Chapter 90 Chapter Twenty-Three (2)

Wang Yutian suddenly reached into the box and grabbed a pistol equipped with a silencer... Ning Wei's shot was faster, he pulled out the pistol like lightning, and put the mouth of the Coke bottle into the barrel with one hand, "Bang! Bang! "Two muffled sounds... Wang Yutian and Liu Xiong's eyebrows were slapped, and they fell on their backs.Empty bottles minimize gunshots and are no less effective than mufflers. Li Zhenyu raised his hands in fright: "Mr. Ning, what are you doing? I mean it well?" Ning Wei walked over and shook the empty box, and said tauntingly: "Mr. Li, I was quite touched by what you said just now, and I was eagerly waiting for the two hundred thousand dollars, but there is nothing but a stick in the box." How come I didn’t find the US dollars in the pistol with the silencer installed? Please tell me, Mr. Li, why is this?”

"Mr. Ning, don't misunderstand, this may be my subordinates' own idea, it is definitely not what I mean." "Mr. Li, you are probably used to telling lies, and you come when you open your mouth. When things are like this, you don't need to lie anymore. You are going to die anyway, so what are you afraid of if you just tell the truth? Don't you just want to kill me? Yes. What dare not admit it?" Ning Wei picked up the bodyguard's pistol and played with it: "This gun is not bad, American, .38 caliber, and the muffler is also very matching. It is much better than my Coke brand muffler. It is really a boutique... "

Li Zhenyu didn't expect things to turn out so badly, he had never prepared himself to die in the past, and now, Ning Wei's gun had been aimed at his face, Li Zhenyu's face suddenly turned pale: "Mr. Ning, don't you Impulsive, we can discuss, you can ask for a price, I will immediately call someone to send money..." The gun in Ning Wei's hand made another muffled sound, and Li Zhenyu was shot in the eyebrows, and fell over.Ning Wei walked to the window and gently opened the curtain a crack.The garbage truck in the distance was still parked there quietly. It seemed that the police did not hear the gunshots.

Ning Wei smiled and said softly: "I'm sorry, Team Zhang, I left this mess to you." He opened the back door of the small building and walked out quietly... .... Zhong Yuemin walked into the coffee shop of the Shangri-La Hotel in a dark blue suit, and he saw Zhou Xiaobai wearing a military uniform sitting in front of a coffee table by the window from a distance , he walked quickly to Zhou Xiaobai, bowed and said, "Madam Colonel, I'm here." A smile appeared on Zhou Xiaobai's face: "Yuemin, sit down, what do you want to drink?" Zhong Yuemin gestured to the waiter: "Have a glass of beer."

Zhou Xiaobai stared at him and asked, "Long time no see, how are you?" "The restaurant's business is good, and I'm the boss now." "Haven't you always been the boss?" Zhong Yuemin explained: "I used to be a part-time worker because I didn't invest. Gao was the boss. Now I have returned the money to Gao. I own 51% of the shares. I am a person with neither internal nor external debts." gone." "Given your relationship with Gao, why do you have to settle the score so clearly?" "You don't understand business matters. Whoever has the highest investment amount is the boss. Even if you are a husband and wife, you can't be confused. If I don't invest, I will be the boss. Doesn't that make me a softie?"

Zhou Xiaobai smiled and said: "Yuemin, you have really changed. I can hardly find the old Zhong Yuemin. When I met you, you were a bastard chasing girls on the ice rink. In 1972 When you came back from visiting relatives, you wore a worn-out military uniform, and you looked like a veteran on your face. When I saw you later, you were already a company commander, and you looked like a standard professional soldier. Later, your identity was constantly changing. , battalion commander, pancake vendor, manager of a big company, taxi driver, and now a restaurant owner, you seem to be playing tricks all your life, and I don’t know what you’re going to do in the future?"

