You don't understand the gentleness of an old man

Fang Lu was also taken aback.

"But don't worry, Zhao Qi is a lunatic, and no one will believe what he says." Ma Xiaojun comforted him.

Fang Lu also nodded, and the two walked to the competition venue together.

He has always had an attitude of not wanting to talk to Zhao Qi or getting to know him in depth, and he only wanted him to stay away from him.

When it was time to part, Ma Xiaojun was afraid that what he said just now would affect Fang Luye's mood for the competition, so he cheered him up: "Come on for the competition, you can contact me if it's convenient, I'm going to join the dance troupe soon."

Fang Lu also: "Really? Which one?"

Ma Xiaojun: "OG, modern dance troupes are too difficult to get into, and there are very few of them. It's good to be able to get into stage plays. I'm very satisfied."

Say goodbye to Ma Xiaojun, and it's time to go back to the waiting room.

I don't know if my sister is here, is my elder brother still there?He didn't expect to draw such a late number.

When he entered the waiting room, he had to hand over his mobile phone, so he sent a message to Li Zhi before entering.

As soon as he posted an emoji, Li Zhi sent a photo of Lu Qingzhu and Xiao Liu.

Fang Lu also said thank you, saying that he had to hand in his mobile phone and wait for the game, and he couldn't read the news until the game was over.

Li Zhi replied yes.

"Drink water? Miss Xiaozhu." Xiao Liu unscrewed the thermos.

Lu Qingzhu said thank you, and took a light sip.

In the past two days, I have always felt chest tightness and exhaustion. In the second half of the night, my abdomen still hurts, and I didn't sleep very well.But she didn't dare to tell Fang Lu, fearing that it would affect her, so she discussed with the doctor about the dosage of heavier drugs.

She had already reported to the doctors and nurses that she was going to come out today, but when she was going to come out today, she was persuaded by the head nurse for a long time, telling her not to go out as much as possible, and to call Fang Luye.

In the end, I confessed that I was going to watch Fang Luye's game, and I didn't want him to worry about the head nurse before agreeing.

Lu Qingzhu signed the waiver and asked Xiao Liu to pick him up when he was ready.

Obviously I felt pretty good when I first entered the venue, but I felt uncomfortable after sitting down for a while.

"Are you okay?" Li Zhi noticed that Lu Qingzhu's complexion was not very good.

Lu Qingzhu smiled, and put his hands together to keep warm: "It's okay."

Li Zhi took off his scarf and folded it in half, "Come on, raise your hand, take this wrap."

The heating in the venue is actually sufficient, but Li Zhi understands that many internal medicine patients may not be able to regulate their own temperature so well, and more measures need to be taken to keep warm.

Lu Qingzhu tightly wrapped her hands.

"Wait for me." Li Zhi was still worried, because he didn't know how long he would have to wait, so he went to find some local heating, got up and left the seat.

Only then did Xiao Liu shift his gaze from the phone, and asked Lu Qingzhu, "What is my elder brother doing?"

Lu Qingzhu: "I don't know."

After a few minutes, the host, whose voice was invisible, made an announcement: "Contestant No. 12 Li Lian's performance is over, please judges to score, the staff will score, and the score will be announced in 3 minutes. Contestant No. 13, modern dance group, Fang Herons are also ready."

"It's here!" Xiao Liu slapped his thigh excitedly.

The judges were nervously assigning scores, and the scores appeared on the nearby screen after the staff confirmed.

Li Zhi hadn't come back yet, so Xiao Liu and Lu Qingzhu stomped their feet anxiously.

Xiao Liu: "How about I go find him?"

Lu Qingzhu: "Don't go, call, hurry up, it will be more troublesome if you miss it."

Xiao Liu hurriedly called Li Zhi, but no one answered the phone.

Li Zhi bought a warm baby and a bottle of hot water in the small supermarket next to the cafeteria, put them in his coat pocket and walked back, when he walked through the corridor, he saw Zhao Qi.

Zhao Qi also saw him.

Zhao Qi had just come off the stage with a high score and was firmly in the second round. He was hugging his mother to celebrate.Seeing Li Zhi's face suddenly changed.

"What's the matter baby?" his mother asked.

Zhao Qi looked at Li Zhi from a short distance away, his mother noticed and asked him: "Who is that? Do you know baby? You...don't associate with this kind of person, you don't look like a good person." , with a fierce look on his face."

