NABC Chapter 111 I envy her
Chapter 111 I envy her
In the smoky basement, moths were flying around the rickety old chandelier, casting shadows on the wall.
The tables in the room were full of people, and the middle-aged man in the corner was smoking a cigarette, played a card impatiently, and then opened the drawer to take a look.
There are only two tickets left.
He shook his legs unconsciously, took the cigarette butt out of his mouth and shook the ashes, and didn't notice the short-term gaze of the two people on the left and right.
The little bald man on the right frowned, as if hesitating, the middle-aged man urged: "Hurry up, bald man, finish this game and go home to sleep."
The little bald man touched his head and played the cards out.
The short and fat man opposite him suddenly smiled, pushed the card, and said with a smile: "Huh!"
The middle-aged man took a puff of his cigarette, pretended to be chic, and threw the two bills in the drawer on the table.
"Let's go, go home and sleep." He got up immediately and was about to go outside.
The little bald head quickly grabbed him, "Hey, you didn't give me the last one!"
The middle-aged man turned around, pushed him, and took out his trouser pockets, only two empty pockets came out.
"I owe it first, and I will give it to you tomorrow."
The little bald man looked at him silently, the middle-aged man spat out his cigarette butt, stepped on the ground, and then patted him on the shoulder.
"Everyone in this area knows me, so don't worry if you're afraid that I'll renege on my debts." After he finished speaking, he turned around and left.The soles of the feet seemed to be oiled, and they were out the door in a few seconds.
The little bald man pursed his mouth, reached out and patted his shoulder, as if dusting himself off.
The chunky man folded all the money and stuffed it into his pocket, then walked around him through the back door.The little bald head swayed around other people's desks for a few times, then left through the back door calmly.
The middle-aged man hurried home all the way, and looked back cautiously when he came downstairs.
"It's fucking unlucky." He spat, and went upstairs with his pocket in his pocket.
After he went upstairs, a head protruded from the corner of the opposite building, and he watched the lights in his house turn on before retracting his head.
A bald head stood not far away to watch the wind. The short and fat man walked back and gave him a look. The two walked around to the building behind and parted ways.
The little bald head entered a rental house, went straight into the room, and put on the earphones.
After a burst of electrical sound, a clear male voice appeared, it was the middle-aged man who lost the card.
"...Isn't money tight, lend me some first."
The little bald man picked up the miniature binoculars and looked through the window, facing a small house with lights on in the opposite building impartially.
"... When did my brother not pay you back? You are so boring... Otherwise, you can give me some work..."
The bald man with earphones flashed his eyes, retreated behind the curtain, and listened carefully.
A few minutes later, he sat back at his desk, opened his laptop, and sent a message.
"The old loach has come out of its hole."
Wei Zheng deleted the data of the message, turned around to look at the man with closed eyes and pretended to be asleep, and said, "I bit the hook."
Liu Da opened his eyes, nodded to him, then got up and walked out of the bedroom.
There was a standing whiteboard in the living room. He picked up a red pen and circled a few people's names in the network on the whiteboard.
Liu Laosan returned from answering the phone on the balcony, and walked to the whiteboard to watch.
"Old Niqiu is just a piece of shit, he doesn't even have the authority to develop downlines." Liu Laosan said, looking at the silent person, and asked: "The people who connect with him may not necessarily be uplines, how do you narrow down the scope?" ?”
Liu Da took a look at him, and then drew a few relationship lines on the circled names.
"Miscellaneous fish don't have a clear classification of internal levels, and there are no management checks and balances among them. They are too scattered. How can we ensure that they will be obedient?"
Liu Laosan rubbed his chin, looked at these names and connections a few times, and replied thoughtfully: "Interpersonal relationship."
Liu Dawei nodded, and circled one of the names with a pen, then tapped the line connected to it, and said, "These two are cousins."
He pointed to another line, "These two are classmates."
Liu Laosan clapped his hands, pointed to this network and said, "This is the idea of MLM. It is designed to attract relatives and friends into the water and develop offline."
As he spoke, he was a little puzzled: "Pyramid marketing is at least a product to fool you. These people dare to use this trick even though they know they have violated the law. Are they really lawless?"
Mr. Liu shook his head, "Miscellaneous fish have no access to transactions, they are just cannon fodder. They don't necessarily know what they are doing, they just do it if they can make money."
He said, his eyes swept over the list, and suddenly said: "There is an old acquaintance here."
Liu Laosan looked up at him and wanted to say something, but in the end he chose not to speak.
After He Xiaoyun lived in Bai Tian's house, she was very obedient.
