In 1994, Secretary Zheng's life and career were full of hope, and he was starting one and another conquest.

In 1994, when he was still a college student, he didn't want to add a drop out of school to his resume, and he didn't think it would be talked about as a good thing, so he was studying hard in 1994.

The country is full of hope because it has taken the step of a market economy, but at the same time it is full of fear and confusion.

She is still backward and chaotic, and it is the dream of many people to be so backward that she leaves her.

San Francisco, United States.

This city is a place that many Chinese people will choose for Chinese who come to the United States, including normal immigrants, smugglers, and illegal stayers.

Ye Qiongzhen's choice is also here. On the second night of the delegation's arrival in San Francisco, she left in the middle of the night.

In fact, from the seventies and eighties to the present, it is not uncommon for people like her to be like this, so the delegation has been on guard along the way, but she has been preparing for this for a longer time and is determined enough.

It's the fifth day.

On the fifth day after leaving the group, Ye Qiongzhen didn't know if the inspection group had left, whether they had called the police, and whether the police were looking for her...... She couldn't inquire, and she didn't dare to inquire.

As an illegal stayer, once she is caught, the consequences are not at all something she can bear.

It was now past one o'clock in the morning, carrying a huge and bulky suitcase, Ye Qiongzhen was walking with difficulty in the dark corners of the strange city.

Tired and her arm hurting, she put down the box, looked up at the lights of the main street outside, hesitated for a moment, and finally retracted to find a dark corner, and sat down with the box in her arms.

What will I do later? Where to go? To be honest, she doesn't know.

"Even if it's an illegal stay, no one has done anything like you. "That's what people told her at that little family hotel before.

Ye Qiongzhen has no companions, no local Chinese relatives or friends, and she doesn't even dare to bring too many things to avoid suspicion. As for the money, most of the money she has been able to get in the past two years has been used up in order to enter this delegation when she is in China.

I finally brought a little bit, and it took a lot of money in that small hotel five days ago.

It was almost extortion, and the closeness and care she thought were only in the verbal enthusiasm of the first day, and after that, it became the appearance of Chiguoguo.

There are some local Chinese who make a living from "black households" like her, which is another industrial chain.

In fact, if it weren't for other things, even if the cost of the black hotel was higher, Ye Qiongzhen would not choose to leave there, and she even hoped that the other party could help introduce jobs because of the experience she had heard.

She heard that many people in China would work in the back kitchen of a Chinese restaurant in the early stage.

It wasn't until the third day of her stay that she began to hear beatings and swearing, and saw the innkeeper and his son knocking on the door of another girl in the same hallway at different times......

That girl is also a black household, and she is from the boss's relationship with the village.

Ye Qiongzhen prepared a knife and deliberately let them see it.

However, the malicious glances cast by the boss and his son became more frequent, and the hints and threats increased.

"Open the door for me tonight...... Otherwise, I'll report you. ”

When the boss's 17-year-old son said this, Ye Qiongzhen didn't dare to bet on whether he was true or not, dare or not, and hurriedly chose to flee.

She has nowhere to go now.

I don't know what the result will be if I knock on a certain door.

Regret it? It's probably hard to avoid it, but Ye Qiongzhen didn't think about it. She didn't cry, even though she was actually scared, confused, and wanted to cry.

The temperature was only a dozen degrees, a little cold, Ye Qiongzhen opened the box, found a coat to cover her body, and shrunk into a ball.

In the net pocket above the open box is a book, "The United States Travel Guide". This is Su Chu, who had been transferred to the surrounding counties for training and preparation for promotion before she came out this time, and specially came to give it to her.

"Traveling?" With a bit of self-deprecation, Ye Qiongzhen took out the book, turned sideways again, and flipped up at the faint light outside.

The reading was very sketchy, and the above introduction did not arouse any interest in her. Soon, Ye Qiongzhen turned to the last page, and on the last page, she unexpectedly saw a line of words in Su Chu's handwriting:

[If you see this line and you happen to be unable to settle down yet, go here...... This is followed by the address and contact. 】

Like a drowning person found a life-saving straw, Ye Qiongzhen's whole hand trembled, and before she had time to think too much, she hurriedly got up, covered the box, and packed up while studying the street signs, and looked for the address above.

She was going to find the place before dawn.

Four hours later, when the sky was bright, Ye Qiongzhen stood in front of a Chinese store and hesitated for a moment. "Su Chu has no reason to harm me. She knocked on the door.

It was a woman who opened the door, "Hello, who are you looking for?" said the woman, looking at her from head to toe before finally fixing her gaze on the suitcase at her feet.

"I'm looking for Mr. Ye Likuan. ”

The other man nodded, stepped back, and motioned for her to come in.

"Can I see if you have ID and passport?" asked the other party as he entered the room.

"Hmm. Ye Qiongzhen nodded and took out her ID card and passport.

The other party took a closer look, turned his head and shouted, "The woman surnamed Ye has found it." ”

A man in his forties came out of the room, looked at her, and sat down.

"Here's $3,000, you count?" he threw out an envelope and continued, "She'll take you somewhere for a few days, and then we'll figure out how to get you a short-term work visa, and then you'll leave." ”

"That's it. ”

After the other party finished speaking, he got up.

Ye Qiongzhen was puzzled for a moment, then got up and asked, "Hello, that, can I know what the hell is going on, is it Su ......?"

"Now, don't say your name. The woman behind her who had just opened the door interrupted her and asked, "Don't you know yourself?"

The man didn't stop even a step.

Ye Qiongzhen nodded.

"Well, in short, we're just taking money to do things, not just you, and no matter who you are, don't ask too much. ”

Ye Qiongzhen understood, this is probably a hall specializing in this kind of business, domestic people take jobs and get money, and foreign people are responsible for doing things.

