"Demao, I'm back. Why did you tell Magistrate Long that I'm going back to my hometown?" I blamed him after the call was connected.
"Isn't your project there? You should take this opportunity to communicate with County Magistrate Long. I know that you don't like to contact the officials below, so I told him that you have returned.
He said with a smile, and then added: "This can be regarded as a kind of compulsion on your part. Haha! You have to know that my money is also with you, so I care so much."
"You are such a money-lover." I laughed, "but there is one thing you may not know. Magistrate Long actually asked to sworn sworn brother with me. Think about it, I barely know him, how could I agree? Demao,
What's wrong with you officials? Why do you like to do things like that? I simply feel that today's officials have become people in the world."
"This old dragon must be drunk," he said, "but he thought you were good, so he tried so hard to curry favor with you. What happened next? You didn't offend him, right?"
"That's not true. I told him that sworn sworn vows are just a formality and that everyone just needs to have that brotherly feeling in their hearts." I said with a smile. Now that I think about that incident, I still feel very awkward.
"You must have told him about your relationship with me, right? Otherwise you would have no reason to convince him." He asked me with a smile.
"You are so smart." I said sincerely.
"Feng Xiao, you don't know that many people are doing this in officialdom and privately now, so as to form an interest group with each other. Worship is just one of the forms, there are also marriage, teacher-student relationship, classmate relationship, etc.
Family relationships, etc. In short, it is for the purpose of sharing relationships and benefit sharing. There is no way, the current trend is already like this." He said immediately.
So I became a little curious, "What about you? Demao, don't tell me that you also have sworn brothers or something?"
He immediately laughed and said, "I won't engage in those tricks. After all, I have a formal graduate degree, so I don't have such strong charlatanism. One thing I know best is that when I was a pauper,
During the period when I was not successful, no one had ever come to me to seek sworn sworn vows, so I fully understood the true purpose of sworn sworn vows. Although I was not born in the same year, month and day, I hope to die in the same year, month and day. Haha! Isn’t this a joke? Still.
Yes, Governor Huang hates officials doing such things the most. You have to know that he is a leader who came out of a university."
I was convinced. Then I started talking to him about business, "Are you free tonight? I would like to invite you and Ding Xiang to have a meal together."
"Are you looking for trouble with Dingxiang? Why call me here? You are old friends, don't worry, I won't be jealous. I'm not free tonight, and Governor Huang has a reception today." He said with a smile.
"You are so smart. Forget it, I won't eat anymore. I will go directly to your Lilac. I would like to ask her to help me process the experimental data." I said with a smile.
"Feng Xiao." He said, and I could hear the dissatisfaction in his tone. "We are old classmates, and you introduced Lilac to me. You don't need to be so cautious at all. I know you have no special relationship with her.
, Ding Xiang has told me the truth about your relationship. Feng Xiao, what I want to say to you is that you don’t have to be like this. Have you ever thought about it? If the relationship between us is not like this, if you are so cautious, it will
It makes me suspicious. Also, if you do this, it will make me feel that you don't trust me, which is not what I want to see."
In fact, I don’t think I need to do that, but the current situation in my life makes me have a sinister feeling, so I do this superfluous thing to make people feel that there is no silver in this place.
Kang Demao was right, I was too cautious.
But I didn't want to admit the reason for my cautiousness in front of him, so I said: "De Mao, your criticism is right. In fact, I only did this for one reason, that is, I care too much about the friendship between us.
Sorry. I'm sorry, from now on we can be more casual with each other."
"I understand. I also know how you feel. Thank you. Haha! What happened to us today? Why did we become so sour? Okay, you can contact her directly. I will have something to do again soon," he said immediately.
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Originally, I wanted to tell him about the project, but after hearing what he said, I had no choice but to leave it at that.
So I called Dingxiang directly, and she smiled on the phone, "Brother Feng, you are so lucky. I just finished class, and you called me as soon as I turned on my phone. What's the matter? You want to treat me to dinner again?"
I also laughed, "Your Kang Demao is a government official, and it's his business to treat guests, because he can pay the bills."
"Everyone has their own relationship. I like it when you invite me to dinner, that way I feel like I'm being invited." She said with a smile.
