Jiang Nan said nothing.
Zhou Zhengan suddenly felt a warm touch from the hand he was supporting on his leg. He looked down and saw Jiang Nan's hand gently covering his hand. Zhou Zhengan's heart tightened. He looked up and Jiang Nan Without looking at him, Zhou Zhengan could clearly see the smile on his lips.
Zhou Zhengan couldn't help but curled his lips.
Not long after, the sound of the door opening was heard outside again. This time it was Ren Xianzhi and Zhou's father who came back. They brought back a bucket of fish and the fishing rod was set up outside the yard.
When the two of them came in and saw Zhou Zhengan, they didn't show much surprise and greeted him as usual. On the contrary, when Ren Xianzhi saw Jiang Nan, he raised his eyebrows in surprise.
He looked at his wife and suddenly understood something, and nodded politely to Jiang Nan.
"Auntie, you can add fish to today's lunch dish." Ren Xianzhi shouted towards the kitchen.
Within a second, the aunt cooking in the kitchen responded: "Okay."
"But I'm a little busy, so I might have to wait a while." Auntie said.
Ren Xianzhi said: "It doesn't matter, I'll take care of the fish and give it to you."
The process for fresh fish is more complicated, and it takes a long time to process.
"I'll do it." Jiang Nan said: "You are responsible for fishing, I am responsible for handling it, and Auntie is responsible for doing it. Everyone performs their duties."
"Okay." Ren Xianzhi smiled and handed the bucket to her.
Jiang Nan just stretched out his hand to take it, when someone beside him took the bucket. Ren Xianzhi and Jiang Nan both looked up and saw that it was Zhou Zhengan.
Zhou Zhengan looked at Jiang Nan with a calm expression and said, "I'll help you."
Jiang Nan nodded slightly.
There was a sweet and ambiguous atmosphere between the two of them that was unique to young lovers who had just gotten together. Their eyes seemed to be drawn together. Ren Xianzhi walked away knowingly and went to watch TV with his wife.
He had just sat down and was about to take Zhou Zhixu in his arms when Zhou Zhixu hid aside. Before Ren Xianzhi could react, Zhou Zhixu had a look of disgust on his face: "Didn't I say, why don't you take a shower when you come back from fishing?" Do you want to take a shower? You smell like fish, but my dad is much better at hygiene than you are."
Zhou Zhixu's father went upstairs to take a shower as soon as he got home.
Ren Xianzhi: "..."
He lowered his head and smelled his clothes. There was no fishy smell. Why couldn't he smell it?
Ren Xianzhi figured it out. Zhou Zhixu, like her brother, was very sensitive to smells and had a severe mysophobia.
Zhou Zhengan and Jiang Nan on the other side were friendly. Zhou Zhengan walked in front carrying a bucket, and Jiang Nan followed him. The two of them walked to the faucet in the yard where water could flow. Zhou Zhengan lowered his body to pour the water in the bucket.
Watching what he was doing, Jiang Nan squatted down next to him and tilted his head to watch his movements. Neither of them spoke, enjoying the quiet moment.
"When do you plan to fulfill your promise?" Zhou Zhengan said suddenly.
Jiang Nan was stunned: "What?"
"I said, when do you plan to marry me?" Zhou Zhengan said it much more straightforwardly this time.
Jiang Nan's face suddenly turned red and she whispered, "Didn't you just come back?"
"Oh, just remember."
Jiang Nan saw Zhou Zhengan's calm face, but the unnatural emotions in his eyes still revealed his inner feelings. She deliberately joked: "Are you so afraid that I will forget?"
Zhou Zhengan did not avoid it and said calmly: "Of course."
He looked at Jiang Nan with a meaningful look: "You have a criminal record."
"What criminal record?"
"Someone didn't tell her mother about my marriage to her. After she finally got her back, she tried to hide my shameful lover."
Jiang Nan was reminded by him and finally remembered what happened when they were on the plane and at the airport. She suffered a loss and was speechless.
"Oh, by the way, when I came this morning, your mother was very enthusiastic towards me, not at all like her son's ex-wife. Then I asked Zhixu, and she said I had to ask you about this, what do you think? "Jiang Nan had an idea and quickly changed the subject.
Zhou Zhengan looked away, without exposing her, and said, "Because I didn't tell them about our divorce."
"Why?" Jiang Nan asked subconsciously.
Zhou Zhengan said: "Because at that time I was thinking, has our fate really stopped? If it has not stopped, then you will eventually come back to me and tell them those meaningless things."
"Then what if we really end it?" Jiang Nan touched him gently with her eyes.
Zhou Zheng'an's voice was as calm as a puddle of stagnant water: "Then I probably won't think about other people and marriages anymore. It's all the same if we say it sooner or later."
"You know, it's always difficult for people like me to fall in love with new things, including people."
But it is such a person who, after only being with you for a few months, falls deeply in love with you and is fascinated by you.
"Later, I always felt that it was still possible to be with you. I always felt as if something was pulling me, bringing me to you. The rope holding you and me seemed to be broken if I pulled it lightly. It fell off, so I am always extra cautious, fearing that it will break if I don’t pay attention.”
