The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 390 Melancholy (Part ) The Secret of Roommate Wen Sheng
March 4th, Friday morning.

Downstairs of the Love Apartment, Wen Sheng walked out with a bag of garbage. As soon as he walked out of the building, he ran into Lu Ziqiao.

"Zi Qiao, you're back so soon from your date?" Facing this not-so-simple scumbag, Wen Sheng greeted him with a smile.

Lu Ziqiao, who had been looking relaxed, immediately became alert when he saw Wen Sheng, and then replied with a smile: "Yes, that girl is the owner of a clothing store. She had something to do in the store, so she left first. We made an appointment for tomorrow..."

At this point, Lu Ziqiao winked and showed a look that all men understand.

"Oh." Wen Sheng nodded and threw the trash into the trash can next to him, then praised, "Amazing, Ziqiao, you can even pick up a rich woman. Isn't she pretty?"

"Need I say more?" Lu Ziqiao was quite pleased with himself. Since he felt that Wen Sheng was of the same kind as him, it would be more pleasing to show off a little in front of his kind than to show off to a fool like Zhang Wei.

Wen Sheng smiled and said, "How do you make it? Teach me."

Lu Ziqiao's heart sank when he heard that. He glanced at him inconspicuously and said, "Well, to pick up girls, you need to rely on packaging. As long as you wear a tailor-made suit and let the people in the restaurant play the soundtrack when you play the violin, you can do it."

After a pause, he said modestly: "It's just a trivial trick."

After all, everyone knows his financial situation. He often has no food to eat. The money he used to seduce the rich woman this time was earned from reselling Expo tickets a while ago.

But as long as it succeeds this time, the current investment will be worth it.

Wen Sheng took a look at the other person wearing a neat suit, and had to say that this scumbag was quite good in this aspect. Although his suit was not from a big brand, it was cut very well and the fabric was very textured. At first glance, one would think it was some niche and high-end custom-made suit!
After thinking for a while, Wen Sheng suddenly asked, "Did that rich woman tell you where she would like to meet you tomorrow?"

"Of course, in her clothing store." Lu Ziqiao chuckled, "Maybe I'll have a chance to visit her fitting room."

"How's her clothing store business?"

"That... I didn't ask, but I heard her say that this was a business given to her by her family to practice, and she didn't think it was important whether it made money or not." Lu Ziqiao thought for a while before saying, "But I guess it's not very good, otherwise she wouldn't have time to ask me to go to the store tomorrow, and it's a bit far away."

Wen Sheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and he understood in his heart, so he smiled and said, "Good luck then, I wish you success in picking up a rich woman soon."

After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave. Lu Ziqiao hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to the bar for a couple of drinks, wanna join me?"

"Uh... forget it, I have to go back and prepare for tomorrow's date." Lu Ziqiao gave a dry laugh and rejected his invitation.

Just looking at Wen Sheng's back as he left, he always felt that there was something else behind his words.

What secrets does this hidden fellow hold?

After searching for the answer for several days without any results, Lu Ziqiao fell into deep thought, then turned his head and looked at the trash can beside him.

……

Wen Sheng did have some hidden meaning in what he said just now, because he felt from Lu Ziqiao's words that the so-called rich woman was probably not Lu Ziqiao's prey.

Instead, they treated Lu Ziqiao as prey.

It was also because Lu Ziqiao was willing to work hard on this kind of external image and really deceived the other party, so the other party targeted Lu Ziqiao.

Rich women like this whose business is not doing well come out to hook up with men with some money. Most of them are out to pick up rich men. To put it bluntly, they are pure gold diggers.

The gold diggers in movies, TV shows and news divide up the family property after divorce, and make the other party transfer money continuously during a relationship... These are common, and quite a few men fall for them. However, this kind of gold diggers are not genuine enough, and it is easy for them to be just a one-time transaction, which makes people wary.

And this is not stable enough. What if the man reveals his debts during the divorce, and after the breakup he calls the police and demands the return of the money transferred during the relationship?
After all, not all men are masculine. They only transfer 520 and also note "voluntary gift".

But pure gold diggers don't use this method. They know very well that the things they give now will most likely be taken back in the future, so they don't ask men for money or gifts.

What they want is the man’s consumption, because consumption cannot be refunded.

Uh...it's not consumption in any improper place.

Gold diggers like these usually open a clothing store, teahouse, flower shop, etc. which are not large in scale but appear to have a certain consumption limit. Moreover, the stores are mostly located in quieter shopping malls or streets because the rent will be lower.

