Being-Towards-Death

The next afternoon, Liu Mian arrived at Zhoushui South Railway Station.

Zhoushui City faces the sea and is touched by the sea breeze. With the strength of the sea and the softness of the wind, the temperature is comfortable all year round.But Liu Mian was not in the mood to appreciate the splendor of this tourist city. After getting off the train, he went straight to the hotel he reserved. After communicating with Xiao Zhao on the way, he decided on the time and place for tonight's dinner.

The dinner was arranged in the most distinctive seafood restaurant in Zhoushui City. Xiao Zhao booked the largest private room in the restaurant, and ordered the food and drinks in advance—the food is the greenery that complements the food, and the wine is the real safflower. Go through the menu and browse the wine list; the restaurant manager took the opportunity to make his own decisions and reported several chef recommendations listed separately on the menu.

Xiao Zhao doesn't care about the hotel's little tricks. He has been rolling around the dinner table with Liu Mian for many years, and he is well versed in the way.

The so-called dinner, the food does not have to be delicious, but it must be good-looking.This good-looking is divided into two aspects: one is the "color" in the literal sense of "color, fragrance and taste".The food on the dinner table is not for eating, but for viewing; the people at the dinner table drink with their mouths while eating the food with their eyes.So a dish looks pleasing to the eye, far more delicious than it actually is.

The second is the shocking price.Since ancient times, power and money have been husbands and wives, and those who have power should give them complementary money in all aspects to make them feel that they are valued.This particularity in all aspects also contains university knowledge.Whether the flattery is comfortable or not depends mainly on whether the atmosphere created can stimulate a sense of superiority—dissolve gold in the wine and dishes, and put silver in the decoration, so that the host and guests can enjoy themselves without leaving a trace.If money is put on the bright side like sending beggars, it's like giving aphrodisiac medicine to eunuchs, poor people!

However, Sun Yansheng, the newly appointed director of the anti-smuggling department, does not have a thorough understanding of Chinese dinner culture.He was originally a section chief of the Central Customs in the capital. There was a lot of power in the customs. He thought he was clean and self-sufficient, and chose not to stand in line, but he didn't know that being neutral was not the way to protect himself, so he was squeezed out by two factions. Fortunately, he had a side with him. An old former head of the State Council who had a good relationship with him admired him quite a lot, and said something for him, so Sun Yansheng was not stepped into the mud, but was promoted and demoted secretly, and came to Zhoushui, a prefecture-level city, as the director.

Sun Yansheng was grateful for the old chief's help, but also because the punishment was not painful, Sun Yansheng missed the good opportunity to see the filth of the officialdom, and firmly believed that he could get out of the mud without being stained, and even more firmly believed that he was not the only flower in the muddy waters of the officialdom. white lotus.

So, after verifying with his own eyes that the Tengkong Group smuggled a large number of luxury cars and crude oil, Sun Yansheng immediately wrote a report and submitted it to the head of the customs. Drag him to Liu Mian's dinner.

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The turbulent dark waves in Zhoushui City have not spread to Taoxian's land for the time being.The city's population of one million still lives a warm and peaceful life.

On such a day, William finally overcame the water and soil difficulties and formally said goodbye to his illness.After letting "Fulitanghuang" be locked up for several days, it can be regarded as coming out of the cage to spread its wings, so after practicing the basic skills with Shi Gufen in the morning, he encouraged Shi Gufen to go shopping together.

Shi Guzhen has long wanted to go. Seeing that the weather is getting hotter every day, and her wardrobe has not been added yet, she is like a mother-in-law who is looking forward to holding a grandson, restless.The two of them went to the shopping mall, and when they passed by men's clothing, Shi Guyan took a pair of trousers and a belt, and asked William to try them on.

William entered the fitting room and didn't come out for a long time. Shi Guzhen knocked on the door outside and asked him, "Have you changed yet?"

William opened the door hesitantly, sticking his head out, hooking his palms together, and when Shi Gufen walked in, he asked in a low voice, "Are you going to give me these trousers as a gift?"

