Your loneliness is more moving than this world

Chapter 4 Sunset Tiantong Court (3)
After the three-month probationary period, Dongdong gave me a face. She is the one with the best performance among more than 20 newcomers in the same position, even better than many old employees.She walked out of the counter to take a photo with regular customers, saw me approaching from a distance, and shouted in a long voice: "Brother Chao!" I smiled and said to another friend: "This is the little Dongdong in our family." She said: "Good job. I read the report. Many people in the store department praised her, and Mr. Guo always praised her, saying that he would train her to be a store manager. Go back and ask her to see if she is willing to do management work. I said: "Of course I am willing. If you say a word, she will definitely agree."

Dongdong's mother was very happy, and invited me to eat outside. During the dinner, she said to Dongdong: "From now on, I will work hard with your brother Chao's friend. If you are really capable of being the store manager, we will take your grandpa to live in Beijing. Okay?" Dongdong said: "Well, I see, Mom." I said: "Dongdong is very popular there now, Guo Xiaoyu said that even a small store manager of theirs has taken a fancy to Dongdong, and he takes bundles after work all day long." Flowers are waiting in front of their shop." Dongdong's mother said, "Really? How old is this guy? Where is he from? From Beijing?" I said, "I've seen him. He's from Beijing. I don't know how old he is. The family conditions are good, and my father seems to belong to a central enterprise." Dongdong's mother's eyes lit up: "Okay, I said that my left eyelid has been twitching recently, how about it, let me say it right? Our girl As long as you enter a big company, you can be a white-collar worker, even better than them. So, Chao, don’t you know him, and invite him to your house for dinner later. By the way, there is also your friend named Guo. Thank you very much.” Dong Dongbai’s mother said with a glance: “Mom, can you do it, and you are so lenient.” Dong Dong’s mother said: “Okay, I don’t care about you. If you have a chance, talk to him, you are not allowed Play with your two-hundred-five-year-old temperament again." I said, "Let's not interfere, let others deal with it slowly."

8.
On Monday evening, I came home and put the vegetables and cooked food I had just bought into the refrigerator. Dongdong’s mother turned around and said, “What’s the matter? You’re listless. Are you fighting with your Lu Xiaoyan again?” I closed the refrigerator door and crossed my arms. Leaning her arms on the side and not talking, Dongdong's mother stirred the soup in the pot with a spoon and said: "You said you have to find this kind of guilt, how nice is the girl from my sister's family I introduced to you, Slender and big, she opened a shop with her mother and earns no less than you, but you don't want it. Didn't she just never go to college? Your Lu Xiaoyan did go to college, but how does she treat you? A divorced Woman, you have to do things all day." I breathed out, but still had nothing to say, Dongdong's mother put the lid on the pot and said, "Okay, it's useless to say you, you will die."

Lu Xiaoyan rejected my marriage proposal.

I asked her why, and she said no, that is, it is not time to talk about marriage, and I asked her when she could talk about it, and she said that at least now she is not eligible for remarriage, and I asked her what the conditions are for remarriage, she I'm bored, tell me when I can buy a Land Rover and then talk to her about marriage.

Lu Xiaoyan's ex-husband drives a Land Rover, so what she means is that at least I can't lose to her ex-husband in terms of material conditions.She hated her ex-husband, he was a jerk, but she would not easily marry someone who was even worse than a jerk.

When I came back from District [-], I chose to walk home instead of going to the bus station. I spent an entire hour in the scattered lights to observe the place where I lived and the people who were running around like me. It turns out that everyone is the same, that everyone is as crowded and boring as the house here, but dreams of unattainable things.

After the new year, I stopped taking the initiative to find Lu Xiaoyan. In my spare time, I just spent time with a few old friends who had just moved to Tiantongyuan. They were all colleagues from my last company, and the leader was Bai Dachuang.Da Chuang is from Jiaodong, with a bold personality. Since he moved here, he often calls to greet all old acquaintances for gatherings, and has a very high popularity.

