The Mother and Daughter Neighborhood Sequel (8-10)

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The following year, after more than two months of preparation, filming for "Far Away Like Clouds and Mud 2" began in Sanya.
Most of the crew members are the same as those who filmed "Far Away Like Clouds and Mud," except that the female lead has been changed. Mainland actress Ni Ni plays Ling Fei, who is in her thirties and a mother.
The male lead, Lü Jianjun, is still played by Hong Kong actor Cen Weiting, and the Hong Kong martial arts stuntman who served as the action director in the first film is also the action director for this film.
Given the success of the first film, the production company provided the crew with a sufficient budget and funds, so Hao Dawei didn't need to look for other investors.
Filming went very smoothly, and the acting skills, dedication, and professionalism of the two lead actors were impeccable.
Ni Ni was originally my top choice to play Ling Fei, but during the filming of "Far Away Like Clouds and Mud," the production team missed out on casting her due to Gao Shanshan's strong intervention. Of course, Gao Shanshan also gave a very good performance.
At Hao Dawei's enthusiastic invitation, Ni Ni put aside past grievances and gladly accepted the role of Ling Fei. She is also very dedicated, not minding the hardship or danger of filming action scenes, and willing to make certain sacrifices for art.
Although the passionate scene between the male and female leads in the film did not involve nudity, it was far more explicit than the passionate scene performed by Gao Shanshan in the first film. Ni Ni performed it exceptionally well, and everyone in the crew gave her a thumbs up.
Regarding this passionate scene, we were worried it wouldn't pass censorship. After all, the female lead, Ling Fei, is a criminal police officer, and in this film, she's a married woman who has a one-night stand with her former lover, which might be seen as damaging to the image of the police.
However, Hao Dawei and I both felt that this scene was very necessary, as it effectively highlighted the deep love between the male and female leads, as well as the helplessness and selflessness of the female lead in giving up love to save her husband.
Fortunately, it passed the review in the end, and Hao Dawei and I both breathed a sigh of relief.
The film ends with the male and female protagonists defeating the criminal forces, and the male protagonist, Lü Jianjun, continuing to live as an anonymous hero. After their farewell, the female protagonist, Ling Fei, who has just survived a life-or-death struggle, visits her husband in prison, and they smile at each other through the glass barrier.
In her smile, there was both the relief of deciding to stay by her husband's side and the bitterness and sorrow of parting with her lover again...
During this period, someone revealed online that in March of last year, when a film crew was shooting in Sanya, the producer and director were swimming naked with an actress on the beach one night, and it was suspected that they had a threesome.
This news sparked heated discussions, with many saying that the entertainment industry's unspoken rules are too dirty, and actresses will abandon all shame to become famous. Some even speculated about a possible threesome! It's definitely a threesome.
Soon after, news broke that the only crew filming in Sanya last March was the crew of "Far Away Like Clouds and Mud," pointing the finger directly at me, Hao Dawei, and Gao Shanshan. People were in an uproar, astonished that Gao Shanshan, a famous A-list actress, would actually go skinny dipping with two rookie producers and directors, and even engage in a threesome—she was incredibly audacious.
Because of this, Chen Meiyan had a big fight with Hao Dawei. Hao Dawei had no choice but to tell the truth and swear that nothing happened between him, me, and Gao Shanshan that night except for swimming and talking about the play.
Even so, Chen Meiyan still berated Gao Shanshan for being shameless, saying that she was swimming with two grown men in her underwear late at night, clearly trying to seduce them.
Unexpectedly, just as one wave subsided, another arose. Another bombshell dropped online, claiming that on the night filming of "Far Away in the Clouds and Mud" wrapped up, director Chen Shaoyan went alone into the hotel room of lead actress Gao Shanshan and didn't emerge until dawn. Afterwards, Gao Shanshan returned to Spain and married Mr. Zhang.
While these two scandals certainly affected the reputations of the parties involved, they also objectively increased the buzz and popularity of the currently filming "Far Away Like Clouds and Mud 2," which can be considered a form of passive hype, turning a bad thing into a good thing!
