We kept looking at each other, and there seemed to be a hint of coolness in the spring breeze blowing on our bodies, but I also felt so warm in my heart, although I didn't know what would happen in the future at that time......

It was a long time before she spoke, "I'm a little out of advance, bye!"

She was in such a hurry that she disappeared into the crowd before I could even reply. It took me a long time to come back to my senses, and I went to the place where she had disappeared. Perhaps it was that sentence that scared her, and I now begin to regret that I shouldn't have been so reckless, but the water that had been spilled had melted into the soil.

I was lying on my bed in the hotel, and I didn't know what to say. In fact, some boys my age have been in love many times, and they may all be married in the country, but I have never had a girlfriend.

When I was in middle school, I chased a female classmate in my class, but after the other party refused without hesitation, I gave up. After that, he never had the idea of falling in love until he met Yan Jijing.

I spent five difficult days in a restless state, Xiaojing didn't call me, and I wasn't embarrassed to look for her. I didn't find a suitable job, it was terrible. Just when I was thinking nonsense, the phone rang, it was Yan Jijing. My heart was beating wildly, and I steadied myself and picked up the phone.

"Hey, it's me...... That one...... I found my wallet, you ...... When you have time, I'll give you the money back. Her staccato voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Oh, I've got time now, let's see you at the old place later!" I hung up, feeling a little excited in my heart. I simply packed up and waited for her at the appointed place, but my heart was full of emotions. While I was still thinking, she was already standing next to me, and I hadn't noticed.

"What's wrong with you, are you okay? I was awakened by her sudden words.

"When did you get here?" I asked.

"What's wrong with you? What happened to you? How do you feel like you're on your mind...... If there is any difficulty, tell me, as long as I can help you, I will do my best!" I thought to myself, you still don't know what I have on my mind......

"I'm fine. I replied with a smile.

Hearing her say these words, I was actually a little moved in my heart, and that feeling is still fresh in my memory. She sat next to me, and we were all silent on each other. After a long time, I spoke first.

"Your wallet found?"

"Hmm...... I got out of the car and accidentally dropped it, and was taken to the police station by a kind person. She pulled her hair down, and she looked very charming. (Later, I found out that she didn't find her wallet after losing it, and she deliberately said that she had found it in order to pay me back immediately.) ）

"There's nothing missing in there, is it?" I asked again.

"Well, nothing less, ah! By the way, this is for you ......."

As she spoke, she pulled out a stack of money from her bag and handed it to me, saying, "Thank you for lending me money." She saw that I took it and put it directly in her purse, so she teased and asked, "Don't you count?"

"Ah, don't count, I believe you. ”

"Aren't you afraid I'll give you a few more?" I was stammered by her question, and I didn't know how to answer for a while, and I didn't know what to do. She saw the look on my face and laughed, and smiled happily.

She had a lovely smile that she had rarely seen smiling before. I looked at her face and felt a sense of isolation that I had felt before. She turned her head and saw that I was looking at her, blushing and lowering my head, and I came back to my senses and looked away, no longer staring at her. So we sat all the time, no one spoke, quietly listening to the wind, listening to the sound of the crowd surging around us.

At this time, the phone rang quickly, and I remembered that the heavy tone on the other side of the phone scared me, it was my mother calling. She said, "Your grandmother died......

Putting down the phone, I hurriedly said goodbye to Yan Jijing, without telling her the reason, just saying that there was something urgent.

I also didn't have any luggage, just a backpack, so I went straight to the train station and bought a ticket for the first flight.

Sitting on the train home, I feel much more relaxed, what has changed in my family after coming out for such a long time? Looking back on this journey, it can really be described as "surprise". I feel like in less than a year, I have encountered most of the troubles in my life. So no matter what time it is, it's always better to wander outside than to study in your hometown, because you can meet different people and things outside, and everything will allow you to accumulate experience, and this experience will grow little by little with your age, and when you are eighty years old, you will think that it was ridiculous when you think back to your youth.

