Blackening starts from the golden years

"Hey, Lao Hu, why did you think of calling me?"

Fan Shengmei smiled, and soon her expression changed. She glanced at her tablemates Guan Juer and Qiu Yingying, then stood up and prepared to go outside the restaurant to answer the phone.

"Ah, wait a moment."

As she spoke, she covered her phone with her hand, looked at her deskmates Guan Juer and Qiu Yingying and smiled:

"Guan Guan, little earthworm, I'm going to go outside to answer a phone call. You guys take your time eating."

"okay."

"Okay, Sister Fan."

Watching Fan Shengmei walk to the corridor outside the restaurant to answer the phone, Qiu Yingying looked at Guan Juer beside her and said with a grin:

"Guan Guan, yours looks delicious, let me have a taste too."

Hearing this, Guan Juer withdrew her gaze from Fan Shengmei. She lowered her head to glance at the small dessert on her plate, then forked a small piece with a fork and handed it to Qiu Yingying next to her. Qiu Yingying quickly opened her mouth to receive it, with a happy and expectant expression on her face. At this moment, Guan Juer's hand suddenly turned in the air and put the small dessert that was about to be sent to Qiu Yingying's mouth into her own mouth. She ate the dessert with a happy face and satisfaction, looking at Qiu Yingying and laughing:

"I won't give you any. You'll be so greedy, hehe."

"Ah-"

Qiu Yingying couldn't help but glare at Guan Juer angrily, pouting her little mouth, showing that she was very angry and unhappy.

At this time, Guan Juer smiled and took a small piece of dessert with a fork and handed it to Qiu Yingying's mouth. She opened her mouth and ate it in one bite, and immediately smiled happily:

"Wow, it's delicious. Guan Guan, come on, give me another piece."

"Okay, one more piece, the last one."

Guan Juer smiled and fed Qiu Yingying another piece of dessert. Looking at Qiu Yingying, she smiled and asked:

“Is this dessert delicious?”

"Mmm, this is delicious."

Qiu Yingying smiled happily. As she spoke, she forked a piece of dessert from her plate and fed it to Guan Juer. She smiled and said:
"Guan Guan, try this too, it's delicious."

"Okay, I'll try it."

Smiling, Guan Juer ate the dessert Qiu Yingying fed her and said happily:

"Yeah, it's quite delicious."

"It tastes good, right? I'll give you another piece. Open your mouth, ah."

"what."

……

On the other side, Yuan Xudong was sitting at a table with Lao Fang and others, drinking and chatting. Looking at Qiu Yingying and Guan Juer playing there and smiling happily, he couldn't help but smile slightly.

At this time, Lao Fang, who was sitting next to him, also glanced at Qiu Yingying and Guan Juer not far away, and he smiled and said:
"So you like girls like this?"

"Yes."

Yuan Xudong smiled, he looked at Lao Fang and said:

"Lao Fang, I'll go over there for a moment. You guys can drink slowly."

"Go."

Lao Fang smiled, and after watching Yuan Xudong get up and leave, he couldn't help but shook his head slightly and smiled. He is old now, but in the past, he also liked such young, beautiful and lovely girls. It's great to be young.

……

At this time, in the corridor outside the restaurant, Fan Shengmei was talking on the phone with her college classmate Lao Hu.

"What happened to my brother? What did he do?"

Lao Hu's somewhat depressed voice came from the phone:
"Shengmei, it's not that I, as your classmate, am unwilling to help you. Your brother, the security guard, was doing a good job, but for some reason, he suddenly got into a fight with his immediate superior. Moreover, he didn't care about the occasion or the VIP guests who were still in the lobby. He just started fighting in the lobby. As a result, both of them were injured. They were first sent to the hospital and then to the police station. It was a big commotion."

After listening to what Lao Hu said, Fan Shengmei frowned slightly and said:
"Old Hu, I'm sorry. You worked so hard to find him a job, but now he does something like this?"

"That's right, old classmate. It's okay to help him, but I really can't protect him this time. The boss is angry. I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

"Please don't say that. I should be the one saying sorry. You said he caused you so much trouble again. So, when I get back, I will apologize to you in person, okay?"

"No, no, no. You might want to ask your brother. I heard that he's short of money right now and even got a month's salary advance from the finance department. He was the one who started the fight. If he doesn't have the money, it might not be so easy to end."

"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Lao Hu."

"It's okay, I'm hanging up."

"Ok, bye."

"Bye-Bye."

After hanging up the phone, Fan Shengmei leaned weakly against the glass wall behind her. She looked at the night outside, lost in thought, not knowing what she was thinking.

……

At this time, in the restaurant, Yuan Xudong walked to the table where Guan Juer and Qiu Yingying were sitting. He sat down between them and said with a smile:

"Guan Guan, Ying Ying, where is your sister Fan?"

