Chapter 27 Chapter 27 Just Live Well
Shen Bokang walked into the study with a sullen face, hesitated in front of the phone, and wanted to calm down, but the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He simply grabbed the phone and called the military region.
It was dinner time and Mr. Shen was also eating. When he heard the nanny say that it was Shen Bokang calling, he was immediately overjoyed. He put down his chopsticks and hurried into the study.
His eldest son and him had always been estranged, and the number of times he'd called him on his own initiative in recent years was rare. Each time, it was Old Man Shen who'd called him, asking if work at the research institute was getting less busy. Even then, he'd hang up after just a few words.
"Bokang, have you eaten yet?" Mr. Shen asked, "Why are you calling at this hour? Is there something wrong?"
He still has self-awareness.
Shen Bokang suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice, "I'm so angry that I can't eat."
Mr. Shen: “…”
If anyone else dared to talk to him like that, he would scold them harshly.
Of course, no one except Shen Bokang dared to talk to him like that.
"What happened?" Mr. Shen asked patiently. Although his son wasn't around, he knew his character. Like his mother, he was kind, honest, and generous. Not many things could make him so angry.
Shen Bokang calmly told the story of the fertilizer factory and Shen Weihong's comings and goings at the fertilizer factory. It was a purely objective statement without a word. He hung up the phone right after he finished speaking.
On the other end of the phone, Mr. Shen listened to the beeping sound, his face gloomy. After a while, he slowly hung up the phone and called the guard Xiang Weijun to come in.
After hearing Mr. Shen's instructions, Xiang Weijun's eyes flashed with surprise, but obeying orders is a soldier's duty, so he didn't say anything, saluted and left.
When Xiang Weijun reached the door, he was stopped by Shen Weihong. Shen Weihong glanced in the direction of the study and asked, "Brother Xiang, what did my uncle say to grandpa on the phone? Why didn't grandpa come out to eat after the call? Is he angry?"
Xiang Weijun smiled and said, "How could the old leader be angry with Professor Shen?"
Shen Weihong choked, but had to admit that Xiang Weidong was right. The old man often found fault with them father and son, but he was always very good-tempered towards Shen Bokang and Shen Weizhuo.
He felt uncomfortable. Firstly, he told Weijun a fact that they both knew but he didn't want to hear. Secondly, he could see that Xiang Weijun was deliberately changing the subject.
The old man had obviously instructed him to do something, but he was obviously unwilling to reveal it.
This is the basic quality of a guard, but it also means that the old man's orders to the guard must not be known by him.
Shen Weihong was extremely curious, but there was nothing he could do but watch Xiang Weijun leave.
He stood there for a while, then went out to the family building of the regimental-level cadres.
It was already dark. Shen Weihong stood under the streetlight in front of the family building, his eyes gently gazing towards the second floor. After waiting for a while, someone came down from upstairs, carrying a dustpan to take out the trash. Seeing Shen Weihong, they said, "Oh, Weihong, you're here to look for Yingxue. Why don't you come upstairs?"
Without waiting for Shen Weihong to answer, the middle-aged woman shouted at the top of her voice: "Yingxue, Weihong is looking for you."
Two figures leaned out of the second-floor window, and then the sound of footsteps was heard in the corridor, and two young girls came down the stairs one after the other.
The one walking in front was a woman with a round face and a student-style haircut. She looked younger, about seventeen or eighteen years old. Seeing Shen Weihong, she smiled with her eyes slightly curved and asked, "Brother Weihong, why are you here?"
Shen Weihong took out a few White Rabbit candies from his pocket and handed them to her, saying, "I want to talk to Yingxue about something."
Just then, the middle-aged woman came back after taking out the garbage. She held a dustpan in one hand and grabbed the round-faced girl with the other hand: "Hou Tongtong, come back here quickly." She pulled the girl away.
The girl who followed Hou Tongtong down was about twenty years old. She was pretty, but there was a hint of sadness between her eyebrows.
She walked up to Shen Weihong and said, "Weihong."
Shen Weihong's eyes softened all of a sudden, and he looked at her lovingly and said, "Yingxue, I want to tell you something. You'll definitely be happy to hear it."
Jiang Yingxue smiled helplessly: "What else can I be happy about?"
She took her father's sacrificed pension and the money she had saved through her frugal living over the years. She lost most of it after a trip to the south. She returned to South City feeling frustrated, and then she heard the news that Shen Weizhuo was getting married... She really felt that the whole world was dark these days.
Shen Weihong looked at her distressedly and said softly, "I can return the money you gave me tomorrow, and I can earn several times more. Isn't this worth being happy about?"
