Let it age

Informed Xiao Qi that there were three people occupying the big table in the middle and would not move away, and the guests who were numbered outside had objections.

Xiaoqi came out and saw that it was Ao Junzhi who made trouble again, so he asked the waiter to handle it for him.So Xiaoqi went to Ao Junzhi's table righteously and awe-inspiringly.

"Excuse me sir, since there are three of you dining, please cooperate and move to a small table to eat, is that okay?"

"Then Mr. Ao, why don't we..."

Seeing this, the intern hurriedly prepared to move away.

"No need!" Ao Junzhi waved his hand boldly, "We have to sit here. Why, we, there are not only three people eating. As I said, there are five other people. No, it's still stuck in the road. It hasn’t arrived yet. And they don’t know what they can get, we can’t order a lot of dishes and cook here, and when they come, we will add more dishes, do you think it’s okay?”

Ao Junzhi seemed to have a discussion with Xiaoqi, but his tone was undeniable.

There is no reason for Xiaoqi to be deflated, there is no reason for a businessman to drive away customers, but Ao Jun's intentions are clearly there, but he has nothing to do with him.So Xiaoqi had no choice but to go back to the kitchen in despair.

An hour later, the business of the hot pot restaurant is getting better and better, and the guests at the surrounding tables have changed one after another, except for Ao Junzhi's table, there are only three people from the beginning to the end. .

Xiaoqi couldn't stand it anymore, and rushed out again.

"Excuse me sir, if you have finished your meal, please..."

"Hello? Hello! Hey! Let me tell you what's going on with you? Are you still coming or not?" Ao Junzhi suddenly picked up the phone, and signaled Xiaoqi to wait with his eyes, "Come on? It's just a matter of time." Hey! The three of us have cleared the venue! Hurry up and hear that!"

After hanging up the phone, Ao Junzhi smiled pretending to be sorry.

"It's blocked. It's too blocked. It's coming, it's coming, ah."

Xiaoqi was deflated again, and went back to the kitchen in despair.

Another hour passed, and more and more guests were piled up at the door, and the voices of dissatisfaction became louder and louder.

Xiaoqi felt that things were a little big, so he hurriedly walked from the kitchen to the back room, and told Zhou Tingrang about the situation.

Zhou Tingrang, who was reading a book in the room, heard that it was Ao Junzhi who came, and immediately ran out after his nerves tensed.

"Hey, the little boss is here. Little boss, you come to judge, we still have five people coming here, and your waiter is going to drive us away. Do you think this attitude should be criticized?"

Ao Junzhi became even more excited when he saw that Zhou Ting gave way.

"Well, help me out, you see there are so many people waiting outside, so let's clear this place up, let's go out and talk about anything, okay?"

"I have nothing to say to you. Besides, I brought my colleagues here for dinner today. Is it inappropriate for you to drive out the people who come here for dinner?"

"Can……"

"As I said, other people are on the way here. This traffic jam has nothing to do with me, right? I can't blame me, right? If they come later, where will they sit? How do you plan to solve this problem?"

"This……"

"So I said, just wait and see, maybe they will be here soon."

"..."

Faced with Ao Junzhi's unreasonable and aggressive behavior, Zhou Tingrang completely lost his words, and without further words, he stood silently behind the cash register.

"Wonderful, wonderful..."

Xiao Qi chanted helplessly, held his forehead and walked back to the kitchen with his three views completely broken.

The stalemate lasted for three hours. At nine o'clock, Ao Junzhi caught a glimpse of Zhou Tingrang at the cash register starting to pack his schoolbag and prepare to go to class, so he thought it was time to leave.

"Okay, let's eat here today. Let's go home."

Ao Junzhi took his wallet and walked to the cashier, talking with his mobile phone under his shoulder.

"You guys are too much! Do you know how long we've been waiting here! How can we just say no and stop coming! I won't take you to play in the future! It's really..."

Zhou Tingrang knew that there were no these five people in the first place, all of this was composed and performed by Ao Junzhi himself, and the purpose was to disgust himself.

