Chapter 28 Chapter 28 (Catching Bugs) The Groom and the New...
The bride and groom rushed to the next table to toast and left in a flash, leaving Lin Wan alone at the table, holding her pregnant belly and slowly sitting down with an uncertain expression on her face.
More than ten years ago in Linjia Village, Fu Xiuhuai saw me and gave me candy?
Lin Wan couldn't believe it. She didn't remember seeing Fu Xiuhuai before. She didn't even know that the uncle that the little boy Fu Mingjun often mentioned was Fu Xiuhuai.
"Lin Wan, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable in your stomach?" Zhang Meiying was chatting with an acquaintance when she turned around and saw Lin Wan, who had just spoken a few words to a newlywed couple, with a changed expression and her almond-shaped eyes widened.
The whole family went out, especially since Lin Wan had a big belly, so she naturally had to take care of her.
"I'm not feeling uncomfortable. I'm fine." Lin Wan shook her head, her heart in turmoil.
Fu Mingjun arrived when the banquet was about to end. Due to the unpredictable road conditions on the highway, he arrived about an hour late. He didn't mind. He mainly came to have a drink with Chen Jun to celebrate.
Fu Mingjun is one year younger than Chen Jun, and both of them have the word "Jun" in their names. They have been good friends since childhood. When they were young, the two of them even competed to catch up with Fu Xiuhuai, and they can be said to be the most loyal younger brothers.
Seeing his friend return from a long journey, Chen Jun suddenly became excited. They drank several glasses together and reminisced about the past. "Mingjun, look, your uncle is getting married. I'm getting married too. You're the only one missing."
Chen Jun knew nothing about Fu Mingjun's six-month relationship, and now he had no idea that he had hurt his friend's feelings.
"My uncle is married, so naturally I can't get married." Fu Mingjun raised his head and took a sip of white wine, implying something.
Chen Jun, who was drunk, didn't understand what he meant. He patted his good brother on the shoulder and said, "Ask your uncle to introduce you. He's a big boss and knows a lot of people. He will definitely find a good one for you."
"He introduced me?" Fu Mingjun raised his head and snorted again, his eyes fixed on Fu Xiuhuai's face. "I'm glad he didn't steal my money."
"Mingjun." Fu Xiuhuai was out today and many people took the opportunity to chat with him. He drank a lot of wine, but he looked no different from usual. At this moment, he still warned with the calmness of an elder, "You are drunk."
"Then I won't drink anymore." Fu Mingjun smiled and turned to go to his mother's table. "I'm going to eat something. I haven't eaten anything all morning, and my stomach hurts just from drinking."
Fu Xiuhuai watched Fu Mingjun walk to Zhang Meiying's table. There was still some food left on the table, and two or three people had already left, including Zhang Meiying, who was playing cards with her friends. Fu Mingjun sat directly at his mother's seat, asked the waiter to bring clean dishes and chopsticks, and ate a few bites casually.
Next to him was Lin Wan, who was lost in thought.
Lin Wan was trying to recall the events of more than ten years ago, but found nothing. As she was lost in thought, she felt someone standing up and someone sitting down beside her. After a few seconds, she gradually realized that something was wrong.
Fu Mingjun, whom he hadn't seen for a while, was sitting next to him, eating his meal with hearty mouthfuls. After some experience, this naive college graduate seemed to have grown up a bit. At least at this moment, his peripheral vision wasn't focused on him. He just casually asked, "Can you eat fish now?"
Lin Wan really couldn't stand the smell of fish in the early stages of her pregnancy, but by the middle and late stages, she gradually lost her taboo and fish was indeed her favorite.
Hearing Fu Mingjun greet her so naturally, like an old friend who hadn't seen each other for a long time, Lin Wan was stunned for a second, and then said softly, "Hmm."
"How about working in a garment factory? You were good at everything in college, so you should be able to do it well as a job."
Fu Mingjun seemed to have really changed a lot. Lin Wan no longer saw the impulsiveness and recklessness he had more than a month ago.
"Work is fine." No matter what, Lin Wan felt a little uncomfortable sitting here chatting with her ex-boyfriend about family matters while her current husband was sitting at a table not far away.
She didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but she vaguely felt someone's gaze drifting towards her.
