[The Invisible Scarecrow] 14: You are in vain as a son of man
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Was it the night when we occupied the presidential suite five years ago?
There is no woman I want, and you overestimate yourself too much!
There is only one kind of woman that I have not played with so far, and that is a married woman!
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'Squeak--' A white car suddenly stopped and almost hit people on the road. People walking on the sidewalk screamed and ran away from the car. The traffic policeman directing the traffic was
He immediately walked over with long strides, made a 'stop' motion to the person in the driver's seat, and called his colleagues to come over and stop the car.
The white Zhonghua car stopped, but it had already passed two-thirds of the crosswalk. There was a red light in front of it. All other vehicles stopped steadily, but this car broke in when so many people were crossing the road.
It was also my luck that I didn't hit anyone, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Miss, please move your car to the right side of the road for inspection!" the traffic policeman reminded the people in the car after directing the pedestrians to cross the road safely, and looked at the driving woman in the car with vigilant eyes, trying to make a preliminary visual inspection
I guessed whether the other party was driving drunk, and sure enough, I saw that the other party's face was pale, and even the hand holding the steering wheel was shaking. The attentive traffic police found that her right hand was shaking especially badly. Unlike her left hand, her right hand was red and swollen, especially the back of her hand.
sharp.
The driver is Lin Xuejing!
At this time, I was stopped by the traffic police. I was also startled by the exclamations of people outside the car window before. I stepped on the brakes, put it in neutral, and pulled the handbrake. However, I was still too nervous to release the brake pedal under my feet. My whole body was covered with pain.
Breaking out in a cold sweat, everyone was shocked and stunned by what they had just done.
She almost hit someone!
The Zhonghua car was moved to the right side of the road. The traffic police checked Lin Xuejing's driver's license and asked her to do an alcohol test. The test results were all normal. Then the traffic police focused on her injured hand.
"Miss, your hand is injured. I suggest you not to drive yourself. Can you contact your friends to come over?"
"My hand is fine!" Lin Xuejing hurriedly stretched out her right hand and moved her fingers to show that she could drive back. Although her fingers could move, the speed of movement was slower than usual, and the whole hand looked clumsy due to the severe redness and swelling.
, the traffic policeman sighed and explained that the most important thing when driving is the right hand. Not only is it necessary to change gears, but the right hand is also the most important when driving. Her swollen hands are always a hidden danger when driving. The traffic policeman finally decided to ask her to contact a police officer.
It is safe to let friends come over.
The car was stopped by the traffic police, and Lin Xuejing couldn't leave. It was hot at noon, and even though the trees on both sides of the road were hazy, waves of geothermal heat still hit her face. Lin Xuejing's head felt swollen, not only because her hands were numb from pain.
, and even more so because standing on the side of the road, looking at the passing vehicles and people, among so many people, she met the one she should least meet, with sharp sarcasm and sarcastic tone, which could make her
The first love that had been accumulated deep in her heart was torn apart into the most ironic episode in real life. The past that she could not forget to this day did not expect him to speak of it so badly. Five years ago, she
She dug her own grave, thinking that she would finally be able to see the light of day again with the passage of time. Today, five years later, she humiliated herself and was completely wounded by what she thought was the purest unrequited love. She was stupid.
Lin Xuejing, you are stupid--
When Zhen Nuanyang appeared, he saw Lin Xuejing standing on the side of the road from a distance. The Lincoln stopped on the side of the road. Zhen Nuanyang got out of the car and walked quickly over to pull Lin Xuejing, who had a strange look on her face. Her expression was not very good.
Well, people are like eggplants beaten by frost, looking lost. Seeing Zhen Nuanyang's appearance, Lin Xuejing raised her face and smiled lightly, but Zhen Nuanyang frowned and cursed, "Don't laugh, laughing is worse than crying."
It's ugly!" Zhen Nuanyang said and went over to negotiate with the traffic police over there. As for the owner of the Lincoln SUV parked next to him, he slid open the window. Lin Xuejing glanced over there and saw the person sitting in the car.
Of the two people, one is Langrun who is driving in the driver's seat, and the other -
It's a woman!
Zhen Nuanyang negotiated well with the traffic police. The traffic police checked Zhen Nuanyang's driver's license and nodded to let him go. He also told Zhen Nuanyang that Lin Xuejing's car ran a red light and reminded him that he needed to deduct points and pay a fine.
