The candlestick in front of the mourning hall was half burned, and Jin Chenhan and Meng Luoning bowed. Outside the house, the sound of cars coming in and out was endless, and late guests came one after another. Several of them were from Beijing and worked with Uncle Zhang. past colleagues.
Naturally, I also recognize the old man.
After everyone paid their condolences in front of the mourning hall, they came over to talk to the old man.
The old man was sitting on a wooden chair outside the house. Jin Chenhan bent over and poured him tea: "Grandpa, drink some tea, don't be sad."
"Your body matters too."
The old man knew that people cannot be resurrected, but he just felt uncomfortable and needed a few days to calm down. He took the tea, lowered his head and took a few sips.
The bitterness in his mouth eased a little. When he put down the tea cup, he saw Ning Ning, who had been by Shen Han's side just now, actually supporting some condolence wreaths that had been blown away by the wind in the corner of the yard.
The old man stared at her back, a layer of relief and appreciation rising in his heart.
When Meng Luoning fixed the wreaths that had been blown down by the wind, patted the dust on her hands and returned to the old man, the old man said with kind eyes: "Ning Ning, sit down for a while."
"I see that your feet are tired after traveling with us for so long, right?"
Meng Luoning thought it was okay. No matter where she went with the old man, she would not take the initiative to complain about tiredness or pain.
"Grandpa, I'm fine, I'm not tired at all."
After a pause, the little girl glanced at the man beside her who had already taken the initiative to pull out a chair for her to sit down.
She did not sit down, but suddenly stroked the edge of her cheongsam, knelt down, put her hands on the old man's legs docilely, and said distressedly: "But you, you can't cry anymore. If Uncle Zhang knew that you were crying like this, he probably wouldn't Be happy, you are his best friend, what happened this time was something that no one could have predicted."
"Now that things have happened, grandpa, we should look forward."
"Take good care of yourself, otherwise my uncle will be worried if he sees you in such discomfort."
Ningning was still very kind and soothing. The old man listened carefully. After a while, a faint smile finally appeared on the corners of his chapped lips. He stretched out his hand to help Meng Luoning stand up and said, "Well, Ningning said it." That’s right.”
"I know that people cannot be resurrected... I know that."
"Ning Ning, grandpa is fine." The old man looked at her lovingly: "You are also tired, go inside and drink some tea."
Meng Luoning knew that her grandfather wanted to be alone, so she took the initiative to hold Jin Chenhan's hand and took him to the kitchen inside to drink some tea.
When he arrived in the kitchen, Jin Chenhan picked up the green tea prepared for the guests on the stove and gave it to the little girl first: "Ning Ning, thank you."
Meng Luoning held the tea cup and looked at him with clear eyes: "Why are you thanking me?"
Jin Chenhan touched her hair; "Thank you for helping me comfort grandpa."
"I'm not very good at saying those words to my grandfather. Without you, I might not be able to make him let go of the stone in his heart."
He didn't lie. He had developed the habit of getting along with the old man since he was a child.
Grandfather and grandson would never speak such gentle words when encountering anything.
The most he can do is accompany the old man.
So, Ning Ning helped him.
Meng Luoning understood and smiled softly: "Then you..."
Why don't you marry me sooner! ! !
Meng Luoning almost said this.
However, considering that she couldn't go crazy and take the initiative to propose marriage, she suppressed the words that almost came out of her mouth. She licked her teeth and said, "Then you have to thank me properly."
Jin Chenhan lowered his eyes with tenderness in his eyes: "Of course, I will thank you."
Wait until he has communicated with his parents abroad.
He proposed.
He won't let Ning Ning run away.
Ningning must marry him.
*
Outside the house, the old man sat quietly on a wooden chair for a while. Several old men who had worked together in Beijing came over.
"Mr. Jin, when did you arrive? I didn't see you when I came." Among them, Mr. Chen spoke first.
The old man sighed: "Around ten o'clock."
Old Chen nodded and recalled their memories of working with Old Man Zhang. The old men kept lamenting, "It's really unpredictable. I didn't expect that he would be the first to leave among our old friends."
The old man rubbed his tea cup with his fingers: "Yes, he... never keeps his word."
"How many times have you seen him agree to what he promised us?"
Mr. Chen patted the old man on the shoulder: "Don't be sad. We all have to take care of our bodies in the future."
The old man nodded. At this time, another old man said: "Mr. Jin, who was the girl next to your Shen Han just now?"
The old man knew that they had seen her, and coincidentally, he didn't want to hide it. He originally brought Ningning here to train him to be the granddaughter-in-law of the Jin family: "My Shen Han's girlfriend."
"Oh, Shen Han is dating a girlfriend?" someone exclaimed.
After all, in the eyes of these old men, Jin Chenhan is a famous workaholic.
Single for 27 years?
I had never heard of him looking for a woman. The old men were afraid that he would not be able to marry a wife, and they wanted to introduce girls to him, but he rejected them all. Unexpectedly, they were talking about it!
They were so pretentious that they worried about major life events for him.
"Yeah, we've been talking for a while and I'm very satisfied." The old man said smoothly. When he mentioned Ning Ning, he felt much better: "We're pretty close. She will marry into our Jin family."
"Oh, so soon?" Mr. Chen was also surprised: "Has the wedding date been set?"
