Chapter Index

    Chapter 1 The summer in Pujiang is so hot The summer in Pujiang is so hot…

    The summer in Pujiang is so hot. Cheng Cheng is holding a medium-sized black suitcase against the bright sun.The suitcase is very old-fashioned, not made of the popular PC or alloy, but made of rough Oxford cloth, and the corners look worn.

    It was summer vacation, and there were no people on the spacious streets, only the sound of cicadas chirping incessantly.

    The greening is very elegant, with neat camphor trees standing in a row like soldiers, blocking the sun from the adults and children passing by.

    Cheng Cheng wears a white T-shirt on his upper body and washed-white jeans on his lower body. His complexion is a bit dark, and his skin is very smooth and tight. He has two eyebrows of good thickness and curved shape, a pair of round eyes that reveal purity, and his lips that are not thin or thick are pressed into a line, making him look a little nervous.

    Cheng Cheng walked forward slowly with his suitcase in hand, silently cheering himself up.

    His hometown is in a fishing village in the small county next door. His paralyzed mother passed away two months ago. 23-year-old Cheng Cheng was kicked out of the old house by his uncle and aunt.

    He only has a college degree and studied as a chef. After graduation, he cooked for the workers in a local zipper factory. Not long ago, this job was replaced by a related household.

    There is really no lower limit to how unlucky a person can be when he reaches rock bottom.

    Cheng Cheng’s group rental was about to expire, and he had no choice but to spread his resume on the Internet.

    After a few days, a “job” really came to him.

    Fake marriage to a rich alpha whose age is unknown.

    Cheng Cheng recalled the contents of the phone call.

    “Hello, I am Mr. Wei’s secretary, my surname is He. Mr. Cheng Cheng, let me confirm your background with you. I am a 23-year-old male beta, both parents are deceased, with a college degree. My hometown is in Yuwei Village, Hetang County…”

    Listening to the other party’s chatter, Cheng Cheng felt inexplicably irritated and interrupted him: “Secretary He, I agreed to your conditions last time. You can sign the contract at any time. You should have checked my background clearly. I just want a job with social security.”

    Secretary He heard his impatience, and his voice was still very friendly: “Okay, Mr. Cheng, the electronic contract will be sent to your email in twenty minutes, please pay attention to check it.”

    After Cheng Cheng answered the phone, he sat blankly on the one-meter-two small bed, looking around the small room of less than twenty square meters. There were very few things, and he had tidied the room.

    He rented a house with two couples, and it was as if they could still hear their quarrels outside the poorly soundproofed door. But now they all went to work, and he was the only one who had accomplished nothing and stayed in the house all day long.

    However, now he has sold himself to an alpha “Mr. Wei” as his wife for five thousand yuan a month, including food and accommodation, and also helps pay social security.

    As long as Cheng Cheng is responsible for the hygiene at home, he can go in and out of the kitchen freely. As long as he doesn’t disturb Mr. Wei’s rest, he doesn’t have to do anything else.

    It sounds like this Mr. Wei is a nouveau riche, stupid and rich.

    But for such a rich alpha, is he still worried about not finding a wife?

    Cheng Cheng also asked Secretary He this question, but the other party only told him that Mr. Wei had no plans to fall in love for the time being and only wanted to get married.

    Cheng Cheng immediately understood that the law stipulates that if an alpha does not get married at the age of thirty, he will have to deduct 5% of his monthly salary plus additional income. Mr. Wei does not want to fall in love, and he is stingy and does not want to pay taxes, so he can only find a good fake wife and “fake marriage”.

    I didn’t expect rich people to be so stingy.

    Cheng Cheng’s thoughts wandered away again.

    He has arrived at the door of “Wangxi Mansion”. Before coming, he had checked online. This is the name of the top apartment in Pujiang. The security and privacy of the community are very good, and the people living there are all successful people.

    Soon a security guard came out to greet him. Seeing that he was plainly dressed, he didn’t look at him differently and asked in a friendly manner: “Who are you looking for?”

    “Sorry, wait a minute…” Cheng Cheng pulled out the excuse that Secretary He had prepared for him in the memo on his mobile phone. “I’m looking for the resident of Building 21, 1102. I’m the new live-in chef hired by Mr. Wei, the head of the household. His secretary, Mr. He, should have registered me.”

    The security guard quickly found the entered information from the computer, raised his hand and put Cheng Cheng in, still smiling: “Go straight through the community’s theme garden to the end, turn right and the last building is Building 21.”

    Cheng Cheng dragged the out-of-place box and rubbed the hem of his T-shirt with his other hand. His round eyes widened and he looked around curiously.

    The entire community is similar to the quaint Soviet-style garden style. A winding gravel path runs through the theme garden, setting off the surrounding rockeries and streams. The waterside is dotted with masterpieces.