Finally getting into the car, Zhen Nuanyang got into the driver's seat. When Lin Xuejing got in the car, she glanced behind her and said, "Why don't you tell him?" She seemed to have seen the man sitting in the car looking unhappy just now.
Well, because of Shu Ran's relationship, Lin Xuejing and Lang Run have met many times. Their initial understanding of this man is that he doesn't like to talk, but his words are incisive and his facial expressions are mostly facial paralysis type.
, seems to have no interest in anyone or anything, but those eyes are very sharp when looking at people, so transparent that it is shocking!
"What did you say?" Zhen Nuanyang started the car and drove into the traffic. When Lin Xuejing was confused, she added lightly, "There are people in that car who don't want to see me and wish me to get out of here!"
Lin Xuejing was stunned. She remembered that at the family banquet of the Lang family four years ago, Zhen Nuanyang was selected as the fiancée of the Lang family's successor. She learned this news from Shu Ran. She was shocked for a long time when she was abroad.
They have not come back to their senses, and have not heard any rumors about the relationship between the two of them. As they watch, a man who has not been able to hit a pole in eight lifetimes suddenly announces the news, and they are shocked to death.
A large number of people, when she asked Zhen Nuanyang, Zhen Nuanyang didn't even bother to explain, fiancée? Nonsense!
Lin Xuejing naturally associated the person who wanted Zhen Nuanyang to get out with the woman sitting next to Lang Run just now. The woman seemed familiar. She should have seen it in some magazine or newspaper, Lin Xuejing thought.
It took me a long time to realize, oh, that she was not the eldest lady of the Lang family, Lang Run’s sister!
Thirty-five-year-old Lang Siyi who is still unmarried?
Seeing her friend's unhappy look, Lin Xuejing didn't hesitate to ask any more questions. Zhen Nuanyang first sent Lin Xuejing to the hospital, bandaged her hand, and asked her what happened and how she injured her right hand like this? Lin Xuejing said she accidentally did it.
Injured, Zhen Nuanyang was doubtful.
The two came out of the hospital. Lin Xuejing found that the Lincoln SUV was parked next to her white China car. Lin Xuejing saw that the car door had been opened. The woman who got out of the car was wearing a long dark blue dress and long hair. She looked like
It has a somewhat ethereal flavor.
"If you have something to do, please leave first. I have to go to the company!" Lin Xuejing didn't expect that her phone call would delay Zhen Nuanyang's business. If it hadn't been for business, Lang Run wouldn't have followed him here.
Lin Xuejing thought about it and felt a little sorry. Originally, she wanted to contact Shu Ran, but it was a bit far away from Shu Ran's place of work, and Runlang's biopharmaceutical company was nearby. It was break time at noon, so she
I contacted Zhen Nuanyang, but I didn't want to waste her time.
How could Zhen Nuanyang not know what her friend was thinking? She frowned slightly, walked to the white car and opened the door. She happened to be face to face with Lang Siyi. A gentle smile appeared on Lang Siyi's face, and she smiled slightly at Lin Xuejing.
After saying hello, she turned away to look at Zhen Nuanyang and said softly, "Nuanyang, it's rare for aunt to come back once. Grandpa also said that you must be there for lunch today!" After saying that, Lang Siyi walked towards the car.
After taking a look, he said, "Run, do you think so?"
The man in the car just turned around and glanced at the people outside, then turned away calmly, as if what the people outside said had nothing to do with him.
As an outsider, Lin Xuejing was aware of the subtle relationship between the three people. It felt strange. She opened the car door and was about to tell Zhen Nuanyang to leave quickly, but she heard Zhen Nuanyang say,
"Lang Siyi, you and I have disliked each other for a day or two. Don't pretend to be meek in front of me, and don't force me to break up with you!"
What to eat? To her, any meal at the Lang family is a Hongmen Banquet. This woman will either make her look bad or embarrass her. Only a ghost can believe you!
