"What's going on?"

  Cheng Heng suppressed the anger that was about to erupt from his chest, shook his hand and pulled out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it up, but after taking only a few puffs, he thought of those two high school students, his hand trembled again, and he extinguished the cigarette.

  There were only a few people on the road, the streetlights flickered on and off, and Cheng's solemn face seemed to be like Yanluo, the god of death, at first glance.

  Lu Hao vaguely knew he was in trouble: "Jiang Xi, are you working here?"

  Jiang Xi ignored him.

  "I..."

  She opened her mouth, then swallowed back what she was going to say and forced herself to apologize: "Boss, I'm sorry."

  Jiang Xi can have ten thousand excuses to shirk responsibility. Cheng Dianzhang is a person with a sharp tongue and a soft heart. Even watching a legal affairs channel can move her to tears. If the matter were truly laid out in the open, she would definitely not hold it against her anymore.

  Perhaps it was because of this that Jiang Xi suddenly had nothing to say.

  "Sorry?!"

  Cheng Hengzi suddenly exploded: "Sorry, what's the use of calling the police? Jiang Xi, are you out of your mind? You come here to work and cause trouble in such an important place. If it's investigated later, you'll be fine, but I'll be the one who gets into trouble!"

  Jiang Xi's head hung even lower.

  "How old is it?"

  Chenghui suddenly sighed and looked at a minor, this breath was released and couldn't be released anymore.

  "Sixteen."

  "High school sophomore?"

  "Uh-huh."

  "Who is that old man I saw standing at the entrance of the store a few times?"

  "My dad."

  No wonder.

  Chengheng had another urge to smoke and chased after the cigarette butt he had just smoked a few puffs of: "Short on money?"

  Jiang Xi didn't make a sound.

  At such a young age, going out to work is not because the parents are not good, but because of lack of money. Look at this old man driving around every day, now he's even standing on tiptoes and looking over here with eager eyes, his feelings can't be bad.

  It can only be due to lack of money then.

  Cheng took out a leather wallet from his inner pocket and pulled out ten red tickets, "Take it, dispersal fee, don't come here again."

  Jiang Xi didn't answer, nor did he move.

  Cheng Hong impatiently stuffed it into her hand: "Take it, what's with the pretentiousness? When I was poor and couldn't afford university, I sold things under Tianqiao Bridge every day, hoping people would give me money."

  Jiang Xi raised his head, a pair of big eyes sparkling brightly: "Boss, but I like the coffee shop, can't I stay?"

  "Do you want to visit your old man in prison after a few months?"

  Cheng Cheng said with an air of discontent.

  "What if it's not an employment relationship?"

  Cheng Huan was taken aback, and the tip of his cigarette twitched. Jiang Xi said seriously, "Let's just say I'm a child from your relative's family. You don't need to pay me a salary. Can I help out at the coffee shop?"

  "Didn't you owe me wages?" Cheng Ying said with her usual sharp tongue.

  "That's your uncle's pocket money for you, not salary." Jiang Xi carefully probed, "Is that okay?"

  "Besides, at first you and I didn't sign a contract, so it doesn't count as an employment relationship."

  Cheng Hui wiped his face, and when he came to his senses, he couldn't help but exclaim: "This little girl is quite clever! If she were to go into business, she'd be a shrewd one too."

  He opened his round eyes and scanned Jiang Xi from head to toe, as if recognizing her for the first time. "Were you always pretending with me before?" he said with a smile already spreading across his face.

  Jiang Xi let out a quiet sigh.

  Things remain the same, but with a different expression, the nature is greatly different.

  "You little thief!"

  Cheng Huan scolded with a smile: "Alright, but let's change the rules. From now on, when you're not busy studying, come to the store and sit for a bit. Just by the window, it's bright and nice. Eat some bread, drink some coffee, and don't worry about doing anything else. Just be a living signboard, and we'll settle accounts whenever you come."

  "Store manager..."

