Chapter 8 chapter eight

Fan Bonan is not a stupid person, on the contrary, he is very smart and has extremely high perception and sensitivity.Having lived with Peiqing for five years, he has never studied her personality and thoughts in depth, but he knows her living habits very well.He knew that she was a timid snail, who just shrank in her shell all day long, unable to see the sun or the storm.He is also used to her laziness and loneliness with a thin layer of tiredness.Therefore, when Peiqing's tentacles suddenly protruded from her shell, when her face suddenly glowed, when she woke up like a creature thawed out of the ice and snow, he was immediately sensitive to something Not right.

At first, he was just skeptical, not interested in further research and exploration.However, her eyes were shining like stars, she learned to protest and defend, she stayed outside and never came back. He knew what was going on, and he felt cheated and insulted.Yes, he didn't like Peiqing, but it was his property, if he didn't want it, others would pick it up, and he didn't care.It is different if someone actually wants to snatch it from him before he abandons it.His masculine self-esteem has been greatly hit. In his imagination, Peiqing should be crying and crouching at his feet, reluctant to leave him. Now she is voluntarily divorced and has another lover. Isn't this for him Self-esteem a loud slap in the face?How could he, Fan Bonan, the idol worshiped by women, endure this insult?What's more, the one who insulted him was Peiqing, whom he despised the most!

I want to find that man, he said to himself: I want to torture her slowly until she dies! Peiqing had a long, sleepless night soaked in tears. When the dawn stained the window white, when the sound of birds woke up the night, and when the sun shone through the window screen, she still opened a pair of swollen eyes, silently looking at the window lattice. .Bonan beside her was snoring heavily, turned over, and one of his arms was turned sideways, pressing on her chest.She didn't move, but instinctively shivered, and got goosebumps all over her body.He groped her face with his hands, calling Lily or Dede in a raving voice, she stared at the window screen numbly, the sun was getting higher and higher, the birds were singing more and more cheerfully, today is a fine sunny day again.Her face was suddenly turned away, touching Bernan's sober and dark eyes, which made her suspect that the snoring and raving just now were all faked by him.Grinning, he gave her a wicked smile, and said teasingly:

Good morning, did you sleep well last night? She didn't say a word, just looked at him quietly, with a passive silence on her face. You are not beautiful!He looked at her: A woman in the morning should have a fresh and charming attitude, you are like a dried straw!Unbuttoning her pajamas, he stripped her clothes off. You, what are you going to do?she asked impatiently. Appreciate my wife!He said mockingly, looking at her body. She didn't move, closed her eyes, and let her humiliation be exposed in front of him, this is the right given to him by the law!Two big teardrops rolled down the corners of the eyes, shining brightly on the hair.

He left her behind and stood up, cursing secretly in his heart, hell!He had seen a carcass a hundred times more beautiful than this one, and it was just a straw!However, those two teardrops made him angry, and he found that she still has something moving, not her body, but her she doesn't know what, like tears, frailty, and that silent and passive expression.He was angry at his sympathy, walked to the bathroom, brushed his teeth and rinsed his mouth loudly, and turned on the faucet. Peiqing got up slowly and fastened the belt of her pajamas.Today there will be no plans, no poems, no dreams.Today is a blank.She didn't know what kind of disaster was lying in front of her. Anyway, what followed her was only a series of sorrows.

Bonan changed his clothes, walked around the living room a few times, and ate breakfast. He smiled coldly at Peiqing, and said mockingly: Don't even think about running out, you'd better stay at home obediently, and There is Wu Ma, hum, be careful!He went to work, and Peiqing curled up on the sofa, not having breakfast yet. Wu Ma came in holding a tray, looked at Peiqing with tears in her eyes, and called out in a low voice: Miss! Take it down, Peiqing's head is on her lap, her long hair hangs down, covering half of her face: I don't want to eat anything! Miss!Old Wu put the tray on the coffee table, came over and sat down next to Peiqing, brushed her long hair, looked at that pale, lifeless face, yesterday she was laughing like an innocent child Woolen cloth!Eat as much as you want, don't you?If you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood!

