no longer ordinary friends

Zhou Zhicheng also doesn't like Xu Mei'an, their aura and values ​​are not in harmony.

Xu Mei'an has always been selfish. University roommates usually share learning materials and resources. She only uses other people's materials, but never shares her own resources. She even lies and conceals the information about the research, for fear that others will join her to test.

Her hometown is in the southern countryside, and she moved to the county seat when she was in elementary school. When she mentioned her childhood friends, she had an inexplicable sense of superiority: "I grew up in the city, and every time I went back to the countryside for the New Year, I was tortured. The kids all want to play with me, but they don't study, they wear rustic clothes, and they don't talk..."

Zhou Zhicheng was a little funny when he thought of this.

At that time, in order to compete for a place in the college, Xu Mei'an did not hesitate to discredit her and Jiang Li in front of teachers and classmates, so angry that the two of them went to the shopping mall to have a big hot pot meal, and complained about Xu Mei'an while eating.

Speaking of the excitement, the two of them slapped down the table bitterly, imitating her look down on rural people, and startled the few people who were about to sit next to them.

Zhou Zhicheng looked up and saw Jiang Xianghuai and his friends.

Jiang Xianghuai looked at her with great interest, did not speak, the corners of his lips curled up, Jiang Li was also stunned when he saw him, and remained silent for a while.

The rest of the people in suits and leather shoes misunderstood and waved their hands again and again: "Don't be nervous, we are also rural people."

When the slogans matched and the classes matched, the two tables merged into one. At the end of the chat, they realized that apart from the two of them, the few comrades on the table who were more angry than them were not from the countryside, but were born and bred. North City natives.

That day was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and before parting, Jiang Xianghuai's friends got a little drunk, stuffed them with a lot of mooncakes, and said, "Here, if you don't accept them, you'll look down on us city people!"

Zhou Zhicheng: "..."

Jiang Li was still reading the news from Xu Mei'an in the group chat, and his teeth were itching with anger: "This earth mountain pig has quite a lot of fans on Weibo thanks to investment bankers and artists. Last time, I posted a small composition , made up a love story that she missed with her senior brother Berkeley, saying that she was ignorant in college and only knew how to study. The senior brother helped her many times, but she missed many hints. Fortunately, the two met at the peak now. , She is so good at borrowing others to promote herself, her fans also said - An An, if you can be liked by such an excellent person, then you must also be excellent, I am really speechless..."

Zhou Zhicheng looked at the Weibo screenshots and comments sent by Jiang Li, combined with the chat records of other students in the group, it is obvious that this Berkeley brother refers to Jiang Xianghuai. Jiang Xianghuai studied JD in Berkeley. At that time, Zhongrui Capital and Mindy The law firm is cooperating on a certain project, and both Xu Mei'an and Jiang Xianghuai are in this project team.

The blurred figure in her Weibo picture also looked like him.

Jiang Li suddenly said: "No, I have to go to verify, just wait for me and come back right away."

The focus of the topic in the class group has turned to Xu Mei'an and Jiang Xianghuai. When asked about the ambiguous plot between her and Senior Brother Jiang, Xu Mei'an made a shy expression and said nothing.

Zhou Zhicheng was still thinking about what to say, Jiang Li had already returned to the group chat, and she directly sent a screenshot of a freshly released chat record.

It was her and Jiang Xianghuai's.

Jiang Li: "Brother Jiang, are you there? Is this brother Berkeley referring to you?"

Jiang Xianghuai: "?"

Jiang Li: "Everyone said it was you, that you had an affair with her before, but she didn't grasp it and missed it."

Jiang Xianghuai: "..."

Jiang Li hit a straight ball: "Then do you really like Xu Mei'an?"

Jiang Xianghuai also returned quickly: "It should be a misunderstanding, Xu Mei'an is Chengcheng's roommate, right? I have worked with her before, but I am not very familiar with her."

After Jiang Li posted the screenshot, he immediately @许梅安, made a surprised look, and said, "What's going on, some people, if it wasn't for Chengcheng, Brother Jiang wouldn't remember her, and they still make up stories on the Internet and set up people, Such a poignant campus love story, so poignant that the hero is speechless."

There was an awkward silence in the group.

Xu Mei'an didn't say anything, probably very angry.

Zhou Zhicheng knew that Jiang Li was standing out for her, and she couldn't let Jiang Li stand out, so she also appeared in the group chat and sent a speechless emoji.

A classmate eased the atmosphere and said, "Chengcheng, you're here."

Zhou Zhicheng: "Well, I just finished collecting [-] legal fees and told the rooster to stop crowing, so I have time to come."

Xu Mei'an was furious: "I'm not telling the truth? I'm ashamed today, don't you think you weren't ashamed back then? Who doesn't know that your confession was rejected, you have no face to stay in Mindy, and you went back to your hometown in desperation. What do you have?" So lofty, the same background, you haven't worked as hard as I did, didn't you just rely on your brother to know Brother Jiang, go to the law firm as a VIP, but you didn't get close to someone, and you are only allowed to cross classes through love and marriage, women like you, Promoted in the workplace?"

Zhou Zhicheng remained expressionless, and calmly typed back: "Xu Mei'an, I'm not ashamed, but you are the one who is ashamed. Only you think that our school, as the target school of a well-known law firm, needs to go through the back door to go to Mindy for an internship. Only you would think that retention and promotion in the workplace can only be based on romantic relationships."

Jiang Li's tone was disgusting and even more merciless: "Xu Mei'an, you are embarrassing female investment bankers, do you know that? You talk about romantic relationships all day long, and directly apply the ideas of some stinky workplace men to women. Stop being a woman and go transgender." man."

Zhou Zhicheng didn't wait for Xu Mei'an's reply, and continued: "It's not shameful for me to go back to my hometown to work. I'm a lawyer everywhere, and I need a lawyer everywhere."

"It's not ashamed to be rejected. He doesn't like me, and I don't like him anymore."

Jiang Xianghuai soon saw these chat records.

At first, he thought that Jiang Li was just asking casually, after all, she is Zhou Zhicheng's good friend, but he didn't expect that Jiang Li sent the chat screenshots to their class group. In an alumni group, the daily social circle does not have much intersection.

As a result, within an hour, he not only saw the screenshot of the chat history between himself and Jiang Li, but also saw the chat history of Chengcheng's class group.

This is the fate of small circles and gossip.

Some time ago, someone wrote a letter to Mindy's senior executives, reporting a male lawyer in the office as a mistress to seduce a wife. Within a long time, it was spread all over the capital circle, with the lawyer's ID photo attached.

Jiang Xianghuai also saw what Zhou Zhicheng said, and she said that she no longer liked him either.

He pursed his lips, clenched his fists, and his face was gloomy.

He lives in a hotel in Nanri County. Although it is simple, it is also the best place in the county. Standing at the window, you can have a panoramic view of the entire Nanri County. There are no brightly lit high-rise buildings in the metropolis, and there is no traffic. The noise, the air is quiet, and the evening wind brings the sound of the waves beating.

Everything was not as he was familiar with.

But in a place he was familiar with, he couldn't even breathe.

Some time before he came to Nanri County, he went to a psychiatrist for a follow-up visit. His condition was bad, he was under too much pressure, he slept poorly, had headaches, and often couldn’t control his hands shaking when he was working. The doctor advised him to take a vacation.

He did obey, but the long free time made him unable to fall asleep even more. He kept his eyes open all night until dawn, and went back to the doctor again, but there was no good result.

The doctor said he hated the legal profession.