The chef and assistants had left, leaving only two waiters cleaning up the kitchen.

Gao Xu invites guests to the backyard pool for juice, while also freeing up the restaurant for the waiters to clean up. He wasn't very used to doing housework, and he didn't want to do it, so he felt that Miaojin should also do less.

He was a little drunk, but once again he was still more conscious after he was drunk.

A total of two bottles of liquor with more than 50 degrees were opened, mainly drunk by Gao Xu and Wang Cheng, and Xiao Deng also drank a lot. The remaining two women drank mainly sweet red wine.

Wang Cheng was characterized by talking a lot, and when a few people were sitting by the pool, he began to ramble, and after a while he talked about the law. Why is this the topic, probably because he is familiar.

"Mr. Liu, let me tell you, in ancient times, what was it like to sue the next one, first hit the top ten boards, and then let you sue. It's not an ordinary board, it's just a skin and flesh bloom when you pick it up, I can't imagine it. Wang Cheng said with a mouth full of wine.

Gao Xu shook his head and smiled.

The style and decency at the beginning of the dinner party have disappeared under the fermentation of alcohol, and everyone is more open, and it has become such a scene. Alcohol is indeed a catalyst for emotions.

Wang Cheng continued: "It's different now, because it doesn't make sense logically. My mother is obviously reasonable, but if I take the legal path, isn't it just for myself not to pay the price? And let me pay a heavy price first, so why should I sue? Pull out a gun, 'bang bang bang' that's called a happy revenge ......"

His wife Dong Qian was obviously more sober, so she had to smile and say, "I'm very happy here at Mr. Liu tonight, but it's time for us to go home." ”

"No, Liu and I always hate to see each other late." Wang Cheng shook his head and said.

Dong Qian looked at Miao Jin and said, "He drank too much, don't mind too much." Wang Cheng, let's go back and rest early. ”

Gao Xu was also a little drunk, but he was still very sober and asked, "Can I drive after drinking?" ”

Dong Qian said: "I drink less, there is an automatic assistance system in the car, and there is nothing wrong." During this time period, no one generally checks it. ”

Gao Xu saw that Dong Qian was very sober, so he didn't persuade much.

At this time, Xiao Deng's voice said: "I'm going back too, just call a taxi." ”

Gao Xu shook his head and said, "You stay here, we will send you home in the evening." He turned to Miao Jin and said, "I'll go and see Wang Cheng off first." ”

Miaojin nodded, got up and said goodbye to Wang Cheng and his wife.

The three of them went out to the garage, and Gao Xu saw Dong Qian sitting in the cab, so he reminded her again to drive slowly. When Gao Xu returned to the house, he thanked the two waiters when they had finished cleaning the restaurant and were about to leave.

The right way is that there is no banquet in the world, the cook, the guests, and the waiters left one after another, and there were only three people left in the whole house at the moment. Gao Xu pondered, rest for a while, and when the sweet red wine that Miao Jin drank woke up, let her come to drive and send Xiao Deng back together.

There were three women tonight, only Xiao Deng drank liquor, and she looked as if she had something on her mind. Gao Xu thought back to the first time she was sent home, and the strange words she had spoken at the last party, and the look of disgust she had when she saw the dice tonight.

He vaguely guessed that Xiao Deng was troubled, but he didn't know why. But he doesn't want to ask people directly about their private affairs.

Gao Xu sat back by the cool pool, took a sip of orange juice, and said, "What Xiao Wan said earlier makes sense, no matter what, people will eventually be true to their nature. Free and unrestricted. ”

Xiao Deng immediately turned his head to look at Gao Xu, as if he was very interested in his words.

Seeing this, Gao Xu said: "This is especially true of modern people. At our cocktail party in Beijing a while ago, Xiao Deng expressed his gratitude many times and affirmed that he would not be poached, which I thought was a bit strange. But it wasn't convenient to speak at the time, so I didn't say much. ”

Xiao Deng's face was very red when he drank the wine, but he was still sober: "I really think so." Originally, I was just a recent college graduate, if it weren't for Mr. Liu, how could I have any capital? I just got a little better, and I want to find another way out, so I won't be ungrateful? ”

Miaojin didn't say anything, she leaned back in her chair and listened to the conversation between the two silently.

