Yunding Ranch

Chapter 419
Under the endless night sky, cotton-like snowflakes fell down, and the bright moonlight projected on each snowflake, glowing with jade-colored light, falling slowly, like a paintbrush swaying wantonly, using the night sky as a canvas, with majestic momentum Majesticly painting, all the scenery in sight gradually merged into one, covering the layers of ink into white bit by bit.

The dots of snowflakes condense the cleanest, purest and simplest memories in the world, falling from the sky eloquently.Unknowingly, the world has become another appearance, the appearance of childhood in memory.

The first snow finally fell, in an unexpected way, at a perfect time.

Alice waited for a while, but she didn't hear Lu Li's answer, which made her more nervous, one second?two seconds?or longer?Is she in too much of a hurry?Should she wait a little longer?Did she ignore the time and have an illusion in her subconscious?So, should she keep quiet?

"Chicago Tribune" or "Austin Chronicle", this is not a choice, but a confession.Confessions of a woman to a man.Alice bet all her courage and chose Christmas, the day when she received a job opportunity, to express her feelings.As long as Lu Li nodded, she would fly away, desperately, like a moth to the flame.

Alice swallowed a mouthful of saliva, calmed down her mood like tens of thousands of butterflies fluttering at the same time, and asked aloud, "What do you think?" But the turbulent emotions were still uncontrollable, anticipation, nervousness, joy, worry, fear , everything is suppressed behind that slender voice.

Involuntarily, Alice clenched her hands tightly, only to find that her palms were already wet, and she was almost unable to hold the phone steadily.

Lu Li quietly watched the snowflakes whirling and dancing in the sky. Who would have thought that the first snow would come on Christmas Eve?I could hear the singing of Christmas Eve in my ears, it was quiet and peaceful, and all the impetuousness and uneasiness were settled down, but a touch of sadness and bitterness emerged.

Although Alice's words were simple, Lu Li couldn't hear the deep meaning in them, but... Unfortunately, he couldn't respond because he already had another person in his heart.Maybe he was thinking too much, maybe Alice was really asking about the choice of the workplace, maybe it was his self-indulgence, but no matter what, he owed Alice an answer.

Tick, tick, tick.The sound of the second hand moving was beating gently in her ears, one second, two seconds, three seconds, each second seemed like a century to Alice, it was long and difficult, and then she finally heard Lu Li's voice, relaxed And lively, as if you can smell the sun, "I personally feel that the 'Chicago Tribune' is a better job opportunity."

"Chicago Tribune."

The mood of anticipation sank slowly, and then sank again, and it became cold in an instant. The smile on the corner of Alice's mouth could hardly be maintained. She tried to outline the corner of her mouth and joked lightly, but before she had time to speak, tears Just slid down, "Oh, thanks for your input, I feel the same way."

Her voice was trembling slightly, and she straightened her spine pretending to be strong. Alice wiped the tears on her cheeks in a panic, trying to force a smile, trying to hide her embarrassment.He can't see it, can he?They were just standing at the two ends of the phone, their voices were the only expression, as long as she concealed it well enough, then he wouldn't be able to detect it, then they were still friends.

Alice smiled brightly, the corners of her mouth were wide open, even though the tears were still falling uncontrollably, her voice was full of joy, "It seems that I am going to leave you behind, you must Come on! My family is calling me, I have to join them. Finally, Merry Christmas."

There was an extremely hasty voice on the phone, and Alice's abnormally cheerful voice was cut off abruptly, leaving only a series of busy tones, thinking beeping, before Lu Li had time to speak, the other end of the phone became quiet Down, the hot temperature slowly dissipated in the air, and finally there was only a piece of ice cold left.

Lu Li said softly into the microphone, "Merry Christmas." Then, he took off the phone.Looking up, the dark night sky is full of snowflakes. This first snow seems to be getting bigger and bigger. The whole world changes into a completely different appearance in the eyes of the naked eye, as if there is a magician standing in the depths of the forest. Magic is being cast.

The world just fell silent.

"The first snow is here." The swing suddenly swayed, breaking the tranquility of the surroundings. You could clearly feel the weight of the weight. Turning your head, you saw Lawrence sitting down.

At this time, Lu Li felt a trace of coldness. The stiffness from his toes began to tingle slightly. His chest seemed to be wrapped in a mass of water plants. He felt slightly stuffy. Going straight ahead, looking away, twitching the corners of his mouth, he sighed heavily, "Yes, it's finally here. Now, I don't have to worry any longer. The weather will start to warm up tomorrow."

