In the eighth canteen of the University of Hong Kong, Cao Aiqing and Guo Huai each served food at each window, and it was time to eat, and there were quite a lot of people dining at this time.

Seeing the two coming together, Guo's mother smiled enthusiastically.

After the two of them sat down, Guo's mother went through the expressions of the two, and saw that Cao Aiqing was calm and decent, Guo Huai was cramped and restrained, so she took the initiative to open her mouth and praise:

"Xiao Cao, our Huaihuai is so lucky to meet such a beautiful and kind girl as you, he has come to Hong Kong City to study for many years, fortunately you are taking care of him, Huaihuai every time he calls, he mentions you to me, at first, I don't believe he can have a girlfriend like you! It's rare to meet today, we have to talk about the conversation~"

Girlfriend?

Cao Aiqing paused slightly when she heard this, she looked at Guo Huai, and motioned with her eyes for him to explain.

The girl believes that with Guo Huai's character, even if she had admiration for herself in the past, she was never embarrassed to reveal these to the elders in the family, not to mention lying and showing off, saying what kind of boyfriend and girlfriend and other ridiculous relationships, and the reason why Guo's mother said this is probably from her son's daily phone call, after hearing the name of the little girl, it is unnatural, so when I saw it today, I pushed the boat and started the temptation by mistake.

This can be said to be a common trick used by the older generation, and it is too much to say that it is a bit too much to rely on the old and sell the old, but this kind of temptation to deliberately say the wrong thing always makes people feel uncomfortable.

Guo Huai also felt that it was inappropriate for his mother to misunderstand him like this, so he frowned and hurriedly corrected:

"Mom, I've never said anything like Ai Qing is my girlfriend, don't talk nonsense, let's eat."

"Okay, okay, I won't say it, I understand you young people, haha, Xiaocao, you eat more, see how thin you are."

Guo's mother diligently sandwiched the dishes to Cao Aiqing, and her eyes were smiling, as if she had already seen through the "hidden" relationship between the two.

Cao Aiqing knew that although the middle-aged woman in front of her had an almost rigid narrowness in traditional concepts, she had a very typical Xiaomin wisdom when she spoke.

She knows that what she said is wrong, but she just wants to deliberately guide you to the wrong place to develop, and there is often concern in it, you have to refute it bluntly, first, it is not very polite, after all, the identity of the other party is here; The second is that after the refutation, there is still a young man who can't afford to joke.

And if you are silent, then she will acquiesce in this wrong development, until you get used to her way of thinking, and then it will be difficult to have any initiative in communication.

Cao Aiqing's well-behaved temperament in his previous life suffered such a loss.

It's just that this time is different from the past, and since the girl can come to eat this meal calmly, she naturally has a plan in her heart.

"Thank you, Auntie."

Cao Aiqing put the vegetables brought by Guo's mother into his mouth, and after chewing twice, he also smiled and flattered:

"Auntie, now Guo Huai is the student president, he usually takes care of others, and in the past, we were also learning from each other in our studies, learning from each other's strengths, maybe because of this, we as friends, the relationship has become closer, I'm sorry to let you misunderstand, it's really not good to think about it, I will pay more attention in the future."

The girl dialed a thousand pounds in four or two, and retreated as advance.

Guo's mother was originally going to match, but what the little girl meant in her words was that she thought that the elders were beating herself, so she attributed all the mistakes to herself, but now not only are the two not together, but the distance is even farther.

"No...... Oops, little Cao...... Auntie didn't mean that, Auntie wished you two were together. ”

Cao Aiqing smiled slightly, the relationship between the two was dismantled in Guo's mother's words, and this drama of pretending to be deaf and dumb can be regarded as the end of it.

At the same time, He Tianran, Wang Ma and Uncle Hu also watched this scene from a short distance.

The two teams of people entered the canteen with their front and back feet, and when Cao Aiqing and Guo Huai went to get the food just now, they happened to diverge, because there were two tables of people in the middle, and they were behind the side, so Cao and Guo didn't find that He Tianran was near them.

Originally, Wang Ma looked at Cao Aiqing and wanted to go up to say hello for the first time, because on a certain level, she and Guo's mother had the same idea, and they both wanted to match her with their juniors.

But this kind of behavior was stopped as soon as He Tianran saw Guo's mother.

"Xiao Tiantian, who is the boy sitting with Xiao Aiqing......?"