Zhong Yuemin said solemnly: "I am thinking about the fate of the universe." Zhou Xiaobai spit out a mouthful of coffee with a smile: "You are not serious again, the fate of the universe, who do you think you are? A philosopher or God." Zhong Yuemin smiled: "Just kidding, just kidding, but I have been really reflecting recently, reflecting on the first half of my life. Generally speaking, I have experienced many things in the first half of my life, and I don't have much insight into life. I think about it." After a long time, I finally understood a truth, which is-never complain."

"What kind of realization is this? Can you be more specific?" Zhong Yuemin stirred the coffee and said: "When we jumped in the queue, we didn't have any entertainment. At night, we had nowhere to go, so we had to sit on the kang and chat. While chatting, we started to complain, complaining about fate, and feeling that the world was just a mess." We are the most unfortunate. No one thought that there were people worse than us. In fact, the life of local farmers was worse than ours. In 1983, when I went to Shaanxi to pick up recruits, I made a detour back to Shichuan Village to have a look. They have already returned to the city, but the style of Shichuan Village remains the same. The life of the farmers is slightly better than in the past, but they don’t have to go out to beg for food every spring. Other aspects have not improved. The cave dwelling we lived in has collapsed. , the potter's wheel on the well platform was the one we used back then. When I saw this scene, I felt a very bitter feeling in my heart..."

Zhou Xiaobai urged gently: "Go on, what do you think of?" "I think of many old educated youths writing books saying that some people describe themselves as Russian Decembrists, enduring suffering for a lofty ideal, and consciously exaggerating that kind of suffering. Thinking of the folks in Shichuan Village, I remember that I asked old man Du in the village what he was looking forward to most. I was shocked by what old man Du said. He said that he only wanted to eat white flour buns, and his requirements for life were only so. I couldn't help crying at that time, the folks have lived this kind of life for generations,

It is really a hopeless life. They don't seem to complain like this, but they just swallow their suffering silently and melt into the singing of Xintianyou. If you have never been to northern Shaanxi, you will not feel this way. Only in the Loess Plateau Only in that unique situation can one feel the desolation of Xintianyou. It sounds heartbreaking and tears flow. It is the emotional venting of human beings in suffering, and it is a kind of profound helplessness.They are all human, living on the same land, who is more noble than whom?What can we complain about? " Zhou Xiaobai stared at him in surprise: "You have really changed, and you have become strange to me. Zhong Yuemin in my memory has always been a guy who plays games in life. When did you become so deep?"