Bai Tian told her that it was best not to go out, so she really didn't go anywhere, just watched TV in the living room, surfed the Internet, and occasionally helped clean up the house, sorting garbage and so on.
This day, Bai Tian didn't have evening self-study class, so he went home early, but he never expected to bump into her singing and dancing in front of the TV.
He Xiaoyun quickly turned down the volume, looking extremely embarrassed, but Bai Tian smiled and boasted: "You dance very well, if you practice more, you might be able to succeed."
She walked in with the vegetables she bought, and casually said: "This kind of thing has to be persisted. I also learned to dance when I was young, but it's a pity that it was abandoned."
He Xiaoyun was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you persist?"
Bai Tian put the things on the cooking table, turned on the tap and started washing his hands.
"Yeah, why?" She looked up at her house, and finally said, "Maybe you don't really like it."
He Xiaoyun felt that this topic was not very good, so she nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
There was still dance music playing on the TV, and while she was humming, she came over to help wash the vegetables.
Bai Tian didn't let her touch the knives and the stove in the kitchen, but washing the vegetables was fine, so I just let her do it.
While picking beans, He Xiaoyun pretended to ask casually, "Zhuang Ren...hasn't he found it yet?"
Seeing her take the initiative to bring up this matter, Bai Tian didn't strike while the iron was hot, and just replied: "Liu Ran has not found out where the other person is until now. I don't know if he is hiding or what."
He Xiaoyun shook her head, "Probably not hiding."
Her expression was complicated, Bai Tian resisted the urge to continue asking, took away the beans she had picked, and prepared to start cooking.
Seeing her pat two garlics, He Xiaoyun subconsciously said, "Mr. Bai, are you left-handed too?"
Bai Tian put down the kitchen knife, glanced at his hand, but didn't answer.
"Zhuang Ren is also left-handed." He Xiaoyun finished speaking inexplicably, then raised her head and said, "I'm going to the bathroom."
Bai Tian looked at her back, thought for a while, took out his phone and sent Liu Ran a message.
The other party quickly replied: "How do you know?"
Bai Tian answered truthfully, and Liu Ran replied after a while: "It's a good thing, it means that the day when she is willing to speak up is not far away."
He immediately sent another message: "But there is one thing that makes me feel bad. I found that someone is still looking for He Xiaoyun. Did she offend someone outside?"
Bai Tian pinched his phone and couldn't help frowning.
There was smoke from the frying pan, she recovered and picked up the vegetable basket.
At 10:30 in the morning, the planning meeting with Mrs. Zhen finally came to an end. At this time, even Ye Li breathed a sigh of relief.
A leading company like this, once it cooperates, it will make a steady profit without losing money, but at the same time, it must bear unprecedented pressure.
They can sell this planning case even if they have killed the useless case internally, but at this meeting, the other party still picked out a lot of faults.
Fortunately, it's all about details, so there's no need to change the big frame.
Ye Li handed over the meeting materials to the secretary and asked her to take them back to the company for preparation, while he went to the chairman's office with a gift.
Although the company had already prepared gifts for the Mid-Autumn Festival, it was a gift from the company, and he still had to pay back the favor he owed.
But he didn't expect that this time he was directly rejected.
An hour later, Ye Li checked his watch and was about to get up when the door of the lounge was suddenly pushed open and a young man walked in.
It was the assistant to the chairman whom Ye Li had met.
He said to Ye Li apologetically: "Sorry Mr. Ye, the chairman's meeting time is not over yet..."
Ye Li is not a stunned young man who just graduated from college. He stood up and handed the things to the young man, and said with a smile: "It's okay, since the chairman has not finished his work, I will go back to the company first. Say hello to him for me , Thanks to him and Secretary Zhen for their help some time ago."
After exchanging pleasantries with the young man, Ye Li left Zhen's Building.
The person holding the gift knocked on the door of the chairman's office, and after hearing "Come in", he opened the door and walked in.
"Chairman, Mr. Ye has already left. He asked me to say hello to you and thank Secretary Zhen for his help a while ago."
The person sitting behind the desk stopped writing, glanced at the thing he was holding, and said casually, "Put it down."
The young man realized it, put the gift on the coffee table, and left the office.
A few minutes later, the girl holding a pile of documents pushed open the door, walked to the desk and put it down, staring at him without saying a word.
Zhen Yanhong screwed up the pen, and asked with a smile, "What are you doing here when you're not at work? Are you done?"
"I think you should apologize to me first." Zhen Cheng had the words "I'm very angry" written on her face, for fear that her father wouldn't be able to see it.
Zhen Yanhong rubbed his nose, pretending not to notice, and asked, "Why? Did I do anything to offend Secretary Zhen?"
