When He Smiles - Chapter 20

Meng Shengnan will never forget the Spring Festival in 2007.

When she was still on the train back to Jiangcheng, she received a call from Meng Jin. The forty-two-year-old man was a little incoherent and asked her where she had been. She was secretly surprised that she had never seen her father look like this. After careful questioning, the man said to come back.

It was 4:30 in the afternoon after getting off the train, and my father called again to ask her to go directly to the hospital.

Meng Shengnan hurried past and finally found the ward and opened the door. He hesitated when he saw Meng Jin sitting beside the bed with the ceremony that he was sleeping fast. She glanced at the ceremony and asked Meng Jin softly: “What’s wrong with mom?”

Just as Meng Jin was about to speak, the ceremony woke up.

The woman’s eyes half opened, she was taken aback for a moment, her voice still dumb.

“When did you come back?”

Meng Jin helped the woman to lean against the head of the bed, and Meng Shengnan quickly handed a soft cushion over.

“Just arrived.”

The ceremony couldn’t help but sneered at the man.

“It must be your dad who asked you to come, but the fetus is a bit unstable, it doesn’t matter.”

Meng Shengnan froze for a long time, slowly looking at the abdomen of the ceremony with a dull expression.

“You two—hidden—it’s really deep enough.”

The ceremony saw her soulless appearance, stretched out her hand and gently pulled her to sit on the side of the bed, and sighed.

“I wanted to surprise you.”

“Scare.”

It took her a while to slow down, slowly leaning down, and gently stroking her hand on the bulging belly of the ceremony. The ward was quiet and warm. She was silent for a long while, then raised her head and asked the ceremony: “When will he come out?”

“Almost.” The ceremony said with a smile.

Meng Shengnan sighed slowly.

The ceremony asked: “You don’t blame mom, do you?”

“Of course it’s weird.” She curled her lips, and said every word: “Have you kept it from me for so long.”

Meng Jin rubbed her hair, “I didn’t mean to hide it.”

Later she learned that the birth of this little boy was purely an accident. The ceremony has always had some migraine neurasthenia and poor physical fitness. If labor is induced, it may be life-threatening, not to mention that at the age of forty-two, he can only give birth normally.

A few days later, Qi Qiao came back from Xinjiang to find out that it was also shocked, or even more happy than her.

During that time, she stayed in the hospital. The girl ran over to look for her when she was idle, and they would sit in the pavilion downstairs in the hospital while they were asleep at the ceremony and talk to their hearts. Occasionally, Meng Jin, who came back from a meal, would be caught upright, and the girls laughed off.

Last week, Meng Shengnan was going to Shanghai to participate in the semi-finals.

No one will continue to be nervous and anxious about things that have been taken for granted. Meng Jinteng couldn’t open her body, it was Qi Qiao who sent her. On the platform, Meng Shengnan couldn’t help laughing at the advice of the girl’s mother-in-law. She patted Qi Qiao on the head and said, “When the elder sisters come back, let’s forget about it.”

“cut.”

Qi Qiao said with a disgusting expression, “Whoever has been with you, I will be a child bride for the little prince who is about to be born by Aunt Shengdian in the future, do you know you?”

“got it.”

Meng Shengnan held back a smile and nodded solemnly. People come and go on the platform, which is the most suitable place to stage joys and sorrows. The train slowly moved forward, and she watched Qi Qiao waving at her. At that moment, she suddenly thought of Song Jiashu, that girl liked the boy she liked very much. Meng Shengnan has never understood and never asked Qi Qiao the reason why Song Jiashu insisted on joining the army. Six months ago, Qi Qiao was like this, waving his hands to bid farewell to the horrible person she liked.

The train drifted farther and farther without end.

When I got to the ground, it was still the same. She filled out the form at the front desk of the hotel, and then walked step by step with her schoolbag on her back. As soon as I opened the door, it was quiet inside, as if no one had ever been here. The bed is brand new, and so is the quilt.

