Chapter 25 The only "life-saving straw"
The 52 Hz bulletin board is like a little boy named Xu Cheng who sold toys in kindergarten a few years ago and later became a legend on campus.
This interesting event, which was enough to become a wonderful childhood experience, made Lin Wanzhou, who had just returned from her grandmother's house, feel extremely regretful that she had missed that period of time and was unable to participate.
At night, Xu Cheng overheard the conversation between his parents in the living room again. He Ying was not in a good mood, and complained with a frown that work had not been going well these days.
Recently, Gao Manman has been attacked by many people because of the strained relationship between her and her husband. However, family matters have taken up too much of her energy, and now she has little energy left for work, let alone dealing with the open and covert attacks from the unit.
During the four years, He Ying and Gao Manman had a close relationship because of their mutual appreciation. They were like-minded in the unit and could be said to belong to the same faction with common interests.
As the saying goes, when one prospers, all prosper; when one suffers, all suffer. Gao Manman had a bad reputation, so He Ying, who was very close to her, would naturally be implicated. This caused He Ying's deputy section chief position, which was originally a sure thing, to be put on hold again and again.
Seeing his wife's sad face, Xu Jianghe gently said that it didn't matter, and advised He Ying not to put too much pressure on herself and just live a good life.
Xu Cheng was so angry that he stomped his feet in the bedroom. "Dad, it's fine if you just lie down, but you even want to drag Mom to lie down with you!"
Xu Cheng's original idea was to wait until his mother got promoted, and then use the disparity between the strong woman and the weak man in the family to stimulate his father and remind him of the ambitious self he was in the technical department. However, he did not expect that his mother's promotion would be hindered now.
This involves the relationship between Lin Wanzhou's parents. How to break the deadlock?
late at night.
Xu Cheng was lying on the bed, holding an old book in his hands, reciting the test points of history for the high school entrance examination.
"The Baijing people are primitive humans living in Baijing Zhoukoudian... The Baijing people have learned to use natural fire..."
"Beep, beep, beep"
The sound from the computer interrupted him. He sat up slowly and looked at the lower right corner of the screen curiously. It was a message sent to him by Lin Wanzhou on QQ.
"Mr. Zhou: Xu Cheng, I'm so scared"
Xu Cheng frowned after reading just a few words. He put down the history textbook in his hand and quickly tapped on the keyboard to reply to a long list of questions.
"The First Affection in Jinghai: What happened? Where are you now? Are you in danger?"
After a long while, Lin Wanzhou's reply came.
"Mr. Zhou: I am at home, my parents don't want me anymore, they left me behind"
Although he didn't know the reason, Xu Cheng could imagine that Lin Wanzhou on the other side of the screen must be extremely sad at this moment. She was a little crybaby, and her tears must be falling on the table, counting on him as her only "lifeline".
"The most affectionate person in Jinghai: Don't be afraid, I will go to your house right away, please open the door for me later"
Leaving a little girl in an empty house on such a dark night, needless to say how devastating this would be. Not to mention the timid Lin Wanzhou, even many adult girls would not dare to be alone in their room at night.
As Xu Cheng was getting dressed, she began to regret that she shouldn't have deliberately brought Lin Wanzhou to watch Conan to scare her. Now that she saw the doors in the room, she must feel very scared.
Without disturbing his parents, Xu Cheng quietly went out, walked down the stairs in two steps, and ran all the way to Lin Wanzhou's door.
I knocked on the door and it was opened after a minute or two.
Lin Wanzhou was seen wrapped in a large quilt, like a round dumpling, with only a short section of her white legs and a face that looked like a crying little cat exposed.
Even though Xu Cheng's heart was in his throat, he couldn't help laughing out loud at this moment. The setting of the Great Celestial Empire that one can be invincible by hiding in a quilt is really deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Lin Wanzhou's eyes were red. She was so scared that she saw Xu Cheng laughing at her. She patted Xu Cheng's arm in shame and annoyance.
"Why are you laughing at me..."
The room was a bit messy. The sofa cushions were torn at random, and the pillows were rolling on the ground. There were broken glass cups on the ground, and a strong smell of cigarettes and alcohol could be smelled in the air. It was obvious that a fierce quarrel had broken out in the room.
After a simple tidying up, Xu Cheng opened the window to ventilate the house and dispel the odor, and then sat on the sofa with Lin Wanzhou, who was wrapped tightly in a small quilt.
"Have you had dinner yet?"
"I've eaten..." Lin Wanzhou touched his stomach, "But I'm still a little hungry."
Xu Cheng stood up and said, " Then I'll make you something to eat."
Lin Wanzhou opened her mouth in surprise with tears in her eyes, "Xu Cheng, you can cook?"
"I recently learned to make fried tomatoes and eggs or fried eggs and tomatoes. Which one do you want?"
Lin Wanzhou thought seriously for a while before reacting. He glared at Xu Cheng angrily, "Hey! What's the difference between these two?"
"Of course there is a difference. One is to fry the tomatoes first, the other is to fry the eggs first. There is a lot of knowledge involved."
Xu Cheng vaguely remembers that in the future on the Internet, such a simple question could even generate 99+ comments.
They fried a plate of scrambled eggs and tomatoes and cooked two packets of instant noodles. Then they lay on the coffee table and ate the warm food together.
"Good times!"
The blood sugar level rose, and Lin Wanzhou felt that his sad mood seemed to have improved a lot. He told Xu Cheng the whole story piece by piece.
It turns out that Lin Wanzhou's father has always wanted to have a second child , but Gao Manman, who works in the system, disagrees and thinks it will affect her work. The two have had several quarrels because of this matter. This was the fuse, and later it gradually evolved to the point where they would quarrel over even trivial matters.
In order to prevent things from getting worse, Gao Manman took Lin Wanzhou back to her grandmother's house to calm down for a while. Unexpectedly, after they came back, the relationship between the couple not only did not improve, but became worse.
Tonight, Lin Wanzhou's father drank a lot of wine at home and had a big quarrel with Gao Manman. Not only did he smash a lot of things, he even almost hit Gao Manman.
Gao Manman, who always had a strong personality, angrily stated that she wanted to separate from Lin's father and that she would never come back home again. Lin Wanzhou's father was also very angry. He said in a huff that whoever wanted to come back could do so, and then slammed the door and left. In the end, Lin Wanzhou was left alone in the bedroom in the huge house.
"I hate such parents. Why do they do this..." Lin Wanzhou's eyes became red again. "If I weren't here, they would definitely not quarrel after having a new baby."
Xu Cheng was silent. His family relationships were very harmonious, so he had never thought about how much harm the strained relationship between his parents would cause to a child. It seemed that living in a disharmonious family for a long time, coupled with the self-blame and inner trauma caused by his wild imagination, finally caused the lively and warm-hearted Lin Wanzhou to change his temperament drastically.
Xu Cheng even thought that in her previous life, without his company, how many dark nights had Lin Wanzhou spent alone in panic, curled up in a small quilt like this ?
Unexpectedly, Lin Wanzhou spoke suddenly.
"Xu Cheng, can you accompany me tonight?"
"ah?"
This lonely man and a single woman... Two words suddenly came to Xu Cheng's mind -
Night attack.
