It took Su Nianmei a long time to accept the fact that she was a child of the Ji family. The Ji family members were all very outgoing, and now that they knew Su Nianmei was their child, they came here even more frequently.
Ji Yu'an is usually very busy, so he comes to see his sister every now and then. Father Ji would always come over from time to time in the name of inspection to take a look. His poor baby daughter had lived outside since she was a child, and now her mother passed away early. He owed too much to his daughter, and he could only spend more time with her to make up for his mistakes.
Uncle Ji directly took on the support work during the military training. Every morning and noon, Su Nianmei could see her uncle waiting at the intersection with a bottle of juice in his hand.
Old Mrs. Ji was more direct. She brought a small stool and reported to the designated spot, as if she had taken root in the playground. She watched her precious granddaughter training. Her small arms and legs looked rather thin. The old lady thought that she would have to buy some nutritious food for the child after the military training was over.
So many people came that even Su Nianmei felt a little embarrassed.
Gu Xichao became busy again in the next few days, and the half-month military training time passed in a flash. A lot of things happened in the past half month. The Su family was sued in court and Su Nianmei was taken back to the Ji family.
After the military training, Gu Xichao and Su Nianmei's relationship also made further progress.
During this period of time, she had seriously thought about her relationship with Gu Xichao and felt that what Qi Man said made sense. Gu Xichao had always been the one who took most of the initiative between the two of them. In comparison, I was a little bit restrained.
Su Nianmei specifically picked a weekend to send Gu Xiaobao to Ji's house so that she could do some embarrassing things with Gu Xichao.
When Gu Xichao came back, he smelled alcohol all over the room. As soon as Su Nianmei saw Gu Xichao come in, she ran over, hugged Gu Xichao's neck, and jumped on them.
Su Nianmei was wearing Gu Xichao's coat, her long legs wrapped around Gu Xichao's waist, her fair skin was faintly visible under the black coat, and her hand unconsciously touched Gu Xichao's Adam's apple.
"You're back!" Su Nianmei's voice was vague.
Gu Xichao's body temperature suddenly rose. He glanced at the table and saw several wine bottles lying in a mess.
"How much alcohol have you drunk?"
Su Nianmei narrowed her eyes and pecked Gu Xichao on the lips: "I am willing to drink as much as I can sleep with you."
Su Nianmei patted Gu Xichao's shoulder, jumped off him, raised the bottle and was about to pour it into her mouth. Gu Xichao quickly grabbed the bottle, and Su Nianmei slapped the back of Gu Xichao's hand: "You are not allowed to touch my wine! Wine is a matchmaker and also makes cowards bold. If I drink wine, I will..."
Su Nianmei didn't remember what to say next as she was talking, so she raised her hand and was about to slap him on the head.
"What do you want?" Gu Xichao straightened his posture, snatched the wine bottle from Su Nianmei's hand and held it high in the air. There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, but he looked ascetic.
"Sleep with my man!" Su Nianmei was breathing heavily while speaking. She swallowed and raised her hand to grab the wine from Gu Xichao's hand.
Gu Xichao raised his hand. When Su Nianmei jumped forward, her head hit Gu Xichao's shoulder badge. Gu Xichao's voice rang in her ears: "Who is your man?"
Su Nianmei said dazedly, "Gu Xichao."
Gu Xichao took a sip of wine and passed it into Su Nianmei's mouth.
The taste of the wine is surprisingly not bitter. Su Nianmei's coat also slowly fell to the ground.
The next day, Su Nianmei woke up at noon and rubbed her aching waist. They had been busy until very late last night. "I think I still lost out!"
Gu Xichao raised an eyebrow: "What did you lose?"
Su Nianmei looked at Gu Xichao and blurted out what she had been holding back for a long time: "It's my first time. You have so much experience, it's not my loss."
Gu Xichao smiled, automatically understanding Su Nianmei's words as a compliment to him, and pulled up the quilt that Su Nianmei was covering herself with. He didn't notice it last night, and now it looks like dots.
Su Nianmei said: "Why are you moving my quilt? You haven't answered my question yet."
"This is my first time too. Do you want to do it a second time this morning?"
Su Nianmei didn't react and blurted out: "What's going on with Xiaobao?"
Gu Xichao lay on the bed and hugged Su Nianmei's shoulders. He felt that Su Nianmei should also know the truth of this matter. Gu Xichao said in a low and slow voice: "Five years ago, we were on an emergency mission and happened to run into a farmer's family. In that riot, all five of their family members were killed, leaving only one child. Of the ten of us, only Chuanzi and I came back in the end."