"Nuan Yang, I know you have prejudices against me, but aunt and grandpa-"
"Stop pulling someone over to support you. I can't eat without you!" Zhen Nuanyang slammed the door as soon as she got in the car, but what surprised her and Lin Xuejing was that as Zhen Nuanyang closed the door
The sound sounded, and the rear door was opened and closed within a few seconds of delay. Lang Siyi, who was standing outside the car, panicked and reached out to pat the door, "Run, what are you doing?"
The second young man of the Lang family got out of his Lincoln SUV at some unknown time and got directly into Lin Xuejing's car while the two women were confronting each other. The car door was knocked loudly by Lang Siyi outside the car, and the second young man of the Lang family slid down the window.
He said a simple word without any expression on his face.
"I'm hungry and want to eat!"
Lin Xuejing was dumbfounded by these extremely honest words. In Shu Ran's words, among the men, the one with the most bizarre and unpredictable behavior was none other than Run Lao Er. However, you couldn't find a single flaw because he said
Every word he said was extremely sincere and told the truth.
Because the second young master Run wanted to eat, the three of them went to a Western-style restaurant. Lin Xuejing looked at the second young master of the Lang family who was sitting opposite and dining elegantly. He didn't say a word while eating. Just like what he said now, he was hungry.
, he wanted to eat, and he was really hungry. He had only one purpose in getting in the car, and that was to eat earlier!
The atmosphere during the entire meal was extremely quiet. Zhen Nuanyang was also a person who didn't talk much while eating. Lin Xuejing picked up the pasta on the plate and thought, are these two really not going back to Lang's house? Didn't Lang Siyi just say, Lang
Run's aunt and grandfather are waiting for them to go back for dinner?
Lin Xuejing felt that this meal was the weirdest lunch she had ever had. It was nothing like eating with Shu Ran's family. The atmosphere at Shu Ran's house was harmonious, and Shang Qingwen also had a smile on his face all the time.
He is a very friendly man with a smile. When we eat together, as a man, he will take care of everyone present. The whole meal process is extremely relaxing and pleasant, but eating with these two -
Silk----
It feels so weird!
Until Young Master Run put down the knife and fork in his hand, picked up the napkin on his knee and wiped his mouth. When he put down the napkin, he raised his eyes and looked at Zhen Nuanyang sitting opposite, spread his palm and said, "Key!"
Zhen Nuanyang was startled, what key? Lin Xuejing also stopped what she was doing.
Lang Run frowned, "Car keys! In your bag!"
Zhen Nuanyang then went to dig through her bag, and sure enough she pulled out a car key. When she threw it to him, she asked, "Where is your spare car key?"
Langrun put away the car keys and replied simply, "Put them in the office!"
Leave it in the office? The Lincoln car had turned off before he got out of the car. "Did you throw Lang Siyi directly outside the car?"
Zhen Nuanyang frowned, and Lin Xuejing was also stunned, no way? Why did the delicate eldest lady return to Lang's house?
Responding to the slightly stunned expressions of the two of them was the calm expression of Young Master Run, who said lightly, "I forgot!"
Well, just to throw the eldest lady of the Lang family into the middle of nowhere for a meal, he is invincible!
Lin Xuejing couldn't help but say that although the relationship between the two was strange, there was an invisible sense of tacit understanding. This was a tacit understanding that could be formed in a day or two.
Lin Xuejing thought that Young Master Run would take her car to pick up the car, but Young Master Run was only thinking about work and went back to the office directly, and asked Zhen Nuanyang to work overtime tonight. Before leaving, Lin Xuejing cursed her friend in a funny expression.
Unexpectedly, on the way back, I happened to pass by the hospital and saw the eldest lady of the Lang family waiting next to the Lincoln car. With such a strong sun, she could only cover her forehead with her hands and hold her mobile phone in one hand.
Keep dialing the phone, and couldn't help but think of the phone in Zhen Nuanyang's bag that kept ringing when they were eating just now. The ringtone of the phone was not Zhen Nuanyang's usual music. The two of them eating quietly were completely different from that.
The ringtone on my cell phone was used as the soundtrack, but there was no response at all!
Lin Xuejing sighed in her heart, those two people are really powerful!
Lin Xuejing drove back to the Jingyi office building by herself. She bandaged her hands with medicine to relieve the pain. When she entered the elevator, she first called her father in the hospital and asked him how he was feeling. Because of his daughter's sudden return, Lin Xuejing added
Suddenly she had a grandson, and her mood became much better. Lin Xuejing heard his voice on the phone, although it was very low, but she could tell that he was in a good mood, so she felt relieved. On the phone, Lin's father said that Fanchen was taking good care of him.