This time I was still sitting by the window, looking at the scenery outside the window, it was exactly the same as when I came to this city, the only difference was that I was "bankrupt".

An hour later, the train slowly stopped at the Shandu railway station. I jumped off the train station on the platform, looking at the bustling crowd, my brain was a little dizzy, I didn't know how to describe it, it didn't seem to be quite graphic in any words. I left the city where I lived and grew up, and returned almost a year after I left. I stepped out of the platform and stepped up my steps.

So, three days later, I helped organize my grandmother's funeral at home. When I returned home from the funeral home, I felt a sense of emptiness in my heart, and suddenly there was one less quarrelsome person in my life...... I turned around and saw my father secretly wiping the corners of his eyes, he had been carving the pain in his heart, which I knew very well, he was a very strong man, and he never shed tears in front of outsiders. He was kind to everyone, even if it was his own sister who was rude to him......

One day, two months later, I got a strange phone call that didn't say who it was, just told me to go somewhere alone. I didn't care at first, it was supposed to be someone's prank, and my friend wouldn't make such a boring joke. Thinking in a bad direction from another angle, it may be that I have offended someone and now wants to take revenge on me. But no matter what the reason, I won't go, because I never let myself be in inexplicable danger, and the phone call was directly blacked out.

But two days later, I received the same strange phone call, also asked me to go to a certain address alone, listening to the voice on the other side of the phone seems to be the man last time, but this time the address is different from the last time, the last sentence he said before hanging up the phone, left a deep impression on me: "If you want to know your identity, come to the address I said!" I felt more and more strange in my heart, there was nothing to be afraid of a big man, and that place was relatively prosperous, and the other party didn't dare to do anything to me.

I packed up some useful things and went out the door with my backpack on my back, still thinking about the contents of the call. What the hell is going on? Did I offend anyone? Could it be the same accomplice who stole me on the train a year ago? Or the gang of bandits who fought me? It seems that only there will be known everything.

When I arrived at the designated place, I didn't see anyone, and there was an endless stream of people on the street, most of them were passers-by, and the phone rang again......

"Are you there?"

"Just arrived, where are you? Give me a gesture, I didn't see you. "I looked left and right, observing the flow of people.

"No need, I'm really sorry, I found out that it seems that I recognized the wrong person, you are not him, I have delayed your time, I'm sorry, please go back!"

"You...... "There is a sick ......" Before I could finish speaking, the other party hung up the phone, and I suddenly thundered and almost dropped the phone to the ground. People on the street are looking at me, maybe I'm too young, and tantrums are just commonplace. I suppressed the anger in my heart and burrowed into the crowd. At the time, I hadn't noticed a couple of limousines parked across the street......

I didn't rush home, but found a bench nearby to sit down. I was wondering if I was really mistaken, and while I was still thinking, a beggar with unkempt hair suddenly sat next to me, munching on bread that he had picked up out of nowhere. I looked at him and was about to leave, but he stopped me. He asked in a slightly provocative tone, "What are you looking at?" I was a little surprised, and thought to myself: "What are you doing?" but my inner mental nerves told me not to say that. I smiled and was about to leave, but he mistook my laughter for ridicule. He dropped the bread in his hand and rushed to me, grabbing my collar with one hand and tearing my hair with the other. I was a little panicked by him, and I put my two hands on his shoulders in a counterattack manner, and the people around me stopped and watched when they saw this scene. After a while, the beggar, probably afraid of making a big deal out of it, let go of his grip on my hair and ran away from the scene. As he was leaving, he turned back at me and smiled weirdly, which made me furious.

When I got home, I lay in bed, and I fell asleep groggily and had a very strange dream. In the dream, there was a man standing in front of me, putting a garland on me, and a man and a woman smiling at me, but in the dream, I didn't know them. This incident was just a small episode, and what really cared about me was something else......

The next morning, I received a message from Yan Jijing, which read: "I'm on Beihua Erdao Street, can you come to me, I have something to tell you." "Later, we made an appointment to meet at a café. After experiencing that confession, every time I saw her, I was inexplicably nervous.