Lin Wan was just looking for an opportunity to get up and leave when she heard Fu Mingjun finish his meal in a few bites, turned to look at her, and said seriously, "What a pity! Back then, we said we would go on a trip together and climb Mount Lushan after graduation."
Lin Wan was deeply interested in television dramas, movies, and music, and after entering university, she became even more captivated. As a child in her village, she could only expect open-air movie screenings once or twice a year. The entire village would bring their stools to the dam to watch, creating a scene as lively as Chinese New Year. Later, while attending junior high and high school in town, Lin Wan saw her first movie theater. Built late and rudimentary, it became a sacred place in her heart. It was there, after watching countless revolutionary films, that she first saw the romantic film "Lush Mountain Love."
The movie that was popular across the country has become a youthful memory in the hearts of many young people, and Lushan has also become a tourist pilgrimage site for many people.
When they were dating, Fu Mingjun heard Lin Wan mention that the first romantic movie she watched was "Lush Mountain Love", so he actively suggested that they go to Lushan for a trip after graduation and watch the movie again on Lushan. Lin Wan, who was preparing for the final exams at the time, was a little tempted and agreed immediately.
The original agreement has now become a thing of the past. Lin Wan's eyelashes trembled and she said nothing more.
After the wedding banquet, Lin Wan and Fu Xiuhuai left with their parents-in-law as usual in a Santana driven by driver Uncle Liu, while Fu Xiutong and his family took a Hongqi sedan.
When they returned to the villa area, Fu Xiutong, who had been toasted by a group of people at noon today, had a red face and smelled of alcohol. He was patting his son Fu Mingjun's shoulder and giving him earnest advice and education.
"You should exercise well. Since you don't like working in a factory, then learn from your uncle. Your uncle is very successful in business, so you can learn from him."
Lin Wan and Fu Xiuhuai were a few steps away. They could already hear the hint of drunkenness in Fu Xiuhuai's voice. She turned to look at the man beside her, but he seemed to have no reaction at all.
Before leaving, she clearly saw many elders and juniors pulling Fu Xiuhuai to drink. He couldn't refuse, so he drank a few more glasses to give them face.
When they returned to the bedroom, Lin Wan smelled the alcohol on the man and shrugged her nose in disgust: "Go wash up quickly."
Fu Xiuhuai smiled and said, "You don't hide the disgust in your eyes."
Lin Wan: QAQ
She didn't intend to hide it.
But the man did not go to the bathroom. He just fell on the bed with his clothes on, as if he was exhausted. He was more tired and sleepy than ever before. He raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows, looking drunk.
"Are you really drunk?" Lin Wan was surprised. She didn't know how much the man could drink. But when she thought about it carefully, so many people came to talk to him today, so he must have drunk a lot of wine.
"No." Fu Xiuhuai's voice was hoarse and low, even a little ambiguous.
Lin Wan silently concluded in her heart that he was really drunk.
Drunk people like to say they are not drunk.
After staring at the frowning man lying on the bed for a while, Lin Wan saw that he seemed drunk and uncomfortable, so she had to get up and go to the bathroom to wipe him with a towel wrung out water.
The towel soaked in cold water slowly brushed across the man's forehead and cheeks. For the first time, Lin Wan looked at Fu Xiuhuai's face closely.
In the past, they always had a quick glance when they met. She vaguely judged that the real estate boss was a handsome man, and vaguely judged that her boyfriend's uncle was a gentle and good-tempered elder. Even though she and the man became husband and wife for no reason, Lin Wan never looked at him carefully.
Fu Xiuhuai lay on the bed with his eyes closed, perhaps gradually falling asleep, but he looked quite good despite being drunk.
The sharp jawline was still sharp even when lying on his back, which made his sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes more prominent. The towel in Lin Wan's hand slowly wiped across the man's high nose bridge, and then went all the way down to stop at his chin with a hint of stubble.
Her eyes fell on the man's tightly closed thin lips, which were slightly red from the alcohol, soft yet firm...
Lin Wan recalled some scenes and suddenly looked away. Just as she was about to stand up and hang the towel back in the bathroom, someone grabbed her wrist.
The man exerted some strength, and Lin Wan half-leaned on him. Fu Xiuhuai didn't wake up, but her movements were restricted.
She struggled a little harder, but the man tightened his grip. Lin Wan suspected that he was drunk and sleepy, so she lowered her head and pried her fingers apart one by one.
