The road is long, take it and cherish it

March 3, Tuesday, early morning, 21:[-].

The annoying alarm rings again and again.

Hou Yue reached out and closed it again and again.

I'm so bored, so sleepy, I don't want to get up at all. It would be nice if I didn't have to go to work.

After a few minutes, Hou Yue climbed up unwillingly.

He slowly put on his clothes and squinted for two minutes. The time passed minute by minute until the last alarm clock rang.

Hou Yue's heart skipped a beat.

He glanced at his phone.

"Damn it, I'm really late."

He quickly put aside his sleepiness.

I quickly put on my clothes and shoes, and rushed out without even washing my face.

The result was obvious. He was already late before going out. No matter how fast he rode on the battery bike, it would not help.

As soon as he arrived at the company store and saw the rest of them having a morning meeting, he pretended to be calm and walked past them, pretending that nothing happened.

The leader glanced at him, but he pretended not to see it.

Fortunately, Hou Yue's leader was relatively tolerant of him.

I didn't say anything more to him afterwards.

Although Hou Yue's performance is not the best in the store, he occasionally produces something. He has an easy-going personality and is not lazy. The leader still likes him.

Hou Yue came to her work station. As usual, she made a cup of oat milk, ate two slices of bread, opened Xingfuli, and took a look at the Soufun.com port. There was still no movement. She was used to it.

Then he opened the company system, clicked on private customers, and browsed through the 17 customers from top to bottom.

He first clicked on the number of one of the customers who was most sincere about buying a house.

He was thinking, this client just showed me the house in Shiquanliu Village last week.

At that time, I said I was quite satisfied and I would go back and discuss it. Now two days have passed, so I will call and ask to see if there is any hope.

The phone rang for a while, but no one answered.

what's the situation?

Hou Yue was wondering why she didn't answer the phone, even though they had a pleasant conversation when they met.

Okay, next one, this Ms. Wang said she had time this week to come out to look at the house.

It just so happens that the reduced-price house in Sancun is quite suitable for her, so I can recommend it.

The phone rang for a while and got through.

"Hello, Sister Wang, I am Xiaohou, I love my family. Is it convenient for you to come out today and take a look at the house in Sancun that I recommended to you before?"

"Ah? Xiao Hou!"

A surprised female voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I've bought a house."

"what?"

This time it was Hou Yue's turn to be surprised

"So fast? Where did you buy it?"

The other end of the phone hesitated for a while.

"As for the house in Sancun, a salesperson called me yesterday and asked me to look at it. I didn't want to look at it yesterday, but suddenly I was free again, so I went to look at it. I thought the house was pretty good, so I bought it. Yes, thank you."

"Okay, congratulations."

After a while, the phone hung up.

Hou Yue reached out and rubbed her temples. It was okay, there was still another one.

He continued on the phone.

The third one is not planning to buy a house anymore because housing prices in Shanghai are too expensive, so he will go back to his hometown.

The fourth one is to use the money to trade stocks. When I make money, I will buy a bigger house.

Fifth, the phone is turned off

Sixth, hello, the number you dialed has been shut down...

Seventh, I won’t sell or buy, and don’t call again in the future.

The eighth one has stopped looking at houses recently and is sick in the hospital.

Ninth, my son said he wouldn’t let me look at the house with you anymore. You are all lying.

The tenth, no one answered.

……

He looked suspicious of life.

What the hell?

what's the situation?

what happened?

Am I still dreaming?

Why are my clients so angry after just one day of no contact?

At this time, the first customer called back.

Hou Yue calmed down and answered the phone.

"Hello, Sister Zhang, I am Xiao Hou, who loves my family."

"I know."

There was a cold response from the other end of the phone.

Hou Yue continued without taking it seriously: "Are you satisfied with the house in Liucun that I showed you the day before yesterday?"

"Oh, that house, the house is still okay, but the price is too expensive."

The cold female voice on the other end of the phone said.

"What price do you think is suitable? If the price difference is not big, we can come over and sit down and have a meeting and talk." Hou Yue said unhurriedly.

"I think the price of this house is 285 million, which is too outrageous. It's impossible to negotiate, and it's pointless to meet in person. I'll consider this house if it's 265 million."

"Okay, let's help you communicate with the landlord. I'll contact you if there is any news."

"You go and communicate with the landlord, but I already talked with the landlord yesterday, and the landlord's minimum price is 266 million."

Talked about it? ? ? Hou Yue had a question mark on her face?

"Who are you talking to? Isn't it the house I took you to see?"

"Who do I talk to? It has nothing to do with you? This is my freedom. Now I will give you a chance. If you can negotiate the last ten thousand, I will buy it from you."

The other end of the phone said disapprovingly.

