Same crime

The weather forecast said that there will be snow tonight. This is the first snow of the new year, which has a wonderful sense of ceremony.

In the afternoon, the sky has become very gloomy, the bare tree branches outside the window are swayed by the north wind, but the room is as warm as spring.

Gong Yuechao drank the water in the water glass at hand, rubbed Erbing who was sleeping soundly on his lap, and stretched.Rarely free, the laptop screen on the table contained relevant information on academic forums that Feng Pei had found for him. He read it with relish all afternoon, and even forgot to take a nap.Fields that he has never touched before are like treasure islands full of treasures waiting for him to explore. Once he lands on the island, he begins to linger, feeling that everything is novel and full of attraction.

It was past four o'clock at the moment, and there were only a few calls from work on the mobile phone on the table, none of which were urgently needed to be dealt with, but Qin Zhengzheng didn't have any calls, so he inevitably felt a little uneasy. I didn't know how to prepare for the meeting at night, so I simply didn't think about anything.

He was tired from reading the materials, so he fell back on the chair and closed his eyes for a while, but Erbing woke up, jumped off his lap, ran to the cat climbing frame on the balcony of the study and continued to lie on his stomach, Gong Yuechao got up Stretching her thighs that were numb from Erbing's huge body, she was about to get up and pour herself another glass of water when the doorbell rang.Gong Yuechao put down his glass and asked who it was, Qin Zhengzheng's voice came from outside the door, Gong Yuechao opened the door, and in the next second, a body dressed like a fat bear threw himself into his arms, almost throwing him off .Gong Yuechao stabilized her body and put her arms around this overly enthusiastic little kid. She was about to ask why she didn't call first, but was blocked by a kiss.

The wind in the corridor automatically blew the door shut, and with a "bang", the two people who were stuck together were separated in an instant.

"Teacher." The boy raised his sunny but healthy smiling face, he didn't look haggard, at least better than Gong Yuezhao imagined. "I'm here to pick you up." He looked at Gong Yuechao's home clothes, and said, "Go and change quickly."

Gong Yuechao said: "Then you should let me go."

"Oh." Qin Zhengzheng let go of him with a silly smile.

Gong Yuechao poured him a glass of water, put it on the coffee table, and asked, "Your mother...what's your attitude now?" Gong Yuechao needs to build up his mind, he doesn't fight unprepared battles.

Qin Zhengzheng took off his chubby cotton padded jacket, and was wearing a white hooded sweater underneath, "My mother went out to buy groceries after waking up. Serious, but I think it should be okay, I didn't dare to ask." He stuck out his tongue and said, "Actually, she was quite angry last night, but I told her about your life experience and that you died after my dad died. How to help me later, she muttered, saying that you are so pitiful."

Gong Yuezhao's heart shuddered, and his face changed. He didn't like others to mention his hidden secrets, and he didn't like to use this to win sympathy, so he said in a slightly reproachful tone: "Why are you telling your mother these things?"

"Only by selling miserably can she soften her heart. Teacher, you have to be flexible. My mother loves me very much. She may not be able to accept it for a while, but she will understand after she slowly figure it out." Qin Zhengzheng showed a nonchalant expression , saw Erbing walking out of the study from a distance, clapped his hands, "Erbing, come here, let me hug you." Erbing ignored him, turned and went to the balcony.Qin Zhengzheng stuck out his tongue towards the big butt.

"You are really..." Gong Yuechao wanted to reprimand Qin Zhengzheng again, but after thinking about what he had done, and having a different opinion and position from the young man, he asked Qin Zhengzheng to wait for him in the living room, and went back to the room by himself. I changed my clothes, sorted out my mood by the way, and calmed down.

It's the shirt, sweater and a pair of jeans he often wears, and the jacket he's carrying is also a more casual style.He felt that there was really no need to make it too formal to meet Qin Zhengzheng's parents, as it seemed rigid.

When I went out, I saw Qin Zhengzheng sitting on the sofa, clasping Erbing who was about to break free from his arms. One person and one cat were competing. Gong Yuechao let go of his caring mood and asked Qin Zhengzheng, "Are you teasing Erbing again?"

"It won't let me touch it!" Qin Zhengzheng complained.

Erbing knew that someone would support it, so she turned her head and meowed viciously at Qin Zhengzheng, and when she came up with a paw, Qin Zhengzheng was so frightened that she quickly let go of her hand, so she didn't get scratched.Er Bing ran to Gong Yuechao's feet as fast as she could, yelling for a hug. Gong Yuechao picked up the cat, hugged it, sat beside Qin Zhengzheng, and said, "Now pet it."

Qin Zhengzheng's claws reached out to Erbing's head, and Erbing was surprised that she had been betrayed, and stared at Gong Yuechao with disbelieving big eyes, thinking that he had changed his mind.

Gong Yuechao smiled and said, "Don't be hypocritical, let people touch you."

