Ye Cheng caught the strangeness in Lu Jinnan's eyes, and said, "Grandpa, I brought the food..."
Lu Xiao's body moved.
Before he finished speaking, Lu Jinnan raised his hand to stop his next words.
"Lu Xiao, do you still remember what you promised me?" Lu Jinnan asked sullenly.
The room was eerily silent, only the ticking of the wall clock could be heard.
Lu Xiao subconsciously glanced at Ye Cheng, frowned and said, "I remember, but I don't think there is any relationship between the two."
Ye Cheng seemed to understand what they were talking about, and what surprised him was that Lu Jinnan didn't distract himself, but said this in front of him without any scruples.
Lu Jinnan shook his head, "Being the heir of my Lu family, you can't make mistakes in matters of relationship. Your mother talked to me and said that you already have a date. If that's the case, why don't you bring her to see me? Or Said, you also know that I will not agree, so you dare not bring it home?"
Both of them were suffocating for breath, and they wanted to see each other reflexively, but they restrained themselves abruptly.
Lu Xiao even turned her head away, and forced herself to turn her eyes back.
Lu Jinnan watched their every move, and his face became more and more ugly.
Lu Xiao clenched the hand hanging by his side several times, the veins on his forehead bulged, he hesitated to speak several times.
Ye Cheng lowered her head, her palms were covered with sweat.
He understood the meaning of Lu Jinnan's words almost immediately, and he also knew why he didn't distract himself - because it was very likely that these words were meant for him.
I don't know what Meng Li said to him, but he probably planted the seeds of doubt in his heart, so he intentionally did this to test them.
He imagined the scene of coming out after graduation, but he didn't expect it to come out so unexpectedly, so he inevitably felt a little uneasy.
Seeing that Lu Xiao was silent, Lu Jinnan snorted coldly, turned to Ye Cheng and said, "Xiao Ye, you also know about this, don't you?"
Lu Xiao immediately raised her head, "Grandpa, it has nothing to do with him..."
"Shut up, I'm asking him something." Lu Jinnan was completely angry.
Lu Xiao turned her head to look to the side, her chest heaved up and down, and she couldn't help panting.
"I know, I did something wrong." Ye Cheng lowered his eyes.
Lu Xiao finally couldn't bear it anymore, and said to him, "No need to apologize, you go out first."
Lu Jinnan patted the table: "Did you take me seriously?!"
Lu Xiao stood up and said in a deep voice, "Grandpa, I want to talk to you alone. Ye Cheng is an innocent person, and you shouldn't involve him."
Lu Jinnan was so angry that his hands trembled, pointing at him speechless.
"A Cheng, go out and wait for me." Lu Xiao turned her head and said softly.
His voice was low, but his tone was extremely firm.
Ye Cheng nodded to Lu Jinnan, turned around and walked out of the room.
As soon as he reached the door, he almost bumped into Secretary Zhang.
"Mr. Ye." Secretary Zhang bowed to him awkwardly.
Ye Cheng saw the document in his hand and reminded him: "Lu Lao and Lu Xiao are inside, the atmosphere is not very good."
Secretary Zhang nodded and said, "Mr. Lu hasn't been in a good mood since yesterday, so I'll go in later."
Ye Cheng stopped him and asked, "Secretary Zhang, do you know why?"
Secretary Zhang was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I don't know, I didn't dare to come over yesterday to bump into a wall, and I deliberately waited until today to come here. I didn't expect him to be angry."
Ye Cheng: "..."
Lu Xiao stayed inside for more than an hour. After she came out, she asked Ye Cheng to go to her room to pack her things and return to Nandu.
Lu Jinnan locked himself in the tea room and ignored anyone who knocked on the door. Unbelievably, Lu Yuelin insisted on "taking care of it", but came out disheveled after being splashed with tea.
Along the way, Lu Xiao was surrounded by low air pressure. Since there was a driver around, it was inconvenient for Ye Cheng to ask anything.
After getting out of the car, he asked, "Did you tell grandpa about us?"
Lu Xiao shook her head and remained silent.
Ye Cheng looked at him, "Are you okay?"
Lu Xiao shook her head again, and said to him after entering the room, "I'm going to take a shower." Then she went upstairs without looking back.