But Zhou Tingrang remained calm, changed the money, gave the receipt, and then smiled and said thank you for coming.

After the three of Ao Junzhi left, Xiaoqi rushed to the cashier angrily.

"Brother Rang! Why do you have to be so patient with that person? He's just harassing him over and over again!"

"I've done too much to him before, and it's already very polite for him to treat me like this."

"That man is such a cheapskate! It's been so long, and he still has a grudge! He has no grace at all!"

"Okay, just take care of your mouth and don't make trouble for me."

"Brother Rang..."

"I'm running out of time, take care of the store, and contact me immediately if there is any situation."

"Got it, brother, you can go to class without worry, I'm watching here."

"It's because you're the one who's worried..."

Zhou Ting asked Yoyo to leave a word and then drifted away.

7.

On the fourth day, at the same time again, Ao Junzhi opened the door again and walked into the hot pot restaurant.

What was different from yesterday was that today the legendary five people appeared.

That's right, Ao Junzhi called seven colleagues to have dinner together today.

"Sorry, you are not welcome here."

Xiao Qi rushed to the door to stop Ao Junzhi.

"I'm afraid it's not your decision here." Ao Junzhi ignored Xiao Qi and strode in. "Go and tell your little boss that I'm here, tell him to come out."

"What are you doing?"

Xiaoqi looked at Ao Junzhi warily.

"Eat. What else can I do if I come to you?"

"I see that you don't come to eat every time."

Xiao Qi muttered, but turned around and ran into the back room to call Zhou Tingrang out.

Ao Junzhi called his colleagues to sit down around the big table in the middle, and then saw Zhou Tingrang walking over with the menu, still with an official smile on his face.

"What would you like to eat?"

"Little boss, I'm really sorry yesterday. I was let go by a group of bad friends. You see, I specially invited eight people to come here today."

There is always a trace of coldness in Ao Junzhi's pretended warm tone.

"Thank you boss for taking care of our Zhoumizhuang business."

Zhou Tingrang was still flattered.

"We are all old classmates, and we must take care of the old classmates' place! Do you think so?"

"Oh, Mr. Ao and Boss Zhou are old classmates?"

"That's right! Our friendship is not shallow! Do you think so, little boss?"

Ao Junzhi looked at Zhou Tingrang meaningfully, only to see Zhou Tingrang smiled awkwardly and remained silent.

"Okay, everyone, don't be dazed, you'll be hungry after the meeting, hurry up, order, I'll be the host today, everyone can eat freely!"

"Oh! Long live Mr. Ao!"

After a while, a luxurious mandarin duck pot was placed in the center of the table, and everyone began to eat happily.

While greeting the guests at the door, Xiao Qi observed the situation here, for fear that something might happen again.

Fortunately, the eight people were talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. It seemed that it was really an ordinary dinner.

An hour passed, and everyone had almost finished eating. Someone proposed to change the scene, but Ao Junzhi rejected it.

"What show? I told you! This is my old classmate's place! Anyway, everyone must give me this face today! Let's not transfer! Just keep drinking here! The waiter—" Ao Junzhi shouted loudly , Xiaoqi hurriedly and cautiously ran over, "Give us a case of beer, and four bottles of white ones. Look, what else do you want to drink?"

"Enough is enough, Mr. Ao, we can't drink so much."

"Impossible! We are all account managers. How can we hold on to a little wine? I will pay for all the food and drink today! You can drink as much as you want! You can make it! How crazy is it?" Crazy! OK?"

"OK!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xiaoqi hurried to the back of the cashier and whispered to Zhou Tingrang.

"Brother Xiao Rang, they ordered a lot of wine at that table. I think something will happen. Why don't you go and tell them that this wine should not be served."

Zhou Tingrang raised his head and glanced at Ao Junzhi's table, one and two were overwhelmed. If he tried to persuade him now, he might be troubled by Ao Junzhi.And the guests at that table were all customers who ordered meals at noon, so it would be bad to offend them.

"Give it to them."

