Two pots of water

When Qin got into the car, he saw two shopping bags in the back at a glance.

"What did you buy?" He asked Jiang Chu.

"Look at it." Jiang Chu stared at the rearview mirror, and drove the car out of Houmen Street.

Tan Zui came over with a bag, pulled out the down jacket inside to have a look, raised his eyebrows and looked at Jiang Chu: "For me? A Christmas gift?"

"You think it is." Jiang Chu tilted his head and looked at it, "Is it suitable?"

"It's suitable." Tan Zui touched the clothes twice before stuffing them back, "Everything you bought is suitable."

Jiang Chu smiled.

He pulled another bag over and saw clearly that it was the same style. Tan Zui didn't realize it for a moment, thinking that Jiang Chu had taken it by mistake: "These two are the same."

"When I was trying it on, I thought it was okay to wear, so I bought another one, but just thinking about it, I felt that it was a bit of a loss." Jiang Chu said, "Isn't it better to at least change to a different color?"

"No need." Qin Zui said.

Jiang Chu said "Huh?"

"Very good." Tan Zui stuffed his clothes back in the back row, "That's it."

Jiang Chu said that he originally wanted to get another short dark green camouflage, but Da Ben cut off his beard, and even cut off a 3xl. After wearing it, it was as if he was going to fight in the North and South Poles. He was completely lost.

Tan Zui didn't care about the style, and laughed with Jiang Chu for a while, thinking that he was going to have dinner with Tan Shuman soon, and it must be uneasy to eat, so he took out a piece of chocolate from Lu Yao's paper pocket for Jiang Chu and threw it into his mouth .

"What are you doing?" Jiang Chu saw it, "Steal my Christmas present."

Tan Zui looked at him, and directly took the whole bag and stuffed it into his schoolbag.

The big apple that Gao Xia threw to Jiang Chu was also confiscated by him.

"What's wrong with you," Jiang Chu said, "I saw a bag in your bag."

"Well, it's all mine." Tan Zui pulled up his schoolbag, leaving none for Jiang Chu.

"It's all from Lu Yao?" Jiang Chu asked.

Tan Zui took a stick of chewing gum out of his pocket and threw it into Jiang Chu's car bucket: "This is mine, eat it."

Jiang Chu laughed out loud at the chewing gum that had no festive atmosphere: "Is this your Christmas present for me?"

He said this casually. Jiang Chu has no sense of ceremony for any festival, and he has been talking about this before Daben.

If he wanted to give someone or anything, he would give it as soon as he wanted, and it didn't matter whether it was a festival or a birthday.

This year, the only two festivals I have taken the initiative to go to, one is Qin Zui's birthday, and the other is barely counted as today, neither of which is just for the sake of passing.It was planned for Qin Zui's birthday, and today was completely a coincidence.

"What do you want?" Tan Zui asked him immediately.

"I don't lack anything." This was the truth, Jiang Chu didn't really want anything from him.

Passing by a shopping mall, Qin Zui saw the iax sign on the building and thought for a while: "Let me treat you to a movie."

"Okay." Jiang Chu nodded.

"I'll watch it today." Qin Zui said.

"Today?" Jiang Chu looked at the time, "Is it too late, it's already 06:30."

"It won't take long to go to her place to eat." Tan Zui didn't think it was a big deal to have dinner with Tan Shuman at all, so he took out his mobile phone and started to check the tickets.

It really didn't take long to have dinner with Qin Shuman.

As soon as he entered Jiang Liantian's house, Jiang Chu felt the ritual sense of "welcoming outsiders" familiar to the couple, and sighed in his heart.

"Does Xiao Chu have a cold?" Tan Shuman asked after listening to Jiang Chu's nasal voice.

"Ah, kinda." Jiang Chu helped Jiang Liantian serve the soup in the kitchen.

"Have a cold?" Jiang Liantian glanced at Jiang Chu, "There is a cold spirit at home, you can take a box away later."

"Where can't you buy cold spirits?" Jiang Chu smiled, and winked at Tan Zui, who was setting chopsticks and holding bowls in the restaurant outside.

Jiang Liantian gave him a "I know" look, went out with the food and asked, "Is Tan Zui's ankle okay?"

"Well, it's ready." Tan most agreed without hesitation.

Jiang Liantian explained a few words that young people have to protect their joints. Jiang Chu cooperated and said yes and yes. It seemed that their father and son were dislocated, and Tan Shuman and Tan Zui basically remained silent.

