Chapter 99: Reunion after a long absence
Feng Yongtian took a sip of wine, then observed her carefully, and said, "What you said is not the truth, you are hiding from me." In fact, you're still not happy, and you're still living with all your might... But I understand that you were like that for your children, and this is a great motherhood, and I appreciate it! β
"Do you really think so? Don't resent me for breaking my promise to you? Liu Hongxia also took a sip of wine slowly, looking at him warmly.
"Hongxia, I only have regrets, no resentment...... I know that you didn't divorce him because you had to do it....... if you love someone, you have to put yourself in the other person's shoes. I can't be so selfish as to keep you alive in a dilemma. In the past two years, I have never forgotten you at any moment, but I endure myself and don't have any contact with you, I just don't want you to be embarrassed and live in a torment! β
Liu Hongxia raised her gaze and said softly, "Thank you for doing this...... Actually, I won't forget you either. But that's all in the past, and it's useless to think about it, right? β
Feng Yongtian nodded, shook his head again, and said, "Hongxia, you are still young, do you really live the long years of the second half of your life like this?" β
Liu Hongxia pondered for a long time, and said darkly: "I can only live like this." Life is just a few decades, and everything will pass quickly! But there was infinite sadness in her eyes.
"Hongxia, shouldn't you be like this? Even if you don't marry me, you shouldn't force yourself like this, it's irresponsible for your own life! β
Liu Hongxia smiled bleakly; "People are fate, fate should be like this, what can you do!" Then he immediately changed the subject and said, "Don't talk about me, let's talk about you?" In the past two years, you should be interested in falling in love with someone, right? β
Feng Yongtian took a sip of wine, shook his head and said, "Not yet, I don't seem to be interested in others anymore, maybe this is what people call infatuation, right?" β
Liu Hongxia lowered her head again, wandering her eyes. "You really shouldn't be like this, there are so many women better than me, why do you torture yourself like that?" He hurriedly changed the subject and asked, "Do you have any plans for the future?" β
"I don't have any plans for marriage, I want to take my daughter back to me, it's good that our father and daughter depend on each other! But I still have to wait for you, if you can't wait for me to be single like this! Feng Yongtian's eyes were burning.
Liu Hongxia didn't have the courage to meet his gaze. only dodged and said: "Don't say such childish things, how old are you, it's time to face reality." So what are your plans for work? Are you looking for a new job? β
"I don't want to look for a job anymore, I want to do some business, even if I can't be the boss, I can work for myself!"
"So, you're going to go to the sea to do business too?"
"The form is forced, there is no other way to go! Hongxia, you should also think about this, open your own store or something. It's better than working for someone else, and you don't have to look at other people's faces to live. Besides, even if you can get another job, it's not easy. At present, there are few profitable units in Bawu City, and it is difficult to find a satisfactory job. You might as well do some business on your own! In addition, you are a cautious person, and you are very suitable for trading. β
Of course, Liu Hongxia recognized the current form, she pondered for a long time, and said embarrassedly: "Of course I want to do that, and the business that has more than enough heart but not enough power to open a store requires a lot of funds." But our family hasn't even paid off our foreign debts yet, and now the two of us have no salaries, and it's difficult to survive, where do we still have the funds to do business? β
Feng Yongtian stared at her with concern and said, "Hongxia, if you have the heart to do business, I can lend you the capital!" β
"You? You still have to do business yourself, where is the money to lend me? Don't bother me like this, you better think of your own way out! But I really appreciate your ......"
"Hongxia, you don't have to worry about this, I have a deposit, you can make a small shop or something, it's enough, besides, I want to do business, some friends will help me, my buddies are rich, and it is effortless to take out 180,000 yuan. I mean really, you have to think about it! β
Liu Hongxia really thought about it carefully for a long time, and said embarrassedly: "Even if you lend me money, I really don't know what to do." There are too many people doing business nowadays, and it's not easy to do it. β
"Hongxia, I think you can open a clothing store, you might as well think about it, it won't cost much!"
"Do you think a clothing store can do it? Why? Liu Hongxia looked at him expectantly.
"Of course there is a basis. First, in Bawu City, the clothes are sold by those large department stores, and they are all rigid, which cannot meet today's expanding demand for clothing, which is unpopular. Second, you have done garment work, and you have dealings with people in the garment industry in other places, and the purchase channel will be superior, and third, you are a very cautious person, and it is not easy to make too many mistakes in business..."
Liu Hongxia felt that his analysis was very reasonable, and he really came to life by him, thought about it for a long time, and said: "Then I'll go back and think about it, I don't know if Yao Suixin will agree!" β
"Will he disagree? He wished he had a sharpened head and went into business! Feng Yongtian affirmed it in a word.
