It's only about fifteen kilometers from here to my home. Liang Sheng drove at a slow pace and arrived at the gate of my community in half an hour.
I had gauze wrapped around my lips, so I couldn't speak too hard. I used a weird emphasis to discuss with Liang Sheng how to go home. After all, my parents would definitely be worried to death if they saw me like this. Liang Sheng's car slowed down, and I pointed with my finger: "Just put me down here, I can just walk in by myself."
Liang Sheng turned his head and glanced at me, smiling brightly: "It takes a few minutes to walk in from here. Do you want to scare everyone on the road to death?"
"." What else can I say. "The road on the left ends at Building 17."
Liang Sheng smiled and said nothing, and the car slowly drove to the downstairs of my house. Because she was afraid that the neighbors would see it, she didn't let Liang Sheng get out of the car. I stood outside the window and listened to him chattering a few words. I waved to him. He restarted the car and did not drive away immediately, but made a gesture to me to go upstairs first. I smiled, turned around and walked inside.
After taking a few steps, I saw three men standing at the door of our unit. One was my dad, and the other two were probably some of my dad's friends. I looked back at Liang Sheng, and he just turned around. I don’t know if he saw my dad, but maybe he did, otherwise, given his character, he would have to wait until I got upstairs before leaving.
I walked towards them and shouted from a distance of more than one meter: "Dad! Hello uncles."
My dad was shocked at first, "What's wrong with your face?"
I scratched my head in embarrassment, "It's okay. I'm going to have a beauty treatment with my little sister. I'm allergic. I applied some medicine and I'll be fine tomorrow."
The worry on my dad's face instantly disappeared by half. He glanced at me a few times and his face darkened little by little. Two of my dad's friends chattered a bit, saying that girls nowadays love to dress up, but they have to pay attention to safety and don't go to low-end beauty salons or anything like that. I just nodded casually and said nothing more.
One of the uncles asked: "Is this Ana Shen? She has grown so big after not seeing her for many years."
The other one looked at the direction Liang Sheng left and said to my dad: "Yanyan has a boyfriend. I never heard you say it. I don't know which family's child is so lucky to be Yanyan's boyfriend. But , look at the car he drives, if I remember correctly, it’s an old Land Rover model from several years ago, and it’s less than one million.”
My dad didn't look very good. He was obviously furious when he saw Liang Sheng sending me back. He couldn't get angry in front of his friends, so he could only keep a stiff smile.
The uncle echoed: "Really? Then I guess the family background is not very good. Hey, he is not as good as Lao Xu and your son."
The second uncle glanced at his uncle displeased and said, "What are you talking about? No matter how bad my son is, he won't be able to drive such an old car. Old Shen, your family is in good condition, so don't let others take advantage of it." ah."
My dad didn't like Liang Sheng and me being together. My dad's anger almost reached his eyebrows after what these two men said. My dad held back his temper and had to laugh with the two men: "Haha, that's Yanyan's classmate, not a boyfriend. Let's not worry about the children's affairs. I'll send you out first. What you said I will think about it carefully and give you an answer in two days."
The two uncles nodded quickly and said polite words, but my father glared at me, his look obviously meant to deal with me later.
As soon as they turned around, I ran upstairs. My mother was not at home as expected. She was probably still at the company. My father sent those two friends away and would definitely be very angry at me when they came back. I shouldn't have said that my face was just an allergy just now. I should have said that it was scalded with boiling water and disfigured. Yes, this can still make him have some sympathy in his words.
I went straight to my room and closed the door, wondering if I should lock it in case my dad burst in and beat me.
I sent a text message to my mother, asking her to come back quickly, and after more than ten anxious minutes, I heard the sound of the door opening in the living room, and then my father's low and terrifying voice came from outside: "Shen Yan, You come out."
In fact, my dad usually has a good temper, and he has many friends who think highly of him. But when something touches his bottom line, he gets angry like he did in my rental house last time.
I didn't dare to disobey him, so I had to open the door and go out.
My dad poured himself a cup of tea, sat down on the sofa, glanced at me, breathed heavily, and just said: "Sit down, let's talk frankly."
To be honest, he thought he was holding a meeting for the employees of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.
I sat obediently on the tail end of the imperial concubine's couch and nodded cautiously, "Well, you tell me."
My dad asked me out loud: "What happened to your face?"
"Huh?" I thought he would tell me about Liang Sheng, but he asked me about my face first. It turned out that he had seen through the lie I just told. As expected, he knew his daughter better than his father. I couldn't hide it from him even after thinking about it. I had no choice but to tell the truth.
My dad asked in surprise: "Since it was your colleagues who sent you to the hospital, why was Liang Sheng the one who sent you back?"
Sure enough, the focus of his struggle was still Liang Sheng.
I don't know what to say, so I just stay silent.
When my dad saw that I was silent, he sighed again and said seriously: "I told you a few days ago that I asked you to quit Yuan Sheng's job, but you didn't listen and insisted on causing trouble. You can think of it yourself." Think about it, how many things have happened and how much have you suffered since you and Liang Sheng have been together, but you can’t listen to what we say, do you have to hit a wall yourself before you know how to turn back?"
Growing up, I could listen to my parents' arrangements for anything, but I never compromised on my friends. Because their interference will only make me have fewer and fewer friends, and I will not bow down to ordinary friends, let alone my boyfriend. I ignored the bandage on my face, bit my lip, and said, "Dad, I know you are doing it for my own good. You are afraid that I will suffer if I follow him. But Dad, if you let me separate from him, I will do it now." It will be very painful. You don’t have to wait until later. I don’t know whether you are more worried about me or more afraid of Liang Mohua. What I want to tell you is that when I decided to be with Liang Sheng, I had already made it. Be mentally prepared to face all the problems that may arise in the future. Can you trust your daughter? I am not that delicate. Others can pay so much for love, why can't I? "
My dad felt speechless and helpless. He blew open the tea leaves, took a sip of tea, then took out a cigarette and lit it. He was silent for a while and then responded: "Shen Yan, you know what the nature of a businessman is. ?"
"Wealthy profit." I answered unabashedly.
"Then since you know, you still want to be with Liang Sheng?" My dad asked me meaningfully while smoking.
What does businessman's emphasis on profit have to do with whether we fall in love or not? Does he think that in the eyes of businessmen, relationships are not as valuable as profits? I chuckled: "My mother is also a businessman. Aren't you married to my mother too?"
My dad lit the cigarette ashes and said, "Then do you know how your mother and I got to the end?"
I heard my parents joke about this. My grandfather was also firmly against it when they were in love. My dad was just an ordinary civil servant at that time. Civil servants at that time were considered iron rice bowls by ordinary people, but In the eyes of a businessman like my grandfather, it was a career with no future, so my grandfather was firmly opposed to my mother being with my father. It is said that my mother was more willful and refused to take over my grandfather's business without marrying my father. company. Grandpa was my mother’s only daughter and had no heirs. After all, he couldn’t get over my mother’s will and agreed to their marriage.
I said, "Because my mother threatened grandpa with inheriting the company?"
"Your grandpa's stubborn temper can't be brought back by a few cows. No matter how much your mother threatens, it will be useless." My dad was smoking a cigarette, his eyes were a little blurred, and he was obviously reminiscing: "Your mother and your grandpa have very bad tempers." Like, each one was more stubborn than the other. In fact, I almost gave up at that time. If your mother didn’t insist on leaving me and took it upon herself to have you, she and I would have broken up at that time.”
"What?" I asked in surprise: "You mean, my mother actually threatened grandpa with pregnancy?"
(End of chapter)