The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 161: Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian, two honest people

A wife lying on a hospital bed, her husband who takes good care of her but never gets a favorable response from her, and her wealthy male boss who comes to the hospital to care for her and receives her gratitude and warm greeting.

If we wait until dark, this relationship is likely to trigger the plot of the night shift ward.

Fortunately, Xie Meilan is going to be discharged from the hospital today, otherwise Shen Lei’s face would not only turn green.

But even so, when Shen Lei saw his wife chatting and laughing with the man named Lu Jie, he still felt a little annoyed.

He came to visit and didn't leave immediately. He had to sit down and talk about work. He just talked about work and rambled on about this and that, and from time to time he even handed his wife a glass of water.

Who is Xie Meilan’s husband?

Especially since Lu Jie was still concerned about the baby in Xie Meilan's belly. With such worry and care, someone who didn't know would think it was his child.
Shen Lei stood at the door of the ward, his face livid. At least at this moment, he was full of doubts in his mind.

But he still believes that his wife is not that kind of person!

Lu Jie smiled and chatted with Xie Meilan for a while, then, as if he had just noticed Shen Lei at the door, he stood up and said to him:

"Excuse me, Meilan is my capable subordinate. I heard that she was pregnant and hospitalized. As her boss, I was in a hurry to chat with her for a while. Do you mind?"

Looking at the gentleman-like man in front of him saying these words with a smile, Shen Lei wanted to punch him in the head.

But he still restrained himself, and forced a smile on his originally ugly face:
"No, it's okay."

"That's good." Lu Jie smiled and nodded, then looked at Xie Meilan on the bed and said:

"Then Meilan, I'm leaving now. How about I give you a few more days off so you can focus on recuperating?"

"No, no, I'm fine. If Shen Lei hadn't stopped me, I would have gone to the company a long time ago."

Xie Meilan quickly thanked Mr. Lu for his kindness, and at the end of her speech, she glanced at Shen Lei.

Lu Jie nodded and said in a friendly manner: "It's okay. Mr. Shen is your husband after all. It's only natural for him to care about you more."

Seeing Xie Meilan nod, Lu Jie turned to Shen Lei and said:

"In that case, I'll leave first. Mr. Shen should pay more attention to Meilan."

"..."

Shen Lei clenched his fists, but at this moment he still had to hold his breath and said expressionlessly: "I will, Meilan is my wife, Mr. Lu, please don't worry about it."

"Shen Lei, how can you talk like that? Can you be nicer?"

Lying on the hospital bed, Xie Meilan immediately became dissatisfied with Shen Lei's attitude.

At this time, Lu Jie took the lead to mediate: "It's okay, it's okay, maybe Shen Lei misunderstood something, Meilan, you can explain it to him later, I won't bother you anymore."

After he finished speaking, Lu Jie smiled at the two of them very gentlemanly, then strode out of the ward. As he walked out, he seemed to remember something, stopped, turned around and added:
"Oh, by the way, considering your special situation, Meilan, although I can't violate the company's attendance system and give you full attendance, I will help you apply for the company's subsidy. I can still do this."

Xie Meilan was even more surprised when she heard this, and said quickly:

"Thank you so much, Mr. Lu. I, Shen Lei, please help send Mr. Lu off!"

"No, no, just take care of yourself. We are comrades, and I hope you can recover soon and fight alongside me! That's it, you stay, I'm leaving first!"

After Lu Jie finished speaking, he turned around and left without waiting for any reaction from Xie Meilan and Shen Lei.

"Thank you, Mr. Lu. Shen Lei, you go and see him off. Shen Lei? Shen Lei!"

After Xie Meilan called Shen Lei twice and saw that he didn't respond, she threw off the quilt and got out of bed. She first looked into the corridor outside the hospital. After seeing that Lu Jie had disappeared, she turned around and looked at Shen Lei, who was like a wooden man, frowned and said:

"Shen Lei, are you deaf or dumb? Shen Lei? Husband, say something!"

Shen Lei had a wooden face and asked expressionlessly:

"Xie Meilan, do you want to explain to me your relationship with this Lu Jie?"

……

On the other side, after analyzing the current situation with his brother, Na Jun went back to work.

When he left, his brother Na Wei had not yet made a choice. Na Jun expressed his understanding and said that if he really needed it, the 800,000 yuan would be transferred to him immediately.

That being said, Na Jun knew that his brother wouldn't hesitate for too long.

But he wasn't quite sure what his brother would choose?
When Na Wei was returning home from get off work in the evening, he had just parked his car downstairs. As he was sitting in the car thinking about what his younger brother had analyzed for him today, his WeChat rang.

