Chapter 15 fifteen

It was just dark at night when Xiao Tong finally got into Ouyang Lanlan's car and left the school.He never imagined that in the outskirts of Beijing, which is almost as crowded as the city, there is such a gorgeous and secluded manor hidden only a few kilometers away from their school. The car only drove for seven or eight minutes before leaving the road, passing through a fruit grove, and then around a cherry orchard. A straight tree-lined road brought them to the paradise-like courtyard.There are verdant lawns and old green trees in the yard, surrounded by a European-style villa.On the gray and white walls of the villa, there are vines that have grown this summer.Under the light leaking from the shutters, a few or two flying insects danced in a nostalgic and leisurely mood.

This is Ouyang Lanlan's home. Ouyang Lanlan parked the car in front of the villa, and immediately a servant who looked like a country boy ran down the steps, imitating the movements of the hotel doorman, and respectfully opened the door for her.Another bloated man in a neat suit stood at the door and greeted with a smile, "Lan Lan is back." Ouyang Lanlan ignored the mediocre smile of the middle-aged man, took Xiao Tong's hand up the steps, and entered the living room without looking aside.She took off her coat and threw it on the sofa before introducing the middle-aged man to Xiao Tong:

"This is Lao Huang, my dad's assistant." Ouyang Lanlan sat down on the sofa without introducing Xiao Tong to Lao Huang.A maid brought two cups of tea and put them on the coffee table.Xiao Tong stretched out a hand to Lao Huang, and introduced himself: "My name is Xiao Tong." "Ah, I'm Huang Wanping, nice to meet you." Lao Huang shook hands with him humbly and gave him his name.Then he said to Ouyang Lanlan: "Your father is upstairs, I'll go and tell him you are here." Old Huang went upstairs.A big yellow cat nimbly jumped onto the sofa, hunched over and rubbed against Ouyang Lanlan, trying its best to be affectionate.Ouyang Lanlan picked it up and kissed it, and then introduced to Xiao Tong: "This is Xiao Huang, but it should be called Lao Huang now, and it has just become a mother. This is the purest and most authentic Persian cat. "

Xiao Huang finished making out with his master, jumped off the sofa as if he had completed the welcoming ceremony, and walked away gracefully.Ouyang Lanlan drank tea and asked Xiao Tong to sit down.Xiao Tong didn't sit down, he stood in the middle of the room and looked around.This is a very small living room, and the furniture and lamps are obviously not made in China.The decoration and furnishings are not without vulgar piles of gold and jade, exaggeratedly displaying a kind of uncoordinated luxury.Ouyang Lanlan asked: "Do you like it here?" Xiao Tong agreed in response to the situation: "It's okay."

"This house will be yours from now on. It's called 'Cherry Villa'." Xiao Tong didn't respond to this kind of generosity, but asked indifferently: "Is your family an upstart?" Ouyang Lanlan looked at him indifferently, and replied without any embarrassment: "Forget it." Xiao Tong stood in front of the window and looked out.It was already dark and nothing could be seen outside.The windows were closed tightly, and there were many wild flying insects dotted on the glass.It was a sweltering night, but the air conditioner in the house was freezing.

He asked: "Why do you want to live in such a wilderness? Isn't it lonely to live here? Aren't you afraid?" Ouyang Lanlan said: "We have an apartment in the city. Taking you here is close to your school and there is no traffic jam, and I think you will like it here. People who are used to living in the city will like it here .Maybe you can still love the house and the bird.” Xiao Tong glanced at Ouyang Lanlan: "Are you Wu?" Ouyang Lanlan smiled but did not answer. Lao Huang came down from upstairs and passed a decree saying that the boss invited Mr. Xiao to go up.Ouyang Lanlan jumped up from the sofa and said to Xiao Tong:

"Walk." Lao Huang said: "Your father asked Mr. Xiao to go up by himself, and he wanted to talk to him alone." Ouyang Lanlan gave Xiaotong her inquiring gaze.Xiao Tong calmed down for a moment, tried his best to look nonchalant, and walked upstairs alone.The stairs are made of wood, imitating the narrowness of the defensive staircases in European castles.Xiao Tong tried his best to slow down his steps, and climbed up the stairs as if nothing had happened.Except for the sound of his footsteps, the upstairs was as quiet as an empty house. There is a door directly opposite the stairs.In contrast to the narrowness of the stairs, the door was disproportionately wide.The door was ajar, Xiao Tong knocked, but no one answered, so he pushed the door openly and entered.This is a dark study room, compared with the glitz of the living room downstairs, it looks more than simple.The bookcases extending from the sky to the floor are inlaid with ancient Roman-style carved wood decorations, not without deliberately emphasizing a kind of aristocratic obsolete.The writing desk is placed in front of the window, wide and heavy.The blackout curtains are drawn tightly.A semi-bright bronze chandelier hangs low above the head, and the sluggishness of the light inevitably makes the room somewhat stale and decadent.On the contrary, a computer installed on the right side of the desk clearly shows the era of the owner of the room.

