you are right."

The old lady's eyes suddenly became somewhat sad. She looked at Zhao Zixuan and said, "In fact, when I was young, I also had a rare fate, but I missed it."

Zhao Zixuan heard this and curiously asked, "Really? Can you tell us about it?"

The old lady hesitated for a moment, then smiled and began to tell the story: "When I was sixteen, I was studying in a technical secondary school in the county. There was a boy in the class next to me who came to our class every day to talk to the students sitting behind me. Gradually, he found opportunities to talk to me, and gradually everyone realized that he was interested in me. But soon someone told the teacher about it, and the boy was called in by the teacher and criticized. He never came to our class again. After a while, I met him on the way home one day. I knew he was waiting for me on purpose, and when he came up to talk to me, I ran away quickly because I was afraid that people would see me and gossip about me."

Having said this, the old lady paused, her eyes full of memories.

Zhao Zixuan waited for a while and couldn't help but urge, "Grandma Liu, what happened next?"

Grandma Liu sighed and said, "After that, he never contacted me again until I graduated from technical secondary school. One month after I was assigned to work as an accountant in a machinery factory, I met him again. He also came to work in the machinery factory and was in the same office as me. I worked with him for two years."

"Ah, nothing happened in these two years? Didn't he pursue you?" Zhao Zixuan looked puzzled and confused.

Grandma Liu sighed and said, "My family arranged a marriage for me in my first month of work. When he was transferred here, I was already engaged. Half a year later, I got married."

Zhao Zixuan opened her mouth in surprise and was speechless for a moment.

After a while, Zhao Zixuan finally recovered and sighed, "Did he give up when he knew you were engaged?"

The old lady was silent for a long time before she slowly said, "The day after he started working, he stuffed a letter into my drawer... After I read it, I immediately found an opportunity to burn it. He didn't get my reply for a long time, and he didn't dare to look for me in person. I also tried not to give him the opportunity to be alone with me. Until half a year later, I got married, and half a year later he got married too. After two years of working together, he took the initiative to transfer and left the machinery factory."

When Zhao Zixuan heard this, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly and she said, "He's married too. I thought he was so infatuated."

The old lady smiled and shook her head, saying, "I am a woman who has already married, but he, a grown man, cannot get married. Moreover, in that era, he was very good in all aspects, and it was impossible for him not to get married at that age. Both his family and his company would force him to get married, and he had no choice. I was the same at that time. It was not that I wanted to get married, but that was the way it was in that era. My parents liked him, and he was not bad-looking and had no bad habits, so I had no reason to refuse. In fact, I had only met that old man three times before we got engaged. After the engagement, because our companies were far apart, we only met once a week.

I can't say I like him that much, I just don't dislike him. After all, his family conditions were pretty good at the time. Both his parents worked, he had only one younger sister, and his grandfather was a retired cadre. How great. After I got engaged to him, his family helped my rural brother find a job in a factory and he became a worker.

Zhao Zixuan shook her head and said, "You've told me all this. You and your husband enjoyed happiness in the first few years, but you suffered for decades afterwards."

The old lady smiled carefreely and said, "This is fate. Since I have enjoyed happiness with him, it is only natural that I should suffer with him."

Zhao Zixuan then asked: "How long has it been since your grandson came to see you?"

The old lady's face darkened instantly when she heard this. She shook her head and said, "He has his own difficulties. Although he didn't come to see me very often, he often sent me videos to contact me."

Seeing this, Zhao Zixuan did not continue the topic and asked curiously, "Do you know what happened to that person later?"

The old lady hesitated for a moment before she said, "I only know that he retired more than ten years ago."

Zhao Zixuan said helplessly: "He is about the same age as you. Of course he retired more than ten years ago."

The old lady smiled and did not refute.

At this moment, several figures suddenly appeared at the door. First, a middle-aged man in his forties knocked gently on the open door and said to the three people inside: "Excuse me, is Ms. Liu Qiumei here?"

The old lady looked confused, but she still replied loudly: "It's me, what can I do for you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a vigorous bald old man with silver hair slowly walked out from behind the middle-aged man. He looked to be over 80 years old. Although he was leaning on a cane, his steps were very agile. He walked straight to the old lady and stood still.

The two old men sat and stood facing each other, staring at each other, without saying a word for a long time. The atmosphere seemed to be frozen, filled with a complicated atmosphere.

Until the old lady broke the silence first, asking with a hint of uncertainty in her tone: "Are you... Yan... Brother Yan?"

The old man nodded with a complicated expression: "It's me. We haven't seen each other for decades. I didn't expect you to recognize me."

The old lady was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say. She had just told the two young men about this old man Yan, and in the blink of an eye he appeared in front of her. This coincidence was even more amazing than saying that the devil would appear.

Brother Yan sighed and said, "We are all old. I had a major operation last year and almost died. After several months of recuperation, I finally recovered a little. So, I want to see some old friends before I die, including you of course. Have you been doing well these years?" (End of this chapter)