Liang Jian changed his mind again and went to Xu Jingchu's home. The main reason was that Xu Jingchu, who was alone in Shanghai, had gone through so many things. Maybe he really hoped that an old friend like Liang Jian who knew everything about him could stay with him for a while. He didn't want to get involved.
Her already fragile emotional world added new wounds to her, but if she could not meet even such a small request, how could it not be a kind of harm? So, after thinking about it, Liang Jian changed his mind.
Liang Jian accompanied Xu Jingchu to take a taxi.
Xu Jingchu looked around and said softly: "Why do I always feel like someone is observing us, or directly following us?" Liang Jian thought, in this big Shanghai, who would care about Liang Jian, tracking also costs money.
! She just laughed and said, "Maybe because you are a beauty, some people are following you!" Xu Jingchu glanced at him and smiled charmingly: "You say I am a beauty, but I admit that it's just that I have been alone in Shanghai for so long.
No one is following you when you go in and out, and you were followed after having dinner with you today?"
Liang Jian was quite pleased to hear that Xu Jingchu's words were more confident and optimistic. Maybe this had something to do with him accompanying her.
After getting into the taxi, Xu Jingchu said to the driver mysteriously: "Master, if you see a car following us, get rid of it!" The driver, who was about forty years old, looked at the two of them in the rearview mirror and said
: "No problem. Also, I want to ask a question, am I filming a spy movie?" Xu Jingchu asked: "Spy movie? What do you mean?" The driver smiled: "Only in spy movies, tracking is often used.
Play racing, play with passion and speed. Besides, you two, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, look like actors."
Liang Jian and Xu Jingchu looked at each other and grinned. When someone praises someone, their moods are always very different. Liang Jian said: "Master is a master, and you don't use a good word when you praise someone." The driver gave him a slap.
He passed a black Mercedes-Benz in the direction and said calmly: "It's a joke, it's a joke!"
The driver's driving skills were indeed extraordinary. The car passed through the bustling streets as fast as a small snake. Several times, Liang Jian, who had some driving experience, felt thrilling when overtaking. Soon, the car made a beautiful flick and passed by an old man.
Stopped steadily outside the community.
This community is very different from where Liang Jian imagined Xu Jingchu should live. Liang Jian originally thought that Xu Jingchu should live in a high-end, brand-new, or at least relatively clean community. However, this community is quite old and a bit messy.
When Liang Jian and others walked in, some grandfathers and grandmothers looked at them with suspicion in their eyes.
Xu Jingchu seemed to notice Liang Jian's expression and said, "Do you think the community where I live is too shabby?" Liang Jian said empathetically: "It's not easy to live in Chang'an City. I think Shanghai today is even worse.
You can have a place to live, it should be very good. How much is the house here per square meter?" Xu Jingchu said: "When I bought it, it was 17,000, 60 square meters and one million. Of course, I took a loan! But now, the house prices here are
It has risen to 30,000 per square meter." Liang Jian said: "It seems that in two or three years, you have made a net profit of 800,000 yuan!" Xu Jingchu said: "Actually, for me, the rise or fall of house prices does not matter.
It’s a big difference. If the house price rises to 60,000 per square meter, I can’t sell this little house, otherwise I will have to live on the street, right? If I want to buy a new one, the money will be just a fraction.”
Walking into the corridor, Liang Jian felt as if he had entered old Shanghai in the last century. There was a door open on the second floor, and old songs were playing on the radio. Some people also looked through the door opening to see who was passing by outside. Liang Jian was very special.
Worrying, is it safe for a young and beautiful woman like Xu Jingchu to live in such a place?
Xu Jingchu's house is on the fourth floor. Although the 60-square-meter house is small, it has everything. Just like Liang Jian's rented house, it has bedrooms, study rooms, restaurants and bathrooms. Xu Jingchu said: "I have a shabby room here. It's funny."
