jade carver

The only thing Li Rui was afraid of was Cheng Ye's little aunt - Xu Ying.

He has been delaying going to Xu Ying to talk about him and Cheng Ye. He was quite worried that Xu Ying would say that the two of them "their work is undecided, their careers are unfinished, let's separate for now".So Li Rui waited until Cheng Ye graduated and his company was almost done, then took Cheng Ye to Xu Ying's house.

Xu Ying and his wife are both teachers, and they still live in that small house and share the family happiness, but the little girl in the past has grown up and is being forced by her mother to write words silently.When Xiao Niuniu saw Cheng Yelai, tears immediately filled her eyes, "Big cousin, woo..."

Xu Ying taught Xiao Niuniu gently, "Niu Niu, you cry for a while, and mother goes to talk to the eldest cousin. After crying, mother will come over and dictate to you, okay?"

Little Niuniu stopped crying, wiped her tears with the back of her hand, and said, "Mom, please dictate to me first." By the time she finished crying, the animation would have ended long ago.

Cheng Ye also dressed more formally this time. He wore all the outfits he wore when he went to the school to interview for teaching assistants. The small suit looked good on him, and his whole person exudes elegance.Li Rui was still looking at Cheng Ye, but when Xu Ying came in, he subconsciously straightened up again.

"Cheng Ye, how is your job search going? Last time you said you would stay in school as a teacher, did it work?" Xu Ying brought Cheng Ye a box of candy and treated him like a child.

"Well, the school was short of teachers in this major, and I won many awards, so I agreed to let me stay." Cheng Ye respected Xu Ying very much, and Xu Ying told him to stay in school to teach. Cheng Ye has always seriously considered Aunt's suggestions. "Thank you, aunt."

Xu Ying was also very happy, and when she smiled, the fine lines at the corners of her eyes appeared faintly, "Thank you for what I did, you deserve it after your hard work. You did a good job, and if you stabilized anyway, I'm relieved." Compared with other places, Xu Ying still thinks that the simple working environment of the school is more suitable for Cheng Ye.

When Xu Ying talked about school and work with Cheng Ye, Li Rui still kept his sitting posture upright. When Xu Ying started to ask Cheng Ye about his personal affairs, such as whether he had a girlfriend... Li Rui couldn't sit still.

"I..." As soon as Li Rui opened his mouth, his throat tightened a bit.

Xu Ying looked up at him, "Huh?"

"I, I brought some gifts for Niu Niu." Li Rui swallowed the words that slipped to his lips. He was not the reckless boy he used to be, and he became more careful about what he said. "Send it to her later."

Only then did Xu Ying see the big bag of things that Li Rui brought, and she was a little surprised: "Why did you buy so much? It's too expensive."

Li Rui hurriedly said no, he came here as an official visit, and he only planned to please Xu Ying's family. If Cheng Ye hadn't stopped him, he would have taken half of the car with him.Li Rui felt that he was quite worthless, and the longer he was with Cheng Ye now, the less he could bear the risk of losing.

Xu Ying also noticed that something was wrong, she had never seen Li Rui talk so much before, and she was not used to such a respectful and submissive look.

Xiao Niuniu came over after finishing her homework, and the child was the first to point it out, "Brother Li Rui, do you have something to ask my mother?" In the past, this fierce-looking big brother had never been so close to her before. He hides as far away as possible, his mother said that he is afraid of children.

After being pointed out so directly by a child, Li Rui's face became a little hot, and he sat there silent again.

Cheng Ye liked children very much, so he knelt down and answered Xiao Niuniu for Li Rui, "It's not that brother Li Rui is begging your mother, it's that big cousin is asking your mother to agree to something." Cheng Ye stood up and asked Xu Ying, "Sister-in-law, I have something to tell you alone."

Xu Ying agreed, and took Cheng Ye to the room to chat.As soon as Cheng Ye left, Li Rui also followed. Before he could move his feet, Xiao Niuniu grabbed the hem of his clothes.The little girl said with a bit of coquettishness, "Big cousin wants to talk to my mom alone, eavesdropping is not good, mom doesn't like you, and Niuniu doesn't like you either."

Li Rui looked over there, but sat down and accompanied Niuniu to unpack her toys, absent-mindedly.

Cheng Ye talked to Xu Ying very calmly. He has been recognized by his master and Li Rui's family in the past two years. The warmth of his family and relatives gave Cheng Ye a lot of confidence.He has his own home, and now he wants to ask for an extra blessing for his home.

