Mother and daughter neighbors (51-56)

51.
Back in Haikou, Huang Shanshan and I contacted each other more frequently. We chatted on WeChat every day and called each other every two or three days.
The little girl said she missed me very much and looked forward to the Spring Festival every day. I told her to focus on filming and not to get too distracted, lest she get scolded by the director for too many takes.
Once, Huang Shanshan told me that she filmed a crying scene that day and did it particularly well, getting it in one take. The plot of this scene was that the male lead was going to break up with her, and she was heartbroken. She said that when she was facing the male lead, she imagined him as me, imagining that it was me who was going to break up with her, so she acted particularly well.
Afterwards, she asked me, "Shaoyan, will you leave me one day?" I said, "Silly girl, don't think like that."
Actually, in my heart, I was not sure how long this May-December romance between us would last, after all, there was a 22-year age gap between us.
Nevertheless, I was still immersed in my passionate love with Huang Shanshan, enjoying the sweetness of love to the fullest.
One day in mid-January, I was invited to a private room in a teahouse by a mysterious phone call. The other party was a middle-aged man in his fifties, with a small mustache, dressed in an old-fashioned silk outfit, playing with a pair of walnuts. Two attendants stood behind him; he was clearly a wealthy and influential person. The
middle-aged man went straight to the point, showing me several photos, all of which were pictures of Huang Shanshan and me parting at the entrance of the hotel in Hengdian that night. Two of them showed us kissing intimately.
My first thought was that it was the work of paparazzi, and I hadn't expected Huang Shanshan to be right that night. The middle-aged man then handed me a gold-embossed business card, which read "Gao Weimin, Chairman of Shenzhen XX Group."
I had heard of this Shenzhen XX Group before; it was a well-known real estate company with countless properties across the country and several five-star luxury hotels under its umbrella.
I was quite surprised, not understanding why such a tycoon, listed on the Forbes China Rich List, would summon me. What was his purpose?
What Gao Weimin said next left me even more astonished. He said he was Huang Shanshan's biological father and had been searching for his daughter for years. Two months ago, he found out the whereabouts of Huang Xiaolei and her daughter, and learned that Huang Xiaolei was in prison while Huang Shanshan was filming in Hengdian. So he sent people to Hengdian to secretly monitor Huang Shanshan. That night, the people monitoring her took pictures of me and Huang Shanshan, and then obtained my personal information from the hotel.
I asked Gao Weimin what he wanted to do. He said he wanted to reunite with Huang Shanshan. I sneered, "Mr. Gao, do you think you can just reunite with Shanshan after abandoning her for twenty years? Have you thought about Shanshan's feelings?"
I had heard Huang Xiaolei say before that Gao Weimin was a poor boy when he was young, and only became successful after marrying a wealthy businessman's daughter. With his later wealth and influence, finding his lost lover and child would have been easy for him. He should have come to see Huang's mother and daughter years ago, and wouldn't have waited until today. Perhaps he was pressured by his wife's family and didn't act rashly?
So why is he thinking of reunite with his daughter now? I guessed that perhaps Mr. Gao's father-in-law was no longer alive, or even if he were, with his current wealth and status, he would have no scruples anymore.
Gao Weimin said, "Brother, it's precisely because of this that I intend to ask for your help, after all, you are the man Shanshan loves."
I sneered again and said, "Why did you do this in the first place?"
Gao Weimin turned the two walnuts in his hand and sighed, "Alas! Times have changed. I admit that I was pressured by my wife to have my sister take Xiaolei to have an abortion. But things are different now. My desire to reunite with my daughter is absolutely sincere. I hope Mr. Chen can understand and sympathize with my situation back then and my feelings now."
He paused and then said, "Of course, I won't let Mr. Chen work for nothing. Brother, just name your terms."
I was silent for a long time and then said, "How do I know if you're telling the truth? There are so many swindlers these days."
Gao Weimin looked at me for a while, then reached up and plucked two strands of hair from his head. Immediately, an attendant took them and put them into a small plastic sealed bag.
“Brother Chen, countless people dream of having my children. Do you think I’d lie to a girl and claim her as my daughter?”
Gao Weimin placed the plastic bag containing his hair in front of me. “You can wait until Shanshan comes back and secretly use this and Shanshan’s hair for a DNA test. Then the truth will be clear.”
After meeting with Gao Weimin, I was torn. Should I tell Huang Shanshan about this? If she went back to her biological father, our relationship would inevitably end. How could someone as wealthy and powerful as Gao Weimin marry his daughter to a man not much younger than himself?
Besides, Huang Xiaolei had gone to such lengths to conceal her daughter’s true parentage, even being blackmailed by Boss Cui, all to prevent her daughter from leaving her and being taken back by her biological father. How could I let Gao Weimin take Huang Shanshan away?
I decided to wait until after the DNA test before making any decisions.
The Spring Festival arrived quickly, and that night I picked Huang Shanshan up from the airport and took her home.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and we spent a passionate night together. Huang Shanshan nestled in my arms and murmured, "Shaoyan, we're together again, it's so good!"
I hugged her and said, "Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, don't let it slip in front of Dawei and Meiyan, you still have to call me uncle."
She closed her eyes and hummed in agreement, then suddenly opened them and asked, "Shaoyan, when are you planning to tell them?"
"In a while, I guess? It won't keep you waiting too long," I said.
"Okay..." she smiled happily.
We started chatting, sharing our longing for each other, and Huang Shanshan told me about filming in Hengdian. Some of it she had told me during our previous phone calls and video chats, some of it had happened recently, but the little girl was in high spirits.
I knew it was because she was back by my side with me. Seeing her cheerful expression, a sense of unease welled up inside me.
"Shanshan, if one day your biological father comes looking for you, what... what are you going to do?" I suddenly asked.
“How could that be?” she laughed. “He abandoned me and Mom twenty years ago… Besides, we might not even be alive!”
I said, “What if he comes looking for you?”
“I won’t acknowledge him,” she said without hesitation. “What do I have to do with him?”
“After all, you’re his daughter!”
Huang Shanshan leaned over me, her beautiful breasts pressing tightly against my chest, and pouted, “Shaoyan, what’s wrong with you today? Why are you suddenly bringing this up?”
I smiled and said, “If… I mean, if he were extremely, extremely rich, so rich you can’t even imagine…”
She laughed too, winking at me. “How rich? Tell me.”
I continued to make things up, though it wasn’t really making things up, because Gao Weimin could definitely do all of these things. “So rich he could buy you anything you want in the world, so rich that today you’re skiing in the snow-covered Alps, and tomorrow you can be sunbathing in a bikini on a sunny Caribbean beach…”
"Are you done?" Huang Shanshan stared at me. "I don't want to ski in the Alps, nor swim in the Caribbean. I only want my mother, and I only want you. I don't want anything else in this world."
Seeing that I was silent, she said coquettishly, "What's wrong with you? Why are you telling me all this nonsense?"
"Nothing, just kidding..." I smiled again and kissed her lips.
