wild cranberries

Nunu was pregnant, so Li Yuan's jaw almost dropped.

I thought it was fat at first, but I didn't expect to find that she has become lazy and lethargic these days. Lin Yixiong made a neat cat litter for it during the day, and Li Yuan came back from her evening self-study to look at it, and she didn't move it. Move, lick the rice bowl and water basin upside down.

Li Yuan put Nunu into the cat box, passed five levels and killed six generals, and finally brought Nunu into the school. Sai Gou Zhongqi hid under his seat for the whole morning, and during the lunch break, he took Nunu to the small pet hospital on Mingxi Road for a check-up. ——It's over, I like to be a mother, but I don't know who my father is.

Li Yuan was so upset that she was a little bit angry that her daughter was pregnant by a wild man who killed a thousand knives outside.

According to the doctor, Nunu's gestation period has exceeded 20 days. When she opened her chubby belly and peeked at her nipples, she found that the color had darkened slightly and protruded slightly.Li Yuan clicked a rather obscene photo, sent it to Peng Xiaoman on WeChat, and after a while, received a reply message from him: "Young Xia, are you such a hooligan? I thought you were Yang Guo, but you turned out to be Yin Zhiping. "

Seeing that Li Yuan was frowning seriously, the veterinarian looked at the phone and suddenly laughed.

Li Yuan: I'm pregnant, and I still don't know who the baby's father is.

Peng Xiaoman: Damn, the girl who lost her footing is pregnant with a black family.

Li Yuan: Yes, the black ones can’t be blacker, and I won’t be able to go to public kindergartens in the future. I am very angry now, and I really want to kill all the male wild cats in Zhujiatang.

Peng Xiaoman: No, you should be more open-minded, they are all going to be grandpas.

Li Yuan was patient again, so she didn't laugh out loud.

Before self-study in the evening, Lin Yixiong called Li Yuan who was planning to go to the cafeteria, and asked him if he had enough time at the moment, and if it was inconvenient, could he come to the small restaurant next to Lugao for dinner and meet someone , to discuss something, the place is very close.He could clearly hear Lin Yixiong's flattery, even humility, in this invitation, so he resisted for a while without reason, and immediately wanted to say that he was not free, and I would not go.

After thinking about it, he still agreed, feeling faintly in his heart that he would see this person sooner or later.

"Old Gou." After hanging up the phone and carrying the cat box, Li Yuan told Gou Zhong Qi, "I'll go out for a while, and if I can't make it back before the evening self-study starts, just tell Zhou Yumei that I'll be back in a while, please."

"Do you still have the cat?" Zhou Yiqing pointed to the cat box in his hand, "Leave us here to hide it."

"No need." Li Yuan shook her head, "I'll just let my dad carry it back."

With a cigarette in his mouth, Lin Yixiong waited at the door of the restaurant, saw Li Yuan's figure looming at the fork in the road, and waved his hand in the wind: "Hey, here it is."

Lin Yixiong straightened the stubble that had protruded from his chin, pushed back his hair, and changed into a pair of brand new black leather shoes.His facial features are not bad, and if he is casually dressed, he is quite dignified.

"Take it to find out what's wrong?" Lin Yixiong pointed to the cat box, "Wouldn't it delay your evening self-study?"

"I'm pregnant. It's been more than a month. After dinner, you can help me carry it home." Li Yuan pulled the zipper of her high school uniform, and switched the cat box from her left hand to her right. pretty."

"Hey." Lin Yixiong laughed, and it was a slap on his back.

I don't even want to come up and make the atmosphere stiff.

It's an elegant private restaurant with booths in the lobby. In Li Yuan's impression, she and Lin Yixiong would never go here.Li Yuan followed Lin Yixiong into the door and turned left, and before he got to his seat, a waist-high little girl appeared in front of him, with two playful braids, holding a half candied haws in her hand, and bumped into Li Yuan's stomach head-on.The little girl subconsciously tightened Li Yuan's waist.

Li Yuan was startled, and just about to bend down to straighten her up and say she's okay, when Lin Yixiong turned around, stretched out his hand to gently hold her hand: "Rongrong won't run around."

The little girl stood firm and turned her head, and led Lin Yixiong: "Papa Lin!"

