It's been eight years, and I'm finally sitting with my parents again.

Looking at the dishes in front of him, which were not sumptuous, Jiang Ning sighed in his heart.

Scrambled eggs with green peppers, fish head tofu soup, these are his favorite foods, and it is sad that after so many years, his mother still remembers them.

This meal was eaten very slowly, and for eight years, everyone held back the bitterness and sweetness in their stomachs, eager to share it with their closest people.

From his father's mouth, Jiang Ning knew the reason for the incident.

Since his mother was diagnosed with a heart attack, the pressure to make money has been on his father's shoulders like a mountain, but he is an honest laid-off worker, and he has no skills, and can only make money by collecting scrap, and he also bought a tricycle.

It was this tricycle that accidentally bumped into Geng Long's BMW, and took it to the 4S store for overhaul, and it cost 170,000!

The money that my father has worked hard to save over the years is only more than 80,000 yuan in total, and it is not enough to pay it all in, and he was required to work as a porter in the warehouse of Jinding Entertainment City to offset the interest, and at the same time, Xiang Cheng also brought a group of people to come to the house three or two days ago, forcing his mother to use the house to pay off the remaining debts.

His mother called the police countless times, but it was useless, because Geng Long took out a lot of maintenance invoices, which clearly proved that he spent 170,000 yuan on that maintenance, which was not bad. Although a discerning person can know that there is a cat in it at a glance, but who will reason with a small house like the Jiang family?

"Let them take the house, just take it!" Mother Jiang sighed and said, "I see that Xiao Ning beat that surname so badly today, I am always worried that I will have a bad life in the future, it is better to break the wealth and avoid disasters, as long as our family is safe, we will have everything!" ”

After going through these things, she has seen it thoroughly.

But Father Jiang frowned, obviously a little unwilling.

But when he thought that Jiang Ning even dared to fight Mr. Geng today, and he was really afraid of retaliation, he didn't care if he was an old man who was half cut into the ground, he was afraid that Jiang Ning would make a mistake, so he thought about it and nodded: "It just so happens that there is an ancestral house in the countryside, and you should be able to live in it if you clean it up, and the air in the countryside is good, maybe your mother can live for a few more years." ”

Jiang Ning knew what the two old men were worried about.

However, he is quite in favor of moving back to the countryside to live, and now the transportation is convenient, as long as you buy a car, it is easy to get around.

What's more, the Jiang family's relatives in Los Angeles are all from his mother's side, his father has suffered, and no one has stepped forward to help for such a long time, even if his mother is sick like this, he still has to rely on Ye Shuang, an outsider to take care of him, how can he not chill?

But he didn't show his anger in front of his parents, he just smiled and said, "Let's move to the countryside, didn't my father come from the countryside back then?" But I had to find a big hospital and have my mother's surgery done. ”

"I'll go back with your dad, you still stay in the city and find a stable job, and it's only right to get married quickly!"

After Mother Jiang finished speaking, she saw Father Jiang open his mouth and was about to speak, so he stepped on him under the table and glanced at Ye Shuang.

Ye Shuang kept her head down to eat, as if she didn't see it, but her face was unconsciously red to her neck.

Father Jiang was stunned for a moment and stopped squeaking.

Over the years, the old couple has not been blessed by Ye Shuang, and as far as he knows, Ye Shuang moved into the dormitory arranged by the company after graduating from university, and has never talked about a boyfriend, where can I find such a good daughter-in-law?

The only thing to worry about is that Jiang Ning stays in Los Angeles, what if he meets Geng Long's gang?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but have some hidden worries in his heart.

Jiang Ning didn't know the second elder's thoughts, he thought he was worried about his marriage, so he smiled and said, "There are also girls to be married in the countryside, do I have to look for them in the city?" ”

"Click!"

Ye Shuang's chopsticks accidentally fell to the ground.

She hurriedly bent down to pick it up.

Taking this opportunity, Jiang Mu poked a finger on Jiang Ning's forehead hatefully and pointed to Ye Shuang's location.

Jiang Ning was stunned, and he didn't understand what this had to do with Ye Shuang.

After Ye Shuang silently cleaned up the chopsticks, her face had become a little pale, she hurriedly finished the rice in the bowl in three or two bites, and then reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said, "Uncle and aunt, I have already eaten, it's time to go back, I'll come back that day." ”

With that, he walked out the door.

"How can this be done, just eat a bowl of ......"

Father Jiang wanted to persuade her, but Mother Jiang glared at her: "Where is there no restaurant on the road?" ”

As he spoke, he also pinched Jiang Ning's ears: "What are you doing in a daze?" Why don't you send Ye Shuang back quickly? ”

"But I haven't eaten yet...... Jiang Ning muttered a piece of fish head in his mouth, looking aggrieved.

"Go out with Ye Shuang!" Jiang Mu said, reached out and snatched the fish head out of his mouth, and pushed him: "Wherever you live tonight, don't come back, there is no place to sleep at home!" ”

"Huh?" Jiang Ning's eyes widened, and he didn't understand what his mother said to turn her face.

Seeing Ye Shuang and Jiang Ning go out one after the other, Father Jiang stood up and wanted to send it off, but was pulled by Mother Jiang: "Why are you so blind?" What's going on? ”

"How can I join in the fun, isn't this afraid that Xiao Ning doesn't have any money on him?" Father Jiang rolled his eyes.