After Xu Ying finished listening, she just calmly and rationally talked to Cheng Ye about the problems that might happen to them in the future. She has studied psychology and knows a little about these things.What Xu Ying was worried about was not Cheng Ye's choice, but what she was more worried about was Cheng Ye's future plans for himself and his small family with Li Rui.She knew that this road was difficult, and wanted Cheng Ye to think clearly about the difficulty.

"Ruige started a company, which is currently in its infancy, and the benefits are good. I want to start as a teaching assistant, and I usually work in the master's studio... Now we are preparing to buy a house and are still choosing an address." Cheng Ye said He was very serious, and he answered what Xu Ying asked.

Xu Ying knew that Cheng Ye was not the kind of fool around, and heard that he had a clearer plan for the future, so she didn't say anything more. "Cheng Ye, we all know the word 'responsibility'. I hope you will not regret the path you choose today."

Cheng Ye nodded in response, and the corners of his mouth were full of smiles, "Understood, thank you, sister-in-law!"

Xu Ying took the initiative to hug him, patted him on the back, and smiled, "Silly boy, thank you for what I did." After thinking about it, she still murmured to Cheng Ye in a low voice, "If you are bullied in the future It's over, just call me..." That tone is really similar to Lao Xia's back then.

Cheng Ye nodded, his eyes were also bent, "Got it."

When Xu Ying and Cheng Ye came out, Li Rui was outside helping Xiao Niuniu to put shoes on the doll, and when he saw them coming out, he immediately stood up.This guy was really nervous, he didn't even realize Cheng Ye gave him a signal to blink, Xu Ying looked at him, and he just looked back at Xu Ying, "Sister..."

Xu Ying coughed, but still complied, "Hey."

Li Rui was assured by her promise, and once he was relieved, he immediately followed Xu Ying back and forth to help, calling out to sister-in-law one by one.Li Rui's face has been honed over the past few years, what are the sisters-in-law afraid of?He also goes to Lao Xia's studio every day to meet his relatives!Recognize five at once, aren't you also used to the yelling of senior brother, junior brother, and master?

Because Cheng Ye came this time to help Lao Xia come to pick up things from the jade shop in the provincial capital, so he didn't stay for dinner at night.Xu Ying told him, "Take good care of yourself, come here often during the holidays, you know?"

The two people outside the door nodded together.Especially the tall one, who wasn't shy at all, and even answered for Cheng Ye, "Don't worry, sister, we'll come back to see you later!"

Xu Ying smiled straight at Li Rui, and finally agreed, "Hey, I come here often to play."

The jade shop is now planned as a shopping street, and some roads are not smooth and are under construction.Li Rui walked around for a long time before driving in, waiting for Cheng Ye to come back with the jade materials, both of them missed their meal.

Li Rui was always polite at Xu Ying's place during the day, but he didn't have enough to eat, so he touched Cheng Ye's belly next to him, and he also gurgled!

"The neighborhood has changed, where should we go to eat?" Li Rui sighed looking at the shops outside, there was not even a noodle restaurant in this place. "The small restaurant is too conspicuous. As soon as we go and sit down, I guess Brother Long should send someone to invite us... Otherwise, we can still eat there."

Cheng Ye was also looking around, and soon saw a big beige eye-catching sign not far away, with a huge M logo on it.

"Brother Rui, why don't you eat McDonald's?" Cheng Ye was really hungry. He was in the same situation as Li Rui, and he was also a little nervous during the day and didn't eat enough.Now seeing that I don't like to eat fast food, my stomach is growling even more.

Li Rui has always spoiled him, but it was rare that Cheng Ye wanted something, so he immediately agreed, "Sure, we'll go there now."

There are mostly children and students in McDonald's, and children like to eat this sweet thing.Cheng Ye ordered two set meals, and Li Rui bit down half a hamburger in one bite, complaining while chewing, "Why is this food so unpalatable, whether it's sweet or not, only the meat in the middle is edible... "

Cheng Ye couldn't get enough of such a small amount of food, so he unpacked a bag of French fries for Li Rui to let him eat first, and said, "I'll go and see if there's anything else, brother Rui, wait for me."

