At six o'clock, customers began to come to the door of the restaurant. Whether it is a foreigner or a Chinese, they are all well-dressed, and they talk softly, which makes Anna in it have a sense of trance in time and space.

The appointment time with Zhu Jianbin was half past six. When it was almost time, Anna came to the door, and sure enough, she saw Zhu Jianbin standing outside the door and looking in, looking like he wanted to come in but was a little lacking in confidence. Suddenly, I saw Anna emerge from the door, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly approached and asked, "Why are you already here?"

"yes," Anna smiled, "it's okay anyway, I'll be waiting for you early." I've secured a spot, come in. ”

Zhu Jianbin took a deep breath, looked down at the suit and shiny leather shoes on his body, puffed up his chest, and followed Anna through the glass door opened by the waiter and walked in. After the two sat down, Anna smiled and said, "How about it, this position is okay, right? ”

Zhu Jianbin looked around, suppressed the discomfort that came to him because of entering this high-end place for the first time, his eyes fell on Anna, fixed for a few seconds, and then praised him sincerely: "Anna, you are so beautiful tonight! Just like a goddess! I wish you a happy birthday!"

"President, you're handsome tonight, too. Thank you for inviting me here for dinner. ”

"It's going to grow long, and it sounds weird, just call me by my name. Zhu Jianbin gradually stabilized his mood and said with a smile.

"Okay, Zhu Jianbin . Thank you for helping me celebrate my birthday. Anna laughed.

At this time, the waiter came over with the menu and asked the two of them to order.

Zhu Jianbin took the menu, looked at the price of the first dish, and his heart, which had just stabilized, immediately tightened again.

A cup of coffee costs five yuan, a regular salad costs seven yuan, and even a French loaf of bread costs one yuan.

The weather was not hot, but Zhu Jianbin had already started to get hot in his back. Quickly finished scanning the menu, looked at Anna opposite, and saw that she was looking at herself with a smile, so she had to force her composure, with a smile on her face, handed over the menu, and said, "Anna, what do you want to order, order it yourself." ”

Anna took the menu and began to study.

When she looked at the menu, Zhu Jianbin nervously followed her gaze and fingers on the menu. Seeing that her white and tender fingers had ordered the expensive salmon foie gras, French cheese baked snails, and white wine cream salmon in turn, she seemed to be very interested in these, and she was very nervous, lest she pick the expensive point. If you really eat it like this, I'm afraid that all the money I brought over this meal will not be enough.

After Anna finished studying the menu, she quietly glanced at Zhu Jianbin who looked nervous on the other side, and his forehead was already faintly beginning to shine, suddenly closed the menu, smiled at the waiter, and said, "Let's bring me a small set meal." Add another glass of ice water and you're good to go. After speaking, he looked at Zhu Jianbin and said, "What about you?"

The small set meal is the simplest fixed meal for one person in the menu, and the price is also the cheapest, more than 30 servings.

Zhu Jianbin originally thought that he was going to bleed heavily, and it would cost him at least one or two hundred at night. Unexpectedly, Anna only ordered the simplest small set meal in the end, although it cost more than thirty, but since he entered this place, the price was already considered a cabbage, far lower than his budget. Immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and was very moved in my heart, thinking that this girl was very sensible, and knew how to be considerate, knew how to save money for herself, and was busy saying that she was the same. When it was over, I felt a little too shabby, and I couldn't get over the face, so I took the menu and read it myself.

Anna sat back in her chair and looked at Zhu Jianbin ordering with a smile.

Zhu Jianbin studied it, and finally gritted his teeth and added a steak.

The waiter nodded, took the menu and left.

"Anna, is it enough? If not, I'll give you more. Today is your birthday, and the most important thing is that you are happy. ”

After the waiter left, Zhu Jianbin began to pretend to be generous and courteous again.

