Shen Ran was immersed in the phone call with Lu Shizhou, and didn't notice the decorations under his feet, turned around too quickly, and stumbled, and the whole person almost fell directly to the ground.

Fortunately, she was caught by the visitor's eyes quickly, and she was frightened for a while, and before she could see the person clearly, she blurted out and said thank you.

"You're welcome. A brisk male voice.

Shen Ran had already withdrawn his hand, although the light was dim, but when he looked at it, the more he looked at it, the more familiar he felt this person.

"It's really a noble man who forgets things. The man chuckled.

This low chuckle reminded her of it.

"I'm sorry, I didn't see it clearly. Thank you. Although Shen Ran doesn't beat the drums in her heart, the relationship between this person and Lu Shizhou is relatively special, he is not present, and she doesn't want to have too much intersection with the person in front of her.

"Playing here?" Lu Jingyan asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Yes, then I'll go in first. Shen Ran didn't even want to say hello, and pointed to the box in front of him.

"Mr. Su is also inside, so he doesn't go in to reminisce about the past. ”

When Shen Ran heard this, his face was expressionless, and he raised his eyes to look at the man opposite, only to feel that this sentence was really obstructive.

She didn't say anything, just turned sideways and walked forward.

"Hey, that's no joke. Lu Jingyan's tone was careless, and the expression on his face was even more lazy.

Seeing that Shen Ran didn't look back, he chuckled again, touched his pocket, took out a cigarette, and with a click, the fireworks went out.

Even the temperament is the same, and they can't joke at all, no wonder the two can get together.

At this time, a woman dressed in a bewitching and sexy dress came over, directly pulled the cigarette in his hand, put it to his lips skillfully, took a puff, and spit directly on the man's face.

Lu Jingyan frowned slightly, and there was disgust in his eyes, he raised his hand and swept away the smoke.

"Handsome guy, we don't count as kissing anymore. "The woman thinks that her hand is very charming, at least in this kind of place.

"Get out. The man's tone was close to cold, completely similar to the looseness just now.

The woman thought that he was playing a trick of indulgence, so she became even more bold, leaned over, and the heaving of her chest was almost against his chest. Just when he thought he had succeeded, the smile on the corner of his mouth was about to disperse, but before he could react, the whole person had taken a few steps back, hit the wall on the side, and his shoulder hurt for a while.

This man is really ruthless, and this push has used a lot of force.

Before she could open her mouth to scold, the man had already walked away.

Shen Ran stayed until about half past ten, and the others were still singing happily, not having fun, and it seemed that she was not ready to withdraw without early morning, so she greeted everyone and left early.

She called a Didi, and as soon as she got in the car, she took a screenshot of the details to Lu Shizhou, and soon called over.

"Is it in the car?"

Lu Shizhou was attending a dinner party, received her message, smiled apologetically at everyone at the table, and then got up and walked out to call her.

"Hmm. Shen Ran then asked him, "Are you still busy?"

"It's almost over. Outside the window, thousands of lights were lit up at night, and the night was exceptionally bright, Lu Shizhou's tone was soft and gentle: "I miss you." ”

The man's words can be said to have warmed her heart, "Then you should come back quickly." ”

Shen Ran almost never urged him to do anything, she has always been tolerant and understanding of him, as long as he is busy, she waits quietly, never urging.

However, it was her rare "unreasonableness" that made men's hearts bloom.

"Good. Lu Shizhou's smile deepened.

The place where she sang was not far from Shen Ran's home, and the starting price was there, and Lu Shizhou waited until she got out of the car and entered the house before hanging up the phone.

Shen Ran went to wash up first, while Lu Shizhou returned to the dining table.

The people sitting saw a refreshing smile on the corner of his mouth, and they all turned their eyes to him, everyone is an old acquaintance, how have they ever seen Lu Shizhou, who has always been unsmiling, have such a look, one by one can't help but secretly guess, probably because people are in good spirits on happy occasions, as for this happy event, it is estimated that it is related to the phone call just now.

"What's wrong?" Lu Shi picked up the water glass in front of him, and his eyes swept lightly towards the people who were looking at him.

Everyone: "Nothing, nothing ......"

......

