The marriage of Shu Zhi and Xu Mengru was put on the agenda, because of Ruojun's situation, Mrs. Chen, Zhou Fu and Cuiliu came forward as the man's elders to discuss the marriage with the Xu family.

Xu Mengru is more diligent, as long as Shu Zhi is at home, Xu Mengru will appear, except for going home to sleep at night, the two are almost inseparable. Even the weekend outing that originally only had Shu Zhi, Ruojun, and Nian'an, Xu Mengru joined them uninvited.

In Beijing in March and April, the spring color is getting thicker, the willow branches are full of spring buds, the plum blossoms are not grateful, the spring blooms, the apricot blossoms are budding, and the plum blossoms are smiling.

Shu Zhi pushed Ruojun to walk on the sidewalk, Xu Mengru took his arm and walked aside, and Nian An walked in front happily.

Walking to a pavilion by the lake, Shu Zhi squatted down and said to Ruojun, "Let's come down and take a walk, okay?" The doctor said that your leg is fine, but you lack exercise, you need to walk more, and you will have no problem running in the future. ”

Ruojun nodded with a smile, stretched out his hand and was about to help Shu Zhi stand up, but Xu Mengru took a step forward, blocked Shu Zhi in front of him with one hand, and said with a smile: "I'll help my sister, just push the car." ”

Ruojun was stunned for a moment, nodded and held Xu Mengru's arm, wanting to stand up, but Xu Mengru's arm was thin and soft, and Ruojun couldn't borrow it after borrowing it a few times. With a little effort, Xu Mengru shook herself, and finally Ruojun almost fell out of the wheelchair.

Shu Zhi hurriedly pulled away Mengru, glanced at her, stepped forward to hug Ruojun's waist, and lifted it up to make her stand up, and Nian'an also ran to support her mother's hand.

Seeing Shu Zhi and Nian'an supporting Mei Ruojun left and right, Xu Mengru only felt that she was redundant, and her heart was very uncomfortable, especially Shu Zhi's hand around Ruojun's waist, and the concerned and considerate look on her face, which made her involuntarily jealous.

Ruojun, supported by Shu Zhi and Nian'an, dragged his steps, walked slowly, walked a few steps, looked back at Xu Mengru, saw her displeasure, and couldn't help it, so he quickly pushed Shu Zhi away, looked behind him a few times with his eyes, and motioned for Shu Zhi to hurry up and appease Xu Mengru.

Shu Zhi frowned: "Leave her alone, eat flying vinegar all day long." ”

Ruojun shook his head, sighed, turned around and beckoned to Mengru, Mengru stepped forward, Ruojun took her hand and handed it to Shu Zhi, pointed at Mengru and then pointed at Shu Zhi, compared a heart-shaped gesture, and smiled.

turned around and held Nian An's shoulder with one hand, grabbed the railing on the side with the other, and walked forward slowly......

"Angry?" Xu Mengru took Shu Zhi's hand and gently shook his arm.

Shu Zhi just stared at Ruojun's footsteps in front of him and responded casually: "No." ”

"Ah, by the way, Shu Zhi, there is something I want to tell you, my father said, your family doesn't have a house, let's live in our house after we get married. Do you think it's good? Xu Mengru asked.

Although the Xu family is not wealthy, it has a small courtyard, Mengru's sister has been married, and there are two empty rooms in the family, which can be used as a wedding room. In fact, this proposal is very practical, because the small attic of the Chen family is indeed too small, Nian An is also growing up, and the small building of the Chen family has no place to accommodate another person, and the newlyweds will definitely add Ding soon, and the small attic is definitely not suitable.

"Not good!" He almost didn't think about it, and just refused.

"I know this is embarrassing you, but what else can you do?" She asked in a coquettish voice, "Where will we live when we get married?" ”

"I don't know. I'm not going to live in your house anyway. ”

"Shu Zhi, can we not be angry, but think of a practical solution. My dad also has good intentions and wants to solve the problem for us. ”

"The solution? Then don't get married. He looked at Ruojun's trembling steps, he was very worried, and he didn't have the heart to discuss marriage with Mengru.

"You!" Xu Mengru was very aggrieved in her heart, and she felt more and more that he was absent-minded and passively indifferent.

Shu Zhi saw that Ruojun's right leg was weak and he almost fell, so he hurriedly rushed up to help, but Xu Meng only thought about how he would let him go when his marriage was like this, and dragged him hard, and asked, "Meng Shuzhi, don't you want to marry me?" ”

"Yes, I don't want to marry you! You've been forcing me to get married! He didn't even think about it, and replied to her straightforwardly, raising his hand to shake off her hand.

