reprieve

Sui Ran found that Huai'an was a little different from the President Huai in his impression.

The person who was held up and respected in the past is more and more able to say things that I thought I would not be able to say from her mouth. No matter how many times I listen to it, it still burns my ears.

This shows that people cannot completely define people according to labels and impressions.After all, he is not a cardboard man, and his behavior is strictly in accordance with the settings, without any deviation.

Labeling someone and classifying their personality is to understand and get closer to him as much as possible, and to have a general idea of ​​what to say and what not to say, what to do and what not to do when interacting.

But this understanding of people is still superficial.

Only by being close and spending time together for a long time can we know more about a person, and some changes will also occur.

Mr. Huai is slowly opening up a new mode, or liberating a certain nature, to be with her.

Sui Ran thought to herself, took a step back, and asked teasingly, "Have you decided where to go?"

Huai'an turned to look at her, his slightly frowned brows loosened, and he sighed indistinctly, pointing to a noodle restaurant five meters ahead obliquely, "That one."

Time, twelve fifty-seven in the afternoon.

Location, Food Street of Science and Technology Valley Town.

The Science and Technology Valley Town is on the south side of the Science and Technology Valley. It was originally a living area for migrant workers and their families who built the Science and Technology Valley. It is the wasteland to be developed, and it is not inappropriate to say that it is the urban-rural fringe.

Huai’an refers to Xiaoxiang Beef Noodle Soup Restaurant on the ground floor of a three-story building, with various clothes hanging on long drying racks above. When the wind blows, the clothes will drive the clothes rail to shake.The windproof clamp bit the steel pipe, making harsh creaking noises from time to time.

The noodle restaurant’s neighbors are all fly restaurants with a signboard for takeaway. A small row of front rooms gathers eight major cuisines, ranging from Northeast cuisine to Cantonese cuisine, and there are even Japanese dishes and Western dishes with western names—— Although the food street only occupies a single row of shops, and it takes less than 2 minutes to walk from the beginning to the end, it explains that although the sparrow is small and complete, people have to praise it as "truly worthy of the name".

More dense than restaurants are the takeaway electric vehicles. There are six or seven takeaway riders waiting to pick up food outside the smooth noodle restaurant.

The two sat on the tram after eating and waited for the order, with cigarettes in their mouths, which did not prevent them from sighing and complaining: "there are few orders", "the delivery distance is far away", "riders are not allowed in the commercial building community", "the platform smokes Become a murderer."

When we got short of breath during the conversation, regardless of the customers of the noodle shop doing business, we turned our heads and opened our mouth to spit down the steps without looking.

Seeing this, President Huai paused in place with a numb face.

So although labels and classifications cannot fully present a person, they can still be used as a reference sometimes.

Sui Ran got out of the car and saw the "grand occasion" that the food street was occupied by takeaway riders, and guessed that no matter which restaurant Mr. Huai went to, he had to do some psychological preparation.

That's exactly what happened.

Mr. Huai is used to being delicate, but it's not that he can't let go of his posture. Give her a period of time to adapt, and it won't be difficult for her to blend in.In fact, when the cold wind blows for 2 minutes, people instinctively go to a warm place.

But this noodle restaurant...

Sui Ran took a step forward, and politely said to the rider squatting at the door: "Excuse me, thank you."

Then he opened the door, but couldn't see clearly what was inside. He was suffocated by the oncoming smoke and took two steps back. He turned around and asked, "Shall we wait in the car?"

The restaurant I went to with Director Chang last time was not exquisite, but at least it was clean and hygienic.

The noodle restaurant is not that particular, maybe the urban management can't take care of this place, not only the paper balls and drink bottles that have not been cleaned are scattered on the ground.The indoor smoking ban has been in force for two years, and a table of guests sitting around the hot pot is still smoking, mixed with the heat of the hot pot, and the taste is quite indescribable.

Huaian took a deep breath, passed Sui Ran to open the door, and proposed a solution in just a few seconds, "Open the door."

Sui Ran followed behind and looked left and right, not sure if it was a psychological effect, but she always felt the tension from her straight shoulder line.

When Mr. Huai picked an empty seat facing the outside and sat down, Sui Ran's heart ached.

