Zhong Chen stayed in the Internet cafe for two days, but his father Zhong Lei never called him.
He knew that it was because his father was busy with remarriage recently.
Zhong Chen’s mother, Hong Nan, died of illness six months ago. Normally, it is normal for a man in his prime to find a woman to live with.
But what Zhong Lei was looking for was none other than his childhood sweetheart and first love, Liu Jia.
This made Zhong Chen angry all of a sudden. His mind was filled with all the bloody stories about his father's affair with another woman behind their backs.
Don’t blame Zhong Chen for thinking too much. His father and that woman have been separated for almost twenty years. Now that Hong Nan has just left, the woman is about to marry in.
Zhong Chen wouldn’t believe it even if he said that the two of them had not been in contact in the past few years. That year, Hong Nan followed her father to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival party in her factory.
There were more than a hundred workers on site, all wearing dusty work clothes. Only Zhong Lei, wearing a straight white shirt, stood out from the crowd from a distance.
Hong Daqiang took a fancy to him at a glance from the crowd, so the poor boy was able to save twenty years of struggle.
I heard that Zhong Lei had his first girlfriend at the time. But he couldn't resist Hong Nan's strong pursuit. All men are a bit vain, not to mention Hong Nan is a beautiful woman.
So, three months later. Hong Nan got her wish and married Zhong Lei. Or it would be more appropriate to use the word "marry". Zhong Lei was sincere enough to step in and his son-in-law was so sincere that he named his son Zhong Chen. A surrendered minister showed his heart to Hong Qianjin.
To use the current word, it is called licking the dog. It was different at that time. It was said that Zhong Lei was affectionate and single-minded, and even among thousands of flowers, no thorns touched him.
If you set up a good man's character, the arch will not fall.
Later, Zhong Lei's career gradually expanded, and he was so busy all day long that he never saw the beginning or end of the business. Even when his wife Hong Nan was ill and hospitalized, she rarely found time to take care of her. After half a year of lingering in bed, Hong Nan died in depression.
Up to this point, Zhong Chen has always been quite prejudiced against his father. You Qi has entered the rebellious stage and has only been fighting against Zhong Lei.
Now I want to marry a wife, and my son can’t stop me. Seeing that the woman was about to break into the house, Zhong Chen ran away from home in anger. Because he was under eighteen years old, Zhong Chen could only spend the night in a dark Internet cafe.
When Zhong Chen’s close friend Luo Xiaojun heard about this, he immediately called him and scolded him: "You are stupid! This is your home, you just left like this, why don't you stay?" Are they two lovers in a world of love? ”
Zhong Chen slapped the keyboard, yes, that’s my house, my mother’s name is on the house book, why should that woman come here whenever she wants? .
Zhong Chen sneered: Hum, I want to see what kind of vixen can charm my dad for more than 20 years. As soon as Zhong Chen entered the door, he smelled the aroma of food. The meat was stewed in the pressure cooker and was steaming white.
It is dusk at this time, when every household has its most abundant fireworks. Zhong Chen was stunned. He hadn't felt this kind of atmosphere for a long time since Hong Nan fell ill.
"You're back? Wash your hands and get ready to eat." A woman wearing an apron came out of the kitchen.
Her slender square face, with yellow cheeks, is simple and has perseverance forged from years of hard work. Not ugly, but not good-looking at all.
Zhong Chen felt that the woman in front of him was incomparable to his own mother, Hong Nan.
Liu Jia took off her apron, sat down at the dinner table, and said, "Your dad will be back in a minute. If you're hungry, eat something first." Zhong Chen didn't expect Liu Jia to dare to talk to him so confidently. , the gunpowder jar that had been stored in my heart for a long time suddenly exploded.
He pointed at Liu Jia and said angrily: "This is my home, why do you order me? Besides, you and my dad are not married yet. Don't be happy too soon."
Liu Jia watched Zhong Chen's shouting with cold eyes and slapped the marriage certificate on the table without saying a word.
"I just got the certificate today, are you qualified now? Let me tell you, no matter how much you hate me, I am also your legal mother. Yelling at me, you are Unfilial!"
Zhong Chen was stunned when he saw the bright red book. He didn't expect Zhong Lei to move so quickly. I just announced that I was going to remarry two days ago, and I received the certificate today.
Who are you guarding against? I just can't wait to marry that woman back. Zhong Chen was so angry that he rushed back to the room like a gust of wind, and the door of the room was banged loudly by him.
Liu Jia maintained the posture with her head held high just now, but the next second, strings of tears rushed down.
Liu Jia buried her head in her arms, lay on the table and cried silently. Her potential in this life has been exhausted. When she was young, her husband was robbed by Hong Nan. When a man reaches middle age, he still has to help his love rival raise his son.
No matter how reluctant Zhong Chen was, Liu Jia still stayed at their house.
Zhong Chen can break away from the father-son relationship with his father, but he cannot break away from his father's financial pocket. But Zhong Chen also has his own persistence. For example, he would rather order takeout every day than eat the food cooked by Liu Jia. Occasionally, he would hold his nose and feel nauseated for a long time if he took a bite.