I said: "I understand. What you mean is that treating guests to Kangdemao is like eating your own food, right? Hehe! Dingxiang, that's too much. Now you know the difference between inside and outside? Just eat mine.
Aren’t you heartbroken?”
"That's it. What's wrong?" She laughed on the phone.
I couldn't help but smile bitterly. If she didn't admit this, I could have continued to joke with her, but she actually agreed with my statement! This made it impossible for me to make fun of her. At the same time, I found myself making the same mistake again
Problem: Nagging. Isn’t it? I should have asked her directly to help process the data, but instead I talked about a lot of irrelevant things.
She couldn't help but start to blame herself, and then said to her: "Dingxiang, I have another batch of data coming out, please help me process it."
"No problem. You can just send it to my email. But you have to treat me to dinner. I don't want to be your free labor." She said with a smile.
"No problem. Let's wait and see when De Mao is free." I agreed wholeheartedly.
She didn't say anything else, but she asked me next: "Feng Xiao, how is your wife now? Is there any sign of waking up?"
My heart suddenly became dull, "It's still the same. Dingxiang, don't ask me about this matter. Okay?"
She was sighing, "I'm sorry. Brother Feng, are you prepared to continue like this?"
"What else can I do?" I said with a wry smile.
"Actually, you can apply for divorce. It's not like you can't find a woman. This situation is too cruel for you," she said.
"I would not do such a thing. I still regret the divorce between my ex-wife and I. Maybe the divorce is a relief for my current situation, but it is too cruel for Chen Yuan. She did not
Any fault, on the contrary, is because of the situation that occurred because of giving birth to a child for me. I can't do that kind of heartless thing. Lilac, let's not talk about this anymore. I will send you the data right away. I'm sorry to bother you.
." I said. In fact, this is what I have been thinking in my heart. Yes, I cannot apply for divorce under such circumstances. As I just said: Chen Yuan has no fault. On the contrary, the person who is at fault
It's me. So, I don't have any right to file for divorce at all.
Then the data was transferred to Dingxiang's mailbox through the computer. After a while, she replied to me: Got it. I sincerely hope you are happy.
At this moment, my eyes were moist. Her sincere blessing moved my heart and made me truly feel the warmth of friendship.
The call I had with Ding Xiang today had a great impact on my mood. After get off work in the afternoon, I had no other thoughts except wanting to go home.
However, many things often backfire. Just as I was driving home, I suddenly received a phone call, "Dr. Feng, I would like to treat you to a meal tonight. I hope you can make time as much as possible."
The call was from Wu Yaru. I was very surprised: Why are you calling me now? What if I have arrangements or a consulting class today? Then I remembered that she is engaged in art, and her thinking may be different from ordinary people.
I felt relieved. So I smiled and said to her, "Okay. I'm getting ready to go home. So, I'll treat you. I haven't thanked you for what happened last time."
She smiled and said: "The two of us can't afford much food. You can treat me or you can treat me. But you are a man, so you can treat me. Since you are driving, please come and pick me up."
I agreed repeatedly, and then drove the car to the intersection ahead to turn around.
After meeting Wu Yaru at the entrance of the Academy of Fine Arts, I asked her: "What do you want to eat?" Then I felt a little funny and hurriedly laughed at myself: "Haha! I'm just asking for help."
"What does it mean to ask a guest to kill a chicken?" she asked me.
"This word refers to the fact that people in a certain city in our country are very fake. When guests come to their home, they often ask: Do you like eating chicken? If you like it, I will kill one. If you don't like it, forget it.
You must know that chicken was very expensive in the past, and the guests would usually say politely: "Don't bother, just eat whatever you want." So the host made a table of vegetarian dishes to entertain the guests. He also seemed to respect each other very much.
Looks like that." I said with a smile.
She laughed and then asked me: "Which city has people like this?"
I asked her: "Where is your hometown?"
She smiled even brighter and said, "Don't worry, people in my hometown don't have such a habit."
Then I told her in a low voice: "I am from Chengdu."
She immediately bent over with laughter.
I laughed too, and suddenly saw a well-decorated restaurant not far ahead, and immediately drove the car there and stopped. She had already stopped laughing, but when she saw the name of the restaurant, she suddenly started laughing again.
The name of this restaurant is "Jiangnan No. 1 Chicken" (To be continued)