Food Bureau

The car drove slowly under the radiant neon light and shadow.

"What are you thinking?" Shang Wan asked me.

"Huh?" I thought for a while, "Shang Wan, were you born in City R?"

"Me," she looked at the road ahead, "I was born in England," she smiled at me, "my mother was studying for a degree in England, but I was taken back to City R one month after I was born. "

"Oops, sounds like a homeless place."

"Why do you ask this? What about you?"

"As a real person from City R, do you know that when I came back from the United States, when I was 20 years old, I felt like I had returned to my roots." I said, and laughed to myself.

Shang Wan was driving the car and didn't answer the phone for a long time.

From the corner of my eye, I saw her driving the car steadily. It turned out that she was used to holding the steering wheel with one hand on the bottom, and her left elbow rested on the window sill.

"When your father had an accident, I heard the elders talking about it for a while. At that time, it was considered a big event in R City. Ruliu was very high-end at the time, and it was very popular in a certain circle. Does it still have a branch? "

"Well, there is a branch in city A and city B. Lai Congshan had a good time in the past. He was quite famous in the gourmet world and appeared on TV shows. There are also a lot of people who call him brothers. After Ruliu closed down, the tree fell and the monkey San, those two branches also sold and paid a fine, because of trademark registration issues, the stores have also changed their names, and there is no more blood shed."

"Isn't the trademark sold together?"

"Although he has done illegal things, he insists on certain bottom lines. You don't know, Lai Congshan is serious about food. His brand is as cherished as feathers." I paused, "He may The only thing that is taken seriously is the food."

Shang Wan's hand left the steering wheel slightly, then held it up again, and paused, "How long will he be out?"

"One year."

"Didn't you apply for a commutation?"

"At the beginning, I honestly paid so many fines just to reduce my sentence, but it was just in time for the crackdown that year, and other crimes could be reduced, but he couldn't reduce it. It must be his life."

"Back then..." Shang Wan stopped abruptly after saying these three words.

"Ok?"

She sighed, "I always feel it's a pity, if only I knew you then," she thought for a while, "It's not too late now."

"Shang Wan..."

"Ah."

I watched the car passing through the noisy light and shadow, and entered the quiet forest path. This section of the road is not open to the public, and the forest has been developed into a large park. If you want to drive on this section of the road, you must either pay a toll, or go to Shangwan's villa area of people have a pass.

"You've been helping me, I know," I turned to look at her, "are you an angel sent by God?"

The street lights on the small road flickered on her face, and I saw her flashing gentle smile, "God doesn't care about angels."

"Then who cares?"

She laughed out loud, "The angel takes care of himself," she said, turning the steering wheel to the side, "There is a path here, and there is a small gazebo at the end, where you can watch the reflections of the moon and stars."

"Do stars also have reflections?" I heard the sound of the car "creaking" on the gravel road.

The car stopped, and the eyes opened up. The sky in the city was so dark that it was dyed reddish by the lights on the ground. The shadow of the moon was really reflected in the lake, and the stars turned into dots of light, scattered on the lake. .

In the distance, there is the shadowy skyline of the city, which is the direction we came from, but it is very far away now.

Shang Wan opened the car door and looked back at me, "Is it cold? Do you want a blanket?"

I opened the door, felt it, shook my head, and looked at the thin windbreaker on her body, "What about you?"

She stepped out of the car, "It's so comfortable!"

She looked at the scene in the night, and I looked at her back.

What kind of person is she?I have seen so many aspects of her, gentle, decent, intelligent, capable, and fragile... But what makes me feel the most distressed is her like this, just like the day I looked at her on the terrace in the drizzle Back view, loneliness, I saw deep loneliness.

The inexplicable thought of stepping up to her and hugging her hit me again, making my fingers tremble slightly.

She turned around suddenly, "Am I being selfish, and I pulled you here without asking you?"

"You know I am willing, I am willing to do whatever you want me to do."

The world seemed to be quiet, and the bustling reflection of the lake was quiet. She stood there, and I stood there too. We looked at each other, as if we had been watching for a century.

"Well... I remembered that I still want to pull you to do something." She said.

"Tell me, if you pull me into the water for a swim right now, I might decline it. It's too cold, so I should do anything else."

She froze for a moment, then shook her head, "Do you have a valid Schengen visa?"

"Ah?" I thought for a while, "No, it's already expired."

She seemed to think for a while, "I want to take you on a business trip to Denmark. If there are no mistakes in this matter, your contribution will be quite large." After thinking about it, she seemed to be talking to herself, "Fifteen days in advance at the latest It can be done, I will ask Jing Yi to start applying for the visa tomorrow morning, she has some connections, maybe it can be expedited."

"...Shang Wan, am I that good? Not only did you let me participate in this project, but you also asked me to go to contact with the white whale with Phil, and now you let me go on a business trip to Denmark together."

