Chapter Seventy-Six: The Heart of a Child
When Du Ziteng saw Zhong Ke's missed call, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon.
She stared at the two phone numbers on the phone screen that were very close to each other, and she couldn't help but feel a little distracted.
Zhong Ke has rarely called her, but as long as she calls, it must be for Su Wu.
Today, this kid called her early in the morning, or two in a row. Although she didn't answer, his heart was already clear, and she, a passerby, couldn't pretend to be confused.
It's just that his phone call is so urgent, it's really a bit different from his usual style.
Zhong Ke likes Su Wu, she knows it. But she just didn't understand, since she liked it, she still liked it very much, why didn't he tell Su Wu directly after so many years? According to Su Wu's unusual dullness, I want her to open up on her own, unless she finds a martial arts master to get through her second vein, or washes her heart and lungs like she played in "Strange Tales from Liaozhai". Otherwise, don't think about it!
So, once she was curious again, and she didn't hold back it, so she asked directly. originally thought that she would eat a bowl of closed-door soup and receive two white-eyed knives, but she was mentally prepared.
But she didn't want to, Zhong Ke, who had always dragged it like 2580,000, actually answered, and she was surprised by the answer. It can be said that it was very unexpected.
Zhong Ke said: "I want to give her the best life, but now I don't have such ability." ”
She still remembers what Zhong Ke looked like when she said this. is obviously a young man like a green onion, but his eyes seem to have precipitated traces of time, and his eyes are dark and heavy, as if he has changed someone.
At that time, Wisteria realized that Zhong Ke's liking for Su Wu had far surpassed her cognition. That kind of liking is not the product of the impulse of the hormonal explosion surging in youth, nor is it the ignorant and vague mutual attraction at the age when boys and girls are first in love.
When other boys and girls of the same age fall in love for the first time, and then sweetly and sweetly, the mountains and the sea vows; When they lose themselves and sink into the illusion of the beauty of love; When they were broken and struggling in love, Zhong Ke thought about responsibility and responsibility.
What he Zhong Ke wants to give Su Wu is a real castle, every brick and tile is real, which can withstand the wind and rain for her, and can give her peace of mind, instead of a phantom and a fleeting mirage that will shatter like foam.
But his shoulders are still very thin, not enough to bear the burden of life. He didn't want to use the most beautiful language in the world to weave a dream that was actually fragile and vulnerable.
Therefore, even if he likes and loves, he never says it easily.
However, Zhong Ke, what you don't know is that there are too many unknowns and encounters in life, and before you know it, it deviates from the direction you have preset......
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Du Ziteng thought for a while, sighed, and said to himself: "...... The edge is deep and shallow, and it can only depend on the creation between you and Niu'er. That's when I clicked the callback button.
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After receiving the phone, Zhong Ke sat on the sofa in the living room at home, looking at the blurred rain curtain outside the window and was in a trance.
Although Wisteria didn't say anything on the phone, her sentence "Your kid is coming back anyway, you won't know it yourself when you see it" made the uneasiness in his heart stronger and stronger.
As soon as Zhong Linxiu came out of the kitchen with the washed apples, the first thing she saw was her son Zhong Ke looking at the rain outside the window in a daze.
Even if he is sitting on the sofa and wearing the simplest T-shirt and trousers, it is difficult to hide his height and long legs, and he is handsome. It's just that there are too many worries hidden in those beautiful eyes at this time, which makes his whole person look preoccupied.
Zhong Linxiu knew that although his son was still here, his thoughts were afraid that he had already passed through the heavy rain curtain and flew to the girl in the small town.
Missing this thing is really mysterious, even if there are thousands of mountains and rivers, it can't be blocked. As long as you still think and love, your heart will grow a pair of wings and fly to that person......
Zhong Linxiu remembered that drunken night, she smiled self-deprecatingly, after so many years, she actually didn't have a trace of regret. Zhong Ke was the best gift that person left her, although he didn't know that he existed, and he didn't know that he had another son in this world......
The sudden ringing of the phone interrupted her thoughts, and Zhong Ke also turned his head to look at her, his eyes were already full of smiles, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "It's a big weekend, and you're still so busy?" ”
Zhong Linxiu could naturally hear his words, glared at him with disgust, bent down to put the fruit plate on the coffee table, and picked up the mobile phone and picked it up.
"Hey, Manager Yang." She said.
A male voice sounded faintly on the other end of the phone, Zhong Ke couldn't hear what the person said, just bent the corner of his mouth and smiled, leaned forward again, grabbed an apple, "clicked" a big bite, and chewed slowly.
Then, he lifted Erlang's legs, leaned back at will, and stretched his arms on the back of the sofa. That posture is as comfortable as it is, and as perverse as it is perverse!
