Chapter 15
At noon that day, Ling Shan took Chu Chu and met Ah Pei again.
Convincing Chu Chu to come to eat this lunch with Ling Shan is not as easy as imagined, Chu Chu is now an irritable hedgehog, in a state of preparation for battle all day long, especially for Ling Shan. She had developed a habit that Ling Shan wanted her to go east, she wanted to go west, Ling Shan wanted her to write, she wanted to draw, Ling Shan asked her to stand up, and she just sat there and didn't move. Fortunately, these days, Ling Shan has been teaching the afternoon class, and she has been transferred to the morning class, and she has no direct relationship with her, and Teacher Wang, who teaches Chu Chu, is also bitter: "That child is full of rebel cells!" I wish she would graduate soon and give her elementary school teacher a headache! "When Chu Chu arrives in the summer vacation, it's time to enter primary school.
At noon that day, in order to persuade Chu Chu to go to dinner with her, Ling Shan had to use deception:
"Ah Xiang has taken leave, there is no one at home, I'll take you to dinner!"
"I'm not going!" Chu Chu said simply: "I'll go to Ding Zhong's house to play!" β
"Ding Zhongyi didn't invite you to go!"
"I'm going to go myself, whether he invites me or not!"
"I know a place with good ice cream to eat!"
"I don't like ice cream!" Chu Chu turned his head away. "And fresh cherries!" "I don't like cherries!" "And the banana boat, and the hamburger steak, and the pancakes, and the fruit sundae, and the peach pie ......" Chu Chu covered his ears with his hands.
"I don't listen to you! I don't listen at all! β
Ling Shan said loudly: "Okay, if you don't come, then forget it!" I've already invited you anyway, and since you're not going to eat ice cream, I'll ask Ding Zhongyi to eat it. She walked into the classroom and asked, "What about Ding Zhongyi?" What about Zhou Xiaolan? Eat ice cream with me! I'm in for a treat......" Chu Chu ran over and shoved his little hand into hers.
"Auntie, you invite me first!" She said.
"To go or not?" "Go." Chu Chu swallowed a mouthful of saliva. "I'm going to eat peach pie and I'm going to eat banana boats." In this way, Chu Chu followed Ling Shan and came to Fule.
Pei had apparently arrived, sitting in a corner, smoking a cigarette. Her face was very pale and her expression was quite nervous, but she showed no signs of drunkenness, and Ling Shan had been worried that she would be drunk and unconscious after drinking all night, but now it seemed that she was sober and quite excited.
"Chu Chu," Ling Shan pushed the child forward and introduced in the way she had made an appointment last night, "This is Aunt Zhang, my good friend." β
Chu Chu looked up at Ah Pei, the cigarette butt in Ah Pei's hand fell on the table, she picked up a glass of ice water, her hand trembled slightly, and the ice cubes hit the glass, making a jingling sound. Ah Pei took a sip of ice water, his eyes were hazy, and he never said a word. Chu Chu didn't care about this Aunt Zhang, she didn't care about Aunt Zhang at all. After sitting down, she looked at Ling Shan:
"Auntie, I can eat banana boats!"
"You eat the burger steak first, then the banana boat!" Ling Shan said, "You can't eat ice cream as soon as you come up. "I'm going to eat the banana boat first!" Chu Chu was struggling again.
"No, you're going to have to eat the burger first." Ling Shan was also stumped.
"That's it...... Only...... Let's let her eat the banana boat first! Ah Pei opened his mouth, his voice trembling uncontrollably. Chu Chu raised his eyes to look at Ah Pei victoriously.
"Aunt Zhang said yes!" She screamed.
Ling Shan glanced at Ah Pei and sighed.
"Adults can't educate children well, it's in this kind of place!" She said compromisedly. "Okay, let her eat the ice cream first, and after eating the ice cream, she won't have the appetite for serious lunch anymore." "That's it!" Pei smiled weakly. "Just once. For my sake. Ling Shan called the banana boat and ordered a sandwich for herself, and she asked Pei:
"What are you going to eat? I guess you haven't eaten yet! β
"I don't eat it," Pei shook his head, his eyes resting on Chu Chu's face like a dream. "I can't eat it." She stretched out her hand, and couldn't help but touch Chu Chu's cheek lightly, her hand just held the ice water cup, it was very cold, this touch, Chu Chu jumped up, and shouted angrily:
"Don't touch me!"
Ah Pei retracted his hand and looked at Chu Chu intently. There was a look of distrust, hurt, pain on his face. Ling Shan smiled, pretending to be relaxed, and explained: "This kid's nickname is Little Hedgehog. She is like that to any stranger. She doesn't like people touching her. "Strangers?" Pei muttered, lighting a cigarette, her hand did not listen to the command, and the flame on the lighter kept beating. "Strangers?" She repeated it again, staring at Chu Chu, her voice sad and sad.
