The two mothers and daughters got down from the car with a bunch of New Year's goods, and as soon as they arrived downstairs in the unit, Ning Zhongwen had already gone downstairs to carry things for the two.

Dong Lanqing took all the things that were large but not heavy, so he asked him to get them for Ning Siyin. Ning Zhongwen grinned and took the shopping bag and walked upstairs, "Tomorrow's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner will depend on the craftsmanship of the two of you, Ah Lan, have you tasted Xiaoyin's craftsmanship, it seems that studying abroad for half a year is still very beneficial, let's just say that this independent ability can not be exercised at home." ”

Dong Lanqing glanced at him and pretended to be disgusted, "I didn't know who it was at the beginning, and I wouldn't let you go?" ”

Ning Zhongwen was speechless, and maintained his majesty, "At this time and that time, where can I take care of these things at that time, when I think that my girl is going to leave me and go to the other side of the Pacific Ocean, don't I worry!" ”

"Yes, I know that you love your daughter, and you will be allowed to take advantage of everything, okay?"

The two of them were still bickering when they entered the house, Ning Siyin interjected from time to time, and found that it was difficult to □□ her mouth at all, she shook her head and looked at the two, she sat on the sofa in the living room and sorted the things she bought.

It seems that the separation for half a year has not changed anything between her parents, but between her and Ning Zhongwen

She looked at the two people at the kitchen door and sighed unconsciously.

Ning Zhongwen came back to the present, and it didn't look any different, it seemed that the confrontation, the cold war, and the inexplicable phone call between the two of them didn't exist, he was still the nagging old pedant, and she was still the intimate little padded jacket.

But she always vaguely felt that something was different.

She sometimes imagines what kind of picture Dong Lanqing would have if Dong Lanqing was not at home, only she and Ning Zhongwen sat opposite each other, what kind of expression would he have, and what kind of conversation the two would have.

Thinking of this, she suddenly felt very tired, looked around the familiar environment, and felt that her heart was like a big stone pressing, and the feeling of oppression slowly increased.

On the afternoon of Chinese New Year's Eve, Ning Siyin and Dong Lanqing finished pasting couplets and began to prepare for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Ning Zhongwen has already prepared all the ingredients for the two of them, which is why he is reluctant to post couplets, "I post couplets every year, and this year I will change you and Yinyin stickers!" ”

"You, you, when you are old, there are many conditions, yes, we respect the old and love the young, and we will do all the work for you. Look at you too lazy. ”

Ning Zhongwen retorted: "I'm not lazy, I can wash your vegetables and process them for the first time." ”

Ning Siyin stood aside, silently unfolded the couplet, pasted double-sided tape on the back, and heard the conversation between the two, and his eyelids trembled suddenly.

Her father was avoiding being alone with her.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was busy from two o'clock until five o'clock before it officially opened, there were no old people at home, and there were no children, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner for three people seemed a little deserted, but after so many years, Ning Siyin felt like this for the first time.

The preparations before the Spring Festival Gala are shown on TV, and there are also some stations reviewing the Spring Festival Gala over the years.

Ning Siyin was a little distracted when she watched the TV.

At this time last year, the topic at the dinner table was about her going to Stanford, Ning Zhongwen and Dong Lanqing were so noisy that the roof was about to be lifted, and she was still giggling next to her, but this year, Ning Zhongwen didn't know what she was talking about, which made Dong Lanqing giggle, but she was expressionless.

Dong Lanqing touched her chopsticks, "Girl, what are you thinking?" ”

"Ah, it's nothing, I just think this year's stage effect is not as good as last year."

Dong Lanqing also looked at the past, "Anti-corruption and clean government, TV stations should also set an example, but once a year, I don't know why I have to care so much about these forms." ”

"Substantive things are not just things that come out of these forms."

Ning Zhongwen accosted beside him, and soon the dining table became a battlefield for the two of them, it seemed that no matter what the topic was, the two old scholars would never be able to say a reason, and it was precisely because of this that there was always something to fight for, and there would never be a shortage of topics.

That's good, too.

