Chapter 6 Chapter 6 No one has forgotten
Gan Lu's life is at least superficially peaceful.
Shang Xiuwen and Feng Yi'an were busy dealing with the negative impact of the Evening News report. While they kept going around for public relations, they also received notices and successively went to relevant provincial and municipal departments to hold several steel bar quality analysis meetings in the construction market, construction safety work mobilization meetings, and dealers' meetings. There are many industry self-regulation conferences.Shang Xiuwen occasionally attends these meetings, most of which are pushed to Feng Yi'an, and more often he drives frequently between the provincial capital and J City, unlike the past where he only stayed for a day or two at most, now he often just goes there I'll be back in a few days.
He told Gan Lu that not only the province, but also the state has strengthened the supervision of private iron and steel companies recently, and new policies have been introduced, involving credit, sales and environmental assessment, and the recent fluctuations in international and domestic iron ore prices Uncertain, his uncle asked him to go there often to discuss the company's operation and sales decisions.
It was the first time he explained his job to her in such detail. Although Gan Lu didn't quite understand why Shang Xiuwen was only an agent and didn't work for Xu Sheng, but needed to participate in Xu Sheng's decision-making, she would definitely not ask any more questions up.
Shang Xiuwen was not at home, only Gan Lu and Wu Lijun had dinner together at night.Although the atmosphere at home is dull, Wu Lijun has been showing irritability from time to time recently. Gan Lu politely asked her if she was unwell, but she lowered her face: "I'm fine, you young people just take care of your own affairs."
Gan Lu thought, well, then each should take care of their own affairs.Near the end of the semester, she really has a lot to do.
For many years, the high school entrance examination rate of the High School Attached to Normal University has maintained impressive data. It will not emphasize it at all in publicity. At most, it will talk about how many students are admitted in advance by famous schools at home and abroad, how many candidates with a score of 600 or above, and which ones In which subject did the student return with honor from an international competition...
However, this year's college entrance examination, the city's No. 1 Middle School suddenly failed in one indicator. All 41 students in a certain class scored more than 600 points in the test, and they occupied two of the top three in the province's science scores, and another class got a student. The number one scholar in the city's liberal arts was promoted by local newspapers that always pay attention to the results of the college entrance examination, and reproduced by foreign media, and became famous for a while.On the other hand, in the High School Attached to Normal University, there was only one student who ranked second in the total score of science subjects in the province. Although the overall score was still very good, there was no outstanding performance.
The school leaders have a very strong awareness of being prepared for danger in times of peace. The new semester has not yet started, and the quality analysis and work deployment of the college entrance examination have already begun.When convening a meeting of high school teachers, the principal spoke in a very strict tone: "At present, the overall performance of the No. 1 Middle School is far behind our school, but the momentum of others has been placed here. Think about it, everyone, our school is open to the whole province. For the quota of enrollment, No. 1 Middle School can only recruit students from the city, and we are not on the same starting line in terms of the quality of the student source, if we still fail the exam, all teachers should reflect on their own educational methods and efficiency."
When the principal asked to actively speak up and offer suggestions, a teacher who had just finished his graduating class couldn’t help complaining. He complained that the current students are too difficult to manage. In the past, he only needed to concentrate on studying, but now he has to manage discipline and puppy love. Adolescent restlessness, and as far as he knows, No. 1 Middle School has a complete teacher assessment system, and it follows the example of the university. Each grade is equipped with a counselor, who is responsible for assisting the head teachers of each class to strengthen the management of students. He especially emphasized: "It is not All the responsibilities should be shouldered by the class teacher, and with such a heavy teaching burden, even if we die young, we will be powerless."
After he finished setting off the cannon, other homeroom teachers followed suit. In the end, they almost unanimously emphasized that they were tired and hard-working and unable to do what they wanted.
The principal has long been used to such complaints, and when everyone has vented enough, he will return to the topic and remind everyone that the salary of teachers in the High School Attached to Normal University is in the forefront in the province, and the school is making continuous efforts to improve everyone's working environment. To relieve the worries of front-line teachers, for the honor and development of the school, everyone should show dedication, work together, and work together to maintain the leading edge of the High School Attached to Normal University.
When the school started, the school came up with a moral education credit system management method for students' morality, strengthened the supervision of student behavior, and required very detailed requirements. PSP and other behaviors are all prohibited. After a trial run for a period of time, all the class teachers complained about the lack of time and energy.
The principal held an office meeting and promised after research that the school would also recruit a group of full-time teaching management personnel after the end of the next semester, and the head teacher can be exempted at the moment, and all sub-subject teachers must be scheduled for school spirit inspection in addition to the normal lesson preparation and class.
Gan Lu has to wear her armbands two days a week to participate in school inspections at different times, and she also takes care of evening self-study for an extra day.All the teachers of the sub-subject complained endlessly, and she was also upset, but knowing that it was useless to object, she didn't bother to say anything.
It was raining continuously, and after two classes in the afternoon, Gan Lu held an umbrella to make a routine inspection.After walking to the osmanthus forest, I saw three students gathered together at the corner at the end of a narrow corridor, seeming to be whispering, and the recess time does not need to be so strict.She was about to turn a corner, but she suddenly found a light blue smoke rising between the few people, and she couldn't help being really surprised.
Naturally, smoking is strictly prohibited in any school, but she really couldn't believe that these kids were so bold as to openly try it in school.Before she approached, they were already on alert, throwing down their cigarettes in a panic and stamping on them firmly with their feet.
