Chapter 29: The Future
Wang Mengliang met many old classmates at Xue Yufan's wedding, and everyone was very happy, but he was drunk. When Shen Yin called him, he was already drunk.
The next day he woke up and found himself in a hotel, and he remembered that he had drunk too much yesterday. He took out his mobile phone and saw that there were five missed calls that were all Shen Yin's, and hurriedly called back.
Shen Yin was at Su Yuqian's house, she was cooking porridge in the kitchen, and her mobile phone was on Su Yuqian's bed. Su Yuqian heard Shen Yin's mobile phone ringing and picked up the phone.
"Hey, Shen Yin, where are you?" Wang Mengliang asked.
"I'm not Shen Yin, she's at my house now." Su Yuqian said calmly.
"Oh...... Su Yuqian, how could it be you? Please let Shen Yin answer the phone. ”
"She's inconvenient now, tell me if there's anything to do, and I'll convey it to her for you."
"It's nothing, give her a call when she has time." After Wang Mengliang finished speaking, he was about to hang up the phone.
"Wait a minute, I have a few words for you." Su Yuqian hesitated.
"Say it!" He said impatiently.
Su Yuqian said softly: "Do I really make you hate it that way?" ”
"That's it? I'm going to hang up. ”
"Wait a minute, I want to apologize to you for those excessive things I said earlier, I'm sorry! I beg your pardon. Su Yuqian said softly: "If I had realized these earlier, wouldn't you have broken up with me?" ”
Wang Mengliang was silent for a while, "Su Yuqian, I am very relieved that you can recognize your mistakes. However, we have become impossible, and I am now in love with someone else. ”
"Thank you for forgiving me, I'm very happy." Su Yuqian's tears flowed out, she covered her nose, held back her crying and said, "Wang Mengliang, I wish you happiness!" ”
"Thank you!" Wang Mengliang hung up the phone, and his heart was stunned.
Shen Yin came in with a bowl of millet porridge, Su Yuqian hurriedly wiped away her tears, Shen Yin stood at the door and asked, "What's wrong?" What's the unhappy thing that comes to mind? ”
"No, it's just that I flipped through the previous notebook, and I just had some feelings in my heart." Su Yuqian put the phone on the table and sorted out the quilt.
"Pregnant women are sentimental, don't cry in the future, be careful that the child you give birth to is a 'crybaby'." Shen Yin handed her the porridge.
"Okay, listen to you, and never cry again." Su Yuqian took the bowl, "Wang Mengliang called just now, I answered it for you, and he asked you to call her." ”
Shen Yin took the mobile phone from the table, "You eat slowly, and I'll go out." ”
After half a month, Shen Yin has officially become a professional cartoonist from an amateur cartoonist, in order to be able to make more money, she continues to serve as Zhou Fansheng's assistant, she is very busy every day, sometimes working overtime on weekends.
Zhou Fansheng understands her family situation, and tries his best to help her and provide her with more resources. He would take her to some networking sessions and encourage her to communicate more with people in the same industry.
On this day, Zhou Fansheng gave Shen Yin a ticket. Recently, an international cultural exchange meeting was held in Hangzhou, and Zhou Fansheng, as the youngest and most famous writer among China's popular writers, was invited to participate, and Shen Yin, as his assistant, was also going to participate.
Shen Yin was immersed in painting, and Zhou Fansheng walked up to her and said, "Are you free now?" Come with me for a trip, right? ”
Shen Yin looked at the calendar on the table, "Today is the weekend, no work?" ”
"Hurry up and change your clothes, I'll wait for you in the car." Zhou Fansheng threw down these few words and left.
Because the house Wang Mengliang rented for her was far away from Zhou Fansheng's studio, she had to transfer to the bus three times for a round trip, which was very troublesome. Shen Yin quit the house without permission, temporarily lived in a warehouse in Zhou Fansheng's studio, and moved out after finding a suitable house nearby. Zhou Fansheng once asked her to move in with her, but she refused.
Shen Yin changed her clothes, Zhou Fansheng's car was parked at the door, he took her to a shopping mall, pointed to the women's dress and said, "If you like that, go try it." ”
"No need, I'll just go and rent one then." Shen Yin whispered in Zhou Fansheng's ear.
"You will participate as my assistant at that time, I don't want to be called stingy, you should go and choose quickly." Zhou Fansheng waved his hand at the waiter, "Are you looking for a dress that suits this young lady?" ”
"Okay, please come with me!" The waitress said politely.
