The person who answered the phone was Wu Qiong, the financial director of Marriott Group.
Wu Qiong was obviously surprised: "Mr. Li, we haven't contacted each other for a few days!"
"Well, yes, yes," Li Ji agreed and said casually, "The last time we met was when Director Wan was entertaining..."
Li Ji stopped, thinking of Wan Cheng, and felt sour in his heart.
"Yes," Wu Qiong suddenly sighed, "Now, Mr. Wan is gone..."
"Hey..." Li Ji let out a long sigh.
"Mr. Li, why are you looking for me?" Wu Qiong paused and reminded Li Ji, "It seems like you never called me when you were fine."
"Yes, haha," Li Ji smiled awkwardly, "I do have something to trouble you with today."
"Well, you go ahead." Wu Qiong answered simply.
"Mr. Wu, it's like this," Li Ji said, "When Director Wan was here, he took a 100 million loan from our bank in the name of Wanhao Trading Company, and it has not been repaid when it was due..."
"Oh," Wu Qiong responded, "I only heard Xiaoxue say this that day."
"I would like to ask, what is the current financial situation of the group?"
Wu Qiong was silent, and after a while he said again: "I'm not afraid of your jokes. For such a large group, part of the employees' wages this month is paid by bank loans..."
"Mr. Wu, didn't you say that the real estate company in the provincial capital gave you 100 million?"
"That's what you're talking about," Wu Qiong smiled bitterly, "I transferred it to the Agricultural Bank of China a long time ago, saying that I wanted to redeem corporate bonds..."
Li Ji's original intention was to find out the current real financial situation of Marriott Group and see if it was possible to repay tens of millions first. That way, at least I would have an explanation to the industry, and things might turn around.
But now Li Ji felt at ease, but also completely cold.
"That money was not taken out of the group's account at all. It was transferred directly to the Agricultural Bank of China. We didn't even see it..."
Li Jideng was speechless.
"It's embarrassing to say it. This month, the group's available liquidity is less than 10 million..."
Wu Qiong seemed like a bitter daughter-in-law who found her mother's family and couldn't help but vomit her bitterness.
"Okay, Mr. Wu, I understand." Li Ji finally added, "Excuse me, please be busy. We can make an appointment when you have time."
Wu Qiong seemed to realize that she had said too much, so she quickly replied "Okay, bye", and both parties hung up the phone almost at the same time.
Li Ji stuffed his cell phone into his bag and walked out of the small park. I got into a taxi on the side of the road and headed towards the Finance School.
The car is very fast.
When Li Ji stood in front of the dormitory building, it was getting dark. Dim yellow lights slanted down from the second floor, and a dark shadow fell on the ground, deep and shallow.
Li Jidi calmed down and walked quickly up the stairs.
As soon as they got to the second floor, before they reached the door of Liao Ying's dormitory, they saw a person walking out of her room.
By the light in the corridor, Li Ji saw clearly the person coming: it was Teacher Sun.
When Teacher Sun saw Li Ji, he smiled unnaturally, turned around and shouted into the room: "Teacher Liao, your boyfriend is here!"
Li Jigang wanted to say hello to him, but saw Teacher Sun lower his head, take a few steps, push open the door next to him, and walk in.
With a "bang", the door closed heavily.
Li Ji was startled and thought: How could this Teacher Sun be so popular? are you crazy!
"You're here," Liao Ying ran out with an apron tied around her waist, a look of joy on her face, "Come in quickly, the braised fish is ready."
Li Ji followed Liao Ying into the house.
The lights in the room are a little dim.
The School of Finance is famous for being stingy and does not allow high-power light bulbs to be used in teachers’ dormitories.
Several dishes have been placed on the small round table. In the kitchen, a strong and slightly fishy fish aroma wafted.
"Mmm, it smells so good!"
Li Ji sniffed and suddenly felt the tip of his tongue was filled with saliva and greedy insects were gnawing at him.
"I'll make another soup and we'll eat."
Liao Ying walked into the kitchen and took out the fish on a large porcelain plate. Li Ji quickly reached out to take it and put it in the middle of the table.
Soon, the soup was ready.
Liao Ying took off her apron, took a bottle of beer from the side, opened it with a screwdriver, and handed it to Li Ji: "Drink some."
Li Ji took it and poured a small cup for Liao Ying first, then filled his own cup, lowered his head and took a sip first.
"Try the fish first and see how it goes?" Liao Ying picked up a piece of fish, blew it a few times, and brought it to Li Ji's mouth.
