summer fireworks

"Summer is over"

#1

It was a long summer.

The sunset on the horizon is like a hot, burning flame, dyeing the sky red, and the dark green leaves are shaking, casting a light black shadow on the asphalt road. upset.

Yan Shu returned to the apartment exhausted, but there was only a deserted room to greet her.

She flung herself into the sofa, and an orange floor lamp at the corner gave off a soft light, but it couldn't dispel the loneliness in the room at all.

She buried her face in the sofa pillow, and there was still a hint of Song Zhilin's smell on the pillow.

It was a scent mixed with cold fragrance and pheromone, filled with tenderness amidst the coldness of Tie Ma Jinge, which made Yan Shu addicted.

Yan Shu casually picked up the clock on the carpet. Today is the third day of Song Zhilin's business trip.

Her phone was unresponsive as if it was broken.The last conversation between Song Zhilin and her happened three days ago. It was two short sentences, like a business exchange.

When Song Zhilin landed at the airport, she sent her a message: "I've arrived in City A."

Yan Shu replied to her as usual: "Okay."

She wanted to say a few more words, but thinking of Song Zhilin's conflict with her before going out, she deleted the words that had already been entered one by one.

The quarrel seemed minor, but Yan Shu knew very well that the content of it had touched Song Zhilin's bottom line.

Yan Shu asked herself, she couldn't say anything easy to ease the atmosphere.

Song Zhilin's business trip to City A was already decided last week.

The day before her departure, Yan Shu was packing her luggage with her, chatting about some warm and useless topics, such as specialties in city A or which airline's in-flight meal is better, and then Song Zhilin received a call from her grandma .

There was hesitation in Grandma Song's voice, and she asked, "Zhilin, it's so late, have you slept yet?"

"No, what happened to grandma?"

Song Zhilin instinctively felt something was wrong.Grandma never spoke in this tone.

"Are you uncomfortable?"

She almost subconsciously felt for the car keys, planning to take grandma to the hospital overnight.

"No, no, worry about it," Grandma Song quickly denied, her speech slowed down, as if she was trying to identify something, "A man named Yan Changdong came to our house today, and he said it was Xiaoyan's father. Said that Xiaoyan has been away from home for a long time, grandma wanted to ask...is there such a thing?"

Song Zhilin frowned, she could completely imagine Yan Changdong's tone and movements, as well as his pretentious attitude when he came to visit.

She turned on the speakerphone, and Yan Shu also heard what Grandma Song said. She didn't have time to think, and immediately replied: "Grandma, don't listen to him! He kicked me out!"

Grandma Song was silent for a long time, and then she slowly said, "Xiaoyan, give Zhilin the phone."

Song Zhilin had already turned off the speakerphone, and walked to the balcony with her mobile phone.

She rarely lit a cigarette, and the slender cigarette curled up with a layer of mist, and the pungent smell made her brain clearer.

Song Zhilin asked: "Grandma, what did he say?"

"I didn't say anything..."

Grandma Song seemed to be choosing her words carefully: "Zhilin, grandma doesn't know Xiaoyan is in such a situation. I don't see optimism for the two of you to go on like this."

Song Zhilin stared at the ring on her hand. In the spring breeze, it shone with a soft luster, telling Song Zhilin's nostalgia for Yan Shu.

She didn't expect Yan Changdong to bypass her and Yan Shu and go directly to Grandma Song.

Song Zhilin asked herself that she was not afraid of Yan Changdong's methods, but she didn't expect that this person didn't even have basic morals, and he directly attacked her family.This happens to be her weakness.

"Grandma..." Song Zhilin sighed for a long time, "I will find a way, don't worry, don't take what they said, I will go back and stay with you for a while after my business trip is over."

"What does it matter to me?"

Grandma Song was more worried than she: "What they said will affect your future."

Song Zhilin didn't need to think, and knew what those words were.It's nothing more than repeating the same old tune, repeating what I said to her before, but this time I told her grandma who loves her the most, it hurts more than saying it in front of her.

