Chapter 100: Split into Two
Chapter 100: Zixu Split Into Two
Ning Chunyan asked Wang Zixu if he had read "The Insect World". Wang Zixu blurted out that this book is a must-read for primary and secondary school students, and also said that the book is very expensive.
Ning Chunyan thought that this book was not expensive, and she just let it go after hearing about it. What she didn't know was that the reason why Wang Zixu was so impressed by this book was because he also had a story about this book.
When Wang Zixu was still a primary and secondary school student, one day he suddenly found Comrade Wang Jianguo and said, "Dad, I want to read a book." Then he showed him the required reading list at the back of the Chinese textbook. In addition to "Insect Life", there were also "Stars", "Spring Water", "Flying Birds" and so on.
Comrade Wang Jianguo was very happy because he felt that the fact that his son would take the initiative to ask for books to read showed that he would have a bright future when he grew up.
He lifted him up high, let him ride on his neck, and said, Come on, Dad will take you to the bookstore.
Comrade Wang Jianguo didn't like reading when he was a child, and he always thought that he suffered in his life because he didn't like reading. If he loved reading, he would have been admitted to a junior college, and then he would not have been laid off during the subsequent enterprise restructuring, and Wang Zixu's mother would not have divorced him.
In short, the root cause of his failed life is that he doesn't like reading. Wang Zixu loves reading, which means he will not follow the old path of his parents, so Wang Jianguo is very happy.
Comrade Wang Jianguo has a shortcoming: when he is happy, he easily gets carried away, and when he gets carried away, he gets carried away. On the way to the bookstore with Wang Zixu, he said many nice things to his son, which he had never said before: You like reading story books, right? Buy them! I will buy you books with many pictures, too! Buy the latest ones!
Wang Zixu remembered that he was very excited about these promises when he was young. It was the happiest memory of his childhood. He also remembered that it was summer, and it was a good day just like today. The sun was very bright, and cicadas were chirping desperately on the bright green trees on the roadside...
When he arrived at the bookstore, Comrade Wang Jianguo picked out a book with the most pictures - that is, "Insect Life" - and asked the clerk how much it cost. After the clerk quoted the price, he was startled and the book fell to the ground.
Wang Zixu didn't remember how much it was exactly. He only remembered that they didn't buy anything that day. Comrade Wang Jianguo pulled him out of the bookstore without saying a word, and he followed him without saying a word, his heart filled with gloom. The sun in the sky was dazzling, so dazzling that it made his eyes black.
Many years later, when Wang Zixu picked up the book "Insect Life" for the second time, he was already 30 years old. The first thing he did when he got the book was to turn it over and look at the recommended price on the back cover.
79 yuan.
It's really expensive.
At this moment, he finally reconciled with Comrade Wang Jianguo from many years ago. Comrade Wang Jianguo did not buy books for his son, and Comrade Wang Zixu has not become a promising person now. Neither of them lived up to the expectations of the other.
Just as the prince was staring blankly at "The Insect World", the two women beside his bed looked at each other vaguely.
Ye Lan and Ning Chunyan are two very different women, and they don't have much in common. If there is one thing, it is that they both said to Wang Zixu, "How can a man like you have a wife?"
Besides, they all felt a little sorry for Wang Zixu, otherwise they wouldn't have come to the hospital to visit him.
Ye Lan is a typical career woman, with thick lipstick, exquisite stockings, sharp eyes, and thin lips, as if she is ready to scold at any time; while Ning Chunyan is an atypical literary girl, with eyes like stars, fair skin, a calm expression, and two long and well-proportioned legs without any flaws.
The two looked at each other, and the more they looked at each other, the more strange it felt. With such excellent appearance, the two women could be models or stars. How did a man like Wang Zixu, who was honest and unromantic, manage such women?
So they didn't feel sorry for Prince Xu at all, and thought that he deserved all the bad luck he had. Who made him marry such a beautiful wife?
Ye Lan had been in close contact with Wang Zixu these past two days, and there was even a little insignificant ambiguity. When he hadn't seen his "wife", he didn't feel much guilt, after all, they hadn't met at that time. Now that they have met, he suddenly felt guilty.
Ning Chunyan was the same. She usually liked to make fun of Wang Zixu and always called him "the married Wang Zixu". Now that she had "really" met his marriage partner, she suddenly blamed herself and regretted that she should not have made fun of him before.
Both of them involuntarily moved a few inches away from Wang Zixu.
Ye Lan bit her lip and leaned forward to ask Ning Chunyan: "Why are you here?"
