The daughter's question successfully caught Shu Qing, she stopped in her tracks, her eyes suddenly became blank, those things that were buried deep down in her heart and she didn't want to face them, now she had to face them squarely.

Marriage is too far away.

It's not just a matter of two people, but also a collision between two families and two circles. Any problems in any link will affect their relationship.She is old and young, and she never believed in the so-called "sentient beings drink enough water", and many things need to be carefully considered.

"Not yet." Shu Qing touched her daughter's head and smiled softly, "If Yaoyao doesn't want to, Mom won't get married."

The girl bit her lip, blinked her dark blue eyes, and whispered: "Mom, I didn't mean that, I..."

"Ok?"

Since her daughter returned to her side, her temper and temperament have improved a lot. Although she is relieved, she can still feel the strangeness between the mother and daughter, especially during the Spring Festival holiday.The child told Lin Yinuo everything, and all she heard was Nuonuo's report.

What is going wrong?

Seeing her daughter hesitated to speak, Shu Qing gently kissed her forehead, "Yaoyao, no matter what you think, you can tell mom, so I can also be a reference, right?"

"But you never listen to my opinion."

"How could it be?" Shu Qing was taken aback, then suddenly realized, "That was before, from now on, mom respects your thoughts and opinions."

Yan Shuyao smiled wryly, and pouted, "If you get married, I will be redundant. If you want a second child, no one will want me."

"Little idiot." Shu Qing smiled and scratched her nose, "Mom is so old, how can she have a second child?"

"What if Aunt Lin wants a baby herself?"

"That's not okay, I don't agree." Shu Qing forcefully denied all possibilities, not entirely to appease her daughter, but because she didn't want to repeat the same mistakes.

"It's enough for mom to have you as a baby."

"Really? Don't you need to ask Aunt Lin?" Yan Shuyao's eyes were bright, but her tone was still hesitant.

Shu Qing pinched her nose, and said seriously: "No, Mom promises."

It's too far away to start thinking about a second child before even getting married, and if Nuonuo finds out, her tail will go up to the sky again.

Yan Shuyao grinned.

The mother and daughter walked to another park, where Shu Qing's mother was buried forever. This year is the first year of No.20.Just before taking a step forward, the phone rang in her pocket, Shu Qing took it out and took a look, it was an unfamiliar number.

"Which one?"

"Sister, I'm Chengyuan." A young boy's anxious voice came through the receiver, "Can you come back, Dad is dying soon, and I want to see you for the last time."

"No time." After finishing speaking, he was about to hang up the phone.

"Please, sister, can I just take a look? Dad has been on a ventilator for the past two days..."

There was no rain in the Qingming Festival, and the sky was gloomy. Shu Qing listened to the almost begging voice in his ear, and his eyes fell on the neatly arranged white stone monuments in the opposite park, and some deep and clear images flooded into his mind.

At night, the unrepentant corpse on the concrete floor, those eyes full of resentment, hatred and unwillingness.The heavy rain poured down, the thunder continued, the dark red that couldn't be washed clean, and the fishy smell that couldn't go away.

It was a 15-year-old nightmare.

Her eyes turned cold, and her thin lips parted slightly: "Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Shu Qing changed the direction of her feet and walked towards the place where the car was parked. She led her daughter by the hand, as if she was talking to herself: "Let's go see grandpa."

The Shu family mansion is located in the mid-level area by the bay. It is a row of villas with unique scenery and transparent lighting. The room facing south can open the window to see the sea, and the room facing north can have a bird's-eye view of the entire river city. good.

When the car drove into this area, it encountered Lukas from the foot of the mountain. There were four or five of them, but they all let Shu Qing go.

April is the season of colorful flowers.

"sister!"

Hearing the movement, Shu Chengyuan, who was waiting at the gate of the courtyard, rushed out, standing there with a height of about 1.8 meters, like a human-shaped wall.Shu Qing got out of the car and held her daughter first, looked up at him, nodded, and remained silent.

This is her half-brother, who has just turned 20 years old. He has been studying abroad since high school and rarely comes back. This time, because the old man was critically ill, he flew back home overnight.

