Under the flickering lights, I looked in the direction that Xiao Ai was pointing, and sure enough, I saw a top-of-the-line Maybach S-class. Of course I know this car belongs to Yang Jin. In the past two years, she has been working in Shanghai and Nanjing, using this car.

I said to Xiao Ai: "It's her car, you go back to the room for a while, and I'll call you when you eat." ”

"What about you?"

I looked into the hotel kitchen and replied, "I'll go get something, soon." ”

Xiao Ai was not suspicious, she nodded and then walked to the room where she lived, and when I couldn't see her, I walked into the hotel kitchen alone.

The kitchen's capacity was initially limited, and it was basically overloaded with more than 10 tables at the same time. However, since the renovation in the second half of last year, even if 50 tables are served at the same time, there will be no delay in serving. So, it's not hard to find a kitchen knife in such a large kitchen.

I came to the side of the star chef Lao Diao, and then said to him, "Uncle Diao, can you lend me a kitchen knife?" I have a bottle that can't be unscrewed, so I have to make a hole in the cap to get out of the air first. ”

Lao Diao glanced at me and replied, "The kitchen knife in the kitchen is not borrowed, you bring the canned food, and I will open it for you." ”

"It's okay, I'll use it, and I'll send it to you later." I said as I pulled a kitchen knife out of the cookware box and pinned it behind the waistband of my pants, ready to leave.

Lao Diao was frightened enough, and immediately grabbed me and said: "Your posture is like going to cut people, how is it like opening cans!" …… You quickly put the knife down for me, something happened, and our kitchen can't afford it. ”

I pushed Lao Diao away, and said with a smile: "Uncle Diao, I am a young man with normal behavior and normal thinking, how can I not do such an unreliable thing, don't worry, I will send it to you when I run out...... If you really don't worry, I'll pay you a deposit! ”

"You kid don't come...... You ask this kitchen, who doesn't know what happened when you took a kitchen knife to Qin Miao's company. If someone else came to borrow a kitchen knife, I didn't even want to borrow it, but as soon as you opened your mouth, my heart trembled...... You quickly put the knife down, can't I call you uncle? ”

I pushed Lao Diao away again, and there was a little impatience in my words: "Uncle Diao, I'm really not going to make trouble, if you want to push back for a kitchen knife, I'm really unhappy...... I'm a person who doesn't lack anything now, why do I want to do that kind of thing that cuts others and is not beneficial to myself? …… Tell me more, we've known each other for so many years, who am I not amiable to, can you think of such a person in your head, can make me hate to want to cut him (her) with a knife? ”

Lao Diao asked me suspiciously: "Really not cutting people?" ”

"I have a mother who makes a casual move, that is, hundreds of millions of dollars, how bad am I to do those murderous and arsonous things? Am I having enough of the good days!? ”

Lao Diao let go of me, and then said to me, "Then you can use it...... Come back early, the kitchen is administrative, and you have to count the kitchen utensils every night, and you can't do it without one set. ”

"Don't worry, I'll send it to you when I'm done."

I left the kitchen as I spoke, but stopped when I was about to descend the steps...... At this moment, I asked myself a lot of questions, but no amount of difficulty and pressure could stop the heart that wanted true love. I told myself that if I wanted to live like a person for the rest of my life, I had to be "ruthless" without hesitation. This kind of ruthlessness is not to others, but to oneself.

……

After standing for such a short while, I went to Xiao Ai's room, and then called her out, while Yang Jin and the others were already waiting for us in the private room of the hotel at this time, but Qiao Ye and Qin Miao were not there. Obviously, this is an intimate family dinner, but Jin Qiu is also in the middle of it.

Xiao Ai and I stood at the door, I was silent, Xiao Ai and Yang Jin looked at each other, and the last person to speak first was Xiao Ai. She smiled neither humbly nor arrogantly, and then said to Yang Jin: "Auntie, I can finally see you this time, you are much younger than I imagined, and you are more courageous than I imagined...... With you by Jiangqiao's side, in the words that Jiangqiao often puts on his lips, it is indeed a guarantee of confidence! ”

Yang Jin didn't answer Xiao Ai's words, just motioned for us to sit down and eat, the atmosphere on the scene was a little dignified, but this dignified was as it should be. Yang Jin has long put Xiao Ai on the opposite side of her because of her consistent advocacy, and once there is antagonism, people will put a lot of thought into getting along with each other, thus losing that casual feeling.

At Yang Jin's request, I sat next to her, Xiao Ai sat next to Yang Qu, and Jin Qiu sat in the middle......

Among the few people present, Yang Qu and no one had a conflict of positions, so she began to liven up the atmosphere between us. She first poured something into the cups of several of us, and then asked Yang Jin, "Mom, how many days are you going to stay in Shanghai this time?" …… One of the teachers in our school's directing department would like to meet you in particular...... He recently has a play, which is mainly about the experience and mental journey of a strong woman working alone in Shenzhen after the reform and opening up, so I especially want to meet and chat with you and strive to shoot this drama in a down-to-earth manner. ”

"I've been busy lately, and I'll talk about it later."

