Chapter 51: Ordinary Men and Ordinary People
At the traffic light, Tang Jili took the mineral water from the side door and handed it to Su Yiwan, but she didn't answer it, but stared at his face and said word by word, "Mr. Tang, is it interesting to me?" β
The water bottle in his palm almost slipped off, the girl next to him, her cheeks were slightly red, it was not the effect of alcohol or the heating in the car was too much, at this time an idiom flashed in his mind, 'bright and moving', the eyes under the gold wire glasses were slightly raised, the Adam's apple was sensational, and the back was slightly tight, and a series of micro-expressions and movements were wearing to convey a thought, he was very nervous. But after all, he has been in the government unit for so many years, and his ability to observe words and emotions and pretend to be deaf and dumb will be perfected.
Pulling back the armrest box placed in the middle of the water bottle, he raised his head to meet her inquiring gaze, "Yes, I just don't know if Miss Su will give her a chance." β
He doesn't like twists and turns and intrigue the most, but he has to struggle in a depressed and suffocating unit. He is willing to give this honesty and clarity to Su Yiwan, he is indeed interesting to her, he does not deny it.
"Giggles, Mr. Tang still don't make fun of me, you are Mo Ran's cousin, and naturally your cousin is also mine."
She wasn't sure yet, but when she was eating, he always looked in her direction as if unintentionally, so that she was sure. When Mo Ran assured over and over again that they only met by chance, she was only suspicious, and later, she confirmed the conjecture in her heart.
Until she took the initiative to ask, she heard it from Tang Jili's mouth. Shocked at the same time, there is more of a sense of powerlessness, she is a person with no future, although she has only seen it twice, but she knows that Tang Jili is an elegant gentleman, looking at his conversation and demeanor, and his family background and social status are also good, she can't let him waste time with her in vain,.
"Perhaps, can I ask why?"
He was attracted to her when they first met, and for a long time, it was hard to let go.
"How can a woman without a future be loved."
She pretended to smile lightly, and the corners of her eyes were soaked in just a few moments. She had tried to make herself as strong as she could, she thought she was truly invincible, but the simple mention of it would still make her miserable.
What is it that makes a girl in her twenties so resolute about the future?
The lights flashed and the car started, gathered his thoughts, looked at the road conditions in the navigation, confirmed the safety of the rear, and parked the car firmly in the parking space on the right-hand side.
"Mr. Tang?"
It's still some distance from her house, so what does it mean to park your car here?
Turn off the heat, pull the handbrake, and drink it all in one go.
Just turned around, he handed over the bottle of water that she had rejected before, and unlike before, this time the bottle cap was directly opened, "Let's drink saliva first." β
The warm liquid in the mouth, the previous sadness was diluted, and the bottle cap was screwed back on, "Thank you."
"I'm a few years older than you, maybe I don't see it so thoroughly and accurately, but the sadness in the depths of your eyes is like a twisted knot that you can't untie and can't start."
In just a few dozen words, Su Yiwan's predicament was made clear, Mo Ran categorically would not tell him, it was the tacit understanding they had gotten along in the past few years, so there was only one possibility, his empathy ability was very powerful.
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I don't know how to pick up this topic, she's not good at lying, especially when facing sincere people, she prefers to be silent.
"Would you like to hear my story?"
"Will people like Mr. Tang also have sad stories?"
"As long as you are human, you will have troubles and sorrows, and I am also an ordinary man, of course, no exception."
Maybe the story is relatively old, or maybe the audience next to him can make him completely relaxed, and the back of the seat is adjusted to a slightly upturned position, as if he is gossiping with an old friend for many years after dinner, and his hands are lightly clasped on the back of his head, and he is telling the story.
"When I was very young, I was actually fostered at my aunt's house, and Mo Ran and I grew up together. Although, my aunt and brother-in-law were very good to me. But, you know, after all, in a real sense, it was Mo Ran's home, not mine. β
Maybe others will say that he is hypocritical or sentimental, but the more young masters born in rich and noble families like them, the more obsessed they are with family affection.
He patted his mouth, and then raised the cup in his hand and touched it in Su Yiwan's hand, trying to break the current atmosphere, and the sound of tinkling and ding echoed back and forth in the empty room.
The two chatted like this, probably only they would have red wine with fried chicken, this is a way of eating invented by Su Yiwan, simple fast food with romantic red wine in Allure, giving people a concise and mellow experience.
After the celebration, Su Yiwan sent Mo Ran into the elevator, and when he turned around, he found that there seemed to be someone hiding behind the door of the safety staircase. The shadow was cast on the ground, tall and thin, with a peaked cap. didn't stop long, opened the door and entered the house, and when the ticking sound sounded, he was paralyzed and slid to the ground along the entrance door. This is the top floor, except for her, basically no one will come up, the design of two households on the first floor, the other one, no one has been there for five years, because she has the key. She was sure it was him.
