Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Let's Calm Down

Feng Lan and Ding Xiaoye left the banquet halfway, and stayed in her car to drink the wine that Ding Xiaoye brought out from the wedding banquet.There is no cup, and it's not like they haven't drank each other's saliva anyway. The two of them are facing the bottle, you take a sip, and I take a sip. "My mother often told me that treating your own man is like planting a tree. You have to worry about watering and fertilizing him frequently. If he doesn't grow well, you have to prune and deworm him... She is afraid Can't I get married? I'm also afraid that I will suffer from a man, so I often teach me a set of tricks..."

"Do you feel that you are at a disadvantage for not marrying that man?" Ding Xiaoye wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, and handed the bottle to Feng Lan, "Anyway, you two have already broken up, so why bother whether he cheated on you before? Stealing people. Is this even important?" Feng Lan said: "Of course it is important. What do you know? Before I saw you last night, he asked me out and said a lot of things. Together, he couldn't stand the pressure I put on him. Really, I was already reflecting on myself. On the way to the wedding, I was still asking myself if I pushed him too hard, walked to I also made mistakes in this step today, and my mistakes may even be more. I shouldn’t have found him a job on my own, I shouldn’t have given him food and clothing, I shouldn’t just show him my most glamorous side, Not to mention paying for it when his father was sick. I thought it was for his own good, but I never thought it would be a burden in the eyes of a man."

She drank too fast and almost choked, "I planted this tree for four years, what did it look like in the end? I can bear that the person who planted the tree and the person who reaped it are not the same. This kind of thing often happens. I Losing to Feng Ying, the skills are not as good as others, I admit it. But I can't bear it. When I was still watering day after day, she had already bitten all the fruits on my tree. In the end, I thought that nothing was mine wrong!" Ding Xiaoye said puzzledly: "That buddy is also very interesting, one foot is two boats. Just step on it. On a happy day, why do you have to speak so bluntly in front of everyone? You will be full when you are full."

"I'll tell you why Zhou Taoran dares to be so shameless. No matter how angry I am, I can't do anything out of line. Who am I? I'm an unlucky ghost who will only 'let us calm down' when we quarrel. Die I want to save face and suffer!" "Then you go back and make trouble for him, I won't stop you." Feng Lan sneered, "It's easy for him to lose face, but what can I get? Everyone is shameless, and if I paste his dirty things in public, how can I be clean in the eyes of others?" She lowered her head sadly, "He's right, I can't do that."

"That's the end." Ding Xiaoye said, "Do you care so much about what others think of you?" Feng Lan said: "A tree has a skin, and a person has a face. Isn't one's whole life a life in the eyes of others? I used to think that the self was more important than anything else, but no matter how good a person is, no matter how bad, no matter how beautiful , no matter how ugly, only you know, only you see, what's the point? Being noticed, forgotten, envied, laughed at, loved, hated, protected, needed, repeated, this is an ordinary person life. Do you live only for yourself?"

"I never thought that it would be good to be alive." "For four years, every day he said he loved me very much, and I believed it. I believed that he was just immature, and I believed that he was just not ready. I waited and waited until I was 30 years old. Bad reason, wait for his shameless 'one year ago' and 'one year later'. Do you think the bride is young? I was young too, I have no choice. He told me earlier that I would pester him? It is said that marriage is the tomb of love. What is love without marriage? It is a wilderness of corpses, a lonely ghost! Do I look like a ghost now or like a bitter woman?"

Ding Xiaoye adjusted the back of the chair to a comfortable position, clasped his hands behind his head and said, "We have a saying over there that a woman's love is like unbuttoning a button. Every time she fails, she undoes one button, and slowly she gets out of the tightly wrapped bag." A strict and pure girl strips off into a naked slut. A resentful woman is not as good as a slut..." Ding Xiaoye swallowed the rest of the words.He was joking, but he didn't expect Feng Lan to close his eyes, and the corners of his eyes were wet, as if there were tears. He snatched the wine bottle from her hand, "Forget it, don't drink it."

