When Li Ji woke up, he felt a splitting headache and pain everywhere in his body.
He opened his eyes with difficulty, and the cold moonlight shone down silently.
He found himself lying on the grass under the tree, his hair a little wet.
Under the moonlight, the dew on the grass tips sparkled.
The two men were long gone. There was no wind, only the occasional chirp or two of insects sounded from somewhere.
Li Ji's mind was buzzing, and it took him a long time to wake up. He leaned on the ground and slowly sat up.
His face and body felt like they were on fire, and his nose was still bleeding. Several buttons of the shirt had long been torn off, and half of the sleeves were torn off.
Li Ji recalled that he heard the two men warning him while fighting: "Don't worry about Hai Tianda anymore!"
"Also, stay away from Han Mei!"
"That's our boss's woman, don't touch her!"
"You already have a girlfriend, and you still hook up with others. Be careful and report you!"
"Next time I see you, I'll break your legs!"
...
Li Ji got up from the ground, took off his shirt, wiped the blood on his face, and threw the shirt into the bushes nearby.
Li Ji picked up the briefcase from the ground and found that it had been opened. He looked through it, and it seemed like he hadn't lost anything, and his phone was also there.
He looked at the watch on his wrist.
The bright yellow hands were still flashing, but the time stopped at nine-twenty.
The case is broken. Li Ji was angry and annoyed. He took off his watch and threw it away. Only a crisp sound was heard in the grass, and the chirping of insects suddenly stopped.
Li Ji sat down on the stone bench.
The street lights on the street have been turned off, and the surroundings are dark. The pain in my body has reduced a lot, and my face is not as uncomfortable as before.
Li Ji thought blankly. Two lines of tears flowed down the cheeks unconsciously.
It wasn't until the dew wet his whole body that he stood up, walked out of the small park, and walked slowly towards the CCB compound.
When I woke up early the next morning, my whole body was still in severe pain. Looking in the mirror, my cheekbones were a little swollen and there was a bruise under my eye socket.
Li Ji touched it and took a breath in pain.
Looking at this face in the mirror, I thought that these two people were quite professional in beating people. This violent beating had beaten him to pieces, but there were not many injuries on his face.
Li Ji repeatedly thought about what the two people said last night.
"Haitianda...elder brother's woman..." Li Ji muttered to himself, and suddenly remembered a name: Tang Bin!
Tang Bin is the chairman of Haitianda Company, and his father is the president of the Municipal People's Bank. The person Aunt Han Mei was talking about must be Tang Bin.
Li Ji's anger suddenly surged up, his hands trembled unconsciously, and his teeth clenched. He wished he could rush to Tang Bin right now, ask him questions, and preferably give him a good fight.
In an instant, Li Ji could no longer control himself, stood up, opened the door, and rushed out wearing only a vest and slippers.
He walked to the stairs and suddenly stopped again.
The morning sunlight shone slantly on Li Ji's face through the open windows in the corridor. That small bruise was particularly conspicuous.
The cool breeze blew across my face, and amid the vague pain, there was a strange sense of comfort.
Li Ji calmed down.
Even if you come to your door and say you have no evidence, will they admit it?
Besides, people’s words are scary.
People's mouths make gold, but accumulation destroys bones.
Although there was nothing between him and Han Mei, once the gossip spread, a hundred mouths could not explain it clearly.
Thinking of this, Li Ji couldn't help but regret. You really shouldn't have agreed to Han Mei and pretended to be her boyfriend.
After all, he has a girlfriend and is about to get married. Although he is okay with this matter, it is a bit unreasonable after all. It would not be good if Liao Ying knew about it. What's more, Han Mei is still a young girl, and her reputation is more important than anything else.
Li Ji stood at the top of the stairs, silent for a long time, and then slowly walked back.
He sat by the bed and wanted to call Zheng Zheng. But after thinking about it for a while, I gave up the idea.
forget it. Being beaten is not a decent thing to do, it's embarrassing to say, and you can't blame anyone else for it. Think of it as a lesson learned from a beating.
As for Haitian Company, even if it smuggles aircraft and nuclear weapons, he doesn't want to deal with it.
