Chapter 71

There are such coincidences in the world.

When Li Ting saw her elder sister suddenly appear, she was also a little confused.

But when he noticed the confusion and bewilderment on her face, he immediately acted as if nothing had happened: "Sister, Niannian just opened her eyes, and she looks a lot like me."

Hearing this, Zhui Sheng wondered if she had heard it wrongly, but she was too embarrassed to ask about this matter, so she stepped forward and put the small pot on the table, and continued to say, "Really? Are you still awake now?"

Ruting shook his head: "Falling asleep again, eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, just like a little piglet."

Ruishuang was amused by her sister: "All children are like this."

As she spoke, she opened the small pot again, picked up the spoon and scooped fruit tea into the bowl.

Because there were guests present, she gave it to Wu Yuzhen's grandparents first, and then to the twins and sister.

Li Ting: "Sister, you should drink some too."

Weishuang: "Don't worry, I cooked a lot, there's still some in the pot. I also put some pitted dates in it, try it and see if you like it."

"Of course I like it. This is made by my sister." He took a small sip and said, "Hmm... It tastes good."

Seeing her sister squinting her eyes and enjoying it, Luo Shuang felt so amused that she was about to say that she liked it and would do it to her again tomorrow, but out of the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of Aunt Wu peeking at her.

Thinking about what she just heard, whether it was hallucination or just a joke, Hu Xiang couldn't stay any longer.

So she forced a smile and said, "Then you guys take your time eating. I'll be going downstairs first." As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and left in a hurry.

Seeing this, Wu Yuzhen, who had been secretly watching, felt her mood sink to the bottom.

...It's over, son, I'm sorry!

"The sun is out. Do you want to walk to the window for a few steps?" After Wu Yuzhen left, Huo Xiao walked over and asked his wife.

I gave birth for three days and lay down for three days. My back is stiff now. I can finally get out of bed and move around.

However, Tingting was a little worried about her elder sister: "Wait a moment, take Miaomiao and Guoguo downstairs for a walk, and call my elder sister up for me."

Huo Xiao did not leave in a hurry. He first asked his wife to turn over, and massaged her shoulders, back, waist and legs. After making sure that she was no longer in pain, he carried the twin downstairs.

Ruishuang came quickly: "Your brother-in-law asked me to walk with you? Did you have a fight with your brother-in-law? Why don't you let him accompany you?" It's not that she didn't want to, but her sister was still weak. If she fell or something, she might not be able to hold her.

Ruiting smiled: "If I don't say that, would you be willing to come up?"

Hearing this, Lu Qing felt a little embarrassed, but she didn't play dumb. She just asked curiously, "What do you think Aunt Wu thinks? She won't tell Comrade Xie about it when she goes back, right? It will be so awkward when we meet again in the future."

Before, Ting Ting felt that the elder sister had a kind of stupid beauty. Now seeing that she didn't think about anything else, she couldn't help but sympathize with Xie Hao: "...Sister, shall we talk?"

"Why are you so serious all of a sudden? Let's talk, let's talk."

"Have you ever thought about finding another partner?"

Jue Qing was surprised: "You don't think Comrade Xie and I are a good match, do you?"

Tingting raised an eyebrow: "Why are you so surprised? Do you think you are unworthy?"

"Not really... No, what I mean is, I've never thought about it in this way..." This is true. To be honest, although Aunt Hongying helps, Lu Shuang has to go to work and attend classes, and is very busy every day. She has never considered these things.

Another thing is, Comrade Xie has such good conditions, but not only does he have to raise three children by himself, he is also in debt. How can we be a good match?

In fact, Tingting didn't think that the elder sister had to find a new man.

She had even discussed with Aunt Hongying privately, asking her to stay in the city for another two years, and she and her second brother would subsidize her with ten yuan per month.

Of course, on the surface, Aunt Hongying would tell her elder sister that food and lodging are enough, and she wants to stay in the city and make paper boxes for another two years to save some money for her retirement.

After her eldest sister finishes two or three years of night school and becomes an accountant, her life will be much easier even if Aunt Hongying leaves.

It doesn’t really matter whether you find a man or not.

But that was just her idea.

Besides, she hadn't considered it enough before.

