Chapter 057: Warmth in the Indifferent City

In this world, there must be a cause for effect, so you don't have to mind. It is not necessary to position oneself in advance, let alone convict in advance.

—Epigraph

The light here was dim, and the man stood in the shadow of the floor-to-ceiling window, leaning against the window, facing Dong Xiaokui sideways. Therefore, Dong Xiaokui can only see his silhouette, and even his facial features are blurry. However, it can also be seen that this person's figure is slightly taller than Xu Er, he should be more than 1.8 meters, and his figure is also more burly than Xu Er.

In fact, with just this cursory glance, Dong Xiaokui judged that this was the back he had been looking for.

Sure enough, it was someone he knew, and he was the first to call out his name. But where exactly have you seen it? This mystery has always haunted her.

At this moment, the truth is about to come out.

She stood under the brightly lit steps, looking at the man in the shadows by the floor-to-ceiling window. There is no joy in my heart that the truth is about to be revealed, but a kind of unease. Because it is obvious that she is looking for this person everywhere, thinking about it, she should be in the dark, he is in the light. Then after confirming that the memory was not wrong, she went up to recognize her. But at this moment, the storyline is not staged according to his own script, but the person who should be in the light is in the shadows, and he has nowhere to hide under the light, and he is clearly seen by the other party.

She pursed her lips and asked in a low voice, "Are you?" ”

The surrounding music may have been too noisy, but the man didn't hear it, and still stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, just turned around completely, and faced Dong Xiaokui face to face, but did not answer her question.

Dong Xiaokui was a little uncomfortable, and always felt that being recognized by the other party coldly and first, in the end he lost the opportunity.

"Dong Xiaokui is right, right?" The man smiled, his voice was clean and clear, without the slightest mud and water, which was a typical northern man's unique tone.

"Hmm. Yes. Who are you? Dong Xiaokui shook the cup gently, still standing in place, thinking: I don't believe that you can't come down from this light, it's weird enough. On the TV screen of Jincheng North Building, what was left to himself was the back, and what was left to himself at this party was also the back, not the back at this time, but he didn't let himself see his face clearly.

"I've been looking at it for a long time, and I'm always unsure." His voice was still smiling, and he slowly walked down from the floor-to-ceiling window with a cup, this time, the man finally appeared in the light, wearing a black suit, the whole person was extremely straight, his facial contours and facial features were extremely angular, it was the face of a typical northern man. He smiled slightly at Dong Xiaokui, that smile was like a lake in the sun, reflecting the brilliance of his eyes.

Dong Xiaokui looked at this face, so surprised that she couldn't speak, she just looked at him blankly, pursed her lips tightly, and choked on words in her throat, but she didn't say it, she pointed at him very impolitely and said, "You——, you-"

"It's me." He whispered, his thin lips lightly opened, the smile on his face deepened, and his eyes were half-squinted, like a crescent moon on the canopy.

His expression is so warm and so good-looking. Dong Xiaokui bit her lip, but she felt uncomfortable with any expression, laughing, shy, or serious, she felt that her facial muscles were stiff, and she just bit her lip and looked at him.

This man is the one she feels warmth in this materialistic and indifferent city—the kind of warmth from strangers. Yes, this is Mr. Li Yongfeng, who allowed her to meet Sun Guanhua back then. Back then, Dong Xiaohuai committed an accident, and she was going to find the party Sun Guanhua, and wanted to ask the other party to let Xiaohuai go, and she would try to lose money to him. But the security system of Jincheng North Building is really worthy of its reputation, and she can't enter Jincheng North Building, nor can she see Sun Guanhua. At this moment, when she was in a hurry, she inadvertently picked up a document bag, which belonged to Mr. Li Yongfeng, and she waited at the door of Jincheng North Building, waiting until the owner Li Yongfeng found it and returned the document bag to him.

He was very polite and must invite Dong Xiaokui to dinner. Dong Xiaokui naturally refused, but he was very enthusiastic. In the end, under his repeated questioning, Dong Xiaokui told the stranger the reason, but he never thought that he was a partner with Sun Guanhua, saying that this matter was on him, so Dong Xiaokui should not worry, go to lunch first, and then he took her into Jincheng North Building to find Sun Guanhua.

