A lounge

Time is like water, and there is no stop. Before I knew it, I have been in Taiwan for nearly half a year. After successfully eavesdropping on a series of top-secret conversations by the Sishui Gang, the Yuehai Gang and Hexingshe alliance carried out several successful attacks on the Sishui Gang. This attack not only dealt with the drug trafficking of the Sishui Gang, but even directly affected their operations in many aspects.

I did not participate in these actions of the Yuehai Gang and Hexingshe. In this regard, Hun Sen and I have reached a consensus. After he reached an agreement with Wu Yongbiao, what happened next was already between their two gangs, and I didn’t need to come forward to coordinate again. Although the Yuehai Gang was almost forced into a desperate situation by Sishui and was greatly damaged, once he received strong help and had accurate information, he had a great victory. This scene always reminded me of Wei, Shu and Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, and Liu Bei, who was chased by Cao Cao, finally got the help of Sun Quan. The two strong forces joined forces and finally defeated Cao’s army in the Red Cliff.

It is a bit inappropriate to describe these gang leaders by the great heroes of the Three Kingdoms. My mediation and lobbyist role in the middle is even more different from Mr. Kong Ming's wisdom. The reason why I mentioned the Three Kingdoms is just an analogy. Or the only thing that is, whether it is a battle of troops or a gangster, there is actually not much difference in essence, it is just a battle of power and desire. Human nature is always greedy and lustful, and there is no kingly general or street gangster gangster.

The balance of victory or defeat is often in a moment. Once the balance is broken, the subsequent chain reaction is simply a series of chain reactions. Of course, this chain reaction is definitely definitely negative for the Sishui Gang. In just one or two months, the Sishui Gang even felt like the army was collapsed. Drugs were intercepted, the territory shrank, and the alliances were deviated one by one. Once a person was transported, it was absolutely impossible to stop it. In just two months, Lu Zhongtian's originally slightly white temples had turned white. Although he still shaved his face very clean every day, his deep eyes and yellow skin made people know at a glance that he had completely depressed.

The truth is indeed the case. For the Sishui Gang, it can barely support it on the surface, but insiders understand that they are actually completely entangled. After a series of setbacks, not only the drug lords from Thailand, South Korea, Japan and the United States, such as the other countries, were very dissatisfied with him, but even the police have begun to investigate Sishui. According to Hun Sen, the police in T City have cooperated with the bank to freeze all the funds of Zhongtian Industrial, and even issued an injunction to important figures in the Lu family to restrict the island and be investigated at any time.

Every time I go to the Lu family intermittently, I can see that no matter Lu Zhongtian or Lu Jiahao and their confidant gangs, they reveal a gloomy atmosphere. Obviously, they can't even think of where they are defeated. Everyone is suspicious of each other. Needless to say, Lu Zhongtian must have thought that there was an undercover agent beside him.

As for the eavesdropping device, after the Yuehai Gang and Hexingshe won an overwhelming victory, Hun Sen asked me to secretly remove it for my safety. Even if he wanted to thoroughly check it, he would never find any clues. In Hun Sen's words, Sishui now has no money, no one, and no one is needed to stare at him, and they will definitely not be able to play any tricks. For some reason, watching the Sishui Gang gradually collapse, I felt a little uncomfortable. I just felt strange in my heart, and even had a strange feeling of sadness from the rabbit and the fox. I don't know the origin of this feeling and why.

In winter in T City, there is naturally no ice and snow, but the windy days are a little cool. The fashionable men and women on the streets also show a winter mood, and office workers start to wear windbreakers. Walking on the street, watching the falling leaves, I can't help feeling a little lost in my heart. Occasionally, I have been in T City for half a year. Many times, I no longer have the feeling of being a foreigner. Whether it is dressed or living habits, I am no different from the locals, and even my accent is completely accustomed to the soft Mandarin pronunciation in the local language, and I will pronounce it into a sweaty sound when pronounced by the word "he".

