Hand in hand [Rebirth]

"When will you let Li Mu come back?" Chen Ran sat aside, looking at Zhou Zhen, who was watching something with his mobile phone, smiling softly, his face was a little unhappy.Although he was the one who agreed to let Li Mu live in the company, he never thought that Li Mu would be so cruel that he wouldn't even call him!

Zhou Zhen turned his head to look at him, smiled gloatingly and said, "This is what he wants to go by himself, and he can come back whenever he likes."

Chen Ran turned dark and looked at Zhou Zhen with gritted teeth.

Seeing how depressed he was, Zhou Zhen suppressed his smile and said seriously, "Chen Ran, have you really decided to be with Li Mu in the future?"

"Isn't this nonsense?" Chen Ran said angrily. He, Chen Ran, has never been a person who likes to play with other people's feelings, and he never thought of finding someone to accompany him, but he met Li Mu.How could he let this man grab his stomach and heart to hook up with other women again!

"Li Mu can be said to be alone, and his other half will be his closest relative in the future. But you, you still have your mother, if you want to be with Li Mu, how do you get past your mother?" Zhou Zhen raised his eyebrows, "She raised you up so hard, doesn't she want to see you get married? Don't want to have grandchildren?"

Chen Ran was startled, and after being silent for a while, he said earnestly: "I will do my mother's job well." Zhou Zhen's words reminded him that he was confident before that he could persuade his mother to accept his sexuality and accept Li Mu, but He still ignored one point, which is also the most important point.

If he was with Li Mu, he wouldn't live with his mother in the future, so what about his mother?

Zhou Zhen nodded, and continued to reply to Zhou Zegang's WeChat message.In this life, he tore off the jade that Zhou Ze gave him before he came back and threw it back to Zhou Ze, but because he was reborn with the jade in his previous life, so in this life Zhou Ze has The piece of jade disappeared.Zhou Ze found out later that Yu was missing, so he searched anxiously, almost turning the house upside down.He couldn't explain to Zhou Ze why the jade suddenly disappeared, so he told Zhou Ze that he had taken the jade back, so Zhou Ze stopped looking for it.Zhou Ze suspected that he was lying, so he found a piece of rough jade that was very similar to the previous one, and asked a master carver to carve a safe Pixiu, and then asked an eminent monk to consecrate it before giving it to Zhou Ze.

Although it can't be compared with that magical stone, he still hopes that this brave stone can bless Zhou Zefu's health and well-being.

After school, Chen Ran returned home full of thoughts, but as soon as he opened the door, the house was deserted, and the person who always said "I'm back? Wash your hands and eat!" was gone, and my heart felt empty, which was very unpleasant.

Putting down the schoolbag, went to the kitchen to cook some noodles, and cracked an egg into it habitually.Looking at the eggshell in his hand, he couldn't help but think of Li Mu bewitching him to scramble eggs when he first came to Cengfan, and his thoughts grew wildly in an instant.

"Li Mu..." Chen Ran sighed and removed the noodles from the pot.

When he was eating noodles with his head down, there was a sound of a key opening the door.

Chen Ran raised his head abruptly.Is Li Mu back?He got up and walked quickly to the door, and opened it forcefully: "Li..." Before he could finish speaking, the surprise on his face turned into astonishment.

The one standing outside the door was not Li Mu but his mother Liu Xiaomei.

Liu Xiaomei, who was carrying a big bag and a small bag, saw Li Mu and smiled. Her whole face was radiant, and she seemed to be a little fatter than before, and she seemed to be living a good life in the countryside.

"Mom, why didn't you say anything when you came back?" Chen Ran took the luggage from her hand and let people in sideways. "Have you eaten yet? Shall I cook some noodles for you?"

"I'll come back after eating." Liu Xiaomei replied with a smile. When she entered the house, she saw that the house was well organized and well taken care of.I thought to myself, that kid Li Mu is really diligent.But when he saw Chen Ran's half-eaten noodles on the table, he couldn't help but suppress his smile.