At that time, Dong Xiaokui was skeptical, but Li Yongfeng was very enthusiastic, so he went to lunch together. Just after lunch, he really didn't break his promise, and took Dong Xiaokui to find Sun Guanhua. Sun Guanhua was hindered that Li Yongfeng was a big customer of Rongguan, so he also promised not to pursue it, but only lost money, and immediately negotiated between the two parties, using Li Yongfeng as a witness and a third party, and wrote a compensation agreement. In the meantime, because of Li Yongfeng's instructions, he said that the plate was not worth so much money, and in the end, Sun Guanhua was forced to reduce the compensation for this plate by half.

Later, Dong Xiaokui finished this matter and threw Dong Xiaohuai on the train back to Jincheng, and was about to invite Li Yongfeng to dinner to express his gratitude, but he didn't expect Li Yongfeng to go abroad and would not come back in the short term, and he was at the airport at the time. Dong Xiaokui was still holding the phone stupidly, and it took a long time to say: "Then you helped me, I should invite you to dinner, what should I do?" ”

Li Yongfeng listened, laughed on the other end of the phone, and said, "Then you should study hard and make progress every day." ”

"I've always studied hard and made progress every day." Dong Xiaokui replied, still thinking about how to express his gratitude to him, but he said over there: "In this world, there must be a cause for the effect, don't mind so much." If you hadn't found my file bag, I wouldn't have helped you, and in the end, you helped yourself. ”

"But in fact, you helped me." Dong Xiaokui said, standing at the door of the Jincheng North Building with a phone, looking at the bright glass door, the May sunshine was sprinkled unscrupulously, and the whole city had a gentle wind wandering around.

Li Yongfeng was on the other end of the phone, he chuckled, and then seemed to have walked to a quieter place, and said slowly: "Study hard, those who are destined will see you again." Okay, I'm going to get on the plane. ”

"Hmm." Dong Xiaokui only said one word in the end.

Li Yongfeng said on the other end, "Goodbye." Then, he hung up.

Dong Xiaokui put the mobile phone to her ear for a long time, then slowly put it away in her pocket, raised her head and looked up at the entire Jincheng North Building. It was in the afternoon, under the sunlight of the outer wall of the North Building of Jincheng, a large shadow fell on the ground, like a large piece of warm jade, she stretched out her hand, and the wind shuttled between her fingers. She said to herself: Xiaokui, you have to come on, you have to come on.

Then, she thought about Li Yongfeng's appearance, a smile as bright as the sun, the tall man in the north, with a kind of restraint on his body, and he also looked extraordinarily tall in the crowd.

Thanksgiving! You have to remember what he looks like, and when you see him in the future, you must recognize him as soon as possible, and at least invite someone to a meal to thank you.

"What? Can't remember who I am? Li Yongfeng drank all the wine in the cup at once, handed the cup to the waiter on the side, and said half-jokingly.

"How can you not remember Mr. Li? In fact, I saw the back before, and it felt very familiar. But I never thought it would be you who returned to China. When I saw the true face of Lushan, I was happy for a while, but it was rude. I'm sorry, Mr. Lee. Dong Xiaokui also handed the cup in his hand to the waiter, and stood in front of him like this, not knowing what to say for a while.

When Li Yongfeng heard this, he smiled, shook his head and asked, "I didn't expect that after two years, you can still recognize me, I'm a little surprised." ”

"Mr. Li is my benefactor, so naturally I have to remember. But you still remember me, and that's what surprises me. Dong Xiaokui unconsciously stood upright in front of him, as if he was in front of the teacher when he was a child, with a heart of awe.

Li Yongfeng was very casual, smiled, and said, "What kind of benefactor is not benefactor." And without substantial help, you forgot what I told you at the airport back then? ”

Dong Xiaokui was very surprised by these words, when he was at the airport, he said to himself that everything must have a reason, because he helped him pick up the document bag and return it to him, so he helped himself, this matter is a matter of course. The reason why she remembers these conversations clearly is because sometimes they take them out and review them.