The old man said: "No, they will decide on the marriage themselves."
Mr. Chen understood and instantly smiled and said, "Mr. Jin, congratulations."
"You are also very quick at raising grandsons."
The old man smiled: "I hope."
Then the old man's eyes fell on the mourning hall, Old Man Zhang... If you are still here, my Shen Han will get married... You will definitely come.
*
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Zhang family will deliver the coffin, and everyone will accompany them.
Meng Luoning wanted to dress appropriately this time, so she paired her cheongsam with black high-heeled shoes. As a result, when she followed them up the mountain to be buried, her heels were bruised and bleeding.
The transparent stockings at the heels were stained with blood. Jin Chenhan didn't see it at first until the burial was over and everyone slowly walked down the mountain.
Someone was walking behind them and saw that Meng Luoning's heels were covered in blood, which even overflowed and fell on the cement floor. That person subconsciously exclaimed: "Little girl in front, your feet are bleeding."
"Hurry up and stop the bleeding."
After the man exclaimed, Jin Chenhan stopped instantly and turned sideways to look at Meng Luoning's heel. Only then did he realize that she was even bruised and bleeding without making a sound?
The man's dark eyes instantly revealed a hint of darkness. He reached out to hold Meng Luoning's hand without hesitation, and lowered his voice, full of distress and anger: "You're bleeding, why didn't you tell me?"
For a person who is usually so squeamish, it hurts even if my hands are broken.
How could you endure the bleeding for so long?
And accompanied them down the hillside without saying a word?
are you crazy?
Meng Luoning didn't want to be hypocritical in this situation. When she saw him scolding him angrily, she was afraid that the old man in front of him would hear it, so she quickly covered his mouth, blinked her big beautiful eyes and said, "Keep your voice down."
"What are you doing? I'm fine."
Jin Chenhan pulled her hand off, his eyes still fierce and angry: "Why is it okay? It's bleeding."
"Why are you trying to be brave? Don't leave."
Meng Luoning felt aggrieved and wanted to cry after being scolded by her uncle.
Looking up at the old man walking away in front of her, she could only purse her lips and say aggrievedly: "I can't be pretentious with you on this occasion!"
"Don't hurt me! I want to cry."
Jin Chenhan really had nothing to do with her. He squatted down, grabbed her ankle, and pulled her foot out of the high-heeled shoes. As soon as he pulled it out, the broken skin of the back heel rubbed against the hard leather.
It's like poking the flesh with the tip of a needle.
A feeling of heartache spread instantly. Meng Luoning couldn't stop, she bit her lip and let out a soft cry of pain.
When Jin Chenhan heard this, he raised his face to look at her distressedly: "Does it hurt? I'm sorry Ning Ning, I have to be careful."
Meng Luoning didn't dare to be tough, her eyes were watery and she said, "It hurts."
Jin Chenhan took a look at the wound on her back foot. It was still a little far away from going down the mountain. He didn't bring any medicine with him, so...then he could only...
Jin Chenhan grabbed one of her high heels and handed it to her: "Ningning, take it."
Meng Luoning didn't know what he was going to do?
He was stunned for a moment and said: "What?"
Jin Chenhan had already walked up to her, squatted down, reached out and patted his shoulder: "Lie down, I'll carry you."
Meng Luoning was stunned and glanced at the people on both sides who were looking at them inquiringly.
She blushed and was embarrassed.
I'm sorry to be carried like this on this occasion.
So she stepped on the cement floor with one foot, raised the other half, tugged on Jin Chenhan's shirt and said, "Wait... wait until they leave, then you can carry me on your back."
"Otherwise, the impact will be bad."
Jin Chenhan thought it was nothing. He was not carrying her behind his back to flirt in such an orthodox and serious occasion, but because her foot was injured.
He just carried it.
"It's okay Ningning, your foot is injured."
Meng Luoning is not happy, she also wants to save face, and she is more afraid of causing bad words to the old man, so she should wait until they are far away before he carries it, right?
"No, I will wait until they leave before carrying them."
Jin Chenhan had nothing to do with her, so he could only stand with her and wait for the funeral crowd to move away one after another. During this period, Meng Luoning was tired from standing, so she stepped on his leather shoes slowly.
When she was slowing down, Ji Yuzhen sent her a piece of news.
It’s the news of Baek Seung-joo’s arrest.
Meng Luoning clicked on the push notification and read it, and immediately replied to her: [Can't you see that your Sheng Zhe does things so quickly and accurately? 】
Ji Yuzhen: [Well, he performed well this time...so when he proposed to me today, I agreed. 】
[Ning Ning, I’m getting married. How about you being my bridesmaid? 】
Of course she does!
Meng Luoning was really happy for her Ningning, she was finally going to marry the man she loved most.
[No problem. When I come back, I will try on wedding dresses with you? 】
Ji Yuzhen: [ok! 】
After chatting, Meng Luoning put down her phone and glanced sideways at the man who was also reading emails on his phone, being blown by the gentle mountain breeze. The soft warm wind and the hot sunshine fell on the side of his extremely handsome face.
It's breathtaking, like a charming male concubine.
Meng Luoning's heart skipped a beat when she saw it, and she clenched her phone gently with her fingers... When... would he propose to her?
She also wants to get married!