There is a lot of gossip around a widow. Even if you behave decently and are purer than tofu, you are still considered dishonest and not a good person in the eyes of people with dirty minds.

Especially since the eldest sister is beautiful, there will be more and more toads like Feng Jun in the future.

So, if I really meet the right one, my elder sister will be willing, and now Ruiting is still willing to give a push from behind.

She just didn't expect that her elder sister didn't seem to be against remarriage, nor did she dislike Xie Hao. Instead, she was too self-abased and didn't dare to think about it at all.

Thinking of this, Li Ting pinched her brows weakly: "Sister, help me get the mirror."

Tingting, who was still advising her sister not to make jokes, was confused for a moment and could not keep up with her thoughts. However, she still stood up and took the red plastic mirror on the table. When she handed it out, she did not forget to joke: "Don't worry, it looks good." These words were not nonsense. Although Tingting was a little fatter than before, she looked like a blooming peony, especially bright and beautiful.

But unexpectedly, after her sister got the mirror, she didn't point it at herself, but at her.

Zhuo Qing was at a loss: "What...what happened?"

Tingting: "Does it look good?"

"...I?"

"Yes, big sister, do you have any misunderstandings about your appearance? Not to mention that you have a good personality, good cooking skills, a house and a job, you have advantages everywhere, but your face alone is a killer weapon, okay?"

Ruishuang didn't know what the big killer was, but her sister was probably complimenting her on her beauty.

The face is her own, so she naturally knows what it looks like. However, she curled her lips and said sarcastically, "...What's the use of having a good look? Zhao Kai is still having an affair with someone else."

Ruting rolled her eyes: "Why bring up such a dirty thing? Zhao Kai has a character problem. Also, sister, what you said is wrong. In life, being good-looking is a big advantage. You'll get beaten if you say that."

Ruishuang was amused. She put the mirror back in place and said, "I know what you mean, but don't mention it. It will embarrass Comrade Xie."

1. The...

Xie Haocai would not be embarrassed if he didn't mean it. If his mother didn't mean it, why would she come here so early in the morning? Did she really think it was for her second brother?!

But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

In this kind of situation, it would be fine for her to just play a supporting role, but what about her directly helping Xie Hao to express his feelings?

So, after a moment of silence, Ruting said, "Anyway, what I mean is, no matter which man you fall in love with in the future, don't feel inferior. Go ahead and date him if you want to. What are you afraid of?"

He paused, but couldn't help but add, "If you feel that being alone is good and don't want to look for someone else, my second brother and I support you."

Ruishuang blinked her eyes to wipe away the tears that welled up in her eyes. She imitated her second brother and poked her sister's eyebrows affectionately, saying angrily, "If you don't know, you would think you are the elder sister and I am the younger sister. You really worry about me so much."

After saying this, she tucked the corner of the quilt in again and then stood up: "Okay, take a good rest. I have to go downstairs to help Aunt Xiu pluck chicken feathers."

Ruting sighed: "It's chicken soup again."

Ruishuang: "What about the pork rib soup? The pork elbow soup? I wonder if I can get some at the supply and marketing cooperative right now."

"No, chicken soup is chicken soup, I was just saying it casually."

Although my sister said this, I still kept it in my heart.

After going downstairs, he said hello to Aunt Xiu, then put on his basket and hurried out to try his luck.

"Do you want to sleep for a while, or get out of bed and take a walk?" Seeing his sister-in-law leave, Huo Xiao immediately went upstairs to look after his wife.

Tingting: "Didn't you accompany Guoguo and Miaomiao for a walk?"

"There is a second brother."

"Yeah...then get up and walk around."

Huo Xiao didn't dare to put his wife on the ground all at once. He half-hugged her and waited until she was able to move a few steps before he loosened his grip and lightly protected her waist.

The glass windows on the second floor are very large, facing the branches of the sycamore trees on the road.

Li Ting was a little surprised and asked, "Is it snowing?" Not to mention, there were some white snowflakes on the dead branches, like blooming snow plums, which was extremely beautiful.

Huo Xiao pulled her back and asked her to lean her weight on him before replying, "It must have happened at night."

"You know what, it's quite nice..." Before he could finish his words, he was choked by the scene downstairs.