Gao Xu shook his head and said: "I advise you not to change jobs for the time being, I just think you can have more experience and accumulate experience, and the time is not ripe now." It's not that you don't want to change jobs all the time. ”

He pondered for a moment, "We have been in industrial civilization for many years, and we have long lost the social foundation of personal dependence. I can't have any unrealistic fantasies about almost anyone, let alone employees. There is no point in morally kidnapping you. What you get from me is what you can give you without strings attached, and you don't have to have any psychological burden; If you want to get extra benefits, I won't give them either. ”

Gao Xu paused and said a few words lightly, "Just like an ordinary friend borrowing money, the amount I can borrow is limited to the acceptance that can be given away and cannot be recycled, otherwise it is just self-inflicted." Am I going to do it myself? I think I'm a mature thinker. ”

Xiao Denghong's face was covered with confusion, and it took a while for her to slowly ask, "Why?" ”

Gao Xu said casually: "Because I also need you and Wang Cheng." It's not just the two of you, as long as you're reliable, have some relevant ability, and are willing to give it your all, I'll do it like now. We can get together mainly because fate is 'just right'. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, don't think about it so complicated. ”

He smiled: "Even if you or Wang Cheng work with me for a long time, I hope it is not due to forced and moral bondage, but based on satisfaction and friendship." ”

Xiao Deng changed his posture, leaned forward, faced the clear water in the pool, and gently rubbed his cheeks with his hands for a while. She seemed to be thinking about something, "What's the added benefit?" Is there no additional benefit at all in the remuneration paid by Mr. Liu? ”

Gao Xu pondered for a moment, raised his hand and gestured, and described: "Probably expecting a return." Therefore, people who give additional benefits often hope that the other person will be 'psychologically' grateful, and the 'behavioral' reward is not limited to emotional value. Otherwise, why aren't they exchanged for each other? The exchange of value has been completed, but why should people be grateful? ”

He turned his head to look at Miaojin who was half-lying on the chair, and smiled, "For example, if I had just met Xiaowan, I gave her a valuable gift. Is that just because of social etiquette? I was expecting extra stuff, like going to bed with me. She understands that either she will not accept the gift or she will have to reciprocate. ”

"Vulgar!" Miao Jin glanced at him and pouted.

Xiao Deng suddenly turned his head, and his emotions were a little impulsive under the fermentation of alcohol, "Then you say, did your parents give additional benefits?" ”

The smile on Gao Xu's face quickly disappeared completely, this topic was a bit heavy, and it was not easy for him to respond rashly. Moreover, if a man eats grain, and all kinds of people have it, how can they generalize?

He was silent for a moment, feeling that the topic had to be concrete, and asked quietly, "Is your father gambling money?" ”

Xiao Deng's expression of surprise and surprise made Gao Xu immediately understand that he didn't seem to have guessed wrong.

She quieted down and rubbed her cheeks again, as if her heart was turning over under the thorn of liquor.

Miaojin's voice said: "We don't have any malicious intentions, maybe it won't help much, but we can let you say it, maybe you can feel better?" Besides, gambling money is not a good thing, and you can't be blamed. ”

"Dad was gambling and borrowing a lot of debt." Xiao Deng was very calm when he said this, "But after I got Mr. Liu's huge check, I felt even more distressed." ”

Miao Jin glanced at Gao Xu. Gao Xu realized that he was the most experienced, and he immediately said, "If you give him the money, I guarantee that he will not repay the debt, but will use it to continue gambling." ”

"No......" Xiao Deng shook his head.

Gao Xu was a little helpless when he heard this.

Xiao Deng said: "The reason for my distress is not my father, but my mother." When she said this, her red face seemed to twitch slightly, "Mom will also persuade me not to give money to him (Dad), she knows that she has so much money, she will divorce him and live with me." ”

Xiao Deng's face seemed to be slightly distorted, "I really don't want to live with her, in comparison, I'd rather my father take the money and lose." ”

Gao Xu was surprised, he was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.

This usually quiet and a little introverted girl, who is very simple and sensible in her daily life, shows a sneer, a look that is completely incommensurate with her image, which makes people vaguely feel that she is a little free of herself. Maybe it's because of the catalysis of alcohol.

Her expression was full of mixed negative emotions, vaguely hateful and disgusting. That look gradually dissipated, and Xiao Deng muttered a little dejectedly: "She got married very early, and she used to pin everything on her family. Dad was addicted to gambling and alcohol for a while, and he tossed and turned many times, and finally let her down completely. So everything she had pinned on me. She would secretly observe and interrogate my life, and she was very interested in every detail, even some things that I didn't want to be spied on, even if she was my real mother. I feel like my pride has been completely torn apart......"

"She is very good to me, takes care of me in life, and often says that I am her everything, all her hopes, and she can't live without me." Xiao Deng smiled bitterly, and sighed after a while, "I feel as if I am schizophrenic, and I am particularly irritable and violent, and I will recall the feeling of humiliation when I was a child, and even hope that she will ...... sooner There is one that I feel sorry for her and want her to live a good life in the future and enjoy things that she didn't have before. ”

Xiao Deng vented, and seemed to start to regret it a little, and she quickly fell silent. The three of them sat by the pool together, speechless for a moment.

She took the check out of her coat pocket, and it said two million yuan. She held it in her hand and didn't know what to do. Gao Xu and Miaojin also just watched and did not interfere. After all, it's just a check, not cash.