Chapter 10 like running water

like running water After college, I never got a job. What I do every day is to lie on the sofa, read the gossip news in fashion magazines, read the recruitment revelations in boring tabloids, and make a lot of same phone calls to make my mother happy. In fact, there are many opportunities to work, but none of them are jobs that I like. I'm a perfectionist, so I'd rather stay at home and rest. Of course I don't make no money.Five nights a week, I have to accompany Anzi to study, teach her to write essays, do math problems and read some simple English. Anzi is a student in the third grade of elementary school. When I first came to her home, she sat on her desk and shook her legs and asked me: "Mr. Tong, is your skirt from GUCCI?"

I smiled and said, "Why? The teacher is poor and cannot afford to wear such a famous brand." "But you look like you're wearing a famous brand." An Zi flattered me skillfully, "For a beauty like you, a sweater would look good on you." I could only watch ten-year-old An Zi giggle. Then she asked me again: "Can you improve my grades a lot?" "I will try my best. Of course, I also need your cooperation." "If I can surpass Hu Kefan, of course I will cooperate." "Who is Hu Kefan?" "My deskmate is also the boy with the best grades in our class. He is so handsome, but every time I talk to him, his head is always looking at the ceiling." An Zi suddenly felt a little sad, his voice lowered, and there was something in his eyes. Shiny grievance.

I didn't know what to say, Anzi's mother came out of the kitchen to make coffee for me, and scolded Anzi, "How can you sit on the table and talk to the teacher? There is no manners at all!" Anzi stuck out his tongue at me, and rushed into his hut like an arrow leaving the string. "My daughter," said Anzi's mother shaking her head, "every day doesn't stop me from having a headache." "You'll be fine." I comforted her.The coffee she made was delicious. I looked at the corner of her clothes out of the corner of my eye, and I knew it was expensive.It seems that most of Anzi's brand awareness comes from her mother.

"Miss Tong, you need to worry more." She said softly, "I have a lot of things to do, and I don't have much time to spend with her, but I will give you a reward that satisfies you." The words are concise and in place, and one can tell at a glance that she is an unusual woman.But I like her authenticity, she has high capital. So I took the job.At least five nights a week to pass. The other two nights, I went on peaceful dates. Ping is just like his name, he is a very ordinary boy.Unlike me, he is not picky about his work and works very hard, working hard under the scorching sun every day.A college student, starting as a salesman at the lowest level, with very inferior products, he told others seriously, and when others were tempted, he stuffed the things in his bag and said: "Forget it, this thing It's useless to buy it home." Then he left with a flushed face.

So the money he earns every month is only enough to rent a hut in this city and eat instant noodles or rice every day. Heh, it's just such a silly boy who actually picked me up.I knocked on the door of his hut with a roast duck on Saturday night, he welcomed me in, threw the broken BP machine on the bed, and told me happily: "Jiaxuan, I'm going to buy a mobile phone soon, so we It's convenient to contact." "How much did you earn?" I asked viciously. "Five thousand." He stretched out five fingers and said richly, "Now I am making electrical switches for a famous manufacturer. I am very lucky, and I met a big customer from the very beginning."

"Ping." I persuaded him, "Rent a better house, at least one with a bathroom." "Now let's make do with it," Ping said, "I'll buy you a big house when I save the money, and I'm alone, isn't it just a matter of life?" "Then why buy a mobile phone?" I said angrily. "Isn't it convenient for you?" Ping gently put his arms around me. I am softhearted. like running water (2) Yes Yes Yes.Ping is doing everything for me, otherwise he can go back to his hometown to teach. Although it is a small town, the salary of the teachers is not bad, and the most important thing is that it is suitable for Ping.

