Chapter 20 Chapter Twenty

It was a drizzly night, when Geng Lin left the office and walked to his own residence, he felt a little lonely.There are not many pedestrians on the street anymore, and everyone is in a hurry, as if to imply to others that they are all family members, and they especially cherish the feeling of being home on this rainy night.Home - a hot dinner, the noise of children or TV, the back of my wife busy in the kitchen... Geng Lin walked very slowly. When he looked around, everything was drenched by the rain. Under the reflection of the street lamps, everything looked bright. somewhere cold.He suddenly missed his pair of leather slippers that he hadn't brought out.He didn't hold an umbrella, and the light rain had already wet his hair.But he didn't pay attention to this, besides the sound of light rain, he heard the sound of his leather slippers stepping on the floor.The voice was so real that Geng Lin suspected that he was hallucinating.

Lou Hong went to a party called by a middle school classmate, and could not return to her parents' house very late.He wanted to buy two hamburgers, make a cup of tea at home, and read the newspaper alone to pass the rainy night.At this time, he received a call from Peng Li.Before he could start exchanging warm greetings, Peng Li had already issued an order: "Geng Lin, listen to me." Geng Lin immediately stopped talking. Geng Lin has always felt very comfortable in front of women with such an attitude. He even doubted whether he had a psychological tendency to be abused. Peng Li is like an extraordinary woman, she said she cooked a delicious dinner, bought a very good red wine from Xinjiang, her daughter went to grandma's house, not coming back tonight - and then she said, come here how about we talkBut she didn't talk about anything, as if breaking this a little bit would destroy the atmosphere she had just established.

"I'll be there right away." Geng Lin happily agreed to Peng Li.It is like a man who has traveled a long way on foot and sees a village in the absence of water and hunger.On the one hand, he was glad that a phone call from Peng Li pulled him out of his current state of mind; on the other hand, he was very happy to meet and have dinner with a woman who was neither Lou Hong nor Liu Yun. Before Geng Lin arrived, Peng Li hadn't figured out what to say to Geng Lin.She knew that she must talk about Liu Yun, but at the same time, she also strongly missed the last time she met Geng Lin alone.As a man a few years younger than her and a close friend of her husband, Geng Lin's trust and psychological dependence on her made her unforgettable and made her feel happy.She didn't know if it was a kind of maternal love, because she had no son.Anyway, this is a fresh experience for her. A person who used to rely on others, now being relied on by others, makes her feel strong.The only thing is that she was very clear from the very beginning that no matter how she felt about the relationship with Geng Lin, it had nothing to do with the fact that she was a woman and Geng Lin was a man.In her heart, it was certain that another man would not take Wang Shu's place.

However, Peng Li, who has been living under the shade of her husband, never imagined how unreliable a man's sudden staged trust and dependence are.As a confidante, Peng Li lacks most qualities. She is not young, but her mental age has not yet reached the limit of maturity.Many men bring such misunderstandings to the women who live around them, and because of some unexpected bad event, they turn women into confidantes who would not normally be able to talk to them.After things have passed, what they hope most is to maintain normal contacts with these women, such as not seeing each other often and not being asked any more.But not every woman can adapt to such changes, and Peng Li is one of them.

Before Geng Lin's arrival, she concentrated on setting up the dining table and put on light makeup for herself. She put her hair up to make her age not so easy to confirm. She hovered between thirty and forty years old instead of over Forty years old.When Geng Lin came in, he was first attracted by the dining table.The common home-cooked dishes on the table whetted Geng Lin's appetite. Like when Wang Shu was still alive, he picked up a few pieces of meat and threw them into his mouth. "Auntie made it, or did you cook it yourself?" Geng Lin knew that Peng Li didn't know how to cook. In the past, if they ate at home, Auntie and Wang Shu usually cooked together.

"Auntie is back home, I made it for you myself." Geng Lin took a good look at Peng Li at this moment, and found that she had deliberately dressed up for him. He felt a little pressure and immediately felt uncomfortable. "I don't want her to come back anymore." Peng Li continued, "Ah Shu is not here, and there is not so much work at home." "Yeah." Geng Lin said convincingly. "How are you?" After they sat down at the dinner table, Peng Li asked impatiently when she found that Geng Lin hadn't walked into the somewhat private situation she had created.