Walking into the café, I looked around for her and found her sitting in a window seat. Just as I was looking at her back in a daze, a waiter came over to greet me, and Yan Jijing also spotted me and waved at me. I sat across from her with a smile and was still pleasantly surprised to see her again.

"Why did you come to Shangdu?"

"I want to work here, but I always feel that Xiangcheng is a bit small and there is no room for development. After saying that, she lowered her head a little embarrassed.

"I'm looking for a job, too! Let's look for it together, you're not familiar with this place, I can help you. She looked at me, and I met her gaze, trying to read the contents of her eyes, but there was no thought in her clear eyes except gratitude.

We left the café with a quick drink, stopping by an agency. After reading some of the information, she shook her head at me. Actually, for me, it's the same for all kinds of work, but my purpose is to work with her, so naturally I have to let her choose what she can do. As we walked and chatted, we looked up and saw a restaurant called "Jinbei Home Cooking", and hired waiters and dishwashers. As we walked into the restaurant, we were greeted by a waiter who introduced us to the various cuisines in their restaurant. I waved my hand at her and said, "We're not here to eat, we're here to apply." The waiter suddenly realized: "Then you wait! I'll call the boss." ”

I sat on the chair by the door and looked around, and found that there was no customer in the huge restaurant, I whispered a few words in Yan Jijing's ear in confusion, she looked at me and smiled and was about to say something, a middle-aged man with a long beard came out of it, he looked us up and down, and asked, "Are you here to apply?" The monthly salary of the dishwasher is two thousand, and the monthly salary of the waiter is one thousand and sixteen, there is no bonus, show me your ID card. ”

I was stunned by the straightforwardness of this boss. The shopkeeper seemed to think of something and said to Yan Jijing: "Ah, by the way, do you have a copy of your ID card?, I have to go through the staff procedures, we plan to renovate it for the second time, and the waiters who apply for jobs here will have to keep the bottom in the future." "Yan Jijing gave a copy to the boss, who asked us some more questions and agreed that we would start working here the next day.

I feel very strange in my heart, this interview is too hasty, I didn't ask about my academic qualifications and work experience, and I just asked for a copy of Yan Jijing's ID card, and most importantly, why didn't there be a single guest in the huge restaurant?! The boss seemed to see my thoughts, as if talking to himself, and as if he was deliberately saying: "Our restaurant is going to be renovated for the second time, to be honest with you, the business has not been very good before, but it will definitely get better after this renovation, you can rest assured, there will be no arrears of your wages." ”

Walking out of the restaurant, I said to Yan Jijing, "Why didn't he ask for my copy?!"

"Maybe you don't need the position you're applying for!" Although this incident was not as strange as I thought, I was still very puzzled, and I admit that I was a little suspicious.

The next day, Yan Jijing and I arrived at the restaurant almost at the same time, changed into our clothes and started working. In fact, there is no job at all, and for a week, only a handful of customers come to our restaurant to eat. In this regard, Yan Jijing and I also communicated this issue privately.

"I think it's good that you don't have to work and still make money. Yan Jijing said as if he was joking.

"I think it's strange why such a big restaurant has no customers! And the owner keeps saying that it needs to be renovated, but there is no sign of renovation at all. "I looked around and it seemed like everything in the restaurant was suspicious.

"It's not good if there are no customers! You want this restaurant to be overcrowded, and then we'll be half tired to death? ”

Although it was true to say this, her last sentence reminded me deeply and made my low desire to investigate strong. In fact, what makes me even more strange is that the chef of this restaurant seems to have nothing to offer. I'm a dishwasher, and I've never seen a chef since I started working, and if there are customers in the store, the boss will cook it himself. I also asked the boss, and the boss said that the chef had gone on a business trip and would come back after the second renovation. In addition, I always felt that the boss and waiter Xiao Wang were always whispering in private, and after seeing me find them, they pretended to talk about work very calmly.

That night, I went to the phone store and bought a Bluetooth headset to eavesdrop on what they were talking about. It's a bit unethical, of course, and wiretapping is illegal, but for my immorality, they're probably going to be even more serious......

