Watching the sea from the shore

Chapter 45 Why do people change when they grow up?

The hotel had a kettle, and Ni Manhua poured Lu Guanhai a cup of hot water.Lu Guanhai was sending a message on his mobile phone and put his phone away when he saw the water glass.

Ni Manhua wanted to take a bath after being outside for a long time, but she didn't know what to tell Lu Guanhai.It started to rain and snow outside, and Lu Guanhai couldn't go back at this time.

Ni Manhua heard Lu Guanhai ask: "My mobile phone is out of battery, is there a universal charger?"

"Yes." Ni Manhua nodded, went to his bag and took out the universal charger: "Your phone is out of battery, and it's raining and snowing heavily outside. How are you going to go back tonight?"

Lu Guanhai glanced out the window, thinking that Ni Manhua meant to see off the guests. He thought for a while: "Why don't I get a room next to him, or go to the Internet cafe to sit there."

"There have been no vacancies in the hotels nearby for a few days, and there are no Internet cafes." Ni Manhua sighed and asked hesitantly: "If I can't go back tonight, will Auntie tell you?"

Lu Guanhai shook his head: "I sent her a message just now. I said that I was surfing the Internet with Wu Bo. I might not be able to make it back at night. Let her sleep by herself. Don't wait for me."

Ni Manhua pointed to the bed next to it, without looking at Lu Guanhai: "You can sleep on this bed tonight and take a rest. I'll take off my makeup and wash up first."

After saying that, Ni Manhua took his things and walked into the bathroom.With this crazy weather and place, Ni Manhua couldn't think of a better way.

Ni Manhua and Lu Guanhai were married. They lived under the same roof with two beds. From Ni Manhua's point of view, it didn't matter. He was just facing the 17-year-old Lu Guanhai. , I don’t know if he feels that I am frivolous in his eyes.

Thinking about a lot of messy things in his mind, Ni Manhua washed up quickly. After blow-drying his hair, he called the hotel front desk to get new towels and toiletries. Lu Guanhai didn't bring a change of clothes, but he always had to Wash your face and brush your teeth.

After Lu Guanhai entered the bathroom, Ni Manhua quickly cleaned the two beds. Although Zhan Ping didn't come back, Ni Manhua still let Lu Guanhai sleep in his own bed. She needed to clean up the girls' clothes on their bedside tables. Small items are cleared to the chair.Ni Manhua doesn't really want Lu Guanhai to sleep in the bed that other women have slept in, even if there will be a cleaning lady to come and change the bedding every morning.

By the time Lu Guanhai finished washing, it was already 11:30. Ni Manhua lay down on the quilt of the bed next to the window. She did not draw the curtains and was still looking at the snow outside the window that she could no longer see clearly.

Lu Guanhai asked Ni Manhua, "Do you want to draw the curtains?"

"Pull it up."

Lu Guanhai came over and closed the curtains. He said it casually or as if he had been thinking about it for a long time: "You are in a bad mood today."

Ni Manhua pulled the quilt: "Who can be in a good mood when encountering such a thing?"

"Yes, there are still many unexpected things that happen when you go out alone." Lu Guanhai walked to the bed where Ni Manhua had been sleeping and lay down.

Ni Manhua turned over and looked at Lu Guanhai: "When you came, you didn't think you wouldn't be able to go back, did you? If you knew it was such a trouble from the beginning, would you still come?"

"Come." Lu Guanhai replied without hesitation: "I have a holiday this afternoon, and there will be no classes tomorrow. I just thought I was here for vacation. Look, I saw the first snow this year."

Ni Manhua didn't know whether to laugh at Lu Guanhai's optimism, but he was so sure that it made Ni Manhua recover from his bad mood: "This snow may be falling because I am so miserable that I can't even stand the sky." Yes, that’s why I’m trapping you here.”

Lu Guanhai smiled: "That means God is still a little merciful. Seeing how miserable you are, he asked me to stay with you."

As expected of Lu Guanhai when he was young, he could speak eloquently. No matter what Ni Manhua said, he could pick up the words just right and make her happy.

Ni Manhua likes this kind of Lu Guanhai very much, in the past and now.

