Knowing that Jiang Chengyi and Lu Yan had obtained their certificates, Jiang's mother invited all the old friends of the Jiang family to have a party that night. They opened champagne and solicited wedding advice, and they were happy all night.
Not only that, but on the second day after the party, Mother Jiang immediately started planning the wedding.
Jiang Chengyi and Lu Yan both hoped that the wedding would be simple, but it was obvious that neither of them said anything about it.
After discussing with Lu Yan's mother, the Jiang family finally decided to set the wedding time in the spring of next year. Jiang's mother is romantic by nature, and she is in a good mood when it comes to happy events.
There is only one thing: the honeymoon, it depends entirely on the two children's own will, and she can't make the decision for them.
For this, she called early in the morning to confirm.
Jiang Chengyi was thinking about how to respond when Lu Yan's phone rang. Jiang Chengyi had to open the floor-to-ceiling windows and walked to the terrace: "Lu Yan hasn't asked for a good leave from the unit, so I'll have to take a look here."
"But I heard that because you solved a serious case, your bureau will give you credits." Jiang's mother was very proud, "Besides, marriage is a major event in life, and the bureau will not approve fakes. By the way, next time. Your father and I are going to visit Lu Yan's parents this weekend."
"Well." Jiang Chengyi was silent for a while, "Lu Yan and I know about this."
Lu Yan's parents have been divorced for many years, especially Lu Yan's father was married for the third time a while ago. You can almost imagine how special this meeting will be. If one is not handled well, the scene will become very embarrassing.
"Don't worry." Jiang's mother has clearly considered carefully, "I have made a lot of arrangements with your father, and we have also discussed with Lu Yan's parents in advance, there will definitely be no problems. You should come early when the time comes. We have a good meal together as a family."
The mother's tone was very relaxed, but Jiang Chengyi had seen several of his buddies get married earlier, and he knew very well what kind of painstaking management had gone through in the grand or warm wedding scene.
"Thank you mom."
Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, he looked at Lu Yan who was walking around in the living room from a distance, thinking to himself that his mother must be very satisfied with Lu Yan to be so concerned about their marriage, he couldn't help but say " "Thank you" added Lu Yan's share, so it seemed extra serious.
Mother Jiang was a little surprised, but more pleased. After a while, she smiled and said, "Silly child."
A few days later, on December 22, the winter solstice of the lunar calendar.
It was not yet dawn, and the first snow fell in the city of S since the beginning of winter.
Before it snowed, the city of S had been overcast for several days. The sun was covered by clouds of uneven thickness, and it was gray every day.
On this day, the fluffy clouds were finally completely blown away by the wind, the warm winter sun shone generously on the earth, and a long line of golden light rolled on the snow-white horizon, crystal clear and dazzling.
At the cemetery, Lu Yan and Jiang Chengyi got off the car, took a breath of the cold air, and walked side by side with Jiang Chengyi to Deng Man's tomb.
According to the habit of the Deng family, the children celebrate their birthdays on the lunar calendar every year, and Deng Man's birthday happens to be around the winter solstice. Therefore, since the accident happened eight years ago, Lu Yan and Tang Jie have come to visit Deng Man at this time every year.
When we got there, in addition to Deng Man's parents and Tang Jie, there were also several classmates from Class 6.
With the public trial of Cheng Zhou's case, many people know the truth about eight years ago, and also know that after half a month of continuous interrogation, the suspect finally began to explain the case. In other words, the clarification of the case is just around the corner.
"Lu Yan, Jiang Chengyi." Seeing them, Tang Jie approached.
She wore large black sunglasses on her face, and her mood was lower than usual.
When they learned that Jiang Chengyi was in charge of Deng Man's case, the monitor Liu Qin and several other classmates were surprised and admired, so they rushed over to say hello: "Come on."
In just two words, speechless sentimentality.
Jiang Chengyi put the bouquet of flowers in his hand in front of Deng Man's tomb.
Lu Yan stood silently beside him for a while, squatted down, and quietly stared at the girl in the photo.
Just like eight years ago, Deng Man in the photo is still so quiet and gentle, nothing has changed.
She put the pen on her lips and kissed it, as if to keep it in her heart, then raised her hand and stroked the photo lightly.
"Cheng Zhou has pleaded guilty."
Deng Man's mother kept covering her mouth and sobbing silently, and when she heard this, she couldn't help crying.
Deng Man's father raised his head and wanted the tears to return to his eyes, but finally burst into tears.
Everyone fell silent.
The truth and justice came too late, but in the end they came.