She reached out and wrapped her arms around my neck, kissing me passionately. During this time, I felt a surge of virility and penetrated her deeply…
That night, Huang Shanshan and I were inseparable, locked in a passionate embrace. I even had her suck my penis. Although it was her first time doing this for a man, and she wasn't very skilled, she did it very earnestly, making me feel incredibly good.
We did it three times in succession. Her youthful and alluring body, and the tightness and elasticity of that place, truly captivated me. Of course, she was also intoxicated by the orgasms I gave her time and time again.
We didn't fall asleep in each other's arms until late at night, and didn't get up until almost noon…
On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Huang Shanshan and I went to Hao Dawei and Chen Meiyan's house, where Hao Ni was also present.
As soon as Hao Dawei saw Huang Shanshan, he opened his arms and laughed, "Oh! A big star is here? Welcome, welcome! Come on, give me a hug."
Huang Shanshan hugged him generously, then hugged Chen Meiyan, saying, "Aunt Meiyan, I missed you so much."
Then she touched Chen Meiyan's already large belly and asked, "How are you? Is the little one alright?"
"Yes, very well," Chen Meiyan smiled; she was due to give birth in a little over three months.
Huang Shanshan saw Hao Ni next to her, picked her up, and said with a smile, "Ni'er, call me sister."
"Hello, Sister Shanshan," Hao Ni said in a soft, sweet voice.
"Uncle... Uncle Chen, could you take out our Ni'er's red envelope?" Huang Shanshan said to me, almost calling her the wrong name as soon as she opened her mouth, which made me nervous for her.
I took out a thick red envelope and stuffed it into Hao Ni's arms. "Ni'er, Happy New Year! You're a year older now, so you have to be even more obedient!"
Hao Dawei said, "Shaoyan, what are you doing?"
I said, "It's New Year's! It's what I should do."
Hao Dawei said again, "I mean, why are you giving so much?"
"There's one for Shanshan too! Besides, I'm giving Ni'er New Year's money, so don't interfere."
Chen Meiyan said from the side, "Ni'er, aren't you going to say thank you to your uncle and sister?"
Hao Ni said in a soft voice, "Thank you, uncle and sister."
I touched her little face. "Oh! So good. How about you give the red envelope to your aunt to keep?"
Hao Ni handed the red envelope to Chen Meiyan. After exchanging pleasantries, Hao Dawei said, "Shaoyan, Shanshan, please sit down. I'm going to cook."

52.
Because Chen Meiyan was eight months pregnant, Hao Dawei didn't let her do any housework. Tonight's New Year's Eve dinner was to be cooked by Hao Dawei. He was already cooking before we arrived, wearing an apron around his waist the whole time.
I joked, "Is your cooking even edible?"
Hao Dawei rolled his eyes and said, "A third-rate writer, why don't you do it?"
He was about to untie his apron when I quickly said, "This is your territory, how could I possibly take over?"
Chen Meiyan laughed, "Brother, don't worry, I'm watching over him! It won't be too bad."
"Did you hear that? A third-rate writer, with my wife guiding me, you can just wait to enjoy a delicious meal!"
Huang Shanshan said, "Uncle Hao, let me help you. Just tell me what you need me to do."
"That would be great, a big star helping me, what an honor!" Hao Dawei laughed.
So Huang Shanshan followed Hao Dawei into the kitchen, while Chen Meiyan and I chatted with Hao Ni in the living room.
I said, "Meiyan, I really didn't expect you to change Dawei so much. He's become a complete stay-at-home dad, it's unbelievable."
Chen Meiyan laughed, "You were so against us back then! Now you believe your sister's choice, right?"
I sighed, patted the back of Chen Meiyan's hand, and said, "Seeing you and Dawei so sweet and happy makes me really happy for you!"
"Brother..." Chen Meiyan said, "What about you? When will you stop making me worry?"
I knew what she meant, and smiled without saying a word. Chen Meiyan then asked, "What are your thoughts on Li Jing?"
I lowered my head and replied, "We're friends, and we can only be friends."
"But I feel she has feelings for you in that way. Aren't you going to consider it?" Chen Meiyan said. "Although she's not as pretty as Fang Mei or Zhao Li, she's still presentable. She's not too old either, only in her thirties, so she has plenty of time to have children. She's a good match for you in every way."
"But these things have to be based on feelings, right? I don't have any feelings for her whatsoever."
"Feelings can be cultivated! You're not even trying to develop anything in that direction with her, so how can you develop feelings? Brother, you're forty-two this year, not a young man anymore. Don't keep thinking about love at first sight."
At this moment, Huang Shanshan brought out a bowl of garlic, placed it on the coffee table, and sat down next to me, saying, "Shaoyan, help me peel some garlic. Chef Hao is making braised catfish with garlic."
"Shanshan, why don't you call him 'uncle'? Why are you calling him by his name?" Chen Meiyan asked, puzzled.
I was immediately startled. Huang Shanshan quickly laughed, "Well, um? I was just joking with Uncle Chen. Sometimes I call him that at home, I even call him Old Chen!"
She looked at me as she spoke, "Right? Old Chen."
"Yes, yes, yes, just joking!" I laughed too.
Chen Meiyan looked at me, then at Huang Shanshan, and smiled, "It's fine to call him that, it sounds affectionate."
She said, supporting her waist with one hand and rubbing her stomach with the other as she stood up, "I'll go see how Dawei is."
I quickly helped her, "Slow down, slow down."
After Chen Meiyan went into the kitchen, I raised my hand as if to hit Huang Shanshan, and she gave me a charming glare, meaning, go ahead and hit me!
While Hao Dawei was cooking, Chen Meiyan kept reminding him, sometimes telling him to turn the heat down, sometimes telling him to put in less salt. Hao Dawei, while wielding his ladle, said, "Oh dear! Madam, why don't you take a break? It's so smoky here, don't let it bother you."
Seeing how affectionate they were, I was genuinely happy for them.
The New Year's Eve dinner officially began. The five of us—four adults and one child—sat around the table, raising our glasses to celebrate the Spring Festival, a truly joyous occasion.
I thought of the previous two Spring Festivals. The year before last, Hao Dawei and I had New Year's Eve dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Fang at the Fang family home. Fang Min had only passed away a few months prior, and Hao Dawei and Fang Mei had already divorced, though they were still keeping it a secret. After dinner, Hao Dawei and I even had a fight on the beach.
Last year, Huang Xiaolei had just entered prison, while Zhao Li was still alive. I had a particularly complicated New Year's Eve dinner with Zhao Li and Huang Shanshan.
Thinking of these things, I couldn't help but feel sad. Seeing the three of them so happy, I remembered what Hao Dawei had told me: "The dead are gone, the living should live on." Yes! Those who are alive should live well and live happily.
After a few rounds of drinks, Huang Shanshan announced some good news to the three of us: her agency had secured two more film contracts and several commercial performance deals for her, and her schedule was almost full for next year.
"Really? Shanshan, you've really become a big star?" Hao Dawei said happily. "Come on, let's have a drink, wishing you a bright future."