They walked into another store, which was full of dresses that were very suitable for young ladies to wear, and the waitress stood beside Shen Yin and said, "Miss, what style of dress do you like?" ”
Zhou Fansheng took three dresses and handed them to Shen Yin and said, "You go in and try it?" ”
Shen Yin went to the fitting room accompanied by the waiter and tried on the three dresses respectively.
"This one, perfect for you." Zhou Fansheng pointed to the light blue knee-length dress she was wearing and said.
"Yes sir, please wait."
Shen Yin returned to the fitting room to change out of the dress on his body, and the waiter had already dressed up.
Zhou Fansheng walked over, "Now let's go have coffee!" ”
"Thank you!" Shen Yin said softly.
"Don't be so polite." He walked into a café and sat down in a quiet place, "Shen Yin, thank you very much, don't be so polite to me in the future, if it weren't for your help, I wouldn't have achieved so much." He smiled at her.
"You are so gracious, and I am very grateful to you, and I have gained a lot of courage in you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be a full-time cartoonist. Thank you, let me please this time, right? ”
Zhou Fansheng smiled.
They set off for Hangzhou three days in advance, and after Zhou Fansheng arrived in Hangzhou, they first went to West Lake for a trip. Zhou Fansheng told Shen Yin that he had come to West Lake when he was in the sixth grade of primary school, and that time he came with his parents.
Zhou Fansheng's parents divorced when he was in his third year of junior high school, his mother married an American, and his father stayed in Beijing all year round and rarely came back. Since then, Zhou Fansheng has lived alone until now.
Shen Yin bought two strings of rock sugar gourds on the side of the road, handed him one and said, "Eat some sweets, you will be in a better mood." ”
Zhou Fansheng took a bite, frowned, and swallowed, "What kind of sweets is this?" It's clearly sour. ”
"You've never eaten before?" Shen Yin smiled.
"It's the first time." Zhou Fansheng took a sip of water and said.
Shen Yin looked sympathetic, she smiled, sat up and patted the dust and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to eat real sweets." ”
They ate as they walked along the West Lake.
In the evening, Shen Yin's legs were sore and sore, she sat on the steps on the side of the road, rubbing her calves, "I have walked so much today, I guess I won't be able to stand up tomorrow." ”
Zhou Fansheng squatted down and said, "I'll carry you, just take a day off tomorrow." ”
Shen Yin hurriedly waved his hand, "No need, I can still go." ”
"Okay, I'll help you." Zhou Fansheng supported her and walked slowly.
Ten minutes later, they returned to the hotel, and Shen Yin finished washing up early and lay on the bed to draw a chapter.
The next day, they went to the Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum. Shen Yin's legs didn't hurt so much anymore, and she knew that Zhou Fansheng must have come here to play for her. She was very inspired, and while she was busy taking pictures and recording, Zhou Fansheng watched her from afar.
The day before the exchange meeting, they had been staying in the hotel, Zhou Fansheng locked himself in his room to create, and Shen Yin prepared materials for him.
Finally, it was the day of the exchange meeting, and when they woke up in the morning, they had breakfast in the hotel and went to the exchange meeting. There are many people who participate in this exchange meeting, most of them are from ****, Shen Yin always follows him and tries to do his job well.
Zhou Fansheng is very famous among the new generation of Chinese writers, and many people come to communicate with him, but Shen Yin is so busy that he doesn't even have time to drink water or go to the bathroom.
She saw that Zhou Fansheng was talking to an old man in his fifties, so she sneaked to the bathroom. When she came out of the toilet, Zhou Fansheng was gone.
She walked around the venue but didn't find him, and suddenly, in a corner of the venue, she saw him chatting with a long-haired beauty in a red dress, and Shen Yin walked towards them.
Zhou Fansheng grabbed Shen Yin's wrist and said to the long-haired beauty: "Xia Zhen, she is my girlfriend." ”
Xia Zhen's eyes were gloomy, "Fan Sheng, take care of yourself, we will have a date later." She smiled at Shen Yin and turned to leave.
"Zhou Fansheng, who is that girl? Why did you just say that? Zhou Fansheng put his finger to her lips.
"Get out of here and talk about it later." He pulled her away.
Shen Yin took advantage of Zhou Fansheng's time to go to the bathroom and searched for the name 'Xia Zhen' on the Internet. Unexpectedly, this Xia is really a very powerful girl, although she is Chinese, but she has lived in the United States since she was a child, she is now twenty-seven years old, has become one of the best painters in China, she is the same as Zhou Fansheng, she has made great achievements at a young age.
