Shang Lu returned home with great anticipation because Chi Yan said he had prepared a birthday present for her.
However, the moment the door and the light were turned on, Shang Lu realized something was wrong.
All the disposable slippers on the shoe rack at the door were gone, there were two coats that had never been seen before on the clothes rack, and there was a bag on the coffee table... It was Lin Yanyan's, she remembered it.
Lin Yanyan hadn't been to her house in the past few days, at least the bag was definitely not on the coffee table before she went out.
Shang Lu was still holding the bouquet of flowers that Chi Yan had made for her in her arms, and her eyes continued to look for anything unusual in her home.
After seeing so many "loopholes", Chi Yan knew that he could no longer hide the truth.
Shang Lu did not go in, but turned back to look at Chi Yan with some confusion in his eyes, and asked directly with his mouth: How many people
Chi Yan also answered Shang Lu with his mouth "seven", then squatted down, took Shang Lu's slippers and placed them at her feet, motioning her to go into the house first.
Shang Lu was able to basically count the number of people in his mind, and walked into the house in his slippers.
There is no one around as far as I can see.
Until she reached the door of the guest room.
The door of the guest room was opened instantly, and Lin Yanyan came out holding a cake and was the first to shout, "Happy birthday, Lulu!"
As everyone sang in chorus, Shang Lu closed his eyes, clasped his hands together and made a wish.
Shanglu cut the cake for everyone and gave it to everyone.
Xiaomi understood something in her eyes and lowered her head to eat the cake.
Jiang Jing also rushed forward to check: "Is there any itching? Do you want to go to the hospital?"
In such a lively atmosphere, Shang Lu blew out the candles, looked at everyone, and said, "Thank you."
Ye Lu looked at Chi Yan with a critical eye and said, "I've met you a few times, but we're not familiar with each other. Can you introduce yourself a little more?"
"Happy birthday!" Ye Lu stepped forward and gave Shang Lu a hug, then laughed arrogantly: "I am the first person to hug the birthday boy!"
How come he can understand every word this person says, but when they are put together it no longer sounds like human language
Wen Renyan pointed at Chi Yan and mocked Ye Lu directly: "Open your eyes and look at what my sister-in-law is holding in her arms? A rose! If this isn't love, what is it?"
I hope everyone can live happily and happily like this forever.
Lin Yanyan lowered her head in disbelief. After she touched the rose with her hand to confirm that it was fake, she breathed a sigh of relief and placed it on the coffee table beside her.
“Roses?!” Lin Yanyan performed a soprano-like scream on the spot, snatched the bouquet of roses from Shang Lu’s hand and stepped back frantically, saying, “Are you crazy?”
Xiaomi also looked worried.
I still want to say thank you.
Shang Lu looked at Wen Renyan with some surprise and said, "You are here too."
"Wait a minute." Ye Lu interrupted Wen Renyan's words, somewhat unable to understand: "Shang Lu is your sister-in-law? Who is your brother?"
Everyone stopped making noise, and Lin Yanyan went back to look for the cake again, snatched it back from Xu Ze's hand and held it in front of Shang Lu. This was the second time Shang Lu heard the birthday song today.
"Cough!" Chi Yan coughed, very deliberately.
Lin Yanyan's eyes widened, and she immediately stuffed the cake into Xu Ze's hands. She tried to pick up Shang Lu and shouted, "Happy birthday, Lulu!"
Shang Lu tried hard to get rid of the complaints in his mind and made a wish.
How come there are eight people? Where did the extra one come from
Count again... Eh? Wenrenyan
Shang Lu counted the number of people and then froze.
In fact, she didn't have any wishes anymore.
Everyone: “!”
Shang Lu quickly waved his hands and explained: "That bouquet of roses is fake, it won't cause allergies, don't worry."
After blowing out the candles and eating the cake, Ye Lu finally remembered the main point. He looked at Shang Lu, then at Chi Yan beside her, and asked, "Are you two together?"
Shang Lu nodded, and took this opportunity to formally introduce Chi Yan to everyone, saying, "Chi Yan, my boyfriend."
There were lit candles on the cake, and as the candlelight flickered, other people came out of the room one after another.
