The first button is wrongly buttoned, and it is often not discovered until the last button. Feng Lan put down the phone, and slowly adjusted the button of the wrong shirt. The half-open bedroom window sees the bright morning light, and the sweeping sound of the cleaning lady downstairs is regular and soothing, and there are occasional birdsong.It was a brand new and energetic morning, but Feng Lan's previous refreshing state was swept away.She was like a full balloon whose rope was quietly loosened, slowly slackening down, showing her exhaustion. It's all because of a text message she just saw.

"The groom, Zhou Taoran, and the bride, Feng Ying, are planning to hold a wedding ceremony on August 28th. We respectfully prepare a wedding banquet at the Jiangyuan Century Hotel. Please come." Who is Zhou Taoran?Feng Lan's "ex" boyfriend.And the word "before" is still open to debate.If Feng Lan remembers correctly, she and Zhou Taoran did not officially break up. It was just that on Valentine's Day this year, they decided to end the cold war and quarrel after having dinner together. They gave each other some space to calm down and think about their future. How to go on the road.No, half a year has passed in a flash, let alone "quiet" or "quiet", the relationship has completely "cold".Before Feng Lan figured out what to do in the future, Zhou Taoran went on his own way.

Breaking up is an extensive and profound knowledge, and there are many things that need not be clarified. An untimely death is also a way of death in love. Feng Lan actually understands this rule of communication between adult men and women.She could even tolerate Zhou Taoran using the "red bomb" method to officially announce the end of the relationship between the two, and it was the most cowardly way of notifying them through text messages.The four-year-long relationship with Zhou Taoran has already exhausted Feng Lan's enthusiasm in the repeated see-saw. For those who are no longer in love, her bottom line of tolerance is extremely broad.However, the only thing that Feng Lan couldn't bear was that the long-term conflict between her and Zhou Taoran was that she believed that if the relationship reached a certain level, it would either break up altogether or enter the palace of marriage. .But Zhou Taoran hopes to "share life happily" with her, but thinks that getting married is the most unreliable thing.

On the night when they agreed to calm down, Zhou Taoran sent Feng Lan to the parking lot, and the last words he said were: "I love you, Feng Lan, I don't want to break up. Without the vulgar form of marriage, we can just as well. Very happy." As a result, just half a year later, he was going to happily reveal their "vulgar form" with another woman.This was tantamount to slapping Feng Lan's face fiercely. Worse than pain was shame.What is "fear of marriage" and what is "love is greater than form" are all bullshit.It turned out that he didn't want to get married, but just didn't want to marry her.What made Feng Lan even more depressed was, who was Feng Ying?She didn't know it at all!

Feng Lan sat in front of the dressing table for a long time, thinking about it, but couldn't figure it out.When I rushed to the store in a daze, it was already lunch time.She runs a Thai restaurant, which is not big or small, and the business is acceptable.More than four years ago, at the age of twenty-five, she quit a stable job that most people envied to start a business, which caused quite a stir among relatives and friends.Parents said that it was because she had never experienced hardship since she was a child, so it was not fun not to toss her head and bleed. The complaints of the elderly are also reasonable.There are two brothers and sisters in Feng Lan's family. Her elder brother is eight years older than her. Her parents have always dreamed of having a daughter, and it took them many years to get her. The whole family treats her like a baby.The two elders have worked in government departments and large state-owned enterprises for a lifetime, and they both retired from leadership positions.Her brother loves to study and has good grades. After graduating from university, he went abroad for further studies and stayed in the local area. He married a yellow-haired sister-in-law.Feng Lan was also the glory of his parents when he was a child. He could read, was obedient, and he was good-looking. A good job, just need to pick a partner with similar talents and looks, and life will be perfect.In the words of her parents, their lives are more than enough and more than enough. They don't want to be rich and powerful, at least they can be called decent.

Feng Lan worked in her so-called "fat job" position for three years.Seeing her going out early and returning late every day, her parents didn't doubt that she had it. They didn't know she had quit her job until the small restaurant opened, and it was too late to jump up in anger.In their eyes, there is nothing wrong with girls, but they just want to be "small merchants and hawkers", and they are still engaged in catering.The eldest girl's family is the proprietress, welcoming and seeing off, and the precarious situation, how can it compare to the golden rice bowl before?

After Feng Lan was reprimanded, she took this opportunity to be "knocked out" and moved out to live her own life. Even her brother on the other side of the world was scolded by her parents for sponsoring half of her start-up capital. Bloody head. Fortunately, although Feng Lan's entrepreneurial journey was difficult, she was still lucky. She changed the store twice and the chef team three times. Since the commercial facilities around the building where the store is located have matured, her business has gradually improved. On the right track, with a stable source of customers, it is also considered a minor celebrity on local food forums.At the end of last year, she completely paid off her brother's "sponsorship", and even sponsored her parents' shopping tour in ten countries in Europe. Only then did her parents heave a sigh of relief. They didn't say anything, but they finally admitted in their hearts that their daughter's opening a restaurant is also considered a job. "cause".As a result, her mother who was an accountant would pay attention to the accounts of her store from time to time, and her father was willing to recommend the youngest daughter's restaurant in the circle of old friends.

