raging fire meets warm sun

Lu Xinchen was born in a town surrounded by mountains and traffic jams. People here have the old idea of ​​patriarchy. It is useless to have a daughter. Anyway, you have to marry in the end, and have a son to continue the family. She was born in such an environment. , since she was very young, she was not the favored object of the family, especially when she was seven years old, after a younger brother was added to the family, her life became even more difficult, and her parents even sent her to boarding School.

During the summer vacation when she was eight years old, Lu Xinchen came back from boarding school. Her younger brother had just turned one year old and was still a toddler. At that time, Lu Xinchen was young and had no ill will towards this cute younger brother. She was carrying a schoolbag before entering the house. He squatted down and went to play with his brother.

"Brother, brother, called sister, called sister."

One-year-old Lu Xin doesn't know how to call his elder sister. To be precise, this elder sister is unfamiliar to him. After a while, he was so frightened that he burst into tears. This crying immediately attracted the adults in the family and the busy kitchen. Lu Xinchen's mother.

"Are you bullying your brother?"

"I didn't." Facing his mother's questioning, Lu Xinchen looked very aggrieved.

"And you said you didn't, why are you so bad at such a young age." The woman said, lifting her ear with one hand, which made her hurt, and kept yelling, "Mom, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts."

At this time, the man in the room rushed out aggressively, picked up a feather duster and swung it directly on Lu Xinchen's buttocks, Lu Xinchen tried hard to bear it, biting his lower lip tightly, even if the pain caused tears to fall, he would never cry out.

After a round of mixed fights, her parents asked her again: "Do you know what you did wrong?"

Lu Xinchen shook his head stubbornly: "I am not wrong."

That night, she was beaten again, and she was fined not to eat dinner, obviously at that time she was only an eight-year-old child.

This was also Lu Xinchen's first impression of her younger brother. From then on, she never dared to talk to him again, and treated her as a stranger when they met at home, because she didn't want to attract another beating for herself.

During her summer vacation, in addition to her daily summer homework, she did housework at home. She had already started to share the heavy work of washing clothes for the whole family at a young age. It was summer again, and she drank a lot of water, and her one-year-old brother frequently peed his pants. , most of the time, Lu Xinchen could wash eight pairs of trousers a day, until his fingers were soaked.

What she looks forward to the most is to go back to school as soon as possible. From the first time she entered the boarding school crying and not getting used to it, to the growing desire to escape from this home, Lu Xinchen's mentality has been changing with age.

The worst time was the summer vacation after Lu Xinchen's high school entrance examination. This year, his younger brother was already eight years old, mischievous and very annoying. He tore up her book while Lu Xinchen was away, and even folded it into a paper airplane to play with. After being questioned by Lu Xinchen On the contrary, he didn't care and said: "Why do girls read so many books, anyway, they don't want to get married."

Lu Xinchen was trembling with anger, had a big fight with him, and asked his parents to reason why his younger brother said such things, obviously he heard it from them, her parents told her not to argue with her younger brother, and the older ones should learn to let her go. Give way to the small one.

But since childhood, Lu Xinchen has never let his younger brother do anything, good food, good food, good clothes, fun, and he always wears old clothes, and his brother always has new clothes for the season. She never said anything, but why even Young brothers will have this kind of thought?

Fortunately, she studied hard, and her grades were always at the top of her class. She also went to a good high school in the city for the senior high school entrance examination, and the journey was far away, so she only returned home almost every six months.

Lu Xinchen really wanted to visit the capital. Many students in the class were taken to the capital by their parents during the summer vacation. Her wish was to go to the capital once after graduating from high school. It would be great if she could be admitted to a school there.

So she studied hard, worked hard, and her hard work paid off. The results of the college entrance examination came out. Her scores were very good, but when she went home and told her parents, they did not look very happy.

"Go to the capital to go to university? The tuition and living expenses must be high, right?"

"I can work part-time to earn living expenses, and the tuition fees of good universities are not high, only three or four thousand a semester."

"Three or four thousand? How about this? In fact, your father has already found you a good family. Girls don't need to study so many books, just take care of their husbands and raise their children well."

It turned out that long before Lu Xinchen's college entrance examination was approaching, her family had already arranged a blind date for her, and even made an appointment with the other party for a door-to-door meeting time and the number of bride price.

Of course, Lu Xinchen would rather die than surrender. The emotions of so many years erupted all of a sudden, crying, making troubles and hanging himself, and everyone in the neighborhood knew about it. Even the blind date was scared away.

Perhaps they were also afraid, afraid that Lu Xinchen would do something extreme, so they gave her the permission to continue reading with some hesitation.

