Chapter 4 Chapter Four

In the evening, he went to the university to find his sister. The dormitory is an old building with bright lights and clean long wooden floors. Walking on it, there is a rattling sound. Mingzhu was studying in the lounge, with books, notes and a laptop piled up in front of her. Seeing him, she stood up happily to greet him. "Is it raining outside?" "No, I just washed my hair." She accompanies him to the corridor to talk. "Is the exam coming soon?" "I'm already taking the exam, but every night I dream that the exam questions are sent out and I can't understand any of them."

"It's terrible." The young man laughed, it turned out that there were also troubles in the ivory tower. "Have you had any nightmares?" "No." "you're very lucky." However, the young man wants to say, I am living in a nightmare every day. "Do you want to visit the grave?" The young man nodded. "I'll accompany you." Mingzhu turned her head away. "No, I'll ask you out after the exam." He gave his sister the new phone address along with a wad of banknotes. "I still have." "Buy whatever you want, and treat your classmates to drink incense."

"Alcohol cannot be brought into the dormitory." He smiled, "I'm leaving." Mingzhu kept sending her brother to the door. The young man drove into the urban area and bought some daily necessities. He didn't suspect that someone was following him, and he didn't pay attention to the front and back. There were crowds in public places, and it was impossible to guard against them. It was better to let nature take its course. You have to hold your breath. Have you ever been afraid?Yes, not now, it was six years ago, at the age of eighteen, when his father had just passed away, and he was dragging his sick mother and young sister with him.

After that, I was never afraid again. The most man-eating beast is a life that is oppressive. Now, he has nothing to worry about, even if there are any troubles, his sister still has enough living expenses. He believed that he would see her graduate from college and find her dream job and partner. She will get a generous dowry, and she doesn't have to worry about life. No matter how many insults he has suffered, he is always grateful to a person. They call her the director, and there is absolutely good reason. She taught him to learn, "It doesn't matter if you speak vulgarly or have a handsome face. At least you must have a college degree. The guests are vulgar. That's their business. You just follow the rules."

She kept introducing him to her best guests. Opening the door, he walked into his new home. The blue harbor can be seen from the long windows in the living room. This 3,000-square-foot penthouse was expensive at the time, and it was Li Biru's private property. He's here to stay. Presumably she used an excuse to move him to a more noble area, because she was not used to going in and out of the area where he lived. Just about to close the door, someone greeted: "New neighbor? My name is Wang." The young man raised his head, and it was a gorgeous woman with a very good figure, wearing pink plaid shorts, high-heeled slippers, and a white vest tied in a knot at the waist, revealing a part of her waist, all clothes were not big enough, stretched It's on her body, but she doesn't have an inch of fat on her body.

The young man nodded. She was very envious, "Your building has a good direction, facing the sea, and my facing mountain is just." The young man smiled, and that's good enough, baby. She looked him up and down, "Did you rent it or buy it?" Just when the phone rang, he was rescued. His neighbor said: "I bought mine." Very proud. The young man politely said excuse me, closed the door, and went to answer the phone. It was she who asked him if he liked the new place. He answered very well. The furniture was simple, exactly as he wanted it to be, almost the same as in the old house.

She didn't put any conditions. Some guests are not so generous, at least they will remind him that "this place is not allowed to entertain female guests under any circumstances" and so on. While hanging up shirts, someone knocked on the door. The young man saw that it was still the same Ms. Wang. "Can you come over and have a look, I really want to switch to this side." The young man had to let her visit inside. As soon as she stepped onto the terrace, "It's a beautiful view." He stands behind her. When outsiders saw such young handsome men and beautiful women, how could they have guessed what they were doing for a living.

At this time, they already understood that each other was like-minded. Ms. Wang gently advised the young man: "Remember to ask her to transfer the ownership," paused, "It must be her." Then she giggled. Fortunately, I didn't stay for long. After watching the scenery, I left gracefully. The young man thought she looked familiar. If he has made a movie and has a higher net worth, he is at least a star, different from ordinary vulgar fans. After a while, the owner of the house came up with a pot of orchids. That Miss Wang had already changed her clothes and went out to attend an appointment. She kept turning the car key on her index finger and greeted the young man with a smile.

