Ren Suo followed his father downstairs. The sun was strong at noon, but there were many shady places in the old neighborhood, so they sat down on a bench in the shade of the trees downstairs.
"It seems like I haven't chatted with you like this for a long time." Father Ren took off his glasses and wiped them with a glasses cloth - they were plain glasses. Ren Suo had long since embezzled public power and abused it for his own benefit. When Zhao Zili was born, he was asked to 'purify' the bodies of his family members, so minor illnesses like myopia were naturally cured directly.
However, because my father has worn glasses for too long, even though his myopia has been cured, his eyes are still very narrowed under normal circumstances and he looks completely dignified. That’s why he has to wear glasses to create the temperament of a people’s teacher.
"The last time we had this kind of chat was probably when I got my college entrance exam results and was preparing to fill out my application form," Ren Suo said.
When my father talks about serious matters, he doesn’t like to talk indoors, but outdoors where there is no restraint. This is actually one of his teaching techniques. He thinks that students will be nervous and cramped when he asks them questions indoors, but outdoors, with a sense of security where they can escape at any time, students who make mistakes seem to have a way out, and can relax and more easily recognize their mistakes, and their mentality can be quickly corrected.
If you are talking about other important things, then with the blue sky and white clouds and the hustle and bustle of passers-by, discussing the problems in this world that is blowing in your face, your mind and vision will be broader, and it will be easier for people to calm down than in an air-conditioned room with four white walls.
Ren's father: "Time flies. The college entrance examination student who had trouble choosing which university had a good cafeteria or fast internet has now been working for a year and is completely independent. He is even getting married, having children and starting a family."
Ren Suo scratched his head: "Fast? I feel like these five years have gone by very slowly, especially this year, a lot of things have happened..."
"This is the privilege of you young people. Five years is a quarter or a fifth of your life, but for me, it is only a tenth of my life. The time of young people is not equal to that of middle-aged people." Ren's father said: "Time will pass faster and faster. When you reach my age, you will feel that everything has passed in the blink of an eye."
Ren Suo was not convinced: "That's because your life is so dull and uneventful. Your life is fixed and you live the same life every day, so of course it will be fast."
"There are reasons for this, so I am just stating a fact, not saying it is bad." Ren's father said, "Watching you and Xingmei grow up so fast and graduate and work in the blink of an eye is actually a very happy thing for us."
"And for me, there is another very happy thing: your mother and I have never lost in the duel with time. Even though we were beaten to a pulp, grew older, had less energy, and our health was not so good...but we never lost once. Your mother is still the same as she was when she was 20 years old, delicate, playful, and quirky. And I am the same. When I was 20 years old, I thought that this girl who was as stupid as a national treasure should be protected and not let go. Now I still want to protect her for another 20 years."
Ren Suo: "So Mom is so stupid, is this all your conspiracy, Dad?"
I talked for such a long time, and you only caught this detail! ?
Ren's father sighed helplessly: "It's a genetic problem."
Thinking of this, Ren's father felt a little sorry for Ren Suo. Ren Suo's thinking ability was obviously a genetic problem. As for who he inherited it from... Anyway, as a father and math teacher, there is no problem.
"So, there's nothing wrong with being ordinary." Ren's father continued, "There's no need for any earth-shattering tests. It's good to stick to your feelings in ordinary days... isn't it?"
Ren Suo blinked and looked at his father: "Can you explain it more clearly?"
No way, will genetic problems become more prominent after adulthood? Why does his son's problem seem to be getting worse... Ren's father muttered to himself, looking at his son and said, "Suozai, you are just like me. We both like to live a simple life and immerse ourselves in our hobbies."
Ren's father patted Ren Suo's shoulder and said, "Do you think the life you are living now is the future you expect?"
Ren Suo was slightly startled, thinking back to the hard work he had put in during these days, and said nothing.
