2.6w nutrient solution bonus chapter: I'll comb your hair for you, you...
Chapter 101
Upon hearing this, He Run was taken aback. "You traveled all that way back, but didn't acknowledge her? What was the point?"
Song Fenfang said, "Just watching her get married is enough."
He Run remained silent; he didn't know what to say.
He stood with Song Fenfang, looking out at the endless Gobi Desert. Suddenly, he asked, "Fenfang, why did you give up dropping out of school and leave with Meng Baichuan back then?"
Even after all these years, He Run still can't understand it.
Song Fenfang felt suffocated, so she opened the car window a crack. The cold wind blew in and made her feel much more refreshed.
"What else could it be? It's just rebellion."
“My parents treated me like an animal, but Meng Baichuan doted on me, so I went with him.”
When talking about what happened back then, Song Fenfang didn't feel bitter; instead, she even had a smile on her face.
This made He Run's expression somewhat complicated. "Then do you regret it?"
Song Fenfang answered decisively, "No regrets."
If she had another chance, she would still leave with Meng Baichuan. However, she wouldn't be so foolish as to go back to their hometown with him. If she had another chance, she would go with Meng Baichuan to a place where no one knew them.
That's how I'll live my whole life.
She didn't want her parents to bring her back again.
Don't separate from Yingying either.
Do not send it to the Northwest base.
She never wanted to be a genius; she just wanted to be an ordinary person, get married, have children, start a family, and live a peaceful and stable life.
Unfortunately, fate never gave her a choice.
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On October 18th, the day of Meng Yingying's wedding, she was pulled out of bed early in the morning by Zhao Yueru and Ye Yingtao.
The first night, she slept with Zhao Yueru, while Zhou Jingsong was kicked out of the house and had to squeeze into the dormitory with others.
The two sisters hadn't lived together for a long time, so much so that Meng Yingying and Zhao Yueru talked until almost midnight that night.
"Yingying".
"Um?"
Zhao Yueru sat up halfway through her sleep, her large pregnant belly protruding, and staggered to her own five-drawer chest, where she opened a locked brass box.
Seeing Meng Yingying's confusion.
Zhao Yueru then took out a key from an inconspicuous piece of clothing, and with a click, the small brass box was opened.
A row of small, golden yellow croakers.
It almost blinded Meng Yingying.
What are you doing?
Zhao Yueru took out half of it and pushed it in front of Meng Yingying, saying, "This is for your dowry."
"Yingying, I'm out of money." She was very frank. "And I need to save money for having a baby, so I can only give you this useless stuff."
Meng Yingying, "..."
Ten small yellow croakers.
The universally accepted gold currency became useless to Zhao Yueru.
Meng Yingying took a deep breath and corrected Zhao Yueru, "Yueru, these things are very valuable."
"What's the use?"
Zhao Yueru's voice was extremely calm, even tinged with disgust, "It can't be converted into cash, and it can't be spent. If someone sees it, it will become evidence."
"Evidence of going to hell."
“Yingying, I know what you mean, but to me, this gold is useless. I can only take it out to admire it in my spare time, with a lot of anxiety. Other than that, it has no other purpose.”
Meng Yingying wanted to say no.
She meant that gold would be very valuable in later generations, and that it might even rise to four figures per gram.
The gold in front of her was sold by the kilogram, but in Zhao Yueru's eyes, it was the most useless thing.
What was Meng Yingying supposed to say?
"What about later?" she tentatively reminded him. "These things will be very valuable in the future. Yue Ru, you should put these gold away and not take them out easily."
Zhao Yueru refused, saying, "This box of gold contains exactly twenty bars; you take ten, and I'll take ten."
"This is my dowry for you."
"Yingying, you have to have it. If you don't, we'll break off our friendship."
She spoke very bluntly.
Meng Yingying remained silent, then turned her head and showed Zhao Yueru the back of her head.
This is a silent resistance.
Seeing Meng Yingying like this, Zhao Yueru laughed. She hugged Meng Yingying from behind with her big pregnant belly and said gently, "Yingying, I have nothing else. This is all I have."
"Would you please accept this?"