"Sister Fan is outside answering the phone. Look, she's right there."

Qiu Yingying pointed at Fan Shengmei in the corridor outside the restaurant and smiled.

At this time, Guan Juer whispered beside him:

"I think Sister Fan might be worried about something. She doesn't look very well."

Hearing this, Qiu Yingying also said:

"Yes, something must have happened in Sister Fan's family again. Every time Sister Fan is in a bad mood, it's because of the things in her family."

"That's it."

Looking at Guan Juer and Qiu Yingying, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:

"Just pretend you don't know about this. Your sister Fan may not want others to know about her family affairs, do you understand?"

"Oh, I see."

Guan Juer nodded and smiled. She was still so well-behaved.

"Yingying, what about you?"

Yuan Xudong looked at Qiu Yingying standing beside him and asked with a smile.

"But why?"

Looking up at Yuan Xudong, Qiu Yingying frowned and said:
"Every time Guan Guan and I have family problems, we always tell Sister Fan. But why doesn't Sister Fan tell me and Guan Guan about her family problems?"

"Where do you get so many whys? Do you have 100,000 whys?"

Yuan Xudong reached out and gently tapped Qiu Yingying's head, smiling:
"If you can't figure it out, just think about it slowly, okay?"

"Oh, I know."

Qiu Yingying reached out and scratched her head which had just been hit, and said with a grin:

"If I can't figure it out, then forget it. I'll just continue eating delicious food, hehe——"

Looking at the optimistic and cheerful Qiu Yingying, Yuan Xudong and Guan Juer couldn't help but smile, and Qiu Yingying also smiled along with them foolishly.

At this time, Fan Shengmei came back from outside the restaurant.

Looking at the smiling Fan Shengmei, Yuan Xudong asked:

"What's wrong? Is everything alright?"

"It's alright."

Fan Shengmei smiled slightly, she sat down next to Qiu Yingying, looked at Yuan Xudong and said with a smile:

"It was a call from a college classmate. We just chatted for a while."

"That's it, let's eat."

"No, I'm full."

Looking at everyone, Fan Shengmei smiled and said:
"Take your time to eat. I'm going to go back and rest. Good night. Bye."

"Good night, Sister Fan."

"Bye, Sister Fan."

Qiu Yingying and Guan Juer smiled and greeted Fan Shengmei. Looking at her, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"Then you go back and rest early."

"Well, I'm leaving now. Bye." "Well, bye."

Watching Fan Shengmei get up and leave the restaurant, Qiu Yingying and Guan Juer looked at each other, and then they looked at Yuan Xudong.

Looking at the two of them, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"What are you looking at me for?"

"I feel so sorry for Sister Fan."

Qiu Yingying said.

"Yeah, I think so too."

Guan Juer then said:

"Looking at Sister Fan's face, she doesn't look alright at all."

"That's right, Sister Fan must have encountered some difficulties."

"Yeah, that must be the case."

Guan Juer nodded and said, looking at Yuan Xudong:

"You can go see Sister Fan and comfort her."

"Yes, go and comfort Sister Fan as soon as possible. She will definitely be happy."

Qiu Yingying followed Guan Juer and said.

Looking at the two of them, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"Okay, then you two should eat quickly and we'll go back together. I'll go and comfort your sister Fan then."

"I'm full, let's go back now. Guan Guan, what about you? Are you full?"

"I'm full too, let's go back."

"Walk."

"it is good."

Yuan Xudong took Guan Juer and Qiu Yingying and left the restaurant and returned to their room.

……

At this time, on the way back, Fan Shengmei received a call from her mother.

"Mom, what's the matter?"

"Xiao Mei, hey, you finally answered the phone. We were so worried."

Mother Fan said anxiously:
"You, have you heard about your brother's matter?"

Hearing this, Fan Shengmei pretended to be nonchalant and said:

"I know. It's not the first time he's gotten into trouble. What's the matter?"

"Oh my, the hotel is going to fire him, what do you think we should do?"

"He hit someone, and the person he hit was his boss. The hotel should fire him."

"Xiao Mei, why do you say that about your brother?"

Mother Fan said dissatisfiedly:
"He is your biological brother."

"Just because he's my biological brother, you can hit him?"

Fan Shengmei smiled weakly and said:
"I spent money and asked someone to find him a job, but he just beat me up and killed it with one punch. Now even my classmates have been implicated. What can I do?"

"Yes, yes, Xiaomei, I know it's your brother who is a bad person. You know his character. When he had a job before, your sister-in-law kept asking for a divorce from him. Now he has lost his job. How can they live? He is still in the detention center, and your sister-in-law keeps asking to take Lei Lei back to her parents' home. Isn't that killing us?"

"Mom, you treated me like toilet paper these years, wiping my brother's ass every day. He got into trouble, he borrowed money, he bought a house and got married, his wife gave birth to a child, his child needed milk powder, and he needed to go to school. I didn't even know if I was his sister or his mother. Mom, tell me, is he my biological brother or my biological son?"