There is no meal time, and the seats are densely packed, with people next to each other.Mr. Huai was definitely not used to such a lively and compact environment, and he looked out with a solemn expression. Thanks to his well-managed expression, he didn't let out his struggle to leave this smoky noodle shop, but he was too serious, and he didn't fit in with the small noodle shop.

Sui Ran chose two taels of beef noodles, looked up at her with such a calm expression, was happy again, took out a wet wipe from her bag, wiped the plastic-wrapped menu carefully, and handed it to her with both hands , Seriously said: "President Huai please take a look."

Boss Huai raised his eyebrows, finally he was not so tense, but his eyes were still fixed on the opposite side, and he moved inside with the menu, "Come here."

Sui Ran looked back along her line of sight, and immediately realized that she was blocking Boss Huai from looking out of the door, and understood the purpose of opening the door.

Follow up.

After getting into the Chevrolet, Huai'an confessed that she hadn't made an appointment with Feng Lao this time.

She didn't have old Feng's contact information at all.

Sui Ran was shocked that Mr. Huai would act like this, and at the same time felt that there are mountains beyond mountains, and there are people beyond people—I think Mr. Huai, who Mr. Hai and Fu Lanzhou visited repeatedly, has now fallen to the point of waiting for rabbits.

It takes five or six minutes by car from the subway station to the food street, which is enough for Huai'an to give a high-level overview of Mr. Feng's experience in the past two or three decades.

Mr. Feng had a lot of troubles before, and he was extremely vigilant about the society. He had been in places with a large floating population and a complex composition of personnel all year round.I haven't heard anything from him for several years. Maybe it's because I've grown older in the past few years. Many things in the past have become bearish, and I gradually have a fixed range of activities.

Through what channel and method did Huaian know that Mr. Feng would come to Xiaoxiang Beef Soup Noodle Restaurant, Sui Ran had no way of knowing, the process is not the point, but the result is.

As a result, President Huai condescends to hide in the smoky noodle restaurant at this moment, staring at everyone passing by and coming in and out as if he is facing an enemy, for fear that others will not see that she is waiting to follow.

"I suggest you don't keep looking outside the door, be natural." Sui Ran leaned next to her and whispered in her ear, "Why don't you go to the opposite side and I'll keep an eye on it?"

The seating arrangement was really cramped, she whispered to Huai An, and the two of them were close to each other.After Sui Ran finished speaking, he quickly distanced himself, watched President Huai's face turn red, and answered the wrong question: "Beef soup."

Sui Ran hissed in his heart, and stood up vigorously: "I'll go and order."

The counter is inside, connected to the back kitchen. A girl with her head bowed and playing with her mobile phone was sitting inside. Sui Ran tapped on the table: "Small portion of beef noodles in clear soup, small portion of beef soup, no green onions, coriander, and chili."

The girl tapped the computer screen a few times, and asked without raising her head, "Do you want both?"

Sui Ran: "Not at all."

The girl turned the scanner to the outside: "It's 24 yuan in total, I'll scan it for you."

Sui Ran raised her mobile phone, opened the QR code payment interface, leaned forward slightly, and asked the girl, "Can you tell the customers over there not to smoke indoors. You will be fined for smoking in public places."

The girl suddenly raised her head, showing a young face, at most in her early twenties, looked at the hot pot table, and waved her hand indifferently: "Oh, I'll tell them later."

Sui Ran nodded: "Thank you."

Not long after she returned to her seat, she heard a thumping sound from behind, and the girl yelled crisply: "Aunt Ge, stop smoking, the smell is too strong."

A bald man with a greasy face on the hot pot table laughed when he heard this, "What are you talking about, Miss Xiaoxiang, and you can't smell it, so why are you choking?"

Sui Ran turned her head, and suddenly found that the girl named Xiaoxiang from the Xiaoxiang Beef Soup Noodle Restaurant was empty below her knees, and she was pedaling a pair of matte metal prosthetic limbs.

Xiaoxiang held a plate of peanuts and a plate of beef slices in both hands, "Hurry up and put out the cigarette, the health team will come to check in a while, and you will pay the fine."

The bald man didn't listen: "We are familiar with the health team, what is Xiaoxiang afraid of, we are the first to know when someone comes."

