Ji Rui's mother came back in the summer of his sophomore year. Because of the two-month summer vacation, he could not and did not plan to go back, but was planning to start a company.
The school attaches great importance to a student’s self-employment. If he can successfully start a business, he can not only apply for the school’s entrepreneurial funding support, but it will be much more convenient to do many things.
The Lu family is just an ordinary small town resident, and he can only rely on his own efforts to gain the power to take the green channel.
Seeing that Lu Yi's work pace is so tight, Ji Rui would not insist on having Lu Yi go out to play with him.
With such a long summer, he also decided to find something to do on his own. Anyway, he praised his cooking, and he didn't like to go out, so he bought a lot of ingredients online during the summer and spent the whole day thinking about making those delicacies.
Then take a photo of the process and upload it to a hot social platform.
At the beginning, his shooting technique was still terrible. Originally, he wanted to ask Lu Yi for help. After all, Lu Yi's photography technique is very good, but when he went to the study, he saw his fingers tapping on the keyboard constantly, and from time to time he called for video. Lu Yi who was communicating, he backed out silently.
Since he decided to grow up, he couldn't rely on his boyfriend for everything. He tried to find something to fix the shooting equipment, and searched for various strategies on the Internet. At the beginning, he didn't even use the filters. Gradually, he bumped into it. Touched the ground and put his hand on it.
Of course, he didn't choose to show his face. Although he hasn't achieved any results yet, he is inexplicably confident that he will be hot. If he becomes a famous person and is recognized, he will be troubled.
When Lu Yi was free, he told Lu Yi about the matter. After all, this was an activity that took up a lot of his time. Although in order not to disturb Lu Yi, he moved his work place from Lu Yi’s residence to his home. In the kitchen, and then bring the finished product here to share with Lu Yi.
It is possible to conceal it if you really want to hide it, but it is really weird to deliberately conceal this kind of thing.
Lu Yi took a serious look at the results of his labor these days, and sincerely praised him: "The things you make are beautiful and delicious. Take your time, and you will definitely be able to make achievements."
He is not very good at this aspect. He spent two days researching and writing a detailed research analysis report.
He typed it out with the printer at home, bound it, and handed it to Ji Rui: "I may not be able to help you too much recently. If you want to do it seriously, this information should be useful to you. If it's just a ticket, Don't put too much pressure on yourself."
Ji Rui is obviously trying hard to grow up. As his boyfriend, the best help he can provide is actually like this. He tried hard to let Ji Rui do it himself, instead of doing everything well and letting Ji Rui Sit back and enjoy it.
His words and expression pleased Ji Rui. The latter didn't read the information very much, and directly hung on his boyfriend like a koala: "I know you are the best to me!"
Lu Yi supported him so much, Ji Rui felt that he was full of energy. He was trying to make a matcha-flavored net red towel cake at home that day, and the door of the room was pushed open.
He turned his head, the knife in his hand for cutting the cake fell on the chopping board, Ji Rui widened his eyes in disbelief: "Mom?"
He wiped his hands, and ignored the phone being filmed: "Why don't you come back and call me?"
"I want to surprise you."
She put down the bag in her hand and spread her arms at her son.
Ji Rui stepped forward and gave her a big hug, and then quickly let go.
"You look a lot better. It seems that the operation was a success. It is really great." He wanted to be with his mother when his mother had the operation, but at the time his grandpa thought he would only be an interruption. Resolutely not let her go.
Seeing his mother, he was very happy: "Do you want to come back to live this time?"
The latter shook his head: "Go back to China for a few days and see you."
She circled around her son: "You have grown taller."
When she was abroad, she was always worried about her son and asked someone to take care of him. But Ji Rui refused to live in that villa and chose to live alone.
Ji Rui's appearance is far better than she thought. But she still said: "You have become thinner."
"I have lost weight because I have made a lot of sweets these days." Lu Yi doesn't like to eat sweets very much these days. He basically killed them. If he didn't increase the amount of exercise, he would be afraid of his body. There will be a lot of fat.
She smiled and didn't speak. The mother and son sat for a while. At first they were a little restrained, but quickly relaxed and seemed to have more words to say.
This is the relatives who are connected by blood, even if they haven't seen each other for a long time, the strangeness will disappear soon after being together.
While talking, Ji Rui’s mother shifted the topic of going abroad: "The last time I talked about going abroad on the phone, you are now in your sophomore year right away, and you will be going through the formalities next semester. It will be done before this summer vacation. , You can pass."
The smile on Ji Rui's face disappeared: "Mom, I don't want to go abroad."
"Isn’t it good to go abroad for further studies? So many people go abroad with great pains, your English is not bad, you will live smoothly abroad, and there are many Chinese abroad. Don’t worry about eating at all. Your grandma has a cook who specializes in cooking. , The food they cook must suit your taste."
Ji Rui said: "That's them, not me, and there are many people who have the same conditions to not go abroad. What's more, people who go abroad are not all staying abroad. They study there, they will still come back."
"Also, Grandpa doesn't like me, doesn't he?" He looked at his mother. "Look at me and tell me that Grandpa really loves me and treats me as a grandson?"
Facing the clear eyes of her son, Ji Rui's mother couldn't tell a lie: "They love me and they will love you too."
She didn't have much confidence in what she said, and she didn't know whether she was persuading Ji Rui or herself.
Ji Rui looked at the picture on the wall: "They love you, so do they love the house and Udi and accept dad?"