!" Liang Jian said: "Actually, I don't even have a shabby house. The place I live in now is similar to your house, but it is rented. The previous house was left to Lu Yuan." Xu Jingchu looked at Liang with emotion.
Jian: "It seems that our tragedies are quite similar."
Liang Jian took a look around the room and could see that it had been renovated. The kitchen and dining room were very clean, and the bedroom was very tidy. Especially the study room was a set of solid wood tables and chairs, and there was a set of solid wood tables and chairs by the window.
A tatami. Seeing Liang Jian’s interest in tatami, Xu Jingchu said, “It’s a sunny weekend.
, I will lean here and read a book."
When Xu Jingchu went to the kitchen to boil water, Liang Jian looked at Xu Jingchu's neat and substantial bookshelf, including Cambridge History of China, Black Hole Theory, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, etc. The categories were rich, and it was obvious that she had a wide range of interests. Liang Jian turned back to the kitchen and said: "You
The book is really a bit complicated to read!”
Xu Jingchu came from the kitchen with wet hands and said with a smile: "There is no purpose. Do you have any good books to recommend?"
Liang Jian's eyes slid over the neckline of her long dress, which was slightly low. She was wearing a thin platinum necklace, and the pendant was a bud-shaped blue crystal, which set off her slightly protruding collarbone, giving it a unique look.
Sexy. With a slight movement in his heart, Liang Jian looked away, looked at her charming smile, and said: "I really rarely read books recently, and I have less time to go to the bookstore. I usually browse Zizhitong when I have time."
Jian, I haven’t read other books for a long time.”
She took out a napkin, dried her hands, picked up a bottle of hand cream from the desk, squeezed a little on the back of her hand, and wiped it carefully. Xu Jingchu said: "** likes to read Zizhi Tongjian the most. It seems that you
After joining politics, my reading became more like that of ***!"
Liang Jian was surprised: "You also know this!"
Xu Jingchu searched the bookshelf with her eyes: "I used to have a review book of **, but I don't know where it went!"
Girls who like reading are inevitably a little aloof. It turns out that part of Xu Jingchu's coldness comes from the trace of intellectual habits she still retains.
There were two colorful fabric futons placed on the tatami, and a small coffee table was placed in the middle. There was a set of glass teapots and teacups on it, which was very bourgeois. Liang Jian sat down on one of the futons and looked out the floor-to-ceiling window.
The night view suddenly gave me a warm feeling in my heart. Xu Jingchu also sat down and leaned softly against the wall. Her eyes slid from Liang Jian's engraved facial features to his curled legs, then climbed up and climbed up.
His resolute chin showed a slight hint of green stubble, and he couldn't help but think: If the person she fell in love with at the beginning was the man in front of her, what would her life be like? Liang Jian turned his head, his eyes fell.
On that set of exquisite teapots and cups, he said: "It seems that you are living a good life. If a person can spend time drinking tea, his life will definitely be better than a well-off life!" Xu Jingchu's smile was gentle and light, like
The clear water in the mountain stream is particularly refreshing: "To tell you the truth, I have enough food for one person now, and the whole family is not hungry. My current monthly salary and benefits are more than 7,000 yuan. In Shanghai, a city with a huge gap between rich and poor,
In other words, if you don’t have enough to eat, you won’t die of hunger!” Liang Jian said: “It’s time to be satisfied. There are still hundreds of millions of people below the poverty line in China!”
"I think so too, but there are many people around me who are more competitive than inferior."
"That's it now."
"Oh, I almost forgot, we haven't had any wine yet." Xu Jingchu thought about the bottle of red wine she had packed, got up and went to the kitchen to get two tall glasses, poured half a glass into each, and said, "If you don't drink it, it will be a waste.
Yes, I don’t usually drink.”
Looking at the liquid swaying slightly in the cup, Liang Jian also became interested: "Then let's finish the wine."
There was a sticky tenderness in Xu Jing's eyes when she first looked over. Liang Jian restrained himself and looked away.
