Beat Generation

Wu Ma stood on the porch.

I always feel that the gold-encrusted jade hollow octagonal lamp hanging above my head is a bit of an eyesore.

After all, her old eyes were cloudy, and she looked at it for a long time before she remembered that the lamp with a crimson halo was an old item used by her young lady and uncle when they got married.

"You guys, pick up this lamp and go to the warehouse to get a new one."

"Mother Wu, my wife said, I want this, Xixing."

"Xingxing is a ghost. I'm not afraid..."

Wu Ma's face was sullen, and she almost got off topic. She tilted her head and asked uncertainly: "Is it the wife who said it? Why, the wife got out of bed?"

"Yes, the door opened before evening."

"Get up, I've already taken care of this matter. She really knows how to pick up ready-made ones."

Everyone didn't dare to say anything more. Now this Mrs. Dingtian is the backbone of the Wen family, and everyone in the Wen family has to listen to her, even if she is not the original wife of the late Mr. Miss Wen Xi's biological mother, but since entering the door, she has devoted herself to the Wen family. Now that Wen Xi and Wen Chong have become talents, in the eyes of everyone, this is probably due to her credit.

Naturally, Mama Wu didn't get along with this indomitable "Second Wife" Wen, because she was originally Wen's "Eldest Wife" nanny.

"Can't you change the style next to it?"

Wu Ma picked up the lamp by herself with a pole, but was stopped by someone.

"Mother Wu, the wife said, I want this. I want to make fun of it. Let me borrow... auspicious luck."

Wu Ma sighed, "May my young lady and uncle be able to come home tonight to take a look at this bright light. Our little Huanxi grows up and is about to get married..."

The lamp was slowly hung up again, just at the time when the lantern was first lit.

It was also when the lanterns first came on that Zhuang Mei finally woke up from the bed.

As soon as she raised her hand, the tiger skin blanket that was covering her body fell to the ground. She sat up, grabbed the blanket and wrapped herself up indiscriminately.

Walking barefoot to the bathroom with rushing water, Wen Xi was standing under the shower to rinse.

She knocked on the frosted glass shower door.

"go out."

Wen Xi, who was at the bathroom door, just watched Zhuang Mei leave the bathroom.

Two 10 minutes later.

Zhuang Mei sat on the bed and watched Wen Xi, who was wrapped in a bathrobe, enter the dressing room. After a while, a well-dressed Wen Xi stood in front of her with bright red lipstick on.

"Are you leaving? Have a party tonight?"

"Well. You can play in Zhuangzi by yourself for a few days, and you don't need to go to the company for the time being."

"only myself?"

Zhuang Mei retracted into the blanket, only showing her two eyes, looking at Wen Xi with a sway.

She looks like a famous cat in tiger skin. Wen Xi reached out and touched her head, and then she frowned uncomfortably. She has hated cats the most since she was a child.

"Yes. I don't have time for you."

Wen Xi pulled off the tiger skin covering her body to hide her shame, revealing the white ketone body with intertwined welts, and she suddenly had a good time, which made Wen Xi feel hot behind her ears. She slowly stood up, condescending Looking at Zhuang Mei.

Zhuang Mei looked up at her trembling slightly.

It wasn't until Zhuang Mei's nose dripped with sweat that Wen Xi ended the long staring, and she turned around.

"I will never become the kind of person you want in my life. If there is a next time, it will still be the same as this time. If you like to play, we can change many tricks and play slowly."

Looking at Wen Xi's tense back, Zhuang Mei took a deep breath and clenched her fists.

"I just want to ask you a question, has your whip ever hit Kong Yuliang? Has it ever hit any other woman?"

"..."

"you answer me."

"No."

Wen Xi strode out of the bedroom.

The moment the door closed, Zhuang Mei closed her eyes and took a lot of breaths to relax her tense nerves.

She got out of bed, walked into the bathroom, and looked at herself covered in welts in the mirror.

This self is so strange.