Until the end of the meeting, Zhou Fansheng did not mention anything about Xia Zhen. On the way back to the hotel, Shen Yin saw Xia Zhen's figure through the car window, so he made an excuse to get out of the car.
Xia Zhen stood on the side of the road, thinking intently. Shen Yin walked up to her, she turned her head in surprise and looked at Shen Yin, "Why are you here?" ”
"Hello, I'm Shen Yin, and now I'm suddenly coming to see you, please forgive me for being abrupt." Shen Yin gasped and said, she had just trotted over.
"I remember you, you are Fan Sheng's girlfriend." Xia Zhen smiled, a hint of loneliness flashed in his eyes.
"You're mistaken, we're not in that kind of relationship." Shen Yin pointed to a café not far away and said, "There's a café over there, let's go sit down." ”
"Okay." Xia Zhen nodded and walked forward, Shen Yin following behind her.
"You came to me, what's the matter?" Xia Zhen turned his head and said to her.
"I just read your information on the Internet, do you know Mr. Zhou?" Shen Yin plucked up his courage and asked.
"Hmm." Xia Zhen looked ahead and nodded slightly.
With that, they had already walked to the door of the café, and Shen Yin chose a place by the window to sit down and ordered two cups of coffee.
"You're just here to ask this?" Xia Zhen smiled slightly.
Shen Yin waved his hand awkwardly, "No...... Is there a misunderstanding between you? She took a sip of her coffee.
"You're so cute!" Xia Zhen smiled, "What is the relationship between you and Fan Sheng?" She looked at Shen Yin with inquiring eyes.
"I'm his assistant, it's just a working relationship." Shen Yin unconsciously wanted to explain clearly, afraid that she would misunderstand herself.
"Since you want to know, I'll tell you!" Xia Zhen put down the cup, took out his mobile phone from his bag, flipped out a photo and handed it to Shen Yin and said, "This is a photo of Zhou Fansheng when he was in his second year of junior high school, isn't it handsome?" ”
Shen Yin saw that Zhou Fansheng in the photo looked very delicate, with big eyes and double eyelids, but he looked very immature, but his body was very thin and stunted.
He was only 12 years old and had just arrived in the United States with his mother. I was a year older than him, and I went to the same school as him, and at that time he was very quiet, often sitting in the corner with a book, and rarely interacting with his classmates. After a long time, some naughty children will come to bully him, and he will not tell his parents, allowing those children to mess around. Once, during recess, I saw a tall boy throw his lunch box on the floor, and I couldn't see it and taught the boy a lesson. Since then, I've been playing with him a lot, in fact, most of the time he's just sitting alone and reading a book, and I'm drawing next to him. After a long time, I gradually found that I had fallen in love with him, and at that time, I was young, and I didn't have the courage to confess to him, afraid that I was just wishful thinking. Two years later, he suddenly said goodbye, and I wrote him many emails, but he didn't reply. About two years ago, I learned through some friends in China that he was already one of the most famous writers in China, and I reached out to him. But after we met, he didn't remember me anymore, nor did he remember his time in the United States. I don't know what he went through, but it feels like he's in pain and I want to help him. For the next six months, I stayed in China, we chatted and worked together, and then I confessed to him, but he refused. I was so sad that I went to the US without leaving any contact information. A few days ago, I was invited by a friend to participate in this exchange meeting. ”
"Miss Xia, do you still like Mr. Zhou now?" Shen Yin asked tentatively.
Xia Zhen looked at Shen Yin and said, "After going to the United States, I thought about it for a long time, I shouldn't be so impulsive, I shouldn't just leave. I regret it very much now! Her eyes were red and there were tears in her eyes.
Shen Yin handed her the tissue, "Miss Xia, you calm down first." She thought for a moment and said, "In that case, I think you should sit down and have a good talk, and I will help you arrange the time." ”
"Thank you!" Xia Zhen wiped his tears and said.
"You're welcome, contact me when you have time." Shen Yin handed her a business card.
Xia Zhen took out her mobile phone and dialed her mobile phone number, "This is my number, we'll see you next time." She took her bag and left.
"Okay." Shen Yin smiled slightly and saved his mobile phone number.
When she returned to the hotel, Zhou Fansheng didn't ask her, and still buried her head in typing on the keyboard. Shen Yin was embarrassed to disturb her, so she went to the room.