Shi Gu rolled his eyes at him: "Is it suitable?"

William smiled so much that his teeth were bared, and kissed Shi Guyan on the cheek unexpectedly.

Shi Guyan covered his face, stepped back and avoided, and said with wide eyes, "What are you doing!"

William smiled and said, "I love you, sweetie."

Shi Guchen snorted: "Who said I bought it for you, I bought it for my brother, use it to see the effect."

William looked down at his trousers, recalling several meetings with Shi Guyuan, and said, "Are you sure? Your brother always wears all black. I'm sure no. He would like trousers with Mickey Mouse patterns..."

Shi Guyan kicked him, then went to the front desk, and used the card her brother gave her to pay for another man.

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Before school, on the playground of Chunsheng Kindergarten, the children in the middle class and the senior class were released to play freely.Chi Xiaoyu and Song Jianghan competed to climb the shelf in the corner of the playground. Song Jianghan reached the highest point first, and sat on it to show off leisurely: "I am No.1! I won, I am No.1!"

Chi Xiaoyu was not very happy, she thought about it, stood in the air, raised her head and said to Song Jianghan: "I will let Uncle Shi carry me up, I will be No.1!"

Song Jianghan shaved his face and said, "You're cheating, are you ashamed!"

"I'm not getting along with you!" Chi Xiaoyu's face turned into an apple, she let go of her hands that were clinging to the climbing frame, and raised her index fingers relatively high. This is the most decisive way to break up friendship between them, Chi Xiaoyu Waiting for Song Jianghan to cut it open, he said loudly, "Break it in two!"

She was small, so she leaned a lot. Song Jianghan hadn't recovered yet, only heard a "plop", and Chi Xiaoyu lay on the ground, soundlessly.

Song Jianghan cried in fright, but fortunately he was not scared stupid. He jumped down from the highest point of the climbing frame with all his hands and feet.Soon, Chi Xiaoyu was sent to a nearby hospital, and at the same time, the garden management contacted Chi Yu urgently.

After receiving the notification, Chi Yu was so anxious that he wished he could fly over with his wings, but he was in the hospital, and it would take at least an hour to return to the city. Without any consideration, he called Shi Guyuan directly.

Shi Guyuan was listening to the vacated financial group meeting, and it was nothing more than big talk, empty talk, and a few well-known slogans, like every month.When he was bored, when he saw Chi Yu's phone call, his heart skipped a beat.

He didn't say hello to anyone, he tiptoed out of the meeting room, closed the door with his hand back, and then answered, "Hello."

Chi Yu on the other end of the phone ran to the bus station in a hurry, forgetting to change his white coat: "Guyuan, hurry up, go to the People's Hospital!"

"what happened?"

"Xiaoyu has an accident. The kindergarten called me just now. I don't know what happened. I'm rushing back. Go over and take a look for me first!"

"okay, I get it."

Without further ado, Shi Guyuan went back to the office, took the car keys, and drove to the People's Hospital.Entering the gate of the emergency department of the hospital, he saw Chi Xiaoyu's class teacher—the young female teacher—sitting in the waiting area and crying.

There are two male teachers beside her, one of whom is the director of the kindergarten.Shi Guyuan strode over, and the three teachers stood up at the same time. Shi Guyuan glanced at them, turned around and asked the doctor who had just come out of the emergency room: "Doctor, how is the child?"

Hearing this, the teachers also gathered around and asked about the situation.The doctor was a little overwhelmed, Shi Guyuan frowned, and looked back at them, the three ducks gradually lowered their voices under the piercingly cold eyes.

The doctor said: "The child is fine, he has a slight concussion, and his scalp is congested. Go home and rest for two weeks, and take medicine on time."

The kindergarteners collectively breathed a sigh of relief.The kindergarten director said to Shi Guyuan with a pleasant smile: "This parent..."

Shi Guyuan ignored him, and then asked the doctor, "Is the child awake?"

