Chapter 237 For the sake of freedom
When the two returned from the reef to the beach, the night was like a blue curtain, the moon hung high, and the sound of the tide lapping at the coast was particularly clear.
Su Chengyi picked up the box that had just been left on the beach and gently raised his chin towards Chu Qingmian.
“What are you doing?”
Chu Qingmian seemed to have caught a cold due to the wind, her voice was ringing, and even her nose was red.
"You'll know if you open it and take a look."
Su Chengyi remained tight-lipped.
Chu Qingmian let out a "hum" and pretended to be reluctant to open the lid of the carton.
However, she froze in the next second and dared not reach out to touch it.
There is a cotton pad in the cardboard box, and a calico puppy sleeps soundly.
It's a Bernese Mountain Dog.
As a rare breed that is still very unpopular at present, Su Cheng bought such a dog from a professional kennel due to his ability and good luck.
The tears that Chu Qingmian had just managed to stop began to overflow again.
Su Chengyi put down the box and said with a smile:
"A belated birthday gift to seven-year-old classmate Chu Qingmian."
Chu Qingmian squatted on the ground and carefully touched the puppy's furry head.
I raised my head again, and was so moved that my eyes welled up with tears. I thought about "thank you" several times before saying it out loud.
“But.”
After the brief excitement and happiness, she began to worry again.
“It’s okay.”
Su Chengyi spoke very firmly and gave her a comforting look.
Of course he would give such a gift only after he was ready.
At the beginning, Wei Peilan gave the impression that she lacked emotion and seemed to regard all living things, including humans, as some kind of inanimate objects.
But later, after learning about Chu Qingmian's younger brother's death, Su Chengyi felt that she was not emotionally lacking, but a complete egoist.
She subjectively believed that Chu Qingmian caused her to lose another child she could have had, causing damage to her interests, although objectively Chu Qingmian did not bear any responsibility at all.
But while Chu Qingmian made this "mistake", she also became the only biological child she could have in her life.
So Wei Peilan's feelings for Chu Qingmian are intertwined with love and hate.
I love her, so I put all my feelings into her and give her all my expectations.
Hated her, so he oppressed her and crushed her wishes with his own hands, in a vindictive way, making her really think that she was the cause of her twin brother's death.
Su Chengyi thought for a while, what would be his reaction if Yang Liu did such a thing to him.
He would probably hate her.
The conflicts in the previous life were far less exaggerated than those between Wei Peilan and Chu Qingmian. He and Yang Liu were almost no longer in contact with each other.
As for Chu Qingmian
Su Chengyi thought for a while, she probably didn't understand what "hate" was like, so she wouldn't hate others at all.
When the manuscript paper for the swearing-in meeting was changed before, the reason she wanted to find the suspect was actually because she wanted to know what she had done wrong to make the suspect do such a thing.
But growing up in such a family environment, it is really rare for her to be able to maintain such a clean and pure temperament.
Of course, the mother will not have all the power over family education, so the solution Su Chengyi chose was to go to Chu Yuanjiang, who had returned home overnight, and have a formal face-to-face meeting.
1v1 men war.
Chu Yuanjiang is a typical loving father figure, but his expectations for Chu Qingmian are actually a lot more. Because he is the only daughter, he naturally hopes that she will be strong enough to inherit the family business.
But expectations are expectations, and he will not force it. It doesn’t matter if you want to live your whole life easily, the key is to be happy.
This seems to be the mentality that most fathers have towards their daughters.
As for Wei Peilan, Chu Yuanjiang was also apologetic before this incident.
After the other twin died in infancy, he felt that he did not give Wei Peilan the care and consideration he should have.
He was focused on his surviving baby daughter.
Wei Peilan was diagnosed with postpartum depression at that time and was almost unwilling to see Chu Qingmian throughout the entire breastfeeding period.
It was not until later that Chu Qingmian turned out to be beautiful and well-behaved that the relationship between mother and daughter gradually eased.
After Chu Yuanjiang listened to Su Chengyi's words, he realized that during Wei Peilan's mental control and oppressive education of Chu Qingmian for such a long time, he, as a father, was almost absent.
In other words, to a certain extent, he is the default.
There are many reasons, one is postpartum depression, the other is the belief that parents should play the good role and the bad role in family education, and the third reason is that they really believe in Wei Peilan's ability.
No matter what, Wei Peilan is absolutely strong at work. Without her long-term management abroad, the Chu family would not be where it is today.
But now, my daughter has grown up.
Chu Yuanjiang made a promise to Su Chengyi as Chu Qingmian's father, ensuring that things similar to Xiaohua would not happen next time.
Of course, he will not try to convince Wei Peilan.
But he has his own means to take care of everything.
Based on his personality, he would never be like this, but he could feel the sincerity of Su Chengyi's conversation. He was completely standing in Chu Qingmian's position.
After deciding how to handle this matter, Chu Yuanjiang also made a new discovery.
Su Chengyi's growth rate is amazing. The last time we met, he was still a melancholy young man with evasive eyes and poor words.