This kind of shop doesn't need any traffic, and the quieter it is, the better, because they don't need ordinary people to come into the store to buy. She will set the price of the store's goods much higher than that of surrounding stores or competing products, and then let her sisters bring those rich people in to consume. This part of the price that is much higher than the product itself, in addition to belonging to herself, is also a rebate to those sisters.

Otherwise, why are there always a group of well-dressed girls on the Internet posting "I found another niche treasure shop"...

They all work in sales part-time!

And this is just one way for them to make money. In addition to unmarried wealthy men, their main target is married wealthy men.

For many men, the difference between the peach blossoms they can encounter when they are unmarried and when they are married is like heaven and earth. Even if there are peach blossoms, they have to understand that the money given to the mistress during the affair can be recovered by the original wife in the end. At this time, opening a store like this can solve everyone's needs.

It's the same reason. Money transfers, bags, jewelry, etc. can be recovered, but consumption cannot. So with this kind of physical store, you can let the rich spend money to store value. Even if it's a direct transfer, you can transfer it through the store's account, and you can use reasons like paying rent, paying for employee expenses, decoration, etc. to get away with it. Then give the rich some shares, and the money will become an investment, and investment cannot be recovered...

Well, this method can also be used to transfer property within a marriage, so some people are simply being taken advantage of by the gold diggers, while others are a collaboration between the cheating party and the gold diggers.

Otherwise, why do some stores in shopping malls still exist even though few customers go in all year round?

Moreover, the hardest-hit areas in this situation are not in big cities, but rather in some small counties.

So when Wen Sheng heard what Lu Ziqiao said just now, he felt that the other party might have been treated as a prey. However, this was just a guess after all, and he didn't ask in detail. Maybe he guessed wrong.

The reason why he didn't remind Lu Ziqiao to be more careful was very simple, because the other party had no money to be taken advantage of, and if Lu Ziqiao pretended to be a rich man for a while longer, the other party might be willing to sacrifice himself as bait in order to get more money!
By then, when the scumbag meets the gold digger, no matter how you look at it, Lu Ziqiao will be the winner.

In fact, this situation does not make Lu Ziqiao unworthy of the title of "scumbag", but it is because of the limitations of the times. Normally, it will take another three to five years for such gold diggers to become popular. Now in 2010... only a very small number of talented gold diggers would think of this trick.

No matter how powerful Lu Ziqiao's scumbag is, he cannot transcend the limitations of the times. Maybe after this time he will expand his scumbag database and upgrade the system, so Wen Sheng did not remind him.

Don’t think that scumbags are born scumbags, as if they are born to play with people’s feelings. Everyone needs to evolve step by step and keep up with the development of the times. Maybe someone you think is a romantic sea king was actually a dog played by women in the beginning... a bootlicker!

If you want to be respected in front of others, you have to suffer behind their backs. This is true in any industry.

……

Lonely Corner Bar.

When Wen Sheng came over, he saw Zhang Wei sitting at the bar drinking alone.

"Zhang Wei, what's wrong?" Wen Sheng smiled and sat down next to him, "Why are you here tasting wine alone?"

Zhang Wei shook his head and said, "It's okay, I'll just sit here and listen to some songs. There's a new singer in the bar, so it's nice to listen to some songs."

Wen Sheng looked up when he heard that and saw a girl in short-sleeved shirt and hot pants singing at the bar.

Although Lonely Corner Bar is a quiet bar where friends gather together, there are occasional resident singers to liven up the atmosphere. Although it is a quiet bar, it cannot always be deserted.

Wen Sheng saw Zhang Wei staring at him intently, so he turned around and asked the bartender to pour him a glass of wine, then smiled and said, "What? Are you attracted to him?"

"No, how could that be!" Zhang Wei retracted his gaze, looking a little melancholy, "I just experienced a failed relationship not long ago, how could I be attracted to another woman so quickly?"

"Then why did you let Lu Ziqiao take you to pick up girls the other day?"

"..."

Zhang Wei's face suddenly turned awkward, and he stammered, "That...that was...it was Lu Ziqiao who insisted on dragging me along, saying it was compensation for me missing the wedding, and he also mentioned words like wingman."

"Haha." Wen Sheng smiled and patted his shoulder. "Actually, this is good. If you want to get rid of the shadow of your last relationship, you have to start the next one. We are all young urban men and women, and this is normal."

"I..." Zhang Wei was speechless for a moment. After two seconds, he said unconvincedly, "Didn't you just get divorced too? Why don't you start the next one?"

