Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Waiting for a Thousand Years

Wu Jiang's wedding was held the day before Feng Lan's 30th birthday.At the request of the bride and groom, Feng Lan accompanied the entire wedding from the reception.When arranging Situ Jue's wedding dress, she realized once again that the distance between "the woman in the wedding dress" and the "bride" is far wider than the biggest gap in the world. "It's really nice that you can be together." Feng Lan said with a smile, "I'm curious, how did Wu Jiang propose to you?" Recalling this, Situ Jue spoke briskly, and said: "I was eating at his house that day, and he equipped my HiFiMAN with a pair of good headphones. I was listening to music on the sofa, and he was sitting next to him after washing the dishes and watching the news. Suddenly I heard He said 'Situ, let's get married'. This is the second time he mentioned this matter, the last time... a long time ago, I didn't promise him. I'm afraid that such a marriage will make me lose even my best friend .”

"It's different this time?" This is what Feng Lan can't figure out the most. Situ Jue and Wu Jiang have been friends for more than 30 years, and finally they can spend the rest of their lives together as husband and wife. Situ Jue went on and said, "He said it once, thinking that the music in my ears was too loud so I couldn't hear it, so he repeated it again. I took off the headset and said 'OK' to him." Situ Jue said it simply, Feng Lan had no doubts.The truly natural "together" should be so natural and complete, without unnecessary embellishments.She knew that they were not going to settle down, because Feng Lan could see tacit understanding and joy from their gazes.

During the ceremony, Feng Lan's uncle and aunt laughed uncontrollably, while Situ Jue's mother shed tears of relief as she pushed her husband who had suffered a stroke for several years.Not far away were Feng Lan's parents, when would she let them let go of their worries? When the bride threw the bouquet, she made a small oolong. Situ Jue missed her hand. The bouquet passed over a bunch of competing female guests and hit Zeng Fei who was sitting in the front row. Feng Lan next to him was in trouble, the flower ball fell into her soup bowl, splashing the soup all over her face. Zeng Fei repeatedly apologized to Feng Lan, so naturally Feng Lan would not be angry with him.Zeng Fei was supposed to be Wu Jiang's best man, but he turned him down on the grounds that he couldn't drink.Feng Lan felt a little strange, she and Zeng Fei had eaten many times and drank wine together, his alcohol capacity was obviously very good.

Everyone booed and said that "a good match is destined", Feng Lan and Zeng Fei might be the next couple to get married, but Zhang Tianran, who replaced Zeng Fei as Wu Jiang's best man, insisted that the bouquet that bounced off just showed that there was no possibility for the two of them. Feng Lan also knew Zhang Tianran, although not as well as Zeng Fei.A while ago, Wu Jiang formally introduced Zhang Tianran to Feng Lan on the pretext of inviting him to dinner, and Feng Lan scolded him for this.Wu Jiang explained that he was too entangled. The only good single friends around him were Zeng Fei and Lao Zhang. Lao Zhang's attitude was not like joking.

After that meeting, Lao Zhang clearly expressed his affection for Feng Lan, and chased her very closely. Even Feng's mother knew that there was such a person, and after inquiring about Lao Zhang's background, she was optimistic.In all fairness, Lao Zhang was not the type that Feng Lan would have liked in the past, and she thought it was unreliable that Wu Jiang's relationship between her and Zeng Fei this time.Helpless, good girls are afraid of pestering boys, no matter how hard-hearted Feng Lan is, he can't withstand Lao Zhang's intensive offensive, the two went out to dinner together twice, and Lao Zhang called her many times a day.She resisted resolutely at first, but later found that Lao Zhang seemed naughty, but in fact he was very careful, knew how to take care of others, and spoke humorously, often making people laugh.What's more, he seems to really like Feng Lan. When he falls in love with a woman at his age, he probably wants to get married.

