Let it age

9.

The next day.

Zhou Tingrang opened his eyes, feeling sore all over, but still resisted to get up to wash, and then opened the shop.

"Morning, Brother Rang!"

Xiaoqi ran in bouncing around, Ma Liuer went to change into her work clothes, and then consciously cleaned up in the lobby.

"What time is it and you ran here?"

"Anyway, I have nothing to do at home, so I might as well come to the store to accompany you."

"I don't want you to accompany me."

"Brother, I know what you said is ironic, I don't mind!"

"..."

Zhou Ting couldn't be bothered to refute, so Xiao Qi left.

"By the way, brother, should Uncle Liang come back today?"

"Yeah, so you have to clean up the floor, or your good uncle will definitely scold you when he comes back."

"Brother, don't scare me. Our good uncle is different from you. Uncle has such a good temper, how could he scold people."

"Hey you boy! You're trying to scold me differently, aren't you?"

"Brother, you are so angry, how dare I."

"It's good to know."

"Then what, brother," Xiao Qi leaned over cautiously, "I think we should tell Uncle Liang about Ao Junzhi's coming to mess things up, in case he comes again, so that Uncle Liang can have peace of mind. Prepare."

"No, I can't let my father know about this."

"Why?"

Xiao Qi was very puzzled, his dissatisfaction was written all over his face.

"My dad, over the years, he has done a lot for me. I really can't bear to let him be stimulated any more. After all, Ao Junzhi's goal is me, so I'll just bear it. I don't want my dad to worry."

Xiao Qi doesn't know what happened to Zhou Tingrang in the past, but Xiao Qi can feel that Zhou Tingrang must have a story, even though he never mentions it.

"Oh, I really envy the father-son relationship you have with Uncle Liang. It's not like me. My father doesn't want me, my mother doesn't want me. I grew up with my grandparents, but my grandparents left when I was in high school. You and Uncle Liang took me in, and I don't even know where to go."

"Silly boy, I told you the day I recruited you, you and we are a family, you are not alone, you have us, you know?"

"Um...thank you brother..."

Xiaoqi's eyes were filled with tears.

"Okay, ok, my nose is running out of my mouth, I'm so disgusted, go and wipe it off."

"hey-hey……"

Hearing the familiar tone of disgust, Xiaoqi burst into tears and laughed instantly, and rolled to the bathroom.

Looking at Xiao Qi's lively back, thinking of Xiao Qi's words just now, Zhou Ting felt bitter in his heart.

Such a father-son relationship was originally impossible.

When Zhou Tingrang was 12 years old, his mother died in a car accident. After that, his father drank heavily every day, and his temper became very weird. He often came home drunk in the middle of the night. I could hear Zhou Tingrang's poor cry in the middle of the night.Later, Zhou Tingrang became afraid to go home, so he began to stay in Internet cafes with gangsters on the street, not returning all night.In the first day of junior high school, Zhou Tingrang gave up on himself and stopped studying at all. He dominated the school all day long, surrounded by a group of juniors, and whoever disliked him would be beaten up. He also learned to smoke, drink, cheat and lie.During this period, my father didn't control Zhou Tingrang at all, and the two father and son were strangers, and they couldn't speak a few words under the same roof.

But because of that incident, Dad's attitude changed drastically.

One month before the high school entrance examination, Zhou Tingrang committed the crime of rape. Before he went to prison, his father held Zhou Tingrang's hand tightly and said firmly, son, you have to be strong, don't worry about Dad, Dad will wait for you outside, wait You come out, Dad will protect you well.

After being imprisoned, Zhou Tingrang met an inmate named Song Hui in the cell.Song Hui, who was three years older than Zhou Tingrang, was a third-year student in No. [-] Middle School in N City. He was sentenced to eighteen months in prison for the crime of intentional injury for beating someone.When Zhou Ting let him in, Song Hui had only three months left in prison.The two did not know each other, and later they became friends with each other and became brothers who shared weal and woe.Three months later, Song Hui was released.After being released from prison, Song Hui has been taking care of Zhou Shiliang instead of Zhou Tingrang, and Zhou Tingrang has always kept this kindness in his heart.

