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Old Xinyue was chattering, but old Xinzhuo was not in a hurry at all, he stared and said, "Emotions are what pots and what lids."

What the hell is he worrying about?This pair... is not a good bird.

Old Xinzhuo showed cheerful lines on his face, and said: "Why don't I need to cover me when I grow up, do you want to cover me?"

Old Xinyue lowered his head, he has grown up a long time ago, but for so many years, first his brother, then that person, he always wanted to be independent, but now he is independent and free, but he is at a loss.

Old Xinzhuo was lying on the hospital bed, shaking his uninjured leg, "Take care of yourself and walk the way you want to go."

Leaving the hospital, the road is covered with sunshine, and the wind blowing on the face is warm.Old Xinyue's heart was icy cold.

The road he wanted to go, when he was young, he wanted to become a big star, he got his wish, but the price he paid was beyond his reach, at least in the days to come he couldn’t hold his head up and say, I have no regrets or complaints .

The phone kept ringing, and Lao Xinyue frowned. In the past, every time his personal phone rang, he would be terrified, but now even if that person let him go, the root cause of the disease has not been cured.

"You... hello..."

There was silence for a while, and then burst out into laughter. Chang Tuhao choked up and said, "Oh, don't you think it was a young master who called you?"

"Chang Tuhao!!"

Old Xinyue squinted his eyes slightly, the sun was too glaring, making his eyes hurt.

"Okay, I have business with you. It's not interesting for you to wander around idle, or, I will pay you to go abroad for fun?"

Old Xinyue sniffed, his eyes turned red, he didn't care about standing on the street, and shouted: "Are you so intolerable for me? Am I hindering you by being with my brother?"

Chang Tuhao seemed to pause for a moment, and waited for Lao Xinyue to finish his yelling before he said, "Hey, you misunderstood. I just thought you were idle, so why not go abroad to relax. Didn't you say that you want to go to France the most? It’s mine, I’ve even found a house, you go and live in it for a year or so before you come back. At that time, things here will be over, and your brother will always miss you if you stay here.”

Lao Xin took a deep breath, looked around, and lowered his voice: "If you have the ability, send my parents out together. You caused trouble, and your family is fighting, why do you want to involve our family? Why did my brother offend him? is you."

Chang Tuhao sighed, and said quietly: "What your brother owed me in his previous life, I will pay him back in my next life. Do you want to go or not?"

"Don't go!"

Chang Tuhao said to himself: "You said if I tell your brother, will your brother agree? Do you have to let your brother drive you away?"

Old Xinyue wished he could crush the phone. Chang Tuhao was pretending to be a good boy in front of his brother, but now he was threatening him, which made people unable to resist.

"Can't I go?"

"Know what to say?"

Old Xinyue gritted his teeth and said, "I want to go to France to study fashion design, can I?"

"So cute. Brother-in-law..."

Old Xinyue hung up the phone, and if he continued talking to this person, he would scare passers-by.

Chang Tuhao assigned old Xinyue here, and immediately called old Xinzhuo, his tone not to mention flattering: "Zhuozi... I'm going on a business trip, there are many projects in the Western Development..."

Old Xinzhuo let out a cry.

Where is Chang Tuhao sticky: "Just say oh? I'm leaving today."

Old Xin Zhuo asked: "Is it true that you can't hold back the other party and run away with the money?"

Chang Tuhao said sullenly, "Is this the kind of person I am in your heart? If I want to run away, I have to elope with my big baby."

"Oh……"

Chang Tuhao gritted his teeth, this is the present report.

Old Xin Zhuo didn't mind Chang Tuhao leaving at this time, as that man had already done what he had to do.He was assured of this person, at least this person would not harm him.

……

Although the accident on the construction site ended in an accident, the construction team sent tens of thousands of yuan in compensation to continue the construction.

But Lao Xinzhuo understands that there are many compromises.Brother Xiong will definitely not come forward to testify. Chang Tuhao has done his best to keep the construction going and the company will not be implicated.

