Ye Fei was in high spirits, pulling him to ask questions, wishing to discuss the details of her schedule in Singapore now. Chen Jiajun answered one by one, the unbearable happiness in her crisp voice made him unable to bear to tell everything together.
Scar temporarily left the island and went to the hospital to take care of his mother.
Chloe settled this month's salary in advance and booked a flight back to Seattle.
Qiu Meixin left the island the next day and had already flown to New Zealand.
However, he received a call from an unfamiliar lawyer, who said that he was entrusted by Lin Daming as his plenipotentiary agent to discuss with Chen Jiajun about the renewal of the hidden shop contract. The lawyer’s voice was cold and procedural. He said that Lin Daming had no intention of continuing to operate the dive shop and would return his share to Chen Jiajun as much as possible, hoping that he would find a new partner as soon as possible before the expiration of the current contract.
Only less than three months are left.
The student exchange event that Ye Fei participated in was held as scheduled, and the venue was set at the National University of Singapore. Many of my fellow students came to Southeast Asia for the first time, and they chatted in high spirits since they got on the plane. On the bus from Changi Airport to the city, there are neat streets in front of you, tall and verdant tropical trees, full of greenery. The voices of everyone talking and laughing came into their ears, but Ye Fei, who had always been active, was a little depressed.
The tropical scene in front of her is not unfamiliar to her, but this efficient and sophisticated city seems to have some sense of isolation. She missed the simple and rough cabins on the small island of blue sea and white sand, and missed the old arcades on the border towns that were stained with the traces of time. Last week, she received a phone call from Chen Jiajun, saying that she was invited by Wang Jincai to attend an important training exchange meeting, which coincided with the date of her departure to Singapore.
Ye Fei's tone couldn't hide his loss, but thought that he was planning to participate in the course director training. For future career development, he also needs to communicate with people in the circle and increase his emotions. She didn’t want to hold her back and let him be distracted by his little emotions, so she pretended to be free and easy to say: "Okay, that's just right, I can go to Clarke Quay (Clarke Quay, there are many bars on the river) with everyone, lest you have Stop me."
"Don't drink too much." He said in a serious tone, "Drinking too much is a mistake."
"Hey, the emperor is far away, you can't control me." Ye Fei smiled. "They are all selected by various schools. The image will not be too bad. I'm going to see if there are any handsome guys."
He replied: "Go and go, I'm watching the handsome guy every day."
Ye Fei laughed aloud: "You don't mean looking in the mirror, narcissism!"
"I mean the seaside."
"I didn't find it, they are similar." Ye Fei said softly, "I think they are not as good as you. It is enough to look at you."
"Enough to see?"
"Okay, okay, I didn't read enough. Your Chinese comprehension is problematic!" Ye Fei thought, even if I didn't read enough, I couldn't see it this time, and my mood fell again.
The forum lasted for three days. The meeting was around 7 o'clock in the morning. The schedule was full. Dinner was a time for free exchanges. I could only come back at 9 o'clock in the evening. Ye Fei was too tired to see the pillow and wanted to jump on it. Besides, there was a roommate, it was not very convenient to talk, and he didn't contact Chen Jiajun much. After the closing ceremony, a sumptuous buffet dinner was prepared. The hall was brightly lit, and delicacies from all over Southeast Asia lined up. Ye Feiyun couldn't give up his appetite. When he saw anything, he would remember when and which occasion he was. Have eaten with Chen Jiajun. Even if it's an ordinary plate of fried rice, I would think of falling asleep on the table when I first helped in the dive shop, and a plate of fried rice was placed in front of me when I woke up. He was sitting at the other end of the table with a cold face and a look of disdain for her. Even at that time, his cold face was ruthless, and he seemed to be begging, Ye Fei missed it too much. She served some vegetable salad at will and took two glutinous rice snacks.
"You don't like the food here?" a foreign scholar with gray hair and a handsome face stood beside her and asked with a smile.
"Ah, no, I like it very much." Ye Fei made an excuse, "I have had a cold recently and I have a bad appetite."
"Yes, I think you also love this area very much." He smiled and lifted the name tag hanging on his chest, which read Victor Hope. "I listened to your speech yesterday. It was wonderful."
"Thank you, Professor Hope, I am glad to meet you." Ye Fei quickly introduced herself and said, "I am actually a layman, but I am very interested in this field."
