A sickly bamboo horse dressed as a villain

In the evening, the elevators in the central office building were full of well-dressed but tired urban men and women.

Qiao Wen was wearing a white shirt with a slightly loose neckline, looking lazy after a day of work.He looked no different from the office workers around him, but because he had an unforgettable face, he would inevitably attract some uncontrollable gazes.

Ever since Mengzhen Clothing Office moved to this office building, every day he went up and down the elevator, he would meet some gazes of this kind.Of course, there are also those who directly come up to strike up a conversation—a man who is too good-looking is also a kind of trouble.

For example, right now, as soon as he walked out of the building, a modern girl walked over and greeted warmly: "Hi, you are Manager Qiao from Mengzhen Clothing, right?"

Qiao Wen looked up at the person who came, she was a pretty young girl, wearing a black and white Chanel suit, carrying a small Chanel sheepskin bag in her hand.

He has always been a gentleman and polite to girls, and nodded with a smile: "Yes, you are?"

The woman took out a card and handed it to him, and introduced herself generously with a smile: "My name is Zhou Jiayin, you can call me Alice. I studied fashion design in the United States before, and I just opened a women's clothing brand studio when I returned to Hong Kong City." , in this office building. I saw your interview in the newspaper before, and I appreciate your concept of brand development. I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate and communicate in the future."

Qiao Wen looked down at the business card in his hand - JY Clothing Studio, Zhou Jiayin (Alice).

In this era, if you can study fashion design abroad, you will have your own brand as soon as you come back. What's more, her outfit is worth a year or two of ordinary people's expenses. I think only a wealthy daughter can be so proud.

He smiled and nodded: "It turns out that I am a colleague, but compared to Ms. Zhou who studied design, I, the company manager, can only be regarded as a layman."

Zhou Jiayin has a very hearty American style, she smiled and showed two rows of neat big white teeth, said: "Mr. Qiao is too polite, your brand is so good, I want to learn from you." Ask, "Do you have time, Mr. Qiao? It's time for dinner, why don't we go have a meal together and chat slowly."

Just as Qiao Wen was thinking of an excuse to reject this young and beautiful modern girl, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a motorcycle speeding towards him from the corner of his eye.

Chen Jianan slammed on the brakes, parked the motorcycle on the curb next to the two, reached out to take off the helmet, waved and said loudly: "Little Qiao, I'm here to pick you up."

Qiao Wen nodded at him, put away the business card in his hand, took out his own card, handed it to Zhou Jiayin, and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, Miss Zhou, my friend is here to pick me up, we will talk again next time we have a chance."

Zhou Jiayin didn't feel disappointed, she nodded with a smile, and said, "See you later, Mr. Qiao."

Qiao Wen politely waved goodbye to her, walked to Chen Jianan's side, took the helmet he handed over, put it on, and asked curiously, "Brother Nan, why are you here?"

Through the helmet, Chen Jianan saw the modern girl who had just talked to Qiao Wen stepping on a pair of high heels, stooped into a red beetle in front of her, and walked away chicly.

Suddenly, the alarm bell rang in his heart, and while starting the car, he asked, "Who is the woman you are talking about?"

Qiao Wen said: "The owner of a clothing company in the office building."

Chen Jianan snorted coldly and said, "Being the boss at such a young age, I'm afraid it's the daughter of some family? How long have you known each other?"

Qiao Wen said, "I just met you just now."

"What are you talking about?"

"Just chat a few words about work."

Chen Jianan became more and more eccentric: "What kind of work can we talk about when we met just now? Don't let the rich lady deliberately strike up a conversation because of your little boy?"

The sour smell could waft out for two miles.

Qiao Wen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he squeezed the hand on his waist, and said viciously, "Who are you talking about as a boy?"

Chen Jianan screamed in pain, but still stuck his neck and said, "You're just a little boy."

Forget it, I don't have the same knowledge as this guy, not to mention that this skin is indeed a standard boy.

Qiao Wen let go of his hand and changed the subject: "By the way, Brother Nan, let's not go back, you accompany me to meet someone."

"who?"

"You'll know when you go."

Under his guidance, Chen Jianan's motorcycle drove into the crowded Yuwu district in Kwun Tong.