But for me personally, it brought about an irreversible change. If the incident at the beach wasn't enough to convince Fang Mei, then the night of the wrap party made her break down. I didn't deny it, and I couldn't continue to hide it from her.
Despite my repeated attempts to win her back, Fang Mei went through with the divorce proceedings, ending our three-year marriage. She got custody of the child, but my parents will continue to care for them.
She was a strong-willed woman who couldn't tolerate any injustice.
After the divorce, Fang Mei moved back to her original house from the new house I bought.
The day I helped her move back, we fired a farewell firecracker. She said through tears that she still loved me, but she couldn't accept my infidelity.
What else could I say? I could only silently thrust deep inside her, giving her one last orgasm...
After nine months of pre-production filming, post-production, and submission for review, "Far Away Like Clouds and Mud 2" was released, receiving rave reviews and achieving box office success comparable to "Far Away Like Clouds and Mud".
Thanks to these two films, David Hao and I achieved both fame and fortune, and you could say we've achieved financial freedom. We've decided to continue as a golden duo and release our third, fourth, and even more films in the future.
Our third film is still a sequel to the first two, namely "Far Away Like Clouds and Mud 3". Unlike when we were making "Far Away Like Clouds and Mud 2", this film had been in our planning for a long time. Even when the second film was being submitted for review, I had already written the script, and Hao Dawei had obtained the relevant approval from the relevant departments. We were just waiting to assemble the team and get started.
Hao Dawei and I decided to fulfill the wishes and demands of the audience in this film, allowing the male and female leads to become a couple and bringing this police and gangster film series to a close.
In my vision, the film begins with the sudden death of the female protagonist Ling Fei's husband in prison, setting the stage for a complex and suspenseful story of good versus evil. Ultimately, with the help of the male protagonist Lü Jianjun, Ling Fei once again upholds justice and the law, and after many trials and tribulations, she and Lü Jianjun finally become a couple.
Like the previous two films, the movie still features a lot of exciting and intense action scenes, as well as a passionate bed scene between the male and female leads.
As for the male and female leads, we still planned to invite William Sham and Ni Ni to play the roles. However, we later learned that Ni Ni's schedule no longer allowed her to take on the role, so we had to find someone else.
As the year draws to a close, the production team for "Far Away Like Clouds and Mud 3" has been established, but the female lead has yet to be decided. Hao Dawei and I auditioned for many actresses, including established stars and newcomers, but we haven't found a satisfactory candidate.
In our minds, it seems that apart from Ni Ni and Gao Shanshan, there is no other actress suitable to play Ling Fei. However, one of them is filming another drama and their schedule cannot be adjusted, while the other is far away in Spain and has married into a wealthy family. She hasn't filmed for most of the year and it's still unknown whether she will make a comeback. So, we can't count on her.
Out of desperation, Hao Dawei joked that they might as well let Fang Mei play the role herself.
Time waits for no one, and the crew couldn't afford to delay, so we decided to film the scenes without Ling Fei first, while continuing to look for her as we went.
So filming began for "Far Away Like Clouds and Mud 3". Unlike the first two installments, which were mainly filmed in Sanya, this time we chose Haikou as the main filming location.
The Spring Festival is just around the corner, and the crew will temporarily disband and regroup after the Spring Festival.
The night before the film crew's holiday, everyone gathered together for a reunion dinner.
With the lead actress still undecided, the morale of the crew was somewhat low. Hao Dawei, as the leader and helmsman of our team, gave a speech, encouraging everyone to fight again next year and create another masterpiece, and he believed that the lead actress would be found soon.
After the dinner, I drove Hao Dawei, who was quite drunk, home. When Chen Meiyan and I helped her husband to bed, she complained that I shouldn't have let Hao Dawei drink so much.
I told him that he was upset because of the female lead's situation, so he drank a bit too much.
The brother and sister were talking in the living room. I held my little nephew Hao Tong in my arms. He's almost five years old and looks more and more like Hao Dawei.
