When I met Tang Ye in the hospital, she had just eaten some porridge and looked much better. Wen Liang put the flowers in the vase on the bedside and smiled, "How does it feel to be reborn after a disaster?"
Tang Ye said coldly: "It's good! The only bad thing is that I can still see some annoying people."
Wen Liang laughed, pulled a chair over and sat down beside her, took an orange and started peeling it, and said, "Director Tang, since you asked me to come here, you must have known that I played a role in the search and rescue work the night before yesterday. Of course, I am a man of high moral character, and I don't expect you to repay me with your body, but you should at least give me a good look, right?"
Tang Ye glared at Wen Liang and said bitterly, "Do you still want me to be in a good mood?"
Wen Liang was surprised and asked, "Is this small request too much?"
Tang Ye sneered and said, "Guess how I fell into the pit?"
Wen Liang suddenly felt something was wrong and said cautiously: "It's so dark, the rain is so heavy, and the wind is so strong. If you stumble occasionally, you don't have to worry too much..."
"Ha, well said. It's dark, rainy and windy. If that's all, I really don't mind it."
Hearing the discordant words "black, big, tight" coming out of Tang Ye's mouth, any man would be a little shaken, but Wen Liang didn't have the heart to be vulgar at this time, and asked with full vigilance: "But what?"
"If I accidentally fell into a ditch because of a sudden phone call from someone, do you think I would mind or not?"
Wen Liang was half-believing and half-doubting, and said, "No way?"
Tang Ye suddenly remembered that he had to finish an urgent manuscript, so he did not stay overnight in the Donghegou North Group. Unexpectedly, it started to rain heavily halfway. When he was about to hurry on his journey, he received a call from Wen Liang.
She hadn't been in touch with Wen Liang for a long time. When she suddenly heard his voice, she was startled and dropped her phone to the ground. When she bent down to pick it up, her foot slipped and she fell to the bottom of the pit.
The fall injured her legs, and it was impossible for her to climb up by herself, so she had to ask for help. Unfortunately, her cell phone broke down and she couldn't turn it on. Fortunately, she found a small hole in the corner on the side of the road that was just big enough for her to fit in, so she ducked in. While she was waiting for someone to pass by, she kept turning her phone back and forth, and it was only two hours later that the phone lit up again. But there was only a little battery left, and Tang Ye only had time to call back the last caller. Before she could finish her sentence, the phone ran out of power.
After that, the rain got heavier and heavier. The pain in her legs, coupled with the anxiety after being trapped, made her slowly lose consciousness until she woke up again in the hospital.
After listening to Tang Ye's experience, Wen Liang didn't know what to say. He broke off a slice of orange and put it to Tang Ye's mouth, laughing dryly, "Come, eat an orange..."
Tang Ye was so angry at his shamelessness that her eyebrows were raised, and her beautiful eyes were full of viciousness. Wen Liang simply ignored her anger and shrugged, saying, "If you don't want to eat it, I will..."
Without waiting for him to withdraw his hand, Tang Ye swallowed the orange in one gulp, and also held Wenliang's fingers in his mouth.
"Ah!" Wen Liang screamed and quickly pulled back his finger. He saw two rows of tiny teeth marks on it and said, "You are born in the year of the dog. Why are you biting me?"
Tang Ye had never seen Wen Liang so angry. There was a hint of a smile in his eyes, but he said calmly, "You made me suffer so much, I was going to never let you go. But as soon as you answered the phone, you ran to Yishan without hesitation, and you joined the search and rescue team to save me without fear of danger. Now we are even now."
Wen Liang wanted to bargain, shaking his finger, and asked, "What about this bite?"
Tang Ye sneered and said, "This is interest!"
"Well, being bitten by a beautiful woman is a blessing that others cannot even dream of." Wen Liang used his Ah Q spirit to comfort himself and said, "Director Tang, now that our accounts have been settled, I should leave. I wish you a speedy recovery!"
Actually, it couldn't be said that Wen Liang was at fault. He just called, who knew Tang Ye would have such a big reaction, and almost died? But the reason why women are women is that you can't expect them to be absolutely rational all the time. Besides, this experience is a nightmare for everyone. Tang Ye can take "nothing is owed to each other" as the final conclusion, which is already a rare reasonable woman.
Wen Liang also understood this, so he could only accept it. He didn't feel bad that his merit in saving people was negated. As a real man, he still had the responsibility to do good without expecting anything in return. However, in this way, the matter of the provincial station was completely ruined. He couldn't speak up, and speaking up would be humiliating. He sighed silently in his heart and decided to find another way.
"Wait, when you called me, was there something wrong?" Tang Ye hesitated and asked when Wen Liang was about to leave.
"It's okay, I just haven't contacted you for a long time, so I'm calling Director Tang to say hello!"
"You're lying!" Tang Ye frowned and said, "Tell me what's going on!"
