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Chapter 94 The Butterfly Effect
Before leaving, Cao Sheng stuffed a thousand yuan into his grandmother's cotton-padded jacket pocket.

This is his filial piety.

There were not many people who were kind to him since he was a child. Apart from his parents, his grandmother was the best to him. Before his rebirth, he did not have much chance to show filial piety to his grandmother because she passed away.

Now that he has money, he naturally wants to show his filial piety.

This New Year, Cao Sheng's home is much more lively than in previous years.

Relatives who rarely visited his family in previous years seemed to suddenly remember that they had such a relative as him. In addition to his uncles, aunts, cousins, there were also relatives such as his eldest uncle, second aunt, and third cousin who came to his house to wish him a happy New Year with gifts.

This relative said that he had held him in his arms when he was a child; another said that Cao Sheng had urinated on his neck when he was a child; another said that he had liked A Sheng since he was a child, from the bottom of his heart, but in fact, there was no such relative in Cao Sheng's memory.

He was a little surprised that these relatives were so well-informed.

Everyone knew that his novel had been published and it had been featured in the news.

Some of these relatives who suddenly visited us came with a purpose.

It's nothing more than borrowing money for various reasons.

Cao Sheng avoided these matters as much as possible, leaving them mainly to his parents to deal with. When a relative asked him to lend money, he said that he had used his royalties to build a house and that he could not earn much money by writing novels.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Cao Sheng, who couldn't stand the waves of relatives coming to visit him, said goodbye to his parents early in the morning and left with his luggage.

When he left, he had a wry smile on his face.

I thought to myself: If I become more and more famous in the future, I might not be able to return to my hometown during the holidays.

in the afternoon.

He returned to his house on Binjiang Road in Huizhou.

Looking at the houses on the entire street all with Spring Festival couplets pasted on them and debris from firecrackers in front of their doors, except for his own gate which was empty, he couldn't help feeling a sense of desolation.

My hometown is too lively, but here it is quiet and deserted.

After entering the yard and putting down his luggage, he began to clean.

After finishing, I took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and went out to find a supermarket.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, many stores were still closed.

But the supermarket should be open.

He found a supermarket that was open and went in to do some shopping.

Spring couplets, firecrackers, various food ingredients, it's New Year, I should buy some wine, thinking of this, he pushed the cart and walked towards the wine selling area.

But when I got closer, I saw a familiar figure.

"Brother! Do you want some wine?"

"Brother! Come and have a look! It's Kweichow Moutai, a good brand! The price is very favorable!"

Wei Dongming, wearing a red vest, is selling liquor to people.

Cao Sheng was very surprised.

He remembered that Wei Dongming's hometown was not in Huizhou. It was New Year's Day, and Wei Dongming was not celebrating it at home, but was selling liquor here?

In his impression, Wei Dongming's family was well-off.

After hesitating for a moment, Cao Sheng still pushed the cart over.

"Hey! Old Four!"

He called out, but Wei Dongming didn't try to stop the big brother. He was sighing with his head down when he suddenly heard Cao Sheng's voice. He turned around in surprise and saw Cao Sheng. Wei Dongming's expression changed slightly. He opened his mouth and forced a smile, "Hey, Third Brother? Are you here to buy something? Happy New Year! Why did you come back so early? Why didn't you stay in your hometown for two more days?"

Cao Sheng pushed the cart two steps closer and came to Wei Dongming. "I wanted to ask you something! It's Chinese New Year, why didn't you go home to celebrate? Why are you selling wine here?"

Wei Dongming laughed at himself and said, "Nothing, I just suddenly felt that going home for the New Year is meaningless, so I might as well take advantage of this winter break to train myself."

After a pause, he looked up at Cao Sheng and said with a complicated expression: "Cao Sheng, I have recently understood why you don't fall in love. I also suddenly feel that falling in love is meaningless. It is more practical to improve my ability to make money."

Cao Sheng: “…”

At this moment, Cao Sheng seemed to see Pang Yunhai who was dumped twice by women in the original time and space.

At that time, Pang Yunhai said that he would never fall in love again. After graduation, he focused on starting a business and making money, and he didn't pursue women for seven or eight years.

Thinking of Pang Yunhai, Cao Sheng suddenly remembered one thing: in the original time and space, Pang Yunhai was dumped by his long-distance girlfriend before the end of this semester, but in this time and space, he has never heard of Pang Yunhai being dumped.

