Beijing, after all, has nothing to do with me

Chapter 14: Entrepreneurship or guarantee (1)
Tao Jie and Mai Zhiqiang took the same flight back to Beijing, and they sat together.

Because it was an afternoon flight, she was dozing off most of the time.She is a person with an extremely regular schedule. Since she stayed up half the night two nights ago, she has suffered from lethargy.

Mai Zhiqiang didn't bother her, and let her slump around beside him with a loss of demeanor, and occasionally a slight snoring sound came into her ears.

When the plane hovered over Beijing, Tao Jie suddenly woke up, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and turned to ask the people around her, "Are you there?"

Mai Zhiqiang nodded.

Tao Jie was sitting by the window. Hearing this, she immediately opened the sunshield and looked outside. The plane was indeed landing slowly. It was still gray and the weather could not see the sun, but the buildings and roads on the ground could already be identified. It was clear, but with her slightly confused mind, she couldn't tell where was where.

"It's finally here." She sighed with mixed feelings, her vicissitudes of tone seemed to be that she was not returning from Suzhou, but returning from outer space.

"Where do you live?" Mai Zhiqiang's voice suddenly came from behind.

She turned her head and glanced at him, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Mai Zhiqiang explained, "I'll give it to you later, you have a lot of things."

"Oh, it's okay." Tao Jie came back to her senses, "I'll just go back by myself...my boyfriend may come to pick me up."

She reported to Li Yaoming the specific time of returning to Beijing last night, but she was not sure if he would leave work and come pick her up, after all Li Yaoming seemed a bit embarrassed on the phone.

Mai Zhiqiang seemed to be taken aback for a moment, and then said very fast, "That's good."

There is no more text after that.

Tao Jie felt that his reaction was a bit strange, like a bright light that was always on, suddenly cut off without warning, and it was so dark that people were at a loss.The intimacy in Mai Zhiqiang disappeared, and was replaced by a very subtle alienation. This kind of consciousness is very subtle, but she still captured it.

In all fairness, she doesn't really want to go back to being like strangers with Mai Zhiqiang as soon as she gets off the plane. She really misses the sense of tacit understanding and trust established between the two of them in the past few days, at least that will make her feel BR is no longer so indifferent.

She wanted to try to break through the thin ice that suddenly formed, so she asked him with a smile, "Mr. Mai, where do you live?"

Mai Zhiqiang thought for a while, and then slowly announced the name of a high-end residential area.

"Is it... your own house?" Although it seemed impolite to ask like this, Tao Jie couldn't help but ask. Any house in that neighborhood would cost several million dollars to settle. She and Li Yaoming I dare not even think about it.

Mai Zhiqiang nodded slightly without any pride.

"You are amazing, you can own a bungalow in Beijing!" She praised him with envy and admiration.

After coming to Beijing, she also learned to use the house to measure a person's success, which is really the most direct tool.

"It's nothing special." Mai Zhiqiang glanced at her, as if unfamiliar with her words, he said slowly: "In this city, everyone is very small."

After getting off the plane, Tao Jie ran to the big carousel to wait for her two pieces of luggage. Mai Zhiqiang hesitated for a moment, but he was still a gentleman and followed her. He helped her take down the luggage that passed the customs and dragged it to the exit. Tao Jie couldn't thank her enough .

"Has the person who picked you up arrived?" Mai Zhiqiang looked at her and asked.

Tao Jie glanced at the crowd without much expectation, but she didn't see the familiar figure. Feeling a little disappointed, she shrugged her shoulders pretending not to care, "I'll go take a taxi."

After walking a few steps towards the taxi area, someone behind him suddenly shouted, "Tao Jie!"

When she looked back, it was actually Li Yaoming running over panting!
Tao Jie was pleasantly surprised, "Hey! Why are you here?"

"I miss you, so I told the boss not to work overtime today, to pick up my girlfriend!" Li Yaoming smiled and took the computer bag from her hand, hugged her shoulders and wanted to kiss her face, Tao Jie thought Mai Zhiqiang was still standing aside, and hurriedly ran away in a panic, but the blush on his face could not be hidden.

She pointed to Mai Zhiqiang and introduced to Li Yaoming, "This is Mr. Mai from the marketing department of our company."

He then introduced Li Yaoming to Mai Zhiqiang, "Mr. Mai, this is my boyfriend Li Yaoming."