She comforted grandma a few words, let grandma feel relieved, and continued to go back to the room to pack her luggage.

It must be impossible to say that Song Zhilin was not angry.

She confronted Yan Shu's parents several times, trying to maintain politeness and demeanor as much as possible, and did not peel off the decent skin of Yan Shu's parents on the premise of expressing her purpose, but Yan Shu's parents saw that she was unmovable It was unbearable for her to go directly to her family members because of her toughness.

What was even more difficult for her to accept was that she suddenly discovered that Yan Shu had never expressed any dissatisfaction with her parents about the two of them.

Yan Shu was kicked out logically, and obediently appeared beside his parents at the chamber of commerce dinner, saving their face.

It's no wonder it's her fault that her daughter is so obedient.

After Song Zhilin realized this, she couldn't help but get angry with Yan Shu.In the past, she always said to herself: Parents are parents, Yan Shu is Yan Shu, Yan Shu doesn't want these things to happen, and she will also suffer because of these things.

But why did she never raise an objection?Song Zhilin didn't understand.

After Song Zhilin came back from smoking a cigarette on the balcony, she saw Yan Shu looking at her anxiously, with watery eyes, like an innocent deer.

After those incidents in high school, Yan Shu knew her parents' nature well. She could imagine that her parents didn't say anything nice in front of her grandma. She asked Song Zhilin cautiously, "What's wrong?"

Song Zhilin looked at her and suddenly couldn't get angry.

She sighed and said helplessly, "It's okay."

#2

On the morning of Song Zhilin's business trip, she walked quietly, without even waking Yan Shu up.

After Yan Shu woke up, there was nothing around him, the mattress had no residual warmth, only coldness remained.

The golden sunlight came in through the glass window, making her hands almost transparent.

Yan Shu hugged the quilt and sat blankly for a while, then sent a message to Song Zhilin: "Tell me when you land."

Her heart was filled with anxiety.She knew she shouldn't be so anxious, but she couldn't control her heart.

The row of planes still in the sky affected all of her mind, making her restless and restless.

After receiving Grandma Song's call last night, Song Zhilin was not angry with her, nor did she say anything to her, but it was precisely because of this that Yan Shu noticed something.

An indescribable intuition.Yan Shu felt the silk thread connecting her and Song Zhilin vibrate slightly, something heavy was pressing on it, shattering the illusion she didn't want to face.

That conversation was so cool.

Yan Shu was not sure about Song Zhilin's thoughts. She didn't know if the relationship between them would be the same after Song Zhilin came back from a business trip. During these dozens of hours, Yan Shu had been thinking about one thing—if Song Zhilin's heart Changed, how should she deal with herself.

Yan Shu understands a truth better than anyone else, love is the strongest and most fragile thing.

Everything in the world can be worked hard, except for the matter of "getting someone's love".

She picked up her phone again.

There is still no response to the top dialog box, is it because you are too busy with work in City A?Yan Shu couldn't help guessing, or maybe it was necessary to socialize and connect with each other?

Yan Shu lifted his face from the pillow and sighed irritably.

Tiredness was like a tide, surrounding her one after another.

She was eager to communicate with Song Zhilin, even if it was just to talk about what happened during the day.

Yan Shu didn't have a happy day.

When Song Zhilin was on a business trip, her parents immediately asked to meet her.

Yan Shu wanted to refuse at first, but when he thought of the phone call, he suddenly became angry from the guts. It was obviously her parents, why didn't they come to her and harass Song Zhilin's parents?

There is a certain arrogance about them.

Ten years ago, they broke up with Song Zhilin directly for themselves, and now, they bypassed themselves and talked nonsense with grandma. Even though Yan Shu never thought of rebelling against them, now he doesn't want to ignore them anymore.

She always thought that as long as they stayed far away, they would give up their hearts, but she didn't expect that they would always come up with endless ways to disrupt her life.