"We all have only one pair of hands, and it's not easy to hold on to someone." Ren's father said, "Even so, there are tens of millions of couples in the world, and the majority of them can't make it to the end. Sometimes, even if both parties try hard, they still can't get what they want."
"And you want to catch four... you really have to use all four limbs."
Actually there are five, Ren Suo thought.
"Son, you have already felt that dating life is not as beautiful as you thought, right?"
Ren's father said: "This is just the beginning. As time goes by, the pressure of reality will become greater and greater... I'm not talking about worldly resistance, I'm talking about the pressure you create yourself."
"They are all good girls, with goals, abilities and conditions. It's not easy for you to keep up with one girl, let alone four?"
"People go up, water flows down. They are all successful women who can build their careers. When they achieve greater success in their careers, they will need more cooperation from their partners... I'm not saying you can't do it, but I think that's definitely not the plain, leisurely, free life you expect."
"You may have to accompany another one right after you finish accompanying one. Not only do you have to pay attention to their emotional changes, but you also have to take on many responsibilities you have never thought of before. You also have to keep improving yourself, otherwise you won't be able to move forward side by side with them."
Ren's father commented: "You will be very tired in the future. Even if you don't mind, you will be completely changed by this. Then are you unfortunate or happy?"
Ren Suo listened quietly to his father's teachings, raised his head through the gaps in the shade of the trees, and gazed at the sky with the scorching sun.
Seeing his son finally fall into deep thought, Dad Ren knew that he had already achieved most of his success.
Reality is not fantasy. A happy ending does not exist. The miserable ending of repeated stomach pain is the reality.
Polyamory is a heresy that deserves to be burned at the stake; single pure love is the greatest treasure in the world.
And no matter who Ren Suo chooses, he will definitely live a miserable life, even if he chooses Xing Mei - Xing Mei will most likely treat him as a pet, use comfort and money to completely corrupt his already unsteady heart, use the mansion and servants as a cage to imprison him, and use food and entertainment as fodder to feed him, and in the end Ren Suo will become a useless person who will always rely on women for support.
After all, Dad Ren loves his son. He can't bear to see his son live such an unhappy life, nor can he tolerate his daughter supporting such a gigolo!
The next step is to continue to guide him, to make him understand that not only Xingmei is not suitable for him, but other people are not suitable for him either. Only the girl who likes a plain and lazy life like him, who can move forward with him, and who can even inspire him to fight for life, is his true home.
"I can change it."
"ha?"
Father Ren turned to look at Ren Suo. Ren Suo was still looking up at the blue sky. He smiled widely and said, "If they don't like something about me, I can change it. If they like something about me, I will continue to keep it."
Ren's father asked, "Are you willing to be led by love?"
Ren Suo smiled and said, "Not only am I led by love, I am also led by my mother and the game console... Yes, I am indeed an ordinary person who took the civil service exam right after graduation and just wanted to live an ordinary life, but dad, don't forget..."
"I've experienced a lot this year and met a lot of people. I'm no longer the college entrance examination candidate you remember discussing your aspirations with. I've also changed and become a better person."
Ren Suo suddenly asked, "Dad, have you seen Ren Neiser's video?"
“I have.”
"I've watched it too, without missing a single episode." Ren Suo said, "The mission of the Ren family in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the pursuit of the seekers, the protection of the magician, the mercy of the female food god, the salvation of the messenger of disaster, Luna's resistance, Los' justice, the truth of the gatekeeper... I saw them all."
"If there is any influence they have had on me, it is that they have made me deeply aware of what responsibility is."
"I am weak, so I leave the task of saving the world to the powerful ones like them. All I can do is live up to my responsibility."
“Don’t let yourself down when you are alone, don’t let the game down when you are playing, don’t let the bed down when you are sleeping, and don’t let others down when you are in love.”
Ren Suo patted his father on the shoulder and said, "Dad, you are old now. I will continue to leave the simple tasks like protecting Mom to you. As for young people like me, I will continue to challenge the hellish difficulty!"
