Lin Shilang Gu

"Cricket?" Qu Xuesong didn't know when she got such a "pet name", she said, "It doesn't sound good."

Cheng Guiyuan smiled and said, "Just call it casually, if you don't like it, don't call it next time. How about it, are you free for the New Year?"

Qu Xuesong: "No time."

Cheng Guiyuan: "Aren't you quite free recently?" Qu Xuesong, a big star, has a very good schedule, and he doesn't even have a private itinerary.

Qu Xuesong: "I have time to rest, but I don't have time to go to your house."

Cheng Guiyuan leaned on the sofa at home, stretched her legs in a more comfortable position, and said lazily, "Come on, my parents really want to see you."

"Your parents?"

"That's right," Cheng Guiyuan glanced at Cheng's mother, whose name was tidying up the living room, but her ears were upright.

Cheng's mother was too lazy to pretend and looked over.

The last time Cheng Guiyuan made up her mind to chase Qu Xuesong back, she had a showdown with Cheng's mother. She had to marry Qu Xuesong in her life. Because Dad Cheng and Qu Xuesong have a good relationship, Mom Cheng has inevitably eaten each other's vinegar, and her former rival in love is about to become a son-in-law/daughter-in-law.

But she digested this fact not long ago. Her biggest request for Cheng Guiyuan is to stabilize as soon as possible. Whether a man or a woman is married or not, it is better than her swaying outside with a hammer and a stick. Although Qu Xuesong She is a little older, but generally speaking, it is not too exaggerated. She and Cheng's father are also five or six years apart. Qu Xuesong is also a friend of Cheng's father. After years of friendship, he must be trustworthy in terms of character.

Cheng's mother had a lot of fun this year, and she urged Cheng Guiyuan to bring Qu Xuesong back to have a look. She had met Qu Xuesong, but what she saw as Mr. Cheng's wife was different from that of her mother-in-law.

Cheng Guiyuan acted a lot on her own, and didn't want to tell her mother. It's okay if she didn't understand, but if she understood, she might be slapped. The thing that Cheng's mother disliked the most was her unassuming temperament. She often said she didn't know what she looked like Who has scolded her countless times from childhood to adulthood. Fortunately, the university went abroad, otherwise she would have to be talked about to death so much in the country.

"Did you tell them? All..." Qu Xuesong paused and asked lightly, "What did you say?"

Cheng Guiyuan stood upright and said plainly, "I'll just say you are my future wife and ask them to prepare a dowry for me."

Qu Xuesong: "..."

She couldn't help rolling her eyes.

Cheng Guiyuan seemed to see her appearance, hooked her lips, and said softly, "Qu Xuesong."

Qu Xuesong was touched by her sudden soft tone, and couldn't help but reply in the same tone: "What's wrong?"

Cheng Guiyuan put on a bit of a coquettish attitude, not wanting her mother to see it, so she covered her profile with her hand, and lowered her voice: "Won't you come to my house during the New Year?"

Qu Xuesong said, "I won't go."

Cheng Guiyuan pouted.

Hearing her not answering, Qu Xuesong guessed her expression, couldn't help laughing, and said softly, "I'm going home for the New Year too."

"Oh." Cheng Guiyuan was suddenly embarrassed, "I forgot about that." She hooked up with Qu Xuesong all over her head, forgetting that she also had parents. But who is Cheng Guiyuan? She immediately changed channels, "How about I go home with you?"

Qu Xuesong laughed and asked, "What do you think?"

Cheng Guiyuan hooked the long hair beside her ear: "I think it's fine."

Qu Xuesong said softly, "I don't think so."

Cheng Guiyuan breathed out, "Humph."

Qu Xuesong chuckled lightly and said, "Be good."

Cheng Guiyuan fell on the sofa with an "ah" sound. Qu Xuesong heard the sound and asked nervously, "What's wrong?"

Cheng Guiyuan sighed and said, "I feel like I have reached the climax of my soul again."

Qu Xuesong: "..."

Cheng Guiyuan rolled around on the sofa, face down, hands around the edge of her lips, and asked with a volume that Cheng's mother could never hear: "Qu Xuesong, when will you let me have a real **** again? once?"

Qu Xuesong's throat rolled, and he supported the wall beside him.