Lu Xinchen was happy for a few days, and only found out when she inquired about the admission notice that her choice had been changed, and the Capital University had also become a free normal university in the province.

It is required that after graduation, they need to be assigned to support teaching in remote areas for three years, or directly choose to repay the tuition fees for four years.

Lu Xinchen's dream was never to be a teacher, so after graduating, she resolutely embarked on the road of repaying tuition fees alone, leaving her hometown and coming to the capital alone, she believed that there would always be a place for her in such a big city.

But she was lucky, the first company she applied for was the company she was later promoted to be the manager of, but at this time the company was still in its infancy and was in urgent need of employment, and she was not a graduate of a prestigious university, so it was considered an exception.

Lu Xinchen was very happy, but it also made her work harder. At the beginning, she lived in the free dormitory provided by the company. There were four girls in the dormitory, and the other three were people who came to the big city alone to work like her.

Lu Xinchen goes out early and returns late every day, trying to be the first to arrive at the company and the last to leave the company. The colleagues in the same dormitory can't understand how she can work so hard as a girl. According to them, she hopes to work in a big city and then I met a man with good conditions and got married.

Lu Xinchen couldn't understand this kind of thinking. Is it different from her parents' wishing her to marry early without studying?In her opinion no.

"Hey, Lu Xinchen, you still work overtime when you come back at night, the boss won't give you an extra salary for working so hard."

"That's right, come play with us."

"No, no." Lu Xinchen smiled awkwardly.

Later, she felt that living in the dormitory was too noisy and affected her work, so Lu Xinchen moved out immediately after getting her salary.

The first house Lu Xinchen rented out was the basement in the capital. Because the rent was cheap, she didn't care too much. There was a small window on the wall near the road, which was boxy. Although it couldn't be opened, it could be opened. It is the only place that can receive the light from the outside world.

After moving out, Lu Xinchen worked harder than before, so he was often praised by the leaders for his outstanding performance. At that time, the housing prices in the capital were not too high. When seeing colleagues in the company discussing about buying a house, Lu Xinchen It was also the first time that she had thought of that, and she really wanted to own a house of her own in this city.

But after calculating the money needed, it was still too far behind for her at this stage, so Lu Xinchen could only save money on food and expenses. It was common for her to stay up late and work overtime in a rented house while eating instant noodles.

Fortunately, luck never favors those who work hard.

Lu Xinchen was promoted from an ordinary employee to a department supervisor, and her salary doubled as a result.

She also moved from the basement to a one-bedroom apartment. During the two years since she came to the capital, her family has never stopped asking her for money. Sometimes the reason is that her father broke his leg while doing work and needs money urgently, and sometimes it is because her younger brother needs to pay. I can't afford the tuition temporarily and ask her to borrow it.

What he said was nice, but he never paid it back. Lu Xinchen helped if he could, and only wanted to be worthy of his own conscience.

Lu Xinchen also met her love at this time. She was a fresh graduate a few years younger than her. She came to their company to apply for a job. Although she didn't get a job, the two of them also kept in touch with each other because they both came from the same place. There is also a younger brother in the family, and the two have a common language, and they get acquainted after coming and going, and even go shopping and eat together.

On Lu Xinchen's birthday, when he came back from get off work, he found that the girl came to see her at night and brought her a cake. The two of them drank some wine, and they had a relationship naturally.

Although he didn't clearly confirm that kind of relationship, Lu Xinchen believed in it in his heart, and she often came to see him. The two of them watched TV together, cooked together, and went to the outskirts of the capital on Saturdays and weekends.

At that time, Lu Xinchen was already preparing to buy a house. She wanted the girl she liked to move in and live with her.

But on the day when she got the down payment, when she came to the sales office, she suddenly found that she appeared with another man, holding hands in a very intimate manner. Lu Xinchen went up to reason and found out that the man was a native of the capital. , have a house and a car, they are getting married soon, and plan to buy another wedding house.

At that time, Lu Xinchen felt that all of this was a joke, a big joke, working hard together, repaying the loan together, and gaining a firm foothold in this city together, in the end, it was nothing like the stable house of another man.

There was no noise, no violence, Lu Xinchen saved the last decency and ended the relationship peacefully.

At that time, she fell into negativity for a while, and the people who called her most every day were the salesmen of various real estates. Suddenly, she woke up one morning and got in the car before the house price rose sharply.

It was the first house that Lu Xinchen owned, and it was the first time that she felt rooted in the capital. The loss of her relationship didn't make her slump since then. She worked harder and her position rose steadily until she finally became a manager.

At this time, she was 35 years old and owned a 350-square-meter villa with a yard.