At the end of the year, Fang Yezhen's work has become even more busy. She always has to go back and forth in T-City for one to two days. She rarely has time to accompany me. According to her, in the next few months, she will be busy with her tours everywhere and will no longer return to T-City.

I continued to teach students from nine to five at Mingcheng Middle School. My only entertainment was to learn English and many various knowledge books that I thought were useful. After growing up, I felt that learning seemed to be a real interest for the first time. I spent most of the rest of my time in school. Looking at these naive students, I sometimes had a illusion that I was really an ordinary office worker teacher. This was a leisurely time for my life that had been turbulent.

"Wenjun, let's have a midnight snack together later." When she got off the cram school, Shu Yue seemed to remember something, took a few steps, and suddenly said to me. I was stunned for a moment. This was the first time she had asked me to have dinner after class in the past two months. "Don't mind, I don't have anything to do, I just want to ask you to eat something with me." Shu Yue looked at me, and a quiet smile appeared on her face. Seeing that I was hesitant, she smiled and said, "I really don't have any ideas. If you have something to do, then next time."

I smiled happily, shook my head, and said, "I'm fine, let's go! If you want to eat something, I'll treat you." Shu Yue smiled and said, "I didn't think about anything delicious, I just felt greedy, just think about it while walking."

She and I walked slowly on the street, found a nightclub I used to go to, and sat down. I put on a steaming hot pot. Shu Yue rubbed her hands and chuckled, "It's only a few days to eat hot pot here, and it feels so good." As she said that, she poured a roll of mutton slices and gave it to me, and suddenly she was a little silent, as if she was worried.

"What's wrong? Is there anything I want to say?" I asked. Shu Yue shook her head and said, "It's nothing..." He hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help saying, "I'll end my contract at the cram school next week." I said oh, and said, "Do you still renew your contract?"

Shu Yue let out a long breath, sipped the beer gently, and the chopsticks were picking up the dishes in the hot pot and gently scalded them, saying, "No, I'm a little annoyed, I want to change the environment." I didn't know what to say for a moment, so I could only say, "That's fine, there are many opportunities to make money. As long as I have the ability, I can make money. There is no need to teach middle school and go to cram school again. This is too tiring." Shu Yue smiled bitterly and shook her head, and said slowly: "Actually, I had submitted my resignation to the school yesterday."

"Ah!" I was shocked and said, "Why, don't you even plan to do the school work?" Shu Yue nodded softly and said, "My boyfriend has retired. He has a relative who runs a restaurant in South Africa, and his family also has shares. He is going to open a branch recently, so his family wants him to help with the management." I said Oh, and then I remembered that she had heard from her sister Shu Rong that Shu Yue did have a boyfriend who is Abing Ge.

"What do you mean, you should follow me?" I asked.

Shu Yue nodded and said, "This is the decision, I will leave the day after tomorrow. I have packed up all my things." I nodded and said, "So that's what I want to ask..." Shu Yue naturally knew what I was going to ask, and then smiled and said, "It's not as you thought. I haven't planned to get married so soon. I didn't go to restaurants with him. But I have always longed for Africa and wanted to take an opportunity to develop it."

I said, "What are you going to do?" Shu Yuetou looked to the ceiling and smiled, "I don't know, I'll spend some time traveling on the African continent for half a year. Anyway, I've been working as a translator for a while and have a good relationship with many publishing. By the way, I can help them make some travel albums, and they can make money and play. If I'm really happy, I might settle there."

For some reason, I was a little sad and stunned for a moment and said, "So, I'm calling me out today, is it a farewell party?" Shu Yue pursed her lips and said, "That's right, but this meal is no longer aa, I must have invited you!" Her face darkened, and she said in a low voice: "I don't know what you think, but I always think you are a good friend. After we part, we don't know if we have a chance to see you again in the future."

I was silent for a while, raised my glass and said, "I am the same. I think you are a good friend. If you want to leave, I will definitely support you, but remember, no matter when you see me again, don't pretend not to know me." Shu Yue laughed and said, "How could this be? I said this, I don't care. If you see me again in the future, don't think it's not remember." As she said that, she raised her glass and touched me gently.