But when Ping fell in love with me, a petty bourgeois woman who seemed ordinary but was unwilling to be ordinary, her life had to go in a big circle suddenly, there was no way. "It's worth it." Ping always said, "It's worth doing anything for Jiaxuan." Looking at me like a "treasure in the palm", few men are so infatuated with women these days. Friends in my girlfriends change boyfriends like a lantern. Only I have been by Ping's side, and together with him in the damp and dark, exuding mildew Share a roast duck in a small house with a taste, kiss and hug, occasionally quarrel, manage an ordinary love, and look forward to a better tomorrow.

An Zi's mother called and said very embarrassedly, "I'm going on a business trip for ten days, would you like to stay at my house and stay with An Zi?" "Doesn't your family have a part-time worker?" I said, "I'm not good at taking care of children." "You don't need to do housework," Anzi's mother said, "Anzi is afraid of sleeping alone, so he asked Teacher Tong to be his companion." Before I could say anything, she immediately said, "I'll pay you three times your salary." is a good deal. I readily agreed, and took my change of clothes into her mansion the next day.Anzi's mother called me at the airport and told me that there was money left in the bedside cabinet in the bedroom. If Anzi needed anything, I would buy it for her.

I opened the drawer, and there was a thick stack, needless to count, at least two thousand.I sighed, then a little humbled, and put it back in place.As soon as he returned to the guest room and hung up his clothes, Anzi came back from school.When she saw me, she said excitedly, "Mr. Tong, are you really coming to accompany me? Come on, let's watch Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" together." "Can you understand?" I asked her. "Don't underestimate me." She pouted and said, "I've seen it N times." "Tell me why you like it?" I asked curiously.

"I really want my parents to become pigs one day." She said viciously and happily. I was taken aback by the look on her face, the first time she mentioned her dad in front of me.I have never met Anzi's father. Anzi's mother told me that Anzi has no father. Children of single parents are always precocious and distressing. "Teacher Tong," An Zilai came to my side and asked, "Can we skip the part-time cooking at night and take me out to eat?" "What do you want to eat?" I asked her. "Lobster." She smacked her lips and said, "Hu Kefan wrote a composition about eating lobster. When the teacher read it as a model text, our whole class was so greedy to death by him."

