Attempted first love

Chapter 58 Full Load

"A friend is coming, is it the one you met at the station last time?"

Xia Yan picked up the glass with one hand, took a sip of soy milk, and looked at Lou Rui opposite from the rim of the glass. She was lowering her head to peel the eggs, as if she was just asking a question.

Sipping the froth off his lips, Xia Yan put down his cup and said yes, "He happened to be passing by when he was going to Dunhuang for a project. We'll go back to Haicheng together in a few days."

"That's it," Lou Rui nodded and took a bite of the egg white, "When you were young, you also liked to bring friends home to live with you. When you were five years old, you celebrated your birthday, and you invited more than a dozen children to eat cakes and watch cartoons. Playing like crazy until night, blocking the door to prevent people from going home, insisting on sleeping together."

She seemed to be lost in memory, and when she smiled, the fine lines at the corners of her eyes were squeezed out into deep, upward arcs, and she asked, "Do you still remember?"

"Remember," Xia Yan laughed after hearing it. That was the only birthday his parents attended since he could remember. "You gave me a pot of cactus."

"Later, your parents came to pick you up, and you cried all night." Lou Rui put the broken eggshells back together, picked up another egg and rolled it on the table, "How about an egg?"

"Mom," Xia Yan took it from her hand, "Go and read the newspaper, I will strip it myself."

Lou Rui had this morning's new newspaper in hand, but instead of taking it, she crossed her hands on the table and called out "baby" suddenly.

"Huh?" Xia Yan looked up at her.

"I've been wondering recently whether I shouldn't stay to teach anymore." When she wasn't smiling, the lines at the corners of her eyes were not so obvious, and the lines were thin, adding a bit of softness.

"mom."

"Otherwise let your father stay here by himself, and I will go back to Haicheng with you. After working for the country for so many years, it's time to cook for the children at home."

The word "with you" was said emphatically, as if she was convincing herself, she continued to imagine: "Didn't you always want to raise a dog, you will get it when you go back, and I will take it for a walk every morning and evening when you are busy with work. I can go to your exhibition - Mom doesn't seem to have seen it yet."

"It's not easy to see," Xia Yan said lightly, "There are the most exhibitions during the winter and summer vacations, so you come with Dad when you're on vacation."

Lou Rui still wanted to insist, "What kind of dog do you like, bigger?"

"Mom," Xia Yan called her, with a drawn out voice, acting like a baby, "I'm raising fish now, let me show you, it's very beautiful."

He found the video on his phone.

After a while, Lou Rui looked up from the phone, "Baby, have you been blaming me and your dad?" Her voice was a little tight, "We promised to go to your first exhibition."

After peeling off the egg shell, Xia Yan stretched his arms and put it on Lou Rui's plate, "Mom, eat another one."

The sun at eight o'clock was not hot enough, but it was rich in color, and a large piece of orange was spread on the table, and the back of Lou Rui's hand was also stained with a small piece of color. Xia Yan shook her hand that was warmed by the sun.

"If you want to say that, then I can't understand a single word of your and my dad's scientific research results." Xia Yan raised his eyes to meet her, and asked with a smile: "Are you blaming me?"

"How can we blame you?"

"Me too."

In these years, Xia Yan could not feel the guilt of Lou Rui and Xia Zhengyang towards him, mixed with the slightly unfamiliar care, which occasionally made him at a loss.

When I was young, I did complain about their absence, but this did not affect him growing up carefree, with a sound mind, understanding the helplessness of many adults, and knowing that being a parent also has choices in life.

"Mom, don't do it for me, but for yourself. If you like to do scientific research, then continue to do it." Xia Yan walked around the table and sat next to her, like a child snuggling on her mother's shoulder, "I support all your decisions."

Lou Rui lost her voice, put her hand on the back of Xia Yan's neck, and rubbed it again and again. When Xia Yan wanted to protest that she was rubbing a puppy, her shoulders began to shake faintly, and then a few drops of water hit Xia Yan's neck. On the back of the hand, there was a splash of water.

As the water stains expanded, Xia Yan realized that Lou Rui was crying.

"Mom." Xia Yan got up from her shoulders, before he could see the crying face clearly, Lou Rui wiped away the tears and sadness with the heel of his palm.

