Bai Shutong's grandfather is a retired professor of Jiangcheng University and lives in the staff building of Jiangcheng University. The staff building was built for a long time, because the house was old, and the smell of dampness and decay was inevitably sprinkled in the rainy day, which made Bai Shutong upset and depressed.

Fortunately, when the door was opened, the scene in the room was quite harmonious, and Bai Shutong breathed a sigh of relief, and barely squeezed out a smile on his face.

Grandpa heard the movement at the door, came out of the study, and greeted with a smile: "Tongtong is back." ”

Grandma also poked her head out of the kitchen when she heard the noise, and busily beckoned Bai Shutong to wash her hands and eat fruit.

No matter how bad the weather was outside, my grandparents' house was always warm.

Bai Shutong put down the bag, sat next to his grandfather and roasted his hands in front of the warm fan for a while, and chatted with his grandfather about the recent situation of Jiangcheng University for a while, and then went to the kitchen to help his grandmother.

Grandma is different from grandpa, and what she is worried about is Bai Shutong's lifelong event. The old lady inquired about Bai Shutong's recent situation while cooking, and learned that the School of Science had many new young teachers this year, so she couldn't help but be interested.

Bai Shutong was eating cherry tomatoes, thinking about what he was doing downstairs just now, although he was absent-minded, he still heard the clues in his grandmother's words. She hurriedly fed the cherry tomatoes in her hand to her grandmother's mouth, and rubbed beside her again: "Grandma doesn't bother me, right?" How do you blast me out? ”

Grandma smiled, stretched out her hand and scraped Bai Shutong's nose: "You, if you don't fall in love again, you will really follow the fruit." ”

Bai Shutong was stunned for a moment, looked down at the cherry tomatoes in his hand, and then suddenly realized, and couldn't help but snort coquettishly: "Grandma-"

Grandma looked at it and laughed, "Go and see the bracelet I bought for you, it's in the storage room." Grandma said, smiling mysteriously and adding, "That's garnet." ”

Garnet, red in color, peach blossoms.

Bai Shutong was speechless, but still went to the storage room as he said.

The storage room was at the end of the hallway, and it was dark and cold. Bai Shutong turned on the light, the room lit up, and at a glance he saw the jewelry box on the table. She walked over and picked up the box, opened it, and saw the red bracelet inside.

Bai Shutong is already white-skinned, and wearing a bracelet makes her wrist slender and white. Not to mention whether it can attract peach blossoms, it looks really beautiful.

Bai Shutong smiled, withdrew his hand, and his eyes fell on the photo placed behind the table.

The photograph is in black and white with a dignified black border. Because of its age, the photo with a white background has turned a little yellow, and the glass frame of the photo is also covered with a light layer of floating ash.

Bai Shutong hesitated, stretched out his hand to wipe off the dust, and the appearance of the woman in the photo gradually became clear. Her temperament is gentle and simple, and even her smile is vague. Bai Shutong looked at her, but Fang Xian thought of her mind.

She sighed slowly, and after exhaling her breath, she felt weak.

Her mother's voice and smile had become blurred in Bai Shutong's mind, and in the end, all she could recall was this photo with no temperature and no love. In addition to her, my grandparents are probably the same, not forgetting, but trying their best to avoid and dilute the heart-wrenching memory of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man. What about Bai Chongde? Has he forgotten the mother who once shared hardships with him, and instead missed the young and beautiful Fang Xian?

Bai Shutong glanced at his mother's last photo again, turned off the light and withdrew from the storage room.

It's been fifteen years, and it's not the same anymore, but she can only stay in that square black frame forever, responding to the world with the same smile-

Bai Shutong came out of the storage room, and when he passed by the living room, he found that Bai Chongde had also come up.

Bai Chongde was sitting in the living room with his grandfather at this moment, with large and small gift bags piled up on the coffee table. Grandpa was wearing reading glasses and looking at the small words on the tin jar, and Bai Chongde introduced on the side: "Dad, this is Ganoderma lucidum spore powder, which is good for your body......"

The grandfather nodded frequently with his glasses, and seemed to be very pleased with his son-in-law's filial piety.