"Why do you just eat noodles? No one cooks today?" Liu Xiaomei was a little worried, "What happened to Li Mu's kid?" Before she left, Li Mu patted his chest and said that he would take good care of Chen Ran. He was a good boy, right? I'll lie, I'm afraid there's something wrong if I don't cook.

Chen Ran looked awkward, and said unnaturally: "Li Mu has something to do recently and is not at home."

When Liu Xiaomei heard this, she felt relieved, "It's good that he's fine." After a pause, he said, "It's really thanks to Li Mu, but now that I'm back, I don't need to bother him."

"Don't you need help from Uncle?" Chen Ran couldn't help asking.

"No need, the weather is cold now, and there are not so many people going to the farmhouse..." Liu Xiaomei replied, a little afraid to look at Chen Ran.

Chen Ran was pretentious, and didn't pay much attention to his mother's expression, "In this case, you should rest at home."

Liu Xiaomei nodded, opened the luggage she brought back, and took out a few paper bags tightly wrapped with newspapers: "Mom brought back some dried meat and stewed duck feet. It was made by your grandmother, and they are all your favorites." Food! And these peanut candies, which were brought back by your uncle...they miss you very much."

Chen Ran smiled and poured her a glass of water, "I was thinking that if you haven't come back yet, I'll go visit grandma and the others on New Year's Day."

"Your uncle and the others know that you are busy studying, and they told you to study hard, pay more attention to your body, and go there after the long vacation." Liu Xiaomei opened a foam box she brought back, which contained a lot of bran and round eggs. Some native eggs, your grandma forced them, saying that you study too hard, let me make up for you, I am afraid that the eggs will be broken on the way..."

Chen Ran listened quietly to Liu Xiaomei's nagging, and responded from time to time. Seeing that she was about to pack up the things she brought back, she said, "Mom, just rest, and I'll clean it up." After speaking, he took the eggs and turned and walked into the kitchen.

Looking at Chen Ran's tall figure, Liu Xiaomei felt guilt and hesitation in her eyes, and stood there shaking hands helplessly.

When Chen Ran came out, he saw the emotions on her face that he hadn't had time to put away, his brows were wrinkled, and he felt a little puzzled.

What the hell is going on?

In the next few days, Chen Ran clearly sensed that his mother was hiding something in her heart.Sometimes his mother looked at him with a particularly complicated expression, as if she wanted to say something to him, but she opened her mouth, and then swallowed the words back into her stomach.Sometimes his mother is in a daze alone, not knowing what to think, the whole person is like a spring breeze, with a soft and shy expression, just like a dead tree in spring.

The most strange thing is that her mother is often watching it with her mobile phone.His mother is reluctant to spend money to buy a new mobile phone, and has been using an old straight mobile phone. Apart from making calls and sending text messages, the mobile phone has no entertainment functions.

So what is she looking at?

It wasn't until one day that Chen Ran saw his mother talking on the phone with tender eyes, that he woke up.It turned out that his mother was not looking at the phone, but waiting for the call.

Listening to their conversation, the other party seems to be a man.

When did the mother get so close to other men and chat so happily?Chen Ran's face suddenly turned cold.

"Chen Ran..." Seeing her son standing at the door with an ugly expression, the smile on Liu Xiaomei's face froze suddenly, her eyes filled with panic.She looked at Chen Ran with her mobile phone, and was speechless.

Chen Ran sighed inwardly, softened his face, and said, "Mom, who are you calling? We had such a happy chat, and you didn't even hear me when I opened the door?"

"I..." Liu Xiaomei clenched her phone tightly, feeling extremely nervous as if she had done something wrong.The other party hadn't hung up the phone, and even called "Xiaomei" a few times, but didn't hear Liu Xiaomei's reply. The other party was a little anxious, and shouted a few times, "What's wrong with you? Talk!"

