I just smiled indifferently at Uncle Wanderer's appearance of pretending to be X, sat down next to him, and replied: "I went out on a long trip, I just came back to Guangzhou for a while, and I was a little bored, so I came to find you."

"You're a good drinker and a good smoker, I'm afraid it's not just boring!" he narrowed his eyes and continued, "The drunkard doesn't mean to drink. ”

I was not in a hurry to answer his words, but slowly took out the wine and the glass from the shopping bag on the ground, poured the wine separately, and then said, "It's all here, uncle, you won't drive me away, will you?" I raised my glass to him.

The uncle thought for a while, picked up the wine glass and touched it with me, and then "tsk" to taste the small sip of wine in his mouth.

"If you don't feel like you're doing your job, drink a glass of wine......"

I interrupted him and added, "If one isn't enough, then two?"

"Hey, you little slippery head!"

I opened a pack of cigarettes, handed him one, and helped him light the cigarette by the way, and the old and the young smoked in the wind. Pedestrians on the flyover looked at the two of us for some reason, probably because they saw me sitting on the floor with a homeless man smoking and drinking a bar, but I didn't look like a homeless person at all. I'm wearing a cargo suit and a pair of dad shoes today, and at least I look like a trendy young man.

"Uncle, I want to ask you something. ”

Expectedly, he replied, "Say it. ”

"If you knew you had made a mistake and someone had already taken it for you, what would you do if it were you?"

This time, the uncle no longer called me "young man", but shouted "Xiao Cheng", and said: "If the mistakes you have made can be remedied, you should do your best to remedy them, and it is not too late to make amends...... But if you can't stop what has happened, try to make yourself stronger. Haruki Murakami said, 'When you get through the storm, you're not the same person you used to be.' ’”

I pondered what my uncle had said, nodded thoughtfully, and agreed with him.

While I thought for a moment, he continued: "Although I don't know exactly what difficulties you are facing now, I am well aware that this is a material society. You are also a person who has read books, and there is a very deep theory in political economy, which is called: the economic base determines the superstructure. Xiao Cheng, it's okay to make good money, there are too many moments in this life when you need to use money to defend your dignity. ”

I always feel that I have heard the last words of my uncle, and I have a sense of déjà vu, but I can't remember where I heard them, but I have to admit that those words are full of experiences realized from life experiences.

I nodded sincerely, "I know what to do. Uncle, thank you!"

......

In the end, I left the rest of the wine and one of the packs of cigarettes with my uncle, and left the flyover. I walked slowly on my way home, thinking back to what he had said to me in this twilight.

I chuckled and said to myself: "The economic base determines the superstructure." Yes, in this world, everyone has desires and hopes, but money can solve most of the problems. ”

Perhaps, the real "road to salvation" is just beginning now, because I know that love is just a part of life, and I have fallen too far behind in my career......

When I returned to my residence, I opened the door and saw Yang Fan gobbling up instant noodles in the living room. It wasn't until he found out that I was back that he was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses and said in surprise, "Damn! When did you come back?!"

"I'll be back this afternoon......" I sat down on the other side of the couch, pointed to the instant noodles he was eating on the table, and asked, "Why are you eating this, haven't you eaten it when you're studying?"

I don't know if I'm wrong, I found that Yang Fan's eyes were a little evasive when he looked at me, he grinned and replied: "I don't know what to eat, just eat something casually, this weather is also cold, eating a spicy instant noodle not only repels the cold but also saves trouble." ”

He quickly disposed of the remaining noodles, picked up a tissue, wiped his mouth, and asked, "How is it, how do you feel after going out for a few days?"

I replied, "It's okay, I've seen different scenery, met different people, and figured out a lot of things." ”

Yang Fan patted me on the shoulder in fear and said with relief: "It's good to think about it, the past can only be recalled, not changed." People, you always have to look ahead......" He stood up and put on his coat, adding: "Okay, buddy still has something to go out, so I'll ignore you first, I'm busy this time, I'll talk to you when I deal with it." ”

I looked at him with a speechless expression: "What are you talking about, we all live in the same house, as for what you said, is it so exaggerated?"

"Let's go, I may come back late in the evening, so you don't have to wait for me, just leave a door." He laughed twice and walked out of the room.