Zhong Linxiu was still talking on the phone: "...... Yes, Manager Yang, I'll change the details of that design drawing, and I'll send you an email at eight o'clock in the evening...... No trouble, no trouble, that's what I should have done......"
She didn't deliberately avoid Zhong Ke, and Zhong Ke naturally "eavesdropped" openly while eating apples.
Seeing that the expression on Zhong Linxiu's face stiffened for a moment, he then smiled politely and detachedly: "How can this be embarrassing? I haven't stepped into this circle for many years, and you have helped me a lot...... I'm very grateful for your ......" Then the other party said something again, Zhong Linxiu paused, the smile on his face remained unchanged, "Then it's better to be respectful than obey your fate, and I will call you Senior Brother Yang in the future......"
Hearing this, Zhong Ke ate the apple for a moment, the corners of his mouth were hooked, and a playful smile flashed in his eyes. The show should be on the way soon!
Sure enough, after a while, Zhong Linxiu's face showed an even more embarrassed look, and he turned his head to look at Zhong Ke.
Zhong Ke spread his hands and immediately replied to her with a nonchalant expression of "you can do it yourself, I can do it".
Zhong Linxiu glanced at him again, but smiled at the phone and declined: "Senior Brother Yang, I'm really embarrassed, today's child has the first day of vacation, and he has to argue for me to make sweet and sour pork ribs for him." Counting it, it is true that our mother and son haven't seen each other for more than a month, and I miss him a lot, and I want to accompany him at home, so ......" paused, "Well, it's ......"
Zhong Ke's eyes widened, and as soon as Zhong Linxiu put down the phone, he couldn't wait to straighten up and ask her: "I said Sister Xiu!" When do I have to argue for you to make me sweet and sour pork ribs? You used me to block peach blossoms without my consent, isn't it too unauthentic for you to pull hatred for your son? ”
As soon as his words fell, Zhong Linxiu glared at him again: "Bastard boy!" Nothing big or small! What Sister Xiu, I'm your mother! ”
Zhong Ke laughed "sneering", but shouted obediently: "Mom." He deliberately made a look of grievance and said, "I want to eat sweet and sour pork ribs." ”
He smiled slyly, Zhong Linxiu could see at a glance that his son was sincere, but she still smiled and poked his forehead with her finger: "You! You're getting worse and worse kid. ”
Obviously he didn't use much strength, but Zhong Ke immediately exaggerated his handsome face and shouted, "Ouch! It hurts, it hurts! Are you so cruel to your own son? ”
Zhong Linxiu was amused: "Pretend!" You keep pretending! Stinky boy! After saying that, he put on his apron and walked into the kitchen.
Zhong Ke looked at Zhong Linxiu's back and was silent for a while, then stood up, put down the half-eaten apple, shook it into the kitchen in two by three, and said with a hippie smile: "Mom, I'll help you choose the dishes." ”
Zhong Linxiu was not polite, and without looking back, he directly stuffed him with a plastic bag: "It's all chosen, wash it again!" ”
"Gotta do it!" Loud and crisp but mischievous tone.
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The rain outside the window seemed to be a little lighter, and the heat of the stove fire slowly condensed into a layer of mist on the window glass. The light in the kitchen was a little dim, Zhong Ke turned on the light, and while choosing vegetables, he looked at the woman who was busy in front of the stove, who was already half a head shorter than him.
He knew from an early age that his mother was a beautiful woman. At this moment, in the soft light, even if you are wearing the most ordinary loungewear and an apron around your waist, it is extremely beautiful and eye-catching.
Time and years have not left too many traces on her face, but they have given her a more mature and elegant temperament.
She is strong, independent, and tenacious, pulling him up alone, providing him with school, sheltering him from the wind and rain with her thin shoulders and slender hands, treating him like a jewel, and working hard for him......
However, she is such a tough and beautiful woman, but she closes her whole heart and never allows other men to approach.
That Manager Yang, Zhong Ke has seen, a tall and gentle middle-aged man...... I heard that the two of them used to be college alumni, but they were of different levels. As long as his mother is willing, he will never object, but it's a pity......
Zhong Ke doesn't know, what kind of man did his mother love back then? can make her remember it for more than 20 years, but never mention it. The neatly stacked white men's shirt in the closet has always been a treasure for my mother. I treasured it for more than 20 years and brought it from a small town to Kyoto......
He had quietly seen that judging by its size, its former owner must have been a tall and straight man.
The man...... Could it be his biological father? Scold! A father who has never met! Does he know that somewhere in this world, there is a woman who has been stupid for him for most of her life and raised a son for him?
If he was lucky enough to see him in this life, he thought, he Zhong Ke would not be rare! In the days to come, he will use his own efforts to support his mother and the girl he loves......