After dinner and playing billiards, I couldn't enjoy myself, so I called on everyone to chip in and go to the nearby KTV to play.I disagreed, and told Da Chuang that I knew a large KTV chain, and that if everyone went there, I would like to treat them.Da Chuang expressed his disdain. First, he thought it was too far away, and second, he insisted that those chain-operated KTVs are not as fun as here.

In the private room, Da Chuang skillfully asked the waiter for a girl. I stood up again and brought out the news that a certain KTV was censored. Da Chuang continued to disdain and encourage everyone to vote. Can only resign to fate.

The girls came in and stood in a row skillfully, showing the moves and smiles of wild models, and she was sandwiched awkwardly in the middle with lowered eyelids.In fact, I was far more embarrassed than her, but I couldn't say anything about it.She was picked away and sat on a distant sofa to help a boy pour wine and light cigarettes.When Da Chuang talked about dirty jokes, he began to hook his shoulders on the sofa, and the scene became hotter and hotter. I couldn't hold it any longer, so I stood up and said, "Old Bai, change me with that." Da Chuang was stunned and said: "X, you're really bothering." I said, "Stop talking nonsense, change it quickly!" Da Chuang said, "If you like this style, tell us earlier, we thought you were out of this world." I took out one hundred yuan and handed it to the girl next to me, saying, "Go there." Then I pointed to her and said, "Come here." She sat down, her face was much more relaxed, and she looked at me, and found that I had a dark face , burst out laughing.She grabbed the bottle and poured me wine, I pushed it away and said, "You don't have to do this, just sit down." She froze for a moment, obediently put the wine aside, and raised her chin to watch the others sing.After the song, the hozen dispersed, and everyone gave tips to the girl next to me. She pushed my hand away and said, "You don't have to do this, go back first."

That night, the singing girl came back with the support of others, completely drunk.I stood at the door and asked, "Why did you drink like this?" Her sister said, "She is like this. She always misses her daughter two days a month. She feels unhappy and wants to force herself to death." After the girl fell asleep, I sent the others downstairs. One of the girls stood still at the corner of the stairs and asked me, "Are you her boyfriend?" I said, "Yes." She said, "Then you should Care more about her, don't just treat her like a daughter-in-law when you get home!" I nodded and said, "Okay, okay."

On the second watch, the singing girl was standing in front of my door in her pajamas with loose hair. I got up and turned on the light and said, "Are you awake?" She pursed her mouth and said nothing.I said, "Still uncomfortable?" She fell over and cried.I helped her to sit on the sofa, took a glass of water and handed it to her, she drank it in one gulp, looked at me and said, "I want to vomit."

In the bathroom, I helped her kneel down, grabbed her hair with one hand, and patted her back with the other. She stretched out her thin arms, clasped her hands tightly to the edge of the toilet, and vomited profusely.After vomiting and washing, she completely fell apart and collapsed on the cold floor. I carried her back to the room and put her back to sleep.When I returned to my room, the door of the master bedroom was gently opened, and Dongdong's mother showed half of her head and said, "Chao, listen to Auntie, don't do anything with this woman, she is not a fuel-efficient lamp." I said: "I and She's really fine, and I'm not stupid." Dongdong's mother closed her eyes and nodded, closing the door gently.

After a long period of time, I didn’t see the singing girl again. Her door was locked and her slippers were messy. No one knew when she left, and no one asked. No one seemed to care about her except me. Such neighbors.

9.
Guo Xiaoyu found me and pulled me to the corner of the restaurant. I was coy and didn't know how to open my mouth for a long time. I said, "What's the matter? Look at how hard you are." He bit his lower lip and said, "Can you find someone Time to ask Dongdong out for a talk?" I said, "What's wrong with her? Did she get into trouble?" He said, "First of all, you promise that you should know this matter yourself, and don't tell anyone else." I said: "Don't talk nonsense, talk quickly." He said: "Yesterday, when I got off work late, I passed the No. [-] store and saw that there were still people working overtime, so I went in and looked. It was Dongdong who was cleaning the warehouse by himself. I helped, and then this The girl didn't know what was going on, so she just... pounced on me, I was unprepared." I said, "You..." He raised his hands: "I swear to you, I didn't do anything, really, just Stop it, and then educate her." He continued: "I was a little flustered yesterday, and I talked nonsense to her. I don't understand what this girl is thinking. I am afraid that she will think something. Can you help me find her? Talk to her once, to comfort her for me? But don't say it too clearly, everyone try to ignore this matter, so as not to affect her work." I said: "Do you like her, have you given her hints or something? ?” He stared: “Who do you think I am? Do I have a girlfriend? You don’t know my girlfriend’s temper. Do I dare to do anything wrong?” I said: “Then how do you want me to help you? Talk? Who knows what’s going on in this kind of thing?” He pulled me closer and whispered, “I’m here to beg you, you just try to appease me, I’m afraid this girl will be sad, she has a lot of self-esteem.”