Wen Sheng took the wine handed over by the bartender and took a sip. He said, "Although I am divorced, I still visit my ex-wife occasionally. Will you go to visit your ex-fiancée?"

"..."

Zhang Wei was silent, everyone knew about his affair with his ex-fiancee. The woman invited him to marry into her family because of his clean family background, but in the end he loved her but she didn't love him.

No matter how thick-skinned he was, there was no way he would go back to her.

Seeing this man who was praised as the most courageous in the original drama so sad, Wen Sheng skipped over what he had just said and asked, "By the way, when Lu Ziqiao took you to pick up girls to compensate you, were you successful?"

"Uh..." Zhang Wei thought for a moment and then shook his head, "No, Ziqiao took me away twice and said I didn't have the aptitude for intelligence."

"Wisdom?"

Wen Sheng looked him up and down: "He looks like a decent person, a man of talent..."

Zhang Wei was delighted and shook his coat subconsciously. Then he heard Wen Sheng continue, "It's a pity that you always look so miserable. You really don't have enough wisdom."

"..."

"Okay, I'm just teasing you." Wen Sheng smiled and said, "You won't look ugly if you don't hunch your shoulders all the time."

"Really?" Zhang Wei raised his head and chest, "What about now?"

"It's pretty good now. You can try to take the initiative to find girls to attack."

"Well..." Zhang Wei looked a little unnatural, "I still don't dare."

"If you don't dare, you have to practice!" Wen Sheng pointed at the singer who was performing, "Go and try?"

"I'd better forget it." Zhang Wei gave up decisively, "I just came here to drink some wine and listen to some music. I don't want to have a relationship now!"

Seeing this, Wen Sheng had no choice but to nod. In fact, when he met Zhang Wei, an orphan who worked hard alone like he did before, he still had some good feelings for him. However, things like feelings are difficult to teach by relying on others alone.

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Zhang Wei, what kind of girls do you like?"

"Gentle, considerate and virtuous." Zhang Wei answered without hesitation, and then said a little embarrassedly, "Of course, it would be better if she was beautiful."

"You are looking for a wife, not the kind of love partner you fantasize about in your heart." Wen Sheng stretched out his finger and waved it, denying his answer.

So Zhang Wei wondered, "What's the difference? I want to marry a woman like this, which proves that this is the kind of love partner I fantasize about."

"No, no, no, there is a difference."

Wen Sheng smiled and corrected: "Well, if you were a toad, what kind of swan would you most like to eat?"

"..."

Zhang Wei's mouth twitched, and he put down his wine glass and corrected himself: "I'm not a toad!"

"I know. I mean, if you are a toad... no matter whether you are a toad or not, just tell me what the white swan in your heart is like? In other words, what is the goddess in your heart like?"

"..."

Zhang Wei didn't want to talk, but after thinking for a while he said: "The swan in my heart... no, a goddess, she should have long black hair, big eyes, long eyelashes, wear a white dress, smile sweetly and elegantly, as if the spring breeze blows over Lugu Lake and the autumn rain soaks Jiuzhaigou."

Seeing Zhang Wei really start to fantasize like a pervert, Wen Sheng couldn't help but wave his hand in front of him to interrupt him: "Anything else?"

Zhang Wei, whose fantasy was interrupted, wiped his saliva, thought for a moment and said, "It would be nice if she had a bit of cool temperament." "Cold?" Wen Sheng raised his eyebrows, "Girls with this kind of temperament are not simple. I don't recommend you to fantasize like this."

"Why?" Zhang Wei asked in confusion, "Aren't cool goddesses and cool hunks popular now?"

"Cold and aloof are not the same concept. Don't confuse them. If someone is aloof, it usually means they are being aloof to someone they don't like. And if someone is aloof, it means that the girl is simply not very human at heart and doesn't care about anyone. It's useless to pursue her even if you pursue her," Wen Sheng explained with a smile.

There are many little boys in the world who would fantasize about a fairy who is not worldly, especially those who have average looks, average family background, average job, average game skills... In short, those boys who are average in every aspect would think so. And the more ordinary these people are, the more they would fantasize about their other half being extraordinary, with an otherworldly temperament, which makes people feel light-hearted when they think of them.

But this is actually very bad. Being cool and aloof does not mean being aloof. Being aloof will never go out of style. Even if people say that being aloof is out of fashion in the future, it is just that many people have broken their fantasy and the audience of the aloof style has become smaller. However, being cool and aloof will always weigh on the hearts of many people. This fantasy cannot be broken, so that if one day they really meet a girl with this temperament, they will rush towards her like moths to a flame and die in an extremely ugly way.

