Chapter 100: Fifty Steps and One Hundred Steps
Bai Yiman, who left the teahouse, drove 911 straight to the funeral home, her face unconcealed a kind of disappointment, maybe in the conversation just now, she completely had the upper hand, but in other words, the conversation just now hurt her no less than Bai Liangbi and Bai Kangshi.
She never thought that at this time of life and death, these two brothers would sing such a white face and red face, and they were still thinking about these meaningless things, perhaps for the two brothers who were born in the family ivory tower since childhood, they ignored the most critical and critical issue, that is, survival is the only long way.
traveled all the way to the funeral home, and because she had a good relationship with the manager here, she was able to be a hands-off shopkeeper, although even she felt ironic, because this dead man was her biological father.
Coming to the lifeless mourning hall, except for a few relatives of the Bai family, there were hardly any outsiders to see, Bai Yiman was not surprised at all, after all, the Bai family was no longer the Bai family at this time, thinking about the lively scene of the eightieth birthday, and then looking at the scene in front of her, she just felt sarcastic, maybe this is what this Jianghu is as it is, whether she accepts all this or not, this Jianghu is like this.
Seeing Bai Yiman come back, the bitter relatives of the Bai family nodded one by one, but in Bai Yiman's opinion, what really made the group of relatives show this kind of expression was not the death of this old man, but for such a group of people who ate and drank together, they lost the biggest umbrella, and anyone could knock it out, and the Bai family would no longer be the Bai family in full swing.
It seems that through life and death, you can always see the most real human nature, and Bai Yiman does not feel that he has the qualifications to laugh at these people, after all, he is also a part of this cruel human nature, at most, it is only fifty steps and a hundred steps.
Looking at Bai Wenshan's posthumous portrait, Bai Yiman didn't have the slightest ripple in her heart, she never thought that she had reached this point in cold blood, the only emotion she had was that this old man was the culprit who destroyed the Bai family.
After staring at the statue for a while, she left the mourning hall, and the funeral home exuded a chill that sent chills down her back, and there was a special smell in the air, perhaps this was the smell of death.
She found a quiet corner and sat down, then took out her mobile phone and found the Beijing number, and called without much thought.
Capital.
An Audi A8 stopped at the tofu shop, and Wang Guoan, who had not really closed his eyes for a few days, got out of the car with a haggard face, and walked into this incomparably huge hotel.
The business of the tofu shop looks extremely hot, the parking lot at the entrance is already full of cars, Wang Guoan stepped into the tofu shop with heavy steps, although the figure is twice as big as that of a normal person, but at the moment he is tired and walks to give people a feeling of stumbling.
The security guard at the door immediately recognized Wang Guoan, and immediately said with a concerned face: "Brother Wang, why don't you see the big boss." ”
Wang Guo'an didn't have time to explain the ins and outs of this complicated situation at this moment, he waved his hand, and then asked, "Where is Lao Chen?"
The security guard noticed the solemnity on Wang Guoan's face, and he didn't say much about it, but hurriedly said, "Manager Chen is in the office." ”
Wang Guoan nodded, just stepped into the tofu workshop, came to the top floor through the staff elevator, watched the elevator door slowly open, and Wang Guoan, who was leaning on the elevator, stepped out hard, and now he is afraid that he will fall asleep deeply when he closes his eyes.
Walking down the long hallway, in front of the manager's office, he pushed the door in without knocking.
This is an office full of antique style, which is completely different from the tall decoration outside, and the sudden change of such an environment gives people a sudden sense of trance.
Under a landscape painting, a man wearing a loose linen coat with a string of stars and moon hanging around his neck is concentrating on brushing two walnuts, this man about thirty years old is a little bit like a northerner should have a physique, looks short and weighs more than 100 pounds, and his appearance is not a little rough that a man of this age should have, but gives people an extremely delicate feeling. The only thing worth noting is that he has almost a dozen pieces of cultural toys from head to toe, which can fully see how obsessed this man is with cultural play.
Putting down the pair of lion heads, he touched a piece of beeswax, frowned and said to Wang Guo'an, who rushed in recklessly: "Guoan, why did you come back so soon?
Wang Guoan sat down directly on the old rattan chair, picked up a cup of tea on the table and drank it all, the coldness and bitterness of his mouth made him more or less sober, and then panted and said, "Something happened." ”
Originally, the man frowned at Wang Guo'an's rude behavior, but after hearing Wang Guo'an's words, his face immediately changed, and then he asked with a serious expression: "Why didn't Hongfang come back?"
