Watching the sea from the shore

Chapter 77 Wrinkles
With the help of Lai Hongtu and Zhan Ping, Lu Guanhai's proposal went very smoothly. Later, the two families got together to discuss the wedding and gifts. When the Lu family was there, Ni Manhua's mother still smiled and chatted with them for the sake of face and etiquette. It was over, but after they left, she couldn't help but get angry at home again, and she was very angry.

If Ni Manhua wants to move out and live with Lu Guanhai, it must be justified. The parents of the two families have decided on the date of obtaining the certificate and getting married during the summer vacation of Lu Guanhai's senior year. They have to wait until Ni Manhua becomes a full-time job and stabilizes his job. , but also have to wait for Zhan Ping to return to a school in other places to complete her graduation defense.Lai Hongtu also went abroad after settling their big matter. He said he had some work matters to resolve and would come back when Ni Manhua got married. When he came back then, he would never leave again.

Ni Manhua still went to Lu Guanhai School to find him, even if he didn't have a job. Lu Guanhai would also sit on the steps in front of the opera house and wait for Ni Manhua when he finished his homework.

At night, at nine o'clock, Lu Guanhai got sleepy from waiting. He sat alone on the empty steps and took a nap. Until the show ended, the audience left the seats and walked out in twos and threes. When passing Lu Guanhai, they all looked at this person curiously. A man falls asleep alone and under control, hugging his knees.

When they were leaving, Lu Guanhai would wake up intermittently. He would look up sleepily and look around. Seeing that they were all strangers, he would sleep peacefully again. Until the cast and crew came out, Ni Manhua was originally following a group of strangers. A colleague was walking and saw Lu Guanhai's back from a distance. He hurriedly said goodbye to his colleague, ran to him and sat down, gently shaking his arm: "Lu Guanhai, Lu Guanhai? Wake up, there is something wrong." Thief!"

When Lu Guanhai heard the word thief, he sat up straight and subconsciously touched his pocket. He found that there was nothing missing in his pocket, and Ni Manhua was covering his mouth and laughing next to him.

Lu Guanhai let out a long breath: "I was scared to death, can you use a gentler way of waking me up next time?"

"No, I just like to tease you. If you want to be gentle, just change it..."

"I don't want to change it, I don't care if Ultraman comes to arrest me. Well, the tofu is here. I just saw someone selling freshly squeezed coconut juice on the roadside and bought two cups."

Ni Manhua glanced at the time. There were less than two hours left before the dormitory door of Lu Guanhai School closed at eleven o'clock.

Ni Manhua asked Lu Guanhai: "Today is Wednesday, aren't you going to be a tutor in the evening? Why did you come to see me?"

"That child was sick, so I came to find my child." Lu Guanhai urged Ni Manhua: "Eat it quickly. It has been left out for half an hour. It will not taste good if you leave it out any longer."

The performance exhausted her energy, and Ni Manhua was very hungry. She ate with big mouthfuls, and her hair tied behind her ears hung down in strands. She almost fell into the bowl. Lu Guanhai reached out to help her catch it, but his hands remained so He held it in the air until Ni Manhua finished eating the tofu.

"I'm satisfied, let's go. I'll take you back to school." After eating the tofu, even in the dark, Ni Manhua took out his lipstick and touched up his makeup.Ni Manhua always wears heavy stage makeup. If her lips are pale, Ni Manhua is afraid of scaring others while walking on the street.

Lu Guanhai helped Ni Manhua stand up, holding the leftover garbage she ate: "You see me? Will you take a taxi back later?"

"No, my dad is at home today, so he asked the driver to pick me up. If it's okay, I'll take you to your dormitory and ask him to wait for me."

The driver was waiting by the side of the road. Ni Manhua could ask him to take Lu Guanhai back to school first, but Ni Manhua didn't want to do that.

They walked to the car. Ni Manhua knocked on the window. After the driver rolled down the window, he told him the location of Lu Guanhai's dormitory: "Uncle, just drive to the fork next to that and wait for me. It will take about two seconds." 10 minutes, let’s walk there.”

The driver obeyed Ni Manhua's arrangement and left quickly. Ni Manhua looked up at Lu Guanhai, and Lu Guanhai touched her head: "What, you don't want me to ride?"

"I want to take a walk with you. I'm tired after a long day. Can you still walk?"

"You can walk, but you, wearing high heels, have to walk such a long way, I'm afraid your feet will hurt."

Lu Guanhai looked at Ni Manhua's feet. She was wearing a pair of high heels about eight centimeters in height. The heels were so thin that Lu Guanhai found it difficult to walk.

Ni Manhua held Lu Guanhai's hand and shook it slowly, turning his eyes around, and suddenly said, "Then you carry me."

Ni Manhua was just talking at first, but Lu Guanhai really walked to her door, half bent over, and motioned for her to lie on his back.

Ni Manhua jumped up with a slight jump. Lu Guanhai carried Ni Manhua on his back and bumped him: "You're not fat, don't yell about losing weight every day. No matter how light you are, I'm afraid you'll be blown away by the wind while I'm carrying you." ”

"Really? Don't lie to me. Every time we take a group photo after the performance, I see that my face is bigger than the other actors."

"You just have a little more flesh on your face, which means you are lucky."

The road from the Opera House to Lu Guanhai's dormitory is just like the road from Ni Manhua's house to Lu Guanhai's house. You can get there by walking straight ahead, but this road is much longer, about 10 minutes. It was a bit annoying, and Ni Manhua often chose to take a taxi because he was afraid of being tired.

No matter how good Lu Guanhai was, he didn't have the strength to carry Ni Manhua for 10 minutes at a stretch. Ni Manhua wanted to ask Lu Guanhai to put her down several times, but Lu Guanhai was talking to her about other things. There was no room for her to interrupt.

About one-third of the way, Lu Guanhui finally stopped sharing the anatomy lesson with Ni Manhua and asked her, "Are you tired?"

Ni Manhua was a little confused: "You are the one carrying me, why am I tired?"

Lu Guanhai replied matter-of-factly: "You will get tired if you stay in the same position for too long without moving."

Ni Manhua stretched his head forward, put his mouth close to Lu Guanhai's ear and teased: "You can't carry it anymore, right?"

"No, I'm really afraid that you will feel uncomfortable."

"Then if I get tired, will you let me down?"

"Then I'll put you in front and hold you, okay?"

"No, that's so embarrassing! I'm not tired, are you tired?"

"Not tired."

Lu Guanhai carried Ni Manhua for about half the distance before putting her down and thumping his waist. Seeing this, Ni Manhua also stretched out her hand to give him a few thumps.

Ni Manhua had never carried anyone else on her back. She didn't know what it was like to carry someone of her own weight, but judging from Lu Guanhai's reaction every time, it shouldn't be easy.

After that, Ni Manhua and Lu Guanhai held hands and walked honestly along the street. They occasionally passed some old people who walked slower, and some of those old people also held hands, with wrinkles sticking to wrinkles.

Ni Manhua's eyes always fell on them unconsciously, as if she saw herself and Lu Guanhai decades later.They have to go this way, from the lively and joyful years of youth to the quiet and stable graying old age.

(End of this chapter)