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The terrain of the village in the city is very complicated, and it becomes difficult to navigate here, and Qianqian drives the wrong road if she is not paying attention.

The chaotic navigation means that there is no hope. Qianqian was about to stop to ask the residents on the side of the road for directions, when she heard Yu Duo stretch out her finger to point out the direction ahead, and said, "Turn left at the next alley, and turn right after 500 meters. "

"Boss, why are you so familiar with this place?" Qianqian asked in bewilderment after driving on the right road.

Yu Duo closed the car window, as if he didn't hear Qianqian's words.

Qianqian was about to ask, but after thinking about it, she realized that she had asked nonsense.Since the renovation project of Tang Village started, Yu Duo has taken time to visit the site several times a week.

Not to mention that Li Qidong didn't understand Yu Duo's involvement in the reconstruction of Tang Village, in fact, Qianqian was also a little bit guilty in private.The relocation of the urban villages in the north of the city has been a difficult problem for the government for so many years.This place has a vast area, complex personnel composition, many problems left over from history, coupled with the strong folk customs and strong clan power, which makes batch after batch of developers discouraged.

The land is good, but it can't be eaten down. The last developer who tried to dig gold in this land has been dragged to the broken capital chain and failed because of the long-term failure to win the high land.

However, at the beginning of last year, Yu Duo invested in a small local real estate company, took over the mess from that developer, and officially started the demolition and reconstruction of Tang Village.

There are so many high-quality land plots in the city that are not wanted, and Yu Duo just took over this hot potato. Leaving aside the follow-up work, just arguing with the demolition households about the compensation payment every day is enough to make people burn.

But this is not something she should talk about, Qianqian thought, the boss must have his reasons for doing this.

Under Yu Duo's guidance, Qianqian quickly parked the car at the door of the Red Velvet Cafe.Yu Duo picked up the suit jacket on the back seat, opened the door and got out of the car, followed by Lao Yu carrying two bottles of Grand Lafite.

Although the other party arranged the meeting place at such a seemingly approachable place, Yu Duo still treats it as a business banquet with caution. Not only did he bring his own drinks, but he also booked a table in a nearby hotel, so as not to let the other party The boss went down to experience the failure of life and had to change the venue temporarily.

The Red Velvet Cafe is a three-story independent building that opened ten years ago.The restaurant is dimly lit, with large floor-to-ceiling windows on three sides, and wine-red flannel curtains on the windows.

For a long time after it opened, it was a well-known high-end shopping place in the city.

The scenery of the past is long gone now, and the streets are covered with various slogans encouraging cooperation in demolition work.This small building stands upright in the red banner, and there is a kind of desolation that everything is right and wrong.

Qianqian looked around, and the uneasiness in her heart became more and more obvious. After she parked the car, she came to Yu Duo and asked, "Boss, is it really all right?"

The environment here didn't make Yu Duo feel uncomfortable, and he was even in the mood to joke: "It's okay, there will be a good or bad thing in a while, Lao Yu and I are behind, you run first."

Today is a working day, and there are not many tables of guests in the restaurant that was originally deserted.Presumably, with the progress of the demolition project of the village in the city, this restaurant will completely disappear in people's memory.

Yu Duo put on his suit jacket, and Lao Yu pushed open the greasy glass door first.Although the restaurant was only dying, the little girl in charge of welcoming guests came out with a smile on her face.

"Hi sir, how many are you?"

"Hello, I have an appointment..." Yu Duo raised his head and looked around the restaurant, the smile on his face froze suddenly.It was as if he had been hit in the head with a sap, and the strange sense of weightlessness spread from the top of his head to his limbs, making him at a loss as to what to do.

The other party also brought two people. The three of them were dressed in formal attire and sat in front of a retro and generous table, with a sense of nondescript absurdity.

But at this moment, Yu Duo could see nothing else. The signboard of the restaurant shone with colorful lights like a dying struggle. The colorful lights intertwined with the dense night, fell on the side face of a young man in front of the window.

Yu Duo felt that he was submerged in the cold tide, and his mind went blank.

At this moment, the man sitting in the middle turned his head and looked at Yu Duo through the rows of empty tables and chairs.

The two looked at each other from a distance, silent.

In five years, the distance of tens of thousands of kilometers seemed to be shattered by a single glance. Yu Duo seemed to have fallen into a vacuum. When he regained his thoughts again, the first sight repeatedly appeared in his mind time screen.

"What's the matter?" Mr. Yu saw that Yu Duo froze in place suddenly, thinking there was something wrong, he stopped.

