Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen Best Partner

A-Gump is my client, but the place where we met was not at Jiale's negotiating table but at Chinatex's reception. At that time, I had just been promoted to the manager of the Zhongshan branch of Guangzhou Jiale Computer Plate Making Co., Ltd., and I was invited to attend their year-end reception because I successfully designed and produced promotional samples for Zhongshan Textile Factory.During the meeting, Boss Huang, the owner of Chinatex, introduced Forrest Gump to me: "Mr. Gan is from Hong Kong, and the position on his business card is the director of the Hong Kong Garment Zhongshan Branch. The child is happy, Miss Xi, today I invite Forrest Gump to be your dance partner, I hope you will have fun."

A-Gump suddenly exclaimed exaggeratedly: "Miss Xi, Miss Xi, ha, actually we should have known each other a long time ago." He said with an evil smile. Boss Huang looked at him puzzled, and A-Gump explained: "Look, she is Miss Xi (Xi) and I am Mr. Gan (Dry). We are not a perfect match, the best partner?" Everyone around laughed together. When they got up, they shouted 'Miss Xi, Mr. Gan' like they discovered the New World.I smiled and held out my hand to him: "I've heard the name 'Hong Kong Tailor' for a long time. We should have known each other earlier. I hope we can be the best partners in business."

This is just a normal means of communication to me, but in the eyes of Aberdeen A-Gump, I am overwhelmed: "You are so generous and measured among mainland girls. Good! You are so eloquent and witty." , good demeanor, good temperament, rare good temperament, good talent, Miss Xi, ok, ok, I consider you a good friend. Hey, I hate being called 'Miss' and 'Mr.', you call me Forrest Gump Come on, what am I calling you?" "My friends call me Xue'er." I couldn't help smiling again, "I heard that Aberdeen is the most sweet talker, but you are rare, you are so disgusting, so hypocritical, so empty, so exaggerated, but let me I'm so happy and proud, 'do a good deed every day', right?"

The two of us laughed at each other.After that, Forrest Gump became my regular client, entrusting me with all business related to printing and plate making. When I have business, I come to inspect the work, and when I don’t have business, I often come to chat and drink. The girls came with me, and asked me quietly: "This is my new girl, is it on time? Come, help me get a score." When he introduced me to those girls, he said: "I am sister Xue, her mother is me. Godmother." In fact, my mother didn't know him at all, and in the end I didn't know whether he was older or younger than me.

For Forrest Gump's sake, all those girls respected me. One of them, Ajuan, was only 19 years old, and she was especially well-behaved. Because she lived near us, she often came to chat with me.In fact, I know that she hopes to meet Forrest Gump here. Once chatting with A Juan, she asked her: "Have you ever had a boyfriend?" A Juan answered clearly, "Of course, it's Forrest Gump." "A-Gump?" I was taken aback, "Are you serious about A-Gump? Did he promise you?" A Juan nodded and told me: "I am from Xinjiang. A-Gump went to Xinjiang for inspection the year before last and stayed at my house. We got to know each other that way. Later he told me that if I want to see him again, I can come to work in Zhongshan." I came here after graduating from high school in the second year, and now I have been working in Zhongshan for a year and a half. Although A-Gump never promised to marry me, he always introduced me as his girlfriend when he introduced me to others.”

girlfriend?God knows that A-Gump has as many girlfriends as an ox hair, I have seen him at least a dozen girlfriends, he is simply playing games.It's just that I didn't expect that someone would really take him seriously. I was full of sympathy and worry for A-Juan, but I didn't know how to tell her the truth, so I talked to A-Gump in detail.A-Gump looked at me like a monster: "Xue'er, don't you want to teach me to cherish feelings, be consistent and be responsible to women?" "Shouldn't it? I can't stand you Hong Kong people the most. You treat gossip as fashion, and you don't understand feelings at all. Your mother is also a woman. Why don't you ask you to change a new mother every day?" I was a little anxious, and I simply acted like a shrew , "You take promiscuity as fun, what about Ajuan, she is serious about you, and you will harm her for the rest of her life."