The next morning, I cleaned up and went to the restaurant, and the owner was surprised to see me and asked why I came so early. I casually made up a reason and went to the back to change clothes. At the same time, a guest came from outside the door, and Xiao Wang stepped forward to say hello.

While Xiao Wang and the boss were busy greeting guests, I took the opportunity to sneak into the small room next to the kitchen, where the boss rested, and where they had been talking secretly last time.

The room was small, unfurnished, just a single bed, a table, and a small bedside table next to the bed. I put the Bluetooth under the bed against the side of the cabinet, thought about it and took it out again, looking around the room, I didn't feel safe at all. Eventually I noticed a groove in the beam under that bed and decided to put the headphones there.

I cautiously exited the room and saw the boss preparing a meal in the kitchen. I took a breath, and just as I was about to leave, I was slapped behind me. At that moment, my body seemed to be struck by lightning, and my pores opened and my hairs stood on end. Everything I could think of was spinning in my head, including what to do next, after all, I had already constituted an intrusion. I turned my head sharply and saw Yan Jijing standing behind me, I breathed a sigh of relief, but I was inexplicably surprised.

"What's wrong with you? Your face looks so horrible! Are you sick?" Yan Jijing asked.

"No! I ...... I'm fine. I replied absent-mindedly.

"What are you doing in the boss's room? I just saw you ...... out of his room."

Before she could finish, I stepped forward to cover her mouth and pushed her into a corner. In fact, she didn't say it very loudly, and it was hard to hear what she said compared to the noise of the kitchen, but at that time, I was like an electric shock, so I didn't realize that this was already a kind of "violation" against her. I looked at her, close enough to feel her breathing. It just so happened that the boss passed by with fried rice and witnessed what happened to us, and he smiled and walked away. Only then did I realize that Yan Jijing, who was standing in front of me, was pale and stunned. I quickly let go of my hand and apologized to her, thinking that I was really ridiculous at that time.

That evening, Yan Jijing and I sat in the empty dining room, Yan Jijing was reading a magazine, and Xiao Wang was dozing off at a table far away from us. The boss came out of the kitchen and pushed Xiao Wang, who was sleeping, she opened her eyes in a daze, and saw the boss snorting at her, Xiao Wang suddenly understood something, followed the boss to the back room, the boss inadvertently glanced at us, I hurriedly lowered my head and pretended to play with my mobile phone. At this time, I was turning on the Bluetooth recording of my phone.

Yan Jijing seemed to have found something in the magazine, she pointed to the picture above and said: "Eh, look at this handbag, it is a limited edition issued by Fino last year, there are only 20 in the world, and the painting and color of each bag are different, and the decoration of the bag strap is custom-made, hey! It's a pity that I can't afford it!"

I took the magazine in her hand, with the words "Famous Transfer" written on it, the price and a personal mobile phone number underneath. Actually, I'm not interested in these things at all, maybe men are like this, and they are destined not to have feelings for luxury goods in this life. And I had another thing in mind, and I didn't have the heart to think about it at all. However, the next paragraph of this message still stopped my eyeballs, and it reads: "In order to express everyone's support for Fino, our company has cooperated with Huihuang Group to bring unprecedented benefits to everyone. Customers who purchase this magazine and get a five-pointed star in the scratch area on the inside page and collect five different colors can participate in the company's fashion dinner lucky draw (collect five tickets to redeem tickets at Fino's main store), and win 100% of the prizes, and the prizes are as follows-

Third prize: Fino's fashion watch worth 10,000 yuan.

Second Prize: One-year use right to use the latest Huihuang X6 sedan provided by Huihuang Company.

First Prize: Not only will you get all the prizes of the second and third prizes, but you will also receive the right to live in a 100-meter luxury apartment for one year.

