Chapter Twenty-Three: The Miracle Medicine
Xiao Rongzheng returned home, threw the key on the shoe cabinet, opened the refrigerator, and rummaged through the cold Coke. Open the can, tilt your head, and drink more than half of it in one go. The cold sensation went down with the liquid, cooling the whole body. He seemed to feel better, so he put the Coke down and went into the bathroom.
After a simple shower, I wiped my body and hair with a towel, casually put on a long-sleeved shirt on my body, and walked to the balcony in shorts and slippers. From time to time, there are droplets of water running down the short hair and flowing down to the cheeks.
Leaning on the railing of the balcony and looking at the brightly lit community in the distance, Xiao Rongzheng's mood was still a little complicated. On the way home, he was still scared. Although Cheng Han only asked himself such a short sentence at that time, he knew in his heart that if he hadn't blocked her words back strongly, now, some progress that the two of them had finally made would have returned to the original point.
But the funny thing was that he was a little angry at the time. Although he didn't know what the reason for his nameless fire was, Xiao Rongzheng still secretly took a sip of himself in his heart.
Bah, a big man is still so hypocritical. The little girl's family has that kind of painful experience, and it is understandable to be sensitive. But what's the matter with your dog's temper, fortunately, you still know how to accommodate others, otherwise, the daughter-in-law who has it in hand can run away for you.
With a soft sigh, he took out the lighter and lit the cigarette in his hand. He habitually held the cigarette and watched the starry firelight flicker in the darkness.
The cell phone rang in his trouser pocket, interrupting his musings. Extinguished the cigarette in the ashtray at hand, and then picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Lao Xiao, it's me!" On the other end of the phone, Shen Ci's voice could not hide his excitement.
"Something?"
Shen Ci seemed to be very dissatisfied with his attitude, and on the other end of the phone, he thought like Tang Seng, "Hey, I said, didn't you ask me for experience in chasing women, but I taught it with all my heart." It's good for you, but I don't see you reporting the progress of the mission to Master and me! ”
Xiao Rongzheng didn't plan to tell him at first, after all, he was not good at being a teacher, and he had to save face. But as soon as he heard Shen Ci's endless boasting over there, as if he didn't stop it, he would be able to put all the credit on himself.
"Alright! I haven't settled accounts with you yet! Xiao Rongzheng interrupted Shen Ci's words, "Didn't you say that this set was tailor-made for Cheng Han, so why did I take the bus to find her today, she said that taking the bus was too wasteful of time, and with that effort, it was better to save it and have some breakfast." ”
Shen Ci heard this and was silent for a long time. When Xiao Rongzheng heard that there was no movement over there, how could he let him go easily, and then said, "Do you have a girlfriend or not, don't have any bad ideas here." ”
"I, even if I'm single now, it doesn't mean that my previous relationships were all in vain. Besides, who knows, your little ancestor is a person who eats more than the sky. It's really unseemly, looking at a thin and small girl, her mind is full of food. ”
Xiao Rongzheng clenched his phone tightly and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, "What did you say?" ”
Shen Ci, who realized that he had said the wrong thing, coughed dryly twice, "That, don't worry." Don't we know her characteristics now, we can attack in a targeted manner to ensure that we can break through step by step. ”
"Okay, my own business, let's do it myself. If I let you have a bad idea again, I'm afraid I'll have to beat the bachelor with my ability. Moreover, our Dr. Shen is difficult to protect himself now, my mother can tell me that your mother has been asking you about suitable girls everywhere two days ago, and I am afraid that I will arrange a blind date for you in the next few days! Keep it up! ”
Xiao Rongzheng dropped the explosive news and hung up the phone, leaving Shen Ci alone to wail.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is already the end of October. The next day is Halloween, and in order to attract customers, all major shopping malls are also hung with Halloween decorations like ghost face jack-o-lanterns. The bilingual experimental school where Cheng Han is located is even more colorful, preparing for the Halloween makeup party in the primary and junior high schools, while the high school is not organized because it is close to middle school and is afraid that the students will be distracted.
"Hey, you say, isn't this Halloween the Halloween of the West, to put it bluntly, Halloween in the West, what's so good about it?" A teacher stands on a desk, grumbling as she puts Halloween stickers on the window.
"Teacher Sun, having said that, we are an international school after all, and there are some foreign students in our children. We must not only think about our own children, but also make those foreign children feel at home. Moreover, it is also good to let our children get in touch with Western customs and culture as early as possible, after all, at least a third of them will study abroad in the future. ”
A female teacher retorted, probably thinking that a person had no evidence, so she looked at Cheng Han, who was silently carving a jack-o-lantern on the side, and said, "Teacher Cheng, didn't you go to school abroad, can you tell us what the real Halloween looks like?" ”
Cheng Han, who was suddenly mentioned, didn't react for a while, and raised his head a little dazedly, only to find that everyone's eyes were focused on him.