When he opened it, it was another message from Zhao Pengju, who made him annoyed.

When he clicked on the message, he saw a scene that made his brain fill with blood.

Zhao Pengju sent a picture, which turned out to be a photo of his daughter Na Zhuoyue after school.

Zhao Pengju: This child looks so cute, with a carefree childhood, it makes people happy just looking at him.

"Oh!"

Na Wei angrily punched the steering wheel. The threatening message in the picture sent by this bastard was obvious.

Just then, there was a knock on the glass outside the car window.

When Na Wei looked up, he saw the damn Zhao Pengju looking at him with a smile on his face. He was even tugging at his collar, looking like a smug villain.

When Na Wei pressed the window, before he could start to rant, Zhao Pengju took the lead and said:

"Don't worry, I won't go to your company. I'm here. The neighborhood is nice and the location is good."

Na Wei suppressed his anger and asked, "What do you want to do?"

"I want money!"

Hearing this, Na Wei was silent for two seconds, then picked up the phone and said, "Let me show you the account on it, come on."

Zhao Pengju didn't doubt him and just stuck his head in through the window.

Na Wei immediately reached out and grabbed his shoulders, pulling his upper body in, then growled in his ear with a ferocious look on his face:

"800,000 is not a small amount. If you can give me a few days, I'll thank you. But you can't do this. If you do this, it will be hard for both of us. Do you understand?"

At the end of the conversation, he tightened his grip on Zhao Pengju's shoulders and yelled again: "Do you understand?"

"release!"

After Zhao Pengju said something unwilling to show weakness, Na Wei still let him go.

After he stood outside the car again, he straightened his clothes, then took out a piece of paper and handed it to Na Wei:

"This is my bank card number. Mr. President, you live in 701, right?"

Zhao Pengju threw the paper into the car and pointed to the location of the great house on the floor. After saying this, he pulled his collar with satisfaction and left in a cool manner.

Only Na Wei was left sitting in the car with a grim face, staring at Zhao Pengju's leaving figure.

At this moment, the two choices that his brother mentioned once again emerged in his mind.

……

"Juanjuan, our company is so annoying. What the hell is this OKR mechanism? It's really overwhelming."

After Li Xiaoyue got home from get off work, she threw herself on Na Jun and complained.

Na Jun massaged her temples and consoled her with a smile, "What's wrong? Are you feeling so uncomfortable just at the beginning?"

"Yeah, you don't know how perverted our company's general manager Qin Feng is. He knows nothing, but still insists on giving orders."

When talking about Tucao Company, Li Xiaoyue, who was just tired, immediately became energetic.

"Let me tell you, what does Qin Feng pay most attention to when reading work reports?"

"what?"

"He paid attention to the margins, font size, and the number of pages in the PPT. He couldn't understand any of the content."

"Really? He really does?"

"That's right! Just last week, he asked all employees to send him a copy of the weekly report. Then one employee made a PPT with the font enlarged. It was 150 pages long and Qin Feng praised him for it."

"Hahaha." Na Jun couldn't help laughing. This Qin Feng was truly an amazing person.

Nothing else matters, and he is very good at making things happen. Although in his eyes, this is a serious work arrangement, these things often make people laugh.

Li Xiaoyue started laughing as she spoke.

"You know, I don't know what Qin Lingling is thinking about having this kind of person as the general manager."

"Who asked your chairman to become a monk? Shouldn't you temporarily recruit someone trustworthy to fill in as a soldier?"

Na Jun smiled and said that Qin Lingling was not much better than her brother, otherwise she would not have been unable to see that Qin Feng was not even half-baked. But perhaps there was really no one else to use him, so they had to choose such a genius as the general manager.

So Na Jun said with some emotion: "Then I have to congratulate you. I think there will be another company that will go bankrupt because of you."

"I think so too." Li Xiaoyue agreed, lying in Jun's arms. After she finished speaking, she also laughed.

Na Jun looked at the time. It was almost dark. Why hadn’t his brother contacted him yet?
Don't you really want him to pay the 800,000?
Or does the brother still want to pay for it himself? And then repeat the original drama's mistake and drive his sister-in-law away?

Of course, Na Wei did not go home to ask Shen Lin for money like in the original drama.

Just when Na Jun was feeling strange, Na Wei sat downstairs of his house for a while, then sent a message to Shen Lin saying that he would have to work overtime tonight, then started the car again and left.

Target: Wang Ruizhi’s practice center in the mountains!

