Chapter 59 13

At night, Zhang Meng was alone at home, and she opened the makeup box with both hands—it was obviously the first time it had been opened. Her hand hesitated, as if she didn't know what to use first and what to use last.Touched the powder brush, flicked the eyebrow pencil, and finally picked up the lipstick. In the mirror, lipstick was painted on the lips, and the tip of the tongue was licking the red inner lip. Zhang Meng drew an eyebrow with an eyebrow pencil, first drawing the brow down, feeling dissatisfied, put down the pen, grabbed the wet towel next to it, and wiped it. She picked up the eyebrow pencil again, and drew it again, this time the brows were drawn up, and she still seemed dissatisfied.

The eyebrow pencil traced to the other eyebrow, and after the stroke, Zhang Meng stared at her face in the mirror, as if to recall a forgotten friend. She stood up and went to the bathroom.Turn on the faucet and soap your hands. She was about to rub her face, staring at the mirror in the bathroom, her hands stopped in front of her face, and hesitated again. She thought, there seems to be nothing too weird, maybe the effect will be better if the face is whiter? She rinsed the soap off her hands, turned off the faucet, and wiped her hands. She sat at the table again and began to paint her face, as if her confidence had increased. She thought to herself that the person who has repaired the earth can't repair his own face?joke.

She closed the makeup box, admired her face in the mirror, and thought, isn't this pretty good?The key is to be dignified, reserved, and advertise on your face—don’t offend me.This is something that girls younger than me can't do.This is my characteristic, Zhang Meng's characteristic. She stood up, walked into the room, and came out immediately, already putting on a suit skirt. She picked up the mirror again and thought, should there be a cigarette in her hand?Men have watched me a few times while I was smoking, and I don't think it was unusual for them, but that there must be something special about the way I smoke for them.

She put down the mirror, opened the drawer, took out a cigarette, and smoked one. She sat down, facing the small round mirror, and made various smoking gestures.She also thought, would smoking in public tonight leave a bad impression on others?I do my own way, I suck as much as I want, no matter what others think of me! She held the cigarette in one hand, picked up the cigarette case in the other, and handed it to the imaginary person—"Please smoke!" At this time, there was a knock on the door. She stuck the cigarette in the ashtray, got up and opened the door; it was Wu Zhenqing who came in. He was not wearing a raincoat, and his clothes were soaked by the rain.

Zhang Meng's arrival was beyond Zhang Meng's expectation. She was at a loss for a while, and said with a little anxiety, "I didn't expect...you...it's raining?" "It's raining...but not too much...drizzle...let me in?" "Allow, allow..." Sitting on the sofa, Wu Zhenqing looked at Zhang Meng with a look of surprise mixed with research, and also mixed with a man's admiration for a woman.Like last time, Zhang Meng still walked to the table and stood with his back against the edge of the table. Wu Zhenqing asked: "Are you planning to go out?"

Zhang Meng: "No, no, don't go out..." "Not going out?" Zhang Meng explained: "At night, our unit holds social activities with other units, but I'm not a person who has to go... I look very ridiculous, don't I?" "Ridiculous? Why do you say that about yourself? No, it's not ridiculous at all. When you put on makeup, you look very elegant and temperamental. You are at least three or four years younger. Are you the host?" Zhang Meng said: "Old people, everyone thinks they are too old-fashioned; young people, they think they are too youthful and impetuous. As a result, the cadres of the trade union unanimously decided that I, who can agree with both sides, have to be willing if they don't want to."

Wu Zhenqing said: "I came at the wrong time." Zhang Meng said, "It's okay, there's plenty of time, what's up?" Wu Zhenqing nodded and said, "Borrowing money... I've been borrowing money here and there all afternoon. I didn't want to come to you, but I just passed by here and came here involuntarily." Zhang Meng asked, "How much?" Wu Zhenqing: "The more the better." Zhang Meng asked, "Business?" Wu Zhenqing shook his head: "Tell me first." "Yes." After Zhang Meng finished speaking, she walked into the inner room, and after a while, she came out with a stack of money and handed it to Wu Zhenqing, "Two hundred yuan, I only left a few tens of yuan for living expenses, I don't know...is it too little?"

"A lot, a lot..." Wu Zhenqing took the money without counting it, put it in his pocket, and said, "I didn't borrow it for myself, I borrowed it for Hao Mei. She wants to take her daughter to Beijing to see a doctor. Go, nine out of ten, she is the only one who came back, I thank you on her behalf..." Zhang Meng looked at Wu Zhenqing in surprise.Before she could say anything, he had left. He hurried out of the building door in the drizzle, Zhang Meng shouted down from the window: "Hey, wait!" Wu Zhenqing stopped and looked up at her. Zhang Meng hurried down the stairs, hurried to Wu Zhenqing, held up an umbrella to cover herself and Wu Zhenqing from the rain, and said, "This is my passbook. There are five hundred dollars on it. Yuan, take it out for me and bring it to her, for those who are unfamiliar with the place, let her bring more money."

Wu Zhenqing said emotionally: "This... I don't know when I will be able to pay you back!" "I didn't emphasize to you that this was lent to her." After she finished speaking, she stuffed the passbook into Wu Zhenqing's jacket pocket, took one of his hands, and stuffed the handle of the umbrella into his hand, then she turned and left. Wu Zhenqing yelled, "Zhang Meng!" Zhang Meng stopped, looked back at him, Wu Zhenqing said: "After you put on makeup, you look very elegant." Zhang Meng couldn't help laughing, turned around and ran away again.

She ran back to the house, her hair and clothes were soaked, she took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, sat on the sofa and smoked. She didn't expect Hao Mei to be so embarrassed. Ever since she left the old company, she had never seen Hao Mei again, and no one had talked about Hao Mei with her, because she, Wu Zhenqing and Xu Ke had only met recently.Before today, they didn't even mention Hao Mei to her, as if they were two natural enemies.Yes, from elementary school to middle school, the two of them have been secretly competing for something.Compete who joins the group first, who is a good student and who is not.But deep in Zhang Meng's heart, the most unforgettable female classmate is none other than Hao Mei.Zhang Meng knows that Hao Mei is kind, has a sense of justice, treats others leniently and is strict with herself, and is not a person who holds grudges...

Zhang Meng stubbed out the cigarette, stood up, took off her shirt, threw it on the sofa, and walked into the washroom. She looked at her face with makeup in the mirror, and Wu Zhenqing's words just now sounded in her ears: "After you put on makeup, look Looks very classy…” She continued to think about what had just happened. When they were young, they were all proud of their father.Hao Mei's father is considered a thousand-mile horse, and Zhang Meng's father is regarded as Bole.Because Zhang Meng's father not only transferred Hao Mei's father, but also reused him and promoted him.Later, Zhang Meng's father became a "capitalist roader", while Hao Mei's father became a "royalist".Later, Zhang Meng's father became a "three-in-one cadre", while Hao Mei's father became a "bourgeois expert".Now, both of her parents are gone, and the grievances between them no longer exist as they themselves do not exist.Zhang Meng thought to herself, could the relationship between us not exist because of our respective fates?How much she wanted to re-cultivate their relationship, even if it was a relationship that continued to fight!It is actually an unspeakable thing for people to try to cut off all ties between themselves and the past!She called Hao Mei's name in her heart, Hao Mei, what do you think, maybe you can't share it for me even if you want to, just as I can't actually share your misfortune.