Chapter 11 Section 10

When Liu Weizu got up from the bed, several members of the Wang family had already left; Wang Hongjun went to the hospital, Elizabeth went to work, the two children went to school, and only Mrs. Songda was left cleaning the house. In the big empty house, the only sound was the sound of Mrs. Songda vacuuming the floor. Liu Weizu heard the sound was not very loud on the fourth floor, but there was no change in height and no rhythm. It made him very upset and lonely. He looked out of the window, the weather outside was so good, so good that people didn't want to pretend to be so serious, but wanted to relax a lot, go to the wild and scream a few times.

In the past few days, he was bored and flustered again.After all, revisiting old places is not an easy task, and the unexpected encounter with Zhuang Jing shocked him even more.The old place and the old people make him see his past self more clearly, and the clearer he sees, the lower his mood will be, and the more uneven and resentful he will be. Say that everything in the past is absurd dream, hypocritical play, deny them all?Unexpectedly, it is also extremely difficult to do real negation.Over the years, he has been proud of his own maverick, found his true self, got rid of all hypocrisy, and is no longer influenced by worldly concepts.However, at some point, I felt that my efforts were wasted. In fact, nothing had changed. Liu Weizu was still Liu Weizu.

He looked at the blue sky in the distance, and the black swallows lined up in the sky, and couldn't help feeling a strong nostalgia.Thinking of all the past, it feels a little regretful and sad. He shook his head, lit a cigarette, straightened his face while puffing, and taught himself in his heart: "This is so unlike me, I am no longer such a sentimental person, no Then make your own sentimental face." He sucked on the cigarette fiercely, like he usually does when he encounters great difficulties, every time he puffed hard, it was like using a sharp weapon to stab the soft emotions of the mother-in-law and mother whom he hated. for a moment.

Waiting for people is such an impatient thing.Looking at his watch, it was half past nine in five minutes, which was the time when Tan Yunliang should come to pick him up. "Alas, the husband who is waiting for his lover is so anxious." He felt pitiful and ridiculous again. A light gray car slid over from the left end of the road and stopped at the gate of Wang's house. "This is Tan Yunliang to pick him up." He thought.Unexpectedly, it was Zhuang Jing who got out of the car alone, which really surprised him, so he quickly put out his cigarette and ran downstairs quickly.

Mrs. Songda was about to open the door, when Liu Weizu waved to her and said: "I'm going to drive, I'm going out now. I won't come back for lunch, so tell Dr. Wang and Mrs. Wang not to wait for me." Liu Weizu bumped into Zhuang Jing on the stone road in the yard, and looked carefully at Zhuang Jing who was wearing a beige suit. "Who said time is ruthless, it's good to clean up! Why did you come here alone? Where's Boss Tan?" His tone was full of ridicule, and he said the word "boss" very clearly. "He just went to Frankfurt, and went to a furniture factory to see the custom-made restaurant furniture." Zhuang Jing said calmly, and got into the car with Liu Weizu.

"Did you decide to go temporarily, or did you go long ago?" "Wherever you want to go to Germany, you can go there as soon as you say, and make an appointment in advance." "Oh? So, your insistence on going to the restaurant today is a deliberate arrangement!" "I did it on purpose." Zhuang Jing only said briefly, still looking at the road ahead, concentrating on driving. "It's an old friend after all, and you are very considerate of my thoughts. I have been thinking about asking you to catch up with me since I came back yesterday. We have something to talk about, right?" Liu Weizu said sarcastically for a while, Seeing that Zhuang Jing didn't respond, she felt very bored.Sighing lightly, he changed his tone and said, "Zhuang Jing, I have something to talk to you about."

"What are you going to talk about?" "What about you? What did you find me out for?" "I also want to talk." "What are you talking about?" Liu Weizu fixedly looked at her profile. "Talk—of course it's about installing the restaurant. Aren't you the designer we invited? Then—then I want to talk about you." "Talking about me?" Liu Weizu pretended to make a fuss. "What else can I talk about? In the eyes of you decent people, you can't be considered a hippie or a jobless vagrant." Zhuang Jing ignored him.After driving for a long time, he said leisurely:

"Weizu, I just want to know, how did you become like this? You amaze me so much. You are not like the old you at all." "Oh? Really? It's an old friend who cares about me. You can tell at a glance that I'm not what I used to be. In your opinion, has it changed for the better or for the worse?" Zhuang Jing didn't answer for a long time.After turning a sharp bend carefully, he said: "It's gone bad, it's become more childish than before." This sentence quite offended Liu Weizu, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time.

