Chapter 66: The Faith of the Pentagram
Su Xiaobei saw Xia Ruichen, on the afternoon of the second day of junior high school, she came back from the second uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings and passed through the courtyard of the Nan family, and habitually glanced at Xia Ruichen, and happened to see Xia Ruichen coming out of the house, Xiaobei smiled at him, and walked under the osmanthus tree together.
For a while, the two of them just quietly looked at the direction of Xiaohe and were speechless, she was very comfortable and elegant, and there was a familiar person who stayed next to her and didn't care about anything.
After a while, Xiaobei came back to his senses and looked at Xia Ruichen's side face, which was still that soft and delicate appearance, and those eyes seemed to contain countless lingerings, which made people unable to take their eyes off.
Xia Ruichen turned his head and looked at her seriously, "Haven't you seen enough of my son's face?" Then he blinked mischievously and lowered his right eye, revealing a small white tiger tooth.
She laughed out loud, and the memories of her childhood suddenly circulated in her mind, and all kinds of scenes of bullying him were vivid.
"I said, why haven't you changed anything except for the black spots, you don't look like a soldier, you won't be bullied in the army, right?"
"I thank you, no one can bully me but you."
Xiaobei looked incredulous: "How is it possible, you thin arms and legs, you must be the one who loses a few moves compared with others." ”
Xia Ruichen gave her a roll of his eyes and snorted: "A woman's opinion, long hair and short knowledge." ”
Xiao Bei was immediately unhappy when he heard this, and grabbed his arm and grabbed it and said, "What do you say, who gave you the right to say this queen?" Don't apologize yet. ”
Xia Ruichen grinned, and hurriedly folded his hands and said: "Lord Queen, the little brother is wrong, don't bow your head, the crown will fall." His charming eyes are enough to kill the hearts of countless girls.
Xiaobei used to be addicted, and when she was young, she couldn't resist these eyes.
"Eh, I've learned to tell jokes, and I've grown." She brushed Xia Ruichen's hand and said.
"We have to learn to shoot sycophants, preferably the kind that shoots others to take off."
"Look at your smugness."
Xia Ruichen has been a tangled person since he was a child, struggling with whether to drink porridge or eat rice for breakfast, whether to wear white cloth shoes or black sneakers today, whether to take injections or medicine when he has a cold, and finally it turned out to be natural, there is no rainbow in the sky after the rain, why the ducks by the river have no shells, and whether to choose a normal or military school after graduation.
Well, he has many choices with excellent grades, but he chooses the one that everyone is least optimistic about him, but she supports him.
If we have a dream, we will chase it, this is the truth that any teacher will teach us, we all understand the truth, but no one tells us how to practice it, so we can only let our heads break and bleed.
Isn't it, Achen, have you been injured a lot?
Although I haven't seen each other for a long time, the atmosphere is not awkward, and he talks quietly.
Xia Ruichen looked at Xiaobei's white side face, and wondered whether to tell her about it, she would be sad if she said it, and if she didn't say it, she didn't respect her right to know, which made him suffer a lot.
Why are there so many dilemmas in life?
Xiaobei asked Xia Ruichen what was wrong after he sighed twice, but he couldn't say why he knew that his tangled temperament was coming again.
She didn't ask at all, just waited for him to think clearly.
Xia Ruichen pulled his hair and tore open the collar of his clothes, frowned and blinked, and finally made up his mind that this matter should be said.
He turned his head to Xiao Bei at dusk, and said with a serious expression: "Xiao Bei, I have something very serious to tell you. ”
"Well, wait." Xiaobei nodded, "You've done it again." ”
"Do you remember the commander who brought you ashore when you drowned?"
She couldn't forget that dazzling pentagram, she nodded.
"That's it, I didn't go to the army, I read about the relics of the dead when I was in the army, and I found out that the commander who saved you has died." He carefully paid attention to Becky's expression.
"Are you sure? Do you remember what he looked like? No joke, her nervous palms began to sweat.
