Yunding Ranch

Chapter 420
Seeing Lu Li's self-sarcasm, Lawrence couldn't help laughing, and then he waved his hand, saying that it's okay, "I provoked this on my own initiative." Lawrence also mocked himself, successfully making Lu Li chuckle. Voice.

But the laughter quickly subsided, and Lawrence returned to the topic. "When I got home, we had a conversation. At least, we sat down and talked face-to-face. But, the ending is still the same."

The words came to an abrupt end here, Lawrence did not continue, the smile on the corner of his mouth paused for a moment, then rose again, "Then I started working, the truth is, I do have some work to do, before the holiday In the past few days, Josh has been fighting with me, and I can hardly work."

Lawrence's eyes flickered slightly, his teasing words paused, and then he said sincerely, "I know, it's rude; I also know that I shouldn't bring my work home. But..." Lawrence was silent for a moment, "He always makes me wonder why I'm back."

"Why?" Lu Li asked along the way.

This question made the corners of Lawrence's lips twitch, but he didn't say much. He just gave Lu Li a look, and that "you know, I know" look really made people laugh.

Lu Li asked and answered by himself, nodding his head to express his understanding, "Lily." Besides Lily, who else is there? "How did she handle it?" Lu Li obviously wasn't asking about today's situation, but about Lawrence and Joel's situation.

"She is a devout Catholic." Lawrence said with a smile, feeling a little lonely between his brows. The Catholics' rejection and condemnation of homosexuality is extremely severe. This is like an unreadable moat, lying between Lily and Lawrence Between, "But, she is still a mother who loves her two children deeply." Lawrence raised his head and showed a big smile to Lu Li, "If it wasn't for her, it would be impossible for Joel to be here today. back."

Regarding religious belief, Lu Li had nothing to say and nothing to do.He couldn't imagine what kind of pain Lily was enduring, and he couldn't imagine what kind of struggle Lawrence was going through. The heavy feeling was accompanied by snowflakes falling from the sky, and even his voice became slightly hoarse, "Maybe , she needs a little time."

Lawrence patted Lu Li's shoulder to express his comfort, with a smile on his face, it seemed that Lu Li was the one who was in the rut, not himself, "Since I can't fall in love with a woman according to her wishes; then, Time is at least what I can provide." However, the self-deprecating words, with a touch of bitterness, revealed the true emotions in their hearts.

Lu Li stared blankly at Lawrence, and then said, "You're not going to tell them, are you?" Lawrence didn't understand, showing a puzzled look, and Lu Li continued, "You're not going to tell them that you're about to get engaged. .So, you told me and you want me to tell them, right?"

Although this is a question sentence, Lu Li's expression is very sure.

Lawrence chuckled, "You are a smart person." This sentence is equivalent to affirming Lu Li's guess, "So, would you like to? I mean, in this family, you are not a stranger, but one of them. member."

"Hehe, I can't deny this." Lu Li nodded and said with a smile, "If it wasn't for Lily and Ronald, my life here would not be so smooth. They really made me feel the warmth of family." Slightly There was a pause. "But, Lawrence, I can't help with this."

Lawrence didn't seem surprised, just nodded slightly.After a pause, he still couldn't help asking, "Why?"

"No matter who it is, I always think that you should tell them yourself, this is the least you can do." Lu Li sincerely comforted, "This is one of the most important things in your life, and it is also the most important thing in their life. One of the most important things." This was also Lawrence's original intention of choosing to come back to Texas, Lu Li guessed.

Lawrence let out a long sigh, with a helpless smile on the corner of his mouth, then leaned on the swing and swayed slightly, "I know." He is a smart man, and smarter than many people. "Huh, on the one hand, I hope you are smart enough to take on this important task; on the other hand, I hate that you are too smart to see everything so clearly. Can't you pretend you don't know?"

"I can." Lu Li said with a smile, and started to swing along with the swing. "The point is, do you really hope so?"

In a simple sentence, Lawrence heard the irony in it, lowered his head, and was defeated, "I know." With a long breath, Lawrence nodded, "Okay, I will tell them. Anyway, I I think they already knew it, but they just didn't want to admit it. Now it's finally time, I should choose to confess, it will not be more difficult than coming out."

After waiting for a while, Lawrence didn't hear Lu Li's answer, so he couldn't help but raised his head, "Aren't you going to stop me?" Lu Li curled his lips, his action was the most straightforward language, Lawrence couldn't help but sighed, "I knew In this way, I came back with Josh. At least this way, I don’t need to argue with him.”