Mai Zhiqiang nodded to Li Yaoming with a smile, and at the same time handed Tao Jie's luggage that was dragging on his hand. Li Yaoming thanked him warmly. Although the latter's smile remained on his face, it was always faint.

Tao Jie walked beside Li Yaoming with ease, and did not forget to turn her head to greet Mai Zhiqiang, "Mr. Mai, why don't you take a taxi?"

Mai Zhiqiang didn't follow, and raised the cigarette case in his hand, "You guys go first, I'll be there later, bye!"

"Then let's go first!" Li Yaoming waved to him.

After walking for a long distance, Li Yaoming couldn't help but turned around and glanced in Mai Zhiqiang's direction. He was far away and could only see a vague glance, but he subconsciously hugged Tao Jie a little tighter, mouth Shang asked: "What do you Mai always do? He looks a little weird."

"Didn't I tell you, Director of the Marketing Department! What's wrong with him, don't talk nonsense, he is very nice."

Once she defended Mai Zhiqiang like this, Li Yaoming became even more worried, "How old is he, is he married?"

"Why do you care about other people's business?" Tao Jie said casually, and suddenly tasted chewing, angrily pushed Li Yaoming away, and shouted angrily: "Hey! What are you doubting?"

Li Yaoming interrupted with a smile, "It's nothing, I'm just curious - don't make trouble, look, the car is coming!"

Mai Zhiqiang stood on the spot and smoked a cigarette, squinted his eyes and looked in the direction where Tao Jie and Li Yaoming were leaving. The young and lively couple looked so well-matched and intimate. A faint sense of loneliness, like the blue smoke curling away, is not strong, but appears and disappears from time to time.

In the taxi, Li Yaoming held Tao Jie's shoulders and asked her with concern, "Are you tired from the business trip?"

"Well, I'm really tired." Tao Jie replied calmly, "I really didn't expect to encounter such a big trouble this time, but fortunately, Mr. Mai helped. Alas, now that I think about it, I'm a little scared!"

On the way out just now, she couldn't wait to tell Li Yaoming about the sudden change that happened to Betty.

"Without Mr. Mai's help, I really don't know what will happen!" She couldn't help emphasizing repeatedly.

Li Yaoming didn't take it seriously, "What can it be done? Isn't it just a training!"

Tao Jie glared at him, and Li Yaoming immediately softened his voice with a playful smile, "I'm just kidding you, I know you've worked hard."

Tao Jie sighed, "Thinking about Betty, it's pretty pitiful. Because of work, she didn't even see her mother for the last time. What's the use of doing a good job?" Tao Jie sighed faintly, these words were actually hidden in her heart It's been a long time, but I haven't found a suitable person to talk to.

"You can't say that." Li Yaoming disagreed, "If you don't work hard, you can't be hired. How can you earn a lot of money and live a good life? Parents are the same in the world. Your children can become dragons and phoenixes!"

Tao Jie gave him a white look, "No matter what you say, you can't put work ahead of your family! What's the difference between this and a machine?" She suddenly stared at Li Yaoming blankly, "In your mind, do I want to be ranked first? After making money?"

Li Yaoming was so apprehensive by her, he hurriedly laughed and said, "How can you! In my heart, you will always be ranked first, the most front, and no one can shake you!"

"What about your parents?" Tao Jie asked immediately.

"That's it!" Li Yaoming hesitated again.

Seeing his troubled look, Tao Jie immediately laughed, "Come on, I won't embarrass you with the assumption of 'falling into the river at the same time as your parents'. In fact, if you put your parents first, I will No problem, after all, they are the ones who gave birth to you and treated you the best." The shadow of her parents suddenly flashed in her heart, and a burst of inexplicable melancholy came to her heart.

My elder brother had been listening to the conversation between the two of them in silence before, and finally couldn't help but interjected: "Young man, your girlfriend is a nice person! There are not many girls who think so now!"

"That's not it!" Li Yaoming was in a good mood, hugged Tao Jie tightly, avoided his brother's rearview mirror, and kissed her hard on the face, "I knew my Tao Zi was the most reasonable, such a daughter-in-law, holding a lantern Hard to find!"

The car turned around the airport expressway and suddenly slowed down. There was a long queue in front of it. My brother tapped the steering wheel with his hand and muttered angrily, "Okay! We've encountered traffic control again!"