But he went abroad, as if to find new investment, and it stands to reason that he should be very busy, how could he remember those inconsequential words said at the airport so long ago? Dong Xiaokui was a little suspicious in her heart, and couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at Li Yongfeng. At this moment, he leaned against the pillar on the side, with a smile on his face, looking at the crowd coming and going not far away. But at the moment when Dong Xiaokui turned his eyes to look at him, he suddenly turned his face and smiled at Dong Xiaokui, that smile was like a red lotus blooming in the morning, he joked lightly, and said, "Don't you remember?" ”

"I will naturally remember what you say." Dong Xiaokui replied in a whisper, but couldn't help but look back at the glass door next to the floor-to-ceiling window, and somehow thought of Xu Er. also made a ridiculous assumption, if Xu Er suddenly came out and saw himself talking to Li Yongfeng here, would he be angry?

As soon as she made the hypothesis, she laughed at her neurology in her heart, where is this? He is not Xu Er's anyone, and he is not his own. He was probably just a whim today, a gesture of his hand, to be a favor to help his poor little girl. About the end of this banquet, I and him are also over.

As for Li Yongfeng, even if he sees it, what is it? It's just his benefactor.

Why are you panicking? She asked herself in her heart, but now she calmed down, but when she raised her eyebrows, she looked at Li Yongfeng leaning against the pillar and looked at her in contemplation. She didn't smile at this moment, her eyes were deep, straight, and there was no restraint at all, which made her feel tight and a little uncomfortable.

Li Yongfeng suddenly said: "Xiaokui, go out for a walk, this house is always a little boring." ”

Dong Xiaokui didn't want to leave the house, she actually just wanted to leave the floor-to-ceiling window. Because although I thought about it just now, I felt that I was frank, and there was nothing to make Xu Er angry. But after all, he is his female companion tonight, the temper of the son of this powerful family is already weird, everything is a whim, when the time comes, if he thinks that his face is damaged and he loses his temper, everything he did in the Nine Heavens yesterday will really be cloudy, so she still has to be careful, originally she was still thinking about going over there to eat something to fill her stomach, so as to leave this place. However, at this moment, Li Yongfeng proposed to go out for a walk. She had no way to refuse, because it was a benefactor, even though he kept emphasizing that it was just mutual assistance.

So, Dong Xiaokui had to nod and say, "Okay." ”

She subconsciously glanced back at the glass door while answering, and when she turned around, Li Yongfeng had already walked behind the pillar next to her, and the door that was going out was not the door she had just entered, but a side door next to the floor-to-ceiling window. Following Li Yongfeng out of the side door, there was a porch with vine roses, and there was a lantern in the porch, which was a small palace lamp with extremely meticulous workmanship, and the light was hazy. Li Yongfeng didn't speak, just walked ahead.

There are almost no people here, only a few men and women whispering in the flower garden next to them, and the atmosphere is becoming more and more ambiguous, like the woods behind the literature department of Q University.

After taking a few steps, Dong Xiaokui felt more and more uncomfortable. Talking to him in the hall, it is still frank, in this dark place, even if there is nothing, if it is looked at by someone with a heart, what is it, tonight I am Xu Er's female companion, this is still the word to avoid suspicion. So, she couldn't help but stop, and was about to stop Li Yongfeng, who had been walking forward. As if he knew something, he stopped all of a sudden, leaned on the hollow flower wall on the side with one hand, and said to Dong Xiaokui: "It's always a little noisy inside, and it's not clean if you want to talk well." ”

"yes, it's a little noisy, but it's a birthday party, it's always better to be lively." Dong Xiaokui said with a smile, always feeling that talking to Li Yongfeng was a little no longer there.

"Heh, that's right. Let's go over there and sit down and go in when the birthday boy cuts the cake. Li Yongfeng pointed to the side of the flower wall.

Dong Xiaokui looked in the direction he pointed, the hollow flower wall was covered by flowers and trees, and there was a pavilion in the middle of the flower garden, which was very classical. There was a swing in the pavilion, swinging in the wind. There were also two red lanterns hanging in the pavilion, which seemed to be shades of red gauze, and the whole light was hazy.

"Okay. Over there, it looks like a clean place. Dong Xiaokui replied.