Now I can keep my eyes parallel and communicate with myself formally like Party A and Party B negotiating.
Of course Chu Yuanjiang also knew his daughter's feelings for this boy.
Emotions cannot be controlled. As an old father, there is nothing he can do except pretend to sigh a few times.
Of course, Su Chengyi didn't know that he was being inspected by Chu Yuanjiang for no apparent reason, so he just breathed a sigh of relief.
A chance to make amends for childhood trauma.
"That Samoyed, what's its name?"
Su Chengyi also squatted down and looked at Chu Qingmian's lowered eyelashes.
She opened her mouth several times, but no sound came out.
The struggling look made people feel weak, so Su Chengyi had no choice but to interrupt:
"Forget it"
"Xiaobai. Its name is Xiaobai."
Chu Qingmian finally spoke with a trembling voice.
She must have recalled that bloody and cruel past that was deliberately forgotten.
Seeing your mother do this to your pet is a real shadow that you don't want to mention again.
But you must first dare to remember before you can truly come out.
"I saw it."
Su Chengyi nodded, held her cold wrist, and slowly transferred his body temperature to it.
“Then give it a name now.”
The little guy in the box seemed to have woken up. He got up in a daze and rubbed his head against her fingers.
Chu Qingmian thought seriously for a while, shook her head and said:
“I can’t think of it, please get up.”
Yes, it seems that she They will only be named according to their coat color.
The Samoyed is a small white dog, so it is called Xiaobai, and the Bernese Mountain Dog is a small flower dog, so it is called Xiaohua.
Because this one is also a Bernese mountain, it can’t get up.
I knew I would give her a border collie. Let’s see if she will be named Xiaohei.
“Call me Fugui.”
“I’d better ask Du Niang.”
“Why is Fugui not working?”
"It sounds ugly!"
"It can't sound worse than Xiaohua Xiaobai."
"You're talking nonsense!"
"Long life, 100 years old, wealth, fortune"
“You are not allowed to get up.”
Chu Qingmian reached out to cover his mouth.
Su Chengyi smiled and leaned back, grabbed her wrist and led her to sit on the beach together.
The sand is very soft and a little warm.
He reached out and took the little Bernese Mountain out of the box and tried to touch its paws to the sand.
At first, it was a little afraid of the unfamiliar environment, but after all, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. After getting used to it for a while, they started to step on it actively.
"Let's call it Fu Rui. The blessing of blessing, the auspicious Rui. Free, freedom."
"What breed is the Bernese Mountain Dog?"
Chu Qingmian held its hand Claw, pinched gently.
“Switzerland.”
“Switzerland speaks German?”
"Well, there are also people who speak French and Italian."
"FREI (freedom in German), it feels almost the same."
Chu Qingmian read it and couldn't help but think laugh.
"Then call it Furui. Furui!"
"Woof!"
Su Chengyi tried calling it, but unexpectedly it looked stupid, but responded very quickly, as if it quickly accepted the name.
"It's amazing! Fu Rui Fu Rui Fu Rui."
"Woof woof."
Chu Qingmian also shouted several times, and got the response as she wished. When he finally smiled, his dimples were shallow when he looked from the side. The two sat on the beach for a while. As the night went on, the number of tourists gradually decreased.
"Squad leader."
Su Chengyi poked her dimple.
"Huh? No, we have all graduated. You are not allowed to call me monitor."
Chu Qingmian raised her eyes and pretended to glare at him.
"Where do you want to go? Graduation trip. I have told your dad in advance."
Unexpectedly, he suddenly mentioned this. Chu Qingmian was stunned for a moment and shook her head.
“I don’t know, where do you want to go?”
“I asked their opinions. Xu Yang said he wanted to go to Luobo Po.”
“Luobo Po ? No man’s land? ”
Chu Qingmian was shocked.
"Yes."
Su Chengyi nodded, and Chu Qingmian asked in disbelief:
"Does he think of us as some kind of special forces? We will die if we go there. It’s miserable!”
That’s true.
A few of them are just students with little adventure experience. If they really dare to go, even if there is a professional tour guide, it will be very dangerous.
So Su Chengyi rejected this nonsense proposal in person and just mentioned it casually.
"Han Bing said he wanted to go to South Korea."
".Do you want to go to a concert?"
"Yes. He said he wanted to go to 20 concerts in a row."
When Su Chengyi said this number, she felt a bit outrageous. How many stars was she chasing at the same time?
"But what kind of graduation trip is that? I'm convinced!"
"So it's rejected."
"Is there any other plan?"
" Mu Mu said he had no objection. He only had one request, that he should pay for it at his own expense. "
"Yes, what Sister Lin means."
Su Chengyi grabbed Furui, who was about to throw himself into the sand, threw him into the cardboard box, and watched him crawl out with great effort.
"That means"
Miss Chu fell into deep thought.
“Your good days are coming to an end.”
".!!!"
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Chu Qingmian has probably never experienced this method of “traveling on a budget”.