Cheng Guiyuan's voice was even softer, almost angrily: "Or, I'll let you do it."

Qu Xuesong covered the phone's microphone and took a deep breath.

Cheng Guiyuan finally said softly, "I miss you, and my body and I miss you."

Qu Xuesong was quiet for about ten seconds, and hurriedly said: "I still have something to do. I'll go to work first, and I'll talk about it when I have time."

Then hang up.

Cheng Guiyuan covered her eyes with the back of her hand, trembling with laughter on the sofa.

Cheng's mother looked at her and shook her head like this. It's really not a girl's choice.

Cheng Guiyuan suddenly stopped laughing and went to the kitchen to find her father. Dad Cheng was chopping the dumpling stuffing that he was going to make later. Cheng Guiyuan opened the kitchen door and shouted, "Dad!"

Dad Cheng stopped the kitchen knife in his hand, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Cheng Guiyuan closed the door with her backhand and asked seriously, "Where are Qu Xuesong's parents' house, do you know?"

Dad Cheng said, "What do you want to do?"

Cheng Guiyuan said, "I'm going to find her."

Cheng's father asked, "Why are you looking for her?"

Cheng Guiyuan replied, "I'm going to see her parents. If she doesn't let me see me, I'll see her alone."

Dad Cheng smiled and gave her a thumbs up.

Cheng Guiyuan also laughed.

The father and daughter were murmuring. Cheng's mother took a look outside and then looked again. After she came out, Cheng Guiyuan went upstairs mysteriously. Cheng's mother went into the kitchen to inquire about the news. Cheng's father mixed the stuffing and watched She smiled: "Wait for the dowry."

Cheng Guiyuan went upstairs to lock the door, went online to check the train from a city in Shandong, a city to a county, and placed the order without hesitation.

***

On the morning of the 29th, Lin Yuewei and Gu Yanqiu didn't sleep in and got up early. Before going out, Lin Yuewei was in the door and asked Gu Yanqiu, who was standing by the trunk, "Have you got the gifts for your grandparents?"

"Take it."

"What about the new clothes for our dad?"

"In the back seat."

"Look at it."

"I've watched it for the third time." Having said that, Gu Yanqiu went around to the rear door, opened it, and turned to his side, so that Lin Yuewei could see that there was indeed a bag.

"The wine you brought back?"

"I took it, and it's also in the trunk."

"What else? You help me think about it."

"..."

Gu Yanqiu put a scarf on her and pulled the person out of the door: "Just bring you, everything else is outside the body, even if you miss something, you can buy it there."

"But……"

"Don't do it." Gu Yanqiu straightened Lin Yuewei's head that was about to look back, pressed her shoulders and pushed it into the passenger seat.

The two went to the hospital to pick up Gu Huai. Originally, Gu Huai invited Gu Feiquan to celebrate the New Year together, but Gu Feiquan said that he wanted to go to the detention center to see his mother, and he had no good feelings for the Gu family other than Gu Yanqiu, neither did Gu Huai force him.

Gu Huai's hometown is in the northeast of Yanning, about four or five hours' drive away from Yanning. Gu Yanqiu gave her driver a holiday for the New Year, and she and Lin Yuewei drove half the distance.

Gu Yanqiu had already told Lin Yuewei before that her grandparents were both teachers, one taught in middle school and the other in university. They were half a scholarly family. The old people were very easy-going, so let her not be nervous.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Gu Yanqiu drove his car into a neighborhood. The neighborhood looked a little old. The walls of the buildings were mottled, but walking in the neighborhood was full of life. Lin Yuewei guessed that the old man liked to be more lively. So have been living.

Lin Yuewei and Gu Yanqiu each carried a large bag and a small bag in each hand, followed behind Gu Huai, and opened an iron door in the corridor. With a creak, dull footsteps sounded in the stairwell. , filled with a faint smell of decay.

Lin Yue asked in a low voice, "What floor do your grandparents live on?"

"It's our grandparents." Gu Yanqiu corrected her first, then answered, "Second floor, what's wrong?"

Lin Yuewei nodded: "The second floor is fine. I think it has to climb stairs. It's inconvenient for the old man's legs and feet to be taller."

Gu Yanqiu chuckled: "They are in good health."

