This meal was eaten without any risk.
This was somewhat beyond Han Yue's expectation. He was already mentally prepared. If Chu Ci confronted him at the dinner table, he would carry him home and explain to the Commander and his wife later.
Who knew that Chu Ci performed impeccably throughout the meal. Although he still didn't talk much, whenever Old Commander Han asked, he would immediately answer politely, without showing any vague reluctance.
Even when the Commander's wife smiled and asked the question "Which of you will chase who first", Han Yue almost thought that Chu Ci would throw the table up on the spot, but who knew that Chu Ci just paused, and then said lightly: " Can not remember."
Han Yue breathed a sigh of relief, and before he could wipe off his cold sweat, he saw Old Commander Han glaring at him, his eyes extremely reproachful.
Overall the meal was dull, but very safe and nothing fussy happened. After the meal, Mrs. Commander came up a little tired and said she was going to take a nap. As soon as she left the dining table, Mr. Han stood up and gave Han Yue a cold look: "Come to my study, now!"
Han Qiang and his wife kept silent, just pretending that they didn't exist.
Han Yue hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Chu Ci. Chu Ci was drinking tea with his head down, not even giving him alms from the corner of his eyes.
"Grandpa, show me your prestige in front of people..." Han Yue complained with a haha, and when he saw Old Commander Han's face, he immediately stood up straight: "All right, all right, I'll go right away, I'll go right away .”
Old Commander Han knew that Han Yue was now full of the little lover in the restaurant, until he sat down in the study, Han Yue still looked uneasy.
Old Commander Han slammed the table: "What are you thinking?!"
Han Yue gasped, and said seriously, "I miss Chu Ci."
"Do you miss others, do they miss you?"
"..." Han Yue froze for a moment, and then laughed: "Old man, it's meaningless for you to say that...Of course people don't want me, but it's none of my business whether he wants it or not? I'm not begging him to love me, I just count on it." Isn't it very simple to live a good life with him and live a lifetime of affection? There are only 365 days in a year, and more than 3,000 days in ten years. Decades of time have passed in the blink of an eye. What's the problem..."
Old Commander Han snorted and asked, "Do you really think there is nothing difficult?"
"...What?" Han Yue hesitated for a moment, "Dad, you don't want to give me some ideological and moral education today, do you?"
"It's useless for me to teach you, you've grown sideways a long time ago. Han Yue, you really..." Old Commander Han paused, then sighed heavily: "You think I saw you mixing with men, so I just I feel immoral, and I think it's wrong for you to do this, and you want to break up with your mother, isn't it? Han Yue, let me tell you, you can spend your life with whoever you want to spend your life with, whether it's a man or a woman I don't fucking care. Your father and I have fought wars and killed people. After so many years of ups and downs, I only want my children to be safe when I get old. As long as you and others are consensual, how long have you been in love! Do it! Parents always want their children to be happy, and they don’t want their children to grow up to hate their parents instead! Don’t you think so?”
Han Yue nodded hesitantly and said, "I thought you were going to stop me..."
"I do want to stop you."
Han Yue was startled, only to hear the old commander Han interrupt him, asking: "Do you still remember your Uncle Guo? The one who used to come to our house often and play mahjong against your mother?"
"Remember, didn't you die the year before last?"
"Did you know that he never had a family in his life?"
Han Yue shook his head. He seldom went home since he was eighteen years old, and he didn't have much contact with some old comrades in the family. Many acquaintances only existed in his memory, and he knew little about others.
"Uncle Guo and I once fought together in Vietnam. I was the division commander and he was the political commissar. We had a life-and-death friendship on the battlefield. We were also together when he first joined the army in the early years. He became friends with a comrade in our regiment. The two It's so good...it's so good that you can die for each other."
Old Commander Han paused for a moment, seeming a little sad.
"I still remember what that comrade-in-arms looked like. He was really upright, and he smiled very cheerfully... At that time, the army was strictly disciplined, and I often covered them. He invited me to smoke, Pegasus brand cigarettes, 30 cents a pack …”
Han Yue wanted to ask what happened afterwards, but he could vaguely guess in his heart that that Uncle Guo didn't have a family all his life, and didn't even have any relatives when the memorial service was held, and it's likely that his comrades from that year had an accident later.
