why are they still in love

With only eight hours left before the new year, Xiao Zhaoshan let the staff in the gallery get off work early, and he finally ushered in a rare three-day vacation.

Thanks to the staggered rush hour, he only got home after being stuck in traffic for more than half an hour.

Xiao Chining hasn't finished school yet, he is the only one at home.He made a cup of coffee, changed into loose clothes, and went to the study to continue writing the year-end message copied from the office.

After writing the year-end message, it was almost time for Xiao Chining to leave get out of class. He uploaded the pdf file to the WeChat group of the gallery, and then took the car keys and went out to pick up Xiao Chining.

The gate of the school was full of private cars, and it was the first time Xiao Zhaoshan saw that a boarding school could be so lively.

Senior one and senior two don’t have to go to evening self-study today. Parents hugged the shoulders of children they hadn’t seen for a week in the gray dusk, talked and laughed with them, helped them carry their schoolbags, put hot drinks in their hands, and opened the doors for them. luggage.

Xiao Zhaoshan asked himself that he couldn't do it, after all Xiao Chining was not without hands or feet.But he hesitated for a moment, and followed the example of other parents, got out of the car and went to the milk tea shop next to the school gate to queue up to buy a cup of "the most popular among students" milk tea three brothers recommended by the clerk.

He returned to the car with the hot milk tea he had just made, and called Xiao Chining to urge him.Xiao Chining picked it up, but didn't say where he was, and only asked him to wait a little longer.

Xiao Zhaoshan hung up the phone, secretly wondering how many fathers there would be in China who urged their children to skip class.I'm afraid there are not many of them.

Wechat alerts rang all the way, and he was bored waiting, so he took out his phone to check each item one by one.

Every WeChat group was swiped with "Happy New Year", but Chi Yan's dialog box said: "I moved out of the house, and I don't need the rest, just throw it away."

Xiao Zhaoshan replied "Yes", and continued to scroll down.

Dong Xin said 7 minutes ago: "I've booked the hotel, hurry up and bring my godson here."

Xiao Zhaoshan smiled: "Who is your godson? Did I agree?"

Dong Xin replied in seconds: "I am not Chi Ning's godmother, who is?"

Xiao Zhaoshan asked: "What's the use of being recognized by a godmother?" He himself has no such relatives.

"What's the use?" Dong Xin sent a voice, "Of course it's for pampering my godson. I bought him a meeting gift, wrapped him a red envelope, and planned to introduce him a little girlfriend. Old Xiao, it wasn't me who said that. , children nowadays are all precocious. Instead of letting him fall in love with girls in school, it is better to let him date with acquaintances who know the basics. Look at me, it is a lesson learned from the past. How many reliable ones in school, when they graduate Fly separately, what should I do if my son is sad?"

Xiao Zhaoshan found it interesting: "Okay, Matchmaker Dong, which family is my future daughter-in-law acquaintance with?"

"My cousin's little girl is as old as my godson. Do you want me to bring her here today?"

"I'll ask him later."

"Tell Chi Ning that she is studying broadcasting and hosting, and she has a good appearance."

"Well," Xiao Zhaoshan suppressed a smile, "What else?"

Dong Xin replied: "Although she is the youngest in the family and has two sensible elder brothers in front of her, she is not hypocritical at all, she is generous and very cheerful."

"Sounds good."

After Xiao Zhaoshan finished typing, he looked up and saw Xiao Chining wearing a black scarf skilfully stepping on a skateboard, turning left and right across the sea of ​​people running towards him.

Dong Xin said complacently: "It's not only good? I'm not bragging, if they can make it, you can fucking have fun."

"Well, if the two of them can succeed, I will go to the Badachu[1] of Xishan to donate money."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Chining held the skateboard and opened the passenger's door.

Xiao Zhaoshan put the milk tea on his lap, and only said one word: "Drink."

