The Pentium Era - South to North

When Zhang Chen woke up, he was the only one in the room. For the first moment, he looked at the unfamiliar room and furniture and thought he was dreaming. After a while, he remembered the beautiful scenes last night. It turned out that they were all It really happened.

Zhang Chen looked at the time and saw that it was already past nine o'clock. He quickly got up, opened the door and saw Gu Shufang busy in the kitchen opposite. Zhang Chen walked to the corridor and looked downstairs, but did not see Xiao Lin. Their shadows walked over. When Gu Shufang saw him coming in, she smiled gently and said:

"Why don't you sleep a little longer? I didn't wake you up on purpose."

Zhang Chen looked at Gu Shufang, and a tenderness arose in his heart. He felt that her whole body exuded a warm light, the smell of home. Didn't he just want to relax in a place like this?

Zhang Chen couldn't help but walked over, hugged her from behind, and kissed her white neck.

"It's ticklish." Gu Shufang smiled softly and twisted her neck, but was reluctant to leave. She patted his hand gently and said softly: "Eat breakfast."

Zhang Chen said: "It's too late, I'm already late."

"What are you afraid of?" Gu Shufang said.

Zhang Chen laughed dumbly, yes, what are you afraid of?

Gu Shufang pushed Zhang Chen down on the chair, brought him breakfast, and said to him: "I made the crab roe dumplings myself. Sit here and eat slowly. They have left."

Zhang Chen knew that she was talking about Xiao Lin and Caizhen.

Gu Shufang brought him milk, mixed the dipping sauces, and placed them one by one in front of him. She sat down opposite and looked at him with a smile.

Zhang Chen looked at her and smiled: "Why don't you eat?"

"I love watching you eat."

When Zhang Chen arrived at the office, it was already past ten o'clock. Liu Ligan was sitting in Zhang Chen's seat in a daze. Seeing Zhang Chen come in, he looked at his watch and shouted: "I admire you, can you still sit back and relax? I've never You leave here and sleep until Wenwen and the others come back, then you won't be able to sleep again."

As soon as Liu Ligan said this, Zhang Chen also felt that, for some reason, he did not have the pain and loss he felt yesterday. Chinatown would be gone if it were not there. It would just be a dream.

Zhang Chen thought to himself strangely, is this all because of Gu Shufang?

Zhang Chen didn't say anything, walked over and sat down opposite Liu Lipole.

"Unlucky!" Liu Ligan cursed. He looked at Zhang Chen and said, "Mr. Xie asked us to go over. He said he would give us the 50,000 yuan back."

Zhang Chen shook his head and said, "That doesn't make sense. You can't say that if you make a profit, we will share in it, and if you lose, he will lose a share."

"I've already told him so." Liu Ligan laughed as he spoke, and asked: "Zhang Chen, are we trying to make a fool of ourselves by being like this? It's been a year since we arrived in Hainan, and we have worked hard. One year later, I was finally reduced to the same situation as when I first came here, back to two paupers."

"There is still a difference. At least now I don't have to go out to find a job every day, and I won't almost grow coconuts." Zhang Chen said with a smile.

"That's right, with such a mentality, we can still get up. No matter whether we encounter good or bad things, we will be happy for a day and suffer for a day of pain." Liu Ligan said and stood up, "Let's go and start again! "

When he reached the door, Liu Ligan turned around and said to Zhang Chen, "By the way, I won't be able to come over tonight. I'll go to Liu Yun's place."

"What, making an exception? Isn't it your July 7th?" Zhang Chen asked.

Liu Ligan smiled and left.

After Liu Ligan left, Zhang Chen sat there in a daze. Liu Ligan's words just reminded him that it had been a year since they arrived in Hainan. The changes in this year were greater than those in the regular years in Yongcheng. Every day they lived I don’t know about it in my life, but when I look back, I will be surprised.

A year ago, I was still a person who was looking for a job and hit a wall. A year later, a project as big as Wanghai Tower has reached an advanced stage.

The third floor of the mall and the hotel lobby, which have the largest amount of work and are the most difficult to construct, have been completed and delivered. The renovation of the first and second floors of the mall is in progress. One-third of the floors of the hotel guest rooms have been delivered, and another third is in progress. The private rooms of Wanghai Restaurant are also coming to an end. In two or three months, the entire project will be completed.

What has changed even more is the people. Although life was difficult a year ago, Liu Ligan was still waiting for Tan Shuzhen to come every day. He and Jin Lili were still together, thinking that they could live forever.

But a year later, Liu Ligan and Tan Shuzhen completely broke up, and their relationship with Liu Yun was mysterious. What made people even more confused was Liu Ligan, while he and Jin Lili were still nominally lovers. , and they meet at most once a week, but in fact, they know better than outsiders that they are just two maintaining presidents.

What about Gu Shufang? After yesterday, of course they were related, but Zhang Chen did not dare to think too clearly about his relationship with Gu Shufang.

