In the third year of Zheng Tanmao's life, there is nothing too special. Jiao's mother brought her two children and a cat back to the Jiao family's old house for Chinese New Year, during which she also went to Mr. Gu's place to play for a few days.
On New Year's Eve, Dad Jiao called. If he was quick, he would be back in the second half of the year, but he didn't say anything. No one could tell about the research project.
A year without many ups and downs, this is Zheng Tan's impression.
Lying on the balcony and yawning, Zheng Tan looked into the distance from the fifth floor balcony. After the school started, the school began to rejoice again, and when the spring flowers bloomed again, some trees began to sprout.
This is Zheng Tan's third year here. After getting used to it, he actually doesn't have many other ideas. Sometimes, even if he doesn't want to admit it, he has to compromise with the stubborn old man fate. Otherwise, what to do? Are you kidding yourself? Why worry too much.
Zheng Tan rubbed his chin on the flowerpot next to him and rolled in boredom, remembering what Xiaoyouzi said when he woke up this morning, Zheng Tan ran into the bedroom and jumped on the makeup table to look at Jiao Ma's makeup mirror. Look, it seems... I'm a little fatter.
It's easy to gain weight during the Chinese New Year. Zheng Tan really didn't go out much this year. He ate, slept, slept, and ate all day long. In addition to Zheng Tan's big appetite, it was strange that he didn't gain weight.
During this period of time, I had been staying at home and didn't want to go out very much. Zheng Tan classified it as spring sleepiness and autumn fatigue. However, this way, I had to go out and move around a lot. Winter has passed, so I don't need to continue to be fat.
Zheng Tan didn't go out directly from the side door of the East District compound, but walked for a while in the school. Passing a trail, I happened to hear Zeng Jing, the only female graduate student under Jiao's father, complaining to someone about the recent inappropriate behavior of some teachers in the school.
As Yi Xin complained a few years ago, graduate students without the support of their bosses have little confidence to speak in the academy. One is the competition for public resources. Even if it is a public resource, it will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis and given priority to use. With limited resources and limited funds, whoever has the ability will use it first and occupy it.
But now, listening to Zeng Jing's complaints, Zheng Tan seemed to be more than just what Yi Xin said, otherwise Zeng Jing wouldn't have used "the temple is small and the wind is big, and the Chiqian king has more than eight".
Although Zheng Tan didn't know much about what was going on in their academy, he heard from Zeng Jing and Yi Xin's complaints that they were sometimes bullied by other teachers in the academy. It's not uncommon for junior sisters and other things to happen, and there is always competition between students in the same school. Sometimes people who are engaged in scientific research may not lose to those who are engaged in politics. These days, chores are ignored. Support, or it will become cannon fodder for fighting skills and a ladder for some people to climb, and the rest, the part that can walk according to their original intentions, accounts for too little.
However, Dad Jiao doesn't seem to be the one to swallow the losses and wait for the fall to settle accounts. Zheng Tan is quite confident in his cat father.
Zheng Tan still intends to go to the affiliated hospital today, this place is not very familiar.
When he came to the hospital, Zheng Tan couldn't help but think of the old lady who had a good impression he saw when he came here a year ago. I don't know how the old lady is now and how her body is recovering.
Jumping on the fence, Zheng Tan walked along the high fence. Even in winter, he could see many green courtyards, and now there are many new greens, which is full of vitality.
The weather is not bad today. Some patients who are recovering well but can't be bored in the ward go out and walk around in the company of their family members. Looking at the surrounding scenery, they will feel much better.
Zheng Tan didn't plan to search carefully, he just glanced at it as he walked along the fence. Having been tabooed by the middle-aged woman a few years ago, Zheng Tan felt that it was better not to be too ostentatious in the hospital.
Although he didn't take a closer look, his footsteps were relatively hurried. To Zheng Tan's surprise, he was stopped before he took a few steps.
At first, Zheng Tan didn't think he was calling himself, until he called "that black cat on the wall" several times, and then Zheng Tan looked over there.
The one who stopped him was a young nurse, not the one Zheng Tan had met a few years ago. Next to the young nurse, an old lady was sitting in a wheelchair and was being pushed around by the young nurse.
The person in the wheelchair was the old lady Zheng Tan had seen years ago. When Zheng Tan looked over, the old lady waved at him.
Compared with the impression from the previous year, the old lady looks a lot thinner now, but her complexion is better, and the look in her eyes when looking at people also makes people's mood develop for the better.
I think it was the old lady who saw Zheng Tan just now, but couldn't shout, so she let the young nurse who was in charge of pushing the wheelchair speak up.
The young nurse looked at Zheng Tan with doubts. She knew in her heart that many people in the hospital were taboo against pure black things. Last time, someone wore a black suit when he visited a patient, and was used by the patient. After it was smashed out, the patient said that the man had sinister intentions and scolded him for a long time. But now, it is puzzling that this old lady is so enthusiastic about a black cat.
There were also patients who came out for a walk. Seeing the old lady like this, they asked the doubts in their hearts, but they did not approach. People who are particular about this aspect are afraid of causing something bad.
"My wife, my surgery went so smoothly, thanks to this cat." Regardless of whether it was true or not, the old lady really meant to cleanse Zheng Tan.
There are people around who believe it, and some who don't. He doesn't care what other people think. Zheng Tan feels that since the old lady is trying to protect her, there is no reason for him to directly sweep her face. Since the old lady beckoned to let her go, Zheng Tan jumped off the fence and walked over there.