"Brother Rang..."

"I said serve them wine!"

"..."

Xiao Qi was so blocked that she couldn't speak, so she obediently obeyed Zhou Tingrang's orders, carried a case of beer over, and then put four bottles of baijiu on the table.

After a while, Zhou Tingrang answered the phone, and the wine merchant came to deliver the goods, so Zhou Tingrang called Xiaoqi to go downstairs and bring up boxes one by one.

And in just a short while, Ao Junzhi's table exploded.

"Fuck you, did you take the order! Can you tell me clearly in front of everyone that you took the order!"

"Keep your mouth clean for me! If it wasn't picked up by me, it could have been snatched!"

"Damn it, how can you not be ashamed anymore! You know exactly how this order came about!"

"Stop yelling blood here! Say that I stole your order, if you have the ability to show evidence!"

……

Two male colleagues in the loan department had a quarrel, the louder and louder the quarrel, Zhou Tingrang and Xiao Qi had just moved all the goods to the second floor, when they saw a customer in the store quarreling, they put down the boxes and rushed in to persuade the quarrel.

"This big brother, this big brother! If you have something to say, talk it out! Let's talk it out if you have something to say, huh?"

"Go away! It's none of your business here!"

One of them gave Zhou Ting a hard push, then slapped the table to stand up, picked up a beer bottle and threw it on the ground.

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"what!!!"

The guests on the surrounding tables were startled when they heard the sound of beer bottles breaking, and all turned their eyes to the middle table where the smell of gunpowder spread.

"Wow, you still throw the bottle! Do you want to fight? Do you want to fight, ah!"

The other male colleague immediately became unwilling. He rolled up his sleeves and kicked the chair in front of him, and threw himself on the man.The two immediately wrestled and turned their fists at each other. Seeing the seriousness of the situation, the remaining colleagues also stood up and pulled the two away.

"Hey, hey - stop fighting! Stop fighting! What are you two doing! Both colleagues have something to say, can't you talk about it!"

But the two people who had no choice but to quarrel were so angry that no one could stop them, but they were pushed behind them fiercely, and then the two scuffled together again.

The surrounding guests were all frightened, they quickly stood up and backed away, fearing that the two people who were fighting would hurt them.

Zhou Tingrang and Xiaoqi looked at the incident, and tried their best to pull one. At this time, Zhou Tingrang glanced around, but he didn't see Ao Junzhi's figure.

"Where's Mr. Ao! Where did Mr. Ao go! He doesn't care if his colleagues are messing up like this!"

"Ao, Mr. Ao went to the bathroom, but he hasn't come out yet..."

The female colleagues present were also frightened, so they could only hide behind Zhou Tingrang's back and say cowardly.

"Everyone, get out of the way! I'm going to fight this thing today!"

The male colleague waved his arm vigorously, and Xiao Qi was pulled away, and fell back a few steps staggeringly.

In an instant, the male colleague flicked his sleeves, and all the wine bottles on the table were smashed to the ground.

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"what!!!"

There were already several tables of guests around who were scared away, and the waitresses also hid in the corners and did not dare to make a sound.

"Fuck me, I'll fight with you too!"

The other male colleague was completely irritated, almost crazy, and seemed to lose his mind, and kicked the table over in the direction of the other male colleague.

Following the direction in which the table fell, the hot oil pan also hit the ground with a bang, and the oil soup bounced up and splashed onto Zhou Tingrang's wrist.

"what!!!"

Now all the guests in the lobby ran away, and the waitresses screamed and hid in the kitchen.

"—stop it!"

Ao Junzhi came out of the bathroom in time and stopped the commotion with a loud voice.

"Boss Ao..."

"Boss Ao..."

The two male colleagues finally let go of each other's necklines, and bowed their heads to Ao Junzhi to admit their mistakes with their embarrassed looks.

"I said you two are sick, right? Can we have some quality? Don't you feel ashamed in front of so many people? What is it like to be tearing up here? Look at Renyi's good shop. What has become of it!"

