Bai Ziren's mother, Liu Xinyu, became ill repeatedly and unfortunately developed pneumonia. She stayed in the hospital where Cheng Jingjie was. Cheng Jingbo came here to visit twice and helped a lot in person. Ren is really a blessing, and Liu Xinyu himself gradually realized the value of Cheng Jingbo's character, so he dared not mention the word Mr. Zhou anymore.
Without the care of their mother, Mu Zibei and Mu Zidong quickly lost a lot of weight. On this day, they met Cheng Jingbo in the hospital, and they tugged at the corners of their brother-in-law's clothes together, saying that they wanted to eat hamburgers. Cheng Jingbo waited until Bozi Ren came over and took them to eat together.
Wherever they appear, they will be regarded as a family of four. When they were queuing up to buy food, the young aunt in front turned around and saw the pair of bright twins, and said in surprise: "You are so cute."
Mu Zidong didn't speak, but Mu Zibei asked darkly, "Do you think we look like mother or father?"
The aunt looked at Cheng Jingbo, then at Bai Ziren, and replied with a smile: "The eyes are like my mother, and my nose is like my father."
Mu Zibei asked again: "What about the ears and mouth?"
The aunt replied thoughtfully: "Each half, your parents are both good-looking, and you have gathered all their advantages."
Mu Zibei listened and nodded: "Of course."
Bai Ziren was already dumbfounded, but Cheng Jingbo just smiled faintly, reached out and patted Mu Zibei's head, signaling him to restrain himself.
While eating a hamburger on the seat, Mu Zibei said surprisingly again: "In the future, my sister and brother-in-law's baby will definitely look like me."
Mu Zidong disdained: "It's not good to look like you, your skin is too white, and you don't have any manliness at all."
Mu Zidong retorted: "Sister is going to give birth to a daughter, how can she get married if her skin is dark?"
The two argued again.
Cheng Jingbo persuaded the fight, unpacked the French fries, put them in front of them, and said gently: "It's good to be like any of you, because you all look like sisters."
Bai Ziren was drinking hot chocolate and almost choked when he heard the words.
Mu Zibei took the opportunity to say: "Brother-in-law, there are pictures of my sister's childhood in the photo album at home, she is very cute, can you exchange a game peripheral with me?"
"No problem, sounds like a good deal."
Mu Zidong also said: "There is also a hula hoop that my sister played when she was ten years old in the storage room. Brother-in-law, do you want it?"
Cheng Jingbo asked, "What do you want in exchange?"
"Six burgers."
"Can."
The two children smiled face to face, disapproving of the behavior of betraying their sister.
Bai Ziren said, "I can give him the photo. The hula hoop is so old, so it's free. You can't talk like a lion."
"Sister, you know how to turn your elbows outward!" Mu Zibei raised his voice.
In the lively atmosphere, after everyone finished eating, Cheng Jingbo sent them back to the hospital. Mu Zibei and Mu Zidong were not allowed to enter the ward, so they could only wave to their mother through the glass door and mouth to say I love you. Uncle Mu took him home.
Cheng Jingbo and Bai Ziren went for a walk. They only wanted to walk around the neighborhood, but they didn't expect the time to pass quickly. They unknowingly arrived at a commercial area, turned a corner, walked into a small road, and came to the door of Fei Bookstore.
Bai Ziren missed the time he spent indoors with him when it snowed last time, and looked behind the glass door.
"Want to go in?"
"Well, but it's getting late."
"It's okay, just sit for a while."
There were a lot of people in the store, but luckily there was still one table that was empty. They sat down and ordered a drink, and continued to chat. When they mentioned the cafe in the lighthouse, Bai Ziren asked him where Xiao Ji had gone.
"She went back to her hometown to attend a relative's wedding."
"Really? Isn't she running away from Manager Zhang?"
"I'm not sure about that."
"I heard that you made a bet with Manager Zhang. Whoever gets married first will win 1,000 yuan."
He looked at her and asked back, "Do you want me to win?"
She was at a loss for words, and instantly felt as if she had jumped into a pit. Answering yes meant that she was going to marry him immediately, and answering no was inappropriate, as she didn't like him to lose.
He pressed his palm on the mouth of the glass, kept his eyes on her face, and said calmly, "I'm sure I'll win."
Her ears were a little red, and she lowered her head to eat a biscuit.
After a while, lively voices came to her ears one after another. She looked back and saw a man and a woman came in pushing a stroller. The man was handsome and the woman was beautiful. There was a small bell hanging on the blue stroller, sitting The chubby baby reached out to touch it and smiled happily.
Many guests walked over to talk to them, some took out their mobile phones to ask for a group photo, and some took notebooks and pens to sign.
"Are they celebrities?" Bai Ziren guessed.
Cheng Jingbo said: "I think they are the owner and wife of this store."
"How did you know?"
