Chapter 1.21
"Dad, Rong Zimo, he robbed me again!" Rong Shanshan ran downstairs angrily and complained to Rong's father who was reading the newspaper and eating breakfast, "That nasty guy Rong Zimo snatched the limited edition CD that my brother-in-law gave me again!" At that time, he said that he would give me something this time, and he went to Paris with his brother-in-law, but this untrustworthy guy bullied me again! β
Seeing the squeamish little daughter, Father Rong smiled and said comfortingly, "Since that bastard boy bullied us again, how about Dad deduct his pocket money this time?" β
"Even if he deducts all his pocket money, he won't secretly ask his brother-in-law for it, Dad, you can't do this at all!" Rong Shanshan sat down next to Rong's father angrily, remembering that annoying brother couldn't help but poke the bread on the plate a few times.
"The two of you have always been noisy when you get together since you were a child, you are already big children, at least you have to have a serious appearance." Father Rong thought of the two unconscious children, smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Who called that guy always bullies me! I've always liked to rob me since I was a child, and he broke the necklace my sister left me! Thinking of the broken necklace, Rong Shanshan was even more angry, her brother was simply a saboteur, and anything that fell into his hands would not end well.
"He broke An An's necklace?" Father Rong's face suddenly turned ugly when he heard this, and he raised his hand to call the servant, "Go and call Rui Rui and tell him that he must go home before noon, and if I don't see anyone, he won't have to come back in the future." β
Rong Shanshan heard Rong's father's words and suddenly remembered that she had just said the wrong thing, and couldn't help but be full of anxiety, although Rong Zimo hated it very much, but if her father and brother-in-law knew that he had broken her sister's necklace, it would definitely be miserable.
Thinking of his fellow brother who was always in trouble, Rong Shanshan didn't know for a while whether to do everything he could to report the news, so that the guy was mentally prepared to be punished.
"Brother-in-law save me!" The handsome young man pressed tightly on the man with a calm expression, looking panicked.
"What's the trouble this time?" Pei Yuan put down the text in his hand and looked at Rong Zimo with a bitter face, this kid doesn't stop all day long, and getting into trouble is really commonplace.
Rong Zimo remembered the mistake he made this time, carefully observed his words and looks, and saw that his brother-in-law was in a good mood, so he said with a worried face, "I accidentally broke my sister's necklace." β
Pei Yuan's originally calm eyes turned gloomy after hearing the young man's words, and his deep gaze was tightly glued to the young man, and after a long time, he spoke in a low voice, "Where is the necklace?" β
"When I came, I left it at the jewelry store and asked someone to help fix it." Rong Zimo trembled and spoke truthfully, for fear that Pei Yuan would suddenly lose his temper. Once, the maid accidentally broke something in his sister's room, and as a result, his father and brother-in-law were so angry that he and Rong Shanshan did not dare to speak loudly for several days.
"Come with me to get the things back, and then we'll go back to Rong's house together." Pei Yuan got up and took his coat, looked at the young man who was like a quail and wanted to shrink in the corner with a stern expression, and motioned for him to go out with him.
"Okay, okay." Rong Zimo hurriedly followed Pei Yuan's footsteps, and saw that his brother-in-law had no intention of losing his temper, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, if it wasn't for the fear that his father would know that he had damaged his sister's necklace, he wouldn't have to hide it, but unfortunately Rong Shanshan's big mouth couldn't hide the secret, which made him even more nervous and scared when he came to his brother-in-law to take refuge.
Pei Yuan took Rong Zimo to the jewelry store to get the necklace, the necklace was a birthday gift from Rong Rui'an's father when she was eighteen years old, and she picked the pink pearls she liked and strung them one by one.
Pei Yuan looked at the pearlescent necklace in the brocade box, and couldn't help but lose his mind a little, after so many years, people are no longer there, but these jewelry are still as beautiful as ever, there is really a kind of sadness that things are not human.
"Brother-in-law?" Rong Zimo whispered beside him.
"Don't take it as an example." Pei Yuan carefully put away the necklace and glanced at the young man next to him with a stern expression.
"I know, never again." Rong Zimo repeatedly assured that he would never make a mistake in the future.
Father Rong looked at the information in his hand with a stern expression, and when he finished reading it, his expression did not ease for half a minute.
Zeng Wenxuan helped his glasses, a little puzzled, obviously this project has benefited a lot, shouldn't let Rong's father feel so heavy, thinking of something that might make Rong's father feel uncomfortable, he tentatively spoke, "Is Rui Rui in trouble again?" β
Father Rong usually doesn't hide anything from Zeng Wenxuan, and this time it's the same, thinking of the good things his bastard son did, he looked angry, "That stinky boy Rui Rui broke An An's necklace." β
Sure enough, what can make Rong's father feel bad is nothing more than those things related to Rong Rui'an, thinking of the girl who has passed away for more than ten years, Zeng Wenxuan also sighed a little in his heart, time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye, the two little milk dolls have now grown into big children, and even he himself has become the father of two children, but the girl in his memory has always stayed in her most beautiful moment, living in the memory of these people.
