Chapter 23 twenty-three

During these days when Ou Qingchun was on a business trip, Xiao Tong felt that life was really difficult.The disturbed mood made him no longer in the mood to accompany Ouyang Lanlan to have dinner every day.Apart from giving lessons to students of different ages and levels in the short training class and going to the library to read books, he rarely dated Ouyang Lanlan, never returned her calls, and rarely went home.It is almost always dormitory, classroom, cafeteria, library, four points and one line all day long.I was really bored at night, so I drove to the Didu nightclub to dance for a while, and then spent the whole night in front of the game console. The gatekeeper and manager of the "Emperor Capital", Lao Yuan, knew that he was Lan Lan's "near top boy", so everything was free of charge and he was taken care of very attentively.

So Ouyang Lanlan also began to wait for him in the "Emperor Capital" every day.She dances with him when he wants to dance, and watches while he plays games. Everyone in the "Emperor Capital" wondered, the boss's daughter has always had a bad temper, how did she turn a pretty boy into a good wife and mother?They privately said that the universe is really full of wonders, and the right way in the world is to drop one thing from another. The whole summer vacation was so boring and tiring.The new semester has started.After a make-up class during the holiday, Xiao Tong has become relatively relaxed in terms of courses.The disappearance of the stress made him even more unscrupulous and lacking in moderation, lingering on nightclub dance floors and video game consoles every night.Since Bai Cong appeared in the "Emperor Capital", people here have also gained a more side-to-side understanding of the boss's daughter.If we say that in the past, people only felt unfathomable and unattainable for this unsmiling and untouchable woman, then

So now in front of Xiao Tong, they saw her obedient and submissive side as a woman. They also know that she has a rival in love, and she snatched Xiao Tong from another woman.The story of this triangular relationship is widely circulated in the staff lounge, locker room and office of the "Emperor Capital" nightclub, and has been overly interpreted and produced countless versions that have changed the taste. In the past few days, the center of the story has shifted to Zheng Wenyan, who made her debut in full color.Xiao Tong had been with her for two and a half years, but he didn't realize that she was such a wonderful woman.He had been deluded by her consistent submissiveness in the past, thinking that her weapons of resistance were limited reprimands and instant tears.So when Wenyan was dressed as coquettishly and sexyly as those prostitutes, on a face that was smeared almost like a Japanese geisha, with bright red lips, walked into the nightclub and appeared in front of him , he could hardly believe that this was Wen Yan who watched him play under the big locust tree two years ago.He couldn't even guess where she got that miniskirt.

He was sitting at the bar counter of the nightclub drinking a glass of beer at that time, Wen Yan sat on the bar stool not far from him without looking at him, and she actually lit a cigarette, exaggerating with childish movements suck.Xiao Tong watched for a long time before he believed his eyes, and was still dumbfounded after watching for a long time.Wen Yan's attire and facial expressions everywhere express a mentality of revenge.Maybe she intentionally made herself look more clumsy and low-grade than other prostitutes, to stimulate Xiao Tong's mood and hurt his memory of the past.Her appearance immediately attracted some low-end male customers to strike up a conversation and buy her a drink.She never refuses anyone who comes, deliberately laughing loudly and carelessly, for Xiao Tong to listen to!

Xiao Tong couldn't take it anymore, he rushed up and pushed away the man who was entangled with her, grabbed her arm, dragged her off the bar stool, and dragged her to the corridor.Wen Yan struggled all the way and shouted at him: "You let go! What are you doing! You let me go! Who are you!" He dragged her to the corridor to let go, his face flushed, and he shouted tremblingly: "What are you doing! How can you be so depraved and shameless!" Wen Yan rubbed his sore arm, and shouted to him without showing any weakness: "You also know What do you mean shameless?Do you also know what is depravity?You want to open, I want to open too!I can't control you and you can't control me! "

Xiao Tong softened: "Wen Yan, I beg you, please! You can't do this no matter what, you are a girl! You're done for like this." Wen Yan sneered: "By the way, I'm done, I've been done a long time ago, I just want to live in a different way now. I'll learn from you and see if this place is exciting!" She looked around the gorgeous corridor with her eyes , laughed, "It's really nice here!" Xiao Tong was almost pleading: "Wenyan, I know I'm sorry for you. Is it okay for me to be a cow and a horse in the next generation to repay you? For the sake of our friends, I beg you not to humiliate yourself like this." Okay, you are a good person and my good sister, if you want to hate me and take revenge, I don't need to humiliate myself like this!"

