Wen Liang had a dream at night. In the dream, he seemed to become a time traveler, traveling through the ordinary life of twenty-nine years again and again. He was a toddler when he was a baby, babbling when he was two years old, entering school at the age of seven, a young man at the age of eleven, a humiliating night at the age of sixteen, until the low point in high school and the silence in college. The past scenes flashed by in his dream. He was sometimes sad and sometimes laughing. Sometimes he poked his head out of the tunnel of time and told his dejected self that year: It’s so funny, kid, the future is in your hands.
When I woke up in the morning, there was a wet mark on the edge of the pillowcase. Wen Liang smiled and patted his face: "You are useless!" When I walked into the living room, my mother Ding Mei just came back from buying fried dough sticks and soy milk. She complained as she walked: "Occasionally I am lazy and don't cook. I have to run a long way to buy breakfast. It's too inconvenient."
Wen Liang hurried over to take the dough sticks and asked, "Aren't you going to work today? It's almost eight o'clock, right?"
Ding Mei works as a cashier at the municipal agricultural machinery factory. The unit's performance has not been good in recent years, and with the state-owned enterprise reform happening, people are in a panic recently. Those with some connections are all running for transfers, while those without any connections are petitioning and making connections everywhere. It is said that in just one month, the factory director Zhang Changqing's blood pressure soared to 180 and he was hospitalized for recuperation.
"Why should I still work? The factory director has gone bankrupt. I think this factory will fail sooner or later." Ding Mei gets angry when she mentions the agricultural machinery factory. She graduated from high school and has a low level of education. Wen Huaiming was just an ordinary clerk in his early years, so he naturally couldn't find a good unit for her. Although his rank was promoted later, he was always working in a cold government office and never had any real power. Zhang Changqing still gave her face and let Ding Mei be a cashier. After all, it was a large state-owned factory, right? Life went on like this. Unexpectedly, the country vigorously promoted the reform of the state-owned system starting last year, like dropping a blockbuster bomb on the calm water, from the whole society to Wen Liang's family, all of them were in chaos.
"It's bankrupt, it's no big deal." Wen Liang knew that the farm machinery factory would not survive until next year. Many problems arose after the factory went bankrupt, but they were all suppressed by the city. Wen Huaiming was not strong enough to find a good job for Ding Mei in the second round of employment of state-owned enterprises. Ding Mei was angry and opened a clothing store with the compensation money. The business was not bad. Although he did not become rich, it was much better than the salary of the farm machinery factory.
"What's the big deal?" Ding Mei glared. "What do you know, kid? Who will pay your mother if the factory goes bankrupt? If it were your useless father, your whole family would have starved to death!" This was the truth. Her salary was indeed much higher than Wen Huaiming's, and she had more benefits.
Wen Liang rolled his eyes speechlessly and simply ignored her. He quickly finished three fried dough sticks and two bowls of soy milk, patted his stomach, and went out with the plastic bag he had prepared earlier.
The plastic bag contained a small fruit knife and a nylon rope.
Today, he wanted to teach Zhou Xiaochang a lesson, the culprit who tricked him out last night and then was humiliated by Gu Wenyuan. Wen Liang didn't have many friends in the class, and Zhou Xiaochang was one of them. His father was an ordinary employee of the city's No. 1 Food Company. He was tall and strong, and he was usually righteous and good at fighting for the weak. Like Mu Shanshan, they could be said to be the two bullies in the school, but one was known as Zhou the Great Hero, and the other was Mu the Evil Youngster. When Wen Liang was bullied by his classmates, Zhou Xiaochang often helped him speak up. Wen Liang always regarded him as a good friend, but he never thought that Zhou Xiaochang, who looked so chivalrous, would actually betray him.
So there is a saying that goes: the ones who can hurt you are the ones you love, and the ones who can betray you are the ones you believe in!
This is completely different from Gu Wenyuan. That night, every harsh word from Gu Wenyuan, every arrogant action, and even every expression of teasing and disdain, deeply hurt Wen Liang's self-esteem. He hated Gu Wenyuan, but he had no way to do it. He wanted to step on Gu Wenyuan more than once, but he always found that even if he jumped up, he couldn't touch the steps where he was standing. This was a kind of helplessness that was out of reach, and the inferiority complex that was getting deeper and deeper under the helplessness. But this helplessness and inferiority complex only made him feel angry, but not sad. But for Zhou Xiaochang, the young Wen Liang felt extremely sad. After the incident, he didn't even have the courage to question Zhou Xiaochang, why did he help Gu Wenyuan bully him? After that, the two went to different high schools and never met again.
