Chapter 187: Substitute【05】
Jiang Yiming felt very uncomfortable when Jiang Pan said something, but he felt distressed when he saw her crying, he hesitated for a while, but comforted: "Or, maybe, my brother is just angry for a while, he is still..."
Before he finished speaking, he fell silent.
Jiang Yiming still knew in his heart that his thoughts towards Jiang Pan were inappropriate, but at this time Liang Yuanjia had broken up with Jiang Pan. If he wanted to be with Jiang Pan, he should completely cut off Jiang Pan's nostalgia for his brother. So that they can be together properly.
After all, he hooked up with his brother's girlfriend, and he and his brother's ex-girlfriend were two different concepts.
Therefore, Jiang Yiming hesitated.
Jiang Pan seemed to seize the first-line opportunity, asked for approval, and asked, "Really? Brother Yuan Jia, he is really only angry for a while, will he reunite with me when his anger subsides?"
Jiang Yiming: "..." Heartbroken.
Today's chance encounter made Jiang Yiming realize that he still couldn't let go of Jiang Pan, but he was also pricked countless times by Jiang Pan, who only wanted to get Liang Yuanjia.
Jiang Yiming finally couldn't bear it anymore and interrupted Jiang Pan: "Jiang Panpan, do you really only have my brother in your heart? What about me? Over the past year or so, we... don't you have a little bit of belonging in your heart? my place?"
Jiang Yiming looked at Jiang Pan expectantly. Jiang Pan and Liang Yuanjia have only been together for more than half a year, and he has definitely spent a lot of time with her, but he doesn't have the rightful status of boyfriend and girlfriend like she and Liang Yuanjia.
Jiang Pan looked at the look of anticipation on Jiang Yiming's face, and recalled the happy times he had spent with Jiang Yiming in the past year, and his heart throbbed slightly, but he looked at Jiang Yiming's picture that was five points similar to Liang Yuanjia. On her face, she lowered her eyes slightly: "I'm sorry, I, I'm your brother's girlfriend, we can't be together."
Jiang Yiming took a step forward with hope in his heart: "But now you are no longer my brother's girlfriend, he has broken up with you. Wouldn't it be nice for you and me to have a fresh start?"
Jiang Pan took two steps back, the faces of Liang Yuanjia and Jiang Yiming appeared in his mind, and his heart was extremely entangled and painful.
Why, why should she make a choice between the two brothers?
It was so beautiful at the beginning, Jiang Yiming also said that he was only friends with her, why did everything suddenly change?
Jiang Pan shook her head, tears kept streaming down her face, as if she had unspeakable difficulties, but she didn't say anything, covered her face, turned around and ran away.
Jiang Yiming chased after him worriedly.
"Panpan, be careful!"
"Don't come after me, let's separate and calm down."
"But we've been apart for so long, and I've calmed down long enough! Are we going to keep missing each other?"
Jiang Yiming's words made Jiang Pan stunned for a moment. Seeing the melancholy expression on Jiang Yiming's handsome face, she also felt sadness in her heart. Thinking of these days when Jiang Yiming could not be contacted, and thinking that they had talked to each other. Very happy scene, her heart was shaken.
Jiang Yiming said again: "My brother has broken up with you, and you are no longer related, so what are you and me?"
Jiang Pan said loudly, "But, but..." She was still worried that others would gossip about her cheating on her two brothers.
Jiang Pan finally fell silent, never personally agreeing to associate with Jiang Yiming, but her attitude has softened.
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Yuan Jia is handling official business in his office of the president. Before, he worked with the technical department staff for a few days to solve several bugs in the new game, and there was a backlog of documents that he needed to personally review.
Looking at the pile of documents stacked on the desk, Yuan Jia rubbed his temples. The company was just starting out, and there were few talents. Many things needed to be decided by his boss. It seemed that he was going to find a headhunting company to poach people.
The large pile of documents was gradually processed, and Yuan Jia's mobile phone suddenly vibrated on his desk. He reached out and took it, and saw Father Liang's caller ID displayed on the screen.
Yuanjia answered the phone, and Father Liang's voice came from the loudspeaker, with a hint of cautious probing: "Yuanjia, do you have time to go home these days?"
After Liang's father remarried, Liang Yuanjia had a bad relationship with Liang's father because of his stepmother's provocation. Later, Liang Yuanjia did not want to go home again after he was admitted to the university. Until the air crash, Liang Yuanjia rarely went back once a year.