The banana boat came, Chu Chu gulped down ice cream, like all children, Chu Chu loves sweets, especially ice cream, she eats with relish, and Pei sees it with relish. Ling Shan held her chin with her hand and looked at the two of them, and for a while, her heart felt like she had knocked over a cruet, sweet and sour, and there was any taste.
Chu Chu was a little uncomfortable by Ah Pei, raised her eyes, and she looked at Ah Pei. The strong concern and touching gentleness in Ah Pei's eyes made Chu Chu inexplicably moved, and the child couldn't help but smile at Ah Pei Yanran. Obviously, Chu Chu was also a little apologetic for her angry roar just now, she actually stretched out her hand, gently stroked the back of Ah Pei's hand, and said softly:
"Aunt Zhang, you are so beautiful, so beautiful!"
Pei was shocked, and his eyes suddenly became wet. Extinguishing the cigarette butt, she stretched out her hand to stroke Chuchu's hair, but fearing that she would be angry, she timidly withdrew her hand. Chu Chu is an expert in "observing words and feelings", although she doesn't know why this Aunt Zhang is so good to herself, she already understands that this Aunt Zhang "likes and likes" her. She is good at taking advantage of opportunities, and she solved her own banana boat in two of three, she said:
"I'm going to eat chocolate sundaes!"
"You can't eat ice cream for dinner!" Ling Shan said: "This won't work......" "Aunt Zhang! Chu Chu looked at Ah Pei for help.
"Lingshan!" Ah Pei hurriedly shouted: "You just rely on her once, just this once!" She reached out to the waitress and ordered another chocolate sundae.
Ling Shan looked at Ah Pei helplessly, the sandwich came, but Ling Shan had no appetite anymore. She just looked at Ah Pei and then at Chu Chu. The more she looked, the more she found that this mother and daughter duo have many similarities, both have beautiful big eyes and a thin little pointed chin, and both have an innate and irresistible charm. Chu Chu was eating her chocolate sundae, and her interest in this "Aunt Zhang" came. She took a bite of the sundae and glanced up at Ah Pei.
"Aunt Zhang, you are very similar to ......"
"Much like what?" Ah Pei asked obsessively.
Ling Shan slammed into the air, oops! She remembered the photo that Wei Pengfei kept, Chu Chu couldn't have not seen that photo! Chu Chu must have remembered that photo! Chu Chu recognized it, he must have recognized it......
"Much like a movie star!" Chu Chu said innocently.
Ling Shan let out a long breath.
Ah Pei smiled reluctantly, and finally reached out and gently held Chu Chu's little hand, this time, Chu Chu did not sting people like a hedgehog, but smiled at Ah Pei. This smile shattered Ah Pei's armament and disintegrated Ah Pei's will, Ah Pei sniffed and burst into tears. "Chu Chu." She whispered softly, her voice as soft as water. "Chu Chu, you...... How are you not fat? Chu Chu, you ...... How are you doing? Are you happy? Does your dad love you? Chu Chu looked at Ah Pei inexplicably.
"My dad loves me the most!" She said with her eyes wide open. "But, my father is going to marry my stepmother, and if I marry my stepmother, I won't love me!"
"Chu Chu!" Ling Shan changed color and wanted to divert the topic: "Have you finished eating?" Would you like a sandwich? "I want ice cream too!" Chu Chu saw the waitress holding a cup of fruit jelly, and shouted: "I want to eat that green thing!" β
"Chu Chu," Ling Shan couldn't bear it. "You can't eat like that! How can you eat ice cream when you don't have any staple food? β
"That's not ice cream!" Chu Chu argued strongly.
"That's jelly." "I want to eat fruit jelly!" "No way!" Chu Chu turned his head to look at Ah Pei, and shouted coquettishly and coquettishly:
"Aunt Zhang, I want to eat fruit jelly!"
Ah Pei was greatly shaken by the sound of this prayer again, and she raised her eyes to look at Ling Shan.
"Just this once!" She said in a low voice, "Just this once, let her eat!" "Pei?" Ling Shan frowned and looked at her. "What's this time? You've used 'just this once' three times in a row! β
"I know." Ah Pei lowered his eyes, looked at the desktop, and turned his head to look at Chu Chu. At this look, she could no longer take her eyes off Chu Chu's face. The child was staring at her, his face was full of innocent, lovely, warm, coquettish smiles, and his eyes were as black as paint, and they were as bright as stars, and they stopped on her face for a moment. Ah Pei was short of breath, his face was pale, and his teeth bit his lip tightly, biting his lips so that there were tooth marks all over his lips. Ling Shan didn't say a word, waved her hand and ordered another fruit jelly.