"Weizu, don't blame me for speaking too frankly, we are old friends, I have to tell what I see." Zhuang Jing said again. "Zhuang Jing, let me tell you a word very frankly: Liu Lang today is not the Liu Weizu of the past, I am me today, and I will not change myself at all because of anyone's criticism or dislike." Liu Weizu Said coldly. "This kind of style is childish." Zhuang Jing smiled, turned her head and glanced at Liu Weizu: "You seem to be covered in thorns, and you intend to oppose everyone." "It's not that I want it, it's that I have to." Liu Weizu yawned wearily.

The car left the urban area of ​​Heidelberg early and drove down the Naka River. Zhuang Jing stopped the car in front of a dense pine forest. "Come down for a walk, the scenery here is really nice." She took out her sunglasses and put them on. Liu Weizu leaned on the car seat and couldn't get down, looking at Zhuang Jing with a mischievous smile on his lips. "Didn't you pick me up to see the restaurant? Why did you come here to see the scenery?" "You can visit the restaurant in the afternoon, let's talk here first." Zhuang Jing said calmly. "What a romantic and romantic Mrs. Tan, without telling her husband, she went to the beautiful riverside to talk with her old lover."

"Why are you so glib? If you can't change your attitude, we'll go back immediately." Zhuang Jing was also irritated. "Don't, since you're here, don't miss the opportunity." "Hey, Weizu, I hope you have a little sincerity and don't always be sloppy. How did you become like this? I can't imagine it." "There are so many unexpected things!" Liu Weizu's attitude became a little more serious, but he only kept it for a few minutes, and then said mockingly: "What is sincerity? Sincerity itself is a deceit. People are very sincere.” "Weizu, you can hate me, but don't hate everyone. From your tone, you see everyone as an enemy." "I don't hate you, and I don't hate everyone. I despise everyone, don't believe what they say, and despise what they do." Liu Weizu got out of the car and slammed the door shut. Zhuang Jing walked slowly along the path on the bank of the river. Liu Weizu looked at her back and took two big strides to catch up, and the two became side by side. The willow tree on the side of the path is taking new leaves, and the willow branches hang down long, touching the water.There is a bit of wind along the river, and every time a gust of wind blows slowly, the wicker will swing a few times, and there will be several circles of ripples on the water. Zhuang Jing picked a willow branch and tapped the palm of her left hand lightly. Liu Weizu walked with her silently for a while, and suddenly grabbed her shoulders with both hands. "Tell me, why did you leave without saying goodbye and marry Tan Yunliang? I don't think there is anything amazing about him! He is just an ordinary businessman. I heard that he had several big boats before. Is that why you married him?" ?” he said angrily, a little bit sharply. Zhuang Jing remained silent, still tapping the palm of her hand with that willow branch.Liu Weizu grabbed the wicker and threw it into the river. "Don't try to escape, I ask you why? Did you hear that?" Zhuang Jing raised her gaze, as if looking at someone she had never met, looked at Liu Weizu coldly, looked at it for a long time, and then said lightly: "The past is long gone, don't mention it again. Yunliang is my husband, he is a good man who never hurt anyone. If you still care about your previous relationship, you shouldn't criticize him with such words." "Oh, I really know how to teach people." Liu Weizu smiled teasingly. "I think you have become more than me. How did the girl who was full of heat before become a cold-faced female moralist?" "If you have had an experience like mine and don't know how to wake up, that person must be numb." Zhuang Jing turned around and sat on a mahogany bench by the water, staring at the river in a daze. "What extraordinary experience have you had?" Liu Weizu's tone was still not serious. "My experience, you can't even think about it." Zhuang Jing paused for a while, then said in a low, bitter, and slow manner: "A family is living well, and they have to escape. Fleeing in a small boat, drifting in the sea In twenty days, three children died and two—” "Two died?" Liu Weizu was moved. "Well, two died. We had three boys in all. They were all strong and well-behaved. I loved them more than I loved myself, but I watched