Chapter 19: Shi Meilan is with a rich man! Why did Shi Meilan leave him...
The hotel was also a very cheap one, with a dilapidated wooden door, damp sheets, and a light that wouldn't turn on except for a single candle. The room was cramped, and the door was covered in colorful cards. Everywhere exuded a sense of shabby poverty.
Li Jianye was brought in and thrown onto the bed, his head still dizzy from the blow. Seeing Wang Yulian sitting beside the bed, holding a candle and looking at him seriously, he moved his tongue and mumbled, "Money? Didn't you give the money to the factory to buy a job a long time ago? What's wrong with the money?"
Wang Yulian's words, "I gave someone money today but they said it was fake," came to her throat but she swallowed them back.
Yes, her money had been used to buy a job a long time ago, so if something was going to go wrong, it should have happened a long time ago, not now. She wanted to ask when the problem with the money occurred, but she couldn't ask "what happened to the money during this period of time", it should be "what happened to the money some time ago", but the money from some time ago would not have been delayed until now to cause problems.
Too complicated, the logic is stuck.
After turning those truths and lies over in her mind several times, Wang Yulian found that she couldn't ask. The truth and lies mixed together would easily be found to be problematic. If Li Jianye pressed her on the subject, she wouldn't be able to justify herself.
Lies are like this. It is difficult for people to hide something perfectly in life, especially when it comes to money.
She thought about it several times but couldn't figure out where to start asking about this matter. At this time, Li Jianye was already drunk and fell asleep on the bed.
Wang Yulian tried to wake him up several times, but finally held back.
It's useless to wake Li Jianye up now. There is not a penny left in Li Jianye's family. Although the homestead and land are still there, they are all left by Li Jianye to his two children. At that time, Li Jianye was visited by the parents of his students and wanted to break his legs, but he did not sell the homestead. Now he will not sell it to make 200 yuan for Wang Yulian. She may still have to rely on her and her daughter's salary to pay back this money.
Moreover, if this matter becomes a big deal and is investigated, Li Jianye will not only find out that she lied about having no money, but it may also cause trouble for Manager Lu in the garment factory. Manager Lu will also know that her husband had left a long time ago and she was in an affair with another man.
This is shameful.
Wang Yulian thought about it for a long time and finally decided to keep the matter secret.
Anyway, she has already entered the garment factory and has a good job. She can pay back the money slowly in the future. Thinking of this, Wang Yulian felt relieved. After all, the current situation would not crush her.
As for who replaced the money, Wang Yulian thought of several names.
Her money was kept in the house, and her daughter couldn't have taken it. So could it be Li Jianye himself who was crying "stop thief"? Or was it Shi Meilan's two sons?
Wang Yulian suspected everyone, but she had no evidence, and when she thought about it carefully, there was no reason. Shi Meilan's eldest son married a fool in order to pay back his father. If he really took the money, would he not pay it back?
Wang Yulian couldn't figure it out, so she could only put the matter aside for a while - oh, people are like this most of the time, there are some things that they can't figure out and can't solve, even if they are angry, they have to put it aside and pretend that they can't see it, but in fact, every midnight, Wang Yulian probably has to think about it: where did the money go?
But she can't do anything about it now, she still has to go to work and earn money to pay off her debts.
Wang Yulian stood up, borrowed a piece of paper from the shopkeeper, and wrote a note to Li Jianye.
The words on the note were very simple. She said she was going to work and left some money for Li Jianye, asking him to go back to the village first.
Now Wang Yulian and Li Jianye are spending Wang Yulian's money for their activities outside. Wang Yulian is a poor woman and has not saved much money. She can't afford such expenses at all. Since she can't find a job, she should hurry back to Lijia Village. At least the expenses in Lijia Village are not that high, and she can survive by working in the fields.
As for what Li Jianye will do in the future, we will talk about it later. After all, Li Jianye is such a grown-up, he will not starve himself to death.