When her family had their accident, all they could offer was this gold. Because the situation was so urgent, they didn't even have much cash to spare.
This box of gold was the last bit of capital her parents left her.
Meng Yingying remained silent.
Zhao Yueru used her coquettish skills, saying, "Meng Yingying, you're not being fair."
“You used to send me your entire monthly salary, and I accepted it all.”
"That money and tickets saved me and my child at the most critical moment."
“Yingying, even for this reason, you should accept the gold here. Besides, I didn’t give you all the gold; I only gave you half.”
Meng Yingying couldn't stand Zhao Yueru's coquettish manner. She turned her head, and in the moonlight, her face was as white as jade. "Yueru, this gold will be very valuable in the future."
She was still trying to dissuade Zhao Yueru from sharing half of the gold with her.
Zhao Yueru, "How expensive?" She raised an eyebrow and touched her belly. "Is it more expensive than the friendship between us? Or is this gold more valuable than the child in my belly?"
"Meng Yingying, in your eyes, is this gold more important than me and the child?"
She got a little angry as she said this.
"Even if you don't want them now, when I visit you another day, I'll stuff all these gold bars under your pillow."
"Do you want it or not?!"
A tone of gritted teeth.
Meng Yingying said helplessly, "I want it, I want it, okay?"
"Yueru, if you knew the truth, you'd think you were delivering gold; if you didn't, you'd think you were delivering poison."
Zhao Yueru wrapped her arms around her neck and chuckled, "Who told you not to want it? If you had just asked for it, I wouldn't have bothered with all this talking."
"Yingying".
She looked at her, her eyes gentle. They had known each other since they were seventeen and remained best friends ever since.
They had also been there for each other through the most difficult times.
Fortunately, after the storm passed, we were able to be together again.
After Zhao Yueru called Meng Yingying's name, she remained silent for a long time, so long that Meng Yingying thought she would not speak again.
She finally spoke, "I feel that you were able to see me off at my wedding, and I am able to see you off at yours; this is already a very lucky thing."
"Let's not argue about these material things. Are these things important? They are important, but not that important."
"If they were money, something that could improve your life, then it would be important, but they aren't. This gold is just some useless metal stone."
"Taking it out now would be the biggest problem."
"So don't be modest with me on this kind of thing."
Zhao Yueru rested her head on Meng Yingying's shoulder, her gaze fixed on the whitewashed wall. "I'm giving you these little yellow croakers because I hope you'll never need them in your life."
But when she actually needed to use it, she knew that disaster would befall her.
Just like the Zhao family, the Zhao family has stored this gold for almost a hundred years.
No one had touched it, but when the Zhao family was in trouble and disaster struck, there was nothing more suitable than gold to take with them when they fled.
She gave Meng Yingying the gold in the hope that if she encountered difficulties in the future, she could take it to a pawnshop for emergency relief.
But she didn't want to be able to use it.
Because reaching that point means that everyone is left with no other options.
Meng Yingying felt a pang of sadness upon hearing this, and simply hugged Zhao Yueru tightly, saying, "Yueru, thank you."
Thank you for always thinking of me, no matter when or where.
Zhao Yueru shook her head. "Go to sleep."
"Try to get this gold to your house tomorrow, but don't tell Qi Donghan."
"My husband, Zhou Jingsong, doesn't know either."
“My mother said that this gold is my last resort, and it is something that my husband must never know about.”
Meng Yingying nodded, "Auntie is really smart."
A mother who educates and cultivates her daughter before marriage, telling her to always have a backup plan and leave herself some savings.
Zhao's mother is definitely not ordinary.
She is also a good mother.
Zhao Yueru smiled. "She is indeed very smart."
"I want to wait until things are more stable here before I go to see her."
Meng Yingying was instantly surprised, "Aunt and Uncle are here?"
"exist."
Zhao Yueru said, "But it's not in Harbin, it's in Jilin."
Upon hearing the name Ji Shi, Meng Yingying's expression instantly turned strange.
"What's wrong?"
“I’ve been to Jilin City several times, but I never expected that my uncle and aunt were there too.”
