cute and cool

Qiao Beixin didn't lie to him - he couldn't use this kind of thing as an excuse.In the past two years, Liang Yilan's physical condition was really not optimistic. In the past few months, it was even difficult to even get out of bed.

As soon as Cheng Wang entered the door, he smelled a faint smell of traditional Chinese medicine. There were several plastic medicine boxes on the coffee table, and a seriously ill woman was asleep in the bedroom.

Liang Yilan is afraid of the cold, and her son will help her close the windows when she goes to work during the day.The room, which had been airless all day, didn't smell very good. It had a long-suffering, decaying smell.

Qiao Beixin opened the living room window wider, and said apologetically, "Sorry, my mother can't blow the wind."

Cheng Wang waved his hand and said, "It's okay." When he turned his head again, his eye circles were red again.

Qiao Beixin was used to this kind of situation, so he poured Cheng Wang a glass of water, briefly talked about Liang Yilan's situation, and asked him to rest in the living room first, and cook by himself.

The roar of the range hood and the sound of vegetables being thrown into the pan woke up the people sleeping in the house. Cheng Wang heard a few coughs coming from the room, so he hurried in to check the situation.

Liang Yilan didn't expect to see Cheng Wang, he was stunned for a moment, then showed the most common kind smile before, and asked pleasantly, "Xiao Wang, are you back?"

A few years ago, Liang Yilan looked like a middle-aged woman who was slightly weak and in poor health. Now, anyone could look at her as terminally ill.The thin wrist was covered with bones, the back of his hand was severely bruised from repeated infusions, and his face was disfigured.

Cheng Wang responded, biting the tip of his tongue hard to suppress the sourness in his nose, and said with a smile, "Well, Auntie, I'm back."

Liang Yilan beckoned him to come and sit beside her bed, and after hesitating, asked him to open the window for ventilation.

Cheng Wang opened the window a thin crack, and then drew the curtains.The warm-colored sunset shines through that little gap, casting a bright slanted line on the ground.

Cheng Wang said: "Auntie, if you feel cold or the wind is too strong, please tell me, and I will close the window."

"It's okay, it's always necessary to ventilate."

She looked at Cheng Wang carefully, from head to toe.

"You've grown up!" Liang Yilan smiled and rolled her eyes, "Hey, Xiao Wang has matured."

Cheng Wang scratched the back of his head embarrassingly.

"Where do you work now?"

"At the office, with my elder brother."

"Hmm..." Liang Yilan nodded. When she was still working, she had a lot of contact with auditors and knew that they worked hard. "Then you are very busy!"

She said thoughtfully, "I'm so busy..."

Soon she smiled again and asked, "Have you not been back for many years?"

Cheng Wang bowed his head, not knowing how to answer.

Liang Yilan pursed her lips, and her expression was a bit embarrassed, as if she had made up her mind, and said: "I have never asked directly, you and Xinxin..."

Cheng Wang's heart tightened.

"You young people's affairs, as parents, we should not get involved..." Liang Yilan brushed back the hair hanging from his ears, and said hesitantly, "I still understand my son, he... He can't speak, his mouth is not sweet, and he is stupid, did he... make you angry?"

Cheng Wang quickly waved his hand.

"Then... is it because of what I said to you before?" Liang Yilan said awkwardly, "Did you misunderstand? I have no other intentions... I am not against you, I am not trying to separate you."

Although he had already guessed that Liang Yilan knew about their relationship, Cheng Wang still couldn't describe his feelings when he heard such blunt words, he could only keep saying "no, no".

Liang Yilan was also embarrassed to say anything else, she didn't want to interfere in the love of the juniors, but she only considered that she didn't have much time and still hoped that her only son would get what she wanted, so she spoke again and again with the cheek.

She thought to herself, since her son is neither sweet nor likable, he should let him figure out how to make Cheng Wang change his mind, instead of finding reasons for his son by himself.But if Cheng Wang really misunderstood those words at the beginning, no matter how he thinks, he is responsible, at least he should explain his intention clearly.

