Chapter 4 (8)
Luan Chengyun was the first to rush down.
The rescuers from the forest area arrived too late. Luan was the first to save the beautiful girl.
Yu Meng felt that several people probably drowned in this wild lake every year.
She witnessed Luan Chengyun's entire rescue process, feeling admiration but mostly disgust. Luan Chengyun even gave Weng Yue artificial respiration. Was that necessary? She was still able to speak when she came up.
She made sure Luan put his tongue inside.
He likes it this way.
At the entrance to the emergency room, Yu Meng stood with her arms folded. Luan Chengyun stood on the other side. Weng Yue was still being examined. The more Yu Meng thought about it, the more strange it seemed. He was everywhere! He was there to watch their son, to eat with them, to go boating with them. He was like a ghost, haunting them all.
Is he interested in Weng Yue? Or is he deliberately attacking Weng Yue to piss off Yu Meng?
Humph, in vain! She didn't care.
No. Could it be that he still had feelings for her? After all this, he still thought she was good? Yu Meng couldn't help but delight in her own charm. But she had made up her mind, and she was determined not to turn back. They were not suitable in any way. He was so rude and direct, and he didn't understand romance...
He is a sadist, she is not a masochist.
Even if you become a billionaire, it's useless. Even though you make a lot of money, you are still just a peasant.
earth!
vulgar!
He looks like a decent person, but he has yellow teeth! No matter how many times I tell him to wash them...
The smell of garlic could kill a few zombies... Oh no! Yu Meng didn't dare to think further. He had just kissed Weng Yue mouth to mouth, and he wondered if there was any garlic smell. Hahahaha... Yu Meng couldn't help laughing out loud.
Luan Chengyun came over and began with a cynical tone. "What a pity," he said.
"What's there to regret? Not kissing enough?" she sneered.
"It wasn't you who fell into the water."
Yu Meng said, "Are you cursing me to death?"
"No, no, I just missed an opportunity to show off."
"Thank you for your kindness. I can swim."
"When do you fly to Hong Kong?" he asked suddenly.
Damn it! She cursed in her heart. How did he know she was going to Hong Kong? Did Haoyu tell her? She hadn't even mentioned it to Haoyu! He checked on her?!
Yu Meng smiled and covered it up, "Fly directly to Shanghai."
Luan Chengyun said, "What a coincidence! They're not on the same flight, are they?"
Yu Meng changed the subject, "What about that woman?"
"Gone." He answered vaguely.
I'm willing to admit it. Luan Chengyun has one advantage: he's quite open about his shamelessness.
"After all these years," Yu Meng said, "you've learned so much from my school, but you still failed the course on how to look after women." She rolled her eyes at him.
Luan Chengyun laughed heartily. This laughter seemed out of place outside the emergency room. "I got full marks before I even started school, otherwise why would I have come to you?"
dirty!
Dirty!
Dirty!
Who doesn't know who?! They've seen the depths of each other's souls, illuminating even the tiniest speck of dust in their hearts.
Weng Yue was discharged from the hospital soon. She just drank some mountain spring water and had some close contact with Luan Chengyun.
Yu Meng's flight can't wait.
Han Xiqian received a message and said she'd come visit "Auntie," but she never showed up. Luan Chengyun was on guard. Yu Meng didn't bother to care—besides, Weng Yue didn't seem to need her much right now. "Don't worry about me... Go on... It's hard to get a ticket..." Weng Yue waved her hands. She was being shooed away.
Yu Meng reluctantly left—pretending to do so. She suspected Weng Yue was planning a romance with Luan Chengyun. Humph, let them be! Even if she, Yu Meng, ate meat, she had to allow others to have porridge. Consider it poverty alleviation.
Someone will pick you up as soon as you land.
Zu Liangcai was already waiting for her in Hong Kong.
Yu Meng had already planned two days on the plane. Day one, tenderness. Day two, looking at art at a friend's gallery. And then, shopping. She had to test Liangcai's financial resources. Most importantly, was whether he was willing to spend money on her.
Yu Meng doesn't consider herself a gold digger. When she chooses a man, financial strength and status are very important, not because these things are important in themselves, but because she wants to create a romantic atmosphere and an elegant life. Without these foundations, it's impossible to achieve.
Before the New Year was over, Di Liren had four complaints against Yu Jia.
First and foremost, he finally found out about his wife's plastic surgery. He heard about it from his sister, who was also planning to have it done.
Li Ren felt that this was simply a lie!