Li Yuan's eyes were dazzled by the white light of the ceiling lamp in the restaurant, she shivered without warning, and her heart suddenly collapsed.

Li Yuan thought afterwards that it might be a little too much to call tonight's meal a Hongmen Banquet, but at least it was thoughtful and purposeful, beyond the literal meaning.Qiu Jing seems to really like pink. When Li Yuan saw her in spring and summer, she wore a pink shirt; when Li Yuan saw her tonight, she wore a lotus root pink short woolen jacket.The gentle color makes me look fair and complexioned. From the face to the shoulders, the lines are soft and plump, without any coldness.

Gentle, virtuous, considerate, not from the contempt and ridicule of the male deity, but Li Yuan can really think of these words when she sees this aunt.There is a very obvious difference between her and Li Xiaoxing's enthusiasm and their deep-seated competitiveness.

The waiter poured a glass of boiled water for Li Yuan who was seated. Qiu Jing motioned to her daughter who was writhing beside her, and gently pushed the unfolded menu to Li Yuan. Wei Wei: "Come on, Xiaoyuan, let's order first, I'll call you Xiaoyuan... is that okay?"

Lin Yixiong was sitting next to Li Yuan, with the cigarette in his mouth, he couldn't light it.He rubbed his chin, looked sideways at Li Yuan with a slightly embarrassed expression, and stared at his reaction.

Li Yuan glanced at the table, took the menu, and nodded: "Yes, Aunt Qiu."

Qiu Jing suddenly laughed, her eyes hooked into two crescents, and then she and Lin Yixiong quickly looked at each other, puffing out her chest as if she was relieved.

The names of the dishes were quite foreign and the prices were quite impressive, so Li Yuan ordered two vegetarian dishes and handed the menu to Lin Yixiong.He didn't know who he was trying to hold up in front of, but Lin Yixiong opened his mouth to ask for four or five things, all of which were priced in three digits.Li Yuan listened silently at the side, but Qiu Jing, who was on the opposite side, clicked her tongue again and again, bent her snow-white index finger and tapped the position in front of Lin Yixiong, and said in an obstructive way: "Okay, Lao Lin, more Don't waste it."

"Hey." Lin Yixiong waved his hand to indicate that it's okay: "I know."

The reminder of this level of intimacy can make people associate them as an inseparable and exclusive whole, which makes Li Yuan feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Xiao Yuan." The waiter took away the menu, and while waiting for the dishes to be served, Qiu Jing made a simple self-introduction, her words were cautious, her tone was kind, and her posture was so low that she almost misunderstood her seniority: "Have you met before?" Me twice, but I didn't say much, my name is Qiu Jing, and my old... your father is in the same unit."

She put her hand on the back of the little girl's head and stroked it: "This is my daughter, He Rongrong, who is ten years old and in the third grade of elementary school." The little girl stared straight at Nunu in the cat box, as if she liked it very much. .

Lin Yixiong added, in a strangely complacent tone: "Rongrong has been learning piano since kindergarten, and now she is very good at piano, and she is also learning dance."

Qiu Jing quickly poked her: "Quick, call brother well."

The little girl is smart and cute: "Hello, brother!"

Lin Yixiong stretched out his hand to pinch her chubby face, Li Yuan smiled at her: "You are fine too."

In fact, Li Yuan didn't quite understand what Lin Yixiong was thinking. He once so resolutely rejected his unsolicited idea of ​​meeting, and was blamed for being incompetent and cowardly, so he didn't immediately jump to agree. Why did he want to get straight to the point without saying a word? , What external conditions gave birth to his courage to make up his mind?Li Yuan subconsciously regarded this dinner date as a game, but against three, he was unprepared, alone and weak, a little guilty and afraid.

"Hey." Qiu Jing took out a boxy storage bag from the satchel at hand, and put it in front of Li Yuan's eyes: "Listen to your father, the sleeves of the wool I knitted for you last time were short, right? "Qiu Jingte pursed her lips in embarrassment: "It's my fault that I messed around without measuring the size. I didn't expect you to be so big, so I knitted another piece for you."

Qiu Jing leaned forward carefully: "Coffee color, cashmere wool, very warm to wear in winter, I don't know...do you like it?"