Li Zhiwei smiled invisibly, shook his head, and hurried back to the No. 9 venue.

As soon as I pushed open the door at the entrance of the venue, I heard the host saying: "The work "The Invisible Boat" by... is welcome."

Only then did Li Zhi quickly walk back to his seat, and sat down next to Lu Qingzhu.

The lights on the stage have been completely darkened, except for a weak emergency light at the entrance at the end of the auditorium. The boy on the stage is lying on his side with his back to the auditorium, with a soft body and messy hair, like a stray puppy on the corner of the street.

On the all-black stage, only a beam of light hit him.

"Nuan Baobao." Li Zhi whispered to Lu Qingzhu, tore up Nuan Baobao and handed it to her, then stuffed hot water into a scarf and placed it on her lap.

The show has begun, and no one speaks.

Fang Lu, who stood up slowly in the light beam, also slumped his body, moving softly amidst the sound of waves, like a leaf floating in the sea.

The music is soft and slow like a call in a dream. Fang Lu also sometimes closes his eyes and sometimes looks into the distance ethereally, as if he is chasing something.

In the second half of the dance, the sound of the music gradually increased, and Fang Lu also changed from a calm pursuit to a self-tearing entanglement...

Finally, he stood in the light beam in frustration, the music stopped slowly, and the light beam slowly left Fang Luye. He couldn't help leaning his shoulders slightly forward and wanted to reach out to chase, but the slender and powerful hand was still there. Drawn from the beam, hidden in the dark.

Li Zhi clenched his hands on his chest slightly.

He doesn't understand modern dance, but why can he still feel Fang Luye's entanglements and struggles so clearly, as well as his vague sense of fragility.

Fang Lu also left the stage during the host's announcement.

"Sister Xiaozhu... are you okay?" Xiao Liu asked softly.

Li Zhi just woke up and found that Lu Qingzhu was crying silently.

Li Zhi leaned over and said, "It's okay, it's okay."

Lu Qingzhu was depressed, and sat here for a long time, and now she is not in a good condition. She leaned lightly on Li Zhi's shoulder, and Li Zhi hugged her, "It will be fine."

"I made him so tired, I'm sorry...I'm sorry."

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Fang Lu was also waiting for the final score from the judges at the backstage. After 5 minutes, the final score was displayed on the screen in the backstage: 94.6 points.

"I rely on..." The accompanying staff couldn't help but exclaim.

Fang Lu also looked at the staff, knowing without thinking that this score is definitely a high score that rarely occurs today, it is stable.

After waiting for half an hour and confirming the information and video, Fang Lu finally walked out of the backstage and took his schoolbag out of the contestant passage.

As soon as he came out, he saw Li Zhi. He was very happy now, no matter who else was beside him, he rushed straight into Li Zhi's arms.

"My grades are high!"

Li Zhi raised a hand to caress his back, and said with a smile: "I know, I saw it, it is the current No.1 in this venue."

"Where are my sister and Xiaoliu?" Fang Lu also asked.

Li Zhi said he was in the car.

On the way to the parking lot, Li Zhi said to him: "Maybe I'm too tired today, your sister is a little uncomfortable now."

Fang Lu was also taken aback, Lu Qingzhu's current physical condition needs attention and attention, because the resistance is too weak, so a little illness may cause some complications.

When I got back to the car, I saw Lu Qingzhu resting on the seat, breathing evenly, but his face was pale.

Fang Lu also got into the back seat, straightened the scarf Li Zhi covered her body, no one said anything, Xiao Liu drove to the hospital.

As soon as he arrived at the hospital, the doctor tested various indicators for Lu Qingzhu, saying that the situation was not very optimistic.

"Xiao Ye, you should have a good idea of ​​the situation. We have talked many times. The last time she came out of a serious illness, her physical condition was not very good, but she is very optimistic. To be honest, being able to maintain a good mood at this stage is helpful to the condition. biggest."

Fang Lu was also silent, bowed his head for a while and said, "Doctor, you said earlier that the Nephrology Department of the Ninth Hospital is the ace, can you recommend us to go?"

"I can recommend it," the doctor said, picking up the pen in hand, "but to be honest, it's useless."

Seeing that Fang Lu was also silent, the doctor couldn't bear it, and comforted him: "The medicine can last for a while."