For him in his previous life, being betrayed by his friend was another heavy blow that made matters worse!
But since there is a chance to start over, whoever did something wrong must pay the price.
Wen Liang came downstairs to the food company's family building and bought a bottle of soda from a roadside store and drank it under the eaves. Based on his understanding of Zhou Xiaochang, this guy must be going to the Workers' Stadium to skate today. He also used this as an excuse to ask himself out last night. It's not even nine o'clock now, so he should not have gone out.
Sure enough, before he finished a bottle of soda, he saw Zhou Xiaochang walking out of the gate in a red short-sleeved shirt and black shorts. Wen Liang put down the bottle and followed him at a distance of one or two meters. After turning a few streets, Zhou Xiaochang took a small path along the small park. Seeing that there was no one around, Wen Liang quickened his pace and rushed over, kicking him on the back. Zhou Xiaochang staggered a few steps and fell to the ground. Wen Liang stepped forward and kicked him in the buttocks again, then turned him over, sat on him and punched him in the nose.
Although Wen Liang's current physique was not good, he was far inferior to Zhou Xiaochang. But he knew how to attack from behind. The waist and the bridge of the nose were the weak points in street fights, especially for a teenager like Zhou Xiaochang, and he could hit them with every strike.
Two lines of blood flowed down his nostrils. Zhou Xiaochang screamed in pain and tears suddenly flew out. It was not because he lived up to the reputation of a hero, but mainly because the nose was connected to the tear glands, and whoever was touched would cry.
Seeing that he had lost his fighting spirit, Wen Liang took out a nylon rope and swiftly tied his hands behind his back, then kicked him on the buttocks and taunted him, "Stand up and let me admire your traitor's face. Is he still so handsome?"
Zhou Xiaochang has a good figure and is half a head taller than Wen Liang. Although he is not as handsome as Gu Wenyuan, compared with Wen Liang's ordinary face, he is the difference between an iPhone and a "big brother". So when the two are together, Zhou Xiaochang always puts his arm around Wen Liang's shoulders and says: Come and admire my face, is it still so handsome
Hearing this again, even though Zhou Xiaochang was in so much pain that tears were streaming down his face, he couldn't help but lose consciousness for a moment. He sat on the ground and stopped shouting. After a while, he raised his head and whispered, "I'm sorry... Really, I can't afford to offend Gu Wenyuan..."
sorry
Heh, Wen Liang suddenly felt funny. He came here today to scare him. In fact, more than ten years have passed. Based on his nearly thirty years of life experience, Zhou Xiaochang's betrayal was too small to be worth mentioning, and he didn't care about it anymore. But after returning home last night, he suddenly remembered that he was too weak to dare to come to Zhou Xiaochang to question him. He felt contemptuous of himself. In order to make up for his regret, he prepared props such as a fruit knife and nylon rope, intending to scare him.
But when the time came, Wen Liang felt that this matter was too boring. He had spent more than ten years without finding a chance to take revenge on Gu Wenyuan, and now after being reborn, he came to find trouble with Zhou Xiaochang first. This was also a kind of weakness to some extent.
The weakness of bullying the weak and fearing the strong!
Zhou Xiaochang took out a fruit knife and stuck it into the ground. His face turned pale with fright. Wen Liang didn't want to play anymore, so he raised his hand and slapped him. Five fingerprints immediately appeared on the boy's fair face.
"Mr. Zhou, this slap means that our grudges and friendship are wiped out. I give you this fruit knife. I originally wanted to use it to cut a hole in your body, but now it seems unnecessary. I hope that next time you want to betray a friend, you will look at this knife, and it will tell you how to behave!"
Gu Wenyuan, wait, I will also tell you how to behave as a human being!
Wen Liang had been gone for a while before Zhou Xiaochang got up from the ground. He betrayed his friend because he was afraid of Gu Wenyuan, but there was another reason hidden deep in his heart that he didn't even want to reveal. He thought that Wen Liang was a cowardly person, so it wouldn't be a big problem to betray him once. Would he dare to spread the news or even cause trouble for him? But today, Wen Liang completely destroyed his previous cognition. He was decisive, calm, and even a little cold and fierce.
If I had known he would have such a big reaction, would I still have made that call
He cut the rope with a fruit knife, put the broken rope and the knife into his pockets, brushed the dust off his butt, and slowly walked home.
He would still call because... he couldn't afford to offend Gu Wenyuan!
This answer made Zhou Xiaochang lose interest! (To be continued)