Lu Shao thinks this is not funny

Until arriving at the banquet venue tonight, Lu Lizhi did not respond to Lu Shaoyan's idea of ​​going abroad.

Lu Shaoyan didn't urge her, but just managed to pull himself together, at least he didn't show his face to attend grandpa's birthday party. As for talking and laughing like before, he really couldn't do it.

At least not today.Maybe next year.

Maybe next year or not.The world is impermanent, and no one can tell what will happen so long ago.For example, a year ago, he would never have imagined that he and Meng Xiaochun would go from liking each other to breaking up.

He felt as if he had matured suddenly, but he suspected that he was just being hypocritical.In short, it is unclear.

At night, the banquet ended, and Lu Shaoyan accompanied the adults to send the guests away one by one, and then went back with his mother.

When he was going upstairs, his mother suddenly said to him: "Come to my study after taking a shower."

Lu Shaoyan responded, and went back to his room first to wash it from head to toe seriously. He originally wanted to wear clothes for going out instead of pajamas, but after thinking about it, it seemed a bit artificial, so he still wore cotton with lapels Wearing quality pajamas, stepping on slippers, went to the study.

Before his mother came, he sat on the sofa in the study and waited for her quietly.

When Lu Lizhi came to the study, he saw that Lu Shaoyan was not playing with his mobile phone, clasped his hands on his knees, and hung his head in a daze.During this period of time, Lu Shaoyan lost a lot of weight. He used to have a little baby fat, but now it's gone.

Looking at his profile at this moment, she suddenly felt familiar, but that feeling was fleeting, and she couldn't remember what it was.

Lu Shaoyan heard the voice and turned to look at her.

Lu Lizhi walked into the room, sat on the sofa on the other side, looked at Lu Shaoyan for a while, and asked calmly, "Where do you want to go?"

She actually agreed so easily?Lu Shaoyan was surprised for a moment, but only for a moment, and then he understood: I am afraid, as long as it can make him stay away from Meng Xiaochun, she will agree.

"UK." Lu Shaoyan said, "It's more mainstream, and you don't need to learn the language from scratch."

Lu Lizhi felt a little comforted by the fact that he didn't reply with "I don't think so" or "Just whatever", and her tone was softer: "However, if you study law and go abroad..." She paused and asked, " Are you going to come back? I don’t mean to prevent you from immigrating, but I just want to know your future plans so that I can give you some reference.”

Lu Shaoyan didn't think so far, he thought for a while, and said, "Go to study first, and see if you can adapt. It's hard to say you're dead now."

"That's true. Do you still want to continue studying law?" Lu Lizhi asked.

Lu Shaoyan hesitated and asked, "Can I choose by myself?"

He studied law in college, and his mother chose him as a major, saying that this major sounds good to everyone, and Gou Yi studied this, and he has a companion, after graduation, she will fund him and Gou Yi to open a law firm, so that Well, anyway, he has a passable status and career.When the time comes, she doesn't expect him to do anything, and she will bring some elites from the industry to them to suppress the situation.

Lu Lizhi sighed softly and asked, "What do you want to read instead?"

"I want to learn carpentry." Lu Shaoyan said.

"..." Lu Lizhi was stunned, trying to understand with difficulty, and then asked, "Do you mean civil engineering?" But it seems that the professional name can be mistaken...

"No, it's carpentry." When asked by her, Lu Shaoyan felt a little guilty, lowered his voice, and said, "It's just... making wooden stools, tables, etc."

Lu Lizhi spent a long period of silence to understand his words, frowning slightly, and asked incomprehensibly, "Why are you learning this?"

"Just, just do carpentry." Lu Shaoyan said with his head down.

"Then what?" she asked.

"Ah? Then what are you doing?" Lu Shaoyan asked in a low voice.

"I also want to know what to do next." Lu Lizhi asked, "Since when did you like doing handicrafts?"

"I've always liked doing it." Lu Shaoyan said.

Lu Lizhi coughed lightly, and said: "Interests are interests, and learning is learning. Woodworking, if you want to do it, you can play and learn to do it on weekends. We are now discussing your major in college. Although you will not work in the future , Whatever job you do, it won’t affect your standard of living, but... you should choose your major seriously, go out, and others will not look down on you.”

Lu Shaoyan was silent for a while, and said: "Then whatever you want, you can choose, I can do it."

"I'll let you choose what you like." Lu Lizhi said.

"What I like is carpentry." Lu Shaoyan said.

Lu Lizhi was almost speechless, and tried to persuade him to see the reality clearly, and not to mess around when his head got hot: "Don't get angry and just use your own time to mess around. Carpentry... Otherwise, I'll ask someone who knows furniture production People in the factory, go to the factory first, and you will know that you have worked hard, and it is not something you can bear, so don’t take it for granted.”