"How long?" Fang Lu finally raised his head, his eyes were red, and the eyelashes at the end of his eyes were already wet.

Doctor: "If you are optimistic, you can live through the spring."

Fang Lu also stayed in the corridor by himself for a while, and when he returned to the ward, Lu Qingzhu was already asleep, and Xiao Liu was by his side.

"Where's Brother Zhi?" Fang Lu also asked softly.

Xiao Liu: "Just now the nurse sent the bill, and the pre-payment is already negative. Brother, I'm going to pay the bill."

Fang Lu also silently walked to the bedside and sat down.

When Xiao Liu saw Fang Lu in the worst embarrassment, he still remembered the first night when he watched Fang Lu get into the car as if he was in a desperate situation. The second time was in the corridor of the hospital. He had been in the hospital for two years at that time. Later, he quarreled with the boss, was verbally insulted by his classmates, no matter how embarrassing he was, he had never seen him feel so uncomfortable.

He was expressionless, but he seemed to see his helpless and sad tears.

When Li Zhi came back from the emergency room to pay the bill, he met Lili, Lu Qingzhu's bed nurse, and met him a few times in the hospital. She also took good care of Lu Qingzhu and Fang Lu, so she took the initiative to say hello.

Lily had just finished a long shift, so tired that her eyes were staring, she almost didn't recognize Li Zhi when she saw her.

"Ah, it's you...you!"

Li Zhi smiled: "Well, are you off work?"

Lily: "Yeah, I haven't seen you here for a long time, Xiaoya seems to be very busy recently and doesn't come here often."

"He's preparing for the competition recently." Li Zhi also explained for Fang Lu that he is not someone who doesn't care about his sick sister.

Lily: "I know, I often see him on the night shift. He came too late, and sister Xiaozhu was asleep. Oh, when they first came in, sister Xiaozhu also went to the gate of hell, and Xiaoye was sleeping in the hospital floor every day. "

Li Zhi didn't listen to Fang Lu's talk about how he survived the two years he was out of school, and he could only understand that it was not easy for him through loan sharks and work.

"not easy……"

"Yeah," Lily sighed again: "No parents, no relatives have been here, just the two of them, but now it's better, Xiaoye can go to the competition, and Miss Xiaozhu won't be unhappy or regretful."

Speaking of this, Lili felt that it was inappropriate for her to say this, and hurriedly added: "I mean, Miss Xiaozhu has always hoped that Xiaoye would do what she likes. By the way, are you Xiaoye's relative?"

"No."

Lily looked at him, waiting for his next words.

Li Zhi pursed his lips: "Friend."

Lily has doubts in her eyebrows and eyes. These two people seem to have such a big age difference, and it doesn't seem like they have a common topic. How did they become friends?

"It's my elder brother." Li Zhi explained.

"Oh, it's good, everything is getting better after you came here." Lily said.

Li Zhi didn't speak, but felt a little shy, looked down at his toes, and smiled.

I went back to the ward to accompany Fang Luye for a while, Li Zhi still had something to go to the Golden Eagle, and there was a social meeting in the evening. Yesterday, in order to accompany Fang Lu to prepare for the battle, he pushed other people's games. Now that the first round of competition is over, we still have to Take care of business.

As the end of the year approaches, Golden Eagle is more lively than ever, and more and more people are taking advantage of the end of the year to organize relationships.

When I first arrived at the company, I met Jiang Chonghe. He has been busy with p2p work recently and hasn't shown up at Golden Eagle for a long time.

The p2p business is in the limelight, and the profit is almost approaching the turnover of Golden Eagle, and it has become a core project. Li Zhi doesn't know much about finance, but Jiang Chonghe, who graduated from a graduate degree in finance, is a good hand at this.

However, he himself has a criminal record, cannot come forward in many procedures, and has no start-up funds, so he still has to rely on Li Zhi.

"Brother Zhi, I ran into Qin Jiu outside two days ago, and he told me something." Jiang Chonghe gave Li Zhi a cigarette.

Li Zhi took it over, "What?"

Jiang Chonghe: "Bai Sheng may be coming out soon."

Li Zhi frowned slightly and said nothing.

Bai Sheng was Li Zhi's former eldest brother.

