Although it is just a small and inconspicuous detail, it is difficult to find without paying attention for a long time. Thinking of this, Qingche suddenly felt sweet in his heart.
"My father didn't come back last night. He came back this morning to pick up some things and then left again. He said he was going on a long trip, but he didn't say where he was going. He just said it might take a week or two to come back..."
"It takes so long?" Li Mengnan was a little surprised. He thought Qingche's father was just not at home tonight.
"My father would go away like this every once in a while, sometimes every six months, sometimes every year. Although he never said where he went, I knew he should have gone south to find my mother... It's just that
The time between visits was shorter than before, it was less than three months since he last went out."
Qingche replied while picking up the rice in the bowl. She had been working hard all afternoon, but she was starving.
"Eat slowly, don't choke." Li Mengnan put a piece of pineapple and sweet pork in Qing Che's bowl. He also knew from Xiao Bao'er that Qing Che liked this dish the most, "Every time your father leaves like this, you
Just at home alone?"
"Actually, even if he doesn't leave, I'm often alone at home."
Qingche said casually that she had long been accustomed to this kind of life alone.
"Then why don't you go back tonight."
Qing Che's chopsticks suddenly fell to the ground without holding them firmly. She didn't expect that Li Mengnan would suddenly make such a request, and her whole face instantly turned red to the root of her neck.
Is Brother Mengnan hinting at something? Although the two have had close contact several times, and it can even be said that they are just about to break through the last step, but... I am not mentally prepared yet!
Once he stays, if Brother Meng Nan really makes such a shameful request, will he agree or not?
If he refuses, will Meng Nan Ge think that he doesn't like him and will be angry?
And I heard from the girls in the class that it is difficult for boys to restrain themselves in that kind of thing. If they don't vent every once in a while, they will become very manic... No wonder the boys in the class always make appointments after school.
After the fight, I guess I held it in for too long.
No, that's not the point... Brother Mengnan is already an adult, and it's normal to want to do this kind of thing. And he also said that he doesn't have a girlfriend now. If he refuses this time, just let him endure it.
Hey, Brother Mengnan, will you go to those unscrupulous women in the shampoo room in front of the train station? I seem to have heard that a few boys in the class have gone there secretly...
No, no, no! They are so dirty, how can they let Brother Meng Nan find that kind of woman? I may not mind Brother Meng Nan finding a girlfriend, but I must never let him go to that kind of place!
Forget it, since Brother Meng Nan wants it, then give it to him. At most, he can just grit his teeth and endure it...
Qingche hesitated again and again, and finally nodded in agreement, shyly whispering: "Then...can you let me go home first to get some things..."
Li Mengnan naturally couldn't guess that so many strange thoughts would pop up in Qingche's little head in an instant. He just thought she was a little embarrassed. After all, no matter how big the room was, there were only the two of them, so it was really easy for people to get confused.
Misunderstand.
However, the more this kind of thing was explained, the more it felt like it was being covered up. Li Mengnan stopped elaborating and just waved his hand and said: "Don't go back. Your home is quite far away from here. There are pajamas and shoe cabinets in the closet in the room."
There are slippers inside, and I’ll just go to the supermarket to buy some toothbrushes, towels and other toiletries later..."
"Just staying for one night, wouldn't it be too wasteful?" Seeing that Li Mengnan was so "urgent", Qing Che became more and more sure of his previous guess, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.
"Where are the buses at this time? The cost of a round-trip taxi is much more expensive than buying these things. That's really a waste..."
Li Mengnan's reasons were sufficient and irrefutable. Qing Che thought about it and it was indeed the case. On the other hand, she was also worried that once she went back, she might not have the courage to come back again. She simply gritted her teeth and nodded in resignation.
.
Brother Mengnan is a good man with a sense of responsibility. He will not just play around. Maybe tonight will be the beginning of a new relationship with Brother Mengnan... Qingche, come on, you can do it!
Not far from the hotel is a Wal-Mart supermarket.
Although this American-owned international supermarket chain has been exposed to various negative news in recent years and public opinion has been overwhelmingly abusive, in fact it has not really affected consumers' shopping enthusiasm.
There are so many crows in the world. Counterfeit goods and food safety have long been two serious problems in China. People have long been accustomed to them. Could it be that changing a supermarket can guarantee that similar problems will not occur?
In fact, everyone knows very well that the reason why Wal-Mart is always the unlucky one is that it is just a big tree that attracts trouble.
When faced with a large number of products, it is often difficult for people to restrain their impulse to shop.
Although the purpose of this time was just to buy some toiletries, when they actually entered the supermarket, they found that there were really a lot of things to buy for their new home, so the two of them switched from bare hands to shopping baskets, and then from shopping baskets to shopping baskets.
shopping cart.
When they finally walked out of the supermarket checkout counter, Li Mengnan and Qingche already had plastic shopping bags full in their hands.
The journey back was not that far, so Qingche did not agree to Li Mengnan's suggestion of calling a taxi and insisted on walking back.