"Not yet," the doctor said, moving out of the way, "Parents can go in first, and the specific medicine will be prescribed. The nurse will bring it to you later, and you can just take the form and pay the money."

"Thank you."

After Shi Guyuan finished speaking, he looked at the director: "What did you want to say just now?"

"It's that... the specific payment situation, our garden will be responsible for 40.00%..."

Shi Guyuan skipped him, and his sharp eyes fell on the head teacher.The homeroom teacher kept his head down, choking non-stop; Shi Guyuan silently handed over a tissue.

The homeroom teacher was taken aback, his eyes were on Shi Guyuan's, but he was shivering from the coldness in it, and goose bumps all over his body.But she flinched and took the tissue.

Shi Guyuan's soft voice poured out following the trend of the tissue sliding from his fingers. He squinted and said, "As far as I know, there are no outdoor activities this afternoon in the class schedule of the small class." Turning back and forth on his face, "Can any of you give me an explanation?"

The homeroom teacher trembled, and the tissue floated to the ground. She let out high-pitched weeping from her nose, and said intermittently: "Yes——I made a mistake at work—"

"Our kindergarten has regulations on this—" the kindergarten director said halfway through, obviously not intending to make the kindergarten bear more culpability, "Half an hour before school ends, all grades and classes will come out and have free activities under the teacher's organization, but Chi Xiaoyu and Song Jianghan didn't listen to the teacher, and secretly left the team—"

Shi Guyuan glanced at his watch impatiently, and interrupted the pretentiousness of the kindergarten director: "The father of the child will not come over in an hour, please wait for another hour, please tell him what happened in the afternoon."

After finishing speaking, he went to the ward to see Chi Xiaoyu.

Only then did the kindergarten director come to his senses, and quickly said, "Hey, you're not a parent, so you—"

Shi Guyuan didn't turn his head back. The head teacher at the side grabbed the kindergarten director's cuff and whispered, "Director, don't talk about it. The parents of the two families know each other."

"I didn't know that the child looks so similar to him—look at his attitude," the kindergarten director wiped his sweat, "It's not his child, but it's like we owe him 500 million yuan, what's the matter? !"

The garden's questioning was all blocked outside the ward.Shi Guyuan came to Chi Xiaoyu's hospital bed, squeezed the little hand that was not in the bottle, like treating a delicate and fragile porcelain doll.

This is a temporary consultation room, there are no permanent patients, and they all leave after the bottle is finished.Nurses came and went, and in the end only Chi Xiaoyu was left as a small patient.The homeroom teacher came in to have a look once, but under the oppression of Shi Guyuan's aura, he was on pins and needles, and finally found an excuse to go out.

The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on Chi Xiaoyu's face, Chi Xiaoyu frowned in his dream, buried his face deep in the quilt like a loach burrowing into the soil.

Shi Guyuan called her in a low voice: "Little fish?"

Chi Xiaoyu seemed to be lying on the bed, let out a "hmm~" and murmured dreamily: "Father..."

Shi Guyuan got up and drew the curtains to block out the dazzling sunlight, then sat back to his original place, held Chi Xiaoyu's hand, and waited for her to wake up from the dream.

Chi Xiaoyu suddenly called out again: "Uncle Shi..."

Shi Guyuan's nasal cavity was sour.

What kind of feeling is it? Shi Guyuan can't use pale words to describe it perfectly. He only knows that with this title that is the same as "father", he feels that his identity has undergone a radical change.

——It was as if she was really his little princess.He longed to play with her, and watch her grow up day by day while he grew old happily amidst laughter.

——As if, before his father's cello and mother's piano were burnt, the harmonic notes weaved together echoed at home.

Chi Xiaoyu's long eyelashes trembled a few times like butterfly wings, and then opened eyes that were exactly the same as Shi Guyuan's.When she saw Shi Guyuan, her eyes filled with tears in an instant, and she complained in tears: "Uncle Shi, I don't want to be friends with Song Jianghan anymore!"

