In the evening, the man was watching TV, and Jiajia came over with a plate of washed apples and handed it to the man. The man picked one up and bit a large piece. Jiajia picked up one herself and sat on the sofa.

"How have you been working lately?" Jiajia asked.

The man swallowed a mouthful of apple and said, "Ahem, to be honest, it's not good." ”

"What's wrong?" Jiajia asked as she ate an apple.

The man sighed and said: "The company holds meetings every day, and keeps discussing and discussing, but if it doesn't work hard, I will be depressed if it continues like this." ”

Jiajia picked up the fruit knife, peeled the apple in her hand and said, "Man, I also think that your company has a lot of problems, or ......" Jiajia stopped and did not continue.

The man watched the TV and didn't hear Jiajia's words, so Jiajia pushed the man and said, "I'll talk to you." ”

"Oh," the man relented, "you say, what's wrong?" ”

Jiajia glared at the man and stopped speaking angrily.

The man hurriedly smiled and said, "You say, you say, I'll listen." ”

"I don't want to say it."

The man thought about it and asked without words: "By the way, don't keep asking me, how is your work?" ”

Jiajia pulled up the peeled apple, a long one, she held the apple peel in front of the man and said, "My work is very smooth, nervous, but I have a sense of accomplishment, and I can learn something, do you envy?" ”

The man smiled, pulled off the apple peel in front of his face and put it on the table and said, "Yes, with your Brother Xiao covering, is it okay?" ”

Jiajia glanced at the man and said, "What's wrong?" If you don't cover me, can't someone cover me? ”

The man snorted and said, "Of course it's good, I'm worried that one day, people will cover your work now, and even your life will be covered after a while." The man stood up and threw the kernels in the garbage basket, "I'm a waste." He looked at Jiajia and said sourly, "At that time, I will really become garbage in your eyes." ”

Jiajia put the apple in her hand on the table, looked at the man helplessly and said, "Man, can you not be so sensitive?" How many times have I told you, he is my brother, he is my brother at all times, can you not be suspicious all day long? ”

The man smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that I'm suspicious, look at you," the man pointed to Jiajia's hanging clothes and shoes on the ground, "What you eat and use is getting more and more upscale now, I heard you say that the hotels you live in on a business trip are all five-star, and the people you see are all upper-class people in society," the man picked up the LV bag on Jiajia's sofa and said, "I'm not worried that you will eliminate me, I'm worried that your brother Xiao will eliminate me." ”

Jiajia stood up angrily, snatched the bag and said, "Man, I've told you many times." She picked up the LV bag, "This is a barter thing in the unit, several of our female colleagues have it, it wasn't given by Xiao Yiyun, can you not be so careful?" ”

The man tilted his mouth and didn't speak.

Jiajia sat on the sofa for a long time before saying to the man: "If you don't worry, I'll tell Brother Xiao to bring you in, let's go to work together, you won't be suspicious, right?" ”

"Don't, don't," the man stretched out his hand to block Jiajia's face and said, "I can't afford to lose this person, and I still get it in, go through the back door, right?" The man reclined on the sofa, "I rely on myself everywhere, I don't ask for anyone, let alone your brother Xiao." ”

Jiajia listened to the man's words, kicked the man hard, and said, "Ignore you, little man." After that, I went to the toilet and washed my hands.

The man was lying down watching TV, and suddenly felt a shock to his mobile phone, so he took it out and looked: Male and young ghost, my aunt and grandmother have come to Beijing to see you. This is Liu Li's mobile phone number. The man hurriedly glanced at the toilet, Jiajia was washing his face, and he didn't notice him, so the man hurriedly replied: What are you doing?

Liu Li immediately replied: Look at you.

The man was a little anxious, he knew that Liu Li was joking, so he asked sternly: Don't make trouble, be honest.

After a while, Liu Li replied: I came to Beijing to develop, I won't go home, when are you free, come to me for a meal.

The man glanced back at Jiajia, there was no movement, and hurriedly returned: Let's get off work tomorrow, what do you want to eat?

Liu Li: I invite you to come to my neighborhood, Sanlitun Happiness Square, Sturgeon Fair.

After work the next day, the man texted Jiajia that there would be a meeting in the evening. Because the meeting after work is already a home-cooked meal for China Shipping International Media, Jiajia didn't think much about it at all, just asked the man to make a phone call after the meeting. After informing Jiajia, the man got on the bus to Sanlitun, because Chaoyangmen was very close to Sanlitun, and he arrived at the agreed place in twenty minutes.