Yang Qu was a little bored with herself, she muttered: "You're not busy at all, you're just prejudiced against people in this circle, so you prevaricate me...... However, this is really a well-known director with artistic pursuits, what he wants to shoot is not money worship, nor is it the current mainstream pursuit, he just wants to restore the social state and character mood in a specific period, which is a very meaningful thing, at least it can make our generation understand the struggle of your generation, and then eliminate the generation gap between the two major social groups. ”

"The generation gap between two generations is not a social phenomenon that can be eliminated by a few film and television works...... Yang Qu, Mom really hopes that you can rationally look at the major you are studying now, art is not omnipotent, what really promotes social development and creates value can always only be the progress of industry and science and technology. ”

"But doesn't the progress of industry and science and technology all come from the pursuit of a better life by human beings? If we blindly advocate industrial civilization and scientific and technological civilization and ignore the construction of spiritual civilization, then what is the difference between our living and emotionless machine monsters? ”

Although Yang Qu's words sounded impassioned, Yang Jin was not moved at all, and she replied calmly: "You are still young, and you have not been able to understand the nature of social relations at all...... When you know how many intricate interest relationships there are in this society, you will not think so simply about the construction of spiritual civilization in your mouth...... I believe this, Xiao Ai should be the most aware of this. ”

After she finished speaking, she looked at Xiao Ai with a complicated gaze, and Xiao Ai's expression also changed in an instant, and after a while, she got up and replied to Yang Jin: "Auntie, you are a trustworthy person, and your control of social relations makes me admire it even more...... My dad was able to get out of prison early, so as not to completely miss the best period to regain control of Jinding Real Estate, all because of your operation behind the scenes, you are the biggest benefactor of my father's life, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to you on behalf of him before he is released from prison. ”

This is destined to be a conversation between Mars and Earth. Although I was silent, a fire was already burning in my heart, because the truth was like an onion, peeling off in front of me little by little by the hand of time.

Yang Jin was silent at first, then looked at Xiao Ai and smiled, and replied, "But you don't seem to be a trustworthy person. ”

Xiao Ai clenched her fists, her body trembled a little, and her face turned pale because of the impact of emotions, she said: "The result of my keeping my word is to indirectly kill my senior brother and lose the person I love most in my life...... If there is another chance to choose, I would rather die in Nanjing than live like this now...... Your social network, which is the envy of others, is actually an invisible knife that kills people, but I don't hate you, because I was the first person to get lost in this network of interests...... It's that I'm thinking about a lot of things too simply, too optimistic! ”

Xiao Ai's sudden loss of control caught everyone present off guard except Yang Jin, and Yang Jin whispered to her after a light sigh: "If you think this is something you did wrong, you should understand that people always have to pay for what they do wrong...... Things have come to this point, and you have no choice...... I believe that when these words are said in front of Jiang Qiao, not only do you need courage, but I also need ...... I hope Jiang Qiao can understand that being with you is no longer just a torture in life, there are also intricate entanglements of interests, and you are not a woman who can live with him for the rest of his life...... As his mother, I only hope that he can live safely and easily in this life, which is also my greatest hope for life, so I implore you and Ebashi to understand my feelings as a mother...... In addition, I want to tell you that you did nothing wrong in your choice back then. If it weren't for you going abroad to avoid Li Zishan, a woman, you and Jiang Qiao would definitely be much more unfortunate than now, I didn't say this casually, let alone scare you! ”

At this moment, I don't know what Xiao Ai's mood is, but I really have a feeling of panic, because the suspense that used to stay at the level of speculation has great credibility when it is said in Yang Jin's mouth at this moment, and I feel a chill in my back.

And Xiao Ai also fell into silence with a pale face.

In an extremely solemn atmosphere, Yang Jin spoke again: "Today's dinner, I also invited a friend who has a consistent position, at this time, she should be almost to the dream tree, if you don't mind, just stop and wait." ”

It wasn't until this that Xiao Ai and I had our first eye contact after sitting down at the dinner table, and we didn't know who this friend who had the same position as Yang Jin was.

In a short silence, Jin Qiu, who had not spoken, finally spoke: "You don't have to guess, Aunt Yang invited Xiao Ai's mother this time, Ms. Ruan Su...... The hotel staff had already picked her up and would be there in about five minutes. ”

I don't know why, Jin Qiu's words made my heart suddenly rise to my throat, and I felt that Yang Jin and Ruan Su were like two sharp blades, stabbing the friendship between me and Xiao Ai that I had established with my life......

Do we have to become a shield made of millennial cold iron to withstand these relentless attacks? Or, only death is our last way out?