Taking a sip of wine, Xu Jingchu said: "You know, when I was in college, the only person I admired was you!"
"What is there to admire about me? At that time, I was not doing my job properly, was late for class, and was unkempt. I was exactly the target of your job as Secretary of the Youth League Committee!"
Xu Jingchu blinked and looked a little playful: "Everyone else behaves well, but you are the only one who is maverick and aloof. I thought at that time that this person is different, so I took the opportunity to do your job."
With my name, I come to you!"
Hearing what Xu Jingchu said, Liang Jian was simply shocked. He didn't expect that there were still people who were optimistic about those ridiculous years in college, so he said: "Ashamed, ashamed. I can't bear to look back on those days."
Xu Jingchu looked at Liang Jian: "Are you still like that now?"
In the officialdom, being aloof and arrogant is synonymous with immaturity, and the direct result is the end of political life! Liang Jian said: "Of course not! Otherwise, I wouldn't have to hang out in the agency!"
"I sometimes think that people like you really shouldn't stay in an institution. It's such a waste. It's a waste of resources. In an institution, if you have a high school education, you're flexible enough, and you can observe people's emotions, that seems to be perfect."
I often hear many people say that government work is done step by step and does not require much knowledge and ability. It is already a waste for college students to enter the government, not to mention that many graduate students and Ph.D.s have also entered the government. This is simply a huge waste of human resources. Liang
Jian is in charge of cadre work and sometimes considers this issue. However, he thinks this statement has some truth, but it is not entirely true. There are two types of work in the agency. One is basic work, which is implemented. For example, the agency
The tasks such as sending and receiving, copying, notifying, answering phone calls, writing messages, making reports, and engaging in activities can indeed be handled by high school students at the level of a high school student; but there is another kind of work in the agency that is often ignored, and that is decision-making.
You don’t have to be a high school student to do this job. They say the butt directs the head, but it’s impossible to do without a head.
Liang Jian said: "Actually, I don't have any special skills. If I were not in an agency, I really couldn't find any other better place, such as a company. I'm sure I would be worse off, such as doing business. I don't have any connections in this field at home.
and experience.”
Xu Jingchu said: "I always thought you would join the ranks of journalists, writers or professors."
Liang Jian smiled: "Professor during the day, beast at night, forget it!" Liang Jian knew that since he had embarked on the road of officialdom, and the best time had been given to the agency, he could only persist and follow this road.
All the way to darkness! All ifs are just another form of weakness, and he doesn't want to be weak.
That night, I talked a lot, a lot... I haven't seen each other for several years, and I said all the things I might not say to others in my heart. This is the difference between being with college classmates and being with colleagues. We went to the same school together.
, the feelings are different.
Looking at the time, it was already past twelve o'clock. Liang Jian stood up and said, "It's getting late, I should go back." Xu Jingchu's face suddenly showed a deep sense of frustration, and she said, "Do you really want to go back? That's all.
It's late. You can sleep here with me. You sleep on the bed and I sleep on the tatami."
Looking at the woman in front of him, who always had a hint of coldness in her clear facial features, who although not close to him, shared the most intimate topics, and who had always been stumbling on the emotional road, Liang Jian felt a little agitated.
Difficult. Although they are both single, it is understandable even if a man loves a woman, but Liang Jian knows that he is no longer the Liang Jian who just stepped out of school. He is no longer young and can no longer follow what he likes like before.
The woman left her hometown without hesitation, and it was impossible for him to abandon the foundation he had worked so hard to build in Jingzhou and come to Shanghai to start over. Since he could not give her the happiness and warmth she needed, he did not have the courage to stay and give her the hope of a soap bubble.
He said: "It's convenient to take a taxi, so I'd better go back."
Xu Jingchu sent him to the door in despair. The "goodbye" was like a thorn stuck in her throat and in her heart. She couldn't say it out.
Liang Jian looked into her eyes and finally said: "Goodbye."
There were no unnecessary words. Xu Jingchu’s door was closed.
