He Gui looked at her thoughtful appearance and said generously:

"I won't force you, if you think about it, you can contact me at any time."

"Well, I'll think about it."

"Okay, I'll wait for your reply. Here, cheers! ”

Xiang Fei looked at the gentle and generous woman in front of him, and couldn't help but want to ask her a question.

"Mr. He, I also want to ask you a question."

"Say it."

"Why are you so successful in life?"

"Everyone's definition of success is different, you may think I'm successful, but I've always been a failure."

Xiang Fei saw her, and when he said the last sentence, his expression seemed indifferent, but his eyes couldn't hide the sadness.

"Why? You are beautiful, cultivated, rich and have a career, which many people do not have. ”

He Gui laughed and asked curiously, "Why don't you guess how old I am now?" ”

"I think it's about thirty."

She laughed again, "I'm forty-three!" ”

"Huh? I can't tell you at all, you're so well maintained. Regardless of age, why did you just say you were a loser? ”

"Actually, I divorced many years ago, a divorced forty-year-old woman, what else can she do but make money?"

"Have you ever thought about finding another one?"

"After going through that failed marriage, I learned that people should live for themselves and should not be bound by marriage or other things, so I don't plan to get married. Although there is loneliness, my heart is very steady. ”

"It's good to live like this, and I have to say that I admire your outlook on life. It's an honor to meet someone as big as you. ”

"I'm glad I met you, too."

Xiang Fei poured a glass of wine, "Mr. He, thank you for your hospitality today, I want to toast you again!" ”

"Okay, cheers!"

They continued to enjoy the food and chatted about their work and life while eating.

One day, a super difficult customer came to the store.

Smelly feet, spitting and swearing, this is the most unqualified guest Xiang Fei has ever seen.

It's also very tacky, and it doesn't look like there's much money. Sure enough, the poorer you are, the more troubles you have.

When I changed my shoes, it was a terrible smell. She held her breath and had to pretend to be smiling on her face, which was the most painful.

"The style of these shoes is too ugly! It looks like my feet are so dark. ”

"I'll try something else for you."

The floor was full of shoes, and this person had already changed more than a dozen pairs of shoes, and Xiang Fei's knees were about to swell.

Basically, every pair of shoes has to find faults, and in exchange for all kinds of dissatisfaction.

"This pair is okay, but it's too low, how much is it?"

"Now it's five thousand six."

"So expensive? It's cheaper! ”

"Miss, I'm sorry, this is a limited edition handmade in Italy, and it is not negotiable."

"Damn, you're robbing money, I'll just go to the Internet to buy a pair of similar pairs, and it's not so expensive! You're too expensive, aren't you? ”

This person seems to be talking like a leaky air, and every time he says a word, he has to spit on Xingzi.

"Miss, the quality of our brand is guaranteed, and it is definitely worth the money."

"Cut! Forget it, I don't want to buy it anyway! Your shoes are so rubbish! ”

"Then you go slowly."

Xiang Fei didn't even want to say "welcome next time", and rolled her eyes when she wasn't paying attention.

Xie Ting complained, "My mother, her feet are really smelly, she hasn't washed her feet for a few days?" ”

Xiang Fei covered his nose, "As soon as I smell this smell, I can't even eat." Look at your hair, and her spittle! ”

"Huh~ It's disgusting!"

"Let's go get some air fresheners."

Xie Ting began to complain again, "I sprayed it, and it finally got better." Is that person sick, aren't all brand-name shoes like this? As for this? It's too unqualified! ”

"Isn't this kind of guest a once-in-a-century experience?"

"I've had smelly feet before, but they don't smell as bad as hers! Endure it and it will pass, and it is really unbearable to swear and spit. ”

"Well, let's go home early and take a shower!"

After returning home from work, Xiang Fei quickly took a shower and applied some ointment to his aching knee.

In the middle of the night, the mobile phone rang suddenly.

She saw that the note was the word "Mom", paused sadly for a few seconds, and then took the phone.

"Hey, Mom."

"Xiang Fei, how are you doing over there?"

Many children choose to report good news but not bad news because they don't want their parents to worry, and she is the same.

"Well, I'm doing well."

"What kind of unit do you work in?"

"I'm doing sales for a company."

"How's the salary?"

"The treatment is okay, how are you doing?"

"Your father, he's not going well at work recently, he drinks alcohol every day, and he loses his temper at every turn, and I don't dare to go out of the room."

"You used to say you wanted to get a divorce, why haven't you divorced yet?"

"What are you talking nonsense, you boy? That's just angry talk, who will help your dad do the laundry and cook after the divorce? As soon as I said divorce, he was going to beat me to death. ”

"Then move out!"

"How do you move? I haven't had a job for many years, and I have no financial resources, so can I rely on you to support me? ”

"Then you will rely on him for the rest of your life!"

With that, she hung up the phone angrily.

Xiang Fei walked to the balcony and looked at the dark night sky, there was not a single star, as if her mood was only black without a trace of light.

She didn't understand, why did her mother have to serve that kind of man willingly and emotionally for the rest of her life? Why would you want to bury your life in a hopeless marriage?

Also, why did she come to this city?

There are too many questions, and I can only answer them in my heart.

At first, I came here in pursuit of a new life, but now that I think about it, it's really ironic. It's just trying to escape.

Kneeling on the ground every day to change people's shoes and endure all kinds of troublesome guests, is this the life she wants?

The reason for staying in that shoe store is nothing more than the fear of losing your job.

Suddenly, I remembered what He Gui said: People should live for themselves and should not be bound by other things.

She seemed to understand something.

At this time, WeChat rang, and it turned out to be a message from Liu Xue.

"Xiang Fei, that person was sentenced by the court to five years."

"Great, he's finally been punished!"

"No, he didn't get the punishment he deserved, and there's one more thing I haven't told you."

"What's the matter?"

"It's the secretary's sister, when she found out that she was pregnant, she didn't dare to say it, and the money for the abortion was not enough, so she went to a black-hearted clinic, and the doctor's improper operation led to lifelong infertility, and now she has depression."

"How so?! So what are your plans now? ”

"I've got a new job now, and I've been finding a way to contact the women he has killed to find as much evidence as possible to get an increase in the sentence."

"Come on! I'm sticking with you! ”

Before, she naively thought that the demon had finally received retribution, but compared to what those women paid, such punishment was simply not enough.

Women, sometimes they are pathetic creatures.

So she admires people like Liu Xue who bravely fight against demons. I am also very envious of people who live for themselves in a chic manner like He Gui.

She decided to live for herself.

Maybe you already have the answer in mind.