The old lady wanted Zheng Tan to sit in her arms, but Zheng Tan didn't do anything, so he walked with him beside the wheelchair.
The young nurse slowly pushed the old lady along the road, perhaps because a black cat followed. The young nurse deliberately avoided crowded places so as not to block other patients. After all, not everyone can tolerate a black cat. here.
After walking along this side for more than half a circle, the young nurse was about to push the old lady back. Zheng Tan looked at the tiredness on the old lady's face. He knew that the old lady was going to rest, so he decided to accompany him and leave after walking around. . Hearing that the old lady's operation went well and her recovery was satisfactory, Zheng Tan felt relieved, but, having said that, this was just a chance encounter, he was just a familiar passerby, and Zheng Tan didn't prepare too much. close.
The lap was almost over, and after walking a few meters, he came to a fork. Zheng Tan was about to turn the corner to leave, but when he looked up, he found three people standing at the fork.
There were two men and one woman. The woman Zheng Tan had met when he came here a few years ago. It was the middle-aged woman who rejected her very much. Standing next to the middle-aged woman should be her husband, the old lady's son as the young nurse said. That person looked very stable, and he should be the kind of person who usually gives orders from a high place.
At this moment, the couple is talking to a young man in his twenties. Judging from the appearance of the couple, the young man should also have some status, otherwise the couple will not be treated like this. This is the thought of those around, including the young nurse pushing the wheelchair, seeing the scene.
"Your son has come to see you again." The young nurse said with a smile when she saw the person standing at the fork. She knew that the old lady had a very capable son. I heard that he was the boss of a big company. She was usually very busy, but whenever she had time, she would come to the hospital to see the old lady, especially the ones who had surgery. God, I've been with you almost all the time. If it wasn't for the old lady's insistence, this person must have sent more people to take care of him. He was planning to go abroad for surgery, but was rejected by the old lady. All in all, a filial son.
The old lady was also very satisfied with this son, and the smile on her face deepened.
However, Zheng Tan, who was standing beside the wheelchair, felt another storm in his heart. He just glanced at the couple and stopped paying attention, his focus was on the young man.
That young man, how do you say it, in a suit and leather shoes, his hair is meticulously groomed, and he has put a lot of thought into what he wears. When he talks to the couple, he has a decent smile, is not humble, and is not ostentatious, the first thing people see him. The eyes will definitely think that this person must have been taught by a big family with a very good background. Even if he does not have a big family background, he is still a person with realm, high level, knowledge, quality, responsibility, goal, and contribution. , fruitful social elite.
However, this social elite who is known to everyone, Zheng Tan seems to be a high-level liar with different appearances and godlike acting skills.
That's right, this person is the second generation of fake rich with wine-red hair that Zheng Tan saw when he followed Er Mao to track down Brother Walnut a few years ago. This person was beaten on the face that time, and I couldn't see what it was like. I thought about the ID photo on the fake ID card in the hand of Senior Brother Walnut, and then compared the appearance of this person at the moment, the difference between the two It's too big.
Zheng Tan looked at it carefully for several times. Although there was no evidence to prove that this person was the redhead from last time, Zheng Tan just thought that this was the same person!
Sometimes, the change of temperament and the change of hairstyle can make them completely different. However, Zheng Tan now knows that temperament can also be pretended. And this person can be transformed into no trace, and his acting skills are so superbly used that Zheng Tan has to sigh again, it is a pity that this person does not act.
However, if this person is really a liar, can he fool the couple so easily? Judging from the mouth of the young nurse pushing the wheelchair, Zheng Tan didn't think the couple would easily trust people.
Just thinking about it, Zheng Tan discovered a detail. Although the middle-aged woman didn't talk much, she just stood by and listened to her husband and the young man in front of her talking, but her eyes swept the man's cufflinks intentionally or not.
Cufflinks may not pay much attention to many people, but men with a certain social status pay attention to these small details. A small cufflink can become a clear sign of some women with good taste and discernment, and even It has been said that in this era of no aristocracy, cufflinks can make yuppie men elegant.
Zheng Tan used to be considered a rich second-generation, and he also entered some circles. He attended many parties at the time. Before a party, he heard a playmate who helped choose a dress talking about cufflinks. It is precisely because of this that Zheng Tan Sigh will know some small places that usually do not pay attention to. Now, the middle-aged woman's actions made Zheng Tan remember these details.
Jiao Dad often said to Jiao Yuan that details determine success or failure, and that this high-level liar can succeed because of the perfection of these details.
Looking at a liar who was talking with the couple, Zheng Tan was full of admiration again in his heart.
In these years, regardless of whether it is a street sweeper or a social elite, the art industry has to specialize in and at the same time have to develop branch skills. Who would have thought that this person was a fake rich second generation a few years ago, and turned into a social elite after a year. That appearance and temperament are telling people: Lao Tzu is very literate, Lao Tzu is very self-disciplined, and Lao Tzu is a high-level social elite who has received an excellent education!
It is because of knowing the other side that the contrast is so great. Zheng Tan squatted there and kept staring at the man.
After the three of them finished speaking, the "social elite" came over to greet the old lady, and seemed to casually ask the black cat who was squatting beside him. Knowing that the cat was just a chance encounter, the man didn't ask any more questions. .
When leaving, the "social elite" glanced at Zheng Tan again, then walked to a building in the hospital, saying that he was going to get a medical report.
Zheng Tan wanted to follow the person, but unfortunately, the person went directly to the hospital, he didn't know when he would come out, and he didn't know if he would go to other departments to check something, so he didn't spend much time here, and after wandering around for a while went back.