Xia Ruichen nodded affirmatively: "Sure, you fainted at that time, I saw it very clearly, and I still remember how he saved you, but now he and his wife have died in a car accident, leaving only their children in the world." ”
Xiaobei opened her mouth in surprise and didn't know what to say, a touch of sourness rushed to her heart, that person saved her life when she was very young, because she couldn't meet to thank him, since then the pentagram has become the belief of her life. But now Achen told her that this person was no longer in the world, which made her panic, as if this faith was about to be defeated.
Xiaobei looked at Achen helplessly, is this the reason why he is entangled?
Xia Ruichen was also distressed when he saw Xiaobei sad, the reason why he chose to be a soldier was also because the officer respected Xiaobei after saving him, there were so many accidents in his life, but when she needed help the most, that person rescued her from the sky, and it was the green uniform that saved everyone's self-blame.
He took Becky into his arms and comforted her, silent.
"Can you tell me his name, then? I want to go see him. Becky already spoke with a nasal voice.
Xia Ruichen patted her on the shoulder and said, "Chu Minxiang, buried in the National Cemetery." ”
"Thank you." Xiao Bei pulled away from the two of them and looked down at the grass on the ground, and said, "I'll go back first, let's talk next time." ”
"Well, you go back first." Xia Ruichen watched Xiaobei enter the house, but his tangled face still did not improve.
It seems to be more messy.
She was a little dazed, and locked herself in her room and lay on the bed, her head blank. Chu Minxiang died in a car accident, leaving a child in the world.
Chu Xicheng, no!
Xiaobei felt hot when she thought of the shining red five-pointed star, when she was almost suffocated from drowning, she was picked up by him under the kicking of her hands and feet, the dawn of life shone in her life, and before she fell into a coma, she only saw the red five-pointed star in her eyes.
She silently shed a line of tears, if Chu Xicheng was his son, then she had to sigh at God's arrangement and fate.
Scold! If there is love in the sky, the sky is also old, and this love cannot be said.
As soon as Chu Xicheng got off the plane, he rushed to Chu's house, and his relatives were in the compound to congratulate the old man and grandmother on the New Year, and he, as the only child of the Chu family, was bound to participate.
The imperial capital is still bustling, the roads are still crowded, driving through the familiar streets and alleys to the remote residential areas, and you can hear the bustling chatter and clinking glasses in the houses when you push the car door, which is really fun.
Xiao Sun pushed open the ancient wooden door for him, and greeted his relatives and friends who looked familiar or unfamiliar, as if everyone's eyes were looking at him, but he didn't mean to, just pushed the door in.
He walked over to the two old men sitting on leather sofas in the hall, next to them sat a young and likable granddaughter and grandson, who were teaching them to play with tablets. Like an old child.
"Happy New Year, grandparents."
The old man Chu was dressed in a Mao suit and wore gold-wire glasses, and when he saw his grandson coming back, he said happily: "Come back, sit down." ”
"Come on, sit next to grandma." Grandma beckoned happily, and the thoughts that had not been seen for many days had no words, and it was another year in a blink of an eye.
Zhao Dekang, the grandson of granddaughter Li Shang, gave up his seat to Chu Xicheng and asked Dekang to sit next to the old man, but Li Shang continued to sit next to his grandmother with Chu Xicheng.
"I see how you're thinner than the last time I saw you, you've always been a picky eater, but you still eat more in the army." Grandma held Chu Xicheng's hand and admonished, wearing a Mao suit that matched the old man's suit, she looked amiable, and her words were a little more majestic.
"Where is he a picky eater, obviously the young master came up from the shelf, maybe he even opened a small stove." The old man hummed and dismantled the grandmother's table.
Chu Xicheng lowered his eyebrows and did not speak.
Grandma glanced sideways at her wife and talked a lot.
continued: "What about your little girlfriend, why didn't you bring it here? It's still hidden. ”
"Grandma, you'll see you next time you come back." Chu Xicheng knew that his grandmother was in a hurry, but he couldn't be in a hurry.
Grandma nodded and said, "Okay, let Grandma see what girl made you lose your soul." ”
"Huh? Brother Cheng, do you have a girlfriend? Li Shang understood their conversation and felt lost.
"Yes." Chu Xicheng replied.
Li Shang immediately looked up at Brother Cheng with a sad face, she seemed to have seen the scene of the future Brother Cheng and the future sister-in-law entering the marriage hall, and the situation was really heartbreaking.
