Chapter 30 Blocking the Door
Chapter 30 Blocking the Door
Outside the coffee shop, An Rushong let out a sigh of relief as he watched the taxi Cui Li'e was riding in merge into the traffic.
Although it is still uncertain how much the advertising will cost, overall, today's meeting was very successful. At least An Rusong himself was very satisfied, especially this Cui Li'e BD
At this moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through An Rushong's mind, and an image seemed to emerge before his eyes.
That was the time when he and Cho Sung-ho went to the Sowook Taean Law Firm in Ilwon-dong to meet with Sim Taean. At that time, they did not go to the 9th floor where the law firm was located, but to the 8th floor of the office building.
There he saw a woman, a beautiful woman with one eye black and blue from being beaten.
That’s right, An Rushong remembered. Even though the woman just walked past him and he only had time to take a quick glance at her, he remembered the woman’s appearance in his heart.
To be frank, the woman at that time looked so much like Cui Li'e that the two of them were like two layers of Russian nesting dolls.
Oh, of course, their temperaments are also obviously different. Cui Li'e is more confident, like a strong woman in the workplace.
The woman who appeared in that fleeting glimpse, although she had an elegant temperament, revealed a hint of sorrow and cowardice all over her body. Well, to use a not-so-appropriate way to describe her, she was like the widow that often appears in those Japanese short films.
An Rusong never believed in coincidences. He was sure that there must be some connection between Cui Li'e and that woman, but
This seemed to have nothing to do with him.
Standing on the side of the street, An Rushong curled the corners of his lips and a faint smile flashed across his face. At the same time, Cui Li'e and the mysterious woman were also driven out of his mind.
Reaching out to stop a taxi that happened to be passing by, An Rushong was about to get in when he heard the cell phone in his trouser pocket beeping.
He opened the car door with one hand and took out his cell phone with the other. While getting into the car, An Rushong looked at the caller ID on the LCD screen of his cell phone.
There was no number displayed on the LCD screen, only the word "home". An Rusong frowned, he knew that the call was from his hometown in Yuantongli.
Since his rebirth, he has silently inherited the memories of his predecessor and happily taken over the other's body, but deep down, he hopes to have a connection with his predecessor's family, because that is not only a burden to him, but also a burden that has nothing to do with him.
Therefore, after being reborn for so long, he has never contacted his hometown in Yuantongli even though he knew that his previous incarnation called home every week.
At this moment, looking at the information displayed on the LCD screen of his mobile phone, he hesitated for a long time. It was not until the taxi driver asked him where he was going that he said Shengu Cave and pressed the answer button of the mobile phone.
"Is this Rushong? This is your mother." When he put the phone to his ear, a voice that sounded old and weak came from the phone.
I don’t know why, but when I heard the words “Mom” coming from the phone, An Rushong actually felt a chill on his back, and then his nose felt a little sour.
"Mom, I'm Rusong," he finally said after a pause.
"It's Rusong, why haven't you called home recently?" The old lady's voice seemed to become stronger and her speaking speed became faster. "Nothing will happen, right?"
"Ah, I'm fine," An Rushong turned his head to look out the window. Listening to the old lady's voice on the phone, he suddenly thought of his mother in his previous life. Unfortunately, the kind old lady passed away too early. When he recalled it now, even her face was blurred and he couldn't remember it clearly.
"It's just that I've been a little busy with work lately." Outside the car window, traffic was shuttling back and forth, and on the sidewalk by the road, people who were busy making a living walked forward with their heads down, indifferent to everything around them.
"Is that so?" the old lady continued, "But no matter how busy you are at work, you always have to send a message home. We..."
The old lady stopped talking here. Someone seemed to scold something on the other end of the phone. It sounded like the old man's voice.
In the memory of his previous life, the old man in Yuantong was poor all his life, but he was still very arrogant. Even though he could not even support his son and daughter, he still had a sullen face in front of others all day long, as if someone owed him hundreds of millions.
Like most Koreans, this old man has a strong tendency towards male chauvinism. He would scold the weak old lady and even resort to violence when necessary.
An Rushong’s predecessor disliked the old man very much, and of course, An Rushong didn’t like him either.
The old lady on the phone was silent for a few seconds before continuing, "Rusong, Rubin is going to Seoul to find a job. You have to take good care of her."
An Rubin, An Rushong's only sister, is the third oldest among her brothers and sisters. This year... An Rushong silently calculated in his mind and remembered that she seemed to be only 17 years old this year.