As the saying goes, appearance reflects the heart. Being cool and aloof can be pretended, but being indifferent is difficult to pretend, because it requires her to be indifferent from the bottom of her heart. To put it nicely, this kind of girl has an avoidant attachment personality, and to put it bluntly, she is an ungrateful person who can never be tamed.

The cool girl seems to care about nothing, but in fact she is extremely self-centered and doesn't care about other people's feelings. She is just enjoying herself. But this temperament is a sure kill for those boys who claim to hate vulgarity and pursue sophistication.

The simplest example is Xiaolongnu in "The Return of the Condor Heroes", who can be regarded as the absolute goddess in the hearts of countless men. But in fact, if you look closely, you will find that Xiaolongnu in the early stage was the kind of person who never cared about other people's feelings, including Yang Guo. It was only after she experienced many major events later that she became a little more human.

It's just that novels can be changed by the author's adjustment, but how can it be changed in reality? Fairies are nice, but you can just watch them from a distance. If you really want to date one, you will be eaten up by the other party until there is nothing left. I guess you will still be smiling foolishly and asking the other party if he wants a sip of water to smooth his throat.

"Don't talk nonsense, it's not as scary as you say."

After listening to Wen Sheng's explanation, Zhang Wei frowned.

"I'm just reminding you that fantasy is fantasy, but don't make yourself unable to come out."

"This is not a fantasy!" Zhang Wei suddenly said firmly, "I have seen girls like this."

"Really? Where did you see it?" Wen Sheng asked casually, shaking his wine glass.

"Look, right there!" Zhang Wei suddenly raised his chin in one direction, "That girl."

Wen Sheng didn't expect that Zhang Wei's fantasy actually had a reference to reality, so he turned around and looked over curiously.

Then in the next second, his eyes also froze.

"How is it? I didn't lie to you, this is really a white swan, uh, a cold goddess." Zhang Wei leaned close to his ear and laughed softly.

"..."

Cool?

Wen Sheng looked at Qin Yumo, who was sitting in the corner drinking, with a strange expression on his face. What did the other party have to do with these two words?

Come to think of it, he really hasn't seen Qin Yumo since they last parted in the elevator.

Hu Yifei is really amazing. She hasn’t run into this old classmate in so many days.

After retracting his gaze, Wen Sheng looked at Zhang Wei, who looked like a pig, and waved in front of him again. After he came to his senses, he sighed and said:
"Zhang Wei, forgive me for being blunt, but you can't control this girl."

"I didn't say I want to control it... No, why can't I control it?" Lawyer Zhang was a little unhappy, "Can you control it?"

"Hehe." Wen Sheng smiled and placed the wine glass on the bar.

……

In Suite 3602 of Love Apartment.

Lu Ziqiao pushed the door open in a hurry, but when he turned around, he saw Hu Yifei who was just sitting there and Zeng Xiaoxian who was looking at the computer... Then the two of them looked at him together.

"hiss!"

Lu Ziqiao's heart skipped a beat and he quickly hid what he was holding behind his back.

"Yifei, Teacher Zeng, why are you in the apartment?"

"Where else could we be if not in the apartment?" Zeng Xiaoxian replied, his eyes constantly looking behind Lu Ziqiao.

"What I mean is, aren't you going to work today?" Lu Ziqiao laughed as he moved towards his room.

"I don't have classes today, and Zeng Xiaoxian is working in the evening." Hu Yifei replied, then narrowed her eyes and looked at Lu Ziqiao who was about to go back to the house and asked, "Ziqiao, what are you hiding?"

Lu Ziqiao put his hands behind his back, forced a smile and said, "No, nothing."

"Then stretch out your hand and let us see?"

Lu Ziqiao stretched out his left hand.

"The other one."

He withdrew his left hand and extended his right hand.

"Two together."

Then he stretched out his hands.

"Snapped!"

A black plastic bag was pulled out from behind Lu Ziqiao.

"what is this?"

“This is… is…”

Just as Lu Ziqiao was stuttering, Zeng Xiaoxian leaned over from the sofa.

"Hey, why does it smell bad?" Zeng Xiaoxian fanned his nose, "Could this be a bag of garbage?"

Seeing that he could no longer conceal the truth, Lu Ziqiao had no choice but to admit, "Yes, this is the garbage I picked up from the trash can downstairs."

