atypical romanticism

Zhou Yu originally thought that he would be bombarded by Yu Hong's phone calls, but a week later, not only did Yu Hong not bombard him, he didn't even send a message on WeChat, as if this incident never happened.

She asked Zhou Zhou about it, but Zhou Zhou also gave an ambiguous answer, saying that the school was busy with final exams these days, and Yu Hong was busy grading papers.These few short sentences, coupled with Zhou Zhou's long sighs, seemed to suggest that Yu Hong wanted to settle accounts with her after the fall.

"Little fish, have you made up your mind?"

Zhou Yu was taken aback, Zhou Zhou thought she didn't understand, and explained: "Father doesn't know this group very well, but I have lived for so many years, and you are the only one who is independent by my side. When you go north, you are destined to be unsmooth when you want to go south. When you run into too many obstacles, you will find that the so-called stumbling block of your mother is nothing at all. Other people's pointing... "

Before the words finished, Zhou Yu interrupted: "Dad, I have stayed in Shanghua for nearly ten years. When I was in college, my classmates knew that I liked girls, but they didn't point fingers at me, and my current colleagues also Knowing that I'm with my current girlfriend, they didn't judge us," Zhou Yu sighed, "I know you're worried that I won't be able to withstand all kinds of social pressure, but I'm already 25 years old , I can support myself, and I can be responsible for my words and deeds.”

She actually didn't expect Zhou Zhou to say this to her.

Because of Zhou Zhou's work, he was away from home until Zhou Yu was five years old. Whether it was living or studying, he hardly participated in every aspect of Yu Hong's education.Unless Yu Hong couldn't help moving his hand, he would come out to stop him, and then the two of them were scolded by Yu Hong together with their brows downcast.

Zhou Zhou on the phone didn't know how long he was silent, and finally heaved a long sigh, and said vaguely: "Hang up, don't think too much, I'll watch from your mother's side, you are busy with work, go do it first .”

"Yeah." Zhou Yu hung up the phone, feeling oppressed as if her chest was blocked by cotton, but she knew that Zhou Zhou's attitude was the best for a person of his age.

She didn't expect them to accept the fact that their daughter was gay as naturally as Ke Qin did. It would be good for them to turn a blind eye.Their nearly 50 years of life experience has formed an impenetrable wall for them. In their era, homosexuality was still mentally ill, and the deep-rooted concept could not be eradicated. Zhou Yu did not expect Yu Hong to understand her, just like she also I can't understand Yu Hong.

Don't try to understand what you can't understand.The premise of understanding is empathy, which is too difficult to achieve.

Zhou Yu's right eyelid twitched, she looked out of the window, feeling a little uneasy.

She rubbed her right eyelid, said silently three times, "Don't think too much, everything in the past is false" and walked back.

Xiangbei and Ke Qin have finished their work and arrived in Shanghua two days ago.

At first Zhou Yu wanted them to live in her and Xiang Sheng's small home, but the couple resolutely refused and moved into the hotel firmly.During the day, he stayed with Xiang Sheng in the hospital.

Ke Qin moved a table and placed it in front of the window. On the table were five or six medical professional books thicker than dictionaries. While she was reading, she argued with Xiang Sheng; Worry about three or four test papers in sealed bags—my pro-students have been sending out "asking the teacher to get it" in the class group for three days in a row.

Zhou Yu opened the door and came in, and heard Xiang Bei sigh: "59 points, where can I find this point?"

Xiang Sheng peeled the oranges and said, "Class performance, let's see if this child is missing in attendance. If there is no shortage, the class performance must be a perfect score!"

"That makes sense." Xiang Bei flipped through the attendance book at hand and began to look for names.

"When I was in college, I felt that I was lucky enough to pass the [-]th exam." Zhou Yu sighed. "Now it seems that it is not luck, but the teachers who worked too hard."

Xiang Sheng fed the peeled orange petals to Zhou Yu, and asked curiously, "Teacher Zhou, have you passed such a lucky score of 60?"

"Well," Zhou Yu nodded, "It's more than one. At the end of the first semester of freshman year, four courses were passed by, but that's just this semester. After getting used to it in the next semester, it's basically seven or eight. It's been a while, and I didn't bother the teacher too much."

"It seems that ancient Chinese is really difficult," Xiang Sheng said, "I also didn't get used to it when I was a freshman. I passed four of the five professional courses, and now I am afraid to mention it. Ms. Ke looked at me at the time. I laughed for a long time."

"But now it's me who laughs at her." Xiang Sheng straightened the quilt, and said to Ke Qin who was scribbling on the keyboard, "Ms. Ke, how is your thesis going?"

Ke Qin gave her a hard look, and said quietly: "If I didn't want you to have some face in front of Xiao Yu, I would have slapped you on the back!" She said, and she slapped the air .

Xiang Sheng leaned on Zhou Yu's shoulder and made a grimace in return.Zhou Yu raised his hand to hook the tip of her nose, and said with a smile, "How old are you?"

"It's not old anyway, I'm still a child." Xiang Sheng hugged her and rubbed her shoulder.

The sun slanted in and hit them softly. The sun in winter was different from the blazing heat in summer. It made people feel warm. At some point, the two of them fell on the bed and fell asleep hugging each other.

Xiang Bei, who managed to make up enough sixty points, poked his head out of the paper and saw Xiang Sheng leaning against Zhou Yu's arms like a kitten. He poked Ke Qin who was looking for information, and said softly: "Look, my daughter Does it look like a kitten?"