It is easy for people to go from frugal to extravagant, and it is difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. It has only been half a year since they moved from a tenement building in the walled city to a high-rise apartment. Now that they see the low and simple shabby house area, even Chen Jianan can't help frowning. Not to mention Qiao Wen who only stayed in the Walled City for more than half a year.

The former Chanel girls and the dilapidated and crowded Yuya District are the two worlds of this metropolis, and they are also the portrayal of this cruel world.

Chen Jianan didn't remember who Qiao Wen knew from the Yuwu District, so he asked curiously, "Who are you looking for here?"

"Tang Xingwei."

"Who is Tang Xingwei?"

Qiao Wen said, "It's the waiter at Xingtiandi."

It was only then that Chen Jianan suddenly remembered, and said, "If you don't tell me, I almost forgot."

Qiao Wen chuckled, it wasn't just that he almost forgot.For the past two months, Chen Jianan, the "big hero", has been greeted and sent every day, and the stars are holding the moon. Reporters have come in wave after wave, and this association and the chamber of commerce have also visited one after another.The martial arts business is booming, the daily flower baskets are never broken, and the dinners are also eaten one after another.

The hustle and bustle of flowers and brocades has not calmed down until these few days.

As for the citizens who are concerned about current affairs, there is no one who does not know the handsome Nan of the Anan Martial Art Museum, but no one has ever mentioned the waiter who was bullied by the ghost, as if he was just an insignificant background in that incident.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with this. People are always willing to create heroes and pursue heroes, and few people really care about the weak.

Tang Xingwei himself obviously didn't think about getting anything out of this turmoil. When Chen Jianan came out and the media's microphones were all turned on this hero, he silently withdrew from the turmoil without even looking for Qiao Wen again.

During this period of time, besides going to work, Qiao Wen happily watched Chen Canaan's boundless scenery every day, and was obsessed with Guan Zhen by the way—that is, the serial novels created by the young master Guan Zhenbao based on Chen Canaan.

Like everyone else, he had almost forgotten about Tang Xingwei.

If Chen Jianan hadn't come to pick him up after get off work early today, and both of them were free, he wouldn't have suddenly thought of going to check on Tang Xingwei's situation.

Although he only came here once, Qiao Wen still remembered the location of Tang Xingwei's house. The door of the dilapidated wooden house was only slightly closed, and someone was talking vaguely inside.

He knocked on the door, and soon someone opened the door. It was Tang Xingwei. He seemed to be a little thinner than before, and he didn't know whether it was because of fatigue or fatigue.

Seeing Qiao Wen and Chen Jianan "coming uninvited" outside the door, Tang Xingwei was obviously a little surprised. He was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses and quickly said, "Mr. Qiao, Mr. Chen, why are you here?"

Qiao Wen smiled and said, "Brother Nan and I passed by and remembered that you lived here, so we stopped by to have a look. How are you doing?"

Tang Xingwei nodded a little embarrassedly: "It's okay, come in and have a cup of hot water."

Qiao Wen and Chen Jianan followed him into the house.

This small room is still the same as last time, dark and simple but clean and tidy, but this time there is a faint smell of traditional Chinese medicine.Qiao Wen asked casually, "Who is sick?"

Tang Xingwei brought two glasses of water, put them in front of them, pointed to the inner room separated by a cloth curtain, and said in a low voice, "My grandfather has been ill recently and has been taking medicine."

Qiao Wen asked casually again: "After that incident, did it cause any inconvenience to your life?"

Tang Xingwei was slightly taken aback, then quickly shook his head: "No, no, I'm relieved that Mr. Chen can come out smoothly."

Qiao Wen watched his expression calmly, picked up the water glass and took a sip silently, his eyes fell on a pile of cardboard boxes in the corner of the room.

He remembered very clearly that there were no such things in the house last time.

He smiled and said, "That's good, I'm still worried that it will affect you. By the way, how are you doing at work recently?"

Tang Xingwei said: "Very... good."

"Did you switch to another bar?"

Tang Xingwei hesitated for a moment, nodded and smiled and said, "Well, I changed one."

Qiao Wen put down his water glass and said with a smile, "Actually, I came to see you for something."

Tang Xingwei frowned and asked, "What's the matter? Do you need my help? As long as I can help, you can just ask."

