The end is just the beginning

The night is already deep, and the night is still so charming in this bustling city as always. Neon lights flicker everywhere, emitting a dazzling glow of colour and a halo of lights in the night sky, adding endless charm to the city.

Xing Zhi hid under the tree and watched Wei Xiaowan leave the house on time, and waited for about five minutes before he came to the door of the small courtyard with a sneaky look, checked it back and forth, left and right, and saw that there was no one else except for a car parked at the corner of the street, so he jumped over the wall and jumped in.

However, all of his actions were clearly seen by Wednesday Shou, who was hiding in the car. After seeing him jump into the yard, Zhou Shou immediately took out his mobile phone and quickly dialed a number: "110, I found out that a thief is committing a crime now, please come over quickly!" ”

Although everything inside and outside the house was all pressed on Wei Xiaowan, from cooking to picking up Jian Feng, she did it in an orderly manner, but she didn't see any trace of Jian Weiguo for several days, and the fourth sister lying in the hospital was even more worried, and repeatedly asked Wei Xiaowan, who was guarding the bed, what did Jian Weiguo do. Wei Xiaowan replied evasively, he has been very busy these days. At this moment, the fourth sister's nerves immediately tensed, stared at Wei Xiaowan with round eyes, and asked forcefully: "Xiaowan, tell me the truth, did something happen to Jian Weiguo?" ”

Wei Xiaowan replied: "Fourth sister, look where do you want to go?" Brother Jian has been really busy in the past two days, and yesterday he specifically told me to take good care of you. ”

"Then tell me, what the hell is Jian Weiguo busy with? What kind of heart did he have to leave me alone in the hospital? ”

Wei Xiaowan smiled and said, "Fourth sister, you can lie here with peace of mind, Brother Jian has spoken, and whatever you say this time must also make you discharge from the hospital in good health." ”

"Tell me, then, what disease do I have?"

"Fourth sister, look at you again, haven't you asked the doctors and nurses? People have long told you that you are anemic, but you still don't believe it. I can lie, and do doctors and nurses still need to lie to patients? You said you were okay to think about something useless, are you tired? ”

While the two were talking, the third son came, followed by several policemen holding flowers in their hands. Walking in front was the tall and burly bureau chief, who came to the hospital bed and said to the fourth sister with a shocked face: "On behalf of all the cadres and policemen of the Public Security Bureau, I would like to pay tribute to Comrade Jian Weiguo, who did not leave his name for the people. Then he pointed to the third son next to him and said: "If it weren't for this little comrade who went to the traffic police team today to go through the procedures for picking up the car, we wouldn't have found Comrade Jian Weiguo, and we wouldn't know your condition." We are very grateful to Comrade Jian Weiguo for his courageous spirit of fighting for righteousness and bravery, so that our city successfully avoided a particularly large gun murder case and recovered huge losses for the country. In view of your current situation, the Party Committee of the Public Security Bureau urgently organized all public security officers and police officers to raise a total of 93,000 yuan as your preliminary treatment expenses. Here, on behalf of the Party Committee of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, I would like to extend the highest salute to our great citizens, and at the same time, we will also apply to the higher-level organization for the reward of Comrade Jian Weiguo's righteous and courageous deeds. ”

The fourth sister was stunned, and turned her gaze to Wei Xiaowan in confusion, her lips trembled and she screamed, "What's wrong with him?" Xiaowan, what happened to Jian Weiguo? Tell me! ”

Wei Xiaowan said timidly: "Fourth sister, Brother Jian, he is really fine, you can rest assured!" ”

"What do the police mean by being brave?"

The third son interjected: "Fourth sister, Brother Jian is really fine, I can't finish this matter in a few words, you wait a while, I'll tell you slowly." ”

The fourth sister's gaze turned to the third son: "Third son, you give me the mobile phone, and I'll call him now!" ”

At this time, the door of the ward suddenly opened, and the first to come were two reporters with cameras, they pointed their cameras out of the door, and then Li Mei, Grandma and Sun Xuedong all walked in, and everyone rushed to the hospital bed, but Jian Weiguo was not seen.

