Siheyuan: I just want to live

After Chen Feng left, Yi Zhonghai's face became extremely gloomy, like a piece of iron-blue ice. He sat on the stool silently, without speaking for a long time, as if he had fallen into an abyss of silence.

Liu Haizhong, who was standing beside him, saw Yi Zhonghai's predicament clearly and was secretly delighted. On his fat face, he could hardly hide the trace of an irrepressible smile.

He took a sip of tea, pretended nothing had happened, turned to Yi Zhonghai and asked, "Old Yi, do you think we should continue this meeting?"

Yi Zhonghai glared at Liu Haizhong with an unpleasant expression, his eyes just happened to fall on the corner of his mouth that was barely able to suppress the upward arc. This glance instantly made Yi Zhonghai's inner anger rise to a higher level. He was so angry that he slammed the table and let out a deafening roar: "What are we still holding! Dismiss!"

With this roar, the whole courtyard seemed to tremble, as if it was shaken by this powerful momentum. Yi Zhonghai turned around, his eyes full of anger and determination. He kicked the bench behind him hard, making a "bang" sound.

Then, holding the teacup tightly, he walked out of the meeting room angrily, as if he wanted to take away all his dissatisfaction and resentment.

Liu Haizhong didn't pay much attention to Yi Zhonghai's last words. On the contrary, he stood up, a smile on his face, and cheerfully told the Liu brothers: "Guangfu! Wait for you two brothers to clean up the venue before going home! I'll leave first!" His tone was relaxed and cheerful, and he didn't seem to be affected by the quarrel just now.

Liu Guangfu was also a smart guy and responded immediately: "Hey, Dad, I get it. It's dark and the light is dim, you have to be careful when walking!" He reminded his father with concern, showing his filial and sensible side.

Liu Haizhong nodded with satisfaction, feeling relieved by his son's concern. Then, he turned around and left the venue, leaving the Liu brothers waiting there to clean up the venue.

Yan Fugui looked at the two uncles who left, feeling helpless and shaking his head. Before the meeting, they had discussed how to deal with Chen Feng at Yi Zhonghai's house, but soon after the meeting started, Chen Feng left first, and Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong also left one after another due to intensified conflicts. Yan Fugui realized that it would be increasingly difficult to hold the general meeting of the institute in the future.

Yan Fugui slowly stood up and glanced at the neighbors who were talking about something. He coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and then said, "Well, well, today's meeting is over. Everyone should go home and rest!"

After saying this, Yan Fugui picked up his teacup and turned to leave. Everyone looked at the three old men who had already left, and they also dispersed in twos and threes.

Although today's meeting of the whole institute did not achieve any substantial results, seeing Sha Zhu being chased and beaten by Chen Feng, everyone felt that it was worth it to endure the cold this time. All along, it was Sha Zhu who chased and beat others. When have you ever seen Sha Zhu run away? And he ran away so miserably! Today was really an eye-opener.

Chen Feng returned home, closed the door, took off his cotton coat and lay on the bed in the bedroom. Thinking about Xu Damao's words, although Chen Feng didn't care about Sha Zhu's revenge, he still had to be on guard.

Chen Feng fell asleep while thinking about it. Maybe it was because he had exercised too much today! Chen Feng slept very soundly that night.

In the next two days, Chen Feng went out early and came back late. During these two days, Chen Feng visited many places in the city, including the Confucius Temple, the Imperial College and the Lama Temple in the north, and Dongdan, Wangfujing, Ciqikou and the Temple of Heaven in the south.

When Chen Feng went to work on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, he was so tired that he felt lazy. When he arrived at the scrap yard, he lay down on the table in the communication room like a dead fish.

Li Guotao passed by the communication room on his way to work and saw Chen Feng lying on the table in a listless state. He thought he had not yet come out of the sad atmosphere of the Spring Festival worship.

Li Guotao quickly stopped his bicycle, walked into the message room, and patted Chen Feng's shoulder gently.

Chen Feng felt someone tapping his shoulder, and he immediately sat up straight and turned his head. After finding out it was Li Guotao, Chen Feng forced himself to be alert and asked in a somewhat tired voice, "Is it the stationmaster? What do you want to talk to me about?"

Li Guotao looked at Chen Feng, who looked exhausted, and thought that he had been sad for the past two days and had not had a good rest! So he took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Chen Feng.

When Chen Feng saw the cigarette Li Guotao handed over to him, he took it and put it in his mouth, then lit it with a match.

When Li Guotao saw Chen Feng taking the cigarette, he also lit one and took a puff. Then he said to Chen Feng, "I still say the same thing. People should always look forward and not dwell on the sadness of the past. They should move on! By the way, have you been doing well during the New Year holidays?"

