The Heart of a Smith

In the middle of the night, a strong wind blew, and there were lightning and thunder outside the house.

Lu Shang was a light sleeper and was woken up by the thunder. He had been busy recently and was not very tired during the day. When he woke up at night, it was difficult to fall asleep again, so he habitually stared at the window in a daze.

Affected by the global El Niño, the recent weather has been extremely extreme. Either the sun is hot and the temperature is high, or the torrential rain and floods have flooded for days. to suffer.

Lu Shang was thinking about it in his mind, when a burst of heat came from behind him, and a hairy head appeared on his neck.

The sky outside the window exploded a few thunderstorms at the right time, which was very terrifying, as if it fell on the ears, and the shocking vehicles outside the courtyard sounded alarms.In the darkness, Li Sui put his arms around his waist and asked softly, "Are you afraid?"

Lu Shang leaned against him tightly, paused for a while, and smiled: "A little bit."

"Don't be afraid, I'll hold you." Li Sui hurried over and closed his arms, almost sticking to him.

The thunder continued and tended to intensify. Lu Shang kept smiling in the dark, relaxed his body and let others hug him, and resolutely ignored the fast heartbeat behind him.

It rained heavily all night, and it stopped at dawn. When I opened the door in the morning, I was shocked. The lower part of the street was full of sewage, and there were floating branches and garbage everywhere. adult ankle.

"Stay at home, it's not safe." Lu Shang stopped Li Sui who was about to go out, and directly used an orderly tone.

In the morning, Li Sui originally made an appointment with a few business partners to discuss the matter. Judging by the situation, the traffic outside was likely to be heavy. After calling and asking, three of the four business partners were blocked on the road, so they simply canceled it and notified Lu The aunt told her not to wade in, and rolled up her sleeves to make breakfast for Lu Shang.

"Have you taken your morning medicine?" Li Sui asked.

Lu Shang was watching the news, and said casually, "Eat later."

Li Sui put the fried eggs on the plate, saw that Lu Shang hadn't moved, went upstairs to help him get the medicine, poured a glass of water into his hand: "What are you looking at, so fascinated."

The local morning news was on the TV. There was flooding in nearby villages last night, and several schools were flooded. Relevant departments are organizing rescue efforts. The situation is not optimistic.

Lu Shang frowned and swallowed the medicine, just shaking his head.

During the meal, the two of them chatted alternately, Li Sui noticed that Lu Shang was a little absent-minded, and reached out to touch his forehead: "Is it uncomfortable?"

"It's okay." Lu Shang took his hand away, saw Li Sui was still staring at him, thought for a while and said, "I think of an old thing, when the small loan industry was just emerging a few years ago, a small loan company once came to find me I hoped to provide poverty alleviation loans to rural residents through cooperation with Dongyan. At that time, I was not optimistic about this industry, and the profit was not high, so I put this matter on hold. Looking back now, there should be more Give some attention."

Li Sui smiled knowingly: "It's not something you can decide on your own, besides, isn't someone doing it now?"

"It's a poor job." Lu Shang shook his head.

Li Sui stared at him thoughtfully.

The torrential rain came down several times in turn, the strong wind blew and it turned into autumn in a blink of an eye. The weather seemed to be in season, but the temperature really began to drop. It was still a bit cold at night with a thin blanket on.

Li Sui has been extraordinarily busy recently, leaving early and returning late, not seeing people at night, Lu Shang was bored by himself, practiced hard pen calligraphy at home, and piled up a thick stack of copybooks.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Li Sui called and said that he was going to meet some bank executives tonight and that he would not be back for dinner. Lu Shang responded and stared at the screen that was turned off for a long time.It stands to reason that now that Dong Yan is on the right track, Li Sui shouldn't be so busy, and Mu Sheng has Sima Yan looking after him, and even if he doesn't go for a few days on weekdays, he hasn't seen the phone ring once.

Before he had time to think about it, Zuo Chao called again and invited him to the bamboo garden for tea.

Youyou is already in elementary school, the little girl looks very juicy, she has a pair of dimples when she smiles, and ran over as soon as she saw him: "Godfather, where is godfather?"

Lu Shang brought her a painting set, smiled and touched his head: "He's busy."

Zuo Chao heard his voice in the room and yelled: "Oh, Boss Lu is here, come in quickly, we are all eating, the first crab this year, it is fat."

When he entered the room, he found Xu Weilan and Yan Ke were there, and Lu Shang couldn't help being surprised. Yan Ke didn't know Zuo Chao well, and he didn't look as energetic as before, his clothes were messed up, and his face was quite haggard.

"Don't stare at me," Yan Ke forced a smile with a bitter face, "I have some personal matters these two days, I came to ask Lawyer Xu to help me with an idea, and it happened to coincide with Brother Zuo's treat, so I came here uninvited. "

A few people chatted while eating, and then they heard Xu Weilan tell the story: It turned out that the matter of Yan Ke's flirting outside was still unresolved after all, and his wife found out.Mrs. Yan was amazing, she neither mentioned divorce nor quarreled with him, her face was calm, but she played a big game in secret - she directly gave Yan Ke a cuckold.

