"It's time to give birth, it's time to give birth..."
One day in September, a panicked cry was heard from the old house of the Wen family. Xia Bang rushed down from upstairs, his face showing the complete helplessness of a father. He didn't even know how to hold his moaning wife.
There were quite a few people downstairs. Knowing that Baohua was due to give birth in the next few days, those who could spare time were waiting at home. Children nowadays are precious. Even the old man who believes that children should be left alone is a little trembling now. Because Baohua's belly is really too big, knowing that it is not twins, it is a bit scary to look at it. But she doesn't like the atmosphere of the hospital and doesn't like to wait for delivery there, so everyone has to stay at home and wait.
There were too many things to prepare for the new life, so no one from the Xia family came. Xia Bang relied entirely on his father-in-law. Fortunately, after what happened with Jialuo and Shiqi, he had a much better impression of the Wen family. Compared to before, he accepted the kindness of this family from the bottom of his heart and truly regarded everyone as a family.
Xu Shiqi was also called today.
In fact, after that "round table meeting", it took her and Wen Jialuo a long time to gain recognition from both sides of the family. It can even be said that the revolution has not been fully successful until now.
Whenever there was a chance, Wang Yuan would take her daughter on a blind date. Strangely, she used to be considerate of her daughter's mood and look at her face, but since she realized that the situation was hopeless, she didn't care anymore. It was a bit of a fluke and cheating mentality of trying a last ditch effort. But Xu Shiqi still felt sorry for them. If she was tricked out of dinner and ended up on a blind date, she would quietly sit through the entire meal. Anyway, she would have nothing to do with them once she left the table.
Fortunately, although there was a blind date, her parents ignored the relationship between her and Wen Jialuo.
Xu Shiqi reported to the new unit in early August. Generally speaking, it was a very leisurely job, mostly running errands for the boss and doing trivial things. But Xu Shiqi didn't care. She accepted the job, not as a compensation, but to express her gratitude. Even though Jialuo's father had embarrassed her, he had done too well, which was beyond the expectations of both of them, and perhaps beyond the expectations of everyone.
But Wen Jialuo was not happy. Because her father asked her to live at home, she and Xu Shiqi were no longer as close as before. Living together became like a relationship, and she often felt the longing for him - even if she was transferred back to the same city, there would be times when they could not see each other for several days.
There were several times when I called Xu Shiqi, and the other party always expressed in a very subtle way that it was not convenient to talk. Then Wen Jialuo could hear Xu Shiqi's mother's cheerful laughter, and she almost told her in a roundabout way, as if she was afraid that she couldn't hear it, that my daughter was going on a blind date and no one was allowed to disturb her.
Every time Wen Jialuo would grind her teeth, Xu Shiqi laughed at her and said that at this rate, those small canine teeth could be smoothed out within a year. The result of saying this was naturally that the girl hugged her and asked her to personally check the progress of the canine teeth smoothing.
Every meeting turned into a date. Sometimes outside, sometimes in the old house. The old lady would call Xu Shiqi personally and ask her to have dinner in the old house. There would always be a look of Luo Linyi at the dinner table, but as her daughter couldn't help but show her feelings, she gradually became numb.
There was even one time when she caught the two of them kissing on the sofa. The scene was like a bolt of thunder from the sky, which shocked Luo Linyi badly.
Maybe Wen Jialuo and her grandmother had agreed to use the fatigue tactics, and in the end Luo Linyi finally surrendered. Even though she didn't understand what normal feelings could exist between women, she could see that her daughter was like a newly blooming flower, bright and beautiful every day, in the best state. In the end, when Wen Jialuo was in a bad mood, Luo Linyi had to ask the old lady anxiously and a little hopefully whether her daughter and Xu Shiqi had had a quarrel.
How she hoped that they would quarrel, fall out, or even have a cold war, so that she would have the opportunity to intervene and continue her persistent lobbying.
Unfortunately, Wen Jialuo and Xu Shiqi never gave her this opportunity.
When Wen Baohua was due to give birth, Xu Shiqi accepted the old lady's invitation to stay in the old house for a while.
This was the first time Xu Shiqi stayed at the old house after they confessed their feelings. Although Luo Linyi was indifferent, when Xu Shiqi peeled an apple and handed her a bowl of rice, she would still accept it with her eyelids drooping.