The tearful grandmother squeezed through the crowd, grabbed the fourth sister's hand, and cried bitterly: "My hard-working child, grandma has come to see you, grandma is sorry for you!" ”

Sun Xuedong then ran over, knelt on his knees in front of the fourth sister's hospital bed and cried: "Sister, my own sister, I'm not a thing, I'm sorry for you and my brother-in-law......"

Wei Xiaowan, who was standing on the side, was immediately stunned when she saw her grandmother, and shouted, "Grandma? What are you doing here? ”

Jian Weiguo was the last to appear in the ward, and when he walked to the entrance of the hospital, he saw a flower shop, so he wanted to buy a handful of flowers for the fourth sister. But the flowers had already been packaged, and he realized that he didn't even have a dime on him, and when he was embarrassed, he suddenly saw Jiang Mingjuan coming out of the hospital, so he hurriedly rushed out to stop her, and said with a shy smile: "Jiang Mingjuan, borrow a hundred yuan for me to use." ”

Jiang Mingjuan was taken aback by the person who suddenly rushed out, and screamed, and after a closer look, she found that it was Jian Weiguo, so she scolded: "Jian Weiguo, where have you died in the past few days?" Everyone is looking for you all over the world, do you know you? ”

Jian Weiguo said with a hippie smile: "I'll tell you when I'm free, borrow a hundred yuan for use first, and I'll buy a bouquet of flowers for the fourth sister." ”

Jiang Mingjuan sneered: "Yo, when did you know how to be romantic?" Why didn't we see you buy it for me when we were living? ”

"Less nonsense, hurry up."

Jiang Mingjuan reluctantly took out a hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it to him, still chattering: "What do I owe you in my last life, I was tricked by you, a damn liar, to give you a child...... " Jian Weiguo snatched the bill and said: "Hey, Jiang Mingjuan, let's make it clear first, okay, you only gave me a boy and didn't give me a daughter, good guy, it doesn't matter if you say it so easily, if the old ladies on the street know that I am overborn, then it will be okay." ”

Jiang Mingjuan was so angry with him that before she could think of how to answer, Jian Weiguo had already turned around and ran into the flower shop, she could only scold at her back: "Jian Weiguo, you go to die!" ”

At night, when there were only two people left in the ward, the fourth sister and Jian Weiguo asked Jian Weiguo through the isolation cover: "I can't talk about you in front of so many people just now, Jian Weiguo, you said that you are not stupid, and it is true to spend money for my treatment, but you can tell me that you don't need to run around like that, I tell you that we have money at home." ”

Jian Weiguo was stunned: "Where is there any money in the family?" I took all my money out! ”

The fourth sister snorted from her nose and said, "You still don't believe you when you say you're stupid." Didn't you go upstairs and open the camphor box to see? Can't you see so much money in it? ”

Jian Weiguo was even more confused, he touched his head and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't remember that there was money in it: "I see that you are really sick, in addition to stamps, how can there be any money in it?" ”

The fourth sister scolded him: "I really want to know what the relationship between you and the pig is!" ”

Jian Weiguo reacted very quickly this time, and immediately replied to her: "Husband and wife relationship!" Don't you know yet? ”

The fourth sister was so angry, she gritted her teeth and said, "Jian Weiguo, you wait for me!" There's a day when I can get out of bed and clean up for you! ”

Jian Weiguo's face was innocent: "Fourth sister, let's talk about it, okay?" You really don't have any money in that box, and if you do, I'm going to toss back and forth? ”

The fourth sister gave him a blank look and sighed: "Jian Weiguo, if I don't die, sooner or later, I will have to let you me off!" You have those eyes that are panting, huh? Don't you have a brain? Aren't those stamps money? I'm telling you, that's tens of millions! ”

Jian Weiguo was stupid: "What? What did you say? Small table...... Millions? ”

The fourth sister replied to him angrily: "You just know?" Tens of millions is a big deal, and I can't make it over 100 million. I bought one of your taxis back with one of them, and it's a lot cheaper than the current market price! You know it all this time. ”

Jian Weiguo was stunned, staring at the faces of the fourth sister with blank eyes, and couldn't say a word for a long time. After a long while, the soul exhaled a rough breath as if it had returned from the Nine Heavens Clouds, "My God! ”

