01: When we meet again after eight years, you have become my brother.
It's been eight years, how many times has Cheng Manyue dreamed back at midnight, dreamed of that clear face, and fantasized about the scene of their reunion countless times......
She had always felt that God owed him an account......
She has also been steadfast in her belief that they will definitely meet again......
Eight years ago, at the age of seventeen, the boy fulfilled almost all the fantasies of love in her girlhood, gave her one of the most unforgettable memories of her life, and then, without warning, a text message from him: "Let's break up." From then on, it was as if that person had never appeared in her life, and she could not be found anywhere.
Today, Cheng Manyue is twenty-five years old and in her third year of graduate school at the best art school in the country.
This is also when she was seventeen years old, she told him that she must be admitted to the best art school in the country, at that time, he looked at her eyes, full of admiration and love.
And today, on this sunny and ordinary afternoon, he sat in front of her, in a suit and leather shoes, sitting upright, next to his personable father.
"Full moon, this is your night uncle, this is his son, called Night Xinghe, in the future, we will be a family, he is one year older than you, and he will be your brother in the future. Cheng Manyue's mother, Lin Fanghua, sat beside her and introduced gently.
Cheng Manyue's brain was blank, she fantasized that they would meet again, maybe he was married, maybe he had become a big-bellied uncle, maybe they could laugh calmly and say that they were all young and ignorant, as long as they saw him again and asked him why they broke up in the first place, even if it was just not love, it would be an explanation.
At that time, Cheng Manyue was so stubborn and proud, even his sentence "Let's break up." Cheng Manyue felt that the reason for asking was an entanglement that hurt his self-esteem, and immediately replied: "Okay." There has been no news since.
Now, Cheng Manyue has grown up, dissected herself, and realized that the so-called self-esteem at that time was nothing more than a humble inferiority complex in front of the dazzling him, and even broke up and tried to maintain her free and easy image, afraid that entanglement would make the other party feel bored with herself, or rather, she thought it was a tentative joke, and she never thought that the boy who was full of her eyes really disappeared, leaving her with only an eight-year regret.
"Hello. Ye Xinghe raised his eyelids and glanced at Cheng Manyue expressionlessly, as if he didn't know her at all.
"Oh, hello. Cheng Manyue should be peaceful.
He has not become a big-bellied uncle, he is still as handsome as when he was young, with a high nose bridge, slender eyes, a resolute jawline, sitting opposite in a straight black suit, he has retreated from his youthful childishness, he has become a mature man.
Seeing that the night star river was still so dazzling, Cheng Manyue felt a little unwilling in her heart, she would rather the years be a pig-killing knife, so that she would be so dead, but he is still the same as when he was a teenager, exuding the charm that makes all girls scream, or in other words, now he is more charming.
That year, when he saw her, he was always full of smiles, the corners of his mouth were grinning, and he laughed badly, and in front of the whole class, he hugged Cheng Manyue's shoulder and said, "Cheng Manyue is mine, don't rob me!"
And now, he is so cold that people can't get close, so calm that there is no trace of waves on his face.
"Full moon, Mom and your Uncle Night, plan to form a family, and have a companion when you are old, I hope you can support and bless Mom!" Lin Fanghua said with tears in her eyes.
"Of course, Mom, you can find happiness, I'm really happy for you, after so many years, you should have someone to rely on, I know how hard you work alone, now that I'm graduating soon, you should also enjoy Qingfu. Cheng Manyue said sensibly.
Ye Sheng Ming is three years older than Lin Fanghua, and today, Cheng Manyue learned that his mother's boyfriend turned out to be the chairman of Ming Ye Group.
"Full moon, Uncle knows that when you were twelve years old, your father died in the line of duty for saving people and fires, and he was a hero, and I admire him. Your mother hasn't looked for a partner for so many years, just because I'm afraid that my stepfather will treat you badly, I hit it off with your mother at first sight, and I'm also seriously dating, my uncle has no daughter, and I always wanted to have a daughter before, but in that era, family planning was not allowed to have a second child. Xinghe's mother, he also passed away eight years ago, and Uncle Ye's heart has been lonely for so many years. In the future, I will definitely treat you as my own daughter, I didn't want to replace your father, I just want you to know that you two can rely on me in the future. Ye Sheng Ming said sincerely.
