After the trip to City B, Shen Yuanyuan did not return to Province A, but directly followed Zhou Minggao to Province J to prepare for the Spring Festival.

She always felt as if Zhou Minggao was depressed after they went to the bar that night, but the annoying thing was that she really drank too badly, and when she woke up the next day, she almost didn't remember anything, let alone remember where Zhou Minggao started to be unhappy.

As for Zhou Minggao, he is no different from her usual, and even seems to be more intimate and gentle, which makes her unable to ask clearly even if she feels wrong in her heart.

On the high-speed train to Province J, Shen Yuanyuan and Zhou Minggao were almost always shoulder to shoulder, but when she turned her head to look at Zhou Minggao's side face, the feeling in her heart was - why are we sitting so close, I still feel as if we are far away from him.

Zhou Minggao was stared back by her and asked her what she was thinking. She grinned and coped with it, saying she was just sleepy.

The first stop in J Province was to follow Zhou Minggao to his house for dinner. With the good impression left during the last Spring Festival, Cao Yun is still enthusiastic about Shen Yuanyuan, and even Zhou Weihai is much gentler. Zhou Menggui was still chattering as always, and when Zhou Weihai and Cao Yun were not there, she still secretly called Shen Yuan's sister-in-law. Shen Yuanyuan felt that she seemed to be looking for a higher level, and sure enough, children of this age grew up quickly.

Halfway through the meal, Zhou Minggao suddenly put down his chopsticks and cleared his throat as if something important was to be announced.

The rest of the group looked at him together.

Feeling everyone's gaze, Zhou Minggao opened his mouth, and he said, "Mom, Dad, I'm with you." ”

Zhou Minggao hadn't told Shen Yuanyuan before that he would tell his parents about this when he came back this time, and they had also discussed when it was better to tell his parents - the result of the discussion at that time was that they would talk for at least a year, and they would talk about it after it was completely stable. Now Zhou Minggao suddenly "made it public", causing Shen Yuanyuan to be directly shocked, choking on the unfinished food in her mouth, and she coughed violently. After drinking two sips of the water handed by Cao Yun, she felt better.

Different from Shen Yuan's shock, Zhou Weihai and Cao Yun behaved quite calmly, probably when Zhou Minggao brought Shen Yuanyuan over last year, they had already expected this day. Cao Yun kindly sandwiched some meat for Shen Yuan, while Zhou Weihai became serious again, nagging Zhou Minggao to know how to be responsible for girls, even if he fell in love, he should not be too playful and waste his studies, etc.

Zhou Minggao has been listening silently, nodding in response from time to time.

After relieving his mood, Shen Yuan stared at Zhou Minggao for a long time, and finally did not read the joy of being recognized by his parents from his face, but read the relief after reading what he had to do. She didn't think that Zhou Minggao didn't notice her staring so obviously, but why, he didn't look back at her.

After eating, Zhou Minggao took Shen Yuanyuan and Zhou Meng back to set off small fireworks outside. Now Province J has also begun to ban the use of large fireworks, but small fireworks are still allowed.

Zhou Menggui had a lot of fun, because she didn't wear gloves and a mask, her hands and face were red from the cold, and she had already sneezed but still refused to go back. It wasn't until the fireworks they brought were all set off that she reluctantly followed Zhou Minggao and Shen Yuan back.

Passing by a small shop on the way, Zhou Menggui took the New Year's money she received and went in and said that she wanted to sell some snacks, and asked Zhou Minggao and Shen Yuan to wait for her outside.

Seeing that Zhou Minggao seemed to be going to follow, Shen Yuanyu stopped him.

"Zhou Minggao, wait."

He stood still and turned to look at her.

"I have something to tell you."

"You say."

"You've got something on your mind, don't you? When I came back from City B, I thought you had something on your mind. ”

"Nope."

Shen Yuan took a deep breath, "Don't you want to say it?" Then I'll just say that my idea is good. Why did you suddenly talk to your uncle and aunt about us being together during dinner today, didn't we all agree to stabilize when we mentioned this before, and then tell our parents? ”

"Well, blame me for being in a hurry, I'm in a hurry to let them know that we're already together." He replied very happily, as if he had already thought of an answer in advance.

"It's not." There was light flashing in Shen's curling eyes, and it was difficult to tell if it was because of the street lights or if there were tears in her eyes. "You're cutting yourself off, aren't you? Let your parents know that we're together, so you can't break up with me even if you want to? You want to break up with me, right? ”

Zhou Minggao frowned. "What are you talking about, we've only been together for a long time, why did we get involved in breaking up?"

"Because of your recent behavior, you've been hesitant, and I've remembered where it started wrong — from the time we talked about your ex-girlfriend at the bar. You can't get used to my counterattack, do you think that Shen Yuanyu in your memory won't fight back, do you? ”

Zhou Minggao was stopped by Shen Yuan's series of questions, and only replied after a while, "Why did you suddenly think of this." ”

"It's not all of a sudden, I've been thinking about it all the time, I've been thinking about it just now, and I've finally figured it out now."

"So we come out and set off fireworks, do you just spend your time thinking about this?"

"Are you blaming me?"

Zhou Menggui had already finished buying snacks and ran out at this time, and as soon as he walked out of the store, he saw the two of them looking at each other unhappily, and they didn't even notice that she came out of the store. She ran over quickly, first stuffed the snack bag into her brother's hand, then took her brother's free hand with one hand, and took Shen Yuanyu with the other, and said, "Let's go home." ”

Their question was not clarified, and was interrupted by Zhou Menggui. Zhou Minggao was relieved because he didn't want to say this again, at least not now. Shen Yuanxuan felt very sad, as if her chest was blocked by a ball of cotton, so stuffy that she couldn't breathe.

She didn't know if she would have the courage to bring it up next time.

She didn't know if she and Zhou Minggao were going to do anything next, and it didn't happen, and they didn't mention it anymore to whitewash the peace.

If there is something big that can't be overcome, it doesn't seem to be. But there is an inconspicuous but problematic rift between them, and no one knows whether the rift will be smoothed over time, or if it will become more and more serious and become a deep chasm over time.

When Zhou Minggao didn't answer her question head-on, she knew she was right. It's not all of it, but it's some.

- Zhou Minggao felt that she had changed. She had become different from the person in his mind.

- So should I be the same as that "Shen Yuan"?

Shen Yuan raised her head, feeling the snowflakes that began to fall on her face little by little. Zhou Menggui felt her movements, stopped to learn from her, and asked her, "Sister-in-law, do you also like to watch snow?" ”

"It's good if you call me Sister Curly in the future." She just said it subconsciously, but after saying this, she immediately felt Zhou Minggao's gaze sweep over. Afraid that he would be too careful, Shen Yuan added again, "Calling my sister-in-law always feels that calling me old, and it will be too late to call me again in the future." ”

"Okay, then I'll call you Sister Curly in the future."

Shen Yuanxuan was still looking up, but he began to wonder whether he was looking at the snow, or whether he was looking at the snow from his head to observe the very clear gaze in the afterglow, which Zhou Minggao had been sweeping.