Chapter 49 Freemasonry
The news of Cen Man's awakening, some people are happy and some are worried.
The happy nature is Huo Li, and the worried nature is those who make trouble behind the scenes.
Mrs. Huo received the news and pursed her lips, this woman didn't know whether to say that she was unlucky or lucky, and she was always able to turn the corner when she encountered a crisis, which was really unpleasant.
"Meilian, what do you think about this?" Mrs. Huo asked gently at the sofa opposite.
Yang Meilian, who has not been seen for a long time, seems to have changed and lost a lot of weight. No matter how she cried at home, Mayor Yang was determined not to let her out, and even contacted a good friend to send her back to the United States. Helpless, she had no choice but to go on a hunger strike to protest, and Mayor Yang would rather call a doctor to come to the house to hang nutrients than let go.
In the end, Mrs. Yang couldn't stand it anymore, and forced Mayor Yang to release Yang Meilian with death, but she also repeatedly ordered him to find out that she was dragging his banner behind his back to do evil, so don't blame him for ignoring the relationship between father and daughter.
Yang Meilian couldn't figure out who leaked the news and let her father know what she had done. She framed Cen Man again and again, and failed again and again, but this time she stole chickens and rice, and the resentment in her heart had boiled to the top.
Yang Meilian, who had just been released, came to Mrs. Huo to "report", and by the way, asked what happened during the days when she was confined.
Hearing that Cen Man was amnesiac and seriously injured by the Cen brothers and sisters, he couldn't help the pleasure in his heart. She won't let Cen Wei and Cen Ting go, if it weren't for these two people who couldn't do it, how could she be implicated.
Hearing Mrs. Huo's inquiry, Yang Meilian continued to blow the wind in Mrs. Huo's ears as always, it was nothing more than that people like Cen Man were really the reincarnation of a disaster, and the Huo family had always been unable to live in peace since they married her, and there would be a mess every few days. Huo Li is always so tired of dealing with the trouble she has caused, after all, it is not a long-term solution, it is better to persuade Huo Li again, and simply send Cen Man to recuperate abroad.
The last time she insisted on sending Cen Man away, the mother-son relationship between Mrs. Huo and Huo Li was greatly hit, Mrs. Huo hesitated, and thought that Cen Man still had the stock blessing of Old Man Huo behind her, so she was even more reluctant to act rashly, so she could only say to Yang Meilian perfunctorily and wait.
Yang Meilian was dissatisfied, but she had just been freed and could no longer displease her father, so she had to hold back her frustration.
Cen Man stayed in the hospital for a few days, and was taken back to the villa by Huo Li, and Sun's mother was specially instructed to give Cen Man three meals a day to the editor, but Cen Man was always cowardly and couldn't lift his spirits. Huo Li was anxious in his eyes, and he didn't dare to mention what happened that day in front of her, for fear of stimulating her again.
As for the Cen family's side, Huo Li knew that it was already a bottomless pit, the embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, and a group that had rotted from its roots, no matter how much money was invested in it, it could not bring it back to life.
Cen Wei didn't dare to look for him, Cen Ting had come once, Huo Li admired this woman's courage and shameless spirit a little, and after being categorically rejected by himself, not only did he not leave gloomily, but asked him flatteringly if he was willing to buy Cen Shi.
Huo Li didn't say no to this proposal, he had a faint idea in his heart, hoping that he could do something for Cen Man to regain her motivation to live.
Cen Man knew that his soul was sick. It's not that she can't see everyone's concerned eyes, but Huo Li doesn't know about them, she has nightmares all night. The dream is all the bits and pieces of the Cen family when she was a child, the carefree childhood suddenly darkened, Cen Ting came with a cruel smile and a bottle of poison, no matter how she struggled, she couldn't escape. The burning sensation in her throat in the dream was so vivid that she woke up sweating profusely.
Since she went home, she has slept with Xiaomo, and Huo Li has to go with her even though she is dissatisfied. Whenever he woke up from his dream with a silent scream, Cen Man silently looked at Xiaomo's sleeping little face and secretly wept. She never knew that it felt so uncomfortable to be betrayed by her loved ones.
And these, she didn't want Huo Li to know that she was calculated by her brothers and sisters to marry Huo Li, she didn't want Huo Li to sympathize with her experience, and the pity of vitality embarrassed Cen Man more than his troubles.
In order to avoid her own cranky thoughts, she went back to work at the education company. Everyone in the company only knew that she was seriously ill, and they didn't know the details, but seeing her come back, it seemed that she had a backbone, the censorship crisis was lifted, and the company was running smoothly.
Ji Shenyan stepped into Cen Man's office for the first time, and Cen Man was still very happy in the face of this senior brother and friend.
Ji Shenyan looked deeply at Cen Man, who seemed to be thinner, and felt a little bitter in his throat. He likes Cen Man and hopes to see her live a relaxed and happy life, but these are precisely the hardest things for Cen Man to get.