them eat and drink and be beaten. The sun was so hot that it was almost dry, and the seven holes were bleeding, and they died bit by bit, and I didn't need the slightest effort." Zhuang Jing said very sadly, and took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears under her black glasses. "Look, now I'm a normal person again, and I can cry again. At that time, I didn't even have tears. The two children died one after the other, and I didn't shed a single tear." She pondered for a while, Started wiping tears again. "Thank God, you still left Jiadong to me after all. Jiadong is the eldest, and the next one is two years younger than the other. The two good children just died like that..." She took off her glasses and covered them with a handkerchief. Weeping uncontrollably. "Zhuang Jing, don't cry." Liu Weizu couldn't help but leaned over and hugged her shoulders that were heaving from crying. "It's okay, I'll be fine if I cry..." She cried twitchingly for a while, and it stopped automatically. "Weizu, after going through such a thing, my mood and thoughts have completely changed. It doesn't matter who was kind to me before. Human life is very fragile, and human nature is also very cruel and cruel. Now I just think about how to make myself live a safe life and help others live a safe life, and I have no other desires." She has returned to normal, and her speech is calm and orderly again. "That's why, Weizu, you made a mistake by asking me to settle the old score. Those things have been uprooted for me—" "Oh? Uprooted? Then what did you ask me to do?" Liu Weizu became angry when he heard this, lost all sympathy, and asked angrily. "Look, you're excited again. Wei Zu, I'm not looking for you to reminisce about the old days." "I already know that you don't want to talk about the past, but what are you going to do?" "I have two things I want to ask you. The first is that you don't want to disclose our previous relationship to anyone, especially Yunliang and Jiadong. Because—I have been married to Yunliang for more than ten years, and I never mentioned it to him I once fell in love with a man named Liu Weizu. I thought, this is something between the two of us, why should he know. He loves me very much, but always thinks he is not good enough for me. The encounter has almost left him without the courage to live, and now he is getting better slowly, but he can't be stimulated any more—" "You are such a considerate and considerate wife, you have even noticed your husband's psychological problems." Liu Wei suddenly stood up, walked back and forth on the ground twice, stopped in front of Zhuang Jing and sneered a few times. "But I'm not obliged to pay attention to his psychology—oh, don't worry, I haven't finished my sentence yet. Although I have no obligation to pay attention to his psychology, I'm not interested in telling him that I had a relationship with his wife. So you can rest assured about that. What's the second thing?" "The second thing—?" Zhuang Jing thought for a while, and said earnestly: "I was really surprised when I saw you yesterday, I——I really don't believe that you will become such a person, Wei Zu , why do you want to ruin yourself on purpose, you—" "Who said I was ruining myself?" Liu Weizu interrupted her coldly. "Weizu, I'm not bickering with you, and you don't have to make things difficult for me because of the past, I'm sincere." Zhuang Jing spoke very softly and slowly, but all the kindness and concern came from those slow-moving words. revealed in the words. Ancestor Liu Wei still had a playful smile on his face, and he deliberately tried to antagonize her, but then he gradually became serious.Zhuang Jing's words evoked many memories in him, causing him to ponder infinitely. A series of past events, like images on a slide, reappeared in front of his eyes one after another with vivid clarity. He lit a cigarette, sat on the bench without taking a sip, smoked absent-mindedly, and looked at a large field of pale yellow winter jasmine flowers on the river bank. "I remember you always said: how much your grandmother loves you, how much your father blesses you, I hope you will go abroad for further study after graduation, not only to succeed in your studies, but also to inherit his career. I still remember you in your department You are the student with the best homework, and the professors all like you. Also, you looked really good at that time, decent, honest, pure, and