I stood in the center of the light, but the whole city seemed to suddenly become a dark lost city, and I was so small in it that I didn't have the qiē I expected, and only a faint breath was still supporting my dull life.

I shrunk smaller and smaller, but Xiao Ai in front of me is getting taller and taller, I understood in a panic that I took out the body's ** fiercely, and then threw it to her, hoping that she would carry my ** perfectly, but she only pinned her ** on me in a dream, so there is far more illusion between us than real.

Perhaps, what we want to pursue is just a feeling of not being left out, not love itself.

I finally left the illusions that the street lamp had created for me, and said to Xiao Ai, who was also in a trance: "That textile factory has never changed for so many years, it is overgrown with weeds, and its eyes are full of waste left over from the last century, even if we have the heart to think of it as a city, it is just a lost city!" ”

The cold wind blew the scarf around Xiao Ai's neck, and it seemed to blow away her sense of security, she kept looking at the textile factory opposite, which was not far away, but a little dark, and after a long time, she lowered her head, didn't speak again, I lit another cigarette, so the cigarette that I regarded as the last cigarette of the day just now has no special meaning.

I saw Xiao Ai's folding bicycle locked in the alley again, and I was a little tired, so I sat in the back seat of the car, just smoking a cigarette, and didn't think about saying anything more.

"Jiang Qiao, you come down for me."

"Why?"

"Look down yourself, the tires of the car are about to be deflated by you, are you a pig reincarnated?"

I hurriedly looked down to see that the car that obviously did not match my tall figure was really overwhelmed, I hurriedly left my body out of the car, and then said to her with some embarrassment: "You can actually cheer up a little more." ”

"I didn't think you'd sit on it, it's just enough for me to ride."

"Hmm...... By the way, how is your piano store doing now? ”

"There are quite a few students."

Hearing her say this, I finally smiled and replied, "With this skill, you can eat everywhere you go, but I'm really surprised that you have the perseverance to do this well." ”

"You've said this to me many times, have you never taken me to heart, or do you think that I, Xiao Ai, am a woman who can only squander but has no ability to live?"

I was surprised, and recalled that I really seemed to have said this more than once to Xiao Ai, but this view of her cannot be clearly said to be overestimated or underestimated, in my subconscious, I only think that she doesn't need to do this, after all, she is the daughter of Mr. Xiao, and in this city full of material measurements, who doesn't know Mr. Xiao's reputation and wealth.

At this time, Xiao Ai's eyes looked at the abandoned textile factory again, and she seemed to be saying to me, and she seemed to be saying to herself: "If you build a simple house there and plant a little flowers and plants, will you be free from the shackles of this city?" …… In fact, we are all slaves of this city, as long as we have been injured here, we are slaves, because only it has the ability to hurt us, and we have no ability to return the same damage to it, it will always be so magnificent, so unbeatable! ”

"Yes, the city is the carrier of people's lives, even if we destroy all the floors here, there will be descendants to build again, so it is endless, and we are not afraid of man-made damage, and we are too small compared to it, and no one will build a large number of buildings for us to repair the damaged places in the spirit, and our ** can only carry their own souls, so we have to be kind to ourselves......"

After I had said this, Xiao Ai and I fell into silence at the same time, and after a long time she pushed me away, and then stepped into her bicycle, and without even saying a word of goodbye, she rode towards the brightest place where the lights were brightest, and I was most afraid to see such a place at night, because the extravagance and the wreckage of the wound were so bright in the light of the lights.

When Xiao Ai completely disappeared from my sight, I stood alone in the door of the abandoned textile factory and looked inside. I also wondered if we could really get rid of the lights and shackles of the city if we built a wooden house and planted a little bit of flowers and plants.

I'm afraid I'm just putting myself in another cage, because there is no water and electricity supply in the textile factory, and there will be no more water and electricity supply, even if the soul prefers here, ** can't survive here, so this is just a reflection of the contradiction between fantasy and reality.

……

I went back to the coffee shop again, Mr. Sun and Nguyen Van Xin had already left, only a few customers were still drinking beer with Jin Qiu, and I sat down opposite Jin Qiu.

While looking at the wedding agency contract she had just signed with Mr. Sun, she said to me: "Jiang Qiao, you are really an amorous species!" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"I just saw you tie your shoelaces for Mr. Xiao's daughter, don't sue me, this is an unconscious action of yours."