Of course not, if it weren't for her daughter who was seriously ill and they were getting older, Ji Rui's mother lowered her head, and the relationship would not break the ice at all.
"But it can give you good material conditions. Of course, my mother hopes to give you better."
Ji Rui shook his head: "I know, I also thank you very much. But, those are grandpa and grandma's things, don't they? They have the right to choose to give me, I will be willing to accept sincere gifts, but do not accept high alms. "
"They are your grandparents. It's only natural for the elders to take care of the younger ones.",
"But they don't want to take care of them, don't they? The two elders do not have any obligation to me. I don't want everything I get, which you ask for me. Good materials are more likely to bring people higher spiritual satisfaction. But if that's the case, I will only be more sad. Isn't that counterproductive?"
Ji Rui's mother was silent. After a while, she did not continue the topic, but looked at her son who spoke firmly and logically: "You seem to have changed a lot."
She felt that her son seemed to have grown up a lot, not physically, but psychologically. If it was before, the child might happily next, instead of rationally analyzing so much.
She doesn't think that her short absence can make her son change so much, there must be another person.
She said abruptly: "You tell me, do you have someone you like?"
Ji Rui's word "Yes" just came out, and he remembered that his lover was a real man, his tone changed: "Yes or not, what does it have to do with this? Saying and doing things should be the same. Code, isn't it?"
"Tell me, who did you learn this tone from?" This is not quite the same as the son in her memory.
In fact, she had been arranging someone to take care of her son during this period, but the person taking care of her must not be able to pester Ji Rui day and night. "
And when she came here, she didn't listen to the other party talking about this period of time, because she was afraid that the time was too fast and she could not completely forget what they said, and then accidentally leaked it in front of her son.
No one likes to be completely controlled by others. If Ji Rui knew about it, she would be very unhappy with her.
It is for these various reasons that she still does not know that her son has a boyfriend.
Ji Rui took a deep breath: "Yes, I have someone I like."
His mother subconsciously retorted: "You just don't go abroad for this person. How long have you known her like this?"
Although she has not met yet, she has developed a very bad opinion of the little girl.
Ji Rui looked at her mother: "Not going abroad is based on many considerations. I want to see you. If you don't want to come back, I can fly abroad every month. There is always a distance between mother and child, right? "
The operation was successful, and her mother's illness was getting better. As long as there were no accidents, she could live for at least 40 to 50 years.
Although he has never experienced marriage, he has seen some dramas about mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Other experiences in life also told him that two generations should never live together. This has nothing to do with whether the wife is a male or a female.
Before, it was his mother's illness that fettered him. There was no one else. He had to accompany his sick mother, but now the situation has changed. Of course he can consider his needs and feelings.
He went on to say: "Mom, you were separating yourself from your family for the sake of your father. If this is the case, you should be able to understand me better."
He was in a different situation from his mother. His mother was born in a wealthy family and gave up a very generous life to endure hardships. He himself grew up in this environment, but gave up the so-called opportunity to study abroad.
There is a way for your mother to think it's good for you, but Ji Rui doesn't need this to be good for him.
Ji Rui's mother was choked by these words, and she said in silence for a while: "It's because I have suffered so much by myself that I don't want to see you repeat the same mistakes."
Ji Rui argued: "I am twenty years old, not twelve years old. I am already an adult, able to take care of myself. I grew up in such an environment since I was a child. For me, I went to a completely unfamiliar environment and endured other people's ridicule and ridicule. , Do you think this is happiness when you look at other people's faces all day long?"
He took a deep breath: "Mom, you have always been reluctant to contact your grandfather. You just feel embarrassed to bow your head to your parents. They gave birth to you, and you are like this. Then I have not seen each other for 20 years. I have to be disliked like my dad. You want me to hate the love of people who hate me for the so-called quality of life. Is it really good for me? Mom, I love you and hope you can live well, but when I grow up, Can't you really consider my ideas?"
After all, his mother is just for his own selfishness, and he keeps his blood, and he is not the kind of person who sacrifices himself to make others happy.
The air calmed down. After a long time, the female voice said with a bit of difficulty: "If you give up this opportunity, you don't regret it."
Ji Rui said categorically: "I won't regret it!"
"I won't stay in the country for too long, can I see your partner?" If it is an unreliable person, she must let her son break up.
"I have to tell you something, Mom, I like men."
If he was from the past, hearing his mother say this, he would definitely lead people over with a hot head, but now that his behavior and life are affected by Lu Yi, he will naturally think more.
If he took his mother rashly, it might be unpleasant on both sides, just like when he first came out, Lu Yi asked him to avoid him and take the accountability of his parents alone. He didn't want his mother to bring it to Lu. An embarrassment.
His mother sat down on the sofa: "You stay away from me, don't dangle in front of me, I want to slow down."
The son's tone was flat, as if talking about sparse and ordinary things, but to her, it was no less than a thunder in the clear sky, and suddenly dropped a big explosion/bullet.
Ji Rui retreated to the room, and then called Lu Yi: "My mother is back, and I came out to her."
Lu Yi was taken aback, and immediately said, "Then I'll come over."
"Don't come here yet, wait until my mother accepts it. My own mother will do it by herself."
When he finally said it, Ji Rui also let go of the boulder, and his voice relaxed: "You are not allowed to come here to be a hero, and occasionally let me be a capable adult."
He also wanted to be someone who could be praised by Lu Yi, made Lu Yi proud, and able to shelter Lu Yi from wind and rain, so much.