He had acquaintances working in the hospital where Cen Man was hospitalized, and he had the heart to inquire and piece together some things. He felt sorry for her, so he came to visit her.
Cen Man and Ji Shenyan chatted about family life, even if they were face-to-face, Ji Shenyan felt that Cen Man was distracted from time to time. He didn't know much about the Cen family, but he knew that she had encountered an unsolvable knot.
After being silent for a while, Ji Shenyan suddenly stretched out his mutilated hand and put it in front of Cen Man's eyes. Taken aback by his actions, Cen Man looked at Ji Shenyan and asked silently.
"Cen Man, my hand is not congenital." Ji Shenyan seemed to be talking about an extremely ordinary thing, without any superfluous emotions.
It's not a secret that the president of Ji's Group is missing a finger, it's just that everyone is afraid of Ji's wealth, so they all pretend not to know. Ji Shenyan's outstretched right hand is missing a thumb, so even if he can use other fingers to paint, he can draw very well, but after all, he can't make a greater breakthrough in his skills.
This was the first time Cen Man had seen Ji Shenyan's mutilated hand up close. Most of the time, Ji Shenyan was half-clenched into his fist, hiding the position of his thumb in the shadow of his palm.
As Ji Shenyan said, this is indeed not a natural disability. No natural disability would leave such an ugly contracture scar, Cen Man's heart jumped suddenly, and he looked at Ji Shenyan in disbelief.
"That's right, you can see that my finger was cut off. Do you know who did it? Ji Shenyan's face was still with that light smile, but Cen Man felt that his smile was full of sadness, and he vaguely knew that what he heard next would definitely not be an ordinary accident.
"My mother married my father at the age of nineteen, and they were childhood sweethearts, and the family was right, and the two families also intended to contribute to this Qin and Jin dynasty." Ji Shenyan slowly told the past buried deep in his heart: "However, the good times didn't last long, my father was a cynical playboy, and even if my mother loved me deeply, she couldn't tie her whole heart to her alone. My mother, on the other hand, has a strong personality, and the world is black and white in her eyes, with no middle ground. ”
"At first, it was just an argument, but gradually my father began to stay up at night, and when the quarrel between the two was at its most intense, I was born. Because of my birth, my father restrained a little, but my mother had become suspicious at this time, and at the slightest disturbance, she would have a big fight with her father, and after a few times, my father moved out and the two separated. ”
This continued until I was five years old, when my father met a woman who was completely different from my mother's, a gentle and virtuous woman who did not seek fame. But my father was unwilling to wronged her and came back to file for divorce from my mother. ”
"My mother waited for my father for so long, but she waited for a divorce paper. So she broke down, she started drinking, she hit me when she was drunk, and when she was sober, she hugged me and cried. I was too young at that time, and I was worried every day, thinking that my mother was sad because of my bad behavior. One day, my mother had drunk too much again, and she blamed me for not knowing how to please my father and let him come home, and said that she was excited and she took a knife out of the kitchen. So, I became what I am now. ”
Cen Man listened attentively, and didn't realize that he had burst into tears.
Ji Shenyan handed her a tissue in disgust, and said with a smile: I didn't cry, why did you cry like this. ”
"And then?" Cen Man asked with a gesture.
"Later," Ji Shenyan frowned and tried to recall, "after the incident, my grandfather took me back to their house and forbade my mother to come near me. The mother lost everything, and finally one day she killed herself by slitting her wrists after getting herself drunk. ”
Cen Man covered his mouth in shock, his eyes widened, wanting to ask him how he spent his time, but he was worried about causing him unpleasantness.
"My father also wanted to take me back, but he had a new child by then, and I only felt like an outsider in someone's family. So I still chose to return to my grandfather's house, changed my grandfather's surname and grew up slowly, inherited my grandfather's family property, and became Ji Shenyan. ”
"Cen Man, the first time I saw you, I thought we were the same kind of people, so I can cheer you up, right?" Ji Shenyan finished the last sentence and looked at her expectantly.
From the resonance from the depths of her soul, Cen Man knew that Ji Shenyan, like her, did not want her misfortune to be labeled as pitiful by others, although they were indeed so miserable.
Cen Man burst into tears, Ji Shenyan's eyes lit up, he knew that Cen Man was so smart, as long as she dialed it a little, she would be able to get out of the dead end of frustration.
"Okay, now that we're done talking about private matters, let's get down to business. May I ask Mr. Cen, is your company willing to cooperate with Ji's to jointly operate interest classes for deaf-mute children for a long time based on the T City Art Museum? ”
The conversation between the two turned to Huang Lao and the art museum, and they didn't mention each other's past, but the two knew that they had a common secret.
Huo Li knew that Ji Shenyan went to Cen Man, and also knew that the two were going to act as an interest class together, although he knocked over the vinegar bottle in his heart, but seeing Cen Man's relieved expression when he returned home, he had to admit that Ji Shenyan helped Cen Man and helped him.