"Do you know her?" she asked. The young man didn't even think about it: "I've never seen it before." "It's the movie star princess." "I never go to the movies." "She smiled at you very familiarly." "Perhaps people pay attention to politeness." She smiled, never seen such impenetrable people. After a while, she still didn't let go of the topic: "Do you think she is beautiful?" He answered truthfully: "No, I rarely think that the opposite sex is beautiful." "Because you look so good-looking yourself?"

"I don't have time to take care of nothing." She put the orchid on the window sill near the sun. The young man said: "There is an indoor swimming pool downstairs, I will accompany you to swim." She was angry, "I never learned to swim well." "Can you swim?" "No, you can only hold on to the floating board and swim." "That's 70% of the time, come on." "I don't have a bathing suit." "Who said you need a swimsuit!" "Who said you need a swimsuit?" "Naked swimming!" "I never do anything like that."

He puts on shorts and gives her a long T-shirt. There are only one or two foreign children in the swimming pool, and the water temperature is slightly higher, but it is very comfortable. The young man really started to teach swimming. He gently supported her body with his hands and moved forward. She didn't realize that he had let go of his hand and kept trying to swim forward. Suddenly, she saw him smiling at her two meters away, and she was shocked. , Immediately sank into the water and took a big sip of water. He hurried over to help her up. She looked up, "Today is enough, you see my hair and makeup are a mess." He looked at her, "It doesn't look wrong." "It took a lot of courage to ask our middle-aged wife to immerse in the water." Young people find it funny. She rolled in the water, "It's so refreshing." The foreign boy flew over with a water polo, and the young man hit it back with a backhand. The foreign boy was overjoyed and motioned for him to join in the fun. The young man was afraid that they would be rude, so he hurriedly went to the poolside and spread out a big towel to wait for his girlfriend to come up. He wrapped her in a towel. She went over to the nylon chair. A foreigner came over and asked, "Your mother won't let you play with us?" The young man stopped to look, and found that the twelve or thirteen-year-old girl was a big kid, winking at him. He walked away without saying a word, and now, in his teens, he already knows a lot. He went over to her and said, "We'll go to sea another day." "I'm afraid of the cold." The young man said softly, "You are much braver than you think." Back at the apartment, he dried her hair. "Hey, hey, you can't keep blowing on my head." "It's so fast." "I'm a woman and I need curlers." "No need, I have my own claim." He brushed her hair loose, "Look, you've been dressing up too old-fashioned." When she saw it in the mirror, she was a little surprised, a little surprised, she was not ugly with fluffy hair. She lowered her head and said gratefully, "Thank you." The young man smiled and said nothing. "I don't know what to do in life without you." He looked at her, "I don't know how to talk, but I still have to say that you are too serious. Before you met me, you lived a very good life." "No, it's too empty." "Because no one is free to accompany you." She said embarrassingly, "When I wake up in the morning, I am aimless. I don't know what to do. Once I went out to meet an accountant for dinner...Everyone is so busy." He was curious: "Have you ever had a formal job?" "Officially paid? Never tried." The young man smiled, "It's very enjoyable, the feeling of sweating will satisfy you." "What was your first job?" The young man didn't want to answer. "You don't have to hide it on purpose." He smiled, "I'm afraid we'll get out of hand when we start talking." "What was your first job?" "Working as a messenger in an office and pouring coffee for colleagues." "How did you turn around?" "Unintentionally discovered by the director." "Is there any resistance?" "Hey, what is this, is this a study of my life experience?" He laughed, "I've said too much." She was very stubborn, "Tell me." "At that time, the family needed money, my mother was ill for a while, my sister's tuition, rent, utilities..." "Where's father?" "He has passed away." "Ah, so you have to be in charge of the house early in the morning." "Yes, I have never formally regretted it. All the income from the first year was used at home. My mother used this to move into a private hospital and was taken care of by nurses. The money was very useful at certain times, and she went very peacefully." "Lingtang hasn't recovered?" She was surprised. "No," the young man whispered, "my sister was admitted to university in the same year." She stopped talking, lay on the sofa, and looked at him. The young man clasped his hands, lowered his head, and said with a sneer, "It happened a century ago." "Who is the first guest?" The young man lay down with his arms behind his neck, "I don't remember." "Really don't remember?" "I choose to forget." "Because of