Xiaoxiang made a gesture to take the side dishes back: "You have affected my customers in this way, how can I do business, Aunt Ge, you take care of Brother Haozi."

The middle-aged woman known as Aunt Ge was easy to talk, pinched the cigarette by herself, and pressed her hand: "Listen to Boss Xiaoxiang, put it out soon. Oh, Haozi, you just need a mouthful to rush to reincarnate, and want to smoke out. "

Haozi took a big puff before throwing the cigarette that burned to the filter on the ground, stomped it out with his foot, and smiled, "I won't smoke anymore, it's so cold outside."

Boss Xiaoxiang put two plates of side dishes on the table, smiling brightly: "Thank you, Aunt Ge, thank you Brother Haozi, you guys eat slowly, if you don't have enough, order more."

After she returned to the counter, Aunt Ge pushed Haozi, who had a bald head and oily noodles, "Remember to count the money for the side dishes to Xiaoxiang later."

Haozi said cheerfully, "You have to say, there's nothing to take advantage of this little bit of cheapness."

Sui Ran watched the skit with laughter and cursing, and turned to Huai'an, who also looked away from the hot pot table, thoughtfully.

"Isn't it fun?"

"Well, quite interesting." Huai An casually replied, his attention seemed to drift back to the door.

Sui Ran went to the counter to ask Boss Xiaoxiang if there was any boiling water. The little boss was busy taking takeout orders, and only returned after finishing the operation: "Yes, I'll bring it to you in a while."

"It's okay, I'll take it myself."

"No, it's not good if you don't hold it steady and something happens." Boss Xiaoxiang still had that indifferent look, and didn't give her a straight look.

Sui Ran thought about it, realized that she was unnecessary, so she said "thank you" twice, and went back.

She asked for boiling water to iron Huai'an's tableware, after which the beef soup and beef noodles were put in place.

To be honest, Sui Ran was quite worried about the sanitation here, but she was hungry, and she was not afraid of the heat, so she tasted the soup first, and then ate a piece of beef.

The soup base of the noodles is delicious, and the beef seems to have been marinated, with a little spice.

Surprisingly delicious.

Sui Ransan finished a bowl of noodles in 5 minutes, and when he finished eating, he looked at the side, half of the soup and ingredients in Mr. Huai's bowl had disappeared.

"It tastes good." Huai'an gave a pertinent evaluation.

"It's just that the portion is a bit small, so you should order a larger portion." Sui Ran said.

"Another order?"

"it is good."

The two had a refill twice in total, which took one hour and eight minutes. The regular customers at the hot pot table left, and several groups of customers changed at other tables, but they never waited for Mr. Feng.

On the way back to the car, Sui Ran almost fell asleep as soon as she touched the back of the chair.

The first continuation was that the taste of Xiaoxiang beef noodle soup was really good, and I was not full, and the continuation later was to meet the intention of Mr. Huai and others.

As a result, Mr. Feng's shadow was nowhere to be seen, and he was overwhelmed.

Huai'an turned on the heater, the sun shone through the glass, and the inside of the car was warm. Sui Ran's consciousness sank into the darkness. After waiting for a long time, seeing that President Huai didn't show any sign of driving, he asked with his eyelids open: "What do we want to do?" Wait here?"

"I shouldn't be able to wait for today."

"Then... go back?" Sui Ran couldn't hold it anymore, she always wanted to slide down the seat, but also felt that she had to at least maintain her image in front of President Huai, and tried to sit up straight.

Huai'an stretched out his hand to give her a hand, and at the same time handed over the phone: "Compared with Lingang, which one do you think is more suitable for us?"

The screen of the mobile phone displays a map interface, and the location that is 800 meters away from Xiaoxiang noodle restaurant and close to the outer ring expressway is marked with an asterisk.

Sui Ran didn't answer right away, and asked, "Mr. Feng lives nearby, so you want to start a project...to build a research room around her?"

The noodles at Boss Xiaoxiang's house are delicious, but it's not an online celebrity shop, it's a regular customer and takeaway business.If it wasn't for working and living around here, I'm afraid it would be hard to find such a noodle soup restaurant.