Shi Guyuan didn't expect Chi Xiaoyu's first words would be this when he woke up, no matter how distressed he was, he turned into a suppressed smile: "What's wrong, did he bully you?"

Chi Xiaoyu touched his head, and the infusion tube swayed accordingly.Shi Guyuan grabbed her hand and said, "Be good, don't move around."

Chi Xiaoyu said confusedly, "My head hurts..."

"It will be fine in a while."

Shi Guyuan didn't dare to move her head, so he called the nurse.After checking Chi Xiaoyu's body, Chi Xiaoyu found the most comfortable position, wearing a thick bandage, she continued to accuse with a pale face, "I'm not going to get along with Song Jianghan!"

Shi Guyuan listened carefully, and gave her water while responding.When he was talking happily, the door was suddenly knocked open, and Chi Yu's snow-white coat was covered with a layer of gray dust, and the hair on his forehead was soaked in sweat, and the locks were stuck into three strands.

Shi Guyuan laughed all of a sudden, Chi Yu gave him a look inexplicably, and rushed forward to look at Chi Xiaoyu from head to toe.Due to nervousness and worry, Chi Yu's hands were stronger, Chi Xiaoyu broke away from him, and shouted, "Dad, don't pinch me!"

Chi Yu touched the edge of the white gauze tremblingly, then withdrew his hand suddenly: "Does your head still hurt?"

Chi Xiaoyu shook her head—her head was even more dizzy—she said: "My head doesn't hurt, but it hurts if you pinch me!"

Chi Yu carefully hugged Chi Xiaoyu into his arms, and kissed the top of her head: "I'm sorry, baby, you scared Dad to death..."

Shi Guyuan didn't intend to disturb the father and daughter's intimacy, but considering that Chi Yu would have to deal with the gardener for a while, and his dirty appearance was unsightly, he said: "The doctor came to check just now, and Xiao Yu'er is fine... "

Chi Yu let go of Chi Xiaoyu, turned around and said, "Guyuan, today is thanks to you."

Shi Guyuan coughed lightly, and covered his smile: "Go and wash your face first, it's all hairy."

Chi Yu was so embarrassed that he hurried to the water room to pack up his clothes and describe it. When he came back, he took another look at Chi Xiaoyu, and then went to play with the garden.

With Song Jianghan's confession, the cause and effect of Chi Xiaoyu's admission to the hospital became clear without much effort.Due to poor supervision, the kindergarten paid 40.00% of the compensation. Chi Yu was worried that Chi Xiaoyu would have to go to this kindergarten in the future, so he agreed to settle.

In the evening, Song Jianghan also called to express his condolences, but he used the number of the Municipal Bureau.Chi Xiaoyu was playing with his temper, don't talk to Song Jianghan, Shi Guyuan had no choice but to accept Song Jianghan's apology for her, and then asked: "Where is your father?"

Song Jianghan said "wait a minute", and after a while, Song Weibin was on the other end of the phone.

Song Weibin's voice sounded weak, he sighed and said, "Brother Shi, hey, I beat that brat, girl, are you alright?"

"It's okay," Shi Guyuan said, "Why did you bring the child to class? Where's Xu Ping?"

Song Weibin occupied the public phone and complained endlessly about the increasing family conflicts, but he still didn't explain Xu Ping's layoff, let alone seek help from Shi Guyuan.

Shi Guyuan said a few words of comfort, and hung up the phone. Chi Yu had just completed the discharge procedures, and the two of them carried Chi Xiaoyu into the car.When he arrived downstairs at Chi Yu's house, Shi Guyuan sat still.

Chi Yu carried Chi Xiaoyu's small schoolbag and went to the back seat to hug his daughter, then he raised his head and sent out an invitation awkwardly: "Guyuan, do you want... go up and sit down?"

Shi Guyuan held his chin and made a thinking expression, but in fact, he admired Chi Yu's blushing cheeks with great interest for a long time, until Chi Yu almost ran away, and then happily set off.