The male colleague bowed his head obediently and was scolded.

"When everyone works together, it is inevitable that there will be disagreements. It is not easy for anyone. Since you have joined a company, you have to be considerate of each other. Why do you say such hurtful things? Okay, today's matter will be over, and who will Don't even mention this."

After scolding the male colleague, Ao Junzhi signaled his colleagues to withdraw first, and he stayed to apologize to Zhou Tingrang.

As a result, the door was blocked by Xiao Qi, and the colleagues were prevented from getting out.

"Brother Rang! What happened just now must have been done on purpose! We can't just let them go!"

"Hey, what are you talking about, kid, who the hell did it on purpose, don't make trouble for nothing, or I will sue you for defamation!"

Zhou Tingrang saw that Xiao Qi was being attacked by the group of people, and hurried to the door to pull Xiao Qi away, and opened the door.

"Everyone is good to go, welcome to visit next time."

Regardless of Xiaoqi's struggle behind him, Zhou Tingrang let the seven people go with certainty.

Back at the cash register, Ao Junzhi walked over.

"Little boss, I'm really sorry today. It's all about our company's internal conflicts, which made you laugh. We white-collar workers usually work under a lot of pressure. No, we start talking nonsense when we're drunk. Today's matter, Please be more patient."

How could Zhou Tingrang not know what it means for Ao Junzhi to disappear at just the right time and appear again at the right time.Just don't want to expose it.

"It's okay, the team. Disagreements are common. I'm thankful that no guests were injured."

"Otherwise, I will bear all the losses caused to the store today."

"Hey, look at what you said. It's none of your business. It's just an accident. No one wants it. You should give back as much as you want. We are in business, and we pay attention to sincerity, as much as you want. , I will never ask you for a penny more."

"That's really embarrassing, I will definitely criticize and educate them when I go back!"

Zhou Tingrang didn't answer any more, just forced out a faint smile, then changed the money, gave the receipt, and nodded to say thank you for coming.

Ao Junzhi snapped his wallet shut, opened the door and walked out, leaving the store in a mess.

"Brother Rang! We can't just let this matter go!"

Xiao Qi was so angry that the little boss let go of the group of people who deliberately made trouble just now without saying a word!

"Xiaoqi..." Zhou Tingrang sighed softly, but his face was extremely calm, "I say forget it, huh? Be obedient. Tell everyone else to come out, it's safe here, tell everyone to hurry up and get the storefront Clean it up, your good uncle will be back tomorrow, let him see the store turned into this, so worry."

"But brother Rang, your hand..."

Zhou Tingrang's right wrist was splashed by the hot soup that was overturned just now, and it turned red and blistered.

"It's okay, it's nothing. You'd better let everyone clean up the store, and leave me alone."

"……it is good."

Xiaoqi frowned, and didn't dare to talk anymore, so she turned around and ran into the kitchen, told the frightened waitresses about the situation, calmed their emotions, and then the big guys came out and started to clean up the mess.

After almost two hours, the hot pot restaurant finally returned to its original state, but now it is only nine o'clock in the evening, and there is no business in the store, and everyone has no work to do, so they can only sit around the big table bored and chatter. What happened just now.

At this time, Zhou Tingrang was leaning outside the shop door, watching the busy traffic in the street downstairs, smoking quietly, no one knew what he was thinking.

Hearing that there was no movement in the store, Zhou Ting asked to stamp out the cigarette butt, opened the door and walked in.

"Well, everyone has worked hard today. When doing business, you will inevitably encounter some situations, but you must remember that no matter what happens, leave it to me to deal with it. You just need to protect yourself from getting hurt."

"Understood, little boss."

"The boss will be back tomorrow, and everyone knows about our family's situation. Everyone must keep everything that happened these days a secret from the boss. Don't mention a single word. I'm counting on everyone!"

"Little boss, we understand."

"Well, let's close for today."

"Huh? Closed so early?"

"The unhappiness that happened today was all because of me. I am here to apologize to everyone. Today's bill is on my head, and the salary is paid according to the normal hours. Everyone is shocked today, so go home and rest. "

"Thank you, little boss! See you tomorrow, little boss."