When Chu Chu solved the fruit jelly and asked for the peach pie again, Ling Shan jumped up from her seat. "Chuchu, it's time for us to go. I still have classes in the afternoon! β
"You go to class," Chu Chu actually ordered, "I'm with Aunt Zhang, Aunt Zhang, can I accompany you?" "No!" Ling Shan said with a decisive word, taking Chu Chu's hand, a kind of vinegar that was almost frightened grabbed her, and she suddenly felt a chill down her spine and a cold sweat. "You go back with me!" Chu Chu broke free of Ling Shan's hand, half hypocritical, half willful, she rushed straight to Ah Pei, hugged Ah Pei with her little arms, she buried her face in Ah Pei's arms, and shouted in a mess:
"I want Aunt Zhang! I don't want you! Aunt Zhang, you are so fragrant! Aunt Zhang, your clothes are so soft! Aunt Zhang, I like you so much! She raised her little face and looked directly at Ah Pei. Aunt Zhang, you come to be my teacher, I don't want her anymore! Ah Pei hugged Chu Chu excitedly, her fingers trembling and stroking Chu Chu's hair, cheeks, shoulders, and arms...... Then he picked up the child violently, strangled her desperately, she couldn't control herself anymore, her eyes were full of tears, she leaned down, she kissed Chu Chu's cheek, nose, forehead frantically...... The mouth muttered and called out in pain: "Chu Chu, Chu Chu, my Chu Chu!" My little Chuchu! β
Ling Shan was frightened, and the feeling of fear suddenly surrounded her tightly, and she couldn't care about being polite, face, or Ah Pei's emotions, she desperately pulled Chu Chu away, almost snatching Chu Chu out of Ah Pei's arms. She dragged Chu Chu outside and escaped from Fule as if she were fleeing. Chu Chuniu lost his temper and began to scream there:
"I want Aunt Zhang, I want Aunt Zhang, I don't want you! I don't want you! I want Aunt Zhang! Ling Shan stopped a taxi, pulled Chu Chu into the car, and the car went away. Ling Shan looked back and saw Ah Pei rushing out of Fule and standing on the side of the road in a daze. The wind puffed up her soft silk garment, fluttering and fluttering. Her pale cheeks, contrasting with her clothes, resembled marble statues from ancient Roman times. When he arrived at the Anju Mansion and handed Chu Chu over to Ah Xiang, Ling Shan rushed to class. Until she reached the kindergarten, there was still a cry in her ears, and the cry was like an echo in the valley, continuous, always repeating there:
"I want Aunt Zhang, I want Aunt Zhang, I don't want you! I don't want you! I want Aunt Zhang to ......" This afternoon, Ling Shan was in a trance, and always intuitively felt that she had done something wrong, and she shouldn't have agreed to Pei's request to let their mother and daughter meet. However, the face has already been met, and there are no bad consequences, and there is no escape. At dusk, after class, she couldn't wait to run to Wei's house, but fortunately, there was nothing. Ah Xiang said that Chu Chu was very well-behaved, but he just divided the body of a doll. For the violent Chu Chu, it is simply not uncommon to split the body of a doll. After dinner, Ling Shan and Wei Pengfei sat in the living room again, planning their future. Lingzhen's wedding date has been decided in mid-July. Therefore, Ling Shan insisted on delaying her marriage until next year, and her reasons were:
"In any case, I should let my sister get married first, after my sister gets married, my parents may be a little unbalanced psychologically, I should spend more time with my parents......" "Don't be stupid, Lingshan!" Wei Pengfei interrupted her. "After we get married, we don't move, the two families live opposite the door, you can't stay in your parents' house all day, it's no different from now......" "Since it's no different!" Ling Shan said: "Then you don't have to get married!" Why are you still married? It may be better to be a lover for life than to get married! β
"Don't you think about it!" Wei Pengfei hugged her into his arms, nose to nose, eyes to hers. "I want to marry you, I want to possess you, I want you to have my surname!" "You are selfish!" "There is no such thing as unselfish love in the world!"
She shuddered, she heard Ah Pei say this.
"What's wrong?" He asked sensitively, not ignoring her trembling.
"Nothing." She covered it up.
"Let me put it another way!" Wei Pengfei hugged her tighter. "I want me to belong to you, completely. I want to use my future life to make a complete dedication to you. I can't erase my past, and my future is longer than my past, better than my past, more mature than my past...... I'm going to give it to you! Every minute, every second, every month, every year, I want to give it to you! β
She stared at him, her eyes shining brightly. So, he leaned down and kissed her tightly, deeply. For a long time, they clung to each other, kissing, and not moving. After a while, he whispered:
"Let's get married as soon as possible! At the same time as Lingzhen, okay? β
"Not good, next summer."