One day, when she finds that she has everything she wants, she will feel very empty. Over the years, she has filled a lot of money into the house one after another, and she knows in her heart that it is a bottomless pit that cannot be filled, but she I don't care anymore, as long as they don't come to the capital to look for her, don't bother her, giving some money is nothing.

After experiencing that love affair a few years ago, she dared not give her sincerity to others easily, and looked at the numbers accumulating on her bank card, but they only became numbers.

Until she met Cheng Enxing, that confident girl in the interview room, with just one glance, Lu Xinchen was attracted to her.

In a sense, Cheng Enxing can be regarded as the first girl who asked her to confess. Lu Xinchen felt that she should do something, no matter what the result was, at least she would not leave any regrets in her heart, although the result turned out to be as she expected Cheng Enxing is a cheerful, sunny and confident girl, she is like a raging fire, fierce and fiery, warming up everyone around her.

Lu Xinchen is like a gloomy rainy day, the moss in the alley that never sees the sun, they are not suitable in their bones, more precisely, Cheng Enxing will not like someone like her, maybe he will never meet Ling again in this life Her heart beats.

What Cheng Enxing said to her that night left a deep impression on her. People in this world can make money every day they are happy, except for life and death.

Since Cheng Enxing resigned, Lu Xinchen has thought a lot by herself. It has been 35 years. She may need to make some changes to the status quo. Her life has not been fixed since then. She is not a dead person. Her future may be different. .

After thinking everything through, Lu Xinchen resolutely handed in his resignation letter to the company that he had been with for more than ten years. .

I borrowed a bit from the Internet, but it is almost the mood I want to express.

Her immediate superior said: "Whenever you want to come back, you are always welcome here."

After thanking Lu Xinchen, he nodded and packed up his things and left. The moment he walked out of the company building, he looked up and saw the endless skyscrapers. He really felt relieved.

After returning home, Lu Xinchen took the initiative to call the family, and said in a cold voice, "I will not send money to the family anymore, let's talk about it, and from now on, it will be as if I don't have this daughter."

The other party asked for 500 million.

Of course they knew that Lu Xinchen was able to get this amount, so they opened their mouths. Lu Xinchen agreed without hesitation.

She sold her villa, remitted 500 million, blocked all contact information, and moved.

Nothing that money can solve in this world is not a problem.I still remember that when I made that phone call, Lu Xinchen still had the slightest hope that they would choose their daughter over money, but unfortunately they didn't.

Forget it, these years, the kindness of nurturing has been paid off, and Lu Xinchen no longer owes them anything.

Packing up her bags, Lu Xinchen went abroad for a while, spent some money, and had a great time. She has been working under high pressure for a long time, and it is difficult for her to relax and travel. She thinks that after resigning, she will be able to relax like this every day.

The villa was bought with a mortgage. Lu Xinchen's loan has not yet been repaid. After selling it, after subtracting the 500 million given, she has several million left in her hand. She usually does financial management and investment, and her life Can live very relaxed.

After returning from abroad, Lu Xinchen hesitated between various cities, and finally settled on the capital. After staying here for more than ten years, he had already had feelings that he couldn't let go of. He stayed in a hotel for a few days before Lu Xinchen started looking for a house.

She took a fancy to a good house, it was a private villa, rented directly by the landlord, the entire second floor had two bedrooms, one living room and one bathroom, and a big balcony. I am used to living in villas, and I prefer the environment with large balconies and large yards, so I quickly got in touch with the other party.

I remember that the day she called was in the afternoon, around four o'clock. The woman who answered the phone spoke in a hurry, and said that she was going to the kindergarten to pick up the children now, and she would be free to look at the house later.

Lu Xinchen said that he was not in a hurry, and then made an appointment with the other party for the next day during the day.

The landlord's surname is Huang, and his name is Huang Yitong. Before paying, Lu Xinchen had already read the other party's ID card and house book. They are about the same age, so they should be able to hit it off in the future.

Coupled with the fact that the surrounding environment of this community is not bad, Lu Xinchen didn't want to make any more troubles, so he rented it like this.

On the day of the move, the landlord was nice, helping her run up and down, and even cleaned the second floor with her.

"The previous tenants who lived here were a couple. They always quarreled, and I couldn't sleep well every night, and the children kept waking up. Now it's finally better." Huang Yitong murmured.

"Don't worry, I'm usually alone, so I won't be too noisy at night." Lu Xinchen emphasized.

After living here for a period of time, Lu Xinchen realized that he had never met the landlord's husband before. Could it be that he was a single mother?Of course, she didn't bother to ask curiously, which would be impolite.

When she is in a good mood, Lu Xinchen will also let herself take on outsourced private work, so that she will not be so idle doing nothing, although her money is enough in this life as long as she doesn't spend it in a pretentious way.

