There was a strong wind in the middle of the night, and there was lightning and thunder outside the house.
Lu Shang had a light sleep and was woken up by the sound of thunder. He had been very busy recently, and he was not very tired during the day. When he woke up at night, it was difficult to fall back asleep, so he habitually stared at the window in a daze.
Affected by the global El Niño, the recent weather is extremely extreme. Either the sun is scorching hot and the sun is high and the temperature is high, or there are heavy rains and floods in the past few days. to suffer.
Lu Shang was thinking about it in his heart, when a burst of heat rushed behind him, and there was a hairy head around his neck.
The sky outside the window exploded with a few thunderstorms at the right time, which was very terrifying, as if it fell on the ear, and the large and small vehicles outside the courtyard sounded the alarm one after another. In the darkness, Li Sui stretched out his hand to wrap his waist and asked in a low voice, "Are you afraid?"
Lu Shang leaned against him tightly, paused for a while, and a smile spread from the corner of his mouth: "A little."
"Don't be afraid, I'll hold you." Li Sui hurried over and put his arms away, almost sticking to him.
The thunder continued and had a tendency to intensify. Lu Shang smiled unabated in the dark, relaxed his body and let others hold him, resolutely ignoring the fast heartbeat behind him.
It rained heavily all night, and it stopped at dawn. When I pushed the door in the morning, I was shocked. The lower part of the street was full of sewage, and there were floating branches and garbage everywhere. Ankle of an adult.
"It's not safe to stay at home." Lu Shang stopped Li Sui, who was about to go out, and used a commanding tone.
In the morning, Li Sui had made a few appointments to discuss business with partners. Judging from the situation, the traffic outside was expected to be heavy, so he made a phone call to ask, and sure enough, three of the four partners were stuck on the road, so he cancelled it and notified Lu Lu. Aunt told her not to wade over, and rolled up her sleeves to make breakfast for Lu Shang.
"Have you taken your morning medicine?" Li Sui asked.
Lu Shang was watching the news and said casually, "I'll eat later."
Li Sui put the fried egg on the plate, and seeing that Lu Shang hadn't moved, he went upstairs to help him take down the medicine, poured a glass of water and stuffed it into his hand: "What are you looking at, so fascinated."
The local morning news was on the TV. There was a flood in the nearby village last night, and several schools were flooded. Relevant departments are organizing rescues, and the situation is not optimistic.
Lu Shang frowned and swallowed the medicine, but just shook his head.
During the meal, the two of them chatted one after another. Li Sui noticed that Lu Shang was a little absent-minded, and reached out and touched his forehead: "Are you uncomfortable?"
"It's okay." Lu Shang took his hand away, saw Li Sui still staring at him, and thought for a moment, "I remember an old incident, when the small loan industry was just emerging a few years ago, a small loan company came to look for him. I hoped to provide poverty alleviation loans to village residents through cooperation with Dongyan. I was not optimistic about this industry at the time, and the profits were not high, so I put this matter on hold. Looking back now, there should have been more Give some attention."
Li Sui smiled knowingly: "This matter wasn't something you could decide by yourself. Besides, isn't someone doing it now?"
"It's too bad." Lu Shang shook his head.
Li Sui stared at him thoughtfully.
The torrential rain has fallen several times in turn, and the wind blows in a blink of an eye, and autumn begins. The weather seems to be in accordance with the solar terms, but the temperature has really started to drop.
Li Sui has been very busy lately. He leaves early and returns late, and he can't see anyone at night. Lu Shang was bored alone. He practiced hard-pen calligraphy at home, and he copied a thick stack of copybooks.
At around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Li Sui called and said that he was going to see some bank executives in the evening, and he would not come back for dinner. Lu Shang responded and stared at the extinguished screen for a long time. It stands to reason that Dongyan is on the right track now, Li Sui shouldn't be so busy, and Sima Yan is watching over Musheng, and he doesn't go there for a few days on weekdays and doesn't see his phone ring once.
Before he could think about it, Zuo Chao called again and asked him to go to Zhuyuan for tea.
Youyou has already gone to primary school. The little girl is very watery and has a pair of small dimples when she smiles. As soon as she saw him, she ran over: "Godfather, where is godfather?"
Lu Shang brought her a painting set, smiled and touched his head: "He's busy."
Zuo Chao heard his voice in the room and shouted: "Oh, Boss Lu is here, come in quickly, we all started eating, the first crab meal this year, but fat."
When he entered the room, he found that Xu Weilan and Yan Ke were also there. Lu Shang couldn't help but feel strange. Yan Ke and Zuo Chao were not familiar with each other, and he looked far less energetic today, his clothes were messy, and his face was rather haggard.
"Don't stare at me," Yan Ke said with a bitter face and forced a smile, "I have some personal matters in the past two days, so I came to lawyer Xu to help me make an idea, and I happened to catch up with Brother Zuo for a treat, so I came uninvited. "
A few people chatted while eating, and then heard Xu Weilan tell the story: It turns out that Yan Ke's messing about with flowers and troubles was still not wrapped up in paper, and his wife found out. Mrs. Yan was amazing. She neither mentioned divorce nor made trouble with him. She kept her face calm, but secretly played a big game - she directly gave Yan Ke a green hat.
