The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 166: The Hongmen Banquet!
On the weekend, Shen Lin invited the whole family to have dinner together.

This time, she emphasized that Shen Lei should bring Xie Meilan over, otherwise she would go to invite her in person.

Fortunately, Xie Meilan did not cause any trouble this time and followed Shen Lei to have dinner.

The purpose of this dinner was, firstly, to celebrate the fact that the family was not in debt, although it was still in the process of wrangling over it, and secondly, to celebrate my brother's wife's pregnancy, although their marriage was not very stable at the moment.

But, no matter what, things are good now!

So, since the Shenjia Village, the breakup group, debt group, and divorce group in the original drama gathered together again to eat at the same table.

At this time, the breakup group has not yet broken up, the debt group has not yet indebted, and the divorce group has not yet divorced.

Everyone has a bright future!
Of course, this dinner was only harmonious on the surface, with everyone chatting, complaining and laughing freely, but under the table there were undercurrents and everyone had their own ulterior motives.

Maybe that elementary school student Zhuo Yue really thought of this as just a harmonious and happy family dinner.

Shen Lin first showed concern for the relationship between her brother and his wife, and then hoped that Na Jun and Li Xiaoyue would have a better relationship in the future.

Finally, she joked that she could only find a job with a monthly salary of 6,000 yuan and no future.

The small company she works for now has only three people in the human resources department, one director and two managers.

Yes, Shen Lin was the human resources manager when she first joined the company, but in reality, it was just a nice title and she was actually just a human resources specialist.

In order to save costs, small companies rarely separate human resources and administration. However, Shen Lin's company is special. Many of their employees are relatives or friends, and Mr. Jia, who manages their business, is the brother-in-law of the company's boss.

Well, not only is he greasy and showy, he also often harasses the Human Resources Director Hu Haili.

It is a kind of debuff stacking.

Shen Lin hadn't said much about these things before, but during the dinner today, she started complaining about them.

Of course, complaints are just incidental, there is only one core idea.

"Nowadays, some company bosses who have a little money or power like to harass their female subordinates. Some of them don't even pretend and just go for it, while others pretend to pursue their female subordinates. They are all the same."

Shen Lin held the specially braised chicken rack in one hand and ate while making comments.

It's just that sometimes her eyes would vaguely glance at Xie Meilan who was drinking soup with her head down.

In the past, after Shen Lei had a quarrel with Xie Meilan, he would run to his sister's house to cry. Although Shen Lin would first scold her brother for not being considerate of Xie Meilan, she would say that a woman who has been married to you for so many years must hope that you will make progress, and now she has no parents and no family to rely on, and so on.

But she still felt sorry for her brother, and helped Shen Lei say some things like Xie Meilan didn't know how to cherish. Of course, Xie Meilan was not present in the above situations.

Now that Xie Meilan has finally been brought together, as the elder sister-in-law, she naturally has to give her younger sister-in-law a warning.

Xie Meilan silently drank the chicken soup that Shen Lin had prepared for her in advance, and listened to what her sister-in-law said. She didn't know whether she was really complaining about this kind of thing, or was making an indirect accusation?
Or both?
Na Jun and Li Xiaoyue looked at each other, and they immediately thought of the same thing.

Na Wei, who was sitting next to Shen Lin, coughed and continued:

"Haha, honey, you can't say that. I'm also the vice president of the company, but I've never done anything like this. I'm so serious!"

Shen Lin glanced at him, picked up a big chicken leg for him, and said unhappily:
"Even if I didn't tell you, you should pay attention!"

"Yes, yes, I will definitely pay attention to it. Usually, whenever a female subordinate enters my office, I will ask that the door of the office be opened. It's open and aboveboard!"

Na Wei nodded in agreement. He also knew the underlying meaning of his wife's words, but in this situation it was better for him to make jokes.

Anyway, he is best at this kind of thing.

"Wife, eat some meat to replenish your body."

Shen Lei considerately picked up some food for Xie Meilan. As one of the parties involved, no matter how naive he was, it was impossible for him not to associate these words with his wife.

But now, while he has to unswervingly implement the policy of stability above all else, he is also investigating his rival, Lu Jie.