It may be that mother and son are connected, Zhong Linxiu looked at him at this time, Zhong Ke immediately restrained his thoughts, and squeezed out a bright smile at her: "Don't worry, Sister Xiu!" I've been doing this little bit of work since I was a child, no problem! Then he continued to look down and choose his food.
But knowing his son Mo Ruomu, the emotions that flashed in Zhong Ke's eyes still fell into Zhong Linxiu's eyes. She looked at Zhong Ke next to the vegetable sink, and her heart hurt so without warning.
Although this child looks unruly on the surface, it is not. He has a pure heart, and he is more calm and responsible than any boy of the same age. He was very well-behaved and obedient from childhood to adulthood, except when he was eight years old......
Now, he was grown up, and his body and appearance were seven points similar to that man...... If he asked her, she thought, she would be willing to tell him everything that had happened back then. However, from that year onwards, as if he had forgotten, he never mentioned the word "father" again.
Zhong Linxiu was silent for a moment, and opened his mouth with some difficulty, but in the end he didn't say anything, turned his head again, and continued to stir fry the ribs in the pot......
At the same time, the Neon Pavilion.
Su Wu looked at Mu Zhengyao, who was sitting at the round table and looking down at his mobile phone, and his heart was like a ball of cotton, soft and swollen, and he had inexplicable palpitations.
Su Wu looked at it for a while, and then his eyes fell on the fake model in the window, and he couldn't help laughing.
remembers that at that time, she still thought about what kind of woman could stand by Mu Zhengyao's side, and was still worried about whether his girlfriend could bring him back if he took him out. However, she didn't expect this woman to be herself.
The world was really wonderful, she had never thought anything wrong about him, and he wasn't the gentle man she liked at all, but now they were really boyfriend and girlfriend.
Even, in Mu Zhengyao's heart, she is not just his girlfriend. Thinking about it a little, the sweetness is like a honeypot with cracks open, oozing out in wisps, and you can't stop it. Su Wu's whole heart is sweet.
However, soon, she thought of Zhong Ke.
I don't know if Zhong Ke will laugh at her mercilessly when he sees Mu Zhengyao when he comes back, saying that she is a fickle little woman. She could imagine that picture now—
Zhong Ke's guy stood in front of her with his hands in his hands, his expression was extremely disdainful, and he looked at her with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said very viciously: "Cut!" Didn't you say that you were looking for a useless scholar like Ning Caichen? How did you find such an old man who is not close to anyone? You can't get married, huh? ”
As soon as she thought of this, Su Wu felt very bad, so she didn't want to give Zhong Ke a chance to make such sarcasm at her! Hum! Mu Zhengyao is not old! He's only 28 years old, okay?
She glanced at Mu Zhengyao, but secretly thought in her heart that she must not let Zhong Ke see Mu Zhengyao! Even if she sees it, she can't let him know about her relationship with Mu Zhengyao!
Well! That's it! Having made up his mind to pay attention, Su Wu immediately became happy again. She glanced at the light rain outside, which had gradually turned into a drizzle, and then turned her face away, supported her cheeks with one hand, and blatantly looked at Mu Zhengyao's handsome side face.
I thought: Why is he so good-looking? What should I do if I look better the more I look at it?
Mu Zhengyao didn't know that Su Wu had so many messy thoughts at this time, and his attention was completely focused on the text message that was being edited on his phone.
Following his gaze, he saw that the message call box was impressively written: "Help me order a few roast ducks in Quanjude, and it will be shipped by air, and it must arrive within two days." Below is a list of his current delivery addresses, and the recipient of the message is: Huang Qun.
When Huang Qun, who was thousands of miles away, saw Mu Zhengyao's information, the fan in his hand suddenly fell to the ground.
He didn't care about picking it up, with a cigarette in his mouth, he couldn't believe it, and read the information again from beginning to end, and checked the 11-digit phone number one by one, then he raised his head, stared at the little eyes, and said, "!" ”
After knowing each other for so many years, Mu Zhengyao sent him a message for the first time! It's actually because of Quanjude's roast duck!
He's a well-known private detective in Kyoto! Mu Zhengyao actually casually called him as a little servant and asked him to go to Quanjude to buy roast duck! It's too much of a bully!
Huang Qun dialed him back three times and divided five by two, but he didn't want to answer his phone over there, so he hung up directly.
What people this is!
Soon new information came in. After Huang Qun finished reading it, his small eyes immediately narrowed into a slit, and then he flipped his fingers and quickly edited a message and replied: "Okay! Boss Mu rest assured, contemptible people will buy it! How many do you want? ”
Huang Qun waited for a while, but did not receive any more reply.
He immediately understood that Mu Zhengyao meant casually, let him do it himself. Then he's welcome! He takes on business by quantity...... Ha ha! He seemed to see stacks of pink bills flying towards him with wings! Ouch! How to break the mood if you like it, how do you feel happy, and if you are so excited?