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Chapter 54

Lai Chuan's last consultation

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Meili: ...After clarifying the misunderstanding with my mother, the symptoms have been relieved...

When you first came here, you often said that you regretted it. I want to know, was your heart knot opened at that time?

Lai Chuan: ...I read the composition he wrote when he was studying, my love, in a composition he wrote in the winter vacation of the first year of high school, he said that he wanted to be a geologist when he grows up, with a small shovel Little Hammer went to the wilderness to dig, and otherwise stayed at school to do research... He yearned for that kind of life... I was thinking, if I met him for the first time, I would help him rebuild his life. Going back to school to study, will everything be different now...

Meili: It's a bit of a pity.However, in my opinion, Lu's current work can also reflect his life value, and he himself is very devoted to it.

Lai Chuan: ... (silence).

...very engaged, but not fit.

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Lai Chuan remembered that he accompanied Lu Anze to Shanghai for the first time. In the bookstore, he saw him wearing a light-colored plaid shirt and jeans sitting on a small stool reading a book from a distance.

Thinking about it, that is the most suitable appearance for Lu Anze.

After finishing the last consultation in the morning and leaving Meili's studio, Lai Chuan had to rush back to City C to celebrate his roommate's birthday.This day is the ninth day of the first lunar month, and it is also Lu Anze's 26th birthday.

On the plane, Lai Chuan inadvertently transferred to a foreign documentary and was attracted to watch it for a long time.

The content of the documentary is actually a bit boring. It is to track a team that professionally demolished buildings and record their work.First filmed how to place the explosive package in several important positions inside the building, and then the camera was placed 50 meters away from the building.

After the blaster presses the red button, all the explosives are detonated inside at the same time.

At first glance from the outside, the building didn't look any different, and it even looked quieter than the building next to it that was in use.After the time froze for a few seconds, in an instant, the building that was destroyed from the inside collapsed, triggering a small-scale earthquake and shaking the camera image.

Lai Chuan felt that his heart seemed to be shaking with the picture.Is it because of age?He'd never been bothered by such a visual impact before.

On the morning of the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, the tea room at the headquarters of Tongxi Chain Catering Co., Ltd. was particularly prosperous. The office area to the tea room had to pass the conference room.

"Accountant Liu, you must have drank four glasses of water this time. Drinking water like this in winter hurts your kidneys."

"Director He, where did you get this mop? You've been dragging it here for half an hour."

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The employees who passed by the glass wall held their water glasses and twisted their necks trying to look into the meeting room through the gaps in the curtains.They waited for a thousand years today, and when the boss came to the company in casual clothes, it was still hip-hop.

When Lu Anze was in the company, he was always dressed in a suit, but today he came to the meeting wearing a sweater. All the girls in the company wished they could stick themselves on the crack of the door to see clearly.

In the conference room, company executives are meeting to study corporate culture.Mr. Lu knew that he had no culture, so he consciously kept his mouth shut, and listened to several directors and ministers with a bachelor's degree or above expressing their talents:

Minister Chen said: I personally feel that it is called—how about the healthiest three meals a day for the family you love the most?

This is talking about slogans.

The director of operations said: The minister is sensational, and my proposal is - good rice and good mood.

The director of human resources said: I think we need to be bolder, the company will become the world's largest fast food chain company in the future, and the slogan should be more grandiose... The world's pigs like pigs.

The Minister of Distribution said: Our raw materials are good, so it’s better to call it - Grain Pig Nutritious Meal

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After the heads of various departments finished speaking, the general manager finally said: I think we can do an internal solicitation to mobilize the wisdom of all our more than 1500 employees.Those who are selected can be rewarded, which can also increase the sense of belonging of employees.

After the general manager finished speaking, everyone looked at the boss.Mr. Lu thought it would work, and said: "Yes, I will notify all the employees today. It will be decided before the Lantern Festival. The reward is a 2000 yuan dining card plus 5000 yuan in cash. In addition, the best creative award, the best literary talent award, etc. can be set up more. 5, the HR department is in charge. Alright, let’s adjourn the meeting.”

