The business of "Chen Mei Kee Snack Bar" is still booming, and there is an endless stream of diners. Ruojun and Cuiliu were busy in the kitchen, Mrs. Chen was responsible for ordering and collecting money, and Zhou Fu served dishes back and forth and ran to the hall.

That day, near the end of the day, Mrs. Chen was behind the counter and Ruojun talking about the day's income, Zhou Fu was about to plug in the door panel, a rickshaw stopped at the door of the snack bar, and a man hurriedly walked on it, shouting urgently: "Hey, hey, wait a minute, wait a minute." I'm going to buy pickles! ”

Zhou Fu and Ruojun couldn't help but be surprised when they turned their heads to look at this person, and the man was also stunned when he saw them.

"Young Master Cheng!" It was Zhou Fu who shouted out first.

It turned out that the person who came was Cheng Jiawei, Ruojun was stunned and didn't know what to say, the relationship between them was too delicate, she still remembered the way he looked at herself angrily on Jinyun Mountain, to Jiaqi, the Cheng family, Ruojun is still guilty, after the shock, Ruojun shouted: "Jiawei, hello." ”

Cheng Jiawei was also a little embarrassed and slowed down.

"Young Master Cheng, how have you been doing all these years? It's been a long time since I've seen each other. Zhou Fu said happily.

Jiawei patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's all good, it's all good, I've experienced something." ”

Ruojun hurriedly invited him in, Jiawei nodded, walked into the store, looked around, the place is not big, but it is very neat and clean, six square tables, and a few long benches, and there are all kinds of dishes on the wall, and all kinds of flowers are painted on the menus, which suddenly adds a lot of elegance to this originally small and crowded shop.

"Jiawei, what do you want to eat?" Ruojun asked.

Jia Wei paused, and looked at Ruojun with some surprise: "You opened this store?" ”

Ruojun smiled slightly, looked at Mrs. Chen and said, "I opened it with Sister Chen." ”

Jiawei couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Hehe, I really can't imagine that a weak woman like you would become a female boss." ”

"It's just to survive." Ruojun whispered.

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Nian'an ran out of the room with her homework book and shouted, "Mother, mother, I'm done with my homework." ”

Jiawei lowered his head and looked at Xiao Nian'an carefully, with black and fluffy hair, clear eyebrows, black and shining eyes, ruddy lips, white skin, and a heroic spirit looming between his eyebrows.

Ruojun was also embarrassed, touched Nian'an's head, and said, "Call Uncle Cheng." ”

Xiao Nian'an glanced at Jiawei suspiciously, bent his eyes, smiled sweetly, bowed politely, and shouted loudly: "Hello Uncle Cheng!" ”

Jiawei should hate this child, should reject this child, this child is Zhou Ruikang's illegitimate son, is the ironclad evidence of Zhou Ruikang's cheating and betrayal of marriage, he should represent his sister Jiaqi, immediately turned around and left, expressing protest and disgust.

But he seemed to see Zhou Ruikang, who was playing and laughing with him in college, chasing his dreams together, his best friend Zhou Ruikang, and his idol Zhou Ruikang.

Maybe it's because he's open-minded and cheerful by nature, or maybe it's because he's about to become a father himself, in short, he doesn't hate Nian'an at all, and he can't say how much he likes it.

Nian An tilted his head to look at this strange uncle and asked, "Uncle, do you want a bowl of chicken noodle soup?" I'm in for a treat, and I don't charge you money. ”

Jia Wei sneered, bent down to look at him and said, "Thank you, you are so generous." ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and Ruojun asked again: "Jiawei, do you want to buy pickles?" ”

"Oh yes." Jia Wei patted his head and smiled: "A while ago, a friend came to send two cans of your pickles, my wife loves to eat them, she is now five months pregnant, and the taste is getting stranger and stranger, but she has a soft spot for your pickles." Today I found out that I finished eating the pickles, haha, so I was ordered to come out and buy them. ”

"Ah, so you're married!" Ruojun, Zhou Fu and Cuiliu were all very happy to come forward to bless.

"Yes." Jia Wei smiled a little shyly.

Ruojun hurriedly took a bag and filled ten cans of "rose pickles" to him, Jiawei was about to pay for it, Ruojun shook his head with a smile and said, "Friend, you won't really give me money." ”

Jia Wei looked at her gratefully and sighed: "Ruojun, in the past, it may be that I looked at emotional matters too simply. ”

Ruojun shook his head: "No, if you say that, I will be even more embarrassed." ”

"Anyway, the past is gone, and maybe my wife and I will visit your shop again in the future." Jia Wei smiled.