Feng Lan smiled, and didn't care about the tears rolling down, "According to what you said, I might as well take off my clothes." Unexpectedly, this drop of tears would have a certain degree of disturbance to Ding Xiaoye, who seemed to be indifferent.He was a little annoyed, "Tell me, how can you feel comfortable?" "I'm going to tear that bitch Zhou Taoran into pieces. Didn't he figure out that I can't do anything out of line? I'll just show him!" "It's impossible to cut a corpse into pieces, so let's do something practical." Ding Xiaoye said calmly, looking at the windshield in front of the car.

"You can't smash his body into thousands of pieces, just beat him up!" "It's not difficult." Feng Lan immediately opened his eyes, "Are you willing to help me?" "I can get him here. How to deal with it is your business. But there are two things you must guarantee." "Say it!" Feng Lan's eyes were red. "First, no matter what happens, the result has nothing to do with me." "I knew you were such a person. What about the second?" "You have to have the money ready." Feng Lan didn't expect to talk about money so nakedly.She has seen a lot of hypocrites, and real villains are also quite hated.

"How much?" she said contemptuously. "It will cost several thousand yuan anyway." Ding Xiaoye didn't change his face. Feng Lan bitterly went to find her bag, took out all the cash in it, and threw it to him, "This is 5,800 yuan, here it is for you, all of it for you. If it's not enough, I'll get it for you later. I'm poor and crazy. Haven't seen any money, have you?" Ding Xiaoye picked up the money one by one, counted it again, and said with a smile: "Five thousand and eight is right. Madam, if I want money, will I sit in your car now?"

