Are you dating online, miss?

The morning light streams through the floor-to-ceiling windows, brightening the spacious living room.

A figure in the kitchen, wearing an apron, stood in front of the counter, with a peeled potato in his left hand and a slender kitchen knife in his right.

Again and again, the blade cuts into the potato and slides off slices of potato.

He Mu mechanically repeated the action of chopping vegetables, her expression blank, and what He Lu said last night echoed in her mind.

"I know why Aunt Du didn't come again when I was a child. I also know that Mom, you are enduring for me. I am very grateful but also very heartbroken."

"Going into marriage like most people, having children may be really good, mom, you are right, if I hadn't met her, maybe I would have liked a man, but I have met her and fallen in love with her , This in itself is a problem that can no longer be assumed, I can't predict it and I can't go back to the past, not to mention I don't want to."

"When you are with a man, the secular resistance is much smaller, but the happiness of a man is like a fish drinking water, knowing how warm it is. Mom, you should understand this truth better than me."

The messy and entangled thoughts made her head start to hurt. Mother He stopped what she was doing, and stood with her head against the wall for a while.

It wasn't until last night that she realized that she had never underestimated her daughter.

It turned out that He Lu knew it all along.

Du Ruo He's mother's colleague when she was a teacher in the south, she was admitted after graduating from graduate school, she can sing well, her eyes are sharp, and she seems to be able to talk.

She has a gentle personality, is easy to get along with, and is very hardworking. Mother He is the head teacher, and Du Ruo teaches mathematics in her class. The relationship between the two quickly became acquainted.Occasionally, when Mother He had to study late at night, Du Ruo would volunteer to help her pick up her daughter, and even tutored He Lu with homework.

Mother He was very grateful for this, and told He Huaiyi to let him pay attention to a good young man and introduce him to Du Ruo.

The family background is clean, the job is decent and stable, and people want to be motivated.

This is the request that He's mother told He Huaiyi, asking him to choose according to this condition.

He Huaiyi laughed when he heard it at the beginning: "You cared enough about her, and you were using the criteria of choosing a son-in-law to help her find out. It's just a colleague, you don't need to be so close."

After a pause, he tasted the conditions again, and said:

"Your request sounds simple, but it's not easy to find."

Mother He put a high hat on him: "So I'm here to ask you."

He Huaiyi smiled helplessly: "I will try my best."

Picking and picking, there has been no news.

Du Ruo didn't seem to care, and ran to her house more often, and Mother He would take the initiative to buy some melons and fruits without mentioning it, saying that she was alone in this city, and being close to Mother He made her feel less homesick, and she Say He Lu is smart, teach smart children to be in a good mood.

Mother He believed it at first.

Later, I accidentally saw the text messages of He Huaiyi's mobile phone, and realized that she had already selected the candidate by herself, but she met the three conditions of "clean family background, decent and stable work, and people who want to be motivated", and there was one more:

Married.

After having a showdown with her mother last night, He Lu returned to her room. It took a long time to calm down and digest the current progress and situation. She calmed down and made a decision.

The alarm clock set for the next day was deliberately advanced, and when no one was up at home, he went out quietly.There is no way, I am still afraid of embarrassment, the showdown last night was really cool, I have to say that I am still frightened.

When they arrived at the office, Zhou Yajing rushed to find her for a meeting to discuss the theme of this issue.

It was exactly twelve o'clock after the meeting, and He Lu called Mo Yiyi. After connecting, he went straight to the topic: "Yiyi, can I stay at your place for a while?"

This is the result of her deliberation last night.

Mom will definitely tell Dad about this, so if they continue to live at home, it is conceivable that the next day will be very sad. If they are tough, then she will be angry, and if they show weakness sincerely, then she is afraid that she will be soft-hearted.

She can't be soft-hearted.

"No problem. What happened?"

He Lu said truthfully: "I confessed to my family about being with you, they..."

Mo Yiyi immediately understood, but was still a little worried: "Why don't you wait for me? Is there enough money on hand? There aren't many things in the house. You can buy what you need. It's not enough for me—"

"Stop, stop." He Lu was amused, "I've been working for two years anyway, how can I have no money, besides, you know the terms Zhou Yajing offered me, don't worry, I'm fine, it's very nourishing."

"OK, my work here is finishing up, and I will return to Beijing in a week." Mo Yiyi said, "Wait for me."

"Well, wait for you."

After hanging up the phone, He Lu stood there holding the phone for a while, his heart beating a little faster.

Originally, she wanted to live there because she was busy with her new job and had no time to look for a house.

According to what Mo Yiyi said, come back in a week, then... wouldn't this be cohabitation?

tension.

She rubbed her face, it was a little hot.

