Chapter 5 Things are not people

The top floor of Metropolis Building 2, which was originally the office of Zhuang Feng;

I don't know if it was out of respect, or if Huang Zhihe forgot, or for some other reason, Huang Zhihe didn't stay in Zhuang Feng's office, but just locked him up and let it be full of traces of time;

Looking at this familiar place, Zhuang Feng was a little speechless, from the glass door, it can be seen that no one has been here for a long time, the so-called glass, it has long been impossible to see what it is, fortunately, the door is still locked, and I don't know if it will collapse if I touch it;

"Go find a pair of pliers;" Although it was a glass door that I didn't know if it was broken, Zhuang Feng didn't want to break it, because everything here represented those who had been, including the outermost two glass doors;

At that time, Zhuang Feng completed the unification of the various forces in Jiangzhou, and the brothers and friends who walked together with their gang decorated this place together; although none of them knew anything about decoration, everything here was bought by them personally; every thing represented the friends who had lived and died together;

These two glass gates, Zhuang Feng remembers that Ah Kun Kang came back, Ah Kun was Zhuang Feng's chief of guard back then, and He Li took over after Ah Kun's death;

Looking at the door that couldn't tell if it was glass or something, Zhuang Feng still remembered the way Ah Kun resisted it back then, and said to the one seriously: "This is the high-tempered impactproof glass I ordered, this is a good thing, it is very suitable for making a gate, I have tried it, it is really good;

Thinking of Ah Kun as Zhuang Feng's chief guard, the most important thing is naturally Zhuang Feng's safety; it seems that Zhuang Feng's safety is everything to him, and even the door of such an office has to be ordered by him and checked whether it is qualified; even at that time, he dragged Zhuang Feng to use the pistol he carried with him to test, and almost injured some flowers, plants, small animals and other things;

It didn't take long for He Li to come over with a pair of tongs and hand it to Zhuang Feng, not that he He Li was ignorant, but he also asked Zhuang Feng to cut off the lock on the top by himself, but he knew what the meaning of this place was to Zhuang Feng;

The brothers who fought the world with Zhuang Feng back then are almost gone, even the few who are still alive have gone overseas, and here, they made it together back then, as if looking at these things, you can feel those who have passed away;

Zhuang Feng took the pliers and cut off the lock very gently, as if his hand was heavier, it would hurt something;

Ten years later, the door opened again, and Zhuang Feng left the first handprint on it;

What caught his eye was still those familiar things, although they were covered with thick dust, and it was even difficult to see what they were originally, but Zhuang Feng knew what they were, and he also knew who brought them;

I don't know if it's out of respect for the former glory of the dealer, or if it's just an office with nothing of value, or if it has been cleaned up, and the whole floor of the office is open up, except for the thick dust, but it doesn't look messy, there is no trace of rummaging through the cabinets, and there is no embarrassment of confetti and debris all over the floor;

The place at the entrance is the public rest area; there are two sets of popular modular sofas in the past, which Sister Feng went to buy; I still remember that when Sister Feng got this set of modular sofas back, she also jokingly said: "We are hard-working people, we can only watch the door for your eldest young master here, but we also have to rest, and we don't take thirty hours to work that week;"

As if right in front of me, the brothers were still clinging to Sister Feng, talking nonsense there: "There are only twenty-four hours a day, and those thirty hours have to be counted as overtime;"

Talking and laughing, everyone was playing on the sofa with great interest, like children who had been given new toys, but in fact, this area was the place where Zhuang Feng's guards were on duty, and they didn't need to squat where to guard;

Further inside, it is the normal office area, which is used to deal with some practical affairs; in fact, it is their brothers and friends who are responsible for handling it here, because this is Zhuang Feng's office, and other people are qualified to walk here, which means your status in Jiangzhou, as for those who work in this place, it is Zhuang Feng's sworn friends and friends, in addition, it is the retainers cultivated by the Zhuang family;

Because this is a matter that needs to be handled in Zhuang Feng's office, it means that Zhuang Feng needs to nod himself, and such a matter is often decisive, and even affects the livelihood of tens of millions of people in Jiangzhou;

In this way, the people here are all the people Zhuang Feng trusts the most;

Don't say anything about such nepotism, there are many things that only these brothers and friends can trust; as for these desks and chairs, they still resist by themselves; say what they do by themselves, and have enough food and clothing; whenever they think of the scene at that time, Zhuang Feng will always cry out loud;

Walking further inside, the one on the left is full of bookshelves, and there are not any documents in it, all of which are Zhuang Feng's books; at this time, it seems that in addition to the empty bookshelf, there is not even a piece of waste paper on it, and it is still turned over when I want to come here, but I don't know who has come to sort it out;

I still remember that these sworn friends were still joking there at that time: "Our family's eldest young master, what kind of gangster is this, it should be a showman;"

Yes, they never shied away from anything back then, and they often laughed at themselves as gangsters, because they all used to mingle on the streets, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with being called gangsters, even if their status changed, it would not change the sincere friendship between them;

