A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

After dropping Li Mu off at the airport, the two parted ways. There were no polite attempts to keep them together; there was only the urgency of a business partner needing to calm down after providing a large sum of money.

Li Mu's assets shrank by a quarter, while this big star poured all his wealth into it.

"bad!"

Just after passing through security, Li Mu suddenly clapped his hands...

I forgot to tell her what Brother Bie had told me.

Speechless, he strode toward the boarding gate.

I then returned to Guangzhou around 8 PM, feeling utterly exhausted.

On Wednesday, when Sui Kuan saw Li Mu, the fat man asked with a puzzled look:

"What have you been up to these past two days?"

"Something came up."

Upon hearing this explanation, Sui Kuan paused, then asked curiously:

"You have a girlfriend?"

"Get lost."

Li Mu rolled his eyes at him, annoyed.

What's with this "can't live without a woman" nonsense?

Sui Kuan chuckled, a cigarette dangling from his lips, and suddenly said:

"It's been a month of internship... When do you think we'll get permanent positions?"

Li Muxin said, "I don't know when you'll be promoted, but I'll be officially a full-time employee this month."

But I definitely couldn't say that, so I could only shake my head:

"have no idea."

"I hope I can get a permanent position this month. I heard from Li Wei and the others that they don't rigidly adhere to the three-month internship period here; some people get promoted after just one month. But the requirements for that are quite high; you have to publish a major article. I wonder if our report counts..."

"Anyway, I'm sure I meet the requirements for becoming a full-time employee, so I just need to wait patiently."

"I want to get a permanent position as soon as possible. On the one hand, it's to give my family an explanation, and on the other hand... there's no commission on articles during the internship, and I only get 1,000 yuan a month, which isn't enough to live on."

"laugh."

Li Mu simply scoffed:

"Who told you to be such a womanizer..."

Sui Kuan wasn't ashamed at all; instead, he chuckled.

"Hey, are you coming with me this week?"

"Are you still going?"

"Go ahead, we haven't had enough fun yet."

"..."

Li Mu made up his mind that he would stay away from this fat man from now on.

What if there's an infectious disease?

not to mention……

"You'd better go less often. If you get caught during a ward round and arrested, you might lose your job."

"...?"

Sui Kuan was taken aback.

But he immediately smiled and said:

"It's okay, I'll just say I'm digging for news!"

"...Brother, please stop smearing the reporters' reputation."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Amidst their laughter and chatter, it was time for work, and the two newbies quickly went to clean.

……

Time flies, and it's Friday already.

That is, the last day of this month.

This week, Li Mu didn't see Bie Yan, but he wasn't idle either.

My senior colleague from the same office called me to the train station and various universities.

September is the start of the school year, and new students have been arriving one after another these days. He and Sui Kuan have been doing reports on this, so they're quite busy.

On Friday afternoon, Wang Fan called.

A moment later, at the entrance of the office, he took his passport, thanked the VIP account manager of Guangfa Bank, and confirmed once again that the trip to the United States was correct before the other party politely left.

After another busy afternoon, as Li Mu was pondering how to write the report he had in hand, Bie Yan's phone rang:

"Xiao Li, did you bring your Hong Kong and Macau travel permit?"

"..."

Li Muxin asked, "Are we going to go again?"

But he still said:

"I brought it; it's in the office."

"Okay, then come find me at the airport."

"OK."

To be honest, Li Mu didn't really want to go; he felt it would be too much of a hassle.

But he also knew that if Brother Bie said to leave, then he had to leave. With no room for argument, he agreed, packed his things, and headed straight for Shawan Town, also using his phone to ask his tennis coach for leave.

He had originally scheduled a group class for Saturday morning, where he would team up with some students from the same neighborhood to practice forehand and backhand topspin, but this time it was clearly not going to work out.

We arrived in Shawan Town before six o'clock.

When they met up with Bie Yan, they found that Zhou Jian and Chen Lixin were also there.

He quickly greeted them:

"Brother Zhou, Brother Chen."

The four of them then boarded the plane together, chatting and laughing, and headed straight for Macau.

Instead of the buffet this time, after getting off the plane and before heading to the Lisboa Hotel, the four of them went to a foreign restaurant, a Portuguese restaurant that had been open since the Portuguese colonial period.

I must say, it tastes pretty good.

After silently memorizing the address of this restaurant that was worth visiting multiple times, Li Mu took a taxi directly to the casino.

Everyone chatted and laughed along the way, seeming quite relaxed. After arriving at the hotel and checking into their rooms, they went straight to the second floor. Upon opening the door to the private room, they found Sister Zhang there, just as expected…

This time, however, I didn't see Sister Lin and Brother Sun. Instead, Brother Liu was there, along with three strangers.

When Sister Zhang saw Li Mu arrive, she immediately smiled:

"Hey, Li. Let me tell you, we're a perfect match... We'll definitely clean out all your pockets today!"

That tone was so warm and friendly.

Then, she personally introduced the three people to Li Mu, addressing them all as "brother" and "sister," since they were all quite old, but still without mentioning their specific names.

Without asking any questions, Li Mu greeted them and then sat down in the croupier's seat.

Scammers are very meticulous, especially when there are unfamiliar customers present. They need to proceed gradually, slowly leading their "prey" into the trap.

It looks like this night will be quite long.

Let's get familiar with it little by little first.

……

Li Mu's performance that night was still satisfactory.

He acted as a dealer honestly and accurately announced a series of rules such as betting and jackpot, making everyone feel that "this dealer is very professional".

The game continued until almost 1 a.m., when it ended on time.

Sister Zhang won a small victory.

The others didn't lose by much either.

Li Mu averaged out everyone's earnings.

The difference between winning and losing is in the tens of thousands of dollars.

Sister Zhang was in a great mood, talking non-stop about making money with Li Mu, and she was all smiles.

Li Mu had figured it out; this woman didn't seem to care about money. She was purely addicted and loved to have fun.

The other three each displayed their own unique characteristics, but it was clear that they all followed this older sister's lead.

When she says it's over, the game ends.

She didn't speak, and no one mentioned leaving, even though one of the Angkor men was already yawning repeatedly.

After the game ended, Li Mu couldn't help but feel a little tired.

This time, he didn't go for a massage with Bieyan. Instead, he waved goodbye and returned to his room, exhausted, intending to go to bed early.

Being a con artist is a mentally taxing job.

It's really tiring.

Seeing his exhausted appearance, Bie Yan didn't press him further. After Li Mu returned to his room, he took out his phone.

There were several messages and phone calls inside.

They all called around 8 o'clock.

"Brother Li, are you busy?"

"Call me back when you're not busy."

"Brother Li, it's too late, I need to rest."

"I'm going to Guangzhou to sign a contract on Monday. It just so happens that tomorrow isn't the weekend, Brother Li, are you free this weekend? If you're not busy, I'll come over a couple of days early to play chess with you, okay?"

"I'm going to sleep now, goodnight. Don't stay up too late."

After reading these messages, Li Mu thought for a moment and replied:

"Sorry, I wasn't able to check my phone just now. Let's talk tomorrow after I wake up. Goodnight."

Turn off the lights and go to sleep.