Chapter 15: Corruption “I told her clearly that she cannot be corrupted by you…
Wang Ying hadn't expected Zhao Yunsheng to say that. Furthermore, his expression was so serious and his eyes so sincere that Wang Ying was touched. He nodded and said, "You're right."
At this moment, a neighbor happened to pass by with a basket of vegetables. Seeing the two of them, he asked, "Yunsheng, where are you taking the bride so early in the morning?"
Zhao Yunsheng smiled and said, "Aunt Wu, go buy some groceries. I'll take Yingzi to my workplace. Yingzi, this is Aunt Tao Wu from next door. The chili sauce you praised this morning is from hers."
"Hello, Aunt Wu." Wang Ying greeted her neighbor with a faint smile.
"Okay, okay, let's go to Aunt Wu's house to play later." Aunt Wu Tao waved at them and continued walking forward.
Zhao Yunsheng and Wang Ying's words were interrupted, and neither of them continued speaking, but they had already reached a consensus in their hearts.
Zhao Yunsheng stepped onto the bike, pushed his long legs against the ground, and tilted the bike slightly to allow Wang Ying to get on.
After Wang Ying got on the bike, Zhao Yunsheng pedaled away. Wang Ying hurriedly grabbed the strap of Zhao Yunsheng's bag.
"Should we go to the cultural center first? Or should we go develop photos first?" Wang Ying asked.
"There's a little film left. I'll take you to take some more photos, then develop them. We'll have lunch at the cultural center cafeteria at noon," said Zhao Yunsheng.
It turns out he had already arranged it, Wang Yingxin thought.
From time to time, people they knew would pass by in the alley. Zhao Yunsheng would greet them, and Wang Ying would nod and greet them as well. If he met someone he knew well, Zhao Yunsheng would stop, take out some wedding candy from his bag, and then formally introduce Wang Ying to them.
Wang Ying had come to think of Zhao Yunsheng as a very lively young man. He was a man who would have been popular in any era. He was also good-looking and came from a well-off family. It was unclear how he had waited until his 26th birthday to get married.
Wang Ying thought she would have to find a chance to ask him about it later. Wang Ying had a guess: Zhao Yunsheng liked the young widow, but Director Zhao disagreed, which was why they delayed. Combined with what Wang Hui had said in her previous life, Wang Ying felt this was a strong possibility.
After hitting the road, the two of them didn't talk much. Wang Ying thought about the behavior of everyone in the Zhao family from yesterday to today, and he increasingly understood a truth: relationships between people are based on fate, and relationships are built through getting along. As Zhao Yunsheng had said earlier: marriage is just a beginning, not an end.
The same is true for marriage life. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and husband and wife, all rely on getting along. What kind of people a family is originally is important, but how they get along afterwards is even more important.
After riding for a while, Wang Ying gradually felt more familiar with the place and realized that Zhao Yunsheng was taking him to a garden in their city. This was once a private garden, now converted into Chengbei Park. Wang Ying remembered that it had been greatly expanded later, but the park still looked the same.
When they arrived at the main entrance of the park, Wang Ying jumped out of the car.
Zhao Yunsheng parked his car. An old man at the park gate came over and hung a chip on his car. Zhao Yunsheng gave the old man two cents, and the old man gave the other half of the chip to Zhao Yunsheng.
Zhao Yunsheng put the chips into his bag and took out his camera.
The ticket was 20 cents per person. Zhao Yunsheng paid and the two entered the park.
As soon as they entered, Zhao Yunsheng said, "Xiao Yingzi, stand next to the screen wall and I'll take a picture of you."
Wang Ying then realized that the wall inside the gate was called a screen wall. Wang Ying walked over and stood there while Zhao Yunsheng took a photo of her.
The two continued to walk inside, and Zhao Yunsheng kept taking pictures of Wang Ying. Occasionally, he would ask Wang Ying to stand in a fixed place for him to take pictures, but more often he would take pictures of her secretly when Wang Ying was not paying attention.
Wang Ying said, "Did you secretly take a picture of me looking ugly?"
"Nonsense, wait until the photos are developed and you'll know how beautiful I took of you." Zhao Yunsheng said.
"You only take pictures of me. Let me take a few pictures of you too." Wang Ying felt that Zhao Yunsheng was actually better looking than herself.
"There's not much film left, I want to take more pictures of you," said Zhao Yunsheng.
Wang Ying stood there, looking at Zhao Yunsheng. Zhao Yunsheng smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I'll take a picture of me for you. Come, I'll teach you how to use the camera. It's very simple. I've adjusted everything, all you have to do is press the shutter."
Zhao Yunsheng taught Wang Ying a lesson and gave him the camera. Wang Ying also followed Zhao Yunsheng's example and took secret photos of him. After taking a few photos, the film was indeed gone.
