Out of the Civil Affairs Bureau.
Lin Lu Snapdragon drove to the suburban drug rehabilitation center to pick up Lin Qi, along the road there is not much traffic, the trees on both sides of the rush, the car cycle single a song, "ordinary road".
Nanchu sat on the co-pilot, pinched the red book in his hands, has not slowed down, always feel that everything is like a dream, obviously a few days ago they were still arguing.
Lin Lu Snapdragon drove the car seriously, saw her daze and turned his head to glance at her, compared to Nanchu, he was more calm.
Lighten up and get your license.
It also didn't look that exciting.
"Open the box in front of you." Lin Luzhu said with little emotion as he stared ahead.
Nanchu lowered her head to touch the armrest in front of her position, "This?"
He glanced at it and nodded.
Nanchu pushed it open, and inside lay a small four-square box.
"Take it out."
Nanchu obeyed and did as he was told, the four-square thing pinched into the hand, only to be surprised, it should be a pair of rings, do not wait for him to say, their own joyful open, can not wait to set up, stretching out the slender hand left to look at the right.
The style was quite simple, compared to her previous ones perhaps this one was more ordinary, but it always looked a little different to her, tilting her head for half a day, feeling that this ring could not be more suitable for her, as if it had originally grown on her.
Nanchu said with a smiling face, "How do you know the size of my fingers?"
Lin Lu Snapdragon controlled the steering wheel, his head didn't return, the corner of his mouth hooked up a very faint smile, "Where on your body am I not clear?"
Vehicles traveled alone in the driveway, stretching out the memory of the years.
Nanchu remembers that in the past, when he had just typed the marriage report for a while, Lin Luchu liked to twist her fingers to play when he had something to do, and at that time, he still thought it was strange, whether he had any strange quirks, such as the same as himself, hand control.
My own self at the time didn't think twice about it, I always thought this person should be a hand controller, or else she seemed to seem to get more excited every time she used her hands to get it?
So much for being obscene.
No one said anything after that either.
Lin Luzhu has always been a man of few words, and this marriage will not be any more than before.
The car soon pulled up in front of the rehab center.
Lin Qi was clean and simple stubble, dressed in black, with a long and lean figure, carrying a small black bag in his hand, his skin glowing white in the sunlight, the complete opposite of his brother.
The person looked healthier compared to his previous gloominess.
When he saw Lin Luchu's car, he walked over and went straight to the passenger side around the front of the car.
Opened the car door and giggled.
"Nanchu?"
Nanchu smiled at him, and heard Lin Luchu beside her make a salty remark, "You sit in the back."
Lin Qi nodded, "Ohhhh."
Waiting for Lin Qi to get into the car, Nanchu through the rearview mirror, quietly measuring him, although the state looked a lot healthier, but the person fell silent, but looked more transparent.
None of the three said a few words until the car stopped at the mouth of the alley.
Lin Lu Snapdragon went to park the car and Nanchu got off with Lin Qi at the intersection before Lin Qi looked at her and said, "You and my brother?"
Nanchu shook the red book in her hand, "I just got my license."
Lin Qi's jaw dropped.
It was only when Lin Luchu came from behind and slapped him on the back of the head that he was shocked to realize that this was not a dream.
"Gone."
With that, he headed deeper into the alley.
Hutongs are imprinted with the old traces of the years, through a window flower, the long river of time flows in the bottom of the eye.
Hutong courtyard, a bronze gate, carved with the track of childhood, Nanchu is the first time to this side, I heard that this side live are authentic old Beixun people, stay in the old Beixun hutong culture.
Nan Yueru's ancestry is in Changnan, and later became famous and settled in Beixun for a long time, and then stayed abroad for many years.
This is where Lin Luzhu grew up.
This made Nanchu explore everything with great curiosity, trying to find a little trace of him.
When the three of them entered, Lin Qingyuan was playing chess with his old friend, and Secretary Zhang was inside putting up a table of food.
"Dad."
I don't know who called out first.
Lin Qingyuan's hand that was dropping the seeds stopped in the air and looked at the sound, when he saw Lin Qi, his face still involuntarily sank, before he turned his head to look at Nanchu and eased a little.
"Come in."
However, the moment Nanchu saw Lin Qingyuan, something in her head is gradually clear, she seems to have seen him, but she forgot where she had seen, and froze for half a day to think of it.
Instead, Lin Qingyuan was the first to speak, "Little girl forgot about me?"
Memories of her childhood spewed forth as she exclaimed, "You're Uncle Lin?!"
Lin Qingyuan smiled, "Still called Uncle Lin?"
Nanchu looked down in embarrassment and whispered, "Dad."