"What?!" Zeng Xiaoxian immediately retreated back to the sofa with a look of disgust, "Lv Ziqiao, are you disgusting? You actually went through the trash can? And brought it back to the apartment!"

"I brought it back to the apartment because I was called disgusting when I was rummaging through the garbage downstairs."

"..."

Zeng Xiaoxian, who had a mysophobia, immediately said with disgust: "Lv Ziqiao, you are not so poor that you have to go through the garbage to find food, right? Throw it away quickly."

"No! I brought it back with great difficulty."

"You...are not only disgusting, but also perverted!"

After Zeng Xiaoxian was disgusted, Hu Yifei also said with disgust: "Don't tell me you brought a bag of garbage up here just to find food."

"Of course not! This is..." Lu Ziqiao hesitated, but since he had been discovered, he simply said, "This is the garbage that Wen Sheng just threw away."

"What?!" This time it was Hu Yifei's turn to exclaim, "You actually went through Wen Sheng's garbage bag? You're a pervert!"

The embarrassment on Lu Ziqiao's face flashed away, and then he lowered his voice and asked: "Don't you want to know Wen Sheng's secret?"

"Secret? What secret does Wensheng have?" Zeng Xiaoxian said, covering his nose.

"I'll be honest. Based on my observation, Wen Sheng is actually a love expert just like me, but he hides it very well."

Lu Ziqiao's secret teachings were mysterious, but unfortunately Hu Zeng and the others didn't believe them at all.

Zeng Xiaoxian rolled his eyes and said, "You said Wen Sheng was mentally ill before, and now you say he is a love expert. You're not done yet, are you?"

Hu Yifei said coldly: "No matter how much you want to know the secret, you shouldn't go through other people's trash, right? Isn't it disgusting?"

"Really? Yifei, haven't you ever rummaged through the trash cans of us?" Lu Ziqiao said calmly.

"I..." Hu Yifei was speechless for a moment, especially at this time Zeng Xiaoxian was looking at her with strange eyes, making it even more impossible for her to deny.

Rummaging through trash cans has always been Hu Yifei's traditional skill.

At this time, Lu Ziqiao added: "Yifei, you are a university teacher, don't tell me you are not curious about Wen Sheng's situation. Do you really think that a person will act as if nothing happened after a divorce?"

"Then Zhang Wei..."

"Can't you see that Zhang Wei is pretending? Otherwise, why would I take him to pick up girls to help him dilute the impact of his ex-girlfriend running away from marriage?"

"..."

Hu Yifei was speechless, and Lu Ziqiao advised: "I know Wen Sheng is a good person, but the more normal this kind of thing is, the more abnormal it is. Even as a friend, we should care about him. What if he keeps it to himself and something goes wrong?"

"Do you care about others so much that you have to go through their garbage bags?"

"Then why did you go through my and Teacher Zeng's trash cans before?"

"I..." Hu Yifei's eyes twitched, and she could only say helplessly, "I just care about you."

Zeng Xiaoxian rolled his eyes again, and at this time Lu Ziqiao had already squatted down and started to unpack the bag of garbage.

"Apple cores, banana peels, toilet paper, mineral water bottles..."

Lu Ziqiao didn't mind the dirt and started rummaging through the garbage bag with his bare hands. Zeng Xiaoxian and Hu Yifei expressed their disgust, but their eyes couldn't help but stare at him closely, and they even subconsciously moved a little closer.

"Strange, it seems there is nothing special." Lu Ziqiao said with a frown.

"Look, I told you, don't be so shameless just because you have nothing better to do. Throw the garbage away quickly." Hu Yifei shouted immediately.

"Wait!" Lu Ziqiao suddenly spoke up, instantly attracting the attention of the two people. Then he pulled out a crumpled piece of paper, "This is it!"

"What is this? Just a piece of paper?" Zeng Xiaoxian asked puzzledly.

At this time, Lu Ziqiao spread out the paper and looked at the words written on it carefully. His serious expression made Hu Yifei and Zeng Xiaoxian subconsciously hold their breath. Then they walked closer and asked, "What's on the paper?"

"There are... beautiful words!"

"..."

Hu Yifei also rolled her eyes and said unhappily, "I'm asking what you wrote?"

"I don't understand." Lu Ziqiao put the paper in front of the two of them, "I know every word here, but I don't understand what it means."

So Teacher Hu and Teacher Zeng leaned over to look at the paper together.

"This is……"

(End of this chapter)