in the river island

When the alarm clock rang, Yu Zhou felt his consciousness come back and woke up instantly. He opened his eyes suddenly, stretched out his hand to turn off the alarm clock, and the harsh movement disappeared. Yu Zhou let out a sigh of relief, and looked sideways at Lu Zaihe. Sleeping with eyes closed.

Last night's indulgence produced a delayed reaction, and Yu Zhou didn't dare to move for fear of waking Lu Zaihe.

When he fell asleep on the sofa for the first time, Yu Zhou completely forgot about Lu Zaihe's difficulty in falling asleep, and Lu Zaihe didn't expose it, so that it was only last night that Yu Zhou clearly realized how serious Lu Zaihe's difficulty in falling asleep was.

Before going to bed, Lu Zaihe took a sleeping pill and lay down with Yu Zhou. Yu Zhou thought that when he fell asleep, Lu Zaihe fell asleep too, which meant that when Zhou woke up in the middle of a sleep, he found that Lu Zaihe hadn't slept at all.

After counting how many hours the other party hadn't slept at all, Yu Zhou got out of bed lightly.

After washing up, he opened the refrigerator, and the refrigerator was almost empty. It’s hard for a smart woman to cook without rice. Yu Zhou wanted to make breakfast, but he couldn’t come up with a trick. Remembering that Lu Zaihe said that there is a place selling breakfast downstairs, Yu Zhou decided to go downstairs and buy it. , eating ready-made, he took the key that Lu Zaihe left at the door and went out.

The alarm clock turned on the phone automatically, and Ye Min's ticket arrived at noon, and it was not there yet, so she didn't send another message.

Not sure what Lu Zaihe likes to eat, Yu Zhou estimated the amount of food for the two of them, and bought more varieties, six buns and six fillings, but they were all mixed together, and it was hard to tell which was which, Yu Zhou Only red bean paste and fresh meat stuffing can be recognized, because the red bean paste is marked on the outside of the bun, and fresh meat stuffing is because the oil soaked the outer skin of the bun.

When he returned to Lu Zaihe's house, Lu Zaihe hadn't woken up yet. Yu Zhou remembered that Lu Zaihe had warmed milk last time, so he also warmed two cups to keep warm, and then sat by the window with his legs crossed to watch the scenery outside.

The floor of Lu Zaihe's house is high, and he can see a public swimming pool and low buildings in the distance.

A rose planted by the window was about to bloom, with buds in it. Yu Zhou poked it with his fingertips, trying to water it, but he gave up because he didn’t know how often Lu Zaihe watered it. The sun was hanging higher and higher, Sunlight climbed onto Yu Zhou's body, and it was so comfortable that he wanted to go back to sleep again.

There was a slight noise, the sound of slippers stepping on the ground, Yu Zhou turned around and saw Lu Zaihe not far behind him.

Yu Zhou's eyes lit up, and he looked at him with a smile.

Lu Zaihe looked at the prepared breakfast on the table, pressed his temple, "Why didn't you call me?"

Yu Zhou clasped his hands together and leaned against his face, making a sleeping motion.

Lu Zaihe approached and basked in the sun with him for a while, then grabbed Yu Zhou's hand and pulled him up.

After breakfast, Yu Zhou must start to deal with the unavoidable things, he asked Lu Zaihe.

——Can the funeral home transport the body back to the hometown?

"It is possible, but if the journey is too far, the price will be high."

When the price was mentioned, Yu Zhou fell silent.

But falling leaves return to their roots, and the tradition in his hometown is also burial, so Yu Zhou couldn't make up his mind, thinking about the money left in his bank card, he decided to wait until Ye Min arrived to discuss it.

"Now that the temperature is high, the cost of transporting the remains will also increase." Lu Zaihe said: "If you choose to be cremated on the spot and then brought back to your hometown for burial, the cost is very low."

Yu Zhou nodded.

Lu Zaihe thought for a while and asked, "Who was the person who called you last night?"

- my stepmother

Lu Zaihe didn't mean to question Yu Zhou's family composition, but just asked: "When will she arrive at the station?"

--noon

"Are you going to pick her up?"

Yu Zhou pursed his lips, hesitating a little.Although he sent the address of the hospital to his stepmother, but the stepmother has never been to a big city, and many places may not be clear.

"You can send a message to ask when the time comes. If you want to pick it up, I will drive you there."

Yu Zhou struggled for a while, but finally followed Lu Zaihe's suggestion, he stretched out his thumb and bent it twice.

Lu Zaihe still remembered what Yu Zhou taught yesterday, and he responded with a smile: "You're welcome."

Yu Zhou sent Ye Min a message to inquire, and received a reply from Ye Min not long after. Ye Min said that she needed to pick up the phone, because she had a bad sense of direction and was afraid of getting lost.

After estimating the approximate time, Lu Zaihe and the two went ahead and waited at the train station for about half an hour, when Ye Min's train arrived.

