nosy on you

a bolt from the blue

There is a night market next to the back door of Lijing Garden, and it takes about 10 minutes to walk from the company.

There are many customers sitting outside the closely connected food stalls. The weather is getting hotter and hotter recently, and the frozen draft beer has become a magic weapon to cool off the heat. From time to time, there is a fire in the stove at the entrance of the store, and the air is filled with bursts of meat.

When he first came to work in City C, he had never patronized the hot stew, stir-fry, and barbecue near the bar street. Just ordering a few items cost tens of hundreds of dollars. With his meager salary, he could eat enough. Not bad.

Occasionally rubbing a few skewers from Mu Xue's hands, he can recall them for days.

Now that it is at your fingertips, I feel that the taste is just the same. It is far less enjoyable than sharing a box with two people at that time.

"This restaurant's barbecue seafood is good." Xu Rui picked a barbecue stall with a good environment, and pulled him to sit down in front of the folding wooden table. The concrete front floor was full of tables and chairs, and bamboo sticks and used paper towels.

"You seem to be quite familiar with this place..." Yan Yan looked at the tray on the table that hadn't been taken away yet, "Have you come here often before?"

"I've been here a few times to discuss business." Xu Rui waved to the busy waiter not far away.

A middle-aged woman walked over quickly with a cookbook, threw the greasy over-plastic menu card in front of him, and asked loudly, "Do you want to order?"

what attitude? !

Rigorously frowned, he had done a lot of work serving dishes, it was the first time he met such an impolite waiter, couldn't even say the word "excuse me"? Why are you loud.

"Five oysters, five prawns, one mussel scallop each, two grilled squids, ten skewers each of beef and mutton, and two glasses of beer..." Xu Rui tapped the table lightly, "Please clean it up. "

"What's the hurry, someone will come to clean the table later." The woman tore off the menu impatiently, turned and went to the stove.

"Are you here to discuss business?" Yan Yan looked at her receding back, turned her head and asked in a low voice.

"Not all customers like high-end restaurants. To do business, you have to contact all kinds of people..." Xu Rui's expression was quite calm, "Some like to be quiet, and some like to be lively. .”

Smiling rigorously, he gave him a thumbs up: "Boss Xu is right, I admire you."

"Can you change the name..." Xu Rui took out a cigarette case from his pocket, and handed one to him, "It sounds harsh."

"I remember you said that you have quit smoking." Yan Jing took the cigarette and lit it, and took two puffs before realizing that there was no ashtray on the table.

"To cater to you..." Xu Rui also lit a cigarette and drank it, "Just flick the ash on the ground, it's not so particular here."

"So you treat me as a customer now..." Yan Jing laughed, "I just joined the company, and I can't talk about business matters. I'm afraid your supper will be wasted."

"The two of us already have business contacts, so they can be regarded as partners..." Xu Rui narrowed his eyes, "If possible, I certainly hope that our relationship can go further."

Yan Jing's wrist shook, and a small half of the cigarette ash fell on the trouser leg.

Xu Rui's words were very straightforward and easy to understand. Anyone who wasn't a fool could understand the meaning of this sentence, and he couldn't respond rigorously. Although he wouldn't be angry with Xu Rui, he was still the one who started the whole thing.

He and Gu Xi have the same handsome appearance, but Gu Xi is much simpler than him. Xu Rui always has a gentle and calm smile on his face, but his heart is unpredictable, as if he will be behind his back in the next second. I give you a knife.

After supper, the two of them walked around the outer wall of the community slowly. When they reached the main entrance, they stopped rigorously. After hesitating for a long time, they asked, "Do you live here too? No?" I heard you say it."

"How can I afford a house here..." Xu Rui took out his phone and poked it twice, "My home is in Moon Lake Villa."

Moon Lake Villa is a newly built villa area in the west of the city. It is next to Moon Lake Art Center. It is said that the garden design plan is adopted inside. The environment is very beautiful, but the location is a little bit out of the way, but those who can afford a house there basically have a car .

No wonder I ran into Xu Rui in the ice room on Christmas Eve last year. It turned out that he lived nearby.

"Then you've walked a long way..." Yan Jing narrowed his eyes and stared at him, "It will take at least an hour to walk back from here."

"I called a car..." Xu Rui raised his phone and shook it at him, "It's late, you go in first."

"I watched you get in the car before leaving..." Yan Jing lit a cigarette leaning against the light pole by the side of the road, "It's not a few minutes away."

The car drove out of the intersection ahead, he turned and entered the gate, the air around him became extremely oppressive, his neck and shoulders felt sore, his feet seemed to be shackled by invisible iron shackles, and every step was quite heavy.

Bright light came out from the window, and except for a few pieces of lawn, the whole yard was shrouded in lifeless darkness. After changing his slippers rigorously and silently, he just looked up and saw him sitting on the sofa in the living room. Dong Qingping browsing the files.

"I'm back..." Mom took off her glasses, gently rubbed her fingertips on her temples, her face maintained a seriousness that hadn't changed for thousands of years, "Are you still used to going to work the first day, I heard that Xiao Liu made things difficult for you in public? "

"No, no..." Yan Jing stood on the spot and shook his head, "The colleagues are very easy to get along with."

