Chapter 35: The Birthday Party
Zhang Li glanced at Lu Jing with some surprise, he didn't know how he could help other people's marital conflicts, even if he was as close as her, he didn't have much to say about Aunt Fang's personal family issues, "Let's talk about it." ”
"In this way, I'll give you my phone, and if Teacher Fang needs help, be sure to call me." Lu Jing gestured, "I'll go to the store over there to borrow paper and pens." ”
Zhang Li looked at Lu Jing curiously, his face was a little immature, but it was really hard to see that he was actually just a high school student, "Have you always been so enthusiastic?" As he spoke, he took out a black gel pen and sticky note paper from his handbag, "Here." ”
Lu Jing smiled, took the paper and pen, handed the woolly bear to Zhang Li and asked her to help take it, and quickly wrote down his phone number on the sticky note.
Of course, he hasn't been so enthusiastic all the time, he just hopes that a good teacher like Mr. Fang, good people will have good rewards, don't take the road to death lightly, there is always a way to overcome the hurdles in the world.
If it weren't for Mr. Fang telling the buried past, the eldest brother would definitely not be unscathed in the Yu Yi case this time. Lu Jing was somewhat grateful in his heart.
"This stuffy bear is so heavy, who did you give it to?" Zhang Li handed the furry bear to Lu Jing, put the phone number in his handbag, and asked casually.
"For a younger sister, she has a birthday today."
"Oh, see you later!" Zhang Li picked up his handbag and walked quickly. She didn't know why she suddenly came out of the shop and called Lu Jing, maybe to let him know that her dream of studying abroad was shattered by him.
But....
Zhang Li was conflicted in her heart, and she couldn't help but want to question him, but when the words came to her mouth, she turned into a sigh. Emotionally, she hated Lu Jing for disturbing her way to study abroad, and she reasoned and told her that she shouldn't be like this.
It wasn't for nothing, at least she finally knew who her father was. This is all she can comfort herself in her heart.
"See you later!" Lu Jing looked at the elegant back in the distance, Zhang Li's contradictory and complicated mentality, he could feel it slightly, and a trace of dissatisfaction with him flashed from time to time in her charming eyes.
I hope I will have the opportunity to do something for her in the future and make up for it. Lu Jing sighed and dialed Wang Can's number.
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Huihai Hotel is located in the northern section of Zizhu Avenue in Hudong District, with a quiet and elegant environment. This five-star hotel has a total of 14 floors, which was built by the Huang Yuan Group controlled by the Huang family in Hong Kong in the early days of reform and opening up, and its initial function was mainly used for foreign guest reception, government meetings and other tasks. With the increase of five-star hotels and powerful hotels in Beijing, Huihai Hotel has gradually opened to the outside world to undertake various banquets and business activities.
In the large box on the third floor, more than a dozen young men and women were chatting and laughing. Lu Jing sat in the smoking room and smoked silently alone. In their age group, there are a total of twelve children in the compound. Now he is the only one who is still studying in the capital, Wang Can, Liu Xiaoshan, Zhang Jun, Xia Qingping, Ming Xiu, Xia Siyu, He Yuan.
When I was a child, we played together every day, and the relationship was very good, but when I grew up, those sincere friendships would be lost, and all kinds of contradictions, problems, and cracks began to appear.
Their twelve children are naturally divided into three factions according to the forces to which the family belongs, he and Wang Can are one faction, Liu Xiaoshan and Zhang Jun are one faction, and the rest of the children are one faction.
In the previous life, Wang Can and Xia Siyu failed to get together in the end, and it cannot be said that there were no factors in this regard.
"Hey, Lu Jing!" Xia Qingping walked in, picked up Lu Jing's cigarette case from the table and smoked a cigarette, patted Lu Jing's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Why are you hiding here and smoking alone?" ”
Xia Qingping is two years older than Lu Jing, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, heroic, and is a sophomore at Huaxia Military University, and is the head of these children. His grandfather was the leader of their faction, and he had a good relationship with a banner figure of the academy in private. The reason why this circle in the compound is still cohesive is because Xia Qingping and the others account for the vast majority.
Lu Jing smiled slightly, looking at the beautiful scenery outside the window, "The scenery here is very good." As he spoke, he pointed to a small pavilion deep in the bamboo forest outside.
"Hey, sure enough, there is a literary youth. You're becoming more and more like Grandpa Lu. Xia Qingping called the old man grandpa. Because the old man and Xia Qingping's grandfather are figures of the same generation. Lu Jing is actually a generation higher than the children in the compound, but they have their own opinions, otherwise it will be very troublesome.
Lu Jing smiled, did not speak, took a deep breath of cigarette, and sighed in his heart that the days of his youth were gone. He remembered that once Xia Qingping took them to resell scrap iron for popsicles to eat, and that kind of warm scene probably would not appear again.
"What's going on with you and Liu Xiaoshan, it's so stiff. Do you want me to help you make peace? Xia Qingping asked with a smile.
Lu Jing glanced at him, not knowing what kind of thoughts he had in mind. Although he is Xia Siyu's own brother, Lu Jing's deep vigilance has not relaxed.
In the years after the old man's death, he and his eldest brother found enemies everywhere. Not long after the death of the chief, the Jiangnan faction was suppressed by the forces of various factions in the party, and its strength shrank step by step. And after the old man died, the influence of the uncles who were good friends was weakened, some retired, and some died. In those years, he and his eldest brother struggled.
