"I love you walking alone in a dark alley, I love the way you don't kneel, I love you when you face despair and refuse to cry..."
Before self-study in the morning, Ma Xiaolong sat on the podium, played and sang a piece of "The Lonely Brave Man" with his guitar in his arms. The girls under the podium were all mesmerized and had tears in their eyes.
The boys all had a fire in their hearts and wanted to roar and shout loudly! Otherwise, this song really poked at them. It was simply a song written for screws like them who came from ordinary backgrounds but yearned for it.
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Looking at the squad leader who was playing and singing on the podium, I had to admit that this person was not only good at studying, handsome, and outstanding in sports, he was also a god of singing.
The gap is too big to be jealous at all.
In order to add some memorable memories to the high school life that he had never experienced in his previous life, since the second day after school started, Ma Xiaolong, as the class monitor, would play and sing a song every day before morning self-study.
One is to relieve some study pressure for his classmates, and the other is to give them some benefits. After all, with his level 3 vocal and instrumental abilities, his casual performances are master-level, and his classmates can enjoy them for a few minutes every day.
Playing and singing is a pleasant enjoyment for both body and mind.
At first, when Lao Ban heard about this incident, he wanted to talk to Ma Xiaolong, but after watching a performance, Lao Ban no longer had this idea. He even showed off to other teachers in the office, which made the other teachers gnash their teeth in hatred.
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Of course, in order not to reveal his identity as the male singer of the "Dragon Jade Group", Ma Xiaolong uses a different voice every time he sings. Although his level 2 dubbing ability cannot be a perfect imitation, he is very good at changing his voice.
Now that he has been singing for two weeks, no one has figured out his identity as the "Long Yu Group", which is good.
Speaking of which, the latest album has been on sale for more than a month. As expected, the sales volume has been mediocre. However, the two songs "Lonely Warrior" and "Love You" have received extremely high feedback from the market, and many young people are
It was because of these two songs that I spent money to buy tapes and CDs. As for those new operatic and Chinese-style songs, they were too advanced, which led to extremely high professional reviews, but they were not popular.
However, as time goes by, many people have discovered that although the sales of this album are very stable, the fluctuations in the curve are also stable. What does this mean? It means that although this album is not popular enough, it has great staying power.
Many professionals have analyzed and speculated that this album may achieve an unexpected sales volume before the end of this year.
Ma Xiaolong had seen the curve a long time ago and didn't care about it. What he cared about more was that his father-in-law was coming back today. He had already called yesterday and made an appointment to have dinner together tonight.
I haven’t seen my father-in-law in three years, and I don’t know what his current state is. With a new wife, will he still be the same old gunner as before?
After singing "The Lonely Warrior", Ma Xiaolong stood up, bowed, and returned to his seat with his guitar amid the applause of the whole class and the onlookers outside the classroom.
Today's playing and singing is over, and students can face this day's study with enjoyment.
After school at noon, while having lunch at home, Zhu Sha received another call from Zhu Zhiqiang: "Xiao Sha, I am coming back from the capital by car. I will come to your sister-in-law's house in the evening. Let's have a meal together. Remember to call Xiaolong."
"knew."
After hanging up the phone, Zhu Sha couldn't calm down. All she could think about was tonight's meeting. She was distracted during class this afternoon. Fortunately, the teacher didn't let her answer questions, so she spent the afternoon peacefully.
After school in the afternoon, I was still a little nervous when I saw Zhu Sha. After returning home, Ma Xiaolong said, "Bring a change of clothes and let's go outside and take a bath."
"?" Zhusha was stunned for a moment.
"What are you still doing?" Ma Xiaolong flicked her head and said with a smile, "Go quickly!"
"..." Zhu Sha silently took a change of clothes and went out with Ma Xiaolong.
There was a bathhouse not far from here. There were both large bathhouses and bathtubs for two or three people. Ma Xiaolong chose the bathtub. The two of them walked into the bathroom under the strange eyes of the middle-aged woman who collected the money.
The water in the bathtub was freshly filled, so it was relatively clean. It took more than an hour for Ma Xiaolong to help Zhu Sha relax.
Zhusha soaked in the bathtub, her face was full of spring breeze, and her mood completely calmed down.
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At 7:30 in the evening, under the guidance of the maid, Ma Xiaolong and Zhu Sha met Zhu Zhiqiang and his new wife who had become a regular wife in Lingling Chu's luxurious villa.