After all the food was served, Jiang Liantian touched Tan Shuman's arm, and Tan Shuman went to the refrigerator to bring out a cake.

Jiang Chu's eyelids twitched, and he met Jiang Liantian.

"Let's also join in the fun and have a foreign festival." Jiang Liantian took the cake with a smile and placed it in the middle of the dining table, facing Tan Zui's seat, "It happened to be for Tan Zui's birthday last time, and the cake wasn't ready yet. Your mother has been feeling sorry, let's make up one today."

"Really?" He touched Tan Shuman's arm again.

"Take it apart." Tan Shuman didn't say much, probably couldn't think of anything to say, but just smiled and motioned for Tan Zui to unpack the cake.

The compensation they made was too deliberate, and it was too late, half a year had passed.

But having it is better than not having it.

"Quick release, I'm waiting to eat." Jiang Chu touched Tan Zui's leg with his knee under the seat.

Qin Zui didn't say anything, and got up and took apart the cake.

The moment the paper box was picked up, even though he knew it was unlikely, Jiang Chu was still a little nervous to see "Qin Zui" again.

Fortunately, Tan Shuman was very cautious this time, and there was only one sentence "rrychristas" on the cake.

Compared with the previous two times, this meal should be the most trouble-free meal for the four of them.

Jiang Liantian asked them about their recent arrangements, how they planned to spend New Year's Day and the Spring Festival.

The Spring Festival is indeed a big or small event every year.

Before Jiang Liantian divorced his mother, New Year's Eve was just a formality, that's what it meant to be able to sit down and have a peaceful meal.

After the divorce, he went to the two families in turn every year, and each had a "New Year's Eve dinner". The rest of the time was still spent in his small home, waiting for Lichun to return to work.

This year, there is an extra Tan Zui in his family. It's quite comforting to think about it, at least it shouldn't be too boring.

Thinking of this, he stretched out his hand to grab a big chicken leg for Tan Zui.

"Xiao Chu, come, auntie will bring you a glass." Before the chopsticks were retracted, Tan Shuman raised the red wine glass to Jiang Chu, "Thank you very much, and I will trouble you."

Jiang Chu didn't drink today, and only had a bowl of soup at hand, and Tan Zui pushed his cup over.

"No, it's too polite." Jiang Chu touched her.

"I'm not being polite, it's really..." Tan Shuman paused, then turned his gaze to Tan Zui, "I've thought about it recently, and I think so, Tan Zui, you're not young anymore."

Tan Zui and Jiang Chu paused at the same time, looking up at her.

"When you first came in summer, I mainly thought that you were not familiar with the place of life. You and Uncle Jiang are usually busy. Your brother Jiang Chu is closer to your age, so it is easier to communicate with us..." Tan Shuman He paused again, as if organizing his language.

"I think, after all, Jiang Chu also has his own life, so it must be inconvenient for him to take care of you all the time." Tan Shuman and Jiang Liantian looked at each other, "You should also adapt to the rhythm here now , if you can be alone, and want to be alone, after the Chinese New Year, mom will find you a house, how about it?"

"It's fine if you don't live by yourself." Jiang Liantian saw that Tan hadn't spoken at all, but just stared at Tan Shuman, and added.

"It's more convenient to have Jiang Chu to take care of you. Your mother is thinking that you young people are more advocating freedom now, you like to have your own independent space, and you prefer to be with your peers." He glanced again Jiang Chu, "Actually, I think it's good to live on campus. It's the same with friends and classmates, and it's the same if you want to go to Jiang Chu's place after vacation."

Tan Shuman nodded, and asked Tan Zui with his eyes, "What do you think?"

When Jiang Chu heard Tan Shuman's beginning, he wanted to interrupt her and said "no".

But Qin Shuman quickly raised an important point. She asked Tan Zui "if you want to be alone too".

As soon as this premise was pulled, he immediately couldn't open his mouth.

Although Tan Shuman and Jiang Liantian's self-assessment made him a little upset, but it was true, what if Tan most wanted to go out and live alone?

Du Miaomiao, who was the same age as him, wanted to go to university and stay away from his uncle, and ran away from home several times.

No one spoke at the dinner table for a while, and all three of them stared at Tan Zui, waiting for his thoughts.

Tan Zui didn't make a sound, he didn't even have a trace of expression, Jiang Chu obviously felt that his mood was slipping rapidly, and the surrounding air pressure was brought down, so he stared at Tan Shuman stiffly.

