Chapter 23: The Contradiction Between Zhang He's Father and Son
There was always a dull smell in the air after noon.
In the café, Concubine Xiao listened to Zhang Xuan's words about his admiration for his mommy with a complicated expression.
"She is gentle and generous, and Liu Shanmin is the only woman in my life who can make my heart flutter."
"I knew that I was poor at that time, and I didn't deserve her status as a rich daughter at all, so I looked up to her like an ant and admired her."
Perhaps it was because of his age, Zhang Xuan's already colorless eyes suddenly became a little more confused, Zhang Xuan gently touched a three-centimeter-long iconic scar on the corner of his right eyebrow with his hand, and then laughed at himself and continued, "Do you know how I left this scar? ”
Concubine Xiao was stunned, she didn't expect Zhang Xuan to ask herself so seriously, she thought that the scar must have been left by Mommy.
Xiao Fei'er spoke cautiously, "It's because of Liu Shanmin." ”
Zhang Xuan nodded slightly and snorted lightly, "This scar was caused by me twenty-three years ago because I saved her. ”
Xiao Fei'er raised her forehead slightly, and the person opposite held her forehead sadly and continued, "Hey! Needless to say, I thought I could get closer to her, but I didn't expect that she loved my good brother, and I could only watch him silently from the sidelines, trying to win her attention beyond my good brother. ”
"Unexpectedly, the two of them got married after knowing each other for half a year."
Speaking of this, Zhang Xuan's calm voice was mixed with a hint of crying, "I should be happy when my brother gets married, but I can't be happy, I once thought about confessing to him the day before her wedding that I liked her, but I didn't speak." ”
"I was afraid of rejection and that doing so would create a gap between me and my good brother, so I decided to bury my love for Liu Shanmin deep in my heart."
Today's Zhang Xuan surprised Xiao Fei'er very much, he sat and talked calmly with himself was enough to go against the sky, when he told about his mother's stubborn but inaction-free love, Xiao Fei'er actually had a feeling of pity in her heart, and it seemed that all kinds of unhappiness between the two in the past also disappeared in this conversation.
"Uncle, who is your good brother?"
Although she knew that her father was the good brother Zhang Xuan said, Concubine Xiao still wanted to hear Zhang Xuan's confirmation in person.
"Five years ago, the director of the Shaw Group."
"Oh! It seems that your surname is also Xiao. Zhang Xuan suddenly exclaimed.
Zhang Xuan didn't know that she was Concubine Xiao or the daughter of her good brother, and Concubine Xiao didn't plan to tell her identity, so she smiled a little unnaturally, "Hehe, there are thousands of people in the Xiao family. ”
Zhang Xuan stared at a touch of green outside the café and continued to narrate, "On May 20 of that year, the big day of his two marriages, I attended the wedding of my good brother. ”
"As the saying goes, touching the scene makes love, so I decided to go to the sea to do business with my own faint sadness."
"More than 20 years have passed, and I have returned to the city where I once fell, and I have seen them in many ways, and they may have been living happily.
"But when I came back, I found out that my brother Xiao Group had been merged, and he had to commit suicide because he absconded with the money and was forced by the debt collector."
"I knew that Liu Shanmin had a lovely daughter, but I was at a loss at that time and didn't know how to find her, and I didn't know where to find her."
"I'm married, I have my wife and my kids, and my career, and I gave up the idea of looking for her."
"However, I still love Liu Shanmin."
Zhang Xuan's words fell, and Concubine Xiao'er's mind moved, "Uncle, then you and Xiao Sisi are good brothers, why don't you rely on his strong assets and strength!" ”
Zhang Xuan looked back and laughed at himself, "I am a good brother with him, but at the same time, I am also a competitor in the shopping mall, I am a man, and men are good faces." Brothers are like siblings, but siblings can't help do anything for the rest of their lives, you have to rely on the brain's thinking. ”
"So, I was crawling in the business world, and finally I rose! However, my good brother has fallen, and I can no longer find him and Liu Shanmin. ”
"It is precisely because you have missed a lifelong regrettable love that you have missed that uncle, so you forced me to marry Chen He?"
Like Zhang Xuan's thoughts in the Dao, Zhang Xuan's face was gentle, "I have no objection to you marrying He, it doesn't mean that I can accommodate you in the future or that I have my secret in your hands now, I just want him to be happy, don't bear or pay silently alone." ”
"Marriage requires two people to run, in fact, it doesn't matter if you like each other or you only like one ten-thousandth of each other."
"But as long as you spend nine yuan to get the book from the Civil Affairs Bureau, you will be responsible for the other party for the rest of your life."