陈美言问我，女一号就那么难找吗？实在不行随便找一个得了，长得漂亮的女演员多的是。我说哪有你想的这么简单，真要这样倒好了。
“哥，你是不是还忘不了姗姗？”陈美言忽然问道。
我问她你怎么突然说这个？她说那你干嘛老选不上女一号？我笑这是一回事吗？
但陈美言的话，让我的思绪一时飘到了遥远的西班牙。我不禁寻思，她现在跟那个章健阳过得好吗？那年在三亚的那个杀青之夜，她在我身下的千娇百媚以及哀婉凄楚，令我永难忘怀。
我又想到了方玫，我们离婚好几个月了，她仍在海州工作，虽然不时回来看望父母和孩子，但我们一直没见过面。
我明白，她一直没有原谅我，可能这辈子她都不会原谅我了。
尽管我和方玫离了，但她跟陈美言的关系还是一如既往的好，彼此仍以姐妹、闺蜜相待。我只能从陈美言那里了解到我这位前妻的信息。
年前方玫又被提拔了，升任海州市公安局刑警支队的副支队长，属于正科级副团职干部，同时兼任第一刑警大队大队长（不再担任大队教导员的职务），警衔也晋升为二级警督。
可能这就是情场失意、职场得意吧！她才三十几岁，就在公安局担任要职，前途不可限量。
我为失去这样一个优秀的女人而痛惜，但并不后悔那晚的事。男人，做过了就别后悔，有什么后果，自个儿担着。
据陈美言说，自打离婚后，有个高中同学一直在追求方玫，那个男人离异有个孩子，是个律师，还是海口一家律师事务所的高级合伙人，各方面的条件都很好。
但方玫说，她这一生迄今只爱过我这一个男人，不知道还能不能爱上别的男人？
我听了后心里很不是滋味。陈美言叫我把方玫追回来，这么美好、这么优秀的女人便宜了别的男人太可惜了。她还说，女人心软，对于配偶出轨的事没有男人看得那么重，方玫再刚烈，终归是个女人。
可我当初做出了那样的事，又有什么资格去挽回呢？
那晚从郝大维家出来，我在耳畔萦绕着陈美言对我说过的话，心里涌起一股强烈的希翼和冲动。电影中的女一号我一直没找到，生活中的女一号就在那里，如果我连试都不试一下，努都不努力一把，以后一定会后悔。
于是我将车开往海州，路上拨打了几次方玫的手机，可她一直没接。
一个半小时后，我开到了方玫在海州的住处楼下。她已没住公安局的宿舍，两年前她在这个小区买了一套跃层式的房子，这里曾经也是我的家。
按开密码锁进门后，客厅里亮着灯，却未见方玫的踪影。
我正要叫她，却发现脚边摆着一双男人的鞋，不由得在心里咯噔了一下。紧接着，从楼上的卧室隐约传来一阵女人的呻吟声……

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我还看到，客厅的沙发上和茶几上凌乱地丢弃着男人和女人的衣物，其中包括方玫的警服以及奶罩、内裤。
警服上的肩章，已从过去的一花两杠，变成了两花两杠，意味着这身警服的主人，已从过去的三级警督，升为了现在的二级警督。
那条内裤被卷成了一团，我能想象出它被某个男人从方玫身上脱下来时的画面。
很明显，方玫和那个男人是从客厅开始的，可能两个人先在客厅的沙发上缠绵了一回，再将战场转移到了楼上的卧室里。
我们才离婚半年多，她就有人了吗？她不是跟陈美言说，不知道自己还能不能爱上别的男人吗？这就把男人带到家里来干炮啦？
顿时，我有了一种遭到背叛和被戴了绿帽的感觉。
怀揣着一腔愤怒和那颗砰砰乱跳的心，我脱下鞋子，只穿着袜子轻手轻脚地上了楼。
主卧室的门开着，从里面流泄出灯光。方玫的叫床声更盛，其间还夹杂着啪啪啪的肉体撞击声。
曾经那令人销魂的娇吟是为我而奏响，如今却是为了另一个男人。嫉妒的火焰在我心里熊熊燃烧。
我躲在门框外侧，探头往里窥视。只见那张我曾经和方玫翻云覆雨过无数次的大床上，两个赤裸的肉体正交缠在一起。