"Ask knowingly." Zhen Cheng muttered in a low voice, then turned around and left.
"Okay, okay, don't be angry." Zhen Yanhong stood up, poured her a cup of tea, and coaxed her to sit on the edge of the sofa.
He pointed to the gift box on the coffee table and said, "I've accepted all the things, are you still angry? Do you know how many things my father has to reject every day? That little Zhang is more tired than you."
Zhen Cheng still felt angry, looked at him and said: "Then you can't let him wait outside for an hour, isn't this deliberately giving him power, how hurtful."
"Your Chinese level has improved. Dad is very happy. But I have to correct it." He picked up the teacup, took a sip leisurely, and then continued: "Dad is not trying to punish him, but helping you."
Zhen Cheng didn't understand, but her tutor made her listen patiently to others.
Zhen Yanhong put down his teacup, patted her hand, and said softly: "Chengcheng, you went to school abroad when you were young, and your thinking is more open and free, which is a good thing. But there are domestic conditions in China, not to mention that our family is not an ordinary family... ..."
Zhen Cheng lowered her head, as if she didn't really want to hear this.
Zhen Yanhong sighed, "So Dad needs to know what kind of person he is, and he must first see his character clearly before letting you get in touch with him."
"Alex is a very good man. He is a gentleman, but also very good, independent, and mature. Dad, if your friends have such a son, then I will not hinder you in this matter."
Zhen Yanhong laughed when he heard that, "You are getting more and more talkative, I can't even speak against you."
He looked at the gift on the coffee table and thought for a while, then said: "This way, give Dad a chance to apologize. I will invite him on your grandfather's birthday next month."
Zhen Cheng's eyes widened, and remembering that she was still in the office, she could only lean over and ask in a low voice, "Really! Invite Alex to the house?"
Zhen Yanhong nodded helplessly.
Zhen Cheng immediately hugged him and kissed him on the cheek.
"Thank you, Chairman!"
When Ye Li returned home, it was almost one o'clock in the morning.
He dragged his exhausted body into the bathroom to take a shower, then made a cup of coffee, and prepared to continue to do the rest of the work in the study.
The personal laptop reminded him of a new email, and he put down the file in his hand, opened it and glanced at it.
Three minutes later, Ye Li picked up his phone and clicked on a chat group with only three people.
There are very few group messages, almost all of which are sent by him, and the other two people occasionally reply.
It took Ye Li a short time to flip through the message records, and then he went back, clicked on the message box and typed the next line.
"The hot spring resort of my old classmate is about to open, and he sent me an experience pass, do you want to go together?"
After sending the message, he looked at it for a while, then put down his phone and continued working.
Bai Tian had already gone to bed at this time, and there was only one person who would see him.
Ye Wan looked at the message on the screen, nodded dispensably, and then replied with one word.
She put down her phone, took a sip of black coffee, and kept her eyes on the documents.
The next second, the phone rang suddenly, and she looked up, a little surprised.
"Why haven't you slept yet?"
Bai Tian's voice sounded a little soft, "We need to talk."
Ye Wan put down her pen and leaned back, "About the hot spring resort?"
She said indifferently: "No matter what he thinks, just follow along."
Bai Tian paused for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Is this also in your expectation?"
Ye Wan felt helpless, "Am I a god? You think too highly of me."
She stood up, looked out the window, and answered frankly: "I just gave him some hints when he was confused."
Bai Tian's tone was not so pleasant, "Ye Wan, I don't care if you like this feeling of controlling everything, but you know this is not the best solution, it will hurt both you and him."
Ye Wan leaned against the corner of the table, and the sharp wooden horns poked her softest waist, causing pains one after another.
She sighed, and asked without emotion: "Mr. Bai, have you been a saint for a long time and become addicted?"
The person opposite fell silent.
"Everything is comprehensive and comprehensive, so that people can't pick out the wrong person. Is this person you? Is it your original appearance?"
Ye Wan lowered her head and chuckled lightly, as if she didn't care if doing so would anger her.
"It is difficult to take off the mask after wearing it for a long time, but are you unable to take it off, or do you not want to take it off at all?"
There was no sound on the other end of the phone, but now Ye Wan didn't want to let her go, and said word by word: "Did I tell you that when we met again, I almost didn't recognize you. Because you and the girl in my memory It's completely different."
She looked at the night outside the window, and the bright moon was still the moon in the past.
"The Bai Tian in my memory is brave and cute, she doesn't care about anyone's eyes, she is the most authentic self. She has her own dreams and a blueprint for the future. She lives so freely and freely."
