Chapter 36 Chapter 36
036.
After the wedding, Gu Tingzhou took a half-month vacation and decided to go to Guangzhou for his honeymoon with Song Chunman.
This time, their plan did not include bringing their daughter along. One reason was that they wanted to give themselves a break, and the other was that they wanted to buy a batch of jeans, which would be inconvenient to bring along the child.
The green train swayed for a day and a night, and finally slowly entered the territory of Guangzhou.
In her previous life, Song Chunman had been to Guangzhou, but she only stayed there for a few days in 1990.
Now that I have set foot here again, the world I see is completely different.
Although it is not as prosperous as it was in the 1990s, it is still much better than their place.
The asphalt road was steaming with heat, and the pedestrians were wearing clothes of the kind she had only seen in picture books.
The girls wore short shirts and skirts, their hair was curled into fluffy waves, and their lips were painted with shiny lipstick.
Most of the young men wore Dacron shirts with indigo trousers with the legs loosened and the seams crisp, looking energetic and neat.
The tall buildings were particularly eye-catching, and the shops on both sides of the street were crowded together. The glass windows were filled with colorful clothes, and Cantonese songs that they could not understand floated out of the loudspeakers. It was as lively as a pot of boiling sugar water.
They booked half a room at Liuhua Hotel.
It is close to Yangcheng Railway Station and the former site of the Canton Fair. It usually receives compatriots from the port city and trade merchants, and the main source of jeans is also from the port city.
In Guangzhou, they chased the sun during the day, visiting scenic spots. They craned their necks to count the auspicious beasts on the eaves of Zhenhai Tower, touched the traditional Chinese inscriptions of "Historical Scenic Spots" embedded in the cracks of the mottled brick walls, and watched the curling blue smoke from the bronze furnace in the Buddhist temple...
In the evening, they strolled around the night market, ate authentic Cantonese fried rice noodles, various porridges, barbecue, drank herbal tea that was more bitter than bitter melon, and listened to the old lady selling herbal tea telling stories about Guangzhou's ancient times.
After having enough fun, they went to the wholesale market to compare prices and choose styles. The man carried the bag and followed Song Chunman, bargaining with the stall owners together with her.
Half a month later, the two men returned to the military compound with several large bags of denim clothes.
As soon as I entered the door, Gu's mother came up to me with some sugar water and said in a low voice, "Sun Wenbin came a few times a few days ago and kept lingering at the door and refused to leave. I told him that you were going on your honeymoon, and then he left in a huff."
Song Chunman probably knew what this man wanted to do with her, which was to find out something about Xie Jinhe from her.
But these things have nothing to do with her anymore.
She would not tell Sun Wenbin.
She guessed correctly. Sun Wenbin had been troubled by the name Xie Jinhe for the past half month.
He knew that there was no smoke without fire, so he went to find Song Yushan and asked her who the man was, but Song Yushan refused to tell him and kept pretending to be stupid.
He also went to the school to look for Xie Jinhe, but he couldn't even see him.
No matter how much she was asked, Song Yushan didn't say a word and insisted that she didn't know any Xie Jinhe.
He even proposed to get married, but was directly rejected by Song Yushan.
From that time on, that thought kept circling in his mind.
Is this child his?
Did Song Yushan really like him?
At night, while holding the baby in the swaddling clothes and feeding him, he stared at the child's eyes in a daze. The more he looked, the more unfamiliar he felt, and the doubts in his heart grew like weeds.
So he didn't want to raise the child anymore and sent the child directly to the Song family. He said to Song Yushan, "I've seen this child. This child doesn't look like me at all. This child is not from our Sun family. You gave birth to him with a wild man. You raise him yourselves."
Song Yushan never thought that Sun Wenbin would dare to deny the child. "Sun Wenbin, what do you mean? I've explained to you so many times, this is your child!"
Although Liu Yongli knew the truth, they couldn't admit it at this time. She was so angry that she slapped Sun Wenbin. "Sun Wenbin, you bastard, my daughter was with you without any status before, and now you have turned your back on her. This is your child, don't you want to raise her?"
Song Zhiqiang's face flushed the color of liver. He slammed the enamel pot in his hand directly on the table, "This child is yours. If you dare to send him to our Song family again, I will make your whole family pack up and get out of the staff compound!"
Now, Sun Wenbin not only has to raise a bastard, but is also threatened, which makes him extremely angry.
At this time, he felt extremely regretful and wondered why he divorced Song Chunman in the first place.
Although Song Xiyue was not his child, she did not hide it from him. With her at home, there was someone to take care of his father and mother. He didn't have to do laundry or cook after work, and he didn't have to pay wages!
Now that he's with Song Yushan, let alone getting married, she hasn't taken care of the child for more than two months. Not only is his parents unfilial, they don't even give them money!
And this child may not even be your own.
How could he be willing?
So, he immediately shouted at the top of his voice at the Song family, "Why should I raise the bastard that Song Yushan is carrying? If you dare to ask us to get out, I will come to the factory every day to make trouble and let everyone in the company know what a good daughter you raised!"
This farce seemed to have grown wings and spread throughout the garment factory in just one day.
The fact that Song Yushan had a child out of wedlock had become the biggest topic of conversation in the staff dormitory. People in the factory looked at Song Zhiqiang as if he were a huge joke. The subtle pointing and criticizing were like sharp needles, pricking his ears again and again. Wherever he went, he felt like he had been skinned alive, and he felt uncomfortable all over.
He thought about how he had indulged Song Yushan over the years, spoiling her so much that she had never had to do housework, buying her the best fabrics, paying for her to repeat her years in college, and even turning a blind eye when she drugged her own daughter.
