It was almost evening, the city of Xi'an was still busy running, it was the midsummer season, making the city more green at the same time, but also a little more hot, I looked at the familiar neighborhood downstairs, fell into thought.

Zhang Manli didn't bother me, she tasted tea alone, as if she was thinking about something.

After a long time, I finally came back to my senses and said shamelessly: "Manager, it's rare that you have such a good temper today, I'll be shameless once, can you give me another cup of tea?" ”

Zhang Manli looked at me with a disgusted expression, was silent for a moment as if she had finally found a breakthrough in the topic, and said, "There is a lot of tea, but there is one more thing I want to ask you to help me." ”

"What's the matter?"

"I have a friend who is a tea set supplier, and I am going to hold a product fair next Friday, can you let your good friend Jing Qi come forward to do half a job, plus it only takes three days on the weekend, and I will pay 30,000 yuan."

"First of all, let's not talk about whether I have this face, since you have paid attention to this model, you must also know that she is no longer the wild model who shot posters for our company, people often go in and out of foreign shows now, 30,000 yuan, do you think she will be tempted?"

This is the first time that I said the sentence that 30,000 yuan is just a small amount in front of Zhang Manli, as my boss, so that she looked at me in amazement......

"You know that I, Zhang Manli, never open an unsure mouth, take private work, and only you can invite her."

I don't know what kind of self-confidence Zhang Manli plays, if it was okay in the past, now I really don't have that certainty, after thinking about it for a while, I said to her: "You know that the last time she helped our company attend the event, it was completely because the company sponsored her Paris fashion show funds, and now you invite her to try it?" ”

Zhang Manli sighed, with an expression that it was not easy for anyone to live, and after a while, she said with a straight face: "Don't be in a hurry, everything has an equivalent exchange, and if you do a good job, I will consider listing your friend's bar as a separate consumption attraction as appropriate, how about it?" ”

Saying that, Zhang Manli took out a document contract from the drawer, opened it and put it in front of me, I looked at her, looked at the contract again, and was stunned for a moment before replying: "I know Manager Zhang's connections in the industry, if you can recommend it to various cooperative tour groups and tour guides from other provinces, the effect will definitely be better than advertising." ”

Zhang Manli sat up straight, nodded solemnly, and then stretched out her hand to me and said, "Happy cooperation!" ”

I smiled, who can compare to Zhang Manli in reality, anything can be used as a negotiation condition, really talented, but I still said that I tried my best and didn't dare to pack the ticket, Zhang Manli looked confident, signaling that I could go out.

……

Leaving Zhang Manli's office, I called Jingqi's phone in mixed emotions, but no one answered.

Thinking that she might be working at the moment, I didn't have to pester, and I took advantage of the evening, as if walking on the street in another world, I wanted to take advantage of the fact that it was not yet dark, walk alone, and find a way to solve Amy's tricky problem by the way.

At this time, I was very confused about how to solve the problem of "regaining the dignity of music for the erhu master", and I had already thought about giving up, but giving up this opportunity was not something that I could make an immediate decision about, because giving up meant that I would give up the opportunity to help Lin Ke bring guests to the bar......

If Jing Qi knew about this transaction, she would also help Lin Ke, the eldest brother, without hesitation, but will the brokerage company let her go?

I realized that when reality and truth conflict, it is so difficult to choose, maybe I have been suppressed for too long, but the reality of not being able to do it makes me feel even more uncomfortable, so I still have to make a choice after all.

I learned from my colleague that Amy was taken out by the company's professional tour guide, and I also ushered in a short release to do some things on my own.

In order to complete the task assigned by Amy, I drove to the subway station, the ancient city of Xi'an is still busy and hot, this quaint city with gray tones, because of the thick sense of history to attract tourists from all over the country.

……

This afternoon, in search of inspiration, I have been walking around the streets of Xi'an, sometimes through small alleys, sometimes with the flow of people through the bustling neighborhoods, and it was so dark that I raised my wrist to look at the time, it was already 7 o'clock in the evening.

I don't plan to go back to the scenic spot early tonight, first, I'm afraid that Amy will trouble me; Second, I am afraid that Jiang Laiyue will be stalked.

I've already figured out that I'll go to the subway station to see the old man first, and then buy some beer, so that when I'm drunk, I'm not afraid that anyone will trouble me, and it can also help me escape the bottomless pit of reality temporarily.

The old man at the entrance of the subway shook his head, as always, for the passengers in and out, pulling his shabby erhu, as if there was no one around.

The wind blew his hair from time to time, his gray beard trembled with the wind, and under the dim street lamp, there were people coming and going, but no listener stopped, which was somewhat desolate.

I walked up and shook my wallet, and the few coins in my wallet fell into the stainless steel bowl with a clang.

Maybe the uncle was tired, he paused for a while, raised his drooping eyelids to look at me, lowered his head and continued to play the tune, I knew that he was playing for me alone.

After a song was played, I accosted me: "Uncle, take a break!" ”

"Not tired!"

"I'm not mistaken, you're from Jiangsu, right?"

The uncle stopped, nodded, put down the erhu, picked up the thermos cup next to him and drank some water, seeing that I was a frequent visitor, he did not hide it: "The hometown of Jiangsu Erhu, my surname is Mei, and I am the sixth in the family, so I am called Mei Liu." ”

"I'll call you the sixth master."

