Chapter 103: Family Dinner
"Achu answered the phone, Achu answered the phone, Achu answered the phone......" Chu Yunan's mobile phone rang, repeating that sentence constantly.
He slept on the couch all night, not feeling the cold at all, perhaps because of excessive venting.
"Achu answered the phone, Achu answered the phone, Achu answered the phone......" The ringtone was still repeated, and the vibration of the mobile phone made a "grace" sound on the table.
He vaguely heard someone calling him, and his head froze for a moment before he realized that it wasn't someone calling his name, but a reminder from the ringing of his phone.
Achu raised his hand with difficulty, and his paralyzed arm was like countless ants crawling on the blood vessels. He searched for a long time on the table, getting farther and farther away from the location of the phone, and finally found the phone by relying on the direction of vibration.
He opened his eyes dimly with his phone, he looked at the caller ID on his phone, and his sleepiness was broken at once!
Achu sat up immediately, he was absolutely not dazzled, and even the eye feces did not block his vision, and the contact on the caller ID remarked "Zhang Ningning"! It was the youngest daughter of his second aunt's family, so to speak...... That is, his cousin.
The black-haired witch's mouth is like a machine gun, and her personality is brutal and willful, and once she scolds people, she is comparable to Master (Eminem).
Chu Yunan endured a headache and connected the phone, turned on the speakerphone, and the other party's voice was like thunder, and the speaker was about to explode.
"Chu Yunan! Are you sick?! I've been calling for so long, and you're only answering now? Are you sick? Are you sick? ”
"Alas......" Ah Chu shook his head speechlessly, and he calmly spit out a sentence, "I just got up, do you think it's very idle?" How can I say it...... I'm your cousin too, how can you say that about your cousin? ”
"Ahh The other party looked disgusted, Achu could imagine the other party's saliva splashing, and the other party continued, "Ahh What kind of cousin are you? How can anyone be a cousin like you? ”
Achu looked confused and was taught a lesson, and he retorted with dignity, "What's wrong with me?" You think I'd love to be your cousin? I don't want you to be my cousin yet, I'm annoyed to death every day, I want to have no figure, I want to have no temperament, I want to have no character, I want to have no character, it's just three no products. ”
"What...... What? What did you say?! The other party gasped and his anger gradually soared, "You dare to curse me?" Okay, Chu Yunan, you remember it for me. I will definitely take revenge! When the time comes, I want you to look good! ”
Achu was indifferent, and didn't seem to feel anything cute, similar to the noisy quarrel between children.
"Oh, we'll see when the time comes." He puffed out his boogers and continued, "If it's okay, then I'll hang up first." ”
"Wait a minute!" The other party suddenly stopped.
"What else? If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have a fart, let it go. Achu looked at the time on his watch, it was already past eleven o'clock.
The other party calmed down and told Achu, "Eh...... Although my brother and I, and my two younger brothers, as well as the other two families, are very repulsive to your family, because your family is so annoying, and there is a lot of work, not to mention that your mother has died......"
"Tsk...... What exactly are you trying to say? Achu couldn't bear her yin and yang weird words.
The other man continued, "Ahem...... Nothing, I just want to say...... Wait a minute, remember to come over for a family dinner. ”
"Huh? Family dinners? Achu looked shocked, and he took the stunned in his mouth. He knew that nothing good must happen at the family dinner, because it was like this every year, but this year it came more suddenly.
The other party told Achu, "The time is half past twelve o'clock at noon today, on the shore of Xihai Lake in the old city, 609 South Wing on the sixth floor of the Mangrove Hotel, we are waiting for you to come over for a meal." If you don't know the Mangrove Hotel, I'll send you the location now. ”
"Remember, you must not be late. Otherwise, we'll make you look good...... See you later. After the other party finished speaking, he hung up the phone with a "beep".
Achu sat on the sofa speechless, why was this year's family dinner in such a hurry? It's okay to hold such a meaningless event, and they invite their family to come over every year. What's more, his grandfather has disappeared inexplicably recently, and he can only go to the family dinner alone, which is not known to be a panda mixed in a group of bears.
