Chapter 149
Chu Jiujiu finally understood Chu Liqiang's true intention. Suddenly, her eyes became alert. "Why are you asking this?"
Chu Liqiang's heart skipped a beat at her wary look. He sat down next to Chu Jiujiu and said unhappily, "I just wanted to show some concern for you. Look at how you look now. If someone didn't know better, they'd think I was forcing you into marriage."
Chu Jiujiu: "..." If he hadn't said it, she really wouldn't have thought of this.
Showing a helpless look, Chu Jiujiu reminded Chu Liqiang, "Dad, I'm only seventeen."
Chu Liqiang nodded, "Old Li's daughter was engaged to someone else when she was sixteen, and got married at eighteen. Half a year later, they had a grandson."
Chu Jiujiu: “…”
Is there something wrong with this calculation? We have a child after half a year of marriage. Isn’t this like getting on the bus first and buying the ticket later?
Chu Jiujiu looked at Chu Liqiang in surprise, not knowing what she had imagined. Chu Liqiang quickly tried to make amends with a smile, "Don't be afraid, I don't mean for you to get married right away. Times have changed. We now advocate late marriage and late childbirth, as well as eugenics and good parenting. Dad knows that you have just entered college and your mind is on your studies. Even if you really want to get married, you have to wait until you graduate. But -"
Changing the subject, Chu Liqiang continued, "Since you're already in college, that means you're about the same age. Those who can get into your university are all top-tier talents. This opportunity is so rare. If you meet the right one, you can look around first. Dad won't stop you."
Chu Jiujiu didn't shy away from this topic. Others would be filled with resistance and shyness when discussing it with their parents, but Chu Jiujiu wasn't shy. She even thought about it carefully and said, "But, really, no."
She sighed, "There are people who like me, but I don't like them."
Chu Li was silent.
Listen, this is the indifference of the campus celebrities. Some people will never wait for a confession in their entire life, while some people always start with the word "you" when they open their mouths.
Unfortunately, Chu Liqiang is the one who never received a confession in his life, and he even had to pursue his wife relentlessly.
To comfort his slightly wounded heart, Chu Liqiang advised her, "Feelings can be cultivated. Just because you don't like someone at first doesn't mean you will never like them in your life."
Chu Jiujiu looked at him and asked, "Are you and mom like this too?"
When Zhang Fengjuan was mentioned, Chu Liqiang was stunned for a moment.
Then he slowly began to laugh. "Yes. I fell in love with her at first sight, but she didn't. At first, she really disliked me, thinking I was a hypocrite and a gigolo. But after we got to know each other better and understood what kind of person I really was, she changed her mind."
Chu Jiujiu loved hearing about this kind of parental love. Infected by the happy smile on Chu Liqiang's face, Chu Jiujiu couldn't help but laugh as well. She patted her thigh and said, "And then what? Then she fell in love with you?"
Chu Liqiang looked at Chu Jiujiu with a slightly reproachful look. What a joke young people these days are. Why do they always talk about whether they like someone or not? Real love should be deep and restrained. It’s enough for one to know it and there’s no need to tell others.
In the final analysis, it's just that I feel embarrassed.
Most people would feel embarrassed about this kind of thing, but Chu Jiujiu was obviously one of the minority. She looked at Chu Liqiang with expectation and admiration. Inspired by her eyes, Chu Liqiang was also eager to try it.
He always believed that his love was the best love in the world. If he could use his story to teach Chu Jiujiu what love was, the sense of accomplishment would be unparalleled.
After a short laugh, Chu Liqiang began to tell Chu Jiujiu stories from the past.
…
In fact, to sum up, it is just two ordinary young people who met each other at the best age, one has nothing, and the other is full of ambition. They are not worthy of each other. Chu Liqiang's personality is not as good as Zhang Fengjuan, and Zhang Fengjuan's background is not as good as Chu Liqiang. One of them wants to be a university teacher, and the other is stubborn about joining the army. If you step out of the perspective of these two people, I guess everyone will shake their heads at them.
No, we are not strangers, how can we walk together?
But they just got together, no matter before or after marriage, as long as they were together, every day was happy.
Chu Liqiang has a very strong filter for his wife, so much so that the memories that belong to the two of them, which he has described over and over again, have reached the point where they emit a glittering golden light. However, the beauty is never in the memories, but in the people in the memories.
Chu Liqiang had never told anyone about this, but now he felt pretty good about it. His wife's early death was a fatal blow to him. When he first got the news, Chu Liqiang had a rope in his mind, with two ends of the rope representing different choices.
Either die, or take revenge, raise your son, and then die.