Zhao Yueru smiled and said, "It was Zhou Jingsong who arranged it. He also wanted my parents to come to Harbin, but it would be too obvious and difficult to do, so he thought they would go to Jilin first as a temporary measure. If the opportunity is right later, he will try to arrange for them to come to the farm in Harbin."
“Yingying,” Zhao Yueru said, “I have never regretted marrying Zhou Jingsong.”
At this point, she looked up at Meng Yingying, her eyes revealing a hint of understanding, "So, please don't be afraid."
"Although Qi Donghan looks fierce, he is a very good person."
"If he mistreats you after you get married, you can come to me anytime."
"Yingying, don't be afraid, I will protect you."
She always seemed to know Meng Yingying's deepest fears, just like Meng Yingying was afraid of her father leaving back then.
On the day Meng Baichuan left, Zhao Yueru clearly couldn't contact Meng Yingying, but she could guess that it was Meng Yingying, at the darkest moment of her life.
Meng Yingying's eyes instantly reddened. She lay on top of Zhao Yueru, her voice nasal, "Yueru, how did you know I was scared?"
If she weren't afraid, she would have gotten married right after confirming her relationship with Qi Donghan.
Instead of dragging it out for so long.
Zhao Yueru reached out and patted her head. "Are you silly? I've been married before too. I was scared before I got married."
"But I figured it out later."
She smiled, the once flamboyant and bright girl now full of tenderness, "I need marriage to protect me, so let's get married."
“Yingying, we are essentially the same. I need marriage as a protective umbrella, and so do you.”
"A performing arts troupe with only talent and no connections will find it hard to go far." She could tell just by looking at Yang Jie. Although Zhao Yueru rarely talked about these topics, she understood them perfectly well.
"It's good that you married Qi Donghan. He's outstanding and capable. As long as he doesn't make any mistakes, he'll definitely rise very high in the future."
"The higher he climbs, the further your career can go."
"Yingying, we can't be too aloof. We need to learn to use others' strengths against them, and use what they have to achieve our own goals."
"That's the best way."
Instead of fighting alone like a trapped beast, which is the most arduous and also the easiest to fail at, one should strive to overcome adversity.
Meng Yingying hummed in agreement, "I know, Yue Ru."
"That's not all." She smiled, holding up her little finger. "I do have a tiny bit of a crush on Qi Donghan."
Zhao Yueru laughed heartily, "That's fine then."
"As long as you like him, that's fine."
A marriage without love is too unbearable.
The two sisters chatted about this and that until after 3 a.m. before finally drifting off to sleep.
It was only a little past six in the morning when Ye Yingtao and Lin Qiu ran over from their dormitory to help Meng Yingying with her makeup.
Ye Yingtao was a long-time member of the performing arts troupe, so her makeup skills were quite good, while Zhao Yueru didn't bother with makeup much after leaving the propaganda team.
So, she has forgotten most of it.
She simply assisted Ye Yingying, watching her apply those bottles and jars to Meng Yingying's face, bit by bit.
Meng Yingying was beautiful, with fair and delicate skin, making her easy to apply makeup to.
Ye Yingtao finished her makeup in just a few minutes, drawing her eyebrows, applying some powder, and putting on lipstick.
Just looking at it is enough to amaze people.
"Okay, that's all."
Ye Yingtao carefully examined Meng Yingying's face and made a slight adjustment, "I guarantee that when Commander Qi comes to pick up the bride this morning, he'll be completely smitten."
Meng Yingying smiled but didn't say anything. "That's not necessarily true. Commander Qi is a beauty herself."
However, Qi Donghan's beauty is a heroic beauty, so it's difficult to use that word to describe him.
As soon as he said that, everyone burst into laughter.
dormitory.
Qi Donghan also got up early in the morning. This was a rare time for him not to go for morning exercises. Instead, he changed into a white shirt, suit pants, and a black stand-up collar coat in front of the mirror in his dormitory.
It should be noted that the temperature in Harbin had already dropped below zero, but Qi Donghan still wore this thin coat just to look good.
This shocked Xu Wenjun. "Your coat is for autumn. You'll freeze to death wearing it in this weather!"
Qi Donghan buttoned his shirt all the way up, right at his Adam's apple, looking both neat and abstinent, which was truly captivating.
