Gu Chen didn't know exactly what Lu Bin had experienced in these years, but from Lu Bin's eyes, he seemed to see ambition that was far higher than that of his peers.
To be honest, this was not the case for Lu Bin in Gu Chen's original understanding.
Perhaps I have witnessed Lu Bin's family go from a wealthy class to abject poverty, so I can better understand Lu Bin's changes.
Lu Bin is my childhood friend and my classmate in junior high school, so I naturally have a good relationship with him.
In those years, Lu Bin had no shortage of friends and seemed to always be the focus of the class.
But since his father's business failed, the family's mansion was used to pay off debts, and the bungalow was replaced by an old building, Lu Bin seemed to have fewer and fewer friends around him.
It is precisely because of this that Lu Bin's character is also changing.
Becoming angry, extreme, and even violent.
The so-called friends who were closest to him disappeared one by one without a trace when Lu Bin's family fell into decline.
Lu Bin, who has experienced the peak of human connections, can now feel the warmth and warmth of human relationships.
His unfortunate family made him depressed, and he eventually chose to transfer to Yangcheng to join his mother.
But the death of his mother seemed to be the straw that broke the camel's back.
Coupled with the broken love after graduating from college, it is estimated that Lu Bin has already taken everything lightly and has become extremely utilitarian in his heart.
If Gu Chen felt that the passenger seat in the passenger seat was still Lu Bin, then he would never marry someone he didn't love at all.
The reason for getting married is because his wife is the daughter of a company executive.
It can be seen that Lu Bin has been smoothed by life and is ready to compromise with life.
"Come and sit at my house?" Lu Bin said.
Gu Chen pulled back his thoughts, nodded and said, "Where is it?"
"Keep driving over there until the end and turn right." Lu Bin said.
Gu Chen obeyed and started the vehicle directly.
After driving for nearly two minutes, we arrived at the door of an old community.
Lu Bin pointed to a window of the building on the roadside: "That's my home."
After thinking for a while, Lu Bin added: "It can't be considered my home, that's my stepfather's home, and that home can't accommodate me."
"No matter what, aren't you all a family?" Gu Chen said.
Lu Bin shook his head and said with a faint smile: "It's true that we are a family, but that's only in name."
"Since my mother's death, this home no longer belongs to me. My stepfather clearly told me that this house can only be left to his biological son."
"As a stepson, I not only have to pay my stepfather and brother a living allowance every month, but they also exploit me in every way."
"If my mother hadn't told her before she died that she wanted to get along well with this family, I would have severed all ties with them long ago."
Throwing away the cigarette, Lu Bin added: "Anyway, I'm getting married tomorrow, and as my relatives, they can also help a little bit."
"Especially when they heard that I had fallen in love with the daughter of a company executive, their attitude toward me was much better than before, and they were willing to help me arrange a marriage, but they still didn't have enough manpower, so..."
Glancing at Gu Chen, Lu Bin added: "So I invited a few colleagues from the company, as well as you. I hope you can help me together."
"That's no problem. If you need my help, I'm happy to help." Gu Chen understood Lu Bin's difficulties.
From the moment Lu Bin called him and asked him to drive to Yangcheng to help the wedding car fleet, Gu Chen knew that Lu Bin was not actually living a very good life now.
Thinking that the housing prices in Yangcheng were also astonishing, Gu Chen asked curiously: "By the way, Lu Bin, have you bought a house?"
"No."
"Then where will you live after you get married?" Gu Chen asked again.
Lu Bin smiled faintly: "Rent a house."
"Does the bride's family agree?" Gu Chen said.
Lu Bin was silent for two seconds, then grinned: "Fortunately, my future father-in-law knows the situation of my family and doesn't force me."
"But if I want to buy a house in Yangcheng, my father-in-law will help me, so my pressure will be less."
"Then your father-in-law treats you pretty well."
"Haha." Lu Bin grinned and said lightly: "To be honest, this is just a profit-exporting, tinged marriage."
"Marriage?" Gu Chen didn't quite understand and hurriedly asked Lu Bin: "What do you mean by that?"
