Mindful

Liang Cheng made an appointment with Liang Xiaoan to meet on Saturday, as well as Duan Sicun.

The night before when she came back from get off work to announce the news, the elders of the family were sweeping the yard, causing He Jie to accidentally knock over an empty flower pot.

Liang Cheng was still in the mood to joke, and said: "Mom, it shouldn't be."

"That's right." Qiao Wenyuan patted He Jie's shoulder, "Liang Cheng has a plan in his heart, so don't be nervous."

He Jie wasn't nervous about herself, she warned, "I'm fine, you can do whatever you want, anyway, don't let yourself be wronged."

Liang Cheng went back to the bedroom to change clothes, Qiao Yuanlin sat cross-legged on the couch at the end of the bed and waited for an unknown how long, and immediately said: "What time will I go with you tomorrow."

"No need." Liang Cheng was gentle but firm, "I'll go alone."

When it came to privacy, Qiao Yuanlin couldn't force it, so he gave in: "Call me if you have anything to do."

Liang Cheng agreed, and the mobile phone received a reply text message from the restaurant.He didn't want to go to the hotel to meet Liang Xiaoan, nor was he willing to go to Duan Sicun's place, so he made an appointment at Seafood Club.

In the evening of the next day, the agreed time was seven o'clock, Liang Cheng deliberately postponed his departure for half an hour.

He guessed that Duan Sicun and Liang Xiaoan would arrive early. After 30 years of absence, the two will inevitably have emotional fluctuations. He is not interested in watching and let them meet first to buffer.

At the peak of the evening, there is an endless stream of customers coming in and out of Seafood.Liang Cheng didn't come over for a while, and as soon as he walked into the lobby holding a safe knot, he ran into the big boss and called out "Sister Yu".

Ying Xiaoyu said happily, "Where should I sit, or should I look for Xiaoqiong?"

"No." Liang Cheng said generously, "I have an appointment and booked a private room."

"Success." Waiting for Liang Cheng to walk in, Ying Xiaoyu told the front desk, "Tell the fourth brother Liang Cheng to entertain friends, and let him pick out some good goods."

The box was at the end of the corridor, Liang Cheng paused outside the door, and took a deep breath before pushing it away.

There are a few vases on the table, a long-haired carpet, and everything is invisible under the bright yellow light, including two faces with mixed expressions.Duan Sicun and Liang Xiaoan were separated by a few chairs, their astonishment had calmed down, they looked at each other speechlessly, and stood up together at this moment.

Liang Cheng swept past them calmly, and sat down on the other side of the round table, whispering and laughing outside the box, it was so quiet that one could hear the beating of a heart.

He poured half a cup of tea, took a sip, and asked Liang Xiaoan straight to the point: "Since you asked Yuan Lin, you want to find me?" Then he glanced at Duan Sicun, "You found the department before, that's why you meant it."

Liang Xiaoan looked at him calmly, he was in a hurry at the hotel that day, and now he wanted to see through the hairs of his hair.Duan Sicun was not too reserved, he couldn't believe that Liang Cheng would take the initiative to invite him, and he even expected to see Liang Xiaoan again in the future.

"Liang, Cheng." Liang Xiaoan paused every word, "Your name is really Liang Cheng."

Liang Cheng said: "If my mother and I changed our surname to He, you probably wouldn't know who I am today."

Liang Xiaoan thought of He Jie and asked, "Doctor He adopted you?"

He Jie had already confessed to Liang Cheng that when he was abandoned in the hospital, Liang Xiaoan disappeared completely.She had seen similar cases more than once in the hospital. Young girls walked the wrong way, and there was a high probability that they would not look back, so she never mentioned about Liang Xiaoan.

"Yeah, I won't become an orphan." Liang Chengdao, "She will always remember you."

Liang Xiaoan pondered, "Doctor He is a good man."

Liang Cheng said: "So you did go the wrong way back then?"

Without waiting for the other party's reaction, he almost tortured him: "After losing me, has everything returned to normal?"

Liang Xiaoan's pupils shrank, unable to argue with the facts, he held up his teacup to hide his red and white complexion.Duan Sicun, who was silent for a while, raised his head and said, "It's my fault."

When Duan Sicun was about to come to power, he stayed on to teach after completing his Ph.D. He was the youngest and most popular teacher in the college.Liang Xiaoan is only 19 years old, a third year student, and is the daughter of Professor Liang of the college.

Liang Xiaoan is talented but ignorant of world affairs. He doesn't have many friends in school, and Duan Sicun doesn't like to socialize. They first met in the laboratory.

The two became acquainted, probably because Liang Xiaoan did not regard Duan Sicun as an authoritative teacher, and it was difficult for Duan Sicun to treat this arrogant and outstanding girl as an ordinary student.

Before he realized it, Duan Sicun's admiration for Liang Xiaoan turned into admiration. Liang Xiaoan had someone in school that he wanted to see every day.

They became confidants, communicated with each other, had entangled and ambiguous pasts, and eventually surpassed the teacher-student relationship uncontrollably.