, everything is fine here, and he said a lot of good things about Fan Chen, which made Fan Chen over there couldn't help but laugh and said, "Dad, don't say that. Later, Xue Jing thought you did it on purpose."
The harmonious atmosphere there also infected Lin Xuejing, and her terrible mood became better. Lin Xuejing hung up the phone only after she got out of the elevator. The first thing she did when she returned to the office was to ask the people from the finance department.
Calculate the specific amount of compensation required for terminating the contract with Duoyuan as soon as possible. When Xia Hui got the news and knocked on the door, he looked anxious, "Sister Lin, do we really want to terminate the contract with Duoyuan? Do you know the amount of compensation? Relatively speaking.
Yu Lean’s four-year advertising fee!” Not only can’t it be reduced, but it will be compensated, which is not cost-effective. Instead of doing this, it is better to pay Duoxing at the previous price.
If this is the case, the liquidated damages will be a large amount. Plus the additional funds needed to find advertising companies, this may be several times the budget. Who will bear this huge compensation?
Looking at the detailed list of amounts from the Finance Department, Lin Xuejing's eyes were fixed on the final calculated amount for a long time. Xia Hui was right, this amount of money was too much!
Jingyi signed a three-year cooperation contract with Duoxiao. The price changes every year, but the contract clearly states that the liquidated damages arising from a unilateral breach of contract will be four times the annual and average annual advertising fees of the breaching party.
To compensate, Jingyi has three branches in city D. The headquarters attaches great importance to advertising. The annual advertising cost is not low. We have cooperated with Duoxing for two years, and there is still one year before the contract expires. Calculated according to the number of years and multiples.
One hundred thousand per year, four times that is four hundred thousand!
It is impossible for the headquarters to approve this 400,000 yuan, so who will pay for such a large amount of money?
The more Lin Xuejing watched, the more chilled she became. She also laughed in her heart that she really didn't consider the consequences of what she said. It was so easy to say it, but the real problem was so acute. Can she take it out? No, she doesn't have that much.
money!
So is there any way to avoid contact with him again?
Lin Xuejing smiled bitterly and lowered her head, yes, unless she doesn't want this job!
There was a gentle knock on the office door, and Lin Xuejing was stunned when Fanchen came in. Wasn't he still in the hospital just now? Why did he come here?
When Xia Hui saw Fan Chen coming, she left the office first. Lin Xuejing asked her to take all the reports out to prevent Fan Chen from seeing them.
"What's wrong with you? You don't look well, haven't you taken any medicine?" Fanchen Shiran came in, looked at Lin Xuejing's pale face and couldn't help but ask. After saying this, he sensitively discovered that her right hand was
After wrapping the medical bandage a few times, I couldn't help but frown, "Why did you hurt your hand again?"
"I accidentally got pinched when I was closing the car door!" Lin Xuejing had already thought of the reason. Of course, she was originally pinched by the car.
Fanchen looked at her hands and said, "Is everything okay?"
Lin Xuejing nodded, indicating that it was okay. Fan Chen walked to the clothes rack and reached out to take Lin Xuejing's bag, "Director Lin, I'm here to take you home for dinner, let's go!"
Eat? Lin Xuejing was a little confused. She had just had lunch, but Fan Chen was still smiling, "You forgot, you are going to my house for dinner tonight. My parents are already busy at home. Mom has to take care of dad in the hospital.
I said I won’t go there for the time being and will wait until dad recovers before going there. My dad met Chengjia, so I sent Chengjia there in advance!"
"Hey, Fanchen, there is something I think we must explain clearly!" Lin Xuejing learned that Chengjia was sent to Fan's house by him. She couldn't help but stood up from the chair and said anxiously, "Fanchen, you know,
We-" How can we pretend to be real?
She thought she really needed to take some quiet time recently. Things in the company were also very difficult. Her father was hospitalized again, and now she was disturbed by this incident. She only thought of going through the divorce procedures with him last night. Today
She was about to go to his house. Everything happened too suddenly and too fast. She was not mentally prepared for it.