"Xiao Guo, I seem to remember that I told you, we are all friends, and the one sitting opposite should be Xiao Guo's mother."

He Tianran smiled and handed chopsticks to Uncle Hu and Wang Ma.

"Then they are ...... now"

"It should ...... It's similar to the last time we saw you in the hospital. ”

"Huh?" Wang Ma was surprised and couldn't help asking, "Is that little Ai Qing ...... Specifically to help you deal with this kind of parental urging marriage and love? ”

He Tianran almost didn't laugh, he didn't expect that Cao Aiqing, who was as cold as ice on weekdays, could still hang such a contrasting "part-time job" from Wang Ma's mouth.

He explained: "How can it, they probably met by chance, Xiao Guo told me a few days ago that his mother was coming to Hong Kong City to see him, since they are all in school, it is inevitable to meet them, just like we meet them now." ”

Wang Ma became even more anxious after hearing this: "Then aren't you in a hurry?" ”

"What am I anxious about?"

"That's it...... Don't you have any love for Xiao Aiqing? ”

Although Wang Zhaodi already knew the true relationship between He Tianran and Cao Aiqing, she happened to bump into such a scene, and she couldn't help but be possessive and empathetic, for fear that the good girl would be robbed by someone first.

He Tianran comforted in turn: "Mother Wang, it's a long story here, but in short, this is Ai Qing's own business, let's not interfere for the time being, and...... Aren't you curious? ”

"What am I curious about?"

"That's it...... Ai Qing encounters the same thing, how will he deal with it, this time the aunt on the other side has no heart disease, you should be able to see a ...... A more real Ai Qing. ”

Wang's mother came over this time to thank Cao Aiqing, at that time, she messed up with the mandarin duck score, and the girl's cooperation made her happy, but this is not a fact after all, the two children are indeed not together, and they can be promised by their heads because they are worried about their bad hearts.

This is people's filial piety and kindness.

Now that her body is stable, Wang Zhaodi is a little guilty in retrospect, and now that the situation is repeated, she is really interested when He Tianran says this.

If she hadn't been sick, what would Xiao Ai Qing's true thoughts about her current love life be?

With such thoughts, Wang Ma listened attentively, even if the cafeteria is a little noisy now, but fortunately the two tables are close to each other, as long as you concentrate and calm down, you can hear a little truth.

He Tianran saw that Wang Ma was quiet, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

If she also rushes over, this won't be Cao Aiqing's "Shura Field"?

Tsk, this scene is full of feelings, He Tianran doesn't mind being a fun person, but obviously, Cao Aiqing at this moment is experiencing an important event that she hasn't been able to do before, just like she must make a break with Guo Huai, who has a crush on her, after she crosses, and as for that Guo mother, the girl must have something to say.

This is all something she has to face alone, and He Tianran can help her now, only at this moment, not to let outsiders cause trouble for her.

I only heard Guo's mother on the other end ask:

"Xiao Cao, Huaihuai always reports good news to me at school, sometimes I don't know the real situation."

Guo Huai was embarrassed to interrupt this kind of named questioning, and he felt like a thief with a weak heart after talking too much, Cao Aiqing said generously:

"This one...... Auntie, don't worry, Guo Huai is a very hard-working person, from being shy in high school to now becoming the student president of our University of Hong Kong, I admire him very much for this alone, and we are all students, as long as you are healthy, you really can't talk about anything difficult in ordinary times. ”

Guo Huai glanced at Cao Aiqing gratefully, and felt that this answer really gave him enough face.

It's just that his mother is happier and more ambitious than him, and she sells herself:

"Haha, indeed, Huai Huai told me at the beginning, he became the president of the student union, I don't know what it means, and then I knew what kind of student is the biggest official, I thought, this Hong Kong University is a place where you are a proud son of the sky, he doesn't know if he can do it, and then I want to come to Hong Kong City to have a look, and then Xiao Cao, guess what, as soon as I came, Huaihuai drove a BMW to pick me up, I was still thinking about when he made so much money, it turned out that his friend knew that I came, I specially lent it to him, and it can be seen that Huai Huai is indeed mixed up! ”

Cao Aiqing quietly ate her meal and smiled without saying a word.

She knew that Guo's mother wanted to coat Guo Huai's body with gold, hoping that her son would become a Chan person, and now that she has a harvest, she will inevitably get carried away, if parents don't tout their children at this time, it's really strange.