When Shen Ran received a call from Shen Chen, she originally thought it was related to her, but before answering, she had already thought about what might happen in her mind, maybe it was known by Shen's father.

Otherwise, he usually just sends a message for trivial things.

After stabilizing his mind, he pressed the answer button.

"Ranran, come back. The fourth aunt died. ”

This news was like a bolt from the blue, and when she heard the word death, her heart trembled as if she had been hit by something, and her mind was even more blank.

"Isn't it good?" During the Chinese New Year, Shen Ran also went to the Buddhist hall to see her.

"Hey, come back and talk about it. ”

Shen Ran hung up the phone, immediately booked the nearest high-speed rail, asked for a leave, and the ID card was on him, so he didn't even go home, and went directly to the high-speed rail station.

Along the way, all she thought about was the old man, when she was a child, their cousins and sisters liked the fourth aunt back, because every time she came over, she would bring a lot of food, all of which were some vegetarian cakes and other things she made herself, but they were really delicious.

In the early nineties, snacks were indeed scarce for children in the countryside, and the children in S City were relatively better, in this superstitious place, they had to worship God on the first and fifteenth days of the new year, so they had snacks to eat at least twice a month.

Grandma Shen often said that the fourth aunt is amazing. When she was a girl, she was quite prestigious among her peers, she was beautiful, her personality was pungent and righteous, and she was never afraid of things.

Later, when she got married, her life also changed a lot, so the old people in the village always said that this girl who is beautiful and capable is not as good as marrying well.

Later she married the man and went to prison. She pulls her four daughters and a pair of in-laws by herself. When the man was released from prison, the children had grown up, and he thought that good days should come, but he knew that it was the beginning of a nightmare.

The man ate, drank, prostituted and gambled, until later he brought the women outside to the house one after another, and then the fourth aunt returned to the village and lived in the old house with Grandpa Shen and Grandma Shen, which was many years.

Her daughters are all well married and want to take her back, but she doesn't want to. said that she liked to live in the village, Shen Ran was young and didn't understand, but when she grew up, she realized that the girl's time was the most unforgettable and beautiful day in her life.

In those years, she took care of Shen Ran's brothers and sisters more than Shen's mother. She is doing all the housework and everything, and sometimes Shen Ran doesn't want to help her, let them study hard.

After Grandpa Shen died, they also grew up, so the fourth aunt moved to the Buddhist hall to live, and this residence has lived until now.

That's probably what Shen Ran knew, and a lot of it was heard from Grandma Shen.

There are a lot of people who talk about her behind her back, but she never takes it seriously. Shen Ran remembered that in the years when she followed Su Jingyang, she would call her every once in a while, she didn't persuade her to go back like everyone else, she just told her to take good care of herself outside, and from time to time she also enlightened her in turn.

Everyone said that among all the children, Shen Ran looked the most similar to the fourth aunt, but the personalities of the two were too different.

Although she is now in her eighties, Shen Ran feels that her whole mental state is better than that of people in her sixties, and she really can't figure out why she is gone all of a sudden.

When Lu Shizhou called, Shen Ran was already crying so much that he couldn't speak, lying on the table and whimpering silently.

She patronized and cried, and she didn't hear what the man on the other end of the phone said, just a strong mmmmmm

Shen Chen came to pick her up, and the two went back to the village directly. When Shen Ran arrived, there were already people gathered here, probably only for white celebrations, so that everyone could get together, she had already been placed in the alley of the old house, covered with a white cloth, according to the customs here, Shen Ran knelt down and kowtowed a few times under the leadership of Shen's mother.

The whole atmosphere was not sad, bustling with people, sitting and chatting in the courtyard, in their opinion, it was a blessing to be in their eighties and die right.

Shen Ran had already regained his composure, picked up his mobile phone, sent a message to Lu Shizhou to reassure him, put it away, and sat outside with Shen Chen and a few cousins.

"What's going on?" Shen Ran thought for a moment before asking.

"Up, hang. Shen Chen's voice was a little hoarse

"Where?"

"That man's home. ”

Shen Ran felt very incredible after hearing this, she hadn't been back there for many years, how could she run there to do such a thing.