Erbing had no choice but to accept her fate, lay on Gong Yuechao's lap, and let Qin Zhengzheng ravage her.

As soon as winter came, Erbing changed into a thick sweater, and Gong Yuezhao fed him well, his fur was smooth and smooth, and his hands seemed to be trapped in the soft fur, unable to extricate himself.

Qin Zhengzheng said, "It's so soft."

"It can be decompressed."

"Hmm." Qin Zhengzheng nodded happily.

Erbing meowed a few times, not knowing if she was responding, and showed a look of ashes.

When they went out, the sky was full of snowflakes, and Qin Zhengzheng started the car skillfully under Gong Yuechao's instruction to "drive slowly".

As soon as he drove the car out of the gate of the community, Gong Yuechao said to him: "Let's go to the mall first."

"Huh?" Qin Zhengzheng made a puzzled voice.

"Buy some greeting gifts for your mother."

"No need."

Gong Yuechao ignored him, and said to himself: "Let's go to the one on the commercial street." He didn't go shopping very much, and after he came to Zhangzhou, Shi Mucheng took him there to buy clothes, and he recognized it This one just feels that it is good enough if it is expensive enough.At the end he added: "Then you think it's better for me to go empty-handed?"

Qin Zhengzheng wanted to argue, but after glancing at Gong Yuechao, he simply shut up.What Gong Yuechao said made sense, it's not easy to come empty-handed for the first time.

When they came out of the mall, Qin Zhengzheng was carrying two bags in his hands. Although they were not big, they weighed a thousand catties to him.

In the red bag was a beautifully crafted gold bracelet with a price tag of tens of thousands; in the other black and white bag was a bottle of brand-name perfume worth nearly a thousand, which smelled fresh and elegant.After Gong Yuechao finished shopping, he was still weighing whether to buy something else, Qin Zhengzheng said repeatedly: "It's nothing." Gong Yuechao looked at the other party's terrified look, so he gave up.

After working with Shi Mucheng for a long time, being influenced by these two people, he doesn't seem to have any concept of money. He is no longer the old Gong Yuechao who lives in an old house with simple decoration and spends money carefully.He is now living a life where he can easily spend thousands of yuan for a meal and tens of thousands of yuan for a suit of clothes. Qin Zhengzheng was under a lot of pressure.

But Qin Zhengzheng didn't have any right to speak in front of him, he gave in with a glance, and finally had no choice but to obey, muttering: "Teacher, why are you so scary when you buy things?"

The gift was placed on the table and chairs in the back row. Gong Yue lit a cigarette when she got into the car, opened a small gap in the window, and smoked slowly. The cigarette was blown out by the wind and mixed with the snowflakes. dissipated.He seemed to be puffing out the smoke one after another, which happened to give Qin Zhengzheng an illusion - Gong Yuechao, who had bought those things, seemed to be relieved, as if he had completed a major event.

After smoking, Gong Yuechao said, "Chen Yusheng and Wei Jiangyuan separated."

Qin Zhengzheng's hands shaking the steering wheel, subconsciously thought that these words had something to do with him taking Gong Yuechao to see his mother today.In the blink of an eye, Gong Yuechao confirmed his conjecture.

"Wei Jiangyuan went home to clarify the matter between the two of them, and then only sent a message to Chen Yusheng to say that they broke up. Probably the family disagreed, but in the end, the words were not clear. Sometimes, facing family persecution , everyone will back down a few steps. I don't know what I'm going to face later, I just thought, when I go to see your mother, I have to think about everything and be courteous, so at least it won't make things worse It's embarrassing."

"...my mother won't do it." This was Qin Zhengzheng's intuition.Instead, she thought, Gong Yuezhao was thinking from his point of view, and a burst of sweetness immediately burst into her heart.Because he had been in the suitor's position for too long, and suddenly he got so much, he seemed to be enveloped by great happiness, and there was an indescribable warmth lingering around him.

Gong Yuechao smiled, "There are no absolutes in everything. I thought the two of them would be fine at first, but who knew..."

"If my mother really disagrees, she will definitely throw out the things you bought together."

Gong Yuechao was amused by Qin Zhengzheng, raised his hand, and rubbed his head, Qin Zhengzheng shrunk his neck, and from his cheeks to the base of his neck, there was a large area of ​​red. "You're right." Gong Yuechao said as he watched Qin Zhengzheng's interesting changes.

This was the first time Gong Yuechao saw Mother Qin in person, but because he was deeply impressed by the group photo of the family of three, he felt that this elder was very kind.He called "Auntie", and the other party responded with a smile and let them enter the house.

She has hardly changed from the appearance in the photo, but with the passage of time, the temples and the corners of the eyes are stained with traces of time.Gong Yuechao handed over the present. She didn't think it was too expensive at first, so she stretched out her hand to take it, but she only opened it for a look, and immediately pushed and said no, "It's too expensive."

Gong Yuechao insisted, "This is what it should be." He gave Qin Zhengzheng a wink, and Qin Zhengzheng obediently persuaded his mother.

