"I admit that I am the leader of the word, but I am not unscrupulous, and business is also moral", Zhou Shiying retorted, "I have tried my best all these years to earn a clean foundation for the firm, but what is the result?" Thanks to you, it's been black from the beginning, and you've been lying to me from the beginning! ”

"So what? I didn't steal or rob, and no one forced him to gamble money", Lin Hongwen raised his eyebrows and said, "You do your best, but I have never treated you harshly over the years, and now you want to settle old accounts with me?" ”

"Turning over old accounts? I'm going to really go over old accounts with you, and you can still sit here with a lot of words? Zhou Shiying picked up the account book and threw it at Lin Hongwen hard, "You flip it, I can't have my firm today, which of you two is a businessman?" ”

The two looked at each other nervously, He Mu saw that Zhou Shiying had made a move, and stepped over to block in front of Lin Hongwen, "If you have something to say, what kind of hand to move?" ”

"He Mu, get out of the way!" Lin Hongwen stretched out his hand to push He Mu away, stood up and walked in front of Zhou Shiying, "You think you are very capable and good at making money, right?" You have been in Fujiadian for several years, when will you be able to see clearly what kind of world this is! Without me and He Mu secretly escorting you, how far do you think your set can go? Back then, Xu Maocai's incident was able to bring down the shop, counting on you? In the past two years, He Guiming has secretly stumbled on us, are you still afraid that you will not be enough to quarrel with him at the public welfare club, and I have complained about you for so many things? I did so many things with He Mu, just to let you and Qingzhi do business freely, I am good enough to you, what do you want? ”

"What do I want?" Zhou Shiying's eyes were shining, and he smiled self-deprecatingly, "I should ask you this sentence, I can ignore how you deal with outsiders, or you can pretend not to know, but why do you even calculate me?" You know that person is a liar but you don't sue me, you watch me be deceived, Hongwen, can you sue me why? ”

"I want you to see clearly what kind of world this is", Lin Hongwen said, "Song Chilai made such a fuss, and you are angry and think that my methods are disgraceful, don't you?" Then let you use glorious means. Lin Hongwen spread his hands, "As a result, how capable are you, isn't it okay for people to deceive you?" Even if you know that it is He Gui and Yao Shunchang who have cheated you, what can you do, if you have a way, you won't be bored at home alone during the New Year, and you won't even see anyone. In the end, it wasn't our shady methods that made this breath for you, and you were so happy at the time, did you forget? ”

"He sells moldy rice, and he has no conscience, but you have exposed this matter and are angry for me, of course I am happy, what's wrong?" , Zhou Shiying asked with tears in his eyes.

Lin Hongwen looked at him funny, "Why do you just think about being happy at this time, have you thought about it, what if the wind is stronger that night, what if no one in the neighborhood comes out, what if the fire can't stop and burn down that piece of house, what if the door can't be kicked open and those three people are smoked to death inside?" Why don't you think about anything at this time, but just be happy? Lin Hongwen raised his hand and stroked the folds on Zhou Shiying's shoulder, and said softly, "In the final analysis, in fact, you are not so decent, but you are just fifty steps and a hundred steps." ”

Zhou Shiying lowered her eyes, and tears fell drop by drop, "The Tao is not the same, since you think I am useless, then I will not drag you down anymore, I ......"

"Shi Ying, don't talk angry", He Mu interrupted him.

"Angry talk?" Zhou Shiying looked back at He Mu, "I came to Fu's shop, I have always regarded you as the closest person, I have nothing to hide from you, I thought you would treat me the same." Today I found out that it had always been my wishful thinking, and that the two of you had colluded to deceive me from the beginning. The matter of the shop, the matter of Du Xinzhu, and the matter of Chen Xinglai later, even if they are all Hongwen's ideas, but you are the one who contributes, do you think I don't understand? ”

"You want to be angry and come at me, He Mu just listened to my orders, don't shout at him." Lin Hongwen said, "Since you understand, then I might as well sue you more, not only did I see that Chen Xinglai was a liar, but I didn't sue you when he ran away and was intercepted by He Mu's people." I didn't lose a thousand roubles, and I gave half of it to the crooks, who now work for the comptoirs. ”

Zhou Shiying glared at him deadly, lowered his head in frustration for a while, and said, "You count the money and give it to me, and I will leave as much as possible." ”

"Shi Ying", He Mu opened his mouth to persuade, "It's not a big deal, do you want to make such a strict dismantling of the gang?" ”

Zhou Shiying glanced up at him, and looked away with some loss, "He Mu, this is the difference between me and you, you think it's not a big deal for him to do these things, but I don't think I can accept it." ”

Zhou Shiying took two steps to the door, and then looked back at Lin Hongwen, "Hongwen, you listen to my advice, don't go on like this, otherwise Qingzhi will leave sooner or later." ”

"He is different from you, he can understand me", Lin Hongwen said, "Actually, if you change to a stable year, I am also happy to see you do business and make money happily." But in this world, there are some things that you don't have to choose, and I don't have to choose. ”

Zhou Shiying smiled and shook his head, "Hongwen, you are wrong, no matter what the world, in fact, you have a choice." ”

He pushed open the door, and I don't know when it was already clear outside, and the sun pierced people's eyes. Zhou Shiying crossed the threshold, glanced back at the plaque of the United Commercial Bank, and then left without nostalgia.

