Shu Yuan was sitting in the car, holding her mobile phone in her hand and looking at the photos she had just captured on the playground. From time to time, her fingers zoomed in and out of the photos on the phone screen, and the corners of her mouth couldn't stop raising.
"It's a good match." Shu Yuan looked at the two people hugging each other in the photo, her eyes filled with relief.
But soon she frowned again, feeling a little confused and worried.
On the one hand, she is not opposed to any emotion between the two children. From a selfish point of view, she hopes that the two of them can be together.
On the other hand, she was worried that her two children were too young, and feelings would come and go quickly. After all, love is the most unstable type of relationship between people.
She is also worried about whether the two children have figured out their own hearts. She knew that the two of them had been together since childhood and because of what they had experienced, they must have feelings for each other that surpassed other people's feelings. She is just afraid that the two of them will mistake these emotions for love, and they will suddenly understand it when they grow up and meet more people.
Boys are naturally superior in relationships. They are more rational than girls and can even be said to be ruthless.
When the relationship fades away, boys will always withdraw faster than girls. In her heart, she always treated Jiang Suichu like a daughter, and she didn't want her to get hurt.
Shu Yuan poked Lu Zhinian's head in the photo with her fingertips: "Tsk~ You kid!"
She thought she would have to talk to her son when she got home at night.
Just as she was putting away her phone, someone knocked on the car window twice. She turned around and saw Li Liyun standing in front of the car door.
Shu Yuan glanced at her and lowered the window without getting out of the car: "Liyun, is something wrong?"
Li Liyun bent slightly: "Shu Yuan, can you... give me Suisui's phone number?"
Shu Yuan frowned slightly: "Why don't you find Suisui by yourself?"
Li Liyun mumbled a little helplessly: "I...she doesn't seem to be willing to talk to me."
She wanted to find Jiang Suichu in the classroom just now, but Jiang Suichu pulled Lu Zhinian away as soon as he saw her. She didn't even have a chance to speak.
Shu Yuan looked at her, thought for a moment and said, "I'm sorry, I think it's hard for me to make my own decision for you if Suisui doesn't want to."
At this moment, a black car drove up and stopped and honked its horn twice impatiently. Shu Yuan looked over there. The man who was driving with the window down had no expression on his face. He shouted to Li Liyun, "Let's go."
Li Liyun immediately said obediently: "Oh... okay, right away... right away."
After saying that, she took out a pen and paper from her bag and quickly wrote down a number and handed it to Shu Yuan: "Shu Yuan, this is my phone number. Can you call Suisui for me, if she is willing to contact me."
Shu Yuan looked at the note and didn't answer it or wanted to. Jiang Suichu is now at a critical moment before the college entrance examination, and she doesn't want anything to disturb her.
But Li Liyun is Jiang Suichu's biological mother after all, and she can't make full decisions for her. Just when Shu Yuan was wondering whether to help Li Liyun, the car next to her honked again.
"Hurry up!" The man in the car urged impatiently.
"Okay... okay!" Li Liyun glanced at the man, then turned back and threw the note directly into Shu Yuan's lap in the car, "Shu Yuan, I beg you. Help me."
After saying that, she took her bag and trotted into the car.
After Shu Yuan watched the black car drive away, she looked away and picked up the note from her lap.
"Alas..." She sighed helplessly and put the note into her bag.
As soon as she put it away, she looked up and saw two people walking side by side, one high and one low, at the school gate. She put her hands on the steering wheel, tapping her fingertips.
The two of them were walking relatively close to each other originally, but when they saw Aunt Shu Yuan's car, Jiang Suichu took two steps to the side with some guilt to put some distance between them.
Although the two had kissed and hugged before, their relationship was not confirmed. But today they were clearly together, and she suddenly felt a little embarrassed when she saw Aunt Yuan. And when she thought about what the two of them had done just now, she didn't dare to go see Aunt Yuan. I always feel like I have done something wrong and I am afraid of being discovered by my parents.
Lu Zhinian saw her little movement and raised his eyebrows at her. Jiang Suchu pretended not to see his eyes and walked quickly towards the car.
Shu Yuan looked at the two of them, pursed her lips and smiled softly. She tried her best to pretend she didn't know anything, and called her with a smile: "Suibao."
