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The Lantern Festival is just around the corner, and Shao Ningzhu leaves for Fang's house.

Before she set off, she was wearing no face at all, but she thought that there were all famous people there, and she might lose Shao Yang's face if she was so unkempt, so she tried to dress up as much as she could.

Goose yellow turtleneck sweater, white corduroy trousers, gray coat bought the year before last can be recharged after ironing.Butler Liu came to pick her up in person, and smiled kindly, "I haven't seen you for many years, and you haven't seen much old age."

"Why aren't you old? You're so old." She responded with a subtle smile.

The Fang family lives in the latest residential area, but the overall decoration is a bit old-fashioned.There is an artificial lake inside the community. Two ivory-colored pillars at the entrance of the villa support a majestic arch, passing through a square lawn, passing a small garden surrounded by roses and white railings, and climbing up the stairs to reach the main hall.

"This way, please."

Fortunately, Steward Liu led the way, otherwise she would not even be able to find the door.There is a wide corridor about one meter around the villa, the floor is covered with red square bricks, and the soft sound of leather shoes is very pleasant to walk on.

When she passed the front hall, she took a silent look at herself on the glass door, and suddenly realized that the goose-yellow high collar was quite old-fashioned, and the gray zipper coat was cramped and outdated, and her whole body was out of shape.

Butler Liu took her to a small door and told her to wait a while: "I'll call the chairman down."

She hurriedly brushed her hair back and adjusted her facial expression.

When I was feeling uneasy, I vaguely heard the voices of servants talking inside, one joked: "The lady of the bird's nest said she didn't want to eat it, and it would be a waste if it was poured out, why don't you eat her." The other said: "You don't eat it. Why let me eat it? Do you think I haven't seen anything good?"

Of course the wife they were talking about was Duan Yuhong.As soon as they ran into Shao Ningzhu when they came out, their expressions became unnatural. One of them wanted to say hello, but the other pulled her sleeve and walked away with his hand crossed.

When Shao Ningzhu saw that they were dressed very neatly, their hair was neatly combed, and their clothes were better than his own, he couldn't help feeling even more ashamed.

There was the sound of crutches through a door, and then Butler Liu came over to greet her, holding a pair of disposable slippers in his hand: "Come in."

After entering, she saw the person sitting on the sofa.

No matter how powerful the people are, they are no match for time.Fang Yongxiang, who was handsome and unrestrained when he was young, is now graying at the temples, blue under the sagging eyelids, and his face is wrinkled like an old yellowed photo.But his eyes didn't change, looking at where she was standing, it was no different from the sharpness in her memory.

Shao Ningzhu's face was slightly hot, and he was almost at a loss.

"What are you doing standing there?" Fang Yongxiang exhaled heavily through his nasal cavity, "You are a guest from afar, come and sit down."

She sat in the seat farthest from him, and called "Chairman Fang" in a low voice.

The two were silent for a while.

"Has Shao Yang called you these few days?"

He didn't ask her if she was doing well these years, or whether she had worked hard all the way to find her. He talked about their son first.But this is probably the only common topic between them.

She nodded lightly, and put her handbag on her lap neatly: "Sure, this kid is very good, a phone call is a must after two days away from home."

One of the servants who had just called to serve them two cups of tea, she quickly took it to say thank you, but the water was too hot and almost dropped the cup.Fang Yongxiang helped, and said impatiently, "Why are you still so reckless?"

It was like this when I was young, and I was clumsy when working in a company.Shao Ningzhu's eyes were hot, he lowered his head and pretended to drink tea, but from the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a pair of burning eyes on the stairs not far away, and his hands trembled in fright.

The servant followed her to look over and called Ma'am, Duan Yuhong then went downstairs with slippers on.She seemed to be rubbing something in her hands, and Shao Ningzhu finally saw clearly that she was peeling a walnut carefully when she walked closer.

"Here?" She looked Shao Ningzhu from head to toe, her eyes fluttering, then she sat next to Fang Yongxiang and crossed her legs, with a slipper hanging loosely on her toes, she lifted her chin and cheek, and ordered the servant to fetch it for her. A walnut-cracking tool, "Sister Zhen, bring me a hammer."