"It's not interesting." Lu Bin lay on his seat with a nonchalant look on his face: "To tell you the truth, there are serious factions in the company, and they are all fighting for power and profit."
"And my father-in-law is also trying his best to attract capable young people. I have many apprentices in the company, and many of them listen to me."
"So I belong to the middle faction in the competition for the company's interests, but my father-in-law moved to his side in order to win over me, so he agreed to my marriage to his daughter."
"But in my opinion, it's more like a marriage, where everyone gets what they need..."
Listening to Lu Bin's endless talk, Gu Chen felt extremely scared to think about it.
Fortunately, his colleagues were all open and honest, otherwise Gu Chen really didn't know what he would be like.
Seeing Gu Chen's worried look, Lu Bin actually laughed out loud and said, "Gu Chen, look at you like this."
"To be honest, you are a police officer, so of course you are not used to this kind of intrigue between social enterprises, and neither am I."
"But later on, if I wanted to develop, I had to slowly integrate and learn to adapt."
"It's really yours." Gu Chen paused and then asked, "Didn't you say you wanted to invite me up to sit with you? You could also take me to visit your stepfather's house."
"Then let's go." After hearing Gu Chen's words, Lu Bin opened the car door directly.
Then Gu Chen patted Lu Bin on the shoulder and signaled Lu Bin to come to the back of the car.
When he opened the trunk, Lu Bin was stunned.
"This... aren't these all the local specialties of Jiangnan City that I love to eat?"
Looking at Gu Chen, Lu Bin said in disbelief: "Gu Chen, I didn't expect that after so many years, you still remember that I like to eat these?"
"I don't remember much, but my parents do." Gu Chen smiled lightly and guessed Lu Bin's reaction.
So he added: "Actually, you often came to my house to eat, so my parents knew your appetite."
"So this time when they heard that you were getting married, they didn't have anything to give you. I thought it would be better to give you some of your favorite local products."
"Uncle and auntie truly love me." Lu Bin shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Don't bring these things up. If you take them back to this home, I won't be able to take them away again."
"It's better to wait until I get married and send it directly to my rental house."
"Okay." Gu Chen closed the car door and couldn't help complaining: "You won't give any to your stepfather and brother?"
"What are you doing for them? It's a waste of food." Lu Bin insisted on his opinion and led Gu Chen directly to the corridor.
Along the narrow corridor, everyone came to the fifth floor.
Lu Bin opened the door with the key, and then he realized that there was no one at home.
"Maybe my stepfather and my younger brother haven't gone home yet." Lu Bin walked to the sofa and threw the messy clothes aside and said, "Sit down, the house is a bit messy, I'll get you a glass of water."
"It's okay." Gu Chen walked to the door of the room and took a rough look around.
Although the house with three bedrooms and two living rooms is a bit older, the area is still good.
Looking at the smallest room, Gu Chen asked him with a faint smile: "Lu Bin, this smallest room should be where you live, right?"
"That's right." Lu Bin held the tea and handed it directly to Gu Chen: "I have lived in that small room since I was a child. We are getting married tomorrow, so my stepfather reluctantly gave up the big room to let me sleep a few more nights."
"He is trying to use his attentiveness in the past few days to make me treat him better so that he can continue to exploit me in the future."
"Don't say it so harshly. No matter how bad your stepfather treats you, he still worked hard to raise you like this."
Gu Chen also disagreed with Lu Bin's idea of beating him to death with a stick.
Lu Bin raised his brows and said with a faint smile: "You are right, and my half-brother, no matter how bad he treats me, he is my mother's biological son after all. I can treat him right."
Is he bad?"
Gu Chen looked around and asked: "By the way, I originally thought I would see a lot of old faces, but I haven't seen any familiar faces yet. Who did you call over this time?"
"I didn't call many people, just a few college roommates." Lu Bin started peeling oranges.
"What about junior high school and high school students?" Gu Chen asked.
"It's just you." Lu Bin glanced at Gu Chen and smiled slightly.
"Why?" Gu Chen felt a little unbelievable.
But Lu Bin didn't seem to think there was anything wrong.
