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#1787 - It's my fault, year after year

The arrival of New Year’s Day means that a new year has arrived.

Time flies. In a blink of an eye, it has been twelve years since Zhou Chen came to this world. From a young nine-year-old boy, he is now twenty-one years old.

The last time I met Zhuang Tunan, I thought we would see each other again when we went home together during the holidays, but I never expected that we would meet again within two weeks.

But this time we didn't meet at school, but in the hospital.

Zhuang Tunan was lying on the hospital bed, and woke up in a daze. Then he saw three people sitting next to him. Six eyes were staring at him. He was so startled that he raised his head immediately.

"Tuxi, Xiaoting, Shanshan, why are you all here?"

Zhuang Xiaoting helped Zhuang Tunan sit up: "Come on, big brother, drink some water, it's all cold."

Zhuang Tunan took a sip of water and then looked at the three people again.

"Why are all three of you here?"

Zhuang Xiaoting said: "I finished my exams and called you to ask when you would be home. Brother Yu Tao answered the phone and told me that you were sick. Then I called my second brother and we came together."

Zhou Chen asked: "Are you feeling better now?"

Zhuang Tunan said, "Actually, I'm fine. I was just caught in the wind on the construction site. The doctor said I have a physiological fever and it will be fine after two days of IV drip and two days of sleep. There's no need for you all to come here in such a big way."

When Zhou Chen first arrived, he had already taken his pulse. Now seeing his condition, he knew that he was not seriously ill.

"I heard that there was an accident at the construction site you went to. Were you scared?"

“Nonsense.”

Zhuang Tunan's face turned red, and he stiffened his neck and shouted, "Yes, there was indeed an accident on the construction site, but it has nothing to do with my illness and hospitalization. I was just blown by the cold wind. You don't know how strong and cold the wind is on the construction site. Anyone who goes there will get sick."

"Yes, yes, you are right."

"Zhuang Tuxi, are you here to visit me or are you here to make fun of me on purpose?" Zhuang Tunan glared at Zhou Chen angrily.

Zhou Chen smiled calmly: "Of course I came to visit you."

Zhuang Tunan said unhappily, "Then stop getting mad at me. I'm not sick to begin with, but I'm going to get sick when I see you."

Zhuang Xiaoting and Wu Shanshan were both watching the brothers quarreling with a smile on their faces. Only after they finished quarreling did Zhuang Xiaoting speak.

“Brother, Lin Dongzhe and I have just finished our exams. I will stay here to get you water and food these few days. We are free.”

"Lin Dongzhe is here too?"

Zhuang Tunan looked helpless: "I just got sick, but you all came one after another, as if I really had some serious illness."

At this time, Lin Dongzhe walked in with a smile on his face.

"Brother Tunan, wake up."

He was holding a thermos in his hand and had two more in his arms.

"Brother Tunan, the doctor said you'd better eat some liquid food. I made you some millet porridge."

Then he handed the other two thermoses to Zhuang Xiaoting and Zhou Chen.

"Brother Tuxi, Sister Shanshan, Xiaoting, I bought you some dumplings, you all should have some, Xiaoting."

But Zhuang Xiaoting didn't take it at all. It was Zhou Chen who took it instead. Then he handed one to Wu Shanshan and gave her a wink.

Wu Shanshan took it and said to Zhuang Xiaoting, "Xiaoting, let's go out to eat and give them some space to talk."

Zhuang Xiaoting rolled her eyes at Lin Dongzhe, said "I'll give you the money when I get back", then walked out of the ward arm in arm with Wu Shanshan.

After Zhuang Xiaoting left, Zhuang Tunan asked Lin Dongzhe if he had made Zhuang Xiaoting angry. Lin Dongzhe then said embarrassedly that he had failed several subjects in the final exams.

"Lin Dongzhe, you deserve it. I don't know what you do all day in college. You can even fail an exam."