"What a coincidence, I also bought it for you, Dad." Xiao Chining unzipped the school uniform, took out a bottle of Assam milk tea from his pocket, and handed it to Xiao Zhaoshan, "I kept it in my pocket for fear of getting cold, but it was still warm. "

Xiao Zhaoshan started the car and refused, "I don't need it, you drink yours."

Holding the bottle, Xiao Chining stretched out his arms and shook it in front of his eyes: "Try it, I went to the school supermarket to buy it."

Xiao Zhaoshan was reversing the car: "I don't have time."

Xiao Chining helped him unscrew the bottle cap: "I'll feed you."

"If you dare to spill it on me, you can walk home later by yourself."

Xiao Chining put the bottle to his mouth: "I'm very stable."

Xiao Zhaoshan adjusted his head, raised his head and took a sip, but didn't want to take a second sip.

"What is this?"

"It's also milk tea." Xiao Chining withdrew his hand, biting the straw and asked, "Isn't it good?"

Not only is it not good to drink, it is simply too bad to drink.

"...not bad." Xiao Zhaoshan said, "I'll taste the cup in your hand."

If it tastes the same, then he made a mistake.

Xiao Chining handed out the three milk tea brothers in his hand, Xiao Zhaoshan wrapped his hands around the back of his hand, sucked a mouthful of pearls and pudding from the plastic cup.

Swallowing has never been so difficult.

"Don't you think it's too sweet?" He suspected that Xiao Chining's sense of taste had failed.

"I don't think so." Xiao Chining took another two gulps to prove it, "I like it."

Xiao Zhaoshan was steering the steering wheel, seeing that he had something wrapped around his mouth like a hamster, he couldn't help laughing at him, "Child."

Xiao Chining snorted: "Old stuff."

"Why are you talking to your father?" Xiao Zhaoshan glanced at him coldly.

Xiao Chining asked: "Do you know Jay Chou?"

"I've heard of it, the one who sings the nunchuck." Xiao Zhaoshan still knew this kind of person.

"He is about your age, and he likes to drink milk tea."

Xiao Zhaoshan laughed and said, "What does he like drinking milk tea have to do with me?"

Xiao Chining plausibly said: "It means you don't have a childlike innocence."

"I know a little girl who is the same age as you." Xiao Zhaoshan learned and used it flexibly, "She is very generous and cheerful."

Xiao Chining immediately became unhappy: "Who are you talking about? Which little girl?"

Xiao Zhaoshan smiled: "I said my daughter-in-law."

Xiao Chining thought for a while before realizing what "daughter-in-law" meant.He asked in surprise and anger, "Why didn't I know I had a girlfriend?!"

"Your Aunt Dong Xin—now you should be called godmother—is planning to introduce one to you." Xiao Zhaoshan's tone was flat, "Just now you asked for my opinion."

"Godmother? The one who wants to invite me to dinner today?"

"Well, she also brought you gifts and wrapped red envelopes."

Xiao Chining doesn't care about this: "How did you answer her?"

Xiao Zhaoshan stopped the car at the intersection of red lights, and looked at him with a smile in his eyes: "I said, it's good, but I have to ask your opinion. What do you think?"

Xiao Chining was so angry that he didn't know whether to get angry or get out of the car.

After a while, he suddenly smiled: "I also think it's pretty good. It's better to hit the sun than to choose a date. If my girlfriend is free today, let's meet her."

Xiao Zhaoshan raised his eyebrows: "I remember someone liked men with me before."

"I learned from you." Xiao Chining tilted his head and said innocently, "As soon as I get married to my girlfriend, you will become my lover. It would be great to turn over and sing as a serf."

Xiao Zhaoshan understood: "You want me to be your mistress? You are living in a dream."

"So, isn't it good for you to be your own daughter-in-law?" Xiao Chining whispered disdainfully, "What does the old man think about every day?"

Xiao Zhaoshan freed up one hand, stretched out to pinch both of his cheeks: "Say it again if you have the guts?"