Li Yuan stood up and took the clothes with both hands, and politely said "Thank you, Auntie", but she didn't open it, let alone say "I like it".

The atmosphere during the dinner was not good, because Li Yuan didn't show any emotion whether angry or joyful.Qiu Jing tried her best to serve Li Yuan with vegetables, until the small bowl was so full that even a shredded bamboo shoot could not fit in it, then Qiu Jing stopped awkwardly and stared at Li Yuan with her chopsticks.

Lin Yixiong also put down the porcelain spoon for scooping up the soup, and there was a crisp clang; He Rongrong also had a sharp eye, covered her mouth cleverly, spit out the fishbone in her mouth, sat up straight and did not speak.

Li Yuan hates being the one who decides, as if their future is blocked and deeply affected by her, and she needs to be tolerated and considered by her.It was as if he was the villain who didn't know how to understand and was removed from the list of victims.

Li Yuan swallowed what was in her mouth, took a sip of water, and looked at Lin Yixiong: "You can say whatever you want, I have to go back to study by myself at night."

Qiu Jing quickly gave Lin Yixiong a look, He Rongrong raised her head and opened her mouth to speak, Qiu Jing shook her head at her, signaling to stop making noise.

"A lot, I don't tell you, you already know it, you should know it too." Lin Yixiong touched his nose and said slowly: "Well, I plan to get the certificate with her before the Chinese New Year this year."

Li Yuan didn't speak, she wasn't reacting, she simply didn't want to, didn't know what opinion to express.Whether it's good or bad, it's all weird.

On such an occasion, it stands to reason that Qiu Jing doesn't need to speak. Lin Yixiong is obliged to explain everything clearly for her, to stand in front, to bear everything like a man, to be blocked by soldiers, and to be covered by water and earth.The reason why Qiu Jing opened her mouth to make flattering remarks might really be due to her kind temper, and she didn't want to embarrass Lin Yixiong and Li Yuan.

It was also her meticulous consideration that made Li Yuan uncontrollably uncomfortable.

"Xiao Yuan, your father and I are just getting a certificate, and we won't be living together for the time being."

Weird emotions swirled and collided in her body, Li Yuan frowned and smiled: "Why don't you stay together after receiving the certificate?"

"Because." Qiu Jing smiled: "You are about to be in your third year of high school, and your father still puts you first and takes care of you."

"How much have you taken care of me?" Li Yuan asked Lin Yixiong seriously.

Lin Yixiong was a little embarrassed by the attack and didn't speak.

"That's not what I meant." Li Yuan immediately apologized and stood up: "I have no problem with the two of you. You can decide for yourself. I'll go to the bathroom."

Peng Junsong was at home tonight and lost his temper.

Usually such a generous and stable person, he scolded Peng Xiaoman in the face, and just because Peng Xiaoman didn't say hello, he took off the wedding photo of him and Ge Xiuyin from the wall, and hurriedly asked hoarsely where the things were going Yes, he said throw it away.People who haven't cursed for thousands of years, when they really curse, they are heart-piercing and ruthless, and they are no brains at all.

Peng Junsong tremblingly pointed at Peng Xiaoman and said, "I understand crying if you don't know; I understand being sad if you don't understand; I will remember if you don't remember your mother!"

Grandma Xiaoman raised her hand and slapped Peng Junsong. I think his mother is going to lose his head!You listen to what you say!

Peng Xiaoman was scolded at first, and before he had time to feel the hurt caused by his father's unscrupulous words, he was frightened back to his senses by grandma's crisp slap.He hurriedly stood between the two of them with outstretched arms, and kept saying, "Don't hit, don't hit, don't hit, my dad hasn't recovered from pneumonia yet, he's clear minded, you can't hit him."

Peng Junsong sat down on the sofa and held his head; Grandma Xiaoman covered her face and wept.

Peng Xiaoman entered the room and locked the door, opened the window halfway, and stood on the balcony for two hours.First, the tears fell down, and then they were slowly dried, leaving gray marks and wrinkles on the cheeks.The grievances came surging, and finally disappeared without a trace.

