Gao Jinsong stood on the side of the street, watching the Audi car that came to pick up Sun Junshan drive out of this not lively street, merge into the steel torrent shuttling back and forth on the main road in the north and south of the city, and disappeared from his sight in the blink of an eye.

"Maybe we'll meet again soon", Sun Junshan's thoughtless words kept circling in his mind, which made his thoughts a little confused. He pondered the clues conveyed by these words as he walked slowly down the street towards the stadium.

Could it be that Sun Junshan will put some kind of obstacle in his future? He thought of this first. This nonsense idea was immediately denied by himself, Sun Junshan is not such a person! As a player, although he and Sun Junshan have not played much in the club, from the limited number of contacts, he can see that this is a straightforward and straightforward person, and in many cases, Sun Junshan can stand in the perspective of others for the sake of others, which undoubtedly has won him more respect that is definitely different from his status as the general manager of the club, even in the sharp conflict between the player and the club because of economic problems before the start of the summer league. None of the players had any personal opinion about him, and the matter was resolved properly in the end - the club's basic satisfaction of the players' requirements was one reason, and the other reason must be said to be Sun Junshan's personal efforts. What he said was well-reasoned and well-founded, not only refuting those unreasonable and outrageous demands, but also putting himself in the position of the players, and supplementing the imperfections in their hasty claims one by one, and the final result naturally taught everyone to be satisfied. After that incident, Sun Junshan established his prestige in the club, at least the players were convinced of him, especially when everyone found that he had impulsiveness in addition to reason in the game, he would praise loudly for a good ball for a long time, and he would be frustrated and annoyed for a long time because of the loss of an opportunity, and everyone liked this reckless boss more...... How can a person with such a temperament dig a hole for himself? Taking a step back, even if Sun Junshan wants to let himself stay in the provincial capital and stay in the New Era Club, he doesn't have to spend so much time on Zhou Zhang, he just had to say "stay", and he might really not leave - he couldn't find a reason to refuse at all, and even if he found a reason, he didn't have the cheekiness to say it. But Sun Junshan didn't mention letting him stay at all......

Could it be ......

An idea popped into place.

Could it be that the New Era Club has already targeted Changsha Qinyuan?!

This almost whimsical thought made him suddenly stumble under his feet. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, and completely subconsciously took two steps to regain the balance of his body, so that he was not embarrassed in public. He didn't notice the surprised looks and regretful glances of the passers-by around him, and continued to ponder the possibility of this bold guess.

He knows that Changsha Qinyuan's current situation is very difficult, and several members who have made great contributions to the team's promotion to A B will retire and transfer to the transfer, which makes the whole team almost an empty shell; And because Qinyuan is a new A B club, the focus of next year's work will inevitably be relegation, and this unfavorable situation is difficult to attract really powerful players, even if Qinyuan is willing to pay a lot of money, people have to weigh and weigh in their hearts - when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, who will tie their future to a club that may overturn at any time? Moreover, the rumored shareholders behind Qinyuan Club are not wealthy and spend a lot of money, they may not really casually throw a lot of money for a mere football, and after a shallow investment, they have the opportunity to immediately reap more benefits, and it is difficult for them to say "give up" to this opportunity...... From this point of view, the acquisition of Qinyuan, a B-B club, in the new era of single-minded development of football, seems logical. What's more, his inferences are also footnotes by Sun Junshan's meaningful words, unless the New Era Club has a plan to acquire Changsha Qinyuan and is already working on the implementation of this plan, how can Sun Junshan say that they "will meet again soon"?

Gao Jinsong was completely immersed in his own bold guess, and he didn't notice that he had already walked through the gate of the People's Stadium, and was about to walk out of this quiet street, until he stood in front of another busy road, he came to his senses - ah, why did he come here, didn't he go to visit Duan Lianrui?

He turned around and walked back.

He wasn't too anxious to see Duan Lianrui, because this time was the time when there were the most pedestrians on the street, and it was also the time when the barbecue stall business was the most prosperous, Duan Lianrui might not have much time to talk to him, and it was unlikely that he would sit with him to catch up with him. Of course, he still has some things to do, he still needs to buy something, and he can't just go and visit his old teammates empty-handed.

