Chapter 14 Chapter two

Yao Mi went to the office in the afternoon, but there was no one there.The inner windows are wide open, I don't know whether to push it off or not.The smell of smoke dissipated, and the big stove was half-extinguished.Yao Mi closed the window, and closed the door separating the inner and outer rooms. Luckily, Shanbao and Luo Hou didn't smoke—at least not in the office. After a while Luo Hou came running, looked first at the back room, then at the door, and then told Yao Mi mysteriously, "They're having a secret meeting." "Who are they?" "The old Hippo gang—including Shanbao, the little girl from Shanghai, and of course the great poet Yu."

"Where are Mr. Xu and Mr. Du?" "Without them. I was scouting, you know, that old hippopotamus..." Yao Mi interrupted him and said: "Luo Hou, you have to be careful what you say. What old hippopotamus, little girl, you will be in trouble if you slip your tongue." Luo Hou didn't listen to her scolding, and said with a smile: "I'm just telling you now. You are rude to Mr. Zhu yourself." Yao Mi had a bitter face: "How awkward it is to put me under his command!" "Don't worry," Luo Hou patted his chest and said, "I will definitely switch with you, I promise."

Yao Mi trusts Luo Hou, but is it up to him? Yao Mi said: "Zhu Qianli's smelly pipe is enough for you." Luo Hou said solemnly: "Let me tell you, Zhu Qianli's knowledge is much better than Yu Nan's. He has written two volumes of the history of French literature—maybe it hasn't been published, but he has written it anyway. He used it as a lecture for teaching. He married French wife, French is not bad; I have studied in France for more than ten years and is a doctor of the University of Paris—probably because he often hates that he is not a doctor of the country, and he looks down on the doctor of the university. He has been a professor in China for many years." Luo Hou prides himself on being well-informed and knows who is who.

"His wife is French? Never heard of it." "His French wife did not come to China. The current wife is still young and is a housewife. His dormitory is next to the staff dormitory. I heard from their neighbors that the lady is very powerful. Mr. Zhu kneels at home and is slapped. , Madam will still scold the street." "Will being the leader of the group be able to swear?" "Hey, Zhu Qianli deliberately hurt the old hippopotamus - damn it, I really slipped my tongue. I said, Mr. Zhu just made trouble on purpose, don't you understand? He meant the old hippopotamus - Ms. Nina just They are housewives. Zhu Qianli thinks he should be the deputy team leader."

Luo Hou couldn't sit still, got up and said: "I slipped away, I will report after I inquire about the news." Luo Hou doesn't like to study hard.When he was a student, he had a unique skill. He was able to figure out which teacher asked which test questions, and his classmates always got good marks if they believed him.He himself just wants to pass.He has a lot of pocket money, and he likes to do "timely rain", so friends are everywhere.In the research club, he is also popular among the masses.He knows more than anyone else. Yao Mi was sitting alone reading a book—in fact, she was just staring at the book in a daze.Because there is always a shadow floating on the writing, covering the words and sentences, lingering, lingering, like a shadow on the water, shattered and trembling and kneading into the original shape.Yao Mi felt irritable.She'd never been turned off by her fiancé before.She simply leaned the back of the chair against the wall, temporarily acting as a reclining chair, lay down and closed her eyes, thinking about it.

Maybe she shouldn't tell him those old things.But he shouldn't have asked.However, he didn't seem to dislike her, nor did he look down on her.Didn't he also tell her to be smart and try to be in the same group!Why is he so cold to her?He must have regretted it, and felt that he should keep a considerable distance from her. Yao Mi suddenly opened his eyes.She shouldn't have forgotten that she was married!She can't be a fool, and she can't be sorry to Du Lilin. She said to herself: "You should remember! You should remember!" But she read the book for a while and put it down again.The literal shadows in the book are like shadows on water, which cannot be broken or driven away.

Perhaps Xu Yancheng's indifference towards Yao Mi was a little too much.Others don't care.Du Lilin was deceived at first, but later she wondered: Yancheng has always been so protective of Yao Mi, why did he suddenly become indifferent?The wife hasn't "pointed him out" yet, and he's already hiding it? Yancheng went out again around four o'clock in the afternoon as usual.He just said to Lilin: "I'm going out for a walk." Lilin guessed that he was going to Yao's house again.When Yancheng came back, he went to his "kennel" to study hard as usual, without explaining where he was or what he did.Lilin once asked, but he only said: "I went to Yao's house", nothing else.Lilin felt bored.Since he didn't say anything, she didn't bother to ask, and only noticed that he was running in the direction of Yao's house.She thought that Yao Mi was in the library and would not go home. Only after this group meeting did Lilin know that Yao Mi had been transferred to the research group.She was eager to know whether Yao Mi would go home in the afternoon; whether she was careless or Yancheng was lying.She waited for Yancheng to go out, then ran to the office.

Yao Mi heard light footsteps and thought it was Jiang Min who came back.She opened her eyes and saw Du Lilin, hurriedly got up and straightened the chair, and asked Mr. Du who to look for. Lilin said, "Ask when the meeting is." "Not yet." "You work alone?" "Luo Hou came for a while, then left again." Lilin sat down on a chair and apologized, "I'm bothering you." "Where!" Yao Mi said with a smile, "I'm doing an experiment. The chair is so close to the wall that it can be used as a recliner." Lilin was very concerned and said, "Why don't you go home and have a rest?"