"Aunt Yuan." Jiang Suichu greeted with an awkward smile, then quickly looked away, opened the door and got into the car. She didn't forget to close the door after getting in the car. She didn't want to sit with Lu Zhinian.
Lu Zhinian looked at the closed car door and raised an eyebrow. Just as he opened the back door and was about to get in the car, he caught a glimpse of Shu Yuan looking at him from the corner of his eye, still holding back a smile.
He tilted his head and asked her silently. Shu Yuan just smiled and said, "Get in the car."
Lu Zhinian paused, then opened the rear door and got into the car in a daze.
Jiang Suchu saw him getting into the back seat, and quickly and quietly sat further to the side. Lu Zhinian got into the car and was about to move a little closer to her when Jiang Suchu opened his eyes wide and stared at him silently.
Jiang Suchu frowned and glanced in front of him, silently warning him not to get too close to her. Lu Zhinian looked at her winking expression and chuckled helplessly.
Shu Yuan drove the car and glanced at the two people in the rearview mirror. From the time they got in the car to now, the two of them hadn't said a word.
It was obviously to avoid suspicion in front of her.
She smiled and broke the silence in the car: "Lele still has to go to class."
Lu Zhinian held his cell phone in his hand: "Well, there are two more classes in the afternoon."
The class hours for No. 1 Middle School and No. 4 Middle School are the same. Senior high school students only have a half-day break every week after the second class on weekend afternoons.
Today, No. 1 Middle School took the 100-day pledge, and the school generously gave up the two afternoon classes. Otherwise, they would have to attend two classes in the afternoon before school is over.
Shu Yuan: "Then remember to send a message to Lele and ask him to take a taxi back after school."
Lu Zhinian nodded: "Yes."
Pei Shuo has almost lived in the Lu family for the past six months. Pei Tian is busy with work in the bureau, and it is common for him to stay away from home for several days. Pei Shuo didn't want to go to his mother's place, and Pei Tian said he didn't want to find a nanny for him.
After all, he is a senior in high school. He studies so hard every day and doesn’t even have a hot meal when he comes home. When Shu Yuan found out, she felt sorry for Pei Shuo and let him live at home. In this way, Aunt Wu would take care of their daily life at home, and she would feel more at ease.
Shu Yuan glanced at Jiang Suichu in the rearview mirror. She didn't say much after getting in the car and kept looking quietly outside the car.
"Suibao, what are you thinking about?" Shu Yuan called her softly.
"Ah?" Jiang Suchu came back to his senses, looked at Shu Yuan and smiled sheepishly, "I didn't think about it, Aunt Yuan."
Lu Zhinian put away his cell phone and looked at her sideways. Jiang Suchu smiled lightly at him and said that he was fine.
Shu Yuan looked at the forced smile on her face and knew that she must be thinking about today's parent-teacher meeting. She thought for a moment and asked her: "Sibao, do you want to see mom?"
Jiang Suchu was stunned for a moment and glanced at Lu Zhinian subconsciously.
"I...don't want to." She shook her head.
Shu Yuan could see that what she said was not against her will, so there was no need to give her this note, so as not to make her feel uncomfortable.
Shu Yuan was a little worried and warned: "Suibao, don't take today's things to heart. The college entrance examination is coming soon, so don't let yourself be distracted. Do you understand?"
Jiang Suchu nodded: "Yes. I know, Aunt Yuan."
Li Liyun is actually just a special stranger to her. She will work hard to adjust herself and not let her affect her.
Back home, after Jiang Suchu went upstairs, Shu Yuan called Lu Zhinian to the study.
Lu Zhinian followed Shu Yuan into the study: "Mom, if you have anything to do, you have to go to the study to tell her."
Shu Yuan sat on the chair, looked at him with her arms folded, and said straight to the point: "When did you and Si Bao start?"
Lu Zhinian paused for a moment, then looked a little uncomfortable and pretended to be stupid: "Wha... what start?"
Shu Yuan narrowed her eyes and stared at him: "Lu Zhinian, don't pretend to be here with your mother."
Lu Zhinian scratched his eyebrows and said, "Mom..."
"Stand still!" Before he could finish his words, Shu Yuan shouted and stopped him.
"Oh." Lu Zhinian was a little helpless and stood in a standard military posture with his hands hanging on the seams of his trousers. This is the consciousness that was trained by Lu Shenghua and Pei Tian since childhood.