At this moment, a melodious mobile phone ringtone rang between the two, Xiao Fei'er realized that it was her own electric ring and hurriedly took out the mobile phone from the package, she glanced at the phone screen showing Ling'er's call, Xiao Fei'er nodded to Zhang Xuan slightly apologetically, and then connected the phone.
"Concubine, where are you? Why can't I find you? The person on the other end of the line was complaining dissatisfied.
Hearing Ling's slightly dissatisfied tone, Concubine Xiao responded calmly, "Oh, I'm drinking coffee at a nearby café?" Then you wait a while and I'll be there shortly. ”
"yes, okay."
Concubine Xiao smiled faintly, "Uncle, I left beforehand." ”
Zhang Xuan also nodded slightly, but when Concubine Xiao was about to get up and leave, she raised Zhang Xuan's slightly unnatural voice.
"Hey! Wait a minute. ”
Concubine Xiao looked at him suspiciously, Zhang Xuan opened her eyes embarrassedly and said, "Tonight, you can come to our house for a meal by the way, since everything is said here and you know the reason for my forced marriage, let's see what Zhang He's attitude is?" ”
"You're not supposed to refuse me, are you?"
Zhang Xuan's implication is obvious, that is, he wants Concubine Xiao to agree to marry Zhang He.
Concubine Xiao'er's heart sank slightly, but her expression was still flat and said in a deliberative tone, "Uncle, shall we discuss it well tonight?" ”
Then Concubine Xiao left the café under Zhang Xuan's eyes, and then drove to the gate of the hospital to pick up Ling'er and go home.
After sending Ling'er back to her house, Concubine Xiao also drove back to her home, lying on the wide and soft sky-blue bed in large characters, her heart full of melancholy.
Although Zhang Xuan confessed his heart to himself today, he definitely had to carry out the matter of forcing Zhang He to get married to the end, how could he refuse without hurting Zhang He?
Thinking of this, Concubine Xiao'er's brain swelled and she held her forehead, then turned her body over and buried herself face down in the soft quilt and fell asleep.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Concubine Xiao opened her eyes sleepily, realizing that she had to go to Zhang He's house at night, and Concubine Xiao was excited, and then hurriedly got out of bed to dress herself.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Concubine Xiao drove to Zhang He's house, she got out of the car and walked straight to the living room, and as soon as she entered the door, she met Zhang He who was just about to go out.
Zhang He stopped and was stunned for a moment, and then said suspiciously, "Concubine, why are you here?" ”
Feeling Zhang He's puzzled gaze, the corners of Concubine Xiao'er's mouth slightly teased, "Why don't you want to see me!" ”
"How can I not want to, it's just that Yuanxiao's matter was too abrupt that day, I didn't call you for a day to help you solve things, and I apologized to you for Yuanxiao's incident yesterday."
"Yuanxiao, this person is used to the temper of the eldest lady, although she is not very reliable in doing things, so the girlfriend and the prime minister can forgive her if she can hold the boat in her belly."
It's rare to see Zhang He apologize so sincerely for a woman, but Concubine Xiao doesn't have the jealousy between lovers, maybe she is only grateful to Zhang He herself.
Xiao Fei'er nodded slightly, "Well, I forgive her." ”
When Zhang Xuan saw Concubine Xiao coming, he immediately spoke, "He, why are you still stunned, why are you sitting down with your girlfriend, how about the good things I told you?" ”
Zhang He knew what his father was referring to, and the handsome face said a little hesitantly, "Dad, I've thought about it for a long time, but in fact, I don't think we need to get married so early." ”
"My concubine and I are both public figures, and we rely on eating youth, if we really get married, then our popularity will be greatly reduced."
"If we do that, our popularity will be greatly reduced, and if we do that, our business will be greatly affected."
It seemed that he didn't hear a satisfactory answer, Zhang Xuan's gloomy face.
Raising the decibels, he said, "Isn't my money enough to support you two or three lifetimes?" ”
"Why do you still have to fight for the so-called career, you listen to your father, yes, get married and have a child, this is a big winner in life."
Maybe because of the mention of his career, Zhang He's face at this time was not very good-looking.
"Dad, don't push me anymore, it's not time for the two of us to be young now!"
At this time, Zhang Xuan roared angrily, "Do you have to wait until I die before you get married!" ”
Zhang He was stunned by Zhang Xuan's sudden radical words, "Dad, what do you mean by this?" ”
"You want to off your dad, don't you?"
"Dad, I didn't!"
"If not, just get married, and then you two have a baby."