Volume 8 The Past Section 424 The Contract of Life and Death
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The sky was overcast, and it had been raining since the morning, and it had not stopped all morning, and the streets of the city were shrouded in a curtain of endless blue rain from the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, with the occasional flash of lightning and then the sound of thunder. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Thank you, wonderful...... You can go back and wait for our call......"
Such a voice sounded in the large, empty room, indicating that there was a job fair in front of them. Dongfang Wan sat by the window, lit a cigarette, took a puff, and then extinguished it in the ashtray in front of her: "Sister Ling, let's get here this morning." β
"Okay." The middle-aged woman in charge of the recruitment nodded, took a document and went out, and the rest of the people were also packing up, looking at Dongfang Wan on the side from time to time, all waiting for her instructions, and then dispersed, or there was still something to do. However, the young female boss obviously didn't think of these at this time, her hands were clasped in front of her chest, facing the scene of the heavy rain outside, after a while, she took out a cigarette and lit one, her right leg was cocked, and when the lightning flashed, she raised her head and spit out a puff of smoke, and there was an elegant loneliness in that posture, and several male managers showed more or less appreciative eyes.
Speaking of which, the female boss is only twenty-two or three years old, but in the past two years from Yanjing to Jianghai, there is really an indescribable maturity in doing things, her approach to things has always been atmospheric, not conservative and never aggressive, formulate perfect work rules and processes, give sufficient resources, and then wait for the company to develop steadily like an organism, without the slightest flustered or uncoordinated feeling when the general private company starts.
She leaps through small difficulties, but she is unmoved when she encounters big temptations, she does not blindly crave rapid development, does not like risky plans, and hates the kind of maverick and expressive members. In the past two years, the kind of talented employees who have behaved impetuously have been fired no less than ten, but with the development of time, the company has grown in this way, steadily developing and encroaching on the market, to talk about any special know-how, it is no one can say, in the final analysis, it is four words: step by step. Some of the peers who have gone off the beaten path are often silently surpassed by it after emitting a moment of brilliant light.
If the employees talk about it after dinner, most of them just admire the family quality of the big family, after all, for this boss, in addition to knowing that she is from a family, beautiful and unapproachable, the only thing they have is that she hates others to break the rules.
"Let's go eat first, take a break, and come back in the afternoon." Seeing Dongfang Wan's state at this time, after packing up her things, Xu Yiting smiled at everyone and said softly. Knowing the weight of her words, the rest of the group greeted each other and walked quietly outside. Xu Yiting went to make a cup of tea, put it in front of Dongfang Wan, and then took the cigarette in her hand and extinguished it in the ashtray.
"I don't like to smoke, what do I pretend to be ......deep," she said, took out a white silk scarf from her pocket, tied it around the other party's neck, and took two steps back, "It's better to look good, you are dressed in black today, and the boss Zhao next door saw it and came to ask me, is my boss out of love." β
Dongfang Wan sat there and looked down, she was indeed dressed in black today, a black women's jacket, a black elegant OL knee-length narrow skirt, black stockings and black high heels, she couldn't help laughing, and the heel knocked on the ground: "Casual matching, I think it feels good, the calf looks very long......" Reached out and touched the stockings on the calf, stood up and looked at his reflection in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, "How about it, I rarely feel good when I ......"
"If you keep going like this, sooner or later you'll fall in love with yourself." Xu Yiting smiled and shook her head, "Do you know, many people in the company think we are lace edges, and the gambling plates are open." β
"But you abandoned me, you like my brother." Seeing that Xu Yiting's face was slightly red, she showed a gentle but helpless expression, "I've served you, after so many years, even if you talk about millions of business with other bosses, you won't change your face, and you will blush when you talk about my brother." In this case, since you abandoned me, I will punish you to find a handsome guy who can make me fall out of love, sisters, and exchange my brother for you. β
"That's too many candidates." Xu Yiting walked to the table and picked up her notepad, "Don't talk about the past, let's just say recently, on June 28, Boss Tian of Longxing sent ninety-nine roses and asked you to eat, on the afternoon of June 28, Ke Jia'an called you to dinner, and on June 29, Lei Qing called as usual, Fang Ming sent a bouquet of flowers, and the flowers hinted that he hoped to have further development with you, and he ...... that day."