Shang Lu was obviously in a good mood today, so everything went according to plan.
Wen Renyan took the initiative to raise his hands and explained to Chi Yan: "I wanted to come to see you, but when I knocked on the door and saw no one at your house, I was about to leave, and suddenly I saw a group of them, so I asked curiously. I didn't expect that my sister-in-law was having a birthday, so of course I had to participate in such a lively event!"
What you want has already been obtained.
Song Zeqian yawned. This birthday celebration had affected his daily routine. He reminded, "If you don't blow out this candle, it will go out."
Thank you to these people who are willing to stay with her all the time.
All the annoying little guys were there, plus Ouyi and Xiaomi who was holding a small box in his hand.
Shang Lu turned back to look at Chi Yan and asked, "Can you tell me what happened?"
He didn't notice Chi Yan's eyes at all, he just remembered to provoke Lin Yanyan.
Chi Yan: “…?”
What wish do you want to make
This birthday song is so awful! Why are these people singing the birthday song out of tune
Except for Ou Yi's voice, which she could hear was okay, the others were uglier than the other. Ye Lu was howling at the top of his lungs on purpose, and Wen Ren Yan... his singing was also awful!
But she still likes this kind of atmosphere.
"Let me introduce you." Song Zeqian's voice sounded lazily, "Mr. Chi, the new investor of our film."
The ugly birthday song continued to be sung. Ou Yi couldn't beat them so he joined in and started to compete with Ye Lu to see who sang worse.
"Let me tell you, let me tell you!" Lin Yanyan raised her hand and answered, "We originally wanted to celebrate your birthday, but we weren't sure if you wanted to, so we asked Chi Yan to find out the news for us. If you're unhappy, ask him to send us a message and we'll retreat quickly!"
Ye Lu's eyes widened, and he immediately stood up and walked to Chi Yan to shake his hand: "Mr. Chi, nice to meet you!"
Lin Yanyan stretched out her foot to kick Ye Lu's heel: "Look at what you have accomplished!"
Ye Lu suddenly realized something was wrong.
He looked at everyone in the room, pointed at Shang Lu and Chi Yan, and asked, "Why aren't you surprised? You all know everything, don't you?"
Lin Yanyan smiled and said, "Lulu told me a long time ago, only told me!"
Jiang Jing also said: "I saw him when he came to pick up Xiaolu at the wrap party for a variety show some time ago."
Song Zeqian replied: "Then I might have guessed it earlier. When he approached me and said he wanted to invest, I guessed it."
Xu Ze lowered his eyelashes, and soon revealed a gentle smile: "I guess I am mentally prepared."
When he heard this, he was very proud: "I am Chi Yan's best brother!"
Xiaomi naturally pretended not to understand this kind of topic and did not join in. No one would ask a child about such matters.
Ye Lu fell into deep confusion.
What? Is he the only one who didn't notice this?!
No! There is another person!
Ye Lu looked at Ou Yi, and looked at him with sympathy: "It turns out that we are the only ones who don't know."
"What are you talking about?" Ou Yi swallowed a large piece of cake and said, "Haven't they been together for a long time? When he came to the hospital to see me before, didn't he say that he was Shang Lu's boyfriend?"
Ye Lu & Lin Yanyan: “?!”
They were there that day too, so this definitely couldn't happen!
Ou Yi scratched his hair again, lost in memory: "No, it seems that he denied it? I can't remember clearly."
Since I couldn't remember clearly, I just assumed it. Anyway, Ou Yi's life has always been like this. When he is not sure about something, he usually just finds a random answer to fool himself.
Ou Yi's expression was sincere and innocent.
Shanglu & Chiyan: "…"
Never mind. Whatever. We are together now anyway.
Next, everyone gave out the gifts they had prepared.
Xiaomi prepared a hand-knitted scarf. Although it was simple, it felt very comfortable. She said, "Mother Xue taught me."
Lin Yanyan looked at Chi Yan with disdain and said, "Xiaomi has already taken the lead in doing this. You can't do it."
Ou Yi also took out the gift he had prepared, a very high-end microphone with a very cute shape.
But when the gift box was opened, there seemed to be something else in the bag.
