three feet away

At dusk, the car slowly drove into the residential area. Yan Ruyi saw a black Audi city off-road vehicle parked in front of her garage from a distance. She stepped on the brake in frustration, and the car stopped abruptly at the turning intersection. He startled the old man who was walking his dog after dinner, yelled and walked away with the dog.

The hands holding the steering wheel were tightened and then loosened, and then tightened again, Yan Ruyi hesitated, whether to go home at this time.

She hadn't been notified by anyone that her ex-boyfriend would be at home for dinner tonight, and she could guess that was the default arrangement for everyone but her, and she could even picture appearing in front of her parents. The smile on the face of the man who satisfied them in every way.

The phone on the co-pilot rang. Yan Ru glanced sideways at the flashing number on the phone, and relaxed her brows a little. She cleared her throat, raised the corners of her lips, slid the answer button with her fingertips, and said softly: "Hi ?”

"Are you almost home?"

"Yeah. It's almost there." Xu Nuo's voice reached her ear sockets through the radio waves, and it seemed that she still carried her lingering warmth. Yan Ruyi finally completely stretched her brows, and the corners of her lips raised a nice curve. She said with a smile : "You just called 10 minutes ago and promised your classmates."

"Oh...really?" The voice of promise on the other end of the phone was coy for a second, and then said in a low voice: "But I miss you."

Yan Ru raised her eyebrows, the corners of her lips almost reached her ears, and the edges of her ears began to feel hot. Before, she didn't know that Xu Nuo was so willing to express her inner love.

Xu Yan Ruyi's silent smile was too contagious, and it was probably because she hadn't spoken. There was a moment of silence on the phone, and she called out softly, "Yan Ruyi?" It seemed that she wanted to ask if she was listening, and then , as if he had realized something, raised the decibel slightly, and asked awkwardly:

"Are you kidding me?"

Yan Ruyi blinked her eyes, and her vision of looking out of the car became softer. She smiled and put her left hand on the car window, her fingers slightly curled up to support her head, and her smile became brighter. It's just that the promise is still a little awkward. At this time She couldn't make her feel embarrassed, otherwise, she would be embarrassed to talk about love in the future.

Clearing her throat, Yan Ruyi shook her head solemnly, smiled and said into the microphone, "I'm just happy."

"Happy what?"

"Happy that you said you miss me."

"enm..."

That person was still awkward, Yan Ruyi held his forehead, chuckled, and deliberately teased her: "I'm going into the house."

"Yeah," Xu Nuo replied twice, wanting to hang up the phone: "Then you go in, I'll hang up first."

Hearing that she was about to hang up, Yan Ruyi hurriedly called her: "Hey!"

"what happened?"

"It's nothing." Looking at his door, Yan Ruyi stared at the black off-road vehicle, was silent for a second, and said to Xu Nuo, "I just want to hear you say that you love me."

After hearing Yan Ruyi's words, Xu Nuo's voice on the phone suddenly disappeared. Yan Ruyi held up the phone, listening to her increasingly rapid breathing, and knew in her heart that she must be shy suddenly, afraid that she would suffocate herself from lack of oxygen Yeah, just about to say forget it, the next time I said it face to face, Xu Nuo suddenly opened his mouth and said quickly: "I love you, I'm dead."

When the beep-beep sound came from the receiver, Yan Ruyi hadn't recovered from the three words I love you that were completely different from the three words I love you that she said in sad or painful situations a few times before. Her eyes were already covered with starlight. This was the first time she had promised to say that she loved her in the true sense. Those three simple words gave her infinite strength in an instant, prompting her to re-ignite and drive the car. Arriving at the door of the house, he opened the door calmly.

The living room on the first floor was brightly lit, even the overhead light in the entrance hall was on. The bright lights made Yan Ruyi a little uncomfortable. This was enough to show the importance of this guest who came to the house today in the eyes of the family.

Yan Ruyi put the car keys on the closet in the entrance, and when she was changing her slippers, she heard the voices of middle-aged and elderly men and women who did not belong to her parents. She didn't know what they were talking about, but they seemed to be laughing happily. No one noticed anyone Opened the door and entered the house.

Yan Ruyi frowned strangely, did she read it wrong?Didn't the off-road vehicle outside the door belong to her ex-boyfriend who just broke up with her two days ago?So, who is the guest today?

