Beat Generation

The first North-South Consultative Conference ended without any progress.

Although both the north and the south are unwilling to see each other again, the coming of the second meeting, the third meeting, and the fourth meeting cannot be avoided... Until the north and the south really reach a certain consensus, the south is no longer happy, which is so frustrating Unpleasant meetings will continue again and again. Wen Xi sits in the first-class seat and taps on the table lightly. She can foresee that there will be almost no peace in the following days.

At this time, it was almost midnight, the outside of the plane window was dark, and the inside of the plane was also quiet. She finished a few minutes of paperwork and was about to squat for a while, when the blocking curtain was lifted, she immediately drew her gun and aimed at the door——

"Ah!" Zhuang Mei yelled softly, she quickly covered her mouth, and unexpectedly looked at Wen Xi who seemed to be sleeping but not sleeping.

Seeing that it was Zhuang Mei, Wen Xi put down his gun.

"It's so late, I still don't sleep." Wen Xi glanced at Zhuang Mei's cotton pajama skirt, and then quickly looked away.

"I heard the noise here again, and saw the light again, so I knew you were not asleep."

"Is there something wrong?" Wen Xi took a sip of water, and it seemed that he was about to issue an order to evict the guests immediately.

Zhuang Mei shook her head, "It's okay, I just want to come over and let you go to bed early. When will we arrive?"

"The itinerary is confidential, and I don't know when it will arrive."

Zhuang Mei knew that Wen Xi had always traveled cautiously, but now this was beyond the scope of caution, and she was a little too defensive.

"Ershan and I have made you worry. Thank you."

"You are welcome. Good night."

"Good night."

The blocking curtain was drawn, Wen Xi closed her eyes, and a bodyguard came to wake her up not long after her light sleep.

Wen Xi changed her clothes and put on makeup, took Wu Ershan and Zhuang Mei off the plane, and the group boarded another civilian passenger ship.

"I like the breakfast on this liner, and I hope you do too."

Wu Ershan stretched her waist, "The mattress on your plane is so good, I don't even want to wake up from my sleep." She kissed Zhuang Mei, "Did you sleep well, baby."

"very good."

The three sat together to have breakfast. There were not many guests on this passenger ship. Zhuang Mei bought a few newspapers from a little girl selling newspapers for a few dollars. She flipped through them. Maybe the results of the meeting made the government feel sad. , Even the newspaper didn’t publish the details of yesterday’s meeting, but just put an innocuous headline on a very small section, such as [Warmly celebrate the opening of the first North-South Africa formal consultation meeting in Beijing]...

This is another state of complete silence.

"Could you lend me the little madam's newspaper?" Wen Xi asked after taking a sip of her coffee.

"of course."

Zhuang Mei gave in, she turned her head and saw a child flying a small kite on the deck under the clear sky. Wu held her hand and said, "Shall we fly a kite too?"

"it is good."

When Zhuang Mei stood up, she remembered that her mother also loved to fly kites, but her mother couldn't fly them to the sky every time. Every time, her father rolled up her sleeves to solve the dilemma. Zheng Lianhe probably didn't know it, but Bo Zhengtao learned it on purpose. The three-day crash kite-flying course was just to amuse her.

She and Wu Ershan came to the deck. Wu bought a kite and let it fly again and again. Seeing that she was sweating profusely but couldn't let the kite fly, Zhuang Mei smiled and wiped it for her. After wiping off his sweat, he asked her to stand aside again.

Let's see Zhuang Mei made a move, and within 2 minutes, the kite flew out against the wind. Zhuang Mei carefully set the string, and the kite flew farther and farther. Finally, she kept pulling the string lightly, and the kite flew farther and farther. High... The sun came down from the clouds, and Zhuang Mei felt that the kite was flying very stably, so she handed the thread to Wu Ershan.

"Hey!" Wu kissed Zhuang Mei, and Zhuang Mei pushed Wu's arm with her elbow, and said, "Let it go slowly, don't let it go too hastily."

Wu is still a child at heart and has a lot of fun.

Wen Xi saw the kite-flying episode of the two of them in her eyes, and finally her eyes drifted to the kite flying high and far... She looked at the kite, then looked up and looked up. Chong Mae of kites.Wen Xi thought, if Zhuang Mei is a kite that flies farther and farther, then who will hold the string that pulls the kite...?

Whose house the zither will fall into is still unknown for a long time.

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Wu brought the kite into Wen's residence. After Wen Xi arranged a room for the young couple near the master bedroom, she said that she had something to deal with and would not accompany the guests. Before she left, she told Zhuang Mei that she would come back in the afternoon to arrange for their mother and daughter to meet.

