This wasn't a reunion after a long separation, Youyu suddenly thought.
It was just that this was the first time he saw him under the bright lights after so many years. He had already stolen something from Guiyu Pavilion the last time and left after a quick glance in the dark. He thought that Youyu would have a lot of things he wanted to know when they met.
However, Youyu threw his wine glass on the table.
"You, you're too unkind!"
Ziqu was stunned for a moment and then asked him.
"Eh? Is this how you treat people? "
"Ziqu, it's been so long since we last met. What are you doing, trying to steal my business?" Youyu asked again.
"If I didn't do this, how could I wait for you to treat me?" Ziqu smiled. He continued, "Also, I'm not Ziqu anymore. I'm Zigui."
Youyu regained her composure from her earlier excitement. She felt that the term 'home' sounded a little familiar.
"That's strange. Why did you steal something from my pavilion and then return it?" Youyu continued to ask.
"I just wanted to see you and make sure you were still in the pavilion." Zigui poured himself a full glass of wine. "After all, it's been so many years. I was afraid you weren't in the pavilion anymore."
Youyu didn't answer.
Zigui continued, "I also asked around about you and learned that you're now a high-ranking official. That means you've used up all the books you read in your room. This glass of wine is a toast to you. To you, to you, to you, to you, to you, to you, to you, to you, to you."
The room was filled with the fragrance of wine, and Youyu calmed down a lot. The days of the past appeared in his mind. He looked at Ziqu in front of him. It should be Zigui now. He looked a lot more mature. The young boy from before had hidden his sharpness, and his eyes were much calmer now.
He wanted to know what Zigui had been doing in the past few years, so he asked, "It's been so long since we last met. Tell me how you've been all these years."
"Let's eat first. If we don't, the food will get cold." Zigui picked up some vegetables and gave some to Youyu as well.
"When I saw you in the dark that night, I felt that you hadn't changed at all. Now that I've seen you clearly, I feel the same way," Zigui said as he ate. "Then you must have had a smooth-sailing life in the past few years."
Youyu felt that there were some things that he didn't need to say at this moment. "Just let it be. Anyway, this is how we live."
"You didn't go running around with me back then. Now it seems like you made the right decision." Zigui looked at Youyu and said.
Speaking of this, Youyu was a little bashful. "Speaking of which, it's quite embarrassing. I didn't go to your appointment that time."
"Haha, you also know that I was so angry that I wanted to kidnap you while you were asleep, but I gave up in the end. At that time, I was young and frivolous. Now that I think about it, it's all a joke. "Zigui said with a smile.
Zigui drank a few glasses of wine and was tipsy. He continued, "Fortunately, you didn't let your emotions affect your decisions. Otherwise, you would only be a rich businessman now and not a high-ranking official. Haha."
"Then I'd rather be a rich businessman! Being rich and having endless money to spend would be so cool. I wouldn't have to wake up early and work late every day. I've worked so hard, but I haven't saved much money! "Youyu said with a smile." Looks like you're the one who's had a smooth-sailing life. "
"Not really, not really. It's neither smooth-sailing nor smooth-sailing. If I didn't experience nine deaths, how could I have a life?" Zigui drank another glass.
"Do you still do that thing in the past?" Youyu suddenly remembered and immediately asked him.
Zigui put down his chopsticks and said seriously, "Do you know, Youyu, what you said to me on the roof back then?" Zigui paused for a moment. "I thought about it for a while and felt that it made sense. So I washed my hands of it and haven't done it since. My ability to leap onto roofs and vault over walls is rusty now. That's why I was discovered by you the last time I came to your building. "
Youyu was extremely happy. "Really? You washed your hands of it back then? "
"Yes, that's why I starved for a while." Zigui sighed.
"Let me toast you!" Youyu, who hadn't touched wine in a long time, was in high spirits. He stood up and drank it all in one gulp.
After sitting down, Youyu asked again, "Then how did you manage to buy such a big shop?"
Zigui looked at Youyu and paused for a moment before saying, "All these years, I persevered for some ideas that even I can't explain. I went to many places and changed my identity a few times. The reasons are too complicated. It's not interesting to talk about it, and I can't explain it all in a short time. Since we're reunited tonight, let's drink to our hearts' content."
Youyu felt that it was fine if Zigui didn't want to talk about it now.
"But you, don't even think about avoiding it. Why did you come back to steal business from me?" Youyu turned back to ask.
"I chose a few shops, and I felt that the one opposite yours was the best. It's a place with good feng shui, and it's close to your Guiyu Pavilion. It's also closer to you." Zigui said unhurriedly.
"Then what kind of treasures are hidden in your shop that makes everyone run to you?" Youyu asked again.
"It's just a collection of things that I've collected over the past few years. I've been to Linhai, Jiangnan, and Yangzhou. If you're interested, you can come to my shop tomorrow to take a look." Zigui looked at Youyu with a smile.
"I'm not going. Right now you're in the same business, and we're competitors. Everyone does business based on their own abilities." Youyu said in all seriousness.
Zigui didn't know whether to laugh or cry at Youyu's pretentious tone.
"Then why did you treat me to a meal?" Zigui asked.
"I originally wanted to put some laxatives in it, but after seeing you, I forgot." Youyu replied.
Zigui took out something from his sleeve and placed it in his palm. "Youyu, I've always kept this piece of jade with me." He opened his palm. It was the same piece of jade from his memories. It was as warm as before. The words' Pei ',' You ', and' Jade 'were engraved on it. It was very familiar, but it also brought him a sense of absent-mindedness.