As if being slapped on the head, Xu Mengru's face suddenly turned pale, and tears poured down: "You don't like me? ”

"Did I say I like you? Oops, don't pull me, let me go. Meng Shuzhi broke free of her hand, shook his head, and said irritably.

"Why? Why? She cried and asked, "You don't like me, but you're still good with me?" You're a liar, you're a big liar. You play with feelings, you play with me! You're a hooligan! ”。

"Hey, are you reasonable, I haven't pursued you, I haven't said I like you, it's you who like me, it's you who want to get me, if you have to say that I kissed you and touched you, please, it was you who kissed me first, didn't you touch me too? I'm just responding. Meng Shuzhi's strange stubbornness came up again.

Xu Mengru was ashamed and angry, her face was flushed, she had a strict family education since she was a child, and there was no shortage of suitors around her, but they were all gentlemen and diligent and tried every means to please themselves, no one was like Meng Shuzhi, who was careless, unruly, maverick, and did not give himself face, however, he attracted her like a magnet and made her fascinated.

She humbly lowered her head and cried, yes, her weapon came in handy again, looking at Xu Mengru pear blossom with rain, Chu Chu pitifully cried, Meng Shuzhi scratched his head, shook his hand, and said: "Forget it, it's annoying, don't cry, don't cry." You make me think again. ”

Xu Mengru looked at no one around, threw herself into his arms, and snuggled up to him.

Ruojun just turned her head, she saw it, and Xu Mengru also saw that she saw it, and she hugged Shu Zhi tighter. Ruojun smiled at her slightly, turned his head, continued to hold Nian An's shoulder, and walked forward slowly.

//

In Hong Kong, the morning sun is slightly dewed, and there is silence in Zhou's house, Zhou Ruikang is sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in a nightgown, in a daze, with a letter and a wedding card on the desk next to him.

The wedding card was sent by Cheng Jiaqi, her wedding and Liang Zhihong's wedding will be held next month, for Jiaqi's remarriage, Ruikang is sincerely happy for her, but looking back on the past, he and Jiaqi went around and around, divided and merged, and the noisy wrong marriage went for more than ten years anyway.

Jiaqi used the best years and the strongest love on herself, Ruikang never loved her, but she still felt regrets and mixed feelings. He couldn't tell what kind of feeling was in his heart, and there should be a trace of loss. After all, he had lost a woman who truly loved him......

Looking back on his life, those women who really love him, Mei Ruoli, Xu Manlin, Cheng Jiaqi, Hu Xiaofen, and Mei Ruojun, whom he loves deeply, they left their lives one by one, perhaps it was a punishment, an arrangement, and a test for him by fate.

Zhou Ruikang picked up the pipe beside him, lit the match, lit the tobacco, and shrouded himself in smoke.

The letter was sent by Meng Shuzhi, he was also getting married, compared to Jiaqi's marriage news, Shu Zhi's marriage news shocked him more, and his heart was even more turbulent, there were only two sentences on the letter, which was written very simply, just saying that he was going to marry a girl named Xu Mengru next month.

The letter did not introduce the girl's family background, or life preferences, nor did it mention Ruojun's recovery in passing, this letter was written by Shu Zhi to him, the shortest, shortest letter was almost the same as a telegram.

There was no emotion in the letter, no joy, which reminded Ruikang of when he and Xu Manlin got married, and was forced by Xu Ruhai to send a telegram to inform the family of the marriage.

Ruikang stood up, picked up Shu Zhi's telegram-formatted letter, looked at it again and again, and sighed, he knew that Shu Zhi had embarked on the same path as himself.

He wants to use a loveless marriage to escape a hopeless love, he doesn't love this girl named Xu Mengru, and he doesn't want this marriage, but he wants to escape, he wants to find a grave for his painful heart and desperate love.

Ruikang looked at the letter and kept shaking his head, Shu Zhi, Shu Zhi...... If Shu Zhi gets married, what will happen to Ruojun? Ruojun will be more lonely. Ruikang's heart fluctuates and contradictions are numerous.

What should I do? Did you write a letter to stop Shu Zhi from making the same mistake as himself? Tell him not to go down his old ways, not to use a loveless marriage to escape hopeless love? Encourage him to pursue Ruojun?

Or let him make mistakes, let him experience the same loveless marriage as himself, and let Ruojun be lonely and lonely waiting for him?

Waiting for an unknown future?

The light outside the window is getting brighter and brighter, the night has passed, a new round of the sun is slowly rising, Zhou Ruikang is packing up his mood and preparing to welcome his own new day.