Jiang Yingxue was slightly stunned. If she could really earn several times more, then all the losses she had suffered in the south would be recovered.
But what kind of business can make several times the profit in such a short period of time?
Jiang Yingxue pursed her lips and did not ask the question. Instead, she said, "That is indeed something to be happy about."
She looked up at Shen Weihong, her face moved. "Weihong, you're the only one who would help me like this. You know, I want to make money not just for myself. I want to accumulate some capital, build a good career, ride the waves of the booming economy, and do my part to help this struggling country."
Like Shen Weizhuo, she became a leader of this era. He shone in the field of scientific research and became a shining star in the history of military industry. She bravely advanced in the economic field and achieved equally remarkable achievements.
——This was her dream.
Jiang Yingxue naturally would not tell these words to Shen Weihong, especially since Shen Weizhuo was already married, she would never tell these words to anyone else.
Shen Weihong didn't know what she was thinking. Looking at Jiang Yingxue's shining eyes, he felt a sense of satisfaction, and even the slight uneasiness in his heart became insignificant.
"Yingxue, your dream will definitely come true."
Jiang Yingxue was silent for a few seconds, with a hesitant expression on her face: "Weihong, what you are doing won't be dangerous, right? I don't want you to take risks for me."
Shen Weihong: "What are you thinking? Don't worry, I'm doing everything legal and compliant. There will definitely be no danger."
Jiang Yingxue nodded: "Then I'm relieved. You have to know that no matter how much money I have, it's not as important as your safety."
Shen Weihong was deeply moved: "Yingxue."
In Qiuzhi Lane, Liu Mianmian knew nothing about what happened in the military compound. In order to entertain Yu Guoliang, she took an hour off tonight. After dinner, she urged Yu Guoliang to go to a Western restaurant to "see the world". Yu Guoliang was still hesitant, but Aunt Liu expressed her interest and wanted to go.
So as we talked, the whole family decided to go to a Western restaurant to see the world.
After arriving at the Western restaurant, Manager Chen learned that Liu Mianmian's family was coming, so he specially arranged a seat for them where they could see the piano and also gave them a snack.
The family had just finished dinner, so they naturally wouldn't order staples like steak or pork chop rice. Yu Wan took the initiative and ordered a few cups of coffee and juice drinks.
Aunt Liu looked at the lemon slice stuck in the rim of the glass, then at the orange soda in the glass, and sighed, "This thing is poured out of the bottle, and there's a piece of fruit stuck in it, and it's so expensive? This is just a scam."
Uncle Wang took a sip of coffee and frowned. "This stuff is bitter, like drinking Chinese medicine." He was in good health, rarely got sick, and had never taken medicine. This time, he had a taste of medicine. But this thing was precious, so no matter how bad it tasted, he had to drink it. Otherwise, it would be a waste.
Yu Guoliang also had coffee. He tasted it a little bitter after taking a sip, but after tasting it carefully, he found it had a sweet aftertaste. He didn't reject the taste.
Besides, since we are in a Western restaurant, we must drink some Western food. If we drink soda, how can we brag to the villagers when we go back? Who hasn’t tried soda?
He sipped his coffee and looked around at the furnishings in the western restaurant, wishing he could write down every detail so he could describe it in detail to the villagers when he got back.
"This piano is different from the organ. It looks much more impressive and shiny," Yu Guoliang exclaimed. "Our youngest can really play this thing?"
Before he finished speaking, the sound of piano began to tinkle and dong, a series of smooth and beautiful melodies, like the gurgling of clear springs in the mountains, made the audience's hearts calm down unconsciously.
"Mianmian plays so well!" Yu Wan exclaimed softly.
Shen Bokang nodded: "Much better than Lao Kang from our institute. Lao Kang always claims to be a professional."
Shen Weizhou leaned back in his chair, the dim light of the restaurant casting a deep shadow over his features. He looked at the person sitting at the piano. Her posture was relaxed, her fingers skilfully moving across the black and white keys, her expression focused and joyful, a look not usually seen.
who is she?
This question popped up in Shen Weizhuo's mind again.
After experiencing a series of events including death, time travel, and rebirth, and seeing all kinds of things in other worlds, Shen Weizhuo does not think it is strange that "Liu Mianmian is not Liu Mianmian".
Moreover, he was not so arrogant as to think that he was the only one who had the opportunity to change his fate.
Although the soda was a bit expensive, the coffee was not something we were used to, and the piano music was not very understandable to us, we were still very happy and were still discussing the Western restaurant on the way home.
