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Chapter 66 5

annual ring 梁晓声 5225Words 2018-03-19
As night fell and covered the city, Wang Xiaosong returned to the hotel, while Wu Zhenqing went directly to his almost luxurious home with Russian decoration. Wu Zhenqing's wife was that Ge Hong back then. Life was helpless, Wu Zhenqing finally married her. The days when Wu Zhenqing was busy with friends and the company outside were also the days when she was bored at home. At the moment, she's sitting comfortably in a wheelchair—a cosmetic wheelchair.Her face was leaned back, covered with tomato slices and cucumber slices, red and green, like a piece of calico.With earphones plugged into her ears, while listening to music, she was still beating on the armrest of the wheelchair, letting the steam from the nozzle of the steam beauty device next to her spray on her face.A very comfortable and leisurely look.

The sound of Wu Zhenqing opening and closing the door startled her, she opened her eyes a little, and leaned towards a mirror mounted on the wall—from the mirror, she saw Wu Zhenqing changing shoes, undressing, and hanging clothes in the hallway... Wu Zhenqing walked into the living room, and two "Maltese" puppies jumped out from one room, hugging his feet one by one, expressing affection to their master obsequiously. Ge Hong said provocatively: "Ashamed or not?" Wu Zhenqing picked up a puppy and sat on the sofa, caressing it while saying, "What are you ashamed of?"

"Do you think this is your high-end hotel?" Wu Zhenqing didn't show weakness: "Do you think I'm just having fun outside all day?" Ge Hong snorted: "Then who knows!" Wu Zhenqing said: "Since there is no basis, then don't be suspicious all day long." Ge Hong raised her voice and said, "It can't be said that there is no basis. Someone predicted that when I was forty-five years old, my husband and wife would divorce and my family would break up..." Wu Zhenqing pushed the puppy down, and said angrily: "How many times have I told you, you are not allowed to invite those gods and gods to your house one by one! This is not a good club! If I hit you again, Don't blame me for not saving face for you!"

Ge Hong also stared at him: "Yo, you don't like to listen to a word, so you are so angry?" Without saying a word, Wu Zhenqing got up to pour a glass of water, went to the desk, pressed the phone switch, and sat down to listen to the messages on the phone. "Uncle Wu, when will you replace my house? I've been waiting for more than three months. If you delay, I'll be mad at you..."——a delicate woman voice..."General Manager Wu, I am Xiao Wang, a TV reporter. Comrade Ma Xiaowan's costume design show will be held the day after tomorrow, and the invitation has been sent to the company in advance. You must check with the secretary, don't miss it. Because you are presenting awards Man. By the way. Please bring the check for the sponsorship..." - A male voice...

Wu Zhenqing muttered: "It's inexplicable, and no one can compare with her, so what kind of award is there!" Ge Hong clasped her shoulders and said, "Isn't it annoying for you to install such a phone at home!? You won't make a statement that people will not be allowed to make such calls at home in the future?" Wu Zhenqing: "How do I declare it? In newspapers? On TV? You think I'm not famous enough!" Ge Hong replied: "Hey, your husband has caused the troubles of celebrities. How about we change? You are an unemployed woman with a good life at home, and I will be the general manager of the company for you! I promise to be a little bit No worse than you!"

While they were having the above conversation, the message line was not silent—"Xiao Wu, I'm Lao Ge, nothing serious, just a trivial matter, please take care of it when the time comes. My third daughter is going to study abroad at her own expense , I beg you to exchange some US dollars. Not much, three to five thousand is fine, of course it is exchanged at the official price, otherwise I don’t have to ask you. I hope to call me back in time..." The fourth message——"Zhenqing, you haven't been here with your parents for more than a month. Your father misses you. He seems to have heard some gossip about you, and he is restless all day long, saying that he wants to meet you face to face. Education educates you. My son, take time to come and see my parents, huh?"