"Xiao Mei, how can you talk like that? We are all family, how can you say that to your brother?"

Mother Fan said in dissatisfaction. At this time, Father Fan's voice came from the phone:
"Give me the phone quickly, and I'll talk to her."

"Here you go. Here you go. Come and talk to her."

The voice of Fan’s mother.

At this time, it was Mr. Fan who answered the call on the other end of the phone.

"Xiao Mei, it's me, Dad."

"dad."

Fan Shengmei called out, and Father Fan said in a deep voice on the phone:

"Xiao Mei, can you help your brother one more time? This is the last time, he can't be without a job."

"Dad, how can you let me help you?"

Fan Shengmei was helpless. It had always been like this. It was always the last time, the last time, but there would always be a next time.

Father Fan said:

"Can you find your classmate and ask him to help your brother?"

"Dad, I really can't help you this time. He's just a worker, and the hotel isn't owned by his family. How can he help?"

"What should we do?"

At this time, Mother Fan said anxiously on the phone:
"Xiao Mei, you can't just stand by and watch someone die. Look at you, your brother has lost his job now, and he has to pay for the medical expenses. Where can he get so much money? Can you think of a way? Give your brother a few tens of thousands of dollars to deal with the emergency, okay?"

Hearing her mother say this, Fan Shengmei couldn't help but laugh:

"If he can't come up with that much money, how can I? I only get that little salary every month. Don't you know what my situation is? I send you living expenses every month, and you use it to support my brother. And my dad's monthly pension is also given to my brother. Where is the money? Now you tell me that my brother has no money?"

"Xiao Mei, that's not the case. Listen to what mom says. Your brother has to support Lei Lei and his wife. This money is not enough. There is no money left in the family."

"You guys are so considerate of my brother, but have you ever considered me?"

Fan Shengmei laughed angrily:
"I will remit you 3,500 yuan for living expenses tomorrow. If you want to help my brother, just do so. This is all I have every month. I can't take care of other things. That's it. I have things to do. I'm hanging up now."

"No, Xiaomei, you..."

Fan Shengmei hung up the phone directly and turned off her cell phone, otherwise her parents would keep calling her.

"Sister Fan, Sister Fan."

Qiu Yingying's voice came from behind Fan Shengmei. She, Guan Juer, and Yuan Xudong came over from behind. Fan Shengmei turned around and looked at them, smiling:
"You are back."

"Ah."

……

At night, Yuan Xudong was taking a shower in the bathroom, while Fan Shengmei and the other two girls were sitting on the bed chatting.

In the end, Fan Shengmei told Guan Juer and Qiu Yingying about some of her family situations.

On the bed, Fan Shengmei sat in the middle, Guan Juer and Qiu Yingying sat on her left and right respectively. The three of them were covered with the same quilt and huddled together very closely.

Looking up at Fan Shengmei in the middle, Qiu Yingying said:

"Sister Fan, does your family favor boys over girls? Actually, my dad is the same. He always wanted a son, but my mom gave him a little girl, which made his ambitions unfulfilled. But after I was born, my dad still loved me very much. But I thought, if my mom had given him a brother, I guess my life would not be so good. Fortunately, I don't have a brother, otherwise, I would definitely not be as blessed as I am now."

After listening to Qiu Yingying, Fan Shengmei said:
"People have to accept their fate, especially women."

"Sister Fan, why do you think so? You can't think like that."

Qiu Yingying said:

"Look at my dad. He thought the successor must be a son. But my mom gave birth to a daughter. He felt very uncomfortable. But he still treats me as his baby.

And every time my dad tells me, Yingying, you have to do something promising, understand? I will tell him, but I am a girl, I am weak, I can't do it, and my dad will immediately lose his temper. But when I need something, I will tell my dad, Dad, Dad, I am a girl, I need your help, and my dad will immediately buy everything for me and do everything for me. So you must not be like my dad. If you really believe in fate, you will be used by people like me, understand?"

Seeing Qiu Yingying's interesting remarks, Guan Juer at the side couldn't help but smile. Fan Shengmei said:
"Your father is not being used by you. He loves you. A person's family is his destiny and it cannot be changed."

Looking at Fan Shengmei, Guan Juer said:
"Sister Fan, are you unhappy today because of family matters? Do you want Xudong to help you?"

"No, it's not because of my family's affairs."

Fan Shengmei was unwilling to admit it, she forced a smile and said:

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore and talk about something happy."

"What happy things are you talking about?"

Qiu Yingying asked. Looking at her and Guan Juer, Fan Shengmei smiled and said:
"Didn't Xudong promise to give each of you a sports car? How about it? Do you have a favorite sports car?"

“A sports car.”

...(End of chapter)