Early the next morning, Ruikang was having breakfast with Ruojun in the room, and on the small bedside table, there were two bowls of shredded chicken porridge and a plate of rose-pickled cucumbers.

Ruikang smiled and said: "Strange, I have never thought gruel is so delicious, why does this pickle taste so good." ”

"This is what I pickled before I got married, it's not a good thing, just like it." She was very happy to see him eat so deliciously.

Ruikang smiled and said, "You know, I think everything you do is delicious, even if it's a bowl of ginger soup, I think it's delicious in the world." ”

"You're exaggerating." She smiled, her spirit and complexion were much better, and he was very happy, and suddenly kissed her on the face, and her face flushed.

"Ruikang, I'm fine, you should go to school."

"Good. I've thought about it. I should get a job and plan for our future. ”

Future? Their future? Will they have a future? Ruojun stopped the spoon in his hand, looked at him with round eyes, his thick eyebrows frowned, but with a firm smile on his lips, he put down the bowl in his hand, took her hand, and said, "Are we going to be sneaky all our lives?" I don't want you, I want you to be my wife. ”

She looked at him in surprise, but her heart was so happy, her family had suddenly changed dramatically, and she was seriously ill, she never thought that there would be a future between them, and when she heard him say this, she instantly felt a flash of hope in front of her.

"Ruojun, would you like to?" He asked her, caressing her face lovingly.

Her eyes were soon covered with mist, her nose was red, and she was afraid that she would cry out excitedly, so she tightened her lips, although she didn't know what he was going to do, but she was willing. He watched her crystal tears fall from the corners of his eyes, held up her chin, and asked her seriously: "Tell me, are you willing?" I want to hear from you. ”

She nodded, flustered and excited, excited and tempting, trembling her petal-like lips, and said softly, "You know I do, but ......"

He hurriedly shook his head, leaned over slightly, his lips covering hers, and after a while, his thick eyebrows were twisted together and said, "Don't say it, but I know too well what we are facing." But I have to do it, give me some time. ”

"Ruojun, listen to me, last month, the professor in the school asked me if I was interested in becoming a teaching assistant, although I will not have a lot of money, but it is also an income, and I have contacts with several newspapers and publishing houses in Beiping, I think I can find a good job. When we have savings, I will tell my father and mother and my eldest brother the truth, and I will admit how they want to punish me, and this beating is inevitable. If they drive me out of the house, I will take you away, we leave Beiping, go away, Ruojun, this road must be very painful, do you have the confidence to walk with me? He looked at her with fiery eyes.

His plan, his words, his affection is too tempting, he brought her hope, brought light, brought love, brought the future, yes, she didn't need to lock herself in the Zhou family compound, she could be like the clouds in the sky, with him wandering the world, looking for their happiness, she stared at him affectionately, the corners of her mouth raised a sweet smile for the first time, revealing her white little teeth, and the fire of hope ignited in her eyes for the first time, her smile was so beautiful that it was sweet to his heart, I couldn't help but hug her into my arms.

People in love are very easy to lose their alertness, not that they don't know that there are many rights and wrongs, grievances and hatreds around them, but because they only have each other in their eyes, and they only have each other in the world.

A knock on the door finally cleared the minds of the two of them, and then they heard Cuiliu's almost exclamation: "Master, wife, big ...... Gentleman......! Her voice became sharp and abrupt from panic, and the pitch of her voice became an octave higher.

Cuiliu's face was pale, Mrs. Zhou walked into the courtyard, frowned and looked at her, her flickering eyes and distorted tone of voice inadvertently revealed that something unusual was happening in this small courtyard, and she couldn't help but be suspicious in her heart.

"What are you doing so much panic? What about Ruikang? What about Ruojun? Where are they? Mrs. Zhou asked, staring at Cuiliu with a stern expression.

Master Zhou and Ruian also followed into the small courtyard of the Mei family, the dilapidated and cold of the Mei family made the three masters of the Zhou family a little surprised, but at this time, what made them even more puzzled was the whereabouts of Ruikang and Ruojun.

Cuiliu lowered her head, rubbed the corners of her clothes, her whole body kept trembling, Mrs. Zhou's heart sank, could it be that what she was worried about finally happened? God, she looked back at Master Zhou and Ryan, Master Zhou looked puzzled, but Ryan was very cramped, standing in an unfamiliar environment, making him feel flustered and kept his head down.

