Being-Towards-Death

Grandeur is a well-known leisure and entertainment club in Taoxian City, loved by the rich and the new alike.In this three-acre land in Taoxian City, magnificence is a symbol of status and taste.The whole building has eight floors, and the first to fifth floors are open to individual guests, including guest rooms, KTV, SPA, bathing, restaurant, indoor swimming pool, gym, game room, chess and card room, tea room, film and television hall, leisure hall, children's entertainment room, etc.

The sixth and seventh floors adopt a membership grading system, with the highest being the black card, the second-ranking gold card, and the last-ranking red card.The facilities and items enjoyed in it can be said to be heaven and earth, not enough for outsiders.

The highest floor is the office area, and idlers are not allowed to enter.

In such a place, it is inevitable that there is something big or small inside.When Zheng Zhongtian was here, the leaders of the provinces and cities were very respectful, and they often gathered here to eat, drink, and play for nothing, not to mention being taken away, and they didn't even pass the inspection.Now it's time for people to leave the tea to cool down, Zheng Zhongtian just turned into a handful of ashes, and those bastards came out to knock the mountains and shake the tigers.

Shi Guyuan said to the phone: "Didn't you promise me that everything will be safe?"

Liu Mian answered aggrievedly: "This has nothing to do with the city bureau, it's the branch bureau."

"The branch in the east of the city?" Shi Guyuan picked up a cigarette, bit the filter, and said calmly, "I understand, you don't need to worry about this matter, is there any news from Dongling?"

"No, there is nothing wrong with Tangling."

Shi Guyuan said: "You... it's just such a stupid thing, you were taken aback. Is there anything else? It's nothing to hang up."

After hanging up the phone, Shi Guyuan lit a cigarette, and immediately the study room was filled with gray smoke.Shi Guyuan opened the window, and the cool night wind blew into the house. Shi Guyuan left the air vent and coughed twice.

At the door of the study room, two little heads were stacked up and down, and the one on top said, "Uncle, my dad said you can't blow the wind."

The lower voice said softly, "Uncle, Dad said smoking is bad for your health."

When Shi Guyuan turned his head, he saw the two children frowning and pouting, looking at him disapprovingly, and couldn't help smiling.He stubbed out the cigarette, closed the window again, and greeted them, "Stop playing games? Then go take a shower, and go to bed after you take a shower."

Hearing about taking a bath, Song Jianghan hurried away and disappeared; Chi Xiaoyu held his fingers in his mouth, looked forward and backward, and finally chose Shi Guyuan's embrace.But she was not in a hurry to take a bath, but was very interested in the cello that was stuck on the ground, touched the brown-red body, raised her pointed chin, and asked, "Uncle, were you playing the cello just now?" ?”

Shi Guyuan held the bow well and waved it at Chi Xiaoyu: "Yes, but this piano is for drawing, not playing."

"What song are you playing? It's really nice."

"Like it?" Shi Guyuan twitched his eyes and shook his head, quite attractively, "You are young, but you have good ears. If you want to hear it, uncle will play it for you again."

Chi Xiaoyu was very applauded, climbed onto the sofa chair by the wall, sat down neatly, straightened her back as if she was in class, and after listening to Shi Guyuan pull it again, she jumped down and faced her. The tall and tall Qin said: "I like this, Uncle Shi, I also want to play the tune like you."

Shi Guyuan squatted down and was at eye level with her: "Do you want to...? Learning music is very hard, and getting started with the cello is difficult and boring, can you bear it?"

Chi Xiaoyu asked: "What is boring?"

"It means that you can only eat rice every day, and you can't exchange steamed buns, and you are not allowed to miss three meals a day."

"Sweet and sour pork ribs are fine, and sweet and sour fish is fine too!"

"...This metaphor is not appropriate, let me think about it..." After thinking for a long time, Shi Guyuan couldn't think of a suitable metaphor, Shi Guyuan gave up, smiled and tied Chi Xiaoyu's hair, and said, "Forget it , It’s rare that you like it. Tomorrow, after you finish your swimming class, your uncle will take you to buy a piano. You are my daughter in my previous life. If you still follow me in this life and can hold your temper and practice piano every day, then your dad and I can’t bury it. A future cellist, hahaha."

Chi Xiaoyu half understood, but she understood that Uncle Shi would take her to buy a piano tomorrow, she was so happy, shyly put her arms around Shi Guyuan's neck, and kissed him softly on the face .