"Hey." The servant left in response.

Shao Ningzhu originally wanted to address her, but suddenly he couldn't remember anyway, so he could only say dryly, "Sister, Happy Chinese New Year."

"Don't call me that, I can't bear it." Duan Yuhong snorted slightly deep in the root of her nose, took the small hammer and just smashed the walnut, "Don't hold back, you guys talk about yours, didn't you just chat when I was away? Is it good?"

Even though he had made sufficient psychological preparations, the smile on Shao Ningzhu's face slowly froze.Fang Yongxiang coughed for a while, drank tea to moisten his throat, and said, "Shao Yang went to Indonesia this time, did he say anything in front of you?"

"you mean……"

"Are there any complaints?"

Shao Ningzhu shook his head: "That's not true. I don't know much about work, but I just heard him say that Indonesia has a lot of rain and mosquitoes, and the accommodation conditions are no better than at home."

Fang Yongxiang snorted: "He just isn't down-to-earth, he needs to go out and practice. Now everyone thinks I'm biased, sending him abroad and leaving Huaiye at home, I don't bother to explain."

Shao Ningzhu couldn't say one, two, three, so he could only nod in agreement.Such a boring conversation lasted for more than an hour. She got up and went to the bathroom, but she didn't know how to use the smart toilet there, and accidentally poured a lot of water on her pants.

It was very obvious when the white pants were wet, and she wished she could find a hole in the ground to get in. She had no choice but to go to Duan Yuhong for help.When Duan Yuhong saw her like that, she thought she was incontinent, so she pinched her nose and told her to stand farther away.Fang Yongxiang also felt that his face was dull, so he waved his hand and asked Duan Yuhong to take her upstairs to change into clean clothes.

There were quite a lot of clothes, so Duan Yuhong randomly picked out some unwanted ones and threw them to her, and then asked her to change them by herself before getting off.I didn't dare to look at any Shaoning candles in the room, but I saw a lot of jewelry, and the dressing table was as wide as half a wall.

After a little tidying up, I came downstairs again, and there was another person in the living room.Duan Yuanjiang came back from outside and was eating walnuts next to his sister.He squinted his eyes and looked at Shao Ning Zhu again, then looked back with disdain.

"Sister, where is Huaiye?"

"Went to play golf with friends."

"Which friend?"

"He just said something, I don't remember it, it's nothing more than the few people who had good friendships before."

"Exercise is also good, it will help his condition."

Shao Ningzhu wanted to say goodbye at first, but she couldn't find a space to open her mouth when they said something like this, so she could only sit there in embarrassment.

Fang Yongxiang suddenly said: "Yuhong, call Huaiye back and say that I have something to announce tonight."

Duan Yuhong's face changed slightly, and he immediately asked, "What's the matter?"

"Let's talk about it after dinner."

Seeing that he insisted on refusing to speak clearly, she had no choice but to go and get her mobile phone.Shao Ningzhu took the opportunity to stand up: "If you still have something to do, I won't bother you."

"Wait," Fang Yongxiang looked at her, "Don't hurry, this matter has something to do with you."

She could only sit back slowly.

A few hours later, Huaiye rushed back in a hurry, took a shower and changed clothes before walking downstairs.At this time, it was already dark, and the food in the restaurant was ready. The warm lighting, high-end tables and chairs were matched with the silent silence, which gave a sense of hypocrisy in the model room of the sales office.

After everyone was seated, Duan Yuhong asked: "What can we talk about now?"

But Fang Yongxiang still said: "Eat first."

Everyone didn't know what to eat, Fang Huaiye and the others were worried that something beyond their expectations would happen, but Shao Ningzhu was full of melancholy because today was the last time they met in this life, and they missed a single glance.

Finally reaching the end of the meal, Duan Yuhong frowned and said impatiently: "What's going on, how long are you going to hide?"

Fang Yongxiang put down the spoon and looked around slowly, then turned his head and said to Butler Liu behind him: "Go and get my new will."

"You want to change your will?"

No wonder, no wonder Shao Ningzhu was called over today, it turned out that it was not as simple as celebrating the Lantern Festival.