According to the information Huai’an received, Mr. Feng came to the noodle shop three to five times a week, regardless of weekends and weekdays, usually around [-] in the afternoon. Sometimes he walked, and sometimes rode an old Phoenix bicycle, which meant that Mr. Feng lived not far away.

In order to attract important talents, some companies do not hesitate to pay benefits that are unimaginable to ordinary people. Sui Ran has seen it before, so it is not difficult to think of the ingenuity.

"Half and half." Huai'an clicked on the asterisk. Judging from the map mark, it looks like a park combining industrial plants and dormitory buildings. "This place belongs to Mr. Feng."

Sui Ran felt in a daze that he had heard it wrong: "Huh...?"

"Mr. Feng is the property owner here." Huai'an explained, "She bought it from a Taiwanese businessman 16 years ago. This is the last record of Mr. Feng's social activities found so far."

Speaking of this, she didn't know what to think, and added: "By the way, the source of the investigation record is completely legal and compliant."

Sui Ran didn't even think about whether the source of information was legal and compliant, and simply lamented that the boss can really do whatever he wants with the mentality of a poor social animal.

She had heard Mr. Huai say vaguely that "Mr. Feng has gone astray", but today when she saw this small noodle restaurant, she thought that Mr. Feng was poor and his life was miserable.

Never expected that Mr. Feng is also a big landlord who hides his secrets.

Probably seeing that her mind was not on the screen map at all, Huaian took back the phone, entered a new address to open the navigation: "We will go to the car dealership to pick up the car now."

The steering wheel is in Mr. Huai's hands, and Sui Ran has no idea where she wants to go. She is thinking about another thing, "In this case, wouldn't it be a conflict with Mr. Fu, Mr. Hai, and Lingang. Mr. Huai, I'm Zhaoyue employee, have you forgotten?"

The latter sentence was a joke, she said with a smile, and Huai An laughed too, but the answer was still in a business-like tone: "I believe in Manager Sui's vision, as well as fairness and objectivity."

Manager Sui rubbed the tips of his ears, thinking about the stakes fairly and objectively.

She will not be afraid to fight against Mr. Hai and Mr. Fu.

With adequate preparations and comprehensive information in hand, she always tends to think from the customer's point of view - the boss pays.

The client side only lacks the channel resources of the intermediary side, but most of the resources are there no matter how many people know about them, and they will not fly away with wings.

In other words, once the customer side understands the market situation, it will naturally consider the issue more comprehensively than the third party whose main purpose is to make profits.

The intermediary provides choices to customers, and the final choice is made by the customer itself, because it is often he/she who knows what a person wants most.

When the two messages from Haicheng came in, the navigation reminded that there were still 4 minutes to the destination.

"I gave Director Chang your number, and he will contact you later."

"Pay attention to [ears]"

He really came here for whatever he wanted, Director Chang came to her just to inquire about Yu An's movements.

Sui Ran sighed deeply, and replied: "Boss, the weather is not very good today."

Haicheng asked sharply, "Is it inconvenient?"

Sui Ran: "."

Haicheng: "OK"

"I have a question," the car entered the parking lot of the car rental company, Sui Ran put the mobile phone back into the small bag, and asked, "Is Mr. Feng willing to build a research laboratory on his own site?"

What she wants to ask more is, is a person like Mr. Feng who lives in the city still willing to do research work?

She never thought that Boss Huai's handling of this matter was unreliable. She had never met her face to face, and she didn't even have a positive communication so far, but Boss Huai didn't know where the confidence came from. Lead the projects she facilitates.

Huaian stopped the car, didn't unfasten his seat belt, looked into the distance, seemed to be dreaming, and seemed to be praying, and said in a low voice: "She will, the world needs people like her."

Sui Ran didn't move for a long time, and the setting sun in the afternoon cast a soft halo on her. If it wasn't for the vague smell of hot pot in the car, Sui Ran thought that this person was projected from another world—commonly known as , down to earth.

It was the lingering smell from the noodle shop that made Boss Huai aroused. Sui Ran casually said the guess that had been circling in his heart for a long time: "You went to Boss Xiaoxiang's today, and you never thought that you would meet Mr. Feng just once. , I changed this car so that I wouldn't scare the snake...uh, to attract attention."

"Totally correct." Huai'an didn't hesitate to give full marks, paused, and asked in the language of consultation as usual, "So can I trouble you to drive the car back for me?"