Xu Yiting thought hard, Dongfang Wan frowned, and stepped aside to accuse: "You are not sincere!" β
"But you can't say at the beginning that you're not interested in these people, there are a lot of handsome guys, you have to give them a chance, even if it's not these, there were many people who pursued you when you were in school before, although you scared away a lot...... I also know your set of theories, falling in love is itself a process of showing and selecting and then standing out, but the performance of those people, their maverick parts you don't like, you look at the problem is too extreme, there will be no one to show favor to you, the first time I feel that the final thought in their hearts is actually to push you to the bed to strip naked. β
Dongfang Wan took out a cigarette: "That's how it is." β
"Although there are some of them, it's not all good or not, not to mention that if the person I like thinks about such a thing, then I think it's normal."
"So you're imagining in your heart when my brother slept with you?" said casually, Dongfang Wan lit the lighter, and was suddenly blown out, and when she turned her head, she was greeted by Xu Yiting's annoyed and angry red face, "Ok, ok, I said it wrong, but I don't think it's okay, but my brother's figure is actually not very good, ugly ......"
She twisted her head to the side, and finally lit the cigarette, and when she turned her head, the cigarette was snatched by Xu Yiting again, put it to her lips and took a puff, choking, and then pressed it into the ashtray again, Dongfang Wan laughed: "I haven't tried it for a long time, you haven't touched this for more than five years......
"You made an exception for those who swore not to touch this......
was told that her heart was broken, and Xu Yiting looked a little lost and depressed. Over the years, they and Dongfang Road are actually a school, but the number of times we get together is not much, at least not enough to meet the concept of friends, Dongfang Road is very good in the school, and has made several girlfriends who are all school flowers, and everyone has eaten together, although they all ended in a breakup, but Dongfang Road has never treated her as a very special personal friend.
Of course, he is actually better to his friends than his girlfriend - he is that kind of person, he never lets anyone around him be despised or neglected, in college, most people still only regard her as Xiaowan's follower, but he is obviously not like this, because of Xiaowan's relationship, once when he introduced to others, he once said that this is his other sister...... "This is not good, that is not good, you are stubborn, you want a maverick to make you admire, that is hard to find." β
Dongfang Wan laughed: "I don't think it will be without, if it was Andy Lau, I would definitely fall madly in love with him." β
"It's not that there is, there was one before, my cousin."
"Which one?" She replied casually.
"Cousin Jiaming."
Dongfang Wan was silent for a moment: "At that time, I couldn't help it, everyone was in the same class, and I couldn't say anything to him." You can't fight back just because I said you like my brother, I like your brother too......"
"But in the end, it was you who compromised, and you deliberately had a good relationship with him, and invited him out every year......"
"yes." Dongfang Wan bit her lip, "He finally said thank you to me......
In fact, there are some things that are undeniable, when I got up this morning, I overheard my father on the phone, I don't know what happened, my father was shocked, and he said at that time: "How could it be like this, it can't be Gu Jiaming killed again......" Maybe this sentence made her mood not very high all morning, and she also heard another news.
"Lingjing is back, the ...... who arrived the night before yesterday"
Xu Yiting was stunned: "Then she ......"
She didn't contact anyone, but she heard that she had signed an acting company, and she decided to make her popular...... Piano ......" Dongfang Wan thought for a while, "She hasn't come back for four years, and now she will definitely investigate the matter of your cousin Ming, the cemetery, his death, my brother is in Shenzhen now, I want to call him to inform him." β
"Actually...... I don't know much about their previous relationship, Lingjing and Jiaming's cousin...... Didn't you say at the time that Jia Ming's cousin's girlfriend was Shasha? β
"The three of them live together...... Dongfang Wan spread her hands, "It's the most unlikely kind of relationship, Jiaming has a terminal illness and broke up with her, as a result, she ran to Vienna for four years and didn't come back, and there were many people who had a good time with her before, but she didn't have any contact, it was like the world had evaporated, and she was really cruel to herself." β
There was a thunder and lightning flashing outside, Xu Yiting looked at the rain outside the window, sighed, and was about to speak, when the mobile phone rang, she walked over to pick it up: "Hey, Mr. Qin, hello...... Hehe, of course I remember...... Has the goods arrived? Mmmm, you'll be coming to Jianghai recently...... It's great when the plane is when I'm ...... Well, and our boss came over to pick you up...... Yes, yes, thanks to you for taking such care of us all these years...... Xiaowan is not here now, yes, I will relay your words to her...... What else...... Okay, I'll make a note of it...... Uh-huh......"