The vicious smile on Wen Yan's face showed that she was already aware of her victory. This pleasure made her even more out of control, more and more wanting to squander herself even more cruelly. "Who are you? Are you qualified to teach me? Do you really care about me? Do you think I believe you still care about me? " Her tone has degenerated into a simple venting, but the original meaning of the language has become unimportant.Xiao Tong was indeed irritated, and began to hurt the other party with words and tone: "Okay, okay, then you go! I don't care about you, the bastard cares about you! You are willing to be a bitch and no one will stop you. Do you think you will be wanted if you paint your lips red, the bitch here They are all prettier than you!"

Wen Yan slapped him once, and then another.He grabbed her hand and pushed her away hard.Then he returned to the bar with his head held high, ordered beer and drank one after another, and drank brandy, and drank "Black and White Angel".Drunk, he saw Wenyan being hugged by several men, and manager Yuan from the nightclub led her into a private KTV room.Those men were also drunk.He heard them and Wenyan laughing loudly.Wen Yan was also drunk, her smile was particularly perverted.Xiao Tong staggered towards the private KTV room. Lao Yuan came up and asked, Mr. Xiao, is he drunk?I'll get you something to sober up... he

Pushing Lao Yuan staggeringly, he broke into the KTV private room. The light in the private room was dim and a bit ambiguous, and on the TV screen was a girl in a swimsuit who was acting coquettishly.Several men were singing along with her twists and turns, while Wen Yan was pressed on the sofa by a big man, laughing, cursing and struggling.Xiao Tong pointed at the big guy and said, let go, you fucking bastard!There was still a little room in his mind other than alcohol, so he suddenly recognized that the man was the guy who beat him black and blue for Ouyang Tian at the brick factory in the suburbs.Old hatred and new hatred rushed to the top of his head. He pulled Wenyan up from the sofa, and the man came up and grabbed him by the collar, swearing, he grabbed the wine bottle on the coffee table, and smashed it like a watermelon. As soon as he smashed it, several blood streams from top to bottom appeared on the face of the person, and the whole person fell to the corner of the sofa like a rice bag that had lost its center of gravity.

The singers were all stunned, standing there with microphones in their hands, Xiao Tong threw the broken wine bottle, pulled Wen Yan and pushed the door away. Lao Yuan rushed over and stopped him to negotiate with him about the bloody incident just now.He grabbed Lao Yuan and pointed at Wen Yan, yelling at the top of his voice, "Her, you are not allowed to let her in in the future, she is my girlfriend, you are not allowed to let her in, even buying a ticket! Do you hear me!" Old Yuan said: "Mr. Xiao, you are drunk! Are you not drunk? Why did you open Jianjun's scoop when you were not drunk! He is the boss' driver!"