She had never called out to her father before, and this shout went down, startling herself, probably because the words were too unfamiliar, and all of a sudden she felt a little awkward. Lin Qingyuan knew too well, and gave a low laugh to cover up her embarrassment.
Then, patting the chair beside him, "Come sit down for a while."
Nanchu glanced at Lin Luchu beside her, and the latter said, "Go sit down for a while, I'll go to the kitchen, dinner will be ready later."
Nanchu nodded obediently.
Her obedience to Lin Luchu's words made Lin Qingyuan somewhat feel that this girl was too obedient, he had met Nanchu once, when he was a child, that girl was not good at talking, pretending to be old-fashioned, and didn't have a bit of the vivacious innocence of a girl of that age.
This was the reason why he didn't agree at first, girls were too gloomy and prone to extremes, and although pretty was pretty, it was certainly not comfortable to live a life.
But after all, it's also ......
Then he thought that if Lin Luchuan really liked it that much, he wouldn't bother.
Nanchu sat over and heard Lin Qingyuan ask, "Is your mom's health okay?"
"Pretty good."
Lin Qingyuan sidelong surveyed the girl, well-behaved beyond recognition, smiled and shook his head, "You didn't tell your mom about you and Lu Snapdragon, did you?"
Nanchu bowed her head, not wanting to hide it from him, and gave a low hmmm.
Lin Qingyuan in the end is also an old fox, his heart is like a clear mirror, nodded his head and continued to play chess with the other party without changing his face, but the words were to Nanchu: "When will you help me to ask your mom to have a meal."
Nanchu: "Good."
"When does Lu Primus leave?"
"The evening train."
The old man nodded, "Deer Hill is a workout, I heard you went up to him?"
"Made a trip there a year ago."
An old man and a young man, sitting together and chatting in a light voice, outside, it was twilight, green branches and withered boughs, the picture was quite harmonious.
Lin Luchuan took off his jacket and threw it on the sofa, then went into the kitchen to find Secretary Zhang.
Secretary Zhang smiled and teased twice, "This married, people look different."
Lin Lu Snap leaned against the door frame with his arms wrapped around him and smiled down, "You're overthinking it."
A fish was smothered in the pan, the heat blasting the lid as it simmered.
Secretary Zhang spooned a spoonful of soy sauce, said while pouring: "Time flies much block, the director only yesterday told me, always remember that you are still half a big boy, turn around on the daughter-in-law have, hurry up, strike while the iron is hot, add a ding, while the director is still healthy now, can help you hold the child."
Lin Lu Snap shook his head and smiled helplessly.
"When I was a child, you urged me and Lin Qi to study well, good test university, went to military school, you urged me to hurry to find a girlfriend, I do not look for it, finished, and was urged to find a job, work, urged to get married, now, married, urged me to have a child, I'm this is all urged by you all the way, so that I can slow down the line?"
Secretary Zhang was a shovel toward him, "Getting a bargain is not good enough!"
In fact, although he had just received a license, he and Nanchu had been separated for a year, and both of them were much stranger to each other, although both of them were trying their best to cooperate with each other's habits, they could both feel that at this moment, they were like two broken planks, trying to put them together, but because of the polishing of the years, no matter how they bonded them together, they were always missing a corner of this one, and missing a piece of that one, and they were no longer the same tightly sewn planks they used to be.
Like yesterday, for example.
Phone call to half, the two do not know what to say, holding up the phone froze for so long no one said, and finally hung up in a hurry, before mushy that energy, a moment and a half can not find back.
Another example is just now in the car.
He drove and Nanchu looked down and played with her cell phone.
Both of them at the same time without looking went to fish for the water on the locker, there were two bottles of water laid out, but both of them reached for the same bottle and their hands just happened to touch each other.
Both of them subconsciously looked down, were still for a moment, and then simultaneously retracted their hands in the next second.
The atmosphere was awkward for a while.
This is not a new couple who just got a license, they did more out of the ordinary things than this when they weren't in a relationship.
But it just feels strange.
It's a year left behind, and there's no way this disconnect can be erased overnight.
Both sides are trying their best to cooperate with each other, trying hard but proving that nothing has changed, but in their hearts, they both know that the feeling is futile, like quicksand at their fingertips, they can't catch it.
All he could do now was also comply with everything she wanted.
As for the baby, even if it was conceived now and he wasn't around, it would be ill-conceived to consider it in any way.
Lin Qingyuan is really happy tonight, both sons are there, plus a beautiful daughter-in-law, Secretary Zhang is also rare to stay for dinner.
