Huang Li and I then walked towards the man. I reached out and patted his shoulder and said, "Brother, are you okay?"
He shook his head dejectedly and said feebly: "It's okay, are you?"
I pointed to the house where I lived and said to him, "I live here."
The man looked in the direction of my finger and asked in surprise: "Why haven't you moved out yet?"
"Why are you moving?" I asked deliberately.
The man sighed and said, "All the residents on our floor have moved out, saying that the house has quality problems."
"Oh, actually it's okay. It's not like it can't be lived in. Didn't you just say that the property owner will come back for repairs tomorrow?"
"Yes! But my girlfriend just doesn't want to." The man sighed.
I said to him in a serious tone: "It's okay. The girl has a tantrum and will be fine in a few days. If she really wants to move out, just let her go."
"The key is that I am poor now! I have no money to rent a house."
Huang Li and I looked at each other and realized that we couldn't help with this. After all, we are not saviors, and we don't give charity to anyone just because we feel pity.
As the saying goes, helping people in emergencies does not help the poor. He is poor, but he is not in urgent need of money.
Huang Li and I returned home. We checked the walls, water and electrical appliances one by one and found that there were no problems.
I asked Huang Li, "How about we stay here?"
"I don't care, I have no objection."
"I'm just afraid that you might feel resentful. If you want to move out, I can do that."
"It's okay, just stay here. I don't think these are any problems."
I smiled. In comparison, I felt that Huang Li was much better than the woman who insisted on leaving just now.
It's not that that woman is bad, in fact, it's human nature, after all, others have moved away.
It's just that Huang Li and I don't think it's important, and we both find it troublesome.
After washing, we went to sleep separately. I actually had a very strange dream that night. I dreamed about myself ten years later.
In a place that was completely unfamiliar to me, I stood face to face with myself ten years later. The face in front of me looked familiar yet unfamiliar.
He looks older than me, with some gray hair on his temples, many more wrinkles, and he looks much darker.
His gesture of lighting a cigarette is something I am very familiar with. I like to light cigarettes with both hands. Even if there is no wind, I will block it with my left hand, and I often don’t take the first puff of cigarette.
He never spoke, just looked at me expressionlessly.
Finally, I couldn't help but asked him: "Who are you?"
"I am you, and you are me." He replied expressionlessly.
"Are you me? Are you the future me?" I asked in surprise.
"Yes, you can ask whatever you want."
After hearing what he said, I hurriedly asked him: "In the future"
I suddenly stopped talking, and then smiled bitterly.
"Why did it stop suddenly?" he asked me immediately.
I smiled and said, "I suddenly didn't know what to ask. I originally wanted to ask An Lan, but she forgot about it and didn't ask."
"Why don't you ask yourself?"
"What do I have to ask? When I see you like this now, isn't it the same as seeing me ten years from now?"
An expression finally appeared on his face, and he smiled and said, "You are quite smart."
"Praising me is equivalent to praising yourself. You are quite smart too."
I suddenly thought of Min Wenbin, so I asked her: "Is there really someone I want to ask, will I defeat Min Wenbin in the future?"
"How should I answer this question?"
"Just tell me what you know."
"Defeated, but not defeated."
I sneered and said, "What you said is the same as what you didn't say. When did I become like you?"
He smiled faintly, and I stopped asking him these questions. I just thought of Huang Li again, and then asked: "What about Huang Li? How is she? Is her father's matter over?"
"Okay, it's all over."
After hearing this answer, I finally felt a little more at ease and continued to take a long breath.
But I didn't expect that my breath would blow away the person I was ten years in the future, and that he would turn into countless fragments in front of me.
I was startled. After everything was quiet, I cautiously stepped forward.
Mu Ran found that all the stories of my life were flashing on those fragments like a movie projection. I wanted to see them more clearly, but the fragments disappeared in a dissipating way.
Then, the strange place I was in began to change and turned into a familiar place.
I woke up and the moment I opened my eyes, I saw Huang Li wearing a thin pajamas hanging to dry clothes on the balcony.
For a moment, I was in a trance and tortured. The reason why I was tortured was because I am also a normal man and I also have emotions and desires.
I feel like I have some evil thoughts about Huang Li's body. This idea is very scary!
She is my friend!
I quickly lit a cigarette for myself and took two puffs to calm down the messy thoughts in my heart.
The dream just now is still clear, but no matter how clear it is, a dream is still a dream, and it cannot escape its absurd nature.
When Huang Li turned around, she found that I had woken up. She smiled at me and said, "Breakfast is on the table."
"Why did you get up so early? You even bought breakfast."
"It's getting late, check the time yourself."
I grabbed the watch on the coffee table and was so scared that I almost fell off the sofa. It was already nine o'clock.
"Fuck!" I cursed, quickly put on my shoes and ran towards the bathroom.
After washing up in three or two times, I ate my breakfast in three or three times.
"What are you in a hurry for? Eat slowly."
"I'm already late, can you please take it easy?"
"If you're late, just be late. No one in the company can control you anyway, so what are you afraid of?"
I sighed softly and said, "You can't say that. Even if I am the boss, I have to strictly demand myself, not to mention that I am not the boss yet."
Huang Li pursed her lips and said, "It's already late, so don't worry."
"There's still half an hour left. If I hurry up, I should be able to get to the company before half past nine."
"You are such a person." Huang Li shook her head speechlessly.
I talked to her a little more, and then ran out the door after finishing breakfast.
By this time, the morning rush hour was almost over, so I simply took a taxi and headed straight to the company.
Even though I was rushing, I was still five minutes late.
Of course no one said anything to me, but I have always treated everyone equally. I said to Xiao Ju who was in charge of attendance: "Xiao Ju, I was five minutes late today. Please write the attendance notes for me."
"Mr. Chen, do you also need to make a note for yours?" Xiao Ju said in surprise.
"Why didn't I make a note? Am I not a member of the company?"
Xiao Ju smiled awkwardly and said, "Of course that's not what I meant. It's just Mr. Chen, you're only five minutes late. It's okay."
"Just ask you to make a note. If you are late, you are late. There is no reason."?