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For so many years, the room where the pair of children lived in when they were young has remained intact, and even the mirror on the desk covered with newspapers has not moved a bit.After Jian Mingcheng put down her luggage, she came to Jian Mingche's room. The walls of this room were covered with Gu Enzhong's posters. It used to be the proof of her pure and fanatical love when she was a girl, but now it seems so Out of season.

She sneaked a glance at Jian Mingcheng, opened the box and began to pack the clothes, moved the outdated and unfit clothes to the side of the closet, and hung up the clothes she often wears now.Jian Mingcheng leaned against the door and watched her busy movements, and inadvertently glanced at the window sill outside the desk, where the green plants given to her on her birthday many years ago were still luxuriantly growing.The long-suppressed mood finally seeped a ray of sunshine at this moment, and he said softly, "Let me help you clean up."

Jian Mingche said, "No need!" She raised her head, her eyes dodged slightly but she still tried to put on a normal look, and said, "Help me tear off the poster on the wall. I can't believe this is Where I used to live."

Jian Mingcheng smiled and nodded.

This small room records almost half of Gu Enzhong's past acting career, from his screen debut "Warm Winter", to the mediocre response "Believe", "The Man Who Chased the Wind", and later "The Beginning" Encounter and Encounter", "Plasticine" and "Buddha Sea", and even Jian Mingche's "Laplace's Devil" in his third year of high school.After that, she left this city to join him in Ivy City, and this room has been filled with the dust of her girlhood dreams and innocence ever since.

Jian Mingcheng carefully tore off a poster of "Roller Skating Life". The male protagonist Sunshine played by Gu Enzhong only showed a black and white silhouette in the background of the roller skating hall.He said: "I have never really looked at your collection before."

With a blushing face, Jian Mingche threw the rolled-up high school review materials on the desk into the cardboard box at his feet, and then put the cosmetics, perfume and a bottle of water he had brought back with him on the way.She said: "You don't need to read these now." After a pause, she looked at Jian Mingcheng and said sincerely, "If you need, take all of these." She lowered her head, "I won't keep gone."

Jian Mingcheng rolled up the poster and agreed, "Okay, then I'll keep it for you first."

After tidying up the room, around six o'clock in the afternoon, the two of them prepared the change and went out to take the bus, and wobbled to the county hospital.

Seeing Li Tunyang who had been waiting until now at the door outside the ward, he first stepped forward and patted Jian Mingcheng on the shoulder, like an old friend whom he hadn't seen for many years.Seeing Jian Mingche at the side, he smiled and said, "Is this Xiao Che? Are you this big?" There was still worry in the smile.

Jian Mingcheng didn't exchange greetings with him, but took half a step back without any trace, looked at the door of the ward, and asked, "How is my mother?"

"It's okay, don't worry, the dangerous period has passed. The child is also saved. But I thought about it, and I should notify you to come back and take a look."

Jian Mingcheng punched him in the face, and the patient's family members and nurses in the corridor all looked over in surprise.Li Tongyang didn't seem to be surprised by this result at all, and silently vomited blood and got up from the ground.

Jian Mingche held him back, but Jian Mingcheng still couldn't control the violent ups and downs of his chest. If it wasn't for his remaining rationality reminding him not to make trouble here, he would have given the face in front of him to his conscience. buried.

"Li Tongyang, how could you do this?" Jian Mingcheng's voice was trembling, "Do you know how dangerous it is for her to have a baby at this age?! If you can't control your lower body, don't promise her in the first place!"

"We have taken safety measures, and no one expected this result. But since we have it, it is a life anyway, and I don't intend to destroy it. We agreed that if it is a girl, we will follow her surname Jane , can also be regarded as the daughter of your Jane family."

"I don't need it!" Jian Mingcheng refused coldly, saying, "I don't agree to give birth to this child."

"It's unrealistic to destroy it now, Ah Cheng, we have to accept it."

Jian Mingcheng rushed up to grab his collar, while Jian Mingche desperately held him from behind and kept shaking his head, but he was choked up and unable to speak.He looked at this face that he was very familiar with, and thought that they would be friends for life.

"What if there is an accident during childbirth? Li Chuanyang, what do you think of her..."

Li Tongyang raised his head, the eye sockets that had been sunken due to days of worries still reflected a firm light, but the words he said trembled with excitement: "Ah Cheng, I love her, you know how many years I have loved her, Since we were in middle school..."

"Brother!" Jian Mingche finally yelled and rushed forward to pull the two of them apart, and the nurse who had been watching the movement here also ran over to help.The hospital, a place of life and death, is never short of farce. After silently chewing on the pain of others, the onlookers turned back and slowly licked their own wounds.

What is right and wrong is actually no longer important.We just want to push everything to fate to fool people. Fate has taken so many blames, and now there is not one more.

