72. XXXVI
In mid-December, Meng Liangren took a flight abroad and came to the outskirts of M City, where there was a villa near the sanatorium.
The gate is open, and inside is a beautifully manicured meadow, a variety of flowers and trees, and a large tree that is taller than the villa, and there is a easel under the tree.
Meng Liangren rang the doorbell twice, and a young foreign maid came to open the door for him, looked at him, and asked in stiff Chinese: "Are you, Meng Xu's younger brother?" ”
"Yes. Is he at home? ”
The maid laughed: "Of course, he didn't go to class today, just to wait for you." ”
As he spoke, he was welcomed into the living room, where there was a floor-to-ceiling window on one side, sunlight poured in, and the walls were scattered with large and small paintings.
Meng Liangren looked at those paintings and felt a little comforted.
There was a sound of footsteps on the stairs, he turned around, Meng Xu stood on it, looked at him carefully, and then smiled: "Long time no see." ”
Meng Liangren couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's been a long time." ”
It was almost noon, and they were chatting while eating.
"Will you leave tomorrow?"
"yes, would you like to stay a few more days?"
Meng Xu said: "The teacher has always kept me, but I will have to go back sooner or later, so I have to let him down." ”
"Hmm...... You can ask him to come to China and have a look. ”
Meng Xu smiled and said, "Caroline said that no one has lived in the guest room here for a long time, only the uniform room is empty, and it is cleaned regularly every week, so you can stay with him at night." ”
"Okay."
He followed the maid to the upstairs room, where there were still traces of human habitation, and Meng Liangren's eyes wandered for a while, and he saw the kumquat tree on the small balcony, the leaves shining in the sun.
He was a little surprised, and the maid saw that he had been looking at the pot of kumquats, so she said, "This is what the little master brought from home, and he has been raising it for a long time, and the small pot has not grown much, and it has borne fruit in the last two months." ”
After a long time, she heard the other party's almost inaudible sigh: "It's been almost ten years." ”
"Yes, the little master also checked the information on the Internet, saying that the kumquat tree changes its pot every two years, and if it is raised well, it can be raised for another ten years." The maid covered her mouth and smiled, "He doesn't usually care about us, but he talks a lot to us about this potted tree." ”
"I've raised it for so long, it's a pity to leave it here when I return home, so let's take it back with you."
"Okay."
After sending Meng Xu back to Meng's house, Meng Liangren left, intending to devote himself to work, after all, Cheney complained to him that he had been idle for a long time.
He kind of wanted to go see Ou Di, but Meng Jun should take care of it.
He came back once during the New Year, Meng Xuan Meng Jun was called to Old Mrs. Zhou, he had a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with his eldest brother and Cong Rong, and rushed to the new crew the next morning.
Time flies by in all sorts of announcements, and work is more paralyzing than alcohol. followed the crew to stay in the poor mountains and bad waters for almost half a year, and the reputation of the new film was very good, plus the previous year's "General Doctor", he could be regarded as having some achievements, and began to gradually stop taking TV series and turn to the big screen.
In this process, the people who once played an important part of his life almost never reappeared. Meng Jun's college entrance examination results were very good, he studied in a prestigious school in Linchuan for two years, and then flew abroad, he took the road that the heirs of the family should take in an orderly manner, and Meng Liangren occasionally learned about his recent situation through the words of Meng Xuan Meng Zhe. In addition to growing up in the same Meng family, his life with Meng Jun actually has no intersection.
Later, Meng Liangren recalled the past few years, only vaguely remembered what movies he made, what nominations he received, what awards he received, and then there was Meng Zhe's management company, he never had the intention of marrying a wife, Meng Xuan got married and had children, Meng Xu lived very well, held one or two art exhibitions, and gradually became famous, his teacher really came to China to find him, opened a gallery on the street not far from Meng's house, and met Meng Liangren when he was a guest at Meng's house.
Other than that, he couldn't remember any details of his life. Cheney, a workaholic, sometimes has a break for a while, and he will also sigh with him, he has been lonely for a long time, and it seems that he has no popularity.
This spring, his thirtieth birthday was approaching.
This time, Fanxing funded a small and fresh love movie, and asked him to play the second male lead, one of the male protagonists and heroines is the runner-up of the company's talent show, and the other has recently become popular because of acting in online dramas.
This is also the practice of individual companies. The heroine is very beautiful and conforms to the mainstream aesthetics, but when she filmed a kiss scene with Meng Liangren, she was NG several times, and she always laughed, and the last one can be regarded as over.
