The most affectionate love: this life will never change

Chapter 46
"Lifetime Favorite" adds a new episode - "Contentment"

He rarely talks about love, but companionship is the longest confession of love in the world.

There are a thousand kinds of love in this world, the happiest is that I know you love me.

Mucheng was a bit overcast in the afternoon, the clouds were thick, but it didn't look like it was raining.

Hua Shaoting took Pei Huan home from Haifeng Square, and she didn't speak all the way.Knowing that his wife was still angry, Lao Lin wanted to persuade her, but unfortunately he didn't get the chance.

They just got home, Hua Shaoting didn't coax her, he just went upstairs to change clothes.He went to the bedroom, Pei Huan followed him all the way, and closed the door of the room behind his back.

Of course Hua Shaoting knew why Pei Huan was angry, she refused to let him go back to Lanfang, but he insisted on going his own way.In the past, he was critically ill, and finally used the news of his "death" to escape from the Jinglan Society, but now it is too risky to show up again because of the Ye family's troubles.

The house was quiet up and down, Shengsheng went to learn calligraphy, and it's not time to come back yet.The orientation of the bedroom is good. The wall on the north side is inlaid with a whole piece of rosewood wood, carved with peaceful patterns, and the light filters out shadows, just like flowers falling on the ground.

Neither of them spoke to each other.

After Hua Shaoting came out after changing clothes, he saw Pei Huan leaning against the door and staring at her. This reminded him of the past. After all, he was 11 years older than her. No matter how many years passed, she would always be his Little girl holding in the palm of her hand.

How could he want her to be angry.

So Hua Shaoting spoke first, but before he could say anything, Pei Huan's eyes turned red, so he didn't explain anything, just called out: "Pei Pei."

Pei Huan rushed over to hug him.

She was too afraid that something would happen to him and worried about him, but he never listened to persuasion.She was angry with him, angry with herself, and finally felt wronged. She was such a grown-up person, and she was still the same as before.

Hua Shaoting rubbed her back, and said softly to her: "It's a little thing, Jinglan will really break up, and we can't break up just because of this little thing."

He said it easily.

Pei Huan trembled slightly, held him for a long time before looking up, and said bitterly: "Everything is trivial to you! If you can't hold back last night, you..."

Pei Huan was with Ruan Wei the whole time last night. She had to work hard to keep calm so that the two women could keep on waiting.Ruan Wei became the target of public criticism during the whole incident, exhausted and almost collapsed.In fact, Pei Huan was not much better than her. In the end, she started to suffer from nervous stomach pains. The ridiculous thing is that she has been forced out of the habit for so many years, and the more nervous she is, the more she can bear it.

Who let him be Mr. Hua of too many people.

Hua Shaoting brushed her hair back, stared at her and smiled slowly: "It's still the same... It's unreasonable. You must not remember, when I went out from the ruined courtyard, I saw you and Ah Feng together Fighting in front of the door, Axi hid behind you and cried, how many years have passed, and he still has this temper."

Pei Huan froze for a moment, she really couldn't remember clearly, she was only eight or nine years old when she first met Hua Shaoting, now that Pei Huan remembered those things when she was young, there was only a heavy night in Lanfang, which had been the same for decades. Day, rain or shine.

Fortunately, when she raised her eyes, Hua Shaoting was still standing in front of her.

He is alone, with many winds and rains behind him.

This world is difficult, and close relatives of flesh and blood can still kill each other. He blocked the suffering she should face early, so that she didn't realize how difficult it is for Hua Shaoting to stand here at this age.

In fact, the meeting between the two of them was unremarkable, after all, it was just the most ordinary day.

That year Hua Shaoting was lazily leaning against the shade of the promenade, and there were countless things waiting for him to do in the afternoon, so he just stopped.

The sun was so bright that he didn't bother to move as soon as he sat down.

Two years ago, he heard that the old president had brought back his old friend, the orphan, to take care of them. The two sisters were both children, and he never cared about them.The old president arranged for relatives to help him take care of them, and they all lived behind the old courtyard of the Chen family, and they usually had no contact with each other.

It wasn't until this day that Hua Shaoting ran into them by chance. Pei Xi's character was too introverted, and the elder sister hid behind her younger sister and shed tears silently.Seeing her being bullied, Pei Huan went crazy like a little lion, angry and wronged, and no one would let her go. In the end, the boys realized that they were in a hurry and tried to coax her, but she didn't accept that.

At that time, he thought the child's angry appearance was really interesting, like a grumpy cat, so he looked at it for a while for no reason.