Achu was at a loss as if he had been struck by lightning, and his hair was in a mess. He knew that everyone at this family dinner had their own ghosts, and on the surface it was a meal, but in fact, it was just a simple show off of the annual summary.
Since the death of my mother, it seems that all my relatives have not been in contact with my family, but have gradually become estranged. So to put it bluntly, this family dinner is the annual summary meeting of all families. Speaking of literature, it is a Hongmen feast.
"That guy only said he was on time, he didn't say he was going in slippers, right?" Achu sat on the couch and prepared his appearance, he was looking around the living room, yesterday seemed like a dream, as if the girl had never appeared in his sight.
Is the so-called Daybreak Organization, and a whole bunch of mess, including the girl breaking into his world, a long dream? So, I woke up from the dream...... Or do you have to face reality?
He stretched out in his slippers, planning to wash his face and take a shower, change into a nice clothes, and go to the so-called family dinner.
"Aha! Back pain...... It's so tiring to sleep on the couch. Achu performed the expansion movement, and when he passed the table, he did see the bowl of clear soup noodles that had been completely cleaned.
The mind is full of dream-like memories, and the clear soup noodles are real, so this is not an ethereal dream. The representative of the clear soup noodles proves that the girl really left silently last night......
He bowed his head and was silent, early in the morning he didn't want to complain about anything. I can only say that I deserved it, and I didn't take advantage of the opportunity. He sighed and walked into the bathroom and sang "Little Dimple" by Lin Junjie and Cai Zhuoyan.
"Small dimples and long eyelashes are your most beautiful mark. I can't sleep every day and miss your smile. You don't know how much you mean to me. With your life complete, just right! ”
Standing in front of the veneer mirror, Achu suddenly found that the corners of his eyes were red and swollen, probably because he was too fierce to vent his emotions last night. The corners of his eyes were red, and he felt that this look was too embarrassing, as if he had been beaten.
"Cut, don't care, brush your teeth and wash your face, and take a hot shower by the way." He closed the bathroom door.
"Huo Huo Huo, Huo Jiaquan's routines are flexible. Live and live, and live and live in its entirety. Achu sang Jay Chou's "Huo Yuanjia" in the foggy bathroom.
Brushing his teeth, dancing, bathing and singing, this is his consistent style, alternative hobby, and unique practice.
He remembered that he seemed to have the function of automatically cleaning up the garbage, so why did he remember what happened last night? Maybe it's because it happened to be in time to update the system, so a lot of apps in the background were forced to quit. As a result, the brain did not automatically clean up the garbage, and even after updating the system, I didn't realize how smart I was, but was taught a lesson early in the morning.
He walked out wrapped in a bath towel, his hair was wet, and he trotted all the way upstairs in a shy state. A hair dryer sounded in the bedroom, and he was blowing his hair while swiping his phone.
"I'm going to go from south to north, and I'm going to go from white to black. I want people to see me, but they don't know who I am......" Achu deleted one dress after another, and in the face of the annual family dinner, he couldn't embarrass his family.
Although he is the only one in the Chu family who is desperate to maintain his only dignity, at least he still has his uncles, grandfathers, uncles and grandmothers, as well as Shenlong's cousin.
Achu put a light blue sports jacket on his shoulders and wore a pair of colorful shorts underneath, he couldn't change his clothes while wrapping a bath towel, right? Anyway, although he was the only one in the room, he was still a little embarrassed, and he always felt that some corner of the room was staring at him.
"Plaid shirt jacket? It doesn't seem like it's working...... It looked wrinkled and dirty, like it had been picked up from a garbage dump. Achu shook his head, he had to focus on picking out each piece of clothing.
He dropped the plaid shirt on the bed and put the light blue sports coat back on his shoulders.
Achu was a little satisfied, but a little entangled, "Sportswear? Will they think I've just come back from workout? And then look disgusted with me? ”
Suddenly, he understood a core question, "Wait! I'm not a girl, why should I bother with clothes? It's just a meal, not to mention that they will dislike me for whatever I wear, so why bother dressing up, in their eyes it's like an ugly duckling wearing peacock feathers - self-righteous! ”
"So the interesting mind is the most important thing." Achu smiled and nodded.