Feng Lan also knew that her parents still worried about her because they loved her.But having a small restaurant of her own is her dream since she was a child. She mentioned it to them countless times when she was in school, and they were all fooling around.Loving someone and understanding someone are always two different things.It's like Zhou Taoran once said that he loved her so much that he was about to die, but he didn't know that no matter how free and easy the woman said, she still wanted a happy destination in the end. Thinking of Zhou Taoran, Feng Lan's mood became even worse.The sharp-eyed Liu Kangkang was the first to open the glass door for her from the store, and said affectionately, "Madam proprietress, why are you here?"

Now Feng Lan doesn't have to do everything in the restaurant by herself, but apart from this trust, she has nothing else to do, so she usually reports to the restaurant on time. "I'm sorry, Mr. Kang, I'm late. Why don't you deduct my salary?" Liu Kangkang was speechless by Feng Lan's lukewarm words, so he took a peek at her face, knowing that he had hit the muzzle of a musket, and that he could hide if he couldn't be provoked, so he stood embarrassingly. Make a welcome sign by the door. "What are you doing here? Didn't you see that Fang Fang was still mopping the floor? What time is it?" Feng Lan gave Kang Kang a blank look, then turned to ask the cutting board master Xiao Li who was wandering around the kitchen door, "What time is it?" Going to smoke? Is the kitchen ready?"

Everyone in the store felt the attack of the low air pressure, and scattered like birds and beasts.Feng Lan vaguely heard Kangkang muttering to someone at the card table by the window, "...she is not like this usually, it must be that one...that, you understand...women are inevitable..." Kangkang's confidant was sitting in the sunny position with the best view in the store, with his back to her, so he couldn't see clearly.Feng Lan thought to himself, Liu Kangkang was getting more and more courageous, and actually went to the customer to scold her.She had no intention of doing serious business anyway, and was about to ask him what "that" was "which" when she walked halfway, but was stopped with words.

