coffee and snooping

26-year-old Li Ting was urged to marry No.20 five times during the originally happy birthday party.

Reflected in the flickering candlelight are the mother's concerned eyes, the father's stern persuasion, and Li Ting's eyes that Li Ting couldn't face.

Originally, this birthday party was to celebrate Li Ting's 26th birthday on the one hand, and to congratulate him on his career development, who became a manager from a young employee at a young age.

But the bad thing is that the age of 26 is too big for the elders, so old that if you don't get married and have children in this small city, it will be considered a crime.

"I said, are you listening? Your mother and I arranged a blind date for you tomorrow, and the person is your aunt's friend's daughter." Father Li thumped the porcelain bowl that held the cake.

Mother Li cast a reproachful look at her impatient husband, then turned her head and gently persuaded her: "The other person is Gao Lin, she is a very good girl, your aunt and I can rest assured that the position is a doctor, and will be helpful to the family when the time comes, promise Mom, you should go see her tomorrow, if you are not satisfied..."

"What are you dissatisfied with? You are no longer a child, and others are about to have a second child. I understand that it is not easy for you to work, but you don't have to be 30 years old so that I can't have a grandson!" Li's father shook Putting down the knife and fork, the sound of heavy knocking cut through the warmth of the birthday party.

Li Ting ate the cake in silence, obviously he was already immune to his father's yelling and his mother's tenderness, he knew that no matter which way they used, they would achieve their desired goal in the end.

As early as in junior high school, Li Ting was very aware that he was different from others, and this difference was likely to be regarded as a different kind by others, so he kept silent.

"...Okay, I'll just take a look." Li Ting didn't want to make his birthday too miserable, so he finally compromised in his mother's soft and hard way.

The next day, Li Ting took a sip of the iced Americano and did not speak.

Li's mother and aunt obviously took care of the atmosphere, and deliberately chose the place for the blind date in a coffee shop with a small traffic flow. The retro decoration and soothing music are the most popular among young people at the moment.

Li Ting felt that the two of them didn't seem to be on a blind date, after all, Gao Lin had been flipping through her phone from beginning to end.He looked at Gao Lin silently. This is a very capable white-collar worker at first glance. The dark suit that has been ironed without a trace of wrinkles perfectly reflects her body-shoulder proportions. From the beginning to the end, those bright red lips are tight. Squeeze tightly.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm too busy with work." After nearly ten minutes, Gao Lin turned off her phone.

Today is the weekend, and his aunt told him exactly that Gao Lin is off today, so she has a lot of time to get to know each other and warm up her relationship.

After Li Ting took his last sip of coffee, he casually said "hm", indicating that he was not interested.

Afterwards, he and Gao Lin sat awkwardly facing each other for an entire afternoon, because although they were not interested in each other, the adults were very interested in their future. Perhaps a certain relative was "ambushed" at a certain intersection when they left the coffee shop , so they can only pretend to "have a good conversation".

Li Ting thought, maybe Gao Lin has someone he likes, because most parents prefer those little girls who like to wear light-colored dresses and long hair, and look gentle and virtuous, but Gao Lin is in an important blind date party. A high ponytail and heavy makeup.

"Miss Gao has a boyfriend?" Li Ting asked straightforwardly.

"...Ah, um." Gao Lin didn't seem to react, she rolled her eyes before admitting.

"Then let's not waste any more time. Go back and inform the elders, and we will go our separate ways." Li Ting glanced at the time, and sat for four hours, which should be enough.

This blind date is over for the time being, both of them thought that they would be two intersecting lines, and after meeting once, they would go further and further apart, but they didn't expect that the elders' idea of ​​passing on the family line would be so deeply rooted.

Later, when Li Ting saw Gao Lin, she was brought by her own mother. Her father even brought two big boxes of gifts. The eye circles set off her as if she had been tortured.

The elders were talking in the living room, and Gao Lin had nowhere to sit, so the adults arranged for Li Ting to open the door for her.

At that time, Gao Lin's eyes were red and swollen, and she sat decadently on the sofa chair.

Li Ting said: "If you want to say it, you can say it. If you don't want to say it, I'm not curious."

This sentence seemed to be the trigger, leading Gao Lin's mentality to explode. She put her long hair behind her ears, tugged at her floral dress impatiently, and said with a sneer, "Of course, it doesn't matter." After us."

Li Ting raised his eyebrows and didn't answer.

"My father and mother should have been urging our marriage." This sentence was obviously a cannonball, and it exploded in the room.

