"Are philosophy and love contradictory?" Bai Ziren asked Cheng Jingbo on the way back in the car.
"No, emotion itself is the research object of philosophy."
"Is it enough to rely on research?"
"I still have feelings." He taught her slowly.
Bai Ziren was thoughtful. She asked this because thinking of the fact that most philosophers in history were single, it seemed to give people an illusion that people who are too smart do not need love, just like Socrates said, Marrying a wife is to think about life more clearly, nothing more.
So, will he, who has been dealing with philosophy all the time, be influenced by those people's ideas
Thinking of this, she secretly glanced at him.
He kind of guessed what she was worried about: "Don't worry, I won't choose to fall in love with you Plato."
"..."
"I'm an ordinary man, not interested in being a saint."
Bo Ziren was embarrassed, and he hummed briefly, making it clear.
He freed up one hand and gently stroked her hair: "Come here, don't get too close to the window."
She sat down obediently, his hand dropped, and took advantage of the opportunity to hold the hand on her lap.
"You're driving," she reminded him.
"Well, just for a while."
She knew that he was doing things properly, so she stopped talking and looked down at the hand he was holding. She liked his hand very much. The skin on the back of the hand was clean, the fingers were slender, the joints were well-proportioned, and the palm was warm. The most important thing was to hold her hand Sometimes there is strength.
Having said that, he still held it for a long time before slowly releasing it.
Before she got out of the car, he helped her straighten the scarf around her neck, and she felt warm in her heart, and she couldn't help confiding in her heart: "I think you always treat me like a child."
"How to say?"
"It's like buying me snacks, reminding me to pay attention to traffic lights when crossing the road, telling me to eat well, and now."
"So, I'm more like a responsible elder brother?" He remembered what she said to Fang Rong just now.
Bai Ziren acquiesced, thinking that it would be really nice to have such a big brother.
"You can treat me as your big brother, but don't forget that I'm also your boyfriend."
Although the relationship was established and in the early stages of the relationship, he allowed her to take some time to recognize this better considering that she was a newbie and needed an adjustment period.
When the word "boyfriend" fell on Bai Ziren's ear, besides her heart beating faster, she also felt a little dreamy.
It was obviously true, but because the gift was too precious, he didn't dare to put it in his pocket directly, and he still waited and watched.
"Got it?" he asked.
"Well, I won't forget." She decided to be confident at the moment.
"Don't worry, I won't let you forget this fact." He bent his knuckles and tapped her forehead lightly.
For a moment, his close face made her want to get closer, but after thinking about it, they were just beginning. As a beginner in love, she should proceed step by step to avoid making mistakes by acting rashly, so she restrained herself. The thought of kissing his cheek.
He seemed to wait for a while, seeing that she didn't express anything, her eyes were still clean and clear like the sky in May, and he smiled faintly.
If she likes it, there is nothing wrong with being her elder brother for a while, anyway, with her by her side, after a long time, she will understand that elder brother and boyfriend have some similarities, but there are essential differences.
Now, she can come as she likes.
She was the only one, and he was willing to spend more time on her.
"Goodbye." She said goodbye reluctantly.
"goodbye."
When Bai Ziren came home, Liu Xinyu was bathing Mu Zidong on the second floor. Uncle Mu was playing chess with Mu Zibei. When he saw her come back, he smiled and said, "Xiaoren, have you eaten? There is still a pot of hot water left in the kitchen." Yam pork rib soup, eat it when you are hungry."
"Okay." She had already sent a text message to her mother in the afternoon, saying that dinner was outside and there was no need to wait for her.
Mu Zibei's big eyes rolled quietly, holding a round chess piece in his hand, as if he was thinking about some important issue.
As soon as Bai Ziren returned to the room, Mu Zibei opened the door and came in, handed her a big apple, and asked, "Are you going on a date with my future brother-in-law?"
Bai Ziren was stunned, how did this little guy notice it? Does he have clairvoyance
"You didn't like to look in the mirror before, but you have changed recently. You still wear beautiful skirts. You are obviously in love. Mom and Dad are too stupid to even see this."
Bai Ziren hesitated for a while, then nodded in acknowledgment, begging him not to say anything yet.
