Chapter 16 Chapter Fifteen

Li Li didn't expect that when she heard the name Pan Wenhui again, it was actually connected with a fraud case, and the person who was cheated was Pei Shangxuan. The scam was not complicated. Pan Wenhui asked Pei Shangxuan to cooperate on the pretext that the company needed to purchase a batch of branded laptops.He also brought a man who claimed to be an IT manager to Pei Shangxuan's shop to negotiate the price. Pei Shangxuan has always valued friendship and loyalty, and he firmly believes in the business introduced by Pan Wenhui.He bought more than one hundred Sony laptops and handed them over to Pan Wenhui.Then Pan Wenhui took the goods and never returned, and the company he mentioned could not find this person at all.

Li Li immediately asked for leave after receiving the call and heard about the incident, and called a taxi to rush to Pei's house as quickly as possible.Pei Shangxuan's parents sat in the living room dejectedly, and she didn't see him. "Uncle and aunt, where is Shang Xuan?" She panicked, afraid that he would have done something stupid if she was a step late.On the phone, Pei's mother broke down in tears and said, "I'm afraid he won't be able to pass this test", which made her worry all the way. "He locked himself in the room and didn't eat or drink for a whole day." Pei's mother shook her head and sighed, "Xiao Li, go and persuade him. Money is something outside of your body. If you fall for it, you will be fooled. It's like spending money to buy a lesson. Next time Just earn it back.”

Li Li nodded quickly, comforting the two elders that she would try her best to persuade him to cheer up.She walked towards his room, thinking about the years he had passed, feeling sad in her heart.She should have warned Pei Shangxuan earlier that Pan Wenhui was not as kind and amiable as he appeared.This man with a dimple on one side smiled like an innocent child, but in reality he had a deep scheming heart.Unfortunately, by now, it is too late. She blamed herself for being angry with him for an insignificant phone call. Pei Shangxuan was the most important friend in her life, but she was angry with him because of other men, and she didn't remind him to be careful in time.

The door of his room was only ajar, and it opened with a light push.Li Li encouraged herself first outside the door, if even she couldn't help being depressed, how could she encourage him. She opened the door and entered, almost screaming in fright at the thrilling scene in front of her.Pei Shangxuan was sitting on the window sill, as if he might fall down the stairs at any moment. He didn't move, unaware that someone was approaching.Li Li heaved a sigh of relief, at least he didn't look like he was planning to commit suicide. People who are looking for death and life are extremely sensitive to the outside world and will never let anyone approach them.

She stood firmly in front of him, at this distance, even if he wanted to jump off the building, she could hold him back in time. "Pei Shangxuan, I'm here." She couldn't think of an opening line, so she had to use this sentence.Hearing her voice, he raised his head, his dejected appearance made Li Li feel sad. She had known him for ten years, and it was the first time she had seen him so depressed, as if the whole world had collapsed.Being betrayed and betrayed by friends has always been a pain in life. Li Li was so excited that she stepped forward and hugged the man she had always liked. "Pei Shangxuan, I will never betray you, never." It was not purely comforting, most likely it was her true feelings.

Pei Shangxuan was indifferent, and after a long silence, he said in a muffled voice, "I don't believe it." "You don't believe me?" Li Li repeated, as if her chest had been hit by a heavy fist, she was in pain and stuffy, with unspeakable nausea.He didn't believe her. After all these years, he didn't believe her! "All friends are liars. When you are in trouble, everyone hides away and pretends not to know each other." Regardless of her feelings, he continued: "I will never believe it again, there is nothing worth believing Yes! Friendship is worthless."

Li Li shot out suddenly, and his fist flew onto that handsome face, with a sense of ruthlessness.He was hit by the punch and turned his head to one side. "Pei Shangxuan, you bastard!" Sometimes I really don't want to deal with this ignorant idiot, who is impulsive and self-willed like a wild horse, wantonly trampling on those who care about him.But she can't let go, especially now. Pei Shangxuan turned his head, his gaze flicked across her face, with an unusually obvious repulsion.There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and there was a hint of metallic coldness in his voice: "Yes, I'm a fucking bastard, get out of here."

The word "roll" that came out of his mouth made Li Li's dizziness spin for a while, she staggered back half a step, barely standing still. "Pei Shangxuan, why am I sorry for you, you want to treat me like this?" Her lips trembled, and she couldn't hold back her tears anymore. Pei Shangxuan's heart trembled, and he instinctively wanted to go forward and hug her in his arms to comfort her like in the past.He stopped her body movement slightly, and it was his hurtful words that caused her to cry. He had no position to comfort her at all.Without looking away coldly, he looked at the gloomy sky outside the window.