Now, this stepdaughter whom he regarded as a treasure not only did not bring him any benefits, but also completely ruined his reputation.
The factory also gave him severe punishment on the grounds of bad family tradition, lax discipline and bad influence.
The black and white words on the bulletin board were like a slap in the face, sending him from the respectable management level back to the greasy and noisy workshop.
He clutched the thin disciplinary notice, took a deep puff of his cigarette, and for the first time, felt like a complete fool.
He wanted to go to Song Chunman and apologize. He shouldn't have indulged Song Yushan and Liu Yongli so much and excluded him, his own daughter.
But his feet felt like they were filled with lead and he couldn't move for a long time.
Everyone in the staff compound knew that he was partial and that he was being cheated by his stepdaughter. Where could he put his old face?
Sun Wenbin had no such concerns. He had been running to the military compound these days, but the sentries stopped him outside the iron gate every time. Not to mention Song Chunman, he didn't even see the shadow of Gu Tingzhou, the office worker.
He waited for half a month, but did not see Song Chunman. However, he heard people in the military compound talking about her opening a clothing store at the corner of the street, which would open today.
He immediately asked for the address and hurried over.
When he arrived at his destination, the opening ceremony had already ended. Firecracker debris was scattered on the ground in front of the store, and colorful balloons made into a huge rainbow arch across the front of the store.
Above the store door, a brand new sign is bright and eye-catching, with the four big words "Xiyue Wardrobe" written on it.
In front of the store, the red carpet extended from the door to the street, and the woman he had been thinking about was standing at the door.
She had her hair permed into big, fluffy waves, and the ends of her hair were curled like blooming flowers, making her already petite face look even smaller.
She was wearing a light blue sleeveless waistcoat shirt with two buttons casually open at the collar, revealing her slender collarbone and white arms.
She was wearing a pair of dark tight flared jeans with a light blue belt around the waist. The lining of the pants outlined her slender legs and plump buttocks. The trouser legs were slightly flared, revealing a pair of black leather shoes on her ankles.
This outfit is simple and fashionable, just like those Hong Kong stars on the calendar.
She stood there, smiling and introducing the clothes in her store to customers, with an indescribable confidence in her every move.
"Chunman..." Sun Wenbin's throat tightened and he walked over subconsciously.
Song Chunman looked up and saw him. The smile on her face faded, and her eyes were as calm as a pool of deep water, as if she was looking at an insignificant passerby, "What's the matter?"
This faint "something happened" made Sun Wenbin very uncomfortable.
Only then did he realize that Song Chunman in front of him was no longer the person who loved him to death.
But when he thought about the purpose of his visit today, he unconsciously knelt on the ground with a plop.
"Chun Man, I was wrong!" The man's eyes were red. "It was all my fault before. I was blind and was deceived by Liu Yongli and Song Yushan! Can you forgive me?"
Song Chunman narrowed her eyes slightly. Is this man sick? She came here today just to apologize to him?
It seems that Xie Jinhe knows everything, or believes it.
"Impossible!" She snorted coldly, "Sun Wenbin, if this is all you came to me to say today, please just leave and don't make me ask anyone to kick you out."
Sun Wenbin pretended not to hear her words. He immediately knelt and crawled to her side, looking up at her, "Let's get remarried. I will definitely treat you and Yueyue well, even better than Gu Tingzhou treats you..."
His kneeling startled the customers in the store, and they all stopped to watch.
Song Chunman frowned, and a hint of disgust finally flashed across her eyes.
"Sun Wenbin, get up." Her voice was soft, but it carried an undeniable coldness. "This is my shop, not a place for you to act like a spoiled brat. Also, I'm married now, so watch your mouth!"
"I won't get up!" Sun Wenbin hugged her legs tightly, tears immediately falling. "Chun Man, please give me another chance for the sake of our relationship over the past four years! I promise to change all my bad habits and be good to you and your mother."
"Past affection?" Song Chunman kicked his hand away, her voice full of sarcasm. "What do you mean by husband and wife affection? How come I don't know? Have I ever been married to you? My husband has always been Gu Tingzhou. Don't slander me."
Every word was like a knife, piercing Sun Wenbin's heart with precision. His crying stopped abruptly, his face flushed red, his lips trembled, but he couldn't utter a word.
She actually pretended not to know him?
"If you don't leave, I'll let my man beat you up." Song Chunman looked at him and smiled.
Sun Wenbin shuddered as he looked at Gu Tingzhou who was walking towards him in the store.
Before he could react, Gu Tingzhou dragged him out.
Sun Wenbin was still struggling, yelling, "Song Chunman, you can't be so cruel! I'm Yueyue's father! You can't leave the child without a father!"
"Yueyue's father is me, not you." Gu Tingzhou kicked him directly and looked at him coldly, "If you cause trouble here again, I will send you straight to the police station!"
Sun Wenbin staggered backward like a broken sack and fell down.
He thought of the last time he was beaten by Gu Tingzhou and his previous threats, and shuddered with fear.
"Why don't you get out of here?" Gu Tingzhou immediately picked up a stone and was about to throw it at him. "I'm not wearing a military uniform today, so it's easy for me to hit him without any mercy."
Looking at his raised hand, Sun Wenbin was so scared that he crawled to his feet, holding his head and staggering out the door.
After the bad guy left, the air became much fresher.
Song Chunman took a deep breath, turned around and smiled at the group of stunned customers in the store, picked up a pair of jeans and said, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you all."
"How do you like this pair? They're a new style just arrived from Guangzhou. They're flared and really make your legs look longer."
The sunlight shone through the glass window and fell on her, giving her blue shirt a golden edge. Her face was calm, as if the farce just now had never happened.
Those bad people and bad things should have been left far behind, and her good days were just beginning.
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