chronic silence

Any small change may have a huge impact, but Wei Nuo didn't realize it at the time.

After unraveling his knot that time, Wei Nuo's work has improved slightly.In order to reward himself and improve Shitou's food a little, he decided to take Shitou out for a good meal.

"Shitou, are you okay?" Wei Nuo told Shitou early that he was taking him to a big meal today, but when it was time to leave, Shitou yelled to go to the bathroom again.

"Immediately, immediately." The stone responded, and then there was the sound of rushing water.

Seeing the jumping stone, Wei Nuo asked with a smile, "Have you washed your hands?"

"Washed." Stone raised his hands, then turned them over, indicating that they had been washed.

"Let's go!" Wei Nuo went out with the stone.

The destination of the father and son today is a creative restaurant called "Chuangyan". It is said that the chef of this restaurant will recommend dishes according to the temperament of the guests. It has been open here for a while, and it has a good reputation—— Best of all, this restaurant has lots of creative gimmicks inside that will appeal to little ones.Although the stone is very obedient, which child does not like novelty things?Food is no exception.

When we arrived at "Chuangyan", there were not too many people in the shop, Wei Nuo checked the time, thankfully they came out early.Just standing at the door and looking at it, the layout and lighting atmosphere in the store give people a novel feeling.Once you enter the store, you will be more affected by the warmth in the store—whether you are a couple, couple, or parents with children, they are all enjoying this dinner.

Thinking about it this way, a tall, energetic and sunny waiter walked towards Wei Nuo and the others. After taking a seat, the waiter ran to the chef and explained something to the chef.

The kitchen here is transparent, and you can see the whole process of the chef and other chefs creating delicious food. From time to time, chefs will show off their skills, which is a bit of a performance.The chef looked over at their table, and the waiter trotted over to bring the menu.

"Hello, this is the menu recommended by our head chef."

The words are pretty good, this is Wei Nuo's first thought when he took the menu, and Shitou couldn't help looking at it together curiously:

Playing piano

Difficult to speak

flame ice cream

"Ice cream, ice cream, I want ice cream!" Stone shouted happily when he saw the ice cream.

Wei Nuo made a booing gesture, "We're here for dinner." But the menu aroused Wei Nuo's curiosity.The last one is okay, and it’s not a novelty. For the first two, Wei Nuo frowned and asked, "What are 'playing the piano to the cow' and 'difficult to speak'?"

"Oh, 'Playing the Qin to the Niu' is actually braised beef tendon in braised sauce, arranged like a guqin; 'Mouth Difficult to Open' should be something like clams—if you have something you can't eat, you can also order it from this menu." The waiter brought out a new menu.

"No, we want this, and then we'll have a 'Reunion Hot Pot'." After finishing speaking, Wei Nuo returned the standard menu to the waiter.

Not long after, the dishes for the father and son arrived one after another. Just like what the person said, "Tai Niu Playing the Qin" is braised beef tendon, and "Mouth Difficult to Open" is roasted clams. Wei Nuo was a little disappointed, but the taste was good. For the sake, I had a good time with Shitou.

"Wei Nuo." The environment of the restaurant was not noisy, so even though it was already the height of dining, Wei Nuo still clearly heard someone calling his name.

Of course, that voice I will never forget.

At this moment, Chen Yaoyu was walking over with a woman's hand, Wei Nuo had a little impression, but from this intimate posture, it could be seen that this was probably Chen Yaoyu's wife.

"What a coincidence, why are you here?"

"Yaoyu—Shitou, call uncle and auntie." Wei Nuo put down his chopsticks and said to Shishi.

"Hello, uncle and aunt." Shito quickly chewed the beef tendon in his mouth and swallowed it twice, and handed it to his uncle and aunt as Wei Nuo said.

"Yaoyu, this is your classmate, right? I remember you. I was so drunk on the wedding day. I blame Yaoyu. I heard that he forced you to drink so much." The woman said with a smile on her eyes. His face gives people a natural intimacy.

"My wife, Liu Junyuan."

"Hello." Weinuo greeted politely.

"Yaoyu." Liu Junyuan called Chen Yaoyu and gestured with her eyes.

Chen Yaoyu understood and used an excuse to go to the bathroom.

"Don't look at Chen Yaoyu being so attached to me now, in fact, he's also very busy." Liu Junyuan sat next to Wei Nuo as if she was familiar with herself.

