Chapter 1035: The Tragedy of the Promise

After work that day, Xu Nuo called Ma Guoliang and learned that Ma Guoliang was still discussing the plot in Fan Shan's office. He hung up the phone with some disappointment.

He was in a bad mood during this period. The pressure from his family was too great.

He could control himself a few days ago, but he was really depressed these two days, so after get off work today, he wanted to call his good brother to ask if he had time to drink together.

However, Ma Guoliang and Fan Shan often study scripts and discuss acting skills together recently, and rarely have time to drink with him.

As he expected before, Ma Guoliang still couldn't spare time today.

Xu Nuo walked out of the office and met some staff members who were still working overtime in the program department along the way. He greeted these people and then walked into the elevator.

He took the elevator all the way to the underground parking lot on the first floor of the company.

He sat in the car for a while, opened the car, rolled down the window, lit a cigarette and started smoking.

Sometimes men prefer to sit in the car after get off work and smoke a cigarette quietly, especially when they are under great pressure.

After finishing a cigarette, Xu Nuo stepped on the accelerator and drove out of the building of Brilliant Entertainment Company. It was only fifteen or sixteen minutes from Brilliant Entertainment Company to the community where he rented. Even if there was some traffic jam during the rush hour, it would not take more than half an hour. This distance was already relatively close.

Twenty-one minutes later, Xu Nuo drove into the community, parked the car in the parking space, and took out two bottles of Guojiao that his partner had given him a few days ago from the trunk.

Holding two bottles of Guojiao in his left hand and a mobile phone in his right hand, he walked into the corridor of the unit while opening the takeaway and preparing to order some dishes.

Sometimes people have to be nicer to themselves.

When no one is drinking with you, you have to learn to enlighten yourself.

It is not impossible to drink alone. Sometimes drinking alone can dig out the voice of your heart and communicate with yourself in a real way.

When he came out of the elevator, Xu Nuo had already ordered three or four dishes, all of which were small dishes, very ordinary side dishes. He was not so picky when drinking. He took out the key, opened the door and walked in.

This is a relatively old-fashioned community. It is only because it is close to the city center that the housing prices are relatively high, but this community has a history of more than 30 years.

After changing his slippers at the door of the room, Xu Nuo went to the bathroom first, washed his hands, and then sat on the sofa and turned on the TV.

Xu Nuo didn't have any TV programs he particularly wanted to watch, but just wanted to listen to the sound coming from the TV to make this home seem a little lively. Being alone in Beijing, it is always a bit lonely.

It is good for the house to be lively, even if the lively sound comes from the TV.

Now think about it, it is really a bit desolate. He and Tan Yue are good brothers and good friends, and that guy is about to get married now. Although they are all in their thirties, they are relatively late in marriage among their peers, but Tan Yue is always ahead of him.

Leaning on the sofa, looking at the ceiling, listening to the sound from the TV, he didn't know what he was thinking about. He was thinking about his home, his work, Tan Yue who had already gone to Hangzhou, and the takeaway that would be coming soon.

Xu Nuo also forgot how long he had been sitting on the sofa. He just looked at the white ceiling. It seemed that a golden light appeared in front of his eyes, and the square pieces of ceiling were intertwined.

Xu Nuo seemed to fall asleep in a daze, but there was always a voice in his heart sighing, making him unable to really fall asleep.

Dong Dong Dong.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, which woke up Xu Nuo who was in a state of confusion. He remembered that he had ordered takeaway.

He stood up quickly after greeting and walked to the door. When he opened the door, the takeaway man in yellow takeaway clothes was standing outside the door, holding two or three plastic bags in his hands. That was the dinner he ordered tonight, and also his side dishes.

He took out a cigarette from his pocket, handed one to the delivery man, said thank you for your hard work, took the food, closed the door, walked to the sofa, and put the food on the coffee table.

Xu Nuo sat on the sofa, opened the Guojiao on the coffee table, poured it into the cup, and the rich aroma of wine was fragrant. He sniffed it gently, nodded with satisfaction, and took a sip of the wine glass.