"I thought they could live together forever. At that time, the Sino-Indian war was about to break out, and the situation was very tense. No one knew how many of us would die and how many of us would survive once the war broke out. Come down. I was thinking at the time, a person’s life is only a few decades, if you can find someone you really like while you are alive, even if you spend only one day together, what does it matter if you die? "
Han Yue couldn't help asking: "You were stationed in Tibet at that time, weren't you?"
"Kejielang River Valley in Shannan, Tibet, where my comrade-in-arms died in battle."
Although he was mentally prepared, Han Yue was still silent when he heard it, and his heart sank slightly.
"At that time, Lao Guo was very sad,... very sad. Later, he never married in his life, and he refused all the introductions to him by the organization. He said that he didn't want to delay his daughter, but I have been his old comrade-in-arms for decades, and only I know that he has not forgotten his lover who died back then."
Old Commander Han was silent for a while, and took a deep breath: "—Han Yue, you keep telling me how much you like her, and you want to spend your whole life with her. But you don't know, a lifetime is too long, and there are many of you Totally unexpected things are waiting for you ahead. You can never assert that he will grow old with you forever, what you can grasp is only today, the present moment."
"...I know this, I will cherish it..." Han Yue was a little confused, and couldn't help scratching his hair irritably.
"I hope you really know how to cherish it." Old Commander Han sighed heavily, and said, "I hope you don't have a day where you will regret it only after you lose it."
The atmosphere in the restaurant downstairs was a bit dull. Although it seemed that everyone was concentrating on watching TV, only everyone knew how much they actually watched.
At this time, Han Qiang suddenly heard a mobile phone ringing in his pocket, he took it out and took a look, and hurriedly said: "I have a phone call." He said and strode out.
Although Xiao Ruo wanted to know what her husband's phone number was, after all, this home was not something she could decide at will, so she could only watch Han Qiang go to the courtyard.
At this time, there was no one in the courtyard. Everyone knew that Mrs. Commander was taking a nap, and the house was very quiet. Han Qiang picked up the phone and whispered impatiently, "Hello?"
There was a vaguely feminine voice over there, who didn't know what to say, and the impatient look on Han Qiang's face became more obvious.
"Didn't I tell you that it was impossible for me to get a divorce... What? Get rid of it! Let our old man know what to do... Okay, okay, I know, I know, you women are meddlesome... What? How could it be? I I'll go back to see you in two days... I've been really busy lately..."
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps in the corridor, Han Qiang immediately covered the phone, held his breath and waited for a few seconds, only to hear Chu Ci's voice: "Mrs. Han, where are you going?"
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ruo forced a smile: "It's nothing, just walk around casually. What, Mr. Chu, you...?"
"I'm going to smoke a cigarette in the yard."
"...Is that so... Then, don't bother me..."
Han Qiang became angry for a while, and this woman eavesdropped on him talking to someone again! He hurriedly said to the phone: "It's not convenient, I'll call you later." Then he hung up the phone.
Han Qiang looked back to the corridor and saw Chu Ci standing by the railing under the eaves, smiling and saying, "Mr. Han is very unlucky."
When Han Qiang saw that his wife had gone far away, he smiled embarrassingly: "I'm really sorry, I'm sorry to trouble you... Alas, a woman's family is troublesome, and she still..."
"It's okay, I didn't hear anything."
Han Qiang breathed a sigh of relief, his face became more natural, and he smiled tacitly: "That's it! Alas, isn't it just such a mess when a man is outside, she just likes to worry about these things. - Hey! I I found that you are quite loyal, thank you so much this time!"
Chu Ci waved her hand and said, "It should."
His attitude is so gentle and straightforward, Han Qiang couldn't help but take another look at him, thinking that the person the second child is looking for this time is actually quite kind and winky, which is really rare... This kind of friend is worth making, a smart person what! …
Chu Ci seemed to be able to see his thoughts, nodded to Han Qiang, and smiled slightly.