There was a book at the head of the bed, he stared at it for a long time, and finally leaned over to take a look, it was Hugo's "Les Miserables", he had already seen the middle position, he flipped through it casually, and found that there were some annotations on each page, some were just a few sentences, and some were dense, but most of the annotations had nothing to do with the content.

The annotation on this page reads: The world is not worth it, but the world is beautiful.

Very delicate handwriting.

He couldn't help but turn a few pages forward, and one page read: Dense houses, like lurking wolves, cities without streets, there is no direction to retreat.

After being silent for a long time, he couldn't help but continue to flip forward, looking carefully at the annotations, some of the words came from various famous works, some of the words seemed to be some essays or feelings, some were only half written, and even half of a word was left, as if the person who wrote the pen gave up halfway through writing, and some of the handwriting was very messy, which shows that the person who wrote was not in a good mood at the time, and writing these annotations was more like a kind of venting and release.

The first page reads: We strive to live so that we do not die in the dark.

Shi Jing gently rubbed the handwriting on the paper with his hand, and there was an indescribable feeling for a while.

He seemed to see something very similar to him in these messy annotations.

Si Qi said that he could start the meal in ten minutes, and sure enough, as soon as the time came, the sound of Si Xiaojun volunteering to ask him to eat came from outside the door, and he quickly closed the book and put it back on the bedside.

As soon as he sat back, Si Xiaojun pushed the door and came in, and called him in a small voice: "Uncle, you can eat!"

Shi Jing took a deep breath and got up to go out.

In just forty minutes, Zhang Xingmei made nine dishes and one soup, almost couldn't even put the table, each dish was very exquisite, and the taste was quite good, Si Qi said that the people of the Si family don't like to talk at the dinner table very much, which is true, but Zhang Xingmei is still extremely enthusiastic, and frequently gives Shi Jing vegetables soup, eager to pile all the dishes on the table into Shi Jing's bowl, fortunately, although Shi Jing eats slowly, he has almost eaten them all.

After the meal, Si Qi was coaxed and pushed to the kitchen to clean up the aftermath.

Zhang Xingmei made a cup of tea and handed it to Shi Jing, sat on the side with a smile, and couldn't help it after barely taking two sips of tea, "Hours, what are your plans? Don't blame me for being a mother, you are no longer young, and it's time to think about the future." After a pause, she added: "I know that parents shouldn't care too much now, but I'm just such a girl, she is always floating like this, and I don't feel good." ”

As she spoke, she also sighed and wiped the corners of her eyes sadly, but through her fingers, her eyes quietly looked at her good son-in-law's expression.

Shi Jing's hand holding the tea paused slightly, thinking of the conversation in the kitchen, thinking of the bits and pieces of Liao Liao's two times with Si Qi, his brain suddenly became hot, and he blurted out: "I... I listen to you..."

As soon as the words came out, he immediately regretted it, he knew what these words meant to Zhang Xingmei, who had been looking forward to his daughter getting married as soon as possible, and he also knew what these words meant to Si Qi, but he didn't know why he suddenly came up with such a sentence, so when he came back to his senses, he felt that he was really contemptible, obviously just a lonely walker huddled in the dark, and he still faintly hoped for the light.

He......

"Listen to me, this really listens to me?" Zhang Xingmei's eyes immediately lit up when she heard this, her eyes didn't wipe her eyes, she didn't drink any more tea, she leaned out, looked at the kitchen, and saw that Si Qi was busy cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, so she hurriedly approached, lowered her voice and said: "You have known each other for more than a year, I think if you think you are suitable for each other, then settle down, how convenient it is to get married now, the Civil Affairs Bureau will be over after a trip, and it doesn't matter if the wedding will be held later, what do you think?"

Shi Jing looked at her, his eyes blinked, his pupils turned rapidly, but he didn't dare to look at it directly, and the good word on the tip of his tongue was almost blurted out, but he was suppressed by his only remaining reason.

"Silence is equivalent to agree, I think tomorrow is a good day, why don't you go and get the certificate tomorrow!" Zhang Xingmei saw that he was silent, and became excited again, and decisively made a decision for him.

Shi Jing: "... This can... Is that okay...?"

"Absolutely. Zhang Xingmei made a final decision: "Si Qi's account book is in her hand." ”

Shi Jing: "......"

"Mom, are you too anxious?" Si Qi saw that her mother took her to the kitchen, so she knew that something was wrong, and quickly stuffed the bowl into the sink and ran out to put out the fire, but she didn't expect the fire to spread too fast, it was already smoking, and she was busy pouring cold water: "Didn't we just say it, I already have a plan with Shi Jing about this matter, don't you follow the urging? This is one set in person, and one set behind it is not like Ms. Zhang's usual style!"

"What is one set in front of you, one set on the back, what nonsense?" Zhang Xingmei saw that Si Qi came out so quickly, and suddenly felt that she had fallen behind, and she couldn't help but be angry, and it was not good to have a seizure in person, so she had to snort angrily: "People always said to listen to me when they were young, it's you who are procrastinating, are you my own daughter, if it weren't for raising you for so many years and spending a lot of food, I really want to throw you on the street and come back with a girl." ”

"Grandma, the girl you picked up on the street must be someone else's family, and it will definitely be more of a headache to pick it up. Si Xiaojun leaned over with a small dishwashing glove and added.