There was no one in the room, but the sound of flushing could be heard in the bathroom next door.Next to Xiao Tong, there is an old leather sofa, obviously imitating the style of the 1930s, and the worn leather surface and faded wooden frame are all realistic and just right, like an old sofa placed in the corner. story.He hesitated whether he should sit here or not. His heartbeat fluttered a little. The bathroom door rang, and Ouyang Lanlan's father, Ouyang Tian, ​​came out, wearing silk pajamas, a bit like those national capitalists in the 1930s in movies.He barely glanced at Xiao Tong, then sat down on the executive chair behind the desk, and then said:

"Sit down too." Xiao Tong sat down on the leather sofa, which was harder than he imagined.They were far apart, the lights were dim, he could hardly see Ouyang Tian's face clearly, he only felt sicker and older than his first impression.The voice also seemed dull and hoarse. "How old are you this year?" Xiao Tong said truthfully, "Twenty-one years old." Ouyang Tian let out an "ah", then rested his head on the back of the chair and turned his face to the sky, wondering what he was thinking.Shaoqing said: "I always wanted to find someone older for Lan Lan. Lan Lan is too headstrong and needs a man to coax her and let her in. After a while, Lan Lan will go abroad Settled down. All aspects of the country are always changing, not necessarily when, it is not suitable for private companies like us to survive, so I want Lan Lan to go out first. I have to stay in the country for a while, so I hope someone Be there for her and take care of him. Can you?"

Xiao Tong said vaguely: "I can't say that well." Ouyang Tian seemed a little dissatisfied with his answer, and also a little surprised.He was stunned for a while, then said helplessly, "Let her go, as long as she is willing." Both of them were silent, as if the words were not congenial, Ouyang Tian finally said sullenly: "Go down and accompany her." Xiao Tong did not expect that the meeting with Ouyang Tian would end in such a short time.He breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, said goodbye and walked towards the door, but Ouyang Tian stopped him again: "Lan Lan has a few elder brothers who love her very much, so they hit you a little harder. I apologize for them."