The executives stood up one after another and prepared to withdraw.

"The meeting is over, the meeting is over, hurry up..." The crowd outside the meeting room scattered like birds and beasts in an instant.

Lu Anze stood up only after everyone had left.He has to go to Lu Anfang's house to celebrate his birthday today, Pingping threatened him on the phone yesterday: If he doesn't go to dinner at noon, he will break up with him!

He was wearing the dark green jump belt wide-leg pants and black sweater that he bought with Lai Chuan last time. His hair was casually slipped back as usual, and sometimes a few strands of hair fell down on his forehead.

According to Meili's analysis, he belongs to the kind of person who doesn't care much about himself, and such people generally don't wear perfume.So the smell of perfume that he always had on him confused Merry for a long time.

Lu Anze put on a white down jacket, and when he came out of the company, he saw fine snowflakes swirling between the sky and the earth, raised his face, and the snowflakes fell on his face and the collar of his clothes, bringing a delicate coolness to his skin.

I really want to stay in winter forever.

I drove to my sister's house, opened the door with the key and entered the house, the heating was wrapped in a spring, and it seemed like a different world from the cold winter outside.

Under the wide window of the restaurant, the multi-layered wrought iron flower stand is full of vigorous green radishes, and various flowers and green plants gather in the corner for meetings.It seems that his grandma has turned her passion for growing vegetables into grass.

The living room was empty, Pingping and grandma were not at home.Lu Anze saw a vase of pink lilies on the coffee table, and a new crystal photo album lying under the flowers. He looked down to see that the cover was a new wedding photo taken by Lu Anfang and Guo Youping.Guo Youping is wearing a white suit and carrying his sister on his back. What is he doing?Sprint to happiness?His sister put on makeup, which is no worse than the female stars I saw in Beijing.

In the display cabinet next to the sofa, there are several clay sculptures and a small trophy on the top floor. If you look closely, it reads: Guo Pingping, the gold medal in the C Province Children's Art Competition.There are also several medals related to children's art and English competitions on the second and third floors of the showcase.The little thing is so capable?

At this time, Lu Anfang, who was busy in the kitchen, heard something outside and shouted: "It's the second son, come quickly and help me choose dishes."

Lu Anze took off his coat, went to the balcony to find a small stool, carried it to the kitchen, and asked, "Where's Pingping?"

"Grandma has sent her to dance class, and she will be home at eleven o'clock." Lu Anfang was wearing a set of lotus root pink home clothes, which complemented her face like a peach blossom, and sat on a small plastic chair to choose vegetables.

Lu Anze sat down across from his sister, grabbed a handful of cabbage and began to pick it up, carefully saying, "Guo Youping and his grandma will cook a table of vegetables when they come here, and I have to make my own vegetables when I come here for my birthday?"

His sister gave him fierce eyes: "What do you mean, you don't want to work? Isn't this your house?" After speaking, he pulled up the corner of his trousers to look inside, and said, "It's still in clothes."

"Do you dare not wear it?" Lu Anze said.He knew that today he would check whether he was wearing woolen trousers, so when he got up in the morning, he put on the woolen trousers knitted by his sister, because it was not easy to wear a suit outside, so he turned out the wide-leg trousers and wore them to the company meeting.

The two faced each other to choose dishes for a while, Lu Anfang said: "You haven't come here for half a year, have you come back for a while just across the fence? The old and the young asked me every day if you were in a relationship. .I said how do I know, how could the boss of the National People’s Congress tell me about it.”

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Seeing that his brother didn't speak, he continued: "Second son, I recently watched a movie called "Brokeback Mountain". Have you seen it?"

"I haven't seen it, what's the matter?" Boss Lu can count the movies he has watched with his fingers.

"It's about two men falling in love..." Lu Anfang raised her eyes and glanced at her brother, but didn't respond.Then he said: "I think it's not that two men can't fall in love, and it's not an unreasonable thing, are you right?"

"Hmm." Her brother gave her a hmm.

