Taking a breath, Mao Dong felt a pain in his eyes, and he put his arms on his laps and buried his face in his palms.

For many years, every time he thinks about it, he can feel the pain of that piece of meat being dug up in his heart.

"Boss, are you awake?"

Someone was speaking softly to him.

Mao Dong looked up and saw that it was a new receptionist.

He hid all his expressions and hummed faintly.

"Sister Ling asked me to come and see if you woke up, she was cooking in the back kitchen, let me come and call you."

"Got it."

The little reception was a very young girl, she looked at Mao Dong for a while, and her white and tender little face was immediately dyed crimson.

"Sister Ling also asked me to ask you, milk, have you drunk it?"

When she mentioned this, Mao Dong found that there was a glass of poured milk on the glass table in front of the sofa, which was a little cold to the touch, and it was estimated that it had been left for a long time.

"I see, you can go to work."

The little girl can be said to turn around three times in one step and reluctantly leave.

Mao Dong saw that there was a note sticking to the milk cup, which read: "Drink a cup of milk first, and I'll make your favorite sweet and sour fish." ”

The font is beautiful, and you can tell who wrote it at a glance.

About Zhong Ling, he doesn't know how to describe it, Zhong Ling is not a relative but better than a relative.

He had long regarded her as his only relative now.

He has a responsibility to take care of her for the rest of his life.

***

When Zhong Ling came out, Mao Dong was already gone.

"Why didn't you notify me?" Zhong Ling frowned.

"Mr. Mao left after smoking."

"Did you say anything?"

The waiter was a little girl, lowered her head, and said timidly: "Mr. Mao asked us not to disturb you, saying that it was nothing, and he chatted with Manager Liu on duty for a few words and left." ”

Zhong Ling guessed why Mao Dong came over, and wanted to talk to him again when he was eating, but he never thought that he would leave without asking anything.

With a wave of his hand, the waiter turned around and ran back to the bar.

Back in the office, Zhong Ling picked up the phone on the desk and called Mao Dong, and she didn't know why she was calling, but she just wanted to say a few more words to him.

The phone was answered relatively quickly, and it only rang twice before it was picked up.

There were a few car horns and windy sounds on the other end of the phone, as if on the highway.

"It's me, why didn't you leave without making a sound?" She asked cautiously in a soft tone.

Mao Dong's voice was a little hoarse and slightly tired, "It's nothing, just go over and take a look." ”

"I also made your favorite dishes, I wonder if you can stay and eat."

"Next time, next time I'll go early."

Zhong Ling walked to a decorative potted plant in the corner of the office and flicked the fake petals on it with her hand, "Business has been good recently, and it is almost full at night." ”

She told Mao Dong about the recent situation of the bar, and Mao Dong just hummed absentmindedly.

Just when Zhong Ling was thinking about asking him if he wanted to come at night, Mao Dong suddenly spoke, "Yesterday, thank you." ”

Just when a waiter stood at the door with a text and knocked on the door a few times, Zhong Ling looked sideways, made a gesture, and said into the phone: "It's okay, be polite to me." ”

After saying that, it occurred to her that he thanked her maybe it had something to do with the girl last night.

The waiter put the purchase list of the past few days on Zhong Ling's desk and looked up at her again, Zhong Ling waved his hand, signaling that he could go out.

Turning slightly, she said into the phone, "She was picked up by Shar Pei this morning." ”

"yes, I know."

He actually knew the girl's whereabouts well.

Both of them were silent for a while, Zhong Ling was thinking in her heart whether to ask a few more words about Mao Dong's business, only to hear Mao Dong call her softly, "Zhong Ling." ”

"Huh? You said. ”

He spoke slowly, with some hesitation, "Help me see where the bar is still lacking." ”

"You want to recruit new people?"

"It's not." He paused before saying, "I promised to let her enter the North Star." ”

The person he was referring to should be...

Zhong Ling opened the text on the table, picked up the pen and hurriedly signed her name on it. "Don't worry, I'll arrange it."

Mao Dong himself is not a person who is good at words, he wanted to thank Zhong Ling, but he didn't know how to speak, so he just cut it short and said, "Okay." ”

"Do you have time to come over at night, a few days ago I invited a pastry chef again, saying that it is very popular to launch Western food in the south now, if you have time, come and try it in the evening."

It seemed that someone on the other end of the phone was talking to Mao Dong, and he hurriedly replied, "I'll talk to him today...... What, Zhong Ling, what did you just say? ”

"Oh, it's nothing, just asking if you can't make it over the night."

"No, I have to go to Guangzhou with A-Yuan, and when I come back, I'll go over."

"Okay, then you should be careful on the road."

The phone hung up, and the time displayed on the phone screen was only six minutes and twenty-eight seconds.

Six minutes and twenty-eight seconds of their time, that's all.

Zhong Ling suddenly found that all along, each call between her and him would not exceed ten minutes.

She is not a verbose person, she will occasionally tell him a few words, as long as she senses that Mao Dong has other things, she will simplify everything she wants to say in her heart into a few sentences.