In less than three years, Zhou Tingrang was released from prison.That day, the morning sun shone into the high wall, Zhou Tingrang took a breath of fresh air, and watched the door slowly open. Dad and Song Hui had been waiting there early.There are no sensational greetings, just a silent hug, enough for Zhou Tingrang to feel the strong fatherly love and iron-like friendship.

On the same day, the three of them got on the train to S City.On the way, while Zhou Shiliang was asleep, Song Hui quietly told Zhou Tingrang that since Zhou Tingrang went in, Zhou Shiliang had given up smoking and drinking, picked up his old job again, and went to work in various restaurants, cooking for others, in order to Save a sum of money for Zhou Tingrang so that Zhou Tingrang can start a new life after he is released from prison.Hearing the news that Zhou Tingrang would be released early, Zhou Shiliang was overjoyed, and resolutely sold the house in his hometown. With that money and three years of savings, Zhou Shiliang took Song Hui and Zhou Tingrang together like this. plunged into the sea of ​​people in S City.

It has been ten years since I first came to S City.In the past ten years, Zhou Shiliang and Zhou Ting have lived all kinds of lives and endured all kinds of hardships. The two fathers and sons depended on each other for their lives and worked for others everywhere. Finally, in the tenth year, they became their own bosses and opened A store that belongs to the father and mother.In fact, Zhou Shiliang could have opened a store in the first two years if he relied on savings alone, but he had to pay Zhou Ting to attend the adult college entrance examination training class. Hot pot restaurant.

Song Hui took the training class with Zhou Tingrang, but Song Hui was in the third year of high school when he committed the crime, and with his good foundation, he started directly from the advanced class. In less than two years, he was admitted to the local university.Originally, Zhou Tingrang was somewhat resistant at first, thinking that instead of wasting money on studies, it would be better to earn more money by working part-time, but after seeing Song Hui's success, Zhou Tingrang strengthened his confidence and told him that he must go on this road, and then A persistence is ten years.

And Song Hui, who has graduated from university for four years, is now working in the high-tech zone, working for a company that researches new energy, and is an engineer in the product research and development department.Ever since he was in prison, Song Hui has been silently passing on a positive force to Zhou Tingrang.Influenced by Song Hui, Zhou Tingrang looked down on many things and learned to cherish many things. Therefore, Song Hui is not only Zhou Tingrang's elder brother, but also a teacher who taught Zhou Tingrang many principles of life in another sense.Therefore, Song Hui is the only person in this world who can talk to Zhou Tingrang about everything, and besides Zhou Shiliang, Zhou Tingrang's only support in S City.

"Xiao Rang, what's going on?"

Zhou Tingrang came to his senses immediately when a familiar and friendly voice came from his ear.

"Dad, you are back." Zhou Tingrang hurriedly helped his father to sit down, and handed him a book of warm water, "Dad, why are you carrying such a big bag by yourself? Don't mess around at your age, I will Said that this purchase should let me go."

"How can I do that?" Zhou Shiliang took a sip of water to quench his thirst, "You are not allowed to go anywhere, the class is important."

"Uncle Liang!!! You are back!!!"

I saw Xiaoqi rushing out of the kitchen, hugged Zhou Shiliang, and almost knocked over the water glass in Zhou Shiliang's hand.

"Ouch, what a naughty boy."

Zhou Shiliang pampered Xiao Qi's head.

"Uncle Liang, brother Xiaorang, leave it to me to buy goods from now on! I'm young and have nothing to do, so it's best for me to buy goods!"

"Cough," Zhou Shiliang deliberately dodged his eyes, "Is the store okay this week when I'm not here?"

"Cough," Zhou Tingrang deliberately avoided Xiao Qi's eager eyes, "Good! Very good!"

"You two know how to bully me, so I won't play with you!"

Xiao Qi saw the dislike of the father and son, and rushed back to the kitchen angrily.