This thing can be done, and it really corresponds to the phrase "it's not that the family does not enter a door".
"Do you want a divorce?" Lu Shang asked.
Yan Ke sighed: "I don't want to leave, but she urged her daughter to leave."
"If you want me to tell you, neither of you are fuel-efficient lamps, you can make do with it, don't go to harm others." Xu Weilan said this bluntly.
Yan Ke was not annoyed, but just smiled bitterly: "Okay, don't run on me, it's my fault, I was wrong first, you can think of a way, I really can't bear my daughter."
"If I knew today, why was it in the first place," Zuo Chao said, "They are all people with children, so why didn't you think about it in the first place?"
"I'm just doing a show and entertaining. Besides, they're all men. Who can really avoid the vulgar."
Zuo Chao smiled: "Well, the exception is right across from you."
Lu Shang turned a deaf ear, lowered his head and continued drinking ginger tea.
Yan Ke was stunned for a moment, and several people fell silent at the same time, peeling crabs from their hands.
"Yes, it's my lack of determination." Yan Ke finally admitted.
The atmosphere became very dull for a while, Zuo Chao asked Lu Shang: "Why didn't Xiaolizi come today?"
"Entertainment." Lu Shang said solemnly.
As soon as these two words came out, combined with the previous conversation, Lu Shang raised his head, obviously several people thought about it, Zuo Chao hurriedly interrupted: "Hey, if Xiaolizi can cheat, the crabs will fly."
Lushang: "..."
Yan Ke: "..."
Xu Weilan: "You talk too much!"
When leaving, Zuo Chao packed a bag of fat crabs for Lu Shang: "Bring some back to Xiaolizi, don't spend the night with this stuff, if you can't eat it, throw it away."
Lu Shang took it home, but there was still no one at home, so he called Li Sui, and the other party indicated that the phone was off, and most of the power was out of power. Lu Shang sighed softly and remembered Zuo Chao's words. He knew Li Sui's character and character, but he wasn't worried, but when he thought that Li Sui didn't even want to go home for work, he always felt unhappy, as if he had originally It was as if the time that belonged to him had been occupied by someone.
Lu Shang took a shower, lay on the bed and read a book. He almost fell asleep when he saw that the clock was already pointing to 12 o'clock. Li Sui came back just now, smelling of alcohol.
"Why haven't you slept yet?" Li Sui reached out and wanted to hug Lu Shang, realizing that he was too drunk, afraid of smoking someone, so he hurriedly backed away a little, then took off his coat and took his clothes to take a shower.
"What are you busy with these two days?" Lu Shang closed the book and asked.
"It's nothing, a little thing."
"There is supper on the table."
Li Sui smiled: "I can't eat any more."
"Well, then throw it away."
Li Sui had an intuition that Lu Shang was not very happy, so he hurriedly cleaned himself up and climbed into bed: "What's wrong? Are you angry?"
Lu Shang met his concerned eyes, and gradually eased: "I haven't seen you for a day, I always feel that something is missing."
Li Sui smiled and leaned over to kiss Lu Shang: "I neglected it, I will be back on time tomorrow." After speaking, he put his right hand into Lu Shang's pajamas dishonestly. The lead wire immediately burned and tangled together.
Li Sui kept his promise, and from that day on, he went home on time every day, and he even drove around with him on weekends. On the other hand, Lu Shang found that he was getting more and more wrong. Since he noticed Li Sui's time allocation, he became particularly restless.
In this regard, Boss Lu couldn't help feeling that people really still need to have more contact with the outside world and distract themselves, otherwise they will always be closed in an environment, and they will inevitably become sensitive and suspicious. In the past, when he was busy, he always looked forward to when he could "disarm and return to the field", but when he really didn't have to worry about anything, he felt that his life was really boring, and he always felt that he lacked a little challenge.
That night, Li Sui answered the phone in the room and discussed business affairs with the other party. Lu Shang took a few glances, walked around the door for a while, went to the bathroom, took a hot shower, left some drops of water on his upper body, wrapped a bath towel directly on his lower body, wiped his wet hair and came out, opened the drawer and turned it over. Looking for something.
Li Sui originally recorded data on paper while on the phone, but as soon as Lu Shang entered the room, he suddenly got stuck, his eyes seemed to be glued, and the other party called several times on the phone before he could respond.
"Oh, I'm sorry, you say it again, I just didn't hear it..."
Lu Shang walked past him as if nothing had happened. When walking, the bath towel was slightly loose, and his firm belly was inadvertently exposed. The warm light in the room shone on him, and the skin that had just taken a bath looked extremely tender and glowing. Li Sui succeeded in getting stuck again with the unique pink color after the hot water was soaked. This time, he put down the phone and pressed the microphone.
"What are you looking for?"
Lu Shang continued to pull in the cabinet: "Charger."
"I'll find it for you later, go and put on your clothes, be careful of catching a cold." After speaking, as if deliberately fleeing, he clutched his phone and went to the balcony.
