Volume II, Chapter 46

Wang Hongju's train rumbled towards the south, when the train was getting farther and farther away from Beijing, he had a strange feeling in his heart, when he returned to Beijing, he felt that he was a wanderer who had been wandering outside for many years, and returned to his mother's warm embrace, and he felt comfortable from the inside out; Now that he is going back to Hainan Island, where he has lived and worked for many years, he also has a feeling of eagerness to go home. He also has his own relatives and comrades-in-arms on Hainan Island; Although the barbaric island of the ancient exiled prisoners was much more backward than the mainland, he was strongly attracted by the brilliant subtropical colors and the simple folk customs. Wang Hongju remembered that he was going to leave there in the future, and his heart felt a little uncomfortable.

Wang Hongju was able to transfer to a sea ship from Guangzhou to Haikou after getting off the train in Guangzhou, but he chose to take a long-distance bus to the Leizhou Peninsula. Because he couldn't let go of Lin Meijiao when he was visiting relatives in Beijing, he had to go to Haitou Town to visit Lin Meijiao first, and then take a boat from Hai'an to return to Hainan Island across the Qiongzhou Strait.

The long-distance bus departed from Guangzhou in the evening, and in the afternoon of the next day, the long-distance bus stopped at the Haitou Town Bus Station, and Wang Hongju walked off the bus with a little tiredness. He looked up and saw that the Guangdong Hotel was next to the station, and the hotel's large-character signboard was very conspicuous. Wang Hongju walked into the door of the hostel with a large bag of luggage, and Wang Hongju approached with a smile as soon as he stood in the lobby. "Hello, sir, do you stay at the hotel?"

"Yes."

The guy heard Wang Hongju say that he lived in the hotel, so he helped him take his luggage to the counter to register, Wang Hongju asked him: "Excuse me, is Gillian here?" ”

"Oh, Gillian is our boss's daughter, do you know her?"

"I'm Gillian's friend, and I want to see her."

"She has given birth and is in confinement at home."

"Oh, Gillian is a mother." Wang Hongju didn't know whether to be happy or worried about Lin Meijiao.

Wang Hongju asked the guy to open a room for him first, and he wanted to go to Lin Meijiao's house to see her after putting away his luggage. When Wang Hongju and his buddies walked into the open room with their luggage, Mother Lin walked in with a pot of hot water. Mother Lin was just about to talk to the guests, and she was stunned when she saw the familiar eyes of the person standing in front of her. After she settled down, she pointed to Wang Hongju and said, "Aren't you Hongju?" ”

Wang Hongju was also surprised, "Ah, it's me!" ”

"Oops! I was talking about you the other day! If your wife gives birth to a child and doesn't go home to see, how can you do this? ”

"Auntie, I'm going back to Beijing to visit relatives, I'm not here to see Gillian!"

Mother Lin was unhappy, "You are my son-in-law, how do you call my aunt?" ”

"Oh, I haven't changed my mouth yet." Wang Hongju was quite embarrassed, "Mom! He quickly called out affectionately.

"Hey!" Mother Lin agreed with a smile.

"Mom, is my dad in the hostel? I haven't met him yet. ”

"Your father has a big fat grandson, he can't close his mouth happily these days, and he may have gone to a teahouse with friends for afternoon tea at this time!"

"I'm happy, I'm happy!"

Mother Lin complained to the guy: "This gentleman is my son-in-law, how can you pull him to live in the hotel?" ”

Wang Hongju hurriedly explained that he was going to live in the hotel, and it had nothing to do with the guy. Mother Lin said to Wang Hongju: "Do you want to stay in a hotel when you go home?" You don't treat us as your family, but Gillian is your wife, you have to go home and live with her! ”

Wang Hongju thought to himself that Gillian and I were fake couples, how could we live in the Lin family, he was afraid of revealing the true image of his fake son-in-law, so he had to make up nonsense, "I haven't been to our house, and I don't know if there is a place for me to live at home, so I want to open a room and put my luggage here first, and then go to the house to see my wife and children." ”

Mother Lin understood Wang Hongju's words, and she said to the guy standing aside: "You put down the work here, take my son-in-law's luggage, and send him to my house." She then told Wang Hongju that she would go home later.

After the guy sent Wang Hongju to Lin's house, he left, Wang Hongju saw Lin Meijiao who was in confinement, and the two of them had mixed feelings, and their hands were tightly clasped together. Lin Meijiao was lying next to a pink and white fat baby, she pointed to the child and said, "This is a sinister seed!" After saying that, she cried softly.

Wang Hongju hurriedly comforted her and said: "Gillian, don't be sad, this little life is innocent, and he is also your bloodline!" At this time, the nanny who was responsible for taking care of Lin Meijiao walked into the house, and Lin Meijiao didn't want her to hear her and Wang Hongju's conversation, so she asked her to buy something on the street and sent her away.