shame?" "No, no, how can I say that, the customer is the boss, and they all contribute to my life. I am sincerely grateful to all the customers." "You have a great work ethic." "I told you I did it willingly." "Does your sister know your occupation?" "She doesn't know, but she understands very well that the monthly salary of a college student's first job is only more than 10,000 yuan, and his brother's performance is extraordinary. It must be a side business." She looked at him and said lazily, "How come you are so beautiful." He also looked at her, "Hey, I've been talking for a long time, and I'm hungry." "Okay, let's go out and have a meal." The next day, the young man ran into Ms. Wang in the elevator. She approached him honestly and touched the collar of his coat. Yingying murmured, "It turns out that you are a famous Chinese." The young man was so embarrassed that he took a step back. The actress looked at him, "You still blush," she touched her face, "I can't do it anymore, blushing can't be faked." The young man retreated to a corner of the elevator, smiling all the time, not wanting to offend the beauty. "That Ms. Li is your friend. Legend has it that you can be called a woman...that's really rare," she smiled, "I want to try." The elevator door opened, and the young man politely let her go out first. She turned around and said doubtfully, "You can really—" A car beeps outside. She twisted her waist hastily and went out. One side of the young man's ear was hot, this kind of shame was something he could never get used to. He started the car and drove to the street, the wind was blowing in his face, and it took a long time before he calmed down. Made an appointment with Mingzhu to wait at the pier. She was always so punctual, and when she got in the car, she told her brother, "The exam is finally over, and one or two papers are quite difficult." "I believe in you." She with short hair and round face smiled, "What if I plan to study abroad?" "I hope you get married and have children soon." Mingzhu said shyly, "My ambition is not here." "No matter what, I support you." "That would be a substantial fee." "It's okay, it doesn't matter how many years you study." "Thank you." When they reached the top of the mountain, they found a place to park the car. He and his sister walked down the stairs, counting the numbers, and finally found the tomb they were looking for. Mingzhu put down a box of little forget-me-nots. The siblings bowed deeply. The young man asked softly, "Can mother see us?" Mingzhu replied peacefully: "I don't think so. Death is like a lamp being extinguished. The mind and body are no longer operating. Otherwise, one still has to worry about fear." "You're right, Pearl." "Ignorance and ignorance are called eternal rest." The young man lowered his head, "I miss my mother very much." "That's for sure. We were born for her, conceived in her womb, and we are always involved." He looked at his sister, "Your wisdom is far better than mine." "What you learn in school is nothing more than that. When you come out to find a life, you rely on street experience." The young man was silent. "If you read a lot, you will always have burdens, and you have to compromise for your life. In vain, you will look like a different person. Many lecturers and professors are like this." Brother and sister bowed deeply again. The place was crowded and there was almost no room for them, so they had to leave. Mingzhu said: "In the future, if there is an opportunity to settle in a foreign country, I will definitely take the ashes of my ancestors with me." "You seem to have decided to fly out." "Yes, I don't have much affection for this place. Too many unpleasant things happened, and I don't have any good memories." Mingzhu's voice gradually dropped. The young man put his arms around his sister's shoulders and patted her lightly twice. They went up the narrow passage. "Send me downtown." "How are your friends treating you?" "Of course, I'm a very carefree person," my sister smiled, "I borrow homework books casually, and treat guests every day." "It's your face that people come to you." He hugged his sister before parting. The phone in the car rang. "Chinese, I'm Xiao Guo, can you come here for a while, I'm at the Crown Jewelry Store." The young man was very surprised, "I'm nearby, what a coincidence, I can get there after parking the car, what's the matter?" "Let's talk later." As soon as he walked into the store, Xiao Guo greeted him. Crown Crown is a small jewelry store, which is quite famous. It specializes in selling antique jewelry, that is, second-hand jewelry, and also sells, buys, buys and repairs for customers. security manager. As soon as Xiao Guo saw the young man, he said, "Xie Weixing is in the manager's office." The young man couldn't believe it, "What did she do?" "Steal, steal and get." "Tell her to buy the goods." "Mr. Chinese, it is wrong to do that. It is to encourage them to take a gamble: it will not be too late to pay if they can't pass the test. How can it be!" "What do you want to do, call the police immediately?" "Her mother is