Shen Chen said that when Shen's father arrived, the daughters of the fourth aunt were already there, and the people had already let them go. It's just that they don't say anything one by one, only her youngest woman is crying and making trouble there, saying that things are definitely not so simple, and the other daughters don't say anything because the person is also old, they just want to settle the person.

The youngest daughter is the worst married, she is soft-spoken, and she can't make any splashes.

Father Shen was very angry, as children, they didn't want to find out, in the final analysis, it was because the person was very old, and he didn't want his family to be ugly.

In the end, at his insistence, they agreed that Father Shen would bring the people back to the village.

"We can't do anything else, but Dad said that my aunt had already explained to him that she would come back here in the future. ”

Shen Ran couldn't do anything except feel distressed and unwilling, and in the evening, another farce happened.

The granddaughter of the fourth aunt is crying here, saying that she will get married next month, which will just happen to meet this matter, the man not only did not come, but also said that if the wedding is to be held on time, it will pass now, and you can't attend the funeral, the two things are in conflict, it is very unlucky, if you participate in this funeral, don't get married.

After listening to this, Shen Ran only felt very, how could there be such a thing, I originally thought that they would fight the man to the end, but I didn't expect that the girl finally packed up her things and chose to go to the man's side. When I left, I cried heartbreakingly, saying sorry for my grandmother and something.

Everyone didn't say anything, Shen Ran watched for a while, lay on Shen Chen's body to rest, and didn't want to see them engaging in this so-called life and death parting there.

In addition to dealing with his aunt's aftermath, Shen's father looked at everything else coldly, Shen Ran knew that he was cold, and he was cold to his aunt's daughters and these descendants.

In a place like the countryside, they are even more indifferent to the truth of many things, and everyone has an attitude that more is better than less, anyway, people are gone, they are so old, why do they pursue so many things.

Lu Shizhou's arrival not only shocked Shen Chen and Shen's mother who were in the know, but Shen Ran was also shocked.

Shen Ran originally wanted him to find a hotel to rest first, and then go over to find him when she was busy in the past two days.

"I'll go over, everyone is coming, and if this happens, I should go over too. ”

When Shen Ran heard him say this, how could he not be moved.

So he pulled Shen's mother aside and told her about Lu Shizhou.

"At this time, what is he doing here, really. Although Shen's mother's words were not very good, the expression on her face was not impatient.

Shen Ran pursed his lips and said angrily: "He wasn't worried about me, that's why he rushed over, okay, I know, I just told him to go back." ”

"In the middle of the night, I'll tell your dad to go. Shen's mother glared at her, walked to the yard, and pulled Shen's father to a place where no one was.

Shen Ran also followed.

After hearing this, Father Shen turned around and glanced at Shen Ran standing behind him, and said, "Let him come over." The tone was light, but he didn't seem to be angry.

Shen Ran replied and went to Shen Chen.

"What? I heard you right. Shen Chen was startled when he heard Shen Ran say that he was going to pick up Lu Shizhou.

These people don't play cards according to common sense. suddenly thought that with such a comparison of this afternoon's farce, it was no wonder that Father Shen relented so easily.

"I'll go with you. Shen Ran urged him to hurry up.

"Why didn't he come with you when you came. ”

"He's not in City C, he's from Singapore. ”

Well, it's really a cross of the ocean.

"Brother, sister, where are you going?" Cousin Shen Rui saw that the two of them had already pulled the car door and were about to go in.

"Go pick up someone. Shen Chen replied.

"Can I go along?"

Shen Rui is fifteen years old this year, he likes Shen Chen and Shen Ran two siblings very much, he likes to stick to the two of them when he was a child, although he hasn't seen Shen Ran for many years, but during the New Year, Shen Ran came back, he didn't feel the slightest strangeness, his sister came and went, he was very affectionate, and he was so happy that he pulled her around, and the kind of rebellion and drag in his teenage years was not reflected in him, but it was a bit funny, compared with Shen Chen back then.

Shen Ran nodded and let him get into the car.

"You sit in front. Shen Ran commanded, opened the door of the back seat by himself, and sat directly in.

