5 Chapter 5
When the sky was bright, Chen Wengang was awakened by a nightmare. He picked up his sense of loss and went to school as usual.
Like all the juniors in the Zheng family, he did not have accommodation, went to college, and only came to school when he had classes.
Chen Wengang and Zheng Yucheng are both majoring in business management, and the two often attend classes together, driving the silver BMW that Zheng Yucheng often uses, and the topic has always been very discussed among students.
I don't know when it started, some people began to pick up Chen Wengang's real background is actually not good, but he just put on the skin of a rich man.
Or question him for being snobbish, in short, there are different opinions, and there is all kinds of gossip.
Today's class was only attended by Chen Wengang himself, who was listening to the lecture in the front row of the classroom, but knew that he was talking about himself in the student forum.
The student forum of Jincheng University is affiliated with the official school of the university, and each student can only register one account with the student number. Names and personal information are forbidden in the chat area, but students use a variety of abbreviations, nicknames, and pronouns, and there is always a way to jump on the verge of violating the rules.
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7L: One of them came to class today, and I couldn't see how I was feeling, and the other one didn't come along. Did they go back and quarrel?
12L replied to 7L: After thinking about it for a while, I realized which two you were talking about. People just come to have a class, why do they think so much?
23L: You say C? The melon that happened just now, isn't he a male junior, and he is embarrassed to come to class like no one? If I were him, I would be caught and raped by the parties, and my face would be ripped off and thrown on the ground, and I would definitely hide at home and have no face to come out to meet people.
30L replied to 23L: There is such a thing? Ask for eight.
34L replied to 30L: Haven't you seen it, someone recorded a video, it was very exciting.
45L: I can't see it anymore, since last night, all the relevant videos uploaded by personal accounts have been ordered to be deleted, I heard that it was the school board of directors who put pressure, from the department leaders to the counselors one by one to inform the students that they should not be passed on again, heh, there is enough energy behind it.
51L: What's the use of deleting it, I still have it in my phone, and I want to leave it in my mailbox.
59L replied to 45L: Huh? Such a background? Rich second generation? Then he is actually very poor and sour, where did the rumors that he likes to slap a swollen face and become fat come from, is it true or false, and is there any popular science.
69L: The C you're talking about is the C I imagined? He can't be this kind of person, he is so handsome, he has a good temper, and he went to class together last semester, and I still want to ask his classmates for a phone.
73L replied to 69L: What's the use of being handsome, you girls just like to follow the facial features.
80L reply to 73L: Are you a man? You're not as good as C, at least people have better grades than you, richer than you, maybe taller than you - are you 1.8 meters tall? If not, you'll just be here to map the cannon girls.
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Students are such a group of idle, busy and busy, and the forum is a gathering place for idlers to chat.
But not all students have the habit of swiping forums.
In his previous life, Chen Wengang rarely came to visit, and Zheng Yucheng didn't see it much. The two of them are the kind of people who are busy to death, and they don't spend as much time in school as they do in the company. While other students were busy participating in clubs, social networking, and social practice, the first two winter and summer vacations of Chen Wengang University were spent watching workers operate container loading and unloading at the port, dealing with the sea breeze and sun every day.
His social circle is not big, and Zheng Yu is still the core, and he never thought about making a show at school when he was in school. After a few years, these gossip posts are just a bunch of old data.
Chen Wengang tilted his head and thought about this while swiping the screen of his mobile phone.
In fact, the situation was better than he imagined, and it turned out that not everyone scolded him one-sidedly. In his previous life, he caused an uproar among students after someone slandered him for grabbing academic benefits by improper means, which led to the establishment of an investigation team by the academic committee and took a long time to prove his innocence, but it also made him miss the time to apply for a master's program. He now knew that the forum had been normal until then.
Except for a few accounts that persistently broke his news, he guessed that Mu Qing was mixed in, but he didn't know which one.
Chen Wengang had a plan in his heart, and he closed the forum page.
Finding someone to check is actually a simple matter, but it is only about how to deal with it after checking. But there is still time, not so urgent.
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After class, Chen Wengang rushed to the east gate of the university with his textbooks as promised, and the Lincoln of the Zheng family was parked across the street.
The driver was waiting in the car, and Baoqiu leaned against the door and waved to him: "Brother Wengang, this way!" β
Chen Wengang got into the car, Zheng Baoqiu brought an extra pet with him, and the snow-white lady dog was lying in the cage licking his tongue.
This lady dog is Mrs. Zheng Huo Meijie raised, pure blood, complete certificates, and has won international awards, it took a lot of effort to buy it home, it is very delicate, and someone is usually responsible for sending it to do maintenance on a regular basis.
Today, this job fell to Zheng Baoqiu.
She teased the puppy: "Before going out, I just heard that Sister Qin was making an appointment with the pet store and said that she was going to send it to trim, anyway, I took YOYO with me on the way." Would you like to take it to the pet store first? β
Of course, Chen Wengang had no opinion, and teased it through the cage.
The little lady dog stuck out her tongue and licked his fingers, which inevitably made him miss Harley.
Harley is Chen Wengang's dog, a German pastor given to him by Huo Niansheng in his previous life.
The German Shepherd is tall and mighty, but when it was first picked up by Huo Niansheng, it was still a milk dog, and it was so big.
