If you can love like this

Chapter 7

"Don't shout, I chatted with you because I was afraid that you would be lonely."

"My loneliness has nothing to do with you."

"But women's loneliness is usually related to men. I am the man closest to you."

"You are in Paris, sir!"

"I'm back."

"Is your soul back?"

"It's really back. If you don't believe me, open the curtains and have a look."

I jumped up from the bed, ran to the window and opened the curtains with a swish, God!The silver BMW was really parked by the flower garden downstairs, and Geng Mochi was leaning against the car door and waving at me gracefully.My mind went blank for a moment, and before I could think of how to deal with the situation, the doorbell rang. It was late at night, and I had no choice but to open the door for fear of disturbing the neighbors.

As soon as Geng Mochi entered the door, he gave a French-style hug. I pushed him away, half-believing, "You just came back from Paris?"

"Of course, I just got off the plane." Geng Mochi, as if he had arrived at his own home, put on his slippers and went straight to the living room.I said angrily, "What time is it now? What do you mean by coming here?"

"It's not interesting. I came here directly after I got off the plane. Anyway, it's not interesting to go home alone. There's no one to talk to..." He sat down on the sofa, looking really tired.

"But……"

"Come on, do you have anything to eat? I haven't had dinner yet. The food on the plane is not for people to eat." Geng Mochi took off his light blue-gray windbreaker, revealing a navy blue sweater and casual clothes of the same color. pants.He is very good at dressing, and there is an indescribably chic look about any clothes on him.Seeing that I was standing still, he pretended to be pitiful, "Please, I'm really hungry, you can't be indifferent even if a beggar comes to beg for food, right? Besides..." He gave me a bad look. Said badly, "If a man is hungry, the women in front of him are usually dangerous..."

I didn't say anything and hurried into the kitchen to make some noodles. I didn't want to feed myself to the wolves.Geng Mochi was obviously really hungry, a large bowl of noodles was wiped out by him in a few minutes, I asked him if he was full, and he said: "Reluctantly, you are not in danger for the time being." After that, he deliberately walked towards the bedroom After looking at it, he said sternly, "That's right, you're very well-behaved, you can set up a memorial archway, and there's no man to warm your bed in the cold weather..."

"have you eaten?"

"What?"

"Go back to your own home when you're full!"

"You don't want to look like this," Geng Mochi pretended to be pitiful again, "Even if a beggar comes to shelter from the wind, you can't drive him outside, it's very cold outside..."

"I'm not a charity here, please go back." I turned my face away, not wanting to talk to him again.

"By the way, I brought you a lot of presents, you must like them." He pretended not to hear, and took out a few things from a beautiful paper bag.I looked, and there were two soft velvet hats, one was blue and the other was beige. Not bad, there are also two luxurious small packaging boxes, which may contain cosmetics such as perfume.

The most unbelievable thing was the short black coat, with smooth and shiny mink fur, simple in style, and only one golden button in the whole coat, shining brightly under the reflection of the light.

"How about it? Do you still like it? I don't have much time to go shopping. I just bought it in two stores next to the hotel. I only bought a coat for clothes. This style is not so picky about measurements, so it should fit well. "

It’s okay if he doesn’t mention measurements, but when he mentions measurements, I feel embarrassed and quickly drop my clothes, “I, I have quite a lot of clothes, and they are so expensive, you should give them to someone else.”

"Who else can I give it to?" He stared at me with inexplicably piercing eyes.

"..." I couldn't answer.

"Don't worry, I won't ask you for anything. I only ask you for a few things, and you think too little of me. If I deliberately approach a woman, then this woman must be extraordinary, not just a few things." Gifts can be bought," he saw through my mind, this man is really careful, his eyes are like X-rays, he looked at me with a faint smile on his lips, "I absolutely believe in my own eyesight, you are in my heart Absolutely priceless in my eyes.”

"Thank you, but you really should go, I have to go to work tomorrow."

"Can't I stay here for the night?"

"No, don't even think about it."

"You misunderstood. I didn't say I want to share the same bed with you. I sleep on the sofa. You want me to stay in a hotel at such a late hour. Are you too cruel?"

"Don't you have a family?"

"It's being renovated, you smashed it into that shape last time..."

When he woke up the next morning, Geng Mochi was already awake, standing on the balcony smoking a cigarette.His back is facing the morning glow, which has a wonderful backlighting effect, and he looks lonely and preoccupied when he is shrouded in smoke.I didn't bother him because I knew we all needed to calm down.That's right, we all regard this as a game, since a game must have its rules, but can the rules control our hearts?I feel that the longer we get along, the more I fear out of control, and many things are slowly slipping into unpredictable tracks. I believe he is the same.

When I went downstairs, I ran into the next-door neighbor, Sister Liu, who had bought something early and came back early. She looked at us as a couple in surprise.I said hello in embarrassment and ran downstairs. Just as I went downstairs, I ran into Uncle Li who lived upstairs and came back from his morning exercise. I didn't even dare to raise my eyelids and nodded indiscriminately. I didn't know why I was panicking. But I still realize the seriousness of the problem. A newly widowed woman leaves a man at home for the night, and nothing will happen.

