Yu Lihua came back three days earlier than originally planned.

The price of this pilgrimage to Nanbang is indeed extremely low, but it is just ...... When it is said to be a pilgrimage, half of the time is spent shopping, which is really unbearable.

It just so happened that there was something urgent at the school, so Yu Lihua hurriedly booked the nearest air ticket to go home.

Now, the advantage of the low-cost group is gone, what's the matter.

Before entering the door, Yu Lihua noticed the pair of sneakers on the shoe rack.

The shoes look like they're new, but if they're my brother's, they're a bit small. If it was a new one bought by my daughter, it would be as big as a boat.

She stretched out her hand to pick up her shoes and take a look, but she thought of her daughter's panicked tone on the phone just now, as if she had thought of something, and her outstretched hand retracted like an electric shock.

Yu Lihua staggered, swayed and held on to the wall, frowning and continuing to stare at the pair of ...... Men's shoes.

The wooden door in front of her was opened, Yu Lihua turned her head, and saw her daughter's pale face and a hard smile: "Mom~"

Her daughter, Yu Luying, stretched out her slightly trembling hands, lifted the suitcase by the door, and took the bag in her left hand.

"So many masks," Yu Luying looked into the bag as she walked into the room, "It's enough for three years, right?" ”

Yu Lihua ignored her and walked into the room with a calm face.

Behind the curtains, there shouldn't be a big living person.

There are several dishes under the lid on the table, which are quite hearty, but there is not much left of each dish.

"Mom, have you eaten the felling?"

"I've eaten it."

In the sink, there are indeed two pairs of dishes and chopsticks.

The beds and sofas are clean and tidy, not something that can be cleaned up in three or two.

On the bright side, nothing happened, and on the bad side......

No way, that's my upbringing daughter after all.

Yu Lihua pulled the trolley suitcase, put it down in front of the bed, and squatted down to open it.

Her eyes rolled under the bed, which was littered with boxes and miscellaneous items - there could be no one.

Then, there is only one place left.

When Yu Lihua took out two coats from the box and walked to the wardrobe, she caught a glimpse of her daughter's expression out of the corner of her eye, and sighed inwardly.

She took a deep breath and vigorously opened the closet door.

The clothes hanging inside felt a little moved, but nothing but clothes.

You can't jump out of the window, do you?

Yu Lihua's afterglow caught a glimpse of her daughter's frightened face.

Mom is so scary......

In the floor-to-ceiling mirror in the closet, a sad face is reflected.

Short haired, tired, stern, described as withered, with the face of a middle-aged woman.

In the mirror, another long-haired, young face was reflected.

So young, so beautiful, no makeup or mask, overflowing collagen, as if it will flow down when you take a bite......

It's what I looked like back then, it's too similar.

"Mom, I miss you." The girl behind her hugged her waist.

Yu Lihua turned around, hugged her daughter in her arms, and gently touched her head.

"I miss you too." Yu Lihua said.

-- Dividing line --

"You've just come back, and you're leaving?" Yu Luying said.

"Well, we need to go to school right away." Yu Lihua put on high heels and picked up her bag: "School is urgent, I may come back late, check the doors, windows, and gas switches before you go to bed......"

"Got it, got it." The girl said.

Yu Lihua strolled down the floor, heard the door of her house closed upstairs, and went up two floors lightly, turned into a shadow, and stood still.

She took out a pack of blue Aixi, opened it, pulled out a long, thin cigarette, and popped the popping beads in her filter.

I just smoked this cigarette to pinch this popping bead, Yu Lihua thought.

Yu Lihua didn't turn on the lighter a few times, but the door of her house downstairs had been pushed open.

A tall, thin figure walked out briskly from inside.

"Xiao Yao." After the door closed, Yu Lihua called out.

The black shadow shook all over, and ran downstairs.

Yu Lihua didn't chase it, but just lit her cigarette.

But the figure didn't run far, and actually slowly climbed up again.

"Yu Luying's mother? Is that you? The boy called timidly.

Yu Lihua took a puff of peppermint cigarette into her lungs and slowly spit it out.

She came out of the shadows and looked at Xiao Yao through the miserable white corridor lamp.

"Would you like a coffee?"

"Okay."

-- Dividing line --

Modern Cafe, is a very old shop, just next to the old commercial street, although the single product is not rich and the price is quite high, but with that kind of old money style arrogance, the sense of ritual of Chinese and foreign exchange, or attracted many white-collar workers and residents around the patronage.