He took Chi Xiaoyu's schoolbag, wiped Chi Yu's ear, and said with a decibel breath, "Have you really considered it?"

Chi Yu's ears were cooked and steaming.Chi Xiaoyu tilted her head and asked, "Uncle Shi, what are you talking about?"

Shi Guyuan smiled childishly and said, "Secret."

Chi Xiaoyu became more curious and kept asking.The two adults did not respond, one was unfathomable, the other was red-faced, Chi Xiaoyu puffed his mouth, folded his arms around his chest, and made an angry look, like a little frog that would explode if poked.However, Shi Guyuan got her right, and the little frog didn't last a few minutes before being upset by the sweet and sour pork ribs recipe tonight.

Chi Xiaoyu ran to the cupboard and found Shi Guyuan's special cup—the pink MOMMY cup. ! I want to eat a lot of your cooking!"

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Shi Guzhen came back at night and went into the study.Shi Guyuan raised his head, and a paper bag appeared in front of his eyes.

He hooked the corner of the bag with his pen and looked inwardly.Shi Guyan said, "I bought you a pair of trousers."

In a word, Shi Guyuan was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Okay, I know I miss my brother."

As he said that, he took out his pants, and the legs of the pants immediately showed a cute face, with a huge Mickey grinning at him.

Shi Guzhen said, "I also bought one for William, and you are one size smaller than him. Brother, you are too thin."

Shi Guyuan got up and looked in the mirror horizontally and vertically, and said, "Are you skinny? No."

Shi Gufen stepped forward, looked at his brother in the mirror, and said, "William is a ballet dancer, and he has weight requirements. You are about the same height as him, but thinner than him. How can this be okay?"

Shi Guyuan laughed, and changed the subject without a trace: "It seems that you and him are making good progress."

"That's it," Shi Gufen rested his chin on Shi Guyuan's shoulder, "William is a little afraid of you."

Shi Guyuan lowered his eyes and said, "What do I have to be afraid of?"

"Your employees, they seem to be afraid of you."

Shi Guyuan suddenly raised his eyelids, and then lowered them suddenly: "Have you been to the company? What can I do for you?"

"Just passing by, I thought you were there, so I went up to have a look. But your employee said you were not there." Shi Gufen looked at him without blinking, "Brother, what did you do?"

"Ah, something happened to Xiao Yu'er, it's nothing."

"Brother," Shi Gufen said, "You like children so much, why don't you give birth to one yourself. No matter how similar Xiao Yu'er looks to you, he is not your own after all. Last time Li Yue was not suitable, so I will find someone else. My brother is so handsome, if he is still a bachelor, it would be a mockery to all the women in the world. Fortunately, I am your sister, so it doesn't count."

Shi Guyuan said: "Nonsense. Don't fool around with me. I am so old. Why should I marry?"

"40 years old, the golden age of a man—" Shi Guzhen stopped suddenly, frightened by her flashing thoughts, she asked anxiously, "Brother, you won't—won't—you A person, in that respect, you—”

Shi Guyuan turned around to face his sister, and scolded in a low voice, "You little hairy child asks so many questions, what do you know?"

"I'm almost 30 years old, what don't I understand!"

Shi Guyuan put his arms around his sister's shoulders and pushed away: "What time is it, go to bed."

"What time do you go to bed? Shi Guyuan, let me go!"

"Walk around..."

"Shi Guyuan, you don't really have a physical problem, do you?"

"I'm in good health, I need you to worry about..."

"I'm just a big brother like you, I don't worry about anyone—"

Shi Guyuan stopped because of this sentence. He sighed and said, "Xiao Yan, I have my own reasons for not getting married. I don't interfere much with your emotional life. I hope you can too. Respect my choice."

Shi Guyan said: "But until now, I haven't seen anyone listed by you in the options."

Shi Guyuan was in a daze for a moment, and said: "Xiao Yan, no matter who I choose, as long as I am happy, you will support me, right?"

Shi Gufen nodded: "Of course, you are my brother."