Su Nianmei held his hand and said, "We will be fine, and Xiaobao will be fine too."
Although we are powerless to fight against the tragedies in this world, we can give each other love.
At the end of the month, the Ji family held a family reunion banquet. There were a lot of people at the family recognition banquet, including the relatives of the Ji family and some business people. Since they wanted their precious princess to recognize her ancestors, it had to be done in a grand manner.
At the family reunion banquet, Su Nianmei became the focus of the whole audience. She hadn't experienced such a scene for a long time. After greeting everyone for a few times, she felt a little tired and ran to the floor-to-ceiling window to take a breath.
The floor-to-ceiling windows were wide open, and looking out over the Ji family's garden, August and September are the most beautiful seasons, with the flowers still tender and a few sparrows standing on the branches chirping to celebrate the autumn.
Su Nianmei turned and looked out the window, and a small pink paper airplane suddenly flew to her feet.
She took apart the paper airplane and saw a hand-drawn map on it. The route on the map was marked with a string of little hearts. There was a bunch of plum blossoms drawn on the back, and there were two children's handprints next to the plum blossoms.
Su Nianmei walked along the route indicated on the map, twisting and turning towards the depths of the flower bed, but there was silence everywhere.
Zhong Yi stood deep in the grove. He raised his glass and shook it, then swallowed a mouthful of wine, which tasted spicy. The girl he liked would never like him again.
Zhong Yi finally softened his heart. He knew that Su Nianmei was the girl since he was in the northwest, but the girl had already married someone else and had forgotten him.
He thought that if he stopped the girl from returning to her ancestral home, there might be a chance for things to turn around between them, but he gave up. His childhood sweetheart would only smile the happiest when she saw Gu Xichao. He told Su Huailin the whole story and let Su Huailin become the screw that broke through this layer of paper.
Zhong Yi raised his glass to the girl and said silently in his heart, "I wish you happiness." He kicked the fireworks/firecrackers at his feet.
With a "siu" sound, the fireworks exploded in the air, popping out bright flowers.
Everyone in the hall looked out the window at the same time.
Seasons Garden Center.
Gu Xiaobao and Er Gouzi dressed up as flower girls. They wore small suits and carried small flower baskets in their hands. They walked out from a distance in an orderly manner.
Behind them followed a chubby brown stuffed bear. The teddy bear's arms were shaking vigorously, and its steps were a little flustered because it was not used to the doll costume.
The song came out, "If I hadn't met you, where would I be?"
The mellow and magnetic voice is mixed with children's voice, and the fireworks above are gorgeous.
Watching them approach step by step, Su Nianmei stood there, covering her mouth with her hands, tears welling up in her eyes: "Gu...Xichao!"
The world was quiet at that moment. Su Nianmei felt like a princess in a fairy tale, waiting for the prince to walk towards her step by step.
The doll knelt on one knee and the heavy headgear was taken off, revealing Gu Xichao's handsome face, with sweat soaking the corners of his hair. Gu Xichao looked at her with tears in his eyes.
Su Nianmei's heart was about to jump out. Gu Xichao's gaze was like the scorching sun in summer, scorching and seductive, but there was mist in his eyes. The scorching sun hit the iceberg, and the iron bones turned into tenderness.
In his eyes, there was only her.
"My dear, I still owe you a proposal."
Gu Xichao looked at him sincerely, with a gleam in her eyes: "Marry me."
Su Nianmei stood in the middle with red eyes. A necklace was worn around her neck and the pendant was made of bullet shells.
It is an exclusive custom-made by Gu Xichao.
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Many years later.
The afternoon sun shone on her body, and Su Nianmei felt warm all over. The recliner behind him was swaying slightly, and the blanket covering him slipped off at some point. Another empty recliner next to him was shaking and creaking.
Gu Xichao moved slowly out of the house and handed a cup of hot tea to Su Nianmei. He leaned his crutches against the tree, supported his knees and slowly sat down.
Gu Xichao held the teacup and carefully let Su Nianmei drink from his hand: "My dear, tomorrow is your 78th birthday. I will make whatever delicious food you want for you."
Su Nianmei sipped her tea, and just as her hand touched the cup, she immediately retracted it. In the sunlight, the skin on the back of her hand looked loose and not as white as before. Su Nianmei sighed, "I'm already in my seventies or eighties, why should I celebrate my birthday?"