She pointed to her son who was jumping and leaping under the snowflakes falling from the tree not far away, and to Wei who was laughing so hard that he couldn't stand up straight after kicking a tree a few steps away. She said, "My second brother is really capable. He is so capable of bullying a four-year-old child."

Huo Xiao curled his lips without saying anything. Seeing Guoguo and the puppy having fun and actively crawling under the fallen snow, he knew that they were having a great time.

Of course, Ruting could see it, especially at this moment, when he saw the two little things holding snowballs and starting to "besiege" the second brother, he couldn't help laughing: "It should be..."

Huo Xiao looked at his wife, still without saying anything. He stood with her for a few more minutes, then carried her back to bed: "Sleep for a while?"

In fact, Tingting was not sleepy, but she didn't know what else to do except sleep: "Why don't you come up and sleep too?"

Niannian is relatively easy to take care of. He only cries when he is hungry or needs a diaper change.

But no matter how easy he is to take care of, he still needs to be fed every one or two hours and his diapers need to be changed several times.

She can feed the baby alone, but when the baby cries, Huo Xiao will wake up.

Plus, he was the one who changed the baby's diapers, which meant that he couldn't sleep well at night.

It's only been two or three days and I've developed dark circles under my eyes.

Thinking of this, Li Ting pinched her husband's hand distressedly: "I thought you would be able to relax a little after the baby is born..."

Huo Xiao chuckled: "That's nothing, you're the one who's really working hard."

"Come up and sleep with me for a while." Ruting didn't say anything else. She just moved inside and smiled at the person. In her heart, she was planning to ask her mother-in-law to sleep with her for one night, so that her husband could at least get a full night's sleep.

Huo Xiao quickly took off his outer clothes and lay down under the quilt. Just as he was about to hold his wife and sleep for a while, he heard the crying of a baby. He almost reflexively got up and got out of bed.

Watching the man sit up in one second, pick up the child skillfully and start changing the diaper, Ruting sighed silently...babies are so hard to raise.

the other side.

After sending her granddaughter home, Wu Yuzhen took the old man aside to discuss something.

After she used countless flowery words to praise the beauty of the two sisters of the Lu family, she said sadly: "...I think Lu Lu doesn't like our son. What do you think we should do?"

Xie Guangrui was also a policeman in the past. He held a high position when he retired. He didn't care much when he heard this: "Why rush? The children will naturally get together if they are destined to be together."

"Fate, fate... We live next door to each other, how can we say we have no fate? Does fate fall from the sky? We have to actively fight for it! All we do is read newspapers all day long." Looking at the old man sitting steadily, Wu Yuzhen didn't want to pay any attention to him, so she got up and went out.

Xie Guangrui frowned: "Where are you going?"

"It's none of your business. Just go with your newspaper." After stabbing the old man without looking back, Wu Yuzhen pushed her bicycle out the door.

The old man didn't understand, but she, as a mother, knew it very well. She was the one who helped choose her ex-daughter-in-law, and the two young people were married after a blind date at the right age. There was no such thing as liking or not. After all, everyone was like this, so she was able to remain calm when it came to the divorce.

But it was different for Rui Rui. This was the girl her son really loved. As a mother, not only did she fail to help, she might even have been a hindrance. How could she not be anxious?

Seeing his wife leave angrily, Xie Guangrui thought about where she might be going and felt a little worried, so he turned around and borrowed a car from his neighbor and followed her.

In this room, it felt like the old man was following them, and Wu Yuzhen was too lazy to pay attention to him.

She pedaled her bike like a hot wheel all the way to her son's workplace, parked the bike, pushed the door open and entered the police station. When she saw an acquaintance, she asked directly, "Xiao Wang, is my son Xie Hao here?"

People in the institute often followed the director home for dinner, so they naturally got to know Wu Yuzhen and Xie Guangrui, especially since Xie Guangrui was their top boss a few years ago.

The young man named Xiao Wang immediately strode over and said, "The director is in the office, old leader, what happened?"

Xie Guangrui waved his hand: "Private matter, take care of yourselves."

While the two were exchanging greetings, Wu Yuzhen had already walked into her son's office as if she were familiar with the place.

Xie Hao was researching an unsolved case from a few years ago. When he saw his mother, he was stunned for a moment, then he immediately stood up and asked, "Why are you here? What happened?"