Zhuang Tunan didn't stay in the hospital for many days. Three days later, Xiang Pengfei, who was summoned by Zhou Chen, took Zhou Chen and the other four people back to Suzhou in a minibus. He picked up a lot of passengers on the way, and Zhou Chen also acted as a ticket seller.

The car stopped outside the alley, and Xiang Pengfei said to Zhou Chen with a smile: "Brother Tuxi, Lin Dongzhe, I really troubled you today."

Zhou Chen gave him all the money he had collected: "You kid, you really know how to make money. It won't be a waste of your hard-earned money to come pick us up."

"Hey, it's just something we can do on the way. Any money we can make is good. Let's go. My uncle and aunt are already waiting at home. I guess the food is ready by now, and they're just waiting for us to go back and eat."

Zhou Chen took time out to come back for a few days during the summer vacation, but Wu Shanshan didn't go home for the Chinese New Year last year, nor for the summer vacation. In total, she hasn't been back for a year and a half.

Speaking of Wu Shanshan, she has long been extremely disappointed with her family. Her younger brother, who had originally had high hopes for her, no longer listens to her. Last year, she asked him to take the high school entrance exam, but he listened to Old Wu's advice and chose to go to a technical secondary school. He also moved from home to the dormitory, so their room now belongs to Zhang Min.

It makes her feel like she is visiting relatives instead of going home. Even the place where she lives is a makeshift bed. This is why she doesn't want to come back during the holidays.

If Zhou Chen hadn't been coming back for this winter vacation, she actually didn't want to come back. In Shanghai, in Zhou Chen's three-story house, she could live wherever she wanted. Zhou Chen doted on her and loved her, saying that that was her home. She also regarded that place as her home from the bottom of her heart.

As for the house in the cotton mill, there was no longer any place for her to stay.

It's not that she despises the poor and loves the rich, but that her heart is broken.

In fact, she didn't care about the house here, but she had to consider her younger brother Wu Jun. This was the house their father had been allocated after working in the cotton mill for many years, and it was allocated before Zhang A'mei got married. Logically, she and Wu Jun were the biggest heirs.

But now, she and Wu Jun were squeezed out, and this place seemed to have become Zhang A-mei's house, as if they were a family of three.

No matter who you are in this situation, it would be unacceptable.

That is to say, considering the blood relationship between siblings, Wu Shanshan wanted to fight for her brother Wu Jun, but the problem was that before she even started, Wu Jun surrendered and moved out, and Wu Jianguo also acquiesced. What else could she do?

I really feel so disappointed in my friend, but I also accept the saying that if you have a stepmother, you will have a stepfather.

Zhou Chen did not want to get involved in Wu Shanshan's family affairs. He knew that Wu Shanshan could handle it herself. This girl followed him wholeheartedly. Although she was very docile when she was with him, she was actually scheming and very smart. Zhou Chen was not worried that she would suffer at home now.

Zhuang Tunan and his friends had just returned a few days ago, and Zhuang Chaoying wanted to take them there for dinner. He also asked Zhou Chen, but Zhou Chen's answer was very straightforward.

Zhuang Chaoying was so angry that he barked a few more times helplessly, but there was nothing he could do but sulk. Then he called Zhuang Tunan, Zhuang Xiaoting and Xiang Pengfei, and it was Xiang Pengfei who drove the minibus to take them there.

He was fine when he left, but when he came back, Zhuang Chaoying felt like a deflated person and fell on the bed as soon as he came back.

He still whispered to Xiang Pengfei that Zhuang Chaoying was severely scolded by Zhuang's father and grandmother again today. The scolding was very ugly. On the way back, he was so angry that he didn't say a word.

Zhou Chen was used to Zhuang Chaoying's self-inflicted behavior. No one could persuade a person like Zhuang Chaoying, and no one was too lazy to persuade him. Only by letting him face the reality himself could he understand what was right and wrong.