Chu Liqiang had ambitions, but they were simple: to defend his country and be a qualified soldier. He hadn't had ambitions before; a wife, children, and a warm home—that was his ambition. As soon as he got married, he brought Zhang Fengjuan into the army. For the next few years, the three of them were always together. Soldiers couldn't refuse missions, but they could also make small moves, assigning themselves to less-demanding areas.
If it weren't for that accident, Chu Liqiang would never have tried so hard to climb up.
At that time, he felt that he might not be able to make it and that this was how his life would be. He always sent a lot of money to Chu Shao. Besides wanting Chu Shao to live a better life, he also felt that it was useless for him to keep the money.
Anyway, everyone has one foot in the coffin.
No one knew what Chu Liqiang was thinking at that time. Now, he is very glad that no one knows.
He loves his wife, loves the son he has with his wife, and loves this child who carries their blood even more.
Fortunately, he survived, otherwise, how could he see his son get married and start a family, and how could he see the appearance of Chu Jiujiu.
Being alive is the best. While alive, he can see his children happy and watch them grow up. This way, when he reunites with his wife in the future, he will have to endure fewer complaints.
Chu Liqiang looked at Chu Jiujiu lovingly, and Chu Jiujiu looked at Chu Liqiang with longing.
The story was over, and both of them were immersed in their own world. Chu Liqiang was an adult after all, so he quickly pulled himself out. He refocused his gaze and saw the expression on Chu Jiujiu's face in front of him. He couldn't help but twitch his lips.
Why did Chu Jiujiu look at him so passionately...
Before Chu Liqiang could even ask, Chu Jiujiu excitedly clenched her fists and said, "This is the kind of love I want!"
"Beautiful and sincere, crazy and passionate, breaking through worldly impressions, rushing towards each other with the determination of a moth to a flame, the raging fire burns away the dirty appearance, leaving only a true heart that is impervious to water and fire. The flame disappears, the surface of the true heart no longer flickers, and eventually returns to ordinary life. But when danger comes, the moment the raging fire is rekindled, this true heart will still emit a shining light, proving to the whole world that they are inseparable!!!"
Chu Liqiang stared at Chu Jiujiu in amazement.
No, despite what you say, this is not his love story.
Chu Liqiang was almost sweating. Wasn't Chu Jiujiu a student of the history department? Didn't the history department value truth? But, but she could make up more lies than the rubbish reporters!
Chu Jiujiu's words were indeed inspired by the story of Chu Liqiang and Zhang Fengjuan. The problem was that after she said that, Chu Liqiang began to doubt whether the story he was telling was the same as Chu Jiujiu's.
Political Commissar Chu was a man who had experienced many ups and downs. He was shocked inside, but it wasn't so obvious on the surface. He quickly shut up and thought carefully about what Chu Jiujiu had just said. He struggled to extract the key points from it, "So... what you want is a relationship that can share weal and woe?"
Chu Liqiang asked cautiously. He hadn't been to school for decades, and he had already returned reading comprehension questions to the teacher.
Chu Jiujiu finally calmed down and nodded, her voice lowering. "Just like my parents."
Chu Liqiang was stunned. This was the second time Chu Jiujiu mentioned her parents.
It hadn't been mentioned for many years. When Chu Jiujiu first said it, she felt a little strange, but she soon got used to it. At this time, only she and Chu Liqiang were there, and she felt that it should be no big deal to mention it a few times.
"My mom and dad had a very good relationship. They loved each other and me very much. They died in a car accident. I didn't see their appearance, but the police told me that they were holding each other tightly when they died."
Chu Jiujiu smiled, revealing her teeth. "How wonderful! They will love each other their whole lives."
Love can sometimes save people, but it can also kill people. If the two of them had only focused on escaping at that time, perhaps one of them could survive. However, when faced with life and death, their first reaction was to protect each other, so no one could escape.
Although Chu Liqiang didn't know what the situation was like at the time, he could probably imagine it. Looking at the dimples on Chu Jiujiu's face, he couldn't help but ask: "They all left you, don't you blame them?"
Chu Jiujiu shook her head, "No blame."
"Actually, this is great. They are the most important people to each other. If my mother abandoned my father for me, I would feel so pitiful for my father."
Chu Liqiang actually couldn't quite understand her thoughts, because Chu Liqiang himself had resentment towards his parents, not just towards his father, but also towards his mother. In fact, he also had a subtle and subtle resentment.
He blamed her for leaving too early and hated her for being so good that he missed her throughout his childhood and youth.
Unable to understand, Chu Liqiang asked again, "Aren't you pitiful?"
It was the first time that Chu Liqiang and Chu Jiujiu had such an equal and frank heart-to-heart talk. After they finished, Chu Liqiang realized that he shouldn't have said such a thing. But Chu Jiujiu didn't mind. She shook her head decisively and said, "Of course not. Mom and Dad remember me. Otherwise, why would they send me here?"
