The working hours of advertising agencies are never regular.
If you are busy, you can not even have Easter, Mid-Autumn Festival, or any festival, and you can be idle, for example, at 2 o'clock today, the boss will wave everyone to go back early.
Maggie doesn't rejoice as much as the others.
She would rather be dizzy and fall asleep than go back to the living coffin-like room alone.
When a man is lonely, he can go to a bar to drink, or even find a random "woman" to accompany him for a few hours.
What if a woman is lonely? What else can she do but work hard to numb herself?
Mei Qi, who is in her early 30s, is petite and exquisite, with a pair of small eyes that are lively and black, with a darker complexion, and has a very beautiful charm in the south. No wonder her classmates gave her the nickname "Black Peony" when she was studying.
Since ancient times, China has a saying that "a red face has a thin life".
"Black Peony" has a mediocre family since childhood. If you want to count the number of hands, Grandpa was also a "tycoon" who could be counted on the beach back then, and he had a title such as the king of cotton yarn.
It is said that the house of the consulate of a certain country in Shanghai used to be the mansion of Mei Qi's hometown......
No matter how majestic she was in the past, anyway, now, Mei Qi is just renting a terrier house for 3,000 yuan in North Point.
It's not that there are no men who pursue Meiqi, but most of them have mediocre families, at most of which is "My family was arrogant earlier......"
Mei Qi has already made up her mind, either she will not marry, or she will marry to the top of the mountain. Otherwise, it is not worth it to have one more person to serve and cook one more meal for no reason, and the labor is still worth taking the current seven or eight thousand. If you want to run into a gentleman's bad point, it will be even worse.
Every day when she feels sorry for herself in the mirror, Mei Qi always feels like a sleeping beauty in a fairy tale, just waiting for a prince's kiss to wake up.
But the prince didn't come, but he was older a year by year, and gradually found that many of the male colleagues around him could be called younger brothers!
"Meiqi, Bili Palace is doing a 'lover', I invite you. Jamie, who was sitting in front of her, said with a salivating face.
Hmph, this half-bald one, who only earns so many thousand yuan in a month, also wants to have a lover outside his wife to enjoy it, and he also deserves it?
Maggie looked at Jamie in disgust and said harshly, "I think you might as well find a lover first, and then look at the 'lover'." ”
Not to be outdone, Jamie returned the favor: "I think you have an appointment." I just saw a 'Rolls-Royce' parked across the street, I'm afraid it's here to pick you up. ”
Maggie couldn't wait to throw a sentence: "I'll take a 'Rolls-Royce' to show you." I didn't dare in the end, so I swallowed this sentence stubbornly.
After a while, the office was gone.
Maggie was still slowly sorting through her papers.
I went back at 3 o'clock in the afternoon on weekends, and it was strange not to give the landlady a smile!
"Miss, I'm looking for Pamela. ”
Pamela is Maggie's boss, so naturally she is the female boss.
I saw that it was a gentleman in his 50s with an extraordinary bearing.
There are few customers of Meiqi's company, because the boss himself will not personally care about advertising.
If this gentleman hadn't been a few years older, he would have been a prince charming.
Maggie knew that the landlady had left early, but for some reason she did not know, she kindly beckoned the gentleman to sit down in the reception room, brought him coffee, and said that the landlady would be back later.
"Listen to your accent, you're also from Shanghai, right?" said the gentleman.
Mei Qi immediately changed her tone to talk to him in Shanghainese, and then felt that there was a sense of intimacy between the two.
"Sir is so familiar, where have I seen it. She said.
The gentleman just laughed and didn't say anything.
Maggie noticed that he was wearing a badge of the chairman of a well-known group on his chest. Suddenly remembered that in the dinner and dance parties and gossip news about the well-known people in the city, there were often scenes of him, no wonder he looked familiar. On the ring finger of his left hand, a white gold ring glittered. At such an age, it is impossible to be alone.
This gentleman introduced himself as Pang and his ancestral home is Nanxun, Zhejiang.
"The Nanxun Pang family is a well-known rich family. She said.
"The emperor also has a few poor relatives, and my family happens to be a poor relative of the Pang family. My father worked as a clerk for a lifetime, and when I was 10 years old, he vomited blood and vomited to death. Mr. Pang said.
Although Mei Qi was born in Hong Kong, she was brought up by her grandmother since she was a child, and she also knew a little about the luxury of the old Shanghai Shili Foreign Market.
The two talked very speculatively back and forth, but they didn't realize that it was getting dark outside.
"It seems that your female boss won't go back to the company, so you might as well take my car back. He said.
His shiny black "Rolls-Royce" was parked on a corner near the company. Alas, it's a pity that there is not a single person left in the company, especially the decrepit Jamie.
He left his mobile phone on the business card and said, "I'm so glad I met a little fellow countryman." Oh, it's time for dinner, let's go to dinner together. There is a famous outdated star Wang Danfeng in Shanghai, who opened a Surai restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui, let's try it together, okay?"
On the weekend night, it was a romantic weekend to have such a majestic man accompany you for dinner and a "Rolls-Royce" RV for a ride.
However, after all, Mei Qi is a well-behaved woman, not a casual woman. No matter how lonely she is, she will never have dinner with a man she has just met.
Back in her 80-foot terrier, she was so sorry that she cried.
I returned to the company on Monday and told the female boss that Mr. Pang was visiting.
The female boss is a woman of about 50, tall and strong, with a bit of Western charm, and she is also a single aristocrat.
Mei Qi wanted to judge the relationship between the female boss and Mr. Pang through her facial expressions.
The female boss just lowered her head to read the documents and coldly spit out two words: "Got it." ”
Will she be his lover, an ordinary relative and friend, a business partner? Mei Qi can't see the truth, this kind of Boshi who has been rolling in the mall for more than ten years has long been trained to be a real person without showing his face.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, a car came to pick up Mei Qi and her party and went to Clear Water Bay to shoot a set of commercials about drinks. As soon as she walked out of the company's door, Mei Qi was stunned.
As soon as Mei Qi stepped out of the company's door, she saw the familiar "Rolls-Royce" parked on the corner of left-hand street.
"Why, look so devoted. Are you here to pick you up?" said Jamie again.
Maggie just ignored him.
Soon, I saw the female boss Pamela come out, knocking on the road with high heels, revealing a bit of woman's charm in her majesty, which can be described in four words.
