After making sure that Xiao Ai's first stop was Vancouver, I put my phone back in my pocket, then closed my eyes and leaned against the weathered wooden door behind me, but such a comfortable environment did not calm my heart. I'm always imagining a moment when I might meet her, and I'm excited about it......

I don't know when, there were droplets of water on the eaves, falling on the stone slab under my feet, "ticking and ticking", I remember that I saw the moon just now, why did it suddenly rain? With such doubts, I opened my eyes and realized that someone in the yard was watering the potted plants with a water pipe, and the water was flowing down the balcony on the second floor.

I just watched a little distractedly, and gradually, the water was like gasoline poured on my loneliness, and with a single breath, it was completely ignited...... So, I hurriedly took a cigarette out of my pocket and lit it, thinking that I would be saved, but I was even more confused......

After another moment, Master Ge came to me from the mouth of the alley, and he also came back from Tianjin, mostly for Lao Ma's business. I know that coming out of the same village as Lao Ma will give him a sense of responsibility beyond the normal scope, so he will definitely settle the old horse and the pony.

He was also a little surprised by my appearance, he walked up to me and asked me, "Mr. Jiang, why are you sitting here, did you come back to get something?" ”

I shook my head, then motioned for him to sit down and talk, and when he sat down, I handed him a cigarette and asked him, "What did the old horse say over there, is the mood okay?" ”

Master Ge shook his head not very optimistically, and he said to me: "He feels very sorry for the pony, he is only in his early 50s, he can't make some contributions to the pony, and now he has become a burden to the pony. ”

I replied: "He still has to get through this hurdle by himself, and others can't persuade him." I don't think there's anything he can't understand at his age, he just needs a little time to slow down. ”

Master Ge took a deep breath of his cigarette, then nodded, and after a moment of silence, he said to me again: "Boss Jiang, I have a reluctant request, you see...... Can you give Lao Ma a little promise, so that he can clean up his heart and recuperate well? ”

"What promise?"

"Give the pony a good settlement, he now remembers this child the most, but unfortunately this child is not very motivated, otherwise he wouldn't have been so worried......"

I turned my head to look at him, and he hurriedly explained: "Mr. Jiang, I'm afraid you misunderstood what I meant, I just asked you to give Lao Ma a verbal promise, so that he can rest assured, Xiaoma, the child's road, still has to go by himself, I hope he has experienced such a big change, he can learn to take responsibility, I don't want you to really open a small stove for him or something." ”

I replied, "Old Ge, does he have the ability to do engineering alone now?" ”

"He can't do it, he can only follow us to do some hard work on the construction site, this kid is really not a general!"

"Not necessarily, he may just be used to following the old horse and you to do things, we can find a smaller project in the future, let him try it first." I think this kind of promise can't be given indiscriminately, as long as it is given, it must be fulfilled, because this kind of thing related to survival cannot withstand disappointment! ”

My words made Master Ge a little excited, and he replied: "Mr. Jiang, if you think like this, I am relieved...... It's a blessing to be able to follow a boss like you! ”

I shifted my gaze to Master Ge, and I was already a little unoptimistic, I didn't know how much energy I could put into this company. I waited until this unoptimistic energy in my heart passed, and then I said to Master Ge: "Old Ge, during this time, I don't have much energy to put on the company, and you have to worry more about the engineering department......

"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on the project in Tianjin......" He smiled, and then said: "Everyone knows that you are going to marry Jin Qiu, and you can understand that you can't take care of the company during this time." ”

I looked at Master Ge, and the words I held in my heart were a little speechless, but since I had already talked about this matter, it was not interesting to hide it like this, so I took a deep breath and said, "Master Ge, I will not marry Jin Qiu." ”

Master Ge looked at me in disbelief, and said after a while: "A few days ago, I said that I would postpone the engagement, and I felt that something was wrong, why didn't I just get married now?" ”

I kind of wanted to smoke, but in the end I resisted this impulse, I looked at the lonely stars in the sky, and my heart was an unspeakable bitterness, if it was edamame, I could lie to him that he was still young, and I didn't know about things between adults, but in front of this Master Ge who has gone through the world, how should I "deceive" him?