This matter can be done, and it really complies with the phrase "It's not that the whole family does not enter the same door".

"You want a divorce?" Lu Shang asked.

Yan Ke sighed: "I don't want to leave, but she persuaded my daughter to ask me to leave."

"Let me tell you, neither of you is a fuel-efficient lamp, you can make do with it, don't harm others." Xu Weilan said this bluntly.

Yan Ke was not annoyed, but just smiled wryly: "Okay, don't run on me anymore, it's my fault, I made the mistake first, you can find a way, I really don't want to part with my daughter."

"If I knew today, why did I have to do it at the beginning?" Zuo Chao said, "They are all people with children, why didn't they think about it at the beginning?"

"I'm just acting on the occasion, just socializing. Besides, they are all men, who can really be exempt."

Zuo Chao smiled: "Here, the one who is free from vulgarity is right in front of you."

Lu Shang ignored it, bowed his head and continued to drink ginger tea.

Yan Ke was taken aback, and several people fell silent at the same time, peeling the crab with their hands.

"Yes, I have no concentration." Yan Ke finally admitted.

The atmosphere became very dull for a moment, Zuo Chao asked Lu Shang, "Why didn't Xiao Lizi come today?"

"Entertainment." Lu Shang said in a deep voice.

As soon as these two words came out, combined with the previous conversation, it was unavoidably sensitive. Lu Shang raised his head. Apparently, several people wanted to go together. Zuo Chao hurriedly interrupted: "Hey, if Xiao Lizi can cheat, the crabs will fly."

Lu Shang: "..."

Yan Ke: "..."

Xu Weilan: "You're the one who talks too much!"

When leaving, Zuo Chao packed a bag of fat crabs for Lu Shang: "Take some back for Xiao Lizi, don't leave this thing overnight, throw it away if you can't eat it."

Lu Shang took it home, but there was still no one at home, so he called Li Sui, but the other party indicated that the phone was off, probably out of battery.Lu Shang sighed softly, remembering what Zuo Chao said. He knew Li Sui's character and character, so he wasn't worried, but when he thought of Li Sui not leaving home for work, he always felt unhappy, as if he had It was as if someone had taken over his time.

Lu Shang took a shower, lay on the bed and read a book, he almost fell asleep, the clock was pointing to 12 o'clock, Li Sui came back, smelling of alcohol.

"Why haven't you slept yet?" Li Sui stretched out his arms to hug Lu Shang, but realized that he smelled too much alcohol and was afraid of intoxicating others, so he hurriedly backed away a little, took off his coat instead, and took his clothes to take a bath.

"What have you been up to these two days?" Lu Shang closed the book and asked.

"Nothing, just a little thing."

"There is supper on the table."

Li Sui smiled: "I can't eat anymore."

"Well, then throw it away."

Li Sui felt that Lu Shang was not very happy, so he tidied himself up in a hurry, and climbed into bed: "What's wrong? Are you angry?"

Lu Shang met his concerned eyes and gradually calmed down: "I don't see you for a day, I always feel that something is missing."

Li Sui smiled, and leaned over to kiss Lu Shang: "I neglected it, and I will be back on time tomorrow." After finishing speaking, his right hand dishonestly reached into Lu Shang's pajamas, and the two looked at each other, as if two sticks were lit instantly. The lead wires immediately burned up and got tangled together.

Li Sui kept his promise and went home on time every day from that day on, and even drove out with him on weekends to play around.But Lu Shang, he found that he was getting more and more wrong, and since he noticed Li Sui's time allocation, he became especially restless.

Regarding this, Boss Lu couldn't help but sigh with emotion, as expected, people still need to get in touch with the outside world more and distract their attention, otherwise they will always be closed in an environment, and they will inevitably become sensitive and suspicious.In the past, when he was busy, he always looked forward to when he could "disarm and return to the field", but when he really didn't have to worry about anything, he felt that life was really boring, and he always felt that there was a lack of challenge.

That night, Li Sui answered the phone in his room, discussing business matters with the other party.Lu Shang took a few glances, walked around the door for a while, turned to the bathroom, took a hot shower, left some drops of water on his upper body, wrapped a bath towel directly around his lower body, wiped his wet hair, and opened the drawer to look. Looking for something.

Li Sui was originally recording data on paper while making a phone call, but when Lu Shang entered the room, he suddenly got stuck, his eyes seemed to be glued, and the other party called several times on the phone before he could react.

"Oh, sorry, say it again, I didn't catch it just now..."

Lu Shang walked past him as if nothing had happened. When he walked, the bath towel was slightly loose, and his firm belly was inadvertently exposed. The warm light in the room shone on him, and his skin after taking a bath looked extremely tender and glowing. After soaking in hot water, the unique pink color, Li Sui successfully got stuck again. This time, he directly put down the phone and pressed the receiver.

"What are you looking for?"

Lu Shang continued to poke around in the cabinet: "Charger."

"I'll find it for you later, go put on your clothes, and be careful of catching a cold." After speaking, as if deliberately escaping, she clutched her phone and went to the balcony.