... Feng Lan entered the police station twice in one day, the first time as the informant, and the second time as the suspect. It was Liu Kangkang who came to pick her up.After completing the complicated procedures, I walked out of the police station, and the outside world was already brightly lit.Feng Lan asked, "Zeng Fei didn't come?" Kangkang said: "My uncle said he couldn't afford to lose this person. He also asked me to tell you that this time the matter is settled, the other party promised not to sue you, but if you mess around again next time, he will..." "What is he?" "He asked Wu Jiang to tell your mother!" "Childish!" Feng Lan rolled his eyes, "It's not a primary school student." Liu Kangkang said with a smile: "Madam, what you did this time is not very mature... Oh, don't hit me yet. I think you are so handsome. Yay! I support you in my heart!" Feng Lan refused to give Kang Kang a high five.She didn't show any traces on her face, in fact, after waking up, she couldn't believe that she actually beat Zhou Taoran.She has lived until now, not to mention fighting with others, she has never even uttered dirty words in a quarrel.It's crazy. "Your uncle really settled everything? Zhou Taoran won't tell me, but his wife and mother-in-law will agree?" Feng Lan was still in a daze.She has no experience in this field, and she only knew that Zeng Fei had some skills, but she never expected to have such a great ability.When they met Zhou Taoran's family members at the police station, Feng Ying and her mother hated Feng Lan deeply, as if they would not give up until they killed her.If the police hadn't stopped her, she would have been eaten on the spot. "I don't know about that. But although my grandfather passed away, which of the leaders in the institute are not his former subordinates? My uncle also worked in this circle, and his words are somewhat useful. Besides, you apologize , the money was lost, and it would be unjustifiable not to give some face." Kangkang said. Feng Lan's apology was voluntary.Seeing Zhou Taoran's appearance after bandaging, she admitted that she was a bit ruthless, and today is another good day for others.No matter how cheap the pair of dogs are, her apology is not worth it.But this is the first time I have heard of compensation. "The money that Zeng Fei gave me? You live with your uncle now, and return the money to him for me later." Liu Kangkang is a student, he has no money, and the other party is not easy to spend. Who else can he turn to besides Zeng Fei?She should have thought that it was impossible for nothing. Liu Kangkang kept shaking his head, "No, no, the money was given by Ono. When you were taken away, my uncle went to the hospital to find Zhou Taoran, and the cash from the store was just taken away. Thanks to Ono's money, it happened to be five Qianba, give it all to me. You said Ono is quite funny, I thought he was poorer than me, but I didn’t expect to have so much cash on him, it’s definitely all his belongings. I’ll just say others.” Now Feng Lan understood everything, he dared to expect this end, and after setting up the cover, he watched her jump in leisurely.She said insincerely: "What a nice person!" "My uncle asked me to ask you, you can't do today's work alone, who else got involved. Sister Lan, do you still have help?" Feng Lan said to Kang Kang with a half-hearted smile, "Tell me, if I tell your uncle that I hired a professional killer, will he believe it?" Kangkang was stunned for a moment before laughing, "Oh, you're so funny, I'm still in the mood to make a joke. If I say this, it's no wonder my uncle didn't kill me." Feng Lan thanked Kang Kang, said goodbye to him and went back to his residence.While taking a shower, she found an obvious red mark on her wrist, which was left by Ding Xiaoye when he forcibly pulled her away from the parking lot.People say that when one is drunk, one knows in one's heart, and it is true.Feng Lan no longer had the urge to clean up Zhou Taoran at that time, but what happened in the afternoon was like a bloody old movie playing back and forth in her mind. She remembered that after giving all the cash on her body to Ding Xiaoye, he seemed to have left for a while, took her car keys, and told her to wait in a certain corner and not to walk around casually.Feng Lan was being led by the nose by him, and just when she suspected that she had been cheated by him, Zhou Taoran suddenly put a gift bag containing cigarettes on her head, and was pushed to the front of the car beside her. Feng Lan didn't react immediately, seeing Zhou Taoran, who was covering her head and cutting her hands behind her back, circling in circles, struggling, cursing, and falling down, she couldn't move like a clay sculpture.After more than ten seconds, Zhou Taoran gave up his resistance and knelt on the ground with a plop.Feng Lan took a step back in fright, but heard him talking vaguely and messily - today is his wedding day, the bride has a deep relationship with him, has a baby in her belly, and is still waiting for him to go back, asking for money and things That's fine, as long as you don't hurt him. Zhou Taoran cried, even if he couldn't see his face, Feng Lan could feel his tears.She couldn't believe how strong, wild, and attractive he used to be to her, hitting the gym three times a week and claiming to