Chapter 57: The wife is here!
Upon learning that Le Xuezhi had been expelled, Lu Fan and Du Wenlong were so excited that they almost set off a string of firecrackers to celebrate. Their sense of achievement was overflowing, and they were happily drunk in the office. But this trend only caused Le Xuezhi to lose his job.
Often, an event or scandal, from spreading until everyone knows, or being at the center of the storm being pursued and held accountable, or becoming tea-time gossip for the public, to the fading of topic heat until being forgotten, the rhythm of the whole process is fast, and the time is short, which is amazing.
No matter how much abuse there is, it will dissipate with time, and no matter how serious the event is, it will return to plainness, because the public is forgetful. If it doesn't concern them, they hang high. Tomorrow's sun will still rise, and everyone has their own life.
In July, the university entered summer vacation. Zhu Jianglin, Wang Meng'en, Huang Xiaoyu, and Deng Junchi returned to Ningyang one after another and agreed to go to Baishu Bay.
Lu Fan naturally welcomed them with both hands upon learning of it, promising to arrange a one-day forest tour for them. Fishing, camping, and whole roasted lamb were all no problem.
Young people have some vanity. Baishu Bay is Lu Fan's territory, and he wanted his classmates to know that he was not doing badly!
After the baptism of the college entrance examination, Zhou Tianhui stepped into the hall of Chang'an Foreign Languages Institute. Her knowledge grew, her personality became lively, and coupled with her natural beauty, she had many pursuers. But she rejected all ambiguity because there lived a childhood sweetheart "little husband" in her heart. The twenty-year deep-rooted influence could not be easily changed, not to mention Zhou Tianhui was extremely traditional in her bones.
Zhou Tianhui knew very well how much damage her father's "betrayal" had caused Lu Fan, and she had been feeling guilty and blaming herself.
That blockhead wouldn't just come if she waited; after all, his self-esteem had been hurt.
Therefore, this vacation she wanted to find Lu Fan and fight for her own love and happiness. No matter what the final result was, at least she had to seriously express her feelings.
Boarding the bus to Baishu Bay, Zhou Tianhui felt very uneasy. She didn't know how Lu Fan would treat her. If he continued to look at her coldly, what should she do?
Just getting off the bus, Zhou Tianhui attracted everyone's attention. Those idle people were commenting behind her back. The poor and remote Baishu Bay rarely saw such young and beautiful college students.
Zhou Tianhui walked to the door of a shop and asked softly, "Excuse me, how do I get to the forest farm?"
A township government cadre teased, "Little sister, who are you looking for?"
Seeing a group of people looking at her, Zhou Tianhui blushed and said, "I'm looking for Lu Fan."
"Oh, you are looking for Farm Director Lu. Go straight along this road, and you will see it when you reach the end."
"Thank you!" Zhou Tianhui hurriedly turned and left. Laughter broke out behind her, and some people said, is it Farm Director Lu's wife who is here!
Zhou Tianhui fled in shyness, and the laughter behind her grew louder.
Arriving at the forest farm, she saw two people squatting at the door of the bungalow on the right chatting. Zhou Tianhui walked over and asked, "Excuse me, does Lu Fan work here?"
Li Yifeng looked up and asked with a smile, "Looking for our farm director? He is here. Who are you to him?"
Farm Director Lu? Hearing this title again, Zhou Tianhui was very surprised, thinking that Lu Fan had become a farm director so quickly? She knew that in a township, a forest farm director was a big figure.
What is the relationship with Lu Fan? Classmate? Doesn't seem like it, it's an alumnus. Fellow villager? A fellow villager, what are you looking for him for?
In a hurry, the answer Zhou Tianhui blurted out left Li Yifeng and Wang Yulong dumbfounded!
"I am his wife!" It seemed like she was declaring sovereignty.
The two stumbled and almost fell. After getting up, they looked as if they had discovered a new continent and rushed to the office shouting, "Director, come out quickly, your wife is here!"
Du Wenlong ran out first, saw the visitor, and said with a smile, "Tianhui, how did you find this place?"
"I came to see you all."
"Is it to see Brother Fan?"
Lu Fan came out and saw it was Zhou Tianhui, surprised, and said, "Why are you here?"
Zhou Tianhui said shyly, "I came to see you, is that not allowed?"
Lu Fan was a little embarrassed. He couldn't leave people at the door, so he said, "Come in and sit!"
Du Wenlong was about to follow in, but was pulled away by Li Yifeng and Wang Yulong, who whispered, "Want to go in and be a lightbulb? Tell me quickly, is she really the director's wife?"
"An arranged marriage from childhood, but the engagement was broken two years ago."
"Wow, it really is! Interesting, she came to the door herself. Such a beautiful girl, the director should just take her!"
After Zhou Tianhui entered the room and saw the messy office, she put down her backpack and began to tidy up, scolding, "You men are just sloppy. You don't even know how to keep the unit office clean."
Lu Fan hurriedly stopped her, but couldn't stop the hardworking Zhou Tianhui. He couldn't just pin her down.
"Why are you here?"
"Why can't I come? I am your wife!"
"That doesn't count! Besides, the engagement has already been broken."
"The one who broke the engagement was my dad, I didn't say anything?"
"Tianhui, you have already entered university, and you will have a more wonderful life in the future. The engagement in childhood was a joke by adults. Let's not talk about this in the future. What's past is past. Besides, mentioning this all the time is bad for your reputation. How will you find a husband in the future?"