The life of the landlord downstairs has hardly changed much. Every morning through the window, Lu Xinchen can see this woman sending her three-year-old daughter to the school bus at the door, and then going out to buy vegetables, wash clothes, cook, and clean up the house. , Occasionally practice yoga or something in the yard, pick up my daughter at the door in the afternoon, and take care of her life, which is actually quite boring.

For almost a month, the two of them had almost no communication other than the occasional meeting and a polite face-to-face.

Everything turned around from that time. After the capital entered autumn, the rain gradually increased. Huang Yitong went out on business that day, and there were many adults and children drying clothes on the balcony, but he never thought that it would suddenly rain.

Lu Xinchen is not a person who likes to meddle in other people's lives, but one day she saw the woman outside the balcony on the second floor struggling to pack her clothes in the rain through the window, she suddenly wanted to help, but it was just a favor, A little bit of effort.

"No, no, I can do it myself, you will get wet." Huang Yitong rejected her kindness at first.

"It's okay, I'm idle anyway, you can't finish moving so many clothes in one trip." Lu Xinchen said and went to help on his own.

The two rushed to the rescue, and finally put all the clothes into the house. Huang Yitong hugged the clothes and said apologetically, "I'm really sorry to trouble you, you're all wet."

"Small things." Lu Xinchen shrugged.

Huang Yitong was about to go downstairs when her knee swayed and almost fell, Lu Xinchen quickly grabbed her by the arm: "Are you alright?"

"It's an old problem. Since the birth of my daughter, I have had this rheumatic problem. When it rains, my knees hurt. I think it may be because I didn't have a good confinement at that time."

Lu Xinchen felt sorry for her, so he helped her move all the clothes to the first floor. Just as she was about to turn around and go upstairs, Huang Yitong called her.

"That, Ms. Lu." Huang Yitong took out a bath towel, "This one is clean, it is reserved for guests at home, you can take it and wipe it."

Lu Xinchen was stunned for a moment, a little surprised, reached out to take it and said thank you.

She raised her hand and wiped her hair with a bath towel, as well as the parts of her body that were wet by the rain. She stood awkwardly alone in the living room on the first floor. This was the first time she had stayed on the first floor for so long. There were all kinds of toys in a basket, and the walls were covered with cartoon stickers. When she was in a daze, Huang Yitong came out of the kitchen.

"Miss Lu, have a cup of hot coffee."

"Thank you..." Lu Xinchen reached out to take it.

"Well, if you don't mind, let's have a meal together tonight, as a thank you for your help." Huang Yitong tentatively asked.

"You're too polite, it's just a little effort." Lu Xinchen replied.

"It's okay, there is no one else in my family, only me and my daughter, and I rarely eat with other people, if you don't mind..."

Lu Xinchen later agreed to her invitation. Before going downstairs to eat, she went back to her room to take a shower and change into dry clothes. Huang Yitong prepared the dinner and placed it on an exquisite plate. Cute, polite and well-behaved.

Lu Xinchen felt that girls should be raised generously like this, not like she was when she was a child. Although some memories are not so clear in the past so many years, the influence of childhood on a person is often lifelong.

Huang Yitong poured wine for Lu Xinchen, and politely asked her where she went, because Huang Yitong was also very curious. While Lu Xinchen was paying attention to her, she was also paying attention to the other's movements intentionally or unintentionally. She seemed to seldom go out, most of the time They all stay at home, reading books or something.

"I used to be the general manager of a Fortune [-] company, but I just resigned a while ago."

Huang Yitong was surprised after hearing this: "That should be a pretty good job, why did you resign?"

Lu Xinchen lowered his head and smiled slightly, "It's probably because I'm tired from the previous life, and I want to start a new life in a different way."

"I really admire your courage. I used to work in a bank, but I resigned to take care of my children. Now, besides working part-time as a landlord, I occasionally do private work to earn some extra money." Huang Yitong said with a smile.

"Please forgive me, the child's father is..."

"Divorced, cheated while I was pregnant."

"so sorry."

"It's okay, I walked out a long time ago, and now I think it's fine without a man." Huang Yitong pretended to be strong and drank the wine in his glass.

Both of them drank some wine, unknowingly opened up the conversation box, and talked a lot to each other, and they became more and more intimate in their lives in the future.

I have to admit that Lu Xinchen is such an attractive woman that Huang Yitong is willing to bend her into a mosquito coil for her.

Lu Xinchen never thought that the fate in this world would be so ingenious, and the second spring he met after resigning would turn out to be the best friend of Cheng Enxing's wife.

They are like two people with wounded souls, cuddling each other for warmth. They passed by each other in the first half of their lives, but fortunately they met not too late in the second half of their lives.

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