Li Ji opened his mouth wide, bit it, then rolled his tongue and swallowed it whole.
"Look at you, it seems like you have never eaten fish in your life." Liao Ying retracted her hand, looked at the tips of the chopsticks, and smiled angrily, "Look, you will almost break the chopsticks."
"Well, it's delicious, it's delicious!" Li Ji nodded repeatedly, picked up the wine glass, and took a big sip.
"Well, then eat more," Liao Ying chewed slowly and looked up at Li Ji, "You seem to have lost weight!"
"Have you lost weight?" Li Ji was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I guess you are thinking so."
"Stop being such a mouthful!" Liao Ying twitched her nose, raised her chopsticks, and stuffed another piece of braised fish into Li Ji's mouth.
"What's going on with Teacher Sun?"
Li Ji swallowed it and took a sip of wine.
"Which Teacher Sun?"
"That's the one just now," Li Ji put down his wine glass, "didn't I just leave your room when I came here."
"Oh, you're talking about him," Liao Ying shook her head, looking helpless, "This guy always comes to visit me when he has nothing to do, and makes irresponsible remarks. It's quite annoying, and I'm too embarrassed to drive him away."
"He doesn't have a girlfriend yet, does he?"
"Well, he's almost thirty," Liao Ying nodded, "But I heard that he has a very high vision..."
"Really?" Li Ji didn't believe it.
This Teacher Sun has a slim face, but is taller and hunched over, like a giant monkey. He is so picky when it comes to finding a partner.
"Isn't that right?" Liao Ying pouted, "I heard that his uncle is the deputy director of the Municipal Education Commission and has great power."
"Oh, no wonder." Li Ji smiled and drank all the wine in the glass.
"Stop talking about him, let's eat our food." Liao Ying picked up a few green vegetables, put them in her mouth and chewed, "Have you been busy at work recently? Why do you always seem to be unable to cheer up and are absent-minded? of."
"Well, I've been quite busy these days, and I'm a little tired."
"Then make sure you have a good rest. If not, just take a few days off." Liao Ying looked at Li Ji's face and suddenly shouted: "What's wrong with your face? Why is it bruised?"
"It's okay, it's okay," Li Ji touched it, "I drank too much that night and accidentally touched it."
"Oh, you, you are so careless!"
Liao Ying stood up and wanted to take a closer look. Li Ji dodged back and avoided.
"Does it still hurt?"
Liao Ying sat down and asked with concern.
"It's alright now--"
Li Ji shook his head, picked up the beer bottle at his feet, and poured another full glass.
"Oh, Teacher Sun said," Liao Ying seemed to suddenly remember something, "One night, he saw you drinking with someone in Fengcheng Bar. She was a woman. Who was she?"
"Oh, did Teacher Sun say that?"
Li Ji's heart skipped a beat and he quickly lowered his head and took a sip of wine.
"Well," Liao Ying nodded, looking at Li Ji without blinking, "I don't think I've heard you mention it."
"Well," Li Ji's forehead jumped a few times, his mind was racing, and he finally decided not to tell her about Han Mei, "I am a client, and I insist on treating..."
Liao Ying pursed her lips and nodded repeatedly.
"It was originally a leader of their company who came forward, and we are quite familiar with each other. I didn't expect that he happened to have something to do that night, so he asked her to come," Li Ji said, unconsciously scratching his nose with one hand, "Me too. You won’t know until you go there…”
Li Ji took a sip of wine, looked up at Liao Ying, and felt slightly flustered: "If I knew she was the only one, I wouldn't have gone..."
"Hey, where are you thinking? I'm just asking." Liao Ying smiled and lightly poked Li Ji's forehead with her finger, "That Teacher Sun, he likes to talk nonsense..."
"What did he say?" Li Ji was a little worried.
"Oh, forget it," Liao Ying touched the wine glass, her long eyelashes trembling, "that man, a dog can't spit out ivory from its mouth."
Li Ji secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He drank the remaining wine in the glass and bared his teeth at Liao Ying: "That Teacher Sun, is he chasing you?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Liao Ying picked up her chopsticks and hit the back of Li Ji's hand hard, with anger in her eyes. "Who in our school doesn't know that I have a boyfriend a long time ago."
"Oops, it hurts!" Li Ji shook his hands and couldn't help but huffed, "I made a mistake. It should be beaten! It should be beaten!"
"It doesn't hurt, right..." Liao Ying leaned over, grabbed Li Ji's hand, and blew on it a few times.
"It hurt a lot at first, but when you blow on it, it doesn't hurt anymore."
