Chapter 576 The Last Gift
When Jiang Feng went to have a meal, Professor Li and the others had just started eating, and everyone welcomed his meal.
Jiang Feng was the busiest during the whole meal. He had to echo Zheng Da's words, help Chen Suhua join the topic, chat with Professor Li about the paper, care about Master Huang's health, and spend the rest of the time listening to Zheng Siyuan. Analyze with him the pastries bought at the Palace Pastry Shop yesterday.
Jiang Feng's mouth and ears were not idle during the whole process, and for the first time he experienced the difficulty of being a social expert.
When the meal came to an end, Jiang Feng finally found the opportunity to ask Professor Li about Fang Yaqing.
"Uncle, that senior sister just now is probably not a native of Peiping. Her accent sounds like she is from the south," Jiang Feng said.
"Your senior sister Fang is indeed not from Peiping, she is from Suzhou." Professor Li said.
"Gusu?" Chen Suhua, who had been immersed in drinking soup, suddenly raised her head and realized something, "Isn't that girl Xiaofang's daughter?"
Professor Li nodded: "That's right."
"Does she know what happened back then?" Chen Suhua asked in a low voice.
"Xiao Xie mentioned this matter when she came here years ago. Xiao Xie also thinks that she should not know. It has been more than 10 years and there is no need to mention it again." Professor Li obviously did not want to mention this matter at the dinner table. Seeing Jiang Feng looking at him with confusion, he whispered, "I'll talk to you on the way back."
Jiang Feng nodded and asked no more questions.
The dinner ended quickly. Today we all gathered together to have this meal. Actually, we just wanted to meet each other and become familiar with each other. We are not particularly close relatives to begin with, and we probably won’t have much interaction with each other in the future.
When leaving, Zheng Da quietly tugged on Jiang Feng's coat to indicate that he had something to say, and gave Zheng Siyuan a special look.
"Xiao Jiang, when we were having dinner just now, Siyuan's boss sent me a message saying that he has found a suitable girl and that he can arrange a blind date for Siyuan in the next two days. I'll leave it to you then. I'll let you know when the specific time is confirmed." Zheng Da whispered.
"Okay." Jiang Feng nodded, wondering when Ling Guangzhao started a matchmaking business that was exclusive to Pei Shenghua, and actually competed with Pei Shenghua for business.
"Siyuan and his boss are really reliable." Zheng Da sighed.
Jiang Feng:...
This may be the highest compliment Ling Guangzhao can receive in his life.
Jiang Feng had only heard others praise Ling Guangzhao for being rich, but this was the first time he heard someone praise Ling Guangzhao for being reliable.
After leaving Tai Feng Building, Jiang Feng, Professor Li and Chen Suhua walked to Li's house as a walk after dinner.
Along the way, Professor Li told Jiang Feng about Fang Yaqing.
In fact, to be precise, it is about Fang Yaqing's father.
Professor Li treats Fang Yaqing so special, not because Fang Yaqing is his relative, but because Fang Yaqing's father is a doctoral student taught by Professor Li in his early years, and he is also Professor Li's proud disciple named Fang Wenbo.
Fang Wenbo is a native of Suzhou. His parents are both university professors. He has some friendship with Professor Li. This is why Fang Wenbo chose to study for a doctorate under Professor Li. After graduation, Fang Wenbo returned to his hometown to work as a teacher at a well-known local university. He was promoted to professor at a young age and became a doctoral supervisor in his thirties. Some of his students were older than himself.
Until he was in his 40s, Fang Wenbo had always been a winner in life. He has a bright future and a happy family. His wife is a high-level intellectual who is the same as him, and his daughter has excellent grades. Although he has an eccentric temperament, is withdrawn and a bit aloof, he doesn't socialize much with others and even ignores his own students and even his parents. Although they live in the same community, they don't visit their parents several times a year.
He doesn’t use any social software, and he has a mobile phone number, but most of the time he neither answers nor calls, can’t even reply to emails, and can’t talk to him unless he comes to visit and block people. Other people's graduate students help their tutors walk their dogs every day, while his graduate students travel all over the world to find their tutors every day.
Although he is often criticized behind his back for his eccentric, arrogant and arrogant personality, it doesn't hurt. After all, geniuses always have some quirks.
The world is always tolerant of geniuses who are outstanding in one aspect, especially in academic fields.
Until Fang Wenbo encountered a mid-life crisis, and his mid-life crisis was more dangerous than that of ordinary people.