Shi Guyuan felt that he had picked up a daughter for nothing, and Chi Xiaoyu had a special affinity with him. Even if he was a little mischievous occasionally, in his eyes, she was the only cuteness in the world.He poached Chi Yu's corner with evil intentions: "Xiao Yu'er, is uncle treating you well?"

Chi Xiaoyu nodded: "OK."

"Do you like Uncle?"

"like."

"Listen to that call, Dad."

"..."

"I won't tell your dad, it's okay."

Chi Xiaoyu pursed her lips and smiled, but still didn't speak.

Shi Guyuan picked her up, pinched the tip of her little nose, and said, "Let's go take a bath."

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Shi Guyuan and Song Weibin have an acquired tacit understanding, and this tacit understanding is usually applied to Song Jianghan, almost without words.

Song Weibin was just promoted to be the captain of the criminal police detachment of the City Bureau two months ago, and he clamored for a treat, but the higher the position, the greater the responsibility. Until now, the promotion banquet still only exists in the lines.And his top priority after being promoted is to make a surprise inspection of the Dongling Mountain Villa Casino that was reported.

The owner of the villa is a middle-aged man who has experienced ups and downs in life, named Qian Youdao.He is not tall, has a smiling face to welcome people, and is as slippery as a loach, making it difficult for people to grasp and pinch him firmly.When Song Weibin rushed in with his team, the villa was holding a large party. It was said that Qian Youdao, a friend who had been overseas for many years, had just returned to China, and everyone gathered together.

Song Weibin returned without success, and after being scolded bloody by the city bureau chief, he went home to catch up on sleep.Shi Guyuan was also well prepared. He was not in a hurry to ask him to take Song Jianghan home the next day, but took Song Jianghan and Chi Xiaoyu to the Chengxi Swimming Pool. Han rubbing class, plus blind flopping.

Song Jianghan came out of the blue swimming pool, rubbed his face, glanced at Chi Xiaoyu who was preparing under the guidance of the teacher, covered his mouth and said to Shi Guyuan: "Uncle, you don't see them Dare to go into the water."

Shi Guyuan said: "Swimming is skillful. Do you think everyone is like your father? Don't learn from him."

Song Jianghan tugged at Shi Guyuan's trousers: "Uncle, come down to play too."

Shi Guyuan said: "You can play by yourself, I am a landlubber, and I am afraid of water."

Song Jianghan said contemptuously: "Cut, coward." Then he swam two meters away, but the splash was three meters high.Shi Guyuan laughed and scolded "brat", then walked to the rest area, took a magazine and looked through it.

The swimming class lasted for an hour, and after class, the two children didn't enjoy it.Seeing that it was still early for lunch, Shi Guyuan let them play for another half an hour.After taking a shower, Shi Guyuan received a call from Chi Yu, his voice was very tired, and he probably couldn't close his eyes all night.

Shi Guyuan asked: "It's already noon, have you eaten yet? I'm going to take the children to eat."

Chi Yu was so sleepy that he staggered to and fro, his tone became lighter, and his words also strayed: "I didn't eat, I just finished the operation, so I can't eat."

Shi Guyuan was happy: "Then you wait in the hospital, and I will pick you up."

Chi Yu didn't shirk this time, and let out a "hmm".Shi Guyuan hung up the phone and rushed to the hospital in a hurry.Chi Yu staggered into the car, said his address, then tilted his head and dozed off.

Shi Guyuan turned off the music in the car, and made a "shh" gesture to the child. The car drove smoothly on the road, and after about ten minutes, it turned into an old residential area.This community is the dormitory of the Shuguang Military Factory. It follows a typical Soviet-style structure, and the residents are all honest workers.But in the past two years, as the military supplies of the Shuguang Military Factory turned to civilian use, more and more employees have joined the army of laid-off workers.

Shi Guyuan's Lexus attracted a lot of curious attention. At the turn of the century, luxury cars were a rarity. There were not many cars running on the street, let alone the possibility of this impoverished community.

As soon as he arrived downstairs, Chi Yu seemed to have received an invisible signal and woke up suddenly.Shi Guyuan asked him with a smile: "Did you have a nightmare?"

Chi Yu looked at Shi Guyuan's face blankly, his eyes gradually became clearer, he pulled his hair down, moved his eyes, and whispered, "No. Arrived so soon?"

Shi Guyuan looked at him for a while, with scrutiny in his eyes, which made Chi Yu very uncomfortable.But that scrutiny was fleeting, as if it was an illusion caused by lack of energy.I just heard Shi Guyuan say: "Come on, go upstairs, and then you give me the key, and I'll go buy some food."

