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The banquet has begun.First, Mayor Zhang gave a speech, then the consuls of various countries, the chairman of the chamber of commerce, and finally He Tingyu gave a short finale speech under all kinds of excuses.

Zhu Nanjiang held his glass indifferently.He clapped his hands twice when others applauded, and took a sip when others clinked glasses.

He tried his best to ignore the existence of that person, so he actively participated in the topics on the table, and even chatted with Tian Dongbao when he really had nothing to say.

However, gradually, he found that his brain could not keep up with the speed.No matter what the other party said, he heard it as if he didn't hear it.It seemed that there was only that person's voice left in the whole world. Even though it was a distance away, it passed through his eardrums clearly and clearly, and he couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.

During the period, the gringo on the opposite side came to toast him.Zhu Nanjiang reluctantly calmed down and exchanged pleasantries with him. He learned that the other party served as a director of the foreign chamber of commerce in the public concession, and that he had the intention of expanding business in the French Concession in the past two years, so he formed friendship with Luo Zhanyuan and others early .He immediately acted like a police inspector and said that the police station would be happy to make friends with him.

The gringo went elsewhere with his wine glass in hand, and the surroundings fell into a frightening silence again.Zhu Nanjiang looked around, looking at those who were sitting, standing, and facing him. Everyone was talking and laughing, but he couldn't hear anything, as if he was watching a grand pantomime.

"...Well, you can bring him to show me some other day, as I happen to be short of an adjutant by my side."

He Tingyu's voice sounded behind his ears.

He shivered and turned his head. There were several guests between them, and the other party did not speak to him.

--damn it!Haunted!

Zhu Nanjiang forced himself to focus elsewhere, picked up the wine glass and took a sip into his mouth.

Tian Dongbao graciously wanted to add more wine to him, but he handed it over, only to find that the wine glass kept shaking in front of his eyes.

"Mr. Zhu, don't shake!" Tian Dongbao took his hand suddenly, and poured wine into the glass with the other hand.

However, Zhu Nanjiang was shaking so violently that the mouth of the bottle knocked on the rim of the cup and made a tinkling sound.

"Who's shaking?"

"It's you shaking!"

Ah, it's me shaking...

Zhu Nanjiang put down the cup, covered his right hand with his left hand and lightly clenched his fist, then crossed his fingers on his knee.

Tian Dongbao gave him a very concerned look: "Mr. Zhu, are you cold?"

In the middle of the banquet, Zhu Nanjiang took advantage of both left and right to toast and sneaked out of the restaurant by himself.

The world suddenly became quiet, and the vague noise spread behind him, and the man's voice was covered and he couldn't hear it.

Zhu Nanjiang took out his cigarette, and suddenly found that the lighter was in his suit jacket and he hadn't brought it out.The finger holding the cigarette was still twitching. He took a deep breath and squatted down slowly against the wall.

Originally, I wanted to be quiet, but when I really calmed down, my mind was a mess, it would be better not to be quiet.The dark sky weighed on his heart like a cloud, and it became difficult for him to even swallow his saliva.

"I've lived all these years in vain..." he thought.

No matter how high he climbed, he would never be able to stand up in front of that person, he looked like a mad dog when he looked up, and a waste when he lowered his head.

He Tingyu is like a time bomb, ready to blow up the fortress he has worked so hard to build up to pieces at any time.

After squatting with his forehead on his lap for a while, he raised his head again with a twitch, and suddenly found a shadow blocking the light above his head.

A pair of shiny dark leather shoes appeared in front of him.Looking up the straight suit trousers, he saw the face of the man who tortured him in his mind just now.

"What are you doing here?"

"Ok?"

"I asked what are you doing here?"

Zhu Nanjiang blinked his eyes, and after a few seconds, he jumped up from the ground as if waking up from a dream.His legs were already numb from squatting for too long, and he bumped crookedly against the wall when he got up.

He Tingyu looked at her without saying a word, and didn't intend to step forward to help her.He is waiting for his answer.

So Zhu Nanjiang supported the wall with one hand, bent his numb right leg and tapped it gently on the ground, with a restrained obedience on his face: "Come out to get some air."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he froze for a moment, not understanding why he had to answer every question.In order to make up for the timidity revealed in his subconscious, he immediately put on a straight face and said in a cold voice: "What's the matter with you?"

He Tingyu turned his head away, so he didn't see his colorful expression.

Taking out the lighter, he took out the cigarette from Zhu Nanjiang's hand, lit it and stuffed it back into his hand: "Congratulations on your successful career."

The latter took the cigarette stiffly, raised it to his mouth and put it down again.He didn't know what he should say at this time, thank you, and then congratulate him in return?

He Tingyu lit a cigarette for himself, took two puffs and let out a cloud of blue mist: "Why don't you talk?"

"have nothing to say."

"Inspector Zhu, in the future, the headquarters will trouble the labor board more. If you don't give me face like this, I will be very embarrassed."

"How dare I not give Mr. He your face?"

"Heh... don't you want me to die immediately?"

Zhu Nanjiang's mind exploded with a buzz.

Four years ago, he was humiliated by He Tingyu at home, and the other party looked at him begging and scolding but remained indifferent.When he was in the most pain, he cried and cursed him to "die immediately", and even hoped that he would kill him after being angered, but he didn't.

He Tingyu just teased him calmly and slowly, as if he was doing something boring and trivial.

Over the past few years, he gradually learned to forget and endure, and used all the shiny things to patch up his battered body inch by inch.However, what he regarded as a humiliation was so ordinary in the eyes of the other party, so ordinary that he could casually say it as a joke.

"If you have nothing else to do, I'll go back first."

Zhu Nanjiang threw the cigarette under his feet and stamped it out, forced a smile on his face and turned around to leave, fearing that if he stayed for just one more minute, he would reveal his true colors.

However, just after taking half a step, He Tingyu suddenly raised his hand to pinch his chin and pushed him back, pushing him back to the corner again.

The spine and the back of the head hit the wall suddenly, the pain was unbearable, Zhu Nanjiang reflexively wanted to exclaim, but the hand holding his chin did not let go, but pressed even harder.

"They are all respectable people, you should behave yourself." He Tingyu lowered his head and approached him, and took the cigarette out of his mouth with the other hand.

"Either call me Mr. He, or call me brother."

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Update every other day, next time is Tuesday~