I didn't respond to Le Yao anymore because the topic just now was raised to relieve my nervous mood, and as Zhou Zhaokun got closer, there was no point in continuing.

Zhou Zhaokun finally walked into the sunshade. He dropped his umbrella and said to me calmly: "Thank you for your hard work today."

"It's not hard to say, and I have gained a lot today."

Zhou Zhaokun nodded, then took out a check from his pocket and handed it to me, saying, "I just took the fifth suite, you can hold this check."

I said with a sorry smile: "Doing activities in your inn, I finally asked you to pay for the donation. This is probably what the wool comes from the sheep."

"It's all for charity, and I don't care about these things. I hope you can properly deal with the 200,000 and help those vulnerable groups in need as much as possible."

I took the check from Zhou Zhaokun and said to him solemnly: "This is my responsibility, please rest assured!"

Zhou Zhaokun clicked and then fell into a brief silence, but I was anxious in this silence because I had been waiting for him to express my opinion.

At this time, Le Yao, who had not spoken, finally spoke to Zhou Zhaokun: "Mr. Zhou, are you still satisfied with the event tonight?"

Zhou Zhaokun looked at me and replied, "I was satisfied overall, but the final part of the auction was a bit unsatisfactory."

Le Yao replied sensitively: "What do you mean is that I have helped Zhaoyang with the overwhelming help. Shouldn't the woman in red raise the bid again and again?"

Zhou Zhaokun nodded and said his thoughts frankly: "I think this is a bit sensational. Public welfare should be simple and give from the heart, rather than a general public comparison."

"It's so funny. According to your logic, isn't the last 200,000 you paid for yourself to be a sensational?"

I stopped Le Yao from talking, because people with a literary complex are mostly paranoid, but this paranoid can also be understood as faith, so Zhou Zhaokun will have the word "faith" tattooed on his neck.

I was silent for a moment, and after making the worst plan, I asked Zhou Zhaokun: "Mr. Zhou, do you not agree with this event?"

“I am a perfectionist and I want the people or things I pay attention to and expect are perfect.”

My heart fell to the bottom of the valley in an instant, and I was silent for a long time before saying, "You have given me the answer, right?"

Zhou Zhaokun did not answer me positively, and he asked back: "I remember you and the tourists promised that this activity would continue."

I didn't understand his intention, but nodded because I did say this.

"I hand over the management rights of Yuanlai Inn today to you, so your promise today is to be the owner of the inn to tourists. I hope you can represent the inn as a trustworthy person..."

I was a little stunned, and it took a long time to ask for sure: "What do you mean?"

Zhou Zhaokun smiled and replied, "There are exceptions in everything, and I don't think anyone will do better than you today after taking over, so... the inn is handed over to you according to the plan you proposed before, for a period of one year. If you let me see the business results you want in this year and we will renew the contract, do you think it's okay?"

The disappointment and excitement changed so quickly that I felt like I was dreaming. It was not until Le Yao next to me that she came back to her senses and said to Zhou Zhaokun: "Yes, of course!"

Zhou Zhaokun patted my shoulder and encouraged him: "Come on the inn tomorrow to sign the contract... Come on!"

I nodded: "I will let this inn develop in the direction you expect."

Zhou Zhaokun nodded with me, without saying anything more. He simply said goodbye to me and Le Yao, then held up his umbrella and left the awning and walked towards his Lamborghini.

......

The car was roaring from the engine, and disappeared from our sight like a elves in the dark, but my heart suddenly surged, and I felt that my hands had touched the edge of success, so transparent and so textured...

The past was hit hard by life, the lost love and the humiliation it suffered seemed to be burning wildly in my body. I couldn't bear it, and ran into the falling rain, raised my head, closed my eyes, let the rain hit my face, let the soul soak in this biting cold, so the flames in my body finally went out, as if turning into a fragrance, lingering on the road that was about to move forward in the future...

Seeing the brightness of the future, the unimpeded pleasure filled my body, so I clenched my fists and roared in the rain: "Ah...!"

Le Yao, who had been staying in the awning, suddenly rushed out of it. She hugged me tightly and vented her way like me...

But I calmed down amid her shouts, then stuffed the almost wet check in my hand into her waterproof jacket, attached it to her ear and asked loudly, "What's your name?"

Her answer was louder than me: "From last year to this year, I have completed the transformation of my life. I feel very happy. Why can't I call you like you...ah...ah!"

The heavy rain is still hitting our bodies, but I am not afraid. I just feel that I and Le Yao are like two swifts that break through the bondage side by side, giving each other the power to empathize with each other, soaring in this boundless sky and no longer want to look back on the days when I once struggled at the bottom of society.

......

This night, Le Yao did not stay in the suite she took photos of, "Yuanlai Inn", but went back to my inn because she caught a cold in the rain again!

I brought a bowl of cooked ginger soup and cold medicine to her room. She supervised her to drink and was about to leave, but she called me.

I asked in confusion: "So what's wrong?"

"What day is the day after tomorrow, do you still remember?"

I recalled, but couldn't remember it very much, so I asked, "Is it the anniversary of how many years we have known each other?"

"You are stupid. It's your birthday the day after tomorrow. Otherwise, do you think I will come to Xitang to find you with shame?"

As soon as I calculated the days, I suddenly said, "It's really my birthday, I forgot!"

"It's good to forget."

"What does this mean?"

"This proves that you, a slut who used to be useless, also knows that you have devoted yourself to your career, so you are so busy that you forgot your birthday."

I touched my chin and smiled, "I like your explanation, and I also feel like I have become a career-oriented man!"

Le Yao did not disgust my narcissism. After sneezing, she rubbed her ventilated nose and smiled: "I celebrated my birthday with you in the past few years, and I will accompany you this year. Although you already have a girlfriend, you will not value sex over friends."

I then remembered Mi Cai, and felt indescribable in my heart, because she was even more busy than me, she would definitely not be able to remember my birthday. Even if she remembered it, she would not come back, right?

It’s just one birthday, and I won’t come back if I don’t come back, but I still hope that she will say “Happy Birthday” to me in person.

Le Yao reached out and waved her hand in front of me, saying, "What are you thinking absent-mindedly?"

"I wonder what gift you will give me... By the way, this time I gave me a bigger cake, which cannot be less than 14 inches. After all, you have already escaped poverty and entered the wealthy class. Of course, the standard of gifts cannot be low, do you know?"

"You have the nerve to say, how many inches of cake did you give me when I celebrated my birthday last year?... It's 6 inches. I really have the nerve to mention it at the birthday party, which made my friends' mouths skewed!"

"Then won't you eat it too?"

"I'm a slut. I think what you gave me is delicious. Is it OK?"

I don’t know why, but this is a complaining word, but it touched the part in my heart that I often overlooked. I even had the urge to give her a box of 14-inch cake now, because in the details of life, I always treat her with care, and she looks carefree, but she always leaves me with the few carefulness!

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Chapter completed!