While pressing down the button of the seat belt, Sui Ran held the buckle tightly and squinted at Mr. Huai.

Mr. Huai still has some airs that he doesn't know, it may also be his personal behavior habits, he beats around the bush every day, and brings him home to find some high-sounding reasons.

I picked up the car to catch the evening rush hour and went back to dinner time. I went up to drink some water and have dinner. After eating, I talked about what I planned to ask for in the future, and then accidentally arrived late at night. Next, the two of them sleep in their own rooms.

Sui Ran is already familiar with Boss Huai's routine, and she can figure out how to develop [-]% of it.

She herself has a lot of extra heart, and her courage has not recovered, and she can't stand tossing and turning for half a night. She thinks seriously for a long time, and for the sake of the sleep health of the two of them—mainly herself—, she makes a very sincere suggestion: "Look Is this good? Anyway, we have to wait for the rabbit tomorrow. After you pick up the car in a while, we will each drive one and go back to each house. It is not convenient for you to drive over, so I will pick you up tomorrow. I will trouble Mr. Huai during this time It's embarrassing to pick up and drop off, and it's time for me to be the driver."

Huaian pushed the door and got off.

……

The two of you have been tossing around for nearly a week. Xiaoxiang, the owner of the noodle shop, didn’t even need to order when she saw them coming. Two taels of beef noodles, a bowl of beef soup, and her special potstickers in Huai’an, but Feng Old, never met once.

The next week, Sui Ran tactfully suggested President Huai not to go, no matter how delicious the beef noodle soup is, he couldn't resist eating it every day.

On the other hand, she found out some news through her own channels.

In a country with a big real estate economy, when most people mention how much real estate they own, their intuition is that this person will lie down and make money all their lives. If they have not experienced it themselves, they will rarely think about how the real estate came about, how it was transferred from one party to the other, and what procedures are involved. formalities.

Sui Ran's business is also an intermediary, President Huai still waits for Xiaoxiang to treat Mr. Feng, she has vaguely thought of intermediaries who are usually not noticed by others with her professional sense.

The piece of land Mr. Feng bought from a Taiwanese businessman did have an intermediary that cleared the legal and financial barriers - after all, it has nothing to do with whether there is cross-strait communication.

The intermediary who operated this transaction was surnamed Song, and he made his first pot of gold with this single commission.

The reason why he is called a warrior is because Boss Song is very vigorous. He tasted the sweetness in the first year, and expanded aggressively in the second year. He is bound to include the entire Science and Technology Valley in his territory. International real estate operators who are new to the Haicheng market are head-to-head.

The era when the strong dragon could not beat the local snake has long passed, and the big capitalists who were rich and well-versed in the game were useless. They almost made Boss Song lose his underwear and left the real estate industry sadly.

It is difficult for people who have tasted huge profits in real estate to do business in a down-to-earth manner. Boss Song has been honed in various industries later, and he can't get better than he can get, and he finally came back to be a second-hand businessman.

Erdao dealers refer to second landlords who engage in chartering and subletting. They rent one floor and two floors or one building and two buildings from the property owner/big owner at a low price, and rent them out after decoration to make a difference.

The first pot of gold was too brilliant back then, Boss Song's current second landlord career is honestly decent, but he is depressed all day long, and feels that his old age has lost his glory.

Sui Ran had dealt with second landlords, large and small, many times, and several second landlord intermediaries followed the vine, and contacted Boss Song.

But Boss Song is a boss around him, and he can't date anyone casually.

Sui Ran called him five times in total and reported his name three times. The fourth time Boss Song finally remembered who she was and asked her to contact the people below.

For the fifth time, Sui Ran didn't say any more nonsense, and as soon as the phone was connected, he reported the street number of Mr. Feng's land.

Boss Song is a very fun person, with the vigor of an old intermediary and a middle-aged man, but after all, there are ups and downs in the wind and waves, and he still has a bit of ambition to never change his original intention. When he entered the industry, the intermediary market was in a mess. The intermediary side buyers and sellers He cheated at both ends, and paid the price difference at both ends, and he didn't want to be tricky in the first major case that he handled independently (it was also because he was not capable enough to handle tricks). Instead, he was unanimously approved by both parties, and each paid a high commission, so there was no crooked backbone. Stand here, so far unchanged.