Grandma saw that Li Shang was unhappy and quipped: "What, Brother Cheng is not happy when he falls in love?" ”
Hearing this, Chu Xicheng moved his eyes to this cousin, and he had the impression that she was still a little sister who cried her nose when she was a child, but now she has grown and is as beautiful as a flower.
"Grandma, Brother Cheng is the man in people's hearts, but you won't understand this feeling when you hear that the male god has a girlfriend."
Grandma laughed: "My brother is my brother, and I am a male god." ”
Zhao Dekang was playing a game, and when he heard Li Shang say this, he expressed disdain, "Come on, your male god is now famous, and he can change his target to admire Young Master Ben." ”
Li Shang sat and held his mouth: "Don't admire anyone, don't admire you." ”
After the dinner, Chu Xicheng sat alone in the attic where he could see the hall, with red wine and pastries on the small wooden table, which Li Shang asked his aunt to deliver, but he didn't eat sweets.
There was an old radio in the window, and FM was playing on the radio, and the lively voice of the host echoed in this small space.
His eyes were attracted by a snow-white proud plum tree in the courtyard, which also lived alone and strong in its corner, not fighting or grabbing, but proud and unyielding.
The appearance of a chick suddenly appeared in front of him, melting his resolute face and rubbing the coldness in his eyes.
The heart had flown to her.
Xiaobei stayed at home for two days and didn't go anywhere, writing scripts or watching interviews at home, Su's father and Su's mother persuaded her to go out and walk, but she couldn't be persuaded to go, and finally she had no choice but to let her go.
Xiaohua also didn't think it was interesting, and her relatives were all introduced to her, so it was better to stay at home and be happy. But seeing my sister so depressed, I decided to be my sister and ask why.
Under Xiaohua's questioning, Xiaobei didn't say a word, and always watched TV lightly, which made her very frustrated, is this still her sister's sister?
In fact, Xiaobei didn't want to say it, but she was already so sad that she didn't want to make her sister sad anymore, and besides, maybe it was related to Chu Xicheng, she couldn't say it.
Xiaohua thought about it, and it seemed that she had to use a trick, so she threw out the bait: "Sister decided that no matter what questions you ask your sister today, my sister will answer you truthfully." Expiration does not wait. ”
This is indeed a great temptation, Xiaobei finally looked at her sister Xiaohua with interest, "Really, no matter what the problem?" ”
"Really."
"That's good." Xiaobei adjusted her sitting posture and used the remote control as a microphone to her sister, and asked, "Do you have a boyfriend now?" ”
Xiaohua shrugged: "Obviously, no, this question is too simple, can you ask something valuable." ”
"Who was the boy who came home with you last time? What does it have to do with you? ”
Xiaohua slapped the table: "How do you know?" ”
Xiao Bei took the remote control and arched forward: "Now it's me who asks you." ”
"Just ordinary friends."
"What's your name?"
"Tang Zehan."
"Huh?" Xiaobei thought that he was hallucinating and repeated: "Tang Zehan? ”
"yes, yes?"
"He...."Xiaobei thought about it and decided to ask the next question, "Let me ask you another question, who is the rumored girlfriend of the big star Ye Ziran?" ”
Xiaohua looked at her sister funny: "Hey, I'm going to call you sister, okay, I'm not her agent, how can I know who his rumored girlfriend is, and it's someone else's private matter." ”
Xiaobei also rolled her eyes: "Gossip girlfriend, gossip gossip!" ”
"Okay, if you want to talk about the scandal, it's the news of pulling on the road with a mysterious woman some time ago, but the woman's appearance was not photographed, and the matter will be over after a fuss."
"That's it?"
Xiaohua was about to be angry with her sister, she finally showed kindness and was willing to reveal her secret, but she didn't expect Xiao Nizi to ask these irrelevant things, it was really enough.
"Okay, do you have any more questions?"
Becky shook her head.
Xiaohua got up with the fruit plate and said, "Come on, you can watch it here by yourself, sister, I'm back in the room." ”
Xiaobei looked at the back of her sister going upstairs, the innocent look on her face disappeared, and she was at a loss to think about the ins and outs of the matter, how did Tang Zehan know her sister?