Chapter 195: A pot of tea, taste half a life
Some people say that there are four hardships in life, one hardship can't be seen through, the second hardship can't let go, the third hardship can't afford to lose, and the fourth hardship can't be reluctant.
Xiong Zhanpeng has worked hard in Jinshui City for most of his life, and has always arrogantly thought that he is a brilliant and successful person, ignoring the advice of well-wishers, thinking that they are just jealous of his success, and with his ingenuity, he will never let things develop into a bad situation that cannot be managed.
However, he never expected that Wang Xiao only used one word, but he was beaten back to his original form, and all the glory and pride came to naught in an instant.
In the past few days, he has been busy preparing for the escape, while reflecting on some of his things over the years.
Although Jin Shui became his sad place, he really wanted to leave here, and found that he was reluctant and unwilling.
Today, I took a day out and drove all the way west to a teahouse in the western suburbs of Jinshui, where I sat alone from morning to afternoon.
He was waiting for someone, hoping to see her again before leaving.
In the evening, Ms. Cui Xianghong, the owner of the teahouse, appeared in front of the teahouse wearing a plain dress and long dress.
Cui Xianghong is nearly fifty years old, but the charm still exists, although she is not as graceful and luxurious as Chu Xianglan, but she is also dignified and elegant, and her temperament is not bad.
Today, as usual, she came to the store on time, but she didn't expect that as soon as she went upstairs, she saw a familiar and unfamiliar figure, and she couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
Xiong Zhanpeng saw her for the first time, but he didn't have the courage to say hello, but he smiled bitterly.
Cui Xianghong is Xiong Zhanpeng's first wife, and the two did have feelings at the beginning, and they both loved each other. Later, Cui Xianghong couldn't get used to Xiong Zhanpeng's means of seeking personal gain, and repeated exhortations were ineffective, but instead aroused Xiong Zhanpeng's disgust, thinking that having such a woman by his side would hinder his career, so after a fierce dispute, he divorced Cui Xianghong in a fit of anger, and the two have never been in touch since.
It's also strange to say, Xiong Zhanpeng has been married three times, and the second time he married a beautiful woman he didn't like but loved him with all his heart, after marriage, that woman did not interfere with his career like Cui Xianghong, but began to interfere in his private life, if he got a little closer to a beautiful woman, she would cry, and in the end he couldn't bear it, and divorced again to marry a Chu Xianglan who only likes to spend money.
turned out to be very ironic, when he was hurt the most by Chu Xianglan and his career was in jeopardy, he wanted to escape from this country, only to find that the only person he was thinking about would be Cui Xianghong.
"Why are you here?" Cui Xianghong's heart was no longer concerned about the haggard and pitiful man in front of him.
She now has a good husband who keeps to herself, has a lovely daughter who has just entered her first year of college, and has a happy family, and she doesn't want this man to come out and mess up her life at this time.
"It's alright...... I just want to come for a cup of tea. Xiong Zhanpeng said with a humble heart, without the arrogance and conceit of the past, he sounded a little lacking in confidence, and put one hand on the table to play with the new mobile phone.
"It's okay." Cui Xianghong said lightly, retracted his gaze, and turned to walk to the bar.
Although she didn't believe that Xiong Zhanpeng had run from the Eastern District to the Western Suburbs after many years, he just wanted to drink tea, but since Xiong Zhanpeng said so, she would never give Xiong Zhanpeng any more ambiguous opportunities.
Xiong Zhanpeng drank two bowls of tea in a row, and had a lot of things to say to Cui Xianghong in his heart, but none of them could be spoken.
"I'm leaving." Xiong Zhanpeng saw that Cui Xianghong was deliberately avoiding him, so he had to say something stubbornly.
"Oh." Cui Xiang replied softly without raising his head.
"I mean...... I may have to emigrate abroad and may not have the chance to come back later. Xiong Zhanpeng said a little sadly, but he didn't dare to say that he was fleeing, disguised as an immigrant.
Cui Xianghong is a smart woman, and when she heard Xiong Zhanpeng's 'leaving' referring to going abroad, instead of leaving the teahouse and returning to the villa in the East District, she realized in her heart that this man might encounter an insurmountable hurdle.
If Xiong Zhanpeng appeared here today with a proud and complacent look, she would definitely not have any feelings when she heard this sentence, after all, the feelings in her heart for the year have long been extinguished, and there is absolutely no possibility of resurgence.
However, when she realized that this man was facing unprecedented difficulties, it was difficult for her to be indifferent to him.
"Is something wrong? If you use money, I have 180,000 yuan, and I can't help you no matter how much I have, after all, I have a husband and daughter, as well as in-laws and parents, and the expenses of such a large family are not small. Cui Xianghong saw his down-and-out appearance, although he said that he was an immigrant, but no matter how she looked at it, she looked like she was going to flee, and she suspected that Xiong Zhanpeng might have an incident in the east window, and she didn't even have the travel expenses, so she was moved by compassion for a while and said this.
Xiong Zhanpeng could also hear that Cui Xianghong's words were full of sincerity, without the slightest sarcasm and ridicule, and his heart was moved, and his eyes were a little moist.