Qiao Wen shook his head with a smile and said, "It's like this. Brother Nan and I started a real estate company, because we only bought land before and didn't hire anyone. But now we have more and more land, and other businesses are also planning to buy land. I am developing, so I urgently need an assistant who knows a little English, can type and has a little financial knowledge. I think you should know it, so I came here to ask if you are interested? The salary is about the same as that of ordinary civilian staff, 1000 yuan a month, and it will wait in the future Start the business and make adjustments according to the actual situation.”

Tang Xingwei was stunned for a moment, then nodded again and again: "I am interested, I am not very good at English, but I have no problems with daily communication and reading. I worked in a bar before, and I was learning typing and financial knowledge when I was free during the day. Originally, I wanted to go to The company is looking for a job, but because of my low education, I have not been able to apply. It would be really great if Mr. Qiao could give me this opportunity."

Qiao Wen said with a smile: "Education is not important. Brother Nan only went to Secondary [-], and his grades are always low."

Chen Jianan, a sophomore in middle school: "???" It doesn't feel like a good analogy.

Qiao Wen continued: "As long as you are eager to learn and make progress, it is more important than anything else. When I came back to your home and saw the books in your home, I knew that you must be a motivated young man. You have been working in bars before, probably because you can spend more time during the day. Some study time, or go to college to take classes, right?"

Books in Hong Kong City are not cheap. For such a poor family, there is a whole cabinet full of books. Tang Xingwei is probably the kind of person who would rather go hungry and save money to buy books.It's not like someone who eats and drinks when he has some money in his pocket.

Thinking of this, he turned his head and glanced at Chen Jianan who was beside him. Someone was watching his nose, his nose, and his heart, and he was only pretending to be stupid.

Tang Xingwei rubbed his head in embarrassment: "It's true that working in a bar is for the convenience of going to the library to study, and I have also been to the university to attend lectures when I have the opportunity. However, my foundation is too poor, and I have only a half-knowledge of many courses. There is no limit to learning, and there is much more Reading is."

"That's right." Qiao Wen nodded, and patted Chen Jianan's shoulder with a smile: "Brother Nan, did you hear that?"

Chen Jianan straightened his body, stretched out three fingers and said, "I memorized three English words today."

Qiao Wen shook his head and laughed, and said to Tang Xingwei: "Our company's business has not yet officially started, and there are not many things to do now. Awei, after you go to work, you can study in the office when you are free, especially about finance. You should learn more about it in the future. You may be required to do the accounting."

The other party nodded excitedly: "Don't worry, I will study hard."

Qiao Wen raised his hand to look at his watch, took out the real estate company's business card and handed it to him, saying, "Then it's settled, we should leave too. Tomorrow is Saturday, and you will officially come to work on Monday."

Tang Xingwei took the card, obviously excited like ecstasy, but it was not easy for others to see, so he could only suppress it hard, so that his eyes were a little red.

Seeing him like this, Qiao Wen didn't want to stay for long, so he dragged Chen Jianan to say goodbye, and when he reached the door, he refused to let anyone see him off.

The two went out, walked a few steps, and indeed heard Tang Xingwei's excited voice in the wooden house behind him: "Grandpa, I have found a new job."

Qiao Wen bent his mouth happily.

It's just that Chen Jianan, who was at the side, was obviously a little confused about what happened just now. He was not easy to ask in front of people before, but now he went out and asked curiously: "Xiao Qiao, isn't our company just hoarding land for the time being? Officially Do you have to wait at least until the end of the year to operate? Now there is no need to hoard the land, and the company is not making money now, and it still owes a butt bank loan. What do you hire an assistant for? Isn’t a monthly salary of 1000 yuan supporting idlers?”

Qiao Wen glanced at him, and said: "By the end of the year, we can sell slowly when we have a few pieces of land in our hands. We can start preparations for the sea view villa in the middle of the mountain. What we need at that time is manpower. Instead of temporarily recruiting people, it is better Reserve talents first.”

Chen Jianan curled his lips and said disapprovingly: "Isn't this Ah Wei just a bartender? He has never worked in a foreign company, so what kind of talent can he be?"