He refused to look at her, as if she were like those who deceived him and walked away when he was in trouble.Li Li caught a glimpse of the blade on the table, rushed over to hold it in his hand. "Pei Shangxuan, you idiot, listen carefully. Li Li will be your friend for the rest of her life and will never betray you." The situation caused him to jump up like an electric shock, and flew towards Li Li. "You're the idiot!" He snatched the bloody blade from her hand, pulled her and ran out the door, yelling in a mess: "Mom, find the red medicine quickly! Is there a Bundy?"

She pulled him back, Pei Shangxuan turned his head.Li Li's left palm was cut with a long cut by the blade, bloody and bloody. "You, can you trust me now?" She said every word, looking into his eyes full of expectation. Pei Shangxuan rarely had the memory of crying since he was a child, even when he was taught by his father with a cane when he was a child, even when he was sent to the juvenile education center, he never shed a single tear.But at this moment, he hugged Li Li, crying like a wronged child. Pei Shangxuan didn't dare to tell Li Li that he owed 200,000 yuan, and with Li Li's personality, he would definitely find ways to share the debt for him.When he was at his worst, she did not leave him like everyone else was the greatest support, and he couldn't get Li Li involved no matter what reason he had.

In the evening, he sent the injured Li Li back home. When he got home, his parents waited for him in the living room and asked him what his future plans were.Being cheated has become a fact, and no matter how regretful you are, you will not be able to recover your losses. It is better to consider practical issues. All his inventory is mortgaged to others, and someone will come to collect the store in a few days, and there is no way to continue to operate.He has nothing but his parents and a friend who will never leave him. Before entering the bedroom, the father said the last sentence: "When the disaster is imminent, the husband and wife each fly a lot. Li Li is a rare child." Of course Pei Shangxuan understood that Li Li was a good girl.Just because it was so good, the comparison showed his unbearable, which made him feel ashamed.In private, he even stubbornly believed that a soft-hearted girl like Li Li should become a man's first love, instead of handing it over to his depraved self. The sharp blade sliced ​​open her palm, and the blood dripped shockingly.At that moment, he wished that time could go back to the past, and give back Pei Shangxuan, who was as innocent as her, with a high academic qualifications, so that he would be qualified to love her. He went in the wrong direction, so he could only stand in the distance and send her blessings—someone who can make you happy will definitely appear. Li Li's hand was wrapped in layers of gauze, the wound was deep, and it took half a day to stop the bleeding.She didn't expect that she would use so much force, it can be seen that when people are in a hurry, they can't care about other things. At that time, only the idea of ​​killing blood for alliance was in her mind, other than that, it was blank. She can't feel the pain, because the pain in her heart is better than the pain in her body.Pei Shangxuan's denial of her was more bitter than ever before, she could bear him saying "I don't like ugly people", that was an irrefutable fact, even her family didn't think she was pretty; At least it proves that he has not found true love; she loves him hopelessly, just for the little bit of warmth that he lit for her in the cold wind when he was fourteen Make her feel irresistible. At a young age when no one liked her, Pei Shangxuan was the first to extend his friendly hands to her. The first love, even at the farthest distance, is still clear.In 1994, Liu Qianren ruined Li Li's innocence. She paranoidly believed that her love was no longer qualified to be exposed to the sun.In 2000, she repeated her vow with blood: If we cannot love each other, then we will be friends who will never betray. It wasn't until later that they realized that love is love and no qualifications are required.The so-called "qualification" is just an excuse to cover up their cowardice, what Li Li and Pei Shangxuan are really afraid of is being rejected. On the day when the shop was taken away, Pei Shangxuan stood outside the computer city for a long time.The phone in his coat pocket rang desperately, but he pretended he didn't hear it. His parents sold the house they planned to marry him to. The house price in 2000 was the last low point before the property market soared in Shanghai. After paying off all the debts, he still has nearly 50,000 yuan in debt. Caoxi North Road is crowded with people, and the Xujiahui business district is built together by Pacific Computer Plaza, Metro City, 600, Pacific Department Store, Ganghui, and Oriental Commercial Building. This is another Vanity Fair in Shanghai. He remembered that Li Li looked at the tall buildings on the other side of the Pujiang River in the distant past and said to himself: "Pei Shangxuan, we will inevitably become as cruel as this city, right?" He didn't understand it back then, but now he feels deeply.The development of urban economy has not only changed life, but also people's thinking.Winners and losers, the people who once surrounded him taught him this sentence. "Idiot, I knew you were here." A familiar voice came from beside him, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and the loss that was heavy on his heart