"There's no money to let him sleep on the road!" Jiang Mu pursed her lips and smiled.

The old couple's voice was not loud or small, just enough to make Ye Shuang outside the door hear clearly, for no reason, her face turned red again, and she hurriedly walked downstairs with her head down.

At night, Los Angeles is less noisy during the day and more quiet at night.

Ye Shuang walked in front, Jiang Ning followed behind, the two were separated by a distance of three meters, silent all the way, not as natural as friends walking together, but like a young couple who had just gotten married and were a little shy.

Finally, Ye Shuang couldn't help but break the silence between the two.

She turned around, looked at Jiang Ning, and said very seriously: "Thank you!" ”

The two words that were clueless made Jiang Ning stunned, and he thought that Ye Shuang was thanking him for sending her back to the dormitory, so he said: "It should be me who thank you, thank you for taking care of my mother for me for so many years." ”

Ye Shuang shook her head, her delicate face was a little more gloomy, she said: "I thank you, I thank you for saving me back then, if you hadn't pushed me and Xia Zitong away desperately, you wouldn't have been held hostage by those people, for so many years, I have always wanted to say thank you to you, but I have never had the opportunity to ......"

Jiang Ning sighed.

On that weekend eight years ago, he and several classmates went to Qifeng Mountain near Los Angeles to play, and met a group of death row inmates who escaped from prison.

At the beginning, he was a cannon fodder with no freedom to speak of, but later he gradually took the initiative, and after killing the few people who held him hostage at the beginning, he led a group of subordinates to establish the famous 'wolf pack' mercenary group in the global mercenary world.

However, the more people who died at his hands, the farther away from home became, and he didn't even dare to contact his family for fear of affecting his parents.

It wasn't until half a year ago that he accidentally rescued a big man who was quite influential in China, and through this relationship, he did several errands for the military, which in exchange for permission to return to China - a brand-new second-generation ID card.

After going through so many hardships, he was finally lucky to come back, but seeing his parents fall into such a field, Jiang Ning's mood was inevitably a little complicated.

He also thought that if he hadn't saved people and hadn't been taken hostage abroad, would his parents' life be better?

However, he has to be grateful that these eight years have made him experience more wonderful than many of his peers.

After a long time, Jiang Ning smiled, and he said to Ye Shuang with certainty: "If time is reversed, if you are in that situation again, I will still push you away, so you don't have to thank me." ”

Ye Shuang's eyes widened, as if she wanted to see something from Jiang Ning's face, but she was disappointed in the end.

Jiang Ning's face did not have the slightest hint of banter.

The two of them walked slowly on the street where passers-by were rare, and their figures were stretched longer and longer by the dim street lamps, just like the time between their fingers, and they unconsciously walked that distance.

Ye Shuang's dormitory is close at hand.

"It seems that you haven't asked Xia Zitong about her situation, have you seen her in advance?"

Maybe it was the lights in the dormitory that gave Ye Shuang courage, she suddenly turned her head, looked at Jiang Ning next to her and said, "If I'm not mistaken, weren't you and her at the beginning?" ”

Jiang Ning didn't deny it, and nodded with a smile: "I thought it was a secret, but I didn't expect you to know." ”

"She told me." Ye Shuang paused, stared at Jiang Ning's face, for fear of missing the slightest concealment on his face, and said, "So, did you see her before you came back?" ”

"Nope!" He shook his head, without the slightest reluctance: "It doesn't seem like it's necessary, right?" ”

Jiang Ning was telling the truth.

After living in the barbaric world outside for eight years, struggling and hovering on the edge of life and death every day, with blood and killing in his mind, how can he have time to entangle his children's affection?

Now that he finally returned home, he found that his parents were gray-haired and living in embarrassment, and he wanted to spend more time with the two old people, how could he have the heart to imagine what someone would look like eight years later?

I don't know if it's an illusion or what, Jiang Ning seemed to hear Ye Shuang breathe a sigh of relief.

This girl who was inconspicuous in high school, but now she has a pair of bright big eyes, and she doesn't know what she figured out, and suddenly she became so happy, blinked her big eyes, and said very exaggeratedly: "Even if you see Xia Zitong now, I'm afraid you won't recognize her!" ”

Jiang Ning smiled gently, not arguing, not arguing.

But Ye Shuang's mood was extremely high, and her mouth never stopped, perhaps because she often attended class reunions, she knew about the situation of almost all the classmates, especially the few people who climbed Fengshan together back then, and even their current addresses were clear.

Jiang Ning has been listening silently, although there are many people and things that surprise him, but more of them are silent blessings.

Perhaps, I am really out of touch with this era, right?

"Shh

Ye Shuang suddenly motioned for him to be silent.

Jiang Ning looked up and found that he had arrived downstairs in Ye Shuang's dormitory, and the four big LED characters of the classic apartment were dazzling in the night sky.

But what embarrassed him was that the balcony outside was full of women's clothes, and there was not a single men's clothing in sight, apparently this was the exclusive women's dormitory of the classic makeup company.

He touched his nose, and just wanted to say that he would just send Ye Shuang here, but he was pulled upstairs by her.

"Be careful, don't let anyone in our company see it!"