have once fought off drunken rioters one against three.But right now, with a paper bag of Double Happiness on his head and his own tie wrapped around his hand, he was crying like a coward before she could lift a finger, and he only knew how to use his tie You can't win sympathy by breaking things with your feelings on the table. Feng Lan was so angry that he covered his mouth, raised his calfskin shoulder bag and threw it at Zhou Taoran.He was sobbing, not even daring to shout out loud.Feng Lan raised his hands and dropped his hands, thinking about his vows when he pursued her hard, his betrayal when he kept saying he loved her, his face when he scolded the marriage system, and all the disappointments and humiliations he gave her... She always tried to Make yourself look elegant and rational, but he says she doesn't even have passion for arguing. "Let's calm down" He was tired of hearing it, so she simply returned all the anger that had been suppressed in her heart during this period of time and returned it to him in the most passionate way. Didn't Zhou Taoran say that he felt nervous when he heard the sound of her high heels?Feng Lan's arms were tired, so he took off his high heels and smashed him on the head, and was dragged away from the scene by Xiao Ye's pincers, leaving Zhou Taoran kneeling on the ground with his head covered. Feng Lan kicked Ding Xiaoye back then, and he couldn't understand his hatred. Ding Xiaoye didn't say anything, and led him to turn left and right out of the hotel. He stopped a car for her at the back door and let her go. Before leaving, he only said One sentence: "I helped you do it, and you also remember what you promised me." After the two parted, Feng Lan didn't know where Ding Xiaoye had gone. She asked the taxi driver to take her to a KTV near the restaurant. The tune was sung all over again, and finally fell asleep on the sofa.When she woke up and was ignorantly planning to go home and change clothes, the members of the Zhou family had already led the police from the police station to wait downstairs for her. Afterwards, when she was mediated at the police station, Feng Lan found out that the most serious injury to Zhou Taoran was when she hit her with a high-heeled shoe, and the back of her head was swollen.She had lingering fears at that time. When a person lost his mind, he could do anything. If Ding Xiaoye hadn't interrupted her hearty "revenge", she might have made a bigger mess. Speaking of Ding Xiaoye, without him, what happened later would not be possible.Feng Lan wondered whether he should be grateful to him or blame him.She kept her promise and never mentioned the existence of "accomplices".The hotel's camera lens didn't capture too many useful images, and Zhou Taoran was also confused during the whole process.In fact, it was Feng Lan's perfume that betrayed her, her favorite Miss Coco, Zhou Taoran couldn't be more familiar with that smell.Even if he couldn't figure out that Feng Lan would do such a crazy thing, but after thinking about it, she was the only one with that suspicion. After the farce was over, Feng Lan wanted to remember deeply and learn from the pain, but the drowsiness came so violently.In the end, she only had one thought, never to use Miss Coco again, and then fell into a dream. Feng Lan had the sweetest sleep in the past few days, and the alarm clock failed to wake her up.When I rushed to the store, I saw her flamboyant red mini-cooper in her parking space.The car is back, what about people?She hurried into the dining room and looked around before she could stand still. Before she saw Ding Xiaoye, she was horrified to find that her respected mother had been "waiting" for her for a long time. Could it be that Zeng Fei betrayed her?Feng Lan was surprised and suspicious.The day before yesterday she had been robbed of her bag, and she had repeatedly told the people around her not to let her parents know about it, fearing that the old man would worry and criticize her.If the crime of beating Zhou Taoran yesterday was added, her mother's blood pressure would be off the charts, and she would never have a peaceful day in the future. Feng Lan was quickly thinking about the countermeasures, and her mother had already walked towards her.As soon as I approached, I complained: "What time is it now? If you insist on running this restaurant, your mother will not tell you, but since you regard it as a business, you have to act like a business. The boss does not set an example, and the subordinates How are people scattered?" After this lesson, Feng Lan let go of his heart instead.This is enough to prove that the mother did not come here because of her troubles.She sold it quickly, and said with a smile: "Your old man is coming, why don't you let me pick you up?" "When did you wake up. I just want to come here when you don't know, to see the real situation in your store." Feng Lan served her mother with tea.Just looking at the serious and trembling appearance of everyone in the store, needless to say, she could already imagine that her mother had launched a "rectification movement" in the store before she appeared. This kind of scene will be repeated every once in a while, and the specific time depends on the mood of the old man.Feng Lan's mother is a career-oriented woman. Before retiring, she held a leadership