dark crossing

"He looks at you differently. Besides, how can there be a boy his age who doesn't want to find a girlfriend at all? No matter how busy he is at work, there is always time to talk. I see, He just doesn't like girls."

Chu Huainan: ...

Shen's mother looked at the silent "daughter-in-law", and continued: "Besides, I have never seen him so relaxed in front of anyone as he is in front of you."

Chu Huainan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and thought to himself, it's you who was misunderstood by your mother, and I can't blame me for this.

He carefully considered the words, and wanted to save two sentences for Shen Ting: "Auntie, we—"

However, Shen's mother already had a face of "I guessed it a long time ago". Seeing his sudden tense attitude, she couldn't help sighing: "Okay, I'm not forcing you. I haven't seen him having sex with girls since I was a child." What kind of contact. When he was in school, parents with children who were about his age were discussing how to prevent their children from falling in love early, but he never let me worry about it. Hey, I should have thought of it a long time ago. "

If Shen Ting was present, he would definitely refute that he doesn't have many friends in the first place, no matter male or female, unless necessary, he rarely contacts in private.How can Shen's mother sigh "should have thought of it long ago"?

Seeing that Shen's mother took the initiative to take the seat, Chu Huainan didn't know how to answer the conversation.Before coming here, Shen Ting had repeatedly told him not to "speech indiscriminately", but he could not lie for the sake of denying it, so he had to continue to respond in silence.

Shen's mother sighed for a while, then suddenly said: "Huainan, I'm not a very rigid person, I know about Xiao Ting and you. To be honest, I don't support it, but I don't object either. The relationship is between two people. Yes, but life has to be scrupled in every aspect. If you can go on together, the road ahead will be more difficult than ordinary normal families. But I know that Xiao Ting is not a person who is afraid of others' words. Outside judgments and Voice has never had much influence on him. The only thing he cares about is probably my attitude."

Shen's mother's tone has always been calm, but the subconscious haircut still betrayed her.When talking with Chu Huainan, she was actually very nervous: "Since we have opened up the conversation today, let me ask you a question, Xiao Ting is not a child who has plans for his personal life, what about you? You have plans for the future ?"

Chu Huainan said seriously: "Auntie, he only needs to be responsible for his work and himself. I will plan our future."

Shen's mother shook her head: "Your future is also a matter for the two of you. How do you plan and be responsible for it alone?"

This sentence stopped Chu Huainan.

What he plays in the family and the group is the role of a leader who is good at making decisions and is willing to take responsibility for it.But in the relationship between the two, there is actually no so-called dominant position.Emotionally, he is indeed more proactive than Shen Ting, but the planning and commitment cannot be done by him alone.

And Shen's mother's question woke him up.In the past interactions, Shen Ting never expressed anything proactively, and he even repelled them from visiting his mother together.So, with his efforts alone, is there really a future between them?

Chu Huainan was silent for a while, and said, "I know this is not something I can decide on my own. But what I want to express is that I am willing to be responsible for this, and I have the ability to be responsible for it."

Mother Shen showed her first smile since she asked the question.

Her first impression of Chu Huainan was good, so when she knew that Shen Ting had a "friendship" with him beyond colleagues, she was not too disappointed.

Chu Huainan had a face that lied to others, was polite and thoughtful, and had an extraordinary bearing. Women of any age had a natural liking for him.

Although Shen's mother was disappointed that Shen Ting did not take an easier path emotionally, she couldn't hate Chu Huainan, so she continued: "I think you are clear about the nature of Xiao Ting's profession. In fact, he has no other requirements, I just hope that he can come back safely every time he goes out on a mission." She paused and said: "Since you and him have overlaps in work, you probably know that he does things. How true it is. As a person, he will try his best to do what he wants to do. I am not worried about work, but I am worried that he will not take me seriously. "

Shen's mother said, and sighed again: "In the end, he is just an ordinary child. He is not a superman, and he does not have one more life than others. Although he never tells me about work, every time he comes back He pretended to be very relaxed, but none of the honors he got back was enough to make a mother proud, but couldn't help but tremble with fear."

Chu Huainan sympathized with this worry: "Auntie, he is very good. But you are also right. He is good at everything, but he does not take his own life. I am also very worried about this."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Ting had pushed the door open and entered, frowning and asked them: "What are you talking about? Why do you keep closing the door?"

"We were discussing that when you were on a mission, you often thought you had nine lives." Mother Shen said with a smile.

For the child she gave birth to herself, he knew best that Shen Ting definitely did not want her to mess with him and Chu Huainan.Rather than intervene too much at this time, it is better to pretend to be confused and wait until later to make plans.

After coming out of Shen's mother, Chu Huainan and Shen Ting didn't speak a word along the way.

In the past, Chu Huainan took the initiative to find topics, but this time he was very silent. Shen Ting looked at him several times from the corner of his eye. Seeing that he didn't intend to speak up, he didn't know what to say, so he just lowered his head and swiped his phone to prevent Awkward.

After swiping for a few minutes, Chu Huainan still didn't respond, so he had no choice but to put down his phone and start looking for topics in an unskilled manner.

"What did my mother tell you?"

"It's nothing."

"Oh."

He is not a person who is good at finding topics to talk to, so he fell into awkward silence again.

Chu Huainan sighed and asked, "Shen Ting, have you ever thought about having a future with me?"

Shen Ting answered "Yes" honestly.

He really didn't think about the future, his job doesn't allow him to think about the future, the most important thing is to solve the case in full.

Chu Huainan obviously misunderstood what he meant, turned his face away, pursed his lips and said nothing, the beautiful lines of his side face were as cold as a statue under the golden light.

They returned to their residence in silence.It was an apartment with three bedrooms and two living rooms.Chu Huainan went to the guest room with a cold face, Shen Ting was thin-skinned, so of course he was embarrassed to follow in, and the two of them divided the room as a matter of course.

On the flight back to Jianghu early the next morning, Chu Huainan barely spoke on the flight, he was as silent as a different person.

By this time, Shen Ting had never seriously considered their relationship, which made him frustrated and hurt.

There was only one day off, and Shen Ting had already returned to work last night.Last night, Lin Huo had a long phone call with him, asking him about his future arrangements.

"I've already figured it out, Huainan will help me get things started, how about you? How are you chatting with the Mexican and that fake foreign devil?"

"It's almost time to talk." Lin Huo said: "Ji Xin and Mr. Song are old acquaintances, and he also trusts us very much. As long as we put it into production, there will be sales."

"That's good."

As soon as the plane landed, Chu Huainan received a business call from Qiao Yilan.

Chu Huainan, he, and Lin Youband worked together on a project. There was an urgent major decision on the project. Qiao Yilan couldn't contact Lin Youband, so he had to come to Chu Huainan.

"Are you on the project? Then I'll go there right away." Chu Huainan hung up the phone, then turned to Shen Ting and said, "I have something to go first, so I'll send you back first."

Shen Ting took his suitcase from Chu Huainan's hand: "No need, Lin Huo asked Liu Sheng to pick me up. Go and do your work."