After receiving the new will and taking a hasty look at it, the faces of the people present all changed.Not only Duan Yuhong's face was livid with anger, but even Fang Huaiye, who had always been stable, asked in a deep voice: "Dad, you want to give him 10% of the shares? Why didn't you discuss such a big matter with me in advance?"

Shao Ningzhu looked at them gaping.

"Brother-in-law, how can I do this? Huaiye just came back a few days ago, just when the situation needs to be stabilized, wouldn't you suddenly change the will to share the shares to shake the morale of the army? Let me put it bluntly, wait for Fang Shaoyang to take it away after a hundred years." What if the 10% is against Huaiye in the company?!"

The three of them stood opposite each other. Fang Yongxiang sat leaning against the back of his chair and looked at them calmly: "A total of 65%, I will only give Shao Yang 10%, and the remaining 55% will be given to you. Are you still not satisfied?"

As long as he holds 55% of the shares, the position of chairman is absolutely impossible to be shaken.

"It's not Dad, it's not a matter of more or less at all, it's—"

"What's the problem."

Everyone thought that Fang Yongxiang was old and confused, but in fact he was very clear-headed.He also saw Fang Shaoyang's potential this year, and if the two brothers could work together to become famous and establish a career, it would only be a matter of time before Rongxin regained its glory.

Fang Huaiye was about to argue, but Duan Yuhong slammed the bowl on the ground: "I don't care what you think, even if you give the 10% shares to a beggar on the street, you can't give it to him!"

Fragments of the porcelain bowl splashed everywhere, and Fang Yongxiang suddenly turned black: "Is it your shares or mine, and it's not your turn to direct who I want to give it to."

"Did you instigate it? Did you?!" Duan Yuhong shot at Shao Ningzhu like an arrow, and Shao Ningzhu hurriedly stood up: "No, I never thought about asking for any shares."

"You don't pretend to be innocent, I feel like throwing up when I see your face!"

"Yuhong!" Fang Yongxiang shouted.

"I said you feel sorry for her?" Duan Yuhong trembled with anger, pointed at Shao Ningzhu's nose and scolded, "It's not a big deal to rob my husband because of his youth, but now you send your son to calculate my son's property, I Let me tell you, there is no way! As long as I am alive, you mother and son will never take a son from Fang's family!"

Shao Ningzhu was so scolded that he was powerless to fight back, his cheeks were in hot pain, and two lines of tears rolled down, which made his heart feel cold.Suddenly a burst of courage rushed forward, she straightened her back and said in a firm voice: "You don't need to say, I won't take a dime of the Fang family's money, just don't worry."

Duan Yuhong just sneered, her chin trembling like hot water: "Fang Yongxiang, did you hear that he doesn't accept your favor at all, why don't you hurry up and take back the will, so as not to tarnish your innocent love! Huaiye comes with me, we mother and son will find a river and jump into it, and we will be done, so we don't have to live here and get in the way of others!"

Fang Huaiye listened to what she said and went too far, fearing that the situation would become irreversible, he hurriedly gave his uncle a wink, and the two of them coaxed her back to the room with all their strength.

For the next few minutes, the two of them sat in silence in the dining room, and the servants stood far outside and no one dared to come in to clean up.

Shao Ningzhu just wept, without saying a word.

She already knew that she had come here by mistake, she had heard from Shao Yang that nothing would happen to her when she was alone at home for the holidays, why bother to come here to be humiliated in vain?

Fang Yongxiang felt bored after sitting for a long time, so he got up and wanted to go outside for some air.Unexpectedly, Duan Yuhong, who hadn't walked out of the restaurant for a long time, suddenly rushed downstairs aggressively, rushed over and gave Shao Ningzhu a resounding slap in the face!

"Well, you shameless bitch, you dare to say that you don't want money from the Fang family. Did you take my pearl necklace?"

After being hit by this, Shao Ningzhu threw himself on the table, was dizzy for a long time before supporting himself: "What pearl necklace, I didn't take it."

"It's still gone in the morning. You are the only one who has been in my room. How dare you say you didn't steal it?"

"It's really not me..."

Fang Yongxiang's legs and feet were inconvenient, so he told Duan Yuhong to stop while drinking.