"Thank you, Uncle Hao," Huang Shanshan said with a radiant smile, clinking glasses with Hao Dawei.
Now she's full of ambition, a completely different person from the confused and insecure girl she once was. I said to her in my heart, "Shanshan, I hope you'll always be this happy."
While Hao Ni was watching cartoons in the living room after finishing her meal, Hao Dawei suddenly said, "Did you know? Fang Mei and Zhang Qiang got divorced."
The three of us were shocked and looked at him. Hao Dawei continued, "This morning when I went to pick up Ni'er from Fang's house, her mother told me."
"What happened?" I asked.
"I don't know the specific reasons, but they divorced at the end of last year."
"Ah?" Huang Shanshan exclaimed in surprise, "Didn't they just have their wedding last National Day? How could they divorce in less than three months? That's too fast!"
"Who says it isn't?" Hao Dawei said.
Chen Meiyan asked, "Weren't they already pregnant? How come they got divorced so suddenly?"
"Sigh! The baby was miscarried a long time ago, and then they divorced."
Chen Meiyan seemed thoughtful. "Could it be that they divorced because the baby was lost?"
"Who knows?" Hao Dawei thought for a moment, then suddenly looked at me. "Third-rate writer, this has nothing to do with you, right?"
Chen Meiyan and Huang Shanshan both looked at me. I was momentarily embarrassed and said, "Can you stop talking nonsense? What does it have to do with me? I've only seen Fang Mei once since their wedding, when I ran into her at the maternal and child health hospital during Meiyan's prenatal checkup."
"Dawei, didn't Aunt Fang tell you the specific reason for the divorce?" Chen Meiyan asked.
"No, she didn't know why either. They just suddenly got divorced." Hao Dawei said.
Huang Shanshan suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh right, I saw a local news story online before, about a policewoman who couldn't stand being abused by her wealthy husband and called the police. The police detained her husband for a few days..."
She paused, looking left and right, and stammered, "Could it be... Sister Fang and her husband?"
Chen Meiyan was incredulous. "Really? Policewomen get abused?"
"That's not necessarily true," Hao Dawei said. "After all, she's a woman, the weaker party, and that Zhang Qiang is tall and strong..."
The four of them exchanged glances. I said it was unlikely. Fang Mei wasn't an ordinary policewoman; she was a criminal investigator, rigorously trained, and very skilled.
I then told them about how Fang Mei had single-handedly subdued an armed assailant at the nightclub that year to save me, Zhao Li, and the crowd. The three of them were stunned and repeatedly praised Fang Mei's skill.
Finally, I said, "No way, Haikou is so big, there are so many policewomen, what are the chances of such a coincidence?"
The four of us found Fang Mei's short-lived marriage, ending so abruptly, unbelievable and sighed with regret.
That night, we watched the Spring Festival Gala and chatted until very late before going to sleep. Huang Shanshan and I stayed overnight, in separate rooms, of course.
The next morning, as soon as I opened my eyes, I saw Huang Shanshan leaning over the headboard, watching me. I was startled and asked, "What are you doing here? Aren't you afraid they'll see you?"
Huang Shanshan laughed, "I just went upstairs to check, their door is still closed, they're probably sleeping soundly!"
Then she said coquettishly, "Shaoyan, my toothbrush broke last night, can I use yours?"
"Sure! Go ahead and use it," I laughed.
"Okay, let's brush together," she said excitedly, pulling me up. As
I got out of bed, I asked, "How about we rinse together?"
In the bathroom in the bedroom, Huang Shanshan squeezed toothpaste onto my toothbrush, gestured around my mouth, then around her own, and said, "Like this, you rinse, I rinse."
"Ugh!" I shook my head, "That's so unhygienic!"
Huang Shanshan pouted, "But when we kiss, you swallow my saliva, and I swallow yours. Why didn't you complain about that then?"
Without another word, she shoved the toothbrush into my mouth, rinsed a few times, then shoved it into her own mouth, and then shoved it into mine again. As soon as I opened my mouth, she smeared toothpaste foam all over my face with the toothbrush, turned around, and continued rinsing in front of the mirror.
"Oh! You're messing with me," I laughed, hugging her from behind.
She smiled mischievously at my reflection in the mirror, and I pressed my face against hers, smearing toothpaste foam onto her face. She then rubbed my face with the toothbrush.
Just as we were laughing and joking, the bedroom door suddenly opened.
"Brother, are you up?"
Chen Meiyan stood at the bedroom door, facing us in the bathroom. She saw me hugging Huang Shanshan from behind, with Huang Shanshan leaning against me, looking very intimate.
Chen Meiyan froze, and Huang Shanshan and I were also dumbfounded...

53.
In the living room, Huang Shanshan and I sat together, while Hao Dawei and his wife sat opposite us, staring at us with wide eyes and open mouths, as if we were aliens.
I held Huang Shanshan's hand and said, "I was thinking of telling you later, but since you've found out, I'll officially announce it to you now..."
I paused, then said clearly and firmly, "Shanshan and I, we're together."
I looked at Huang Shanshan, and she looked at me too. We smiled at each other.
The two of them turned their gaze away from our faces and looked at each other, their faces filled with disbelief and incredulity. After a while, Chen Meiyan said to Hao Dawei, "Honey, you talk to your brother."
She then looked at Huang Shanshan, "Shanshan, come upstairs with me."
Huang Shanshan didn't respond, but looked at me. I nodded to her, and she said "Oh" and went upstairs with Chen Meiyan.
As soon as the two women left, Hao Dawei sat down and grabbed my shoulders, saying, "You third-rate writer, no wonder you told me not to eat the grass near my nest. So this tender grass near your nest was reserved for you?"
I pushed his hand away. "Can you please not be so rude?"
Hao Dawei glared at me. "I'm rude? Aren't your actions awful?"
"What did I do? Shanshan and I are both unmarried, we're free to date, who did it bother?"
"You didn't bother anyone, but there's a twenty-year age gap between you. You could be her father."
"So what if you're twenty years older? Sun Yat-sen was over thirty years older than Soong Ching-ling, Chennault was over thirty years older than Anna Chennault! Aaron Kwok is over twenty years older than his wife, and there's Murdoch and Wendi Deng..."
"Alright, alright..." Hao Dawei interrupted me, "Why don't you say Yang Zhenning is over fifty years older than Weng Fan?"
"I forgot, thanks for reminding me!"
"Stop talking nonsense with me!" Hao Dawei waved his hand at me angrily. "These are all great people and celebrities, what's it to you? Can you compare yourself to them?"
"Great people and celebrities are still people. They can have May-December romances, so why can't Shanshan and I?"
Hao Dawei was furious with me, pointing at me and saying, "You're just being pretentious..."
Upstairs, Chen Meiyan said to Huang Shanshan, "Shanshan, you're young and beautiful, with such good qualities, you could find any kind of boy you want. Why do you have to choose my brother, this old man in his forties?"
Huang Shanshan said, "Because I love him, I've loved him for a long time, it's that simple."
Chen Meiyan frowned and said, "But have you thought about it? He's twenty-two years older than you, old enough to be your father."
