Li Yue'er

When Chen Ran went to open the door, I was serving rice in the kitchen, and the porridge in the bowl was too full, and it spilled into my hands carelessly, burning me to shrink, and I watched the bowl slide straight down, fall to the ground with a snap, and shatter into a piece of white flowers, and the porridge splashed everywhere. For a moment, I was about to squat down to clean up the mess, but I heard a familiar voice that seemed to come from the air, vague and real, and every word was as clear as in my ears, "Mr. Chen, you, why are you here in Yue'er?" The head swelled with a bang, the heart seemed to stop beating, and there were broken pieces of porcelain gently piercing into the flesh, blood coming out, and the red wounds could not be more dazzling, blooming unscrupulously, but it was a pain of ten fingers and hearts.

I didn't know how to get to the living room, and suddenly I saw my father standing at the door, carrying a basket of eggs in his hand, looking at Chen Ran who was naked, and then his eyes slowly moved to me, as if he didn't know. There was an indescribable emptiness and sluggishness in his eyes, his face was as pale as a mass of dead ash, and only the corners of his mouth and sideburns that kept shaking showed the horror and anger that he seemed to know at the moment. He looked at me, then at Chen Ran, suddenly threw the egg in his hand, rushed to me with an arrow step, "snap", and a heavy slap fell on my face. With Venus dancing in front of my eyes, a sweet and salty smell of blood in my mouth, and a burning pain in my cheeks, I closed my eyes and didn't snort, but tears poured out involuntarily like a tidal wave.

"Uncle!" Chen Ran stepped forward and grabbed me, grabbing my father's arm raised again, "It's not about Yue'er, can you listen to me explain first?!" ”

The father turned his head to look at Chen Ran, his eyes were full of cold chill and extreme disdain, his whole body trembled with excitement, the blood vessels on his arms were bruised, as if he could hear the boiling anger inside, he snorted, as if he had used all his strength, turned his anger into a stone fist, and suddenly swung it towards Chen Ran, smashing it straight into his face, but Chen Ran was motionless, he received this punch for life, and the hand holding me did not let go of the slightest.

Spit out a mouthful of blood, Chen Ran turned his head, protected me behind him, and looked at his father fixedly, "Uncle, this is what I deserve, I won't hide." After a pause, "I just hope you don't blame Yue'er." ”

I looked at Chen Ran's red and swollen face, and the blood stains flowing from the corners of my lips, I couldn't help but be stunned, and then ignored his obstruction and stopped my father, "Dad, don't beat Chen Ran, you listen to me, listen to me explain it, please, Dad!" Please! ”

My father's eyes were bloodshot with scarlet, his teeth rattled, and the flesh on his face showed a terrifying vertical and horizontal because of his rage, he pushed me away, broke into my bedroom and bathroom without saying a word, opened the wardrobe, opened the drawers, seemed to confirm something, and then looked up to the sky and sighed, rushed to us again, glared at me and Chen Ran, raised his hand, but it didn't fall for a long time, finally closed his eyes, and sat down on the sofa.

The eggs at the door rolled to the ground, and the yellow and sticky juice stained the gray floor, which was depressing and rotten, making people sick to their stomachs. Chen Ran held my hand, nodded to me, didn't care about wiping the blood from the corners of his lips, then went to put on his clothes, turned around and cleaned up the eggs by the door slightly, closed the door, and stood side by side with me in front of my father.

After a long time, my father slowly opened his eyes, as if he had suddenly aged ten years, he looked at us, as if he wanted to see through all the lies and disguises, and silently pulled out a wry smile, but only spit out two words, as if it contained a thousand weights, "Say it." His voice was hoarse and weak, hollow without a trace of life.

My heart was sour, and I was about to speak, but Chen Ran held my hand and said to my father, "Uncle, I treat Yue'er sincerely, I will be responsible, please rest assured." ”

"I heard Yue'er say." The father interrupted Chen Ran's words with a wave of his hand, pointed at me, and said, "You come, I want to hear my daughter tell me in person." ”

Outside the window, the sky is overcast, and the summer thunderstorm is like a child's crying. The wind whistled through the hall, stirring up the dust, and the clear world seemed to turn into chaos in an instant, only the branches and leaves of the banyan tree outside the house fluttered, like butterflies with folded wings, fluttering weakly in the wind and rain. For no reason, there were dense goosebumps, and it was like a waterless ice ridge that grew on its own, revealing a biting coolness in the June heat, and enveloping the whole body in an instant.