Only the eye circles were a little red, "Don't talk about this, Mom will think about it again." She said, "When will your friend arrive? I will cook a few more dishes."

"After nine o'clock, I'll pick him up." Xia Yan deliberately enliven the atmosphere, "Mom, it's better to do scientific research than to cook. Don't be busy, just wait for the food later."

"When did you learn to cook?" Lou Rui asked softly.

"I won't, Lu...my friend's surname is Lu, he will. Let's do it for you together."

"Okay," Lou Rui nodded, picked up the egg on the plate and bit his mouth, coughed twice, and his tone returned to calm, "I have such a good relationship with him."

Xia Yan lowered his eyes, "Yes."

"College classmate?"

"No." Xia Yan piled up the used tableware on the table and said in a jingling voice, "But we have known each other for many years."

"That's great." Lou Rui sighed again after eating the last bite of egg white, with her head hanging slightly, her tone seemed a bit subtle, but before Xia Yan had time to ask, she heard her inadvertently mentioning a colleague.

"Aunt Liang, remember, you met at the retirement meeting."

Xia Yan picked up the plate and walked to the kitchen, turned on the faucet, "I have a little impression." He didn't ask Lou Rui to help, and squeezed dish soap on the sponge cloth, "I'll do it, Mom."

"Aunt Liang has a daughter who is two years younger than you." Lou Rui leaned against the sink, "Aunt Liang saw you that day and kept asking for my contact information. I have to ask for your opinion. You young people don't like this .”

Lou Rui took the plate Xia Yan had washed in his hand, and wiped the water with a cloth, "Give it to her?" She asked.

"Mom," with the sound of water splashing, Xia Yan washed off the foam from his hands. The hem of the sweater was stained with water, and a small piece was wet. He twisted it casually, and said simply: "I have someone I like, you and Liang Auntie, please say sorry."

"Really?" Lou Rui didn't look very surprised, but he still froze for a moment, pulled out a piece of kitchen paper, and wiped away the water stains on Xia Yan's clothes, "That's good, I just don't trust you alone .”

She still has short hair at the ear level, only reaching Xia Yan's chest height, her shoulders are thin but always upright, never stooped.Xia Yan put her shoulders on her shoulders, pushed her forward, picked up the morning newspaper when passing by the dining table, and placed Lou Rui on the hanging chair in the yard.

"I'll pick you up, so I won't waste your study time."

After taking two steps, Xia Yan turned around again, and the spots of light sifted by the grape leaves fell on him, his whole body was glowing, radiant, like a child who got a [-]-point test paper and couldn't wait to go home to share with his mother.

"Mom, can I bring him to see you in the future?" The child couldn't hide the smugness in his eyes, "He is very nice, you must like it too."

Lou Rui also smiled, shook the hanging chair lightly, and said, "Okay, go quickly, don't keep your friends waiting."

Xia Yan checked that from Dunhuang, the train will take nearly five hours, and he couldn't buy any sleeper tickets.Lu Zhouyu said that it should be true that he couldn't wait. Regardless of persuasion, he took the earliest flight and arrived at the station at 09:30.

Xia Yan was still waiting by the pillar.

Probably because it was still early, there were not many people at the exit this time, and the one he was waiting for was among the first wave of people.

Lu Zhouyu changed into a short denim jacket, and the cuffs of the overalls were tucked into sand-colored Martin boots, as if he had traveled a long distance in the desert, and it was hard to hide the travel and dust all over his body through the flow of people.

With one hand resting on the trolley of the suitcase, the other hand was lifted up and waved towards Xia Yan, the newspaper in his hand followed.He walked straight up, and the sound of the wheels rubbing against the floor seemed to be heard, and the noise in the hall was squeezed away.

The two met face to face, Xia Yan said: "I told you that this train is too early, and you have dark circles under your eyes."

"Slept in the car for a while." Lu Zhouyu folded the newspaper in his hand, pressed it on the pull rod, put one free hand on Xia Yan's shoulder, and walked out, "Go to the hotel to sleep at night."

"Have you booked a hotel yet?"

"Not yet," Lu Zhouyu said, "I don't know which one is closer to you."

"..." He seemed to speak a lot more straightforwardly recently, Xia Yan paused, "Then let's see."

