Zhuo Yiqin looked sideways at Qiao Ran from time to time, Qiao Ran didn't realize it at all, she kept her head down, and a smile overflowed the corners of her mouth uncontrollably.

Zhuo Zhengqin finally couldn't help it, and tapped Qiao Ran's shoulder with a woolen needle. "When are you going to bring someone in for me to see?"

Qiao Ran was stunned. "What...... Person? ”

"Boyfriend." Zhuo Zhenqin looked at her.

Qiao Ran subconsciously looked at Aunt A Xiu, she knew that her sister would definitely keep it a secret, so the channel for leaking the secret was Aunt A Xiu, Lu Bin was in and out of the house before, she was not dazzled or deaf, and naturally knew their relationship.

"It's not me, it's me." Aunt Ah Xiu hurriedly shook her head and waved her hand, "I didn't say anything." ”

"It's really unscrupulous." Zhuo Yiqin laughed, "No one has told me anything, I'm just tempting, and you can't hold your breath yourself." ”

"Mom...... I ......" Qiao Ran's eyes were full of panic and he stammered.

Zhuo Yiqin sighed sadly. "Don't be nervous like this, I have no objection to you having a boyfriend, and my requirements are not high, as long as you are innocent and sincerely good to my daughter, it is enough. Other money, status, and the like are all things outside the body, and there is no need to force them. ”

Zhuo Zhengqin's words were also said to Qiao Yan, what she asked for was nothing more than "net worth", but these simple four words were a gap that could never be crossed for Yu Chihong, as a member of Wei Chi's family, he was destined to lose his qualification to become her son-in-law, no matter how good he was, no matter how outstanding he was, it would be useless.

Qiao Yan held her head in her hands and sat there without saying a word. Qiao Ran was speechless, Zhuo Zhengqin stopped talking, and even Aunt A Xiu was silent. Everyone was unusually silent, only the voice of the host on TV lingered in their ears. This silence is annoying, with the smell of an approaching storm, suffocating and nerve-wracking.

Suddenly, a soothing piano melody broke the silence, and everyone's eyes were drawn to the person playing the piano. On the TV screen, a singer in a white suit sits in front of a white piano and plays and sings the song "Where Has Time Gone", performing a soulful melody, as if telling various stories in the passage of time:

The old tree in front of the door grows new shoots

The dead trees in the courtyard bloomed again

Half survived a lot of words

Hidden in a head full of gray hair

Little feet in memory

Meaty little mouth

Give him love for the rest of your life

Just for that mom and dad

……

The stage background shows a female netizen and her father's father's father-daughter photo for 30 years, 30 photos condense 30 years of father-daughter relationship, thought-provoking, and the strong call for family affection penetrates into the heart.

"Where has all the time gone? I don't feel young and old, I have children and daughters for a lifetime, and my mind is full of children crying and laughing......" The song has reached a climax, and the sincere and plain lyrics detonate the audience's resonance and tears, which are touching and tear-jerking.

Qiao Yan listened to the song and quietly turned her head, the white hair on her mother's head and the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes stinged her eyes deeply, and her dark eyes were gradually submerged by a pool of clear water.

And Qiao Ran had already thrown herself into Zhuo Zhengqin's arms, whimpering and screaming: "Mom...... I'm not looking for a boyfriend anymore...... You fulfill your sister, I will never marry and stay by your side. ”

"Xiao Ran-" Before Zhuo Yanqin could react, Qiao Yan had quickly interrupted her. She lay her head on her mother's shoulder, and let out a deep sobbing and spasm. "Mom......" her voice choked, "as long as you don't feel sad and sad, I can give up anything......" she said with a heartfelt heartache and an oath. As soon as the words came out, she seemed to hear the cracking sound of the rope that had been tied and pulled in her heart for many days, and her whole person was shattered.

Zhuo Yiqin hugged a daughter with one hand, tears came out of her eyes, she raised her head to the sky, and murmured: "With your words, my years of suffering have not been in vain." Aunt Ah Xiu looked at this scene and couldn't help wiping her tears.

After the clock rang at midnight, several people went back to their rooms to rest. Qiao Yan collapsed on the bed exhausted, looking at the bright moon in a window, and her thoughts about Yu Chihong grew wildly in her heart like weeds. is ruthless, but she can't stop her obsession, how can she tell him that she has made a choice and failed his affection? On the Chinese New Year's Eve of the reunion of thousands of families, she was a broken person at the end of the world.

As if telepathically, the text message of the mobile phone rang at this time. "Is it convenient to call you now?" Just a few words, but a thousand words. Wei Chihong is on duty at the public security bureau, and the public security organs practice a 24-hour duty system, and they also have to take turns on duty during the New Year; as long as it is their turn, everyone from bureau leaders to ordinary people's policemen will eat Chinese New Year's Eve at their posts, and this is already a tradition of public security organs. Originally, there was no turn for Wei Chihong, but he had nowhere to go alone, so he took the initiative to change shifts with his colleagues. Cao Chongshan also took the initiative to ask to be on duty, and the two lonely men and other policemen on duty ate hot pot around the fireplace together, which was also lively. Wei Chihong endured and didn't dare to disturb Qiao Yan, worried that he would anger Zhuo Zhengqin and ruin their family's interest in the New Year. It wasn't until after midnight that Zhuo Zhengqin was estimated to have rested, so he sent a text message to Qiao Yan.

