In July 2009, in the starry night sky of midsummer, a black Volkswagen Passat sedan was speeding along the highway on the outskirts of Pujiang City.

"I'm sorry, Tomohito, I asked you to accompany me on this trip in the middle of the night." The man sitting in the back seat smiled apologetically and said to the man who was driving, "If I hadn't had some drinks in the evening, I would have driven by myself." ”

"Let's see the outside world in that way! How can I say that I am also your secretary and driver, who will accompany you if I don't accompany you? Besides, do we need you to say such polite words to me after our decades-long friendship? The man in the driver's seat replied disapprerovingly, "What's more, there is a reason for it, and there are extenuating circumstances!" ”

"I'm just embarrassed." The man in the back seat still couldn't let go.

"There's nothing to apologize for, it's not your fault." The man in the driver's seat spared no effort to enlighten, "Didn't you suddenly receive a call from your eldest brother when you were at a banquet for those officials!" Your eldest brother is really true, he has returned to Pujiang City in the afternoon, why did he delay calling you until the evening? Can't he just let you know in advance? ”

"I'm afraid he has his own difficulties!" The man in the back seat had a depressed voice and seemed a little depressed.

"But, Urasheng, if you want me to say that you can actually come back to your eldest brother tomorrow during the day, doesn't he have to leave at night?"

"He has made an appointment to have a meeting with several big bosses in the real estate industry during the day tomorrow, and he can't find time to meet me." The man in the back seat muttered gloomily, "If it weren't for the fact that my eldest brother came back this time and only stayed for two short days, I wouldn't have been able to run like this at night." ”

"I knew I would stay so late, I should have opened a room in the hotel where your eldest brother stayed, and the two of us stayed for one night, and it would be too late to rush back to the city early tomorrow morning."

"That's not going to work, no matter how late it is I have to rush home today, that's what I promised when I left the house this morning." An anxious look flowed between the eyebrows of the man in the back seat, and he looked like an arrow.

"Hey, you're just too good at keeping your promises." The man in the driver's seat smiled and said, "Anxin is not a child again, he should be eighteen years old now, right?" It's all a big girl, and she's already reached the age of sensibility. Your current situation, the reason why you go out early and return late every day, I believe she can understand. ”

"In normal times, it doesn't matter if I break my promise once in a while. But today is a special day, and I promised her that I would go back to accompany her tonight, and I had to do it. When he mentioned his daughter, the eyes of the man in the back seat instantly softened, and even the thick contours of his face were much softer than usual.

"Today is a special day?" The man in the driver's seat chewed on the phrase, "Oops! Look at my brain. I remember, today is the day of the university acceptance letter, right? No wonder you're in such a hurry to go back! Your daughter is waiting for you to come home and open the envelope with you, right? ”

The slightly shy voice of the man in the back seat sounded slowly: "This is just one of the reasons. In addition to the day when the university admission letter is issued, today is also the birthday of Anxin. ”

"Yo, double happiness is coming! Well, it's time to celebrate. The man in the driver's seat was noisy excitedly, "This little girl is not easy, this year is enough for her, and those review courses in the third year of high school alone can crush people, not to mention the bunch of in your family." I didn't expect this girl to be so strong, and she actually carried it hard. Hey, I said, when you divorced Tian Jing, was she very emotional? Did you cry and stop you from getting divorced? ”

"Hey! I wish she had been more emotional, so that I could still know what she was really thinking. But the boy was silent, as if he didn't care about it at all. The man in the back seat said complainingly, "At first, I was very hesitant to let her know about my divorce from Tian Jing, after all, the third year of high school is too important to her, and I don't want to affect her admission to college because of our affairs." But Tian Jing meant not to hide it from her, she said that when the two of us divorced, it would involve the division of property, and she would move out to live after the divorce, and she might not be able to hide it if she wanted to, it was nothing more than the difference between knowing it early and knowing it later, so just don't hide it. ”

"But if you want me to say, I should wait until she finishes the college entrance examination before telling her. Or, you can wait until she finishes the exam before getting a divorce! ”

"It's up to you, it's up to you."

