Know what I mean

Shen Duoyi didn't react for a while, and just stared at Qi Shi'an bluntly and confusedly. He carefully digested the word "mother" before he understood what Qi Shi'an meant.

"I'm actually a single parent, no, I'm not considered a single parent." Qi Shi'an explained, "My father and my current mother are married twice, and Xiao Chuan and I are half-brothers, but there is no difference in emotional relationship, as you can see Haven't you?"

Shen Duoyi nodded: "Well, that's why I was surprised, I didn't expect it at all."

Qi Shi'an pushed open the door of the conference room: "I'll tell you in detail when I have time, and go back to work first."

The two of them had stayed inside for a while, and Shen Duoyi was not the supervisor, so he had no reason to directly discuss something with the senior partner in full view, so he ended the topic and went back to his office separately.

Qi Shi'an went up to the [-]th floor, and when he passed Annie's seat, he asked, "Confirm the restaurant for next weekend, what time is it?"

"11:30." Annie got up and answered, "The cake is also in charge of the restaurant, and the presents will be delivered before get off work today."

"Understood." After Qi Shi'an asked, he entered the office, instead of going behind the desk, he sat down on the sofa with a big face.After thinking for a while, he called his mother.

After the connection inside, he said, "Mom, it's me."

Kong Yinhong didn't exchange pleasantries, but asked directly: "What's the matter?"

"What can I do, remind you to have dinner with me on weekends, don't forget." Qi Shi'an stared at the ashtray on the table, "I'll pick you up, or should uncle send you?"

Kong Yinhong said, "Come and pick me up." Before Qi Shi'an agreed, she asked in confusion, "Didn't go to work today?"

"Come on, I'm in the office."

"Then stop talking and work hard."

The phone became busy in an instant, and Qi Shi'an was hung up unexpectedly. His mother has been like a day for decades, noble and glamorous, she works day and night, and is used to demanding others with her own standards.

Although a bit unfilial, he secretly hoped that the weekend would come later.

I also hope that Elder Shen will come later on the weekend, because Shen Duoyi wants to take him for a half-yearly routine physical examination, which is comparable to a day trip to the hospital, which is very frustrating.

There were various items in the physical examination, and he wanted to check everything from Tianlinggai to heels. After dinner, Mr. Shen lay on his balcony to blow the air, and occasionally hummed once or twice.

"Grandpa, what are you moaning about? It looks like you're paralyzed." Shen Duoyi came over with a basin of strawberries, and sat on his little futon, "Eat two strawberries, freshly washed, very sweet."

Shen Laozhi felt distressed: "Can you not be sweet, how much is a box?"

The elderly like to care about these things. Buying a box of fruit for tens of dollars is more painful than paralyzing him.Shen Duo avoided answering, and ate one by one by himself. Seeing that Mr. Shen didn't move, he said, "This is some kind of imported milk strawberry. It's sweet."

Mr. Shen was just waiting to argue with him: "Ordinary strawberries are sweeter if you dip them in sugar."

"Oh, do you want to eat or not?" Shen Duoyi put the basin on the low table next to him, "I will go to the hospital tomorrow, and I have two tests and I have an empty stomach. If there is anything you want to eat, hurry up and eat it tonight."

Mr. Shen finally ate two strawberries. The "two" is not a general term, but just two. "I'm getting older, so I can't be greedy for cold food." Elder Shen smacked the taste after eating, "What are you going to check tomorrow?"

Shen Duoyi replied: "It's still the same, what blood routine, electrocardiogram, anyway, you have done it."

While talking, there was a thunder in the sky outside, and it didn't take long for it to rain.Shen Duoyi opened the window, and the moist and cool wind poured into the house. He covered Mr. Shen with a thin blanket, and the grandparent and grandson planned to listen to storytelling together again.

Old Shen held the small radio in his arms, and after pressing the button, the hoarse voice of storytelling master Shan Tianfang came out, the gavel slapped, and the old man began to guess the plot: "Strong in martial arts, bright in character, Qin Shubao must be coming out. "

Shen Duoyi raised his head: "Aren't you listening to "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness"? How did it become "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties"?"