The corners of Chen Ran's mouth moved, he stopped talking, turned his head to look at me, and tightened my hand, as if he wanted to transfer some strength to me. I knew that my hands were cold, but I didn't look at him, wiped a handful of tears, raised my eyes to look at my father, paused, as if I had made up my last decision, "Dad, I love Chen Ran, he also loves me, I want to be with him." ”

I don't know where I got the courage to say what I thought for the first time in 24 years of filial piety to my father and son, regardless of my father's feelings. Maybe after seeing and hearing about so many noisy men and women in the world, my heart has already been mentally prepared for today's arrival, or maybe it is the beautiful future that Chen Ran has been depicting for me that has finally ignited the flame of hope in my heart, in short, after experiencing the humiliation and embarrassment of being unexpectedly broken by my father, after bearing such a fierce beating and scolding from my father for the first time in my life, I have a kind of desperate bet. Like countless TV dramas in which the originally cowardly heroine suddenly became decisive and awe-inspiring in order to fight for her own fate, without any justification or compromise, skipping all reasons and reasons, putting the final answer directly in front of her father, watching painfully at his distorted face because of my answer, and biting his lip out of blood.

"Ridiculous! Ridiculous! My father could no longer bear to rise and stare into my eyes in disbelief, and his hand at me trembled uncontrollably, and the air in the room was like a handful of straw that dried so dry that it only took a few sparks to burn brightly, and his roar carried the thunder outside the house as expected, "You love him!" Oh, you love him! It's ridiculous, do you know he's married?! What are you now? Yes?! You are the third person in the eyes of the world! Do you understand?! ”

I closed my eyes painfully, since I was with Chen Ran, the three words of the third party have been like a shadow, I have heard myself say it, I heard Tang Hai say it, I heard Pleasant Goat say it, and even Guo Xin's wife said it, it is not as unbearable as spitting out of my father's mouth at this moment. But my father didn't give me the slightest respite, and the words of the heart followed, "Why are you so stupid!" Yue'er, you're only 24 years old! Why do you want to do this?! Do you think these rich people really love you? Joke! Do you still see less in movies and television? Is there still less in life? They're just looking at you girls who are young and ignorant, just playing around, and you're like a plaything to them! Plaything! Don't you understand?! There was an irrepressible vicissitudes of sorrow in his voice, "I have always taught you since I was a child, girls must be clean and self-conscious, no matter how dirty the outside world is, at least we have to have our own bottom line!" Those who respect themselves are heavy! You think of yourself so contemptuously, how do others see you and how do you evaluate you? The daughter of my old Li family, who has always been well-behaved and capable, will actually go to be a third party, to destroy other people's families and meddle in other people's marriages, daughter, how can you be embarrassed by your father's affection, and how can you hold your head up in front of others? Yes? ”

Father's eyes turned red, rubbing his face with both hands, sighed, and looked at the ceiling, "Your mother left early, and you are a girl, for so many years, our father and daughter have relied on each other for their lives, step by step to today." Although we are not a rich family, we have never thought of letting you marry a rich man, we just hope that you will find an innocent family to find a good home, and it is enough to live a stable and ordinary life. But you, there are so many choices in front of you, and Tang Hai, no matter how good a young man, you don't want it; Okay, you don't like it, you don't like it, don't just do it, let's find it and wait, but can you find a married man to be a third party and let the world criticize you? Yes?! Yue'er, if you do this, how can your mother feel at ease under the Nine Springs? I taught such a daughter, what face do I have to face her! The sadness and helplessness in his father's voice could not help but surge, and he sat down on the sofa with his head in his hands, unable to speak.

I looked at my father, his already thin figure was even more rickety at the moment, nestled in the sofa like an inconspicuous old man, lonely and dazed. Although he had just passed the sixtieth birthday, his hair had already been covered with wind and frost, and at this moment he was shaking with the trembling of his body, depressed and aging. In the face of such a weak father and heart-wrenching words, I seemed to be tied to the judgment seat of my soul, bowed my head deeply, and no longer had the recklessness and persistence just now.