Wen Xi swung the whip to her heart's content, she knew she was satisfied, so Zhuang Mei had already begun to predict what the whip would get in return——

Picking up the ointment in the small suet jade box, facing the mirror, she wiped the welts one by one. In order to see the welts clearly, Zhuang Mei raised her head high. When she applied the medicine, she should have bared her teeth in pain. Grinning, or being sad and humiliated, but this time, she wiped the medicine expressionlessly, staring at herself in the mirror, thinking like a promise to herself, this is the last time, and Wen Xi will be there again in the future. There is no chance to treat her like this.

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Wen Xi and Kong Yuliang made an appointment to meet downstairs in the company.

Kong Yuliang was wearing a patterned casual suit today, and the crocodile-patterned leather shoes made Wen Xi raise her eyebrows again and again.

"What's wrong with you today? You're dressed so fancy."

"I'm going to your house. Anyway, dress up, isn't your stepmother very fashionable?"

Wen Xi smiled.

"Tired after working all day? Let me give you a shoulder squeeze."

"No need. Not tired."

Kong Yuliang was driving, and Wen Xi was sitting in the co-pilot. She looked sideways and chatted with Kong Yuliang throughout the whole process. Kong Yuliang was a talkative man who could string together what happened throughout the day into jokes.

He said his, Wen Xi's mind turned over and over again, and they had nothing to do with chatting, but the two of them were able to talk happily, and this is what Wen Xi likes about Kong Yuliang.

When they arrived at Wen's residence, Mama Wu was still the first one to come out to pick her up.

"Are you back? It's cold outside today, go into the living room and have a cup of black tea to keep warm."

When Wu Ma smiled, her eyes narrowed. There were wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. When she smiled, the wrinkles followed. Wen Xi always felt that Wu Ma's smile resembled that of her own mother.

"Is Mr. Kong busy today?"

"Not busy, not busy. This is a small gift for you. Today is my first visit to the house. There are many rules in the house that I don't understand. Please take care of me, Mama Wu."

Wu Ma refused to accept it, so Wen Xi had no choice but to stuff it into her hand, and Wu Ma accepted it with a smile.

"Today's small family dinner, Mr. Kong just relax. Our wife went to Germany for a week before, and she was not feeling well when she came back, and she lay down for a week."

Wu Ma explained Mrs. Wen's recent situation, she seemed to be telling Kong Yuliang, but her eyes were on Wen Xi, she hadn't seen her for several days, this young lady whom she grew up with...seemed to be more beautiful No wonder, when young people fall in love, the full of affection and sweetness are written on their faces.

Hey, if her parents are still there, she must be very pleased.

Mama Wu led her to the lobby and was about to go to the kitchen. Turning around, she patted her forehead to remember, and said, "Miss, Miss Wu is also here."

"... Which Miss Wu?"

"Who else is there? When I was a child, I always came to play at home. When I came back for the first time, I called her Xiao Wu Master."

Wen Xi didn't speak anymore, she stopped, resting her pace to go to the living room.

"Why didn't you say it on the phone?"

"I came here with the young master. I didn't know beforehand. What's wrong?"

Both Wu Ma and Kong Yuliang looked at Wen Xi.

Wen Xi curled up her mouth, "It's okay, Yuliang, you go there first, and I'll change clothes."

Kong Yuliang nodded, and Wu Ma looked at Wen Xi's back upstairs, and followed upstairs with some anxiety.

After Wen Xi went upstairs, she quickly ran into her bedroom, locked the door with a "thud", dropped her bag, and went into her dressing room. She looked in the mirror and quickly took off her coat, shoes and socks. Looking at herself in the mirror, she opened her neckline and smelled, and then smelled her long hair - she was sure that her nose could not smell a little of Zhuang Mei's smell, but there was always a voice in her mind Hovering around, it seems that this uninvited Wu Ershan is a monster who can "smell a woman by smell". Just by sniffing, you can know that she was with Zhuang Mei just now.

She looked at herself in the mirror, and finally decided to change everything from the inside to the outside. She also changed the ring on her hand and the earrings around her ears, tied up her loose hair, and sprayed on a new perfume.