Wu Zhenqing turned off the phone and said angrily, "Hey, why don't you bother to answer my mother's calls?" Ge Hong also turned off her steam beauty device, stood up from the wheelchair and said, "Who is too lazy to pick it up? Don't button the cap indiscriminately, okay?" Wu Zhenqing said: "Why else would she call home this number?" "How do I know? Maybe when she called home, I happened to be away!" Ge Hong said as she took off the "patches" piece by piece from her face and put them in the other hand, "Just one How many months haven't passed, and they're picking on it? You haven't seen my parents for almost a year!"

Ge Hong is very different from back then, she looks much fairer and richer.Her current image reminds people of those middle-class women in Hong Kong and Taiwan movies who are idle all day long.She wore a gold necklace around her neck, a gold ring on her finger, and big earrings dangling with her body. She looked at Wu Zhenqing and teased with some glee: "Another scandal? It seems that your dad's information channels are better than mine!" Wu Zhenqing said a little tiredly: "Come on, don't be poor. Tell me why you have become like this now!" Ge Hong was taken aback: "What have I become!"

Wu Zhenqing said politely: "Vulgar! Vulgar!" Ge Hong smiled instead: "Yes, you are right, I admit it. But I think your so-called vulgar life, Manager Wu, is just what I want. I live a good life, like a fish in water, you earn, I spend. You I enjoy managing the house. You create a superior material level for me, and I will give you the greatest easing policy, and I will rule you by doing nothing. We each have our own place and coexist peacefully..." She sat on the sofa instead, teasing the two puppies while talking... Wu Zhenqing really didn't want to listen to these nagging, so he got up and walked to the big fish tank to feed the fish while begging, "Oh, your mouth, why is it that you just talk in the same way now? You deliberately forced me to Are you filing for divorce?"

Ge Hong smiled: "We can't leave unless I bring it up. I'm not so stupid! And you, first of all, you can't get past your parents. If you dare to divorce me, your parents' old brains will It would be strange if I broke up with you. Secondly, you can’t pass the relationship with your son. If your son calls you dad, you will change your mind. Thirdly, you can’t pass the public opinion. You also know that the press is watching your luck. Wow, I'm looking forward to finding some time to expose you. In the end, you can't pass your orthodoxy. Even if you want to be Chen Shimei in your heart, you have to wait until you have gathered a hundred reasons before you dare to take action. At best, you can only engage in flirting and flirting to satisfy some men's lust. After living with you for so many years, I have already studied you thoroughly...Do you admit it?"