At this time, Ouyang Lanlan appeared, and she was called by Lao Yuan.Whenever Xiao Tong and Wen Yan got into trouble, Lao Yuan called her.She saw someone helping Jianjun, whose head was covered in blood, preparing a car for the hospital.I also saw Zheng Wenyan, who was so heavily makeup and drunk that he was pushed out of the nightclub by several guards.Finally, she saw Xiao Tong who was throwing up all over the floor, grabbing old Yuan and yelling: "She is my girlfriend, you are not allowed to let her in!" Xiao Tong was almost dragged into Ouyang Lanlan's car, and he began to fall asleep as soon as the car started.Ouyang Lanlan brought him back to the Cherry Villa, and was carried into the house, removed his shoes and socks and his dirty coat, and put him on the bed. He was still as unconscious as a dead person. This was the first time in Xiao Tong's life that he was drunk, and it felt like a serious illness with a high fever.In the middle of the night, he remembered that he woke up once and saw Ouyang Lanlan sitting on the edge of the bed in a daze. She gently touched his face with her hands and asked something, but he fell asleep again without answering. He woke up again at noon the next day. The strong light of the sun made the whole room extremely bright. His head still ached like needles, and his whole body was weak and boneless.Looking left and right, this is actually Ouyang Lanlan's bedroom, which is more bright than warm.In his panic, he realized that he was half naked, and at that moment he felt ashamed of losing his body.There was a knock at the door, and Ouyang Lanlan came in, holding his washed and ironed clothes and trousers on his chest, and asked if he wanted to get up? Get up and eat something.He pulled the quilt tightly and said you go out and I will get dressed. Ouyang Lanlan smiled coldly and said, are you still afraid of me seeing it? I had already seen it all when I took it off for you yesterday.Even so, she went out. After getting dressed, he saw his face in the mirror, which was extremely pale, with black halos around his eyes.He thought he was drunk yesterday, the feeling of being drunk is really uncomfortable, and he will never drink alcohol in the future.He thought carefully about who he drank with and why he got drunk last night, and suddenly remembered that it was probably because of Wen Yan.For Wenyan, he even got into a fight with others.But if Ouyang Lanlan hadn't told him later, he would have completely forgotten who the opponent was in the fight and the outcome. Ouyang Lanlan asked someone to cook some light-tasting meals, and he felt a burning sensation in his stomach that was hard to swallow.Lan Lan said that you should rest here for two days to recover your body.Her words reminded him of something, and he said in a hurry that you should send me back to school, our speech contest for tomorrow's school celebration will be rehearsed this afternoon. No matter how fast he was on the road, he still missed the hour when he returned to school.The rehearsal was halfway through when we walked into the auditorium.With countless eyes of criticism, he walked up to Lu Lindong and made a low-pitched review. Lu Lindong said that tomorrow is the official match, so you should calm down and stay in this state. The rehearsal is to calculate the time, rehearse the rhythm and adjust the sound, because many contestants' speeches are accompanied by music.Xiao Tong's "Motherland, My Mother" is composed of the piano concerto "Yellow River".The chief director of the speech contest is the deputy secretary of the school league committee Remember, she asked each contestant to recite the speech as if it was actual combat.Although Xiao Tong arrived late and was arranged to rehearse at the end, Lu Lindong's confidence increased after the stage.I think that the voices of players from other departments are flat, their expressions are dull, and they will be vulnerable tomorrow.Xiao Tong said, people are keeping their hands today, deliberately acting mediocre and not tired of cheating, you have to talk to the department about the ugly words first, if I lose, don't be too unbearable.Lu Lindong said, they don't have such high intelligence to engage in such conspiracies and tricks, let's fight to keep the three principles unchanged.Xiao Tong said, would I have to be expelled from school if I want to be ranked fourth?Lu Lindong smiled and said: Don't worry, let's wait and see tomorrow! In the evening Xiao Zhong called Ou Qingchun's work unit and asked if Qingchun had returned from his business trip.He wanted her to come and see the speech contest.He had gone through a long period of rehearsal for this game, and he hoped that Qingchun could witness his demeanor that was only suitable for him on the stage. People in Qingchun's office said that she just came back from a business trip, but now she has gone to a meeting and the meeting has not ended yet.He called again after forty minutes, and it was Qingchun herself who answered the phone. He was so excited that he couldn't restrain it when he heard her voice: "Hey, it's me." "Ah, it's Xiao Tong, how are you?" "It's okay, how about you?" "I'm fine, too." Her voice could be heard tired, but her tone was cheerful.He asked: "Have you completed your mission? Did you go well this time?" "It's going well. The information you provided is very valuable, and I should thank you well." Xiao Tong said, "If you want to thank me, just promise me one thing, okay?" The person on the phone smiled, "You always like to talk about quid pro quo. What's the matter with you?" "Come to see my speech contest tomorrow. With your support, I will win." "Aren't you nervous when I go?" "No, I have been crazy alone since I was a child." "Okay, tomorrow I will go a little earlier, and I have something to talk to you about." Xiaotong didn't expect Qingchun to agree so readily. After all, it would take up her working time.He made an appointment with her for a time and place to meet, and they made an appointment. The speech contest was held in the newly completed auditorium of their school. The auditorium was jointly sponsored by several Hong Kong tycoons. It was designed by a world-renowned design master who had studied abroad in the early years after graduating from the Department of Architecture. a decent one.Its appearance is tall and majestic, and it looks extraordinary.It also gives people a sense of staleness, a kind of empty and tidy, which avoids the glitz and gaudyness of a new atmosphere, and also avoids the staleness in the future.The school is full of learned people, and any repetition, plagiarism, tailoring and vulgarity will not be applauded here.Although it is simple and simple, it has a cathedral-like structure, which makes you feel its luxury and value.The spiritual meaning of architecture is also a metaphysical thing, perhaps its essence is the same as religion, which is to make people humble. Xiaotong made an appointment here to meet Qingchun before the speech contest.Once the auditorium was completed, it became a new landmark building of the school, which is very easy to find.They met at the back of the auditorium, which was surrounded by green grass and woods.Dating a lover on the grass in front of a huge building, in Xiao Tong's view, has some European sentiment.Besides, standing under the burly body of the auditorium, he didn't feel humble and insignificant, but felt that he relied on its protection and prestige. Because today is an official game, he wore a dark suit.He was tall and straight, and the suit was bought in Germany and was of good quality, so it looked extremely appropriate.Sitting on the grass with Qingchun, he took off his suit jacket and carefully put it aside to prevent it from getting wrinkled.Qingchun is dressed very casually today, and those who don't know her will think that she is also a student of this school, a classmate of Xiao Tong. Xiao Tong is in a particularly good mood at this time, not as deep and serious as when he met Qingchun a few times ago.He sat or lay down on the grass in a dissolute and invisible manner, sometimes with his legs up to the sky.He and Qingchun were bragging about his masculinity, that is, the performance after being drunk the day before yesterday: Damn it, I beat the kid who hit me until his face turned red See color.I said I wouldn't let them beat him for nothing, and I'll have to beat him next time I see him, that kind of bastard will take hard things. Qingchun asked, "Where did you beat him?" "At the Imperial Capital Nightclub." "Why do you always go there, why are you into nightclubs?" "No, I'm going to play the game console." "Why are you still fascinated by this thing at your age?" "How can I find that bill for you if I don't play this thing." Qingchun said: "Xiao Tong, that's another matter. I think you are not young anymore, you should be more mature, stop playing game consoles, stop fighting with hands, keep your mouth clean and stop cursing. I know it's fashionable to be rough-mouthed in college, but I can't stand you like that." Xiao Tong said with half seriousness and half playful smile: "All right, all right, I'll listen to you, I've changed everything, I've become deep and elegant, will you love me?" Qingchun was silent.She might be disgusted by the frivolous tone Xiao Tong used to say this kind of thing. Xiao Tong didn't see Qingchun's displeasure at all, he still chased after him with a smile on his face without winking: "Do you think you like me or not? What's the matter if you tell me." Qingchun said, "Xiao Tong, we won't talk about this today." Xiao Tong said: "Why can't we talk about it? I will speak out what's on my mind, and you don't have to hold back. Do you like me? Or don't like me, hate me, think I'm immature, huh?" Qingchun said: "Xiao Tong, we are so far apart in age, do you think your ideas are realistic? Let's all be more sober." Xiao Tong said: "What's the difference in age? You can't be considered old and I can't be considered young. As long as two people are willing, there is nothing unrealistic. Are you afraid of what others will say?" "No, you know I like mature men." "I can be mature. I promise you that I will never play a game console again, and I will not swear Stop fighting, I will do what I say! " "A person's maturity depends not on his own determination, but on time. You are still obsessed with fighting and game consoles all day long, almost at the level of a middle school student.By the time you mature, I