half blind

"Two cups of milk tea."

"Okay, wait a minute." The clerk responded while busy, "Today is the store celebration, and the second cup of all drinks is half price. You can sit over there for a while."

"Okay, thank you."

The gentle and polite voice made the clerk raise his head, and immediately called out in surprise, "Are you Zhang Qing?"

Zhang Qing smiled, put his index finger to his lips, and hissed at her.The little girl's face was flushed immediately by this action, and her whole body was stiff, "Ma, I'll do it right away!"

Zhang Qing walked out of the store carrying two cups of milk tea, and handed Zhou Nanchen's cup to him, "Here."

"You're flirting with another girl." Zhou Nanchen took it over.

"No way." Zhang Qing looked innocent, "Whoever told me that I am too charming, I can't help it."

"I really want to know how your female fans will react when they hear you say this." Zhou Nanchen was helpless.

"What does it matter." Zhang Qing inserted the straw into the cup and took a big sip, "Anyway, everyone knows now that I have a boyfriend."

On the day of the awards ceremony, #两双流走的爱情# became a trending search, and for a while there were videos of two people kissing on stage all over the Internet.

It wasn't until that day that Zhang Qing found out that this bastard Zhou Nanchen had planned it long ago.

In order to surprise him, he made connections in the circle well in advance.Knowing that Zhang Qing will win the prize in the end, he prepared the music early on for such a surprise attack.

Zhang Qing said that he was very moved, and prohibited Zhou Nanchen from going to his bed within a week.

Of course, there will be no shortage of critical voices.

Many media accused the two of them of being too high-profile, using the award ceremony to hype, promoting homosexual thoughts, and torturing young people and so on.

It cannot be said that these negative criticisms have no impact on the two of them, but both Zhang Qing and Zhou Nanchen have new choices.

Zhou Nanchen still studied oil painting from the old gentleman, and gradually gained some fame in places other than Vanity Fair.

He is very talented in painting, he is not as impetuous as many young people, and he is not as old-fashioned as some old painters. His painting style is very popular with some game and design companies.

However, Zhou Nanchen does not sell the favorite painting of the capitalists.

It was an oil painting of the sea and the setting sun, a small boat sailing towards the sea in a V-shaped canyon.The setting sun connects the sky and the sea level, and the burning clouds are reflected on the sea, like the whole painting is burning.

However, Zhang Qing was affected by negative public opinion. After "Yu Daping", except for a few small supporting roles, he failed to receive a decent film contract.

But he received a special invitation - to be a visiting professor at Liancheng Academy of Drama.

Liancheng Academy of Drama is a school with a strong atmosphere of drama. There are not only fresh graduates in the school, but also adults who have been playing tricks and acting as group performers in Liancheng Film and Television City all the year round.

Unlike those prestigious drama schools in the capital that have half-legged into the rules of the entertainment industry, Liancheng Drama Academy's diplomas are not high, but the people who come here are all single-minded and serious about acting.

As time passed, Bai Yidong's case officially opened for trial.

Zhang Qing and Zhou Nanchen both went to the scene to observe.Zhang Qing met Liang Yu and Chen Lou's parents in court. Even though it had been so long, the old couple still cried like tears when they heard their daughter's name.

Bai Yidong was accused by the procuratorate of kidnapping, abetting murder, and inducing others to take drugs and sell drugs, etc. After trial by the court, he was finally sentenced to eight years in prison.

Bai Yidong never said a single word in the dock. Over the past few months, he has become emaciated, his collarbone protrudes sickly, his eyes are hollow, as if he has lost his soul.Even Zhang Qing walked past him, but he didn't respond.

According to the police guarding him, Bai Yidong has been in a daze since he was arrested, and his mental state is very abnormal.

He was silent like this most of the time, sometimes he would suddenly yell or burst into tears, shouting some incomprehensible words.

"A good person, just ruined himself like this." The policeman finally said.

About half a month after Bai Yidong's trial, Zhang Honglu's case also started.

Although the amount of money Zhang Honglu extorted from Zhang Qing has actually reached a particularly large amount, due to the father-son relationship between the plaintiff and the defendant, the case has been dragged and confused during the trial process.