a big customer." "Look, it's getting in the way again." "Yes, business is getting harder and harder." "What's the use of calling me here?" "You are her mother's friend." Xiao Guo smiled. "When you yell like this, the whole world will know." The young man was annoyed. "Go and call her mother." The young man sat down, "Why did she have to call her mother to listen to the lesson? Since kindergarten, when the parents are met, the mother will represent them. Where did the fathers go? You and I both know that her father is in this city. How about it? Sorry?" Xiao Guo looked at the young man, "If you call her Lingtang, she will be grateful to us, if you call her father, she will hate us, men and women are two different things." "This girl is annoying." "I know that too, but the top priority now is to get her out of the shop. We can do business." The young man raised his hand, "This matter has nothing to do with me." Xiao Guo was annoyed, "Are you unwilling to do such a small favor?" "Why didn't the owner do it?" "The owner doesn't want to offend regular customers." At this time, a middle-aged woman in a black traditional cheongsam appeared, with a handsome appearance and a plump figure. She nodded and smiled at the young man. The young man was silent for a moment, "Give me the phone." The owner has a special relationship with Xiao Guo. This is a very strange feeling, people who don't need to be very clever or sensitive can feel it, and the person involved doesn't have to make eye contact, everything is in the air, maybe, it's a kind of battery, weak, but it does exist. When the phone was connected, the young man briefly reported the facts, put down the phone, and said, "I'll wait for someone at the door." Xiao Guo breathed a sigh of relief and patted his shoulder. The young man gave him a nonchalant gesture. He was waiting for her at the door, and within ten minutes, she had been delivered by the driver, her posture was fairly calm, but her expression betrayed her. The young man went to comfort her and took her into the shop. Xiao Guo came out. The young man asked, "How will this matter be resolved?" "Buy the package, apologize, and send the girl to a psychiatrist for treatment." "What did she steal?" "A diamond chip bracelet with 'Happy Birthday Honey' spelled out." "Today is her birthday?" "Who cares about this? The house is already piled up with mountains and seas, and they still want to steal from the street. My nerves are wrong." "Maybe--" Xiao Guo was impatient, "I don't tolerate all kinds of sickness of the rich." He was born in poverty, but he can clean himself and love himself, so he feels superior to others. "I'll go first, I don't want to see that girl." "I don't blame you, that's a freak." They have a strange trick called venting anger. No matter what, they won't blame themselves, but they will get angry with anyone around them. Young people left the land of right and wrong. He went to do some errands before returning to the apartment. To his surprise, he found that she was already watching the scenery on the terrace. "Come back so soon?" she sighed. "Our mother and daughter have nothing to say." "How come, my mother and sister have been whispering endlessly." "That's a favor." "Or..." the young man scratched his scalp, "try to improve..." She was helpless, "Wai Xing ignored me as soon as he left the jewelry store." The young man said softly: "It's spoiled." She felt embarrassed, "Why would I bother you with this kind of thing—" "Shh, don't apologize, we have other things to do." "You are the only person in the world who can make me happy." "What is this? Tears, you cried." "I'm sorry. Look what a failure I am." "It's not a skill to make a girl shed tears, but it's something that touches me—" "Complain less, enjoy more." She turned around, weeping secretly. He comforted her gently. In the evening, Xiao Guo's phone call came. "Have you got off work yet? Come out for a drink, Qiqi treats you." Qiqi must be the proprietress of the jewelry store. He's out for appointments. Ms. Qiqi is really charming, especially she has no words, her silence is like gold. Xiao Guo said: "It has been found out who murdered you." "Is it the Japanese gang?" "You are not a fool, they are annoyed at the director for stealing the business, and they deliberately want to destroy her pillar to show some color." The young man is very humorous, "Fortunately, he is not right about people." "The director has flown to Tokyo to negotiate." "Going alone?" "Of course not, powerful people will accompany her." "It's getting harder and harder in our line of work." "Where the benefits lie, naturally many people covet them." "Xiao Guo, how about we retire together?" "Hey, I'm involved again for no reason. I have nothing to do with you." The young man continued on his own: "Go to a small town in Canada to buy a condominium apartment, about ten units, bring relatives and friends to live together, chat and drink old wine every day, how good it is." Qiqi just laughed at the side. Xiao Guo said gently: "A person wants to live an ordinary and peaceful life, but because