While wincing, Xu Yiting was talking on the phone, Dongfang Wan just nodded, quietly looking at the rain outside the window. After a few moments, she got up and walked out the door, took out her mobile phone and dialed a number.
"Hey, brother, it's me...... Tell you something, though you probably already know it...... Lingjing is back, and when she got home the day before yesterday, I guess she will definitely look for me after seeing Jiaming, and I will give her your phone number or ...... Well, you're back...... Isn't the matter in Shenzhen still unfinished...... Well, got it......"
When the thunder sounded, an elegant and lonely smile was reflected on the window by the corridor......*
At two o'clock in the afternoon, when he entered the gate of the Ye Martial Arts Hall, the rain had already decreased a lot, and Julian put away his umbrella and greeted Ye Han who came over.
After a conversation last night, and then inquired, I probably knew that Ling Jing had a sad affair, there was a boy she liked, and now he died, which is honestly a frustrating thing, because you can prove your worth by snatching love from anyone, but you can never defeat a dead person.
Knowing that they would go to the cemetery this morning, so he didn't come over until the afternoon, Ling Jing's room was closed, Duan Jingxian didn't go to work today, she looked worried, and probably cried - he probably also knew that the boy who died was very close to this family and treated it as his own child - Ling Jing went to the cemetery to see it for a while and came back, she didn't eat at noon, Duan Jingxian said it twice, and it was not easy to send it over.
"Let me bring it over."
He has learned some Chinese in the past few years, and there is no problem in communicating, who knows that after talking to Ye Mu, the meal has not been brought out, and the door of Lingjing's room is open, wearing a white shirt, fluffy Xia Yue trousers, sneakers, the girl's eyes are a little red and swollen, even if she wears light makeup, she can clearly see it, and looked at a few people in the room lightly, she hesitated for a moment before saying hello: "Dad, Mom...... Teacher Julian ......"
It's hard to imagine what kind of mood she is in at the moment, and Julian doesn't know the situation in front of the grave today, but in short, she doesn't seem to have much of a problem, and her voice is still clear, which makes the Ye couple even more uneasy, Duan Jingxian said: "Lingjing, the family knows his ......"
"I'm fine." She breathed a sigh of relief, and at that moment, her whole body trembled until she gritted her teeth, "I don't believe it, I'm going to the prison to ask ......"
"But now...... It's a long way ......."
Duan Jingxian wanted to say something, but Ling Jing took an umbrella from the corner of the house and was about to leave, Ye Han waved her hand, signaling for her to go out for a walk. Julian looked at everyone's expressions and said, "I'll send you, I drove over, and it's still raining outside." β
"No, Mr. Julian......"
"It's okay, I don't have an arrangement for the afternoon, not to mention your current state...... It's better to have someone to follow, and everyone is more at ease......"
As soon as he said this, his mother echoed him, and then several people walked out of the door, and Ling Jing got into Julian's borrowed car: "Which way?" Lingjing stretched out her hand and pointed ahead.
The weather outside the window is still gray, although the rain is light, but there are not many pedestrians on the road, they are out of the community here under the eyes of the Ye couple, Julian said: "The company has already arranged some work for you, although it started after a period of time, but I know that you have been in a bad mood recently, most of them have been pushed off for you, in fact, it is more difficult for you to start work as soon as you come back, but it is not an opportunity, I don't know what happened to you back then, but ...... You've got to forget about him, because there's a lot of people who care about you, well, I know that's old-fashioned......"
The car drove through the familiar street, lined with street lamps and lights in the shops on the street: "I know he may be very good, so good that even if you spend four years abroad thinking about him and rejecting everyone, I honestly have had that experience before, but in the end...... Time has shown me that the reality is cruel, because at the end of the day, we are all separate individuals in this world, we have our own and reading memories, there is no situation where you can't miss someone, you also have your own memories. β
He sighed: "Maybe we will never be able to have someone, we can only get close to and fit with someone......"