Li Mengnan didn't say much. He just put all the heavier items in Qingche's shopping bag into his own shopping bag, leaving only some small items such as dishcloths, towels and toothbrushes for her.
The two of them walked back along the sidewalk side by side. Not far away, Li Mengnan suddenly felt a warm and soft hand gently grasping his fingertips. He subconsciously turned his head to look at Qing Che, only to see this
The little Loli lowered her head and covered her face with her long hair. She was too nervous to look at him, and her palms were covered with sweat.
Li Mengnan couldn't help but feel a little funny. It was just a hand-holding. How could he be so nervous? Then he held Qing Che's hand with his backhand.
Qing Che suddenly raised his head, his beautiful big eyes under the street lamp were shining with unbelievable surprise.
Looking at the slowly elongated figure holding hands on the ground, an indescribable sense of happiness filled Qing Che's heart, slowly overflowing until he was completely overwhelmed by this intoxicating feeling.
She suddenly understood why when girls love a man to the extreme, the first thing they think of is devotion, because for them, this man is happiness itself. If they want to be truly surrounded by happiness, they can only let happiness surround themselves.
Fill up.
At this moment, Qingche no longer had so many hesitations and worries. She felt that even if Li Mengnan would not choose her as his girlfriend in the end, at least tonight, she would keep this happiness and try her best to bring it to her.
This happiness brings this man the greatest joy.
Perhaps, this is the true feeling of loving someone...
Just as the two of them were holding hands and about to reach the gate of the community, a strange exclamation suddenly came from behind them.
"Hey, brother, why are you here?"
Hearing this voice, Qing Che turned pale with fright. He hurriedly let go of the hand held by Li Mengnan. He wanted to hide but found that there was nowhere to hide, so he subconsciously hid in front of Li Mengnan.
There is no need to distinguish the sound, just by hearing the name, you will know who is coming.
Li Mengnan turned around and saw Xiao Baoer running across the road towards this side.
"Hey! Qingche, stop hiding! Do you think you are me and can hide through a crack? Your butt is exposed! If you don't show up quickly, I'm going to catch you!"
While Xiao Baoer was laughing strangely, he made strong eagle claws to grab Qing Che's exposed round buttocks. Qing Che jumped out with a scream, and the two little lolita began to circle around Li Mengnan and chase him away.
After letting the two chase each other for a while, Li Mengnan grabbed the two lolita with one hand and asked Xiao Baoer at the same time: "Baoer, why are you here so late? Why don't you go home?"
"I'm just on my way home! Didn't you see that I got off the tricycle just now?" Xiao Baoer suddenly put his hands on his hips, raised his chest, stared at the two of them and asked in disbelief: "It's you two! In front of us.
My face is as pure as pure water, when did you actually get together behind my back? If you don't tell me such a big thing, are you still my brother? Are you still my good sister?"
Qing Che was hemming and hawing when asked by Xiao Bao'er and didn't know how to answer. He was about to burst into tears. Li Mengnan directly pulled her to his side, patted her on the shoulder and said: "Ignore this crazy girl, she is just teasing you."
…”
Then he opened his five fingers and pressed Xiao Baoer's face, pinched the slightly pouted mouth into a duck shape, and said angrily: "Girls, don't talk so harshly, we just got it together? Let's go together.
Is it worth all the fuss to buy something all the way?"
"But you are holding hands!" Xiao Baoer shook his head and shook off Li Mengnan's mischievous hand, and said angrily.
Li Mengnan hung the shopping bag on his elbow, held Qing Che with one hand, and held Xiao Baoer's little hand pointing at him with the other hand.
"Okay, now I'm holding your hand too. You two are even... Stop yelling here, making it look like the principal is trying to catch the mistress. Didn't you notice that there are people around you starting to watch?"
"Wha... you are the mistress of the wife, brother, you... you are the most unpleasant in what you say!"
Being held by Li Mengnan, Xiao Baoer's heartbeat suddenly accelerated for some reason. Although the two of them usually acted more intimately than holding hands at home, they had never felt as strange as at this moment.
Bao'er, you can't be like this. The person holding your hand is your brother. You can't be tempted! Besides, haven't you already agreed that you want to introduce Qingche to your brother? Why did you get tempted first?
thing?
Li Mengnan didn't expect that just by holding hands casually, the little girl Bao'er calmed down instantly. However, he didn't think much about it. While leading the two little lolita into the community, he asked: "Bao'er."
Son, you haven’t answered me yet, why did you come to a place like this?”
"It's not because of the house! The final moving deadline is coming in a few days, and my mother has never found a suitable house. It happened that a classmate said that his relative had a house for rent, so I made an appointment with him.
I took some time to go over and have a look, and it turned out that his relative had already rented out the house. My trip was in vain. The classmate felt very embarrassed, so he invited me to have a meal, and that's it for now.
…”
"That classmate of yours must be a boy, right?"