Li Yongfeng let out a "hmm", and had already taken the lead in bypassing the flower wall and walking towards the pavilion. Dong Xiaokui also followed, I don't know what flowers are blooming around this pavilion, and there is a faint fragrance. Li Yongfeng sat down on the stone bench on the side, pointed to the swing and said, "You don't sit?" ”

Dong Xiaokui originally wanted to sit, but this skirt is white and easy to get dirty, besides, this skirt is not his own, although Xu Er did not say whether to give it or borrow it, but his principle is to pay it back. These things seemed to be worth a lot of money, so she shook her head and said, "I sat on the couch for a long time just now, and I want to stand for a while." ”

Li Yongfeng naturally did not object, but suddenly realized: "No wonder, I have been looking for you for a long time, but I have not seen anyone, it turns out that you are hiding." ”

"Looking for me?" Dong Xiaokui asked in surprise.

"yes. As soon as you came in, I thought it was you, but at that time, I was talking to someone, and I didn't have time to say hello, and when I finished talking to the person, I couldn't find you everywhere. But then I came to find a cooperative customer, but I didn't expect to turn around and see you. Tell me, this life is wonderful. Li Yongfeng leaned on the stone table, as if he was chatting with an old friend who had been separated for many years and reunited.

Dong Xiaokui saw that he was so natural and generous, and it didn't seem to be very good that he was too restrained, so he also smiled and said, "That's right." Before, I had been looking at Mr. Li's back and being familiar, and I thought that I had to know this person, so I looked around, but I didn't see it, which was in response to the sentence 'I suddenly looked back at that person but was in the dim light'. ”

"Don't!" Li Yongfeng waved his hand and continued: "That's talking about beauty, not suitable for talking about me, a man who is five big and three rough." It's pretty much the same thing I used to describe when I just met you. ”

His voice became slower and quieter as it went, and at last there was a gentle and gentle honey tenderness.

Dong Xiaokui felt more and more that this atmosphere was wrong, and she vaguely knew something in her heart. She has always been a woman with sharp instincts, and she is not stupid in the atmosphere of this kind of thing. So I really wanted to leave, but I felt that I had just said a sentence or two, and it was not suitable for horizontal and vertical, and people had helped me at the beginning. I have to say a few more words, and I'll excuse myself to go into the house. So she laughed dryly, changed the subject and asked, "When did Mr. Li come back?" ”

"Not long after I came back, no, many relationships have become rusty, and this business has to pull up the banner, and we have to move around more. Otherwise, it wouldn't be at this party. Alas, the current business is not easy to do, and the relationship is the most difficult to deal with, complicated and delicate. Li Yongfeng couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

Dong Xiaokui let out an "oh", thinking to himself: It turns out that this Li Yongfeng and Xu Er are not all the way, just now he appeared on the side of the floor-to-ceiling window, Dong Xiaokui still wondered if he was also under the stairs, staying with Xu Er and Ye San. Listening to him at this time, it was like going over there to beg for help. Thinking of the situation of these relationships and the contest of status and power, Dong Xiaokui was also irritable in his heart, and he also sighed, and said: "But the historical tradition of this country is like this, and no one can escape." This is a university question, sometimes it depends on the environment, sometimes it depends on luck, and sometimes it depends on talent. ”

When Li Yongfeng heard this, he didn't frown, but smiled jokingly and said, "Then Xiaokui said, am I the one who needs to see talent?" ”

"Where do I mean that? People are on the facts. Dong Xiaokui immediately defended, Li Yongfeng looked at her appearance, but laughed, leaning on the table without a straight shape.

This made Dong Xiaokui laugh inexplicably, so that several men and women next to him cast their eyes over, but the lights were dim, and they couldn't see who was here, otherwise, Dong Xiaokui felt very embarrassed.

Li Yongfeng laughed for a while. And Dong Xiaokui stood there, thinking with fire in her heart: Is it so funny? Won't you justify yourself? How is this person different from two years ago, when he was a serious person, and now he is a little chattering. No, I have to go back right away.

As soon as she opened her mouth, before she could speak, Li Yongfeng Huiran stopped laughing, stood up suddenly, strode in front of Dong Xiaokui, and called her "Xiaokui" in a low voice, and then did not speak.

"What's wrong? Mr. Lee. Dong Xiaokui understood a little in her heart, but she always felt that this was too absurd, and she kept praying in her heart that it would not be such a bloody thing, absolutely not.