Anna said, "Enough is enough! If it weren't for you, how could I have the opportunity to eat such a good meal in such an expensive place? ”

After receiving praise, Zhu Jianbin suddenly became fluttering.

The dish began to serve. Zhu Jianbin asked Anna and learned that she had never eaten Western food before, so he took the initiative to patiently teach her table manners, and the two took knives and forks and began to eat after they were finished. While eating, talk softly. At first, the topic was still the popular Western philosophy, but gradually, we began to talk about emotional issues. Zhu Jianbin asked Anna if she had ever been in a relationship or with a partner, and Anna said no. Zhu Jianbin expressed disbelief and said that she was so beautiful.

"There's really no formal talk," said Anna, "and I'm very strict in my family." Someone chased me before, but my family didn't agree. They want me to find someone who is highly educated, considerate, and preferably able to take me abroad in the future. But where is it so easy to find a man with such conditions, don't you say?"

Zhu Jianbin suppressed a burst of excitement in his heart, looked at Anna and said, "What do you think of me?"

Anna was stunned for a moment, looked at him with wide eyes, and then shook her head and said, "Don't be kidding. Your conditions are very good, and you meet my family's requirements. But they said that you already have a partner, and the object seems to be the only daughter of Director Sun of your department?"

Zhu Jianbin looked left and right and sighed: "Don't mention it." You don't know, the reason why I agreed to be good with her was really out of desperation. She was older than me, and she was carved out of the same mold as her father, like a dwarf winter melon. And at first, she chased me first, wrote me love letters, and asked me to watch movies. I refused at first, but she kept pestering me, and in the end she cried and threatened me with his father's position in the department. You also know that his father is the head of the department, and he is notoriously narrow-minded, if I offend him, I will be stuck in the future for graduation assignment or study abroad application. In case I get stuck, haven't I studied in vain in the past few years? I was also helpless, and finally reluctantly agreed. People say that I have climbed high branches and envy me, but who knows that I am bitter in my heart! If I had a choice, how could I possibly fall in love with such an ordinary woman?"

Anna sighed, "So, you don't love her at all?"

"What is there about her other than the better conditions at home, what is there that I should love? I have to accept such a relationship that I don't actually want at all, you don't know how miserable I am, I live in hell almost every day!"

Zhu Jianbin's eyes fell on Anna's face, "But you're different." The first time I saw you, I thought you were the girl of my dreams. Seriously, if I can get your love, I will be happy if I want to die!"

Anna was shy, "What are you talking about!

Looking at the beauty under the lamp, the beauty is even more moving, not to mention that she is still talking to herself with such a look.

Zhu Jianbin's heart flickered and trembled.

"What I said is true! I'm really in love with you! If I have half a lie, I will be thundered five times in the sky, no, no, I won't be able to finish my job! I can't go abroad! I will be ruined! I will be spurned by others! This poisonous oath is ruthless enough, right?" Zhu Jianbin's eyes were shining with excitement.

"But what about your girlfriend? What about her?"

"Leave her alone! She's abroad now, and she doesn't know what's going on on my side. I am applying for a state-funded study abroad place at Boston University in the United States. It's almost coming down now. As long as you promise to be nice to me, when I go abroad and get a green card, I will break up with the woman I don't love at all, and then marry you, and after I take you to the United States, you can also get a green card with me, and we can settle in the United States in the future, and never have to go back to this backward country!"

The more Zhu Jianbin spoke, the more excited he became, and he grabbed Anna's white and tender hands and held them tightly.

Anna pulled out her hand, stood up and said, "I'm full." I'll go first. ”

Zhu Jianbin was stunned for a moment, and looked at most of the dishes left on the plate in front of her, "Haven't you finished eating yet? What are you doing in such a hurry? It's a pity to waste it." ”

"I'm sorry, Zhu Jianbin, I'm really full. And suddenly I remembered that it was a bit urgent. Why don't you eat it yourself? After saying that, he picked up his bag that had been lying beside him, turned around and walked out.

