Chapter 21: A Delicate Relationship
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After the two finished breakfast, Chen Baozhu was busy with the aftermath of breakfast, while Lei Zhensheng was sitting in the living room watching TV, in fact, he couldn't watch any programs, so he simply adjusted a few stations, then turned off the TV and went back to the study.
Chen Baozhu finished tidying up in the kitchen, and thought about whether he should bring something over after not being a guest at Dean Chen's house for a long time, and was about to discuss it with Lei Zhensheng, when he came out and found that Lei Zhensheng was not in the living room, he looked at the door of the study and walked straight over, pushed the door and saw that Lei Zhensheng was lying alone at the computer desk, holding the photo frame of the group photo of the three of the family.
"Homesick?" asked Chen Baozhu.
Lei Zhensheng listened to Chen Baozhu's voice, startled, and was stunned for a few seconds with the photo frame, Chen Baozhu saw that Lei Zhensheng was a little frightened by his sudden "visit", so he quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't close the door, so I came in directly, scared you?"
"Oh. It's okay," Lei Zhensheng hurriedly put the frame back in its place, and said with an embarrassed smile, "Hehe... It was just looking at this old photo that I suddenly realized that time was really fast, and in a blink of an eye, Jia Yudu was about to graduate from college. β
"Hehe... Chen Baozhu was happy when she talked about her son, although Lei Zhensheng has always made her feel uneasy, but her son Lei Jiayu has never let herself worry about it. My son's grades in school have always been very good, and he is also very filial, and he has consistently maintained a call to himself every two weeks when he goes to college, which even Lei Zhensheng, as a husband, can't do. Chen Baozhu slowly walked to the side of the photo, gently touched the head of his son in the photo, showed the first smile since Lei Zhensheng came back yesterday, and sighed: "Yes! Time flies too fast." β
After speaking, Chen Baozhu realized that he had been deviated by Lei Zhen's vocal cords, put down the photo frame and hurriedly said, "Oh, I just came to you to ask if you want to bring something to Dean Chen's house at noon?"
"No need. Lei Zhensheng stood up and said affirmatively, "The teacher's family is so familiar, let's go over early and talk to Teacher Chen, he will be very happy, and those material things will make the teacher think that we are too polite." β
Originally, Lei Zhensheng was a person who didn't understand the world, and he always didn't know what to do when the leader had a banquet, and he always came to consult Chen Baozhu's opinion, I don't know when he started to know how to deal with these relationships better than Chen Baozhu.
"Oh. Chen Baozhu muttered quietly, "I originally planned to bring them the salt-baked chicken I made myself." β
"Salt-baked chicken!" Lei Zhensheng repeated, "That's okay! β
"Okay, then I'll bring one for them!" Chen Baozhu was just about to leave the room, Lei Zhensheng asked, "Then you hurry up and clean it up." β
"Well, okay. β
"Let's go early. Lei Zhensheng said, "You can also help your wife, so that you can be more sincere." β
"Well, okay, then you wait for me for 20 minutes, I'll clean up, and then change my clothes. Chen Baozhu finished speaking and left.
About 30 minutes later, Chen Baozhu wore a cashmere double-sided khaki tweed coat, painted a light makeup on his face, and walked out of the bedroom with his hair scattered, and said politely: "I'm sorry! β
Lei Zhensheng, who was sitting in the living room, looked up at Chen Baozhu in front of him, which made his eyes shine, with light makeup and a simple coat, coupled with a fairly foreign hairstyle, he looked like a young woman in her early 30s, and she couldn't tell that she was a middle-aged woman in her 40s who was about to graduate from college. Today's wife's dress is really amazing to Lei Zhensheng, Chen Baozhu deduced that sentence vividly: women, three points of appearance and seven points of dress.
Lei Zhensheng is also a person who has seen the world, and when he saw such a polite and beautiful wife, he stammered for a while, and said with a smile: "No... Never mind. β
"But you're looking really young today. Lei Zhensheng added.
"Oh. Chen Baozhu said lightly, "Let's go." β
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Chen Qi is the current president of the First Affiliated Hospital of Linjiang Province, the president of the affiliated hospital 7 years ago, and was promoted to the president of Linjiang Medical University 5 years ago. Chen Qi prefers to be clean, does not like to be in the downtown area, his house is bought in a suburban villa about 40 minutes away from the hospital by car, the villa name is Peninsula Garden, listen to the name also know that this villa is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the scenery is very good.
This weekend, although it rained a little in the morning, the overall road condition was good. Under normal circumstances, it is about a 30-minute drive from Lei Zhensheng's house to Peninsula Garden, but today this journey seems to be particularly long, because the atmosphere between the two in the car is very awkward, and neither of them speaks. Originally, Lei Zhensheng wanted to talk to Chen Baozhu, but he could only think of his son's topic, but to be honest, Lei Zhensheng didn't know much about his son's state because he had been busy with work, and he couldn't talk about anything. Except for the two of them's common son, Lei Zhensheng couldn't find any topics that Chen Baozhu could be interested in, so during the 30-minute journey on the way, the words of the two added up to no more than one minute, and the rest of the time was silent.
Until the car had entered the villa area, Lei Zhensheng saw that Chen Baozhu was still taciturn and absent-minded, so he explained: "When you meet the teacher later, try to be happy." β
When Chen Baozhu heard this, he felt an inexplicable anger, didn't he want to be happy? But how could he pretend to be happy when he was in such a state of life where he had been neglected by his husband all the year round? But what could Chen Baozhu say? Listening to Lei Zhensheng's explanation, Chen Baozhu glanced at Lei Zhensheng with cold eyes and did not reply.
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After getting out of the car, the two walked to the gate of Chen Qi's villa, Lei Zhensheng raised his hand and gave Chen Baozhu a look, she understood that Lei Zhensheng wanted to let herself cooperate with him to continue to play the role of a loving couple. Although Chen Baozhu is unwilling, what can she do? Although Chen Baozhu is a failure in this relationship, she does not have the courage to let go, and there is no better way to solve it, so she can only continue to cooperate with Lei Zhensheng and pretend to be in love. So she helplessly held Lei Zhensheng's hand.
"Ding-dongγγγγγγ Lei Zhensheng rang the villa doorbell, and a few seconds later a nanny about 50 years old opened the door.
"Hello Director Lei, Hello Secretary Chen!" said the nanny with a smile.
"Hello, Sister Wu," Lei Zhensheng replied with a smile.
When Wang Menglian heard the doorbell, she hurriedly walked to the door to greet the guests, and said with a smile: "Ah... You're still early, come, come in and sit. β
"Master, it's morning! This is the salt-baked chicken that Baozhu made for you. Lei Zhensheng said with a smile.
"Salt-baked chicken!" Wang Menglian took the bag with a smile and replied, "Look, it's hard work again, come on, come in quickly." β
"Hehe... It's not hard, just like it. Lei Zhensheng replied with a smile and looked at Chen Baozhu again.
Chen Baozhu also replied, "It's good if my wife likes it." β
After speaking, several people happily walked into the villa together.