The fire of life is about to be extinguished, and the green mountains of the world are useless!Peiqing murmured. Come on, miss, Wu Ma grabbed Peiqing's hand: there is your favorite Hunan spicy dried radish!Then, she yelled again: "Miss, your hands are as cold as ice, and you don't need any more clothes!" Peiqing wrapped her nightgown tighter, and sat up straight, feeling that her thoughts were scattered, and there were some ungraspable thoughts floating in her mind.Holding Wu Ma's arm, she said sadly: "Is the master gone?" Yes, go early. I want her to say vaguely: I have to do one thing.

yes miss?Wu Ma looked at her in confusion, gathered her loose hair, and straightened her clothes. What are you going to do? By the way, I need to make a call. She remembered that Mengxuan had given her the phone number of his office, and when she walked to the phone, she dialed the number, but she couldn't get through. After several times, she couldn't get through. Then she suddenly realized that there was an extension in Bonan's study , the receiver must have been taken off. When she walked to the door of the study, she pushed the door. As she expected, the door was already locked. This is what Bonan did before leaving!She stared blankly at the phone, then, she laughed instead, grabbed Mama Wu, and said with a smile:

How well guarded he was!Mama Wu!He even blocked the phone! Burying her head in old Mama Wu's rough clothes, she cried again, sobbing: Mama Wu!Mama Wu!what should I do? miss, miss!Old Wu Ma patted her on the back, she had no choice but to cry with her.Her delicate young lady, her young lady who used to stare at her eyes and smile all day long without knowing the sorrows of the world! Peiqing suddenly stood upright, went to the door, turned back, and said in a hurry: "He can block the phone, but he can't block me. I have feet, why don't I leave?" Old Wu Ma shivered. She had never studied and had no deep thoughts.But she has decades more life experience than Peiqing, and she is more mature and sophisticated.Stopping Peiqing, she hurriedly said: Miss, this is not acceptable, where are you going?

Peiqing was dumbfounded, where did she go?Looking for Mengxuan?So what if you find it?Wu Ma grabbed her sleeve and asked with concern: That gentleman, did he say he wanted to marry you? Did he say that?No!They have a good wife and a pair of good children!He has no right to say that!He won't say it either!Wu Ma stared at her and continued to ask: You can't leave like this, my good lady, sir will find you back, and he will say that you are some kind of traitor! It's adultery!Yes, she can't go!She couldn't find Bonan's palm, so if she took the liberty to do it, she would only drag Mengxuan into the trap and turn the world upside down.What right does she have to subvert another family?Yes, she can't go, and she can't go!Sitting back on the sofa, she covered her face with her hands.

