Against the Current Hong Kong 1979

Chapter 178 Pan Yingzi's Life Dilemma (3rd update, please subscribe)

(Correction: The previous statement that Pan Yingzi was born in 1945 was incorrect on Baidu Baike. Other sources state 1949. Please use 1949 as the accurate year.)

They went inside the house.

Pan Yingzi suddenly spoke up, "I know there's a small balcony on the third floor. Nobody goes there usually, and it faces the mountain, so nobody can see it."

Zhang Shuai'an looked at her with some surprise: "Sister Pan, what you're saying is a bit strange."

"What's strange?" Pan Yingzi blinked her big eyes, her innocent expression revealing her natural naivety.

Zhang Shuai'an knew she was definitely acting, so he decided to play along: "Okay, then take me there to see."

Pan Yingzi smiled, then immediately grabbed Zhang Shuai'an's arm and ran upstairs.

"Hey, what are you two doing upstairs?"

One of Wang Yu's underlings saw the two of them holding hands as they went upstairs and tried to call out to them, "They're having a get-together in the courtyard downstairs."

"Shut up!" Li Liqun kicked the man. "If someone wants to go upstairs, they can go upstairs. What's it to you?"

The younger man said with a puzzled look, "I was just trying to be helpful."

"He's Brother Wang's father. Who are you?"

Li Liqun rolled her eyes at the man: "You should be kind enough to remind yourself how much you've drunk. Be careful not to drink yourself through your stomach."

"Yeah, what's it to me?" The man, holding a bottle of liquor, said to Pei Liliqun, "You drink with me."

Li Liqun found this person incredibly annoying and shoved him away, saying, "Go to hell with drinking! You might as well drink yourself to death!"

Third floor, small balcony.

The scenery here is indeed beautiful.

This spot is right at the back of the courtyard, so you can't hear the noise from inside.

Moreover, there is a mountain directly in front of you, and you can also see some distant scenery behind the mountain, which is quite pleasant.

However, the width of this small balcony is quite strange; it's wide enough for one person to stand on, but a bit cramped for two.

Zhang Shuai'an and Pan Yingzi were both standing sideways on the balcony at first.

When the two turned around together, they were almost touching, their hearts and hips were practically touching.

Zhang Shuai'an clearly sensed that Pan Yingzi's blue dress was likely completely naked underneath.

"The scenery here is really beautiful." Pan Yingzi's face remained expressionless, as if she hadn't noticed anything amiss.

Zhang Shuai'an replied, "It's nice, but it's a bit cold."

Pan Yingzi smiled, turned to face Zhang Shuai'an, and said, "With your older sister here, holding you and embracing you, are you still cold?"

Zhang Shuai'an controlled his impulse and asked with a smile, "Sister Pan, you called me here because you must have something to say to me, right?"

"No," Pan Yingzi said bluntly, "I just think you're handsome and want to spend some time with you, is that wrong?"

Seriously? In broad daylight, how dare they do that?

Zhang Shuai'an looked like he'd just realized something: "So, after all this time, you wanted to take advantage of me?"

Pan Yingzi was amused by Zhang Shuai'an's words: "In these kinds of things, it's always us girls who suffer, and you who benefit."

"That's different," Zhang Shuai'an analyzed seriously. "I'm younger than you and so handsome, too many women have designs on me."

Pan Yingzi nodded: "It's indeed rare to see a man who looks like you."

Both his face and figure are like a gift from God; what woman wouldn't love him?

But I, Pan Yingzi, am no less attractive. Marrying you would definitely be the better deal for me. But if it's just about sleeping together, then you'd still be the one getting the better deal.

Zhang Shuai'an said calmly, "I am indeed lustful, but not all lustful things are good, and I don't just impulsively rush in without thinking."

Pan Yingzi remained silent for more than half a minute, gazing into the distance, before suddenly uttering a seemingly unrelated statement: "I'm divorced."

"What does this have to do with me?" Zhang Shuai'an was full of questions.

If he remembers correctly, Pan Yingzi's ex-husband was Chen Honglie, a veteran actor who debuted in the early 1960s.

The roles that left the deepest impression on him in later generations were Zuo Lengchan in the Lu Songxian version of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" and Bai Mei in the Zhang Weijian version of "Young Hero Fang Shiyu".

(Zuo Lengchan in the 1996 TV series *The Smiling, Proud Wanderer*, played by Chen Honglie.)

The two met at Shaw Brothers' Southern Experimental Theatre Troupe, where they were both students in the second cohort.

However, Pan Yingzi was only a teenager at the time, while Chen Honglie was 20 years old.

In the following period, Chen Honglie pursued both Pan Yingzi and Zheng Peipei. However, Zheng Peipei discovered that Chen Honglie was two-timing her, so she took revenge on the occasion of filming and stabbed Chen Honglie in the mouth with a sword.

Chen Honglie felt deeply humiliated and severed ties with Zheng Peipei from then on, turning his attention to pursuing Pan Yingzi, who was still relatively unknown at the time.

At that time, Pan Yingzi had little romantic experience, so it was no wonder she succumbed to such a fierce advance.

The two quickly became a couple, and in 1971, she married Chen Honglie. The wedding was a sensation, with Chen Honglie using a convoy of Rolls-Royces.

Unfortunately, not long after their marriage, Pan Yingzi discovered that Chen Honglie was a seasoned womanizer, and that he was constantly surrounded by other women.

At first, they could tolerate it, but as Pan Yingzi's career took off, their relationship became increasingly tense.

The two officially separated in 1979, and finally officially divorced this year.

Pan Yingzi had known Chen Honglie since she was a teenager, and they dated and married. Naturally, she cherished this relationship, but unfortunately, she did not receive the response she wanted.

As a result, Pan Yingzi began to have serious doubts about her own appearance and charm.

Am I not prettier than those women?

Or am I just not as charming as those women?

Pan Yingzi couldn't understand why her husband would rather find those ugly women than settle down and live a good life with her.

However, Zhang Shuai'an suspected that the end of their marriage might also be related to their inability to have children.

Although on the surface, Pan Yingzi has always told the media that the two of them are incompatible and that her career is on the rise, she and Chen Honglie have agreed not to have children for the time being.

However, in fact, Chen Honglie really wanted to have children.

Not long after divorcing Pan Yingzi, Chen Honglie married a woman nineteen years his junior. The following year, they had their eldest daughter, followed by a son.

Meanwhile, after divorcing Chen Honglie, Pan Yingzi never remarried and therefore could not have children.

Therefore, there are rumors circulating that Pan Yingzi was unable to have children, which led to the breakdown of their relationship.

The truth remains unknown to the two of them.

Zhang Shuai'an naturally didn't want to get involved in other people's family affairs.

"It's related." Pan Ying said with utmost seriousness when she heard Zhang Shuai'an's words, "A while ago, I ran into my ex-husband again while filming 'Moonlit Night Slash,' and he called me a sow who couldn't give birth to a son."

Pan Yingzi stared intently at Zhang Shuai'an: "I want to prove to him that I can give birth!"

"This doesn't seem to have anything to do with me, does it?" Zhang Shuai'an was stunned.

"I am good friends with Deborah and I am also good friends with Zhao Yazhi."

Pan Yingzi stared intently at Zhang Shuai'an, as if looking at some treasure: "They told me everything. You must have..."

What's so special about it that makes it so easy for women to get pregnant?

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