She suddenly probed Lin Yuewei's cheek with the back of her hand, but Lin Yuewei didn't hide and asked, "What?"

Gu Yanqiu said, "It's a little hot."

Lin Yuewei snorted and said, "Maybe it's boring."

Gu Yanqiu raised his eyebrows, not saying anything.

On the second floor, just two corners, Gu Huai rang the doorbell, Lin Yuewei hid behind Gu Yanqiu and lowered his head. Gu Yanqiu looked back at her with a funny look. Outside, he was so generous, and when he saw his elders, he could not wait to shrink himself.

But thinking about it, this is probably the natural fear of the younger generation. Gu Yanqiu was also nervous when he saw Lin Yuewei's parents, but she was used to covering it up.

The doorbell rang twice, and a voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

Gu Huai said, "It's me."

Then came the approaching footsteps, Gu Yanqiu Yuguang saw Lin Yuewei stand up instantly, raised his chest and closed his abdomen, pursed his lips, revealing the small dimples on his cheeks.

Gu Yanqiu wrapped his hands behind him, found Lin Yuewei's hand, and squeezed her palm.

The door opened, and an amiable old lady appeared in front of Lin Yuewei, her hair was still all black, and she looked only fifty or sixty years old. Grandma Gu's kind eyes turned around the three people at the door, and finally landed on the door. Lin Yuewei's face.

Lin Yuewei kept smiling and did not dare to slack off.

Gu Huai: "Mom."

Gu Yanqiu: "Grandma."

Lin Yuewei wanted to brew honey in her dimples, and said sweetly, "Grandma."

Grandma Gu smiled and welcomed the person in: "Change slippers and sit down for a while, I'm going to the kitchen."

Gu Yanqiu said with a smile, "You don't need to cook so many dishes."

Lin Yuewei didn't know what to do. After the two greeted Grandpa Gu, Gu Yanqiu led her to her room. Lin Yuewei looked at the layout of the room. There was a pink HelloKitty bed with four pieces and a pink wardrobe. , the desk is also pink, everywhere is pink and tender.

Lin Yuewei teased her: "I didn't expect President Gu to be so girly."

Gu Yanqiu sat on the edge of the bed, hugged her, and said with a smile, "I set it up when I was young. I don't come here often, so the decorations here haven't changed much."

"How is your relationship with your grandparents?"

"Well, let's just have a grandfather-grandfather relationship like an ordinary family, come back during the New Year's holiday." Gu Yanqiu rubbed the tip of his nose lightly on her face, and let out a light kiss, "Why do you ask this all of a sudden?"

"I just want to know, can't I?"

"Okay, okay, what else do you want to know?"

"There's nothing I want to know for now." Lin Yuewei's eyes were fixed, he jumped out of Gu Yanqiu's arms, opened the drawer of the desk, and sure enough he found a photo album in it, and raised it proudly, "Look, I found it. what baby."

Gu Yanqiu was also surprised and said with a smile, "I forgot all about it. Look at when it was taken."

Lin Yuewei opened the photo album, the first page, Gu Yanqiu was born not long ago, was a small dumpling, was placed against the head of the bed to take a photo; the second one was crawling on all fours; the third one was walking on a stool; The fourth is a Lego sitting on the floor. Then there are group photos, with grandparents, with grandparents and dad, with grandparents, dad and... mother Shen Huaiyu.

Lin Yuewei glanced at Gu Yanqiu after flipping through the photo.

Since the truth came out, Gu Yanqiu's feelings for Shen Huaiyu have become extremely complicated, basically if he doesn't mention it, he doesn't mention it. Lin Yuewei was afraid that she would be stimulated by what she saw. Gu Yanqiu's eyes stayed on this photo that could almost be called a family portrait for a few seconds, and he asked calmly, "Why don't you turn it over?"

Lin Yuewei continued to scroll back.

This album is not full, and the photos of Gu Yanqiu after the age of seven are gone. According to Gu Yanqiu's on-site recollection, she grew up and refused to take pictures, so no pictures were left.

Lin Yuewei turned over the album from back to front regretfully.

Gu Yanqiu thought about it and said, "Although the previous one is gone, but in the future, if you want to stay, I can take a picture."

Lin Yuewei raised his phone and clicked at her.