As for the fact that Shi Meilan worked at Chunfeng Garment Factory, Wang Yulian had no intention of telling Li Jianye. She did not want Shi Meilan to have any form of connection with Li Jianye, nor did she want Li Jianye to hear this name again.
When Shi Meilan was still Li Jianye's wife, the two of them had affairs behind Shi Meilan's back. At that time, it was just exciting. But after Wang Yulian came to power, Wang Yulian's identity changed from the mistress to the boss. She became the former "Shi Meilan" and she would instinctively start to be on guard.
After all, she had experienced it before, so Wang Yulian was very defensive now. Shi Meilan became a stone in her heart. Wang Yulian always felt that she was being hurt by this stone, so she didn't want to mention it. She just left a note and left the hotel.
She ran quickly all the way to the garment factory.
There are no hotels in remote areas, and they are basically only found in the city center. She has to run back to the garment factory from the city center.
The garment factory dormitory would be closed at nine o'clock in the evening, and no one would be allowed to enter or leave. She couldn't be late because she had to go to work tomorrow.
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When Wang Yulian ran back to the garment factory and walked to the gate, it was around seven or eight o'clock in the evening.
At this time, the sky had darkened, and the setting sun fell to the west. The molten flames dyed the western clouds into a strange color, bright orange, and very beautiful.
In the open space not far behind the entrance of the garment factory, there is a construction team busy working. It is said that Chunfeng Garment Factory plans to build the first batch of buildings here, which will be regarded as the family buildings of Chunfeng Garment Factory, and the government has also provided support.
A real industry can bring about various economic developments. Although it is just a factory, it has solved the employment and life issues of many people. No wonder everyone is trying their best to get into this factory.
When Wang Yulian entered the gate of the garment factory, she suddenly thought of going out. She saw Hu Honghua also going out.
But in the blink of an eye, the two of them were scattered in the crowd, and no one knew where Hu Honghua was now.
Where is Hu Honghua now?
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Hu Honghua was having dinner in a private room at the Shen Family Restaurant.
The Shen's restaurant is the largest in the entire Chunfeng Town. After private businesses were allowed, Chen Chunxiang's father was the first to open a restaurant in the entire Chunfeng Town. The restaurant has grown bigger and bigger, and now it has become a well-known restaurant far and wide. The Shen's restaurant also contracts rural food banquets and prepares them directly at the door - what a coincidence, the chef that Mr. Li hired before was from the Shen's restaurant, but no one knew him at the time.
The restaurant's private room was very large, with a large round table and a glass turntable on it. After Hu Honghua and Chen Chunxiang entered the room, Chen Chunxiang ordered more than ten dishes in one breath, which made Hu Honghua's eyes full of stars.
In fact, her family is not short of meat. Other families only have meat a few times a year, but her uncle often goes up the mountain to hunt, and has all kinds of meat. However, her uncle's cooking is terrible, so bad that she can't eat a single bite. Now that she has suddenly witnessed the power of the Shen family restaurant, she can't even bear to leave the table and can't even lift her head to eat.
This is much better than what’s in the cafeteria! It’s even better than what Aunt Shi makes!
Hu Honghua was eating so much that she couldn't even lift her head, but Chen Chunxiang, who was sitting next to her, had no appetite at all. She kept sitting opposite Hu Honghua, staring at her.
Seeing Hu Honghua eating more and more, Chen Chunxiang's face became more and more saggy. Finally, she couldn't help herself and asked her, "Don't you have anything to tell me?"
Hu Honghua's face was puffed up, and he raised his head and stared at Chen Chunxiang for two seconds, then suddenly realized, swallowed hard, and said: "I don't know why Mr. Yuan chose me."
Many people have asked her this question, but she has no answer.
Chen Chunxiang's face fell even more.
Hu Honghua asked hesitantly, "If Mr. Yuan didn't choose you, can I still eat?"