Wu Zhenqing bowed down and said, "Yes, yes. I admit..." Ge Hong glanced at him, with a victorious smile on his face: "You, you should be willing to contribute to the happiness of Chinese women in the new era!" As she spoke, she walked up to him with a puppy in her arms, and said, "I really envy these fish. I am not as good as them. I am honored to be cared for by you in your busy schedule...Hey, look at my face... " Wu Zhenqing looked up at her face without knowing why. "How about it……" Wu Zhenqing didn't understand: "How about what? Are you sick?" "Is it white again? Is the skin tender again?" Wu Zhenqing said copiously, "It's white again, and it's tender again." Ge Hong said with satisfaction: "It seems that there is some truth in the saying that hard work pays off. People say that I don't look like a woman in her early forties. I'm all working hard for you!" This time, Wu Zhenqing was in a daze on the wheel: "For me?" Ge Hong: "It's not for you, but for whom? To make you love watching it..." She kissed Wu Zhenqing, turned around and walked to the table... Wu Zhenqing took out a handkerchief to wipe his face, and turned to look at her, only to hear Ge Hong shout: "Oh! Why did you put the teacup on the manuscript I wrote?" Wu Zhenqing was puzzled: "The manuscript? Those two pages?" Ge Hong stamped his feet: "Look, I'm all wet by you. My day's creative work was in vain! This is my most hopeful novel to be published!" Wu Zhenqing was even more surprised: "You?...Write novels?..." Ge Hong: "Why are you staring at me like that? Hao Mei has read it all. She commented that my writing is not bad..." She dug out Hao Mei’s letter and read: “For people who have never written novels and rarely read novels, it is very gratifying to be able to write at this level. I can’t raise too many opinions. Just one thing for your reference - that is the ability to express words...Even Hao Mei can't make too many opinions, shouldn't I be confident?" Wu Zhenqing became angry: "Listen to me! Don't bother Hao Mei in the future, okay? She's not like you, she just stays at home all day and has nothing to do!" Ge Hong said tit-for-tat: "I write novels when I have nothing to do! Who can write novels if they can do serious things?" Wu Zhenqing sighed: "I really can't get along with you! Let me ask you, last time a reporter from some tabloid asked you to write that article. You wouldn't really write it for them, would you?" Ge Hong said: "People are rushing to make a draft, why don't I write it?" Wu Zhenqing stared: "So you still wrote it?" Ge Hong nodded: "Of course I wrote it, and it has been sent. They called back and said that it will be sent soon." Wu Zhenqing said helplessly, "Why didn't you show me? What did you write?" Ge Hong said: "Let me show you, I'm afraid you will interfere. It's just the content I just analyzed about you, isn't it exciting?" Wu Zhenqing seemed to have swallowed a bitter medicine: "Wonderful, very wonderful, simply wonderful!" He shook the fish food bag again and again angrily, shaking out the whole bag of fish food... Ge Hong won the verbal battle and seemed very tolerant: "Aren't you sleeping yet? Don't forget that today is Wednesday, and you share the same bed every single day. This is the rule of your married life. You have owed me several times to be your husband. It's my duty..." As she spoke, she entered the bedroom, then poked her head out again and said, "Anyway, I'll wait for you..." The two puppies rushed to Wu Zhenqing's feet to please him, and he was very annoyed.One foot at a time, picking them all away... That night, Wu Zhenqing thought about Wang Xiaosong and couldn't fall asleep for a long time.He kept muttering in his heart: "Wang Xiaosong, Wang Xiaosong, don't let others take advantage of you unconsciously and plot against me for your own personal gain and loss." Only when it was dawn did he fall asleep dimly. He was awakened by a voice.Opening the heel, I saw that it was my son carrying a schoolbag, standing at the head of the bed and calling him. "Don't bother me, I need to go to your mother." He muttered, closed his eyes again, and turned over. The son took his shoulders and turned his body around: "My mother said, she doesn't care about this matter, it's up to you!" Wu Zhenqing was confused: "What's the matter? Tell me quickly..." The son said: "Our school will organize an outing next week, and let your company send a car..." Wu Zhenqing: "Well..." He closed his eyes and was about to sleep, but suddenly opened them again, and called his son: "Your school organizes an outing, what car do I want?" The son said aggrievedly: "Whoever you want?" Wu Zhenqing was in a hurry: "Who cares who wants to care! Besides, the company is full of small cars..." The son said: "Who asked you to send a small car? Our teacher told you to rent some big cars!" Wu Zhenqing: "Who pays?" Son: "The teacher didn't say..." Wu Zhenqing: "Then tell me after you ask clearly!" Ge Hong's voice came from outside the bedroom: "Don't pretend to be confused with the child, isn't this obvious? Use the child to ask again..." Son standing by his bed about to cry... Ge Hong continued: "There are a lot of gossip and dog theft things, you all sponsored the east and the west, how could it be related to the next generation, your father who is the big boss has become stingy? Are you not successful? Don't you want to make your son happy!" My son is crying... Wu Zhenqing's heart