"A caramel macchiato, no added sugar." Yu Lihua snuffed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray.

"Auntie, I won't drink it, I don't like coffee." Xiao Yao said solemnly: "I mainly want to talk to you." ”

"Okay, let's talk." Yu Lihua leaned back in her chair: "By the way, where did you hide just now?" Climbed barefoot out of the window? ”

"This ......" Xiao Yao pondered for a few seconds, and did not answer her question directly: "Auntie, don't blame Yu Luying, she is not wrong, I stalked her and beat her, and I followed her into the house......"

"Why should I care whose fault it is?" Yu Lihua flicked the cigarette ash and showed a smile that could not be called friendly: "Last semester, I went to your school, hoping that the school will take effective measures to keep you away from my daughter." But your Director Lin and Teacher Yao are very protective of you, and finally let you write a letter of guarantee. ”

The young man's face in front of him turned pale.

"As far as today's matter is concerned, if I go to school again, do you think Director Lin will consider agreeing to the suggestion last time-"

"Auntie, that's why I want to talk to you, I want to ask you to allow Yu Luying to choose who to be friends with." Xiao Yao sat up straight and said loudly.

Yu Lihua covered her eyes and nose, shaking her head and laughing.

"Choose you, right? Okay," after laughing, Yu Lihua's body leaned forward and put her fingers and elbows on the table: "I'll go straight to the point - you are still a student, and you should focus on studying." When I go to college, graduate and enter society, and my feelings are mature, I will look back and look back at ......"

His boring and clichéd preaching was interrupted by the teenager in front of him: "Yu Luying is the first in the class and the top ten in the grade, and with what I know about her, even if she is really in love, it will not affect her studies-"

"Of course my daughter can weigh the pros and cons." Yu Lihua nodded: "Thank you." ”

The second half of the "thank you" was said to the waiter, she took the coffee and took a sip: "So I'm not talking about her, it's you." ”

"Me?" The young man in front of him had a confused expression.

"Yu Luying is the first in the class, and you are the first-to-last ......"

"Second to last." Xiao Yao corrected: "The penultimate is Zhang Jialong. ”

"As far as I know, you're about to repeat a grade, right?"

"There is no such thing."

"You have had a bad record since the beginning of the last semester, which has given you Teacher Yao a headache, skipping class many times, playing games in Internet cafes, not handing in homework, and even ...... Harassing girls, that is, our family Yu Luying. If it weren't for your school's habitual protection of shortcomings, you would have been punished a long time ago," Yu Lihua leaned back in the chair again: "What I said is right, right?" ”

"So, do you think Yu Luying won't know about my situation?" The young man's hands clenched the glass of water: "She has the ability to weigh the pros and cons, you said it yourself." ”

"You're trying to say my daughter is in love with you?" The green tendons on Yu Lihua's forehead flare up, and the second word "you" bit extremely hard, and her tone was full of disbelief: "So, you want to convince me not to stop it?!" ”

"If a girl is always alone, then it is not strange what kind of person she falls in love with one day." Xiao Yao seemed to have made up a lot of determination and spoke.

"Girls shouldn't love anyone at this time!" Yu Lihua slapped her palm on the table angrily, attracting the attention of the surrounding guests and waiters.

She also knew that she was out of shape, and was silent for a while before speaking again.

"If it were a boy in the church, I would have opened my eyes and closed my eyes......"

"If it's really because of this......" Xiao Yao blurted out.

"Are you also a Christian? It's meaningless," Yu Lihua said: "The foundation is unstable, in order to get married, fake conversion, it's just a formality, in the future, your attitude towards life, your attitude towards marriage, is still the thinking of foreign teachers, which will be a great instability." ”

"Auntie, you're thinking too far," Xiao Yao's neck turned red: "We're only in high school—"

"Yes, it's just a high school student, and marriage is too far away." Yu Lihua's eyes crossed Xiao Yao's back and threw herself into the unknown void: "So, as long as you fall in love to your heart's content, as for what consequences have been caused and what responsibilities you will have to bear in the future, that's not what you need to consider, this is the taste of youth, right?" ”

"That's not the case, Auntie!" The teenager looked a little annoyed: "Your idea is too biased. ”

"Oh?" Yu Lihua looked back at Xiao Yao's face with interest.

"First of all! Do you practice the doctrine of descent in accordance with the teachings of the Church? Xiao Yao's tone was a little excited: "You are in Huaxia, the number is still very small, right?" How to absorb fresh blood and develop and grow so early to engage in class solidification, refuse to intermarry with newly converted believers, and be self-contained, enclosure and self-sprout? Huaxia does not have unlimited fertility, so the next generation of the Church ......"