After he was discharged from the hospital, he lived in the company, so that he could be taken care of.

Sun Tianxiang and the two rehired old engineers stared at the construction site. He was in charge of the company, and Chang Tuhao was running business outside. The company temporarily returned to calm.

It's just that the news of Brother Xiong's death came too suddenly.

At that time, Chang Tuhao had been on a business trip for more than a month. The sycamore trees on the street had grown new leaves, and the embankment was covered with a layer of tender green. The weather was still cold, and it was raining like smoke.

Xiao Li just came back from the construction site, his hair was covered with rain, he rushed into the office of old Xin Zhuo, and said mysteriously: "Chief engineer, everyone on the construction site is saying that the last time the surname who came to the construction site to make trouble Bear's dead, it's all in the newspapers."

Old Xinzhuo was slightly taken aback, his fingers that were typing on the keyboard trembled slightly.

Xiao Li raised his head and poured a glass of water, then stroked his hair: "You are not on the construction site, it has spread over there, and he wanted to take over the project but failed, so maybe he was responsible for the collapse of the prefab house this time. So if you say that people can’t do bad things, isn’t that a retribution?”

"When did he die?"

"The newspaper said that last week's night, he was driving fast, drunk and speeding, hit the embankment and died on the spot."

Drag racing, speeding, drunk driving.

Old Xinzhuo didn't speak. He didn't know how Brother Xiong died, but he had a vague guess in his heart.Could this be the result of Chang Tuhao's compromise?

Brother Xiong said that he didn't dare to take on this project, and he couldn't afford to offend the people over there. That guy is a person who won't give in easily, and what he said in the hospital must have been forced, so he wanted to ask for help.

"Chief engineer, what's wrong with you? Does your leg hurt? Why don't you go to the hospital?"

Old Xin Zhuo shook his head, and continued to stare at the bidding documents on the screen, "It's okay, you can go and ask other people if they have finished their documents? Mr. Chang has urged you several times."

Xiao Li quickly stood up and patted the mud on his trouser legs: "Hey, it is said that the general environment is not good. Many small design companies are not even qualified to participate in the bidding. We, Mr. Chang, are really capable."

Old Xinzhuo didn't answer, simply gave up the document, turned his chair and looked out the window.People who have played since childhood, although they have taken different paths, they just disappeared, and it is still embarrassing to think about it.

The phone kept ringing, and old Xinzhuo lazily pressed the answer button: "Qiangzi?"

"Brother Zhuo, have you read the newspaper? Brother Xiong is dead."

There was a bit of sadness in Qiangzi's voice, the thick nasal sound was like today's raindrops, lingering and making people feel moldy.

"Brother Zhuo, he knew that such a day would come when he walked that way, you..."

Old Xinzhuo smiled lightly: "Why, do you think I will blame myself? Do you think I will feel guilty? Am I capable of helping him? I can only protect myself. I have no energy to keep him. He has found the wrong person."

Qiangzi seemed to be relieved, and lowered his voice: "Brother Zhuo, Brother Zhen is not quite right these few days, always in a daze, asking about Brother Xiong everywhere, and always wandering around the construction site, I'm worried about Brother Zhen..."

"I see, where to eat at Gu Zhen tonight."

In the evening, before the rain stopped, Qiangzi came to pick him up in person.

Old Xin Zhuo is wearing a gray-blue thin woolen sweater, a white shirt with a gray-blue tie, suit pants and leather shoes, and a uniform and small suit issued by the company hanging on the back of the chair. The working white-collar class still looks the same as when they just came out.

Qiangzi stared straight at him, and cursed secretly, fuck!When Xin Zhuo didn't come, the female compatriots who were eating could still glance at him two or three times. When Xin Zhuo came, basically no one looked at him.

