People need fun, but they have to pay a price for it.
Not long after, Xu Tong gave me another difficult question. With an unquestionable determination in her eyes, she asked me to buy a new car for her.
When I heard this, I frowned and secretly complained in my heart, but I pretended to be calm on the surface and tried to convince her: "Xu Tong, you are pregnant now and rarely leave the house. What do you need a car for? If you want to go somewhere, I can drive you there, right?"
But she persisted, her eyes flashing with stubbornness and resentment, and her voice was a little angry: "Humph, who said I should drive now? Can I wait until the child is born before driving? Besides, how dare I trouble you, a member of the county party committee, to be my exclusive driver every day?"
Her words were like a string of cannonballs, making me dizzy. I beat and scolded her, but I had to force myself to hold back the nameless anger. I sighed helplessly and tried to back down and advance: "How about this, the county government has moved to the new urban area, and my workplace is just a few steps away. If you want, you can just drive my car, so you don't have to buy another one."
When she heard this, she was so angry that her cheeks swelled up, her eyes were full of disdain and disgust: "I don't want your old-fashioned car, it's not a car for a woman to drive, it's embarrassing to drive it out!"
As soon as I heard her words full of joy and expectation, I knew in my heart that these were not just words spoken on a whim, but were carefully thought out and carefully prepared. I narrowed my eyes, with a bit of scrutiny and curiosity in my gaze, and asked, "Okay, then tell me, which car caught your eye and made you so concerned?"
She noticed the subtle relaxation in my tone, and her eyes lit up instantly, full of joy and longing. She quickly came to my side, her face blooming with a smile as bright as spring flowers, and said in a tender voice: "Dear husband, I saw an advertisement on TV, an Audi A4 in northern lights silver, it was so beautiful! Later I checked online, and the 2.0T displacement car only cost more than 30,000 yuan. I really fell in love with it at first sight. Honey, please fulfill my little wish and buy me one."
I frowned, a little bit of joy welled up in my heart, but I couldn't help but frown and lecture her: "I have told you so many times before, you are pregnant now, you can't always go online, radiation is good for the baby in your belly, why don't you listen?"
When she saw me like this, the smile on her face froze for a moment, but she quickly recovered her cautious and flattering look, like a kitten that made a mistake but longed to be forgiven. She gently pulled my sleeve and said softly, "Honey, I just surfed the Internet for a short while, really just a short while, it won't happen. I really like that car so much, please promise me, okay?"
As she spoke, she mobilized all the gentle cells in her body. Her voice was as gentle as the breeze blowing across the lake. Her eyes were full of pleading and love, as if if I agreed, she would fall into endless loss.
Seeing her like this, my heart softened instantly, and I could barely maintain my deliberately serious expression. I cleared my throat and tried to sound serious and earnest: "Xu Tong, buying a car is not a joke. We have to act according to the actual situation and do what we can. Think about it carefully. I only have such a small salary every month. Even if I rack my brains and think of ways to buy a car, will we have to live a tight life in the future? And driving such an expensive car out, isn't it a bit too ostentatious?"
After hearing what I said, she didn't flinch at all. Instead, she smiled even more brightly. Her eyes curved into crescents, and she looked at me with trust and admiration. She said coquettishly, "I know exactly who my husband is. I know you can definitely afford this car. I promise that I will listen to you and live an honest life in the future. I will never show off."
I can't tell whether it was because of the remaining tenderness for her, or some unspeakable sense of compensation, but after her repeated soft and hard requests, I finally couldn't hold my ground and chose to compromise.
However, more than 30,000 yuan, this is a small amount that can be easily ignored. It was like a heavy rock, pressing down on me and making it hard for me to breathe. It was really hard to ask my relatives and friends to borrow this money. After thinking about it, the last "savior" that came to my mind was the money in Zhang Fangfang's card.
I gritted my teeth and paid him a visit with a feeling of trepidation and uneasiness. As soon as I entered the door, I pretended to be calm and didn't dare to get straight to the point. Instead, I played with Ning Yu first. As usual, I asked about his study situation with concern, watched him do his homework seriously, and gave him some encouragement and praise from time to time. After Ning Yu finished his homework, he skipped downstairs to play with his friends. The room instantly became quiet and the atmosphere became a little subtle.
I took a deep breath, trying to make my expression look natural and casual, and said casually: "Fangfang, look at this house, the furniture is so simple, and there is no money in the card, so you can buy some new ones to give the house a new look."
Zhang Fangfang's expression today was quite complicated, neither enthusiastic nor cold as ice. However, her eyes already concealed a deep sense of defense. She narrowed her eyes slightly, staring at me straightly, her tone calm but with a hint of sharpness that was easily detected: "Guan Hongjun, let's not beat around the bush, just be frank, are you thinking about the money in the card?"
My heart skipped a beat, but I still managed to stay calm. I put on airs and said seriously, "Fangfang, you can't say that. I've told you before that the money is for you and Ning Yu. I never thought of taking it. But... I'm really short of money recently. I need to turn the money around. If you lend me some money for emergency, I will definitely write you a note and will never default on the debt."
She snorted coldly, with a mocking smile on her lips, which sounded particularly harsh in the silent room: "It's easy for you to say it, but who would say nice things? After all, you are just using me and my son as free accountants to keep the money for you. For all these years, I have never touched a single cent in the card." With that, she stood up and walked straight to the bedroom.
After a while, she walked out of the bedroom with a bank card in her hand, her face so gloomy that it seemed like water could drip out. She walked up to me, threw the bank card on the coffee table with a "slap", and said in a cold tone: "Take it, there are more than 5 million in it. I have been worried all day long with this money. If you take it, I can breathe a sigh of relief. The password is the last two digits of Ning Yu's birthday and the month and day. You can figure it out yourself."
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