Chapter 14 Childhood Sweethearts
"Hey, hey."
"?"
Lu Yao, who was still holding half a bottle of mineral water in his hand, turned his head and looked at Fatty Zhang with strange eyes:
"What's wrong? Just laugh, why are you sighing?"
After hearing this, Fatty Zhang shook his head slightly with a sentimental tone of "reminiscing about the past":
"I remember when I was a child. I remember you told me that you would definitely marry her in the future..."
"...???"
Lu Yao was a little confused:
"Who?"
"Sun Qian."
"...Who will marry Sun Qian?"
"You."
"????"
Looking at Lu Yao's expression that said "You drank fake wine", Zhang Siyuan sneered:
"Don't deny it. Back in elementary school, when you gave her a bookmark, I asked you if you liked Sun Qian. You nodded and said you did, and said you would definitely marry her in the future."
"My hair?"
Lu Yao was even more confused.
Is there such a thing?
Why don't you have any impression of yourself?
"Did I tell you personally?"
"No... forget it, I'm too lazy to expose you. But you have to understand, they have gone to the United States, and it's not realistic for you two to be so far apart."
"..."
For a moment, Lu Yao was speechless.
Is Sun Qian beautiful?
Frankly, it's beautiful.
But this kind of beauty is not now, but the childhood sweetheart who lives in his memory. "She" is very beautiful.
When he was in elementary school, he was ignorant, and he did have a crush on Sun Qian. But how many years ago was that? As a result, now that the fat man was thinking about this matter here and there, and looking at him with a "don't have such wishful thinking" look, Lu Yao suddenly had the urge to give him a piece of cake.
He shook his head helplessly and said nothing. He raised his head and drank all the mineral water in the bottle and said:
"I'll go home and take a shower, will you come with me?"
"Let's go."
……
Zhang Siyuan often comes to Lu Yao's house, and it's not unusual for him to say it's his own home.
When Lu Yao came out of the shower, he saw him slumped on the sofa, holding a guitar covered in stickers and stained by time and playing with it in his arms.
"Come, search, search... search, search, search..."
Following Fatty Zhang's mutterings, his fingers plucked the strings and played a somewhat unfamiliar melody.
Lu Yao rolled his eyes when he heard it, walked up to him, grabbed the guitar without a shoulder strap, clamped it with his arm, and played with it with his fingers, and a melody sounded.
It's "Sunny Day" by Jay Chou.
After playing, he randomly strummed the strings twice.
"You two eat fruit."
Chen Aihua brought out a fruit plate from the kitchen. Seeing his son playing the guitar shirtless and wearing big pants, he was not surprised. Instead, he looked at Zhang Siyuan:
"Xiaoyuan, have you almost forgotten how to play the guitar?"
"That's right."
Zhang Siyuan nodded, snatched the guitar from Lu Yao's arms, and continued to play with it:
"I only remember Doremi and some simple songs, but I have forgotten the rest no matter how much I play them."
"Then you review with Yaoyao. When you two learned together, you were better at playing than Yaoyao. This boy, when he gets to college, he will be very popular for playing guitar. You take the guitar and stop under the girls' dormitory. The girl I like plays a song, how romantic it is~"
"..."
"..."
As soon as Ms. Chen finished speaking, she saw the two children looking at her with a "constipated" look.
Lu Yao said speechlessly:
"Mom, what age are we in, who still uses such a vulgar method to chase girls? It's vulgar and vulgar."
When he spoke, Zhang Siyuan nodded, obviously agreeing with him.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Ms. Chen not only did not reflect on herself, but instead shook her head in a pityful tone:
"Really?...It's a pity, girls nowadays really don't understand romance."
"Auntie, Uncle Lu's method of chasing you back then is now, you must avoid him. It's too embarrassing..."
"Nonsense, when your Uncle Lu was playing guitar in front of our unit, how many of the eldest ladies in the vehicle management office did you know liked him?"
Seeing the two of them starting to argue, Lu Yao really couldn't stand it anymore and hurried back to the house to change clothes.
