When he was about to get off work, Liang Suici just opened the locker and took his mobile phone, and saw a few messages from his sister, Liang Fangyuan.
Yes, there was an older sister above Liang Suici, but the family was poor at the time. Liang Fangyuan went out to work as soon as she graduated from junior high school. She worked in an electronics factory in S City for several years. She had been supporting her younger brother to finish five years of college before getting married.
In fact, Liang Fangyuan’s grades were not bad when she was in junior high school. But rural people thought that it was useless for girls to study because, sooner or later, they would have to get married. It was better to go out to work early and come back to support the family.
But despite this, Liang Fangyuan still cares about and loves this younger brother very much. When he goes to school or when he comes home during the New Year holidays, she will buy him new clothes and good food. Even if her life is tight, she still gives her younger brother some pocket money for living expenses every month.
After three years of marriage, Liang Fangyuan and her husband now run a braised vegetable shop in the town of their hometown. The little nephew was also born the year before last. The business was not bad, and life was pretty good.
Liang Fangyuan sent a voice message to Liang Suici asking him when he would come back for the Chinese New Year this year. The family found him a partner, who was a college student and also worked in M City.
Chu Yan returned a message, packed up his things, changed his clothes, and sorted out the information to be used tomorrow before he could get off work.
[Master host, don’t you plan to meet the male protagonist of this world?] System 2333 was a little puzzled as to why its host was still so leisurely.
[…Don’t worry, let him come to me.] Chu Yan thought to himself that the reason the cannon fodder scum gong was cannon fodder was mainly because he was…scum.
When he got home, Chu Yan’s first thing to do was to clean up his things and prepare to move. It was here that he was caught cheating. He lived in the house that Li Xi bought for him and gave him a green hat.
He felt that even a man couldn’t bear it.
In fact, when they were together, Li Xi gave herself a lot of gifts, including expensive watches and wallets, as well as worthless mobile phone ornaments, car pendants, and so on.
Chu Yan found a carton, put them all away, and made a rough estimate. How could this box of miscellaneous things be worth 18 million?
Chu Yan sat on the bed after washing in the evening and searched the Internet for information about renting an apartment, which he quickly found. It was on the Third Ring Road, about 80 square meters, but it was not suitable for driving. It takes about 30 minutes to get to work by subway.
[Master host, don’t you have a house to live in? Why are you going so far?]
[I used to be cannon fodder, naturally I can do whatever I want. But now, even if we are scum, we have to be scum in style. If we continue to live here, we will look skinless and shameless, and it will be too degrading.]
2333 didn’t understand it very well, but since the host thinks it’s good, then it’ll support him. There must be a reason why he’s doing this.
After asking the hospital for a day off, Liang Suici packed up his things and was ready to move.
In fact, there was nothing to clean up, just a few clothes and some professional books. He didn’t find a moving company; he could move it by himself.
The house he rented was not decorated much; there were only a few basic pieces of furniture, and there was no mattress on the bed. Fortunately, there was a separate bathroom and kitchenette. The landlord handed him the key, “I’ll buy a mattress later. Will you pay the rent for one year or one month?”
“Let’s pay for three months first.” Liang Suici thought for a while, thinking that he might not be able to live for so long in a year.
After all, it was in M City. Even for such a house, the rent for three months was nearly five or six thousand.
Speaking of which, Liang Suici’s own salary was not low, but his parents were in their 60s, and they basically depended on him to support them. Last year, he took out more than 300,000 yuan to build a new house in his hometown, and there was not much left in the deposit.
Moreover, he had always been the kind of noble and proud man in front of Li Xi, the image of an independent white lotus, so he also reluctantly accepted the things Li Xi gave him, and only when they finally broke up did he behave very shamelessly.
This led to the fact that when they were together, Li Xi didn’t even dare to give him expensive things, let alone send cards and money directly.
From luxury to frugality, although Chu Yan had always played the role of cannon fodder, he had never lacked money. Even if he had a poor life, he quickly became rich.
Because the male protagonist of every world was always rolling in wealth.
He looked around at this place that could basically be called a rough house and sighed for a long time.
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The lobby of the hotel was luxuriously decorated and well-lit, with thick carpets on the floor. Through the third floor decorated corridor, past the open-air garden. The area on the east side was a leisure and entertainment area, as well as a closed bar room.