……

Night was gradually falling, and Na Wei didn't know if he could still see his elder brother if he rushed over now, but he couldn't care less.

What his younger brother said to him today made him think a lot. Apart from the issue of the 800,000 yuan, he wanted to know more whether his former good brother was really going to cheat him despite their years of friendship.

And the fact that Zhao Pengju threatened him with his daughter just now had touched his most sensitive nerve.

Now, he wanted to meet his good brother one last time to see if the other party really disregarded their friendship.

In the car, Na Jun drove silently onto the national highway. Shen Lin called at this time, and he quickly adjusted his mood.

"Hey, wife."

"Honey, when will you be back from working overtime tonight?"

"Well, I'll check the time. If it's too late, I won't come back."

"Okay, then I won't wait for you. I'll save dinner for you. If you come back, you can heat it up yourself, or you can call me. Just be quiet and don't wake up our son."

"Okay, I get it, don't worry."

"There is one more thing, which is what I told you about Lei Lei before. The money in the fund has arrived today. If you have no objection, I will transfer it to Lei Lei in the next two days."

"No problem, no problem, we've already agreed on this."

Na Wei agreed, and then he said:

"Wife, I... have something to tell you."

"Just say it."

"..." Na Wei was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly changed the topic and said, "Later, I'll talk to you later."

"You're so mysterious. We're an old married couple, so don't give us any surprises like you did last time!"

The last time Na Wei spent 500,000 yuan to buy a BMW without saying a word, it gave Shen Lin a big shock. Obviously, she is still a little scared.

"Haha, I'll tell you when I get back. I'm hanging up now!"

"Okay, be careful at night."

After hanging up the phone, Na Wei sullenly accelerated the BMW and drove all the way to the practice center. At around nine o'clock in the evening, the car finally stopped in front of the practice center.

As Na Wei expected, when he arrived, the lights were turned off and the shop was closed.

But Na Wei didn't hesitate at all. He knocked on the door after getting out of the car.

After a long while, he heard a voice coming from behind the door:
"Who?"

"Excuse me for disturbing you so late, Master. I have something to ask Master Juekong. I am Master Juekong's younger brother before he became a monk."

After he finished speaking, the door opened and a monk in grey linen clothes appeared. Seeing Na Wei outside the door, he clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha! Benefactor, Master Juekong has gone to bed. Please go back at this late hour."

Na Wei first followed suit and bowed with his hands clasped together, but after hearing the other party's next words, he immediately became a little anxious.

"I'm sorry, Master. I really need to see him for something urgent. Please be flexible."

"No, the practice center does not accept guests at night. Please go back."

"Then I'm sorry, I must see my eldest brother today."

Seeing that soft tactics didn't work, Na Wei simply forced his way in. If the problem wasn't resolved, he would be homeless.

"Donor, you can't come in, you can't come in!"

Upon seeing this, the monk with untied hair hurried to stop him, but Na Wei was determined to force his way in today. This monk who only read Buddhist scriptures had not learned Shaolin Kung Fu, so he could not stop Na Wei.

But the noise made by the two also caused the lights in other houses in the practice center to light up. Seeing this, Na Wei immediately pulled and dragged them towards Master Juekong's room.

It was the same room as before. When Na Wei arrived, he saw that the light was on inside, so he shouted:

"Brother! Brother! I am Na Wei! Brother! Master Juekong! Master Juekong!"

As Na Wei continued to shout, several more monks came over. Na Wei frowned, wondering if these people would carry him out together.

So he raised his voice, and if the monk had not pushed him back, he would have started banging on the door.

Fortunately, hard work pays off. After a while, the door of the room in front opened and Master Juekong came out, dressed neatly.

"Brother, Master Juekong, I have something to talk to you about."

Na Wei breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and then began to calm down.

Master Juekong ignored him and said "Amitabha" to the other monks. Then they returned the greetings and left to go back to their rooms.

When only Juekong and Nawei were left here, he said to Nawei, "Amitabha, what do you want from me, benefactor?"

Na Wei also returned the greeting first, and then immediately recounted his current situation, including the fact that Zhao Pengju had threatened his daughter just now.

However, after listening to this, Master Juekong simply clasped his hands together and said:

"Good, good, I've said this before, you can either consult a lawyer or call the police."

"It's no use. I asked a lawyer, and he said it's hard to prove that I didn't participate in the operation of that Meicancan company. As for calling the police, I still can't solve this debt! Brother, we have been friends for so many years, you have to help me get through this!"