Huang Shanshan smiled and said, "That's not a problem. As long as I love him and he loves me, that's enough. Besides, Shao Yan is quite handsome and mature enough, much better than those young heartthrobs and brats."
Chen Meiyan patiently said, "Yes, he is indeed a man in his prime at forty. But what about ten years from now? He'll be a fifty-something old man, and you'll only be thirty. Later, he'll be a sixty-year-old decrepit man, and you won't even be forty. Will you still be as harmonious and affectionate as you are now then?"
Huang Shanshan stared at Chen Meiyan for a while and said, "Even if it's like you say, even if he's that old, I will still love him and serve him without complaint."
Chen Meiyan felt speechless, sighed, and looked at Huang Shanshan silently.
After the two women came downstairs, they saw Hao Dawei and me sitting at opposite ends of the sofa, ignoring each other. Chen Meiyan asked, "Honey, how did your talk with him go?"
Hao Dawei glanced at me and said irritably, "I can't do anything with your brother."
Chen Meiyan said, "No wonder I felt something was off when you two came yesterday. You were calling him 'Shaoyan,' so affectionately, even giving Ni'er's red envelope along with yours..."
She sat down on the sofa next to me and continued, "Brother, Mom and Dad are coming soon. How are you going to explain things between you and Shanshan to them? Or are you going to keep it a secret?"
I said, "I don't plan to hide it. I'll explain it to them clearly."
Chen Meiyan frowned. "Do you think they're open-minded enough to allow you to marry a girl more than twenty years younger than you?"
"Whether they agree or not, I'll try my best to persuade them."
"What if they just don't agree? Especially Dad's temper, you know that, don't you?"
“Then I’ll keep trying to persuade them until they agree,” I said, taking Huang Shanshan’s hand beside me and looking at her. She looked back at me, her eyes filled with tender affection.
At that moment, I was truly determined to be with Huang Shanshan; all my previous concerns had vanished. I felt that she loved me so much, her background was so pitiful, and her only relative was in prison. I was all she had left in this world, and I couldn’t let her down.
I looked at Chen Meiyan, then at Hao Dawei, and said, “Don’t worry about Mom and Dad, I’ll handle it. The key is that you two have to support us unconditionally.”
Chen Meiyan sighed, “You two are already so determined, what good would my objections do? I’ll talk to Mom and Dad on your behalf.”
She gave me a coquettish glare, “I must have owed you something in my past life.”
I then asked Hao Dawei, “Dawei, what about you?”
He shrugged, “Whatever my wife says, I’ll listen to her.”
I put my arm around Huang Shanshan’s shoulder, and we smiled at each other.
“Oh, right…” I said seriously, “There’s one more thing. From now on, Shanshan can’t call you uncle or aunt anymore. She should call you big brother or sister.”
Hao Dawei said helplessly, “Why did you have to make such a fuss? Now you’ve demoted me by a generation. If you ask me, Shanshan shouldn’t call Meiyan and me any more brother or sister either. We should just call her sister-in-law.”
I laughed, “Okay! It’s settled then.”
Hao Dawei kicked my shin, and Chen Meiyan picked up an orange and threw it at Hao Dawei. Huang Shanshan smiled shyly and sweetly in my arms, looking at me affectionately.
That night, we stayed at Hao Dawei and Chen Meiyan’s house again. Because Chen Meiyan was pregnant, she needed to get enough rest. Before ten o'clock, Hao Dawei first settled Hao Ni in her room, then came to the living room to help Chen Meiyan up. "Wife, let's go to sleep." As
soon as Chen Meiyan stood up, Huang Shanshan grabbed my hand and said, "Shaoyan, let's go to sleep too."
Without saying a word, she pulled me into my bedroom and slammed the door shut, leaving the couple in the living room dumbfounded. They looked at each other, shook their heads, and laughed.
After Hao Dawei and Chen Meiyan went upstairs, Huang Shanshan and I giggled and stripped naked, going into the bathroom.
My penis immediately became erect, and I hugged Huang Shanshan, kissing and caressing her. She knelt down and took my penis into her mouth, sucking and spitting it out.
Finally, I lifted her to sit on the sink, standing between her spread legs, and kissed her passionately, then bent down to suckle her nipples in turn. Then my lips traced downwards, across her abdomen, her pubic area, and that alluring patch of grass, reaching her wet entrance.
I kissed and licked there, Huang Shanshan looking at me with a dazed, intoxicated gaze, moaning softly as she gently stroked my head. She was very wet, and her clitoris was erect…
We made love in the bathroom for a while, and after Huang Shanshan had an orgasm, we dried ourselves and moved the battlefield to the bed.
I put on a condom and entered her again, continuing our tender embrace. She writhed beneath me, indescribably alluring, until she reached another orgasm, and then I ejaculated into the condom.
The next morning, Huang Shanshan was still asleep. Not wanting to wake her, I quietly got up and went to shower. While I was showering, Huang Shanshan rushed into the bathroom naked, shouting, “Sorry, I can’t hold it anymore, I need to pee.”
She then put down the toilet seat and peeed.
While urinating, she asked me, "Shaoyan, are we going to see Mom today?"
Visiting Huang Xiaolei on the second day of the Lunar New Year was something I'd arranged with Huang Shanshan before the holiday, and I'd already submitted a visitation request to the prison.
But these days, the epidemic has broken out in Wuhan and is spreading throughout the country. I wasn't sure if the prison would still allow visits.
So I said I'd call the prison later to ask; if we could go, we would; if not, then forget it.
After Huang Shanshan finished urinating, she flushed and came over to shower with me. She squeezed some shower gel onto her vulva.
"Shaoyan, should we tell Mom about our relationship?" she asked while washing her vulva.
I said, "She's your mother; we shouldn't hide our relationship from her."
"Okay, I'll listen to you," she smiled slightly.
We kissed, and I got hard again. Huang Shanshan knelt down and took it into her mouth, swallowing and spitting it out.
After a while, she got up, turned her back to me, and stuck out her slightly small, beautiful buttocks, saying, "Come on."
So I held her waist and entered her from behind...
Just as things were getting heated, there was a knock on the bedroom door and Chen Meiyan's voice calling, "Brother, Shanshan, are you up yet? Time for breakfast."
I said while entering Huang Shanshan from behind, "We're eating!"
"What did you say?" Chen Meiyan asked from outside the door.
"I know, I'll be there in a bit," I said again.
Hearing Chen Meiyan's footsteps leave, Huang Shanshan chuckled, "You think you're eating me for breakfast?"
I laughed, "You're the one eating me, aren't you?"
Huang Shanshan groaned, "How am I eating you?"
I laughed again, "Look for yourself, isn't it your mouth down there eating my giant sausage?"
"You're so annoying!" she giggled, reaching behind me to pinch my thigh.
She groaned, "Hurry up! Don't keep them waiting too long, or they'll guess what we're doing."
Near the end, because I'd used the only condom I had on me the night before, I asked Huang Shanshan if I could ejaculate inside. She said no, these weren't safe periods. So I pulled out and ejaculated on her butt.
