aren't we in love

Chapter 2 Over six years
Winter grows fast, the child loves to dance and make trouble, he doesn't have a few pairs of shoes, and he wears them all out.He was afraid that Cheng Duanwu would see him, so he didn't go out to play for several days, and wandered around the house with his slippers on.Cheng Duanwu was so busy that he was careless for a while, and didn't realize that the child's shoes were too worn out.In the end, it was my elder brother who quietly dragged Duan Wu to the corner while watching TV in winter. He took out a few crumpled bills from his pocket and handed them to Duan Wu, "He played football in winter and broke his shoes. Scolding him, I dare not go out for a few days. The child is uncomfortable, take him to buy a new pair tomorrow."

Cheng Duanwu took the money, which was still warm, with trembling hands, and took a sour breath.

The living expenses she gave to her brother every month were very little, and he also saved buying shoes for winter.As a mother, she didn't even know that her son's shoes were broken.

Big tears fell on the back of her hand, she stretched out her hand to wipe them in embarrassment, but she still pretended to be strong and said: "This money is not enough to buy, you can buy vegetables, I still have some on hand, I will take winter tomorrow to buy a pair of durable football shoes."

Cheng Duanwu cut his waist-length hair to shoulder length.

People say that it is natural for a woman to love beauty, and Cheng Duanwu is no exception. Her hair is naturally black and straight. Every time she goes for a trim, the owner of the barber shop always grabs her hair and pesters her to cut it and sell it.She has been reluctant.

This time she made up her mind to sell.The boss tied her hair into strands, cut it with a ruler, and cut it with a knife. The 60 cm hair was sold for 500 yuan.

The boss neatly put away Cheng Duanwu's hair, and smilingly gave Cheng Duanwu a haircut for free, "Xiao Cheng looks good, no matter how beautiful he is. This year, shoulder length is popular. Look, how beautiful it is!"

Cheng Duanwu looked at himself in the mirror and was in a daze for a while.The long hair that had been left for so long was suddenly cut, and I felt a chill down my back.She brushed the broken hair on her shoulders, turned her head and said thank you to the boss, and left.

Winter, who was six years old, had never been to a shopping mall.A slightly shabby dress looked a little out of place in the richly decorated shopping mall.He held Cheng Duanwu's hand tightly all the time, and timidly hid behind Cheng Duanwu, but his eyes rolled around. It could be seen that he found many things on the shelves novel, but he didn't say anything. A sensible child knows that these are very expensive, and would never ask Cheng Duanwu for them.

Cheng Duanwu didn't expect that children's things are so expensive now.The 500 yuan in her pocket is not enough to buy a suit for winter.She browsed the entire floor of the children's clothing section, and finally bought two pairs of discounted shoes for winter.One pair for him to play football and one pair for everyday wear.

Cheng Duanwu hadn't bought new clothes and shoes for Dong Dong for a long time. Dong Dong held the paper bag and looked at Cheng Duan Wu in amazement. For a long time, he couldn't believe that it was really bought for him.

"Mom, is this really for me?"

"Of course, it's all our winter."

After getting an affirmative answer, the child hugged the paper bag and grinned loudly, and Cheng Duanwu was infected by that satisfied look.

Cheng Duanwu squatted down and straightened his collar in winter, and told him: "In winter, these shoes are quite expensive, so you should take care of them when you wear them. Do you hear me? From now on, I will wear the black pair when I am playing football, and I will wear white shoes when I am not playing. Yes. Do you know?"

The sensible child nodded his head as if smashing garlic, his eyes were full of surprise.

Cheng Duanwu thought with relief: a child is a child, so easy to be satisfied.

I don't know if there is really such a saying as fate tricking people.Cheng Duanwu never thought that he would meet Yu Dong again.

Yu Dong also came to the mall with his three-year-old daughter.The word encounter on a narrow road is really appropriate in such a situation.

