Growth pain

Lu Shining didn't answer Yuan Sen, but talked about other topics to prevaricate.

The two returned to their hometown on New Year's Eve, and Yang Qiongfang was really happy, and even went to Lu Shining's house to deliver candy and fruit.

It was the first time in six years that Yuan Sen lived here for a full year, but he didn't seem interested in anything, and he showed a lazy energy all over his body. After saying hello to his mother, he went to Lu Shining's house , Help Lu Mu make dumplings.

Mother Lu said, "Don't your family make dumplings this year?"

Yuan Sen quickly squeezed out a round dumpling and put it on the cover covered with flour, "My mother bought ready-made ones."

Lu's mother said disapprovingly: "It's better to make it yourself. You can take some back after you wrap it up later."

Lu Shining watched from the sidelines, "I saw Aunt Fang go out just now."

"Well, it seems like I'm going to meet a friend." Yuan Sen said casually.

With probing eyes in Lu Shining's eyes, he leaned over the edge of the table and looked up at him.

Yuan Sen put some flour on his nose, and asked seriously, "Xiaolu also wants to make dumplings? Come here and I will teach you."

Lu Shining moved the ponytail away from the table.

Mother Lu said, "Ningning, it's time for you to learn."

Lu Shining was silent for two seconds, "Mom, I learned it before, have you forgotten?"

Mother Lu stopped her hands and thought for a while, "Oh, I learned it from your brother in elementary school, but when I put it in and cooked it all leaked, so don't learn it, just sit there."

Yuan Sen lowered his head and chuckled, Lu Shining raised his foot and kicked his calf, raised his head and emphasized to Lu's mother: "Yuan Sen is not my brother."

Lu's mother only thought that he was playing with a child's temper, and ignored him.

After Lu's father came back, he was in a hurry to take his Maza to go downstairs to play cards, and Lu Shining was driven to sit on the sofa again.

Mother Lu reminded you quietly: "Only call during the Chinese New Year, please take it easy."

Father Lu responded repeatedly before closing the door.

There is no one in the small county town, firecrackers can't be suppressed, and crackling can be heard outside from time to time.

As the night gradually fell, Yang Qiongfang returned to the opposite door late, and as soon as she entered the door, she shouted loudly: "Yuan Sen!"

Yuan Sen poked Lu Shining's waist, "Come back with me."

Lu Shining opened his eyes, "What did I do in the past?"

"You don't have that much business with her."

There was no one in the living room, Yuan Sen blatantly put his chin on his shoulder, Lu Shining turned his head to look at him.

Mother Lu popped her head out of the kitchen, "Yuan Sen, what are you two doing?"

Lu Shining panicked in an instant, Yuan Sen just put his hands on his shoulders, turned his head and said to Lu's mother, "I said something small, do you want to hear it, auntie?"

Mother Lu just asked casually, then waved her hand and continued, "Your mother called you, did you hear?"

"I heard it, I'm going back now."

Yuan Sen stood up and stretched out his hand to ruffle Lu Shining's hair before he was willing to walk out the door.

This is the punishment for not going back with him.

Lu Shining smoothed his hair with his fingers, Mother Lu had already gone back to the kitchen to cook, only his heart was still beating too fast.

Yuan Sen's performance with ease made him feel unwilling, but it must be strange in Lu's mother's eyes if both of them panicked... He didn't know what he wanted.

When I was sixteen or seventeen, I loved to dream, and I imagined that the person I liked could like me. Time will wear away those daydreams and round the sharp bones piercing the skin into a secular shape.

Lu Shining is now thinking more realistically - if this moment is a dream, then I hope the dream will last longer.

##

When the clock struck twelve o'clock, Lu Shining's cell phone kept vibrating to remind him of the news.Shao Qing sent a long paragraph of blessings over, and ended by saying: [I copied and pasted it]

Zhang Lei was even more terrified. He sent a total of two sentences. The first sentence was: [Happy New Year]

The last sentence is: [I fell asleep]

Just as Lu Shining was about to reply, Yuan Sen called.

"Happy New Year." The man spoke through the receiver.

Lu Shining said: "Happy New Year, you live right across the door, why do you call?"

"Isn't it a bit inappropriate for me to go there now?" Yuan Sen teased, "But one day I will go there for dinner."

Lu Shining opened his mouth, but it was rare that he didn't refute. Yuan Sen's speech has always been out of bounds, and he can say nice scenes, but he can't tell the truth from the fake.

So he complied and said, "Okay."

##

Yuan Sen only stayed at home for three days.

He was in the same space as Yang Qiongfang, women were either talking to him about the past or urging him to get a date quickly.

Yuan Sen pulled Lu Shining out to catch his breath. When he came back, Yang Qiongfang was about to go out, so he grabbed Yuan Sen's arm and refused to let go: "Didn't we all agree to meet your Uncle Yuan's daughter?"

Lu Shining froze in place.

