Lu Shenghua and Pei Tian drank too much and went to bed early.
Jiang Suichu returned to the room, sat at the desk, took out the pencil case from his schoolbag and opened it. Carefully take out dad's photo from the small compartment inside the pencil case.
Only half of the photo was burned by Jiang Mingzhu, and Dad's handsome face was blackened by the flames.
She wiped it carefully with her fingertips, her eyes red.
"Dad, come and see me in your dream tonight."
"Okay?"
She choked, and a tear fell on the desk. She stretched out her hand to wipe the tears from her face and looked at the photo with a smile, her voice trembling as if pleading.
Dong Dong Dong…
There was a knock on the door. She wiped away her tears and carefully put the photo back into her pencil case and got up to open the door.
Lu Zhinian and Pei Shuo stood at her door, with Pei Shuo still holding a blanket in his arms.
Pei Shuo smiled and said, "Sui Sui, please wear thick clothes."
"What are you going to do?" she asked.
Lu Zhinian said: "I will take you to see the stars."
Jiang Suchu looked at him in surprise, "Look at the stars? Do you want to go out?"
She took a look at the clothes of the two of them. They were both wearing coats, as if they were going out, but they were wearing home clothes underneath and had slippers on their feet.
Pei Shuo balled up the blanket in his arms and said, "I'm not going out. The sky is nice tonight. You can watch the stars on the third floor terrace."
Lu Zhinian: "It's windy upstairs, go get a thicker coat."
The terrace on the third floor is very large and divided into several areas, including a nursery, leisure area and glass sunroom. Shuyuan planted a variety of flowers and green plants in the nursery. Even in autumn, the nursery is full of life.
The flowers in her room were picked by Aunt Shuyuan from the nursery.
In the middle of the nursery is a solid wood bench with soft cushions placed on it. Lu Zhinian went around to the back of the bench, turned the wrench, lowered the back of the bench, and then pulled out the pedals from underneath.
The bench instantly transformed into a lounge chair.
This was Jiang Suichu's first time going up to the terrace at night. She lay on the railing and looked at the winding path in the villa area. Dim yellow street lights formed a line and extended into the darkness.
"Sui Sui, come here quickly." Pei Shuo set the table and called her.
Jiang Suchu turned around and saw that they had gotten a small stove from somewhere. There was a wire mesh placed on the stove, with a teapot and two sweet potatoes sitting on it.
"Ah, where did you get these?" She walked over and sat on the recliner and looked at the burning stove in surprise, feeling as if the two of them were working magic.
Pei Shuo said: "A Nian did it."
He didn't know when Lu Zhinian prepared it.
At this time, Lu Zhinian, who had gone downstairs to get a cup, came back. Pei Shuo turned to look at him and asked, "A-Nian, this teapot seems to be what Uncle Lu usually uses for drinking tea, right?"
Lu Zhinian put down the cup in his hand and said 'hmm'.
There was a faint milky fragrance in the air. When Jiang Suichu smelled it, it seemed to be coming from the teapot.
She thought she must have smelled it wrong. She pointed at the teapot and asked Lu Zhinian: "Is...tea brewed in this?"
"No." Lu Zhinian picked up the small teapot, poured a cup and handed it to her, saying calmly: "It's milk."
.........
Pei Shuo was using tongs to turn the sweet potatoes over. He was stunned when he heard this, and the sweet potatoes fell to the table with a clatter.
His eyes widened, "You actually used Uncle Lu's teapot to boil milk!!!"
"Hmm~" Lu Zhinian hummed indifferently, poured another glass and handed it to Pei Shuo, "Do you want to drink it?"
Pei Shuo pushed his hand away and shook his head repeatedly, "If you don't want to drink, I don't want to wait for Uncle Lu to wake up and whip me."
Lu Zhinian placed the cup in front of him and said with a serious expression: "Don't worry. I promise that your Uncle Lu will willingly donate his teapot."
Then he poured himself another glass, walked over and sat on Jiang Suichu's right side.
?
Pei Shuo turned to look at him, feeling that he was holding back something bad, "What do you mean?"
Jiang Suichu was bringing the hot milk to his mouth and looked at him, but didn't want to run into him.
She saw Lu Zhinian looking at her with a wicked smile on his lips. Her eyes paused and she felt an inexplicable chill on her back.
Sure enough, the next second she heard Lu Zhinian say: "At that time, we will say that his baby needs milk."
Jiang Suchu: ...huh? ? ? ? ?