He quickly entered the supermarket on the street, bought a lot of snacks that children like, bought a toy gun that could see the red light and click on the barrel when he pulled the trigger, and bought a box of puzzle boards that were said to increase children's intellectual development according to the advice of the mall salesman, and then walked towards the dark alley where Duan Lianrui usually set up his stall.

However, he didn't see the barbecue stand in that place.

Could it be that there is something wrong with my memory? He stood at the mouth of the alley and looked around for a long time. It should be right, the grocery store, the clothing store, the small restaurant, and the telephone poles that are pasted everywhere by the small advertisements of the shape, and even the black alley mouth, are exactly the same as in his memory, but he just didn't see Duan Lianrui's barbecue stall.

Could it be that Duan Lianrui moved to another place to do business? Or, he didn't dare to "commit crimes against the wind" when the wind was tight for a while? The latter is very likely, and an unlicensed stall like his is the target of the urban management personnel, but whenever the city and district carry out some sanitation inspections or city appearance rectification, they will have to clean up their affairs and hide far away, until the limelight has passed, and they dare to do business and earn some hard-earned money - most of the time.

Gao Jinsong walked into the grocery store and asked someone to inquire about Duan Lianrui's home, and the owner of the store enthusiastically pointed out the direction for him and told him the detailed address of Duan's house. In fact, they and the Duan family are in the same residential compound, and they are in the same unit, and they happen to be door-to-door neighbors, and the relationship is also very good. This also made Gao Jinsong solve a mystery in his heart, no wonder Duan Lianrui always froze beer and all kinds of perishable meat in the refrigerator in his store, it turned out that there was still this relationship in it.

He soon found Courtyard Seven in that alley.

The janitor did his part. He leaned out in the gatehouse and looked Gao Jinsong up and down, his eyes seemed to suspect that he had some bad intentions, but when he heard that he was here to find Duan Lianrui, the janitor waved his hand and told him: "The penultimate unit of the innermost house, the fourth floor, on the left." ”

This is far simpler than the owner of the grocery store said "No. 31 on the third floor of six buildings and three units", but Gao Jinsong still struggled to find a place. There are no lights in the corridor of this unit, and everything is hidden in the dark, Gao Jinsong can only try to adapt to this deep and dark environment, and use the faint light reflected in the homes of the residents in the opposite building to identify the stairs, and bypass the debris that is randomly piled up in the corridor.

Fortunately, Duan Lianrui is at home. As he went upstairs, he had caught a glimpse of the light peeking through the crack in the door.

He knocked on the door.

It took a long time for the door to be opened, and the dazzling light that poured out made Gao Jinsong, who was already familiar with the dark corridor, close his eyes suddenly.

After a second or two, he opened his eyes again, and Duan Lianrui's wife was looking at him vigilantly: "Who are you looking for?" It seems that she doesn't remember Gao Jinsong at all.

"Duan Lianrui, is he at home?" Gao Jinsong asked, blinking vigorously.

"He went out. - You can come another day. The woman said and wanted to close the door.

"Sister-in-law, I'm Xiao Gao, Gao Jinsong. You don't know me anymore? Gao Jinsong hurriedly introduced himself.

But looking at the situation, the woman didn't remember who Gao Jinsong was, she just said sorry coldly: "He went out, and I don't know when he will come back." Come back another day. ”

"I was passing through the provincial capital to see him......" Gao Jinsong said helplessly, and raised the things in his hand. Even if you don't want to invite me in and sit, you have to let me put these things down.

The woman rolled her eyes and stared at him twice, and glanced at the things in his hand, and perhaps in the face of the gifts, she let him into the house.

There was also a man and a woman sitting in the room, in their thirties, dressed normally, and when they saw Gao Jinsong coming in, they didn't get up to say hello and give up their seats, and they turned a blind eye to Gao Jinsong's nodding. Gao Jinsong had no choice but to say to Duan Lianrui's wife in embarrassment: "What did my brother Duan do?" ”

"He went out to do some errands, I don't know when he will come back, or ......" The woman is not good now, and immediately rushed Gao Jinsong out, "Why don't you sit down first and wait for him?" She looked forward to Gao Jinsong putting down her things and leaving.

