Chapter 354: Dilireba

"Brother Nuo, you should rarely go shopping like this now, right?"

Anxiang in late June couldn't be considered particularly hot. Especially since it rained and cooled down a few days ago, walking on the street and being blown by the night wind at night was quite comfortable.

Hearing Zhang Mingrui's words, Chen Nuo said: "Shopping is relatively rare. But I run every morning."

Wang Yue said in surprise: "So you really run every morning, I thought the media was writing nonsense."

"Thought I wasn't that diligent, right?" Chen Nuo smiled.

Wang Yue was a bit dizzy from this smile, grabbed Zhang Mingrui's hand tighter, and shook her head: "No, no, just feel that you are so tired from filming, and still insist on exercising, it's a bit unreal."

"Actually, it's not that tired, it shouldn't be as hard as your teachers."

Wang Yue could be considered to be following her father's career, currently teaching in a primary school in Long'an.

Coincidentally, the Second Primary School was also the school where Chen Nuo studied.

Before, when everyone talked about it, they laughed for a while, all saying that such a thing actually happened, it was really too interesting.

The more interesting thing Chen Nuo hadn't said yet.

He really didn't expect that Wang "Tiger" who ate Zhang Mingrui, this rich second generation, to death in his previous life, was the beloved daughter of his high school head teacher.

He only knew about this coincidence in this life.

That's right, he knew this couple, Zhang Mingrui and Wang Yue, in his previous life.

After all, the second-generation circle in Long'an was only that big.

When he was wasting time at Xinnuo Real Estate, Zhang Mingrui was entrusted with important tasks by his father.

If it weren't for suffering a loss in that pension real estate project in Hubei, with over 1 billion in funds being trapped for more than 5 years, missing the wave of development between 2015 and 2017, Qiangsheng Real Estate should have been much stronger than Xinnuo.

Similarly, looking back, Zhang Mingrui, who could show his talents in Qiangsheng, was also the object he secretly envied.

Except that his wife was really too fierce.

At that time, she led a group of people to block the street and smash Zhang Mingrui's Land Rover, scratched his face, and dragged out the mistress in the car, slapped her more than a dozen times, and filmed the adultery process into a Douyin, making Zhang Mingrui almost not dare to go out for half a year.

This was talked about as a joke in their circle for a while, all saying don't marry Wang "Tiger."

But until the year he was reborn, the two hadn't divorced, living a life of bumping and fighting with three children.

Although Qiangsheng was no longer strong and didn't do real estate anymore, Zhang Mingrui relied on the property management company he had opened before to live a life without worry about food and clothing.

Although he didn't attend their wedding.

However, in 2014, when they spent over 300,000 to go to America to have a baby, Chen Nuo still found them a house.

So, he knew very well that Wang Yue didn't need him to support her. He was just doing it for show.

Thinking about these past events of his previous life, and walking on the street he hadn't walked on for a long time, Chen Nuo had a sense of comfort he hadn't had for a long time.

Halfway through, he received a call, and then Wang Yue asked gossiping: "So you and Liu Yifei are really dating?"

Chen Nuo didn't have a clear answer, but he still nodded: "Yes."

Zhang Mingrui said: "Talented and beautiful, a match made in heaven."

Wang Yue blinked and asked again: "Then what about Wen Yongshan, are you still in contact?"

"Yes."

"Then why haven't there been any news about her recently? Has she been in Hong Kong..."

After 10 o'clock in the evening, when they returned to the hotel after shopping, Zhang Mingrui and Wang Yue first sighed that being a star was really not free.

This life was not as comfortable as everyone thought, it was simply like coming out of prison, going shopping was like being released, and they didn't dare to go to crowded places.

Sigh, in short, if they really had to live such a life... well, it would still be no problem.

The two chatted excitedly for a while, and later Zhang Mingrui blamed: "Did you ask too much? They broke up, why do you keep asking?"

Wang Yue whispered: "You don't know, I like Wen Yongshan."

Zhang Mingrui frowned and said: "Then you shouldn't ask."

"Alright, won't ask in the future."

Zhang Mingrui nodded and rubbed Wang Yue's head: "Be careful when you drive back alone tomorrow."

"Hmm, I know."

"You drive that Honda, leave the new car to me. Otherwise... it's a bit embarrassing to be with others."

"Good."

Zhang Mingrui smiled.

He liked this point about Wang Yue, gentle and cute, she would listen to whatever he said, unlike ordinary Xichuan women.

Wang Zhihan's home was in a rural-urban fringe on the edge of Anxiang urban area, and the road was not easy to walk. Chen Nuo specifically stayed in Anxiang for one night and came over the next morning; undoubtedly this was very wise.

Otherwise, just having a house number, I don't know how long it would take to find that old building on the side of the road in the middle of the night.

