That night, after a hearty feast, Zuo Yueyao lovingly hugged the person who had been tossed around by him until she was weak all over: "Girl, let's go back to Heyunling. It's time to go back and see our parents and fellow villagers."
"Okay." The lazy voice was full of tenderness and satisfaction.
They soon set out on their journey back to Heyunling. As the journey was too long, the two did not drive but chose to take the train. They got off the train and transferred to a bus. When the bus hummed into the town, it was already evening. The two walked out of the station and saw someone waving at them from afar, calling out Su Xian's name loudly.
As they got closer, not to mention Su Xian, even Zuo Yueyao was moved.
In addition to Su Changlin and Uncle Zhao, the neighbors also came. They were afraid that the two people would have too much stuff to carry when they came back, so they drove out their own tricycles.
Su Xian tried hard to hold back her emotion and called out to everyone in the circle obediently. Zuo Yueyao followed her name and everyone smiled happily when they saw Zuo Yueyao. They looked at him with pride as if they were looking at the best son-in-law in He Yunling.
This time when Su Xian returned to Heyunling, she had different emotions. Perhaps it was because there was one more person around her, or maybe after so many years, the place where she was born and raised was still the same as before.
After the luggage was loaded into the car, Su Xian whispered to Zuo Yueyao, "Are you used to sitting here?"
Zuo Yueyao put his arm around her waist and said, "It's an open-air convertible with a 360-degree skylight. It gives me a wide view and fresh air. I like it very much."
Su Xian put her arm around his and leaned on his shoulder, smiling a little silly.
When they got home, it was already past nine in the evening. There were actually quite a few people standing in the yard. When they saw them coming back, they gathered around. Someone said, "We've been waiting for you for so long. We never thought that the young man who came to our mountain more than ten years ago would now be the son-in-law of Heyunling."
Su Xian laughed too. From now on, as long as Zuo Yueyao was by her side, her life would probably be filled with happiness.
"Your name is Zuo Yueyao, right?" The curious uncle looked at Zuo Yueyao from left to right and said, "The boy is really good-looking, and he is a perfect match for our girl."
"Yes uncle, my name is Zuo Yueyao, I'm the same age as the girl, and we work in the same city." Zuo Yueyao was unusually well-behaved.
"I heard from Changlin that you are a doctor. You performed his surgery last time. He said you are a great doctor." So far, Zuo Yueyao is probably the first person who can be praised by Su Changlin like this.
"Uncle, you are too kind."
"How many people are there in your family? Do you have any brothers or sisters?"
"My father, my mother and I, I am the only child in the family."
"Are you not used to it here? It's not as good as your big cities."
"No, I'm used to it. It's much better here than in the big cities."
"When are you going to get married?"
"I came back this time to discuss marriage with my uncle."
"Marriage is a big deal, and we can't be careless. Although we can't compare to the big cities, this girl has grown up under the care of her fellow villagers. You can't let her down."
"I promise I won't."
"Then your home"
"Alright, alright, stop asking." Uncle Zhao interrupted everyone's barrage of questions and said, "The two kids have been so exhausted all the way. Let them have a good rest first. If you have anything to say, save it for tomorrow. The two kids can still run."
After seeing off the neighbors, Su Xian felt a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, the people here have always been so welcoming, they didn't mean any other things."
The economy is backward but the people are so kind that it touches people: "It can be seen that they care about you. I should thank them for taking care of you for so many years. I didn't let your childhood be too lonely."
In the middle of the night, Su Xian suddenly woke up in Zuo Yueyao's arms. In order not to disturb the good dreams of those around her, she moved slowly and gently. She turned around and saw an old faded photo on the table not far away. The person in the photo could not be seen clearly in the dark, but Su Xian still stared in the direction of the photo for a long time.
The person behind her moved, and then a pair of lips kissed her cheek. Zuo Yueyao's voice came to her ears, a little hoarse, but with an indescribable charm: "Let's go see our mother together tomorrow."
Once this man falls in love, his emotions are so delicate that they make people want to cry all the time.
Su Xian nodded gently: "Okay."
"Can't sleep?"
"A little bit." Su Xian answered seriously, "I suddenly remembered a lot of things from the past. It felt like a dream. In the dream there was you, my friends, and so many people who were kind to me. I'm really afraid that when I wake up one day, all of this will disappear."
Su Xian frowned in pain after being bitten on the arm: "Does it hurt? This is just once. Don't let your mind wander anymore. Otherwise, I will think that I didn't give you enough sense of security. Then, I will blame myself. All these good things I have done for you are because you deserve it."
Su Xian had no power to resist such words: "Zuo Yueyao, if any woman dares to snatch you from me in the future, I will fight her to the death." His words and actions gave her enough sense of security, making her more and more confident in their love.