Although Zhang Chen would feel warm in his heart when he thought of her, there would always be another voice in his heart, reminding him all the time that this could not be a long-term relationship. Even if Gu Shufang left Haicheng and returned to Suzhou, even if she Being single, it was hard for Zhang Chen to imagine that he would follow her and that they would really get together.

The age gap and the worldly gaze are two invisible sharp blades that will come out and cut them off severely at some point. There is also the faint unwillingness and pride in Zhang Chen's heart. I, Zhang Chen...

Yes, you Zhang Chen, it is impossible to be with a woman who is more than ten years older than you, but aren't you together?

If Gu Shufang were more than ten years younger, Zhang Chen thought, they would undoubtedly be together. But Gu Shufang, who was more than ten years younger, might not be able to impress him as much as she does now. She must have more. Edge, not warmth.

Zhang Chen shook his head and forced himself not to think about Gu Shufang. He would naturally think of Xiao Zhao again. Zhang Chen sighed. He walked out of the office and heard firecrackers being set off in front of him. Then he remembered that today was on the third floor. Those stores are handed over to tenants, and the next two months are the renovation period of the merchants themselves.

Starting at eleven o'clock, there is a serious delivery ceremony in front of the mall. Those merchants who have already signed a contract will pretend to sign another contract with Wanghailou in front of the camera.

Zhang Chen walked to the front. The open space in front of the mall was crowded with Wanghailou employees and onlookers. Facing the crowd, there were three rows of people standing in front. The first row was the invited provincial and municipal leaders. According to the size of the official positions, they were arranged from the middle to both sides. Mr. Fu stood in the middle, accompanying the top leaders attending the ceremony today, the deputy governor in charge of commerce, trade and tourism.

In the back row were the merchants attending the signing. Behind each merchant stood a girl, holding a sign with the name of the merchant in her hand.

Xiao Xu is the person who presided over the entire ceremony.

All the people showed kind or cheerful smiles, newspaper reporters were taking photos of them, and TV reporters were filming and interviewing them.

Seeing Mr. Fu from a distance, Zhang Chen had a strange feeling. He thought of Xiao Ning with a big belly, panicked Xiao Zhao, and also thought of Gu Shufang. Mr. Fu always had a smile on his face all day long. There are so many unknown secrets in the back, and isn’t that true for me, and isn’t that true for those people standing in the first row?

Look at the people crowded around you. How much do you know about each of their secrets?

Zhang Chen returned to the office. Cao Guoqing was sitting there. He saw Zhang Chen and told him that Accountant Gu hadn't transferred the reserve fund to me yet. I didn't have enough money here today.

Only then did Zhang Chen realize that it wasn't that Gu Shufang didn't send money to Cao Guoqing, but that he simply forgot to take out the receipts from his bag and give them to Gu Shufang last night.

"Oh, it's me. I forgot to tell the accountant yesterday. I'm going to tell her now, come on, give me your bike to ride."

Zhang Chen stood up as he spoke and rode Cao Guoqing's bicycle out, feeling a burst of happiness in his heart. Whether he admitted it or not, he was very happy that he had such a reason to go back and see Gu Shufang again.

Zhang Chen walked all the way to the third floor. Gu Shufang was sitting in the living room reading a book. Seeing Zhang Chen come in, she stood up in surprise and asked, "Were the firecrackers just delivered by Wanghai Mall for use?"

"Yes." Zhang Chen nodded.

Gu Shufang said angrily: "You're not there, why are you coming back?"

As he said this, his hands hooked around Zhang Chen's neck. Zhang Chen smelled the faint fragrance on her body. At that moment, Zhang Chen felt that compared with the noisy world outside, this quiet small building was his. How could I be willing to leave a place that I like to be in? Why would I bother to go out again and again and get bruised and bruised?

Zhang Chen took out the receipts from his bag and said jokingly to Gu Shufang: "Accountant Gu, I forgot to put this on the table yesterday, and I also forgot to leave a note for you."

Gu Shufang chuckled.

"By the way, there is still a payment slip, which needs to be arranged immediately." Zhang Chen chased.

"I know..." Gu Shufang protracted her tone, sounding a little squeamish. She took the list and put it on the coffee table aside.

Zhang Chenqi said: "Don't you look at it."

Gu Shufang looked at Zhang Chen, raised her lips and said, "What are you looking at? I still can't trust you?"

Zhang Chen remembered something and said, "By the way, the two hundred and fifty thousand..."

Gu Shufang hissed and said softly: "I know it has nothing to do with you, otherwise, huh, how could I have spared you."

"I understand, are you using it to blackmail me and make me..."

Gu Shufang didn't let him talk any more and took him over.

This place is really close to Wanghai Tower, and you can still vaguely hear Mr. Fu's voice coming through the tweeter temporarily installed at the entrance of the mall.