Hou Yue suppressed the anger in her heart, agreed with her mouth, and said silently in her heart, I'm not angry, I'm not angry, I can't live with money.

Hou Yue called the house maintainer and explained his purpose.

"Stop talking, I know your client. Our store negotiated yesterday. The landlord has settled for 266 million. At this price, the landlord will not pay the agency fee. Ask your client how much agency fee she paid? If she can pay 2 points normally, you are looking for me."

Hou Yue looked confused and called the customer again.

"Hey madam, we understand your current situation clearly. The gap between us and the landlord is actually only 1 yuan. The gap is really small."

"Exceptionally small? Can you give me the 1 yuan?"

the woman said sarcastically.

"Of course this is impossible, and that's not how you become a prodigal."

"Besides, your agency fee is two points, is that okay?"

"Two points? I'll give you one point. Do you want more?" the woman said. There are so many small intermediary companies around, they all have one point. If you can't do this, the worst I can do is ask them to sign a contract."

"There is no guarantee for small company transactions. Besides, it is the house I showed you, and you skipped the order. This is inappropriate and unethical, both emotionally and rationally."

"Who are you saying is immoral? Who stipulates that I buy from whomever I see, and I buy from whomever is cheaper? Is there any problem with this? The woman increased her voice and said, "What kind of attitude do you have? Believe it or not, I will file a complaint against you." !”

"It's so shameless to be a bitch and build an archway. Hou Yuehuo Dadi said, if you have the ability, just go and complain."

After saying that, Hou Yue hung up the phone.

Veins appeared on Hou Yue's forehead, and he was furious. These days, everything, whether human or ghost, really came out.

A few minutes later, Hou Yue received calls from leaders one after another.

Hou Yue explained the whole story, but no one spoke for him.

No matter what, it's wrong to scold a customer. If you deduct money, go apologize to the customer. If you do it again, you will be fired.

Hou Yue was depressed all day because of this.

He has been thinking about this in his mind. He feels that he is not wrong, and it may be wrong to curse people.

But is this kind of person worthy of being a human being? How disgusting.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Hou Yue turned off the computer and ended a bad day's work.

He rode to a nearby night market, bought a bottle of beer, and drank half of the bottle.

"Ah, it feels so good..."

He looked up at the colorful night market. Normally he would not go in.

This time, maybe because he was in a really bad mood, or for some other reason, he walked in and wandered around slowly.

On both sides of the night market are various stalls, colorful, and people are selling as if they don't know how tired they are. Many young people in bright clothes pass by Hou Yue in pairs.

Maybe it was because of the alcohol that he briefly forgot about today's unpleasantness.

He walked excitedly inside, but as time went by, looking at the smiles on the faces of the pairs of people next to him, he became less and less happy. A heavy feeling of loneliness separated him from the lively crowd. , he felt himself becoming more and more confused, and it seemed that his feet could no longer walk.

He found a chair on the roadside and sat down. He felt this uncomfortable feeling again. He thought that he had gotten used to it since that incident, he thought to himself.

After a while, he was ready to get up and leave, go back to wash his face and go to bed.

At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a Taoist priest's uniform, a large gold chain around his neck, and an exquisite gold watch on his hand took a look at Hou Yue as he passed by. He walked over with curiosity on his face and looked Hou Yue up and down.

Hou Yue was surprised by this person's dress. Is this a cosplay? But it had nothing to do with him. He felt a little uncomfortable being looked at and was about to leave.

The middle-aged man spoke: "Young man, your situation is really rare! Have you been very unlucky recently?"

Hou Yue nodded with confusion: "It's quite unlucky. How did you know?"

The middle-aged man nodded.

"Can you not be unlucky? I see that your hall is dark and there is a dark cloud above your head. It's strange that you are still alive and kicking and don't seem to have any symptoms."

Hou Yue was not happy at that time.

"You are a talented person. If you don't know how to speak, don't speak." After saying that, he was about to get up and leave.

The middle-aged man held Hou Yue's shoulders, smiled and said: "Don't be angry, young man. Only by being calmer can you be happy every day. By the way, I forgot to introduce myself. My surname is Lu and my given name is Wuwei. They usually call me Master Lu Tianshi, do you want me to help you with your fortune telling, no charge will be made."

Hou Yue was speechless, thinking to herself, this is a charlatan, where is the Celestial Master? Go ahead and fool around with ghosts. If you were a heavenly master, I would still be the son of luck. I laughed to death. Hou Yue stood up and walked away without even looking at him.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Hou Yue got on the electric bicycle and rode slowly towards his residence.

A few minutes later, Hou Yue was riding a battery-powered bicycle and turned around an intersection. The tire ran over a stone. Suddenly, with a bang, the tire of the battery-powered bicycle burst.