For Hua Shaoting, no matter how crazy or noisy, it has nothing to do with him. A little intense emotion can kill him. All he can do is watch the fire from the other side.In fact, he likes flowers and plants, but he never grows them himself; in fact, he likes all lively people and things, but he never gets close to them.He's used to this for a long time, but on that day, he wasted the whole afternoon in vain.

Some things always have a wonderful relationship.

Finally, it was dark and the lights in Lanfang gradually turned on. Pei Huan seemed to finally realize that there were other people in the corridor. He stared at his direction strangely for a while, then turned around and ran away with his sister.

Hua Shaoting asked someone to ask, and only then did he know her name.The little girl was small, and no one cared about her innocent age, she was very likable. He called out "Pei Pei" casually, and she stopped.

That was the first time he called her that, for no reason.He still remembered that Pei Huan turned his head back, but he didn't agree and ran away quickly.

It's winter time to meet again, the old president brought a few children over to meet people, and Pei Huan was the liveliest, so the old man coaxed her and asked her to go and call Brother Hua Shaoting.She was still hesitant at first, but Hua Shaoting stretched out his hand and called out "Pei Pei", and she was not afraid of him, and went to sit beside him.

People in Lanfang all gathered in the front hall for the festival. Everyone knew that Hua Shaoting had a bad temper. Most of his brothers of the same generation avoided him, so the old man also laughed at that time and said to him: "There are only two girls in the family. , It’s rare, let’s recognize a younger sister.”

In fact, this is a half-truth and half-false scene. Everyone on the street is cautious, and it is rare to catch up with the Chinese New Year to have some human touch.Hua Shaoting nodded, smiled and left.

After so many years, they remembered many things, but they all forgot the time when they met.It was an ordinary chance, fragmented, as if it was just a memory that everyone would have.Who would have predicted that these thin fragments would spell love and hate for half a lifetime in the future.

That night, Pei Xi almost refused to talk to anyone and kept refusing to raise her head, while her younger sister, Pei Huan, couldn't sit still and always wanted to go out to watch people put flowers.Hua Shaoting gave her all his patience and dragged her along.

At that time, no one could have imagined that this journey would last a lifetime.

A few more years passed in a daze, the old president was old, he had been ill for a while, and seeing that his health was failing, the notice of critical illness had come down.Among relatives, his nephews, Chen Feng and Chen Yu, were too young to know the seriousness, and in the end Hua Shaoting guarded them in the ward.

This kind of time is too sensitive for the people in Lanfang, who will be the next president is very involved.

At dawn, the old president woke up.The ward was very quiet, sick and old, he was no one, just an old man on the verge of death, no more brilliant than anyone else.

The old president suddenly explained to Hua Shaoting: "The family is left to you."

He didn't answer and remained silent for a long time.

This is not good news, there are still people in the Chen family, Hua Shaoting is just an adopted son, not to mention that he himself is not in good health, he is in danger at all times, and after a year he will be a fortune teller.

The old president slowly said to him: "Here, a few of them can't beat you, you can tolerate them for a few years at least, let them go when they grow up. If it's really for Ah Feng, he can't tolerate anyone, the first one Just move you. I know very well that with your mind, you will not be unprepared, and if you fight... the family will be in chaos."

The Jinglan Society has been balancing internal and external forces for many years, and it will not move if it can.

Hua Shaoting didn't refute anything, as if the old president had ordered something later, it was nothing more than a dying person, the old man finally saw it, and said something about the world that he usually doesn't talk about.

From then on, it doesn't matter if the eldest brother is like a father, or caring for affection.

It's just that Hua Shaoting knows better than anyone else that Lanfang is not a Buddhist temple. The old president entrusted the hard work of several generations of the Chen family to him. A Mr. Hua with a good reputation will consume his life from now on. .

The rules on this street are so fair that it makes one's teeth chill.

The past is covered in ashes, blowing away to take a look is a waste of effort.

Now, I have half a day's leisure in my life.

Hua Shaoting thought too far, so Pei Huan went to light a furnace of red clay for him, the aroma diffused, and advised him to rest for a while.

She suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "It was you who liked to call me Pei Pei back then."

With one sound, it seemed that she would never grow up from now on.

Hua Shaoting found it even more funny, Pei Huan stopped arguing with him, and looked up at his expression. During this time, Hua Shaoting was much more relaxed at home, his mind was idle, and his complexion was much better.

No matter how worried she was, it was because of him. If she thought about it, she would forget everything.

Pei Huan poked his chest and reminded him: "Don't worry about it, even if you are willing to part with me, think about Shengsheng."

Mr. Hua has made great progress in self-reflection recently, and he chuckled softly: "Okay, this time it's my fault." After a pause, he stepped back a little, and said to her in a rare breath of relief, "Ma'am, forgive me once."