It was not until the last day of the trial that Zhu Ting suddenly appeared in court to testify, which changed the situation.

Zhu Ting stated in her testimony that Zhang Honglu had indeed been harassing his son Zhang Qing, whom he had "disconnected" eight years ago, and threatened Zhang Qing with his own daughter Zhang Xuan, extorting more than 60 yuan in cash from Zhang Qing.

Because of Zhu Ting's testimony, Zhang Honglu was finally sentenced.

After the trial results came out, Zhang Honglu yelled at the court, calling Zhu Ting a shameless coquette, and Zhang Qing getting AIDS sooner or later.In the end, he was dragged away by four guards.

After the trial, Zhu Ting took the initiative to find Zhang Qing.

"Son, mom was sorry for you before. The last time it happened suddenly, mom was too impulsive. Can you forgive me?"

Facing the moody Zhu Ting, Zhang Qingming sighed and couldn't say anything.

"Well, actually..." Zhu Ting hesitated for a long time, and said as if she finally mustered up her courage, "Actually, I'm in a relationship."

"Really?" Zhang Qing was a little surprised.

"Yes, he runs a bakery." Zhu Ting thought that Zhang Qing was interested, and immediately started talking enthusiastically, "I met him on the software, he is a very reliable person, and we have been together for four years. It’s been a month, and he still wants me to run the bakery with him.”

"That's... pretty good." Zhang Qing didn't know what to say.

Zhu Ting lowered her head, "Son, Mom is sorry for you, this time I mean it sincerely. Last time I yelled at you like that, I was just panicked and scared. I quit my job after I married your father and have been working at home. Housewife, I don't have money, and I don't have the ability to go out to work, if there is no man at home... I really don't know how I will live alone with Xuanxuan."

Zhu Ting seemed to be talking to Zhang Qing, but also seemed to be talking to herself, "But it's different now. I now meet a man who is willing to accept me. I knew that God would not let me continue to be unlucky." Luckily, I really don't want to live the same life as before. I want to run the bakery with him, I want to start a new life with him... but we will be very busy every day, and we will definitely not have so much time to look after Xuanxuan."

Zhu Ting lowered her head, as if she felt that the subsequent request was a bit difficult to say, "Now...would you like to help take care of Xuanxuan?"

Zhang Qing didn't speak.

"Oh, that's right! He didn't dislike Xuanxuan, really not!" Zhu Ting hurriedly explained, "He kept telling me that Xuanxuan is not a burden, and he can raise her with me... But I think, if that's the case, it must be true. It will affect his business."

Zhu Ting's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally she hardly dared to look up at Zhang Qing.

What is he going to do with such a mother?

Zhang Qing sighed.

"If you are cheated by a man again, I will never take care of it."

There was light in Zhu Ting's eyes again, and she nodded vigorously, "Okay, okay, no problem, no problem!"

And so, on a sunny Sunday, Zhang Qing and Zhou Nanchen brought Xuanxuan from Huaishui and lived together in Liancheng's apartment.

The first few days were hell.

When Xuanxuan was first picked up, she was still sleeping, but she woke up when she arrived at the station.After waking up, I looked for my mother immediately, and when I couldn't find my mother, I started crying and howling at the top of my lungs.

All the people at the station looked at them for a while, Xuanxuan Lai was rolling on the ground, refusing to leave, making people around whispering to discuss whether the two of them were human traffickers.

"Xuanxuan, be obedient!" Zhou Nanchen tried to pick Xuanxuan up from the ground, but as soon as he grabbed Xuanxuan's arm, the little girl let out a piercing scream, so frightened that Zhou Nanchen had to put her down again.

"What should I do?" Zhou Nanchen looked at her worriedly, "If this continues, the people next to him will call the police."

Zhang Qing squatted down in front of Xuanxuan, stretched out his hand and flicked her head, the little girl didn't react for a while, she covered her forehead and looked at Zhang Qing blankly.

Zhang Qing spoke before Xuanxuan could react, and said with a serious face: "Zhang Xuanxuan, listen carefully. If you don't come with us now, you can only stay here alone. Since we won’t see your mother, we don’t want you anymore, and you will have to beg for food at the station by yourself, or you might be kidnapped by traffickers and sold as a child bride in a ravine.”

