The Pentium Era - South to North

Gu Shufang froze there. When she came to her senses and chased her to the stairs, Zhang Chen had already reached the stairs leading to the first floor from the second floor. Gu Shufang shouted: "Don't leave!"

Zhang Chen didn't dare to look back or stop. He heard Gu Shufang crying, and he felt that as long as he stopped or looked back, he might never be able to leave or leave.

Zhang Chen hurriedly walked all the way out of the alley at the door, walked through Wenming East Road, and only slowed down when he reached Boai South Road.

Zhang Chen was like an old horse, subconsciously walking forward along the familiar road he walked every day without thinking.

He walked through Boai South Road and reached the triangle area. He walked past the armed police soldiers carrying submachine guns and walked to the East Lake recruitment wall. The lights here were all extinguished and it was pitch black, but there were still two or three people holding hands. Dian Dian was looking at the recruitment notice on the wall, and there was a pile of luggage at their feet.

Zhang Chen walked through Haicheng Park, and then arrived at the intersection of Datong. Zhang Chen walked on the overpass and walked to the opposite side. Haixiu Road was still very lively, but the liveliness was mainly on the side near Haicheng Hotel and Wanghai Tower. The girls on the roadside looked at Zhang Chen expectantly, wondering if he would be their Xth customer today.

There was a shoe polisher who was idle and called "Du Niang, Du Niang!" in Taizhou dialect. The girl who was called Du Niang looked at him with a look of disgust on her face, walked away a few steps, and stood further away. street.

Going further, you will find Wanghai Tower.

Passing through these familiar places along the way, none of them could stop Zhang Chen. The strong smell of powdery perfume and the smell of grilled squid hit him together, and Zhang Chen didn't know where to go.

If he hadn't known that Liu Ligan and Xiao Wu were probably still at Liu Yun's place, Zhang Chen would undoubtedly have jumped on a car or a motorcycle and gone to Binya Village, but now he didn't want to go either.

When he arrived at the entrance of Wanghai Building, Zhang Chen thought to himself that maybe he could go to the office, but then he realized that he didn't bring anything with him, no wallet, no keys, no BB machine.

Zhang Chen didn't want to go to Wanghai Mall or the temporary lobby. He was in no mood to discuss work matters with the team leaders. He didn't even want to see them.

But Zhang Chen felt that his whole body was weak and a little weak. What was more tired than his body was his heart. He felt as if his heart had become old and faltered in an instant.

Zhang Chen walked into the lobby of Wanghai International Hotel and sat down on the sofa.

There were still people coming in and out of the lobby. Many people who came down from upstairs had just taken a shower and their hair was still wet. For these people from the mainland, a night in the colorful world had just begun.

Zhang Chen closed his eyes and thought about the scene that just happened. He still doesn't believe that he still has the strength to break Gu Shufang's hand when he was about to collapse. In fact, even he himself didn't know that he Are you willing to just become paralyzed like that and leave the whole world behind?

He heard Gu Shufang crying, and he felt his heartache and loss.

He heard Gu Shufang say I don't care, I don't care, I won't let you go. If there hadn't been a force that made him break her hand away at that time, he might not have left.

He heard Gu Shufang yelling at the top of her lungs, "Don't leave!" If he had stopped, he might have walked back.

Zhang Chen let out a long sigh.

He rubbed his face with both hands, and his fingers stayed on his eye sockets, pinching hard until he felt pain and felt that his eyeballs were about to pop out.

Calm down and think about it, what he did was right. The force that inexplicably caused him to break off Gu Shufang's fingers was right. He heard himself saying Sister Shufang, I can't... we can't...

They really can't, although now he still feels heartache when he thinks of Gu Shufang. When he thinks that Gu Shufang must be very sad at this time, he feels even more heartbroken. If Gu Shufang stands in front of him with tears in his eyes now, he doesn't know whether he will He hugged her immediately.

But they really couldn't. No matter what, she was still Mr. Fu's wife, and Mr. Fu was his boss. If he hadn't walked away, Zhang Chen felt that he would have no way to face Mr. Fu again from now on.

There was no way to face Jin Lili.