The man got off the bus and quickly found Happiness Square along the road. It is said to be a square, but it is actually a high-end comprehensive real estate, with a supporting commercial area in front and several towers in the back, which is a high-quality real estate with a low-key appearance and luxury. Because it was a new development, many shops in the commercial area were idle, and the man looked around and saw the sturgeon club that had already opened. He walked to the door and looked, the decoration was very high-end, there were not many people inside, and there were two hostesses standing at the door to greet the guests. The man didn't go in, turned his head to the square in front of the door, took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to Liu Li: Where have you been?

I'm at the gate of the Sturgeon Club.

After a while, I saw Liu Li running out of the sturgeon farm, pushing the door with one hand, holding a mobile phone with the other hand and waving it with the man and shouting: "Here!" In! ”

The two of them entered the restaurant and sat down, and Liu Li asked the man: "What to eat, you look at the menu." With that, he handed over the menu.

The man pushed his hand and said, "You can eat whatever you want." ”

Liu Li was no longer polite and began to order through the recipe. Only then did the man look at Liu Li carefully. This sloppy little chubby girl has become more and more beautiful after losing weight successfully, and today she is obviously deliberately dressed up, and the exquisite makeup makes her even more radiant, so that the man looks at it, and his spirit is a little trance, is this the Liu Li I met on the TV station back then?

"Hey, what are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a beautiful woman? I don't know when Liu Li has finished ordering, looking at the man in a daze, waving his hand in front of the man.

The man came to his senses and scratched his head embarrassedly, "You really can't come to Beijing to develop?" ”

Liu Li turned the water cup in her hand and said, "Yes, I'm here to join you, are you welcome?" ”

"Welcome, I don't have many friends in Beijing, and even fewer can really talk to each other. It's great that you're here, and I'm free to have a meal and chat with you. ”

Liu Li pouted with a smile and said, "That's it, I didn't say help me when I came to Beijing, you know how to use me?" ”

The man smiled and said, "Okay, I'll help you find a job?" Speaking of this, the man suddenly said a little embarrassed, "Ahem, to be honest, I'm not happy with my work right now, it's really hard to say if I can help you." At this time, the waiter began to serve the food, and the man saw that it was another big meal, and he really felt that Liu Li was good to him, and he could eat good things with her every time.

Liu Li chatted with the man while eating, and through the previous topic, the man told Liu Li about the hardships of his work, and the strange people and things he encountered in the process of work, and Liu Li opened her mouth wide and asked: "What kind of company is this?" How did you find it? ”

The man took a sip of juice and said, "Ahem, I still have shallow life experience, I couldn't understand it at first, and I found so many problems after I came in." ”

Liu Li took a bite of the fish and screamed so hot, and the man hurriedly handed her the juice.

After taking a sip of juice, Liu Li said: "Why don't you do it, I'll ask my father to give me some money and open an advertising company, let's do it, so as not to look at other people's faces." ”

The man laughed so hard that he almost erupted and said, "Start a company? Can you do it or can I do it? Waiting to drink the northwest wind? After saying that, he laughed helplessly.

Liu Li seemed to be very serious and said: "You are stupid, I asked my father to introduce me to the relationship, we will do TV station advertisements, my father is the chairman of the local station directors alliance, just say hello and it will work." ”

The man thought for a while and said, "Besides, I don't think we're ready, and you can't rely on your father for the rest of your life." ”

Liu Li glanced at the man and lowered her head to eat the fish.

The two of them chatted while eating, and the man told Liu Li about Big Brother Yu and Ajima who shared a house, and Liu Li listened to it with relish. Suddenly, Liu Li interrupted the man's words with a wicked smile and said, "Stop, you have a problem." ”

"What's the problem?" The man looked dazed.

Liu Li stared at the man, smiled evilly and said, "Why do you know so much about Ajima?" To put it in such detail? ”

The man was stunned for a moment, spread his hands and pretended to be calm and said, "No, isn't this just chatting?" ”

"No," Liu Li stretched out her hand and made a blocking gesture, "As a girl, I am still very sensitive to the relationship between men and women," Liu Li said, putting down the chopsticks, "You see that when you mentioned Brother Yu, you were very calm, but when you talked about Ajima, your eyebrows fluttered, and there was something in your eyes," Liu Li stretched out her index finger and pointed at the man, making a threatening gesture, "Moreover, you just said that you leaked your mouth." ”

"What?" Although the man felt that he had a clear conscience, Liu Li was really a little panicked when he cheated like this.

Liu Li said step by step: "You just told me that Ajma has an ancestral Roman tattoo on her waist," Liu Li raised her face and thought about it and said, "What does it mean to 'love and cherish from now on'." After speaking, her eyes suddenly became sharp, and she pointed at the man with her finger, "If you two don't have anything, you will never be able to observe so carefully, and it is impossible for you to see a girl wearing clothes." After the analysis, Liu Li looked very proud, slapped the table and shouted, "Tell me honestly!" ”

The man realized that he had talked too much, and he wanted to quibble: "What, they showed me the ...... by themselves."