Xiao Chining pouted, and cursed vaguely but loudly: "Old stuff, old stuff, old stuff, old stuff!"

Xiao Zhaoshan let go of his hand, leaned over and bit his upper lip vigorously, and said viciously: "If I were an old bastard, you would be a f*cking bastard. If you don't talk carefully, I won't let you get out of the car."

"Come, come, come." Xiao Chining made a gesture to take off his school pants, "No one can leave without fighting for [-] rounds!"

Xiao Zhaoshan wanted to whip him up, but when the green light came on, he could only gnash his teeth while driving and gave Xiao Chining a challenge: "I don't go to work tomorrow, and I'll go home after dinner. Just wait, I'll fuck you!" kill you!"

Xiao Chining pulled up his trouser waist, sipped his milk tea and said, "Just mention the word 'girlfriend' to me again, just wait, I'll squeeze you dry!"

After catching up with the long evening rush hour, the traffic going out of the city was unbelievably congested, and the father and son gradually quieted down after finishing their meaningless and harsh words.

Xiao Chining couldn't sit still, took out his phone and started playing pop songs, occasionally singing along, Xiao Zhaoshan was in charge of listening, and scolded him for what he liked.

At [-] o'clock in the evening, after being stuck in traffic for more than an hour, they finally arrived at the Japanese-style yakiniku restaurant that Dong Xin had reserved a seat for.

Xiao Chining didn't wear a scarf and walked into the private room in a blue and white school uniform.Dong Xin still wears professional suits for commuting, with a white shirt and a black hip-wrapped skirt. She is leaning against the wall and playing with her mobile phone with her legs stretched out.

Xiao Zhaoshan took off his coat and laughed at her for not looking like a godmother.

Xiao Chining sat on the tatami, greeted her with a smile, and retorted calmly: "Godmother has worked hard at work, so come here as you feel comfortable."

Dong Xin immediately felt that this godmother was really worthy of self-recommendation.

"Your father also told me not to expect too much," she glared at Xiao Zhaoshan, "He's cheating."

Xiao Zhaoshan saw her pouring iced Coke for Xiao Chining after flipping through a round of beef, so he blocked the bottle with barbecue tongs: "Don't let him drink so much sweet food, I only drank a big cup of milk tea on the way here."

Dong Xin softly asked Xiao Chining who was sitting beside him: "Chi Ning, do you want to drink coke? Or would you rather drink tea?"

Xiao Chining glanced timidly at Xiao Zhaoshan, then immediately looked away, and nodded slightly.

Dong Xin, who was on the opposite side of the table, felt his heart melt.

Xiao Zhaoshan felt speechless.

He divided the roasted beef among their plates, and warned Xiao Chining in a deep voice: "Put less, don't drink."

Dong Xin picked up a can of Coke, poured it for Xiao Chining without saying a word, and scolded Xiao Zhaoshan: "If the child wants to drink, let him drink it! It's not that three-year-olds are afraid of tooth decay, you should What's the matter with dad!"

She put down the empty coke can, turned to Xiao Chining, changed her temper instantly, and coaxed him softly: "Godmother treats you today, Chi Ning, you can drink whatever you want, order whatever you want, don't be polite to me .”

Xiao Chining took two sips of the drink, and smiled obediently at her: "Thank you godmother, these are enough and cannot be wasted."

Xiao Zhaoshan, who was squeezed out jointly by the two, couldn't listen anymore.

He took a leisurely sip of tea and asked Dong Xin: "Didn't you mean to introduce a girlfriend to Xiao Chining? Everyone is sitting here, why don't you, a matchmaker, talk to him face to face?"

Sure enough, Xiao Chining's gentle smile couldn't hold back anymore.

"Didn't I tell you that in the car?" He turned his head to look at Xiao Zhaoshan, emphasizing sadly, "After New Year's Day, I have to hurry up and prepare for the art exam. I don't have time to fall in love, Dad, Dad."