A-Gump picked up his head: "Okay, I've convinced you, I promise you, I will break up with A-Juan from tomorrow, and I won't go to her anymore, okay?" "Break up?" I didn't expect such an answer after persuasion for a long time, and I couldn't help but stared at A-Gump in shock. "Of course, you know that I can't really like Ajuan. There are a lot of little white rabbits in frontier cities. They are nothing but innocent. If you don't let me play with her, of course I have to break up with her. " I had a headache, so I had to say: "I can't tell you. How about it, don't break up with her, let me think about it." I finally gave up discussing with him what is true love that lasts forever, so I might as well hold a piano Playing music to Lao Niu, he changed the subject and asked him what happened to his recent account with Boss Huang.

A-Gump said angrily: "Huang is a 'bad man', he is good at buying short and selling short, he is a triangular debt, he is 'four horns', 'five horns', a mess of bad debts. He tells me to procrastinate every day, and procrastinate again I'm about to be fired by my boss. Have you had any business with him recently? Be careful." I smiled and said: "I don't care. I help him make a brochure, including printing. Anyway, I have to collect a deposit before sending it to the printing factory. If he doesn't pay me the mantissa, I just don't deliver the goods. At most, it will be equal and there will be no loss." .”

Three days later, Ah Juan came to me suddenly, with tears all over her face: "Sister Xue, help A-Gump, he beat someone and was locked up." It turned out that A-Gump came to ask Boss Huang again yesterday to press for the debt , the words did not agree, and he beat Lao Huang on the spur of the moment, and was sued by Lao Huang, and now he is still in custody in the bureau without trial.A Juan cried: "You know this kind of case, it's okay if it's really tried, but it's just a fine. The most fearful thing is that the person surnamed Huang is not in a hurry to appeal, and the Public Security Bureau is not in a hurry to sentence him, so he will be detained first. A-Gump's crimes will be severe."

I asked A Juan: "If A-Gump doesn't treat you as well as you imagined, would you still worry about him?" Ajuan looked at me blankly, tears streaming down again: "Actually, A-Gump has never treated me as well as I have treated him, but I love him. Sister Xue, have you ever loved? Do you know what it feels like to love someone?" Is it? That is, no matter how he treats you, you just want to live and die for him anyway.” Listening to the little Ajuan speaking such profound and strong language, I couldn't help but be moved.have i lovedThree years ago, I was deeply in love with a boy from Beijing. Later, he returned to Beijing and asked his mother to agree to our marriage, but the overbearing mother refused to let her son leave her side in order to marry a foreign girl. I never came back, and the love that I swore to be with me died just like that. I cried for three days and three nights without sleep or food. Died, since then I understood how strong and fragile love is, and I never cried again for three years.However, how much I wish to help Ajuan so that she doesn't have to repeat my pain.