"What? Isn't there no connection between us?" Li Ting frowned. He really hated this kind of kidnapping marriage, and he didn't even have the right sexual orientation.

"There is no way. A while ago, my mother stole my mobile phone to check my chat history with you, but she found out that I was in a relationship with a woman." Gao Lin paused, and she glanced at Li Ting, but the other party only Give her a "you continue to talk" expression, it seems that she naturally accepted her identity as a gay, "then...she and my dad teamed up and said that if I don't get married, I will be sent to a rehab, Do you know where that is! It's all about clicking!"

Gao Lin became more and more excited as she spoke. She even stood up and vividly described what she searched on the Internet, but she tripped over the blanket and fell into Li Ting's arms.

The door opened in response, and what the elders stood at the door saw was such a painting of a "talented man and a beautiful woman". Gao Lin's eyes were red from crying and she shrank into Li Ting's arms, while Li Ting opened his mouth as if to comfort her.

The adults showed their delighted smiles, and Li Ting heard his aunt say: "Look, what are you worried about? They meant it all the time."

This sentence is like a knock, the final word.

Gao Lin trembled on his shoulder and whispered, "I'm sorry."

Li Ting married Gao Lin in a muddle-headed way. The aunt who presided over the wedding ceremony was very happy, thinking that she had matched a couple who were interested in concubines. They drank a lot at the wedding, and Li Ting and Gao Lin's parents followed suit.

But the real couples were not happy at all, Li Ting was sitting on the head of the bed, Gao Lin was sitting at the end of the bed, this was the wedding room that Li's father had given to Li Ting, but the newly decorated atmosphere could not attract their attention.

Gao Lin covered her face, it seemed that the day's laughter and laughter had tortured her to the point of misery, she sobbed and said, "The day before the wedding, my girlfriend broke up with me..., I'm sorry, brother Ting, if you are straight , I, I'm really sorry for you!"

Li Ting sighed, and handed her a piece of paper: "You don't have to say sorry, I'm not straight either. The situation is already like this, let's play them to their heart's content first."

……

"And then? And then?" Chen Mi didn't receive the reply from last night, thinking that she was definitely hated, but soon received a call from Li Ting in the afternoon.

He seemed to hear a chuckle coming from the opposite side.

"Then I had a false marriage with her for more than a year and failed to make my dad realize his grandfather's dream. Then my parents knew that I was gay, they scolded me, and then I came out."

At that time, Li Ting was 27 years old, but he had already tried his best in life's ups and downs. After divorcing Gao Lin, he adopted another child and persuaded his father to treat the child as his own grandson. At least he was satisfied.

Chen Mi was speechless, compared to Li Ting, he seemed lucky enough, at least he was not alone and helpless when he realized his identity, and Lao Jiang, and Li Ting was earlier than him, how was he in junior high school? What about protecting yourself?It's all unknown.

When Li Ting wanted to continue talking, a crisp "Dad" came from the other end of the phone. Chen Mi guessed that it should be Li Ting's adopted son, and then there was the sound of the phone being put on the marble table.

Human beings' hobby of snooping caused trouble, Chen Mi did not hang up immediately, but eavesdropped silently.

On the other end of the phone, Li Shuyang obediently asked his father to put a clean T-shirt on him, then tilted his head and asked, "Dad, are you calling that brother?"

Li Ting was stunned for a few seconds, then rubbed Li Shuyang's hairy head: "Yes."

"Okay!" Then Li Ting watched Li Shuyang run away alive and kicking, he thought to himself, it's good for children to recover, it's easy.

Due to the distance between the phone and people, Chen Mi couldn't hear anything clearly. During the silent time, he suddenly remembered the days when he was a volunteer in the orphanage in college through the child adopted by Li Ting.

Polite, clingy, mischievous, and children with all kinds of personalities gathered together, no matter what the monitor called, they couldn’t gather together, and the teacher was very helpless. He told Chen Mi that this was a child from the orphanage. The face will be extremely excited.

"Squad leader, it's okay, I'll do it." Chen Mi volunteered to step forward.

He asked the teacher at the orphanage to move out the piano that had been dusty for a long time, and wipe off the dust on the cover. The crescent-white keys were like a pearl being dug out by someone opening a clamshell.

Chen Mi sat down and calmed down for a moment. He slowly played the song "To Alice" which was widely circulated among the music boxes. God was successful.

"Hello? Hello? Are you still there?"

Li Ting's voice brought him back to reality.He quickly responded to the other party.

"I said, when shall we come out and meet?"

Li Ting asked over there.