I am a super cop

Chapter 1283 Stepfather and younger brother

Gu Chen didn't know exactly what Lu Bin had experienced in these years, but from Lu Bin's eyes, it seemed that he was far more ambitious than his peers.

To be honest, in Gu Chen's perception, Lu Bin was not like this.

Maybe I have witnessed Lu Bin's family go from rich to poor, so I can better understand Lu Bin's changes.

As Lu Bin is his childhood friend, he is also in the same class in junior high school, so the relationship is naturally good.

And in those years, Lu Bin did not lack friends, and seemed to always be the focus of the class.

But since his father's business failed, the family's mansion was taken to pay off debts, and the bungalow was replaced by an old building, it seems that Lu Bin's friends around him have become less and less.

It is precisely because of this that Lu Bin's personality is also changing.

Become irritable, extreme, even violent.

And the closest group of so-called friends who had gone with him before disappeared without a trace when Lu Bin's family was in decline.

Lu Bin, who has seen peak contacts, can only feel the warmth and warmth of people at this time.

His unfortunate family made him depressed, and he finally chose to transfer to Yangcheng to join his mother.

But the mother's death seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Coupled with the broken love after graduating from college, it is estimated that the current Lu Bin has already looked down on everything, and his heart has become extremely utilitarian.

If Gu Chen feels that the co-pilot is still the same Lu Bin from back then, then he will definitely not marry someone he doesn't love at all as his wife.

The reason for the marriage is that the 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?"

"Just drive over there to the end and turn right," Lu Bin said.

Gu Chen obeyed and started the car directly.

After driving for nearly 2 minutes, I came to the gate of an old community.

Lu Bin pointed to a window of a building on the side of the road: "That's my home."

After thinking about it, Lu Bin said again: "It can't be regarded as my family, it is my stepfather's family, and that family cannot accommodate me."

"After all, aren't you all a family?" Gu Chen said.

Lu Bin shook his head, said with a light smile, "One family is right, but it's only in name."

"Since my mother died, this home no longer belongs to me. My stepfather told me clearly that this house can only be left to his own son."

"And as a stepson, I not only have to give my stepfather and younger brother a living allowance every month, but they also squeeze me from various aspects."

"If my mother hadn't told me before she died that she wanted to get along well with this family, I would have broken up with them long ago."

Throwing away the cigarette, Lu Bin said again: "Anyway, I'm getting married tomorrow, and as my relatives, they can also help a little."

"Especially when I heard that I was married to the daughter of a company executive, their attitude towards me was much better than before, and they were willing to help me arrange a marriage, but there were still not enough people, so..."

Glancing at Gu Chen, Lu Bin said again: "So I invited a few colleagues from the company, and 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 difficulty.

Ever since Lu Bin called him and asked him to drive to Yangcheng to make up for the wedding car team, Gu Chen knew that Lu Bin's current life is actually not too good.

Thinking of the astonishing housing prices in Yangcheng, Gu Chen curiously asked, "By the way, Lu Bin, have you bought a house yet?"

"No."

"Then where will you live after you get married?" Gu Chen asked again.

Lu Bin smiled lightly: "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 won't force me."

"But if I want to try to buy a house in Yangcheng, my father-in-law will help me, so that my pressure will be less."

"Then your father-in-law treats you pretty well."

"Hehe." Lu Bin grinned, and said flatly, "To be honest, this is just a colorful marriage with profit output."

"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 the seat, also with a calm 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 brought many apprentices in the company, and many people listen to me."

"So I belong to the middle faction in the company's interest competition, but my father-in-law turned to him in order to win me over, so he agreed to my marriage with his daughter."

"But in my opinion, it's more like a marriage, everyone gets what they need..."

Listening to Lu Bin's eloquence, Gu Chen felt terrified thinking about it.

Fortunately, my colleagues are open-minded, otherwise Gu Chen really doesn't know what he will become.

Seeing Gu Chen's worried face, Lu Bin laughed out loud and said, "Gu Chen, look at you."

"To be honest, you are a policeman, so of course you are not used to this kind of intrigue between social enterprises, and neither am I."

"But later, if I want to develop, I have to slowly integrate and learn to adapt."

"It's really yours." Gu Chen paused, and then asked: "Didn't you say that you want to invite me to sit up there? You can also show me your stepfather's house."

"Then let's go." Hearing Gu Chen's words, Lu Bin opened the car door directly.

Then Gu Chen patted Lu Bin on the shoulder, signaling Lu Bin to come to the back of the car.

When he opened the trunk, Lu Bin was dumbfounded.

"This... isn't this the local specialty of Jiangnan City that I love to eat?"