I promised Ajuan: "A-Gump is my friend, I will definitely help him whether it is for him or for you, you go back first, wash your face, sleep well, I will hand him over to you tomorrow night at the latest .” That night, I got on the plane in person and led two operators to work an all-night shift. The next morning, I called Boss Huang to invite him to have morning tea, and said that the color printing proof of the brochure had been prepared, and asked him to have a look. Already seated, Boss Huang was still polite: "Miss Xi is so helpful, I should ask you, how dare you spend money." Seeing the proof, he was very satisfied: "Very good, very good, better than I imagined It's okay." After finishing speaking, he signed it happily, and then gave me a check and said, "This is a deposit, please print it out today, I'm going to Hangzhou next week for an exchange meeting and I'm waiting to use it, the mantissa will be paid with one hand goods." "No rush." ​​I received the check, refilled his tea, and said mildly, "I know that Boss Huang's money is a little tight recently, and I have to pay the deposit to the printer's account. I'm not polite to you. It doesn't matter if you pay the mantissa later. Who doesn't have a business turnaround, just believe that Boss Huang won't lose money to me." Boss Huang was taken aback, and asked cautiously: "Except for usury, I only heard about debt reminders, but never heard of voluntary lending. Don't you have something to ask me for?" I smiled: "Smart, I want you to let Forrest Gump go, he is also in a hurry for business, he is a businessman, please be considerate of him." "Is that so?" He sneered slightly, "I've been in the rivers and lakes for so long, and I was beaten up by a brat and wanted me to let him go. Is your Miss Xi not big enough? Just asking me to postpone paying the bill is probably not enough. ?” I still smiled, and calmly said, "Is it enough if I add the extra night shift for you? Even now, I have to ask the printing factory to rush to work, and I don't know if my face is enough to let others Willing to help." He was taken aback again, his smile was a bit difficult to look at.I knew that he was weighing the pros and cons. If he agreed, he was not convinced;Zhongshan is a small town, we are the only one who does computer plate making, and there is no semicolon, and the proofing has already come out. He changed the gun before the battle. Not only is there not enough time, but the quality cannot be guaranteed. I bet he will not take this risk. .Moreover, his dispute with A-Gump was nothing more than anger over the debt. I offered to delay his payment time, which relieved his urgent need, and I was not afraid that he would not give in. Strike while the iron is hot, I simply gave him another step: "Forrest Gump and I are both wanderers away from home, and we know his difficulties well. Seeing him like this, I can't bear not to help. We are both from Tianya, Boss Huang should also I will understand." "It's not easy to be a 'same person from the end of the world'. Okay, I promise you, I will go to the police station to withdraw the case, and I will hold a banquet to cleanse A-Gump, just because he can make a friend like you, it is worth it !" I laughed secretly, knowing that he also didn't want to make enemies. Originally, we were all business partners, and there was no constant enemy in the business world. After A-Gump came out, Lao Huang really had a drink and chat, and the guests and hosts got along well during the banquet. Seeing the two people who were fighting to the death yesterday but drinking together like brothers, I suddenly felt that life was impermanent, and my heart was full of bewilderment. feel.Will the confidant of one minute be the mortal enemy of the next minute?How sincere is this generosity?How much is such a friendship worth?Would we still be in the mood to sit down and drink together if we hadn't collaborated?After each of them went back to their hometowns, who would remember the nosy Miss Xi? During the dinner, A-Gump made a toast to me: "Xue'er, I really want to thank you this time, how can I repay you? Let me make a price, and I can do it with my body." He always smiled, But I could hear his sincerity, so I said, "Then, treat Ajuan better." He froze for a moment, embarrassment and struggle flashed across his face, this was the first time I saw that the free and easy Forrest Gump would be in trouble, so I couldn't help smiling: "Is it so difficult for you to love someone?" Unexpectedly He replied seriously: "I used to think that I would not love others, and of course I would not be troubled, but now I find that I can also love seriously, but the person is not A Juan." I suddenly felt flustered, and quickly covered it up with a smile: "My price has been announced, and it's up to you to keep your word. Come, drink." That night, A-Gump was very drunk, and I was the one who took him home.Along the way, A-Gump held my hand and kept calling my name in a murmur. While supporting his head and gently rubbing his temples, I called A-Juan with my mobile phone and asked her to immediately Rushed to Forrest Gump's apartment to take care of him.A-Gump was almost grinning: "Xue'er, you took my life while I was sick, and you are manipulating me." I smiled: "I am giving you an answer and a choice. We are all in the rivers and lakes together, and I know that no matter how drunk you are, You are still sensible, I beg you, even if you can't love A Juan, at least don't hurt her." I helped A-Gump into the door, twisted a wet towel for him to make an ice compress, and told him the story of me and that Beijing boy, and also told him the conversation I had with A-Juan: "A-Gump, I want to It is said that two people who love each other may not be able to be together. Few people’s love is equal to each other. All the mandarin ducks and butterflies in the world are nothing more than stories that love him more than he loves me. If you can’t have equality So, it shouldn’t be that difficult to choose between me who doesn’t love you and Ajuan who loves you deeply, right?” A-Gump gritted his teeth: "In the past, what I admired most about you was your eloquence, but now I hate you for negotiating everything. If you were not so rational, how cute you would be!" I smiled: "Look, look, after all, what you want is a little white rabbit. Don't be a dragon like Ye Gong, you can't stand such a powerful character like me." Looking at my watch, I guess it's almost time to take a taxi from Ajuan to get here. Changed a cold towel for Forrest Gump, winked and said goodbye to him.A-Gump was still bitter, but he was much calmer. After closing the door, when I walked into the night breeze again, I suddenly felt a coolness on my face. For the first time in three years, I shed tears...