As I continue to listen, I am not sure whether I existed "in the beginning" or not.
After changing into normal clothes and saying hello to her mother, the two of them went out together.
After walking out of the unit door, Zhang Siyuan went straight to the electric carport.
Seeing this, Lu Yao followed directly without any intention of taking out the X6 key.
After all, it's not his own car. Xu Ruochu might not mind using the bus for personal use, but it's always bad.
So, with the fat man in front and him behind, they rode a turtle straight to the hotel.
Not to mention, since graduating from junior high school, Lu Yao has not been to the few small fry shops in front of the school.
But the taste of a bowl of fish-flavored shredded pork rice that costs 7 yuan, began to tumble in my memory after I saw the shadow of the school gate.
"Tsk."
After parking the car temporarily, Zhang Siyuan looked at the row of stores in front of the junior high school with some emotion on his face:
“I feel like nothing has changed.”
"Yeah."
Lu Yao nodded slightly, looked around, and pointed in the direction called the "backstreet" by the students, some distance from the school gate:
"Just go to those small fry shops?"
"Well, let's go to that claypot rice restaurant. I remember Sun Qian likes to eat there."
"Okay."
The two of them rode their electric scooters to the back streets again.
There is a claypot rice restaurant here, and everyone loved coming here to eat.
After arriving at the place, as soon as Lu Yao finished sending the location text message to Sun Qian, Zhang Siyuan patted Lu Yao on the shoulder:
"Let's go buy a lottery ticket."
"..."
Lu Yao twitched the corner of his mouth, looked at the lottery station that was 200 meters beyond the straight line distance from the school, and said speechlessly:
"You don't really believe that two dollars can win five million, do you?"
"In terms of probability, it is possible. Give it a try..."
Fatty Zhang said as he patted his little turtle:
“A bicycle turns into a motorcycle!”
"..."
Lu Yao was speechless. After all, the memories of lottery tickets in his previous life were all regretful things.
But...it's only two pieces, not much.
Moreover, Fatty Zhang’s buying of lottery tickets is considered an “occupational disease”. In his previous life, he basically bought some every once in a while. When he took his pockets out, he would always have a lottery ticket in his pocket. The two entered the lottery station, and Fatty Zhang took out ten yuan:
"Five bets are random."
While the boss was punching the tickets, he turned around and saw that Lu Yao hadn't moved, so he urged:
"Hurry up."
"..."
Lu Yao shook his head speechlessly:
"I don't buy it."
"Hurry up...Boss, follow my five bets and make five more bets. Pay for it!"
"..."
Seeing Fatty Zhang's stretched out hand and the boss's hand speed for fear that the two would regret it, Lu Yao had no choice but to take out ten yuan from his pocket and hand it over.
After coming out of the lottery station, Fatty Zhang held the lottery ticket in his hand and said:
"I have a hunch that we will definitely win five million this time! Look how good I am to you, even if I get rich, I will keep you company!"
But in Lu Yao's heart, he felt sorry for the ten yuan that he had lost for no apparent reason.
As for winning?
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
Don't be ridiculous.
There are some things that everyone knows even if you don’t say them.
As soon as I came out, I heard a cry:
"Lu Yao? Zhang Siyuan?"
When the two of them turned their heads, a girl wearing a black diamond-encrusted skull T-shirt, tight jeans, white sneakers, a single ponytail, and a lady's bag in her hand was smiling at them.
The hair color of single ponytail is red.
It is this touch of red, combined with the girl's smile, that makes the whole world seem to be burning warmly.
"Ouch! Xiaoqian!"
Fatty Zhang let out a strange cry, and he looked like Ning Caichen, who had gained weight and enlarged his body.
When Lu Yao saw the "so beautiful" face that his mother said, he couldn't help but smile with joy as if he were reunited with friends.
Sun Qian has indeed become very beautiful now.
But no matter how beautiful she is, she is still as beautiful as her childhood.
Exactly the same.
"I just said that I looked like you two just now, but when I saw you two entering the lottery shop, I didn't dare to recognize you... It's been a long time!"