Meng Liangren had a bitter taste of a woman's lipstick in his mouth, and he asked the little assistant to rinse his mouth with water.
Because Wei Zi and Meng Liangren are both artists under Gao Yang, they always make up a pair to "package and sell". This time, she played a role that was almost the second female lead, with fewer scenes, and it was much easier than Meng Liangren. The location of the shooting is at the university, and the cherry blossoms are in full bloom along the road, which is very beautiful.
She moved a deck chair and lay down under the tree to rest. Seeing Meng Liangren avoiding the heroine, she frowned and rinsed her mouth, laughing wildly.
Meng Liangren returned the water cup to the assistant and said helplessly: "Look at my bad luck, you are so happy?" ”
Wei Zi laughed and said, "Is the rouge of a beautiful woman delicious?" ”
"It's not tasty." Meng Liang said, "Why bother, it's okay to play such a scene without makeup." ”
Wei Zi snorted: "That's you, how can she see people without makeup?" ”
"What's the explanation?"
Wei Zi looked at the heroine who was talking to the director in the distance: "She padd her nose, opened the corners of her eyes, cut her double eyelids, and may have done a straight jaw, which is difficult to see with makeup, but without makeup, she will definitely be criticized." ”
Meng Liangren was stunned: "Why can't I see it." ”
Wei Zi snorted: "A straight man like you is better to deceive." ”
“……”
Wei Zi looked at him, and said with a smile: "Come to my house for a meal in two days, Jasmine misses you." ”
Jasmine is her four-year-old daughter, she had a brief underground affair with a male singer, and then accidentally became pregnant, and the man was about to go abroad to develop, and he didn't want to take this responsibility and wanted her to beat it. She secretly stayed and gave birth to a daughter, named Wei Jasmine.
Meng Liangren has been concentrating on her career in the past few years, but she has often been in contact with her, and the two are very compatible, Wei Zi asked her daughter to recognize Meng Liangren as her godfather, and she thought that this title was too ambiguous and ugly, so she directly asked Jasmine to call him father.
Meng Liangren shook his head and said, "Not this week, let's go next week, my sister and child are full moon, I have to go back to join in the fun." ”
Wei Zi sighed regretfully and said, "Okay." ”
After the break, the director called over there, Meng Liangren got up and went over, Wei Zi leaned on the recliner, watched the heroine greet him with a smile, and the two of them asked and answered, as if they were very intimate, and sneered disdainfully.
On the day of the full moon ceremony, Meng Liangren asked for leave to return to Meng's house, Meng Xuan was married three years ago, the man was a single-parent family, his mother died of illness two years ago, and there were no other close relatives, so he became rich.
This is Meng Xuan's second child, the first child is a little boy, and this time she gave birth to a little girl.
As soon as Meng Liangren came back, Meng Xuan asked the maid to bring his daughter to him and hug him, watching someone holding the swaddling body stiff and motionless, rolling on the sofa with laughter.
Meng Liangren said helplessly: "Don't tease me, I won't hold the child." ”
Meng Xuan said: "Not now, won't you get married in the future?" I'm here to give you a lesson in advance. ”
Meng Liangren said: "You just handed her over to me, aren't you afraid that I will fall on her?" ”
Meng Xuan snorted and said, "You dare? ”
While they were talking, the little baby who was sleepy in the swaddling clothes suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Meng Liangren intently.
Meng Xuan said: "Huh? didn't cry, she's not afraid of you. ”
Meng Lianghe looked at her for a while, and carefully handed it to the servant: "Don't let me hug it, my arm is sore." ”
Such a soft little thing, if you hold it loosely, you are afraid of falling, and if you hold it tightly, you are afraid that it will hurt her, which is really grinding.
Meng Xuan propped his head and looked at him, and suddenly said, "Big brother sued you for not having it, Jun Jun is back." ”
"What?" Meng Liangren was stunned, "When?" ”
"Just last weekend, I brought back a girlfriend, Chinese-Australian mixed-race, called ...... Mia, it's beautiful. ”
“…… They don't live at home? ”
"At home, didn't I go shopping with his girlfriend early in the morning?"
Meng Liangren was stunned, and then came back to his senses and said, "I haven't seen him for a long time." ”
"Yes, when he comes back, you can catch up with the old days, he was ignorant when he was a child, and you are an elder, so you won't care about it until now, right?"
"Of course not." He smiled, "He's doing well now, and I'm relieved." ”
After graduating and returning to China, with a beautiful and lovely girlfriend, he is about to take over the family company, such Meng Jun must not want to think about the confession of youth and ignorance, so that they can sit down, forget the chaos and misunderstanding at the beginning, and chat like an ordinary family.
He breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down.
Meng Xuan pulled him again and started another education: "Look at it, Jun Jun has opened up, why are you still like this, not to mention the girlfriend you can bring home, there are no serious gossip girlfriends, you see who you are ambiguous with all day long, holding hands, as soon as the movie comes out, it will be cleaned up immediately." ”
"But in the entertainment industry, don't do it. In this way, I know a girl who has just graduated from college, she looks very delicate, her family is a cooperative enterprise of our family, I know both parents, they are very good people, not as good as you......"
Meng Liangren brushed down three black lines on his forehead: "Second sister, how can you learn to be a matchmaker, isn't this what those aunts do?" ”
Meng Xuan poked his head with a red dankou: "You mean to say I'm old?" You're so bold, you're ......."
They were talking and laughing, when suddenly the door opened, and a young girl with brown curly hair and fair skin flashed in. ”
Meng Xuan smiled: "Mia, are you back so early?" Didn't find the one you liked? ”
Mia has big eyes, long curly eyelashes, and a milky complexion, like a large ceramic doll in a cupboard.
Meng Liangren turned his head and took a look at her, who exclaimed first: "Ah! You're that star! ”
Meng Liangren smiled and said, "Hello, I am Meng Jun's uncle. ”
Mia tilted her head and smiled, "Such a young uncle." ”
Meng Xuan looked behind her and asked, "What about Meng Jun, didn't you come back with you?" ”
Mia said generously: "He met a former friend, went to a party with someone, and asked the driver to take me back, alas, great, no need to face his ice cube face." ”
She said this very playfully, which made Meng Xuan and both of them laugh, and said: "He is so snub to you, when we come back, we will teach him a lesson, and there is no gentlemanly demeanor at all." ”
Mia didn't respond, just pursed her lips and smiled, Meng Xuan beckoned her to sit on the sofa too, she was obviously more interested in Meng Liangren, and after a few words of familiarity, she pestered him to ask questions.
At Meng Xuan's insistence, the child's full moon ceremony was not a big deal, but the family had a meal together.
But when the food was about to be served, Meng Jun suddenly called back, saying that he couldn't come back because of something temporary, and he would come back for dinner, Meng Xuan was very angry: "Finally, the fourth child came back, but he dropped the chain for me, and he couldn't even eat a reunion dinner!" ”
Meng Liangren comforted her and said, "Since I'm back, I will have time to meet in the future, so let's eat first." ”
Meng Zhe also frowned, but did not speak. Meng Xu was a little puzzled. It was Meng Xuan's husband who comforted her gently, so she didn't call to question.
At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, Meng Liangren pinched the time to say goodbye to his family, and said to Mia: "I didn't prepare a gift in a hurry this time, and I will definitely make up for it next time." ”
Mia laughed: "Meng Jun should always be with your uncle, so that he can understand how to treat the lady." ”
Meng Liangren smiled and said goodbye to her. I thought to myself, such a pretty girl is indeed a good match for Meng Jun.
The second half of this month is Meng Liangren's birthday, and the movie happened to be completed two days ago, and when he left, the actress came to see him off, looking very reluctant.
Meng Liangren understands what she means, during the preparation of the movie, in order to publicize, he will always use some fictional scandals to attract people's attention, and this one probably wants to fake a play with him.
But first, he knew that the other party was not sincere, but he just wanted to hug his thighs, and secondly, he was not tempted, so he had to pretend not to see it.
Avoiding this rotten peach blossom, but unable to avoid Meng Xuan's strength as a matchmaker, Meng Liangren really couldn't stand the phone bombardment that she was bored at home three times a day, so she had to agree to meet with that Miss He.
Well, it is indeed from a prestigious school, with clear eyebrows and generous manners.
The two chatted for two hours in the high-end restaurant, under the dim light, and when they walked out of the restaurant to say goodbye, Meng Liangren thought that it would be better to promise Wei Zi to accompany Jasmine to build blocks for the night.
Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive. Meng Liangren was about to open the car door for Miss He, and was about to send her home, when a Porsche drove over and stopped not far from them, and a young woman and a little chubby girl in a lace shirt and denim overalls were Wei Zi's mother and daughter.
Wei Zi took Jasmine over and patted her daughter's head, so the little chubby girl screamed in a clear voice: "Dad!" ”
"......" Miss He, who was quite satisfied with this date, looked at the mother and daughter, and then at Meng Liangren, "You, do you have a daughter?" ”