Ling Ran had already cooked all the food, and at that moment Shao Chengzhi went to the bathroom to take a shower and change clothes, Ling Ran packed up the seafood that Shao Chengzhi brought back in the refrigerator, put the dishes in the microwave oven, the soup was hot, and the dishes and chopsticks were arranged. The two sat down to eat together.

Shao Chengzhi was a little hungry and devoured his food. Ling Ran felt sorry for him, and frequently served vegetables for him: "Drink some soup, I have been cooking lotus root pork rib soup for a long time." ”

Shao Chengzhi smiled at her while chewing: "What's so unhappy?"

"Well, work. I suggested bidding, and today the CEO of the investment bank came to our company to pull relations, and the executive vice president seemed to have an opinion on me. Ling Ran lowered her eyes and scooped a bowl of soup for Shao Chengzhi with a big spoon.

"Then why do you have to get home before 9 o'clock?" Shao Chengzhi took the small soup bowl.

This is not easy to explain, Ling Ran hesitated: "There is a party." ”

Shao Chengzhi was silent, the two finished eating, Ling Ran cleaned up the table, and Shao Chengzhi washed the dishes. After tidying up, the two went to the living room sofa and sat down. Ling Ran peeled apples for Shao Chengzhi to eat.

"Are you tired?" Ling Ran asked.

"Not tired. Shao Chengzhi was indeed a little tired, so he sat on the sofa sideways, leaned back on the armrest, reached out and hugged Ling Ran in his arms, and let her lean on his chest. At the end of October, it wasn't too cold in Beijing, and both men were wearing silk long-sleeved pajamas indoors.

Ling Ran's whole body was lying on Shao Chengzhi's body, burying his face in Shao Chengzhi's chest, and wrapping his hands around Shao Chengzhi's waist. Shao Chengzhi hugged her gently, lowered his head, and gently kissed Ling Ran's hair.

Ling Ran raised her head, her body arched upward, and the two kissed together. Shao Chengzhi felt that Ling Ran's kiss today lacked enthusiasm, and seemed to be a little depressed, but he didn't break it.

The two kissed their tongues repeatedly, Ling Ran began to be dishonest, pulled open the belt of Shao Chengzhi's pajamas, stretched his hand into the hem of his pajamas, touched his back muscles, slowly turned to the front, and touched his pectoralis major and abdominal muscles, Shao Chengzhi was of medium stature and looked slightly thin. Ling Ran didn't expect that the muscles of his whole body were as hard as iron, his abdominal muscles were obvious, and there was a mermaid line, so he groped around on him every night, licked his tongue on his chest, and sometimes bit his pectoralis major muscles. Shao Chengzhi had no choice but to let her touch her, lick her, and let her bite, but she was not allowed to touch the parts below her waist.

"Don't get too far into it. Shao Chengzhi said this every time.

"Partial. You are mine, and you are mine. I can play as much as I want. Ling Ran played a scoundrel every time, until Shao Chengzhi had no choice but to buckle her wrist.

Sure enough, after a while, Ling Ran's hand moved down, Shao Chengzhi began to get nervous, and his hand reached down and gently clasped Ling Ran's wrist. Ling Ran shook it, if Shao Chengzhi didn't want her to get rid of it, Ling Ran would definitely not be able to shake it off, but Shao Chengzhi let go of his hand. Ling Ran's hand continued to go down, and finally touched the front of Shao Chengzhi's pajama pants.

With a slight touch of Ling Ran's palm, Shao Chengzhi almost didn't jump up from the sofa, and his muscles suddenly tensed. Shao Chengzhi hurriedly gritted the root of his teeth, endured it, and didn't dare to move. Ling Ran raised his eyes to observe Shao Chengzhi's face, Shao Chengzhi was ashamed, even the roots of his ears were red, and he didn't dare to look at Ling Ran. Ling Ran continued to caress him through the thin fabric, and Shao Chengzhi began to tremble slightly. Ling Ran looked at his facial expression and slowly stretched her hand into his pants. Shao Chengzhi couldn't stand it anymore and begged: "Ranran, don't, please." ”

Ling Ran thought to herself: Don't do anything, you should compensate me.