Hu Kefan again, Hu Kefan ten times a day. I have long been used to it, patted her on the head and said: "Okay, go and change the school uniform, let's go." She happily followed me out, wearing a ostentatious floral dress, which she said was bought for her by her mother in Malaysia, but she didn’t usually have the chance to wear it. Today, she went to a “dinner” and was finally able to show it off. I corrected her and said, "It's just the two of us, and no one is inviting us, so we can't call it 'going to a banquet', we can only call it a meal." She giggled and said, "I invite you." For this child, the pocket money for a month should be more than the combined income of my peace.From a wealthy family and well-informed, she dared to explore the face of love when she was ten years old. I knew I was behind her.When my hands were full of the smell of lobster, I looked at her tender and sweet face and reminded myself to enjoy life as soon as possible. I ended up eating so much that I could barely walk on the way home.After washing up, Anzi and I huddled together on the small bed in the guest room. After all, she was a child, and she fell asleep quickly at night without her mother.I looked at the gorgeous chandelier and thought of Ping, my future home and my unsettled job, and my heart was not without sadness. The next day after I sent Anzi to school, I went shopping and fell in love with a lavender dress. The style was simple, but the price was far beyond my ability to bear.Somewhat frustrated, I sat on the stairs of the shopping mall and sent a short message to Ping, secretly hoping that he would bring money to realize my dream.Ping quickly replied: "You look good in whatever you wear, you don't need to be so extravagant." I turned off my cell phone, went back to Anzi's house, and sulked at myself. I changed countless TV channels, but none of them were satisfied.Just then the phone rang, and it was An Zi.The crunchy voice said, "Sister Tong, can you accompany me to the banquet tonight?" Oh, I changed my name to Sister Tong, the little girl's mouth is sweeter than honey, I said helplessly, "Want to eat lobster again?" "No," An Zi said, "This time it's a real banquet. Today is Hu Kefan's tenth birthday. We can have a buffet at the revolving restaurant on the top floor of 'Haoyun'. Parents can be brought along." "I want to think about it." I said, "I've never been a parent, and I'm not used to that kind of situation." "Sister Tong," she began to act coquettishly, "my mother entrusted me to you, you can't leave me alone, if I come home late at night, it won't be safe." "Tell me what time it is, and I can wait for you downstairs." "No! I want you to meet Hu Kefan, he is really handsome." Anzi begged, "I beg you, take my skirt from last night and pick me up after school." I don't want to deal with another kid, and I need a reason to relax.I promised her, she gave a cheer, kissed me loudly over there, and hung up. I sat there for a while, thought for a while, and finally made up my mind to take out 500 yuan from Anzi's mother's bedside cabinet and go straight to the mall.I don't know why, but I can't hold back my desire for that dress. I told myself that five hundred yuan is nothing to Anzi's mother, and this is the funds she approved for me to play with Anzi. No need for nothing. I wore a new dress to meet Anzi at the school gate, and she exclaimed outrageously: "Sister Tong, you are like a fairy today, all the children will be jealous of me!" "Shut up," I said, "You think I want to go with you that much?" "Okay, okay." She took my hand and asked me to accompany her to choose gifts, but she pushed me out after entering the gift shop. She stayed there for a long time, and finally brought out a small box mysteriously. I didn't bother to ask her what it was. When I got to the 38th floor of "Haoyun", I realized that the swarms were all children.I asked Anzi, "How many people did this Hu Kefan invite?" "Everyone in the class." An Zi said, "His father is a rich man, so he will reserve this place tonight." "It turns out that the person you like is the son of a rich man," I said, smacking my lips, "no wonder." like running water (3) "Hu Kefan is handsome, his composition is good, his calligraphy is also good, and the text is amazing to listen to." An Zi argued anxiously, "You know he is good when you see him." I soon saw Anzi's little idol, thin, wearing small glasses, with a very proud expression on his face.It's just that looking horizontally and vertically, I don't know where handsome comes from. "Hu Kefan!" An Zi hurriedly handed over the small box, "Happy birthday, look, this is my sister Tong. Is she as beautiful as I said?" Hu Kefan only hummed in his throat, then took the gift and said thank you lightly. An Zi continued to say pitifully, "Can I sit at the same table with you? I can blow out the candles for you later." "I'm going to speak on stage." Hu Kefan ran away after finishing speaking. Anzi lowered his head in frustration. I whispered in her ear, "Don't be so worthless." "Okay." She was so obedient that it made people feel