Sure enough, due to the pandemic, the prison refused any visits, so we had to give up.
After lunch that day, Huang Shanshan and I went home.

54.
Originally, my parents were supposed to come to Haikou from Nanjing after the Spring Festival, but it was postponed due to the pandemic. Fortunately, Chen Meiyan's due date was in early May, so it wasn't a problem. As soon as
the pandemic eased in early April, my parents immediately set off; they arrived the day before Huang Shanshan returned to Hengdian to film.
Also affected by the pandemic, the filming of the period drama starring Huang Shanshan was delayed by two months.
Hao Dawei drove to the airport and picked up my parents, bringing them home. Chen Meiyan, Huang Shanshan, and I were all there.
The two elders beamed with joy when they saw Chen Meiyan's large pregnant belly. A grandson is still a grandson, adding another member to the Chen family.
When they saw Huang Shanshan, they were quite surprised. My mother asked, "Who is this girl...?"
Huang Shanshan quickly and obediently bowed to my parents, saying, "Hello, Uncle and Aunt!"
"Hello, hello, hello..." my mother replied, her gaze turning to Chen Meiyan and me with a surprised look.
Chen Meiyan, linking her arm with my mother's, said, "Her name is Shanshan. She's the daughter of my brother's neighbor. We're very close. She heard you were here and came to visit."
My mother smiled and took Huang Shanshan's hand, saying, "This girl is really pretty, and her figure is amazing too, like a big star."
Huang Shanshan smiled shyly, "Auntie, you flatter me. Please, Uncle, have a seat."
My mother took a liking to Huang Shanshan the moment she saw her, pulling her hand to sit on the sofa and asking her all sorts of questions, like how old she was, whether she was in college or working. Hao
Dawei and I exchanged a knowing glance, as if to say, "Maybe there's something going on?
" Chen Meiyan chimed in, "Shanshan is twenty years old this year and works as an artist."
"An artist?" My mother didn't understand at first.
Chen Meiyan explained, "She's an actress, a singer."
"Really?" my mother exclaimed in surprise, looking at Huang Shanshan. "No wonder this girl is so beautiful! And has such a star quality! Turns out she's an actress!"
"Auntie, you flatter me," Huang Shanshan said shyly, glancing at me furtively.
"But, young lady," my mother laughed, "I'll play dumb. I'm sixty-seven this year, my husband is sixty-nine, and my eldest grandson is already in middle school, so you shouldn't call me 'Uncle' or 'Auntie,' it's more appropriate to call me 'Grandpa' or 'Grandma.' What do you say?"
I stood in front of Huang Shanshan, put my arm around her shoulder, and said, "Mom, actually… Shanshan is my girlfriend."
Upon hearing this, my mother's smile froze instantly, and my father frowned and looked at me.
The atmosphere in the room immediately became awkward, as if the air itself had solidified.
"Um, well?" My mom let go of Huang Shanshan's hand and said, "Dawei, open my suitcase and take out the things I brought for you..."
"Okay, Mom," Hao Dawei replied, squatting down to open the suitcase.
My mom then said to Chen Meiyan, "Meiyan! Before coming, I knitted a few little sweaters for the baby. Also, your second aunt heard you were having your second child, so she bought you some brown sugar and donkey-hide gelatin to eat during your postpartum period."
"Ugh! Mom, you can buy anything these days? And you carried it all the way to Haikou, isn't that a hassle?" Chen Meiyan complained.
"Even though you can buy anything, it's still a little something from the older generation, isn't it?" My mom said, getting up and saying to Hao Dawei, "Never mind, Dawei, I'll do it, don't mess it up." My
dad snorted heavily, his face turning ashen, and he didn't say a word. The four of us couldn't help but look at each other.
Chen Meiyan said to me, "Brother, why don't you and Shanshan go back first?"
I figured that was the only option, so I said to my parents, "Dad, Mom, I'm taking Shanshan back first."
Huang Shanshan also said, "Uncle, Aunt, I'm leaving now. I'll come see you again later."
My dad looked away, still silent, while my mom continued rummaging through her suitcase, "Hey, where's the donkey-hide gelatin? I remember putting it in this suitcase..."
They both acted as if Huang Shanshan didn't exist. Chen Meiyan nodded at us, frowning, and said, "Let's go!"
On the way home, Huang Shanshan sat in the passenger seat, looking worried. I reached out and patted her head, smiling slightly, "It's okay..."
"Shaoyan, do you think your parents really dislike me?" Huang Shanshan said, feeling wronged.
I laughed, "No way! They're just finding it too sudden, they can't accept that their son has such a young girlfriend. Anyone would need some time to process that."
"Really?"
"Of course it's true." I looked out the windshield and said, "Give them some time, they'll accept you. Besides, have confidence in yourself. After all, being young and beautiful isn't a crime, is it?"
Huang Shanshan chuckled, "As long as you have confidence, I have confidence too."
That night, because Huang Shanshan was flying to Hengdian the next day to report to the film crew, we made love several times.
We did it again and again, and once, not long after we finished, Huang Shanshan sucked me hard again and we continued. She said we'd be separated for three months, and she wanted to finish our lovemaking during those three months so I wouldn't have designs on other women while she was away.
I laughed and said I could come to Hengdian to see her, and save some for later. She said she didn't care, we'd finish first. I said, "Are you deliberately trying to drain me dry?" She laughed, "I'm going to drain you dry, then
I won't be able to drain other women." Faced with such a young and beautiful woman, how could I control myself? It was only in my old age that I felt a surge of youthful passion, and I ejaculated deep inside her, into her mouth, and onto her breasts time and time again.
The next day, I took her to the airport, and naturally, there was a lot of reluctant parting. After finally getting her through security, I
got my car and drove to Hao Dawei and Chen Meiyan's house. On the way, I received a call from Hao Dawei. He asked if I had seen Shanshan off. I said I had.
"Hurry up and come over! The old man can't hold it in any longer," Hao Dawei said.
I said I was on my way! After saying that, I yawned repeatedly, forcing myself to drive. Last night, I was up until the wee hours with Huang Shanshan, and only slept a few hours.
As soon as I entered the house, Hao Dawei whispered, "Have you been indulging in too much sex? Look at you, now you know what happens when you go looking for girls, huh? They'll beat you to a pulp!"
I slapped him. "Stop being so frivolous.
Where are Mom and Dad?" "They're in the garden! I'll go call them."
A little while later, my dad, my mom, and Chen Meiyan came into the living room chatting and laughing. As soon as my dad saw me, his smile vanished, and he snorted.
My mom said, "Shaoyan! What were you thinking? Dating such a young girl, and... and living together. What will her parents think if they find out? Do your dad and I still have any face left?"
I said, "Mom, I think Shanshan and I are doing great, we're a good match, why do you two..."
"You scoundrel!" my dad interrupted me, "You're saying we're doing great, we're a good match? You're more than twenty years older than her, old enough to be her father, and you say we're a good match?"