Shang Lu reached out to take it curiously, but Ou Yi picked it up first.
Ou Yi vaguely remembered that before he left the company, Yan Yu came over for no apparent reason and seemed to have touched the gift he prepared for Shang Lu, but he was in a hurry to leave and had no time to check it. Unexpectedly, Yan Yu put a new album of their group in it.
Ou Yi picked up the album, and when he saw Yan Yu's signature on the back, his teeth almost broke.
Are you sick
Ye Lu also laughed at Ou Yi: "This is the first time I see someone giving a group album as a birthday gift. How can you be more narcissistic than me?"
Seeing that Ou Yi was reluctant to give him the album, Shang Lu asked curiously, "What happened to this album?"
"It's nothing, there's some dirt, I'll wipe it off." Ou Yi said as he picked up the tissue, but found that he couldn't wipe off Yan Yu's signature.
Haha, luckily he was prepared!
Ou Yi took out a pen from his pocket, signed the names of all the members of the group, and then handed it to Shang Lu: "This is a blessing from everyone in our group."
Shang Lu: “…”
She is not blind. Aren’t these names signed by Ou Yi
But Shang Lu did not expose him, but said: "Thank you, I like it very much."
At this moment, everyone's gifts have been given out, except Chi Yan.
Chi Yan stood up and walked to the door of the study, and took out the gift he had prepared.
This time it is still fresh flowers, but the difference is that they are wrapped in cylindrical cloth, which looks very beautiful.
"No way—"
Lin Yanyan's attention was not on the album at all. She never missed any opportunity to diss Chi Yan in person, and said in a long tone: "Didn't you already send a bouquet? Is there anything new?"
As soon as Lin Yanyan finished speaking, a furry little head popped out from the bucket of flowers in Chi Yan's arms. It was a chubby silver tabby cat. It looked at them with round eyes and stretched out a little paw to rest on a flower.
It seemed very active and wanted to crawl out of the flower, so Shang Lu quickly got up to catch it.
The little guy was quite smart and crawled directly into Shang Lu's arms.
"So cute!" Shang Lu couldn't help but hold the kitten in her arms. The kitten was well-behaved and kept meowing. It lay directly on Shang Lu's legs with its belly facing her.
Shang Lu naturally couldn't help but touch the cat's head, and Lin Yanyan also followed suit to touch the cat's head, and called Xiaomi to join in.
Shang Lu was very happy. While teasing the kitten, he asked, "Chi Yan, why did you think of giving me a cat?"
"Last time, Wen Renyan brought his cat here, and you seemed to like it very much." Chi Yan replied, and then said, "He also bought this cat with the help of a friend."
Wen Renyan said proudly: "This is the most well-behaved kitten in the litter. As soon as Brother Chi told me to, I started watching them since they were born and picked this one out for you!"
"Thank you too." Shang Lu said as he looked up at Wen Renyan. His eyes curved with a smile that looked innocent and touching.
Wen Renyan's face turned a little red.
The moment he felt his ears getting hot, he immediately realized that he was about to die. He waved his hands desperately to explain to Chi Yan: "Everyone loves beauty. I just admire it. It's normal to blush when being looked at by a beautiful woman like this. I really don't like the type of sister-in-law. Brother Chi, please believe me—"
The ending ended with Chi Yan kicking Wen Renyan's leg. Wen Renyan didn't dare to stay any longer and ran away under the pretext of going home to feed the cat.
And soon the knock on the door came again.
The delivery guy brought over a large box of beer and snacks.
Lin Yanyan raised her hand: "I ordered it! I ordered it! I won't leave until I'm drunk!"
Except for Chi Yan, who could drink moderately, everyone else fell drunk after three cups.
The big sofa that Lin Yanyan had given her before came in handy at this moment. It was like an ancient bunk bed, and everyone had a piece of space.
Ye Lu and Ou Yi were still there clinking their empty wine glasses, while Lin Yanyan was kneeling on the ground and crawling behind the kitten.
Shang Lu held Jiang Jing's arm. Even though he was drunk, he still discussed the role with her seriously. Jiang Jing's manners were the best after being drunk. She sat upright on the sofa and listened to Shang Lu's analysis of the role, nodding mechanically.
