Brilliant Years 1991

Chapter 229 I can’t control myself!
In the end, I just ate a bowl of noodles at a roadside stall and went back.

Along the way, and even after returning to the small house they rented, Lin Qingwei was still depressed.

It's totally different from the relaxed and cheerful atmosphere of the past.

As Lin Qingwei's best friend, Fang Lijun already knows her well enough, but even so, she still cannot accurately understand the complexity and entanglement in Lin Qingwei's heart at this moment.

As it happened, not long after I returned, I received another call from that annoying second-generation rich man—he was considered a second-generation rich man, right? His family used to sell cigarettes at the port, and in the 1950s they opened their own store, specializing in the business of port workers. Later, they gradually became rich, and now their family owns more than a dozen small and medium-sized supermarkets, and they are also agents for some alcoholic beverages. Last year, they opened a dance hall, and their assets are said to be over 100 million.

Lin Qingwei liked his family background very much, but hated him as a person.

Actually, he is pretty, but he is a bit honest. He is always cautious when talking to himself and pursuing himself. Please, you are a boy. If you want to pursue a girl, just go for it. Say openly that you like me, say that you want to hold your hand, say that you want to kiss me! But you dare not! Over and over again, you are invited to watch a movie, invite you to dinner, and ask if you want to go shopping with me. My mother made a delicious soup today. I gave half of it and sent it to you right away. It is really delicious! It is so annoying!
Today, he was still like this, cautiously saying, "Qingwei, do you have time tomorrow night? I'd like to treat you to dinner."

Come on! Why do you ask me if I have time? If I don't have time, can't you just flirt with me? Who is so busy that they don't have time to have dinner? If you want to treat me to dinner, why don't you just come to the office downstairs and wait for me?

Look at Cao Yukun, why would he need to ask me what I think? When it comes to shaking hands, he will grab hold of it and won't let go. If you don't remind him, he won't let go!

Obviously, he was full of scandals, and no one in the whole world didn't know that he was dating three girlfriends at the same time. Even though I mocked him in person like that, he actually said directly that he wanted to take a fourth wife!

How nice! How straightforward!

This is what a man should be like! Why should he be like a girl, delicate, weak, gentle, and without any courage!

What's there to discuss about dinner? Why are you asking me?
If you ask me, then I don’t have time!
Because I was in an unusually bad mood today, I didn't even bother to find an excuse, and my tone was unusually bad, "I don't have time! I don't want to eat! Don't call me anymore, it's so annoying!"

Then he hung up the phone with a click.

Fang Lijun, who was peeling an orange nearby, was smiling with her lips pursed.

But soon it was her suitor's turn to call. She was very gentle, always gentle, and she could always handle her endless suitors with ease and comfort. "Oh, so that's the case. I'm afraid that's not possible. My friend broke up these days, and I have to accompany her! We'll talk later!"

In her own words, "I won't date them. Although I'm not as pretty as you, I'm pretty too. This is the only valuable thing I have! Why should I give it to them for free? Just because they say they love me? If I tell Li Jiacheng that I love him, will he give me a penny? Love is meaningless without material foundation! I want to use my face and figure, the only valuable thing in me, to exchange for an easy and wealthy life. I don't want to be like my mom, who toils all her life, has endless work to do every day, but even hesitates to buy a bottle of soda for her daughter!"

"But I won't be too unkind. If they want to pursue me, I will pursue them! I just need to say something nice to make them happy! I won't accept their gifts, and I will try to eat less meals they invite me to. It's not that I don't want them, but because as long as I have accepted gifts and eaten meals, when I find a suitable and high-quality boy one day, these gifts and meals will become my troubles!"

Lin Qingwei always felt that she was a very sober and rational girl!
But no matter what, I can't think about everything as clearly as she does!
Mad!
Eat a few oranges and go back to the room.

