Mao Dong's business in Guangzhou eventually lost money.

All the goods were lost, the manufacturer ran away, and not a penny was recovered.

More than half of the money for this business was not paid, but the biggest loss was that Mao Dong had to pay several times the liquidated damages to the partner.

Together, it totals seven figures.

Liang Ju hadn't seen him for many days since that night, and Shapi said that Mao Dong had taken no one with him, and that he had gone to Guangzhou again.

On the day when the partner sent someone to get the liquidated damages, it was Ah Yuan who came forward to receive them.

Ah Yuan received two or three short and fat men who spoke Hong Kong Mandarin to the VIP private room and ordered the best drinks.

When Liang Ju went in to deliver the drinks, he saw Ah Yuan in a formal suit and a stern face negotiating with the other party, and the lawyer brought by the other party was holding a contract and reading something.

However, what attracted Liang Ju's attention the most was the two silver sheets on the coffee table in front of them. Yes. Card.

Liang Ju knew how heavy this card was.

In the gossip of the changing room, she heard the latest rumors.

The huge amount of compensation was not bad, and from beginning to end, Mao Dong never used a penny of Zhong Ling.

***

On the first day of Eleven, a new boss arrives in North Star, a southern man in his forties who wears glasses.

Liang Ju held a vivid mobilization meeting with all employees under the leadership of the new boss, at which some old employees of North Star were unexpectedly dismissed on the grounds of adjusting the company's structure.

Liang Ju is an intern, and he may not be able to work for a few more days, so he is simply spared.

When it was time to get off work, she walked out of the North Star with Gillian, and Gillian was not fired, but was promoted to foreman.

"I tell you, don't talk to them in the future, this disaster is often said." The 'they' in Gillian's mouth refer to Yang Qian and Mei Mei, who liked gossip before.

Liang Ju bowed his head slightly, looking very frustrated.

Gillian was picked up tonight, so she didn't go to the station with Liang Ju.

Walk along the narrow path, and along the way, the dark path is lit up by the occasional few street lamps.

There was a black Toyota car parked at the door of the convenience store in front, and Liang Ju didn't care about it, just glanced into the car casually when he walked by.

The door of the convenience store opened from both sides, and the crisp words 'welcome' came out from inside, Liang Ju turned his head when he heard the sound, and suddenly saw the familiar figure slowly walking out of it, which was reflected in her eyes.

I haven't seen each other for a few days, and even Liang Ju himself doesn't know.

Mao Dongzheng, who was dressed in gray sportswear and holding a box of cigarettes, came down the steps of the convenience store and was slightly stunned when he saw her.

"Just got off work?" He unexpectedly greeted her first.

Mao Dong raised his eyes to look at Liang Ju, only to see Liang Ju dressed in casual clothes, standing under the street lamp in a daze.

She bowed her head slightly.

He wasn't as bad as she had thought he was, just a little thinner.

"Why are you here?" As soon as the words came out, Liang Ju sensitively thought that she shouldn't ask that.

"Come buy a pack of cigarettes." Mao Dong raised the cigarette case in his hand.

He didn't react much, just walked to the side of the car, and didn't mean to stop and chat.

The car door was opened, and suddenly closed again, and Mao Dong stood beside the car and looked up at Liang Ju.

"Where are you going, I'll send you?" He is unusual, but he has no indifference from the past.

"No, it's convenient for me to take the bus." Girls, you have to be reserved no matter what you say.

"You're going home?"

"Well, Eleven is on holiday."

Mao Dong nodded slightly, opened the door and got into the car, and after a while, he drove away.

Liang Ju stood in place for a long time, and suddenly stomped his feet.

He's really a wood, and he doesn't have any emotional intelligence.

Qihai City has cooled down in recent days, and it is only a dozen degrees at night, Liang Ju sighed, lifted the bag on his shoulder, and walked towards the station with his arms in his arms and bowed his head.

During the eleventh holiday, she didn't go back to live at her own house because she wanted to continue to work in North Star, and it happened that her cousin went out to travel again, so she went to her cousin's house.

North Star's business was very good tonight, because the waiter was dismissed, and some newcomers were not recruited, so the new boss asked Liang Ju to work overtime for a few more hours.

I wasted some time talking to Mao Dong just now, and when I looked at my watch, Liang Ju found that he couldn't even catch the last train.

She grabbed her bag and strode to the bus stop in the distance, but the sound of cars behind her made her feel bad.

The last bus drove quickly behind Liang Ju, and when the car stopped, the passengers got on the bus one after another, and Liang Ju's steps also accelerated.

But in the end, she still missed the last general bus.

As the bus closed its doors and restarted, it drifted away from her goal. The more Liang Ju ran, the faster the bus seemed to go, and there were not many cars on the road at night, so she simply stood on the road and watched the bus finally disappear into the corner of the night.

Liang Ju was out of breath, and before she could catch her breath, she heard a dry car horn behind her.

Liang Ju was irritable, thinking to himself that the road is so wide that you don't go, why do you park the car behind her!

She turned around suddenly, quickly pointed at the driver's seat of the car, and raised her middle finger!

The world fell eerily silent for a moment.

The sneer at the corner of Liang Ju's mouth had not yet fully unfolded, and it was already stuck in the field of hope.

It seems to be darker and the temperature seems colder.

The third time in Mao Dong's life was that he was raised his middle finger in the middle of the autumn night.

***

On autumn nights, the air is crisp, and the green trees planted on both sides of the street rush past the windows.

The car was quiet, there was no music and no announcement, Liang Ju swallowed his saliva, and his eyes peeked at the man who was driving next to him.