"dong dong"

There was a knock on the door, which really made Wen Xi, who had just finished changing her clothes, take a deep breath. She almost felt a little frustrated... Zhuang Mei had succeeded. The illusion of having done that.

"Who."

Wen Xi picked up the eyebrow pencil and reapplied herself.

"It's me, Mama Wu."

"Come in."

"Miss, you lock the door, I can't come in."

Wen Xi burst out laughing, she went to open the door, Wu Ma walked in, and then locked the door.

"What's the matter? I put on some makeup and I'm here."

"Miss, did you come back directly from the company just now?"

"Um... yeah. What's the matter?"

"Oh...then Zhuang Mei?"

"Mother Wu, what do you want to say?"

"I just heard in the living room that Miss Wu will stay in this city for several days."

"……I see."

Mama Wu hesitated to speak, she thought for a while, "You have been playing together since childhood, she doesn't know about Zhuang Mei. If she knew, she would definitely help. Miss, you are so close to Mr. Kong now. Well, simply, you leave that Zhuang Mei to Miss Wu, so..."

"Mother Wu!"

Wen Xi shouted softly, causing Mama Wu to shiver in fright, as if she had said the wrong thing.

"I, I, I... I'm an old fool, but it's also for you."

"Mother Wu. Even if Zhuang Mei is a female mouse, I have raised it from the beginning, and I will raise it until the end. If you are like this, don't talk about it in the future, and don't talk to her."

Wen Xi emphasized the word "she", her eyes became cloudy, her makeup was done, her appearance was perfect, and the next step was to enter the drama.

Wu Ma immediately understood that this "she" refers to the stepmother who can decide the fate of their siblings -- Rong Lanzhi.

"Wu Ma." Wen Xi held Wu Ma's hand, "A wrong step in Zhuang Mei's matter is a wrong step, and the whole game will be lost."

"Yes……"

Wu Ma went downstairs to get busy in the kitchen.

Wen Xi didn't go downstairs until a while later, she walked gracefully into the living room.

The white leather sofa was dazzled by the crystal palace lantern, Wen Xi squinted her eyes, and hugged her elder brother Wen Chong who hadn't come home for a long time from behind.

"Brother. You are back."

"Little Huanxi, you can be counted as coming back. I have greeted the dog twice, but I still don't see you. Let me have a look. My sister is now a domineering president with real guns and bullets. She is more powerful than my brother." Be busy."

Wen Chong stood up with a smile, hugged Wen Xi tightly, and whispered in her ear: "Say hello to Zhuang Mei for me, I heard that you just flew to Mok after you just dealt with your two good friends." Well, did you spend the weekend with her? >

<No. >

<Didn't you pick her up at the airport?The bodyguards saw you giving her flowers. >

<It’s been five years, and I haven’t asked anything when I’m so hard, I’m going to play with a soft one, do you want to play together? >

Wen Xi patted Wen Chong's back with a smile, Wen Chong held her hand with a smile, and said in a voice that only two people could hear: <Bo Zhengtao's daughter, I dare not touch it. >

Wen Xi smiled.

Wen Chong pulled his sister to sit down, then looked at his future brother-in-law Kong Yuliang, "Yuliang, let's continue talking."

"Why are there only the two of you, Er Shan and... Where's Mom?"

Looking at each other in dismay, chatter and laughter came from upstairs.

"Haha, I haven't trained that purple-blue macaw yet. I'll train it another day. I'll airlift you to the capital and make your parents happy."

This laughter is hearty and comfortable, with a proper nasal sound. Her words have an accent that others cannot learn, a little bit of capital, a little bit of southern, and a little foreign accent, which is said to be the sequelae left by learning Arabic back then. , Wen Xi and Wen Chong looked at each other and smiled when they heard the voice, then immediately stood up and shouted, "Mom, you're down."

"Sit, sit, sit, you are so respectful, it makes Mr. Kong Xiao feel uncomfortable."

However, when Kong Yuliang looked at the legendary stepmother of the Wen family, he was already in a daze. Who would have thought that this stepmother would be so young and full of vigor!What emanates from the whole body is not the decadence that widows and housekeepers should have all the year round, but an aura of humility.