He Lu's move away was completed with the tacit understanding of the mother and daughter.

Mother He couldn't decide what attitude to use to face the fact that her daughter was gay, although He Lu didn't admit it directly, she just said that she liked a woman and had no feelings for other women.

But in He Mu's eyes, liking a certain woman is the same as liking a woman, which is homosexuality.

She was born in an area with conservative and simple folk customs, and later became a teacher, as well as the director of the teaching department.

In the past at school, even if boys and girls were holding hands, she had to register and talk to their class teacher.

Now my daughter says she likes women?

Mother He's world was shattered.

"A person can only live for one life, good or bad, only these few decades. I don't know whether the future is good or bad, but I'm enough to be a marionette."

"Mom, I'm 24 years old. In the past 24 years, have I let you down? This time, only this time, I implore you... Trust me one more time, can you?"

It rained later that night, and He Lu's low and soft voice was mixed in the pattering rain, but every word hit He Mu's heart completely.

She wanted to say no, no, no.

Can't speak.

On the day He Lu dragged her suitcase and left home, she stood beside the potted plants on the balcony, slowly watering them with a kettle.Finally, when the door opened, he said lightly: "Where do you want to live, let me know."

"Yeah." He Lu reported the address, bowed deeply towards the door, "Mom, I'm leaving, Dad's there...I'll tell him later."

This is inconsistent with what He Lu expected.

Mother He didn't tell He Huaiyi the first time, so that he went to work as usual these few days, and returned late for dinner as usual, and he didn't even know that He Lu was moving out today.

He Lu couldn't figure out why his mother didn't say it, and felt anxious, so he had to say that he would tell his father again later.

Mother He paused, she didn't look at the door, she still looked down at the flowers: "No, I'll tell him."

"Okay, thank you mom."

The door slammed shut.

The kettle in her hand was kept at a slanted angle, Mother He looked back at the quiet entrance, and sighed long.

She put down the kettle and sent He Huaiyi a WeChat message: Come back to eat tonight?

[Go back, about eight o'clock]

Putting away her phone, she picked up the water bottle and watered the potted plants on the balcony one by one.

He Huaiyi arrived home at 07:30 in the evening, changed his shoes and entered the house. Except for the figure of the kitchen, he suddenly felt that something was missing in the house. He sat in the living room and changed several channels, and suddenly raised his voice to the upstairs and shouted: "He Lu .”

no respond.

He shouted again: "He Lu."

"She moved away." Mother He brought the last soup to the table and placed it firmly on the mat, "The meal is ready, come here."

He Huaiyi was stunned on the spot.

"He Lu."

"He Lu."

He inexplicably yelled twice, but there was still no response.

He hurried to the table without even pulling the chair away. He stared at Mother He: "Move away? What do you mean? When did it happen? Why did you move away? Where did you move, huh?"

Mother He took off her apron, put it on the back of a chair, and looked up at her husband's shocked and angry expression, feeling a little lost in her heart.

He Huaiyi is not a person who acts on emotions, but he is always prone to emotional turmoil when it comes to He Lu's affairs.Is this paternal love?

It would be a shame to say it doesn't count, but it counts...what father found out after moving his daughter for three days?

She pulled out the chair, sat down and picked up the dishes.

He Huaiyi also pulled away the chair and sat down, hurriedly said: "Are you still in the mood to eat?! Why didn't I know anything about He Lu's moving?"

"It's been three days since I moved away." Mother He picked up the bowl, glanced at him, and then lowered her eyes to pick vegetables, "Didn't you notice it?"

He Huaiyi could hardly believe his ears.

three days?

For the past three days, his life was no different from the past few years.

Wake up early to go to work, return home late after get off work.

daughter?

——Shouldn’t the daughter be in her own room?

"She resigned."

He Huaiyi frowned: "..."

"She's in love."

He Huaiyi stared: "..."

"The subject is a woman."

Due to his work, He Huaiyi seldom showed a very clear expression.

At this moment, his facial muscles could no longer be fully controlled and twitched slightly.

He gritted his teeth and asked, "You didn't tell me?"

Mother He put down the bowls and chopsticks: "I also just found out three days ago."

"Why didn't you tell me right away?!" He asked in a trembling voice, "Like women? What a joke! All the good men in the world are dead? Does she still think of me as her father? And you, you think of me as the head of the family?" Lord, you are telling me such an important thing now?!"

He looked like a irascible lion, talking rampantly, with no usual composure at all.

Mother He looked at him: "He Lu, she knows about Du Ruo."

"..."

He Huaiyi's straight and sharp eyes suddenly dodged as if broken.

"The topic of being a good man can be discussed by others, but you are not qualified."