"The Rebirth of the Adopted Son of a Wealthy Family"

Text / Brass Revolver

Exclusive Publication / Jinjiang Literature City

Chen Wengang came from an ordinary background, but for some reason, he has always experienced ups and downs in his life.

He was born in an ordinary family in Jincheng, lost his mother when he was young, and his father was the driver of the Zheng family in Jincheng, and he drove for Zheng Bingyi, the head of the family. Fortunately, the Zheng family is a wealthy family with a deep background, his father has a good income, and Chen Wengang has a safe life, so his childhood is quite carefree.

Unfortunately, when Chen Wengang was nine years old, his father died in a car accident to protect his employer.

Master Zheng didn't want to be ruthless and unrighteous in the eyes of others, so he regarded the orphans of his subordinates as righteous sons and took them to his side to raise.

Chen Wengang, who was still a child, had his father's posthumous photo in his luggage and was taken into the gate of the Zheng family's villa.

When he first arrived, he saw a boy of the same age grinning at him on the balcony on the second floor. Walking into the living room, the boy climbed the handrail of the spiral staircase and slid down, the sun was shining, and he stretched out his hand to Chen Wengang:

"Hello, my name is Zheng Yucheng."

Jincheng is a port city with a large population, bordering the river and the sea, with many waterways, wharves dotted around, and prosperous business and trade. Zheng, Huo, Li, and He are all shipping families, with lush branches and branches, and their status and wealth are all admirable.

Zheng Bingyi, the master of the Zheng family, is known as the "King of Boats" in Jincheng, and Zheng Yucheng is his eldest son.

Since then, Chen Wengang has changed from the son of a driver to the adopted son of a wealthy family, and he is the prince's companion.

Mr. Zheng asked him to study with his children, and he didn't have any intimacy in food, clothing and education. Chen Wengang is getting older, but he is also very successful, with a good upbringing, a gentle personality, and his character and appearance are as outstanding. Master Zheng likes this sensible and capable adopted son more and more, and always asks him to teach Zheng Yucheng more.

Chen Wengang has nothing to excuse, and has been going in and out with Zheng Yucheng.

But he knows how to measure, knows how to advance and retreat, and never sits on an equal footing with Zheng Yucheng in front of others. In the past, his father drove for Master Zheng, but now he is responsible for carrying Zheng Yucheng's bag, running errands, passing on words, and properly taking care of the trivial things around him, like a gentle and silent shadow.

Until the day of his adult birthday, the colorful lights in the banquet hall were extinguished, and in the middle of the night, Zheng Yucheng held his hand and said, Wengang, I never thought that you should be inferior, and I will take care of you in the future.

Eighteen-year-old Zheng Yucheng was tall and handsome, impulsive and enthusiastic, with a flame-like light in his eyes, and Chen Wengang finally moved his heart.

In the days to come, it was Zheng Yucheng who dragged him into the abyss step by step.

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Nearly in the evening, Chen Wengang finished his part-time job and changed his colleagues to the cashier counter.

The customers at the back of the line breathed a sigh of relief, but were still sneaking a peek at him. After all, half of his face was burned, and he looked horrified, and his right eyeball was also injured, and the other party might be guessing if he could still see with this eye.

A disabled person like him is already not easy to eat, he still dropped out of college, or he has been in prison, and he can find a job in this convenience store, all because of the boss's strong sympathy and courage.

As he walked along the river, his eyes were attracted by the roadside newsstand, and he stopped for a moment to buy an entertainment tabloid.

Late autumn has arrived, the wind is cold and urgent, and he frantically lifts the newspaper in his hand, and the headlines on the front page are printed with Zheng Yucheng's still bright face.

Zheng Yucheng's current wife, Miss He, is pregnant with Liujia, unpowdered, and her face exudes the glory of motherhood. As a husband's careful care, before and after the saddle, the gossip reporter published a striking banner on this picture, saying that the husband and wife are affectionate, which is enviable.

The sky was dark and the river tide was rolling. The clumps of reeds by the river are swaying in a gloomy manner, indicating that the bleak wind and rain are coming.

As soon as he did not hold it firmly, a few pages of the newspaper were swept away by the sudden wind, thrown high into the air and fell into the river, rising and falling with the waves.

Chen Wengang left them alone. He walked to an abandoned bridge hole covered in graffiti, took out a crumpled cigarette from his pocket, and fumbled for a long time to find a cheap lighter that was only a giveaway. Covering the wind with his hands, the flames tremble, licking the tobacco little by little.