Lu Zhinian curled his lips and said, "Mom, you don't understand anything right now. Who knows what you are talking about."
Lu Zhinian thought for a moment, and it seemed that the two of them had not done anything excessive in front of Shu Yuan, so they should not have been discovered.
He was not afraid that Shu Yuan and the others would find out, but he was just worried that Jiang Suchu would be burdened if they found out. And the two of them also agreed not to talk about it for now and tell them after graduation.
Shu Yuan sneered: "You still don't admit it?"
Lu Zhinian: "That's right. The police have to pay attention to evidence when arresting people. You can't just give in."
"Okay, you need evidence, right?" Shu Yuan saw that he was determined not to give up until he reached the Yellow River. She gritted her teeth and took out her mobile phone from her bag, "I'll give it to you."
She opened the photo album, clicked on the photo, pushed the phone in front of him, and tapped the desktop a few times with her fingertips: "See for yourself, don't you know how arrogant you are in public?"
Lu Zhinian stood a little far away from the desk, and the screen of his mobile phone was reflective and he couldn't see clearly.
"What?" He came closer and bent over to see the photos on his phone clearly.
Crowds cheering, colorful smoke and balloons floating in the air. The two are in the center of the photo, hugging each other tightly. He bowed, put one arm around Jiang Suichu's waist, and placed the other behind her head. Jiang Suichu leaned on his shoulder and held a yellow balloon in his hand.
It seems as if everything around them is dynamic and only they are stationary.
Needless to say, this photo captures it very well. He couldn't help but stretched out his hand to pick up the phone and take a closer look. Before his hand even touched the phone, Shu Yuan beat him to it.
Shu Yuan glared at him: "Stand still."
Lu Zhinian rubbed the tip of his nose and stood back in a military posture: "Mom, your photography skills are very good. You can hold a photography exhibition now."
Shu Yuan put the mobile phone aside, leaned back on the chair and crossed her arms and looked at him: "Don't be silly with me here. Ah Nian, your parents have taught you since you were a child that a man must dare to be a man. What are you doing now?" It’s avoiding the problem.”
Now that he was discovered, he had nothing to hide.
"There is no escape." He straightened his back and said to Shu Yuan as if making a report: "Yes! We are together."
Shu Yuan paused. She thought Lu Zhinian would explain, but she didn't expect him to be honest. But she still knew her son well, and it wasn't much of a surprise to her that he would admit it.
She was thinking about it, but before she could think of what to say, Lu Zhinian spoke first.
"Mom, can you pretend you don't know first?"
Shu Yuan looked at him: "What do you mean?"
Lu Zhinian said seriously: "If Jiang Suchu knew that you knew, she would definitely feel burdened. The college entrance examination is coming soon, so you should just pretend for a while."
After Shu Yuan heard what he said, she laughed and asked him, "You also know that the college entrance examination is coming soon? Why don't you know how to be patient?"
Lu Zhinian choked at Shu Yuan's words and opened his mouth but couldn't find the words to refute. He was indeed careless about this matter and actually forgot that Shu Yuan was here today.
He was a little annoyed. If he had known earlier, he would have controlled it and found a place where no one was around.
Shu Yuan looked at him and sighed softly: "Son, mother wants to ask you, are you serious about Sui Sui?"
Lu Zhinian frowned, wondering why Shu Yuan would ask such a question.
"Of course I'm serious." He replied immediately without hesitation.
Shu Yuan nodded and asked again: "So...Sui Bao treats you..."
Lu Zhinian interrupted her: "Mom, what are you worried about?"
Having said this, Shu Yuan no longer hesitated and said directly: "A Nian, your mother will not interfere too much with you in anything you do since you were a child. I fully respect your choice because my mother believes in you. Feelings Also, my mother never thinks that falling in love at your age is wrong. On the contrary, I think it should be beautiful."
"Mom knows that you and Suibao had a good relationship when they were young, and they have experienced so many things together. I can understand that the relationship between the two is deeper than others, but you have to understand that love and family friendship are different.
She paused for a moment and then continued: "Emotions are very complicated. Its complexity is far greater than your competitions and programming, because it has no reason or logic to follow. You guys The feelings of age come quickly and purely, and the current enthusiasm may dissipate soon."
"And Sui Sui is a girl, and girls are naturally the weaker side in relationships. If your enthusiasm fades one day, Sui Sui may not be able to get out in time. Mom doesn't want to see Sui Sui sad, and she doesn't want to see you either. The two of us will end up like this. So mom hopes you can think carefully and don't make a decision prematurely."