The remaining Zhou Shiliang and Zhou Tingrang smiled tacitly with their eyebrows crooked.

"Well, Xiao Rang, the goods have been delivered downstairs, you and Xiao Qi can unload them."

Zhou Tingrang hesitated for a moment, but immediately returned to normal, called Xiao Qi and went downstairs.

Looking at a large truck of boxes, Zhou Tingrang subconsciously touched his unhealed wound, and couldn't help frowning.

Seeing Zhou Tingrang not moving for so long, Xiaoqi felt strange.

"Brother Rang? Don't you want to move?"

"I..." Zhou Tingrang bit his lower lip, "Move, move."

Xiao Qi felt that something was wrong with Zhou Tingrang, so he looked at Zhou Tingrang, supported his waist and struggled to climb onto the truck, then bent over with difficulty, and stretched out his hands to lift the box with difficulty, but when the box was halfway lifted, Zhou Tingrang let out a muffled groan , loosen the grip in his hand, and the box fell back with a bang.

"Brother Rang, are you okay?!"

Xiao Qi asked very concerned below.

"fine……"

Zhou Ting let a thin layer of sweat break out on his forehead, and still tried to lift the box up, but he couldn't do what he wanted, and the box fell down again.

"Brother Rang, what's the matter with you! Are you injured?"

"No……"

Zhou Tingrang took a deep breath and prepared to challenge again.Wiping off the sweat from his forehead, Zhou Tingrang rolled up his sleeves, and was about to reach out, when the nimble Xiaoqi jumped up and grabbed his wrist.

"Brother Rang! You're hurt!"

Zhou Tingrang took a look at his wrist, only to find a big scrape on the back of his elbow, bloody and conspicuously red.

"Tell me quickly! What happened? Was it last night? Did that Ao Junzhi trouble you again?"

"No, I hit it myself. It's a small injury, it's okay."

"Don't hide it from me! I can see it! You are seriously injured! It can't be just knocked! What happened?"

"It's none of your business, don't ask."

"Then I'll go up and tell Uncle Liang now!"

"Hey——" Zhou Tingrang hurriedly stopped Xiao Qi, "You can't tell my dad!"

"Then tell the truth!"

Zhou Tingrang was forced by Xiao Qi, so he had to relax his tone.

"Last night, I was chased by Ao Junzhi and turned over the side of the road."

"what?!"

Xiao Qi's mood right now is simply the wrath of man and god!I can't believe that Ao Junzhi is so ruthless!

"You didn't say anything about such a big thing! Then did you go to the hospital?"

Zhou Tingrang shook his head lightly.

"Brother, are you crazy? Are you sane? If you overturn your car and don't go to the hospital, do you want this body?"

"I know the condition of my body. It's normal to have my ribs broken by a knife before. It's not a big deal."

"How old were you then? How old are you now? Do you think you will be immune to all poisons forever! You are almost thirty brother! Please think about your own body too! No, you will be with me now Go to the hospital, or I'll go up and tell Uncle Liang everything!"

"Xiaoqi, you..."

Zhou Ting made it difficult.

"I'll count to three, will you follow me or not? Three, two..."

"Then what does my dad say?"

"When I got to the hospital, I called Uncle Liang and said that you were accidentally injured while unloading the goods. Isn't that logical?"

"OK then."

In the end, Zhou Tingrang couldn't hold back Xiao Qi, and went down to the hospital with Xiao Qi's support.

10.

After returning from the hospital, Zhou Tingrang began to recuperate, and Xiaoqi was handed over the fast food delivery job at noon.

Although Xiao Qi's ability is very doubtful, but in this special period, there is no other candidate except Xiao Qi.

No, at noon, Xiao Qixiong went out with the delivery box in a high spirited manner, and then came back with his head drooping.

"I knew it."

Zhou Ting let out a sigh as expected.

"Brother Xiao Rang! You can't blame me! The surrounding buildings were delivered well. Hey, the owner of the Hengtong company opposite is so fierce. I couldn't control my temper, so I yelled at him..."