"What's so funny..."

"Go to sleep, the children haven't eaten yet, you can go hungry, but they can't, I'll take them to eat before leaving." He joked, "Just think of me as a waste of your gas bill."

Chi Yu was a little embarrassed. Although Shi Guyuan didn't reveal his professional status, he could tell that he was definitely not an ordinary person in terms of money.And the house he rented was old, cramped, dilapidated and dark, with only one bedroom, and he even had to share the toilet and kitchen with two other families. The strong gap and inferiority almost broke his tired heart.

Shi Guyuan followed Chi Yu up to the second floor, calmly went to the kitchen to see where the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar were, then went downstairs to buy some vegetables, and when he came back, he found that Chi Yu hadn't slept, so he took a few bags of vegetables and meat with him. Eyebrows level, he shook his head and said, "I just found out that the vegetables sold here are much cheaper than those near my house. Next time I will come to your place to buy."

Chi Yu thought of the greasy stove in the kitchen, and raised his hand to pick up the bag: "I'll do it."

"No, I'm worried that you fell asleep while doing it."

Chi Yu was taken aback for a moment, his face flushed a little.

Shi Guyuan also realized that what he just said was inappropriate, so he said: "Go to sleep, don't think too much." His low voice was like a stringed cello, echoing in Chi Yu's ears, "Our generation, You have all experienced hardships, why have you never experienced it? You just came to Taoxian City and you have a child. It is not a matter of a day or two to stand on your feet. Wait for me to find you a place with high cost performance Yes, you don't know."

Chi Yu's eye circles were red, probably because he was tired: "Guyuan, thank you so much."

Shi Guyuan smiled brightly, and Chi Yu discovered that there were two shallow dimples at the corners of Shi Guyuan's mouth, which would not have appeared if the mouth had not been bent into a crescent moon.

Chi Yu fell asleep with his head covered, and Shi Guyuan left him a meal.As soon as Shi Guyuan moved, Chi Xiaoyu immediately ran to hug his leg and said, "Uncle, are you leaving now?"

"Well, uncle will come to see you some other day."

Chi Xiaoyu asked again: "Uncle, are you leaving now?"

"...What's the matter, don't you want to part with me? If you call me Dad, I won't leave."

Chi Xiaoyu was not fooled, a pair of beautiful eyes looked into Shi Guyuan's from bottom to top, the end of the eyes hooked up a little innocently and charmingly: "Uncle, I have finished my swimming lesson and dinner , are you leaving?"

Shi Guyuan slapped his forehead: "How can you talk so childishly? Uncle didn't forget what I promised you, but learning the piano is a big deal, so you have to ask your father's opinion. Your father is too tired today, we can do it another day." Say yes or not."

Chi Xiaoyu was disappointed: "I really like..."

Shi Guyuan touched the top of her head, but said nothing.

After all, it's not his own child, he can take care of it, but he can't make decisions for him.

"How about this," Shi Guyuan said, "whether your father agrees or not, uncle will buy you a piano, how about it?"

Chi Xiaoyu's eyes sparkled, and with a move of his little hand, he drew Shi Guyuan's face.She stood on tiptoe and kissed Shi Guyuan's cheek: "Uncle, you are so kind, you are the best kind person in the world!"

Shi Guyuan smiled noncommittally, and pinched Chi Xiaoyu's face again, the long-lost years appeared in front of his eyes, as if he was talking to himself 35 years ago.

Chi Xiaoyu looks too much like him, and sometimes, his personality is also similar.For example: self-discipline, a little narrow-minded, will use small tricks to get the last piece of ribs, like music, like the cello.

He saw his own shadow in her, as well as Chi Yu's hard work.It's like a delicate flower, if Chi Yu waters it and loves it, he will take care of it.

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After the full meal, it was already afternoon, and there was still no news from Song Weibin.Shi Guyuan took Song Jianghan back to his home and watched him do his homework.On the way, Song Jianghan clamored for a drink of Robust, so Shi Guyuan had no choice but to take his key wallet and go downstairs to the commissary to buy it for him.

Besides Robust, he also bought a pack of cigarettes.Carrying the plastic bag, he was not in a hurry to go upstairs, but smoked a cigarette downstairs, then took out his mobile phone, found Zheng Zhichu's phone number, squinted his eyes, and stared at the name for a long time.

He threw the cigarette butt on the ground, kicked it out violently with his toe, and dialed the number at the same time.