Standing at the door, Xiao Tong had already pulled the wide and heavy door open with one hand. As soon as Ouyang Tian mentioned this matter, the expression on Xiao Tong's face could not help showing a bit of awe. "It's a pity that you are all wrong. I didn't do anything to Ouyang Lanlan. I'm not the kind of person who can't walk when I see a girl." When he saw Ouyang Tian open his mouth, he was stunned.He said excuse me with a triumphant smile, and walked out of the dimness of the study.His mood at this time was brightened by this last statement.He clearly felt that his image in front of them had added dignity compared to the day they met for the first time in a Japanese restaurant. Dinner is eaten in the restaurant of this villa.The dishes are home-cooked, but very delicately prepared.Tableware is also very particular.Ouyang Lanlan fed Xiao Huang while eating, while Ouyang Tian and Lao Huang drank a little white wine and talked a little more, which made the atmosphere of the banquet somewhat relaxed and casual.Ouyang Tian asked Xiao Tong how his health was, and whether he had any serious illnesses.Xiao Tong said that he had never been hospitalized except for cornea replacement.Ouyang Tian said that he seemed to have lost weight.Lan Lan immediately interjected defendingly: Only thin is capable.At such a young age, if he was like Lao Huang, he would be called Chubby.Lao Huang twisted his middle-aged body and said: I was actually as thin as Xiao Tong when I was young.Xiao Tong explained: The food in the school is poor. If anyone wants to lose weight, he can eat at our place for a month, and the insurance will work.Ouyang Lanlan lost no time in inviting Xiaotong to come here for dinner every night in the future, the chef here cooks delicious food.It's nothing to be thin, but nutrition must keep up.Xiao Tong declined and said: You go to school to pick me up every day, and the classmates will talk about it, so let's avoid it.Ouyang Lanlan said sincerely: I will give you a car, and you will store it in the parking lot opposite your school.Come here by car, but only ten minutes away.You can leave after eating, and your evening self-study will not be delayed at all. When Xiao Tong heard that he could drive alone, he couldn't help being tempted.He just learned to drive when he was addicted to it.So I asked: "Are you assured of my technology?" Ouyang Lanlan smiled and said: "I think I can become a teacher. I was not as good as you when I first started on the road. I will get you a driver's license later. With the book, you will be the driver." Xiao Tong said: "After just a few days of learning, it is not easy to test the textbook." Ouyang Lanlan said obliquely: "Go to another place to get a notebook, and then slowly find a way to change it here. It's not difficult." She pointed at Lao Huang, "He has a way, let alone the book, even I can also get you a few ID cards." Lao Huang flatteringly said to Xiao Tong: "I am more diligent in handling the tasks assigned by Lan Lan than the boss's tasks." Every sentence of the conversation between Xiao Tong and the owner of the Cherry Villa that night was recounted paragraph by paragraph during the joint meeting with Qingchun at noon the next day.The place where they met was arranged at the back door of a shopping mall not far from the school, which was the place Qingchun had chosen long ago.According to the anti-stalking method she taught, Xiao Tong came out of school and pretended to go shopping, then turned around three times and turned to the back door. The back door was a narrow alley, where Qingchun's car was parked.After Xiao Tong got into the car, the car started to move. Within five seconds, he turned out of the alley and merged into the rolling traffic on the main road. Qingchun was satisfied with his performance on the first day of entering Ouyang's house, and said a few words of encouragement, which made Xiaotong very happy.At the same time, Qingchun also agreed that he would use the opportunity of going to dinner every day to get in touch with Ouyang Lanlan's father more.During this interview, she also told him what to watch more carefully, what kind of words they said to pay special attention to, and the like.After confessing, Qingchun asked the driver named Du Changfa to drive the car to a secluded place near the school and put him down. Xiao Tong got out of the car and walked slowly to the school by himself, it was still early in the afternoon, so there was no need to hurry.The sun in the sky is very dazzling, but not poisonous.Xiao Tong happily looked at the chattering children crowded in the roadside stalls and the old man walking slowly on the sidewalk, feeling that everything around him was very moving. Ouyang Lanlan came at night, and she brought Xiao Tong a handheld phone.She said that since it is so difficult for you to make phone calls at school, you should keep this big brother by your side.At the same time, she drove a Japanese Toyota. Xiao Tong was very familiar with the car, and he told Lan Lan that the car was called the Toyota Camry.The car was probably new, and it was ready to drive. It also had a continuously variable transmission. Xiao Tong drove all the way to Cherry Villa, feeling very smooth. In the yard of the villa, several cars had already parked, presumably the house was already full of guests, but when they entered the gate, they found that the living room was empty.Seeing Lao Huang coming down from the second floor, Ouyang Lanlan asked him who was here.Lao Huang pointed to the upstairs and said something, but Lan Lan didn't ask any more questions.Xiao Tong could see that they were all a bit mysterious. Lan Lan ate dinner alone with Xiao Tong. After eating, Lan Lan asked Xiao Tong if he was in a hurry to leave. Xiao Tong glanced upstairs and said he was not in a hurry.So they went to Xiao Huang's nest at the back to see Xiao Huang's two sons and one daughter.A maid was feeding the kitten with a syringe that had its needle pulled out, Xiao Tong was amazed to see it.Then they went back to the living room, sat on the sofa, made tea and chatted, Xiao Tong asked you how long this house has been built, and whose land is it?Ouyang Lanlan said that we will invest in building a large-scale theme amusement park called "Cherry Paradise" here.The land belongs to farmers, and they really