Lu Zaihe stayed in the car, and Yu Zhou got off to pick up someone at the door. He hadn't seen Ye Min for a long time, and Yu Zhou tried to pick out the exact image of Ye Min from the depths of his memory.

Since his mother left, Yu Guowen didn't care much about him, let alone a stepmother. Yu Zhou left home very early in such an environment, and he didn't have a deep impression of his stepmother. The last time we met was last year's Chinese New Year. Yu Zhou Bringing the New Year's gift home, the New Year's period is the time when poker friends get together, Yu Guowen doesn't spend much time at home, and his stepmother is only there on the first day when he comes home. Later, maybe because he didn't want to celebrate the New Year with Yu Zhou alone, he went directly to the house. left her natal family.

You remember that Ye Min still had short hair last year, but this year his hair should be longer. Yu Zhou forgot to ask Ye Min what color clothes he was wearing. It was really not easy to find someone in a crowded train station.

Yu Zhou looked at where he was, and decided to let Ye Min come to find him. There was a huge rose-red billboard behind him, which was very conspicuous. It was right at the exit. Yu Zhou sent Ye Min a text message, asking her to follow the exit. Look for the billboard at the station entrance.

Not knowing if his stepmother saw the text message, Yu Zhou tried to make a phone call, but the ringtone rang nearby. Yu Zhou followed the ringtone and saw a plump body.

Ye Min was wearing a gray dress, her hair was tied up, a little messy, and there was a red mark from sleeping on her face. She only brought a small backpack.

To Yu Zhou's surprise, Ye Min gained a lot of weight. The last time he saw her, she was still very thin, but Yu Zhou soon noticed that something was wrong. He found that Ye Min's belly was protruding outwards, especially when viewed from the side. , not like simple fat, more like... a pregnant belly.

For a moment, Yu Zhou didn't know how to describe his mood.

He had mixed feelings in his heart and his face was tense.

No one had ever mentioned a word to him about his stepmother's pregnancy.

Yu Guowen didn't even try his best to raise Da Zhou, let alone have another child.

Yu Zhou couldn't figure it out, how could Yu Guowen have the energy and energy, and where did he get the money to raise this child.

Yu Zhou seemed to be choked by the throat, and suddenly he couldn't breathe. He didn't want to speculate on the two of them with the most malicious thoughts, but he still couldn't help thinking, did they really feel that it was unnecessary to tell them about this matter, or did they want to When the child is born, everything is a foregone conclusion and cannot be undone.

For this child, did they make a plan.

Have they ever thought about where the cost of child support comes from...

Yu Zhou's whole body felt chilly, he couldn't help shaking, and looked at Ye Min blankly.

Finding that Yu Zhou had been staring at his protruding abdomen, Ye Min raised his hand to touch it unnaturally, then gave him an annoyed look, and said, "You kid! I told you I want to buy train tickets!"

Ye Min still clung to this matter.

Yu Zhou turned his back and walked forward, Ye Min called him, but he didn't turn his head, Ye Min could only stride to keep up.

Turning around and walking through the aisle, he walked to the parking lot, and noticed that Yu Zhou had opened the door of a small car, Ye Min's eyes lit up.

She opened the back door and didn't go in. Instead, she poked her head halfway in, saw the person sitting inside, and asked, "Xiaozhou, is this your friend?"

Naturally, it was impossible for Yu Zhou to respond, at this moment Lu Zaihe turned his face and said politely. "Well, hello, auntie, I'm his friend."

"Oh, friends are good friends. I didn't expect Xiaozhou to meet such amazing friends." Ye Min got into the car, touched the seat cushion and interior, and took off the backpack and put it beside him.

Lu Zaihe just smiled and didn't answer. He turned the key and turned his head to look at Yu Zhou. After Yu Zhou got in the car, he didn't make any unnecessary movements, but it always made Lu Zaihe feel that something happened. Yu Zhou seemed in a bad mood good.

In front of Ye Min, he couldn't ask anything, so Lu Zaihe could only drive the two of them to the hospital first.

There was a distance from the station to the hospital. Ye Min took out a bottle of drinking water from his backpack and drank it in small sips. From the rearview mirror, Lu Zaihe could see Ye Min's movements. She opened the window and kept looking out, not paying attention to the front row. .

While waiting for the traffic lights, Lu Zaihe took out a toffee from the armrest box, tapped Yu Zhou's arm, and handed the candy to him.

The fingers of the two were secretly intertwined and separated, and Yu Zhou held Tang, as if he had drawn strength from the short-lived warmth.

So much so that when Lu Zaihe withdrew his hand, Yu Zhou was reluctant to let go, and caught up with him to hold his hand tightly.

They did not let go until the green light came on. Yu Zhou took the candy into his mouth, bit off the toffee, and felt the sweetness spreading in his mouth.