"Okay." Gao Jinsong hesitated for a moment and agreed. But he immediately regretted it, and after a cursory inspection, he found that there was only a flannel cushion folding chair left in the room with many cluttered things against the wall, and if he sat down, then Duan Lianrui's wife would not even have a place to sit. It seems that he has come at a bad time. He was going to say a few polite words, and then find a casual excuse and leave.

The woman also sensed the embarrassment of her family, thought about it, and led Gao Jinsong to the back room: "You will sit casually, the room is small, and adults can't turn around." He will be back in a moment......" She picked up some of the newspaper fragments that the dolls had torn up while playing on the ground, kneaded them into a ball, grasped them in her hands, and put all the neatly folded clothes on a small wooden stool beside the bed, and said, "I'll go and pour you a glass of water." ”

Gao Jinsong answered, sat down on the wooden bench after thinking about it, and handed the woman all the things he brought: "I came in a hurry, and I didn't bring anything for you, these are the doll's food toys......"

"Thank you." The woman was faintly polite, and she didn't look carefully at what was in the large and small plastic bags, and they all fell to the corner of the bed. The doll, whose eyebrows and eyes looked like hers, immediately babbled and happily ran over and rummaged through the plastic bag. The woman also ignored her son's noise, and went out to pour water for Gao Jinsong by herself.

By the time she came in with a steaming cup of tea, the doll was already sitting on Gao Jinsong's lap, happily fiddling with the toy gun, and occasionally grabbing a handful of potato chips from his coat pocket and stuffing them into his mouth. The crumbs of the potato chips fell off all over him, and even a lot fell off Gao Jinsong's clothes and pants.

Gao Jinsong took the tea and put it on the cabinet next to it - this place is high, no matter how naughty the doll is, it will not touch it - then he looked up and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, you are busy with you, leave me alone." I'll just wait here for Brother Duan, if I can't wait, I'll sit down for a while and leave. So saying, he went back to tease the doll, and patiently asked, "How old are you?" What's your name? "His eldest sister has two babies and he knows how to deal with these little ones.

The woman was a little embarrassed at this time, and said apologetically: "It's my brother and my sister-in-law ...... outside."

Gao Jinsong was a little surprised. If the man and the woman are the brother and sister-in-law of Duan Lianrui's wife, how can they talk and act so unreasonably? It stands to reason that they are also half of the master's house here, how can they not only not even let a seat when they enter the door, but also don't even have the minimum courtesy of nodding and smiling? However, he didn't bring his thoughts to his face, and still smiled and said, "It's okay, Brother Duan and I used to wear a pair of pants together, so there is no need to talk about these false courtesies." You're busy, I'm playing here with 'Xiao Duan', and he just said he's going to tell me the story of 'Pony Crossing the River'. ”

Duan Lianrui's wife closed the door and went out to talk to her brother and sister-in-law.

Speaking from the heart, the Duan family's kid's ability to tell stories is really not very good, and his babbling and vague words also made Gao Jinsong dizzy when he heard it. It seems that teasing children is similar to doing other things, and the first thing it needs is to have a relaxed and happy leisure mood. He asked, "What about the ponies?" "Is it scared?" This kind of boring question that makes the child interested in continuing the story, while looking at Duan Lianrui's home.

The first impression of the room on Gao Jinsong was bleak and dilapidated. Fifteen-watt or less light bulbs hung from the low ceiling, emitting a dim glow. Everything in the room seemed a little hazy and blurry. On the opposite wall hangs a large mirror frame, and in the frame is a portrait of an old man who looks like a painting. There is also a photo on the wall a little later, and the shadow is not clear to see, it seems to be a love photo of Duan Lianrui and his family. A little further past was a large, mirrored, three-door wardrobe, the dark red that almost melted into the shadows, showing its age. The door to the small balcony was closed, and half of the curtain was drawn, the curtain was the same color and the same color as the curtain next to it, and they looked quite new, perhaps not long after washing, and before they could be concealed by the smoke and dust of the city. There is a pair of spring tensioners hanging against the corner of the wall, but the springs in many places have become loose due to overuse, and the springs are not as bright as before, and some of the spring rings have climbed mottled rust......