On the contrary, Wei Dongming lost all his face because of pursuing Ai Qian, and even had a fight with all his roommates. Now he didn't even go home for the New Year, but was selling alcohol here.

The words "butterfly effect" flashed through Cao Sheng's mind again. He felt as if the fates of Wei Dongming and Pang Yunhai had been swapped.

For a moment, he was surprised at Wei Dongming's change, and also wondered why Pang Yunhai in this time and space had not been dumped?
"When are you off work?"

Cao Sheng asked.

Wei Dongming: "I got off work at 4:30, what's wrong?"

Cao Sheng smiled, "It will be soon. Come to my place for a drink later! It's New Year's Day and I don't feel like eating alone. How about it? Can you give me this honor?"

Give face...

This is what Wei Dongming said when he asked Cao Sheng to have dinner on behalf of Ai Qian.

Today, Cao Sheng asked Wei Dongming about it.

Wei Dongming was a little surprised. He also knew that his relationship with Cao Sheng was average. Now he challenged all the roommates in the dormitory. Although he did not fight with Cao Sheng, he thought that he had offended everyone in the dormitory. How could Cao Sheng, his former roommate, still be close to him?

"Okay! I'll be off work in a little while, so why don't you wait here for me?"

Wei Dongming agreed with mixed feelings.

……

evening.

In the restaurant of Cao Sheng's house, Cao Sheng and Wei Dongming were eating hot pot. There was wine on the table. It was Kweichow Moutai, which Cao Sheng bought to take care of Wei Dongming's business.

At first, the atmosphere between the two was a little unnatural.

After all, they really didn't have much personal relationship, and Wei Dongming used to be jealous of Cao Sheng's good looks and looked down on Cao Sheng's rural identity.

Cao Sheng had been able to sense Wei Dongming's attitude towards him before, and knowing that he and Wei Dongming could not be friends, he always kept his distance.

But after a few drinks, the atmosphere at the table became relaxed.

Wei Dongming talked more, and Cao Sheng just listened, occasionally saying a few words.

Wei Dongming said he seemed to have grown up overnight.

Suddenly he lost interest in dating and wanted to make money, a lot of money, which made Ai Qian regret it, and also made Pang Yunhai, Guan Zhi and all his roommates regret it.

As he was talking, he also said that he used to look down on Cao Sheng from the bottom of his heart, but from today on, Cao Sheng was his friend, the only friend in the whole dormitory.

As Cao Sheng listened, he gradually felt that Wei Dongming was not so annoying anymore.

Yes, he used to hate Wei Dongming.

Wei Dongming looked down on him, but Cao Sheng was not blind. In the original time and space, he and Wei Dongming shared the same dormitory for two and a half years. He could feel the look in Wei Dongming's eyes and the occasional sting in his words.

However, he didn't want to have a conflict with his roommate, so he endured it as much as he could.

But I have always hated Wei Dongming in my heart.

This is also the reason why he had no psychological burden in creating a character in the outline of "God's Tomb" based on Wei Dongming.

What psychological burden could there be in creating a character in a book based on someone you hate?

But today he felt that Wei Dongming didn't seem so annoying anymore.

So, he raised his glass and gestured, "Old Four! There is something I want to ask for your opinion on."

Wei Dongming also picked up his wine glass and chuckled, "What's the matter? Tell me!"

Cao Sheng: "It's like this. I want to use you as the prototype to create a character in my new book. I want to adapt and write about your pursuit of Ai Qian and your fight with Pang Yunhai and others. If you mind, I will give up this idea. Do you mind?"

Wei Dongming frowned slightly, lowered his head to think for a while, and when he raised his head again, he asked: "Can you write a better ending for me?"

Cao Sheng was surprised, "What kind of ending do you want?"

Wei Dongming smiled and said, "It doesn't have to be a very happy ending. I just hope that when you write about this character, you write that he has turned over a new leaf and has no interest in love anymore. He just wants to focus on making money. Is that okay?"

Cao Sheng: "That's it? Do you think this is a good ending?"

Wei Dongming nodded, "I think it's great!"

Cao Sheng: "Do you really not mind if I write about your life in my novel?"

Wei Dongming laughed, "What's there to mind? Not to mention that we are friends now. Even if we are not friends, you are a novelist, and you use the people around you as the prototypes of the characters in your novels. Isn't this normal? Which writer doesn't do this? Lu Xun even wrote in his book that Xianglin's Wife stood there like a compass!"

(End of this chapter)