distressed. The host quickly announced the official start of the birthday party. A middle-aged man spoke first. He spoke Mandarin and wore a CAPTAINO gray shirt. He had a rather noble temperament. An Zi introduced, "Hu Kefan's father is the general manager." I suddenly feel upset, rich people always upset me. After Lao Hu left the stage, it was Xiao Hu's turn. He tuned like reciting aloud. I suspected that he had memorized the manuscript, but Anzi said with a stern voice: "How, how, I'm not bragging, isn't he very good?" "So what?" I said, "Why didn't he see his mother?" "His father and his mother have left." An Zi said nonchalantly, "Hu Kefan and I share the same breath and fate." I corrected her without laughing or laughing: "You should say that we are in the same boat and have sympathy for each other." "Yes." An Zi said modestly, "Next time I must use the correct words." After the brief ceremony, the children dispersed like birds, each carrying a plate to find their favorite food.I sat down and drank a glass of Coke.Suddenly someone said to me, "Excuse me, are you Anzi's parent?" I looked up, it was Hu Kefan's father, who was already sitting opposite me at some point. "Well." I said. "I have been looking for you all the time." He said, "About Anzi, I hope you will strictly discipline him." "What do you mean?" I asked. "I think you should understand that I don't need to say more." He said, "I have asked the teacher to change Hu Kefan's seat." "It's all yours." I said, "You are so rich, you can buy a school for him to study alone." He suddenly smiled: "By the way, who are you, An Zi?" "Tutor." I said. "Teach what?" he asked me. I said sensitively: "If you teach moral education, are you going to let her mother deduct my wages?" He laughed.After laughing, say: "Want something to eat? I can help you." "It's such a grand sight," I said a little sourly, "you'll be full even if you don't eat." "Are you scolding me?" He looked into my eyes. I am silent. "It's a bit extravagant." He sighed, "but the child's grandma insisted." "This is your family matter. You don't need to explain it to me." I said, "I just hope you don't insist on changing seats. Anzi is also a child, and she has her self-esteem. As for Anzi, I will advise her." "I see." He nodded, smiled and left.Although everything I eat and drink today belongs to him, I'm not afraid of offending him. Who made him rich? ! like running water (4) But I was depressed many days. Ping was lucky all the way. He told me that he finally found the most stable job, working as an assistant to the general manager of a foreign company.If it takes a long time, buying a house and a car is just around the corner. "Okay." I said, "I'm waiting to be a rich wife." "Okay." Ping said, "Just find a job to pass the time. I will support you." I asked Ping, "Where does your good luck come from?" "I was originally going to sell my products to show off to the boss. She liked my persistence and seriousness and said that it is very difficult to find young people like me now." "Congratulations." I said weakly. He put his arms around me: "You will also have a good job. God has eyes and will definitely let us live a good life." The next afternoon when I was about to leave school, I received another call from Anzi: "Sister Tong, Hu Kefan... Hu Kefan will no longer be at the same table with me." She cried out of breath and said, "He is right The teacher said that I always disturbed him in class, but, but I just asked him questions." "Where are you?" I asked her. She broke down in tears and said after a long time, "I'm in the teacher's office." "Okay." I said, "Anzi, don't cry, I'll be right over." I found Anzi in the office. She was still crying, whimpering, curled up like a wounded animal. I hugged her distressedly and asked the teacher, "Why do you have to do this?" "It's very common to change seats," the teacher said angrily. "I don't understand why she's crying like that! Who are you? Where's her mother? Why doesn't her mother come?" "Her mother is on a business trip." I said to the teacher, "Leave Anzi to me, and I will take her back to school." Then I dragged Anzi away.No more second glances at that stern-faced teacher. That night I was lying on the bed with her, and she asked me at least three times: "Why can't I like someone?" "Because you are too young." I said. "How I want to grow up." She wrapped her thin arms around my neck, and finally fell asleep with grievances. Anzi's mother finally came back, thanked me repeatedly, and brought me expensive perfume as a gift, but she was not happy when I evaded it: "It's just a small gift, don't refuse my heart." I had no choice but to accept it.Smelling the faint fragrance of her body, I was in a trance. She sat down and started smoking.I thought, she even looks so elegant when she smokes, how could a man be willing to leave her for such a woman? She said slowly: "An Zi likes you very much, it makes me jealous." "That's nothing." I tried to reconcile the atmosphere and said, "There are many things about you that make me jealous." "Hehe," she said, "can