Lu Shaoyan spoke after a while: "I've seen it, and I made a bench myself. So I think it's very interesting to learn this."

Lu Lizhi asked: "When did you go to see it? A school event?"

"Summer vacation." Lu Shaoyan said softly, "I'm a home blogger. Once a furniture brand approached me to cooperate and asked me to take a day trip to their factory and shoot a video for them to advertise."

Lu Lizhi was startled.

Speaking of this matter, Lu Shaoyan became more and more sad.

It was Meng Xiaochun who went with him that time.The factory worker who met him was a young lady, who could tell at a glance that he and Meng Xiaochun were a couple, so she couldn't help teasing them, which made Lu Shaoyan feel ashamed, but flattered, because the other party said that he and Meng Xiaochun were married. Meng Xiaochun was so right, he killed her.

The little bench he made is still in the rental house.

Speaking of renting a house, he sent a message to ask Meng Xiaochun, but Meng Xiaochun didn't reply to him, so I don't know if he will continue to rent in the future.He unilaterally made an agreement with Meng Xiaochun that he would transfer the rent to Meng Xiaochun every six months, and let Meng Xiaochun transfer it to the landlord.Meng Xiaochun still didn't reply to him.He transferred half a year's rent to Meng Xiaochun on Alipay, but Meng Xiaochun didn't return it or return it to him.

He went to the rented house secretly, and everything was as usual.

……

Lu Lizhi really felt that he was messing around and wanted him to change his major, but when the words came to her mouth, she looked at him with his head bowed and aggrieved, thought for a while, and then let go: "Okay, if you like it, go Learn this."

Anyway, she felt that he wouldn't be able to recognize the reality and drop out of school in a short time.

She had never worked as a carpenter, but she knew it was hard work. It was physical work. Maybe her hands were worn out by wooden thorns every day, and she would have blisters and calluses in her hands after a long time. It was hard for him to bear.He is just making a bench for fun now, and when he has to do this every day, he will definitely not be able to bear it.She won't be such a villain anymore.

Lu Shaoyan looked up at her in surprise: "Really?"

"Yes." She said, "You can handle this kind of thing yourself. When the time comes, if you don't want to learn anymore, just tell your mother, and mother will arrange a new school for you."

Lu Shaoyan nodded.

……

Lu Shaoyan originally wanted to tell Meng Xiaochun that he was going abroad, but he typed all the words, hesitated for a long time, and deleted each word.

Anyway, he won't come back.Maybe, he has never clicked into the dialog box to read the previous news.

……

What Lu Shaoyan didn't expect was that when he went to the law school's academic affairs office to go through the formalities, he met Meng Xiaochun.At that time, Meng Xiaochun took the application form for changing majors signed and stamped by the relevant person in charge of the medical school to the relevant person in charge of the law school for approval.

The two caught off guard and met each other in the office, both of them were taken aback.It's just that Meng Xiaochun was still indifferent on the surface. In Lu Shaoyan's eyes, he looked back at him for a second, showing a very indifferent attitude.

Lu Shaoyan himself was very concerned!He looked at the watch in Meng Xiaochun's hand in shock, and blurted out: "You want to transfer to our place?"

Meng Xiaochun ignored him.

Lu Shaoyan came closer, leaned his head closer, and read the application form carefully. Everything was on his mind for a moment. He was about to ask Meng Xiaochun if it was for him, but Meng Xiaochun said, "It has nothing to do with you."

"Then why don't you transfer to other majors, but insist on transferring to my major?" Lu Shaoyan asked unwillingly.The little flame that had already been extinguished trembled and nodded in the ruins of love in his heart.

Meng Xiaochun ruthlessly poured a bucket of cold water on the little flame: "Because of the cooperation needs of reconciling Zhuyun."

"...I don't believe it!" Lu Shaoyan said.

"Whatever you want." Meng Xiaochun said.

After his application form was processed and registered on the computer, he turned around and was about to go out. When he walked to the door, he heard a voice behind him: "Student Lu, are you planning to drop out of school now? Has the school over there been contacted? Can you enroll at any time?"

Meng Xiaochun's footsteps stopped and he didn't look back.

Lu Shaoyan said, "Yes."

Meng Xiaochun listened for tens of seconds, then left the office.

……

The day Lu Shaoyan left was a sunny day, many people came, but Meng Xiaochun never showed up.

Quite normal.he told himself so.

fair enough.So be it.

……

Two years later.

Wearing goggles and gloves, Lu Shaoyan carefully and patiently polished his new work, a cherry wood trolley coffee table.The style is very simple. He doesn't like to make too complicated models, not because he thinks it is troublesome to make, but because he thinks that it will be troublesome to clean up if he uses it in the future.