Fanchen held her bag in one hand and looked at her expression eager to explain. The brilliance in his eyes dimmed slightly, but the look only disappeared in a blink of an eye. With a blink of an eye, the smile in his eyes appeared again.
"Xue Jing, I just need to have a meal, don't be so nervous!"
This is not a question of whether to be nervous or not.
Lin Xuejing wanted to explain, but Fan Chen had already continued talking, with a helpless expression on his face, saying that Cheng Jia was already at Fan's house, and if he came out again at this time, then -
The corner of Lin Xuejing's lip was bitten by her own teeth. She wanted to tell her in advance about picking up the child from Fan Chen's house, but facing Fan Chen, she couldn't say a word of blame.
Lin Xuejing spent the afternoon at Fan's house. From around two o'clock in the afternoon until Fan Chen sent her home after dinner, she stayed with her son. This was her first time at Fan's house.
Four years ago, she and Fan Chen went on a blind date through the introduction of a neighbor. Because the two families were not far apart, his parents were also there on the day of the blind date. Their family came from a scholarly family, and both parents were middle school teachers, but when he came to their house
, this is the first time.
People usually don't have enough to eat when visiting other people's homes. Especially Lin Xuejing found that her son was in a low mood. He had been depressed all night and had no appetite for food. Fanchen's parents also treated him very politely. Although the etiquette was thorough, Lin Xuejing felt that
The politeness was also distant. After getting out of Fanchen's car, Lin Xuejing watched the car leave. She politely declined Fanchen's request to send her upstairs. Fanchen apologized to her repeatedly before leaving. Lin Xuejing shook her head gently and said it was okay.
After the car left, little Chengjia, who was holding her hand, finally spoke.
"Mom, they don't like me!"
Lin Xuejing's heart trembled slightly. Children's moods are transparent. Chengjia is more sensitive than her, but how can she convince her son that it is other people's prejudices and we don't need to pay attention to their words? Especially at the dinner table, Fan Chen
The mother asked bluntly whether little Chengjia’s hearing could be restored, and why he had such symptoms? Was it caused by some disease during pregnancy or the medicine he took? Or what kind of genetics were in their family?
There is no such genetic phenomenon!
She resented someone bringing up such a topic in front of her children. Over the years, she had carefully protected her son's fragile self-esteem and used every method to convince her son that he was no different from other children. But the scrutinizing gaze at the dinner table made her
She felt like she was being roasted on a fire. Mother Fan asked if such words were not only harmful to little Chengjia? They were also harmful to her!
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Si family, as soon as the Porsche stopped, the people in the car got out. The Porsche has been parked in the Nanshan Cemetery from noon to now. It has been waiting for more than seven hours, but the person who was waiting has never been there.
Appear.
"Master!" The Si family's housekeeper looked at the man who got off the station and looked around the garden for a week without seeing any other cars. He stood motionless. The housekeeper sighed in his heart and walked over and said softly, "My wife came back in the afternoon, but now she has already
gone!"
The man standing there dimmed his eyes, raised a wry smile on his lips, and murmured, "Did she just leave without even taking a look at the cemetery?"
The housekeeper didn't know what to say when she saw this. My wife learned that the young master was waiting at the cemetery, so this year, she didn't even go to the cemetery.
Two years ago today, Si Pei received a suspended sentence and was sentenced to death by injection. The mother and son, who once had a harmonious relationship, completely broke up with Si Pei's departure!
"Master, I asked the servant to prepare sobering tea, you drink some!" The housekeeper looked at Si Lan who was so lonely that he could not speak, and wanted to remind him not to drive after drinking. This is very dangerous, but look
He followed the eldest son of the Si family who silently went upstairs, but he was choked with sobs and could not speak.
There was a sound of wine bottles rolling on the floor in the study room on the second floor. The man lying on the chair had blood-red eyes and smiled bitterly at the void. Two years ago today, his mother slapped him and tore him apart.
The words that Xin Li Lung said are still deeply embedded in his mind.
"Si Lan, you obviously could have saved me, but you cruelly chose not to save him. You only know that the five members of the Nie family died tragically, but have you ever thought that the person who is dying now is your father, who gave birth to you and raised you?
Father, Si Lan, you are not worthy of being the son of a human being!"
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