Those eyes seemed to have seen through the vicissitudes of the world long ago, as if no matter how much wind and rain, they could not shake her at all.

"Look, you really scared us, Mr. Kong Xiao."

Rong Lanzhi raised her hand and asked the maid to take away the long jade spoon for feeding birds, and she sat on the sofa by herself.

Wu Er smiled kindly, walked to Wen Xi's side, and said in a low voice, "You have chosen a good fiancé, enough to stay."

Wen Xi had no choice but to push Kong Yuliang, and he came back to his senses.

"Aunt... Uh, I really don't know how to call you, it's the first time we meet."

Rong Lanzhi picked up the black tea, raised her eyebrows and said, "Now I'm called Auntie, and I should change my name to Mom in the future. Sit down, sit down. There's still a while to wait for the food to be served. It's also rare for me to chat with you young people. Just now I chatted with Er Shan Very speculative."

"You forgot, when I was young, the first time I saw you, we were very speculative."

Wu Ershan also laughed.

Wen Xi also picked up the bone china black teacup. Her eyes swiveled between Wu Ershan in a white suit and Rong Lanzhi in an off-white turtleneck sweater. Like her, Wen Chong was curious about what the two were talking about upstairs. So much so that people from the next generation talked about it as speculation.

"Yuliang probably never met me in person."

Rong Lanzhi raised her hand, and the maid immediately brought cigarettes and lit them for her.

"Yes, Auntie. You were not at home the last few times. Just now, Mama Wu said that after you came back from Germany, you were in poor health. Are you better now?"

Rong Lanzhi took a puff of cigarette, she tilted her head, flicked the cigarette ash, and took another look at Wen Xi, "It seems that Mama Wu likes you very much. No matter how glamorous your face is when you are old, the heart, liver, spleen and lungs inside The kidneys are no longer obedient, and they will go on strike if there is nothing to do."

"Mom, have you seen a doctor recently?" Wen Xi asked with concern.

Rong Lanzhi looked at Wen Xi, "It's rare to see you wearing this suit at home."

"Didn't you buy this suit for me? Of course I want to wear it more at home."

Wen Xi looked at Rong Lanzhi's wrist, as if she saw something, and Rong Lanzhi immediately crushed out the cigarette butt, shrinking her sleeves with this movement, she gave Wen Xi a warning look, and Wen Xi stopped observing her.

"Your brother came back today. I shouldn't have said these things in front of the guests. It's a pity that my body is getting worse every day. Some things still have to be said."

"Mom, I'm listening. If you feel uncomfortable, just say it." Wen Chong walked over and sat beside Rong Lanzhi.

Wu Er looked at Wen Xi kindly.

Wen Xi sat next to Kong Yuliang.

"Since your sister fell in love with Mr. Kong Xiao, she has not come home from time to time. In a year, except for the New Year, there is no one to see. Ask her something, one call is not answered, two calls are in progress, three calls Just shut it down for me. Tell me."

"Mom, it's not that I don't answer your calls, it's that I've been really busy these two years. You know what I'm busy with."

Wen Xi held Kong Yuliang's hand, and met Rong Lanzhi's scrutinizing eyes as if to prove something.

"Mom, don't be angry. Wen Xi doesn't answer your calls, she doesn't answer my calls, and she doesn't know what she's busy with. Hey."

"Really?" Rong Lanzhi looked very surprised, "Wen Xi, he is your own brother, why don't you answer his calls? Are you only taking Mr. Kong Xiao's calls?"

Kong Yuliang smiled wryly for a while, then raised his hand and said, "Actually, she often doesn't answer my calls."

Wu Ershan could only smile lightly when he heard it.

"That's all, because you treat everyone equally. I'm a mother, so I can't argue with you." Rong Lanzhi stood up, "Just a reminder, don't be too busy to damage your body."

"Mom, you scared me." Wen Xi also stood up, took Rong Lanzhi's arm, and said, "Mom, let's have dinner, everyone is hungry."

"Okay, let's sit down."