Like paper can't hold the fire, he and Zheng Yucheng have been secretly going on for two years, and it is only a matter of time before they are exposed in front of people.

That period was an eventful time for Chen Wengang, first because of emotional problems, he endured a lot of short-term and long-term problems, and slandered him, saying that he was delusional about climbing the dragon and the phoenix, and later he was slandered for plagiarism in his papers, misconduct, and missed the opportunity for further study.

Regarding the latter case, Zheng Yucheng comforted him: "Don't worry, there will always be a solution to things." Take 10,000 steps back and say, most people need a diploma in order to find an ideal job, as for our family, you and I are both working in the company, you are doing so well, and your father also approves of you, as long as Zheng is in one day, how can there be no livelihood for you? ”

Chen Wengang is not as optimistic as he is.

Zheng Yucheng said this, including his selfishness, he hoped that Chen Wengang would help him in the company more than staying in the ivory tower.

But even if Chen Wengang treats him sincerely, he has to admit that Zheng Yucheng, the eldest young master, is an embroidered pillow in his career, and he has an embroidered shelf. Master Zheng is not only his son, but also those relatives, all walks of life are not fuel-efficient lamps.

They are eyeing each other, Zheng Yucheng wants to stand firm, wants to be the one who has the last laugh, and needs help.

Of course, Chen Wengang will help him, this is one of them.

Second, Master Zheng gave his son a better choice.

Master Zheng arranged a marriage for Zheng Yucheng.

Zheng Yucheng was very angry about the marriage, but in the end there was no other way. Chen Wengang had a vague idea very early, whether voluntarily or forced, going around and around, Zheng Yucheng was destined to come together with that Miss He.

It was actually a wise decision.

In the Zheng family, there are people who do practical things, and there are people who do little ghosts, and the latter is even a little more, and it really happened later, and it was also involved in criminal offenses and Zheng Yucheng. The marriage with the He family can not only keep him, but also give him a better future.

But the charges are still there - the law is not merciful, and after the investigation police come to investigate, someone must be responsible for this.

On the eve of Zheng Yucheng's marriage, Chen Wengang repaid Master Zheng's kindness and did the last thing for the Zheng family.

He took the blame for Zheng Yucheng and went to prison.

The sentence for economic crimes is not heavy, only two years, and it has passed, but Chen Wengang accidentally clashed with people in prison.

With his appearance, it is easy to provoke others in it, and he refuses to give in, so it is inevitable that some prisoners who form gangs will not be used to it. But no one could have imagined that one day when the wind came back, a prisoner suddenly threw him sulfuric acid from nowhere.

Chen Wengang was disfigured and got a chance to be released on medical parole, but Zheng Yucheng sent someone to pick him up, but he didn't show up.

When it comes to this, there is no need to say anything about the old days, and they will never see each other again in their lives.

A little spark under the bridge cave was clearly extinguished, Chen Wengang's memories were interrupted, the smoke was halfway burning, and the dead leaves outside were trampled on and beeped. The man walked closer and closer with the light on his back, Chen Wengang leaned against the messy graffiti wall, and squinted his eyes to see clearly - Huo Niansheng.

I don't know where this is a bottle of Buddha, he held a cigarette and pulled down his cap, and the other party still called him unrelentingly.

"Wengang."

Huo Niansheng walked closer, recognized it as him, and raised his eyebrows.

In the past, from time to time, there were rich people who despised people like Chen Wengang and liked to make fun of him cynically, no wonder, Huo Niansheng was originally one of them, a playboy, and when he came over at this time, he didn't necessarily make a special trip to say anything kind.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he still meant ridicule: "I heard, you did this for Zheng Yucheng?" ”

Chen Wengang didn't know whether to reply or not. Glancing at him, he said, "Hmm." ”

Huo Niansheng poured out a cigarette from the high-grade cigarette case, also put it in his mouth, not only did not leave, but stood still.

He frowned, carefully looked at Chen Wengang's face, Chen Wengang was sensitive to his gaze, quietly turned his head to the side, his teeth grinded the cigarette filter, and he was a little irritable.

Huo Niansheng suddenly stretched his brows and leaned over frivolously. Chen Wengang resisted the urge to hide and watched him move.

Huo Niansheng got closer and closer, and his breathing was also very close, bringing a meager amount of heat, and he lowered his head slightly, but the result was to borrow a fire.

The cigarette butts came together, lit, and the person retreated to the original distance.