He opened the takeaway and ate it slowly.

When there is nothing on your mind, you won't drink too much.

When a person has something on his mind, he drinks alone and doesn't know how much he will drink. Xu Nuo is in such a state now.

After just over half an hour, Guojiao was half gone.

After half a catty of white wine, Xu Nuo felt a little dizzy. He picked up a piece of pork head with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth. He put down his chopsticks, took a sip of the wine glass, and then leaned on the sofa, slowly calming down his irritable mood.

Ding Ding Ding.

Suddenly, a vibrating mobile phone ring sounded on the sofa.

Xu Nuo didn't react at first. When he heard the voice, he rubbed his dizzy head, picked up the coat on the sofa, and took out his mobile phone from his pocket.

Xu Nuo took a deep breath to clear his mind.

He saw the caller's information on the phone screen. It was his mother's phone.

His heart suddenly skipped a beat. If there was anyone he was most afraid of during this period, it was his mother.

In the past few years, his family has been urging him to find a girlfriend as soon as possible.

Then get married as soon as possible, especially his mother, who would call him almost every two or three days to urge him to go on a blind date.

For Xu Nuo, there was already a shadow in his mind. He got along well with a girl he met by chance some time ago. He originally thought he could get married to that girl hand in hand, but he didn't expect that the two parties' personalities were different. There were big differences, but they didn't get together in the end.

Fortunately, he didn't tell his mother about that matter, otherwise the situation he faces now would be even worse.

Although he really didn't want to answer the call, it was his mother after all, so he had to answer it anyway. He pressed the answer button, put the phone to his ear, and listened to his mother's voice coming from the phone.

"Nono, why did it take you so long to answer the phone? What are you doing?"

"Mom, I just got home from get off work and ordered some takeout. I'm eating. Have you eaten?"

"Your dad and I have already eaten, why did you order takeout again? Takeout is unhygienic. I saw on the news that takeout is made with gutter oil. Eating too much is bad for your health. How many times have I told you? , You have to learn to cook when you are outside. Your life is just about food, clothing, housing and transportation. If you don’t even know how to cook, how can you be happy in the future?

You are not married yet. After you get married, you will still have to cook in your small family. If you don't cook, your wife will criticize you. "

"Oh my god, you're going too far. I don't have a wife yet. How can I cook for a small family? And even if I have a family in the future, as the head of the family, as a How can a man cook? Women should do it.”

Xu Nuo has many people who disagree with her mother's words.

Normally, he would not refute, but today he drank some wine and his head was a little hot, so he did not restrain himself and directly retorted to his mother.

My mother's cold snort came from the phone, "When will you have time to come back soon? There is something important waiting for you."

"What's the big deal?"

"Come home for a blind date. I originally thought that you could slowly go on a blind date in the capital and find a girlfriend, but now it's been so long and there's still no news."

"It seems that your dad and I have overestimated you. You can't find a girlfriend on your own in the capital. It's better to go home and go on a blind date. There are some girls from your dad's former colleagues and we know each other from the blind date corner." You can come and take a look at some girls with good conditions.”

After Xu Nuo heard this, he immediately started to sweat profusely on his forehead. He didn't know whether it was due to the heat from drinking or because he was choked by his mother's words.

"Mom, I have a lot of things to do now. I am no longer a small employee like before. I am now the deputy director of the program department. I have a lot of things to do every day and have to deal with dozens or hundreds of documents. How can I have time to go home?"

"This won't work. No matter how busy you are, you have to come back. By the way, isn't the vice president of your company Tan Yue? You and he have been good friends for so many years. Just say no to him and come back directly. I I also have Tan Yue’s mother’s phone number. If you can’t tell me, I’ll call Tan Yue’s mother directly and tell her to give you a holiday and let you go home for a blind date.”

"Mom, don't be so messy. I'm at work now and don't have much time to run back and forth. Besides, Tan Yue is not in the capital right now. There's nothing I can do if I tell him."

