Chapter 125 A single man and a widow
The night was like water, and the clear moonlight poured down like mercury, spilling onto Lin Yuan's black SUV, giving it a cold light.
After Julie got into the passenger seat, she couldn't restrain her curiosity and asked, "What do you want to tell us? You're here so late at night."
Lin Yuan did not respond immediately, but tilted his body slightly to the right, gently picked up the seat belt with his well-jointed fingers, and slowly pulled it in front of her.
The distance between the two suddenly narrowed, and their breaths intertwined seemingly invisibly. Julie's cheeks flushed, her eyes slightly lowered, her long eyelashes fanning like butterflies.
Lin Yuan seemed unaware, with a calm look on his face, and buckled the seat belt buckle slowly with a "click". His fingers inadvertently touched Julie's shoulder, and the warm touch made her heart tremble suddenly.
"Thank...thank you." Zhu Li lowered her head slightly and uttered these two words in a voice like a gnat.
"You come to show the way and talk as you drive."
While talking, Lin Yuan started the car neatly and drove smoothly out of the gate of the community.
Julie bit her lip before reminding softly: "Turn right."
Lin Yuan looked forward, and after driving a certain distance, he glanced sideways at her. Although he was thirty years old, his face was as delicate as a newborn baby.
"I came here this time to say, let's forget about what we discussed last time."
Julie was a little surprised, and her black crystal eyes widened a little: "Why? Didn't you make an agreement with Mingcheng?"
Lin Yuan frowned slightly, with a hint of displeasure on his calm face: "We agreed last time, but I can't stand people who beat women, and I won't discuss business with such people."
"When did Mingcheng hit a woman?"
"When he wanted to beat Su Mingyu at the last funeral, weren't you there?"
"You don't know, that's because Mingyu slandered Mingcheng first." Zhu Li was a little unconvinced and quickly explained. She remembered the scene at that time and her tone became more determined, "Oh~ Did you go after Su Mingyu last time? What did she say to you?”
She vaguely remembered that day, after Su Mingyu drove away in his car, Lin Yuan hurriedly followed.
Lin Yuan's tone softened slightly: "I did talk to her a little bit about her past."
"You don't know how cold Su Mingyu is. She didn't shed a single tear during the funeral. She even threw her mother's urn to the ground and turned left. Moreover, Mingcheng didn't do anything. He was just scaring her. How could this be possible? I’m planning to hit someone.”
Although she quarreled with her husband, Julie still instinctively defended her husband.
And she also felt that Lin Yuan did not understand what happened in the Su family at all, and it was necessary for her to explain it clearly to Lin Yuan so as not to delay her husband's work.
She had already learned from her husband that Mingyu had a bad temper, and coupled with Mingyu's various behaviors during this period, she naturally preconceived the idea that Mingyu did not recognize his relatives.
Comparing herself with others, she felt that she would never be able to do what Mingyu did.
Lin Yuan shook his head gently and explained: "She didn't mean to do the urn thing. If she was really indifferent, she wouldn't pay for the funeral arrangements. And you don't know Su Mingyu. As a girl, she has been It’s not an easy life.”
"It sounds like you know her very well. What's wrong with girls? I'm also a girl. My parents treat me very well, and my mother-in-law is so good to me. How can she treat her own daughter any worse? Every time I go When I go to my mother-in-law's place, she will prepare my favorite matcha yogurt for me in advance. Mingyu is such a good person, but Mingyu treats her so..."
Speaking of this, Julie's eyes were slightly red and her voice was choked, as if she was remembering her mother-in-law's love in the past.
Lin Yuan just added lightly: "People are different. Su Mingyu is incomparable to you."
Although Julie is thirty years old this year, she was pampered by her parents before marriage, and by her mother-in-law and husband after marriage. Her life was smooth and worry-free, and her thoughts were relatively simple most of the time.
Zhu Li tilted her head slightly, her eyes involuntarily falling on Lin Yuan's strong profile.
At this moment, the light inside the car was dim, with only the instrument panel emitting a faint cold light, and the light and shadow intertwined on his face.
Such a unique light and shadow effect gave Lin Yuan's face a three-dimensional look, like an ancient Greek sculpture walking out of the night, exuding a deep and charming atmosphere. Julie couldn't help but be dazzled for a moment.
When she came back to her senses, her tone was a bit urgent: "Mingcheng did that out of filial piety. You can't just beat Mingcheng to death because of this."
If it was because the cooperation risks were too high or the returns were unsatisfactory, Julie wouldn't say anything more, but for such reasons, it would be too ridiculous.
She was hugged and hugged by the drunken man that day, but she hadn't even settled the score with him yet.
Julie's cheeks felt slightly hot at the thought of this.
She felt that Lin Yuan was bewitched by Su Mingyu. Her sister-in-law never cared about the Su family's affairs and never took the initiative to take care of Su Daqiang. How could there be a daughter like her parents.
If Lin Yuan knew how filial his husband was and how cold Su Mingyu was, he would definitely change his mind.
