chronic silence

Ma Yueer received a call from Wei Nuo.

"Today is your birthday? Why did you think of calling me?"

"I thought I'd like to thank you formally. Last time I was at home, it was too hasty."

"You're still so thoughtful—is it just the two of us? This sounds like a date." Ma Yueer teased.

"...I have to bring the stone."

"I said, you're such an adult that you still celebrate your birthday. I'm joking with you, don't I know, you want to take your precious son with you."

"I want the stone to have a good meal."

"Where are you? Do you want me to pick you up?"

"No need, that restaurant is near my house, 'Chuangyan', I will send you the detailed address later, I have to take Shitou to buy something."

"Okay, see you later." From the time Ma Yueer received this call, she felt inexplicably happy, and she felt a lot more relaxed—it's not like she never thought about standing with this former first love again. Together, the picture of him holding hands.After learning about Wei Nuo's recent situation, such thoughts occasionally pop up in her mind, but she also feels conflicted. Is this love?Or do you just end a relationship and become afraid of being alone?

It was another call, but another person's name was written on the caller ID: Chen Yaoyu.

"Hey, why do you call me when you have time? Aren't you afraid that your wife will misunderstand you?"

"She can't get you wrong. I'm here to ask you for help."

"Help? I can't help you."

"That's not the tone you made when you called and asked me to go to the parents' meeting for you."

It's really uncomfortable to be blackmailed, "Tell me, what do you want me to do for you?"

"Give me Wei Nuo's cell phone number."

"No," Ma Yueer said decisively, "You are already married, so you still refuse to let him go?"

"That's fine, I'll go directly to Wei Nuo's house to wait for him, and then tell him what the teacher said on the day of the parents' meeting."

"It's useless for you to threaten me. There will be a second time for this kind of thing. You can tell him directly." Ma Yueer knew what Chen Yaoyu was thinking, she didn't care that Wei Nuo knew the truth, Wei As long as Nuo thinks about it for a while, he can figure out the reason for this.

"Weinuo doesn't care that you lied to him, but does he care that you collude with Shitou to lie to him?"

"I'll send you his number later." Ma Yueer immediately hung up the phone.

Not long after, Chen Yaoyu got Wei Nuo's mobile phone number as he wished.He stared blankly at the phone screen, the important reminder was always there: birthday.

Weinuo took the stone to a nearby small supermarket.

"Shitou, if you want to buy something today, just take it. Dad paid you enough to buy you a lot of delicious food."

"En!" Shitou nodded, pushing the cart and quickly ran to the snack area.

"Take a little of this, and a little of that—Dad, this is super delicious. Wang Xiaowen gave it to me."

"Take more of what you like to eat."

Shi Shi's little hands brushed it up, and when the shopping cart was almost full, he suddenly remembered, "Dad, there seems to be no shower gel at home."

"Have you run out?" Wei Nuo didn't pay attention, he was only thinking about bringing stones to buy snacks, "Then let's go buy a bottle."

The father and son came to the toiletries area. Weinuo picked out for a while, but there was nothing particularly suitable for the two of them, so he walked to the place he frequented, ready to pick up the brand he had used before.

Wei Nuo conveniently bought a large-capacity pack, but when he turned around, he saw Shi Shi frowning.

"What's the matter, Stone?"

"Dad, I don't like the shape."

shape?Wei Nuo looked at the packaging, and made a design on both sides of the bottle that is easy to hold, undulating like waves, and the whole bottle looks big up and down.

Perhaps because of his naive age, Wei Nuo couldn't imagine what the stone could compare such a shape to. He squatted down and smiled, "Okay, then you can choose the stone."

"This!" Shi Shi quickly brought back a bottle.

"This..." I don't know if it's a coincidence or something else, Shitou actually chose this brand of shower gel, and I didn't pay attention to it before, but now there are many different types.After separating from Chen Yaoyu, I never used this brand again, because I was afraid that recalling those good or bad memories, no matter which one would make me feel uneasy.As a result, I will deliberately avoid that brand until now.

However, it should have been different.Now that he has explained it clearly, he doesn't have to worry about the past anymore.Thinking this way, Wei Nuo took what Shi Shi was holding.

On the way out, Wei Nuo received a text message from an unfamiliar number.

【Happy birthday. 】

Wei Nuo didn't pay attention, probably the person who got the number wrong.Not long after they arrived, Ma Yue'er also came.

She was still the same as that time, wearing a light yellow suit, which clearly showed her complexion.

"Waiting for a long time?" Ma Yueer took a seat.

"No." Shito said ahead of We Nuo.

The same waiter from last time came over with the menu.I don't know if it was an illusion, but Wei Nuo felt that he was a little unhappy.

"You order." Wei Nuo said to Ma Yue'er.

"Today is your birthday, you order it, or let the little stone order it."

Everyone ordered some novel dishes, and the waiter ran in after being polite.