"Eat." Chen Chunxiang slumped over the table in surrender, her face pressed against the cold wooden table, her eyes blank and lifeless. Suddenly, she muttered, "He must have been looking at me today."
Hu Honghua also nodded: "Yes, he must be looking at you."
Chen Chunxiang felt even sadder: "Then why didn't he choose me? We met when we were kids."
Actually...actually, I only saw her once when I was a child, but Chen Chunxiang has always remembered it.
Hu Honghua had just stuffed a piece of pork ribs into her mouth, and before she had time to chew it clean, she heard Chen Chunxiang continue, "But it's been a long time since we last met, he might have forgotten me."
In other words, even if he remembered her, he only remembered her as a friend he played with as a child, and he didn't care that much about her.
Just now she went to Manager Lu's office to make a scene, but Manager Lu was very gentle with her and said that Supervisor Qian commented on three people in their secretariat - oh, no, four people. One, Lin Xinran, who had just arrived, didn't count; one, Shi Meilan, was the main force of the secretariat and couldn't be transferred. She didn't work much; the only one left was Hu Honghua, who was honest and capable, so it was natural for them to choose Hu Honghua.
After all, jobs are won based on your own strength.
Chen Chunxiang felt even more sad. She thought that she could ignore other matters with Yuan Yao and just consider their feelings. But now she thought that Yuan Yao might not have thought so at all.
Chen Chunxiang lay on the table and couldn't get up. She was so sad that she was about to cry.
Seeing her good friend unhappy, Hu Honghua couldn't even eat her spareribs. She looked at Chen Chunxiang with a cowardly look and uttered the harshest rebuke an honest person could muster: "Why is he like this?"
"You are not allowed to talk about him!" Chen Chunxiang was angry again.
Hu Honghua was not the most cowardly, but only more cowardly. After being scolded by Chen Chunxiang, she held it in for a while, like a helpless old farmer squatting on the edge of the field, and squeezed out a sentence with a difficult face: "What should I do?"
I can't say it, and they don't choose Chen Chunxiang. What should I do?
Chen Chunxiang took a deep breath.
What to do? Beat her to death! Yuan Yao doesn't like her now, but that doesn't mean he won't like her in the future. As long as she persists, Yuan Yao will talk to her sooner or later.
"Hu Honghua." Chen Chunxiang climbed up from the table, looked up at Hu Honghua, and said, "Help me chase him."
Hu Honghua raised her head and asked, "How do I catch up?"
Chen Chunxiang gritted her teeth and said, "From today on, you will help me record all of his preferences. Tell me every little thing. I want to know everything about him. Knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in every battle! I will definitely be able to conquer him!"
Hu Honghua thought about it.
Aunt Shi had said before that anything concerning work had to be done according to Mr. Yuan’s orders, but Chen Chunxiang’s matter had nothing to do with work. Chen Chunxiang just liked Yuan Yao as a person.
"Okay." Hu Honghua nodded seriously: "I'll write it all down for you!"
When it comes to things other than work, she of course puts her good friends first!
Chen Chunxiang nodded with satisfaction.
The two of them finished their meal happily. Before leaving, Hu Honghua packed up a large roast chicken for Aunt Shi, while Chen Chunxiang rode a bicycle to take Hu Honghua back to the garment factory.
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Hu Honghua had a full stomach. Humming a little tune, she carried an oil-paper bag and returned to the female workers' dormitory at the nine o'clock curfew. She went to the fourth floor to find Aunt Shi.
When entering the house, Hu Honghua stuffed the chicken into her clothes to avoid being seen by others.
Work means you have to get along with your colleagues all the time. Many times, a couple doesn't see each other as often or live as close to each other as two colleagues, so they have to be tactful and cautious in many things, and avoid conflicts if possible. It's also best to be generous when eating and share some with others.
But Hu Honghua couldn't do that. She was reluctant to give up this little food, so she carefully hid the big roast chicken under her clothes and then walked quickly upstairs.
