Chapter Twenty-Nine: Love Without Roses Part II

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"The manuscript fee for a novella should be very high, right?"

"It's okay, it's equivalent to three months' salary. However, compared with 10 years ago, the manuscript fee has increased a lot. Yang Xiao smiled.

"I remember ten years ago, when I was in high school, my mother's salary was not high, and the family didn't seem to be very wealthy. The love between you and your sister-in-law is still quite touching. And then? Jiang Meimei nodded thoughtfully, as if thinking about something.

"Later? Oh, at that time, our married life seemed to have formed a fixed pattern: going to work, working overtime, sleeping, eating; complicated interpersonal relationships, monthly salary repayment of bank loans...... One day I asked Song Qingmin: Why do we love each other? Why do we stay like this? Qingmin smiled, without words, and continued to do her repetitive accounting work and tedious chores. Cough, life is a lifetime, grass and trees are autumn. All of a sudden, she and I were getting old. When I look back, it's not just a smile. The beauty and warmth of the first love season will turn into an indescribable attachment...... I always think of the old-fashioned movie theater opposite the hospital in Wancheng County (Wancheng County became a prefecture-level city five years ago), where I would often buy two movie tickets for three yuan, and I would stretch out my arms to protect Qingmin at the crowded entrance of the theater, not wanting her to be hurt in the slightest. By the way, later, I also used the salary I had saved for a long time to buy a Flying Pigeon brand bicycle, and I just wanted to use it to carry Qingmin around and feel the feeling of her hugging my waist tightly in the back......"

"What a good life, that's how life should be! By the way, brother, I have always thought that you are a very romantic and very affectionate man, and you are still a romantic man. Sure enough, my guess was correct! Now, all the blockbusters in the cinema are high-cost blockbusters, but there are very few men who accompany their daughters-in-law to watch movies; Nowadays, many families buy cars, but there are very few men who take their daughters-in-law out for a ride...... Your relationship with Qingmin's sister-in-law is really good! Jiang Meimei's voice was a little sour.

"yes, it turns out to be good. I remember one time, Song Qingmin was going to Shanghai on a business trip. I took the train from Wancheng to take her to the airport. By the time I returned to Wancheng, it was nearly evening. I was really tired after a day of driving. But I kept holding my phone in my hand, calculating the time in my heart, thinking about when Qingmin would arrive in Shanghai. I vaguely remember how nervous Qingmin looked when she walked into the departure hall. Because it was her first time flying. I said, Qingmin, it's okay, don't be nervous. You wait, I'll go exchange your ticket and check your luggage. When I returned, I saw her circling around the circular kiosk in the hall, and I asked her what she was looking for. She said to see if there was a new book I had written for sale. I smiled and said that my new book would not be available until next month. Song Qingmin once said that she likes to watch my writing the way she likes to do things the most, and a man likes to focus on things, which means that this man must be single-minded in his treatment of love. When I write, she almost always reads it carefully. And, every time she went to the bookstore, she would buy a book I had written and come back, ask me to sign it, and give it to her colleagues. On that day, it was indeed her first time on a business trip, and I was really touched to find my book at the kiosk at the airport. But I always buried my emotion deep in my heart and just asked her when she was going to go to security? She said she would go right away. Looking at her at that time, I was still nervous. ”

"Sister-in-law Qingmin is really affectionate to you!" Jiang Meimei said word by word.

Yang Xiao turned his head to look at Jiang Meimei, smiled, and continued: "No matter what you do, everyone will have a first time." I remember that I was afraid that Qingmin would be nervous, so I accompanied her to the security gate. But after walking a few steps, Qingmin suddenly stopped and said, "I'm going to buy insurance." After buying the insurance, she said to me very solemnly: 'If anything happens to me, the money must be left to both of our parents.' She said this and made me stunned for a moment. I remember that at that time, a group of flight attendants happened to walk past us, and I said, "Look, wife, their figure and appearance are about to catch up with you." I remember Song Qingmin laughing at the time, she said really? I mean it. Qingmin didn't squeak and hung her head. And I said, "You, don't think about it." People fly in the sky all day long, what are you afraid of? Qingmin looked up and smiled. She really was on a plane for the first time. The plane took off at 14 o'clock in the afternoon, and it was not yet 12 noon, so Qingmin asked me to hurry back to Wancheng by car. She was worried that I would come home late and that I would be in danger. He also said not to take the bus, because the sky is very cloudy, and it is not safe to be afraid of snow and slippery roads in the afternoon. It's best to take the train back. I couldn't get past her and walked out of the departure hall. On the way back, Song Qingmin kept texting my phone, asking if I had called a taxi? Did you get a train ticket? Hungry or not? At 17:30 p.m., my phone finally rang. It was Song Qingmin's voice, and she said that she had arrived at the Shanghai airport. At that time, my tense heart also relaxed all at once. Yes, every day, I don't know how many sorties are flying in the sky. Every day, it is not known how many people fly or travel or work. But Qingmin's move to buy insurance made me worry for most of the day. That night, I was lying in bed, and in the haze, my phone rang again. It was a message from Song Qingmin: 'I'm alone in the hotel, I miss you very much. In the second half of the night, I lost sleep. Yes, how can I care about my loved ones for most of the day? It should be a lifetime. Cough! Speaking of this, Yang Xiao sighed deeply.

"What's the matter, brother, I was so moved to hear it, why are you still sighing? Could it be that there is a problem in your relationship now? Jiang Meimei turned her head and looked at Yang Xiao's eyes quietly, as if she wanted to find something in Yang Xiao's eyes.

"No, there should be no problem, right?" Yang Xiao shook his head slightly.

"Then why are you sighing? There's definitely something wrong here! Jiang Meimei was interested and chased after her.

Yang Xiao was silent for a while and said, "Maybe it's because of the seven-year itch?" Not to mention that our marriage has been well over seven years! Especially in recent years, Song Qingmin's probability of going on a business trip is very high, and this time he has been away from home for half a year. He didn't even call me. Also, when she is usually at home, she always assigns herself a lot of homework, such as beauty, taekwondo, fitness, etc. We spend very little time together...... It's hard for me to know what she's thinking and doing every day? Maybe, maybe the responsibility lies with me? Is it that I'm not romantic anymore? Or is there no interest between the couple? Yang Xiao's expression was a little painful, and he muttered.

"On Valentine's Day in the past few years, have you ever given your sister-in-law roses?" Jiang Meimei asked suddenly.

"Roses?" Yang Xiao looked back at Jiang Meimei.

"Yes, how can there be no roses in love?"

"Do you mean to say that roses, like brand-name bags, are things that women like, and sometimes, not for the pursuit of vanity and luxury, but a kind of sublimation and praise for their love?"

"Yes, brother, I feel that the love between you and Qingmin's sister-in-law should belong to love without roses!"

"No, isn't there no real love without designer bags and roses?"

Yang Xiao's words made Jiang Meimei suddenly silent.

Yang Xiao peeked around, then looked at Jiang Meimei's somewhat dull gaze, and a sneer quietly appeared on the corner of her mouth.