The old director sighed: "You are right. It seems that I am still a little narrow-minded. Well, I agree with your opinion. Don't worry, I will definitely help her do this job."
I was also very happy, after all, I successfully convinced him. The old director likes to be more serious, but as long as he approves, he will do everything well. Maybe this is his principle.
Then I was about to stand up and leave, but he stopped me, "Xiao Feng, wait a minute. You don't have anything particularly urgent, right?"
I smiled and said, "That's not true? Why, do you have something else to do?"
He immediately asked me: "I heard Xiaochen say that you found a place for her to open a shop in the Medical University?"
I was a little embarrassed, "After I came out of your house that night, I asked her what she was doing now. She told me that her previous music bar was forced to close due to demolition, so I went to
She found such a place. As you know, I have a good relationship with the president of the Medical University. This matter is very simple. To be honest, I also look at your face and appreciate your concern for me, so I
I decided to help her."
He sighed and said, "I can't do anything about this child. Anyway, I was once the director of the Provincial Admissions Office. It shouldn't be difficult to arrange a job for her, right? But she just doesn't want to work in a national unit.
When I come to work, I have to make music like that myself. I really don’t know what she thinks. Hey! This is the generation gap.”
I smiled and said: "Actually, I admire her very much. This is her dream. Old director, you had a dream when you were young, right? But have you pursued that dream? No, right? I
Same thing. When I was in middle school, I wanted to go to the military academy, but my grades were not up to par. Later I studied medicine, and then I hoped to become a medical expert and relieve the pain of patients. But what about now? Now I am doing it for the so-called
I gave up my dream during my career. So, it is not difficult for a person to have a dream. The difficulty lies in how to persist in pursuing one's dream."
He immediately grinned and said: "After hearing what you said, I started to understand her a little bit. Xiao Feng, you see, you understand her so well, you and her are really suitable."
I waved my hand to him hastily and said: "Old director, please don't talk about this matter. I have already been riddled with wounds. She is still an innocent girl, and it is impossible for us to be together. By the way, old director, let me ask you something.
This is something. I have always been puzzled. Since her parents are abroad, why don’t they send their children to fulfill this dream? This time I went to Austria and listened to a concert in the Golden Hall in Vienna. I
People who don’t know much about music find it shocking. So I thought, she can go there to further her studies or settle down there and slowly realize her dream? Her parents should have such conditions, right?"
The old director didn't answer me immediately. He took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, lit it, and then said to me: "Xiao Feng, I shouldn't have told you this. Hey! This kid actually
It's very pitiful. To tell you the truth, her parents are no longer in this world."
I was immediately shocked, "What on earth is going on?"
He shook his head and sighed: "Any country's embassy abroad has national security personnel as its staff. The former Soviet Union called them KGB, and the United States called them federal agents. Although the names are different, the nature of their work is the same. It's just that they have the same job.
Everyone in the embassy has a certain position as a cover. This is almost an open secret throughout the world."
I seemed to understand, "You mean, Chenchen's parents too?"
He nodded, "That's right. Many years ago, when Chenchen was still in middle school, something happened to her parents. The country cannot make public information about such things, and I didn't know about them until several years after their accident.
The state gave her a sum of money, which I kept for her because she could not tell her children about it. I used the money compensated by the state to send her to college, and after she graduated from college, I gave her the rest.
I gave her about 100,000 yuan, but I told her that it was money sent by her parents. She also asked me about her parents, but I just vaguely told her what her parents were doing.
There was a part of it that was confidential. Later, she stopped asking me. In fact, this child is very sensible. I think she may have realized it a long time ago, but she never asked me again. I think she may be afraid of knowing the truth.
For some things, it is better not to know the truth. Maybe this is why she is willing to live in her dream. Xiao Feng, after you told me her possible thoughts today, I realized that she might have thought of it a long time ago.
My parents are no longer in this world. Now that she is so old, it is very strange that she has not come to ask me about this matter. Indeed, how can my parents not love their children? After so many years
, none of them went to meet her, it’s strange that she doesn’t suspect the reason. Alas!”
I was shocked, "So that's it..."
The old director continued to sigh and said: "It is precisely because of this that I have always wanted to find a reliable boyfriend for her. I am getting older, and I don't know how many more years I can take care of her. I really don't want to see her suffer in the future.
, let alone hope that she will be unhappy in the future. There is only one thought in my heart, that is, I hope that she can live peacefully forever. Xiao Feng, I have always thought that you are very good, but why do you have no confidence in yourself?
?”
I shook my head and said: "Old director, after listening to what you said just now, I feel that I am even more inappropriate for her. You are right. For her, a safe life is the most important thing. But I can't guarantee it.
I could give her that kind of life, but on the contrary, I might hurt her."
He asked in surprise: "How could that happen?"
I hurriedly waved my hand to him and said: "Old director, you don't really understand me. In short, don't talk to me about this matter again, if you are really good to her."
The old director sighed: "Forget it. I also know that it is better to let nature take its course for such things. Alas! This child is actually very bitter and sometimes very closed-minded. She has not been in love until now. This
It is also the most fundamental reason. Maybe she has been waiting, waiting for her parents to appear in front of her one day. I have never told her the true situation about her parents because I don’t want her to lose her last hope. Hey
!Actually, I’m also very embarrassed.”
I understand his feelings very well. This kind of thing is really embarrassing: tell her, it is too cruel to her. Don't tell her, and you are worried that she will continue to live in hope and delay her love and career.
I said: "Perhaps time can slowly make her dilute that hope."
The old director sighed: "I hope so."