After the meal, Deng Ran's phone call came on time, over the years, she had long pinched the time of the Ning family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the second elder sat on the sofa, and when she answered the phone, she understood, "You go out to play, you don't have to accompany me and our old people to be bored at home, go to Ran Ran to set off fireworks, have fun with friends, and go home on time." ”

Ning Siyin hung up the phone, put the phone on the coffee table, turned around and poured herself a glass of water, took a sip She walked over and hugged Dong Lanqing's neck, "Mom, how old am I, can't I change my rhetoric?" ”

Every year is a content, go home on time, how old is she and the curfew.

"Come on, you'll always be a child with Mom and Dad."

Ning Siyin kissed her on the cheek and went out.

When she went downstairs and didn't see Deng Ranren, she was going to ask where she went, only to find that she hadn't brought her phone down. It's just the third floor, and the key is stuffed in the coat pocket when you go out today, so it's okay to go up and get it.

Outside the door, she heard Dong Lanqing's somewhat sharp voice, but she couldn't hear what she was talking about, and laughed silently, these two people really couldn't stop arguing for a moment.

The two of them were so loud that they didn't even hear her open the door and come in. Standing in the hallway, she hesitated for a while, not planning to change her shoes, and just wanted to ask Dong Lanqing to send her mobile phone, only to find that the atmosphere was not quite right.

In the next second, Ning Zhongwen's voice came, revealing helplessness, "Ah Lan, how do you explain it to believe it, I only found out about his existence two years ago." ”

"Two years ago? I remember that you started to apply for a plan to restart this project in Shaanxi two years ago, but what a coincidence, what do you want to do? Do you want to find that woman by working together in a grand way, and then reunite the family of three? ”

"Ah Lan, what are you talking about, didn't you also see it when you went to Shaanxi? I do work, do you trust it? Suddenly, I ran to my place of work silently, did I want to check the post! ”

"Chagang? If you want to check your post, I checked it twenty years ago, can I wait until now! ”

"What do you mean?"

"Don't think that you can really hide that little bit of, if I hadn't turned a blind eye, do you think this family could be peaceful for so long? Ning Zhongwen, I think that from acquaintance and love to marriage, and then gave birth to Yinyin, regardless of career or family, what point do I can't stand with you? I even put up with your ridiculous things, I don't cry with you or make trouble with you, all these years, you say, what have I not done enough? ”

Ning Zhongwen stood up with a swish, grabbing Dong Lanqing's shoulder, "You mean you've seen Alain?" Saw it twenty years ago? So does her later death in childbirth have anything to do with you! ”

He shook her shoulder, his eyes wide, and the love in his eyes was complicated and indescribable.

Dong Lanqing slowly raised her eyes, "Alain? Yes, her name is Alain, I wonder if you usually treat me as her when you call me? Ning Zhongwen, you really make me sick, dystocia? Death? She died, why do you want to run to Shaanxi now? As soon as you meet her son, you get ready to run to that place! ”

Dong Lanqing sneered, broke away from Ning Zhongwen's hand, sat down on the sofa dejectedly, didn't look at him, and said to herself: "Speaking of which, your acquaintance, your acquaintance with your children, all owe it to me, the meaning of my existence is to let your family of three contact each other, it was like this twenty years ago, if I didn't have to fight with my father for this opportunity for you, how could you join the delegation at a young age and run to Shaanxi to have the opportunity to meet that woman; It was the same two years ago, if I hadn't had to introduce you to my colleague, you wouldn't have met your son, heh, life is ridiculous."

"Now, your son still lives across from Yinyin in a grand manner, and he calls her sister when he opens his mouth and closes his mouth, heh, it's really a sister! What's even more ridiculous is that this is also me, sending Yinyin to the door to let people scream! What sin have I done, what sin have I done! ”

Dong Lanqing's voice was already a little exhausted, Ning Zhongwen's expression was also depressed, he also sat next to her, hanging his head, supporting his head with both hands, Ning Siyin couldn't see his expression, but he could imagine his facial features distorted by pain at this time.

