After leaving the company, I went home and packed up my clothes and daily necessities, and Wang Er did the same. We met at seven o'clock in the second and fourth alleys where I lived, and then drove to the airport, and at eight o'clock, our plane took off, and my first trip to Beijing began at this moment.

On the way, I chatted with Wang Er, and I said to him: "To be honest, I have a lot of bottom in my heart when I go to Tianjin this time, because for me, I haven't even touched the landscape industry, so I really hope you can give me a thorough understanding of how likely it is that we will win this project based on your experience?" ”

Wang Er smiled and replied: "To be honest, if it weren't for the private relationship between you and Mr. Qiao, it would be impossible for a company like ours that had an incomplete structure in the early stage of entrepreneurship to get involved in this project...... Therefore, I suggest that when you talk to the project leader, it is best to emphasize the relationship between you and Mr. Qiao, once this project is won, it will be enough for our company to eat for two years. After a pause, he said to me with emotion: "Mr. Jiang, following you, I really understand what it means to enjoy the shade under the big tree!" ”

I shook my head and said: "Don't be too optimistic, this matter is not as simple as you think, if our company's hardware strength is not enough, even if it is Qiao Ye, he will not dare to choose to cooperate with us on such a big project, it can only be said that under the same hard power, our chances are much greater than other competitors." ”

Wang Er looked at me and replied after a while: "Mr. Jiang, don't you know better than me how much this is possible, why do you ask me with a look of asking for advice?" ”

I smiled and said: "Encourage each other, like you said, this order is enough for our company to eat for two years, no matter whether there is a bottom in this heart, there is always a fighting spirit...... Seriously, it's up to you, and I hope you can come up with a design and budget that will impress them...... If this project can be won in the end, I will give you a 5% commission on behalf of the company. ”

Wang Er's face changed when he looked at me, he knew in his heart that under such a large project volume, what is the concept of five percent business commission, as long as this order is done, I am afraid it will be enough for him to buy a small house in Nanjing, this temptation is enough to make a person who is used to working class lose his temper.

After a long time, he nodded at me, then closed his eyes again, as if to imagine what kind of entry point to negotiate would increase the odds of success. I closed my eyes a moment later, the sound of the engine in my ears, but I didn't think too much about work. In my business philosophy, I prefer to be the one who integrates resources, and it is OK to leave the things that I am not good at to a professional talent like Wang Er, of course, as long as the thing is done, I will also give him a rich return. Jin Qiu once said that I am not a person who is good at doing things by himself, but my personality is easy to make my career bigger, because I regard wealth as lighter than ordinary people, so those who follow me will get benefits beyond the normal range, so as to stimulate their maximum potential. But that's also my shortcoming...... And the "dream tree" is the best verification.

Come to think of it, Jin Qiu understands me, and she sees me very thoroughly!

……

At ten o'clock, we arrived in Beijing and took a taxi to the hotel that had been booked in advance. However, Wang Er got off the bus halfway, and he said that he took this opportunity to visit his aunt and uncle in Beijing, who would be staying with them for the next few days, and when there was something to discuss, we would meet.

I agreed to his request because it would make it a lot easier for me.

After arriving at the hotel, I upgraded the room I booked, I asked for a business double room, and Xiao Ai's room is next door to me, which is also the main purpose of upgrading the room.

When I got to my room, I put my toiletries in the bathroom and stood on the balcony outside my room......

I looked at this city that echoed Nanjing in the night, but it didn't feel too unfamiliar, perhaps because its name was so thunderous; Or maybe it was Xiao Ai next door who deepened my sense of closeness to the city. Although I am not sure if she is in the room at the moment, I am sure that she will definitely come back, and in my heart, she is not a woman who likes to spend the night in the wrong place.

Looking at the lights of the city in front of me and the crowd still busy in the middle of the night, I regretted my decision to quit smoking.

After a while, my vision gradually blurred, everything in front of me seemed to become an illusion, this is a kind of drunken effect, I know that I am too tired recently, but I can't rest, I want her to know that there is a me by my side when something happens in Beijing.

Under the flickering light, I fumbled in my pocket for a while, and I no longer had the habit of carrying cigarettes with me, so I actually found half a pack of cigarettes and a lighter from my pocket. After being stunned for a long time, I remembered that this set of clothes was worn a few days ago, and it has not been washed, and it was directly put on my body when I went to the company today, so I left this half pack of cigarettes.

I took one out of it and put it in my mouth, and when the smoke gradually disappeared, my vision became clear again, and I saw the vehicles passing on the elevated road, and I saw the lights of thousands of homes, and I saw all the prosperity and finally turned into a lamp......

After a cigarette, I stood distracted for a while. After that, I finally mustered up the courage to stand at the door of her room, I rang the doorbell but no one answered, I tried to knock on the door again, but there was still no answer. I subconsciously looked at the time, it was already half past eleven in the middle of the night, and she didn't come back...... I can't help but feel a little worried.

After thinking about it, I sent a message to Yu Xin asking if they were together.

Yu Xin told me that because the concert date is relatively tight, Xiao Ai will rehearse with the band until late these days, and I just said thank you to her, but I didn't tell her that I had come to Beijing.

After ending the call with Yu Xin, I decided to wait to the death.

For the rest of the day, I walked up and down the aisle repeatedly, until I aroused the suspicion of the security guards, and then I honestly stood in my doorway, but I never took my eyes off the elevator entrance.