Lin Wan's deepest impression of Fu Xiuhuai was not his face, because she rarely looked at him closely. What impressed her most was the man's broad palms, long fingers, and distinct joints, as hard and strong as he was.
At this moment, Lin Wan was bending the man's fingers and pinching his joints with a little force, but was suddenly caught by flexible fingers. The slender fingers intertwined with each other, and she couldn't tell whose it was.
Lin Wan looked up and saw Fu Xiuhuai slowly opening his eyes. She was pleasantly surprised: "You're awake? Go take a shower and have some sleep... Okay?"
The man half-raised himself and met Lin Wan's eyes. His eyes, which seemed a little hazy from drinking, looked at her intently, and Lin Wan didn't dare to blink. She didn't know what this was like when he was drunk.
Some people will act crazy when they are drunk, some will become talkative, and some will just fall asleep.
Fu Xiuhuai seemed to be a little abnormal, just staring at him motionlessly.
Perhaps having heard her own thoughts, Fu Xiuhuai finally moved his hands, caressing her cheek, and muttering to himself, "Going to Lushan after graduation is quite romantic..."
Lin Wan didn't know how Fu Xiuhuai heard the conversation between her and Fu Mingjun. Before she could respond, she was blocked by the man who approached her.
Fu Xiuhuai was indeed abnormal after getting drunk, even his kissing became abnormal.
Lin Wan pushed him away, unable to budge. She could only feel the man kissing her lips bit by bit, biting gently, and rubbing his ears. Every movement was infinitely slow. Even the movement of his lips and tongue, after pecking at the corners of her lips several times and finally prying them open, was extremely slow, so slow that Lin Wan felt an itch in her heart, as if a feather was gently brushing against her, which she could neither tease nor stop.
The man's lips and tongue were powerful, but now they were soft under the influence of alcohol. He sucked and licked slowly as if torturing someone. Lin Wan couldn't stand it. She felt her whole body tense up. Just as she was about to push the man away, she heard him say sticky words while holding her mouth:
"Fu Mingjun remembers it clearly, do you remember it clearly too?"
Lin Wan felt a little guilty, as if she was caught cheating, but after a moment she felt wronged because she had done nothing.
You don't have to answer whether you want to or not. The man didn't give you a chance to speak.
Waves of alcohol exchanged between the two people's breaths, which seemed to make Lin Wan intoxicated. Her consciousness gradually became blurred, and all her senses were concentrated between her lips and tongue. The sticky and entangled sounds fell into her ears, making her unconsciously clutch the sheets tightly.
Her breathing was so rapid that she could hardly breathe. Lin Wan moaned and pushed the man away. Only then was she free. She gasped for breath, as if she wanted to make up for the air that had just been cruelly taken away from her.
"You, Fu Xiuhuai, stop pretending to be crazy while drunk!"
Lin Wan had no idea what she looked like at the moment. Her eyes were full of love, with the corners of her eyes slightly red. Her lips were rosy when she accused harshly, and there was a shimmering watery light on her lips after the entanglement, tempting to pick them. Even her deliberately serious and angry voice became hoarse and seductive because of her emotions.
"Wanwan, you still don't know how to curse." Fu Xiuhuai sat up, put his arm around Lin Wan, and bit her lips again, "You can't reason with a drunk person."
Lin Wan's face was burning hot. For the first time, she felt that this man was so shameless. She felt him bite her lips, sometimes lightly, sometimes hard, and she bit back unwillingly...
The man smiled with obvious pleasure in his chest. "Very good, you've made progress now. You can bite people now."
Fu Xiuhuai gently pinched Lin Wan's chin and pressed her lips against his: "Bite again..."
"Hmm..." Lin Wan was slowly being eaten by the man. She wanted to bite him back but it was just an act of kindness. Instead, her body became more and more uncomfortable with his kisses and bites.
"If we go to Lushan in the future, let's go together, okay?" Fu Xiuhuai's eyes were fierce, but his lips were gentle.
Lin Wan nodded dazedly, not caring about Lushan tourism anymore.
She deeply realized that it was impossible to reason with a drunk person, so she could only go along with him.