may already be a yellow-faced woman. " Speaking of this, Xiao Tong began to be serious. "I'll love whatever you are. I can give up anything, as long as I can be with you. " Qingchun stood up from the grass, as if she didn't want to talk about this topic anymore.She turned her back to Xiao Tong and said: "You can only show that you are too immature when you say this. This is the kind of vow that ignorant teenagers like to say. The determination of the dead is more sincere than anyone else when you say it, but it doesn't work." It didn't take long before everything changed. Young people are so passionate and fickle. I also came from that stage." Xiao Tong also stood up and chased after Qingchun: "Since you have been naive, why don't you believe that I will gradually become mature!" Qingchun turned her head, but she didn't know what to say when she turned her head: "I'm almost twenty-seven years old, Xiao Tong, I should get married and I can't wait." Xiao Tong was stunned, he didn't expect that on this most sunny day, this happiest topic would be so difficult and heavy to talk about.In his usual self-feeling, Qingchun likes him.There is no girl in this world who doesn't like him.With a little luck, he said: "I can also get married right away, if you want, I can get ready right away." Qingchun smiled, as if he was still laughing at his childishness. "Don't forget you're still in school." "That does not prevent marriage." Qingchun said seriously, "Xiao Tong, I'm already engaged to someone else. It's unrealistic for you and me to be together." There was a buzzing sound in Xiao Tong's head, he asked tremblingly. "Who, who, are you engaged to?" Qingchun hesitated for a while and said, "This is my private matter." Xiao Tong wanted to laugh, but then cried out in a crying voice: "You are lying to me, you are lying to me! Why are you lying to me! " Qingchun suppressed his excitement with a calm voice: "It's fine if you don't believe it, I don't need to make you believe it." "You can't tell who it is, are you afraid that I will fight with him?" Maybe it was his rascal behavior that angered Qingchun. Qingchun sneered and said, "That man is called Li Chunqiang. He is a detective hero, the captain of the criminal police, a master of catching enemies, and a Sanda champion. You can fight with him! you!" Xiao Tong froze with a hard face.Qingchun deceitfully asked again: "Have you taken out life insurance?" Xiao Tong's face turned pale, tormented by loss, anger and resentment, he picked up his clothes from the ground, turned around and left.Qingchun called him to stop: "Hey, you're a man, you should have some style. We haven't talked about business today." Xiao Tong stopped, and patiently said, "What business do you want to talk about?" Qingchun came up from behind him and said, "You have worked for us for a while, and you have made achievements and contributions. There is still a lot of work for you to do in the next step, and we hope you will continue to work hard." She took out a thick bag from the small bag she brought. A thick envelope, and said: "Our leader approved a thousand dollars for you, as a car and horse allowance for you, it is also a kind of reward. You sign a receipt for me." Xiao Tong didn't pick up the envelope containing the money, the money in the envelope hurt his heart even more. "I'm not for money, Qingchun, I'm for you! Do you want to use this thousand dollars to settle what I did? I'm not so cheap!" Qingchun said solemnly: "Let me tell you, you did these things for the country and the society, and I, Ou Qingchun, will never owe you anything!" Xiao Tong's eyes were bloodshot instantly, and his voice trembled: "Qingchun, you, why do you say that, so many days, so many days I risked..., me and I People who don't like hang out with each other endlessly, because I think of you, I think of you in my heart, so I persist.You today, why did you say that today..." Qingchun's tone softened all of a sudden, she wanted to wipe his tears with a handkerchief but he didn't cry.She said: "Xiao Tong, I am very grateful for you for me. However, we are not making an exchange. It is impossible for me to exchange my feelings with your information." Xiao Tong's tears dried up in his eyes.With a fury and rage that he couldn't afford to lose, he said, "I'm not making an exchange. But I have my freedom, my rights. Now I tell you, I don't want to do it anymore. I won't do it to you anymore." ! Find someone else." After Xiao Tong finished speaking, he didn't feel refreshed by venting. On the contrary, he felt that something in his heart was collapsing and collapsing.He left Qingchun behind and ran into the auditorium. Qingchun didn't call him from behind. It was only when Xiao Tong ran into the back door of the auditorium that he realized that he had gone in the wrong direction. He originally wanted to find a place where no one was around and cry happily.But at this time, the backstage of the auditorium was full of busy people, and the grand speech contest was about to begin.Both the staff and the players of the competition are in their respective roles.He must immediately put away the pain, wipe away his tears, follow the rules and put on the same joyful and solemn face as others, and