The fourth sister looked at Jian Weiguo with gentle eyes and said, "But, Weiguo, to be honest, I thank you!" For my illness and our current relationship, you can just leave without asking, it's really like that, I don't blame you, really. I really didn't expect that you could give up everything for me, and for this point, you can make me grateful to you for the rest of my life. ”

Jian Weiguo smiled innocently and said, "Look what you said!" I've thought a lot about it during this time, no matter what, I have to cure your illness first, we still have a lifetime to go. As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly rolled: "No, I have to go back and have a look." I've never seen such a large sum of money in my life, so let me go back and take a good look at it, don't lose it. ”

The fourth sister laughed: "Look at your greedy money addict." Let me tell you, I have been targeted, but fortunately, Xiaowan is at home, so I didn't succeed. In the afternoon, Xiaowan has already taken it out and hid it, so you can put your heart in your stomach! ”

Jian Weiguo was shocked: "Huh? Who is targeting? ”

"I'll tell you this later. Weiguo, I want to discuss something with you, do you think it's okay or not. These days you are not at home, I am lying in the hospital and thinking a lot, you see that I have received so many people's care and help for this disease, not to mention Xiaowan and the third son, even Jiang Mingjuan comes to see me eight times a day, so many people in the society have reached out to help us, and there are donations and donations. Wei Guo, this time we owe a lot of favors. People must know how to be grateful, and those who don't know how to be grateful will become animals. I'd like to ask for your opinion, let's donate those stamps and set up a fund for the treatment of leukemia, so that those who have this disease can have money to get treatment. You tell me? ”

Jian Weiguo hesitated, the tangled expression on his face already showed that he was distressed, yes, that's not a decimal number, such a large sum of money is donated like this, and everyone is distressed, if it is not distressed, then it is called sick. He thought for a long time before he said vaguely: "Then it's up to you, donate." However, we can't donate them all, so let's set aside a few for ourselves, okay? ”

The fourth sister laughed so hard that even tears came out: "You, I really don't know what to say about you, a stingy ghost." Either donate it all, or you keep it all. Take your idea, I'll listen to you this time. ”

Jian Weiguo turned his gaze to the window. The night is already deep, and the night is still so charming in this bustling city as always. Neon lights flicker everywhere, emitting a dazzling glow of colour and a halo of lights in the night sky, adding endless charm to the city.

Pedestrians on the streets pass by, enjoying the hustle and bustle of the times, and no one pays attention to the stars and moon that have already risen in the sky. The stars in the sky seem to be covered with a veil of distance, which is so clear, but it seems to be a world away. However, all of this made Jian Weiguo feel struggling and embarrassed......

Supposedly, this is the end of the story, but I can't help but mention what happened here in passing, because this will be the beginning of the next story.

Half a year later, I received a wedding invitation from the fourth sister and Jian Weiguo, and the fourth sister repeatedly told me on the phone, Mr. Liu, you must come to participate, because I am about to make a very important decision. Later, I learned that it was not only me who received similar calls, but also Wang Zhiwei and Wang Qiye.

The wedding of the fourth sister was held at the Xiujiangnan Hotel, and the hall that can accommodate 50 tables was full, and it is said that many people came from Xi'an alone. Among the guests, I saw that Zhou Shou and Zhou Rong were also there, as well as Mr. Wang Dewei, the chairman of Deweida Paper Products Co., Ltd., who had been restructured, was chatting happily with Mr. Yong Yongsong, the general agent of European kitchenware, so he went over to say hello and greeted a few words of recent market.

Jiang Mingjuan sat at a table at the back, looking like she was going out from the clothes and dress, and kept raising her wrist to look at her watch. Jian Feng sat next to her, wearing a well-tailored tuxedo with a red bow tie on the collar of a white shirt. There were many more old friends from the philatelic industry who were also present, and I went over one by one to say hello. Suddenly, I saw Wang Zhiwei sitting at the first table in a suit and leather shoes, and there were five or six people wearing a "VIP" corsage on his chest.

The wedding began, in "Wedding March", Jian Weiguo under the spotlight wore a dress, and the fourth sister wore a wedding dress, accompanied by Wei Xiaowan, walked to the stage in a row.

