Chapter Twenty-Nine: Our Little Secret
I didn't plan to go back directly after the meeting, and I played with my mobile phone in the hall to pass the time, which was good, and I could enjoy it for a minute.
A familiar figure appeared in the doorway in the backlight, and I looked up and grinned unconsciously.
"Huh? How did you come? I asked softly.
"Come and see you, I'm not happy to hear you in the morning, it's time for my jingle cat to show up." He bent down to my ear, and the breath of his voice tickled my ears.
"You sit over there." I blushed and gave him a nudge on the arm.
Mu Liang laughed lightly and said, "Are you still busy in the afternoon?" β
"I'm not busy, I should be back in a while." I gasped as I spoke.
"Huh? What's wrong? Look at you, are you arguing with your aunt again? Mu Liang noticed my inadvertent frown and asked softly.
I guess he's not a jingle cat, he's a roundworm.
I pouted, but didn't answer.
"I bought you a sundae~" Mu Liang stretched out his hand and handed it over,
I realized that he was carrying a bag in his hand, and the sundae was still the same strawberry flavor that I liked.
"You're here to feed, aren't you?" I laughed at him as I opened it.
He smiled shyly and seemed to blush a little, like when he asked me for my phone number.
Before I could ask, he stammered, "You..... Eat slowly. β
"Huh? Why? "I took out the stick, and was about to take my mouth when I saw a bright light shining on the sundae. The light shines brightly, like a star on a daily basis.
I was stunned, my eyes widened, and I took it out of the sundae.
"You...... Why buy a ring? "I was speechless.
"The pair I bought, it's very ordinary, and the drill is not big, so I will definitely make up for you a big one in the future." Mu Liang said with a red face, the roots of his ears seemed to be flushed, and he took out another male ring from his pocket.
"I didn't waste any money, I earned it myself," he began to explain before I could say anything, "and there will be bigger surprises soon, and I said it will get better and better." β
"I don't care about that."
I really don't care about material things, maybe I'm emotionally barren, so I'm more eager for long-term warmth.
"I know." Mu Liang nodded, lowered his eyelids, and helped me bring the ring, "I wanted to buy a necklace, but it is easy to take it without a ring, and you can take it off when it is inconvenient, this is our little secret." β
He took me by the hand and slowly put it on. The movements are slow and gentle, and they look as deliberate as the wedding scene on TV. When he put it on, he looked up at me, his eyes shining like a diamond, and his eyes and lips were smiling.
A little loose, my fingers bubbles, it's still very suitable.
"Can you put it on for me too?" He reached over and handed over the ring.
The first time I took his hand so carefully, I found that his palm had a thin callus.
"How can you have a cocoon?" I stroked his palm.
He withdrew his hand in embarrassment and pursed his lips, "Well, it's caused by overtime drawing." β
It's not that I don't know Mu Liang's dedication, every day when he talks about what he has seen and heard for a day, I can hear that he has a lot of work pressure, from learning to mastery, there are so many people in the same batch, and he has become one of the best.
If it weren't for me, he could have slowed down and not have to stay up all night frequently, taking on the workload of several others by himself, and I looked at his palms and my eyes were a little moist.
"Hey! What do you think! Man! There should be a sense of responsibility! Mu Liang withdrew his hand and straightened his back. He is already tall and thin, and his straight back and smile are very eye-catching. Like a straight tree, the wind rustled through the leaves, making me feel cool as I stood beside him.
Mu Liang sent me home as usual, when I was almost home. We walked slowly along the white mottled wall next to the sidewalk, also in the sun, and our mood was very different from before. I'm no longer alone, there's a man who came for me without asking me how to do it. It seems that love has fallen into clichΓ©s, and when I am with him, I don't want a time machine, I am afraid that I will miss him if I travel to the wrong place.
I asked him if he had missed out if he hadn't listened to the little boy. Or if we hadn't changed our itinerary at the beginning, we wouldn't have met.
Mu Liang smiled lightly and said softly, "Then I will definitely meet you in another way." β
Hearing his words, it was as if the world was at peace.
Maybe it was because he saw that I was walking slower than usual, squeezed my hand gently, and said, "I want to work hard now, so that you won't be so sad, and you won't cry and say it's okay with swollen eyes." β
I looked at him sideways in surprise, my eyes were swollen a little bit in the morning, how could Mu Liang ......
He seemed to feel my gaze, and he also stopped, looking a little sad when he looked down. His eyelids drooped, even his eyelashes seemed to tremble, and his teeth bit his lip. Suddenly hugged me and said, "It won't be long, with me with you, you will get better in the future." I could even feel his voice trembling and tears on the horizon.
The hand gradually let go, but his face came very close, and left a kiss on my forehead. Gently, not like a feather falling on the body, but like a careful fear of startling the bird.
This kind of time is always very short, no matter how slow you go, there is a moment to arrive.
Before stepping foot in the house, I stroked the ring, hesitated for a long time, and then took it off and put it in the innermost compartment of my bag. Mom's attitude is so firm, she can't let her ruin Mu Liang's achievements in the company that he has just established.
At dinner, my mother sighed at the dining table and said, "Hey, Xiangwan, it's not that I want to scold you, you have to understand that I am a person with a knife mouth and a tofu heart, you look at the dishes at home, don't I often cook what you like to eat?" Am I bad for you? On the contrary, you are estranged from your parents, and we will remember what you mentioned, but you are not sincere to your parents! β
Before my mother finished speaking, I also sighed to express the denial in my heart.
"Look at you! As soon as I speak, you interrupt! I didn't finish my sentence, I felt uncomfortable! You're going to let me finish talking! I'm not like you! You can hide things in your hearts and make them bad! I'm the one who won't be at ease after speaking, you should understand me! Why do you think I'm bad to my family? Or is it you ...... who are wrong?"
"Mom, can you not think that we are all bad people? Can't you feel comfortable saying that we should suffer if you say something comfortable? "I tried to speak as peacefully as I could, and then I still couldn't control my throat one by one, and I felt very uncomfortable being wronged and being charged.
"You're interjecting again! I'm not done yet! You let me finish talking first, you didn't buy these until we had a fight, right? That's always right! Don't you see that I usually eat and drink everything you like? Are you not sincere to me? Buy a garbage and come back angry with me? β
"I didn't because I didn't have that much money right now and I did the best I could. Even if you don't like it, that's my heart. If someone else gave it, would you do the same? β
I still can't help but respond.
At this time, I saw my mother's gritted teeth and bulging cheeks.