Similarly, when Zhang Mingrui said he wanted to follow him, Chen Nuo felt it was unnecessary.

However, in the end, if it weren't for the shrewd and capable Zhang Mingrui going to inquire, relying solely on Linghu, I don't know how long it would take to ask about Wang Zhihan's new home—a dilapidated internet cafe located in this rural-urban fringe.

This time Chen Nuo didn't wait in the car, and walked in with Linghu and the others.

As a result, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Wang Zhihan's round head, and on the computer screen in front of him, gunfire was raging. Several boys sitting in the same row were shouting at each other.

"Quick, quick, quick! Rush point A! Cover me!"

"Cover my ass, you run so fast, I haven't kept up yet!"

"Did you throw the smoke bomb? Don't let anyone touch the back!"

"Threw it, threw it, can't you see? I just threw a flash, the ones at point B must be blind, hurry up!"

"Fatty! Someone at your 6 o'clock direction!"

"Saw it, saw it!" Wang Zhihan quickly turned his perspective, his fingers operated, and a string of sparks exploded on the screen, "Fuck your mother, this bastard still wants to sneak attack me, die for me!!!!!!!!!"

I don't know if it was because he played CS for five years, in short, Chen Nuo saw that Wang Zhihan's marksmanship was really amazing.

The flick shot was superb, I guess if he were in front of him now, he would be hung as soon as he showed his head.

Zhang Mingrui and Linghu didn't say a word, standing behind Chen Nuo watching together.

The internet cafe owner sat behind the counter, stretched his neck and stared here, his eyes uncertain.

Early in the morning, there were not many people in his internet cafe, only this group of young people who stayed up all night every day were still playing, so when Chen Nuo and the others' cars stopped at the door of the internet cafe, he saw it clearly.

A big Mercedes, a Porsche.

When they stopped, he didn't believe that the people in these cars were here to surf the internet.

At that time, his heart jumped wildly.

Heard before that the county was going to demolish and build some logistics park, could it be that this is... a windfall?

What a pity! The boss sighed, looking at these three men whose temperament and dress were out of place with the surrounding environment, thinking, damn Wang Fatty, hanging out with that group of street kids outside every day, could it be that he did something sneaky and was found?

Should I call the police?

The boss was struggling, Wang Zhihan and the others finished this game.

Everyone was cursing, indeed, the last shot was obviously luck, blind sniping headshot, it was a bit of a pity.

"Hey, who are you? What are you doing?"

A thin man sitting next to Wang Zhihan suddenly saw Chen Nuo and the others, and immediately shouted.

Several people looked over one after another.

Chen Nuo's baseball cap was pressed low, the light in the internet cafe was not good, and Wang Zhihan's friends didn't recognize him.

However, when the Wang Fatty in front of him took off his headphones and turned his head in surprise, the shock he received was not small.

"Fuck, Chen..."

Fortunately, Wang Zhihan reacted quickly and covered his mouth.

Chen Nuo threw his head to the right, "Come out."

After speaking, he walked out.

The thin man next to him said: "Who is this, pulling like a chicken..."

"Fatty, is it someone looking for trouble with you?"

"Do you want to call 110?"

"No, no, it's my friend. You guys play first, I'm leaving."

Chen Nuo waited at the door for a while, Wang Zhihan ran over in a hurry, his surprise not yet faded, and gave him a bear hug: "I fuck, Brother Nuo, why did you come?"

"Come to play with you."

"Come to play with me? You are a big star, hundreds of thousands a second, what to play?"

Chen Nuo smiled: "Missed you."

Wang Zhihan was stunned. Zhang Mingrui interjected: "Brother, Brother Nuo came specifically to find you."

Wang Zhihan laughed dryly: "I fuck..."

Chen Nuo asked: "Stop fucking, where do you live now? Went to your house just now, the neighbor said you haven't been back for more than a year, to find you, come here. You don't really live in the internet cafe, do you?"

"No, live with my girlfriend."

Chen Nuo thought sure enough, smiled: "Not bad, got a girlfriend."

"... Hehe, Brother Nuo, how can I compare to you? Wen Yongshan plus Liu Yifei, and Fan Bingbing. I guess that Gao Yuanyuan also has a leg with you. Those people on the internet really think you are some friend with her..."

"Alright, alright, say less, let's go, there are many people here, talk in the car."

"... Good, wait, I'll tell them."

After Wang Zhihan got into the car, he touched and looked around, and sighed again.

Chen Nuo knew it in his heart, Zhang Mingrui also got into his own car, and now it was convenient to talk.

So he asked directly: "Brother Han, when did you make friends, didn't say a word?"

"More than a year."

"Changed your phone number and didn't tell me, don't use QQ either, what are you busy with?"

"Not busy, playing every day."