My dad took a breath and continued, "I'm asking you, aren't that girl's parents only a few years older than you?"
"I don't know about her father, she's never had a father. Her mother? Born in November 1976, she's forty-three now, a little over a year older than me." "
What?" My dad exploded, "Her mother is only a year older than you, and you're living with her? Have you no shame? How did our Chen family produce such a shameful person?"
My dad coughed as he spoke; he used to smoke too much and had emphysema. Chen Meiyan quickly went over to pat my dad's back, saying, "Dad, don't be anxious! Let's talk this out."
My dad coughed and pointed at me, "How can I not be anxious when our family has such a scoundrel like your brother?"
Hao Dawei looked at my dad, then at me, looking helpless. I glared at him and nodded at my dad, who shrugged, indicating he couldn't help. I kicked
his butt, and he had no choice but to squat down in front of my dad, offering him a teacup, and said with a grin, "Father-in-law, father-in-law, please calm down. Age-gap relationships happen all over the world, from ancient times to the present. For example, Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching-ling, Chennault and Anna Chennault, Murdoch and Wendi Deng, and oh, Lu Xun and Xu Guangping—aren't they all twenty or thirty years apart?"
I thought this kid had some brilliant idea. The result was that he just recited everything I'd told him that day, except for mentioning Lu Xun and Xu Guangping. I thought to myself, why didn't you mention Wu Dalang and Pan Jinlian? They're way too far apart in age.
My dad slammed his hand on the table and roared, "I don't care about other people's business, I only care about my own son."
He'd worked in state-owned enterprises his whole life, and most state-owned enterprise cadres of his generation were very principled, inflexible, and didn't know how to be flexible.
Hao Dawei wiped the spittle his father-in-law had splattered on his face, turned his back to me, spread his hands, and made a face, meaning he'd done his best.
"Hey! Old man, talk things out, why are you yelling at our son-in-law?" my mom complained.
My dad said, "I'm not yelling at Dawei, I'm yelling at this brat." He pointed at me as he spoke.
My dad rested for a while, then said, "Let's not talk about age, let's talk about her profession. Actress, singer? The entertainment industry is so chaotic! Keep quiet! All that talk about unspoken rules, all that stuff..."
Hao Dawei quietly smiled at Chen Meiyan, "Our dad knows quite a lot."
My dad continued, "She's so young, how will you hold onto her in the future? What makes you, a man in your forties, capable of protecting a twenty-year-old girl?"
"Keep quiet!" my dad paused, then said, "Beauty can't fill an empty stomach. You should break up with her as soon as possible, find a decent woman in her thirties, and give the Chen family a grandson!"
My dad's words that day made me feel immense pressure; the intensity of his and my mom's opposition exceeded my expectations. But I still decided that I couldn't let Huang Shanshan down.

55.
That evening, Huang Shanshan called me from Hengdian, asking if my parents had talked to me about us. I said they had, and while they weren't entirely in favor, their attitude was still good. Of course, I couldn't tell her the whole truth, lest she worry and be distracted, so I could only downplay the seriousness of the matter.
Huang Shanshan said, "That's good. Shaoyan, like you said, give the two elders some time. I have confidence in myself, and I have confidence in you, hehe..."
In my heart, I thought, silly girl, you're too optimistic.
"Shaoyan, do you love me?" she asked coquettishly.
"Of course! Do you even need to ask?"
"No! I want you to say it."
"I love you!"
"Yes, I love you too! Husband."
She called me husband for the first time, which filled me with mixed feelings. I was both intoxicated by her tenderness and affection, and worried about our future.
I took Huang Shanshan and Gao Weimin's hair to the medical testing center for DNA comparison. Not long after, the results came back, and Gao Weimin and Huang Shanshan were indeed father and daughter.
This result was not unexpected, but it made me feel a new and enormous pressure. I decided not to tell Huang Shanshan this secret for the time being, because we were already facing enough troubles.
But I knew that this matter couldn't be suppressed, and Gao Weimin would contact me sooner or later.
Sure enough, one day in late April, Gao Weimin called me and asked if the test results were in. I told him I hadn't done the test because I'd lost his hair.
Gao Weimin was silent for a long time on the other end of the line, then said, "Mr. Chen, I hope you understand that this is not something you can stop. If you have any requests, as long as it's within my power, please let me know."
I said, "Chairman Gao, I also hope you understand that besides providing a sperm donor for Shanshan's mother to give birth to her, you've never fulfilled your responsibilities as a father, you've never even been a part of her life. Why insist on acknowledging your daughter now? You have children
of your own." "What father doesn't acknowledge his child? Mr. Chen, do you have children?"
"Frankly, I didn't. But I would never do something as despicable as abandoning my mistress and daughter to avoid offending my wealthy wife and father-in-law, and then wanting to reclaim my daughter after gaining power."
Gao Weimin was silent for a while before saying, "Mr. Chen, I admit the mistakes I made in the past. But you're no better than me. You've even prevented her biological father from recognizing her in order to hold onto a girl so much younger than you. My daughter is so young and beautiful, and you, a middle-aged man, have had your fun for so long. That's enough. Don't be too greedy. Have some principles. Like I said, how much money do you need? Name your price."
I sneered, "Chairman Gao, I think you've misunderstood. First, Shanshan and I aren't just playing around; we're truly in love, and I want to marry her. During her most difficult, confused, and lost times, I was there for her, protecting her, not you or anyone else. I have more right to have her than anyone else in this world except her mother."
“Secondly, Shanshan has never intended to acknowledge her so-called biological father. She doesn’t even care if you exist in this world, so why bother her?”
Gao Weimin said. “You just said you wanted to marry Shanshan. What do you have to offer her? You’re over forty years old. Besides writing a few words to make a living, what can you guarantee Shanshan’s happiness? Even after Shanshan becomes famous, she’ll have to pay you, this young gigolo… no, pay you, this old gigolo?”
I said, “Mr. Gao, I don’t care what you say about me, but please understand, happiness can’t be bought with money. Of course, you can’t be happy without any money, so I can say this: even if Shanshan doesn’t act, I can support her and ensure she has no worries about food and clothing.”
“Heh, heh heh heh…” Gao Weimin sneered repeatedly on the other end of the phone. “Your so-called support for Shanshan is nothing more than letting her live a life of poverty without starving. I will never allow my daughter to live such a life.”
"Furthermore, if you want to use the mind of a middle-aged man to control a naive young girl, to make her unable to live without you and even support you when you get old, then name your price now. How much money do you need in this life, or even in your next life and the life after that? I will give you all of it. Please let go of my daughter."
I suppressed my anger and said, "Chairman Gao, I've said so much to you, but you've been trapped in your own thoughts, just talking to yourself. I think there's no need for us to continue."
Just as I was about to hang up, Gao Weimin said, "Wait. Don't you love Shanshan very much? Then I promise you, you'll personally bring Shanshan back to me very soon."
I was startled and asked in a low voice, "What are you going to do?"
"Just wait!" He said, hanging up the phone.
