Can't tell the truth from the fake

When the group of them arrived in City X, it was already night.

City X is far away from the coast and is located inland. The evening wind in early October is dry but with a hint of coolness. It is a completely different climate from City G.

The ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties still lives up to its reputation after thousands of years. The ancient city walls with vicissitudes of history are hung with bright neon lights, outlining the magnificent painting pavilions and Zhulou on the towers in the distance.

Lu Xi was sitting in the car driving from the North Railway Station to the city, looking at the surrounding scenery with some excitement.

Among the colleagues around me, the manager of the sales department once came to X City, and enthusiastically introduced them to the historical sites along the way.

"Look, this is the Bell Tower. It is said that there were frequent earthquakes in Guanzhong during the Ming Dynasty. People in ancient times were superstitious, and people in this area were panicked. Later, the emperor ordered to investigate and came to a conclusion. Guess what happened?" Department The manager raised his eyebrows, and purposely put it off.

"There won't be any ghosts, hahahahahaha!" Lu Xi couldn't help laughing as he listened with gusto.

"There are no ghosts." The manager of the sales department stroked the beard stubble on his chin, as if he had become a storyteller in the streets and alleys of the downtown in ancient times. .”

"...I believe it all."

"and then?"

"How heavy is this..."

"The person sent to investigate is too careless."

"So what does this have to do with the clock tower?"

Colleagues were guessing, and even Gu Wen turned his head slightly to look at the bell tower with green tiles and vermilion eaves.

"So the emperor Ming Tai/Zu at that time ordered the construction of the bell tower in order to suppress this Ao." The sales manager said with a smile, "When I came here to shop that year, I heard what the vendors in the nearby snack street said. I don't know if it is true. Fake."

"There's a snack street nearby?" Lu Xi's eyes lit up, as if saliva was about to flow down the corners of his mouth.

"Is Chinning so greedy?" Some colleagues joked.

The department manager pointed along the side of the clock tower outside the car window: "It's in that street, but if you come here, you have to take the underground passage."

"Oh oh ok." Lu Xibi gestured, planning in his heart to sneak out to have a taste if he had time.

Gu Wen glanced at Lu Xi's excited eyes from the corner of his eye, and continued to look at the dimly lit ancient city in the middle of the night without making a sound.

Lu Xi and Gu Wen's eyes met for a moment, and they were slightly startled, only to find that the other party had already looked away in the next second.

His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he unconsciously pursed the corners of his lips. Looking at the back of Gu Wen sitting in the front row blocked by the seat, he finally lowered his eyes.

***

On the second day when Lu Xi and others came to X City, the intense and busy work began.

There were three meetings in one morning, and everyone was exhausted and hungry at noon.

Lu Xi leaned against the pillars in the lobby on the first floor of the cooperative company, and looked weakly at the leader of the cooperative party not far away who was full of energy and invited Gu Wen to have lunch.

Gu Wen nodded and smiled, and the two walked towards the parking lot together, followed by everyone.

The convoy finally stopped at the entrance of a famous restaurant in City X, which was said to be a century-old brand.

"Actually, I'd rather go to a nearby small restaurant and eat a large plate of chicken noodles..." Lu Xi said to his colleagues in frustration.

"Me too... This kind of meal is definitely not enough." The thin female colleague with yellow hair adjusted her 800-degree glasses, "I must add a meal later, it is impossible to lose weight, and it is impossible to lose weight in this life , only nutrition is important.”

Lu Xi agreed deeply, and the two walked in with heavy steps.

"Mr. Gu, I respect you for this glass. I wish our cooperation a success!" Halfway through the banquet, the leader of the partner was a middle-aged man, who was forthright and straightforward that is unique to Northwesterners. He picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.

Gu Wen smiled and raised his glass in return: "It's a happy cooperation."

"You eat as you like, you don't have to pay so much attention." The middle-aged man smiled, "This time our company's bidding is thanks to Mr. Gu, otherwise this land might be taken away by Silver Snake Company."

"Silver Snake Company?" Gu Wen raised his head and looked at him with some doubts, an unspeakable guess crossed his mind.

The middle-aged man sighed, and said helplessly: "I heard that it is a foreign company, and it is still mysterious. Since coming to X City at the beginning of the year, this melon skin has been crazily grabbing our business."

Gu Wen gradually frowned, he turned around and left the banquet with the excuse of going to the bathroom.

"Liwen, have you heard of Silver Snake Company?"

"I don't know the specifics of the Silver Snake Company, but I can be sure that it is directly related to the Golden Snake. And I just wanted to tell you, Mr. Gu, I just found out that the Silver Snake among the Golden Snakes also went to City X."

"So this silver snake is..."

"Mr. Gu, do you remember what I said before that the Golden Snake Group is divided into Gold Snakes, Silver Snakes, and Bronze Snakes according to their ranks."

Gu Wen held his mobile phone and looked at himself reflected in the mirror in the bathroom, then lit a cigarette: "Remember."

"It is said that Silver Snake has a strong hostility towards Chinning, which may be related to his parents, so this time Silver Snake came to City X in person after getting the news."

"What do you want to say?"

"Mr. Gu, try to stay away from Chinning as much as possible. I think the silver snake may make some moves."

Gu Wen flicked the cigarette ash, and was a little puzzled: "He had more opportunities in City G before, why did he have to start in City X?"

"Because Golden Snake has also returned to City G since you returned to China."