那个男人三十几岁，身材看上去相当不错，肌肉轮廓富有雕塑感。他正伏在方玫身上，飞快地耸动下体，一边抽送着，一边埋头含吮方玫的乳头。
而方玫搂着男人的脖颈，闭目仰脸，一脸的意乱情迷，显然到了高潮。
男人抬起头，吻向方玫的那对香唇，方玫与他缠绵缱绻地吻在了一起。两人热吻着，交合着，如胶似膝，喘息声、呻吟声在房间里飘荡……
这时我才发现，我那里不知什么时候，竟已硬得像一块铁。
床上的那对鸳鸯换了个姿势，男人从方玫的那里面抽出来，翻动她的身子。她很配合地跪趴在床上，对着身后的男人翘起了那对雪白浑圆的丰臀，让他从后面进入到了自己的身体里。
随着男人的后入，方玫的娇吟声再次响彻卧室……
此刻我真想冲进去打断这对男女，就像被戴了绿帽的丈夫捉奸那般。可我已经不是方玫的老公了，又有什么资格去制止她和她的情人呢？
如果我此时冲进去，以后怎样来和方玫面对彼此？
悲怆和无奈中，我悄悄地下了楼。这时，我看到了放在茶几上的枪套，那里面装着方玫的配枪。
愤怒的火焰再次升腾，越烧越旺，烧尽了我的理智。我从枪套里拔出那只九二式手枪，拉开了保险（以前方玫教过我玩枪），飞快地上了楼。
当那对男女看到我时，被吓了一跳，立刻分开了。方玫惊叫着，抓起旁边的毛巾被裹住自己的裸体，她的这个举动更加激怒了我。
她可以一丝不挂地跟别的男人做爱，却羞于在我面前呈现裸体。
“你、你是谁？你要干什么？”那个男人惊声问道，他有着一张英俊、帅气的脸庞，和结实匀称的挺拔身材，胯下的那物依然兀自挺立，尺寸够长够大，难怪刚才把方玫干得那么爽！
我用枪指向了男人，他吓得连声说道：“你、你冷静，别、别冲动……”
一旁的方玫也惊声喊道：“少言，你、你别冲动……”
她仍用毛巾被裹住身体，一脸惊恐地看着我。我看了她一眼，又将冰冷的目光看向那个男人。
“少、少言，你放下枪，你……你就算不为自己着想，也该为爸妈、为咱们的儿子着想啊！”
耳畔又传来方玫的哀求声和哭声，“我求你了，少言，放下枪好吗？有话好好说！别干傻事，你这样会毁了你自己……”
她说着呜呜地哭了起来，那个男人已经呆若木鸡。
“闭嘴！”我冷声说道，扣动了扳机。
随着“砰”的一声巨响，男人应声倒地，胸口上血流如注。
与此同时，方玫发出了一声惊恐、悲痛的尖叫。我又将枪口对准了她，此时毛巾被已从她的身上滑落，那对浑圆、挺翘的美乳袒露着。
“少言，你干嘛？你这是在干嘛啊？”方玫伤心欲绝，痛哭起来。
“去死！”我再次冷声说道。
随着又一声“砰”的巨响，方玫的声音戛然而止，歪倒在血泊之中。
我不禁泪流满面，抬起手中的枪，对准了自己的太阳穴……
就在这时，耳畔传来一阵手机铃声，然后是方玫说话的声音，“妮儿……”
我仍站在客厅里，让自己的思绪从刚才的幻想中挣脱了出来。
楼上继续传来方玫跟郝妮通话的声音，“……嗯……嗯……这事啊？让爸爸帮你弄呗！妈妈那么忙……哦，爸爸是制片人也很忙啊？……好吧！妈妈春节回来跟你一起弄……妈妈在休息啊！今天忙了一天……嗯，妈妈也想你……嗯，好，宝贝再见，妈妈爱你！”
方玫跟女儿通完话后，那个男人问道：“妮儿吗？”
“对啊！老师布置的寒假作业中，有个作业必须孩子和家长一起完成……”
“妮儿上几年级了？”
“六年级，十一岁了，今年就要升初中了。”
接下来悄无声息，很快又传来了方玫的呻吟声。我估计，刚才她跟女儿通话时，以及跟那个男人说话时，那个男人的东西仍插在她那里面。
我裤兜里的手机振动起来，电话是我妈打来的，我躲进了客卫里。我妈问我这么晚了，怎么还不回家？
我应付了她几句，挂断了。看着仍握在手中的那把九二式手枪，心说刚才的一切幸好只是幻想，否则后果不堪设想。我甚至能想象出网上的爆料。
“海州市一名女刑警，因与情夫在家中偷情，被其老公撞见。失去理智的老公用女刑警的配枪，枪杀了红杏出墙的妻子及其情夫，而后自杀身亡……”
