In the depths of the silent cemetery, two cold tombstones stood side by side, the tomb where An Yuqiu and his wife were buried together, and Anzhi's tomb. An Luo knew that these two tombs were like two thorns deep in An Guangyao's heart that could never be completely removed. Looking at the scene of the old man leaning on crutches, leaning over and laying down a bunch of white roses in front of the tomb, An Luo's eyes could not help but become a little sour.
The woman in the portrait has a faint smile on her lips, and it can be seen that she must have been a very temperamental beauty when she was young. An Luo looked down at her photo, although she should be a stranger to him, but standing in front of her tomb at the moment, An Luo felt strangely uncomfortable, probably because the atmosphere in the cemetery was too depressing reason.
The two stood silently in front of the tomb for a long time, An Guangyao was mired in painful memories, and the fingers holding the crutch kept shaking. An Luo knew that the old man must be deeply remorseful at his daughter's tomb. He must have a lot to say to his children. An Luo couldn't bear to disturb him, so he had to stand quietly behind him.
The sky gradually darkened, a gust of wind blew, and dark clouds covered the sky, indicating that a heavy rain was coming. An Luo finally couldn't help but stepped forward, gently supported An Guangyao's arm, and whispered, "It's getting late, Grandpa, we should go back."
An Guangyao recovered from his memories, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand, and regained his calm expression when he turned his head, nodded to An Luo, and said, "Okay, let's go back."
Not far away, the four bodyguards and the driver were waiting patiently. The two turned around and walked to the car. They got into the car together. The car quickly drove out of the cemetery steadily.
The summer rain was extremely violent. There was lightning and thunder in the sky, and the dark clouds weighed down heavily, dyeing the whole world with a gray tone. The rain poured down, splashing water on the road.
A black car suddenly passed An Luo's car, An Luo couldn't help but wonder, who would come to the cemetery to sweep graves in such weather? He turned his head and looked out, only to see the back of the car disappearing at the intersection. Probably the weather was fine when we came out, but it was raining halfway along the way, right? An Luo didn't think much about it, and turned around to continue chatting with his grandfather.
The car finally stopped at the entrance of the cemetery. A tall man walked down with a big umbrella. He was wearing a straight black suit. The umbrella covered his face. The hand holding the handle of the umbrella looked steady and strong, and the fingers were slender and beautiful.
The leather shoes stepped in the rain, and the clean trousers were soaked by the rain. He didn't care, he walked to An Zhi's grave and stopped.
The bunch of white roses in front of the grave was blown off by the wind and scattered on the ground, looking particularly desolate.
The man glanced at the bunch of roses stained with mud and water, and the corner of his lips raised a smile.
He leaned down gently, picked up the bunch of roses and threw them at his feet, and then, forcefully, crushed them into pieces.
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When the car drove home, the rain had stopped, and the air after the rain was mixed with the smell of green grass. An Luo opened the door and got out of the car, took a deep breath of fresh air, but heard An Guangyao suddenly say: "Xiao Luo, you go into the house. , Grandpa also made an appointment to go out."
An Luo turned back and asked with some doubts: "Grandpa, what is so important?"
An Guangyao smiled slightly and said, "I made an appointment to have dinner with several directors. I told you last time about the establishment of the two branches... Come in, be careful of catching a cold."
An Luo nodded, "Okay."
When I walked into the house, unexpectedly, I saw An Ze and An Mo sitting together in the living room watching TV. A football match was being broadcast live on the TV. When An Luo walked to the living room, he happened to hear An Mo betting with An Ze. : "If your favorite Brazil team wins the championship this time, will you eat the whole plate of grapes?"
In the fruit bowl on the table was a plate of purple grapes, big and round, with water droplets on them, looking very fresh.
An Ze glanced at the fruit bowl and said lightly, "What if Brazil loses?"
An Mo smiled and said, "Then I'll eat this plate of grapes."
An Ze raised his eyebrows, "You love grapes the most, but I don't want to. It's not fair to bet like this."
An Mo happened to see An Luo walking in, and said in surprise, "Brother is back?" Then he looked back at An Ze, "An Ze, why didn't you tell me that my brother has been discharged from the hospital?"
"..." An Ze didn't answer, and continued to watch TV with a cold face.
An Ze's indifferent reaction made An Luo a little embarrassed, so he could only pretend to lower his head and change his shoes as if nothing had happened.
Seeing that An Ze was ignoring others, An Mo had to turn around and ask An Luo, "Is my brother in good health? When was he discharged from the hospital?"
An Luo nodded and said, "I was discharged from the hospital last week, Xiao Mo, have you just arrived home?"
