Salted fish travel to save the world

Chapter 5

Qu Le sorted out his mood by concentrating on driving.

"By the way, Brother Qu." Cheng Pei introduced a new topic, "I recently held a small exhibition with my classmates."

"Really? That's too—have you played with Qu Ming?" Qu Le restrained the "great" that almost blurted out in time, and brought up people they both knew to fill in the topic.

Cheng Pei smiled and said, "Qu Ming has other things to do."

"Really." Qu Le felt that he had almost run out of all-purpose sentences, "No wonder I haven't heard him say it."

It turns out that Cheng Pei still organizes activities and exhibitions with his classmates.

Not anymore.

Friends from his school days always talked about it with some regret.

At the moment, Cheng Qi's spreading rumors did not seem to have any impact on Cheng Pei, and both of them finally won awards in this competition.

The school issued an announcement explaining what happened; the media made a statement saying that the social platform had taken the content of the interview out of context.

Cheng Qia also released a short video to explain, saying that he was working on his creation with a dull head, and he did not expect that telling his memories would cause such an uproar. I hope everyone will pay attention to the work itself.

Cheng Qia faced the camera and said with a smile: "A real creator should use his works to convey what he wants to say."

Judging from the situation in the next few years, this sentence is completely mocking Cheng Pei in advance.

After graduating, Cheng Pei chose to work in a game company. After a period of silence, he gradually gained some fame. He gained a lot of recognition and attention in the industry, but when he was mentioned on social platforms, he was always accompanied by that "memory" .

After all, the source of "memory" is Cheng Qia, a young painter who has received much attention. He said that he was busy creating, but in fact he is on every short video platform, and no one on the Internet knows you.

Long story short, it's good that Cheng Pei can hold an exhibition now.

Qu Le is waiting for Cheng Pei to invite him.

There is a small exhibition, do you want to invite him to see it?

Of course he really wants to go, isn't this Cheng Pei's start, and he has to wait for the other party to finish speaking before readily agreeing.

He is ready!

After passing through two intersections and waiting for two red lights, Cheng Pei didn't speak.

Qu Le had to admit that he might have guessed wrong.

Cheng Pei was always so unexpected.

It wasn't until he arrived at the destination that he parked the car that Cheng Pei said the following words: "Brother Qu."

Qu Le asked with a smile: "What's wrong?"

What's going on, why did Cheng Pei call him that at this time, did he propose it himself?

【Yes. 】

It sounds like he is even more middle-aged and greasy.

[Reminder, focus on the key points. 】

"I...sold a painting after the exhibition." Cheng Pei smiled sheepishly while talking, "May I treat you to dinner?"

"Dang, wait for me to think about it." Qu Le replaced the prepared sentence in time, "I'll tell you later."

If he answered as he wished, it would be "of course" if the other party invited him to dinner.

It's a pity that this has never happened before. He has to ask first whether it will have too much impact.

Qu Le answered a little strangely, but Cheng Pei didn't seem to notice at all, his smile became brighter, and he lowered his head to hide his happy expression.

Ah, there seem to be many little stars in his eyes - Qu Le thought so earthily and vulgarly, and hurriedly urged Mu Mu in his mind: "Can you find out, will it have any effect? ​​I will agree!"

[There is a problem with that painting. 】

"What's the problem?" Qu Le intentionally took half a step behind when he walked to the door of the restaurant, "Is it Cheng Qi's conspiracy again?"

The waiter came to open the door, he just wanted to see if Cheng Pei had the habit of lowering his head and paying attention to his feet.

Later, when the two of them went out to eat, Cheng Pei would hold his hand tightly every time they walked to the restaurant door. Cheng Pei would remind him immediately of any decorative strips on the ground, sunken decoration, etc. .

Sure enough, Cheng Pei lowered his head to look at the ground, and the little curly hair near the hairpin trembled... No!

Qu Le stretched out his hands and grabbed Cheng Pei who was almost hit by someone.

"Are you all right?" Qu Le looked at Cheng Pei and asked, "Did you meet him?"

He obviously came here for "rescue", how come he got used to enjoying Qi Cheng Pei's considerate care after entering a restaurant?

What are you thinking, love?The world is destroyed and how do you want to talk about it.

"I'm fine." After Cheng Pei answered, he wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by an unfriendly voice.

"Brother Qu?" The other party picked up the ending sound very high, with a bit of provocation, "What a coincidence."

As the saying goes, stay away from bears and keep safe.

There is one point in Qu Le's growth experience that many people have never experienced: there is no need to deal with relatives during the holidays.

That being the case, he has never seen a "bear kid" since he was a child, and he didn't meet one in the workplace until after work.

Chen is only one year younger than him, but he always calls him like an old man.

In their line of business, it is very common to politely expand the customer base. No one has ever been as ruthless as Chen Jiu.

To be honest, when Qu Le was young, he also doubted whether Chen was just trying to attract his attention, but later found out that he really thought too much.

It is not necessary for the bear child to bully him who he likes, and he may also compete with his capable officers to attract his attention.

Chen has a crush on their manager, Lu Fangwen.