Li Yaoming glanced out of the window, "Which leader are you clearing the way for?"

"I heard that the finance minister of country x is here." My brother is very well informed.

Tao Jie also lay on the car window and looked out. The traffic in Beijing is often chaotic, crowded with people, and traffic control is often encountered. Sometimes a block can last for four or five hours, which makes people upset. Tao Jie I often hear colleagues who come to Beijing from other places complain that the traffic in Beijing is too fragile, and taking a taxi is not as convenient as taking a bus.

Fortunately, the control time was very short this time, and the ban was lifted in less than 10 minutes. Tao Jie breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally, they returned to their dwelling of more than 20 square meters.

When standing behind Li Yaoming and watching him unlock the lock, Tao Jie was still in a good mood. Although this temporary "home" was shabby and dilapidated, it was a space shared by the two of them after all. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but walk up to embrace it. Li Yaoming's waist pressed her face against his firm back, and she truly felt that she missed him after a week of absence.

"Hehe, are you homesick?" Li Yaoming patted her tender arm with his backhand. His girlfriend was so attached to him, and he was also full of emotion.

But as soon as she opened the door, Tao Jie was dumbfounded. The room was messy, with all kinds of small items thrown here and there. What's more, a pungent smell of smoke hit her face. Her hand unknowingly loosened from Li Yaoming's waist. open.

"What's going on here?" She asked the people around her very unhappy.

Li Yaoming scratched his head, and while he was diligently carrying Tao Jie's luggage into the room, he explained, "The old wolf came last night, and we chatted for most of the night. Weren't we busy picking you up this morning? We didn't have time to pack—" —You come in first!"

Tao Jie held her nose and reluctantly walked in, most of her good mood was swept away.

Checking the time, it was time to eat. Li Yaoming put down his luggage and asked her, "Are you hungry? Are you tired? Do you want to go out to eat?"

"Forget it, there is dried noodles on the cabinet, you can go to the next one and come out, I have to clean the house." Looking at the garbage all over the floor, Tao Jie lost her appetite at all.

"Okay, I'll go now." Li Yaoming ran away, then turned around and said, "It's better to clean after eating."

Tao Jie really wanted to say to him, "I can't eat anything in this kind of place!" After thinking about it, she held back, pulled out the broom behind the door and started working.

There were all sorts of messy things on the ground, a Coke can filled with unknown liquid, a cigarette butt stuffed to the point of overflowing, surrounded by dirty ash; I picked up a few roasted chicken bones, but the meat was still sticky and stuck to the bones, Tao Jie almost felt sick.

When Li Yaoming finished the noodles, mixed some delicious sauce into the noodles, and came out with the bowl, Tao Jie was taking a bath in the bathroom. The water was overnight, fortunately they didn't use it up, but it was very lukewarm. While washing, she sneezed several times. Li Yaoming heard it through the door, and hurried to close the window that Tao Jie had just opened.

After getting out of the bath, Tao Jie saw that the doors and windows were closed, and immediately yelled, "Why do you close the windows? I opened them just to escape the smell of smoke!"

Li Yaoming had no choice but to get up and open them one by one again, and greeted her in a good-tempered manner, "Hurry up and eat noodles, if you don't eat any more, it will turn into pancakes!"

While eating noodles, Li Yaoming judged the situation and kept sneaking glances at Tao Jie's expression, "Are you still angry? At worst, next time I go to Lao Lang's place, I turn their house upside down and let his wife clean it up for a day!"

Tao Jie ignored his nonsense, and only picked the most important ones and asked: "What is he doing here? Why are you chatting so vigorously that you spend most of the night?"

When he asked this question, Li Yaoming immediately showed excitement on his face, "Of course it's a big deal! Hey, Tao Zi, let me tell you, we two are planning to start a company!"

"Start a company?" Tao Jie's eyes almost popped out in surprise, "What kind of company are you planning to start?"

"That's what happened!" Li Yaoming stopped eating noodles, put down his chopsticks and danced to Tao Jie, "Do you still remember the job that the old wolf took to develop an online game a while ago? The old wolf took the opportunity to meet two The dealer said that if there are good products, they can help sell them. Nowadays, there are many people playing online games. As long as the game background and characters are slightly changed, a new game will come out? Lao Lang and I are both experts. !"

Tao Jie was puzzled, "Then you just need to make it up, why do you want to start your own company?"

(End of this chapter)