"Playing what?"

"CS."

"Oh, then your girlfriend has no opinion on you playing CS all night yesterday?" "No."

"Relationship is pretty good?"

"Hmm, pretty good."

"What about her parents?"

"Went to Shenzhen to work, just the two of us living."

Speaking of this, a trace of embarrassment flashed on Wang Zhihan's face. Chen Nuo pretended not to see it and smiled: "Is she at home now? Take me to see her."

"Not here, went out."

"Work?"

"Hmm."

"What does she do?"

"Clerk in a company."

"Oh, then I'll wait for her to get off work, eat together."

"No need, right?"

"Why not? It's rare for me to come back, must get to know her."

"Brother Nuo, forget it, you are so busy, I'm already very happy that you came to see me, really."

Chen Nuo's face faded: "Haven't seen each other for a long time, how did we say it at the beginning, you are dating, do you need me to help you see? Forgot? Looks like you don't treat me as a brother?"

Wang Zhihan blushed: "No, how is that possible!"

"Then what's going on? Brother Han, today is Sunday, what kind of clerk does she work as in what company, need to work on Sunday?"

Obviously, Wang Zhihan's abnormality couldn't be hidden from Chen Nuo, just as his messy affairs couldn't be hidden from Wang Zhihan.

But Chen Nuo guessed the beginning, didn't guess the end.

In the previous life class reunion, he only heard that Wang Zhihan stabbed someone because of emotional problems, but didn't know the details.

So, seeing a room door open in the middle of the second floor of this tube building in front of him, a middle-aged man walked out, turned his head and smiled at a young woman, and then the two kissed at the door, and the man finally grabbed the woman's chest before leaving leisurely.

Chen Nuo was silent for a long time and asked: "Is this her manager?"

"Hmm."

"How often do you come?"

"As long as I go to play games..."

"When did you find out?"

"A long time ago."

"And then, you didn't do anything?"

"I..."

Wang Zhihan said a word with a hoarse voice, and then couldn't say a word anymore.

In Chen Nuo's eyes,

his fists were clenched, his teeth were bitten to death, his neck veins burst, and the hatred and tears in his eyes were intertwined, and he couldn't tell which was more.

This expression of Wang Zhihan often appeared in front of Chen Nuo's eyes in the many days that followed.

It gradually overlapped with some images in his mind.

In the end, from early July 2010 to mid-August, Chen Nuo stayed in Long'an for more than a month.

In this month, he was almost completely detached from the entertainment circle, and no entertainment reporters came to Long'an to bother him.

Although he rarely went out, except for his morning run every day, he also often went out for a walk at night.

Thoroughly let himself relax completely.

Sometimes playing chess and billiards with Cui Xueli at home. Also occasionally played dungeons with Liu Yifei and the people in her guild.

At the same time, he also went to see his grandparents whom he hadn't seen for a long time. Received some praise, and was stuffed with two red envelopes, saying it was the New Year's money for the past two years.

He didn't go to the lottery opening ceremony of Chen Bicheng's fourth phase of the building, because a few days after he returned from Anxiang, Zhang Ke took the initiative to call and shook hands with Chen Bicheng to make peace.

Old Chen was triumphant about this, thinking it was his prestige that made Qiangsheng Real Estate bow its head.

Chen Nuo didn't tell him the reason.

However, in the end, because the number of pre-orders was small, the opening of Yulan Zundi sold generally, and Chen Bicheng was a bit worried about this.

But Chen Nuo knew very well that Old Chen was blessed in disguise. The history of the previous life repeated itself here.

Zhang Ke and the others' buildings sold well, but, looking back, it wasn't a good thing.

Because from the second half of 2010, real estate would have a 3-year smooth sailing period, Old Chen's buildings were unsalable now, but it allowed him to eat enough premium in the face of the suddenly erupting strong demand, and the overall profit was at least 20% higher than originally expected.

And Zhang Ke and the others sold the houses early, but could only be jealous and red-eyed, hating that they had no goods in their hands. All kinds of calculations, but moved stones to hit their own feet.

This was the real reason why Chen Nuo didn't want to participate in the opening of Chen Bicheng's building.

What appearance fee, that was all a joke.

Apart from these trivial matters in life, the only thing he had to do with the entertainment circle was reading books.

The book he read was "History of Chinese in America" written by Ms. Iris Chang, the same author as "The Rape of Nanking."

This novel with rich historical materials started from Guangdong in 1847 and wrote until 1997.

The 150-year history of Chinese in America was vividly and tortuously told under Ms. Chang's pen.

Chen Nuo read the first 2/3 of the book very carefully, because Ms. Chang interviewed many people and did a lot of homework, telling some secrets and the tragic treatment of Chinese workers with a calm pen.