Seventeen years, who would have thought that seventeen years would have passed in the blink of an eye.
"Dad, brother-in-law is back with Rong Zimo." Rong Shanshan lay at the door, looked at her father with a flattering expression, and when she saw Zeng Wenxuan, she greeted with a smile, "Hello Uncle Zeng." β
"Now that the person has come back, he must know that he is wrong, let's go downstairs and take a look first, not to mention, with Mr. Pei, that kid must have suffered a little." Zeng Wenxuan helped Rong's father up, exchanged a worrying look with Rong Shanshan, and the three of them went downstairs together.
"Brother-in-law!" Rong Shanshan took the lead in running to the tall man at the door, and was overjoyed, "Brother-in-law, you haven't come to see Shanshan for a long time, did you bring me a gift this time?" β
Rong Zimo poked his head out from behind Pei Yuan, made a grimace at his sister, and when he saw Rong's father's gloomy face, he immediately walked out dejectedly.
Rong Shanshan hugged Pei Yuan's arm next to him and couldn't help but show a gloating smile, You always bully me, now you are being tried by the three halls!
In the case of Rong Zimo's good attitude of admitting his mistakes, he finally managed to escape the wrath of Rong's father, and finally ended with the cancellation of the punishment of one year of pocket money and three months of confinement.
He sat listlessly next to Rong Shanshan, and when he saw his sister's radiant face because of the gift, he couldn't help but tease her again, and the two of them began to quarrel again.
Father Rong, Pei Yuan, and Zeng Wenxuan saw that the two of them began to laugh and play again, and went directly to the study to close the door and talk about things.
"Give me back An An's necklace." Father Rong stretched out his hand with a straight face, this time he said that he couldn't let Pei Yuan take away the gift he gave to his daughter, for so many years, his daughter's things in the family were almost removed by this stinky boy, and if he didn't strictly guard the door, it was estimated that there would not be even a root of hair left.
"If you put it here, it will break, so bring it back to me." Pei Yuan refused directly, regardless of Rong's father's angry face, he casually looked for a book on the bookshelf and flipped through it, and when he saw the notes left by the girl between the pages, his expression suddenly softened.
"That's my daughter's stuff, give it back to me!" The older Father Rong gets, the more childish he becomes, especially when he gets together with Pei Yuan, the two always have a strong smell of gunpowder.
"Rui An is my wife, and one of her things should naturally belong to me, even if it goes to court, the judge will judge me as the first heir." Pei Yuan's face was calm and said words that made Rong's father even more angry.
Seeing that the two were about to pinch up again, Zeng Wenxuan had to come out as usual to make peace, "Miss doesn't like you to quarrel, every time you meet, it is so ugly, and Miss will definitely be unhappy if she knows about it." β
Father Rong wanted to say something more, but when he heard Zeng Wenxuan mention his daughter who died early, his eyes were red for a moment, and he was silent and didn't speak.
Pei Yuan carefully stroked the words on the page, as if he saw the girl with a bright expression smiling in front of him, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve slightly.
"Speaking of which, have you lost weight again lately?" Zeng Wenxuan looked at Pei Yuan, who he hadn't seen for a long time, the two were now friends, and they had some dealings with each other, and after finding that he was thinner than last time, he couldn't help but worry about asking.
"Probably, maybe I've been too busy lately, and it will be fine in a while." Pei Yuan replied simply, not wanting to talk deeply about this topic, Zeng Wenxuan rubbed his eyebrows and comforted him when he saw this, "It's still the most important thing to take care of your body, don't work too hard if you're young." β
"I know." Pei Yuan put the book in his arms, and then mentioned the overseas development case of cooperation with the Rong family, Zeng Wenxuan was immediately diverted to keep up with the topic, Rong's father listened to half of it, and couldn't help but participate, and for a while, the three men put their minds on work again.
"Hey, brother-in-law didn't beat you when he broke your sister's necklace?" Rong Shanshan looked at her brother in surprise, as if she couldn't believe that she didn't see a scar on Rong Zimo's body.
"I'm not a seven or eight-year-old child anymore, of course my brother-in-law won't beat me like he did when I was a child, speaking of which, if you didn't say that I leaked, I wouldn't have been confined at all." Thinking of his ban on not being able to go out for three months without pocket money for the next year, Rong Zimo couldn't wait to strangle this stupid sister.
"Who let you rob me of my limited edition CD! I said okay, I'll get the CD when you go to Paris! It was you who broke your sister's necklace because you didn't keep your word! Deserve! Rong Shanshan spoke confidently, and the guilt that had swelled up because she accidentally said it disappeared in an instant.