This time when he came back, Zhou Chen at least didn't show any displeasure to him. This was because Huang Ling told him that after the divorce was exposed, Zhuang Chaoying had been much better to her after a period of depression, and he no longer mentioned Father and Grandma Zhuang in front of her. Even if he went there sometimes, he would not say anything to Huang Ling when he came back.

Zhou Chen understood that Zhuang Chaoying's behavior was not because he realized his mistake, but because he was afraid. He was afraid that Huang Ling would really kick him out and break up with him. So for the sake of their future, he became nice to Huang Ling, even a little fawning.

Although he understood, Zhou Chen did not expose it because he saw that Huang Ling was quite satisfied with her current life. It was easy to quarrel and fight, but that would only make Huang Ling more uncomfortable. Now that there was no quarrel or fight, she did not have to suffer the frustration over there. Huang Ling was in good spirits, and that was enough.

Everything else is empty. As long as Huang Ling can be happy, Zhou Chen will not make trouble. It's good enough as long as everything is calm and peaceful.

Because of the quarrel, Zhuang Chaoying, very unusually, did not invite her children to the New Year's Eve of that year. She went there alone to eat the New Year's Eve dinner, and then returned home alone in the middle of the night, dejected.

Apparently, even on New Year's Eve, he still got scolded.

Being scolded every time they go has become the norm. Zhou Chen and the others have gotten used to it, so only Zhuang Chaoying can't get over it and hides away to sulk.

In the summer of 1989, Wu Shanshan completed her four-year university studies. She did not choose to pursue a master's degree, but chose to work. Under Zhou Chen's arrangement, she was assigned to a state-owned publishing house in Shanghai as an editor, and her household registration problem was solved.

As a famous writer both at home and abroad, Zhou Chen's book "Who Moved My Cheese?" is a global bestseller. Naturally, he has a lot of influence in the publishing house. It is not a big problem for him to use his connections in the school to assign him to a state-owned publishing house as an editor.

After getting the job and solving the household registration problem, Wu Shanshan finally felt relieved. She had always had confidence in Zhou Chen, but she also knew the principle of putting money in pocket.

Although the current state-owned publishing houses are not as stable as before, they are still good jobs with a regular salary. Moreover, Zhou Chen arranged Wu Shanshan here only as a transition and did not intend to let Wu Shanshan continue working here.

He has always respected his woman. This job is just a transition. If Wu Shanshan wants to do a job in the future, he will respect and support her choice.

Of course, this was just his idea. After getting a job, Wu Shanshan was full of passion and enthusiasm and devoted herself to her current job.

Because the unit Zhou Chen specifically found is not far from Nanjing West Road, she can ride her bicycle to and from get off work every day, which is very convenient.

Everything was so perfect. Wu Shanshan was especially grateful to Zhou Chen. She seemed to be more lively when facing Zhou Chen and brought more joy to Zhou Chen.

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of 1989. Not long ago, the first Kende Chicken restaurant in Shanghai opened.

Only half a month later, Zhuang Xiaoting called and said that Lin Dongzhe was treating everyone to a lunch at Kendeji and had also invited Zhuang Tunan.

The weather was cold, so Zhou Chen didn't ride a bike and just took a taxi.

When he arrived, Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting had already arrived and were sitting together feeding each other. When they saw him coming, they immediately stood up happily and greeted him.

"Second brother."

"Toosi."

Because it is a newly opened store, Chinese people like to join in the fun and have a high acceptance of new things. Therefore, since the store opened, it has been packed almost every day. Business is extremely good and people who want to order food have to queue up in a long line.

Zhou Chen also squeezed in from the crowd. As soon as he sat down, Zhuang Xiaoting immediately said, "Second brother, the eldest brother hasn't arrived yet. What do you want to eat? There are so many people. I'll let Lin Dongzhe order for you first. When the eldest brother comes, you can queue up again to order."

"Don't worry, let's go together when he comes."