"Mom, just keep it, a little kindness from the teacher."

The woman accepted the gift with a smile on her lips, and she complained to Qin Zhengzheng: "My son has never bought me such an expensive gift."

Amid Qin Zhengzheng's long-sounding "Mom" complaint, she welcomed him into the room with a smile.

Gong Yuezhao could tell that the woman's eyes were moist, and the white part of her eyeballs was bloodshot, as if she hadn't rested well, and she forced a smile in front of them at this moment.But she still showed a certain degree of tolerance and generosity—not only did she not give them face, but she also didn't treat him as an outsider, instructing her son to do this and that. After a while, Gong Yuechao was full of fruits and vegetables. snack.

Gong Yuechao was somewhat reserved, which was the resistance he would have when facing strangers, but in her gentle questioning, Gong Yuechao tried his best to overcome it, and said a lot about himself by the way.

Qin Zhengzheng's mother nodded as she listened, as if she was using the steelyard in her heart to weigh whether her son's love was worth it or not.In the end, she said: "Before Zhengzheng decided to come to Zhangzhou, he told me that he wanted to pursue someone. I never thought it would be you..." She was hesitating about how to word it, but the words she expressed were still It will be a bit blunt, because she never thought of having such an experience in her life. After all, all she expected of her child was to have a successful career, marry a wife and have children. The exact opposite way.

"I didn't want to delay him." Gong Yuechao explained, but found that the matter had come to this point, and this explanation was futile.What I wanted to say later, I simply swallowed it all in my stomach.

But she nodded and said to Gong Yuechao, "I know." Then she sighed, and said, "Zhengzheng is a stubborn kid, and he just does what he thinks. He wanted to be a policeman like his father when he was young." Well, his father died and he couldn't stop him from going to the police academy; he said he wanted to come to Zhangzhou to find you, but he didn't care about taking the selection exam. If I knew it was going on, I wouldn't have allowed it."

Saying that, Gong Yuechao lowered his head, feeling guilty in his heart, the words of apology stuck in his throat, he didn't know whether he should say it or not.

At this moment, Qin Zhengzheng was sent to the kitchen to cook, and did not hear the conversation between the two of them.

Unexpectedly, Qin Zhengzheng's mother changed the subject and said: "But I know, I stopped him this time, and he will have another time. If he is not sure, he will simply resign and come to you. After seeing you today, I can somewhat understand My silly son is thinking, you are calm and sincere, I always have some regrets in my heart, but I can still rest assured. As a parent, I always hope that my children will follow the road paved by themselves and have a little disobedience Then I feel that I can’t accept it. But I’m not such an old-fashioned person, although I feel awkward, I can always turn this corner.”

Gong Yuechao raised her head amidst her words, and this loving mother smiled kindly, and that smile overlapped with the good policeman in her memory.

This couple really makes people feel very warm.

"Thank you for your understanding, I...we will be fine." Gong Yuechao said, this was already the most formal promise he could make in front of this mother. ——Courtesy, but not too obtrusive, it is a rhetoric that can be accepted by the elders.

"Ha..." The woman took his hand with a smile, and Gong Yuezhao was surprised that the temperature seemed to be the same as the tenderness passed to him by Qin Zhengzheng's father more than 20 years ago. "I read the diary left by his father and wrote about you. What kind of fate is this?"

"Yes, I was surprised too, he is the person I am most grateful to from the bottom of my heart."

"Well, Zhengzheng said that your life is very bitter, and you have come to where you are today step by step. Anyway, no matter what, it will always get better in the future." She said, her eyes were on her son who was busy in the kitchen.

Gong Yuezhao also looked at Qin Zhengzheng who was wielding the spatula.

"You young people, we will not participate when we are older. As for me, I have a small request."

"What? You said."

"He is self-willed, has no social experience, and is not familiar with Zhangzhou. You have a lot of contacts, so you can help him a lot. I'm afraid he will suffer."

Gong Yuechao quickly agreed, "It's not difficult, and it's what I should do."

"That's fine." She said, stood up, and said to Gong Yuechao, "You sit down first, and I'll go to the kitchen to take a look."

Gong Yuechao looked at the back of her leaving, and clearly noticed that she raised her hand and wiped the corner of her eyes.

After a while, Qin Zhengzheng came out. He couldn't help turning around and looking at his mother several times. He sat beside Gong Yuechao and asked in a low voice, "Teacher, what did my mother tell you?"

Gong Yue smiled, "I didn't say anything."

"She agrees?"

Gong Yuechao nodded.

"Oh!" Qin Zhengzheng cheered, and hugged Gong Yuechao, but after his mother brought out the dishes, he quickly left and said with a blushing face, "Teacher, sit down, and I will help my mother with some work." got up.

The snow outside the window seemed to be getting bigger. Looking from a distance, it was a vast expanse of white.

In the new year, there must be a new atmosphere.Gong Yuechao thought so.