Picked up chopsticks added vegetables, words added a few points of jealousy: "or you guys this bunch of juniors face, usually I how to leave him Zhang Secretary refused to stay with me for dinner, rare today can leave his son to accompany us for dinner, really my old face also stained the light of you."
Secretary Zhang smiled, "Where are you talking about, my son is difficult to manage ah, which has Lu Snapdragon they were obedient when they were young, a day without watching on the roof."
It was fun to talk and joke around.
Nanchu was also amused and couldn't help but clip a piece of fish into her own husband's bowl, "Eat more?"
Lin Lu Snap's chopsticks that were picking up rice gave a start.
Lin Qingyuan and Nurse Zhang glanced at each other, the atmosphere was quiet for a moment, and Lin Qi blurted out, "Sister-in-law, my brother doesn't eat fish ......"
Nanchu stunned, the previous images have come out, but she can not remember whether he eats fish or not, the two together time was less, plus every time you go out to eat Lin Lu Snapdragon ordered all she loves to eat.
All she could remember was that he didn't seem to be a picky eater.
Turns out he doesn't eat fish.
Uh, make a note of that.
Nanchu was just about to reach out her chopsticks to pinch back the piece of white fish meat and eat it herself, only to have Lin Luchu shove it directly into her mouth, not moving as she said, "Don't listen to his bullshit."
Linqi: ......
Lin Qingyuan dry cough, looked at Secretary Zhang, the latter also smiled, eyes back and forth - tsk tsk tsk, you did not give decades to change over the fault of the people all of a sudden.
When I was a child, not to mention what fish, but anything with a little fishy smell, Lin Lu Snapdragon basically won't even touch.
Having been beaten and starved, people are just hard-headed enough not to eat.
Lin Qingyuan let out a long sigh.
It was eight o'clock in the evening before dinner.
Lin Lu Snap walked out of the kitchen after washing the dishes and went to pick up his jacket on the sofa, Secretary Zhang came over from the other side and he casually asked, almost out of turn, "Where's my wife?"
Secretary Zhang pointed to the study, "Chatting with the Director in there."
Lin Luchu looked back at the closed door of the room and turned to the door to smoke.
Waiting for Nanchu to come out, he just finished smoking one, pinched and bent over to twist into a side flower bed, "Finished chatting?"
Nanchu nodded and walked behind him, her tall back illuminating her petite body in an extraordinarily fitting way.
He glanced down at Nanchu's white and slender wrist with an extra ring of turquoise and verdant bracelets, knowing it by heart, he didn't ask what the chat was about, and went straight to the car, "Let's go, send you home I have to go."
......
The car drove downstairs to Nanchu.
Nanchu did not rush to get off the car, undo the seatbelt, and sat for a while, said, "I have not paid the final payment for that house, it is a simple installation, there is still a lack of furniture, buy a good to move in, when is your next vacation, I will wait for you to come back to buy together?"
Lin Lu Snapdragon lowered the window, lit a cigarette, "you decide it, my vacation is difficult to determine, your house is not almost expired, don't procrastinate." Finished he dusted ash, from the box to pull out his side of the key, "I new with, really can't you first go to my place to live, inside things are open."
Nanchu took it and felt the key as if it was rolling.
"Uh, can you make a phone call over there?"
Lin Luchu glanced at her, "I'll call you when I'm not too busy."
"Good. I'll wait for your call."
She lowered her head, having just thought of a lot of things to account for on the road, and all of a sudden she couldn't think of anything else.
Seeing her silence, Lin Lu Snapdragon added, "If you have a problem, look for my father or Shen Mu Da Liu Zhang secretary, I have explained."
It doesn't count as an accounting.
Before leaving, he went to see Shen Mu and Da Liu, and by the way, he told the two about the marriage.
The two probably haven't slowed down until now.
He leaned back in his seat, one arm spread idly across his lap, one hand hanging out the window, a cigarette clutched in his fingertips, now and then he put it to his mouth and took a drag, looking lazy.
"Anything else to say?"
Nanchu shook her head, always feeling empty in her heart, obviously both people love, but she feels that there is not enough left.
Lin Luchu turned his head without thinking and realized that she was staring at him.
The moonlight lightly sprinkled clear ash behind them, the trees were heavily shadowed, and the gusty wind seemed to dance.
Mindfulness.
Putting the cigarette out, his long hand reached out and clasped the back of her head as the man leaned over and pressed her into the passenger side for a kiss.
Nanchu gasped softly as Lin Luchu sprayed hot air in her ear, kissing her all the way down the base of her ear to her neck, holding her face with one hand, her thumb pressed into her cheek, and four fingers threaded into her hair.
The one thing that hadn't changed in all this time was his kisses.
It was so intense that it seemed to rub her to pieces.