Yan Shu showed up at the dinner on time. She thought that the only people she would see would be her parents, but unexpectedly, a group of relatives gathered at a big round table, waiting for her to show up.

As soon as she entered the door of the private room, the group of people started talking in a hurry, accusing her of being ignorant and disobedient, and imitating the outsiders, which made Yan Shu's scalp numb.

Suppressing the uncomfortable feeling, she pulled out the chair and sat down, finishing the meal.

The craftsmanship of the masters in Juxianlou was still the same, but Yan Shu didn't know what to eat. After eating, he immediately grabbed Yan Changdong and said to him seriously: "Let the uncles and aunts go back first, and the three of us have a talk. "

Yan Changdong thought she was going to give in, so he was overjoyed, and took his wife and daughter to a teahouse.

Scented tea and snacks were set up on the table. Yan Changdong and his wife looked at Yan Shu earnestly, and said indifferently, "Shushu, let's go home when we've had enough fun."

Yan Shu was so angry that all the efforts she had made this year were just "play" in the eyes of these two people.

After staying with Song Zhilin for a long time, she learned a little bit of unsteady temperament, and said lightly, "Didn't you say never to come back again?"

Yan Changdong and his wife looked at each other, both stunned.

As expected, Yan Shu has been outside for a long time, and now he is disobedient, and knows to talk back!No matter what happened in the past, at most, he would be sulking and shut himself in the room and ignore people. Having said that, Yan Shu didn't even give Yan Shu a look at the young talents they arranged for Yan Shu at the chamber of commerce dinner. .

"How do you talk to Mom and Dad now!"

Yan Changdong frowned, and said, "Nonsense!"

Yan Shu didn't speak, just looked at them quietly.

Under her gaze, Yan Changdong felt a little guilty.

He always felt that something was different about Yan Shu.

Yan Changdong gave his wife a look, Yan's mother instantly understood what he meant, changed the subject, and said softly: "Shushu, is it hard to live alone outside? Isn't it good to go home? Mom and Dad will give you Make it delicious."

It's fine if she doesn't mention it, but Yan Shu gets even more angry when she mentions it.

Make something delicious for her?After so many years, how have they ever cooked a meal by themselves!

Yan Shu sneered: "Someone lives with me."

Yan Changdong and his wife were startled. They had indeed heard the rumors that Yan Shu and Song Zhilin were living together, but it was hard for them to accept this fact when Yan Shu explicitly stated it.

Mother Yan's eyes fell on Yan Shu's hand, and just now she noticed that there was jewelry on Yan Shu's hand that she had never seen before.

It was a ring, shining with tiny pieces of light.

She originally thought that it was just a young man who looked good when he had nothing to do, but now it seemed that this ring had an unusual meaning.

Mother Yan stared at her finger, and said tentatively: "Shushu, this ring..."

"I bought it with her," Yan Shu said.

Mother Yan was furious this time.

"You mean," she said word by word, "you got engaged to someone without any ceremony?!"

Yan Shu looked at her seriously and replied, "Yes."

#4

It's hard for Yan's mother to describe how she feels now.Perhaps in her entire life, she has never felt such a feeling of being so angry that she has a heart attack.

"you……"

She was so angry that her hands were trembling, she never thought that her daughter would wear the same ring as that bratty girl without permission and flaunt around the market for so long!I don't know how many people saw it, and asked them how to go out and help her find the right person in the future? !

"You're embarrassing us!"

"It's so special. For the most important thing in life, you still need to find the right person."

Yan Changdong was silent for a while, then spoke seriously.

Yan Shu's sneer became more obvious: "You guys are talking about being married, so it's better to say it's a business marriage?"

For this matter, Yan Changdong had his own reasons.

He looked at Yan Shu, and said earnestly, "Yan Shu, our family business is all for you. What good will it do you if you hang out with a poor and white Alpha?"

"She participated in the auction and sat in front of our house. You can still say that, you can really turn a blind eye." Yan Shu laughed mockingly, "Besides, when will I inherit your family business?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Yan Changdong and his wife changed their expressions.

