Chapter 43

Dinner at the Song family in the evening.

In addition to the mutton soup and several dishes that Liang Jinxi brought back from the guesthouse, the Song family also prepared a lot of food.

Everyone at the table, regardless of whether they were in a good mood or not, felt a little sad about leaving. On the contrary, Liu Guibao was the least worried. He looked at the table full of dishes with his eyes shining and ate the most happily.

He thought to himself, no wonder his cousin didn't want to live in his house.

The Song family had such good food and accommodation, even he didn't want to live in the Song family and go to their house to live that kind of life!

Alas, I don't know what will happen when I return to the countryside.

Although Lin Shu said that he would give money and food to his grandparents to raise Lin Youfeng, but with his grandparents' stingy character, they are afraid that they won't be able to eat anything good.

Thinking so, Liu Guibao wanted to finish all the food on the table.

In the end, he was the only one left at the table still eating.

Song Shaobo turned to Lin Shu and said, "Shushu, didn't you mention that you wanted middle school exercise books and tutorial books last time?I have sorted out my notes and tutorial books from school. Come to my room and I'll bring them to you. In addition, I also found some books on textiles and cotton planting today. See if you are interested in taking them. "

Lin Shu of course wanted to.

She stood up and said to Liang Jinxi: "Then Brother Liang, wait for me for a while. I'll go and see Brother Shaobo's book first."

Lin Shu talked to Liang Jinxi, and Song Shaobo also looked at Liang Jinxi expressionlessly.

In that brief moment, the living room suddenly became silent. Except for the sound of Lin Guibao eating, there was no other sound.

The originally peaceful atmosphere immediately became like a string stretched to a taut string.

Liang Jinxi nodded and said: "Well, go over there, pick it slowly, and call me if it's too heavy. "

Auntie Yao's expression eased. Seeing Lin Shu followed her son to the room, she smiled and asked Liang Jinxi, "Captain Liang, I heard that you will stay in Chengxi Military Region when you come back this time. However, Chengxi Military Region is also very large, and there are many troops under it in the local area. I wonder if Captain Liang will stay in the military region headquarters or go to the local area in the future?"

"I will go to the local area,"

Liang Jinxi seemed to be unaffected by Lin Shu's departure with Song Shaobo. His expression and tone of voice were the same as before. He said, "But it's not far from the headquarters. It only takes more than half an hour by car. "

...

In the room, Song Shaobo silently moved the books to the table. Lin Shu read the covers one by one, occasionally flipping through them, and then picked out some of them and said she wanted them. However, she did not plan to take them all away this time. Instead, she carefully picked out a few more and told Song Shaobo that she would ask him to help send the rest to her.

Song Shaobo saw her lowering her head and concentrating on flipping through the books.

A strand of hair floated down, making the originally beautiful profile look a little messy, but it was precisely because of this mess that it made her heart fluctuate.

He suddenly remembered Many, many fragments of past events.

When she was still young, he took her to see a big movie, and she looked at the posters on the street.

He and a group of friends, he took her to the countryside for a picnic, and he only cared about playing with his classmates, but she was playing with his classmates, and he thought she was heartless.

There was also a fragment of him teaching her to draw, he was impatient, left her aside to draw for a whole day, and took her home when the sun was about to set.

He just felt like his heart was soaked in acid water and rubbed countless times.

"Is he easy to get along with? How is he with his family and the people around him? "

He asked her.

Even if the man did not overstep the line and his expression was serious, he was still a man. He only needed a look or a slight movement to know that he liked her.

And she was always cute and innocent.

At this time, how could he not treat her well?

So he did not ask her if he treated her well, but asked if he treated his family and the people around him well.

In this way, you can see the true character of the man and whether he will always treat her well in the future.

Lin Shu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Are you talking about Captain Liang?"

"Very good. Don't think he seems to be difficult to get along with and has a bad temper. In fact, he is not. He is cold to outsiders and has a bad temper, but he is super doting and super protective of his family. Like Aunt Hu, his cousin, nephews and nieces, although he doesn't talk much, he is very good to them. "

She actually used the word spoil.