Meng Li was learning how to make steamed buns from Mrs. Wang, and flour was scattered all over the table. Seeing them coming back, he asked in surprise, "Xiao Cheng, why did you come back so early? Did you quarrel?"
Ye Cheng thought for a while and said, "Mom, can you go out with me for a walk? I have something to ask you."
Only then did Meng Li notice that his face was turning pale, and he agreed, and quickly took off his apron to wash his hands.
They walked out of the community and found a convenience store to sit down.
As the New Year approached, Nandu City was much empty, and many migrant workers returned to their hometowns.
The sycamore trees on the street are bare, their trunks wrapped with frost-proof turf, and their branches are hung with colorful lights and ribbons. There was no one in the convenience store, and the clerk was watching dramas behind the counter.
Ye Cheng bought two cups of hot coffee, Meng Li stopped drinking after taking a sip, and warmed his hands.
"He really said that? This old man is too smart." She tutted.
Ye Cheng asked: "So what did you say to Grandpa that made him so angry."
Meng Li said unnaturally: "I... I didn't say anything, I just told him that Xiaoxiao has a partner, don't keep arranging messy blind dates for him. If he wants to, he will bring him back home."
"That's all?" Ye Cheng looked at her suspiciously.
If it's just a few words, it shouldn't make the old man angry regardless of his image.
Meng Li said: "Okay, I had an argument with him, saying that Lu Xiao is my son, believe it or not, I will immediately let him change his name to Meng Xiao."
The corner of Ye Cheng's mouth twitched, and continued to ask: "Is there any more?"
Meng Li covered his forehead, and said frankly: "I also said that if he wants the shares in my hand, don't interfere with my son's feelings, otherwise we will wait and see. He called me ungrateful and unreasonable , I said that you don’t want the shares anymore? He asked the driver to drive away.”
Ye Cheng couldn't laugh or cry.
No wonder the old man was so angry, he was deceived and blackmailed, so it's strange if he can hold back.
"But I didn't expect him to be such a scumbag. I just said lightly, 'It's his classmate, it's not suitable to bring me to see you now', and he guessed that it was related to you." Meng Li's face was ridiculous, "This is a young man. How many times have you been in love without telling your family?"
Ever since Lu Jinnan persuaded her to get back together with Lu Yaoshan, she no longer liked this old guy, and now she couldn't even achieve a fake harmony.
Ye Cheng said helplessly: "Then, did he say anything else?"
Meng Li's eyes dodged: "No, no."
"Mom, since you've said so much, you can tell me the whole thing." Ye Cheng said.
Meng Li sighed and said: "Xiaocheng, I didn't want to say it at first, because these words will only bring you more troubles."
"It's okay, just tell me, I don't mind."
Meng Li patted the back of his hand and said: "I told you, don't be unhappy. The old man was provoked by me, and his words were a bit harsh. He probably meant that Xiaoxiao was just young and playful, looking for excitement, so... will be with you."
As she spoke, she watched Ye Cheng's face.
It wasn't until he confirmed that he wasn't angry that he continued, "He said he wasn't in a hurry, and he wasn't worried about what tricks I would play for you. Three to five years, he could still afford to wait, and he didn't believe that someone would love to give up the future."
In the last sentence, Lu Xiao had already said something similar in the car.
Lu Jinnan asked him to stop going to the company starting today.
Ye Cheng's face was pale, and there was no change in emotion.
Meng Li said worriedly: "Xiaocheng, are you okay? I don't think his words should affect you, although Xiaoxiao... is indeed what the old man said, but, but I believe he is sincere to you. "
Her hand on the back of Ye Cheng's hand trembled a little.
Ye Cheng showed her an indescribable smile and said, "No, Mom, you don't believe me."
Meng Li immediately withdrew his hand and opened his mouth nervously to explain.
Ye Cheng waved his hand and said, "Actually, you, like Grandpa, think that he may not be single-minded about a person, and think that he will go his own way like Uncle Lu."
Meng Li was struck by something in his mind and fell silent.
"Do you think he changed a lot after meeting me?" Ye Cheng said gently.
Meng Li hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Whether she didn't want to admit it, or denied it superficially, she just thought so in her heart. In her memory for more than ten years, Lu Xiao was a heinous little bastard and bully. When I was young, I loved to play pranks and molested the little neighbor girl; when I grew up, I loved to fight and fight, and my grades were poor. After a lot of luck, he was admitted to university, but he couldn't change his playful nature.