Good lady, Wu Ma murmured, "It's better to eat something!" I don't want to eat it, and I don't want to eat it either! well!Wu Ma sighed, and murmured: What a crime! Peiqing curled up in the depths of the sofa, tears welling up in her eyes again, leaning her head on the armrest of the sofa, she said in a daze: Mama Wu, do you still remember the past?Remember the big garden of our house next to the West Lake?Those hibiscus, those vines, and those water chestnut flowers. Yes, water chestnut!Wu Ma couldn't help holding Peiqing's hand, and she was fascinated by it. Those flowers bloomed, a piece of purple, floating on the water.The young lady is wearing a small purple underwear, running by the lake, she also looks like a water chestnut flower! Peiqing let out a long sigh and said, "Mama Wu, why do people grow up?"If I'm still a little bit better! There was something on the sofa, and she took it out. It was the book "The Lost Age" written by Mengxuan, and she opened it casually. There was a sentence she underlined with a red pen on it: We have lost too many things in this life. Now, with our childhood, our joyous dreams, those pyramids, and our deepest sincerity and affection, what more is there to lose?Except ourselves. She looked and looked, over and over again, a certain emotion in her heart was aroused and crushed, Mengxuan's pensive eyes, Mengxuan's calm demeanor, and his wisdom and thoughts are like ocean waves Same, coming up, coming up, coming up and being taken away, taken away so far away, leaving only a white foam in her mind.Picking up a pen, she wrote a line of predecessors' words on the lintel of the page: Sullen and bored, seriously ill, who will ask if the small building is closed?It's been cold for a long time, and it's been warm for a long time. Poor, now I only know myself! It's hard to send sorrows all over the body, what's the limit when the lonely night is desolate?It's hard to stay, who will collect it?I ask you, are you so sad at the end of the world? After writing, after thinking about it again, she couldn't help but burst into tears. At noon, unexpectedly, Bonan came back.He didn't come back alone, he brought back a thin, sharp-eyed maid in her thirties.Bringing the maid to Peiqing, he had a sinister smile on his face: Peiqing, I found a personal maid for you, her husband's family name is Jin, let's call her Mrs. Jin!Mrs. Jin, this is my wife. Ma'am, Mrs. Jin bent over, but her eyes were unscrupulously looking at Peiqing's face and body. maid?Peiqing was stunned for a moment, then said in astonishment: I don't need any maids, Mama Wu is enough. nonsense!Bernan said decisively: Mama Wu is old, let her do the kitchen work!As for Mrs. Jin, she is in charge of serving you, eating and drinking, making up clothes, she is delicate, she must have done a good job.Yes or no?Mrs. Kim? Yes, sir.Aunt Jin said respectfully that her skin was fair and her beauty was not weak. There was a scar on her upper lip. Peiqing didn't like that scar, it made her look gloomy and unfathomable. Well, that's it, Bonan said: Mrs. Jin, you can go and bring the things here in the afternoon.Peiqing, ask Mama Wu to move out and give up the room to Aunt Jin. Where does Mama Wu live? Mama Wu?Bonan snorted: Let her build a cot in the kitchen! Bernan!Peiqing yelled and swallowed again. She knew that this was Bonan's first step. This Mrs. Jin was not her maid, but her watcher. After that, what tricks would he play? Come?Poor old Wu Ma!She sat back on the sofa, bowed her head in silence.Bernan, what a hard-hearted person he is, he knows exactly what to do to hurt her! In the afternoon, Mrs. Jin moved into Mama Wu's room, and Mama Wu was driven into the kitchen.Immediately, Mrs. Jin started some reform work. She first turned over Peiqing's wardrobe. All the clothes were graded according to the degree of ornateness, and a group of clothes that were considered too old were piled up together. Mrs. Jin said very logically: It's embarrassing for someone as rich as his wife to wear this kind of clothes! stay!Peiqing said coldly that they were almost all her favorite clothes, purple shirts, trousers, purple jackets, dresses, purple trench coats, and cheongsams! reward you!Bernan said to Mrs. Jin. Bernan!Peiqing shouted. You are not short of money, you can make new ones!Bernan interrupted her. This is brutal!Peiqing said. Ha ha!Bonan sneered: Don't act like a petty person, and let the servants look down on you! She won't think highly of me.Peiqing said in a low voice, turning her head to one side.Tears rushed up to the eyes again, not for those purple clothes, but for the lost self-esteem. We went to the banquet in the evening, and Bonan said in a nonchalant manner: Cheng Buyun's family has a regular dinner party every Saturday night, and we will go there every time in the future. No!Peiqing was startled instinctively, she understood Bonan's intentions, he wanted to find that man at the dinner party, he had already sensitively speculated that her only chance to contact the outside world was at the banquet, and that man must be her acquaintance at the banquet Yes, he is not stupid, he is very smart! I won't go, he didn't invite us! You don't need to be invited to the Cheng family's banquet, and the people who go are all people you know! I dont go!she said weakly. You must go!Bernan ordered.Mrs. Jin, prepare the dress for the banquet for the wife! Yes, sir.Aunt Jin's shrill voice sounded immediately, and she stood behind Peiqing like a shadow. Peiqing had gone, and she had to go.In the big living room of the Cheng family, she felt like she was sitting on pins and needles, always worried about Mengxuan's appearance, but she also had a subconscious expectation.It was a buffet, and there were quite a few guests, at least twenty or more.Bonan hovered among the guests, as if he knew everyone well and was intimate with everyone.Peiqing was holding her plate, huddled in an unnoticed corner of the living room, she didn't want others to discover her, and she didn't want to talk to anyone, she just wanted to hide herself, deeply and deeply . Cheng Buyun came over and sat down beside her. He didn't ignore her. In fact, he had been paying attention to her for quite a while.Those melancholy eyes, that lonely emotion, that