As long as he can safely collect the 100 million yuan loan and avoid being fired from the industry, he will put his tail between his legs from now on, do his duty, and be an obedient citizen.
Li Ji thought like this, and most of the anger and resentment in his heart suddenly disappeared. He washed his face carefully, put on a clean shirt, finished a bowl of instant noodles, and went out.
It's still early and most people haven't come to work yet.
Li Ji lowered his head and quickly walked into the office building. He didn't even wait for the elevator, and walked along the stairs to the office.
Li Ji closed the door, sat alone at the table, picked up a "Credit Business Manual" written by the head office, and opened a few pages at random.
I still can't forget what happened last night. The more I think about it, the more I feel suffocated and a little unwilling. But then I thought about it again, but there was no better way.
After all, I am still too young. Having suffered a loss and learned a lesson, Li Ji could only comfort himself in this way.
He suddenly remembered the joke: "There are only three fundamental reasons for poor work performance. One is that it doesn't matter, like a widow sleeping with no one above her. The second is that it is unstable, like a prostitute sleeping with people on top constantly changing. The third is that it is not stable. Unity is like sleeping with your wife, one of your own always messes with your own."
Right now, that loan has become his most important task.
No one up there? Do your own people mess with your own people?
Li Ji was too lazy to think about it.
I just don't trust this loan. There are only seven or eight days left before the end of the month, so don’t let any more surprises happen.
Somehow, Li Ji always felt uneasy. Several times I had to pick up the phone and call Wan Daming. After hesitating for a long time, he finally held back.
My face and body were still aching. Come to think of it, I'm still a coward, like I've swallowed several dung beetles.
Li Ji didn't want anyone to see him like this, so he just stayed in the room without going anywhere.
Anyway, he only has one task now - to collect loans, and the rest is not his turn to worry about for the time being. No one asks about his affairs, and no one cares about him except himself.
Fortunately, there was no one on this floor, and now only he and Xiao Zhu were left, just like an isolated island.
Throughout the morning, Li Ji flipped through books, read newspapers, and scribbled on paper for a while. He felt that time had never passed so slowly.
When it was almost lunch, there was a knock on the door outside.
Li Ji thought it was Xiao Zhu calling him to have lunch, so he hurriedly shouted at the door: "You go and eat first, I will go by myself later!"
"No, boss!" Xiao Zhu shouted outside the door, "It's Mr. Cui who wants you to go to his office!"
Mr. Cui?
The person Li Ji is most unwilling and afraid to see now is probably Cui Hao. Although the injury on his face didn't look serious, it looked really awkward like this.
"Didn't you say anything?"
"It's Xiaomiao calling, asking you to go there," Xiao Zhu opened the door, "Mr. Cui is waiting in the office, saying it's urgent."
"Is there an emergency?" Li Ji frowned.
"Boss, what's wrong with your face?" Xiao Zhu was startled when he saw the bruises on Li Ji's face and asked hurriedly.
"No, it's okay," Li Ji subconsciously blocked it with his hand, "I drank too much last night and couldn't see the road clearly. I fell into the ditch and fell..."
"Fell down in a ditch?"
Xiao Zhu was dubious and couldn't help but look at Li Ji's face carefully.
"Boss, your face seems to be swollen." Xiao Zhu exclaimed.
"It knocked a little, it's okay." Li Ji pretended to smile lightly.
"Boss, I've never seen you drink too much?" Xiao Zhu still didn't believe it.
"If you often walk by the river, how can your shoes not get wet?" Li Ji grinned and forced a smile. He felt a pain pass through his cheek and almost screamed. "You will see more of them from now on."
Xiao Zhu wanted to say something else, but Li Ji waved his hand: "Okay, why are you talking so much! I'll go to Mr. Cui's place first."
As he spoke, Li Ji walked out from behind the table, glanced sideways at Xiao Zhu, frowned, and went out and went up the stairs.
As soon as he reached the door of Cui Hao's office, Cui Hao greeted him.
Li Ji was greatly surprised. This was treatment he had never received before.
The sun rises from the west today?