suddenly disappeared.The one who said he would become cruel at the beginning was the only one who didn't. Pei Shangxuan took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and the ten missed calls all came from the same number.He smiled and raised his hand to rub her short hair: "I'm fine, it's not worth asking for personal leave." Li Liman grinned nonchalantly, and pushed his elbow towards his chest, "Your future life starts from here, how can I rest assured that you are an idiot?" He took her hand and spread it out.The scar is very long, cutting obliquely across the lifeline, career line, and love line, as if dividing life into left bank and right bank.Li Li read shame from his eyes, and said with an unnatural smile: "If we get separated one day, when the white hair and face and figure are deformed and out of shape, you will be able to recognize me by this scar .” He didn't speak, looking up at the slow-moving advertising airship over Xujiahui, with birds flying across the sky.His far-reaching eyes focused on Li Li's face, and his smile was bright and clean. "I didn't tell you, I went to that wetland alone in spring, and I really saw my favorite bird that year, it flew back." He stroked her hair and whispered: "So I I will definitely recognize you, no matter what you become." She suddenly had a sore nose, it turned out that he hadn't forgotten it. For a whole year, Pei Shangxuan was desperately trying to make money.He delivers couriers during the day and works as a waiter at KTV at night, sleeping only four hours a day.Li Li recommended Pei Shangxuan's courier company to the person in charge of the company's general affairs department. After he came to pick up a courier, at lunch time she heard the reception lady at the front desk discussing "a handsome courier", Li Li remained calm. Eat stuffy. He was a handsome man, too handsome to ignore. Li Li blamed her tragedy on falling in love with a handsome man over her own strength, and the picture of them standing together was not aesthetically pleasing. This cognition once frustrated Li Li. Before 1994, it was the only reason that deterred her. .What happened later became the main conflict instead, but deep down she still felt inferior. Appearance is still one of the criteria for judging people in the real world, even if it is the phrase "a person should not be judged by his appearance" by heart. She knew from a very young age that she would never be able to become a beautiful woman in her life, and she would never even have the chance to be praised as "beautiful". In March 2001, Li Li received a wedding invitation from Wang Xiaofeng.She looked at the photo of the couple's wedding dress on the inside of the invitation card. The conspicuous mole around the groom's mouth showed the word happiness. After graduation, they went their separate ways, occasionally having a meal to catch up.Just two months after the probationary period, Wang Xiaofeng got the opportunity to go to Germany for training, and he left for half a year.Another reason he asked her to go to the bar to celebrate the new millennium was to practice, but Li Li refused because of Pei Shangxuan. He didn't take it seriously, and still brought her a bottle of perfume as a gift when he returned home, which was said to be bought at the Perfume Museum in Cologne.The perfume bottles made of Liuli are colorful and colorful, and Li Li couldn't put it down.Seeing that she liked her so much, Wang Xiaofeng smiled triumphantly. "It's very similar to you." He stared at the bottle and said, "It takes a lot of tempering before everyone knows the benefits." Li Li's heart moved slightly, and he rolled his eyes calmly: "Through hard work, we might as well add another sentence of 'never wear and tear'." He laughed out loud, poked the French fries in the ketchup randomly, and said, "Li Li, you girl is such a weirdo, you are so stubborn and boring even though you can see clearly." "It's my own business to be bored." Knowing what Wang Xiaofeng was implying, she spat, and then complained that he made a mess of the ketchup and changed the subject. This was the last time they met. I didn't expect that he would get married in just half a year. Li Li didn't have time to attend the wedding, so she asked Wang Xiaofeng to meet with her one week in advance and gave her a gift.He said polite words like "I'm sorry", but his hand to collect the red envelope was not slow at all, and he quickly put it into the inner pocket of the suit. "Look at your hypocrisy." Li Li teased, and threw two cubes of sugar into his coffee, "You're so sweet, you duplicity man." Wang Xiaofeng smiled and took a sip of coffee with raised eyebrows, "Duplicity is better than turning a blind eye." Ever since he knew Li Li's secret, he took pleasure in exposing her scars.Originally, it was out of good intentions, hoping that one day it would be a hit, but the long-lasting love can be easily turned around if you let go?Over time, Li Li's unrequited love and his failure to find a girlfriend became a joke between the two. Li Li is not to be outdone, even though he is about to bid farewell to his bachelor life, she can still find his embarrassing words: "Speaking of which, you, a 'friend of women', actually found a wife, I am really surprised." He put away his hippie smile, pointed to the mole on his face and explained solemnly: "Because she is the first woman to say that my mole is sexy." She almost spit out the black tea in her mouth, what kind of reason is that. "Please, if I had said so a few years earlier, would it be