94. Eruption
"Isn't she pretty good! They all went to the hospital to help. β
"Well, she's good. Fooled my son. The old saying is to buy a house, buy a house, buy a house! In the last sentence, Pan's mother gritted her teeth, as if she was very indignant.
"Ouch! Young people are like that! It's all disgusting with this rural place. β
"It's not! You don't know that she has a bad life and bad luck! Ada's accident this time was due to her bad luck, and my son came back the night before and said he was going to get married, and the next day he had an accident. Where can my son stop her? moved out and was not killed by her. β
"Soβwhat are you leaving her to do?"
"My son won't! I don't care, just consume it! It depends on who consumes energy. Anyway, my son doesn't suffer. I'll see how long it takes for her to leave......"
Xia Zhi didn't listen to the following words anymore, she turned around and went back to the third floor, and when she closed the door, she felt an itch on her face, and when she touched it, she was wet with tears.
Why cry? Didn't you think about breaking up? Why don't you do what you think about?
She grabbed her backpack and whispered downstairs again. The two on the second floor were still talking about something, but this time Xia Zhi didn't have the heart to eavesdrop on them again.
When she came to the yard, Rhubarb slouched on the ground and slept with her eyes squinted, and when she saw her, she jumped up on her straight legs and wagged her tail.
She walked up to it, crouched down and touched its head, and said, "You are the only one in the room who is so happy to see me." But I didn't have anything to eat. β
She stood up and walked to the front of the courtyard, just when she saw Pan Rui driving back, he had a shopping bag from the small supermarket at the entrance of the village hanging on the front of his car, probably because Pan's mother had just asked him to go out on an errand.
"Summer Solstice, where are you going? Skipping meals? β
"I have a class tomorrow, and I haven't prepared for class yet, so I'll go back first." She made an excuse casually, and she had no way to sit at the Pan family's table as if nothing had happened.
"That'...... I'll send you back. β
"No need. Look at your uncle. β
"It's okay, my mom is here. Wait a minute, I'll come in with something. Pan Rui went upstairs in three steps and two steps, and soon came down.
"Here, get in the car."
Xia Zhi sat behind him and hugged his waist, and she pressed her face against his back.
On a March day in the south, it was warm and cold, and the wind was broken by the speeding motorcycle, and her thin clothes were blown to the sound of hunting, and all that was left in her ears was the roar of the wind.
His body was constantly exuding warmth, but she felt that the warmth was extremely strange.
She loved him, he loved her, and they always loved each other. However, it turns out that love alone is not enough.
Back at the county center, it was almost seven o'clock, Xia Zhi hit two bags in the fast food restaurant on the side of the road, and the two returned to the apartment.
Untying the fast food on the coffee table, Pan Rui bent down and ate it with the lunch box, he was really hungry, but Xia Zhi didn't touch the meal, she had no appetite at all.
"Why don't you eat it?" Pan Rui was almost finished eating before he noticed that she hadn't eaten, but just looked at him stunned.
"I'm not hungry, you don't have enough to eat." She pushed the lunch box in front of her towards him.
He shook his head and wiped the oil from his mouth: "Do you have something to say?" β
Yes. She said in her heart that she had been thinking about how to open this mouth all the way, but at this moment, she hadn't figured it out.
She finally asked him: "Pan Rui, are we going to get married?" β
"Yes." He replied without any hesitation.
"I mean, can we get married?"
"We ...... Why can't you get married? He knew the attitude of the second elder of the Pan family, and she knew it, but he didn't know that she knew.
When she laughed, her upper body was moving: "What about your household registration book?" β
"Hukou Booklet...... At my mother's. She smiled and looked at him, who looked down on him, avoiding her gaze, "Is there a problem?" I asked my mom to get it. β
"What happens after you take it?"
"Get married!"
"What about after you get married?"
"Summer solstice, what do you want to say? Do you have those conflicts with my mother? I'll deal with it, and then you guys each take a step back, can't you? Just for me. If she wanted to force him to face these problems, he would face them.
"Pan Rui, during this time, I am really tired, I have no strength. We've already talked about this before your dad had an accident, so let's not put it off any longer. β
He covered the lunch box, flattened it, and threw it into the trash, his voice as crisp as he threw the garbage: "My dad doesn't need you to take care of it." My mom will take care of him. And he'll get better, too. β
Xia Zhi straightened up: "What do you mean?" β
"You're afraid that my dad will be paralyzed and will drag you down."
She shook her head in disbelief, she hadn't thought about this at all, she said sternly, "Pan Rui, pay attention to what you say. β
"Am I not right? You've always been very good at thinking for yourself. β
That's what he thinks of her? She bit her lip and said, "If you think I'm such a selfish person, why do you have to marry me?" β
"I also want to know why I have to marry you. I've wanted to be with you since the day I graduated, I even dreamed of marrying you, why should I be so self-indulgent? You always say that you are tired, you are tired, you always complain that I have not done enough, do you want me to do this before you are satisfied? He turned his face away, and his repeated words seemed incoherent.
"I'm not blaming you!" She shouted and then softened, "We both have grudges, why continue?" β
"Don't you just want a house?"
"Is it wrong that I want a house?" This time she was so angry that she began to say something, "Is it wrong for me to want to have a home?" Is it wrong for me to want to be recognized and respected?! β
"You're not wrong, you've never been wrong! I said we would have a house! I've given you all the best, I've picked the stars and the moon for you, and you're still not satisfied! I sometimes really wonder why I would fall in love with a woman who will never be happy with me! β
"Pan Rui, you did give me what you think is the best. But you never asked me what I wanted. I don't want the stars or the moon, I just want you to walk slowly with me. β
"Didn't I care? It's been four years! You've been with me for four years! But you think I don't love you with all my heart! β
β¦β¦
The two of you said a word, every word was like a sharp knife coming out of his mouth, and reason and logic were fainted in the violent surging emotions.
In the end, Xia Solstice didn't even know why they were arguing, as if what the two of them were talking about was not the same thing at all. They just need an emotional outlet, the contradictions are not important, the topic is not important, a fuse is enough to throw out all the resentment that has accumulated in their hearts.
They hadn't tried to quarrel like this. This kind of scene that can only be seen in dog blood TV series, how could she be in it?
She couldn't remember what they had said, only that the lights above her head seemed to flicker very often that night, scattering in bursts rather than continuously.
The air swelled as if it were heated, and her blood boiled and her eyes reddened.
When did he leave? After a long time, she realized that she was the only one left in the house.
She was in a trance, did he slam the door? She seemed to hear the door slam shut. Everything in the room shook slightly.
She looked down and saw that the box of lunch she hadn't eaten had been knocked over, the floor was messy, the trash cans were horizontal, and the A4 paper on the desk was scattered all over the floor.
She crouched down to clean up, tears dripping down the floor.