i'm not a bad man

Standing on the opposite side

After all, Qiao Jiao used this way to signal to me that she would definitely come to the small town. I couldn’t tell what kind of mood I was in. I just felt that I should really do something here to change it. Destiny changes the people around me. I don't want there to be another tragedy like Luan Yu and Zuo Xiaowei in my life. If Qiao Jiao really decides to come to this small town, then this change must start with her, at least, I want to help her open a profitable bakery, and then use this bakery to get rid of her bad habits of playing games and often unable to find the direction in life.

Qiao Jiao is such a person. She doesn't even know what ideals she should have or what kind of lifestyle she should pursue. Therefore, her life has no track, so that her life is wandering. This As she gets older, her kind of piaoliangdang becomes more and more unreliable, which prompted her father to come up with the idea of ​​asking her to study abroad. But even studying abroad is just a temporary solution, not the root cause. Because before Qiao Jiao realized what the problem was, she would still continue her previous living habits even in a foreign country, but her father couldn't see it.

It's rare that she wants to start a career. Although the career is not big, the process is valuable. At least she will know the hardships of starting a business and enjoy the joy of starting a business. She can survive in the gap between joy and hardship. Talents are the easiest to grow. If I could control Qiao Jiao's life, I would be more inclined to let her open a bakery of her own, do everything by herself, and in the process, change herself bit by bit.

Having said that, what I am doing now is such a thing. I am no longer the same as I used to be. I want to survive, I want to fight, and I want to make myself and the people around me better, although I will still miss those things. The days of walking on the road, but I never deny that being like this now will be closer to the true meaning of life, because really no one in this world can live alone all the time.

Even me is no exception.

……

I finally replied to Qiao Jiao's message: "I have received the things. If you are really confident about doing this well, then come here and let's start a business together."

"Start a business together, that's what you said."

"That's what I said. If I had known you were so stubborn, I might as well have brought you back with me when we were in BJ, saving you the trouble of going back and forth at home and abroad."

Qiao Jiao seemed to be in a good mood. She first sent a laughing emoji, and then sent another message: "Tell you a secret."

"What secret?"

"Actually, I have never gone abroad. I am now in Sanya, hahahaha."

"What a joke!"

Qiao Jiao still didn't talk nonsense. She sent me a photo. In the photo, she was wearing a swimsuit, standing at the beach, standing next to a coconut tree, standing under the blue sky and white clouds, with a sexy and hot figure...

This is definitely not her using old photos to fool me, because she has short hair in the photos, and I am the one who was blamed for turning her into short hair, so there is no way I would ignore such a detail.

Just when I wanted to say something about this photo, Chang Yuli suddenly came over, stared at the photo and exclaimed: "Go, who is this...this figure!"

I didn’t want Chang Yuli to see Qiao Jiao’s swimsuit photos, so I immediately locked the screen of my phone and replied, “Will you die if you don’t gossip?”

"I don't want to gossip. I really have never seen such a good figure in my life... Brother Chao, who is she?"

Thinking that Qiao Jiao would come to the small town and integrate into this circle sooner or later, I didn't deliberately hide it: "When we were at BJ, you had a chance to meet, but you went to find your friend."

"Then she must be your friend too, otherwise we wouldn't have met her at BJ." "She is a child in Luxi, and I got to know her through Luxi."

Chang Yuli suddenly seemed to have turned into a mountain villager who had never seen the world. He sighed: "Brother Chao, what kind of circle were you in when you were in Qingdao? Xiaowei, Luxi, and the ones in the photo This beauty... No wonder, my dad always wants me to go out and see the outside world, but here, Xiaowei is already the ceiling."

"Your dad asked you to go out to improve your horizons, not to let you flirt with women." After a pause, I sighed: "I can't tell, you are quite boring!"