As for the bottom line, as long as I can win the battle to defend my marriage, it doesn’t matter whether I lower it or not!
As for the photo of his wife and Lu Jie having dinner that Na Jun showed him before, what was the point of him being angry for a while?

Of course I choose to forgive!
Besides, it’s just a meal, not a hotel.

Well, even if Xie Meilan really checked into a hotel with Lu Jie and he found out, after they had a fight...

Of course, I continue to choose to forgive!
Unless his wife wants to divorce him, he will not be able to accept it and run away from home to live in seclusion.

In short, the lucky color for boys who love to cry must be green!

Xie Meilan hummed lightly and did not show any displeasure to Shen Lei. As long as she had not violated her principles, she would not take the initiative to get angry.

I have my husband at home to take care of me, and my boss is chasing me outside, how wonderful~
Regardless of whether the sister-in-law was making indirect accusations or not, she just ignored them.

At this time, Shen Lin started to complain again, still criticizing the bastard in her company, uh, President Jia.

It was said that he would show off how much money he had from time to time, and hoped to use this to pursue the human resources director Hu Haili.

This Hu Haili was Shen Lin's subordinate in the past. Now, more than two years have passed and she has become Shen Lin's boss, but the relationship between the two is still good.

Although Shen Lin caused everyone's disgust when she dressed like a rich lady on her first day at work, she later realized it and quickly adjusted herself and repaired her relationship with her colleagues.

Later, when the three of us were having dinner together in the HR department, I also heard Hu Haili and another colleague complain about President Jia.

So now Shen Lin has a lot of negative information to complain about when he uses Mr. Jia as an example, and it can even be extended to the previous class reunion.

Well, when she attended the class reunion, she was often treated sarcasticly by her old classmates because she was a housewife.

Right now, it's best to use them to make insinuations within your own little circle.

"Some of my classmates or people of my age seem to earn a lot, but who knows what the other side of them is like? I know that Mr. Jia from our company is actually married. Even at my classmates' reunions, I found several married people flirting with each other..."

"..."

Xie Meilan finally understood that this was a Hongmen Banquet!

Indirect criticism, veiled innuendo, and the sword dance...all of this is directed at her!

Unfortunately, no one was mentioned by name, so Xie Meilan couldn't get angry and could only keep silent and pretend she knew nothing.

However, Xie Meilan didn't care at all about Shen Lin's words which were half warning and half advice.

Money is the bottom line these days, and Mr. Lu is rich, has good taste and is a gentleman. Which of these isn't a reason to be attracted to him?

This sister-in-law lives in a big house, drives a BMW, is supported by her husband, and even wears a diamond ring on her hand when she eats. It's really easy for her to talk without any pain in her waist!
If her sister-in-law had said those words to her in private, she would have dared to retort directly!
As Shen Lin finished speaking, others began to complain about the troubles they had encountered at work.

Although they all had a vague feeling that Shen Lin's words were meant for someone, it did not stop them from starting a complaining conference about it.

Especially Li Xiaoyue, a worker who lies down and works hard, who is not willing to hold back, was the first to scold the leadership of the daily beauty industry from top to bottom.

Although she didn't mention Na Wei, Na Wei still felt a little unnatural when hearing it.

This makes it seem like he is the white lotus in this black-hearted company.

Na Jun asked, "Brother, have Qin Lingling and Wang Ruizhi started fighting?"

"Not yet. Qin Lingling is investigating further. After she finishes the investigation here, she will go to Zhijiang Province to block the people. I think Wang Ruizhi doesn't know about this yet. Qin Lingling is doing it secretly."

Na Wei briefly talked about what had happened recently, and, following his younger brother's reminder, he began to look for a way out for himself.

This kind of retreat often needs to be prepared in advance. The difficulty of employees changing jobs and those who have left their jobs finding jobs are two completely different things.

After all, there was no guarantee that Qin Lingling would fire him someday over this matter. Moreover, the beauty industry was declining day by day. The Qin siblings were two business idiots. In addition, Wang Ruizhi had been very sincere to him before. Let alone raising funds, it was a problem to even stay afloat.

Therefore, Na Wei no longer desired tens of millions of options. The listing was a long way off, and the options were just a stack of waste paper.