"Stop, girls will pull down their clothes and show you this? Ghost believes! ”

The man was dumbfounded by the question.

Liu Li changed her face again, and began to coquettishly say: "Say it quickly, I treat you as my best friend, I haven't hidden anything from you, and you still treat me like this, hum!" After speaking, he pretended to be angry.

In fact, the man is not a person who can hide secrets, and there are some things that no one can share, and he is really uncomfortable. Thinking that Liu Li was his best confidant, the man finally opened his heart and told him everything about Ajma.

After listening, Liu Li's mouth opened wide and said: "Du Nannan, Du Nannan, you are not like this in my mind, I really didn't expect you to cheat mentally." ”

The man hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover Liu Li's mouth, "Shhh, be quiet, don't let people hear." ”

Liu Li was louder instead, she laughed and said, "Do you want me to keep it a secret?" As he spoke, he poured a large glass of wine for the man, "Drink it, it's considered hush money!" ”

When he was almost done, the man wiped his mouth and said, "You said you live around here?" ”

Liu Li nodded.

The man stretched out his head and looked out the door, "The rent here is not cheap, this location is not cheap." ”

Liu Li looked the man up and down exaggeratedly, looked at the man with contempt and said, "My mother doesn't rent a house, my father bought it for me." ”

"Bought it? Here? The man stretched out his head and looked out again, and the Sanlitun at the beginning of the lanterns was full of light, reflecting the low-key luxury of Happiness Square.

"Ahem, man, you've been in Beijing for a few years, and you've seen a little bit of the world, as for the fuss?"

The man took his head back, he made such a fuss because it was his dream to have a house in Beijing, but this dream was too far away from him at the moment. So when Liu Li said that she had just bought a house in Beijing, and it was in such a prosperous area, she was inevitably a little surprised, and even a little jealous.

"Ahem, it's good to be rich, if only I had such a father." The man said stupidly.

Liu Li said half-jokingly: "It's not difficult, don't you have to recognize my father as my father-in-law." ”

The man pretended not to hear, changed the subject and asked, "Liu Li, how much is your house?" ”

"More than two million."

"How old?"

"Not big, ninety square meters for two bedrooms."

"More than two million ......" the man rolled his eyes and calculated, "Then how much does your father have to earn a year......

Liu Li picked up the chopsticks and pretended to smash the man, saying, "You are so stupid, you don't starve to death with your salary, and you still buy a house?" ”

"That's?" The man actually guessed one or two, Liu Li's father was in charge of the infrastructure of the northern station, and in the years he was in office, the northern station caught up with the overall replanning, and the main building, side building, canteen, and family building were rebuilt one by one, presumably there is a lot of oil and water.

Liu Li whispered to the man: "Man, today you told me a secret, and I will also tell you a secret, let's be equal." ”

The man looked at Liu Li, nodded and didn't speak.

Liu Li paused, as if recalling it, and then said mysteriously: "I don't know about the rest, but to build the main building, the second construction company gave my father five million." ”

The man opened his mouth in surprise, on the one hand, this number was too huge, and on the other hand, he was surprised that Liu Li really didn't treat himself as an outsider, he could say this kind of thing.

The man looked around and whispered, "This, no one has checked this?" What can I do if something happens? ”

Liu Li seemed to be careless and said, "Who checked?" You think that the money is all yours, up and down, the relevant leaders have a share, everyone knows it, and no one cares. ”

The man thought of Liu Li's father, an amiable and personable leader, who could not be connected with the embezzler.

After eating, Liu Li took the man directly to the community where she lived. This community has just been built, and the occupancy rate is only 20%, which is extraordinarily quiet, which is in stark contrast to the hustle and bustle of Sanlitun. The security of the high-end community is very strict, there are cameras everywhere, there are access control and security guards every step, and the perspectives of each security guard complement each other, and there are basically no dead ends, which makes residents feel very safe.

The man and Liu Li came to the 12th floor, opened the door and entered the house. The man looked around as he changed his shoes. This is a large two-bedroom apartment, the living room is large, the solid wood sofa is placed with red cushions, and next to the window is a solid wood bookcase, next to the bookcase is a mahogany display shelf, and some exquisite ceramics are placed. The two bedrooms are facing south, and there are also wooden furniture in Yishui, which is not Liu Li's style, but his father's preference.

"Sit down, what do you drink?"

While the man was looking around, Liu Li had already gone to the bedroom to change into a set of loose loungewear, walked out into the kitchen, and asked while opening the refrigerator door.

The man glanced at Liu Li and said, "I don't drink anymore, I just ate too much and my stomach is bloated." ”

"Then I'll pour you a cup of hot water."