This is actually enough, Xu Shiqi feels satisfied.
Luo Linyi was the one who suggested arranging the accommodation, and Xu Shiqiu still lived in the room she had stayed in before, but when it was night, Wen Jialuo dragged her into her own room. So when Xu Shiqiu sneaked out early the next morning and was caught by the mother, Xu Shiqiu couldn't help blushing and wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
"Why are you sneaking around?" Luo Linyi glanced at her, and when she saw her daughter opened the door immediately after hearing the sound and looked at her nervously, she couldn't help but soften her heart. This should be the first time she really softened her heart. She originally thought that it would be difficult for her to have such a mood, but she didn't expect that before she was ready, the words slipped out of her mouth by themselves, "Forget it, don't go back to the house, so as not to have to clean an extra room."
Xu Shiqi let out a light "hmm" with even his toes red. After Luo Linyi left, he was about to take a breath when the girl dragged him back to the room.
It seemed that the girl was even more excited than her. He pressed her against the door and kissed her as if he could never get enough. It was as if he had obtained her mother's consent for her to keep this woman by her side for the rest of her life.
Just at this moment, they heard Xia Bang's panicked footsteps.
Then, a little boy named Xia Tian was born.
Xia Tian weighed 8 kilograms, and when he was carried out, his fists were clenched and his cry was deafening. Xia Bang was considerate of his wife who wanted to give birth naturally but was forced to have a caesarean section because she could not give birth, so he did not go to see his son immediately. His thoughtfulness satisfied the Wen family.
The child's birthday is the mother's suffering day. Wen Jialuo and Xu Shiqi, who were waiting outside the delivery room, had a more direct experience. They held each other's hands tightly and told themselves that it was good now. The relative who loved them the most was still struggling, but that was also because of love.
A week later, Wen Baohua returned to the old house with his son and received a warm and grand welcome. Wen Yu handed the prepared camera to the servant and asked everyone to take a family photo together.
Wen Baohua kept asking Man Yue to take more photos, as she had no image at all now. However, the most beautiful thing in the world was her mother, and her brilliance was unmatched. She was allowed to sit next to the two old people holding her child.
At this time, Xu Shiqi was answering the phone.
It was her mother calling.
Wang Yuan kept asking her when her daughter would go back home. Her daughter had not been home for many days. She originally didn't want to care, but Xu Zhongda kept nagging in her ear.
After agreeing to go back soon, Xu Shiqi was about to hang up when she heard her mother's voice coming over slowly: "If you don't feel comfortable staying at someone else's house... you should get a small house to live in..."
The phone call was suddenly hung up, and Xu Shiqi was stunned. She could only stare blankly at the Wen family in front of her as they were excitedly arranging their seats to take pictures. In fact, she also thought that she was not qualified to stand in that face painting, so she stood aside and watched with Du Mengmeng, who accompanied Wen Baohua. There were too many compromises in her mother's words, too much surprise, and it was simply too much to bear. She was a little overwhelmed.
It was Wen Jialuo who didn't give her time to react. She pulled her over without any hesitation. Xu Shiqi panicked and pulled Du Mengmeng, so Du Mengmeng followed. When she was pushed to Wen Yu's side, Wen Yu didn't say anything, but just gave up his position a little.
Today, all the people from the Wen family were present. There were a few people who were not surnamed Wen. Only Xu Shiqi was a little overly nervous facing the dark camera. She didn't even dare to lower her head. Wen Jialuo's mother was sitting in front of her. Every slight movement was enough to make her jump with fear.
They were caught several times being too intimate, and she was almost too embarrassed to face people.
The slightly cold hand was grabbed by Wen Jialuo, and fingers were forced into the gaps between the fingers, and then their arms were intertwined in an extremely intimate posture.
"We haven't taken a photo together yet." Wen Jialuo whispered to her.
Xu Shiqi immediately turned her head away and leaned a little to avoid the overly intimate approach. The people in front of her seemed to have eyes on the back of their heads, and she still felt uneasy.
Wen Jialuo pulled her back to his side and threatened softly: "If you don't stand still, I will kiss you when the photo is taken."
