Retreat

When he came out of the shower, He Yu was still shirtless, and while wiping the water off his head with a towel, he went to his room to get dressed.

Fu Chenshan had already changed into a suit and leather shoes, and asked He Yu: "What are your plans today?"

He Yu just pulled off a t-shirt from the top of his head, and while putting on his sleeves, he replied, "I have no plans."

Standing at his door, Fu Chenshan asked, "Do you want to go somewhere? I'll take you there."

He Yu turned around, smiled and said, "No need, you go to work. I'll walk alone later when I have nothing to do."

Fu Chenshan instructed: "Remember to eat on time. There are milk and eggs in the refrigerator, and there is also a breakfast downstairs. I may not be able to come back for lunch at noon. I will pick you up at night."

He Yu nodded, "Understood, stop rambling, let's go."

Fu Chenshan still seemed a little worried, but he had to go out.

After He Yu tidied himself up, he took the elevator downstairs in a hurry. He walked to the small alley behind the street, found a small restaurant, and ordered buns and a bowl of porridge.

Li Tang told him not to go too early, so he could only eat slowly, and then walked to the bus station to catch the bus, expecting to be in Renxin Road around 09:30 after a while of traffic jam.

It's not that He Yu hasn't thought of a better way out.

He is a college graduate. When he was looking for a job, his resume was very beautiful. Both his academic performance and work experience were outstanding.So he was able to enter Ling Yun, who was well-known in the industry at that time, and he thought it was his luck at that time, especially to be able to be with Fu Chenshan again.

It's just that no matter how wonderful the past file is, it can't compare to the fact that he has been in prison. Such a heavy stroke will be a stain that will accompany his life. No matter what formal company or enterprise, as long as he knows the criminal record he left, it is impossible to hire him. of.As for Fu Chenshan's proposal to return to Lingyun, he would never go anyway.

Originally, when he first heard about Li Tang from Fang Wentai, he didn't think about whether to ask him for help.If it wasn't for Ling Zhilu's sudden appearance, he might still be staying at Fu Chenshan's house with peace of mind, planning a better way out for himself.But thanks to Ling Zhilu, he made up his mind to leave Fu Chenshan quickly and live his own life.

He Yu found the address that Li Tang had given him before ten o'clock. As he expected, it was a restaurant called Shi Youwei.The scale is not small, because the two shops have been opened up, and there seems to be a second floor.But it's not a high-end restaurant, just a Chinese fast food restaurant that is common in small streets and alleys.

It is located in this area, and the opposite is full of office buildings, so the business must be good.

Why Li Tang changed the bar and opened such a small restaurant, He Yu couldn't figure it out.

Even though it was almost ten o'clock, there were still two or three tables of guests inside, probably having breakfast.

When He Yu walked in, the young girl standing at the cashier at the door greeted him, "What would you like to eat?"

He Yu looked at the large menu on the wall behind her, and said, "I'm looking for Li Tang."

The little girl looked up at him, then shouted loudly: "Brother Li, someone is looking for you!"

Soon, there were footsteps coming down the stairs.

He Yu watched a tall, thin middle-aged man come down from the second floor, looking at He Yu with cold eyes.The man is not very handsome, but his facial features are profound, with the vicissitudes unique to his age, which is not attractive.

The man said, "What metaphor?"

As soon as He Yu heard his deep and hoarse voice, he immediately confirmed the identity of the person in front of him, so he nodded and said, "Brother Li."

Li Tang looked at the customers in the store, and said to He Yu: "Come with me." Then he turned around and went upstairs again.

He Yu hurriedly followed.

The stairs are a bit narrow, and because it is a restaurant, the tiles on the floor always seem to have a layer of greasy.Follow Li Tang up to the second floor, only to see that the second floor has been partitioned and installed a wooden door, inside the door is a single bedroom.

The bedroom is very simple, only a single bed, a table, a cabinet and a TV, and two scattered chairs.

Li Tang closed the door, then picked up the messy clothes and newspapers on the chair, lifted the back of the chair and put it in front of He Yu, "Sit."

"Thank you, Brother Li," He Yu sat down.

Li Tang also sat down by the bed, looked at He Yu, "When did you meet Lao Fang?"

He Yu recalled, "It's been a long time since we knew each other, probably in the last year when we got to know each other."

"The last year?" Li Tang asked, "You just released it?"

He Yu nodded and said softly, "I've only been out for two days."