……

That night, Jia Wei touched his wife's swollen belly, felt the fetal movement of the little baby in the belly, and felt uneasy, he was originally a person who couldn't hide things, at this time, Xiao Nian'an's little face kept spinning in his mind, and he always had a feeling of not vomiting and unhappy. So that night, he wrote another letter to Jiaqi.

Thousands of rivers and mountains, lovesickness riding the wind, and soon this letter arrived in Hong Kong.

When Jiaqi received the letter, Ruikang happened to be at home, and he was alone on the balcony on the third floor looking into the distance, with a pipe in his mouth and his eyebrows furrowed.

Jiaqi took the letter, walked up slowly, and looked at the slender and upright figure standing in the wind from a distance, he was so lonely, so lonely, although downstairs was a lively family, but those were just his responsibilities, but not what he thought, she wanted to accompany him, be his partner, and relieve his inner depression, but she knew that she didn't have that ability.

He has changed a lot, almost like two people, the former sunshine is long gone, and now Zhou Ruikang is deep and melancholy, elegant and indifferent, like an obsidian polished over the years, even more charming, she really can't get enough of him, she watched him spit smoke from his mouth elegantly.

He turned his head to look at her and smiled slightly, "You're here." ”

"Yes." She walked up and stood beside him, and together they looked out at the distant sky.

"I'm at work." She said.

"I know, that's good. You're a very capable woman, and you're too much of a nuisance at home. He said.

"Thank you for the compliment."

"It's a fact."

"Ruikang, what are your plans?"

Ruikang looked at him, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with a helpless, somewhat inexplicable smile and said, "No." ”

"You're only thirty-four years old, don't you do anything?"

"I think my life is over." With a touch of sadness, he said, "I want to do my filial piety for a few more years." ”

"Self-deception."

"Oh? What do you think? Ruikang turned to look at her.

"You can't find the light source of life. Am I not right? ”

"You're right, I've been living in the dark for a long, long time." An appreciative smile tugged at the corner of his mouth: "You still know me." ”

"I'd rather not know you." She sighed, faced the gentle sea breeze, gently took his hand, interlocked her fingers with him, and said, "Ruikang, can we do it all over again?" ”

He looked at her with some surprise.

"I love you, you know. We have been through ups and downs together for more than ten years......"

He let go of her hand, and his eyebrows locked again: "Jiaqi, let's not go around in circles, okay?" ”

She glanced at her hurtfully, lowered her head and smiled bitterly and said, "Hehe, you are an amorous, ruthless, and ruthless person. ”

"I'm not a good man, I'm not a good husband, I'm not a good father, I don't ask for forgiveness,"

His depression and self-criticism did not make her feel comforted, but suddenly, she felt extremely strange, yes, strange, is he still the high-spirited and energetic Zhou Ruikang back then? No, not anymore, although his appearance is still suave, but his state of mind has long been drooping.

She began to ask herself, if it weren't for his appearance, would she still love him? Such a depressed man, such a sad man......

"Tell me, Ruikang, if one day, you and Mei Ruojun reunite, what will you do?" She asked suddenly.

Behind the gold-rimmed glasses, Ruikang's eyes flashed, and he was a little strange Jiaqi asked him this question, for so many years, the name Mei Ruojun was like a taboo, and no one would mention it in this family, Mei Ruojun only lived in his heart and in his diary. Why did Cheng Jiaqi suddenly talk to herself about Mei Ruojun today?

Leaning on the railing, he said, "I will ask her for forgiveness and persuade her to live with me." ”

"You're going to ask for a divorce from me, are you?"

"It's not a request, it's a plea, it's a plea." He said frankly.

She trembled and inhaled, her heart ached, tears swirled in her eyes, tears dropped, drop by drop on the railing of the balcony, and at the same time, blood dropped, drop by drop, fell to the bottom of her heart.

Her shrugged shoulders, her soft sobs, her sadness at the break, made him indifferent any longer, and he felt sad on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry...... It's me talking too much, I'm sorry ......."

Before he could finish speaking, she suddenly stood on tiptoe, put her arms around his neck, and kissed him on the lips, and she hugged him very tightly, and kissed him very hard, and her tears wet his cheeks, and she melted all the love of her life into this kiss.

