3 Chapter 3
Then there was a knock on his door.
Chen Wengang's thoughts were interrupted, and he looked up: "Who?" β
It was not Zheng Yucheng who answered outside, but it was also a young male voice: "It's me, Mu Qing." β
Chen Wengang went over and opened the door. The person who came was slightly shorter than him, with delicate eyebrows and eyes and a cold temperament.
Mu Qing is not surnamed Zheng, he is the nephew of Master Zheng, because there is no one to take care of him after his mother passed away, and he has stayed at his uncle's house all these years.
There are several children in the Zheng family, who are not far apart in age, and they study together and grow up together.
Zheng Bingyi himself has two sons and two daughters, in addition to adopting a Chen Wengang, and another is his sister's child Muqing.
So in terms of situation, Mu Qing is actually the most similar to Chen Wengang: his parents are back, and they are under the fence, and the two of them even have three points of similarity in their eyebrows and eyes.
But this inexplicable fate didn't bring them closer.
On the contrary, Mu Qing had a vague rejection of Chen Wengang.
Chen Wengang didn't remember when he had offended him, and he was still polite on the surface: "Is there something wrong?" β
"Uncle seems to know about the trouble you made with Yucheng." Mu Qing spoke softly and slowly, and came to inform him of the bad news in a flat manner, he was lonely and cold, and he had always had this attitude and tone, "Lin Bo wants to talk to you first." β
Lin Bo is the steward of the Zheng family and has served the family for 20 years. In this home, he represents another kind of authority.
"Okay." Chen Wengang responded, "Did he say anything else?" β
Mu Qing raised his eyes, but saw a pair of eyes staring at him suspiciously.
Chen Wengang's pupils are light brown, but when he is backed by light, he is more like black and gloomy.
He saw Mu Qing's heart suddenly: "No." I didn't ask much about the rest. You'll find out when you go. β
There are many people in the Zheng family who do things, and the housekeeper, cook, driver and other staff live in another building, and Chen Wengang goes by memory.
Lin Bo's expression was very stern when he saw him: "Chen Wengang! Come here! What's going on with the two of you? β
can't blame him for his bad attitude, the old man has never seen this kind of thing in his life, and he has been hit a lot: "Although you haven't changed your surname, you also call Zheng Bingyi a father-in-law, even if you and Zheng Yucheng are brothers, who are you with, you get together with him-ah?" β
"Don't say that. No one outside looks at it that way either. β
"So you still know who you are? I thought you were drifting away. β
In front of him, Chen Wengang bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "These are things I owe consideration. β
"Didn't you have a lot of female classmates who wrote you love letters before? Why do you have to go the wrong way? β
"Limber, dissipate your anger." Chen Wengang looked at him with a full head of hair, his mind was complicated, he took two steps forward, "My father died when I was a child, and my father-in-law was busy, you help me hold the parent-teacher meeting every year, in my eyes, you and the elders are the same." β
Suddenly said this, the old man was not angry again: "Don't talk to me uselessly." β
When Chen Wengang first came to Zheng's house, he remembered that the housekeeper was always very strict with him and had to correct him in every way.
This can't be done, that can't be done, this should be done, that should be done...... His entire teenage years were bound by this old-fashioned and stubborn surrogate guardian, and at that time he often thought that it would be good to stand on his own feet in the future, move out, and one day never have to see each other again.
Until laterβ
In his previous life, when Chen Wengang's injuries worsened and he had to have his eyeball removed, Lin Bo went to Huo Niansheng's villa to visit him privately after the operation.
The housekeeper seemed to be more than ten years old: "As soon as you were released from prison, you left quietly, I sent people to look for you several times, but I didn't find where you were...... I know you hate Zheng Yucheng and I'm sorry for you, but won't you come to me? Can I still leave you alone? β
Before leaving, Lin Bo touched the gauze next to his face, and there was a little tear in his cloudy eyes: "Look, I have suffered such a big crime." β
After a while, twenty-year-old Chen Wengang stretched out his hand and hugged him: "I know, you are for my good." β
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Lin Bo breathed a sigh of relief: "Why do you think I'm angry, do you know that you are joking with your future?" β
Chen Wengang said calmly: "I understand. β
He didn't believe in this evil in his previous life, and he really smashed himself to pieces.