Cheers sounded, and the two wine glasses made a crisp sound of clinking like silver bells. Both of them showed smiles that blessing each other, but there was a hint of melancholy in my heart. Even though life was growing slowly and unexpectedly, I knew better that some people, once they disappeared from the sea of ​​people, might be the end of fate.

At the MRT station, I kept sending Shu Yue to the platform. The unique smell of air in the subway surrounds the surroundings. All those who came back late were waiting for the arrival of the last team tiredly. Shu Yue stood on the edge of the subway, with her face slightly red due to her drunkenness, like a summer rose. She was even more beautiful and pretty than the beautiful photos in the light box advertisement.

The roar sounded, and the subway had already entered the station. The crowds of people flocked into the car, Shu Yue turned around and urged me, "You go back, I won't go home today, I'm going to go wherever he is! It's safe near his house." I nodded and smiled, "Can you do it? I think you're a little drunk."

Shu Yue blushed and did not answer, but just stared at me in a daze, as if there were thousands of words in her eyes. My heart moved, and I felt the urge to hug her. I loosened my heels and just raised my hand, Shu Yue had already smiled and said, "Goodbye! Remember to learn English well." Then she turned around and flew into the car with the people who got on the bus.

My hands stopped in the air, and the car door slowly closed, Shu Yue's smiling face had disappeared. But I clearly saw a trace of tears flashing in the corner of her smiling eyes. The subway body slowly slid past me, and the reflection of the window glass made me unable to see her inside, but I thought, she was still looking at me at this moment.

This was the last bus. In an instant, the entire MRT station was empty, and even the elevator had stopped running. I walked back alone on the stairs, and my clear footsteps echoed in the corridor. I felt like I didn't know how to describe it. I was a little disappointed and a little depressed.

On the walls around, those extremely beautiful light box advertisements are turning pages, and their faces appear in my mind like movies. Zhou Yi, Lin Yang and Jiang Yixin, who have lost contact, Belle and An Youqing, who have already gone to the country, Bai Ling, Meng Jiaying, and Shu Yue, who are about to leave. These are the flowers that have appeared intermittently in my life, and they have left me one by one. I don’t know when they meet, and some of them will never even be able to see them again.

A wandering guitarist, holding the guitar lazily, sat on the ground at the entrance of the tunnel, closing his eyes and playing the strings of the piano. The sound of the piano was melodious, and it was the beautiful song Romeo and Juliet. I took out my body, threw all the money in the empty box in front of him, and waved to the empty corridor.

Goodbye! Dear girl! The only fate that cannot be escaped in life is death and separation.

It was late at night, and the neon lights on the street were still flashing. It was not the sidewalks in the night city area, but it was already empty and deep. I don’t know if it was because Shu Yue left, which made me feel a sudden low point or the influence of alcohol. Looking at the empty long street, I felt a little lonely. This was because I suddenly felt lonely after so long after I came to T City.

I know myself much, but with my mood, even if I go home, I will be destined to suffer from insomnia. "Go and drink, it is rare to have the desire to drink. Even if I don't get drunk, I can wake up until I drifted." I muttered myself.

Like many metropolitan cities, it is bustling and crowded during the day, but at night, it is never night. There are various restaurants, cinemas, kTVs and even bookstores that are open 24 hours a day, and lounges and pubs are no exception. Naturally, I walked into a lounge called "Suijing".

The lounge is decorated very romantically, with the wooden frame structure presenting a European country style, with various puzzles hanging on the walls. The layers of light and shadow are full of artistic beauty. It can be seen that the owner is definitely a very stylish person. But the business here is average. After I entered, there were only a dozen people inside. Only a few couples were whispering in a silence.

This lounge is said to be held by Mr. Qin, who teaches English at the school. Because of this, many teachers' birthday parties and many parties are held here. I have also come here several times and am quite familiar with the young bartender named Asi in front of me.