In fact, she inquired about this kind of industrial chain in China, and heard that there are many on the southeast coast, but she has not found a way because of her own limitations, and she clearly knows that even if she finds it, she does not have enough money.

She was silent.

"Let's go. The woman urged.

Two men came out the back door of the store, crossed a not-so-long street, and entered a house.

In this house, Ye Qionghao first saw several Chinese, both men and women, and she was handed over to these people and taken upstairs, and then saw a dozen people who looked similar to her.

"It's all the same as you, but I heard that you want to get a short-term visa, which will cost a lot of money...... Most of them are ready to become black households, or go other ways. ”

The sixty-year-old grandmother who brought her up said.

"Now, you'll just stay here. The old woman pushed open a door, and the small room emitted a stench, "Don't run around, wait, you won't be charged for food and lodging here." ”

With that, she went downstairs.

Ye Qiongzhen stood in the corridor, observing with vigilance for a while, and finally reluctantly put her mind at ease, entered the house, closed the door, and sat down.

Thinking about it, she still has to be vigilant, and at the same time there is a lot of confusion, but she is so tired that she falls asleep with her clothes unconsciously, and it is already night when she wakes up.

Downstairs to eat, the others had already eaten, but said she could cook the noodles herself.

After cooking the noodles, after eating, she asked a few words casually, and when she returned to the room, Ye Qiongzhen found a very dilapidated tape recorder on the desktop against the wall.

She tried to press it, and a female voice came out: "Stand in front of Daimaru, take a careful look at my way, and then go to the next station, and when you get to the queen of heaven, of course, it's best to ......"

Ye Qionghao is not very interested in pop songs, but it turns out to be a Chinese song, although it is Cantonese, it still feels very kind.

So she didn't turn it off, just sat down to the sound of music, and began to think about some questions.

"Did Su Chu help me? I guess it will cost a lot of money. ”

"That's not right...... She couldn't have known I was going to stay illegally. ”

"Nobody knows...... No, yes, there may be ......"

Ye Qiongzhen suddenly remembered the meeting with Jiang Che not long ago, when he said that he was going to go abroad with the group for investigation, his expression didn't seem right, and what he said was "take good care of yourself after you go out", the tone and logic of this sentence didn't seem to be quite right.

He always knew how much I wanted to go abroad...... He guessed it...... He also has this ability...... He knew Su Chu......

"Hum. Ye Qiongzhen's head buzzed, and the whole person was stunned for a long time.

"What if you regret it?" "I won't. Absolutely not. "That's good. ”】

A conversation that took place in 1992 comes to mind, and the events of that day are also remembered. In fact, this conversation and this scene have appeared in Ye Qiongzhen's mind more than once in the past two years......

It's just that she never admitted that she regretted it.

"I regret it, Jiang Che...... I'm sorry, but I actually regret it. ”

Ye Qiongzhen muttered to herself.

Following the deflection of the picture in her mind, the girl surnamed Lin who walked beside Jiang Che appeared, she introduced herself to her with a smile, she pulled the hem of his clothes and walked on the campus road, they helped each other put on a watch, and put their wrists together.

She is so splendid.

Ye Qiongzhen knew that it was too late to regret it.

When he chose to help her in such a way, it didn't mean that there was no lingering affection...... If you have to say, perhaps, call sympathy, call breaking.

I don't know how many songs are put in the tape, and the relatively calm voice of the two girls is singing alone:

"You might even hear from you by chance

Maybe the song I sang still lives in your memory

……

I'm no longer in touch with you

I hope you don't mind

If you want to blame it, you can't blame it on not being together in the first place

And you're happy with it now

So it doesn't make sense for me to stay

I've cut ties with you

……”

Knowing that it had nothing to do with herself, facing the closed window, Ye Qiongzhen sat at the table and began to shed tears unconsciously.

Gradually, he finally spoke, "Woo...... Ahem......"

Even in the five days before, Ye Qiongzhen, who had not cried, suddenly began to cry loudly.

And then it couldn't be stopped.

The people downstairs heard it, looked at each other, smiled, they were used to it, there are always a lot of people who have just arrived abroad, and they can't persuade it, so just let it go.

But the girl's crying was intermittent and never stopped.

Until midnight, I whimpered a few times from time to time, and finally someone couldn't help it and called the old woman to go up and have a look.

Knocking on the door, the old grandmother looked at Ye Qiongzhen, who was already crying all over, and persuaded softly:

"Okay, don't cry, in fact, you're a good fortune teller, and everyone below just said that you speak English very well...... And you can also get a short-term visa, so there are more ways to go. ”

Ye Qiongzhen looked at her with teary eyes.

"Don't you understand?" the grandmother said: "Go find someone to marry, or you go to the government of the United States and say that you have been violated by human rights, ****...... It's just to scold China, you know? These two methods can get a green card. ”

After speaking, he looked at her, "I see that this girl of yours is good-looking, why don't I introduce one to you?"

"No, I don't. Ye Qiongzhen shook her head without hesitation, "You guys, can you help me introduce the job? No matter how hard and tired you are." ”

…………

Domestically, Jiang Che received a call from Su Chu.

"They said she had found it. ”

"Well, that's good. ”

"So you're like this, are you distressed and reluctant?"

"No, I actually forgot about it. ”

"Really, then you ...... like this," Su Chu asked halfway.

Jiang Che paused on the other side of the phone. Is it because of the last scarf in his previous life? He also asked himself, and after asking, he said, "You just think that I am narrow-minded, and finally choose revenge." ”

Su Chu was stunned and said, "Okay, maybe, this is indeed a kind of revenge." ”