"Five jiao—how little that is! What can you buy for five jiao these days? Young man, please! Just give me one yuan!" The beggar held onto his five jiao, clearly unsatisfied. "Hmph! You still think it's too little? I have something here, but I won't give it to you!" The young man pulled out a fifty-yuan note and proudly waved it in front of the old man. This only made the old man more eager, yet the young man pushed him aside, spitting on the ground with a fierce tone. "I hate beggars more than anything! I've seen so many pretending to be poor these days! Stop acting! Even if you're not pretending, I won't give you anything!" "Please! Give me something! I'm so pitiful!" The old man clung to his dignity, holding onto the young man's sleeve. "Old man, stop talking! Let go of my clothes! Don't make a mess of them!" As soon as the young man said this, he pushed the old man hard—so strong that the old man stumbled and fell to the ground, just blocking the way for Gao Liang. At that moment, the old man no longer cared about his pain. Seeing the graceful and handsome Gao Liang, he spread out his hands in appeal, saying, "Please, young man—please!" Gao Liang didn't hesitate at all. He pulled out a ten-yuan note from his pocket and said, "Will ten yuan be enough to feed you today?" As he prepared to leave, he was surprised to find the old man had come again five meters away, frowning with stubbornness, saying, "Young man, how can ten yuan be enough? Will I go without food tomorrow?" Gao Liang thought it unusual for someone to beg so openly, but then he realized the old man was truly pitiable—his clothes were dirty, and he might have been sleeping outdoors for several days. With the recent drop in temperature, how could an elderly man possibly endure? Either cold or hungry—so he decided to help. "Fifty yuan! Here you go! Take it!" From another pocket, Gao Liang produced a fresh fifty-yuan note, just withdrawn from the bank using his salary card. At that moment, a sneaky man noticed and, while Gao Liang was pulling out his money, bumped into him accidentally, causing Gao Liang to stagger and nearly fall. The sneaky man dashed off without a word, and Gao Liang didn't pay much attention. He simply wanted to get away, but he hadn't expected this old man to be even more unkind—he glanced at Gao Liang with a sideways expression and said, "You just want to send me away with fifty yuan? Didn't you notice how dirty my clothes are—I need to find a place to take a shower!" Gao Liang thought, how incredibly unkind! Yet he also realized the old man truly needed help. He recalled his mother's constant teachings: to show compassion, especially to genuine beggars, and that kindness would surely bring good returns. With that thought, Gao Liang agreed to the old man's request. Where should he take him to bathe? Gao Liang hesitated a moment, but ultimately decided to bring the old man home. He turned on the solar water heater and gave the old man a wonderful shower. High Liang also brought the old man several of his own clothes and dressed him in them. The old man was overjoyed. After a neat grooming, he looked fresh and vigorous. "I'm hungry!" he said, eyes fixed on the meal box on the table, which was emitting a delicious aroma. "Serve it to me!" Without waiting for High Liang's agreement, he picked up the meal and devoured it with great enthusiasm. High Liang himself didn't feel hungry at all—his only thought was: perhaps the old man hadn't eaten for several days. If that were true, then he should let him eat. After the meal, the old man's cheeks, which had previously been pale and earthy, turned rosy, and his voice, no longer muffled and unclear, became clear and strong. He stared at High Liang with sharp, attentive eyes, as if admiring a piece of antique, examining it with meticulous care. This made High Liang feel somewhat uneasy. He reached into his pocket casually—this gesture didn't matter much, but when he did, his heart suddenly sank. He was startled, for his phone was missing. It must have been that sneaky young man who took it! Gao Liang was truly upset and said, "Uncle, this is very bad! When I was just about to hand over 50 yuan, that sneaky young man bumped into me and took it by accident!" When Gao Liang said this, he looked visibly distressed, because this phone had cost him one entire month's salary when he first joined the company—something he had saved for carefully, meal by meal. Of course, he was deeply heartbroken. "Young man, don't worry so much..." The old man felt a bit ashamed, having himself just lost his phone. "How could I not be worried? Over a thousand yuan!" Gao Liang said, deeply moved. It wasn't that Gao Liang particularly cared about money, but that his salary wasn't high to begin with, and buying himself a phone required him to cut back on expenses for several days. "...," the old man sighed and said, "Well, young man, I'll give you a phone as compensation—don't worry so much." "Compensate me with a phone?" "High-light was taken aback, waved his hand and said, 'Forget it, old man. You don't seem particularly well-off. Just leave it be!' 