the time you love

Chapter 20 Hearing the sound of flowers blooming (2)
Zhou Nuoyan stared at me and said softly, "Let's get married."

I stared at him blankly, my brain in a state of shutdown.What is this man talking about?Is it because of his nerves or my auditory hallucinations?

The hotel we stayed in is located in the suburbs, and it was already evening when we arrived.The setting sun slanted on the small balcony outside. I put down my luggage and ran out to lean on the railing to have a look.There is an artificial lake in the center of the garden downstairs, and several peacocks are raised on the shore of the lake.

Zhou Nuoyan followed and stood beside me silently.

Looking at the boats in the middle of the lake, thinking about the scene on the plane just now, I only feel horrified, but I don’t feel much joy. I only now know that something too sudden, even if I really expected it, will be different.It was as if a golden egg had been dropped on the forehead from the sky, and my head was already dizzy, and my excited nerves might not be able to adjust for the time being. I have this feeling now.

"Why do you suddenly want to marry me? Don't you think it's too rash?"

"Suddenly, but not rashly."

"I remember you said back then that you would never fall in love with me."

He didn't feel embarrassed, just smiled lightly, "Yes, I was wrong, feelings are never predictable."

"So, you admit that you are in love with me, so you want to marry me?"

He looked at me and nodded slowly.

I looked back into his eyes and said seriously: "Very good, but I refuse."

"Why?" It was his turn to ask.

I leaned over the railing, thought for a while, and said: "It is undeniable that you are very attractive to me. From the day you brought me home, I have wanted to get close to you without knowing it, but this kind of attraction is very dangerous. I can't see through you." , will always only be seen through by you."

He was silent, and I continued, "It's as if I helped you fill out the form earlier, so I don't know you at all, Zhou Nuoyan, I can't even remember your birthday, are you sure you want to marry me?"

It’s okay not to mention it, after listening to this sentence, he stared at me with a mocking look on his slightly bewildered face: "After you get married, you will naturally remember that I never joke about my feelings, you don't have to rush to refuse, honeymoon Answer me when you're done."

"Oh." I replied, seeing that he was still stern-faced, I thought to myself that this is not a marriage proposal, it is clearly a forced marriage!After looking at the scenery for a while, the low air pressure hangs high, and I couldn't help complaining: "Zhou Nuoyan, I just broke up with you a few days ago, can you stop showing me the face?"

He snorted softly, as if he heard something ridiculous, and I think he just missed the words "you deserve it".Glaring at him angrily, he turned and ran back to the room.

After dinner, we wandered in the garden for more than half an hour. No matter where we went, black mosquitoes were always hovering above our heads. I was sweating all over from the heat, but he stood in the lake pavilion as if nothing had happened. Know what you're looking at.I left him, went back to the room and took a shower, then lay on the bed and watched TV.

When I was bored watching and yawning, Zhou Nuoyan came back, threw me a bag of grapes, and then rushed to the bathroom.I thought about it while eating, because it was a honeymoon trip, the tour group naturally arranged double bedrooms for everyone. Although we are fake, it is not easy to ask to sleep in separate rooms.After thinking for a while, he opened the cabinet and took out the quilt cover inside, laid it flat on the floor, sat on it and continued to eat grapes.

His cell phone rang, and I held it in my hand and saw Jiang Enai's name flashing on the display screen. I ran to knock on the door of the bathroom hypocritically, and handed him the cell phone.He came out quickly, his hair was still dripping, Jiang Enai seemed to be asking something, his voice was sharp, I couldn't hear the content clearly, but I could guess from Zhou Nuoyan's short answer.

After being pestered for a while like a wooden man, I took out the garbage and asked the shift at the counter for a hair dryer.When Zhou Nuoyan saw the things in my hand, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"What time is it, how do you sleep with wet hair?" I said loudly on purpose, grabbed the dry towel, and began to help him dry his hair.The hair dryer was making a lot of noise, and the fresh and pleasant lemon fragrance wafted through my nostrils. I was a little proud and very busy.

He said a few more words, then hung up hastily.Throwing the phone aside, he suddenly grabbed my wrist sideways and dragged me to him.Caught off guard, I slammed my face against his chest.

He looked down at me and pinched my nose with interest.

I asked nervously, "Is your nose flat?"

"A little bit." He babbled nonsense, and then said seriously, "You're jealous."

The corners of my mouth twitched twice, it's over, I accidentally became a jealous woman.

The man seemed to understand ventriloquism, and said, "You really look like a jealous woman."

I stared, and before I opened my teeth and claws, he added: "But it's cute, better than before."

I got into a fight with him, rolled into a ball with no image, and fell off the bed to the floor.

He was afraid that I would be hurt, so he used his elbow to block me, and then held me in his arms.