"It's okay, how are you?" Geng Lin had already started eating.Peng Li suddenly thought that Geng Lin was here for the meal, not her. "What else can I do?" Peng Li said with a sigh. Geng Lin looked up at Peng Li and nodded earnestly, indicating that he could understand Peng Li's state of mind. "How about your unit?" Peng Li asked again.Geng Lin answered while eating, without even looking at Peng Li. "It's still the same. It's neither good nor bad." Geng Lin ate very vigorously, not because of how delicious the food was.He seemed to be devouring the feeling that this meal brought him, the homely feeling.

Peng Li didn't ask further, she was also attracted by Geng Lin's greedy eating. "Forget it, let's talk about it when he is full." Peng Li thought. Geng Lin didn't eat much, so he quickly put down his chopsticks, looked at Peng Li and said: "You don't seem to have eaten anything." Geng Lin wiped his mouth with a tissue, "Is there poison in the food?" "Don't talk nonsense." Seeing that Geng Lin was just joking with her and didn't want to start the conversation, Peng Li couldn't help but miss the last time Geng Lin stared at her in a daze. "How is Liu Yun?"

"Has she met you?" Geng Lin asked. Peng Li nodded.Geng Lin just lit a cigarette and didn't say anything further. "How about that female colleague of yours?" "It seems that you really know a lot." Geng Lin said. "But you didn't tell me. I thought we were friends." Peng Li felt a little sad when she spoke. "Of course we are friends, you are my best friend's wife, we can only be friends." Geng Lin regretted coming. "Liu Yun told me everything." "Then you should persuade her to think about it." "Have you decided?" Peng Li asked.

"You mean divorce?" Peng Li nodded. "We definitely can't do it, she has done too much." "You haven't seen anything more amazing." Peng Li said. "But Liu Yun shouldn't be that kind of woman." "What kind of woman a woman is, it sometimes depends on what a man is. Some extreme behaviors are forced out by men." Peng Li said something that surprised herself. She remembered that she had never had this thought before. , as if breathed into the stomach through the air. "It seems that you have already stood on Liu Yun's side." Geng Lin said, "However, it's good, she needs your help."

