Goldberg Variations

"But my troupe..."

Gu Kai was driving the car, glanced at Pei Wen through the rearview mirror, and said with a smile, "Let's discuss it with the theater troupe. After all, you are going to recuperate from an illness, and they should agree. Besides, didn't the doctor also advise you to take a good rest now?" ? You can’t even give up your life for work, can you?”

What Gu Kai said made a lot of sense. Pei Wen squeezed the seat belt, thought for a while, and said, "But what about your job? You can't even give up your job because of me."

"There are Shi Yangming and Wan Ying watching in the store. Even if there is something to do, it only takes two or three hours to come from the countryside, which is very convenient."

Gu Kai thought about everything.

After arriving home, Gu Kai sat on the sofa, leaned on Pei Wen's shoulder, put his arms around him, and showed Pei Wen the house he was looking at.

"This small town is called Lianhua Town. The scenery is very beautiful. Various tourism industries are being carried out in the local area, so the environment is good. There are not many aborigines, and it is very quiet."

"This two-story bungalow can be bought for only 10,000+," Gu Kai pulled the pictures and showed Pei Wen the details of the house, "It's still very new, and it has a yard. There is a piece of land in front of the house, in the afternoon, We can grow vegetables and flowers... In short, it's very good."

Red tiles, white walls, iron fence around the house, flat concrete floor in front of the gate, and several luxuriant osmanthus trees and loquat trees planted beside the fence.

In the afternoon, there is an open space, which is divided into pieces and planted with eggplants, cucumbers and peppers.

"Two 10,000+..." Pei Wen muttered.

The income of a drama actor is not high at all. Pei Wen was admitted to the ICU twice within a year, and now he can be said to be clinking poor.

Gu Kai kissed his ear funnyly: "Your boyfriend supports you."

"If you don't want to, I will borrow it from you."

Pei Wen's ears were slightly warm, yearning for the beautiful life described by Gu Kai, he took the phone and flipped through the pictures by himself.

"It's quite beautiful..." For people like them who grew up in the city, the idyllic life in the countryside is very longing for them.

"How did you find this house?" Pei Wen was curious.

"I asked my grandfather to help."

"Your grandfather?"

"Yes, he usually lives in the compound of the military region...but he is in Lianhua Town, and he has an old house where he used to live with my grandma."

"The compound of the military region..." Pei Wen read a sentence, then turned his head and said, "What kind of family do you live in, why do you live in the compound of the military region?"

"My grandfather used to be a soldier." Gu Kai explained, pointing his finger on the screen, and asked, "The key now is whether to move there. If we go, let's go to the site to check the house. If there is no problem, we can clean it up. We're starting to move."

Pei Wen thought about it, and said nervously: "Then I won't see your grandpa in the past, will I?"

"Afraid?" Gu Kai asked.

"It's not that I'm afraid...but I'm nervous, does your grandpa know you..."

"I know." Gu Kai rubbed his hair, "He's actually quite easy to get along with, very open-minded."

"My parents are also very open-minded. I told them about you, and they all like you."

After all, there's nothing you can do if you don't like it.

"Your parents...?" Pei Wen became more nervous, "Will I see them?"

"The ugly daughter-in-law still wants to meet her in-laws, and you are not an ugly daughter-in-law..." Gu Kai laughed, "I will tell you in advance if we want to meet again."

Pei Wen blinked, completely trusting Gu Kai, and obediently said: "Okay, then I will listen to you."

After making a decision, the two went to Lianhua Town to look at the house together.

The head of the household only bought this house two years ago, but the children bought a house in the city and took them to live there, so they decided to sell the house in the country.

There is no strict division between the residential area and the commercial area in the small town. Many families operate stores on the first floor, do small businesses, or sell clothing, or run restaurants, and the upper floors are residential buildings.

Their house is on the side of an east-west street, on a cement-paved two-way driveway, and there are not many vehicles.

Two rows of osmanthus with four seasons are planted beside the road, and there are sweet-scented osmanthus flowers all year round. This is specially planted for the development of tourism.

Local houses and various public facilities, including trash cans, have been deliberately designed in a simple and simple way.

Not far from home, there is a supermarket that can meet the basic needs of life.

A few steps east along the road, there is a pharmacy.A few hundred meters further to the east is the elementary school in the town, and children go to and from school every day.

The two looked around and were very satisfied with everything. The two parties signed the contract quickly. After Gu Kai paid, they went through the formalities together.

In a few days, he planned to move to the countryside.

But before moving, there is one more thing that needs to be resolved, and that is Pei Wen's mother.

These days, she has called Pei Wen with different mobile phone numbers.Not to mention Pei Wen, but even Gu Kai, now he has a shadow of the phone ringing, and he is afraid when he hears the phone ringing.