Yu Dong took them to the leisure area on the 8th floor of the shopping mall.The two playful children lost their human form as soon as they saw the amusement facilities, leaving only Cheng Duanwu and Yu Dong sitting in the rest area.

Cheng Duanwu kept her head down, her short-cut hair was not as docile as before, and a few strands fell out disobediently, just covering her somewhat anxious expression.Yu Dong said last time that if he meets her again, he will tell that person everything.These words were like a ticking time bomb, blowing Cheng Duanwu's mind into a mess with a bang.

"Your son... really looks like him..." Yu Dong's voice was cold and calm, but full of emotion.

Cheng Duanwu wasn't sure what he wanted to say, so he answered with a soft "hmm".

"Are you afraid of me?" Yu Dong looked at her sincerely, with a hint of distress in his eyes.His gaze forced her to look up and meet his gaze.

"Afraid." Cheng Duanwu bit his lip and answered honestly.

"why?"

"You will tell him." Cheng Duanwu used an affirmative sentence.In fact, she expected to hear a rebuttal answer, but after a while, she only heard Yu Dong sigh softly: "Yes, I will tell him."

Cheng Duanwu only felt that her heart was as cold as falling into eighteen layers of hell. She straightened up and said to him solemnly: "Brother Yu Dong, you can't do this." She looked at him sincerely, this was her last dying struggle , She tried to influence him, with the mood of a mother, "You also have a daughter, you should know very well... what it feels like to be separated from your own children. I admit that I have suffered a lot in winter, but as long as I can eat Take a sip, and you will definitely not lose the child."

"Mr. Lu..." She only mentioned his name briefly, but she felt so heartbroken that she couldn't help herself.For a moment, I felt that I couldn't get up.After a long while, she calmed down and continued: "Mr. Lu hates me so much, you know that he won't like this child..."

Looking at Cheng Duanwu's sincere eyes, Yu Dong was speechless.He didn't know what to say.In less than seven years, the Cheng Duanwu he knew suddenly turned into another person.

When he met her in the mall just now, he hardly dared to go up and recognize her.If she had dressed up specially for the last blind date, then this time, it would really make people feel sad.

Cheng Duanwu, who was so beautiful and lofty in the past, is now wearing a gray sweater with balls, and her slightly messy shoulder-length hair is casually tied into a bun by her. She leads a timid boy and carefully sweeps the children's clothing. discount area.

He looked sad, but didn't know what to say.He couldn't bear to see her live so hard, but there was nothing he could do.

After a long time, he sighed softly and said, "Don't be afraid of me, Dragon Boat Festival, I promise you that I won't tell him, I just want you to live well."

Before he could finish his sentence, Cheng Duanwu, who had been tense all the time, finally smiled brightly.

After so many years, all the edges and corners of Cheng Duanwu have been worn away, only that smile is as bright as a flower.

After that unexpected encounter, Yu Dong gradually began to appear frequently in Cheng Duanwu's life.Sometimes I bring some small gifts to see the winter, and sometimes I take their family out to eat meat.

Cheng Duanwu didn't refuse, she didn't have the capital to refuse.If she is alone, she can have a backbone, but she has a child, for the sake of the child, she is willing to let her die.

In order to repay Yu Dong, she would occasionally go to Yu Dong's house to help him clean and tidy up his things.Yu Dong's daughter, Lele, is obedient and well-behaved. She likes Cheng Duanwu very much, and she is in harmony with Dongdong.Sometimes when she was doing things, the two children would play beside her, which didn't make people worry at all.

If Yu Dong returned early, he would drag Cheng Duanwu to the nearest market to buy vegetables.He is a big man who is always slaughtered when he buys things. He is either short of catties or short of taels. He doesn't care about these things, so he feels more at ease with Cheng Duanwu.Cheng Duanwu, who used to be untouchable in the past, is not in the mortal world now. She has learned to be a philistine with a sweet mouth to please people.