"What? How dare you yell at customers? How do we usually train you!"

"Brother, you don't know the situation at that time, just that, that, Mr. Shan, I knocked on the door of his office, and he said to come in, so I went in, and then he didn't look at me, just stared at the file and said, send it here Give it to me, and then I put the lunch box in his hand..."

Hearing this, Zhou Tingrang rolled his eyes and almost fainted.

"Maybe the lunch box burned his hands. He was startled with a bang, and the lunch box was overturned... Then he got angry and immediately called the secretary in, and yelled at him, saying that he didn't pay attention to the door." Yes, how can you let someone come in at random, the secretary just went to the bathroom, I didn't think I knocked on his door because the secretary was there, and he asked me to put the lunch box in his hand..."

"So you're just meddling?"

"He was yelling so loudly! I couldn't listen anymore... so I told him... to reason..."

Xiao Qi lowered her head in self-blame, her voice became smaller and smaller.

"Xiaoqi, Xiaoqi, let me tell you what's good about you," Zhou Tingrang sighed depressedly over and over again, "Mr. Shan clearly thought that the secretary came in and asked her to hand over the documents, so you said you just followed me to join in the fun. "

"I don't know..."

"Forget it, the thing has already happened, what else can we do. You, you, be more careful in doing things in the future, Hengtong is our big customer, you must not neglect it, you know?"

"understood……"

"Okay, go and rest."

The next day, Xiaoqi went to deliver the meal and came back, this time she didn't droop her head.

"Have you apologized to Mr. Shan?"

"That's right, Brother Xiaorang, do you know, I found out today that Mr. Shan doesn't seem to be that fierce."

"Oh?"

"Today, I ran into him in the elevator, and I was about to apologize to him, but he apologized to me first. He said that he had a bad attitude yesterday, so don't take offense, and praised our food. eat."

"Huh, thank God, Mr. Shan doesn't have the same knowledge as you."

On the third day, Xiao Qi went to deliver the meal and came back with a little doll.

"Brother Rang! Come and see! Is this little bear QQ?"

"Quite Q. Where did you pick it up?"

"What do you mean picking up, Xiao Qi, I can't get someone to give you a gift?"

"Gift? Who gave it?"

"The opposite is Hengtong, Mr. Shan."

"Why did Mr. Shan remember to give you a gift?"

"Hey, it's not really a gift. When I delivered the meal, their company was having an event. Mr. Shan said that this bear is as Q as I am, so he just gave it to me."

"This Mr. Shan is quite nice."

On the fourth day, Xiaoqi suddenly caught a cold and took a day off. Zhou Tingrang temporarily hired a delivery man.

At noon, the elevator in the store suddenly rang.

"Hello, Zhoumizhuang Fast Food."

"Hello, I'm from the HR Department of Hengtong Company across the street."

Zhou Ting let his instinct be Mr. Shan, so he confirmed it.

"Excuse me...is it Mr. Shan?"

"it's me."

"Oh, it's usually your secretary who calls to order food. I haven't realized when you call in person. Hehe, then, Mr. Shan, do you want to order food?"

"Ah, no."

Zhou Tingrang was a little confused.

"Then, you are..."

"Hey, what, let me ask, have you guys changed, the delivery guy?"

"what?"

"It's the one I delivered two days ago. Why did you change it today? Isn't he doing it in your store?"

"No, it's always been there."

"Oh, cough, look, what, can you change him back..."

Zhou Ting let his sensitive ears seem to catch a trace of shyness in Miki's tone, and instinctively told himself that something happened.

"Well, it's Mr. Shan like this. Xiao Qi is sick and asked for leave today, so we temporarily changed the food delivery staff. When Xiao Qi recovers from his illness, he will continue to deliver food."

"Is that so..."

"Yes, Mr. Shan, do you have any other questions?"

"Ah, that, what, that... Can I have the contact information of the delivery guy?"

"what?"

