Chapter 26: Two Old Classmates (Part I)
On Wednesday, after work, Zhang Wen took a taxi directly to the "Platinum Palace". Fortunately, there were still empty tables in the hall, and Xu Lin had also arrived.
When I saw Zhang Wen, I didn't dare to admit it, I haven't seen him for two years, why does this guy look very haggard, he is also a lot older, and the top of his head has taken off a lot. Although Zhang Wen also has a place the size of a pigeon's egg on his head, the hair loss is very strong, but the overall change is not too big.
Zhang Wen got up and hugged Xu Lin hard. Then take a seat.
"What's wrong with you? The change is so great, I definitely don't dare to recognize you when I walk down the street. "Among Zhang Wen's high school classmates, Xu Lin is the most ironclad one, if it weren't for Zhang Wen's being too decadent in recent years, and Xu Lin and his wife are too tight, the two would not have seen each other for so long.
"It's nothing, it's just that things at home are very annoying." Xu Lin showed a wry smile.
"Taken care of by your wife? This is also too overbearing! Zhang Wen asked.
"It's just a wife, now her family lives with me, and she has to support their family when she marries a wife." Xu Lin shook his head and said.
Xu Lin's wife's name is Wang Xia, she was in the same grade as Zhang Wen in high school, and now she is a full-time housewife, and her family income depends on Xu Lin alone. It stands to reason that a small day should be good.
It's just that his wife is too strict, she doesn't say that she pays all the money, and she has to report even when she goes out.
As Xu Lin's income has increased year by year in recent years, he has become more and more tight, and it is understandable that he has a sense of mid-life crisis. But his wife's almost unreasonable troubles made Xu Lin unbearable, especially in the past few years of stock speculation, losing nearly 300,000 yuan, and her temper became more and more irritable, originally she speculated in stocks just to prove that she could make money, but the stock market fell from 6,000 points to 2,000 points.
It turned out that Wang Xia's parents and younger brother Wang Yuan lived in Lanzhou, and later Wang Yuan wanted to get married, and there were two old ones living together, but the woman was unwilling, and she didn't ask Xu Lin, so she took her parents to live in Xu Lin's house.
What's even more sad is that Xu Lin is now only waiting in the sleeping room, the old couple lives in one room, and his wife and son live in one room. So now Xu Lin's company is actively striving for business trips, and if you can't go home, you won't go home, and if you can go home late, you will go home late
"So what are you going to do? Just swallow it and go on. Zhang Wen felt incredible.
"What can I do? The children are all in high school, so it is not necessary to get a divorce now.
Originally, I wanted to buy another house to prepare for my son's marriage, but now it's all in the stock market. Recently, my wife stopped speculating in stocks again, cleared all her positions, and invested all her savings in Wang Xuewei. Two dividends. ”
"What do you mean? Do you also participate in lending? Zhang Wen was surprised.
It's so weird, fundraising and lending are everywhere!
"You don't know? Wang Xuewei is now doing a lot of money, it is estimated that there are tens of millions of assets, SH bought two suites, and he also bought a house in Yuzhou, his wife is from Yuzhou, and his wife's family is connected, and he has now opened an investment company, and many people have invested in him, and he will not receive less than 500,000 yuan.
Wang Xuewei now has a Mercedes-Benz in SH and a Porsche in Yuzhou. Many of our classmates have invested money in him," Xu Lin hesitated.
"Is there something else? Don't tell me who threw his wife in. Zhang Wen glanced at Xu Lin.
"You know?" Xu Lin was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I think Wang Xuewei is not very authentic, and he has engaged several female classmates in our grade.
Zhao Dongming and Li Yanhui divorced, Li Yanhui just thought that Zhao Dongming was incompetent, and then somehow ran to Wang Xuewei's bed, and Wang Xuewei also spent 80,000 yuan to buy her a necklace.
Zhao Dongming divorced Li Yanhui after he found out, Li Yanhui divorced and didn't ask for a house, so he invested all the divorce money in Wang Xuewei, and lived in the house that Wang Xuewei helped him rent, and became a full-time mistress. ”
Zhang Wen was a little confused, how could he not connect the little gangster who nodded behind him in high school with the current fund-raising and lending payment
"Then you still let your wife have contact with him? This guy is really different, okay? Zhang Wen couldn't have imagined that the wretched scumbag who followed his ass when he was in high school was now so arrogant.
"My wife? Hmph, I don't have to worry about it when I put it outside. Wang Xuewei is not unusual, it is not uncommon for him to spend money to play, and he doesn't know how to toss it with a little money.
I want to be like a fart behind us back then, give him a slap and he has to send the other half of his face over, grass, now it's with me! You see, it's almost seven o'clock, and I don't know if the kid will come. Let's order first. ”
Xu Lin didn't look down on Wang Xuewei when he was in high school. also knew that Wang Xuewei was just looking for a backer behind Zhang Wen and them, at that time, there were often fights inside and outside the school, Zhang Wen and Xu Lin were both able to fight, especially Zhang Wen also knew a lot of gangsters outside the school.
So at that time, Wang Xuewei followed closely. It did make him not be bullied in three years of high school
At half past seven, Wang Xuewei finally came, and when he came over, he glanced at the table first, and saw that Zhang Wen and Xu Lin had already eaten first, and felt a little uncomfortable, but he still greeted Zhang Wen with a smile. Zhang Wen also stood up and stretched out his hand with a smile, and Wang Xuewei shook it lightly like a dragonfly.
Looking at the table, he said to the waiter: "Are you Lafite decent or secondary...... The deck also needs 6,000? Well, grab a bottle, bring the menu again, and I'll take a look. As he spoke, he took the menu and ordered his own food.
Hey! This grandson didn't say anything about being late, and he hung Lao Tzu up. Zhang Wen looked at Xu Lin and smiled slightly.
Wang Xuewei felt that the score was almost arranged, and handed the menu to the waiter. "That's all!" Then he looked up and suddenly said, "Oops! Patronized the order, sluggish. ”
"There's no hurry, it's half past seven anyway, and I don't care about this meeting. You're the big boss now! Busy is as it should be. That Lafite didn't come, let's have a beer first" Zhang Wen sat next to him, patted Wang Xuewei on the shoulder, and helped him fill it.
"What's that, it's rare to get together with old classmates, today's meal is mine, come, have a drink!"
Wang Xuewei drank it all in one gulp, only to find that Zhang Wen was looking at him with a smile, and Xu Lin looked indifferent. My heart suddenly tightened: how can I feel like I was in high school again, I have been arrogant when I have seen everyone in the past few years, how can I still beat the drum in my heart when I see these two plague gods.
Wang Xuewei couldn't help but put on the most sincere smile: "Brother Wen, Brother Lin, you all helped me at the beginning, and I didn't dare to forget it at all." Among my classmates, I am most concerned about the two of you. So today I was in a hurry to come to the party, but I didn't expect it to be late, and I just counted myself as a self-punishment. Come on, cheers for our classmates to get together once! ”
Zhang Wen nodded, took a cup and drank it with Xu Lin, and thought to himself: No wonder this product can be developed, bent and stretched, regardless of whether it is real or pretended, since he put down the shelf, Zhang Wen doesn't want to care about the previous things:
"The gathering of classmates is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is to return the money to you, which is 20,000 yuan, and the other 3,000 interest. Thank you so much. With that, Zhang Wen took out an envelope from his bag and put it on the table.