Glancing at Gu Chen, Lu Bin couldn't believe it: "Gu Chen, I didn't expect that after so many years, you still remember that I like to eat these?"

"I don't really remember, but my parents do." Gu Chen smiled faintly and guessed Lu Bin's reaction.

So he said again: "Actually, you often came to my house to eat, and my parents knew your appetite."

"So this time when they heard that you got married, they didn't have anything to give you. I think it's better to give you some of your favorite souvenirs."

"Uncles and aunts are true love for me." Lu Bin shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Don't bring up these things. If you take them back to this home, I won't even think about taking them away."

"It's better to send it directly to my rental house after I get married."

"It's okay." Gu Chen closed the car door, and couldn't help complaining: "You don't give it to your stepfather and younger brother at all?"

"What are you doing for them? Wasting food." Lu Bin insisted on his own opinion, and led Gu Chen directly to the corridor.

Along the narrow corridor, everyone came to the fifth floor together.

After opening the door with the key, Lu Bin found that there was no one in the house.

"Maybe my stepfather and my younger brother haven't come home yet." Walking to the sofa, Lu Bin threw aside the messy clothes on the sofa and said, "Sit down, the house is a little messy, I'll pour you a glass of water."

"It's okay." Gu Chen walked to the door of the room and took a rough tour.

Although the house with three bedrooms and two living rooms is a bit old, its area is not bad.

Looking at the smallest room, Gu Chen smiled and asked him, "Lu Bin, the smallest room should be the one you live in, right?"

"That's right." Lu Bin held the tea and handed it directly to Gu Chen, "I've lived in that small room since I was a child, but my stepfather reluctantly gave up the big room to allow me to sleep a few more nights when I got married tomorrow."

"He tried in vain to use his hospitality these days to make me treat him better so that he could continue to squeeze me in the future."

"Don't say it so badly. No matter how bad your stepfather treats you, it's hard work for him to raise you up."

Gu Chen also didn't agree with Lu Bin's idea of ​​beating him to death with a stick.

Lu Bin frowned, and said with a faint smile: "You're right, and my half-brother, no matter how bad he is to me, he is my mother's own son after all. Is he okay?"

Gu Chen looked around and asked again: "By the way, I thought I would see many old faces, but I haven't seen any acquaintances until now. Who did you call over this time?"

"Not many people, just a few college roommates." Lu Bin began to peel the oranges.

"What about junior high school and high school?" Gu Chen asked.

"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 married, why don't you call a few more old classmates?"

"Hehe." Lu Bin laughed dryly, and said involuntarily, "But I don't know who is married or not."

"What an embarrassment if it ends."

Seeing that Gu Chen didn't understand, Lu Bin added another sentence: "After all, I don't have much contact with you in normal times. 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 said with emotion:
"No wonder people say that the older a person is, the lonelier he becomes. After all, the world was small when we were young, and we can only talk about friendship."

"But what you have to think about when you grow up is the way of the world, just like preparing the motorcade on the day of the wedding."

Sitting up, Lu Bin looked at Gu Chen with a serious face and said, "At that time, those cars belong to the leaders of the company and must lead the way. Your cars should follow behind the woman's relatives."

"Okay!" Gu Chen nodded silently.

In fact, without Lu Bin's explanation, no one would think it was wrong.

Because subconsciously, Gu Chen understands that this society is not ranked according to the depth of friendship.

Regardless of the team or life, there are always more important things that come first.

As friends, if you can keep from falling behind, that's good enough.

Seeing that Gu Chen expressed his 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 have different circles, and they are naturally alienated. Sometimes when you send a message, you need to verify it."

"But there are also some who changed their identities after conflicts of interest."

"As early as the first time I started a business with my friends, my elders reminded me."

"Although we have a very good relationship now, some things still need to be clarified in advance, otherwise it will be very troublesome at that time, and we may not even have to be friends."

"At that time, I didn't take this statement seriously. I always felt that there was something wrong with it. It hurt my feelings to say that I was too dead."

Turning his head 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 before."

"That's right." Lu Bin has already said it so clearly, how can Gu Chen pretend to be confused?
Lu Bin smiled lightly: "It was really stupid at that time. I started a business with a good friend in partnership. When it came time to sign the contract for the formation of the company, I said we should still share this? No need to sign, that guy also agreed."

"It feels like everyone is so familiar, there is no need."

"It's just that I found out later that it hurts my feelings if I don't say death about some things."

"It's only when you turn your back on you that you realize the hypocrisy of human nature."

"Did they part ways in the end?" Gu Chen said.

"Isn't it?" Lu Bin picked up an apple, weighed it in his hand, and said: "At that time, my partner, while seeing the profit, insisted that he must account for [-]% of the shares. .”

