mountains and deep sea

The heavy snow fell for a few days, and on the eve of the New Year's Eve, the sky finally cleared up, bringing blessings to the world to get rid of the old and usher in the new.The streets and alleys of Wancheng are full of red lanterns, and almost every household in the Hutong Street has pasted big blessing characters on their vermilion gates.The word "Fu" is upside down, implying blessing.

Before it was completely dark, Lu Yuzhi and Lu Quansheng were busy having a reunion dinner first. There were three sets of bowls and chopsticks on the table, two of which belonged to his grandfather and the other belonged to Du Mengqiu.

Du Mengqiu also lived in Hutong Street since he was a child, and he wanted to call Lu Quansheng an uncle. He and Lu Jiaruan are also brothers and sisters of the same school, and they are also Lu Yuzhi's teacher.After Lu Jiaruan's accident, he has been helping to take care of the Lu family, not to mention that he has no children under his knees, Lu Quansheng invites him to come to his house for reunion dinner every year.

When the last dish was served, the three of them sat down. Lu Quansheng raised his glass and smiled rarely, "I hope everyone will be well in the new year."

Du Mengqiu raised his glass and said, "Well, everything is fine, Uncle Lu's body is still healthy, and the rest can be happy."

Lu Yuzhi smiled lightly, just hummed, and drank his wine with his head up.

The New Year in the family is always boring, other people's families are family reunions, they don't, there are only three people who look back on half their lives and are lonely, and there will be no excitement.

After eating, a child had already set off firecrackers at the door. Lu Yuzhi received Gu Yihua's urging amidst the crackling sound, and then slowly went to get his clothes and prepared to go out.

"Teacher, help me watch over my grandfather, I'll be back at night."

Du Mengqiu agreed, and glanced at the old man who was listening to the opera with great relish, then lowered his voice, "Are you going to Gu's house for the New Year?"

"It's not Chinese New Year either," Lu Yuzhi put on his coat, "It's just a formality, Gu Yunping told me to go back."

Du Mengqiu patted him on the shoulder, "Alright, don't worry, I'll help you look after grandpa, go."

Lu Yuzhi thanked him and went out.The red firecrackers and red paper fragments outside the door fell on the ground, and the children were having a lot of trouble. He stood at the door and watched them quarrel, and then looked back at the house—well, it was more youthful than the house.

Compared with the Lu family, the Gu family is much more lively.The Gu family is a big family with a lot of relatives. They like to gather together for a New Year's Eve dinner. The children run around in the yard, and the adults chat enthusiastically inside. Even the kitchen is crowded with several people to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner.

It was lively and harmonious, but none of that belonged to Lu Yuzhi.

When he entered the door, a child was playing backwards, bumped into his body, and looked up at him for a moment in pain.

Lu Yuzhi followed Lu Jiaruan's appearance, and looked cold when his delicate face was expressionless, which often made people feel a little shuddering.What's more, looking at the child with lowered eyes at this time, the dark pupils do not have any fluctuations, and in the eyes of other children, they look like a cold face.

The child was frightened, and burst into tears, interrupting the lively chatting atmosphere in the living room.

Everyone turned their attention to Lu Yuzhi.

The child's mother hurried over and hugged her child, and while coaxing her, she glared at Lu Yuzhi, "Why is this? Are you scaring the child?"

Lu Yuzhi put his hands in his pockets, his face still expressionless.

"Hey," Gu Yihua's voice came from the crowd, "Yu Zhi is here."

Lu Yuzhi looked over and met Gu Yunping who was sitting there.

Gu Yunping's face was calm, and he greeted him, "Here we are." Then he turned around and said to the people around him, "I asked Yu Zhi to come back to celebrate the New Year together."

When Lu Yuzhi heard it, he sneered silently—hey, people thought I was begging here.

The two of them went to the study alone. Gu Yunping said a lot of things as usual, none of which were questions that the elders in the family would ask every year. Lu Yuzhi didn't answer, just leaned on the sofa and looked at him, thinking about things in his mind.

Gu Yunping is over half a century old, and looks very young, only the traces of time can be seen between his eyebrows and eyes, but on this New Year's Eve, he gives people more gentleness.

In Lu Yuzhi's impression, Gu Yunping had always been peaceful. Even when it was revealed that he was the illegitimate child of the Gu family who made the most noise, he calmly went to the theater to meet him the next day.

That was the first time they met, and the first thing Gu Yunping said to him was, "Sorry, I haven't found you all these years."

The second sentence is, "I'm sorry for your mother, too."

He didn't rush to make a statement to explain his separation from Lu Yuzhi, but directly recognized Lu Yuzhi and accepted Lu Yuzhi's existence frankly.

But this is what he should be decent as the head of the Gu family. Instead of trying to deny it and expand public opinion, it is better to admit his mistake directly, and maybe he can get a reputation for being brave.

And this just shows that the thin blood relationship between him and Lu Yuzhi is nothing. If he really has the courage to bear it, why has he ignored Lu Yuzhi and Lu Jiaruan for so many years?He didn't care about having another son, he only cared about the decency and reputation that the Gu family should preserve under his hands.