Gu Chen also said seriously: "Since you are already married, why don't you call a few more old classmates?"
"Haha." Lu Bin laughed dryly and couldn't help but said, "But I don't know if any of them are married."
"It would be so embarrassing if we got married."
Seeing that Gu Chen didn't understand, Lu Bin added: "After all, we don't have much contact with each other, so it's not good to call someone suddenly at this time."
Lying on the sofa, sitting side by side with Gu Chen, Lu Bin also threw the peeled orange into his mouth, looked at the ceiling and sighed:
"No wonder people say that the older you get, the more lonely you become. After all, the world is small when you are a child, and you can just talk about friendship."
"But what you need to consider when you grow up is worldliness, just like preparing a motorcade on the day of your wedding."
Sitting up, Lu Bin looked at Gu Chen and said with a serious face: "At that time, those cars belong to the company leaders and they must start. Your car should follow the woman's relatives."
"Okay!" Gu Chen nodded silently.
In fact, there was no need for Lu Bin to explain, and no one would think it was inappropriate.
Because subconsciously Gu Chen understood that this society is not sorted by the depth of friendship.
Whether it’s the team or life, there are always more important things that come first.
As friends, it is already good if we can keep not falling behind.
Seeing Gu Chen's expression of understanding, Lu Bin also said with relief: "To be honest, there are quite a few people who have lost contact in the past few years."
"Some of them are in different circles, so they are naturally estranged. Sometimes when I send a message, I find that I need to verify it."
"But there are also cases where they changed each other's identities after conflicts of interest."
"As early as when I first started business with my friends, my elders reminded me."
"Although we have a very good relationship now, some things still need to be explained clearly in advance, otherwise it will be very troublesome and we may not even be friends anymore."
"At the time, I didn't take this statement seriously. I always felt that something was wrong. It hurt my feelings to say that I was too dead."
Turning to look at Gu Chen, Lu Bin also said bitterly: "So from these words, you should know that I have failed in starting a business."
"Yes." Lu Bin had already made it so clear, how could Gu Chen pretend to be confused?
Lu Bin smiled faintly: "It was really stupid at that time. I was doing business with a good friend. When it came time to form a company and sign the contract, I said we should still share this? No need to sign, and the guy agreed."
"I feel like everyone is so familiar with each other, so there's no need."
"It's just that I later discovered that it turns out that not talking about some things to death hurts feelings."
"Only when you fall out do you realize the hypocrisy of human nature."
"Did we finally part ways?" Gu Chen said.
"Isn't it?" Lu Bin picked up an apple, weighed it in his hand, and said: "At that time, when seeing the profit, my partner insisted that he must account for 60% of the shares.
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"But it's obvious that he didn't do anything at all. The company is entirely managed by me. Why should he ask for 60% of the shares?"
Seeing Gu Chen staring at him calmly, Lu Bin, who realized that he was losing his temper, quickly changed his tone.
"Sorry, I got a little excited, because after that time, I realized that in interactions between people, we always habitually give each other a certain position."
"But sometimes I forget that in addition to being my friend, the other party also has roles to play, such as someone's husband, the backbone of a certain family, and an investor in a certain project."
"In addition, whether it is as small as a wedding ceremony or as big as asking others to help, if you are not careful and fail to handle it properly, you can ruin a relationship."
Looking up at Gu Chen, Lu Bin also asked himself: "Is the relationship between people becoming more fragile? Actually not."
"It's just that as you grow older, you can provide more value to others, which is no longer purely emotional value, but also has more economic and practical value."
"And the higher the value of something, the greater the risk."
Gu Chen nodded silently: "So from this perspective, the so-called growing lonelier is actually inevitable."
"That's right." Lu Bin agreed very much: "Maybe in the end, the number of friends who can keep in touch will not exceed single digits."
"And the number of people who can occasionally talk to each other can only be counted on one hand. As for those who can still be called upon at any time, if there are only one or two, they are lucky enough."
Glancing at Gu Chen, Lu Bin also apologized and said: "It's hard for you to make a trip this time, wait until next time..."