"From the door, you can see that the seats are full. They are bringing their children. If they want to rest, they will not choose this place. Moreover, the first thing the young father came in was to check the cleanliness of the floor. Reach out to straighten the crooked magazines on the bookshelf, and the mother has no makeup and dares to take pictures with the guests so generously, it is unlikely that she is a celebrity, the point is that the name of the bookstore is printed on the satchel on her shoulder."
Bai Ziren was surprised, he didn't expect Cheng Jingbo to observe so many details in just a few minutes.
Soon, it turned out that his guess was right. Some guests called their boss and lady boss kindly, and the voice became louder and louder.
The baby in the stroller seemed to be a little nervous, and was about to cry. His father picked him up when he saw this, and he kicked his calf, with his round head lying on his father's shoulder, his eyes unblinking, and he looked very attached , After a while, I took my chubby hand to grab Dad's ear, and seemed to have regained a good mood.
Bai Ziren was fascinated by watching it, and was about to say that this baby is too cute, when he turned around and found that Cheng Jingbo was also watching seriously.
He has always liked children, but at this moment there is a little more emotion in his eyes than usual, in her opinion, it is a kind of yearning.
"Do you want to be a father?"
As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she was taken aback for a moment, it was a bit embarrassing for her to speak so bluntly.
"A little bit, after all, I'm twenty-nine years old."
She took a small spoon to scoop the black tea in the cup leisurely, knowing very well that this topic has been talked about several times intentionally or unintentionally during this period, at this moment, she understands that this is not her own illusion, but his hint.
Now that I heard it, I don't want to avoid it.
"Why don't you wait until you're thirty-one?"
He turned around: "What do you mean?"
"It means... after I graduate, we'll get married."
After she finished speaking, she continued to bow her head, not daring to look at him again.
His palm covered the back of her hand, and his voice was gentler than ever: "Can you let me advance the time?"
The voice not far away subsided, and the guests returned to their seats one after another. The boss took his wife in one hand and carried the baby in the other, and walked upstairs together. The baby lying on his father's shoulders, he turned his eyes like black grapes, and spit out a bubble from his mouth, which fell on his father's clean back collar. His father patted him on the back to signal him not to be naughty. But he kept laughing, as if he was very proud of being caught playing a prank.
For a moment, she seemed to see the future. The man in front of her eyes became Cheng Jingbo. He carried the child and walked up to the living room on the second floor of the lighthouse step by step. The living room was no longer empty, and there was a cradle in the corner. , A blanket was spread on the floor, and on the blanket were a few fairy tale books. He held a rattle to make the children laugh.
Such a picture was so beautiful, it was something she never dared to hope for.
"Then advance to your thirtieth birthday." She let go.
"If you say it, you can't go back on your word."
"Ok."
"By the way, did you propose to me just now?"
"..."
He couldn't bear to see her embarrassment, smiled and said: "It's just a rehearsal, remember, next time I will make the formal proposal, don't rush ahead of me."
"You say that like I'm in a hurry." She struggled to understand his words and came to a conclusion.
"No, I'm in a hurry."
Looking at his face, she always felt that he was coaxing her, but she didn't think so in her heart.
Walking out of the non-bookstore, Cheng Jingbo drove Bai Ziren back to school, and stopped by the cafe in the lighthouse to pick up the gifts and books she bought for her.
Since Xiao Ji resigned, there have been four bartenders, both men and women, but Zhang Wuji can always point out no less than ten fatal injuries to them within a day, and then let them leave logically.
When Cheng Jingbo came in, there were three tables of guests on the first floor, among them was Zhang Wuji himself, who was tasting a medium-rare steak, and when he saw who was coming, he said leisurely: "It's really rare, you are also a loner?"
"She's waiting for me in the car."
One sentence kills people invisible, Zhang Wuji immediately stopped the knife and fork in his hand.
Cheng Jingbo went to the office on the third floor to pick up things, and when she came down, she heard Zhang Wuji's cold voice again.
"Don't act like you have a chance to win. As long as you don't get married for a day, I have a chance."
"I don't think so." Cheng Jingbo walked out.
After a while, Zhang Wuji heard two girls at the other table talking about him.
"Mom, did you hear that just now?"
"Of course, I'm not deaf. The man in the black windbreaker and eating the bloody steak is so pitiful. He didn't give up until the other party got married, but the other party didn't dump him and just left."
"Will he cry later?"
"I guess not. Dare to pursue such a shocking relationship. You must be very brave. At least you won't cry outside."
Zhang Wuji threw down the napkin, got up expressionlessly and went to the bathroom, and dialed Ji Dongdong with his mobile phone.
"Wait for me at the entrance of the cinema on Chunrong Road at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon, if you don't come to the appointment on time and wear the clothes I sent you, I will post all the pictures of you snoozing and drooling in the past six months on the entrance of the cafe. "
Ji Dongdong's frightened voice came from the phone: "Don't do it, I will still find a partner in the future."
Zhang Wuji's voice was as deep as a cello: "Little Dong, you seem to have forgotten the fact that I've seen you all. As long as I tell you, do you think someone will want you?"
Without giving her a chance to say another word, Zhang Wuji hung up the phone.