In the upstairs room, Geng Chaozhong and Zhao Ersheng sat opposite each other.

They had been silent for a long time, and after Geng Chaozhong entered, Zhao Ersheng simply said the word "sit" and didn't say a word, neither looking at Geng Chaozhong's eyes nor showing any physical expression.

Geng Chaozhong didn't know what to say, all this was undoubtedly unfair to this girl in her early twenties, not to mention, before he proposed, he didn't discuss it with her first - it's not that he didn't want to say it, but he didn't know how to say it, and he coaxed her hypocritically? Geng Chaozhong didn't want that.

After a long time, Er Sheng finally raised his head and asked with a little anger on his face, "I'm waiting for you to apologize!" ”

Geng Chaozhong smiled.

The little girl is the little girl, and she still couldn't hold her breath after all, so Geng Chaozhong sighed and said: "I don't know where to start with a thousand words, but the three words 'I'm sorry' still have to be said after all, Er Sheng, I'm sorry." ”

"That's it?" Zhao Ersheng blinked, obviously not satisfied.

"It's over," Geng Chaozhong nodded, "I'm clumsy in words, I really can't say a lot of meaty lines like what is written in the Mandarin Duck Butterfly Pie, so please understand my silence." ”

Zhao Ersheng was a little disappointed, she looked out the window, then at Geng Chaozhong, and finally at herself, and then said: "Actually, you don't have to apologize, although you married me on the orders of your boss, why didn't I marry you as my parents?" So none of us owe anyone, and we don't need to apologize. ”

"Are you angry?" Geng Chaozhong spoke.

"Don't be angry, I'm just thinking about how boring our lives would be if we were like this all the time after we got married." Ersheng said calmly.

"You are different from what I thought," Geng Chaozhong looked at Zhao Ersheng's eyes, with more respect, "I thought you would cry, make trouble, and catch me with a big face, before coming in, I was waiting for you to have a seizure, but I was wrong, you are much more mature than I thought." ”

"I'm not a child," Ersheng suddenly laughed, still smiling like a simple child, "When I was very young, I saw my father get up in the middle of the night, stand on the window and smoke, his cigarette butts were bright and dark, like fireflies in the dark, and since then, I have known that he has a lot on his mind." ”

"You've known their identities for a long time?" Geng Chaozhong was suddenly a little curious.

"Yes, they thought I didn't know, but I knew, I just pretended not until I met you," Ersheng said with a mischievous look on his face, "Do you know how surprised they were when I revealed their identities?" ”

"Haha, you're such a clever little ghost." Geng Chaozhong smiled.

With Ersheng, although sometimes a little bored, there are still more happy times.

"Actually, although I am small, you know, if I am too old-fashioned, my parents will be unhappy," Er Sheng's expression began to become serious, "I am the only joy in their lives, if I become like my classmates in school, so bitter and hateful, so worried about the country and the people, then my parents' lives will have nothing but thrilling, you know?" How happy are they every time I ask them some stupid questions? I don't want them to lose that. So, I've been trying to keep myself the way I was when I was a kid. ”

Geng Chaozhong was a little surprised, he didn't expect that there was such a complicated mind hidden in this small shell, and this little girl had such a considerate and warm care under the simple appearance of a child.

"You are different from what I thought," Geng Chaozhong repeated the sentence just now, "I put away the contempt I have always had for you, and from now on, you have entered the ranks of those whom I respect." ”

"Thank you!"

Er Sheng smiled like a flower, and it was obvious that it was a great honor for her to be able to enter the ranks of the people that Geng Chaozhong respected.

"By the way, who are the people you respect?" She suddenly seemed to remember something.

"A lot, like our acting boss, the principal, and some others." Geng Chaozhong said thoughtfully.

"Why did you put the acting boss in front of the principal? It seems that the principal's official is bigger, huh? Ersheng blinked.

"This," Geng Chaozhong was stopped by Ersheng, "maybe it's because the principal is too far away from me, and the acting boss is too close to me." ”

"No, you're not right," Er Sheng shook his head, "For example, Mr. Deng, who teaches Mandarin at school, although I often see him, I don't respect him at all, because he often scolds my favorite Mr. Hu Shizhi." And Principal Situ, although I don't see him often, I have a lot of respect for him. I think it has nothing to do with distance. ”

"You're right, it's not about distance." Geng Chaozhong said silently from the bottom of his heart.

"Why are you silent?" Seeing that Geng Chaozhong was silent, Er Sheng couldn't help asking.

"Nothing, I remembered something else."

Geng Chaozhong reacted at this time, I don't know why, he is always easy to get distracted in front of Er Sheng-maybe it's because he is too focused in other conversations, and he pays too much attention to his words and deeds, and for this little girl, there are not so many things he wants to guard against.

"It's good to see you like this," Er Sheng smiled, "My dad often gets distracted in front of me, but he always looks like he is delicate and shrewd in front of others, I think, when he faces me, he should be resting!" ”

"You're right." Geng Chaozhong smiled.

"Alas........" Ersheng suddenly sighed.

"Why are you sighing?" The curious one became Geng Chaozhong.

"Because I'm getting married, I've heard that when other people fall in love, men will say a lot of love words to women, but my fiancé hasn't said a word to me......" Ersheng's face was full of disappointment.

"This ......." Geng Chaozhong hesitated, and his mind began to search his stomach, "Wait, I want to think about it." ”

"Good!" Er Sheng became excited, and stared at Geng Chaozhong with his cheeks raised.

"First of all," Geng Chaozhong cleared his throat, "I know your grievances, I know how precious it is for you to suppress your self-esteem and pride to accommodate me, I understand your feelings, I understand them, you are blindly obedient to me this time, and I will blindly obey you next time, okay?" If two people want to maintain a love, they may need to compromise and accommodate each other. ”

"That's good, it's reasonable, where did you hear that?" Er Sheng looked at Geng Chaozhong with curious eyes.

"A ......" Geng Chaozhong froze for a moment, and hurriedly remedied: "I read one of them, but I forgot which one." ”

"If there's anything else, I'd like to hear it." Ersheng was interested.

"Okay, I'll think about it again." Geng Chaozhong stubbornly agreed, and once again dug out the few remaining stocks in his head, and after a long time, he spoke again:

"This is a conversation between a man and a woman, a little long, and I will read it to you:

M: Yes, you are ruthless, you are cruel, you are unreasonable!

F: Then you're not ruthless!? Not cruel!? Not vexatious!?

M: Where am I ruthless!? Where is the cruelty!? Where is the vexatiousness!?

F: Where are you not ruthless!? Where is not cruel!? Where is it not vexatious!?

.........”

Geng Chaozhong said a familiar line like a tongue twister, Er Sheng was stunned at first, then stunned, and finally shocked, and then suddenly covered his mouth, laughed, and kept laughing until he even covered his stomach, and then he said breathlessly:

"Where did you see this, it's so funny!"

"I made it up myself."

Geng Chaozhong replied stubbornly - he didn't dare to say that it was in a book, what if Er Sheng had to read it?

Er Sheng covered her stomach, laughed for a while, and kept repeating the "cruel and unreasonable" lines just now, and it took a long time before she gradually calmed down, and gradually, there seemed to be tears flashing in her eyes, she looked at Geng Chaozhong in a daze, and said after a long time:

"You've told me so much, I'll tell you a word of love too!"

"Okay, you can say it." Geng Chaozhong leaned over his face seriously.

Er Sheng lay on Geng Chaozhong's ear, exhaled like an orchid, and said softly:

"I know you don't like me, but I like you!"