"Isn't the purpose of your relationship just to get married?" Yu Xueqin looked at Chi Xiaowan and said calmly, "Moreover, don't think about marriage as earth-shattering. It is only in novels and will not happen in reality. If
If you want, go read fairy tales. If you want to live, you must stick to your true responsibilities in reality. You are not young anymore, so don’t waste your time with Ouyang Qing. He treats you well. Mom thinks it’s good. Mom is
Come here, Mom thinks you two will be happy together. As for Sima, is he the owner of this restaurant? You and Xiaohui, don’t have any delusions. An excellent man is not suitable for living an ordinary life."
Chi Xiaowan looked at her mother in astonishment. It was strange that she said so many words in a serious manner. She ate her meal tastelessly and began to miss the days when she left. During the week she left, she stopped all news and contact with her grandmother.
We had such a happy time together, and even missing her became something she enjoyed. She was free to think about the people she could miss, and no one could disturb or object.
"If you don't speak, you are acquiescing." Yu Xueqin glanced at Ouyang Qing and said with a smile, "Girls are like this. I'm sorry. You can go back and talk to your parents about how to organize your marriage, and then our parents will meet
Let’s meet. By the way, Xiaoman, your Uncle Mou called that day and wanted to invite me, your dad, and you to have a meal together. Jiamu said he was the host. When are you free these days? Your dad and I have
Your time shall prevail.”
"Mom, I don't want to get married." Chi Xiaowan put down the bowl and chopsticks and looked at her mother, "Ouyang Qing, I'm sorry that I caused you a misunderstanding. I haven't made it clear. We have known each other for a long time, but...
You are just like my brother Chi Xiaomin. You have no feelings, no heartbeat, no nervousness, no—"
"You are not young anymore. Don't talk about these useless things. Marriage is a stable relationship." Yu Xueqin interrupted Chi Xiaowan and said without a doubt, "Mom is a person who has been here before and will not harm you. Listen.
Mom, when you reach my age, you will understand her painstaking efforts."
"Mom, you don't need to worry about my affairs. I have no feelings for that Mou Jiamu at all, and I don't like him at all. He is the son of your neighbor when you were a child. He is not my childhood sweetheart. Don't mess with the relationship." Chi Xiaoman disagreed.
Said happily.
"If you don't like him, do you like that Du Hui?" Yu Xueqin said angrily, "You have never let me worry about it, are you watching us take our time? Are you causing trouble one by one to make us worry?!"
"Xueqin." Chi Sen looked at his wife with some surprise and said calmly, "Let's not worry about their affairs. Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. We can't live for them. Whether they want to get married or not, when they want to get married.
It's up to them to marry whomever they want."
"I know." Yu Xueqin looked at her husband helplessly and said softly, "I also hope that I can ignore them and let them go their own way. But, do you see what they are like now? Xiaoman and
A married man gets very close, saying that he just appreciates and likes it, but can you believe that there are pure emotions between men and women? Needless to say, Xiaohui and Lu Yurong are also worried, she is my daughter
, I know best that she must be unwilling to give up now, but Yu Hua also told us that it is impossible for Lu Yurong to think about him and Xiaohui again, and it seems impossible for him to fall in love with her again,
Can she let it go? Xiaowan and Ouyang Qing have been dating for about 20 years since they met. They have been in such a tepid relationship. For Xiaowan and Ouyang Qing, it is a waste and dissatisfaction.
Responsibility! As for Chi Xiaomin, let’s not mention it. He is a boy and it can be done later. Let him go and be too lazy to take care of it! When I think of this, I get upset. If I don’t care about them anymore, what will happen to them? "
No one at the table said a word. Although the words did not sound very pleasant to the ears, what Yu Xueqin said was entirely true.
"Auntie, don't be angry. We slowly discussed the matter between Xiaowan and I. I did something wrong and paid too little attention to Xiaowan. I will slowly improve in the future. If you push Xiaowan like this, she will feel
It's a kind of pressure, and I don't want to keep dating." Ouyang Qing glanced at Chi Xiaowan, who was silent, and said.
"Does love have to happen before marriage? Just get married if you think it's suitable. After marriage, you can still have love, you can love to death, and you can do things that you think are very romantic. Anyway, Xiaowan, mom tells you
In a word, you must give up on that Sima." Yu Xueqin still insisted, "Although I have never met him, your father has met him, and I am eating in the restaurant he runs now.
He is not the right match. If you like him, it will be nothing. An outstanding person like him will not honor the marriage!"
"I'm going to the bathroom." Chi Xiaowan suddenly stood up, put down his chopsticks, left his seat, and walked out of the room.
I vaguely heard a voice that seemed to be Ouyang Qing's, "Come on, let's all eat. Don't push Xiao Wan anymore. I'm chasing her. I know Auntie is kind-hearted to help me, but -" The following words can't be heard clearly.
, she walked along the stairs, wanting to go to the balcony she had been to last time, have a cup of tea and take a rest. What happened to her mother? Why did she suddenly become so extreme?
"Your mother is just doing this for your own good." A voice sounded softly near her, and this voice immediately filled Chi Xiaowan's heart with peace and grievance.
It was Sima, in the front, sitting on the balcony where she was going. He could not be seen clearly due to the hanging curtains, but the wind blew from the window and blew up the curtains, making him appear looming.
"Come, sit down." Sima's smiling face faced Chi Xiaowan warmly in the gap between the curtains blown by the sudden wind, "Let's have a cup of tea together."