Because of this, Father Liang, who had a strong personality and liked to control everything about his son, also softened, and his attitude towards Liang Yuanjia changed from being tough to being much gentler.
However, the gap left before is still there. The father-son relationship between Liang Yuanjia and Liang's father is a bit awkward, but they still have each other in their hearts.
This is the first time Father Liang asked Yuan Jia to go home after he was discharged from the hospital. Yuan Jia thought that Father Liang had performed much better than Mother Jiang during his hospitalization. After hesitating, he agreed: "I will take the high-speed train back tomorrow. ."
The Liang family is not in Yucheng, but in a small fifth-tier city, not far from Yucheng. It only takes two hours by high-speed train.
Yuan Jia agreed, and naturally he would not break the appointment. He arranged the work, bought an afternoon ticket the next day, and took the high-speed rail back to his hometown.
According to the memory of the original owner, he came to the community where the Liang family lived.
The house of the Liang family is still a school district house that was bought for the two sons to go to school before Liang's father and Jiang's mother divorced. Now many years have passed, the community is relatively old, but it has complete facilities and convenient transportation. It is still very lively, and the same housing prices are also rising.
Yuan Jia came to the door of Liang's house and rang the doorbell.
When Liang Yuanjia went to university, he had a big fight with Liang's father because of the disagreement about filling in the application. Even the tuition fee for the university was a student loan.
It is precisely because of Liang Yuanjia's decisive attitude, and because of Liang Yuanjia's self-reliance over the years, that he did not turn back to ask Liang's father, that the tough father Liang was the first to be soft.
After waiting for a while, the door opened. The door was opened by a woman dressed in a very fashionable manner with heavy makeup. The woman stared at Yuan Jia for a while, and said in a mocking tone, "Finally willing to come back to see your old father?"
Yuan Jia coldly nodded at her and called out, "Auntie Lin."
This Auntie Lin is Liang Yuanjia's stepmother Lin Mei, the second wife of Liang's father.
It's very real that Lin Mei is a stepmother. She never thought of having a good relationship with her stepson.
She didn't want to have a child herself, because she was afraid that having a child would deform her figure and make her appearance ugly. Her purpose was to hold Father Liang and the money in Father Liang's hand at the same time.
In Lin Mei's words, it is better to rely on money than relying on the sky and the earth, and no one has money to be reliable.
She always said something in Father Liang's ear, that her son is unfilial, and he can't count on his retirement in the future. It's better to save more money for his future plans, and don't worry about the unfilial son.
At the beginning, Liang Yuanjia didn't go home after walking for several years, which really answered Lin Mei's saying that an unfilial son is unreliable.
It's a pity that she underestimated Father Liang's love for her children.
On the surface, Father Liang looks tough and macho, and likes to control the life of his children, but in fact, he has fulfilled his father's responsibilities well, no matter to Liang Yuanjia, who stayed by his side, or Jiang Yiming, who followed his ex-wife.
Jiang Yiming's alimony has been beaten all the time, but after Jiang Yiming got his ID card at the age of 16, Liang's father gave him a bank card and only sent the money to Jiang Yiming's card. I stopped giving money to my ex-wife, and didn't stop making money until Jiang Yiming worked.
Therefore, Lin Mei disliked Liang Yuanjia and Jiang Yiming very much, and felt that they were stealing money from her.
However, she disguised herself well in front of Father Liang, and was very gentle and good to Father Liang. Father Liang had a very good relationship with her, so it was inevitable that she would be influenced by her.
For example, during Liang Yuanjia's hospitalization, Liang's father would take the high-speed train for two hours to visit him in the hospital every week when he was not at work on weekends, but sometimes he would be influenced by Lin Mei and have no time to go.
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When Yuan Jia entered the door, he saw Father Liang walking out of the kitchen wearing an apron with a spatula in his hand, and when he saw him, a smile rose on his face: "Yuan Jia is back, Dad will cook for you today. My favorite sweet and sour pork loin!"
Yuan Jia put down the briefcase in his hand, looked at Father Liang, and asked, "Suddenly call me here, what's the matter?"
The smile on Father Liang's face suddenly stiffened, and his voice dropped: "Can't I call you back if I'm okay?"
Yuan Jia said: "I just started a company and it is in the development stage. I am very busy every day."