Zhong Ling wanted to confide in Mao Dong, but in fact, she couldn't finish it in an hour or ten hours, but what she thought about in her heart was her own wishes, and in the face of him, she just hoped that she could maintain the existing one.

The two of them have their own duties, and only occasionally, they can allow her to have some small thoughts of her own in her heart.

***

Liang Ju returned to the dormitory, and as expected, she was called to the office by the instructor.

On the way back, she had already colluded with her cousin, saying that she went to the hospital last night with unexpected diarrhea and fever at her cousin's place, and she didn't have time to ask for leave. The instructor called Mingxuan's cousin suspiciously, and the cousin was very cooperative, and told Liang Ju how to call it a tragic word, which made Liang Ju wonder if he had some incurable disease.

When she returned to the dormitory, no one was there, she called Yu Yanjie, and the other party's phone was not in the service area, which was very unusual.

Liang Ju lay on the bed in the dormitory and called Sun Xiaoshou again, he answered quickly, saying that he was waiting for an interview in a financial company, Liang Ju smiled bitterly, Sun Xiaoshou is either going to an interview now, or on the way to an interview, obviously he already has his own online store, but he is more active than anyone else about his work plans.

Yu Yanjie was the first to go back to the dormitory in the evening, Liang Ju was sitting in front of the computer to surf the Internet, and when she came back, she immediately jumped up from her seat.

"Jiejie, I have something to sue you!" She was anxious to tell her about the previous night.

Yu Yanjie was obviously not interested, "I'm tired and want to sleep." ”

Liang Ju sighed softly.

Yu Yanjie threw the phone on the bed, Liang Ju's eyes were sharp, and he found that it was the latest Apple.

"You've changed your phone again, Iphone5S!"

"My dad bought it for me, a gift for this year's summer vacation." Her tone was flat and unpretentious.

Yu Yanjie's father is the vice president of the Qihai City Procuratorate, and the old woman has Yu Yanjie, who is usually very precious to her baby daughter, and her mother is a university teacher, Yu Yanjie mentions to everyone the most in the dormitory, which is her parents.

Liang Ju found that Yu Yanjie was very strange today, not as many words as before, and she was listless.

"Jiejie, are you alright?"

"It's okay, leave me alone."

Yu Yanjie, who had always been devoted to Liang Ju in the past, suddenly became reluctant to say anything today, which made Liang Ju also surprised.

After a while, Lan Lan came back from the library with a stack of books, she was sure that she wanted to continue the graduate school entrance examination, so she didn't invest too much in the internship.

Lan Lan was very concerned about Liang Ju's internship plan, Liang Ju changed into pajamas, put a mask on his face, and said inarticulately: "I found a place for internship, but not to make money, but to pay back." ”

"Huh? What are you doing? What company? Is it big? Is it a foreign company? ”

Facing Lan Lan's series of machine-gun questions, Liang Ju poked his head out of the mosquito net and pursed his lips at her, "Secret." ”

When Zhong Ling called Liang Ju, Liang Ju was washing clothes, and he was stunned for a long time when he heard the words.

"Okay, I'll be over in the evening! Thank you! She said into the phone.

In the evening, Liang Ju put on light makeup, changed into a set of more mature clothes, and went to North Star by car.

The front of the North Star Gate is uniquely decorated, with two rows of pale orange chandeliers hanging on both sides of the retro burgundy wooden door, and a large and intoxicating starry photo hanging on the wall of the door, which shows the charming night scene.

Liang Ju approached the bar, and immediately a waiter stepped forward and asked her if she had booked a place.

Liang Ju smiled brightly, "I'm here to work." ”

"Come to work?" The waiter looked at Liang Ju.

"Yes!" Liang Ju nodded excitedly.

The waiter went to find Zhong Ling for her, and Zhong Ling saw Liang Ju and smiled faintly, "Come with me." ”

Zhong Ling took Liang Ju to her office, poured her a glass of water, and sat behind her desk to take out an agreement from the bookshelf.

She said, looking down in her mind. "You're part-time, and your job is from seven to nine o'clock every night, is that okay?"

Zhong Ling raised her head and asked Liang Ju, and after seeing Liang Ju nodding, she continued to bury her head in the text.

"Is it okay to pay by the hour and settle every month?"

"Yes." Liang Ju thought, anyway, this money is going to be returned to Mao Dong, she doesn't care.

Zhong Ling briefly introduced Beixing, told her some internal systems of the company, and finally took her to the employee lounge.

The lounge is on the basement level, and the entire floor is dedicated to employees, with a lounge, a canteen, and a bathroom.

Just in time for the meal time before the night shift, Zhong Ling just took Liang Ju to get a brief familiarity with the environment, introduced her to the foreman and the manager on duty, and finally handed Liang Ju to a Guangdong girl named Gillian.

Gillian is beautiful, has a sweet voice, is kind, and has two big dimples when she laughs.