"I don't know what you young people think, so I ask you, can you still listen to persuasion? Zheng Yucheng, his eldest young master, he has capital and willfulness, what about you? Do you still want to be Mrs. Zheng? Do you think that's possible? β
Chen Wengang put on a correct attitude, but did not refute it, but came to persuade him. Limber patted him on the shoulder, and finally his face softened a little:
"Don't scare me anymore, thank God. Fortunately, this time it was just a small fight, and I didn't make a big fuss about it in the newspaper, your stepfather had high blood pressure during this time, if you can not make him angry, don't make him angry, go and explain it to him. Tell me if you have anything else. β
He looked at his watch, and at half past eleven at noon: "Okay, you can go to dinner first." β
Chen Wengang walked out of his room and washed his face in the bathroom in this building.
When I raised my head, I still had the soft eyebrows in the mirror that never lost my temper.
The appearance is slightly pale and tired, but healthy, which is the capital of a twenty-year-old young man.
Chen Wengang felt emotional, he touched his face, the touch was no longer uneven, but felt that something was missing.
He will no longer greet strange eyes from others wherever he goes, and he will not be maliciously nicknamed "Ugly Monster" and "One-Eyed Dragon" by children in public. God treated him very much, as if the pain of so many years was easily erased.
According to the rules of the Zheng family, lunch generally starts at twelve o'clock, and those who want to eat cannot be late.
Chen Wengang settled down, he arrived at the restaurant, and the rest of the Zheng family hadn't come yet.
Only two servants were laying out the tablecloths and cutlery in advance. Among them, the young girl was raw, her hands were not familiar, she was about a newcomer, and she shouted crisply: "Young Master Muqing is good." β
Chen Wengang smiled at her kindly.
The girl was dazzled, but the one named Amei next to her pulled her. The girl was startled and hurriedly lowered her head to work.
When they were done, Amei dragged her to the small corner at the bottom of the stairs: "You mistook the person, that is Chen Wengang." β
Zheng Yucheng said privately that he felt that there was no need to shout at home at home. But Master Zheng pays attention to the rules, talks about seniority, and divides Zhuang and leisure, and he still has the final say in this family.
"Oops?" The girl was shocked and embarrassed, "I didn't mean to. What should I do, will I go back and apologize? β
"Fortunately, you shouted wrong in front of Chen Wengang, he has a good temper, and most of the time he doesn't want you to be embarrassed if he doesn't correct it." Ah Mei said, "It's a big taboo in reverse, if you dare to call Mu Qing 'Young Master Wengang' and try it, he should go crazy." β
"There's no more mistaken thinking." The girl promised, "But crazy? As for it? β
Ah Mei looked left and right at no one, and whispered to her: "I'll tell you this in private." That 'Young Master Muqing' is a scholar, he learns everything from Chen Wengang, he wears the same clothes, and he has to learn from others when he walks and talks, can he not admit his mistake? β
"And such people?"
"Just know, don't recruit him if you have nothing to do in the future. Beware of him giving you little shoes. β
Limber, the housekeeper on the other side of the corridor, walked over, and the two were silent and hurried to the kitchen.
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The Zheng family's dining room is very Western-style, and a long table is covered with a snow-white tablecloth, which opens everyone's place very open.
Chen Wengang took a seat, and after a while, someone walked to the side and sat down on the chair next to him. It's Zheng Yucheng.
I have to admit that Zheng Yucheng has a good skin with soothing eyebrows.
He was still so young, energetic, and energetic, that when he entered the room, he seemed to bring in even the temperature of the sun.