Lin Mei smiled softly and said softly, "Your dad, he just misses you. Before you were hospitalized, he always went to Yucheng to see you, and now he wants you to come back and see him."
Yuan Jia glanced at Lin Mei, did she really think he couldn't hear the provocation implied by her words?
Yuan Jia ignored her, looked at Father Liang and said, "If you really miss me, you can move to Yucheng to live with me."
Now that Father Liang is older, looking at his performance in the hospital before, he is not the kind of scum dad who cares about his son's life and death. He is also willing to give Father Liang a good pension.
Before Father Liang said anything, Lin Mei's eyes lit up first and asked, "You bought a house in Yucheng? The house price in Yucheng is so expensive, how big did you buy it? Can we live in Yucheng?"
Her ability to climb down the pole is really top-notch, Yuan Jati didn't even ask her to go with her, she just asked, 'Can we stay in Yucheng when we go to it? ’
Yuan Jia ignored her, Lin Mei pouted and stopped talking.
Father Liang noticed that the atmosphere was awkward, and quickly changed the subject: "It's time for dinner, I've already prepared the food."
Lin Mei went to help Father Liang bring the dishes to the table, and Yuan Jia wanted to help, but she was treated as a guest and told him to sit and wait for the ready-made food.
If Liang Yuanjia was here, but he was treated as a guest by his father and stepmother when he returned to his house, let alone how uncomfortable and troubled he would be, but Yuanjia would adapt and would not think so much, nor would there be such complicated emotional issues, Lin Mei This little trick is of no use to him.
At the dinner table, Yuan Jia glanced at the interaction between Father Liang and Lin Mei. Sometimes the two would take the initiative to help each other with dishes. This kind of interaction between old husband and wife was not deliberately shown to him, but naturally manifested. Yes, apparently that was their daily routine in the past.
Yuan Jia saw that Liang's father just looked at the plate of braised eggplant in front of Lin Mei, and Lin Mei took the initiative to put it to him. He felt as if he had eaten a bite of dog food...
Originally, according to the original owner's memory, I thought that Lin Mei was a vain woman who only valued money, but now it seems that she has a relationship with Father Liang, and the relationship is not bad?
Yuan Jia withdrew his gaze and continued to eat without thinking any further. Father Liang and Lin Mei have been husband and wife for many years, and it is not his turn to worry about the relationship between them. Even the original owner Liang Yuanjia can't interfere in the relationship between his own father and stepmother.
This meal was very silent, but after the meal, while sitting and resting, Liang's father asked Yuan Jia about his own business: "Isn't your job well done? Why did you suddenly start a company by yourself?"
Before Yuan Jia was hospitalized, and when Father Liang helped him collect the compensation from the company, the company boss also specially told Father Liang that the company would never fire Liang Yuanjia, please rest assured.
Yuan Jia said: "It is impossible for me to stay in my position for more than a year and then wait for me to wake up and return to my position, and after more than a year, I am not familiar with the company's development, and the senior management of the company will not give me many important positions. If there is no room for advancement, I can’t start retirement at a young age, right? I might as well quit my job and start my own business.”
Lin Mei said: "Starting a business is not so easy. How many people think that they can succeed in starting a business, but they lose their debts and can only continue to work to pay off their debts."
Yuan Jia said indifferently: "Fortunately, the company I founded is developing quite well. Now it is on the right track and has made a lot of profits. I don't have to owe debts, and I don't have to continue to work to pay off debts."
Lin Mei didn't feel that she had been beaten in the face at all. A warm smile quickly piled up on her face, and she asked Yuan Jia earnestly, "Yuan Jia, have you succeeded in starting a business? What kind of company is it? How profitable? But you can buy a house in Yucheng. , must have made a lot of money, right? Your dad misses you a lot, we will move in and live with you in the future, when you get married and have a child, your dad and I will help you take care of the child..."
Yuan Jia: "..." He now understands that this Lin Mei is a thick-skinned person who knows what to do with the wind. She is not afraid of being slapped in the face. When she realizes that there are benefits to be gained from you, she immediately greets her with a smile.
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Yuan Jia stayed at Liang's house for a day and two nights, and planned to buy a ticket to return to Yucheng.
Lin Mei had already urged Father Liang to move to Yucheng together.
Father Liang didn't want to go to Yucheng to drag his son down, but after hearing Yuan Jia say that his company was developing well and buying a house was not a burden, after all, his thoughts of missing his son prevailed, and he was persuaded by Lin Mei.