"What are you guys doing?"
"We're chatting, teacher."
"Move your feet away."
None of the children moved.
Gan Lu frowned: "Don't dare to show it to me, I think you all know that this kind of behavior is wrong. Come back to the office with me now and tell me your class and name."
The two children cried and begged for mercy: "Teacher, please let us go this time, we really dare not do it again."
Gan Lu is most afraid of students showing pitiful faces, but if she is caught for the first time for a small mistake such as laying down a mobile phone, she doesn't mind admonishing her to let her go, but she really can't tolerate smoking: "Where did you buy the cigarettes?"
A slightly thin boy said hesitantly, "I brought it from home... from home."
"Then I can only ask your father to come to school."
He quickly changed his words: "I bought it myself in a small shop outside."
"Did you buy it? Then you have to tell the Academic Affairs Office which store is so bold in selling cigarettes to minors."
Another tall and stout boy said angrily, "Don't ask them, I brought it alone, it has nothing to do with them, I have already been deducted 40 moral education credits, you can just fire me. "
Gan Lu couldn't help being surprised. The Wenhua Middle School she taught in the past had many naughty students, and it was easy to contradict the teacher, but the students in the Middle School Attached to Normal University generally still retain fear of the teacher: "It is up to the school to decide how to punish you. In favor of casual expulsion of students. Let's go."
The other two children hesitated and were about to follow her, but the boy glared at her fiercely, then suddenly pushed her away, turned around and ran away.The aisle was narrow, and Gan Lu was caught off guard. She lost her balance and fell. With her umbrella in her right hand, she had to instinctively use her left hand to support the ground, and she still fell to the side of the road.The other two students were petrified. They looked at the boy who ran away, and then at her, at a loss, not knowing what to do.
Gan Lu's umbrella was tilted to one side, and the dense drizzle hit her face, and her body was cold. It turned out that there was a shallow puddle on the side of the road, and her clothes were soaked immediately. She couldn't help being angry at this overly childish behavior It was funny again, trying to stand up with support, but suddenly felt a pain. She raised her hand and saw a large dark red bloodstain on the ground on the left palm, which was stinging hotly, and her wrist was swollen. Throwing away the umbrella, he supported his body with his right hand and stood up.A student picked up the umbrella and handed it to her, so frightened that he didn't know what to say.
"You two come with me."
Gan Lu asked the two students to report directly to the Political and Educational Office, explain the situation to the director, and then quietly entered the office, but her hair and clothes were half-wet, and the messy appearance still alarmed everyone. First, the teachers from the same teaching and research group came around to ask questions. Then other teachers also gathered together, and everyone felt sorry for them, lamenting that the current students are simply lawless, and condemning the school's duty arrangement in unison.
Gan Lu naturally knew that their righteous indignation was a bit of an excuse. The skin injury on her palm was not a big deal, but when she moved her wrist, she felt the pain intensified. She had no intention of participating in this kind of discussion. To determine whether there is a fracture, it is recommended to go to the hospital to take a film.
The dean and the class teachers of the three students also rushed over to understand the situation after receiving the notice. The dean quickly arranged a car and asked Mr. Wang, who taught politics in the same teaching and research section, to accompany her to the hospital.
The driver directly sent Gan Lu to a large hospital in the city. There were so many people inside that there was a long queue for every link. After finally taking a picture, she sat outside and waited for the results. Gan Lu chatted with Teacher Wang to pass the time. Teacher Wang She is about the same age as her, and has a very active personality. She has been exchanging text messages with her colleagues and reporting to her: "The student who pushed you has been found, it is Shen Sirui from Class 2 (4) of junior high school, and his parents have been notified .”
"He has grown so tall since he was in the second year of junior high school. I still think he is a high school student."
"I know this kid. His family is quite rich. I have seen his driver driving a Mercedes to take him to school. Sigh, the quality of students in our school's junior high school is far worse than that of high school. Children from this kind of family are the most difficult to discipline."
Gan Lu also taught junior high school history, so of course she knew what Teacher Wang said was true.From a policy point of view, local primary schools are not allowed to enroll students through examinations and school selection is strictly prohibited. The High School Attached to Normal University is a few exceptions and can conduct self-enrollment examinations. Each showed their special abilities, and asked leaders at all levels to approve notes to come in. This is how Shen Sirui got into the High School Attached to Normal University.
"I don't know how to punish him. He dared to hit the teacher. Do you think he will be fired?"
Gan Lu was not very angry, after all, it was just a reckless act of a half-grown child who didn't think through her brain: "It's not like that, it's not a fight, it's just a push, it can't be said that it intends to hurt me."
"That can't be too tolerant, otherwise it will be more difficult to control them in the future. Hey, don't you inform your husband to come over?"
"He just went on a business trip, and it's useless to notify him now."
That being said, her cell phone rang, and it happened to be Shang Xiuwen who called, and asked her if she was off work, she immediately flattened her mouth: "I'm injured, and I'm in the hospital."
Shang Xiuwen asked in surprise: "What's going on, does it matter?"
Seeing the grimace made by Teacher Wang next to her, Gan Lu noticed that her eyes were a little wet and her nose was sore, so she couldn't help laughing back at herself, thinking that acting like a baby seemed to want his nervousness: "It's okay, it's okay to be hurt by this one." The student accidentally knocked over, twisted his wrist, and is now waiting for the results of the radiograph in the hospital."
