Ruikang moved to the hotel in order to clean up, and came back almost once a week or two to see his father and children, or talk to Jiaqi about some chores at home, he no longer spent the night at home, as long as anyone mentioned Hu Xiaofen with three words, he would immediately turn his face and leave, and even Master Zhou didn't dare to mention letting him take the room after several times.

Hu Xiaofen is like a transparent person, he doesn't pay attention to her at all, Ruikang made a rule, Hu Xiaofen is not allowed to eat at the table, if she goes to the table, he will not eat at home, originally Master Zhou thought that it might be Ruikang's angry words for a while, and secretly let Hu Xiaofen eat at the dinner table, but unexpectedly, as soon as Ruikang saw her, he didn't say a word, he left his job and raised his legs.

Zhou Ruikang was ruthless and ruthless to Hu Xiaofen, and even Hu Xiaofen threatened to commit suicide, but he just snorted coldly and left. Once Hu Xiaofen couldn't help it, stepped forward and pulled him, and he pushed him to the ground in front of everyone and warned her fiercely: "If you dare to touch me again, don't blame me for doing it to women!" ”

Everyone had never seen such a ruthless Zhou Ruikang, and they were all stunned, and everyone felt that Zhou Ruikang had simply become another person. The Zhou family all knew that Zhou Ruikang disliked Hu Xiaofen, because she had no reputation, and even her subordinates didn't pay much attention to her, and her life was worse than death.

Only Master Zhou occasionally looks at his grandson's face and comforts her, but he is even more sad when he sees his son's pain, he knows that Ruikang has become so violent because he is miserable in his chest, he can't get what he wants, and what he doesn't want is following him all day long, he can only hide, Master Zhou doesn't dare to persecute his son anymore, he is afraid that if he continues to force it, Ruikang will do more extreme things.

Master Zhou named the child Zhou Dingguo. Life is so unsatisfactory.

……

At night, in the luxurious room of the Peninsula Hotel, Zhou Ruikang took out his diary and scribbled quickly on the paper, holding a cigarette in his left hand, frowning tightly, his face solemn, he wrote:

"If you are my wife,

What should I do? I'm a sinful person, I really wanted to kill her this afternoon, I hated her, I hated her, I hated myself, I didn't want that child, seriously, I wanted him to be gone,...... I'm going crazy, how could I have such a terrible thought, he is my child after all, and I want him to disappear......

Ruojun, am I still human? But this is the truest thought in my heart...... I think I'm about to become a devil, unless I can find you, only you can save me, and let's get out of here and go to a place where there are no people, maybe a strange country, maybe a small island, just our family of three.

Ruojun, why did you just disappear from my life? How long will God's punishment for us end?

I know you're still alive, you and Nian'an must still be alive, I can sense it, I often dream of you, Ruojun, show up quickly..... ”

He was in a very depressed mood, the pen was extremely heavy, he cut the paper, closed the diary with a "snap", took out the plum blossom handkerchief, and put the handkerchief on his face......

//

Dressed in a neat and elegant sky blue dress, carrying a handbag, Cheng Jiaqi held a letter from his brother in his hand, and found the "Liang Zhihong Construction and Decoration Company" in an office building in the center of the city according to the address written on it.

She was carefully dressed up, trying to give a good impression to the other party, but the corridor was full of broken bricks and tiles, wooden hoses, several workers were knocking there, the sound of banging and banging, deafening, the air was full of dust, which surprised her, Jiaqi waved her hand, covered her mouth and nose, walked to the door, knocked lightly three times, but did not respond, because her knock on the door had long been drowned out by the thunderous decoration sound around her.

Increasing the strength, Cheng Jiaqi knocked vigorously a few more times, and this time someone called inside: "Come in!" ”

Push the door and go straight in, because Jiaqi can't stand the noise and dust outside, and wants to quickly hide in the room to get rid of her ears and nose. But when she closed the door, the clutter in the room collapsed even more, with clutter all over the floor, books, documents, bags, boxes, document bags, stationery, scattered all over the room, and even shoes and clothes......

This is an office of about 60 square meters, with a reception room outside, a general manager's room, a small pantry, and a few tables and chairs in the middle.

Small, messy, crowded, this office can't even compare to the dining room of the Zhou family, Jiaqi looked around a few times and didn't see anyone, so she had to walk carefully on tiptoe in the clutter all over the ground, and the inside was the same chaos, I saw a man lying on the ground, pouting his buttocks, putting something under a bookshelf, muttering and cursing in his mouth: "You damn it, see if I can't handle you......"

This scene was very funny, Jiaqi looked at the shelf staggering, afraid that it was going to fall, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him hold it.

