Waste is just the threshold to my meeting.

Chapter 53 Painful Past

I almost didn't have to cook dinner.

We almost ended up attending the banquet.

Because Nong Fulong's wife had beaten Nong Fulong and Aunt Liu so badly that they were hanging on by a thread, barely alive.

He was on his last breath when the police officers stopped him.

In that instant.

It was as if Fu Chen could hear the sighs of the entire street.

He raised his head.

I noticed that the people sighing were all fat men wearing chef's hats or aprons; they were all restaurant owners from the nearby area.

Of course, we have to sigh.

After all, they almost landed a business deal.

Don't you need to find a restaurant for a banquet?

After the police arrived, the people basically scattered, with Fu Chen's family being among the fastest to escape.

Having just swindled Nong Fulong and Aunt Liu out of several hundred yuan from buying healing potions, the family of three decided to go to the market to buy some mutton and beef.

Celebrate celebration.

As for whether he would be held accountable, Fu Chen was not afraid at all.

At that time, Nong Fulong and Aunt Liu's faces and eyes were so badly swollen that they couldn't see anything.

Naturally, he didn't know that he was the one who made the move.

The family of three was in high spirits, enjoying a harmonious and happy time.

When I got home, I saw that my neighbor, Old Wang, was still enjoying the cool shade under the big tree on Xinqiao Street.

Because the rumors about him and his wife 4i have become increasingly outrageous, some people now think he is completely gay. There are even rumors that his ancestors were from Sichuan.

This allowed all the rumors to gradually form a logical closed loop, and the neighbors suddenly realized the truth, and then completely cut off their usual contact with him.

Even Fu Chen hadn't expected that the [Small Knife Pulls Buttocks] potion would have such a powerful effect, creating a chain reaction that left Old Wang's family next door in such a state...

Therefore, the image of Old Wang next door standing alone under the banyan tree at this moment, accompanied by the song "Snowflakes Are Falling," is quite fitting.

Unfortunately, during this process, someone always broke the peace.

"Old Wang? Taking a break from your daytime activities?"

Old Wang, feeling melancholy, shook his palm-leaf fan and sighed repeatedly.

Seeing Fu Longhu take the initiative to approach and talk to him, memories of the past flooded his mind.

Looking back on my bloated and hectic life...

He had known Fu Longhu since they were little. Although he was more than ten years older than Fu Longhu, they both lived on Xinqiao Street and saw each other every day, becoming very familiar neighbors.

They played together and even liked the same girl...

For Lao Wang, it was like an old ox eating young grass; for Fu Longhu, it was like a child driving a big car. So, back then, neither of them managed to win over that girl.

We've argued together, and we've worked in the factory together.

They always felt that they were very close to each other; even if they weren't brothers, they were at least confidants and friends.

As he grew older, Fu Longhu became pregnant with Fu Chen, and he decided to take out a loan to buy the old, secondhand house he had been renting and officially begin renovations.

The renovation noise started at 10 a.m., while Lao Wang always slept until noon, so he thought Fu Longhu should know.

It was at that time that he realized that the relationship between the two of them was not as good as it seemed.

Why is he disturbing my sleep?

That's when he realized, what a load of rubbish, what kind of brothers and friends were they...

There are no friends in this world, only conflicts and coexistences between interests.

Although they are neighbors, they can actually end up on opposite sides of the same issue over all sorts of trivial matters.

They might argue fiercely over interests.

Doesn't true friendship thrive on distance?

Does Fu Longhu really consider him a friend?

From that time on, the two of them, who had been friends since childhood, lost all friendship.

All that exists is pure covetousness and resentment between neighbors.

Of course, Fu Longhu was unaware that he had offended Lao Wang and still regarded Lao Wang as his good friend.

Old Wang didn't point out the things that bothered him.

On the surface, the two families would greet each other when they met and get along quite well, but Old Wang's words were full of sarcasm, mockery, and meanness.

They usually target the Fu family of three.

Old Wang remembers every single detail of his life over the past ten years.

All the past events, every single scene he had witnessed with the Fu family, appeared precisely in his mind.

He then realized just how foolish he had been during those harsh and mocking years, and what he had done to the Fu family.

At this time, when all the neighbors were avoiding him and choosing to laugh at him, Fu Longhu actually took the initiative to talk to him, without being afraid of having any scandal with him.

Only then did Lao Wang realize that his past foolish actions had left him utterly exhausted.

Are those small wins and even insignificant verbal advantages from the past really that important?

Is it really more important than Fulong Valley's timely help and willingness to sacrifice themselves?

Old Wang was already in tears.

Tears welled up in his eyes; he couldn't remember which book he had read that sentence in.

Only through hardship and adversity can you truly see who your real friends are.

Does that mean Fu Longhu isn't a close friend?

Old Wang wept bitterly, covering his face and trying to erase everything he had done to Fu Longhu in the past.

Liu Liping pulled Fu Longhu back.

shook his head.

Seeing Old Wang crying so emotionally, Fu Chen also came up, and the three of them surrounded Old Wang, patting his head.

Old Wang next door shed tears of guilt again as his eyes swept over Liu Liping and Fu Chen.

Liu Liping.

When Fu Longhu married her, he admitted that he was very unhappy about it.

Although Liu Liping was somewhat rebellious and spirited at the time, her appearance could definitely be described as an 8 out of 10 beauty.

The exquisite beauty of her face is innate and cannot be compared to the "snake-like" faces achieved through makeup or plastic surgery.

So back then, Old Wang also spread rumors about her among the neighbors.

Fu Chen, needless to say.

Old Wang had always regarded him as a thorn in his side and the person he hated most since he was born.

Despite being only a year apart from his son, the two received vastly different treatment from childhood to adulthood, and after Fu Chen's career plummeted, he was ridiculed everywhere.

The people he usually hates and looks down on the most are now showing him concern during this difficult time when everyone misunderstands him.

Old Wang felt like he had lived like a dog for most of his life, unable to distinguish between good and bad people.

"Uncle Wang, don't be too sad. Although your wife got involved with my dad's station chief and was seriously injured and is now in the hospital, everyone in the neighborhood knows about it."

Fu Chen nodded: "But she's also enjoying herself, isn't she? From now on, you'll be there to help her empty her bedpan every day."

Old Wang suddenly stopped crying.

"??"

His tears froze into an exclamation mark.

Fu Chen nodded firmly: "Dad, see? I told you my comforting words worked! I'm the class's psychology representative!"