In order to prevent her from pestering Pei Wen after they moved to the countryside and affecting Pei Wen's recuperation, Gu Kai thought it was necessary to talk to her before moving.

So the three made an appointment to meet at a restaurant.

The independent box is relatively quiet and private, which is convenient for conversation.

Pei Wen was very resistant to meeting Pei Xiuzhen, and when Gu Kai forced him into the box, he found that Pei Xiuzhen was already waiting there.

As soon as he saw Pei Wen, Pei Xiuzhen stood up suddenly, staring at Pei Wen with red eyes.

Pei Wen was startled, and couldn't help but take a step back, looking at Pei Xiuzhen in surprise.

The last time I met Pei Xiuzhen was more than a month ago.

Pei Wen's memory is a bit fuzzy, and he can't remember clearly what happened that night, including meeting Pei Xiuzhen.

There was a layer of fog in his mind, preventing him from recalling.

However, he still remembered that Pei Xiuzhen at that time was still strong, completely different from the current Pei Xiuzhen.

——There were tears in Pei Xiuzhen's eyes now, looking at the intact Pei Wen, her lips trembled, and she was about to cry in almost a second.

Both Gu Kai and Pei Wen were a little confused.

"Aunt Pei..." Gu Kai spoke first, not daring to provoke the two of them, and tried to comfort them, "If you have anything to say, sit down and talk carefully, don't get excited."

Pei Xiuzhen took a look at Gu Kai, although it was the first time they met, but judging from the state of their relationship, Pei Xiuzhen guessed that Gu Kai was Pei Wen's current boyfriend.

She held back her emotions, nodded and sat down, but her eyes were still fixed on Pei Wen.

The three of them sat facing each other, Gu Kai and Pei Wen sat on one side, and Pei Xiuzhen sat opposite them.

"Pei Wen, how is your health now?" As soon as she sat down, Pei Xiuzhen couldn't wait to ask, "Is your injury healed? Can you show me?"

Pei Wen was taken aback, and looked at Gu Kai.

Gu Kai hurriedly said, "I didn't say anything."

Pei Xiuzhen said: "A girl told me. When I called Pei Wen, it was the girl who answered the phone. She told me..."

Pei Xiuzhen looked at Pei Wen's wrist.

It's just that he's wearing long-sleeved clothing, which hides the scar on his wrist.

Although the injury is healed, the scar is still there, and because the scar is too large, it may never be completely eliminated.

Pei Wen instinctively retracted his wrist.

"Yu Shuangshuang?" Gu Kai guessed.

"Yes." Pei Xiuzhen admitted.

When Pei Wen was hospitalized, Gu Kai didn't stay with him all the time, and would leave occasionally. When he left, Yu Shuangshuang took care of Pei Wen on his behalf.

"I've recovered now." Pei Wen said, "I'm in good health, so you don't have to worry."

Pei Xiuzhen held back her tears and said, "I'm sorry, mom apologizes to you."

I don't know what Yu Shuangshuang said to her, which made Pei Xiuzhen's attitude change 180 degrees.

Pei Wen looked at her quietly, didn't make a sound, and couldn't say it was okay.

Pei Xiuzhen started crying and apologizing, and said a lot of things incoherently, which made Gu Kai feel a little awkward about his existence.

Pei Xiuzhen was terrified these days, and spent the whole time in fear. She couldn't eat well, and couldn't sleep well.

She wanted to visit Pei Wen in the hospital, but she didn't know where he was, and she was also afraid that he would not want to see her, and that her presence would have a negative impact on Pei Wen.

Although she is strong and has a strong desire for control, she always wants Pei Wen to act according to her wishes, but all her thoughts and actions are out of love.It's just that the way she expresses her love is overwhelming.

She is the mother who loves her son the most in the world, and the mother who hurts her son the most.

But no matter what, she never wanted to lose her son.

Facing such a mother, Pei Wen seemed at a loss.

Obviously, he didn't know how to get along with such a mother, but occasionally he couldn't help comforting her, and wiped her tears with a tissue.

Seeing that Pei Xiuzhen was crying so much that it almost made Pei Wen cry, Gu Kai interrupted quickly:

"Auntie, since you want to be nice to Pei Wen so much, you shouldn't force him to go back to work in the company, right?"

"No..." Pei Xiuzhen looked at Pei Wen, "You don't want to go if you really don't want to, as long as you are doing well."

Gu Kai breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "We came to see you today to tell you that I plan to take Pei Wen to the countryside to recuperate. I hope you will not disturb him."

"Excuse me...?" Her concern was actually defined as interruption.

But thinking of the pictures and videos I saw before, Pei Xiuzhen swallowed her words and said carefully:

"But, after all, I am Pei Wen's mother, can't I contact Pei Wen?"