After all, he will always let her go, so Pei Huan loses all his anger.

The weather is not good, dragging people is also lazy, the branches of the trees can be vaguely seen outside the window, but the solar terms are not good, and there is only a little green left.

Pei Huan lay with him for a while, there was a faint smell of agarwood in the room, but she was not so sleepy, and suddenly remembered about the Ye family.

She turned over to look at him, Hua Shaoting closed his eyes, and only made a booing movement, as if he knew what she was going to say.She smiled, put her arms around him, and insisted on asking: "When did you know Teacher Yan? I don't even know."

Hua Shaoting thought for a while before opening his mouth: "It's very early." He opened his eyes and pulled him over. Pei Huan was obviously more interested, and raised his head to rest on his shoulder and asked, "Before you entered Lanfang?"

She suddenly realized that she didn't know about Hua Shaoting's life before the age of 16, because no one would ever ask him. For so many years, since she had an impression of him, he has been what he is now.Everyone in the Jinglan Society has their own origins. After entering this door, everyone lives according to the rules of the door, and since then they have identified with one master.The funny thing is... everyone is afraid of Mr. Hua, but no one has ever known the story of the owner.

In the past, Hua Shaoting hardly mentioned his parents, he pulled the pillow to let her lie down.Pei Huan didn't, and lay on top of him, just enough to reveal a section of fair skin behind his ears.Her hair was long and loosely tied.He kissed and tried to make her obedient, but she hugged him back and smiled, and asked, "Say it quickly, don't fool me."

He twirled Pei Huan's collarbone chain, a thin, simple opal pendant, of excellent color, with different lights from all angles. She was still thin, and with a slight movement, the chain was like a meandering galaxy.He hugged her and confessed honestly: "My mother is also a university teacher... and Yan Rui's family members are colleagues. The two families have had some contact in the past, and it was when they were very young." He paused, looked at her and said, " I was picked up by my father when I was 14 years old, and I had been living in the family area of ​​the university before, it was very ordinary, it was about the same age.”

Everyone in Lanfang knows that Mr. Hua is very particular about the details of life. Obviously, his family background was good in the past... However, no matter how he looks at it, he doesn't fit in with a place like a school that teaches and educates people.

Pei Huan was surprised, sat up and looked at him with an expression of disbelief.Hua Shaoting said flatly: "My mother's family is the same as Yan Rui's family. She is the only one who is obsessed with teaching. She insists on going her own way and insists on being with my father...Following him to Mucheng, there must be something wrong with the two of them. In the end, she Run home alone."

After that, Pei Huan probably knew about it. He said that his mother insisted on giving birth to him, which caused a heart attack and failed to save him.

Hua Shaoting spoke calmly and sat up after speaking. He was wearing a gray-blue shirt and leaning against the bed.The room was arranged according to his preferences, everything was in a strong wood color, only his face was pale, accompanied by a room full of incense, those eyes looked over, no one could escape his thoughts.

Pei Huan looked him up and down: "You must have been bad since childhood."

Hua Shaoting seemed to never have thought that he would get this kind of evaluation, and he felt strange: "Why, my grades were good when I was in school... I can't compare to a genius like Sui Yuan, but I must be among the top few in school."

Pei Huan couldn't help laughing, after much deliberation, he felt that it was terrible that Hua Shaoting was a good student when he was young, and finally laughed and fell on the bed and shook his head.He was teased helplessly by her, he lowered his head and held her hand, fixed his eyes on her, and asked from the side of her face, "What do you think?"

Pei Huan stretched out his hand to hold his face, and replied seriously: "An old fox like you should have been domineering since childhood, and everyone must listen to you."

He saw her lying on her back holding back her laughter, her breath was a little out of breath, and her face was slightly red.His voice became softer, and his fingers went all the way up her sleeve: "What about you? You also listen to me?"

His daughter will be back soon, so Pei Huan pressed his hand quickly, with a very sincere attitude: "It's broad daylight, stop making trouble... Okay, I believe, you are a good student."

The conflict in the southern province made people connect too many old things. Pei Huan was obsessed with Hua Shaoting's experience in the first 16 years. He was forced by her to recall some things with great difficulty. After all, there was nothing special about it.

He was brought up by the elders of his mother's family in a traditional environment, so Hua Shaoting never did anything out of the ordinary when he was in school.

In his memory, the first time he felt other people's fear of him was because of a sudden accident in school.

At that time, most of the boys had reached the age of rebellion. Some senior students made friends with people in the society outside the school, and finally fought and were severely punished when they returned to school.