"This fall?" He discussed.
"Next spring!" "You don't have to bargain with me." He said, "Remember? It was you who proposed marriage, you proposed to me, I agreed, and you pushed back again. β
"Shall I propose to you?" She exclaimed, "You...... You're ...... ......He immediately kissed her. "Don't be angry! I'm kidding you. He kissed her hair, and he kissed her tiny earlobes. Oh! Ling Shan, marry me! Marry me now! I want you, I can't wait for you! The day after tomorrow, tomorrow, or today! Marry me! I want you to ...... like crazy" "Did you go crazy like this before, and you wanted Ah Pei?" She said suddenly.
He pushed her away sharply, stunned. Enthusiasm quickly departed him, his face stiffened, his eyes gloomy, and that fierce, gloomy look came to his face again, and he glared at her, his throat low and hoarse:
"Why bother? Lingshan? Why do you bother to say this? Why do you want to spoil our sweetness? Why bother? Lingshan? Why are you so cruel? β
Ling Shan's eyes widened, fear, remorse, and trouble came at her at the same time, and she was stunned for two seconds, and then she suddenly threw herself into his arms, hugged him, buried her tearful eyes in his broad shoulders, and she cried out one after another:
"Forgive me! Forgive me! I'm crazy and I don't know what I'm talking about? I eat her vinegar! I've been eating her vinegar! Forgive me, Pengfei! I'm so jealous of her, jealous that she once possessed you! β
Wei Pengfei lifted her head, held it tightly with both hands, his eyes were deep and stubborn as he stared at her, and said in a dumb voice:
"Lingshan, how can I remove this shadow from among us? How can I? "No, no," she said hurriedly, tears rolling in her eyes. No, no! There are no shadows! There is no shadow between us! I'll never mention her again, I swear I won't, you forgive me......" He hugged her tightly. "Say no more!" His throat choked. "It's me who should ask your forgiveness! Lingshan, forgive me! "Forgive you what?" "Forgive me for loving others before I knew you! Forgive me for marrying someone else before I met you! "Oh! Pengfei! She shouted, tightly, tightly snuggling her head on his shoulder. Let's not mention it, okay? We've all forgotten that paragraph, okay? β
He stroked her hair, speechless. There was a brief silence in the room, and then, a thin, soft child's voice, broke the sweet, warm silence. "Daddy, Auntie, look at my dolls!"
Ling Shan hurriedly raised her head and separated from Wei Pengfei. They looked at Chu Chu at the same time, only to see Chu Chu holding a "family" made of building blocks in his hand, and there were several dolls in the "family". Chu Chu put the "family" on the table and picked up a doll from the middle, which was a lady-shaped doll wearing an apron and a little white hat, made of cloth. She held it, and Ling Shan took a closer look, and the doll had a broken hand and foot, which was the one that Ah Xiang said had been "dismembered". She said, "You broke the doll!" β
"Yes, I broke her." Chu Chu said, "However, I still have good ones here." She fiddled with each member of the "family" one by one, and said: "This is Dad, this is Ah Xiang, this is me, this ......" She held up a particularly beautiful doll and said with a smile: "It's Aunt Zhang!" Finally, she lifted up the broken hand and said, "This...... It's you! β
Ling Shan's face suddenly turned white, and her heart sank into a deep and cold ice cellar at once. Her thoughts, consciousness, and feelings were all shattered in an instant, shattered to pieces. Turning around, she ran out of the door, and as soon as Wei Pengfei stretched out his hand, he firmly grabbed her wrist. Ling Shan turned her head, her eyes were round and wide, full of fear and sorrow, and she said in a low voice:
"I see! There's no way I'm going to get rid of that shadow! Never! Let me go! Let me go back and think about it. β
He let go of her and turned his hand back, and with one hand he knocked the "family" on the table to the ground. Striding over, he trampled the "family" vigorously, trampling all the blocks and dolls to pieces. Chu Chu exclaimed in surprise and screamed:
"My doll! My dolls! β
Wei Pengfei raised his hand and waved his palm at Chu Chu without thinking about it. Ling Shan pounced like lightning, covering Chu Chu with his body, Wei Pengfei's palm hit Ling Shan's head, Ling Shan's head buzzed, the sky spun around, and his body fell on the carpet involuntarily. For a moment, there was a dead silence in the room. Chu Chu was stunned, Ling Shan was stunned, and Wei Pengfei was also stunned.
It seemed that a century had passed before Ling Shan came to consciousness, and she saw Wei Pengfei kneeling beside her. He reached out to lift her, then lifted her chin, and looked into her eyes, and the two of them looked at each other, both of whom were filled with fear, panic, and pain. Then, without saying a word, they hugged each other tightly.
Chu Chu still stood aside, looking at them in a daze.
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