Every time this topic was brought up before, Yan Shu said coldly that she was not interested in these things. They always regarded her as a child and joked, but never took it to heart, but now seeing what Yan Shu meant, she Seriously? !

Yan Changdong couldn't help roaring, "Nonsense!"

Yan Shu looked at him calmly. Yan Changdong had never seen such a look in her eyes, which made him realize that Yan Shu had really grown up and had his own thoughts and abilities. They could no longer easily control her.

His arrogance weakened: "You really don't want to?"

Yan Shu replied, "Well, I haven't thought about it."

Yan's mother was anxious first: "How can this be done?! Do you want to watch those cousins ​​steal all these things?"

The corners of Yan Shu's lips twitched, and Yan Changdong suddenly had a feeling that the person sitting opposite him was not his daughter, but a scheming partner. She sat here drinking tea for so long, and what she was waiting for was this. Same moment.

She said: "If you want me to inherit, yes, there is a request."

Yan Changdong lowered his voice and asked, "What?"

Yan Shu looked at them with a half-smile, raised her right hand, the ring was shining brightly under the light, and said flatly, "I want to marry Song Zhilin."

#5

She hasn't told Song Zhilin about this yet.

Yan Shu stared at the lamp in the corner, what should she say?

I tried to get my parents to agree to the two of us, but I want to go back and inherit the family business?

In the minds of ordinary people, this can be called a good thing with a double harvest of career and love, and it is not a sacrifice at all, but for Yan Shu, what she gave up was what she really wanted to do.

Maybe she still has time to draw and design, but she will never have such a single-minded opportunity again.

The energy and time it takes to manage a family group is by no means just talk.

Why hasn't Song Zhilin come back yet?

Yan Shu lay on the empty bed, feeling his headache was about to explode.

In the past few days, she hasn't slept well, and the confrontation with her parents during the day has made her physically and mentally exhausted.

Yan Shu kept his eyes open until midnight before falling asleep in a daze.

This sleep was very shallow, and all kinds of bizarre dreams came one after another, disturbing her restlessness.In the dream, she trekked mountains and rivers, competed with monsters, and ran endlessly in the maze. When she woke up, she only felt covered in thin sweat, and her bones seemed to be falling apart, without any comfort after rest.

She took out her mobile phone from under the pillow, and sent a message to the studio administrator to ask for leave, then put the mobile phone back under the pillow, and fell asleep in a daze.

Yan Shu always turned on the mute, and in a sleep deeper than the night, she missed several long-awaited calls.

When Song Zhilin landed at the airport, she called Yan Shu again, but she still couldn't get through.

She couldn't help worrying even more, stopped a taxi, and rushed home.

Song Zhilin sat in the car, watching the scenery passing by quickly outside the window, feeling a little guilty in his heart.

The night before departure, she really didn't want to talk to Yan Shu.She didn't want to see Yan Shu's cautious appearance, and she didn't want to be reminded of the fact that she and her family were repeatedly hurt because of their love.

Song Zhilin knew that she liked Yan Shu, and she had long believed in her heart that Yan Shu was her lifelong partner. Based on this premise, she worked hard to get along with Yan Shu in everything in life, hoping to achieve a certain balance.

However, the balance she worked so hard to maintain was easily broken by Yan Shu's parents again.

This time, she was deeply aware of the gap between her and Yan Shu.

Song Zhilin is no longer a child, she knows that if Yan Shu's parents' prejudice against her does not disappear, she and Yan Shu will never be able to achieve real peace.

Therefore, after quickly handling the business trip, she made a decision.

It was this decision that kept Song Zhilin so busy for the next two days that she couldn't close her eyes. Yan Shu didn't send her a message, and she didn't send a message to Yan Shu either.

It's better to tell Yan Shu face to face about this decision.

After Song Zhilin finished handling the company's affairs, she called Yan Shu on the way to the airport, but Yan Shu, who always answered the phone in seconds, didn't answer her call today.