Obviously, Jiang Jing was a little drunk, but her rationality prevented her from going crazy.
Song Zeqian had been feeling a headache for a long time, so he walked to the corner of the sofa, found a good spot for himself, and went straight to sleep.
Chi Yan saw that the commotion had almost died down, so he bent over and picked up Shang Lu, saying, "Go back to your room and sleep."
"don't want… "
Shang Lu mumbled in a daze, saying no but reaching out to hug Chi Yan's neck when he was picked up.
Before entering the room, the slippers fell from the air to the ground when Shang Lu shook his legs, hitting Ou Yi and Ye Lu who were sitting on the ground.
Ou Yi grabbed the slippers and said, "Heaven...strange things falling from the sky, this is an ominous sign!"
As he said that, he threw it aside and hit Ye Lu in the face with the slippers.
Ye Lu: “?”
He has never suffered such injustice.
Ou Yi smiled foolishly at him: "Haha, you were beaten up, I won't say anything!"
So Ye Lu climbed up holding up his slippers, "I think you are the one who is unlucky!"
The two men wrestled with each other, and during the fight Ye Lu kicked Ou Yi, and the two men rolled to the two ends of the living room, one on the left and one on the right.
Sleep where you fell.
Both of them did this. The second they separated, they forgot their anger towards each other and fell asleep like copy and paste.
On the other side, Lin Yanyan, who was crawling behind the kitten, successfully hit her head against the wall, then fell into confusion and tried to continue passing through the wall.
Fortunately, Xu Ze was not too drunk and wanted to get up to help Lin Yanyan.
Lin Yanyan grabbed Xu Ze's trouser leg, and Xu Ze ran away holding up his trousers, choosing to hide with Song Zeqian.
Chi Yan covered Shang Lu with a blanket, and after coming out, he was silent for a long time, and made eye contact with the last sober person at the scene.
Xiaomi stood at the door of the room holding a cup of water. She originally just wanted to pour a glass of water, but now she could only sigh.
She said, "My Lord, you are so stupid."
Chi Yan: “…”
Can't refute it.
＊
Wake up the next day.
Everyone tacitly chose to forget about getting drunk together last night. Chi Yan and Xu Ze prepared a sumptuous lunch together, and everyone went home after the meal.
Shang Lu held the kitten in his arms and watched Chi Yan tidy up the living room. "What should a cat be called? Don't call me 'Sanguai' or 'Xiaoxiaoguai' to please me!"
Chi Yan thought of several names, but Shang Lu was not satisfied with any of them.
She couldn't think of one, so she pestered Chi Yan to give her a name.
Chi Yan washed his hands, grabbed a handful of dried fruits and handed them to Shang Lu, saying, "Close your eyes and pick one at random."
Although Shang Lu didn't understand what Chi Yan wanted to do, he still closed his eyes obediently, touched the largest one, and said, "Red dates."
Chi Yan looked at the kitten in Shang Lu's arms and said, "From today on, your name will be Hong Zao."
Kitten: “Meow?”
Shang Lu: “?”
Isn’t that a bit too casual
But the kitten tilted its head up to eat the dried red dates in Shanglu's hand, and after getting them, it rubbed Shanglu's palm contentedly.
Shang Lu picked it up in surprise and said, "You like it? Okay then, red dates, red dates, red dates—"
Although Shang Lu always felt that Chi Yan was very casual in naming his pet, she also accepted this name, mainly because the cat seemed to like it very much.
Shanglu didn't go anywhere and was busy playing with the kitten all day.
In addition, she received an even better "birthday gift".
On Shanglu’s birthday, the police issued a notice regarding their investigation into the matter between Xiaozhi and his grandmother.
After more than a month of in-depth investigation, it was found that there were a large number of village cadres who knew about the human trafficking incident but condoned it. The uncle mentioned by the second son of the Sun family who worked in the police station protected this evil act, and even higher-level officials were involved.
All the party cadres and public officials involved in the incident were dealt with accordingly for their dereliction of duty, and a large number of officials were given a series of punishments such as expulsion from the party and dismissal from government positions. [Note 1] The village chief and his eldest son were not only "buyers", but also suspected of participating in human trafficking. The investigation into this is still ongoing, and the continued attention of public opinion means that this matter will not be left unresolved.