"You can follow me in the future, if you don't understand anything, just ask me." Gillian said and handed Liang Ju an apple, "The night shift requires waiting until the bar closes in the early morning to get off work, so be sure to eat and don't be hungry." ”

Liang Ju waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'm just a part-time worker, and I have to go back to the school dormitory at night." ”

"Oh, that's right." Gillian suddenly opened her mouth in realization, and then smiled and stuffed the apple into Liang Ju's hand, "It's okay, take it and eat it." ”

Liang Ju was embarrassed to refuse, so he could only take it with a smile and thank him.

Gillian gave her a set of work uniforms and told Liang Ju that if a guest asks for a drink, normally, it is okay not to drink, but if the guest is forced, then it will have to be a show. Liang Ju understands that bar work is different from other jobs, as long as it is not too demanding, generally speaking, it is necessary to cooperate with customers.

On the first day of work, in general, in addition to being in a hurry, is in a hurry, because of the unproficiency in the content of the work, Liang Ju needs to be reminded by Gillian all the time, but fortunately, a qiē is considered smooth, and he did not meet tricky guests.

There are a few regular customers here who saw that Liang Ju was a newcomer, and coaxed her to have a drink, Liang Ju took it one by one with a smile, seeing that she was quite bold, the guests were naturally not stingy with tips, and Liang Ju was also happy, after all, this was completely dependent on his own strength to make money.

Liang Ju has a hearty personality, and most of the people who work together are young people of the same age as her, so naturally there is not much estrangement.

I went to class for more than a week, and I didn't meet Sha Pei, Ah Yuan, or that person.

Shapi told her the itinerary before the business trip, and said that he would come back to bring her delicious food, and sometimes, Liang Ju was really happy that he suddenly had such a brother.

A dull week doesn't mean that everything will be dull.

In the last week before the eleventh day, for Liang Ju, there was a wave of unevenness.

Her love and friendship were put to the test at the same time.

***

When Sha Pei went to Guangzhou to make peace with Mao Dong and Ah Yuan, Ah Yuan was packing his luggage at the hotel.

Ah Yuan went to open the door, and Shar Pei saw him holding him by the arm, "Brother, do you miss me?" ”

"Tsk, brother is inside."

"What's wrong?" Seeing Ah Yuan's sad face, Sha Pei withdrew his hand.

Mao Dong asked Sha Pei to go to other places to do other things, and he wasted a lot of effort to get things done.

As soon as he entered the room, Sha Pei picked up the mineral water on the table and poured it down, "Damn, I'm dying of thirst." ”

"How's it going?" A-Yuan leaned against the wall behind him.

", I should have killed that kid in the first place and avenged Brother Mao Bei!"

"Oh, don't be poor, if you kill him, you should be the one who goes in now."

Sha Pei took out a stack of materials and photos from his bag and threw them on the bed in the hotel, just as Mao Dong opened the door of the bathroom and came out of it.

"Coming?" He wiped his hands with a tissue, saw Shar Pei, and said hello to him.

When Sha Pei saw Mao Dong, his energy immediately came up.

"Brother, after so many years, everything we heard is a rumor, there are few people who really participated back then, and the rest are all going their separate ways" Noticing that Mao Dong's face was slightly haggard, Sha Pei stopped talking, "Brother, what's wrong with you, didn't you sleep well?" ”

Mao Dong's face was not very good-looking, and his voice was hoarse.

"Don't you know," Ah Yuan was about to blurt out the words when Mao Dong intercepted them.

Mao Dong said: "I booked the ticket to go back in the past two days. ”

He picked up the watch on the bedside table and put it on his right wrist.

"Tickets?" Shar Pei asked.

A-Yuan frowned and glanced at him, "Train ticket." ”

"Why do you suddenly want a train ticket?"

Ah Yuan was speechless, and Shapi had to look at Mao Dong.

The weather forecast for the day was broadcast live on the TV, and there have been heavy rains in Guangzhou in recent days, and various areas have been affected by different conditions.

Sha Pei looked at the TV and asked Mao Dong, "Brother, this rainstorm has no effect on our batch of goods, right?" ”

Mao Dong walked to the table, leaned over and took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and lit it directly with a lighter. Ah Yuan also took out the beer brought by Sha Pei and opened a can.

Shar Pei turned his head and saw that neither of them had an answer for him.

"Tell me about that kid, my brother's revenge hasn't been avenged." Yuan gurgled and drank half a can of beer.

Mao Dong sat on the windowsill, his hand holding the cigarette stiffened, and asked in a deep voice: "How many years will he be able to come out?" ”

Shar Pei sneered, "It's his fate to not sit in the prison!" After a while, he glanced at Mao Dong before replying, "There is still a year and a half." ”

"A year and a half? Didn't you sentence many years in the first place! Ah Yuan asked in surprise.

"It's all that bastard surnamed Bai, I heard that there is no less work behind the scenes!"

"Damn, I've been waiting for him for years!" Ah Yuan pinched the wine jar in his hand and threw it into the trash.

Mao Dong extinguished the cigarette in the ashtray and spat out a long smoke ring.

"He can't get past this cut. Some things have to be done sooner or later. ”

Ah Yuan looked at him with concern and didn't say anything.

The person they had just talked about was not named, but they all tacitly knew who it was.

Mao Bei was deliberately killed back then.

The murderers were not really punished.