Gao Jinsong silently withdrew his gaze. It was all too familiar to him, and for a moment he seemed to go back to the time when he was still working at the Olympic mall, when the hut he rented was far less than here. Duan Lianrui at least has a home of his own, he doesn't even have a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and if he loses his job at any time, he has to be prepared to be driven out of the street by the landlord......

He reached out and wiped away the snot that was crawling to his mouth for the little guy who was playing happily on his lap, and wiped the sticky thing onto the upper of his shoe.

"What did your dad do when he went out?"

"He's going to borrow money." The little one said happily. He didn't know what it was all about borrowing money when he was so old, and in his mind, maybe Dad went out to borrow money as much fun as buying snacks for him to eat and toys for him to play with.

Gao Jin was relieved. He couldn't believe his ears and hurriedly asked again.

"Eighty-eight (Dad) he went out to borrow money. Father...... Mom said...... My uncle is also here to ......."

Gao Jinsong didn't listen to a word of the doll's muttering, and he heard the little guy say "borrow money". What did Duan Lianrui borrow money for? Could it be that something happened to him? It's impossible, the last time he passed by the provincial capital, he invited his acquaintances and teammates who were still in touch with him in the provincial capital, no one told him about what happened to Duan Lianrui, even Wu who had been in contact with Duan Lianrui didn't mention it, why did he suddenly have to "borrow money"? He felt that he had come by mistake this time, he should have gone to find Wu Jun first, and the warm-hearted Wu Jun must have known what was going on. However, he immediately remembered that it was impossible to find Wu Jun in the past few days, and Wu Jun went to Taiyuan in mid-November, saying that he was attending a training class, and he was not in the provincial capital during this time.

Gao Jinsong thought about it, if he didn't have much money, he would be ready to help Duan Lianrui with this, at least he could give Duan Lianrui three thousand five thousand to deal with it first - if it was more, he wouldn't be able to take it out, he didn't dare to expect everything to go smoothly this trip out of the province, and he had to keep some on him. He let the doll play by herself, and then walked to the door, ready to ask Duan Lianrui's woman, what the hell is going on, if she doesn't want to say, he can also ask her brother and sister-in-law, no matter how unreasonable they are, they won't refuse the help sent to the door, right?

He opened the door and immediately heard Duan Lianrui's wife's sister-in-law talking in a low voice.

“…… We also have difficulties. Your brother hasn't had a house in their unit for many years, and I finally looked forward to this opportunity to raise funds to build a house, and I really don't want to miss it. Although the money is a lot, no matter how much it is, it is not as good as the side of buying a house outside, and it is also an elevator apartment. - If you miss this opportunity, you may never be able to hit it again. Sister, you have to be considerate of me and your brother's difficulties, if it weren't for the point of no choice, how could we be embarrassed to force you to sell your house? ”

The woman's words were like a thunderbolt in Gao Jinsong's ears. He didn't expect this to be the way it was. He stood stunned by the door of the back room, speechless in shock, and the indescribable anger immediately wrapped around him like a poisonous snake, and he could even feel the blood rushing over his head all over his body......

Duan Lianrui's wife grabbed the crack of the chair with her fingers, and said after a long time: "After selling the house, then where do you teach us to live?" ”

"Haven't we all told you many times? After selling this house, half of the house price will be paid for the family, and you will move to our old house on Qingshuihe Lower Street. They are all relatives who can't be distinguished from each other, and you can give the house money as you want, and you can give it if you don't give it. Besides, if you sell your house and have money, you can also go to a new big house, and now it doesn't cost much to mortgage a house, if you have a mortgage loan for 20 years, it will only be a few hundred yuan a month, you and Xiaoduan are both young and can make money in a good time, where can you not find this money? ......," her sister-in-law said, and sketched a bright future for her.

Duan Lianrui's wife didn't speak, she just buried her head and just pressed the crack of the chair vigorously.

"Or you can move to live with us, the family lives together lively, and they can usually talk and chat, and the two of them can play together." This is probably talking about the dolls of the two families.

Duan Lianrui's wife still didn't squeak.

Her sister-in-law took a sip of water from the cup, looked at her for a while, and asked in a low voice: "Sister, do you agree or not, or there is a better solution, you have to give me a word today, right?" Why don't your brother and I run for nothing today? Seeing that there are a few days left in the payment date of the fundraising funds in their unit, we are also anxious......" said and wiped his eyes with his hands.