"Are you sure?" This was the first time Xiao Zhaoshan heard his plans for the future from him.

"The time is a bit tight." Dong Xin has already become a mother, "The efficiency of the training camp is too low, one-on-one is better, do you need a godmother to help find a teacher?"

"Wait..." She suddenly realized, "Old Xiao, you're just in this business, why didn't you find us a good teacher for Chi Ning earlier?"

Xiao Zhaoshan still couldn't tell whether Xiao Chining was joking or serious.

He put the freshly roasted pork belly into the cooked meat tray, and laughed at himself to Dong Xin: "Even I, a father, just found out that my son decided to take the art test."

Dong Xin never looked back on the eccentric road: "So Lao Xiao, why don't you hurry up and reflect on yourself!"

Xiao Chining laughed up and down in his heart, but verbally he had to help Xiao Zhaoshan hold the scene: "You can't blame my dad, I only thought about it these two days."

"Have you really considered it?" Xiao Zhaoshan asked seriously.

Xiao Chining put a piece of pork belly dipped in sauce into his plate, nodded and said: "Yes. Although I don't like painting that much, I have made up my mind."

Xiao Zhaoshan frowned: "Don't learn if you don't like it, it will only become more and more painful in the future."

Dong Xin also echoed: "Chi Ning, your father is right. When I was studying abroad, the school required students to choose a minor in history, geography and philosophy, but I was not interested in any of these. I just dealt with it for four years. Minor thesis has collapsed many times, and I almost want to go back to China to take the college entrance examination again without a degree, so don’t force yourself.”

Xiao Chining originally thought that Xiao Zhaoshan would be very happy when he heard about it, but unexpectedly he was opposed.

He looked at Xiao Zhaoshan, and said to Dong Xin: "My grades are too bad. I don't know what else I can do to avoid embarrassing my dad besides going to the arts."

Xiao Zhaoshan looked back at him calmly: "I am me, you are you, I don't need anyone to give me face, and I don't think anyone will lose my face, I just look down on you. Because you gave the right to choose to others. "

"Old Xiao." Dong Xin was dissatisfied with his seriousness, and reminded him.

Then she smiled and comforted Xiao Chining: "It's good to have such a heart, it shows that you care about your father very much. But, you are so young, you should do what you like the most, or wait until you reach our age , you are only qualified to do what you are good at.”

Xiao Chining looked at her blankly: "But I don't seem to have anything I like to do."

Dong Xin's heart was softened by his big eyes, and he said persuasively: "That's because you have too little contact with things now. 360 lines, you can be the best in every line, you only tried the student line now, how can you assert yourself? Don't you have anything you like to do?"

As Xiao Chining listened, he suddenly wanted to cry.

"Why did I tell you that you were crying?!" Dong Xin, who was sitting across from him, saw that his eyes were red, panicked for a moment, hurriedly pulled a piece of toilet paper, and wiped his eyes across the table.

Xiao Zhaoshan turned his face to look, and found that Xiao Chining was trying to smile.

He picked up a chopstick of vegetables for himself, and asked in a low voice, "What did you think of?"

Xiao Chining grabbed the toilet paper Dong Xin gave him, lowered his head and said, "I'm thinking of Chi Yan."

Both Xiao Zhaoshan and Dong Xin were taken aback.

He raised his head again and said gratefully, "Thank you godmother, you are so kind."

Dong Xin, who was in his early 40s, was overwhelmed by the praise of a 17-year-old boy, and the smile on his mouth became more and more rippling: "Hey Lao Xiao, what good things did you do in your last life to give birth to such a baby? Share your experience chant."

Xiao Zhaoshan put a piece of roasted shiitake mushrooms for Xiao Chining, and said proudly: "It's because he grew up well, it has nothing to do with me and Chi Yan."

"That's right." Dong Xin recalled how he was in high school, and excitedly explained Xiao Chining's science, "Chi Ning, you don't know, your father was wild when you were your age, smoking, drinking, dating early, skipping classes to sketch in Xiangshan, taking exams I draw small people all the time, my homework is never complete, and I always pretend to be melancholy after class."

