two trees for forest

New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve.

Lin Jian didn't work overtime today, and came to Grandpa's house early, it's rare that he can spare time to accompany those two people in a serious manner.

In the evening, every family began to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner, and Lin Dezhi called out to play chess with those retired old teachers.He cheerfully agreed, came over and talked to Lin Jian and his son before leaving the house.

Once Lin De left, only Lin Jian and Dong Yu remained in the room.Lin Dongyu was in charge of cooking, and Lin Jian was fawning on his side. The kitchen was a little small, and the two of them would bump into each other from time to time. At the beginning, Lin Dezhi was talking and chatting outside. It's a little embarrassing.

Once again, when Lin Dongyu was handling the fish, he was about to pour cooking wine into it to marinate it first, and Lin Jian quickly poured it out for him, but inadvertently, his hand touched Dongyu's arm.

Lin Dongyu pursed his lips and chuckled, "Yo, so active? You just don't have to go to work for Chinese New Year, so you don't want to accompany your little girlfriend?"

Lin Jian put the cooking wine bottle back in place, "Don't make trouble in the East."

Lin Dongyu looked at his back and rolled his eyes towards the ceiling. After a while, he cut the beef into large pieces and soaked it in the water. With his back to Lin Jian, he adjusted his breathing, pretending to be calm and said: "Dad , I have calmed down for so many days, and I have thought a lot, today I just took this opportunity, let me tell you my bottom line."

Lin Jian looked at his son who lowered his head slightly, did not speak, and waited for his next words.

"To be honest, I've been hinting to myself for a long time, but I still can't accept that you marry another woman. If you want to marry Su Xiao or anyone, on the day you get married, I will take all my things in that room. You don’t have to worry about moving here, I just can’t think about it, but I won’t commit suicide, I will live a good life with my great-grandpa. When it’s weekend, if you want to bring your wife and your children to see your great-grandfather, you can call me in advance Just give me a call and I'll just hide out. Wait..."

"Dongyu, stop talking..."

Lin Dongyu raised his head to force back his tears, ignored Lin Jian's words, took a deep breath and continued, "I will move out of this city when my grandfather passes away, but don't worry, I won't go missing , I know that as a father, you love me very much. So instead of threatening you to compromise by leaving, I will leave my address so that you can come to me whenever you need anything. Then when I start working, I will I will send you 50.00% of my annual salary. If I am successful in the future and can earn a lot of money, then I will send 40.00% to you and donate 50.00% to the orphanage in your name. Every child without a father should try his best to feel the warmth.” Lin Dongyu’s voice still choked up at the end, “As a child, I was very lucky to meet a father who loves me, but as a pursuit Ordinary people in love, am I very pitiful? I..."

Lin Jian's eyes turned red when he heard this, "Honey, don't do this."

"Then what do you want from me!" Lin Jian's "baby" finally became the last straw that broke the camel's back.Lin Dongyu threw a large piece of beef that he was rubbing and washing into the water viciously. The reddish blood splashed all over his body as if he didn't see it. He glared fiercely at Lin Jian with red eyes full of It's scary red bloodshot, if you don't look carefully, you think his eyes seem to be filled with blood and tears.

"Say it! Lin Jian, tell me! You said what do you want me to do?! You clearly know that I love you so much, do you still want to tie me by your side all the time and watch you have sex with other women? Raise children, and then treat your children as brothers and sisters?! Lin Jian, how can you be so cruel!!"

Lin Jian hugged Dong Yu, who was tense and trembling, into his arms.Lin Dongyu refused desperately at first, but Lin Jian stubbornly wrapped his arms around his waist and fixed him in his arms from his back with the other.

The two struggled desperately in the small kitchen.Lin Jianlan's hand on his back moved up, and pressed Dongyu's head on his neck and shoulders, sticking it to the warm skin. Lin Dongyu seemed to be drained of all his strength for a moment, Soft in Lin Jian's arms.

After a long time, his tears finally flowed down silently, along Lin Jian's neck and into his collar until he couldn't see him.Lin Dongyu closed his eyes and forced himself to laugh, "Lin Jian, you may not imagine how much I love you."