“前日发生在海州市的那起情杀案中，因偷情被丈夫开枪击毙的女刑警，不是普通的刑警，而是市公安局刑警支队的副支队长。据悉，夫妻俩有个不到三岁的儿子……”
“反转！几天前发生于海州的丈夫枪杀偷情妻子的事件中，两名当事人早已离婚，凶手因不满前妻有新欢，愤而开枪杀人……”
楼上的孟浪之声依然萦绕在耳畔。我将方玫的配枪放回到了枪套里，拿起那个男人的长裤摸索了一番，从裤兜里掏出了一个钱包……
坐在我的车上，我查看那个男人的身份证，他叫李云峰，出生于一九八八年，与方玫同年，比她小几个月。
我又从钱包里发现了一张律师事务所的工作牌兼门禁卡，那上面显示李云峰是一名执业律师，也是这家律所的高级合伙人。
我这才明白，原来这个男人就是陈美言说的那个，方玫的高中同学。没想到，方玫到底被他追到手了，两人还发展到了可以上床的关系。
今晚我来这里，本来是想努力一把，挽回方玫的心，没想到却目睹了她和男朋友做爱的场面。
后悔、遗憾和嫉妒一齐涌上心头，我在心里骂自己该死，怎么不早听陈美言的话，说不定不至于让那个李云峰捷足先登？
这时方玫在李云峰身下娇柔婉转的画面，又浮现在我的脑海中。
我一下又勃起了，心潮澎湃之下，我拉开了裤链。几分钟以后，我射到了纸巾上……
我醒来时，已是翌日清早。昨夜我想了半宿，不能就这么认栽了，我得找方玫谈谈。
我打算等李云峰下楼走了，或等到方玫下来，跟她见一面。
不一会儿，李云峰从单元门里走了出来，一身名牌，身高跟我差不多，好一个时尚、帅气的轻熟大叔。
他边走边打手机，走到了停在我车旁的一辆奥迪q8的旁边。
“……我现在海州，正准备回海口……那啥？昨晚在方玫这儿……嗨！大家都是老同学了，没什么不好意思承认的……还方教呢？人家现在是方支了……嗯，改天喝酒……”
奥迪q8开走了，我下车进了单元门，乘电梯上楼。
再次按开密码锁，客厅里依然没人，大概方玫还没起床吧？我坐在沙发上抽烟。
“你咋又回来了？”
随着方玫的声音，她沿着楼梯下来了，身上裹着一条浴巾，露着香肩和美腿，那头漂亮的中短发湿漉漉的，显然刚洗过澡。
她看到我后吃了一惊，“少、少言，你怎么来了？什么时候来的？”

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我没有说话，继续抽烟。楼上传来一阵手机铃声，方玫又返回去了，很快传来她的说话声。
“云峰……什么？你的钱包不见了？……哦，哦，那我找找……”
“卧室里没有，我到客厅看看……”
方玫拿着手机又下来了，在客厅里四下寻找了一番，对着手机说道：“客厅也没有，你再仔细想想，落哪了？车上找过没有？……车上没有啊？”
她蹙眉埋怨道：“你这人怎么回事？这么大人了，丢三落四的，连个钱包都保管不好……你钱包里都有些啥？……卡里有多少钱？……二三十万还少啊？……这样，你赶紧挂失，我再在家里找找，你也再仔细回忆下……嗯，那先这样，挂了。”
“你们是不是在找这个？”我举起了手里的钱包。
方玫将目光从手机上抬起来看向我，顿时松了一口气，用手拍了拍露在浴巾上沿外的乳沟，“谢天谢地……”
她从我手中接过钱包翻了翻，立刻给李云峰打了过去，“找到了，确实落我家里了……好，你过来拿吧！”
她看了我一眼，又说道：“你还是别来了，去局里吧！我马上去上班，我们在那交接……好，就这样。”
她挂断电话后，问我在哪找到的？我说其实这个钱包是我昨晚拿走的。
方玫顿时露出惊惧的表情，“你拿走的？昨晚？”
我大致跟她说了一下，她一下又羞又气，将钱包砸到了我身上，嚷道：“你怎么能这样？说来就来，招呼也不打一个，还……还窥探别人的隐私，有你这样的吗？”