After a moment of hesitation, Chu Liqiang suddenly remembered the dream that Chu Jiujiu had told him a few years ago.
In fact, he always felt that it was difficult to explain the origin of such unscientific things. We are all human beings, and even if we are dead, we will not have such great abilities. Their Chu family has been ordinary for generations, so Chu Jiujiu's father must also be an ordinary person.
He believed that Chu Jiujiu missed her parents too much, which was why she had such a dream under that opportunity. But today, after listening to Chu Jiujiu's words, Chu Liqiang couldn't help but vaguely change his mind.
Maybe, they really did it...
I sent my daughter here because I felt guilty towards her and because I wanted her to meet someone who would always choose her as his first choice.
…
He had originally intended to discuss Chu Jiujiu's lifelong affairs, but the topic veered off topic, and Chu Liqiang ultimately fell asleep, doubting his own life. Before falling asleep, he sighed. It seemed Chu Jiujiu still hadn't shown any signs of coming to her senses. Well, he stopped pushing her and decided to let things take their own course.
He struggled for a while before falling asleep, but Chu Jiujiu kept her eyes open thinking for half the night.
Chu Liqiang's words were not completely ineffective. In fact, his first few words had already touched her.
——Yes. I fell in love with her at first sight, but she didn't. At first, she hated me and thought I was a hypocrite and a gigolo. Later, after we got to know each other better and understood what kind of person I was, she changed her mind.
Zhang Fengjuan didn't fall in love with Chu Liqiang at first sight.
They were just like Chu Shao and Wen Xiuwei in their previous life. They had been together for several years before their feelings finally blossomed and they ended up together.
Chu Jiujiu blinked her eyes, and suddenly, what Chu Liqiang said echoed in her mind again.
Feelings can be cultivated.
Can be cultivated.
Cultivated.
Whoosh—, Chu Jiujiu covered her head with the quilt again.
If she wants to find a partner, maybe she doesn't necessarily have to meet new people. She can just find the most suitable one among those she already knows and cultivate him. Maybe she can really succeed.
As the saying goes, a rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its burrow. Now, she, the rabbit, is finally going to attack the shivering grass beside her burrow...
But who should I turn to?
An idea flashed through her mind. Chu Jiujiu under the quilt stiffened for a moment, then began to shake her head frantically.
No, no, no, no, absolutely not!
——
Chu Jiujiu was suffering from insomnia downstairs, Chu Liqiang was revising his worldview upstairs, and next door, Grandpa Han and Grandma Han also looked shocked. So, only Han Shengyi was sleeping soundly.
The old couple were sitting on the bed with their coats on, and soft pillows behind them. Their expressions were a little dull. After an unknown amount of time, Grandpa Han had an idea in his mind. He turned his head and saw that Grandma Han was the same.
The two looked at each other, neither daring to speak first.
Finally, Grandma Han couldn't hold back any longer and said, "Have you figured out who it is?"
The First University is not only a holy place for learning, but also a holy place for dating. To be honest, as long as a girl comes from the First University, no matter what she looks like or what her background is, Grandpa Han and Grandma Han think that she must be a good girl. Therefore, they have similar ideas to Chu Liqiang and hope that Han Shengyi can use these four years to solve his lifelong problem.
But as soon as Grandpa Han started talking, Han Shengyi knew what he was going to say. He then comforted Grandpa Han with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this for me. I already have a sweetheart."
Grandpa Han straightened up suddenly, almost spraining his back. He and Grandma Han asked in unison, "Who?!"
Han Shengyi smiled again: "You will know later."
Unlike the all-night chat next door, their conversation consisted of just a few short sentences, but these few sentences made the old couple completely unable to sleep.
Only his grandson knows his own situation. To be honest, ever since Grandma Han learned that Han Shengyi was traumatized by Ruan Mengru, she has been worried that he would not be able to get married in the future. Han Shengyi regards his father as his life belief. His father's final outcome was so tragic, Han Shengyi is very likely unwilling to repeat the same mistake.
That's why she was so shocked when she first heard that Han Shengyi had a lover.
He didn't tell them who his sweetheart was, but Grandma Han thought it would be better to tell them.
Because of his behavior and his unabashed attitude, Grandma Han felt that something was wrong.
In the silent air, Grandma Han asked the question, and then stared at her husband, hoping to hear a different answer from him.
Grandpa Han felt a lot of pressure from being looked at by Grandma Han. "Don't be like this. If it's true, then, then it should be a good thing."
Grandma Han's heart was broken.
Damn old man, since he said this, it means that they are both thinking of the same person!