During the wedding, Wang Zhiwei suddenly walked up to the rostrum with a solemn face, took the microphone and blew, and said loudly in his broken voice: "Hello everyone, guests! At the request of the newlyweds Jian Weiguo and Wang Meimei, I announce an important event before the wedding is officially held. After careful consideration, Ms. Wang Meili decided to auction the 99th edition of the 1980 Gengshen Monkey Ticket, which she had treasured for many years, and donated all the proceeds from the auction and all the gift money received from today's wedding to the Leukemia Prevention and Control Center. Bidding is now open! ”

There was an uproar at the scene, and people were talking about something one after another. A handsome middle-aged man stood up with a pair of small eyes and said, "I'll make a start." I am the owner of this hotel, Weizi, and the groom Jian Weiguo is a friend, some time ago I went abroad, there may be some things that I did not take care of to help, I am here to apologize to Weiguo. I have also heard a little about the ups and downs they have gone through before, and I am very touched by their stories. A couple of newcomers have such a high level of realm, which deserves the appreciation of all of us! So I was the first to say that I covered all the expenses of today's wedding, which is my blessing to the newlyweds, and I wish them a long life! ”

His words drew a round of applause from the audience.

At this moment, I noticed that a waiter walked up to the fourth sister and Jian Weiguo with an envelope-like thing, and whispered something to them. My eyes hurriedly chased over, but I found that the place where Jiang Mingjuan and Jian Feng were sitting just now was empty.

Jian Weiguo and the fourth sister panicked at that time, Jian Weiguo didn't think about anything, pulled the fourth sister into his taxi, and ran straight to the airport. Along the way, his mind was almost always thinking about the letter Jiang Mingjuan left him:

Wei Guo, Fourth Sister:

Hello. First of all, I would like to congratulate you on your wedding and growing old together. By the time you read this letter, I had already boarded a plane to Beijing with Jian Feng and made a direct transfer to Melbourne and then to his new home, Nauru. I'm here to say I'm sorry to you.

The reason why I took Jian Feng away in this way is because I have been hiding an unspeakable past from beginning to end, and you have asked me many times why I can't have children, and this is also a great pain hidden in my heart, and I will no longer continue to hide it. It was shortly after I left the country, just in time for the cholera epidemic in Nauru, and I was unfortunately infected, vomiting and diarrhea, and I quickly collapsed. Do you remember the Pete you guys ate with last time? Yes, he was the one who saved my life. At that time, I was no longer able to do so, so Pete learned from the locals to boil a decoction of a wild plant called "Grigra" and poured it down, and two days later I miraculously survived from the brink of death. However, you must know that "Grigra" is a poisonous weed, which is particularly harmful to the body, and since then I have lost my fertility forever. That's why I came back to have a child, I hope that Jian Feng can get a better education there, and then return to China to serve after completing his studies, which can be regarded as a little contribution I have made to the motherland......

When they arrived at the airport, they went to the information desk to inquire, but they were told that the flight to Beijing had taken off two minutes earlier. Jian Weiguo thundered, staring straight at the flight sign at the airport, and tears suddenly welled up.

The fourth sister took Jian Weiguo's arm, raised her head to look at him, pointed to her stomach and said, "Weiguo, we can have another child!" ”

Jian Weiguo didn't react, and his eyes were still looking at the sky with tears in his eyes. The fourth sister kicked him in annoyance: "Jian Weiguo, are you deaf?" I'm pregnant! ”

Jian Weiguo was stunned: "Huh? When did this happen? ”

The fourth sister leaned on his shoulder and said softly, "It's been almost two months!" ”

Jian Weiguo wiped away his tears and cried with joy: "Why is there another unmarried pregnancy?" ”

The fourth sister glared at him: "Can you fucking speak?" ”

On the way back, the radio in the car was broadcasting news: "The city's top ten righteous and courageous advanced figures have ended, and the taxi driver Jian Weiguo, who desperately knocked down the gangsters who robbed the bank's cash truck, won this honor." ”

April 25, 2011, second draft, Chongqing Field

In the early morning of December 3, 2015, the third draft was revised in Qingdao