Shang Xiuwen told her to notify him as soon as she got the result: "I will try my best to finish the matter here and hurry back."
"Don't rush, I'm fine, I have colleagues here to accompany me, don't worry."
Putting down the phone, Teacher Wang smiled and said, "Your husband is very considerate."
Gan Lu was about to speak when a crisp female voice asked, "Excuse me, are you Teacher Gan?"
They looked up and saw a man and a woman standing in front of them. Gan Lu was surprised. The tall man who was looking at her was her ex-boyfriend Nie Qian, and the girl beside him had healthy wheat-colored skin. , brightly dressed, stylishly dressed, tall as a model, looking over eagerly.
Just as Gan Lu nodded, the girl quickly said, "Mr. Gan, Shen Sirui definitely didn't do it on purpose. I apologize to you on his behalf, and I'm willing to bear your medical expenses and nutrition expenses."
Before Gan Lu could speak, Teacher Wang became annoyed: "Miss, who are you from Shen Sirui? Apologizing doesn't seem to be the way to do it. You just use nutrition expenses to block people's mouths as soon as you open your mouth."
"That's not what I meant," the girl widened her eyes with an innocent face, "I see Teacher Gan sitting here and chatting with you, it should be fine, then don't worry about it, give Shen Sirui a chance... ..."
Nie Qian interrupted her: "I'm sorry, we hurt Teacher Gan. We're really sorry. She is Shen Sirui's sister, Shen Xiaona. Shen Sirui's parents are currently on a business trip, so she can only deal with it. Let's come over , I came here to see Teacher Gan’s injuries, and I hope there will be no serious problems.”
His voice was low, but with an unquestionable sense of authority, Shen Xiaona obediently stood aside and remained silent.Seeing his businesslike tone, Gan Lu said politely, "Thank you for rushing here. I'm waiting for the results of the filming, and I should be out soon."
Teacher Wang got up to get the test results, Shen Xiaona walked away to make a phone call, and seemed to be reporting the situation to her mother, with a very impatient tone.Nie Qian sat next to Gan Lu, and took her hand to examine without saying a word. She quickly stretched out her right hand to push him away, and said with a smile, "Hey, let's pretend we don't know each other like we did just now."
Nie Qian also smiled: "I'm afraid that your colleague will go back and gossip about you and hinder the handling of this matter. Does it hurt?"
Gan Lu nodded honestly: "It hurts, I hope it's not a broken bone. Why are you here?"
"Shen Sirui's father is my current boss, Shen Jiaxing. The boss and his wife have gone on business trips to two places. They must let me accompany their daughter to deal with this matter. This is not the first time this kid has gotten into trouble. Staying in the childhood stage is really owed and beaten."
Shen Xiaona came over after making the phone call, and immediately echoed, "That's right, I just told my mother to beat him up, Mr. Gan, don't care about him."
"I don't recommend any form of corporal punishment." Gan Lu could only say in a standard teacher's posture.
Teacher Wang, who came back with the test results, continued, "Needless to say beating, parents don't pamper their children, we teachers should be thankful." She handed the results to Gan Lu, "Fortunately, there should be no fractures, Go in and see a doctor."
The doctor's diagnosis was that the flexor tendon of the wrist was injured. After the blood-activating drug was applied externally and bandaged, the doctor prescribed internal medicine and explained the precautions.A few people left the hospital, the rain had stopped, and the sky was getting dark. Nie Qian said first: "It's getting late, let me see this, I'll send Teacher Gan back, don't bother Teacher Wang anymore, Miss Shen, you Just go home by yourself."
"Okay, okay, then I'll go first." Shen Xiaona nodded hurriedly, Teacher Wang naturally welcomed this arrangement that would not take up her off-duty time, said goodbye, and went back to the school driver.
Gan Lu and Nie Qian went to his parking place together, while answering the call from Shang Xiuwen: "It's okay, there is no broken bone, and the dressing will be changed in a few days, don't worry, you can rest assured that you will come back after finishing your business. "
Shang Xiuwen told her not to be careless: "I will call my mother later and ask her to arrange for the part-time worker to come in for an extra hour a day to do housework. Don't try to be brave."
She agreed, and seeing Nie Qian open the car door for her, she quickly said, "Okay, I'll call you later." She got in the car, pulled the seat belt with her right hand to find the buckle on the left, and Nie Qian took it , neatly fastened it for her, and started the car.
"Actually, you don't need to send it to me specially. I won't embarrass Shen Sirui. You just need to work directly with the school."
Nie Qian smiled slightly: "Do you think I'm here to communicate with you? I don't care what the school does to that stupid boy who is tall and has no eyes. Maybe it's better to just expel him and teach him a lesson. You didn't expect that Did I come here because I heard the injured teacher’s surname is Gan?”
Gan Lu didn't know what to say, so she could only smile coquettishly: "It's impossible to expel students casually now, at most it's a punishment, and it can be revoked if you behave well in the future."
Nie Qian obviously didn't care what would happen if Shen Sirui was punished: "I also happened to have something to ask you."
"What's up?"
"A few days ago, I went to the city to hold a construction safety conference. I met your husband, so I knew what he was doing. You should have read the newspaper, right?"
"I've seen it. The situation in his company is not serious. Hasn't the decision to deal with it been made?"
Nie Qian seemed to think it over before he said: "Fake and inferior building materials and substandard models are obviously two problems of two natures. The reporter who wrote that manuscript is not a newcomer to the news for the first time, not to mention that the manuscript will be reviewed by editors when it is returned. , actually involved Anda in it. If your husband is not stupid, he should know that this matter is not as simple as it seems on the surface."
