Watching the sea from the shore

Chapter 55 The boy and the husband who has lost his passion for life
After falling in love with Lu Guanhai, Ni Manhua wanted to be with him 24 hours a day.The two were not in the same school or major. In order to let them spend more time together every day, Ni Manhua made a fuss to let Lu Guanhai move out of the dormitory, and rented a two-bedroom house with himself off-campus.

At first, Ni Manhua wanted to pay all the rent by herself. She knew that Lu Guanhai was in financial distress, but Lu Guanhai had self-respect. How could he let Ni Manhua bear it alone.

Lu Guanhai originally earned his living expenses by working as a tutor in the evenings. Because he couldn't resist Ni Manhua's renting a house outside the school and incurring additional expenses, he went to find a part-time job at a milk tea shop, giving him almost no time to rest.

Many years later, Ni Manhua recalled that he always felt that his own willfulness had added a lot of unnecessary pressure to Lu Guanhai.

Until they got married, Ni Manhua still regretted it. She and Lu Guanhai talked about various things in their college days, and regretfully said that she was too busy falling in love and seemed to have missed a lot of things that she should have experienced in that era.

Anyway, they will get married, anyway, there will be so much time together in the future, they should do something meaningful in the first place.

Ni Manhua always saw the volunteers when they were crossing the road hand in hand with Lu Guanhai. They were sweating profusely under the sun, but they were still smiling and sticking to their posts without any complaints.Ni Manhua believes that they did not do such meaningful things when they were in college. If they had known better, they should have participated in more such activities to enrich their resumes and help others.

So now that she was alone and had the opportunity, she wanted to experience something like this.

Ni Manhua received a call half a month later, informing her of the start time of the event and the place to participate.That weekend, Ni Manhua prepared everything to go out early. She went online to collect some experiences shared by previous participants of similar events in various places. She prepared sunscreen and chrysanthemum water, and hurried to the meeting place with only a small bag.

The sky was bright in the early morning, with few clouds blocking it. The sun was very dazzling. Ni Manhua held his bag in front of his forehead. He arrived at the meeting place and received a sign-in form. The person in charge was a boy from another school. After seeing the information Ni Manhua filled in, he tilted his head. The head smiled: "Why do you think you are here? This year, your school signed up for you alone."

Ni Manhua answered absent-mindedly: "This event is quite meaningful, and I just want to participate."

Ni Manhua saw Lu Guanhai written in the first column of the name column on the sign-in form, but she obviously didn't see him when she came over just now.

Beijing is such a big place, and there are many people with the same name, but Ni Manhua remembers that phone number. Lu Guanhai has used this number for ten years, but now that he is in Beijing, he will probably change it to a local card soon.

The person in charge was called Wei Kuo, and while Ni Manhua was stunned, he heard him calling behind him: "Come on, let's go and watch the sea. We are almost here. Please divide your clothes."

Ni Manhua turned around, and the moment the two looked at each other, they both saw disbelief in each other's eyes.

Ni Manhua put down the sign-in form and automatic pen, and Lu Guanhai came over and handed her a piece of clothing: "Long time no see, I didn't expect to see you here."

"Yeah..." Ni Manhua took the clothes and rubbed them unnaturally in his hands: "Why did you also sign up for this event? Are you not busy with schoolwork?"

"Someone came to the dormitory to promote it. I think it's meaningful and I just want to experience it. What about you?"

"Oh, me too."

Lu Guanhai had to distribute clothes to others. When he turned around, Ni Manhua breathed a sigh of relief. It was just an ordinary encounter, but she didn't know why she was so nervous. The atmosphere was so awkward that she felt awkward all over.

This was not what Lu Guanhai would have thought in the past. In fact, a long time ago, Ni Manhua felt that the Lu Guanhai in front of her gave her a strange feeling. He was not quite like the Lu Guanhai she knew when she was young. , he seems to be more composed, has his own ideas, more like...an adult.

He likes to eat stewed tofu, but he no longer goes to the tofu stand to watch spinning tops, nor does he take the initiative to go to the library to study on weekends.

He confessed to himself, but when he was rejected or hurt, he behaved more decently than before. He no longer struggled alone and silently left the scene when he got a negative answer.

This way of dealing with problems is not like the teenage Lu Guanhai. Ni Manhua sometimes feels that he is more like her husband who has gradually become worried and has lost his enthusiasm for life. Ni Manhua doesn't know this Is it my own illusion?

Ni Manhua looked at Lu Guanhai's figure, and was stunned for a long time. When a girl passed by her, she asked kindly: "Is there something wrong with the clothes? You can change it."

"No, I was just distracted, thank you." Ni Manhua smiled at the other party and quickly put on his clothes.Then Ni Manhua took out his mobile phone and was about to turn it to silent so as not to delay work, but at this moment Zhan Ping called.

Ni Manhua pressed the connect button, put the phone to his ear, and asked in surprise: "You got up so early this weekend?"

Zhan Ping's voice on the other end was full of resentment: "Manman! Your uncle is crazy. I'm almost mad at him! He's so mad that he's mad! Just take care of him!"

"Why..." Ni Manhua originally wanted to comfort him, but Wei Kuo was already calling for a gathering to assign tasks, so Ni Manhua had to say in a hurry: "If he is angry with you, just scold him, and I will scold him for you later." , I have something to do now, I will call you later."

With that said, Ni Manhua hung up the phone, turned his phone on silent, and trotted over to gather.

And Zhan Ping, who was hung up by Ni Manhua, put her phone away with her mouth curled up, and then sat on the sofa and sulked.

Lai Hongtu came over with a bag of steamed buns and porridge: "Why are you young people not so energetic in the morning..."

Zhan Ping glared at him viciously: "There is no vitality, only anger for getting up, don't mess with me!"

"As for that," Lai Hongtu touched his nose, and then pointed at the food on the coffee table in a flattering manner: "You should eat something first. The breakfast here is delicious. It will lose its taste after a while."

Zhan Ping gave Lai Hongtu a blank look, then stood up: "I feel disgusted when I see you."

Zhan Ping vented her anger and walked towards the room. Lai Hongtu looked at her back and was at a loss for a long time. Then he followed her in with breakfast: "Eat something, eat something. Uncle knows that I can't help you, so I'll give you face. Please forgive me for once."

"What kind of uncle are you? Don't try to take advantage of me." Zhan Ping obviously disliked Lai Hongtu's random pursuit of relationships.

"You are Manman's friend, so you are not allowed to call me uncle based on your seniority?"

"When I walk around the world, I never care about seniority!"

(End of this chapter)