"It's nothing." Hearing Old Yu's voice, Yu Duo finally returned to reality. He faced the scorching gaze, and pretended to be calm: "Let's go, go in."

With that said, Yu Duo took the lead and walked forward.

It's just that every step under his feet seems to weigh a thousand catties.

Out of the same consideration as Yu Duo, Jiang Chiyu also brought Manager Lin who has a good relationship with Sany Engineering today.Accompanying him was his assistant Xiao Zhao.

"Hello Mr. Yu, I have admired you for a long time, and I am finally honored to meet you today." Seeing Yu Duo entering, Manager Lin enthusiastically got up and greeted him, completely forgetting how he had arranged for him in private.

Yu Duo walked past him without squinting, not responding, it wasn't that he was trying to show off, it's just that he was too busy to take care of himself at this time.

Manager Lin felt a little embarrassed, thinking that this Yu Duo was just as savage and rude as the rumors said, with no one in his eyes.

In order to resolve the embarrassment, Manager Lin took the initiative to introduce to everyone: "This is our general manager, Mr. Jiang." After finishing speaking, he turned to face Jiang Chiyu again, smiling: "Mr. Jiang, this is Sany Mr. Yu of the project."

Goodbye to Yu Duo, Jiang Chiyu didn't express anything special. He put down the glass in his hand, stood up and faced Yu Duo, and stretched out his hand to him: "Hello."

Yu Duo finally had some reaction now, his eyes fixed on Jiang Chiyu first, then moved with his movements, and finally landed on the hand with well-defined joints.

But there was no next move.

Yu Duo's actions, in the eyes of others, seemed to be putting on airs, deliberately trying to save the face of Fang Jiang.Qianqian was so anxious that he committed the crime and pinched Yu Duo's arm hard.

Yu Duo's eyes trembled, he came back to his senses, quickly squeezed Jiang Chiyu's hand lightly, and immediately let go, not even having time to feel the temperature of his fingertips.

Seeing that the boss was so abnormal, Lao Yu thought he had something to say about Mr. Jiang, so he hurried out to smooth things over, and finally managed to fool this non-embarrassing introduction, and arranged for everyone to sit down at the table.

Since Yu Duo entered this door, he became silent as if he had been robbed. Mr. Yu has been with Yu Duo for so many years, and he has never seen him be so negligent towards any partner.

And the other party's Mr. Jiang didn't seem like an enthusiastic and lively person, and the two sides were still a little unhappy in the middle, so the situation was a bit awkward.

Lao Yu sat in his seat and winked at Manager Lin. The two tacitly assumed the responsibility of enlivening the atmosphere together.

"This store has been open for ten years." Manager Lin looked around, with a slightly artificial tone: "I was just in college when it first opened, my good guy, I didn't even dare to step in the door Come."

"Isn't it?" Lao Yu responded with a smile. Since he chose to meet here, he didn't need to talk about various scenes in business etiquette.

He asked the waiter to open the red wine he brought, filled the small wine glass in front of Jiang Chiyu with his own hands, and naturally put on a smile: "I heard from Manager Lin, Mr. Jiang, are you also from City H?"

Jiang Chiyu narrowed his eyes and looked at the wine-red liquid in front of him: "Well, I didn't leave the country until after my junior year."

Since they are all locals, there are many topics to talk about. Mr. Yu got excited, all the way from the construction and development of H City in recent years, to the fact that the price of Shaxian snacks outside the company has increased by [-] cents this year.

Jiang Chiyu listened with great interest, and even chatted with Mr. Yu.

Yu Duo stayed out of the whole process, holding a knife and fork, and lowered his head to deal with the steak on the big plate.I don't know if it's an illusion, but when they were chatting, he always felt that a bunch of eyes were hanging on him as if nothing was there.

He didn't need to ask for proof, he also knew who the owner of these eyes was.

Yu is always the company's well-deserved social butterfly, and after a few words, he began to care about Jiang Chiyu's personal emotional problems: "Mr. Jiang, you look about the same age as our Mr. Yu, are you married?"

"Not yet." Jiang Chiyu replied casually.

Seeing that the boss was in a good mood today, Manager Lin saw the timing, and quickly flattered him: "Our Boss Jiang's good news is coming soon."

The relationship between Mr. Jiang and the eldest lady is no secret in Guihu. Some people envy and some hate.

Yu Duo flicked the knife and fork under his hands, and the tip of the knife slashed across the dinner plate, making a harsh "呲啦" sound.

This small movement attracted Mr. Yu's attention, and he finally remembered the real purpose of coming here today.