"Hey, it's like this. When I'm at home on weekends, I also want to eat your fast food. Then, since your business is very hot on weekends, I'll call your store. There must be cases where I can't answer you. Right, so I thought, remember one more contact information of your food delivery staff, it may be more..."

"One eight six eight nine three two five two seven nine."

Zhou Ting let him know Miki's intentions, and also heard the bad reason that Miki couldn't make up any more, so he simply told him Xiaoqi's mobile phone number.

"what?"

The other party didn't seem to respond for a moment.

"Mr. Shan, please remember, one eight six eight nine three two five two seven nine."

"Ah, thank you so much, thank you so much, the boss's business is booming!"

"Thank you Mr. Shan, may I have anything else..."

"No more, no more! Thank you!"

Beep, the phone is hung up.

Moving a stool to the open-air balcony outside the hotpot restaurant, Zhou Tingrang sat by the railing, enjoying the wind, and thought about this matter carefully.

Zhou Tingrang gave Miki a month's worth of boxed lunches, and it could be seen that he is a man who works hard, cares about his subordinates, and has a successful career.Occasionally, when distributing box lunches to other employees, I would hear them discussing quietly, and indirectly learned about Miki's sexual orientation.So when he heard the meaning implied in Sanmu's words, Zhou Tingrang generously gave him Xiaoqi's mobile phone number.

As for Xiaoqi, when he first came here, he himself said that he was expelled from the school because of fighting with others in high school, and did not take the college entrance examination.When asked why he fought, he said that everyone at school dismissed him as an outlier because of his sexual orientation, and thought he was a pervert.At that time, Zhou Tingrang seemed to see his own shadow in Xiao Qi, and took Xiao Qi in without saying a word.

Zhou Tingrang did this because he knew that it was not easy for two people to meet in such a vast crowd.

The throbbing feeling conveyed by Miki's phone call just now is the best beginning of a relationship.

It is worthy of careful care and hard work.

After all, not every relationship can have a good start like this.

For so many years, Zhou Tingrang has learned not to be sentimental, not to recall, and also to not look forward to, not to regret.

So don't miss it easily.

But today, Miki's heart-pounding tone is very much like someone from back then.

Let Zhou Tingrang involuntarily think of the past.

Moving the stool back to the lobby, Zhou Tingrang walked into the back room, opened the closet, pulled out the bottom drawer, stretched out his hand to remove the blanket, and took out the photo frame that had been preserved for ten years.

The fingers of his right hand stroked the photo frame gently from left to right. Every time Zhou Tingrang saw the piece of paper inside, he could always concentrate for a moment and let his thoughts drift far away.

squeak--

Suddenly the door of the back room was opened, Zhou Shiliang came in, Zhou Tingrang panicked and hid the photo frame behind him.

Zhou Shiliang fixed his eyes, and then pretended he didn't see anything.

"Hey, look at my memory. Just now, Da Niu asked me how to mix the bottom ingredients of the seafood pot, but I forgot. I'm old, I can't do without reading the book."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Shiliang picked up the reading glasses next to the desk and put them on, then found the recipe in the early years from the drawer, looked through it carefully, and found the recipe for the bottom of the seafood pot.

"Yes! This is it!"

Zhou Shiliang took off his reading glasses, put the notebook back, and walked out of the back room.

But it turned back the next second.

"Hmm...Xiao Rang."

"Well, Dad."

Zhou Shiliang didn't look directly into Zhou Tingrang's eyes, it could be seen that he had been brewing for a while before proceeding cautiously.

"Although...Dad never asked much, but in fact...Dad has always known."

A warm current emerged from the bottom of my heart, and Zhou Tingrang, who hadn't cried for a long time, had red eyes without warning.

It's been ten years, and Zhou Shiliang has never asked Zhou Tingrang about what happened back then.Don't ask why, or right or wrong, Zhou Shiliang always respects Zhou Tingrang's decision.So Zhou Tingrang always thought that Zhou Shiliang only saw the result, but he didn't know the reason.But what Zhou Tingrang didn't expect was that there is no better way to know a son than a father. After all these years, Zhou Shiliang knew everything without asking.