I hooked the corners of my lips and said, "Why don't you like Jiang En'ai?"

"Why should I like her?"

"She is so beautiful, and she is a doctor. You should have a common language." Actually, this is not my truth. Jiang Enai is very beautiful, yes, but I am not necessarily inferior to her. Even if I am inferior to her, He Hubo always It's not bad. In terms of appearance, He Amber is far above us, but Zhou Nuoyan still doesn't buy it. I have known him for so long, and I have never seen He Amber court him.

"What are you implying?" He stared down at me. "I don't like you beating around the bush."

I thought about it and said, "Why isn't she the substitute?"

His face changed slightly, and he put me down on the quilt on the floor, "She's not Jiang Enjie."

"Neither am I, why should I be her substitute?" Seeing him get up to leave, I threw my arms around his neck, "You didn't adopt me because you used me as a substitute, right?"

He was afraid that I would fall, so he had to put his arms around my waist, "Is this important? No matter what reason I adopted you at the beginning, I am serious about you now."

God, these words are too sweet!I almost laughed out loud, but it took a lot of effort to hold back.In fact, I have already escaped from the entanglement of the substitute, because I know that if he only needs a substitute, then Jiang Enai is undoubtedly the best candidate.And I, after thinking about it again and again, didn't find any similarities between myself and Jiang Enjie.

"Then, when did you fall in love with me?" I looked at him with a smile, "Don't say you don't know!"

He sighed and said, "To be honest, I really don't know, otherwise how could I run you away in anger?"

I was suddenly moved, and couldn't help but put my head on his chest.He stroked my hair, and his low voice was nice: "We kept missing, but never really started, I don't want to go on like this." After finishing speaking, he pushed me down on the bed.

I raised my chin to face him vigilantly, "What do you want?"

He bowed his head and kissed me with an irresistible air, domineering and gentle, "Don't think about it, I won't deviate until you promise to marry me. It's late, go to sleep."

This honeymoon trip did not make me happy.I chatted with the tour guide later, and learned from her that the honeymoon trip planned by this tour group provides tourists with several routes. The route I participated in is small towns, ancient towns and other quiet places, and several larger cities are just passing by, staying for one night or half a day to rest.

Neither Zhou Nuoyan nor I are good at traveling in mountains and rivers. After walking around the ancient town with the tour guide, we agreed to ask for free activities.I looked at him, he looked at me, with understanding smiles in each other's eyes.After getting Ye Min's permission, we couldn't wait to go back to the teahouse we passed by, sat down in a shady corner, and ordered a pot of jasmine slices.

I looked up at the shady vine trellis on the top, and gave him a sneaky look.

He immediately showed disdainful eyes, and lowered his voice to criticize me: "If you don't buy grapes from so many grape sellers all over the street, you have to do sneaky things to be happy."

I didn't think so, "Don't you think the grapes here look the best?"

"do not think so."

I glared at him, stood up and reached out to pick it off, but unfortunately the pergola was too high for me to reach.He was also afraid of being scolded by the shopkeeper, so he didn't dare to stand on the stool blatantly, so he had to sit back embarrassingly.

The jasmine slices were delivered quickly, and the tea fragrance was pleasant.Zhou Nuoyan leaned on the rattan chair with a pensive look on his face.I followed his line of sight, and there was a pair of white-haired old men in the alley outside the door. They were walking slowly under the setting sun, arm in arm.The steps are small, but because of mutual support, every step is very steady.My heart was gently touched, and I felt that the setting sun was infinitely good. Holding my hand, I will grow old together with my son, even if it is almost dusk, I have no regrets.

"Being in love with each other is worse than forgetting each other in the rivers and lakes," he looked away, and said lightly, "But if there is an opportunity to be in love with each other, you should not give up."

"Inspired?"

He looked up at me and smiled, "I only realized it recently."

"I agree with you. Although it is more free and easy to forget each other in the world, it is not as happy as being together."

He looked at me with a hint of joy, and the corners of his lips rose slightly.I like his bright eyes and warm smile, a flash of lightning flashed in my mind, and I suddenly recalled the scene when I first saw him that year.The sky was full of sunset clouds, and he sat opposite me like this at this moment, talking to me unhurriedly.

On that evening seven years ago, maybe at that moment, my heart has sunk.

"Why don't you talk?" He put down the teapot, wondering my rare silence.

Sitting in the teahouse for several hours, I changed to the third pot of jasmine fragrance.It was dusk outside, but we began to linger.I stretched my waist and said, "I'm thinking about some past events. It's very interesting to talk about. It took me several years to let go of things, but now I can figure them out all at once."

"Like?" He asked with a questioning expression.

(End of this chapter)