shrinking and helplessness, none of them escaped his eyes.How heavy the little woman is!He sat beside her and said gently: You eat very little, Mrs. Fan. No, Peiqing replied hastily: There are already many. Don't lie to me, Cheng Buyun smiled.You eat almost nothing. I can't eat it.Peiqing said in a low voice, telling herself. Not to your liking? No, no, Peiqing blushed: I have always eaten very little. Don't be too polite, huh?Cheng Buyun looked at her kindly, he liked this delicate and timid little woman.Many young people regard my place as their own home. If you come here often, you will definitely find that our old couple is not polite to others. I know.Peiqing raised her eyelashes, and looked at him with a pair of frank eyes, with an almost innocent expression.I'm just not used to coming to crowded places. You should get used to it, Cheng Buyun smiled: You are still so young!Young people should be lively, lively, and laughing!Let me tell you, Mrs. Fan, he said enthusiastically: At an age where you can laugh, you should laugh a lot. Peiqing smiled, not a laugh, but a wry smile. I'm afraid I have lost the qualifications to laugh.She whispered, speaking to herself. You are wrong, Mrs. Fan, Cheng Buyun shook his white-haired head: No one will lose this qualification, or your life is too serious What else would he want to say, seeing a person at the door, he stood up happily :ha!He finally came, this kid, he hasn't shown up for a long time. Peiqing looked over, and her heart immediately turned into clouds, smoke, and breeze, and flew away from the window.Her hands were cold, her chest was hot, her mind was dizzy, and the shadow in front of her eyes was all condensed into mist.For a long time, she didn't know where she was or what she was doing, there was no world, no universe, no self.When she finally regained her consciousness, she didn't know how long time slipped away, and that he was approaching her side. I didn't know you would come.He said in a very low voice, sitting beside her, his hand that lit the lighter trembled to reveal the secret. You'd better go away, she whispered too, not daring to look up, he's already suspected, he's spying on me. Isn't he going to divorce? Now he doesn't want it, so go away!Peiqing begged. No, I want to see you, his voice is flat, but with burning pain.Your home phone cannot be connected, and these two days, thousands of centuries have passed. He's on guard, you know?Don't call me again, and don't look for me again, okay? You mean that's the end of it? Yes. Do you think you can?He took a drag on his cigarette, and the corner of his mouth twitched: Your husband is here. Really, Bonan stopped in front of them, looking at Peiqing with sharp eyes. What are you talking about?He smiled and asked: You guys had a good time talking, didn't you? nothing.Peiqing's throat was dry.can we go backBernan, I'm not feeling well. Are you sick again?Bonan turned to Mengxuan: My wife is a little Lin Daiyu, even if the wind blows, she will feel uncomfortable. Mengxuan tried to force a smile, but he failed, he couldn't even say a word, he just felt like his stomach was full of worms, and he couldn't express how sad he was. Bernan still had a smile on his face, but his mind was spinning rapidly, is it this person?Xia Mengxuan?A small businessman covered in money?No!Seems unlikely!However, this is the second person Peiqing has talked to all night, and it can't be Cheng Buyun with gray hair!Bonan sat down next to Peiqing's other side, touched her forehead with his hand, and said pretending to be caring: What's wrong?You don't have a fever? Peiqing shrank back, his hand fell from her head, covered the back of her hand, and immediately said in surprise: Really, you are sick, why is your hand as cold as ice?Looking at Mengxuan, he said: My wife is not in good health!Turning to Peiqing again: You must be wearing less, where is your shawl?Picking up the shawl, he put it on her graciously, with an air of caring. Mengxuan stood up suddenly, his face was very pale, and was about to walk away, Cheng Buyun walked over with a guest, with a happy smile on his face, and said to the guest: Let me introduce you to someone, Xia Mengxuan.Don't underestimate Mengxuan, he has written a book, The Lost Era, have you read it? Lost age!Like an electric shock, Bonan immediately shot his eyes sharply at Peiqing. As soon as Peiqing heard Cheng Buyun mention the book, she knew that everything was over. Bonan's eyes were cruel and cold, and there was a rumble in her head, Limbs are weak and powerless, eyes are blurred, and cold sweat is breaking out from the back.Bernan stood up, and his voice was as piercing as a hacksaw sawing a stone: oh!Mr. Xia!It turns out that you are the author of "The Lost Age", which is news to me!I should really admire you! Peiqing groaned weakly, and slipped down the sofa involuntarily. Bernan and Mengxuan both instinctively supported her. Her face was as white as paper, her lips were gray, and cold sweat gathered on her face. On the forehead.The two men glanced at each other, and their faces were also very ugly.Then, Bonan took Peiqing by his arm, and Cheng Buyun delivered a glass of brandy in time, and said with concern: Try it, Bernan, wine is always good for fainting. After drinking a little wine, Peiqing seemed to have recovered a little bit. Bonan helped her put on the shawl, hugged her waist thoughtfully, and said to the Cheng couple: I must leave. My wife has always been in poor health. Send her back to rest. Yes, yes, Mrs. Cheng said: It may be anemia, you should ask a doctor to show her. Bonan helped Peiqing out with a half hug and half hug, frowning slightly, as if infinitely anxious.Mrs. Cheng watched their car drive away, sighed, and said to Cheng Buyun: This young couple is really rare, and their relationship is not bad. Yeah?Cheng Buyun said thoughtfully: I think it's the opposite! Turning back to the living room, he looked at Xia Mengxuan with research eyes, and there was a chain in his heart, which was being tied up link by link.What factors made Mengxuan so agitated?How the veins throbbed in his temples! After the guests leave, you stay, Mengxuan, I have something to talk to you.He said. Mengxuan glanced at the old diplomat and nodded silently.