108.

Xu Qingzhi only learned the news that Zhou Shiying was leaving from Lin Hongwen two days later, and he went to Zhou Shiying twice alone, wanting to ask the reason, but Zhou Shiying only said that the Northeast is not peaceful now, and he and Sister Hong want to live a stable and ordinary life. Xu Qingzhi persuaded him twice, and seeing that he had already made up his mind, he was no longer reluctant.

Zhou Shiying actually left ten days later in the morning, when Lin Hongwen handed him an envelope at the station. Zhou Shiying said, "You have already given me a check." ”

"It's different, this is for you to spend on the road", Lin Hongwen couldn't help but stuff the envelope into Zhou Shiying's hand, "The check is from Daosheng Bank, before going out of the Northeast, change to another bank and save it, and it is more convenient to go to the south." Keep your money hidden carefully, so that no one can see that you have bad intentions again. ”

"I know", Zhou Shiying responded, "You should also take care." ”

Lin Hongwen nodded, but his eyes inadvertently swept to the suitcase on the ground, on which were tied two red ropes that had faded a little. Lin Hongwen remembered the two red ropes, which were the peace charms on his box tied to his box when Zhou Shiying set off for Manchuria and Suifenhe two years ago, when the railway was just opened to traffic. He still remembered Zhou Shiying's disgusted look at the time, and now that the red rope has worn out and faded, he is afraid that he can't see what is written clearly, and Zhou Shiying's face is also light.

Lin Hongwen looked at it a little distractedly, and suddenly there was an extra pair of hands next to the box, and he deftly tied a red rope on the box. Lin Hongwen turned his head slightly, saw Qin Hong bending down and straightening out the three red ropes, smiled at him and said, "I thought I wanted to go far away, so I went to ask for a peace charm." ”

Lin Hongwen smiled and said, "Sister Hong is still thoughtful." ”

Xu Qingzhi also gave Zhou Shiying a very thin envelope, "I don't know where you want to settle down in the end, I have a very good classmate named Chen Yuexuan, who is doing business in Guangzhou." If you go to Guangzhou, you can find him, I have put the address inside. ”

"Thank you", Zhou Shiying said gratefully, "I will write to you when I settle down." ”

"Okay", Xu Qingzhi responded, looking down at his pocket watch, "It's almost time, you and Sister Hong should get in the car quickly." ”

He Mu took a bag of fruit to Sister Hong, "Eat something in the car to pass the time." ”

Qin Hong smiled and thanked him, and Zhou Shiying picked up the suitcase on the ground and took Qin Hong's hand and boarded the train. As soon as I put down my luggage and sat down, the car started slowly. Zhou Shiying looked at the platform and was distracted, suddenly heard Qin Hong's laughter, came back to his senses and asked curiously, "What's so cola?" ”

Qin Hong said: "I laugh at myself. ”

"You?" Zhou Shiying was even more puzzled, "What's so funny about you?" ”

Qin Hong said, "I thought that I had been in the Fengyue Field for so many years, and I had seen a lot □□of people of all shapes and shapes, and I should be good at seeing people." Even if you can't see it clearly, a young man like you should look at it accurately. Who knows that today I understand, how can I have any ability to see people? Over the years, I have always thought that Hongwen was just a capable guy, and I persuaded you to reuse him, which is really blind. ”

Zhou Shiying smiled and said, "You can see people transparently enough, if you have no eyes, then I will be blind." ”

The roar of the train gradually faded away, and Xu Qingzhi turned his face to look at Lin Hongwen, "I don't want to ask you why Shi Ying left now, because what you said must be the same as what he said, I just hope to hear the truth one day." ”

Lin Hongwen lowered his head slightly, "Maybe you don't believe it, in fact, I don't want him to go, but if he continues to stay here, he won't be able to live the way he likes." ”

"Is he unable to, or you won't let him", Xu Qingzhi turned around and wanted to go back, but couldn't help but stop and said, "When you knew him back then, you knew that he was such a person." Why did you tolerate him then, but now you can't? ”

"Because I've changed", Lin Hongwen looked up at the direction of the train, the scorching sun was scorching, and the train finally seemed to disappear into the dazzling light.