The door opened, and Pamela sat inside.
"I didn't come to pick you up, it turned out to be the boss. Jamie laughed like a duck.
Maggie's heart sank.
Although Pamela is no longer young, she is rich and has the charm of a mature woman. And compared with Mr. Pang, he is still very young.
Shanghainese people have a saying: the dragon is with the dragon, the phoenix is with the phoenix, and the turtle is against the king. Pamela and Boss Napang are very right.
The seventy or eighty-year-old studio has created a world of sunshine and birds.
Maggie sat cross-legged on the ground and looked coldly.
Under the strong mercury lamp, several extras who didn't know each other at all a few seconds ago are trying to make a warm picture according to the director's wishes, sweating profusely. In fact, life is not such a fake show!
Suddenly, she felt that one of them was familiar with her grandfather!
I saw him wearing a set of white casual clothes and a pipe on his mouth, which is very typical of a stylish grandfather in a modern city.
The actor himself is also of the age to be a grandfather, and his figure is very strong and energetic.
It's Banjie. When she went to San Francisco for the summer 10 years ago, her aunt's neighbor. It's really a place in life where we don't meet.
Banjie 10 years ago was in his 40s, and he was in his best years. And his wife looked noticeably older than him. Although Maggie later learned that his wife was 5 years younger than him. That night, my aunt also arranged a special ball, and as soon as the music started, Maggie timidly shrank aside.
My aunt's age likes to dance nostalgic dances such as "waltz". Mei Qi, who is in her early 20s, can only dance disco, "and other dances that can be jumped around and have no rules."
Banjie and his wife were also jumping. His wife was showing signs of fortune. They don't get it right.
Banjie is not tall, but he is very athletic, especially his legs are very long, and when he dances "samba", he shakes his legs, which is very flavorful and sexy.
Maggie hid to the side and admired him enviously, hating that she would only jump around like a monkey.
"Maggie, why don't you dance?" asked Banjie.
"I ...... Wouldn't dance like this. "
"Come, I'll teach you. He opened his arms to her and pulled her out: "Today is your day, you should sing and dance as much as you want." ”
With his wide and soft palm, he counted steadily and gently: "One, two, three, one, two, three......"
Mei Qi, who is in her 20s, has also had a few boyfriends, but she suddenly felt that in front of Banjie, those people can only be counted as boys and not men.
A real man should be like Banjie, with broad shoulders, steady hands, and sexy and sultry legs.
Soon, she will be able to follow Banjie's pace, advance and retreat freely.
It was a song: "Congratulations to you tonight on love". The euphemistic and amorous melody made Mei Qi sad, she felt that she had lived for 20 years, and she had not loved well or suffered for love.
When the music ends, Maggie is a little reluctant to part with Benjie.
Since then, Mei Qi feels that there is a tacit understanding and communication between her and Banjie, no one knows about it, and no one can see it, just like the flowing water underground.
It's another weekend dusk. Sitting on the stone steps of the courtyard, Mei Qi thought that when she came to San Francisco from Hong Kong, she would always encounter some romantic things, but she did not expect such a calm and monotonous atmosphere.
"Maggie, who are you waiting for at the gate?, are you waiting for your Prince Charming?" said when Benjie drove by and stuck his head out to joke with her.
Who knows? Maybe since then, Maggie has been waiting for her Prince Charming.
"Why stay at home on weekends. I don't have a date. ”
"Nope. Maggie almost burst into tears.
"Okay, I'll date you and take you out for fun. As he spoke, he opened the car door, released his daughter, who was in middle school, and picked up Maggie into the car.
"Do you want to drink?" he asked Maggie suddenly.
"Only liqueurs. Maggie said ashamedly. She hated herself for living into her 20s and not seeing anything.
"Let's take you to the bar. You're 18 years old anyway. He said.
At the time, no boy had ever dated her to a bar. She hadn't even set foot in Lan Kwai Fong.
Although it was not yet dark, the bar that Benjie took her to was black as soon as she entered, and Benjie stretched out his hand, and her hand was immediately buried in his wide palm.
He ordered a glass of coconut wine for her. The sweet wine turned into a warm current that flowed through her heart. She suddenly wanted to cry.
He smiled and took her around his shoulder.
She burst into tears.
"Alright, alright. He patted her head gently: "I don't dare to take you out to drink next time." ”
Maggie just stared at Benjie under the mercury lamp. Ten years have passed.
Today she can drink 3 glasses of wine in a row and be fine.
Banjie had a pipe in his mouth, and he was engrossed in his dance steps to the rhythm of the music, when suddenly he raised his hand and threw the pipe out, and it landed at Meggie's feet. When the machine stopped, he came over to pick up the pipe.
"Banjie. Maggie called him softly.
He looked at her for a long time, and Fang said in surprise: "Meiqi, it turned out to be you!"
"I'm so old that you have to admit it for a long time?" said Maggie half-truthfully.
Men are different, in the past 10 years, Banjie has been in the same style except for a few more gray hairs.
The director called over there. Banjie threw down a sentence: "When I finish filming this scene, please go to the bar." Will you still be drunk?"
Maggie wanted to tell him that she wasn't drunk at all.
After work, I finally had an appointment. Although she is not Prince Charming, she is so happy to meet Banjie again.
Ten years ago, it was Banjie who took her to the airport. Before leaving, he hugged her.
In 20 years, he was the first man to tug at her heartstrings. Although he was neither handsome nor young. Banjie's footage wasn't shot until 2 a.m.
"Sleepy?" he asked her.
She shook her head. If you have a date at 2 a.m., that's romantic enough.
Benjie drove a car. "It's my son's. After giving birth, I like too bright colors. Where to go? The bars are closed. Why don't you go to me, for there is plenty of wine. You're not going to get drunk this time, are you?"
Banjie temporarily lived in his son's house, and his son built a thousand-square-meter building in the eastern part of the city.
"My son is a cardiologist, with a monthly income of tens of thousands, and his life is more generous than that of the old man. Banjie said proudly.
The son's family went on vacation to San Francisco, but he came to Hong Kong for a vacation.
"It's called market communication," Banjie humorously said, "or the airlines will lose money." He has finished his restaurant business in San Francisco and is determined to enjoy his life while he still has a good time.
"Anyway, the children are already married, and I have done my duty to them, so I will do what I want to do. He said.
"For example, I have an addiction to making movies. Maggie said with a smile.