Ling Ran had already put his hand in and stroked his tight lower abdomen, flat and hard muscles. Shao Chengzhi's face showed pain and shame, his eyes were drooping, his teeth were gritted, and he had a resigned expression. Ling Ran suddenly pulled out his hand and fell on Shao Chengzhi's chest again, silently wrapping his hands around his waist.

Shao Chengzhi calmed down for a while, and asked softly: "What did the CEO of the investment bank tell you today?"

Ling Ran pressed her face against the pajamas on Shao Chengzhi's chest, half speechless, and suddenly threw out a sentence in the middle of winter, which was simply loud: "Ye Ling asked me to meet at 9 o'clock in the evening." ”

Shao Chengzhi couldn't help but straighten his spine: "Oh." ”

After a while, Shao Chengzhi touched Ling Ran's hair and took pity: "It's really hard for you today." ”

Ling Ran's tears came up again, and she felt very wronged, but the question was, what was she wronged? Ling Ran felt that she actually had no face to be wronged, and in the end she could only bury her face deeper.

Shao Chengzhi's arms tightened, and he hugged Ling Ran to his chest: "The first refusal is the hardest, because you are still unwilling." But since you can refuse, it means that this matter has passed. ”

Ling Ran muttered in a low voice, "It's a fart." ”

Shao Chengzhi smiled: "Anyway, after rejecting the first time, it is much easier to refuse the second time." However, someone as proud as he probably won't ask you out a second time. So you probably won't have a chance to turn him down again, isn't it not enough to be angry?"

Ling Ran suddenly lost his temper, and punched Shao Chengzhi twice in the chest: "Proud fart." He is a soft rice man who sells himself for glory, he eats soft rice, and he eats soft rice until he is kicked out, and he still wants to eat my back grass, and I was actually made unable to work for an afternoon by such a sentence, he is a slut, I am a slut. I hate this omnivore at the top of the food chain, and I hate myself. ”

Shao Chengzhi opened his mouth, a little unsure of how to persuade: "Well, you can't call him a soft rice man." It's just that someone introduced him on a blind date, and he was satisfied with the girl's conditions. Then after the two got along, they felt that they were suitable for each other, so they got married, but after marriage, they found that they were not so suitable for each other, so they divorced"

Ling Ran was furious: "Don't come to put gold on your face, to put it lightly, you think that if you say it so lightly, I won't be ashamed." Bah. ”

"I dated him for two years, and he refused to marry me, because I was not from a prominent background enough to use my strength to send him to the clouds; This male dog sells his body, and he is not loyal if he sells it. Do you know why he was divorced? Because he was a prostitute and a young lady, he was arrested by the Public Security Bureau, and he lost face. The wife couldn't stand it anymore, so she beat the 6-month-old child and kicked him out of the door. In this way, he is still trying to remarry his ex-wife. Then I went back to China, and he still wanted to come back and take a bite. This man fucks, and to call him a brute is to insult a brute. ”

Shao Chengzhi was stunned, Ye Ling's performance was so wonderful, greatly surpassing his poor imagination. Shao Chengzhi flipped through his limited vocabulary for a few seconds, unable to find the words.

Ling Ran threw herself on Shao Chengzhi's chest again, wanting to cry without tears, exhausted.

After a while, Shao Chengzhi straightened out his thoughts, settled his mind, gently pushed Ling Ran, and the two sat up on the sofa. There are a few pomegranates on the coffee table, and Ling Ran likes to eat pomegranates and is troublesome to peel. Shao Chengzhi used a fruit knife to cut the pomegranate skin and peeled the ruby-like pomegranate seeds into a small tray of artificial crystal. This is a knick-knack that the two of them just bought for a weekend shopping.

"Ling Ran, what do you think of Li Zhao?" asked Shao Chengzhi while peeling a pomegranate.

"Li Zhao, I've only met once. ”

"Just tell me about your general impression of him. ”

"Well, he, a genius political animal, the predator with the highest food chain, although he has no backing or background, he has a great future, there is no doubt. Ling Ran said while grabbing the pomegranate seeds and throwing them in her mouth.