"Hehe, I've finally got you, I'll let you shake." The man sat up on his knees with some smugness, his face a little red because of the blood surging from his stomach just now. patted the dust on his hands, pushed down the glasses on the bridge of his nose, turned his head, and found a pair of beautiful pointed scalp shoes and a pair of beautiful and well-proportioned calves beside him.

Hurriedly stood up and said with a smile: "Thank you, this shelf will not fall, there will be a hook in the future, hooked with the wall." ”

Jiaqi let go of her hand with confidence, both of them were a little embarrassed, and they didn't know how to introduce themselves for a while, and after a few seconds, the man asked gently: "Miss, who are you looking for?" ”

Jiaqi hurriedly introduced herself: "My surname is Cheng, my name is Cheng Jiaqi, I called you yesterday and wanted to apply for a job." ”

The man gave her a deep look, nodded, and said, "Oh, yes, I'm Liang Zhihong." Hello. ”

He wanted to shake hands with her, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, he found that his hand was as black as a bear's paw, so he hurriedly took it back in embarrassment, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'll go wash it." Find yourself a chair and sit down. ”

As he spoke, he turned around and walked to the pantry to wash his hands.

Jiaqi looked at his back, some didn't know how to describe it, about one meter seven or eight tall, quite tall, strong and lean, well-defined, cheeks a little cut in, a pair of radiant eyes, full of ideals and intelligence, a little big nose, looks handsome, but also has good facial features, quite individual.

In the midst of a pile of disorderly tables and chairs, Jiaqi found a chair to sit on.

Liang Zhihong walked out after washing his hands, and said while wiping his hands: "Are you Jiawei's sister?" ”

"Yes."

Liang Zhihong smiled: "It is also a coincidence that I met your brother, my hometown is Shanxi, that year he was ragged, groggy and came to our village, fainted at the door of my house, my father and mother took him in, I also returned home because of the war, we became friends, he left after he was well, saying that he was going back to Beiping."

After that, we had occasional contact. After a few years, I didn't expect him to return to our village, hey, it's really fate, he lived in my house for more than ten days, and then left in a hurry, I asked him where he went, he didn't say clearly, only said that he was looking for dreams.

At that time, my family was already planning to come to Hong Kong, so I told him my uncle's address in Hong Kong and asked him to write to me. So I've been in touch for two years or so. ”

After wiping his hands, he gently threw the towel on the table, sat down on the edge of the table, and continued: "Two months ago, he wrote to say that you and your husband were also in Hong Kong, saying that you are talented and may need a job. ”

He paused to speak, a gentle smile still on his lips.

Jiaqi said gratefully: "It turns out that you are my brother's life-saving benefactor, I am really grateful, my brother also mentioned it after returning to Beiping, but he rarely said anything about him on the road, and our family still doesn't know why his temperament has changed greatly after returning home, like a different person." ”

"Hmm...... I don't know about this, when I was at home, he was very talkative, and there was nothing wrong with that. ”

Liang Zhihong and Cheng Jiaqi were also puzzled, and they couldn't find a reason, so they also let go.

Cheng Jiaqi cleared his throat slightly and said: "Yes, I need a job, I used to study Chinese in school, and later participated in the Anti-Japanese War, and I also received medical training, this is my resume." ”

As he spoke, he took out his resume from his handbag and handed it to Liang Zhihong.

Liang Zhihong didn't look very carefully, just flipped through it, nodded, looked around, and said: "You have also seen the situation of my company, it has just been established, and there will be a lot of miscellaneous things to do." It's going to be tiring and hard. And I can't get a high salary. ”

Jiaqi just hopes that she can be busy, it is better to be so busy that she can't breathe, so busy that she forgets the grievances, depression, and pain in her heart, so she nodded without hesitation: "I can." ”

Liang Zhihong didn't accept it very happily, looked at her, thought for a few seconds, slowly shook his head, and said, "I'm sorry, I can't hire you." ”

"Why?" Jiaqi looked at him puzzled.

Liang Zhihong pursed his lips and said with some seriousness: "With all due respect, this little dress on your body may be enough for me to eat for a month, and this pair of pearl earrings on your ears is estimated to pay for a month's rent in my office." I think you must have a rich and prosperous life, so you don't need this job, and you don't fit it. ”

Cheng Jiaqi's heart sank, thinking that she was really careless, she was looking for a job, why was she dressed like a rich lady traveling, knowing her mistakes, Jiaqi felt so embarrassed and embarrassed for the first time in her life.