"Josh, who is Josh?" A voice suddenly came from behind him, and Lu Li felt his temples throbbing faintly. The coincidences in TV dramas can also happen in real life?
Standing behind at this time was Ronald, with a look of astonishment, surprise, and panic.

Lawrence took a deep breath, and then blinked at Lu Li, as if to say that another day is worse than hitting the sun, and the opportunity came just like this. Then, he mustered up the courage to stand up, turned around, and faced his father, "Dad..." But he only said one sentence, and before he could finish speaking, the door was pushed open, Joel was holding a piece of Black Forest cake in his hand, and shouted, "Fourteen, what's the matter with you guys?" ? Is there a black hole outside? One comes out and one disappears, and my mother can't wait inside."

"Shut up!" Ronald reprimanded Joel fiercely, "You've eaten enough tonight, don't you plan to stop a bit? Are you still coming out with cake? It looks like A bum on the street."

Joel raised his eyebrows indifferently, and said lightly, "Not every homeless man can eat Black Forest cake. From this point of view, my life is pretty good."

These ironic words caused Ronald's anger to surge upwards, and his entire cheeks were flushed, like a volcano that was about to explode at any time, but Lawrence interrupted Ronald rudely and directly before he could erupt temper, took a deep breath, and shouted confidently, "Mom!"

The earth-shattering shout made Ronald stunned for a moment, all the thoughts in his mind froze, he didn't know what to say, and then he heard Lawrence shouting, "Mom, can you come out for a while?" ?”

"What's the matter? What's the matter?" Joel sensed the different atmosphere, but he still didn't put down the fork in his hand. He stabbed another piece of cake and put it in front of his lips. Lawrence and Lu Li looked around, full of suspicion, but couldn't find an answer, so they turned their heads and looked into the room, and then shouted, "Mom, Lawrence has something to ask for you."

"Come on, come on." Lily responded, walked out, and then pulled her sweater, "What are you guys doing? What's the matter? Joel, I asked you to come out Called them in, and you gathered here again, what happened?"

Lily babbled, then poked her head out from between Joel and Ronald, looked left and right, and found that everyone's expressions were extremely dignified, she said as a matter of course, "Look, you are all frozen, What's the matter, let's go in and talk about it, the fireplace inside is warmer." His eyes fell on Lu Li, "Fourteen, you must be freezing, come in quickly."

Lu Li smiled at Lily, but didn't say anything, just looked at Lawrence.This made Lily understand that it was this guy, "Lawrence, what's wrong with you?"

"Mom." Lawrence couldn't help but boiled up, and there was a trace of tension in the irritability. He was no longer the stunned young man who had just graduated from college. With his own career and his own life, he has enough courage to face all this.

"Mom." Lawrence said again, "Dad, and Joel." His eyes paused for a moment, and then he saw Cole walking out with a confused face, "Cole, fourteen." Lawrence simply said everyone They all called their names and adjusted their breathing, "I have something to tell you."

After all, Lawrence's eyes fell on his mother. Compared with his father, he was more worried about his mother's condition, and it became extremely difficult to speak, but he finally said, "Next month, I will be engaged."

It was quiet, it was quiet, time seemed to stand still, Ronald didn't move, Lily didn't move, and Cole didn't move, everyone was stunned, as if they couldn't react for a while, or didn't know what to do.

In the end, it was Joel who was the first to show a big smile, "Jesus-Damn-Christ, with whom? It can't be Josh, can it?"

Lawrence was stunned for a moment, then laughed dumbly, then nodded in affirmation.

Joel immediately screamed, "Oh ho ho, God, how many years have you been together, five years? Or six years? You're still with him? But it's a good thing, you're finally going to give him a Promised." Joel yelled twice, looked left and right, and found that Lily and Ronald were stunned in place, did not speak, he sighed lightly, then walked forward, and leaned over with his shoulder , gave Lawrence a hug, "Brother, congratulations, brother."

Lawrence couldn't help showing a big smile, and stretched out his hands to hug Joel.

Lu Li, who was standing next to him, could see that Joel's eyes seemed to turn slightly red, but then Joel yelled, "Lawrence, my cake, cake! Don't be so enthusiastic, I know I'm annoying Everyone loves it, but I love my cake even more now." After speaking, Joel broke away from Lawrence's arms, turned around and walked into the room.

Lawrence stood where he was, silently watching Lily and Ronald, waiting for their response.

(End of this chapter)