"Don't you think you're serious enough?" Li Ren criticized, referring to Yu Jia's forced smile in the photo.
Unjust. Yu Jia believes she's even more wronged than Dou E! She underwent micro plastic surgery to improve her appearance and make herself more appealing to others. Especially those who oppose her. What's wrong with having a pleasing wife?
"This is vanity!" Li Ren pronounced his verdict on Yu Jia.
Everyone loves beauty, so how can a little adjustment be considered vanity?
Yu Jia didn't take the first blame. "Who told you to tell Mom that I didn't want a second child?" Li Ren questioned.
This is the second charge.
Yu Jia felt wronged. So wronged… Yes, she said, it was because her mother-in-law asked, in front of so many people. She couldn't save face. She could only tell the truth.
"Isn't that the truth?" Yu Jia argued, "I want to give birth, but you don't agree."
Li Ren immediately said, "What do you mean by 'I don't agree'? That's just an appearance! I don't agree because the conditions don't allow it, the timing isn't right. I've just arrived and haven't established myself yet. It's time to start climbing. I've finally grown up and started thinking, but you're still burdening yourself with trouble? Do you have to talk so much to this extent? Can't you play Tai Chi, maneuver around, and say you're still trying? The old man just asked casually, isn't it up to us to decide whether to give birth or not? How can you not be strategic at all? You have no awareness."
When it comes to the political level, Yu Jia is speechless.
The second pot is on my back.
She had no place to complain—husband and wife didn't sleep in the same bed, so what was the point of having a second child?—and she couldn't tell her in-laws, not even her own family. For a wife to fail to arouse her husband's sexual interest was also a form of failure.
On the other hand, if a husband doesn't interest his wife, then it's also the wife's fault. Women should be loyal. Cheating? Not even a thought. Yu Jia certainly hadn't thought about it. She was just disappointed, disappointed that it all ended too soon.
"Also, what's going on with Yu Yi? And what about your third uncle? Isn't house demolition normal? Why is he so demanding? If he's dissatisfied, he can appeal and go through the formal procedures." Li Ren's tone became more serious, and he scolded, "Public is public and private is private. Why can't you tell the difference? I serve the people, not your family."
Yu Jia couldn't refute even a single word of this.
Home, family, was her eternal burden, a sweet burden. Honestly, Liren had done a good job. He had helped a lot over the years. It was those people in her family who were demanding too much.
Therefore, Yu Jia had to be extra nice to her enemies and their families as compensation for what her family demanded.
She paid off their debt.
Liren continued to educate his wife, "When Chairman Mao came to Beijing, Shaoshan sent a letter offering to help. The old man firmly refused. People must rely on themselves and cannot always rely on others. Be self-reliant and start a business with hard work."
Yu Jia remained silent.
"And what about those old colleagues, those dinners? What's the point of going?" Liren continued his criticism. "Some of them are just setting traps for you. They either come to see you, to see you around, or to ask you for favors. Is that meaningful? It's just ineffective socializing. We must be vigilant now. The more progress we make, the more we must prevent problems from arising."
Yu Jia had a gloomy face, like a primary school student who had made a mistake and was too afraid to look up after being criticized by the teacher.
Li Ren said: "Don't be upset. If you were not my wife, I would not bother to tell you so much. People should be aware of it."
Enlightenment, this word was mentioned by Li Ren several times.
Yu Jia increasingly felt that being Liren's wife was a political role. But in his eyes, she failed to meet that standard.
Before the Lunar New Year, Liren returned to the big city early, citing an urgent matter at work. Sisi still had a long vacation, so he asked her to stay with him for a few days. Liren asked Yujia to stay too, saying he only saw her a few times throughout the year.
Yu Jia obeyed.
The train ticket was rescheduled. But by the time I got to work, the tickets were sold out. I had no choice but to refund the old ticket and check it out anytime to see if there were any refunds available.
But once Liren left, the Di family's enthusiasm immediately plummeted—not to show off to Yu Jia, but simply because there was no need to curry favor. Liren's mom couldn't miss two rounds of mahjong a day. Her sister-in-law and her husband had returned to their in-laws' home. Liren's dad was full of parenting advice, and Yu Jia was constantly being lectured. Sisi smiled. There's always a way out. Even Mom was a student once.
Interestingly, when it comes to Sisi's study abroad, Liren's father and Yu Jia both disagree. But their perspectives differ: Yu Jia believes it's unnecessary, while Liren's father sees the issue from a long-term perspective, believing that learning Western ways abroad would hinder her future marriage. Of course, Sisi won't listen to her grandfather's advice. Her focused efforts have yielded significant results; she's passed the IELTS, and going to the UK is inevitable. The old man says, "Let her talk, let her talk, and she'll do whatever she wants. Once she's committed, she'll stick to it."