Lin Yuan shook his head again and said firmly: "Anyway, I can't stand people who want to hit women, so I won't hit women, except..."
"Except for what?" Julie's curiosity was aroused. Could it be that Lin Yuan really hit women?
"Let's talk about it another day." Lin Yuan was not going to explain any more, "In short, I think Su Mingyu is right about this matter. I only see Su Mingcheng's unreasonable arrogance."
Hearing Lin Yuan say that her husband was unreasonable and arrogant, Zhu Li also got into a temper, snorted, and turned to look out the window on the right with an angry look.
I was hugged by him that night for nothing.
The corners of Lin Yuan's mouth raised slightly and he said, "Hey, by the way, Lili."
"What did you call me?" Zhu Li was slightly startled and looked at Lin Yuan in surprise. She subconsciously sat up straight and was a little uncomfortable with this slightly intimate name.
"Lili, it's so impolite to call you by your name." Lin Yuan had a calm look on his face, with a slight curve at the corner of his mouth. Before Zhu Li could react, he cleverly changed the subject and asked, "Why are you so nice? Are you going back to your parents’ home? Did he hit you?”
"How is it possible? Mingcheng doesn't know how to hit people, he just said something harsh to me."
Julie blurted out, but as soon as the words came out, she regretted it, her face felt hot, she said it so easily, how embarrassing it was.
Lin Yuan just smiled faintly: "This is normal. He would even attack his sister. He just yelled at you twice and was already very restrained."
When Julie heard this, the grievances and complaints she had accumulated in her heart surged up. She not only wanted to complain and vent, but also took the opportunity to clear her husband's name: "It's not all about this, it's mainly about my father-in-law, obviously..."
At first, she was still a little hesitant, but as she talked, her emotions were completely aroused and she didn't care so much anymore.
Julie took a deep breath and began to talk: "Obviously it's for his own good to take a bath, but he always doesn't take a bath, which makes the house full of odor and makes people's heads hurt as soon as they enter the house."
Lin Yuan frowned, showing an expression of disgust: "How can this be done? This is too unhygienic."
Lin Yuan's just-in-time echo was like adding fire to Julie's confession. Soon she was facing Lin Yuan's handsome side face and listed all the bad things Su Daqiang had done in the past few days, like pouring beans through a bamboo tube. confided.
"Last time, he invited a group of his friends to visit his house. They made the house a mess and broke all my favorite teacups. I didn't even want to use them myself."
Lin Yuan sighed softly: "Oh, this is too frustrating."
"Also, you know that I am most afraid of dogs, but today I brought a stray dog home, and even called my son a dog in a different way. How can I be a father like this?"
Julie became more and more excited, and her chest heaved: "Every time I let him take a bath, he would talk about running away from home, as if we were abusing him."
"It's too much. This is not just playing rogue."
While Lin Yuan was driving, he did not forget to stretch out a hand and pat Zhu Li's shoulder to comfort her.
Zhu Li's voice revealed deep disappointment and exhaustion: "The same goes for Mingcheng. It was obviously him who volunteered to persuade Dad to take a bath. He couldn't persuade Dad himself, so he turned around and threw the blame on me. They are father and son who love each other. Bad guys It’s all up to me.”
"He is too irresponsible. Doesn't this make his father hate you?"
Zhu Li nodded repeatedly: "That's right." During these days, in order to reduce the smell when she went home, she deliberately worked overtime at the company every day. When she came back, she didn't even have the energy to "hold a small meeting."
However, her performance was noticed by the company leaders and she received strong praise from them, but it was also a blessing in disguise.
At this time, Zhu Li's cell phone rang. Seeing that it was Su Mingcheng, Zhu Li hung up the phone without dissipating her resentment.
Not long after hanging up, Su Mingcheng called again, and Zhu Li was so angry that she hung up the phone.
If you really want to coax yourself, why don't you catch up when you go out?
On the other side, Su Mingcheng, who was hiding in the toilet, quickly called and prepared to show weakness to his wife.
"Sorry, the number you dialed is currently on a call..."
"Sorry, the phone you dialed has been turned off..."
I had no choice but to open WeChat and send a few text messages to my wife.
Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Is this from Su Mingcheng?"
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Julie snorted softly and hummed.
"Maybe something happened? Let me call and ask."
As Lin Yuan spoke, he picked up the phone neatly, slid his fingers quickly on the screen, and directly dialed Su Daqiang's number. He also thoughtfully turned on the speakerphone so that Zhu Li could also hear the call.
"Hey, uncle, I'm Lin Yuan."
Su Daqiang's slightly hoarse voice came from the receiver: "Oh, Xiao Lin, why are you calling so late?"
Julie's face was full of doubts, and her heart was so tight that she was so frightened that she didn't even dare to express her anger.
It would be more than embarrassing if my father-in-law knew that he was sitting in another man's car late at night.
"I'm free next weekend and I'm going to take you out for a ride. I wanted to ask if you are free." Lin Yuan said calmly.
"I'm free, I'm free. How could I not be free? Let me tell you, Xiaolin, you are much more considerate than my son and daughter-in-law."