When she thought of herself using such a word, she tilted her head and couldn't help laughing.

But she really felt that way.

Aunt Hu always said that he had a bad temper and was always angry with him. It was said that when he was a child, she was often so angry that she whipped him with a bamboo shoot whip.

But he never got angry.

He always let Aunt Hu talk about him and annoy him. At most, she said something that choked people to death. That look was indeed very annoying, but now Lin Shu thought about it, and inexplicably felt that he was very indulgent to his family.

No matter how bad his temper was, no matter what his family said or did, no matter how bad his mouth was, he really indulged them and never got angry with them.

Isn't that very spoiling?

To be honest, she hadn't thought about this problem.

Song Shaobo looked at her smiling face with pursed lips. But it was a misunderstanding.

He felt sore in his heart, but he was relieved.

He just hoped that she could live a life without disasters, peace and happiness.

That was enough.

Song Shaobo had already sorted out those books, and he selected them very quickly, and the two of them came out very quickly.

Lin Shu held a few books and gave Fengfeng a few instructions, then said goodbye to Yao Congyun and Song Youliang, saying that he would pick Fengfeng up tomorrow morning.

Fengfeng really hated Lin Guibao.

If it weren't for Lin Guibao, he would definitely follow his sister and Battalion Commander Liang. Even if his sister didn't let him sleep with her, he could sleep with Battalion Commander Liang!

Although he might not sleep well at night with Battalion Commander Liang's face, he would follow!

"Sister, let's take you back,"

Fengfeng said, "Brother Shaobo will accompany me to take you back."

Yao Congyun smiled and said, "Okay, let's take you back together. "

Fengfeng is such a clever kid.

Lin Shu thought it was unnecessary, but she knew her brother was narrow-minded. His face would be broken if he was left in the Song family. So let him go.

The Song family wanted to send Lin Shu off together.

Yao Congyun looked at Lin Guibao who was still eating snacks and said, "You stay and eat."

Lin Guibao looked at the glutinous rice cakes and osmanthus cakes on the table and decided to stay.

It was winter and the wind outside could blow his ears off. He was a fool to go and send someone off!

Fengfeng wasShe rolled her eyes fiercely in the dark, and was slapped on the back of her head by her sister.

Everyone sent the two to the guesthouse.

At the door of the guesthouse, Lin Shu, Fengfeng and the Song family entered the door first, but Liang Jinxi seemed to be aware of something and looked at a dark alley on the right.

He felt that someone was staring at them there.

This was his intuition as an excellent soldier.

He met the eyes of a man.

He was 1.76 meters tall, in a blue work suit, with a flat head and a hooked nose.

It was the same as the black and white photo on the stack of information his old comrade-in-arms sent him when he went downstairs last night.

"Brother Liang."

Liang Jinxi heard Lin Shu calling him from the front, and pulled the corner of his mouth slightly, retracted his gaze and turned around.

"Brother Liang, why are you standing there, what's the matter?"

Lin Shu looked back at him. Liang Jinxi walked into the lobby and caught up with her standing there. He lowered his head and said, "It's okay. I just saw that there are no street lights in the alley behind, and the snow on the road has not been cleared. It's frozen again. Teacher Yao and Fengfeng should go back early. Be careful of the slippery road."

Lin Shu nodded and rubbed Fengfeng's head, and then talked to Aunt Yao and Song You: "Brother Liang is right, Uncle Song, Aunt Yao, you go back, we will go there early tomorrow morning."

Fengfeng wanted to send his sister to the room, but Aunt Yao held him back and said softly to Lin Shu: "Okay, you have been running around these two days, and you should be tired. Tomorrow you have to travel all day, so you should rest early."

"And don't go there tomorrow morning. Sleep a little longer in the morning. We will send Fengfeng to the door of the guesthouse on time at 7:30 tomorrow morning. Then you can directly call a tricycle to the station."

That's fine. Aunt Yao was so kind, Lin Shu didn't bother to be polite with her, he reached out and hugged her, and sent them out of the guesthouse.