He received news from Song Yuanyang that there was a hospital in the United States that might have a way to treat or improve Dingguo's condition, and he had to rush to the United States with Dingguo as soon as possible. This is what he must do as a father, and he must do everything he can to make Dingguo recover.

He thought about it again and again, and finally walked over to the desk, picked up the pen, and wrote on the letterhead......

//

Xiao Nian'an pointed to himself, grew his mouth, and said slowly: "A-N...... A—N……”

Ruojun tried hard to open his mouth and learn his son's pronunciation: "A-N...... A—N……”

Nian An smiled and said, "Mother is awesome, yes, I'm Nian An." ”

Ruojun smiled happily and hugged Nian'an.

"And what's your name? Mother, tell me your own name. ”

Ruojun pointed at himself, opened his mouth with difficulty, and said, "J-u---n"

"That's right! Great, mother, you can say your name. ”

Nian An jumped in the house excitedly, ran out and shouted to the attic: "Uncle, uncle, my mother will say her own name!" ”

Xu Mengru was sitting on Meng Shuzhi's lap and kissing him, she made him very hot and difficult to resist her, maybe it was guided by Shu Zhi, this chick seemed to know more and more how to confuse him and conquer him, she had discovered the weakness of men, and discovered the strong desire * desire in Shu Zhi, as long as she teased him a little, his body would surrender to herself.

Hearing Nian'an's call, Meng Shuzhi pushed away Xu Mengru, who was climbing on top of him, happily got up from the chair, and while tucking his shirt back into his pants, he rushed downstairs and ran into Ruojun's room.

Squatting on the side of the bed, he happily asked, "Sister, do you know your own name?" Tell me about it. ”

The lip prints on his cheeks, the open collar, and the fragrance of fat powder on his body made a smile on the corner of her mouth disappear, and she looked at him stunned for a while, lowered her head with a red face, lowered her eyelashes, and became quiet again.

"Hey, mother, what's wrong with you? Say it again and let your uncle hear it too. Didn't you just call my name and your own name? Try calling your uncle's name again. ”

Ruojun shook his head, hugged his knees, and buried his face in his knees.

"Yo, uncle, you have a big flower mark on your face, haha." Nian An pointed at Shu Zhi and laughed.

Shu Zhi quickly wiped his face a few times in embarrassment, and pushed Nian An out of the room: "Go, go, go and do your homework." ”

Nian An covered her mouth and walked out with a smile.

Shu Zhi pulled Ruojun's arm away and wanted her to look at him, but as soon as he touched her arm, she shook off his hand, he tried again, and she slapped him away again.

After a few times, Shu Zhi had to use force to forcibly pull her up and force her to look at himself, and then he saw that her eyes were red and there were some tears in her eyes.

"You're crying?" He looked at her suspiciously: "Why?" Why are you crying? ”

She turned her face away, but he reached out and turned her face again, he was very confused and puzzled, he frowned and stared at her urgently: "Ruojun, oh, no, sister, tell me, why are you crying?" You're crying because you're sad, aren't you? ”

"But why are you sad?" He asked her urgently, shaking her gently.

She squeezed out a smile, pointed at herself, and waved her hand again.

Shu Zhi thought for a while and said, "You said you were fine?" Ruojun nodded.

He nodded disappointedly, "Okay." I think I'm overthinking. He looked at her hugging her legs and cowering in the corner, and his heart ached, but he didn't know, and he didn't understand what she was thinking.

He pulled her hand, and she wanted to retract it, but he wouldn't allow it, he just pulled her, pinched her chin with one hand and said, "Look at me, please, I'm really crazy to be tortured by you." Tell me, I'm getting married next month, are you happy? ”

Ruojun lowered his head, pursed two small lips, and nodded. Shu Zhi was very discouraged and angry, stood up violently, punched the wall hard, didn't say anything, rushed to the attic, pulled Xu Mengru up, and said irritably: "I'll send you home, go." ”

Xu Mengru's face was full of doubts, surprised by his sudden change, but before she could ask, she had already been pulled down the attic by Meng Shuzhi and sent out of the shop half-pulled and half-pushed.

Mrs. Chen and Cuiliu just shook their heads when they looked at all this, especially Cuiliu, she hoped that Ruojun would remember Ruikang as soon as possible, so that maybe everything could get back on track. No one knows why Mei Ruojun just can't remember Zhou Ruikang, and even the doctor can't explain it.

It seems that it is providence that makes her forget everything she once had, perhaps to pity her past suffering, or to give her a chance to live a new life. In short, everything has been tried, whether it is reading a letter or looking at a photo, Ruojun sometimes holds her head in pain, sometimes she is at a loss, everyone doesn't know what she has stored in her head, what she has lost?