    Along the way, Cheng Cheng passed children’s playgrounds, healing gardens, teahouses and other leisure places, which were simply inhumane.

    He secretly sighed at his poverty and lack of knowledge while speeding up his steps. Secretary He asked him to arrive before half past twelve because Mr. Wei had to take a nap on time at one o’clock in the afternoon.

    Building 21 is really in the deepest part of Wangxi Mansion. It gets quieter and quieter as you go inside, as if you have reached the end of the forest.

    Cheng Cheng got into the luxury elevator that could hold twenty of him and arrived at the door of 1102 anxiously.

    He knocked on the door three times restrainedly, and soon heard the sound of footsteps.

    Could it be Mr. Wei? Probably not.

    A rich person might even hire a doorman to open the door for him. He has the hands and feet but refuses to do anything by himself. It’s really getting worse as time goes by.

    Cheng Cheng secretly complained that the person who opened the door was indeed not Mr. Wei, but a fat woman in her forties or fifties wearing a beige apron who looked very kind.

    “It’s Mr. Cheng, come in quickly.”

    Cheng Cheng thought of his mother when she was not paralyzed, and felt fond of the middle-aged woman in front of her: “Just call me Xiao Cheng.”

    The middle-aged woman helped Cheng Cheng take out his slippers: “Okay, Xiao Cheng, just call me Aunt Lan. It will be much easier for me when you come. Otherwise, I have to cook and clean all the time, and my waist will break. I have asked Mr. Wei to hire another person to help. He always said he likes to be clean, and it has been delayed until now… But fortunately, now you are here.”

    Aunt Lan was very talkative. When she saw Cheng Chengcheng, she thought he was a down-to-earth young man, so she pulled him along and muttered a lot.

    Cheng Cheng listened to her chat while looking at the three-story duplex apartment. The overall decoration was white in color. There were several abstract oil paintings that he couldn’t understand hanging in the spacious living room. The sofa was meticulously decorated as if no one had ever been a guest. The balcony and the kitchen were at two ends, and a rectangular white marble dining table was placed on one side of the kitchen.There was no coffee table or TV on the first floor. Opposite the sofa was a tall dark cabinet with unknown contents inside.

    The largest proportion of the entire first floor is an elevator. Next to the elevator is a spiral staircase leading to the second floor.

    Cheng Cheng suppressed the weirdness in his heart and saw a young man in a suit walking down.

    “I’m Secretary He, Mr. Cheng. Nice to meet you.” Secretary He nodded towards Cheng Cheng, “Mr. Wei, please come upstairs.”

    It turns out that this is Secretary He. He is so young and seems to have a successful career. Look at himself…

    Cheng Cheng felt another unknown feeling, put down the box and followed Secretary He upstairs.

    The second floor is a bit dark and very quiet. The guest rooms are neatly arranged. There is a room with a larger-looking door at the end. This is a south-facing room.

    It’s the innermost again… What secret does Mr. Wei deliberately hide?

    Seeing that he was a little nervous, Secretary He spoke to him: “Mr. Cheng, your room is on the first floor. I’ll ask Aunt Lan to take you there in a moment. This room at the end is your husband’s room. His situation is a bit special. Please don’t make a fuss when you see him. But judging from your mother’s situation, it shouldn’t be the case.”

    Before Cheng Cheng could think about it, Secretary He opened the door.

    “Ah.” Cheng Cheng had no time to react and still exclaimed a little out of shock.

    The man sitting in the wheelchair leans to the left, leaning back loosely on the back of the chair with a support and a soft pillow behind him. His hands are resting on the armrests of the wheelchair, and his legs are stretched out softly due to low muscle tone.

    What impressed people was his pale and beautiful face with a calm smile, rosy eyes, amber pupils, deep eyebrows, high bridge of nose and slightly upturned lips.

    A beautiful, paralyzed alpha.

    Just now he thought Mr. Wei had some ulterior secret, which was really disrespectful.

    However, the first thing Cheng Cheng reacted to was the familiar brand of wheelchair. He stared blankly at the wheelchair and murmured, “It’s Fit In.”

    This is the brand of wheelchair that he tried his best to buy for his mother. The wheelchair can be controlled by the index finger and thumb. The head, neck, backrest, and footrests can be adjusted by the patient according to the comfort situation. It also has various small functions. However, its price is not affordable by ordinary people.

    After a few seconds, Cheng Cheng heard the cough of the person in the wheelchair, as if he was coughing up phlegm.

    Cheng Cheng rushed over almost out of habit, supported his body, and helped him find a comfortable position to cough up phlegm. He used his other hand to help him move his back strongly.

    Only then did Cheng Cheng remember that the fragile alpha in front of him was Wei Zhi!

    An international movie star who entered the film industry at the age of eighteen, won the best actor award at the age of twenty-six, and suddenly announced his retirement a few months later!