Gu Zhen is not as responsive as Qiangzi, even if old Xinzhuo becomes the boss in the future, he will still be his buddy, the emperor still has three straw sandal relatives, what's the matter.

The three of them ate for a while, but because they cared about Lao Xin Zhuo's legs, they didn't persuade them to drink.Just looking at the wet street outside, the three of them were not very interested.

Gu Zhen poured himself a glass of wine and asked, "Where's old Xinyue?"

"I went abroad and said that I want to study design in France."

Qiangzi peeled the peanuts and rolled his eyes: "I really know how to spend money."

"It's good for him to have something to do, so he can save himself wandering around every day, looking upset."

Gu Zhen said with a smile: "Now I'm upset, now that I have a daughter-in-law, I don't even want my younger brother. Is there any room for our buddies?"

Qiangzi chewed peanuts and said foolishly, "Brother Zhuo's daughter-in-law is so wonderful, she is such a real person. She is rich and good-looking, better than that grandson..."

Old Xin Zhuo glanced at Gu Zhen's face with his eyelids: "Hey, my grandson calls me every day to make friends, and wants to find out about someone."

Gu Zhen said nonchalantly: "Who are you asking? Don't mention him for the ones that are owed."

"Friday is almost here."

Qiangzi opened his eyes wide and said, "It's broken! I forgot to save money this month, what should I do, my grandson said that if I give red envelopes, he will give me a seven-day trip to the island!"

Gu Zhen: "What are you afraid of? You bought hundreds of millions of Ming coins and got red envelopes. Look, Ming coins are also money."

Old Xinzhuo didn't say anything, he didn't like Gu Zhen and his grandson, his grandson wasn't that tough, and Gu Zhen wasn't straightforward enough, the relationship between them was not solid, if it really didn't mean that, it would be better to just break it off.

Qiangzi sighed, and threw the peanuts: "At first I thought this grandson was Mr. Chang's friend. There must be something similar to Mr. Chang, but it's a pity that people are different."

Gu Zhen: "Come on, if grandson has no money, can he still be like a person? Don't mention him, drink and drink."

A car passed through the rain curtain and stopped opposite, the man rolled down the window and smiled at Xin Zhuo.

Xin Zhuo coughed and said: "Add two dishes, and take out the good wine you have hidden."

Gu Zhen and Qiang Zi glanced at the car opposite, rolled their eyelids, and sighed, Xin Zhuo's wife came.

Chang Tuhao walked over slowly. In the drizzle, the man had fine features and a fair face. He looked like a gentle and gentle son, twitching and cheerful.

I haven't seen him for more than a month, and seeing this person again, old Xinzhuo's heart is flustered.

Chang Tuhao sat beside Xin Zhuo carelessly, took off his coat, glanced at the vegetables, and curled his lips: "Let's have some green vegetables, I'm getting bored to death this month."

Old Xinzhuo helped people serve food and poured hot tea. The two looked at each other, and their eyes were full of sweet and greasy breath.

Qiangzi jumped up and rubbed his arms, "Oh my god, I have goosebumps all over my body."

Old Xinzhuo: "Sit down and eat."

Gu Zhen asked the chef to fry a few seasonal side dishes, and sat on the side with a smile: "Mr. Chang, I have something to ask you, how did Brother Xiong die."

Old Xin Zhuo raised his eyebrows, "Gu Zhen."

Gu Zhen picked up his chopsticks and dipped them in wine to draw circles on the table, "Mr. Chang, Ming people don't speak in secret. Although I don't know much about engineering, as far as that stuff is concerned, if you wear it back and forth, a fool can figure it out."

Qiangzi lowered his head and peeled the peanuts, but left the shells and threw the peanuts.

Old Xinzhuo poured a glass of wine, Gu Zhen shouldn't have asked this question.If you really want to ask, he should be the one who told Chang Tuhao in private.

"Zhuo Zi, don't think that I'm trying to stand up for Brother Xiong. I just want to know, if Brother Xiong died today, will any of us buddies have any accidents in the future?"