Jiang Nan's hand was so tight that she was speechless. Zhou Zhengan stood up, picked up the bucket and said, "Let's go to the kitchen to process the fish scales."
The sky was particularly beautiful that day, the clouds were white and the sky was blue.
"..."
Shortly after everyone started eating at around 12 noon, Jiang Nan received a call from the company asking her to report, so she hurriedly said goodbye to the Zhou family and rushed to LT.
Zhou Zhengan wanted to give her a gift, but Jiang Nan refused. Jiang Nan asked him to eat well.
Seeing Jiang Nan leave in a hurry, Zhou's mother said at the side: "Xiao Jiang is really busy at work. Zheng'an, your Uncle Wang sent a lot of fresh oranges here a few days ago. They are all shipped from all over the place." Yes, when you go back in the afternoon, bring some for Xiaojiang to eat and some fish, and you can also bring back a few so you can keep them to eat."
Zhou Zhengan was a little absent-minded and responded: "Okay."
"Mom, no, Jiang Nan can't eat oranges, he will be allergic." Zhou Zhixu said, she looked at Zhou Zheng'an strangely: "Brother, what are you talking about? Jiang Nan's orange allergy is very serious. You two are like this together." Don’t you know?”
Zhou Zhengan raised his eyes slightly, and the doubts in his eyes flashed away. He quickly lowered his eyes, thinking about what Zhou Zhixu just said, but forgot to reply to her for a moment. Zhou Zhixu didn't say anything else, thinking that it was Zhou Zhengan who was there just now. I was distracted and didn't pay attention, so I didn't ask any more questions.
Zhou Zheng'an became very confused. Jiang Nan couldn't eat oranges, but that day at the villa, he pushed all the oranges she wanted to give to Gu Shengwei and Shen Qingfeng back to her.
What was Jiang Nan thinking at that time, and what were the words she didn't say?
The basket of oranges that she had not touched was left in the room without being taken down the mountain, but Zhou Zhengan did not ask another question: Why didn't you eat it?
If he had asked her, she would have told him that she was allergic to oranges.
He was used to being indifferent, but because of this he ignored his wife's true feelings.
That day, Zhou Zheng'an sat alone on the chair facing the sky on the balcony on the third floor of Zhou's house for a long time. Until Ren Xianzhi brought a cup of tea and sat across from him, they were as usual.
In Zhou Zhengan's eyes, the silence is like a cave hiding the deepest color in the night. It is so quiet and empty that people are curious but afraid to move forward.
Ren Xianzhi noticed that he was in a bad mood and said jokingly: "Brother, do you remember the last time we sat here together?"
Zhou Zhengan looked at him and said nothing, but he already had the answer in his heart. It was the first time he brought Jiang Nan to Zhou's house that day. She was very timid, but she deliberately pretended to be generous, but she didn't know that her acting skills were poor.
Ren Xianzhi said: "That day, I was sitting in this position, and you asked me if couples should still have children if they don't love each other? So now, do you have an answer?"
Zhou Zhengan raised his eyebrows. They all knew in their hearts that the topic they were talking about now had nothing to do with fertility.
"If you have the answer, what are you still thinking about? Just do your best. You taught me these things before. Why am I telling you now?" Ren Xianzhi smiled: "People, the authorities are obsessed with things. It's better to be a bystander to see clearly."
Zhou Zhengan lowered his eyes and smiled softly.
...
On the last day of Jiang Nan's short vacation, Zhou Zhengan and Jiang Nan went to get their certificates. This time, the two people on the red certificates had smiles on their faces.
Jiang Nan moved back to Zhou Zheng'an's apartment. She was surprised to find that the decoration in the house was still the same as when she left. Even the Spring Festival couplets she posted during the Spring Festival were still in place.
"Didn't you change it?" Jiang Nan asked Zhou Zheng'an.
When he first put it on, Zhou Zhixu said it didn't look good. Jiang Nan thought Zhou Zhengan wouldn't like it, but to his surprise, he didn't change it.
As soon as Zhou Zheng'an moved Jiang Nan's luggage into the door, he heard her voice asking him. Zhou Zheng'an scanned the Spring Festival couplets and paper-cuts stuck everywhere in the room, curled his lips and said, "As time goes by, I think it's better to It’s quite beautiful, but I haven’t moved it since.”
"But now that I look at it, I suddenly realize that it seems a bit ugly."
Zhou Zhengan raised his eyebrows and said, "Not bad, the aesthetics have been upgraded."
Jiang Nan gave him an angry look, but did not get angry. Zhou Zhengan continued: "If you want to change it, just change it. I told you before, the things in this room are half of yours."
Jiang Nan was about to nod when she heard him say again: "We leave our wedding room to you, Mrs. Zhou."
Jiang Nan was stunned and looked at him.
Zhou Zhengan had a faint smile on his face: "What? You should have a wedding with me this time. I have already discussed it with my parents. The wedding venue and decorations will be arranged. Mom will help us choose with Zhixu. select."
"Next, let's wait for the parents of both parties to meet." Zhou Zheng'an said seriously.
Jiang Nan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "I really want to find a time to talk to my mother."
