It was already eleven o'clock in the evening, but the lights in Pujiang City were still as bright as day, and the stars in the sky disappeared due to the flash of lights. There was only a faint moon imprinted in the sky, as if it were fake.
The traffic on West Chang'an Street is like a dragon, the CBD building not far away is shining with lights, and the main artery of the Pujiang River is constantly flowing day and night.
Zhang Tan and Cheng Cheng's father, Meng Guangxin, sat under the overpass, watching the traffic in front of them, chatting wordlessly.
Meng Guangxin is a social worker. He works in the bustling CBD. He nominally works from nine to five, but he doesn't get off work until late at night every day. He is a crazy overtime worker.
However, the company never asked him to work overtime, and no one else asked him to work overtime.
He works overtime voluntarily, because everyone is working overtime, and he can't do it without working overtime.
He is a programmer, a 35-year-old programmer.
"I can't keep up with my energy, and my brain is no longer as bright as when I was young, so I can only look for inspiration at night." Meng Guangxin said with a smile.
He has a slender figure, and his white shirt feels one size too small and tight on his body. He has a pair of small eyes on his round face, giving him the impression of a naive and honest man.
Cheng Cheng doesn't look like him. Meng Guangxin said that Cheng Cheng looks like her mother, and her mother, according to him, is a great beauty.
The two of them were sitting on the stone pier of the overpass. Although there was constant traffic, the sky above the overpass was empty. Under the overpass there was only the blowing autumn wind. A discarded blue plastic bag was blown all over the ground and rolled past their feet.
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"Working crazy overtime is not a long-term solution. It is too harmful to the body, and there is Cheng Cheng to take care of." Zhang Tan said tactfully.
Meng Guangxin said with a smile: "There is no way, today's young people are too powerful. If we don't work hard now, we won't be able to work hard in the future."
Zhang Tan asked: "What to fight for?"
"Just become a supervisor." Meng Guangxin said.
Zhang Tan can’t comment. Maybe Meng Guangxin is right. When you become a supervisor, you no longer have to compete with young people for brain power.
He thought of Zhou Xiaobing today. He had heard a saying in the sales industry before: if you have not been promoted to a management position before the age of 35, then you should change your career quickly. There is no hope of surviving the waves of young people coming in.
You can't be young forever, but some people will always be young.
"Why did you get into a fight?" Zhang Tan asked.
Meng Guangxin said: "Please, don't let Cheng Cheng know."
"Of course, I won't say it."
Meng Guangxin nodded and remained silent for a long time before saying, "They think I am a pervert."
The three people said something before leaving, and Zhang Tan heard it.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Tan asked.
Meng Guangxin hesitated for a moment, then opened his backpack and took out a red women's dress and a long wig.
"..." Zhang Tan looked at him.
Meng Guangxin said: "You are the boss of Midnight Academy. I don't want you to mistake me for a pervert. I think it's better to make it clear to you."
"I'm all ears."
"Today is the end of the month, October 28th. On this day of every month, I dress up as a woman and go to pick up Cheng Cheng from the academy."
Zhang Tan suddenly remembered that he did see Cheng Cheng being picked up by a woman once.
He said why this red dress looked familiar. The woman was wearing a red dress at that time.
He was surprised at the time, but Teacher Xiaoliu told him that it was Cheng Cheng's mother who came to pick up Cheng Cheng. Now it seems, isn't it?
If it weren't for Cheng Cheng's mother, Meng Guangxin's disguise alone would not have been able to deceive Teacher Xiaoliu.
Unless, Teacher Xiaoliu didn’t tell the truth either.
In his ears, Meng Guangxin was still saying: "For a while, Cheng Cheng's mother would pick her up and drop her off at the kindergarten regularly, but then she stopped coming."
His voice was bitter.
Zhang Tan didn't ask why Cheng Cheng's mother didn't come, and he didn't even dare to ask. He only knew that Meng Guangxin and his wife were divorced.
Meng Guangxin stayed in sadness and continued: "Cheng Cheng misses his mother, so I can only think of this solution."
"But the kindergarten is during the day, and I can easily be recognized by others if I wear women's clothes. I will definitely be considered a pervert, so I chose to pick her up at Little Red Horse Academy at night."
"It's just this once a month. I'll do what her mother can't do, even though I always do it wrong."