Liang Xiaoan has always been selfish and doesn't care about mundane things.But Duan Sicun is different. While he is sweet and happy, he is firmly pressed down by the guilt of violating professional ethics.

He couldn't face other people openly, and this feeling supported the guilt and anxiety that increased day by day.Feelings finally lost to reason, and he unilaterally decided to break up.

Liang Xiaoan's smooth sailing life was hit hard for the first time. Due to her personality, she would never try to keep a man, nor did she show any reluctance.

Then one day, she found out that she was pregnant.She secretly concealed it, and the parents found out that the month was already old.

Liang Xiaoan has been placed with too many expectations since she was a child, and no one or anything can hinder her future.Professor Liang accepted an olive branch from an American university and gave her a leave of absence from school. After the child was born, the family left Pinghai and went to the United States.

Two years later, Duan Sicun was married and had a family. He received a belated notice from Liang Xiaoan, or revenge, telling him that he had a son.

With the only information available, Duan Sicun found Liang Cheng, but he only dared to think about it from afar. When Liang Cheng read junior high school, he went to teach in No. [-] Middle School.The wife didn't understand very much, and she had conflicts with him ever since.

Duan Sicun came into contact with Liang Cheng and learned about Liang Cheng's life, but he didn't have the courage to recognize and save him.

Only then did he realize that it was the same when he broke up with Liang Xiaoan, what he succumbed to was not morality, it was simply his cowardice.

After listening, the tea was already cold, and the light yellow tea soup fell into the bottom of his eyes, Liang Cheng put the lid on, and there was a bang.

Outside the box, Ying Xiaoyu walked around and ran into the fourth child at the corner of the corridor.

"Hey, boss." The fourth child asked directly, "Where is Liang Cheng?"

Ying Xiaoyu said, "What do you want?"

"He didn't call me last trip, let me say hello." The fourth child was dissatisfied, "By the way, I asked him what he ordered. I didn't see the menu. What should I choose for him?"

Ying Xiaoyu felt that it was unusual, and said, "I want a pot of tea, it seems that I'm talking about something, let's leave it alone."

The fourth child said "Oh", turned around and went to relax in the leisure area of ​​the central hall, chatting with the manager in charge of the box on the first floor while swiping WeChat.

After a while, Ying Xiaoqiong came over with the cold wind. She was busy at the food stall, and she was racing all the way, and she almost vomited on the steering wheel when she turned off the engine.

After finding the fourth child, he asked, "What do you mean something happened to Liang Cheng?"

The fourth child said: "For short, it means that Liang Cheng came out to talk about things."

Ying Xiaoqiong: "Are you the number one idiot in the Caribbean?"

The fourth child hurriedly said: "I don't order food and don't ask the waiter to go in to refill the hot water. I'm in the box with a man and a woman. I'm in my [-]s or [-]s."

"His parents?" Ying Xiaoqiong thought it was Qiao Wenyuan and He Jie, and cheered up, "I'll go see what his stepfather is like."

The fourth child passed over Ying Xiaoqiong's shoulder and rolled his eyes: "Look at that first."

Ying Xiaoqiong turned around, and Zheng Yandong walked in with his coat open, looking around the lobby to see if there were any vacancies.He went up to meet him and said, "Zheng Yuzuo, you have come here eight times this month."

"I don't have any debts, and I'm still a member." Zheng Yandong bit an unlit cigarette, "Why, are you annoying?"

Ying Xiaoqiong said: "You are a forensic doctor who comes all day, people think there is a murder case in our restaurant."

Zheng Yandong suggested: "Then I hide away and eat in your office?"

Ying Xiaoqiong didn't talk to him, she was worried for a moment: "Liang Cheng is here too."

The glass turntable on the round table reflected light, and Liang Cheng let go of the halo, disappearing in seconds, and "I'm sorry" one after another woke him up.

Duan Sicun, like a repentant believer, pressed his injured leg with one hand and pressed the creases of his trousers.Liang Xiaoan was much calmer, but his eyes wandered, and he apologized repeatedly in his mouth.

Liang Cheng said weakly: "Is this an admission of mistake?"

The two fell silent, Liang Cheng asked again: "How much do you think an apology means to me?"

Liang Xiaoan said: "I'm going back to China this time just to find you."

"Why are you looking for me?" Liang Cheng looked at her, "It's been 30 years, you realized your ideal career, remember the child you threw away as a stumbling block?"

Liang Xiaoan avoided his sight: "I haven't forgotten."

"Then you have a really good memory." Liang Cheng sneered, "Now that you have found me, what's the next step? See how I live, rich or poor, educated or illiterate? Let's see if I can match you As a biologist, do I need a mother?"

Liang Xiaoan blushed slightly, and said, "I imagined your life, I'm very glad—"

"You're so lucky." Liang Cheng leaned back in his chair solemnly, but his words were rough, "I'm glad I didn't enter the orphanage, finished my studies, and now I'm living a glamorous life? You really have a big heart."

Duan Sicun couldn't bear to listen: "Liang Cheng..."