“Isn’t there yet.” She put down her schoolbag and murmured in a low voice.

The curtains were so tightly closed that there was no light, she walked over and pulled it, and the sound of footsteps gradually approached behind her.

“So early?”

It is Zhou Ningzhi.

She turned her head and smiled, “Just arrived.”

Zhou Ningzhi put down his backpack and walked to her to pull the remaining half. The sunlight formed two shadows.

“Are you okay?” he asked, adding: “At school?”

“very good.”

Zhou Ningzhi nodded.

“It’s still short hair.” He pointed to her hair.

Meng Shengnan froze for a moment, and said with a smile: “There is no way, I won’t stay long.”

After chatting for a few words and gradually getting better, Zhou Ningzhi casually leaned against the eaves of the window, against the light. Meng Shengnan was still standing by the window facing him. She glanced downstairs and said, “Why haven’t they come so late this year?”

Zhou Ningzhi glanced over.

“It may be blocked during the rush hour.”

“Oh.”

After a while, Zhou Ningzhi spoke suddenly.

“I always wanted to ask you a question.”

Meng Shengnan was startled: “What’s the problem?”

He looked up at her for a while, then smiled faintly: “Forget it.”

Meng Shengnan, “Huh? ‘There was a cry.

Zhou Ningzhi raked his hair.

“It’s nothing, I just want to ask if you had any actual combat drills when you wrote about Deep Sea Boys?”

There is something in the words, why can’t Meng Shengnan hear it.

He said again: “Jiang Jin and the others have talked about this many times, don’t you know?”

She shook her head.

“I—write it casually.”

Zhou Ningzhi smiled: “Really.”

Meng Shengnan was a little bit at ease.

“Meng Shengnan.”

He called her suddenly, and she looked up.

“Anyone you like?”

She didn’t know how to answer, and pursed her lips.

Zhou Ningzhi looked at her and said, “If not, let’s make a living.”

Meng Shengnan felt her tinnitus instantly, she didn’t dare to think deeply, and even had such an urge to escape immediately. She was stared at by Zhou Ningzhi so uncomfortable that she was stunned to the depths. The boy suddenly laughed again, his voice clear and hearty.

“scared?”

His expression was not as serious as before, and Meng Shengnan breathed a sigh of relief.

“Hi, teasing you.” He sighed softly and smiled.

Zhou Ningzhi laughed and shook his head as if she had been opened up through the two channels of Ren and Du.

“Just as a joke on April 1st.”

As soon as that sentence was finished, Jiang Jin broke in.

“What is the joke on April 1st?”

Zhou Ningzhi turned his head, “Nothing, just chat.”

With the arrival of Jiang Jin, the atmosphere suddenly rose to a higher level. The topic just stopped abruptly, and Zhou Ningzhi never mentioned it again. After that, in addition to Li Xiang, who went to study abroad, Lu Huai and Zhang Yiyan also arrived.

Perhaps because of the topic in the afternoon, Meng Shengnan always felt a little bit responsive. He didn’t talk too much, and kept sitting and listening to their conversation.

Jiang Jin realized and glanced at her.

“Why look at the bitter hatred, who provokes you, tell brother, beat him.”

Zhou Ningzhi did not speak.

“What’s wrong?” Lu Huai also looked over.

“No, it’s good.”

Meng Shengnan laughed a few times, and Zhang Yiyan suddenly changed the subject.

“Let’s play a game, or I’m as boring as Sheng Nan.”

Everyone laughed, good.

It was late at night and then disappeared. The next day, a few people finished participating in the rematch normally, and they had gathered at the door early when Meng Shengnan came out. It was a very happy thing at first, and went to play as usual, but their expressions were a little uncomfortable that day.

Zhang Yiyan asked what happened.

Lu Huai said: “Zhou Ning will go to the United States after an hour’s flight.”

Meng Shengnan suddenly felt a little unspeakable. She didn’t want to understand before, but slowly didn’t want to understand. Many people around her are eclectic people who have dreams to realize. Like Zhou Ningzhi and Li thought, she was a little envious.