After exhausting himself, there was a moment of silence in the living room, Dong Lanqing looked at the man in front of him who was holding his head and was silent, and two lines of tears had already flowed down. At this time, the vibration sound of the mobile phone on the coffee table was particularly abrupt, and it was Ning Siyin's mobile phone ringing.

Dong Lanqing took the phone, glanced at it, and cleared her throat before picking it up, "Ah Ranran, Xiaoyin has already gone out, haven't you touched it?" ”

"Huh? Is it? But she wasn't there" Before the words fell, she had already seen Ning Siyin standing in the hallway.

The mobile phone hit the ground in response, and Ning Zhongwen also raised his head too much, looking unprecedentedly flustered.

Ning Siyin stepped forward and picked up her mobile phone, and while she was still on the phone, she leaned into her ear, "Ranran, I have an urgent need to urinate, you go to the school to find a place and wait for me later." ”

The tone was vivid, but his expression was cold, without any warmth, and his eyes looked straight at Ning Zhongwen, motionless.

Hanging up the phone, she pulled out a slight smile and asked Ning Zhongwen: "This is why you stopped me from being with Cheng Ziyi?" ”

The tone was calm, as if he was just asking about the temperature today.

Ning Zhongwen took a step forward, "Yinyin, Dad is at fault, but Dad is really for your good." She wanted to grab Ning Siyin's shoulder, but she dodged her, she took a step back, a meter away from him, and looked at him.

"I want to hear about it." She said.

"Cheng Ziyi, he approached you just for Chutian, he stared at you, not for a day or two, he could even listen to all the conversations between us, Yinyin, how could such a person treat you sincerely? Dad's fault, Dad will not hide, if he wants to kill or chop, he will listen to you and your mother, but you must believe that Dad will not harm you! Did You Know..."

"Alright."

"Do you know Cheng Ziyi?"

"Enough!"

She couldn't, she still couldn't do it without thinking nonsense.

Standing in the hallway, listening to the sentences into her ears, how much she wanted to go in and out of her left ear and out of her right ear, but those words circled in her mind, constantly introspecting and straightening out the time, people, and relationships

There had never been a moment when she wished she was mentally retarded so that she could not understand this.

Her proud father, the father who has always treated her like a treasure, and the father who values the family more than anything else, actually did something sorry for the family twenty years ago, and then continued to play a twenty-four filial husband and father, and his face did not change.

Her seemingly simple mother, a mother who has always been in her own style under the influence of art, has hidden such things for 20 years, sharing the bed with Ning Zhongwen and arguing and arguing, quietly.

And she, who thinks she has the happiest family in the world, is actually just living in the role show played by everyone, or she herself is just a play.

Cheng Ziyi

She likes Cheng Ziyi.

Cheng Ziyi, whom she relied on.

"It turns out that the boss has been monitoring you at Stanford for more than half a year, and the drunkard doesn't mean to drink."

Ning Siyin, who was running wildly on the street, wanted to try to recall the appearance of that person, and also wanted to remember his sweet words, vows, but those pictures, those words and sentences seemed to be blocked in a corner of the memory neuron, and they couldn't reach her mind.

The clearest words in his mind were the words that his partner had inadvertently said.

So that's the truth, right?

How could he be so conceited, thinking that he was as good as Cheng Ziyi, and would like his mediocre self?

When her steps were a little floating, she grabbed her mobile phone and dialed the familiar number, and a number popped up quickly in her fingertips, and she realized that she had already engraved those numbers in her heart.

There was a busy sound over there, but she slowly calmed down, and calmly redialed, she was a little surprised by her reaction, she was timid and afraid in the past, and Ning Siyin, who subconsciously avoided things, didn't know where she went, and now she stubbornly wants to know, that answer.

I don't know how many times I dialed it, but it was finally picked up over there, Cheng Ziyi's voice was faint, and there was only one word, "Hey?" ”

With that, she could already feel the warmth of tears on her face.

"Sue me, are you with me for another purpose?"

Silence, only the sound of the two of them breathing, hearing each other.

Again, in a hurry.

After a long time, he answered her, but she didn't feel that it mattered anymore, because silence already represented the answer, so when his voice came, she just replied indifferently and hung up.

"Yes."

"Okay."