    When Wei Zhi’s coughing stopped, Cheng Chengcai carefully let him lean back on the chair again, suddenly afraid to look directly at him.

    This is a big star who only appears on TV.

    Wei Zhi’s voice was still a little weak, and the corners of his mouth raised in a just right arc: “I must have scared you. Xiao He may not have told you about my situation, because there is a risk of being spread out through any form of text or phone call, so I had to scare you on the spot. I’m really sorry.”

    “It doesn’t matter.” Cheng Cheng originally thought that Mr. Wei was a domineering and stingy upstart, but now it seemed that the situation was completely different from what he thought, and he was a little at a loss.

    “I wasn’t scared. You also know that my mother’s condition is more serious than yours. It’s just that seeing this wheelchair brand brought back memories from the past.”

    Wei Zhi nodded, his face still pale: “Your mother and I are still in different situations. Your mother suffered a spinal cord injury caused by a car accident, while I suffered from neurological tissue lesions caused by viral infection of the brain tissue.”

    Cheng Cheng didn’t understand a little, but still nodded: “I think I’ve heard of it before.”

    “It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand,” Wei Zhi smiled, “You have seen my situation now. If you still agree to marry me, we can find a time to get the certificate. If you regret it, I will also cover your travel expenses there and back. The contract signed before will be deemed invalid.”

    Cheng Cheng saw the lift bed that was one size larger than his mother’s bed in the room, as well as various hanging rings, armrests, and support tools that were convenient for the disabled. He nodded towards Wei Zhi: “I have no regrets.”

    Wei Zhi looked at Cheng Cheng with his head lowered and looked a little sad, pointed to his bed, and joked: “Don’t you think of your mother when you see this?”

    “Ah, absolutely not!” Cheng Cheng’s thoughts were revealed in this way, and his face was as hot as a cooked shrimp.

    He seems to really subconsciously connect Wei Zhi with his mother, which is disrespectful to Wei Zhi, the former actor and his current boss.

    “Then let’s get to know each other again,” Wei Zhi moved his position and tried to straighten his back by leaning on the lumbar support. “Hello, Mr. Cheng Cheng, my name is Wei Zhi, a disabled person who is paralyzed but works hard to live.”

    Hearing the words “live hard”, Cheng Cheng smiled: “Hello, Mr. Wei, my name is Cheng Cheng, an ordinary person who graduated from a college and his parents are poor.”

    Cheng Cheng looked at Wei Zhi’s face and remembered that he and his mother had watched a movie starring Wei Zhi. Now the big star appeared in front of him alive. What a magical thing it was.

    Wei Zhi looked at the time, propped himself up and leaned on the bed with the strength of his arms. His voice was full of exhaustion: “Xiao Cheng, I’m going to take a lunch break now. Let Xiao He and Aunt Lan take you to familiarize yourself with the house. I can talk to you about getting the certificate after I get up, okay?”

    “Okay.” Cheng Cheng touched his nose, walked out of Wei Zhi’s bedroom with Secretary He, and closed the door gently.

    He just called himself Xiaocheng. Although Xiaocheng and Xiaocheng sounded the same, Cheng Cheng felt that Wei Zhi called him “Xiaocheng”.

    Cheng Cheng and Secretary He walked down the stairs side by side, and caught a glimpse of the young alpha with his brows furrowed, holding his phone and replying to some message quickly.

    What a busy day.

    Cheng Cheng suddenly thought of the phone call he had made a few days ago. He was so impatient with Secretary He’s tone and felt guilty for a moment.

    Secretary He quickly ended the WeChat chat with the other party and looked at Cheng Cheng’s strange look: “What can I do for you?”

    “Oh no,” Cheng Cheng was of course embarrassed to say what he was thinking, “Ahem, I’m just curious. Isn’t Mr. Wei a movie star? How could he have a secretary like you?”

    Secretary He sighed: “I came to Mr. Wei four years ago. His star career was already in the past. Although Mr. Wei is very talkative, several of our colleagues dare not ask about his past affairs at will.”

    “You know, when a star like Mr. Wei makes enough money, he will open a small company of his own to do some investment and financial management. I went to work for Mr. Wei after I graduated from graduate school.”

    “That’s it.” Cheng Cheng nodded and felt sorry for Wei Zhi. It seemed that the reason why he left the circle was because of his paralysis.

    Such a handsome and beautiful face, such a cheerful spirit, the golden Mr. Wei in the past is gone forever.

    Secretary He patted Cheng Cheng on the shoulder and made a cheering gesture: “There are some things I shouldn’t say, but because of your… special status, you have to know sooner or later.”

    Secretary He remembered something midway through his words, and looked a little strange: “Also, you don’t have to do what you just did again.”

    “What’s the matter?” Cheng Cheng’s round eyes were filled with confusion.