Lu An became anxious: "I'm asking you something!"

"You're right." Mr. Lu hurriedly gave his sister an apologetic smile.

Seeing him like that, Sister Lu wanted to beat him up, but she couldn't do it with the vegetables in her hands, so she glared at him and said, "Perfuse me!"

"Then what do you want me to say?"

"I ask you, tell me the truth, do you like women?"

"I like it." Boss Lu has always liked women, and besides women, he also likes Lai Chuan.Lai Chuan is smooth, smells good and is warm.

"Really? Why don't you talk about one, 26."

"I'm so ugly, who would like me."

"Lu Anze!! I'm telling you the truth! Seriously, I thought you and Mr. Lai, are you two together? Why do you two live together for so long and only have one bed in the house? The way he looks at you Not right." Lu Anfang said with a frown.

Mr. Lu found that his silly sister had been in the city for a year and her mind was not as pure as before: "Sister, who do you play with every day? What does Mr. Lai look at me?"

"It's that kind of... sticky eyes."

"Really, you learn one and let me see."

This kind of brother, how can people resist beating him, Lu Anfang grabbed the celery stalk Piapia in his hand and patted her brother's arm.

After the fight, he calmed down and said, "That Boss Lai is not young, why is he always with you?"

Seeing that her brother didn't respond, she said, "Last time he sent me back and told me that he wasn't married yet. How can you say he's not married when he's such an adult? I remembered that time when I walked halfway, why didn't you get married?" Send me to someone to send me. I asked him, and he said you have an upset stomach and don't want to move around...

I know that you work hard every day for our family, and now you earn enough money, you should rest more and not damage your body, seeing you open so many restaurants and raising so many pigs, you don’t grow any meat . "

Lu Anze was picking cabbage in his hand and listening to his sister.He woke up at three o'clock in the morning, and his brain couldn't keep up with his sister's speaking speed if he didn't catch up for a while in the morning.Hearing the last sentence "Raising so many pigs will not grow some meat", I thought it was funny, and said, "How about I also eat some pig feed to make up for it?"

As he spoke, he saw his sister's slender and white hands picking vegetables. He put down the vegetables, pulled those two hands over and examined them carefully, and said, "Sister, the dye that used to ooze from your hands is gone."

Lu Anfang withdrew his hand and laughed at her brother: "How long have I been out of the factory? It's been more than two years, and the skin has been changed. Can I still keep the color on my hands?"

Seeing her brother startled after speaking, he pushed a bag of edamame to the front and said, "Hurry up and peel it! It will be noon soon."

The siblings peeled the beans together for a while, and Lu An slowed down with his hands and said softly:

"Are you alone during the Chinese New Year? Did Boss Lai accompany you for two days?...

After a pause, he said:

"Second son, you went out at the age of 16, and you must have suffered a lot...I was afraid that you would not tell your family any difficulties you had outside...and dare not tell when you were wronged...I am your sister, you don't have to Keep it from me."

Lu Anze looked up and saw his sister's eyes were red, he smiled at her, lowered his head and continued to peel the beans.After a while, he said, "Lai Chuan is very kind to me."

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Lu Anfang stopped talking, and she felt uncomfortable thinking that her brother had been outside alone for so many years, and she hadn't been able to take care of him much.

When a bag of beans was about to be peeled, there was a loud "bang" outside, followed by Pingping's high-pitched and cheerful shout from far to near: "Ah, uncle is here! Uncle is here! Mom, I made the cake you You didn't show it to your uncle, did you?" As she said that, she ran into the kitchen and was about to hug her uncle, but Lu Anze pushed her away with her elbow: "Big girl, don't hug her indiscriminately."

"What! I knew you were in a relationship, hmph!" Pingping, who was educated in the American style, was straightforward.

Her mother is still admonishing her in the traditional Chinese mother style: "I have told you too many times, close the door softly! Close the door softly! Do you have ears? Every time you close the door, it is like throwing a bomb. Next time I do this again, I will beat you up." You ha."

