Chapter 3 Contradictions 03
If Li Wei's phone hadn't rang, Ji Yusheng would probably have been slapped a few times.
Li Wei went to answer the phone, leaving Ji Yusheng cursing at Leng Zimo. I stood there awkwardly for a while, and when I saw that no one came to question me, I shamelessly chased after Li Wei.
Judging from the situation, Li Wei and Ji Yusheng have a feud.
Sometimes, things are just so coincidental. A few days later, Li Wei called me and told me that she met Ji Yusheng again at school, and they were actually in the same school.
How does the saying go? "No enemies, no gathering", it must be referring to Li Wei and Ji Yusheng!
Of course, this is all in the past.
When I found Li Wei, she was standing on the tree-lined avenue next to our dormitory and yelling into the phone. Her face looked very ugly, almost ferocious.
Li Wei is very fierce, even savage, but she doesn't lose her temper easily. Even when she does, it's mostly just a joke. I haven't seen an expression of gnashing teeth and wanting to kill like she does now in more than ten years, except for that time when I was beaten and ended up in the hospital.
"You damn woman, I'm telling you, if you dare to pester my dad and cause trouble for my mom again, I won't let you go. My dad treats you like a treasure because he's lustful. If you know what's good for you, just behave yourself. I'll pretend I didn't see anything. If you dare to come to my house again, don't blame me for being cruel. I, Li Wei, am not that easy to mess with!"
Li Wei's words hit me like a whip. I suddenly stopped and stood there in a daze, watching Li Wei fiercely throw the phone away. I vaguely realized that Li Wei seemed a little heartbroken.
I'm not a fool, I understand what Li Wei meant by what she said to the person on the other end of the phone.
Li Wei's father was just an ordinary employee of a small company in the local area ten years ago. In recent years, he made a fortune in business, and Li Wei also became a rich second-generation and lived a life without worries about food and clothing.
But I know that Li Wei is never happy.
Her father was obsessed with climbing the career ladder and rarely took care of the family affairs. Her mother became addicted to gambling after the family became rich. She often played with a bunch of rich ladies and spent more time at the card table than on Li Wei. Li Wei was a very independent and self-reliant child since she was young. She was still alive and well without anyone to take care of her, but she was a little wild.
It has been a long time since Li Wei's father had a woman outside. A man like Ai Sheng, who usually looks gentle and kind, has been keeping a woman behind my mother's back for several years, not to mention a man like Li Wei's father who is used to a life of debauchery outside.
Once men become rich and powerful, they become difficult to control, especially when their women are unable to survive independently and are completely dependent on them, they will have many reasons to cheat.
Li Wei has always known about her father's affair, but she has been helping to hide it from her mother. Although Aunt Li likes gambling, she is cowardly by nature, just like my mother. She has no opinion on marriage. Once this marriage falls apart, she is likely to become my second mother.
However, Li Wei's father is different from Ai Sheng. Ai Sheng is not my biological father. My mother and I have never found out about his cheating. Everything happened too suddenly. Even if I wanted to maintain the family, protect my mother, and help Ai Sheng conceal it like Li Wei did, he didn't give me the chance. But Li Wei's father, Li Guangming, is different. Although Li Guangming has women outside, he has never thought of abandoning his family and daughter. So Li Wei has been enduring it. Sometimes when she gets angry, she will punish the women around her father and drive away as many as she can. Her father will turn a blind eye. If he loses a woman, he can just find another one. He only has one daughter and he loves her very much.
But this time was different. I had never seen Li Wei so angry about her father's cheating. She wouldn't be so angry just because of a call from the mistress. She was tired of receiving such calls. Something must have happened in Li Wei's family.
I picked up the phone that Li Wei had dropped on the ground. It was the latest model of Apple, very beautiful, but it was broken.
I handed the phone to Li Wei. She glanced at me without saying anything, took the phone and threw it into her pocket, then put her arm around my shoulders as if nothing had happened.
"Ye Zi! I'll treat you to a big dinner! The most expensive steak in the city center, you can eat as much as you want. Anyway, my dad's money is given to others, so it's better for us to spend it." Li Wei smiled, her eyes a little red.
I said hesitantly, "It takes at least an hour and a half to get from the city center to my school. If I go with you, will we be able to make it back tonight? Weiwei, what happened at home? If there is anything, tell me. There is nothing we can't talk about."
Li Wei's smile finally froze, and she lowered her beautiful forehead with a very weak expression.
"Ai Ye, my dad suddenly wants to divorce my mom just for a vixen. He's been having affairs for so many years and never said he wanted a divorce, but today he suddenly said so. That woman even came to my house to have a fight, and my mom couldn't keep it a secret anymore. Tell me, will my family end up like yours? Will my mom be even more pitiful than yours? Are we really the only ones left to depend on each other in the future?"
"Are you sure about the divorce? Will you let your father and mother divorce?" I asked Li Wei.
Li Wei looked up at me with a firm face: "How is that possible! As long as I, Li Wei, am here, my dad will never be able to marry that vixen home!"
I patted Li Wei's shoulder and nodded, "That's it. Since they haven't divorced yet and you don't want them to, your dad might just be acting on a whim. There's still hope, and you won't end up as badly as I did."
"I'm sorry, Ye Zi, I'm not saying that you 're bad. I...I don't mean to look down on you. I don't know how to say it. Anyway, I just don't want my family to become like yours..." Li Wei explained nervously, noticing my sadness.
I smiled and said, "I understand. No one wants their family to be like mine. We have known each other for so many years, how could I not know what you mean? If you disliked me, you would have ignored me a long time ago. Why did you bother to come and bring me a fan? Let's go, let's go eat. I'm starving. Although we can't go to the city, you still have to treat me to a meal!"
"Ah! Who used age to pressure me to not invite you? You are the one who invited me!"
Li Wei screamed, with a playful look on her face.
I rolled my eyes, rubbed my swollen temples, and said with a shameless smile: "I haven't decided on a part-time job yet, so I don't have any money! When I find a part-time job, I will definitely treat you!"
"Ye Zi! Didn't I tell you not to do part-time jobs? If you really need money, just tell me! Even if I can't get it from my dad, I have plenty of pocket money, enough for both of us! It's very dangerous to do part-time jobs now. You never know what kind of people you might run into. Don't be stupid!"
"Hey, you talk a lot today! No, you talk a lot every day. I'm not a child anymore, I know what's going on. Besides, it's still unknown whether there's a part-time job! Let's go and eat first. There's a spicy crayfish restaurant outside our school that's pretty good!"
Without waiting for Li Wei to refute, I pushed her out of the school.
Her things were still stored with the dormitory manager, so she could only go back to get them after dinner. The school was too far from the city, and Li Wei probably couldn't go back.
Some things should probably not be predicted too early because they are likely to happen.
That night, Li Wei really couldn't go back.