he has a sweetheart, do you have a sweetheart?" The young man was silent. Xiao Guo said: "Renke is Renke, don't confuse it, it's purely a transaction." The young man was silent. "Some customers like to make fake plays, so as to increase the fun, don't get me wrong." The young man bowed, "Thank you for your advice." "You quit early, study for a few more years, and start from scratch." The young man was obedient, thanked him and left first. Qiqi looked at his back, and said with a smile: "Even my eyes can't see that he is this kind of person, he can be said to be out of the mud without staining." "From this we can see that his heart must be more painful than others." "There are so many industries, it's hard to choose what to do well," Qiqi sighed, "Although female clients are always more refined than male clients, what they sell is their soul." She seemed to be thinking of the past. "He'll come ashore." "Remember when I had a waist?" I don't know which ice-snow-smart person teasingly invented these two words, which is vivid and appropriate. What the dancing girl sells is a slender and seductive waist. But Xiao Guo said gently: "Forgot." Young people have not forgotten. When he fell asleep in the middle of the night, he suddenly woke up, opened his eyes wide, and said to himself: "The past is the past, and my mother has passed away. No one can bully us anymore." But my mother's face on the sick bed is vivid. Since he was driven from one apartment to another due to rent arrears, he finally thought it over and went to the director and said, "Teach me what to do." When my mother died, she thought it was some kind relative who helped the family. "...How do I repay others?" "I have my own measure." "I will thank you when I recover from illness." She is not cured. After that, he wanted to quit, but the director had his own way. She leaned lightly on the door frame, with her waist slanted, and she took this posture whenever she asked, as if she was very weak and knew that she was wrong, but she had no choice but to ask for help: "Help me for another year, and I don't have any good people under my command." , a group of siblings have to pay salaries, and the lamp oil and candles in the shop are all expenses. If you are popular and popular, if you leave us, the impact will be great." She was the one who paid for his medical and tuition fees first, and she was the one who found a house for him to live in, so he couldn't refuse. "One year," she said. He finally nodded. After another year, he already knows how to think, what can he do after leaving the travel agency, and he may not be able to go back to work as a messenger because he is used to wearing Amani suits: "Awen, I want three cups of coffee in the meeting room", "Awen, this The closed file must be handed in before eleven o'clock in the morning", "Awen, the night shift is open today..." He has been doing it. Skilled, the director dotes on him more and more. To a certain extent, it is not an exaggeration to describe him as famous. Young people get up to shower and go downstairs for a run. I really didn't expect to meet Miss Wang, my neighbor. She was also surprised, "It's so early, I thought you would sleep until the sun was up." he smiles. That was the way in the 1950s, when no one seemed to know how to manage time and money well. No matter what occupation you are in now, everyone knows that health is important, and that you must save money. "Let's run together." Her legs are long and strong, very pleasing to the eye, the fog is heavy, her hair is a little wet, young is so good, and she doesn't need to dress up to be attractive enough. The young man said: "I have a friend named Angie. A few years ago, she was a bit like you." "Lu Anqi?" She smiled, "It's our senior, I'm not half as good as her, she's so pretty." "You know her?" "Since you are in this industry, you have to figure out who is who. Don't be blind to Mount Tai. It's yourself who makes a fool of yourself." The young man was silent. "Lu Anqi went to Malaya to get married." "Is it?" This was news to him, "Is it a good family?" "It's great, now there are private planes going back and forth, and there are bodyguards with me." "I'm so happy for her." "However, it is impossible to continue to communicate with former friends." The young man nodded. "Xiaowen," she came again, "I heard that a female guest almost bit off a piece of flesh from your shoulder and was sent to the emergency room for stitches. Is it true?" The young man smiled wryly, "Why do you tease me?" "No, I'm really curious." "Then, let me answer this way: it's meaningless if you unravel it." She nodded: "It is said that your best advantage is that you rarely speak." "Really, misfortune comes out of your mouth." "Lonely, why can't I resist talking? When I get rich and happy, can I not tell it? When I am suffering, can I not complain." The young man smiled, "Is there any new film starting recently?" "The market is not good, take a break for now." They ran around and back to the house. She asked again: "Girlfriend treats you well?" The young man had sharp eyes