Being-Towards-Death

In the scorching summer, the sun shines down like gold powder, and the willow girl with long braids throws the ends of her braids into the emerald green river water, creating circles of diamond-colored ripples.

In the shade of the green willows, Shi Guyu was sitting nervously on the stone bench, when suddenly his cheeks turned cold, Shi Guyuan appeared from behind the stone bench, and handed Shi Guyu a bottle of iced mineral water.

Shi Guchen said nonchalantly, "Brother..."

Two black-backed and white-bellied magpies and a scissors-tailed swallow flitted across the river, bringing a breeze.Shi Guyuan sat next to his sister, squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, and asked casually, "Why didn't William come? I thought you two should come to me to discuss things like marriage."

Shi Guzhen frowned, and turned his elbows outward: "He is quite afraid of you, I told you."

Shi Guyuan didn't make a sound anymore, as if he accepted this statement.He pointed to the quiet river in front of him, and whispered softly in an ethereal tone of nostalgia: "Xiao Yan, do you still remember there?"

Shi Gufen said: "Of course I remember. When I was a child, you always took me here to skate the car. I was not good at skating, and I was laughed at. Every time I cried to you, you took me to skate. The kids saw you coming. I don’t dare to talk anymore.” As he spoke, he chuckled and turned to look at his brother, “Thinking about it, brother, you’ve been an evil spirit since then, and to be honest, your skating wasn’t very good either.”

Shi Guyuan said: "Actually, I secretly taught them a little lesson. At that time, you were only six years old and didn't understand anything, but I was going to the capital to go to university. I was afraid that they would continue to bully you while I was away. .” He also looked at Shi Guyan, feeling infinitely emotional, “In a blink of an eye, you are already this old.”

Shi Gufen's eyes were slightly moist. Her brother is not a person who easily expresses his emotions, and his thoughts are too reserved, so it is difficult for people to treat him sincerely.But it does not include her, she has no parents in her childhood memory, only her brother, her brother has the warmest embrace in the cold winter; she is grateful to her adoptive father for the gift, but sorry, in her heart, her brother is the The best man in the world, the best best man.

Shi Guzhen stretched out his arm, climbed onto Shi Guyuan's shoulder, and said softly, "Brother, thank you for all these years."

Shi Guyuan patted her on the back, and when Shi Guyuan straightened up, he asked, "Do you really need me to talk to William?"

Shi Gufen said: "You don't know him well, he is a bit childish, but he is also a responsible man."

"That's not what you said when you first came back."

"It was indeed reckless for him to come to me suddenly, but I didn't expect that he could stay with me for so long—in a strange environment, a strange language, and strange customs, he didn't make many friends," said Shi Gufen Said, "It's me who keeps him going, why am I not willing to give him a response?" She lowered her head and said, "I don't hate him, maybe I fell in love with him when I was in England, but I was a child My ideal partner is based on you, brother, he doesn't look like you at all, but I like him, this should be truelove."

Shi Guyuan stared intently at his younger sister's face, until Shi Guyuan felt a little embarrassed, and said, "...you're stupid."

Behind the crisp cursing, there is a thousand times of pampering.A willow branch hangs down on Shi Guyuan's shoulder, just like Taigong Jiang's fishhook.Shi Guyuan cut off a section, wound it into a ring between his fingers, and said: "Marriage is too hasty... let's get engaged first."

Shi Guzhen was stunned for a moment, his eyes tilted, and after thinking about it, he said, "That's fine, I'll listen to you."

Shi Guyuan smiled and stroked Shi Gufen's hair, as if conjuring, he took out a piece of fruit candy from behind Shi Gufen's ear: "Here, an engagement gift."

Shi Gufen cried out, "What, it's too perfunctory!"

Shi Guyuan blinked: "Who told you to get married as soon as you get married, how can I have time to prepare?"

Shi Guzhen feigned anger, took the fruit candy as her brother on the spot, put it in his mouth, chopped it into pieces, and then stretched out his palm; the broken fruit candy mutated into a popping candy, which popped out from the tip of her tongue without pain or itchiness The fierceness: "You lie to me, hurry up, take out the gift!"

"Don't move, there is something in your hair," Shi Guyuan stroked her temples lightly, and then conjured up two silvery keys, which dangled in front of Shi Guyuan's eyes, on the bench by the summer river, continued A clumsy play was staged: "Hey, what is this?"

Shi Gufen took it over in surprise: "The villa in the east of the city? Brother, when did you buy it! Live by yourself, why do you give it to me..."

"Not all mine is yours," Shi Guyuan said with a smile, admiring his sister's joyful face, "you young people, if you have a boyfriend, you will move in together. I'm not old-fashioned, as long as you are happy and safe .”

Shi Gufen hugged Shi Guyuan's arm and acted like a baby: "Brother, I can't bear you..."

"Then you're not married?"

"It's over!"

Shi Guyuan's smile deepened: "...Stupid."

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Liu Mian's consciousness is already clear, but the skills of his arms and legs are still paralyzed by alcohol. Xiao Zhao went downstairs and bought him a bottle of sour plum soup to hangover, watched him drink it, and said: "Mr. Why don't you tell Boss Shi."