Youyu didn't dare to reach out and touch it.
"It's better if you keep it."
"What? I came all the way here to give it to you, but you don't want it. Isn't this your treasure? "Zigui was a bit confused.
Youyu stared at the jade, trembling slightly.
"No … no, it's not anymore. Keep it, keep it. You've been wearing it for so long, so I'll give it to you."
"Alright!" Zigui held the jade tightly and took it back. "I didn't want to return it to you anyway."
Youyu didn't say anything. The old jade's luster was reflected in his eyes, and it lingered for a long time.
"Let's drink!" Youyu raised his glass.
"Come!" Zigui clinked glasses with him.
As the night deepened, Youyu walked to the window and pushed it open. The night breeze with a faint fragrance blew in, and his face, which was heated by the alcohol, was soothed. Everything was at its best.
The moon in the night sky was the same as when Zigui left. It gave him the illusion that the moon was the same as the one tonight.
"Where's Old Man Pei?" Zigui asked.
"He passed away two years ago." Youyu stared at the night sky as he answered him. He asked subconsciously, but it suddenly felt a little strange.
Other than Zigui, almost no one asked Youyu about his father. Even he himself seemed to have forgotten about it for a long time.
It was as if the previous owner of Guiyu Pavilion had never existed. Zigui's voice and the influence of alcohol made him nostalgic.
In fact, he secretly went to his father's grave last year on Qingming Festival. The lonely grave was overgrown with weeds, and there were a few small words engraved on the tombstone.
Youyu rolled up his sleeves and removed the weeds. His clothes were soaked with sweat. He took them off to wipe the sweat off his forehead, hung them on a tree, and sat on a rock to rest.
There was no one in the empty mountain, and there was no light. It was a cloudy day, and there was only the wind blowing in from all directions, carrying the fallen leaves. Young Jade tried his best to recall his father's past, but his mind was completely blank.
He stood up and looked at the grave in front of him. It was not repaired at all. There were vines and thorns on the mound, and there was no trace of his father's grave.
His efforts to search were in vain. Youyu shouted at the strong wind coming from the forest, hoping that the wind would take him back to the past.
"Are you crying?" Zigui, who was behind him, asked him while he was getting food.
"What?" Youyu came back to his senses and hurriedly wiped his face with the back of his hand. However, he immediately put it down, afraid that Zigui would notice. "No, no, I'm just getting old. Haha."
Youyu retracted his gaze from the window and turned to look at Zigui. He asked him, "Do you still like to go up to the roof?"
"Hey, I haven't done it in a long time. It's tiring every day, and it's hard to climb up," Zigui told him.
"The moonlight is good tonight. Let's climb up now!" Youyu's eyes lit up.
"What? What did you say? "Zigui expressed that he did not hear clearly.
"Let's go, let's go!" Youyu rushed out of the door.
He carried a pot of wine and two cups and climbed up to the roof. From the top, he could look up at the moon, and also look down at the bright lights of the capital city in the distance.
The wind blew continuously on the roof. Youyu drank a little wine, and he felt that he had not been so happy in a long time.
Zigui, who was beside him, was also affected. He also felt a little emotional in the night wind.
"Youyu, do you know that I don't believe in God, but I believe in the moon?" Zigui slowly told Youyu.
Without waiting for Youyu to speak, Zigui continued, "In the past, when I went out at night, I was always accompanied by the moon. I believed that it could keep me safe."
Youyu looked at Zigui. It was as if he was leaning against the pale full moon. His voice floated in the air and surrounded them from all directions. I'm drunk, Youyu thought. The scattered lights in the distance were distant and blurry.
"One must enjoy life to the fullest! To the fullest! "Youyu raised his shaking hand and held the wine cup." Again, again! "
Zigui laughed. "Now that you're drunk, I can't carry you down."
"Then I'll lie down here." After saying that, Youyu laid down on the bed.
"Pei Youyu, you haven't changed at all." Zigui drank another cup of wine.
"What Pei Youyu? Who's Pei Youyu …" Youyu turned over. "I don't know him."
"You're really drunk." Zigui teased him. "You're already the manager of the building, but your alcohol tolerance is still so poor."
Youyu did not speak. He seemed to have fallen asleep.
Zigui glanced at him. Youyu's breathing was steady, and his eyes were closed gently. His fingers slowly let go of the wine cup and he lay down. Zigui picked up the cup that he was about to throw away.
"This guy, haha." Zigui drank the rest of the wine. Old places, old friends, and the moon that never changed. Whenever Zigui went to Yangzhou in Jiangnan, or crossed the yellow sands of the Northern Frontier, to the seaside, or walked through thousands of rivers and mountains, the water ends and clouds rise, he would always look up at the moon. Only above his head was the same as the young jade.
Even the vicissitudes of life in the past few years were washed away by this cup of wine. From then on, it was a new chapter.
He raised his cup to the moon. "This last cup, I hope we can both make a fortune! Gold, silver, and jewels are endless. We can live a long life and enjoy a good life! "
After that, he drank it in one gulp.
Other than the sound of the wind, there was only the soft snoring of the sleeping Youyu.
Zigui looked at Youyu again. Youyu was sleeping on his side. Under the moonlight, the side of his face reminded him of their strange first encounter. When he raised his knife to threaten him, the flickering fireworks outside the window lit up his face. His face was still the same, nothing had changed.
"This guy!" Zigui laughed again. He picked up the sleeping Youyu.
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