During this time, it was rare for guests to come to the house. Naturally, Wen Li was overjoyed, and talked a lot with Wu Ershan and Zhuang Mei. Only then did Zhuang Mei understand that Yang Fan was kidnapped by Wen's family that night at [Bailu Medical Center]. The sisters were dragged to work as a patient, and Wen Xi went to the hospital just to let such a sister meet the seriously ill Zhan Zhengzheng, a pair of best friends!

Everything is not what she thought.

Seeing that Wen Li was in high spirits, Zhuang Mei took Wen Li to the garden for afternoon tea, while Wu Ershan went aside to call Xu Jiaqi, apologizing to her and hoping to restore the friendship.

"Wen Li, it's said that your sister is going to marry Kong Yuliang? Is it true?"

"Of course it's fake. The engagement banquet hasn't even been held yet. What's more, my idiot brother-in-law rarely comes to the house, so I think it must be useless." Wen Li frowned, "His family relies on generations of scholarly families, and other Nothing special. I don't think my sister likes her much either."

"You think so too?" Zhuang Mei asked.

Wen Xi nodded emphatically, "My mother doesn't like him either, she's just polite and not very courageous, and it's not exciting to marry such a young husband."

Zhuang Mei laughed, she knew Wen Xi so well, no wonder she kept Kong Yuliang as her fiancé, the more Rong Lanzhi didn't like her, the more she wanted to keep it.Thinking of this, she felt that she didn't like the old aunt Lanzhi, no wonder Wen Xi kept her for five years...Wen Xi's rebellion against this stepmother was unprecedented.

"How is your mother?" Zhuang Mei asked.

Wen Li sighed, "Looking at how quiet our house is, you know something is wrong. If she is in a good mood, she can buy more than a dozen cages of birds a month, and the house must be full of singing birds and fragrant flowers."

Zhuang Mei understood that the Wen residence was indeed extremely quiet, and even Wen Li was careful not to make noise when speaking.

"Then, who do you think your sister likes? Is it Yang Fan?"

Wen Li nodded, "You think so, too? I think so too. When my sister goes to meet many people in private, she has to take Yang Fan with her. Yang Fan is handsome and has a sweet mouth. He is very good at pleasing my sister. .but……"

Zhuang Mei opened her eyes wide, "But what?"

Wen Li shook her head, "Stop talking. My sister is here. Here—"

Zhuang Mei turned her head away, and Wen Xi beckoned her to come over. The two of them formed a tacit understanding in the past five years. As soon as Wen Xi waved, Zhuang Mei walked over, and Wu Ershan followed.

"I want to go with her," Wu said.

"I'm afraid it won't work. Let her go there alone." Wen said seriously.

Zhuang Mei's heart rose to her throat. She clenched her hands and said to Wu: "I'm afraid my mother doesn't want to see any old people. She might be irritated when she sees you."

"...... But... But I married you, so I always want to see my mother." Wu said again.

Wen sighed, "Ershan, she doesn't know people anymore, her mind is also confused, and she is easily frightened when she sees strangers. Let's forget it."

Zhuang Mei glanced at Wen Xi, "Take me in."

Wu kissed Zhuang Mei's forehead, "Then, I'll wait for you outside. Xiao Huanxi, call me if you need something."

Wen Xi nodded.

Wen Xi helped Zhuang Mei to walk forward, Zhuang Mei walked faster and faster, Wen Xi almost ran to keep up with her, the two came to the side house, the servants all lowered their heads, Zhuang Mei was about to enter the cell, Wen Xi grabbed her and straightened her clothes.

Zhuang Mei looked at Wen Xi the same way.

"Go in." Wen Xi said.

"You have to stand guard outside the door." Zhuang Mei said.

Wen Xi nodded, she stood guard outside the door, just watching Zhuang Mei lift the heavy curtains and walk in, and finally disappeared into the cell as if turning into a light white shadow.

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Zheng Lianhe was not lying on the bed, she was still standing by the window wearing a pair of light apricot-colored gown, she didn't know what she was looking at, compared to the last time just after surgery, she is now as skinny as a stick.

Zhuang Mei just took one look and shed tears. The last time she saw her, the mother she mistook for her father was obviously still like the most beautiful crabapple on the branch. How could she have withered all of them after a few days of cultivation? , only the withered and rotten branches are left, which are being peeled off bit by bit.

"Mother."