Gu Yanqiu took it and looked at it and said, "Ugly."

Lin Yuewei: "..."

She covered her face with both hands.

Gu Yanqiu: "What's wrong?"

Lin Yuewei: "I'm autistic."

Gu Yanqiu pulled her hand down, made a "wow" sound effect, and said, "You think about it."

Lin Yue was happy: "This is the sound of running water."

Gu Yanqiu pressed down her two hands and clasped them on his thighs, with soft eyes, leaned over and kissed her. Lin Yuewei returned to her arms as if she had no bones.

She lowered her head to play with Gu Yanqiu's fingers and said, "Your grandfather is outside, isn't it bad for us to be in the room?"

Gu Yanqiu said: "It's okay, we've been separated by two generations, it's normal to not make out, you don't have to force yourself, and they are all busy, you can't talk to each other, just wait for the evening."

Lin Yuewei hummed, and after a while, she couldn't sit still, got up and said, "I'd better go out, it's too rude."

Gu Yanqiu smiled but said nothing.

Lin Yuewei first went to the living room to see Grandpa Gu. Grandpa Gu was playing chess with Gu Huai, so he didn't have time to pay attention to her. Moreover, Grandpa Gu had a square face, with drooping eyes, a bit fierce.

Lin Yuewei went to the kitchen to watch Grandma Gu cook. When Grandma Gu saw her, she first said "Oops", then "the kitchen is heavy with oily smoke", "I'm all busy here and I don't need you" "Isn't it boring, you let Yan Qiu Let's take you out for a walk and play." Yunyun pushed Lin Yuewei's shoulders and "driven" her out.

Gu Yanqiu leaned against the door, raised his eyebrows, and said "I already knew".

There was still an hour left before dinner, and the two simply went out for a walk, holding hands in the same pocket and taking a walk. Lin Yuewei was afraid of being recognized, so he put on his down jacket and hat, and added a mask, only showing his eyes, which were big and bright.

Small cities have a heavier New Year's Eve than big cities, and there are several children in the community holding fireworks. Lin Yuewei was so excited for a long time at the person who was spinning around on the ground and flying sparks, and asked, "That, that, what is that called?"

Gu Yanqiu frowned: "It's called..." What is it?

The two adults looked at each other, but in the end they couldn't remember what the name was, they laughed at each other.

The child put a few away and went to play elsewhere. Lin Yuewei sighed at the back: "There are talented people in the country."

Gu Yanqiu continued: "The new generation replaces the old."

Lin Yuewei said, "Yeah." After walking a few steps, he was suddenly stunned, "The sentence just now doesn't seem like that."

Gu Yanqiu was also startled: "Huh? What's the original sentence?"

Lin Yuewei: "Hahahaha."

The two of them laughed very low today. They laughed at everything they saw, and laughed all the way. When they finally got home, they were dead of thirst. Gu Yanqiu poured two glasses of water over, and they both raised their heads and drank it.

Grandma Gu opened the kitchen door and shouted angrily, "It's time to eat."

The New Year's Eve dinner began.

The atmosphere was harmonious, and the dishes in Lin Yuewei's bowl didn't have the shape of a hill, so he finally asked Gu Yanqiu to help her share half of it. After the meal, Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu gave her a big red envelope. Lin Yuewei refused to accept it at first, but Gu Yanqiu smiled and said, "Accept it."

Lin Yuewei just accepted it.

In the evening, the whole family went to the square to watch the fireworks. After returning, Gu Yanqiu and Lin Yuewei went back to their room, while Gu Huai was called to Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu's room. The expressions of the two old men looked a little solemn.

Gu Yanqiu watched her father's back disappear into the door, and closed the bedroom door with a heavy heart.

Lin Yuewei took off his jacket and asked, "What's wrong?"

Gu Yanqiu said: "It's nothing, I feel weird in my heart, I think my grandparents are weird." She shook her head to herself, "Maybe I'm thinking too much."

***

Gu Huai looked at her parents' solemn faces, and could not help but frowned slightly: "Is there something you want to tell me?"

Grandpa Gu was not angry and said solemnly, "We came to you to ask about He Songjun."

He looked at Grandma Gu and said, "With such a big thing happening around you, I didn't hear you say a word. We didn't hear it from a friend until a long time ago."