"You..." Xu Shiqi glared at her helplessly, and could only sigh and stand still. Because she found that the people in front of her had ignored her until now. Perhaps, she was allowed to stand next to this girl, and it had become a habit.
After taking the photos, Xu Shiqi returned to the room and Wen Jialuo followed him.
"Don't you want to go play with Xiao Xiatian?"
"I'm already asleep." Wen Jialuo saw her open the closet and was actually packing things, so he quickly snatched her clothes away: "What are you doing?"
"My mother misses me." Xu Shiqi smiled, and when she thought of her mother's words, she couldn't help but be distracted.
"What's wrong?" Wen Jialuo hugged her from behind.
"Still... I think it's too easy..."
Wen Jialuo turned Xu Shiqi around: "What's too easy?"
"It's too easy to be affirmed, and it's too easy to be together," Xu Shiqi smiled, "It's like the days were stolen from somewhere, it feels... too unreal."
"Is this easy?" Wen Jialuo said with a stern face, showing his pointed fangs, "I haven't settled the score with you for that stupid agreement I made with my dad. Not being allowed to talk for several months, is that how a human being should live? Don't you really know that the bruises on the back of your hands were caused by pinching yourself? How much do you want me to feel sad for you before I can feel at ease?" The more he spoke, the more obvious the pain was in his heart, and the depression he endured during that long period of time also surged into his heart.
Xu Shiqi's heart was also suddenly tugged. She thought of the few white hairs on the girl's temples and couldn't help but insert her fingertips there and gently rubbed them, while gently comforting her: "Okay, okay, I get it, I won't do this again in the future."
"Nothing?" Wen Jialuo grabbed her hand, stared at her and asked.
"I won't lie to you or hide anything from you. I love you and will be with you forever." Xu Shiqi leaned closer and whispered the words to her as their lips touched.
A slight and vague sound came from Wen Jialuo's throat, like a sigh of satisfaction, but in the end it all turned into a delicate fusion.
The tips of their tongues pushed against each other, breathing in each other's breath, what was more important than intimacy was confirmation. Confirmation that this person was right beside them, no matter what they had experienced before or what they would experience in the future, there would always be this gapless distance.
There were many footsteps coming and going outside the door, and someone was calling their names and knocking on their door.
That sweet voice belonged to Du Mengmeng, and it looked like she and Wen Yu were about to get married.
The two people who were hugging in the room separated. Xu Shiqi turned around with a blushing face and stood in front of the antique shelf, pretending to look for something.
As soon as Wen Jialuo opened the door, Du Mengmeng winked mischievously. The person who had just been kissed was too easy to tell, with extremely red lips and slightly moist eyes.
"Oh, sorry to bother you guys?" Du Mengmeng originally wanted to discuss whether the bar in the neighboring city still had any meaning, but after thinking about it, he tactfully took a step back and said, "Forget it, you guys continue with your work, I'll talk to you later."
She hadn't even seen Xu Shiqi before the door was closed. That woman must have been so scared that smoke was coming out of her head.
Wen Jialuo didn't ask her any further questions. As soon as she closed the door, she saw Xu Shiqi pretending to look at something seriously.
Hmm, it turned out to be her photo.
"Give it to me." Xu Shiqi raised the photo frame. The girl with a bright smile in it seemed to have returned recently.
Wen Jialuo thought for a moment and took the photo out of the frame: "This photo has a secret."
Xu Shiqi turned over the photo in surprise, only to find two lines of very small words written on it.
If I can’t do what I want to do, then my job is to not do what I don’t want to do, which is not the same thing, but it’s the best thing I can do.
So that's how it is... Xu Shiqi bit his lower lip lightly, imagining the scene at that time.
If you knew that your family members were actually very tolerant, would you have only dared to secretly write such words on the back of the photo? When you wrote such words, did you hope that the people who saw it would understand or not
Xu Shiqi pulled Wen Jialuo to the desk, found a pen, and lightly wrote under the two lines of words.
If I can't love the people I want to love, then my life is about not touching the people I don't want to love, which is not the same thing, but it's the best thing I can do.
Fortunately, I have met the person I want to love, and we are in love, and we are very happy.
Gently putting the photo frame back on the antique shelf, Xu Shiqi and Wen Jialuo held hands and stood for a while, then smiled at each other. (End)