The man provoked adults outside and was punished by the school. He didn't dare to go home and tell his family. In the end, under pressure, he jumped off the top floor of the school and fell on the rostrum. The scene was extremely tragic.

The incident happened suddenly, and the entire campus was in chaos in an instant.Hua Shaoting was just a few steps away from the rostrum. He never participated in group activities due to physical reasons. He usually found a cool place to rest at such times, and it happened to be the closest to the deceased.

All the children were overly frightened and screamed one after another, but he remained motionless, not even changing his expression.The teacher rushed over to evacuate the crowd, Hua Shaoting stared at the people on the ground, indifferent from beginning to end.

Later, many people remembered what he said at that time. The teenager looked at the blood dripping around him coldly and said, "It's a good thing to die quickly."

Afterwards, what happened to make him finally choose to join Jinglanhui, Pei Huan repeatedly asked, but Hua Shaoting refused to say: "It's been too many years, I forgot."

The two chatted without feeling sleepy. Pei Huan was about to go downstairs to make tea, but Lao Lin came up first, saying that the teacher from Shengsheng's preschool had called, and he must ask the parents to pick it up.

Pei Huansheng was afraid that something might happen to his daughter, so he quickly called back to ask. Fortunately, nothing happened, but the little girl spilled ink all over her body in calligraphy class, and the teacher asked the family to bring a change of clothes.

Pei Huan glanced at Hua Shaoting, agreed first and hung up the phone.He happened to go to see Heizi in the corridor. Lao Lin had someone clean it up a few days ago, and arranged a few trees and vines and bonsai near the wall on the second floor to draw water, which was just right for Heizi to come out for activities.

She hurried downstairs, Hua Shaoting asked her through the railing of the stairs: "How did you do it?"

"It's just for kids to play."

Pei Huan was too aware of his pampering the child. Although the teacher said it tactfully on the phone, she could tell that there must be a fight, so she let the parents go.

"me and you together."

"Not at all." Pei Huan hurriedly stopped him, he was used to children being disrespectful, and even the smallest things could make a big fuss, "Don't worry, no one dares to touch your daughter."

Pei Huan quickly brought the little girl back, and it really wasn't a big deal, it was just that the kids were arguing over who could sit by the window.

Now Shengsheng's personality is much more cheerful, and she really inherited the temperament of the two of them, and she is also stubborn in her bones.The little girl arrived early, chose a seat by herself, and sat by the window for a good time, but someone insisted on changing with her. She didn't feel that she was wrong, she was serious to the end, and finally got into a fight, and ink was spilled on both sides.

On the way home, Pei Huan saw that she still felt it was unfair, so he lowered his head and said nothing.Pei Huan suddenly remembered that Hua Shaoting had said just now that he was also like this when he was a child, with an angry little appearance.

Pei Huan couldn't say anything harsh, so he asked her what she wanted for dinner.Shengsheng's eyes were like her father's. She stared at Pei Huan quietly, then suddenly hugged her neck and asked, "Am I wrong?"

"No, but Shengsheng will understand in the future that these trivial matters are irrelevant, and there is no need to be angry with others."

Shengsheng blinked, and the tone was exactly the same as that person: "Dad said, no one can snatch it unless I let it go."

Typical of the Fahrenheit principle, Pei Huan had no choice but to pinch her face: "He won't teach you how to do it."

The clouds gradually dissipated, and the sun came out again, neither too hot nor too cold, and the weather was just right.Shengsheng has undergone surgery, so she can't participate in sports activities. Today, the temperature is right. Pei Huan got off the car with her at the gate of the community first, walked with the child for activities, and walked back together.

Shengsheng jumped forward all the way, Pei Huan took her hand, afraid that she would overplay it.As the two walked, Shengsheng suddenly raised her face and said, "The teacher teaches addition and subtraction, let us calculate mother's age." She was wearing a mint-colored windbreaker, and she opened her arms and hopped like a cat. Little Rabbit, "So my mother is the youngest."

Seeing that she was panting a little, Pei Huan held her back and stopped her from running away, deliberately threatening her and said: "Young is also a mother, it's no use asking anyone to cry if you don't listen to me."

Shengsheng walked forward obediently, smiling secretly. After a while, she shook Pei Huan's hand and whispered, "I'll cry to my father, and my mother can't help it."

Pei Huan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Seeing the little girl stepping on the edge of the flower bed with her schoolbag on her back, she went to hold her hand and the two of them walked forward together.

There is already a coolness in the wind. The environment in the residential area is very good, and the greenery is also good. There are large areas of evergreen shrubs on both sides of the road.

(End of this chapter)