Zhuang Mei called softly, who knew that Zheng Lianhe immediately picked up a small pillow and threw it over like a frightened bird?She shouted: "Rong Lanzhi, don't come here, don't come here, if you dare to come here, I will have my husband kill your entire clan!"

Zhuang Mei was caught off guard and was hit. She rubbed the bridge of her nose and lifted the last curtain, only to see a mess all over the floor, all pillows with torn cores, and her mother was hiding behind the bed shyly, A strange and horrified look looked at her.

Zhuang Mei didn't dare to go over, but wanted to rush over to hug her mother, she wiped away her tears and changed her expression.

"Ahe, don't you know me? Look who I am." Zhuang Mei imitated her father's tone and talked to her, "Ahe, do you remember? I'm here to take you away."

Zheng Lianhe, who was hiding in the dark, stared at the...boy standing there in a daze?No, she smiled strangely, "You're not Bo... My husband died, he was hanged alive, his tongue stuck out, he blew a lot, his eyeballs were about to pop out, and some people laughed , Said that he peed his pants in fright, they were talking nonsense... My son is dead, and they still slandered him..."

Zhuang Mei shook her head, "Look at me carefully?"

Zhuang Mei coaxed for a long time before Zheng Lianhe came out. Only then did Zhuang Mei see that there were very new kisses and scars on her neck, as if they were left just last night. Her walking posture was very strange, her legs closed She was not close, her waist was bent, and there were red marks on her hands, as if she had been strangled by a rope. Zhuang Mei instantly understood what her mother had experienced last night... When she walked over, Zhuang Mei smelled a Familiar perfume smell, this perfume is my mother's favorite perfume, it is called [Summer in Huanjing], also known as [Huanxia].

This perfume has been out of production for many years and is no longer available in the market.

Zheng Lianhe came over, she held Zhuang Mei's face in her hands, looked at it for a long time, and she seemed to recognize it suddenly again.

"My daughter finally came to see me... even though Rong Lanzhi still has a little bit of conscience, I have followed her way these days, and now she finally let me see my daughter." Zheng hugged Zhuang Mei, she couldn't help Shaking again, she pulled Zhuang Mei to sit down, she wrapped Zhuang Mei in her arms, picked up the comb, let Zhuang Mei rest on her lap, and combed Zhuang Mei's hair one by one. "My little Meier, do you miss your mother?"

"think."

"How is your book? Where are you going to work after graduation? Rong said, let you work in Xiao Huanxi's company? Is it safe there?"

"I don't read well. I have already graduated and work in Xiao Huanxi's company. It's safe." Zhuang Mei grabbed the comb, "Mom, shall I comb your hair?"

Zheng nodded, "Don't think about escaping, only here is the safest place, after a few years, everyone will forget about your father, you should run away again, otherwise, those people will kill you..."

"Um……"

"Is Xiao Huanxi good to you? Is Rong good to you? Rong promised me that she will be good to you. As long as I am obedient, she will be good to you."

"...Rong...Rong..." Zhuang Mei couldn't continue, she hugged Zheng Lianhe and sobbed softly.

"Xiao Meier, don't cry. Don't cry, mom is here." Zheng patted her back and said softly, "Xiao Meier, Xiao Huanxi is a good child, she will visit me every month , healed me, and talked to me. Here, no one talks to me. Poor little Huanxi, her mother was treated lightly by your father, and she committed suicide after being insulted and humiliated by those gossip... You see, She doesn't hate you at all, she likes you very much, you two should be best friends."

"Mom, I don't have any friends anymore."

"No, you have a lot of friends...but you have to be careful of them. Your father said that Zhan Banbi has plotted against you since he was a child. Your father hates her very much, but you just like to play with her. You know... her father If you don't deal with your father, sooner or later..." Zheng Lianhe shook his head, "Maybe your father is worrying unnecessarily, you are just children..."

"Does father hate Sister Banbi very much?"

"Well. He said that the child is too gloomy. She never talks about what she wants, and just waits for others to bring it to her. The mind is too deep. If you like to play with her, sooner or later you will be swallowed up by her .”

"And which of my friends does father like?"

"Of course it's Xiao Huanxi. Both your father and I like Xiao Huanxi...Your father probably feels guilty about Xiao Huanxi's mother, so he treats Xiao Huanxi very well...Your father also said that when you mature, let you marry A little joy."

"What?!" Zhuang Mei wiped away tears, "Father really said that?"

Zheng Lianhe nodded, as if recalling the time when the husband and wife were deeply in love in the past, "I also mean the same thing. If you can really get married, it can be regarded as a solution to the blood feud between our Bo and Wen families... Besides, this vicious stepmother will definitely not treat you She's fine. She's taken to our Bo family sooner, and it's good for the child in the future."