"Don't worry, I won't tell them, but are you really not going to reveal who my future brother-in-law is? I really want to know." Mu Zibei's eyes twinkled, brighter than a small light bulb.
"I'll tell you later."
"Do you still have to keep it a secret from me?"
"No, because it's just started, I don't know what to say."
Mu Zibei nodded reluctantly: "Okay, I understand, you have to work hard."
Bai Ziren smiled.
Mu Zibei didn't leave in a hurry, instead, he lay on his sister's sofa and walked around leisurely.
"I also recently met a girl."
Bai Ziren thought he had heard wrong.
"I met in the training center. She is in the sixth grade and knows a lot of things. I like to chat with her." Speaking of this, Mu Zibei jumped off the chair, pretending to be serious and keeping a distance from her sister, "Since you refuse to tell I won't tell you who my future brother-in-law is."
After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and walked out of the room gracefully. After a few seconds, he turned around and threw a message to his sister: "I'll tell you when you are willing to speak."
Bai Ziren scratched his head, thinking that such a young child is simply a villain.
In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve. As in previous years, Uncle Mu took his wife and two sons home for dinner. Bai Ziren, who was unable to go there, stayed at home alone. As compensation, Uncle Mu bought a bunch of food in advance and filled the refrigerator. She also ordered a fruit cake as a gift for Bai Ziren, but Bai Ziren didn't mind at all, it was embarrassing for her to go, facing so many strangers, she didn't know what to say, instead of doing that, she would rather be at ease by herself.
Before leaving, Mu Zibei asked his father: "Is my sister not going this year?"
Uncle Mu patted his son on the shoulder: "Let's go early and come back early, and come back to accompany my sister."
Liu Xinyu on the side was silent, and looked at her daughter with some unbearable pain. Every year today, she eats alone, which makes people feel distressed, but there is no way. As the daughter-in-law of the Mu family and the mother of two sons, she must Go to Mu's house to pay New Year's greetings.
"Mom, goodbye." Bai Ziren saw the emotion in his mother's eyes, and said goodbye first with understanding.
"En." Liu Xinyu finally turned his head away.
As soon as they arrived at Mu's house, everyone sent red envelopes to Mu Zidong and Mu Zibei. Compared with Mu Zidong, who only said thank you, Mu Zibei's vocabulary was much richer. Everyone laughed, and someone joked that we, Xiao Bei, can talk about cross talk in the future. Mu Zibei raised his eyebrows and said that I don't want it, I want to be a scientist.
Uncle Mu was in a good mood. He said hello to every relative. During the chat, he mentioned Bai Ziren without hesitation. He said that Xiaoren, our family, is now a graduate student and will be twenty-four during the Chinese New Year. , I thank you in advance.
Liu Xinyu smiled at the side, thanking her husband for caring about her daughter.
The lively atmosphere in the living room came to an abrupt end after Mother Mu appeared.
Mother Mu's expression was very bad, she put down the fruit plate, and said directly to her son, come with me to the kitchen.
When they arrived in the kitchen, Mother Mu scolded her son for meddling in his own business.
"I want you to talk non-stop? You want to take care of her daughter's marriage? Don't do thankless things for me."
Uncle Mu argued with his mother for this. Mother Mu became more and more angry, and her voice became louder. It wasn't until the living room was silent that the two realized that it was not suitable to quarrel today. They both stopped, one sighed, the other was cold. face.
Standing outside the kitchen, Liu Xinyu's eyes were already red, she sniffed, and covered her mouth with her hands.
Seeing this, Mu Zibei ran over, opened the door and entered, and threw himself into grandma's arms.
Mother Mu hugged him, and said with a smile, "Why did Beibei come to the kitchen? Are you hungry? Grandma will serve you a bowl of candied taro first, okay?"
Mu Zibei's voice was clear and loud: "Grandma, why don't you let my sister come to play at home next time, it's very pitiful for her to always eat cakes alone."
The child's words are innocuous, the listener has a heart, no one in the living room made a sound, except Liu Xinyu turned around in an instant, weeping quietly.