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The next day, employees, returning to work after the New Year's Day holiday, chatted and chatted, feeling a sense of nostalgia for the arrival of another new year. Many were eagerly anticipating the coming Lunar New Year, preparing for New Year's shopping and family reunions.
In recent years, many people have been moving south to work or do business, all for the purpose of making money. In the past, families always stayed together, but now there is more travel between the south and the north, and reunion during the New Year has become the biggest expectation.
Lin Wan was writing furiously at her desk, with gossip about the Zhang and Li families constantly drifting to her ears. She paused with her pen, thinking that the New Year was approaching.
Lin Wan has complicated feelings about the Chinese New Year.
Before she was nine, like every other child, she looked forward to Chinese New Year. During the festival, her parents would return from the city, and the family would finally be together. But when she was nine, she heard at the New Year's Eve dinner that her parents were going to give her away for adoption. From then on, Lin Wan began to dread Chinese New Year.
At first, when she was ten, eleven years old... During those years, Lin Wan always had nightmares a few days before and after the Chinese New Year, but she didn't tell anyone. As time went by, the deliberate forgetting gradually eased her emotions, and Lin Wan slowly recalled some happy things about the Chinese New Year.
After being admitted to Jiangcheng University, she had always returned to Linjia Village by herself after winter break. This year, she was worried that might be difficult. She even wondered if her stomach would flare up during the Lunar New Year holidays.
Thinking of the child and Linjia Village, Lin Wan inevitably thought of the child's father. Chen Jun's words yesterday were always imprinted in Lin Wan's mind.
But she was about to ask it last night, but because she was interrupted by the man, Lin Wan's consciousness was blurred and she couldn't remember what to ask.
His face felt hot, and the tip of the pen pressed against the paper again, and the dragon and phoenix danced without stopping.
The canteen of the garment factory gradually became lively at noon. At around 11:50, Lin Wan and Qin Fang went to the canteen with a few older sisters. Amid the noisy crowd, they ordered a meal and joined the crowd.
Sister Yang, who was in charge of registering and organizing the internal purchase quotas for coats at the garment factory, had just gotten out of her busy schedule and couldn't help but sigh, "I hadn't realized before that the female workers in our factory are quite generous."
The coats are made of high-quality materials, pure wool, and are dyed with excellent pigments, not to mention exquisite styles. The factory sells them wholesale to major department stores at a price of 35 yuan per piece, and the suggested retail price ranges from 55 to 65 yuan, which is basically comparable to Hong Kong and foreign goods in shopping malls.
The internal purchase price is naturally discounted, 33 yuan per piece, and one worker is only entitled to one spot. Even so, the number of registrations is still astonishing.
"I've never seen people so enthusiastic about buying clothes and pants for only six or seven yuan before."
Qin Fangai spoke frankly, "Sister Yang, those are old clothes. They're really... a bit old-fashioned in style."
"Comrade Xiao Qin, be careful those workshop directors hear this or they'll roll their eyes at you!" Sister Yang said jokingly, then lowered her voice to remind him, "But you're right. I've already ordered one for my daughter. It's a bit pricey, but it's great. I'll just treat it as a new outfit for the New Year!"
The employees in the garment factory registered actively and bought out the 200 new coats that were provided as welfare benefits. Seeing this, Lin Wan knew that the clothes would definitely sell well this time.
The eyes of the masses are indeed sharp.
This batch of coats changed the recent fate of garment factories' clothes being disliked and unwilling to be purchased. They were ordered by major department stores and shopping malls across the city. Once they were put on the shelves, they became popular all over the city.
The quality, feel, style and color were clearly displayed, and anyone who saw them would be unable to walk away. The high price did not stop the shopping enthusiasm of the citizens. Soon, the clothing factory received the second batch of orders.
Lin Wan used her quota to register and grabbed a coat, which she specially picked as bright red because her second sister liked red and said it matched her name.
Carrying the clothes they had just paid for, Lin Wan and Lin Hong met at the small restaurant opened by Tong Cheng.
The food arrived, and the aroma filled the air, but it couldn't attract Lin Hong's attention at the moment. She stared at the clothes Lin Wan handed her, her eyes twinkling like stars: "Is this the coat they sell in the mall? It's so beautiful! Many people in our factory are saying that it's impossible to buy it!"
