But I didn't need to hesitate anymore, because she had hung up the phone. I understood immediately: the purpose of her calling me was just to remind me that it was almost noon and I should go back to the hotel.
Lin Yi looked at me and smiled, "I'm urging you, right?"
Of course I couldn't hide such a thing from him. Who was he? He was more human than human! I had no choice but to apologize and said to him: "Uncle Lin, I have to go back. I want to take her out to play in the afternoon."
He was smiling at me, "Okay. Feng Xiao, you have to be more open-minded about some things. As long as the child is healthy and safe now, that's fine. By the way, where did you arrange for your friend to live? It's at my place.
A hotel?”
I was a little embarrassed, "No. Your hotel is a bit remote. I gave her a room at the Grand Regal Hotel by the river."
He pointed at me and said, "You, you have a hotel at home, why would you stay in a place like that? He is a celebrity, you should arrange to stay in the presidential suite of my hotel."
I hurriedly said: "Just a normal friend. The suite I opened for her is totally fine."
He smiled at me and said, "That's okay. You don't need the money anyway."
I could feel that he seemed a little dissatisfied with me. In fact, I really didn’t want to stay in his hotel because I always felt that the place was unsafe. Especially after what happened to Shangguanqin, I felt this way
It's even more obvious. He may be dissatisfied with me because he thinks I'm too outgoing, because in the final analysis, such outgoingness is a kind of guarding or unfamiliarity with him.
But I have no choice, because I can't control the insecurity in my heart. I should do more things for him in other aspects. I thought in my heart.
At noon, Xia Lan said she wanted to eat hot pot. She also said the food in the hotel didn't taste good and she wanted to eat local specialties.
I smiled and said, "You are saving money for me. Hot pot is very cheap."
She smiled brightly at me and said, "Only eat delicious food, not the most expensive ones."
I immediately laughed and said, "That's right. Have you ever tried any high-end food?"
But she pursed her lips and said: "Compared with you officials, who are we actors?"
I immediately said seriously: "Isn't every official like that? For example, I rarely use public funds to eat and drink unless I need to receive special leaders. My own consumption is basically all public funds."
She immediately smiled and asked me: "Then you lied to me when you said you were going to pay for the cost of staying in this room?"
I immediately regretted: Why did I forget this matter? Then I hurriedly said: "It's the same anyway. I made some money from my own business, so I never worry about money. The room fee is nothing."
, you can just live in peace and contentment."
She smiled sweetly at me again, "I know, you are a small rich man. Can you tell me? What business did you make money from?"
I replied: "I used to run a company and did old city renovation projects in two places, but now the company is handed over to my father-in-law. After all, I don't have time to manage it. Later I started speculating in real estate.
Very profitable.”
She said: "Oh. There are also many real estate speculators among our actors."
I asked her: "Why don't you invest in real estate? The housing prices in Beijing are far from reaching its price level. Now it is only more than 10,000 per square meter, right? I think it will rise to at least more than 40,000 in the future. You have to know,
It’s the capital after all.”
She looked at me, "Really?"
I smiled and said, "Definitely. I am also planning to go to Beijing to buy a house. But Beijing seems to have restrictions on foreigners buying houses, right?"
She said: "I'll just ask my friend at the police station to apply for a new ID card for you. It's a very simple matter."
I smiled and said, "Then I'll thank you in advance."
She glared at me and said, "Why are you so polite to me? By the way, do you have any standard photos? Just give me a few."
I asked in surprise: "Don't you have to go to the police station to take the photo required for your ID card on the spot?"
She laughed and said, "That's because they are looking for sex. All I need to make an ID card is a standard photo."
I understood immediately, and then we went to a famous hot pot restaurant here. This restaurant is the most expensive, and the decoration is of course very good. However, we locals don’t like to eat here because the taste is a little bit different.
It's a bit sweet, and it's mainly made for northerners.
What's more, this is a disposable pot bottom, which gives people a clean and hygienic feeling.
I ordered some dishes that are commonly used for hot pot, and also asked her what she likes to eat. She smiled and said, "I don't care."
I smiled bitterly and said, "The most troublesome thing is that this is casual."
The pot boiled quickly, and I blanched a piece of tripe for her, and then blanched some duck intestines for her. Then I went to eat it myself. After she ate, she came and looked at me, "Feng Xiao, this
The hot pot doesn’t taste that good.”
I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, "Xia Lan, the main reason is that I thought you northerners might like this kind of taste. And this store is relatively famous in your north."
She said: "What I want to eat is the best taste here. Isn't it famous?"
I smiled and said, "Okay. Let's go to other places to eat. To be honest, we locals don't like to eat in places like this. There is a Laozao hot pot restaurant opened by Chongqing people not far away. It tastes good.
very good."
She hesitated a little, "Isn't this too wasteful?"
I smiled and said, "It's okay. I didn't order many dishes just now. Let's go, I'll go and pay the bill right away."
She looked at me and said, "Feng Xiao, you are so kind to me."
I said: "...Since you don't like it, of course I have to rearrange it."
She was still looking at me and smiling, "Just admit that you are kind to me in your heart. Hehe! You are a grown man, are you still shy?"
I had no choice but to smile at her, which could be regarded as a kind of recognition. But it was really difficult for me to say it out of my mouth.
The waiter was also surprised, so I explained that we should just go for Chinese food. The waiter still looked at us in surprise and left.
Xia Lan said to me: "You are so kind-hearted. If it were me, I would just tell them that the taste here is not good."