Wen Liang thought about it and decided that since things had come to this point, it was fine to talk about it. The worst that could happen was that he would be rejected. He was thick-skinned anyway, so it didn't matter. "Well, it's like this. Uncle Li's Qinghe Soy Milk wanted to expand its business recently and put an advertisement on the provincial TV station. It was originally a good thing, but because someone secretly did something bad, they were rejected and they didn't even want to give them an advertisement." Wen Liang smiled and said, "Director Tang, you have a wide range of friends and are very popular in Guanshan. You are also full of justice and compassion, so I want to ask you for a favor..."
Tang Ye was not stupid either, he got to the heart of the matter directly, "Who did it? Gu Shitong? Did you go and provoke him again?"
Wen Liang complained, "I'm an honest kid. I blush when I talk to you. How could I have the guts to offend Gu Shitong?"
"Bah!" Tang Ye was about to say that no one would believe you, but it sounded like flirting, so he swallowed the words back and said, "Get out of here, I don't have time to listen to your nonsense!"
Wen Liang coughed softly, and his attitude became much more serious. He said, "I'm not sure whether Gu Shitong was behind this, but the one who rushed to the front was a leader of the Radio and Television Bureau. He said that the provincial TV station's advertising department should serve more high-quality companies and not let in any random people, otherwise it would lose its identity as a provincial TV station!"
Tang Ye was still a journalist at heart, and said angrily, "What bullshit, reform and opening up, market economy, as long as it complies with the provisions of the Advertisement Law, why should we turn people away? Besides, if the TV station does this, it can not only increase profits, but also help the development of private enterprises in the province. It is beneficial to both sides. Why does it matter what your identity is?"
As a professional journalist, it takes a lot of courage and guts to say that the leaders of the Radio and Television Bureau are talking nonsense. Wen Liang sighed silently, saying that the backstage is really awesome, and said, "Who says it's not? Director Tang, I'm also wondering, the province is always shouting about opening up the market and revitalizing the economy. Does this leader's remarks count as openly singing against Secretary Yu?"
To frame someone, you must first put a hat on him. This is the only way to fight in the country. Tang Ye squinted at Wen Liang and said unhappily, "You are not a good person either. Don't try to use me as a gun! What is openness? It means giving everyone the right to speak. The more the truth is debated, the clearer it becomes. If you really believe that you are right, why are you afraid of others expressing wrong opinions? You must know that a one-man show is not progress, but regression!"
Although after the turmoil in the late 1980s, the ideological trends in the 1990s began to gradually stabilize, but the control in some aspects was not as extreme as in later generations. People were still trying to find a way for the two ideologies to coexist harmoniously. Unfortunately, in the new century, no way out was found.
Wen Liang had never had much affection for Tang Ye for a variety of reasons, but after hearing what she said, he was in awe and said, "Director Tang, if everyone thought like you, we could at least avoid many detours, not to mention rushing into communism."
Wen Liang and Tang Ye were not actually very familiar with each other, and the few times they had met each other often ended in confrontation. But today, one of them had just recovered from an illness, and the other had something to ask of someone, so they had both lost some of their temper and become more peaceful. They actually got along quite well when they chatted, which was quite an anomaly.
Tang Ye also noticed this and was stunned. She had the impression that Wen Liang was a lecherous dandy, frivolous, stupid and vulgar. Later, she found out how resourceful and decisive he was, and how deep he was, under his annoying words and deeds. Especially the scene of him driving into the rapids at Longtougou Reservoir, she didn't say anything, but she was deeply shocked by the masculinity revealed at that moment.
But the two of them still had nothing to say to each other, and no one wanted to look at each other unless it was necessary, so when they met on the national highway in the middle of the night, they caused another misunderstanding about repairing the car.
How could they have imagined at that time that a heavy rain and a dangerous situation would allow them to sit down calmly for the first time and get to know each other again.
Of course, a big part of the reason why Tang Ye changed her mind was because Wen Liang had saved her from the predicament despite past grudges. She was not a unreasonable woman and would not really put all the responsibility on Wen Liang. She said that just now only because their relationship had always been bad and she was unwilling to say in person that she owed him a favor, but she knew in her heart that this favor was a big one!
"I can ask about this for you, but whether it will work or not depends on Secretary Yu's attitude!"
Wen Liang mentioned Yu Peidong just now, and he calmly reminded Tang Ye where he should start. Tang Ye understood what he meant, and without any pretense, he readily agreed to help Wen Liang this time.
The gentle and rude uncle personality suddenly flared up, and he said with a smile, "Didn't we say we're even? Why is Director Tang being so merciful again?"
Tang Ye looked at the vase on the bedside table, where the flowers Wen Liang had brought were placed. His expression softened for the first time in his life, and he said, "I like this bouquet of calla lilies!"
The flower language of Calla Lily is eternal purity!
Does every person who lives in this world have a flower blooming in his heart? (To be continued)