Zheng Yucheng slanted his gaze, looked at Chen Wengang's side face, and stretched out his hand under the table, wanting to hold Chen Wengang's secretly.
But Chen Wengang gently moved his hand back and put it on the table, leaving Zheng Yucheng empty.
"Why is your face so ugly? Don't be that nervous, really. He was jealous of Zheng Bingyi when Chen Wengang, "I told you, Dad would have been angry a long time ago, he came back yesterday and hasn't had a seizure until now, which shows that he doesn't really care about our little thing." β
Chen Wengang sometimes feels that Zheng Yu grew up in such a family and was still too well protected.
It's not completely scheming, but in the scheming pile, it only seems to be rampant.
His innocence can be regarded as a kind of sincerity, which has indeed fascinated Chen Wengang in the past, and he feels that it is rare for a young master to have this heart. But naivety is also destructive, and this society does not tolerate a lot of naivety.
In fact, Zheng Yucheng also pretended to be relaxed.
It's not that he didn't think about how to make his father accept this relationship, but he wasn't exposed in such an unprepared situation.
Especially when there is a stepmother and a younger brother at home. Zheng Yucheng packed the ticket, and the current Mrs. Zheng was waiting to see his jokes.
Speaking of which, his father married two wives and had two children each.
The first Mrs. Zheng is Zheng Yucheng's biological mother, and she died after giving birth to her eldest sisters Zheng Dongqing and Zheng Yucheng, who are now married. When his mother died, Zheng Yucheng was still in swaddling clothes, and he didn't leave any impression on her - because of this, he and Chen Wengang always had a kind of sympathetic friendship - in short, since Zheng Yucheng remembered, the hostess of the family was already the second Mrs. Zheng Huo Meijie.
But this stepmother obviously did not cultivate any intimate relationship with Zheng Yucheng, it is better to say that the two have a lot of differences.
Huo Meijie put all her thoughts on her own pair of children - it was a pair of festive dragon and phoenix fetuses, the boy was named Zheng Maoxun, and the girl was named Zheng Baoqiu, only two years younger than Zheng Yucheng. In terms of time, not long after he was widowed, Zheng Bingyi continued the strings.
For Zheng Yucheng, whether it is Zheng Dongqing, the eldest sister who moved out after getting married and does not live at home, or Zheng Baoqiu, who is lively and cheerful and favored by Zheng Bingyi, he always has a generous attitude towards his sisters.
Zheng Bingyi is feudal and conservative, and the family business will not be inherited by his daughters after all.
The only one who will compete with him is his younger brother Jung Maoxun.
Zheng Yucheng is the eldest son, Zheng Maoxun is the second son, both of them have ambitions, and they are not from the same belly, so they are estranged in the end. Since Zheng Maoxun also went to college last year and joined the company for a temporary job, there are especially signs of parting with his brother everywhere.
When I was thinking about this, there was a voice from behind me, "Big brother, Brother Wengang".
Zheng Yucheng and Chen Wengang turned around at the same time and looked at Zheng Baoqiu.
Zheng Baoqiu grinned at them and sat down on the chair that the servant had pulled out.
As others arrive one by one and take their seats, the atmosphere is no longer so relaxed.
The poster turmoil in the school and He Wanxin's stopping of the car could not be hidden, and the low-pressure vortex faintly gathered on the two perpetrators.
The Zheng family's dining table has a fixed order, and Master Zheng can't move and sit on the main seat, with a majestic face that is moody.
Next to him is the current Mrs. Zheng Huo Meijie, Huo Meijie watched from the wall, and she was afraid that it would not be a big deal to watch the excitement.
As everyone knows, she snooped on Zheng Yucheng, and Chen Wengang was also watching her.
If nothing else, the Wang family surnamed Huo in Jincheng can't find a second home.
Huo Meijie also occupies a "Huo" surname, and she is still a little related to Huo Niansheng - she is Huo Niansheng's aunt.