motivated." Zhuang Jing submerged in the memory unconsciously, perhaps there was too much in the memory. She was so warm and sweet, her face was a bit reserved, her expression was trying to keep it reserved, and her face that didn't show any emotions or anger became radiant.There was a faint blush on her pale cheeks, and the light from her dark eyes was not like what a middle-aged woman should have. "At that time, you were as innocent as a big child, but today you—" "How am I today? Dishonest, dishonest, and innocent? What do I look like? Like a homeless wild dog? Or like a hooligan roaming the world?" Liu Weizu blew out a string of smoke rings indifferently. "Weizu, these years, when I think of you, I always think that you are already a great scholar, or you have inherited your father's career and become a big entrepreneur. I never expected you to be in the situation you are today—" Liu Weizu took the cigarette he was smoking from his mouth and interrupted her: "Do you think academics and entrepreneurs are better than I am today? I don't think so. I told you: I look down on those people, they are all living in deceit, they are living in lies, they are all dishonest. If they were honest, they wouldn't be able to live like this with peace of mind, and they would run away from this world like me. Hmph, to be honest, I look down on everyone and this hypocritical society." Liu Weizu threw away and lit half of a cigarette, crushed with the heel. "I know you look down on everyone, you want to escape from the world, but why? With your environment, your ability and wisdom, you have no reason to be extreme to this extent." "I'm not extreme, I'm just a little more frank and honest than others." "But your performance and your way of life are too strange, why?" "If you want to know why, you'd better answer my question first. Why did you suddenly marry Tan Yunliang and leave without saying goodbye?" Liu Weizu asked stubbornly, staring at Zhuang Jing's face. "Because—" Zhuang Jing lowered her eyelids heavily, forming a curved arc, and her two upturned eyebrows also became curved.This expression is familiar to Liu Weizu.At that time, whenever she had a question, she would lower her eyelids so heavily, which made her look more charming and feminine. He liked her as a hero, and would hold her face in his arms, and when she was wide Kissed and kissed on the broad forehead. Zhuang Jing's expression moved Liu Weizu reluctantly, but he didn't want to hold her face up and kiss her.I don't want to, not because she is a married woman, but because I hate her, resent her, and refuse to admit that I have the slightest feeling for her. "Because I don't think we are suitable." Zhuang Jing continued calmly and slowly: "All kinds of inappropriateness. I thought, why so reluctantly? I met Yunliang at that time, and he chased me desperately when he saw me, He expressed that he wanted to marry me, so I think it’s better to agree! I married him.” "It turns out that things are so simple! So you just threw me away?" Liu Weizu sneered. "Weizu, you have no reason to blame me. If you think about it, who did you wrong first? Your family looked down on my mother and picked her as a poor professional, but Yunliang not only didn't look down on her, but even took her to Saigon with him. I have been supporting my mother until she dies." Zhuang Jing couldn't hold back her excitement. Zaijing's words made Liu Weizu at a loss for words, he pondered for a while, and then said resentfully: "I said that the problem can be solved, but it's just a matter of time. You can't wait. You don't have confidence in me. At least you should let me know your plan first." "Then why bother, it just makes things more difficult." Liu Weizu looked at the river, and didn't say a word for a long time. Zhuang Jing also looked at the river, but couldn't find anything to say.She was about to suggest that it was time to go back?Liu Weizu suddenly spoke: "Zhuang Jing, do you know? You made the first crack in my good impression of the world. You should remember, right? I treat you very well and sincerely, and I almost want to dedicate myself to you .” There was deep sadness and regret in his voice. "I remember, Weizu." "Just remember. Think about it, you suddenly left without saying goodbye and married someone else, what kind of blow is it to me?" Liu Weizu gestured to prevent Zhuang Jing from interrupting. "After you left, my view of love has completely