Liu Mian waved his hand: "It's useless to tell him now, I'm saving us."

Xiao Zhao went in without knowing it, took back the bottle of sour plum soup that he had drunk, and asked curiously: "This is his business, if I told him, can he ignore it?"

Liu Mian flicked his fingers on the sofa twice, and said, "You don't know him. Dozens of smuggled cars, as well as crude oil, burst out, and my head alone is not enough to kill them. When the time comes, we will all be killed. I can't run away either. But Shi Guyuan is not afraid of death. Without his sister, I suspect he would not be able to survive. Therefore, if it is certain that this matter does not turn around, he will let Sun Yancheng investigate and will not care about our lives; but He doesn't mind helping us out if we get this thing out of control."

Xiao Zhao said solemnly: "Mr. Liu, don't worry, if something really happens, I'll take care of it for you first! Mr. Shi is not afraid of death, so I have nothing to be afraid of."

Liu Mian shook his head and said, "You don't understand. So far, Shi Guyuan doesn't care about anyone except his sister. Even if he treats you well, it has a purpose. It's like he pays my son's medical expenses for ten years. , what is the most expensive and what is used, it is to make sure I don't have two hearts... Also, do you know Zhang Jingshen? Just Fatty Zhang and his brother?"

Xiao Zhao nodded: "Remember, Mr. Zhang, there was none last year."

"Zhang Jingshen has been with Shi Guyuan for more than ten years, and finally died for Shi Guyuan. Do you think Shi Guyuan is a little moved? But Shi Guyuan is very trustworthy. Before Zhang Jingshen died, he asked Shi Guyuan to take care of him. Looking at his useless younger brother, Shi Guyuan really helped him raise it like a pig; and Zheng Zhichu, Zheng Dong entrusted Zheng Zhichu to him, and he was simply herding sheep..."

Xiao Zhao was stunned and swallowed. He said, "Mr. Liu, Mr. Zhang had an argument with someone and was accidentally stabbed to death. What does this have to do with Mr. Shi...?"

Liu Mian glanced at him: "Xiao Zhao, the less you know, the better your life will be. I said this to tell you, don't rely too much on Shi Guyuan, we can only save ourselves."

Xiao Zhao restrained his surging curiosity, nodded seriously, and said, "Mr. Liu, Mr. Shi asked you to wake up and call him back."

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Shi Guyuan and his sister walked along the river bank all the way to the road, and the setting sun weighed heavily on their shoulders.The two walked to the car, Shi Guyuan opened the car door for his sister, and after both of them sat down firmly, Shi Guyuan said, "Go home?"

Shi Guchen said, "Go home!"

Shi Guyuan smiled: "Call William, let's have a meal together."

Shi Guyan was a little embarrassed: "Brother, it's just the two of us, okay?"

"How long can you hide him," Shi Guyuan said while driving, "Forget it, your boyfriend, you have the final say. What do you want for dinner?"

The two made a detour and went to the vegetable market in the east of the city. In addition to buying what Shi Guyan wanted to eat at night, Shi Guyuan did not forget to buy black eggs and some mushroom vegetables for Chi Xiaoyu, as well as her new favorite "" durian".Coming out of the vegetable market with large and small parcels, Shi Guyan suddenly slapped her brother on the arm, pointed at the cleaner next to the garbage truck, and said, "Hey, brother, see if that is Xu Ping's sister-in-law!"

Shi Guyuan said, "Yes."

"Isn't she working in a power plant? Why is she here..." Shi Gufen said hesitantly, "Do we need to say hello?"

Shi Guyuan said: "No, let's go, so as not to embarrass both sides."

Shi Guzhen got in the car, but he was still not relieved: "Brother, do you think my sister-in-law has been laid off? Don't tell us. Aren't you and Brother Bin good friends? Why don't you let my sister-in-law go to work with you? My family, Don't worry."

Shi Guyuan said, "You don't need to worry about this matter."

"Hey, Shi Guyuan, I'm not surprised to see you like this, did you already know?"

"Ah."

"Then just keep watching," Shi Gufen widened his eyes, "They are embarrassed, so you don't have to be embarrassed."

Shi Guyuan said: "Xiao Yan, you should think about the things you should think about, and you have to think about other things with my brother."

Shi Guyuan reluctantly shut up, not talking to Shi Guyuan along the way.When they arrived at the downstairs of the house, the car barely stopped, and Shi Guyuan finally received a call after waiting all day.He made a gesture and asked Shi Guyuan to go upstairs first with a light bag. When Shi Guyuan entered the building door, Shi Guyuan answered the phone: "Speak."

Liu Mian said in a dazed voice, "Mr. Shi, I'm sorry, I got drunk last night."

"how is the situation?"

"It's okay, but there is a newly appointed director who is more difficult to deal with. The drink last night was to respect him."

Shi Guyuan looked out the window, there was a goose yellow wild flower growing under the light gray curb.He lowered his head and lit a cigarette, and said, "When will it be resolved?"