However, Guo Huai felt uncomfortable, especially in front of Cao Aiqing.

"Mom, borrowing a car really has nothing to do with whether I am the student council president or not......"

"Hahaha, okay, I won't mention it, I know."

Guo's mother glanced at him and sighed that her son just didn't know how to show his advantages, and the little girls all said that they admired him, and he pushed out stupidly.

Zhizi Mo Ruomu, judging from what his son told him in the past two years, he must have liked the little Cao in front of him very much, but now he is submissive, and he is really angry like that.

So, Guo's mother might as well spread the topic further and investigate the household registration with a smile:

"Xiao Cao, what are you doing at home?"

Cao Aiqing replied honestly: "My father works in a museum and occasionally comes to HKU to give lectures, and my mother was the editor-in-chief of a magazine a few years ago, but now physical publications are not easy to do, so I quit my job last year and started a self-media at home, and now I am a freelance writer." ”

Guo's mother was stunned, obviously not very able to summarize the specific functions of these professions, and Guo Huai on the side explained more popularly:

"Mom, Ai Qing's father is the leader of the museum and an honorary professor of the Department of Archaeology of our University of Hong Kong, and her mother is a writer."

Now, Guo's mother immediately understood.

"It turns out that Xiao Cao is a scholarly family, no wonder he looks quiet and quiet, so attractive!"

It is naturally impossible to hear any more appropriate temperament descriptions such as "gentle and elegant, knowledgeable" from a person like Guo's mother, but the kind of love she expresses at the moment is indeed true.

It's just that this kind of liking can only be maintained in the initial period.

Guo's mother did everything possible to send Guo Huai to study in Hong Kong City, proving that she knew the importance of "knowledge" in this era, so it was normal for Aiwu and Wu to have a good impression of a girl like Cao Aiqing.

But the paradox is that due to the constraints of their own environment and concepts, it is destined that the two women, old and young, will not live in the same comfort zone.

Guo Huai is her son, and when she encounters something that has different concepts, she can naturally commit herself to making changes and make Guo's mother feel comfortable, and she will not find anything wrong with this, because this is "filial piety" in the traditional sense, and it is time to be happy when she has been busy for so long.

But it's different for Cao Aiqing, an outsider, if one day she becomes Guo's mother's daughter-in-law, then the more she learns and pursues, the more dangerous it is, because others have not received the favor of Guo's mother, so Guo's mother can't guarantee that she can "benefit", and this also seriously affects the birth of the bond of "family".

In the eyes of their generation, the concept of "family" is more simply said to be -

Blood.

That is, to have children.

This is a very realistic thing, everyone's vision is different, the environment is different, and the things they see are naturally different, similar to Guo's mother, she only attaches importance to the one acre and three points of land that she has reclaimed, and she will not feel that she is wrong, how difficult it is to correct a person's way of survival and reverse the inherent concept of most of his life......

So, that led to that tragedy in the future......

Cao Aiqing silently thought about these and was a little distracted, until he heard such a sentence in his ear, and suddenly came back to his senses-

"Xiaocao, do you have a boyfriend?"

“…… No. ”

"Then what do you think of our Huaihuai?"

Guo's mother took the opportunity to ask.

Cao Aiqing took a breath and felt that it was time.

Taking advantage of the time to call back, everyone could still sit down and talk politely, and the girl decided to completely turn the past to the next page.

However, just as she spoke, Guo Huai, who had the impression that her mother had always been obedient, took the first step and opened her mouth-

"Mom, don't ask about this, Ai Qing is my friend, it's really embarrassing for you to ask this, and I'm not suitable for Ai Qing, people have their own plans, I have my own plans, are you still afraid that I won't find a girlfriend?"

As soon as the words landed, Cao Aiqing looked at Guo Huai in surprise......

This kind of development made her unexpected, but gradually the expression on the girl's face slowly changed from surprise to smile.

Sure enough......

People are always in different situations, and the harvest is always different......

Last time in the restaurant, Guo Huai forced by He Tianran to become more courageous, after showing his heart in a dignified manner, he has matured a lot, although he usually faces himself and He Tianran, he is still that honest and honest appearance, but the three of them can still maintain this friendship, which proves that Guo Huai has more "self-confidence" than in his previous life.

Based on this alone, Guo Huai's future will definitely go further.