"The book was given to you by Xiaorui..." Dong Qingping glanced at his hand, "That kid is stable and capable of working. You can learn more from him if you have the opportunity. Get close to Zhu Zhechi and talk to him." Friends should look for such people.”

"Oh, I will." Yan Jing twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment.

Mom's words obviously have a lot of meaning, and she knows who the black ink she identified refers to without asking.

It seems that there are many eyeliners in the company, even if she is on a business trip, she can know everything well.

"Go to bed early..." Dong Qingping got up and walked upstairs, "Take your time, don't push yourself too hard."

Gu Xi stared intently at the contract on the mahogany desktop, thinking about the revitalization after taking over the garment factory, but the scene he saw at the gate of the D&L headquarters the night before.

The serious smile is the same as before, but it was particularly dazzling when I saw it.

When it comes to action and execution ability, Xu Rui should be considered among the best among all the people he has met. He only utters bold words in front of him in the afternoon, and can immediately put them into practice at night.

How far have they progressed?

Have you confessed to each other? !

"What's the hurry to find me..." Shen Xu sat down on the sofa opposite the table, "Why don't you come to my office to chat?"

This teahouse is only one street away from his real estate agency. There are not many customers in the lobby, and it is very clean. It is in stark contrast to the loud mahjong sound in the chess and card room on the second floor.

"I set up a factory..." Gu Xi lit a cigarette and drank it, "I have to go out in two days."

"When did it happen..." Shen Xu frowned and asked, "I haven't heard you mention it before."

"I met a college classmate in Xiaochuan's restaurant that day, and their family is about to emigrate abroad..." Gu Xi pushed the contract at hand, "I want to find someone to take it over before I leave."

"Is that classmate of yours reliable..." Shen Xu picked up the contract and flipped through a few pages, then raised his head and looked at him in shock, "500 million...this is all your belongings, you didn't go to the field Signed after the inspection?"

"His family's factory has been in operation for many years, the business is doing well, and the income is quite stable..." Gu Xi cleared his throat, trying to hide his uneasiness, "Didn't you also persuade me to start my own business?"

"Brother, do you have any misunderstanding about starting a business..." Shen Xu rolled his eyes, "Although you are not cautious in doing things, you don't trust others easily. This time you handled it too hastily."

Gu Xi drank several cups of hot tea in a row. He really didn't think it through carefully. He made the decision completely in a fever. Just do it.

By the time he realized it, the money in the account had turned into these few pieces of paper in front of him.

"I'm not a legal major, so I'm not very good at these things..." Shen Xu said, "Why don't I ask a friend from the law firm to help me look at the terms in the contract tomorrow? Your classmate hasn't left yet, right?" ?”

"What's so interesting..." Gu Xi sighed, "I signed the name and paid the money, so I can't break the contract, right?"

"Xizi, what happened..." Shen Xu leaned forward, "There is something wrong with your state."

"Strictness and the one surnamed Xu are on good terms." Gu Xi lowered his eyelids and clenched his fists tightly.

"Impossible, Xiao Jin is not that kind of person..." Shen Xu stared at him with wide eyes, "I heard it when I called him that day, he still has feelings for you, when he calms down you two There is still a chance."

"I saw it myself..." Gu Xi lay on the table with his head in his arms, and shouted in a muffled voice, "Xu Rui picked him up from get off work in the middle of the night, and the two of them went to eat supper together."

The hot tea that was poured down seemed to be boiling in the stomach, and a rush of dry heat ran up the top of the head along the blood vessels, sweating on the forehead and palms, and I wish I could go to the street to catch someone and beat me up.

"What does this mean..." Shen Xu was stunned for two seconds, "We also often eat late at night, do you fall in love with me too?"

"I'll stay there for a few days..." Gu Xi took out a spare key and access control card from his pocket, "If the factory operates normally, I may be stationed in other places in the future, and I won't come back often if there are no important things , rent out the house for me."

"Xizi, running away won't solve the problem, but..." Shen Xu also sighed, "If you really decide to let go, the brothers will definitely support you, as long as you don't regret it in the future."

The mobile phone on the table rang suddenly, Gu Xi glanced at the screen, it was a landline number from out of town.

After hesitating for five seconds, he connected the phone: "Who is there?"

"Hello, is this Mr. Gu..." A man's voice came through the receiver, which sounded strange, "My surname is Wang, and I'm the person in charge of the Mars Industrial Park Leasing Office. I want to ask you..."

Fuck Mars.

Is the current level of liars so low that they dare to cheat people with this professional ability?

"Not interested!" Gu Xi was about to hang up the phone, but immediately filled in the second half of the sentence.

"Mr. Tao said that you took over the garment factory..." The person in charge Wang spoke quickly, "That's right, the factory has been closed for two months, and Mr. Tao didn't come to pay the rent that was in arrears for more than half a year. He Let me ask you for money directly."

"What did you say?!" Gu Xi felt the darkness in front of his eyes, and suddenly slumped on the back of the chair.