possible that the person standing next to you next week would be me?" He looked at her for a long time, then smiled and said half-truth, "I like it even if you don't tell me." She didn't ask whether it was true or false, and if she asked, it wouldn't change anything.But she took Wang Xiaofeng's farewell words to heart. He said: "Li Li, no matter who she is, she will always be unique in a person's eyes." Pei Shangxuan was the only person in Li Li's eyes. During the fifteen long years, she only saw him. On the day of Wang Xiaofeng's wedding reception, Li Li accompanied Paul to the Shanghai Foreign Entrepreneur Symposium held at the International Convention and Exhibition Center.As more and more foreign companies enter Shanghai, the municipal government will meet and talk with business representatives every year, and at the same time issue awards for the most contribution to Shanghai's economic development. Li Li accidentally met Liu Qianren at the banquet, and they saw each other almost at the same time.She saw Liu Qianren raised the corners of his beautiful mouth into a provocative smile, then he smiled and nodded at the people around him and said a few words, then left them and walked towards her. She didn't run away, although for a moment she wanted to go back to Paul immediately, even listening to a man talking about cars was more interesting than meeting him face to face, but Li Li finally chose to stay where she was.He is her worst nightmare and she cannot escape. Li Li never read the photos and letters Liu Qianren sent back from the United States.When they met suddenly, she unconsciously compared the gloomy-looking man in her memory with him in front of her eyes. Liu Qianren used to be very thin, with the kind of body that his college roommates jokingly called "bamboo pole".Beautiful facial features, always sneering and sneering expressions, coupled with a slender appearance, no matter how you look at it, it looks gloomy.He has been in the United States for a few years, and his body has become much stronger, and he wears the well-made suit on his body very stylishly. He was also looking at her. In the photos sent by Liu Zhixian, Li Li didn't appear often. The last one was her graduation photo. She was wearing a black academic gown, her lips were tightly pursed, and her face was serious.Compared with what he saw before leaving Shanghai, she still had the ordinary facial features in his memory, only slightly thinner than before. Now Li Li was wearing a light gray suit with delicate and elegant makeup, as if a caterpillar had spread its wings.It may not be the most beautiful butterfly, but it can fly freely. He stopped in front of her, Li Li's breathing became heavy for an instant. "Long time no see." Liu Qianren was the first to break the silence. She grinned, returning a lukewarm smile. "I didn't hear from uncle that you would come back." She didn't think about reuniting with him, thinking that he would take root in America and never come back. "I will officially return to work in Shanghai next month." He took out a well-made business card from his exquisite business card holder and handed it to Li Li.Due to social etiquette, she took it with both hands respectfully.Liu Qianren works in a world-renowned software company, and his title is Marketing Director of East China Region. Li Li had long forgotten his major, and hadn't cared about what degree he went to the University of Southern California to study for. At this time, he saw his business card and vaguely remembered that he studied computer in college. She put away her business card, raised her head to search for her boss, and didn't want to entangle him any more.Liu Qianren raised the champagne glass and took a sip. Her avoidance made him angry for no reason, and she had to deal with deliberately provoking the conversation. "I heard from my father that you moved out?" "Ah." Li Li nodded.She rents a house outside, and usually only returns home once after three or four phone calls from Liu Zhixian.Li Meiqing's attitude towards her didn't change much, but the topic changed from nagging about her looks to not being good-looking, no wonder no one chased her.Li Li couldn't help but think that he and his mother must have had enmity in the previous life, so they didn't like each other in this life. There is a reflection of the gorgeous dome chandelier in the dark black pupils, showing a strange color.Li Li's heart trembled, and he forced himself to face the challenge calmly. "Li Li," Liu Qianren approached her and lowered his voice, "I still hate you mother and daughter." She watched him walk away gracefully, the hairs on her arms stood on end. Since going to work, Li Li feels that time seems to go faster than when she was a student.Often in the blink of an eye, it is the weekend; in the blink of an eye again, a season has passed; in the last blink of an eye, the calendar for 2001 is turned over and replaced with a new one. Pei Shangxuan paid off his debts, unwilling to fail, he made an ambitious plan to invest in building materials.Li Li kept silent and lent most of his savings to him to open a shop. He promised to pay her back, at twice the interest rate of the bank.Li Li smiled and said nothing.She believed that he would not fall down, no matter how weak an individual is, he has the instinct to survive tenaciously, not to mention he is Pei Shangxuan. How could the man she had loved for many years be easily defeated? In the summer of 2002, the World Cup was held in China's neighbors Japan and South Korea. The Chinese