The days of living with vinegar

On the way back, Chen Jiangjiang thought about the secret he heard just now, and couldn't help but mention it to Nalan Rongxin: "What does the nurse mean?"

"In terms of age, they really don't look like father and son." Nalan Rongxin replied.

Chen Jiangjiang thought for a while and added: "Maybe it's because they are not father and son that Mr. Landlord loves Zhao Zijie so much."

"Probably."

Chen Jiangjiang nodded, feeling that he and Nalan Rongxin couldn't come up with any results after further analysis, so they stopped looking into it.

When the two arrived home, Qin Yue had already installed the machines and was busy testing them.

She saw Nalan Rongxin walk into the living room, pulled him to the machine like a treasure, and showed it to her personally: "Master, look, this is the power of the machine."

Chen Jiangjiang leaned over with some amusement, and patted Qin Yue's shoulder lightly: "Yue, I'm sorry, this machine should be dismantled and reassembled, our studio will resume power supply tomorrow, we have to put everything away Move back."

"what?"

Qin Yue looked at Chen Jiangjiang in surprise, but in the next second, she realized: "That means you have reconciled with the landlord's son! That's great!"

"It's not considered a reconciliation. Anyway, let's just leave it at that. I guess we won't come to trouble me again in the future. We can stay in the studio with peace of mind."

Chen Jiangjiang said happily, and after seeing that it was getting late, he urged the two of them to go to bed quickly, while he quietly stayed up late to continue the design of the new model.

After staying up until one or two o'clock in the middle of the night, Nalan Rongxin clattered downstairs with his slippers on, and ruthlessly carried the painter to the bedroom.

"Chen Jiangjiang, you must sleep now."

After leaving a word, Nalan Rongxin recklessly stuffed the person into the bed and wrapped him into a caterpillar. He didn't care whether he washed or not, and scolded the person who poked his head out of the bed with a strong attitude: "No! Get up."

"I, I want to go to the bathroom."

Chen Jiangjiang looked at Nalan Rongxin helplessly, and repeated with a smile: "I really want to go to the toilet."

Only then did Nalan Rongxin pull him out of the quilt, and personally sent him to the bathroom, guarding the door with his arms crossed.

Chen Jiangjiang had no choice but to solve it quickly, washed his face by the way, walked out of the bathroom, and was escorted back to the bed.

"Close your eyes and sleep!"

Nalan Rongxin's voice was like an instructor's order, which was irresistible. Chen Jiangjiang didn't think about anything, closed his eyes, and really fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Chen Jiangjiang woke up later than Nalan Rongxin. She heard the creaking downstairs, rubbed her eyes, and went downstairs.

"Sister Jiang Jiang, you're up, there's breakfast in the pot, it's still hot, hurry up and eat, Master and I are packing the machine."

Early in the morning, Qin Yue's bright smile was more dazzling than the sun, and Chen Jiangjiang couldn't help grinning when she saw it: "When did you get up, you are so hardworking."

"We've been up for about an hour!"

As Qin Yue spoke, she saw Nalan Rongxin pick up the heavy machine and quickly reached out to help, but Nalan Rongxin shook her head: "No, I can carry it, you pack the rest of the things."

When Nalan Rongxin passed by Chen Jiangjiang with the machine in his arms, he stared at her face: "Wash your face and have breakfast quickly."

Chen Jiangjiang covered her face subconsciously. Seeing her oily face through the mirror of her mobile phone, she couldn't help but blushed, and hurried upstairs to wash her face and take care of her skin.

When she went downstairs, Nalan Rongxin and Qin Yue had already packed the things that were brought in yesterday, so she was at leisure.

Ding--

Suddenly received a text message on the mobile phone, Chen Jiangjiang hurriedly took out the mobile phone to check, and saw that the person who sent the message was Zhao Zijie, so she went in in surprise.

Zhao Zijie: Do you have time? Can we chat?

Chen Jiangjiang: Have you paid the electricity bill?

Zhao Zijie: The bank hasn't opened yet, so I'll go as soon as we finish talking.

Chen Jiangjiang: ...

"Sister Jiang Jiang, why are you looking at your phone with a serious face?"

Qin Yue said something abruptly, and Nalan Rongxin on the side also looked up at Chen Jiangjiang. She got up and walked in front of Chen Jiangjiang, and said softly, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it's just that Zhao Zijie said he wanted to talk to me."

Nalan Rongxin nodded upon hearing the words: "Go ahead, call me if you need anything."

Seeing Nalan Rongxin's reassuring attitude, Chen Jiangjiang started to tease others, grabbed Nalan Rongxin's arm with his mouth flattened and shook it: "Huh? You don't go with me, I'm alone, Be afraid!"

Nalan Rongxin: ...

Qin Yue: ...

The air seemed to freeze, Chen Jiangjiang put away her smile, grabbed the back of the bag solemnly: "Ahem, what, I'll go there first, you wait for me here, I will drive to pick you up when the time comes."

When a person joked and didn't get the reaction they deserved, it was probably Chen Jiangjiang's reaction of not being able to lift his head in embarrassment.

Chen Jiangjiang almost rushed out without looking back.

half a minute later—

Nalan Rongxin suddenly lowered his head and laughed, which attracted Qin Yue's surprised crowd: "Master, what are you laughing at?"