Gu Kai looked at Pei Wen.

It was obvious that Pei Wen had to make up his own mind about the matter between mother and son.

Pei Wen said, "...you can, but you don't want to call all the time."

Whoever has been bombarded with phone calls knows, it was scary.

Pei Xiuzhen forced a smile and nodded, "Okay, I only make one call a day."

In this way, the things that Gu Kai and Pei Wen were worried about were easily resolved.

Pei Xiuzhen no longer stubbornly asked Pei Wen to do things according to her orders, and gave her son the utmost tolerance.

Both of them were a little puzzled, so they turned around and asked Yu Shuangshuang what she had said.

Yu Shuangshuang sent a long record of messages to the two of them, and after a quick look, they understood.

When Pei Wen was still in the ICU, Gu Kai had nightmares every day because he witnessed Pei Wen lying in a pool of blood, so he went to Dr. Liang for psychological counseling.

It was at that time that Yu Shuangshuang received a call from Pei Xiuzhen.

Previously, Yu Shuangshuang had only met Pei Xiuzhen a few times, and had no chance to face her directly.She had long had a deep grudge against Pei Xiuzhen, and believed that all the tragedies in Pei Wen's body were caused by Pei Xiuzhen.

How could she not pay for it?

Therefore, Yu Shuangshuang lied that Pei Wen was still being rescued in the ICU, and his life and death were unknown.Tell her that it was because of her persecution that Pei Wen committed suicide, and this was not the first time Pei Wen committed suicide.

While Pei Wen was resting, he took photos of Pei Wen's wounds and a video of Pei Wen's pale and thin body, and sent them to Pei Xiuzhen.

In addition, some chat screenshots of Pei Wen expressing pessimism and world-weariness and wanting to end his life during the chat, photos of the medicine Pei Wen took, and popular science content such as depression can lead to death...

She accurately grasped Pei Xiuzhen's psychology, and didn't tell her which hospital or ward Pei Wen was in, but only sent a little of these things to Pei Xiuzhen a day, which made her worry and anxious, but there was nothing she could do.

Pei Xiuzhen was soon tortured to the point of collapse.

That's why after Pei Wen was discharged from the hospital, she kept calling and wanted to contact Pei Wen, but as soon as she made a sound, Pei Wen would hang up and never listen to a word she said.

After watching the whole process, Gu Kai felt ashamed, looked at Pei Wen, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Compared to Yu Shuangshuang, the way the two of them acted was too refined.

Moreover, Gu Kai didn't know as well as Yu Shuangshuang about the affairs between Pei Wenwen and his mother, so he couldn't make a targeted strategy.

Yu Shuangshuang called and said triumphantly, "Has she become more talkative now?"

Pei Wen: "...um."

"You're welcome!" Yu Shuangshuang said, "It's right to punish the evil and promote the good."

For irresponsible parents, Yu Shuangshuang was born with a kind of hatred, and she couldn't be happier to make the other party regret it.

Gu Kai suddenly heard someone talking on the other end of the phone, and the voice sounded like Wan Ying.

Gu Kai immediately had some doubts: "Where are you?"

"At home." Yu Shuangshuang chewed on potato chips.

"How did I hear Wan Ying's voice?"

"Did you hear it wrong?" Yu Shuangshuang suddenly raised her voice, and smiled like a cover-up, "Aren't you afraid that Pei Wen will be jealous when you mention other women in front of Pei Wen?"

Gu Kai wanted to say no, but when he thought of the perfume incident, he was a little uncertain, so he turned to look at Pei Wen.

Pei Wen could also hear Gu Kai's speakerphone, seeing this, he said, "No way...how can I be so stingy?"

"Aren't you stingy?" Gu Kai laughed at him, "Who used to suspect me of cheating because I smelled of someone else's perfume?"

"I didn't suspect you of cheating..." Pei Wen refused to admit it, "I'm just a little jealous."

"Oh, jealous, who said you were not stingy just now?"

"..." Pei Wen was entangled by Gu Kai, and countered, "I'll also smell some other people's perfume some other day, and see if you're jealous."

"That won't work."

"I'm looking at you and won't let you go."

"Hey, I'm still on the phone, can you two separate occasions for flirting?" Yu Shuangshuang turned up the volume dissatisfied, "Forget it, I won't tell you, hang up."

After hanging up the phone, Gu Kai went to ask Wan Ying if Yu Shuangshuang was in the shop.

Wan Ying replied: "Yes, she has been running to the store a lot lately."

After reading the news, Gu Kai looked up at Pei Wen.

The two had understanding smiles on their faces.

作者有话要说：我今天破四千字了！快夸我！感谢在2021-02-1819:59:36~2021-02-1921:01:55期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmine: Ah Jiu 2;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!