Shao Chengzhi smiled: "Yes, his ability, skills, ambition, and desire for power are enough, the only flaw is that he has no backer and no background, and at the age of 30, he only mixed into a deputy department and worked as a small secretary in the city government." Of course, in terms of position, at the age of 30, even if he is the second generation of red and the third generation of red, he can only be a deputy department, but if he has a good backing, his future will be more secure, and he may be able to reach it early. ”

Ling Ran interjected: "He hasn't reached it early enough, not only the position, but also the power influence, Li Zhao is also fierce enough." I don't think there's anything he can't do with his claws. Think about his rural background, no foundation, no relationship, completely rely on his own drilling, just graduated to such a short period of time, in short, he can expect to come to the future. ”

Shao Chengzhi smiled slightly: "So do you think he doesn't want to find a father-in-law who can make him prosperous, or can't find a father-in-law who can make him prosperous?"

Ling Ran was stunned, she has always lacked the spirit of study for people who have nothing to do with her, the first time she saw Li Zhao and his wife, Ling Ran's reaction was: Another pair of handsome guys with ugly girls, the same as my parents and my parents. Ling Ran felt that this was nothing strange, because there were many beautiful women who married ugly men.

But now being reminded by Shao Chengzhi, Ling Ran suddenly thought: "Oh, yes, why did Li Zhao marry such a wife from the countryside like him? Even if you don't find someone with a background who can help him soar, then find a local girl in Beijing, who has a solid family background and a house and a car at home, always look for it casually. Now civil servants are so popular, not to mention that they are still department-level cadres who graduated from Peking University with a master's degree. ”

Shao Chengzhi peeled the pomegranate for Ling Ran and said slowly: "Li Zhaomo, since middle school, he has been the object of admiration of the girls in the class. I haven't seen Ye Ling, but I think that if Li Zhao is like Ye Ling, in a suit and leather shoes, and wearing a famous brand, he will not be much worse than Ye Ling in appearance" Shao Chengzhi looked at Ling Ran.

"Well, yes, it won't be worse than Ye Ling. But it's not the same, Ye Ling has a graceful demeanor, a cold temperament, and a bit aristocratic. Li Zhao's appearance is dignified, magnificent, and full of style, although he is dressed so poorly, even if he toasts and haha, it makes people feel that this man should not be underestimated. Ling Ran pondered.

Shao Chengzhi nodded: "After Li Zhao entered Peking University, he was the chairman of the student union, the main force of the speech, and the whole person. Although he is so poor that he is dinging, there are still girls who are obsessed with him. He has had more than one girlfriend, but these are all student romances, love for love, everyone is just having fun, nothing worth mentioning,"

"It wasn't until the year we graduated from undergrad. Li Zhaobaoyan wants to change the dormitory. Usually we don't go back to our hometown during the summer vacation, on the one hand, to save road expenses, on the other hand, the conditions in our hometown are too poor, the summer is humid and hot, mosquitoes are overwhelming, it is better to stay in the school dormitory comfortable. But I both went back that year, so someone introduced me to someone. I had no intention of falling in love at that time, so I naturally refused. But Li Zhao is now a prefecture-level city with our county, and the daughter of the secretary of our county party committee is getting better, and the girl was studying in a self-financed junior college at that time, two years older than Li Zhao, and she was a little short and fat. In two months, the two of them fought hotly, I really don't exaggerate a little, the fight was hot. ”

"At that time, I persuaded Li Zhao that it was impossible for us to go back to our hometown, and it was impossible for the girl to leave her hometown at her own expense, so it was completely impossible for him to follow her. But Li Zhao didn't listen to it at all, and said to me: Have you ever thought that her father is the secretary of the county party committee and the number one leader in the county. I said, "What's the matter, can his father solve her Beijing hukou, or can he arrange a job for her in Beijing?" When she arrives in Beijing, she is the most ordinary Beipiao, and she doesn't look good. ”

Ling Ran couldn't help but laugh: "It's really lacking in virtue." ”