Yu Lihua looked at Xiao Yao's righteous words, and was a little stunned: "Did you think these words yourself, or did Yu Luying teach them?" ”

"Myself, of course—"

"Also, Yu Luying shouldn't be able to say these words." Yu Lihua nodded: "I am beginning to understand why my daughter only likes you." "The word 'you' is still biting hard.

"What, like? ......" Xiao Yao was stunned.

"I'll admit you're right, and I'm even starting to appreciate you a little." Yu Lihua's gaze softened slightly: "By the way, your parents are not together anymore?" ”

Xiao Yao was a little caught off guard by this sudden remark: "Yes, how do you know everything?" ”

"I'm sorry, I have no intention of revealing other people's scars," Yu Lihua said softly: "But I do social science, and statistics show that if a person's original family marriage is unhappy, not only will his probability of marital unhappiness increase by 50%, but his friends around him will also be vulnerable - I can't take this risk anymore." ”

"Auntie," Xiao Yao clenched his fists: "Everyone is an independent individual, things are man-made, people's free will is very important, and it cannot be simply ......represented by probability."

"So, do you want to tell me that you have already figured out how to marry her, how to give her a safe, stable and reliable future, and that you will not leave her, whether it is poverty, illness, or anything?" Yu Lihua shook the dry coffee cup, and there was a hint of drunkenness in her tone.

"......" the boy was silent: "I don't know. ”

"Huh." Yu Lihua sighed lightly: "Count you honest." ”

"If it had been two months ago, a month ago, I would have said yes without hesitation," the boy said hesitantly, "but now, I don't know." I don't know what the future holds, so I can't just promise, but I still don't want to lose Yu Luying's friend, and ...... And, I believe she too, she ...... too"

"Looks like you've really thought about it, right?"

Before Xiao Yao could answer, Yu Lihua chuckled again: "Really, why am I telling you this?" If you were the parent of another girl, you wouldn't have told you that at all. ”

"Yes, Auntie," Xiao Yao said sincerely, "so I thank you very much, thank you for your willingness to share your concerns and opinions with me, and thank you for your willingness to listen to me so many ......"

"Okay, the kid who hasn't grown his hair yet," Yu Lihua waved her hand: "Tell me, in the two weeks I've been in China, you haven't bullied Yu Luying, right?" ”

"Absolutely not," Xiao Yao raised his right hand to the sky: "Respect each other like a guest!" - Ah no, uh, I mean ......"

"Alright, let's go back." Yu Lihua stood up: "It's not early." ”

Xiao Yao still sat in his position and hesitated for a few seconds: "Auntie, I still have something to say." ”

"Oh? Yes, you name it. Yu Lihua raised her eyebrows and sat down again.

"I have something I want to ask you," Xiao Yao lowered his head and said: "It's not good for me to sneak to your house while you're not at home, you can blame me as much as you want, I just hope you can promise me not to beat her again this time." ”

"Who told you I hit her?" Yu Lihua's face sank again, and her voice raised an octave.

“……”

"Forget it, who else can there be." Yu Lihua smiled bitterly: "I know." ”

"You promised? That's great! Xiao Yao said happily: "Also, I told you this today, and I have been thinking about it for a long time. In fact, Yu Luying doesn't have many friends in school, and there are almost no boy friends except me, and during this time you are not there, I think her whole state is a lot better, very relaxed, whether it is in school or in——"

"It seems, not just tonight, you've been together all this time, right?" Yu Lihua asked faintly.

"No, no, it's mainly in the state of school......" Xiao Yao waved his hand again and again, realizing that he was a little carried away.

"Xiao Yao, do you think I gave you face?" Yu Lihua's tone became cold again, and her eyebrows were twisted: "You already want to meddle in our mother-daughter relationship?" She hasn't married you yet! ”

"Auntie, you misunderstood, I didn't mean that-"

"What does it mean if you don't have that?" Yu Lihua said angrily: "You mean, my daughter wishes I wasn't at home, and my daughter would be happy if I wasn't there?!" ”

"Auntie, she didn't say that, don't think so." Xiao Yao hugged his head with both hands.

Yu Lihua stood up and pushed open the door of the café.

A gust of wind chimes came with the night breeze, which made Yu Lihua feel a little sober.

She took a deep breath, didn't look back, and walked away.