Under the rustling rain, Lingjing leaned against the window and didn't speak, the car turned two blocks, and Lingjing knocked on the window: "Stop here." β
"Right here?"
Julian was a little puzzled, after the car stopped, Ling Jing got out of the car and held up the umbrella: "Thank you for sending me out, you don't have to follow me, I'm fine......"
"Hey, what are you doing......"
Ling Jing turned around and walked forward, Julian drove the car and followed slowly, talking outside, "Come in, where are you going, it's okay for me to send you there, didn't you say it's far away?" β
She walked for a while, entered the platform waiting for the bus, silently put away the umbrella, sat on the long chair, Julian stopped the car, held up the umbrella and went out, walked to her, looked around, naturally knew what was done here, spread her hands: "I don't understand......"
The sky was gray, and Ling Jing sat there, looking up at the sign on the shop across the street, Julian received no answer, so he had to put away his umbrella and sit down beside her, and it was a long time before Ling Jing could speak softly.
"No......"
"It's not a ......"
"Everybody...... I have my own memory of reading, but I don't have it......" The girl spoke softly, like a dream, "We...... Growing up together, we've been together since I can remember things roughly...... Maybe everyone has a feeling of being alone to a greater or lesser extent, but I don't, never have ...... He was bullied, I protected him, forced him to call me sister, we went out for a run together in the morning, and when we came back, we bought steamed buns to eat, at the beginning he was half, I was half, and then each ate one, and one went to school and did homework, I always wanted him to be like me, and life always revolved around him......"
"There were three of us, I was with another girl, and him, anyway, we were together like that, we had them when we were happy, we followed them when we were unhappy, we played together on weekends, we slept together, I didn't understand anything at that time, I was so happy...... Then one day, it happened like that, it was three people, the child didn't understand anything, he drank, and the next day he didn't wear anything, and he panicked, but after all, it was three people together, and then we lived together, for several years, and lived, lived, passed, ......"
"So happy...... she opened her mouth, her voice suddenly became choked, and she took a breath with difficulty, maybe because she had cried too much in the past two days, and no tears flowed after all, "Of course, there are other people, other memories, I also went out with my classmates, and I did other things at one time, but...... Does it make any sense? It's only complete when the three of us are together. We were like kids growing up playing in the mud on a desert island, and when we didn't understand anything, we got together, so we ...... It's only when you're together that it's complete and normal, and everyone has their own memories...... Does your hand have its own separate memory? Where are your feet and your head...... If one day they were missing, would you feel that this world was the same world? Can hands and feet also exist without physical reading? β
"I went to Vienna to learn piano...... It wasn't my decision because I believed he wanted me to do it, so I did it...... It doesn't matter how unhappy you are, he asked me to do this, I want to come back and scold him after I have learned well, no matter what, let me scold him, I can forgive him, whether it is breaking up with me, or lying to me, what about four years of being alone, that is not a person's memory, I thought about it for four years, but I came back, and he said he was dead...... I won't believe it, if I do, then what's the point of me, we're all one......"
"I know his last name...... He is too tough, he doesn't want to involve anyone, and thinks about everything for others...... He had something he couldn't solve, so he didn't want me to see it...... I don't know what he's been through in the past few years, but he'll always get it back, as long as he gets it back...... As long as I get it back......"
Under the bus stop, her voice was always soft and soft, not crying, slightly hoarse, Julian looked at her side face, listening to all this, and suddenly felt that the girl in front of her seemed to attract herself more than any moment before, like a whirlpool. Before he could speak, Ling Jing had already stood up, carried an umbrella, and bowed to him.
"I'm sorry...... Teacher, I know that you have helped me a lot in the past few years, and I know ...... Some other things, I have thought about before, he made me sad and disappointed, when I came back, there was a teacher like you, there was a wonderful person, maybe I would be angry with him, angry with him, and then I confessed to him...... It's so naΓ―ve. Teacher, you're not right, he's not outstanding, he may never be proud of his excellence, he's not handsome, and his temper is weird, but in any case, I'm already connected to him, and I can't be separated at all, I don't care about his strengths and weaknesses...... Teacher, you are a good person, thank you, I don't want to say anything else I'm sorry to say......"
With a slight smile on her face, Ling Jing turned around and got on the bus.
Julian was stunned for a moment, and finally, he drove along.
(To be continued)