"Why did you remember to ask this?"

"I don't know what to call you, so I came to ask, in my impression, since I first passed through this area, I saw you playing here, there are so many people coming and going every day, but everyone is in a hurry, I am thinking about how to let you play a song for everyone with dignity, so that everyone can stop and stay for you."

The sixth master smiled miserably, looked at the pedestrians who seemed to be in a hurry, retracted his gaze, picked up the erhu again, closed his eyes and pulled it up, and even I didn't pay attention to it, this reaction was like a joke with me and him.

ignored it, but the uncle pulled up a cheerful song "A Good Jasmine", the more he pulled it, the more passionate he became, and there was a smile on his shriveled mouth......

My squatting legs were sore, so I simply sat on the floor tiles, listened quietly with my cheeks, and then looked at this illusory city from the perspective of the sixth master, and couldn't help but have a new feeling: the high-rise buildings opposite are still prosperous, but there is another indescribable experience in my heart, I should thank the sixth master, it is the guidance of his music, which has fulfilled a night that I can imagine.

I was chatting with the sixth master about family life, and the phone that suddenly rang in my pocket broke the silence, I subconsciously thought it was Amy calling, but after looking at the caller ID, I found out that it was Jingqi calling.

After connecting the phone, she said in a weak voice: "I slept for a while, the phone was turned off, looking for me something?" ”

I subconsciously replied, "Are you free next Friday?" Can you please do me a favor? ”

"I'll have to look at the schedule before I can get back to you!"

"Okay, you come on your own schedule first!" I responded, but I didn't tell her the cause and effect of the incident, and if it was difficult for her because of my bond with Lin Ke, then I would be too guilty.

Jing Qi seemed to be very tired, and hung up the phone after a few hurried words.

I looked at the screen of the mobile phone hanging up, and before I put the phone in my pocket, Jiang Laiyue's call came in again, and she always said straightforwardly: "Where are you?" ”

"Taibai South Road Subway Station."

"Where are you going to do it?"

"Hey! ……”

"Love?"

"Jiang Laiyue!"

"When I didn't ask you and didn't say, I want your customers to live in peace, so come to the hotel to find me!"

Jiang Laiyue's neat threat was indeed very useful, and I was immediately pinched by her, but still struggled with the last trace of struggle: "It is not good to go to your hotel to be seen, just in the small square in front of the coffee shop!" ”

originally thought that it would take a lot of effort to make a request, but I didn't expect Jiang Laiyue to agree very happily, and signaled that he would arrive a little later.

……

Sure enough, after I arrived, Jiang Laiyue had not yet arrived, and after entering the coffee shop and saying hello to Niange, I waited in the small square, my legs were sore, so I found a turf and sat down, and continued to look at the brilliant neon in front of me, rendering the prosperous love, and I was in this glitz, as if I suddenly saw the desire to die.

During the period when Jiang Laiyue did not arrive, I went to the store to buy beer and cigarettes, and while waiting, I drank two cans of beer, smoked a few cigarettes, and waited for about ten minutes before Jiang Laiyue appeared in front of me.

Unlike before, she wore a ball head, a white T-shirt and figure-showing pencil pants, which was the opposite of her temper, and I saw a rare ladylike temperament on her, and I couldn't help but look at it with doubt.

Jiang Laiyue didn't speak, sat down beside me in a rather pretentious posture, and learned to support my body with both hands.

Our surroundings became quieter and quieter, as if we were isolated from this huge city by the night, and a gust of night breeze blew, bringing peace that I had never felt before, and I did not rush to ask Jiang Laiyue what was going on.

Suddenly, Jiang Laiyue, who has always been very dignified, was a little inexplicable, and I didn't know where to think of it, picked up the beer I hadn't finished drinking and poured a few sips, then pinched the can, and said heartlessly: "I really want to pull out the bra and throw it far away on the tree to breathe!" ”

I was speechless for a while by her domineering words, and the people around me cast strange glances, but Jiang Laiyue looked innocent and weakly put her face on my shoulder.

"Can you have a snack when you talk in the future?"

Jiang Laiyue was a bird, left my shoulder again, squinted his eyes and said, "You are a person who doesn't even have a girlfriend, and you are still afraid of ugliness?" ”

"You really owe it, even if you don't have a girlfriend, you have to clean yourself."

"I want to find a girlfriend, but have you ever thought about taking responsibility? And so on, you can't be responsible for a woman, so what qualifications do you have to fall in love? ”

"Came to me to demean me? I see you're drinking too much fake wine in a nightclub tonight, what nonsense are you talking about. ”

"You feel like you're piercing, don't you?"

I stood up and was about to leave, but Jiang Laiyue hugged her thighs tightly, no matter how I struggled, she wouldn't let go, no way, I could only sit down again, and saw a cigarette on the ground that was only half smoked by me and then extinguished, picked it up and blew it and lit it again, the smell of tobacco spread again, and dissipated in the hazy light......

After calming down for a long time, I finally said to Jiang Laiyue: "What exactly do you want to say?" ”

Jiang Laiyue opened her mouth several times and stopped, I was a little impatient by her, I couldn't tell if she was joking, or if she was saying something particularly serious, and urged a few more words, just looked at her like this.

She didn't seem to know how to respond to me, so she pointed to her phone, quickly edited the text message, and a few moments later, I received a very uncomfortable text message on my phone......