I was stunned for a moment and replied, "If I sue you, I really didn't think too much, do you believe it?" ”

Jin Qiu smiled and replied: "Don't ask me if you believe it or not, but I want to sue you that for women, what you just did was not to tie your shoes, but to a girl's heart of spring...... There's no way a woman can resist that. After a pause, she added, "Of course, the premise is that the woman already has a crush on the man......"

I lit another cigarette and dodged Jin Qiu's look at me, because I also realized that there was something wrong with my behavior just now, but the atmosphere at that moment evoked some indescribable feelings in my heart, so I subconsciously helped her tie her shoes.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Jin Qiu didn't embarrass me anymore, she put the contract she was looking at in front of me, and said: "Mr. Sun is very satisfied with the marriage proposal ceremony, and immediately signed a wedding agency contract of 500,000 yuan with me, how do you say I want to thank you?" ”

"Friends, just have a meal."

Jin Qiu shook his head and replied, "Jiang Qiao, I don't want to be involved in any friendship with you at this time, we are in the process of distributing reasonable benefits...... In this way, my wedding company has indeed benefited a lot from your previous crisis PR, and the company's business volume has been growing in a straight line during this period of time, so I plan to pay you a one-time fund of 500,000 yuan to buy out this PR idea, and in the future, because the benefits brought by this PR idea to our company will have nothing to do with you, as for how you distribute the 500,000 funds, I will not intervene. ”

I never knew what it was like to have 500,000 in my pocket, so I was in a bit of a trance and couldn't respond in time in a trance.

Jin Qiu lit a cigarette, thought for a moment and said to me: "Regarding the allocation of me to give you a little Jianyi, the 500,000, of which 300,000 is for Chen Yi, because it was her Weibo who spread our company's public relations video, and she also invited many friends in the circle to forward it together, which is a favor she owes." As far as I know, now some big Vs on Weibo will sell propaganda positions publicly, if Chen Yi pays the repost fee of this big V according to the market price, it will not be considered a favor, and even you don't have to owe Chen Yi a favor, and settle these troublesome favors, the essence of this matter is a successful Weibo marketing ......"

I nodded.

Jin Qiu said again: "Then should I transfer this money to your bank card, or will I give you a check directly?" ”

I thought for a moment and replied, "Just give me the check." ”

"Well, tomorrow morning, you go to the company to sign a contract with me, and I will let the finance settle the money for you immediately."

"No problem."

Jin Qiu paused, and after a while, he asked, "The remaining 200,000 should be enough for you to do something you want to do, right?" …… Do you plan to buy a car first to enhance your personal value, or do you want to open a wedding company and become a competitor in my golden autumn? ”

I didn't think Jin Qiu was joking with me, and only replied after a while: "Actually, you don't need to pay me this reward, because my original intention in doing this thing is just to hope that you will let Yuan Zhen go, so there is no substantive interest relationship between us...... If I do set up a wedding company because of this, your business will definitely suffer. ”

Jin Qiu's expression became stern: "Jiang Qiao, although I like to calculate everything very accurately, it definitely doesn't mean that I am a businessman without conscience...... As for what you said would affect my business, I think it's even more nonsense, if the amount of business that Jiangqiao can take away will affect my business, then what face do I have to mix in this industry? …… So, you might as well let the horses come. ”

I smiled, then took another puff of cigarette, remembering the 500,000 yuan that was about to be obtained and the 300,000 yuan that was going to be given to Chen Yi, and Jin Qiu left the coffee shop after completing the distribution of benefits between us, so I faced the world alone, but no one could tell how I felt at the moment.

……

It was late at night, I also left the coffee shop, and then walked on the path home, which was actually the old alley, but I stopped when I saw my door, and my heart was full of loss, because when I saw my courtyard, the old house where Chen Yi used to live would also appear in my sight...... But she didn't show up on the night I wanted her to show up the most, and I was worried that she was still trapped in the hotel where she didn't have any feelings, but the wounds in her heart and body were not so easy to heal......

I finally sent her another text: "Let's meet tomorrow at noon, I have a sum of money for you." ”

After sending this message, I lost the mood of going home, sitting alone on the steps at the door of Chen Yi's house, I wanted to wait for her to reply to this message before going back, so as to save the loss of not waiting to be taken to the bed, and I made myself sleepless!