Not to mention, she is really pretty, with a score of 17 or 18. She has a well-behaved and clever temperament. She is almost 1.6 meters tall. She is a little birdie next to Zhu Zhiqiang, giving people a strong desire to protect her.
No wonder Zhu Zhiqiang would marry her.
"Hahaha, Xiaosha, son-in-law, you are here!" Zhu Zhiqiang smiled and stepped forward to hug his daughter and son-in-law: "We haven't seen each other in three years, and we have grown up a lot! Xiaolong is even taller than me.
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Ma Xiaolong looked at his father-in-law. Because of the plastic surgery, Zhu Zhiqiang's current appearance has changed greatly compared with that of the past. However, it may be that he has taken good care of himself in Lijiapo, but he looks more fleshy and looks better than three years ago.
Even higher.
The slicked-back hair back then was changed to a three-quarter length, and he also wore a pair of glasses, which made him look much more elegant. He was wearing a dark gray suit without a tie, and his shirt was unbuttoned, giving him a business-like feel.
Elite feeling.
"Dad, you have changed a lot!" Ma Xiaolong said.
"Haha, after an operation, there must be changes." Zhu Zhiqiang patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I have heard that you have taken good care of Xiao Sha in the past few years, and you have lived up to my trust in you, that's good.
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"It's all as it should be." Ma Xiaolong held Zhu Sha's hand and said with a smile, "I love my wife very much."
Cinnabar smiles like a flower.
"Okay! Okay!" Zhu Zhiqiang was completely relieved and said, "Come, sit down and talk while eating."
For tonight's party, Zhu Zhiqiang asked the maid to prepare hot pot early and bought a lot of meat slices and hot-boiled vegetables.
When it comes to gatherings, there's nothing more satisfying than hot pot.
Although it is already mid-September, the temperature is still relatively high, which is perfect for eating hot pot and drinking iced drinks.
An ordinary table for four people sat opposite each other. There was a charcoal fire in the copper pot, the soup base was boiling, and the meat slices and shabu-shabu vegetables were thrown in.
When you eat at home, you don’t have to pay much attention to it, just do whatever is convenient for you.
Zhusha was staring at her stepmother from beginning to end, feeling a little regretful that her stepmother could not speak Chinese. Fortunately, she was fluent in English and could communicate simply with her limited English vocabulary.
Fortunately, there is Ma Xiaolong, a guy who is proficient in all human languages in the world, who can achieve perfect real-time translation, and we have a good conversation for a while.
I learned from the exchange that her stepmother is called Jenny Salvador. Although she is a Filipino maid, she is a quarter of Spanish descent, so she looks a bit mixed-race. In her parents’ generation, she was actually
Her family is relatively wealthy, and due to family influence, she is proficient in Spanish, English and the native language.
Before she was ten years old, her life was actually very happy, but after she was ten years old, her father's business failed and she owed a lot of debt, so she was forced to jump off the building. Her mother struggled to pull her up until she was eighteen, and then she passed
Through some channels, I went to Lijiapo and worked as a Filipino domestic servant in Lijiapo.
The first two years were very unhappy. Because she was young and beautiful, many employers had bad intentions towards her. Fortunately, she took careful precautions and was not bullied. But because she protected herself so well,
This left her male employer with no opportunity to take advantage of her, but instead angered her, who could only watch but not eat, and threatened her with either sleeping with her or getting out.
Janela left the employer who could give her a high salary in tears and looked for a job again. Then she met Zhu Zhiqiang who had just come to Lijiapo to seek refuge.
With Zhu Lingling providing funds, Zhu Zhiqiang is naturally not short of money, and the money provided is 50% higher than that of his previous employer. Janela was very happy at first. She worked very diligently and did well, which made Zhu Zhiqiang very satisfied.
But Zhu Zhiqiang, a man who knew everything, raped Janela directly on a stormy drunken night. At first, Janela was desperate, but when Zhu Zhiqiang gave her a year's salary as compensation, she
Stop making trouble.
The reason is very simple. Her father's debts have been weighing on her mother, and she came to work just to make money to help her mother pay off the debts. Zhu Zhiqiang's salary this year was reduced, and he directly helped her pay off one-fifth of the debts.
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In addition, Zhu Zhiqiang promised that she would get a salary increase in the future, and if she served him well, there would be a "bonus" for her, so Janela succumbed to the charm of money.
The subsequent development is normal. For women, there are only zero times and countless times. After the first time, there will be the second, third, and nth times. Over two years,
Janela and Zhu Zhiqiang got along day and night, and they naturally developed feelings.