Lu Shang stood there for a while, looking at his back, with a smile on his lips.

On the weekend, Li Sui went out to look at a piece of land, and when he came back, he passed by the seafood market and bought some live shrimp. He wanted to cook a porridge casserole for Lu Shang, but when he opened the door, he found several dishes on the table.

Li Sui stared dumbfounded at Lu Shang who came out wearing an apron, his face looked like he saw a ghost: "You...are you cooking?"

Lu Shang took off his apron: "I'll try."

Seeing Li Sui standing still, he urged: "Sit down and have a taste."

Li Sui had never seen Lu Shang cook in his life, and his shock was no less than seeing the old turtle at home swearing, holding chopsticks for a long time without knowing where to put them.

"Is today a special day?" Li Sui asked with a smile.

Lu Shang also smiled: "No, it's just a whim."

Li Sui swallowed, lowered his head and looked at the dishes on the table, and couldn't laugh immediately.

They are all a few simple home-cooked dishes, and the combination is right. Tomatoes with eggs, celery with shrimps. Although Lu Shang has never cooked, he has eaten it, but this dish...to describe it as horrible is flattering up.

Lu Shang was obviously a little embarrassed: "The appearance is not very good..."

"It's okay, as long as it's delicious." Li Sui quickly put a shrimp into his mouth, chewed it, swallowed it, and nodded, "Well...not bad."

"Really?" Lu Shang pushed the food over, "Then you eat more."

Li Sui didn't refuse, but he didn't pick up the shrimp again: "I'll try this scrambled egg."

"It may be a little salty, and my hands shook when I sprinkled the salt." Lu Shang reminded.

Li Sui took a piece, chewed it, and swallowed it very slowly, "Mmm...it's a little bit salty."

After finishing speaking, the chopsticks stretched out to the lump of paste next to it: "Is this mashed potatoes?"

Lu Shang's face changed slightly, and he touched his nose: "Potato chips, I don't know why they become a ball when they are fried."

If you look carefully, you can still barely see the shape of the potato chips, but some are thick and some are thin. It is probably because when frying, there is less oil and the fire is too high, resulting in the thick ones being uncooked and the thin ones being mushy. , stick together.

Li Sui was overjoyed all of a sudden, caught a glimpse of his fingers, quickly caught them, and frowned: "Cut vegetables?"

"Well, it's okay." Lu Shang waved his hand and didn't care.

Li Sui looked at him, and a soft place in his heart was suddenly touched. Lu Shang had probably never held a kitchen knife in his life. This person who has only dealt with business opponents was willing to do these trivial things for him. It's impossible not to be moved.

"You can cut the potatoes in half first, so it's not easy to slip your hands." Li Sui grabbed his finger, put it on his lips and kissed it.

"Okay, I'll know next time." Lu Shang smiled lightly.

After barely finishing the meal, Li Sui helped clear the table, went into the kitchen, and saw that the kitchen knife was thrown aside, and there were two western food knives on the cutting board.

"You used it to cut potatoes?" Li Sui speculated.

Lu Shang nodded: "This is easy."

Li Sui couldn't laugh or cry: "Don't go into the kitchen in the future, this place is not suitable for you."

"Where is the right place for me?"

Li Sui lowered his head and smiled, put one hand behind his ear, the other wrapped his arms around him, and said, "In my arms."

After the two of them made out in the evening, Li Sui rubbed Lu Shang's waist and asked softly, "Lu Shang, do you want to go back to Dongyan?"

Lu Shang was almost asleep at first, but when he heard this, he turned his head, his eyes looked dark in the night.

"I've been weighing these days. It's been a few years since you recovered from your illness. I don't want you to worry about your work anymore." Li Sui said slowly while holding his hand, "But in the past few years of taking over the company, I I often feel that something is missing. The last time you mentioned the matter of small loans, I gradually understood that Dongyan is Dongyan with you. You belong to the workplace. I shouldn't be so selfish and confine you by my side. "

Li Sui's words were clearly deliberate. Lu Shang didn't expect him to say this suddenly, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Do you have a solution?"

Li Sui nodded: "It's definitely not possible in China, but it is possible in foreign countries. It just so happens that I have a suitable project in hand now. I want to take this opportunity to set up a branch abroad and let you lead it."

Lu Shang was stunned: "Are you busy with this all this time?"

"Well, I've already done the preliminary preparations, and now I'm waiting for your nod," Li Sui smiled, "Are you willing to join?"

He did everything without making a sound, Li Sui really deserved to be taught by him, and he completely followed his style of doing things.Lu Shang had mixed feelings in his heart. On the one hand, he felt that his child would surprise him if he was really promising. On the other hand, in contrast, he felt that his actions during this period seemed very childish, and he was really idle.

"I'll think it over."

Li Sui nodded, knowing that Lu Shang agreed, before he could be happy, his stomach groaned twice, his expression changed immediately, and he quickly got out of bed.

"what happened?"

"I feel sick to my stomach, I might have eaten too much..." Li Sui ran to the bathroom, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "From now on, Aunt Lu won't be cooking for me, so you must never go into the kitchen again."

Lu Shang: "...Oh."