For several days, Han Mei didn't call again.
After a brief period of relaxation, Li Ji suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of loss.
He didn't want to get too close to Han Mei, but now that Han Mei really stopped contacting him, Li Ji felt that something was missing.
He planned to send those books back to Han Mei, but after hesitating for a long time, he gave up the idea.
After thinking about it, it was better to wait until Han Mei asked, otherwise she would think she was looking for a reason to meet.
Li Ji doesn't want to go to Liao Ying's place for the time being.
I can't tell you why, but I'm a little embarrassed to see her. In addition to guilt, there seemed to be a nameless anger coming from nowhere.
Liao Ying must have noticed something.
Li Ji was like a child who had done something wrong and was worried about being discovered and scolded by adults. He felt uneasy and uneasy.
He put the set of books from the Rural Credit Union into the bottom of the bookcase, and only took out a few training materials from China Construction Bank to read.
Li Ji has thought a lot these days.
I feel that we still need to face reality and settle down as soon as possible; not just work, but more importantly, the mentality.
Stop thinking too much, it's too ambitious. It's better to be honest and do the job at hand first, at least don't let others find fault.
Don’t forget, CCB is paying you wages, and you have to live on this job.
Liao Ying's colleague said it well, and the vice president of the branch is also very good.
Why do you have to be so stubborn?
"The system is dead, but people are alive." These words are really insightful. Isn't it better to think more openly, be less rigid, be kind to others, and make everyone happy?
After listening to Wang Shulan's words that day, Li Ji began to doubt whether he had been too bookish before, thinking too simply and too idealistically.
Thinking like this, I tried to comfort myself.
In the end, Li Ji actually convinced himself and felt inexplicably better. Some old offices are now much brighter.
The days became calmer.
People at the branch discovered that President Li had suddenly changed a lot. People are more easy-going and easy to talk to, and business reviews are no longer so serious.
Li Ji experienced a kind of peace and harmony that he had never experienced before. It's so peaceful that it's a little lonely, and it's so harmonious that it's disturbing.
The weather is getting cooler day by day, and there are occasional yellow leaves falling on the ground, rolling around in the wind.
On this day, Li Ji got off work very early and was going to go to Liao Ying's place.
It was Liao Ying who sent him the text message first, and Li Ji called back.
On the phone, neither of them mentioned what happened that day, as if it had never happened. After a few words, the familiar and close feeling in the past was restored.
It was Li Jixian who apologized.
After hearing this, Liao Ying was silent for a long time and said inexplicably: "Oh, look at you, you are such a good person..."
The dark clouds dispersed, and Li Ji was in a good mood. Just thinking about Han Mei, I felt a little strange in my heart.
When Li Ji walked out of the office building, he did not forget to say hello to the security guard at the door.
The security guard responded in surprise. He didn't think about it for a long time. He was a little confused as to why Mr. Li was so approachable today.
Li Ji and Liao Ying agreed to go to that Western restaurant to eat tonight.
It was still early, so Li Ji decided to buy a gift for Liao Ying.
He knew that Liao Ying had been talking about a new mobile phone from Nokia, but she always found it too expensive and reluctant to part with it. This time Li Ji decided to buy it first to give her a surprise.
Li Ji left the yard without taking a taxi. He knew that there was a Nokia store nearby. It was not far away and it only took less than twenty minutes to walk.
The sun has set and the sky is getting dark.
Li Ji walked quickly, in a happy mood and with a relaxed pace. He didn't notice three people following him leisurely behind him.
Li Ji passed the alley and saw the Nokia store right in front of him. Seeing that there were no cars on both sides, he couldn't help but quicken his pace.
"Oops, you hit me! Oops..."
Hearing a loud scream suddenly, it was very miserable.
Then, there was a "plop" sound.
Li Ji's eyes blurred for a moment, and he suddenly felt a pain in his body. In a moment of surprise, he saw a man rushing out of the alley next to him and hitting him hard on the waist.
Li Ji was shocked, stunned, and looked down.
I saw a young man wearing a red T-shirt lying at his feet, his eyes half-open and half-closed, his body twitching, and a ball of white foam spitting out of his mouth.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"
Li Ji was so frightened that he knelt down and looked at the young man's condition nervously.
The young man was lying flat on the side of the road, his body stretched out in a "big" shape, his legs rubbing back and forth on the ground, and he was whimpering.