"It's only been two days," Liu Mian said with a smile, "I was planning to report to you tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, so I have to ask you to go out and let Taoxian Customs go through the handover procedures earlier. When we arrive at our site, we can do nothing. It's all gone."

"This Sun Yansheng, I have heard a little bit, he is rigid, doesn't know how to adapt, and is difficult to deal with. After all, the old man took care of him personally." Shi Guyuan couldn't see his expression clearly through the hazy smoke, "A few years ago, I On a business trip to the capital, I delivered some things to his father-in-law on behalf of Director Zheng, and met Sun Yansheng at his house. The old man is very optimistic about him, and it was the old man who said something to him about this transfer that prevented him from being transferred to the grassroots."

Liu Mian's face became serious: "Mr. Yi has taken care of it, so it will be tricky on my side."

"What were you going to do?"

"I was planning to stuff money," Liu Mian read the information he had just found in his hand: "Sun Yansheng's mother just passed away a few years ago, leaving behind an elder daughter with intellectual problems, who is Sun Yansheng's eldest sister, who is currently taking care of him; A daughter who was congenitally blind, the monthly medical expenses, his salary is not enough to pay for it... What kind of crime did he do?"

Shi Guyuan pondered for a moment, and said: "No matter how long the old man's hands are, there's no need to go to a prefecture-level city for someone who is a little pleasing to the eye. What should you do and continue to do? Which is the best eye hospital in Zhoushui City?" If it’s really impossible, transfer to Taoxian, or if it’s not possible, send it abroad. You know what to do.”

Liu Mian said: "No problem, Mr. Shi, I'll go back right away as soon as the matter is over here."

"Go do it," Shi Guyuan extinguished the cigarette butt, "Pay attention to your body."

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Zheng Zhichu waited in the CEO's office from afternoon to night, but he didn't see Shi Guyuan's figure, and his empty heart was filled with anger again.From time to time, he took out his mobile phone and stared at Shi Guyuan's number, as if his eyes were bullets that could pass through the phone signal and shot directly into Shi Guyuan's heart.

He stared in the office all night. When the first ray of sunlight shone through the large French windows in the morning, the "ammunition depot" was covered in blood.Zheng Zhichu's upper and lower eyelids couldn't survive the lovesickness, broke through the barriers of the brain, and finally met Magpie Bridge.

Five hours later, Shi Guyuan entered the office carrying a briefcase.Seeing the sleeping Zheng Zhichu, he was taken aback for a moment, then he pursed his lips without making any noise, took away the signature pen, and used the coffee table in front of the TV as a temporary desk.

Near noon, a white light invaded Zheng Zhichu's eyes, he blinked his eyelids vigorously, rubbed his eyes and sat up, a long-sleeved jacket slipped off his body.

Zheng Zhichu smelled the coat, and the long-sleeved coat would be prepared in summer, except for Shi Guyuan.Zheng Zhichu tightened his clothes, raised his eyes and glanced forward, and saw Shi Guyuan bending his waist at ninety degrees, writing on the coffee table.

This back view immediately made Zheng Zhichu's mouth dry. He thought of yesterday's fierce fire that was enough to incinerate him, and he didn't know whether to advance or retreat.At this moment, Shi Guyuan heard the sound and said without turning his head, "Are you awake?"

Zheng Zhichu blurted out: "If you look back, you will know."

After Shi Guyuan wrote the last stroke, he turned his head back as he wished, but his eyes first fell on the wall clock: "It's 11:30," Shi Guyuan scratched his neck absently, he did not forget that Zheng Zhichu was weird yesterday Looking at his demeanor, he couldn't help guessing the deep meaning in that demeanor, "You stay awake on the bed at home, what are you doing here?"

Zheng Zhichu gritted his teeth, hating him to death: "I sleep wherever I like, don't worry about it!"

Shi Guyuan didn't bother to argue with him: "Go home when you wake up."

Zheng Zhichu angrily flipped his coat towards Shi Guyuan: "You fucking kicked me out again!"

Shi Guyuan said expressionlessly: "Zheng Zhichu, what do you want to do?"

What do you want...what do you want...he knows what he wants to do, but Shi Guyuan?a bitch?

"What do you want to do!" Zheng Zhichu suddenly grew angry in Shi Guyuan's gaze, "Why can the surname Chi stay here casually, but I can't? This is my fucking company. It's up to you to decide!"

However, Shi Guyuan had a subtle cognitive bias towards the identity of "the one surnamed Chi": "You compare yourself with a four-year-old girl? Are you shabby?"

"What about Chi Yu! Didn't he come in casually too!"

Shi Guyuan said hesitantly, "Xiao Chu, you..."

A friendly "Xiao Chu" made Zheng Zhichu lose his temper: "Shi Guyuan, let me remind you, you are me - you belong to my family, and your surname will be Zheng for the rest of your life!"

Shi Guyuan narrowed his eyes slowly, a turbulent sea surged in his heart.

At this moment, Zheng Zhichu's Wu Zang Temple lit up firecrackers, accompanied by the monotonous ringtone of his mobile phone.