The birds on the branches were startled by the cry, and they rushed straight towards the blue sky, and finally turned into a small black spot and got into the fluffy white clouds.
When they came out of the cemetery, Deng Man's father and mother said goodbye all the way. When they arrived at the door, Tang Jie tightened the collar of Lu Yan's coat: "Let's go, don't miss the plane, have fun, and be careful on the road." Speak with a heavy nasal voice.
Lu Yan and Jiang Chengyi looked at each other and said, "Everyone take care."
"Um."
After walking for a while, Deng Man's mother suddenly said with tears: "Thank you!"
Lu Yan turned around in surprise, Deng Man's mother tried to squeeze a smile on her face and was looking at them from behind.
Lu Yan seemed to have a ball of cotton stuck in her chest. Although she didn't know whether Deng Man's mother said this to her or Jiang Chengyi, she smiled and nodded, then clenched Jiang Chengyi's hand and strode forward.
Airport.
Mother Lu and Mother Jiang arrived earlier than Jiang Chengyi and Lu Yan. Seeing that the two principals did not appear for a long time, they were extremely anxious for fear of missing the boarding.
When they were about to rush the fifth call, the two finally appeared.
"You child." Mother Lu grabbed Lu Yan, "I'm usually quite stable, what's going on today."
Lu Yan didn't mention going to see Deng Man, only said: "It's not time to catch up."
Mother Lu also said that Jiang Chengyi was eager to protect his wife, smiled at his mother-in-law, and explained, "I don't blame her, it's because my unit has a temporary problem."
Mother Lu's face turned cloudy.
Mother Jiang pulled Mother Lu and whispered a few words, and the two smiled mysteriously at the same time.
Jiang Chengyi saw it in his eyes and felt that it was not good, so he pulled Lu Yan and walked in: "If you don't go, you will have to wait for the next trip."
Just halfway through, I heard my mother say happily from behind: "Son! Come on!"
Come on what? He and Lu Yan looked at each other strangely.
"I hope there will be news about Xiao Yiyi and Xiao Yanyan when they come back." Lu Yan's mother added with a smile.
Ha ha. Jiang Chengyi kept smiling.
That is impossible.
After a ten-hour flight, we arrived in San Francisco at 3:00 pm.
Lu Yan wanted to go to too many places, but because she had been to Germany during the study exchange period, she also took the opportunity to do in-depth travel in Europe, so she struggled and struggled, and finally decided to go to the United States, planning to play all the way from California to Hawaii to finish. Although it was less than twenty days, it was barely enough.
Jiang Chengyi opposed the proposal.
Lu Yan said: "Objection is invalid."
In fact, from a very young age, Jiang Chengyi was dragged around the world by his mother, no matter where he went, it made no difference to him. Seeing Lu Yan's insistence, he finally gave in.
Getting used to the midwinter in China, Lu Yan was a little unaccustomed to seeing the blazing sunshine in California at first glance.
Jiang Chengyi took her to the pier to eat seafood, met friends there, and wandered around. In just a few days, Lu Yan ate all the delicacies in San Francisco.
They went to Los Angeles to visit the professor according to Lu Yan's plan when he came.
They flew to New York for a kosher breakfast and a hummus place.
They go to Hawaii, play various water sports during the day, and spend the night in the room.
Time flies.
Two days before returning to China, Lu Yan planned to go to the duty-free shop to buy gifts, got up early to wash in the bathroom, but refused to come out for a long time.
Jiang Chengyi waited for a while, and couldn't help knocking on the door: "Lu Yan, you fell into the toilet? What are you dawdling about?"
When the door opened, Lu Yan looked frustrated and said sullenly, "Jiang Chengyi, where did you buy the condom last time? Is it a regular brand? It's a fake."
Jiang Chengyi groaned in his heart: "What's wrong?"
Lu Yan held up the pregnancy test stick she had just bought in the drug store and asked him, "What is this?"
Jiang Chengyi tilted his head back slightly, his eyes fell on the two horizontal bars, he was stunned for a few seconds, and soon understood what it meant.
Then he immediately became angry: "Isn't this a fool, is there such a person?"
Seeing that she was unhappy, he comforted her: "There will be problems with the condom, and there may be problems with the pregnancy test stick. When we return to China, we will go to the hospital for a good check."
Might be a false alarm.
In the evening, Lu Yan was still very depressed, but when the two of them passed the baby products store on the island, Jiang Chengyi's eyes couldn't help but drift inside.