"I've said that I'll pay you back after listening to it, even if you get angry, you can't tell SΓΉ Dad about breaking the necklace." Rong Zimo was still unconvinced, thanks to the model he gave Rong Shanshan the most on his last birthday.
"Okay, I didn't mean to," Rong Shanshan sat down with a sneering face, looked at her depressed brother and said, "It's a big deal that I will share half of your pocket money." β
"Half is too little, at least give me seventy percent!" Rong Zimo saw that his sister was soft, and immediately made inches.
"Seventy percent is too much, only give half, do you want to love it!" Rong Shanshan put down the cruel words angrily, turned around and took the CD and ran back to his room.
"Anyway, it will definitely be given to me when the time comes, what's the point of holding on now." Rong Zimo rolled on the bed, remembering his sister who was always soft-hearted, and muttered with a smirk.
After talking about business with Rong's father and Zeng Wenxuan, after everyone finished lunch at noon, Pei Yuan left the Rong family with business to deal with, and Rong's father was in a much better mood when he saw that the bastard who always robbed his daughter of things finally left.
After going back and forth at home, remembering Pei Yuan's smile before leaving, he suddenly felt very bad, and hurriedly ran back to the study to check it, but as he expected, his daughter had read one less book before!
"That stinky boy! took away the books An An had read again! Father Rong went downstairs angrily, looked at the pair of children playing games on the sofa and Zeng Wenxuan who was drinking tea, and was so angry that he couldn't choose to speak, "Sue the doorman, stop him next time, and never let him enter the door of Rong's house!" β
Zeng Wenxuan had no choice but to exchange a knowing look with the young boys and girls around him, and continued to watch the two children play games, anyway, even if Father Rong is angry now, he will not let Pei Yuan in next time, after all, in this world, there are only these two people who are so pure and passionate about Rong Rui'an.
Zeng Wenxuan has very complicated feelings for Pei Yuan, originally thought that Rong Rui'an's engagement with him when he was young was just a flash in the pan, after all, until Rong Rui'an died, they had only known each other for two years, and most of the time they were separated, and the relationship may not be very deep.
But since Rong Rui'an died, he found out that he was wrong, Pei Yuan's feelings for Rong Rui'an probably all of them couldn't understand, when Rong Rui'an turned twenty years old, he didn't know what means he used to persuade his family and Rong's father, so that these people agreed to his wedding with the dead Rong Rui'an, and really as he said before, the name Rong Rui'an set the identity of his wife, when everyone thought he was crazy, he insisted on it alone for so many years.
Whether it is him or Rong's father, they have persuaded him to let go, but Pei Yuan can unswervingly go on according to his own wishes, probably, the outside world is still speculating about the mysterious wealthy wife of this financial tycoon who never shows up, thinking of the girl who used to be, Zeng Wenxuan couldn't help but regret it, if she was still there, presumably the two of them would be happier than anyone else now.
Although Rong Rui'an left early, he left hope for Rong's father and this family, and even he benefited from it, that girl, probably really received divine grace to be called to heaven.
After the Rong family accompanied Rong's father and the two children to dinner, Zeng Wenxuan got up and went home.
On the way through the city, I couldn't help but smile when I saw a pair of men and women pulling and pulling through the car window, it was Jiang Yining and Jiang's father.
Since marrying Bai Feiyu, Jiang Yining's life has completely fallen into the abyss, whether it is her father-in-law and mother-in-law who always look at her unpleasantly, or her husband who always punches and kicks him, or Jiang's father who always absconds to her for help with debts, these people have become a burden on her shoulders, and she can't get rid of it for a moment.
Jiang Yining burst into tears in the scolding of Jiang's father, she had already handed over all the money she could take out to Jiang's father to pay off her debts, and there was not a penny left in the family now, thinking of the insults and beatings she would suffer when she returned home, looking at the vicious and scolding face of Jiang's father in front of her, she couldn't help but surging all her strength to push Jiang's father away, Jiang's father couldn't stand for a while and took a few steps back and fell on the road, and continued to scold and want to stand up, but she might as well be quickly hit by a speeding vehicle.
For a moment, screams rang out all over the street, followed by sirens and ambulances.
Looking at Jiang Yining, who looked like a crazy demon through the crowd, Zeng Wenxuan remembered the girl's entrustment, restarted the car and went home as if nothing happened, and thought of his wife and a pair of children at home, with a happy smile on his face.
In this way, it is probably the best ending.
Pei Yuan put the books into the bookcase, put the necklace into the jewelry box, looked at the room full of girlish traces and breath, and smiled slightly, probably, I can see her in my dream again tonight.
With his hands flat on his chest, Pei Yuan took one last look at the room that belonged to him and hers, and slowly closed his eyes.