Previously, there was only one dormitory on the fifth floor, occupied by Aunt Shi. When Hu Honghua came, she chose a dormitory next to Aunt Shi. Later, as more people came to work, a few more households came, basically all colleagues in the same office. Now Lin Xinran and Wang Yulian have joined. These two people came the latest, so the room they chose was the most remote, at the entrance of the stairs.
As soon as Hu Honghua came in, she saw that the mother and daughter lived next door to each other.
Wang Yulian's door was closed and Lin Xinran's door was open. When Hu Honghua passed by, she saw Lin Xinran washing her clothes.
When she walked over, she couldn't help but look at Lin Xinran. After she walked past quickly, Lin Xinran stood up and closed the door. Neither of them paid any attention to each other.
When Hu Honghua returned to her dormitory, people greeted her along the way.
"Little Red Flower is back."
In fact, no one greeted her before, but since she became Yuan Yao's secretary, many people came to greet her. She responded a little uncomfortably, nodded all the way, and walked quickly past them.
Someone also noticed that Hu Honghua brought some delicious food and took a special look at it.
Although the food in the cafeteria is filling, it is not very oily. Hu Honghua smells like meat and it is obvious that she has brought back some delicious food.
Hu Honghua immediately tightened her clothes and ran to Aunt Shi's door and knocked.
"Come in." Aunt Shi said from inside the dormitory.
When Hu Honghua pushed the door open, she saw Aunt Shi had changed into pajamas and was sitting behind the table reading something.
The dormitory is not big, but it is made very cozy by Aunt Shi. There is a table facing the window with a small desk lamp on it.
Seeing Hu Honghua coming, Shi Meilan turned around, waved her hand and said, "Come here, I went to ask others what they do on business trips, come and write it down."
A business trip means that a group of people go out for official business and don’t know how many days they will be gone. They have to pack some spare clothes for the journey in advance. If there are any expenses incurred on the journey, the factory will reimburse them.
Shi Meilan also specially borrowed a suitcase from a colleague in the design department to pack clothes for Hu Honghua. The girl is older now and has a job. She is a respectable person. She can no longer carry large fertilizer bags from the countryside to pack things like before. As the old saying goes, clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse. What you wear when going out is the most important thing, and you can't let people look down on you.
Shi Meilan is worried about her child even though she has never left the house. What if she gets into trouble and loses her newly-minted secretary job?
No matter where you go, you have to learn and make progress. You must never be lazy or go with the flow.
In fact, Shi Meilan had never been on a business trip before. This was her first time working. She was full of vigilance and panic about all kinds of things she had never heard of. She always felt that she knew nothing and was afraid of being abandoned by this era and being looked down upon when she went out. Because she had a rural household registration, she was inferior to others in every way. So she couldn't help but inquire in advance. As long as she heard any movement, she would go back and tell her children.
Sometimes, she does look nervous and cautious, but there's nothing she can do about it. When people are in a low position, they worry about everything.
Hu Honghua hurried over, took out the food from her clothes and said, "Auntie, let's eat and talk at the same time."
Shi Meilan made some room and the two of them sat down at the table together.
The oil paper package was opened, and the fragrant aroma of the big roast chicken emerged under the dim desk lamp, gradually filling the entire dormitory.
The light from the desk lamp shone on both of them, like a small but firm happiness.
Tomorrow will definitely be a good day too.
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The next day, early morning.
Shi Meilan and Hu Honghua both got up early this morning. After they had a meal in the cafeteria together, Hu Honghua carried her suitcase and went to the fourth office building.
After entering the office building, Shi Meilan saw a small leather suitcase at the foot of Manager Sun's desk, and her heart immediately settled down.
Fortunately, Hu Honghua had prepared it in advance!
When it was time to go to work, Manager Sun took the rest of the office staff who were on business trips out, including Hu Honghua, a total of six people.