His mother has passed away for many years, and Bai Chongde still treats his grandparents as before, which is something that makes Bai Shutong moved. But when he thought of the woman in the car just now, who was completely different from his mother, Bai Shutong felt awkward in his heart. She glanced at Bai Chongde, and the word "Dad" was on her lips, but she couldn't shout anything.

Bai Chongde knew that his daughter was angry, and a trace of embarrassment couldn't help but appear on his face, and he also looked like he wanted to say something.

This little suspicion between father and daughter didn't seem to escape my grandfather's faint old eyes, my grandfather took off his glasses, squinted at Bai Shutong, and asked, "What's wrong with the girl?" Nor is it called. ”

Bai Shutong muttered, but Bai Chongde spoke first, as if to relieve Bai Shutong: "It's okay, I met downstairs just now." ”

Bai Shutong glanced at his father, didn't speak, and went into the kitchen again to help his grandmother cook-

Half an hour later, the meal was served, and the four of them ate around the table, and the topic went back and forth to Bai Shutong.

"Is it customary to live alone?" Bai Chongde was not busy eating, he was sitting precariously looking at Bai Shutong, who was immersed in cooking. He hadn't seen his daughter for a long time, and he felt that her silhouette seemed to be a little thinner than when they met before. Bai Chongde frowned, and said thoughtfully, "You move home, there is someone else in the family who can take care of you besides me." ”

Bai Shutong doesn't have to think about it to know who that person else refers to, Fang Xian is actually the same age as her, and she is also a person with ten fingers who don't touch the spring water, who can take care of whom?

Bai Shutong sneered in his heart, took a sip of food, and then said vaguely: "I won't go to your place." After a long time, she added, "I have my own home." ”

She can take the school dormitory as her home, and she can also take her grandparents as her home, but Bai Chongde's place really doesn't look like her home.

Bai Chongde listened to his daughter's words and frowned tighter, but because the old man was in front of him, he couldn't say anything, so he couldn't help but sigh.

Fortunately, my grandparents are still enlightened people, and they know that Bai Chongde has not been easy these years, so they pulled Bai Shutong away: "What is home?" It's called home when parents are there. Tongtong, listen to your father, and live back with your grandparents. ”

Bai Shutong's mother died in a car accident when she was young, and her grandparents often helped Bai Chongde, she didn't listen to their words, so she had to be silent at the moment, burying her head in the bowl and eating the rice in the bowl-

This meal was boring, after eating, grandma cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, Bai Shutong was going to go home directly, but it can be seen that Bai Chongde packed up her things and was about to leave, so she was tired of being by her grandfather's side, and she had no intention of leaving.

Bai Chongde's movements were not very neat, he hesitated, and looked at Bai Shutong while wearing his coat, as if he had something to say.

Grandpa saw it and patted Bai Shutong on the shoulder: "It's getting heavier and heavier outside, ask your dad to send you back." ”

Seeing this, Bai Chongde also said: "The car is waiting downstairs, I'll send you first." ”

Bai Shutong knew what his father wanted to say about the opportunity, and he also knew who was waiting in the car downstairs. She was unwilling, but she still couldn't resist her grandfather's persuasion, and finally had to follow Bai Chongde downstairs-

Outside the building, the rain kept falling, and it was getting heavier and heavier, and the effort of a meal had changed from a light rain in the evening to a pouring rain.

Bai Chongde stood at the door of the building and called Fang Xian, "I'm downstairs, you ask the driver to drive the car over." He said that, and added in a low voice, "Tongtong is also there." ”

Although Bai Chongde's voice was small, it was still heard by Bai Shutong. She stood behind her father, looking at his aging back, and couldn't help but think of her grandmother's enlightenment to her before leaving: "Your father's life is not easy, and he refused to marry again before, because he was afraid that you would be bullied." ”

Bai Shutong has heard a lot of stories about old husbands and young wives, maybe he will be prejudiced over time, or people can't be good-looking, Fang Xian may have true feelings for his father.

Bai Shutong looked down at the cement floor under his feet, because people were coming in and out, and the ground at the entrance of the building was already damp. Bai Shutong dipped his feet in water and paddled in circles on the ground, and called out with his head, "Dad." ”

Bai Chongde was a little flattered, since he mentioned Fang Xian to Bai Shutong two or three months ago, she never called him again, and she rarely even took the initiative to say a few words.