I got into Geng Mochi's car in full view.

"It's over, my good reputation is ruined in your hands today." As soon as I got in the car, I complained to Geng Mochi angrily.When mentioning reputation, Geng Mochi immediately squeezed towards me, "Is your reputation good?"

"What do you mean? My reputation may not be better than yours."

"Maybe," he said honestly, and I was about to nod my head in agreement, when he threw out another sentence, "But like attracts like, the reputation of the woman I'm with must not be much better."

"Geng Mochi!" I gritted my teeth.

"Don't be angry, I haven't finished my sentence yet," he patted my shoulder, and continued his poisonous tongue to the end, "I am a person with social morality, and I would rather have my own reputation ruined than you ruin others' reputation... ..."

Day by day, Geng Mochi and I have always maintained this stage of mutual exploration where you advance and retreat, and you retreat and advance, and we are addicted to playing the game of cat and mouse.On the last weekend before New Year’s Day, I reluctantly went back to Xiangbei to visit Mother Qi. Since Qi Shujie’s death, this was the first time I visited my former mother-in-law. The old woman said that she was once a family anyway, no matter how wrong Qi Shujie was, but the old man was not at fault, if you don't go to see it, you will poke people's spines and so on.I didn't take it seriously, thinking when did she treat me as a family member, but I had already promised my mother not to be afraid of being scolded by her.

No one expected that it was this trip to northern Hunan that made my life turn around 180 degrees and completely out of control.At first, everyone was very friendly, and Mother Qi also showed rare enthusiasm for my visit, but when it was time to eat, Mother Qi suddenly seemed to have something to say, and she hesitated to speak, which made people feel very uncomfortable .

"Mom, do you have something to say?"

Qi's mother looked distressed, and hesitated, "It's something, it depends on whether you are willing or not."

"What is it?"

"That's it, Kao'er, you know Xibao, the son of Shujie's aunt in Xingcheng. He is getting married, but he can't afford to buy a house for a while, so his aunt will discuss with me to see if you can lend the house to Xibao. Bao lives for a few days, only a few days, and moves out when he finds a suitable house. Xibao's daughter-in-law has a belly and is in a hurry to get married.

"Then where do I live?" My heart immediately became angry. I didn't expect that someone would come up with the idea of ​​my house within a few days of Qi Shujie's death.Mother Qi also saw my displeasure, and hurriedly said: "Come and live with me, anyway, there is no one around me, and your parents are here? I am getting old, and I am especially afraid of loneliness. You can be my company, of course, if you really feel embarrassed, forget it, just pretend I didn’t say anything.”

"I'm coming here, what about my work?"

"Doesn't your unit have a dormitory for singles? You usually live in the dormitory, and you will go back to Xiangbei on weekends."

I looked at the old woman in disbelief, she actually wanted to kick me out of the house, I gave all my inheritance to her, and she even wanted to take away my only shelter!Immediately, I felt blood rushing to my forehead, my teeth were clenched, and I was about to explode, but then I thought that arguing with her would definitely tear my face, Qi Shujie is dead, I have nothing to do with her, there is no need to quarrel tidy.

I put down the bowl and chopsticks heavily, swallowed hard, and said coldly: "Let's talk about it in a few days, I have to think about it."

"That's fine, we have to think about it." Mother Qi saw hope.

After a while, I was about to leave, and Mother Qi seemed to have something to say.When I asked what else was going on, Mother Qi tentatively said, "It's not a big deal, I've also heard that you have a relationship with that Ye Sha's husband, it seems that the matter is still quite big, and many people know about it." .”

I was stunned. It's true that good things don't go out and bad things spread thousands of miles.Mother Qi's face was a bit ugly, and she said harshly: "You are now alone, and I have no right to intervene in your private affairs, but Shujie's body is still alive, so you should also consider him, after all, it is not right for such a thing to happen. How glorious, not to mention living with that Yesha man, we still have to show some face..."

"Enough!" I couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately turned my face, "I don't want to show face, but Qi Shujie is not much better, he was the one who betrayed me first. If I want to think about him, does he think about me? Abandon me Die with another woman, has he considered my feelings?"

"How can you say that? Why are you so cruel when you scold a dead person? No matter what, he is your husband!" Mother Qi also raised her voice.

"Did he take me as his wife? If he takes me as his wife, he won't have an affair with other women!"

"What kind of good do you think you are? Don't think that I don't know all the bad things about you outside. I know all the scandals in the past. If Shujie hadn't insisted, I would never have let you into the Qi family. Door!"

"Am I a good guy? That's your son's choice. When he was chasing me, he knelt on the ground and begged me to marry him. If you want to blame, blame your good son!"