Qin Jiu, Li Zhi, has not seen him for many years. When Li Zhi was with Bai Sheng, Qin Jiu was Bai Sheng's deadly enemy. Afterwards, when the gangsters were eradicated, many people from Bai Sheng's side went in, and Qin Jiu went to Southeast Asia. Go there and escape.

At that time, Li Zhigang had just followed Bai Sheng, a poor boy, because he was able to fight, he was quickly used by Bai Sheng, and he followed him.Fortunately, he didn't get involved in any business other than usury at that time, and he wasn't involved in drugs or pornography, let alone gangsters.Also because there was a father in a mental hospital who had to take care of him and had no time to do anything, he was locked up in the detention center for a few days and then released.

Later, the core figures of Baitiansheng's industry were arrested and committed suicide. No one took the lead. Li Zhi, who seemed to have only fists, came out halfway, and attracted Jiang Chonghe and others who had just returned to Golden Eagle, and took over with more than 100 million yuan from selling houses golden eagle.

According to the original judgment, there is a high probability that Tian Sheng will die of old age inside.

I didn't expect it to come out in less than ten years.

When Li Zhi took over Golden Eagle back then, he dealt with a large number of Bai Sheng's old subordinates, partly because they refused to accept Li Zhi, and partly because Li Zhi gave up illegal industries such as loan sharks and drugs in order to reform Golden Eagle.

Li Zhi succeeded, and An Sheng made the Golden Eagle to the present, dominating in Shangnan City.

He was still grateful to Bai Sheng. He once admired Li Zhi for allowing him to follow him and earn a living in society.Later, before going in, he also told him not to drag Li Zhi into the water, and left him with a few people who could use him.

"Is there a specific time?" Li Zhi took a puff of cigarette and suddenly felt that the cigarette was choking his throat.

Jiang Chonghe: "I don't know, it's just news, I don't know if it's true or not."

This kind of thing will not spread if there is no sign of it. Li Zhi has already tacitly agreed that it is true, and it is just a matter of time.

For Bai Sheng, apart from being grateful, he was also a little scared.

After all, the Golden Eagle used to be his.I don't know if there will be fluctuations in these relationships after he comes back.

It is impossible for Li Zhi to give up the industry he has worked so hard to stabilize for so many years, absolutely impossible.

After drinking until early in the morning, Li Zhi couldn't take it anymore and went to the bathroom to vomit once. He was rinsing his mouth with mouthwash at the sink when Fang Luye called.

"Yeah." Li Zhi leaned against the sink, his head was dazed.

Fang Lu also just sent a message to Xiaoliu to discuss about the sister in the milk tea shop. The other party finally agreed to go to the movies with him on the weekend. Later in the chat, Xiaoliu said that Li Zhi hadn't come home yet.

Tonight, there is a big man who just came to Shangnan City to develop, Li Zhi wanted to pull his line to stay with him so late, and he couldn't save the other party's face.

"It's not over yet?" Fang Lu also asked.

Li Zhi heard that Fang Lu also had rumors there, so he asked him, "You didn't go home?"

Fang Lu also clenched his phone tightly: "I'm at the gate of Golden Eagle."

Li Zhi immediately went downstairs and saw that Fang Lu was also standing in the cold wind, stomping his feet in the cold.

Li Zhi came down directly from the bathroom. He didn't go back to his room to get his coat, so he put on a sweater. Even when the wind blew, it was too cold.

"Why did you come here?"

Fang Lu also frowned: "Why don't you wear a coat? It's so cold."

After speaking, he took off the scarf and gave it to him.

Li Zhi didn't hesitate, and after wearing it, he asked Fang Lu why he came here.

"Why, I can't come?" Fang Lu also leaned closer to him, wanting to hug him to keep him warm, but there were waiters and parking boys at the door, "Xiao Liu said you were drunk, and he was drunk too." , I'll pick you up from get off work."

Li Zhi smiled: "Pick me up from get off work?"

Fang Lu also: "That's right, I also have a driver's license, okay?"

But the client is still there, and Mr. Li Zhi can't just leave. All about making money is important. He pressed his aching temple: "I may have a while, at least half an hour."

Fang Lu also said: "It's okay, I'll wait for you, work is important, you are busy with yours."

"Then why don't you go in?"

Fang Lu also pouted, and pointed lightly at the security guards and waiters at the door: "This time the lobby manager is not here, they don't know me and won't let me in, they say someone will pick me up or report the room number."