……

The two of them remained silent for a long time, until Lin Dezhi knocked on the door outside. Lin Dongyu pushed Lin Jian away like a frightened rabbit. He wiped away his tears and simply washed his face with cold water at the tap. He made a face, and then pushed Lin Jian out, "Go and open the door for Grandpa, and then you can chat with Grandpa or something, you don't need to come to the kitchen, I can do it by myself."

Lin Jian didn't say anything, followed his strength to exit the kitchen, and opened the door for Grandpa.

Lin Dezhi entered the door, looked at Lin Jian who was in a mess and asked suspiciously: "What are you doing? Why are you covered in water?"

Lin Jian looked down, only to find the blood that had been rubbed on his body when he went to Baodongyu just now. "I just accidentally knocked over the water and splashed it on my body."

"Then why are you still wearing wet clothes? Hurry up and change. Be careful and catch a cold. This is so unlucky for Chinese New Year."

Lin Jian smiled and agreed, he helped his grandfather sit down on the sofa, went into the kitchen and dragged Dong Yu out to change clothes.

Because Lin Jian lives here occasionally, he has a change of home clothes.He followed Dongyu into the bedroom, watched him dig out the clothes of the two of them, and asked, "Where can I change?"

"Just here, I'll go out." Lin Dongyu said lightly, stuffed Lin Jian's clothes into his arms, and carried his own change of clothes into the bathroom.

Lin Jian was stunned for a while in Dongyu's bedroom before he realized how hurtful the question he blurted out just now was.

Lin Jian felt guilty and uncomfortable. He found that since Lin Dongyu confessed to him, Dongyu was fine, but when he talked to his son, he would become cautious, like walking a tightrope, for fear of saying a wrong word and ruining the relationship between the two. Lin Jian pays close attention to the balance between people, but he is afraid of what will happen, but he handles it even worse.

Here, when Lin Jian came out after changing his clothes with all kinds of thoughts, Lin Dongyu had already got into the kitchen and continued to cook the New Year's Eve dinner.Lin Jian didn't go in either, so he sat in the living room with his grandfather and chatted.

"Aren't you going to help your son?"

Lin Jian rubbed his nose and said awkwardly: "The ingredients are almost ready, but my baby thinks I'm in the way, so I was kicked out."

Lin Dezhi smiled brightly, "Look at your son being raised, is he happy? Let me tell you, the food from Dongyu... Tsk tsk, it's at the level of a chef in a five-star hotel."

"Yes." Lin Jian nodded, "Baby has been like this since she was a child. Whatever she wants to do, she can always do her best."

After hearing this, Lin Dezhi continued to ask, "Then do you know when your son learned it?"

Lin Jian was stunned by this sentence. He recalled it and realized that he really didn't know. He just thought that Lin Dongyu could only cook porridge at the beginning, and then help him wash some dishes, but he didn't know when he started. , the sovereignty of the kitchen was slowly transferred from his own hands to Lin Dongyu's. Once he got home, he didn't even need to enter the kitchen, as he had all the chopsticks at hand.

"Can't remember?" Lin Dezhi drank his saliva with a smile, "It's just that you haven't opened your own company yet, when you were working in the design institute, you were very busy for a while, and you fell asleep after eating when you were tired. At that time, I was the one who cooked, and Dong Yu thought my cooking was not delicious, so he slowly started to learn by himself. Haven’t you noticed? Which of Dong Yu’s best dishes are all your favorites.” Lin Dezhi Jokingly, he said: "Didn't you realize that even if Dongyu and you had a quarrel and a cold war, as long as you go to the table, there will be your favorite dishes?"

Lin Jian suddenly froze.

Lin Dezhi patted Lin Jian's arm, "It's meaningless for me to say this, it's you... um... let Dongyu, he is a child after all, and he still relies on you so much, don't hurt him because of his girlfriend Now, don't let him feel cold. He is just adolescence, irritable and self-willed, but you have to believe in Dongyu, he will grow up, give him some time, and he will figure it out."

Lin Jian didn't speak, he lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking.Lin Dezhi didn't want to push him too hard, so he changed the subject tactfully, "Don't talk about it, it's Chinese New Year, let's go for a walk, help grandpa into the kitchen, what is Dongyu doing? It smells so good."

……

At eight o'clock in the evening, the Spring Festival Gala of Central TV Station began. The three of them brought the New Year's Eve dinner made by Dongyu to the dining table together. A meal is a joy to eat.