"It's understandable, just married, honeymoon period." Wei Nuo took what he said just now as a woman showing off her sweetness in front of her husband's old friend.

"Oh, you are really good at talking. The honeymoon period is already over. In fact, Yaoyu often ignores me, but it is only recently that he often brings me here to enjoy it."

"Then you have to be careful, maybe he did something wrong to you and wants to compensate you in this way." Wei Nuo said jokingly.

"Really?" Liu Junyuan made an exaggerated expression to cooperate, "So only an old friend like you who knows him well can tell at a glance."

When Chen Yaoyu came back after paying the bill, he happened to see two people laughing happily, even the brat was smiling happily.

Discriminatory treatment, Chen Yaoyu thought to himself.

"Junyuan, let's go."

Seeing Chen Yaoyu coming back, Liu Junyuan got up and said with a smile, "Tell me more about Yaoyu's past, Wei Nuo."

"Definitely." Wei Nuo casually perfunctory.

"What did you just say, you laughed so happily."

"When are we going to have a baby? That old classmate of yours has a baby, and you still don't work hard."

"Haha, that kid...you are ready to be a mother, but you will become a yellow-faced woman in no time."

"I hate it, then don't, I still want to be beautiful in front of my sisters for a few years!"

The two left "Chuangyan" chatting and laughing, leaving Wei Nuo alone to mutter, "Have you often come to this area lately...?"

As for why he left without paying the bill, Wei Nuo said to Xiao Shitou, "We won the lottery", causing Xiao Shitou to shout happily, "That's great! Dad, let's come to this restaurant next time."

"It's a restaurant." Wei Nuo corrected.

"Oh, the restaurant." Xiao Shitou thought, whatever it is, could the teacher be wrong when he said "there is no such thing as a free lunch"?

On the way home, Wei Nuo asked as usual what happened in Stone School.

"Nothing special..." Shitou kicked the mineral water bottle on the side of the road while walking, "Ah! I almost forgot, there is a parent-teacher meeting!"

"Parents' meeting?" Isn't it time for the parents' meeting? In the past, Wei Nuo applied for a vacation to attend the parents' meeting.Although his father attended the event for three consecutive years, he didn't care about other parents' speculation about him, he just hoped Shitou's classmates would not say anything nasty. "when?"

"It's just a few days." Shitou replied, singing a new nursery rhyme happily.

After that, Wei Nuo changed the subject, and asked Shi Shi to throw the mineral water bottle into the trash can.

A few days later, Wei Nuo got the exact date, which is the day after tomorrow. The reason why the parent meeting of this semester is brought forward is because the city wants to strengthen the awareness of fire prevention among primary and middle school students. The meeting and the safe fire education conference were held together.

"Wei Nuo, you have to think about it carefully. With your performance, if you hadn't been strongly recommended by me, you wouldn't have gotten this opportunity at all. The sales plan you are going to join now is almost the company's key project in the first half of next year."

"I understand, just one day...I haven't applied for leave this year...team leader."

"Wei Nuo, in fact, you have been in the company for so many years. When did you start? I remember that you joined the company when I was still a junior clerk...I know your hard work, and you, I heard that It’s not easy for a child.” Team Leader Shen changed the topic, “But you have to think about it, it’s rare that you have improved in the company recently, you can handle it yourself.”

As soon as Wei Nuo heard it, he knew that Team Leader Shen still cared about him, an unknown employee. Whether it was out of fellowship or other reasons, the priority had been made very clear.This is also the most troublesome thing for Wei Nuo, he doesn't want to miss any of Shitou's parents' meeting - Wei Nuo always thinks that this is the heart disease of single-parent families, fearing that their children will be hurt unintentionally, but at the same time he clearly understands, If he gave up the opportunity to improve his career that he had waited so hard for, he would feel a little regretful in his heart, and a better salary meant that he could give Shishi a better life.

When Wei Nuo returned home, he thought over and over again, unconsciously forgetting the time.

Just when Wei Nuo was hesitating, the phone rang.

It was Ma Yueer who called, "Hello."

"Hello, Wei Nuo? Come and accompany me, accompany me..." The voice on the other end of the phone was intermittent.

"What's the matter with you? Have you been drinking? Where are you now?"

"Last time, this time... Convenience store...Come and drink with me."

It was late at night, Wei Nuo left a note for Shi Shi and rushed out the door.

