Awakening Day Collection

Chapter 55
"It must be You, so what's the point?" Wen Xiaolan also got on her car.

The two talked and laughed all the way back to school.Zhou Yuwei sent Wen Xiaolan downstairs in the girls' dormitory: "The internship is finally over, do you want to go to the movies together tonight?"

"Another day, I have dinner with a friend today, the friend I told you about who just got cured of autism." Wen Xiaolan said.

"Okay, let's talk about it another day," Zhou Yuwei waved his hand, "Let's go first!"

Wen Xiaolan watched him ride away, and suddenly sighed softly.It's been a while since I accepted this senior's confession, and the two get along very well. Zhou Yuwei is tall and handsome, with a hearty personality, and he is also the main force of the basketball team in his department. No matter how you look at it, he is impeccable.But for some reason, when she was with Zhou Yuwei, she still couldn't feel the sweet feeling of blushing and heartbeating when they met, and thinking about it when they couldn't see each other, as if there was something missing between the two of them.

"Something is missing," she said, strangely enough, to Fons in the same way.Now it seems that neither Feng Si nor Zhou Yuwei can really move her heart.For a moment, she couldn't figure out what she wanted.

She hastily cleaned up and went to Ningzhang Wen's house.After knocking on the door, Guan Xueying quickly opened the door and pulled her into her room with gestures.The door of Ning Zhangwen's room was tightly closed.

"Brother Ning has a guest?" Wen Xiaolan asked in a low voice.

"You will be shocked when you see it." Guan Xueying wrote on the paper.

Wen Xiaolan was a little puzzled, but when Ning Zhangwen's guest came out, she immediately understood.This old man is indeed terrifying. His face looks like it has been hit by something heavy. His nose is crooked and his upper lip is cracked. In addition, he has severe skin diseases like vitiligo, and his face is even more deadly. White.But Ning Zhangwen respected him very much and helped him all the time to send him out.

"Who was that old man just now?" Wen Xiaolan asked after Ning Zhangwen came back.

"A poor man," said Ning Zhangwen, "but to most people, he is also a hateful man."

"Hateful? What's going on?"

"This is the second time he has come to see me. Xiao Feng also saw him a few days ago and was taken aback by him," Ning Zhangwen said, "This person is called Chen Xiuyuan. The person in charge of the logistics department of this school. In the mid-80s, he took advantage of his power to contract the canteen to his relatives. As a result, the canteen purchased spoiled ingredients, which caused a serious food poisoning. Hundreds of college students were poisoned. More serious What’s more surprising is that the school’s staff and kindergarten chefs had to leave due to sudden illness, and the teachers went directly to the university cafeteria to buy some meals for the children.

Wen Xiaolan let out an "ah" and subconsciously covered her mouth.Ning Zhangwen went on to say: "Assessment after the incident is naturally inevitable. The relevant responsible persons have been severely punished by the law. Although Chen Xiuyuan is not directly in charge of the cafeteria, he is also responsible for ineffective supervision, abuse of power, and bribery, and has been sent to prison. He also lost his job at the school. His life fell from the original spring breeze to the bottom all of a sudden."

"At that time, most of the faculty and staff in the school knew each other. An accident happened to the Chen family. His wife couldn't bear the stimulation of being pointed at by the acquaintances, so she divorced him and took the children away. When he was released after serving his sentence and returned home , the home no longer exists, it is just an empty house. And he has completely lost the vigor of the past, and silently accepted the job as a cleaner arranged for him by the school out of humanity, and worked until retirement."

"He became timid and self-contained, a bit similar to me before I met you. Unlike me, he still harbored deep guilt and inferiority complex in his heart, and he was tortured by such complex emotions all the year round, which made him Farther away from the crowd. But even so, some things ... cannot escape."

"Are you trying to talk about his face," Wen Xiaolan said, "Could it be that face...was slapped?"

Ning Zhangwen nodded: "It's a family member of the child. After the child died, she has always been worried about it, and has been waiting for Chen Xiuyuan to be released. The thing she used to smash Chen Xiuyuan was stolen from the cafeteria during the chaos. A weight, this is a deliberate revenge. Originally, he wanted to smash the opponent's head directly, but Chen Xiuyuan was lucky to escape the fatal blow, but his face was smashed. Later, Chen Xiuyuan got a skin disease, and his face Now that he has become like this, he is even more reluctant to appear in front of people."