Both of them are lonely people living in a foreign country. Although their identities are different, their general situation is similar and they are both lonely. After hugging each other to keep warm, they have the basis of their relationship together.
Janela is young and beautiful, and has a stubborn personality with a hint of weakness. She can take care of others and hopes to have someone to rely on. Zhu Zhiqiang needs a woman who can take care of him and provide the sense of dependence that Janela needs.
This wave is called complementarity.
A few months ago, Zhu Zhiqiang had just had a knife on his face. During the period of recuperation, he was in a weak period of being lonely and helpless in the future. Facing Janela, who took care of him day and night, he had the idea in his heart that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her, so
He asked her seriously: "Janella, will you marry me?"
"..."
"That's it." After listening to Janela's story and looking at her slightly shy and happy smile, Zhu Sha glanced at Zhu Zhiqiang: "You are really a sword that never grows old, bullying a little girl."
Zhu Zhiqiang laughed twice: "I can't help it, I can't help it."
"Hmph!" Zhusha took Janela's hand and said: "Logically, I should call you mom, but you are only seven years older than me, and I really can't call you sister. From now on, I will call you sister!"
Hearing Ma Xiaolong's real-time translation, Janela blushed and hummed softly: "Okay, then... can I call you Xiao Sha?"
"Okay." Zhusha nodded.
There is no way, her father has caused harm to someone, and she has received a marriage certificate, so she can't deny it just because of herself, right? She, who has lacked maternal love since she was a child, cannot do such a thing.
However, facing a stepmother who is only seven years older than herself, it is difficult for her to call her mom, so it would be more appropriate to call her sister.
Zhu Zhiqiang didn't care. Seeing that his daughter was getting along well with his new wife, he grinned happily and picked up the cold beer: "Here, let's go together."
After three rounds of drinking.
"Don't be complacent." Zhu Sha looked at Zhu Zhiqiang and said, "Since you are married to someone else, you should treat her well and don't spend the whole day drinking and drinking outside."
"That's for sure, I have changed my ways and stopped doing that thing." Zhu Zhiqiang said: "If you don't believe me, just ask Janela, I haven't gone out to find a woman in half a year."
"Really?" Cinnabar turned to look at Janela.
Janela nodded repeatedly: "It's true."
"That's good." Zhu Sha said, "Let's exchange contact information later. If he treats you badly in the future, remember to tell me and I will help you teach him a lesson."
Janela pursed her lips and nodded.
Zhu Zhiqiang clicked his tongue: "How can a daughter teach me a lesson?"
Zhu Sha glanced at him and said, "I can't teach you a lesson, but I will tell my sister-in-law and let her teach you a lesson."
"..." Zhu Zhiqiang smiled bitterly: "No, not really."
Ever since Lingling Chu became a billionaire, he had no confidence in his sister. Later, he escaped death because he got the news from Lingling Chu. After that, he became a grandson in front of Lingling Chu, and he could do whatever he wanted.
scold.
In his life, he has never been afraid of the sky or the earth. He has never been afraid of his parents. He is only afraid of Zhu Lingling. It is true that everything comes down.
Janela blinked her eyes, smiled at the corner of her mouth, and said softly: "It turns out that you are also afraid of people. If you force me Juju again in the future, I will tell my sister to take care of you."
"What did you say?" Zhu Zhiqiang asked in English. After staying with Janela for three years, he has no problem with spoken English.
Janela just spoke in Filipino, thinking that no one would understand, but she didn’t want to be overheard by Xiaolong Ma, and she suddenly broke out in a cold sweat: This...did I hear something I shouldn’t have heard?
"It's nothing." Janela smiled and said in English: "I didn't expect you to be afraid of people. It's strange."
"Tsk~!" Zhu Zhiqiang was speechless.
Zhusha turned to look at Ma Xiaolong, saw that he looked wrong, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"fine."
Ma Xiaolong shook his head repeatedly, but he didn't dare to tell the truth, otherwise how would we meet again in the future?
"By the way." Zhu Zhiqiang took a bite of meat and asked, "When are you two planning to get married and have children?"
"..."
Their eyes met, Zhusha's face was a little red, and she silently picked up pieces of meat and ate it.
Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "After all, we have to act in accordance with the regulations, and we have to wait six years."
"Six years..." Zhu Zhiqiang smacked his lips and said, "Unfortunately, I originally wanted my son to be a playmate with my grandson, but it seems I can only let my son take the first step."