Gan Lu clearly remembered that Feng Yi'an had said similar things in Anda's office that day, but Shang Xiuwen only lightly said that it had been dealt with.She couldn't help being confused, hesitated and said, "I've never asked him much about work, is it serious?"
"It's nothing right now, but the signal revealed is not good. You have to pay attention to yourself, don't always think that the matter has nothing to do with you, so you don't ask at all."
Gan Lu was a little surprised, but also a little depressed: "I'm not so outrageous, my own husband, how could he think that it has nothing to do with me and don't need to ask, I just don't want to press him for something he didn't intend to tell me."
"Didn't you treat me like this before?"
Gan Lu couldn't figure out what he was talking about and looked at him blankly.
"You never asked me what my plan was after graduation. I decided to go to Shenzhen to work, and you never asked why I didn't discuss it with you first."
"Obviously, you didn't plan to discuss with me at that time, and you didn't take me into your plan. I have nothing to ask." Gan Lu didn't understand how the topic shifted to this, and supported her aching left Wrist, and said annoyedly, "It's better for us to care about the present. If I understand you so vaguely, the company where Xiuwen is in trouble, and the trouble may not be limited to the company, right?"
"I didn't mean to whet your appetite. There are some rumors in the real estate industry right now, but they are just vague rumors. Unless your husband has provoked an enemy you don't know, I don't really believe in dealing with a small business like Anda. The agency company needs to go through so much trouble. But don’t worry, I will tell you as soon as I have any news.” Nie Qian looked straight ahead and didn’t look at her, but seemed to know what she was thinking, and said lightly, “What did Shang Xiuwen mess with? Right and wrong are none of my business, but I don't want anything to happen to you."
Nie Qian's tone was always cold, he didn't even look at Gan Lu, she didn't know what to say, after a pause, she said sullenly, "Thank you."
She could hear Nie Qian's concern for her, but if she asked why, it would be close to flirting.And what occupied her mind at this time was naturally the news he had just revealed.
Nie Qian's cell phone on the dashboard rang a monotonous tone, and he picked it up to answer it. After a few "hmm", his tone suddenly became colder: "Miss Shen, I was hired as the general manager of Sino Real Estate, and my responsibilities are very clear. I am only responsible for the operation of the real estate company and Chairman Shen, and it is an exception to participate in handling your family affairs today, I am afraid you have to discipline your younger brother yourself."
He threw the phone back on the dashboard with a snap, the car turned a corner, the phone slid and hit the front windshield, Gan Lu leaned over and took the phone down and put it in the phone holder: "After all, she is your boss' daughter, you Just be more polite."
"She said she has a date and wants me to talk to her brother. Do you think I should agree?"
Gan Lu was funny. Of course, with Nie Qian's personality, it's no wonder that he would agree. This Miss Shen probably didn't hit his wall: "You can talk about it."
"As soon as I was polite, she became more and more aggressive. It's time for me to hold a parent-teacher meeting. I don't have time to discipline that naughty child." Nie Qian regained his composure and said objectively, "Stay in this Private enterprises, if they don’t have their own stand, can’t work.”
"Then why did you come back from Shenzhen?" Gan Lu is not ignorant of Nie Qian's situation. After graduating from university, he went to Hongyuan Group, a listed real estate company in Shenzhen. A real estate sales, impressive performance, promoted all the way, from marketing planning to the sales director of a certain branch company, his career is going very smoothly, he is well-known in the industry, it can be said that he has a bright future.That day she and Qian Jiaxi talked about him coming back to be the executive general manager of a private real estate company developing in the region. Qian Jiaxi even said that this was an incredible choice.
Nie Qian glanced at her: "You finally asked me why."
Gan Lu couldn't help laughing and shaking her head: "Man, if you chase after him and ask him, he will be annoyed; if you don't ask, he will think you ignore him. In short, women may be wrong no matter what."
"Is this the truth your marriage has taught you?"
"It's just a little feeling, it hasn't risen to the level of truth."
Nie Qian also smiled: "There is something wrong with Lao Shen's project, and he is eager to hire someone to reposition. This job is very challenging, and the treatment he gives is enough to attract me. And..." He raised his eyebrows, and suddenly brought She teased a little, "I still want to experience the feeling of returning home. Of course, I appear in front of you like this, it seems that it is not enough to surprise you."
Gan Lu was dumbfounded, and after a while she said, "You actually hold a grudge against me, do you want to see me regret my past choices?"
"Believe it or not, I couldn't let go for a long time. I held my breath and worked hard, hoping to show up in front of you one day. You will regret it somewhat. Isn't this idea naive?"
Gan Lu looked at him suspiciously, his expression was calm and determined, and he really didn't look like a person who thought he was naive: "Well, you also reminded me of naive thoughts. I can only say that I am very honored. For women, It's better to be hated by an excellent ex-boyfriend than to be forgotten."
Nie Qian seemed to be amused, and raised the corner of his mouth to speak, but Gan Lu said without a pause: "However, I think I made it very clear when we broke up, and I have no doubt that you will succeed, even if there are One day you stepping on colorful auspicious clouds and suddenly landed in front of me, I probably wouldn't be surprised."
"Of course I won't regret it." Nie Qian felt lost, paused for a while, and shook his head, "I know, Lulu, even if I am more successful than Shang Xiuwen, I am not what you want. For this, I will meet you when I come back. That day, I suddenly thought clearly."