Bai Chongde answered, and when he turned his head, he heard his daughter ask him, "When are you going to ...... Remarry? ”

A light flashed outside the door, and the driver had already driven the car outside the building.

Bai Chongde narrowed his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and looked at the slowly lowered window.

Fang Xian sat by the window, and the window was lowered, revealing her worried face. She poked her head out of the window slightly, looked at the father and daughter at the door of the building, and saw Bai Chongde's gaze, Fang Xian's worried expression turned into a gentle smile, which seemed to be the most comforting.

Bai Chongde's expression stretched a little, looked back at his daughter, and slowly said, "Me and Xiaoxian, we have been ...... last month I've gone through the formalities. ”

When Bai Shutong heard this, he suddenly looked up at his father, his mouth opened, but he couldn't speak for a while.

Father and Fang Xian are already legally husband and wife, if she hadn't asked at this time, when would he plan to sue him?

Bai Chongde knew that she couldn't accept it for a while, so he said: "I discussed this matter with your grandparents and grandmothers, and they all agreed. ”

"But I haven't said yes yet!" Her father remarried, and she was the last to know the news. Everyone hid it from her, as if she was really unreasonable and didn't think about her father.

Bai Shutong was angry for a while, and after the words blurted out, he felt meaningless. She looked at Bai Chongde and sneered: "But it doesn't make sense if I agree or not." ”

Bai Chongde listened to his daughter's words, remembered Fang Xian's empathy on weekdays, and looked at Bai Shutong again, and couldn't help but be very angry. "If your opinion wasn't important, I would have been the first to ask you!" The more Bai Chongde thought about it, the more angry he became, and his voice couldn't help but raise, "Xiaoxian is afraid that you will be angry, so I will tolerate you everywhere, you can look at you again!" Speaking of which, you are about the same age, so you are not sensible at all. ”

"Sensible? Should you be sensible and willingly call mom to someone as old as me? What would you think if I found a boyfriend as much your age tomorrow as well! ”

"Smack-"

Bai Shutong's voice fell, and Bai Chongde's slap also fell on her face.

Since her mother died, no matter what Bai Shutong did wrong, her father never beat her again, but today ......

Bai Shutong felt aggrieved, tears burst out of his eyes, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook, and he couldn't help laughing. Now for Bai Chongde, his mother is a complete past, and his place has been taken by others.

Bai Shutong's cheeks gradually became hot, and tears flowed all over her face, but she didn't want to show weakness, biting her lip and not wanting to cry.

In the rain, the car door opened, and Fang Xian stepped out of the car.

Her makeup is still exquisite, but she wears flat shoes on her feet for the first time, and her clothes are not as bumpy as before, but loose as if to hide the bloated waist and abdomen.

Fang Xian braved the rain and walked towards the father and daughter. Her steps were a little heavy, and she took two steps, one hand supporting her waist, and the other hand couldn't help but caress her abdomen.

Bai Chongde saw Fang Xian first, he glanced at his daughter like iron, and after a little weighing, he walked into the rain, took off his coat and draped it over his wife.

Fang Xian pulled her clothes and took two steps towards Bai Shutong.

"Tongtong," Fang Xian called her, "Your father thinks about you very much, this matter is all my fault, you must not quarrel with him again." ”

Her voice made Bai Shutong feel disgusted, and her faint smile made her even sicker. Bai Shutong glanced at her hatefully, turned her head and went straight into the rain, no matter how Bai Chongde shouted her name behind her, she didn't look back-

The spring rain in Jiangcheng rarely fell so much, Bai Shutong didn't have an umbrella, and let the cold spring rain drench, but he felt comfortable for no reason.

got married and had a child, and Bai Chongde would no longer be her father in the future. Thinking of Bai Chongde's love for her when she was a child, Bai Shutong's tears flowed down uncontrollably.

She felt naïve, like a child competing for favor, but in the face of Fang Xian, she was always a loser.

If he could be a little more competitive, smarter, and calmer, how could he let Fang Xian gain the upper hand everywhere?

In the pouring rain, the road in front of Bai Shutong became blurred, and he didn't even see the traffic lights at the intersection clearly.

Unbeknownst to her, she walked across the road, and had just taken a few steps out when a hurried whistle sounded not far away.

Bai Shutong turned her head to see that behind the white lights, a large truck was speeding towards her......