Duan Lianrui's wife craned her neck and raised her face, and didn't pay attention to her, but only asked his brother: "You remember what your mother said when she was alive, why don't you talk to her?!" ”

But her brother kept a straight face and didn't speak, as if he didn't hear.

Her sister-in-law took the conversation and asked in surprise, "What did Mom say when she was alive?" I'm her daughter-in-law, why don't I know anything about it? As he spoke, he changed his tone, sighed and said, "Sister, your brother and I know the difficulties in your family, since the death of your mother, although I have talked to you about selling the house a few times in the past year or so, haven't you been forced to sell?" But this time, we were really nervous, we couldn't move it, and we couldn't catch it everywhere, so we had to ...... Don't hold a grudge against your brother and sister-in-law. ”

"Didn't we get you 40,000?" When he said this, Duan Lianrui's wife had already brought out a crying voice. "You can't push us to the brink, can you?!"

"Where is 40,000 yuan...... her sister-in-law sighed faintly before speaking, "The prepaid house money will be 100,000 yuan, and even then, we have to find a bank mortgage loan." Before we could see the shadow of the house, your brother and I were already in debt of 250,000 yuan. Besides, where is the house left by my mother only 60,000? A house of this size in this area is generally around 100,000. The first time we went to the housing market, we saw that this house was more than 130,000 yuan...... Your brother and I will suffer a loss, it's 120,000, right......"

Duan Lianrui's wife didn't say a word when she saw her brother smoking cigarettes, and she knew that she couldn't say anything about this sharp-toothed sister-in-law, so she was so anxious that tears rolled in her eyes, just because there was Gao Jinsong as a guest in the back room, she didn't dare to say anything about her husband's face.

Gao Jinsong was so angry by her sister-in-law's words that his limbs were numb, and his hands and feet were cold. He never knew that there was such a ruthless brother and sister-in-law in the world, who could put on a face of consideration for others while forcing others to a dead end! He was trembling so hard that he could barely help himself......

"Sister, you have to help me and your brother, we are really cornered...... You take another 20,000 out! As long as you take another 20,000 yuan, your brother and I will go to the notary office with you tomorrow to notarize, and from now on, your brother and I will never mention this house to you again......"

Duan Lianrui's wife looked at her angrily and said word by word: "Where can I find you 20,000 yuan?" "Don't say 20,000, this family can't even get 2,000 now, even if it's 200, she and her husband may not be able to make it up.

"I'm going to borrow it."

"Who to borrow?!" What can be borrowed has already been borrowed, and if you don't borrow it, you won't lend it to you, and there is a piece of paper in the big closet in the back room, which is full of people who have borrowed money this time, five hundred and one thousand, two thousand three thousand, a long list of one or twenty people, which year and month can these accounts be repaid? Not to mention this favor......

Her brother and sister-in-law didn't speak, it seemed that they wouldn't leave if they couldn't get the money today, at least they had to force her to come up with a final solution, in fact, they also thought of a solution for her - sell the house......

The room was quiet for a while, only Duan Lianrui's wife was sobbing and crying quietly.

A voice suddenly broke the silence of the grits in the room.

"How much more do you want?"

The three people who had their own hearts twisted their faces together and looked at Gao Jinsong, who was standing at the door of the inner room with a blue face. They all forgot that there was such a guest.

Duan Lianrui's wife hurriedly wiped the tears from her face, stood up in a panic, and said with a forced smile: "Look at my memory, just remember talking to my brother and sister-in-law, and forget that you are still in the back room." - Is there no water in the teacup? Sit a little longer, and maybe he'll be back soon. With that, he went to get the thermos on the table.

Gao Jinsong didn't pay attention to her, only took two steps forward, and said to her brother and sister-in-law, "How much more do you want?" ”

Looking at Gao Jinsong's tall and sturdy figure and standing in front of the two of them, even the lights in the room seemed to dim, and Gao Jinsong's face was so gloomy that he could almost wring out water, and his eyes were suddenly on fire, the two men and women were a little worried, and they couldn't help leaning back on the back of the chair, and the woman who could still speak just now opened her mouth and whispered: "Two ...... 20,000 ......" She was so frightened that she couldn't even speak clearly.

