After Lu Yanchen left Meng Xiaoshan's house, he drove around the canal and finally parked his car in an inconspicuous place.
Turn off the engine, get out of the car.
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By six o'clock, the sun had set. Leaning on the poplar trunk to smoke, he rolled up his sleeves and looked at the hands on the dial.
almost.
Driving to Meng Xiaoshan's hotel, in the private room, a whole room of people were chatting enthusiastically.
When Lu Yanchen went in, the two waitresses who served the dishes were just yelled at by Lu Yanchen's father. The old man only had to drink wine, but he couldn't live without the wine. Mother Lu was honest, and looked at Meng Xiaoshan, who was hugging the waiter girl beside the door and comforting her softly. She felt guilty, but she didn't dare to speak.
Seeing Lu Yanchen appear, Meng Xiaoshan winked: Let's be honest, we're here, we can't hold back.
Lu Yanchen stepped into the door. His father was bragging about the good business of the auto repair shop in the past two years. Zhao Minshan probably heard what his parents said, and his face was not good. But the Zhao family didn't say anything, and told their daughter that 1.1 million was not a small amount, and Lu Yanchen's father still didn't know about it, so there was still room for change. So, Zhao Minshan, who suddenly saw Lu Yanchen come in, was hooked by this man who might be her future husband with a little hope.
In the morning, he looked very unhappy and very depressed.
Now it is a lot more refreshing, the neckline of the white shirt has two buttons open, and half of the collarbone is exposed. Short headed, tall, with a straight back. Of course, Zhao Minshan was no longer a little girl, so she still had to weigh the child of his comrade-in-arms, and Lu Yanchen's father's bad temper of drinking and beating others.
Children are definitely not allowed to stay. If you really want to get married, find an opportunity to send them back. Send it in person to give him face.
As for Lu Yanchen's father, Zhao Minshan is not afraid. The old man came to his house and drank too much and said that the people who cared for their children were fools for so many decades. It is said that Grandma Lu Yanchen was paralyzed, and they were all sent to the old ancestral house in the valley and thrown to the neighbors. Some money to take care of the death, and no longer care. What is there to be afraid of, such a future father-in-law who is not filial to his parents and ignores his children.
The big deal is one shot and two scattered, old age and death do not communicate with each other.
Zhao Minshan was still planning to sell, Lu Yanchen stood still, took the half glass of white wine handed by Qin Feng, raised his hand, and raised his head directly for a glass of wine. Dad Lu thought that the eldest son finally understood that he wanted to give himself face. This was a toast to his relatives, but Lu Yanchen didn't expect the wine glass to fall on the table, so he just said: "Every elders here, I'm sorry, I have to revoke this marriage. ."
Zhao Minshan's heart flickered and she sank.
As soon as the words were spoken, a full glass of hot white wine was poured over his face. He tilted his head slightly, avoiding most of the drinks, dripping down his neck, and his shirt was wet.
Lu Yanchen pursed the corners of his mouth, and remained silent for a while, his eyes were icy cold.
Although Mom Lu felt distressed, she hesitated and dared not move, and only looked at Dad Lu: "Why, pouring wine on the child in this winter." Dad Lu pushed Mom Lu away, rolled up his sleeves and started to pull it up: "Little bastard, don't think that when you come back from the army, I won't dare to beat you-"
"Third uncle, third uncle, if you have something to say, say it carefully," Qin Feng smiled, the 1.90-meter big man easily blocked the 1.73-meter Lu Dad, "If you don't save face for the child, it will Give me some face, Third Uncle."
Meng Xiaoshan also persuaded: "Three uncles, three uncles, you and my dad have been friends for so many years, but you can't smash our store. Don't ignore Lu Chen, let Qin Feng open the best private room for you, today. I don't even do this business! I'll serve you!"
The two couples were already hard-faced, and they deliberately kept the best private room to prepare for this play, persuading Dad Lu to get out of this room. Within half a minute, Meng Xiaoshan came back and invited Zhao Minshan's parents out.
The lights were bright, and across from a large round table in the private room, only Zhao Minshan was left.
Lu Yanchen took a few pieces of paper from the napkin box on the table, wiped the wine from his chin and neck, pulled away the chair, and sat down: "What else do I need to say?"
Zhao Minshan was choked by him: "We can't talk about your attitude."
Lu Yanchen smiled and said nothing.
For Lu Yanchen, the two elders of the Zhao family were excusable. After all, they were worried about whether they would get the money back with Lu's father, and secondly, they were worried about their daughter's life-long affairs. But Zhao Minshan knew very well that he didn't know about the engagement, so he agreed without saying how malicious it was, but he couldn't say it was upright.
"Lu Chen... I know the situation of your family very well. You also know how my family is doing. We both know the bottom line, and there is no saying that one is not worthy of the other. You are 30 years old, do you really give back all your savings? My family? What do you do? Your father will not give you half a cent. You have tossed and tossed, and in the end, didn’t you marry a wife and have children? In the end it's not the same."
Seeing that he didn't answer, Zhao Minshan thought that she could talk to him, and said softly, "This time I really want to get married, you and I have known each other since we went to school, it's better than asking you to find a stranger. And if you want to pay your dad back and borrow money, people in the nearby villages will know how much you owe without asking, and who will be willing to marry you then?"
From the beginning to the end of this conversation, Lu Yanchen did not want to talk about his attitude.
