Sewage--The green train crawled all the way from Dalian.The journey of no more than 500 kilometers took nearly ten hours.Finally arrived in Shenyang.Plus the previous flight from Yangcheng to Dalian.In this hot summer day, Li Jiankun felt terrible, as if his head was filled with three pounds of flour and two ounces of water.Ran Zi, who was traveling with him, was even worse than him.It looks like it will fall down at any time.After all, the Fugui brothers, who are martial artists, have better physical fitness.call!The four of them got off the train together, and a cool breeze blew from somewhere on the semi-enclosed platform.Li Jiankun squinted his eyes comfortably, and most of his fatigue was swept away.Only then did I remember.This place is the Northeast.Usually the temperature in midsummer is only between 20 and 30 degrees Celsius, making it a summer resort.Suddenly came alive."Brother Kun!"Before the four people checked their tickets and exited the gate, they heard voices from outside the gate and two arms waving wildly.Not long after.In the afterglow of the setting sun, a black Volga sedan, packed with six people, slowly drove away from the airport.Li Jiankun sat back in the passenger seat, glanced at Chen Yajun who was driving, and then glanced at Jin Biao in the back seat through the rearview mirror:"How about the matter you two were asked to investigate?""It's settled." said Chen Yajun.Jin Biao interrupted, “It’s in Tiexi District, it’s an old factory, it’s not hard to find out about it."The person in charge of the factory is called Deng Yunyou, who is nearly 60 years old. The employees all call him 'Old Factory Director'. He has a high prestige that no one can match..."Tiexi District.Li Jiankun repeated it silently several times.Not a surprise.In fact, when Director Wu said that the "103 Precision Forging Factory" was in Shenyang, he thought of the famous Tiexi District.How famous is this place?If we were to select an urban district in the country to represent my country's old industrial base, the most suitable one would be Tiexi District.It was once called the "Ruhr of the East" and the "Eldest Son of the Republic".As we all know, Shenyang is an important military industrial base.During the most prosperous period of the West Railway District, 90 of the 99 large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises in Shenyang were concentrated in this area.Unfortunately, the prosperity of Tiexi District created by the first five-year plan starting in the 1950s is now gradually coming to an end.As a result, there will be a series of scenes of decline, confusion, and helpless and sad people.This was later reflected in the documentary "Tiexi District" and the movie "The Piano in a Factory" which describes laid-off workers."Have you ever inquired about Deng Yunyou's character?"Li Jiankun asked again: "I heard he's quite stubborn."Chen Yajun turned his head and looked over. "No, Brother Kun, who is his age and has been a factory manager for decades? Which one of them is not stubborn? Without that kind of stubbornness, he would have been worn down long ago."Li Jiankun: "..."makes sense.Let’s leave this topic aside for now.It's almost dusk now, and I don't plan to go to Tiexi District today."The person you asked to meet—""Don't worry, I'm afraid everyone has already ordered the dishes at the restaurant."Volga first drove to the "Longhua Hotel" in the city.It is a Soviet-style "blocked-roof" foreign-related hotel.Li Jiankun and the Fugui brothers each had a joint venture certificate, and Ran Zi also had one, but she couldn't use it. After checking in, everyone took a shower, tidied themselves up, and went straight to the hotel.The hotel is small but quite unique.The house is decorated with lots of solid wood, and strings of garlic, corn cobs and red peppers are hung from the beams.Squeak!Led by the waiter, the door of a private room was pushed open.Two wall fans inside provide coolness.Next to the red lacquered round table sat a girl in a lilac dress, with her soft black stockings tied into a bun at the back of her head, exuding an intellectual and mature beauty.After seeing Li Jiankun, her red lips gradually curved, revealing a few white teeth.His dark eyes lingered on Ran Zi for a moment, then he stood up:"It's rare that you would ask me out for dinner, so I'll treat you. Their Demoli fish stew is really good."Li Jiankun smiled awkwardly: "You are talking about a faraway place. If we were close, we could still have a meal every now and then."Zhong Ling looked at Ran Zi again with a look of "I don't believe you"."Why don't you introduce me to your confidante?"Ran Zi stepped forward and extended her hand: "Hello, Miss Zhong, my name is Ran Zi, Mr. Li's secretary."Li Jiankun shrugged.After a brief greeting, the food and wine were served and the group of people ate and chatted.The topic mainly focused on the Eastern European trade that the two generals were doing, and the purpose of Li Jiankun's trip to the Northeast.But Zhong Ling didn't care about this.The girl drank her wine leisurely, looking at Li Jiankun from time to time, but always looking away as soon as their eyes met.After three rounds of drinking.Jin Biao took the Fugui brothers aside and told them what he saw and heard when he went to the Soviet Union.Chen Yajun asked Ran Zi if she had any close friends...Li Jiankun was originally sitting next to Zhong Ling, and he moved the armchair closer so that their arms were almost touching.Zhong Ling put down her beer glass, rested her right elbow on the table, and looked at him with half of her face in her hands."I have met Xu Qingyou.""Well, then what?"Li Jiankun recounted the events that had occurred earlier regarding employee housing.Zhong Ling sighed after hearing this, and then said faintly: "Some things can never be undone..."Li Jiankun was not sure if she had other intentions, so he just pretended not to have any. "Actually, he and I have never gotten along well. If it's just between us, I don't care."Zhong Ling was stunned and asked: "Why, is there something else I can do?"Li Jiankun's lips moved, not knowing how to start, so he changed his angle and asked:"What do you think of Xu Qingyou?""How should I put it? Although he has a lot of faults, he has always been pretty good to me. Back then, he and I... to put it bluntly, I took advantage of him first, and it was natural that it ended in vain. He never blamed me.