changed. I no longer believe in love, and I dare not trust girls anymore. At this time, I realized how sincere and precious the love from my grandmother and parents is to me. So , I seem to have become pure, and I don’t think about or touch any playful things. I just want to be a good son and grandson, study hard, and become a great career in the future. It also made my grandma and my father happy." "I expected you to go this way, but—" "But? But there are many things you don't expect. Do you remember what happened at my house?" "Why don't you remember? Even though I've only been there once, I was very impressed. Your grandmother looks so majestic, and your father's demeanor—" "My father is handsome, a gentleman, isn't he?" Liu Weizu smiled contemptuously. "I'll tell you, Zhuang Jing, it's all fake, it's just acting on the surface, if you peel them off and look at them, you'll be scared to death—" "What's going on? Are you talking about your grandmother and your father in such a tone?" Zhuang Jing was shocked and opened her eyes wide in disbelief. "I'm a deceived person, why can't I say it in this tone? Zhuang Jing, do you remember? My grandmother and my father panicked when they first saw you?" "Remember, I still can't figure out why they have such expressions. I don't think I'm so scary because of my hideous appearance!" "Zhuang Jing, you guessed the opposite. When they saw you, they saw how hideous your own face was, and they felt guilty. Because your face looks so much like my mother, especially the big black spot on your lips. Mole, so similar, my mother has a mole exactly like yours on her lip—” "Is there such a mole on your mother's place?" Zhuang Jing touched the mole on her lips with a fingertip. "I can't see how she looks like me? I still remember your mother, she is so beautiful, she can tidy up, and she is well-dressed—" "You're talking about my stepmother, I'm talking about my real mother." "Didn't you say your mother died long ago?" Zhuang Jing looked at Liu Weizu in confusion. "That's what they lied to me. My mother is not dead, she is still alive. I have seen her." "Really?" Zhuang Jing didn't know whether to believe it or not. "Of course it's true. Do you remember that I always said that I felt familiar at first glance, as if I've seen you before, or even very close?" "Yes, you always said that, and you said that you had seen it in your previous life." Zhuang Jing couldn't help smiling, the past seemed too beautiful to her. "It was only when I saw my mother that I realized it. No wonder I felt familiar with you the moment I saw you. It was because of my mother that you not only resemble her in appearance, but also in your expression." "Why do you hate me so much because I'm like your mother, your grandmother and your father? How did you meet your mother?" Zhuang Jing felt too novel about what Liu Weizu said, and asked a series of questions. "It's not that they hate you, it's that they're afraid. They just think of the bad things they've done when they see you. Noble people, on the surface, don't admit that they will do bad things, but they are not confused in their hearts. They understand what they have done. It’s very obvious. So I’ve been ignoring things, staring and refusing to admit it, it’s ridiculously hypocritical.” Liu Weizu seemed to be describing an enemy’s embarrassing behavior, and he gritted his teeth with pleasure. "Is that why you became like this?" "As I said, you broke the first crack in my good impression of life. Later, when I found out about my grandmother's and my father's deceit, I felt that my whole life was destroyed. I was cheated and sacrificed. The ridiculous thing is that I always thought they were really noble, loved them, worshiped them, and did what they liked wholeheartedly..." Liu Weizu couldn't stop laughing as he said. "Oh! Oh! It's funny." "What the hell did your grandmother and your father do? At least they loved you from the bottom of their hearts." "Bah! Sincerely? To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than selfishness, just because they want to use me to be their good grandson and son, to support the family of Liu..." "What did they do?" Zhuang Jing became more and more curious. "Don't ask any more, I don't even bother to mention them. Alas! I'm hungry, and I must find a place to eat." "Okay, let's go." With Zhuang Jing in front and Liu Weizu behind, head towards the parking lot.When passing under a big tree, Liu Weizu