This was a cutscene for him. He had to talk to Zhao Minshan. It proved that he had tried it, and the talk had really collapsed. In this way, the faces of the Zhao family and Qin Feng and his wife can be decent.
Seeing that she didn't reply a word, Zhao Minshan completely lost her temper: "Am I just making you look down on me like this? Even if we don't know your engagement, your father will owe the money first. How can you stay in town? Your parents have even booked a banquet!"
Lu Yanchen left the chair: "When you see that child today, you will follow me for at least five or six years."
Zhao Minshan didn't expect him to turn into this matter, she snorted and took a half step back mentally.
"You just said that Lu Yanchen has a problem. He brought back a child of a comrade-in-arms and wanted to raise it by himself. You can't get married this way."
After the words were dropped, the people did not turn their heads.
Over there, Qin Feng called his father over, and the father and son accompanied Lu Yanchen's father to drink.
Meng Xiaoshan told Lu Yanchen according to Qin Feng's intention, that it would be noon tomorrow after Dad Lu drinks like this, so let Lu Yanchen go back first. In short, tonight and Zhao Minshan, the party involved, spoke face-to-face with gongs and drums, even if they took a big step.
Next, you must take care of the aftermath, recharge your batteries, and be in a hurry.
She followed Lu Yanchen all the way out of the floor-to-ceiling glass door in the lobby, and couldn't help calling him, "Lu Chen."
Lu Yanchen turned back.
Meng Xiaoshan is really full of words. Let’s talk about it, I feel cruel to Lu Yanchen, but if I don’t talk about it, I’m afraid that Gui Xiao will suffer.
It really makes me feel uncomfortable.
Lu Yanchen guessed what she wanted to say, and nodded directly to Meng Xiaoshan, saying, "I will treat her well."
This man... is so smart.
Meng Xiaoshan looked at the back that melted into the winter night, her nose was sore from the cold wind.
When he returned to the garage, Qin Xiaonan, who had been crying in the afternoon, took a silver wrench and tapped the concrete floor, hitting the spot under the table next to the corner. He pulled Qin Xiaonan out, and saw that he had smashed out a hole on the ground, and the slag was a beach, revealing the loess under the cement.
Lu Yanchen bit his cigarette, pulled the child to face him, and stood at attention. While touching the lighter, he taught a lesson inarticulate: "How many hours? It's still not good?"
Qin Xiaonan's tears swirled in circles, falling away in the blink of an eye, and falling away in the blink of an eye.
Lu Yanchen frowned and stared at him for a while, but he was amused: "Qin Xiaonan, what kind of ecstasy soup has Gui Xiao poured into you? How many years have I been friends with you? She only took you for a few days?"
Qin Xiaonan raised her neck: "I like her."
Lu Yanchen narrowed his eyes: "Huh?"
"I like her, and I want to cry when I see her cry," Qin Xiaonan said, although she was a very talkative child, but because she was led by a group of soldiers, her language expressions were very direct and she never swerved. "You take advantage of Aunt Gui Xiao's feelings for you and ask her to find a school for me. Uncle Lu, there is something wrong with your character."
Lu Yanchen nodded, and he was too lazy to light the cigarette, so he threw it on the coffee table: "Is there any problem with my character, it remains to be discussed. But you say that you like my daughter-in-law, the nature is too bad. If you dare to do it next time You throw it back to Erlianhot, do you hear?"
Qin Xiaonan was still choked with tears, and she was choked by Lu Yanchen's words and coughed.
Lu Yanchen stroked the child's back and looked at the newly bought sweatshirt he was wearing. Qin Xiaonan breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed his hand and kept asking, is he telling the truth? Did he really go out in the afternoon to chase Aunt Huixiao? Is it because the aunt who looks like a snake spirit who came at noon will not come again? Not married
The questions kept going, Lu Yanchen responded vaguely, dragged the child onto the bed, and pulled the quilt to wrap the person to sleep.
It was almost eleven o'clock, so I went to take a hot shower, threw my shirt soaked in liquor into a red plastic bucket, and put on clean clothes, then I felt hungry.
I didn't eat half a mouthful all day.
Too lazy to make trouble, he soaked a bag of instant noodles and brought it to the factory. He found a fairly clean small stool next to the car, sat down, and ate it like this. The hot soup, sauerkraut, noodles, in fact, he couldn't taste much.
This is a start, and the aftermath will not be so easy.
In a few minutes, the hot noodle soup was almost eaten. Lu Yanchen put the instant noodle carton and chopsticks on the concrete floor beside his feet and sat there for ten minutes.
There was water dripping from somewhere in the factory building. It was very light, but he could hear it clearly.
One drop, one drop... After listening for a long time, even the breathing and heartbeat slowed down.
Whether it was a chance encounter two years ago, those days in Inner Mongolia, or today, he didn't actually have a good word with her. For more than ten years, he was in the army, and the women he saw were either doctors or nurses, or fellow villagers who performed tasks and rescued them.
In normal communication with the opposite sex, it is close to zero.
Whether it is objective reality or subjective emotion, Gui Xiao is a pure and unique existence to him. What about Guixiao? How many books has she read? Did you get a PhD? How many people have you met? What happened? He didn't even know, and he didn't even know what her current job was.
Both are still in love.
But the understanding of each other for more than ten years is not much better than the people who have just met.