Chapter 22: Anne's Supper
Walking out of the bar and walking on the road, the April wind has already warmed up, blowing so comfortably.
It's eight o'clock in the evening, and the city's nightlife has just begun. There's never a shortage of glittering lights here, and people start looking for excitement in various places at this time.
Monetary interests, power and beauty are always the main theme of every city.
They don't come home at night, they get drunk like mud, just to survive in this glitzy city, maybe for the body, maybe for the soul, maybe nothing, just because of loneliness.
Looking at the flickering neon lights, I suddenly remembered the remote mountain village, which was probably completely silent at this time.
I remembered the phone call Li Liang and Anne had given me the night before yesterday, and I thought it was time to explain it to them, but of course not everything.
I first called Li Liang and asked him to come out for dinner, but he was already at the dinner table, and he whispered on the phone that he was accompanying a construction bureau leader.
I teased him and said, "You are really energetic, and you are really corrupt enough to engage in bureaucracy just after being promoted!" ”
He laughed twice, and then a familiar voice suddenly came from the phone: "...... Hey, Xiao Li is drinking and talking about the phone, why don't you give Liu Ju a full ......" Then the phone was hung up silently.
I was stunned, isn't this the voice of Vice President Zhang Fatzi, how did Li Liang mix with him.
Fat Zhang's villain style is clear to everyone, which makes me a little confused, but remembering that he seemed to hang up the phone in a hurry just now, I didn't call.
It's just that I can't help but have some doubts in my heart, it stands to reason that Li Liang is just a project director, and this position is not qualified to eat with the vice president of the company, and I still seem to be very familiar with Zhang Fatzi's name for Li Liang.
After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't come up with a reason, so I had to ask Li Liang in person another day.
I dialed Anne again, and as soon as the phone was connected, Anne's voice came: "Brother, you finally remembered me, aren't you busy?" ”
I was a little ashamed of what she said, remembering that the last time she went to the hospital to bring me food was a month ago, and I didn't even call Anne because of the goddamn assistant's job.
"Busy, but no matter how busy you are, there is still time to invite you to dinner, but I don't know if our big photographer is willing to appreciate his face." I pretended to ridicule to hide the shame in my heart.
"Although the photographer is very busy, I can't refuse a free dinner. So what would you like to treat me to eat? "Anne stopped very well with my teasing.
I thought about it for a while, and remembered that the Chongqing fish pot I ate with Li Liang last time was good, and it was nearby, so I replied: "Chongqing fish pot, No. 48 Funan Road!" ”
Anne answered and hung up the phone. When I came to this restaurant, it was almost full, and I could tell from the popularity of the business that the food must taste good.
Fortunately, there was still a small box left, so I booked it. I know Anne's professional habits, every little free time she spends working, and she is always busy.
Sure enough, twenty minutes later, Anne arrived with her laptop and camera, which she never left with her. She was dressed in a wide, geometric dress, and although I couldn't tell what it was, it was full of art.
Such a unique temperament coupled with her beautiful appearance naturally attracted the attention of the diners in the hall.
I waved to her at the door of the box, and she saw me trotting towards me like a colorful butterfly. When I entered the box, I saw clearly that Anne had lost weight and darkened a lot, and my heart couldn't help but ache faintly.
"When did you come back? How did you lose weight like this, it's still dark, where the hell have you been. There was a hint of concern in my tone.
"It's not been a few days, but it's really not interesting for you to think of me today!" Anne gave me a blank look, but she only answered one of my questions, and the other two questions were intentionally or unintentionally avoided by her.
"I asked you where you went and how did you lose so much weight?" I asked the question again.
"I went to a very remote place, where the conditions were not good, I was a little unaccustomed to the water and soil, and I couldn't eat. It's just that I've lost a little weight, what's the big deal, I'm not the kind of person who can't endure hardship. "Anne is saying this lightly, but I know she must have suffered a lot during this time.
"There's something wrong with your client, what is there to shoot in those places, and this kind of work will be less in the future...... No, don't take it at all! I complained.
Anne looked at me motionless as I said this, with a smile on her face. After a while, he said: "Brother, what do you know, the more that kind of place, the better the subject matter can be filmed, and only that kind of place can shoot the magnificence and grandeur of nature, and the humanistic feelings that may disappear at any time." You can't shoot anything in the city! ”
I was dumbfounded by Anne's words, and I knew that I was far inferior to Anne in art, and that she had a unique insight. I said those things just because I thought she was working too hard, out of concern and confusion.
Seeing that I didn't speak, Anne seemed to realize that her words might make me feel too harsh, so she hurriedly said, "Okay, brother, I'll listen to you, and I'll try to take as little work as possible in the future." ”
"That's pretty much it!" I borrowed the slope to get off the donkey.
"By the way, brother, why didn't Brother Liang come with you?" Anne asked.
"Your brother is having dinner with the leaders of the Urban Construction Bureau, didn't I tell you, your brother is also the management of the company now, and the people he comes into contact with are all big people with heads and faces." I said with some self-pity.