"I don't know if Cheng Cheng noticed it, but she is very happy every time."
"I'm sorry, Boss Zhang. I never told you about this, but Principal Huang and Teacher Xiaoliu know about it."
Zhang Tan's eyes fell on the high-end shops across the street. In the bright glass windows, there were beautiful and gorgeous women's clothes. They were very different from the ones under the overpass, but he felt that this one had fallen to the ground.
is more precious.
He picked up the red dress, dusted it off, and handed it back to Meng Guangxin: "I can understand it. If it were me, I might do the same thing."
"Thank you." Meng Guangxin was filled with gratitude, "I'm not a pervert, please rest assured of this."
"Of course, how could you be a pervert? You are just a dad."
Meng Guangxin thanked him repeatedly.
Zhang Tan: "Are you going to pick up Cheng Cheng today?"
Meng Guangxin: "Yes, you don't know. When I got up today, Cheng Cheng was very happy and looking forward to coming to Late Night Academy so that he could see his mother."
Zhang Tan looked at his watch. It was 23:30. He stood up and said, "Let's go. Are you changing here or going somewhere?"
Meng Guangxin looked around and said, "Just right here. I was changing my clothes here just now. Those young guys saw me and thought I was a pervert and beat me up."
Zhang Tan: "You can change your clothes in the academy later."
"Ah? But, is it okay?"
"Okay, if you don't want Cheng Cheng to see you, just go to the door and see Lao Li. He will take you to a place to change clothes. I will tell him."
Meng Guangxin thanked him again.
He took off the black backpack he was carrying and awkwardly put on the red dress.
But since he was fat, it was difficult to put the dress on, so Zhang Tan helped him get it done.
He puts on the wig again,
Then I took out the mirror and lipstick from my bag and started applying it.
He glanced at Zhang Tan, stopped applying lipstick, and smiled awkwardly: "Boss Zhang, am I disgusting when I do this?"
Zhang Tan smiled and said: "To be honest, from the outside, it is indeed not beautiful, but the intention is the most beautiful."
Meng Guangxin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "You are really good at talking, you are the first one to say that."
When he smiled, it was as if his mouth was wide open. If anyone walked here, they would be scared away.
Zhang Tan said: "Would it be better for you to shave first?"
"Ah~ that's right, I forgot, I have a razor here."
He took out the electric razor and shaved off the stubble on his lips and chin, then touched up his makeup, carried his bag, and walked to the academy with Zhang Tan, which was only about 10 minutes away from Little Red Horse Midnight Academy.
Minutes' walk.
The two of them were speechless. They arrived at the academy late at night and entered through a path left by Lao Li.
"Master Zhang came back very late today~"
Lao Li was sitting by the door to enjoy the cool air. When he turned around, he saw a big mouth smiling at him, which made him startled.
"Spade! What is it!!!"
They were all talking in Sichuan dialect, and it looked like they were really scared.
Meng Guangxin stood there, extremely embarrassed.
Zhang Tan quickly said: "It's okay, it's okay, Lao Li, he is Cheng Cheng's father."
Lao Li calmed down, looked at the bloody mouth, and breathed a sigh of relief: "It's you, why did you put on so much lipstick today?"
Meng Guangxin smiled awkwardly. When he shaved his beard, he stained the lipstick he had applied, so he applied it again afterwards.
"Is it ugly?"
Lao Li said: "Come on, come to my room, I will take care of it for you, don't scare Cheng Cheng."
Meng Guangxin followed Lao Li obediently, and after a while he came out and it was much more pleasing to the eye.
Zhang Tan followed him into the building and saw him picking up Cheng Cheng from Teacher Xiaoliu.
Cheng Cheng didn't sleep tonight because her mother was coming to pick her up, and the little happiness in her heart kept her awake.
Every once in a while, she would get up and look at the door. Why hasn't her mother come yet? She almost fell asleep several times.
Zhang Tan watched Meng Guangxin dress up as a woman, gave Cheng Cheng a small wooden doll, and took her away.
Cheng Cheng lay in his arms, holding his neck tightly with his little hands, and resting his little head on his shoulder. He bared his baby teeth at Zhang Tan and smiled:
"Wow, thi~"
She is one of the youngest in the school, only 3 years old, and she is a cute little girl.
Perhaps it was this that made her naively think that the flawless person in front of her could be her mother.