you tell me about it?" "Such as money, status, beauty..." I satisfied her. She got up, stood at the window and said softly: "It's like flowing water. Money, status, beauty, and love will all be like flowing water in the end." Then she turned around and said with a sweet smile, "Look at me, instilling these negative emotions into a little girl. It really shouldn't be." "Nothing." I said good night to her.Then walk out of her house.I took a taxi back, and the car window was brightly lit.At some point, the city began to stay up all night, and everyone worried that there was not enough time, wishing to work hard and enjoy themselves day and night. This life is like running water, what is real? I decided to start from scratch. The next morning, I dressed up to apply for the job. By the time I arrived at the third company, I was sweating profusely, my skirt was wrinkled, and my lipstick had already faded.This company is not big, but it has rented a few office buildings in a very nice building, and the office conditions should be good.What they needed was a secretary, and I was greeted by a fat man and a short woman, who asked me a lot of inexplicable questions, and checked my ancestors for eight generations, and finally asked me if I was in a relationship?What do you think about premarital sex? I endured it for a long time, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Can you ask some less mentally retarded questions?" The short woman understood first, and said sharply, "Say it again." So I said it again. The fat man also understood, he jumped up and said, "You can go." like running water (5) "Let's go." I said.Angrily, I ran away from the door, got off the elevator and rushed forward sullenly, and bumped into a person. I took a closer look, and it was none other than Hu Kefan's father. The nobleman forgets so much, I think he must not recognize me, but who knows that he smiled and said: "You are Anzi's tutor, right?" "So what?" I was getting angry, "Aren't you enough? Is there any responsibility to pursue?" "I'm sorry," he said, "I didn't know until the child's grandma went to school." "The child's grandma again? You really know how to shirk responsibility." I said coldly. "I'm too busy." He said, "I'm really sorry. I hope you and Anzi forgive me. I've already told Kefan, be tolerant and friendly to your classmates." "The whole world knows you are busy, so farewell!" But he stopped me with gestures and said, "You work in this building?" "Do you think I'm so lucky?" I shrugged and said, "I'm just looking for someone." "I think you are totally blessed." He said, "My public relations department lacks talents like you. Are you willing to try?" I looked at him in surprise. He added: "My father invested in this building, and most of it is used for rent. My company is on the second floor." "Mr. Hu, I don't like joking," I said, "You don't even know my last name." "That doesn't matter, as long as I have insight." He smiled habitually again, "If I were you, I would try." "Of course I would," I said. Ping laughed out loud when he heard this, and he said, "Unexpectedly, within a month, you and I would have an adventure. I said that the sky has eyes, and it seems to be true." I also feel puzzled. I have never been a lucky person, but I really found a good position in a big company. The monthly salary is enough for me to live on a petty bourgeoisie. among the urban crowd. I did a pretty good job, and Hu Yuehai gave me a high evaluation. Yes, Hu Yuehai.Hu Kefan's father, my immediate boss. Occasionally I accompany him to meet clients, but I never drink with them. I only drink Coke. When drinking, he will subtly block me. It's just that she doesn't have so much time to spend with Anzi anymore, she started to feel unhappy, complaining that her mother is getting more and more busy, once I go there, she gets tired of being by my side for a long time and doesn't want to leave.I didn't dare to tell her that I was working for Hu Kefan's father, nor did I tell Anzi's mother.She just readily agreed to my resignation and let me do my job well. I sincerely thank her. Ping has moved to live in a small apartment in the city.It is very close to his work place, and the unit also has hourly workers to clean his room, but he is getting busier and busier, and sometimes it is difficult for us to see each other for a month.On the other end of the phone, he was always infinitely sorry.I told him it doesn't matter, and he said nervously, "Jiaxuan, you won't stop loving me, right?" "It's possible, so you have to hurry up to make money." After I finished speaking, I hung up the phone.In fact, I was also quite busy, so busy that I even forgot my own birthday. When I woke up in the morning, my mother brought noodles to my bed, and said, "Your roses, there are a lot of them, and they were delivered to the door in the morning." I ran into the living room, and there was a very beautiful pink rose, and a tea table was opened gorgeously.I took it for granted that it was Ping, but when I picked it up, it turned out to be another signature I was quite familiar