"You know that too? Since I can remember, I have known that I am the wife of the Lu family, and I have long been unable to marry anyone else. You have taken care of me since I was a child and protected me everywhere. We can't just become strangers because of a word from my dad, right? Brother Fan, you know me, I am not the kind of person who is fickle!"
This university education is really different; Lu Fan was speechless.
However, having just experienced the blow from Wang Yewei, Lu Fan's mind was not on feelings at all. Now he was focused on dealing with Le Xuezhi, so he politely refused, "Tianhui, we are still young. My mind is on work now. It is very difficult to gain a foothold in this society. You also have studies to complete and a bright future. Let's not mention this in the future."
Zhou Tianhui said while sweeping the floor, "Anyway, I am a person of your Lu family in life and a ghost of your Lu family in death. You cannot be Chen Shimei!"
Lu Fan was speechless. It was your family who broke the engagement first, okay? Now you are blaming me instead. Who can I reason with?
Zhou Tianhui made up her mind this time to bravely fight for the lost "marriage."
In fact, the two grew up together since childhood, were childhood sweethearts, and coupled with the fact that people in the village often joked about this "little couple," they ignorantly accepted each other and had a special status in each other's hearts.
The deep-rooted influence of nearly twenty years was not so easy to ignore. If it weren't for Zhou Zhengbang breaking up the mandarin ducks, Lu Fan would really feel that Zhou Tianhui was his wife.
Forget it, she came, so just treat her with good food and drink.
Before long, Lu Yao ran in excitedly, pulled Zhou Tianhui's arm, and gave a divine assist, smiling and saying, "Sister-in-law, you are here! Take good care of my brother. He smokes two packs of cigarettes a day and drinks every day!"
Lu Fan was particularly embarrassed and simply went out to smoke, seeing Du Wenlong and the others laughing "lewdly" on the side.
"Director, uncle really has good eyes, occupying such a beautiful wife for you early on. Hey, I'm almost thirty and still a bachelor!"
"Yifeng, don't talk nonsense. What era is this? That set is not popular anymore. The old people are just messing around."
Wang Yulong smiled and said, "Director, a college student, hard to find even with a lantern, and she came to the door herself. I think we should take this opportunity to just cook the raw rice into cooked rice, otherwise, it will be angry with both humans and gods!"
Lu Fan ignored him. The more you describe such things, the darker they get. Instead, he was worried that the group of classmates would misunderstand. This "wife" was known to all the classmates in the class. Who let Du Wenlong have no gate on his mouth? Every time he saw Zhou Tianhui, he called her sister-in-law, making Lu Fan's childhood engagement known to everyone in the school.
People often say, what you worry about is what comes.
In the late afternoon, Zhu Jianglin and the others entered through the gate in a mighty force. Seeing Lu Fan squatting in the corner basking in the sun, they all shouted loudly, "Brother Fan, we are here, our stomachs are flat with hunger!"
Lu Fan hurriedly went to greet them, not expecting them to bring Chen Liqiong. He said slightly awkwardly, "Welcome, but there is an accident. Zhou Tianhui came this morning!"
"Little sister-in-law is also here?" As soon as the words fell, Huang Xiaoyu saw Chen Liqiong's face change and hurriedly changed the subject, saying, "Brother Fan, is the big fish and meat ready?"
Others looked at Lu Fan and smiled ambiguously. Everyone knew that the class flower had a crush on Lu Fan. Now there was a good show to watch.
However, Chen Liqiong's expression immediately turned from cloudy to sunny. She had known about the childhood engagement of her deskmate since the first year of high school, and she hadn't seen anything special about them. Moreover, she despised it. Didn't they break the engagement? Why was Zhou Tianhui still thick-skinned enough to come to Lu Fan?
Lu Fan took everyone directly to the kitchen and asked Du Wenlong to call others to eat.
The chef Chen Tianhao had just served the mutton, and there was a large basin of ribs, a large basin of fish stewed with tofu, a large basin of sheep offal, and a large basin of stewed sauerkraut. The whole kitchen was filled with the aroma of meat, making everyone drool and their index fingers move. Before long, they were wolfing it down.
Zhou Tianhui and Lu Yao came in laughing and talking. At first glance, she saw Chen Liqiong sitting in the crowd. Her face changed slightly, but she immediately returned to normal, thinking, with me here, you are all concubines. I have a status, and I must not be cowardly.
Zhou Tianhui pulled Lu Yao and sat specifically next to Chen Liqiong, greeting enthusiastically, "Liqiong, eat more. The mutton in Baishu Bay is very famous." She acted like the hostess.
Chen Liqiong really wanted to say, what are you pretending for? Didn't you also come today? Maybe you came uninvited!
After her competitive spirit came up, Chen Liqiong responded with a smile, "Little sister, eat more too, don't save it for my deskmate!"
The two looked at each other and smiled, making Lu Yao on the side feel very uncomfortable, but she was beautiful in her heart. It is a good thing for her brother to have people fighting for him. She doesn't mind having two sisters-in-law.
Young people together have infinite vitality, making Lu Fan feel like he had returned to his student days, and the smile on his face never stopped.
Listening to them sharing interesting things in school, Lu Fan envied them from the bottom of his heart.
University was just a journey in life for them, but for Lu Fan and Du Wenlong, it was out of reach, and they could only bury this regret deep in their hearts.
After filling their stomachs, Chen Tianhao served four cold and four hot side dishes for drinking. Everyone continued to drink happily, and they must not return until they were drunk today.
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