Chi Xiaowan sat down and looked at Sima. All his emotions turned into a kind of happiness. It was really strange. No matter how unhappy he was, seeing Sima made him happy.
"The first time we met was about tea." Sima said gently, pouring a cup of tea for Chi Xiaowan, "This is a new tea, try it, do you like it?"
It's going to rain outside. The wind is getting stronger and stronger, bringing a cool feeling. It's autumn.
"My mother was never like this before." Chi Xiaowan said softly.
"She loves you so much and hopes you are happy so much." Sima smiled and pointed at the teacup, "We drank tea and talked."
The tea is delicious, with a light tea aroma that leaves a lingering fragrance on your lips and teeth.
"Actually, what your mother said makes sense. Xiaowan, I actually don't want you to fall in love with me." Sima paused and said softly, "This is very unfair. Xiaowan, you are a good girl and very cute.
, and I do have an inexplicable fondness for you. However, this fondness is not because of you personally, but because you are similar to Yi'er in some aspects. When I see you, it's like seeing her.
Therefore, I am very conflicted when I get along with you."
Chi Xiaowan let out a long breath, held the cup in her hands, and remained silent for a long time without saying anything. After a while, she slowly said: "I like rainy days and listen to the sound of rain.
I really want to walk in the rain now, can you accompany me?"
"Okay." Sima agreed readily.
"I want to use the same umbrella as last time. If there are only stories between us and no future, I hope that there can be more stories preserved in things that I can miss." Chi Xiaowan did not look at Sima.
The voice was slightly trembling.
"Xiao Wan, there is something, I -" Sima hesitated, it was really unfair to treat Xiao Wan like this. When he faced Xiao Wan, he always wanted to care more about Xiao Wan. He was always greedy in Xiao Wan.
Looking for traces of Yi'er on Wan's body.
"I know." Chi Xiaowan suddenly looked at Sima and smiled, "Let's go for a walk in the rain."
Sima took the umbrella he gave to Chi Xiaowan, and the two of them walked into the rain holding an umbrella.
"We can't give umbrellas to each other," Chi Xiaowan smiled softly, without showing any too sad expression, as if she was only enjoying the present, "So, this umbrella will always be in your hand.
, you will remember that one day when it rained, you gave me an umbrella because you were worried that I would get caught in the rain, and then solemnly told me that I must return the umbrella to you; you will also remember that one day, when it rained, a
The girl named Chi Xiaowan was unhappy and asked you to walk with her in the rain. This gradually became our story. When you face the longing for girl Yi'er, you will occasionally think of me.
.”
Sima said nothing, quietly holding an umbrella and walking slowly along the roadside with Chi Xiaowan.
"Do you think of me occasionally?" Chi Xiaowan asked gently.
"Yes." Sima replied quietly.
Chi Xiaowan suddenly smiled softly and looked at Sima happily, "I know, I've known from the beginning, that you will think of me occasionally. In this way, I am already very happy."
"Xiaowan." Sima looked at Chi Xiaowan, feeling very painful in his heart, but at the same time very sweet and satisfied. It was a contradiction. He missed Yi'er so much, but when he saw Xiaowan, he felt an inexplicable sweetness.
While he missed Yi'er, he couldn't help but think of Xiao Wan.
Chi Xiaowan smiled softly, "I am very envious of Yi'er. She is a happy woman. She has left, but she still retains your love. I won't fight with her, and I can't. Grandma said that living people will always fight.
But it’s a dead person, and loving you is my business, and Miss Yier can’t take it away from you. However, I won’t let you love me necessarily. As long as you can think of me occasionally, I will be happy.”
"Xiaowan." Sima listened to the clear sound of rain falling on the umbrella, as if he suddenly returned to the Daxing Dynasty. The sound of rain falling on the umbrella will never change. Even if it rains, it will never change.
Thousands of years later, it still fell and made the same sound. This sound reminded him of Daxing and the time he spent with Yi'er.
Facing Xiao Wan, he thought about his thoughts, which were mixed with sweetness and pain, making him trapped in it and unwilling to wake up.
"We are together, it feels really good." Chi Xiaowan smiled, she was really happy, there was no sadness in her eyes, she was only happy. After growing up, this was the first time because
I feel happy with a man and satisfied by being by his side. He is the only one.
Sima didn't say anything anymore. Yes, they were together now. Chi Xiaowan just loved him without asking him to do anything. She just loved him and didn't ask him to give the same love. His existence was enough for her.
She is satisfied, why should he make her sad? He will not betray his promise to Yi'er. There will always be only one woman in his heart, that is Yi'er, but this is not the reason to hurt Xiaowan.
"Sima, can you give me some stories that I can recall?" Chi Xiaowan looked at Sima and said seriously, with bright eyes, looking at Sima tenderly, "I won't disturb you and Yi'er, but, when I am
Before I have to disappear from your life, please give me some stories that can make me happy? Do I look like Yi'er?"
"Yes, some places are very similar." Sima nodded.
"Then, let's not talk about it, okay?" Chi Xiaowan stretched out a hand to catch the rain outside the umbrella. The rain was never heavy. It was a quiet autumn rain, but the raindrops could be seen and the sound of rain could be heard. Her hand
, paddling gently in the rain, covered with rainwater.
Sima didn't quite understand. He looked at Chi Xiaowan and said gently: "Why don't you tell me anything?"