In fact, there would be no one else, because Han Shengyi has lived for nearly twenty years, and he has only had this one female of the same age who is close to him. If he hadn't suddenly done this, they would not have discovered it. Han Shengyi has never had a female friend he is familiar with since he was a child!
Even Chu Shao has two female classmates who he can talk to!
Grandma Han was deeply shocked. She was silent, staring into space with a look of grief. Grandpa Han was frightened. "Ying Ping? Ying Ping? Don't scare me. Think positively. If it works out, it would be a great thing."
Grandma Han gave him a stiff look, then pulled out the pillow from behind her and swung it at Grandpa Han. "If this doesn't work out, it'll be a disaster! Damn old man, it's all your fault. Your Han family has a legacy of shamelessness! Shengyi inherited your legacy. Tell me... why did he have to fall for Jiujiu when he could have fallen for anyone else! If this doesn't work out, and Jiujiu gets scared away, you'll have to compensate me with a granddaughter!"
Grandpa Han felt bitter. It was Han Shengyi who fell in love with Jiujiu, so why was he the one who got beaten?
He silently cried in his heart. While Grandma Han was hitting him, he snatched the pillow and stuffed it back behind Grandma Han. He then skillfully coaxed her, "Okay, okay, it's all my fault. I didn't teach Shengyi well. But now that it's like this, there's no point in saying anything else. Look at Shengyi, he must have started taking measures."
Only after he said this did Grandma Han react.
Her expression changed again and again. Finally, Grandma Han gritted her teeth and scolded, "You little bastard, you didn't even discuss such a big matter with an adult? I think he wants to be beaten again!"
When he was very young, Grandma Han also advocated corporal punishment. Han Shengyi's little butt was spanked countless times by her. At that time, the child was young, and it was okay for Grandma Han to spank him a few times. Now the child is so big, if Grandma Han still spanks him, I'm afraid his hand bones will be broken.
It’s not that she is fragile, but that Han Shengyi’s butt is too hard.
…
Now that things have come to this, there is no point in saying more.
No matter how much Grandma Han and Grandpa Han thought about it, they couldn't come up with a good solution. They couldn't bear to stop Han Shengyi. Chu Jiujiu meant more than just a sweetheart to Han Shengyi. If they forced him not to do this, Han Shengyi's heart would probably be broken.
They didn't dare to remind Chu Jiujiu. Just like Grandpa Han said, if they could succeed, it would be a great thing. The old couple didn't care about anything else in their lives, just these children. If Chu Jiujiu could really become their granddaughter-in-law, Grandma Han would wake up laughing in her dreams.
Therefore, they kept a little bit of luck in their hearts. They always thought that maybe, maybe the two children could really get together. If they interfered, wouldn’t they be destroying their marriage?
After knowing such a big thing, no one dared to say anything. They just kept it to themselves and then watched eagerly, looking forward to the day when the result would come out, but also dreading the moment when they would know the result.
It’s really... more torturous than the person involved.
The person went back to school after the weekend.
There is no idle day in college. Chu Jiujiu had heard this before: everything will be easy once you go to college. But now it has become a complete lie.
She still made plans to have dinner with Han Shengyi every day. There was nothing she could do about it, as they could only see each other when they were having dinner.
The atmosphere was subtly changing, but the person who changed was not Han Shengyi, but Chu Jiujiu.
She had been looking at Han Shengyi with a guilty look lately. Actually, nothing had changed except his gaze, but it was precisely because of that that she felt she shouldn't have done that. But who could keep feeling guilty? When life calmed down, certain unspeakable emotions would also calm down.
That day, Han Shengyi was going to the post office. He said he wanted to call Chu Shao. Chu Jiujiu wanted to follow him after hearing that, but Han Shengyi refused her and insisted on going alone.
Chu Jiujiu asked doubtfully, "Why can't I go?"
Han Shengyi didn't betray Chu Shao. He just patted Chu Jiujiu's head and said, "Be good."
Then, Chu Jiujiu really became well-behaved.
She returned to the dormitory without a word. As she entered the room, Song Xiaoying turned around and was startled by her. "What are you laughing at?"
Chu Jiujiu? She sighed and touched her face: "Did I smile?"
Song Xiaoying clicked her tongue: "It's more than just a smile, that feeling... Ouch!"
If she could really describe it, it would be fine. It was this indescribable situation that made Chu Jiujiu feel inexplicably hot on her face.
Shen Dongkui raised her head from the book and saw Chu Jiujiu's expression. She smiled softly. Cao Lu, who was sitting on her bed, was also staring at Chu Jiujiu.
She has been like this for a long time. Chu Jiujiu felt uncomfortable with her staring at her, so she glared back. Cao Lu shrank back, but it wouldn't be long before she stared at her again. Her eyes were as mixed as they could be.
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