Because it is impossible for Peng Xiaoman to hold grudges against his father because of this matter, so he has to vent it quietly by himself, not to show anything in the future, and make Peng Junsong look guilty.

Peng Xiaoman rubbed his eyes, and thought to himself: If Ge Xiuyin was still around just now, listening to Peng Junsong scolding him like that, he would definitely play women's mixed doubles with his grandma.

"I can't beat him to death." Facing the night outside the window, Peng Xiaoman made a vicious gesture of choking his neck, inhaling and exhaling, repeating it many times, and finally blocked his eyes suddenly, lowered his head and whimpered: "...Damn. "

Li Yuan called him, but Peng Xiaoman answered without looking.

"Hey?"

Li Yuan wiped off the water from her face, and leaned against the sink in the restroom of the restaurant, very indignant, indignant, why every time I call this kid, I can feel him crying, is it on purpose?What kind of bitter trick?

"Talk." Peng Xiaoman turned back into the room, took out two tissues to block the bottom of his nose, and blew hard, "Don't talk, I hung up, what a waste, phone bills."

"Let's talk." Li Yuan sighed, "Don't hang up."

"Congratulations, young man, to be a grandpa, ah." Peng Xiaoman felt aggrieved fiercely, and when he stopped crying, he began to twitch physiologically, very regularly, and couldn't stop at all.

"You're welcome, I'll treat you to a wedding candy when the full moon is over." Li Yuan pressed the receiver lightly and asked him, "What's going on with you?"

"Hit, Swap." Peng Xiaoman thumped his heart, trying to control him physically, "After crying, Swap, kid, after crying that kind of thing, Slap."

"You're really called, over-metabolizing carbon dioxide."

Peng Xiaoman wanted to pinch his itch: "What are you doing, you can do it, you can put it on? So, what should I do, to stop?"

"Hold your breath for a while and try."

Without doubting him, Peng Xiaoman held his breath for 15 seconds, opened his mouth, and twitched, "Get lost, you liar."

Li Yuan thinks it's good to have him, it's always so easy to make herself laugh.

"You shouldn't be at this point. Are you going to study at night?" Peng Xiaoman lay on his back on the bed, propping his head: "Oh my god, I'm so smoked, I can see stars in my eyes."

"Escaped."

"Damn, be bold, you still want to, don't want to go—"

I almost said, do you still want to be escorted?

"What am I thinking?"

"I said, you don't want to, okay."

Li Yuan's mind twitched and said "I don't want to stop, I miss you", Peng Xiaoman who responded immediately stopped twitching, rolled over into the bed and laughed tremblingly.

Only then did Li Yuan calm down and ask him, "What's wrong with you today?"

Peng Xiaoman deleted the complicated and simply recounted it, removing Peng Junsong's indiscriminate words, and making the story as if he owed his treasure and deserved to be scolded and wronged.He wasn't afraid of Li Yuan's worry, but subconsciously maintaining Peng Junsong's image. In fact, his father was also a façade, and no one wanted this character to have flaws in the eyes of outsiders.

Regarding this point, Li Yuan and Peng Xiaoman must have something in common.

"As for you, the boss is not happy to hear it, why are you pretending to be deep?" Peng Xiaoman asked Li Yuan.

"I'm--"

"Little kite."

Lin Yixiong went to the toilet, and Li Yuan's cigarette was pinched in strands of green smoke in his hand, and he caught him head-on.

"Call later." Li Yuan casually touched the on-hook button, put the phone in her trouser pocket, stood up straight, and put out the burning cigarette in the sink.

It's not that Lin Yixiong doesn't know, "Smoking less, how old is a young one?"

"Well, quitting."

"Smoking so much while quitting? My old bronchitis hasn't frightened you yet, has it?" Lin Yixiong went into the cubicle and went to the bathroom first, "If you don't quit, I think you still have to smoke all three, right? "

Li Yuan supported the sink and lowered her head: "No, it's just that I feel a little uncomfortable all of a sudden."

There was no movement in the compartment for a long time.

"dad?"

"I'm sorry, I'll get the certificate from her."

"Don't say it when I tell you to say it, but you say it now."