Note: Only the first 10 customers who collect all the five-pointed stars will be valid for this lucky draw. ”

I smiled bitterly when I saw the end, probably this kind of activity is for the rich! First of all, the activity of collecting pentagrams, which seems simple, is not, before collecting all the colors of pentagrams, it is estimated that the money spent on buying magazines is not a small amount, unless you are lucky enough to win five lottery tickets in a row. Moreover, the company can manipulate behind the scenes, for example, let only ten stars of one color, or secretly make lottery tickets within the company, and then sell them to some black dealers at a high price, so that they can sell them to other customers in bulk, so as to get a large amount of scattered black income. The power of one person is negligible, but the power of a group of people cannot be ignored.

However, when I see the word "Huihuang", I always feel familiar. I put down the magazine and said to Xiaojing: "I feel that this bag is fake, first of all, this advertisement is a little strange here, such a precious bag, generally will not be published here for transfer, this is more like a second print, this bag is also likely to be imitated by a small factory, and then resold at a high price." You see, this bag only sells for less than 10,000 yuan, and a global limited edition bag like this is issued by a relatively well-known manufacturer, so it can cost hundreds of thousands, or even millions!"

After that, I looked up at her, and she looked at me too, her eyes full of curiosity, as if listening to a fairy tale. After a long time, she came back to her senses, lowered her head a little shyly, and said, "You know a lot! I didn't find anything, and the girl is really the best deceit." I smiled awkwardly. At the same time, the boss and Xiao Wang walked out from behind, and they could see a trace of melancholy on Xiao Wang's face, as if he was thinking about something, and every step was as careful as walking on a chain bridge. The boss came up to us and said, "Let's get off work! Close early today, there are no more customers." ”

I sent Yan Jijing back to the dormitory as usual, and I returned home with trepidation. Although the Bluetooth has been disconnected, my heart is beating wildly. I sat at my desk for a while, and finally, I opened the recording, but the contents made me restless......

It turned out that the restaurant where we worked had been closed down due to food safety problems before, and the owner of the restaurant dragged the relationship to find acquaintances before the restaurant reopened. However, because of the problem of being investigated before, some old customers are no longer patronizing, so the boss has the idea of a second decoration. But their subsequent conversation made me very strange, this boss and waiter Xiao Wang are not ordinary relationships, it sounds like a lover, the restaurant is also opened for this lover, and the boss is obviously a family person. The two of them discussed, and immediately went abroad after taking the money the next day, in order to delay time, the boss asked someone to change the name of the registrant of this hotel to Yan Jijing's, which can explain why only a copy of Yan Jijing's ID card was left at that time. Then the sound of two people making out came from the earphones. I turned off the recording and sat in my chair in a daze, secretly glad I had done what I had done, and if I hadn't recorded at the time, maybe we would still be in the dark now! What should I do next?

The next morning, I hurriedly got up for breakfast and came to the door of "Jinbei Home Cooking". The cold wind of the early morning wind shook the two crumbling couplets attached to the door, and the rattling sound made people feel very uncomfortable in their hearts. I sat on the stairs in front of the gate, lit a cigarette, and listened quietly to the wind.

It was close to half past eight, and the boss still didn't show up, and most of the restaurants were open at this time. At this time, Yan Jijing ran to the restaurant belatedly, panting and said, "Am I late...... Why didn't the door open?!Didn't the boss come?"

"No!" I replied faintly. At that time, I was already sure that the boss and the waitress would not come, but I didn't say anything, I didn't want to see Xiaojing's panicked look, I just wanted to see her bright smile.

I waited for about half an hour, and in this half hour, Yan Jijing made countless calls, but the boss's phone kept being turned off. While we were pacing and wandering, several cars with the words "industrial and commercial law enforcement" and "police" stopped in front of the restaurant, and several law enforcement officers and public security policemen got out of the car, they bypassed me, walked to the front of the hotel and looked around, and then knocked on the door, Yan Jijing communicated with me with his eyes, I understood what she meant, and asked: "I'm sorry, I'm an employee here, what's wrong?"

Some of the enforcers looked back at me, and I shuddered with the grim look in their eyes, as if I had walked into a dark tunnel, not knowing where to go next......