hope that Daye Company will invest here, so they allocated a piece of land to us first.We built this "Cherry Villa".Xiao Tong asked, are you going to build the amusement park or not? Do you really plan to build it or just talk about it to deceive other farmers?Ouyang Lanlan said, of course it has to be built, and the approval procedures are going through, what land acquisition.young crops.Environmental friendly.Resettlement from farmers to non-farmers.Culture and entertainment industry management, etc.There are hundreds of stamps to be stamped, and it will not be done overnight.Besides, the funds have not been raised, and the total investment is still 100 million short. Xiao Tong said with a smile: "It seems that the peasants want to benefit from you. I am afraid that they will carry forward the spirit of Yugong Yishan. The children and grandchildren have been waiting for several lifetimes." Ouyang Lanlan defended and said: "Where, we have already cooperated with them. They opened a restaurant in the city, and they lost money in the recession. We invested and transformed it into a luxurious dance hall, called 'Didu Nightclub. ', have you heard? Business is booming. Do you like to sing karaoke?" Xiao Tong said: "Singing is not good, dancing disco is okay." Lan Lan said: "Whenever you are free, I will go dancing with you." The two of them were chatting endlessly, only hearing the sound of the stairs, Xiao Tong looked sideways, and saw Ouyang Tian accompanied several men coming downstairs.Except for one man in suits and leather shoes, who was imposing, the rest were all in short shirts and jeans, dressed for walking around the streets.The gentlemanly guest greeted Ouyang Lanlan, saying that Miss Ouyang looks better the longer she grows. Is it a happy event or well-maintained?Ouyang Lanlan just stood up to show politeness, but her face was cold and she didn't reply. Those people glanced at Xiao Tong in unison, Lao Huang hurriedly introduced, "This is Lan Lan's boyfriend." Then they withdrew their scrutiny eyes and said ah ah amiably. A group of people walked outside the door and stood beside the car to talk. Ouyang Lanlan got up and said to go to the bathroom.Lao Huang asked Xiao Tong for the keys of the Toyota Camry, saying that the car was in the way and he moved it.Unexpectedly, only Xiao Tong was left in the living room.Xiao Tong walked to the door and gently opened the door a crack, wanting to listen to the conversation in the yard.At this time, someone had already got into the car, and several voices were saying goodbye.Suddenly someone said: "Boss Luo, you'd better go and have a look at that product tomorrow. If you have any questions, you can talk to them face to face." Then came Ouyang Tian's voice: "Where did you plan to see the goods?" "On the edge of National Highway 004, there is a warehouse there." It was Ouyang Tian's voice again: "Do you want to pay on the spot?" "If you are satisfied with the goods, the other party will ask you to pay and deliver the goods, so you'd better take a look for yourself, after all, it's worth millions." Ouyang Tian still said: "I'm not going, you know better than me whether the goods are good or not, just go and have a look. You take the money with you, and if it's really genuine, you can make a decision for me." Xiao Tong heard these words very clearly, and from the crack of the door, it was the guest in suit and leather shoes who spoke.At this time, Lan Lan suddenly called him from behind, unexpectedly startling him. "Xiao Tong, do you want to go?" He turned his head to try to calm down, and said, "Yes, I should go too. There will be a speech contest at school in a few days, and I have to hurry up and recite the words." As he spoke, he walked out of the house and came to the yard, where the guests had already boarded the car.He paid special attention to the car of the guest in a suit, which was a white Audi parked in the innermost part.He politely said goodbye to Ouyang Tian briefly, then took the key handed by Lao Huang, and got into his Toyota Camry.Before the car started, Ouyang Lanlan ran over and knocked on his glass again.He rolled down the car window and asked with his eyes. Ouyang Lanlan said: "Come for dinner tomorrow." He nodded at her and started the car.Seeing that the white Audi was dawdling for some reason and hadn't started, he turned his head and said to Ouyang Lanlan: "Tell you, Lao Huang, to introduce to others, just say that I am your friend, and don't add the word 'male' in front." Lan Lan rolled her eyes: "Aren't you a man?" At this time, several cars, including the white Audi, had already started, and the sound of the motors filled the originally quiet courtyard, Xiao Tong had no choice but to raise his voice: "We agreed, we are ordinary friends now, have you forgotten!" Ouyang Lanlan patted the car angrily, and she also raised her voice, with a sense of pride in her voice! "Okay, I haven't forgotten! Whatever you say is what you say!" Xiao Tong looked at her and also at the white Audi driving past him.He said loudly to Ouyang Lanlan: "Ouyang Lanlan, I admire you!" "What do you admire about me?" "I admire your personality!" He stepped on the accelerator, and the Toyota Camry rushed, chasing after the white car that drove out of the yard. It was dark at night, and tall poplars were planted on both sides of the straight tree-lined road.A swarthy canopy concealed a ray of nebula overhead.Their string of flashing and dazzling headlights meandered among the trees.After passing through the apple grove, bypassing the cherry orchard, and driving on the main road leading to the city, the birds and beasts scattered. Xiao Tong followed closely behind the white Audi, never leaving.Through the headlights in front of his car, he saw the illuminated rear of the Audi with the license plate: Jin E05320 hanging.Soon, they got on the Third Ring Road, Audi stepped up the accelerator and drove at a high speed.Xiao Tong's driving skills began to be stretched, and he showed his true colors. He saw that Audi rushing left and right in the traffic flow of the third ring road like a wild horse, and his Toyota Camry was in countless dangers after a little chasing.It didn't take long for him to be out of reach, even the mass of white flickering and submerging in the densely dotted red taillights ahead.