The strength of the red wine was too great, and I gently shook my head that was a little swollen, touched my stomach that was aching, and realized that I had fallen asleep on the ground.
I got up and went into the kitchen, took a glass of warm water and drank it, and the stomach pain was relieved.
On the sofa, her eyes were staring at the TV series without sound, and her mind went back to the past.
She is an orphan, helpless, and it is not easy to live a stable and ordinary life like now. Especially, she can be regarded as having a career, although she is in the online literature world, but she has a rich life and is chic.
But to be more precise, before she was 15 years old, she had parents and brothers.
"Her father, why don't you let the baby go on, the baby studies well, maybe there will be a big future in the future."
The peasant woman who was sewing worn-out clothes in the dim light in the house said, her eyes glanced at the wooden door that creaked when the wind blew from time to time, and on the wooden pier at the door was Su Yiwan when she was a teenager, no, it was still Su Xiaobao at that time.
"Why don't you want her to go to school? My old Su family has been mud legs for several generations, and our family has produced two champions, so we must have the ability in the future. But Dabao's illness can also be cured, heyγγγγγγ "My daughter has been sensible since she was a child, well-behaved, and good at studying, but the conditions at home are really not available. The family's money has to be kept for Dabao's treatment, it is the incense of his Su family, and he can't be cut off here, I'm sorry for the ancestors. can only smoke the dry smoke rolled by himself in a muffled voice, and the clouds and fog may be able to offset the powerlessness in his heart a little.
"Pack up and go to bed, we have to catch an early train tomorrow morning."
From time to time, the pond outside the house heard the croaking of frogs, and the summer cicada was not to be outdone in squeaking in response, and in the quiet night, the boring temperature, only the girl bent over and sat at the door.
The house is not big, just a dilapidated house, and I can hear all the conversations between my parents word for word. But she didn't say anything, and continued to tease the ants who were struggling to carry food scraps with the dog's tail grass in her hand. No matter how sensible and understanding she is, she will not take the initiative to tell them, "I won't go to school anymore, and the family's money will be used for my brother's treatment." She knew very well that if she wanted to change the fate of her family and change her own destiny, going to school was the only way out.
Looking up at the sky, I silently said "Brother, I'm sorry". His elder brother has heart disease, which was discovered during the physical examination two years ago, but fortunately, there is no big abnormality in his body now, and it does not affect his school for the time being. But it's hard to say, the doctor recommends going to a big city for a check-up as soon as possible.
She didn't blame the parents who left the car without saying a word the next day, they just wanted to take their son to see a doctor, what was wrong. It's just that this time, she completely lost her loved ones, she was still resentful in her heart, and there was a car accident on the way back from picking up her son to see a doctor, and the three of them disappeared directly on the spot. When the village party secretary came to inform her in a panic, she was directly stunned, fainted on the spot, and when she woke up, it was a week later.
"Girl, you have been with a high fever for the past few days, the weather is too hot, and you can't leave it for too long, so we will take care of the aftermath, this is what they left behind." Touching the bloodstained cloth bag in her hand and hugging it tightly to her chest, she couldn't breathe in her heart. It was the bag they used to pack their things the night before they left, and the only 20,000 yuan in the family was in it, which was originally used to treat his brother's illness, but he didn't expect that everything would come to naught.
High fever and severe dehydration, skin on the lips, foaming in the mouth, sunken eyes, red blood at the corners of the eyes, and white like a ghost. She opened her mouth several times, but she couldn't open it, as if she was stuck with glue, and when she tried the fourth time, she barely managed to squeeze out two sentences.
"Thanks, I want to go back to school." Looking at the branch secretary in front of her almost pleadingly, this was her last chance.
"Alas, you girlγγγγγγ" The voice was full of helplessness and sympathy, at a young age, I experienced this, and no one could stand it.
Just when she looked at the branch secretary walking around the room, one hand on her waist, and the other hand kept scratching the top of the half-bald head, she lost hope, she could feel the other party's strange embarrassment.
"I try." Half an hour later, just when she was about to give up, she heard the branch secretary throw down these words and ran away in a hurry.
A week later, she was discharged from the hospital and went directly to the grave, looking at the newly piled up of soil and scattered paper money in front of her, she still couldn't accept it, it was her loved ones lying inside, no one around, and she could finally cry loudly, venting all the grievances, fears, and helplessness of these days. β
"Didn't you take your brother to see a doctor? Howγγγγγγ β
"I still have to go to school, you left me behind, what should I do, Mom, what should I do if I'm afraid of the dark at night, it's just me, you are so ruthless."