After all, he had been in the circle before.Occasionally, Yu Dong would run into people from that circle on the road.His attitude towards him can be regarded as respectful and modest. If he is familiar with him, he will directly make fun of Cheng Duanwu.They also looked at each other and smiled, tacitly not thinking about it.

None of them expected that all this would reach Lu Yingqin's ears.

Lu Yingqin is very busy with work.One person manages several companies.After all, they are all people from bad backgrounds, and they will get angry at every turn, screaming for beatings and killings, which is not easy to manage.He was often exhausted by his men.

He looked down at the document carefully.His assistant, Guan Yi, was reporting to him in an orderly manner.He couldn't help frowning when he said something troublesome.Sigh: It would be great if Yu Dong was still around, because there is no one under him capable of doing anything.

At the end, Lu Yingqin put down the document in his hand, and asked thoughtfully, "Why is there no news about Yu Dong recently?"

Guan Yi didn't expect that Lu Yingqin would suddenly think of Yu Donglai, he was taken aback for a moment before he said: "I heard that he is in a relationship, and someone under his command watched him go grocery shopping with a pretty woman."

"Shopping? Interesting." Lu Yingqin smiled happily.Guan Yi didn't speak at the side, but looked at him cautiously.

In the past seven years, Lu Yingqin has also changed. The young boy who was silent and smiling but made people feel like a spring breeze has become an ambitious man who plans strategies and plays tricks.His swiftness, ruthlessness, and thunder made people in the mall frightened, but he was extremely easy-going, no matter what field he bought.

He closed the folder, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said casually: "Looks like I have to find a chance to meet Yu Dong, and I'd like to see what kind of woman she is who can let him go grocery shopping. "

Cheng Duanwu never thought in his life that he would see Lu Yingqin again under such circumstances.

At that time, she was busy in Dong Yu's kitchen wearing an apron.She was cooking soup, and the aroma that was overflowing made people move their fingers when they smelled it.She stirred the pot with a long spoon, filled a little more and tasted it.

The various sounds in the kitchen paralyzed her brain a little.The steam was thick, and she couldn't see clearly, only a man's voice said to her: "What are you doing here?"

Cheng Duanwu didn't hear anything strange, thinking it was Yu Dong, he didn't raise his head, and continued to move swiftly.She smiled sweetly, and her voice was soft and pleasant, "You thought I was the old lady! I can do everything now, and I'm in charge of housework, you know?"

After finishing speaking, she raised her head sharply.

A sweet smile froze at the corner of her mouth.The whole person remained motionless as if struck by lightning.She didn't dare to move and didn't know how to react, Lu Yingqin's face that was too familiar to describe appeared in her sight so unexpectedly.She didn't give her an iota of time buffer.

Time has passed, and the clean and indifferent boy in the past finally disappeared completely.The Lu Yingqin in front of him obviously hasn't changed much, but Cheng Duanwu feels that the corners of his eyes and eyebrows seem to be different everywhere.There is only an attitude of almost indifference towards her, as always.

There was steam in the kitchen.Cheng Duanwu almost thought he was hallucinating.She raised her hand and rubbed her eyes vigorously, then opened them again.Lu Yingqin still stood in front of her without moving or saying a word.

It turned out that everything is true.

For a moment, she seemed to lose the ability to speak.

I have imagined the scene of seeing him again countless times, and even thought about the possibility of never seeing him again, but I never really experienced this moment of heartache.She bit her lips tightly, stared at Lu Yingqin silently, and finally lost her battle under Lu Yingqin's penetrating gaze.

She washed her hands pretending to be calm, took off the apron and hung it on the kitchen wall.Politely said goodbye to Yu Dong who was sandwiched between them in astonishment: "Brother Yu Dong, the soup is almost ready, I still have something to do, I'm going back first."

At the end, she turned her head and nodded slightly to Lu Yingqin.From the beginning to the end, she didn't say a word to him, and just fled away from the space that almost made her collapse.

(End of this chapter)