Zhao Yunsheng said regretfully, "Ah, those last few pictures are a complete waste. Besides, we haven't taken a group photo yet."
Wang Ying stuffed the camera into his hand and continued walking forward, not wanting to pay any attention to this smooth-talking man.
Zhao Yunsheng put the camera back into the canvas bag and caught up with Wang Ying in two steps.
The two continued to stroll in the park and left after less than half an hour.
After returning to the park entrance, Zhao Yunsheng handed over the token to the bicycle attendant, took the bicycle, and took Wang Ying to a photo studio he was familiar with.
There were still quite a few people in the photo studio today. As soon as Zhao Yunsheng entered, he called out, "Lao Cao, I'm here to develop the photos."
Lao Cao was busy taking photos of people and said, "Put it in the usual place. I'm busy now and don't have time to greet you."
"Tsk tsk, I brought Comrade Wang Ying here, and you don't even give me face." Zhao Yunsheng said.
Only then did Lao Cao turn around and see Wang Ying. He smiled and said, "Congratulations. I couldn't get away yesterday. I'll treat you two to a State-Owned Restaurant some other day."
"You're welcome. Just go ahead and do your thing." Wang Ying said, pulling Zhao Yunsheng and telling him not to get in the way.
Zhao Yunsheng took out the film from his bag, and then took out the film from the camera, and put them together in the drawer of a desk against the wall.
"I've put it here. You can get it anytime." Zhao Yunsheng said.
"Ten days or half a month." said Lao Cao.
"I'll come and get it within seven days at the latest," said Zhao Yunsheng.
Lao Cao ignored him. Zhao Yunsheng smiled and took Wang Ying away from the photo studio.
Wang Ying looked at his watch and it was almost eleven o'clock.
"Come on, I'll take you to the cultural center for dinner," said Zhao Yunsheng.
Wang Ying glanced at Zhao Yunsheng and said quietly, "Aren't you afraid that someone won't welcome me?"
Zhao Yunsheng laughed: "Xiao Yingzi, you are quite entertaining."
"That's not fun at all." Wang Ying said.
Zhao Yunsheng just smiled and didn't answer Wang Ying. He got on his bicycle and motioned for her to get on.
It took nearly twenty minutes to ride from the photo studio to the cultural center. There were many people on the road, and neither of them spoke.
When we arrived at the cultural center, it was quite lively today. There was a poetry recitation competition at the door, and a lot of people were watching.
They arrived at the right time, as the person reciting at that moment was the tall female colleague from yesterday.
While Zhao Yunsheng went to park the car, Wang Ying stood in the crowd and watched the poetry recitation.
To be honest, this female comrade has a very nice voice and a standard broadcasting accent. She is tall and good-looking, and she really stands out from the crowd wherever she goes.
After the female comrade finished reciting a poem, the crowd applauded and Wang Ying followed suit.
Zhao Yunsheng went to park the car and was tripped by someone while asking for wedding candy. He hadn't come back yet. Wang Ying was not familiar with the place and could only wait for him by the gate of the cultural center.
The tall female comrade saw Wang Ying and pushed through the crowd to walk over to her.
Wang Ying is not tall, just 1.6 meters, much shorter than this female comrade.
"Comrade Wang Ying, you're here." The female comrade said to Wang Ying.
"I don't know what to call this comrade yet. Thank you for attending my and Yunsheng's wedding." Wang Ying had a faint smile on his face.
"My name is Song Yin, the sound of music."
"Comrade Song Yin's broadcasting voice is really nice." Wang Ying praised and looked in the direction where Zhao Yunsheng left.
"Yeah, Yunsheng's voice is also very nice." Song Yin said.
Wang Ying had never heard of it before, and Zhao Yunsheng didn't speak in a broadcasting accent at home. But she couldn't show her shyness at this moment. She smiled slightly, smoothed the hair by her ear, and said shyly, "Yes, he speaks well too."
Song Yin looked at Wang Ying like this, and something came to mind. Her expression changed: "You only account for a small part of the credit."
Wang Ying raised his eyes to look at Song Yin, deliberately looking her up and down.
Song Yin saw that although Wang Ying didn't say anything, his eyes were undoubtedly saying: You are not from a bad background, right?
Song Yin's background was indeed bad, but Wang Ying didn't really care about it. After all, people in later generations didn't care about such things. But Song Yin herself did care. She was provoking him, exposing his weaknesses, and offering Wang Ying a weapon. How could Wang Ying not take advantage of it?
Song Yin couldn't stand being looked at with such disdain and avoidance by Wang Ying. She snorted and turned away. As soon as she left, Zhao Yunsheng returned.
"Let's go to the cafeteria to eat." Zhao Yunsheng said.
"What took you so long?" Wang Ying said.
