rain is not far

Chapter 30

It was almost noon, and the quiet streets around the school became noisy.From time to time, small vendors pushing small carts passed by, and the loud voices brought Qi Shiyu back from his memories to reality.

He opened the door, stood by the door and lit a cigarette.Suddenly felt that his nose was a little sore, so he rubbed his eyes vigorously.

When he pressed his eyes with the back of his hand, there would always be some residual light spots in the complete darkness that he suddenly fell into. He adjusted his emotions in such light spots, and opened his eyes again.

The noon sun shines directly on the school gate, and the suddenly brightened vision makes people feel a little dazzled. He blinked again, and saw a tall man holding a child with red eyes and nose with his right hand. The two of them together come to him.

Zhong Yuan stood in the light and waved to him.

Qi Lang let go of Zhong Yuan's hand, and quickly ran towards him with his small schoolbag on his back.

And so they ran to him with the light.

Qi Shiyu squatted down so that Qi Lang could slam into his arms.Qi Lang hugged him and whispered, "I'm sorry."

Qi Shiyu patted him on the back and said with a smile, "What are you sorry for? Anyway, I'm not the parent who was summoned today."

Qi Lang lowered his head: "I shouldn't hit people."

"Just know it's wrong." Qi Shiyu rubbed the child's head casually and stood up.

Zhong Yuan stopped not far from them.

Followed by Wu Yurong, He Xiaopang and He grandma.

Qi Shiyu said to Grandma He: "Aunt He, take the child to the car, and I will take you home."

Grandma He looked at him and Zhong Yuan, nodded, and got in the car.

"Mom." Qi Shiyu greeted Wu Yurong.Both of them were a little embarrassed.

"Cough..." Wu Yurong pretended to clear her throat, "The parent meeting didn't say anything, Xiao Lang is much more worry-free than when you were a child. I just called your dad and asked him to book a place in Songhe Tower." Box, let's have dinner together tonight."

Every year after the parent-teacher meeting, the whole family has to eat together.This is an old rule.Qi Shiyu took out his mobile phone: "Okay, then I'll call Brother Dong and Aunt Li."

"Okay, they are also our family." Wu Yurong said.

Qi Shiyu sent He Dong a WeChat message, put his phone in his pocket: "Then I'll take you back to your place first?"

Wu Yurong nodded, turned around and opened the rear door to get in the car.Qi Shiyu was just about to say hello to Zhong Yuan, telling him that he would contact him later, when Wu Yurong said from behind: "Mr. Zhong, don't you want to go together?"

Qi Shiyu was a little dazed, and even Zhong Yuan was a little dazed.

"Family banquet tonight, let's have dinner together." Wu Yurong had no expression on his face, and his tone was also very cold, and he dragged Qi Lang into the back row after dropping eight words.

The coat on Zhong Yuan's body was warmed by the sun, he came back to his senses first, smiled and said to Qi Shiyu: "Don't be dazed, let's go, I'll drive."

Qi Shiyu stuttered a bit: "No... what does my mother mean?"

"It's not your mother, it's our mother." Zhong Yuan ignored him, opened the co-pilot's door and pushed the man in, and then sat in the driver's seat without notice.

He took Wu Yurong home with ease, and the guard at the gate of the family courtyard saw him and even greeted him familiarly: "Hey, Xiao Zhong is here again? Come to see Teacher Qi and Teacher Wu?"

The next second I saw Qi Shiyu sitting on the co-pilot: "Eh? Little Qi, long time no see..."

Qi Shiyu: ...

Kind of embarrassing.

Wu Yurong let out a "hum" in the back row.

When the car arrived at the door of the house, Wu Yurong opened the door and got out of the car, and said to Qi Lang, "Lang Lang will play at grandparents' house for a while, and go home with Qi Shiyu after dinner at night."

"Okay." Qi Lang obediently got out of the car.

He Jiale poked his head out of the car window and said to Qi Lang, "Goodbye, Xiao Lang!"

Qi Lang reluctantly nodded and waved at him.

Two awkward kids.

Zhong Yuan drove the car back to Baihua Lane. Grandma He, who closed her eyes and rested all the way, opened her eyes in time, led her little grandson out of the car, and said to Qi Shiyu and Zhong Yuan: "Thank you, then let's go home first."

Qi Shiyu hurriedly said: "Aunt He, you are welcome. Today's matter is that we should thank Xiao Le. Xiao Le has been taking care of Qi Lang at school. I know all this."

After finishing speaking, he knelt down and shook hands with classmate He Jiale solemnly: "Thank you, little friend He Jiale."

He Jiale was a little embarrassed, Xiaopang blushed, scratched his head, and said, "You're welcome, Xiao Lang is my good friend. Uncle, can you stop calling me He Xiaopang from now on?"