On the opposite side of the bookshelf is their lounge area, which is no longer a sectional sofa, because Zhuang Feng prefers the home of red sandalwood;

As far as the set of household goods in front of him was bought by the fourth brother himself to an old collector in the imperial capital, if that collector knew that his set of treasures was bought for ordinary household goods, then I don't know how he would feel;

The purple sand tea set that matches this set of household goods, that is the sixth child went to the kiln to burn; because the sixth person has no other hobbies, he likes to play with some mud, and then burn the finished product;

Like to play with mud, this is just the sixth person's own statement, in fact, the sixth is very deep in ceramic products, of course, this is also his only hobby; this set of tea sets is made by the sixth child himself, and then sent to the kiln to guard the firing is completed, placed here;

The sixth child has a deep knowledge of ceramic products, and this set of tea sets is also exquisite, but he doesn't know much about tea; I remember that when I first got it back, Sister Wen treated his tea set with it, and it was very painful to see the sixth child;

Strictly speaking, this is not Zhuang Feng's favorite, but his lover's favorite flower, and Zhuang Feng belongs to Aiwu and Wu, so it has become his favorite flower; only now there is only that pot, and there is not even the dead branches and rotten leaves;

The laughter is still there, but the thick dust in front of him is in front of him, Zhuang Feng looks at everything and thinks of those people in the past;

After this rest area, it is the huge desk that belongs to Zhuang Feng; if someone who knows how to see it, you should recognize that this is made of gloomy golden silk nan; this is specially given to Zhuang Feng by their group of dead friends; because this material is really rare, it is not something that can be bought with money, so this is for Zhuang Feng's exclusive use;

The thick dust had already masked its fragrance, but Zhuang Feng knew that this was still a gift from his dead friends;

Zhuang Feng looked at the desk, and seemed to be accustomed to sitting down on the chair behind him;

After this office was set up, Zhuang Feng sat here for the first time, and his group of dead friends also looked serious, because from that moment on, it marked the rise of their banker;

"Life and death together;" that was the first and only time Zhuang Feng said this sentence to his friends with such a solemnity that he had never seen before, and this sentence also explained how difficult the road they had to take was;

This place, He Li has been here, Su Zhen has also been here;

For He Li, when he came, he still belonged to Zhuang Feng's entourage, and it can be said that he also participated in everything here;

The people that Zhuang Feng thought of at this time, He Li was also very familiar, perhaps because Zhuang Feng, the master, was not like a master's virtue, and the people here did not treat him as a subordinate when he was such a small guard, and he spoke and acted quite casually;

It's just that Zhuang Feng is never like this to the outside, people outside, no matter what their status is, Zhuang Feng is relative to him with a high profile, and whoever is in front of him will feel a head shorter; perhaps, it is precisely because He Li knows this, so he understands better why Zhuang Feng treats him like such a small guard, that is only one reason, because he is a person of the Zhuang family;

The people of the banker; now thinking of this here, He Li really has a little sour pain; once upon a time, there were so many people in the banker, so many laughter, so many tribulations, and now, there are very few people in the banker;

He Li was afraid that he would cry, so he turned around and went out;

As far as Su Zhen is concerned, his heart is more uncomfortable than He Li, because he was just a small accounting apprentice back then, and he still came here with his master; and his master is also the older generation of the Zhuang family, and Zhuang Feng has always regarded himself as a junior;

At that time, he was just staying in the public rest area outside, and Zhuang Feng came back from outside, actually noticed him, and chatted with him; at that time, his mind was blank, and he didn't know what to say, anyway, he answered honestly when Zhuang Feng asked him; and when his master finished handling affairs and left, Zhuang Feng actually carried a jar of wine and handed it to him, saying that it was a meeting gift;

In this way, this place is of great significance to Su Zhen, if nothing else, just because he was such a small apprentice back then, Zhuang Feng actually gave him a jar of wine, just because he seemed to have said that he likes to drink;

Who was Zhuang Feng back then, for Su Zhen, he definitely belonged to the elusive figure in the sky, but such a character, he actually remembered what he said, and said that he would send him wine, so he really sent it, not the pretending affinity to perfunctory him as a little person;

Perhaps, from that moment on, Su Zhen no longer had anything else to think about in his heart, he just wanted to follow such a master, even if he was broken, he would never give up;

Later, Su Zhen also came here a few times with his master, and every time Zhuang Feng saw him, he greeted him first, instead of the high-minded appearance;

Now, Su Zhen looked at Zhuang Feng sitting there, but he didn't feel that Zhuang Feng was that tall, although this was the first time he was able to walk into this office, the deepest time he had walked before, but he had only been to the office area with the master sorting out and reporting accounts, and it was the first time Su Zhen saw Zhuang Feng sitting in that position;

Suddenly, Su Zhen felt that Zhuang Feng was quite pitiful; yes, he witnessed the most glorious time of the Zhuang family, and also witnessed the most depressed time of the Zhuang family; from the former heroes, to the present alone, how can people not be pitied;

Zhuang Feng hated seeing a man crying the most, so Su Zhen also retreated, because he was afraid that he couldn't help it;