"This child should not be indifferent to your divorce, I am afraid that he has already noticed the changes in his family and is mentally prepared to face these bad things." The man in the driver's seat sighed, "Anxin is a sensitive, careful, and determined child. It's really thanks to her mental maturity that she can not be swayed by the environment. This has to be replaced by other children, at such a critical moment in life, encountering such a family change will definitely affect their studies. Hey, I heard you mention earlier that her first choice is Pujiang University, which is a national key, the first-class among the first-class, and the best among universities, are you really not worried that she will fail the examination? ”

"How can you not be worried? Until the results of the college entrance examination were announced, my heart was hanging. The man in the back seat sighed with relief, "Fortunately, this kid is competitive enough!" Therefore, I have to rush back tonight no matter what, first, to celebrate her birthday, and second, to congratulate her on being admitted to Pujiang University. Tonight is perhaps the most memorable day of her life, and of my life, and I don't want to miss it. I prepared all the gifts in advance, in the trunk of the car. ”

"Will Tian Jing also come to accompany Anxin for his birthday tonight?" The man in the driver's seat asked tentatively.

"No, it won't. Early this morning, she took Anxin to her and sent her home before dinner. I think the two of them should have celebrated together during the day. The man in the back seat talked calmly about his ex-wife, and he couldn't detect any emotional fluctuations between his words.

"Okay!" The man in the driver's seat seemed to lose interest in exploring his friend's privacy in an instant, and said with interest, "Then I'll increase the accelerator and try to send you back to Anxin within half an hour." ”

"Don't be too fast, let's pay attention to traffic safety!" The man in the back seat looked out the window at the traffic-filled road and kindly reminded.

"People seem to be used to nightlife now, it's almost eleven o'clock, and there are still so many cars entering the city."

"yes!" The man in the back seat said absentmindedly.

"You're a big brother, why do you have to make the trip so rushed? It's rare for him to come back, and he doesn't plan to take the time to go home to see the old man? The man in the driver's seat suddenly turned the gun again, and complained about his friend's eldest brother again.

"It's not like you don't know what's going on in our family." The man in the back seat also changed to a complaining tone again, "Since more than ten years ago, despite the old man's opposition, he insisted on leaving Enron behind and going out alone, and the relationship between him and the old man has been very troublesome. After so many years, I don't know how many times I have persuaded them and how many times I have been a peacemaker, but it has no effect at all. Both of them put on a posture of not getting along with each other, and neither of them refused to give in first. ”

"Anyway, your eldest brother is a son, so he should bow his head first and admit his mistake to the old man." The man in the driver's seat put on a sensible posture, "Thinking about what kind of clothing wholesale business he went out alone back then is really an inconsiderate behavior, and it is too reckless." Fortunately, he later changed to the construction industry and made a lot of money, which can be regarded as living up to the hardships of these years. If it is still the miserable appearance of the early years, according to the old man's temper and character, this face is afraid to be even more ugly. ”

"It's not good to see where to go now!"

"This time, you went to your eldest brother to borrow money but hit a soft nail and returned in vain, could it be because of the old man's relationship?" The man in the driver's seat asked tentatively, "Just because he is still angry with the old man, he knows that there is a problem with your capital chain, and your family's catering business is about to be unable to operate, and he is unwilling to help you get through the current difficulties." ”

"It's not entirely because of the old man." The man in the back seat said the reason for the incident, "My eldest brother didn't approve of me running a chain restaurant before, he said that I was short-sighted. Although this business model can make the performance of the hotel soar in a short period of time, let us make a lot of money, which looks very gratifying, but because the stall is spread too wide all at once, once the problem is encountered, it is difficult to quickly and effectively return the funds, and the ability to resist risks will be greatly weakened. It's really unfortunate that he actually got what he said. Ay! It is said that I listened to people's advice to eat enough, and I really regret not being at the beginning. In the end, he didn't forget to add, "If you knew today, why bother in the first place!" ”