The banquet ended in embarrassment and embarrassment, during the elevator down, a group of people almost did not speak, when the elevator reached the ground floor, Mr. Gao came to my side, he said to me: "Yixi, immediately follow me to have tea." ”

I didn't understand Mr. Gao's intentions, so I just shook my head and said, "Don't go, I'm a little tired, go back to the hotel to rest." ”

Mr. Gao patted me on the shoulder and smiled: "How can you say that you are also going abroad, we don't have many opportunities to get in touch, I do have something I want to talk to you about." ”

I nodded in graciousness.

.......

After a while, I did believe that Mr. Gao always had a personal matter to talk to me, but he didn't even call Mr. Lin, and he didn't even bring his personal secretary, and only the two of us sat in the private room of the teahouse.

Mr. Gao threw me a high-end Cuban cigar and tried to light it for me......

As far as I was concerned, Gao was always a senior, but also a mountain to look up to, so I refused to let him light it for me, but picked up my own lighter from the table, intending to help him light it first.

Mr. Gao held my hand and said, "You Zhang Yixi can afford me to help you light this cigar." As he spoke, he lit a lighter and approached me.

I couldn't refuse, so I lowered my head and let Mr. Gao light his cigar.

Mr. Gao also lit the cigar in his hand, took a heavy puff, closed his eyes and enjoyed it for a long time before he said to me: "Just now Ning Xu scolded you for being a lost dog, how did you feel in your heart?" ”

"Mr. Gao, don't you talk about these things?"

"The more you run away, the more you prove you care....... In my eyes, you Zhang Yixi have always been a bloody man, but your performance today is really ...... If it had been before, you kid would have beaten up Ning Xu who was disrespectful, right? ”

I took a puff on my cigar and leaned back on the couch, but there were no words, and lately I seemed to have less and less of a desire to talk.

"When we talk about you Zhang Yixi, we all say that you kid is a wolf, seeing you like this now, we are unspeakably uncomfortable, I am personally really curious, what power turned a wolf into a sheep who sees and bullies...... Can you tell me the answer? ”

"Life."

Mr. Gao seemed to hear a joke: "Life? ...... Then what kind of life are you talking to me about that forced you Zhang Yixi to be so cowardly? ”

"Do you say it clearly?" I asked rhetorically.

Mr. Gao shook his head and said, "Don't take the limited tribulations you have experienced as life, because you really don't call it life, at most it's a toss!" ”

I looked at Mr. Gao with some surprise and waited for his next step.

Mr. Gao took another puff of cigarette, and said to me with a reminiscent expression on his face for a long time: "I participated in the anti-Vietnam self-defense war decades ago, and your generation lives in a peaceful era and has never experienced the cruelty of war, but I want to tell you that war is a meat grinder....... The comrades who were roaring around you one moment are turned into stumps the next..... You tell me, what are the so-called children's private feelings, the so-called self-pity and self-pity, in front of the war machine? ...... Your generation just lacks a sense of responsibility and attaches too much importance to your own feelings, but in fact it is not bullshit...... Originally, I still saw a little sense of social responsibility in you Zhang Yixi, and I saw the blood of an entrepreneur, but now you disappoint me! ”

I was shocked by Mr. Gao's experience, but I disagreed with his words, I said: "I am just an ordinary citizen, and my thinking is really not up to the height you expect.......

Mr. Gao interrupted and said: "You misunderstood what I meant, I am telling you this, I don't want you to be a national hero, and there is no need for heroes in this era of peace, I just want to tell you that men are always men, if there is a war, it must be men who stand at the front, not women, understand?" ”

I frowned and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Mr. Gao flicked his cigarette ash and said to me, "I won't go around in circles with you anymore....... Mr. An is in a very bad situation now, she took over your mess and caused a lot of trouble for herself, and now she is facing a war, a war within the Tianyang Group...... As a man, shouldn't you stand in front of her? ........ Or are you just going to keep her helping you block bullets, escape abroad by yourself, and enjoy some bullshit life! ”

Wang Jing did mention Anqi's situation to me, but at that time, Wang Jing told me that Anqi was just a little troublesome and not dangerous, but at this moment, Mr. Gao described Anqi's situation as facing war, so what is her current state?

"What's going on with her now?"

"Calculated by people with ulterior motives, and now the entire board of directors is against her, and the people behind the scenes are constantly using false news to create turmoil in the stock market...... Unless the mess of Seaview Coffee is lost now, the situation is not optimistic, but Mr. An is obsessed with keeping Seaview Coffee...... Zhang Yixi, as a man, do you still want a woman to stand on the front line for you to block bullets? Mr. Gao nodded and looked at me.

I pressed my hand to my temples and tried to calm myself.......

"I can't control the private relationship between you and Mr. An's children, and I don't have any interest in it, but to put it bluntly, I owe you and Mr. An's favor, if it weren't for the support of several major projects of Tianyang Group, we would not have become the first real 4A-level advertising company in central and northern Jiangsu, so I am willing to act as an intermediary to build a communication channel for you...... As for how to do it, it's up to you..... That's all I have to say, decide what to do next, and if you need help, give me a call! Mr. Gao said and picked up his briefcase, turned to leave, and when he walked to the door, he turned back to me and said: "Whether to be a lost dog that can only escape, or to be a bloody wolf, you Zhang Yixi think about it!" ”

.......

After Mr. Gao left, I sat in the private room of the teahouse for a long, long time...... I was faced with the most painful choice, if I didn't go to Ireland, I would give Pippi hope and let him down, which would be a great sin for me.

If I had gone to Ireland, I would not have been a man, I would have allowed the woman I loved to bear the responsibility for my business mistakes, and I had hurt her deeply...... If I choose to leave and leave her alone, it will be an unforgivable sin!

Is it to be a lost dog that can only escape, or to be a bloody wolf...... I kept repeating this sentence, and a flame burned in my heart, but Pippi's expression of looking forward to being with Chen Qingyi extinguished the flame in my heart again and again, and I was in great pain!

The two emotions are fiercely fighting in my heart, but I can't fight for a winner, how should I choose?