At three o'clock in the morning, Mao Dong did not sleep.

There is only one table lamp lit in the living room, and the soft light pours down, shrouding in a small space, making people feel peaceful.

The suit jacket was casually thrown on the chair, and Mao Dong and Yi were lying on the sofa, with one arm on his forehead to block the light.

His eyes were closed, and the light of the lamp illuminated only one corner of the dark living room.

After sending a text message, his mobile phone was thrown on his lap, his head hurt and he was very sleepy, but he couldn't sleep.

The closed eyes were pitch black, and a pair of stubborn black eyes gradually appeared in the black curtain-like sight, and gradually, it was the girl who refused to admit defeat.

Mao Dong still remembered the picture of Liang Ju falling drunk, somehow, like a hand gently plucking the strings in his heart.

He didn't want to do this, but tonight she was really angry with him.

The shirt stained with wine had already been replaced and thrown in the washing machine, and tonight's scenes were slowly replayed in Mao Dong's mind like slow motion.

He lay there with his eyes closed, frowning slightly.

Although it was indeed wrong for him to let Liang Ju drink later, but thinking about it, it should be a lesson to that girl. She can't do some reckless behavior just because she is young and willful.

She is the first person who dares to pour his wine.

But slowly, he thought again, if she hadn't made such a fuss tonight, the bosses might have to drink for a while. Thinking of this, he slowly opened his eyes, his eyes clear.

The corners of his mouth curled slightly. Then he still has to thank her?

***

The first rays of sunlight in the morning fill the bedroom, shining a dazzling light on the white walls.

Liang Ju covered his eyes with his hands and turned over on the bed with difficulty. The headache seemed to explode, but the enticing aroma forced her to get up and explore the source of the aroma.

The moment she opened her eyes, the unfamiliar environment and the feeling of déjà vu instantly flooded into her brain, but the warm decoration immediately reminded her that this was not a hotel.

She sat on the bed and looked around, and it was obvious that there was more of a home here.

"Up? Then come out for breakfast. ”

Zhong Ling was standing at the door of the bedroom wiping her hands with a tissue, she was talking to Liang Ju, and Liang Ju was startled.

"Sister? Liang Ju's eyes widened and asked, "This is your home?" ”

"You drank too much last night, and they had to send you here."

"Them?"

Regarding Liang Ju's doubts, Zhong Ling did not explain, "Breakfast has been prepared, wash your face and come out." ”

Breakfast was very simple Chinese with fried eggs, rice porridge, pickles and steamed bun slices baked by Zhong Ling herself.

Liang Ju took a slice of steamed bread and took a bite gently, crispy and sweet.

"Dip it in tahini, it's even better."

Zhong Ling sat opposite her and handed her a small bottle of sesame sauce, and Liang Ju politely took it and thanked her, "Sister, I caused you trouble last night." ”

"It's okay, I have someone to live with me." Zhong Ling slowly spread the sauce on the steamed buns with a small spoon, smeared a piece and put it on the Liang orange plate, "But you are a little girl who is drunk outside casually, so you are not afraid of danger?" ”

Liang Ju lowered his head and smiled dryly, with a cowardice on his face.

"Last night was impulsive, and I don't usually do that."

"So, you know them well?" Zhong Ling's movements were sluggish.

"Well, it's fine."

Zhong Ling put down the spoon, put her arms on the table, and looked at Liang Ju, who put the steamed bun in his hand back on the plate, and looked back at her with a smile.

Zhong Ling's inquiring eyes wandered over each of Liang Ju's expressions.

"You like him."

She asked her with a conclusive tone.

"Are you like me?" Liang Ju's smile grew and he stared at Zhong Ling.

Zhong Ling was stunned and hurriedly looked away to get the spoon on the table.

Liang Juwaner, "I don't want to be a junior, if he really has a girlfriend, I will give up completely." ”

Zhong Ling stirred the rice porridge in front of her with a spoon without saying a word.

There were two polite knocks at the door, Zhong Ling thought it was that person, and immediately got up to open the door, Liang Ju drank the last mouthful of porridge and looked towards the door.

Before opening the door, Zhong Ling deliberately tidied up her hair.

"Sister Ling!" The outsider was Shar Pei, with big dark circles under his eyes, his hair was messy, and his clothes were visibly wrinkled.

"So early, have you had breakfast?" Zhong Ling leaned sideways to let him in, but still glanced out the door again.

Shar Pei yawned and waved at her, "I didn't go back at all, I spent the night in the car." Well, is she awake? ”

Shar Pei pointed into the room, deliberately muffling her voice. Zhong Ling smiled, "I woke up early, eat breakfast, you can join us." ”

Turning around the entrance, Shapi saw Liang Ju sitting behind the dining table at a glance, Liang Ju's small face was full of expectation, but when he saw Shapi, he was still a little disappointed.

"Why are you here so early?" Facing Sha Pei, Liang Ju smiled brightly.

