Love is the selfishness of two people. ——Mrs. Starr
In the summer afternoon, the sun was raging quietly, and only the cicadas on the branches were still lingering on, and they chirped feebly from time to time. The chirps were tight and loose, reminding people of the passage of time.
The room had long been turned into a steamer by the sun. A ceiling fan was humming and turning tirelessly, sending waves of hot air to her face. A dense layer of sweat had already appeared on Qin Nan's forehead, but she was too lazy to wipe it away because it was so hot.
It would be a constant repetition of the same actions, which in her opinion was tantamount to useless work.
She was the only one left in the dormitory. The summer vacation had just begun, and everyone on campus seemed to be fleeing. At this time, Qin Nan was bored and filling out a Proust questionnaire. No one asked for it, and no one asked her.
Not knowing what the use was, she subconsciously bit the top of the pencil with her teeth, frowning and thinking carefully about the answer, just because at this time, she was bored.
"What do you think the most perfect happiness is?" He was stumped by the first question, "I don't know." Qin Nan scrawled the answer with a pencil.
"How is your current state of mind?" Another "I don't know." "What do you think is your greatest achievement?" "No". At this point, Qin Nan really couldn't fill it out anymore and threw it away in frustration.
Pencil, I simply threw my whole body on the bed and watched the ceiling fan above my head whirring in circles. The cicadas seemed to be chirping louder and louder, making people feel irritable from the inside out.
A burst of music suddenly sounded, which was the theme song of the movie "When a Child is Born". Qin Nan hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly got up from the bed, rummaged through several pockets of his schoolbag to look for his cell phone, and finally found it.
He checked the caller ID, bit his lip, and pressed the answer button while putting a forced smile on his face.
"Hello, Mom." Qin Nan greeted him politely.
"Xiao Nan, come back for dinner tonight." The other party's voice was kind but brooked no resistance.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Mom, I have a tutor tonight, so maybe..." Qin Nan carefully tried to find a reason to refuse.
"Didn't I tell you to resign a long time ago? This is related to the reputation of our Qin family. Why are you so disobedient?" The other party's voice showed obvious displeasure.
"I'm sorry, mom..." Qin Nan smiled and wanted to explain.
"Resign, be sure to come back tonight. Your brother is back. He hasn't been back for 8 years. I'll ask the driver to pick you up." The other party's displeasure disappeared quickly. It turned out that his brother was back. Qin Nan knew that he could no longer refuse.
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"No mom, there's a lot of traffic here. It'll be faster for me to take the bus back." Qin Nan hurriedly refused. Not only did she not want to bother people, but she also had to keep her identity in mind. She had just arrived at this home.
I was warned repeatedly by a servant named Mrs. Zhang.
"That's fine. Come back soon. I'll wait for you to have dinner." The other party hung up the phone.
Qin Nan let out a long breath, "Brother, brother", she recited the word twice in her mind, and the image of a big boy holding a basketball appeared in her mind.
Somehow, whenever Qin Nan thinks of this brother over the years, he always thinks of him holding a basketball, running to the refrigerator in three steps and opening the door in a hurry to find a drink of water, "Gululu"
He drank a lot of ice water and then happily spun the ball with his hands.
When Qin Nan was a child, he was always attracted by his skill of spinning the ball. When he was not around, he also picked up his basketball and tried it, but he couldn't spin it. Therefore, in the eyes of Qin Nan as a child, this was definitely his brother.
A unique skill. Thinking of this, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth unconsciously. After eight years of not seeing each other, he must have forgotten me, Qin Nan thought.
Qinzhai is located in the most famous villa area in the city. Its status is no less than that of Beverly Hills to Hollywood. However, because it is built on a mountain, buses can only go to the bottom of the mountain. There is still a long way to reach the villa area on the mountain.
This section of the road is not a problem for the residents on the mountain at all, because every house has a car, but for Qin Nan, walking up the mountain under the sunset in mid-August is really not a good experience.
Even so, Qin Nan felt much more comfortable than looking at the driver's face.
When he arrived at the gate of Qin's house, Qin Nan was already out of breath.