Yao Mi's heart brightened, and she thought, "Oh! She's here to spy on me!" She replied sincerely, "I never go home when I'm at work. It's a habit. Of course, it's more free here than in the library." Some, but my mother may not have guests at home, and it is inconvenient to work at home. If I go home during working hours, my mother will be shocked and think I am sick." Lilin pointed to the three empty seats and asked, "Are they all as serious about their work as you?" "Come here usually, they have something to do today." Lilin was about to stand up, when Yao Mi accidentally lifted a corner of her uniform to reveal gorgeous brocade.She unceremoniously stretched out her hand and lifted off the uniform. Inside was a satin jacket woven with colorful brocade. Then she lifted up the corner of the dress and saw that the red silk lining half-hidden her excellent gray back. She couldn't help but exclaimed, "It's so beautiful! You're just wearing it?"

Embarrassed, Yao Mi hurriedly tucked up his uniform, and said with a smile, "The old clothes from before can't be worn now." Lilin is a homemaker, so she couldn't help but say, "What a pity! Wouldn't it wear a sweater a lot?" Yao Mi honestly admits that she doesn't know how to knit a sweater. "Your uniform is also custom-made, right?" Yao Mi said that she has an old tailor who is willing to work for regular customers when she is old.She, Mr. Du didn't want to leave, he was afraid that she would check further, so he said something: "Mr. Du, the old lady and younger sister are here, won't it bother you?"

"Let's go! I left yesterday afternoon. Our old lady is like a whirlwind. It suddenly came and then left. I want to keep Xiaoli, but the child will not." She sighed. "Anyway, Tianjin is close, so it's convenient to commute." "Who knows!" Lilin sighed again. "Every family has a hard-to-read scripture. Our old lady is a genius. Let's talk about the piano. I plan to buy one for Xiaoli. The old lady said: It's ready-made, so why buy it elsewhere? It’s as if what’s yours is mine. She suddenly wanted to come, but there wasn’t even a single letter, and it came right away. I had to let Yancheng sleep in his small study (Yao Mi knew from his mother that it was Yancheng’s kennel). Our bedroom Inside is a pair of large and medium beds. I let the old lady sleep on the bed opposite me, and let Xiao Li sleep with me. But the child insists on sleeping with the grandmother, and sleeps in a quilt. The bed is soft, and the old and the young roll together. I think the cushions are too thick. I want to make my study a bedroom for the old lady. She must buy an old-fashioned big bed—you know, the kind with four pillars, a top and drawers Bed. Where can I find it? I asked her to bring her big bed from Tianjin. The old lady said that she is not used to living in Beijing; her house in Tianjin is big, but the house in Beijing is too small. Yesterday Xiaoli had aphthous sores on the corner of her mouth, she said It's because of the heat. I left as soon as I said, and I didn't stay for a day. I wanted to keep Xiaoli, but the child refused. She only recognizes her grandma, and her parents don't recognize her. Grandma is not willing to listen to her son. To Xiaoli, she is obedient and obedient." Lilin sighed and said, "I can't help it. The child is mine, and if you spoil it, it's still my child!" She restrained herself, apologized, and said, "I'm sorry for talking too much. You're impatient to hear that, aren't you?" Yao Mi comforted her and said, "It's good for the child to learn." "Yancheng said the same thing. He—he didn't care much, he was only worried that his mother would trouble his aunt again when she returned to Tianjin. But I—oh, I miss the child!" She wiped her eyes with tears Say, "I should go." Yao Mi was very sympathetic, and just as she didn't know what words to comfort her, Lilin stood up, shook her long hair in the shawl, forced a smile and said: "I think women are the most ridiculous and pitiful. Once married, they can't get rid of their own families. They only care about their children and their husbands. Men—" She snorted with a sneer in her nose, "Men don't seem to be Not like this." She left this sentence, waved to Yao Mi, turned around and left, and let Yao Mi savor her "pre-going glances". Before going to bed that day, Du Lilin said to Yancheng consciously or unconsciously: "Your Miss Yao is really extravagant. You can wear a brocade and satin gray back jacket under your uniform." Yancheng suddenly had several words to blurt out.One is to protest that Miss Yao is not his.The second is to ask her when she saw the brocade jacket under Miss Yao's uniform.Third, Ms. Yao must have been particular about her clothes before, so why not wear her current clothes?Fourth, it is not a luxury to keep old clothes and not make new ones.But he refrained from opening his mouth.He didn't seem to hear it, and he didn't seem to be interested, so he changed his mind: "Lilin must have gone to the office again. What are you doing? Go spy! Otherwise, why didn't you say it?" Lilin whispered to herself: "I can't even make a sweater." Yancheng wanted to blurt out something again.He wanted to say: "She has morning class in the morning, evening class in the evening, and she has to go to work during the day, so she has no time to knit a sweater!" But he still didn't make a sound, only hearing Lilin's last sentence confirmed his guess : Lipan did go to the office again. Lilin didn't say much.Didn't Yancheng hear her speak?He obviously didn't want to talk about Yao Mi with her.He and Yao Mi have something in common, but she is an outsider.