Pei Zhuo is careful in doing things, although he prefers to keep things quiet and avoid disturbance, but he is still a bit vigilant.
He is a teacher and has met many parents over the years.
Whether you are a parent in your early 20s or 30s, or you are pregnant with a second child in your 40s or 50s, there are always a small number of people who are enlightened and introspective.
The profession of a teacher is very similar to that of a doctor. I have seen a lot of human nature, and I have seen a lot of good and evil.
Lu Lin's parents can humiliate and scold him as a beast on the spot today, but tomorrow they can go to the school to gossip and tell tales, which might make people even more troublesome.
Lu Lin explained to him before that the two of them did not interfere with his work, which was the result of dissuasion and comfort from many relatives.
After lunch, Pei Zhuo asked Lu Lin to go to the study with the two elders of the family.
"Dad, Aunt Huo, I have something to tell you."
So he held Lu Lin's hand tightly and explained the cause and effect clearly.
When Dad Pei just entered the room, he thought it was the two young men who were going to the UK to get a license, and he still had a smile on his face.
After all this was finished, he remained silent for a long time with a sullen face, and only sighed after a long time.
Instead, Aunt Huo frowned and thought for a while, then asked, "Xiao Lu, what's your father's name?"
"Lu Zhongguo."
"It's really him?" Aunt Huo sat a little further away and looked at Lu Lin's face carefully: "No wonder, no wonder."
"When I first saw Xiao Lu's photo, I thought he looked familiar." Aunt Huo clicked on her phone and looked for the contact in WeChat: "Your father and I are high school classmates, and we have contacted each other in college."
Later, she went to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and because she was pregnant with Huo Lu, she gradually got together with her classmates less and less.
"Your father had the same temper when he was in high school," she said with a frown, "he refused to be flexible and always offended people."
Lu Lin's expression changed slightly, and his voice was a bit bitter: "He is much older now."
Pei Hongchuan thought about it and made up his mind.
"Let's go to visit today, you two will follow behind, don't say anything for the time being."
Pei Zhuo was stunned, and confirmed: "Go today?"
"It happened so suddenly, no one knows if there will be a worse chain reaction tomorrow." Pei Hongchuan got up and put on his clothes, as if he was back in the business field, and acted decisively: "You are not in the same age group as them, Talking naturally has disadvantages."
"No matter how much you know, they will be a generation older than you, so it is unlikely that they will listen."
This Aunt Huo had asked for contact information on WeChat and called Father Lu.
Huo Lu hugged the dog to watch the house: "Go early and come back early, I will cook soup and wait for you to come back."
The four of them drove to Haidian District again. Lu Lin was silent for half of the way, but still apologized to them.
"Trouble for you."
"Xiao Lu, uncle will teach you something." Pei Hongchuan casually handed him half an orange, and said in a flat tone, "It's not your fault, so don't hug you."
"The more you take it, the more you will take it seriously."
Lu Lin took a deep breath and said, "You taught me the lesson."
Aunt Huo was the only one who didn't drink during the meal just now. She was driving swiftly at this time, and she still remembered to discuss with Dad Pei how to speak later.
Pei Zhuo sat on the back seat and turned into a child instead, holding Lu Lin's hand and whispering, "Aren't they very powerful?"
Originally, this matter was very serious, it was a personal insult and coming out in public, maybe it would be published in tomorrow's news paper, and it could be involved in a mess of scandals.
But Dad Pei and Aunt Huo sitting in front of the car, chatting slowly and sharing oranges together, it seems that it's not a big deal.
Over the past ten years, the location of the two old people has not changed at all.
Aunt Huo knocked on the door twice, and the sound of dragging footsteps sounded from a distance.
"Huo Pingfeng, long time no see." With a smile on his face, Father Lu opened the door to welcome her in: "Who is this?"
"My lover, one of the founders of Yuhui Finance." Aunt Huo briefly introduced: "It's an entrepreneur."
Pei Hongchuan changed into a suit on purpose, looking like a middle-aged winner with a successful career, and his hair was well combed.
Father Lu was taken care of by Huo Pingfeng several times when he was studying. In fact, he has always been grateful for her kindness, and he spoke quite politely: "I haven't seen you for so long. I heard about you at the class reunion."
Lu's mother also came to greet her, seeing Pei Hongchuan's handsome appearance and wearing a famous watch, her smile became more sincere: "I've come here, and I brought gifts, how nice..."
Father Pei and Aunt Huo exchanged glances, and sideways beckoned the two children to go in together.
The second they saw Lu Lin and Pei Zhuo, the two old men froze on the spot, their lips moving and speechless.
"Pei Zhuo is my own son." Aunt Huo took Pei Zhuo's shoulders and said softly, "He is also a people's teacher, and he just won an award from the district. He has always been my pride."
"I came here today, and I also want to talk to you about this matter."
If Lu Lin and Pei Zhuo had come to look for them today, they would have been ridiculed and ridiculed on the spot until there was no room left.
But Huo Pingfeng and Pei Hongchuan stood in front of them. One was a well-known scientist receiving a state subsidy, and the other was the founder of a leading company. The meaning and perception were completely different.
