Chapter 12 The Beautiful and Lazy Second Uncle
Her second uncle was simply too handsome.
Chen Fangyang's shoulder-length hair was slightly messy but still beautiful. Shen Xuewei could smell the hair gel in his hair, which showed that he had taken great care of it before coming back.
A few stray hairs were deliberately left on his forehead, perfectly framing his face and adding a touch of melancholy to his appearance.
His face was slightly thin, his skin was fair, his eyes were deep and showed a hint of elegance, his nose was high and prominent, and his lips were thin.
He was wearing a long black coat over a blue shirt and a sweater vest.
He... is a person with a complex overall temperament, but not a heavy one.
If he wore gold-rimmed glasses, he would be the kind of refined scoundrel, the highly educated young man who couldn't have the woman he loved, as seen on TV later on.
But in reality, he was not complicated or melancholic; he was a very carefree person.
Of all the people Shen Xuewei knew, her second uncle was the first generation to adopt a "laissez-faire" attitude.
The biggest label attached to him is laziness.
There are twelve months in a year. He only goes out to work for four months each year, and does nothing for the remaining eight months, just goes home and lies down.
After the New Year, when I ran out of money, I went back to work.
Although he's lazy, he's good-looking.
A vocational school diploma is respectable, at least in this area.
As a result, he became a well-known figure in the surrounding area, with a reputation far better than that of Chen Fangqiu, who was involved in organized crime. Many girls were willing to marry him.
Logically speaking, such a person should be able to find a wife, but he indeed never married in his entire life.
It's not that he can't get married, it's that he's unwilling to get married, he's not even willing to have a girlfriend.
In his own words:
Life is short, so why worry about so many things?
Having a girlfriend, going out, doesn't it cost money? Buying gifts, doesn't it cost money? Doesn't time matter?
After marrying a wife, you'll have to have children and support the family. Wouldn't that be a lifetime of hard work?
Under the constant urging of his maternal grandparents to get married, he finally shrugged and said that instead of working himself to death his whole life, he should enjoy indulging himself as soon as possible, which almost made the two elders furious.
After Grandpa Chen and Grandma Xi passed away, he stopped working altogether and simply lay down completely.
They simply grow some grain each year to feed themselves.
Of course, he was too lazy to farm, and what he grew wasn't enough to feed himself, so he couldn't support himself either.
Finally, having no other choice, he had to go back to working odd jobs.
After losing contact with her parents, Shen Xuewei maintained contact with Chen Fangyang.
Every year at a fixed time, he would borrow money from her for medical check-up fees and living expenses, and he would always pay it back a month later, repeating this cycle repeatedly.
As Chen Fangyang aged, he became bald, obese, and greasy, and no longer resembled the handsome young man he once was.
Even so, there are still women who have been lusting after him since their youth, even though he no longer has any of the looks he had in his youth.
That woman's marriage was unhappy; her husband was not only abusive but also a gambler.
She gave birth to a daughter and endured several years of hardship living with her husband's family for her daughter's sake, but in the end, she couldn't help but divorce him and take her daughter with her.
Later, upon learning that Chen Fangyang was not yet married, she brought her daughter to his home and said she wanted to live with him.
Even when Chen Fangyang humbled himself and put himself in the mud, he couldn't change her mind.
Later, he resigned himself to his fate and let the mother and daughter move in, saying that they could live there for a year at a time.
If the mother and daughter can endure it for a year, he will get married to the woman after that.
The woman thought to herself, her husband's family has had such a hard time, and she has endured it for several years. What is there that she can't bear in this one year?
As a result, after only two months of living there, she packed her bags, cursing and swearing, and left with her daughter without looking back.
Because during those two months, Chen Fangyang was incredibly lazy, treating the mother and daughter like cattle...
Seeing that Shen Xuewei's eyes were vacant and she seemed to be thinking about something, Chen Fang waved his hand in front of her eyes.
"Little Weiwei, what are you thinking about? You haven't reacted at all after so long?"
Shen Xuewei came to her senses, looked at the person in front of her, called out "Second Uncle", and then confidently extended her hand.
Chen Fangyang silently watched the hand extended towards his face, a hint of embarrassment flashing across his face, before he simply placed Shen Xuewei on the ground.
He coughed lightly to cover it up, saying, "Well... my second uncle only has large bills on him, no change. I'll give you a red envelope later when I get the change!"
After saying that, he didn't even dare to look Shen Xuewei in the eye, and rushed upstairs to his room in a panic.
Shen Xuewei scoffed disdainfully.
She said he only had large bills and no change. Did she not know that he had no money on him?
If she wasn't mistaken, her aunt probably paid for her trip home.
She tried to wipe the lipstick mark off her face, but instead of cleaning it completely, she ended up reddening half of her face.
Grandma Xi, who had just returned from picking vegetables in the garden, saw her comical appearance, wet a towel, and helped her wipe her face clean.
"This must have been done by your auntie, that brat. She's always wearing makeup, making her face all red and white, and she even kissed you on the cheek..."
Grandma Xi muttered somewhat unhappily.
The farthest place Grandma Xi had ever been in her life was the town; she found it difficult to accept new things from the outside world.
When Chen Fanglan returned home with makeup on for the first time, she even thought Chen Fanglan was possessed by a ghost.
Although I saw Chen Fanglan wearing makeup many times afterward, I still wasn't used to it and would occasionally say something about it.
However, compared to her initial harsh attitude of demanding that Chen Fanglan remove her makeup and throw away all her cosmetics, this is much better. It's not unacceptable for her to say a few words to Chen Fanglan; it's nothing serious and it passes by quickly.
About half an hour after Chen Fangyang and Chen Fanglan returned, Chen Fangli also returned with Chu De'an.
As soon as Chu De'an saw Shen Xuewei, he pounced on her and begged to play with her.
Chen Fangli glanced at the siblings squatting under the yellow-skinned tree poking at the ant nest, and then reassured herself as she helped Grandma Xi prepare dinner.
By the time dinner was ready, it was completely dark.
A man carrying a flashlight returned, panting heavily.
The dim light illuminated the man's somewhat arrogant face; it was Chen Fangqiu who had returned.
Grandma Xi stepped forward and nagged, "You don't go to work, and you're never home. Where have you been all this time?"
When she saw the bruise on Chen Fangqiu's chin, her eyes showed heartache, but she patted Chen Fangqiu's arm forcefully.
"What a mess! Who did you get into this time? How many times have I told you to stay out of trouble? Do you want people to come complaining to our house? Your father and I are so old, how many more years do we have left to live? You better settle down and stay home quietly..."
After all that she said, Chen Fangqiu just twitched her lips and gave a perfunctory reply, "I know."
Then he sat down directly by the fire pit, his face sullen and silent, seemingly lost in thought, looking rather gloomy.
Despite his young age, Chu De'an was not afraid of him.
He pulled Shen Xuewei to his side, squatted down, and leaned close to his face to ask him:
"Uncle, did you hit someone again? My mom said it's wrong to hit people."
Chen Fangqiu turned her head, looked at him, then glanced at Shen Xuewei, and forced a smile.
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