"I'll finish listening to that while you're at work, so don't interrupt." Old Shen closed his eyes, listening to Shan Tianfang's excited recounting of the fighting scene. He was old and couldn't walk easily. Listening to these comforts, he was once healthy.

After listening to the content of the two chapters, Shen Duoyi sat on the futon flat, and his legs were a little sore and numb.He struggled to stand up and picked up the small radio, and with the other hand, he followed Mr. Shen back to the bedroom to rest.

"Grandpa, we're going out tomorrow anyway, so let's eat outside."

"Okay, you pay and listen to you."

"What do you want to eat?"

"It's soft, you can chew it."

Sending Mr. Shen back to the bedroom, Shen Duoyi stretched out the quilt and turned off the lamp, settled everything and squatted down to wait for Mr. Shen to fall asleep.Routine physical examination is twice a year, in fact, he is a little nervous the night before each time.

Elder Shen suddenly said: "Go and see your parents tomorrow after all the hard work, I haven't contacted you for a long time."

Shen Duoyi was happy: "How can I contact you? Don't talk so scary."

After he finished speaking, he tucked the quilt up for Elder Shen: "Then it's settled. Tomorrow, after the inspection, I will visit my parents' graves. I just haven't told them about the new job yet."

It hadn't rained for a while, and the rain came quickly and violently. I thought it would end soon, but I didn't expect that after the early morning hours became smaller, it fell into the ground until dawn.

The hospital had the most people on Mondays, but Saturdays and Sundays were fine. Shen Duoyi drove Mr. Shen out early, and finally threw the noisy and annoying soybean milk machine to the recycling bin.

Mr. Shen held the thermos cup with the last bit of hot soybean milk in it. He sighed, "Will this new unit release a new soybean milk machine at the end of the year?"

Shen Duoyi smiled while turning the steering wheel, and when he looked up, he saw the pendant hanging on the rearview mirror, and said, "I don't know, the boss likes to drink coffee, maybe he will send you a coffee machine."

Talking and laughing when they arrived at the hospital, various examinations began to greet Mr. Shen. During the period, patients in wheelchairs could be seen everywhere, and elderly people accounted for more than half of them.There were several tests that could not produce the results immediately, and they would be taken out tomorrow. Shen Duoyi helped Mr. Shen to a chair and sat down, and said, "Grandpa, the routine blood test will come out in half an hour. Let's wait, CT is similar, take I will go to the consulting room to show the results to the doctor, and if you are too lazy to move, just wait here for me."

Old Shen said, "Where can I eat for lunch?"

"Are you thinking about eating?" Shen Duoyi was a little cold, and the temperature dropped a few degrees in the night's rain, but he was wearing a thin and loose shirt, which could be soaked in by a little wind.

Leaving from the hospital after the examination, the grandfather and grandson found a restaurant for dinner, and then went to the flower shop to buy a bunch of light yellow flowers, planning to go to the cemetery to visit Shen Duoyi's parents.

The cemetery is not in the urban area, and it takes nearly two hours to drive there. There are not many people there, and there are a lot of vacant spaces in the parking lot. "Grandpa, slow down." Shen Duoyi supported Elder Shen, and the crutches knocked on the stone steps, leaving a series of sounds.

Old Shen grumbled, "Why are you buying them such high prices? I'm exhausted."

"I don't think the scenery is good at a high place." Shen Duoyi looked up, "I'll be there soon."

The pale yellow bouquet was gently placed in front of the tomb, Shen Lao stood, and Shen Duoyi squatted down and wiped the two tombstones.He lowered his head and carefully wiped the names engraved on the tombstone and the faces in the photos of his parents.

"Grandpa, tell me first."

Old Shen said, "Yunsheng, Jiayu, you took me for a physical examination in the morning. It's fine, but I still have the same old problems. I've been taking antihypertensive medicine, and I can walk easily with a cane. I learned how to order takeaway, it’s quite fresh.”