"What are you looking at!" Lu Yan angrily forcibly turned his face away. Who was in front of her who strongly advocated not having children for the time being
Jiang Chengyi tolerantly did not care about her.
In the afternoon, he researched the Internet for a long time, and roughly calculated the date of the baby in Lu Yan's belly. It has been about 40 to 50 days since the first intercourse, and the early pregnancy reaction is coming soon. Any abnormal emotions in this woman are understandable. .
Sure enough, the woman had been grumbling and insomnia until midnight the night before, and when she woke up the next day, her mood had clearly improved.
On the way to the airport, he asked him mysteriously, "Do you think it's a boy or a girl?"
"I don't know." He was speechless, "Anyway, as long as it was born by you, I like both boys and girls."
Lu Yan was satisfied with this answer.
When she arrived at the airport, she received text messages from the two mothers one after another: "Are you on the plane soon? What can I get to China tomorrow?"
horrible…
She could almost imagine the reaction of the two mothers, but her mood turned sharply down, "Jiang Chengyi, can we file a complaint against that condom manufacturer?"
"Lu Yan, can you be normal?" He pulled her shoulders.
She suddenly burst into tears: "Jiang Chengyi, I'm afraid I can't be a good mother."
He was stunned and wiped away her tears: "If you can't be a good mother, there are very few people in the world who can be a good mother."
Lu Yan thought about it for a few seconds, and finally nodded: "That seems to make sense."
The two were hanging out in the duty-free shop, and Lu Yan bought gifts for everyone, except for their parents, Tang Jie Dazhong, Deng Man's parents and younger sister, Dr. Yu, mentor, colleagues, even Lao Qin and Xiao Zhou. also have a share.
Of course, there are also some fluffy baby clothes in the end.
Although Jiang Chengyi didn't explicitly say that he wanted a boy or a girl, Jiang Chengyi was very dissatisfied when he saw that Lu Yan chose all blue and white, and added a lot of pink clothes on his own initiative.
Lu Yan watched him check out, and made up her mind about Jiang Chengyi coaxing her daughter. For the first time, she had strong expectations for the new life in her stomach.
The two were waiting for the plane, Lu Yan was a little sleepy and leaned on his shoulder.
He took off his clothes and covered her.
Her phone rang, and several WeChat messages came in. The first message was displayed at the top of the screen: "Congratulations to Dr. Lu, you have successfully passed the preliminary selection of the national case competition and successfully entered the national finals. Next, please welcome the final news of the competition. "
"Is it a notice from the hospital?" Lu Yan said with her eyes closed, "Help me take a look."
Jiang Chengyi tried to enter the password. The first time he used her birthday, no, he unlocked it after changing his birthday.
"The first is to inform you that you have entered the finals."
"Oh." Lu Yan still didn't open her eyes, but the corners of her mouth curled up.
The second one was sent by Lu Yan's mother.
"Yanyan. I'm cleaning your house in Nanshan Lane. There's a big box in the closet. There's a lot of stuff in it, and it takes up a lot of space. Mom will give you one by one and put it in the drawer. You remember that mom Where did you put it, don't find it when you come back."
Next are a few photos in the box that Lu Yan's mother took.
A pair of red patent leather butterfly shoes sealed with cellophane.
An empty chanel lipstick.
A small diamond-encrusted ladies watch.
A jewelry box with a "J&l" necklace inside.
They were all given to her back then, and each of them had been imprinted in his memory. Eight years later, they were as good as he remembered, and even the colors were as bright as new. You don't have to think about it, you know that they have all been carefully preserved by the owner.
Lu Yan didn't wait for Jiang Chengyi's answer, opened her eyes, leaned in and said, "Just a WeChat."
Seeing the picture clearly, his face turned slightly red, and when he raised his eyes, Jiang Chengyi was looking at her with a pair of dark eyes that were half-smiling but not smiling.
Just then, the announcement of boarding was broadcast.
Jiang Chengyi was in a better mood than ever, and pulled her up: "Let's go, classmate Lu." From now on, they will have many more eight years, but they will always hold each other's hands tightly and never let go.
She sighed contentedly, smiled at him, and walked towards the crowd.
The author has something to say:
Condoms have a certain chance of contraceptive failure, and it has nothing to do with the two mothers. Don't get me wrong hahaha. In short, thank you for reading this story about friendship, love, persistence, and justice. The name is called the Winter Solstice, so the timeline of the story is only two months. The last time to send a red envelope, there will be a post-marriage and high school extravaganza later. The next article is "The Eye of the Palm", a character in the market, an interesting and quirky, warm and long story, you can pay attention to it if you are interested.