Tears

Shangxian was sitting in the car, his phone was vibrating non-stop.

It's Carole.

He didn't want to talk about it, but he knew A Ling. In A Ling's dictionary, there was no word for giving up.

Shangxian kicked the car door violently, striding towards the elevator.He pressed the up button, and the elevator slowly descended from the 28th floor.Why are you so slow, come down quickly.Shang Xian kicked the pillar on one side violently, Ajaan, Ajaan.

"Ding!"

The elevator doors opened and closed again.The machine couldn't wait for the instructions, turned off the lights, and stood still in silence.Shangxian looked at himself in the elevator door, and for the first time he realized that his face was so hideous.

There seemed to be an enchantment in front of him, preventing him from taking that step.Someone wants to use the elevator, the dimmed indicator lights up, and the elevator goes up again.The ascending elevator seemed to take away the heavy burden on Shangxian's shoulders, and he felt a sense of relief.

No, the enchantment is not under his feet, but in his heart.It was he who sent Ajaan out with his own hands, he lost his heart.

No, it was Lu Yunzhen who forced him.To put it nicely, the decision will be made after three months, where will he get the capital to survive for another three months.All that can be mortgaged has been mortgaged. The previous financing has to be repaid every month, the company's operations, employees' wages... three months, three months that are more difficult than reaching the sky.

What's more, even if it's over, so what, when the time comes, Lu Aizhen will easily let go and refuse to vote.He was completely trampled to death, an even uglier death than now.

I don't want to, I really can't help it, Ajaan.

Shang Xian moved his steps in the dark parking garage, every step seemed to weigh a thousand catties.There are all kinds of luxury cars parked on both sides, Lu Aizhen's car should be among them, and his Mercedes-Benz is squeezed inside, looking disheartened.

He didn't know how many owners of these cars worked hard like him, but he was sure that most of them were not.People are born unequal, and what he has may be only a small part of what others can easily have.But even so, he paid everything in exchange for it, and he couldn't lose it.

These are what he deserves and no one can take them away from him.

The phone finally stopped, and there was an unread text message.The text message is directly displayed on the screen, which is the deduction notice sent by the bank.Two years ago, his parents and a few old friends bought a house in Hainan, and he carried the loan back.Shangxian crossed the text message directly, he has read enough of such text messages, and he will have his own apartment in a few days.

That suite, the place that was barely his home, he hadn't been back for a while.All along, he always went to find Ajaan, but he never took Ajaan to his house, and Ajaan never mentioned it.Perhaps it was because they both knew that there were too many traces of A Ling in that place, and they tacitly chose to avoid this dead spot between the two of them.

Shangxian suddenly realized that he had nowhere to go tonight.He couldn't go back to Ajaan's house because Ajaan wasn't there.He couldn't go back to his home either, because A Ling was there.

Back to the company?He doesn't want to face everything about the company, the company, employees, development, design, he doesn't want to, at least not tonight.

"Hello? Third child?" Shang Xian clicked on the address book.

"Axian?" The person on the opposite side raised his voice, and there was a lot of noise in the background. "Where are you? We're all eating, hurry up, we're all waiting."

"Make him hurry up, hurry up."

"Where is A-Jiang? Are we together?"

Shangxian knew that it was the fourth and fifth, they had gatherings every year, he missed a few times because he was busy, but he knew that Ajaan would go every year.

This year, he and A-Jiang were supposed to be absent at the same time.But Ajaan said that if the two of them couldn't agree, the third child and the others would definitely not agree, and they would simply say that there was something temporary.

Plans always seem to lag behind changes.When Shang Xian walked in the noisy hot pot restaurant, he thought so.

"Oh, it's time to come."

The third child and the others asked for a cubicle, but they said it was a cubicle, but they put a screen in the corner to separate it.This is an old hot pot restaurant, which only pays attention to the taste, not the ostentation, and the floor is still a little sticky.The third child was sitting directly outside, saw him through the cracks in the screen, and started waving from afar.