Feng Lan realized that her past self seemed to be in a dead end. On one side was Ding Xiaoye, whom she loved madly but was unreliable, and on the other was Zeng Fei, who didn't love her at all and was purely friendly.There is no need for her to choose between the extremes of mistake A and mistake B.Besides these two men, she could have many possibilities.Maybe it's Lao Zhang, maybe it's someone else, you don't need to love to death, but you also have a tacit understanding and warmth, stay together happily and down-to-earth, understand each other, and respect each other for a lifetime.

Just like what Wu Jiang said, love that is too deep-rooted is the easiest to wear away, but a harmonious marriage is mutual tolerance. Out of this consideration, Feng Lan didn't nod, but he didn't completely cut off the possibility of being with Lao Zhang either.She told Lao Zhang frankly that she had just ended a failed relationship and needed time to think about it. Lao Zhang said that she would not embarrass her and was willing to wait.When she is free, she is also willing to listen to Lao Zhang talking and laughing on the phone, and she can go out and sit together when the environment is not too sensitive, and let everything happen naturally.

The wedding ceremony is over, and the bride and groom are finished.Feng Lan wiped her face with a tissue while chatting with Zeng Fei. Zeng Fei looked at Wu Jiang who never refused a toast, and said with a smile, "Old Wu is really happy today." "of course." "By the way, Feng Lan, have you met any... strange people recently?" Zeng Fei asked suddenly. Feng Lan was confused, "What do you mean?" Zeng Fei seemed to have thought about it before deciding to tell the truth, "You'd better be more careful when you come and go recently. My former colleague Lao Qian told me that the robber who was arrested for robbing your car last time had a cohabitant. Women who have been together for many years, both of them are drug addicts. That woman may be a little... Can't figure it out, she went to the detention center to make a fuss, and threatened that if her man went to jail, she would not be able to live anymore, and she could do anything. I am worried that she will vent her anger to you."

Feng Lan immediately thought of those vicious and resentful eyes.She asked, "Is the woman you mentioned pregnant?" "Why, did she look for you?" Zeng Fei's reaction undoubtedly confirmed Feng Lan's guess, "They have two children, the older one is three years old, and the younger one is in the belly." "That's right. I saw her twice. She seemed to be following me for a while, and then disappeared again." Feng Lan recalled that he hadn't seen that woman again recently.She had no doubts about the other party's hostility towards her, but that woman did not cause any substantial harm to her.

Zeng Fei frowned and asked, "When did it happen, why didn't you tell me?" Feng Lan said: "I just felt something was wrong at the time, and I didn't think about that level. Nothing happened. I can't bother you for a trivial matter, can I?" "It's not a trivial matter." Zeng Fei shook his head and said, "To be honest, I didn't plan to tell you about it directly because I was afraid of causing you a psychological burden. But last week, one of Lao Qian's men and I went to the woman's long-term lease. The house where she lived, she moved away with her children. The landlord said she returned to the city where her natal family is located."