Li Rui felt that the soft taste was also strange with the fries in his mouth. After eating one, he lost interest. He thought it was crunchy.After fiddling with the things on the plate twice, Li Rui was really not interested, so he simply leaned on the seat and looked around the store casually.

There was a wind chime installed at the door of the store, and it jingled as soon as the door was opened. There were no customers at this point. When the wind chime rang at the door, Li Rui took a look subconsciously.

The one who opened the door was a middle-aged woman with plain clothes and an old bag in her hand. Although it was neat and tidy, it could be seen at a glance that her life was relatively difficult.She was holding a little girl in her hand, about six or seven years old, pretty and cute, and she was clamoring for a Big Mac.

"...No, we agreed, we want a fish with wheat, have you forgotten?" The woman lowered her head to talk to the little girl, and Li Rui could see the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes from the side.

She is old, with wrinkles on her eyes and forehead, and she even wears plain clothes that she never looked at before.Without a perm, without fur, and without the exquisite makeup of the past, this person is almost completely different from the mother of memory.

The little girl was still acting like a baby, but soon gave in, "Okay."

Li Rui saw the woman start ordering, and there was only one ridiculous fish hamburger.She looked a little downcast, but her back was still straight.

Li Rui suddenly felt a tightness in his chest. He took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, but it couldn't be lit several times.The waiter came over politely and asked him not to smoke in public, as their store is a non-smoking area.

Li Rui slapped the lighter on the table, and the metal lighter immediately made a loud noise. Everyone in the shop was startled and looked this way.

The woman who just bought the McFish hamburger also raised her head and glanced this way. After just one glance, she opened her mouth in surprise and silently read two words.

Rarity.

Li Rui looked at her, with countless thoughts churning in his heart, like if this woman dared to come and call him the word, then he would look at her mockingly and say she was unworthy; If you tell a false lie about how you miss him and your father all these years, then you will sarcastically mock her... Unless you tell her that she is covered in bruises, the pain of so many years will be hard to express!

But when she really came over, Li Rui opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak a word for a long time.

She led the little girl over, sat opposite Li Rui, and greeted him, "Long time no see."

Yes, we haven't seen each other for many years, but now we meet, it seems like a stranger.Li Rui looked at her, and naturally also saw the little girl beside her, with a smile on his lips, he said, "Don't ask me how I've been doing these years? Oh, you probably forgot how many years you've been away, yes Right? It’s actually very simple, I’ll teach you, you just need to ask how old the little girl next to you is…”

The woman began to feel uneasy, her body trembled slightly, she looked at Li Rui pleadingly, opened her mouth but still didn't dare to pronounce her title, "...I, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for you all."

The little girl didn't know what happened yet, she obediently grabbed her McFish hamburger, took a small bite and ate it slowly, then went to see the two of them.

Li Rui watched her cry without makeup, took a deep breath to ease his mood, and asked the question he had dreamed of asking for years, "Why, didn't you come back to me?" When he asked, he didn't realize that the voice was Some trembling.

The woman is still apologizing, it seems that there are tears and apologies, she doesn't know how to say it. "I went back, but I didn't see you... I'm really sorry, I really didn't want to continue at that time... I'm sorry..."

Li Rui knew that the woman had come back to look for him, but she only came once, so there was nothing else to say.Li Rui thought this was so fucking ridiculous, he kept in touch with his uncle, how could she not find him? !Li Rui didn't want to get angry at her. After trying to calm down, he slowly opened his mouth, "Did you know that my dad left you some money? He always thought you would come back."

The woman was very nervous and waved her hands again and again, "I don't want money, I don't want..."

Li Rui's eyes turned red immediately, and he still couldn't help but growl: "It's not a question of whether you want it or not!" Not only his father, but he has always thought so too!Thought she would come back desperately, thought she would support this precarious home... They are a family, aren't they! !

Where was she when he and his father needed warmth the most?Heh, somewhere else, living a new life, meeting new so-called "good men", and even deciding to become a mother again... Li Rui looked at that little girl, and felt that this child was really dazzling, dazzling to the eye sockets It hurts, as if something is about to flow out.

Every time he thinks of this child, he always thinks of the darkest years.His home is the past abandoned by his mother; his father is the feeling denied by his mother; and he is also a failure that his mother discarded, right?Otherwise, why would she have chosen another beginning, another child whom she loved with all her heart?

The little girl was frightened by Li Rui. The hamburger in her hand fell to the ground, and she dared not pick it up with tears in her eyes.She grabbed her mother's sleeve and shrank behind her mother in fear.