Father Ren looked at his son and was speechless for a moment.
Ignorance is fearless.
If you don't listen to the advice of the elderly, you will suffer the consequences.
If you don't work hard when you are young, you will regret it when you are old.
Father Ren thought of many famous warning quotes at once, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.
The world of Zai Da Zai.
Ren's father sighed, "You have been the same since you were little. You never listen to me. At that time, according to my estimated scores, you could obviously go to a better university in another province, but you insisted on staying in Lian Province and Lianjiang."
"It's close to home." Ren Suo said with a grin.
"Bullshit, you didn't go home many times when you were in college, unless your mom suddenly wanted to call you home for dinner."
"I want to protect the best mom and the best sister in the world together with you, Dad."
Speaking of this, Ren's father finally couldn't hold back his anger and slapped Ren Suo on the head: "You are good, you take good care of your sister, you really deserve to be your mother's son——"
"Not yet! And I'm your son too!"
"Not yet? Not yet? I told you not to!"
"Stop fighting, stop fighting... So you support me and my sister?"
"I support your mother feeding you rat poison."
After a while, the father and son looked at each other and smiled helplessly at the same time.
"Dad, I should go back."
"Well." Ren's father wiped his glasses and asked, "I want to ask you one last question."
"Um?"
"Ask yourself," Ren's father looked at Ren Suo seriously, "Do you think you are happy now?"
Ren Suo was stunned.
He recalled the crisis-ridden days ahead.
On call these days.
The desire has been boiling these days but I can't vent it.
He really lived every day as if it were his last.
As he thought about it, Ren Suo's eyes became moist again.
"I……"
At this moment, a pair of white arms wrapped around Ren Suo's neck, and Ren Suo felt the back of his head trapped in two gentle attacks.
"What are you talking about?" Qiao Muyi, who was standing behind Ren Suo, lowered her head and put her face close to Ren Suo, asking curiously.
"Nothing." Ren Suo wiped the water from the corners of his eyes and asked, "Why did you come down?"
"Mom asked us to take you away. Cheng Ling, go to the garage to drive the car." Qiao Muyi waved to Ren's father: "Goodbye, Dad."
"Goodbye, uncle."
"Goodbye, Dad."
Gu Yueyan and Ren Xingmei also came down to say goodbye. Ren's father showed a friendly smile and waved to them: "Goodbye, come and visit more often in the future, and remember to call us next time. We will prepare a sumptuous meal for you."
Watching Ren Suo and the girls get in the car and leave, Ren's father sat back on the bench and looked at the sky, still maintaining a faint smile on his face.
"Why aren't you going up yet?" Ren's mother came down and saw Ren's father sitting on the bench. She walked over and asked, "We're waiting for you to wash the dishes."
"You definitely didn't try to persuade them to leave their son," Ren's father said in an affirmative tone.
Ren's mother blinked. "Oh, yes. How did you know that?"
Compared with her son, Ren's mother is undoubtedly better - besides being cute and adorable, she is also shameless.
“You, you…” Ren’s father sighed, “When your son is in trouble in the future, you will feel bad.”
"How do you know your son will be unhappy? I think he enjoys it."
"Too."
Ren's father exhaled lightly: "Everyone has their own misfortunes and happiness. Who can say that their own misfortunes can't be happiness?"
Ren's mother suddenly said excitedly, "Right, right, why don't we tell him tomorrow, 'Mom and Dad have forgiven you, come back at noon and have lunch and talk with us' or something like that."
Ren's father asked curiously, "You forgive him? But we won't be having lunch at home tomorrow."
"How is that possible!" Ren's mother shook her head: "I just want to trick him into coming back and get rejected."
"Why are you so boring, like a child?" Ren's father was completely speechless to his wife. "If you mess around like this, your son will be angry too."
"Tomorrow is April Fools' Day. It would be a waste if we don't take advantage of this opportunity."