Liang Jinxi glanced at the dark alley again.

The man was still there, as if he was born in that dark alley.

He sneered in his heart.

Lin Shu didn't notice it at all.

She watched Yao Congyun and the others leave, feeling a little reluctant but more happy.

This time in Xizhou City, almost all the things to do were completed successfully.

The two turned back to the building, and when they went up the stairs, Liang Jinxi asked her: "Does your foot hurt?"

If he didn't mention it, she would have forgotten about it.

But when he asked her, she found that it still hurt when she lifted her foot to go up the stairs.

But it might also be because she walked too much today.

She smiled and said: "It's okay, but I have to take a day off when I return to the Youth Institute tomorrow. Please take care of Fengfeng for me for two days."

He didn't say anything.

The two separated at the door of the room.

He watched her enter the room, turned around and was about to leave, but she held the door handle and smiled at him, "Thank you, Brother Liang."

"Go in first and soak your feet in hot water for a while, I'll come to find you later."

Find her?

He had already left before Lin Shu was stunned.

Lin Shu looked at his back, watched him walk to the next room, open the door, and go in. She was stunned and didn't know whether to close the door first or not.

He told her to soak her feet first, but he would come to find her later?

Fortunately, she didn't have much time to hesitate.

Because he moved quickly, he entered the room for only one or two minutes, and then came out with a bag.

Lin Shu saw the bag.

She remembered that the bag contained the big red wool scarf.

"Let's talk after we go in."

He saw that she was still standing at the door, so he said to her.

He had something to say to her.

Although there were not many guests living upstairs, it was obviously inappropriate to talk in the corridor.

Lin Shu was a little confused and stepped aside, watching him enter the room and then close the door.

For some reason, her heart started beating.

At this moment, she forgot to adjust her mood.

He was fine.

Seeing her standing at the door, he put the bag on the chair and said to her, "Come and sit down first, I'll pour you some hot water." Then he took the thermos from the room and carried it to the bathroom. Lin Shu saw him take a basin of cold water in the bathroom, add hot water, test the temperature, and bring the basin in.

He put the basin under the bed and said to her, "Come and soak your feet, let me see."

Lin Shu opened her mouth.

There was no clue in his expression, but she still felt that this was a little, wrong?

Also, she looked at the basin of water.

That was the same basin she washed her face in the morning, but her basin was still in the corner of the room.

This should be his, right?

"Brother Liang."

"Come and soak your feet. You've been standing or walking these past two days. You sprained your ankle yesterday. It might hurt tomorrow morning."

That's not the question.

Lin Shu really didn't know how to react.

She looked at him and suddenly saw that his ears seemed to be a little red.

He wasn't as calm as he appeared?

Maybe he was nervous, but he just thought it was the right thing to do?

Lin Shu's heart relaxed a lot.

She walked over, stabilized herself, and smiled at him: "Brother Liang, you're too nice. Weren't you worried that I would depend on you before? I tell you, you can't be so nice to girls, otherwise it's easy for others to depend on you."

He glanced at her and said nothing.

Then he silently took out a scarf from the bag on the chair beside him, walked in front of her, and gave it to her.The girl who had easily adjusted her state but was now a little dumbfounded wrapped her scarf around her, grabbed her scarf with some force, and said, "Just rely on it, I won't do this to others."

"I will apply for marriage after I go back, send it back to the army first, and wait for the army to approve it, and then we will go through the procedures."

Lin Shu: ? ? ?

She stared at him, as if struck by lightning.

Completely stunned.

Then he said, "But you don't have to worry about the marriage application. Your father's party membership is still there, and the record in the army is very clear. It will definitely be approved soon."

Seeing her slightly open her mouth, staring at him with wide eyes, her eyes were moist and clear, and her eyes were at a loss and blank.

His Adam's apple rolled, and his hands became a little stiffer. He slid from the scarf to her shoulders, held her shoulders, and whispered, "Don't worry, I will be there for everything in the future."