team set foot on the World Cup for the first time, and they were in a group with Brazil, Turkey and Costa Rica.The most popular star in today's football is Beckham, his England and Li Li's Argentina gathered in Group F. In 1998, England and Argentina met in the quarter-finals. After a thrilling 120 minutes, it was a penalty shootout that made people dare not breathe. In the end, Argentina eliminated England.She and Wang Xiaofeng stayed up all night watching the game in a small bar near the school, and Wang Xiaofeng asked her, "Don't you think it's tiring to be dedicated?" That year, in her third year of university, she was dissatisfied that Wang Xiaofeng was not a die-hard supporter of Argentina.Afterwards, in the quarter-finals between Argentina and the Netherlands, Li Li went to spend the night with his little uncle.After his grandmother passed away, Li Guoqiang still lived in the old house and was laid off at home. Li Guoqiang's son has the same name as Liming among the Four Heavenly Kings.Children are spoiled, clamoring for high-end toys all day long, crying and making loud noises when things go wrong.Yan Liming always looked down on the laid-off Li Guoqiang. He watched the football in the middle of the night, which escalated the conflict between the husband and wife. She took her son back to her mother's house in a fit of anger. Argentina was eliminated by the Dutch team, Li Guoqiang suddenly said angrily: "Damn it, I can't live through this day." Her little uncle has changed from being handsome to being down and out, and since then has been doing nothing, and is disgusted by his wife and son. The setbacks in life can make or break a person.Li Guoqiang and Pei Shangxuan are two extremes, one is drifting with the tide, and the other is working hard. In 2002, Li Li lost her job. Paul resigned and left China, the newly appointed general manager promoted the most beautiful one in the secretary's office, and Li Li got three months' salary as compensation.She didn't tell anyone, and packed her bags to travel to Yunnan. She originally planned to go to Japan and meet her idol Kaniggia with her own eyes, but after lending most of her savings to Pei Shangxuan, she had to consider the reality. She called Pei Shangxuan in Lijiang, and told him in a flat tone that she was unemployed and was recovering from injuries in other places. First he was furious and blamed her for worrying about her age, and then persuaded Li Li that she had experienced worse things. "There is no hurdle in the world that cannot be overcome, and I am a precedent." This time, it was Pei Shangxuan's turn to encourage her.Li Li was inexplicably happy. "Also, I have done a few business deals, and I can pay you back part of the money when you come back." She didn't say anything, but he also understood the financial problems she was about to face at this moment.With Li Li's friendship with him, he would definitely not take the initiative to ask him to pay back the money, but he can't just pretend to be confused. "Idiot, I'll be thankful if you have more insight." Thousands of miles away, she never forgot to remind him to avoid repeating the same mistakes.Some things, once is enough. When Li Li returned to Shanghai on June 12, the first thing she did was turn on the TV to watch the final round of the group match between Argentina and Sweden.Ninety minutes later, Argentina and Sweden scored 1:1 and were ruthlessly eliminated.Prior to this, another favorite to win the championship, the defending champion France, fell into the sand in the group stage and was out together with Argentina. Caniggia, whom she likes, sat on the bench and was dissatisfied with the referee and received a red card.He left Li Li with a desolate back, her flowing blond hair faded with the passage of time, her idol is getting old, and so is she. Li Li is about to turn twenty-six years old, has never had a real relationship, has a crush on a man, and was robbed of her virginity by another man.Her life is an absurd drama, and the ending time is undecided. "Argentina, Don't Cry For Me" was still playing on the TV, and Pei Shangxuan's call came. "You really came back." He remembered that in June 1990, she told him happily: "I fell in love with someone." Suddenly looking back, it has been so long, but her liking has not changed.When the phone was connected and he heard a familiar voice, he thought at that moment: The person she likes must be very happy. Pei Shangxuan never knew that he was that happy man. Li Li's voice on the phone was a little hoarse. She was anxious for Argentina when she was watching the game, and she shouted too excitedly. "You're so old, you don't cry, do you?" Hearing that she was depressed, he joked to make her feel better.Li Li laughed softly, saying that she would not be so fragile. When the doorbell rang, she hurriedly greeted him, hung up the phone and ran to open the door.Through the cat's eyes, she saw a man standing outside the door. "Why are you here?" Li Li opened the door, blocked the entrance with her body, and asked Liu Qianren angrily. He ignored her question, and the corner of his mouth raised an intriguing arc: "Where have you been? There is no one at home, and the phone is turned off. Don't you know that many people are looking for you?" She was even more displeased, and snorted coldly: "Liu Qianren, there's no need for me to report my whereabouts to you, right?" His expression was very strange, as if it was pity, but also resentment.Li Li was wondering, he said in a deep voice, "Li Li, your mother is ill."