Shao Chengzhi smiled: "Yes, because I'm afraid that Li Zhao will have a relationship with her, I really can't be euphemistic." But you know what Li Zhao said: But in our county, her father is No1. If I marry her, my dad will be very face-saving in the village, not only in the village, but also in the whole county, people will say: This is Secretary X's father-in-law. ”

Ling Ran smiled: "Now I understand, what is called Guangzong Yaozu, this is called Guangzong Yaozu." The eighteenth generation of the ancestral graves of Li Zhao's family are all smoking. ”

"Yes, you may not understand what it means to be a farmer's son. Li Zhao is dedicated to pursuing a career in office, and there is no money in his career, and his personal quality of life is not much better, so he has a little power in his hands. But no matter how well he mixes in Beijing, no matter how powerful he is, if no one in his hometown knows, who will he show off? Then he struggled for a long time, where to find satisfaction. Shao Chengzhi said.

Ling Ran was dumbfounded, her poor head had never thought about such a complicated issue in the past.

Shao Chengzhi sighed: "But he is not just for such a little vanity, he also has very practical considerations, his brothers and sisters, as well as the children of his brothers and sisters, can be taken care of, which is very, very affordable, more affordable than marrying the daughter of a high-ranking official in Beijing." ”

"Well, that's it. Only by marrying the daughter of the number one in this county can the relatives get the moon before the water building, and no matter how long the other arms are, they will also be separated from the mountains and waters. Ling Ran nodded.

"I scolded him for having a brain twitch at the time, and he actually wanted to sell his life for this little profit, but he couldn't listen to it at all. When people are in front of interests, they are really confused, especially when he was only 22 years old at the time. Shao Chengzhi looked at Ling Ran, "We are all human beings, we will all be tempted, and if we are young and poor, it is easier to get lost in front of petty profits." ”

However, he finally listened to my persuasion and did not dare to cross the thunder pool. The girl was older and more mature than us, so she was always very proactive, including inviting him on excursions and spending the night in a small hostel. If he did, he wouldn't even want to run. ”

Then it was time for the school to start, and he returned to Beijing and started graduate school. After leaving the environment in his hometown, he calmed down and began to think about whether it was worth it. So only a month later, he offered to break up with the girl. As a result, you know, the girl skipped class and chased him to Beijing, lived in the guest house for half a month, and was bent on trapping him. He really ran when he saw the girl later, and once he climbed out of the bathroom window in the dormitory building, and you didn't see him in such an embarrassed way. ”

Thinking of such a tall, handsome and manly person as Li Zhao being chased by a girl and jumping out of the toilet window, Ling Ran couldn't help but laugh "haha".

Eventually, the girl knew there was no hope and went back to school. In fact, this kind of marriage was quite common among my high school classmates, when there were fewer college students and even fewer who returned to their hometowns after graduation. My high school classmates who were admitted to third-rate junior colleges, returned to their hometowns after graduation, and basically married the daughters of the county sesame officials. It's all very moist now. Shao Chengzhi said, "But such a marriage is obviously not suitable for Li Zhao." This love, well, can't be called love, it can only be called an event, which gave Li Zhao a lot of reflection. I think he's matured a lot after going through that time. He was in graduate school for two years and never talked about a girlfriend again. ”

"Li Zhao's master's degree was a very good opportunity to go to enterprises, including state-owned banks or foreign companies, but he chose to go to the city government. When he first entered, the logistics manager looked down on him, because he was the only one who had no background, and he knocked on the door of the city government with a resume recommendation letter interview. The General Affairs Division deliberately made things difficult for him, and although there were beds in the dormitory, they refused to assign him a dormitory on the grounds that the graduates had to solve the accommodation problem on their own in the first year. He didn't dare to fight, so he could only swallow his anger. During the first 6 months of probationary period in the city government, he had a basic salary, not even a salary allowance, and more than 300 a month, he still had to eat and buy two clothes, so he had no money to rent a house to live in. At first he wanted to sleep in the office, but it didn't work, and his colleagues in the same office would certainly not be happy. At that time, I was a junior in graduate school, and he came to Tsinghua every day to squeeze a bed with me for a whole year, and spent two or three hours on the road every day. ”