Others said that Gu Yunping valued feelings, but Lu Yuzhi felt that feelings might be worthless in Gu Yunping's heart.

"I want to ask you a question," he interrupted Gu Yunping aloud, "Have you ever loved Lu Jiaruan?"

Gu Yunping was stunned for a moment, looking at the person in front of him who looked very much like Lu Jiaruan, he didn't speak for a moment.

Lu Yuzhi laughed, "Oh, I might know."

He got up and went straight out, and when he closed the study door, he suddenly said, "I hope Lu Jiaruan can also know that you don't have much affection for her."

He slammed the door shut casually, and stood at the top of the stairs looking at the bustling downstairs, with a cold look in his eyes—there is no sense of the age here, oh, no, there is no sense of the age that belongs to him.

This was Fu Wensheng's first year back in China. Shen Yanqing, who used to only see her son on video, was very happy. She busily started preparing early in the morning, and at the same time directed Fu Wensheng to help.

Fu Wensheng has been around for a day, and finally collapsed on the sofa after eating the New Year's Eve dinner. The old Fu next to him, who is full of food and drink, reads financial newspapers comfortably, and teases him that he is always lazy on weekdays and only works during the day. It won't work if you click live.

Fu Wensheng took a sip of his tea, not wanting to argue with this person who had been sitting all day.

My friend George from abroad specially called Dayang to wish him a happy new year.He and George were the same roommate when they were in college, and later went to the same hospital for an internship together. Fu Wensheng didn't like making friends, so George was the only one he knew best during the years abroad.

The sky in Wancheng was full of fireworks, and there was a constant boom. Fu Wensheng stood in his room and talked to George loudly. The voice was so loud that George complained, "Sheng, you growl softly, I heard you."

Fu Wensheng laughed.

After Fu Wensheng returned to China, they hadn't had a good chat. This time, they chatted for a while, and it was George and him complaining that the French winter was simply unbearable, or talking about a girl he liked recently.

They chatted and chatted, but they all avoided the things in the hospital.

Fu Wensheng listened for a long time before finally saying, "You don't need to avoid the topic of the hospital."

George muttered over there, "I'm not afraid you don't want to remember."

After thinking for a while, he said, "Don't worry, the teacher is doing well, recovering well, you can have surgery, everything is fine, it's just that I feel a little sorry to mention you returning to China. Sheng, do you really don't want to be a doctor anymore? Actually The teacher didn't blame you, and the fault of that incident was not on you, Sheng, it's really a pity that you are not a doctor with such talent."

The fireworks outside the window bloom into flowers in the dark night, and the sparks fall, and then fall into the darkness.Fu Wensheng leaned against the window and looked at it for a long time, revealing a trace of sadness for breaking the harmony in the New Year, and only said when George thought he would not answer his question, "I don't want to."

His voice was too soft, and he was instantly lost in the roar of fireworks.

After hanging up the phone, wechat ding ding ding sent messages for several days, all of which were blessings and red envelopes among friends. When the words "Happy New Year" were neatly written, Lu Yuzhi suddenly came to mind.

He also wanted to send a happy new year to Lu Yuzhi, but later realized that he didn't seem to have Lu Yuzhi's WeChat account, nor any other contact information.

He watched the screen of the phone go dark, and couldn't help but regret it. He knew that he should save a number first when he left that morning.

There were children making trouble downstairs, laughing loudly. Fu Wensheng pushed open the door of the small balcony in his room, and leaned on the railing to watch the children play idly.

It was bright all around, and so was the Gu family not far away. Fu Wensheng looked over with the fluke that maybe Lu Yuzhi would come back to the Gu family, and actually happened to see Lu Yuzhi walking out of the Gu family.

Before he had time to rejoice, he saw Gu Yihua coming out from behind Lu Yuzhi. The two people were talking under the street lamp. The pale light shone on Lu Yuzhi's body, drawing a clear arc from his forehead to his chin. line to come.

Fu Wensheng looked at them with great interest. These two people have such a good relationship?

After a while, he saw Lu Yu getting into Gu Yihua's car.

Fu Wensheng frowned.

It happened that Qi Song called. When Fu Wensheng answered, his voice was unconsciously cold, "What's the matter?"

Qi Song didn't notice his bad tone, so he said happy new year to him casually, and asked him, "There is a party in the Orange Garden tonight. It's a group of friends who used to play together. Do you want to go?"

Orangery?

Fu Wensheng asked him, "What kind of party is that?"

"On New Year's Eve, everyone came out to play. When you didn't come back, we all got together and had a party to celebrate the New Year. In fact, it was just drinking and playing billiards. The big guys heard that you didn't see you when you came back. , I want to ask you to come and play, do you want to come?"

"Oh? Is Gu Yihua going?"

"Gu Yihua? He goes, every year." Qi Song thought he didn't want to see Gu Yihua, so he wanted to push him away, "You and Gu Yihua don't seem to get along, why don't you come, I'll tell them .”

"No need," Fu Wensheng stood up straight, "Come and pick me up."

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Zuo Erdong Chen

Fu Wensheng: Clingy!