Master Juekong could only shake his head and said, "I have seen through the mundane world and can do nothing about it."

"Then you have seen through the world, what should I do? Now this debt is on my head!"

This was the first time that Na Wei raised his voice to his good brother, but Wang Ruizhi, who seemed to have truly become a monk, did not react at all. He just fiddled with the rosary in his hand and said:

"The Buddha said that ego attachment is the root of suffering. Amitabha, Amitabha."

After saying this, he stepped back and closed the door.

Na Wei quickly stepped forward and knocked on the door twice, shouting, "Brother, you can't do this! It was you who lent me your ID card that got me into this trouble!"

However, no matter how he shouted, there was no movement from inside the door.

After a while, Na Weicai walked out of the practice center in a daze, and after returning to the car, he did not move for a long time.

The night was as dark as ink, and the temperature was very low in late autumn. The biting cold wind penetrated through the BMW's windows, which were still open, and Na Wei shivered subconsciously.

He picked up his phone and sent a message to his wife Shen Lin saying that he would be back tonight.

Then he opened Zhao Pengju's chat interface again, paused, and took a deep breath of cold air to keep his brain unusually clear at this moment.

Na Wei: I’m raising money. I’ll transfer the money to you in the next few days. Please stop harassing me and my family!

Within two seconds, the message came back.

Zhao Pengju: OK.

Then he opened his brother Na Jun's chat interface.

Brother: Juanjuan, I’ve made up my mind. I don’t want to fall into the trap, and I don’t want to give the money.

Na Jun didn't reply immediately, but Na Wei was no longer in a hurry. After taking one last deep look at the gate of the practice center, he drove away.

Just as the sound of the car engine faded away, Wang Ruizhi, who was supposed to be lying down to sleep in his room in the practice club, opened the door and walked out.

Looking at the direction where Na Wei left, Wang Ruizhi kept turning the rosary in his hand and muttered to himself:

"Will this idiot really dare to call the police?"

……

The reason why Na Jun didn't reply to the message was because he was drinking with Shen Lei at the moment and hadn't checked his phone yet.

It's strange to say, Na Jun never expected that Shen Lei would actually ask him out for a midnight snack, but he didn't refuse and pulled Li Xiaoyue over.

When they arrived at the barbecue stall, there was an empty beer bottle in front of Shen Lei.

Na Jun and Li Xiaoyue looked at each other and shrugged to indicate that they didn't know what was going on.

Seeing Na Jun coming, Shen Lei adjusted his glasses, and then saw Li Xiaoyue next to Na Jun.

"I'm sorry, I thought you were the only one here."

Na Jun sat down with Li Xiaoyue and said with a smile:

"It's okay. It's not too late anyway. I just took Xiaoyue out to look for food. But you, you didn't even accompany your wife and came out to ask me to drink."

A lot of food had already been ordered on the table, and Na Jun didn't hesitate. While talking, he picked up two skewers of meat and started sharing them with Li Xiaoyue.

When Shen Lei heard what Jun said, he smiled bitterly and shook his head:
"Alas, what's the point of me accompanying her? Besides, I don't have many friends in the capital these years. I can't find anyone to drink with, so I have no choice but to ask you to come out."

After hearing Shen Lei's words, Li Xiaoyue immediately showed a surprised expression, and pinched Na Jun's shoulder excitedly, showing her interest in watching the show.

Na Jun was also interested in this, so he picked up a bottle of beer and clinked it with Shen Lei and said:

"Leizi, since you asked me to come out and drink with you, you treat me as a brother. Come on, tell me if you have anything that makes you unhappy. It will be fine if you say it out loud!"

Li Xiaoyue secretly gave him a thumbs up.

Shen Lei on the other side did not say anything directly. He took a sip of beer and asked back:
"Brother Jun, tell me, am I a complete failure?"

"How could that be? Look at you, you are handsome, well-educated, love your wife, are a civil servant, and have a Beijing hukou. You are so outstanding!"

If it were the previous Na Jun, although he might not criticize Shen Lei to his face, he probably wouldn't be able to say anything good.

And now, after listening to what Jun said, Shen Lei smiled bitterly and said:

"But that still doesn't mean you don't have much money?"

"Eh? That's wrong. People with a lot of money have different ways of living, and people with little money have different ways of living. Even though I earn a million a year and have tens of millions in stock options, my career is not stable. I'm worried every day about what to do if I lose my job."

Li Xiaoyue, who was standing by, couldn't help but pinch her boyfriend when she heard his words, which she didn't know whether they were Versailles or not. She didn't feel any pressure from Na Jun at the moment.