Shen Rui responded and trotted over. He was not familiar with this fourth aunt, after all, when he was sensible, the fourth aunt had hardly come back, so for him, he couldn't empathize with Shen Ran's feelings with the old man.

It was about an hour's drive from the airport to the village, and Lu Shizhou asked Shen Ran not to come to pick him up, he just took a taxi himself, but Shen Ran didn't let him. The highway intersection is almost in the middle, so the two discussed and met at the highway intersection.

When Shen Ran arrived, Lu Shizhou had not yet arrived. So she stood outside directly and waited, Shen Chen and Shen Rui saw her go out, and in the middle of the night, they also stood outside.

In less than ten minutes, Shen Ran saw a taxi coming in their direction, slowly stopped, and she couldn't wait to run over.

Shen Rui stretched out his head to look forward very curiously, and after a while, he saw a tall man walking out of the car, and his sister, who was originally standing beside him, had already run over, and before he could blink an eye, the two hugged each other.

"Brother, this is my brother-in-law. ”

"You're going to do it. ”

While the two were talking, Shen Ran had already led Lu Shizhou over.

As he approached, Shen Rui saw the appearance of the person clearly, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, his sister is too powerful, the brother in front of him is like a star who came out of TV, in reality, he has never seen such a conspicuous look.

He remembered that his mother always secretly said at home that Shen Ran was deceived by outsiders, and he didn't even want his own parents, and especially told his sister Shen Ya not to be like Shen Ran, it was too embarrassing.

During the Chinese New Year this year, Shen Ran came back alone. His mother said again that Shen Ran was abandoned, anyway, she was disgusted in and out of her words, and she didn't know how many times she emphasized to Shen Ya back and forth, stay away from Shen Ran, don't be led astray by her.

Of course, she was still very polite in front of Shen Ran, and these words were said behind closed doors at home. But Shen Rui doesn't like to hear this, in his heart, Shen Chen and Shen Ran are his role models, he just likes to play with the two of them.

"My cousin, Shen Rui. ”

"Arrow, you can just be his brother Lu. ”

Shen Rui called Brother Lu Shizhou very obediently, and Lu Shizhou patted him on the shoulder in response.

Several people got into the car, Lu Shizhou kept holding her hand, and when he saw her just now, he saw that Shen Ran's whole eyes were swollen, and he was very distressed.

"There are a lot of people over there, and the place is a bit basic. Shen Ran was afraid that he had never seen this kind of scene and would not be comfortable.

"It's fine. Lu Shizhou squeezed her hand and said.

Shen Ran snorted, holding his hand tighter, and suddenly found that when he was there, her whole person was a lot more relieved, and unconsciously, she had gradually relied on this man.

When a few people returned to the old house, it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening, and some people had already gone back, and those present were all relatives of the Shen family.

There was no need for Shen Ran to introduce this occasion, Shen's mother took Shen Ran and Lu Shizhou together, and walked the original ceremony again.

Lu Shizhou is very serious, although his face is a little solemn, but it does not make people feel unapproachable, and the whole person looks very different from his usual business.

Of course, Shen Ran could feel it, because these people present were all her family members, so he also treated them as his own relatives from the bottom of his heart.

Shen Rui's mother saw Shen Rui getting out of the car with them, and when Shen Ran took someone in, she immediately pulled her son aside for questioning.

"Who's that?"

Shen Ya on the side also followed.

"Know that you ask your sister to go. After Shen Rui finished speaking, he quickly dodged away and ran to Shen Chen's side.

Liu Huifang was angry with her son, and she couldn't bear her curiosity.

Shen Ya was also very curious, but Shen Rui didn't say anything, thinking of her mother telling her about Shen Ran's bad behaviors before, this would have thrown her original disdain away from 108,000 miles, but instead she had a little more envy and yearning for Shen Ran.

After all, the man who came with her was really outstanding, and she could see that not only his appearance, but also the clothes he was wearing were all famous brands, and he was not an ordinary person at first glance.

I couldn't help but sigh, I don't know when this kind of thing can happen to me.

Lu Shizhou walked over and said hello to Shen's father, called uncle, Shen's father glanced at him, and with a sound, he asked Shen Ran to take people to the house to rest.

On the other side, Shen's mother has been pulled over by several concubines.