"Brother Hongju, when I see this child, I think of the villain who is hated, but my parents like it very much! I originally wanted to give birth to this child and give it away, but now I can't keep it! ”

"People are not as good as heaven! If your mother hadn't visited you on Hainan Island last time, she would have been able to hide from them about your pregnancy, but now you can only make a mistake. Hey, I see that this child's appearance is up to you, there is no shadow of Yang Xinmin, he must be a handsome man when he grows up, raise him well. ”

Lin Meijiao was still worried, "The matter between us can only deceive my parents for a while, and after a long time, our fake couple will definitely be exposed, what should I do then?" I get upset when I think about it! ”

Wang Hongju said helplessly: "I don't know what to do, let's take one step at a time for this matter." Anyway, we'll have to tell your parents the truth when the time comes. But you don't have to think about anything now, the most important thing is to take care of your body, it's not good to be too sad in confinement! ”

After Lin's mother finished handling a little thing in the hostel, she went to the teahouse to find Lin Nancai, who invited a friend to drink tea. Lin Qingcai heard that his son-in-law, whom he had never met, came to the house, so he left a few friends and left happily without even settling the account.

Lin Nancai returned home, he was very happy when he saw the tall and handsome Wang Hongju, originally he had a stomach of complaints about his son-in-law: for example, he secretly married his daughter, and the marriage was not a big deal to make Gillian feel wronged, and Gillian did not go home to take care of his wife after giving birth to a child, etc., and after he saw his son-in-law, these grievances were gone all of a sudden! He is so satisfied with his son-in-law! Lin Nancai pointed at Wang Hongju and praised Gillian and said, "My daughter really has eyesight!" My son-in-law is a talent! ”

Lin Meijiao teased her father and said, "Let me ask you, if I married myself casually that time, can you have such a good son-in-law now?"

"The son-in-law is not talented, and the father-in-law praised him."

Wang Hongju was gentle and polite in front of Lin Nancai and his wife, he brought a lot of Beijing's local products as a meeting gift, his sweet mouth coaxed Lin Nancai and his wife very happy, Lin Meijiao secretly laughed on the side Wang Hongju played a really good trick!

In the evening, Lin Nancai wanted to hold a banquet at home, and he also invited some of his relatives and friends to join in the fun, Wang Hongju was taboo and didn't want many people to know that he was the son-in-law of the Lin family, but he was embarrassed to refuse.

In the evening, in the spacious patio of the Lin family, several tables were set up, Wang Hongju, the fake son-in-law, sat at the main table seriously, and Lin Meijiao did not come out to accompany him because she was still in confinement. At the main table, there were Lin Nancai and his wife and relatives of the Lin family, and the head of the wine table was Luo Nanhai, the deputy mayor of Haitou Town, who sat opposite Wang Hongju. Wang Hongju had heard of Luo Nanhai from Lin Nanhui, and now he saw this middle-aged man in his forties with a Chinese face, a healthy and ruddy complexion, wearing a navy blue Zhongshan suit, and speaking in a calm tone, chewing words, and there was no trace of a peasant shadow from him. Wang Hongju intuitively thinks that Luo Nanhai is a person who understands the world, has a city government, and is good at management, and his behavior and speech are shrewd.

Luo Nanhai always persuaded Wang Hongju to drink with a smile on his face, and kept saying compliments in his mouth, the handsome man with a northern accent in front of him married Gillian who he had been secretly in love for many years, he was sour in his heart, but he admitted that the man in front of him was really good, and Gillian was not wronged at all when she married him! Thinking of this, Luo Nanhai raised his glass to Wang Hong again, "Comrade Wang, you married the most beautiful Gillian in our town, and you offended all the men in our town!" So on behalf of the men of the town, I will punish you with a glass of wine! ”

"Yes! We must punish you for drinking! ”

"Comrade Wang, we are really jealous of you! Drink bars! ”

The people at the next table also coaxed.

Wang Hongju had no choice but to stand up and say wittily to everyone: "I have caused public outrage and deserve to punish myself." He finished and drank the wine in one gulp.

"No! Two more fines! ”

Wang Hongju didn't want to refute everyone's face, so he drank two glasses of wine in a row.

The banquet ended very late, Wang Hongju was very tired all the way, and he was dizzy from being drunk by everyone at the banquet, and his consciousness was no longer clear after the banquet, and he was helped into Gillian's house by Lin Nancai and the nanny when he went to bed at night. In the middle of the night, Wang Hongju's wine woke up, he was so thirsty that he wanted to get up and drink water, he opened his eyes and jumped down, it turned out that he was lying on Lin Meijiao's bed.

There was a small oil lamp lit on the cabinet at the head of the bed, Lin Meijiao did not sleep, she sat beside Wang Hongju with her clothes on, and looked at Wang Hongju by the faint light of the oil lamp. Seeing this scene, Wang Hongju's face turned red, and he quickly got up from the bed and said to Lin Meijiao: "Gillian, I'm sorry!" I'm sorry! How did I sleep in your room? ”

Lin Meijiao smiled, "You drank too much last night, and you were helped in." Besides, you and I are husband and wife, and you don't sleep in my house, where are you going to sleep? ”

"I didn't do anything, did I?"

"Don't be afraid, you didn't do anything!"

Wang Hongju was relieved at this time, he was going to sleep on the floor after drinking a glass of water, Gillian did not agree, she said that the ground was too damp, and insisted that Wang Hongju sleep on the bed. When she saw that Wang Hongju was embarrassed, she said sincerely: "Haven't you always treated me as your own sister, as long as there are no distractions in your heart, what are we afraid of sleeping in the same bed?" Let's pretend to be husband and wife! ”

Wang Hongju was really tired, his head was still drowsy like lead, he knew that Lin Meijiao really cared about himself, so he didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, and fell asleep on Lin Meijiao's bed again.