It's still a bamboo horse, destined to cry to death at the table of relatives and friends when Manager Lu gets married.

Why?It's strange that people who only know that they show off their work ability to win over their colleagues every day but don't confess their love can fall in love!

The 23-year-old Qu Le confronted Chen relentlessly, and the mature Qu Le would not do this anymore.

He chose to poke the other person's heart: "It's really a coincidence, is the manager here, or should we go together?"

Chen Jiu's expression remained unchanged: "Okay, I just don't know if this younger brother is willing."

Above, Gong Doufeng's Chen Jiu.

Qu Le didn't see Chen Jiu again after he resigned, but when he heard him speak suddenly, he felt an indescribable discomfort. Just as he was about to find a reason to refuse, Mu Mu spoke.

[Promise him. 】

why?

Qu Le was puzzled, and looked at Cheng Pei with a questioning look.

With Cheng Pei's character, of course he would not say no, and nodded when he met his eyes, showing no reluctance at all.

【Lu Fangwen's cousin, who was dining at the same table with him, was the one who assisted Cheng Qia in buying Mr. Cheng's painting. 】

"Cheng Qia bought the painting that Cheng Pei said? He must take it back, he must have a conspiracy." Qu Le asked in his mind, "Can you see so far? Lu Fangwen is our manager, I found it directly through him. Can't his cousin just buy the painting back?"

【Lu Fangwen's cousin is playing dice in a nearby club. In 10 minutes, he will come to the restaurant to borrow money from Lu Fangwen. 】

Qu Le continued to ask: "I took this opportunity to get to know him?"

[The painting is now in his car. 】

When Qu Le heard it, he thought too conservatively, and hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll find a chance to get it back."

"That's not right." Qu Le asked again, "He bought paintings for Cheng Qia, it couldn't be today, right? Why are they still in his car?"

【Perhaps Cheng Qi thinks from his own point of view and makes the process of buying and handing over paintings more complicated. 】

"It makes sense...you are quite good at analysis." Qu Le asked very interestedly, "How did you analyze that Manager Lu's cousin will come over in 10 minutes?"

[There are traces of their behavior. 】

During the conversation with Mu Mu, Qu Le had already walked to the private room where Lu Fangwen and Chen Jiu were, and while sitting down, he asked, "What are the traces?"

【It does not matter. 】

Fine.

Qu Le was talking to Mu Mu all the way here, feeling that he had neglected Cheng Pei, and decided to show it appropriately: "You haven't ordered food yet, why don't I come?"

Lu Fangwen had taken Qu Le with him during his internship, and the two knew each other very well. After Chen joined the job, Qu Le often ate with the pair of bamboo horses, and he was very clear about their ordering process.

Lu Fangwen may have difficulty in choosing, and he never orders food, leaving the full power to Chen Jiu.

As for Chen, he can be summed up in four words: pick and choose.

It is an exaggeration to say that it takes half an hour to eat a meal and 25 minutes to order food.

Don't waste time like this for performance.

Chen complained: "Cengfan can also order food, you are really likable."

Qu Le has resigned in his heart, facing his former colleagues decisively let go of himself: "That is, Manager Lu's chief love is none other than me."

After finishing speaking, he took advantage of Chen's lack of reaction and made up the knife: "You can be the one if you want, as long as you have a thick skin."

Alas, old colleague, I can only help you so far.

"Two days ago I was still a disciple." Lu Fangwen put down his teacup and interjected, "I became a teacher so soon."

"You can't be a teacher, how can you find a meal with the master after you are a teacher." Qu Le joked and began to study what to order.

He studied with Lu Fangwen after he left school. When he was in the industry, his work and rest were seriously assimilated. Counting the time of online communication, he spends almost ten hours a day with each other intermittently. Since there is no two people who hate each other, the relationship is naturally good. of.

After resigning, I haven't seen him for a long time, and suddenly I met Lu Fangwen face to face, feeling very cordial.

【Mr. Cheng's emotional ups and downs began to change. 】

Ok?

Hearing this, Qu Le turned to look at Cheng Pei.

The expression on Cheng Pei's face didn't change at all, he didn't look at anyone in particular, but he noticed the gaze he was looking at him for the first time, blinked slowly, and showed him a soft smile that looked easy to bully.

"Has it changed?" Qu Le was amused by her boyfriend's soft appearance when he was young, and asked Mu Mu puzzled, "Why can't I see it?"

How well-behaved, like a well-behaved curly lamb.

【Does Mr. Qiancheng show any abnormalities when the world is destroyed? 】

"...Okay, I got it, stop scolding." Qu Le woke up from the state of being confused by her boyfriend's cuteness, "Thank you for reminding me."

He can't remember some details after his foot was stabbed.

There is only a vague impression of comforting Cheng Pei.

"It's okay, don't worry."

At that time, he probably felt that this was enough, he was too sleepy, he should sleep first, and talk about it the next day.

He didn't think about how Cheng Pei, who greeted him at the stairs with a smile, would feel when he saw him injured.

He forgot to take Cheng Pei's feelings into consideration.

Nothing could be seen.