Gan Lu breathed a sigh of relief and didn't want to talk about this topic again: "I'm here, thank you."
Nie Qian parked the car downstairs at her house, leaned over and unbuckled her seat belt, then jumped out of the car, turned the front of the car and opened the door for her, waited for her to get down, and handed her the medicine on the back seat : "Pay attention to the dressing change time that the doctor said, and don't use force or move your left hand casually."
Gan Lu nodded, suddenly remembered something, put the medicine bag on the roof of the car, leaned over to pick up his mobile phone from the car, entered her number into it and saved it: "If you need anything, remember to call me Telephone."
Nie Qian took the phone and smiled: "You have to be careful, Lulu, I may call you to deliver bad news."
"Don't worry, I won't carry out the rules of King Khwarazmo, sending the messenger with bad news to feed the tiger." Gan Lu picked up the medicine again, "Goodbye, drive carefully."
She turned around to enter the building, but found that her mother-in-law Wu Lijun got off a black Passat parked next to her, which was the special car that picked her up every day.Gan Lu stopped to greet her: "Mom, you're off work."
Wu Lijun nodded, her eyes swept over Nie Qian's body, she kept a calm expression as usual, walked past him, and then frowned at Gan Lu's clothes stained with mud and water: "Why did you make it like this?"
"I accidentally dropped it."
Wu Lijun didn't say anything, and the two went upstairs together.
The next day was Friday, and Gan Lu found that she didn't feel relaxed as the weekend approached, but had to deal with the troubles caused by the accident the day before.
Colleagues asked long and short questions, of course she could only answer them one by one in a cooperative manner, thanking them for their concern.After the second class in the afternoon, the other two students who were involved in smoking came to have a review with her under the escort of their head teacher. The sub-teacher who complained about it.
After a day of depression, Qian Jiaxi called and asked Gan Lu to have dinner together in the evening and then go shopping in the mall. She immediately agreed to let her relax.
After the two met, seeing her injury, and listening to her talk about the process of the injury and the rules and regulations of the High School Attached to Normal University, Qian Jiaxi laughed unkindly: "I didn't expect that today's students are so vigorous that they can talk to the teacher. If you are rough, this should be considered a work-related injury, right?"
"Don't exaggerate, okay? That child missed his hand, and it's not as serious as being violent. Having said that, I also think that the school's system is too strict, which will arouse students' rebellious emotions."
"It's a good thing I wasn't born in this city. Otherwise, wouldn't it be like being a prisoner in a high school like yours?"
"It is said that some of this system is learned from No. 1 Middle School, but when I was in No. 1 Middle School, the control was strict, and it was not so strong. It was the first time to catch a student who was using a mobile phone and deduct moral education credits for him. At that time, I really couldn’t do it.”
"Actually, I have thought about this addiction quite a bit. Do you know that when I got the admission letter from the Normal University, my first thought was that I would be able to use chalk ends to smash away students who are absent. Think about it, In the past, I was always supervised by the teacher, if I can justifiably control people, it would be interesting."
Gan Lu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "This idea is perverted enough. Fortunately, you are not a teacher, otherwise you would have poisoned the young minds of many students for the sake of being happy."
The two of them were shopping in a high-end shopping mall, which gathered the first-tier international brands that settled in the city. The environment was quiet, and the sales promotion lady could not hear the loud sales promotion, only the background music was playing softly; The attitude is casual and calm.Qian Jiaxi has always been a loyal fan of brands and fashion, and loves to shop here when she has nothing to do.
The prices here always surprise Gan Lu. She doesn't pay much attention to famous brands, and almost all of her brand knowledge comes from Qian Jiaxi.The school teachers' clothes are dignified and decent, and the style is generally simple and conservative. Occasionally, there are young teachers who are more well-dressed, which either attracts the vice-principal's conversation, or attracts the attention of colleagues.She followed the crowd obediently from the first day of work. After Qian Jiaxi saw her clothes, she honestly said: "If you force me to wear this every day, I will have early menopause." She laughed, but she still insisted on being prudent The dress is casual and lively only when going out to play.
They stood in front of the Burberry counter, Qian Jiaxi took a fancy to a wallet, Gan Lu was very disapproving of the price: "I don't see why you need to spend a third of your monthly salary for a wallet."
"I just like it. Don't you know what it means to like it strongly? If I like something but don't buy it back, I will definitely keep thinking about it. The more I think about it, the better I feel about it, so the more If you can’t distribute it, you have to buy it to feel happy.”
"It's a good thing you don't like yachts and private jets."
"I like those too, but they are too far away from my life to be a temptation. Why give up the satisfaction that you can get by swiping a card in front of you? Don't you think that this is the same as liking a man, the best way to overcome desire It’s about satisfying desires, and after satisfying them, you won’t be tortured by desires.”
Gan Lu has always admired Qian Jiaxi's confession: "Why do I feel that after satisfying my desire, I will inevitably be disappointed. It would be more interesting to keep a desire."
Qian Jiaxi snorted: "This is a typical sullen logic. After you got married, the level of sullenness actually intensified."
Qian Jiaxi took the bill to pay the bill, Gan Lu leaned on the counter and glanced at the wallets lying quietly inside, when a crisp voice suddenly sounded behind her: "When I was nineteen years old, I went to the Landmark Plaza in Central, Hong Kong for the first time. , just like you, the astonishment of the price overwhelms the confusion of the variety."