Wu Yuzhen was filled with guilt. Looking at her tall and... not-so-good-looking son, she felt even sadder. She opened her mouth and said, "Son, I'm sorry. The cooked duck flew away."

After she finished speaking, she saw her son's bewildered face, so she quickly changed the subject: "No, it was the swan that flew away before you cooked it."

Xie Hao...

Xie Guangrui coughed lightly, waved away the policemen who followed him, and closed the door. He then recounted the story of his wife's good intentions but bad results: "...Don't blame your mother. She was just too concerned. She originally wanted to get familiar with you and gain a reputation as a good mother-in-law to give you extra points."

The old man still understood her. Wu Yuzhen nodded repeatedly: "That's what I meant. Mom just wanted to test the intentions of the other members of the Lu family. I didn't expect Lu Lu to come at such a coincidence."

Xie Hao's head was buzzing, he didn't expect that after he had made preparations for long-term pursuit and to integrate himself into Lu Qing's life silently, his mother turned around and saw through his thoughts clearly.

And...seeing my mother's current reaction, I'm afraid things are not going well for Luqing.

Thinking of this, Xie Hao asked: "What did Ruiqing say?"

Wu Yuzhen was upset: "No reaction. Mom is sure she heard it, but she pretended not to hear it. Was she... considering our face?"

After hearing this, Xie Hao felt that the situation was not good, but he did not blame his mother or get angry.

He is 32 years old, and because of his job, he can calm down the fastest when faced with anything.

So, after only a few seconds of silence, Xie Hao picked up the teapot and poured water for his parents while comforting them: "Mom, don't worry, your son is ready for a long-term pursuit. Ruishuang is a very good lesbian, and it is normal to be rejected a few times. I will not give up because of a single rejection."

Xie Guangrui was very satisfied with his son's reaction and patted him on the shoulder: "You are right, lesbians are excellent and there are many choices. You just need to do your best to be nice to them. Whether it will work out or not, just leave it to fate."

Seeing that his wife was about to get angry about the word "fate", he quickly added: "You can't always be lukewarm when pursuing a lesbian. Maybe your mother really did something good this time."

Xie Hao couldn't believe that his luck was so good, but he didn't want his mother to feel too guilty and anxious, so he smiled and replied, "Dad is right!"

Appearing calm.

It's because of adult decency.

But what was going on inside, Xie Hao, who had been in a daze the whole day, knew better than anyone else.

In his opinion, now that his mother had accidentally revealed the truth, no matter how Rui Shuang viewed him, as a man, he could not back down at this moment.

So, that night, Xie Hao stayed at the unit until 7pm, waiting for Lu Qing to come back, and then he pushed his bicycle to the platform to wait for someone.

It's snowing again.

After waiting for a few minutes, Xie Hao felt the coolness on his nose and looked up at the sky.

There is a street lamp on the platform.

The light was dim, but it could clearly illuminate the falling snowflakes.

It was also at this time that Xie Hao noticed that a half-worn red lantern had been hung on the bus stop sign at some point.

Yes...tomorrow is New Year's Day.

After 12 o'clock, it will officially be 1969, and he will be 33 years old.

At this time, Xie Hao would never have thought that at this age, on such a cold snowy night, he would be like a young man who had just begun to fall in love, full of anxiety and expectation...

I look forward to telling her my feelings, even though there is a high probability that she will politely reject me and treat me as a stranger from then on...

Thinking of this, the man, who was almost as stiff as a wooden stake, moved his feet slightly and looked in the direction where the bus was coming.

Coincidentally, in the dark night, two dazzling lights responded to his expectation and slowly drove over.

After the bus stopped at the platform, Xie Hao met the eyes of Lu Qing who was standing at the door and preparing to get off the bus through the glass.

He was very good at observing people's emotions, and after he made sure that he only saw surprise in the other person's eyes, and not disgust or aversion, he paused for a moment.

Then I couldn't help but think of what my father said before... When pursuing a lesbian, you can't just be lukewarm.

"Comrade Xie, why are you here?"

The bus stopped and then moved on.

Xie Hao looked straight at Lu Qing, but did not move forward, leaving her a few steps away from him.

Then he took a deep breath of the cool air and said, "I'm waiting for you."