Bai Ziren herself didn't realize how pitiful she was. She was used to it. On this day of every year, she ate early by herself, cleared the table, made a cup of hot tea, cut a piece of cake and took it to the room, and ate dessert while reading a book. If you are a little lazy, you can just hide in bed, put on headphones and listen to music, wait until midnight, lift the corner of the window curtain, watch the fireworks in the night sky, sleepiness will follow, and the day will pass after waking up.
Although there is Cheng Jingbo this year, Bai Ziren knows that today is the most important day of the year and is to be reunited with relatives, so she will not disturb him lightly.
Unexpectedly, ten minutes later, Cheng Jingbo called and asked her what she had eaten. After they chatted for a while, he realized that she was alone at home.
"Why did you lie to me?" he asked her.
"I don't want you to worry. It's nothing important. I've always lived like this."
"You didn't know me before, but this year is different."
Her heart was touched by this simple sentence, soft as a feather.
"I'll accompany you."
"You still have to be with your family."
"It's okay, they don't miss me." He said, "I'll be downstairs in twenty minutes, how about taking you out to play?"
She was moved, and she agreed to his proposal without thinking about his situation a little selfishly.
After hanging up the phone, she picked up the small clock beside the bed and counted the time every minute, like a child waiting for a shooting star.
Cheng Jingbo was very punctual and arrived in twenty minutes. Bai Ziren put on new clothes and came down with his hair down.
"Where are you taking me?" she asked a little happily.
He smiled and said, "I haven't figured it out yet. Now that the mall is closed, there are very few open restaurants, and there are not many places to go."
But she didn't worry about it at all: "It's okay, I can go anywhere."
He reached out to touch her forehead, and then raised the temperature in the car by two degrees.
Driving all the way, the street is cold, and the usual bustling neon lights have naturally dimmed today. The shopping plaza, which was bright like a palace yesterday, is now like a sleeping child, quiet and well-behaved, and the music by the fountain has also stopped.
On the reunion day with thousands of lights, no one will care about the world outside the door.
They were the only ones walking slowly in this city under the gray-blue sky.
Bai Ziren looked at everything outside the window and whispered, "They are so lonely."
"What?" he asked.
"The Ferris wheel over there stopped turning, and the lights of the 72-story high-rise building opposite were not turned on. The snack street passing by only had carports covered with cloth one after another, and there was no smell of fireworks at all." She said. After she finished speaking, she thought quietly, everything in front of her eyes made her feel the unprecedented loneliness in this city.
"That's good."
She turned her head and met his clear eyebrows.
He continued: "It's like a world for the two of us."
She looked at him quietly, the great happiness and sufficiency made her speechless for a while, and she spoke after a while: "I always thought that I was living in a world where no one would come in."
"If it's me, do I need a pass?"
"It's okay if you want, but my world is very monotonous, maybe boring, not as interesting as you imagined."
At this moment, she is telling the truth, because she likes a person, even if there are flawless lies, she doesn't bother to tell them in front of him, she wants him to see her truest side.
"Such a coincidence? That suits me very well, and I'm not an interesting person myself."
"No, you're funny."
"You haven't really explored it yet, you already know it?"
"..."
She scratched her head, and heard him say again: "You are different in my eyes and in my eyes. I think one day, what you see yourself will be what I see you."
After speaking, his hand covered the top of her head, and he simply rubbed it, as gentle as a cloud.
"thanks."
"Just saying thank you is not very sincere."
"So what do I do?"
"Come here a little bit."
She obediently moved closer.
"Come a little more."
She continued to move closer.
"If you have the courage, you can kiss me."
"..."
She plucked up her courage and approached his side face little by little, until there was still an inch away, her heart was beating like thunder, and she didn't dare to move anymore.
"There are still five seconds, kiss me or let me kiss, you can choose one." He explained in a gentlemanly manner.
She struggled for a while, but she still didn't have the courage, so she could only say, "It's better for you to kiss me."
After speaking, I felt that I seemed to have jumped into a pit, and there was no chance to repent.
"No problem." He respected her choice.
But when he turned his head to kiss her, she suddenly retreated habitually.
The two looked at each other for a moment, but he spared her and patted her on the shoulder: "Sit down."
She sat upright, her heart still beating fast.
Seeing this, he said slowly: "Let you hide for the last time."