Although they were not in the mood, on the way back, the two siblings still detoured to the vegetable market to buy fresh meat and vegetables, and then returned home to cook a meal with Jane's father.

The next day, the two went to the hospital to visit the woman with a thermos of chicken soup and fruit.She didn't wake up yesterday, but she woke up this morning and looked pretty good. I heard from the nurse that Li Tongyang stayed here for a whole night yesterday and went back to rest at dawn today.When Jian Mingcheng and Jian Mingche arrived, they sat by the bed and talked with the woman.

Mother and son, mother and daughter haven't seen each other for many years, but they have nothing to say.Only Jian Mingche told about her and Fang Linhan's affairs, saying that Fang's parents were also very satisfied with her, and they didn't require her to live in her in-law's house after marriage.

"Where's Xiao Cheng? You're an older brother, so you should bring your girlfriend back to show your mother... I don't know if I still have that chance—"

"Mom!" He realized that his voice was a little loud, so he lowered his voice and said, "I'll bring him back to show you when you recover."

The woman is not young anymore, but she still looks beautiful when she smiles.She gently stroked her obviously protruding belly, and said, "Okay. I must wait until that day. I don't know if this is your younger brother or younger sister. If you are a younger brother, you must be as sensible as you. If it is a younger sister, you must be as sensible as you are." She must be as well-behaved and beautiful as our little Che."

"Mom..." Jian Mingche laughed with red eyes, the brother and sister held the woman's hand together, Jian Mingcheng choked up and said, "I'm sorry, I should come back more often these years..."

The woman smiled and shook her head.In a family, no matter what hatred or grievance, there is an invisible bond that binds each other tightly. This is what the world calls "family affection".

Jian Mingche originally asked for leave from the school to postpone reporting for a week, but he had to go back a week later, and asked for leave from the internship unit by the way, and brought Fang Linhan with him when he came back.

Jian Mingcheng resigned and stayed at home to specialize in translation work.At the same time, he began to write the first part of "Dandelion's Son", relying on this to record every bit of him and Gu Enzhong.

Later, Jian Mingche had to go back to Qingteng City to continue her studies and practice. She didn't graduate until June this year, so Jian Mingcheng stayed alone, taking care of Jane's father, and went to the hospital every two or three days to accompany the woman.

He also tried to find another job here, but there are not many job opportunities in the small county town, and most importantly, there are no suitable ones.After several efforts, he finally put all his mind on translation, and the manuscript fee he got from the publishing house could barely cope with the life here.

As spring goes and summer comes, time is caught off guard and has already disappeared from the tip of the pen.At the end of July, Jian Mingcheng had a younger sister. The delivery was very difficult, but fortunately, the mother and daughter were safe in the end.Li Tunyang fulfilled his promise, and the child followed his mother's surname "Jian". Jian Mingcheng also made an idea on the name, and finally continued the naming habit of their siblings, called "Jian Minghan".

He didn't bother to understand Gu Enzhong's recent situation. In this slow-paced small city, it seems that as long as you want, you can really isolate yourself from the world.

In the winter of this year, this city, which is not far from the north, had a heavy snowfall for the first time. Many people woke up in the morning and looked out the window, and found that the world had turned into a silvery white at some point, and the children ran away excitedly. Shouting and laughing outside, I don't even care when my little hands turn red from the cold.Adults are ashamed to show their novelty and innocence, but when they say in conversation - "I didn't expect such a heavy snowfall this year", they will still inadvertently reveal excitement and yearning.

White has always been considered the color of purity.Jian Mingcheng started to get back in touch with his former friends, and invited a few old friends to take pictures in the mountains around the county during the snowy days.After the pictures of snow scenes were developed, he used clips to string them on the rope, and looked up when he was tired from writing.This always reminded him of the snowstorm in Harbin, "Narcissus Moon Fourth", and the short winter they spent together.

Western festivals are also very popular in this small county. Before Christmas, when you go out on the street, you can also see Christmas trees with colorful lights in the shop windows for discounts and promotions.Jian Mingche took advantage of this time to take his annual leave and brought Fang Linhan back with him.After graduating, they found a job in Qingteng and still lived in the rented house at the beginning, but their money was much better than at that time.

Jian Mingcheng went to the station to pick them up, and in the bustling crowd, he immediately saw Jian Mingche wearing a big red scarf.As soon as she saw her brother, she dropped her luggage and rushed over to give him a big hug, and whispered into his ear, "This winter is really cold, it seems like it's never been this cold before."

Jian Mingcheng still rubbed her hair, said with a smile: "Don't let Lin Han carry things alone. Later, accompany me to a vegetable market, and we will have hot pot in the evening."

Jian Mingche cheered loudly, then took the arm of Fang Linhan who came forward, and each of them carried a bag of things and walked slowly outside the station.