Qiao Yan held the mobile phone, worried, and finally replied with the word "convenient".

The phone rang immediately. "Happy New Year!" Wei Chihong pretended to be brisk and said, "Did you have a happy meal on Chinese New Year's Eve?" ”

"Happy New Year...... Qiao Yan closed her eyes, and strings of tears rolled down, "I...... Okay, what about you? ”

How could Yu Chihong not be able to hear Qiao Yan's voice and tremble. He smiled bitterly, his eyes fell on a drawing on the office desktop, which was his hand-drawn design of the Eiffel Tower diamond ring, and completing this drawing was his only pleasure on Chinese New Year's Eve. "I'm on duty in the bureau for the New Year, and there are no major events at night, so it's quite leisurely."

After a period of silence, Qiao Yan asked in a low voice, "Have you watched the Spring Festival Gala?" ”

"Nope." Wei Chihong replied briefly. His whole mind is on that design drawing, where can he have time to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

Qiao Yan settled down, and when she spoke again, her heart was like a thousand knives. "There is a song in the Spring Festival Gala, "Where Has the Time Gone", if you have time, you can find it on the Internet and listen to it. In that song...... There is something I want to say to you. ”

"Okay, I'll hear it later." Yu Chihong's voice darkened, and he could already hear what she was saying.

"I ......" Qiao Yan swallowed, she tried her best to suppress the pain in her heart, and twisted out three words from the depths of her heart, "I love you...... "I love you, Wei Chihong, if I leave you, it's not because I don't love you anymore, but because I can't cut off the blood and family relationship for you.

"I know." Wei Chihong said in a dumb voice, "It's late, it's time to rest."

"Well," after a tearful wheezing, Qiao Yan finally spoke, "You also rest early." ”

There was silence for a long time, and then, Wei Chihong's difficult and sour voice came, "Good night-"

Tears suddenly rushed into Qiao Yan's eyes again, she inhaled heavily, unable to speak. She pressed the button to end the call, and then threw herself on the pillow, crying all over it.

Yu Chihong took a deep breath, turned on the computer, and searched for the song "Where Has the Time Gone" that Qiao Yan said, after the song was sung, it had already aroused heated discussions on the Internet, and netizens reprinted and shared it, and praised it as the most touching program of this year's Spring Festival Gala. He clicked on the video on the Internet, and the singer's self-play and self-singing focused on the rendering of emotion, which immediately tugged at his heartstrings.

“…… Where has the time gone? Before I could take a good look at your eyes, it was spent. firewood, rice, oil and salt for half a lifetime, and in a blink of an eye, only wrinkles are left on the face......" lyrics are both cruel and true, warning the public that time flies too fast and that they should pay more attention to their loved ones around them. The melody stirred in his ears and heart, and his eyes moistened, and he only felt that the pain in his heart was expanding, expanding like an umbrella, enveloping him all over. He lit a cigarette and looked at the design of the Eiffel Tower diamond ring, the smoke constantly filling between him and the drawing, which became ethereal and indistinguishable in the smoke.

On the afternoon of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Bin officially came to meet Zhuo Zhengqin. Although Qiao Ran stated last night that she wanted to stay with her mother forever, Zhuo Yingqin was willing to delay her daughter's lifelong event, and solemnly proposed that she wanted to meet the boy. Qiao Ran panicked, and said that she and Lu Bin had not yet confirmed their relationship, so it was not appropriate to come to the door like this. But Zhuo Yinqin insisted again and again, and finally Qiao Yan came up with an idea to let Lu Bin come to her home as her colleague to pay New Year's greetings, so that Zhuo Yingqin could see her first, and she had a number in her heart, and the rest would be talked about later.

After Lu Bin heard that Zhuo Yiqin was going to see him, he cleaned himself up from head to toe, wearing a suit and leather shoes, wearing shiny leather shoes, and his hair was also neatly blown.

"It's just the identity of a colleague." Qiao Yan specially advised, "Don't be too anxious, scare Qiao Ran away." ”

"Yes, yes." Lu Bin responded again and again, "If you are willing to see me, I will be very happy, no matter what my capacity." ”

is completely different from the tension of the last meeting with Wei Chihong, the atmosphere of Lu Bin's visit to the house is relaxed and happy, Zhuo Zhengqin's attitude is amiable, and Lu Bin can speak well, is humorous, and knows how to please people. He first praised Zhuo Ranqin for her skillful appearance, young and beautiful, and then praised her for her good teaching, Qiao Yan and Qiao Ran sisters are smart and capable, and they are loved by everyone, and Zhuo Ranqin is full of joy. Zhuo Zhengqin is also very satisfied with his height, appearance and other external conditions, it is really his mother-in-law who looks at her son-in-law, the more she likes it, the more they chat, the more speculative they become, Qiao Yan and Qiao Ran were left out in the cold.