  Jiang Xi's eyes were slightly moist, and Cheng Qing was least able to face this warm and tearful scene. Seeing Jiang Xi wanting to say more, he hastily stretched out his hand to pull over Jiang Mu from across the street:

  "Is that his dad by the stream?"

  Jiang's father pushed his motorcycle across the road: "Hello, has Xiao Xi been a trouble to you here?"

  He still didn't know that Jiang Xi's Ma Jia had been exposed.

  "The little stream is quite sensible and well-behaved, but..." Cheng Heng dragged out the tone with ill intentions: "I'm saying, Uncle, your daughter isn't even of age yet, and you're letting her go out to earn money to support the family?"

  Jiang's father's face turned pale and then flushed again.

  He was also anxious in his heart, but there was no way out. XiXi's life was more important, and he was so flustered that he couldn't find any excuses to explain himself.

  Lu Hao stood by, stunned, and watched this scene. How could he not understand what role he had played in it?

  Jiang Xi had previously rejected him with a cold demeanor, but her eyes were always soft, like the gentle ripples of a spring day. However, now she wouldn't even spare him an extra glance.

  "Something happened at Jiangxi recently, our house was sold, we really had no money, that's why I came out to work."

  Lu Hao saw Jiang's father stammering and couldn't get the words out, so he quickly helped to explain.

  He really doesn't understand Jiang Xi.

  Lu Hao understood that Jiang Xi would never want to show weakness in front of others, and she was even more unwilling to mention that past. She had never been the kind of person who would cut open her wounds for others to see, but instead, she would cover them up tightly, without letting anything leak out.

  "What's wrong?"

  Cheng looked at the rough branches and big leaves, but his heart was actually quite delicate. One look at the two of them and he knew that their past wasn't very pleasant, and he didn't want to pry further. "Alright, alright, don't cry with a long face, it's getting dark, you guys should head back early, okay?"

  "Let me tell him for you, fatty."

  Jiang Xi knew he was being a bit too demanding, but still said: "Can the store manager not mention my situation... to outsiders for now?"

  "Little Creek, you're still young and there are some things that are wrong, we can't do them. Relying on deceitful and crooked means to get what we want isn't reliable." Cheng Heng slightly lowered his head and stroked Jiang Creek's hair.

  It was strange that Director Cheng's large palm-like hand came down, but Jiang Xi didn't feel any discomfort at all.

  It's just like...

  Older brother.

  Jiang Xi didn't say anything.

  Cheng Cheng and her mother said goodbye, humming a tune as she dragged her slippers and walked slowly away.

  Jiang Xi

  Lu Hao saw that she was about to leave without a word, and couldn't help but call out to her. The young man's voice echoed in the thick night air, weak and cat-like.

  "This is..." Jiang's father looked at him warily, and Jiang Xi wiped the sweat for himself. High school romance, although not rare in Shen City, but no parent was happy to see it happen.

  "Hello Uncle, I am Jiang Xi's classmate."

  Lu Hao's face was elegant and refined, white and clean, looking like a good family's child. Jiang father said "Ah" and said: "Hello, classmate Jiang."

  Jiang Xi pulled Jiang Father to one side, "Dad, you wait here, I have something to say to him."

  Her father Jiang looked at her suspiciously, but since his daughter returned, she had been much more composed in her actions, so he didn't think much of it and simply responded casually.

  "Jiang Xi, I'm sorry."

  Jiang Xi looked up at Lu Hao, he was taller than Cheng Cang, standing in front of her almost covering her, but she already felt uncomfortable even when she was just one meter away from him.

  "You didn't wrong me."

  Lu Hao stood in front of her, listening to the sweet voice of the girl ringing in his ears.

  "Luo Hao, you just came here very normally, saw your classmates, and greeted them very normally. It's just that you didn't expect that your classmate was playing a not-so-normal spy game, which led to some not-so-good consequences..."

  "So, you feel a little sorry, but your regret is only a tiny bit, and it's not even enough to make up for the panic I let you experience when you thought you were going to lose me."