This is what Cheng Ye saw when he came back with a tray full of things.Li Rui had obviously just lost his temper, and the bag of French fries in front of him was crushed. A mother and daughter were sitting opposite.The little girl's appearance was so familiar that it reminded Cheng Ye of an elder who had been kind to him in the past. Looking at Li Rui's attitude, Cheng Ye understood.

Cheng Ye sat down next to Li Rui. He saw a dropped hamburger under the little girl's feet, so he picked one for her from the food he brought, "Come on, eat this one."

The little girl looked at her mother, her mother was still tear-stained and speechless, she could only shake her head slightly.

"What? Are you looking down on me?" Li Rui took one himself, and smiled at the corner of his mouth, but the smile didn't reach his eyes at all. "Yes, you always think our money is dirty, money is dirty, and things are dirty, right?"

The woman's body was a little stiff, and after a while, she took the hamburger from Cheng Ye's hand and gave it to the little girl.She thanked Cheng Ye in a low voice, "Thank you."

"Auntie, you're welcome." Cheng Ye took another glass of milk and put it in front of the little girl, and said gently, "Drink carefully, it's a little hot."

The woman raised her head and took a look at Cheng Ye. She seemed to be trying to identify Cheng Ye, but the child who was dark and thin because of illness had changed a long time ago.

Li Rui stopped talking and ate the food he caught in big mouthfuls.

Cheng Ye was busy getting the juice

After inserting the straw, I pushed it to Li Rui, "Brother Rui, slow down..."

The woman seemed to remember, "Cheng...Ye?"

Cheng Ye nodded, his attitude was still gentle, but also with a trace of polite alienation.He respected her as the person who gave birth to Li Rui, but it was also because she was too important to Li Rui that Li Rui was carrying such a wound in his heart and refused to heal until now.

Li Rui pinched Cheng Ye's chin, and handed him the juice he had left, "I don't like this."

Cheng Ye glanced at him, hesitated a little, and drank the juice in one gulp in front of the woman.

Li Rui wiped the corner of Cheng Ye's mouth with his thumb, and licked the juice on his thumb into his mouth, "It's so sweet, it's so unpalatable."

As expected, the woman became embarrassed. She sat there looking at Li Rui and then at Cheng Ye. She wanted to say something but hesitated.She glanced at her son who was feeding Cheng Ye French fries, the light in her eyes dimmed again, and she didn't speak again.

The little girl sitting opposite looked from one to the other with dark eyes, carefully biting the straw and drinking milk slowly.She was still young, and she only remembered that she replaced her McFish hamburger with a rare Big Mac.

Li Rui ate until the mother and daughter left that night.As soon as they left, Li Rui rushed into the bathroom and vomited out the contents of his stomach with a wow.He felt that he had never been so sick before, not only his physical weakness, but also the chills all over his body.

Li Rui is sick.The doctor said that it was a mild cold and eating too greasy food, and the infusion was given in time. After a few days of rest, everything will be fine.But that night Li Rui had a fever, his body was hot lying on the hospital bed, his palms were always clenched into fists unconsciously, as if he was fighting something, even the infusion needles swelled several times, blood flowed from his hands, The face is even more swollen with a big bulge.

Cheng Ye stayed up all night, watching the nurse push out the medicine injected into Li Rui's muscles, and his heart ached.The nurse continued to inject needles, and saw that both hands were bruised and purple at the end. She had no choice but to inject blood into Li Rui's head.

Cheng Ye held Li Rui's hand on one side, carefully keeping him warm, and when it was almost dawn, he lay down on the edge of the bed and squinted for a while.

After all, Li Rui was still young, and he almost recovered after a night of sleep.He rubbed Cheng Ye's head, and when he woke up a little bit, he saw those eyes that would light up when he saw him.

"Brother Rui, are you awake? What else is wrong? I'll call a doctor for you, just wait..."

Li Rui held him back and refused to let him go. He leaned over and gently rubbed his lips, carefully sucked it in his mouth, and tasted the taste a little bit. "Cheng Ye, you won't leave me, will you?"

"En! You can't even drive away."

Li Rui pulled a smile from the corner of his mouth, with the paleness after recovery, and the weakness that is hard to see at ordinary times.He reached out and hugged Cheng Ye, as if hugging the only thing he had.