On Huo Meijie's right hand are her two children, Zheng Maoxun and Zheng Baoqiu. In terms of seniority, he is Huo Niansheng's cousin and cousin.
Everyone tacitly agreed, and finally Mrs. Zheng was the first to speak. She chatted with Master Zheng -
"Before you know it, our Baoqiu and Maoxun have been in college for almost a year. Do you think the days go by quickly? β
Master Zheng snorted and concentrated on eating his meal.
Huo Meijie turned her head again and asked her daughter, "Is there anything new in your school lately?" β
She Sima Zhao's heart, Zheng Yucheng sneered imperceptibly.
Zheng Baoqiu replied sincerely: "Yes, I went to the Academy of Arts yesterday to see their student work exhibition. β
"It seems that Brother Mu Qing signed up last year." "But I looked around and didn't see him." β
Zheng Baoqiu looked at Chen Wengang across the dining table, and quietly showed a smug expression.
"If you don't choose it, you don't choose it, as long as you don't bring paint to your home." Huo Meijie is not interested in this, "The last time I painted at home for half a month, I had a headache when I smelled that smell. This didn't make a name for itself. β
Mu Qing pursed his lips, the corners of his mouth fell inconspicuously, and quickly raised it again: "Okay, I'll pay attention to it later." β
Before Mrs. Zheng could say anything more, Zheng Bingyi suddenly spoke: "If you have a headache, call the doctor to come to your home to take a look." β
Her smile froze.
Facts have proved that Zheng Bingyi doesn't like someone to be ugly in front of him: "You are the mistress of the family, and the affairs of the family depend on you, go to see it if you have a headache, and eat more snacks if you don't have a headache." Don't just complain about this and that. β
Huo Meijie changed the topic wisely.
She has always been talkative, and as long as she is there, she will never be cold. Suddenly, Chen Wengang heard her mention Huo Niansheng: "I have been in Zhangcheng for several years, and I heard that I am finally coming back - it is true, in the end, my own door is more comfortable than outside." Baoqiu, Maoxun, you remember to contact Niansheng's cousin when you look back, a family of relatives, get together more and get together to contact your feelings. β
This time, Zheng Baoqiu responded cheerfully.
Zheng Maoxun was in a calm mood, feeling that his mother was too attentive to his mother's relatives, who were still juniors: "Look at it again, cousin." Recently, my father asked me to help in the company, and I have a lot to learn, and I work overtime every day, so I may not be able to find time. β
Zheng Yucheng sneered again, and said stupidly in his heart, Huo Meijie was obviously trying to win him backers.
He looked at Chen Wengang, but Chen Wengang's eyes were directly distracted, and he didn't have any spiritual rhinos with him.
In short, the meal was strange but there was no turmoil, and everyone dispersed after the meal.
Mu Qing returned to his room, turned on the computer on the table, and leaned back in the chair.
The computer boots up from hibernation and a forum interface pops up.
It is a student forum for the university.
When Mrs. Zheng asked about the new things in the school just now, he was excited and nervous, wanting to see the seeds he planted bear fruit, but unfortunately he was interrupted by Zheng Baoqiu, and he casually changed the topic.
Having said that, when did Zheng Baoqiu take him seriously?
Huo Meijie is the same. His uncle and aunt never looked at him.
As for Zheng Yucheng and Chen Wengang, yes, the poster was posted by him. He looked back at all the hands and feet he had moved, and there was no reason for the other party to know what he had done. Mu Qing did not repent of this.
Even he has always understood that the more he does things that are invisible to people, the more he must be calm. It's just that for some reason, when I saw Chen Wengang today, the other party looked at him with a meaningful expression, like a teacher looking at a naughty and naΓ―ve student.
But it was the kind of "maturity" and "sensibility" that made Mu Qing feel disgusted and want to vomit every time he saw it.
He put his hand on the keyboard: "Haven't you seen what that gay guy has in private?" Don't be deceived by his appearance, I'm his classmate, this person usually likes flattery the most, with red top white, and his character is very bad. β