Liu Xiaomei's face turned red, and she dared not look at Chen Ran.

"Mom, I'm calling you, you should call me back." Chen Ran pretended to be nonchalant and went back to the room.

When eating at night, Liu Xiaomei looked at Chen Ran from time to time, and wanted to say something, but she didn't have the courage to say it a few times, and finally Chen Ran couldn't stand it anymore, and asked, "Mom, if you have anything to say, just say it." .”

"Well...it's nothing, just...just want to ask if the sweater I knit for you fits well..." Liu Xiaomei murmured for a long time and still didn't get to the point.

"Mom, I'm an adult, you can say whatever you want, don't worry that I will be provoked." Chen Ran said seriously, and then looked at Liu Xiaomei quietly.

Liu Xiaomei's eyes suddenly turned red: "Good boy, I'm sorry for you..."

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Chen Ran hurriedly comforted, "You have worked so hard to bring me up alone, and you have been greedy from morning to night to earn money for my education. Why are you sorry for me?"

Liu Xiaomei rubbed her wet eyes: "Mom is most sorry for not giving you a warm home, other people's children have parents to take care of them, but you have to wash and cook at such a young age..."

Chen Ran said indifferently: "It's nothing. I'm doing well without my father. I don't think I'm any different from others without my father."

"But, I don't want my other child to do the same!" Liu Xiaomei mustered up all her courage. She clasped her hands tightly and looked straight at Chen Ran, "I'm pregnant!"

Chen Ran was stunned, his face full of disbelief: "Mom, what did you say? Are you pregnant?"

Liu Xiaomei nodded, nervously and ashamedly said: "Well, it's been more than four months..."

Instantly linking this matter with the man his mother spoke on the phone before, Chen Ran took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down: "Whose is the child? Does it belong to the man on the phone?" Other men, but afraid of being cheated and bullied by his mother.

"Yeah." Liu Xiaomei was very embarrassed.

"You're pregnant, what's his attitude?" Calculating the time, the child should have been conceived by his mother just after going to his uncle's place.

"He wants to marry me, but he's afraid you won't agree." Liu Xiao blushed slightly.

Chen Ran breathed a sigh of relief, but still didn't feel relieved. "Where is he from? What does he do? Does he know that you have a son as big as me?"

"He was introduced to me by your uncle and the others. He is an honest man, but his leg has been injured and he is not easy..." Liu Xiaomei introduced him simply, "He knows you, but he doesn't mind!" At the end, I couldn't hold back and said it

Sentence: "He is very nice, you will know when you meet him."

After digesting the news, Chen Ran said sincerely: "Mom, if he treats you well, I won't have any objections." Because of his sexual orientation, he had persuaded his mother to find a partner a long time ago, but at that time His mother said that he was still young, so she didn't look for his stepfather because he was afraid that he would treat him badly.Now his mother found a man without his persuasion, and she was pregnant with the other's child... Although this solved his worries, he was still quite complicated.

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaomei's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly, "Then I'll call him over to show you tomorrow?"

"Don't be so anxious, come back when he is free someday." Looking at the smile on Liu Xiaomei's face, Chen Ran warned: "Mom, you are different now, don't do heavy work, and take good care of your baby. Don’t be afraid to spend money on prenatal checkups on time.” His mother is almost 40 years old, and this age can be regarded as an advanced pregnant woman, so she needs to pay more attention.

"Mom has written it down." Liu Xiaomei replied with a smile.

Chen Ran got up and packed the dishes and took them to the kitchen to wash, feeling a little annoyed.He originally wanted to find a time to talk to her mother about Li Mu, but now that his mother is pregnant with a child, he can't be stimulated. I'm afraid this matter will have to wait until the child is born.

But with another child, mother wouldn't be too sad, would she?Thinking about it this way, Chen Ran was quite looking forward to the birth of this child.