In addition, the people in the sales department went out to collect sales today, so the originally bustling office suddenly became empty and looked a bit lonely.
But! Shi Meilan's life has also improved.
Manager Sun left, and without her immediate superior, her tense nerves relaxed. After everyone left, she went to the front desk on the first floor and borrowed the front desk phone to call Lijia Village.
She had to talk to Hu Chengjun about Hu Honghua's business trip. Although he lived far away, he was still Hu Honghua's elder. If anything happened, Shi Meilan had to tell him as soon as possible.
Lijia Village is a remote place. There is only one telephone in the entire village, which is in the village branch. To make a call, you have to call the village branch directly. After the village branch knows who to call, they will hang up the phone first to save some phone charges, and then use the village branch loudspeaker to call people.
The loudspeaker at the entrance of the village was used to notify the entire village. If something happened, they would shout loudly through the loudspeaker, which even pigs could hear. Everyone in the village would hear it. Once someone in the village shouted over the loudspeaker, the person being called would come back to answer the call. Finally, they would wait for the person to arrive and call back.
This whole process will take at least ten minutes.
Shi Meilan waited at the front desk for about ten minutes, chatted with the girl at the front desk for a while, and gave her two coconut candies and an apple - you can't come here empty-handed when doing business there.
About ten minutes later, the landline phone rang and Shi Meilan answered it while standing by the counter.
Through the telephone receiver, Shi Meilan heard Hu Chengjun's voice coming from the other end.
"Hello?" The voice on the other end of the phone was a little low, and because the receiver added some noise, it sounded a little hoarse.
"It's me." Shi Meilan said, "I'm telling you, Hu Honghua got a promotion, and then she's going on a business trip for work. I don't know how long she'll be away. Don't worry, I'll be keeping an eye on her."
Hu Chengjun on the other end of the phone was silent for two seconds, then said, "Thank you."
Shi Meilan replied, "What are you thanking me for? It's my duty." She was about to hang up when Hu Chengjun on the other end suddenly said, "I've bought that restaurant."
Shi Meilan was stunned for a moment, and replied with a "What?" Then she heard Hu Chengjun continue, "I bought the restaurant where we ate before. I'll go there today. If you're free, we can—"
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It was July 2nd, and the weather was very hot.
The office of the village chief of Lijia Village is a two-story building built by himself. It is simple and plain. The first floor is the office, which is more than 80 square meters, and the second floor is the office. The desk in the office faces a large window. Outside the window there is a very tall tree with green branches swaying in the summer breeze. The branches rub against each other, making a rustling sound.
Hu Chengjun was now standing at his desk, looking at the branches outside the window, and heard his own voice fall with difficulty.
"us--"
"Let's have a meal together."
When these words came out of his throat, Hu Chengjun's palm holding the phone began to ooze out hot sweat, sticky to the phone. His heart was like a pig to be slaughtered during the New Year, running around in his chest. He raised his right hand involuntarily and pressed it on his chest, pressing down on his heart as hard as if he were pressing down on the New Year pig.
Stop running. My eardrums are numb from the sound of your heartbeat.
"You're buying a store! It's such a big deal, why didn't you tell me in advance?" Shi Meilan's voice on the other end of the phone suddenly became more excited: "How much did you spend? How long did it take? Do you have any employees? Do you know the store's sales?"
Shi Meilan is actually a person who worries a lot. No matter what happens to the people who are close to her and whom she cares about, she will worry about them. She used to worry about Hu Honghua, and now she has started to worry about Hu Chengjun as well.
Hu Chengjun's throat was glued shut, and after two seconds he replied, "Their boss quit and went home, so I bought it. It cost a thousand, including all the utensils and employees. I calculated it, and it's about this price."
He actually had no intention of opening a shop before, but that day, after sending Shi Meilan and Hu Honghua to work in the town, he returned to the small village alone and felt that the village was lonely.