He was so close to her.

She was completely in his aura. He lowered his head to talk to her, and she seemed to be able to feel the hot breath of his breath on her head.

What...what is going on?

"Brother Liang?"

"Liang Jinxi."

He said, "Call me by my name from now on."

Seeing her panic, he explained to her again, "In the village, people usually call me Brother Liang."

But he didn't want her to call him "Second Brother Liang."

"Brother Liang...Brother Jinxi."

Lin Shu felt that whether she called him "Liang Jinxi" or "Captain Liang", it was a bit impolite and too unfamiliar.

But when she called him "Brother Jinxi", she immediately felt that it was not good.

In this situation, if she calls him like this again...

"Brother Liang."

She immediately changed her words and wanted to take a step back, but found that there was a bed behind her, and he was holding her shoulders so tightly. Lin Shu was panicked and reached out to push him, and wanted to say something to figure out the current situation, but as soon as her hand pushed on his coat, his thumb suddenly pressed on her face.

Gentle and strong.

The rough and hot touch made Lin Shu's bones limp.

"Just call me like before."

He whispered.

The voice was already a little hoarse.

Lin Shu grabbed his hand with one hand, no longer caring about anything, and said hurriedly with full panic: "What are you talking about, Brother Liang, what marriage application, we are not real, what does it matter, I am just a liar, don't worry, I don't care what those people say outside, you don't have to worry about those, thinking that since this is the case, you have to be responsible for me, and it's good for me, no, I will just stay in the countryside for a few years, don't worry, my father will come back in a few years, and I will go back to the city, and I will not stay in the countryside anymore, so I don't care what those people say, really, you don't have to care about those, don't marry me." Liang Jinxi was stiff all over. What strength can she have compared to him? But she pulled his hand that was touching her face, and it was pulled down all of a sudden, and it froze on her shoulder. But she had never felt his emotions or heard his voice even when they touched each other, but now she was holding his hand, but suddenly felt his strong emotions. The strong emotions like dark clouds and violent storms made her voice stop suddenly and froze in place. Chapter 44

Lin Shu was swept by a storm of emotions.

Following it came panic and a sharp pain that stabbed her heart, making her almost unable to stand.

This was not her emotion. She knew very well that it was the emotion of the person next to her that invaded from the outside.

But that person, she was looking at him.

Except that his hand on her shoulder was very tight, very tight, so tight that it seemed to crush her, but there was not much expression on his face... Although even if there was no expression, it was scary enough to be a storm.

She suddenly let go of his hand and lowered her head to press it against her chest.

The room was silent.

It was so silent that it seemed that only the heartbeats and heavy breathing of the two people were left.

He just stared at her heavily, without saying a word.

Then even the hand holding her shoulder slowly loosened.

In such silence, Lin Shu finally came to her senses and thought about what she had just said... Even if he married her out of kindness or responsibility, she was not a heartless person. She could feel how good he had been to her these days.

What she had just said was really hurtful.

She was still in shock, so she resisted the urge to break away from him, looked up at him, and said with a trembling voice: "I'm sorry, Brother Liang, I, I was too surprised. This is all my fault, I made it all... I know you have good intentions, but..."

"I don't have any good intentions."

He suddenly interrupted her and said coldly, "I don't have any good intentions, and I won't have any good intentions towards any woman to the point of marrying her."

Lin Shu was speechless.

If she had a lot of thoughts and guesses just now,

But his words were undoubtedly like a bag of ice water that directly extinguished all those thoughts.

She was not a fool. He and Aunt Hu's family were her benefactors, and she had no right to play dumb in front of him.

He was telling her that I had no good intentions, and I wanted to marry you because I wanted to marry you.

Why did I want to marry you? It was because I wanted you.

