45 Chapter 45
The weather was not good on the day I went to pick up the airport, the forecast said that there was heavy rainfall, and the radio repeatedly reminded me of how strong the wind was when I sat in the taxi. Chen Lou originally planned to take two umbrellas, but later thought that Lu Hening was with his family this time, and most of them went directly to the underground to take a taxi, so there was no need to take an umbrella.
And his clothes today are indeed not suitable for walking outside, the inside is a new white shirt, and the outer coat fabric can't withstand the water. When he put on this dress today, Chen Lou himself was a little stunned, he rarely went out in disregard of temperature and dress, his image and temperament did look good, the only regret was that he had dark circles under his eyes, which looked quite serious.
Thinking of this, Chen Lou glanced at himself from the rearview mirror of the taxi, and the more he looked at it, the more powerful he felt.
There is nothing he can do about this, his work and rest are not very regular, and he can't sleep well when Xiaohui is there, he always feels that her belly looks scary, and he is afraid that he will fall asleep and the other party will have another accident.
This torment lasted until yesterday when Dacheng came to pick up Xiaohui back, the former carrying the smoky smell of Chen Lou's familiar bar, and the latter carrying Chen Lou's most skilled expression of hatred. The little couple inevitably quarreled again, and after another farce of life and death, the evening finally stopped and said goodbye hand in hand.
Chen Lou looked ridiculous, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly went back to bed to make up for sleep after the two left, but he couldn't sleep steadily, and had all kinds of nightmares all night. Chen Lou knew that he saw his past in Xiaohui.
Even that night, he was upset for a while, and while agreeing to Lu Hening to pick up the plane, he also faintly had the idea of empathizing and not falling in love to let Guan Yu die early.
Fortunately, such a thought was fleeting, and he couldn't do it, and he couldn't accept it. It's just that the text message has already been sent, and he doesn't want to go back on his word, so he replied to Lu Hening with a text message with a supplementary explanation, to the effect that he was going to see off his friend, so he happened to be at the airport that day. The subtext is that I didn't go there to pick you up on purpose.
After he finished posting, he was relieved, and when he flipped through his phone again and waited for a reply, he found that he had made a fuss - his first promised message was replied to Guan Yu.
In this way, it seems that Guan Yu asked him if he would eat maca, and he said yes. Lu Hening asked him if you came to pick him up, and he said that he was sending a friend to the airport, and he might be there.
Chen Lou: "......"
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Chen Lou dug two pits for himself, and when he arrived at the airport, he received a text message from Guan Yu, saying that he was going to take a plane in a while, and he would be home at noon if nothing happened. These two days are the peak period for returns, especially the majority of students, half of whom go out to play like Guan Yu, and do not return to school until the last day. Chen Lou didn't quite understand their thoughts, and felt that it was a little unlucky for a person who was about to set off to say words like "no accidents", so he didn't even bother to reply.
Lu Hening's flight arrived on time, and after Chen Lou picked up people in the arrival hall, he also met Lu Hening's best mother.
Mother Ning was holding a square handbag on her arm, wearing a well-textured woolen skirt, with delicate facial features and proper maintenance, which was indeed very classical. It's just that his attitude is a little contemptuous, Chen Lou found that when he was calling his aunt, the angle at which the latter raised his eyes was very subtle, a bit condescending.
Ning Shan had already greeted Chen Lou with a smile, and made a grimace at Chen Lou from an angle that her mother didn't see, obviously dissatisfied with her mother's approach.
Lu Hening was also very sorry, and after a few steps forward together, they pulled down Chen Lou's arm, and the two of them deliberately slowed down two steps and fell behind.
The luggage was piled up on the luggage cart, Lu Hening pushed it, and Chen Lou turned his face to the side and counted it, four big ones, and two mini ones on the top. plus the two pushed in Ning Shan's hands in front of her, not only a little surprised: "You have so much luggage? ”
Lu Hening smiled, looking a little helpless: "Otherwise, please come and help, I'm really struggling alone." He raised his head and gestured in Ning Shan's direction and said, "My and Shanshan's things are in the two boxes in her hand, and these are my mother's." ”
When he said this, he saw Chen Lou's eyes widen, and he couldn't help laughing: "I think it's an exaggeration, in fact, to tell you, I used to go out like this, as long as it is a trip of more than three days, as long as I need two boxes of luggage to be enough." ”
"Why do you need so much?" Chen Lou was stunned.
"Clothes, daily clothes, from underwear to jackets, matching shoes, carry-on bags, sometimes you have to take into account the weather conditions, the occasion you attend, the taste of the people around you, at least one a day, and you can't put a piece of dirty clean. In addition to this, there are styling gels, perfumes, sprays ......"