Sun Qian said, suddenly opened her hands and walked towards the two of them.
With an enthusiasm that was different from that of people from the Tianchao, he first gave Zhang Siyuan a big hug, and then he also hugged Lu Yao.
Lu Yao smelled the girl's fragrant smell.
But not important.
The important thing is... his eyes are like a marquee, with all kinds of memories that once belonged to everyone emerged.
Magic City is a steel jungle.
Its childhood is destined not to be as colorful as the countryside.
Although there was no catching fish and shrimps, there were still a few immature but innocent footprints left by the little guys in the home community, in the corridors, in the parks, and even in the markets.
The footprints are like starlight, and the little stars gather to form a river of childhood belonging to childhood sweethearts.
It accompanied my childhood and flowed quietly, and then when I reunited after a long separation, it surged in and engulfed me.
Lu Yao also hugged Sun Qian and patted the girl's back hard with his hand.
But when countless longings for partners came to my lips, they only turned into four words:
"Welcome home, welcome home."
"Uh..."
Sun Qian, who was let go by Lu Yao, was stunned for a moment when she heard this. After looking at Lu Yao twice, she suddenly laughed again:
"Hehe... I'm afraid you think I'm an outsider!"
Zhang Siyuan was a little puzzled:
"What do you mean? Why are you an outsider?"
"Because I changed my nationality."
"Huh?"
Zhang Siyuan's eyes widened:
"Have you got your green card?"
Lu Yao was also stunned and subconsciously observed the expression on the girl's face.
Frankly speaking, he had seen the expressions of many people after receiving green cards in his previous life. After all... in terms of scientific research salary, the salary in Western countries is much higher than that in China, so there are many people who choose the path of science without borders.
And the expressions on these people's faces... more or less have a "happy" expression when talking about this matter.
Lu Yao has seen many, so it's not surprising.
However, it is also an indisputable fact that a wall will be erected in the heart.
But there was no joy or excitement on the girl's face. Instead, she seemed to be talking about a trivial matter, which seemed ordinary.
For a moment, Lu Yao couldn't tell whether it was her "child" who didn't realize what this kind of thing meant.
Sun Qian shook her head:
"It's not a green card, it's Canadian citizenship. I'm naturalized."
"What the hell, are you so awesome?"
"..."
Fatty Zhang's exclamation made Lu Yao's mouth twitch again.
This time, it’s not that I thought of anything else, but that when the fat man was drunk in his “previous life”, whenever everyone talked about the world’s situation, he was always the one who scolded him the most.
Criticize the United States, scold Canada... scold the pigs.
Sometimes Lu Yao even felt that if this fat man were allowed to travel back in time to World War II, he would probably have a beard even bigger than a mustache.
Who would have thought that Zhang Ju, the "hawkish leader of the Terrorism Bureau" back then, would actually say such a thing at the age of eighteen?
After Sun Qian heard this, she took out a pink digital camera from her bag and shook her head:
"Forget it, I'm so embarrassed. When they were naturalized, they even took an oath of allegiance to the Queen... They're just crazy."
Lu Yao thought for a while and asked:
"Then you are in Cao's camp and your heart is in Han?"
"Yeah, wherever I go I feel like I'm from China, but I can't help it. My mom and my uncle let me in... Hey, let's take a photo together."
As she spoke, she raised her camera and pointed it at Lu Yao's side to take a selfie.
"You two come closer, OK, LET'S...SAYCHEESE~~~"
As she counted down, there was a click, and three smiling faces were left in this beautiful moment.
"OK, perfect."
Sun Qian checked it and nodded happily:
"It's a pity that FACEBOOK is not available in China, so I have to wait until I go there to send it... Hey, what should we eat? I want to eat this claypot rice..."
"Hahaha, I know you want to eat, so let's go, the others should be here soon..."
Fatty Zhang took the lead and walked into the hotel chatting and laughing.
And just then...
"Jingle bell."
Lu Yao's phone rang.
He took it out and took a look.
Caller: Xu Ruochu.
(End of chapter)