Shen Li left Jinshui No. 1 courtyard and drove back to Tianye City alone.
The sky has completely darkened, cars are passing by on the street, and neon lights on the side of the road are flickering.
Shen Li stopped in front of a traffic light.
Liang Su's words echoed in her ears again.
—A Li, Lu Huai and I know, how much do you like him
It seems that everyone knows how much Lu Huaiyu likes her.
He held parent-teacher meetings for her, bought materials for her, and spent that cold and scorching New Year's Day in Lincheng with her.
He waited for her college entrance examination, followed her back to Beijing, gave her Milky Way Night, and also gave her a starry sky lollipop.
His liking is so obvious.
Because there are too many, too many for everyone to see.
but…
She thought of the vague memories of the last days of her previous life, of him holding her tenderly and carefully, and of the many words he had said to her intermittently.
What they don't know is that what they see and hear is not everything.
The green light turned on, and Shen Li drove forward.
Lu Huai and should... don't know.
After all, even she herself doesn't know the answer to this question.
…
Lu family. study.
Mr. Lu took the inspection report and read it back and forth many times.
After all, it is much better than before...
tuk tuk.
There was a knock on the door.
Mr. Lu immediately put away the things and put them in the drawer, then looked up:
"Enter."
Lu Huaiyu pushed open the door and glanced over the desk.
Since he came back and gave the inspection report to the old man, he has been alone in the study for half an hour.
He looked away calmly, smiled and asked:
"Aren't you going to play chess tonight?"
Mr. Lu hurriedly said:
"I want it!"
As he spoke, he stood up and took out the chessboard and chess pieces from the cabinet next to him.
Lu Huaiyu sat down in front of him, and took the white pieces for himself.
Heizi goes first.
"you first."
he said.
Mr. Lu squeezed a chess piece, glanced at Lu Huaiyu on the opposite side, hesitated to speak, and finally said nothing - slap.
He dropped a child.
Lu Huai and Zhibai, without any hesitation, followed suit.
In the quiet study room, soon there was only the sound of chess pieces falling alternately.
Mr. Lu originally wanted to say something to him, but he was absent-minded.
Lu Huai and his team were quick and ruthless, but every time they wanted to kill, they always left old man Lu with a chance.
Mr. Lu was gradually immersed in it, but he put those thoughts on hold for the time being.
An hour passed quickly, and Mr. Lu stared at the chessboard and sighed.
"Just a little bit!"
Lu Huaiyu laughed and began to pick up chess pieces.
"It's late, you go to bed early."
Mr. Lu stretched out a finger.
"How about another game?"
Lu Huaiyu didn't give in this time, and simply rejected it.
Mr. Lu refused to accept:
"Tell me about you, hooked up my addiction, and won't play with me anymore! When Ali comes tomorrow, I'll play with her!"
Lu Huai raised his eyes.
"How many steps do you want Ali to let you this time?"
Mr. Lu suddenly became angry from embarrassment.
"Then my granddaughter-in-law! I play chess with my granddaughter-in-law, can that be called letting!?"
That's called sparring!
Lu Huai paused, and finally said:
"I'll play another game with you, the condition is: you play against her tomorrow, and you can't regret the game."
Mr. Lu gave him a suspicious look.
"real?"
Lu Huaiyu picked up a chess piece, his slender white fingers were like jade, the clear and clean white chess piece was clamped between his fingertips, his hands were actually more beautiful.
He said:
"Tomorrow is my birthday, at any rate, do me a favor."
Mr. Lu thought over and over again:
"OK!"
Ten minutes later, the winner was decided.
Grandpa Lu looked at the scattered sunspots that had been killed on the chessboard, and coughed hard.
This, this is too fast!
He lost ah!
"Cough! Huaiyu, you see, it's rare for Ali to come here tomorrow, or the conditions just now will be considered—"
Before he could finish speaking, Lu Huaiyu had already got up.
"That's it for today, go to bed early and pay attention to your body."
Seeing that Mr. Lu really couldn't help it, he could only agree. Seeing that Lu Huai was about to leave, he murmured in a low voice:
"Hey, why do you say it's your birthday and not Ali's birthday?"
When will Ah Li turn twenty years old!
Lu Huai and turn around.
"Grandpa, let me remind you that I'm only four years older than Ari. Besides, if you really want to urge you, you can try again with Big Brother."
"At his age, he is already late in marriage and childbearing."
Mr. Lu got angry when he mentioned this.
"Forget it! Your brother is hopeless, so it's more realistic to wait for Ali to be twenty years old."
He glanced at Lu Huaiyu again:
"With your temper, I don't know how Ari fell in love with you!"
…
After Shen Li took a shower, dried her hair, sat down at the desk, and read a book for a while.
When it was exactly twelve o'clock, she opened the dialogue box between Lu Huai and Lu Huai.
After typing a few words, she deleted them again, thought for a moment, and dialed directly.
Picked up there quickly.
A low, lazy voice came from the receiver.
"Ali?"
Shen Li looked at the glass sugar bowl on the desk.
Dim yellow lights poured down, coating the transparent tank body with a layer of warm color.
She said:
"Second brother, happy birthday."
Lu Huaiyu seemed to laugh very lightly, and asked her in a low voice:
"Didn't you make an appointment to meet during the day? Stay up so late?"
"It's a birthday, of course it has to be stuck."
Shen Li sat with her knees hugged, a small dimple formed on the corner of her lips,
"Besides, I miss you very much right now."
(end of this chapter)