I still sighed for a long time after leaving the old director's office. I never thought that Chenchen's parents would have such status, and they are no longer in this world. They are heroes, and they are also unsung heroes.
Every man has a hero complex in his heart, and I am no exception. So, I suddenly felt that I should help Chenchen more in the future. This can be regarded as a kind of respect for her parents.
When I got off work in the afternoon, I suddenly received a text message from Lin Yu:?
I quickly replied:!
She sent it again :9
I understood, what she told me was the time. So I replied again:!
When I looked at this exclamation point, I suddenly had a strange feeling in my heart, because no matter how I looked at it, I felt that this symbol looked more like a man's thing.
In fact, I really want to see her because I want her to help me analyze what Lin Yi thinks about Shi Yanni, and this matter is closely related to finding my child.
After I got home from get off work, I talked to my parents about the idea of opening a restaurant while eating. I said to my mother, "Are you interested in such a thing?"
My mother went to see my father. I smiled and said to her, "Tell me what you think."
But my father suddenly asked me, "The child can't be found for the time being, right?"
I nodded. I couldn't help but think: After all, my father is a man with rich life experience. As soon as he heard that I wanted to open this restaurant for my mother, he immediately understood what was going on. I said, "Now my father-in-law and his wife are making trouble.
It's so unpleasant, so I guess she won't be able to bring the child back for a while. I also saw that my mother was bored at home all day long, so I thought of finding something for her to do. I just wanted to open a restaurant around this community.
In this specialty restaurant, the dishes are mainly based on the signature dishes of my other restaurant. In addition, I will also hire someone to help my mother, so that she will not be too tired. In fact, in the end, my mother just manages the accounts.
If you want to take care of other things, just take care of it more. If you don’t want to take care of it, just take care of it less.”
The father said: "This is not bad." Then he went to look at his mother and said, "You can figure it out yourself."
My mother actually smiled sheepishly, "I never thought I could be the boss."
I knew she meant yes, so I immediately said to my father: "Dad, please take some time to look around here as soon as possible to see if you can find a place suitable for opening a restaurant. After you find a place, I will negotiate the rent and other matters."
Already."
Father agreed.
After eating, I went to my room and looked at the gifts I brought back from abroad. I hesitated immediately.
My hesitation was not because of anything else, but because of the guitar. I bought it in Vienna and was going to give it to Chenchen. I really didn’t have any other ideas, I just felt that I should go to the music city.
It would be better to buy an instrument for her who loves music.
Later, the reason why I chose this guitar was firstly because it was easy to carry, and secondly because every time I saw her playing it seemed to be this kind of instrument.
Now I am really hesitant because I am worried that she will misunderstand my intentions.
But then I decided to go there. Firstly, I wanted to see what the place was like now. Secondly, I thought that since I had brought the things back, I should give them to her, because I couldn’t play.
It's a complete waste to play this thing here.
I took the guitar and the gift I planned to give to Lin Yu, put them in the trunk of the off-road vehicle and drove to the campus of the Medical University.
I drove the car directly to the outside of the place and stopped not far away. I was surprised to find that there were no weeds outside the place. Now they were all planted with beautiful trees, and underneath the trees was a beautiful lawn.
Although it was at night, I could still feel the beauty of this place. Because this place was not like this when I came here last time, and the contrast was huge.
What also surprised me was that I found that there was music playing in the house in this place, and colorful lights were shining through it.
It opened so soon? I was very surprised.
I didn't immediately take out the things I was going to give her, and just went to the row of houses on the hill. I didn't go in immediately, but stood at a window and looked inside quietly.
I found that several rooms had been opened up, and several thick steel beams were installed on the roofs. There were uneven chandeliers of various colors hanging from the steel beams. There were some tables and chairs simply placed in the space below. Look,
It doesn't feel shabby when you go up there. The whole room is arranged with tables and chairs in a horizontal pattern, and there is a small stage opposite me. The stage is also very simple, with just a few microphones and a few old-fashioned
chair. At this moment, there is a girl I don’t know on the stage playing the guitar and singing. There are some people sitting under the stage, but because there are not many people sitting underneath, it looks a little sparse.
of emptiness.
This is a decoration style called LOFT space. I have seen information on this.
The so-called LOFT refers to those high-ceiling open spaces that were transformed from old factories or old warehouses with few internal wall partitions. This kind of decoration style once became a trend that swept the world after the 1990s.
Art and fashion. Its characteristics are: simplicity, comfort, and the ability to change the space pattern at will. The LOFT space has strong flexibility and is no longer bound by the existing structures, so you can freely let your dreams come into play.
.The white color of the wall is the best canvas. Just a few graffiti on it will look great. If this style is combined with modern simplicity and nostalgic classics, you will definitely get a multi-layered perspective effect.
This kind of decoration style not only has the beauty of simplicity, but also its cost is very low. From the perspective of art and cost investment, this is undoubtedly the best choice, and this kind of decoration style does not require much time.
I guess this place must have just opened not long ago.
I didn't find Chenchen inside, which made me feel relieved. Then I went inside and said to a girl who was serving beer on the table: "Hello, I am Chenchen."
My friend Chen, could you please come out for a moment?"
She looked at me suspiciously, "She'll be back soon."
I said, "I want to trouble you with something. Help me transfer something to her. Because I have something urgent and I have to leave now. The thing is in the car outside. Please."
The girl then followed me out.
After handing the packaged guitar to the girl, I drove toward the countryside. When I was about to go up the mountain, I received a call from Chenchen, "Thank you. I like it very much."
Of course she should be able to think that I gave it to her, because the package has the address of the musical instrument store on it.
I'm very happy because she said she likes my gift. That's enough. (To be continued)