Jia Ru can come back

Chapter 67 A Restless Christmas Eve (1)

Thinking of my face that hadn't washed off the foam, I wailed and ran back to the bathroom, but the phone rang again.

This time I looked carefully, it was the word "Zhou Gongjin" flashing brightly there. As for when his name was signed, I have no memory, I am afraid that he did it secretly while I was asleep.

Taking a deep breath, he picked up the phone and warned word by word: "Zhou Gongjin, you better have a reason to convince me—now you have to call again and again to harass me."

"Daughter-in-law," Zhou Yu called out in a low voice, and then said, "Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Mom just called me to let us go back tonight."

As if a heavy stone had been thrown into my heart, I took down my phone and checked the calendar. Sure enough, today is December 12rd.

While staring blankly, fragments of superimposed images flashed in his mind, and he responded softly: "Got it."

"Jia Xiaoru, I'll go back with you when I get off work."

"Ah."

After finishing the call, I went to the sofa and sat down without getting up.

When Zhou Yu came back, I was sitting alone on the sofa in a daze, only to recover from my trance when I heard movement from the door.When he entered the door, he glanced at me, frowned and asked, "What are those white spots on your face?"

Only then did I remember that I was interrupted by the phone while washing my face, and I forgot about it later, and the facial cleanser foam on my face had already dried up.I got up calmly in front of him, "A new Korean facial mask."

When I went into the bathroom and looked in the mirror, it was really horrible, and the white foam was all over my face.I quickly rinsed my face and looked in the mirror, and found that my face in the mirror was pale. I took out the makeup box and briefly outlined a few strokes, and then applied rouge to my cheeks. Only then did I look okay.

Going back to Mom's because we knew we were coming back and the door was open.When I entered the door, I saw fish, meat and other dishes on the square table, but my mother was nowhere to be seen.While changing my shoes, I called out, "Mom?"

After a while, I saw my mother came out of that room, and seeing that we were not as enthusiastic as before, she only greeted in a calm tone: "I'm back, go wash your hands and prepare for dinner."

When the family sat down at the square table for dinner, no one seemed to be interested in opening their mouths. Even Zhou Yu, who usually talked a lot and liked to make his mother happy, was relatively silent.

I picked up the rice grains in the bowl with my chopsticks. I haven't eaten all day, but I don't have any appetite at this time. I'm afraid I'm so hungry that my stomach protests aggrieved.Suddenly, my mother spoke from the opposite side: "Are you picking rice from the chick? Hurry up and eat, I have something to say after eating."

Zhou Yu looked at me, stretched out his hand and poured my rice into his bowl, and then said with a smile, "Jia Xiaoru ate snacks in the afternoon, I'm afraid I can't eat it, so let me do it for you."

My mother snorted lightly, but it was rare for her to stop talking.

Zhou Yu ate fast, and the bowl bottomed out after a few hula hula chops, and my mother put down her chopsticks at about the same time.

"I called you back today because I have something to tell you two. Originally, no one mentioned tomorrow at home, but you got married this year. After thinking about it, I think you should go visit your father's grave together."

My heart felt like it had been hit by a heavy fist, and it hurt bluntly.

Tomorrow is December 12th, Christmas Eve, the anniversary of my father's death.

However, in our family, since my father left that year, there has never been a death anniversary, only a birthday.Maybe my mother would secretly visit the grave alone, but she never called me.

I only went to that cemetery once after my father left that year.

Zhou Yu agreed, and will live with my mother tonight.

After returning to the room, I asked him if he had anything to do in the institute tomorrow, and he said that there was nothing to do, and he just sat in the institute after he went.Just wait until tomorrow morning to call and say hello, and he can also take a rest.

I'm fine, I just lay down after taking a shower.But maybe he didn't wake up until noon, and it was only before nine o'clock, so he didn't feel sleepy at all.Zhou Yu went outside to take a shower, but he didn't come in after a long time. I went to open the door, but I couldn't hear any movement outside.Suddenly the door of the next door was opened, Zhou Yu came into sight, and saw me at the door of the bedroom.

"What are you hiding here to eavesdrop on?"

"Where did I eavesdrop? I'm going out to pour water."

At home, do I need to eavesdrop?To listen is to listen openly.While pouring water, he thought dully.

When I returned to the room, I saw Zhou Yu leaning on the bed and looking at his mobile phone. I walked over and asked casually: "What did mom tell you?" ask."

I raised my eyebrows, waiting for his next words.

"Actually, it's nothing. Just tell me when I'm going to get up tomorrow morning, what things to bring, and what points to pay attention to."

"My mother won't go?" I was a little surprised.

He nodded and said: "It looks like it is, it seems to mean to let the two of us go by ourselves."

I kept silent and didn't ask any more questions.

That night, Zhou Yu didn't act presumptuously, but just slept peacefully with his arms around me.He knew in his heart that I was not in the mood and not suitable for this night.Hearing that he was breathing evenly in my ears, I went to pull his hands wrapped around his waist.