The female teacher continued, "Oh, Teacher Cheng, don't be shy, just talk about it!" After speaking, she secretly blinked her eyes at Cheng Han.
This teacher, Cheng Han has the impression that his name is Li Lili, and he is Lang Juanzi's homeroom teacher. We haven't seen each other a few times since we last went to the police station together. Cheng Han really couldn't figure out what she meant by being so obsessed with herself.
She thought for a moment and put down the carving knife in her hand, "I really haven't had Halloween a few times, because every time this time, it's time to stay up late to write homework and review, so I don't know how they spend it." However, it is true that children come out in all kinds of clothes to ask for candy.
I remember one year, I bought a lot of White Rabbit toffee and distributed it to them, and in the end, even the children from several streets away, and finally I had to let my roommate go out to buy another batch. In the final analysis, it is still our Chinese toffee that is too charming. ”
Speaking of this, everyone laughed out loud, and then you said, and I talked about my interesting story of traveling abroad. The somewhat dull atmosphere just now was swept away, and everyone cheered up and cheered up.
But the female teacher named Li Lili's eyes kept falling on Cheng Han, and she stopped talking. saw that she found an opportunity, slipped to Cheng Han's side, and sat down.
"Teacher Cheng, you are worthy of being a person who has been abroad, and no matter how you are, you are more knowledgeable than me. Hey, I saw you with bandages on your hands some time ago, and it's not a good time. ”
Cheng Han raised his eyebrows, and his body moved away from her quietly. I always felt that Li Lili's words made me really uncomfortable. What does it mean to have insight when you go abroad,. Although he thought so in his heart, he still squeezed out a polite smile on his face and responded, "It's much better, it's no longer a problem." ”
"Oops, it's okay to take good care of it. You are young and may not understand that wound healing is the most critical moment, and if you are not careful, it is easy to fall into the root of the disease. ”
As she spoke, she mysteriously took a box of what looked like a potion from her handbag and handed it over. Cheng Han took it, carefully looked at the packaging box in his hand, and saw that a few big characters on the box said 'Xianling Health Care Powder', and there were Xianling powder, sucrose and red bean powder in the ingredient column. Is this a new flavor of milk tea? But is there such a thing as Xianling?
Just when Cheng Han was puzzled, Li Lili leaned into her ear and said mysteriously, "This is an elixir!" My mom has high blood pressure and diabetes, so she will eat well after eating this. Moreover, I lost ten pounds by eating this. Here you go. ”
It turned out to be a medicine seller, and Cheng Han, who was losing money, was so excited that he was eager to try this new milk tea. Cheng Han felt that his smirk mask was about to crack, but he still had to deal with her patiently.
"Oh, Mr. Li, it's so amazing. Since this thing is so good, you can keep it for yourself, what a waste of flesh wounds for me. ”
"Look at what you said! Mr. Cheng has a lot of fine skin and tender meat, and he is also good-looking, if he leaves a scar on his hand at that time, it won't be good-looking! Let me tell you, this medicine can not only be taken internally, but also brewed and boiled, and used to rub on wounds, which can promote wound healing, whiten skin, and fade scars. ”
The more she talked, the more outrageous it became, Cheng Han could only smile and cooperate.
"Teacher Cheng, we are all colleagues, this box is to see that you are injured and sent to you. You can drink it in a rush, or you can mix it and apply it to the wound. ”
Cheng Han hurriedly put the box of granules back into Li Lili's hand, "This is not very good, it is useless." ”
The next second, she stuffed it back again, "Our colleagues, how can we be so polite." I just care about you and miss you. If you eat well, you can come here again and take it, and I'll give you half price, how about it? Interesting enough. ”
"Haha, haha, thank you in advance." couldn't resist her, Cheng Ha could only put the box of powder in his backpack, but he didn't plan to drink it. Moreover, looking at Li Lili's appearance, I have a strange feeling that I can't put it into words.
"What's this, come, let's add a contact information, and we have to contact it often in the future!" As he spoke, he took out his mobile phone and asked, "You sweep me or, I'll sweep you." ”
Back in the office, Cheng Han sat down in a chair and rubbed his temples. To this day, she still felt her brain buzzing, as if Li Lili had burrowed into her brain and chattered in it.