Zhou Shiliang came over kindly, sat next to Zhou Tingrang, and held Zhou Tingrang's hand.

"You are my son, what do you think in your heart, can a father not know."

"……dad……"

"In the future, if you want to see it, you can show it openly. What you are is the same to Dad. Because you are my son."

"dad!"

Zhou Tingrang turned around and hugged Zhou Shiliang, tears bursting like a flood.

"Xiao Rang, you decide your own child's life. Dad just wants to see you happy."

Zhou Shiliang gently stroked Zhou Tingrang's back.

"Dad...Dad...you have worked hard all these years...I am not a good son...I made you suffer, Dad..."

"It's okay, it's okay Xiaorang, everything will be fine, everything will be fine..."

City N and City S have bore the tears and sweat of the two fathers and sons.

It's just that both Zhou Shiliang and Zhou Tingrang believe that as long as they live a good life, life will be good.

11.

the next morning.

Zhou Tingrang got up and washed as usual, then opened the store door and took a breath of fresh air.

Looking at the time, Xiao Qi had already arrived at the store at this point in the past, Zhou Tingrang felt a little unbelievable why it was so late today.

Stretching greatly, Zhou Tingrang returned to the lobby and began to do what Xiaoqi should do, cleaning up.

Seeing that the glass door at the entrance was a little scratched, Zhou Tingrang closed the glass door again, and was about to go to the bathroom to wipe it with a rag, but just as he turned around, he heard a loud bang behind him.

"Ah...it hurts."

Turning around, I realized that it was Xiaoqi, who was only looking down at his phone and slammed his head against the glass door.

"Do you still know it hurts? Young people nowadays really know how to play with their mobile phones if they can't walk well."

"Oh brother, don't criticize me, I'm almost depressed to death."

"what happened to you?"

"Last night, an unfamiliar number suddenly sent me a message, saying that he knew me, knew that my name was Xiaoqi, and that I was still working at Zhoumizhuang Hot Pot Restaurant, but I asked him who he was, and he didn't say anything. I was so anxious."

Hearing what he said, Zhou Tingrang understood.

"Could it be your admirer?"

After being ridiculed by Zhou Tingrang, Xiao Qi blushed immediately, and hurriedly denied it with a thick neck.

"Don't be kidding brother, it's impossible!"

"Oh? Since it's not the suitor, then I advise you not to talk to him, in case it's a perverted stalker or a liar."

"No, no, he's an interesting person, and I like chatting with him."

"Hehe, you..."

Zhou Ting let the sound elongated meaningfully, then smiled and walked away.

After a while, Zhou Tingrang wiped the glass door, opened it again, and watered the flowers and plants on the balcony.Turning around, I saw Xiaoqi leaning against the wall staring at the screen of the phone and laughing, Zhou Tingrang was really happy for him, so he didn't bother him, and let him slowly enjoy the wonderful feeling of the moment.

I went to the bathroom to wash the rag, and when Zhou Ting let him out, he happened to meet Zhou Shiliang who was making breakfast, so he hurried over to help bring out the dishes.

"Xiaoqi, have you had breakfast? Come and eat together."

"Ah, ah? No need, Uncle Liang, brother, you can eat, I'm not hungry."

Xiaoqi seemed to be intoxicated in the world of mobile phones.

Zhou Shiliang was about to interrogate Zhou Shiliang, but Zhou Tingrang quickly gave Zhou Shiliang a wink, telling him not to worry, it was a good thing.

So the father and son ate breakfast alone.

"Yo, I'm eating them all."

The three of them raised their heads when they heard the sound, and when they saw that it was Song Hui, they immediately greeted them enthusiastically.

"Brother Hui, Brother Hui! I hope for the stars and the moon, and finally I have you here!"

Xiao Qi was the first to rush up and flatteringly pulled Song Hui's arm and shook it.

"Don't come here. You're not looking forward to me, hey, you're looking forward to this, right?"