But half a year after Li Zhao entered the city government, his boss's boss especially appreciated him and trained him as his own disciple. If the director has a daughter, he will probably marry Li Zhao. But the director didn't have a daughter, so he introduced a friend's daughter. The girl's father was at the level of the main department at the time, and was later promoted to the deputy department. The girl is very beautiful, she works in a bank, and she was studying for an MBA at Peking University at that time, and her conditions in all aspects could not be better. Li Zhao was tempted to see her at first sight, and when he came back, he said that he wanted to give her a gift at that time, and all my belongings added up to less than 500 yuan, and there was still half a month before next month's salary, and he spent 480 yuan to buy a bottle of perfume to give to the girl, which made me nibble on a big white steamed bun for half a month. ”

"Li Zhao fell in love, and I suspect this may be the only girl he has ever really been attracted to in his life. Whether it is the girl's appearance, the girl's own conditions, or her family conditions, they all have a huge attraction to Li Zhao. And the girl was very considerate of him, because when his boss introduced him, he had already explained Li Zhao's situation clearly, and the girl's family knew that Li Zhao was so poor that he was tinkling. The two only go to the park on a weekend date, get tickets for free or at most a few yuan, eat only KFC for dinner, or food stalls, and don't buy snacks when they watch movies. But Li Zhao still can't afford this kind of consumption, Li Zhao paid for the first half of the month, and in the second half of the month, the girl had to pay the bill. ”

The two talked for three or four months, and Li Zhao decided to break up with the girl. Shao Chengzhi said.

"Oh. Although Ling Ran expected this outcome, she still shuddered, "He hurt his self-esteem." ”

"It's not just self-esteem. Shao Chengzhi looked at Ling Ran and said, "Li Zhao was 25 years old at that time, he was already very sophisticated and mature, thoughtful, and very measured in his conversation and work, so the director appreciated him so much." Li Zhao must break up with this girl, although his feelings, his ambitions, and his realistic economic pressure are tempting him to get her as soon as possible, so as to struggle for 10 years, but his reason tells him that he must give up, because if they get married, it will definitely end in divorce, and they will turn against each other and ruin each other's lives. ”

Ling Ran looked at Shao Chengzhi, her eyes flashed and glowed, and she had an indescribable feeling in her heart, as if she was feeling sorry for Li Zhao and the girl, and it seemed that she and Shao Chengzhi were sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox: "Didn't you say that the girl's family is very aware of Li Zhao's situation, and the girl is very considerate of him." ”

Shao Chengzhi looked at Ling Ran, smiled slightly, and shook his head gently: "It's okay in the short term, or even until you get married, maybe it's okay, but what about after a long time? Li Zhao has taken a career in office, no matter how capable he is, he has to climb up step by step." How quickly can he be promoted? Before the age of 35, before the age of 40, he was the head of the government, or he was transferred at the same level, to become the mayor and secretary of the municipal party committee of a non-municipality directly under the central government, which is interesting enough, and this has to be smooth sailing. Even if he arrived so early, his wife had to follow him for more than ten years. The girl's conditions are good, and in the whole process of Li Zhaoxi's qualifications, the girl's family has to pay money, pay for the house, and post all kinds of social relations. For more than ten years, these are only paid but not returned. Can a girl be so considerate of him for more than ten years? What a big heart does this have to be?"

"And who can guarantee that Li Zhao will be able to climb up, and what position he will be able to climb in the end. If everyone can see the future, for example, if when Ma Yun graduated from Normal School and became a teacher, he knew that he would become a billionaire, then many beautiful girls would be willing to marry him, even if they had to follow Ma Yun to eat chaff in the first few years and endure Ma Yun's entrepreneurial failures again and again. But who in this world can foresee the future? Yes, everyone is optimistic about Li Zhao, because the characteristics of a political animal on his body are too obvious, but can he climb to the level of a bureau or a minister? Thousands of troops and horses will die at this level. With such conditions in the girl's family, can you be considerate of him everywhere, just to marry a little director?"