From the big iron gate outside to the main entrance inside, you have to cross a large lawn. Qin Nan wants to lie on the lawn and catch his breath, but he can't relax now. Walking on the lawn, Qin Nan slowly adjusts his breathing and takes a
I took out a tissue and wiped my sweat, then walked into the door step by step, my heart pounding.
After finally passing through the entrance hall, he heard the angry voice of a man coming from the living room. He didn't need to think about Qin Nan to know that it was Qin Benru's voice. This voice appeared so frequently in the Qin family that everyone was used to it.
It was precisely because of this voice that Qin Bei chose to leave home and stayed away for eight years.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back." Qin Nan stood at the junction of the entrance hall and the living room, interrupting Qin Benru's lecture at the right time. The three people in the living room all looked at her, and Qin Nan instinctively lowered his head.
head.
"Xiao Nan, why are you back? Go up quickly and take a shower and change clothes. I'll wait for you to come down for dinner." Yuan Jingshu ordered.
"Oh." Qin Nan felt like he was being pardoned. He lowered his head and hurried upstairs. When he thought of his sweating and embarrassed appearance, he wanted to escape from the scene quickly. He didn't look carefully just now. He just glanced at the living room and found out that
There are three people, and the other one must be his brother Qin Bei. I can’t see exactly what he looks like.
But Qin Nan felt that his eyes were always looking at her, as if he was watching her go upstairs. He regretted that he was so stupid. Is it so difficult to call him "brother"? He was not a stranger, but he was no different from a stranger.
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After taking a shower, I blew my long hair and draped it half-dry over my shoulders. I chose a pure cotton loose-fitting pure white long skirt, a European retro style, with delicate lace on the neckline and sleeves. Slowly
I walked down the stairs slowly, still not daring to look at the people in the living room, I just stared at the hem of my skirt as I walked.
As soon as he walked down the stairs, a tall figure stood in front of him. Qin Nan quickly took two steps back. He subconsciously looked up and saw a pair of curious eyes. He quickly withdrew his gaze and stared at a piece of shirt on his chest.
Button, the position of this button was exactly at eye level with her.
"Don't you remember me?" A familiar voice came from above the head. It turns out that a person's voice never changes. Qin Bei was already 24 years old when he left home and had long passed the period of voice change. But this voice was in Qin Nan's.
In my memory is the most perfect male voice, deep and rich, gentle and full of warmth.
"Brother, you're back. How are you after all these years?" Qin Nan still lowered his head, but didn't have the courage to look up into his eyes.
"Madam, dinner is ready." Mrs. Wang walked to the living room to inform everyone, which just in time relieved Qin Nan's embarrassment. The family moved to the dining room. The dining room has a European retro design, and the end of the long dining table faces a large
The fireplace, the Roman columns on both sides of the fireplace showed an obvious Baroque style, and it was extremely complicated and luxurious, which Qin Nan didn't like.
Qin Benru and Yuan Jingshu sat at both ends of the table respectively, which were the positions of the host and hostess. Qin Nan and Qin Bei were facing each other. This made Qin Nan still dare not raise his head, but Qin Bei kept looking at him unabashedly.
She seemed to have never seen this sister before.
"Qin Bei, I didn't expect that after eight years, you still can't think about this old man like me." Qin Benru didn't want to end the topic at all.
"Dad..." Qin Bei wanted to explain, but was interrupted by Qin Benru's gesture.
"If your wings are strong, I can't control you anymore. You didn't rely on a penny from your family to get a doctorate from that state university. You are ambitious, but you should think about this family. I'm all buried in the dust."
Half of us are here. Sooner or later, a company as big as ours will be handed over to you. You found a job without even saying hello. Do you still think of me as your father?"
Qin Benru didn't move his chopsticks. No one dared to move. Qin Nan seemed to understand what happened.
"Now I give you two ways. One is to quit your job as a professor and take over my class in the company. If you don't quit, you can marry Xiaoqing to me and let her take charge of the company for you. You
Continue to be your professor, it is your choice." Qin Benru's tone indicated that there was no room for maneuver.