The door of the children's room facing the entrance opened, and a girl doll wearing a pink jacket and piggy cotton shoes walked out, followed by a healthy man with a few strands of white hair.

Seeing Yan Ruyi, the old man's originally loving expression darkened, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with her.

Yan Ruyi pursed her lips, and called out calmly, "Dad."

Seeing Yan Ruyi, the little pink girl smiled and crooked her crescent eyes, ran towards Yan Ruyi with big and small arms swinging her calves staggeringly, grinning and shouting as she ran, "Ah Mom! Mom!"

Yan Ruyi took two steps forward, squatted on the ground and opened her arms, and waited for the little one to fall into her arms before hugging her, gently patted her little butt wearing thick cotton trousers, and corrected softly: "Yiyi, be good, call again."

The little girl pouted, very displeased that Yan Ruyi's first words to her were to make her call someone again, she blinked her eyes aggrieved and showed a crying expression, moaned and groaned and turned her little head She pushed into Yan Ruyi's arms and wanted Yan Ruyi to hug her, but she didn't speak.

"Yiyi." Yan Ruyi hugged her, put her in front of him, looked at her level and said again: "Yiyi, come on, call again."

The pink little girl was forced to look at Yan Ruyi's face, hesitated pitifully for a long time, opened her mouth, and uttered a trembling syllable "...Mom..."

"No." Yan Ruyi breathed out lightly, smiled at the little man, and opened his mouth to demonstrate: "Yiyi, read after me, aunt, aunt, aunt."

"Gun..."

"Yes, aunt." Yan Ru continued to encourage with a smile.

"Auntie..." The child repeated the words again, and as soon as the words fell, he burst into tears, and the tears fell down like a rainstorm, offending the lively group of people who were sitting and chatting in the living room. They all came out to see if the child fell and touched it.

Yan Ruyi raised his head when he heard the sound, and when he saw the people standing in front of him, his mood fell to the bottom.

She stood up numbly, holding Yiyi who was crying loudly, with a professional and polite smile on her face, and shouted to a man and woman who were about the same age as her parents standing in front of her: "Uncle, auntie!" Okay." Then she turned her eyes slightly, and landed on the man standing next to the couple who was smiling at her, and then moved away lightly, it was her ex-boyfriend, her brother's high school classmate, Yin Pengfei.Four months ago, she accepted his pursuit, and three days ago, they just broke up.

The man was ignored by her before he could say hello to her. She swallowed what she was about to say, and explained to her with an embarrassed smile: "My parents just came to Chengdu to play, and they said they haven't seen you for a long time. Uncles and aunts called to ask about the convenience at home, so they brought them to visit together."

"Oh." Yan Ru bent down expressionlessly, picked up the out of breath little baby who was standing at her feet holding her leg and crying, and wiped her face with the back of her hand.She comforted and said in a soft voice: "Be good, Yiyi, don't cry." As she spoke, she led the group of people standing in front of her to the living room: "Uncles and aunts sit down first, and I'll take her to wash her face."

The child stopped crying in her arms, and pitifully leaned his little face on her shoulder, staring at a pair of red peach eyes while sticking out his tongue to lick the bright water under his nose, and whispered: "Mom, mom."

"Why is Yiyi called Ru Yi Ma?"

Yin Pengfei's mother looked at Yan Ruyi walking away holding Yiyi, and asked suspiciously.

After hearing this, Mama Yan sighed: "Mum Yiyi is very busy with import and export trade, and she is always on business trips. If Yiyi takes a lot of her at home, Yiyi has been clinging to her since she was a child. My children are all late talkers, and Yiyi is one year old. It took eight months to call her mom and dad. Ruyi was happy at that moment and didn't correct her to call her whatever she wanted. As a result, her grandparents knew everything, but she couldn't call her aunt, and she always called her mom. It's almost two years and three months now, every time she calls her aunt, she either smiles sloppily, or cries like just now. This child wants a mother, and her mother is not here... oh..."

"Oh, it's not a bad thing for a child to speak late, don't worry too much."

"Yeah, Ruyi talks to her brother late, and she's worse than Yiyi. When she was a child, the neighbor's children called him grandpa, but she was obviously older, but she also called him grandpa. When she was four or five years old, think about how that would be." It's funny. Her dad thought she gave birth to a silly girl."