Zhang Chengye picked up the cup and took a sip, then turned his head and glanced at Li Xi, who was a little dazed and hazy next to him, and asked again, “He really didn’t plan to come back. You’re like this, you wouldn’t really be obsessed with him, would you? For people like him, you still…”
The dim light of the bar poured out on him like water. Li Xi turned his head when he heard the voice, without a smile on his lips. His face was expressionless, and he looked tired and cold.
He was still a little confused, as if he was thinking about the meaning of his words. After a while, he picked up the coat that was on the side and stood up.
“I’ll go first.”
Zhang Chengye shook his head. He has seen a lot of people like Liang Suici. A total hypocrite, pretending to be out-of-touch when in fact, he still had money in his heart, Even more despicable than those who were clearly priced.
As the New Year approached, Yang, the department’s Director, announced that everyone was invited to a meal at the JY Hotel. Chu Yan didn’t want to come, but the other party had to invite him no matter what he said, and even said, “If Dr. Liang doesn’t come, then I would simply not go.” This kind of thing.
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In fact, everyone knew it in their minds. When the two of them were together, Li Xi often drove to the hospital to pick up Liang Suici off work, and from time to time he came to deliver food and soup when he was working overtime. Later, basically no one in the entire hospital didn’t know that he had a special relationship with Li Xi. Some people disdained it, but some were anxious to use Liang Suici to hug Li Xi’s thigh.
Everyone knew that Yang Li was going to be awarded a senior title recently, and he had all the qualifications, but he was only short of academic honors. Just like at that time, there was also Dr. Zhang, who was rated together with Liang Suici, whose qualifications and experience were better than Liang Suici’s. However, Liang Suici published a professional paper in a domestic top magazine. He easily suppressed Dr. Zhang. Although it was unfair, this was the status quo. But they felt that without Li Xi’s connections, it would be impossible to get the favor of this magazine at Liang Suici’s level.
The reason why Yang Li invited everyone to dinner together was also because he was afraid that Dr. Liang would not agree.
The private room was very spacious. After the meal, everyone went to sing karaoke. During the meal, Liang Suici was poured two glasses of white wine by Yang Li. Although the other party did not directly say that he helped him with the paper, there were several hints in the words.
Only then did Liang Suici tell the truth. He had nothing to do with the Li family, and he was afraid that even if he had the heart, he would not be able to help him.
Yang Li didn’t believe it at first, but after thinking about it, he felt that the other party didn’t have to lie to him at all, so he could only give up in a daze.
The others were just playing together; Liang Suici couldn’t join in, and he didn’t have the idea to join in. Yang Li saw that he didn’t have any chance with his own affairs and was depressed. He just drank one glass after another, and he didn’t have the forethought to pay attention to him.
Liang Suici sat for a while and then made an excuse to say that he was going back. Of course, the others would not stop him. Without Liang Suici, they had a lot of fun.
Their attitude was cold, and Liang Suici understood it very well. After all, although they all knew that there were many things in this world that were inherently unfair, no one still liked the privileged class.
As soon as he walked out of the hotel lobby, the cold wind blew on his face. Liang Suici felt that his dizzy mind was a little clearer.
He lowered his chin and buried it in his thick scarf, and his mind was a little slow. He had just drunk alcohol and seemed to be unable to drive.
He was thinking about it when a car drove past him, a black Bugatti.
The car drove out of the parking lot smoothly. Liang Suici thought for a while. Although he didn’t drink much, he decided to find a substitute driver.
Suddenly, he heard a sharp braking sound that broke the silence of the night.
The lights in the parking lot were very weak. As soon as Liang Suici dialed a call from a driver he knew, he looked up and saw a person walking towards him.
The sound of leather shoes stepping on the ground was very clear in the silence. The visitor was dressed in a black slim suede suit with heavy steps and an unusually tall figure. Liang Suici didn’t see his face clearly until he walked to the light.
Li Xi’s eyebrow bones were deep and the bridge of his nose was high, which made his facial features look three-dimensional and his facial lines were smooth. Under the faint shadow, his eyes were cold and sharp.
Liang Suici was startled for a while, but he heard him ask the first question, “Have you been drinking?”
Li Xi looked at the person in front of him steadily. He hadn’t seen him for half a month. He didn’t seem to have changed much.
Seeing him just now, his heart seemed to be pierced by a soft thorn, and there was a slight pain, so he couldn’t help but stop the car.
He wanted to see if he regretted his stupidity at that time.
Li Xi stared at him, trying to see any trace of regret and guilt in his eyes, but he couldn’t find it.
His expression was faint, as if he was no different from the passers-by on the street to him.
That’s right, this person was not sincere when he was with him. How could he expect such a person to feel guilty?
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