Window 2, Seventh Canteen

Another year draws to a close.

The house is filled with the smell of food, and the house is filled with the smell of firecrackers.

The Spring Festival seems to be the same every year. Visiting relatives, fighting wits with seven aunts and eight aunts, having reunion dinners, and gaining weight every holiday.

But for Jiang Wei and Han Zilu, this year's festival is somewhat different from previous years.

On Han Zilu's side, this is the first time in the past few years to have a New Year's Eve dinner at his biological father's house, while on Jiang Wei's side, it is the first time that he will not celebrate the New Year with his father.

The Spring Festival Gala is coming to an end, and the new year has officially begun.Amidst the deafening sound of firecrackers, Han Zilu was in a daze with a glass of white wine, while Jiang Wei and Zhao Siyuan drank a whole can of beer.

Drunk Han Tielin came over with a wine glass, didn't speak, touched the glass to Han Zilu's hand, raised his head and finished it, Han Zilu didn't speak, just drank in silence.

Jiang Wei ate the last piece of spiced beef, Zhao Siyuan unpacked a new pack of shredded squid, and the two reopened a can of beer, Zhao Siyuan said: "Jiang Wei, no matter what time it is in this life, you are my Zhao Siyuan Best buddy ever!"

Han Tielin put the empty glass on the table with a bang, looked at Han Zilu, and seemed to want to say something, Han Zilu filled his own glass with wine, turned around and toasted Han Tiesheng who was separated by two people, "Dad, I wish you good health .” After drinking, he put down his glass, got up and left the table.

Jiang Wei smoked a piece of shredded squid, "Isn't this nonsense, then of course you are a good buddy, why are you talking so hypocritically?"

Zhao Siyuan: "This is not hypocrisy. I will do what I say. This is loyalty. What about you, have you done what you promised me?"

"What did I promise?"

"You promised not to fall in love during college, can you do it?"

Jiang Wei: "..." It seems that this is not what I promised.

On the other side, Han Zilu took a cigarette and walked to the edge of the courtyard wall, avoiding the bustling family.

The big dog who looked after the nursing home yelled at him twice, and it seemed that he didn't come and go often, and he didn't get to know him well.

The eldest sister, Han Qi, stood still behind Han Zilu, and waited for him to finish smoking before saying, "Didn't you quit? Why are you smoking again?"

Han Zilu turned his head back, with an expression like a child who was caught stealing candy, "Sister, I have been addicted for many years, it's hard to quit."

"Don't hide it from me, watching you grow up, I still don't know how much you think, and so does Dad, knowing that you don't want to, but still insists on having the New Year's Eve dinner here, and I have to talk to him when I go back.

"Sister, don't, Dad is also kind, and I don't think it's too awkward."

"How dare you lie to your sister? If it weren't for the uncomfortable feeling, you wouldn't hide here to smoke. How many years have you quit?"

"Really, I didn't lie to you."

"That's because of something else. Come on, tell me, I didn't have a chance to have a good word with you when there was a commotion at the dinner table just now."

Han Zilu looked at Han Qi, hesitant to speak.

Han Qi tentatively asked: "What's the matter? Dad forced you to find a girlfriend? Just pretend you didn't hear about it. I have time to infiltrate him slowly. Don't compromise because of the pressure at home. This is a lifetime thing. You must live according to your own wishes. Let me tell you, Liu'er, if you marry other girls because of pressure, the older sister will be the first to look down on you."

Han Zilu: "Don't worry, I will never."

"Sister knows that you can't, but also knows that you are under a lot of pressure. Our family is not the same as other families. You are only a son. Besides, since Dad brought you over from uncle, I always feel that I have more responsibilities for you. How to put it this way, it's a good thing, at least he loves you, he really loves you, but there are also bad things, he always feels like a savior, who is responsible for everything about you, so he will inevitably worry too much. He knows, and he will definitely take the responsibility on himself, so... we have to take it slowly and infiltrate a little bit, but don't worry, sister will help you."

Han Zilu: "Sister, don't worry too much, maybe it's not that troublesome, maybe I will be single for the rest of my life, and I don't need to lie to Dad."

Han Qi: "What are you talking about?" She looked at Han Zilu and suddenly realized something, "Tell me the truth, do you have someone you like? You are an awkward child, the more good things happen to you, the more you will go." The disadvantages are elusive."

Han Zilu didn't speak.

Han Qi: "How old is that person?"

Han Zilu shook his head.

Han Qi: "Have a bad character and have a family?"

Han Zilu: "How is it possible?"

Han Qi: "Aren't you serious about acting?"

"No, not at all. He is younger than me, single, and a very serious boy, a little too serious."

Han Qi was startled, "Boy, are you underage? This is not allowed, it's against the law."

Han Zilu smiled, "Sister, don't guess, he is seven years younger than me, and he is pretty good, but he is not like me, he is straight."

"Is that so..."

Han Qi touched Han Zilu's head, "The twisted melon is not sweet, this one won't work, let's change it? My brother is so handsome, what kind of one can't I find?"

Han Zilu: "It's not shopping in a supermarket."

Han Qi took Han Zilu's arm, "Hey, Liu'er, do you want a yellow-haired one? I have a classmate who wants to develop in China and is also gay. May I introduce you?"

"Language barrier, don't bother."

"Why can't you understand? Your English is quite good."

