dark crossing

Cheng Hong was having lunch inside the house when the door knocked.Although it was already two or three o'clock in the afternoon, for Cheng Hong who was a nocturnal, the day had just begun at this time.

She opened the door and was stunned when she saw Shen Ting's face.

Shen Ting knew that the woman recognized him, but pretended not to notice it, and said with a smile: "Hello, I am in charge of registering the demolition questionnaire, may I hold you back for 10 minutes?"

Chu Huainan from the far south will come to inspect the land on the same day, so it works from top to bottom. In the past few days, people from the far south have come in wave after wave.

But the people outside the door made Cheng Hong hesitate for the first time.She turned her head and glanced at the messy pile of clothes and sundries on the sofa. She closed the half-open door and hid behind it, "Wait a minute."

Although Cheng Hong went to sea early, she has always had a strong self-esteem.She is very reluctant to let a handsome and handsome man of the opposite sex find out that her place is a pigsty.

She hastily cleaned up the sofa to make an empty space, and then opened the door again for the young people outside.

Shen Ting entered the door, and glanced around calmly. The sofa was too clean, and there were obvious cleaning marks on the coffee table. The trash can full of all kinds of garbage was pushed to the corner behind the curtains. One corner of dark black was exposed.

It seems that Cheng Hong closed the door just to do a special cleaning before letting him in.

This woman is a person who cares about the eyes of others and has strong self-esteem.

"Hello, are you the owner?" Shen Ting sat on the sofa and asked politely.

Cheng Hong made some tea for him in a disposable paper cup and handed it to him: "Yes, the house is mine."

"Do you usually live alone?"

Shen already knew from the layout of the house that she was a woman living alone.As expected, Cheng Hong nodded and said, "Yes, I live alone."

Shen Ting took out the demolition intention survey form from the briefcase and put it on the coffee table.Cheng Hong took it and read it. She has read books systematically for several years in recent years. It is not a problem for her who is very smart to understand these words.

"Please fill in your name, work unit, house ownership certificate number, land use right certificate number..."

Cheng Hong went to the room to get the materials needed for registration, and Shen Ting looked at the house again.This is a very old one-bedroom apartment, which is more than 40 years old. Due to the low floor and the rainy season, the lighting is worrying.However, the interior of the house has been refurbished in recent years. Although the poor-quality wall covering is moldy and swollen due to the rainy season, the incandescent light on the top emits a half-new light that is not old.

In such a halo, Cheng Hong came out with a crimson house book: "Do you only want these documents?"

Shen Ting took the materials from her hand, checked them carefully, and then said with a smile: "That's right, and your ID card is also needed. By the way, are you a local?"

Cheng Hong turned around and took out a small wallet from her quilted leather shoulder bag, and handed it over with her ID card between two fingers: "No, I'm not a local."

"Then I have to trouble you to provide a residence permit."

"Oh, good." Cheng Hong said while holding the residence certificate: "I bought this house very early, and there was no purchase restriction in Jianghu at that time. The residence certificate is the address here. Does this have something to do with the demolition?"

"some."

Shen Ting took over both the ID card and residence permit.The address on Cheng Hong's ID card was exactly the address of her hometown. Chen Cong and the others investigated and found that address had been vacant for seventeen or eighteen years.According to the neighbors in his hometown, Cheng Hong made some money later, so he took his parents away.

The results of the investigation showed that Cheng Hong's parents were indeed taken to the town in the second year after the incident, and passed away several years ago.And Cheng Hong's only younger brother died in an accident on the construction site shortly thereafter.

Shen Ting wrote down all the contents that should be transcribed on the form, and there were many contents, so he chatted with Cheng Hong who was sitting by the side while writing.

"Don't look at the usual inconspicuousness here, and it may not be very comfortable to live in, but this demolition can save a lot of money! The family is very happy, right?"

"Where is there a family member, a bare-handed commander."

Shen Ting raised his eyes and smiled, "You're so beautiful and you're not married yet?"

Cheng Hong has been on the battlefield for a long time, which made him blush: "What is beautiful, the best years are wasted."

Shen Ting didn't answer, and lowered his eyes to look at her information.

Cheng Hong looked at his smooth and heroic side face, and thought, no wonder this person can be liked by a character like Chu Huainan.

He just copied a form with his head down, but he actually copied a sense of abstinence like copying scriptures before the Buddha.

When he smiled, the corners of his mouth were raised slightly, but he was not like other beautiful young men with red lips and white teeth. This man was so upright that he didn't have any charm at all, but his eyes were too bright, which melted into a special kind of upright romance.

When not smiling, the straight lip angles are just right, too good to be mistaken.