"Come, come, come and sit, how many years have we not seen each other?"

The fifth child was the most enthusiastic. He stood up to give him his seat, sat down with his shoulders on his shoulders, and poured wine from a glass.

Shangxian was taken aback by his question, and after careful calculation, it seemed that he hadn't seen him for several years.It seems he hasn't been to a party since he started his business.

Fortunately, Lao Wu didn't really want to ask him, but just sent out a general sentence. Before Shang Xian could answer, he had already skipped to the next question.

"Ajaan didn't come with you?"

"Ah," Shang Xian nodded subconsciously, "He seems to be rushing for something, and he can't come today."

"That's it, no wonder no one answered his phone calls." The fifth child was a little disappointed, "Then don't bother him. Sigh, people always get together."

"Forget it, let's get together next year if we don't get together this year." The third child came out to adjust the atmosphere, he filled his own wine glass, and filled the fourth and fifth's, "It's rare that the second child is here, let's do it first A glass."

The four wine glasses collided, the third one was too full, and a lot of it sloshed out, just in time to spill into the hot pot, the bottom of the pot boiled a few bubbles, and then returned to calm.

Shangxian hasn't eaten at such a place for a long time. When they were in school, they loved to find this kind of restaurant. It was delicious, not expensive, and lively, and no one cared about their shouting.

Now, it's either socializing or A Ling cooking.Shang Xian listened to the commotion behind him, looked at the third child who was pouring wine, and the fifth child who was looking for duck intestines in the pot with chopsticks in one hand and a colander in the other. Did Ajiang meet them here every year?Could it be that he was the only one who changed?

"In the past, Ajaan always said that you were busy." The fourth child was always the most introverted among them. Until now, he said the first sentence to Shang Xian, "Now he is busy? You are the best, What is he up to?"

"I don't know very well," Shang Xian felt a little guilty, he picked up his chopsticks and went to help Lao Wu find duck intestines, "I just said that I was in a hurry, it seems that someone ordered a painting, maybe I was in a hurry."

"Oh? Someone ordered A-Jiang's paintings?" Old Wu was so excited when he heard that, he couldn't take care of his stomach anymore, "Great, A-Jiang finally made it through. When he just resigned, I was there for him I'm worried. I wanted to introduce him to our company, but Ajaan didn't agree, saying that he signed a competing product and couldn't go to another game company for three years."

Lao Wu is the only one among them who is also in the game company besides Shang Xian, but their company transformed a few years ago and mainly made hand-made models, Lao Wu and the others are only responsible for maintaining some old games that are still running.

"Resign?" Shang Xian was stunned, "Isn't it dismissal?"

What Gu Jiang told him was not the case.

The fifth child was kicked under the table, and he looked up to meet the third child's gaze, only to realize that he had slipped his tongue.Maybe it's because too much time has passed, maybe it's because I haven't seen Shangxian for a long time, and the things he promised to keep secret were just revealed in one go.

"Hey, it's been so long, and A-Jiang is healed now, so let's talk about it." The fifth child threw away his chopsticks and wiped his mouth with a tissue, "A-Jiang resigned, he was afraid that you might worry , don’t let us tell you.”

Sang-hyun "Well done, why did he resign?"

Shangxian knew that Linglong had a high opinion of Ajaan at that time, and the treatment he gave was good. He couldn't think of any reason for Ajaan to resign.

Is it really impossible to think of it?Still don't want to think about it?

Fifth child: "Then I don't know, maybe it's because I didn't like it?"

Shangxian "Impossible."

How is it impossible?When Shangxian failed to enter Linglong, Ajaan said he would resign, but Shangxian stopped him.When he came out to start a business, Ajaan mentioned that he wanted to resign, but it was Shang Xian who stopped him.

Why stop it?Because of his ridiculous self-esteem.

Alcohol is a really good thing.The so-called wine is strong and cowardly, Shangxian's winding thoughts that were hidden in the dark corners in the past are finally swept out by him, gathered under the light, and there is nowhere to hide.