"Isn't she going to school anymore?" An Rusong asked in surprise. "Why does a girl need to go to school so much?" The old man muttered on the phone. Although the voice was not loud, it was loud enough for An Rusong to hear clearly, "Go work early, earn more money for the family before getting married, and subsidize the family expenses."
In rural areas of South Korea, some elderly people have outdated and backward ideas, and the consciousness of favoring boys over girls is very strong. The old man in An Rusong's family is like this, and this is also the fundamental reason why he is so patriarchal.
In fact, An Rusong is also full of male chauvinism. After all, this is the root of the scumbag's thinking. However, most scumbags like him don't seem to realize this, but think they are warm and considerate.
On the phone, the old man muttered for a long time, complaining nothing more than that An Rubin wasted too much money, that in fact she shouldn't even have gone to high school, and that other girls would have already been working to earn money.
An Rushong was too lazy to listen to his chatter, so he found an opportunity to interrupt and asked about the time his sister would come to Seoul, then hung up the phone.
An Rushong made a note on his mobile phone, noting the time his sister would come to Seoul, and reminded himself not to forget to pick her up then.
In the memories left by his previous incarnation, he had a very good relationship with his brothers and sisters, especially his sister An Rubin, who was very close to him. Although he disdained this so-called family affection from his previous incarnation, since he had accepted the identity of his previous incarnation, he still had to put in some superficial work.
The taxi drove to the intersection of Xincundong and Shengudong. An Rushong got off the car, first found a roadside fruit shop, bought some fruits, carried them in a bag, and went straight to the residence of Zhang Yuanhe and her sister.
In front of the old residential building, An Rusong walked into the apartment building while taking out the key from his pocket. The moment the key came out, his brows unconsciously frowned.
There were more than a dozen cigarette butts and four or five empty beer cans that had been crushed and deformed at the door of the rented house. The most outrageous thing was that there was some graffiti on the wall next to the door, and the pictures were so dirty and disgusting.
Looking at this messy scene, An Rushong couldn't help but get angry. He pursed his lips tightly, walked a few steps to the door, and when he was about to take the key to open the door, the originally closed door was opened from the inside.
The person who opened the door was Zhang Yuanhe. Her pretty face was tense. She held a broom in one hand and a stainless steel garbage shovel in the other. It seemed that she was about to come out to clean.
Seeing An Rusong standing outside the door, the little girl was stunned for a moment, then a happy smile appeared on her tense face, and she shouted crisply: "Brother, you are here!"
An Rusong nodded expressionlessly. After Zhang Yuanhe opened the door, he asked in a deep voice, "What's going on at the door?"
Zhang Yuanhe opened his mouth and was about to say something, but Zhang Yuanya, who ran out after hearing the noise, spoke first: "They are three little hooligans! I ran into them when I was taking out the trash, and they came to harass us!"
"Yes, yes, it started the day before yesterday," Zhang Yuanhe added. "They started making noise outside our window, and then when they saw no one was watching us, they started banging on the door, blocking our door and saying nonsense, and even drawing shameless pictures on our wall."
An Rusong understood.
He walked in, handed the bag in his hand to Zhang Yuanya, and asked casually: "Why didn't you call me?"
There were quite a lot of fruits in the bag, which was a bit heavy for Zhang Yuanya. The little girl had to carry it with both hands, explaining: "Yuanhe said not to bother you because of such a small matter, otherwise you will hate us."
Zhang Yuanhe was squatting on the ground changing An Rushong's shoes. After hearing this, she raised her head and gave a flattering smile to Brother Rushong in front of her.
She was wearing a cool pink tank top. When she squatted there, the front of her top was open, revealing the scenery inside to An Rushong's eyes.
You know what, being young is good. The originally skinny and shriveled girl has gained some flesh after just nourishing herself for such a period of time.
Reaching out and rubbing her head, An Rusong motioned Yuan Ya to put the fruit on the table in the living room. After Yuan He changed his shoes for him, he asked, "Do you know who those three guys are?"
The two little girls shook their heads, but Yuan Ya added, "But one of the three of them must live here. When they left yesterday, I heard an old woman calling a name outside, and one of them agreed."
"Yes, yes, I heard it too," Yuan He also said.
An Rushong nodded. Just by listening to the narration of the two little girls, he guessed what had happened.
Although the two sisters were skinny, their facial features and body shape were actually quite good. They had eaten well and slept well during this period, and had gained some weight. In addition, they were dressed quite fashionably, and they were twins, so they naturally attracted the attention of the opposite sex.
(End of this chapter)