"But...... Use your money to do it, he will resist it in his heart..."Liu Hongxia said in a low voice.
Feng Yongtian sneered. "Will he have that backbone? Didn't he go to open a hotel just like that money he caught us for blackmail? β
Liu Hongxia secretly admired him for knowing Yao Suixin well. But she couldn't make up her mind about such a thing for a while, so she said, "Well, I'll go back and think about it, and talk to him too!" β
Before they knew it, the two of them drank a lot. It wasn't until late afternoon that they left the tavern β΅ on the street, Liu Hongxia's head was a little dizzy, and her steps were slightly unsteady. Feng Yongtian naturally grabbed her arm and supported her for a long time, like a husband and wife or a couple.
At this moment, in the flow of people behind them, a man was staring at them with hot eyes, dodging and following. This man is Liu Hongxia's husband Yao Suixin.
Is there really such a coincidence in the world? Two years later, Liu Hongxia and Feng Yongtian met for the first time and were discovered by Yao Suixin? Actually, that's not a coincidence at all. In fact, Yao Suixin already knew that Feng Yongtian was back, so he began to be suspicious, wondering if Liu Hongxia would rekindle his old relationship with him? So he began to track Liu Hongxia's whereabouts. In the past few days, when Liu Hongxia went around looking for a job, he followed him like a spy. After following Liu Hongxia and Feng Yongtian for three days, he began to feel that he was suspicious, but he was still unwilling and decided to follow the last day today. As a result, on this last day, the clue was finally discovered. When Liu Hongxia and Feng Yongtian were drinking in the tavern, he hid in a shop opposite the tavern. The two of them came out of the hotel, and Feng Yongtian held Liu Hongxia's arm with such intimacy, which made Yao Suixin's eyes red when he was following behind. He kept following to see if he was going to Feng Yongtian's house or which hotel. But in the square of Central Street, the two men separated and ran to the street where they went home.
Yao Suixin didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed, and still followed behind.
Liu Hongxia came to the street opposite her alley, at the door of the "Rainbow Snack City" on the side of the street, and the proprietress Liu Hongcai was standing at the door looking at something. This is the hotel that Yao Suixin and Liu Hongcai rented in partnership before, and it is the storefront where Wang blindly shouted. After Liu Hongcai married Wang Blind Shout, in accordance with the terms of the agreement, Wang Blind Shouting assigned this store to Liu Hongcai. A year later, Liu Hongcai changed the signboard and reopened the business. Although the investment in this tavern was also shouted by Wang Blind, it was nominally already a tavern owned by Liu Hongcai, and Wang Blind only took care of the grain and oil store on East Street, although Wang Blind shouted that he often came to this hotel, but he did not participate in all operations. Liu Hongxia has not been here once since the opening of this tavern. In fact, Liu Hongxia and Liu Hongcai have basically broken off their sisterhood, Liu Hongxia has never been to Liu Hongcai's home, and Liu Hongcai does not return to the Liu family compound several times a year.
Liu Hongcai saw her sister coming from there, so she stepped forward and said, "Sister, it's noon, come to the store to eat, let's have a drink?" β
Liu Hongxia said lukewarmly: "Do you see that this is still noon?" It's already afternoon, I've had an early meal, thank you for your kindness! After that, he didn't say a word, and walked straight over.
Liu Hongcai watched her sister's figure disappear into the street in a daze. When she turned around, she saw Yao Suixin coming from that side again. Liu Hongcai hurriedly turned around and returned to the store.
This is the current relationship between her and Yao Suixinβ‘ since Liu Hongcai married Wang Blind, the kind of relationship between her and Yao Suixin has never happened again. Although she opened a tavern opposite Liu's house, and there were often kowtows and met each other, they were cold to each other, just like people who were not very familiar with each other, and in the past two years, the two have never spoken together.
When Yao walked through the "Rainbow Snack City", he couldn't help but look inside, and just saw Liu Hongcai looking out from the glass window of the tavern, and the eyes of the two people met, but soon Liu Hongcai disappeared.
Yao returned home and began to interrogate Liu Hongxia. "Where have you been today?" Yao Sui stared at her intently.
Liu Hongxia was a little weak and said, "I went to that company to apply for a job, what's wrong?" β
"I know you're applying for a job, I'm asking where you had lunch at noon?"
"Eating in a tavern......" Liu Hongxia looked at him vigilantly, pondering his strange expression in her heart, and buried the words behind, waiting for his reaction.
"Who are you drinking with?" Yao asked straightforwardly.
Liu Hongxia was a little surprised: it seemed that he already knew something. In fact, she didn't want to hide it, it was nothing. So she said: "I met Feng Yongtian on the street, he had to invite me to dinner, so I ate!" Liu Hongxia's voice behind her was a little low.