Shar Pei pretended to have a black face and squinted at her, "I wasn't ordered to pick you up drunk!" ”

Liang Ju laughed a few times, and Zhong Ling walked to the dining table from behind Sha Pei, "Do you want to eat together?" ”

"Okay, I'm hungry, thank you Sister Ling!"

Seeing Sha Pei touching his stomach stupidly, Liang Ju smiled and grimaced at him.

On the way back, Sha Pei drove and told Liang Ju about the general situation of last night.

Liang Ju sat in the co-pilot's seat and listened in a cold sweat, "You say, was I possessed by a ghost last night?" ”

"You just found out? I thought you came over last night on drugs. ”

"What should I do," Liang Ju pursed his lips in remorse, "I messed things up again." ”

"Aang, what do you think?" Shar Pei glanced in the rearview mirror, "Thanks to my brother's good temper, he would have thrown you out by the neck." ”

"Your brother is also called good-tempered? So what happened to letting me drink later? ”

"You're making him angry, you know, if there is a loss in that business, you can't afford to sell the two of us."

Hearing Sha Pei say this, Liang Ju suddenly realized. "Then you say, do I need to apologize to him?"

Shar Pei smacked his lips and didn't speak.

"When I see him, I must apologize and save a few points."

The traffic police in front didn't know what task they were performing, and rows of vehicles stopped one after another.

Liang Ju suddenly covered his mouth and giggled, "But I'm also quite domineering!" ”

"Are you stupid, so much wine is fortunate that you didn't drink it all in the end, otherwise, I think your life will be gone." Shapi freed up a hand and poked Liang Ju's head hard.

His head was poked to the side, and Liang Ju turned around and said, "Actually, I won't drink it all, you treat me as an alcohol acquisition station!" ”

"Then you're not afraid that my brother will force you to drink in the end?"

"Then I'm pretending to be drunk, he won't open my mouth and force it, right?"

"Oh oh, I see, so you were pretending to be drunk last night! What the hell! Shar Pei pointed to Liang Ju.

"That's not true, I really drank too much last night, and my head still hurts."

The car restarted and turned into the lane, Liang Ju suddenly slapped Shar Pei with his hand, "That, did he ask you to pick me up today?" ”

"Who?"

"Your brother."

"Sister, I've been worried about you! Besides, I'm sorry to disturb Sister Ling, I'll take your little trouble back early. ”

Liang Ju patted the seat, "Then this car, what's going on?" ”

Shar Pei glanced at her, "It's my brother who deliberately left the car keys so that Sister Ling can take you home, otherwise how can you go back in the middle of the night?" ”

"Your brother is so sweet." Liang Ju sat down stupidly.

The breeze outside the window blew into the car, and Liang Ju flicked his hair that was blown up. "Also, that's your future sister-in-law, how can I disturb casually."

Shapi looked at her happily, "Let me tell you the truth, she and my brother really don't have that kind of relationship." ”

Liang Ju immediately stared at him with blazing eyes.

"Sister Ling, she is the daughter-in-law of my brother and his eldest brother, but the two of them haven't done anything yet, if the eldest brother hadn't died, she would have been Brother Dong's sister-in-law by now."

"Your brother and big brother!"

"Hmm." Shar Pei nodded, a smile on his face that fell silent. "It's a pity, Brother Mao Bei is really a good person in the end."

He slowly clenched the steering wheel in his hand, and Liang Ju looked at him, as if his heart was disturbed.

"Big brother, how did he die?" She asked hesitantly.

"It's been many years ago, in short, orange, Dongge's life is not as simple as you think, if you are my sister-in-law, I definitely don't approve of you and my brother, but my brother is a real man, worthy of a woman's life."

Shapi's words are very real, just like his people, he is not like some people in society who hide their hearts, he is a Northeast man who really has something to say.

If it weren't for the irresistible fate that happened later, Liang Ju thought that she would definitely be friends with Shapi for life, and she would have been talking like this heartlessly.

In the distance, the sky was blue, and white clouds floated in the air.

Liang Ju looked at Sha Pei with a stern expression, and asked very seriously: "Then do you support me or oppose me?" ”

Shar Pei thought for a moment and smiled treacherously at her, "I'll just be a foil and just watch." ”

"No righteousness!" Liang Ju unceremoniously smashed his fist on Sha Pei's shoulder.

"Shhh

Liang Ju stretched his head close to him and observed the expression on his face, "Say, why did you lie to me that Zhong Ling was Mao Dong's girlfriend!" ”

Shar Pei rubbed his shoulders with one hand and held the steering wheel with the other, "Who knows what you're up to as a stunned girl, what if you stick to my brother like those tiger skin plasters before!" I'm not going to give you an early vaccination, right? ”

"Hmph, if I were the tiger skin plaster you said, even if your brother had a target, I would still do it! Where will it be like now, the tangled endlessly! ”

Shapi smiled innocently, "But my brother seems to be really interested in you, otherwise how could he let Sister Ling take care of you?" ”

"Your brother doesn't like me, and now he is very annoyed when he sees me."

Liang Ju was originally happily talking to Sha Pei, but after thinking about it, he was a little embarrassed.