An Mo smiled and said, "I arrived this morning. After I got out of the airport, I went to the cemetery. I happened to run into An Ze who came to sweep the grave, and then came back with An Ze."
An Luo was a little surprised. He didn't expect An Ze to go to the cemetery too. He should have gone to see his second uncle. An Guangyao took himself to An Zhi's residence just to avoid them, apparently deliberately. Thinking of the emerald ring that An Guangyao had secretly left for him, An Luo didn't know what to say, so he fell silent.
An Mo turned to look at An Luo carefully, and after a while, he said, "Brother, are you able to walk? Is the injury on your leg healed?"
"Well, it's much better." An Luo took a few steps forward, and when he reached the corner of the sofa, there was a sudden pain in his knees, An Luo's legs softened, and he was about to kneel on the ground, but An Ze suddenly got up , reached out to support him.
An Ze's low voice sounded in his ears: "Your legs are not yet healed, don't be brave enough to walk so far."
An Luo was stunned, raised his head, and suddenly met An Ze's black eyes. He was staring at himself, his eyes did not reveal any emotion, but An Luo looked directly at his deep eyes, but his heartbeat was inexplicably stalled.
An Luo hurriedly looked away calmly and slowly stood up with the support of his arms.
The two were still very close, and An Ze didn't let go, and asked in a low voice, "Where have you been today?"
An Luo was silent for a moment before he said, "Go to the grave with grandpa."
"Only to the cemetery?"
"… Um."
"I went too, why didn't I meet you?"
"...probably missed time."
With a height difference of five centimeters shorter than him, An Luo felt a little uncomfortable due to the oppression caused by such a question-and-answer dialogue. Fortunately, An Ze didn't ask any further questions, and replied "Oh" lightly, then let go of An Luo. Luo, turned back to sit on the sofa, and continued to stare blankly at the TV game.
An Mo glanced at the two of them, smiled slightly, lowered his head and picked up a bunch of grapes, peeling them one by one.
The sports channel's commentator was shouting hoarsely: "Goal scored! It was a beautiful goal! Three to zero, three to zero lead! After four years, Brazil won the championship again! We are here to congratulate the great Brazil!"
"..." The atmosphere in the living room was a little weird, the three brothers didn't speak, only the cheers from the TV and the excited howls of the host echoed in their ears.
At this moment, the sound of opening the door suddenly sounded, An Luo turned around, and saw that An Yudong and Zhou Bizhen entered the house together, An Yudong was holding the key in one hand, the suitcase in the other, and Zhou Bizhen was still in his hand. Carrying a few shopping bags.
Meeting An Yu Dong's surprised gaze, An Luo asked calmly, "Dad is back?"
An Yudong glanced around the living room, smiled and said, "It's rare that all three of your brothers are here."
An Luo said: "Well, I was watching the game just now."
An Yudong nodded, "Go on and see, I'll put my luggage first."
Zhou Bizhen bent down to change her shoes at the entrance, turned her head and said, "Anze, come and help me get it."
An Ze stood up and took the bags from his mother, "Mom, what are these?"
Zhou Bizhen said: "The partner gave your father a few 7-inch tablet computers. It is said that the Internet speed is very fast. Your father already has one. You can take a look. If you like it, use it to play. I will go first. Help your dad pack up." He turned around and followed An Yudong to the bedroom to pack up.
An Ze took out a few tablet computers and put them on the table. There were three colors of black, white and light blue. The white one looked the most beautiful. An Ze knew that his brother had always liked white, so he picked up the one. The white tablet was gently handed to An Luo.
"..." An Luo was a little surprised, not knowing what to say for a while.
"Take it." Seeing that he didn't respond, Anze put the box in his hand.
An Luo was silent for a while before saying, "Thank you."
An Ze didn't answer, turned back and asked An Mo, "What color do you want?"
An Mo smiled slightly and said, "Blue." In fact, he prefers white, but every time he picked a gift from childhood to adulthood, An Ze would choose a gift for his brother first. You can choose from the remaining ones. When An Yan was ignorant, he often quarreled with An Ze about this, but An Ze always protected his brother with integrity, but unfortunately his brother ignored them at all. Once the two quarreled, he would have nothing to do with him. Earplugs go upstairs to listen to music.
It's funny to think about Xiao Anze back then. Even though he was the youngest, he always acted like a little adult to protect his brother, and that habit of protecting his brother has been preserved to this day.
Seeing An Mo smiling happily, An Mo couldn't help but wonder, "What are you laughing at?"