Because of his personality, Fang Wenbo didn't have any friends in the academic circle, so he always did research by himself. This also caused him to encounter huge obstacles in his career. Although he had no shortage of projects, it became particularly difficult for him to go further, such as being a critic.
Just when his career was not going well, Fang Wenbo also encountered a family crisis. His wife, who had been married to him for more than ten years, filed for divorce because she could no longer tolerate his eccentric personality.
Fang Wenbo knew that there was something wrong with his character, and that it was difficult for him to get along with others normally. He also knew that he could not raise and educate his daughter on his own, so he chose to leave the house and let his wife raise his daughter and concealed the divorce. I didn’t tell anyone except Professor Li.
Without his family to accompany him, Fang Wenbo became increasingly withdrawn. When his family and career suffered a double blow, and he also lost the most basic social contact, Fang Wenbo chose to commit suicide six months after the divorce.
He hanged himself in the living room of the rental house and was not discovered until two weeks after his death. Will he be discovered? Or because an undergraduate student reported to the Academic Affairs Office that he had not gone to class for two weeks. The teacher in the Academic Affairs Office contacted his ex-wife, who came to look for him. After knocking on the door to no avail and asking the neighbors, he discovered that something was wrong. Call the police. The police broke open the door of the rental house and found that he had been hanged in the living room. His body was in a very bad condition when it was found.
At that time, information was not as developed as it is now. The school deliberately blocked the news and the local media did not report it extensively. This news, which would be sensational now, has been sealed in the hearts of a few people by time.
Slightly ironic, Fang Wenbo's parents didn't know that their son had divorced half a year ago until the day of his funeral, which added a bit of black humor to this somewhat heavy and sad story.
"We all know that he has character problems. In fact, from today's point of view, he should see a psychiatrist, but how could we have this awareness at that time? We always thought that he was smart anyway, but he just didn't like to talk to people. If it doesn’t affect his academic work, let’s not talk about it. We all chose to condone it.” Professor Li looked a few years older when he talked about this matter.
"I regret it whenever I think about it over the years. When he sent me an email to tell me that he was divorced, I thought it was nothing. I didn't care too much about him and didn't ask his parents. At that time, I thought it was just that the relationship between the couple had weakened and the child was so old. It’s not a big deal to just let things take their own course. It’s easy to get remarried under his conditions, but he forgets that after his divorce, he no longer has any family members who can even talk to him for a few words every day.”
"How can a person not speak? It's fine if he doesn't speak for a day or two, but it can kill him if he doesn't speak for a few months."
"Then..." Knowing the cause and effect of the matter, Jiang Feng recalled the scene he saw in his memory and the last gift described in the dish details, and suddenly seemed to understand something.
Suddenly he seemed to understand why Fang Wenbo insisted that Fang Yaqing go home for dinner on her birthday.
"Did Senior Brother Fang do anything before committing suicide? He couldn't have committed suicide for no reason, right?" Jiang Feng asked.
"I had a chat with his parents during the funeral. They said that Wenbo suddenly called them on Yaqing's birthday and asked them to have dinner at home to celebrate Yaqing's birthday together. They were quite happy at that time. Who could have imagined that Wenbo's child would not be there for a few days? Just..." Professor Li sighed, "That kid is just over the top, there is nothing in this world that he can't overcome, hey."
"Senior Sister Fang knows..."
"She didn't know. Others didn't dare to tell her the truth about Wenbo's suicide. They just told her that Wenbo died in a traffic accident. They lied to her that the body was too badly hit and they wouldn't let her see it." Professor Li said, "That child In fact, she doesn’t have a good relationship with Wenbo, but Wenbo is her father after all, so she can’t tell her the truth and let her know that her father’s death has something to do with her mother.”
"We also have responsibilities. I am Wenbo's teacher. I knew he had problems with his character but chose to indulge him, and finally killed him."
Jiang Feng understood everything now.
Fang Wenbo didn't go on a business trip. He moved out of his home because of his divorce. That's why there was an empty bookshelf in the study.
There was no suitcase, and he didn't buy a gift for Fang Yaqing, because his birthday gift to Fang Yaqing was to invite the whole family to have a meal with Fang Yaqing.
He didn't want to live anymore, but he wanted to spend his last birthday with his daughter.
The special buff of shortbread is prepared for Fang Yaqing. She is the most suitable eater. Even if Fang Wenbo doesn't love the world, he still loves her.
As mentioned in the dish details, the shortbread contains the father's love that Fang Wenbo has never spoken to Fang Yaqing but is better than all emotions in the world, but Fang Yaqing does not feel it.
She needed to feel it. Happy New Year’s Day to everyone!
(End of chapter)