"Uncle, I will divorce and marry Yue'er." Chen Ran's voice was sonorous and powerful, ringing in my ears like the last light in the darkness, I looked up at him, only to see that there was no more expression on his face, and he looked at his father with a solemn expression, "Please stop blaming Yue'er, she is not what you say, and I will not be what you say." ”

The father slowly opened his eyes, raised his head, and only stared at Chen Ran indifferently for a long time, and suddenly smiled to himself, "Divorce? Oh, Mr. Chen, is marriage so worthless to you rich people, and you can sentence it to life and death when you open your mouth and close your mouth? As if he was uncomfortable looking up and talking to Chen Ran, his father slowly got up, and there was a cold silence in his voice, "You have been married to your lover for many years, right?" After so many years of pillow people, don't they have any feelings, and they will leave when they say they leave? I heard that your father-in-law was in a car accident some time ago, and at such a time, you can actually file for divorce with your lover? Should I say you're ruthless or unkind? You keep saying that you will marry Yue'er, but looking at what you are doing today, it really makes people feel sad that the rabbit is dead and the fox is sad~ If Yue'er really follows you, one day, when you get a new love, will you abandon Yue'er as calmly as you are to your lover today? Father's expression gradually became mournful, "My fate with Yue'er's mother is not much longer than that of you and your lover, but she has been gone for more than ten years, and I have not remarried." On the one hand, there are certainly factors that take into account Yue'er's feelings, but more importantly, I still miss her to this day, a husband and wife for a hundred days, two people who have been together for so many days day and night, even if there is no love, there is family affection, you can give up so lightly, it can only show that you are a heartless person! How could I possibly let my daughter marry such a person! ”

"Dad!" Hearing my father say such piercing words, I saw Chen Ran's brows tightly locked, and the sadness and helplessness were written on his face, and Chen Ran seemed to have never seen it before. Feeling angry and unwilling for a while, I cried to my father, "Dad, Chen Ran is not what you say, really, Dad, don't talk about him like that again!" Say no more! Please......"

"Daughter, why are you still so obsessed!" My father grabbed my arm, "Even if he divorces and marries you, he can't change the fact that you are a third party!" You will always be poked in the backbone and said that you are a third party who sees money and destroys other people's marriages! But are you really such a person?! You're not! Daughter! Why do you want to force yourself down this road and not be able to hold your head up in front of the world?! As he spoke, he pointed at Chen Ran and continued, "Besides, you have so much confidence in him?" You've only been with him for a few days? Do you really know him? He and his lover can be easily discarded after so many years of marriage, why do you believe in your future? One day, when he repeats his old trick and abandons you, daughter, what will you do then! Yes? Dad, just a daughter like you, how can he bear to see you hurt! You promise Dad, don't get stuck in the mud anymore, and break up with him, okay? Good no good?! ”

Father grabbed Chen Ran's hand again, "Mr. Chen, whether you really love Yue'er or not, I won't pursue it anymore, it doesn't matter, we are just ordinary people, we can't afford to climb high, even if I ask you to be a father, break up with Yue'er!" I don't want to see Yue'er because you have been burdened with the reputation of a third party all your life, and I don't want to see you abandon your married wife for Yue'er, while everything is still irreparable, you break up! Let's break up! ”

I raised my head suddenly, as if staring at my father in disbelief, his eyebrows and eyes were full of anxious excitement, and his mouth was already a little incoherent, only grabbing Chen Ran in vain and repeating the words of breaking up. Turning his head to look at Chen Ran, he saw that he closed his eyes tightly in pain, allowing his father to shake his arm, his face full of sadness and indifference.

The air around him seemed to stop flowing, and the wall clock on the wall made a dry ticking sound, like the feeble wail of a dying man. As the minutes ticked by, I watched the leaves swaying in the wind outside, as if the acacia of the tree was falling in front of me, and suddenly I felt that something was gradually slipping away from my life, and if I didn't reach out and grab it, everything would be far away from me......

"No, I won't break up with Chen Ran."

"No, I won't break up with Yue'er."

When I blurted out such words, I heard another clear voice at the same time, with the same affection and firmness as always, falling into my heart, all three of them were stunned, but my heart was suddenly relieved, and I only looked at Chen Ran tears like a spring.

"You, you ......" After a moment of stunned, my father seemed to come back to his senses, his face instantly became purple and swollen, and there was a fierce light and mourning in his pupils, pointing at me and Chen Ran's hands trembled uncontrollably, and suddenly he stumbled, and then he couldn't stand steadily, he covered his chest, snorted, and fell straight to the sofa.