I was busy until almost eleven that evening. My mother-in-law came home and heated up a midnight snack for me. Then I could go inside and check my phone. I bought the ticket; it left at noon and arrived that evening. It was just a day early.
The unit was about to begin preparations for an inspection, so Director Zhang told her to go a day early. The leaders were all there, so she couldn't be absent.
Yu Jia lay in bed, the fluorescent lights off, leaving only a single yellow lamp on the nightstand. This room was reserved for Liren by her in-laws—a "forever room." It meant Liren would always be part of this family. Even if she wasn't already, she would be. It was so hard to find someone with a promising future. She had to seize the moment.
On the wall directly in front of her hung her wedding photo with Liren. It was old and faded. It was framed. In the photo, she seemed half-sitting, face tilted upwards, eyes closed, as if waiting for him to kiss her. Back then, she was incredibly beautiful. Purely natural.
Yu Jia couldn't help but touch her face. She grabbed a mirror and looked at it under the light. She looked at the person on the wall, then at herself. The difference was huge. Yu Jia felt a little sad. But who could she blame? She was the one who was taking care of herself. No, it wasn't just her skin. Looking closely, Yu Jia felt her temperament had changed, too. There was a hint of sadness, even a sinister look, between her eyebrows.
She is not happy.
She had to believe that appearance reflects the heart.
Her relationship with Liren was gradually reaching a freezing point. He didn't say it, but she could feel it. The successive promotions were the trigger. But at the core, she believed, was the difference in their ambitions. He was driven by a desire for success, higher, faster, stronger. He wanted to be the best. She, on the other hand, was content with a modest fortune, content with a simple life, and everything was trivial. He mocked her for her low self-awareness, which was also a sign of her being petty.
She felt a sense of crisis, trying her best to close the distance between them, but her efforts only made them drift further apart. Li Ren wouldn't look at her, wouldn't touch her. They'd been living apart for a long time, and even when they were together, they were still living apart. She and he were husband and wife in name only, but not in reality.
Yu Jia didn't dare to think further. He was the pride of her first half of life!
She once compared herself to Hong Fu, and her role model was Li Jing. It was she who discovered him when he was penniless, married him, stayed with him, witnessed his hardships along the way, and finally achieved glory.
Over a decade, he'd jumped four grades in a row—a miracle. Wasn't she responsible for this? She disagreed. With the surge in potential stocks, shouldn't she be the biggest beneficiary? Yet, Yu Jia didn't feel benefited, but rather victimized. Only the fish knows the warmth and coldness of the water! But she couldn't share her troubles with anyone. Not even her daughter.
No one will believe it even if I tell them!
It's not like her daughter hasn't expressed her own opinions. Sisi believes that her father is a good student, but her mother refuses to improve. In her eyes, her mother is outdated, unrefined, stingy, and has no future. She even thinks her mother's love of Kunqu Opera is outdated and for outdated people. She likes Kris Wu and fashion. Yu Jia is heartbroken. To comfort herself, she can only regard her daughter's "rebellion" as a normal generation gap.
Before leaving, Yu Jia gave her parents-in-law some money. She also told Sisi to listen to her grandparents and not run around. She told them to wait for her uncle, Yu Yi, to come and take her back to the city.
I was drowsy all the way and got home in the evening.
The room was quiet and the lights were on.
The bedroom door was ajar.
Yu Jia thought Li Ren was studying, so he walked over quietly and pushed open the bedroom door.
He screamed in fright.
Di Liren's phone fell to the ground. The video was still on. Liren was naked from the waist down. The scene was a mess.
He's dealing with a physiological problem. Self-help.
Oh no. Someone's helping him. The one in the video. Ahem... beautiful woman? She flashed by for a moment, like a ghost.
Li Ren quickly put on his clothes.
Yu Jia sat in the living room, clutching his chest, his mind a jumble of thoughts, unsure what to do. He'd seen it all. He couldn't just turn a blind eye.
After a while, Li Ren walked out of the bedroom and went straight to the bathroom without saying a word to Yu Jia.
The sound of a gentle shower.
Yu Jia took a deep breath, but the embarrassment he just felt couldn't be dispelled.
The old couple, at this moment, are like strangers.
Yu Jia's face was burning badly.
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