Tan Shuman was a little embarrassed, and looked at Jiang Liantian again.

Jiang Chu looked at Tan Zui's unblinking side face, and just wanted to call him, when Tan Zui suddenly turned to look at Jiang Chu, his voice was a little hoarse when he spoke, "You want me to go too?"

He said "also".

The feeling when I saw Tan Zui cooking a table of dishes for him that day came back again.

Jiang Chu looked at the suppressed emotions in Tan Zui's eyes, and his heart twisted in a panic, and he hurriedly stroked Tan's back twice: "I don't have one, I think it's pretty good now, you take care of me more than I take care of you. Isn’t this asking what you think? Brother supports you no matter what you think.”

"Yes, we have no other intentions, Tan Zui," Jiang Liantian hurriedly said, "We just want you to live more comfortably, and everything is for you."

Not to mention Tan Zui, Jiang Chu felt annoyed when he heard these words.

He really thought about Qin the most, and would not push people to him from the beginning.

Tan Shuman wanted to say something more, but Tan Zui put down the chopsticks directly, pushed back the stool and stood up.

"Go home." He said to Jiang Chu, "I've finished eating."

"Okay." Jiang Chu got up immediately, took out the car keys to Tan Zui, squeezed his arm, "Wait for me in the car, I'll get down in a while."

Tan Zui said "hmm" and didn't say goodbye to Tan Shuman. He took his coat and went out directly.

As he walked forward, Tan Shuman also put down his wine glass, brushed his hair and sat with his face turned away, his eye circles were a little red.

"Dad." Jiang Chu glanced at Jiang Liantian, signaling him to speak alone.

Jiang Liantian squeezed Tan Shuman's shoulder, pointed to the study, and let Jiang Chu go in first.

Jiang Chu waited in the study for 2 minutes, took out a good cigarette from Jiang Liantian's drawer, opened it and lit one.

Jiang Liantian came in and turned on the air purifier, pointed at the cigarette: "Take it away."

"What do you think?" Jiang Chu leaned on the desk and asked directly.

"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Liantian looked at him inexplicably, "Isn't it because of you?"

"Did I say I want Tan Zui to move away?" Jiang Chu changed the cigarette holder "swish" and pointed at himself, "Did I think he was troublesome?"

"You didn't want to at the beginning, didn't you?" Jiang Liantian also lit one, leaning on the armrest and sitting in the chair like a general, "I also said at the time, let him take care of him for a semester, and turn around If you get annoyed, let him go to live in school or something, so you can open your mouth."

This was indeed the first conversation he had with Jiang Liantian, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with it at the time, but now Jiang Chu kept shaking Tan Zui's eyes just now, he squinted his eyes a little irritably, and exhaled smoke.

"I know you two are getting along very well now, and I didn't say to let him go to live in school directly. Shouldn't you ask first, if he wants to live by himself, he can arrange it for him." Jiang Liantian didn't quite understand Jiang What bothered me here at the beginning, "I can't really live with you, after all, his mother is here, even if he goes out to go to school or something after the holiday, he has to come back when he comes back. Going to your place? You are not in any trouble now, so what if you get married and have children in the future?"

Jiang Liantian said a lot in one breath. Putting these words at the beginning, Jiang Chu could definitely reach a consensus with him, but now he just can't.

He felt sorry for Tan Zui so much.

"Where or where, there are children." He pinched the cigarette butt into the ashtray on the table, "Having children will not prevent me from living a comfortable life of my own."

"Jiang Chu." Jiang Liantian heard that the words were aimed at Tan Shuman, and frowned at Jiang Chu, "You don't know what's going on, so don't make random comments."

Jiang Chu didn't tell Jiang Liantian that he probably knew about the Tan family's affairs from Tan Zui, and even if he knew, he didn't want to comment further.

From the perspective of an outsider, he really has nothing to say, but if he has always been an outsider, it is fine. Now he inevitably considers everything from Tan Zui's perspective, and it is difficult to feel peacefully about Tan Shuman's handling. understand.

"Leave the two of you alone." In the end, Jiang Chu didn't say much, and crushed the cigarette butt again. He put the cigarette in his hand and stood up from the desk.

"If he has any thoughts, he will tell me. If you really think about him, don't make any more decisions for him." Jiang Chu opened the door and said the words to Tan who was still in a daze in the restaurant. Schuman.