Ye Cheng turned the coffee cup, stared at the rising vortex, and said: "You always say that I changed him, but no one wants to believe that Lu Xiao's nature is like this, and I am just the inducement to stimulate his nature That's all."
Meng Li looked up at him, he looked at the falling snow outside the window, as if he was caught in some kind of memory.
"When he was young, he would go up to help him because he was beaten by someone he didn't know. He would deliberately detour and pass by his house every day to comfort a strange child." Ye Cheng said slowly, "Chen Zhen said they were together Going to climb the tree, Lu Xiao sent back the fallen bird, he said that his mother said to care for small animals, and if the bird fell, its mother would be sad."
Meng Li's body trembled violently.
Ye Cheng said: "After we got together, he didn't look at others in front of me. After a long time, he told me that my mother said that the first half of her life was very chaotic, and her relationship was also a mess. I hope I can Treat the person you like well and don’t leave any regrets, because there is no medicine for regret in the world.”
"Mom, look, he remembers everything you said. Actually, he's not as bad as you think."
Meng Li covered her mouth, her eyes were red.
Ye Cheng patted her, thinking three to five years? I have been with him for more than three or five years.
He can't say a lot of things, which doesn't mean others can speculate arbitrarily.
If it is said that Lu Xiao's love for him is like strong wine and turbulent like the sun, then his love for Lu Xiao is more like a cup of tea and a bright moon, long and deep, but you are indispensable.
After returning home, I didn't see Lu Xiao coming downstairs for a long time.
Ye Cheng went up to see how he was doing, and as expected, his glass-hearted boyfriend was looking out the window, melancholy.
He walked over and suddenly jumped on Lu Xiao's back.
Lu Xiao knew it was him as soon as he touched it, and quickly reached out to catch his leg, so that no one would fall off.
Ye Cheng wrapped his arms around his neck, leaned on his back and asked, "Why, unhappy?"
The puppy was visibly sluggish to the naked eye, and even the unruly buoyant sea collapsed.
Lu Xiao shook him and said, "No."
"Lie, you're looking up at the sky at almost forty-five degrees." Lu Xiao grabbed the flesh on his cheek and pulled it to both sides.
Lu Xiao symbolically bit his finger, and tapped his teeth lightly on his knuckles.
"Did Grandpa tell you that we will definitely break up in a few years?" Ye Cheng asked with a smile.
Lu Xiao froze, without turning her head, "How do you know?"
"What about you, do you think so too?" Ye Cheng asked.
"Of course not," Lu Xiao turned around immediately, "I just don't like to hear such things, no one can say that."
He stared at Ye Cheng in an awkward posture, his eyes were full of sadness and tenderness, he didn't look away because of the sore neck, he just let him see all his feelings calmly and resolutely.
Such a look shouldn't appear on his face, it's an eyesore.
Ye Cheng turned his head away manually and said, "Don't pay attention to them, we're going out, I want to go somewhere."
He seldom utters such capricious words, and he has a feeling of being reckless and wanting to escape the whole world and elope with you.
Lu Xiao held his hand tightly, and her voice relaxed a little, "Where are you going?"
"You'll know when you go, let's go." Ye Cheng hugged him tightly.
Lu Xiao never rejected Ye Cheng, and because of his cheerful tone, the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
"You can go, but you have to let me wear a coat. It's snowing outside." There was a smile in his eyes.
Ye Cheng said, "I don't want to come down."
Lu Xiao's smile was even worse. It was rare to see his wife acting coquettishly and clingy. It seemed that it was good to be sad once in a while.
"Then I'm going to catch a cold."
He didn't rush, he carried Ye Cheng on his back in a calm manner, and stood at the window dangling back and forth.
Ye Cheng let go, unzipped the down jacket, and wrapped him around him from behind. Fortunately, this dress was loose enough to barely fit half of Lu Xiao in.
"This way you won't catch a cold, let's go—" He pinched his legs.
"Then, let's go—" Lu Xiao ran down the stairs with his back on her back, rushing into the falling snow.
Meng Li was downstairs crying to his wife Wang about his son's bitter love story, wiping away his tears and said, "No one in our family has a smooth relationship, do you think I should take some time to pay my respects?"
Mrs. Wang put ice packs on her eyes, just in time to see the two rushing out, the ice packs were frightened away.