Zhu Jianbin was disappointed, and felt inexplicable, sat in his position and was stunned for a while, and after reacting, he hurriedly got up and chased her out. But Anna walked fast, and by the time he reached the door, she was gone.

Zhu Jianbin looked back at the waiter who came over and politely asked if he needed help, hesitated, he was really reluctant to drop the things that cost so much money to call, so he had to go back and eat what he wanted, and hurriedly ate the rest of Anna, and finally gritted his teeth and settled the bill, and then hurried out of Maxim's restaurant.

……

At noon the next day, Zhu Jianbin took advantage of the fact that there was no one on the side and blocked Anna on the road.

"Anna, what happened to you last night? I suddenly got up and left! I was going to invite you to the movies after dinner!" Chen Jianbin said in a slightly complaining tone.

Anna glanced at him coldly. "I only said to have dinner with you, when did you agree to watch a movie?

Zhu Jianbin was stunned, "Anna, what's wrong with you? You didn't have such an attitude yesterday!"

Anna sneered: "Yesterday was yesterday, today is today." Now you stay away from me. Also, call me Anna. Don't be Anna Anna, my name is not your turn to call it!"

Zhu Jianbin finally reacted, and his face changed slightly. Glancing at a few students passing by nearby who seemed to notice the movement here, he turned sideways slightly, and asked in a low voice: "What do you mean by this? I spent three or four months on my living expenses yesterday to invite you to that meal! Why do you turn your face and don't recognize anyone?"

With a cold face, Anna took out a stack of large solidarities from her pocket, counted eight of them, and slapped him directly in the face.

"Yesterday I had a treat, and I even gave you your share. Eighty, that's enough, right? I'll give you the rest as a round-trip fare, collect it, don't look for it!" After saying that, he turned around and walked away.

Zhu Jianbin's face was red and white for a while, and he wanted to catch up, but when he saw that the banknotes that fell to the ground were about to be blown away by the wind, he hurriedly bent down and picked them up and hurriedly stuffed them into his pocket. I wanted to question Anna again, but I couldn't pull my face. When he was hesitating, a classmate suddenly came to him and said that Director Sun told him to go over immediately.

Director Sun of the department is not only his mentor, but also a quasi-father-in-law, when he heard that he was called over, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly looked for it.

It was noon, and Director Sun was alone in the office, sitting in a chair with a dull expression, holding a telephone that had been beeping all the time.

"Director Sun, are you looking for me?" Zhu Jianbin entered, closed the door, and asked respectfully.

Director Sun glanced at him, hung up the phone, and stared at Zhu Jianbin with two eyes, his expression uncertain.

Director Sun has always appreciated him very much, and even appreciated him to the point that he did not dislike his working-class family background and agreed to his marriage with his only daughter. I couldn't help but feel a little nervous, thinking that I was in trouble with my application to go abroad at public expense, and asked cautiously, "What's wrong?

"Zhu Jianbin , let me ask you, what is going on with you and the female teacher named Li Mei in your hometown?"

Director Sun did not answer, but asked directly.

Zhu Jianbin was taken aback, and subconsciously denied it: "What Li Mei? I don't know what you're talking about!"

Director Sun's face showed anger, and he slapped the table hard, and a pen on the table jumped up and rolled to the ground.

I just called the school where Li Mei worked before, and the female teacher who answered the phone was Li Mei's former friend. She told me everything! You obviously established a relationship with that Li Mei before you were admitted to college!" Director Sun suddenly lowered his voice and gritted his teeth, "You and Li Mei also had a relationship, which caused Li Mei to become pregnant. After you were admitted to the university and met my daughter, you abandoned Li Mei, and then pursued my daughter, and deceived her with clever words! Not only did you lie to him, but you also deceived me! Do you dare to admit it!"