Mrs. Zhou was about to have a seizure when suddenly Ruikang walked out of Ruojun's bedroom.

"Dad, mother, big brother?!" Ruikang looked surprised, especially when he saw his brother Ryan standing in the courtyard, he couldn't help frowning, and his chest suddenly became as heavy as a thousand-pound iron ingot.

Master Zhou stepped forward to look at his son, and when he saw his haggard face, he couldn't help asking, "Ruikang, you seem to be very tired, haven't you slept?" ”

Ruikang shook his head and comforted: "Dad, I'm fine, you also know that the Mei family is in such a big disaster, and it is inevitable that they will be troubled." ”

"What about Ruojun?" Mrs. Zhou's tone was cold.

"Mother, she was very stimulated and fell ill, so I went to visit it just now." Ruikang's eyes wandered for a moment, he concealed it well, but Mrs. Zhou knew her son too well, and she had already caught the subtle changes on his face at a glance.

"Okay, I'll go see her first, and you can take your father and eldest brother to incense first." Mrs. Zhou said expressionlessly.

When Mrs. Zhou noblely stepped into Ruojun's bedroom, Ruojun involuntarily shrank back, Mrs. Zhou is always so exquisite, with a high bun, a full forehead exposed, a pearl hair comb and a jade hairpin around the bun, shining with brilliance, two pearl studs the size of thumbnails on the ears, a dark green velvet cheongsam, the lower right corner of the cheongsam, embroidered with gold and silver thread with an orchid, very chic, and a string of brilliant pearl necklaces, it is really graceful and luxurious, although people are middle-aged, But it's still glorious. Mrs. Zhou must have been an extremely outstanding beauty when she was young, although Mei Ruojun was suppressed by Mrs. Zhou's momentum, she still admired her demeanor very much.

When Mei Ruojun saw Mrs. Zhou walking in, she quickly lifted the quilt and wanted to get out of bed to greet her, but as soon as she sat up, she felt dizzy, her eyes were black, her heart was beating fast, she shook a few times, and sat down again.

"If you're sick, don't get up." Mrs. Zhou said and waved her hand elegantly.

"Mother, I'm sorry." She whispered.

Mrs. Zhou looked around the small bedroom, the earthen wall had not been painted, there were two good calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, and a word "Fu" that had faded upside down, there was a dresser with paint off by the window, as well as two chairs and a coffee table, the quilt was also sewn from coarse cloth, and Mei Ruojun was as vulgar, she didn't know how God would give Mei Ruojun such a beautiful face, although she was pale and thin, but I saw a pitiful look, it really made people, especially men, like it to the heart.

Her eyes finally fell on the two rice bowls on the bedside table and the plate of pickles. Mrs. Zhou stepped forward silently, lowered her eyes and glanced at the leftover porridge in the bowl, stretched out her finger and touched the rice bowl, it was still warm, sure enough, Ruikang was here to have breakfast with her just now, Mrs. Zhou was very angry in her heart, what did this poor woman in front of her want to do? Want to ruin her two sons? No, absolutely not to let her succeed. Mrs. Zhou looked at Mei Ruojun's face with anger, this face, the more she looked at it, the more she hated it, but she couldn't easily tear her face apart, because her two sons were attached to her, she had to think of a perfect way to make her accept her fate, make her obey, and make her submit.

Mrs. Zhou held back the anger in her chest, and said coldly: "Ruojun, I understand the pain of losing your father and mother, and Ryan also cares about you, so from today on, Ryan will stay with you, your husband and wife will have a good reunion, I will send a few more people to serve you, as for Ruikang, naturally he wants to go back, on the one hand, he has studies to continue, on the other hand, his marriage with the Cheng family has been decided, and the fifteenth of next month is the day of his wedding with Miss Cheng Family, which is to be prepared." It's inconvenient for you to have filial piety, so stay at your mother's house and recuperate. Wait until he gets married. After Mrs. Zhou finished speaking, she raised the handkerchief in her hand, and walked out as noble as when she came in, even a little arrogant.

After Mrs. Zhou left, Ruojun found that her whole body was trembling, and her hands had already scratched the quilt into a crumpled mess. The mother-in-law's understatement of a few words had destroyed the dreams and hopes she had woven ten minutes ago, and a sharp knife pierced her heart, making her feel painful, although what the mother-in-law said was what she expected, but she still felt sad and sad. She curled up and buried her face in her knees.