Hou Yue could only stop the car and circle around the battery car, thinking, this is too unlucky, right?

It's endless, it's so late, where can I find someone to repair the tire?

He could only helplessly push the car towards his residence and reached the next intersection.

He suddenly heard a girl's exclamation coming from the alley next to him.

He thought for a moment, parked the car and walked towards the alley.

The alley was pitch dark and there were no street lights. Hou Yue trotted towards it. When he walked into the alley, there was a fork in the road ahead.

Hou Yue took a look and saw a few drops of blood on the cement floor, which were particularly conspicuous. The more he thought about it, the more something was wrong.

At this moment, the woman's voice came from the left again. His body was faster than his mind, and he ran directly to the left without thinking.

Soon, Hou Yue saw three bald men in front of him and said with a smile: "They are running! Let me see where else you can run."

The long-haired girl in front shouted: "We know Wang Hongwei! I advise you not to mess around! Let us go now, and we will pretend nothing happened!"

The three men looked at each other, and one of them smiled and said: "Wang Hongwei? What the hell? Just be obedient and don't move, and you will save yourself a little pain."

Hou Yue calmed down, looked through the three men, and saw two girls in front of them.

His arrival interrupted the men's voices, and the three men turned their heads.

Staring at Hou Yue unkindly.

One of them said: "Boy, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business. Now turn around and get out of here. We will pretend we have never seen you."

Hou Yue could barely see the current situation clearly at this time. This alley leads to a dead end.

Of the two girls in front, one with long hair seemed to have injured her hand, but she still firmly protected the other girl behind her, holding a stone in one hand.

Another girl with short hair was hiding behind her, her body still trembling.

There were two choices in front of Hou Yue. One was to turn around and leave, pretend that nothing happened, go back to sleep, and continue working tomorrow.

The other is trying to rescue the two girls, which can be dangerous.

Just a moment later, Hou Yue made eye contact with the girl in front of him, and he winked at her.

Hou Yue spread his hands.

"You guys are busy, I'm passing by, let's go now," he said, turning around and walking towards the back.

Seeing that he was interested, the three men smiled at each other and turned to stare at the two girls greedily.

One of them said: "Be good, don't resist, such a beautiful little face is scratched, but..."

boom.

Before he finished speaking, he felt a pain in the back of his head.

His eyes darkened.

The pace he was walking forward was unsteady, and he almost fell to the ground.

Hou Yue shouted: "Don't be stunned, run quickly, I'll hold them back!"

When the other two people saw this, one of them put his hand into his pocket and rushed towards Hou Yue quickly.

The other person was still staring at the two girls.

Seeing that they couldn't run away, Hou Yue felt anxious. In fact, many thoughts flashed through his mind just now.

For example, go out and call others to come and help. There is strength in numbers.

For example, call 110 to call the police.

Another example is just walking away like this.

However, he knew that there was no one on the street outside now.

110. By the time they came, they would have already run away.

It was easy to just walk away.

However, he couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.

So he chose, picked up a stone from the ground, quietly touched it behind them, and struck first.

But Hou Yue didn't consider that there were three of them.

What to do with the other two people? In a head-on confrontation, his sub-healthy body with small arms and legs is no match for any of them.

When Hou Yue saw the man pounce on him, he could only wave the stone in his hand and throw it at him.

Hou Yue actually had one more detail that he didn't notice...

The man came closer and reached out to grab Hou Yue's hand. His other hand flashed with white light, and he stabbed it into Hou Yue's abdomen without any hesitation.

Hou Yue took several steps back in pain and fell to the ground.

In his hand, he was holding the handle of the knife that had already penetrated his lower abdomen. He looked in disbelief and stared at the man in front of him with wide eyes. His vision went dark and he fainted.

The man sighed.

"Boy, this is what you'll get for meddling in your own business. Be more careful in your next life."

After saying that, Hou Yue stopped looking and turned towards the two girls.

When the long-haired girl saw what was going on here, she panicked and shouted: "You are crazy, you actually dare to kill someone! Send him to the hospital quickly!"

The three men looked at each other and laughed: "Hahahaha, you are about to die and you still have the mind to care about others. I advise you not to resist anymore, otherwise you will be the next to die."

"Hey, hey, hey, it really hurts."

An inappropriate voice sounded from behind them.

Under the surprised eyes of the five people, Hou Yue slowly got up.

He touched his lower abdomen, which was still bleeding, and looked speechless.

"What about the society under the rule of law that we promised? If we don't agree with each other, we will stab someone. The bad luck will not happen so openly. It will kill me. This is too much. Is there any justice?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, gritted his teeth and pulled out the knife.

Suddenly, blood surged out like a fountain, and his face suddenly turned pale.