"Why don't you tell me, don't you know it well?" Liang Cheng stared at Liang Xiaoan, "Have you ever imagined that I was beaten to the point of being covered in blood, I killed someone, and I was imprisoned, but there are still ants? A nest, I didn’t even know where to live.”

Liang Xiaoan shuddered, she had never seen such a person in her life, subconsciously denied: "No... no."

Liang Cheng stared at her: "But what I said is true."

Liang Xiaoan abandoned him, riding the long wind all the way to the present, and found him again, but he didn't know that he came step by step on the cliff.

Duan Sicun took off his glasses, two lines of muddy tears slid down his cheekbones, Liang Xiaoan couldn't believe this reaction, she covered her violently heaving chest: "...I am willing to make it up to you."

Liang Cheng expected it: "Will you give me financial compensation, or help in my career?"

"As long as you bring it up."

"I don't want to, and I don't care." Liang Cheng raised his chin at Duan Sicun contemptuously, "Why don't you learn from him and help the child to relieve the guilt, which is considered a good deed."

Duan Sicun was pierced through, covered his face and bowed his waist, completely lacking the confidence to ask for forgiveness.

Liang Xiaoan stood up, walked around the table and walked to Liang Cheng's chair. She reached out to touch Liang Cheng, but she turned her head away before getting close to Liang Cheng.

"Liang Cheng." She called.

Liang Cheng raised his eyes: "This name is the only thing you gave me."

Liang Xiaoan curled up his arms and took half a step back.

And Liang Cheng has already pinpointed the reason precisely, and said: "I will bear the responsibility, the mistakes and consequences you made, as well as the unknown fate, will be borne by me."

Liang Xiaoan leaned on the back of the chair, finally gritted his teeth and cried, now everything is his turn.

Liang Cheng got up, the dust settled and said: "Let's stop here, I have nothing to do with you."

Liang Xiaoan grabbed his sleeve and cried, "I am your mother, give me a chance, tell me... what should I do?"

Duan Sicun also said: "Liang Cheng, let me make up for you."

Liang Cheng withdrew his hand: "Okay, then I'll tell you."

He lifted the lid of the teacup, turned up the volume and said, "To me, my biological parents are like tea foam at the bottom of the cup. I feel upset when I look at it, and I spit it in my mouth after drinking it. The only way is to pour it out and evaporate it to be quiet!"

After speaking, he grabbed the peace knot and left.

Duan Sicun collapsed on the table, Liang Xiaoan took two steps and fell to the ground, she impractically tried to persuade her to stay: "Liang Cheng, you... your grandma came back with me, she wants to see you."

"Which kind of grandma?" Liang Cheng finally said, "Did you cook eggs or boil glutinous rice balls for me?"

Opening the door and stepping out of the private room, leaving all the longing, curiosity and resentment behind, Liang Chengru left the table to take a breather like an ordinary diner, but his knuckles turned white with his fists hanging down.

Turning around the corner, Ying Xiaoyu stood there and asked softly, "Are you leaving?"

Liang Cheng said "Hmm".

Ying Xiaoyu's eyes were sharp when dealing with people, she didn't inquire about anything, she just said: "Miss Chashui invites you, come back another day for a good meal."

Liang Cheng walked out, and when he reached the central hall he must pass, the fourth brother appeared dangling with his hips crossed, "Hi."

"Hi what hi."

"It's nothing, just have fun." The fourth child touched the material of his coat, "Let's go now, slow down on the road."

Liang Cheng walked through the lobby, Ying Xiaoqiong and Zheng Yandong interrupted their conversation at the bar and looked over at him.Slowly loosening his fist, he stopped and said, "I'm fine."

"Who said you have something to do." Ying Xiaoqiong avoided the corners of Liang Cheng's red eyes, and took out a packaged takeaway, "Why don't you order food, are you screwing up our Seafood Club?"

Liang Cheng accepted: "Thank you."

Zheng Yandong said: "Thank you, this member paid the bill."

Liang Cheng walked out of the gate of Seafood Exchange, the cold wind was blowing in his face, the night was dark, under the dim street lights, Qiao Yuanlin stood there quietly.

He completely let go of his fist, and walked over to get a hug with one hand.

"When did you come?"

"track."

"Hey, go back to the old business." Liang Cheng let go of his hand, and a smile appeared on his tense face, "Are you afraid I will be angry?"

Qiao Yuanlin was wrapped around two scarves, took off one and put it on the back of Liang Cheng's neck, and replied: "I think you will need me, I hope I'm not pretentious."

Yu Wen was warm enough, Liang Cheng wrapped Qiao Yuanlin's frozen hand, pecked it, and said, "Let's go home."

A few acquaintances who were watching the excitement were crowded at the door, and I don't know which one blew a whistle.

Liang Cheng didn't look sideways: "Don't bother with them, the more you talk to them, the more energetic you will be."

Qiao Yuanlin couldn't bear it, and turned his head, not only as a response, but also as if saying goodbye to Liang Cheng's past, and shouted——

"Goodbye, I took him away!"