Xiaozhi and his mother and grandmother have been taken to live in the city by his second uncle, so they can spend a warm New Year together.
There will be no gossip in the village, no chains to restrict their freedom, no scolding and beatings that may happen at any time, and no husbands who treat them like animals.
Their lives are finally about to be free.
It was a very happy birthday for Shanglu.
She also received a birthday gift sent by Shang Mu, which was still a manor so that she could grow something she liked.
Shang Lu called Elvis without any hesitation, and after confirming that the soil and other factors were suitable, he chose to continue growing roses.
Although she is allergic to roses, roses are indeed her favorite flowers.
Of course, what she liked most was the bouquet of everlasting roses that Chi Yan made for her.
Today is Shang Lu’s birthday, but it is also an ordinary day. Every day she likes this world more and more.
In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve.
The cinemas of "The Rescue Plan" were always packed during the better screening time periods, and its reputation on the Internet was also quite good.
The box office exceeded 3 billion in just one week, leading the Spring Festival movie schedule in advance, bringing huge pressure to other movies and producers. The Spring Festival with the largest audience has not really arrived yet, and it is obvious that its box office will only continue to rise.
"The Rescue Plan" has set a good example for domestic films. Such an achievement has already doomed it to be difficult for any film to surpass its box office, not to mention the Spring Festival period, even this year.
Among them, Shangguan Yi, played by Shang Lu, received unanimous praise. She portrayed the contrast and different sides of this character very well, and the emotional connection and switching were also very natural, always able to give the audience the most unexpected contrast.
Yue Qi felt proud and sent many private messages to Song Zeqian and Han Chengdu. Then he saw that Han Cheng gave his movie four stars.
Han Cheng V: The movie is good, the actors are okay, but the director is really annoying.
Accompanied by a screenshot of the chat between Yue Qi and him showing off in a fancy Versailles way.
Netizens were delighted.
[Hahaha Director Han Cheng, if you’re upset, just speak up]
[Director Yue: Showing off, Director Song: I don’t want to bother with you, Director Han: Just shut up]
[Director Han: I’m a TV drama director. You’re showing off in the wrong place! ]
[I bet fifty dollars that Director Song must have ignored Director Yue, so he came to Director Han to be a jerk, hahahaha]
Yue Qi was naturally dissatisfied with Han Cheng's attitude, but he didn't care much about it now. After all, he was the "winner".
Until Yue Qi forwarded a poster of Shang Lu and directly added the caption: "Let's work together again if there is a chance."
Before Shang Lu replied to him, Song Zeqian forwarded Yue Qi's Weibo first.
Song Zeqian V: Ready to join the group @商鹿／／Reposted Weibo.
[Director Song joins the battlefield!]
[Director Song: Whoever has a chance with you will join my crew immediately]
[Director Song is a rational person, except when he and Director Yue are arguing, hahaha]
[I can watch the love-hate relationship among directors for another 10,000 years! ]
At this moment, Shang Lu held Xiaomi's hand with some trepidation, looked at Chi Yan who was driving, and confirmed again: "Are we going to see your mother?"
"It's not like we haven't seen each other before." Chi Yan looked at her through the rearview mirror and asked, "Why are you so nervous? Didn't you have a good chat last time?"
"That's different." Shang Lu pursed his lips and said, "Last time we met by chance, and my aunt is very talkative, so we got along well, but this time it felt like... I was meeting your parents specifically. And your dad was at home too, and I haven't seen him before."
Chi Yan said directly: "You don't have to worry about him. My mother has the final say in my family. He dare not say anything because my mother likes you."
These words made Shang Lu feel a little more at ease. After all, Chi's mother was indeed easy to get along with.
Xiaomi handed a candy to Shang Lu and said, "Sister, eat the candy. You won't be nervous if you eat the candy. I will protect you!"
"Okay." Shang Lu took the candy, opened it and put it in his mouth. He reached out and touched Xiaomi's head, saying, "With Xiaomi here, sister won't be nervous."
The car soon arrived at the door of Chi’s house.