"But it's obvious that he didn't do anything at all. The company is all managed by me alone. Why should he ask for [-]% of the shares?"

Seeing Gu Chen staring at him calmly, Lu Bin, who realized that he had lost his composure, quickly changed his tone.

"I'm sorry, I got a little excited, because after that time, I realized that in the communication between people, we always give each other a position habitually."

"But sometimes I forget that in addition to being my friend, the other party also has roles such as someone's husband, the pillar of a certain family, and an investor in a certain project."

"Besides, it's as small as a wedding ceremony, as big as asking others for help, if you don't pay attention to it, you can mess up a relationship."

Looking up at Gu Chen, Lu Bin also asked himself and answered: "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. It is no longer purely emotional value, but also has more economic and practical value."

"The higher the value, the greater the risk."

Gu Chen nodded silently: "So from this point of view, the so-called getting older and 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."

"As for the occasional heart-to-heart, you can count on one hand. As for those who can be on call, one or two 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 finished speaking, Gu Chen teased, "Is there a next time you're getting married?"

"I mean, next time I go to Jiangnan City to visit you, see what you said, who do you think I am?"

Seeing Gu Chen making jokes, Lu Bin also got angry, but he wasn't angry.

After all, a true friend is not the person you have known since childhood, but the person you don't want to forget even today.

"Okay." Gu Chen nodded silently: "I'm here to treat you to dinner. Next time you go back to Jiangnan City, remember to come to me."

"That is necessary." Lu Bin said.

Just when the two were chatting and laughing happily, the door was opened by 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 hurriedly asked, "Lu Bin, is this your friend?"

"Yeah, he's my classmate in junior high school. I used to go to his house to grab a meal." Lu Bin joked.

The fat young man said with a look of disdain: "How many friends Lu Bin has, you can count them with your fingers."

"You don't have many friends, it's the quality." Hearing what the fat man said, Lu Bin frowned immediately, as if his attitude was not calm.

Of course, Gu Chen also saw this.

The young fat man glanced at the two of them, and couldn't help complaining: "But then again, being able to travel so far from Jiangnan City to attend your Lu Bin's wedding shows that your friend treats you well."

"It's a brother." Feeling the need to reveal his relationship with Gu Chen in front of his younger brother, Lu Bin also said angrily, "This is Jiangnan City's Furong Branch. He is the youngest captain of the criminal investigation team so far."

Glancing at Gu Chen, Lu Bin said again: "Gu Chen, my hair is young."

"So it's Tiao Zi?" The young fat man glanced at Gu Chen, and also grinned: "This guy is really handsome, but you are so handsome, why not be a policeman? How much money can you earn by being a policeman?" ?”

Then he took out a pack of cigarettes, and the fat man put the cigarette in his mouth, and couldn't help complaining, "If you want, I know a buddy from the production team who can take you with me."

"Let's not say it's a good time, but it's still possible to make a little money."

Walking around Gu Chen for half a circle, the fat man said again: "But judging by your looks, I think our benefactors here must like it, why don't you consider coming to Yangcheng to be your son-in-law?"

"Get out of here." Seeing his younger brother criticizing Gu Chen like this, Lu Bin said angrily, "Let me tell you, stop talking about my brother."

"I'm also kind, and I want to show this brother a way to make money." Taking a puff of a cigarette, the fat man also smiled lightly and said:

"I hate it. This face is really unpopular. If I had half your looks, I probably wouldn't have to work so hard now."

"It's good for young people to work hard." Lu Bin's stepfather didn't seem to treat Gu Chen as harshly as his son.

But it's not hard to see from the connivance that his son was called Gu Chen Tiaozi just now, this is also a cynical old fritter.

No wonder Lu Bin hated him so much.

Seeing Gu Chen sitting on the sofa, Lu Bin's stepfather asked, "Should we have dinner here at noon?"

"Does it need to be said?" Lu Bin was also drunk, and said helplessly: "I called my best brother here from a long way to be the driver and best man of the motorcade, and help me prepare for the wedding by the way."

"But you two are fine. Even the question of eating has to be confirmed again, which really disappoints me."

Lu Bin has a lot of grievances, Gu Chen can see this.

Ashamed in front of his brothers, Lu Bin's self-esteem was hurt.

But when he heard that Gu Chen was here to be the driver of the motorcade, the fat man raised his brows and asked quickly, "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 license plate?" the fat man asked again.

Gu Chen continued to nod: "Yes, it's the license plate of Jiangnan City."

"Crack!" Hearing Gu Chen's words, the fat man slapped his hands and said with joy, "So the luxury car with the Jiangnan license plate downstairs is yours?"

"Is there any problem?" I felt that the fat brother was making a fuss, as if he had never seen the world.

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(End of this chapter)