He looks good, but he is definitely different from the young people who are used to laughing in the entertainment field. Not only is he very heroic, with thick eyebrows and bright eyes, but he also looks like... Cheng Hong, who lacks vocabulary, can't think of suitable adjectives, but she Staring at Shen Ting's face, he secretly judged that if he was willing to do his job, he would definitely have a lot to do.This can be seen from Chu Huainan's different attitude towards him.

Shen Ting, who didn't know that he was being valued by "Mother Sang", finished copying the ID number, glanced at her place of household registration, thought for a while and asked, "Are you from Jiang County?"

Cheng Hong, who was commenting on him, was stunned, "Huh?"

"Isn't it? It's written on your ID card."

Cheng Hong quickly realized: "Oh yes, I'm from Jiang County."

Shen Ting smiled: "There are many mountains there, I really want to see them if I have the chance."

"Let President Chu take you there!" Cheng Hong blurted out, Shen Ting's smile froze, she stopped writing and raised her head to look at her carefully: "What President Chu?"

In Chenghong's job, the most important thing is to learn how to read words and expressions. When she saw Shen Ting's face darken, she knew that the other party might not want to make her relationship with Chu Huainan public, so she immediately patted her mouth with her hand: "Look, I'm just Can't hide my words."

Shen Ting still looked at her warily, waiting for her next words.

"A few days ago, you and Mr. Chu went to the club where I work, so I thought you were 'friends'."

Shen Ting didn't speak, but his smile subsided, he opened the house book and began to copy the numbers on the real estate certificate.

Now it was Cheng Hong's turn to take the initiative to talk to him: "What's your name?"

"Song Ci." Shen Ting didn't lift his head.

Cheng Hong saw that he kept secret about his relationship with Chu Huainan, and thought that he was an employee of the Far South Group, and immediately speculated about a "forced transaction" tragedy, and immediately didn't know what to say.

She wanted to forget all about those things in the mental hospital.But the more you want to forget, the more you will never forget.

She has worked hard to live in the name of Cheng Hong for 20 years, but wrapped in Xiaohong's shell is still a heart that belongs to Fan Fang and is always used to complaining about herself.

Forced, yes!force.It was also under the coercion of those "philanthropists" that she embarked on a road of no return by selling her flesh and blood to make a living.

But just as the more you want to forget, the more you can't forget, the more you want to avoid, the content will always be mentioned.

After being silent for a while, Cheng Hong finally asked, "You and Chu Huainan, did he force you?"

This topic is really not suitable for strangers who have only met twice.Shen Ting's face became even uglier: "What does this have to do with you?"

Cheng Hong was even more sure that Chu Huainan was the same as most well-dressed men with human faces and animal hearts!Chu Huainan, a young man named Song Ci, must not be in an equal relationship. This young man must have succumbed to power or wanted to be with him to be with him!

Cheng Hong is different from other "mother-sangs" in that she never forces her into prostitution.Because of the pain of being forced to receive guests, she had already experienced it herself when she was seven or eight years old!

And for her colleagues in this industry, she has always felt a sense of compassion.

Shen Ting, who frowned and didn't speak, made her feel sympathetic: "It really has nothing to do with me, it's me who is talking too much. I just think that you don't look like—"

Shen Ting interrupted her impatiently: "It doesn't look like anything?"

Cheng Hong said frankly: "It doesn't look like it was sold."

Shen Ting choked, it seemed that the well-known capitalist was cheated by him in front of Cheng Hong.

The indescribable expression on his face perfectly complements the scene.Cheng Hong immediately apologized empathetically: "Sorry, that's not what I meant either."

"Don't tell others." Shen Ting finished the last line, closed the document in his hand and said, "The demolition is now counting bricks. You are the owner. It doesn't matter if you don't have a registered permanent residence. I'm in charge of this now. As long as you help I will keep it secret, and I will help you fight for some additional rights."

……

The young man who called himself Song Ci seemed to be really afraid that Cheng Hong would reveal his special relationship with Yuannan Chu Huainan, and he was particularly concerned about helping her find ways to get more compensation for the demolition.

Cheng Hong received a call within a few days, saying that everything had been arranged for her.

The two made an appointment to meet in a small restaurant not far from Cheng Hong's apartment.

"This is the agreement." Shen Ting sat down and went straight to the point, took out the document from his bag and handed it to Cheng Hong.Cheng Hong took over the agreement. She was not well-educated, and she was always in awe of contracts full of technical terms.

Shen Ting saw her uneasiness, flipped the paper with her slender fingers, and explained the terms to her one by one: "The other parts are standard contracts, and I have won some extra things for you. At that time, you can choose a three-bedroom house at will among these real estates in the suburbs of Jianghu in the far south."

Cheng Hong lowered his head to look. The few real estates available for selection were not particularly luxurious, but all of them belonged to just-needed real estate with good development prospects in the entire plot.