Gan Lu turned around, and standing in front of her was He Jingyi. She was wearing a simple, unbranded black V-neck top and jeans, which further accentuated her white skin. She was carrying a small silver-gray handbag. Except for the diamond earrings on the ears and a diamond watch on the wrist, except for the tied hair bun, she didn't wear any other accessories, but she looked with a compelling luxury, which was in harmony with the surrounding environment.
Gan Lu thought that it would be a strange choice to recall the past years to herself, and she smiled slightly: "I don't think you will feel the same when you are nineteen years old as I do now."
He Jingyi also smiled, showing her white and neat teeth: "That's right, I didn't go shopping with my girlfriend that time, but it was my boyfriend who handed me a credit card and asked me to swipe it casually. Our feelings should indeed be very different."
Gan Lu didn't know how long she had been watching her from the sidelines, so she couldn't help frowning, a little funny: "I won't speculate on who that generous boyfriend is, and I don't plan to interview you, is it true that you've been kind to everyone since that time? Can the price be kept calm?"
"Hehe, you're so calm. It's not bad. It seems that Xiuwen has finally chosen a wife who can satisfy his harsh mother." He Jingyi said lightly.
Gan Lu's smile deepened: "I seem to hear a hint, but I decided to ignore it."
He Jingyi didn't expect her to answer like this, and suddenly changed the topic, "The pearl earrings you are wearing are very beautiful, and they match your face shape and temperament very well."
"I also like the second wedding anniversary gift from Xiuwen."
"Have you been married for two years? Congratulations. But I only bought an entry-level Mimotoki pearl earrings on the second anniversary. It seems that Xiuwen is much more cautious than I remember."
Gan Lu had no idea about the brand of the earrings at first, but Qian Jiaxi saw them at a glance when she put them on today, and even took them off for a closer look.Qian Jiaxi is interested in fashion and also works in a TV station, so she is very knowledgeable by what she has heard and seen, and told her that it is produced by Mimotoki in Japan. The single white pearl should be freshwater cultured. There are no counters locally.She thought for a while: "Xiuwen went on a business trip to Shanghai last month, maybe it was bought at that time."
Qian Jiaxi praised: "He has good taste, but the most rare thing is his heart."
Yes, the most rare thing is to have a heart, and remember to buy it a month in advance, it should not be a reminder from the mobile phone memo. Thinking about it this way, Gan Lu's heart is naturally warm.Now that He Jingyi said this, she couldn't help being a little angry, and she just tried to remain calm and polite: "Miss He, I'm not used to discussing her ex-boyfriend with a stranger, let alone discussing my husband with a stranger. Seeing that you still have the mentality you had when you were nineteen, I am really happy for you. Goodbye."
There was a sneering smile on the corner of He Jingyi's mouth: "Mrs. Shang, you have good eloquence, but your knowledge is a bit lacking. You don't think it's strange that Shang Xiuwen's car was a BMW SUV ten years ago, and he could take his girlfriend to fly at any time. I go shopping in Hong Kong and Europe. Now I drive a semi-used Bora and manage a small trading company. When my wife sees a slightly better brand, she thinks it is a luxury and she can’t buy it. I have to guess If you're right, you don't know anything about his past life, and you don't seem to have any idea of his economic situation from before to now."
"It seems that you like to speculate, Ms. He. Usually, you are extraordinarily curious about other people's lives, so you would bother to speculate like this." Gan Lu maintained a steady posture and said with a smile.
"Then what guesses do you have about my curiosity?"
"What I like is reasoning based on fact. According to my reasoning, I don't have to pay attention to the curiosity of unrelated people."
He Jingyi laughed out loud. Her face was not that standard of beauty, but when she smiled, her expression became more vivid, quite dazzling and charming: "Interesting, the choice of Xiuwen is more interesting than I imagined."
Before Gan Lu could say anything, Qian Jiaxi happened to come back. She handed the list to the salesman, and greeted He Jingyi in surprise: "Miss He, hello."
"What a coincidence, I ran into you here, Ms. Qian, the show was very successful last time, I hope there will be opportunities to cooperate in the future. I'll take a step ahead, goodbye." He Jingyi's face was full of smiles, but her eyes were not The slightest temperature swept over Gan Lu like a cold star, nodded to the two of them, and drifted away.
Qian Jiaxi exclaimed in disbelief: "Is He Jingyi actually Shang Xiuwen's ex-girlfriend? Shang Xiuwen's sex life is really not shallow. It's hard to see that he can find such an outstanding girlfriend."
Gan Lu gave her a hard look, and she quickly apologized: "I didn't mean that. Lulu, you are not the same type as her, but you are not worse than her at all."
"You don't need to explain, the more you describe, the darker it is." Gan Lu said helplessly, at this time the two were sitting in the cafe downstairs of the shopping mall, ordering a cup of coffee each.