Ye Wan's eyes lost focus, but her tone was extremely soft: "I envy her."
On the balcony in the middle of the night, Bai Tian held the phone, squatted down slowly, and buried his head in his arms.
The person on the phone is still saying: "I envy her courage. I want to live as a person who truly has freedom like her. I want to be like her and choose her in every multiple-choice question."
"But now, she will never choose me without hesitation again." Ye Wan's voice seemed to be far away, more untouchable than the full moon in the sky.
When the phone was hung up, someone was holding the cold phone and couldn't raise his head for a long time.
"Spa Resort?"
He Xiaoyun turned her head and asked, "Is it the kind of place where rich people go that I saw on TV?"
Bai Tian rolled his eyes at her, "Stop watching TV dramas, you have done all the homework I left for you in the past two days, you have to check it when you come back."
He Xiaoyun collapsed on the sofa and elongated her voice: "Can I not do the math problems?"
"No." Bai Tian picked up the suitcase and sentenced her to death.
He Xiaoyun looked at her suitcase, made an exaggerated expression, and asked, "Mr. Bai, why don't you go on your honeymoon?"
Bai Tian's answer was to walk out the door without looking back, and then slammed it shut.
Seeing her gone, He Xiaoyun jumped off the sofa and went to her room to get her mobile phone.
"Okay, I know where it is." She hung up the phone, opened the door and walked out.
Bai Tian didn't know that He Xiaoyun went out right after her. She stood at the gate of the community, and after waiting for 2 minutes, she saw a familiar car coming.
Ye Li got out of the car, helped her put the suitcase in the trunk, and opened the door.
Bai Tian had already put on his seat belt, glanced at the rear seat, and asked casually, "Where's your sister? Didn't you say you want to go together?"
Ye Li smiled, started the car and said: "Before leaving the house, she said she was in a hurry and would come later."
Bai Tian nodded, and when he was about to say something, Ye Li said, "Lao Liang and his wife are also here. My sister-in-law is about to get sick from confinement, so let's go and relax together."
"Then should I prepare some greetings?" Bai Tian was a little caught off guard.
"No, no, no, I've already given away everything that should be given away. Besides, we all know each other so well, so there's no need to be too polite."
Although he said so, Bai Tian still bought some small gifts at the specialty shop on the way as a gift.
Although she had already made a decision before coming here, she still had to do the proper etiquette, which had become a habit.
The resort is a bit far away, Ye Li drove for three hours to get there, but [-]% of the time spent on this journey was due to traffic jams.
"The traffic in the capital is really a big problem." Ye Li parked the car in the parking lot and got out of the car with his things.
Bai Tian saw Lao Liang first, and asked Ye Li, "Is that brother Liang and sister-in-law?"
Ye Li looked up, nodded, and led her along the way.
Lao Liang was on the phone, when he saw the two of them, he immediately laughed and shouted, "A Yuan, this way!"
He hung up the phone, walked over with a woman in casual clothes, and met each other.
Bai Tian had met Lao Liang before, and it was the first time for his sister-in-law. Although he had just given birth to a child, he looked very good and had a very talkative personality.
"Old Chen is such a road idiot. He started an hour earlier than us, and he is still looking for his way. I don't know what the location on his car is for." Lao Liang said a few words, and the voice arrived immediately.
Bai Tian was a little dazed, and Ye Li explained: "It's another partner, Brother Chen, you met him once. I brought my sister-in-law out to play today, so you can order whatever you want, as we all know each other very well."
She nodded, but sighed inwardly.
It seems that this time, Ye Li really just invited them out to play.
Before she came, she probably had a guilty conscience and overreacted.
The so-called arrival early is worse than coincidence, just as Lao Chen stopped the car, another car followed and entered the parking lot.
Ye Li greeted them, and smiled after seeing the license plate: "My sister is here, you haven't seen her yet, right?"
Lao Liang has been to the funeral and has accepted this reality.Lao Chen didn't have time to go out of town that time, and now he was shocked, "Where is your sister from?"
Bai Tian walked over, but didn't notice the woman behind Old Chen looking at him.
The car stopped steadily, and the long-haired woman opened the door and got out, pressed the car key, and looked at them.
Her gaze passed through a group of people, and she cast her eyes accurately into Bai Tian's eyes, but she turned away with a light touch.
Old Chen looked behind her, still looking for someone, "Where is your sister? I didn't see it."
It wasn't until Ye Wan walked up to them and said hello that Lao Chen's eyes stopped.
Three seconds later, he hugged Ye Li and said solemnly: "From today onwards, you are my brother."
Ye Li scolded with a smile: "Get lost."