And every time Liu Jia passed by Zhong Chen, Zhong Chen would always say sarcastically: "You're right, where does our house have such a strong earthy smell?" Liu Jia didn't want to argue with a child, so she let him go.
As time passed, Zhong Chen gradually felt that Liu Jia's arrival did not seem to pose any threat to him. Although Zhong Lei was kind to Liu Jia, he never forced Zhong Chen and Liu Jia to maintain a superficial relationship.
Zhong Chen comforted himself by thinking that there was an extra nanny in the family, but the nanny had to get into his father's bed at night, which made Zhong Chen feel extremely uneasy. .
He was afraid that if Liu Jia got pregnant one day, his status in the family would be shaky. Zhong Chen has often seen the cliché of ‘mother is more valuable than son’ used by evil stepmothers in TV dramas.
After a year of being on tenterhooks, there was still no movement in Liu Jia’s stomach. Zhong Chen felt relieved and found a new goal in life - he wanted to completely leave this family and make money on his own.
In this way, even if Liu Jiazhen gives birth to a baby, he will not be too sad in the future.
When I am sixteen or seventeen years old, I want to study hard and apply for a prestigious school. Zhong Chen was sixteen or seventeen years old, and all he thought about was how to make money. Then he slapped his dad hard in the face. But Zhong Chen never expected that he would be beaten to the ground before he could show his face in front of Zhong Lei.
Zhong Chen has been used to being a noble young master since he was a child, so he is not willing to do hard work to make money.
So, we united with several classmates to lend some small 'usury' to students in other grades. Borrow 100 and pay back 150, borrow 200 and pay back 260. The more you borrow, the interest will be reduced accordingly.
Zhong Chen took out two thousand yuan of pocket money and tested the waters for more than a month. In the end, the principal collected actually doubled. This gave Zhong Chen a taste of the sweetness of huge profits, so he began to intensify his use of 'loan sharks' on campus.
This overturn was caused by a second-year junior high school student who "loaned" from Zhong Chen because his family was unwilling to give him so much pocket money, so he stole the money from home. Pay off debt.
When the student’s brother found out, he found someone to block Zhong Chen, trapped him in the alley, beat him up, and demanded that Zhong Chen must return double the money. .
Of course Zhong Chen couldn't take it out. All the money collected was distributed by Zhong Chen to his buddies who had invested in it. Several people were preparing to join forces to release another big wave, but unexpectedly they fell into this alley first.
Zhong Chen had no choice but to call his father Zhong Lei, omitting many details. He only said that he forgot to bring his wallet when he was having dinner with a guest and was detained in the store. He quickly transferred the money.
But the group of people refused to give up, emphasizing that cash was required, probably because they did not want to leave any evidence.
Zhong Chen had no choice but to lie to his father through gritted teeth and said that the store did not accept transfers.
Zhong Lei was busy on a business trip. After a moment of silence, he said to Zhong Chen: "I am not in the city now. You give me a position and I will ask your Aunt Liu. I'll send it to you." Zhong Chen had no choice but to agree.
Half an hour later, Zhong Chen, who had been beaten with a bruised nose and face, waited for Liu Jia at the intersection. She was probably in a hurry to go out, so she came here wearing her house slippers and didn't even have time to change out of her coat.
Seeing Zhong Chen’s miserable appearance, Liu Jia felt alarm bells ringing in her heart. She rushed forward, grabbed the leader by the collar and shouted, “Did you hit him? If you don't learn well at a young age, do you know that this is robbery?"
Zhong Chen covered half of his face in anger, extremely impatient. Liu Jia was already embarrassed to see him like this, but he didn't expect her to be so shameless.
Zhong Chen immediately became angry and scolded Liu Jia: "Are you sick? Let go quickly. Did I say I was robbed? I owe them Yes, hurry up and give the money to others..."
Zhong Chen said to the student's brother again: "This is our nanny. She has all the money. Here we go..." Before he finished speaking, Zhong Chen received a slap in the face, and a burning pain came from the left side of his face.
Liu Jia stared at Zhong Chen with red eyes and roared: "I'm your mother, you don't know how to be filial. Do you think you don't owe me anything if you don't take what I have? You wear My clothes, shoes and socks, everything on my body was not packed away by me..."
Zhong Chen looked at Liu Jia in shock. From childhood to adulthood, No one had hit him, and an unspeakable grievance spread from his heart.
Before Zhong Chen could challenge her, Liu Jia had already rushed forward like a leopard and started fighting with the tall boys.
"You are the one who beat my son, right? I am not done with you!"
What is the bravery of rural women? What the students couldn't imagine was that Liu Jia was one against three, and the attack was so fast and fierce that even the boys couldn't resist it. Liu Jia turned around and glared at Zhong Chen, and said angrily: "Coward! I don't dare to fight back even if I'm being bullied." , what’s your use?”
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Zhong Chen was stunned for a moment, his head was heated by the roar, and he also plunged into the crowd.