with: Hu Yuehai. The call came right away: "Jiaxuan, today is your birthday, so you can take a day off." "Do all employees have this treatment?" He thought for a while and said, "No, you are an exception." "Thank you Mr. Hu." I said, "Then I will ask my boyfriend to go shopping." like running water (6) The other side was stunned for a moment, and then said: "As you arrange. Happy birthday." The phone hung up. I stared at Rose for ten minutes.After cleaning up my flat phone, I said arrogantly: "Put down what you are doing, and come to my house to pick me up immediately!" "What's wrong?" Ping asked. "Accompany me to go shopping and eat." "You." Ping said, "I have something important to do today, and the weekend is two days away, so I will definitely come! Okay?" "Don't ever come to see me for less than twenty minutes!" I stared blankly at Rose for another 20 minutes. Ping didn't come, nor did she call, only a short message: "Honey, no matter how busy I am, I will miss you." He even forgot my birthday. I put away my sadness and went to work. When Hu Yuehai saw me, he said in surprise, "Didn't I let you go on vacation?" "I'm old, but it's my birthday." I shrugged and didn't want to say more. "I'll treat you to dinner tonight." He said, "Wait for me after get off work." I put my head down and walk away. I couldn't find a reason to refuse, so I went to Shangri-La with him.Drink wine with him.He was slightly drunk, and said: "The first time I saw you, you were wearing a long purple dress, you were eloquent, and your eyes were arrogant, like an angel." "Mr. Hu," I said, "don't talk drunk." "Dare to say it when you're drunk." He asked the question straight to the end, "Jiaxuan, do I have a chance?" My face flushed.His hand reached out from the table and took mine. I wanted to hide, but I didn't have the strength.The phone rang at this moment, Shi Ping said repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm damned, I forgot your birthday, I'll be there right away where you are." "I'm going home." I said. Hu Yuehai let go of my hand, and I said, "I'm sorry, I have to go." Forty-year-old man, I know I am no match. That night I huddled in Ping's arms to watch the stars, and listened to him talking about the future to me.When Ping kissed me, I was terribly reminded of Hu Yuehai.Thinking of his textured hands, gently caressing my palm.I shed a tear and Ping quickly kissed it dry. The next day, I sent my resignation by express mail. I went back to teach Anzi again, she was as happy as a little fish, and told me many new things in the class, but Hu Kefan was not mentioned, and the hero became Ding Chao. "Ding Chao?" I asked her, "Who is Ding Chao?" "The most handsome boy in our class, he's a great player." "Isn't Hu Kefan the most handsome?" "That stupid donkey." An Zi said disdainfully, "He knows nothing but studying!" Look, this is the child, everything in the past has been wiped clean. God knows how much I envy An Zi. But I don't allow myself to think about Hu Yuehai, I remind myself that I am a self-loving woman, I don't like playing games, let alone lose my self-esteem. Two months later, Anzi's mother said to me: "If you don't mind, can you come to my company as a clerk?" An Zi stuck his head out of the room and said hastily, "Sister Tong, please agree quickly, my mother's company pays you quite well." I knew it was An Zi's idea. Anzi's mother also said frankly: "I resigned from the previous clerk because she was not good enough. I believe you will be much better than her." It's hard to give up. like running water (7) I put on my high heels again as my white collar.Before this, I never knew that Anzi's mother's business was so big, it was a Sino-foreign joint venture, and it was not inferior to Hu Yuehai in terms of momentum.Anzi's mother told me not to let others know about our relationship, so that you can work more easily.I totally agree. I was assigned to the office to do chores like typing documents.The colleagues in the office were very polite to me, and a girl with small eyes made me a cup of chrysanthemum tea. When I was resting, I leaned against the window to watch the scenery. I saw Anzi's mother's car driving by. A man came down to open the door for her first. He was tall and wore famous brand clothes, but he seemed groveling in front of Anzi's mother. The small-eyed girl came over and said, "That's our assistant to the general manager. You have to be careful not to offend him. He looks honest, but his heart is broken. That's how the girl who worked for you was fired like this." My eyes slowly blurred. Because I know that man, he is none other than Ping. Or, I never knew him. When I was wandering aimlessly on the street, I remembered a sentence that Anzi's mother once said to me: "It's like running water..." In my youth of twenty-two years old, I clearly understood the true meaning of this sentence. Fortunately, I am only twenty-two years old, and I will be like An Zi, the wounds heal as quickly as they come. All the variables can't knock me down, I believe there will be more beautiful scenery as the water flows.