Song Hui handed Xiao Qi a bag with a lot of snacks in his hand, which made Xiao Qi very happy.

"Thank you Brother Hui! You are the best for me!"

"Hey hey, am I treating you badly?"

Zhou Tingrang provoked deliberately.

"Brother Rang, you are very kind to me except scolding me."

"Little bunny!"

Xiao Qi made a face, then ran away with the pile of snacks.

"Brother, come in, come in, sit down."

Zhou Tingrang quickly asked Song Hui to sit down, and went to the kitchen to bring Song Hui a cup of hot water.

"Uncle Liang, how are you? Are you in good health?"

"Okay, okay, it's okay if you're thinking about it."

"Uncle Liang," Song Hui put the two boxes of high-end supplements on the table, "This one is my tribute to you."

"Xiao Hui, you are already very happy to see Uncle Liang! What are you doing buying such an expensive thing! You won't be charged for it! I can't accept this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, I can't accept it, I can't accept it."

"Uncle Liang, listen to me," Song Hui pushed back the box that Zhou Shiliang had pushed back, "Do you think it's not the end of the year? The company specially rewarded me. You also know that you are the only elder in S City. If you hadn’t brought me here, I, Song Hui, would never be where I am today. This is just a little kindness from the younger generation. No matter what, Uncle Liang You have to take it all."

"This……"

"Dad, I already told you that it was sent by my unit. I just wanted to honor you, so you can accept it."

"Then... well, but Xiao Hui, don't be so polite in the future, we are all a family, just be casual."

"Well. Uncle Liang, Ting Rang, I'm actually here today to tell you a piece of news."

Seeing Song Hui's mysterious face, Zhou Shiliang and Zhou Tingrang were full of curiosity.

"I..." Song Hui bowed his head and smiled shyly, "I'm getting married."

I was stunned for a moment, and the next second, there were cheers and screams from three people in the lobby.

"Is this true? Congratulations, brother!"

"Congratulations, Xiaohui! Uncle Liang is so happy for you!"

"Me too! So happy news!"

Xiaoqi left behind the delicious snacks and rushed over to join the celebration team.

"Today, I made a special trip to send wedding invitations to you."

After speaking, Song Hui took out three wedding invitations from the inner pocket of his suit and handed them to the three of them respectively.

"Bride, Guan Tingting. Brother, isn't sister-in-law the girl you mentioned to me?"

"Yeah, who else could it be if it wasn't her? I just want to marry her in my whole life. Back then, I fought with others to protect her and was imprisoned. She was always waiting for me. After I came out, I hid on purpose. At that time, she felt that she had nothing and could not give her anything, so she left her and came to S City. Now, I am finally qualified to ask her to be my wife. "

"Blessings, blessings, sincerely bless you, brother."

Zhou Tingrang's eyes were full of hot tears. As a bystander, he watched Song Hui's love go through many tests all the way, and finally achieved a positive result. Zhou Tingrang was more excited than the parties involved.

"Eh? The address of the wedding banquet is written on the wedding invitation, isn't it, our hotpot restaurant?"

Xiao Qi asked her own doubts.

"Ah? Brother, marriage is a major event in life. How could you hold a wedding banquet so hastily?"

"Who said holding a wedding banquet in our hot pot restaurant is rash? I have thought it through. First of all, Uncle Liang is very kind to me, just like my father. When I get married, Uncle Liang must be the representative of the man's parents. Second , I don’t have too many friends in S City, guests, just invite the best friends. The third thing is that I want to challenge it because no one eats hot pot at the wedding banquet! Such an ingenious wedding banquet , must be memorable!"

"Xiao Hui, you can choose to hold your wedding ceremony at Uncle Liang's place. Of course, Uncle Liang is very honored and welcomes you. But have you discussed this with the woman? Shouldn't someone marry a baby girl?" I will approve of your arrangement."