It took the eldest brother fifteen years to overcome obstacles and hardships before he surfaced. But at that time, the successor in the Jiangnan faction had been decided, and the superstructure was not human. The eldest brother was powerless to return to the sky, and under the sniping of many forces, he withdrew gloomily.
"Let's talk about it!" Lu Jing extinguished the cigarette in his hand and let out a long breath. I thought it was necessary to persuade the old man to retreat as much as possible.
On the one hand, I hope that the old man will take good care of his body; On the other hand, after the death of the old commissar, the old man will become the primary target of the factions, and life will be very difficult.
Under normal circumstances, the mountains in the army are not deeply involved with the factions in the political arena, but the old man is the descendant of the old political commissar, and he is too deeply involved. The forces of all parties have reached a delicate consensus to work together to weaken his influence.
What happened to the eldest brother in the future is in the same vein as these things. Too many people don't want him to surface, otherwise, with the ability of the eldest brother, where will it take fifteen years, ten years is enough to make up for his mistakes when he was in the ministry.
The emergence of an endless stream of political opponents seems to be accidental but is actually inevitable.
Xia Qingping's attitude in the future is not neutral, and it has also played some bad roles openly and secretly.
Xia Qingping shook his head with a smile, "You guys, all drill the horns." Li Feifei is outside, don't blame me for speaking too directly, Lu Jing, you and Liu Xiaoshan, she can't look down on any of them. Why should you..."
Lu Jing smiled for a moment and didn't answer, walked to the window and opened the window wide, letting through the smoke in the room.
The contradiction between him and Liu Xiaoshan can be traced back to the elders, as well as the level of the eldest brother. There is simply no possibility of reconciliation.
And the contradiction between him and Liu Xiaoshan on the surface is because when he was in junior high school, he knew that he and Li Feifei had a baby kiss, and Liu Xiaoshan was still blatantly pursuing Li Feifei at school. The relationship between the two deteriorated.
"Hey-, it's time to eat, Brother Qingping, hurry up and come out to help greet you!" A girl with a ponytail in a ponytail said at the door, knocking on the door of the smoking room with her left hand.
"Let's come together, Lu Jing!" Xia Qingping greeted. Tonight's Lu Jing gave him a strange feeling, a faint sense of alienation, could it be that he hadn't seen him for two months?
"Okay!" Lu Jing walked over with a smile. The ponytailed girl stared at Lu Jing viciously and sneered, "Lu Ershao, how long have you been hiding here?" But can you hide from it? ”
Lu Jing looked at the fat on the ponytail girl's face because of the ridicule, and felt very much like a bun, "It's time for you to lose weight, Mingxiu!" ”
Mingxiu was so angry that she wanted to kick him, and she wanted to maintain the image of a lady in front of Brother Qingping, so she stomped her feet, turned around and left, "Lu Jing, you bastard, you wait for me." ”
She hates it most when people say she's fat, even though she's a bit fat.
"Little girl, don't be like her." Xia Qingping gestured and smiled. Lu Jing squinted his eyes and smiled slightly, "Really?" Eighteen years old is not too young. ”
Mingxiu would sneer at him every time they met, Lu Jing was still ridiculous in his previous life, and he felt that men shouldn't care about women, but now he won't be so aggressive. If you dare to provoke him, you must be prepared to pay the price.
He is Lu Jing, Lu Ershao, not a garbage can that anyone can kick on the street.
Xia Qingping showed a strange look on his face, didn't say anything, and walked towards the living room first.
I booked this private room today, which is a bit similar to a suite, with a bathroom, a smoking room, a chess and card room, and a TV in the living room.
There are several delicate picture frames hanging on the walls, and thick dark red curtains at the windows.
There are two large tables in the living room, and everyone is taking their seats. Young people don't talk about seniority, they just sit casually with acquaintances, so that they can chat and laugh.
Lu Jing found a place to sit down at random, among all the people here, only Wang Can had the most conversation with him, but today Wang Can would definitely sit next to Xia Siyu, and Lu Jing was too lazy to disturb him to be courteous.
The waiter served the dishes like water, obviously prepared in advance. "Quiet, before eating, I would like to invite our little birthday star, Xia Siyu, to speak." A beautiful girl with elegant appearance and long hair and a shawl stood up and clapped her hands and said.
Lu Jing recognized that this was a cousin of his sister-in-law, Zhao Qingzhi. She is 16 years old and is a student at Jingcheng No. 1 Middle School, where she is in the same senior year as Xia Siyu. The two of them are two famous golden flowers, and there are many suitors.
Xia Siyu is a standard melon seed face, inheriting the excellent genes of her parents, with a small nose bridge and a straight nose, a small cherry mouth, delicate red lips, and exquisite facial features with excellent three-dimensional effect, which is unforgettable.
She was wearing a white princess dress, her breasts that had begun to develop lined the skirt with two small steamed bun-like arcs, and stood up with a smile, "Today is my birthday, thank you very much for the arrival of my childhood playmates, thank my classmates, thank my friends for coming to celebrate my birthday." Below, let's eat. ”
"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! Xia Qingping took the lead in applauding, and there was a cheer in the private room, and then they picked up their chopsticks and started moving. The papaya salad and fried sea bass at Huihai Hotel are a must. Lu Jing slowly ate the sea bass, removed the fish bones one by one, and then ate them, he ate them extremely carefully, as if he was enjoying a rare delicacy.
In fact, he is too bored and has nothing to do, as written in the Lotus Pond Moonlight, "The excitement is theirs, and it has nothing to do with me".