"Tan Yue is not in the capital now? Where is he?"

"He went to Hangzhou."

“What to do in Hangzhou?”

Xu Nuo opened his mouth, but in the end he still couldn't say the next words.

What if he told his mother that Tan Yue was going to Hangzhou to meet his future father-in-law and mother-in-law?

It is estimated that his mother will urge him to go home for a blind date even more. The two have been good friends for many years. Now Tan Yue has begun to embark on the road of marriage, while he is still single and alone.

"If he doesn't do anything, he just has something to do when he goes to Hangzhou. The company is so big and has to deal with many things every day. There are things all over the country. He often travels on business."

"Okay, okay, I don't care where Tan Yue goes on a business trip, you must come back in a few days! This is not negotiable. No matter how many and big things are in your company, they are not as important as marriage. We have a saying in China since ancient times, There are three kinds of unfilial piety, the first is not having children. You are now in your thirties, and look at your peers who have not yet started a family. The grandson next door has already had three children, and the eldest son has started to go to junior high school. Sun is only half a year older than you."

When Xu Nuo heard it, his head exploded.

"The food here is getting cold. I won't tell you anymore. I'm sorry."

Xu Nuo really didn't want to talk to her mother anymore, so she hung up the phone, threw the phone on the sofa, picked up the Guojiao on the coffee table, poured it into the wine glass, and drank it all in one gulp.

After taking a sip of white wine, Xu Nuo felt a burning sensation in his stomach.

A burst of hot air rushed directly from the tailbone to Tianling Gai.

This was a fifty-three-proof strong drink. Even though Xu Nuo was always a good drinker, he would not drink so hard normally.

I was really pissed off by what happened today and drank such a big gulp of liquor.

But he still felt irritable and depressed in his heart, and many things were piling up in his mind, making him almost breathless.

Things in the company are secondary, the main thing is the pressure from home.

He is a traditional Hedong man who attaches great importance to filial piety.

He really couldn't refuse the requests and conditions put forward by his parents. Even though he had fled from Hedong Province to Beijing, thousands of miles away, there was an invisible thread that tied him and his mother together. This end of the thread was tightly tied around his neck, while the other end was tightly held in his mother's hand, making him like a doll, unable to do his own things and only obeying the orders of his elders.

With too many things in his mind, Xu Nuo no longer noticed the burning reaction in his stomach.

Ding Ding Ding.

At this time, the mobile phone that he had just thrown on the sofa suddenly vibrated again. He reached out and picked up the phone and saw that it was a call from his mother.

He knew that he must have hung up his mother's phone just now, angering her, and now she was coming to settle accounts with him.

But a man after drinking is completely different from before drinking.

Xu Nuo now has a bad temper and doesn't care about his mother at all. He just hangs up again.

After thinking about it, he directly opened the address book and blocked his mother's mobile phone number.

After doing all this, he was relieved and continued to drink slowly. He picked up the white wine and poured another glass into his glass.

Xu Nuo took a sip lightly. He was really upset.

He picked up a piece of pork head and stuffed it into his mouth. Some things can be digested by himself, but some things also need to find someone to talk to.

But he didn't have a girlfriend. At this time, the only person he could think of was Tan Yue, his good brother who had known him for more than ten years.

Xu Nuo picked up his mobile phone and found Tan Yue's number and called directly.

Buzz buzz buzz.

The phone rang for a while, but no one answered.

Xu Nuo frowned. He didn't know where Tan Yue had left his phone or what happened. He wondered whether he should call Chen Ziyu to ask about the situation.

But he thought about it again. At this time, Tan Yue might be having dinner with the Chen family. It was normal that he didn't have time to answer the phone. If he called rashly, he might disturb them.

"Forget it, let's talk about it later."

No longer thinking about Tan Yue, Xu Nuo began to worry about his own affairs. His mother asked him to go back to his hometown. He really didn't want to go back, but it was the request of the elders and he couldn't refuse.

He could only take a few days off from the company and go home.

"Alas."