The mood is restless, and a little uneasy.I glanced at Zhou Yu and saw that he was fast asleep, so I got up from the bed and rummaged through the cabinets in the living room.Suddenly, my mother's voice came from behind: "What are you looking for?"

I was taken aback. I turned around and saw my mother standing at the door of my father's room. My heart skipped a beat. I didn't come out of it all night, or I couldn't sleep like me and went to chat with my father again. up?
"I didn't find anything. I remember I bought a bottle of coffee before. I don't know where to put it?"

My mother frowned and said disapprovingly: "What coffee do you drink in the middle of the night, and you can't sleep yet."

I was silent for a while, and said softly, "Mom, I can't sleep."

Mom sighed, "The coffee is on the second floor under the cupboard."

I dug out the coffee bottle for a cup and made a full cup.This coffee was brought back from Canada by a friend, and it tastes very mellow, but I prefer the aroma of coffee that wafts through the room.

When you are irritable, drinking a cup of coffee can soothe your emotions.

But recently, due to being controlled by someone, I seldom touch it.

"Xiao Ru, Mom knows you're unhappy."

My hand holding the coffee paused, "I don't, Mom, don't think about it."

"Okay, if I'm your mother, I still don't know you. I separated from your father back then. Although you didn't say anything, you went home less and less. Later, you came back every semester when you went to college. It's been a trip."

I took a sip of coffee, bittersweet.

Wait until the smell in your mouth dissipates before opening your mouth: "Mom? Did you really not love Dad back then?"

My mother didn't answer me immediately after hearing the words, but took a sip of coffee from my hand, and then said slowly: "You should be the young people you are today. We talked about love or not in those days. A family If people can get together to live together, they can negotiate and negotiate, and they are harmonious and beautiful; if they disagree, they often quarrel, and if they can’t get together, they have to end it.”

So at the beginning, mom and dad divorced because of life and reality.

"I mean, even though you and Xiaoyu were asked to kowtow to your father in the house before and told about your marriage, in the first year of your wedding, you should still visit your father's grave."

I pondered for a moment and asked, "Are you going?"

"I won't go. Remember, your dad's location is in No. 20, row 18, No. [-] cemetery. You can take your dad's box with you. Those are his misses, but don't If you lost something, you have to give me a lot to get it back."

It was another period of silence, except for my occasional sip of coffee, there was only soft breathing left.

Before I knew it, the coffee ran out, and I turned my eyes to the side, and found that my mother had already fallen asleep with her head tilted on the sofa.

It was rare for him to look at his mother unscrupulously at such a close distance.On the hem of my mother's clothes, there are a few horizontal folds left after sitting on the sofa for a long time, which is a bit out of tune with the meticulous ironing on weekdays.The hair should have been dyed, and it was shiny with a smear of black. I know that although my mother is a strict person, she is not indifferent.

It's just that so many years have passed, and my mother is always alone.Even though she and her father divorced very early that year, even if she had a second love, but in the end there was no follow-up because of that disaster.

I think in my mother's heart, it is difficult for me to communicate when I was a teenager, and I am also willful when I am an adult.It's like divorcing Chen Huan before, without saying a word of reason, without giving an explanation, and then quickly marrying Zhou Yu.

Without waking her up, she took a blanket from the room to cover her, and found the remote control of the air conditioner in the living room to turn on the heat.

It didn't take long for the room to become warmer. In the past, I always said that the air conditioner in my mother's living room was just a decoration, and I almost never used it after buying it.When she wakes up tomorrow morning and finds out, she must feel distressed again.

When I finished rinsing my mouth and went back to the room, I tried to keep my hands and feet as light as possible, but as soon as I lay down on the bed, the person who was not moving came up, hugged my waist tightly, sniffed my neck, and then whispered out Voice: "You're drinking coffee again."

... This man really has a dog's nose, he can smell all this.

"How did you wake up?" I looked around and said to him.

He said, "Can I fall asleep without my wife hugging me?"

"Tch, I didn't see that you couldn't sleep without holding me at night before."

He chuckled softly, and arched his nose against my hair, "Jia Xiaoru, are you implying that I will hug you?"

I obediently ended this topic, and deliberately pretended to be sleepy and muttered: "I'm asleep, I have to get up early tomorrow morning."

"Hmph, can you still fall asleep after drinking a cup of coffee?"

I said, "Wait and see."

Maybe for others, a cup of coffee is a stimulant, which can make people feel energetic all night.But for me, it is to relax the nerves and calm down the anxious mood, so I fell asleep after closing my eyes.

I was woken up by Zhou Yu in the morning, and I heard him say: "Our mother has passed by the door of our room three times, and the footsteps are so loud." I rubbed my eyes, feeling very tired, and the whole body is sore. , but, I said: "Then get up."

In fact, it was still early, when I walked out the door and looked at the clock on the wall, it was just after six o'clock.

My mother calmly called us to have breakfast. There were two sweet boiled eggs in the bowl, which was an old habit inherited from the old days.Zhou Yu and I finished eating silently, and my mother asked if it was enough, if there was still in the pot.

I shook my head saying enough is enough.

(End of this chapter)