Chapter 12: Strange High School Classmates
"You really are the most optimistic person I've ever met. An Xiran sat in front of him, feeling a little more emotional.
"Okay, let's not talk about these useless things, I came back from Hitomi's house yesterday, and her sister asked me, and I was thinking about whether to complete this matter. ”
"What's wrong with their family?"
Mengzhen moved his wrist and said with a serious face: "Ah Hitomi is a person, I have a bad memory, anyway, the way I can think of is to let Ah Hitomi not be lonely, to put it bluntly, it is to find a support for her, but this kind of thing can be regarded as help? Dream House is paid to serve dreams, I can't go and arrange a blind date for Ah Hitomi, it's too unrealistic." ”
An Xiran thought of what Mengzhen had said after he was drunk last night, so he pretended to ask, "What about the motor?
"He's in sage mode, and he's become a special Buddhist, and I'm not good at talking about him, forget about it, let's let it be, anyway, Ah Hitomi is going back to the United States tomorrow, even if there is a way, she can only wait for her to return to China next time, let's see what new emails are in the mailbox first. ”
I haven't looked at it for a day, there are a lot of emails in the mailbox, and the number of views on the website is also increasing day by day, from the opening to the present, there have been thousands of views, which is also thanks to An Xiran.
Not long after, a young man in a formal suit walked in, with steady steps and dignified demeanor, no matter how you look at it, he looks like a good student when he comes out of his mother's womb.
However, he walked up to Mengzhen and said, "Open the store, Mengzhen, it's a good mix." ”
"What do you have to help with?" replied Mengzhen unceremoniously.
The person who came in was Ji Yuan, Mengzhen's high school classmate, who studied well but was arrogant, and especially liked to bully honest people like Mengzhen, so he joked about Mengzhen's identity when he had nothing to do, so that Mengzhen remembered him deeply.
"Yo, there's a beautiful woman around? It's completely different from the past. Ji Yuan's eyes straightened when he saw An Xiran.
An Xiran turned her gaze to the other side after noticing him peeking at herself.
"So what do you need my help with?" Mengzhen asked calmly, suppressing the displeasure in her heart.
"Do you think I look like someone in need of help? I just saw your store on the Internet, and I stopped by to take a look, hey, is this thing making money? No, I'll invest one in you too?" Ji Yuan grinned greedily.
"Please don't disturb his work. An Xiran replied coldly.
"What do you call this beauty?" he asked with a dignified face.
An Xiran did not answer.
"Yes, I like silent girls, because such girls always keep people curious, why she is like this, does she have some unspeakable secrets..."
"Hey Ji Yuan, you're a little annoyed like this. Mengzhen interrupted.
"Forget it, so I'll ask you for a favor to expand your business. He said "kindly".
"Didn't you say you don't need help? Don't waste our time, there are so many people's dreams that need to be realized. An Xiran couldn't help it.
"Calm down, disaster... Hectic. Meng Zhen patted her arm and asked Ji Yuan at the same time, "What dreams do you want to achieve?"
He took out a junior high school graduation photo, pointed to a girl on it and smiled: "Do you remember her, I was afraid that you didn't know the photo so I brought the photo here, Nuo Xi, who was known as one of the three major class flowers at that time." ”
"Why, I want to confess to others, have you forgotten how annoying you were at the time?" Mengzhen laughed disdainfully.
"Hmph, just laugh at you, anyway, she is about to become a big customer of our company, all this only needs to be a meal, all you have to do is..." Ji Yuan bent down and whispered something in Mengzhen's ear.
An Xiran, who was sitting on the side, watched Mengzhen's brows furrow more and more tightened, which obviously made Mengzhen very angry.
After Ji Yuan finished speaking, he straightened his waist again, and said with a very flat smile: "It's very simple, just such a thing, the reward I will give you after the matter is completed must be something you dare not imagine, the time is half past eight tomorrow night, the Aiwei Hotel on the commercial street, you have figured it out, you only need to go to the manager's office before three o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and then complete the task I gave you, and the rest do not need to participate, it is very simple." After saying that, he also took out a stack of checks from Lihuai and flicked it.