Yuan Sen said, "I didn't agree."

"Go to see Nengdie? You are already 27, and when will I be able to hold my grandson?"

Yuan Sen pulled his mother's hand off, "Then if you want a child, you can have it yourself."

When Yang Qiongfang choked up, tears filled her eyes instantly, which caught Lu Shining by surprise.

"You think I don't want to? I don't even look at how old your mother is." Yang Qiongfang punched Yuan Sen a few times, wiped away her tears and walked downstairs, "Wait for me to come back."

Yuan Sen watched her leave indifferently, then turned his head and said to Lu Shining: "Let's go, go back to the room and say, isn't it cold outside?"

The two turned right into Yuansen's house.

"I'll go back to the city in the afternoon to avoid her nagging." Yuan Sen took off his coat, "How long are you going to stay here?"

Lu Shining said, "Did she arrange a blind date for you?"

"It's not the first time, it hasn't been broken in the past few years." Yuan Sen turned his head when he said this, and suddenly raised a hand to swear, "I haven't seen it, at most I saw the photos."

Lu Shining looked at him, "Why are you nervous, I stepped on your tail again?"

Yuan Sen followed Lu Shining into the house, "Isn't it because you might mind?"

Lu Shining said plainly: "It's nothing to worry about, you already like girls."

Yuan Sen frowned slightly, and went to hold Lu Shining's hand, "That's why I mind."

"No." Lu Shining said it once was not enough, he continued for the second time, "I don't."

I don't know why the two of them just kissed together, the kiss brought out the sound of water and weeping, the one who couldn't control it was always Lu Shining.He opened his eyes slightly, and saw the dark and quiet color in Yuan Sen's eyes, and the sense of shame went from his fingertips to the back of his ears.After parting, neither of them spoke much.

Lu Shining took a candy from the fruit plate, pinched it on his fingertips and twirled it.There is only that one flavor of sugar on the plate, and the whole room is gloomy and has no festive atmosphere.

"Aunt Fang always goes out recently."

Yuan Sen also took candy from the plate, handed it to his mouth and said, "Well, she has a good relationship."

Lu Shining slightly opened his eyes to confirm with him.

Yuan Sen was very calm, "She told me herself and asked me if I would support her, so what can I say? She didn't want to look for it before, but now it's good to think about it, she seems to be about the same age as her, There is a daughter in the family who is married."

Lu Shining blinked: "So she went out to..."

Yuan Sen added: "It's good to see you."

"Isn't it great? If you are busy with your own affairs, you don't have time to take care of me." Yuan Sen bit the candy and turned his head to look at him, "Don't worry about her, I won't go on a blind date, and I'm not interested in looking at those photos. Besides, don't I have you?"

Lu Shining turned his head away, "Oh."

Yuan Sen narrowed his eyes slightly, pinched Lu Shining's chin, and passed the remaining sugar in his mouth, and the shattered sweetness fell into Lu Shining's mouth.

##

After Yuan Sen left, Lu Shining stayed at home for another two days. On the day he was about to go back, he suddenly received a call from Yin Hao.

They had exchanged cell phone numbers at previous dinners.Yin Hao secretly added Yuan Sen behind his back, but Lu Shining couldn't find a reason to refuse, so he gave the other party his own contact information.I thought it was just a polite negotiation, but I didn't expect Yin Hao would really call him.

On the phone, Yin Hao spoke Northeast dialect: "Ning'er."

Lu Shining: "...Hello, who are you?"

Yin Hao smiled and said, "It's me, Yin Hao, is Yuan Sen with you? He doesn't answer his calls."

"Are you looking for Yuan Sen? He's not with me."

"Then where are you? Are you free to come out for a gathering?"

Lu Shining said, "Yuan Sen is really not here."

"I know, I know, it's better if Yuan Sen is not here." Yin Hao muttered softly, "That's right, I'm with Sheng Nan and the others now..."

Lu Shining was stunned.

"Is there any misunderstanding between you and Sheng Nan? He said that you have blocked his WeChat account, and there is no other way to contact you. I think otherwise, we will talk about it after meeting, and everyone should not hold this in their hearts. .”

Lu Shining completely underestimated Yin Hao's enthusiasm. He didn't expect him to take care of this kind of thing, so he didn't know what to say for a while.

"I……"

Suddenly someone on the other side of the phone spoke, "Hello, is it Xiaolu?"

Lu Shining clasps the phone slightly.

"It's me, Su Yunle." The woman's voice was still gentle, and she spoke unhurriedly, "Nan Nan really wants to see you, and I also have something to tell you, is it convenient for you to come out? We are in the commercial street .”

Lu Shining opened his mouth, "I'm not in the city right now."

"Ah." Su Yunle responded softly, "That's okay, then it's..."

"You can go back in the afternoon." Lu Shining said, "Do you want to meet in the afternoon?"

Su Yunle chuckled on the other end of the phone, "Of course."