Chapter 28 Old Classmate

In the end, Chen Feng did not take Wu Mengting home for dinner. It was still the same restaurant as last time, and he ordered a few dishes that they hadn’t eaten yesterday.

This time, the two of them were much quieter. Chen Feng didn’t say much except for occasionally introducing the local dishes that were served.

Wu Mengting also just nodded occasionally, smiled slightly, and didn’t say much throughout the meal.

This meal was very dull.

After eating, Chen Feng paid the bill and sent her to her room.

“You should rest well. I won’t come to see you off tomorrow morning. We’ll see each other again when I get back to Xiuzhou. Drive carefully tomorrow, have a safe trip.”

At the door of the room, Chen Feng didn’t go in. After saying these words to her, he waved to her and turned to leave.

Wu Mengting pursed her lips slightly, watched Chen Feng disappear around the corner of the stairs, and then turned and entered the door with a complicated expression.

The next morning, Chen Feng really didn’t go to see her off. Around noon, he received a WeChat message from Wu Mengting.

[I’m back in Xiuzhou. Thank you for your hospitality these past few days.]

Following this text was a red envelope.

Chen Feng only hesitated for a moment before clicking on the red envelope. It was actually 1,000 yuan.

It was originally agreed that he would be a guide for 300 a day, which would be 600 for two days. Obviously, she had given him more.

Thinking of this, Chen Feng sent her back a red envelope of 400 yuan.

The reason he accepted the 600 yuan was to avoid letting Wu Mengting misunderstand, and he sent back the 400 yuan because he didn’t want to take advantage of her.

On the other side, Wu Mengting had been waiting quietly after sending the red envelope.

With a notification sound, she quickly opened WeChat and saw a bright red envelope.

A smile appeared on Wu Mengting’s lips. She quickly clicked on the red envelope, only to find that it was only 400 yuan. The smile immediately froze.

She wasn’t heartbroken about the other 600 yuan, but she had hoped in her heart that Chen Feng would return all the red envelopes she had sent, because only then could she be sure that Chen Feng was not indifferent to her.

But now that he had sent back 400, it meant that he had no other thoughts about her.

However, it was still a comfort that Chen Feng still regarded her as a friend.

But this was obviously not what she wanted. Her test this time had ended in failure after all. A bitter smile appeared on Wu Mengting’s lips.

Following that, Chen Feng also sent a text message.

[We agreed on 300 a day, 600 for two days. There’s no need to give more. If it’s because of those few meals, it’s even more unnecessary. We should be considered friends, right? You came to my hometown, so of course I, as the host, should treat you to a meal.]

Wu Mengting pondered for a long time and typed a long text message, but she hesitated when she was about to press the send button. In the end, she pressed the delete button and deleted the long text, only sending the two words “thank you.”

There was no further response from Chen Feng.

Wu Mengting held her phone and waited for a while, but finally sighed, put away her phone, started the car, and drove towards the highway to Xiuzhou.

Chen Feng had actually waited for a while on his side as well. In the end, he also let out a long sigh, then slammed his fist on the pillow several times, got out of bed, and got dressed.

He had tossed and turned all night yesterday and had slept until noon.

After washing up, he went downstairs to eat just in time.

The family sat together, eating and chatting. Under his mother’s signal, Chen Rui asked, “Xiaofeng, why didn’t you go out on a date with that girl today?”

Chen Feng rolled his eyes at his brother and said angrily, “I said it wasn’t a date, I was being her guide. She went back today.”

“Oh.”

The others exchanged glances and didn’t ask any more questions.

However, in their hearts, they all thought that Chen Feng and that girl had broken up. A trace of worry appeared on Zhao Xiaolan’s face.

After eating, Chen Feng went upstairs, took his parents’ ID cards, and went out without telling them. For more than ten years, the place where his parents’ ID cards were kept was about the same. Chen Feng found them after a little searching.

He sent a WeChat message and waited at the street corner for a few minutes before a car stopped beside him.

“Old classmate, long time no see.” The car window rolled down, and inside was a chubby, round face, a woman, with a friendly smile.