After sailing away, I was the only one left in the house. I took a cigarette from the cigarette case and stuffed it into my mouth, but I didn't rush to light it, turning the lighter between my fingers. I was thinking about what I said when I met Han Yue and Wang Hao downstairs in the company this afternoon.

"Is it possible...... Do you like him?"

"I don't know ......"

These two sentences of their conversation had to attract the attention of my heart, and the picture related to Han Yue gradually appeared in my mind, but it was only for a moment......

"Smack. ”

I finally lit my cigarette and let myself stop thinking about it, because the most important thing at the moment was to solve the problems she was having, which were the messes I had thrown behind.

......

The next day, I got up at my normal work time, washed up and went out. I have a hunch, if I guess correctly, the company should give a final answer to Han Yue's matter in the past two days, and the person "Li Minghui" mentioned by Wang Hao, although I know this person, but I don't have much contact, what kind of person he is, I will soon know.

When I arrived at the company, I thought that the company was now a mess, but it was not what I thought......

"Hey, where are you going to go for New Year's Eve? Is there anything fun to recommend?" Sun Bowen and his other colleagues were chatting hotly, not realizing that I had walked behind him.

"Cheng Ting, when are you coming back?" The first person to find out about me was Sun Bowen's girlfriend, Ye Han, with a look of surprise on her face.

At the same time, Sun Bowen turned his head and saw me, he was stunned for a few seconds, his eyes were about to hold back tears, and his expression was extremely exaggerated.

Sun Bowen's voice choked up: "Big brother, you are finally back......!

I looked at him with a speechless expression and interrupted: "You're going to have tears in your eyes, right? Your acting skills are so good, it's a pity not to film." ”

"That's all he did. Ye Han looked at Sun Bowen and complained, but there was love in his eyes.

"Where, where, I'm all revealing my true feelings!"

After Sun Bowen finished speaking, he said hello to the people next to him at the same time, put one hand around my shoulder, and walked in the direction of the smoking area.

When I got to the smoking area, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, handed me one, and lit it for me by the way. The two of them smoked cigarettes "let's click", and after a short while, Sun Bowen flicked off a piece of cigarette ash, looked at me and asked, "During this time, a lot of things have happened in the company, you should basically know about it, right?"

I thought for a while, nodded, and said straight to the point: "You tell me about Li Minghui." ”

Sun Bowen took a puff of cigarette, showed a look of reminiscence, and replied: "I haven't been in the company for a long time, but according to the descriptions of other colleagues, I heard that he has a big opinion on Han Yue, because the position of the head of the planning department should have been Li Minghui's, and later Han Yue took away this position as soon as he came back...... Alas, this is a society that relies on relationships, and there is no way to do things. ”

He glanced at me, for fear that I would be angry if he said this, because his subtext was that Han Yue grabbed the position of supervisor by relying on relationships, and many people knew that the relationship between me and Han Yue was very delicate, and this time it was a matter and it was caused by the two of us.

I looked at him calmly and motioned for him to continue.

Sun Bowen continued: "Later, Li Minghui was transferred to the branch, and after a long period of time, he took the position of management in the branch, but everyone will feel aggrieved in this change! I don't know how Li Minghui was suddenly transferred back to the headquarters, coincidentally, at the same time as Han Yue came out of this mess, he was transferred back to the headquarters. ”

I frowned and took a puff on my cigarette, and objectively analyzed: "This is not very reasonable, the position of the director of a company, as for such a contention? If he is really capable, then any company outside can do this position." ”

"This....... I don't know very well, maybe there is something else hidden? I heard that Li Minghui is a veteran employee of Qichen, but his career has always been mediocre. ”

I pondered for a moment and replied, "Then you think the company's top management is ......?"

Originally, I wanted to ask Sun Bowen's company's senior management what their attitude is towards this matter now, but he elbowed my arm, and interrupted in a low but fast tone: "Hey!

"Where?" I turned to look in the direction Sun Bowen was speaking, and a man in his thirties was walking towards us, he was wearing a black suit, but the tie in front of his shirt was not knotted, and he looked a little awkward. He has a Chinese character face, and his face looks old-fashioned.

Although it is only a temporary aspect, based on Li Minghui's dress and some details, I can already roughly judge what kind of person he is......