call every teacher warmly and politely when he meets them. He did so, eyes were red but he smiled at everyone who came his way, so hard that he really couldn't control and hide himself.In the corner of the background, he ran into Yu Wenhuan.The auditorium is also managed by his service company, and he can rent it out when the school is not active.Seeing Xiao Tong's expression seemed to understand something, he pulled him aside and questioned in a low voice: "What did you do! What the hell have you done?" Xiao Zhong said it's okay, don't worry about me, I have nothing to do. "You still lie to me! The people from the Public Security Bureau have come to arrest you. I saw them all at the school security office just now. Who did you beat up the day before yesterday?" Xiao Tong was stunned.public security bureau?Catch me? Without losing his teacher's identity, Yu Wenhuan asked the education: "After the speech contest ends later, If it ends, the police will take you away. Don't play your temper and cooperate with them. This is not the time to be willful, you hear me.Don't be afraid to talk about what is there, now the Public Security Bureau is also talking about laws and policies.You are studying law, so you should know what to say and what not to say. " Yu Wenhuan left. The speech contest begins. He was the first one to appear on the stage, and how he got to the center of the stage was all confused.The headlights on the stage blinded him so much that he couldn't keep his eyes open, and the dark crowd below the stage was so quiet that there was only one or two coughs.He subconsciously wanted to look for Lu Lindong, but he couldn't see anything.Behind him sat the young host and the old judges in a trapezoidal shape, each of them staring at his face with doubts, from which he knew that the expression on his face must be ugly.There was also a buzzing discussion in the audience, and people's heads were shaking.The piano concerto "Yellow River" that served as the soundtrack to the recitation was played from the loudspeaker, which made his eardrums buzz, and he actually forgot which syllable to enter.He opened his mouth to read the first sentence, seemingly unable to hear his own voice.He started over and read the speech with all his strength. "Each of us loves our mother...it is the mother who gave us life. Nurturing and warmth.Each of us has a common mother...that is our motherland.Our motherland has a long history, splendid culture, and magnificent mountains and rivers. It is one of the earliest countries with developed civilization in the world.However... there is no nation in the world like our Chinese nation. In the long... course, it is full of disasters, crises,... the rise and fall of the world, everyone is responsible... for five thousand years, there are thousands of heroes, strong men Always be patriotic!The yellow sand wears the golden armor in a hundred battles, and if you don’t break Loulan, you will never return it... This is the eternal spirit of every descendant of the dragon..." He barely recited the first paragraph intermittently, and couldn't remember the following words anymore, and his mind went blank.He knew that the audience was in chaos, and the stage also panicked.The host saved the scene with an awkward voice: "This classmate is too nervous, let's encourage him with applause!" Immediately there was applause below, both encouraging and booing. He didn't continue to speak, and lowered his head to sort out his thoughts, but only Qingchun's indifference just now, the indifference she had when she announced her engagement, was in his mind. The "Yellow River" concerto stopped hesitantly, and everyone in the audience was watching him.The host said: "This classmate is really nervous, it's okay, you go down first and then prepare, we invite the next classmate to come out." A staff member came up and signaled him to go down, and then he moved his feet mechanically and staggered to the backstage.Seeing the two cadres from the security department coming towards him, he immediately knew that his time limit had come.He was suddenly sober and calm, with no fear on his face.asked frankly: "Let's go now?" The security cadre was a little surprised by his calmness, and after a moment of reaction on his expression, he said, "Ah, let's go." The police also came backstage, and they showed him a detention certificate in a house in the backstage and asked him to sign and press his fingerprints.Then, obviously unnecessary, he was handcuffed.Perhaps from the perspective of the police, he committed a crime of violent attack, so he is a dangerous person who needs to be restrained by tools. The police took him out of the back door of the auditorium, escorted him from the back door to the front door, and put him in a police car parked there.At the moment when Xiao Tong looked back, he vaguely saw Ou Qingchun's beautiful face in the crowd of onlookers.That face left an irreparable warmth in his thoughts.He didn't know that Ouyang Lanlan was also here.She stood in the last row of the auditorium and listened to his half-finished speech.Then, he walked outside the door, stood in the crowd of spectators, and calmly witnessed the chaotic scene of him being escorted into the police car.