Chapter 202 My Partner Has Arrived
Song Lubai casually placed the net bag of white apricots and a pound of brown sugar biscuits she had brought on the table next to the hospital bed, and greeted Yang Lizhen: "Comrade Yang is here today too, what a coincidence."
Yang Lizhen responded with a slightly unnatural expression.
Chen Weiliang said, "You can come to see me whenever you want, so you don't need to spend any money on me in the future."
Song Lubai said, "It's nothing, I don't have any tickets to buy good stuff. We're from the same hometown, this little bit of stuff is nothing."
After talking for a while, Yang Lizhen asked, "How's Comrade Song's work lately? I saw you at the division headquarters before, why haven't you been going there recently?"
Song Lubai said, "A female colleague in the Statistics and Planning Department went to give birth. I'm busy with the work in the Statistics and Planning Department right now. To be honest, I prefer being in the Statistics and Planning Department to the Secretariat. I used to run my legs thin when I was in the Secretariat."
Chen Weihao kindly suggested, "If you can transfer him back, you should."
Song Lubai laughed and said, "It's not very meaningful to transfer back. The leaders all have capable assistants around them. I can also play a role and find my own value in the statistics department. I am also happier at work."
After talking for a while, Song Lubai stood up and said with a smile, "I still have to go to the cotton mill. You guys chat, I'll go first."
Yang Lizhen breathed a sigh of relief when Song Lubai left.
Although she has divorced Wang Yang and is determined to be with Chen Weiliang, she still cannot face the expressions on other people's faces when they find out.
Lying on the hospital bed, Chen Weiliang's eyes were filled with mockery beneath his slightly lowered eyelashes, and a slight, sarcastic smile curled at the corners of his lips.
“I have never forced you. If you feel uncomfortable, just leave.”
Yang Lizhen panicked and grabbed his hand: "What are you saying? I was too weak before. If I had insisted back then, none of this would have happened."
She went on a three-day hunger strike before she was able to get a divorce. The path she had painstakingly forged could only lead forward, and she was determined to move forward as well.
She grabbed his hand and said, "My dad doesn't agree with what you said last time, Weiliang, why don't we just forget about it?"
Chen Weiliang withdrew his hand and said coldly, "I won't let Wang Yang's matter go."
"Don't come here again. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be lying here now."
Yang Lizhen bit her lip, and after a long while she said, "I'm not leaving. I'll talk to Dad about it later."
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After leaving the hospital, Song Lubai went to the cotton mill to find Xu Xiaoru. She came on the day the cotton mill was taking a bath, and after exchanging her bath ticket, she went into the bathhouse and had a comfortable bath.
She washed last year's white shirt until it was spotless, and it looked brand new on her. She changed into the green army pants that were issued last year for her lower body.
The pants are a bit worn, but because they are of very high quality, the wear is only frayed at the edges, not torn or ripped, so there is no need to patch them.
Feeling refreshed after a shower, I returned to my dorm and saw Wei Yang waiting for me at the alley entrance.
She looked surprised. "How did you find your way here?"
Wei Yang laughed and said, "I have a mouth, I can ask questions."
This is Wei Yang's first time here since moving dorms.
She exuded the fresh scent of soapberry, and her slightly yellow hair cascaded down her back, contrasting sharply with her fair complexion.
When she looked at him with her rosy cheeks, almond-shaped eyes, and a curved smile, his heart seemed to soar in the air.
No one looks better in a white shirt and green military pants than her boyfriend.
His partner is really too handsome.
Song Lubai pushed open the door and saw Sun Hong half-lying on the bed reading a book.
Sun Hong moved the book aside and saw Wei Yang at the door, and began to feel uncomfortable.
The scene he pointed out on the train played out in her mind.
She hurriedly got up without even saying goodbye to Wei Yang, and said nervously, "You two are busy, I'm going to the store."
Sun Hong ran off in a hurry, and Song Lubai felt a little embarrassed when she heard what she said.
What are they so busy with? Dating is just about finding a place to talk and having a meal at a restaurant; they can't do anything else.
After Wei Yang came in, he looked around the two-person dormitory room and said, "When we get back, I'll have someone make you a washbasin stand and a small stool."
The house is too small, and there's really no room for anything else.
Song Lubai made him a cup of brown sugar water. When she handed it to him, she remembered that he had said he didn't like sweets. Before she could pull her hand back, he took the cup and gulped it down.
The small room was cramped, and the two people were very close to each other.
At first, she didn't think anything of it, but after he stopped talking, Song Lubai began to feel how cramped the room was.
What brings you here today?
He looked at her and said, "What do I need to do to come and see my partner?"
Noticing his gaze fixed on her face, her face grew increasingly hot.
Song Lubai wasn't the only one who felt uncomfortable; the two of them didn't dare to look at each other. After a while, Wei Yang said, "My mom asked me to send back my boyfriend's photo. Let's go take some pictures today."
Song Lubai nodded.
She should also send her mother a photo of Wei Yang.
Once outside, Song Lubai's unease completely disappeared.
Thinking about her mother's divorce, she felt she should tell Wei Yang.
She doesn't think divorce is shameful, but his views may not align with hers.
After explaining what had happened, she turned her head and waited for his reply.
Wei Yang said, "It's good that we're divorced. If we weren't..."
Song Lubai asked in surprise, "So what if we didn't get divorced?"
Wei Yang shook his head and remained silent.
They haven't divorced yet. When he and she go back together, he'll definitely have to stand up for her.
Song Lubai couldn't understand why he would say it was better to get a divorce when he only knew about Liu Mei's affair and she hadn't told him anything more about Lin Dahai.
"Why is it better to get a divorce?"
Wei Yang: "He treated you badly. I heard from Li Guangming that he hit you."
Song Lubai suddenly realized.
“I fought back, but I will never forgive him for what he did in the past.”
The background paintings in the photo studios in Shicheng were very monotonous, and there were no better options, so the two of them chose to walk more than a mile with the photographer to take photos in the fields.
Behind them was a lush green wheat field. Following the photographer's instructions, the two stood in the designated spots and took two individual photos and one group photo.
After the shoot, the guard asked, "Can you add color to it?"
The photographer shook his head: "There isn't a single colorist in any of the photo studios in the entire Shicheng. We don't have that skill, so we can only produce black and white prints."
Colorists can use wolf-hair brushes to apply paint to the printed photographs. The coloring process requires meticulous attention to detail. When mixing colors, water must be used to dilute them to the most suitable color. Coloring and white space must also be appropriately applied according to the highlights and shadows in the photograph to preserve the three-dimensionality of the photograph. A color photograph requires a lot of effort.
Coloring photos is a highly technical skill; it's not something you can do well just by doing it casually.
Three copies of each of the three photos were printed. Each party kept one copy, and two copies were sent out. One copy was sent back to their hometown, and the other copy was kept by the other party.
After having lunch, Wei Yang took his girlfriend back to her dormitory and then went to see his former boss. It was from his former boss that he learned that his brother-in-law had gotten into trouble.
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