她坐到沙发上，气得流下了眼泪，擦了一下说道：“你这叫私闯民宅你知道吗？早知道你这么离谱，当初我就该把密码改了，太气人了……”
“对不起、对不起……”我连忙道歉，又解释道，“我又不知道他在，打你手机你又不接，早知道我就不来了，开了一百多公里的车……”
一阵沉默后，我问道：“你和他，是从什么时候开始的？该不会……我俩还没离婚那会儿，你就和他……那个了吧？”
在我看来，我们离婚才半年多，她就跟那个李云峰上床了，这也太快了点。
方玫红着脸打了我一下，“你胡说什么呢？我是那样的人吗？”
她指着自己，坚定地说道：“我不是方敏，绝不会做背着自己老公出轨的事！”
然后她告诉我，李云峰从高中那会儿就喜欢她，一直追求她，直到她后来嫁给了郝大维。
去年李云峰得知她离婚后，又展开了对她的追求，三个月前她同意了。由于都是年届中年的人了，没什么好躲着避着的，两个人在交往了一个多月以后，发展到了上床的关系。
“我是一个正常的女人，有着女人正常的需要，而且我们干刑警的，压力有多大，你知道吗？我不可能长期压抑和封闭自己……”
方玫说道：“当然啦！这只是一方面。云峰这人不错，有事业、有模样，人品也行，对我也很好，所以我就跟他在一起了。”
“那……你们会结婚吗？”我问道。
她轻轻地摇了摇头，目露幽怨，“我已有过三次失败的婚姻，当然，跟张强的那次是我太冲动了，而且也很短暂，可以不作数。可我跟大维和你的这两段婚姻，我是真心付出了一个妻子应该付出的一切，可我收获了什么呢？”
她顿了一下，“我收获的是背叛和不忠。所以，我对婚姻，或者说对婚姻中的男人已完全失去了信心，我已害怕结婚、排斥结婚了。”
“那李云峰呢？他怎么看？”
“云峰很理解我，他说结不结婚没什么，不过就是一张纸，只要我们能在一起，比什么都强。我觉得我们这种状态，挺好的，不必担心失去什么，也不必害怕被伤害。”
我不禁问道：“你……爱他吗？”
方玫沉默了一下，说道：“我不会再爱上任何人，所以才不会担心和害怕。但我又不想当尼姑，有个喜欢我、知冷知热的人，总比每天忙了、累了回到家，对着空空如也的房子形单影只的强。”
又是一阵沉默，良久我开口道：“玫玫，你不能这样下去了，你这是对自己的不负责，也是对李云峰的不负责。这些日子我想了很多，可能我早该来找你。但我觉得也不晚……”
我凝视着她，“我们复婚吧！我不在乎你已跟别的男人睡过了……”
听着我的话语，方玫怔怔地看着我。那天早上我说了很多，说得很诚恳，可她还是拒绝了我。
“少言，我承认我依然爱着你，我也承认你人很好，有情有义，有担当。但有一点，你这人太滥情了，也太招女人了，我受不了。”
她说到这里语气变得决绝，“你死了这条心吧！我不可能再受二遍罪，吃二遍苦，我方玫这辈子，绝不可能跟你在一起了。”
我一下心灰意冷，失落至极，将头伏到了她那两条光裸的大腿上，抱着她的腰，流泪道：“我们……怎么就走到这一步了呢？都怪我，一切都是我的错。”
Fang Mei gently stroked my hair and said softly, "Shaoyan, we have a son together. We can still be friends, even family. Maybe I was too decisive these past few days. I won't be like that anymore. Let's be family and friends for the rest of our lives! Maybe only in this way can we avoid hurting or betraying each other and make it last."