"He dared to steal my things the first time he came to the door, and she will vacate our house next time she comes? Yongxiang, open your eyes and see clearly, the son born to such a woman is also worthy of Rongxin's shares?"

"You, don't spitting blood at others, no matter how poor I am, I know what backbone is—"

"Integrity? Anyone who seduces a married man deserves to talk about integrity? Let me tell you, Shao Ningzhu, hand over my things as soon as possible, otherwise you and your son will be ashamed to go to the police station!"

"You...you..." Shao Ningzhu's complexion was pale, and his whole body was hot and cold. He wanted to clarify for himself, but when he opened his mouth, he could only cry, and couldn't even utter a complete and clear word. In the end, he could only hold tightly hand, using the pain to force myself to maintain my final composure: "I didn't take it... I really didn't take it... If you don't believe me, just come and search, and if I find something, I'll hit my head to death."

That sister Zhen seemed to want to say something, but before she opened her mouth, she closed it embarrassingly.Duan Yuhong sneered heavily, and looked at her husband with cold eyes: "Yongxiang, should I search?"

Fang Yongxiang leaned on his crutches, his face livid: "What are you searching for? How much is a pearl necklace worth?!"

"I really didn't take it! Why don't you believe it?" Shao Ningzhu was so anxious that he looked at him as if he was looking at the last straw, "If you want to search, come and search, I really didn't take her thing!"

"Have you had enough trouble, you have to make trouble so embarrassing that everyone knows about it?" Fang Yongxiang glared and waved his hands impatiently, "Okay, okay, don't make a scene next to my ears. .”

Shao Ningzhu didn't pick it up in one breath, tears fell down in strings, and after a few seconds of freezing, he took his clothes and bag from the living room and shook them upside down, including his mobile phone, wallet, tissue and even a paper map. Yes, but no pearl necklace.

Then she didn't wait for them to speak, she just pushed past Butler Liu's obstruction and rushed out of Fang's house.

—

There is an hour time difference between Indonesia and Linjiang.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Fang Shaoyang finally got off work, and his whole body was so tired that he seemed to be falling apart.He was not used to the local food, so he quickly lost five catties in just one week, and the childishness on his face also disappeared a lot, and he became more and more like an adult in charge of his own affairs.

After returning to the company dormitory, he lay down on the bed and kicked off his shoes, opened the photo album and looked through the meals at home one by one.

I used to think that the food made by my mother was not delicious, but now I know, I really don’t know the blessing in the blessing.

I miss home, I miss Brother Qiao, and I miss my mother.Today is the Lantern Festival, I wonder if they have eaten glutinous rice balls.

Not sure what they thought I did.

Called He Qiao, but of course no one answered.He buried his head in the sheets and took a deep breath into his fists.Don't be discouraged, don't give up, call again tomorrow, someone will definitely pick up.

But when I called my mother, no one answered.

Fell asleep?

"Mom, did you go to bed so early?" He changed his voice to say, "Happy Lantern Festival. I talked with the foundry all day today, and I was so exhausted that I didn't eat glutinous rice balls. How are you and Dad? Didn't you have dinner with him?"

In a second, the message was successfully sent, but it was a pity that the response was endless.

Fang Shaoyang waited and waited, and when he was sleepy, he got up and sorted out the work materials for the next day. He stayed up until one o'clock at night before falling asleep with a sudden palpitation.

That night he had a rare dream of his mother.

The mother in the dream is only in her twenties, wearing a sarong, slowly shaking a fan in the simple living room of her hometown, to drive away the heat of the baby sleeping in the crib in front of her.

"Mom!" He shouted behind her, "It's me, I'm Shao Yang!"

But Shao Ningzhu couldn't hear at all, just propped his forehead with one hand, fanned the fan with the other, and dozed off while sitting on the wooden chair.

There is an account book spread out on the small rattan table next to it, which clearly records a lot of accounts line by line, all of which are the money she borrowed from relatives and neighbors in the past year.

Twenty, fifty, one hundred.

"Mom, don't worry, I'm here!" Shao Yang ran and jumped around his mother, "It's fine if I'm here for you to enjoy your blessings, I'm here!"

He pointed to himself: "I, Shao Yang!"