Hearing the shout, he secretly opened his eyes, then closed them immediately, moved the corners of his mouth, and groaned loudly in pain.
Suddenly many passers-by gathered and chatted around.
"This person was obviously the one who hit her first..."
"Why is it that while others are fine, I fell first?"
"Yeah, he was walking nicely and didn't touch him at all?"
"Look, the foam looks like tofu dregs!"
...
Only then did Li Ji wake up. Yes, I didn't touch him at all, why did he fall down?
While he was stunned, two people suddenly squeezed out from behind the crowd and rushed in front of Li Ji.
One of the thin men grabbed Li Ji's shirt and shouted loudly: "You broke my brother, you have to pay for it..."
"Compensate? Hahaha!"
There was a burst of laughter from the crowd.
"You can pay compensation if something is broken, but how can you pay if someone hits it?"
"What are you paying for? It was obviously him who hit someone..."
"It's a shame! Hahaha!"
"It looks like! I think it looks like it!"
"These days, there really is everyone for everyone..."
.......
Another stout man was a little anxious. He glanced at the crowd and said angrily: "If any of you want to meddle in other people's business, you can come out and try!"
The crowd suddenly fell silent, and no one dared to speak loudly anymore.
The strong man stepped forward and grabbed Li Ji's collar.
Although it was already autumn, the weather was still very hot, but the strong man wore a long-sleeved shirt with the buttons tightly buttoned.
Li Ji was strangled and his neck tightened. He quickly broke away and pulled off the thin man's hand.
He stepped aside, straightened his shirt, thought for a moment, and said to the two people, "I'll call a car. Let's take this brother to the hospital first."
The two people looked at each other and said in unison: "If you don't go to the hospital, you'll pay for it!"
Li Jida was suspicious, but he was anxious to buy a mobile phone for Liao Ying and have dinner together. If he went to the hospital, he might not be able to finish it in a while, so he didn't ask any more questions and was happy to give her money.
The young man couldn't see any injuries at all. He was probably just three street gangsters trying to extort some money.
"Tell me, how much does it cost?"
Li Ji took out his wallet. Inside was the two thousand yuan he had just withdrawn to buy a mobile phone for Liao Ying.
Li Ji counted out five hundred yuan and prepared to give it to the man.
He still had some pain.
Five hundred yuan is equivalent to one month's salary of an ordinary worker, so it should be enough.
Just think of losing money and avoiding disaster. Li Ji didn't want to get involved with these gangsters at this time, and he didn't care about feeling sorry for the five hundred yuan.
"Ten thousand dollars!"
The strong man said with a dark face and an angry voice.
What?
Ten thousand...ten thousand yuan! ! !
Li Ji suspected that he had heard wrongly. He touched his ears, his eyes widened, and asked again.
"Are you deaf? I said, ten thousand yuan! Not a penny less!" The short, fat man rushed forward and said viciously.
"If you don't give me money, I can just leave an arm!"
Seeing that Li Ji was standing still, the strong man came closer and spoke in a lowered voice.
"Ten thousand yuan? Steal money!"
Someone nearby shouted.
"Yeah, they didn't touch him at all!"
"Two hundred yuan is enough!"
While he was talking, the young man who fell to the ground got up on his own. He wiped the foam from the corner of his mouth, moved his body, and still sat on the ground, looking at the two people.
Li Ji felt something was wrong.
These three people were clearly here to cause trouble, and it was not like they were just trying to get into trouble. There was nothing wrong with that young man, he was just pretending.
Li Ji instinctively wanted to escape, but found that the two men were already on either side, sandwiching him between them.
The onlookers all noticed that Dao Dao was coming, but no one came forward. Instead, they all hid.
After a while, only Li Ji and the three people were left on the roadside. The young man remained where he was, craning his neck like a mentally retarded child.
"You two, I don't have so much money with me..."
Li Ji said, glancing to both sides.
Most of the original onlookers had gone away, and only a few busybodies were still hiding nearby, secretly watching.
The strong man seemed to see Li Ji's thoughts and smiled coldly: "Don't use your imagination, you can't run away!"
As he spoke, the strong man suddenly moved forward and put a hand under Li Ji's ribs.
Li Ji's skin suddenly felt cold. Subconsciously looking down, he saw a bright, cold light shining in the man's loose sleeves.
Look carefully again.
In the hand of the strong man, he was holding a seven or eight-inch long dagger!