Li Mengnan was happy when he heard this. This method was so cliché. It was not about looking at the house but not inviting him to a meal. It was just an excuse to look at the house just to treat him to a meal! Unexpectedly, this little girl, Bao'er, is quite charming.
"Tch! Brother, please stop guessing! Do you really think he is attracted to me? To tell you the truth, he is attracted to Qingche. He invited me to dinner just because he wanted me to be a spy and do more for him.
Just say a few nice words..."
While talking, Xiao Baoer glanced at Qing Che beside him as if he had accidentally glanced at him.
"Ah? I really don't know about this!" Qingche hurriedly explained, as if he was afraid that Li Mengnan might misunderstand something.
Li Mengnan rolled his eyes speechlessly - isn't this self-inflicted? I guess Xiao Baoer also meant to deceive her when he said this. The IQ of this little girl Qingche is not on the same level as Baoer.
Just got sucked in...
"Brother, you are so awesome!" Bao'er looked stunned, and then gave Li Mengnan a thumbs up.
"We are all revolutionary comrades, don't engage in personality worship..."
Li Mengnan waved his hands and spoke like a great man.
Xiao Baoer can understand his relationship with Qingche however he likes. At this time, whether he admits or denies it, it actually has the same effect in the little girl's ears.
"Okay, I won't ask about the relationship between you two." Xiao Baoer was led by Li Mengnan, looking curiously at the night view of the community with the shadows of trees and the fragrance, and said in confusion: "Brother, you haven't answered yet.
As for me, why are you two here? And you are carrying so many things for home use? Could it be that... the beauty is hidden in the golden house? Qing Che, are you being taken care of by my brother? "
Li Mengnan raised his hand and hit Xiao Baoer's little head, and said angrily: "How do you talk? What do girls think about all day long?"
"No... Brother Mengnan rented a house here and couldn't clean it by himself, so he called me and asked me to help."
Qing Che blushed and gave her the keys. It was enough to say that she was being adopted, but she was willing to do so.
"Rent? Bro, you mean you rent a house here? Oh my God, I heard that the rent for renting a house in this community is not less than 3,000, and it has to be the smallest apartment...Brother, where did you come from?
How much? You shouldn’t have sold Qingche, right?”
Li Mengnan raised his hand again, and Xiao Baoer held his head with an ouch, and turned to look at Li Mengnan pitifully.
Qing Che couldn't help covering her mouth and snickering. Xiao Baoer always teased others in school, but this was the first time she saw this girl looking deflated.
"Don't worry about where my money comes from, you just need to know two things - first, I have signed the rental contract, and the rent will be paid for three years at a time. In other words, within these three years,
, we can all live here safely; secondly, your surgery fee is also prepared. Give you a month to eat me fat and strong, and after a month, you can roll me to the hospital for surgery.
go!"
There are some things that Li Mengnan doesn't want to explain. Since he has decided to support the family, he will bear all the difficulties alone.
The four words "head of the family" represent not only the right to speak the truth, but also an extremely heavy responsibility.
"What?"
If it came to renting a house here, Xiao Baoer was just a little surprised, but the second thing Li Mengnan said made her almost unable to believe her ears.
Who doesn't cherish their own life? Although she is still laughing and joking as if nothing happened, in fact, the moment she took the compensation money from her father Mitong, she was completely heartbroken.
After all, it was hundreds of thousands in surgery fees. Even if the whole family didn't eat or drink, it would be impossible to save it in a few months. This also meant that in the last few months, she was here.
The last days of the world.
Death is not scary. What is scary is waiting for death. The feeling that you can obviously feel life passing by in your body but you can't stop it is really powerless and terrifying.
She barely slept the whole night last night. Looking at the empty shed roof, Xiao Baoer thought of suicide for the first time.
If she died, her mother and sister would no longer have to worry about the cost of surgery. Without the high monthly hemodialysis cost of several thousand yuan, the family's remaining savings of tens of thousands would be enough for them to live a normal life.
And now there is a very strong brother in the family. Even if she leaves, there is no need to worry about the weak mother and sister being bullied by outsiders.
But she quietly got out of bed and picked up the scissors. After thinking about it for a long time, she finally gave up.
She thought she had thought it over and had thought it through, but when the cold scissors were pressed against her throat, she found that she still couldn't let go.
It's not that I can't let go of my own life, but that I can't let go of this warm home.
She even felt that it would be great if she could change places with Qingche, so that her mother and sister would have a healthy daughter and sister, and without the person she was attached to, she would not be like this when she left this world.
Hesitated.
Now that he suddenly heard that the surgery fee had been collected, Xiao Baoer almost couldn't help himself with the huge surprise of being pulled from the abyss of despair to heaven in an instant. After confirming again and again that he was not dreaming, he pulled Qingche and cried and laughed.
, the whole person seemed to be mentally disturbed.
Suddenly Xiao Baoer did something that no one expected. He suddenly threw himself into Li Mengnan's arms and put his arms around his neck. He raised his head and tiptoed and kissed Li Mengnan hard on the lips!