As for the last 1/3 of modern times, although it meant wearing colored glasses, as a second-generation immigrant from Taiwan to the US, it was understandable that Ms. Chang had such a view of the mainland.

It's a pity that Ms. Iris Chang passed away in 2004. Otherwise, when she saw China in the next 20 years, she should change her view, right?

"So, you read for so long, and feel it's useless. Even not as impressive and insightful as your classmate's expression, right? Well, what's strange about this?" Li Er said strangely, "Isn't this very normal? Do you think you are the material for reading books?"

On August 24, Cui Xueli's high school career was about to start, and Chen Nuo also bid farewell to Long'an and returned to Jingcheng with Pan Chengrong. Afterwards, he went to Li Er's house for dinner and talked about the preparation for Quentin's new play.

Hearing Li Er say this, Chen Nuo was really speechless, opened his mouth, and didn't say a word.

At this moment, everyone in the room laughed.

Pan Chengrong smiled: "Teacher Li is so right."

At this time, Chen Nuo could only be angry from embarrassment and bully his adopted sister. With a glare, Cui Xueli immediately restrained her smile and lowered her head.

Pan Chengrong said angrily: "You only have this much promise."

Li Er shook her head: "You, how old are you, still so childish. Alright, talk about business. You think about your past acting, which time did you see the character from the book? Is there?"

When Chen Nuo was thinking, Li Er continued: "So I said last time, let you go your own way, you still didn't understand what I meant. Jeon Do-yeon is indeed a good actor, but her way may not be suitable for you. You are not a research school at all. What you need is to experience life and delve into the character according to your own method."

Chen Nuo couldn't help but smile bitterly: "But I am acting as an overseas worker here, the kind who repairs railways, I can't really find a place to repair railways, right?"

Li Er said blandly: "This requires you to think for yourself. Now you have graduated, and you are not studying in school anymore. The answers to many questions need to be found by yourself. You can't always have someone to give you advice."

Chen Nuo curled his lips and said: "Alright."

Li Er was amused by his strange appearance, "Why, you are still unconvinced?"

"No, then I'll go back and think about it, and tell you when I have a conclusion. Hmm, Teacher Li, Professor Qi, that matter, Brother Tian has already decided, let me tell you..." Chen Nuo said hesitantly.

Li Er asked: "Decided what?"

Qi Yifei said: "What is he going to do?"

The two asked in unison.

Chen Nuo coughed lightly and said: "He is preparing to adopt."

"Adopt?" Li Er's eyes widened.

"Yes."

Li Er's face turned black all of a sudden, including Qi Yifei's face, which also looked ugly.

Li Er said again: "Then tell him not to come back, and treat it as if I don't have this son in the future!"

After speaking, Li Er stood up and went back to the bedroom.

The remaining few people were also very embarrassed, Pan Chengrong said: "Nuo, why don't you go and persuade Yun Tian again, this adoption is after all..." Pan Chengrong suddenly saw Cui Xueli next to her and closed her mouth.

Qi Yifei also forced a smile and interjected: "I think it's actually the same, regardless of closeness. Your Teacher Li is mainly blaming herself. You guys play for a while, I'll go see her."

Li Er stayed in the room for maybe 40 minutes, and when she came out to cook, she couldn't see anything unusual, but when talking about some things, she inevitably revealed her true feelings and was a bit sad. For example, talking about the wedding of Zhang Yiyi and Li Yu on August 30, it was entirely because of Old Zhang's poor health.

Li Er sighed that although Old Zhang's health was not good, his son was filial, which was not in vain.

But Chen Nuo was really powerless.

Adopting a child was Qi Yuntian's final concession after careful consideration and crying.

He was determined not to do any surrogacy, nor to engage in any test-tube babies.

In order to cut the mess quickly and get this matter done, Qi Yuntian's adoption location this time was in Xichuan, the orphanage where the accident happened two years ago.

And these days, Chen Bicheng stayed in Xichuan and was already helping to contact to see if there were any suitable candidates.

Hearing Chen Nuo explain this, Li Er's face only eased a little bit.

After a long while, Li Er had the mood to talk about other things, "By the way, that XJ student I told you about last time, this time the cultural course was also shortlisted, and it has been confirmed that she was admitted by our school. Starting from September 1, she will come to register, do you want me to help you find a phone number, and you contact her yourself?"

Chen Nuo nodded: "Good. What is her name?"

Li Er said: "I specifically checked this time, the name is really long. I'll look at the photo on the phone, oh, it's called Dilireba Dilimulati."

Ah?

Chen Nuo was taken aback.

How could it be her?

This... this is not right, right?

PS:

February 28, Brother Nuo's birthday.

Starting from March 1, I decided to spur myself and adopt the rule of adding more for monthly tickets.

100 tickets for 1,000 words, no cap!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 355 =====