After visiting Huang An, I went directly back to my parents and had dinner together. The family sat at a table, lively and harmonious. I feel more and more that the saying that distance produces beauty makes sense, of course, the premise is to grasp the proportion of distance. When I see each other once a week, I won't let my parents miss me too much, and I can just make each other feel fresh. After eating, I helped my mother wash the dishes, and my father smoked leisurely on the sofa.

Our family of three was huddled on the couch watching TV, and my mother talked about the house.

"The renovation of our house in the city center is almost completed, and we will be able to move in half a month."

Dad nodded: "Yes, it will be much easier to transport, shop or anything at that time." ”

The old mother said beautifully: "It's still my eldest son who is angry, if he points to you, I don't know when I will save money to buy a house." ”

My dad looked at me and smoked silently.

My heart tightened, and I knew that the differences I had made since I was reborn had always been a knot in my father's heart. And I can't explain this knot to him.

I hurriedly changed the subject.

"Dad, guess who I met at my friend's house today."

"Who?" After smoking a cigarette, Dad lit another cigarette.

"I said that it was Huang Zhenguo, the captain of your city bureau, and I only learned today that my friend and his father turned out to be from your unit."

"Huang Zhenguo?" My father was stunned for a moment and looked at me in surprise, "Your friend and his father are Huang Zhenguo?" ”

"Yes." I nodded heavily.

My mother spoke: "Lao Chen, is this Huang Zhenguo the ...... you mentioned to me a few days ago?"

"Well, the executive deputy director of the bureau is going to be transferred. It is likely that he will be succeeded by Huang Zhenguo. ”

My mother suddenly smiled, hugged me and kissed me on the face.

"It's still my eldest son who is great, haha."

"He's so good again." Dad said.

The old mother said: "You are a brainless person, Huang Zhenguo is about to be promoted, and his son is friends with his son." When the time comes, if you can take the opportunity to invite someone to have a meal and make some connections, you will be able to transfer the post. Look at the bureau, who is still running out every day when they are old. ”

As she spoke, her mother glared at her father, and her tone was resentful.

Dad smoked and didn't speak.

Dad is a man of good nature. If my father ten years ago encountered my mother's words, he would definitely jump up and refute my mother's thoughts; If it was my father five years ago, he would have shaken his head and said, "I don't care if others are looking for it or not, I won't look for it anyway"; But now, my father, who is forty-three years old, has been tempered by too much reality. Every time it is tempered, it is dripping with blood. Life has polished the edges and corners, and my father is no longer as sharp as he used to be.

Giving gifts and finding relationships is the thing that my father despises the most. But now he had to bow his head. In this society, if you don't give gifts and don't find relationships, you can't mix them up at all.

Seeing that his father acquiesced, his mother gently pushed him and smiled a little proudly. She turned her head to look at me: "Son, tell me how your relationship is with that Huang Zhenguo's son." ”

Looking at my mother's energetic appearance, I couldn't help but feel sour. Because I know that my mother doesn't like drilling. She is a person who likes to be quiet and quiet. Ten years ago, she had a headache when she thought about the doors of officialdom. But for the sake of my dad's work and for the sake of this family, she had to change herself and learn from this aspect. While correcting my father's stubborn temper, he worked hard to maintain the relationship network of the family and society.

There's no way, to survive in this society, no one is a lonely individual, everyone has to deal with people, the worldly and sleek who don't learn, can't give gifts and find relationships, how to live?

I slapped my chest and said to my mother: "No problem, that's my good friend, we have a very good relationship." ”

Mom was happier.

…………

Sleep comfortably in a familiar bed. Just when I was drowsy, my phone rang. I forgot to turn it off and don't know who texted me at this time.

When I took the phone, it was actually Qiao Shanshan's text message.

Isn't she getting married tomorrow, how could she text me so late?

Confused, I clicked on the text message.

"Chen Ze, have you slept?"

I thought about it and went back.

"I was just about to sleep, is there something wrong with Mr. Qiao?"