'Please rest assured,' the old man went on, 'I have a ready-made smartphone here—this is truly the most advanced technology available, using carbon nanotube transistors (omitting several words)...' He rambled on for a while, making High-light's head ache. Finally, the old man said, 'I originally intended to gift this smartphone to someone truly fortunate. Seeing you, a sincere and honest young man, who won't do anything amiss, I've decided to give it to you!' High-light listened intently and only finally grasped that the old man was offering him a smartphone. He felt both amused and embarrassed. Was I really that dim? Blowing up a plain smartphone into something extraordinary—did you think this was a feature article from a lifestyle magazine? Taking the smartphone the old man handed him, High-light opened it and found it was a high-end, feature-rich smartphone from the PDA brand. He then asked curiously, 'A PDA smartphone?' "Half a day passed without any reply, and when Gao Liang looked up, the old man was completely gone—just as if he had never arrived—while the door to the room remained closed." "Disappeared so quickly? Maybe this old man is indeed the legendary recluse we've been hearing about?" Gao Liang shook his head, made a self-deprecating remark, and casually slipped the Zhiduoxing phone into his coat pocket, not giving it much thought. The next day, Gao Liang went to work at the office as usual. As he swiped his attendance card and entered the large sales and technology department office, everyone's eyes seemed to be fixed on him—this was quite strange. What was wrong? Nothing seemed out of place. What was going on? "Li, are you really going to attend training?" Li Jie, sitting at her desk, set down the technical document she was reviewing and looked up at Gao Liang. "Li has done an excellent job! We can't do without you in the Sales and Technology Department!" Xiao Yan, still sipping her breakfast milk, paused mid-sip, lifted her delicate face, and asked with a bright expression. "You're "We welcome you!" Someone's voice rang out. Looking around, they saw Ye Jun, the part-time engineer known as the top technical talent in the company, smiling with a quiet, calculating air—his expression full of quiet pride. Indeed, with Gao Liang's departure, Ye Jun had now truly become the company's top engineer. "Is that right? Li is going for further training? That's wonderful! I, Zhuang Yingjun, fully support this!" Zhuang Yingjun, closest to Gao Liang's position, gave a sharp clap with his right hand and then made an "OK" gesture. "I'm going for further training? How come I didn't know?" Gao Liang's face showed genuine surprise, his right finger pointing to his chest. "Haha! Zhang, you're so slow! Didn't you see the notice outside?" Liu Qingsong had arrived earlier and reminded him. "A notice? What notice?" Gao Liang remained puzzled. But then he quickly went to the bulletin board outside the sales and technology department's main office—there, everything became clear. Then, taking brisk, even hurried steps, high-stepping toward Xie Ningbing's office, High Light noticed Zhang Shijie, the department manager of Sales and Technology, just stepping out, his head bowed. Upon seeing Gao Liang, he became visibly excited and nostalgic, gripping his hand warmly: "Li Engineer! I simply can't bear you to leave! Once you go, our Sales and Technology Department will truly lose its key talent!" "Thank you, Director," Gao Liang smiled, saying, "We have Ye Jun and Liu Qingsong, after all." Zhang Shijie shook his head, sighed, and pointed toward Xie Ningbing's office: "Li Engineer, today Xie Manager really gave me a stern dressing-down! She's raised the expectations for my work significantly. The responsibilities I now carry are quite heavy. You should go speak directly to Xie Manager—best if you can stay on. Otherwise, our Sales and Technology Department will face real challenges!" With that, he bowed his head and walked off slowly, his steps dragging. This scene was the first time Gao Liang had witnessed it. Clearly, the pressure on the department manager of Sales and Technology was immense once he himself departed! When high light entered Xie Ningbing's office, he found Xie looking worried, staring blankly at a document. High light cleared his throat, and only then did Xie snap back to attention. Upon seeing it was high light, Xie immediately changed from her worried expression to a bright, cheerful smile. High light got straight to the point: "Xie Manager, why have you assigned me to go for further training? Does the company no longer need me?" Xie didn't answer immediately. Instead, she took the document from earlier and handed it to high light. On closer inspection, high light saw it was a product procurement contract. Oh! It was a procurement agreement between China's Second Group Corporation and our company! "Why six months?" high light asked Xie, eyes wide. "The other party requires us to launch a new product within six months, or else they will stop ordering our computer products." They said that current overseas customers have very high demands for product quality and technology, and while the current products meet the needs of the lower-end market, there are still gaps in the mid-range and premium segments. Therefore, our products need to be upgraded. We need to develop a more advanced computer product within six months. As our company's technical engineer, you need to further your studies, acquiring the most cutting-edge knowledge in computer technology, and work together with the company's R&D engineers to develop a new product within six months to capture the market. Xie Ningbing picked up the contract again, pointed to the start and end dates, and sighed, saying, "If the