……

Li Zhi turned his head and looked at the waiters who were too scared to breathe.

"Alas..." Li Zhi sighed, with a helpless expression on his face.

"Boss, I'm sorry!!" Those people bowed and apologized in unison.

Li Zhi turned around, and Zhao Fanglu also explained: "Because Golden Eagle stipulates that customers must have an appointment or contact the private room before letting them in, and the manager is not below, and you still dress like this, so it's normal for them not to recognize you."

After finishing speaking, he put his hand on Fang Luye's arm, rubbed up and down to comfort him: "It won't happen next time, I'll tell them."

Fang Lu also took a look at what he was wearing today. It was a casual sweater suit, and a down jacket like a big quilt that reached down to the calf. He also wore a hat to cover half of his face. It was indeed a bit casual and shabby.

It's just that Li Zhi was quite gentle with the employees, knowing that they were not wrong, so he didn't punish them.

"Come on, I'll take you in, it's cold outside." Li Zhi walked forward first.

Fang Lu also followed. When passing by the door, he looked around at the waiters: "Don't stop him from now on, this is... me."

Before he could utter the word "brother", he felt Fang Luye's warm little hands slipping into his own, soft, dry and warm.He looked back at Fang Luye. He was like a cat flaunting its power and declaring its sovereignty, with its chin slightly raised.

Li Zhi held Fang Luye's hand tightly, and pulled him into the Golden Eagle.

Li Zhi didn't want to bring Fang Lu into the bar, so he took him to his office.

Fang Lu never knew that the top floor of Golden Eagle was the office area. In fact, he didn't even know what kind of staff was needed in the "club" industry, except for service personnel.

There are still quite a few workstations in the office area, but this point is already off work. Fang Lu also looked at it when passing by. Opposite Zhi's office is the financial office, and there are still people on duty.

After entering Li Zhi's office, Fang Lu also looked up and down. The layout is very simple, still the same as at home, in a luxurious traditional Chinese style, with Pixiu and a fortune tree on the table.

"You wait for me here, I'll call you when it's over." Li Zhi raised his hand to look at his watch, he had been out for a while, and it was time to go back.

Fang Lu also agreed, and sat down on the sofa in the office.

Li Zhi left, and Fang Lu was left alone in the office. After sitting for a while, he felt bored and got up to look around.

Well, it's not boring, he just saw a lot of books in the bookcase behind Li Zhi's position, and was curious about what books he usually reads.There are no books at home except pornographic magazines and beautiful bedtime books.

Even though there was no one else in the office, Fang Lu was still inexplicably guilty, looking around and walking to the bookcase.

There are a lot of hardcover foreign classics, and Fang Lu also thought that although his eldest brother is low-educated, he still loves literature.

There is even an English version?Fang Lu also began to wonder if he hadn't read these books at all?

It's not that he looks down on Li Zhi, it's that he can't understand the original English version of "The Long Farewell". Even if he is an English major, he may not be able to read such an obscure book as Raymond Chandler. .

Fang Lu also reached out to take down the book.

"?" Fang Lu also shook the bookcase in his hand, "Empty?!"

It turned out that it was just a mock book for decoration, with only a bookcase.

Fang Lu was also speechless and felt that it should be taken for granted.

Looking at the hundreds of books on the bookshelf, they are indeed brand new, except for a set of hardcover complete works of Jin Yong, which looks slightly used because there are marks on the corners of the books.

Fang Lu also pressed it with his hand, nodding with satisfaction, it is a real book.

But what he didn't know was that the creases and scratches on the book were caused by Li Zhi falling in anger late one night because he misunderstood that he was dating a girl.

Fang Lu also sat back on the sofa. As soon as he sat down, someone knocked on the door, and Fang Lu got up to open the door.

"Hello! Uh... I'm a...waiter. The boss asked me to bring you something to eat." The girl pulled out the trolley behind her, and there was a bowl of chicken noodle soup, as well as fruits, nuts and milk. "

Seeing Fang Lu's surprised expression, the girl thought that he must also dislike these vegetables and leaves for supper, so she quickly explained and threw off the lid of the pot: "These are all ordered by the boss!"

The author has something to say:

Xiaoya: Brother Zhi, I didn’t expect you to like Raymond Chandler (wink wink

Brother: what?Tashi Dele?