Lin Yixiong came out of the compartment with the waist of his trousers in his hands. His right hand was not very convenient, and the belt end couldn't fit into the eye of the belt head.Li Yuan was uncomfortable seeing it, walked over and lowered her head, found out the hole position, and put it on for him.

"It's time to say no."

Li Yuan raised her head and stared at him for two or three seconds, tilted her head and smiled, "Don't tell me Auntie Qiu is pregnant too."

Lin Yixiong stopped talking, silence equaled affirmation, and Li Yuan was completely convinced.

The whole world is fucking pregnant.

Thumbs up to his dad: "You will be strong when you are old, you are good enough."

Lin Yixiong lowered his head and pursed his lips.

"I said." Li Yuan frowned deeply: "Have you considered it? I didn't mean you two to get the certificate, I mean this child. Auntie Qiu is almost forty, right? Is there no risk? You two have financial means Are you very strong? Are you in good physical condition? Do you give birth casually? Can you raise them without spending money and energy?"

"When I gave birth to you, the conditions were worse. If I didn't raise you, would I slowly raise you?" Lin Yixiong said.

Li Yuan smiled angrily: "So you still feel quite at ease? Is it their fault for not giving the children good conditions?"

"It's not for peace of mind." Lin Yixiong shook his head: "It's me and her who both want to keep this child."

"Okay, one crazy couple."

Lin Yixiong frowned, and his tone was displeased: "I'm telling you carefully, can you stop being so cynical? Don't I have my difficulties? Will I not think of what you think of?"

Li Yuan nodded and closed her mouth, the corners of her cheeks were twitching.

"She and I are not too young, and getting a certificate is just a matter of living together. There is a child, at least I can stay with me to guard against old age after I retire." Lin Yixiong sighed, "Little Chou Jia Rongrong is a girl, and she will naturally marry when she grows up. Are we just staying at home in a lonely empty house?"

Li Yuan just wanted to open her mouth to say something.

"If you want to leave, I can't rely on you, and I can't keep you."

Maybe it was because the words were on point, Li Yuan actually saw a moment of deep sorrow in Lin Yixiong's eyes.But this also couldn't calm down the relief and frustration that suddenly surged in Li Yuan's heart and made his mind go numb.The sockets of her eyes became hot, and her vision was blurred. Li Yuan quickly turned her back and raised her head.

Most of the time, Li Yuan's resistance is a kind of rogue-like instinct.Lin Yixiong is considered cowardly and incompetent, which contains his tolerance, care, freedom and accommodating towards Li Yuan.Li Yuan was able to live with him peacefully because of her awareness, and put him in an inconspicuous place in her heart that was seldom taken care of, but very deep.

I don't talk about love because the relationship is not good, because it's hard to talk, but it's not nothing.The fact that blood is thicker than water and each other depends on each other has long existed objectively.Li Yuan always thought that no matter whether she was surnamed Li or Lin, Lin Yixiong would hold on to him tightly no matter whether she was surnamed Li or Lin, and would never let him go. He will always be his father.

As a result, Li Yuan only found out today that Lin Yixiong gave up much earlier than herself.When I was thinking about the future over and over again, because I was deeply hesitant about what position I should put Lin Yixiong, and felt extremely guilty and distressed, Lin Yixiong had long since stopped worrying about this issue.

I accommodate your freedom, which is absolute freedom. I will never interfere again, and I will never pin my hopes on you.

I made other plans for this in advance.

You don't have to worry about me dragging you down.

You can really go anywhere you want.

Are you happy?

Peng Junsong knocked lightly on the door outside the room, but Peng Xiaoman responded, quietly pressed the call button in bed, and hung up the phone that Li Yuan had missed in a hurry.

Peng Junsong unscrewed the door lock, and the room was dark, with a ridge raised on the bed.He walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, bowed his waist close to the bulge, and bowed his head in apologetic way: "Xiao Man, I'm sorry, Dad is sorry for you." He patted, generous and gentle as usual, "Dad apologizes to you, forgive me Dad."

The person under the palm trembled, only to hear a slight sobbing sound coming from the bed.

Peng Junsong's heartache was unspeakable, thinking it was his fault, he leaned over and hugged Peng Xiaoman: "I'm sorry Xiaoman, I'm really sorry."

Peng Xiaoman clenched his teeth in bed.