The person in his heart and the responsibilities he carried were all left in Chunfeng Town, and his heart also stayed there. This small village also made him feel boring.
So Hu Chengjun turned back.
While Shi Meilan and Hu Honghua were learning and working in the garment factory, Hu Chengjun was also looking for a job he could do in the town. After searching for a long time, he felt that it would be best for him to open a restaurant, hire people to cook, and make money - he could also go hunting himself, sell game, and deliver it directly to his own restaurant, so he chose the mutton restaurant.
He really liked the feeling of sitting with Shi Meilan and eating mutton hotpot that day. The rising steam was warm.
Hearing Hu Chengjun say this, Shi Meilan on the other end of the phone wanted to take out an abacus to do the math. After all the calculations, she felt that she was not at a loss.
Buying a shop and adding employees, one thousand yuan doesn't seem expensive.
She thought again, no wonder Hu Chengjun could take out so much money to pay off Li Laoer's debt in his previous life. It seemed that he saved a lot of money from hunting - but for ordinary people, one thousand yuan was enough to empty his family's assets.
"Okay, I got it." Shi Meilan said, "When I get off work tonight, I'll bring some people to your place for a meal and liven things up for you. I'm going to hang up now and go to work."
After Shi Meilan finished speaking, Hu Chengjun on the other end of the phone hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay."
Shi Meilan hung up the phone, left the front desk, and returned to the office to continue working.
After she returned to the office, she took advantage of the situation and looked around, trying to pick someone to take with her to the mutton restaurant.
Hu Chengjun is Hu Honghua's uncle. When Hu Chengjun opens a shop, it is like a family shop. She has to invite a few people to go have a meal together to liven up Hu Chengjun's life.
But it’s really hard to find people in this office.
As for the secretariat, Hu Honghua and Manager Sun left, and Chen Chunxiang didn't come. There were only Shi Meilan and Lin Xinran in the secretariat. It was considered civilized and setting a good example if they didn't spit at each other behind their backs. It was impossible for them to sit down and eat together.
As for the sales department, Shi Meilan didn't have many acquaintances, so when she looked around, the first person she saw was Wang Yulian.
After Wang Yulian clocked in at the office today, she started talking with Tong Dazhi from the sales department. Since the offices were not far away, Shi Meilan heard that the two of them were planning to go out together to visit clients.
The sales department is like this. You just punch in and leave every day. The base salary is so little, and how much you can earn depends on your own ability and commission. Not everyone has a landline at home, so it is very difficult to get in touch, so if you want to sell something, you have to go to the door and ask directly, so there is basically no one in the sales department.
When Shi Meilan looked up, Wang Yulian was leaving the company with Tong Dazhi.
Shi Meilan looked left and right, and finally her eyes fell on the design department.
The head of the design department is named Gu Zhiwen, 21 years old, not married yet. She is a very talented girl with a gentle smile, but her personality is too soft. She is a bit similar to Hu Honghua's personality. Although she is not cowardly, she is too withdrawn, not talkative, and not very sociable. She is a bit unable to control the other designers under her.
Other designers always contradict her - this is impossible in the sales department and the secretariat. Manager Zhou will immediately turn hostile and curse loudly, and Manager Sun will be sarcastic and directly make things difficult for people. Only Gu Zhiwen has the best temper.
Shi Meilan invited the good-tempered Manager Gu and asked her, "Manager Gu, are you free tonight? My relative owns a great mutton restaurant. Let's go have some mutton soup together. It's my treat."
Gu Zhiwen was not familiar with Shi Meilan. When Shi Meilan invited her out, she was visibly repulsed and a little nervous. She obviously wanted to withdraw, but she couldn't find any other words to refuse. She could only sit there stiffly, pursing her lips several times, obviously looking for an excuse.
Oh my! Look how scared the girl is!
Shi Meilan quickly waved her hand and said, "It's okay if you don't have time. I can go by myself."