Anne burst out laughing and said, "Brother, why do I listen to your words with a sour taste?" ”
"How is that possible! If I had worked as hard as he did, I would have been a department manager by now! "Sometimes finding yourself under the stairs is also a trick to avoid embarrassment.
"Okay, I know, my brother is a capable person, but he doesn't want to mix with those philistines, he just wants to live recklessly! Live your own character! ”
Anne's tone dragged long, and I couldn't help but blush as she looked at me with slanted eyes.
"Okay brother, Brother Liang has something to do, anyway, when I came back, Brother Liang had already invited me to dinner."
"Did he invite you to dinner? Why didn't he call me? "I'm a little puzzled, this guy doesn't even call me if he has food!
"Brother Liang told me everything about you, and he didn't call you when he said you were busy!" Anne explained to me.
"My business? What's the matter with me? What did he tell you? "I'm a little confused.
Anne looked at me with disdain and said, "Isn't it that you have been transferred to the president's office as an assistant, what is there to be embarrassed about!" According to Brother Liang, your new president is still a big beauty, do you still feel aggrieved by letting you follow the beauty every day! Anne looked at me with a deep look in her eyes as she spoke.
I secretly scolded Li Liang's mother-in-law with a broken mouth in my heart, how can I shake everything out, I really don't want to lose face when I Wei!
"Well, don't talk about that. You don't know, this president is a brutal princess, and I've been toyed with by her to the point of almost breaking down! I said helplessly.
Anne looked at me and suddenly became sly and said, "Brother, do you think your president likes you?" ”
"Poof!" The sip of tea I had just taken in my mouth was squirted out by her words, and some of the water was choked into my trachea. I coughed and said, "Don't tease, how is it possible, she and I are like North Star and Sirius, not in the same plane at all!" Even if the universe is destroyed, it is impossible to meet each other, okay! "I was almost scorched by her brain.
"Don't you know that there is the word "happy enemy", it's hard to guess the girl's mind, what would you do if my brother was really like what I said? I'm serious! Anne's expression became serious.
Seeing Anne's solemn expression, I also restrained my imagination and said: "Don't say that there is no such possibility, even if it is really like what you said, it is completely impossible for me to be with her, because she and I are not of the same class at all, she is the daughter of a business tycoon, worth hundreds of millions." And I'm just a part-time worker, and the kind of thing you said may only appear in fairy tale books, and it is absolutely impossible in reality! ”
"I mean, what would you do if there was such a possibility? What I'm asking is what would you do? Anne repeated the point of the question, as if it were important to her.
I don't know why Anne has struggled so long with this illogical question, but I know that this question needs to be answered carefully.
"Even if it's really as you say, it's impossible for me to be with her, and the combination of disparities in strength will not be happy, I understand that. Even if the weak party is together, it must be compromised, do you think I am a person who will be wronged for the sake of one person? I said, Annie, what's wrong with you, what are you talking all this nonsense? Didn't I tell you not to watch those retarded romance dramas so much, they will lower your IQ! ”
Hearing my words, Anne burst out laughing and said, "Aren't I going to discuss this issue for you, isn't it all the way it is played on TV?"
"Didn't I tell you not to watch those retarded romance dramas so much, it will lower your IQ!" I was speechless.
At this time, the waiter knocked on the door and came in to interrupt our conversation and ask if we could order. I pushed the menu to Anne and said, "Anne, you can order whatever you want, even if my brother picks you up!" ”
Anne pushed the menu back again and said, "Brother, you can order it, you know I'm not a picky eater!" ”
I do know that every time we eat together, she does this, giving us the right to order. I had to order it myself, I asked for a signature fish pot and ordered a few light side dishes, and I knew that Anne didn't like food that was too greasy.
While waiting for the food to be served, Anne pulled out her laptop and a tablet from her bag. I knew she was going to work again, so I didn't talk to her anymore. Who knew that she took the initiative to speak, and she asked while editing her shooting work on the computer: "Brother, where did you go the afternoon before yesterday?" Brother Liang said that you ran away after a quarrel with your president, and you didn't answer the phone, did something happen? ”
Sure enough, as I expected, it's Li Liang again, and it seems that it is a crime to tell him about exposing other people's privacy in the future.
"It's okay, it's just a matter of work, there's nothing to say!" I don't want to dwell too much on this issue, if I want to say it, it's really not something that can be said clearly in a moment.
"Brother, have you ever thought about resigning, if you really can't do it, it's better to take the initiative to resign, as long as you are willing, it shouldn't be difficult to find a comparable job with your talent!" Anne's eyes kept on the screen, her expression was serious, I don't know if I was serious about my work or about my work.
"Besides, there are many talents in society now, how can it be as simple as you say to find a good job, and Li Liang is also in this company, so he can still take care of it. Maybe things will get better in the future! I said this, but I thought in my heart: Brother doesn't want to resign, but what about the hundreds of thousands of arrears, your good brother and the hundreds of thousands of arrears I am in a dilemma, and I can't abandon either one.