"Maybe the revenge she said was just to scare us." Feng Lan comforted himself. "If she just talked about it verbally, she would never follow you secretly. Fortunately, nothing happened to you. You are in the open, and she is in the dark. There is still a chance to attack. Now I just don't understand why she didn't attack, and suddenly moved Let's go. In short, you still have to be more careful, and try to find someone to accompany you as much as possible, and you must not take it lightly." Feng Lan inevitably thought of Ding Xiaoye, when he was around, she could still find reasons to rely on him.No matter how unpredictable his feelings were, Feng Lan had never been afraid of any external risks when he was by his side.She believed that he would protect her. This belief was baseless, but she never doubted it. "Remember to call me if you need it. I don't have time and I have Kangkang...Old Zhang is definitely willing to be a flower protector." Zeng Fei also heard about Lao Zhang, so he didn't forget to tease Feng Lan. Feng Lan smiled and said: "Don't worry, do I look like a helpless fat meat who is slaughtered?" Zeng Fei didn't say anything more.In order to get rid of the hated face in his mind, Feng Lan followed the couple with his eyes, but unexpectedly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure—Tan Shaocheng? It is impossible for Tan Shaocheng to appear on Wu Jiang and Situ Jue's banquet list, she came uninvited, is she going to resort to some sinister tricks? Feng Lan was worried that Tan Shaocheng would disrupt the situation and spoil the atmosphere of the wedding, so he used the excuse of going to the bathroom to clean up the oil stains that had just splashed on his body, got up and walked towards her. Tan Shaocheng originally sat at the farthest position from the stage.Both the Wu family and the Situ family have many relatives and friends in the local area, and there are so many people who come, it is difficult to attract attention if one or two uninvited guests mix in.After the ceremony was completed, Tan Shaocheng got up and left the banquet. Feng Lan followed her out of the banquet hall, turned left and right in the corridor of the hotel, and finally entered a bathroom far away from the banquet hall. Tan Shaocheng acted strangely and had ulterior motives. Feng Lan didn't want to rush in, so she waited outside the door for a while, but she didn't see him come out, but she never believed that Tan Shaocheng came here for no purpose. She was hesitating whether she should go in and have a look. As he approached the outer door of the bathroom, he heard a strange sound. This restroom is in a remote corner of the hotel, and few people usually come to it.Feng Lan was bold enough to push open the only door that was ajar inside, and what he saw was Tan Shaocheng who was sitting on the floor, leaning against the toilet and weeping bitterly. This brought Feng Lan a surprise even more than witnessing Tan Shaocheng playing tricks behind his back. The narrow bathroom reeked of alcohol, Tan Shaocheng blushed, curled up, crying heartbreakingly, like a child who lost his favorite toy.She realized that there was someone in front of her, and slowly raised her head, her blurred eyes flickered on Feng Lan's face, then she closed her eyes again, a line of tears slid down her cheeks. Feng Lan looked at Tan Shaocheng coldly, just like the day Ding Xiaoye left, Tan Shaocheng watched Feng Lan's pain coldly.As long as Tan Shaocheng doesn't cause any trouble for Wu Jiang, Feng Lan has nothing to do with anything else.Just let her cry, cry to death, whether she is acting or not, she deserves it, Feng Lan thought happily. She closed the door again, walked out of the bathroom, and when she was about to return to the banquet hall, her steps slowed down again.The door in front of Tan Shaocheng was pushed open again, Feng Lan sighed and bent down to pull her. "Get up, don't embarrass yourself here." Tan Shaocheng cried and laughed, "Are you happy to see me like this? Are you relieved?" Feng Lan didn't speak, but endured the smell of alcohol on the other party's body, and helped her to walk outside. "We are so destined, we can always see each other at their worst." Tan Shaocheng's hand was hanging limply beside Feng Lan's arm, "Where are you taking me?" "Where do you want to go? I'll ask the doorman to call you a car. Get as far away as possible. No one wants to see you today." Feng Lan said angrily. Tan Shaocheng leaned over to vomit, Feng Lan hurriedly dodged, and Tan Shaocheng fell limply on the floor again.Even so drunk, her eyes still made people uncomfortable. "Do you think today's celebration has something to do with you? Haha, Feng Lan, don't you feel like a cat