"I didn't close the door just now, it was closed by the wind. If you don't believe me, ask your wife." Ping Ping leaned on her uncle.

Grandma Lu put down her cloth bag and went to the kitchen. She put on her apron and prepared the dishes. She looked carefully at her second son and said, "Isn't it? Almost hurry up and bring it back for a meal, are you a college student?"

Lu Anfang said: "Okay, grandma, I see that the second son is still young in the city, why are you so anxious. He is the big boss now, he is so capable, are you afraid that he can't find a good one?" She said and threw a united front for her brother. wink.

Lu Anze felt that he wanted to investigate carefully who his sister was with all day long, and her mind became so open?

The grandparents and grandchildren nestled in the kitchen and were busy with lunch. Boss Lu's phone rang. Seeing that it was Lai Chuan, he got up and went to the balcony with the phone.

"How was the game?" He answered the phone and asked.Lai Chuan went to South Asia the day before yesterday to participate in a two-day golf tournament.

"That must be number one." After waiting for others to praise him, Lai Chuan couldn't wait, and said to himself: "I have arrived in City C, where are you? We have lunch together at noon, and I brought you a birthday present. You must like it." ,hey-hey."

"Not at noon, you can wait for me at home at two o'clock in the afternoon, I have to go to Wuhan with you for a while, there is a dinner there in the evening."

At this time, Lu An came to collect the sausages on the balcony. Hearing what his brother said, he asked in a low voice, "Boss Lai?"

Her brother nodded, and Lu An raised his voice and said, "Let Mr. Lai come over for dinner too. It just so happens that your birthday is so lively."

Lai Chuan heard it on the other end of the phone, regardless of whether Boss Lu invited him or not, he said to himself: "Okay, I'll be there right away." After speaking, he quickly hung up the phone for fear of being rejected.

After making the phone call, I arrived at Lu Anfang's house within 2 minutes.

"You can make a phone call downstairs." Lu Anze opened the door for someone to come in, thinking that this person must have premeditated, seeing that he was holding a gift box in his hand, he took it over and said, "Maomao has grown up, come to the door You know what to bring when you eat.”

Grandma Lu and Sister Lu came out to say hello to Lai Chuan and went back to the kitchen.

Lai Chuan looked at his roommate and said sincerely: "This is a birthday present for you. I saw this roast goose at the airport and immediately bought one for you. How about it, Gao is not happy."

"Avenged me, right? Okay, you sit down."

Lu Anze smiled and opened the gift box, took out the vacuum packaging inside and sent it to the kitchen.The two women were cooking in the kitchen, and he couldn't get his hands in, so he turned around, poured a cup of tea and brought it out, and saw Lai Chuan and Heping sitting side by side on the sofa with their heads together talking.

What can these two people have to talk about?Walking over, I saw that Pingping was filling out a form in English.

He sat down next to him and put the tea on the coffee table, and heard Pingping say: "...I know how to make clay sculpture, paint, play the zither and dance the famous ethnic dance. How about you? Uncle Mao Mao."

Uncle Mao Mao said: "I, I can play the saxophone, play golf, make leather goods, and speak French..."

When Boss Lu heard this, he stood up and planned to go to the kitchen to see if there was anything he could do to help. His niece raised her head and stopped him:

"Don't run, uncle! Do you have any strong points" Throw a bomb at him by the way.

"What?" He could only understand a strong, and he used to be very good at English, but after ten years of not touching it, there was nothing left.

"What's your specialty" bombarded him with another combination.

Lai Chuan saw his darling frowning, with a dazed expression on his face, and asked for help, "Pingping asked you if you have any special skills?"

"Special skills?" He planned to run because he was afraid of this, looked around for some inspiration, looked down at his legs, and said to Pingping, "Does special legs count?"

The little girl was also a little confused by her uncle's question, and asked the powerful-looking Uncle Mao Mao for advice: "Forget it?" The mouth was slightly opened, revealing a small black hole missing a front tooth.