Han Zilu shook his head: "Everyday is fine, but what I really want to say can't be clearly expressed even if I speak the same language, let alone a foreign country?"

"It's not as complicated as you said, talk about friends, let's have fun together, eat, drink, and have fun? There are many interesting things waiting to be done in life, this is to find a partner to do together Well."

Han Zilu shook his head.

"Then it's okay to be friends, right? I'll give you the contact information. He came to Beijing in the tenth day of junior high school. If he doesn't know the place well, why don't you act as a guest tour guide in the head office? Well, it's settled like that. It's about doing good deeds. "After she finished speaking, she took Han Zilu's mobile phone to call her classmate, left her contact information, and didn't say much else, just said that this was her brother, who was a chef in Beijing, and asked him to ask him any questions.

Han Zilu couldn't find anything wrong, and the two of them chatted for a while. At this moment, they suddenly heard a crash from the wine table, several plates fell, and Han Tielin fell to the ground.

Three or five people tried to pull him at the same time, but the drunk man was so strong that he couldn't pull him up smoothly after a while.

Sitting on the ground, Han Tielin suddenly laughed, "Oh my god, I fell to my death and no one came to help me. What's the use of having so many sons? They're worthless, one or two are worthless Liu’er, my family’s Liu’er is promising, working as a chef in a big hotel in Beijing, but he doesn’t recognize me, he doesn’t recognize his own father!”

Apart from Han Zilu, Han Tielin has five sons. Seeing his father making such a fuss, the eldest son rushed to help him, but was slapped away, "You, look at how promising you are, you are a grown-up and still eat at home! If I knew I would give you to your uncle, I would keep Liu'er, Liu'er is promising, but Liu doesn't recognize me!"

"Dad, stop making trouble, don't lose face." The third child also came to help.

Han Tielin was still lying on the ground, "Go away, you are also a worthless thing! Look at your ugly wife, I am ashamed to face people!" He yelled and looked around, "Liu'er, what's wrong with Xiao Liuer? Won't you come to help me? You even know how to help your own father! You are a heartless and unfilial son, you will have retribution sooner or later!"

At this moment, there was a "bang", Han Tiesheng slapped the table and stood up, pointing at Han Tielin's nose, "Zi Lu is my son, try calling him unfilial!"

"Your son! Did you give birth to him!"

Han Tie blushed in anger. Seeing that he was about to go up to everyone, a group of people gathered around to persuade them.

Drunk, snarky, persuasive and watching, all of a sudden became a mess, Han Zilu wanted to go, but Han Qi held him back, "The old man insists on staying for dinner, he deserves this kind of trouble, don't go, it's better to watch!" Don't look at it, so as not to feel uncomfortable."

Han Zilu shook his head, but still walked over.

It was also deep, and the sound of firecrackers gradually died down.

Jiang Wei lay in a daze on the bed, and Zhao Siyuan lay down next to him uninvited.

The two of them have been poor all night, and now they have nothing to say, but they can't sleep.

After a while, Zhao Siyuan turned over and looked at Jiang Wei, "Sleeping?"

Jiang Wei: "No."

"Don't avoid the topic, what I said earlier——"

"Just when you mentioned it, I just wanted to say, I remember, what I promised you is that if there is a girl you like, I will tell you not to hide it, right?"

Zhao Siyuan's expression changed, "Well, but..."

"It stands to reason that Han Zilu is not a girl, even if I don't tell you, it's not disloyal, right?"

"Hey, you can't take advantage of legal loopholes!"

"Fart law, that's fine, I didn't intend to exploit loopholes, let's assume you don't disagree."

"Don't assume, I didn't say that stupid thing, it was said by an alien, I have already deeply reflected on it."

"Well, let's trust you for the time being. Assuming you don't disagree, let's stick to what we said before. If I like Han Zilu, I'll be the first to tell you and then bring you to meet him. Is that okay?"

Zhao Siyuan faltered and hummed, and there was another silence between the two of them.

After a while, Zhao Siyuan said, "Weiwei, brother, to be fair, this is really fair, without prejudice. I think, you don't like that cook, you are soft-hearted, he confessed, you don't I was too embarrassed to refuse, so I have been entangled. In fact, there is nothing to entangle. First, you are not gay, and second, you don’t like cooks, so this matter is very simple. Just tell him straight. If you don’t want to, I will tell you also."

Jiang Wei rolled his eyes at him, "For your sister, this can also be done? And I don't understand it myself, why are you so sure."

"It's because I don't understand. Believe me, brother is also someone who has been there. If a man likes a woman, he must have known it early on. If he doesn't know and is not sure, then he doesn't like it."

"The problem is that Han Zilu is not a woman. The situation is different."

"but--"

"Okay, okay, don't let it go. It's useless to say so much. Anyway, I don't think about it for now. After returning to Beijing, I will go to him to confirm."

"You think..." Zhao Siyuan's expression turned ugly, "How do you confirm it?"

Jiang Wei smacked his lips with his arm on the pillow, "Actually, it's nothing, I just want to meet him, I think, if we meet again, we should be sure."

"It's useless for you to meet so many faces before, but it will be useful this time?"

"That's different, anyway, I think it's useful, so don't worry about it."

"Then you take me there?"

"impossible."

Zhao Siyuan wanted to say something more, but Jiang Wei turned over and covered the quilt, "I'm sleepy, go to sleep."