Because of the chat with his grandfather just now, Lin Jian paid special attention to the dishes on the table, stir-fried lobster, steamed turbot, milk shrimp... Lin Jian loves seafood, and nearly half of the dishes on the table are seafood... …

Lin Jian lowered his head and peeled the lobster. For the first time, he discovered that Lin Dongyu might really love him, just like he would hide his love for Dongyu in every detail of life, and Dongyu would also hide his love for him. The love is carefully hidden in the dishes.

After dinner, Lin Jian insisted on stopping Dongyu to clean up the kitchen by himself.

After it was over, Lin Dezhi was so happy that he didn't go to sleep, and the three of them sat on the sofa together to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

At twelve o'clock, the sound of firecrackers outside heralds the departure of the old year and the beginning of the new year full of hope.

Lin Dezhi couldn't hold it anymore, he gave a big red envelope to his grandson and great-grandson, and then went to bed smiling.

As soon as he left, Lin Dongyu felt a little embarrassed again, Lin Jian smiled and gave his son a red envelope that had been wrapped long ago.Then hugged him and said softly: "Baby, Happy New Year!"

Lin Dongyu's eyes were red, he didn't know how many times he had cried tonight, so he suppressed his tears and said, "Happy New Year!"

The house on Lin Dezhi's side originally had three bedrooms and two living rooms, but because he had too many books, he had to occupy a room as a study, so that there were only two bedrooms. During the few days of the Chinese New Year every year, he used one of Lin Dezhi's Dong Yu and Lin Jian lived in the same house.But this year's situation is special, Lin Jian didn't go to sleep with Dongyu, he went into the bedroom and took out the quilt for himself, planning to make do with the night on the sofa.

Lin Dongyu's eyes darkened, he was a little disappointed, but he bit his lower lip, and subconsciously grabbed the red envelope that Lin Jian gave him. He didn't say anything, watched Lin Jian lie down on the sofa and went back own bedroom.

After Lin Dongyu returned to his own house, Lin Jian went down and turned off the light in the living room. When he came back, he covered himself with a quilt, pillowed on his arm, and stared straight at the dark ceiling.

Before dinner this evening, Lin Jian and Dongyu picked out some dishes together and presented them to Lin Siyi's memorial tablet. Lin Jian remembered that a year and a half ago, when Lin Dongyu was just in high school, he gave Dongyu talked about his mother.

Lin Dongyu didn't know anything when he was a child, so it was natural that Lin Jian said what he said, but Lin Siyi hadn't appeared for so many years, Lin Dongyu must have some doubts in his heart.Until Lin Jian pointed it out, Dongyu was stunned as if he didn't understand, and then rushed to the toilet, holding the toilet and throwing up.

Lin Jian cried with him, and then gave Lin Dongyu all the lesson plans of his mother during her lifetime.Tell him: "Grandma Lin will always accompany you through high school."

That night Lin Dongyu cried so much that he almost fainted, and the next morning he asked Lin Jianneng to take him to see Grandma Lin.Without saying a word, Lin Jian threw all the company affairs to Lu Ziyu and Zhao Peiwen, and then took his son to the city where they met and lived.

Lin Dongyu cried for a long time in front of Lin Siyi's stele, and then told Grandma Lin little by little all the big and small things in his mind from Lin Jian's adoption to now.

In the end, Lin Jian remembered very clearly that Lin Dongyu knelt in front of his mother's monument and solemnly promised that he would be a good person, always kind and positive.I will study hard and be a pillar of the country. I will always love my father, respect his choices, and never make things difficult for him.

Lin Jian thought, he has never made me feel bad, even if he loves me so much, he will say, I feel bad, I will hide, but I will not use your love for me, or myself life to threaten you to compromise.

Obviously, from the very beginning, he smashed his teeth and swallowed blood, expressing his heartfelt empathy.

A tear trickled down the corner of his eye, Lin Jian thought, what's the point of finding a woman he doesn't love that much?The self-deceitful self-deception is for the good of everyone, but he doesn't know that he has ruined himself and hurt the innocent girl.

He made up his mind to make it clear with Su Xiao after the new year and break up.

Then watch over grandpa and son, be plain and happy, wait for Dongyu to grow up, see a wider sky, stop focusing all eyes on himself, and then find a girl who gets along well, and live a happy life This life.

Or... If you still love me when you grow up, then we can try together too.

after all--

Everything has to give in before love.