I can only laugh it off. This is not a matter of good or bad heart, but I don’t want to embarrass others. Isn’t it just a matter of one sentence? Why bother to do that?
We quickly went to the Laozao hot pot restaurant. Before entering the house, Xia Lan said happily: "The smell is so fragrant. This is what I want to eat."
I couldn't help but laugh, and I found that she was as cute as a child at this time.
Later, she ate heartily and all she could say was: "It tastes so good!"
After finishing the meal, I asked her: "Where do you want to play in the afternoon?"
She said: "Let's go to a temple. Which temple here can tell fortunes? I'll accompany you to have your fortunes told to see if you are really a wife-killer.
I smiled bitterly and said, "Do you really believe this?"
She came over and took my arm and said, "Go ahead and have a look. Wouldn't it be better for me to go with you?"
What else can I say? In fact, I know it in my heart. When she said that she would accompany me to fortune telling, it was not just about the fortune telling itself. Perhaps she wanted to know if I was really a wife-killer. If not, then
She will probably have further requests from me.
Actually, I also want to know this. Now I am becoming more and more superstitious.
Maybe my destiny is really to kill my wife. If the fortune teller says so, then she will definitely not make any further demands on me. I thought to myself.
Some people say that those who do not intend to get married are just hooligans. But I don’t think so. She and I are both adults, and we need each other when we are together. What’s more, I really don’t want to harm someone because of my marriage.
I married the next woman. But I need a woman because I am a man, a living, energetic man.
I remembered that temple: Kuzen Temple.
But I knew that if I wanted to see the abbot there, I would have to spend money. So I immediately went to the bank and withdrew 10,000 yuan. 10,000 yuan was enough. If it was more, wouldn't I be a fool?
It was already past three o'clock in the afternoon when I arrived at Kuchan Temple. I didn't expect to meet two acquaintances here: Wang Xin and his wife.
I found that Wang Xin looked much better, and Xiaohui was holding his arm, and the two of them looked very affectionate.
"Feng Xiao, this is..." Wang Xin took the initiative to greet me.
I felt a little embarrassed in my heart, but I tried my best to act naturally, "This is a friend of mine from Beijing."
Xiaohui suddenly said: "She seems to be a female star."
I didn't intend to introduce Xia Lan to them, because if I didn't introduce her, it would at least mean that she was a friend of mine. I said, "How is that possible? She looks a bit like that celebrity. Many people said so.
.”
Xia Lan stood far away from us and looked at us. She didn't seem to want to come over.
I immediately asked Wang Xin: "You're not going to work today? Why are you here?"
He smiled bitterly and said, "It doesn't matter whether I get into my class or not. Xiaohui said she wanted to come here to play, so I came with her. I was about to go back."
I suddenly remembered something, "Aren't the Medical University and Jiangnan Group planning to jointly build a hospital? You can try to go to that place."
Xiaohui suddenly said: "Don't go. He is fine now."
Wang Xin glanced at me, smiled bitterly and shook his head.
I know that in fact, he still has a pursuit of his own future in his heart. Men, who doesn't?
However, his wife may have different ideas, because she knows her man's problem: once he has power again, it may change again.
Therefore, I feel that I have been a bit troublesome just now. However, I have always felt guilty about Wang Xin, so I feel that I should help him if possible.
Wang Xin and Xiaohui said goodbye to me and left. They took a bus. I looked at their leaving figures and thought to myself: Maybe this kind of life is more suitable for them.
Then Xia Lan and I entered the temple together. I found that this place had changed a lot. The original dilapidated temple was now completely brand new, and there were many tourists.
The Buddha statues in the main hall have also been reshaped into golden bodies. They look extremely gorgeous. Even the red robes of the Bodhisattva in the temple are brand new. I was thinking: How much does this cost? Where did they get so many of them?
Money coming?
Xia Lan and I knelt side by side under the statue of Bodhisattva, and I followed her example and knelt before the Bodhisattva. In fact, I still felt a little awkward in my heart, because I suddenly thought that I was a party member, and it seemed that I shouldn't believe this. But I didn't want to
I thought it was just a game to disappoint the woman next to me.
After I kowtowed, I handed 10,000 yuan to the monk next to me. The monk couldn't help but smile on his face, "Amitofu!"
Then, he knocked on the wooden fish three times.
I couldn't help but feel funny in my heart: It turns out that if you want him to knock the wooden fish, you have to pay him.
I asked the monk, "Your abbot and I are old friends. I would like to meet him. Is that okay?"
The monk glanced at me and said, "Donor, please come with me."
When we were leaving, Xia Lan whispered to me: "You are so generous."
I shook my head and said, "It's just a little thought. It's not much, right?"
She chuckled and said, "That's true."
The abbot met us in his Zen room. I didn't expect that his memory was so amazing. As soon as he saw me, he said, "Donor Feng, we haven't seen each other for a long time."
I nodded and smiled, "Abbott, I didn't expect that your place has completely changed. How much will it cost?"
The abbot smiled slightly and said, "Amitabha! This is a donation from Boss Lin of Jiangnan Group to the small temple. Donor Feng is Boss Lin's son-in-law. Don't you know about this?"
I looked at him in surprise, "Do you know the relationship between me and him?"
He nodded, "Boss Lin cares about you very much and asked me to calculate your birth date for you."
I was even more surprised, "When did it happen? Can you tell me, what is my birth date?"
The abbot smiled slightly, "Donor Feng is destined to bring peach blossoms, but he often hurts them. However, your career will be very successful, and your future will be limitless." (To be continued)