"Only 20,000?"

The woman muttered like a mosquito.

Gao Jinsong suddenly raised his voice and asked, "Let me ask you,—— is it only 20,000?!" ”

"Yes......" The woman said tremblingly, her wincing gaze darting back and forth over Gao Jinsong's face and his clenched fists.

"Good!" Gao Jinsong pulled out the wallet and threw a wad of money on the square table next to her, "This is 10,000, tomorrow at 11 o'clock in the morning, come here and get another 10,000." Remember what you just said! He walked over a few steps and pulled the door open, shouting, "Now, get out!" His roar was like a spring thunder, roaring in the corridor......

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It was already deep at night, and there was no one in sight on the streets, and occasionally the cart quietly crossed the road, rolling up the fallen leaves and dust that had fallen during the night for a long distance. Streetlamps near and far hold their spheres of influence in solitude, and only their own shadows are keeping company with them. There are only a few lights left in the courtyards on both sides. There were no stars in the sky, only half a moon, which reflected the surrounding night sky with a cold glow. The night breeze gradually became cold......

Gao Jinsong sat in the taxi back to Xijing Hotel, quietly looking out the window at the night view of the city.

But his mind didn't stop at what was passing by outside the window.

He is now faced with an embarrassing matter. On the spur of the moment, he spent part of the money that was originally used as Wei Honglin's wedding gift, and it was a large part, which not only made this gift money too light to give, but also affected his next itinerary - even if he saved himself, it was very likely that he would not be able to afford a plane ticket to Qingdao after arriving in Changsha......

However, he did not regret his impulsiveness and thought it was something he should do.

But we all know what he just did......

However, Gao Jinsong never thought that doing this was a noble act, nor did he feel that he should be praised for doing so, or that it was worth showing off to others, and he did not see himself as a person with mature morals through such a thing that could happen to others anytime and anywhere, or even better than him. He did this only out of a sense of consciousness, out of a sense of responsibility, out of an unshirkable responsibility to protect the people around him who were familiar or close to him, and when they encountered difficulties, he hoped to do something for them and help them relieve the pressure on them. Even in a way, he was grateful to the people who gave him the opportunity to do something for them, because then he felt better.

We can't help but wonder, is there anything else in his heart that is uncomfortable?

Of course, he has his troubles. Have we forgotten his insomnia last night? Jiang Yan, and the little waiter at the fast food restaurant who appeared in our story, did they look at him with complicated eyes? The kind of eyes that can examine Gao Jinsong from the depths of his heart, won't it cause this young man's vigilance and trouble?

In fact, if we look farther, then we will find that this kind of mental distress appears much earlier than Gao Jinsong's alertness. Since he received the five thousand yuan from Sun Junshan, this indescribable irritability has been disturbing him, but he has not been able to clearly understand it at that time, and after that, a large part of the five thousand yuan was lent by him to Jiang Lihong, who needed it the most, and this psychological burden was handed over to the poor girl, so it did not arouse his alarm; And the environment he was in after that made it impossible for him to clearly realize the tilt of the psychological balance in his inner world again, because the people around him were like this, making a lot of money, spending a lot of money, and then going to earn a lot of money, and then continuing to spend a lot of money...... This imbalance in the psychological balance will be repeatedly strengthened with this vicious circle, which will eventually lead to the subversion and collapse of certain behaviors...... The money of these players came too fast, so fast that they never dared to imagine, and there was too much money, far beyond their expectations, in front of the mountain of money piled up, everyone was not mentally prepared enough, and they had not had time to make any reasonable plans for the last money, and the new huge economic income had already appeared in front of them. In the face of this seemingly endless income, it becomes difficult for people to grasp themselves, and their thinking and consciousness will inevitably shift, so squandering money and pursuing pleasure has become the choice of many people, and when the speed of squandering cannot keep up with the speed of obtaining money from formal means, the first crack will appear in this seemingly perfect chain, and then the second and third ......

At the moment, Gao Jinsong seems to have escaped this deadly trap and learned something from it. But will he be able to avoid more seductive traps in the future?

We don't know yet, but we'd love to know......

On the afternoon of November 3, Gao Jinsong ended his stay in the provincial capital and boarded a plane to Wuhan.

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