"The power of hatred... is really scary," Wen Xiaolan said with a look of unbearable pain, "but why doesn't he wear a mask?"

"Maybe it's because of some kind of self-abuse mentality," Ning Zhangwen said, "Although I don't want to be seen by others, if I really meet someone, let people see his scary face clearly, which also implies It smells a little bit of redemption."

"Then what is the relationship between him and your family? Why did he come to you?" Wen Xiaolan asked again, "Do you want to borrow money?"

"He was my dad's good friend and college classmate. Although many people didn't like him and called him a philistine before the accident, my dad always cared about their friendship and had a lot of contacts with him." Ning Zhangwen Said, "After he was released from prison, my father had passed away. My mother looked at him pitifully and took good care of him. She always asked me to send him the dumplings at home. So my family is probably the only family he can trust. Right. But he didn't come to me to borrow money, but...to give money."

"Send money?" Wen Xiaolan was stunned, "Why do you want to send money?"

"Although his income is very low, over the years, he lived like an ascetic monk and saved nearly 20 yuan. He came to me and wanted me to accept the money and donate it to The families of the three children who died back then." Ning Zhangwen said.

"You... did you agree?" Wen Xiaolan was inexplicably astonished.

"He came twice, but I refused," Ning Zhangwen said. "I don't think the money can ease the pain of the family of the deceased. On the contrary, so many years have passed, maybe others have tried to temporarily put the past away." After leaving it behind, he chose to bring up the old matter again, and the result will only arouse the other party's anger even more."

Wen Xiaolan looked at Ning Zhangwen with some surprise: "Brother Ning, I found that you really seem to be a completely different person. What you said to me today is worth the past month, and you also I will consider issues from the perspective of humanity and sophistication.”

"Yeah, thanks to both of you." Ning Zhangwen said.

A mischievous smirk appeared on the corner of Wen Xiaolan's mouth: "It's not just me and Feng Si's credit. From my point of view, a certain person who can't actually speak seems to have more credit."

Ning Zhangwen blushed, his lips moved, but he didn't say anything in denial.After a while, he suddenly asked, "What about you? How are you and your new boyfriend doing?"

Wen Xiaolan's smile was slightly stiff: "Ah, it's good, it's good. By the way, didn't we agree to have dinner together tonight? Why hasn't that greedy pig come yet?"

"He just sent a text message, saying that an archaeologist from the conference he was helping wanted to treat him to dinner, and he was too kind to come tonight. But I think this is just a person he is looking for. Excuse."

"Excuse? What excuse?" Wen Xiaolan's eyes flickered.

"Although that gluttonous pig is greedy, maybe it doesn't want to see anyone even more," Ning Zhangwen said, "The reason why he doesn't want to see him may be because he still has a little bit of reluctance."

"Brother Ning, have you watched a lot of romantic dramas with Xiaoying recently? You are running wildly from an autistic boy to a bosom friend..." Wen Xiaolan pouted, but her eyes gradually dimmed, " I'm hungry, let's eat!"

"I really didn't expect that you would choose this kind of place to invite me to dinner." Feng Si said.

"Do you think I'll take you to the kind of place where you play tricks on steak and red wine?" Zhan Ying smiled slightly, "I can see that you are not this kind of person, and neither am I. This is the place where you and I both want to come of."

The two were sitting in a small roast duck restaurant in a small alley in the capital. To be precise, it was a courtyard in a courtyard. There could only be six square or round tables in it, and the waiters had to turn sideways to serve. walk away.On one side of the patio is the oven, and an old man wearing a chef's hat is checking the fire.There is a long row of wooden benches outside the store, which are full of waiting diners.The tempting aroma of fruit wood roast duck fills the entire patio.

"It's amazing that you can find this place. Many locals don't know about this shop." Feng Si said, rolling a piece of golden roast duck into the pancake.Thin lotus leaf pancakes, thin scallions, and sweet noodle sauce, paired with this piece of roast duck, which is crispy and tender, seems to be still dripping with oil, it is really tempting to eat.