position in a state-owned enterprise for a long time. Although she has been idle for many years now, her past momentum and way of doing things have not changed.As long as she comes here, in addition to routinely reviewing the financial accounts, it is necessary to gather the head chef, down to the waiters, and handymen to give instructions. Several party members developed in Fenglandian. "As soon as I came, there was no decent person to welcome guests at the door. The guests checked out and left the table, and the people who cleared the table were slow. Ask the store manager for some details, but he doesn't know anything. The waiter smells of smoke, and the second chef I didn't even wear a hat...how can you tell me to rest assured?" Feng Lan accepted it humbly, and said flatteringly, "That's why mom has to keep an eye on me." "Those two waiters are unfamiliar, are they new?" Feng Lan looked in the direction her mother was pointing at. It was Liu Kangkang who was cleaning the table in the corner, and it was Ding Xiaoye who was helping the customers order with his back to them? Feng Lan was in a better mood, and whispered to her mother like a little girl: "He's new here, is he good-looking?" After Ding Xiaoye finished ordering, he walked towards the bar.Feng Lan's mother put on her presbyopic glasses and took a look, "Why do waiters need to be so good-looking? They are useless. To recruit, you have to choose those who are hard-working and honest." "Placing it in the store is also pleasing to the eye." Feng Lan muttered. "You might as well think about the business if you have that kind of thought! You're almost thirty years old, is it possible that you are still married to a waiter?" here we go again.Feng Lan wanted to pee, but her mother saw through decisively, "Stop pretending. I heard about Zhou Taoran's marriage." The first time Feng Lan heard the name Zhou Taoran, he was startled suddenly, and his heartbeat was not so violent when he had the best relationship with him.My mother must have seen her weird face, and sighed, "This is a good thing. I didn't agree with it at the beginning. Picking a man is the same as picking an employee. Don't try to look good, you have to be practical." After all, the mother still felt sorry for her daughter, and pointed to Feng Lan's bag on the table, "Why did it get so dirty? Women are different from men. You are not married yet, so you can't be slovenly so soon. Let him pass the past, Don't think too much about it." Only then did Feng Lan notice that when he hurried out this morning, he carried yesterday's "weapon" on his back.Maybe it was when Zhou Taoran was hit hard, the underside of the bag rubbed against the dust from the car next to it, and the stains were particularly obvious on the light-colored leather. "It's a pity about my bag." Feng Lan thought to himself. At this time, Liu Kangkang, who had finished clearing the table, passed by quietly. "This kid has gaudy hair!" Feng Lan's mother commented, frowning. Feng Lan quickly changed the subject, "Oh, he is Zeng Fei's nephew." "Why didn't I know?" Mom suddenly became interested, and called Liu Kangkang who wanted to be invisible, and looked at him with softer eyes. "Look, your eyebrows look a bit like Zeng Fei's. How old are you? Don't you go to school?" Liu Kangkang replied honestly: "Hello, auntie, I will be a freshman after summer vacation. Uncle asked me to go to Sister Lan's place to exercise." When Feng Lan's mother heard this, she was wrong, "Zeng Fei is your uncle, how can you call her sister? Isn't this a mess of generations? You should call her auntie." "Am I that old?" Feng Lan expressed displeasure. "The difference between you and Zeng Fei is less than five years old. What's wrong with the child calling you auntie?" Mom let Liu Kangkang go, and said to Feng Lan solemnly: "Since you and Zhou Taoran are no longer possible, don't blame me and you." Dad interferes in your emotional life. I have arranged everything for you, you are obedient..." Feng Lan held her head in pain and responded: "My mother, I dare not have any opinion on you asking me to go on a blind date. But, can you not be the same person every time, every time! I beg you, we Zeng Fei went on such a blind date that he felt like throwing up." "What's wrong with Zeng Fei?" "You didn't say that before." Zeng Fei's father was an old acquaintance with Feng Lan's father when he was alive, but Feng Lan and Zeng Fei were not childhood sweethearts.They've known each other since childhood, but they didn't play together very often as teenagers.Zeng Fei was a few years older than Feng Lan, and belonged to Wu Jiang's group.Speaking of which, the first girl's heartbeat in Feng Lan's junior high school was caused by Zeng Fei. At that time, Zeng Fei was her favorite type. Mother was strangled in the cradle. When she was a student, Feng Lan was a good baby. She listened to her parents very much and focused on her studies. Besides, Zeng Fei didn't show any special affection for her. She was taught that "girls should be reserved and ladylike", so of course she gave up. that heart.After being admitted to the ideal university, Feng Lan, who has faded from her youthfulness, can be regarded as the object of many boys' admiration in the school.Her mother was afraid that she would find a boyfriend from out of town to marry