This is what Chu Huainan meant.

The people this woman comes into contact with are quite complicated, and there are all kinds of people, so she must be a character with a lot of thoughts.The current condition is already very good, if it is more generous than this, I am afraid that it will be suspicious.

There is no such thing as pie in the sky, even with this condition, Cheng Hong scanned Shen Ting's face several times with her appreciative eyes.

"These are all I can do within my ability." Shen Ting intentionally misinterpreted the deep meaning in her eyes, thinking that she was still not satisfied with the conditions mentioned in the contract.

Cheng Hong was silent for a few minutes, "Thank you."

"You don't need to thank me." Shen Ting let out a long breath on purpose, "In return, my request is still the same, you've worked so hard to 'forget' everything you saw that night."

Naive, Cheng Hong thought.

By exposing one's weakness to the opponent, isn't this instigating the opponent to continue blackmailing?But she didn't say anything, lowered her long eyelashes, and signed her name on the contract.

While accepting the contract, Shen Ting promised her: "I will send this agreement to you as soon as the company stamps it."

While talking, the middle-aged waitress who stood by and finished ordering for the next table handed over the menu, and introduced it in an incomprehensible manner.

Cheng Hong and Shen Ting were both taken aback.

"Can you understand what she's saying?" Shen Ting turned to ask Cheng Hong with a dazed expression.

Cheng Hong shook her head, while the woman holding the menu continued to mutter.Cheng Hong frowned: "Could you speak Mandarin, please? Since you're here to work, you shouldn't speak the local dialect! Ji Li Gua is like a bird's language, who can understand it!"

The middle-aged woman in the waiter uniform was stunned, and then apologized in broken Mandarin with a strong local accent, "I'm new here, I'm sorry..." Then she clumsily finished ordering for the two of them vegetable.

This place was found by Shen Ting, and he was obviously a little embarrassed after making such a fuss, "I found a restaurant nearby, and I didn't pay attention to the service environment..."

"It's okay, you helped me settle the relocation, this meal should have been invited by me..."

The two of them were originally people whose lives had nothing to do with each other, so it was a bit embarrassing to have a meal.Cheng Hong casually chatted about his relationship with Chu Huainan.

"Actually, Mr. Chu is very kind to you." This is a sincere sentence. In the situation that night, Chu Huainan didn't need to act. He couldn't fake his nervousness and concern for the young man in front of him.

Shen Ting didn't expect Cheng Hong to talk to him about this, she lowered her eyes, picked at the dishes in the bowl and didn't answer.

He lowered his head and looked like he didn't want to talk too much. Cheng Hong felt that it was very similar to the expressions of some little sisters who had just entered the sea when they talked about the reasons for doing this business.

It is easy to make money in this line of work, and of course there are some people who do this job purely because of their vanity and laziness, but most of them have their own difficulties.

Elderly and sick family members, younger siblings who are waiting to be fed... The misfortunes in the world are always so different, but the same.

Cheng Hong thought that "Song Ci" didn't want to talk about this anymore and was looking for other topics, but he sneered, "Okay? Do you think he treats me well?"

Hearing this, he really doesn't want this relationship?

Cheng Hong picked up another chopstick dish for herself, and tried to test it out: "I originally thought that Mr. Chu meant to keep the secret, after all, he has always had a good reputation outside..."

"Good reputation?" A mocking smile appeared on Shen Ting's face: "People like him don't care about good reputation at all."

There is a lot of meaning in these words.But Cheng Hong knew he was telling the truth.

Those powerful capitalists don't care about those good reputations at all.

What about a good reputation, and what about a bad reputation?

As long as you are always in a high position and firmly occupy the top position of the pyramid, in front of your face, who doesn't have a kitsch look of bowing and flattering?

As for being behind others...is there anyone who doesn't talk about others behind others?And who is not talked about after others?Life is all about laughing at others and being laughed at by others.

Since one is born to be laughed at all the time, what difference does a good reputation have?It's better to let go of the means and play, as long as you can please yourself.

"Secrecy is what I mean." Shen Ting took a sip of the drink in hand, "He doesn't care about it, even if the whole world knows it, it won't affect him."

This sentence is probably the only truth that Shen Tingcong has told since he sat down, but if this sentence is heard by a capitalist who has been blamed, he will refute it.

Of course he is not indifferent to this matter!He wished the whole world could know about it!

Shen Ting laughed at himself, and continued: "But I'm different. When he gets bored one day, he will continue to live..." After saying this, Shen Ting himself felt a little heartless.

Cheng Hong looked at him, but also sucked her chopsticks and said nothing.But he spat hard in his heart.

She knew that rich and powerful people are not good things!

She remembered her experience in Zhenmei when she was young, and added in her heart, especially the one surnamed Chu.