Lu Zhinian frowned and said seriously: "Mom, I understand everything you said. Don't worry, I am not impulsive or passionate. I have been determined to like her since I was a freshman in high school. In the past two years It’s always been like this and it won’t change in the future.”
Just like Shu Yuan said, Lu Zhinian has always been a person who knows what he wants. He also asked himself when he started liking Jiang Suchu. He thought carefully about it, but there was no exact time. But he knew that the bond between the two of them had already begun from the first moment he saw her in the corridor on the day of the freshman assembly.
At that time, he didn't know that she was Jiang Suichu, but he couldn't help but want to see her. Seeing her thin and pale face, his first reaction was to feel a little distressed.
It was a very inexplicable emotion, facing Jiang Suichu, who was just a stranger to him at the time.
The second time he saw her was at the entrance of the supermarket on a rainy day. The moment he saw her, he paused slightly and stood in the rain with an umbrella and looked at her for a long time. If Beibei hadn't seen him first, he didn't know how long he would have stood like that.
The third time was in the woods and I saw her sleeping on the table. Obviously he should turn around and leave, but his steps walked towards her uncontrollably and he sat there to block her from the noon sun. Later, when he found out that she had bought the cold medicine, he felt a little happy and even thought of teasing her.
Before leaving, he gave her the Coke she didn't drink and took the opportunity to pull her wrist. It was also at that moment that he confirmed that he had different thoughts about this girl.
Later, when he accidentally learned that she was Jiang Suchu, he couldn't explain how he felt. If he really had to use one word to describe it, he thought it could only be summed up by 'surprise'.
Surprised and delighted.
Those feelings that popped up out of nowhere suddenly had their attribution.
He would like her no matter who she was.
Shu Yuan was stunned. She originally thought that the relationship between the two was a recent thing, but she didn't expect that it started in her freshman year of high school.
Shu Yuan: "Mom didn't tell you to decide your long life so early. Life is very long, and you will meet more people in the future. No one can say whether the current relationship can withstand the test of time. I Having said all this, I am not saying that I am against you. I just hope that you can think clearly and be better together."
As she said this, she smiled and said, "If possible, Mom hopes that you will have a good life."
After all, Jiang Suchu was the daughter-in-law she had fancied since she was a child, and she was selfishly happy for the two of them to be together.
Lu Zhinian stood up straight and looked at Shu Yuan sincerely: "Mom, we can!"
Shu Yuan looked at the determination in her son's eyes, smiled and didn't know what to say. Shu Yuan knew that he had been a person with his own ideas since he was a child, and no one could change what he decided.
She thought for a moment, then coughed and warned: "You are still young, please pay attention to some things you shouldn't do. If you dare to cross the line, be careful your dad beats you to death."
She stopped talking, and she believed that Lu Zhinian understood what she meant.
Lu Zhinian paused, his ears a little red: "I know."
Having said everything that needed to be said, Shu Yuan was happy in her heart. She smiled and waved her hand: "Okay, you can go out."
"Yeah." Lu Zhinian nodded slightly, turned around and walked out. After walking a few steps, he stopped again.
Shu Yuan looked at him: "Is there anything else you want to say?"
Lu Zhinian looked at the mobile phone on the table and scratched his eyebrows: "Mom, please send me that photo."
Shu Yuan: "......"
She took the phone and rolled her eyes at him: "What a beautiful idea, get out!"
"Oh~" Lu Zhinian shrugged, not forgetting to close the door before going out.
Standing at the door, he slowly exhaled. This should be regarded as the first time Shuyuan talked to him since she was a child, but she didn't expect it to be because of this.
It's a bit exciting to think about it.
But after talking about it, he felt more relaxed. At least he knew his parents' attitude towards the two of them being together.
He walked upstairs. After walking a few steps, his phone in his pocket vibrated twice. He took out his phone and saw Shu Yuan sent him a message on WeChat.
As he walked, he clicked on WeChat and saw the photo and sentence just now.
[A-Nian, mother’s best wishes to you and Suibao. 】
Lu Zhinian curled his lower lip and replied: [Mom, thank you. 】
Then he clicked on the photo, long-pressed it and saved it in an album folder named 'SUibaO'.