An Luo also looked suspiciously at An Mo, who had been smirking all the time.
An Mo met the eyes of the two of them, coughed awkwardly, and said, "No, it's nothing."
An Ze ignored him and took out the tablet to test the internet function. An Mo also happily took out the tablet and started playing games. Seeing that they were both playing on the new computer, An Luo curiously opened the box and put the tablet The computer was taken out.
After more than 20 years, the design of today's tablet computers is completely different from that of the past. An Luo couldn't find the power button after searching for a long time, and frowned in displeasure.
An Ze glanced at him and found that he was holding the tablet and frowned slightly, obviously not knowing how to operate it. I remembered the first time he went to the bathroom to take a shower when he was picked up to live in the military area. At that time, he couldn't find the switch to release the water, and he was accidentally drenched in soup.
Did he really come from twenty-seven years ago
It seems that a lot of things don't know how to use it...
An Ze looked at An Luo thoughtfully, seeing that he had searched for the button on the tablet for a week and still couldn't find it, the expression on his face was a little confused. An Ze finally couldn't help sitting beside him, and gently touched the center of the screen with his fingers.
As expected, the screen lit up, and a combination lock and three rows of number keys were displayed in the center. Anze held down the combination lock with his index finger and moved it to the position of number 0, unlocked the screen, and jumped out of the "welcome" welcome interface. Several buttons for menus, settings, etc. flashing blue light.
Anze explained in a low voice: "This is a full touch screen control. The power-on button is in the center of the screen. The initial password is 0, and you can reset it yourself. Today's tablet computers have a long standby time, and use it when there is no power. Wireless induction power charging is good, and the software can be downloaded directly in the mall.”
An Luo, who was educated as a stupid student, slightly reddened his ears because of embarrassment, took the computer from his hand, and said stiffly, "Understood, thank you."
Anze was still not at ease, and continued to teach him patiently: "Now the whole city is covered by wireless network, you can surf the Internet anytime, anywhere, your previous user name is anluo0523, password 1234, if I remember correctly, the network fee is paid. By the end of the year, try it out and you should be able to log in."
"Well." An Luo nodded, and searched through various menus with his fingers. After a while, he asked embarrassedly, "Where to log in?"
"..." An Ze suddenly felt that An Luo, who asked serious questions, had a very cute expression on his face.
This brother's face is always serious and indifferent, and when he occasionally shows a confused expression, it makes people particularly tempted, and wants to kiss him desperately.
Even with a different person, he still has the appearance of his brother, the voice of his brother, and the expression of his brother. Many times, An Ze couldn't even tell which An Luo was in front of him.
But when he thought of the fact that his brother had passed away, seeing this face in front of him, An Ze felt extremely sad.
Now I still endure him continuing to stay in the An family as An Luo, perhaps just because there is still a trace of his brother's shadow on his body, even if he knows that it is just a shadow, An Ze is reluctant to let go...
An Luo was stared at by An Ze's straight eyes, and he was silent for a while before repeating softly, "Where to land?"
An Ze came back to his senses, took the tablet from him, and said, "I'll help you."
Open the wireless network option, enter the login name, password and network service provider, save the settings, and hand it back to Anluo, "You can directly access the Internet in the future, just open the browser and enter the URL."
"Oh, thank you." An Luo nodded, took back the tablet and tried to surf the Internet. The Internet speed is really fast, and the fonts and pictures on the news page displayed on the screen are also very clear. The 7-inch fuselage can be directly held on the screen. In hand, it is very convenient to carry.
An Luo liked this tablet very much, and took a quick glance at the recent news in his hand.
The headline of the local news network read "Preparation for the Second Hundred Flowers Festival starts today." An Luo clicked in and took a look. It turned out that the Xilin Municipal Government had prepared a flower exhibition festival last year, named "Hundred Flowers Festival" , the one-week Hundred Flowers Festival takes the meaning of "Hundred Flowers in Full Bloom". At that time, a large number of rare flowers will be brought in from all over the world to participate in the exhibition. At the same time, there will also be large-scale cultural and entertainment performances such as the opening and closing ceremonies, and strive to make this festival a local Unique scenery in peak tourist season.
An Luo just wanted to take a closer look, but heard the sound of the door opening again. As the door opened, An Guangyao walked in with a cane. It happened that An Yudong and his wife had also packed their luggage and came out of the bedroom. An Yudong hurriedly walked on Went forward, took the briefcase from An Guangyao, and asked, "Dad, are you going to a meeting?"
An Guangyao nodded and said, "Well, it happens that you and Jane are both there. I have something to tell you in the study."