Qiao Wen said: "Didn't I just say that? The most important thing is to be eager to learn and make progress. Some of the books in the cabinet of Awei's house are university textbooks, and there are also economics materials from Cambridge University. It can be seen that his knowledge reserve has reached the university level. Believe it Me, he will definitely be a talent in the future."

Chen Jianan grinned and said, "Well, that's what you say."

Qiao Wen was silent for a moment, and then said: "But when I said about recruiting assistants, it was indeed a temporary idea."

"Huh?" Chen Jianan didn't understand why.

Qiao Wen turned to look at him, and said with a smile: "You have been in the limelight for the past two months, but Ah Wei's life has been greatly affected by that incident. After all, you caused this incident , we have to be responsible to others.”

Chen Jianan frowned and asked, "Has his life been greatly affected?"

Qiao Wen nodded: "He had been working as a waiter in the bar before, because of this incident, he was fired by Xingtiandi, and other bars should not use him again. So in the past two months, he has actually been out of work. Just now I saw that he had cardboard boxes at home, and there were opened pastes beside him, so he should be making some change for the time being by pasting cardboard boxes. Now that grandpa is sick again, it is estimated that the family will be even worse."

Chen Jianan was surprised: "Then why didn't he say anything just now? He also said that he has a job."

Qiao Wen sighed: "It means that this person has a pretty good character. At the beginning, he accepted the interview without hesitation for you. After you released him, he quietly quit. He obviously encountered difficulties because of this matter and didn't want to trouble us. If he really has a job, I will Said he came to our company as an assistant, how can he be so excited?"

Chen Jianan suddenly realized, and hugged his shoulder happily and said: "So you said that the company lacks assistants, and asked him if he is interested? Instead of telling him directly that you want to help him? Oh, Xiao Qiao, you are so understanding gone."

Qiao Wen said with a smile: "I'm not just helping him, but I really value his eagerness to learn and make progress. If I just want to help him, can I find a way to give him some money? There is no need to let him join our company " After finishing speaking, he sighed with regret, "Anyway, you provoked this matter. You have gained the limelight and gained both fame and fortune. But they didn't get anything, and they got into trouble because of it. It's not fair to him."

"Understood, I won't do anything casually in the future." Chen Jianan smiled rascally, and added, "I will move if you ask me to."

Qiao Wen tilted his head to look at him, and suddenly smiled slyly: "Brother Nan, in fact, I let Ah Wei join the company because I thought you could learn from him and learn more useful knowledge."

When Chen Jianan heard that he wanted him to learn again, he immediately changed the subject, pointed at the children playing in the muddy mud in front of him, and said, "Huh? Xiao Qiao, do you remember when you were a child? When it rained in the city walled There is a lot of water on the ground, you are always afraid of getting dirty, and I carry you every time."

Qiao Wen tried to pull out the scene he said from the memory of the original body, but found that as he came to this world for longer, the memory left by the original body became more and more blurred.The fragments of growing up with Chen Jianan in the past have been covered by getting along with each other in the past year or so.

This made him suddenly realize that the former Xiao Qiao was really far away from this world and his brother Nan.

He stared blankly at the child in front of him, and asked abruptly, "Brother Nan, do you miss Xiao Qiao?"

"Huh?" Chen Jianan turned his head and looked at him inexplicably.

Qiao Wen met his dark eyes, and said word by word: "The days when you and Xiao Qiao grew up together?"

Chen Jianan became more and more confused: "Isn't that us?"

Qiao Wen said: "I mean, those years before? Not this year."

Chen Jianan stared blankly at his deep and deep eyes, suddenly turned his head and put his arms around his shoulders, led him to continue walking forward, and said with a haha: "Oh, how hard our life was before, your poor health You are timid, and I am always worried about your future. How good it is now, you have grown up and have the ability, if it weren't for you, I would have been in prison without dying. Xiao Qiao, you are getting better and better, and we are all getting better and better. It’s getting better and better in the future.”

After a moment of silence, he added, "So now I don't like to think about the past, I just like to think about the present and the future."

Qiao Wen smiled: "Okay, then think about the present and the future."

The author has something to say: With Ah Wei as a top student for comparison, will the scumbag Nanzai study hard?

Liang Zai Nan: No, but if...

Qiao Wen held the whip in his hand: What if?