I don't know how long it took, the sound of the monk chanting began to come out of the mourning hall again, the chanting sound, the sound of the wooden fish, made her have a headache, vaguely she seemed to hear Ruikang's voice, as if it was arguing, as if it was justifying, and as if it was pleading, and finally his voice was swallowed up by the monk's chanting.

After a while, Cuiliu lowered her head and walked in with a depressed face, holding a tray in her hand to clean up the dishes, she looked very sad, Ruojun knew that she must have been blamed by Mrs. Zhou for her own sake, she was very sorry, and said, "I'm sorry, Cuiliu, I implicated you." ”

Cuiliu stopped what she was doing, raised her eyelashes, deflated her mouth, shook her head, and squirmed her lips to say something, but in the end it turned into a sigh, turned around and walked out, and suddenly stopped at the door, shouting: "Young Master!" ”

Ruojun hurriedly wiped the tears on his eyes, gathered his loose hair, and after Cuiliu's figure flashed, there was a figure standing at the door with a cane, his height was not much shorter than Ruikang, but because of the curvature of his spine, he was hunched over, so he seemed to be much shorter. This time his right face was facing her, she looked at him from a distance, how similar his right face was to Ruikang, a thick sword eyebrow, beautiful and amorous eyes, a high nose bridge, he stood by the door, did not walk in, his eyes kept looking at the ground, he looked nervous, hesitated for a long time, stretched out his finger and knocked lightly on the door frame twice.

"I ...... I...... Can I come in? He asked cautiously.

His humility, his insecurity, and his fragility made her feel pity in her heart, but she was still afraid of him, the anger of the three dynasties in front of the door, the coldness by the stable, the rudeness in the study, she pulled the quilt tightly, nodded, and said in a soft tone as much as possible: "Enter ...... Come in......" She stammered.

Ryan limped towards her with a cane, she opened her big clear eyes, looking at him in fear, the fear in her eyes made him stop, he didn't actually know that it was because of his past behavior that made Ruojun afraid, he still thought that her fear was because of his deformed appearance, he lowered his head in shame.

The two of them are husband and wife, and they are so strange, the two of them are standing like this, one is lying, and they are stiff face to face, and they can't find a word to say. Ruojun thought about it for a long time, and only thought: "Sit down." "Those two words.

He looked around and sat sideways in the chair by the window, trying to turn his right side of his face to hers as much as possible.

"I ...... I'm worried about you......" he whispered.

"Thank you." She replied bluntly, since the marriage, he may have said two things on one hand, although he suddenly said a word full of emotion, which surprised her, but she couldn't answer him with sentimental words.

The conversation between the two was interrupted like this, Mei Ruojun's mind seemed to be full of sawmills, dense and groggy, Ruikang's enthusiasm, kisses, and plans had long occupied all her thoughts and hearts, maybe her physical strength was limited, maybe her ability was limited, although she felt that she should give Ryan some attention and mercy, but she felt powerless, and she couldn't allocate a trace of space for the man in front of her who was married to her.

She pressed her swollen temples, experienced the sweetness of love in the morning, weaving sweet dreams, to being destroyed by Mrs. Zhou's hope, Ruikang's departure, and Ryan's appearance, she couldn't bear so much at once, especially she was still immersed in the grief of losing her father and mother, and the sound of wooden fish outside knocked on her nerves, and finally she said: "I'm sorry, Ryan, I want to sleep for a while." "She's giving an eviction order, and she wants to be alone.

But Ryan didn't leave, just said lightly: "You sleep, I'...... I'm sitting ...... Sit here with you. ”

She was stunned for a moment, raised her eyes to look at him, and just wanted to speak, but immediately pursed her lips, and instantly remembered that he was her husband, and he was the only man who had the right to sit here and watch her sleep, and even sleep with her, didn't he? Her heart sank, yes, he had the right to do anything to her, and she had no power to drive him away, she had to obey him, love him, and serve him. Her head hurt even more, and her heart ached faintly, only to feel that the dream that Ruikang had woven not long ago was slowly disillusioned like a beautiful soap bubble.

She lay down, her back to him, she needed to rest, she needed to regain her strength, and her intelligence. He walked silently to the door with his cane, closed the door, cut off the noise outside, and returned to the seat next to the bed, looking at her back on the bed stupidly.