Enduring the embarrassment in her heart, she slowly said: "Xiao Wang, actually, I don't know what happened between you, I only know that he has been...unhappy all these years since you left home, I can see it. I told you before that your road is not easy to walk, because I used to go through a similar road. It was really lonely and painful. No one understands you. Everyone said on the surface, 'You really Great', in fact, behind the scenes, I was waiting for you to fall to the ground, waiting for you to admit that you chose wrong at the beginning..."

Liang Yilan wiped the corners of her eyes, breathed a long sigh of relief, and continued: "But sometimes I feel that, after all, you are two people, and maybe you can still support each other. It's really hard to insist on doing something that everyone is opposed to. , but if you all feel right..."

She couldn't continue talking.Thinking of her own experience, and thinking of the difficulties that the young man may face, Liang Yilan felt bitter.

She waved her hand, and finally said: "I won't say anything else, you young people, you decide for yourself, just... just do it according to what you think in your heart..."

They had a simple home-cooked meal.

Qiao Beixin's cooking skills have not improved much. It is still far from Liang Yilan's level at the beginning, and it is probably at the level where he can barely eat.

Liang Yilan took a mouthful of cabbage, sighed after chewing a few mouthfuls, and drove the wheelchair to the kitchen to get things.

Qiao Beixin: "Mom, what are you taking, I'll help you."

Liang Yilan said: "I will take the salt. Don't touch it, I will go by myself. Our salt has changed its taste after passing through your hands. I will take it by myself."

She scooped up a third of the amount with a small spoon and added it to the dish, and then mixed it well with clean chopsticks.

The simpler the dish is, the more the skill and experience are tested. After adding this little salt, the taste is really better.

Liang Yilan knocked on the side of the bowl with chopsticks, and said to Cheng Wang: "Xiao Wang has been away for a few years, you don't know, Qiao Beixin, I always put a lot of salt in cooking before, so he doesn't care what I say." Use. Usually I can use a month’s worth of salt, but he used it up in ten days.”

She glanced at her son, and continued mercilessly: "Seeing you here today, I guess, he wants to show you his skills. Hmph, but he doesn't seem to understand. It’s like adding no salt.”

Cheng Wang followed her gaze and also glanced at Qiao Beixin.The man had a blank face, and put food into the bowls of the two of them expressionlessly.

Cheng Wang looked amused, and took two mouthfuls of rice quickly to hold back his smile.

After the meal, Liang Yilan drove the wheelchair back to the room and locked the door, leaving the two of them staring at each other in the living room.

Cheng Wang helped clear the table, leaned against the kitchen door to watch Qiao Beixin wash the dishes for a while, and was about to leave.

"I, I'm leaving, I'll come to see Auntie next time..."

Cheng Wang scratched his face, and before Qiao Beixin could answer, he walked to the entrance in two steps.

At this time, he heard Qiao Beixin turn off the water, and stacked the washed bowls upside down to control the water.

The light and crisp sound made by porcelain colliding is obviously so common, but listening to it now makes Cheng Wang panic.

He looked back, and Qiao Beixin was also leaning against the kitchen door, looking at him intently.

Qiao Beixin wiped her hands, took off her apron, and said to Cheng Wang, "Wait for me, I have something for you."

He dragged a big cardboard box from his bedroom and said, "Xiao Wang, I haven't dared to contact you in the past few years. Sometimes I saw something and thought it might be useful for you, so I bought it first. .”

He stood up straight, a little at a loss, and after a pause for a few seconds, he took things out of the cardboard box one by one.

There are a lot of things, ranging from Lego to watches, everything.

There are even ergonomic chairs and smart watches that monitor sleep quality.

Cheng Wang's heart was shocked by the overly straight man's gift-giving thinking. Cheng Wang held the memory foam pillow in his hand, and it was hard to imagine what this man was thinking at that time.

Later, Qiao Beixin also seemed to feel embarrassed.He threw the things back in a mess, rubbed his face, and said, "...Let me take it back for you, okay?"

Cheng Wang was still immersed in the shock brought by this box of items that he didn't know how to describe, and for a moment he forgot that he could send it directly, and said blankly: "Uh, just, also, okay..."

So, holding the huge box, Qiao Beixin stood on the side of the road with Cheng Wang and waited for the online car-hailing car to come.

