I've forgotten how long it's been since I've seen a bright sun.
Donghai City has entered the plum rain season. The roads are wet, the sky is gray, and the city is shrouded in a gray, hazy, and damp rain and mist.
Looking up, only half of the magnificent and dazzling East China Sea Pearl Tower is visible, while the other half is hidden in the clouds, making it impossible for people below to see it.
Chen Zhe had been in Donghai for some time but had never been to the top of the tower. Today, he came to the East District to look for Hu Ling, but surprisingly, Hu Ling was not there.
Recalling Yang Yun's impatient demeanor just now.
"Why have you been coming here so often lately? Don't you have any work to do in the North District? Sister Hu won't be coming back today, so you don't need to come. Because if you come, all those women will be surrounding you, and you won't be able to work properly."
Yang Yun was right. The technicians in the East District had a very good relationship with Chen Zhe, and they were all very excited every time he came.
This displeased Yang Yun. She had a mistaken feeling that Chen Zhe was the manager here, while she felt more like an outsider, so she didn't like Chen Zhe coming here.
Chen Zhe came to see Hu Ling today for a reason: the development of Lijing Park has been temporarily halted due to the discovery of an ancient tomb complex. When will it resume? That will have to wait until the matter of the ancient tomb complex is resolved.
The two had planned this matter beforehand, but the final decision rested with Hu Ling, so Chen Zhe had to come and talk to her. He couldn't reach Hu Ling by phone, and she wasn't at the company. Fortunately, Mo Xiaohong secretly told him.
[I just overheard Sister Hu on the phone; it seems she went to the East China Sea Pearl Tower.]
That's why Chen Zhe is here.
After marveling at the magnificence of the East China Sea Pearl Tower, Chen Zhe prepared to go inside.
Just as I entered the doorway.
He heard someone call his name from behind. It was a young man's voice that sounded somewhat familiar, but he wasn't quite sure.
He stopped and turned around, and the man stepped forward in surprise and said, "Chen Zhe? Is it really you?"
"Yu Da, what are you doing here?"
The person in front of me, who is 1.75 meters tall, wearing a security guard uniform, and has a somewhat effeminate appearance, is my college roommate, Yu Da.
His nickname is "playboy," because he had a glorious track record in college, changing six girlfriends in one year, which is quite terrifying in their dormitory.
In their dormitory, from freshman to sophomore year, everyone except Yu Da was single. Every time the lights went out, the iron-framed beds would creak and groan, as each craftsman would compete with the others in endurance.
Chen Zhe was fortunate enough to be a champion once. Although he didn't feel particularly proud at the time, he still keeps a picture of the banner he received when he was a "champion" in his phone's photo album.
The words "God's Left Hand" are written on it!
"I'm here to find someone. What are you doing working here? Didn't you go to be a programmer?"
He remembered that Yu Da was a programmer at an IT company. He had the most girlfriends in his dormitory and was also the first to find a job.
Therefore, he has always been a role model in the dormitory, and many of the dormitory's legends are about him.
Yu Da waved his hand and laughed; "Being a programmer? What a load of rubbish! Look at my hair!"
Yu Da took off his security guard hat.
Chen Zhe was surprised to see his once thick hair now looking somewhat disheveled.
"Holy crap! What happened? Are you poisoned? Why are you bald?"
Yu Da shrugged. "Yeah, I did get infected. I got a computer virus. I've only been working there for a year, and I'm almost bald. It was even worse before. I'm doing better now."
"Seriously? Does being a programmer really make you bald?"
Chen Zhe also really wanted to become a programmer, since that's what they were supposed to do after graduating from university.
Unfortunately, due to the economic downturn, many companies laid off employees, and most people went into sales, including Chen Zhe.
Yu Da nodded very firmly; "I can assure you, it's true."
"So... that's why you changed jobs and became a security guard?"
The leap from programmer to security guard is quite a big one.
"What, you look down on me?"
Yu Da laughed.
"That's not what I meant. I just felt... it didn't quite match your image as a womanizer... hahaha."
"Haha, you don't understand, do you? One of the biggest reasons I came here to be a security guard is to avoid taking detours."
"What? Like what they say online, it saves you 60 years of detours?"
That's not what I meant!
Yu Da put his arm around Chen Zhe's shoulder and pointed to the mature and elegant woman who had just walked past.
"See that?"
"What did you see?"
"Tsk! Future prospects! Can't you see that?"
"Huh? All I see is a woman in her forties. What future does she have?"
"That's why I said you guys are idiots!"
Yu Da rolled his eyes.
"In today's society, women in the workplace earn just as much as men, and there are many older single women who are often more generous than men. Moreover, they have relatively little romantic experience. Every night, after escaping their busy work, they feel incredibly empty, and that's when they need a young and strong guy like me to comfort them..."
As Yu Da spoke, he licked his lips, his expression slightly lewd.
"Um... what does this have to do with you being a security guard here?"
"Wow! That's a huge connection! Look at my colleagues!"
Chen Zhe followed his finger and saw several pot-bellied middle-aged security guards swaying back and forth with their hands behind their backs.
"My looks are outstanding even among my peers. In front of these older men, with me standing here in comparison, all the women's eyes will be drawn to me immediately. There are several large companies on the East China Sea Pearl Tower, all of them multinational corporations. The female managers there are very wealthy. If I catch their eye, wouldn't I save myself decades of detours?"
Chen Zhe wanted to laugh a little, but he also knew that it wasn't impossible. He just sighed a bit. Back then, Yu Da had very high standards, especially when he dated a school beauty. During the time he was dating her, he was practically arrogant.
When someone comes up to him and asks for directions, he'll be surprised and give a detailed answer.
How did you know I was dating so-and-so?
He wanted the whole world to know that he was dating the school beauty.
"Big brother, didn't you say before that you were going to go out and make a name for yourself in the world? And that you were going to date a world-famous model? How come your goals have changed so quickly in less than two years?"
Yu Da looked slightly embarrassed.
"Hey, it's all in the past. Why are you bringing this up? I just casually mentioned being a world-famous model. Back then, I was young and didn't know how good I was to you. I mistook the school beauty for a treasure. Anyway, the story is complicated. You blockheads would never understand. By the way, how are things with Xu Weiwei now?"
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