"This restaurant has a history of more than 20 years," Zhan Ying said. "The last time I went back to China, an old friend brought me here to eat, and I have never forgotten it since then. There is also another one hidden in the alley. The halal fried belly restaurant here is also delicious, you can go with me again in two days, okay?"

"No problem!" Feng Si said vaguely with his mouth full of roast duck.

Zhan Ying didn't eat much, so she stopped after eating a few slices.With a quiet smile, she looked at everything around her seemingly casually, and that elegant and gentle appearance suddenly reminded Feng Si of someone.

His adoptive mother Chi Lian, the "mother" he has always loved deeply.It is also so gentle and kind, and also so quiet and indifferent.

This sudden association made him feel a little bad all of a sudden.Zhan Ying was keenly aware of the cloud that flashed across his face: "What's wrong? Did you think of something unpleasant?"

"It's nothing, it's just some old things," Feng Si waved his hand, "Actually, I have a question for you."

"What's the problem?" Zhan Ying said.

"Which family do you belong to?" Feng Si suddenly put away his smile and stared at Zhan Ying with piercing eyes.

Zhan Ying looked blank: "Family? What do you mean?"

"Stop pretending, Professor Zhan," Fence's tone was rude and blunt, "It might just be a coincidence that I picked you up at the airport on the first day, but from the second day on, I found that almost everything I was assigned was By your side. I went to ask the wife of our department head—that is, Director Sun of the organizing committee of this conference—and she said that you asked me to help by name.”

"It's indeed me. What's so strange about that?" Zhan Ying said, "After our first contact, I think you are good in all aspects and can help me."

"But you don't need me at all," Fons said. "You know more about Beijing than I do. And more importantly, you have been doubting your purpose in coming to Beijing."

"I've already explained that I just took this opportunity to come back and take a vacation to take a look around Beijing," Zhan Ying said, "Anyway, you and I know this kind of conference well, and it doesn't make people think seriously at all. leeway."

"Ordinary vacation, do you still need to hide it from your husband?" Feng Si asked coldly.

Zhan Ying's body trembled slightly: "How do you know?"

"I don't like being taken for a fool, so when you don't order me, I will find an opportunity to pay attention to your movements," Fons said, "When you and your husband were on the phone overseas, I happened to be overheard." Arrived. He was very angry that you didn't tell him about such a big event when you returned to China."

Zhan Ying was silent.She leaned her elbows on the table, clasped her hands tightly, lowered her head, and closed her eyes slightly, as if she was praying.Feng Si didn't bother her either. Two minutes later, she raised her head and opened her eyes again, and asked a strange question: "Do you know 2?"

"Of course I know." Fence was a little puzzled by this abrupt question, but he still answered, "I was just in elementary school, and I didn't know much about international politics. I knew that a plane hit a building and many people died. Specifically The details were only gradually understood when I was older. It was a terrible disaster."

"That disaster happened right under my nose," Zhan Ying said. "I happened to have an appointment that day, and the appointment location was on the north tower of the World Trade Center Twin Towers. But luckily, I encountered a traffic jam that day. I dodged this by not getting to my appointment early, as I always do. However, I watched as the first plane flew over my head and crashed into the North Tower."

Feng Si was so shocked that he was speechless for a while.Zhan Ying went on to say: "Before that day, I was not an adventurous person. In the United States, the salary and treatment of scientific and technological talents are very generous. My life is stable and comfortable, and I don't want to get involved in unnecessary things. But After that day, I suddenly discovered that things in the world cannot be avoided by being timid and cautious. The 911 dead in the September [-] incident were so innocent, but they could not escape the arrangement of fate."

"So..." Feng Si waited for Zhan Ying's conclusion.

Zhan Ying's eyes showed a kind of iron-like determination: "So, don't be afraid, because fear is useless, you must do what you want to do, and don't leave regrets for yourself."

"You came back to China just to do the thing you wanted to do, right?" Feng Si asked, "What is it, and what does it have to do with me?"

(End of this chapter)