A classmate passed by, greeted him, and asked him if he wanted to have lunch together. He smiled and refused without looking back, saying that he wanted to finish the work in hand first.

It was time to eat, and the students in the field quickly left, leaving only Lu Shaoyan alone.He was not in a hurry, and continued to polish the details.

About half an hour later, he put down the grinding tools in his hand, admired them with satisfaction for a while, and then lightly applied a layer of varnish to the cart.Then I got up, took off my protective gear, apron, etc., went to the side to turn on the tap, rub soap and wash my hands, went to the locker to get a small bag, and went to have lunch near the school.

This carpentry school is located in the central part of England, a small town with a resident population of less than [-]. Lu Shaoyan often suspects that everyone in the town knows each other.Anyway, he hadn't been here long before it felt like everyone knew him.

The folk customs here are simple and simple, and everyone is leisurely and undisciplined every day. In such an atmosphere, Lu Shaoyan relaxes physically and mentally, and is gradually healed.

His current life is very simple and happy. He goes to school every day to learn carpentry, makes some furniture or other wooden gadgets (the finished products can be taken away), tries every restaurant in the town, and leaves school early in the afternoon. Stepping on a bicycle or a balance car or a skateboard from school - any means of transportation, depending on your mood - go shopping all the way, eat and play, go back to your residence, update your sideline accounts, water the ground, read books, masturbate Fetching cats is almost the end of the day.Sometimes he would be invited to proms, parties, things like that, which was kind of fun.

At the beginning, his mother thought that he would not be able to bear the hard work, and would soon ask to change schools and majors, but after waiting for more than half a year, he did not wait for his complaints, so she took the time to inspect it in person and stayed for two days. He really enjoyed the current life, he was in good condition, hesitated again and again, and went back without saying anything.

Forget it, anyway, the schooling period is only two years, so Lu Shaoyan will be on vacation.

Lu Shaoyan didn't bother to think about what his mother thought, anyway, if she didn't say anything, he would just pretend it was okay and continue to live his leisurely life in the small town.

He even awakened his blood talent, and cultivated a few vegetable fields in the backyard of the hut where he lived. Now he can pick them almost every day, and he can't finish them. He is afraid that they will be wasted in the fields, so he gives them away all day long.

If it weren't for worrying about being noisy and eating his food, he would have wanted to raise a few more chickens, ducks and geese.

O farm life, eternal God!

By the way, he opened a farming-themed account, which is very popular.

It may not be said that he has achieved financial freedom, but in short, he is already financially independent.His current advertising income is enough to cover all his living and study expenses, and he still has some spare time.

He never asked his family for money anymore, and sometimes Secretary Zhang sent him money for his mother, but he didn't return it, but put it all in a card, which was left in the safe and was not used.

He learned peace and relaxation from the townspeople.They are all content with their current lives.In fact, the life in this small town is not as good as many conveniences in China. For example, online shopping is not developed enough, and people are more inclined to go out to physical stores or stalls to buy.Lu Shaoyan was not used to it at first, but gradually, he accepted this slow-paced life.

He also took a liking to buying second-hand goods.He never dared to think that he would buy second-hand goods before, how unclean it is, who knows who used it.

But now, he likes to go to the second-hand stalls to search for treasures. When he sees something he likes, he buys it back, cleans and disinfects it carefully, and sometimes he can change the color by himself.Most of the stall owners are elderly people, they seem to like chatting more than buying things, and they will tell Lu Shaoyan the origin of each item and the stories surrounding it.Sometimes, the stories are so fantastical that they sound like they're made up, and it's not clear whether it's a deliberate braggadocio or a mere memory error of the elderly.But he still listened with gusto.

When it comes to street vendors, he has set up a stall shallowly.The fruits and vegetables he grows can't be eaten up. Sometimes they get excited, and they are sold in the market. It is basically a join in the fun, asking prices casually, and not relying on this to make money.

……

Lu Shaoyan was sitting in a small restaurant eating lunch when his cell phone rang suddenly. He looked at it, was stunned for a moment, and then answered: "Hello?"

Zhou Tian's voice was deep and serious: "Xiao Yan, what are you doing?"

"Let's have lunch." Lu Shaoyan said.

Zhou Tian didn't have the time to exchange pleasantries, so he asked directly, "Can I go back to my country?"

Lu Shaoyan was stunned again, and asked, "What's wrong?"

He didn't return to China for two full years, and he didn't go back during the Chinese New Year.No special reason, just don't want to go back.He felt a little PTSD, and when he thought of returning to his country, he began to feel depressed.His mother told him several times, mainly because grandpa and grandpa missed him very much.He's sorry about that, but really doesn't want to go back.His mother didn't force him, but only asked him to spend more time online with the old man during the Chinese New Year.