  The girl's tone was unexpectedly calm, calm to the point of being almost cold.

  The night wind blew through the camphor tree by the roadside, and the leaves rustled. Lu Hao's whole body felt cold, and it took him a while to find his voice again: "...... I apologize."

  "I apologize for not noticing your unusualness in time. I apologize for almost messing up your work. And last time, I didn't trust you firmly enough, I also apologize. Xiao Xi..."

  He looked at her with an almost pleading expression, "Forgive me."

  Jiang Xi silently looked at him.

  Under the dimly lit streetlights, the young man's features were delicate and refined. Even his dusty high school uniform seemed to carry the whistling winds of youth.

  It was at sixteen that she began to like him.

  Every girl's youth will more or less have such a person.

  He has good grades, looks good, is generous with his money, and calls out to friends, meeting all the definitions of a perfect guy. He seems invincible, like a born prodigy. If I could just have one romance with this prodigy, my youth would be complete.

  Jiang Xi's youth was only half fulfilled when a huge gap appeared in her life, and she was pulled by the void of those twelve years to rush forward, while Lu Hao remained standing still, looking around.

  "Sorry, it's not about forgiving or not forgiving, we're just...not on the same path now."

  Not on the same road?

  What does it mean?

  Lu Hao was slightly dazed.

  He was dragged out by his uncle today, and before that, he was thinking about how to make up with Jiang Xi. Running into her was an unexpected surprise, but unexpectedly it turned into an unexpected fright.

  Lu Hao has been smooth sailing from a young age, and the only big setback he had was given by Jiang Xi.

  At the most tender and passionate moment in love, he was suddenly pinched off by his partner, leaving him both unwilling to accept and unable to understand.

  He is unwilling to give up, how can he just break off like this?

  He also didn't understand how it was gone just like that?

  If Jiang Xi hadn't gone through that incident, the two of them would have continued on their way just like everyone else, and perhaps by graduation, they would have naturally parted ways just like everyone else.

  Young love is passionate, but this passion is unstable and easily cools down.

  But Jiang Xi ruthlessly chopped down with one stroke, but didn't chop it off completely, instead leaving a thorn on the young man's chest.

  Lu Hao looked at the thorn in front of him, with a mix of love and hate. He loved her coldness, but hated that she gave up so easily.

  "Isn't it just a job?"

  Lu Hao got it wrong, "I'll arrange a 10% or 80% chance for you later, just wait!"

  Just then, a red Maserati came over with a loud noise and stopped beside the two of them. The white-faced Tang Yu poked his head out of the window: "Hao Hao, what are you doing?"

  "Little brother-in-law, you're just in time." Lu Hao pointed at Jiang Xi, "Is your workshop still short of people? Arrange a job for my classmate."

  The town is really small, just walk around and you'll bump into each other - Jiang Xi thought with a mix of sadness and comfort as he looked at Tang Baozi turning from white to purple.

  The last shoe finally fell down.

  Tang Baozi stared at Jiang Xi with a dumbfounded expression.

  Isn't high school second year still underage?

  Tang Baozi quickly picked up the contract that had not been heated on the side and flipped through it, "Has he reached adulthood? Just turned eighteen."

  "Jiang Xi, come here."

  Tang Pangzi strode with his two thick legs, the car door slammed shut, and he didn't even bother to pull out the key. The contract was flapping wildly as he walked around Jiang Xi in a circle. Finally, relying on his sharp eyesight, he spotted Duan Ni. With his short legs tightly wrapped, he raised his hand and with one flick, he completely removed the headgear that Jiang Xi had been wearing all day.

  A black hairnet holds a short haircut tightly in place, revealing an entire face.

  Under the lamplight, that face, although painted with eyelashes, rouged and lipsticked, still betrayed a hint of greenness without the cover of curly hair.

  "The contract is cancelled, I never collaborate with those who talk nonsense."

  Tang Gu said coldly.

  Lu Hao was stunned: Has he messed up again?

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