What she meant was that the little prince wanted to hide his identity and did not reveal his whereabouts to his wife, so she should not be here.
But after asking, Ye Lan felt something was wrong. Because it seemed like she was questioning her, the original wife, as if she was the one who should stay here. How offensive was this? She wanted to slap herself. Ye Lan, you are overstepping the boundaries!
Ning Chunyan felt that her question made sense.
"I came out mainly to go shopping. I didn't plan to come and see him. But then I thought he was working so hard, so I decided to come and see him. If I had known you were here, I wouldn't have come."
Ning Chunyan meant to cut off ties with Wang Zixu to avoid Ye Lan's misunderstanding. But to Ye Lan, it was very unpleasant.
What do you mean you didn't come when you knew I was here? Was this a protest or a sarcastic remark? It was like this right from the start. Did Wang Zixu tell her about my little trick yesterday?
Ye Lan immediately began to promote their deep love for each other to show that she had no intention of interfering: "I didn't intend to come here either. I thought you wouldn't come today, so I came to see him, haha. In fact, I think you and him are really a good match. You even know books that he hasn't read. I thought he had read all kinds of books."
Ning Chunyan thought Ye Lan was angry when she heard this, and her face turned pale. She waved her hands and said, "No, no, I just brought a book. You and him get along very well. I came in and saw you sitting by his bed. I felt that the atmosphere between you two was quite warm, yes, very warm."
Ye Lan was shocked after hearing this and said hurriedly, "No way! You must have seen it wrong. He and I are completely different people. Your temperament can be seen at a glance. Like him, you are a very cultured person."
"Haha, you're joking. He's already 30, and I'm so young. There's a generation gap between us. How can we be the same kind of people..."
"Well...Actually, as long as we have a common interest, age is not a problem..."
"..."
Ye Lan and Ning Chunyan stared at each other, not knowing how to continue the conversation.
The two of them curled up in their chairs and shut themselves in. They both felt that the other person was speaking in a sarcastic and veiled manner. Neither of them had experienced any complicated emotional entanglements, and they didn't know how to deal with the situation before them.
Ye Lan thought secretly: Wang Zixu is weird enough, but I didn’t expect his wife to be even weirder. The way she gets jealous is so weird!
Ning Chunyan pressed her head and silently said: I really shouldn't have come to the hospital to see Wang Zixu. He acted as if he was very popular. Really, I got involved in other people's couples' relationship for no reason.
Wang Zixu mourned for his childhood for ten minutes. He missed the first few exciting conversations and only heard the tail end. The more he listened, the weirder it sounded. So he looked up at the two of them blankly and asked in confusion, "What are you talking about?"
Ye Lan and Ning Chunyan stared at him with a slightly resentful look. Wang Zixu finally reacted and said:
"Oh, I forgot to introduce you. This is Ye Lan. I've been trying to start a company and do some part-time work recently. She is my partner. This is Ning Chunyan, a talented woman from Xihe and my friend."
The two women looked at each other, then at Wang Zixu.
Ye Lan asked: "What about your wife?"
"What wife?" Wang Zixu finally responded after he finished speaking, "Oh, my wife didn't come? Why are you asking her?"
"nothing."
Ye Lan seemed nonchalant on the surface, but if you looked closely, you would find that her toes were clenched violently, as if she wanted to poke through her high heels, and the tips of her black stockings were torn white.
Ning Chunyan's expression was still calm, but if you looked at her back, you would find that her delicate hands were tearing her belt vigorously. The poor cloth belt made a slight "cracking" sound, which was the sound of the thread coming loose at the needle.
"I go out for a while."
"I'll go out for a while too."
The two women went out together. After a while, they came back arm in arm, both smiling sweetly.
"I'm telling you, he's a funny guy. He just writes novels all day and is very dull. I asked him how he could have a wife, and he said, 'But I do have one!' Isn't that infuriating?"
"Yeah, he's got a wife and he's acting like a big shot. I told you that when I first met him, I asked for his WeChat and he told me, 'I'm married'. I said, I added you on WeChat not because I'm attracted to you. How can he be so narcissistic?"
Ye Lan looked at Wang Zixu and said, "Hey, Wang Zixu, when I added you on WeChat, why didn't you tell me that you had a wife?"
The prince said blankly, "Didn't you know it all along?"
Ning Chunyan pulled Ye Lan and said, "He is narcissistic! He thinks I must be attracted to him and want to add him, so he used the marriage to warn me. It is impossible for Mr. Ye to be attracted to him, so he didn't say anything. This guy is really hateful."