At this time, another male employee from the design department came over and interrupted, "Sister Meilan, how about we eat together? You treat me."
The employee who was speaking was called Wu Ya, the same employee who had wanted Shi Meilan to print for him before. He was only about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, younger than Shi Meilan. He should have been married at this age, but Wu Ya's family was said to have four boys, and Wu Ya was the third. With so many boys, it was difficult to find a wife, so Wu Ya had been delayed until now.
Perhaps because his family was poor, Wu Ya loved to take advantage of others and was lazy. Seeing that Shi Meilan was idle, he wanted Shi Meilan to work for him. Occasionally, when someone in the office bought some fruit, he would go up and ask for one. Now that Shi Meilan said she would treat him, Wu Ya came over immediately.
Shi Meilan politely declined: "How can you, a man, go out to eat with a woman like me?"
"Hey sister, we have a revolutionary friendship. You are so much older than me, who would dare to gossip about us behind our backs?" Wu Ya came up to her with a smile and said, "Let's go eat together. I'll get you hot water every day."
There is no place to get hot water on the second and third floors of their office building. If you want to get hot water, you have to go to the water room on the first floor where the water dispenser is located. It is quite troublesome.
"Okay." Shi Meilan agreed reluctantly: "A meal can't cost more than three yuan."
She just thought of it as helping Hu Chengjun.
Wu Ya quickly agreed, and when it was time to get off work, the two of them rode their bikes out of the garment factory and headed towards Hu Chengjun's mutton restaurant.
The wheels rolled over the neat cement road and headed all the way to the town.
Along the way, Wu Ya was flattering Shi Meilan with a joking smile, saying things like "Sister Shi is so beautiful", "Sister Shi is the most dazzling woman in the whole factory", and "If you don't know her, you would think Sister Shi is a little girl."
He didn't mean to tease Shi Meilan, he was just a sweet-talker and would flatter whoever wanted to take advantage of him. There was no other way, if he wanted to take advantage, he had to flatter people and make them happy.
Shi Meilan didn't believe what he said at all. She just let it go in one ear and out the other. She had made up her mind that even if Wu Ya praised her as a big shot, she would not spend more than three dollars today.
As the two of them were walking towards Hu Chengjun's mutton restaurant, they happened to run into Li Jianye coming out of the hotel.
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Hu Chengjun's mutton restaurant is right in the city center, and the hotel where Li Jianye is staying is also in the city center, only one street away. Li Jianye drank last night, and today he walked out of the hotel feeling dizzy and wandered aimlessly on the street.
He drank too much yesterday and slept all night until tonight. When he was upset, his whole body ached and he had difficulty walking.
He didn't get up by himself. It was the hotel owner who knocked on the door to wake him up - Wang Yulian only paid for one day's room. He came in at this time yesterday, so he had to leave at this time today. He was not allowed to stay overnight.
When Li Jianye was kicked out, his head felt as heavy as a large泔水袋. He could hear the sound of the brain fluid inside sloshing and hitting his brain with every step he took. Not to mention the dizziness, he was also hungry.
The money Wang Yulian gave him was only enough for his round trip fare, not even enough for a meal. He could only walk slowly on the street holding the note Wang Yulian gave him.
It’s too late. Is there any bus back to the village at this time?
If not, he wouldn't have the strength to walk back.
Li Jianye could only continue to wander around the town, with a few traces of restlessness and resentment emerging in his head.
How did he end up like this? How could he be so miserable?
He was clearly a respected rural teacher, had a good wife, two older sons, fields, land, and a job. How did he end up like this?
He hated it, he was annoyed! The feeling of regret was so painful that it gnawed at his heart!
Li Jianye was wandering the streets in a daze, not even looking up. He accidentally bumped into a passerby. Before the person could do anything, Li Jianye started cursing, "Are you blind?"
Seeing Li Jianye's ferocious face, the other party was frightened and hurried away.