"If we haven't discussed it, would we dare to send out this wedding invitation? Don't worry, Uncle Liang, I have made an agreement with Ting Ting. Ting Ting has known me for a long time. She knows my personality and also knows how you treat me. How important it is. Besides, the woman I selected in Song Hui didn't care about these forms. As for her home, we also discussed it. The wedding will be held once in S city, and then again when I return to N city. Well, let’s do it simply, the guests are mainly young people, and those from N City, no matter how serious it is, we will do it according to the traditional ceremony.”

"Well, that's a good idea. Let's do it, I'll leave your wedding banquet to Uncle Liang, and Uncle Liang promises to make it a success for you, full of joy!"

"Thank you, Uncle Liang."

"Hey—wait a minute, Dad, have you checked the date? It's the day after tomorrow! The day after tomorrow!"

"Ah? The day after tomorrow? How come it's too late! Xiao Hui, why didn't you come to say hello in advance? The materials are not ready yet."

"How can you worry about this kind of thing, Uncle Liang? Don't worry, I have already arranged it. I asked the wedding company to prepare all the materials for the wedding. They will deliver the things in a while, and then Help set it up together."

"Xiao Hui, you are so thoughtful, Uncle Liang doesn't even know what to say. Then, Uncle Liang will wrap you a huge red envelope! Don't say anything!"

"Hahahaha, thank you, Uncle Liang!"

- bang bang bang.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door.

"May I ask who is Zhou Tingrang?"

Zhou Tingrang hadn't recovered from the joy just now, and stood up in a daze.

"I, I am."

"Here is your shipment, please sign for it."

"Huh? Who will send me something?"

Zhou Tingrang muttered in doubt, then stepped forward to sign, and received the package from the courier.

"Brother Rang, what is that?"

Xiao Qi looked up curiously.

Zhou Tingrang neatly tore off the strap on the right side of the express mail, and looked inside, except for a piece of paper, there was nothing else.

Pulling out the paper slowly, Zhou Tingrang was about to faint just seeing the first row of words on it.

"Xiao Rang, what is that?"

Zhou Tingrang kept a stunned expression, turned around slowly, held the piece of paper in his right hand, and slowly stretched forward.

After the three of them read the contents of the paper clearly, cheers and screams even larger than before erupted in the lobby.

"Brother Rang, brother Rang! You did it! You did it!"

Xiaoqi jumped up excitedly and rushed over to hug Zhou Tingrang.

"Ting Rang! Brother is so happy for you!"

Song Hui also rushed over and gave Zhou Tingrang a firm hug.

"Brother Xiao Rang! Brother Hui! Congratulations! This is Double Happiness! Double Happiness!"

Xiaoqi hugged Zhou Tingrang and Song Hui and turned around.

Seeing the three of them writhing happily, although Zhou Shiliang was also smiling, he shed tears of relief unknowingly.

Zhou Tingrang noticed his father's moved expression, so he let go of Xiaoqi and Song Hui, walked up to his father and squatted down, and covered his callused hands with his hands.

"Dad... I'm accepted."

"My son is so upbeat..."

Zhou Shiliang's voice was very low, as if all the bitterness and suffering of these years had been settled in this sentence.

"Dad, you worked hard!"

Zhou Tingrang kowtowed heavily to Zhou Shiliang.

Xiaoqi and Song Hui, who were watching from the side, couldn't help being moved, because they knew that it was not easy for the two of them to go all the way.

"Okay son, get up quickly and put away the admission notice. Let's hold your brother Hui's wedding banquet in a good manner first, and then prepare for your admission formalities."

"Ok!"

12.

That night, Ao Jun got off work and had dinner with his colleagues before driving downstairs to the hot pot restaurant.After waiting in the car for a while, I found that it was several minutes past nine o'clock, and Zhou Tingrang hadn't seen him go downstairs yet.

Ao Junzhi felt strange, he hadn't come for a few days, did something happen in the shop?But since there is no channel for direct inquiry, Ao Junzhi can only inquire about the news from the sidelines.

So Ao Junzhi hurried to the education center again, got out of the car and talked to the guard, to see if he could ask anything.

"Hello, big brother, hey, I want to ask, is there a guy named Zhou Ting here?"