After that, he took a light blue sports jacket with a pure white long sleeve, and then took out a pair of loose sweatpants from his closet, he loves sports and casual style.
"Achu!"
Ah Chu turned around suddenly, and he found that there was no one behind him, and even the whole room was empty! Why do you still hear someone calling him? And the voice was so familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere......
Could it be that there are auditory hallucinations? Maybe it's because I haven't slept well, but I've been suspicious lately, and I've been sick in the brain.
But he always felt that someone in the room was staring at him, maybe there was some hidden pinhole camera, or maybe he was too worried. But he was still not at ease, and finally hid under the covers to change clothes.
Achu closed the gate of the courtyard and walked out freely. Walking out of the Sancha intersection alone, I feel like I have returned to the life of a person, and suddenly there is one less person, which is a little inexplicably unaccustomed.
Achu stood on the street, waiting for a taxi to come. He held out his hand, and about five minutes later, a light blue taxi pulled up in front of him.
He walked to the window of the car and asked the taxi driver, "Master, how much does it cost to go to the Mangrove Hotel on the shore of Xihai Lake?" ”
"Sixty-five!" The taxi said without hesitation.
"Ah......" Achu paused for a moment, "This is too expensive......
Achu had a total of one hundred yuan on his body, and he spent sixty-five words...... There's thirty-five dollars left, so how can I spend the whole weekend like this!
"Have you thought about it? I'm not on the way, I'll have to pick up my daughter from class at the North Bridge later. The taxi driver told him.
Achu's mood is simply uncomfortable, if you want to ride a shared bicycle, you will have to go to the Mangrove Hotel at least two o'clock.
"Uh...... Sixty-five is sixty-five. Achu was very distressed that his pocket money was swiped out.
As soon as he got into the car, he took out a hundred yuan and gave it to the taxi driver. The taxi driver found thirty-five yuan for him, and Achu put the only thirty-five yuan in his pocket.
Achu fastened his seat belt, and the taxi driver stepped on the accelerator and set off immediately.
Along the way, Achu looked at the coastal scenery outside the window in regression, and his heart was mixed, is the so-called family dinner really like a Hongmen banquet at the foot of the mountain?
Even though he was a fantasy teenager and had guessed many outcomes, he was still looking forward to attending the family dinner. Perhaps because of a family dinner, he can change his current fate.
Twenty minutes later, on the shore of Lake West, the Mangrove Hotel.
After Achu got out of the car, he stood in place like a rustic piece of wood, and the black shadow fell on the maple avenue in front of the Mangrove Hotel, which was lined with North Wood Red Maple Trees, also known as North Mu Northwood, American Olsen Red Maple.
The style of the Mangrove Hotel is biased towards Western-style buildings, with marble as the exterior wall of the hotel and granite polished and smooth as round pillars as beams. White tiled floors, red tiled roofs, and red maple leaves are engraved in the center of the hotel.
Achu walked into the hotel nervous and uneasy, his mood becoming more and more nervous, and he was afraid that his tongue would be knotted when he spoke for a while.
With a "ding" sound, the elevator came to the sixth floor. Achu walked out of the elevator, there were four wings on each floor, east, west, north and south, if he remembered correctly, he was going to South Compartment 609.
He walked into the spacious south wing corridor and walked all the way down from 601 to ...... Keep walking. Until you enter the last box, the house number is three ordinary Arabic numerals "609".
Achu lowered his head and swallowed his saliva, his fingers trembled a little, and he seemed to be a little afraid to push open the door. This rather mysterious room 609 awaits his ...... What kind of situation will it be? Achu doesn't know anything, will a group of relatives with their own ghosts slaughter him like a lamb?
Is it as simple as just eating a meal? Can this family gathering change his life?
Under all the emotions brewing, Achu finally mustered up the courage to push open the door. The dazzling golden light shone on his face, and he couldn't see clearly what the dazzling light in front of him was, whether it was a flash of honor or a sparkle of hope.
He seemed to hear someone talking.
"Achu ...... Long time no see, you're finally here. ”