At this time, Cheng Wang realized something and asked, "Where did you choose as your destination?"

Qiao Beixin gave an address, which was his and Cheng Jing's new home.

Cheng Wang asked, "How did you know I moved?"

"..." Qiao Beixin turned his head and glanced at him, with an expression of guilty conscience, "I deliberately turned over Cheng Jing's personal information when filing the case."

The driver arrived soon. Qiao Beixin put the suitcase in the trunk and fiddled with it for a while before coming over.

He insisted on helping Cheng Wang carry his things upstairs, and he must go there with him.

Cheng Wang had no choice but to move a place inside for him.

The music in the car was played very loudly, with navigation prompts in an artificial female voice.Qiao Beixin put his hands in his pockets, stroked the flannel box in his hand, took it out, and put it on Cheng Wang's pants.

He lowered his voice and said, "If you don't want anything else, just accept this one."

Cheng Wang looked down.

A pink velvet box with a beautiful bow tied on it, it looks like fine jewelry at first glance.

"What is it?" he asked.

Qiao Beixin took it over and opened the lid to show him.

A red string bracelet with a leaf like a heart attached to the string.

Cheng Wang took it, stretched out his hand to fiddle with the leaf, closed the box again, and put it back between the two of them.

He didn't speak any more, and turned his head to look out the window.From the reflection in the glass, he saw Qiao Beixin open his mouth several times, but he gave up. In the end, Qiao Beixin just touched the box and pushed him back to Cheng Wang's side.

The two were speechless all the way.

After arriving downstairs at Cheng Wang's house, Qiao Beixin still insisted on helping him get it up.Cheng Wang looked at the box and thought he really couldn't move it, so he let him go.

When the things were delivered, Cheng Wang had no intention of keeping anyone. He stood at the door and watched Qiao Beixin, silently issuing the order to evict the guests.

Qiao Beixin took a deep breath, nodded, and stumbled, "Okay, then, I'll go first."

Before the door closed, Qiao Beixin let out an "ah" and said, "Cheng Jing..."

Cheng Wang interrupted softly: "Tell him about the case, he's away on business these two days and isn't here."

Qiao Beixin said helplessly, "Okay."

After closing the door, Cheng Wang leaned inside the door, listening to the movement of the elevator, and only slumped his shoulders after confirming that Qiao Beixin had really left.

He didn't let Qiao Beixin in, so naturally the big box could only be piled up at the door of the room.Cheng Wang tried his best to push it into the living room, but accidentally, the flannel box on top rolled down.

The wind in the north is strong, even if you sweep the floor every day, there will still be dust on the floor.The suede surface is the least resistant to dirt, and after rolling down a circle, it is contaminated with a lot of dust.

At that moment, Cheng Wang was really a little out of his mind. He picked up the box, frowned at the stained surface, and wiped it on his pants reflexively——

When his head came to his senses, his hands didn't follow him. Cheng Wang lowered his head, stared at the seemingly invisible stain on his black trousers, and sighed heavily.

He wiped the dust off the surface of the box, took off his outer pants and soaked in the water, sat cross-legged on the sofa with only his underwear on, and looked at the bracelet carefully.

He couldn't see anything special about it.

After a few minutes, he gave up this meaningless behavior and got up to go to the bathroom to wash his pants.

As soon as the laundry detergent was poured in, the doorbell rang.

Cheng Wang thought it was the courier, walked to the living room and raised his voice, "Who is it?"

No one answered.

Cheng Wang didn't wear pants, and felt that this image was not suitable for seeing people, so he shouted again: "Is it a courier? The courier should leave it at the door."

There was still no answer, but the doorbell was replaced by a knock on the door, with an attitude of never giving up until Cheng Wang opened the door.

Cheng Wang was puzzled, wiped his hands and went to look at the cat's eyes.

It's Qiao Beixin.

"Xiao Wang, open the door."

After saying these five words, Qiao Beixin frowned, and added stiffly: "Is it okay?"

Cheng Wang: "What's the matter?"

Cheng Wang looked at Qiao Beixin from the cat's eyes with his head lowered, his face was tangled, and the corners of his mouth were tensed.

The next second, Qiao Beixin said seriously, "I miss you and want to talk to you."