"You won't have that chance." His breath tickled her ears. "If you really can't sleep, I have a way."
"What method?" Su Xian turned around and faced him.
"When you're tired, you can fall asleep."
"What? Oh you." She put her hands on his chest and resisted stubbornly: "You've been sitting in the car for a whole day, aren't you tired?"
"a bit tired."
"You're still making trouble even though you're tired!"
"I will not be reconciled if I don't make up for the gap of so many years."
She really liked the man's innocent childlike side when he was with her. It turned out that it was not just her, but perhaps everyone lived in this world wearing various masks, and only dared to take off the heavy masks until they met the person they trusted the most.
The next day, Su Xian took Zuo Yueyao to pay tribute to his mother. In front of his mother's tombstone, Zuo Yueyao followed the local custom and kowtowed three times to his mother in the most traditional way. When he stood up, his knees were covered with mud. Su Xian bent down and brushed the dust off for him. "Actually, you don't have to kowtow. My mother won't blame you."
Zuo Yueyao stood respectfully and answered seriously: "This is the first time I meet my mother, so of course I have to be more strict with the etiquette."
This most simple way of expressing emotions in the world was surprisingly made to sound so moving by him. Su Xian intertwined her fingers with his, and heard the self-blame in his words: "I should have come to see you earlier. Now I feel really regretful. I always say that you have too much self-esteem, and so do I. If I hadn't been so self-righteous and couldn't let go of my so-called dignity, I wouldn't have wasted so many years."
"Zuo Yueyao, I'm a little scared now."
"What are you afraid of?"
"I'm afraid that after you've been with me, you've become less and less aware of how good you are." She slowly leaned her head on his shoulder. "What I can't stand the most is you saying things like that. You make me feel like a sinner, and make such a confident person so conflicted. I was wrong in the past. I shouldn't have been so stubborn and suffered for my reputation. I've been punished. For so many years, I've been relying on unrequited love to support myself."
"Silly." He hugged the man and said, "I should have come to you earlier."
The wind blew past with a cool breeze, and autumn arrived in the blink of an eye. Not wanting to continue this slightly sad topic, Su Xian came up with an idea: "I'll take you to the mountains to play tomorrow."
Zuo Yueyao chuckled: "I don't want to eat those unknown fruits anymore. They made me have diarrhea for a whole day after I went back."
"Why didn't you say it then?" Su Xian pouted, looking very cute.
"I don't want to spoil your fun." He gently tapped her upturned lips: "The taste of those fruits is actually quite good."
"So what are we going to do tomorrow?"
"We have guests coming tomorrow."
"ah?"
By noon the following day, Su Xian had finally resolved his doubts. Zuo Yueyao's so-called guests turned out to be Ren Shang and Lu Xiran. In addition to this handsome couple, there were also several trucks that appeared with them in Heyunling.
"Xianxian, Senior Brother Zuo is so good to you. I'm so happy for you." This was the first sentence Lu Xiran said to her after they met. Su Xian opened her arms wide and greeted Lu Xiran's sudden appearance with a confused look on her face.
Of course she knew that Zuo Yueyao was very kind to her, but this posture did shock her a little. He Yunling became lively again because of their arrival.
"You two came back empty-handed and carefree, and you almost exhausted me to death."
"Are they all here?" Zuo Yueyao patted Ren Shang's shoulder in approval. "Don't you always ask me to call you brother? As a brother, you do something for your younger brother and sister-in-law, and you still complain?"
Ren Shang smiled bitterly: "If it weren't for the fact that my brother finally got a beautiful woman after being single for many years, I would never do this hard job even if you kill me."
Su Xian was probably the only one who didn't know what happened in here. Lu Xiran explained for them: "There are so many things in this car, such as precious Chinese medicinal materials, massagers, cigarettes, alcohol, oh, and people!"
people
"It's the chef. Senior Brother Zuo brought the best chefs from North City and said he wanted to treat everyone in the village to a meal."
"I mean sister-in-law." Ren Shang liked this new name very much. "I have known Yaoyao for such a long time, but I have never seen him so generous. This time he spent a lot of money and prepared gifts for every household in your village. His five-star chef was brought here directly."
For a moment, he didn't know what to say. He felt awkward if he said something touching. After hesitating for a long time, Su Xian angrily blamed him, "Why didn't you discuss this with me?"
"Don't you girls like surprises? This is my surprise for you. Do you like it?"
"good."
He is totally insincere.
That night, Su Xian proposed to sleep with Lu Xiran, so he sent Zuo Yueyao away to sleep with Ren Shang. Zuo Yueyao was extremely unwilling and was carried away by Ren Shang.