    “Just…help sir…”

    Cheng Cheng subconsciously thought of helping Wei Zhi cough up phlegm, and the tips of his ears turned red: “I’m sorry, I will control my behavior.”

    Secretary He pulled Cheng Cheng to sit down on the sofa and lowered his voice: “Actually, I know your intentions are good, or it’s just a conditioned reflex. But you see, there are only three caregivers in Mr. Wei’s home plus Aunt Lan. He prefers to do his own thing. I have been working with Mr. Wei for two years, and I have never seen him ask others to help him cough up phlegm.”

    Cheng Cheng blushed and nodded. Fortunately, his skin color was not fair, so it was not obvious.

    He knew that the self-esteem of disabled people is very strong. His mother had been paralyzed for twelve years. At first, he would not even let himself touch her. She would scream if anyone came close to her.

    Don’t say too much, just stop talking.

    Secretary He glanced at the time: “I have work for a while. I’ll ask Aunt Lan to take you to familiarize yourself with the house and Mr. Wei’s living habits. I’ll leave first.”

    “Okay, Secretary He, walk slowly.”

    Cheng Cheng sent him to the elevator door and returned to the ridiculously large room 1102. He stood at the door for a while, feeling a bit unrealistic.

    Will this be my home from now on?

    Cheng Cheng tidied the shoe cabinet at the door.

    People under the eaves have to bow their heads.

    Aunt Lan watched Cheng Cheng tidying up the cabinets and became even more satisfied with Cheng Cheng. She felt that there was something in this kid’s eyes.

    “Xiao Cheng, when it’s two o’clock, you go and wake the husband up. It’s your first day here, so you can get to know him better.”

    “Oh, okay.” Cheng Cheng responded quickly.

    “Now I will show you the room. You can move around as you like before the nurse comes.” Aunt Lan took Cheng Cheng’s arm affectionately and walked into a small room on the left side of the first floor. “This is the bedroom Mr. Wei arranged for you. Although it is not big, it has an independent bathroom.”

    Cheng Chengzai took a closer look at where he would live in the next five years. He signed a five-year contract with Mr. Wei, which will be renewed upon expiration.

    It’s really nice. It’s already bigger than any room he’s ever lived in, and it’s more than three times the size of his group rental.

    Against the wall is a bed of about 1.5 meters, which has been neatly covered with a blue quilt. There is an empty wardrobe standing on the west wall, with the door open for ventilation. There are two pots of green plants on the window sill, a pot of pothos and a pot of spider plant. The leaves are thick and growing very well. There is also a desk in the corner with a layer of dust floating on it, as if it has not been wiped for a long time.

    “Oh, look at my brain, everything has been tidied up, but I forgot to wipe the table.” Aunt Lan wiped a layer of dust with her fingers and hurriedly went to the toilet to get a rag.

    “It’s okay, I’ll do it myself, Aunt Lan, the room is very nice, I like it very much.”

    Cheng Cheng showed his first smile since arriving in Pujiang, a sincere smile with bright white teeth.

    Aunt Lan smiled and said, “As long as you like it. This south-facing room is the best. My husband chose it for you. My room is on the east side and the lighting is not as good as yours.”

    Mr. Wei is so kind. Cheng Cheng’s gratitude is almost overflowing. Mr. Wei is not hiring him for work, he is clearly taking in a homeless man.

    “Aunt Lan, don’t the caregivers live here?” Cheng Cheng mentioned the two caregivers that Secretary He had mentioned.

    Aunt Lan sighed slightly: “No, Mr. Wei won’t let me. A nurse will come to take care of Mr. Wei at eight in the morning, and another nurse will come to take care of Mr. Wei at 2:30 in the afternoon. A rehabilitation therapist will come in the evening.”

    It turns out that this home has to receive a lot of people throughout the day.

    “Aunt Lan, you must be very busy.”

    “No, it’s just that one person is tired of being responsible for the hygiene on the upper and lower floors. This old bone can’t bear it.” Aunt Lan took Cheng Cheng and showed him the remaining rooms. “The third floor is the rehabilitation room and the terrace. I will leave it to you to clean from now on.”

    Cheng Cheng said sincerely: “Aunt Lan, you will be responsible for Mr. Wei’s meals from now on, and leave the hygiene task to me.”

    “That would be great,” Aunt Lan smiled. “Yes, Xiao Cheng, let me remind you, stay in your room from 8 to 10 pm, or go to the community for activities. In short, don’t wander around the house. You don’t want people to see you while you are recovering.”

    Cheng Cheng knew it well and respected all Wei Zhi’s decisions: “No problem.”

    The author has something to say:

    ———————–

    I’ve started a new article. I’ve saved 80,000 articles and will update it every other day. Thank you for your support!Thank you!

    Banxia novel, a lot of fun

    Note