He glanced back at Xu Wenjun and said, "This dress is suitable for a wedding."
"It's not appropriate to wear a military uniform to a state-run restaurant."
Xu Wenjun: "I think it's quite suitable."
Qi Donghan straightened his shirt collar and then started fiddling with the sleeves. "You're all going to a state-run restaurant for drinks today, do you know how to change your clothes?"
"What?"
Xu Wenjun was taken aback.
"Would you change out of your military uniform into civilian clothes before drinking?"
"Of course not," Xu Wenjun said instinctively. "I'm just going out for a drink, not a blind date. Why would I dress up so extravagantly?"
Before he could finish speaking, he understood Qi Donghan's meaning: "Old Qi, are you worried that with a bunch of us in military uniforms, people won't be able to recognize the groom and he'll steal your thunder?"
Qi Donghan straightened his clothes and then bent down to polish his leather shoes, making them shine with an oily sheen.
"It's good that you know."
His tone was calm, yet highly sarcastic.
Xu Wenjun almost jumped up instantly, "Old Qi, you're cunning as you are, and you're still acting all high and mighty."
Qi Donghan polished his shoes and stood up. He put his watch on his wrist, looked in the mirror, and made sure he was meticulous and without any flaws.
Then he raised his chin at Xu Wenjun and asked, "Want to come with me to pick up the bride?"
Xu Wenjun hesitated.
Qi Donghan, with a heroic air about him, said in a calm and unhurried voice, "As far as I know, Comrade Ye Yingtao will also be accompanying my Yingying today."
Xu Wenjun immediately changed her mind, "I'll go."
"I'll go right away."
He changed his clothes and was about to come out when he ran into Chen Shuisheng and Gao Chunyang, and the two of them walked together.
Chen Shuisheng was born with a delicate and refined appearance, while Gao Chunyang was born with a sunny disposition, revealing eight dimples and exuding masculinity.
They collided head-on.
The smile on Gao Chunyang's face gradually disappeared.
Qi Donghan nodded at him, then looked at Chen Shuisheng and asked, "Do you and Liu Mang have time?"
"Come with me to pick up the bride."
It's just to make up the number of people, to make it more lively and visually appealing.
Upon hearing Qi Donghan's invitation, Chen Shuisheng subconsciously turned to look at Gao Chunyang, whose expression was somewhat sluggish.
Chen Shuisheng, "Now?"
"Yes, this will take up an hour of your time. We can go directly to the state-run restaurant for the wedding banquet at noon."
Chen Shuisheng nodded, "Okay."
"I'm going to find Liu Mang now."
Chen Shuisheng would naturally not miss the opportunity to cultivate good relationships with his superiors.
As for my good brother Gao Chunyang, I can only give up on him for now.
After all, his good brother wouldn't want him to miss the opportunity to climb the ladder, right?
After Chen Shuisheng left, Gao Chunyang was left alone in the corridor. He felt a little awkward and didn't know what to say, so he rubbed his hands along the seams of his pants and kept picking at them.
Even Xu Wenjun, an outsider, felt embarrassed for Gao Chunyang.
"Old Qi, why don't we go over there first, so we don't miss the auspicious time?"
Qi Donghan grunted in response. As he passed Gao Chunyang, their eyes met. His gaze was calm yet powerful, as if he were not looking at the rival who had once lurked in the shadows.
Instead, he was looking at his subordinates.
He stated in a flat tone, "Gao Chunyang, if you'd like, you can also come and have a drink at our wedding."
Without a trace of emotion.
This sent a chill down Xu Wenjun's spine. This was the epitome of destroying someone's spirit.
Sure enough, as soon as Qi Donghan finished speaking, Gao Chunyang's face turned pale instantly. "I have to do my duty today, so I won't go."
Qi Donghan stopped and said indifferently, "Oh, that's a pity."
"I'll treat you to a drink sometime."
He stood there, and although his tone was flat, Gao Chunyang felt an unparalleled pressure.
He forced himself to muster his courage and looked up at Qi Donghan. He was the groom today, wearing a black overcoat. His face was handsome and stern, with smooth lines in his eyebrows and eyes, a straight nose and mouth, and an extremely dashing and spirited appearance.