She started crying as she spoke, and after a while she said, "I'm going to work later. You've been in the car all night, so sleep here before you leave. Don't drive when you're tired."
I lifted my head from her lap and looked at her with teary eyes.
Finally, Fang Mei stood up, took off her bath towel, and said, "Shaoyan, let's do it one last time, shall we? After this, we really can't have anything to do with each other again."
At thirty-seven, she still possessed an enviable figure that made my heart flutter. She pulled me upstairs and into the master bedroom's bathroom…
That day, I ejaculated into Fang Mei's anus. After she left, I didn't stay with her for long and returned to Haikou with a dejected feeling.
The Lunar New Year of the Snake was fast approaching. On New Year's Eve, I took my son, Chen Haonan, to Fang Mei's parents' house.
My parents flew back to their hometown of Nanjing for the Chinese New Year on this day. Before that, Hao Dawei and Chen Meiyan also took Hao Tong to their hometown of Xi'an.
Downstairs at Fang Mei's parents' house, I handed Chen Haonan over to Fang Mei, and Hao Ni came down as well. At eleven years old, she already had the makings of a young woman, inheriting almost all the good looks of Hao Dawei and Fang Mei; she was sure to grow up to be a great beauty.
Fang Mei let Hao Ni take her younger brother up first, and she talked to me for a while.
"How will you spend the New Year alone? Why don't you come and spend it with us?"
I politely declined Fang Mei's invitation. I had let her down twice before, how could I face her parents?
"Um...is Li Yunfeng here?" I asked.
Fang Mei smiled wryly, "How could that be? I haven't told my parents about this yet! I'm afraid they'll think I'm moving too fast."
She handed me a thermos and said, "These are dumplings I made and cooked myself. We northerners love to eat dumplings during the Lunar New Year. I guess you're spending the New Year alone and haven't prepared much, so consider this your New Year's Eve dinner tonight? Don't mind!"
I accepted it with a smile and said, "How could I possibly refuse Captain Fang's kind gesture? I'm overwhelmed with gratitude!"
Fang Mei playfully punched my shoulder and giggled, "Get lost!"
Just like she said that day, maybe we can only stay together for a long time if we are family or friends. At this moment, I feel that there is a bit of a family or friend feeling between us.
Instead of going home, I went to my studio, which used to be the home of Fang Min, Zhao Li, and me.
There's a bottle of red wine there, plus Fang Mei's dumplings. As the saying goes, dumplings and wine go hand in hand, the more you eat, the more you have. Tonight's New Year's Eve dinner for one is all set.
After I finish eating, I plan to start writing my novel, which I've been conceiving for a while. I've named this new work "My Neighbor".
As I opened the door, just like every time I come here, I subconsciously glanced at the opposite door, imagining that the eighteen-year-old girl from many years ago would come out of the house and call me Uncle Chen.
"Uncle Chen..." As I called out, my hand paused for a moment while pressing the door code. I wondered if I was hallucinating.
But that shout came so clearly to my ears again that I couldn't tell if I was dreaming or in reality.
My heart started racing. I turned around and saw Gao Shanshan standing in the doorway across the hall, smiling at me.
I was stunned, utterly incredulous. Shouldn't she be in Spain? How did she end up here? I murmured, "Shanshan..."
"Keep quiet..."
She walked towards me with tears in her eyes. I walked towards her and hugged her tightly.
Gao Shanshan burst into tears, and I shed tears too, thinking to myself, at least I won't have to spend the New Year alone...

(To be continued)

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