Two people share the house, which has two bedrooms and a living room, which is about 400 square feet in total. It is definitely not big in Hong Kong, but it is OK for two people. In short, both the living room and the bedroom are small and narrow, but compared with colleagues of the same age, it is already a good living condition.

Normally, a 400-square-foot house like this, with two bedrooms and a living room, would need four people to share the space without feeling too stressed!
But Lin Qingwei didn't care. She spent all her monthly income and didn't save any money, because she had seen her mother working so hard since she was a child. On the one hand, she had to raise two daughters, and on the other hand, she insisted on saving money. Her life was very hard. But after so many years, she only saved 100,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Later, my dad and I reconciled, so to speak, and we continued to interact with each other. My dad wrote me a check for 300,000 Hong Kong dollars. To be honest, with this little income, I saved money so hard, I didn't dare to spend any money, and I couldn't afford to buy anything. What was the point of saving tens of thousands of dollars?

Coincidentally, Fang Lijun doesn't save money either.

Her logic is somewhat different from Lin Qingwei's. She said, my monthly income when I first started working was 5800 Hong Kong dollars, and now it has increased to 8400 Hong Kong dollars. I save 36000 Hong Kong dollars every month, which is only yuan a year. However, I have to live in a cramped and noisy apartment, which affects my sleep. If I don't sleep well, I will be in a bad mood and my complexion will be bad. Over time, I will become ugly. I have to live frugally and not be willing to eat anything, which will also make me uglier. I will also be reluctant to buy clothes and not wear good clothes, which will also make me ugly. It seems that I have a savings of tens of thousands of yuan, but my most valuable things have depreciated!

It’s just a few tens of thousands of dollars. What if I don’t save it?
Find a rich boyfriend, the kind that would cost tens of thousands of dollars for a meal for me, and the kind that would cost at least 100,000 or 80,000 yuan for any pocket money I give him - only then would it be appropriate for me to save a little.

Well, it’s the same end.

In short, renting this house made both of them feel that their lives were pretty good.

The bedroom is small, and there are cabinets almost everywhere around the wall. It is convenient for storage, but it makes the bedroom look even smaller. It can only accommodate a 1.6-meter bed and a small dressing table. Even the window has to be opened on the bed.

Lying on the bed, not even wanting to read a magazine, I just stared at the ceiling with wide eyes. In the restlessness that I could never calm down, I felt the light around me getting dimmer and dimmer.

Until the phone in the living room rang again, Fang Lijun seemed to answer it, chatted for a few words, and then shouted, "Ah Wei, it's a phone call! It's Sister A Kui!"

So Lin Qingwei had no choice but to get up, open the door and go out.

Fang Lijun has already applied cucumber slices all over her face again - in fact, her skin is very good, almost as good as mine, and because she is a little fatter than me, the collagen on her face feels a little better than mine, but she still insists on applying cucumber slices every day. It seems to be somewhat helpful, because her skin feels better and better!
And... Lin Qingwei herself couldn't do it anyway. Washing her hair once every two days was already her ultimate diligence. But Fang Lijun actually managed to insist on washing her hair every day!

"Hey, sis!"

"Sister, I know you're unhappy. He does have three girlfriends, but honestly, I don't care! I really like him! I don't mind him having other girlfriends! So, it's my fault, not his. Don't be angry, okay?"

"What's so good about him? He's so philandering, why do you still want to date him?"

This question was a bit against her will - in fact, after meeting him for the third time, when he held her hand and refused to let go, Lin Qingwei thought about it herself. He was the type that impressed her in every aspect, rich and handsome, and purely based on a girl's intuition, she could feel at a glance that he must be the kind of man who was particularly chauvinistic, who could protect girls and give them a sense of security. So, at that time, Lin Qingwei thought that if he asked her out afterwards, she would probably still want to go, and if he wanted to pursue her, she would probably still agree!