"Yes, this is the first batch of clothing our factory produced after receiving investment and technical guidance from Hong Kong businessmen." Lin Wan felt a sense of pride in the factory for the first time. "Do they look good?"
"nice!"
"The internal quota is reserved for you. You can try it later. I think I remembered your code correctly."
Lin Hong almost wanted to hold the girl's face and kiss her: "You still miss me! I can't even buy it myself!"
Lin Hong enjoyed her meals even more after getting new clothes. She decided not to wear them for the first day of the Lunar New Year. "Wearing new clothes during the New Year brings prosperity. Oh... you've been spending the New Year at someone else's house."
Lin Hong looked melancholy. She hadn't realized it at first, but now she realized that this was Lin Wan's first Spring Festival after marriage, and she would spend it at her husband's house.
"Then I run back?"
"Don't!" Lin Hong glanced at her sister. "What will your in-laws think of you then? And what about your belly? How dare you run away? I estimate that you will give birth around the Chinese New Year. Hey, I'm going to be an aunt again."
Lin Wan subconsciously touched her belly: "Yeah, it's coming soon."
She didn't have a complete family since she was a child, but she hopes to give her child one.
"Second sister, do you remember when we were little?" The two sisters talked about the New Year celebrations in the past. The happiness back then was very simple, perhaps just a piece of fish on the New Year's Eve dinner, or just a dime of lucky money received on New Year's Day. "In the past, there were children from the city who came over, and my eldest brother was so envious."
"I remember." Lin Hong could no longer recall the city kid's full name. "His name was something like Jun. His clothes were so nice, they looked very expensive. The most important thing was that he had too much pocket money, more than our family had. I heard that some relative gave him the money, and he was so generous. Maybe it was his uncle? He always had snacks every day. All the kids in the village followed him and always got something to eat."
"Did his uncle ever come to our village and give us food?" Lin Wan couldn't remember it at all.
"Yes." Lin Hong remembered this incident. After all, it was rare to find someone so generous, and she had a deep impression. "When his uncle came to pick up the city kid, he gave candy to all the children in the village. It was such a big bag. He was so generous. Don't you remember? You said at that time that people were the best people in the world."
Lin Wan didn't have a very deep memory of her childhood, but after Lin Hong reminded her, she vaguely remembered: "It seems that there was such a thing. Someone treated all the children in the village to candy."
That was during the Chinese New Year, and it had only been two years since Lin Wan was adopted out by her biological parents. Because the adoption took place after the New Year's Eve dinner, Lin Wan had no expectations for the Chinese New Year since then. On New Year's Day, her heart was always wet. The rain did not fall, but was stagnant behind the heavy clouds, making it dull and unbearable.
The eldest brother Lin Chengwei and the second sister Lin Hong heard that the city kid was going to be picked up by his uncle, and that the uncle was very kind and invited all the children in the village to have candy, so they hurriedly called Lin Wan to go with them. Lin Wan was not interested, so she shook her head and refused, and went to sit on the mountain by herself.
At that time, all the children in the village went to collect candies, except Lin Wan. It was Lin Chengwei and Lin Hong who collected a few more and brought some candies back to Lin Wan.
"I didn't see my uncle, but I heard from Arya and the others that he was very tall! And he was driving a truck!"
Lin Wan had a few candies stuffed into her hands. Out of politeness, she praised him, saying that he was the best person in the world.
As her vague memories gradually became clearer, Lin Wan asked again, "Second sister, then you and eldest brother really didn't see that uncle at that time?"
"No." Lin Hong was very sure. At that time, she and Dawei wanted to see what the person who could give them so much pocket money looked like. Unfortunately, they heard that the person drove away in a small truck.
"Have I seen him?" Lin Wan was not sure about her memory.
"That's definitely not the case." Lin Hong knew that her sister only selectively remembered things from her childhood. "You didn't even go to the village entrance that day, so how could you have seen it?"
Lin Wan thought about it and realized why Chen Jun said that. Was there any other chance for her to meet Fu Xiuhuai?
After parting with her second sister, Lin Wan slowly returned to the villa area, rubbing her round belly in a daze. For some reason, she was always anxious to know the whole story, even though it was clearly not a very important matter...
When Fu Xiuhuai finished his work and returned home, Lin Wan asked him directly: "Have we met before in Linjia Village? That was the year you sent Fu Mingjun to live with your relatives."
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