"Mother...you don't say it...you don't say it."

"But Er Shan is also very good, but her mother may not be able to tolerate you. You have a bad temper... Your father and I both have good tempers, and I don't know how we gave birth to such a bad-tempered daughter like you. I love you... It's not right, I'm the only one in our family who has a good temper. Your father is all pretending to be seen by outsiders! You are like him, and you don't accept your fate for what you want! In the end...he still lost his life. Zheng hugged his dearest daughter and asked, "Hey, where is my little Hui'er? Where is your brother?"

"He went abroad."

Zheng nodded, half understanding, and finally she lay down on the bed and coughed heavily, "I'm so tired, Xiao Mei'er, come here and rest with mother for a while."

Zhuang Mei slipped into her mother's arms and listened to her singing quietly. Every sentence was like a dream, and the words of farewell to the underworld. At the end of the song, Zhuang Mei saw that her mother's face was also mottled with tears. She was about to wipe her mother's face. Tears, I heard Rong Lanzhi shout: "Don't touch her!"

With a soft "thud", a ring in Zheng Lianhe's hand slid to the ground. Zhuang Mei recognized the diamond ring as her parents' wedding ring, and the one that rolled further and further away was her father's ring.

Zhuang Mei wept bitterly, and then she shouted: "Mother! Mother! Mother! Mother!!"

"Let go of her, you little bastard!" Rong Lanzhi pushed Zhuang Mei away as soon as she came up, and she hugged Zheng Lianhe, "Get out, you little bastard!"

Wen Xi hugged Zhuang Mei, and Zhuang Mei struggled to hug her mother.

Wen Xi whispered, "Don't look, Bo Mei, your mother has gone. Don't look..."

"You let me go...you let me go...no, she's still alive, she just talked to me! You let me go! I'm going to kill Rong Lanzhi! I'm going to kill her! Mom... Mom! Mom! Mother!"

Wen Xi hugged Zhuang Mei tightly, and Zhuang Mei kicked and beat Wen Xi until Rong Lanzhi fired a shot at the feet of the two of them, and Zhuang Mei stopped yelling, and she choked with sobs He just looked at the mother who was held in Rong's arms.

"You trash, kill me when you grow up." Rong Lanzhi hugged Zheng Lianhe, who was gradually losing temperature, "Your father can't kill me, let alone you? Dream."

Zhuang Mei gritted her teeth and did not speak. Seeing that her whole body was shaking, Wen Xi had to forcibly take her out of the cell.

Zhuang Mei was carried out like this, Wen Xi hurriedly called Wu Ershan, and the two finally held Zhuang Mei down one left and one right.

"Ershan, look at her, today is too sudden. I thought it wasn't so fast. Keep an eye on her, I'm going to deal with it, otherwise something will happen soon."

"...Mother?" Wu looked at Wen, and Wen nodded, "I just left, keep an eye on her."

Zhuang Mei pulled Wen Xi back, "I want to be by my mother's side, she is afraid of Rong Lanzhi, she is afraid of Rong Lanzhi, I want to be by my mother's side..."

Seeing this, Wen Xi also choked up, pinching Zhuang Mei's chin, "Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, Bo Mei."

Zhuang Mei's lips trembled, she looked at Wen Xi, and Wen Xi whispered: "Your mother is dead, she will not come back to life. If you want her to go there with peace of mind, stop yelling like this, Rong Lanzhi Will kill you. Do you understand? Your mother wants you to live, doesn't she? Shh-shh-shh-"

Wen Xi put her index finger against Zhuang Mei's trembling lips, "Shhh - don't cry, don't yell anymore, let your mother leave with peace of mind. Huh? She wants to leave. This is... her last five years What I want to do." At this point, Wen Xi's tears also fell, all dripping on Zhuang Mei's face, she thought of her mother, "We should be happy for her, she will go to a better place, live The life she prefers."

After saying this, Wen Xi handed Zhuang Mei to Wu Ershan, and she quickly summoned Wu Ma and a group of old servants to prepare for the funeral.

Gradually, Zhuang Mei really stopped crying, and she sat down on the chair in a daze, completely crushed by the grief and powerlessness of losing her mother, her mind was blank, Wu Ershan saw that she was cold all over, so she hurriedly found thick clothes to cover her , and Zhuang Mei just looked at the busy figures outside the window, and didn't say a word.

The author has something to say: This chapter is very meaningful to me, it seems that one of the reasons why I wrote this article is to say goodbye to Zheng Lianhe's mother.