The waiters changed their work clothes one after another and left the hot pot restaurant, but Xiaoqi was the only one who refused to leave.

"Hey, you kid doesn't know the rules. Why don't you leave after the boss has spoken?"

Zhou Tingrang stood at the cash register to settle the accounts, and said sharply to Xiaoqi without raising his head.

"Brother Xiao Rang... I think, you seem to..."

Xiao Qi was a little cowardly, not daring to finish speaking at once.

"What's wrong with me?"

Zhou Tingrang still quickly pressed the button of the calculator without looking up.

"You need someone to talk to you."

For such a short second, Zhou Ting paused his busy fingers, but recovered after a subtle gap, as if everything was peaceful.

"Aren't I yelling at you every day? What else do you want me to say?"

"Brother... I just came to the store not long ago, so I don't know you well. Although you fight with us every day, I still feel that you have something on your mind."

"Things on your mind? This is something you youngsters only have. I'm about to become a man in three, so don't make me so childish."

"Then why did you let those bastards go? Brother, be sober, this is the third time this week! I don't think that person has any intention of stopping at all. If things go on like this, the boss will know sooner or later, and He has come to provoke you again and again, but this business is still going to be done! Let me tell you, if that person dares to make trouble next time, we will call the police and arrest him!"

"No."

"I said brother, why are you so weak in front of him! What are you afraid of!"

"There is nothing you should know here. I will find a way to deal with it myself. You go home quickly, or I will really lose my temper."

"Oh... alright. Then I'll go back first. But brother Rang, I have to remind you that that person is clearly aiming at you, so be careful where you usually go."

"The kid talks a lot. I know! I will pay attention to it myself! Let's go, little ancestor!"

"Hey, I'm leaving then! See you tomorrow, bro!"

Seeing Xiaoqi waving away, Zhou Tingrang let out a long sigh of relief.In an instant, some stinging pictures came to mind, Zhou Ting shook his head habitually, and those unbearable memories automatically sank into the deep sea.

Taking out the backpack from the cabinet under the cashier, Zhou Tingrang checked the subjects for tonight, put the corresponding textbooks into the backpack, locked the door of the hot pot restaurant, put on the safety helmet, started the engine of the motorcycle and walked away.

8.

However, Ao Junzhi did not leave after the big fuss, but continued to hide in the car, watching Zhou Tingrang leave for class, and followed all the way behind.

Ao Junzhi is the kind of person who is very good at memorizing roads, and his driving skills are also very good. The last time he followed Zhou Ting out of the way to the education center, he memorized the signs and road conditions on the street.

Naturally, Ao Junzhi did not do all this to make Zhou Tingrang die. No matter what, Ao Junzhi would not give up the life he had worked hard to the present, so he would not do stupid things.Ao Junzhi has only one belief, to use the way of a civilized person, to destroy everything Zhou Tingrang bit by bit, to defeat his spiritual world, to force him to the darkest corner, to bear what he and Shi Ling have endured back then. the pain.

Seeing that he was going to be late, Zhou Tingrang speeded up a bit, turned at an intersection and took the trail.

Ao Junzhi followed up, applauding secretly in his heart, because this road was darkly lit, and there was no camera. Turn the steering wheel slightly to the right, and then slam on the accelerator to force it up.

At this time, Zhou Tingrang saw from the rearview mirror that a coupe suddenly accelerated towards him. The speed was so fast that he had almost no time to think about it. He could only instinctively turn the front of the car to the right and slam on the brakes. The motorcycle directly hit the curb on the right, Zhou Tingrang flew out, fell heavily on the green belt beside the street, and rolled several times.

hiss--

There was an ear-piercing sound of rubbing, and Zhou Tingrang lay on the ground, his eyes focused on the car that suddenly braked not far ahead.

A few seconds later, the door of the coupe opened, and a person got out and walked over slowly.