"It rained yesterday, and it's chilly today. How's the weather over there?"

"The tomb next to me is prepared for me. It takes a lot of effort to talk like this. When I get to my birthday, I will go to you two, and we will reunite and talk face to face."

"Grandpa, it's getting more and more endless." Shen Duoyi held a tissue to wipe the soiled tombstones in his hand, and squatted between the two tombstones without getting up.He said softly: "Dad, mom, and grandpa are all fine, and so am I. I changed to a new job, my colleagues and bosses are all nice, and I get along well with everyone."

"You are too lazy, you never give me dreams, don't you miss me?" Shen Duoyi split the bouquet of small flowers into two handfuls, and put one in front of each of the two tombs, "But you have to bless me and let me be promoted as soon as possible." Supervisor, pay raise."

He lowered his head, paused slightly and said, "I'm very happy recently, happier than in the past few years."

Elder Shen asked curiously, "What good thing happened?"

"I can't tell you, I'm always arguing." Shen Duoyi said, "Mom and Dad, if you dream about me, I will tell you quietly."

The sky was overcast, the clouds piled up and it rained again. This kind of weather made people sleepy and wanted to sleep under the quilt.

Qi Shi'an was a little tired, and the cake in front of him also felt dull.His mother, Kong Yinhong, was wearing an exquisite suit and was sitting across the phone talking on the phone, talking about some proper nouns that became more and more difficult to hear.

"annoyed?"

When the phone was hung up, Kong Yinhong's question was directly thrown at him. Qi Shi'an adjusted his sitting posture, peeked at his watch by the way, and said helplessly, "Mom, from picking you up to having lunch, to cutting the cake, you haven't laughed much."

Kong Yinhong sat upright, and said flatly: "Laughing too much will cause wrinkles, and it's just talking about trivial things, there's nothing funny about it."

Qi Shi'an asked: "Are you unhappy seeing me?"

"I'm happy, but I feel that you have changed a little bit." Kong Yinhong looked at Qi Shi'an, "You used to be very like me, and you didn't know how to ask questions. I feel that you talk more."

Qi Shi'an responded: "I just want to make you happy."

"Don't make me happy. I'll be happy to see you succeed in your career and in your own field." Kong Yinhong picked up the knife and blew out the half-burned candle, "I'll only eat a small piece, and the rest You wrap it up."

Qi Shi'an reached out his hand to block it: "I haven't made a wish yet."

"There's nothing to promise, and I don't believe in those." Kong Yinhong slashed down, "You Si sent me a gift, you have many contacts, thank her face to face for me some other day."

Qi Shi'an let out a "hmm", didn't say anything else, and started to eat the cake in silence.

It was still raining outside, and the grandfather and grandson had been running around all day, and went up and down so many stone steps, and the amount of exercise was far beyond what they could bear.After returning home, Shen Duoyi immediately took care of Elder Shen to go to bed, and waited for Elder Shen to fall asleep before resting to catch his breath.

He occupied the reclining chair while he was free, sat on his back for a while and found that it was not as comfortable as a futon, so he moved it to the ground again.I continued reading with that "Compilation of Local Chronicles", and an hour passed before I knew it.

During the period, I was too focused and didn't hear the notification sound from the text message.

Outside the window has turned into drizzle, a gust of wind blows in and Shen Duoyi can't help shivering, he has to change clothes.Clipping the bookmark into the book, the phone rang in due course.

The caller ID was "Qi Shi'an". Shen Duoyi remembered that today is the other party's mother's birthday, and logically he shouldn't be free to call, so he directly asked after connecting, "Hello? What's the matter?"

Qi Shi'an replied: "It's nothing serious, the air is quite humid today, I wanted to see if you would like to go out for a walk."

Shen Duoyi wandered around outside for a long time, but he was actually a little tired. He heard the other party's deep voice and said, "Isn't it my birthday with my aunt today? It's over?"

"Well, my mother is not very interested."

These words contained some helplessness and some disappointment, Shen Duo's intentions softened, and he immediately asked, "Where should I go for a walk? I'm going out this morning, so I need to see if I need to refuel."