"Thank you, Uncle Night. Cheng Manyue was very moved, and he could hear that Uncle Ye was telling the truth, he had always cared about her expression, for fear that Manyue would have an opposing look. Cheng Manyue was very happy for her mother in her heart.
Every time Cheng Manyue thought of the fire, he had palpitations.
When she was in the sixth grade of primary school, she and her friends came home from school, and an entire unit of a building in a community was on fire, and the natural gas exploded, and the flames soared into the sky, and the cries for help and cries were constantly heard from inside.
Cheng Manyue's father, as a firefighter, braved the raging fire to go through the window, and when the explosion occurred, he threw a little boy from the window on the third floor, but he fell into the fire forever. That day, twelve-year-old Cheng Manyue witnessed the whole explosion, and after his father was carried out, his whole body was scorched.
The unit sent pennants and medals, and issued a pension to Lin Fanghua, and the little boy's family came to thank him many times and stuffed Lin Fanghua with a lot of money, but Lin Fanghua politely refused. But only Cheng Manyue knows how long her mother has been crying at home in front of her father's portrait.
Later, many people were afraid to live in the residential building that caught fire, and the little boy's family moved away and completely lost contact.
Until one day, when Cheng Manyue wrapped the worn shoes with tape, Lin Fanghua saw her, Lin Fanghua hugged her and cried, and kept saying sorry, since then, Lin Fanghua has become an invincible mother again.
Cheng Manyue has been studying very well and has never let her mother worry about it. Lin Fanghua works as an attending physician in the hospital in their county, and the two people in the family live a simple and clean life, rely on each other, and the relationship between mother and daughter has always been very good. Lin Fanghua did not put all her hope and pressure on the full moon, she has seen many cases of mothers who have harmed their children, she has always supported the full moon's hobbies and decisions, but there is only one, you can't fall in love early, you must be admitted to college.
Cheng Manyue knows that in a single-parent family, it is too rare for a mother to be so democratic, and the night star river is the only secret between her and her mother.
Admitted to college, before leaving that town, in the six years that my mother was alone, it was not that no man had pursued her mother, and even an unmarried middle-aged man with good conditions did not dislike her with a daughter, and had been pursuing Lin Fanghua, but Lin Fanghua refused, she was afraid that her stepfather would not be good for the full moon, in the hospital, she had treated the child who was invaded by her stepfather's apricot, she was shocked, and secretly decided in her heart that she would resolutely not marry before the full moon became an adult. She sacrificed her happiness for the sake of the full moon's growth.
After being admitted to university, Lin Fanghua came to the capital with the full moon and went to a private hospital to work as a doctor. After another seven years, Cheng Manyue graduated from his bachelor's degree and was guaranteed research, and after today's defense, he received a call from his mother, hoping that she could meet Ye Shengming.
Ye Shengming was in the hospital, in the face of Lin Fanghua's meticulous care, he had feelings for her, the two had been dating for more than half a year, Ye Shengming couldn't do without her, Lin Fanghua has always been afraid, remarrying at this age, their respective children will not understand, and Ye Shengming, a man with status, the little girls in their twenties around him are trying their best to marry in, Lin Fanghua has no confidence in his heart, but he didn't expect that Ye Shengming had true feelings for her and sincerely proposed to her.
At this age, she can meet love again, Lin Fanghua wants to discuss with Cheng Manyue and get her support. Unexpectedly, when Cheng Manyue learned that her mother had a boyfriend, she hugged her mother happily, she was really happy for her mother, and Lin Fanghua cried at that time.
"You see, one of you is called Xinghe and the other is called Full Moon, and these names are so clever that they are like brothers and sisters. Mom said happily.
Cheng Manyue nodded, unnaturally picked up the water cup and took a sip of water.
Mom found happiness in the second half of her life, and she also had a high-quality father and brother, what a good thing......
It's just that if only she had never known the Night Star......
"Full moon, this is a gift from your uncle. Ye Sheng Ming pushed a small box over.
Lin Fanghua didn't expect Ye Shengming to prepare a gift intimately, and glanced at Ye Shengming gratefully.
Cheng Manyue carefully unwrapped the beautifully wrapped ribbon and found that it contained a key and a black bank card.