Hou Yue curled her lips helplessly.

"How much wolfberry and red dates do you need to eat to make up for it? Wolfberry is quite expensive."

He pressed hard on the wound, and several golden threads intertwined on the wound.

A few seconds later, under the surprised looks of five people, his wound healed.

The three men looked surprised.

Without talking nonsense, they all silently took out their knives from their pockets and rushed towards Hou Yue.

When Hou Yue saw them rushing over, she was not in a hurry and lightly snapped her fingers.

One of the men suddenly stumbled with his left foot and right foot in front of Hou Yue, and fell to the ground with a plop. The knife in his hand also stabbed into his shoulder inexplicably, and he lay motionless on the ground in pain.

The other two men rushed in front of Hou Yue and swung the knives in their hands towards Hou Yue.

"Be careful!" the girl behind shouted.

Hou Yue didn't panic, ducked sideways between the two sword lights, and gave one of the men a hard slap on the butt.

The man couldn't control his strength and his body's center of gravity was unstable. He fell forward and hit his head hard on a protruding sharp corner on the ground, and he fainted.

You are the only one left, Hou Yue said playfully.

"Do you have anything to beg for mercy? There's still no time to say it now."

"If I beg for mercy, will you let me go?" the man asked in a deep voice.

"What do you think?" Hou Yue replied with a smile.

The man didn't talk nonsense, he held the knife and stabbed Hou Yue with a ferocious expression.

Hou Yue put away her smile, her face was as dark as water, and without evading, she punched the man in the temple with her hand.

He struck first and punched the man so hard that he staggered twice and lay on the ground.

Hou Yue put away her red fists and thought to herself, is this bald head so hard? It hurts me so much. His physical fitness must be too poor.

Hou Yue patted her pants lightly and looked at the two girls.

"The bad guy has been dealt with. You don't have to be afraid. Can any of you make a phone call to report the case?"

The girl with long hair said: "They took away our mobile phones. Thank you for saving us."

Hou Yue thought for a while and looked for the man next to him. He took out a mobile phone and turned it on. He didn't even have the password. How careless.

He dialed 110 and handed the phone to the two girls.

The long-haired girl took the phone.

"Hey, hello, we want to report a crime! Yes, we are in danger. We are at the intersection of Shiquan Road and Wuning Road in Putuo District. Yes, yes, yes, there are three criminals. They have knives. They were let go by a kind person passing by. It’s fallen, come here quickly.”

After some communication, the girl hung up the phone and handed the phone back to Hou Yue.

Hou Yue shook her head and pointed at the man on the ground.

"This phone is not mine. You can hold it for now and give it to the police when the time comes. Also, I have something to do and I have to leave first. In addition, I hope you can keep things properly confidential about me."

The girl thought for a while and said: "Thank you for saving us. If it wasn't you, we would be finished today. What if the police ask us about your business?"

"You can tell it truthfully, but you can leave out some unimportant parts, for example."

After saying that, Hou Yue pointed to her lower abdomen.

The long-haired girl nodded.

"Ok, no problem."

Hou Yue nodded and asked curiously: "You must still be students, how could you provoke this group of people?"

The long-haired girl glanced at her companion helplessly and said: "She is my roommate. She came out to work part-time and met these bad guys and was locked up by them. I came to rescue her, but I didn't expect that she was discovered when she was escaping. Yes, I ran all the way here."

Hou Yue glanced at the girl behind him and nodded.

"You have to pay attention to safety in the future. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

After a second thought, he walked over to the girl again.

"Remember to take care of your arm later."

As he said this, he handed her two band-aids.

"Just make do with this Band-Aid."

The girl stared at Hou Yue's face and didn't take the band-aid for a long time.

A sentence came out of nowhere.

"Have I seen you somewhere?"

Hou Yue looked confused. He scratched his hair a little, and then he took a closer look at the girl's face.

The surroundings were too dark to notice.

Looking back now, it was really a coincidence that it was her. However, for her, the last meeting was just in a dream, so it would be better for everyone not to say anything more.

Hou Yue shook her head without saying anything, put the band-aid into her hand, turned around and left.

After Hou Yue left for a while.

The girl reacted in a daze, and she exclaimed.

"Ah! I haven't told him my name yet! I didn't even ask for a phone number!" The girl regretted for a while.

However, after looking at the two band-aids on her hands, her heart suddenly felt warm, and she secretly made up her mind to find him again!

After a while, the sound of the police car gradually became clearer, and the police took away the three bald men.

The two girls were picked up by their parents after completing the transcripts.

At the same time, Hou Yue heard the sound of thunder coming from the distant mountains.

He looked back, with a smile on his lips, shook his head gently, and continued to push his car towards his residence.