Chen Wengang was a little stunned, Huo Niansheng said a few more words in his mouth, in fact, he was distracted, and only heard a tail: "You said you, aren't you very high?" As a result, why did it end up in such a mess? ”

"Young Master Huo, life is unsatisfactory nine times out of ten." He showed weakness inexplicably, "Is there anything else?" ”

"Where do you live now?"

"Old Docklands."

"Where else can there be people? It's like a slum. Huo Niansheng sneered and swallowed the clouds, his eyes were still firmly on his face, as if he was going to study a flower, and after a while, he turned his words to himself, "I see your injury, don't smoke anymore." ”

"Okay."

"I should find a decent doctor in the future and take a good look."

"Okay."

"How? I'll sell you well, if you're really homeless, why don't you come with me. ”

Chen Wengang was really surprised: "I have no use value to you." ”

Huo Niansheng didn't care, and patted him on the shoulder: "You underestimate yourself, you have your benefits." ”

Chen Wengang smoked the remaining half of the cigarette, pressed it out, coughed a few lowly, and got into Huo Niansheng's car.

He didn't ask anything, after all, he was the one who didn't choose it now. The coat on the body is thin, can not resist the biting cold wind, there is a place to live, most of the houses over there in the old dock area are indeed dilapidated, leaking wind from all sides, grass grows on the roof, the light penetrates the sky during the day, the weather forecast says that the typhoon will pass through tonight, most of them will leak rain, and the house has not even purchased a thick bedding for the bed.

But I don't want Zheng Yucheng's money, I paid the rent and ate, which was only enough to buy another box of inferior cigarettes to numb myself.

Not long after the black sedan drove out, the cold rain that had been accumulated for a long time poured down, and the moisture blurred the windows on all sides.

Chen Wengang hugged his arms and leaned on his seat, but he was excited by the warm wind, and his body shivered with cold. Huo Niansheng took off his blazer and put it on him.

From then on, Chen Wengang has been Huo Niansheng's underground lover for seven years.

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When he got the news of Huo Nian's life and death, Chen Wengang was sitting and reading at home.

He has lived in a remote mid-level villa for many years, living in isolation. Except for Huo Niansheng who came to him from time to time, Chen Wengang rarely saw people. Huo Niansheng provided Chen Wengang with a place to live, food and clothing for him, and slept with him, which was no different from support, and he didn't say how long he planned to last.

On such days, Chen Wengang knows that he is depraved, but he just has to get by.

He thought that the rest of his life would be over like this.

Huo Niansheng's personal assistant was a woman named Amanda, and it was she who called Chen Wengang to inform him of the bad news: the cruise ship was wrecked at sea, and the boss died unexpectedly. It happened suddenly, she personally drove to pick up Chen Wengang and rushed to see Huo Niansheng for the last time.

In the morgue, Huo Niansheng's remains were very peaceful, and Chen Wengang looked at him calmly and didn't say a word.

Amanda is secretly a little unworthy of her employer, just such a pillow person, in the end, close to the husband and wife.

She still told Chen Wengang in that businesslike tone that the accident was more likely to have something to do with the struggle within the family.

After that, he was very busy, and another lawyer came to Chen Wengang - Huo Nian made a will before his death, leaving him all his net worth.

Chen Wengang signed the documents brought by his lawyer one by one. Signing in to the last one, the pen has not fallen for a long time.

Amanda glanced at him, stunned. Chen Wengang's eyes were red and stunned. Only his left eye was intact, his right eye was replaced with a prosthetic eye, and a tear hit the tip of the pen, and the ink spilled open. He smiled and pulled a tissue to wipe it: "See you." ”

The lawyer also brought Chen Wengang a letter from Huo Niansheng, which he wrote before he passed away and sealed it in an empty wine bottle.

Everyone left the room. When Chen Wengang was left alone, he opened the letter.

Chen Wengang couldn't think of anything Huo Niansheng could leave for him. His mind was not as calm as his face, unfolded, and it took him several times to understand the Chinese characters, Huo Niansheng wrote: "...... I never knew if you ever really loved me once. Unfortunately, I may never have the opportunity to know again in this life. I have left you as much as you can live, be strong in the future, and live well. ”

The handwriting is sloppy, and the last stroke pierces the back of the paper.

Chen Wengang raised his hand to cover his eyes.

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In the following decade, when the media wrote interviews with people, they often referred to it as Chen Wengang's "golden decade".

This is also the ten years of reshuffling of Jincheng's forces, the Huo family has been purged and the light has dimmed, and the surname Chen has become an upstart, and some reporters saw the Zheng family's son chasing behind Chen Wengang on the golf course, panicking like a lost dog, but unfortunately he couldn't hear what to say.