Of course, if he didn't follow his mother's advice and rushed back, the old man's bed would be crowded with illegitimate children, and there would be no room for him.

"Hello, uncle." Yan Shuyao was very obedient, and called him in a polite manner.

Shu Chengyuan responded perfunctorily: "Hey."

With an anxious look on his face, he grabbed Shu Qing's wrist, his eyes met her cold and indifferent gaze, and he let go again, "Sister, you go in quickly..."

Holding her daughter's shoulders, Shu Qing slowly entered the front yard, walked through the long corridor of vines, and stepped into the half-opened front door of the main house.The first floor was empty, and the servants huddled in the corner. When they saw their mother and daughter coming in, they looked up and down curiously.

Turn around the hallway to block those sight lines.

Sitting on the Italian-style sofa was a middle-aged beautiful woman with slightly curly long hair and a slim figure. She was wearing gentle and delicate makeup, her brows were tightly knitted, and her face was full of sadness.Opposite her were two white coats, and next to her were two men and three women, well dressed, the older one was about the size of Shu Chengyuan, the younger one didn't look as big as Yaoyao, all of them were playing with their mobile phones with their legs crossed, bored.

"Mom." Shu Chengyuan glanced at the room facing south, and called her in a low voice.

All of a sudden everyone on the sofa raised their heads, and their eyes fell on Shu Qing's mother and daughter.Seeing her, Jiang Qin immediately breathed a sigh of relief, stood up first, and took her hand affectionately: "Ah Qing is here, go and see your father, he is waiting for you."

Shu Qing withdrew her hand expressionlessly.

Jiang Qin's face was slightly stiff, and she looked at Yan Shuyao in a blink of an eye, "Oh, this is Yaoyao, right? Come, sit here with grandma, let your mother go in and see grandpa."

"You're not my grandma." Yan Shuyao took a step back and hid behind Shu Qing.

The girl's voice was soft, but it was extremely harsh in this empty and quiet environment.Jiang Qin couldn't help but try her best to maintain a dignified and decent smile, but it was uglier than crying.

"Yaoyao, wait for mom here for a while." Shu Qing bowed her head and whispered in her daughter's ear, comforting her gently.

Xiao Gongju nodded obediently, then ignored Jiang Qin, sat on the sofa by herself, and took out her mobile phone to play like the five people she thought were brothers and sisters but were actually aunts and uncles.

Shu Qing turned and walked towards the room, opened the door casually, and saw several medical equipment for monitoring and maintaining vital signs, as well as a young girl kneeling beside the bed.

"Sister..." The girl froze for a moment, then stood up, with a smile in her red and swollen eyes, "Dad, sister is here!"

She is Shu Chengyuan's younger sister of the same father and mother, Shu Chengyu, who is three years younger than her elder brother, has a baby face, and is so tender that water can be squeezed out.Although she is young, she is very sensible, her temper and character are not like her father's or mother's, but she is very close to Shu Qing.It's a pity that this half-sister, who is nearly 20 years older than her, doesn't come home very often, and her mother is strict in discipline, and she is not allowed to associate with Shu Qing, and after a long time, they will have their own divisions.

Shu Qing's eyes softened a lot, and she nodded to her: "Go outside and wait."

"Okay." The girl sniffed, quickly backed out, and closed the door behind her.

Quiet in the room.

Mr. Shu was lying on the side of the large double bed, his body covered with various tubes, his old face under the oxygen mask was as pale as paper, his arms exposed outside the quilt were as thin as haggard, and his whole body was haggard like a zombie crawling out of a coffin.

He tilted his head, half-opened his cloudy eyes, and looked at the elder daughter who was slowly walking to the bedside. He made an indistinct whine, as if he was very excited, and his fingers were trembling uncontrollably. Unfortunately, he could no longer speak. .

"I heard that you are dying soon." Shu Qing curled the corners of his lips and smiled warmly, but a thick layer of frost had formed under his eyes.She stretched out her hand and gently took off the oxygen mask, "Then let me take you on your last journey."