"You can see that your eyes are shining when you are speaking." Professor Hope said, "I teach at the University of California, San Diego, and I will be a visiting scholar in Singapore this year. I believe that we have the best in the world. Marine research institutions, and there are some projects that welcome students from different academic backgrounds to participate."
Ye Fei took the business card from Professor Hope: "Thank you so much, I will pay attention to the relevant information. But..." She paused and said truthfully, "I will graduate soon, and I want to work in Southeast Asia for a while. Time, I have no plans to continue studying."
"Oh? Have you found a job?"
"Not yet." Ye Fei smiled slightly, "Actually, there are some personal reasons. My boyfriend is here."
Professor Hope nodded: "That's it."
"Yes, the underwater photos in my PPT were taken by him."
"The photos were taken very well. I can see that he is a very thoughtful person." Professor Hope applauded. "Is he here with you this time?"
"No." Ye Fei shook his head, "He has been busy recently."
Professor Hope looked at her dinner plate and said clearly: "Oh, this is your'cold'."
Ye Fei smiled sorrowfully when said that the main thing was happening. She missed Chen Jiajun in her heart, but she couldn't tell her fellow students, and chatting with a kind-faced elder was somewhat relieved.
Chen Jiajun did not attend the training exchange meeting. He did receive an invitation from Wang Jincai, but declined. During this period of time, he has not been free. After receiving a call from the lawyer, he sent a text message and e-mail to Lin Daming, but the other party did not reply. He flew over deliberately, but was completely empty. The Lin family’s staff replied politely and politely, saying that Lin Daming is not in the country at the moment, and he doesn’t know where he has gone or when he will come back.
Back on the island, even in front of the Monkey Bar counter was much colder. "I'm going this time, see Da Ming?" Zheng Yunchang asked, coughing twice as he spoke.
Chen Jiajun shook his head: "In the short term, he won't see me."
"Everyone is brother, why bother." Zheng Yunchang sighed.
"I can understand."
"I don't believe the reason they said." Zheng Yunchang complained for him. "How are you, do you still need to prove it to them?"
There is no impermeable wall in the world. The news of Scuba Libre's cooperation has already spread all over the island, and various rumors have been raging. Even the detention of Chen Jiajun and Dao Scar not long ago has become a talk of everyone. Some people speculate that Chen Jiajun has offended something unprovoked by the local snake. Others say that he concealed the accounts from Lin Daming, and the interests of the two were unevenly distributed. Everyone has habitually combined and analyzed several things that have happened, and they feel that the prospects of potential stores are not optimistic.
Rumors and rumors spread to the owner of the dive shop. He is sitting on several resorts, but he is relatively low-key and conservative. He also has business dealings with the Lin family. He inevitably hesitates when he hears the news. Whether to continue to sign the lease agreement is still unknown.
Many problems need to be resolved one by one, and bookings for diving courses and instructor training in the next few months will inevitably be affected. Scar and Chloe left one after another, and Chen Jiajun was missing two right-hand men, whether it was teaching or diving shop operations. There are so many things that can only be supported by him alone.
"You have been working hard these days." Zheng Yunchang coughed again. "If you need my help, just say it."
"I'm fine." Chen Jiajun's face was calm, he didn't feel tired and tired, but the time agreed with Ye Fei was getting closer, but he had no time to get out. There was still a glimmer of hope, no matter how busy I was, I had to take two days to go to Singapore, but I suddenly received news that the owners who had been evasive before would return to the island recently. He has to stay and negotiate face to face with the other party.
"If you can believe it, I should have volunteered to help you bear it." Zheng Yunchang's face was a little haggard, "but you know my condition, I'm afraid before the next contract renewal..."
"Ji Ren Tianxiang, don't talk about it." Chen Jiajun leaned forward and patted him on the shoulder.
"That's right, I still want to drink your wedding wine with A Fei." He laughed.
The news that the dive shops on the island are discussing hotly, Mooney will naturally not let go. Within a week, he came to Scuba Libre twice, brought two shop assistants, and swaggered as if in no one's land. "I heard that you are looking for a partner recently." Mooney sat down lazily on the terrace with a smug smile on his face, "Actually, we have always been good partners before and we know each other. Look, how can I kind?"
Chen Jiajun politely declined: "Blue Oxygen and Scuba Libre have their own priorities. We develop independently and promote each other, which is good for the diving environment and customers on the island."