"When he became famous, our former homeroom teacher was just promoted to be the teaching director. My junior sister specially wrote an email to tell me that at the group meeting, she told the whole school—you must have heard about Senior Xiao Zhaoshan, he is a genius. , this life is destined to be extraordinary, if you can’t support your whole family without going to school like him, don’t follow his example, just study for the college entrance examination honestly, this is your way out!”

Xiao Chining listened with gusto, but Xiao Zhaoshan was very responsive: "Dong Xin, why don't you go to Tianjin Wei to play allegro?"

Dong Xin coaxed his baby godson to cheer up, and he didn't care about the life and death of his old friend at all: "Chi Ning likes to listen, what's the matter?"

"Do you like to hear it?" Xiao Zhaoshan gave Xiao Chining a threatening look.

Xiao Chining met his gaze and nodded without hesitation.

So Dong Xin arranged what she still remembered, all kinds of little things about Xiao Zhaoshan High School vividly and vividly.

Since he didn’t like to use pens but only used pencils to answer questions, he was fined by his Chinese teacher to copy the “Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng” five times. He said that he injured his arm in a fight with someone from the technical school next door in his first year of high school, and he couldn’t draw for a whole month. He was so angry that he blocked the leading man at the entrance of the alley for two weeks, and then he said that he was actually afraid of myopia, because he felt that once he wore glasses, all the colors and structures would be out of shape.

Xiao Chining ate the vegetables and meat that Xiao Zhaoshan piled on his plate, exactly the same as when he was in the rainy mountains, wishing that time would stop at this moment.

But there is no permanent banquet in the world, no matter how slow they eat, they have to leave.

Taking advantage of Xiao Zhaoshan's time to go to the bathroom, Dong Xin gave out a red envelope two fingers thick and a brand new set of wrist and knee pads.Xiao Chining rejected it according to international practice, and failed logically.

Beijing at ten o'clock in the evening was surprisingly cold, Dong Xin breathed out white mist, leaned into his ear mysteriously and said, "I heard what your father meant, because he didn't want you to have pocket money, so the godmother secretly gave it to you, don't tell me your dad."

Xiao Chining put the red envelope into the cotton jacket under the school uniform, and only held the gift box in his arms: "Thank you godmother."

Dong Xin straightened up and touched the top of his hair: "You're welcome, I wish Chi Ning a happy New Year and always be happy."

"It's hard to be happy all the time." Xiao Chining said honestly.

"Well, people don't just live for happiness." Dong Xin took out his leather gloves from his handbag and winked at him meaningfully, "It's for love."

"When you are happy, those who love you will be happy. This is the way you repay your love." She looked up and saw Xiao Zhaoshan coming out, and lowered her voice, "Chi Ning, godmother is a businessman, but your father is not—although He always says he is. He’s actually a little naive, I guess his dream is still to draw super super super amazing works.”

"For such a person, you usually only see what you are after, so you have been ignored all these years. Godmother hopes that you can tolerate him more, and don't let him regret it when he gets old." Dong Xin put on his gloves and followed He said goodbye, "As his friend, I want to ask you for help."

Xiao Chining immediately thought of Hu Yingxue.

If she was still alive, would she still be like this, exposing his jokes and laughing at his idiots, while always standing by his side and speaking for him?

"What were you two talking about just now?" Xiao Zhaoshan asked about their private conversation on the way to the parking lot.

Xiao Chining tucked his face into the collar of his school uniform and didn't answer.

"What's wrong? It looks like the sky is falling." Xiao Zhaoshan really couldn't understand the child's emotional ups and downs.

Xiao Chining was still hooking his head, but his left hand suddenly and accurately grasped his warm palm.

"I envy you, Dad."

Xiao Zhaoshan laughed: "Why do you envy me?"

Xiao Chining replied: "I miss Hu Yingxue."