Li Ji made a face and suddenly felt very good.
"Hey, why are you so fond of talking nonsense now?"
Liao Ying shook her head helplessly.
Li Ji said nothing, filled up the wine again, and drank a large glass of wine.
"What do you think if I resign from CCB?"
Li Ji placed the wine glass heavily on the table and asked.
"What? Resign?" Liao Ying was startled, her eyes widened, and the expression on her face changed drastically, "Why do you want to resign? Where will you go if you resign?"
"Look, you are so nervous?" Li Ji smiled pretending to be relaxed, "That's what I said, why are you resigning?"
"Oh, you scared me to death." Liao Ying patted her chest gently with her hand and took a few big breaths. "I mean, you've done a good job, why should you resign?"
Li Ji didn't dare to say any more.
The relief just now was fleeting, and his brows wrinkled again.
"Are you okay?" Liao Ying looked at Li Ji with some suspicion, "No, your industry really wants you to resign, right?"
"How could it be?" Li Ji waved his hand and patted the edge of the table, "I am also a department leader, an outstanding young man!"
"Then stop saying these things to scare people," Liao Ying rolled her eyes at Li Ji, "It's so scary to be surprised."
"Okay, okay, no more talking."
Li Ji lowered his head and looked at the soles of his feet. An indescribable sadness suddenly came to his heart. He sniffed hard, exhaled deeply, picked up the wine glass, and took a few sips.
"What's wrong with you?" Liao Ying noticed Li Ji's strangeness and asked softly.
"I'm fine, really fine...drink..."
Li Ji grabbed the wine glass, raised his neck, drank most of the glass in one breath, and took the opportunity to hold back the tears that were about to roll out of his eyes.
Putting down the wine glass, Li Ji's throat felt itchy and he coughed loudly several times before the tears finally flowed out.
"I drank too fast and choked..." Li Ji smiled mockingly. While talking, Liao Ying handed over some napkins.
"Drink slowly, no one will compete with you." Liao Ying felt a little distressed, "I always feel that something is wrong with you these days..."
"It's okay," Li Ji took two more bottles of beer, opened them, and filled the glasses, "I've been running around all day, so tired..."
"Then drink less." Liao Ying advised.
"Marriott Group has a loan that has never been repaid. The bank assigned me to be responsible for collection..." Li Ji ignored it and said slowly while drinking.
"Oh, I was just about to ask you," Liao Ying suddenly said, "It was said that Wan Cheng committed suicide by jumping off the building. What happened?"
Only then did Li Ji remember that he had never told Liao Ying about Wan Cheng and the Marriott Group.
"It's depression," Li Ji sighed, "Hey, I can't tell..." He drank another glass of wine and his eyes were red.
"Don't be sad," Liao Ying pulled out a few more napkins and handed them over, "If a person wants to die, there is nothing anyone can do..."
Li Ji stopped talking and just drank.
For a moment, Liao Ying didn't know how to comfort Li Jicai, and the room suddenly became quiet.
The two ate in silence.
Li Ji wanted to tell Liao Ying what was going on in the industry, but he swallowed the words several times.
"You said that if I don't work in the bank, what else can I do?"
After six or seven bottles of beer, Li Ji was already a little drunk.
"Are you serious?"
Liao Ying was surprised.
"Just talking, how can you take it seriously." Li Ji thought for a while, "A colleague resigned two days ago, and we talked about it in the office. It suddenly occurred to me that if one day I no longer work at CCB, where can I go? Woolen cloth......"
"You can become a singer, didn't you always tell me when you were in college?" Liao Ying chuckled, "Set up a stall on the street, play the guitar, sing, collect money, and be free. How nice it would be if someone took care of it.”
"Well, that's a good idea," Li Ji nodded seriously, "I'll try it as soon as possible."
"You are serious," Liao Ying laughed even harder, "Maybe within three days, you will starve to death."
"No, I have to try!"
Li Ji's face was serious.
"Stop being ridiculous!" Liao Ying laughed so hard, "If you really resign, I'll take care of you..."
"Okay, it's a deal!"
Li Ji grabbed the wine bottle at the foot of the table, drank it mouth to mouth.
A few flying insects flew down on the light bulb, and the light became more and more dim.
Inadvertently, Liao Ying suddenly saw two lines of sparkling tears on Li Ji's face.
"What happened to you?"
Liao Ying was taken aback, and her face was filled with panic.
She stood up suddenly, looked nervous, rushed to Li Ji, and gently held his head.