"Oh, what crime did I do in my previous life? My family is so unfortunate that I married such a daughter-in-law..." Qi's mother beat her chest and clapped her hands, her nose and tears burst into tears, causing the neighbors to come and see what happened.

I didn't want to stay for a minute longer, so I slammed the door and left.

I regretted it to death. I knew I shouldn’t have come. It’s such a joke in the world. He Qi Shujie played with women outside behind my back, and now he wants me to keep the festival for him after he died. If you want to kick me out, is there any justice in the world!

I was trembling with anger, although I was wronged when I was competing with that old woman before, but I have never completely collapsed like today. The unforgivable Qi Shujie and the complete disappointment in Qi's mother made the suppressed anger in my heart explode on the verge of breaking out. I am about to burn, wishing to burn immediately, it is best to turn into ashes, not even slag left...

I originally thought of going to my parents’ house, but I lost my mood at all. I went directly to the train station and got on the train back to Star City. After getting off the train, the more I thought about it, the more I was angry. The noisy world around me became cloudy in my eyes. I can't see clearly, I can't see the road ahead, just crossing the road outside the train station square, I bumped into someone head-on, I didn't even look at it and shouted: "I don't have eyes!"

"Miss, you hit me!" The voice was very familiar.

I took a closer look and was startled, it was Geng Mochi standing in front of him with an aggrieved face.

"What the hell, why is it you?"

"Damn? Am I a ghost?" Geng Mochi stared at me, who was still angry, puzzled, "Who messed with you, and became so angry, I saw you rushing this way angrily from afar."

I looked at him, Mother Qi's words rang in my ears again, and my mind flashed like a flash of light and flint. In just two seconds, I made up my mind, and suddenly changed my smiling face, punched him and said : "Hey, you are a big man wandering around on the street, what about your car, why didn't you see you driving?"

"The car has been sent for maintenance." Geng Mochi was probably surprised that I changed my expression so quickly, "I mainly want to try my luck and see if I can meet you on the street. It seems that my sincerity has moved God, and it really touched me. met."

I laughed nervously, laughing until Geng Mochi's heart shuddered, I knew that it was not the laughter of a normal person under normal circumstances.Good, good, I said to myself in my heart.

"What's wrong with you? What are you smirking at?" He looked at me inexplicably, "Are you all right?"

"It's okay." I waved my hand, looked around and said, "Why do you come and go in such a mess?"

"Actually, I came to choose the piano. Thanks to you, I finally have a reason to change the piano. How about it, do you have time to accompany me to choose the piano? It's not far, just in front."

"Okay, anyway, idle is idle."

The owner of the piano shop obviously knew Geng Mochi, and came over to say hello as soon as he entered the door: "Hey, Mr. Geng, I haven't seen you for a while, why are you free to come over today?"

"Come to buy a piano." Geng Mochi shook hands with the boss and asked, "What new products have arrived recently?"

"Yes, yes, I just arrived, over there." The boss hastily led Geng Mochi to a brand new Steinway piano. Under the reflection of the light, the piano shone strangely, as if it was a holy object that fell from the sky , the temperament is natural, just waiting for someone who is destined to touch it, feel it, and finally take it away.And the person standing by the qin seems to be a perfect match for this qin. You see, he opened the cover of the qin, and just played a few notes casually, and there was a string of incomparably beautiful holy tones.

"Well, good piano." He nodded repeatedly.

"As expected of an expert, I don't need to tell you more, you know the goods." The boss was very proud.

"I'll try again." He said and sat down on the piano bench, adjusted the tuning and started playing, which turned out to be Chopin's "Farewell".My heart sank, how did he play this piece?
But there is no doubt that he played it very well. Although it was an ominous piece, the customers in the store and passers-by outside the store were still infected by the melodious and sad sound of the piano, and applauded in unison.Only me sticking there like a log, "Farewell Song"?The first time I heard him play the piano, I actually played "Farewell Song". What does it mean? !

"What's wrong? Are you uncomfortable?" Geng Mochi looked at me with a dull expression and asked.

"Why play this piece of music?" I asked absently.

"Consolation to the dead." He looked straight at me and said calmly, "I hope they can rest in peace, because we will forget them and the past as quickly as possible. In the days to come, there will only be me and you..."

"The future?" The corners of my mouth twitched, "I never thought I would have a future!"

"Why not? As long as you make up your mind, the future is in front of you."

I was speechless, and tears filled my eyes in an instant.I really have a future?Geng Mochi patted my shoulder, turned his face and told the boss, "That's all, send it to my apartment, and I'll pay you right away."

"Okay, I'll arrange someone to deliver it to you right away, thank you for taking care of the business." The boss couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"You're welcome, old friend." Geng Mochi said.

Out of the store, I was speechless all the way.Geng Mochi walked beside me, looking at me from the corner of his eye from time to time, "Are you cold?" He shook my hand, presumably my temperature moved him to feel compassion, he stopped, and gently pulled my coat button one by one.When he did this, it was very natural, like buttoning himself, such a warm breath enveloped me in an instant.

(End of this chapter)