In his more than twenty years of experience, he had never thought about what kind of relationship he would have with a married woman one day. Forgive that they are still a conservative generation. A person of the opposite sex who does not know how to communicate with a casual person or only communicates through words can ask for sex at the first word. They also ask people to bring their own condoms. They are even very particular about asking to be the 001 generation.

For Zhang Chen, there are some boundaries that cannot be crossed. Zhang Chen is a measured person. Although in this society, almost no one cares about whether you are measured or not. Many times, his attitude of keeping boundaries is a bit ridiculous and outdated. , just like Don Quixote, after all, times have begun to change suddenly.

In other words, it is a kind of natural timidity and restraint. This timidity and restraint prevent Zhang Chen from breaking through the bottom line and doing something unscrupulously.

But that's about it.

Sitting there, Zhang Chen realized that he had nowhere to go tonight. He couldn't go back to Wenmingdong. The cooling time was too short and he couldn't face Gu Shufang yet. He felt that as long as he went back, Gu Shufang would not care about that tonight. Anyone else in the house would rush downstairs to find him, and he was too scared of the situation.

He couldn't wait until later to go to Binya Village. He felt that his mind was already messed up enough and he could no longer face questioning like this.

If possible, he felt that the place he wanted to go to most was Xiao Zhao. Xiao Zhao would not ask anything, but she would use her soft hands to massage him and make him fall asleep. He felt that he needed something very much now. I didn't even want to sleep.

I'm tired.

But he couldn't go to Xiao Zhao's place either.

When Zhang Chen found that he had nowhere to go, he felt a little sad and funny. How the hell did you get yourself into this situation.

Zhang Chen felt his mouth was dry and there was a refreshing drink outside the gate, but he didn't have a penny in his pocket.

Zhang Chen stood up and walked to the front desk. The waiters at the front desk were all familiar to him. He wanted to ask them for a glass of water.

The receptionist at the front desk saw Zhang Chen coming and asked with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, do you want to book a room?"

Zhang Chen said he didn’t bring his ID card.

The receptionist shook his head: "No need."

Zhang Chen said: "I didn't bring a wallet either."

The receptionist smiled: "It doesn't matter, you are being held in our hotel anyway."

Zhang Chen thought she was joking, so he joked with her and said, OK, then I want a room.

Unexpectedly, the receptionist slapped a key tag on the counter and said, "Sixty-nine, here you go."

Zhang Chen was shocked. He didn't expect that he would have such a big reputation here. He quickly took the key, said thank you and went upstairs.

After entering the elevator, Zhang Chen thought of what happened last night and felt ridiculous. Damn it, he had booked a room out of nowhere for two nights.

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The next morning, Zhang Chen went to the office. The door of the office was closed. Zhang Chen sat at the door and waited. Xiao Wu had the key to the office. He wanted to wait for Xiao Wu to come, so he opened the door and asked him for one hundred yuan. , went to the front desk to pay the rent.

Xiao Wu did not wait, but waited for Xiao Lin first. Xiao Lin took his bag, keys, and BB camera and handed them to him. He mumbled something in his mouth. Zhang Chen heard clearly. What he said was, why did you spend all night Didn't go home, door and lights were on.

Zhang Chen smiled and said, I came here because of something urgent.

Xiao Lin looked at him suspiciously. Zhang Chen himself felt that this lie was too lame. Even if you came here for something, you could go back after finishing the work. Why are you sitting at the door of the office? Besides, There's something going on at the construction site that requires you to stay here all night.

Xiao Lin should have seen his door open and the light on from the time he went back last night until he got up this morning.

Zhang Chen couldn't say anything else, so he patted Xiao Lin on the shoulder and said to him: "You are so smart, you know how to get it for me. I can't even get into the office, so I want to go back and get it."

Xiao Lin turned around and walked away, muttering in his mouth as he walked. Zhang Chen didn't hear what he was saying clearly, so Zhang Chen shouted:

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Xiao Lin turned around. This time he didn't look around, but looked at Zhang Chen and said to him: "The boss lady asked me to bring it to you."

That is Gu Shufang.