钱佳西完全没当回事，呵呵直笑：“难怪上次在J市看到她跟尚修文的样子很有点……不同于普通关系，你要当心啊璐璐。”
甘璐苦笑：“怎么当心？那是历史，你跟我学一样的专业，应该知道每个人记忆和描述的历史都不可能一样，可是真正的历史发生就发生了，是没法改变的。”
“尚修文给你的解释你满意吗？”
甘璐叹气：“他很坦诚了，我没什么不满意的。”
“那就行了，过去的事过去就完了。”钱佳西开开心心地将旧钱夹里的东西一样样转移到才到手的新欢之内，简直越看越满意，爱不释手，她一抬头，“哎，你这表情可不像是满意啊。”
甘璐没法对她重放刚才贺静宜说的那些刺心且意味深长的话，只是笑笑：“不管是谁，刚见了老公的漂亮前女友也没法满意。”
“以我做前女友的体会，只要不是心有不甘，我根本会当那男人跟他的现女友是空气。至于面对自己男人的前女友嘛，最好就是做足幸福状地无视她。”钱佳西又开始卖弄她的经验了，“反正前女友这种生物，你要在战略上藐视她，战术上重视她就对了。”
甘璐失笑：“现在看，还不用上升到这种高度。”
“那倒也是。我还打算邀请贺静宜做一个访谈节目，回来后就开始做功课，收集资料，了解了一下亿鑫集团的事。他们总部在北京，资产雄厚，大老板叫陈华，一向处事神秘低调，很少在媒体上露面，搜索也得不到线索，只会蹦出一大堆同名同姓的人来。亿鑫在本省和邻省的投资，据说都是省长亲自带队招商引进来的，手笔很大，涉及范围也很广。你想想看，贺静宜今年不过二十九岁，这个年龄做到高位，负责两个省份整个区域的项目运作，应该是忙碌能干的职业女性，说得不客气点，跟你家尚修文现在不在一个层次上了，没空厮缠他的。”
甘璐不想再谈这个话题，笑道：“好吧，我放心了。对了，你新交的男朋友几时带出来让我见见吧。”
提到交往了几个月的男友，钱佳西倒叹气了：“唉，不见也罢，我感觉我跟他长不了，价值观太不一样了。”
“你又来了，别是人家看不习惯你花钱的劲头，你就扯到价值观上了。”
“知我者，你也。”钱佳西嬉皮笑脸地说，“我没要求他大富大贵啊，可是他一来就谈到存钱买房，实在吓着我了。”
“难道计划买房不是对你负责任的一种体现吗？”
“我不用他负责啊。我有手有脚有收入，只想趁年轻多体验一点儿生活的乐趣，不想早早进入一点点做计划小心过日子的状态。”钱佳西摊手望天，“这也不是什么了不得的罪过吧。”
甘璐倒是能理解钱佳西，她工作后，马上租了湖畔小区的房子，一样引起同校老师的不理解，如果在学校附近租郊区的民居，房租只需要三分之一而已。可是甘璐不打算省那个钱，宁可在一个物业管理良好环境优雅的花园小区过得舒服一点儿。在她看来，钱佳西无非只是对舒服的要求比她更高一些，她不认为这算什么罪过。
“他要与你太志同道合也很要命，两个人交往，还是相互理解求同存异比较好。”
“你果然是结了婚的女人，讲起话来这么和谐堂皇。”钱佳西撇嘴取笑她，甘璐只得笑着承认，正如钱佳西所说，结了婚的女人想法是不一样的，至少她的心态的确自动调整了许多。
钱佳西的朋友打来电话约她去唱歌，她不由分说拉起甘璐出来拦出租车：“你结婚以后就没怎么出来玩过，不嫌闷得慌吗？今天反正是出来了，索性玩个痛快再回去。”
甘璐在婚后的确很少再参加此类单身男女呼朋唤友集体打发寂寞的活动，到了KTV包房一看，钱佳西的朋友似乎已经换了一拨，在座的依然衣着时髦神态活跃，只是面孔大半不识，钱佳西热闹地与人打着招呼，甘璐听到有人叫自己的名字，倒吃了一惊，抬头一看，站在她面前的是个长着圆圆面孔的年轻男子，短短的头发修成一个根根直立的发型，笑得十分没正形。
“秦湛，你也在这儿呀。”
“是呀，好久不见，上次阿姨说约着一块吃饭，你又去了海南。”
钱佳西也才认识秦湛不久，笑道：“你们认识吗？”
秦湛一本正经地说：“那当然，璐璐是我堂妹。”
“拜托你一定要混亲戚的话，说是我表哥就好了。”甘璐大笑，“你见谁家堂兄妹姓不同的姓来着。”
“一表三千里，太见外了，还是堂兄来得比较亲密。”秦湛伸手挡住旁边一个人倒酒，“我妹妹不喝酒的。”
“西门，我倒有点相信你是璐璐她哥了，不过璐璐可从来没提起过你。”钱佳西斜睨着他。
秦湛笑得诡秘：“你回头问璐璐就知道了，我不光是她哥，还差点是她男朋友。”
“你不怕别人想到乱伦我还嫌寒碜呢。”甘璐知道他口无遮拦，只得求饶，“这都什么乱七八糟的，别胡扯了。对了，佳西，你干吗叫他西门，难道他长得像是过气偶像剧的西门少爷？”
周围人全都笑得东倒西歪，钱佳西更是捧着肚子滚倒在沙发上，一边喘气一边断断续续地说：“不是……不是西门少爷，是西门大爷，哈哈，西门庆大爷……”话犹未了，秦湛丢一个抱枕到她头上捂住她的嘴，她好一会儿才止住笑，搂着抱枕坐了起来，一边掠头发一边说，“喂，这还是你家小盼自己把绰号传开的，关我什么事，不许迁怒啊。”