At this moment, a middle-aged man wearing old gray clothes and holding a package in his arms, walked and looked back, rushing out of the yard as if escaping. The moment he saw them, he was so scared that he took several steps back.
Shang Lu was also frightened and took a step back, saying: "... Is there a thief in your house?"
Chi Yan seemed to be used to it and asked directly: "Dad, what are you doing?"
Shang Lu covered his mouth and fell into panic in an instant.
Is this Chi Yan's father? She just called him a thief? Help!
Father Chi didn't seem to care about this. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I thought your mother was back and scared me. Of course I'm going to play mahjong."
Father Chi then opened the package in his arms and showed it off to Chi Yan: "Look! Mahjong carved from pure jade, this is a treasure!"
Father Chi just let them take a look, quickly wrapped up the mahjong, and walked out.
After walking a few steps, he stepped back and looked at Shang Lu, and said in shock: "Shang Lu? It's you!"
Shang Lu lowered his head and called out, "Hello, uncle."
Maybe it was because the Shang and Chi families met each other frequently in the business world. She felt a headache when she thought about the greetings that might follow regarding the merchants.
But Chi's father laughed happily: "When we played mahjong before, we must change the wallpaper of our mobile phones to your photo. I heard that you are very lucky and are a koi! Sure enough, during that time, I won a lot of games after changing my mobile phone to your photo!"
Shang Lu: “?”
What is Father Chi talking about? Is her ear broken
Father Chi looked at Shang Lu, then at Chi Yan, then at Xiaomi, and asked, "What are you doing?"
"We are dating, and it was our mother who asked us to go home and have the New Year's Eve dinner together." In order to avoid his father's misunderstanding, Chi Yan took the initiative to introduce Xiaomi: "This is Shang Lu's sister."
"You are dating? Great! Great!" Father Chi looked even happier and said, "If I marry Jinli, I will definitely be invincible at the mahjong table in the future! I can't delay, otherwise your mother will be back, and I have to go now!"
Father Chi's back was brisk as he left with the pile of mahjong tiles, as if he had become twenty years younger.
Shang Lu couldn't understand and asked, "Uncle, do you play Mahjong very hard?"
Otherwise, why would he be so happy playing mahjong while having to hide from his wife
"They don't play for money." Chi Yan rubbed the tip of his nose, as if he found it difficult to say: "If you lose, you eat a can of herrings, so my mother never lets him go when she's at home."
Shang Lu: “…”
However, Father Chi still failed to play mahjong. Before he took a few steps, he met Mother Chi who had just returned. He could only follow his wife back reluctantly like a follower.
The moment Mother Chi saw Shang Lu, she was originally scolding Father Chi, but suddenly she was filled with joy and said, "Xiao Lu is here? And brought her sister with her. What are you doing standing at the door? Come in quickly. I have something to say to your father. I'll be there soon."
Seeing that Chi's mother was still wearing her summer dress, Shang Lu shuddered unconsciously.
Really, it looks so cold.
Shang Lu suddenly realized that she had been out of the car for a while, and her hands exposed outside seemed a little cold. She habitually wanted to hold Chi Yan's hand to keep warm, because his hands were always warm.
When Shang Lu realized that there were elders present, she felt it was inappropriate and wanted to withdraw her half-extended hand. However, Chi Yan held her hand and extended his other hand to Xiaomi, saying, "Let's go home with your brother and sister."
Xiaomi also obediently took Chi Yan's other hand, and the three of them walked into the house together.
At the door.
Father Chi stared at the mahjong in his arms, a sad look on his face.
Mother Chi looked at their backs and said with emotion, "They look like a family of three. How nice."
Then she looked at her husband and quickly changed her expression: "Why do you have such an expression on New Year's Day? And what are you wearing? Go back and change your clothes!"
"Yes." Father Chi could only follow his wife obediently and go home to change into the new clothes prepared for the New Year.
During this time.
Chi's mother asked the servants to take Xiaomi to play in the princess room specially prepared for her, then took out a photo album and said, "There are many photos of Chi Yan when she was a child, and some of her wearing skirts!"