Now he has come to his senses. Before Wang Ruizhi became a monk, he insisted on signing options with everyone, just intending to use this big pie to drag everyone here.

Then it will be convenient for him to do those shameful things!

The Big Brother of the past is really just an old man gone bad!
"Juanjuan, how is your work now? Is it still as tiring as before?"

Na Wei took the opportunity to show concern for his younger brother, and Na Jun smiled and said:
"Why am I tired? On the contrary, I feel a lot more relaxed."

Now Na Jun is indeed much more free than before, and this free time is the result of the joint persuasion of everyone in the company.

There is no other reason. Na Jun was too excited some time ago. After his physical condition improved, he seemed tireless in the company.

If he just has a single position, it doesn't matter how hard he works, the company will be happy to have him full of energy.

But it is not just a single position. Once he starts to roll in, he will drive the entire company's related links to roll in with him. But they don't have this physique and can't keep up with him at all.

Moreover, Na Jun was not as embarrassed as his original self to raise requirements to others. He would directly fill out the requirements document. If his colleagues in development and testing wanted to blame him, they would directly report to his boss Lao Lu.

At the beginning, Lao Lu was still smiling, thinking that the company's efficiency had improved, so he helped Na Jun put pressure on those people. But later, when he saw more and more programmers acting like hanged ghosts, he realized that something was wrong.

That's why they joined forces with those colleagues who had been too introverted to persuade Na Jun not to be so anxious and to spend more time with his girlfriend when he has time.

So he is quite free now. When he asked for leave to help his brother solve Zhao Pengju's problem, it actually made people in the company feel relieved.

Na Wei nodded, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and asked again:
"Juanjuan, didn't you say before that you wanted to buy a house? How is it going? Have you found one?"

"I've got a large flat in Zhongguancun. The contract has already been signed, and I'm discussing the decoration with Xiaoyue now!"

Na Jun's words surprised Na Wei and Shen Lin a little, but it was a good thing that his younger brother was capable, and it was normal for him to be able to buy a house with his salary over the years.

But Xie Meilan felt complicated because the big house she had always dreamed of was still nowhere to be seen!
Glancing at her husband beside her and seeing that he seemed to have no feelings about it, Xie Meilan withdrew her gaze expressionlessly. Some thoughts that had disappeared before were stimulated and resurfaced at this moment.

At this time, Shen Lin asked with concern: "Juanjuan, you must be under a lot of pressure from your monthly mortgage payments now, don't tire yourself out again."

"Don't worry, there's no pressure. I still have some funds in stock futures."

Na Jun smiled. If he hadn't saved money for stock and futures trading, he would have moved to a new house long ago. "Then don't get too carried away with stock trading. Be careful not to lose all your family fortune."

Na Wei wanted to give him some advice, but even as his brother, he couldn't say anything about this matter, after all, it was his brother's own money.

Na Jun smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, I know what's going on."

He had both information gap and experience, so he was naturally not particularly worried. As for why he didn't ask his brother to join him in stock trading and get rich.

All I can say is that when it comes to the stock market, no matter how close your relationship is, you can't bring others in.

Leading people to trade stocks is no different from leading them to gamble. Even if he can guarantee to make money, the stock market trend is a curve, with both ups and downs. Just because he can be as steady as a rock doesn't mean others won't be nervous. If it goes up, it's okay, but if it goes down a little, that would be a test of friendship.

Especially with the current Big A, how many people can avoid being stimulated from time to time?
However, next year, when the A-share market soars under certain circumstances, most people will enter the market on their own without anyone reminding them.

Well, it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any savings… Some people are really crazy, like:
The house is listed on Anjuke for 500 million yuan, the car is listed on Guazi for 30 yuan, the wife is listed on Dongjiao Daojia for 18.8 yuan, and the kid is listed on Xianyu. I have a full position in A-shares, so let’s go all in!
……

"Na Jun, do you think my wife will cheat on you?"

"..."

The familiar barbecue stall, the familiar people, the familiar expressions, Na Jun suddenly felt a little numb.

I don’t know if Shen Lei really has a childish mentality, because after chatting with me about his marital status so many times, he simply formed a habit.