She lay there with her eyes closed, the sound of cicadas chirping incessantly. Su Nianmei stretched out her hand, and Gu Xichao naturally took it. He held Su Nianmei's left hand with his right hand. Gu Xichao held a fan in his left hand, and the wind blew over her one after another.
Su Nianmei babbled on and on: "Xiaobao's eldest child has finished the college entrance examination this year. I wonder if the child did not do well in the exam?"
"My daughter's family is out having fun again this year. I wonder if they can come back tomorrow."
“…”
Su Nianmei only asked trivial questions, and Gu Xichao patiently answered them one by one.
Su Nianmei's thumb stroked the back of Gu Xichao's hand, and Gu Xichao subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand. She looked into Gu Xichao's eyes, which were cloudy and old, no longer as bright as when they were young.
She touched Gu Xichao's cheek and suddenly laughed: "So many years have passed, we are both old."
Su Nianmei half raised her eyes and looked at Gu Xichao, touching the pendant on her neck: "I don't know if it's because I'm leaving soon. I keep dreaming about the past recently. The more I look at you, the more I feel like you are the same person."
Gu Xichao paused while wiping Su Nianmei's palms. The water on the towel was wet and soaked into his palms, making them slippery. "I have an ordinary face. The grandson of the old Li family next door even said that I look like that star named so-and-so."
Gu Xichao twisted the towel and said, "Don't think too much. You will be fine. The doctor our daughter has an appointment with will be here in a few days. After the operation, you can still accompany our grandson to play badminton. This little wolf boy always asks for his grandma to play with him. He even throws me, his grandfather, aside."
Su Nianmei did not respond to Gu Xichao's words. She looked into Gu Xichao's eyes and continued, "Actually, I've seen you before, right?"
Gu Xichao's heart tightened and he curled the corners of his mouth. Was he going to be discovered?
Su Nianmei held Gu Xichao's fingertips, her voice a little scattered: "You don't have to answer me, no matter who you are, you are my Gu Xichao."
She slowly closed her eyes, a tear slipped down her wrinkled face, "I know my body can't hold on for much longer."
Su Nianmei was smiling when she said this. She said, "I love you."
Su Nianmei slowly closed her eyes, and the warmth in Gu Xichao's hand slowly disappeared.
He chuckled, bent down to pick up the blanket on the ground, covered Su Nianmei with it, tucked the corners of the quilt for her, and naggled at her, but his eyes were gentle: "You are so old and still can't take care of yourself. You don't even know to cover yourself with the blanket when you fall asleep. It's windy during the day, what if you catch a cold?"
After he finished speaking, he also laughed. His originally hunched back seemed to straighten a lot. He gently kissed the corner of his wife's lips. He buried his head in his wife's chest and shrugged his shoulders.
In this life, he accompanied her through two lifetimes.
He stood up, lay down beside her, and slowly closed his eyes. The place that Su Nianmei's fingers had just touched was exposed with a patch of white. The skin was taut and not at all like the skin of an eighty-year-old man.
He hasn't aged at all these years. He was afraid that Su Nianmei would be scared, so he never told her. He was like a monster, but this monster now had a heartbeat.
The wind blew gently, and the two hands in the air were tightly clasped together.
"Your memory is getting worse and worse. You have high blood pressure, so you need to go to bed early. Don't forget to take your medicine every day. When you sleep at night, you need to cover yourself with a blanket..."
"When you get to the Naihe Bridge, don't rush to drink Mengpo soup. Hold on to the necklace tightly. I'll come find you soon."
Gu Xichao still had a lot to say. He glanced at his wife next to him, moved his lips, and all his words came together into one sentence.
"I love you, too," he said.
…
The number in front of Gu Xichao changed from "2" to "1".
When he opened his eyes again, he saw a desolate scene. The surroundings were covered with ruins, cries were heard everywhere, and rescue workers came and went.
A little girl was lying in the rescue tent and crying loudly. He teased the little girl's hand and the little girl giggled. The red mole behind her ear made her neck look even whiter and more tender.
Gu Xichao took off her necklace and hung it around the girl's neck. She winked at the girl and whispered something to her.
“Don’t be afraid of the malice of this world.”
"After a long time, you will meet a man who will love you with all his heart."
The old lady picked up the little girl and found a necklace around her neck. She held it up and saw that it was carved from a bullet with the words "Nianmei" engraved on it.
The old lady kept muttering, "Nianmei, Nianmei is such a good name." The little girl in her arms seemed to understand and her eyes rolled around.
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