"Mom!" Chi Yan felt a little uncomfortable and tried to stop his mother from doing so. He stretched out his hand to stop his mother from taking the photo album over.
Shang Lu looked at Chi Yan, clasped his hands together, and asked with curiosity in his eyes: "Can I take a look? Just one look!"
Obviously, she wanted to see it.
Mother Chi was not in a hurry to walk over. Instead, she looked at Chi Yan slowly and said, "Mom respects you very much. If you don't want to, just put it back."
After a few seconds, Chi Yan put down his hand that was blocking the air, and used it to cover his face, and compromised: "Look."
"Great!" Shang Lu cheered, but after realizing his loss of composure, he covered his mouth and looked at Chi's mother with embarrassment.
Chi's mother held up the photo album high, coaxed Shang Lu, and deliberately imitated her words: "Great! Let's look at Chi Yan's ugly photos together!"
Shang Lu laughed and responded even louder: "Great! I want to see it!"
The two of them sat on the sofa, their heads almost touching each other.
Every time Chi's mother turned over a photo of Chi Yan when he was a child, she could tell Shang Lu where the photo was taken, what happened on that day, and how Chi Yan felt on that day.
Until a photo of little Chi Yan, covered in dust and standing behind a rock with an expression of "unhappy" written all over his face, appeared.
Shang Lu asked curiously, "What happened to him? Did he fight with someone?"
Chi's mother was so happy when she said this: "When he was a child, he was very naughty. When he met a pretty little girl, he pulled her braids. As a result, the girl knocked him to the ground. He cried because he lost the fight."
Chi Yan denied: "You remembered it wrongly, I didn't cry."
Shang Lu looked at him and asked half-jokingly, "How beautiful is she? Why do you have to play these little boy tricks to attract her attention?"
Chi Yan did not deny it: "Yes, it is very beautiful."
Shang Lu was stunned, and instinctively grabbed a pillow next to him and wanted to hit Chi Yan, but after realizing that this was his home, he forced himself to hold back.
Chi's mother snatched the pillow directly from Shang Lu's hand, completing what she originally wanted to do but failed to achieve, and threw the pillow at her son: "What are you talking about? How can there be a girl in the world prettier than our Lu Lu? If this mouth can't speak, just shut it like your father!"
Chi Yan bent down, picked up the pillow and put it aside, but did not say anything, just remained quiet.
Shang Lu still glared at him and waved his fist in the air threateningly.
At this moment, Chi's mother quickly wanted to flip through the photo album, turning over two pages at a time.
Shang Lu's attention was distracted, and he turned the album back: "Hey, I saw a skirt, is it Chi Yan women's clothing..."
The answer is no.
Because in this photo, the one wearing the skirt is not Chi Yan, he is the one lying on the ground.
Xiao Chiyan's face was filled with dissatisfaction, and the little girl with crooked twin ponytails stretched out a foot and stepped on... uh, his butt.
So weird, take another look.
No, it's even weirder!
This little girl's face is very familiar.
Shang Lu picked up his phone and turned on the camera. He looked at his own face, then pointed at the little girl and asked, "Who is this?"
"We don't know either. It was Chi Yan's birthday that day, and there were quite a lot of guests. We didn't know whose family she was from, and we haven't seen her since." Chi's mother realized something was wrong as she spoke. She usually didn't look closely at the girl's face in the photo, but now, with Shang Lu's reminder, she looked at it carefully again and murmured, "She looks so familiar."
Mother Chi closed her eyes, put her hand on the photo, muttered a few words, and said, "The breath is also very familiar, very close."
She looked at the girl in the photo again, and this time she finally recognized her. She looked at Shang Lu in surprise, but didn't look at her face. Instead, she grabbed one of her hands.
Then Chi's mother laughed, feeling unbelievable: "It's Lulu, this little girl is Lulu, how can it be such a coincidence?"
Shang Lu also found the memory of that year from the vagueness.
At that time, Shang's father had made several deals, and probably because he was in a good mood, he took her out for social events a few times.
Chi Yan’s birthday should be one of them.
Shang Lu actually couldn’t remember the little boy’s face very clearly. She only remembered that he pulled her braids and asked her why she was staying there alone and where her parents were.