Amanda came over and got the reporters to stop posting some nonsense.

Over the years, both Amanda and Huo Niansheng's lawyers have not resigned, and have turned to work for Chen Wengang.

In the eyes of the media, Chen Wengang may not be the top richest man in Jincheng, but at least he is also the one with the most limelight, whether it is because of his legendary rise experience or unexpected behavior. He used the huge wealth left by Huo Niansheng to establish the "Niansheng Foundation", devoted himself full-time to charity, funded welfare homes and nursing homes, helped poor students, and popularized special education.

"If a person can perform pity for the poor and the weak for ten years, please take the lead and pretend to do the same. The public needs more philanthropists like Mr. Chan who do things quietly, not critics who can only talk cool things. ”

On Christmas Eve, Amanda worked overtime at Chen's office, checking the new batch of donated goods.

The two have worked together for many years, and they are more like old friends than their superiors and subordinates. It was snowing outside, and Chen Wengang was standing by the window, with a big dog lying at his feet, he looked at the snow, and chatted with her without saying a word: "Speaking of which, how many years have you worked for me?" ”

Amanda remembers it well: "It's been ten years. ”

Chen Wengang suddenly asked again: "Miss Yang has been busy with work all these years and has never started a family, have you ever felt regretful?" ”

Amanda laughed, "You're so pedantic. If I have a successful career, there must be a man to add icing on the cake? ”

Chen Wengang smiled and said that he would take advantage of the New Year to give her a long vacation. After so many years of hard work, it is time to take a good rest. Half talking and half laughing, they said Merry Christmas to each other and said goodbye to the holidays. As she pushed the door open, Amanda heard a murmur behind her.

"Ten years of life and death, two boundless ......"

It's as slight as a sigh and as a dream.

She turned her head and saw that Chen Wengang was still standing in front of the window, his posture unchanged, and she couldn't tell for a moment whether it was real or her own auditory hallucinations.

Chen Wengang forced Amanda to take a leisurely annual leave, but she didn't expect that something would happen to her as soon as she left.

When she received a call from her subordinates, Amanda was on her way to the airport and was about to fly to a tropical island. There was incoherence on the other side of the phone, and someone next to him was sobbing lowly: "...... The ceiling suddenly collapsed, which was originally a dilapidated house and may have fallen into disrepair...... There were female teachers and children on the scene...... Mr. Chan to protect them...... Ambulance? I've been here, but ......."

Amanda smelled ominous in the background sound of "but" and sobbing.

Her shrewd and capable brain was rarely blank, difficult to function and difficult to think, and seemed to calmly comfort her subordinates, and hurriedly turned around and rushed back. He tripped over the conveyor belt and hit his knee the ground. She heard a song playing on the airport radio:

"If a grain of wheat does not fall to the ground and die,

"No matter how much time passes, it is still itself......

"If it wills, let itself be buried and exhausted,

"They will bring forth many grains and experience the miracles of life......

Amanda slowly got up with the support of the staff, and her heart suddenly welled up with indescribable grief and regret.

The subordinate called again, and this time he couldn't help crying: "Mr. Chen, he-"

At 10:10 a.m., he died after rescue efforts failed.

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In the midst of a huge sense of impending death, Chen Wengang also heard the radio broadcast of the music radio next to his ears.

The voice was singing something, "Experience the miracle of life," and he grabbed the clothes on his chest and rolled out of bed in pain.

His hands and feet were numb, his heart was pounding, almost bursting from his chest, and his eyes were foggy and gray, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

He was no stranger to the sensation, and his drowsy consciousness could barely tell whether it was the feeling of death or the panic attack of another visit from an old friend. I don't know how long it has passed, Chen Wengang gritted his teeth and slowly sat up like the rest of his life.

The surroundings are familiar and unfamiliar, but there is something less wrong than the environment itself.

After a long time, Chen Wengang realized that it was the adjustment of the sense of distance and balance by the two eyes, and somehow it came back to him. He looked up at the corner with this long-lost vision, and recognized that where he was at the moment was the bedroom where he lived in the Zheng family when he was young.

Chen Wengang got up with the carpet, subconsciously went to look for a mirror, and saw a smooth and intact face in the dressing mirror.

It has not yet experienced the years and wind and rain, there is no fear, there is no shadow, even the shock is not obvious, gentle and peaceful.

Chen Wengang's gaze slid to the desk calendar on the table.

This is what he looked like when he was twenty years old.