suddenly hugged Zhuang Jing from behind, pulled her into his arms and was about to kiss her.Zhuang Jing didn't expect him to make this move, she was startled, and then struggled with all her strength. "What are you going to do? Weizu, this is not by the Danshui River, and you and I are not the two people we used to be. You can't do this." She said angrily. "Why can't it be like this?" Liu Weizu hugged Zhuang Jing tightly and didn't let go. "Please respect that I am a man's wife. I have such a big son. I don't like my son having a mother who is gossiped about." Zhuang Jing was serious. "Ah, what a chaste woman's face. Don't do this with me, okay?" Liu Weizu finally said, and let her go. "You know me from before, but you don't know me from now." "You don't know me now, and I feel conflicted about you. I hate you—" "You're a psycho. Our ideas are too far apart. I'm leaving." "You look at my perverted mind, I see everyone's perverted mind. Don't leave! I apologize to you. Alas! Zhuang Jing, don't you even forgive an old friend who is perverted?" Liu Weizu stopped Zhuang Jing, Zhuang Jing I couldn't laugh or cry, so I had to get in the car with him. Zhuang Jing drove up the road by the river, stopped in front of a small country restaurant, and asked, "Do you eat venison? This restaurant specializes in game." "Eat, eat, I am not a civilized person, I will eat any kind of meat, even human flesh." Zhuang Jing frowned, ignored Liu Weizu, and waited for the waiter to ask what he wanted?Liu Weizu unceremoniously ordered roast venison, mixed salad and red wine.When it was over, he said to the waiter: "I don't know what this lady wants? You ask her." "You seem to know this place very well?" Zhuang Jing said after the waiter left. "I know him very well. I used to come here when I was a student. At that time I had a car, and I often took Wang Hongjun and the others out for a drive and eat at restaurants during weekends and holidays." He took a sip of the red wine he had just brought. "I don't eat less of this venison, it's just a waste of my illegal money!" Zhuang Jing was drinking a glass of mineral water, she couldn't help smiling and said: "You are a person who has lived a good life. You have experienced both delicious and delicious food." "Yes, I have experienced it all, but what is that? Compared with the past, it becomes ridiculous." "You will never forget the suffering you have suffered, but only the blessings you have enjoyed." "I can't forget the suffering I have suffered. Not only can I not forget it, but I have to make up for it." "How to make up for it?" "Life is only once, and what has been hurt cannot be recovered. How can I make up for it? It's nothing more than venting my anger. Revenge is my way of making up. It sounds very Ah Q." Liu Weizu said a little depressed. "Alas, it's revenge again. In my opinion, the way to make up for it is to live a good life and try to be as happy as possible." Zhuang Jing tried to persuade him again. "This is high-profile, try to be happy? How can you try to be happy? Unless you deceive yourself, it is not difficult for ordinary people to deceive themselves, but it is impossible for me. I am too sober, I have seen clearly, like A person like me doesn't have many reasons to be happy." Liu Weizu had already downed half a bottle of wine, and after a while, an obscure blush appeared under his yellowish skin. "Weizu, don't be angry if I say something that hits the nail on the head. You have been pampered and spoiled since childhood, and you have been spoiled. You are a flower in a greenhouse, and you are too irresistible. It is just a little blow to others, but it is heaven to you." It’s collapsed. Wei Zu, you have no reason to be as desperate as you think—" "High-profile, high-profile, this is high-profile again. I think it's time to eat roast venison." Liu Weizu interrupted Zhuang Jing's words roughly, and pointed to the waiter who was serving the dishes. "Zhuang Jing, we can't talk at all now. Let me tell you, I am not a flower in a greenhouse. I have been wandering outside for many years. I have seen some mountains and rivers, suffered all kinds of hardships, and suffered all kinds of hardships. Torture, I have experienced more than anyone else. Hey! Waiter, have another bottle of wine." He began to eat roasted venison with relish. Zhuang Jing glanced at his face, said nothing more, picked up the knife and ate in silence.The person sitting in front of her