far away because she was young and inexperienced. In contrast, Zeng Fei, who knew everything, was more suitable. It's a pity that Feng Lan and Zeng Fei, who were in their prime, were wonderful at that time. , have no intention of each other.When Feng Lan graduated from University, Zeng Fei had been a criminal police officer for four years. Mother Feng, who "lives forever and protects daughters", was glad that her daughter did not choose Zeng Fei, because the profession of police is tiring and dangerous, and she often contacts the society. The dark side is definitely not the mother-in-law's first choice.Later, when Feng Lan and Zhou Taoran walked together, Zeng Fei suddenly resigned and changed his career to start a business. Relying on his shrewd mind and contacts in the circle, he managed a technology company that mainly focused on security systems to flourish. Only then did he keep pace with the times, and discovered the shining points of Zeng Fei. When Feng Lan and Zhou Taoran were still together, her mother always compared Zeng Fei and Zhou Taoran. From family background to future, Zhou Taoran was naturally inferior in everything, but Feng Lan couldn't stand Feng Lan's liking, and parents couldn't forcefully interfere.Ever since she learned that the relationship between Feng and Zhou was in a cold war, Mother Feng never stopped recommending Zeng Fei as the best alternative to her daughter. Feng Lan and Zeng Fei have been good friends since they were adults.Feng Lan knew very well that Zeng Fei was single and was not waiting for her as her mother imagined.In recent years, the frequent "blind dates" between the two are nothing more than a scene made by the parents of both parties.They are all the objects of focus in their respective families.The elderly on both sides are the most traditional Chinese parents. When the children go to school, they are strictly guarded against death, and they regard puppy love as a natural enemy.However, once children enter the society, if they don't find a good partner for a day, they can't eat, can't sleep, and worry so much that they turn white.It seems that the green seedlings that were worried about being picked up by the birds yesterday turned into late-season rice that rotted in the ground if it was not harvested. "If Zeng Fei and I could be together, the child would have run all over the place." Feng Lan earnestly woke up his mother. "He's not married, and you're not married, so why can't you? There's still time for the child. I know you two were trying to fool us old guys before. This time it's different. We agreed, and he will seriously consider it , and would like to try it with you.” Feng Lan said weakly: "Who did you agree with? Zeng Fei's mother or his sister? Can they be Zeng Fei's master?" Mama Feng was confident, "Zeng Fei told me personally." Feng Lan doubted his ears a little.Zeng Fei will only be more impatient than her when dealing with this kind of mother-in-law.Would he personally say in front of her mother, "I'm willing to seriously consider it"?This is almost synonymous with unilateral consent in the ears of the elderly. Mother Feng is old, forceful and nagging, but she seldom lies.Feng Lan felt something was wrong, so he called Zeng Fei behind his mother's back and asked if he said anything that caused her mother to misunderstand.Zeng Fei answered her vaguely on the other end of the phone: "Wouldn't it be nice to make the old man happy?" Feng Lan became even more confused. By "be happy", did he mean making up a lie or obeying the wishes of both parents?Based on their deep understanding of their parents, if they want the elderly to be truly happy, it can only be the latter.She wanted to ask more clearly, but Zeng Fei insisted on Zhou Taoran's matter, asking her if she was crazy, otherwise she would not have behaved so uncharacteristically after only drinking a little wine.He also asked her to tell the truth about who helped her. Feng Lan didn't dare to lie in front of Zeng Fei. It was too easy for him to see through a person's lies, so he was forced to hang up the phone. Regarding her mother's strong admiration for Zeng Fei, Feng Lan's attitude in the past was very cunning. She usually put the blame on Zeng Fei, "He's not interested in me, what can I do?" You can't trouble her either.This time Zeng Fei's change of tone made Feng Lan extremely passive, and he couldn't even come up with a grand reason for his refusal. Mother Feng stayed in her daughter's restaurant for most of the day, seeing that the mental outlook of the employees in the store had taken on a new look, she was satisfied to let her daughter send her home.Feng Lan had dinner at her parents' house, and then stayed at her mother's strong request to continue to receive re-education courses on marriage and love. In the next few days, Mother Feng went to battle in person, accompanied her daughter to re-do her hair, and then shopped for the inside and outside of the outfit.In the words of my mother, these are not ordinary clothes and shoes, but "battle robes".Even if Zeng Fei is an "old guy" who will formally have dinner with him a few days later, he still needs to present a brand new look to make Zeng Fei look at Feng Lan with admiration.Marriage is the biggest career in a woman's life, and any effort for "smooth employment" is not too much.