softened, and he said, "Don't cry, don't cry, be good, my father promised, let your mother wipe your face and learn from it!" After his son left, he grabbed his watch and looked at it. He sat up, picked up the phone and dialed: "Xiao Gao? I'm the boss! I got up a little late today, and it seems that I won't be able to arrive at the company until 8:30. Yes, you still have to accompany them to breakfast. Come to the company with them at half past nine..." He put down the phone, dressed in a hurry, and complained loudly: "Why didn't you wake me up earlier!" Ge Hong's voice was still so loud: "You never told me that! Besides, you have found such a young, beautiful secretary who can handle affairs and is considerate for yourself. Don't you seem too ignorant to worry about it for you!" Wu Zhenqing said bitterly: "One day I will invite an eighth-level welder to come home and weld your broken mouth..." He rushed into the bathroom in a hurry, brushed his teeth, washed his face, combed his hair... He left the washroom and saw his wife standing outside the door, smoking a cigarette in one hand, and holding a few pages of paper in the other... Wu Zhenqing was taken aback: "Why do you start smoking?" "You just found out? I'm lonely in my heart!" Wu Zhenqing snatched the cigarette from her mouth and threw it into the toilet... Ge Hong took out the cigarette case from his pocket as if nothing had happened, lit another one, pressed the lighter gracefully, and took a deep breath... He stared at her not knowing what to say... Ge Hong exhaled a puff of smoke: "Just ask, how many female writers are non-smokers? Where does the inspiration for non-smoking creations come from?" Wu Zhenqing had no choice but to let it go: "Okay, okay, suck it!" Ge Hong changed her tone and said: "Hey, I beg you to do something small, this novel, please some lady in your company type it out..." She said and handed the manuscript to him... Wu Zhenqing said resolutely: "Honey, don't do this trick, the ladies in our company have no such obligation to you! I'm not used to your stinking problem!" Ge Hong said: "Then you buy me a computer!" Wu Zhenqing hugged her: "Honey, buy it! Buy it! After you become a female writer, I will buy it for you even if you don't need to mention it..." "Hmph! At that time, I bought it with my own royalties." As she spoke, she secretly stuffed the manuscript into his pocket... Wu Zhenqing nodded: "My good wife, tell me what you want!" He kissed her as if performing a skit, and immediately pushed her away in disgust, picked up his purse and walked out of the house... Ge Hong stared at the dogs in a daze—they also stared at her in a daze... She looked around the room and found that something was wrong in the fish tank. She walked over to have a look—the fish were all floating on the water and died.A layer of fish food on the surface of the water... She walked to the window and looked downstairs, and saw Wu Zhenqing getting into the car... Although Wang Xiaosong kept Wu Zhenqing from sleeping well all night, he was still thinking about Wang Xiaosong when he sat in the car.He understood that now one of them was in Cao Ying and the other was in Han.Each fulfills its responsibilities, each does its own thing.In this case, their friendship had to be put aside. "I won't take the slightest profit from the company to buy your good." He thought to himself, as if Wang Xiaosong was right in front of him, "I want to play hard to get, and I will delay negotiating with you in two days. I must know your pulse." Let your patience stand a little test." Thinking of this, I seemed to feel a sense of relief in my heart, reached out to touch, and took out the manuscript that Ge Hong had quietly stuffed in his pocket, unfolded it, and saw that the title was "Swinging Never Lose My Husband, pen name Mon Lisa. The article begins as follows: This kind of thing like a husband is really a very wrong need of a woman.When you don't have him, even though you think you have everything, you still seem to have nothing.And once you have him, even everything you had before seems to be gradually lost.Husbands are the biggest deprivers of women. He will strip women down to only the internal organs that belong to him... Wu Zhenqing involuntarily read these few lines aloud. The young driver asked: "Boss, what are you reading?" Wu Zhenqing said: "A debut novel by a female writer... What do you think of the beginning?" The young driver said: "Yes, it's good, it's very provocative. These days, who likes to read novels that don't contain any provocative novels! Husband kind of thing - this has a surprising opening sentence! Who is the author? ?” "Mon Lisa." The young driver said: "It sounds familiar. By the way, I remembered that a series of cosmetics is also called by this name..." Wu Zhenqing turned his face out of the car window, dumbfounded, and suddenly he had a new understanding of his wife. "Wife, it seems that you don't even have the basic ability to express words. I always look at people through the cracks of the door, and I kind of underestimate you! As long as you can become famous, you old Wu doesn't care about making yourself The right of reputation is dedicated to your literature, but your pen name has to be changed, Mengli or Mengsha are better than Menglisa, otherwise readers will mistakenly think that the cosmetics factory hired writers to advertise..."
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