Ke Qin looked at it, chuckled, turned on his phone and took several pictures, and felt uncomfortable again with a smile: "Tell me, such two good children, how come..."

Xiang Bei sighed and changed the subject: "Are you hungry? Let's go eat something?"

"Yeah." Ke Qin didn't want to shed tears, nodded, and said, "Let's eat and go shopping. It's very close to Xue Ji on the Green Tower. Let's go buy some."

"it is good."

The two put on their coats lightly and quietly left the ward.

Zhou Yu rubbed her head and hugged the "kitten" tightly in her arms. The faint scent of roses lingered on the tip of her nose, which made her feel inexplicably at ease.

When Zhou Yu woke up, the person in his arms got out of bed at some point, occupied the other side of the table and was writing something seriously.Seeing that she was awake, he stopped writing and asked, "Are you awake, are you hungry?"

Zhou Yu shook his head and asked, "Why did you wake up?"

"Before you wake up." Xiang Sheng put his face in his hands and said with a smile.

Zhou Yu: "...Isn't this nonsense?"

"Mr. Zhou, what you said is wrong." Xiang Sheng gave a soft "tsk" sound, and corrected him solemnly, "It's nonsense to tell unimportant people, and it's love talk to you."

Zhou Yu chuckled, glanced at what Xiang Sheng wrote, it was a square piece of red paper, and asked, "What is that? A love letter?"

"Almost." Xiang Sheng wrote the last word with downcast eyes, and Zhou Yu noticed that the pen Xiang Sheng used was not a black gel pen, but a brush that looked like a fountain pen, which seemed to be called a Xiuli pen.

"What did you write?" Zhou Yu got up and leaned over to look. On the not-so-big red origami, there was Xiang Sheng's regular lower script:

"Marriage of two surnames, a treaty in one house,

A good relationship lasts forever, matching the same name.

Look at the peach blossoms are burning this day, it's IKEA,

It is predicted that the melons in the year will be continuous, and Erchang Erchi.

I would like to write to Hongjian with the covenant of Baitou,

It is good to make the alliance of red leaves and record the mandarin ducks.

This card. "

—— Xiang Sheng failed to hand over this marriage letter to Zhou Yu in his previous life, so it is hard to break his promise in this life.

Xiang Sheng knew that he would be a passer-by in Zhou Yu's long life. He shouldn't think about leaving any indelible mark on her life, and he should even try to eliminate the past, but why?

She loves Zhou Yu to the bone and blood, why can't the person she loves remember her love forever?

She wanted Zhou Yu to always remember that there was a person named Xiang Sheng who loved her fiercely until death.

"It should be written on gold-sprinkled paper and a brush. The hospital has limited conditions." Xiang Sheng lowered his head, rubbed the tip of her nose, and said, "The word love letter is not accurate, it's a marriage letter."

"Mr. Zhou, I know I'm not honest about this, but I really want to marry you. This marriage letter is for this life and the next life."

Zhou Yu closed his eyes, kissed Xiang Sheng's lips, and the purple gold pendant on his wrist shone golden in the sunlight.

"Okay," Zhou Yu pressed her forehead, "If there is really an afterlife, I'll go find you first."

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When Zhou Yu left the hospital, it was already dark.

As the end of the new year approaches, red lanterns have been hung on the streets and alleys, and the roads in front of major supermarkets are also blocked. People who have finally checked out are also carrying large bags and small bags in the sea of ​​cars and struggling to find their cars.

The woman who dislikes the price increase in the supermarket, the man who is laughing, the child who is devoting himself to eating candied haws, and the impatient horn sounding from time to time on the road together constitute a fireworks full of joys and sorrows.

Zhou Yu glanced at the time, it was already nine o'clock, so let's take time to prepare for the new year's goods tomorrow.

In previous years, Zhou Yu didn't participate in this session, but Xiang Bei and Ke Qin were also there, and they couldn't be allowed to celebrate the New Year in the hotel. I wonder if Yu Hong signed for the things sent back a while ago?

The heavy traffic made Zhou Yu give up the idea of ​​taking the bus and went directly to the subway station.

When she walked up the stairs slowly, two familiar figures were standing at the door of the house where she used to live with their suitcases in their hands. Zhou Yu was startled, and said slowly: "Mom, Dad."

I don't know if it's her illusion, but Yu Hong seems to have aged a lot suddenly.Zhou Zhou agreed, and asked, "Why did you come back? The unit is working overtime again?"

"No," Zhou Yu shook his head, hesitated, and finally said truthfully, "My girlfriend is in the hospital."

Yu Hong's body paused, he hesitated to speak, and his figure under the dim light was extremely lonely.

Zhou Yu stepped forward, took the suitcase in her hand, walked up, and said, "I moved upstairs."

Yu Hong and Zhou Zhou were startled, looked at each other, and followed her silently.

The corridors of the old residential buildings were not spacious, and the design of the steps did not take care of the legs and feet of the elderly at all. Zhou Yu heard Zhou Zhou and Yu Hong panting lightly behind him, and the guilt in his heart became more and more intense.

She has grown up, and Yu Hong and Zhou Zhou are no longer young.

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The author has something to say:

"Marriage of two surnames, a contract in one house, a good relationship will last forever, and the match is the same name. Look at the peach blossoms on this day, and the house is IKEA. It is predicted that the melons will be endless in the next year, and you will be prosperous. I would like to write to Hongjian with a white-headed agreement. The alliance of red leaves will be recorded in the mandarin genealogy. This certificate." Not original, this is the marriage letter of the Republic of China. (It was also mentioned in Zuohua when the previous chapters were quoted, so let’s mention it here~)