Ni Manhua saw Lu Guanhai looking at her. The bedside lamp was not turned off. Under the dim light, their sights were clear.

Ni Manhua asked Lu Guanhai: "Lu Guanhai, why do you think people can't stay at a certain stage and never grow up?"

Lu Guanhai blinked gently: "Because people must move forward, life will not let us stop."

"Why does that person become different when he grows up?"

Lu Guanhai was silent for a while: "Maybe it's not that it's different, but that there are more things to bear and face, so it becomes more complicated. For example, if you like strawberries, and you see a few strawberries in an empty jar, You just think it looks like what you like, but then gradually someone puts cherries and bananas in it. You can't see the strawberries in the jar, and you think it has changed. But in fact, the strawberries you like are always there, but they are blocked. Gone, gone from your eyes."

Ni Manhua didn't expect Lu Guanhai to give her such an answer, she turned around, and suddenly many fragments burst into her mind.

"When will you solve it? Can you solve this matter? They are all relatives of your family. I don't even dare to change my face. I have been smiling at them all day! I finally had a weekend off. Yesterday I did some hygiene. I still do hygiene today!" In August 2020, Lu Guanhai was sent on a business trip by his employer. Unexpectedly, he had only been away for two days. Relatives from his hometown came to the city to see a doctor, and they had to live with them at their home. .

Ni Manhua made several phone calls to discuss with Lu Guanhai, but Lu Guanhai was too busy to say a few words each time.

Two old people and a child, Ni Manhua did not dare to say a harsh word, and watched them make a mess at home. Ni Manhua suppressed his anger and reasoned with them, telling them that it was best to throw the peelings and paper scraps in the trash can. Please don't bring soup or water into the room, but no one listens to her at all.

Ni Manhua faced them nearly collapsed for a whole week. She finally couldn't help but made several phone calls to Lu Guanhai, her voice filled with tears: "The wedding photos were turned out this morning. I If you don't talk to them about the things they snatched back, your nephew will tear up the marriage certificate tomorrow!"

Lu Guanhai comforted her tiredly: "Okay Manman, I have an operation in the afternoon. When I finish, I will definitely solve it, okay? Just hold on for a while, and I will come back to take care of it."

Lu Guanhai did not break his promise. When Ni Manhua saw him, it was the next morning. Just as Ni Manhua locked the important things in the drawer and was about to go to work, he saw Lu Guanhai with two huge dark circles under his eyes. Open the door and come in.

Ni Manhua shed tears as soon as he saw Lu Guanhai. Lu Guanhai held her in his arms and comforted her softly: "It's okay, leave this to me, you go to work, I promise you won't see them when you come back. "

Ni Manhua pushed Lu Guanhai away, looked at his bloodshot eyes and asked, "Aren't you going to go for half a month?"

Lu Guanhai said helplessly: "I came back by train last night, and I have to leave tonight."

Ni Manhua looked at Lu Guanhai without speaking for a long time, and tears were about to fall again. Lu Guanhai pinched her face: "Go to work, you will be late."

Ni Manhua didn't know what Lu Guanhai did or said that day. When she came home from get off work in the evening, her relatives had left and everything at home was back to normal.

Lu Guanhai tried his best. He didn't want things to turn out like this. He had done what he had to do to the best of his ability. Ni Manhua understood it, and she understood it.But Ni Manhua, who had been tortured for a week at that time, took her grievances to an infinite level, and Lu Guanhai's dedication became a matter of course in her eyes.

After listening to what 17-year-old Lu Guanhai said just now, Ni Manhua seemed to know what the problem was between them.They were overwhelmed by the "evil" of life, and the "good" of each other were covered up.They can't see it, and they don't have the energy to actively discover it.

Ni Manhua's tears seeped into the pillow, she sniffed, and suddenly heard Lu Guanhai, whose back was turned, called her seriously: "Ni Manhua."

Ni Manhua's heart trembled, and he wiped his tears and turned to look at him: "What's wrong?"

Lu Guanhai pointed to the alarm clock placed on the bedside table between the two of them: "Happy New Year."

Ni Manhua looked at the clock and saw it was pointing to twelve o'clock. Was he just waiting for time?
Ni Manhua tried his best to smile: "Happy New Year."

(End of this chapter)