It was the most depressed period of Chen Wengang's will, and the problems of depression and anxiety tortured him and Huo Niansheng to the bitterness. He was reluctant to go out to meet people, and he was afraid of meeting people, so he avoided social interactions and became more and more withdrawn.
Huo Niansheng came to see him one day, and suddenly brought such a small thing.
Chen Wengang still remembers how he held a little dog to study: "I heard that it will grow up in a blink of an eye, and if you feed it casually, you will be very protective of the owner." The puppy wanted to lick his hand, but he hugged him and coaxed Chen Wengang, "What name do you think it looks like?" β
Chen Wengang hesitated, Huo Niansheng had already put the dog in his arms, and a warm ball of fur drilled into his chest.
Chen Wengang subconsciously hugged it, and it made a humming sound.
Harley's name was finally born by Huo Nian, but it was raised by Chen Wengang little by little.
Huo Niansheng invested no less money and energy in Harley than Mrs. Zheng did to her baby. He invited a retired trainer to come to his home and train him with the standards of a police dog, Harley was an excellent soldier, and sure enough, he stayed by Chen Wengang's side faithfully throughout his life.
Until Huo Niansheng was gone, it followed its master inseparably.
Jincheng even knows that people who only know Mr. Chen's name know that a sign of recognizing him is to hold a leather rope in his hand wherever he goes. The priest followed him, staring at everyone who approached with astuteness, both alert and tame.
For Chen Wengang, there will be no better dog in the world than Harley.
The department store arrived, and they dropped YOYO off at the pet care center it frequented.
Zheng Baoqiu chattered, and when he went out, he began to discuss with Chen Wengang what welcome gift to buy: "What do you boys generally need, tie?" Sash? Wallet? I thought about it for a long time, does it all sound like a Father's Day gift for my dad? β
Chen Wengang had an idea in his heart, and when he came to the back of the department store, he took Zheng Baoqiu straight to the whiskey house.
There are a variety of bars on this street, and there are also shops that specialize in selling alcohol.
Giving people a wallet and tie may not be liked by the other party, and they may not be able to wear it, so it is good to buy a bottle and at least be willing to drink a few glasses.
Zheng Baoqiu thought about it and felt that the choice of wine was good, but he suggested: "Is red wine more popular?" I know the owner of the store over there, his family is very well-connected, and last time he even got my dad a bottle of the real 74-year-old RomanΓ©e Conti! β
Chen Wengang smiled: "You can take a look at them all, compare them and then decide, how about it?" β
Zheng Baoqiu said okay.
That being said, they moved around a few shops and eventually returned to the house of whiskey.
Seeing Chen Wengang's side face holding the bottle of Macallan contemplatively, she felt that it should be this bottle for no reason.
She herself was surprised by this certainty, the gift was actually quite risky: "But this whiskey is heavy peat-"
Unless you know each other's preferences in particular, something like peat is like coriander, and love and hate are divided.
Those who love think that whiskey is drunk for that strong smoky smell, otherwise what whiskey to drink;
Those who hate it think drinking it is like drinking disinfectant from an ashtray, and it smells like burning a bunch of tires.
Taste is a very personal thing, and Zheng Baoqiu has never drunk with her cousin, so it's normal not to understand.
And Chen Wengang recalled that he realized that Huo Niansheng's taste first originated from the wine cabinet in his home.
After living with Huo Niansheng for a long time, he didn't care about the wine cabinet, but he just knew that he had such a thing at home.
As for what ancient and modern Chinese and foreign wine is inside, he doesn't care about it.
Until one day, Chen Wengang still had insomnia until the early hours of the morning, because he had to do repeated surgeries, Huo Niansheng confiscated all his cigarettes, and remembered the bottles of spirits placed downstairs, so he went downstairs in clothes, hoping to seek a little comfort from alcohol while the master was away.
found that Huo Niansheng came here at some point, and was sitting in front of the small bar drinking alone.
Huo Niansheng opened a bottle of Scotch whisky that day, and the crystal bottle glittered under the laser light. The glass contained an amber liquid with round hockey balls floating on it. That glass is called a whiskey glass, which is specially used to drink whiskey, and the bottom of the glass is very thick, because it usually needs to be added with ice.
"What's wrong?"
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"You can't hear the voice and go downstairs to welcome me, right?"
"Nope. Actually, I was looking to see if there was any alcohol. β
"The doctor told you to quit smoking and drinking."
"I know. Sorry, good night. β
Chen Wengang turned around and wanted to go upstairs, but Huo Niansheng suddenly stopped him again: "Come here." β
He pulled Chen Wengang who came over into his arms and put it close to his ear: "You can make a little exception, but you can't drink too much." β
Chen Wengang sat on Huo Niansheng's lap and tasted the mixture of smoke, seaweed, iodine and seaside bonfire.
That's the strong smell of peat.
The images of the memories are shaky and shattered, but there are countless details that are vivid and abrupt. The moonlight covered them like a layer of white veil, and Huo Niansheng did not remove the veil, but uncovered his nightgown. This memory comes from an earlier time they spent together, Chen Wengang's face has not healed yet, he doesn't know Huo Niansheng so well, and Harley has not been born.
Chen Wengang said to Zheng Baoqiu: "It's okay. He said to the clerk, "Just wrap this up." β