turned out to be her girlhood sweetheart, a refined and pure boy back then, and a dissolute cynic today.He once loved her like that, but now he claims to take revenge on her, all this has become too much, she can hardly believe it is true, but the man with a frosty face on the opposite side, who claims to be Liu Lang, is drinking heavily. Eating meat in chunks and criticizing those related to him without shame, this existence couldn't be more real.The changes in the world shocked her so much that she was caught in the haze between reality and fantasy.She silently listened to Liu Weizu's various novel remarks, and stopped talking.After he finished speaking for a long time, she said calmly: "Eat quickly! We still have to go to the restaurant!" Tan Yunliang bought a small building with a restaurant on the first floor and the ground floor. It was originally a small tavern on a back street in Heidelberg.The tavern had only officially closed a few days ago, handing over the house to them.Now, apart from a bunch of small round tables crookedly placed in the middle of the floor, the entire hall is empty.Because the space gives people a kind of Chen!Feeling rundown.The two looked around the room, and Zhuang Jing asked: "Do you think this house can be decorated in a good Chinese form?" "No problem, madam, I'm sure I'll dress it up very well, and I won't charge you two thousand marks for nothing. I'm the real deal, but you'll have to give me two workers, a carpenter and a painter .” "That's not a problem." Zhuang Jing looked at Liu Weizu for a while, and suddenly asked: "Weizu, will you be wronged if you do this job for us?" She received the 20,000-mark bill from her hand, and she felt so embarrassed for Liu Weizu that she couldn't bear it.On the contrary, Liu Weizu himself didn't care, he shrugged and said with a smile: "What is there to be wronged? Please don't be embarrassed on my behalf. I don't have that concept. Do you think that I will be ashamed of doing things for you and taking your money? I don't think so at all. I take every penny for a penny. The money earned from work, the fairest deal, what's the shame?" He seemed to have studied her mood thoroughly. "That's good, let's decide the matter like this!" "Yes, the matter is decided like that." Liu Weizu imitated Zhuang Jing's tone ironically. "It's decided that you can go back and hand over the account, otherwise Boss Tan will come back and ask you what you did? Are you saying that you only invited your old lover to eat roast venison, so you can settle the old account?" He sarcastically smiled, seeing Zhuang Jing again Frowning, he deliberately asked seriously: "Does Tan Yunliang care about your actions? I think he indulges you. Of course! It's not easy for Tan Yunliang to marry a woman like you. How could you?" Not expensive but delicate." Zhuang Jing bit her lip, and finally said angrily: "How did you come to be like this? Your attitude is just—simply disgusting. Did I ever love someone like you? It's strange." "What's strange, didn't you marry Boss Tan?" "Yunliang is a better person than you. He has a loyal heart and never hurts others, unlike you." Zhuang Jing said uncontrollably. "What a good wife. However, please don't compare me with your boss Tan again, that would be an insult to me—" Liu Weizu was talking about Tan Yunliang contemptuously, and Tan Yunliang opened the door and came in, followed by Jiadong. "Hey, why did you come back so early?" Zhuang Jing asked. Tan Yunliang greeted Liu Weizu and said to Zhuang Jing: "I went to Frankfurt to see the furniture and came back. When I got home and saw that you were not there, I knew that you and Mr. Liu had come to see the restaurant. Just after I left the gate, I met Jiadong who wanted to come back from school, so I brought him along." With his mouth, he pointed to the house where he was looking around the house. "I can help Uncle Liu. Uncle Liu, I also like drawing, can you teach me?" Jiadong said to Liu Weizu. "Okay! But do you have the kung fu? Isn't your mother looking for a teacher to help you with your homework?" Liu Weizu raised his eyes and swept Zhuang Jing. "Oh, teacher, tutoring—" Jiadong pinched his neck with one hand, sticking out his tongue. "I can also have a little hobby!" "You should catch up with your homework first and then talk about other things!" Zhuang Jing said kindly to Jiadong. "You have too many hobbies, swimming, boxing, playing the guitar, singing, cycling, dancing, how