"I'm here to serve dreams, not greed, and I have the right to refuse the customer's request, so you can find another job. Mengzhen replied very honestly.
"Don't pretend to be a good person here, haven't you done anything wrong? Besides, it's not illegal, and she always has to go through this after she becomes a customer, and this is also to make her understand her future work, and I am teaching her. Ji Yuan said disapprovingly.
"I thought you had some affection for her, so I could read it in the face of your classmates to help you, but you are revenge, naked revenge. ”
"Why do you understand it that way? Do you think this kind of thing is rare? It's just that you can't see our lives in your current position, so you need to improve yourself, I admit that I used to treat you a little badly, it was my fault, and I apologize to you. Ji Yuan said with a soft smile.
Mengzhen stood up and pointed at Ji Yuan's nose and said righteously: "I promised a person that I would never do anything wrong and never let this faith be destroyed in my hands, so don't work me." ”
Ji Yuan pursed his lips and shook his head, turned around and left here.
After Ji Yuan walked away, An Xiran lay on the table and asked curiously, "How many people want unspoken rules?"
"How do you know?"
"Beauty, hotel, customer these keywords are combined, is there a better explanation, besides, your expression just now has betrayed yourself, what is the origin of your female classmate. ”
Mengzhen replied with some unhappiness: "Nuo Xi, the best student in our class, she is a single-parent family, her parents have been divorced since she was a child, but she is very strong, she lives alone with her mother, her mother needs to take medicine because she is frail, in order to make money, she goes to work after school, we don't know, anyway, she understands very well what I feel as an orphan." ”
"Then you like her very much?" An Xiran asked tentatively.
"Who doesn't like a smart, strong and good-looking girl like her, but Ji Yuan prefers to do it, relying on himself to be a second-generation official, he is always very cross, he bullied me several times, and in the end, it was Nuo Xi who came out to teach him, I really didn't expect that I was not even a man at that time. ”
Looking at the guilty Mengzhen, An Xiran put his hand on his shoulder and comforted: "It's not your fault, at least you have been cared for once, and you are not lonely as you think." ”
"I can't leave this matter alone, otherwise Nuoxi is likely to be in danger. Mengzhen suddenly said seriously.
"What's the matter? What the hell is that guy trying to do for you?"
"He asked me to disguise myself as a waiter and drug Nuoxi's wine. At this he clenched his fists hard.
"Now that you are going to become their customer, even if you save Nuo Xi this time, can you still save her every time? This is unrealistic, behind the business is not what you think, there is light and darkness coexisting, unspoken rules are everywhere, and there is no way to eliminate them. ”
You may be able to bear her crying, but I can't stand it, Ji Yuan asked me to do it because my status is not high, and Nuo Xi is not disgusted with me, so I can easily approach her. ”
An Xiran still didn't give up and said: "What if Nuo Xi changes, she is no longer the strong Nuo Xi, or she has gone through countless unspoken rules, what's the point of you doing this? You don't even know where she is, what can you do?"
Mengzhen realized that she was too small to be ignored, because it was true, as she said, she could hardly do anything.
"You yourself have just fallen into the sea of misery, and wasting your time to take care of Nuo Xi will only end up empty, and you will waste your precious time. ”
"So what do you say I'm going to do?
An Xiran hesitated for a moment, and said a little uneasily: "Maybe you can... Help Ji Yuan finish this. ”
"What!" Meng Zhen couldn't believe his ears, stared at An Xiran with a sharp gaze and asked, "Why do you have this thought?"
"If you can't even protect yourself, how can you protect others? Can't you recognize this reality?"
Meng Zhen tried to suppress his emotions and continued: "I said it, I promised Guo Lao that I would not do such a despicable thing. ”
You have to remember that sacrificing others to save yourself is salvation. Sacrificing others to achieve oneself is greed, and when you become strong one day, you can protect those you want to protect, including those who have been hurt. Ahn tried hard to convince Mengzhen.