"I'm not boring, I just yearn for your world... Brother Chao, do you know? Since I met you, I really feel that my more than 20 years in the small town have been in vain... I seem to have lost everything in my life The possibility that I can only live under my father's halo all my life, and now I still have to live in the shadow of Guan Yubo, I also thought about changing my life in another city... But sometimes, when I think about which city to live in, I I would struggle for a long time, because I have no confidence in myself, I am afraid that I will not make money, and I am afraid that I will not be able to make friends after arriving in a new city... I am nothing after leaving my dad. This is what others say most behind my back. The more I heard it, the more I began to believe it myself... So, after all these years, I still stay in this small town, drive for my dad, make a group of friends who don’t get along with each other, and say things I don’t mean. …”

I put my hand on Chang Yuli's shoulder, then smiled and said, "I just saw a woman on my phone that you thought you didn't have in this small town. You really don't have so many emotions... By the way, the photo The woman above is called Qiao Jiao. She sent these baking equipment and refrigerated cabinets. When she heard that I was going to build a scenic spot with you, she planned to build a bakery in the scenic spot that would also sell drinks... She is now in Sanya. , if nothing else happens, it will be here in a few days."

Chang Yuli nodded, but his mood was still low. His depression made me very confused. Is the life that I once had that was so confusing and ignorant, really worthy of being so envied by others?
If I had a choice, I would really like to make an exchange with Chang Yuli. At least he didn't have a poor family. But the accident in our family changed my whole personality, and I became rebellious and withdrawn. , the reason why I traveled around was just because of my desire to survive. I didn’t want to die in that accident. At that time, I was almost out of breath in that kind of family atmosphere.

The longer I've been out, the more I miss home, but all the houses in my hometown have been sold, and my parents are nowhere to be found. Thinking about this, I feel disappointed, so this afternoon, when I was obviously in a good mood, because of Qiao Jiao A photo actually made Chang Yuli and I depressed.

……

This depressed mood lasted until dusk, until Qin Minhong called me and said that we could have dinner together; then I hurriedly asked Chang Yuli to book a place in the best hotel in the small town.

Chang Yuli and I arrived at the hotel first. After waiting for a while, Qin Minhong and Lu Xi also arrived at the hotel. After a few simple words of greeting, I observed Qin Minhong. She seemed to be in a good mood. I hadn't made any suggestions yet. After drinking, she took the initiative to ask me and Chang Yuli to drink with her; I looked at Luxi again, but she couldn't see any emotional changes, but I could tell that she had something to say to me. , because when I looked at her, she was also looking at me...

Chang Yuli opened the Moutai he brought from home, poured a glass for Qin Minhong and me, and then asked Lu Xi: "Sister, do you want to drink too?"

In my memory, Lu Xi didn't seem to have the habit of drinking. I thought she would refuse, but she nodded to Chang Yuli.

After Chang Yuli poured wine for Lu Xi, he explained to Qin Minhong why he couldn't drink yet. So, Qin Minhong, I, and Lu Xi were the only ones at the table who raised their glasses.

After a glass of wine, I finally asked Qin Minhong: "Sister Minhong, how was your discussion with Guan Yubo?"

Qin Minhong smiled heartily and said: "It went very smoothly. Guan Yubo did not object to any of our requests, and the leaders here also highly supported our cooperation. The leaders expressed their position at the dinner table, as long as Guan Yubo can be invited to Luxi to do the work If you want to endorse, just allocate a special fund to them and let them expand the road leading to the scenic spot from four lanes to eight lanes... The premise is that only if you find us, Lu Xi, to endorse you, you can get such treatment. It won't work with other celebrities. , because we at Luxi have represented the most positive image in this industry since we entered the industry, and our roots are upright and popular. With us at Luxi representing Guan Yubo’s scenic spots, we are absolutely not afraid of any negative news in the future that will affect their tourism image... ...Since the leader and Guan Yubo have expressed their stance like this, what reason do we have to refuse?"

The more Qin Minhong talked, the happier she became, but my heart gradually sank...

Due to so many external forces, Lu Xi and I are afraid that we will really stand on opposite sides of business...

Sighing secretly, I drank a glass of white wine by myself. Qin Minhong didn't pay attention to this detail, but Lu Xi saw it all.

(End of this chapter)