Gao Weimin's last words kept me uneasy for days. Although I didn't know what he meant or what he was planning, I knew he would do something beyond my control.
I told myself that I couldn't let Huang Shanshan be taken away from me no matter what. During that time, I had a premonition that something was going to happen, regardless of whether it had anything to do with Gao Weimin.
A few days later, I ran into Zhang Ning at a large supermarket. We exchanged a few pleasantries that day, and Zhang Ning asked me, "Brother Chen, did you know Fang Mei was transferred?"
I was taken aback and said, "No, I didn't know. Where did she go?"
Zhang Ning then asked, "Did you know she got divorced?"
I said, "I heard about that."
Zhang Ning told me that Fang Mei was transferred this month to the Narcotics Control Detachment of the Haizhou Municipal Public Security Bureau, where she will be a squadron instructor. Before, she was the squadron leader of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the branch bureau, an administrative rank equivalent to deputy section chief and company commander, so it was a lateral transfer. She was supposed to take up her post after the Spring Festival, but the pandemic delayed it until now.
"Transferred to Haizhou? The Narcotics Control Detachment?" I muttered to myself.
From a branch bureau in the provincial capital to a municipal bureau in an ordinary prefecture-level city, and as a narcotics officer no less, this transfer doesn't seem like a good move in terms of personal interests.
"Yes! She was originally a criminal investigator, and now she's working as a narcotics officer, which is a good fit for her. They were short-staffed
, so she volunteered to transfer there." I knew a little about the different branches of the Public Security Bureau; the Criminal Investigation Team, Economic Crime Investigation Team, and Narcotics Enforcement Team all belong to the Criminal Investigation Team. However, narcotics officers face the highest danger of all branches because they deal with ruthless drug dealers.
Thinking about this, I couldn't help but worry about Fang Mei's safety.
Zhang Ning probably saw through my thoughts and smiled calmly, "Narcotics officers are indeed very dangerous and have a tough job, but someone has to do it, right?"
I smiled and said, "Yes!"
Zhang Ning stared at me, "Brother Chen, you really don't know anything?"
I was completely confused by her question and shook my head, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
She sighed and said, "Never mind, you can ask her yourself later!"
I wondered what had happened to Fang Mei that made Zhang Ning so secretive, as if I should know.
In early May, Chen Meiyan gave birth to a son. Hao Dawei was overjoyed to have a son and a daughter in his middle age, making him incredibly happy.
My parents were also delighted and temporarily stopped pressuring me about breaking up with Huang Shanshan. These past few days, to avoid conflict with my parents over Huang Shanshan, I've been avoiding them and rarely visited Hao Dawei and Chen Meiyan's home.
What I'd been worried about, or rather, what I'd been dreading but wasn't sure what it would be, happened this month.
First, a message spread across the internet claiming that rising star Huang Shanshan had a late-night rendezvous with a middle-aged man at a hotel in Hengdian. They stayed in the room for several hours before emerging, and then kissed goodbye outside the hotel.
The message included photos, one of Huang Shanshan entering the hotel, and two of us parting. Other rumors were also vividly portrayed, saying Huang Shanshan was being kept by a wealthy businessman, hence the late-night rendezvous.
A few days later, more news broke online that Huang Shanshan's mother was serving time in prison for manslaughter and faking a car accident, and her past as a nightclub madam was also exposed.
A few days later, rumors surfaced online that the middle-aged man who had a late-night rendezvous with Huang Shanshan at a hotel in Hengdian was actually Huang Shanshan's mother's lover, and that he had an affair with Huang Shanshan, with the mother and daughter sharing the same man. One version claimed the man was a wealthy businessman who kept both mother and daughter as mistresses. Another version said the man was Huang Shanshan's mother's gigolo.
These successive rounds of revelations, deliberately spaced out, continued to ferment, creating a huge uproar and achieving a significant sensational effect. It was clearly the work of a professional publicity team, their aim being nothing more than to ruin Huang Shanshan's reputation and leave her with no place in the entertainment industry.
Hao Dawei and Chen Meiyan also learned of this, and the three of us got together to discuss who was behind such a ruthless act. My first guess was Gao Weimin, as I had already told Hao Dawei and his wife that Gao Weimin was Huang Shanshan's biological father. But we immediately dismissed this guess; who would treat their own daughter like that?
Hao Dawei guessed that it might also be the work of other celebrities, such as those who were also newcomers to the entertainment industry and had direct or indirect competition with Huang Shanshan. After all, such things often happen in the entertainment circle.
During that time, I called Huang Shanshan every day to ask about her situation and comfort her. At first, she was relatively calm and composed, telling me that this kind of hype often happens in this industry.
Later, she couldn't take it anymore and cried, telling me that entertainment reporters were harassing her every day. Her online fans had also dropped drastically, and some fans even insulted her online and on her Weibo, calling her shameless and saying she had let down her fans who supported her. The crew members also looked at her coldly, believing that her negative online image would affect the production.
I could do nothing but try my best to comfort her; I was truly heartbroken and helpless.
Just then, I received a call from Gao Weimin.
"How about it? Great writer, aren't you going to give my daughter back to me?" he said calmly on the other end of the phone, with a hint of smugness, as if everything was under his control.
I was furious. "I suspected it was you, but I dismissed the idea because I didn't want to assume a father's intentions were malicious. I never imagined it really was you. Even tigers don't eat their cubs; how can you act like this? Do you even deserve to be a father?"
Gao Weimin calmly replied, "Mr. Chen, I'm a businessman. To defeat my rivals, I'll stop at nothing. I did this for my daughter; I had no choice."
"You keep saying it's for your daughter, yet you've driven her to this point. You're shameless." I gasped for breath and said, "How long are you going to play this game?"
"Until you let go of Shanshan." "
Don't even think about it!"
"Then we'll see."

56.
After that day, I found Hao Dawei and told him that Gao Weimin had done all this, asking if he had any way to eliminate the negative impact Gao Weimin had caused Huang Shanshan. After all, he had some connections in the entertainment industry.
Hao Dawei shook his head helplessly. He said that unless they hired an online troll army to whitewash Huang Shanshan's image, that was clearly beyond his and my capabilities.
For the first time, I felt a profound sense of helplessness and despair. I realized with despair that I was no match for Gao Weimin. Playing this game with me was like a cat playing with a mouse.
In a phone call with Huang Shanshan, I learned that several of her previous film contracts and commercial performance invitations had been canceled by producers and organizers, the reason being that they couldn't use an artist with a negative image. I understood that she had effectively been blacklisted in the industry.
I suddenly felt my hands and feet turn ice cold. After going through all this, Huang Shanshan seemed to have come to terms with it. She told me, "Shaoyan, maybe God doesn't want me to do this kind of work? Actually, it's not so bad. This way, I can stay by your side more often. If things get bad, I can always find something else to do."
I thought to myself, silly girl, you didn't even go to university. What can you do if you don't act or sing?
"Shaoyan, I've thought a lot these past few days. Whether I become a star or an artist isn't important. What's important is being with you."
I said, "But what about your dream? Isn't being an artist always your dream?"