"Isn't it?" Before Lu Bin could finish his words, Gu Chen teased: "Is there another time for your wedding?"
"I mean, next time I go to Jiangnan City to play with you, who do you think I am?"
Seeing Gu Chen joking, Lu Bin also got upset, but he wasn't angry.
After all, a true friend is not someone you have known since childhood, but someone you don’t want to forget to this day.
"Okay." Gu Chen nodded silently: "I'll treat you to dinner when you come. Next time you come back to Jiangnan City, you must remember to come see me."
"That's necessary." Lu Bin said.
Just when the two were chatting and laughing, the door was opened with a key.
A thin middle-aged man and a fat young man walked in panting with various shopping bags in their hands.
Seeing Gu Chen sitting on the sofa, the thin middle-aged man quickly asked: "Lu Bin, is this your friend?"
"Yes, he is my classmate in junior high school. I used to go to his house to have dinner." Lu Bin said jokingly.
The fat young man said with disdain: "Lu Bin can count how many friends he has on his fingers."
"It's not about having many friends, it's about having good friends." Upon hearing what the fat man said, Lu Bin frowned and seemed a little uneasy.
Of course Gu Chen also saw this.
The young fat man glanced at the two of them and couldn't help but complain: "But then again, being able to come so far from Jiangnan City to attend your Lu Bin's wedding means that your friend treats you well."
"They're brothers." Feeling the need to express his relationship with Gu Chen in front of his younger brother, Lu Bin said angrily: "This is the youngest criminal investigation team captain of Jiangnan City Furong Branch so far."
Glancing at Gu Chen, Lu Bin said again: "Gu Chen, my hair is small."
"So it's a Tiaozi?" The young fat man glanced at Gu Chen and also grinned: "This Tiaozi is really handsome. By the way, you are so handsome. Why do you have to be a policeman? How much money can you make as a policeman?
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Then he took out a pack of cigarettes. The fat man held the cigarette in his mouth and couldn't help but complain: "If you are willing, I know a buddy from the crew who can take you."
"I'm not saying you'll be prosperous, but you can still make a little money."
After circling half a circle around Gu Chen, the fat man said again: "But looking at your appearance, I guess our financial backers here will definitely like you. Why don't you consider coming to Yangcheng to become your son-in-law?"
"Go away." Seeing his younger brother making fun of Gu Chen like this, Lu Bin was also annoyed and said, "I'm telling you, don't make excuses for my brother."
"I also have good intentions and want to show this brother a way to make money." After taking a puff of cigarette, the fat man also said with a slight smile:
"I just hate it. This face is so unpopular. If I were half as good as you, I probably wouldn't have to work so hard now."
"It's a good thing for young people to work hard." Lu Bin's stepfather seemed to have a less harsh attitude towards Gu Chen than his son.
But from the way he allowed his son to call Gu Chen a "tiaozi" just now, it's easy to see that he is also a cynical old man.
No wonder Lu Bin hates him very much.
Seeing Gu Chen sitting on the sofa, Lu Bin's stepfather asked, "Let's have dinner together at noon?"
"Does that need to be said?" Lu Bin, who was also drunk, said helplessly: "I called my best brother all the way here to be the driver and best man of the motorcade, and to help me prepare for the wedding."
"But you two are so good. You even have to confirm the issue of eating again. It makes me so disappointed."
Lu Bin had a lot of resentment, which Gu Chen could see.
Being embarrassed in front of his brothers, Lu Bin's self-esteem was hurt.
But when he heard that Gu Chen was here to be a team driver, the fat man immediately raised his eyebrows and asked hurriedly: "By the way, you are from Jiangnan City, right?"
"That's right." Gu Chen nodded silently.
"So the car you drive also has a Jiangnan City license plate?" the fat man asked again.
Gu Chen continued to nod: "Yes, it's a Jiangnan City license plate."
"Pah!" After hearing Gu Chen's words, the fat man clapped his hands and said with joy, "So the luxury car downstairs with a Jiangnan City license plate belongs to you?"
"Is there any problem with this?" It seemed that the fat brother was making a fuss and looked like he had never seen the world.
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