Li Yongfeng smiled awkwardly and said, "It's nothing." ”

Nothing, what do you shout. Dong Xiaokui somehow, in this ghost place with black lights and blind fire, her heart was very angry. coughed and was about to lie about to go to the bathroom and end the awkward topic. Li Yongfeng's mobile phone rang, he took it out and looked at it, his face turned frosty, he picked up the phone, and said a few times, the tone was cold and ruthless that Dong Xiaokui had never seen.

This man actually has such a side. It seems that people are multifaceted, and it is not false at all. It seems that this Li Yongfeng is not a fuel-efficient lamp, no wonder, the person who can deal with Sun Guanhua, when he saw Sun Guanhua's attitude towards him, he was unconsciously a little humble, this level is not lower than that of the surname Sun. This person can't have too much contact, at most, invite him to a meal later, which is considered a thank you gift for the year, and then try not to have intersections.

Dong Xiaokui stood aside, the wind was a little cold, she waited for Li Yongfeng to finish the call, and then returned to the hall under the excuse. Who knew that Li Yongfeng finished the phone, but he said very apologetically: "Dong Xiaokui, I'm sorry, I have some urgent matters to deal with, and I will miss the company here." ”

"Oh, you're busy." Dong Xiaokui hurriedly said, relieved.

Li Yongfeng took two steps, immediately ran back, and said with a smile: "How many numbers do you have?" ”

Dong Xiaokui thought that the phone was still with Xu Er, and after a little hesitation, he said, "You still owe me a meal, I have to come back." ”

"That, I didn't-" Dong Xiaokui hesitated, originally wanted to say that he didn't bring the phone, but he didn't bring the phone, which didn't prevent him from telling other people's numbers. This reason obviously does not hold water, so she did not say it. But Li Yongfeng helped her add it, and said: "Oh, the more you get worse, it's been two years, there has been no progress, and the phone is gone." ”

"I-" Dong Xiaokui wanted to argue, but felt redundant, Li Yongfeng actually took out a pen from his pocket, and didn't know where to write it, looked for it for a while, and finally took out his silk scarf to write, Dong Xiaokui stretched out his hand to stop it, and said, "Don't get dirty." ”

Li Yongfeng smiled and said, "It's okay, it's not worth a few dollars." ”

Dong Xiaokui still shook her head, stretched out her hand, and said, "You write here, I'll go inside and find someone to save it for me in a while, and I'll wash my hands." ”

Li Yongfeng smiled again, and while saying, "Then it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate", and wrote his phone number on her hand. Before he finished writing, the call came again, he put away his pen after writing, picked up the phone, and whispered: "Just come, you guys are like urging life, hum." ”

As he walked, he hung up the phone, and when he walked around the flower wall, he didn't forget to turn around and say, "If you try not to call me, you still owe me a meal." ”

"Got it." Dong Xiaokui replied here, and looked at him in two or three steps before entering the hall.

At this moment, she was alone in this pure place, and she didn't really want to go in. It's smoky inside, but after thinking about it, Zhou Zhenzhen seems to be alone over there, what if she encounters any low-level fun disgusting again? Thinking of Zhou Zhenzhen, she immediately walked back, because the lights here are unknown, the flowers and trees are sparse, and the shadows are sloping, she is afraid of scratching the skirt or getting rid of the diamond of this shoe, even if Xu Er does not pursue it, she owes it to others. So she walked cautiously, just now bypassed the flower wall, and suddenly felt that there was someone in front of her, she immediately looked up and saw someone standing under the eaves of the porch smoking, and the cigarette butt was clearly extinguished.

When I looked closely, it was Xu Er, I don't know when he was here, and it seemed that I didn't see him just now. Dong Xiaokui was a little stunned. She couldn't help but wonder how long this person had been here, and how much he had heard what she and Li Yongfeng had said. The more I think about it, the more I feel like the one who was caught by my husband.

(One more today, more than 6,000 words, I am very unwell and tired today.) But when I saw someone say that I was slow to update and abandoned the article, I really felt a little aggrieved. I'm not full-time, I'm usually working. I'm in all fairness, I've been trying to do as much as I can, even if I can't do more, it's guaranteed to have 6,000 words a day, but the result is still slow, I don't know whether I should be happy that my essay is popular, or the tragedy of abandoning the ——, well, I won't say it, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow will be on the road, 6,000 words will be guaranteed, more, I try my best. Good night. ）......

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