Xuanxuan seemed to be frightened, her two big eyes stared like copper bells.

Zhang Qing took the opportunity to continue to say: "But, if you obediently get in the car with us now, you can go to the small supermarket over there and pick out any two things you like, how about it?"

It was too late to say it, but as soon as Zhang Qing finished speaking, Xuanxuan immediately stopped crying.She quickly got up from the ground like a carp, and rushed straight to the small supermarket at the other end of the hall.

Zhou Nanchen was dumbfounded, and couldn't help punching Zhang Qing: "Awesome."

"It's called giving a sweet date with a stick, and it's what you do when you deal with children." Zhang Qing said in a low voice.

"A good wife and mother." Zhou Nanchen also whispered.

"Get out." Zhang Qing smiled and kicked Zhou Nanchen's ass.

After arguing for almost a week, Xuanxuan's mood has stabilized.During this period, Zhang Qing made two video calls to Zhu Ting, and also saw the new boyfriend Zhu Ting mentioned in the video.

It was an honest-looking man who looked much older than Zhu Ting, spoke very politely, and even called him "Mr. Zhang".

The man reassured Zhang Qing that the bakery's business was booming after Zhu Ting took care of him, and he would take good care of Zhu Ting.

After seeing her mother twice in the video, Xuanxuan seemed to understand what was going on, and suddenly stopped crying and making trouble all night, and happily pestered Zhou Nanchen to draw.

All kinds of signs always make Zhang Qing doubt, is there really a problem with Xuanxuan's IQ?

So one month after picking up Xuanxuan, Zhang Qing proposed to take Xuanxuan to a big hospital for another examination.

Zhou Nanchen seemed to have the same idea, and the two hit it off immediately, and took Xuanxuan to the best hospital in the capital for a weekend.

The results of the examination were surprising. Xuanxuan was not Down's syndrome, but autism.

The doctor who examined Xuanxuan also scolded the two of them, saying that parents should not just make judgments after seeing them in the small county hospital. Zhang Qing had no choice but to apologize to the doctor again and again.

"Autism, can it be cured?" Zhou Nanchen asked.

"As long as the patient actively cooperates with the treatment and the parents actively guide her to communicate more with the outside world, the possibility of being cured is very high."

"Really?" Zhang Qing asked, "Can she become like an ordinary child?"

"Yes."

Soon Zhang Qing told Zhu Ting the good news, and Zhu Ting wept with joy on the phone.

"...We are going to take her to a psychiatrist I know for treatment." Zhang Qing said, "That doctor also treated me. He is very nice and professional."

"This, good or bad, that's that..." Zhu Ting stammered on the other end of the phone.

"Oh, you don't have to worry about money." Zhang Qing said, "It's just as long as Zhou Nanchen and I come out."

"Then, what's the point of that..."

"Xuanxuan is also my sister, I will take good care of her." Zhang Qing said.

Just like that, after Zhang Qing and Zhou Nanchen finished drinking the cup of milk tea in their hands, they were about to go to Dr. Chen to take Xuanxuan home.

"It's great that Dr. Chen is working on a project for children with autism." Zhang Qing sucked the last pearl in the cup, "Being with other children makes me less nervous."

"Doctor Chen is very kind." Zhou Nanchen said, "When you fainted in Huaishui before, she talked with me a lot, which inspired me a lot. She really cared about her patients."

"Well, when I took Xuanxuan to her place for the first time, Xuanxuan didn't cry or make a fuss, which is very rare." Zhang Qing turned to look at Zhou Nanchen, "Has she talked to you yet? Both of you what?"

"She said let me put 99 roses beside your bed before you wake up, so that you will be moved and healed after you wake up."

Zhang Qing froze for a second, then kicked Zhou Nanchen's ass, "What the hell are you talking about!"

Zhou Nanchen begged for mercy with a smile, "This time the reaction is very fast, it's getting harder and harder to cheat."

"Respond!" Zhang Qing relentlessly kicked his ass, "Give me a reaction!"

"Aches, aches, aches... Hey, stop making trouble, look at Xuanxuan coming out."