"I have my own idea. If you just learn some technology, it is really unnecessary, but I hope you can understand the operation coordination relationship between various departments and businesses in the construction industry. You have entered the society for so many years and then go back to apply. Schools must turn disadvantages into advantages, and advantages are practical work experience and understanding of industry reality, which young students lack.”

I don’t know why, but she spoke so rationally, but my heart was being hopelessly touched. If it wasn’t for that little bit of self-restraint, I might have cried hard in front of her, and the night couldn’t cover her. live.

It was only later that I figured out where the emotion came from. Shang Wan didn’t talk to me about conditions, and she didn’t even make a show of it. When she pulled me, she stretched out her hand silently. She didn’t ask me what I could bring her. , without even thinking about whether I can be worthy of the help she gives, whether I will waste it.

And she has no obligations or responsibilities to me at all. She took a step back and said that even if she likes me, she is really generous and a gentleman.All the help and sympathy I have received are conditional.At that time, my mother wanted to continue to pay my tuition fees on the condition that I supported her remarriage; those hozens of my father wanted to help my family because they wanted the brand authorization of "Ru Liu" and the cookbook; and my girlfriend of five years, Every year, she asked me if I made enough money, and if I could go back to the United States to study, until she found out that after three years, I hadn’t made any money, and I was still running a restaurant...

In fact, I don't like to compare my ex-girlfriend with the person behind me. The thought of comparison only flashed by that night. I don't compare, because I know the differences between people. I'm talking about objective differences. Birth, economic status, etc., all of these will affect a person's experience and education status, thereby affecting character and behavior. Perhaps, Shang Wan's comfort in food and clothing, status-all those innate possessions make her a I chose a generous and gentlemanly person, but no matter what the reason is, it was her, and it turned out to be her, and this is her now.She moved me beyond belief.

"Shang Wan," I finally sighed, "I have opened a restaurant for seven years, what potential do you see in me? Do you want to support me like this?"

She smiled softly, the light in her eyes was also beautiful and eye-catching in the dark night, which could make even the stars in that lake look inferior.

"Seriously?"

"Ah."

"Everything you do is slightly better than others."

"what??"

"From the business philosophy of the restaurant to the layout, to the dishes you present, you can resist the temptation to make big money and make quick money. The concepts I talked about when I went to eat at your place for the first time made me think that you are very smart. Sober. Your aura in design, whether it is the design drawings that won the award eight years ago or the plan you came up with in such a short time today, people like Pei Sihan and I have obtained various degrees and pointed to this industry to make money I didn’t even think about it. Then there is your character, all your inadvertent gentleman behaviors, do you know that most people in this world are good at doing things that don’t harm others, benefit themselves, or even harm others, but you can do things that benefit others and harm yourself Things, this is a very hidden thing, if you look at those selfish people, it’s not too bad, but sometimes you can see it at a glance, and it’s doomed that you won’t like him too much.”

She said so much in one breath, stopped, tilted her head, looked at me and smiled.

And my face was already red up to my neck, let alone such a long-winded compliment, this is a compliment from Shang Wan, and I almost regarded it as a confession subjectively.

"Oh," I fiddled with the stones under my feet, "Miss is awsome."

She chuckled, "Let's go, there are still many things to do tomorrow morning."

"Ah."

The two of us walked to the car, I was as happy as a rabbit who just shared a big radish.

I am happy that Shang Wan is an unconventional woman. Although her words are praising me, they make me admire her. After all, she can see those things that I have buried deeply, even if I Being so sloppy and self-destructive doesn't affect her judgment. Although I'm not as good as she said, I'm beginning to believe that her position in Shanggu depends more on her own wisdom.

The car started, went out from the path, and returned to the road in the woods. After walking a third of the way ahead, it would be out of the woods.

I was thinking about her position in Shanggu, thinking that she was from the Shang family, and I suddenly became curious, "Shang Wan, who of yours founded the company?"

"Huh? My grandfather Shang Tanzhi, haven't you read the company background introduction sent by HR?" She deliberately sounded reproachful.

"Don't dare, I know Mr. Shang Tanzhi, but I don't know his relationship with you. I only know that you are from the Shang family."

"Well, it's my grandfather."

"Then... oh." I wanted to ask her father, if she had any brothers and sisters, but I thought it was too gossip.

"My mother was in Shanggu during her lifetime, but my father was not interested in this industry. He studied art in his early years."

"Oh... Shang Wan, the third generation of the Shang family, is there anyone else here?"

Almost when I finished the last word, there was a "thump" in front of the car, I heard the sound of tires skidding sharply on the ground, a sudden brake, the safety belt bounced me hard, I grabbed the car in horror What.

"Going back and forth, I seem to have bumped into something alive..."

I let go, it was Shang Wan's arm that was grabbed just now.

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