I stared at the screen of my phone in a daze, and waited for ten minutes without any text coming back. Just when I wanted to turn off my phone and go to sleep, Qiao Shanshan texted back.

"I'm getting married tomorrow."

It's another sentence with no beginning or end.

I thought about it for a moment and texted back: "Ah, I know, Teacher Qiao told me. Haha, I wish Mr. Qiao a happy new marriage. ”

The SMS notification light flashed again, Qiao Shanshan replied to the text message in seconds this time, I clicked on it and looked, I only felt dizzy.

“……。”

What does this string of ellipses mean? Could it be that she regretted getting married?

"Teacher Qiao? What's wrong? ”

Qiao Shanshan replied with a text message: "It's okay, I just suddenly want to talk to someone else." ”

Me: "Tell me?" ”

Qiao Shanshan: "Yes." After thinking about it, apart from my relatives, I only have you left to talk to. ”

Me: "Faint...... Teacher Qiao, you think too highly of me, I'm still a kid in my third year of high school, and I don't understand anything. You have something on your mind to tell me, and I don't understand it. ”

Qiao Shanshan: "Who said that you are a little kid in the third year of high school who doesn't understand anything, Chen Ze, don't pretend." I've long seen that you are pretending to be a lewd middle-aged soul in your heart, more mature than many adults. ”

I was shocked, could it be that Qiao Shanshan knew something about my rebirth?

Seeing that I didn't reply to the text message for a long time, Qiao Shanshan's text message came.

"Hee-hee, are you scared by me. I'm kidding. ”

Me: "Dizzy, can the teacher please stop making such jokes." Also, pay attention to the tone of the chat, you are my teacher, I am your student. Shouldn't a teacher be dignified in front of his students!! ”

Qiao Shanshan: "Of course I am your teacher at school, but I prefer to be your friend when chatting privately." Chen Ze, can you have a good chat with me? I'm really looking for someone to talk to right now. ”

Me: "...... All right. ”

Qiao Shanshan: "....... ”

Me: "Say, I'm listening." ”

Qiao Shanshan: "I don't know how to say it. ”

Me: "Just tell me what you think now, why you want to talk to someone." ”

Qiao Shanshan: "...... I'm getting married tomorrow, but I'm still a little uneasy. ”

Me: "Uneasy? ”

Qiao Shanshan: "I don't know if it's the right choice to get married so soon, after all, I don't know him very well." ”

I know that Qiao Shanshan is talking about him, it is Du Shihua, a returnee man. At this moment, I had an impulse to tell her directly, don't marry this Du Shihua. After getting married, he will sweep you out of the house on a rainy night. He is the modern Chen Shimei, a well-dressed beast.

But I know I can't say anything, and if I do, she won't believe it.

The current Qiao Shanshan is not suspicious of Du Shihua's character. It's because I suddenly want to marry a strange man, and I panic in my heart.

Seeing that I was silent for a while and didn't speak again, Qiao Shanshan sent a text message.

"Chen Ze? Are you still there? Are you already asleep? ”

I hesitated, a text message was written and deleted on my phone, and it was not sent after all.

Qiao Shanshan: "Good night then." Haha, if you have time tomorrow, you can come to my wedding, don't worry, I won't ask for your gift money. If the table is good, there will be a red envelope for you. My wedding, tomorrow at 11:50 noon, Tianyuan Restaurant. Remember to come. ”

Holding my phone and looking at the words on the screen repeatedly, this is the first time since I was reborn that I feel that the choice is so difficult.

Tossing and turning in bed, I don't know what time, I finally fell asleep.

I had a dream. In the dream, I was walking on a deserted street. It was raining heavily, and it was dark. Qiao Shanshan had a big belly and staggered towards her. She stood across from me, her face miserable.

A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, turning our faces white.

Qiao Shanshan fell to the ground, crying out loud in pain, I didn't help me. Beneath her, blood bloomed like a lotus flower.