Jiaqi has always been dignified and calm, and it was the first time to kiss herself so actively, Ruikang didn't know how to react for a while, but her sadness made him feel guilty.

He wanted to respond to her, but he hesitated, he was afraid that his response would make her fall deeper and deeper, so he just let her kiss him. After a long time, she stopped kissing heartbrokenly, and tears kept rolling out of her eyes.

Just when Ruikang was confused, suddenly Jia Qi bit her lower lip and raised her hand high, "Bang~!" With a crisp sound, a heavy slap was slapped in his face.

Ruikang's face was hot and painful, but his heart suddenly relaxed, he knew that for so many years, he owed her this slap, he was not angry, he was not angry, he was not resentful, just lowered his head, like a child who did something wrong, and accepted the punishment.

With tears in her eyes, she took off the ring on her ring finger, the diamond ring that he had proposed to her in front of the hospital bed, and threw it coldly on the ground, although the tears had not stopped, but she had controlled her tone, and said firmly and clearly: "I agree to divorce!" ”

Ruikang still hung his head, because he didn't feel happy, or happy, just sad, Cheng Jiaqi took out the letter that Jiawei wrote to her from his pocket again, trembled his hands, fell on his face, didn't say a word anymore, raised his head, straightened his chest, and turned around and left with a swaying posture.

On the balcony, Zhou Ruikang's hair was ruffled by the sea breeze, he picked up the ring on the ground and opened Jiawei's letter......

After reading the letter, Ruikang's hands trembled...... No, in fact, it was his heart trembling...... Seven years of lovesickness, seven years of separation, seven years of searching, seven years of pain...... He finally had news of her for the first time.

It turned out that she was in Beiping, it turned out that she opened a snack shop, it turned out that Nian Anchang was so good, he felt both sad and comforted, what did she go through? How did she open the shop? She has to open a store and take care of her children, how hard does it have to be? God, she must have gotten up early in the dark and worked hard.

He excitedly held Jiawei's letter, and walked downstairs quickly, wanting to write to Jiawei quickly, begging him to help inquire about Ruojun's situation. In addition, if he wants to find a way to go back, he must go back.

His heart was alive again, and his enthusiasm was rolling like a monstrous wave, and he felt his whole body excited. However, when I went down to the second floor, I saw Hu Xiaofen standing at the door of the study with her son Dingguo in her arms.

He glanced at her in disgust, but at the same time, his head was like being drenched with a basin of ice water, and his sins were heavily indebted, even if Ruojun stood in front of him now, he didn't have the face to face her.

"Ruikang!" Hu Xiaofen called him, but he walked past her without saying a word.

"Dingguo is sick." She shouted behind him.

"Find a doctor."

"I have no money."

"Find a housekeeper."

He said as he walked downstairs, he wanted to hurry back to the hotel to write a letter, but as soon as he reached the hall, suddenly a stern voice behind him shouted: "Stop! ”

It was Master Zhou, and Ruikang had to stop.

"You're getting excessive." Master Zhou was angry in the center of the hall. Ruikang had to turn back.

"I know that you have grown up, you are capable, developed, and the head of the family, but the family has family rules, and I am not dead yet!"

Master Zhou slammed the floor a few times with his crutches.

Ruikang knew that he wanted to be filial to his father, but at this moment his heart was full of fanaticism, and he couldn't stop listening to the training at all, his eyes were shining, and he said eagerly: "Dad, Jiawei has sent a letter, he has found Ruojun and Nian'an." You see...... It turns out that they have been in Peking all along, Dad, I must write to Jiawei immediately and ask him to help me inquire clearly. ”

His excitement was in stark contrast to Master Zhou's calmness, and Master Zhou's calmness made Ruikang feel very disappointed.

Master Zhou just glanced at him coldly: "So what?" They are not from the Zhou family. ”

"Dad, you know about me and Ruojun, so many years, I have reached middle age, I can't miss her anymore, Dad, I love her, I can't live without her, these years, my life is better than death, Nian'an is my son, your grandson, I don't want to mention it again, but Dad, please think about my feelings." He said hurriedly, as the waves rolled in his heart.

"Huh, son? Isn't Dingbang your son? Isn't Dingguo your son? How many fatherly responsibilities have you done? I know that you only have one son in your heart, Nian'an, and you put Dingbang and Dingguo aside and ignore it, do you still have a sense of responsibility? ”

"I ......" Ruikang couldn't argue, he knew that he was incompetent, he was speechless.