提起小盼，秦湛有点尴尬，甘璐知道小盼是他在国外留学时的女朋友，两个人去年一块回国，并且同居，好得蜜里调油，她曾经碰到过他们一次，不知道现在怎么这副表情，打岔道：“好吧，你自己坦白，怎么得的这外号？”
秦湛哪里肯说，还是旁边人你一言我一语，甘璐才明白，敢情秦湛去国外留学，入乡随俗取了个洋名叫Simon，本来毫无问题，可是配上他的姓印到名片上是Simon Qin，经一向区分不了前后鼻音的本地人念来，俨然就是西门庆，不知道谁最先这么叫了出来，然后跟他同样口无遮拦的女友小盼给他传开。大家为之绝倒，见面便齐声叫他“西门庆”，他翻脸后，损友便改口叫“西门—没有庆”，他哭笑不得，只好认命，现在大家通通都简称他为“西门”。
甘璐听得哈哈大笑，正要说话，突然感觉到自己的手机在包内振动，拿出来一看，是尚修文打来的，她现在完全没心情接他电话，将手机直接丢回包里不理：“西门大爷，谢谢帮我叫果汁进来。”
秦湛去按铃，钱佳西凑过来问：“西门真追过你吗，啥时候的事？”
“你听他瞎说，我们之间的关系不过就是我妈再婚嫁给他叔叔了而已。”
“哇喔—”钱佳西小小地惊叹一声，“你妈可真成功，西门的叔叔是万丰地产的老板秦万丰啊，他的身家在本市也算很厉害了，怎么从来没听你说起过？”
“有什么可说的，我们连亲戚都算不上，很少见面。别提这事了，唱你的歌去。”
大家玩得投入，甘璐却一直有点心神不宁，唱了一首歌便不再点，坐在一边发呆，秦湛什么时候坐到她身边都没意识到。
“什么时候把妹夫叫出来一块坐坐吧。”
秦湛非常爱好社交，不止一次跟她提过这事，她一向都是随口推托过去。尚修文只见过她父母，而且是分别见的，她还真不想拉扯上其他八竿子打不着的关系，可是她突然心里一动，问道：“秦湛，你现在在万丰地产上班，行内的事应该都知道吧？”
“你是想打听房价走势还是业内绯闻？”
甘璐还真不知道从哪儿说起好，想了想：“前几天看报纸登了报道，查出有建筑用钢筋不符合标准，后来怎么处理的？”
“不过就是有关部门跳出来表态，会加强监管和整顿，让广大市民放心罢了，还能怎么样？话说回来，这件事确实很奇怪，雷声大雨点小，也没见有明确的下文，而且业内还有点千奇百怪的传闻。”
"What rumor?"
“你怎么对这个有兴趣？”
甘璐简直有点急了：“你先告诉我再说。”
秦湛耸耸肩：“前几天在一个土地交易会上，我听人讲，报料到报社的根本不是什么热心市民，写这报道的记者透露，有人直接找到楼市周刊的主编那里，给了非常明确的线索，而且一定要在报道中提到旭昇钢铁公司的产品问题和旭昇代理商，主编到底觉得没有明确的证据，事情牵扯大了不好，只泛泛点了代理公司的名字，没扯到旭昇。”
“报料的人是什么来路？”
“他说得含糊，只说来头绝对不小，我想不通为什么要和旭昇这么对着干。旭昇差不多占据了本地五成以上的建筑钢筋供应，如果是外来钢铁公司来跟他们作对可真不明智，涉及物流售后这些因素，大家不大可能因为报纸上一篇含糊的报道就弃用旭昇的产品，更何况报道还不痛不痒，没有后续动作。”
甘璐沉吟不语，秦湛不免好奇：“哎，你怎么会关心这个？”
“改天一起吃饭，我告诉你原因。”
才唱完歌的钱佳西坐过来：“小盼呢，你们成天跟连体婴儿一样，走哪儿跟哪儿，怎么今天没跟你一块过来？”
“她跟我吵架，一赌气跑回广州了。”
甘璐看他若无其事的样子，也懒得问原因。倒是秦湛看钱佳西一脸的不相信，摊手说：“她莫名其妙发脾气甩了我，你不用这么批判地看着我吧。”
钱佳西奸笑：“好吧，我来安慰你受伤的心，给你点一首《好心分手》好不好？”
尽欢而散后，秦湛送甘璐和钱佳西回家，甘璐先到，跟他们讲了再见，进了大厦观景电梯内，按了18楼，随着电梯上升，渐渐展现在眼前的是看不到边际的城市灯光，这是她每天看的寻常景致，与尚修文相拥时，自然跟独自立于灯火阑珊处感觉不同。
然而，她此刻的感受不仅来自于眼前的夜景。贺静宜对她讲的话在她心头投下了结结实实的阴影，她不知道，这个阴影仅凭自我调整能否消除。
已经差不多到了吴丽君平时上床休息的时间，甘璐不想吵醒婆婆，尽可能轻轻地开门，放轻手脚进来一看，从吴丽君半开的房门下透出光亮，显然还没睡觉。
最近吴丽君的睡眠似乎不大好，有一天甘璐深夜下来喝水时，也诧异地听见她似乎还在房间里走来走去。
甘璐过去，只见吴丽君正坐在套房的外间沙发上看书，她敲一下门：“妈，我回来了。”
吴丽君点点头，“嗯”了一声，灯光下只见她平素一丝不乱的头发因为靠在沙发上略微散开，面孔看上去也有几分憔悴之色。
“您早点休息。”甘璐无意再讨没趣去过问她的身体，只决定记得回头在电话中对尚修文讲，提醒他关心一下他妈妈。