He rubbed his hands together and said nervously to Yuan Jia, "Yuan Jia, you, are your previous words true?"
Yuan Jia glanced at the expectation on Lin Mei's face next to Father Liang, and knew what Father Liang was asking.
Buying a house in Yucheng is an easy task for him, thinking of the excited face of Father Liang he saw when he woke up from the hospital, Yuan Jia nodded: "Well, it's true, if you want to go to Yucheng, just follow I'll go with you."
A happy smile appeared on Lin Mei's face. Seeing Yuan Jia looking at her, she smiled even more enthusiastically.
For Lin Mei, Yuan Jia didn't take it to heart. He only agreed to take the two to Yucheng because Father Liang couldn't give up on Lin Mei.
Of course, he didn't plan to let the two live with him, and he would just buy a house by himself and settle them down.
Lin Mei was much more active than Father Liang. As soon as Yuan Jia agreed, Lin Mei quickly bought two high-speed rail tickets with the mobile phone ticketing software.
Yuan Jia took Liang Fu and Lin Mei to Yucheng.
He settled them in the house that the original owner Liang Yuanjia bought in Yucheng.
This house is 130 square meters with three bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen and two bathrooms.
After all, Liang Yuanjia has a girlfriend, and if he wants to get married and settle down, a house is indispensable.
After Yuanjia had money, he paid off the rest of the loan, and didn't buy any more villas. Except for buying a few good cars as a facade, he kept the money to develop his career.
After all, to him, there is no difference between an ordinary commercial house and a villa. He was a king and emperor in ancient times, and he lived in a palace that covers an area of hundreds of thousands of square meters.
Yuan Jia spent most of his time in the company, and he rarely came back to the original owner's house. After letting Father Liang and Lin Mei live there, he came back even less.
However, Father Liang is already very satisfied. Compared with the previous year, he could not see his son home once a year, but now he can see him several times a month.
After Father Liang fulfilled his wish to see his eldest son often, he was thinking about seeing his younger son.
After Jiang's mother remarried, she married to Yucheng. The divorce between Liang's father and Jiang's mother and Jiang's mother seemed to be more complicated. Liang Yuanjia seldom saw Jiang's mother since his parents divorced.
Liang Yuanjia has a special longing for Jiang's mother, especially when his father is strong and likes to control his life, and his stepmother doesn't treat him very well. , Can't help beautifying his own mother.
So Liang Yuanjia went to college to fill in the volunteers and applied for Yucheng University, and his work was also in Yucheng.
After Jiang's remarriage, her home was in Yucheng, and Jiang Yiming was also in Yucheng, so the two brothers could get in touch again after their parents divorced.
Father Liang had Jiang Yiming's contact information in his hand. He dialed Jiang Yiming's cell phone number, and after the call was connected, he said to Jiang Yiming expectantly: "Yiming, I am my father, and my father is now in Yucheng. , would you like to come and see Dad?"
Jiang Yiming on the other end of the conversation was troubled by Jiang Pan's quarrel with him. When he received a call from Father Liang, he hurriedly replied, "Okay, I understand, I'll get back to you later."
Then hung up the phone.
Father Liang looked at the interface on the phone to stop the call with some disappointment.
However, I was still looking forward to Jiang Yiming's reply.
Jiang Yiming managed to coax Jiang Pan. Thinking of Liang's father's phone call, he asked Jiang Pan worriedly: "Panpan, my father is in Yucheng, do you think I should go see him?"
Jiang Yiming's feelings for Liang's father are very complicated, because Jiang's mother is not a kind person. After the divorce, she took Jiang Yiming away and immediately changed Jiang Yiming's surname, and always said Liang in Jiang Yiming's ear. Bad words from the Father.
Before the age of sixteen, Jiang Yiming hated Liang's father very much, thinking that Liang's father betrayed the family and abandoned him and his mother.
Later, Father Liang helped him get a bank card and sent him money every month. He realized that Father Liang was probably not the scumbag father Jiang said didn't even give a penny of child support.
But after hating it for so many years, how can it be put down for a while? Therefore, Jiang Yiming's feelings for Liang's father are very complicated. Even when Yuan Jia was hospitalized, he deliberately avoided the hospital where Liang's father went.
Jiang Pan didn't know the inside story, but thought that Jiang Yiming's parents were divorced simply because of bad feelings, and said without hesitation, "Your father wants to see you, why don't you go?"