Zhang Qing looked in the direction Zhou Nanchen was looking at, and sure enough, Zhang Xuanxuan jumped out with a small schoolbag on her back. Behind her, there were many other autistic children who filed out and rushed to the arms of their parents.

"Xuanxuan!" Zhang Qing opened his arms and hugged her up.

"D...One!" Xuanxuan said excitedly, "One!"

"What did she say?" Zhang Qing turned to ask an expert in Xuan language.

"I think she meant to say 'first'." Zhou Nanchen said with a smile, "She was the first to run out of the building, faster than other children."

"That's it!" Zhang Qing lifted Xuanxuan high, "Is our Xuanxuan so-so good?"

Xuanxuan is not afraid of heights at all, she can't stop giggling.

According to Dr. Chen, there is no problem with Xuanxuan's intelligence, that is to say, she can understand what others say like a normal child, but she can't express herself well.

Dr. Chen believes that the previous unstable family relationship had a great impact on Xuanxuan. Now that Xuanxuan has left Zhu Ting and received psychological treatment, her willingness to express herself is obviously much stronger than before.

Although he still keeps his mouth shut with other people, but for Zhang Qing and Zhou Nanchen, he has already tried his best to use some simple words to express the meaning.

It's just that because of their limited ability, they often confuse the two of them.

"Xuanxuan, shall we go by ourselves?" Zhang Qing put Xuanxuan on the ground and held her hand, "I'll hold you, so you won't fall."

Xuanxuan stared at Kazilan's big eyes, seeing that tears were about to fall, Zhou Nanchen hurriedly spoke.

"Be good, my brothers will take you to the zoo tomorrow, how about it?"

Xuanxuan was still dissatisfied with her mouth flattened, and she was about to cry with a "woo" in her throat.

Zhang Qing sighed, "An extra one is much cuter, or I'll just leave you here."

Xuanxuan's small face became faster than turning the pages of a book, and she immediately smiled, and walked forward bouncingly holding Zhang Qing's hand.

While being dragged forward by her, Zhang Qing gave a displeased "tsk", "This little brat has a lot of bad words and ghosts, and I don't know who I learned from."

Zhou Nanchen laughed for a long time beside him, then suddenly picked up Zhang Qing's face, and quickly pecked at it.

Zhang Qing froze for half a second, then blushed, "What are you doing?"

"I can't help it." Zhou Nanchen smiled like a child, "I just think your worried face is so cute."

"I'm sick." Zhang Qing muttered softly.

Xuan Xuan blinked her eyes, then suddenly opened her mouth and shouted at Zhang Qing: "Mom!"

Zhang Qing was taken aback, and explained patiently: "Didn't I say that your mother is not here now, she is in another city, we will go back to see her this weekend."

But Xuanxuan then turned to look at Zhou Nanchen: "Dad!"

Both of them were taken aback for a moment, and then Zhou Nanchen laughed unceremoniously with a "puchi".

Zhang Qing bit the bullet and squatted down in front of Xuanxuan, and said word by word: "Brother. I am a brother, and he is also a brother. Do you want my brother to understand?"

"Brother." Xuanxuan repeated.

"Yes, I want to call you brother." Zhang Qing nodded with satisfaction.

Xuanxuan's small face wrinkled, she looked at Zhang Qing and then at Zhou Nanchen, as if she was trying hard to think about how to express herself.

After a while, she spoke, pointed to Zhang Qing seriously, and then pointed to Zhou Nanchen, "Brothers... like, mom and dad, the same!"

Zhang Qing was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized what Xuanxuan meant.

This was the first time she had uttered such a long sentence with such a complete structure.

"Did you hear that?" Zhang Qing looked at Zhou Nanchen excitedly, "She just now, she..."

"I heard it." Zhou Nanchen held Xuanxuan's hand with a smile and continued to walk forward, "Why does Xuanxuan think we are like parents?"

"Kiss!" Xuanxuan replied.

"Will Mom and Dad kiss?" Zhang Qing asked with a smile.

Xuanxuan thought for a while, "Xuanxuan's parents won't. But other people's... parents will."

A bitterness welled up in Zhang Qing's heart, and the hand holding Xuan Xuan tightened a little.

"My brothers are different from my parents." Zhang Qing said.