Su Daqiang's voice was filled with emotion, and he seemed to be very satisfied with Lin Yuan's proposal.
Julie couldn't help but pursed her lips, curled the corners of her mouth slightly, and exhaled weakly.
It's really chilling to hear such comments from the couple who served me delicious food and drinks.
"I see that they are quite nice to you." Lin Yuan quietly brought up the topic, trying to steer the conversation towards the key point.
There was a bit of complaint in Su Daqiang's tone, as if he had found an outlet to talk, and he poured out all the things at home: "What's good? I'm tired of people pushing me this and that all day long. The young couple just talked There was even a quarrel, and let me tell you secretly, the wife there even ran back to her parents’ house.”
Julie's face was full of doubts. What on earth is this father-in-law going to do? Is this something very glorious?
Lin Yuan followed suit and said: "This is no small matter. You should go and persuade Mingcheng. I will also listen and help you with your advice."
Su Daqiang took his mobile phone and knocked on the door outside the toilet, "Mingcheng, it's so late, can Lili come back? Have you asked her?"
Su Mingcheng said very harshly: "Don't worry about her, let her go. All problems are caused by habit. Just give her some time and space to reflect on it."
But his other hand was not idle, his fingers were tapping rapidly on the screen of his mobile phone, and a series of messages had already been sent on WeChat: "Honey, I was wrong, don't be angry"
Su Daqiang persuaded him earnestly outside the door: "Just talk, don't let you two bet so grandly for your father and me."
Su Mingcheng's voice came through the door, and said with full force: "Don't be angry, she is asking for it. There are many women in the world, but Dad is the only one. Don't worry, I know it."
But his fingers kept typing on his mobile phone, sending various messages asking for peace and acknowledging his mistakes.
Hearing this, Julie's pretty face grew colder and colder. She didn't expect her husband to be so duplicitous.
Su Daqiang silently turned around and left the toilet, and said into the phone: "You have also heard that it is useless for me to say anything about the children. If they have any conflicts in the future, Xiaolin, you have to take care of it for me."
Lin Yuan responded politely: "Don't worry, that's natural. Then I'll hang up first and you go to bed early."
He continued to drive forward endlessly, and Julie looked out the window absently. The pitch-black night was like a big curtain swallowing everything up. It was obvious that he had driven to a very remote place, and there were not even many street lights. She Only then did he react, "Stop, stop, stop, Lin Yuan, you are driving in the wrong place!"
"Ah?" Lin Yuan's head quickly turned to Zhu Li, with a surprised look on his face, but there was a hint of subtle cunning in his eyes, "I saw that you hadn't made any sound, so I thought you were asking me to go straight."
"I...I forgot too."
Zhu Li's answer was a little weak, as if she really couldn't blame Lin Yuan.
It's all my fault. I was so absorbed in the conversation that I forgot that Lin Yuan didn't know where his mother's family was.
I am usually quite smart and capable, but why did I seem to become clumsy when I met Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan's voice broke Zhu Li's thoughts, gentle and a little apologetic: "Lili, please enter the name of your parents' neighborhood on this navigation, and I will follow the navigation."
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After Zhu Li entered the address, she saw that the fastest route would take nearly an hour, and her pretty face almost turned into a bitter melon.
Of course she had the key to the house, but going back so late would definitely wake her parents up from their sleep.
Lin Yuan drove along the path. After a while, the car turned into a narrow path that could barely pass by only one car. The grass on both sides of the road grew wantonly, and from time to time it crossed the car body, making a "rustling" sound.
Suddenly, there was a rapid "click-click" sound in the car, and the car's hazard warning lights began to flash without warning.
Lin Yuan's handsome face was instantly filled with confusion. He frowned slightly, lightly stepped on the brakes, and slowly parked the car on the side of the road.
When Zhu Li saw this, her heart tightened and she quickly asked: "What...what's wrong?"
"There seems to be something wrong with the car. I have to go down and have a look."
"Ah? How about I call Ming..."
As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Zhu Li thought of the phone call just now, feeling angry and annoyed in her heart, and quickly suppressed the words. If she found Su Mingcheng, she would not let him die of pride.
Lin Yuan stared straight at Zhu Li, with a hint of meaning in his eyes: "Then how do you explain to him that you and I appeared in such a remote place? It doesn't look like I'm sending you home, it's more like Come for a tryst.”
Although Julie was simple, she was not stupid. She bit her lip and hesitated: "Then shall I ask my dad to pick us up?"
"Aren't you afraid of your father's wild thoughts when you and I appear here alone so late at night?"
After hearing this, Julie fell silent immediately, folded her hands on her chest, and said angrily: "Then what do you think we should do? We can't waste it."
"Don't worry, it shouldn't be a big problem. I'll get out of the car and have a look, but you really need to call your parents. If Su Mingcheng can't contact you, he will definitely contact your parents. Don't let them worry too. ”
With that said, Lin Yuan got out of the car first and opened the hood to check the situation, leaving Zhu Li alone in the car.
(End of chapter)