Li Tang reached out to the bedside to smoke a pack of cigarettes, knocked it in his hand, and then threw one to He Yu.His hands were big and rough. He threw the cigarette case back and went to touch the lighter by the bed.

He Yu wanted to reach out to pick up Li Tang's lighter, "Brother Li, let me do it."

Li Tang waved his hand, lit the lighter and approached He Yu, motioning for He Yu to light a cigarette.

He Yu had no choice but to put the cigarette in his mouth, leaned forward to light it, and said, "Thank you."

Li Tang lit the cigarette for himself, took two deep breaths, then raised his wrist to shake the ashes, and asked, "Old Fang told you to find me, does that mean I can find you something to do?"

He Yu said: "Uncle Fang has that meaning."

"Look at me," Li Tang waved his palm, "the bar is closed, now it's just a fly shop full of oily smoke."

He Yu nodded, he had already seen it.

Li Tang spit out smoke, "Anyway, I have nothing to say about the person introduced by Lao Fang. No matter how you got in, I don't care. But I want to help you find something to do. Now there is such a restaurant, and the recruitment is mainly for A few buildings across the street deliver food, can you see if you can do it?"

"Deliver food to the opposite side?" He Yu repeated in a low voice.

Li Tang said: "Yes, sometimes there are dozens of takeaways at noon in Lingyun alone on the opposite side. You can't finish one trip, and you have to run over and over again. Things are trivial and tiring, and you might be angry. I see you are gentle and gentle. Look, think it over before you talk, don’t run away after working for a day.”

He Yu looked out the window and fell silent.

He wasn't afraid of being tired or trivial things, he just didn't want to go to Lingyun, where there was Fu Chenshan and many of his former colleagues and friends.He may not be afraid of other people's eyes, but he is also unwilling to go up and let others point at him.

Li Tang saw his hesitation, and said: "Think hard, don't force it. You are quite young, so you should do whatever you are looking for."

He Yu raised his hand, wiped his face, and said, "Brother Li, I will do it."

Li Tang still said the same words, "Think it over."

He Yu nodded, "I've made up my mind."

Li Tang leaned forward, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't feel unsatisfactory when you just come out, you can always pass slowly."

He Yu squeezed out a smile, "I understand."

"That's good," Li Tang said, "a monthly salary of two thousand, one yuan for a delivery, three meals a day, and three or four thousand a month if you work hard."

He Yu asked, "Can you wrap it up?"

"Enclosed?" Li Tang said, "The second floor next door is the kitchen, do you think there is room for you to live here?"

Seeing He Yu's silence, Li Tang said again: "There are several young people in the shop who rent a three-bedroom house nearby. The rent is less than 400 yuan per person per month. But the conditions are not very good. They are all bunk beds. , if you want, they probably still have vacant beds, I'll go and ask you."

Shared rent?He Yu frowned slightly, feeling as if he was going back to the prison where the smell of sweat and mildew mixed, he rejected Li Tang, "Forget it, I'll look for it myself."

If you really have nearly 4000 yuan a month, then it is more convenient to rent a small apartment of about 1000 yuan nearby and live alone.

"When can I start working?" Li Tang asked him.

He Yu raised his head, "Today is fine."

Li Tang looked at him in surprise, "Are you in a hurry to spend money?"

He Yu shook his head, "No, I just want to find something to do first."

Li Tang smoked to the end of a cigarette, and stretched out his hand to throw the cigarette butt into the ashtray, "Come and do it when you are in a hurry. In these two days, find someone to take you with you, and deliver it yourself when you get familiar with it."

"Okay," He Yu replied.

Li Tang raised his hand and looked at his watch, "It's getting late, and the business will come slowly later. If you have nothing to do, you can stay in the store to help. If you have something to go out, you have to ask me for leave."

He Yu stood up, "Then I'll go down and have a look first."

Li Tang stood up, "I'll go with you, and introduce someone to you by the way."

From ten to eleven in the morning, it is probably the time when the business in the store is the most deserted.

Li Tang's business here is good, and many small workers are hired.At noon, the little girl at the cashier was too busy, and even found a girl to wait by her side to answer the takeaway call.

Running a restaurant business is obviously dirtier and more tiring than a bar business, things are trivial and the money doesn't come as quickly.

He Yu didn't ask Li Tang why the bar wasn't open. Although it was just a short conversation, he felt that Li Tang was a thoughtful person. He probably had his own plans for the future and didn't need others' understanding.

Just like Fu Chenshan, if he knew that he was here to do this kind of work, he would definitely not agree.But he also didn't need his approval now.