As for Meng Xiaochun... At the beginning, he missed this person crazily and secretly asked about his recent situation.

Meng Xiaochun changed the department, but it didn't affect his grades, and he was still number one.As for the rest, nothing happened.Except for the reconciliation of Zhuyun, there is no scandal.But Meng Xiaochun said that the reconciliation of Zhuyun is just a cooperative relationship.

Of course, it might be possible to cooperate and cooperate... But even so, Lu Shaoyan couldn't help it.

Gradually, I stopped thinking about it that way.It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I don't feel heartache or want to cry when I think about it, and I don't want to die when I think about it.

……

Zhou Tianchang sighed, and said, "Li Zhi, I'm in the hospital."

Lu Shaoyan sat up straight immediately, and asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong with her?"

Zhou Tian was silent for a moment, and said, "Don't worry, it's actually not a big deal to be hospitalized, she just suffered from high blood pressure, and it's stable now."

High blood pressure... Lu Shaoyan couldn't connect this disease with his mother for a while.He felt that only the elderly and middle-aged greasy men with big bellies would get this disease.

Zhou Tian sighed again, as if it was hard to say, he was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "Xie Zhuyun...do you know? A young man who is very close to Xiao Meng."

"I know. What happened to him?" Lu Shaoyan asked puzzled.

"He... his family wants to go back to the country to develop. His family and the Lu family are in the same industry, and some fights are inevitable. After all, the market is fixed. Some people want to share the cake for no reason. Not only the Lu family, but other families will not agree. This is involved. To business wars and the like. I don’t care about these things, and I don’t understand them, so I won’t talk about them in detail. Anyway, it’s all kinds of open and secret fights.” Zhou Tian said, “The method of Xie Zhuyun is... vicious, vicious, almost nonexistent. Bottom line."

He heard these comments from Lu Lizhi.

Speaking of this, Zhou Tian stopped for a while, and then sighed: "But none of that was enough to make your mother angry like this. It's not the first time she has encountered a storm in so many years, and it's not that she can't stand it."

The more Lu Shaoyan listened, the more he felt that something was wrong, and his heart became more and more uneasy. He frowned and asked, "What are you trying to say? So why did my mother suffer from high blood pressure and was hospitalized?"

Zhou Tian closed his eyes and said, "Xiao Meng...Meng Xiaochun."

Lu Shaoyan was startled: "What does this have to do with Meng Xiaochun?"

"She asked someone to follow Xie Zhuyun, and found that she knew that Zhuyun and Meng Xiaochun had a close relationship, so she suspected that Meng Xiaochun was involved in it, colluding with Xie Zhuyun to take revenge on Lu's family for...the previous incident. She asked Meng Xiaochun to talk, and no one knew what they talked about , anyway, after Meng Xiaochun left, she went to the hospital." Zhou Tian said, "She didn't want to tell you...the group has been going badly for the past two years, but she told me not to tell you. These. She didn't want to talk about it this time, but Meng Xiaochun contacted me."

"...Why did he contact you?" Lu Shaoyan asked.

Zhou Tian did not speak.If he could not hear his breathing, Lu Shaoyan would have thought that the signal was cut off.

Lu Shaoyan waited for him quietly, without urging him.If it was Lu Shaoyan in the past, he would have urged him a long time ago, but it is different now.

After about 2 minutes, Zhou Zhou said: "It's not a very important thing."

"...It should be very important, you have hesitated for a long time." Lu Shaoyan said.

"...It's a matter between your mother and me, it's just a private matter." Zhou Tian said, "It's just that I read this signal from this matter: Meng Xiaochun... seems to really want to take revenge on your mother. Or, It's not just her. If Meng Xiaochun is indeed in collusion with Xie Zhuyun, then there are other families that were targeted by Xie Zhuyun, and big and small things happened, including Gou Yi's family, Qi's family, and Xiao Fa's family. …Did you know that Xiao Fa had a car accident at the beginning of the year?"

Lu Shaoyan only found out now, but he didn't care to pay attention to this for a while, so he asked first: "What happened to Meng Xiaochun when he got into a car accident? You don't want to say it was Meng Xiaochun's fault, did you? I really... I was really speechless for a long time , can you stop demonizing Meng Xiaochun? He's... that's a little bit, but he's not anti-social! He's just a little socially phobic and autistic!"

Zhou Tian: "..."

He was really shocked, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Social terror?autistic?That Meng Xiaochun who found out all about Lu Lizhi's first love more than 20 years ago, and then told him specifically, implying that he was Lu Lizhi's substitute for Bai Yueguang, and frantically messing with his mentality?