They were all on the list in that competition, and there was one less person in the group photo on the podium.

After the game, Meng Shengnan returned to Jiangcheng and had been helping Meng Jin in the hospital. On New Year’s Eve, I received a New Year text message from Lu Sibei. Later, Qi Qiao accidentally discovered that she often made a joke with this, and she had no choice but to do it. A week after the year, the ceremony finally went smoothly and gave birth to a little boy of six catties and two, with round eyes gurgling. Grandpa and grandma also came, and the whole family often teased him in a lively manner, too happy.

One day, Meng Jin had a headache about naming and asked her for advice.

“I take it?”

“I discussed with your mother, you take it.”

Meng Shengnan thought about it all day and night, then got up from the bed early in the morning and ran to the ceremony room, and kissed the child’s mouth and cheek. The ceremony woke up and asked her dazedly why it was so early. Meng Shengnan was silly and happy.

“Mom, just call Meng Hang.”

Qi Qiao asked her why later, Meng Shengnan smiled.

“It’s not because your grandmother’s house is in Hangzhou, right?”

Meng Shengnan shook his head, “Not only.”

“So what else?”

Meng Shengnan’s eyes flickered, and his lips pressed.

“Hang, Ark too.”

“Wow.”

Qi Qiao: “With this mind, a talented woman is a talented woman.”

“That is.”

Qi Qiao gave her a wink: “Am I going to mix with you in the future?”

“You?” She squinted.

Qi Qiao nodded hurriedly.

“Get some skills first.”

Qi Qiaodun is very gentle in fashion, “You are tired of my shoulders to lend you to rely on, you cried and I borrowed to wipe my sleeves, you bore me to be your punching bag.”

Meng Shengnan couldn’t help but smile, “Really so sweet?”

Qi Xiaoqiao raised his chin and looked down proudly.

“Sister is a very considerate graduate of the college, do you know you?”

She laughed.

Time always waits for no one, and it didn’t take long for Qi Qiao to leave school. She also went to Changsha by car and had intermittent contact with Qi Qiao. That pure and beautiful day can only be relived again after a long time. It’s strange that some things are still there all the time, far away. She has always thought of many things recently, a lot of mess, she can’t tell herself clearly, and she will be in a daze if nothing is wrong.

In a flash, a semester has been nearly half a year.

At the busiest time in the second half of the year, she heard that Lu Sibei, who was in the management department, had resigned and retired from the student union. After that year, she and Lu Sibei rarely met. Roommate Li Tao joked: “He is free now, and some have time to chase you, wait for you.”

Meng Shengnan didn’t care at first, but the turning point occurred on the second weekend after May Day.

That day, she had just finished studying in the library and walked out, and she happened to ran into him at the door. When the boy saw her coming over immediately, Meng Shengnan was also taken aback. Then the two laughed at the same time, and Lu Sibei paused and said, “I want to ask you a favor.”

Meng Shengnan asked with his eyes.

Lu Sibei smiled again: “You are good at it, don’t worry.”

“what?”

“Speaking while walking?”

The two of them were walking along the path at the entrance of the library, Lu Sibei said: “There were a few shows in the club, and there was no guitar player. I thought of you at that time, so—”

He stopped in the middle of speaking, and Meng Shengnan grasped the central idea.

“Inside your student union?”

“Correct.”

“I can’t go well, am I?”

Lu Sibei smiled: “This is the last thing I did before I quit the meeting. It is my sincere invitation to you.”

Meng Shengnan was a little embarrassed.

“Do you really want to retire?”

He nodded, looked at her and said, “There is no time if you don’t do something very important.”

Meng Shengnan responded.

In fact, I later recalled that if there was no such intersection, perhaps they would not have gone so fast. But a lot of things are always like this, it will happen suddenly so you can’t start. At that internal performance, almost the whole school knew the fact that was recognized by everyone.

Lu Sibei is chasing Meng Shengnan.