60 It’s bad, this time I’m really in trouble!
While Ni Yue and B Wang were whispering under the sycamore tree, Xu Zhiqian took the opportunity to walk up to Zhang Chenling.
The brown beer bottle still comes first, followed by a "Cheers!" full of infinite affection.
Then he turned sideways, blocking the other colleagues behind him, creating a narrow private space for himself and Zhang Chenling.
Zhang Chenling rolled her eyes at him and lowered her head to take a sip of wine.
Xu Zhiqian smiled, clearly well prepared. "By the way, Mr. Zhang, I haven't told you about what I saw and heard when I returned to my hometown in Ningbo."
"Huh? Brother Xu is also from Ningbo?" Unexpectedly, the wall has ears. Qian Xiaohu came over silently and said in a friendly way: "My hometown is Ningbo too!"
"Oh, haha!" This fellow Ningbo native who suddenly appeared was obviously not very likable. Xu Zhiqian smiled with a forced smile, and a bit of disgust inadvertently revealed on his face.
Qian Xiaohu realized that he was a little redundant, so he took a sip of wine awkwardly and gave up.
Now that they were alone again, Zhang Chenling took the initiative to continue the previous topic, "Did you see your childhood friend when you returned to Ningbo? How is he doing?"
Her eyes accidentally fell on Xu Zhiqian's chest, and she suddenly found that the man's originally bulging pectoral muscles seemed to have become thinner. She blushed and looked down at the beer bottle in her hand.
Xu Zhiqian noticed her little gesture, and a hint of joy flashed across his face, but soon, the smile on his lips gradually disappeared, and he said in a serious tone: "He is very unwell. I hope he can at least make it until National Day. If we have a holiday then, I will go back to see him."
After he finished speaking, he also lowered his head to look at the bottle in his hand. After a while, he shifted his gaze to Zhang Chenling, staring at her without blinking. "This time, I truly realized that life is short and unpredictable. So, I don't want to sit and wait for good things to happen anymore. I want to take back the initiative in my life!"
Zhang Chenling heard the hidden meaning in his words and immediately looked up.
When their eyes met, she was surprised to find that unlike the man's previous flirtatious glances, this time, there seemed to be two flames dancing in his sparkling eyes, and the flames seemed to be burning more and more fiercely, as if they would burn her to ashes in the next second.
I unconsciously took a step back.
She thought to herself: Oh no, I’m really in trouble now!
Xu Zhiqian's childhood friend has liver cancer, in the late stage.
That day, after coming out of Ningbo High-Speed Railway Station, Xu Zhiqian ran straight to the hospital with his luggage. When he walked into the ward, he saw his childhood friend who used to be as strong as himself but now looked yellow and thin to the point of being unrecognizable. He couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat.
"What a fucking idiot!" The childhood friend lay on the bed, stretched out one hand and held Xu Zhiqian's hand tightly, his shriveled chest rising and falling with his vocal cords.
"...If we had known the second half of life would be so difficult, we should have taken the independent path back then. We should have ventured out right after graduating from college, or even skipped college altogether. Like our parents, we could have started some kind of business. Even if we weren't Jack Ma today, we'd at least be a small business owner. That's much better than earning a meager salary and being tied up in a mortgage!"
The childhood friend confessed with all his strength, which made Xu Zhiqian laugh.
They grew up wearing the same pants, attended the same primary school and the same middle school, and only went their separate ways in the year of the college entrance examination.
After graduation, my childhood friend returned to Ningbo and worked in a public institution. Later, like all his peers, he bought a house, a car, got married, and had children at the right time... After completing a whole set of basic operations, his life can be said to be smooth sailing.
The turning point happened two years ago.
The new house he had originally planned to buy for a replacement house was unfortunately unfinished, and the price of the school district house he bought to follow the trend also fell at a visible rate. The unit inexplicably began to fight internally, and the last place in various overtime assessments was eliminated. He was under great pressure and started driving for Didi in his spare time to earn extra money. He was exhausted every day, and felt depressed when he returned home at night. He couldn't help but have a drink alone... In just two years, his health collapsed.
"With our IQ and EQ, we can definitely make money by starting a business," my childhood friend sighed. "Even if we don't do business, we can do live streaming on Douyin to sell goods. Just the two of us standing in front of the camera will definitely sell a lot!"
He spoke more and more excitedly with a trembling voice, and only stopped to drink some water after his wife signaled him several times.
Seeing the water dripping down his chin, Xu Zhiqian hurriedly wiped it with a tissue and said with emotion: "You are right. We have all been deceived so badly. We thought that if we studied hard and found a good class, we could live a good life. In fact, it is not the case at all!"
At this moment, more than half a year has passed since Xu Zhiqian was laid off from a large factory and moved into a youth hostel.
Although he has joined Shangshan Ruoshui as a bathing assistant and his life seems to have turned around, deep down, he still feels that he is at the lowest point in his life.
"...Actually, I've thought about dying more than once," the thief glanced at his wife standing at the foot of the bed and continued, "But when I hear my wife calling me 'husband' and my son calling me 'dad', I want to make one more desperate struggle!"
His wife turned around and wiped her tears.
"Well, you must not give up hope of living!" Xu Zhiqian held his childhood friend's hand tightly and encouraged him, "As long as you live, good things will definitely happen!"
"Not necessarily. Good things don't always come to you on their own. You have to fight for them!" The childhood friend grinned, then suddenly remembered something. "Oh, I was just so caught up in my own complaints that I forgot to ask about you—have you and Lin Meiyi completed the divorce procedures?"
Unexpectedly, his childhood friend still remembered him. Xu Zhiqian felt a little embarrassed. "I took care of it a while ago. I was too busy and forgot to tell you."
"Oh my god, such great news, and you didn't tell me right away?!" My childhood friend was so excited that he almost sat up in bed. "I was still able to walk around a while ago, but when I heard the news, I definitely went to the suburbs to set off firecrackers to celebrate!"
Seeing Xu Zhiqian hesitate to speak, his childhood friend realized something was wrong and his face darkened. "So, did you agree to all the conditions she proposed?"
Xu Zhiqian felt like there was something stuck in his throat. He was silent for a long time before nodding very slightly.
Fa Xiao understood what he meant and couldn't help but curse in a low voice: "Lin Meiyi is such a mean woman. You are so unlucky to be taken advantage of by a pig!"
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Looking at Zhang Chenling and Xu Zhiqian who were chatting face to face not far away, Ni Yue suddenly felt that these two seemed like a couple who were testing each other's feelings!
I couldn't help but tilt my head and observe for a while longer.
Then, he felt that his idea was too ridiculous and even a little offensive.
If her cousin knew what she had just been thinking, she would probably punch her twice - how could a career-oriented woman like her be so foolish as to get involved with a male subordinate?!
What's more, although Xu Zhiqian is excellent, he is not the best that is hard to find even with a lantern. Unless my cousin is extremely hungry, she would not choose him!
Ni Yue couldn't help but laugh at himself for being an idiot.
He shifted his gaze to look at King B who was chatting with a client on the other side of the street.
Having just unloaded the heavy burden, he felt much better. The dark circles around his brow and eyes were no longer dark. He looked full of energy, as if he was reborn.
"Hi!"
Ni Yue sighed, picked up the iced American coffee and took a big gulp, then turned his attention back to the phone screen.
Late in the evening, everyone was drinking happily.
Only she was there, drinking coffee and scratching her head while writing a novel.
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