There is nothing to say about Lu Shenghua doting on Jiang Suichu. Lu Shenghua is a good calligrapher and he likes to collect calligraphy. When Jiang Suichu was a child, he accidentally broke his favorite inkstone. Lu Shenghua didn't say a harsh word. Instead, he was worried about whether she had been hit.
Therefore, Lu Zhinian and Pei Shuo liked to use Jiang Suchu as a spearman since they were young. For example, if Lu Shenghua and Pei Tian didn't agree with where they wanted to go and what they wanted to buy, they would instruct Jiang Suichu to go ahead and say it. As long as Jiang Suichu pretended to be aggrieved and acted coquettishly, they would be unable to refuse.
This trick worked for both of them time and time again.
Pei Shuo also remembered that now that Sui Sui was back, it meant that he had the capital to make mischief again.
He picked up the cup and drank the sweet milk, and smiled at Jiang Suichu, showing a row of big white teeth, "I almost forgot, if the sky falls, Princess Sui Sui will still hold it up~"
Jiang Suchu tilted his head and looked at him in disbelief. Are you embarrassed to say this?
Suddenly, the cup in her hand was touched lightly and made a crisp sound. She turned her head and saw Lu Zhinian touching her cup with his cup, looking at her with a malicious smile on his face.
Lu Zhinian raised his eyebrows at her and said, "It's up to you."
Jiang Suichu:............
She rolled her eyes speechlessly, these two were so childish and...cute...
The three of them lay on the bench side by side, looking at the sky above their heads, where a few stars were sprinkled in the sky.
Starry.
Jiang Suichu looked at the vast starry sky and felt a little touched in his heart.
"Grandma said that when people die, they will become stars in the sky." She looked at the sky and said calmly, "Niannian, Lele, do you think...which star will dad be?"
Lu Zhinian and Pei Shuo both turned their heads to look at her, but she kept looking at the sky.
Lu Zhinian turned back to look at the sky, pointed at the brightest star in the sky, and said, "That one."
Jiang Suchu looked in the direction of his finger. The star was so bright. She asked him, "How did you know it was that star?"
Lu Zhinian lowered his eyes and looked at her and said, "Because Uncle Jiang also wants Suisui. He will become the brightest star and you can see it as soon as you look up."
Pei Shuo also said: "Every year, Uncle Jiang will definitely become the brightest star and always protect you."
Jiang Suchu knew clearly that they were just comforting him, but he still choked and asked, "Really?"
"Um."
"real."
Lu Zhinian and Pei Shuo both said in unison.
.......
The night is getting darker.
The three of them were wrapped in a big blanket, cuddling together and watching the stars like they did when they were children.
Jiang Suchu fell asleep at some point, his head tilted on Lu Zhinian's shoulder. Pei Shuo also leaned against Jiang Suchu in a daze, squeezing closer to the two of them in search of warmth.
As soon as Pei Shuo squeezed Jiang Suchu, Jiang Suchu leaned into Lu Zhinian's arms. Finally, Lu Zhinian was squeezed into a corner by the two of them, and his back hurt from the armrest of the bench.
He glanced at Jiang Suichu in his arms and raised the corners of his mouth. He reached out and gently pushed the hair away from her cheeks, revealing her delicate and small face.
He looked at her lovingly and said slowly: "Good night."
He leaned over slightly and picked up the mobile phone on the table, turned on the front camera and took a photo of the three of them. He forgot to turn off the sound, and there was a 'click' when he pressed the shutter button.
Pei Shuo opened his eyes drowsily and saw Lu Zhinian holding a mobile phone in his hand and taking pictures.
"you--"
As soon as he opened his mouth, Lu Zhinian gestured to him not to wake Jiang Suchu.
Pei Shuo glanced at Jiang Suchu, who was sleeping soundly, and lowered his voice clearly.
He spoke to Lu Zhinian in a breathy voice, "Did you just take a photo?"
Lu Zhinian nodded and opened the photo album to view the photos.
Pei Shuo: "Then send me one."
Lu Zhinian didn't say anything and directly sent it to him on WeChat. Then he went back to the photo album, cropped out Pei Shuo in the photo, and posted a post in a circle of friends that was only visible to him.
After he finished posting, the next second he scrolled to Pei Shuofa's circle of friends.
——Squad 725 explores the mysteries of the universe late at night.
The accompanying picture was the one Lu Zhinian sent him just now, with three people leaning against each other and wrapped in the same blanket.
725 is the house number of the former family compound.
Lu Zhinian curled his lips and gave him a thumbs up.