In my silence, Master Ge looked at my expression even more incomprehensible, I turned my heart sideways, and simply said: "I don't have a relationship between men and women with Jin Qiu, we are together to make do, but now I understand that I have to live for myself...... About two years ago, I had a girlfriend, the girl you met in the hospital that day, and we ran a piano shop together, but the piano shop was burned down by a fire, and she lost her eyes for a long time. Later, she left Nanjing, and I have never been able to figure out why she left, and until now I only know a little about it. But in the afternoon, I learned that she was carrying my child, and she wanted to give birth to that child, but she couldn't keep it...... Master Ge, your life experience has been much richer by me. You say, did she leave back then so as not to drag me down? …… How can I live up to such a woman? ”

Master Ge didn't speak for a long time before he asked me, "Did you tell Jin Qiu about this?" ”

"Got it."

"She must be sad, right?"

I shook my head and replied, "Actually, I don't know what she thinks. Sometimes I think she just sees marriage as a task, so the two of us are together, that is, everyone thinks it is appropriate, and we are quite uneasy in our hearts! ”

Master Ge sighed, "You are too young...... We weren't as tormented as you are now! ”

"It's a toss, it's a toss......"

I could only reply like this, and then fell silent again, but no one knew, and what I was most afraid of was tossing. If I could, I would also like to marry the woman I like home with a bicycle, a sewing machine, and a flashlight, but isn't that nonsense? We have long been in an era where everything needs to be proved by substances, so I cherish Xiao Ai even more.

After Master Ge left, I sat alone for a while, I sorted out all the things I had to do recently, I had to go to Xiao Ai's agent He Meihui first, if she knew Xiao Ai's whereabouts, things would be much easier. If she knew, she wouldn't want to say it...... I can only look for her at such a remote end, and the chance of finding her is only one in 10,000.

Before leaving, I have to arrange all the things of the company, because this is related to the livelihood and future of hundreds of people, I can pursue myself, but I can't be selfish. But who can do that?

……

After a difficult night, I finally waited for the next morning, I just came to the company after a simple wash, fortunately, Wang Er brought a team with a lot of work experience, although Wang Er handled affairs in Tianjin, but their work efficiency was still good, this morning when I arrived, they completed two design lists, and then through my hands, the design draft was handed over to the customer.

After disposing of all the chores at hand, it was already noon, He Meihui finally called me back, and after I connected, she said to me directly: "You must have called me to inquire where Xiao Ai went...... But believe it or not, I have to tell you that she just talked to me about work before she left, and didn't say anything else. ”

"Then there must be a way to keep in touch, what if there is something work to contact in the middle?"

"This year's commercial performances have ended, and she has been approved by the company for half a year off, so there will be basically no connection."

"I don't believe it, she is a public figure, how can she say that she will disappear when she disappears, I have never seen such a tolerant entertainment company."

He Meihui didn't care about my doubts at all, she said to me very calmly: "This is what makes her unique, and the company is now willing to package her as an artist with a sense of mystery, which can be regarded as a kind of hunger marketing, so it won't interfere too much with her freedom, just take out the work within the agreed time, and then carry out the next stage of commercial performance...... It's a bit of a semi-independent musician, and many artists in the folk music industry are doing this now, and they are not particularly attached to entertainment companies...... And, you know...... Mr. Xiao will be released from prison at the end of this year, and it doesn't matter to Xiao Ai whether there is such an artist status, Mr. Xiao will not let her be wronged again, so now she is happy to live...... I think the reason why she set the time for leaving for about half a year is probably to wait for Mr. Xiao to come back after he is released from prison, which is quite consistent in time. ”

I felt a little lost in my heart, and then I said to her, "Okay, I believe everything you say...... But do you know that Xiao Ai left Nanjing with my child back then, and she and Yuan Zhen were not really married? …… I only confirmed this news yesterday, and I didn't have time to keep her...... I'm in pain right now...... It's also very clear, she is the woman I have to live with in my life, I have a showdown with my family, if you don't tell me, I can only use the stupidest way to go all over the world to find her...... However, I would like you to convey my current attitude to her......"

"Jiang Qiao, I really want to help you, but I can't contact her, maybe she doesn't want to be disturbed now!"

"Then wait until she reaches out to you, okay? At least you have a glimmer of hope for me! ”

He Meihui on the other end of the phone hesitated for a moment, and finally replied: "Okay, if she really takes the initiative to contact me, I will tell her everything you said to me today......