"Okay, thanks."

Liu Li put the water on the coffee table and sat down next to the man. The man felt that this scene was familiar. Oh, by the way, this is very similar to the feeling of going to Ajima's house, but the difference is that the hormones emitted by Ajima's body make men restless, while Liu Li will always be a big little fat person in the man's mind, even if she has changed a lot now, it can't change her image in the man's heart.

Liu Li ate an ice cream by herself and watched the big TV while eating.

"Liu Li, what are your next steps when you come to Beijing?" The man asked nonchalantly.

Liu Li stared at the TV and replied blankly: "What are you going to do?" I'm staying in Beijing and not going back to Northern City. ”

"What about career planning? What do you want to do? ”

"What for?" Liu Li repeated the man's words word by word, from being at a loss to being even more at a loss. She turned her head to look at the man, "I don't know, what do you think I can do?" ”

The man burst out laughing, and then sighed and said: "The rich second generation is so good, don't worry about anything, when we first came to Beijing, we couldn't live anymore, desperately looking for a job, just to survive." After speaking, he looked around at Liu Li's house and said, "Look at you again, how good, when you come to Beijing, the big mansion is bought directly, and the work is not in a hurry, how do you balance the psychology of our children from poor families?" ”

Liu Li giggled, she shook her head and ate ice cream, and said proudly: "Then marry me and live a good life with me." ”

The man laughed and ignored her.

The two of them were silent for a while, Liu Li scraped the ice cream box to a rattle, then got up and went to the kitchen again, and took out an ice cream to eat.

"You eat less cold, it's not good for your stomach."

Liu Li took the ice cream, jumped back to the sofa, pouted and said, "You care about me, I like to eat cold." ”

The man shook his head helplessly.

Liu Li took a bite and asked, "How are you and Jiajia?" ”

"What?" Because Liu Li had ice cream in her mouth, the man really didn't hear it clearly.

Liu Li lowered her head and ate by herself, without repeating what she had just said.

The man recalled again, roughly guessed Liu Li's question, and answered her: "You are asking Jiajia, right?" She's okay, she works better than me now, and she's the breadwinner of the family. Speaking of Jiajia, the man came to the momentum, "Jiajia is also a strong woman, she can endure hardships, she is clever, and she is very quick to get started at work, their leaders use her very much, and it's ......" The man said to himself.

Liu Li looked at the TV blankly, and suddenly pointed to the TV with her hand and said, "Look at that fish, how beautiful it is!" ”

Only then did the man notice that the animal world was playing on the TV, and a school of fish was swimming in the ocean, and the colors were very beautiful.

The man nodded.

"What did you just say?"

"I mean, Jiajia ......"

"Okay, okay, that's your business, I don't care, do you eat ice cream?"

The man raised his eyebrows, pointed to the fish on the TV, and then pointed to Liu Li and said with a smile: "Sister, you are really a fish, your memory is only seven seconds, you asked me just now, I don't eat it." ”

Liu Li snorted and said, "If you don't eat, you won't eat, what kind of attitude, I'll eat it myself." After Liu Li finished speaking, she threw the second box of ice cream on the table and prepared to get the ice cream.

The man hurriedly grabbed Liu Li and said, "You can't do it, you really can't eat like this, it's not good for your stomach, you'll have diarrhea." ”

Liu Li shook off the man's hand and said, "You are so troublesome, I am not your Jiajia, hum." After that, I went to the kitchen to get it.

The man stood up helplessly, walked to the window, looked out the window, it was already dark, he quickly looked at his phone, it was already more than 9 o'clock in the evening, and he couldn't catch the bus home any later, "Liu Li, it's late, I'm ready to go." ”

I heard Liu Li rummaging through the refrigerator in the kitchen, and said to herself, "Hey? Where's my ice cream? And a box? ”

The man took a few steps forward, leaned over and said to Liu Li in the kitchen, "Did you hear me, I have to go, it's too dark." ”

Liu Li didn't raise her head, and waved her hand casually outside, "Let's go, let's go, bye-bye." ”

The man smiled helplessly and walked to the door, changed his shoes, and fiddled with the door lock before going out and asked, "Do you want to lock this door?" ”

"No, just go out and slam the door."

"Oh." The man went out and shouted inside, "I'm leaving, I'm on the phone." ”

There was no reply inside, and when she heard the man slam the door shut, Liu Li suddenly stopped churning the refrigerator, put one arm weakly on the refrigerator door, pillowed her head on her arm, and unconsciously, tears flowed down her arm.

After a while, Liu Li stood up suddenly, slammed the refrigerator door with hatred and said, "I just want to eat ice cream, I just want to freeze myself to death, can you manage it?" After saying that, he threw himself on the bed and cried.