In the course of this time, I saw several good-looking drunk women being helped into their rooms by men who seemed to be successful, and the men never came out again. Anyone can imagine what happened in the room. Although I know that these have nothing to do with Xiao Ai, I still feel very uncomfortable. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that there would be so many women in this world who fell for money, and that high-end hotels are the epitome of the most blatant and cruel arguments. I know that these women who have slept tonight will have at least a poor man who has really loved her behind her, and I unfortunately bumped into them!

At about half past twelve, the elevator door, which had not been opened for ten minutes, was opened again, and I saw Xiao Ai with a tired face, and she saw me almost at the same time......

This sudden scene made her stop. After standing for a while, he came back to me...... We met in this closed hallway. I looked at her, her long wavy hair was on her left shoulder, and there was a hint of fairy in her somewhat cold countenance, I didn't exaggerate, when the quiet light gently fell on her, she was like a musical fairy who fell to the mortal world, if she was willing to smile now, the whole night would be a little more beautiful because of it, and her figure was even better than two years ago, and there was nothing superfluous in her proportionality. Standing in front of me, she already looked like a superstar.

She finally walked up to me, and after I calmed myself down, I said to her, "Don't be surprised why I'm here, I'll be staying in the room next to you during your concerts, and if there's anything you want, just say hello." ”

As I spoke, I handed her a photo of myself from the "Dream Tree" period and wanted her to remember the contact information. She looked at me, but refused to take it from my hand.

I exhaled softly and said to her very sincerely: "I don't have any intentions, in fact, I came to Beijing this time for a business trip...... So, I just want to take care of you by the way, after all, you don't know the place here. ”

Xiao Ai finally spoke: "You don't need to give me this business card, if your phone number hasn't been changed over the years, then I can remember ......"

I was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "I still use that number in Nanjing." ”

She nodded, was silent for a while, and then asked me, "Is there anything else you have to say, if not, I'll go into the room and rest." ”

I looked at it again, then leaned sideways to make way for her to go to the room, and she didn't stay any longer, took out her room card and swiped it before entering the room.

And I really reflected at this time, she still remembered my phone number in Nanjing, what was her mood when she remembered this number in the two years of separation? And what made her restrain herself from sending me even a message?

In an instant, a sorrow and a joy filled my mood, but this night was empty for me.

When I got back to my room, I took a hot shower and lay down on the bed, and I sent a WeChat message to the owner of the piano store in Nanjing, asking him to send the finished guitar to Beijing if it was convenient.

Music people seem to like to stay up late, and after a while, he actually replied to my text message and asked me to send him the address in Beijing, saying that he would send it to me with SF Express in two days.

I don't mean anything else, I want to give one of them to Xiao Ai and the other to keep for myself. But I didn't know if I was doing the right thing, I was confused, and I was tormented by some emotions. Lately, I've been walking between the rational and the emotional, and coming to Beijing is a choice based on the emotional...... No matter how much pressure and temptation the outside world gives me, what I can't deceive is always my own heart.

After sending the address to the owner of the piano shop, I picked up the teacup that was placed at the bedside. But the night wasn't over for me, I received a voice request from Jin Qiu, and she seemed to be sure that I hadn't rested yet. As a result, my heart seemed to be twisted......

I put down my teacup and answered her voice request, and she opened her mouth to ask me, "Where are you now?" ”

I didn't want to be a lying man, so I replied truthfully, "In Beijing." ”

Jin Qiu didn't know if she was stunned for a moment, or if she was silent, anyway, she didn't speak to me immediately. Sensing her mood, I said, "Come to Beijing to do something......

Jin Qiu interrupted me: "It doesn't matter where you go...... Listen to me, Qiao Ye came to Dream Tree tonight, and I chatted with him for a while, mainly to talk about your cooperation. With the current situation of your company, it is almost impossible to win the landscape construction, because you don't have an engineering department that can match the scale of this project...... But this point can be solved. ”

I'm not surprised, because Jin Qiu is a woman who will always be the first to show me when my career is challenged, and then show me the way.

I said to her, "How to solve it?" ”

"You're in Beijing right now, aren't you?"

"Hmm."

"I'll go to Beijing tomorrow afternoon, and I'll introduce you to a friend...... By the way, you can help me book a room in the hotel where you are staying, and then book a restaurant in advance, so that I can eat authentic Peking duck. ”

I instinctively hesitated, but finally complied with all her requests. And Jin Qiu didn't talk to me more, she asked me to rest early, and then ended the voice call.

I really can't sleep...... Although I know that even if Jin Qiu stays in this hotel, he may not be able to meet Xiao Ai. But it's a really bad feeling...... I don't like to get entangled between two women. So, I told myself again that when Mr. Xiao was released from prison, I would marry Jin Qiu, and then let everything settle!

This is my rationality, I can't do these inappropriate things after marrying Jin Qiu. Maybe it's the best of both worlds for me. But I still feel tired, because I want to be a righteous man, and I want not to be talked about by others; I want to care about Jin Qiu's feelings, but I can't let such a Xiao Ai go and leave it alone......

Turning off all the lights, I closed my eyes...... But my mind was full of the fire that burned everything, and she died in the fire, but she didn't anger me at all. With this, what she and I had back then was already a love that transcended life and death. I can hate her, but I can't leave her alone in such a special time......