"That's not good? In fact, you just need a named partner. I didn't ask you to change the name of the store or the business philosophy." Mooney raised an eyebrow, "I am kind, but you don't appreciate it. You obviously don't trust me. "
Chen Jiajun did not answer. Wan Peng couldn't listen anymore, curled his lips, and said in a low voice, "What do you think?"
Mooney snorted and laughed instead: "Wanpeng, be polite, everyone is in the same circle. Don't wait until you are looking for a job before you think of asking me."
Wan Peng stared at him: "Even if I can't find a job, I won't ask you!"
"Wan Peng is very diligent." Chen Jiajun said, "As long as he wants to, he can continue to work in Scuba Libre without worrying about finding another job."
"Well, since the boss is so confident, we won't worry about it." Mooney took the corner of his mouth, "Good luck."
Knowing that the lease of Scuba Libre was about to expire, Mooney made another trip. Blue Oxygen’s clerk moored the Clipper beside the trestle bridge. Mooney walked onto the beach and didn’t say hello to Chen Jiajun. He went around the dive shop. He knocked on the wooden board of the wall.
Wanpeng came over to stop him: "There is a classroom inside, and classes are in progress."
"Oh? Can I still recruit students now?" Mooney joked, "Is KC still in the mood to teach? I thought this store was about to change hands."
Wan Peng glared: "Nothing!"
"If you don't know, I want to ask KC, if the contract expires, does he plan to tear down the store or sell it to the next buyer at a discount." He reached out and touched the wooden stubble in the corner. Choose the latter, so I’ll see how well the house is maintained, whether it’s recruiting termites, and whether it’s flooded.
"Of course it's well maintained." Chen Jiajun's voice came from the terrace, "Because Scuba Libre will continue to open. If you want to come in and go around, welcome."
"It doesn't change much. It's similar to Lanyang." Mooney chuckled. "Before you opened the store, the one that worked for the longest time was Lanyang?"
"I did learn a lot from Blue Oxygen." Chen Jiajun nodded, "Without the experience of working at Lanoxy and your father's guidance, Scuba Libre would not develop so fast."
"So, if I take over this store someday, you don't have to feel it too pity." Mooney looked at him provocatively, "Since I don't want to cooperate, okay, I have to see if you can't renew the lease, what will happen? do."
Chen Jiajun smiled indifferently.
Two days later, when he was a little free, he put on Ye Fei's bracelet and went to Langley and Surin's gallery. The two helped him find some small accessories, but there was no small shell of the right size to replace. Chen Jiajun took the sandpaper, knelt down on the cushion, and patiently rubbed the broken edge of the shell. Don't think about those annoying trivial matters at this moment, and calm down in my heart. When he saw a whale shark that day, Ye Fei's expression of excitement and joy emerged in front of his eyes. Her eyelashes were moist and her eyes were shiny, as if reflecting the light of water. Thinking of her then, he wanted to hold her in his arms. In, kiss her lips and eyes.
"Are you sure about the lease?" Langley asked.
"In Shangyanshang, as long as the owner is willing to talk to me, there is no problem."
"I heard that Mooney went to trouble you again?" Langley sighed.
Chen Jiajun smiled slightly: "It's not troublesome. If he has full confidence and really wants to fight for that piece of land, he doesn't need to use words to stimulate me now."
"Hey, brother, let me say what."
"Between your brothers, don't talk about me." Chen Jiajun comforted him, "but he has always been more aggressive. When appropriate, it is better to remind him."
Su Lin saw that he was polished up seriously, and couldn't help but smile: "Last time I wanted to give it to Ye Fei, you kept stopping, saying that you don't care what you give next time you come. Then when will she come?"
Chen Jiajun replied with a smile: "Monday or February."
Su Lin said lightly: "Looking at you smiling so happily, you also said that they are your'friends'."
"At that time, it was."
"What about now?" Su Lin wanted to get to the bottom.
"Now, she's my girl." With these words, Chen Jiajun's heart filled with warmth. When he left Singapore two years ago, he stood silently at the crowded airport, thinking to himself that perhaps he would never return to the city again. But at this moment, he desperately wanted to fly there just to see his girl.
She is a warm light, so that the pain of the past has completely melted away.
The white cat Mani jumped to him, stretched out, and lazily "meowed".
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
When it's cold outside I've got the month of May
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way
My girl
Talkin''bout my girl