When going down the stairs, Liang Jian's eyes were filled with Xu Jingchu's gaze as he closed the door. The tears in her eyes were like clear water soaked in obsidian, so clear, so clear, yet so affectionate. Could it be that he couldn't have more?
Accompany her? Maybe what she wants is not love, but companionship between people, just the warmth between friends. Is it too cruel to her to turn around and leave like this?
With this in mind, Liang Jian turned around and ran upstairs quickly, knocking on Xu Jingchu's door.
In fact, after Liang Jian left, Xu Jingchu kept leaning on the back of the door. She stared blankly at the room, seemingly not thinking about anything, and blankly looking forward to something coming back...
When she heard the knock on the door, she quickly opened the door and saw Liang Jian standing at the door. She couldn't help it anymore and threw herself into his broad arms: "I don't need you to do anything, as long as you are here
Just stay in the house, that’s all.”
Liang Jian's heart seemed to have been gently rubbed by something. It was very soft and painful.
Liang Jian woke up at five o'clock in the morning. Seeing Xu Jingchu sleeping especially sweetly next to him, Liang Jian felt a kind of contentment and softness in his heart.
Last night, Liang Jian and Xu Jingchu still failed to break through that relationship.
He slept next to her, each covered with a thin blanket. Xu Jingchu fell asleep quickly, breathing evenly...
Before going out, Liang Jian left a note on the dining room table: Seeing that you were sleeping so soundly, I couldn't bear to wake you up. I'll go back now. See you next time.
When he walked out of Xu Jingchu's dormitory building, it was already completely dawn. In summer, the days are long and the sun breaks early. He stood downstairs for a while and saw a fitness square in the center of the community. Many old people were walking there and doing Tai Chi. There was a moment.
, he wanted to look up at the window, but finally held back and took a taxi directly back to Lansheng Hotel.
As soon as Liang Jian left, Xu Jingchu got up. She had actually woken up just now, but she just didn't want to experience another separation and say "goodbye" again. She couldn't stand the burning sourness and pain in her heart when she watched him leave. She stood at the window,
I watched Liang Jian stand downstairs for a while and then left. I thought: Liang Jian, you don’t know I’m looking at you!
Liang Jian returned to the hotel, took a shower, and went to have breakfast.
The driver, Zhou Qiangqiang, followed Li Ju's request and waited in the car early in the morning to prevent Liang Jian from leaving the hotel early. Unexpectedly, Liang Jian returned to the hotel at this time in the morning. Zhou Qiangqiang thought to himself: "It seems,
Minister Liang was very cool last night. If he stayed up all night, there must be something good going on. Why am I not going to die!" Zhou Qiangqiang reported the situation to Li Ju.
A sour feeling suddenly arose in Li Ju's heart: "Did Liang Jian have been with that woman last night?" The phone rang again, and Zhou Qiangqiang said again: "Minister Liang came out, but he didn't drive.
walk."
The Shanghai Rapoo Examination Center is just a few minutes away from the Lansheng Hotel, and Liang Jian walked directly there. Gu Kai, director of the Examination Office of the Rapoo Examination Center, greeted him, and there were two of Gu Kai's subordinates at the meeting. Gu Kai first apologized and said: "Minister Liang
, Sorry, we have been busy recently, so we only have one hour today." Liang Jian said: "It's okay, one hour is enough, let's make a long story short!" Gu Kai said: "Minister Liang, please tell me about your Changhu District first.
Do you have any requirements?"
Liang Jian handed over to Gu Kai the work plan for this competitive selection, a brief introduction to Changhu District, the work focus during the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, and the "Two Sessions" report: "I can't put forward any special requirements, just
I hope that when writing out the test, you can grasp two points: first, public knowledge, preferably with the ability to respond flexibly, and don’t just memorize it by rote. I believe you are familiar with this aspect; second, please come up with one or two test questions.
It is required to test the ability to solve practical problems based on the actual situation in Changhu District.”