Past Love (Part 1)
"I don't agree! This is outrageous!" The door was kicked open, and a large red brick came crashing down in front of them, splattering on the floor. Zhang Qian cursed, pointing at the four people.
All four of them were startled.
Yu Ran quickly stood up and stood in front of the woman. Jiang Liu had already turned his hands behind his back and called the police.
"Why, are these words just because it's so easy to curse myself? Don't impose them on me." Yu Ran said sternly.
"Don't interfere in our family affairs!" Yu Qionglin said confidently.
"The police will be here soon. Why is there a pair of scissors on your keychain?" Jiang Liu walked to his waist and took it out lightly.
"He was just passing by when eavesdropping, but breaking into the house was premeditated?!" Yu Lei pointed out.
"You, you, how could I have given birth to such a shameless son like you! You have no sense of shame in messing with men, aren't you afraid of being criticized?" Zhang Qian was panicked, but in fact, he was even more angry that the four of them were united as one, as close as a family, and yet they ganged up on him. They challenged what he thought was his only "patriarchal authority."
The police rushed in and controlled the manic man. The four of them went to the police station to take a statement. During the period, although Zhang Qian's shoulders were clamped, his mouth was not blocked. He cried out to the sky, accusing the world of injustice and moral decline.
"I'm sorry to trouble you..." Jiang Liu wrung his hands, unable to sit still.
"Good boy, auntie is not so feudal. I have long regarded you as a family member." Yu Qionglin looked back from the co-pilot seat. Love was within reach, and the light of love illuminated the future.
"That's right, when are you going to go abroad to get your marriage certificate? Mom and I will take advantage of it and go on a trip!"
Yu Ran was embarrassed and didn't dare to say a word. The five fingers of his left hand transformed into five little figures, which climbed onto Jiang Liu's knees, knocking and tapping, asking for his opinion.
Jiang Liu first pinched him deliberately, then was so annoyed that he opened the five fingers of his right hand and hugged him.
Yu Ran once said that clasping ten fingers together is like each finger finding its home and hugging each other.
Zhang Qian was detained for twenty days. Twenty days was enough time for Yu Qionglin to sell her current house and move to a new one.
He used half of the money from the house sale to help Zhang Tian's daughter put together the down payment for a new house in Yuzhao City.
"Sister Qiong..." Isn't this voice an echo of Zhang Tian's girlhood?
"Little sister, if you want to go far away, you must leave without regrets. Fly high, no matter how high you fly, but if you want to come back, I will be your home!"
…
During the winter break of his junior year, Yu Ran and Jiang Liu flew to Country A to meet Jiang's father and mother.
Jiang Chun and Jiang Yueming.
Yu Ran said happily: "Your family is full of poetry and painting, one is Wang Wan's "Under the Beigu Mountain", and the other two are Zhang Ruoxu's "Spring River Moon Night".
Jiang Liu said at the time: "Then I am afraid that my name, which has the smell of money in it, is the most poetic one."
Yu Ran only understood the meaning of the words after meeting his elders.
The "Chun" in Jiang Chun's name probably refers to a late spring chill. As soon as he opened his mouth, Yu Ran felt a chill run down his spine. "Get married as soon as possible, and settle down in Country A. After dinner, give me a plan for the future. Oh, you don't need to report your personal life to me, but mainly your views on the business model, and..."
Jiang Liu interrupted: "I haven't agreed to join the company yet."
Jiang Yueming said, "Old Jiang, this is a family dinner, not a social gathering. Pay attention! Yu Ran, right? Mom supports your relationship and marriage, and thinks you should have a year or two of fun after graduating from college. However, the family business will eventually be handed over to the eldest son. Yu Ran, you are his closest person, so you should persuade him more."
"When did I agree to join the company?" These were the only two sentences Jiang Liu said at the dinner table.
"I should have let you and your brother switch places." She ignored her son's questions and displeasure, and only focused on her complaints.
It is useless for the mediocre and lazy youngest son to study abroad to gain experience.
The eldest son, who is gifted and intelligent, is selfish and frivolous.
If I had kept Jiang Liu by my side and nurtured him, letting him attend the most demanding high school, take the college entrance examination step by step, and then struggle in society...
Everything will be different.
After drinking, everyone left and Jiang Yu asked, "Do you want to go home or go back to the hotel?"
"Let's go back to the hotel. We can just walk back." Yu Ran said.
"Get in the car and go home!" Jiang Yu said arrogantly, saying "go home" to his brother and "be arrogant" to Yu Ran.
"Stop making trouble. Do you think this family still welcomes me?" Jiang Liu broke free from his brother's hand, grabbed Yu Ran and was about to leave.
As they walked, the two of them suddenly ran in unison, leaving the little ghost far behind.
"Why do I feel like your brother doesn't like me?"
"Because you like me, he doesn't like you." Jiang Liu said softly.
"Jealous?"
Yu Ran hadn't thought of a setting that only existed in the two-dimensional world.
"Yeah, kind of, but it's worse than jealousy. Ignore him!" Jiang Liu was tired from running. He held Yu Ran's hand and squatted on the ground, panting. "I'm tired!"
Yu Ran suddenly picked the person up and carried him sideways.
"What?! Put me down! Aren't you ashamed?"
"If you smile, I'll let you go!"
"Do you want to force a smile, or hide a knife in your smile, or do you want to be in a dilemma?"