However, at the moment when Su Zhen withdrew, there was some illusion, as if he heard crying, but Zhuang Feng was the only one in the huge office on the entire floor, and he had never seen Zhuang Feng cry;

It's just that it's not an illusion, because when he came out, he saw He Li squatting at the elevator entrance, burying his head in his arms and squatting there, and he didn't know if he was crying; for a while, Su Zhen didn't know what to say, just squatted next to He Li wordlessly, and silently lit a cigarette;

I don't know how long, the cigarette butt burned his fingers, and Su Zhen also learned from He Li's appearance and buried his head in his arms;

When the first rays of sunlight in the morning shone through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, He Li and Su Zhen both raised their heads at the same time, and they both saw the big flower faces like flowers and butterflies on each other's faces, and they immediately understood each other's thoughts, the two seemed to have known each other for a long time, not just getting along in the middle of the night, and they didn't even say a few words directly;

Perhaps this is what people say: some people have known each other for a lifetime and are also passers-by, while some people, even if they only look at each other, are also confidants who have been with each other for a lifetime;

"Take a cigarette;" He Li had a sense of confidant with Su Zhen in such a trance, and he no longer felt strange, nor did he suspect that this Su Zhen had other intentions;

After all, this Zhuang Feng has been away for ten years, and he came back, and Su Zhen followed him, and no one had any concerns, but after squatting and crying next to Su Zhen and him for so long in the middle of the night, He Li finally understood that Su Zhen was the same as him, they were all members of the Zhuang family;

"After smoking, let's go and fetch two buckets of water;" Su Zhen has nothing to be polite about, confidants are often like this in an instant; after handing the cigarette to He Li, Su Zhen said this, that look like two old friends who have been friends for decades;

"Hmm;" He Li took a cigarette in his mouth, and responded a little vaguely;

"It's really good weather;" He Li said to himself as he looked at the bright sunshine outside;

In fact, it is also rare to have such a sunny day in a foggy city like Jiangzhou, especially since the beginning of spring this year, this is the first time that there has been such a sunny and good weather;

After He Li and Su Zhen finished smoking, they went to bring water and prepared to clean up this place, but after coming in, they saw Zhuang Feng standing next to the huge floor-to-ceiling window, and the sunlight shone on him through the floor-to-ceiling window, which looked a little dazzling, especially with half a cigarette butt in his mouth, which looked a little dazzling in the soft morning sun;

Inexplicably, He Li and Su Zhen's hearts swelled up at the same time, that is, the eldest young master of their family seemed to be different from before;

It is no longer the sad and pitiful of last night, but just like this newborn sunshine, dazzling but soft, and there is a focus in this softness that makes people dare not look directly;

"I saw the beautiful woman, my eyes are straight, go, go and find a rag again;" Zhuang Feng noticed that He Li and Su Zhen were a little distracted when they looked at him there, so he said out loud;

Regarding what Zhuang Feng said, He Li and Su Zhen came back to their senses, but they didn't hear what Zhuang Feng said, and looked at Zhuang Feng with some doubts;

"Go find another rag, we have to clean up this place, otherwise others will see what it looks like;" Zhuang Feng also saw that the two of them had not heard what he had just said, so he said it again, but he did not have the slightest displeasure or annoyance;

"Oh;" After listening to Zhuang Feng, He Li and Su Zhen responded at the same time, and then turned around and prepared to find a rag, or maybe they didn't react;

"Just go alone, you all ran away, and let me do it alone, I'll be really lazy;" Regarding He Li and Su Zhen's reactions, Zhuang Feng said with some jokes;

"You go find the rag," He Li said to Su Zhen, and at the same time, he was also washing the rag in the bucket in his hand, and he was ready to start work;

"Okay;" Su Zhen replied neatly, and then went out;

Zhuang Feng looked at the tacit understanding between the two, and he was extremely relieved, because He Li and Su Zhen had only known each other in the middle of the night, and they would become his main helpers when he returned here, if the two of them were not together, it would be enough for him to worry about himself;

Now it seems that these two people are still good, and they get along like old friends so quickly, which also makes Zhuang Feng see the way forward when he comes back this time to continue his unfinished road;

"I'll do this myself;" He Li took the rag and was about to clean Zhuang Feng's desk first, but Zhuang Feng stopped him;

He Li didn't say anything, of course he knew what this meant to Zhuang Feng, but he was not idle, carrying a bucket and spilling water on the ground, ready to do a great job, and cleaning up the dust that had accumulated for an unknown amount of time;

It didn't take long for Su Zhen to get a big bucket of garbage, and dragged it back with the one still full of water; watching Zhuang Feng clean up the desk by himself, and He Li deliberately sprinkled water all over the house at a slight distance; in an instant, there was such an indescribable emotion; however, Su Zhen didn't say anything more, and he also moved;

The three of them were so wordless that they each did their own cleaning, raising their heads and stretching their bodies from time to time, although this made them sweat profusely, but at the same time, they all had a smile on their faces, because from now on, they were one, and the road ahead, life and death together;