"Well, even if Li Zhao can really soar in the future, his wife can really understand him for more than ten years. So Li Zhao, can he not spoil his wife a little more at home? Can he have the final say everywhere? Can he look at his wife's face in advance without speaking? Eating people is the shortest, and taking people softly, even if he is not sincerely grateful to his wife for his efforts, he should worry about whether he will be kicked out of the door. So should he be obedient at home, follow his wife, and stay away from the people in his hometown? The question is, is he this kind of person? So after more than ten years, what kind of mentality will the two of them have? What kind of strong hearts must be in order to keep each other from the same state. ”

Li Zhao really can't keep his voice down and listen to his wife everywhere, first, he is not a person with such a character, and second, he can't do it. Li Zhao's parents, like my parents, are farmers and illiterate. He has 8 brothers and sisters in his family, he is the youngest, except for him, none of the brothers and sisters have exceeded the initial Chinese level, and they are still in the village, so the following bunch of nephews and nephews need to leave the countryside. Can he not support his father and mother? Can he not care about the future of his niece and nephew? Could it be that he married the daughter of a high-ranking official, and he was able to live a prosperous life, and he was able to let his parents continue to live in an adobe house, and he ignored what happened to his brothers and sisters, and he would not let his niece and nephew come to Beijing? If he did this, would he still be human? But if he didn't do this, would his wife be able to bear it?"

Li Zhao had no choice, he could only break up with the girl. I think this is the most painful choice he has made in the past 30 years, the night of the breakup, he didn't sleep all night, and in the middle of the night, I felt him secretly crying. It was the only time I saw him cry, and I was so scared that I didn't dare to turn over, for fear that he would find me awake. A month or two after the breakup, he didn't say a word after work, and sat there in a daze every night, and then I went abroad. Shao Chengzhi looked at Ling Ran, "Ling Ran, if my income is the same as Li Zhao's, and my family situation is the same as Li Zhao's, I will never come to pursue you." Don't talk about you, even a city girl whose conditions are much worse than you in all aspects, I won't marry. In fact, this is the reason why Li Zhao has always insisted that I marry Wang Xia. ”

Ling Ran was speechless for two seconds.

"Li Zhao is very sensible, very decisive and resolute. Ling Ran thought for a while, and then smiled at Shao Chengzhi, "Li Zhao, like you, can be cruel to yourself. ”

Shao Chengzhi smiled bitterly: "Do you think we are willing? You don't know how poor we were when we were kids. Li Zhao and I don't have a childhood in our memory, only picking ears of rice and pigweed, and not having enough to eat. You also don't know how poor the educational conditions are in the countryside. When I was a child, I had playmates in the same village, not to mention the nine-year compulsory education, and a few of them were able to finish elementary school? If you want to leave the countryside and have a future, you must be persevering and persevering, otherwise you will never have the future. ”

"Who doesn't want to chase the instinctive **, marry a beautiful wife, hug the thigh of the father-in-law, quickly open up the upside, and get a large dowry, and quickly change their quality of life. What a temptation for a man, especially an ambitious and poor man. But Li Zhao gave up because he couldn't help it. He didn't want to give up, he was willing to give up, he wasn't high, he wasn't proud, he gave up because he had to give up if he married the girl, marriage and his parents' affection. He is either a fènghuáng man, a white-eyed wolf, or an even more shameless despicable villain, and after taking advantage of his wife, he kicks her. Of course, it is estimated that he can't do this, because he has a career in office, he can't get a divorce, but he can't divorce, it will only show the most despicable side of human nature, so he can only break up with that girl. I think this is the only real love in his life, and it lasted less than 4 months. This love affair was a harsh baptism for him, and since then, he has matured completely, and there is nothing left to tempt him. ”

Ling Ran was speechless for two seconds: "Well, Li Zhao is very good-looking." There are many men in this world, as long as it is profitable, they will not think about it and take advantage of it first. Relying on his wife to climb up, after climbing up, divorce and cheating, and transferring property, there are many such men in all kinds of evil shapes. ”

Shao Chengzhi smiled slightly: "Low-grade scum is not on the list. Ling Ran, I am telling you this to make you think about it, if Li Zhao does not have 7 brothers and sisters in the countryside, more than a dozen nephews and nephews of various ages, even if he is still from the countryside, he is still poor and white, will he give up that girl?"