They are of the same generation as Lu's father and Lu's mother, and they have a lot more background in terms of identity and background, so they can keep the scene firmly under control.
Mr. Lu looked at Lu Lin with red eyes for several seconds, then took a few steps back trembling, and let the four of them in.
Lu's mother was not as painful as Lu's father, but fell into a kind of hesitation and confusion.
She won't know for a while whether these coincidences are good or bad.
And whether the son who likes men should want it or not.
Lu Lin is usually calm and serious in front of the students, returning to this kind of family occasion can only be said to be able to barely hold his emotions.
He used to worry about and suppress too many things, and now it is not easy to sit quietly.
Seeing that the situation was calm and the rhythm of the conversation could be taken by him, Pei Hongchuan gradually relaxed, and he and his wife slowly followed up on the words they had discussed on the way.
The two old men sat across from each other and didn't answer the conversation for a while.
They are lonely and haggard, overwhelmed.
Although Pei Hongchuan's stomach has grown a bit these years, the overall maintenance is actually pretty good. His hair is dyed black and shiny, and his eyes are very bright.
Aunt Huo is in better shape than him, although she is over fifty, she looks like she is in her early forties.
The four of them sat together, and it looked like a harmonious family, connected to each other to breathe, without any hesitation or retreat.
When Pei Hongchuan finished explaining the truth slowly, Lu Zhongguo was still looking at Lu Lin.
He didn't even recognize his son anymore.
At the beginning, he and his wife forced him to study finance. Later, the father and son disconnected and vomited at each other. They haven't seen each other for ten years.
Goodbye now, my eighteen-year-old son has turned into a twenty-eight-year-old, with a calm demeanor and broad shoulders, and he still likes a man.
He opened his mouth to ask him, but he was out of breath, and suddenly he couldn't speak.
Lu's mother was still looking at Pei Zhuo suspiciously, and the question she asked was not friendly, but Huo Pingfeng blocked it back intact.
The two mothers confronted each other for a few words, and Lu Lin suddenly spoke.
"Dad, Mom."
"This is Pei Zhuo, the one I love."
"I should bring him to show you."
The emotion in Lu's father's eyes turned and turned, and Lu's mother subconsciously shook her head: "But he, but he is a man."
"In the future, you won't even have children."
Lu Lin led Pei Zhuo to stand up, knowing that today's conversation cannot continue.
"My mobile phone number has never been changed. If you have something to do in the future, please don't disturb them and contact me directly."
"Several things are colliding now. We should all calm down and get in touch later."
Seeing the momentum, Father Pei got up and said a few words in a casual manner.
When the four of them walked out, Mother Lu suddenly started crying while sitting on the sofa, but Father Lu staggered to the door.
"Lu Lin, Lu Lin."
The old man's voice was a little muddy when he spoke, and he was still looking at the son who had defected and run away from home.
"Lu Lin," he said after making sure his son had stopped, "Speak slowly about these things, you stay in Beijing, don't leave."
Lu Lin looked at him and responded slowly, "I'm not leaving, I'm staying in Beijing."
"I... I still belong to your father." Lu Zhongguo said bluntly: "What's the matter, we'll talk about it later, don't leave."
Lu's mother burst into a sharp cry in the living room: "I shouldn't have let him be a teacher in the first place, where did all these things come from if I didn't become a teacher!"
Father Lu took a hasty look at the house, and then went to see Lu Lin, still a little worried.
"Your mother, she is such a person, and she can't change it all these years."
He looked at Huo Pingfeng, glanced at Pei Zhuo, and slowly said while holding the door frame: "Come and sit... come and sit again."
The four of them went home for dinner, and Aunt Huo gave them several instructions and sent them all the way outside the community.
"Your father's side, I will help to call and greet them. Don't be in a hurry to get in touch with them in the short term." Aunt Huo put on Pei's father's coat and said in a gentle voice, "rest well after returning home, don't think too much, what's the matter There are family members here, so don’t be afraid.”
Pei Zhuo nodded, the corners of his eyes were a little red: "I love you."
Pei Hongchuan waved his hand and said, "Don't be disgusting, it's windy at night, go back quickly."
Pei Zhuo and Lu Lin walked home holding hands and didn't speak for more than half an hour.
They lay on the bed after taking a shower, shoulder to shoulder, fingers still clasped.
Everything today is turbulent, and emotions are tangled together like wool balls, making people uncomfortable.
Lu Lin closed his eyes for a long time, then suddenly said, "Hey, is Teacher Pei there?"
Pei Zhuo clenched his hand, looked up at the ceiling and said, "Teacher Pei is here."
"I love you." Lu Lin whispered.
"Did the phone hang up?"
"Bye."
Lu Linping was lying beside him, breathing a bit oppressed.
"Teacher Pei, I forgot to ask, do you still love me?"
You saw my messy family, my runaway mother.
My broken family relationship, and these wounds that seem to never heal.
Pei Zhuo, do you still love me
Pei Zhuo stood up and lowered his head to wipe the man's eyes.
Then kiss him lightly.
"Love."
"I love you so much."