She shook her confused head, took the box of potions out of her backpack, took out a bag, poured it into a cup, and brewed it with boiling water. I saw that the bag of powdery stuff didn't seem to be very soluble in water, even if it was stirred for a long time, it would be layered up and down after a while, water was water, powder was powder. Cheng Han stirred back and forth several times like this, but this was the result, so he directly took the whole cup of liquid to the bathroom, poured it into the sink, and washed the cup by the way.
When she gets back to the office, she opens the webpage, types in her name, and starts searching. The first headline that catches your eye is "Is the Xianling Powder Scam a MLM".
When I opened it, it said that because of this Xianling powder, there is no direct sales license issued by the state. Moreover, there is no physical store for this health care product, and if you want to be an agent, you have to pay a certain entry fee, starting from acquaintances and spreading it by word of mouth.
In addition to solving questions about the 'miracle drug', there was also the exposure of it earlier in the local rule of law column. One of them is that Xianling powder has been fined locally for being involved in false and exaggerated propaganda.
The other one is even more terrifying, an old man was hospitalized for cerebral hemorrhage after taking this 'miracle drug'. The man was finally rescued, but he was paralyzed in bed and could not move. And the so-called 'relatives and friends' who sold him this medicine at the beginning have blacked him out and disappeared.
Seeing this, Cheng Han opened up Li Lili's social status. I saw that the whole body was covered with advertisements about this Xianling powder, but the pictures used for publicity could be seen at a glance that they had been post-processed, and the technique was not clever.
Cheng Han looked at all this in front of him and was a little funny. is obviously an obvious pyramid scheme, why is that Mr. Li still trapped in it, and he is getting deeper and deeper. However, looking at the status of this WeChat, it should not be her usual work number. Otherwise, she would have been complained by her parents a long time ago.
In line with the principle of love between colleagues, Cheng Han sorted out the information she collected and prepared to send it to Li Lili for a look. I want her to wake up as soon as possible, so as not to lose a lot.
However, when she edited everything and was about to send it out, she received a message from Li Lili. There are two in total, including a screenshot of the WeChat chat history, as well as her voice segment.
Cheng Han glanced at the screenshot roughly, but it was just a person who said to Li Lili that this thing was a pyramid scheme product or something. The tone seemed normal to her, but she was unceremoniously scolded back by Li Lili.
"Teacher Cheng, look at who these people are. I gave him good things for free, but he didn't appreciate it, and said that my things were not good. Isn't that disgusting! ”
Cheng Han didn't know how to reply to her, so he could only send three points, and then he didn't speak again, and he didn't send another message over there. Looking at the 'evidence' that he had carefully searched for on the computer, Cheng Han smiled and reached out to click the delete button.
Others are on the rise at the moment, and I'm afraid they won't believe anything. Rather than debating with her on your own, it's better to be nosy and let her discover the truth on her own. It's better to find an opportunity to expose everything on the most authoritative platform in large quantities.
Thinking of this, she closed the computer and prepared to discuss this matter with Xiao Rongzheng when she had dinner with him for a while. It would be nice to have reporters from Capital TV involved.
Thinking like this, Cheng Han's speed of packing up his things unconsciously accelerated.
In the palatial school auditorium, there are now all kinds of grimace pumpkins and cobwebs, which really looks like Halloween.
A slender girl in a long black dress in a gothic style walked to the center of the stage step by step. Even though the face was blocked by a beautiful hollow mask studded with rhinestones, those eyes looked at the people in the audience through the mask, with contempt and a little provocation.
Finally, she stood in the center of the stage, even if there were only the two of them in the entire auditorium at the moment, she felt like she was standing in front of the whole school at this moment. And they, all of them are applauding themselves.
The girl elegantly stretched out her hands, pulled the long skirt, and bent down to salute. Then, in the empty auditorium, he danced alone.
She danced beautifully, like a black swan, dancing in the lake. But on this silent stage, only her own footsteps echoed. This silent dance somewhat made the atmosphere weird. And the people in the audience have been standing in the shadows, watching the girl dance selflessly on the stage, with a wooden face and no expression.
The girl spread out her hands and wanted to leap lightly in the air. Hearing only the sound of "bump", she fell heavily on the stage, clutching her ankles and moaning in pain.
"Help me."
At this moment, where is she still half of the high-spirited appearance just now. Sitting on the floor, pleading with the man. She was already shaking in pain, beads of sweat the size of beans running down her face. As a dancer, what you care about most is your body, and if you miss the pool, it will be an abyss.
But the people in the audience looked at her painful appearance like this, as if they were enjoying a pleasing picture. After admiring it, he turned and left, leaving only the girl's back farther and farther away.
Finally, in great pain, the girl fell on the stage she most longed for.