Zhong Yuemin immediately returned to his normal state, and he gestured exaggeratedly with his hands: "Didn't you realize that my chest is like the sea? It's deep and vast." "Look, look, it's not exaggerated. In the blink of an eye, you have gone back twenty years. You are still a rascal back then. I said don't change your face so fast, okay? My brain can't keep up, say Really, what you said just now is really good, I am ashamed, I often complain, this is really not a good habit, it seems that I have to adjust my mentality in the future." Zhong Yuemin changed the subject: "Is there anything you want to ask me out today?" "Oh, a few days ago, Yuan Jun met Du Weidong, and he asked you. Du Weidong hoped to meet you very much. He thought you were a rule-based person. He suffered a loss in that business cooperation, but he was responsible. He said that he was obsessed with ghosts at that time, and wanted to take advantage of the chaos when the Chinese market was just opened. If it weren't for your generosity, he would have gone bankrupt. Since then, Du Weidong has a long memory and honestly does business according to the rules. I really regret what I did back then, and I feel that I should thank you, his evaluation of you is that although you have a bad mouth, you are generous, you can forgive others if you are reasonable, and you will not kill them all." "Oh, it seems that he really has a long memory. I would like to continue to be friends with him if I have a chance in the future. Thinking about it carefully, I was a little narrow-minded at that time. In fact, I saw through his trap at that time, and I could point it out to him directly. , Literally complete the contract, so that he has no loopholes to take advantage of, this is the attitude of being kind to others. I didn't know how to be tolerant at the time, and I regret it now when I think about it." Zhou Xiaobai said: "You know how to be tolerant now, which is really an improvement. It seems that I also need to be tolerant. Huai, I invited you here today just to make a break with you." "I don't understand. Hasn't our relationship been discussed long ago? What else can we end?" Zhou Xiaobai frowned in dissatisfaction: "That's you, I can't get rid of it so easily, I'm as heartless as you, and things in the world will be easy to handle. Let me tell you, I had a big argument with Yuan Jun a few days ago. shelf." Zhong Yuemin was stunned, he didn't expect Yuan Jun to have the guts to quarrel with Zhou Xiaobai, this is too abnormal. "Yuemin, don't laugh at me. The reason is that I called your name in a dream. When I woke up, I found that the pillow was soaked with tears. Yuan Jun turned on the bedside lamp and sat on the sidelines looking at me. At that time, I was very angry, as if my privacy had been peeped through, I shouted, Yuan Jun, what do you think I am doing? Get out! Yuan Jun burst into tears, and he only said one sentence, Xiaobai, let’s get a divorce. At that time I felt Shocked, he dared to say such a thing to me, we have been married for so many years, this has never happened before. I said coldly, sorry, I haven't thought about this problem yet. Yuan Jun suddenly broke out, and he shouted , I thought about it, I thought about it for many years, I thought that time could heal your wounds and make you love me, but I was wrong, until today you still think about Zhong Yuemin, Zhou Xiaobai, do you know? I I'm a man, I have my own dignity, it's better for us to break up, I don't want a wife with different dreams..." Zhou Xiaobai burst into tears. Zhong Yuemin said in a low voice, "Xiaobai, I'm sorry, how can I remedy this matter? How about I talk to Yuan Jun?" "No need, we've already settled it. You know, Yuan Jun has never been angry with me before. It frightened me silly when he came here suddenly. I think of his love and care for me over the years, and I feel that I am really unreasonable. What should I do?" I have done everything, what else do you want? In any case, he has no fault, it is my own problem. I said to Yuan Jun, it is my fault, please forgive me, I don’t want to divorce you, because I love you ." Zhong Yuemin asked nervously, "What did Yuan Jun say?" "Yuan Jun cried, and he said to me, Xiaobai, for so many years, this is the first time you have told me that you love me. Is this really what you said? I replied, yes, I love you. I love you in this life. There will be no more unreasonable thoughts, I will honestly only love you, you have to trust me." Zhong Yuemin said: "Xiaobai, you are a good woman. You have cared about me, helped me, and treated me as a friend for many years. Really, I don't deserve you to do this..." Zhou Xiaobai wiped away his tears with a tissue and said: "I admit that for many years, I have never let you go in my heart. I always dreamed that one day I could be with you, and that would be the happiest moment for me. Until today, when I pack up old things When I found our group photo back then, at this moment, my heart suddenly calmed down, so calm that even I was surprised. Why was I so stupid before, and insisted on pulling this guy Zhong Yuemin back to my side? He is not me for more than twenty years Is this not enough? Life is like four seasons, each season has different content, enjoy the romance of youth in spring, taste the wine of love in summer, have mature thoughts in autumn, and sit by the fire in winter to look back on your life , carefully savor the joys and pains, friendship and love of this life, this kind of warm memory will accompany you to the end of your life..." Zhong Yuemin applauded: "The extremely beautiful artistic conception is really fascinating. A mature woman is really charming and radiant. Xiaobai, I want to tell you something from my heart. Do you want to hear it?" "certainly." Zhong Yuemin leaned over and whispered, "I am really lucky to have a friend like you in my life." Zhou Xiaobai held his hand lightly: "You, you have caused Yuan Jun and I to have different dreams in the same bed for many years. You have committed a crime. It is too unfair to Yuan Jun. Call Yuan Jun quickly and ask him to come too, so as not to waste time The guy is sour, I want to tell him that I finally dumped Zhong Yuemin." "I'm in so much pain..." "It's right, why do you always dump others? You should have a taste of this, hurry up and call? Call Gao and Zheng Tong, let's have a good chat together, I am in pain now, stuck in work all day Here, even friends are rare, I miss everyone, you know? You can't live without friends..."