"Xiao Bei, just listen to your dad, okay?" Yuan Jingshu said to her precious son in a nice way, not wanting to speak loudly at all.
"Look, Dad, if I promise to take care of everything in the company and not affect the normal operation of the company, can I continue to teach at University Y?" Qin Bei made a concession.
"Of course, Lao Qin, the child has said so, so let's do this for now. He has been noisy since he came back. Aren't you afraid of forcing your son away again?" Yuan Jingshu said to her husband hurriedly. After all, Qin Bei had already made concessions.
If you want to see a good time, then accept it.
Qin Benru pondered for a moment, "Okay, let me observe you for a while. If you can't do it, you have to choose one of these two options." The old man also made a concession.
Seeing this, Yuan Jingshu was overjoyed: "Okay, okay, you're all hungry. Let's have dinner. It's rare for Xiaonan to come back today. Our family is finally reunited." Yuan Jingshu's voice was even a little choked.
"Mom, I'm sorry." Qin Nan apologized softly.
"Xiao Nan, I heard your mother say that you would rather live on campus than go home. On such a hot day, your dormitory doesn't even have an air conditioner. Besides, it's holiday. It's not safe for you to live alone. Move back quickly. Just in time for you
Brother is back too, you two should spend more time with your mother." Qin Benru solved Qin Bei's matter and began to care about Qin Nan again.
"Oh, okay, dad." Qin Nan did not dare to disobey Qin Benru, and she knew that Yuan Jingshu did not tell Qin Benru about her being a tutor. If she did, she would definitely be furious and think that she had disgraced the Qin family.
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"Are you already in college?" Qin Bei's voice came from the other side. Qin Nan glanced at him quickly, and his heart skipped a beat. This time, he gained a lot. He could see his appearance clearly, and his facial features were basically the same.
Nothing has changed. He still has sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, and a tall and straight nose bridge. But the lines on his face are tougher and clearer, as if they were carved by a knife. The creaminess of the youthful youth has disappeared, replaced by a mature look.
The man's majesty, the corners of his eyes and brows are a little more calm.
"Oh, I'm going to be a senior at the beginning of school." Qin Nan said as he scooped a spoonful of soup from the soup basin into his own bowl. It overflowed a little because his hands were shaking, but luckily no one noticed.
"I forgot that you have to grow up too. Which school are you in?" Qin Bei knocked on his head and continued to ask.
"Y University, your alma mater." Qin Nan lowered his head and stirred the soup in the bowl with a spoon, showing no intention of drinking it.
"She only applied for this one choice at that time. Everyone felt that if she couldn't get into it, there would be no room for maneuver." Yuan Jingshu intervened and said. You must know that Y University is a century-old prestigious school and one of the top universities in the country.
Those who pass the exam are undoubtedly the proud ones of heaven.
"Really?" Qin Bei softly uttered two words and looked at the little schoolmate opposite him. She had changed so much that he could hardly recognize her. He remembered that she was still 14 years old when he left.
A child is beautiful, but she is just a flower. I wonder which girl in her bloom is not beautiful?
Now, Qin Bei has to believe that women have changed in their eighteenth year. If he had been by her side watching her grow, he might not have noticed her changes, but in the few years since he left, she has lived up to expectations.
Jiide has become a big girl, slim and graceful, dignified yet pure, the kind that will make the hearts of men who see her fall in love, but it is obvious that she has not realized that she has become attractive to the men around her.
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"Well, I will teach at University Y next semester." Qin Bei stopped looking at her and said while picking up vegetables.
"What major do you teach? Which department?" Qin Nan no longer lowered his head this time and stared at Qin Bei with wide eyes and asked.
"Majoring in Comparative Literature and World Literature, Department of Chinese." Qin Bei glanced at her, and her expression made him curl his lips.
Qin Nan stared at Qin Bei with wide eyes for a while, as if he had gone from disbelief to belief. Then he realized his gaffe, his face turned red, and he turned to pick up food for Yuan Jingshu and said, "Mom, I will move tomorrow."
Come back and stay with me during the holidays, okay?"
"This is my good daughter." Yuan Jingshu smiled until her eyes narrowed into slits.