Zhu Jianbin's face turned pale. I never dreamed that Director Sun called him over for this matter. I can't figure out how he could have the contact number of the school where Li Mei used to work. Suddenly, his heart was like numbness, and his whole body seemed to be pricked by a needle countless times, and his face was red and his ears were red, and he was embarrassed. The first reaction was to defend himself, opened his mouth, and saw Director Sun standing there looking at him with disdain and anger, knowing that things had come to this point, and no matter how much he tried to defend himself, it would be in vain.

Zhu Jianbin's mind turned very fast, and he immediately changed to a contrite appearance and said: "Director! I was wrong! Please forgive me, don't tell Ming Ming about this! I confessed it! I did have a relationship with that Li Mei before." It's just that Li Mei's style is not good, she pursued me first at the beginning, she pestered me with a dead face, I was still young at the time, I couldn't stand the temptation, and I agreed to be good with her in a moment of confusion. Later, when I met your daughter, I realized that she was my soulmate and soulmate, and she would be the only person I would love in my life, so I made up my mind to break up with that Li Mei after a painful ideological struggle. It's just that I swear I really didn't know she was pregnant or anything when I was separated from her. She didn't say anything before I was in person. It must have been that she was dissatisfied with me and didn't know whose child she was pregnant, so she deliberately slandered my reputation. Director, you must believe me! You should know what I am for!"

Zhu Jianbin said, his eyes were red, and his voice was choked.

Director Sun stared at him for a moment, and said coldly: "Zhu Jianbin, if I hadn't listened to this recording, I would have really been moved by what you just said." You have also put a lot of effort into deceiving my daughter and my trust, right?"

Zhu Jianbin's heart skipped a beat.

"What recording?"

Director Sun blushed and pressed down a cassette recorder on the table. The tape inside began to turn, and Zhu Jianbin heard his clear voice coming out of the speaker.

“…… Don't mention it. You don't know, the reason why I agreed to be good with her was really out of desperation...... Like a dwarf winter melon, and she chased me first at first...... Threaten me with his father's position in the department...... He is narrow-minded...... You don't know how miserable I am, living in hell almost every day...... As long as you promise to be nice to me, when I get a green card when I go abroad, I will break up with the woman I don't love at all, and then marry you......"

Zhu Jianbin's eyes were round, his face was as white as a dead man, and after hearing this, his hands and feet began to tremble uncontrollably.

Director Sun snapped and stopped the tape recorder.

"Zhu Jianbin , now you have nothing to say, do you? I never dreamed that you would be so human-faced and beast-hearted, one thing in front of you and one thing behind your back! What do you think of my daughter? What do you think of me?"

Zhu Jianbin trembled violently, his eyes straightened, and he suddenly knelt on the ground with a puff, and pleaded with a wailing voice: "Director, Professor Sun! I know that I deserve to die, I am not worthy of your daughter! I dare not say anything if you want her to break up with me." I just beg you to let me go for the sake of our teacher-student relationship in the past! I beg you! I kowtow to you!"

Zhu Jianbin said, he really lay down and kowtowed on the concrete floor.

Director Sun's whole person trembled, pointed at Zhu Jianbin and shook his head: "Fools know and then don't know how to retreat, and they don't know what they want to do." The so-called shameless man, the old man has seen it today. Zhu Jianbin , you have a splendid skin, but you smear Sven inside, you are not worthy of being my student. To do knowledge, learn to be a person first. You are not even worthy of being a human being, so no matter how high your knowledge is, what is the use? The friendship between you and me between teachers and students is over today, and I will tell my daughter the truth. In the future, you will do it yourself. After saying that, he strode towards the door angrily, opened the door, and saw two students standing outside the door who were about to come to look for him, obviously they should have heard the conversation just now, and were dumbfounded. Suddenly, seeing the door opened, he hurriedly stepped aside and called out to the director.

Director Sun shook his head and strode away with his hands behind his back.

The two students glanced at Zhu Jianbin who was still kneeling on the ground and his face had become like a dead man, glanced at each other, and hurriedly turned around and left.