"I'm afraid that when I succeed, those people I want to protect will leave me and will no longer be in the same path. Yumejin began to choke.
"If you still hesitate, find a way to contact Nuo Xi to see if she is still the Nuo Xi who once stood out for you in your mind, and whether she is worth saving you. ”
Meng Zhen sighed, and at present, he can only do this, but the time he has just experienced has also made him know how "terrible" An Xiran is.
There is almost no information about Nuo Xi on the Internet, and only a few of them are also the same name, it seems that there is no way to find her information here, Mengzhen turned his attention to his high school classmates, although he didn't communicate much, but he still kept his contact information with a few more talkers, and he hadn't been in touch for so many years, and he didn't know if they didn't recognize it.
An Xiran just watched Mengzhen contact her classmates from the side, she didn't know how to say some words, she knew very well that what she said just now must have left a deep impression on Mengzhen, but for her, Mengzhen paid too much to her.
After contacting the last classmate, Meng Zhen was annoyed: "It's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, and Nuo Xi has never contacted others since graduation." ”
"If you really can't do it, let's contact that Ji Yuan, since it's his customer, how can I know something. ”
"No, if he had known, he would have told me just now, he wanted to convince me to do so. ”
"Well, you'll have to wait until tomorrow when you go in person. An Xiran replied with a little regret.
Mengzhen nodded helplessly, and at the same time, the apprehension in his heart also increased a lot, but Ji Yuan's sudden appearance beside him also surprised him, and it seemed that he knew what he was doing.
When he was about to go home at night, Mengzhen looked at An Xiran's somewhat depressed back and asked, "Are you not feeling well?"
"Well, I still want to spend time outside. She said pitifully.
"At least your father didn't push you to a dead end, and under normal circumstances, if you make a fuss with your father like this, he will definitely cut off all your finances. ”
"I'm spending all the money I earned myself. ”
"Then you can. Mengzhen clapped his hands and praised, "Hehe, how much did you earn?"
"Don't ask. An Xiran carried his bag, said goodbye and left first.
Mengzhen also sighed a little helplessly, his heart was also very complicated, and then he cleaned the room a little and prepared to go home, but as soon as he went out, he found Ji Yuan standing on the other side of the road and waving at him.
"Why is this kid here again?" he muttered.
Ji Yuan strode up to him and asked in a very modest tone, "Are you busy so late?"
Faced with the change in Ji Yuan's attitude, Mengzhen was even more puzzled, and wondered in his heart what tune this kid was going to sing.
"Don't look at me like that, isn't it just that your attitude was a little bad at the beginning, and I was afraid that you wouldn't recognize you when I first met you, so I had to do this. ”
"Keep making it up, I'm going home. After Mengzhen finished speaking, he shook his face and left.
"Eh, don't dream like this, have you thought about what I told you before?"
Mengzhen shook his head, then suddenly turned around and said with a contemptuous gaze: "Don't think about it, I'll take a look but won't do what you say, I just want to know about the current Nuoxi." ”
"Mengzhen, this is the task given to me by my leader, didn't I think of you immediately, and I will never forget to pay you. ”
After listening to this, Mengzhen smiled, and then pointed to the sign of Dream House and said: "I will only make money in this name, what you say does not belong to dreams, just for your own interests, as vulgar and meaningless as most people." ”
"Are you still angry with me? Oh, let's be honest with you, my leader has decided to eat Nuoxi this time, and although I don't know much about the current Nuoxi, but she seems to have changed, you had better be mentally prepared before you see her, and my previous attitude towards you, the leader will not be too relieved about such an action, so when I came, it was also for monitoring, I said that you are a friend I have seen, you can't say that it is a classmate, if it is a classmate, the leader will never agree. ”
"Then why don't you look for someone else, but for me?" Mengzhen asked rhetorically.