Only then did Qi Shi'an say: "No, I'm at the door of Wenhu Apartment, you can come out directly."

Shen Duoyi didn't change the clothes she was about to change, so Shen Duoyi went out with her cell phone and keys.

The road was slippery in rainy days, but there were few cars and people, so Qi Shi'an drove the car and sped along the road, and he left the city in a short time.Shen Duoyi was wearing a seat belt and sitting in the passenger seat. It was his first time riding a sports car, and he felt very good. He even wanted to buy one.

But considering the price, this idea was quickly dismissed.

"Where did you go this morning?" Qi Shi'an broke the silence, "If you are tired, move down your seat and sleep for a while."

Shen Duoyi said: "I'm not tired. I took my grandfather to the hospital for a physical examination in the morning, and then went to the cemetery to visit my parents."

Qi Shi'an paused for a moment, thinking about whether this topic could continue, after all, he didn't want to mention anything that might cause the other party's depression.

"Is grandpa okay?"

"Well, the problems are still the same, nothing else."

The chat was cut off again, and Shen Duoyi knew that Qi Shi'an was afraid of poking his sore spot, so he took the initiative to change the subject: "What about you, what happened to celebrate auntie, why are you not interested?"

Qi Shi'an said aggrievedly: "She's just like that. If she were my current mother, she would be so happy."

Shen Duoyi didn't know what Qi Shi'an's mother was like, but he felt that Qi Shi'an's tone was a little funny, and when he laughed enough, he looked out the window, and they were riding around the mountains in the rain.

"Mr. Qi."

Suddenly called that, Qi Shi'an frowned slightly: "What's wrong?"

Shen Duoyi asked for discussion: "Will you let me try your car later?"

Men, all like this one.Qi Shi'an breathed a sigh of relief, and was scratched by the phrase "Mr. Qi", but he just wanted to test the car, but he pretended to refuse: "How long have you been driving? Have you ever driven a sports car before?"

"I've never driven a sports car before." Shen Duoyi didn't seem to expect that Qi Shi'an would refuse, "But I passed the driver's license test very well, and my skills were pretty good, and I knew how to ride a bicycle when I was in kindergarten, and I'm pretty good at it. "

Qi Shi'an couldn't hold back any longer, and compromised with a smile: "Understood, I bought accident insurance anyway."

When talking about insurance, Shen Duoyi seemed to think of something: "Have you bought 'Zhixing Life' yet?"

"No, I'm so busy that I can't take care of it." Qi Shi'an pretended to blame, "You are all Ming'an's employees, why are you always thinking about generating income for the insurance company?"

Shen Duoyi retorted: "I wanted to sell it to Ming An, but I lost 10,000+ myself, and the signboard has been smashed."

Still thinking about the 10,000+, Qi Shi'an held the steering wheel and smiled: "I have to help you invest after I've been busy for a while, don't talk about the 10,000+ in the future, I figured it out, that 10,000+ is a stumbling block in the development of both of us. "

Shen Duoyi pursed his lips in embarrassment: "It costs money to hire you, can you get a discount?"

Qi Shi'an said: "Yes, you can praise me."

Outside the window is the winding mountain road, one side is open, and the other side is dense green trees. Shen Duoyi looked around, then lowered his head and said: "Accumulated stones are like jade, and pine trees are like emerald green."

The first half of the sentence got stuck, Qi Shi'an felt itchy, and the second half of the sentence was "Lang Yan is unique, there is no other in the world." Does Shen Duoyi want to say such blunt and nasty words to him?

Qi Shi'an gritted his teeth and urged, "Say it quickly."

Shen Duoyi suddenly whispered: "Today's tomb-sweeping, I told my parents that they are very happy recently, happier than in the past few years." After he finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at the raindrops on the window and began to laugh, "I'm done boasting."

Qi Shi'an gripped the steering wheel tightly. Is he the only person in the world who makes Shen Duoyi happy?

If yes, he is happier.

If not, he keeps trying.