"Yes. In later life, everyone praised me as a pretty boy and asked me why I didn't want to be a movie star. ”
"You're still pretty now. It's also very wronged to shoot commercials. Maggie said.
That's true. Today's Banjie is still strong and mighty, with the charm of a mature man.
Benjie poured two glasses of whiskey. "Alas, usually my wife is in charge of her head and feet all day long, and she is not allowed to drink or chase women, but now my wife is out of reach and free... But people are really weird, no one cares, and the bones are uncomfortable. Maybe no one cares, no one cares about you..."
"I'm a man who doesn't like me by nature. Maggie swallowed a large gulp of whiskey and said.
"So you're still not married?" asked Benjie.
"When did I tell you I wasn't married? I really have the musty look of an old girl?" she said.
"Quite the opposite. Now only a single woman can be radiant. But then again, it's like a child who has had enough of playing and always has to go home when it's dark, and there still needs to be a home. Why, all these years, I haven't met a satisfactory one?"
"When I get a job, I'm often busy until two or three o'clock in the morning, and I don't have time to shoot. Maggie slid down the couch onto the carpet and raised her legs high.
"Am I like a bad girl?" she laughed self-deprecatingly, saying, "Everybody is the same, and I always want to do something cheating to be happy!"
Maggie raised her legs in the air and swallowed another large glass of wine.
"For example, that afternoon, there was a boss Pang who asked me out for dinner. Boss Pang: Do you know? Listen to this kind of boss, as soon as you make a hand, it is a signed blank check, and the silver code is filled in by yourself... I should go out to dinner with him and grant him everything he asks... Then the check arrives... Open it for a lot of money..."
"You're drunk, Maggie!" Benjie tried to snatch her glass away, but she gripped it tighter.
"Pamela must have had an affair with him. She continued incoherently, "Pamela is our female boss. Don't look at her pretending to be serious, that Pang boss spanked her, she didn't say a word, and laughed softly. The female boss has a hand with him, not to mention us working girls. ”
"Maggie. Benjie interrupted her: "Let's dance." ”
Maggie staggered to her feet, a hand on Benjie's shoulder. And he said, "The world is so unfair." Look at me Meiqi, people are not ugly, good or bad can be regarded as staying in the ocean, there is a piece of sandpaper, it is because of poverty, the poor meet the poor, and the poor are still poor......
What about the rich? At most, I will invite you to dinner and play with you. The luck of the beautiful woman, how many women? The wedding in this city is said to be a good story, and the son who married is not also rich. "
"Meiqi, what do you do is always poor or rich, as long as people live happily and have enough money, it's fine. Benjie said, "For example, I think you're rich." Your beauty and intelligence cannot be bought by money. ”
"Haha, you think I'm pretty?" asked Maggie with her hands around his neck.
"Of course you're beautiful, especially your skin, which is like black satin, and your lips...... Benjie was only half-joking at first, but when Maggie's plump lips, full of alcohol, opened and closed in front of his eyes, he felt a little dazed.
"Really?" said Maggie smiled coquettishly.
Ben Jie settled down, took out the appearance of an elder and said to him, "So, you will meet a good man." He may not necessarily have money, but he will be very nice to you and protect you. ”
"But where is he?" she asked, resting her head on his shoulder, blankly.
The alcohol made Maggie feel like a cloud.
She simply put her face against Banjie, and Banjie's mature and strong body made her feel so secure.
"Do you like me, Benjie?" she asked.
"Like!" said Benjie as he stroked her hair. To be honest, he didn't expect that Maggie would be more delicate than she was 10 years ago.
"It's a pity that I'm just a poor man, at least not a rich man. Moreover, I am not young either. Otherwise, I will not only invite you to dinner, but I will marry you. ”
He was meant to say it in a joking manner. Later, I don't know why my face was a little red, but fortunately I was able to hide it with alcohol.
"But you are rich. It's just that I'm not young anymore. Maggie pinched his nose.
She knew that Benjie was running computer software in San Francisco and didn't seem to be doing a good job.
Benjie felt that Maggie's body was getting heavier and heavier. She was really drunk.
He carried her to the couch and covered her with a blanket. When he was about to reach out and turn off the light, he felt that Mei Qi's face under the light was ruddy, and her eyelashes were long and delicate.
His heart moved, and he kissed her lightly on the tip of his brow, then turned off the light and went back to his room. He lit a cigarette and lay down on the bed in his kimono.
10 years ago, Mei Qi, walking on the steps of "celebrating love with you tonight", was shocked and ashamed, like a half-baked apple.
10 years later, Maggie is ripe, cynical, sexy, and a ripe red apple. It seems that Mei Qi is a woman with a very high heart.
Her lips are so beautiful, even more beautiful in her sleep, slightly opening and closing, like a flower bud fluttering in the breeze, and as if she is demanding: I am lonely, I want to be loved, I want to be pampered......
When Ban Jie thought of this, he suddenly felt that his heart had become like petals, trembling slightly.
"See you big-headed ghost! People who are dozens of years old still think about such ridiculous things. He scolded himself fiercely in his heart, turned off the lights and went to sleep.
Mei Qi in the outer hall slowly came to her senses. By this time it was getting lighter, and it was about 5 o'clock. She tiptoed to the shower room, washed her hair and showered, and cleaned up the wine glasses and bottles scattered all over the ground.
Yesterday I worked at night, and this morning the company doesn't need to go. But I had to go back and change my clothes. After tidying up the hall, it was almost 7 o'clock. She left a note for Banjie and called a "taxi" to go home.
As soon as she got home, she comfortably changed into her pajamas and got into her bed, feeling completely relaxed.
She was ready to get another "back-to-cage" sleep, and only returned to work in the afternoon.
The bedside phone called.
"Is it Miss Maggie?, and you didn't come home last night?" was the soft voice of a strange man. ”
Maggie was taken aback.
Hehe laughed on the other end of the phone, it was Boss Pang.
"I worked overtime until the early hours of the morning last night, and I didn't dare to go home alone, so I slept at my girlfriend's house all night. ”
"Would you like to have dinner together?" he said, and he reported the name of a high-class clubhouse.
It was a high-class place that Maggie had heard of but never had the opportunity to set foot in.
"Is my boss going?" she said deliberately coldly, suppressing her excitement.
felt that Mr. Pang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "I need to be with your boss for business, and asking you to have dinner today is a completely private matter." ”
"Who has a personal affair with you. Maggie said coquettishly.