The new week has arrived and he called me to talk about this topic again!
In this regard, Na Jun really wanted to say, why don’t you just break up earlier?
If he had not traveled through time to Na Jun but to Shen Lei, and divorced on the same day he traveled through time, why would there be so many entanglements and troubles?
Now looking at the other person's conflicted expression, Na Jun was no longer able to complain.

I had no choice but to persuade him: "The ancients all worried about the sky, why are you worried about your hat?"

Shen Lei was stunned for a moment before he reacted, but he could only smile bitterly:

"What can I do? Meilan is still working there, and I can't persuade her to change jobs. She has just been promoted to director. How can I not worry?"

Na Jun was not surprised. He heard the news the last time Lu Jie asked Xie Meilan to have dinner with him.

After thinking for a while, Na Jun asked, "Maybe your wife's work ability is recognized? Besides, why are you so unconfident about the relationship between you and your wife?"

"I..." Shen Lei wanted to say something, but in the end he could only take a sip of wine helplessly and said, "But I think Meilan has changed. I can hardly recognize her."

"Really? Don't we all change? Do you dare to say that you are the same now as you were when you first married Xie Meilan?"

"I..." Shen Lei fell silent. Of course, he remembered the time when he and his wife first got married. At that time, he was eager to make her live a good life, but Xie Meilan thought that everything was fine and there was no need to rush.

Now it seems that the two of them just happened to exchange ideas.

These days Shen Lei has thought about improving himself and making his wife look at him with new eyes, but he is in the system and it is not something he can do just because he wants to.

So he could only sink into this state of sobriety.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Na Jun could also sense something from his conflicted expression.

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Leizi, if, I mean if, Xie Meilan wants to divorce you and go to be with her boss, what will you do?"

"No, I won't agree to that!"

Shen Lei was subconsciously a little excited, but after he came to his senses, he just sighed deeply.

However, Na Jun had no intention of letting him go and called him over again to complain, so don't blame me for telling him some shocking news.

So Na Jun asked again: "What can you do if you don't agree? They can sue for divorce, what will you do?"

"..."

Shen Lei fell silent again. This was the situation he was most reluctant to face. He didn't want to agree, nor did he want to face it.

Then Na Jun answered for him:

"I guess you will never agree to it, and you don't dare to face it. Then you will most likely choose to run away from home. No matter how your sister and your parents call you, they won't come back. You might even live in seclusion."

"How is that possible? Am I such an irresponsible person?"

Shen Lei immediately refuted Na Jun's words, making him sound like a child who only knew how to escape!
Although he felt that the seclusion the other party talked about made him a little excited...

When Na Jun saw his rebuttal, he just smiled and told him the plot of the original drama directly. What's the point of being stubborn?
"And what will happen to you?"

"..."

Shen Lei still didn't know. He couldn't just go to the door and fight like Wu Song did, and cause blood to splatter all over the CBD, right?
But if he agreed to divorce his wife and then thought about his wife sleeping with another man, he would collapse.

Is Meilan really that heartless?
My wife’s heart is as sharp as a knife!

Na Jun looked at the other person, sometimes in pain, sometimes conflicted, and sometimes happy... huh?

what's the situation?
After I blocked Shen Lei's path in the original drama, is he going to awaken some weird habits?

"Ahem, Lei Zi, Shen Lei! Don't take it too seriously. This is just a hypothesis, just a hypothesis. It didn't happen!"

Seeing that Shen Lei's expression was becoming more and more abnormal, Na Jun had no choice but to stop the other party from immersing himself in experiencing certain plots in advance.

If this upsets him, I wonder if Xie Meilan will thank him?
After Shen Lei came to his senses, he first breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt ashamed of his unspeakable mental state just now.

I am so disgusting that I have read so many books that they have become like dogs!
Seeing that the other party had recovered, Na Jun asked curiously: "Lei Zi, what were you thinking about just now? Have you figured out what you are going to do?"

"Well, it's nothing. I think I should just take it one step at a time. After all, you said it was just a hypothesis. But I definitely won't run away from home like you said. That's not a manly thing to do!"

Shen Lei looked a little embarrassed, but he quickly covered it up by eating barbecue.