Sometimes, when someone causes trouble for you, it’s not because you feel sorry for him or because you have a grudge against him, but simply because he is not having a good life.
If Li Jianye was doing well and continued to teach in the school, and Wang Yulian found a job and took good care of him, would he have become like this?
No, he would just feel that he was really great and start a happy day.
But now that he is not living well, of course he is complaining.
When people are frustrated, they tend to accumulate a lot of resentment and hate many people for no reason. If a dog passes by on the road, they will hate it because they think the dog has two more legs than them, let alone a person who bumped into them.
Fortunately, the man ran fast, otherwise Li Jianye would have thrown a tantrum and punched the other person - look, now Li Jianye is no different from those gangsters. Once a person is frustrated, he will lose his composure and become a person that he himself does not recognize.
After the man ran away, Li Jianye continued to walk aimlessly with his head down.
At this moment, Li Jianye saw Shi Meilan and Wu Ya arrive at the door of the mutton restaurant.
When Li Jianye first saw Shi Meilan's back, he opened his eyes wide and stared at her for a few seconds.
Is this Shi Meilan?
How did she do so well?
Shi Meilan was completely unaware of this. She had just gotten out of the car and was about to lock it.
The two of them got out of the car. While Shi Meilan was locking the car, Wu Ya hurried over to help Shi Meilan with her bag. With a fawning look on his face, he said, "Sister, come here. I'll open the door for you."
Shi Meilan was not used to a man flattering her like this and wanted to take her bag, but Wu Ya quickly dodged and continued to flatter her.
"I've already treated you all, how can I let you do this?"
As he spoke, he walked up the steps and pushed the door of the mutton restaurant.
There was a dim light hanging on the sign at the entrance of the mutton restaurant, illuminating the road in front of the door, and also illuminating Shi Meilan's face, her uniform, her bright eyes, and her rosy lips. At first glance, she looked very decent, and one might mistake her for a city dweller.
When Li Jianye saw another man flattering Shi Meilan, carrying her bag and pushing the door for her, his head buzzed and a surge of anger hit his scalp.
Shi Meilan was actually flirting with another man on the street! She's not a faithful woman!
As for whether to divorce or not—Li Jianye didn't even consider that. What's wrong with divorce? Even if divorced, this woman had been slept with by him, and her life would be marked by him. A divorced woman should be chaste and live a good life on her own. How could she go out to eat alone with another man? All women who go out to eat with other men are not good women!
Men are like this. Once they have slept with something, it should always be theirs. Even if Shi Meilan left the Li family, Li Jianye still believed deep down that this woman had to remain faithful to him. Many men continue to cling to women after they have broken up because of this mentality.
He could go and make love with Wang Yulian without any shame, but the same could not be said for Shi Meilan. Even if Shi Meilan left the Li family, she would still have to remain a widow and live a hard life alone. His fragile self-esteem and masculine nature could only accept that Shi Meilan lived a miserable life and came back to beg him for help, but he could not accept that Shi Meilan went out to eat mutton with other men.
He was living such a miserable life, yet they went out to eat mutton happily!
Why? Why did Shi Meilan live such a good life after leaving him? Looking at the way Shi Meilan was dressed, she must have found a rich man after leaving him and became his mistress! Otherwise, how could Shi Meilan be so prosperous?
At this moment, when Li Jianye saw Shi Meilan, he felt a surge of anger and shouted "Ao" on the spot, scaring everyone around him.
Li Jianye's "Ao" was really like his mother's, and was exactly the same as his mother's gnashing teeth and deadly behavior.
Even Shi Meilan, who had already walked to the door of the mutton restaurant, subconsciously turned around to look when she heard the noise.
It was not because of anything else, but because of this earth-shaking "Ao" sound, which was so familiar, she had heard it many times.
As a result, when she turned around, she saw Li Jianye running towards her with red eyes, reaching out to grab her hair!
"Shi Meilan!" he roared.
A disobedient bitch deserves to be slapped twice!
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