In order to get Yu Duo involved and get to the point earlier, Mr. Yu took the lead in teasing his boss: "Congratulations, unlike our Mr. Yu, let alone married, we haven't even seen a partner for so many years. "

Manager Lin's performance was overwhelming. Hearing Mr. Yu's words, he immediately made a fuss and said, "No way, for a successful person like Mr. Yu, those who pursue him should line up all the way from Tang Village to the gate of our Guihu Lake..."

With a "snap", Yu Duo slapped the fork in his hand on the table, and the blade left a dazzling oil stain on the white tablecloth, which also interrupted the happy conversation of several people on the table.

"Mr. Yu, what's the matter?" Manager Lin was startled, and quickly asked with concern.

At the same time, Jiang Chiyu also looked up.

Facing everyone's eyes, Yu Duo stood up as if nothing had happened, and said in a cold tone: "I'm going to the bathroom, excuse me."

In the restroom of the restaurant, Yu Duo stood bent over in front of the sink, turned on the faucet to the maximum, and watched the water continuously wash his hands.

Before stepping into the gate of the restaurant, he never thought that today's meeting would be like this, recalling the bold words he put down in front of Qianqian, Yu Duo felt a little ridiculous.

It turned out that there were really situations in this world that he couldn't handle.

It wasn't until his fingers started to numb from being splashed with cold water that Yu Duo turned off the faucet, raised his head and looked at himself in the mirror.

It was at this moment that Yu Duo saw a figure outside the door, leaning on the exaggerated Roman column.

"Surprised to see me?" Noticing Yu Duo's gaze, Jiang Chiyu stood up straight and looked over.

Yu Duo's body tensed instantly, and after a while, he struggled to say a word: "You're back?"

"En." Jiang Chiyu responded, ignoring the indoor smoking ban, lit a cigarette, and walked towards Yu Duo: "Did you never think that you will see me again?"

The old European-style carved wooden door made a "squeak" sound and closed behind Jiang Chiyu, isolating the faces that should not meet each other in a small world.

Yu Duo watched him walk towards him, as if a large ball of steel wool had been stuffed in his throat, making his throat sore.

Jiang Chiyu's appearance didn't change much, but inside he seemed to be a different person, and every gesture made him feel extremely strange.

It's no surprise that five years is enough to completely change a person.

Jiang Chiyu took a deep breath of cigarette, stood in front of Yu Duo, and called him as before, "Brother."

This "Brother" was like performing a crushing boulder on Yu Duo's chest, causing his internal organs to ache and bleed.

"I—" Yu Duo's voice was hoarse: "I'm going out first."

After hastily leaving this sentence, Yu Duo pushed the door out without looking back, just like the last rainy night in Jiang Chiyu's memory, and only gave him a back view of leaving.

***

After Yu Duo went, he left the restaurant directly through the back door and never came back.

It wasn't until he was out of that person's sight that Yu Duo felt that his heart and lung function started to work again, and his breathing and heartbeat gradually became normal.

Jiang Chiyu was right, he never thought that he would see him again, on such an occasion and in such a capacity.

Yu Duo stood by the swill bucket by the back door for a long time, until he calmed down, then walked forward alone, ignoring the ringing cell phone.

But in a short time, the sky had completely darkened, and in the low twilight, he walked aimlessly along the potholed curb.The smell of food was wafting in the dark alley, and many residents were sitting in front of their houses having dinner. When they saw Yu Duo, a man in a suit and leather shoes, passing by their door, they couldn't help but put down their chopsticks, showing a vigilant expression on their faces.

Yu Duo had no time to worry about these probing gazes, so he found a leeward place and called Lin Shengnan.

"Jiang Chiyu is back." As soon as the phone was connected, Yu Duo said straight to the point.

Lin Shengnan was silent on the phone for a long time, and then responded in a low voice: "En."

"You already knew." Yu Duo asked expressionlessly.

"Yu Duo..." Lin Shengnan was also troubled by this matter these days.

"Okay, I got it." Lin Shengnan's attitude let Yu Duo know the answer, he didn't say anything, and hung up the phone.

A battery car with its headlights on rushed past Yu Duo. Yu Duo took a step back from the fence, and a white ash was rubbed on his shoulder immediately.

At this moment, his heart was in a mess, and he couldn't remember that the expensive brand of goods he bought to support the scene was expensive, so he leaned back on the dusty wall, sat down on the floor along the base of the wall, and slapped himself indiscriminately. hair.

Yu Duo couldn't describe this feeling. Those hastily covered up memories and people who deliberately forgot were dug out alive and bloody.

Let him not know how to face it.