Chen Lou's mouth opened wider and wider, and Lu Hening smiled: "The flies are about to fly in." ”
Chen Lou: "......" He silently closed his mouth, paused and asked: "Then according to your previous habits, you have to go out for more than ten days this time, how much luggage do you have to bring?" ”
"This is not possible," Lu Hening said: "Especially when I go to a relative's house, I usually take half of it and buy half of it, and when I go out shopping with them over there, I buy a new product together, and then I buy a suitcase when I can't wear it after I buy it, and sometimes when I go to two and come back, it becomes four." He smiled and said, "So this time my mother is not happy, and thinks I am ashamed of her." ”
"Why bother," Chen Lou didn't understand, and after motioning for him to give the car to himself, he said, "It's all your own money." ”
"Yes, but I understand the truth, but it's a bit difficult to change," Lu Hening watched him take the car, paused and explained: "The people I contacted before ...... It's all like that, but they have the capital, and I don't, so in comparison, I'm actually a swollen face and a fat man. Shanshan also complained about this before, but she was soft-natured, and she was afraid that I would be too careful. ”
Chen Lou nodded: "She is indeed a good sister." ”
"Well," Lu Hening smiled slightly, "It's also thanks to her that she met you, otherwise I'd still be obsessed with it now." ”
"What does this have to do with me," Chen Lou said, "It's you who want to change." ”
"It's still very difficult without you," Lu Hening tilted his head and thought for a while, looked at him and said: "For example, I used to be like an ordinary girl, even with small eyes and a bulging mouth, but once after putting on makeup, my image and temperament were turned upside down, and the people around me were full of praise, praising me every day for being a beauty." I may think it's a surprise for a day or two, but after a long time, I feel that those compliments are addictive, I can't live without makeup, and I'm not me at all without makeup. ”
"And then," Chen Lou was happy when he heard his analogy: "Then one day you found another me with small eyes and a pockmarked face, and you woke up?" ”
Lu Hening opened his mouth, only to realize that his analogy was not appropriate.
The two of them couldn't help but smile at each other for a while, Mother Ning and Ning Shan had already gone, Lu Hening was rarely embarrassed, and said, "Wait a minute, I want to think about how to make a circle." ”
"No need to be round, I know what you mean," Chen Lou smiled, "Anyway, it's a good thing." ”
The two of them talked and laughed when they arrived at the taxi queue, and Ning's mother and Ning Shan were at the front, separated from them by a few people. Ning Shan hurriedly waved her hand after seeing Lu Hening coming over, motioning for him to divide a box and go over.
Chen Lou waited in line at the back, and couldn't help but ask after watching Ning Shan's car drive away, "What did you two just mutter?" ”
Ning Shan pointed at him just now, and he didn't know what to say to Lu Hening, so the latter also glanced at him, turned around and slapped Ning Shan.
Lu Hening smiled, glanced at him and said, "She asked me to ask, are you dressed like this today to send a friend or to pick me up." ”
After he finished speaking, he stared at Chen Lou's face with interest, Chen Lou sighed, turned his face away and said, "Of course, it's to send a friend, and if you pick up something, you will work hard and change into new clothes." ”
"Sounds very reasonable," Lu Hening said with a smile: "Is it the friend who cooked for you on Chinese New Year's Eve?" He looked at Chen Lou and was slightly stunned, and added, "It's interesting to talk." ”
Chen Lou's heart jumped, and then he remembered Guan Yu's stupid reply that day, if this matter was replaced by someone else, it might be a joke and laughed. But Lu Hening was thoughtful, and he didn't say anything else, at least he figured out his orientation.
Thinking of this, he inevitably remembered Guan Yu again.
About that day, his reply exceeded the latter's expectations, and he found himself a little depressed after making an oolong, so he turned off the phone and went back to sleep. When I turned on the next day, I received four or five messages in a row, all of which were sent early in the morning. There are follow-ups such as "I heard that maca can aphrodisiac, should I buy you more to go back", and there are also nonsense such as "Have you eaten breakfast" and "What is the weather like these days".
Chen Lou is not completely ruthless, from the beginning, every time Guan Yu showed favor and weakness, he was hooking up the few memories he had before.
Then he realized that his memory was about to go wrong. In fact, it's not too serious, for example, Guan Yu's behavior of posting photos every day makes him feel very familiar, and the vague emotions are also very touching, but after thinking about it, he found that he didn't remember having such an experience. Things like this have happened again before, Chen Lou didn't care about it at first, but when he tried to think about it in the past few days, he found it difficult.
He really can't remember.
Chen Lou quickly gave up. He felt that no matter what happened in the past, now, soft-heartedness towards Guan Yu is the most undesirable emotion.
It's hard to say which of the two of them is the one trapped in the past, Chen Lou remembers that there was once a very famous four-panel comic, one person hugged a cactus, and then left with thorns and wounds all over his body, and then the second person came over to hug and stood happily with the cactus without thorns.
That cartoon has caused all kinds of controversy on the Internet, which has spawned different forms of chicken soup for the soul and love sentences. At that time, Chen Lou still felt that the one who left with thorns was too stupid, and left the good things for the next one in vain. But now that he was seated, he realized that it was far more difficult to turn back than to leave.
The sky gradually darkened, and I didn't drive far from the airport before the bean-sized raindrops fell down. The air quickly became a little muffled, and visibility on the road was low.
Chen Lou has been silent since he got in the car, Lu Hening looked at his expression from the rearview mirror, and felt that for a moment, Chen Lou was full of worries, and he was far away from this world.
That look is a little erratic, whether it is looking out the window or the curvature of the corners of the mouth, there is a little inexplicable melancholy. He coughed lightly, trying to distract him, when he heard a news interlude in the love song that was playing in the taxi.
“…… The approach bridge of Changshui Airport in Kunming, Yunnan Province collapsed......"
Chen Lou's gaze quickly retracted, and then his pupils seemed to dilate rapidly in an instant, Lu Hening was in a trance, and when he looked again, he found that the latter's expression seemed to be very normal, but his face was very pale, and the words he suddenly spit out were also surprising.
"Master," Chen Lou said, "Please pull over and I'll get out of the car." ”