Therefore, in this world, it is not only people in reincarnation who can learn to grow......

Cao Aiqing sighed with emotion in her heart.

It's just that Guo's mother can't understand the meaning of the layer, she saw Guo Huai once again "ignorant" shirk a good opportunity, she was angry, but it was not easy to attack, so she could only say half-seriously and half-jokingly:

"Oh, Huaihuai, what you said is too presumptuous, what is particularly inappropriate? It's too absolute, and others don't necessarily think so, so I think you two are quite suitable. ”

"Auntie, Guo Huai is right."

This time, Cao Aiqing didn't let Guo Huai get ahead of her, she said calmly, Guo's mother's face suddenly changed, and she listened to the girl continue:

"Auntie, you just asked me how Guo Huai is, he is a very good boy, he has a lot of traits worth learning, and he is also a close friend who is worth making deep friends, but because we have different personalities and different interests, we are only suitable for being friends, as for other relationships, I will not consider it."

Although Cao Aiqing's words were quite polite at the beginning, the end of the second half was too straightforward, how could Guo's mother think that the girl who praised Wenwen quietly just now would suddenly say such words that did not save face at all?

Guo's mother's face was blue and white for a while, just now she was still immersed in Guo Huai's complacency, and now she was choked like this by these two children, and she didn't know what to say, so she could only say:

"Oh, you're all children, you're young, who can tell what the future holds......"

"Yes, since we are both children, Auntie, don't worry about this, it's a pleasure to see you today, we can talk about something else."

Cao Aiqing said politely, smiling gently.

On the other end, Wang Ma, who had been paying attention to the situation from a close distance, was a little speechless, and whispered softly:

"It's like ......"

He Tianran, who was still bowing his head and cooking at the moment, raised his head when he heard the voice:

"Like? Like what? ”

Wang Zhaodi looked at He Tianran and sighed: "Like Xiaobai." ”

The Xiaobai in her words naturally refers to the man's mother, the former hostess of the He family, Bai Wenyu.

"Dad used to say this kind of thing, and the two of them are indeed quite decisive in their style of doing things, but ......"

He Tianran continued, although he also knew that Cao Aiqing had been bullied in the future, and after stepping into society in the future, he had always longed for an independent woman like his mother, and even cited it as a workplace template, but the two were different after all, especially after having a new life now, He Tianran believed that Cao Aiqing would definitely be able to find a path of his own.

"She's who she is, she's not like anyone."

He Tianran once again reiterated this concept.

However, Wang Zhaodi looked at him, hesitated for a long time, and finally said slowly:

"I'm not saying she's as decisive as your mother......"

"And where else is it like?"

"There are other places that are very similar, such as ...... She is very much like your mother before she married Panshan, carefree and innocent...... And always knew what I wanted, and I knew what I loved. ”

Wang Ma seemed to be caught in a memory, her words were soft, word by word, He Tianran was silent and did not speak.

"Little Natural...... Were you really lying to me before? ”

"Yes, Mama Wang...... Just like what you see now, if it weren't for your bad heart at the time, maybe Ai Qing ...... They won't cooperate with me in acting. ”

"Really? That...... Do you still have a chance to be together? ”

He Tianran remembered that day, Cao Aiqing also resolutely told her father that it was impossible for her to be with her......

Even though the relationship between the two has improved a lot now, and bullying and deception no longer exist, the man knows very well that there is still a dead knot in their hearts, a ravine, and a scar that has not yet been untied, difficult to cross, and cannot be healed......

So for this question, he could only shake his head and said astringently:

"We ...... We don't have a chance. ”

Wang Ma kept looking at He Tianran's eyes, until he said that he had no chance, and then said euphemistically:

"That's right...... Xiao Tiantian, you lie to me, this old woman, in fact, it doesn't matter, but I hope that you two young people, don't lie to yourself in the end......"

“……”

He Tianran opened his mouth half-open, there seemed to be countless thoughts lingering in his mind that wanted to be organized into words, he always felt that he had lived a transparent enough life, he was an old man in thought, but in the face of Wang Ma, a relative who had really survived half a hundred years and even walked on the verge of death, an ordinary piece of advice could dwarf him so much.

This is a very fortunate thing for He Tianran.

Because in this world, there is still such an elder, through his own knowledge and experience, he can still keep him in awe, manage him, and persuade him.