"Thank you...... The money is still enough, I just ...... I don't know what to think, but it's just a miracle that came anyway. Don't worry, I don't mean anything else, I just want to see you. Xiong Zhanpeng said it very plainly, but it was also very difficult, he never thought that one day he would talk to Cui Xianghong like this.
He never thought that he had worked hard in this city for so many years, but there was only one person who could miss him, but he understood it too late, and it was irretrievable.
Seeing this, Cui Xianghong was worried about the man in front of her, because with Xiong Zhanpeng's surname, he would never talk to her with such a weak appearance in front of her, and it seemed that Xiong Zhanpeng's blow this time was even more serious than she imagined.
"I'm going to the bathroom." Xiong Zhanpeng saw Cui Xianghong looking at him for a long time and didn't speak, firstly, because what he said just now made him a little embarrassed, and secondly, it was indeed because he drank too much tea and was anxious to urinate for a while, so he said hello, then lowered his head in despair and walked towards the bathroom.
"Jingle bell...... Jingle bell ......"
As soon as Xiong Zhanpeng entered the bathroom, his mobile phone rang on the table.
Cui Xianghong took a closer look, the caller ID was a person named "Wang Xiao", and thought it was Xiong Zhanpeng's friend, considering Xiong Zhanpeng's mental state just now, he was curious for a while, so he connected the phone and wanted to find out what happened to Xiong Zhanpeng from Wang Xiao's mouth.
Wang Xiao didn't know that Xiong Zhanpeng's mobile phone was in a teahouse in the western suburbs at this time, he wanted to call Xiong Zhanpeng to see if he could trick him out, but as soon as the phone was connected, he heard a woman's voice, and it didn't look like Chu Xianglan.
"You are?" Wang Xiao asked suspiciously.
"You're a friend of Zhanpeng, right? He was drinking tea in my teahouse and had just gone to the bathroom to drop his phone on the table. ”
Wang smiled and listened, the other party's gentle and elegant speech made people very comfortable, and it sounded like he didn't know that he had a holiday with Xiong Zhanpeng, and when he had an idea, he calculated it, and said in a worried tone on the mobile phone: "Boss Xiong has not been in a good state recently, a lot of things have happened, I am a little relieved, I haven't found him for a long time, I thought he couldn't think of it for a while and did something stupid." You tell me the address of the teahouse, and by the way, help me delay him a little while I will pick him up. By the way, don't tell me to go over yet, lest he run away again. ”
"Oh, what the hell happened to him?"
"This is a long story, I'll explain it to you when I get to the teahouse." Wang Xiao was worried that the call would be too long and would be broken by Xiong Zhanpeng, so he wanted to end the call in a hurry.
Cui Xianghong didn't think much about it, casually reported the address of the teahouse to Wang Xiao, and then carefully put the phone back as it was.
After Wang Xiao hung up the phone, he immediately went downstairs to take a taxi and went straight to the western suburbs.
About 20 minutes later, Wang Xiao rushed to the teahouse, hurriedly went up to the second floor, and sure enough, he saw Xiong Zhanpeng sitting and talking with a woman in her fifties.
He didn't recognize this woman, but he immediately used the Eye of Death to take a look, and found that this woman had more righteousness than evil energy, and she was a kind woman, so she shouldn't have anything to do with Xiong Zhanpeng.
Xiong Zhanpeng didn't expect Cui Xianghong's attitude to suddenly change one hundred and eighty degrees, and he was willing to sit down and talk to him, so his attention was on Cui Xianghong for a while, until Wang Xiao appeared beside him, and he was stunned for a while.
"Boss Xiong, I've worked so hard to find you!" Wang Xiao stared at Xiong Zhanpeng and teased.
"You're still alive?" Xiong Zhanpeng didn't care much about You Haozhi in the past two days, he always thought that You Haozhi was caught by the police because he killed Wang Xiao, so he couldn't even get You Haozhi out of Lu Xiangdong.
"Nonsense, you can live well, how can I die? This is not the place to talk about business, let's change places! Wang Xiao glanced around and said to Xiong Zhanpeng.
Cui Xianghong couldn't figure out what Wang Xiao was for a while, but when she saw that this young hairy boy dared to talk to Xiong Zhanpeng like this, she was a little shocked and a little puzzled.
"What business do we have to discuss?" Xiong Zhanpeng was hindered by Cui Xianghong's presence, so he was embarrassed to speak ill of Wang Xiao, and said to him patiently.
"How can there be no business to talk about? And it's big business, a life-and-death business, aren't you interested? Wang said with a joke.
Cui Xianghong didn't speak, watching coldly, trying to figure out what the relationship between these two people was.
Xiong Zhanpeng didn't want Cui Xianghong to get involved, so he got up and said to Wang Xiao: "Okay, let's change places." ”
"Zhanpeng, what's going on?" Cui Xianghong saw that the atmosphere was not right, got up and frowned.
"Xianghong, don't worry about it, I can solve my own affairs by myself, I'll go first." After Xiong Zhanpeng finished speaking, he glared at Wang Xiao, turned around and went downstairs.
Wang Xiao followed closely to prevent Xiong Zhanpeng from slipping away.
Cui Xianghong, who was confused, walked to the window and looked at the two of them suspiciously and got into the car. (To be continued.) )