“I am where I am today thanks to his review materials and tutoring for me."I hope to help resolve the issue between you to the best of my ability, but if I can't... don't involve me."Li Jiankun frowned slightly:"If he pursues you again, will you be with him?"Zhong Ling was stunned: "Why do you ask?""you answer me first.""I have no idea."Li Jiankun suddenly grabbed Zhong Ling's fair and slender left hand.Zhong Ling shuddered all over and twitched, but didn't pull back, so she just let him do it.Li Jiankun stared at her and said, "No matter what, you must not be with him. To be honest, you don't understand him as well as I do. He is a person who is extremely competitive and will do anything to achieve his goals."He may not intentionally hurt you, but if there is a conflict between what you want to achieve and what he wants to achieve, then... it's hard to say."Zhong Ling was silent for a long while, and then her eyes suddenly turned red:"Li Jiankun, do you know that you look really disgusting right now?"Why do you have to say bad things about others behind their backs?"Li Jiankun was silent for a moment and said, "Because I don't want to see you get hurt.""Who am I to you? What do you think of my emotional problems?"Two lines of tears flowed down Zhong Ling's cheeks.Beside them, Ran Zi and the Fugui brothers had already stood up.Jin Biao picked up Chen Yajun by the waist and stared at the sudden situation.The four of them disappeared out the door together and closed it gently.Zhong Ling's tears soaked Li Jiankun's heart. Only then did he realize that he had never left this girl's heart.Because of this, Li Jiankun could not let something irreversible happen:“You are my classmate, fellow countryman, and friend."I admit that there was a time when I liked you."Is this reason enough for me to care about you?"Zhong Ling burst into tears.The girl wondered if time could go back.Would she have made the same choice back then?In order to get into college, she deliberately distanced herself from the boy she liked and approached Xu Qingyou...Tears fell like beads from a broken string.There is no going back.It's her fault.For someone like her, how can she get something without paying something?But she was too young to realize that the price she paid was... so painful.A pair of strong arms suddenly embraced her.Zhong Ling's eyes widened, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and then immediately recovered, and she said in horror: "What are you doing?!""Even if she's a friend, you can give her a hug and comfort her when she's sad."Li Jiankun really thought so. He really couldn't bear to see a girl cry, especially a girl he cared about.These words gave Zhong Ling a reason to stop being afraid.The girl lay in the chest full of security, greedily enjoying every second, perhaps there would never be another chance.It was summer, and both of them were only wearing thin clothes. Although Zhong Ling's waist-to-hip ratio was not as good as Shen Hongyi's, her open mind was also beyond Shen Hongyi's, and a strange feeling spread around her.When he realized something was wrong, Li Jiankun quickly separated.Zhong Ling's little hand was about to reach out to his shoulder, but she quietly retracted it.The atmosphere in the box became very strange.Two blushes appeared on Zhong Ling's face. She lowered her head, picked up the beer glass and took a sip.For a moment, neither of them knew what to say.Finally, it was Li Jiankun who broke the silence: "It's getting dark, let me take you back.""Ah."…………Outside the hotel."You two are staying at the foreign-related hotel, and you are letting her stay at the hostel?"Li Jiankun pointed at the two generals Heng and Ha and became furious.Zhong Ling's unit is not in Shenyang.I traveled hundreds of kilometers here just to keep his dinner date.Chen Yajun said weakly: "She doesn't have a certificate."Chen Yajun and Jin Biao also each had a joint venture company certificate, which was obtained for them by Li Jiankun.Zhong Ling waved her hands to indicate that it was okay: "The hotel I'm staying in is also pretty good."“Is there air conditioning?”“Well, no.”Li Jiankun dragged her into the car: "Let's go, let's go to Longhua to stay. It should be no problem for us to get another room."Two hours later, Li Jiankun deeply regretted this decision.After all, he hadn't seen Zhong Ling for a long time, the night was long, and seeing that it was still early, Li Jiankun suggested going over to visit and chat.I've been chatting for a while.It was past ten o'clock in the evening when Li Jiankun said good night and prepared to go back.A breeze with the scent of soap blew from behind him, and at the same time, something soft pressed against his back, and two small hands wrapped around his waist.“You may not believe it, but I don’t know how to love anymore."There have been many men who have walked around me over the years, but I was always reluctant to accept them and didn't want to give them my first time."Can I be bad again?"Take me."Li Jiankun was horrified, pried her hands apart, and was about to turn around and explain things to her seriously... For example, the hug today was just a consolation between friends.His jaw suddenly dropped.Zhong Ling reached her right hand behind her head and gently pulled the rope.Swish!The purple satin dress slipped off her delicate skin in an instant...It must be admitted that at that moment, Li Jiankun was stunned.Zhong Ling was his type after all."No, no, I can't be like this, Zhong Ling, you know, I have a partner, and you also--""I am destined not to marry the person I love, so it doesn't matter. I don't ask for anything. My first time should have belonged to you."Zhong Ling was as shy as a flower and took a step forward.Li Jiankun jumped three meters away and waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, there is no such thing as should. You are you and don't belong to anyone else. Okay, that's it. Go to bed early."After saying that, he rushed out of the door as if escaping.Through the last crack in the door, Zhong Ling's crying could be heard:"Li Jiankun, I hate you!"