Asi made a glass of gin for me. He smiled and said, "Teacher Wen, why are you so happy today? Come alone!" I smiled and savored the wine slowly. It was probably because of the light business. When I saw a regular customer, Asi wiped the wine glass and said to me, "By the way, Teacher Xu and the others just left, why don't you come together?" I said, "Why, Xu Xiaohui and the others have been here?"

Asi nodded and said, "Yes! I came with her boyfriend." As he said, he said with a strange smile that revealed his privacy, "I think the two of them seem to be having a quarrel, and their faces are very stiff. He even quarreled in public, causing some of our guests to be gone."

"No, noisy here?" I laughed. Asi shook his head and said, "That's right, the teacher of your school, I think it's Teacher Wen, you're gentle. Those other people are noisy every time they come. If you don't say it, people won't guess it's the teacher." I was called Sven by him, and I couldn't help but shake my head and laughed: "I can't speak Sven, either, I'm just not talking much."

Asi smiled and said, "People nowadays have a lot of work pressure, so it's okay to come and vent at night. But I always think that it's better for teachers to endure loneliness." I said, "There's no job and not irritating. However, it's really inappropriate for lovers to quarrel in public. It's really not appropriate for students to see it." Asi nodded and said, "It's not that, it's normal for men and women to have a quarrel. It's really not that exciting to move to people to make trouble." He shook his head and sneered, "But her boyfriend is not very manly enough. He is so tall and heroic. He actually slapped her in front of so many strange guests. I really can't do it if I change it."

Then I remembered that Xu Xiaohui's boyfriend was Hu Zhanyu, and I was stunned and said, "Hu Zhanyu actually beat him in public?" Asi responded, "That's right, Teacher Xu didn't even take the bag. Why don't you take it back and take it to her?" He pointed to a delicate leather shoulder bag hanging on the wall inside the bar.

I shook my head and smiled, and said, "Forget it, I will definitely not want people to know about her being beaten. If I give her the bag for you, she will definitely feel uncomfortable." Asi smiled and said, "That's right, Mr. Wen, you are thinking carefully."

Before I knew it, I drank three glasses of wine and went in. The gin here is what we commonly call gin. Although the alcohol content is not high, I have drunk a lot of beer with Shu Yue just now. After drinking three glasses of gin, I still felt a little fluttering in my head. This is exactly the level I wanted to reach just now.

It was getting late and I was about to check out and leave. Suddenly, there was a creaking sound of the wooden shop door, and someone had already stepped in. I turned to Asi's gaze and looked around, and I was stunned. The person who came in was actually Xu Xiaohui.

Xu Xiaohui walked straight to me, her eyes dull, and she didn't even notice my existence. She just said to Asi: "I forgot to take my bag just now. Have you seen it?"

Asi quickly took off his bag from the wall and handed it to her, "It's here. I saw that you are in a hurry to leave, so I will save it for you first." Xu Xiaohui was obviously in a very bad mood. She didn't even say thank you. She took the bag and wanted to turn around and leave.

Just as she turned around, she happened to meet me. I waved to her and said, "Teacher Xu, you are nothing." Under the lights of the bar, Xu Xiaohui's face was pale and her eyes were swollen. Needless to say, she obviously cried.

Xu Xiaohui noticed me only then. She couldn't help but say strangely: "Teacher Wen, it's you!" I nodded, and saw that her face was lost, she didn't want her to be embarrassed. She asked knowingly: "Is something happened?" Xu Xiaohui smiled miserably and shook her head and said: "No, nothing happened." I didn't want to ask anymore, thinking that since she refused to say it, I don't have to ask anymore. After all, the relationship between men and women has nothing to do with me, not to mention that my relationship with Hu Zhanyu is a bit weird.

But she was also a "colleague". She was obviously in a bad spirit and was not very reasonable to ignore it. Just as she was thinking about something to say, Xu Xiaohui suddenly turned red and she sat on the empty chair next to me, then her head fell on my thigh and started crying.

Asi and I were both stunned!
Chapter completed!