When I left the company it was already 8 o'clock in the evening, and when we met Wei Ran was 8:30. After we finished drinking together, it was almost 11 o'clock in the evening. So when I answered the phone, Mi Cai asked me without expectation: "Have you rested?"

I stopped, sat on the curb again, lit a cigarette before replying, "It's still outside."

“Are there any social engagements tonight?”

"I worked overtime... and then I had some wine with Weiran."

Mi Cai's tone was a little surprised and asked with little confirmation: "Are you with Weiran?"

"Well, we met downstairs of Zhuomi, so we went to have a drink together..."

Mi Cai is a smart woman. I must have understood what motives Weiran and I were standing downstairs with Zhuomei's building, and then met him. After a moment of silence, he asked me, "Is he okay?"

I asked back, "You have been with him for so long. What do you think he will be in the state of being in a crisis and dealing with it?"

"He has never encountered any setbacks in his life. After such a serious business crisis, his heart must be full of frustration!..."

"You must have advised him before?"

"Of course I have advised him, but he always insists on doing things so much and believes in some theoretical things. But the mall is like the battlefield, and no group can survive and develop by talking about it on paper."

"People always have to pay the price for their mistakes..."

Mi Cai sighed softly, then fell into silence. I lit a cigarette and looked at the buildings made of steel and concrete in front of me again in a sitting posture, but were so gentle in neon lights, like smiling faces that were smiling upside down. I gradually became immersed and let the cold wind whistle past me.

"It's so cold outside, you can go back early to rest." Mi Cai finally spoke the final statement before hanging up the phone.

"Don't hang up the phone... I feel comfortable listening to your breathing... I don't want to go back yet."

So we were silent on the phone, but there was not nothing to do. At least I was still smoking and listening to her breathing, making myself more and more awake in the cold wind. Maybe she was dealing with some tricky file, or whether there was something to do. What was important was that we were still related because we kept talking.

I finally blew the ash and said to her, "I will go back to Xuzhou tomorrow."

"Go to see your parents?"

"Well, I mainly go to see the house, and then check out the bars and inns that are open there."

“……You bought a house in Xuzhou?”

"I bought it, and it was all handled by Dad Ban and I. They hoped that I could have a house in Xuzhou so that I would be more at ease... Do you remember the last time you and I went to Xuzhou?... You mentioned it by a small river, and I actually like it."

"Remember."

I wanted to say something, and felt my lips tremble. Finally, I swallowed my words and said, "So, it's good to buy a house at home. From now on, we often go back to Xuzhou, and it's convenient to have a place to live... By the way, you'll come back soon!"

Mi Cai smiled and replied, "I also want to go back soon, but before I came out, I still have to stay for a while, and you may not be lonely in China, right?"

I know that Mi Cai's words are not a question of me, but more like a joke between couples, but they still make me tremble. I still remember that last night, Le Yao and I were together, and I did something that couples wanted and friends were very taboo, so I shivered a little and said to Mi Cai: "How can I not be lonely... I am very lonely every day!"

Mi Cai mistakenly thought that the wind made me feel uncomfortable and urged me, "Go back quickly, I feel cold when I hear the wind. I will call you again when you get home."

"You are busy with work, no need to fight, I'll go back now."

"Okay, then I'll work first. You need to remember to drink more hot water when you go back."

Her words were so gentle that they became soft, so she wished she could be by her side now, hugging her tightly, and finding a quiet sky in the whizzing wind together, and then saying goodbye to this land full of taboos and absurdity.

.........

The next day, I took the train from Suzhou to Xuzhou early in the morning. Because my father called me back to see the house temporarily, the itinerary was very hasty. According to my plan, I would only stay in Xuzhou for one day and return to Suzhou tomorrow morning, and then assist Fang Yuan in starting the Christmas event planning. Yes, although I am not an internal member of Zhuomei, I look forward to a historic breakthrough in this Christmas event than anyone else. This will not only make Micai better, but also stabilize Zhuomei's foundation and let the outside world see that even if the listing is not successful or even if the investor's crisis is encountered, Zhuomei can still maintain its vigorous vitality, and this is also the foundation for future development.

In the afternoon, I finally returned to Xuzhou, which I hadn't seen for a long time. Calculate the number of times I came back in a year, and I could count it with one hand. This indirectly proves that I often ignore family affection! But what kind of mood do I treat my neglect as the only father and mother in my life? ... They must have swallowed all this pain in their stomachs, but they still find various opportunities to hope that I can go home. For example, this time, they have actually paid the down payment. What will happen if I look at it or not?

After arriving home, I had a simple lunch. My mother and I walked to the community where I bought a house. This community was only two stops away from my home. If I could settle down in Xuzhou in the future, it would probably be the thing that my mother and I dreamed of the most. If time goes back a year ago, I still have a married partner named Li Xiaoyun, which is the perfection in my mother and Mr. Ban’s eyes, but I used the roughest way to decide my life and gave up that comfort, but I don’t regret it, I really don’t regret it... I just feel a little guilty!

My new house is 128 square meters. When Mr. Ban took out the key and opened the door, his eyes suddenly became cheerful. During the years he was wandering outside, I had never lived in such a big house. I couldn't help but feel a little immersed. It was not until Mr. Ban asked me if I liked this apartment and how to decorate it, I came back to my senses and communicated with Mr. Ban. My mother didn't say anything from beginning to end. It was obvious that because Li Xiaoyun was about to marry someone else, I was filled with depression in my heart, so my conversation with Mr. Ban was full of machinery and stiffness.
Chapter completed!