She is the one who is oppressed every day!

Shen Lei on the opposite side was also speechless, but fortunately he was not angry. He just sighed and said:

"Okay, stop making fun of me. I know I only make 8,000 a month. What's a civil servant? Can't I still afford a car or a house?"

"Hey? You are wrong again!"

The angel comforted Na Jun and denied Shen Lei's self-criticism, and encouraged him:

"You are just being too modest. With your qualifications, you would be very popular in the blind date market. If you were in some provinces, you would even be better than your father-in-law."

Na Jun actually felt that a good match for someone like Shen Lei would be a rich girl from a business family outside the capital. Although he had little ambition and might not be able to succeed, it didn't matter, as his conditions were very suitable as a stepping stone.

Being a stepping stone for future generations of his family is an extremely important value of his, not to mention that he himself has other good qualities.

However, Shen Lei smiled noncommittally and said, "What's the point of being good at the blind date market? Meilan is married to me, so doesn't she look down on me?"

"Oh? What's wrong?" Na Jun took the lead.

Maybe he originally wanted to ask Na Jun out to vent his frustrations. Shen Lei did not hide it from him and briefly talked about the conflict between him and Xie Meilan. He also mentioned that Xie Meilan's boss Lu Jie came today.

After Lu Jie left today, he questioned Xie Meilan and Lu Jie's relationship, resulting in a new round of quarrels.

Although he quickly gave in, Xie Meilan didn't know if it was because Lu Jie had just come, but she immediately made a direct comparison between her husband and her boss, and she became more and more excited.

At the beginning, Xie Meilan focused on proving her innocence, saying that she and Lu Jie were just colleagues and that they were innocent. Later, she directly scolded Shen Lei for having no right to question her, saying that Lu Jie was rich and Shen Lei could not compare to him.

Shen Lei's face turned red after hearing these words, and he left the ward on the spot.

But after a few minutes, he came back obediently to help Xie Meilan with the discharge procedures and then took her home.

After cooking for his wife in the evening, she wanted to rest early, but Shen Lei was not sleepy. Plus, he was scolded during the day, so he went out to drink at night.

Of course, he didn't tell Na Jun and the others all of this in detail. He just briefly mentioned the conflict between him and Xie Meilan, as well as the sudden appearance of Lu Jie.

But even with all this, Na Jun and Li Xiaoyue were still enjoying the food so much that they had finished most of the barbecue on the table without even noticing.

After listening to Shen Lei's complaints, Na Jun didn't know how to comfort him for a moment. Well, he didn't think about how to comfort him. He didn't think highly of this couple in the first place.

If you think that his brother was cheated by owing debt, he could help out when he had nothing to do and find something fun to do during these months. But as for the matter between Shen Lei and Xie Meilan, he could only watch for fun.

This pair can be described as a perfect combination of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick. They are loving and sweet when they are together, but miserable when they are apart.

But now that Lu Jie has gotten involved, in Na Jun's eyes, he looks like Ximen Qing, Pan Jinlian, and Wu Dalang.

Fortunately, the person lying on the hospital bed today is not Wu Da...Shen Lei.

It’s a pity that I don’t want to be Wu Song.

But seeing the other person's dejected look, Na Jun thought for a moment and said something nonsense:
"Leizi, don't be angry. Xie Meilan works in an investment bank, so it's normal for her to only care about money. You are a civil servant, and your early thirties are the beginning of your career. When you make progress in the future, that will be a matter of time!"

At this point, Na Jun raised the bottle and said, "Come on, have a drink."

Shen Lei followed suit when he saw this. Until now, this was the only way he could indulge himself a little.

After putting down the bottle, Na Jun spoke again: "But, Lei Zi, no matter how you quarrel with Xie Meilan, it's your internal affairs. Lu Jie's involvement is a bad sign!"

"I know. I'm also very depressed. Why would such a person suddenly appear out of nowhere?"

At this time, Li Xiaoyue, who had been listening, suddenly comforted him:

"Shen Lei, don't be too nervous. Sister Meilan is pregnant. She will definitely live a good life with you after the baby is born. Besides, reality is not a novel. How can a boss really steal someone else's wife who has given birth to a baby?"

"..."

Na Jun silently stuffed the mutton skewers into his girlfriend's mouth.

The novel may not be so outrageous, but the TV series must be!

It’s the last day!

If there are any monthly tickets that are left over, extra, unwanted, forgotten, or about to expire.

You can consider me~
As a spare tire, I am not picky~
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(End of this chapter)