"Well, I bought you a 200-square-meter duplex apartment in that building, I heard that you are about to graduate from graduate school, and you are about to work, so you can't rent a house to live, this is a little bit of uncle's heart. In the villa in the third ring road, I also left you a south-facing bedroom, after eating, we can go and see, you can arrange it as you like, and in the future, go home or live in an apartment, wherever you live. This card is used as pocket money given to you by your uncle, and you can swipe it as you like. ”
Cheng Manyue and Lin Fanghua were stunned, looking from the floor-to-ceiling windows of this high-end restaurant, they could also see the landmark building in the city center, Ye Shengming's meeting gift, it was as easy as giving a doll to give a 200-square-meter apartment, Cheng Manyue looked at Ye Shengming with a blank face.
"Uncle, this is not good, this is too valuable, I can't take anything I say. Cheng Manyue pushed the box back.
"Yes, why didn't you discuss it with me in advance, you sent the house this time, you scared me, this can't be collected, the money I saved for the full moon is enough to pay a down payment in the suburbs, even if she gets married in the future, even if she quarrels with her husband, she has her own nest, I plan it for her, you take this back, and we will receive it." Lin Fanghua said.
"This is a piece of my heart, Full Moon, if you don't accept it, are you dissatisfied with my future father?" Ye Sheng Ming said.
"No, no, Uncle Night, this really can't be accepted. ”
The three of you push and I push, only Ye Xinghe looked indifferent.
Suddenly, he sighed, raised his eyelids to look at Cheng Manyue and said, "Take it." ”
Ye Shengming glanced at his son and nodded with satisfaction. He knew that his son had passed the level.
Before this, Ye Xinghe had always disagreed with him to remarry, and always felt that the women around him were all for his money, until he saw Lin Fanghua for the first time, and was surprised that his father found a peer, Lin Fanghua was elegant and gentle, and the loving temperament of a good wife and mother touched Ye Xinghe, so he didn't say anything more, until today, seeing that Lin Fanghua said that he would not accept this house, he finally sighed that this time his father did not see the wrong person.
In fact, when he saw Cheng Manyue walking into the restaurant, he was surprised by such a coincidence, he knew that Lin Fanghua was a great mother, in the past, Cheng Manyue often mentioned that she had a good mother, which made him very envious, but he never thought that his father remarried and found the future mother-in-law who he had wanted to visit countless times to please him.
In the vast sea of people, why is it her......
It's been eight years, and they've all left that town and reunited in this way in this metropolis.
God is really ridiculous, this is not acting in a bloody TV series!" Ye Xinghe thought to himself.
But just like that, seeing Cheng Manyue sitting opposite him, Ye Xinghe struggled to control his emotions, and various pictures of the past and possible future flashed in his mind.
If you stop this marriage, you will sacrifice your father's happiness, and if you don't stop it, you will live under the same roof with Cheng Manyue in the future, which means that your first girlfriend will become her sister.
Facing Ye Xinghe's sudden voice, Cheng Manyue was also surprised, this house is not a small amount, Cheng Manyue calculated that even if he won the first prize of five two-color balls, he may not be able to afford it. Even if the future is a family, such a valuable gift will make Cheng Manyue feel pressure, if the future mother is unhappy in the night house, Cheng Manyue can't let her mother be criticized by others for marrying in for money and suffering this grievance, she and her mother are ambitious, even if they marry into a wealthy family, it is not the money of this family.
However, to his surprise, the 17-year-old Ye Xinghe didn't look like a rich second generation at all, he transferred to Cheng Manyue's class, and he looked like a clean teenager with a good tutor.
"Uncle Night, I am really touched by your heart, but I am a girl, I have such a big house, in fact, I don't need it at all, not to mention, I don't have a real home in the future, I have experienced the lively atmosphere of the family for a long time, I am looking forward to reliving the warmth of the family with you and my brother." If you really want to give me a greeting gift, ...... Just send ......" Cheng Manyue thought for a while and said, "Just give me the set of paint brushes that I have always wanted to buy but are reluctant to buy!"
"Hahaha!" Ye Sheng Ming laughed heartily and said, "Is that all?"
"That's tens of thousands!" Cheng Manyue gestured so loudly that even the night Xinghe couldn't help but laugh. This is the first time since he sat down that he has an expression.
Cheng Manyue hasn't changed at all, her personality is still so straightforward, it seems that eight years have not left any traces on them, it seems that the 17-year-old spring breeze was blowing yesterday.
"Then buy all the paint brushes you want!"
"Thank you, Uncle!!"