scratching your head? I saw you sitting there in a state of anxiety, still thinking about how Ding Xiaoye dumped you, and you couldn't help but cry." Can't you cry?" Feng Lan gritted his teeth, pretending he didn't hear, helped the person on the ground up again, and walked out of the bathroom.The body of the drunken person was very heavy, Feng Lan was already feeling exhausted carrying her for a short distance, and was worried that he would run into acquaintances in the corridor and be asked about the reason, which would only be heard in the ears of Wu Jiang and Situ, causing them trouble. So he casually pushed open a small empty box, put Tan Shaocheng on the chair, and considered whether he should call Zeng Fei and ask him to help. Tan Shaocheng fell down on the table and tried to sneer: "Is it fun to pretend to be a good person? You obviously hate me to death... Do you want to find out the whereabouts of your little lover from me?" Feng Lan was not angry, and responded casually: "If it wasn't for the fear that others would see you disgusting, I would have cared where you died? It's much better to pretend to be a good person than a bad person. Nothing you do or say can change that you are a poor wretch. !" Tan Shaocheng poked his chest with his hand and asked loudly, "Feng Lan, how do you think I'm doing?" Feng Lan said: "A person who has money, leisure, and a disgusting mind is much better than most people." "Then how do you think Wu Jiang and Situ Jue are doing?" "It's none of your business whether they live well or not? They deserve today!" "They are doing well, and I am also doing well in your opinion. I have worked hard for more than ten years, doing things that others look down upon, marrying someone I don't love, and finally dying in exchange for something worse than Not to them... No, it's everything 'you' have since birth!" "Please, don't keep repeating that shit, I'm going to vomit if you don't get tired of it." Feng Lan said disgustedly.Why is there always such a person who blames the happiness of others because of his own misfortune, wishing to drag everyone into her abyss? "Why can't I tell? Wu Jiang mentioned our past? Let me tell you, the same story is told differently by wolves and lambs." Tan Shaocheng murmured. Feng Lan laughed angrily, "You don't think you're a lamb, do you?" "Who doesn't see himself as an innocent lamb? Wu Jiang and Situ Jue haven't done anything with a conscience?" Tan Shaocheng reached out and grabbed Feng Lan's arm, and asked inexplicably, "Feng Lan, do you know what'promise is? day'?" Feng Lan shook off her hand, "I'm not as knowledgeable as you, I only know 'The Promised Land'!" "God promised Canaan to the Jews—the 'Land of Milk and Honey', that is the 'Promised Land'." Speaking of this, Tan Shaocheng's expression rarely showed a bit of melancholy, "'The Promised Day' is my I imagined that day. I thought everyone who waited piously was worthy of that day, but what I waited for was that he got married again, and it was still Situ Jue." "Are you devout?" Feng Lan mocked while sitting on the chair beside Tan Shaocheng. Tan Shaocheng stared at Feng Lan with red eyes, "I have loved Wu Jiang since the first time I saw him. No matter what I have done, my devotion in this matter is no less than that of anyone else." Feng Lan couldn't deny this.Over the years, Tan Shaocheng has hurt everyone Wu Jiang loved.So much filth and filth in the name of love, but in the eyes of the person concerned, she is truly in love. "Stay here and pray piously, I'm going back." Feng Lan received Zeng Fei's call, probably because she went to the bathroom and didn't return for a long time, which made him a little suspicious.Feng Lan told him that he met a friend outside and chatted a little more.She added another sentence to Tan Shaocheng: "Don't make yourself more pathetic. If you love him, let him go. Only when he can't see you will he be grateful to you." Tan Shaocheng was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Ding Xiaoye said, I don't hate you." Hearing this name suddenly, Feng Lan's footsteps stopped involuntarily.She was unwilling to respond, for fear of showing her weakness in front of Tan Shaocheng. "Why didn't you ask me about the relationship between Ding Xiaoye and me?" Tan Shaocheng called Feng Lan who came to the door, "To tell you the truth, after Ding Xiaoye left your place, he never stayed with me at all." Feng Lan's throat moved, and he turned around and said, "I know." Feng Lan didn't believe that Ding Xiaoye left her just to join Tan Shaocheng.But is it important?What she cares about is that the person she loves betrayed her, no matter what the reasons are, this only proves that in the eyes of that man, she is not