He couldn't accept that Ajaan entered the Spirit Dragon, but he was turned away.Is he not as good as A Jiang?He, a top student majoring in computer science, is no match for a student majoring in fine arts?He couldn't accept it, so he rejected Ajaan's overtures, he didn't want his help, he wanted to prove it to Ajaan.He is no worse than Ajaan, he can be successful, and he can be successful without Ajaan.

Ajaan worked in Linglong for six or seven years, and was fired suddenly, just when he needed help the most.Ajaan said that he was unemployed and asked Mr. Shang to take him in. He doesn't need a job title, but only needs three meals.He still remembered Ajaan's brows and eyes at that time were agile, narrow and self-satisfied, like a little fox grasping Shangxian's life, as if he was sure that Shangxian would agree.

Is it really such a coincidence?

Shangxian chose not to bother others. At that time, he was almost driven to a desperate situation, and he had no energy to think about these irrelevant things.When the difficulties are over and everyone is happy, there is no need to look for troubles, isn't it.

"How is it impossible?" Lao Wu yelled, "If he hadn't resigned, why would he have to pay liquidated damages?"

"Liquidated damages?" Shang Xian's hands trembled, and the freshly boiled mutton fell into the pot.

"That's right, we wouldn't know if it wasn't for the liquidated damages. Right, fourth."

The fifth child raised his hand to attack the fourth child, but the fourth child did not respond.

"Oh, I've been hiding it for so long, and it's enough." The third child, who had been silent since just now, suddenly said that he was in a middle-level and high-level position in a large online payment technology company. He was already serious when he was serious. With the appearance of leadership. "Since the fifth one has already said it, don't hide it from the fourth one, we are all worried about Ajaan."

Shangxian was confused by what they said, and the fourth child was the only one among them who did not work in the industry. He is now working as an analyst in a securities company.When I was taking the college entrance examination, the fourth child was not interested in computers, and I didn't know how to adjust it.But fortunately, the family has money, so they have been fooling around for four years.

Is there something that the third and fifth don't know, but the fourth knows?

The fifth child saw Shang Xian's doubts, he pointed at the fourth child carelessly and said, "His family is a moneylender, you won't forget it, right?"

"Stop talking nonsense." The fourth child slapped the fifth finger away with a cold face, "It's a legitimate lending company."

"It's legal and legal," said the fourth child very hard, and the back of the fifth child's hand was a little red, he rubbed his hands and muttered, "I didn't say it was illegal."

"Ajaan asked me where I could borrow money, and I asked him what it would be used for, and he said he would pay liquidated damages." The youngest just lit a cigarette, took a puff and put it next to him. It seemed that it was about to fall in the next moment. "I said I would lend it to him, but he didn't want it, so I told him that Lao Si's family seems to be in this business, and asked him to ask Lao Si."

"I asked him later, and he said that it was already done, and he refused to say anything more." The third child looked at the fourth child, "How much did he ask you to borrow?"

The fourth child was silent, and after a long while, he uttered a word.

"I promised Ajaan not to tell others."

"F*ck," the fifth child exploded first, "Are we someone else? Huh? Just you and A-Jiang are our own people? The third child has already said it, let's explain everything clearly today, and everyone will help A-Jiang After worrying about it for several years, you can give us a letter of approval, so we can rest assured."

All three of them stared at the fourth child with six eyes, but the fourth child only looked at Shang Xian.

"Are you sure you want to know?"

Shangxian suddenly regretted coming here. He wanted to escape the vortex that suffocated him, but found that he was sucked into the center of the vortex instead.

Reason told him, don't let the fourth child talk anymore, what he is about to say may be beyond his ability to bear.The burden on him was already heavy enough, and one more feather would be enough to crush him.

Stop talking, stop talking.I don't want to know, I don't want to know anything.

"Are you sure you want to know?" But the person standing in the center refused to let him go, and under the watchful eyes of the third and fifth, the fourth asked again.

"Well," Shangxian nodded, "tell me."

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