"It's not just about eating, is it? After eating, didn't you walk arm-in-arm like a couple on the street? Yao Suixin's voice was very long, and there was a bright light of vinegar in his eyes.
Liu Hongxia looked at him in astonishment. "So you're stalking me? You already knew he was back? β
"Cut, of course I knew he was back, and I expected you to be together....... was it wrong for me to follow you? If you don't have a ghost in your heart, are you still afraid of being followed? β
"Of course I'm not afraid, we're just eating, there's nothing, you can follow casually!" Liu Hongxia was infinitely angry in her heart, but she couldn't say anything, and it was right for people to follow her.
"What more do you want? All hand in hand. β
Liu Hongxia suddenly blushed, knowing that this matter was inarticulate, so she said angrily: "He took the initiative to save me, and I didn't go to save him......"
"Does that make a difference? The result is to walk together, you can't help but admit it, right? That's the necessity of tracking! When did you walk down the street with me? β
"You're rare... Hold me? Every time you go out, you're far away from me......"
"So, all men take the initiative to pull you, do you accept it? Are you a chicken? β
"Don't talk so badly, okay? Whatever you think, in short, we are nothing, we are innocent! I'm telling you, we met by accident today. β
"Eh, are you innocent with him? What happened when I caught ~ rape in bed two years ago? Did you meet by accident today? The devil believes it! β
"Believe it or not......... That thing is in the past, do you still want to dwell on it? If you can't bear it, you will get divorced, anyway, what happened can't be deducted, what do you want? β
At the mention of the word "divorce", Yao Suixin felt like he had been hit on the door, and he immediately softened. Softened his tone and asked, "What are you talking about?" It can't be some inconsequential topic, right? Didn't reminisce? β
"Of course we're talking about something important, and I'm about to discuss something with you!" Liu Hongxia skillfully shifted the embarrassment on this topic.
"What's the matter? I'm listening! Yao said casually.
"You said we won't be looking for a job, how about opening a clothing store?" Liu Hongxia asked tentatively.
Yao Suixin's eyes flashed and said, "Huh? Is the sun coming out of the west? Do you want to do business? Haven't you always despised doing business all these years? Why do you suddenly want to do business? β
"This time and that time! .......It's not easy to find a job now, and I don't have a good unit, so it's better to think about doing some business!" β
Yao Suixin squinted at her and said, "That's not what you think, right?" It must have been Feng Yongtian who brainwashed you. It's still nice what people say. When I said that you were doing business, you just had contempt, and you couldn't make sense no matter how much you spoke, but Feng Yongtian suddenly opened your mouth as soon as you spoke, what a magical power! β
Liu Hongxia glared at him angrily. "Did you make a penny in business all those years? It's almost bankrupt with a family, and not everyone can do business! β
"So you can do it? Well, I agree, I'll see! β
"Talking about serious things, aren't you so weird? If you don't want to discuss, forget it! Liu Hongxia was a little angry.
"Yes, of course I want to open a store in my dreams, but what about the funds? Do you have the funds? Yao spread his hands casually, and the posture was as if the family's money was squandered by Liu Hongxia.
"This is what Feng Yongtian and I talked about today...... He was willing to lend us the money to open the store! When Liu Hongxia spoke, she was apprehensive, and she looked at him with wandering eyes.
The muscles in the corners of Yao Suixin's eyes twitched for a moment, and he said a little impulsively: "Of course this is a good thing, but why does he take the initiative to lend you money?" The drunkard doesn't mean to be in the bar? β
Liu Hongxia looked at him with shame and disdain for a long time, and said, "Since you think so, then let's not discuss." Let's go our separate ways! With that, Liu Hongxia went to the bedroom in a huff.
Yao took out a cigarette, sat on the sofa in the living room and puffed up two cigarettes, and finally made up his mind to come to the bedroom again, and said to Liu Hongxia: "I agree to open a store, and I agree to him to lend us money, but let me ask: He won't have any strings attached, right?" β
"Do you think all people are as despicable as you? If you doubt it, forget it, you can not borrow it, people will not force money into your hands! Liu Hongxia combed her hair by the mirror and did not look back.
"Good, you are noble, I am mean. But I want to say ugly things in my head, but don't happen to the ugly things that happened two years ago! There is still a shadow in the bird, don't think you can hide it! β
Liu Hongxia glared at him and said, "You just say you don't agree, right?" Don't say anything else until it happens! β
"Okay, I agree. You go and tell him tomorrow to get the money back!" Yao Suixin didn't know why he added, "You go tonight!" β
"You're telling me to go tonight? What does it mean? Liu Hongxia looked at him suspiciously.
"I'm afraid he will regret it! Without further ado, you'll go tonight! Yao Suixin has this "atmosphere": he will give up everything for money.