The snowflakes are getting bigger and bigger, gradually flying all over the sky, and the graceful scenery becomes more and more spectacular, making all the voices disappear involuntarily, giving up talking, just shaking the swing gently, listening to the falling snowflakes quietly The sound was whirling and whirling, like a scene from a fairy tale.

"Is it time for dessert?" Finally, Lu Li broke the silence, asked Lawrence why he came out, and prepared to go back to the house.

Lawrence shrugged, "Don't worry, they left a copy for you, you can go in anytime."

Lu Li chuckled, "I really need some desserts right now." Chuxue is sometimes happy, sometimes sad, sometimes romantic, and sometimes regretful.The same scene has a different meaning.

Having said that, the movement of standing up was not coherent. I don't know why, maybe it was because he had been sitting here for too long, and the temperature outside was so cold that his muscles began to stiffen.So, he thought, just sit for a while longer.It is always a beautiful thing to appreciate the snow scenery.

"I'm getting engaged next month," Lawrence said without warning.

Lu Li's thoughts paused for a moment, then receded like a tide, and returned to the real world. After realizing it, a smile rose from the corner of his mouth, and he turned to look at Lawrence, sincerely expressing his blessings, " Congratulations!" So, this time, Lawrence made a special trip to tell Lily and Ronald the good news?Could this Christmas be any better?This is really awesome!
Amidst the first snowfall, the Christmas Eve atmosphere became intense again.

"Thank you." Lawrence nodded with a smile. "The next time I have a chance to come to New York, I can introduce you to my fiance Josh."

Lu Li nodded, ready to agree, but when he opened his mouth, the words stayed on the tip of his tongue, and his expression froze involuntarily. His brain needed to process the information he had just received.

Seeing Lu Li's expression, Lawrence couldn't help but smile, his eyes flickered slightly, "Yes, you heard me right. My fiance, Josh."

Lu Li gradually came back to his senses, thought about it carefully, and then laughed lightly. The more he thought about it, the more absurd he felt, so his smile completely bloomed, and finally nodded, "Of course, my honor. I am very happy to meet Joe. Varied."

Lawrence looked carefully at the look between Lu Li's brows, making sure that Lu Li wasn't mocking or hinting, a smile appeared in his eyes.He knew that Lu Li would definitely not make a fuss. "The original plan was that Josh and I would come back together, but I haven't figured out how to speak up yet, so I chose to come back alone. Because of this incident, Josh and I had a quarrel, and we Haven't spoken for two days."

The amount of information was a bit large, Lu Li's mind turned quickly, and he quickly came to a conclusion, "Don't Ronald know?"

"Yes, and no." Lawrence's answer was somewhat ambiguous, "I mentioned Josh to him, but he didn't want to listen, so he hung up the phone directly. So, I guess he shouldn't know. But, 'Yes', Yes, I came out to him, got kicked out of the house, came back four years ago, broke up."

The amount of information is still a bit large, and it seems that everything about the McCartney family has a reasonable explanation. He and Cole really shouldn't make random guesses.For every seemingly strange result, there must be a reasonable reason. I don't know it, but it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

Suddenly, Lu Li thought of another thing, "Then Joel..."

"Ha." Lawrence immediately burst into laughter, looked at Lu Li carefully, and tried to hold back, but couldn't help laughing again, "No, Joel isn't." After thinking about it, the smile rose again, "Joe Joel is just..." The words stopped here, "Joel is just too impulsive and too stubborn. Back then, in order to support me, he quarreled fiercely with Dad, and Dad even broke a piece of firewood Stick. After that, he also left the house.”

Lu Li didn't hide his astonishment, and neither could he.Joel?That Joel who keeps complaining about Lawrence?That Joel who was lazy to avoid work?

"Yes." Lawrence laughed dumbly, "Maybe you may not believe it, but it is true. He..." He is a good brother.The following words came to a halt on the tip of my tongue, amidst the flying snowflakes, my thoughts returned to that distant era, my voice suddenly froze, and my nose couldn't help but feel slightly sour.

"Hehe." Lawrence hid his embarrassment with a chuckle, regained his composure, and said, "Yes." After he finished speaking, he didn't know what he was talking about.Such a situation is not common for him.

"So what about today?" Lu Li took the initiative to take up the topic, but after saying it, he realized that he had committed the old reporter's habit again.He just realized that he can't judge others at will, and don't meddle in other people's family affairs at will. He didn't think of it, and it was just forgotten in a blink of an eye.

So, Lu Li raised his hands to express his surrender, with a helpless smile on his lips, "Professional habits."

(End of this chapter)