"The waiters are all young and pretty girls and boys. That boy even called me Madam. Wow, their attitude is so much better than that of the waiters in state-owned restaurants." Aunt Liu was so happy that her teeth were not visible.
"That's right! This is the first time I've seen such politeness since I came to South City," Yu Guoliang remarked. Whether it was the state-owned restaurant or the guesthouse where they were staying, the waiters all looked indifferent, not to mention the people at the fertilizer factory. Their eyes were fixed on their heads, and their disdainful attitude was not concealed at all.
"The decor is great, and aside from the odd coffee taste, there's nothing wrong with it." Uncle Wang also sighed, "No wonder their business is so good and they're making so much money."
Yu Wan and Shen Bokang looked at each other and sighed at the same time.
Faced with the surging economic tide, domestic enterprises and units still have a lot to learn.
After returning home, Aunt Liu took Yu Guoliang to the guest room, and everyone else went back to their own rooms.
After Liu Mianmian finished washing up, she threw on her shoes and went to bed.
She pinched her slightly sore feet, pondering a question that had occurred to her when she recalled the plot of the original book. Since this point in time is when the original owner returned to Nancheng in despair to find that Bai Yueguang was already married and was angered to death by his new wife, then the question is, why is Shen Weizhuo, Bai Yueguang, still fine?
I didn’t pay much attention to it before, but after careful consideration today, I found out that according to the plot of the original book, Shen Weizhuo should have died!
In fact, there was another incident during this period, that is, Yu Wan was involved in a car accident. However, the premise of her car accident was that after the original owner eloped, she was so angry that she went to the Liu family to argue, and the accident happened on the way back.
If she hadn't eloped, she wouldn't have gone to the Liu family, and naturally she wouldn't have gotten into a car accident.
Therefore, it was expected that Yu Wan could avoid death. After all, accidents are like this. Sometimes a second earlier or later may make a huge difference in the result.
But Shen Weizhuo's statement is a bit unbelievable.
After all, the fact that Shen Weizhuo is in poor health will not change whether Liu Mianmian eloped or not. Liu Mianmian believes that whether he eloped or not, Shen Weizhuo will die sooner or later since his health is so poor, right?
Thinking of this, Liu Mianmian felt depressed and uncomfortable.
"Can you move inside?"
Shen Weizhou had finished washing up at some point and was standing by the bed looking at her.
Liu Mianmian was startled. She looked at him and felt her heart in a mess. Hearing his words, she subconsciously moved inside to the wall. When she came to her senses, she saw Shen Weizhou took his neatly folded "tofu block" from the foot of the bed and spread it on the outside of the bed.
“…”
He accidentally took back the "high ground" again.
Liu Mianmian was immediately filled with regret, but then she thought, his "death date has come," so she decided not to argue with him. If he really died, wouldn't this bed, inside and out, be hers? Forget it, let him have it.
Shen Weizhou, completely unaware that he was once again being placed in "hospice care," glanced at her and asked, "Do you need me to go with you to hand over the fertilizer tomorrow?"
Liu Mianmian shook her head: "I originally wanted to go and take a look, but I told tattles, and if I go tomorrow, Shen Weihong will see me and know what's going on, so it's better for me not to go."
Shen Weizhuo looked at her. She was quite frank, so he characterized his behavior as telling tales.
"Besides, Shen Weihong is not a fool. If something happens tomorrow, it won't be Shen Weihong. It's better not to watch this kind of excitement." As he said this, he pulled the quilt up, and his voice became dull and vague. "Go to bed, good night."
Shen Weizhou subconsciously replied "Good night" and heard her laughing under the quilt.
After staring at her hair sticking out from under the quilt for a while, Shen Weizhuo pulled the light cord, and the entire room sank into darkness.
Shen Weizhou lay there, his eyes open, staring into the darkness. He didn't know how long it had been before he heard a low voice from the next room, "Shen Weizhou, you'd better stay alive." He said, "Hmm?" and turned his head to look inside, but he didn't hear her say anything else. He could only hear the sound of her gentle breathing; she had fallen asleep.
After a long time, he said "hmm" again.
The next day, Yu Guoliang went to the western suburbs to hand over fertilizers. After waiting for more than four o'clock, he hurried back to Qiuzhi Lane.
Yu Guoliang briefly described the handover process: "… Everything went smoothly at first, but then a group of people suddenly showed up at the back, claiming to be from the investigation team. They asked us to cooperate with the investigation. The fertilizer had been detained, and they would only allow us to move it after the results of the investigation were released."
He sighed: "Fortunately, those people said that the investigation results will be out in three days at most."
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