"But I haven't forgotten you." Peng Li stared at Geng Lin, "I heard that your female colleague is quite young." "Fourteen years old." What Geng Lin said was the age difference between him and Lou Hong. "What?" Peng Li yelled, "Working at the age of fourteen?" Geng Lin smiled, somewhat helplessly and bitterly. "Ah, I see, it's fourteen short." Peng Li reacted immediately, but immediately went on to ask something else, "Are you sure?" "What do you mean?" Geng Lin began to feel annoyed that Peng Li was so big and empty, and couldn't answer the question properly. "She is so young, can you handle it?" Geng Lin found himself speechless again, as if he suddenly understood why his friend Wang Shu didn't love his wife and love another woman. "You know that it's easy for young girls to get along with people nowadays. The premise is that you are not old and have money. However, in a few years, you will be almost fifty years old, and she will still be at that age, and there is nothing new about each other. You still have money now. Are you sure about this?" Peng Li said earnestly. "Then what do you think I should do?" Geng Lin was already annoyed by Peng Li's words, and he couldn't leave immediately, which was extremely painful. "Careful." Peng Li said exhortingly, "If you divorce her, can you guarantee that one day she will not divorce you? Maybe after a few years with you she finds it boring, or she has a crush on someone else, then you will be miserable. The chickens are flying and the eggs are being beaten. In the end, when you get old, you have nothing, even a home. Do you think Liu Yun can wait until your day? Geng Lin, remember, a man’s career alone is not enough, You know? You just invent a hundred more pieces of software, and at the end of the day if you don’t have a warm home, you still feel like there’s something missing in your life, take my word for it.” "But I love her." Geng Lin couldn't bear Peng Li's preaching, "I don't care if she leaves me one day, although I don't believe there will be such a day. Your words make sense, but it has nothing to do with what I think. Even if one day I lost everything, I still want to give myself a chance to love once. Not like Wang Shu." Geng Lin blurted out Wang Shu when he was excited. "How is Wang Shu?" Peng Li immediately became alert. "It's nothing," Geng Lin controlled his emotions in time, "he died so early." Peng Li lowered her eyes and stopped talking.Her appearance made Geng Lin feel sad.He felt that no matter what, he shouldn't treat Peng Li like this. "I'm sorry, Peng Li, I was too excited just now." Geng Lin slowed down his tone, "I know you are doing it for my own good and Liu Yun's good, but you forgot that I am also a person with feelings, and feelings cannot be forced Yes. Liu Yun is a good man, but I love another woman, I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do." "Yes." Peng Li said. "I wish you luck." Peng Li's witch-like language made Geng Lin seriously regret and eat such a home-cooked meal. After Geng Lin left, Peng Li didn't even think about it, and immediately hung up on Liu Yun, as if seeing Geng Lin this time was entirely for Liu Yun's sake, and was entrusted by Liu Yun.If one thing has five levels, Peng Li can reach the second level at most.It's not that she doesn't have the ability to go deeper, but she doesn't have such luck.She always thinks, on the superficial level of things, that her tomorrow is the whole thing. But Peng Li's life has also avoided many twists and turns and pain because of her characteristic, as it is often said: Sensitivity is the source of pain. Liu Yun was somewhat surprised by the meeting between Geng Lin and Peng Li. She thought that in his current state of mind, Geng Lin didn't want to see any other women, except his lover.Moreover, Peng Li said that it was Geng Lin who came to see her, which made Liu Yun mistakenly think that Geng Lin came to see her on his own initiative. "I always wanted you to reconcile." Peng Li said, "I can persuade you to get a divorce, but Liu Yun, I don't think you have much hope. I wouldn't say that. But I thought, you don't have any close friends, and you take me as a friend, if I don't tell you the truth, no one will tell you." After hearing Peng Li's words, Liu Yun felt very uncomfortable, even though Peng Li repeatedly emphasized that this was the truth.She asked how Peng Li got this impression. "He said he loved that woman." Peng Li said immediately. Liu Yun remembered that Geng Lin had said this to her more than once. "I advised him to calm down and think about it. Can that girl live with him for the rest of his life? On the other hand, whether he can live with that girl for the rest of his life is also a problem. Isn't he separated from you now! I advise him to think about the future, think I wonder if they are still suitable to be together after the enthusiasm is over, and love has to have a foundation, don't you think?" Liu Yun did not express that love suddenly became a hateful word to her. "But he won't listen to anything, and his attitude is very firm. He wants to marry this woman, no matter what price he pays, he doesn't care. Think about it, he doesn't care about any price, let alone divorce." After putting down the phone, it was harder for Liu Yun to fall asleep than usual. She was in a kind of mixed pain, and she was not very excited, but she could always feel the continuous and slow sting of this mixed pain. Like tidal waves flowing regularly over unhealed wounds.She recalled what Peng Li said again and again, imagining the expression Geng Lin might have had when she said this.She was not completely hurt by Geng Lin's love for another woman, but also by Geng Lin's attitude, and perhaps the more important injury came from Geng Lin's attitude.He emphasized that he would pay any price for this woman, and he would not hesitate to pay any price. This made Liu Yun feel the pain of being contemptuous, as if she was only a small part of the total price Geng Lin paid for Lou Hong. Eye-catching little things.And this small part is actually the rest of her life. One woman goes to the heaven of love, but another woman falls to the hell of love. During this torture of imagination, Liu Yun never once thought that all the things that made her uncomfortable were passed on to her by Peng Li. She believed Peng Li's words as if she believed the facts.In the dark night, she yelled to herself again and again in her heart: It won't work, it won't work, it won't work! Liu Yun suddenly thought of the idea Chen Daming gave her...