It wasn’t until some passers-by came out and tried to dissuade them that they finally stopped the fight by pushing and shoving.
After calming down, Liu Jia listened to several people explain the whole story. He took out a few RMB from his pocket and handed it to the student's brother. "Our child did something wrong, we admit it. But if you want to take advantage of the situation, I won't say a word."
The man took the money with fear and said to Liu Jia I was still frightened by the fierce attack just now. "It's good that everything has been clarified. We were also impulsive. Goodbye, aunt..." Several people disappeared in a hurry.
"Go home." Liu Jia greeted Zhong Chen, her voice hoarse and tired. Zhong Chen lingered on the spot for a while, but finally followed.
After the fight, the relationship between Zhong Chen and Liu Jia underwent some subtle changes, although the two still ignored each other.
But one afternoon, when Zhong Chen came home from school and saw Liu Jia who was busy in the kitchen, he suddenly asked: "Have you cooked enough rice today?"
Liu Jia’s hand washing vegetables shook, and she said in an unnatural voice: "Enough, enough for any day."
The two of them sat at a dining table and ate in silence. Although the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Zhong Chen enjoyed his meal very much because Liu Jia's cooking was really good.
Since then, both of them could clearly feel that the ice in each other's hearts was melting little by little. Zhong Chen finally no longer rejects Liu Jia and will learn to slowly accept her kindness.
As the relationship between the two became increasingly close, Zhong Chen would occasionally secretly wonder why Liu Jia, who clearly liked children very much, had never thought of having another child in the past few years since they were married. ?
Until that day, he overheard the conversation between his father and Liu Jia.
"I can buy you any kind of ring you want, but why do you need to touch the things in the wardrobe? That's..." Zhong Lei's voice was a little low, sounding deeply helpless.
"What is it? Because it belongs to Hong Nan, right? Because it belongs to her and I can't touch it, right? Even you, it all belongs to her... "
After talking about it, Liu Jia was already crying, and the suppressed crying of a woman came from the door. Zhong Chen stood outside the door blankly, feeling that he was approaching a huge secret.
A secret that he had never known.
"Stop crying, okay? I'm sorry, this is all my fault, I shouldn't have said these words to hurt you..." Zhong Lei began to coax Liu Jia.
Once a person's emotions get out of control, it is difficult to contain them, not to mention that Liu Jia is used to trying to hide them. "I just took it out and tried it on, but I didn't expect that I couldn't take it off. I know you are still thinking about Hong Nan and you can't forget her, but have you ever thought about my feelings?
These Nian, you feel bad, am I feeling better?"
Through Liu Jia's intermittent description, Zhong Chen finally learned the truth about Zhong Lei's remarriage.
It turned out that Hong Nan sent someone to find Liu Jia when he learned that his time was running out. She knew that Liu Jia's first marriage was not happy because she lost her fertility due to frequent miscarriages.
Hong Nan begged Liu Jia, wanting Liu Jia to return to Zhong Lei and take care of the father and son for her. "I know I'm sorry for you, but please give me a chance to make amends. After I leave, I will transfer all my property to your name.
Even if you don't want to come back to him, the money will be enough to support you for the rest of your life..."
Letting Zhong Lei marry Liu Jia was Hong Nan's only wish during his lifetime. For the rest of his life It's still so long, she wants to return Zhong Lei to Liu Jia. She knows that Liu Jia has never forgotten Zhong Lei.
She did this because of her love for Liu Jia. Since Liu Jia was infertile, she was destined to have nothing to do with the Zhong family, so the Zhong family only had Zhong Chen as their only son.
Instead of letting Zhong Lei find someone else, it is better to let Liu Jia restrain him. In this way, Zhong Lei can never forget Hong Nan.
This naturally arrogant person. A woman is unwilling to lose at the moment of death
However, Hong Nan underestimated Zhong Lei's love for herself.
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The heartbeat of his teenage years is the most unforgettable. Zhong Lei will never forget that time when Hong Nan chased after him and said desperately: "I know I am not virtuous or gentle enough, but as long as you agree to follow me Together, I can learn all these things, and I am willing to wash my hands and make soup for you every day..."
Liu Jia took over this aborted marriage, thinking she could change something. . But I didn’t expect that a person’s heart is the size of a palm, and if it is full, it can no longer hold other people.
Everyone knows that Zhong Lei is the lover of the Hong family. He had already lost his heart to the person he had raised with his wealth.
Liu Jia was so convinced that she had been stubborn for so many years and decided to accept her fate and stop forcing it. Things that didn't belong to him.
The next morning, Liu Jia packed up and prepared to leave quietly. Unexpectedly, when he opened the door, he saw Zhong Chen sitting on the sofa in the living room. p>
Zhong Chen stood up nervously, with red eyes and a nasal voice, and asked her: "Mom, where are you going? "
This sentence made the originally cruel Liu Jia burst into tears. Mother and son hugged each other tightly.
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"Mom is not going anywhere..." Liu Jia said with a choked voice.