Maggie began to dress herself deliberately, and it was not a joke to go to that kind of place.
Her clothes were thrown on the bed, and at this time she realized that she had picked up a lot of cheap shirts in order to be cheap, but they were actually all a pile of waste. Who calls himself powerless?
She decided to go to Central to grab a set immediately, but she didn't have enough time. The phone rang again. "Maggie," it's Benjie. "You don't call me no matter how you go, it's dangerous to walk alone on the street. What's the matter? It's okay to drink too much, right?"
There was a kind of power in his voice, and Meiqi's full stomach suddenly turned into two clear springs flowing down.
"Maggie, what's wrong with you? Are you crying? What's wrong?"
The deep uneasiness and concern in Benjie's words made Maggie cry even more sadly.
Over the years, few people cared so much about her.
"I don't have clothes. Today, my friend invited me to dinner, but I had no clothes. She cried like a little girl who couldn't get her beloved doll.
When he asked her where she was eating, he said, "Silly girl, your eyes are not beautiful when you cry." Do you have a black shirt?"
"Yes!" Maggie remembered a black cloth straight dress that Martha had grabbed for only 600 yuan.
"Remember, there is a fashion guru who said: if you don't have a beautiful outfit, just put on a black outfit and hold a loved one, and you will have the style of royalty. ”
"Okay!" Mei Qi also thought at this time, this ordinary black dress, coupled with that set of Italian gold jewelry, would indeed have a dignified and noble effect.
"Thank you!" she rejoiced again.
"But don't get past 12 o'clock, my Cinderella. Benjie lovingly admonished her. Mei Qi felt warm in her heart, and it felt so good to be told by someone!
The black really dressed her up very charmingly, and the genetic factors of the ancestral famous ladies hidden in her blood were brought into full play under the background of black.
Even Boss Pang couldn't help but praise: "In the end, it is a famous lady in Allah Shanghai, so noble!"
In 30 years, Mei Qi has come into contact with a rich man like Boss Pang for the first time. She found that the big boss in life is actually the same as the big boss in the movie. For example, this boss Pang, when he eats, his mouth makes a noise, and the soup sticks on his fingers, and he will stick out the tip of his tongue and suck it out. If Maggie hadn't known his identity, she wouldn't have gone out to dinner with him.
In contrast, Banjie is a scholar in the end, and has lived in the United States for more than ten years, and his cultivation and demeanor are more like a boss than Boss Pang. It's just that he doesn't have Boss Pang who has such a big car and big house.
"When your family was vigorous in Shanghai, I was still a child of a poor family in Shanghai!" he said, but his tone was very proud.
"If it weren't for the upheaval of the times, I wouldn't be like this. Maggie said with a gloomy expression.
"It's not bad for you to be like this, you're young and ten thousand yuan a month. ”
Hey! What is the use of 10,000 yuan? You don't know that prices in Hong Kong have risen so much that you have to buy 10,000 yuan for a set of evening clothes. Maggie said angrily.
"People who go to Lane Crawford to buy shirts are generally not only 10,000 yuan artificial. Boss Pang smiled gloomily.
"I was born with a young lady's temper called the life of the child. Maggie said sadly, and her eyes were red.
"But Miss Maggie, I think you've been born with a 'Lane Crawford' taste. As long as you find a rich husband, you can get it. ”
"Then you can find one for me. Mei Qi also said half-truths with a cheeky face.
"Where do I find it? My friends all have wives. But I don't think it matters. A man, if he wants to be developed, must be around thirty or forty years old, and it is only a problem if he does not marry a wife at this age. Mr. Pang said.
"My wife understands that. Mr. Pang looked at Mei Qi silently, and then continued: "As long as I don't blatantly marry Ah Er, she is mine." ”
Mei Qi felt that his words were a bit outrageous.
"It's not easy for someone like you to make a good living with a part-time job. In fact...... Hey. "Boss Pang won't say anything.
Mei Qi suddenly felt that this big boss, who was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, had a polite appearance, and often wrote him in the media as highly respected and dedicated, turned out to be so obscene!
"My boss, Permila, she doesn't have to rely on men if she wants to live a good life. Maggie said coldly.
"Oh, Bermila. Boss Pang completely showed the tone of a veteran in the love field: "She is not beautiful, but she is very charming and capable, but she is too strong, even in ......" He laughed dryly, stopped, and winked at Mei Qi very ambiguously.
"It's a pity that she is a little older, and no matter how well she is maintained, Bi Kuan is also a little old. He continued.
Maggie is a little gloating, don't look at Bermila's vigor in the company, she is also inferior to her Maggie.
"You're not too young. Mei Qi glanced at the top of Mr. Pang's sparse hair and said with a sneer.
"Men are different. Unexpectedly, Boss Pang straightened his chest and said: "A man's youth is not in his age, but in his pocket." I'm still pursuing young girls right now!"
This is true, but Mei Qi feels so numb.
"Actually, they always come to me because it's good. Do you know how your Permira was initiated?" he said, and began to gush.
It turns out that 15 years ago, Bermila was just a lady at the cosmetics counter of a department store.
"It was I who introduced her to the advertising industry, and I asked her to do all the advertisements under my name, and she initiated it. ”
Maggie's heart moved.
"So, I can make a woman want the wind and the rain, believe it or not? Instead of marrying a working boy and living a life of disgrace, it is better to find a good man as a backer. Like your Bermeira, who would hold her past accountable? Who wouldn't list her as a strong woman in advertising?"
"Therefore, if you have any wishes, ask me, and I will not do you any wrong. Boss Pang said, reaching out and patting Mei Qi's leg.
Mei Qi felt a pang of disgust in her heart, and it was strange that she was still smiling dangerously.
On the way home to send Mei Qi, the wide RV seemed to shrink suddenly, and Boss Pang's body always squeezed into her chest intentionally or unintentionally.
Back in her 80-foot terrier room, the first thing Mei Qi did was take a shower.
The candlelit dinner that she has always longed for is so boring?
When I slept in the haze, the phone called.
"Cinderella is back. Why did you drop the slipper?"
"That'...... Boss, too cheesy. The environment is not bad. Maggie said.
Banje Gege laughed.
"I'll take you to dinner again tomorrow, the same place. Look at me, cheesy?" he said.