important enough, at least not important enough to listen to his difficulties and spend time with him All waves. He's gone, and that's the whole truth. Situ Jue mentioned to Feng Lan that she once loved a man more than herself.The man felt unworthy.He hoped that Situ Jue would have flaws, only in this way could she stay by his side for a long time. In love, the person who always feels unworthy is really unworthy. Feng Lan thought so too. She couldn't forget Ding Xiaoye, but she couldn't forgive him for his decisiveness that day. Tan Shaocheng looked at Feng Lan who was standing not far away with drunken eyes, she was too much like a person, proud, strong, and stubborn.Tan Shaocheng hated such a person, but envied her, and couldn't help getting close to her, as if he was close to everything he had never had before.I forgot when it started, Feng Lan was already the only person Tan Shaocheng could tell the truth to.She took great pains to get Ding Xiaoye away from Feng Lan's side. Apart from enjoying the show, she was probably worried that Feng Lan would suffer more losses from a man of unknown origin.Although that last point she never admitted. Feng Lan went to the waiter of the restaurant and asked someone to send Tan Shaocheng to a taxi.Tan Shaocheng actually knew that tomorrow was Feng Lan's birthday, and before getting into the car, he asked her how she felt when she turned 30.Unexpectedly, Tan Shaocheng would be the first to mention her birthday.Which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted, no wonder it is annoying. After the banquet, Wu Jiang and his best man, Lao Zhang, were both half-drunk, and their friends encouraged them to continue to find a place to have fun, and they couldn't just let the bride and groom go.After the old people from both sides settled down, led by Zeng Fei, a group of people found a nightclub to drink and have fun. In the big box, Lao Zhang and several friends are coaxing the bride and groom to kiss in different ways.Feng Lan was drinking at the side, and smiled at Zeng Fei: "Look, Wu Jiang is still embarrassed." Zeng Fei also laughed, seeing that the wine glass in front of Feng Lan was empty again, before she poured the wine, he covered the mouth of the glass with his hand and persuaded: "Drink less, wine is not a good thing, drinking too much will cause trouble." Feng Lan was full of surprise, "What's the matter with you recently? It's not scary enough to be a vegetarian, believe in Buddhism, and practice yoga. You even gave up alcohol? Why didn't you say that drinking was a mistake when you took away my good bottle of tequila last time?" It was good that she didn't mention the bottle of tequila, but Zeng Fei's face changed when he thought of it.His cell phone on the coffee table vibrated again, and he pressed it off.Feng Lan's eyes were sharp, and he had already seen He Fangsheng who was calling, and teased, "Why didn't you answer? How many calls is this tonight? Are you having trouble?" Zeng Fei rejects the obviously ambiguous term "being awkward".He said, "What's wrong with me and the kids?" Feng Lan refused to eat this set and opened a bottle of wine for him, but Zeng Fei still insisted on refusing to drink. "You haven't been so annoying before, afraid of having sex after drinking?" Feng Lan teased him. Zeng Fei reacted strongly, "Nonsense!" "Don't worry, Jiuzuixin understands. It's not that you haven't drunk it. Alcohol won't turn good into bad, turn 'nothing' into 'yes', it's just a catalyst. Those who blame alcohol afterwards are all It's a bastard!" Feng Lan's words made Zeng Fei's face turn pale and turn red, but fortunately, the surrounding lights were dim and no one noticed. An episode of "Legend of the New White Snake" appeared on the big screen.Lao Zhang sarcastically said on the other end: "Who ordered this lousy song?" "What's wrong with what I ordered?" Feng Lan raised the microphone in protest, "Who do you think is bad?" Lao Zhang hurriedly changed his words: "You heard it wrong, I said 'excitement'. This song is brilliant! The vulgar is the elegant." Feng Lan gave Zeng Fei the other microphone, "Would you like to sing together?" Zeng Fei couldn't do it, so she swayed and sang along with the accompaniment through her drunkenness: "The beautiful West Lake is beautiful in March, and the spring rain is like wine and willows are like smoke. If you are destined to meet thousands of miles away, it is difficult to hold hands if you don't. Chuandu, one hundred years of cultivation can be used to sleep together, if there is good luck for thousands of years, the white head is in the same heart..." Lao Zhang tapped the time seriously without integrity, Zeng Fei and Wu Jiang laughed, and Situ Jue hummed