Chapter 185 New Year’s Eve

A person is destined to walk very fast.

A group of people is always slow.

Slow is not necessarily a bad thing.

Fast is not necessarily a good thing.

Only by slowing down can you appreciate the scenery along the way and see more of the people around you.

It takes half an hour to walk from the stadium to the city square on weekdays, but tonight it took 50 minutes.

It’s half past nine in the evening.

A group of eight people came to the city square.

As expected, it was New Year’s Eve after all, and the city square was bustling with people, ranging from old to young, and almost every age group.

Some people are bringing their families, some are lovers meeting secretly, and some are enthusiastic brothers and sisters.

　A large part of them are students.

A group of eight like Anting, even if placed in a crowded square, is still very eye-catching, especially Song Ci, Qiao Liang and Shen Huanyue.

The restrained Song Dynasty porcelain.

The smart Qiao Liang.

Gentle Shen Huanyue.

M’s, KFC and other chain restaurant brands were packed with seats, and the nearby hotels were probably all full. This was destined to be a night full of gunfire, and many people wanted to kick off the New Year’s Day.

Anting looked at the packed McDonald’s and said subconsciously: “Wow… the Golden Arches are full.”

As soon as he said this.

Others were looking at the young man with unclear eyes.

Bao Weiwei muttered: "What is the Golden Arch?"

Song Ci also didn't understand and asked: "What does that mean?"

Sensing the doubts of others, Anting rubbed the back of his head, smiled awkwardly, and said: "Hahaha, no, I'm just talking nonsense."

Maybe it's because he is an art student, Qiao Liang was very good at making associations, and seemed to have figured it out. He chuckled and said, "Brother Ting, you are talking about M's memory...it's quite appropriate, hahaha."

That golden "M" "It really goes well with the word Golden Arches.

An Ting smiled and said: "Ci Liang still understands me."

Qiao Liang smiled brightly and proudly.

Sure enough, there is still a big generation gap between Anting and this era.

Compared to AntingThe nickname given by McDonald made everyone pay more attention to the next issue of where to stay.

Shen Huanyue is the president of the student council and has excellent command and coordination skills. However, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without straw. Faced with this huge crowd of people, she has no choice but to say to herself, "What should I do?" ?”

It’s only half past nine, and there are still two and a half hours until New Year’s Eve at twelve o’clock. It’s impossible to stand all the time.

Just when everyone was in trouble, Anting stood up with an inscrutable expression on his face - the secret base existed precisely for times like this.

“Classmates, follow me.”

“Where to go?” Shen Huanyue asked.

"The mountain man has his own clever plan."

The next moment, Anting, with a confident smile on his face, led his friends through the crowds and arrived at the city square. secret base.

In summer, the closing time of the secret base is 11 o'clock at night; in winter, the closing time will be 30 to 60 minutes earlier. Everyone thought that it was already closed at this time, so they did not take it into consideration.

However.

Walk to the door of the store.

Although there is a closed sign on the door, the lights are bright inside.

There is another person inside, it is Gu Xueli, she has returned from the gym ahead of time.

As for Wei Feng, that man didn’t dare to sit in Gu Xueli’s car anymore and walked home alone.

That’s it.

With the envious eyes of everyone nearby, Anting opened the store door and entered with his friends.

"Hi, Sister Xueli." Anting said with a smile.

Including Shen Huanyue, everyone else said hello.

“Hi!”

Both Shen Huanyue and Lin Yong knew that this young woman with brown curly hair was the legendary Milk Tea Sister. The latter worked part-time here, and If you have the attribute of gossip, you will naturally tell your good sisters.

Knowing that Gu Xueli wanted to keep a low profile, Shen Huanyue did not show too much excitement. She is a very precocious and smart person who is very observant of words and emotions.

Otherwise, she would not have become the student council president.

Gu Xueli nodded and said hello to the others, saying: "Good evening. The boss and I have already said hello. You can celebrate the New Year here tonight."

Upon hearing this, everyone present cheered and thanked Gu Xueli and the boss of the secret base who had never appeared.

New Year’s Eve activities are a mixed blessing. It is naturally very memorable to celebrate the New Year with important people, but it is so painful to be crowded with people outside.

This is like a holy place.

At the same time.

People with nowhere to go nearby watched Anting and others open the door of a store and cast envious glances. This was so satisfying.

In this regard, Anting was helpless.

At this moment, the young man just wanted to spend the end of this year with his friends and didn’t want to pay attention to unnecessary people.

After entering the store.

Bao Weiwei immediately found an outlet to charge her camera, and she would take a lot of photos during the New Year’s Eve.

Gao Fei and Lin Yong were sitting in the corner seats, holding hands and looking at each other affectionately, which was quite disgusting.

Song Ci, Qiao Liang, Zhu Jiajun and Shen Huanyue were sitting at the bar. All four of them looked very tired.

After all, Song Ci and Qiao Liang were participating in a dance performance, so tiredness was inevitable; Shen Huanyue was the host, and her voice was hoarse; Zhu Jiajun was busy behind the scenes and was equally tired.