Yu Ran could hear the frustration in Jiang Liu's heart and said, "A knowing smile, a gentle smile, as long as it's your smile!"
Seeing that Jiang Liu was unmoved, he added, "Fairy tales say that if a prince keeps his feet off the ground, he will cut off all the ugliness in the world and live happily forever!"
"Who is this author? Isn't this nonsense?!"
"The famous Burning Wish!"
"According to the experience passed down by that unreliable burning wish, whoever holds the prince will have to hold him for the rest of his life, right?"
Yu Ran changed his hug to carrying Jiang Liu, and Jiang Liu couldn't resist, so he simply buried his head in his shoulder and disappeared.
"I was laughing, and you lied to me!" He kicked desperately.
"What did I lie to you about? The story of hugging the prince is over. Now it's a caring boyfriend hugging his tired lover! Back to reality."
Yu Ran really carried the person all the way back to the hotel. Jiang Liu also had a way. He pretended to be drunk and let him be carried with a clear conscience!
After passing the lobby, getting on the elevator, crossing the corridor and opening the door, Jiang Liu calculated carefully before daring to open his eyes. Now he was lying on his back on the bed, really wanting to have a sound sleep.
Yu Ran walked over and saw that he still had his eyes closed.
"Do you want the romance of a prince and knight or the pragmatism of a boyfriend?"
"I want them all!" Jiang Liu turned over and wrapped himself in the quilt. In an instant, the bed was covered with flower petals, sweeping over him.
Jiang Liu only then realized that the bed and the floor were covered with flower petals. The large double bathtub was filled with water. Several hand-folded lanterns swirled in the calm water, and the flames formed several brilliant golden lotus flowers.
The red tears of the candles gathered into full hearts. It was obvious that Yu Ran had specially chosen the heart-shaped candles and calculated the time precisely, which made his heart so complete.
When Jiang Liu got up, he touched the pillow and found it was soft and rustling inside. Yu Ran climbed onto the bed and said, "Cassia seeds, green tea, jasmine flowers, buckwheat husks. You have to meet your parents. You haven't slept well these past few days."
Jiang Liu looked at him in disbelief, then waved his hand and opened rows of cabinets, which were filled with his favorite gadgets! Embroidered fans, incense burners, telescopes, Lego...
"Okay, stop looking." Yu Ran cupped his infatuated face, "If you keep looking, the last thing I prepared won't be a surprise anymore."
Jiang Liu closed his eyes and was pulled up by the other party. Even an inexperienced person could guess what was about to happen...
"Baby, will you marry me?" Yu Ran knelt on one knee and looked up at him. This gaze was no different from looking up at a god. In fact, his baby was even more effective than a god, able to fulfill his wishes instantly, immediately, at any time.
"I do."
Yu Ran grabbed the ring with trembling hands and put it on the white finger. He remembered the cartoon they had watched together. The protagonist drew a bizarre array, and the immortal face of the god gradually emerged in the circle.
Now, Yu Ran was completing this task. In the center of the formation, he cast a heart full of love.
A ring is the smallest magic circle, which requires them to live in harmony, stay together forever, love each other until old age, and have heaven and earth as their witness.
Yu Ran pushed it down, swallowing nervously and expectantly until his saliva dried up and the ring stopped moving. It was stuck between the first and second knuckles of his left ring finger.
Tightly, firmly, appropriately, and inappropriately, it stopped moving.
“!”
Yu Ran was heartbroken and cursed himself for being so incompetent! How, how could he even get the size of the engagement ring wrong?!
"Actually, I do prefer the bone joint ring." Jiang Liu walked in the candlelight and admired it.
The ring's glint is truly a joyous spectacle.
"Are you willing to marry a fool?" Yu Ran put his arms around him from behind, took his left hand, and kissed the base of his finger, taking advantage of the ring.
"I don't want to." Jiang Liu said lazily, "But you're not stupid. I really like bone rings, more than traditional rings."
"but……"
Jiang Liu suddenly turned around and snatched the right to speak with a kiss, and finally left a tooth mark on his lower lip.
"I like everything you prepared tonight, but I don't know if you've prepared what I'm thinking of now..."
“Give it a try.”
…
Jiang Liu thought he must be drunk. Finally, he looked past the smoldering chest and saw the flickering red candle. The blazing wax tears were also the red seal of the sweet wine jar, sealing the time of intense love.
…
"This is the story behind this photo." Jiang Liu wiped off the fingerprints on it.
"I didn't expect my sister kept this one and even put it in her wallet." Yu Ran held it in his hand and couldn't stop looking at it. He didn't mind if his fingertips blocked his view. His treasure was so beautiful!
"Maybe my brother has come to his senses, and I'm relieved." Jiang Liu teased.
Yu Ran and Jiang Liu's pose at this moment was exactly the same as in the photo. No, even more intimate.
Yu Ran didn't say anything else, but through this "post-wedding photo" he remembered a crucial point!
Jiang Liu still refuses to formally agree to a relationship request. Could it be because I haven't formally proposed to him?!
After all, the most formal one was not very successful.
Thinking of this, his eyes flickered with the brilliance of the enamel ring.
He felt that the new ring might be guarding the mark of the old ring.
Yu Ran can naturally distinguish between priorities.
"Yanlan Yunxiu jewelry series, the ring is called Xing Zai Shui..." Yu Ran suddenly remembered the conversation with the clerk in the jewelry store that day.
His tears fell, and he always felt that he owed his beloved too much.
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