Chang Tuhao frowned, cleared his throat, "I don't know how he died, it has nothing to do with me. All I can say is that he was with the wrong person, and even if he didn't get into a car accident, he would still live for the things he did. not long."

Chang Tuhao didn't want to explain at first.He had indeed talked to someone surnamed Xiong, but the other party was unwilling to stand up, knowing that he would go to the end of a dead end, so he had no choice.

Gu Zhen sighed: "Mr. Chang, Zhuozi, don't blame me for being fast-talking, I'm really worried. Where are you fighting back and forth, it's us who are unlucky. We are also dragging our families now. Look at Zhuozi coming up. There are parents and an uneasy younger brother. Both my parents are there. Although Qiangzi is an orphan, he hasn't passed on the family line to their family. Mr. Chang, can you take us into consideration when you do things in the future? "

Old Xin Zhuo raised the wine glass to his lips, but couldn't swallow it for a long time. Hearing Gu Zhen's words, he put down the wine glass.

"Gu Zhen, don't take it out on Haozi if you're angry. If you're not happy, I'll drink with you until you're happy."

Gu Zhen turned his head, his lips trembling: "You think I'm Brother Xiong, I'm worried about you! Brother Xiong died this time, what about next time? Brother Xiong committed suicide by himself. But... if it wasn't for Zhuo Zi, you would have If we need to study, we are not allowed to continue messing around, maybe it will be me or Qiangzi who died that day."

Qiangzi smiled: "Yeah, brother Zhuo missed three days of class and looked for me everywhere, and almost fought with the local snake over there. If Brother Xiong hadn't pleaded for me in front of their boss and asked me to quit, I would have You can't come back in one piece, brother Zhuo must at least be punished."

Chang Tuhao stood up abruptly, putting his hands on the table: "I know, I know about your previous relationship. I also understand that you guys are young. It's really not that I just stood by and watched, Brother Xiong, like Zhuo Zi, was as loyal as Zhuo Zi. , What can I do? I gave him a way out, and if he doesn’t choose, can Zhuozi suffer? I dare say that the one who hurt Zhuozi was not Xiong, but Xiong knew it in advance.”

Old Xinzhuo patted Chang Tuhao's arm, motioning for someone to sit down, and then slowly said: "Can you turn over the matter of Brother Xiong? I still have tens of thousands of dollars here, Qiangzi, send him home Go, be careful, don't let anyone see you."

Qiangzi nodded.When the turmoil is on the cusp, it is the right way to avoid dealing with these people.

Gu Zhen waved his hand: "I'm really not for him, I just feel my chest is tight. Mr. Chang, I'm sorry, I don't blame you, it's just that people who grew up together died like this. Not good."

Chang Tuhao snorted coldly: "You guys feel bad, do you think Zhuo Zi will feel better? When it comes to loyalty, doesn't Zhuo Zi have the same surname as Xiong? Don't I talk about loyalty? You can still jump now...I..."

Chang Tuhao didn't finish his sentence, if he said more, he would have to explain everything.

Old Xinzhuo just rolled his eyes at Chang Tuhao, his ears turned red when he saw someone, and his eyes flickered and he knew that this person was lying to him again.

Gu Zhen opened his mouth wide, and then he figured out that the Sun family didn't bother him about the matter between him and his grandson. It wasn't because he was careful and protective, it should be Chang Tuhao who contributed in private.

Gu Zhen raised his wine glass to Chang Tuhao, they are all men, they are all buddies, there is no need to say thank you, just remember it in your heart.

After the banquet, when Chang Tuhao went to drive, Gu Zhen patted old Xin Zhuo on the back, "Zhuo Zi, I really envy you! Chang Tuhao is a bit mean, but he is mean to others. Treat yourself well and be a man."

Old Xinzhuo said coquettishly: "I don't even look at whose daughter-in-law it is."

"Yeah, you're so old!"