Mao Dong used to hold the steering wheel with one hand and put the other arm on the window glass. He looked intently at the road ahead, not caring at all about Liang Ju's careful thoughts in the co-pilot's seat.

"I didn't expect you to honk the horn behind me." Thinking of Mao Dong seeing the middle finger in the glass of the car just now, a layer of surprise was instantly covered between his eyebrows and eyes, and Liang Ju suddenly couldn't hold back and wanted to laugh.

Mao Dong pressed his eyebrows, looking a little tired.

"I just wanted to ask you, would you like to have a drink together?"

"Oh? Don't you hate me anymore? ”

His attitude towards her tonight was really unusual.

Mao Dong glanced at her lightly and said, "As long as you don't continue to say anything about repaying the money, talk less and be quieter." ”

"Forget it, why do you want me to do it if you don't let me speak, I'm going to get out of the car!"

Although the words were spoken, Liang Ju did not have the slightest intention of getting off the car.

Mao Dong chuckled, "I have to admit that it's really good to drink with you." ”

"Admit it?"

"Well, admit it."

"That's not bad."

Mao Dong drove the car to the beach where he frequented.

The sea temperature on autumn nights was very low, and two people got out of the car one after another.

A gust of sea breeze blew the hair on his forehead, Liang Ju was a little cold, hugged his shoulders and rubbed his arms, Mao Dong took out a coat from the back seat of the car and handed it to her.

"Thank you."

The clothes were draped over his shoulders, and he instantly felt a kind of warmth, and it also carried his temperature.

Mao Dong leaned on the car cover, lit a cigarette, half-tilted his head, and took a puff.

"Talk to me." He said.

The sound of the sea breeze blowing the waves is heard, and the silence of the night makes the sound of the sea even more beautiful.

Through the beam of light from the headlights, Liang Ju looked at him.

She vaguely saw a different Mao Dong from him.

Loneliness, loneliness, sadness, helplessness.

Liang Ju followed Mao Dong to the beach, the sparkling sea was full of moonlight, sitting on the beach and looking up at the starry sky, Liang Ju obviously felt that this was a different feeling from Sha Pei.

She raised her arms and let out a low cry as she lay back on the soft sand, "It's so comfortable!" ”

Mao Dong had a faint smile in his eyes and sat beside her.

He handed her a bottle of beer, Mao Dong bought a large bottle of beer in a glass bottle, and Liang Ju knew that he was in a low mood at a glance.

Both of them drank half a bottle in silence, Liang Ju looked at him sideways, he just looked at the sea and kept drinking.

Liang Ju coughed and said, "I'm not just drinking with you, let's talk a few words, otherwise I will suffocate to death." ”

"What are you talking about?" Mao Dong looked back at her, his eyes black and white.

It was the first time to sit side by side at such close proximity, and two people at such close proximity looked at each other.

In the dark of the night, in the dim light of the moonlight, she looked into his eyes, his dark eyes shimmering like obsidian, and the light reflected in his eyes, the sea, and her shadow.

"Whatever you want, I'll talk to you about whatever you want." A gust of sea breeze blew in his face, and Liang Ju tightened his coat.

He was still looking at her, looking at her a little embarrassed, and lowered his head and took a sip of wine.

"Why do you like me?"

The wine in Liang Ju's mouth almost squirted out, and she almost choked and coughed loudly.

"You, what did you say?"

Mao Dong smiled and patted her on the back, Liang Ju saw him laughing, and opened his mouth to point at him in surprise, "You can actually laugh too!" ”

They had seen him so many times, and for the first time, she had seen him smile.

Mao Dong laughed and looked at her, his eyes were full of smiles. "How do you get stupid when you drink?"

"Where, how can there be!"

After three consecutive words, Liang Ju turned back to his face, with a burst of heat on his face, and he didn't know if it was blown by the sea breeze.

Mao Dong withdrew the hand on Liang Ju's back, continued to look at the sea, and drank the beer in his hand.

"Do you remember that I liked you?" Liang Ju asked timidly.

Mao Dong put his arm on his bent leg and pursed his lips and chuckled, "You really think I'm a piece of wood." ”

"Then you, you deliberately gave me a chance to get close to you?" The fourth time, she was speechless.

Mao Dong looked at her sideways, his eyes focused.

Could it be him? Liang Ju snickered and used drinking to hide his cautious jump.

He said slowly, "You are very similar to a girl I met a few years ago. ”

"Oh?" She was surprised.

"It was many years ago, it should have been 2009," he said, looking up at the starry sky with a deep gaze.

Liang Ju vaguely remembered that Shapi said that Mao Dong's eldest brother Mao Bei was in 2009.

She wanted to find a topic to resolve the embarrassment, but after a while, she only heard Mao Dong continue: "That time I was walking on the street alone, and I met a little girl who had just broken up with her boyfriend. ”

Liang Ju never took another sip of the wine in his hand, she listened to him finish the story in a daze, and did not insert a word.

"Who knew that the little girl not only didn't thank me, but also gave it to me" Mao Dong turned his head and looked at Liang Ju with a smile, "and gave me a gesture that you are used to." ”

He smiled and asked, "Isn't it a coincidence?" ”

Liang Ju was completely stunned and did not react at all.

He raised his hand and waved it in front of her eyes, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Liang Ju was slightly embarrassed, lowered his head and asked, "She, is she still a high school student?" ”

"How do you know?"

"You think I look like her?"

Mao Dong nodded and chuckled, "How do you know?" ”

"Then you like her?" Liang Ju pursed his lips and asked very seriously.