Her face gradually turned pale.She lowered her eyes and looked at his coat. Where her eyes fell, there was a row of metal buttons. It was cold and dark, completely different from the temperature of his breath. At this moment, his aura finally reappeared as when she first met him. The harmony and warmth that she had finally built up in the past few days were gone. At this moment, Lin Shu was not thinking about whether she liked him or whether she was willing to marry him. Rather, what was in his mind, could she refuse him? She had always been a soft girl. In life, she was happy and soft. Even if she had thorns, she was playful and warm in the eyes of her father, mother and brother. But only she knew that there was a piece of extremely cold ice in her heart. It could not be warmed up. At the extreme moment, the ice would seep out. Just like now. She whispered, "It's not out of kindness, so why did you say you wanted to get married?"

Liang Jinxi's heart felt like it was on fire, and like it was pierced by ice.

Two voices were shouting in his body.

The self who was still surrounded by the tenderness and sweetness of the past few days said that she was just too surprised. She had been cautious all the time. She liked him but was afraid to get close to him, afraid that he would say that he wanted to marry her just to be responsible for her. Didn't she just say that to him?

But the other sober self said, didn't you see it? Her face turned pale, her eyes were suspicious and terrified, and she didn't even dare to look you in the eye... She didn't like you, and always regarded you as a "kind person", thinking that what you did these days was just because of "kindness".

Fuck kindness.

He didn't have much kindness in his life.

He was indeed a responsible person.

Choose whatever identity, and bear the responsibilities that should be borne by that identity.

But he really didn't have any excessive kindness.

He held her face with his hand and lifted it slightly. He saw her raise her eyes and then immediately lower them. Her long eyelashes covered the eyes that always looked at him with a smile, and it was like a heavy curtain between the two of them.

He reached out and stroked her, feeling her trembling slightly, and he inexplicably felt a surge of anger in his heart.

He suddenly held her in his arms, pressed her, and lowered his head to kiss her forehead, but that was just a kiss, not even a kiss, and he pushed her away again.

Lin Shu couldn't stand steadily for a moment and took a step back. Because he retreated too quickly, there was a bed behind him, so he sat directly on the bed.

He wanted to say, what else could a man want to marry a woman for?

But seeing her panic-stricken look, he still suppressed his usual cold tone.

His heartbeat was "thumping", and he almost couldn't control the kiss just now.

He couldn't help but think, did he fall into the hands of a woman?

He had no experience in dealing with such things. His methods of dealing with things are always direct and rough.

Or covert but more direct.

But those are obviously not applicable now.

He said: "Of course I want to marry you, so I said marriage. It seems that I misunderstood. You calm down and think about it. If you don't want to get married, just pretend I didn't say it."

After that, he turned around and walked out.

Lin Shu heard the sound of the door being closed.

She sat on the bed for a long time in a daze, her mind was "buzzing", very confused.

The hot touch of his face against hers before was still there, but now it was only cold.

The room was also cold.

She turned around and saw a basin of hot water next to her.

She stood up and walked over to touch it. The water temperature was still hot, but not hot enough.

She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, stood up and went to the table to get hot water and added hot water to adjust it. It was a little hot, so she took off her shoes and soaked her feet. Her feet were cold, and the hot water was a little stinging, but also a bit stimulating and comfortable.

She suddenly remembered that he had massaged her feet yesterday.

Actually, there was nothing wrong with marrying him.

She knew that she seemed to be stable now.

Actually, she was still struggling.

Her stability in Qinghe Brigade was based on the fact that others thought she was his partner.

Once this matter was exposed, she was no longer his partner, and her stability would be immediately broken.

She knew that her appearance would cause trouble.

Although she was not afraid.

She would always find a way to deal with it.

But did she hate him?

No.

Even if she didn't want to admit it, from the beginning, from the moment he was willing to send her back to the Youth Institute and accompany her to the commune, she felt uneasy and secretly happy.

Why was she willing to tell him everything?

Because his existence made her feel safe.

She knew that she had used him. She paralyzed herself, thinking that he was a good man, like Aunt Hu, like an upright and kind person, helping her out of a "relative", out of kindness and pity.

But he said that he never had any good intentions.

Then what right did she have?

She heard the door next door open again, and then the sound of water.