Si Qi couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly slapped the messy "pro" son back to the kitchen to continue to do coolies, and walked over and said with a smile: "Otherwise, let's go for a paternity test tomorrow, maybe we hugged the wrong one in the hospital." ”

"You dead child, talk nonsense. Zhang Xingmei was amused again, and felt that it was wrong halfway through the laughter, so she quickly straightened her face, glanced at Shi Jing, and then at Si Qi, and said: "Anyway, I am very, extremely and very satisfied with the hour, and you can do the rest by yourself." ”

Seeing that my mother said three adverbs in a row to describe her attitude towards Shi Jing, she couldn't help laughing, it seems that this business is really not bad, Mo Wenqing really has a vision.

Taking advantage of the gap when his mother lowered her head to serve tea, Si Qi secretly made an OK gesture at Shi Jing.

After drinking a cup of tea, Zhang Xingmei casually said a few words of greetings and understanding, although Shi Jing spoke very slowly, and his eyes were slightly uncertain, but he also had to answer questions, and tried his best to make the guests and hosts happy, for his floating eyes, Zhang Xingmei didn't go to her heart at all, but felt that Shi Jing was very polite, very in line with her expectations for her future son-in-law, with the expression of a prospective mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, Shi Jing couldn't resist it at all, and the hand holding the teacup kept rubbing the cup.

Seeing this, Si Qi hurriedly got up and said, "Mom, I still have something to do with Shi Jing, you help me take a look at Xiaojun, he will do his homework by himself." ”

Zhang Xingmei frowned, and was almost about to cross her waist and roar: "What do you want to instruct Xiao to do for you?"

"That's... We... What... I made an appointment to eat..."Si Qi was yelled at by Zhang Xingmei, and his tongue was almost knotted in one sentence, almost exhausted, "I will come back sooner, the room has been opened for you, or the hotel at the door, Xiaojun can take him out for a walk after finishing his homework, and go through the check-in procedures first." After a pause, she asked again, "By the way, how many days do you plan to stay in Jincheng?"

"I will be in the car at noon tomorrow, how can I stay for a few days!" Zhang Xingmei looked at Shi Jing again after speaking, and said very attentively: "Hours, my old man has not been in good health recently, and I can't stay in Jincheng for a long time, so you must go to our hometown with Xiaoqi to live in our hometown for a few days on National Day, can it be done?"

"Hmm... Okay..."Shi Jing nodded and agreed in one gulp.

"You're still obedient. Zhang Xingmei really put her mind at ease now, and glanced at her son-in-law several times before glaring at her daughter: "I'm waiting for someone at home on National Day, do you hear?"

Si Qi nodded like pounding garlic.

"Okay, since you've made an appointment, let's go out quickly, don't make your friends wait for a long time. Zhang Xingmei waved her hand, turned her head and looked at Shi Jing with a pleasant face, "Hours, you usually have to pay attention to your body, when you and Xiaoqi go home, I will make you something to eat. ”

"Mom, don't recommend our little mountain town. Si Qi picked up his mobile phone and went straight to the door, and yelled at Shi Jing: "Let's go!"

Shi Jing immediately put the teacup aside, then stood up, and bowed his head slightly, "Okay, Mom... Mom...", he bent down slightly, and then followed.

Waiting for the door lock behind him to "click" and collide, isolating Zhang Xingmei's scorching sight on the other side, Si Qicai leaned against the wall as if he was in collapse, scratched his hair indiscriminately, and smiled bitterly at Shi Jing, with a kind of excitement for the rest of his life: "It's finally done, my head is going to be dizzy, are you okay?" After a pause, she couldn't help but add: "This year's mother is getting more and more difficult to bring." ”

Shi Jing felt the same way, but nodded unconsciously, and the nerves that had been collapsed for most of the day were also relaxed, although Si Qi's arrangement had taken great care of him, but unconsciously, he still broke out in a cold sweat, and the neurons in his whole body had been highly tense, like a tightened bow, and now he suddenly loosened down, and suddenly danced the pole dance again, he paused at the door for three seconds before he dared to move his legs slightly.

The two walked down the stairwell, Si Qi walked in front, Shi Jing followed silently, both of them were silent, and the quiet and dark environment made him a little fluctuating for a while.

For more than ten years, this is the first time he has been so "stable" with strangers, although the process is a little unspeakably painful and depressing, but the fear that hurts into the bone marrow and makes him anxious and wants to disappear in place is the first time that it has not knocked him down.

Looking back now, he couldn't believe that he could eat at the same table with a complete stranger, and even have a good conversation, he looked up at the voice-activated lights that were bright and dark, and looked at Si Qi's thin and thin back, and suddenly had a sudden feeling that his fate had fallen to the bottom and finally began to pick up.

The two of them went one after the other, quiet but not embarrassed.