Chen Feng was a little confused by what Li Guotao said. Although he didn't understand what he said at the beginning, he still understood what he said later. Since the webmaster asked, Chen Feng also answered very honestly.

"I had a great time during the New Year! I visited almost all the fun places in the city! I'm so tired that I don't have any energy at all!"

Li Guotao froze while smoking when he heard what Chen Feng said. He thought Chen Feng's fatigue was caused by sadness, but who knew it was because he was tired from playing!

He spent the New Year so carefree, and I was still here comforting him for a long time! And he didn't understand!

Chen Feng did not notice Li Guotao's abnormality, but continued, "By the way, Stationmaster! I got another pistol, an M1911, a world-famous gun! Can you help me get a certificate?"

Li Guotao didn't want to talk to Chen Feng anymore, and he stopped smoking. He threw the cigarette on the ground, then turned around and left the reception room, pushing his bicycle towards the office.

When Chen Feng saw Li Guotao leaving, he quickly stood up from his chair. He ran to the door and shouted to Li Guotao who had just walked a short distance away, "Stationmaster! Don't forget! Help me get a certificate!"

Li Guotao didn't even turn his head and shouted impatiently, "I know! Why are you shouting? You're the most annoying person in the entire station!"

Then Chen Feng saw Li Guotao quicken his pace, park his bicycle in front of the office door, and follow him in.

At this time, Sun Xiaojuan, who had just entered the scrap yard, saw this scene. She walked to Chen Feng, looked at the closed office, and asked Chen Feng in confusion, "Hey, what happened? Did you make my stationmaster angry?"

Chen Feng turned to look at Sun Xiaojuan and said seriously, "How is that possible! I am determined to become the webmaster's confidant, how could I possibly make the webmaster angry? Don't talk nonsense!"

Sun Xiaojuan rolled her eyes at Chen Feng, her heart full of doubts about his words, not even believing a single punctuation mark. She frowned and continued to ask: "Then explain why the stationmaster walked out of the communication room angrily and went straight back to the office?"

Chen Feng stroked his chin, his eyes revealing a hint of amusement. He said with a smile: "Tell me, is the stationmaster like you women, with a few days every month when his mood is particularly unstable, easily irritable, and he will lose his temper for no reason?"

Sun Xiaojuan's jaw dropped when she heard what Chen Feng said! She stared at Chen Feng with eyes wide open in disbelief, wondering if he wasn't afraid of getting in trouble with the stationmaster? How could he say anything so casually!

Sun Xiaojuan looked at Chen Feng, her lips trembling slightly, and murmured to herself: "Chen Feng, Chen Feng, are you really going to die? How dare you say that about the webmaster..."

Chen Feng patted her shoulder nonchalantly, and said with an extremely firm tone: "I know in my heart that Sister Sun will never betray me. I have full faith in your character, Sister Sun!"

Sun Xiaojuan raised her hand and slapped Chen Feng's hand off her shoulder. She showed a trace of impatience on her face and said unhappily, "Don't try to play tricks on me. I won't fall for it!"

At this moment, Chen Feng had an idea, and he looked at Sun Xiaojuan and said, "Sister Sun, please wait here for a moment." After that, he turned and walked into the message room. Not long after, Chen Feng came out with something wrapped in newspaper in his hand, and no one knew what was inside.

Chen Feng stuffed the paper bag into her hands and said, "Here! This is your hush money, a pound of meatballs! Are you satisfied now?"

Sun Xiaojuan slowly lowered her head and looked at the paper bag in her hand. She hesitated for a moment, as if she was struggling with something.

Then, she raised her head and looked directly into Chen Feng's eyes, but she did not find any sympathy for Wan Zi in his eyes. When she was sure that Chen Feng really didn't care, Sun Xiaojuan finally decided to carefully put the paper bag into her carry-on bag.

Then, Sun Xiaojuan deliberately showed a smile on her face, pretended to pat Chen Feng's shoulder intimately, and said gently: "Chen Feng, don't worry! Sister will definitely keep this secret for you! Those words you just said will never be known by anyone else! Okay, sister has to go to work, you should go to the message room quickly!"

After saying that, she turned and left, leaving Chen Feng standing there alone, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

Although I don't know what happened in Sun Xiaojuan's family, but judging from the two times she got meatballs from Chen Feng in different ways, her family must be running out of food.

Otherwise, judging from her behavior while staying at her house, she is not like Qin Huairu, who lives a good life at home but sucks other people's blood everywhere! There must be a major change in Sun Xiaojuan's family, which is why she did this.

Chen Feng didn't know what it was, but he would help as much as he could! He didn't care about this little thing anyway, so he would just consider it as a good deed.

Watching Sun Xiaojuan disappear in the finance office, Chen Feng returned to the message room and continued to lie on the table.