can you still have kung fu for painting?" Tan Yunliang said with a smile. "Yunliang, how is the furniture doing?" Zhuang Jing returned to the topic. "That's right, just as we imagined. They promised to deliver all the goods in one month." Tan Yunliang said, turning to Liu Weizu: "It's not easy for a layman to open a restaurant. I've used all my thoughts, and I don't know how it will develop in the future. " "Where, you are an expert. Doing other businesses is a business, and opening a restaurant is still a business. It's not much different. Your wife is capable and can help a lot." Liu Weizu said not very sincerely. Tan Yunliang could listen to these few words, especially the part about praising his wife. "Ah Jing is my most capable assistant, I can't do without her." He looked at Zhuang Jing and smiled, the smile was full of affection and indulgence. "Ah Jing, I thought you and Mr. Liu came here this morning! Why are you here now?" "I came out late in the morning, and I accompanied Mr. Liu to eat lunch. I went to the small restaurant by the river to eat roast venison. I came here after eating. What did you eat at noon? Do you want me to go back and get you something to eat?" Eat?" Zhuang Jing said softly. "No, I ate on the train." Tan Yunliang looked at the roof, then at the floor, and then at the piles of tables and chairs. "This house is old enough, and it's not easy to clean it up! The outside needs to be completely painted, and the workers will come next week. When can the inside be started? Mr. Liu, I plan to open it in mid-May, at the latest by the end of May. .Spring is the tourist season, and there will be business when the doors open.” "Boss Tan really deserves to be a businessman, he is really good at calculating." Liu Weizu seemed a little sarcastic.While taking out a cigarette, he lit it with a lighter with a click, and smoked comfortably. "I can start work anytime, anywhere, but you have to find the workers quickly, and the pile of tables and chairs in the middle has to be moved first." "That's no problem, I can do these things today. Mr. Liu, I have a little opinion: I think our restaurant should not be like a general Chinese restaurant, which is full of dragons and phoenixes, making it look like a Guanyin Temple .I think we should make it lighter and more elegant. Ah Jing, what do you think?" Tan Yunliang told Liu Weizu and then turned to Zhuang Jing, waiting for her to answer. "I completely agree with you, Yunliang." Zhuang Jing nodded affirmatively. "I agree with Uncle Liu to draw a Chinese painting on this wall." Jiadong pointed to the wall facing the gate. Breathing out smoke, Liu Weizu observed the family of three coldly. When he found that they really cared for each other and were a solid and harmonious small group, his feelings of injustice, jealousy and resentment surfaced again. "You want to be more elegant?" He looked at Tan Yunliang a little contemptuously. "I want to be more refreshing and elegant." Tan Yunliang didn't hear the sarcasm in Liu Weizu's tone, and said honestly. "Okay! Since Boss Tan wants to be polite, let's be more polite." Liu Weizu still had the mocking expression and tone. "You already understand what we mean, and now you can start working. You are a designer, how you design is of course up to you, and your plan and drawing are ready to show us first. Yunliang, let's go back!" Zhuang Jing's tone to Liu Weizu was almost cold and almost orderly, while to Tan Yunliang it was a tone of discussion. “老板娘的命令一定服从就是了。喂！谭老板，我看你太太真能干，比你还厉害呢！”刘慰祖拍了一下谭允良的肩膀，好像在跟他开玩笑。 “她是比我能干，我全靠她。” “允良，你别说笑话了，没你拿主意我就什么也做不成。” “你们两个人可真算得相敬如宾，她捧你，你捧她，看着真叫我这个王老五羡慕。”刘慰祖趁谭允良不注意，快速而恶作剧的朝庄静掠了一眼，庄静装做没看见，从桌上拿起皮包，慢慢往外走。 “刘先生为什么不成家呢？”谭允良笑着问。 “跟谁去成？没人要啊！” “刘先生真会开玩笑，像这样一表人才的艺术家还会没人要？” “我倒也希望有人要呢！拜托你们贤伉俪替我注意注意，给介绍一个——” “允良，我们真得回去了，我还有事。”庄静已经打开门，在门口回过头来催。“家栋，你还在做什么，要走了。” 家栋正坐在楼梯上，看他刚买的狄斯可唱片上的说明。听到叫他，便大声的道： “我留下来给刘叔叔帮忙好不好？” “不好，你得回去做功课。”庄静不容商量的说。 家栋好不情愿的从楼梯上站起，谭允良又说了些客套话，谭家三口人终于走了。 空荡荡的一间长方形大屋子里，就剩下刘慰祖一个人。他把香烟捻灭了，在房子中间呆站了一会，便去坐在刚才家栋坐过的楼梯上。 过分膨胀的怒气，塞得他的胸腔满得像随时可能爆炸开来的汽球。他无论如何服不下这口气，为什么害了人的人反倒有好结果？反倒能过得心安理得？为什么他刘慰祖永远是个被害者？是个被牺牲的角色？不行，他就是输不下这口气，也痛恨这种黑白颠倒的现象，他一定要反抗，要报复——虽然他早说过：无论什么时候遇到庄静，也要报复。但在江边上的长谈，在小馆里的默默相对，使他几乎改变了心意，几乎想收拾行囊离开海德堡，把过去的创痛和忿恨一笔勾销了。因为，他在她那对墨黑的大眼眸里，看到了当年在淡水河边看过的神情，那神情似乎在说明一项很重要的事实；她对他仍然在爱着，一点也没变。他差不多心肠立时变软了，也差不多恢复了一些对爱情的信心。觉得爱情这东西可能还是有的，人心并不像他想的那么冷酷绝望，他甚至觉得对这样一个深情的女性报复是下不了手的。可是，当他看到她对谭允良的态度，他们一家三口那种美满和谐的情形，便明显的看出，自己是又一次被愚弄了。他发誓非报复不可，他双手抱着头，满面愁容的寻思着，怎样给伤害他的人以还击？