She turned her head and looked at the bathroom door for a while, then looked down at the towel he put on the bedside... When he was good to her, he was really careful.

She took the towel to wipe her feet, stepped on the slippers on the side and walked to the bathroom door, raised her hand and knocked on the door.

There was silence inside for a moment, and then the door was opened with a "whoosh".

At this time, he had taken off his outer coat and was only wearing aQiu Yi, probably just washed his face, his face was still a little wet.

Lin Shu looked at the faucet.

It was freezing cold, was he just washing his face like this?

"Isn't it cold?"

She asked.

He looked at her without saying anything.

Lin Shu also felt that what she said was a bit cold, but it was still nonsense.

She exhaled again, looked at his clothes, and said: "Let's talk. You didn't look like you were proposing just now."

Liang Jinxi still stared at her.

Lin Shu felt a little uncomfortable when he looked at her. She avoided his gaze and looked at the corner of the bathroom where a soap box was placed. She said, "I didn't say I didn't agree to you. It was just too sudden. After all, you told me not to have any intentions towards you when we first met. It has only been a few days. I have been trying my best to control myself and never let you misunderstand that I have intentions towards you. But now you suddenly tell me that you want to get married." After that, she smiled bitterly and said, "Then I wanted to tell you that you don't have to be responsible for me, but you got angry with me." "No." He said briefly. He didn't lose his temper. He just controlled himself because he was afraid that he would do something to her. Lin Shu didn't want to argue with him about this. She wouldn't act like a spoiled child with him. She was not in the mood. She turned her gaze back to look at him again. She wanted to talk to his eyes, but she couldn't stand his gaze. Finally, she fixed her gaze on his chest and whispered, "Then can you tell me seriously why you want to marry me? Don't lie to me. I can accept any reason calmly."

"Is it because you want to get married after all? Do you think I am a suitable marriage partner? Since it is the current situation, others already think that I am your partner, and Auntie likes me very much. Instead of going with others, you can go with me. My personality is okay and we can get along well. Why not go with me? Or there are other reasons I don't know... Whatever the reason is, tell me, let's talk about it, and then see how to deal with it."

They can talk about it.

Whether they get married or not, they can negotiate an agreement.

It's better than having a conflict and turning against each other for no reason.

She didn't dare to look at him.

But he kept looking at her when she spoke.

Why?

In fact, he didn't analyze the matter carefully. Maybe what she said was right, but it seemed that none of it was right.

He suddenly reached out and pulled her into his arms.

Lin Shu was startled, and then she heard him lower his head and whisper in her ear: "Don't be afraid, I won't do anything to you, I just want to give you an answer."

He pressed on her cheek as he spoke.

Sliding down, his hot and dry lips crushed her, and his strong breath invaded every pore of her...

Lin Shu's heart and brain exploded instantly.

She wanted to push him away, but her hands and feet were completely unable to lift up, and she lay softly in his arms, letting him do whatever he wanted.

She wanted to say something, but when she opened her mouth, she gave him more...

She didn't know how long it took, just when she felt she was about to suffocate, he let her go, and then she heard his voice saying: "That's it, when I look at you, I want to do this to you, tell me, what else can I do except marry you?"

"Tell me, do you hate me doing this to you? If you hate it, I will return to the army after I go back tomorrow, and we will erase this matter."

He stared into her eyes and said this, but he despised himself in his heart.

He had said in her room before, "If you don't want to get married, just pretend I never said that." He regretted it as soon as he left her room.

He was washing his face just now, thinking that even if she didn't want to get married now, he would find a way to make her agree, and then she knocked on the door.

... We've already kissed, why do you still want to wipe it off.

And at this moment, even in the dim light of the bathroom, he could see that she looked different from before.

Her snow-white skin had been stained with crimson, her eyes and eyebrows were charming, and her watery eyes were still clear, but covered with a layer of confusion and fragility that could make people completely out of control.

It was like a petal quietly blooming in the morning and covered with dew.

It made people want to crush it again.

It would be fine if you hadn't seen this look before.

If you saw it, could you still pretend that nothing had happened?