"That'...... Or do you wear this black outfit? You don't mind, do you?"
Maggie asked hesitantly.
"Anyway, tomorrow at 8 o'clock in the evening, I'll pick you up at your house. Banjie said.
At 8 o'clock the next night, Banjie arrived on time, carrying a bag of things in his hand.
"The fairy has brought beautiful clothes to Cinderella. ”
Wearing new clothes, Mei Qi is really more graceful and noble, and her brilliance is moving.
"You were born to wear famous brands. Banjie took a few steps back and admired her.
When Mei Qi heard this, she was sad: "Blame me for my bad luck and not catching up with the good life at home." ”
"You're fine now, too. Remember, Meiqi, to be alive, healthy and happy, is the best time to be lucky. Remember the story of Maupassant's "The Necklace"? Don't let the glitz and falsehood obscure your knowledge of real life. Banjie said.
Like a movie star, she can bring a billionaire to life, and when Maggie pulls Banjie into the luxurious restaurant in Happy Valley again, she feels like a worthy Mrs. Kuo.
"Today, let's be the Last Supper!" said Banjie.
"How can you say such bad things!"
"I'm going back to San Francisco. My son's family will be back tomorrow, and I don't want to huddle with them. ”
"That's... Will you come again?" said Maggie, who suddenly felt her nose sour.
"I don't know! It's not easy to come once. Benjie looked down and fiddled with the spoon in his hand: "But I think, I'll miss you." ”
"I'll miss you, too. Mei Qi said, her eyes red again: "I'm used to having you with me." ”
"I'll come back to see you. Banjie reached out to wipe away her tears.
"I'm used to having you, too. You've made me young!" Banje took her hand and kissed her, "If I were young, if I were still single, I would marry you." You're such a nice woman, just... I don't have any money and ......"
"You won't want me," Maggie said, grabbing his hand and crying, "I love vanity and spending money..."
"Women, it's all like that. Ban Jie smiled generously, "Not vain, not like to spend money, what kind of woman is it?"
After dinner, Banjie dropped her off at her doorstep.
"I'm on the plane tomorrow morning, will you come and see me on the plane?"
Maggie just shook her head.
"Well, we'll say goodbye here. Don't cry. Look! Wet your new clothes with crying. A sense of despair and sadness that had never been felt before welled up in Makki's heart. She feels that for 30 years, the Prince Charming she has been waiting for is actually Banjie. That's how he understood her. He spoiled her like that.
In the office, the Maggie sat at the desk, and her heart had flown to the airport.
She glanced at the clock, which was just as Benjie had flown out of Hong Kong.
As soon as the door of the boss's office opened, Jamie walked out with an angry face. Then, I saw Pamela sticking out her head with a long face, counting the other young lady's not.
"This old girl is probably in menopause. Jamie purred in his mouth.
Speaking of which, Pamela has been very angry lately.
The phone on Maggie's desk called. When I picked it up, it was Boss Pang.
"I'll help you transfer to the boss's room, she's here. Maggie said.
"I'm looking for you. Boss Pang said. "We had dinner together at noon, and I also invited Pamela. I told her that you were my relative. ”
"What are you talking about?"
"It's my relative, she won't dare to bully you in the future. ”
As soon as she put down the phone, Pamela called her into the room with a dark face. "You may be seated!" Pamela gestured to the chair in front of the table.
Maggie rarely comes face to face with Pamela like this. Pamela's eyebrows and eyes are beautiful, and the lines are undulating, but in the end, she is old, and the fat powder can't hide the aging years.
"Are you related to Mr. Pang?" she said, staring at Mei Qi.
"A bit of a kinship. Maggie replied.
"Why didn't you hear about it sooner?" she asked, aggressively.
"So you already knew Mr. Pang, when you were a cosmetics lady?"
Pamela was stung.
"When I was a kid, I was poor and didn't read much. I came out at the age of 17 to do things. Pamela challenged, "So, I have done everything, and I am not as learned as you have been." Fortunately, you guys are helping me now. ”
The implication is that those of you who have been abroad are not still employed by me, a cosmetics lady.
In the end, she sent it artificially, and Mei Qi didn't dare to offend her too much, so she closed her mouth.
Mr. Pang explained, and we had lunch together. Pamela said.
Maggie and Pamela, under the puzzled gazes of their colleagues, walked out of the office together.
Boss Pang was already waiting in the restaurant. This is a well-known high-end clubhouse. It can be seen that the waiters are familiar with Pamela.
"This Miss Maggie is my relative. Mr. Pang specially took Mei Qi and said.
Maggie felt that Pamela glanced at her with resentment. There was a sense of triumphant relief in her heart.
During the meal, Boss Pang and Pamela only talked about business.
"I have decided that from now on, all advertisements under my name will be done by your company. He said.
Pamela's face immediately flushed with smugness.
Boss Pang looked at Ding Meiqi with a smile and said. "However, everything has to be supervised by Miss Maggie.
Pamela's face was blue and white.
After lunch, Boss Pang sent them back to the company in his beautiful RV.
When she arrived at the company's door, Pamela said, "I'm not getting off here, I'm going to Central to do something." ”
Mei Qi knew in her heart that as a boss, she naturally disdained to let her subordinates see that she and a female subordinate accepted a man's invitation at the same time.
Maggie gets out of the car, just as Jamie walks out of the company's door.
Jamie didn't expect that it would be Maggie who came out of this expensive RV!
When Maggie returned to her seat in the writing room, she felt like she was exhaling and raising her eyebrows.
There's a big boss with deep pockets who is supporting her waist. Why would he do that? She didn't want to think about it. Anyway, it's always good to be young and petted.
On the way home, I thought of Banjie again and felt so lost. From a distance, I saw a person standing outside the gate of the building.
Mei Qi saw a familiar figure standing there at the entrance of the building.
"Banjie. ”
Mei Qi rushed over and grabbed him. "Has the plane been rescheduled?"
Banjie didn't answer her, just hugged her tightly in his arms.
"It's good you're still here!" Maggie looked at him.
Before you know it, the lips of the two people are glued together. Mei Qi only felt that she had been looking forward to this kiss for more than 30 years!
"Come with me. ”
Banjie stopped a taxi as he spoke.
"I thought about it all night last night and I decided not to go. Banjie said sincerely.
His strong arms held her tight.