Ye Lan curled her lips and said, "No, he is clearly deeply attracted to Lady Ning, so he deliberately emphasized that he is married. He didn't say that to you, he said it to himself. He is a very cowardly person."
Ning Chunyan pointed at Wang Zixu and said, "Wang Zixu, you are a little dishonest! Since you are married, you should be honest." "Yes, you should be honest."
Wang Zixu asked depressedly: "What's wrong with me?"
Ning Chunyan said, "If you were honest, why didn't you tell Mr. Ye that you were married?"
Ye Lan said: "If you are honest, why did you emphasize to Ning Cainv that you are married?"
Wang Zixu felt like he was torn apart. Seeing his expression, the two girls burst into laughter. Their behavior reminded Wang Zixu of the group of girls who laughed at him in middle school.
So he asked a little aggrievedly: "Aren't you a little rude?"
When he finished speaking, the two women laughed even louder.
……
Ning Chunyan left the hospital with Ye Lan, one driving an Audi and the other driving a Porsche. After seeing each other's car, they estimated the value of Wang Zixu's circle of friends in their minds, and became even less sympathetic to him.
Ning Chunyan was driving on the way home. He was in a good mood at first, but after a while, his mood became average.
Although she was very happy to make fun of Wang Zixu today, Wang Zixu did have a wife after all. If his wife knew that her husband was being teased, she would definitely be sad.
She returned home and just opened the door when Chen Qingluo came up to her like a ghost and scared her.
"What's wrong with you? Aren't you writing a novel?"
"It's almost finished. All that's left is the finishing touch." Chen Qingluo said.
"Thank God," Ning Chunyan said, "How many words do you need to finish? After you finish writing, can you go back to your own home?"
"Well, there's still 10 words left."
“Is this called the end?”
"The first half is the beginning, and the second half is the end."
Chen Qingluo took an apple and put it in her mouth to eat.
Ning Chunyan wiped the sweat off his head: "What about your waist?"
Chen Qingluo lifted up her shirt: "Here it is."
Ning Chunyan reached out to tickle her: "Let me show you. Is it amazing that you have a thin waist?"
Chen Qingluo dodged left and right with a beautiful smile.
"By the way, I almost ran into Wang Zixu's wife today."
The apple in Chen Qingluo's hand fell to the ground.
Ning Chunyan looked up at her: "What's wrong with you?"
Chen Qingluo picked up the apple and asked, "What does his wife look like?"
Ning Chunyan saw her holding the apple and about to put it in her mouth, so he quickly snatched it away and scolded her, "What are you doing? Don't eat it if you drop it!"
Chen Qingluo asked again: "Does he look like me?"
Ning Chunyan rolled his eyes and said, "I didn't see him. When I went there, he had a female friend sleeping with him, and I thought she was his wife. But she wasn't."
Chen Qingluo said: "So, you haven't seen his wife at all."
"Yeah. That's why I said 'almost'."
Chen Qingluo showed an expression of understanding, and seemed to relax in an instant. She stretched lazily, squinted her eyes and asked again:
"What is the position of accompanying the patient in bed, and how to accompany him in bed?"
Ning Chunyan left speechlessly: "I won't talk to someone like you who has a head full of pornographic garbage."
"He has female friends?"
Ning Chunyan put on a headband in front of the mirror: "Yes. Am I not also his female friend? That person looks silly, but she is actually quite interesting and attractive in her own way."
Ning Chunyan was startled by the sudden "bang" sound behind him. Turning back, he saw that it was Chen Qingluo who punched the dining table.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm going to write a novel. Don't talk to me today."
Watching her angrily walk into the room, Ning Chunyan felt puzzled: "What is this crazy woman angry about again!"
Ning Chunyan thought about it and suddenly slapped his forehead in annoyance:
"I should ask Prince Xu if he knows this crazy woman..."
The weather was too hot and it was easy to make people confused by the heat. Ning Chunyan woke herself up by taking this photo and took out her cell phone.
You can ask now.
She sent a message to Wang Zixu: "Do you know Chen Qingluo?"
After a long time, perhaps a full hour, when Ning Chunyan almost forgot about it, the other party replied:
"do not know."
Ning Chunyan had just finished yoga when she saw the message. She felt that the two people were exactly alike, so she sent a voice message with a bit of anger:
"You don't even know the most talented woman in Xihe? She is also an invited guest of this literary gathering!"
After a while, Wang Zixu sent another message.
Ning Chunyan clicked on it and saw three big characters on it:
"do not know."
(End of this chapter)