Xiao Zhaoshan smiled, and after a while he clenched his cold hand and continued to walk forward: "Then I didn't lie to her. I told her that you will always remember her."

Xiao Chining stopped and asked, "When?"

"Before I couldn't catch her."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Zhaoshan caught a glimpse of a piercing cold light that seemed to touch the ground, blowing towards him through the wind.

He subconsciously pulled Xiao Chining back suddenly.

"what happened?"

Xiao Chining's figure flickered, but before he could stand still, Xiao Zhaoshan had already dropped his hand.

He didn't look at Xiao Chining again, and said in a low voice with a gloomy face: "Stay away from me, hurry up."

"What happened?" Xiao Chining didn't realize what happened at all.

Xiao Zhaoshan yelled at him: "Didn't you hear me telling you to stay away from me!"

The sparse pedestrians on the road cast strange glances at him one after another, but he didn't notice it at all, and looked tensely in the direction of the cold light.

"dad……"

Xiao Chining, who had already retreated three steps, was about to say something, but was interrupted by Xiao Zhaoshan's order.

"Wait for me in the car and run."

He stared at the opposite side of the street as if facing an enemy, took out the car key from his coat, and threw it into Xiao Chining's arms: "Lock the car door and don't come out."

No matter how dull Xiao Chining was, he sensed the abnormality in his vigilant and cold tone at this moment, and ran into the open-air parking lot not far away.

Xiao Zhaoshan stood alone on the side of the street, while carefully observing the surroundings, he took out his mobile phone from his arms and asked Siri to call Dong Xin.

Dong Xin picked up the phone and asked him if he had left something behind. He said bluntly, "Yue Zezhang just found me."

Dong Xin sat in the back seat of the car and signaled the driver to pull over: "What do you mean? Do you need me to come over?"

"No, I just remind you to pay attention to safety, and remember to call me when you get home."

"Okay, I got it." Dong Xin heard that his tone seemed inappropriate to talk too much, so he said concisely, "Be careful too, don't confront him head-on, and let me know as soon as there is anything."

"En." Xiao Zhaoshan hung up the phone, and waited for a while, but he still didn't wait for the second cold light.

Taking the place where he stood just now as the center of the circle, he circled around it a few times, and finally found the source of the light on the lawn beside the sidewalk.

He took out a piece of toilet paper from his coat, picked up the dart made of ice and was shaved like a dart, held it in his hand and looked at it.

If Xiao Chining hadn't stopped suddenly at that time, if the ice dart had been half a meter taller, with the strength of piercing Yang with a hundred steps, it would have killed him in the blink of an eye.

He can still stand here safely now, which proves that Yue Zezhang is not trying to kill him, but is warning him.Warn him not to play tricks, warn him to be obedient.

Other than that, he couldn't think of any other possibility.

"It's good that no one was hurt."

Thousands of miles away in France, Yue Zezhang was reading a Chinese newspaper in the winter sun, and said calmly to his personal assistant: "On the last day of this year, don't cause trouble for the medical staff and police in the capital."

The private assistant continued to report: "I heard from the person sent by Li Zhu that No. 17 took his son to have dinner with Xinrong's Dong Xin today."

Yue Zezhang turned a page of the newspaper and said indifferently, "It's justifiable to celebrate New Year's Day."

"Looking at it this way, the relationship between him and his son doesn't seem to be as bad as Qu Cheng said. They were still holding hands while walking on the road."

Yue Zezhang's eyes still stayed on the newspaper, and he didn't know who he was asking: "When did my Zhaoshan become a loving father?"

He turned another page, and slowly said: "If I remember correctly, Xiao Chining is a boy, and he is almost eighteen."

Private assistant Ying He: "Yes, Mr. Yue, he is in his third year of high school and will take the college entrance examination next summer."

Yue Zezhang shook the newspaper and closed it according to the creases.

"I haven't held Fu Yuan's hand since she entered junior high school."