and saw a car parked outside the door. He approached it, and when he mentioned Cao Cao, Cao Cao would be there. "Morning." He smiled. Miss Wang smiled at them and went upstairs. "Please get in the car." He sits beside her. But she was still looking at Ms. Wang's back, "I don't know what I was fed when I was a child, and there is no place in my body that is not 100 points." The young man laughed, but she didn't discriminate against her. If some women were changed, they might threaten to move, and they would be ashamed. For this, he likes her sincerely. She said, "I wanted to stay in the car until seven before ringing the bell." "What's special?" "want to see you." The young man was silent. "Will you laugh at me?" "I don't think there's anything funny about it." "When I was very young, I fell in love with a classmate who played tennis. I felt the same way. I went to the court early in the morning to watch him practice." She leaned her head on the steering wheel, and at that moment, her eyes regained the clarity of her girlhood. She hissed, "What I need is a time tunnel." "No, you need another thing." She was worried, "What is that?" "An iron to iron out frowns." He reached out to caress her brows that were furrowed so deeply that they were almost knotted. "Really," she sighed, "it looks sad, old and bitter when you frown." "Untie it." "Is it okay? It's been wrinkled for decades." She reached out to rub it herself. "Try it." She gently flattened her face, as if by magic, the facial features clustered in the center of her face suddenly returned to their original positions, her face was peaceful and soft, and she was more than ten years younger. "That's it, don't move." "Don't move, how can you not move?" She laughed. She is even more charming when she smiles, leaving all the years behind her. The young man was very happy, "Look, it's a success." "I've come with a proposal." "Speaking. "Would you like to accompany me to Vancouver?" "I didn't expect you to like traveling so much." "No, I live there for a long time, and I will bring your family there, we will not come back." He was silent, this is a very serious matter. "It won't be a lifetime thing. Don't worry. After ten or twenty years, I will return to the Lord and you will be released. At that time, the sea and the sky will be brighter." "You sure know how to joke." "Really, let's go together." He said softly, "You are a married woman." "No, I have unilaterally filed for divorce and have been officially separated for several years." "What is that for?" "For freedom," she sighed, "Have you ever seen those gorgeously dressed porcelain dolls with glass eyes that look like real ones, lifelike, but lifeless, placed as an ornament, I have been watching since I was a child I have seen myself like this doll almost all my life, and it is not too much to want to be free." Young people are good listeners. "Encourage me, help me, give me strength." "You have to think carefully." At this moment, someone knocked on the car window suddenly. The young man pressed the car window, and it turned out to be Miss Wang. She had already changed her clothes, and said in surprise: "Are you still in the car? How cramped, why don't you say something?" Her face was smooth and radiant after applying makeup, and these words had a dramatic effect. She turned and left. Li Biru took a breath, "Don't look at her, she has freedom." The young man smiled, "Everyone is free after work, so don't be envious." She slowly brushed his handsome eyes with her fingers, "Come with me." To put it really politely, we are going together, not with her. What else should I do, she is really a lady, she never looks down on others, the more she treats her servants, the more polite she is, she never speaks of superiority or inferiority, and she never takes advantage of her verbally. The young man took a breath, pointed to his head, "Let me think about it." "Don't think too long." With the brakes still on, the young man rested his head on the car mat and closed his eyes. He knew people who had killed themselves by blowing out carbon monoxide from their engines. The faces of the dead were pink and not scary at all. Although the cabin is small, the seats are very comfortable. He heard her ask him, "Where are we going today?" At the beginning, he was most afraid of what his female companion would say to him, because there was really nowhere to go, but now that he has rich work experience, he knows that there are places to play in the cracks. "Let's take a gamble." "Are you addicted to gambling?" She was a little surprised. "No, I never gamble. My belief is that a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush." she smiled. What right does he have to gamble? The burden of life has always been on his shoulders. "It's still early." The young man was surprised, "Is there also time for gambling?" "I thought it was only at night to gamble." "Really, then, how can the loser make money?" She was also surprised, "Can you really make money if you lose?" "Everyone thinks that way, otherwise, who would gamble." "Okay, let's go take a look."