Grandpa Shu suddenly opened his eyes wide and opened his mouth. There was a sound of inhalation from his throat, his limbs kicked uncontrollably, and the waveform of the electrocardiogram machine on the side fluctuated rapidly.

Shu Qing smiled brighter, her eyes became more fierce: "If you see my mother, remember to tell her that I sent you down, she will be very happy."

The dying patient struggled desperately.

Her hands were shaking too, and she had to take a deep breath, unable to tell whether it was excitement or fear.

Suddenly, the person on the bed became silent.

The electrocardiogram machine showed a straight line and made a slight and continuous sound. Mr. Shu lay limp on the bed, already lifeless, but his eyes were wide open, revealing a ferocious chill, and he could not rest in peace.

Having fulfilled a 20-year long-cherished wish, Shu Qing calmed down instead at this moment, put the old man back on the oxygen mask, stretched out his hand to brush his eyelids, and made him close them.

"Lung cancer, it's really cheap for you, old man."

She just came home yesterday, and Lin Yinuo wanted to leave today. She went to the countryside to burn a piece of paper, and she almost used all the skills of pretending to be good that she had learned all her life. Her face stiffened with a smile, and she was exhausted.

Parents encouraged her and Wang Yibo overtly and secretly throughout the whole process, even eating at the stalls of my uncle's house, as if "this is our prospective son-in-law".

After coming back from the countryside, she couldn't stop, Lin's mother insisted on staying with Wang Yibo for dinner, and Lin's father was also helping.For the first time, she felt what people on the Internet said about "not wanting to go home during the Chinese New Year".

So many tricks can be done in one Ching Ming Festival, and she probably won't be alive until the Chinese New Year.

"Xiao Yi is a sincere child. We thought he stayed in school and saw the outside world, and his heart was lost. I didn't expect that he still misses you. What a good child..."

After dinner, Wang Yibo sat for a while before leaving. Lin Yinuo thought she could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Before she could change the channel after picking up the remote control, Lin's mother sat down and started chattering.

Lin's father echoed: "Your mother is right."

"Besides, you two grew up in the same courtyard. We and his parents are both teachers. We have known each other for more than 20 years. We know the basics, how down-to-earth..."

"Your mother was right."

Lin Yinuo was annoyed by the nagging, and shouted: "I don't like men! What kind of mandarin ducks are you messing with!"

The boiling air cools instantly.

Lin's father and Lin's mother looked at each other, and the latter frowned: "What did you say? Say it again?"

"I said, I, no, like, like, man, man!"

"You...are you gay?"

"..."

Lin Yinuo had told her family many times before that she didn't like men, and her parents thought she was annoyed by the little boys at school, and said angry words. After all, this precious girl has been beautiful since she was a child, although she is not The beauty of work and school, but in the crowd, it is also the most outstanding at a glance, and the love letters are collected in a basket.

The child didn't know whether it was sincerity or slow reaction. Every time he received a love letter, he would bring it back to show his parents. He also analyzed the grammar word by word, and said "I don't like boys" by the way.

The Lin family's parents never took this to heart.

But now that my daughter is grown up, what she says can't be regarded as child's talk.

"Nonuo, don't scare me and your dad."

"That is, if you really don't like Xiao Yi, then don't force it. Young people love freely..."

Lin Yinuo pursed her lips and didn't speak, but now she didn't have the courage she had just now. She suddenly realized a serious problem: the family might not accept her liking women.

Same-sex marriage has been legal for so long, and the views of some parents have not changed. In the past, she thought that her parents, as teachers of the people, were also rare college students in that era.

She loved to play with girls since she was a child. She began to read Lily comics in junior high school, and would secretly write Lily essays in a small notebook. She was found by her mother once, and nothing happened.

Now this posture, she is dumbfounded.

"Nono?"

"Please speak?"

"There's nothing to say." Lin Yinuo waved his hands irritably, got up and rushed out of the encirclement of his parents, "I'm going to Xiaoyu's house, I have something to do with her."

After speaking, she quickly put on her shoes and slipped away.

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