This was his high school classmate, Wang Fang, who sold insurance.

Their relationship in school was not very close, but it was not bad either, because Wang Fang was cheerful and outgoing, and also loved to play basketball. She was quite familiar with the boys in the class, including Chen Feng, who was a quiet person in the class back then. Because Chen Feng also loved to play basketball, the two of them occasionally played together, and since they were both from Qingpu Town, they slowly became familiar with each other.

“Hello, Xiaofang,” Chen Feng smiled and naturally opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat.

“We haven’t seen each other for three or four years, right? Well, it should be three years. We only saw each other at the class reunion during the National Day three years ago.”

Wang Fang said as she started the car.

“Yeah, it’s been three years,” Chen Feng said with some emotion.

Three years ago, during the National Day, he went back to his hometown and happened to attend the class reunion in the county town. At that time, he had a high-quality girlfriend, Shen Lin, and his career was also booming. It was a time of great success in his life.

“Did you bring your wife back this time?” Wang Fang asked casually.

“No. How are you doing now?” Chen Feng certainly didn’t want to talk about his divorce.

“It’s still the same, not starving but not full either. My husband is not ambitious. He lost hundreds of thousands in business last year. Sigh, if it weren’t for my two children, I would have divorced him long ago.”

Wang Fang immediately started complaining.

Chen Feng asked curiously, “When did you have another one?”

Wang Fang sighed, “I had him last year, he just turned one. I’m also soft-hearted. One was enough, but I couldn’t resist the constant persuasion from both families and my husband, so I had a second child. I originally wanted a daughter, but now it’s another son. Tell me, isn’t this going to be the death of me in the future? It’s very difficult to buy a house and get married for one son, let alone two sons?”

Chen Feng could only comfort her, “The future is still far away. In twenty years, maybe it won’t be like this. Maybe houses will become very cheap.”

Wang Fang shook her head, “The possibility of that is almost zero.”

Chen Feng smiled. He also thought that the possibility was not high.

“By the way, Fengzi, did you get rich? You directly said you wanted to buy a large amount of insurance, and several policies at that.”

The two of them had only chatted on the phone for a while before, and then they had agreed on a time and place to meet.

“I guess so. But it’s not much. I still can’t afford a house in Xiuzhou.”

“Alright, don’t be so modest. I heard that you were already earning over ten thousand a month in Xiuzhou a few years ago. It should be several tens of thousands now, right? Hundreds of thousands a year is easy.”

Chen Feng had been self-isolated for two years and had basically lost contact with these old classmates. It was normal that they didn’t know the inside story. Therefore, Wang Fang was full of envy at this time.

Chen Feng smiled noncommittally, changed the subject, and talked about high school and some classmates. The two of them chatted more and more happily.

Unconsciously, they arrived at Wang Fang’s company in the county town. After a series of consultations, Chen Feng readily bought critical illness insurance and pension insurance for his parents, both one-time purchases, costing about 500,000 yuan.

Although there is similar social security in rural areas now, it is far from the city. Medical insurance is slightly better, but a serious illness can still bankrupt a family. As for pensions, as farmers, they probably only get a few hundred yuan a year after the age of sixty, which is a few tens of yuan a month.

So, if you have money, it’s better to buy commercial insurance directly. Just treat it as financial management.

Before coming, Chen Feng had also searched online for a long time and consulted many people. In the end, of course, he also found his old classmate Wang Fang. It’s not that she was very reliable, but it was unlikely that she would deliberately set a trap for him.

His parents had a total of four policies, a one-time expenditure of hundreds of thousands. Of course, Chen Feng was not heartbroken.

With these two policies, after the age of sixty, each of them could receive a pension of 3,000 yuan per month, which was enough for their expenses. Now they are 57 and 55, and they will have to wait a few more years to receive it.

Even if they get sick in the future, they have critical illness insurance, which can reimburse most of the money.

Of course, their health is still good now, and Chen Feng also hopes that they will never need to use this insurance.

(End of Chapter)