"I'm sure I fell in love with you 10 years ago, when you were a girl. I can't afford to lose the next 10 years. I don't have many 10 years left to splurge. ”
Maggie just didn't say anything, feeling so happy in her heart.
"Where are you taking me?" she remembered to ask him for a long time.
"Come with me without asking clearly, don't be afraid that I will abduct you. Go to my hotel. ”
It was a five-star hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui.
"It's a real world for two. No one came to bother us. By the time they had slipped down from the pinnacle of happiness, it was already dark.
Banjie stroked Maggie's hair and said, "Thank you, Maggie. Originally, I thought I was old and couldn't do it anymore. I didn't expect you to wake me up!"
Banger added: "I'm afraid of getting old, but it's true. Even filming commercials, they are all playing the role of grandpa. But you make me feel younger, like back to when I first met you 10 years ago. ”
Maggie snuggled up to him tighter.
"How many more days can you stay in Hong Kong?" she asked, smilingly.
"I'm not leaving, if you want. ”
"Really, your home is in San Francisco, you're a visitor in Hong Kong, and you're going home sooner or later. She said.
Banjie got up, lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, and said, "I don't know what to say to you." All I can say is my love for you. Otherwise, I can't give you anything. I can't even give you a home. ”
Maggie just remained silent and hugged Benjie even tighter.
"My wife started a business with me. I can't throw her. Although, I only have responsibility and no love for her. Banjie said in a low voice.
"With you, it means a home. Mei Qi said: "I think I have been waiting like this for more than 30 years, but I am actually waiting for you!"
"But I'm not rich!" said Banjie.
Maggie gagged him with a long kiss.
"I can't leave. I really can't leave!" Banjie said as he kissed her and moaned.
The next day, when Maggie returned to the office, her boss Pamela called her in.
Maggie hummed a song and tapped the door with a pencil, almost dancing in.
Pamela stared at her for a long time, and then said, "Office hours, please be dignified." ”
Then, throw her a stack of papers. "There are a couple of ads here, just picked up. You hand over your idea within 3 days. ”
Then, she took out an advertising idea that Mei Qi handed her the day before yesterday, and said something in her words: "This idea is too old-fashioned." Although Boss Pang supports you, the company is mine. You were hired by me. ”
Mei Qi was very unconvinced, but she didn't dare to speak.
"Miss Maggie. You're young. Young women, as long as they are not too ugly, will always have a lot of convenience. But the good looks will pass soon. Women don't have any real skills, and when they get old and decrepit, it's very miserable. ”
"Thank you, Chairman, for your concern. I have parents, and they will take care of me. Maggie gave the boss a soft nail hard.
With love in my heart, every day will be as happy as a holiday.
Every day after work, Banjie would always wait for her in a café near her office building. Then they had a candlelit dinner together and then returned to Banje's hotel together.
In the blink of an eye, another 3 weeks passed. As the saying goes: there is no feast in the world.
"I'm really going back. Banjie said in an uncertain voice.
"Go back. I will wait for you until you come back. ”
Banjie pulled a check out of his pocket and handed it to her.
"What do you think of me? Maggie said angrily.
"No," replied Benjie, "I don't want to stay in a hotel the next time I come." I want to have a home, a home that is truly our own. It's up to you to find a suitable house, it doesn't matter if the price is a little higher, the location should be better. The house should not be too small, and the bed should not be small. ”
"You're bad!" Maggie punched him in disgust.
"Are you angry, stupid!" said Banjie and put his arm around her, "There are many things that can't be seen just at the surface. On the surface, I am very immoral, I have a wife, but I want to love you, as if I am still taking care of you. Actually, we just bumped into it and fell in love. You are not greedy for my money, and I have no intention of deceiving you. ”
Three days later, Maggie finally sent Banjie away. They met again in half a year.
Maggie went back to her little terrier room. Because I haven't come back for many days, there is a thick musty smell in the room.
Maggie felt a loss of support, and threw herself on the bed and cried.
The phone rang. Is Benjie back? She threw herself down on the phone.
"Miss Maggie, why did you disappear a while ago? Calls to your house always go unanswered. "It's Boss Pang.
For some reason, Maggie was a little happy.
Since Mei Qi was with Ban Jie, she rarely thought of Boss Pang's existence. Boss Pang called today, and she couldn't help but feel a little complacent.
No matter how cheesy Boss Pang is, he is a well-known figure in the city after all.
"Hey, who is the man who lives in the ×× Hotel?" Boss Pang asked next.
Mei Qi was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily to him: "You have no right to interrogate me. ”
"I'm not interrogating you, I'm just caring about you. Said softly. "There are a lot of bad men in Hong Kong, and I'm afraid that you will fall for someone else's fool. ”
"But, you're interfering with me. ”
"I don't have time to take care of your idle account. Boss Pang smiled disdainfully and said, "The driver saw it." Well, let's not talk about it. There's a dinner and dance party here tomorrow night, and I invite you to it. ”
It is a colorful version of the newspaper that often publishes the famous ladies of the city, and the very layered dining and dancing parties. It was a real dinner dance party that Maggie couldn't have ever dreamed of!
Probably, all women in the world will like the ball.
"But—" Mei Qi felt again, without money in her hand, she really couldn't do anything. Even if she goes to the ball, she doesn't have an evening dress!
"What's the matter?"
"I—" Maggie stopped talking.
"Tomorrow at nine o'clock in the evening, I will pick you up at your house. ”
Let's wear the dress that Banjie gave you!
As soon as she returned to the office, Pamela and she walked by head-on. She felt that the female boss stared at her fiercely, and she was so evil that she was dripping blood.
Maggie couldn't help but tremble.
As soon as I returned to my seat, I saw a large paper bag on the stage, which was the paper bag of the famous store "Xiannu".
"Whose is it?" she asked curiously.
"Just delivered by a driver. Jamie picked his teeth, smiled warmly, and said: "I thought it was wrong at first, but Maggie is now developed, and it is really thoughtful to buy such an expensive shirt and have someone deliver it to your door." ”
When Mei Qi heard this, she simply responded to poison with poison, and said coldly: "Are you thoughtful? Jamie, as a colleague, I would like you to take good care of me." ”
"Can't afford to take care of it. Jamie said sourly. "Then don't talk too much. Maggie sneered.
"Hey, office hours, what to take care of, how ugly!"