Lu Shang stood there for a while, looking at his back with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
On the weekend, Li Sui went out to look at a piece of land. When he came back, he passed by the seafood market and bought some live shrimp. He wanted to cook a casserole porridge for Lu Shang, but when he opened the door, he found that several dishes were already on the table.
Li Sui stared at Lu Shang, who came out in an apron, with a face like a ghost: "You... Are you cooking?"
Lu Shang took off his apron: "I'll try."
Seeing Li Sui standing still, he urged, "Sit down and have a taste."
Li Sui had never seen Lu Shang cook in his life, and he was as frightened as seeing the old two tortoises at home swearing, holding chopsticks for a long time and not knowing where to put them.
"Is today a special day?" Li Sui asked with a smile.
Lu Shang also smiled: "No, it's just a whim."
Li Sui swallowed, looked down at the dishes on the table, and suddenly couldn't smile.
They are a few simple home-cooked dishes, and the combination is correct. Tomatoes with eggs, celery with shrimps. Although Lu Shang has never cooked, he has eaten them, but this dish... It’s appalling to describe it as appalling. .
Lu Shang was obviously also a little embarrassed: "It's not very good to sell..."
"It's alright, it's just delicious." Li Sui quickly put a piece of shrimp into his mouth, chewed it, swallowed it, and nodded, "Well... not bad."
"Really?" Lu Shang pushed the dish over, "Then you should eat more."
Li Sui didn't refuse, but he didn't go to add shrimp anymore: "I'll try this scrambled egg."
"It may be a bit salty, and my hands trembled when I sprinkled the salt." Lu Shang reminded.
Li Sui took a piece, only chewed a mouthful, and swallowed it extremely slowly, "Well... it's a little salty."
After speaking, the chopsticks stretched out to the mushy object beside him: "Is this mashed potatoes?"
Lu Shang's face changed slightly, and he touched his nose: "Potato chips, I don't know why they turned into a ball when they were fried."
If you look closely, you can barely see the shape of the potato chips, but some are thick and some are thin. It is probably because the oil was less when frying, and the fire was too high, resulting in thick and undercooked, thin and mushy. , stick together.
Li Sui was instantly delighted, and when he saw his fingers, he quickly stopped his hand and frowned, "Did you cut vegetables?"
"Well, it's alright." Lu Shang drew his hands and didn't care.
Li Sui looked at him, and a soft place in his heart was suddenly touched. Lu Shang had never held a kitchen knife in his life. This man who had only dealt with business opponents was willing to do these trivial things for him. It is impossible to say not to be moved.
"You can cut the potatoes in half first, so it's not easy to slip your hands." Li Sui grabbed his fingers and kissed them on his lips.
"Okay, I'll know next time." Lu Shang smiled lightly.
After barely finishing the meal, Li Sui helped clear the table and entered the kitchen. He saw the kitchen knife was thrown aside, and there were two western knives on the cutting board.
"Do you use it to cut potatoes?" Li Sui speculated.
Lu Shang nodded: "This is easy."
Li Sui couldn't help laughing and crying: "Don't go into the kitchen in the future, this place is not suitable for you."
"Where is the place for me?"
Li Sui lowered his head and smiled, propped one hand behind his ear and the other around him, and said, "In my arms."
After the two made out in the evening, Li Sui rubbed Lu Shang's waist and asked softly, "Lu Shang, do you want to go back to Dongyan?"
Lu Shang was about to fall asleep, but when he heard this, he turned his head, his eyes were dark in the night.
"I've been weighing these days. It's only been a few years since you recovered from your illness. I don't want you to worry about work anymore," Li Sui said slowly, holding his hand. I often feel that something is missing. Last time you mentioned the matter of small loans, I gradually realized that Dongyan is Dongyan who has you. You belong to the workplace, and I should not be so selfishly imprisoning you by my side. "
Li Sui's remarks were obviously well thought out. Lu Shang didn't expect that he would suddenly say these words. He didn't know how to answer for a while. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Do you have a solution?"
Li Sui nodded: "It's definitely not possible at home, but it's possible abroad. It just so happens that I also have a suitable project in hand. I want to take the opportunity to set up a branch abroad, and you can bring it."
Lu Shang was stunned: "Are you busy with this all this time?"
"Well, I've done the preliminary preparations, and now I'm waiting for you to nod," Li Sui smiled, "Would you like to join?"
He did everything silently. Li Sui really deserved to be taught by him, and he did everything in his style. Lu Shang had mixed feelings in his heart. On the one hand, he felt that his children would surprise him if they were really promising. On the other hand, in comparison, he felt that his actions during this period were very naive, and he really came out of nowhere.
"I'll think it over."
Li Sui nodded, knowing that Lu Shang agreed, but before he had time to be happy, his stomach grumbled twice, his expression changed suddenly, and he quickly got out of bed.
"What's wrong?"
"I feel sick to my stomach, I might have eaten bad..." Li Sui ran to the toilet, crying and laughing, "Aunt Lu won't be cooking for me in the future, so please don't go into the kitchen again."
Lu Shang: "...Oh."