company truly requires me to take on this responsibility, I will accept it." Gao Liang fully understood his friend's difficulties—indeed, a broader perspective was now required. "Xiao Long, here's something I'd like to give you!" Xie Ningbing changed the previously flat tone, pulled out a brand-new smartphone from her delicate, pastel-colored handbag, and said, "This is a multifunctional business smartphone—just launched. I'm giving it to you!" "No thanks!" Gao Liang produced the smart phone from his bag, held it up in front of Xie Ningbing, and said, "I've got one!" Xie Ningbing was amazed by the radiant glow of the phone, reached out, and firmly grasped Gao Liang's hand—without regard to his agreement—almost taking it from him, flipping it over and over, as if she were a lively child. Gao Liang didn't mind at all and simply let her play with it as she pleased. "Xiao Long! Your phone has so many features—it's far more advanced than the one I was planning to give you just now! Where did you get it? Tell me! I want to buy one!" Now Xie Ningbing was completely enchanted by Gao Liang's smart phone. Highlight didn't pay much attention, thinking that no matter how many features a phone had, it would still be just a decoration since all he needed was to make calls and send text messages. So he casually said, "It was found!" "Oh!" Xie Ningbing sighed, holding the phone with a sense of reluctance, clearly fond of it. Highlight, noticing this, added, "If you truly like it, I'll give it to you!" "How could I possibly accept that? I absolutely don't want you to give me anything! Here's what I really hope for—within the next six months, you develop a new high-end computer product. That, to me, would be the best gift!" Xie Ningbing, overcoming the phone's appeal, revealed the real reason behind her assignment of Highlight to further his studies. "Alright! I'll do my best!" Highlight smiled sincerely. This made Xie Ningbing feel a deep sense of reluctance about Highlight's departure. "Then, take this phone! If you need anything else—" Xie Ningbing passed the business smartphone back to Gao Liang, who immediately understood her intention and said, "Alright! I'll take it!" Without further ceremony, Gao Liang accepted the phone and tucked it into his coat pocket. After all, it was just another smartphone—having one more didn't matter much, he thought to himself. Before leaving, Gao Liang stopped by the Sales and Technology Department to say goodbye. Among everyone, Zhang Shijie, the department manager, was the most reluctant to part, knowing that once Gao Liang left, the Sales and Technology Department would face greater pressure. With Gao Liang's presence, the department had always run smoothly. It was only Liu Qingsong's behavior that surprised Gao Liang—he hadn't shown any sense of reluctance at all, in fact, he seemed genuinely happy. This made Gao Liang a bit puzzled. Ye Jun, on the other hand, naturally welcomed Gao Liang's departure, having grown increasingly resistant since Gao Liang successfully recovered the final payment from Xintian Company. After all, one mountain can't shelter two tigers. Once Gao Liang had left, he truly became the top-tier technical engineer. Xiao Yan, Li Jie, and Zhuang Yingjun were a bit reluctant, which moved Gao Liang deeply. Of course, the one who was most heartbroken was Xie Ningbing. She saw him off to the bus heading to Kyoto University, pulling out a university admission letter, a letter of introduction, and a well-filled envelope as they said goodbye. By then, she was tearful, and with a trembling hand, she handed the documents to Gao Liang, gazing steadily into his eyes and saying, "Xiao Long, I truly don't want you to leave! But for the long-term development of the company, we have to make this painful separation. You must remember what I say!" With a look full of hope, Xie Ningbing continued, "You must become even more outstanding—only then can we continuously grow and thrive in this fiercely competitive society!" "Yes!" Gao Liang, too, was reluctant to leave his beloved girlfriend, nodded repeatedly, holding back his emotions. They kissed passionately at the very last moment as they boarded the train. Many people paused to watch, but Xie Ningbing didn't mind—she blushed deeply, letting Gao Liang kiss her passionately, knowing this was a farewell kiss. If she didn't seize the moment now, it would be truly a pity. "Hold me tight, Xiao Long!" Leaning against Gao Liang's shoulder, Xie Ningbing whispered softly, her eyes filled with anticipation and longing. Gao Liang then held her tightly, and as Xie Ningbing's breath quickened, her chest pressed warmly against his, stirring Gao Liang's passion. He kissed her again and again, continuing until the train began to move. Xie Ningbing quickly pushed him away, eager to say, "Xiao Long, please go! Don't forget—I'm your girlfriend! Make sure to keep in touch!" Gao Liang boarded the train with lingering affection, waving through the window at Xie Ningbing, saying, "Ningbing!" "If the company encounters any difficulties, please let me know—I'm willing to share the burden with you!" "Hmm...!" Xie Ningbing suddenly choked up, tears streaming down her face. She had been running after the train, but now the train was speeding up, and Gao Liang was growing farther and farther away. She could no longer keep up, and her tears blurred her vision. 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