She used to travel either on a private jet or first class. No matter where she was in the world, as soon as she got off the plane, there would be a nanny waiting for her and she would be taken directly from the airport to the hotel.
The food, clothing, housing and transportation are always top-notch, and you are the evil capitalist type who doesn’t have to queue up to go to scenic spots.
It's time for her to experience the dangers of the world.
After returning to Tang'an City, several people in the plan found a fast food restaurant to meet.
“McDonald’s burgers, ho ho ho, McDonald’s fries, strips and strips~”
Xu Yang was still humming when he came over with the plate.
“What the hell are you singing about.”
Han Bing's face was speechless.
"McDonald's song, what do you know? McDonald's milkshake~ah!"
Han Bing gave Han Bing an elbow before he finished singing.
"The tone is too cheap, shut up."
On the other side, Su Chengyi pulled out a stool and sat down, and Chu Qingmian ran over with five ice cream sundaes of different flavors.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry up and get whatever flavor you want. Su Chengyi, I'll give you the strawberry flavor."
When Lin Tong, who had been waiting on his seat, saw Chu Qingmian, his hanging heart dropped. In the belly.
The lives of these good friends are full of ups and downs, and because of this, there are more and more worrying moments.
Su Chengyi saw that Lin Tong's expression seemed to be debating whether to ask about the specific situation, so he took the initiative to divert the topic.
“Where are you planning to go now?”
"Sure."
Xu Yang said vaguely while chewing French fries:
"Luobubo is really worth a visit. I saw that many people in the circle of friends went, It’s not that dangerous, really.”
“You can go alone.”
Han Bing rolled her eyes at him and said angrily.
Seeing that Han Bingzhen was about to get angry at his inconsistency, Xu Yangcai responded with a playful smile:
“Aspiring young people should also follow the team’s decision.
Besides, our motherland is so What a great place, there are so many places I haven’t been to yet.”
“Like where?”
Chu Qingmian dug out a spoonful of ice cream and was frozen as soon as he ate it. Shivering, he subconsciously leaned against Su Chengyi on the side.
"Five mountains and three mountains!"
Xu Yang is so heroic.
"Which five mountains are the five mountains, and which three mountains are the three mountains?"
Han Bing asked slowly.
Xu Yang scratched his head and answered hesitantly:
"Um, um, this, Mount Emei?"
"You're a big-headed idiot. I'm still at Siguniang Mountain."
Su Chengyi took a bite of the ice cream wrapped in strawberry jam, it felt frozen. The sweetness is diluted a bit and it tastes just right.
Raising his eyes and glancing at Xu Yang who was speechless, he casually reminded:
"The Five Mountains Sword Sect in "The Swordsman"."
With his reminder, Xu Yang immediately felt confident and said loudly:
"Huashan Sect, Taishan Sect, Hengshan Sect, Songshan Sect, Hengshan Sect!"
"What about the Three Mountains? ”
Lin Tong couldn’t help but ask. He knew about the Five Mountains. It was a must-memorize item in the textbook, but he didn't know much about the Three Mountains.
“There are many sayings about the Three Mountains. One is the three mountain ranges in ancient mythology, the Himalayas where Pangu created the world; the Tianshan Mountains where Nuwa mended the sky; and the Kunlun Mountains where Chang’e flew to the moon.
The second is the three fairy mountains in Taoist legends, Penglai, Fangzhang Mountain and Yingzhou.
The third type should be what Xu Yang said, Huangshan, Lushan and Yandang Mountain. "
Su Chengyi introduced slowly.
"But when we go on a graduation trip, we can't just climb a mountain, right? ”
Han Bing frowned, feeling dissatisfied.
"Where to go? We are a southern city, otherwise we should go to the Northeast or the Northwest."
Xu Yang put forward his opinion again.
"It must be winter in the Northeast. Why go there in July and August?"
"Then go see the sea!"
"I just saw it yesterday."
"Yes, Mianmian and I have just been there."
"Then what do you say! I will never comment again!"
Xu Yang's every suggestion was rejected. Xia was furious.
Su Chengyi thought for a while and left the decision-making power to the taciturn person next to him.
"Let the wood decide."
Xu Yang and Han Bing, who had been struggling for a long time, looked at each other and said immediately:
"Okay! Let Mumu go wherever he says, and none of us are allowed to raise any objections!"
Lin Tong raised his head. , said a somewhat confused "Huh?"
"It's okay, you can just mention a scenic spot or city you want to visit."
Anyway, she has been everywhere, Miss Chu said with a smile.
Lin Tong was silent for a long time, seeming to be thinking seriously.
Just when Xu Yang was getting impatient with waiting, Lin Tong suddenly made a decision.
He took out a green note from his pocket and slowly unfolded it in front of everyone.
"Fifty yuan? What are you doing, you want to pay?"
Xu Yang was confused.
When Su Chengyi saw the scenery on the back of the banknote, he burst into laughter.
That is indeed a place worth visiting.
It is most appropriate to serve as the end point of the "graduation trip", a journey full of meaning in life.
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(End of this chapter)