It is very precious and also very unattainable.
This is the real Qi Donghan; if he wanted to, he could crush everyone around him to the point of utter humiliation.
Gao Chunyang didn't even have the courage to speak.
It wasn't until Qi Donghan turned and disappeared around the corner of the corridor that he felt as if he had come back to life.
Just then, Chen Shuisheng called Liu Mang out, and when he came over, he saw Gao Chunyang, who was covered in sweat and pale in the freezing cold.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Gao Chunyang shook his head, wanting to say that he was fine, but he found that his throat was hoarse and he couldn't even make a sound.
He didn't speak, but the clever Chen Shuisheng immediately understood and thought of Qi Donghan, who had already left.
He sighed softly, "Gao Chunyang, why are you doing this to yourself? I warned you from the beginning that Meng Yingying was not someone you could fall for, but you just couldn't control your heart."
"Now that things have come to this, Commander Qi is the superior of our direct superior."
"So, are you going to continue staying at the base?"
Gao Chunyang didn't speak, but Liu Mang belatedly realized, "Gao Chunyang, you like Comrade Meng Yingying?"
"I also like Comrade Meng Yingying."
As soon as he said that, both of them looked over.
Liu Mang chuckled sheepishly, "Comrade Meng Yingying is so beautiful and kind, who wouldn't like her?"
"I like it too."
"But I feel I'm not good enough for her. She should be with Commander Qi. I used to see them walking together and I thought it was a pleasure to look at them."
Then, he looked at Gao Chunyang and shook his head at him, "You're not as good-looking as Commander Qi, and you've said so many bad things about Comrade Meng before."
"If I were Comrade Meng, I definitely wouldn't choose you."
These words were like rubbing salt into Gao Chunyang's wounds, causing his face to contort instantly. "Liu Mang!"
He can't act recklessly in front of Qi Donghan anymore, but can't he deal with Liu Mang?
Liu Mang ran very fast, saying, "Calling me won't help. I just think Commander Qi and Comrade Meng are a match made in heaven."
"You four-legged thing, you'd better not try to eat swan meat."
Gao Chunyang, "..."
Gao Chunyang almost laughed out of anger, "I'm a handsome man, how am I a toad?"
Liu Mang ignored him, and ran away after provoking Gao Chunyang. He chased after Qi Donghan all the way and then said, "Boss, I think you and Comrade Meng are a match made in heaven."
"They really are a perfect match!"
You know what, people looked down on Liu Mang because he came from the countryside and was very outspoken. Many people didn't like him.
But when he got to Qi Donghan, he was surprised to find that Liu Mang was a very pleasant person to talk to.
"You have good taste."
Qi Donghan rarely smiled as he spoke.
Liu Mang was stunned for a moment, then burst into ecstasy, "Right, right? From the very beginning, I felt that you and Comrade Meng were a perfect match."
Xu Wenjun, who was standing next to her, thought to herself.
Liu Mang may look simple-minded, but he's quite the smooth talker.
It was like being coated in honey; it completely charmed even a stern man like Lao Qi, leaving him utterly bewildered.
The Zhou family in the family compound.
While Meng Yingying was combing her hair, Commander Chen's wife, Xia Huilan, led Old Madam Song in.
Everyone was looking at her.
Xia Huilan said without changing her expression, "I specially invited the Ten-Complete Old Man to comb Yingying's hair today."
"Xiao Zhou, Xiao Ye, give the comb to—"
She didn't even dare to call out Old Mrs. Song's name. When Old Mrs. Song saw Meng Yingying, her eyes welled up with tears. "My surname is Hou, and my name is Hou Yulan."
"I have a son and a daughter in this life, and they are both very successful. People say I am lucky."
As she said this, she lowered her eyes and looked at Meng Yingying, tears welling up in her eyes. "So, Commander Chen and Comrade Xia asked me to come and comb your hair."
"I don't know—Comrade Meng, are you willing?"
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Author's Note: Bonus chapter for 26,000 nutrient solution! Ugh, my hands are killing me! I put on a medicated plaster, and when I tried to peel it off, it felt like a hair removal device—it hurt so much! I couldn't get it off!
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