She poked Shar Pei's arm with her fingers, "What you said, is it true or false?" ”

"What?" Shar Pei was seriously driving.

"That's the one you said your brother was also interesting to me."

"Teasing you."

Liang Ju was stunned for a moment, "Shapi, you are not righteous enough!" ”

***

When Mao Dong arrived in Beixing, there was only Zhong Ling in the whole bar, and the music looping in the bar was the song "Drifting Across the Sea to See You" that he was very familiar with.

Seeing him come in, Zhong Ling just poured him a glass of warm water and put it in the place where he was used to sitting, "Why did you come here so early?" ”

"It's nothing, come and have a look."

Not far away, someone seemed to be in a hurry to call Zhong Ling, Mao Dong waved his hand and said, "Go get busy, I'll sit here and rest for a while." ”

Seeing his tired appearance, Zhong Ling didn't say much, just asked Mao Dong to sleep first, and then turned around and went to his own work again.

She is still used to staying here alone and doing her own thing, she doesn't talk much, and she is very good at taking care of others gently.

Mao Dong really didn't sleep much all night, and as soon as he sat down, sleepiness kept surging up.

I don't know why, only here will he let go of all the burdens and guilt in his heart, and he will feel that rare relief.

Slowly, he sat on the couch and fell asleep with his head up.

His eyes were closed, his long eyelashes drooping to reduce his sharpness, and in the soft light, the whole person finally looked soft.

From a distance of a few meters, Zhong Ling stood in front of the wine cabinet and watched quietly, only at this time, she could look at him like this regardless of her identity.

turned off the music, quietly, just her and him, two people.

I don't know how long I've been asleep, and there is a thin voice in my ear, "Just move this batch of goods to the back warehouse, lighter." ”

Mao Dong moved his eyelashes and opened his eyes in a daze.

The lights on the ceiling have been turned off at some point, leaving only a dim light on the front side of the wine cabinet in the bar.

Mao Dong looked at the ceiling for a few seconds and lost his mind, and occasionally someone walked by.

He stretched and sat up, only to find that he had been approved with a thin white coat, which still had a faint fragrance on it.

The watch on his wrist showed four o'clock in the afternoon, and the bar's interior was already ready to open in the evening.

"Hello boss." Some waiters walked in with bags and laughing with each other, and when they saw Mao Dong, who was obviously tired on the sofa, he was stunned at first and hurriedly said hello.

"Hello." Mao Dong nodded in response.

Seeing the employees walk into the back lounge, Mao Dong looked at these hairy young men who were only in their early twenties, and inadvertently, it was easy to recall himself at that time.

Take out a cigarette, light it, take a puff, and a white mist-like ring of smoke spills out of your nose.

What was he doing at the age of twenty?

Yes, he still had a green face, and he followed behind Mao Bei with a fart, and his blood was boiling, and he looked like he was not convinced by anyone.

Thinking about the past, he felt warm in his heart.

At that time, Mao Bei wiped his ass many times, and every time he did something wrong, he was not afraid, because he had a big brother, Mao Bei.

Mao Bei would always have to clean up the mess for him with a smiling face after beating him up.

Once he followed Mao Bei, hid in the corner and peeked at him to apologize to the little bastards on East Street, at that time he was always very unconvinced, isn't it because they have the boss to fight, what are they proud of, and one day he Mao Dong will also be the boss, let these little bastards be his little brother.

But every time he told Mao Bei about this great future in his heart, he was beaten again.

Mao Bei was always willing to nod his forehead, and repeated to him over and over again with an unteachable look, "Your task is to study hard, go to college, and make your parents happy to watch!" ”

But he just didn't learn well.

He learned from others to skip class, learned to smoke and drink, clubbed and picked up girls, and even blocked the honest people who looked down on him in the corner of the alley and bullied him.

He wants to use his own way to win glory to make his parents proud, and he wants to use his ability to make his eldest brother feel at ease.

Can finally ......

The cigarette ash burned a large chunk and fell to the ground, and the cigarette butt burned out and burned his hands.

Extinguishing the cigarette in the ashtray, Mao Dong raised his hand and rubbed his face vigorously, forcing himself to withdraw from his thoughts.

Looking around the bar and looking at the busy staff back and forth in front of him, now he really did it.

He got rid of poverty, got rid of the past, and let everyone around him live a good life.

However, the people around him have long been gone.

In December 2009, near the New Year, a particularly serious murder case occurred in Dongcheng District, Qihai City, which caused a sensation throughout the country.

More than a dozen young people from other places armed with kitchen knives and sticks smashed a restaurant in downtown Dongcheng, injuring more than 10 people, one seriously injured and one dead. According to eyewitnesses at the time, the restaurant owner was chased for four streets and finally hacked to death in a snow field on the outskirts of the city.

The only deceased in the case was also doxxed, and the background identity was all revealed.

At that time, Mao Dong was running away from the limelight with a few brothers, but he didn't expect that when he went, he would be the last to meet Mao Bei.

Mao Dong's brother, Mao Bei, was the only deceased in the case that year, and he was also the person who was retaliated against for causing trouble.