"At 6 o'clock this afternoon, I went to the set of Clear Water Bay. She threw down a sentence to Maggie and walked into her writing room without looking back.
6 p.m. to Clear Water Bay?
Maggie pushed the door open and entered Pamela's office.
"Boss, I have something to do tonight. Is it possible to arrange for someone else to go to the set?"
Pamela took off her reading glasses, looked at her, and said for a long time, "When did you even forget to knock on the door when you came into my office?
"I've done all my work. Going to the set was none of my business in the first place. Mei Qi simply explained.
"What the hell is important to you tonight?" asked Pala aggressively.
"I'm going to a dinner and dance party at the Regent Hotel tonight. Maggie tilted her head and said proudly.
"No wonder you're so spirited, don't be happy so early! ”
Maggie just remained silent.
"Okay, you go to the prom. Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, you go to the prom too, you don't have to go back to the company. Pamela said.
“走就走。 ”梅琪转身就走。
The Chinese have a saying: Fighting for anger is not about wealth.
Although she was fired, Mei Qi's mood was not affected in the slightest. At this moment, the most important thing in the world is tonight's dinner and dance.
Although Boss Pang is cheesy, he can't see that the aesthetic vision is good, or the design of the famous brand has never been good.
The white satin blouse with a silver-black glittering satin skirt was knee-length, like an upside-down umbrella, making Mei Qi's delicate and convex figure even more graceful.
"Look, what a fit. Boss Pang said proudly: "As long as I glance at it, I will know which size shirt you should wear." ”
It was a charity dinner and dance.
But I saw a lot of familiar men and women, caught in the crowd from time to time, all of them are those celebrities who often appear on TV and in newspapers in the city.
"You see, these are all bought after a while. ”
Boss Pang pointed to a row of diamond ornaments in the glass window and said to Mei Qi.
"Which one do you say is the best-looking?" asked Boss Pang again.
"Oh, this diamond butterfly brooch is so beautiful. ”
"Good. Boss Pang said and wrote down the number of this brooch. At the same time, he approached the lady in charge: "When the charity sale starts later, I will keep this brooch for me." ”
This night can be described as Mei Qi's most energetic night. She's out of the limelight.
It wasn't until 3 a.m. that she got into Boss Pang's luxury RV.
The overabundance of wine made her groggy. "Drunk?" said Boss Pang and stretched out his hand to hold her.
She felt her head weigh on her head, and she lay down in his arms.
"This little gift for you. Boss Pang said, taking out a beautiful jewelry box, and the diamond butterfly brooch was lying inside.
Mei Qi was overjoyed, and the wine was half awake.
"How can I afford such a valuable gift. She said that, but she couldn't put it down with the brooch.
Suddenly, she found out that the car had already driven past her home.
"My house is over. Maggie looked out the window and said.
"It's so late, the management office below you will be locked, so it's better to spend the night at my house. ”
"This. ”
Before she could reply, the car had stopped in front of a spacious house in Happy Valley.
"This—" Maggie hesitated again. "Get out of the car, my driver is off duty too. ”
Boss Pang urged her.
She thought about it, and he wouldn't do anything to her in front of his wife, so she got out of the car with him.
His family lives on the 28th floor. After all, the mansion is different from ordinary houses, and even the air inhaled is particularly fragrant.
The door opened, and it was pitch black inside. Boss Pang turned on the lights one by one.
"Where's your wife?"
"My wife has lived in Japan for a long time. ”
"What about your children?"
"At my age, my children have already started a family and have all flown away. ”
"That's not going to work, I'm going back. Maggie said.
"What are you afraid of. Boss Pang sat down on the sofa by himself. Patted the couch and said, "Come here!"
There is an irresistible power in the voice.
Maggie walked over obediently.
"Actually, you're ready to be my woman. Otherwise, how dare you talk back to Pamela and provoke her to fire you?"
His words reminded Maggie that from tomorrow onwards, she would have no work to return to.
"What else can you think about? Ah Er, who is like a man, why don't you find someone like me, who is rich and powerful, and you can't buy that butterfly diamond brooch for several years!" he said, his hand gently sweeping to her chest.
At first, Maggie held on to this line of defense.
"Don't be stupid. Like Pamela, send it to the door, I don't want it yet. Boss Pang gasped and said.
In the end, Mei Qi could only close her eyes in resignation, and let Boss Pang's hand move freely on her.
The first step is the hardest, one step, another hundred steps, that's it.
The next day, when she returned to her terrier room, Mei Qi looked at herself in the dressing mirror for a long time, as if she was looking at a stranger.
In the middle of the night, the phone called. It's Banjie.
"Maggie, why didn't you come home last night? I called all night, and I was so anxious... Are you alright? Why are you crying?"
"I..." Mei Qi finally found a reason: "I was fired by the boss." ”
"That's it?" Ban Jie seemed relieved: "There are plenty of opportunities to find jobs in Hong Kong." Besides, there is me. ”
Maggie cried even more sadly
"Don't cry. Hey, do you find the house you're looking for? I don't want to stay in a hotel next time. I want to go home. Do you understand?"
Putting down the phone, Maggie buried herself in the pillow and cried. She felt that she had broken something extremely precious, and that she had broken it knowingly and intentionally. I woke up in the morning and had no work to go back to, and I felt a sense of loss in my heart. was lazily lying on the bed thinking about his thoughts, and Boss Pang called again
"Wait downstairs at 11 o'clock, I'll pick you up. Then I heard him laugh on the phone: "Why, I'm good at kung fu, right? Do you want to try it again?"
Maggie hung up the phone. For a ball, a dance dress, a diamond brooch, she betrayed her dignity and freedom. It's too cheap to sell a little.
At 11 o'clock, Boss Pang's car was waiting below. She got into the car and let Boss Pang pinch her hands like glutinous rice balls.
The car stopped in front of an eighty percent new building. Boss Pang walked in with her.
The lobby of this building is very beautiful, and the building administrator seems to be very familiar with her.
"Aaron, this is Miss Maggie, you have to take good care of her. ”
"Don't worry, Boss Pang. Miss Maggie, just tell me. Ah Long said politely, but his eyes glanced at her contemptuously, and Boss Pang took her to a unit on the 10th floor.
A thousand-square-foot place, the equipment is luxurious, but there is a kind of hotel taste, without a bit of homely atmosphere.
"You're going to bring your luggage over today. I'm a woman who can't live in a terrier. He said.
