mr frank is faithful to love

(FR. Hilde Frank)

I haven't seen Zuo Lin for a long time. This time she appeared alone, wearing a light gray windbreaker, with a slightly protruding lower abdomen. Before I could ask anything, she said that she was not in good health recently. The medicine rests at home.

I asked, "Are you married?"

"No, I don't want to get married. Li Tao doesn't mind. His family does, but they have nothing to do with it. We have a good relationship and don't need to put on the shackles of marriage," Zuo Lin said wearing a mask and hat, speaking very fast Slow, like a patient, she said, "I will give birth to the child first, and then I will think about other things."

I think Zuo Lin has changed, she has become softer and more docile than before. She said that she drove here alone, without a driver.

I said, "Don't drive if you don't feel well, it's dangerous."

"I'm sure, it's fine."

We went to the reserved restaurant together and walked over from the entrance of the parking lot. When we arrived, Ms. Zuo was already waiting, but Ethan hadn’t arrived yet. Zuo Lin sat down, and the waiter specially served her a soup, and other dishes Haven't ordered yet, we're all waiting for Ethan.

After about 10 minutes, Ethan came in hastily, and handed the helmet to the waiter. He was panting while drinking water, and said, "He came by motorcycle."

"Is there no car for you to drive? It's so cold." Zuo Lin was about to become a mother, so her attitude towards everyone was full of concern. She reached out to touch the thickness of Ethan's clothes and frowned.

Ethan drank half a glass of water in one breath and said, "Cold? I can't stand the heat."

Zuo Lin stood up and offered a seat to Ethan, and said, "I'll sit with my aunt, you two can sit together."

"No, I can sit anywhere." Ethan refused softly, but Zuo Lin had already pulled his sleeves, so he stood up, his blood thicker than water. Still good.

Ethan held the cup in one hand and waited for the arrangement. When changing seats, he puffed out his cheeks and peeked at me. When he was discovered, he squinted his eyes and smiled falsely.

Then, Ethan sat next to me.

I stood up, took an unused teacup, and said to Ethan: "The water is too cold, let's drink some tea. My friend brought Jinjunmei from Fujian, which is suitable for drinking in autumn."

The tea was still piping hot, and I poured a cup for Ethan. He touched the cup, shrank his hand from the heat, and said, "I want to drink a can of iced Coke."

No one could stop him, and after a while, Coke was brought up, and the tea was still steaming.

Ms. Zuo wore a blue knitted dress today, which looked less serious and formal than usual. She said: "I told Frank in June that I wanted to have dinner together. I didn't expect it to be delayed until October, but it was very good. Yes, bring you all together."

Zuo Lin also smiled with her face on her face, and said, "Auntie hasn't eaten so quietly for a long time, right?"

"Indeed," Ms. Zuo continued to flip through the menu and said, "Look at it, I don't know what you want to eat, so I order it myself."

Later, Ms. Zuo suddenly touched Zuo Lin's hair and said, "Our Zuo Lin has really grown up now."

"Auntie, you're in your thirties." Zuo Lin said.

"I'm your elder. It's normal for you to grow up. You're just a child."

"I'm going to be a mother."

"Being a mother is also a child."

I flipped through the menu and listened to the conversation between Ms. Zuo and Zuo Lin, while Ethan kept digging holes in his own jeans under the table. He leaned over to look at the menu in front of me and whispered, "No Order this West Lake Vinegar Fish, it’s not good.”

"Have you been here?" I asked.

"No," Ethan replied solemnly, rolling his eyes secretly, not knowing what he was thinking, he said, "I read it on Dianping, and others said it."

"Really? Then don't order this." I said.

But Ms. Zuo said: "Frank, don't listen to him, he's talking nonsense, that fish is the signature dish of this restaurant, Zuo Boyao, if you don't eat it, don't affect others' eating."

Hearing Zuo Lin laugh out loud, and Ethan was making faces at his mother, after a while, he went outside to make a phone call, and came in within a few minutes.

I ate Hangzhou dishes and drank the tea I brought, but Ethan didn't take a few mouthfuls in total. After drinking a can of Coke, he played mobile games next to me, and Zuo Lin even stood up to pick up some food for him.

Zuo Lin patted Ethan's neck and said, "Eat, let's watch after eating."

"I'm not hungry."

"Don't worry about it, Zuo Lin, I'll eat when I'm hungry, it's not a kindergarten at any age."

Zuo Lin lowered her voice like coaxing a child, and gave Ethan a large piece of Dongpo meat, which was so big that she might not be able to finish it in four or five mouthfuls. She said, "You should eat more of this fat and thin meat, it's still growing. This dish is too thin to taste, but I haven’t been exercising recently, so I don’t dare to eat too much.”

Ethan finally put down his phone and ate the piece of meat in the bowl with a few mouthfuls of rice. "

Two hours later, when the meal was about to end, Ethan said: "I called Sister Sen and brought my car here. She will ride the motorcycle back later."

Ms. Zuo was puzzled and asked, "Can she ride?"

"Of course, don't look down on people." After Ethan finished speaking, he went out to hand Sister Sen the key, so there were three people left in the box.

Zuo Lin asked: "What happened to Zuo Boyao today?"

"He's working, ignore him." Ms. Zuo said while drinking tea.

"Auntie, is he acting like a baby?" Zuo Lin smiled meaningfully, and then her eyes fell on me.

Ms. Zuo said: "It's been like this since I was a child, and I can't change it. When the tree was a young sapling, the neck was crooked, and when it grows up, it will be even more crooked."

Then, she told Zuo Lin: "The child must be taught carefully in the future. I dare to say that after he goes out. Don't be like me. Be a mother like this. You see, Frank is a guest here, let others watch joke."

Although I smiled in denial on the surface, I said: "No, really not, how well educated you are, he is so versatile and has a cheerful personality."

Ms. Zuo's usual attitude towards Ethan is like this. I actually can't figure it out, so I feel a little worried. I think Ethan is really not that bad.

Gritting my teeth, I drank the last sip of tea. Zuo Lin wanted to go shopping with Ms. Zuo, but Ethan sent me a text message, saying: If you are not driving, take my car, I have something to tell you .

I replied to him: no.

The two of us got into the elevator to the parking lot one after the other. Ethan was wearing a mask and was playing with the rope on his clothes. It wasn't until we got into his car that he said, "It's not chatting, it's planning to have a good time." chat."

"Okay, let's talk." I fastened my seat belt and said.

"Actually, it's been so long, I don't need to bring up the old story again, it's quite hypocritical." Ethan took off the mask and took a few deep breaths. I turned to look at him and found that his eyes were red and the tip of his nose was also red.

I said, "It's okay, just tell me."