70. Love and Friendship
It was the second day of the Lunar New Year. Wen Hua and the Lin family's children were setting off fireworks in the yard. Mother Lin was preparing delicious food in the kitchen. Lin Zhengze and his brother Lin Zhengkai were upstairs watching their wives and daughters in the yard discussing the important matter of settling down and starting a career.
Wen Hua was very popular among the children. She didn't care for the weak and always wanted to compete with the younger ones. Unexpectedly, she became the popular one.
Wenhua hasn't had such a happy Spring Festival for many years since her grandmother passed away. Lin Zhengze felt warm in his heart as he stood on the balcony watching her and the children playing in bed.
Before New Year's Eve, Wen Hua and Mother Lin made a special video of the New Year's Eve dinner and posted it online. After being liked by Weibo celebrity Lin Zhengze, it had been viewed over 500,000 times by the morning of New Year's Eve.
I didn't go back this year. It was Wen's father who went back to his hometown alone to spend the New Year with his grandfather. Wen He's two children were sick, and it was inconvenient to take them back, so Wen's mother stayed to take care of them. When they video chatted on New Year's Eve, it was very quiet across the street, but Wen's father was very happy. He was very happy to see her going to her future in-laws' home.
After coming back, Wen's mother always asked when she would take Lin Zhengze back. She pretended to be stupid and said, "Didn't I go back once?"
Two major events happened after the holiday. The first was that the scumbag Zheng Le finally hurt Chen Zi'ang. The second was that Wen Hua gave her rented house to Chen Zi'ang in the process of comforting him.
How did all this happen? Wen Hua no longer had the heart to condemn and despise the scumbag. She now had more important things to do.
She has to rent a house as soon as possible.
Lin Zhengze strongly disagreed with this and firmly opposed it.
"No, what if you kick me out? Will I have to live on the overpass?" Wen Hua asked.
"Me? Kick you out?" Lin Zhengze chuckled and snorted. Since they had been together, he was the only one who didn't dare to go back. How could he have kicked Wen Hua out?
"Hehe, what I mean is, if we have a fight, I will definitely slam the door and run away from home in a grand manner," Wen Hua tried to smooth things over.
In return, he laughed again, and Wen Hua wisely shut up.
She thought she shouldn't look for a house secretly, but her hands had their own ideas. She downloaded the house rental software and searched for house information herself.
There was a sound of heavy breathing behind her. Wen Hua turned her head and saw Lin Zhengze with an angry face. She opened her mouth to explain but couldn't say anything. She had to lower her head and not look at him. He didn't speak unless she looked at him. His footsteps disappeared from her sight. A few seconds later, she heard the balcony door slam shut from the outside.
This could be considered a formal quarrel. Wen Hua sat on the sofa in the living room with her knees hugged in silence. Lin Zhengze had been standing outside for a long time, and the sound of a lighter could be heard occasionally.
Lin Zhengze was a little annoyed and discouraged, but he had no choice. No matter how angry he was, he could only hide on the balcony and smoke a cigarette. He didn't want to slam the door and leave. He couldn't leave her alone at home.
"If we are in love, then as your partner, I will have a home with you. If one day we no longer love each other, then I will be your best friend and stay with you forever. No matter what identity I am, you will not lose me. This is my promise. You can choose for yourself." After saying this, Lin Zhengze got up to take a shower without even looking at her.
Wenhua sat in the living room for a long time, until everything around her became quiet.
She thought about the boy she really liked but rejected many years ago. What did he ask her when he was drunk?
"I would rather maintain a long-term friendship than a fleeting love," was her answer.
In the end, he didn't get love, and she didn't keep her friendship.
Tonight Lin Zhengze gave her the second answer, giving her both love and friendship.
Let it be, Wen Hua clenched her fists and said to herself, trusting this man's love and friendship without reservation.
Wen Hua got up and walked towards the bedroom. Lin Zhengze was already asleep, facing the opposite direction from usual, with his back to her.
She took off her coat, got on the bed, and leaned over him into his arms. After a long time, he sighed and hugged her.
No one could sleep. After smelling the fragrance of flowers, Lin Zhengze scattered it into stars all over the river, which made him even sadder. He was very clear about this, so he sighed. After he said those things, he didn't dare to look at her. As long as he saw her guilty and self-blaming eyes, he would not be able to restrain himself and hug her.
"Okay, go to sleep." There was a wet spot on her chest. Lin Zhengze wiped her tears resignedly and held her in his arms.
“I was really awful,” she said.
"Yes, you did it knowingly and deliberately to make me angry. It's really hateful," he said.
Wen Hua brought even more tears to her eyes.
"How about... you also piss me off, by cheating on me or something?"
She spoke sincerely. Lin Zhengze felt a slight headache. He let go of her, stroking his forehead and said helplessly, "It's okay to cheat on me, but if there's another one like you, I won't live to be forty at most."
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