[Happy birthday, Wei Nuo. 】

Wei Nuo's cell phone vibrated, it was still the strange number, and what he saw was another blessing text message, the difference was that this time his name was added.

【Who are you? 】Wei Nuo felt strange, but Shitou and Ma Yueer were chatting happily, and he couldn't leave the meeting because of an unfamiliar number, destroying the atmosphere that Ma Yueer worked so hard to create, so he sent a text message after thinking about it.

Who is the one?The first time I received a tone like a parent's elder, but the second time, Team Leader Shen?It was someone else, Wei Nuo had to admit that at that moment, he never thought it would be Chen Yaoyu, because he almost deliberately avoided revealing his private information in front of him, until Chen Yaoyu opened his mouth to explain to himself, both of them also No chance to exchange phone numbers.

"Your dishes are all served!" The waiter finished serving the last dish, said slightly angrily, and was about to turn around.

"Sorry, this is your dessert. The new clerk is not sensible." A clean and fresh man came out from the back kitchen, "I let you bring it out by the way, why are you and me awkward?"

The waiter lowered his head and obediently received the training, and the man said again, "This is the dessert that comes with it, I hope you don't affect your dining mood because of this guy's bad attitude."

Wei Nuo didn't feel much, but Shitou and Ma Yue'er enjoyed their meal even more. He didn't expect the service of this restaurant to be so thoughtful, so he could only smile awkwardly.

"Wei Nuo, that clerk looks quite like you."

[Chen Yaoyu. 】Wei Nuo's phone vibrated again.

How did you get my mobile phone number? Wei Nuo wanted to ask, but he looked at the screen and deleted the typed words, 【Thank you. 】

"Wei Nuo, Wei Nuo!" Ma Yue'er called several times without any response, "Why are you staring at your phone all the time?"

"Oh, nothing, what's the matter?"

The typical reaction of concealing something, Ma Yueer immediately thought of Chen Yaoyu, but there was no need to expose it, "Shitou and I were just saying that the clerk looks a lot like you."

"En." Stone agreed.

"Really?" We Nuo glanced forward, but he couldn't find the shadow of the waiter, "I didn't pay attention."

Of course, isn't your attention on the phone, Ma Yueer sneered, "Okay, today is your birthday, happy birthday." She raised the glass full of drinks.

"Happy birthday, Dad!"

Wei Nuo also added some drinks and raised his glass.

[Are all great writers so stingy with words? 】

[Stop making fun of me. 】

[How is this a joke, I always think that what you write is very good. 】

[It's all in the past. 】

[Can the past be counted? 】

Wei Nuo stared at the screen, he could see Chen Yaoyu's face in a daze, of course he knew the meaning of Chen Yaoyu's text message, did he not give up yet?Can the past be the past?If it is possible, can they start again; if not, then their past should not be brought up again and again.

Wait, Wei Nuo typed a few words quickly. [The past is over. 】

[Why can't we start over? ] Almost instantly, Wei Nuo got a reply.

Sure enough, [people should cherish the present, I have a child, and you are also married. 】

[Did I not explain clearly], [I really don't care about these], [Now that I found you, I will definitely let you come back to me].After sending three consecutive messages, one can imagine how eager the people at that end were.

Wei Nuo didn't come back anymore.

"Wei Nuo, if you keep staring at your phone, I'll leave with a stone." Ma Yueer joked, but she was a little angry when she thought that the person who exchanged text messages with Wei Nuo might be Chen Yaoyu Upper brow.

"Okay, okay, I put the phone away," Wei Nuo turned the phone on the table, "Is this all right for the head office?"

"Okay, okay, Dad, peel me a 'smiling shrimp'." Shitou recently discovered that he likes to eat shrimp, but he can't peel it clean.

"You are everywhere." Weinuo scratched Shi Shi's nose, and began to peel the shrimp seriously.

"Wei Nuo, the dessert you sent is not bad, try it."

"Give me the stone, he likes sweet things."

"He's already eaten one, and I'll give you the rest." Ma Yueer handed the remaining dessert to Wei Nuo.

Weinuo tasted it, although he would not deliberately order sweets, but this time it was not bad.

The atmosphere of the restaurant became lively as more and more people dined, and there were sweet couples and warm families sitting around.

"Look at that table over there, that woman knows how to feed her husband desserts, but you never know how to care about me."

"Hey, Mr. Qi, look at the stubble on your face. Are you a man or am I a man? You feed me, why are you so fussy about something that is only right and proper?"

"me."

The young couple's conversation was drowned in the human voice, but it actually reached Ma Yue'er's ears.

In the past, Wei Nuo stood beside Chen Yaoyu, and she, Ma Yue'er, had no chance; but now, Wei Nuo's side was replaced by a small stone, did he still have a chance?

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Today's update is over, about the meat... emmmmm, let's resign ourselves to fate.