Gu Huai said with relief: "Isn't my son thinking about not letting you worry about this matter, and it has been resolved long ago, don't worry."

"I'm not..." Grandpa Gu hesitated.

Grandma Gu pulled Grandpa Gu's sleeve and interjected, "Let me tell you."

Gu Huai looked at his father and at his mother, a little bewildered: "What's the matter?"

Grandma Gu's Wenxiu's face was filled with sadness.

Gu Huai: "Mom?"

Grandma Gu looked at him and said, "We are sorry for He Songjun."

Gu Huai was even more confused, and bowed her head and said to herself, "I know, my son is sorry for her."

Grandma Gu shook her head and said, "It's not you, it's us."

Gu Huai frowned, something flashed in his mind.

Before he could respond, Grandma Gu threw a bomb: "He Songjun's child is actually ours to stay."

Gu Huai's mind exploded: "What did you say?"

Grandma Gu's throat was slightly choked and she was speechless. Grandpa Gu stepped forward: "I'll come."

Grandpa Gu organized the language and said slowly: "When you insisted on marrying Luo Yu, we overheard your conversation, knowing that she is gay, and that she will never have children with you, we don't want to let her After the Gu family is gone, he wants to keep the fetus in He Songjun's womb, and we will keep it after he is born."

Gu Huai vaguely remembered the marriage between him and Shen Huaiyu. At first, his parents were fine and satisfied, but then they suddenly began to object. The attitude was repeated several times, and he wondered why.

Gu Huai almost immediately asked, "Then why did you let Shen... let Yan Qiu's mother persuade him?"

Grandpa Gu said: "Our two identities are not suitable. We are your parents. We persuade an unmarried girl to give birth to a child, but do not let you marry her. What's the matter? We told Luo Yu about this, and I begged She came forward, and she agreed. Originally, we wanted to take Feiquan over at the right time and let him recognize his ancestors and return to the clan. If you and Luo Yu are divorced, it will be better if you can reunite with He Songjun. But Luo Yu is actually pregnant, and the Gu family has a successor, so this matter is over."

Grandpa Gu frowned: "I know that we are not being kind, but we can't do anything about it. Now that there is Yanqiu, He Songjun's child's name is not right. Welcome to the door is for you, and for the Gu family. Say, it's all a big trouble."

Gu Huai could hardly believe what she heard, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Why did Yan Qiu's mother never tell me?"

Grandpa Gu's eyes were cloudy, he sighed softly, and fell into memory.

He still remembered that day, when he was going to confess to Gu Huai, Gu Yanqiu's mother stopped him: "Dad, don't go."

Grandpa Gu asked, "Why?"

The woman twisted the Buddha beads in her hand, stared at him calmly and tenderly, and said softly, "The matter is irreversible, and it is all because of me. I have enough debts on me, don't ruin you all because of me. The relationship between father and son."

Shen Huaiyu said, "I gave birth to He Songjun's child. It has nothing to do with you or my mother. From now on, please forget about it."

This has been concealed for more than twenty years.

Gu Huai's body was unstable, he fell a step backward, his hands clenched into fists, his eyes were red, he misunderstood Shen Huaiyu. He knew that Shen Huaiyu had lost his temper at her after she made up her own mind, and later he questioned her twice, but Shen Huaiyu didn't say a word.

For so many years, he didn't know that this was the case.

"You—" Gu Huai didn't know how to face the parents in front of him, he took two steps back, and suddenly opened the door and went out.

Standing at the door of the open bedroom, Gu Yanqiu looked over quietly in the warm yellow corridor lamp: "Dad?"

Gu Huai turned his back and wiped the tears from his face, opened his eyes wide, and said, "It's okay, go back to sleep."

Gu Yanqiu: "Are you crying?"

Gu Huai said, "No."

Gu Huai heard the footsteps behind him, he didn't move, let Gu Yanqiu walk in front of him, stroked the corners of his wet eyes with his fingertips, then tiptoed and gently pressed his head on his shoulders.

Although he didn't know what his father was sad about, Gu Yanqiu said softly, "Cry if you want to."

Gu Huai gritted his teeth and cried bitterly.

At this moment, he is not a mature and stable father, but a husband who has misunderstood his lover for many years.