After leaving the hall, the square was still lively. Xia Yan took Lu Zhouyu to pick up the electric car, handed a coin to the man watching the car, and put Lu Zhouyu's suitcase on the pedal.

"Get in the car," he turned and patted the back seat, "I'll take you for a stroll."

The electric car can carry two adult men. The seat is not short, but it is inevitable that the bodies will stick together when sitting on it. The two people do not move when they get on the car.

When passing by a bell tower, Xia Yan was afraid that Lu Zhouyu would not be able to hear his introduction clearly, so he turned his head back slightly, saying that this building has a history of more than 800 years, before he finished speaking, Lu Zhouyu pressed the back of his head and turned his head back .

"Take a good look at the road." He said, his voice was not heavy, as if he said it close to his ear.

They were so close that it was impossible to measure the distance accurately.Lu Zhouyu put both hands on her lap at first, but when she turned a corner, her right hand rested on Xia Yan's waist like a habit, and she never put it down.His breath brushed against the back of Xia Yan's neck, and it was a little itchy.

There were not many cars on the road, and when approaching a steep downhill road, Xia Yan asked loudly against the wind, "Do you want to fly?"

Lu Zhouyu leaned close to his ear and said something, couldn't hear clearly, but it didn't need to be heard clearly, Xia Yan turned the handlebar to the end, the electric car suddenly leaned over and rushed down, the inertia made the two of them stick close together.

It is the feeling of flying, the whole body is light and fluttering, like catkins, can float to the branches you like at will, stop and rest when you are tired, and quietly form a cloud, waiting for the next gust of wind to take it wherever you want.

Halfway through the walk, Lu Zhouyu wrapped his hands around Xia Yan's waist, and his two hearts overlapped to resonate. I don't know if he drank too much wind, but Xia Yan actually felt a lack of oxygen, forcing him to land.

Brake slowly, sink slowly, and step on the ground.

"Don't stay in a hotel, go to my house!" Driving through the downhill road, Xia Yan increased the volume, lest the sound would not reach behind him, his chest was shaking, "I'll take you to meet my mother."

There was no movement for a long time, Xia Yan was not sure whether Lu Zhouyu was resisting, thought for a while, and parked the car on the side of the road.

Lu Zhouyu's hands around his waist tightened, and then she buried her head in the hollow of his neck. To be precise, it was more like falling down.

"It's okay!" Xia Yan turned his head and said in surprise.

He shook his head without explaining.There was a lock of hair on the back of his head that was sticking up. He probably slept on the back of the chair on the train. Xia Yan stretched out his hand to smooth it, and smelled the fresh scent of shampoo.

"Are you too tired?"

After a while, Lu Zhouyu raised his head.The back seat was higher than the front seat, and now it turned into looking down. He looked straight at Xia Yan, with no expression on his face, and his tone was flat, but he said, "I'm not tired, but I'm a little nervous."

This answer was beyond expectations, it turned out that he was not always able to handle things with ease, Xia Yan found it interesting, and his heart was also filled with emotion, extremely sore.

"But I told my mother that it was a friend." He twisted the handlebar and started off slowly, thinking about his words: "I'm sorry, I can't tell her yet."

"I can't tell you anything," Lu Zhouyu never let go of his hand, pinched his side waist lightly, and asked, "Aren't you a friend? What is that?"

So naive, I know I still have to ask.Xia Yan thought, and responded to him with his mouth, "It's nothing."

"Then why say sorry?"

"No reason, friend."

"I'm not going to be your friend."

"That's good, break up."

"childish."

"Who is childish?"

"you."

Like relieving tension, or simply bickering, the two chat back and forth.Xia Yan kept laughing, the handlebars of the electric handlebars wobbled, and there was no one on the road, so he simply shouted, "You're just childish!"

Without looking back, I knew that Lu Zhouyu was also laughing, low and cheerful, and his chest was shaking.The stone in their hearts fell, sank into the sand, and was left behind.

As he got closer to home, he could already see a group of low gray buildings not far away.

The blue sky unfolds like a piece of cloth without a single wrinkle.

A little further away, there are golden sand dunes uprooted on the horizon, with sharp tops, as if time has poured and piled up through the fingers.

With the rustling of the wind, Xia Yan suddenly had the illusion that he was returning home with a full load. He was carrying his favorite person to meet the most important person.

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