However, having said that, he has already used the back door, and I believe he will receive the news soon.

So he thought about it and said, "I think what you said before is a little bit right. Lu Jie may be married, so it should be fine."

"..."

Na Jun looked at Shen Lei with a strange expression. What's wrong with getting married?
Wasn’t he married in his previous life?

Well, he cheated on his wife before and after marriage, so for a scumbag like him, marriage may just be a stimulant.

Of course, as I said before, he is not as hungry as Lu Jie, and Xie Meilan is not worthy of being compared with his former duo teammates.

If Xie Meilan divorced Shen Lei simply because she no longer loved him, and if she and Lu Jie were just duo teammates without any financial gain involved, then he would look up to Xie Meilan.

After all, that's how he and Jiang Xueqiong were.

But now that he saw a glimmer of hope in Shen Lei's heart, he did not intend to reveal this dark thought to the other party. After thinking about it, he changed his angle and said:

"Leizi, what you said makes sense, so don't worry too much. Besides, you don't need to belittle yourself. You are in the system, and your focus is different from others. Think about it, you have a bright future in the unit now. You have the ability and qualifications. Your leader is optimistic about you. I believe that it won't be long before you can be promoted to a chief clerk. Maybe in a few years, when you are Lu Jie's age, you will be a department-level cadre. If you can be transferred to another unit, you don't need to be a department-level cadre to control Lu Jie. There is a saying that goes, "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west. Don't despise the young and poor. You still have an unlimited future!"

To be honest, with Shen Lei's current ability, he is indeed not enough to deal with Lu Jie. Although he is in the system, he is not as capable as outsiders imagine, not to mention that he is just a low-ranking official.

In the original drama, he had a fight with Lu Jie and his wife was taken away, but he could only be taken to the police station as a civil dispute. He really did not deserve the so-called assault on a public official.

And the rosy picture that Na Jun just painted for Shen Lei was indeed just a rosy picture. He said that just to comfort him.

It is said that the government controls the business, but that also depends on the size of each. As for the statement that if Lu Jie wants to see Shen Lei again in a few years, he can only respectfully call to make an appointment, just listen to it.

Not to mention how difficult it would be for Shen Lei to move up with his personality, even getting transferred to a department with real power would be extremely difficult.

Of course, no matter how difficult it is, there is still a glimmer of hope. If Shen Lei's enlightenment this time is not to live in seclusion or teach, but to use the motivation of revenge to climb up within the system, then there will be more hope.

But in general, it can be summed up in one word - difficult!

Just like now, after listening to what Na Jun said, Shen Lei subconsciously felt a headache.

He never really liked the atmosphere within the system, otherwise, even for love, he would have been closer to his leaders over the years.

But just now he had to admit that Jun's words moved him.

Some people hate the world of fame and fortune and the atmosphere of power. If they are not people who have been immersed in it for many years and are tired of it, then there is only one possibility, that is, they have never experienced real power.

There are not so many hermits with indifferent minds. Most of them are just people who cannot get power and are complaining about themselves.

In the original drama, Shen Lei was living in seclusion in the mountain and was doing well there, but why was he angry when he was driven away by the local village cadres?
Anger often comes from helplessness and powerlessness.

At that time, didn't he think that it would be great if he had the right to stop these people from occupying the house he lived in?

Therefore, working in the archives department for a long time not only wiped out his original ambitions when he graduated, but also wiped out his fantasies about power.

But it doesn’t matter. The great seducer Na Jun really wants to know, since the other party will not change himself for love, will he change himself for hatred?

"Leizi, I think you can think about it carefully. Since you think running away is not a manly behavior, why not face your love rival head-on? As the saying goes, the best way to eliminate fear is to overcome it. Face him with a smile. Come on, Ole Gei!"

"..."

……

On the other side, as time went by, Master Juekong in the mountains finally noticed something wrong from Xu Yichao.

It had only been less than a month since he became a monk, but he had to understand one truth in advance.

That is happiness, no longer in Buddhism, not among mountains and rivers, but in the mortal world.

And when he realized that all this was caused by Na Wei, who he had treated as a fool and fooled around with, the monk could not help but curse.

"Damn it, the bad guys are getting old!"

(End of this chapter)