What else can I do? I really like him!
I can’t control myself!
So, in fact, today she suddenly found out that her elder sister was dating him. After the anger subsided, she also thought about this matter - maybe her elder sister thought so too?
She actually doesn’t care that Cao Yukun already has three girlfriends?

Fang Lijun was right. Although one of her sisters looked gentle to the point of being cowardly, and the other arrogant to the point of being stubborn, they were actually very timid and insecure deep down.

The masculine aura that was visible at first glance from Cao Yukun completely hit the nail on the head for the two sisters.

Sure enough, she said, "You don't understand, Wei! After all, you haven't dated a boy yet. When you have a boyfriend in the future, you will gradually understand. When I was with him, that feeling... I just listened to his voice, just looked at his face, and I felt so happy. I didn't want to think about anything anymore, and it seemed that as long as I was with him, I didn't have to worry about anything anymore. It was as if... as if as long as I was with him, as long as he was my boyfriend, then all the troubles and difficulties in this world that would come to me, he could help me solve them all effortlessly!"

"When I'm with him... I don't know how to tell you, but... I feel very comfortable and secure. Even when I sleep, I sleep very soundly... Can you understand?"

Lin Qingwei was speechless.

Reach out and push away the face next to your ear.

After a while, Lin Qingkui on the other end of the phone said again: "If you don't say anything, I will assume that you have no objection! Don't be angry, ha, next time when he has time to accompany me, I will call you and we will have dinner together! ... Talk, okay? Ah Wei?"

"All right!"

"That's right! Don't be angry. After all, we are a family from now on. I am sure that as long as he still wants me, I will definitely be with him. Then he will be your brother-in-law in the future! Be more polite next time. Just think of it as a favor to me, okay?"

"it is good!"

"Also, don't tell mom yet, and don't tell him! A-Kun has been a bit busy lately, and it was just reported in the newspapers. If he says there's no rush, then there's no rush. When he's done with this and has time, I'll tell mom and bring him home."

"it is good!"

"Also, if mom asks, remember to lie for me. I often told mom that I would go live with you... He and I are already living together. Do you understand?"

"it is good!"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Qingwei sat there blankly, not wanting to move at all.

Fang Lijun was still making sarcastic remarks, "Wow, I envy Sister Akui so much! I used to think that her character was a little too weak, but I didn't expect that she was so brave! Now it's good, even if she is the fourth concubine, Cao Sheng loves her so much, she will definitely be happy in this life! I just don't know when Cao Sheng will give her a big villa to live in... But you, Awei, you have no chance!"

Lin Qingwei didn't want to pay attention to her, so she didn't even respond and just got up and went back to her room.

…………

I tossed and turned all night.

When the alarm clock rang in the morning, Lin Qingwei sat up in bed in a daze, feeling that he was even less energetic after sleeping that night than before.

I forced myself to get up, wash, change clothes, and go to work with Fang Lijun.

As a result, I kept dozing off the whole morning.

At noon, she said she didn't want to go downstairs to eat no matter what. She just asked Fang Lijun to bring her an egg tart, and then she lay down on the table and fell asleep - strangely enough, she couldn't fall asleep again.

Just when she was half asleep and half awake, and even had a slight headache, she suddenly heard a familiar voice, "Oh, I'm looking for her!"

Not some deep baritone.

Before, Lin Qingwei always thought that she liked baritones, and always felt that kind of magnetic voice would sound powerful, steady and imposing, but in fact, she recently realized that she was wrong.

And it's so wrong.

It is this voice that has the most power!
Then she suddenly looked up - she was stunned for a moment.

It was actually him.

To a certain extent, the man I should call brother-in-law now is indeed me.

When she looked at him, he was standing three cubicles away from her. He was about 1.8 meters tall, with an upright posture, sharp eyes, and an imposing aura. Without looking, Lin Qingwei knew at this moment that everyone in the company was looking at him, especially the girls!
And he waved at me, "Ah Wei, come on! Come out!"

(End of this chapter)