Qi Shiyu: ...

Behind him, Zhong Yuan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Qi Shiyu got up, his face was also a little red.Grandma He was also happy, put on the neighborhood committee's cuffs again, took He Jiale's chubby hand, and said to Qi Shiyu in a low voice: "Ms. Zhong is a good person, two people are good, better than anything else."

Qi Shiyu nodded and said seriously, "Thank you."

After seeing off the outsiders, Qi Shiyu and Zhong Yuan entered the small courtyard together, and they stood under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree.Zhong Yuan stretched out his arms to hug Qi Shiyu, and said softly: "Look at what a good child Qi Lang is, such a good child must have grown up in love, the love you gave him may be different from other parents, but Must be good love."

"How do you know what I'm thinking?"

Zhong Yuan smiled: "I know what you said and what you didn't say. I can tell by looking in your eyes whether you are happy today, whether you are really happy or not. I know that your unhappy today is because you don't want to say it But it needs me to care, so I say it."

Qi Shiyu was almost drowned by this tenderness, he murmured: "This meal at Songhelou is a family feast, do you know that?"

"Ah."

"What spell did you cast on my mother?"

"There is a psychological effect in psychology called the exposure effect." Zhong Yuan said, "People will unconsciously prefer people or things they are familiar with. I come to work every two days, and my mother can't hate me even if she wants to. .”

A scheming man.Qi Shiyu thought to himself.

"But I didn't expect that she would invite me to your family banquet." Zhong Yuan smiled, "It seems that my charm is a little bit bigger than I imagined."

shameless.Qi Shiyu continued to think.

"Shi Yu." Zhong Yuan said, "As long as you are a normal person, it's hard not to be moved by your sincere emotions, even if they don't admit it."

"So you see, Xiao Lang usually looks mature, sensible, and even a little cold, but he will still get angry for you when you are being gossiped. Because he feels your love."

"As for your mother, she has a knot in her heart." Zhong Yuan continued, "People's values ​​are different, and we cannot require everyone to have the same value orientation. There is actually no conflict in value orientation between you and her. It's as big as you think."

"It's just that she has already lost a son, and she also feels that the other son is getting farther and farther away from her because of such contradictions, which will intensify her desire to 'get everything back on track', and she is full of you. Guilt, this will gradually become a vicious circle."

Qi Shiyu said a little weakly: "I know, she and I should see a psychiatrist."

"You have me." Zhong Yuan patted him on the back.

Qi Shiyu rubbed his chin on his shoulder: "Have you talked to my mother?"

Zhong Yuan shook his head: "The relationship between me and her is not suitable for consultation, but..."

Qi Shiyu was shocked: "But what?"

Zhong Yuan stuck to his ear, pretending to be mysterious: "I did find a senior who teaches in the psychology department of their school, and chat with them when they do morning exercises and walk after dinner...Of course, thanks to my dad Cooperate."

Qi Shiyu's pupils trembled.

"I don't know the content of their chat." Zhong Yuan said, "However, I can figure it out a little bit. Our parents love you, but there is a problem with the way of love. After so many years, our mother may I'm just afraid that you will be alone in the future, and no one will take care of you. Now that I see such a reliable me... I will definitely think about it."

"Ms. Zhong." Qi Shiyu said, "You really are, you feel too good about yourself."

Zhong Yuan smiled: "Senior, did I say something wrong?"

Qi Shiyu didn't speak.

That's right.This person is really wonderful, he is handsome and reliable, serious and delicate.It's hard for anyone not to like him like this.

But this kind of him just fell in love with me who is not so good.

As if seeing through Qi Shiyu's thoughts again, Zhong Yuan said, "How lucky I am to meet such a wonderful you who is so reliable. We are a perfect match."

Qi Shiyu had a sore nose and said, "You're almost done."

The two laughed together.

There is the sound of pigeon whistles in the distance, and the winter sun is rare.He Dong, who came out to dry the dishes, knocked on the window unbearably, and said, "I think the two of you are almost done! You can't stop hugging, if you have nothing to do, come in and help!"

Mushroom ran out from the backyard and barked around them.

Aunt Li who followed after her heard He Dong's words and couldn't help but bend over with a smile.

Even Lin Nian, who has always been timid, couldn't help but curl his lips.He picked up the mushroom that ran to his feet, and suddenly exclaimed: "The plum blossom is blooming!"

Those were a few plum blossoms newly planted by Qi Shiyu and Zhong Yuan in the yard. A red plum bloomed quietly without knowing when.

--end--

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This is the end of the story of Boss Qi and Teacher Zhong~

There will be extra episodes that will be updated from time to time.

The next article will be about He Dong's story~ The name has been decided, it will be called "Nian Dong", and I will start an update after I finish it.