An Ting looked at them with some distress.

Although you cannot serve people outside, you can serve your own friends.

He turned on the computer, played music, put on an apron, and stood in the production area. There were a lot of drink ingredients in the refrigerator, and even some ingredients.

The secret base is a pure beverage shop that does not sell food.

However, there are three girls, Gu Xueli, Xiaoyun and Xiaoruo, in the store, and a microwave and induction cooker are prepared for them so that they can cook by themselves if necessary.

The ingredients in the refrigerator should have been prepared by Gu Xueli in advance.

It’s nothing.

Glutinous rice balls, wontons, and dumplings.

“You guys didn’t eat anything tonight, right?”

As soon as these words came out.

Everyone was nodding wildly. The New Year’s Day party started at 4 pm and lasted until 8:30 pm, which just covered dinner time.

Although everyone had snacks, it was already past nine o’clock and the energy was exhausted.

Qiao Liang joked: "I'm hungry enough to eat an Anting."

Bao Weiwei's backhand was a super double, "I can eat two Antings." Ting..."

After hearing the two girls speaking one after another, Song Ci, who had always been reserved, looked at Anting and licked his lips. Everything was gone.Hit the mark.

Only high flying spoiled the scenery. He looked at Anting and said, "An Ting is a little disgusting. No matter how hungry he is, he can't eat..."

Everyone laughed on the spot, even if it was nothing. Zhu Jiajun, who has a sense of presence, smiled happily.

Anting was not used to Gao Fei, shrugged and said: "Then one drink per person and one midnight snack per person, except for Gao Fei..."

"Don't be like this. , I’m joking, Brother Ting, you can’t really bear to let me starve from 2006 to 2007, right? It’s going to kill someone!”

Everyone laughed again.

No matter what.

Under Anting’s careful cooking, everyone got a drink and a piece of food.

Choose your own dumplings, glutinous rice balls and wontons.

After the meal, we played board games for a while. It was already past eleven o'clock.

About half past eleven, a group of people brought chairs and sat at the door of the store, quietly waiting for the final countdown and fireworks display.

Gao Fei and Lin Yong went out for an excuse. The young couple must have wanted some private space during the New Year's Eve. They all understood, and everyone smiled tacitly and did not stop them.

Only five people were left sitting outside the store, while Gu Xueli stood inside the store playing guitar.

While waiting, Anting’s heart was racing.

In Anting’s previous life, when he was in technical secondary school, that is, during the two years when he was sixteen or seventeen, he and Gao Fei actually went out with their friends and some younger sisters to celebrate the New Year.

I thought I wouldn’t have too many emotional fluctuations about these things, but I didn’t expect to be unexpectedly excited.

Not only Anting was excited, but Song Ci was also excited.

Time passed little by little, and finally the countdown came. The main screen of the city square lit up with numbers, and nearly a thousand people shouted along.

"Ten..."

"Nine..."

In a community near the Nancheng District Passenger Terminal, Xu Qingshu and Teacher Xu were in a rented residence , eating hot pot and drinking wine while counting down the time.

Always be ready to clink glasses and welcome the New Year.

"Eight..."

"Seven..."

In a bar in Beicheng District, Zhang Jing and Brother Chuan were also watching the crowd. Screen, while drinking, counting down at the same time.

After all, they have been working together for a while, and the two have formed a good friendship. If they have time, they will meet up to eat and drink together.

"Six..."

"Five..."

Near the city square, Wei Feng was pushing a tricycle doing business.

He came back from the gym at around eight o'clock. He originally wanted to go home and rest, but when he saw so many people in the square, on the one hand he didn't want to go home alone, and on the other hand he wanted to make money, so he simply went out to work. .

Wei Feng’s parents are locals from the town, but they do not work in the town. They go out to work and are not at home.

At this moment, he stood beside the tricycle and silently looked at the timing panel.

"Four..."

"Three..."

Not far from Wei Feng, Gao Fei and Lin Yong were already embracing each other. , ready for a kiss.

"Two..."

In the secret base, Gu Xueli rarely put down her guitar and looked at the boys and girls outside with gentle and complicated eyes.

　“One…”

When the last number fell, the night sky burst into brilliant fireworks, heralding a prosperous new year, just like that…2007 The year has kicked off.

Unknowingly, it has been nine months since Anting was reborn.

Everything went smoothly.

Thinking of this, Anting looked at his friends and smiled happily.

Then, the next second, Anting noticed the gaze beside him, turned his head sideways, and met Qiao Liang's smile like a summer flower.

“Why are you staring at me and smiling stupidly?” Anting didn’t understand.

Qiao Liang didn’t understand either, he smiled and said sincerely: “I don’t know, maybe it’s because you are always looking at others, so I want to see more of you...”
< br />　"Strange girl..."

　Then.

Qiao Liang said something intriguing.

"Actually... being young again is a false proposition. No matter how far or at what stage our body develops, even if we become a middle-aged and fat uncle, or an Obasan, or even a gray-haired man The old grandma and grandpa, the boy has always been there and never left."

Where is the boy?

Always in my heart.