"Hahaha..."

Listening to the sound of laughter in the living room behind her, Yan Ruyi turned on the faucet indifferently, put Yiyi on the small bench in front of the sink, tested the water temperature, picked up her sleeves to let her wash her hands, and twisted a small towel and handed it to her .Seeing her smearing her small face carelessly twice and then blinking at herself and wanting to praise her, she felt better, stretched out her hand to pinch her powdery little face and muttered in a low voice: "You call me a mother!" , My aunt almost lost her girlfriend."

The little guy tilted his head and stared at Yan Ruyi for a moment of understanding, then suddenly called her aunt.

Yan Ruyi was stunned for a second, then squatted beside her with a smile and raised her head expectantly to ask her to scream again, but she grinned and stopped talking.Yan Ruyi had no choice but to pinch her soft ears and pull her out.

During dinner, Yin Pengfei naturally sat next to Yan Ruyi, Yiyi sat next to Yan Ruyi, and the four old people sat next to her and Yin Pengfei respectively.

At the dinner table, she seldom spoke, and only listened to Yin Pengfei explaining to both parents what he was going to do with the recent project.

Yan Ruyi chewed the food in her mouth quietly and mechanically, and did not participate in those boring topics. She even lost her mind when they were talking and laughing happily, remembering the words I love you that she had just promised to say to her, and then slightly raised the corners of her lips.

Sensing the change of expression on her face, Yin Pengfei frowned first, then stood up with a feigned smile and poured wine for Yan Ruyi and his father respectively. After the toast, he hesitated to propose to the two elders He decided to marry Yan Ruyi in the coming year.

The two parents seemed to have no different ideas, and they all turned their eyes to Yan Ruyi's face.

Yan Ruyi was still wandering in his mind at first, but after being stared at by several pairs of eyes, he came back to his senses in a daze and pulled the corners of his lips in embarrassment.

Papa Yan was a little upset, he lowered his face slightly, and asked her, "Ruyi, tell me your opinion."

"What do you think?" Yan Ruyi asked back.

This question made Father Yan even more unhappy. He looked around at the prospective parents-in-law and explained calmly: "Pengfei said he wanted to marry you, what are your plans?"

Yan Ruyi was stunned for a moment, and turned her head to look at the man sitting next to her with questioning eyes. The smile on his face was natural and pampering, as if she had never broken up with him three days ago.

"Ruyi, I will treat you well."

Yin Pengfei looked at Yan Ruyi affectionately, as if he was moved by the oath, if his parents were not present, he would have kissed Yan Ruyi almost on the spot.

Everyone didn't speak anymore, waiting for Yan Ruyi to say yes, and then everyone was happy, and everyone happily made pre-marriage preparations.

Yan Ruyi blinked, looked back and forth between the unhappy parents and the expectant Yin Pengfei's parents for a few minutes, took a deep breath, turned her head, and seriously refused:

"I'm sorry, just like what I said when I broke up a few days ago, Pengfei, we are not suitable, so we cannot get married."

"what?"

"You broke up?"

Before Yin Pengfei could respond, the elders couldn't hold back anymore and asked in surprise.

Yan Ruyi lowered her eyebrows, and explained to Yin Pengfei's parents with some difficulty: "I'm sorry, uncle and aunt, we broke up a few days ago."

"Pengfei never mentioned it to us."

"He also asked us to come over from our hometown, saying that we would meet together and talk about marriage."

"Ruyi, I don't agree to break up."

"Bastard!"

Everyone's voices were mixed together, impacting Yan Ruyi's nerves. She sat there motionless, no matter what they said or did, she was indifferent. With a pair of eyes, a pair of eyes filled with satisfaction as if owning her is like owning the whole world.

The noisy voice lasted for more than ten minutes without stopping. Both parents were in an awkward situation. Yan's father looked at Yan Ruyi from the beginning to the end, trying to find some regretful expression on her face, but she was silent There was even a smile on his silent face.Angrily, he slapped the table with his hand, and the sound of the dishes vibrating caused the group of people to become silent, and the restaurant fell into silence for a while.It wasn't until Yiyi, who was so frightened that she almost choked, opened her mouth and cried out, that everyone seemed to have breath again and came back to life, but the atmosphere became even more embarrassing.