When Nalan Rongxin was asked such a question by Qin Yue, she couldn't hold back the smile on her lips, and tried her best to make the smile explode.

She turned her back, supported the sofa with her hands, her head almost fell to her chest, and she couldn't hold back her silly smile for a long time.

***

The place where Zhao Zijie made an appointment was still at the hospital, Chen Jiangjiang thought about stopping by to see the old landlord, bought flowers and fruit baskets, and then rushed to the entrance of the hospital.

"This is for me?"

When Zhao Zijie saw Chen Jiangjiang, he smiled and joked.

Chen Jiangjiang pursed her lips, and ruthlessly yelled at him: "One day you will also go to the hospital for a craniotomy, may I buy you a bigger one?"

"Your mouth really hasn't changed in 100 years." Zhao Zijie said and handed over a bottle of water, "Hey, drink it."

"Don't drink, I'm afraid you will be poisoned!"

Chen Jiangjiang shook his head with disgust, but Zhao Zijie didn't turn back, but pointed to the chair beside him: "Let's sit here and chat."

Today's Zhao Zijie speaks extraordinarily softly, not like a human being.

Chen Jiangjiang was not surprised. After all, such a big incident happened to the family, and it is normal for their mentality to change.

"How is your uncle today?"

Chen Jiangjiang put the fruit basket on the ground while opening his mouth, and only when the words came out did he realize that he had made a slip of the tongue.

She straightened up stiffly, turned her head to look at Zhao Zijie, wanted to explain but didn't know how to explain: "I mean..."

"How do you know?" Zhao Zijie asked suspiciously.

"Accidentally saw the old man's form. It said he was unmarried, so he just guessed randomly. Don't be angry." Chen Jiangjiang looked at him nervously.

Zhao Zijie's expression was not what she imagined, but a frank one. He nodded and said, "You guessed right, he is indeed not my biological father, but my uncle."

Chen Jiangjiang kept silent, and continued to listen to him: "My biological father, that is, his younger brother, is 13 years younger than him. In the winter when I was two years old, because of an accidental car accident, Unfortunately, my father, mother, and grandfather passed away, and I was the only one who survived. A year later, my grandmother also passed away due to a serious illness. From then on, the burden of raising me fell on my uncle, who put all his thoughts on Because of this, I broke up with my girlfriend who was about to get married after seven years together, and I still have no plans to get married."

"Then your uncle must be as important to you as your biological father." Chen Jiangjiang added.

"Of course, in my heart, he is my father, my most important relative..."

Before Zhao Zijie finished speaking, Chen Jiangjiang couldn't wait to interrupt him: "In this case, why do you still live like a bastard? Shouldn't you work harder and make better achievements to make your uncle feel relieved?" ?”

Zhao Zijie lowered his eyes and said slowly: "Because no matter what I do since childhood, he would only say it's good, not bad, and it's okay. He never criticized me. Sometimes I would deliberately do wrong things to test and get The words of encouragement and comfort are also words of encouragement and comfort. Even a child can feel at that time that these words are not his sincere words, so I keep making troubles, hoping that he can criticize me severely like other parents, educate me I."

"Later, it might be fixed. These things have become my habit over time, and I can't change it when I grow up." Zhao Zijie said with a little red eyes, and he turned his head to Chen Jiangjiang, "You know Is it? Even now, he will not scold me, he will only persuade me with pleasant words, and those words are very similar to those of an eminent monk who saves all sentient beings."

Chen Jiangjiang opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't find the words to say it.

"You said, why is it so difficult to get someone's approval?" When Zhao Zijie said this, his eyes were fixed on Chen Jiangjiang, and there was unwillingness in the depths of his eyes, as if to say, why don't you approve of me? .

"Perhaps you have seen Kafka's The Castle?"

Seeing that Zhao Zijie shook his head, Chen Jiangjiang said: "I like a passage in it, to the effect that if you try hard to get something, in fact, as long as you stay calm and seek truth from facts, you can easily and unconsciously achieve your goal. And if you try too hard, make too much noise, are too naive, or too inexperienced, you will cry, grab, and pull, like a child pulling a tablecloth, but in the end you will get nothing, except that you will drag all the good things on the table to the ground. , will never be available.”

Zhao Zijie was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "I didn't sleep last night, and hearing this now, I am enlightened."

He paused, and then said: "The apology last night was to deal with Dad's inability to apologize to you. I came to you today, and I actually wanted to apologize to you sincerely. I did do what happened in the past." wrong."

After saying that, Zhao Zijie stood up, bowed respectfully to Chen Jiangjiang and apologized, Chen Jiangjiang was a little embarrassed, got up and said: "I also did something very wrong back then, I shouldn't reject you so directly, do so Extreme things make you lose face in front of everyone. Confession is a very brave thing, and I regret it. At that time, I should treat the person I like properly and gently, and the pain of being humiliated by the person I like should be doubled Bar."

"It is countless times."

Zhao Zijie corrected.

Chen Jiang looked up: "Ah? Then..."

"I'm just kidding with you. The girls I liked at the time were eighty if not one hundred. I didn't remember you that deeply. And it's been so long, I've let go of it."

Zhao Zijie looked at her with a smile, his eyes were a little more mature and stable than yesterday.

It was only then that Chen Jiangjiang realized that sentence, many people's growth is caught off guard, and they are often forced to grow up in such an instant.