At that time, Shang Lu was pointed at by another little boy and scolded as a wild child without a mother. He hid in a corner alone. When he was approached again and asked about his parents, he became stressed and did something out of line and started fighting with the other person.
Shang Lu won the fight, but it might also be because the opponent was mainly hiding and was quite accommodating to her.
When the little Shanglu pushed the little boy to the ground and deliberately stepped on his butt to declare his victory, the boy's mother came rushing over.
Shang Lu was very scared at the time, fearing that her father would never let her go out again if he found out, so she ran away.
This matter was not exposed, and her father never scolded her for it, but unfortunately, a few days later she broke the photo frame containing her mother's photo and was punished to kneel in a small dark room. From then on, she no longer had the freedom to go out and play.
I never expected that the little boy turned out to be Chi Yan.
When she realized that the other person's mother was coming, she ran away in a hurry, but the photo had already been taken and kept for so long.
Shang Lu looked at Chi Yan, his expression was calm, as if he had known about this for a long time.
Shang Lu guessed it immediately: "You know, right?"
Chi Yan sat on the sofa at the side, holding his face with one hand and curling his eyes towards Shang Lu: "Guess."
Shang Lu: “?!”
Damn it, she had never felt that Chi Yan deserved a beating so much!
Chi's mother seemed to have figured everything out in an instant, and said, "He knows. We taught him a lesson at the time, and he said he wanted to apologize to you and ran away. He was out early and back late for a week."
Mother Chi looked at Chi Yan angrily when she thought of this: "Lulu, why don't you remember? You didn't lie to us and say you were going to apologize to them, but you were actually playing outside every day, right?"
Chi Yan did not answer Chi's mother's question, but closed his eyes and sniffed, saying: "Some people's specially baked small cakes seem to be burnt."
Chi's mother screamed, said "I'll deal with you later", and hurriedly got up and went to the kitchen.
Chi Yan picked up a cookie from the table, sat down next to Shang Lu, unwrapped the cookie and handed it to Shang Lu's lips, saying word by word: "I'm going."
He continued: "Try it, this is my favorite cookie, I hope you like it too."
Shang Lu lowered her eyelashes and looked at the biscuit. It was the most ordinary original flavor biscuit in the plate. It was an old national brand. It looked inconspicuous, but it was very special to her.
Because that week, the little boy who delivered milk and biscuits to her passed notes through the window every day to chat with her, and the one he sent her was this kind of biscuits.
The first note the little boy handed her said: This is my favorite cookie, I hope you like it too.
Shang Lu lowered his head slightly and took a bite of the biscuit from Chi Yan's hand. He understood what Chi Yan meant and said directly, "It's not him, it's you."
Naturally, both of them understood this.
Chi Yan nodded, took his hand back and finished the cookie, saying, "It's still my favorite flavor."
Shang Lu laughed, her eyes unconsciously reddened, and asked, "When did you know that this person was very important to me?"
Chi Yan did not lie: "Help you deal with the doll that Shang Mu sent."
Shang Lu continued to ask: "Why didn't you tell me?"
She blinked as she spoke, and tears rolled down her face. She was trying hard to smile, but she couldn't control her tears.
Chi Yan raised his hand and gently wiped away her tears with his fingertips. His voice became gentler: "I don't want you to agree to be with me out of gratitude even though you don't like me. Are you angry if you can't find the right opportunity after we are together?"
"No." Shang Lu shook her head. She grabbed Chi Yan's hand, put his palm against her face, tilted her head slightly, and her tears dripped into his palm.
Chi Yan frowned slightly, feeling the temperature of the tears in his palms so hot that it made his heart ache.
Naturally, he couldn't bear to see her cry, but this time she shed tears because of him.
Shang Lu held Chi Yan's hand tighter and said seriously, "Chi Yan, I'm glad that person is you. I feel very lucky."
The boy who had given her countless kindness and warmth did not become as hideous as she thought because of the passage of time. He was still the same as she remembered, even better than before. This was a good thing.
Seventeen years ago, he helped her and warmed her.
Seventeen years later, he still chose to love her.
Every time she met him, she felt loved.
So now, she also wants to love this world more.
(End of this chapter)