When Wei Nuo arrived, the small table where Ma Yueer was sitting was already empty of several wine bottles.

"What's wrong? Why do you drink so much wine?"

"You're here. I thought you weren't coming. If you say you, come as soon as you are told. It's much more reliable than that bastard, haha...haha."

"What are you talking about here? I'll take you back, and you dare to come out to drink alone at night." Wei Nuo helped Ma Yueer who was staggering.

"Wei Nuo, tell me why men are either like that scumbag or you, Wei Nuo, treat women...haha, aha...vomit..."

"Ma Yueer!"

"Drink too much, drink too much. Wei Nuo, I'm sorry, I talk nonsense, but why do you think this man is so cruel." Ma Yueer said the same thing over and over again, watching her use alcohol to drown her sorrows Seeing this, Wei Nuo felt very uncomfortable.In addition, I am also in a dilemma, everything in front of me is a bit appropriate.

"I'll drink with you."

When Ma Yueer heard it, she was stunned for a while, and then her eyes lit up, "Really, Wei Nuo, you are so kind, so kind."

Accompanied by Wei Nuo, Ma Yueer poured out all the bitterness in one go. Her boyfriend who had been in love for three years cheated on her, and even brought other women to stay at home. separate.When her bitterness was over, Ma Yueer still didn't let Wei Nuo go, "I haven't contacted you for a long time, how are you doing recently?"

"Now you think of caring about me." Wei Nuo teased, but in the next second, he woke up from the paralysis caused by alcohol, "Don't mention it."

"Chen Yaoyu again?" Ma Yueer asked with a woman's intuition.

"It's not him." Wei Nuo answered lightly.

"This is interesting. I've never seen you, Weinuo, look worried, except for falling into the hands of a man."

"We are each other." After Ma Yueer repeatedly questioned, Wei Nuo finally explained the situation he was facing.

"No way, what did you and Shishi say? About her mother."

"be honest."

"No way, what's the reaction of the stone?" Ma Yueer asked almost subconsciously, "If you hide it, it doesn't look like you. Then, does the stone not mind?"

"I'm just afraid that he will hide it. Don't think he is young, he has a lot of things on his mind."

"I seem to understand why you care so much about missing the parent meeting."

"Don't mention it, just drink."

"Hey, I invited you to drink with me, so now I drink with you?" Ma Yueer patted Wei Nuo's shoulder vigorously.

Wei Nuo received her kindness, "You too, there's nothing you can't get over a broken relationship." After speaking, he pointed at himself.

Ma Yue'er laughed out loud, her smile was still pretty, "Do you think we're having fun while we're suffering—speaking of which, what are you going to do?"

"What can we do, let's go."

"Then it's not easy for you... You are stupid, just find someone to go for you."

"Who can I turn to? It's not that I haven't thought about it. Apart from me, Shishi has no one to rely on." Wei Nuo lowered his head, and the shadows drowned his expression.

"And me, what do you think, I'll drive for you."

"Are you going?! No, no, no." Weinuo immediately refused.

"Look at you, you just think too much. I'm not afraid of other people's gossip. What are you worried about?" Ma Yueer saw through Wei Nuo's thoughts at a glance, "Your stubbornness really hasn't changed at all."

"Since you know... vomit..." Wei Nuo made a series of retching sounds, several times he vomited so badly that his shoulders heaved up and down.

"Stop drinking, I'm sober too." Ma Yue'er patted Wei Nuo's back, and he got better now, and gradually calmed down while lying on the table.

"Did you know? At the beginning, I hated drinking the most." Wei Nuo said to himself, "It's not good for your health, and it can't solve the problem. But later I realized that it's not about whether it can solve the problem, or not. It's not about the body, it's just that at that moment, you can not think about anything, and you can avoid the most uncomfortable and tormenting moment."

"You're really drunk, why don't you change your demeanor as a great writer?" Ma Yueer didn't care whether Wei Nuo heard or not, settled the bill, and sent him home with difficulty alone.

Gently open the door, lightly turn on the light, gently put Wei Nuo on the sofa.Ma Yueer saw the note Wei Nuo left for Shishi, found a pen, and wrote a few lines on the back of the paper.After doing all this, she walked out of the room, picked up the phone, and dialed.

"Let's break up, I don't want to forgive you anymore." She said chicly, under the dim light, on the quiet street, her high heels clicked.