"Let me guess...you got the message." There weren't too many customers in this restaurant. The woman who spoke was in her early thirties, with a slender figure and delicate makeup. She was sitting alone at a table, drinking tea while looking at Feng Lan. Usually Feng Lan didn't pay much attention to her, but when he heard her say this out of the blue, he couldn't help but stop by her table, lowered his head and asked, "What news?" "Pretending to be confused is the most boring thing. How much gift money are you going to give the day after tomorrow?" the woman said with a smile. Feng Lan thought it was ridiculous and ridiculous, so he simply sat across from the woman, "Don't tell me he invited you." "We're all friends, why bother to be so out of touch?" The other party laughed angrily, "I thought you'd talk to me about Feng Ying." A few hours ago, "Feng Ying" was a completely unfamiliar name, but now Feng Lan sounded like he was chewing on sand. "I'm not interested in her." Feng Lan signaled Kang Kang to pour himself a glass of water.Kangkang moved quickly.Feng Lan picked up the cup, just in time to meet the woman opposite with a knowing but mocking expression.Li Zongsheng has a song, which is: "The oath of an old love is like a slap in the face, every time you think of it, you get a slap in the face."In fact, the new love of the old love is more like a slap in the face. Anyone who mentions it seems to be entitled to slap her face left and right. "Okay, tell me, who is she? I'm so curious that I can't live anymore." After Feng Lan finished speaking, he took a big sip of water.Even if it is a slap in the face, catching up is better than avoiding the inevitable embarrassment. The other party seemed very satisfied with her attitude, and frowned with a disgusted expression, "You will be disappointed if you say it. The bride is nothing special. I found out that she is just a little girl, from an ordinary family, a small clerk—— That's it." Obviously, this seemingly relieved tone did not make Feng Lan feel any better.She wanted to laugh, but couldn't.A little girl who is so ordinary, but in less than half a year, she has secured her ex-boyfriend who she has talked with for four years and regards marriage as a scourge. Isn't this a greater humiliation to her? "Feng Lan, do you know where you lost?" The person sitting across from Feng Lan asked softly when he saw that Feng Lan had been silent for a long time. Feng Lan replied mockingly, "Age?" "No. It's your pride. People like you have lived too easily since you were young, and you value dignity and face more than the sky. Let me tell you the truth, the shitty things between men and women don't like you at all. If you want to keep a man, you have to entangle him, entangle him to death. Have you ever seen a boa constrictor hunt? Just use both the head and the tail, without leaving a single strand of hair. If you entangle him until he is dizzy and suffocated, and his limbs are paralyzed, he will fall to you. It’s in your mouth. Then you can let go, take your time, and enjoy it as much as you want.” "It makes sense. But I didn't understand a little bit. May I ask why my cousin Wu Jiang fell into your mouth? Oh... I forgot, he is also our kind." Feng Lan saw that the smile on the corner of the other party's mouth froze for a while, and then returned to normal for a few seconds. He smiled and lowered his head and took a sip of tea, as if he didn't hear anything. The woman sitting opposite Feng Lan was named Tan Shaocheng. Her husband died a few years ago and she had some money. She is now one of the major shareholders of her husband's business and an old acquaintance of Feng Lan's cousin Wu Jiang. Feng Lan knew what Tan Shaocheng thought about Wu Jiang, although Tan Shaocheng never said it himself. The hospital where Wu Jiang works is not far from Feng Lan's restaurant, and he helped find the restaurant at the beginning.Wu Jiang has been widowed for many years, and his life is full of work. If he occasionally relaxes and goes out for a meal, he will probably choose Fenglan's place, and then Tan Shaocheng has become a regular customer in the store. Feng Lan is a few years younger than her cousin Wu Jiang, and she has heard a little about his cousin's past from her family.The elders all said that Wujiang is good everywhere, but fate is too hard.I talked with a girlfriend very early on, and that girl committed suicide for some reason, and Wu Jiang didn’t look for it for a long time, and finally couldn’t stand the pressure of her family and got married on a blind date. He died in a car accident not long after.Since then, Wu Jiang has lived alone until now.He is not bad in character and appearance, and he is the chief doctor of a large hospital. It is not difficult to find a partner.Feng Lan guessed that he was discouraged.After going through so many things, the family couldn't bear to push him anymore.Now among the big family members of their generation, only Wu Jiang and Feng Lan who were the most outstanding in the eyes of the elders were left unmarried. Feng Lan was not very clear about the past between Wu Jiang and Tan Shaocheng.She only knew that Tan Shaocheng treated Wu Jiang unusually, but Wu Jiang's reaction was very cold.They met several times in Fenglan's store in the past, and when there were many people, Wu Jiang pretended not to see them, and if he couldn't escape, he would say hello at most.Ever since Wu Jiang once brought a friend of his who came back from abroad to eat Thai food, he happened to meet Tan Shaocheng again.There were a lot of people in the shop that day, Feng Lan was extremely busy, and finally got away to greet his cousin, only to find that they left without eating.Since then, Wu Jiang has never been to Fenglan's store again, and he will only invite her to other places when he has something to do. Although Wu Jiang had never said anything bad about Tan Shaocheng in front of Feng Lan, Feng Lan knew her cousin's temper well.He is not an enthusiastic person, nor is he a mean person, most of the time he is kind, only when facing Tan Shaocheng, Feng Lan can catch the concealed disgust from his face. Feng Lan didn't have a good opinion of Tan Shaocheng, but he didn't hate him either.Tan Shaocheng visited the restaurant far more times than Wu Jiang. She can't eat spicy food, doesn't like sourness, and is not interested in the taste of spices. She can only order a few dishes each time. What fun it is to dine in a Thai restaurant.What's more, Wu Jiang obviously didn't want to come here again because of her, she was still the same, almost treating this place as half of her own kitchen.All the employees in the store know her well, and they know the dishes she often eats well.Feng Lan subconsciously keeps a distance from her, but sometimes he can't help but ask her: "Have you felt like throwing up yet after eating our food?" Faced with such a problem, Tan Shaocheng smiled at most, and occasionally said: "In my eyes, something that can fill you up is a good thing. Isn't it a good thing that you have loyal customers like me in your store?" Feng Lan was noncommittal.Forget her, open the door for business, and the customers come.Tan Shaocheng's frequent visits are not a good thing, but it can't be said to be a bad thing, at least she pays the bill very readily, and is also polite and generous to the waiters.Feng Lan believes that Tan Shaocheng should be a person with few friends in life, because she always talks to Feng Lan whenever she has something to do, and never gives up any chance to talk, even if Feng Lan is not enthusiastic.At first Feng Lan thought that Tan Shaocheng's desire to confide was because of Wu Jiang, but later he felt that it was more than that, she seemed to just want to talk to someone.She has a dead husband, no confidant, and most of the company is subordinates. In this restaurant, the only person who can talk to her is the proprietress. Feng Lan only had a few words with Tan Shaocheng when he was bored.Tan Shaocheng is smart and good at guessing people's hearts, communicating with her is not uninteresting.It’s just that there is often something uncomfortable in her insights, like a snake in the cold winter, it looks beautiful and docile, it is quietly coiled there, but you can never guess when it will spit out a letter and pounce. come over.