Zhou Tingrang endured the pain all over his body and opened his eyes, but the light on the side of the street was very dim, so he couldn't see who was coming, so he had to give up temporarily, buried his head and looked at his wound, then grinned and supported his waist, stood up and sat up up.

Suddenly a pair of shiny leather shoes appeared in the field of vision, Zhou Tingrang looked in the direction, his eyelids trembled suddenly.

"It's you."

It could be heard that Zhou Tingrang was a little sullen, but his expression was always calm.

Ao Junzhi squatted down and opened his mouth as if watching a show.

"Do you know what a nightmare is?"

Seeing Ao Junzhi's sullen expression in front of him, Zhou Tingrang was speechless and could only bear Ao Junzhi's humiliation silently.

"Nightmare," Ao Junzhi stood up gracefully with his legs stretched out, with a condescending attitude, "it is a lingering existence that makes you fear, fear, and panic all day long. Once, you were my nightmare. Now, I want to return that feeling to you intact, so that you can also experience how a person is driven crazy by being driven."

With a sneer, Ao Junzhi turned around abruptly, and together with the roar of the coupe, he disappeared into the cold night in an instant.

On a cold winter night, the north wind is biting.

Zhou Tingrang sighed lightly, stood up reluctantly, moved the joints of his body, and found that his waist was in severe pain, and his chest was in excruciating pain when he moved it. It should be that his ribs were broken.

It seems that tonight's class will not be available, Zhou Tingrang called the school to ask for leave, and then slowly pushed the motorcycle back.

Ao Junzhi was parking his car at a gas station not far from the incident just now, opposite to a hospital.Zhou Tingrang will definitely pass by there later.

Sure enough, after waiting for a while, Ao Junzhi saw Zhou Tingrang walking over with one hand on his waist and the other pushing the cart, and then stopped at the entrance of the hospital.

Confirming that Zhou Tingrang suffered some physical pain, Ao Junzhi started the engine in satisfaction, and was about to drive away, but noticed that Zhou Tingrang had been standing outside the hospital door and did not go in.Curious about his behavior, Ao Junzhi turned off the car again and continued to observe.Zhou Tingrang seemed to have hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind, supported his waist, pushed the motorcycle and left.

It could be seen that he was seriously injured.But why didn't he go to the hospital?

At first Ao Junzhi couldn't understand it, but then he thought that he had cut such a big piece of Zhou Tingrang's flesh two days ago, how could he have money to see a doctor, and then he understood the reason.

Immediately, Ao Junzhi also felt uncomfortable.Watching Zhou Tingrang walk away, Ao Jun got out of the car and went to a convenience store to buy two cans of beer, and sat on the side of the road to drink.

The appearance of Zhou Ting just now made Ao Junzhi think of the days when his parents ate Chinese cabbage for a month for himself.Ao Junzhi has come all the way, and it is smooth sailing. Except for Shi Ling, he has never encountered other setbacks. After a few years, he has long been used to a comfortable life without worrying about food and clothing. Most of the friends around him are just like him. Class level, so I haven't come into contact with people like Zhou Tingrang for a long time.

Sighing, Ao Junzhi picked up the bottle and drank several mouthfuls, then thought again.

If I pity him, who will pity me?In these years, I have lived a happy life on the surface.But who knows, I have always been unhappy, from the bottom of my heart.There are always memories in my heart that I can't let go of, and I can't sleep well every night.And it all goes back to him, all because of him.If it wasn't for him, would my parents eat Chinese cabbage for a month?If it wasn't for him, would Shi Ling leave me?It was Zhou Tingrang who made a dirty cut in my clean life. He committed such a big crime, I couldn't just watch him live the rest of his life with peace of mind.

That's right, I can't be soft-hearted, all of this is his fault!

Thinking of this, Ao Junzhi ruthlessly crushed the two empty bottles and cans, then stood up and smashed them to the ground vigorously.

"No! I can't stop here! It's not enough! Not enough!"

With a loud roar, Ao Junzhi returned to the car, pulled himself together again, and rushed all the way back to his residence.