Liang Zhihong didn't say anything more, pushed a desk to where it should be, wiped the sweat on his face, and said: "Don't be discouraged, I'm not a good place here, you can go to other companies to try." ”

Jiaqi walked out of Liang Zhihong's company in a bit of embarrassment, she failed the interview, and wandered the streets for a long time before she calmed down the frustration in her heart and returned home disappointed.

As soon as I stepped into the house, I heard crying and quarreling from the house, and the maid ran up nervously and reported: "Oh, madam, you finally came back, that Miss Hu beat the eldest young master." ”

"What?!" Jiaqi was taken aback, Dingbang has always been the darling of the family, except for himself who hates iron and steel, and uses the family method to beat him a few times, others never dare to touch him.

Jiaqi hurriedly walked into the hall, and the maid kept saying in the back: "Mrs. Cheng also quarreled with Miss Hu, and Mr. Zhou didn't know who to help." ”

When I arrived in the hall, I saw the five red finger prints on the face of Dingbang, who was crying, looked at everyone, and asked, "What's the matter?" What do you need to do to hit a child? ”

Hu Xiaofen grabbed it and said: "I told him not to eat cherries for the given country, the country is still so small, what if you swallow the nucleus?" But he didn't listen, and when I turned around and looked at me for a while, he stuffed another one in Dingguo's mouth, he deliberately wanted to kill Dingguo. Hu Xiaofen shouted loudly, and showed Jiaqi a moment cherry dug out of Dingguo's mouth.

Mrs. Cheng held Dingbang in her arms in distress, and also said loudly to Hu Xiaofen: "It's just that the children are ignorant, do you need to make such a fuss?" The elder brother gives the younger brother a piece of fruit, and you start beating him? It's really uneducated! ”

"What? I'm not educated? It's not the first time for him, last time he didn't pay attention, he hugged Dingguo to play on the slide, and almost fell off the slide! Hu Xiaofen stared, stretched out her finger and pointed at Dingbang, still feeling angry, and wanted to rush up and hit him twice.

Master Zhou hugged Dingguo on the side, frowned and stopped: "Forget it, Dingbang is still young, it won't be intentional, don't make a noise for such a thing." ”

"You little devil! Little devil! Hu Xiaofen's whole body trembled, and her whole face became distorted.

"Enough!" Jiaqi shouted, she was already in a bad mood, and when she came back and saw such a mess, she was really exhausted, pointed to the designated state, turned her head to Hu Xiaofen and said, "Have you made enough trouble?" I know you're not happy in your heart, holding back your grievances, but you don't need that kid to be angry. How can it be said that a child is the devil? ”

Mrs. Cheng added on the side: "Dingbang is the eldest young master of the Zhou family, how can you say that you can fight?" And don't look at your own identity. I don't even have a name yet, so I started beating people! It really doesn't make sense. ”

"Mother! Why don't you stop the meeting, isn't it messy enough? Please, take Dingbang back to your house, don't let Dad know about this. Daddy can't move. Jiaqi frowned and shook her head.

Mrs. Cheng sighed and said: "Daughter, I really wronged you, how did this Zhou Ruikang be the family, I don't care if I lose such a woman at home, I throw all the responsibilities to you, it's really a no-brainer." ”

"Okay, okay, mother, please, go back to the room first, I will handle the matter between me and Ruikang myself."

After talking about it, he persuaded Mrs. Cheng into the room, and Jiaqi only felt a splitting headache.

Hu Xiaofen's hair was scattered, and she was still scolding. Jiaqi frowned and said, "Don't worry, I will let Dingbang stay away from Dingguo, and you will take care of the children yourself in the future." We will all hide far away, but I also ask you to refrain from it, this is the Zhou family after all. You also know Ruikang's attitude towards you, and if Ruikang knew that you were so savage, I think he would be very angry. ”

Jiaqi looked at Master Zhou, who was holding Dingguo, and just frowned and exhaled, Master Zhou's preference for Dingguo was already obvious. Since there is Dingguo, Dingbang has fallen out of favor in front of Master Zhou, although he still cares, but ninety percent of his attention has shifted to Dingguo.

Jiaqi knows in her heart, for many years, Master Zhou has been a little suspicious of Dingbang's life experience, because Dingbang is indeed not like himself and Ruikang at all, and now there is a Dingguo that is somewhat similar to Ruikang, naturally it is a treasure to the heart, and Hu Xiaofen also relied on this to occupy a place in the family.

Jiaqi is very tired, her marriage is so failed, her family is so chaotic, her life is so bumpy, and she failed to apply for a job today, she really doesn't have the strength to mess with Hu Xiaofen anymore.

No matter what Hu Xiaofen was twittering behind her back, she went upstairs and locked herself in the bedroom.