She smiled calmly and said, "No matter how big the dream is, it's not as important as being with the person you love."
A few days later, Gao Weimin called again.
“What does my daughter have besides a pretty face and a good figure? She only has a high school diploma. These days, there are plenty of college graduates doing manual labor. In my company, the people who serve tea and water and run errands are all college graduates, even graduates from prestigious universities. But what does it matter? They’re still bossed around.”
“As for Huang Shanshan? What can a girl like her do if she doesn’t become an artist? She can only sell herself or be someone’s mistress.”
I couldn’t help but curse, “Shameless!”
“Brother, though it’s rough, it’s true. I don’t want to talk about my daughter like this, but it’s the truth. Of course, you can support her for life, and I believe you can afford to provide for her even if it’s just simple food. But then, wouldn’t her dreams be shattered? Wouldn’t her life be ruined? If you love her, would you want to see this ending?”
I was speechless, and after a long silence, I said, “Now that you’ve ruined her reputation, what can you do to bring her back to life?”
“That’s not something you need to worry about,” Gao Weimin said.
“Okay, I’ll arrange for you two to meet,” I said.
At that moment, my heart was filled with sorrow. Gao Weimin chuckled on the other end of the phone, "That's right! Discretion is the better part of valor."
"But I can't guarantee she'll acknowledge you. Because it's beyond my control."
"It's alright, just do what you should and can do. Also, please give me an account number."
"No need," I said coldly, hanging up the phone.
I took a picture of the DNA test report and sent it to Huang Shanshan, telling her that Gao Weimin was her biological father.
"Shanshan, why don't you meet him? He really wants to see you," I said.
At first, Huang Shanshan absolutely refused to meet Gao Weimin, but after my repeated persuasion, she finally wavered.
“It’s just meeting him once, it’s not like you’re going to acknowledge him as your father. After all, he’s your biological father. Besides, he has a lot of influence; maybe he can improve your current negative image?”
“But I don’t want to owe that person anything, and I don’t plan to be his daughter.”
“He owes you something, give him a chance to make it up to you?”
Huang Shanshan thought for a moment and said, “Shaoyan, since you want me to meet him, I’ll listen to you. But I have one condition: you have to come with me, because I don’t want to face him alone.”
“Okay, I agree,” I said. At
the end of May, I flew to Hangzhou. Gao Weimin’s men picked me up from the airport and took me to his mansion on the outskirts of Hangzhou, a very luxurious small estate. He owns mansions like this in many major cities across the country.
Looking at all this, I had to believe everything Gao Weimin had said. This tycoon, who owns a well-known domestic real estate company and several five-star hotels, could elevate Huang Shanshan to the heavens, and he could also throw her into the mud. And I, to him, was nothing more than a little mouse under a cat’s paw.
Gao Weimin warmly welcomed me, but I barely spoke to him. About an hour after I arrived, the Bentley carrying Huang Shanshan arrived. It was drizzling, and Huang Shanshan stepped out of the car; her tall figure was exceptionally graceful, and in the misty rain, her purity and beauty were simply breathtaking.
Standing inside the floor-to-ceiling windows, Gao Weimin was also stunned by his daughter's beauty, murmuring to himself, "So beautiful, she's so beautiful!"
A trusted aide standing beside Gao Weimin said to him, "Congratulations, Chairman, the beautiful princess has finally returned home."
Although I couldn't see Gao Weimin's facial expression, I could still sense the satisfied and slightly smug smile on his face. I wondered to myself, am I really going to personally send such a beautiful girl away?
Accompanied by one of Gao Weimin's men, Huang Shanshan entered the palatial interior. The confidant immediately rushed forward, calling out, "Miss, welcome home."
Huang Shanshan, like a startled deer, took a step to the side. When she saw me, she called out "Shuoyan," ran to my side, took my arm, and looked timidly at Gao Weimin.
Gao Weimin, a cigar between his fingers, smiled as he walked towards us. Huang Shanshan leaned closer to me, her face close to my cheek, and lowered her head.
"Shanshan," I said, staring at Gao Weimin, "he is your father."
Huang Shanshan still didn't glance at her biological father.
At the huge rectangular dining table that could seat at least twenty or thirty people, only Huang Shanshan, Gao Weimin, and I sat.
Huang Shanshan and I sat on one side, and Gao Weimin sat opposite us. All the food was luxuriously high-class, including air-freighted Japanese sashimi, French foie gras, and expensive foreign liquors whose names I couldn't identify. I estimated that this meal would probably cost an ordinary person a year's hard work.
Huang Shanshan and I ate very little and didn't speak; I just kept my head down and drank. Gao Weimin, on the other hand, was in high spirits, chatting and laughing the whole time, his eyes almost never leaving Huang Shanshan.
After a while, Huang Shanshan stood up and said, "Uncle Gao, thank you for your hospitality. I think I should go back."
Gao Weimin said with some surprise, "It's so late, aren't you staying here?"
"No, the crew has to start work tomorrow morning," Huang Shanshan said coldly. She looked at me again, "Shut up, let's go."
I looked at her and said, "Shanshan, why bother?"
Her gaze towards me became surprised. I didn't dare to look her in the eye, lowered my head, feeling incredibly guilty and confused.
"It's quite nice here. You and your father just met, why don't you stay the night?"
She stared at me for a while and asked, "Are you leaving or not?"
I didn't speak, just kept drinking.
"Fine, you're not leaving, huh? I'll leave myself." Huang Shanshan glared at me, walked to one end of the huge rectangular dining table, and said to Gao Weimin, "Uncle Gao, could you take me back to Hengdian in your car?"
Gao Weimin spread his hands, "Okay, no problem."
He then raised his hand behind him and said, "Take Miss back."
"Yes, Chairman." A henchman responded, and then gestured to Huang Shanshan, "Miss, this way please."
Huang Shanshan gave me a resentful look and left the room. In that instant, I realized I had betrayed Huang Shanshan. I tilted my head back and drank a mouthful of red wine, burying my head deeply.
"It's not a bad start." Gao Weimin looked at me and smiled. "I can see that my daughter loves you very much. Next, we will need Mr. Chen's continued strong support."
After a long while, I raised my head and extended my right index finger to Gao Weimin.
"Ten million?" Gao Weimin said, "Although you're asking for a bit too much, I'm still willing to give it to you."
I shook my head, continuing to hold up my right hand. "One million."
Gao Weimin looked at me in surprise, and after a long while said, "Brother, are you sure you're not joking?"
I shook my head again, staring at him, and said, "One million, not a penny more, not a penny less."
Gao Weimin said, "Since you agreed to help me and made an offer, it means you're willing to sell the person you love for money. Why do you only want one-tenth of what I'm willing to pay?"
He shook his head again and said, "Mr. Chen, you're a strange person. I don't understand you."
"You'll never understand me, because you're not me," I said, standing up. "Please arrange a car to take me to the airport."
"It's so late, no flights will take off."
"I'd rather spend the night in the waiting hall than stay in your palatial mansion."

(To be continued)

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