"Different?" Xuanxuan looked up at him.

"They are husband and wife, but we are not." Zhang Qing explained patiently, although he didn't know the meaning of saying this to a child of how old.

"Why?" Xuanxuan blinked her big eyes.

Why... how to explain this.

"They are married, but we are not." Zhang Qing had no choice but to say, "Marriage is a kind of agreement between two people to establish a family."

Xuanxuan frowned, "Brothers agree too!"

"Brothers can't do it." Zhang Qing smiled.

"why?"

"Why why, why do you have so many?" Zhang Qing patted Xuanxuan's head, "Okay, let's go to the supermarket ahead and buy you some cute ones, okay?"

Hearing how cute she is, Xuanxuan temporarily put her reasons aside, and nodded cheerfully.

Xuanxuan was excited all afternoon about going to the zoo tomorrow. After dinner, she was finally tired and fell asleep lying on the sofa.

Zhang Qing carried Xuanxuan into the bedroom and put her gently on the bed. Van Gogh walked in gracefully and fell asleep beside Xuanxuan.

"Aren't you tired? She pestered you to play with her all this afternoon." Zhang Qing said to Zhou Nanchen as he closed the bedroom door with his backhand.

"Tired but not tired, she is less worried than Van Gogh." Zhou Nanchen said.

"Is there such a comparison as you?" Zhang Qing smiled.

"I've bought the ticket for the zoo tomorrow." Zhou Nanchen handed over the phone, "For the family ticket, I also gave a toy coupon, saying that I can choose a small toy by myself before going in."

"Well, it's good." Zhang Qing returned the phone to him, "I'm sorry, I agreed to her today with a bald mouth, and I didn't ask you if you have work tomorrow."

"It's okay, I just need to submit the manuscript to others on time, and there is no nine-to-five rule." Zhou Nanchen said, "It's you, don't you have an interview tomorrow?"

"Oh, that's canceled, I forgot to tell you." Zhang Qing touched his nose, "So tomorrow is free again, and I want to spend more time with Xuanxuan."

Ever since Zhang Qing came out at the press conference, work has been ups and downs.Sometimes the audition that passed the audition was told to change people, and sometimes the endorsement that had been agreed long ago was canceled temporarily.

It's just that Zhang Qing himself never complained, and every time he said it, he looked calm and breezy.

Zhou Nanchen was silent for a while, then suddenly asked, "Do you want to get married?"

Zhang Qing was taken aback, "What?"

"Do you want to get married?" Zhou Nanchen asked, "With me."

Zhou Nanchen is always such a surprise, Zhang Qing blinked his eyes and almost couldn't react.

"Are you... proposing to me?"

"Ah."

"Fuck, do you dare to be more perfunctory with this marriage proposal?" Zhang Qing looked at him incredulously, "Where are my flowers and roses? Where's the banner balloon? What about the 21-carat diamond ring?"

Zhou Nanchen couldn't stop laughing, "Forget it, I'm just a poor painter, it seems that the benefactor has nothing to do with me, so let's go our separate ways..."

"Hey, hey, I didn't say I wouldn't agree." Zhang Qing kicked him, "Look at how poor you are, you should marry me. I promise to get you a full set of flowers, roses, banners, and balloons."

"There are no flower balloons, but..." Zhou Nanchen got up and opened the bedside table, "I have the diamond ring ready."

Zhang Qing was taken aback, watching Zhou Nanchen take out a small red velvet box, and knelt down in front of him.

Inside the box lies an exquisite men's diamond ring, a sterling silver ring engraved with a blooming cornflower, which just complements the diamond in the center.

"When did you..."

"How is it?" Zhou Nanchen raised his head and asked with a smile, "Flowers and balloons can be replenished at the wedding."

"Fuck." Zhang Qing's eyes were moist, he rushed over and hugged Zhou Nanchen fiercely, "You bastard, what kind of sudden attack are you doing!"

Zhou Nanchen patted Zhang Qing's back and kissed his side neck, "How is it? If you think about it, you don't have to answer me now..."

"I promise." Zhang Qing rested his chin on Zhou Nanchen's shoulder, reached out and took the red velvet box into his hand, "Let's get married."