I know Guo Xiaoyu, he is a very professional executive, he is always taboo about scandals at work, maybe he really just treats Dongdong as an excellent female subordinate, just like I regard her as my own Same as sister.I can also fully imagine the situation in the warehouse. Dongdong has never been a vegetarian for the person she likes. Her desire to explode is enough to make any self-proclaimed unrestrained person feel embarrassed, let alone Guo Xiaoyu, who considers himself to be prudent. man.

Thinking about it carefully, she showed clues on the first day she went to work in the company. She was unprecedentedly diligent, unprecedentedly excited, her eyes were shining brightly, at home or at work, she never left Mr. Guo, and she always asked this man for advice on everything. , Guo Xiaoyu's tall and handsome appearance, elegant and intellectual temperament, more or less satisfied the girl's long-standing Electra complex.

Dongdong didn't resign, but the number of times she went home was less and less, and she tried not to talk to others when she was at home occasionally. She stared blankly at the TV while eating, looking devastated.Dongdong's mother smelled it and asked me about her daughter's recent situation. I made up a lie and told her that Dongdong's best colleague had resigned.

At the entrance of the shopping mall, I saw her from a distance, smiled and waved to her. She came over with a bag, and I said, "A friend from home today? Buying so many vegetables." She said, "A high school classmate from Yangyang came to eat at home. , you come over to eat at night, my mother went to the vegetable market and bought a lot of meat." I glanced at Lu Xiaoyan and said, "We will eat outside at night, so we won't go back." Dongdong pursed his lips and smiled, and took out the meat from the bag. Passed two tomatoes to Lu Xiaoyan and me.Lu Xiaoyan put it under her nose and smelled it, then threw it back into the bag.Dongdong said: "Don't you want it?" Lu Xiaoyan rolled her eyes and said, "What kind of rotten stuff, I don't eat this kind of cheap discounted goods." Dongdong's face darkened.I quickly said: "Oh, what are you doing for her? She is allergic to tomatoes, so go back first, Dong, it's tiring to carry this bag of things, remember to tell your mother that you don't need to prepare my portion at night." Dongdong Looking at Lu Xiaoyan, he reached out and picked out the tomato and threw it into the trash can next to him.

I chased to the intersection, grabbed Dongdong and said, "Don't be angry, she's just like that, if you see her again in the future, just ignore her." Dongdong pushed my hand away, shed tears, and said calmly : "It's okay, I'm the one who is cheap, you go back."

I stood under a maple tree, looking at Dongdong's back, feeling a pang of pain in my chest.Lu Xiaoyan caught up and said angrily, "What are you doing!" I said, "Lu Xiaoyan! Can you stop being so over the top in the future!" She said, "Why did I go too far? Didn't I just throw a tomato? Girl, you want to quarrel with me?" I turned around and looked at her: "What's wrong with the people from the Northeast? People from the Northeast are more loving and righteous than you!" Lu Xiaoyan was so angry that her face was flushed and she kept silent, I left her Go straight in the direction of home.

"Wangdandan!" she yelled out.I stopped, and she continued to shout: "What the hell do you mean!" I turned around and said: "It's not interesting, let's break up, and don't let me see you again."

After dinner, everyone helped Dongdong's mother clean up in the kitchen. I piled up the remaining dishes in front of Yangyang, washed my hands and walked to the door of the master bedroom. Dongdong was staring at the bed in a daze. I patted the door and said: "Come to my room, I have something to discuss with you."

(End of this chapter)