"What's wrong? Is there anything wrong?" Zhao Yunsheng took Wang Ying to the cafeteria.
"It's okay, Comrade Song Yin's poetry recitation is quite nice." Wang Ying said.
"Generally speaking," Zhao Yunsheng said, "What do you want to eat?"
"what ever."
Zhao Yunsheng looked at Wang Ying and chuckled twice: "Yingzi, you are really quite entertaining."
"You said I'm funny again." Wang Ying turned around and glared at him.
"Comrade Song was indeed interested in me in the past, but I had no interest in her at all. I just didn't like people like her," said Zhao Yunsheng.
Wang Ying didn't expect Zhao Yunsheng to say it so directly, and didn't know how to respond for a moment.
"You're not talking again. This is where you're having fun." Zhao Yunsheng said with a smile, "Why don't you just say what you want to say?"
"No way, I don't have anything to say anyway. I'm a quiet person." Wang Ying denied it.
"Such small things don't matter, I can guess them, but if there are big things, you have to tell me directly. It would be bad if I can't guess and there is a misunderstanding." Zhao Yunsheng said.
Wang Ying didn't say anything. This was her habit and it wouldn't change in a day or two, or rather, she didn't want to change.
The cultural center cafeteria has a window open to the public where you can buy meals with tickets and money.
There were a lot of people in the cafeteria today. Zhao Yunsheng and Wang Ying took two seats and went to get their food.
Wang Ying looked at Zhao Yunsheng. Many people greeted him, and he would point at her from time to time, obviously introducing Wang Ying to others. After Zhao Yunsheng introduced them, someone would greet her, and she would greet him back. Except for Song Yin, everyone else was polite.
Finally, it was Zhao Yunsheng's turn to get food. Wang Ying saw that he and the comrades who were getting food also pointed at him. The comrades who were getting food inside held spoons and looked at Wang Ying through the food window. Wang Ying felt a little embarrassed.
Zhao Yunsheng finally finished his meal. As he brought it over, he smiled and said, "The comrade serving the food said you looked thin, so he gave you two extra pieces of meat."
Wang Ying looked at the plate that Zhao Yunsheng brought. There was indeed a lot of meat in it, with fat and lean meat mixed together and it was greasy. It looked delicious at first glance.
"Eat, eat more." Zhao Yunsheng said.
Wang Ying didn't say anything and started eating. However, the meal wasn't peaceful at all, as people who knew Zhao Yunsheng kept coming over to greet them.
The two finally had dinner, and Zhao Yunsheng took Wang Ying to his office.
There was almost no one in the office area at this time. When the two passed by an office, they heard crying coming from inside.
"They're all married, what else do you want to do?"
"I just can't accept it. They don't have any emotional foundation. The woman married him to avoid being sent to the countryside, and his family married her because of her good family background."
Wang Ying and Zhao Yunsheng looked at each other. Zhao Yunsheng raised his foot to go over, but was held back by Wang Ying.
Wang Ying pulled Zhao Yunsheng out of the office area before letting go.
"What do you want to do?" Wang Ying whispered.
"I told her clearly that you can't let her ruin you! You were in front before, and she must have said something to you." Zhao Yunsheng had a stern face and spoke in a harsh tone.
Wang Ying had never seen Zhao Yunsheng with a stern face. She actually looked better than his usual smile. But now wasn't the time to say that. Wang Ying said, "Let's be clear. She's not wrong. If you rush in and criticize her like that, you won't be working together anymore, will you? She's a woman, and there are other colleagues around. Give her some face. It won't hurt you."
Zhao Yunsheng's face darkened when he heard Wang Ying say this: "What do you mean it's not considered wrong?"
Wang Ying said: "I got married to avoid going to the countryside. This is the truth." As for why the Zhao family chose her, she didn't know and she didn't mention it.
Seeing Zhao Yunsheng's face becoming increasingly grim, Wang Ying hurriedly added, "Don't be angry yet. You said this this morning that marriage isn't the end, it's the beginning. Don't worry about why we started this. Just live your life well, isn't that enough?"
Zhao Yunsheng looked at Wang Ying for a full minute before his expression softened. He then said sourly, "You really still don't care about me."
Wang Ying suddenly thought that Zhao Yunsheng was such a tall and big man, not young anymore, so why was he so unreasonable? They had been engaged for only half a month, so why was he so sentimental?
"You're talking nonsense! You're my husband, how could I not care about you? I care about you, that's why I don't want you to clash with a female colleague at work. Don't you think about it? You've just gotten married, and you're already clashing with her at work? What will others think of you? Will they misunderstand you? You've embarrassed her, and what if she tries to trip you up at work later?" Wang Ying said. This kind of thing is common these days, and since they're both writers, it's even easier to get caught.
Zhao Yunsheng snorted and took Wang Ying's hand: "Go home!"
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