Lai Chuan said: "Actually, your uncle has a very powerful specialty..." After speaking, he looked at Lu Anze from face to legs, showing an expression that wanted to eat him.

Lu stared at Lai Chuan with his arms inserted, to see what kind of fart this man was planning to fart.

Lai Chuan turned to Pingping and said, "Your uncle is very dedicated and studious in everything he does. So he can do everything to the extreme. This is the most powerful point. You should also be such a person." One set, throwing mean winks at his roommate.

Lu Anze raised his arms as if to beat him up, thinking that this man was going to say something inappropriate for children, his heart missed half a beat.

The three of them filled out the form in the living room, and admired the mediocre clay sculptures for a while. The girl had grown a lot in half a year, and the things made by her little hands had also grown a lot.Lu Anze picked up his niece's hand to see when the little palm became so slender.

Ping Ping originally planned to take out the cake she made to bombard her uncle after dinner, but now she couldn't hold back and wanted to show off, saying: "Uncle, I got up at 05:30 in the morning and made you a cake, hidden in the Do you want to see it in my room? I'll bring it out."

"Where is it? I'll serve it." Boss Lu was afraid that he would taste his birthday cake on the floor before he saw it.

"Okay then, alittle heavy. Inmyroom, onmychair."

"Your chair?" After understanding a little bit, I confirmed it.

"Right, very good" the niece gave him a veryGood. That means a child can be taught.

Lu Anze brought the cake out from the room, Pingping grabbed the crystal photo album on the coffee table and threw it to the sofa to make room for the cake.It's obvious that the new wedding photos taken by her parents are not pleasing to the eye, and they don't take her with them when they take such beautiful photos!Can you not be angry!

The cake was placed on the coffee table, and the three of them gathered around to watch.

"That's the way it is?" Boss Lu thought that his niece's artistic taste was too advanced and he couldn't keep up.In front of me is a...

...ocean?

Below is a line of chocolate made of English: unclehappybirthday, which he can barely understand.

Lai Chuan commented: "This is an impressionist work."

"What, ah, it's all melted! I used blue cream to draw an uncle's head! It's just an artistic conception." Looking at the still deformed cream, Ping Ping looked desperate and shouted: "Mom! Come and see if uncle is gone."

"What are you talking nonsense over there?" Lu Anfang wiped her hands, and when she came out, she saw that the portrait on the cake, which she had been busy drawing for more than an hour, had melted and mixed with the white base material, dripping down the sides. "Yo, this creams so fast. It's so warm in the house."

"What should we do, why don't we come and eat now." Pingping said.

"Okay." Lu Anze immediately voted for it, he especially likes to eat cakes, the taste is the same regardless of whether they are mushy or not.

"Wait a minute, why don't we take a family portrait behind the cake first. We haven't had a photo together yet. It just so happens that Mr. Lai is here today to help us take pictures." Lu Anfang went to the kitchen and called out Grandma Lu. .Bend down and put the chocolate blessing upright.

Lai Chuan looked at his roommate with questioning eyes.Lu Anze smiled, "Come on, can you still run?"

The family of four sat on the sofa, with Lu Anze and Lu An on both sides, and grandma Heping in the middle.Lai Chuan took a family portrait of them with his mobile phone.Grandma Lu laughed so hard that she couldn't find her big eyes.

After the photoshoot, Lu Anfang said again: "Maybe Mr. Zong and Anze will also take a picture, it's rare to be so happy today." He took out his mobile phone.

"Okay!" Boss Lai was so willing to sit next to the person.

"I want to be together!" Pingping didn't want his uncle to be taken over by others, so he squeezed between the two of them and shouted: "I want to marry my uncle when I grow up!!"

Lu Anfang pressed the shutter——

Flat raised a smug, innocent face;

Lu Anze laughed amusedly at his niece's "rhetoric words", and smiled a little shyly.

Lai Chuan looked at him.

(End of the article)

The author has something to say: the ending is open, some people see happiness, and some people see the end of despair.I don't know which one you see...

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It was written in a hurry before, and some things that were not clearly expressed have been added and changed one after another.