Knowing that Sui Ran found him because of Feng Lao's piece of land, he couldn't keep up with hundreds of people to inquire about the news. Boss Song was very moved, and he must have a drink with the younger generation who is interested in this period of history.

Sui Ran made an appointment with him at a semi-open barbecue restaurant in the shopping mall, took the hangover medicine in advance, met Boss Song, and asked for a case of beer when ordering food.

After drinking two bottles of wine, Boss Song boasted and patted his chest. He said that he had a good relationship with his old sister, and told a lot of details about Mr. Feng's life. He opened his mouth and recited a number in the middle, "I still recite my old sister's number." Now, there was no address book at that time, they were all copied by hand, you type one."

Really connected, no one answered.

Boss Song took out his mobile phone leisurely and called, "My old sister is always elusive, so she will answer the phone every year when she collects the rent. Her land, what kind of laboratory was she going to do at the time, no, she couldn't get the qualification... Later I touched I saw her, and asked her if the place was vacant or not, and she could just let me take care of it, and the old sister said yes. The old sister has helped me a lot twice."

Boss Song thought of Mr. Feng's kindness, put the phone on the table and let it ring, and waited for it to hang up automatically.

Just when it was about to be disconnected, the other side suddenly connected, but there was no sound. Boss Song picked up another bottle when his bottle of wine was empty. voices and footsteps.

After that, all sounds stopped abruptly.

"Old sister is cute and keeps pets. She keeps everything, cats, dogs, sparrows... I want to pick up everything I encounter on the road. I went to her house once and never dared to go again. You don't know that. Shit and poop fell from nowhere, there is no place to stay... that guy, well, densely packed..."

Sui Ran drank half a bottle with Boss Song, felt nauseous, excused himself to go to the bathroom, washed his face and was still top-heavy, took out his mobile phone and shared the location of the restaurant with Mr. Huai: "Manager Sui has a good start today, Mr. Huai is free to pick me up. ?”

Back at the dining table, there are two more pushes on the interface:

Huaian: "Have you been drinking?"

Huai'an: "Two 10 minutes."

While responding to Boss Song, Sui Ran manually set a 10-minute countdown.

The 10 minutes Mr. Huai said was one minute and 53 seconds earlier than the timer, which was about the time when Sui Ran came back from the bathroom shaking his hands and set the timer.

Sui Ran really couldn't remember how Huai'an sent Boss Song away. When she was led to the counter, she caught a glimpse of the QR code from the corner of her eye, and suddenly remembered the checkout, and stood still.

"I bought it."

Sui Ran couldn't hear Mr. Huai's emotions, but felt the cool breeze blowing on the back of his neck, shook his head, and reached out to grab the mints in the big bowl on the counter.

Did not catch.

Huai'an took two, tore off half of the candy wrappers each, and handed them over by holding the corners.

"Manager Sui is busy with work recently?"

Sui Ran is only busy with one thing recently: looking for the intermediary who handled the business between the Taiwanese businessman and Mr. Feng.

Boss Hai urged her to call Director Chang back, but she was always perfunctory, and even forgot to reply to President Huai's messages a few times.

Fortunately, it worked out.

After drinking two bottles of wine with Boss Song, I got Lao Feng's mobile phone number and a suspected current address. Without even thinking about it, she bent down to take it from her palm, raised her head and said, "That's right, Mr. Huai, who is guarding the world, dares to watch and dare not move, so he can only engage in business to divert attention."

The author has something to say: ε=(?ο｀*))) Oh, the car didn’t stop

Thanks to the boss who cast the deep water torpedo: Jiang Lansheng 1;

Thanks to the boss who threw the rocket: 80-year-old overtime woman, crippled 1 baboon;

Thanks to the boss who threw the grenade: the rabbit who loves to eat meat, the 80-year-old overtime woman, and Ringo 1;

Thanks to the bosses who threw mines: J10, 2 thorns; Rabbit who loves meat, Yi Shisan, Saiyan, declined Xu Jiaqi seven times, Yanan, Mumu, ML, Ayi wjy, 7776, Wenjiuyiqinghan 1;

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