softly. "Auntie, how is my singing?" After singing, Feng Lan sat back beside Zeng Fei and said. Zeng Fei didn't save face, and said, "It's like being stunned." "It's not crazy!" Feng Lan drank another half glass of wine, "I'm telling you a joke. Someone told me that the expression of loving someone is sleeping with her, and long-term love is long-term love. Sleeping together. If I was a snake spirit in my previous life, I must have been lazy. Why can’t I practice for a few more years? Don’t ask for a thousand years of good luck, at least I can cultivate for a hundred years, and I won’t waste my reputation.” "This joke is too adult, I didn't understand it." Zeng Fei shook his head and laughed. After half listening to what Lao Zhang had said, he leaned over and said, "I understand, I understand, I was a hardworking snake spirit in my previous life. Don't worry, Feng Lan, I have cultivated for a thousand years, no, ten thousand years." Feng Lan pouted: "Ten years of cultivation can make you cross a boat, a hundred years of cultivation can make you sleep together, a thousand years of cultivation can make you indifferent, and ten thousand years of cultivation can make you homosexual. What are you doing for so many years?" The tea in Zeng Fei's mouth almost spewed out, and he laughed gleefully at Lao Zhang, "This is more fun!" Just as I was talking, a waiter opened the door and came in and asked, "Which one is Miss Feng Lan? There is someone outside giving you something, please come out and sign for it." Feng Lan wondered, who would send things here?Most of the people who knew she was here were around.Still she put down her glass and stood up. "Who is it? I'll go with you." Lao Zhang volunteered. Feng Lan smiled and said: "No need, you continue to practice here." She went to the front desk and saw a bouquet of champagne roses there.Disappointment came like a flood.Feng Lan knew that she didn't live up to it. At the moment when she refused Lao Zhang's company, she had a glimmer of hope. Maybe he was the one who came?However, the roses made her little hope completely defeated. If Ding Xiaoye would give her roses, she would cut off her own head and use it as a bench for him. The phone rang at the right time, and it was Tan Shaocheng who was still drunk in a mess at noon. "Feng Lan, I gave you a birthday present, so I should just thank you for what happened today. I don't like to owe others." Tan Shaocheng's voice sounded much clearer. Feng Lan felt weird. "You sent me roses? Is there anything wrong?" Tan Shaocheng on the other end of the phone smiled mysteriously, "Don't worry about what to give, if you like it, just accept it, don't be polite to me." "Pervert!" Feng Lan muttered as he looked at the hung up phone, the more he looked at the beautifully packaged roses, the more frightened he felt. Could there be explosives or poison in it?In case she brought Rose to the box, there would be Wu Jiang and Situ Jue... Although she didn't believe that Tan Shaocheng would do this, the imagining still gave her goosebumps.To be on the safe side, when she passed the trash can, she carefully stuffed the rose into it. Just when Feng Lan was straightening up, someone passed by and bumped into her, the force was not small, Feng Lan was already half drunk, staggered and nearly fell to the ground, and quickly supported the wall to stabilize his body.Who has she provoked recently? Why does she meet people who don't have eyes everywhere? The other party was also aware of his collision and stopped to help her. "Excuse me, is it okay?" It was a young man's voice. Feng Lan raised her head, and the person standing in front of her was not only a young man, but also an eye-catching man.He looks only a little shorter than Ding Xiaoye, and his skin is whiter than him. "My old bones were almost broken by you. Be careful that I lie down and blackmail you." Feng Lan joked, and said, "It's okay, walk carefully." As she spoke, she walked back to the box and heard someone say from behind: "The old bones look like you, you are welcome to blackmail me anytime." Feng Lan turned around, and the young man smiled, "I bumped into you with so many people, do you want to have a drink together to celebrate?" Feng Lan is not an ignorant girl, she has seen this kind of strike up a lot, and said with a smile: "Stop it, I'm a woman from a good family." "I like women from good families the most. Why, don't you dare to come?" The other party gestured towards the bustling bar with his chin, "Just have a drink, there are so many people, I won't eat you." Feng Lan didn't say anything, she knew why she didn't make up her mind to refuse.His brows and eyes and the frivolous way he spoke were somewhat similar to Ding Xiaoye.