"The luggage was brought in and they were waiting for me to call at home. He said again.
"However, I would like to go to see a job in the afternoon. ”
"What a job, joke. Boss Pang said: "If I want another boss to take a fancy to me, what should I do? Okay, I'm leaving." ”
Mei Qi was left alone in the room, with a double bed in the master room, and the smell of perfume filled the air. Very noble scent, familiar, but she couldn't remember who had used it. It seems that not so long ago, just a woman left.
Maggie didn't know that she belonged to the first few women who came here.
There was a gentle knock on the door. It's the caretaker with the thief's eyebrows.
"Boss Pang has explained, and you will go to pick up your luggage immediately. Taxis are already called. ”
Maggie followed him downstairs without a word. She knew that from now on, her every move, when she went in and out, and who came to see her, the administrator would look at them one by one, and then report to Boss Pang.
took away his luggage, and the small terrier room was even more desolate when people went to the empty building.
"Benjie will never find me!"
Thinking of this, Mei Qi's heart was like a knife, and tears fell like rain.
Day after day, the days went by.
Maggie has slowly grown accustomed to the life of a mistress. Designer clothes are also slowly filling her wardrobe. That day, she had just bought a hemp dress. She couldn't figure out where to go, so she called a taxi to Central. After a few famous stores, I suddenly found that the company I used to work for was nearby, so I stopped by to have a look.
Colleagues just coldly perfunctory her.
She believed they were jealous of her. Jamie's whole face is sour.
"Jamie, old colleague. Mei Qi deliberately said to him: "I don't have anything to eat any day, and I have to rely on you to take care of me." Suddenly, she smelled a familiar smell of perfume.
That is, when she was first brought to her current residence by Boss Pang, she smelled the same perfume in the bedroom.
Pamela walked in. Maggie remembers that Pamela often used this brand of perfume. It's not expensive, but the scent is special.
"Miss Maggie, don't come unharmed, are you?" Pamela smiled at her and asked, "How's the new home?" Also, has the gas switch in the kitchen been fixed?"
Maggie blushed and blue for a while.
Colleagues watched the excitement on the side, in response to a saying among Shanghainese, don't pay money to watch white operas.
When Pamela walked into her own office with a spirited step, her colleagues whispered.
"This is called the former customer to the back customer, and the turtle to the prostitute customer. Jamie spat out coldly.
Mei Qi fled in the contemptuous eyes of everyone.
The world is cruel.
Although Pamela and her, are or have been cared for. But today's Pamela has the financial resources and strength, and everyone still receives a salary in her hands. Naturally, the mocking gaze turned to Majestic Beauty.
"Who says I don't have any money?"
Like crazy, Maggie walked to Pacific Place for a shopping spree.
"Miss Mei Qi," Long Bo, who was looking at her, pulled a smiling face at her: "Boss Pang has called, saying that he is going to Shenzhen for a few days." ”
Maggie ignored him and went upstairs on her own. For a while, Boss Pang kept running to Shenzhen. Whatever!
Maggie wished she could be quiet for a while.
She tried on the beautiful shirts she bought one by one in front of the mirror. I don't know how to do it, I don't need to lose weight recently, the shirt size I wear is going down, and I can't lose weight anymore.
If you have a big house to live in, you don't have to rework, you don't have to calculate the money, why don't you grow meat?
She took off her clothes one by one and piled them on the bed.
Now she has so many expensive clothes, but who will appreciate her? Boss Pang has long lost that freshness, and she is like she is fine. Besides, he has always said: "I like it most when you don't wear a shirt." ”
Boss Pang completely regarded her as a tool for fun, and never appreciated her as a woman with personality, temperament, joy, anger and sorrow.
If Ban Jie is there, he will definitely appreciate her noble demeanor and demeanor today. However, she didn't think she would see him again.
Next is the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, and she was expecting Boss Pang to accompany her. In order to be Boss Pang's outer room, she has cut off contact with her family, friends, and her beloved Banjie. Boss Pang became her only world. But he went to Shenzhen instead.
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the bright moon is in the sky. Maggie sat alone in the deserted hall.
For 30 years, every full moon night, how many fantasies she had!
Her Prince Charming never appeared. She felt like she couldn't be left alone here anymore. Maggie put on her coat and went downstairs.
"Where are you going, Miss Maggie?" said Lombard, his neck stretched out like a dog.
"You're nosy. Maggie threw down a sentence hard.
She stopped a taxi. "Where?" the driver asked.
"Where is she going?"
"Go to the xX hotel. Suddenly, she remembered the five-star hotel where Banjie had stayed and where she had spent so many happy nights with him.
She walked into the lobby in a trance, and suddenly found a familiar figure holding a young woman, flashing in her sight.
That's Boss Pang? Didn't you say he went to Shenzhen?
Maggie hurried over. They got into the elevator, and she followed.
"What are you going to do?"
Boss Pang turned his head and found her. Annoyed and angry, he asked her.
Everyone else in the elevator looked at Mei Qi, which made Mei Qi very embarrassed, but she still blushed and said, "Didn't you say to go to Shenzhen?"
At the same time, she found that the woman next to him was dressed as a mainland girl, but she was very young, and her facial features and eyebrows were very beautiful.
"You care about me, do you deserve it?"
Boss Pang said, taking the woman out of the elevator, leaving Mei Qi alone, in the focus of everyone's attention.
Maggie endured her grievances and pain and returned to her residence. At the gate, a long figure stood there.
"Maggie, you promised me to wait for me to come back. ”
It's Banjie.
"I wrote to you, I called you, but there was no reply, and even the phone number was changed. What's wrong? Am I doing something wrong?"
"Benjie!" Maggie opened her mouth wide, her mind blank, unable to say anything.
"I went to your company to look for you, your Pamela, and gave me this address. It's a very expensive area. I'm afraid it's not a place for me to settle down, right? I can't afford it. Banjie said.
Maggie just cried.
"Originally, I had already brought you a gift. Banjie said and handed her a packet.
"Cheques, money again, men only know how to buy me with money!" she thought to herself.
When Mei Qi opened it, it turned out to be his divorce paper.
"I don't think it's fair to you. So when I went back, I set about it. My wife is very reasonable, but it seems that I made the wrong choice. ”
"Benjie," Maggie said with tears in her eyes, "I know I'm not worthy, but, I still want to...... Can you kiss me one last time?"