Maybe it was because Chen Weiran asked the most critical place, Wang Guoan's expression dimmed for a moment, he poured a cup of tea again, drank it all, and slowly said this long grievance in Xicheng District, although his expression ability is average, but because all this is what he has witnessed, it can be regarded as restoring everything.
Chen Weiran listened, and the piece of beeswax that had been coiled in his hand for many years fell to the ground, but despite this, he didn't notice it until Wang Guoan finished speaking, and his lips trembled and said, "So, you just left Hongfang and came back?"
Chen Weiran's words were like a knife in Wang Guoan's heart, Wang Guoan lowered his head deeply, unable to refute Chen Weiran's sentence, he was obviously deeply blaming himself in his heart, but he nodded helplessly.
"Are you crazy?!" shouted Chen Weiran, who had always been calm, with a red face.
"This is what Hongfang meant, I persuaded him, but..."Wang Guoan said, but as soon as he said two sentences, his voice slowly became weaker, and he suddenly realized that this was a weak explanation.
"Crazy, all crazy. Chen Weiran got up and walked back and forth, muttering constantly, although he knew that the kingdom was definitely not comfortable, but for him, all this was too sudden, so sudden that he didn't have time to react, and there was no chance to buffer.
After walking back and forth a few times, Chen Weiran stopped, and then said to Wang Guoan: "Do you know what you are doing?"
"I'm well aware. Wang Guoan said word by word.
Chen Weiran looked at Wang Guo'an, who directly admitted it, his whole body trembled with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said: "If Hongfang really has three strengths and two shortcomings, Wang Guo'an, I will definitely not let you go." ”
"Lao Chen, do you know? I'd rather die instead of Hongfang, and I'd rather stay in Xicheng than me, but I don't have a choice, if it's you, what can you do?" Wang Guoan said with a sad face, his voice full of dead ashes.
Chen Weiran looked at Wang Guoan like this, his face was full of helplessness, and just as he was about to speak again, the mobile phone in Wang Guoan's pocket rang.
Wang Guoan took out his mobile phone, looked at the unknown call, his expression was gloomy, and he hesitated for a moment to answer the phone.
"Wang Guo'an?" A cold and emotionless voice came from the opposite side, and Wang Guo'an heard who the owner of this voice was, Bai Yiman.
"It's me. Wang Guoan said, although Bai Yiman's voice was emotionless, he felt a trace of strangeness from it.
"Bai Hongfang is dead. She said coldly, as if she didn't care at all about the impact of this sentence on Wang Guo'an, maybe for her who couldn't sort out her emotions, where would she still have the heart to be considerate of others.
Wang Guoan's expression froze, and he listened blankly.
Chen Weiran, who was on the side, noticed the change in Wang Guoan's expression, and his fists were slowly clenched, he knew that this was definitely not good news.
"Come back, get ready for the future, and we'll talk about the rest when we meet. Bai Yiman listened to the silence on the other side, she still said coldly, although she could think of what the other end of the phone was like, she still hung up the phone after saying this.
Pulling back the phone, she leaned on the cold wall behind her, slowly closed her eyes, sniffing the smell of death, she never thought that she would go through so much, she was a little disappointed in human nature, or disappointed in herself, but why, she was so angry?
Perhaps, she was just completely disappointed in such a Jianghu.
She never thought that she was just a lonely boat in the smallest night in this wind and waves, she slowly hugged herself, and suddenly had a desire to depend, this sudden sense of powerlessness made her suddenly realize that she was just a woman.
On the other side of the phone.
Chen Weiran looked at Wang Guoan, who was stunned, and finally couldn't help asking, "Idiot, what happened?"
Wang Guoan listened to the sound of the phone on the other side, and the arm he was holding slowly fell like this, and then spit out a few words.
"Hirokata.... Dead...."
Chen Weiran's expression was also completely still, he walked towards Wang Guo'an step by step, held Wang Guo'an's thick shoulders like crazy, and then asked with wide eyes: "What are you talking about?!!
"Hirokata is dead. Wang Guoan felt Chen Weiran's trembling and spit out these four words again.
Chen Weiran's face turned pale for a moment, let go of Wang Guoan's shoulder, and then took a few steps back in a panic, and sat on the ground with his buttocks, although he made a heavy sound, he didn't feel pain at all.
"Go... Go... Go to the West Side. He made that trembling sound.
Wang Guoan got up slowly, his eyes were hollow at this moment, like a walking corpse, he slowly knelt on the ground, and buried his head deeply.
"Hirokata is dead. He choked up.