After a while, she made a few more calls, but Yan Shu didn't answer them.

On the plane back from City A, Song Zhilin was so worried that she didn't think about eating or drinking, let alone taking the opportunity to rest.

She got off the plane and hurriedly called Yan Shu, but Yan Shu still didn't answer.

Song Zhilin hadn't slept in three days, and she should have fallen asleep on the plane and taxi, but she was so worried that her heart was pounding, and there seemed to be a tight string in her head, refusing to relax at all.

As soon as she arrived at the door of the house, she almost threw away the suitcase and rushed into the living room impatiently.

Yan Shu, who was supposed to sit there watching TV dramas, was nowhere to be seen. There was only a single lamp standing in the corner, and now Song Zhilin was even more flustered.

"Special?"

While calling Yan Shu's name, she searched for Yan Shu from bedroom to bedroom.

The house after they moved was quite big, and when she found the master bedroom all the way from the audio-visual room and study, she finally spotted Yan Shu.

The quilt on their bed was arched, Yan Shu only showed one head, frowning in sleep.

Song Zhilin breathed a sigh of relief almost immediately, she sat down on the edge of the bed, and pressed a kiss lightly on Yan Shu's forehead.

Those emotions before departure have evaporated.After working hard for the past few days, Song Zhilin looked at Yan Shu's sleeping face, and felt that her heart had settled down.

There is nothing wrong.

This man was hers.

Song Zhilin's movement was very light, but it still woke Yan Shu up.

Yan Shu opened his eyes and looked at Song Zhilin blankly. After a while, he stretched out his arms and hugged her like a koala.

"You are finally back……"

There was a cry in her voice: "I thought you didn't want me anymore..."

"How could that be?" Song Zhilin patted her on the back dumbfounded, "I'm just on a business trip."

"But, you were obviously angry before."

Yan Shu was buried in her arms, crying aggrievedly: "You left without talking to me, and you didn't send me a message. I really didn't mean it. I know I was wrong."

Song Zhilin didn't understand and asked, "Huh?"

"Really, I was too self-willed before, I thought I would be fine if I ignored them, but that's not the case at all..."

Yan Shu sobbed and said:

"I went to have dinner with them, and they won't take care of our business in the future. Besides, I still have a family business to inherit, isn't it great?"

"You..."

Song Zhilin sighed and patted her head.

Why doesn't she know Yan Shu's dream?What Yan Shu wants to do is definitely not to be an entrepreneur. She has been drawing her dream on paper since high school, and now she finally has the opportunity to realize it, but she gave up.

Yan Shu was still comforting her: "There's nothing wrong with it. If I don't want it, I'll give it to my cousins...all of them are not good people."

Song Zhilin patted her head and said, "I resigned."

When Yan Shu heard this, he blinked in confusion, "Why?"

Song Zhilin likes her job very much. She is like a fish in water in the company. She is a very popular and prestigious CEO. This is a very rare thing, so the board of directors of Starlight Media also values ​​her very much.

She actually resigned?

Song Zhilin shrugged her shoulders and said relaxedly, "If I don't have my own career, then your parents will never be able to approve of me, so I plan to do something with my friends."

Yan Shu stared at her blankly, and she suddenly had a strange feeling that she and Song Zhilin had given up on themselves and chose each other by coincidence, and during this process, their feelings were like two trees growing together, finally entangled Together, they can no longer be separated.

She reached out to hold Song Zhilin's hand, and clasped Song Zhilin's hand with hers. She noticed that Song Zhilin's hand was cold, as cold as hers.

Yan Shu realized that Song Zhilin also had uneasiness in her heart, but this uneasiness was slowly dissipating. The black hole between the two of them that could not be filled because of the too tragic past was now being slowly filled up, turning into a love hole. complete heart.

"do not worry."

Song Zhilin hugged her, gently pressed her chin against her forehead, wiped away the tears from her face, kissed her on the lips, and said:

"I am back."

Yan Shu buried his face in her arms, thinking - this long summer is finally over.

【Finish】