the time you love

Chapter 22 I Will Marry You Tomorrow (1)
At [-]:[-] in the evening, we arrived at Wucheng Airport.

After calling for a car, he took me downstairs, but he didn't get out of the car, he just said, "Tourmy, you go up first, I'll be back later."

I knew that he was going to see his mother, and He Amber must be there, so I hesitated and said, "I'll go with you."

"Aren't you not happy to see Amber?" He was a little surprised, "Don't force it, I can handle it myself."

I smiled and hugged his arm, "Who said I was going to see her, your mother sprained her leg, I'll go see her."

He smiled and told the driver: "Building 2, Shuhuayuan."

Probably Zhou Nuoyan notified He Amber in advance that he was coming. This woman was dressed up beautifully and was waiting for us in the room.

"Where's mother?" Zhou Nuoyan asked this in the first sentence.

"Go to bed," He Amber pointed to the closed door next to the dining room, "I have to accompany her to the hospital for IV drips these days, if I hadn't been waiting for you to come, I would have fallen asleep too, and filming on the set is already tiring enough That's right, I have to wait on her when I come back."

I couldn't help interjecting: "Where's Zhou Shouxin? Is he not here?"

"Him?" He Amber sneered, with a contemptuous look on her face, "Wanwan drank like mud, how dare I count on him?"

Zhou Nuoyan frowned and sat down on the sofa, "Call him and ask him to come back."

"No need, you brothers have something to say another day. If you come today, I will just tell you that you take over this mess, and I will move out tomorrow. In the next few days, I will go to the lawyer's office with Shouxin to go through the divorce procedures , don't stop it."

Zhou Nuoyan hooked the corners of his lips, and said lightly: "Why should I stop? I don't care whether you are divided or united."

"That would be great."

Zhou Nuoyan raised his wrist to check the time, and asked her, "Why did my mother sprain her foot? What did the doctor say?"

"Ask your brother."

She really didn't give Zhou Nuoyan face, I ran to the kitchen to pour water for them, and visited He Amber's new house by the way, this was my first time here, everything I saw felt fresh.I have to admit that He Amber is really a woman who knows the way of pleasure. The gorgeous bathroom is speechless. I don't think the money for ordinary people to decorate a house may not be able to catch up with the cost of her bathroom.

After strolling back, seeing their sword-stretching posture, I thought what's the matter, didn't I just say it well?Sitting next to Zhou Nuoyan, he naturally held my hand in his palm.

"You—" He Amber glanced over sharply.

"I'm getting married to Tourmaline."

He Amber stared her eyes as big as copper bells. After a while, she slowly recovered and looked at me thoughtfully.I knew what she was going to say and smiled at her nonchalantly.

The phone rang, He Amber went to answer it, hung up after a few words, turned around and went into the room and took out the handbag, I couldn't help but glance at the clock on the wall, it was almost twelve o'clock, she time to go out?
He Amber walked a few steps, and suddenly remembered something, then went back and took a medical record card and put it on the table, "Take mom tomorrow, the doctor said that there is still inflammation, and I need to continue dripping. I want to film, but I can't pass. After finishing speaking, she seemed to think of something, and added unwillingly, "Anyway, she will soon have a new daughter-in-law, so it doesn't matter if I go or not."

"That makes sense," I said, holding the medical record card in my hand, "I'll go tomorrow."

Zhou Nuoyan acquiesced, He Amber glared at me angrily, then slammed the door and left.

The living room suddenly became quiet, Zhou Nuoyan and I looked at each other.He patted me on the shoulder, took away the medical record card, and said, "I'll go tomorrow, you go back and rest."

I was anxious, and grabbed it over, "It's all agreed, I don't want Amber to see a joke."

He had nothing to do with me, rubbed his temples, and compromised with a smile: "Okay then, let's go together tomorrow, I want to stay here tonight, why don't I send you back first? Come here by yourself at nine o'clock tomorrow."

"Why are you so troublesome? What time is it? I'm going to sleep when I go back, so I can't sleep here? Why run around!" Before he agreed, I grabbed a pillow and crawled into his arms.

He had no choice but to hug me, lowered his head and whispered in my ear: "I'm afraid you're not used to it, I want to talk to Shouxin when he comes back."

"About the inheritance?"

He nodded, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.I raised my hand to smooth it, hesitated to speak.

He saw my little trick and said, "You want to ask if I will give half of the inheritance to Shouxin?"

"Well, if you are willing to say..." This is clearly duplicity, I know that I must show a look of can't wait, for a person like me who doesn't know how to pretend to be deep, his true nature will be revealed as soon as he is caught, especially in front of this man.

"We will soon be husband and wife, and there are some things that you should not hide from you. Besides, you will know sooner or later. Instead of letting you hear it, it is better for me to tell you myself." At this point, he paused, "keeping promises is not my father's life. son."

I have already guessed this matter, the last time I talked with his mother on the phone at the airport, although she didn't say it clearly, and I didn't ask, but as a woman, my sixth sense is not too bad.

"My father was very concerned about this until the moment before he died. To be honest, I can't say no to her."

"But these years, you have been funding Zhou Shouxin, which shows that you still have a lot of affection for your mother."

"After all, she is my mother, can she really let her go?"

I looked at him with distress. This man was caught between the guilt towards his father and the intolerance of his mother and younger brother. His heart was on his father's side, but he couldn't abandon his mother and younger brother.He is doomed not to be forgiven by his father, and his mother blindly favors his younger brother, and this so-called younger brother is not up to date, thinking about it makes me feel wronged for him.

"The grievance between your parents is a matter of the previous generation. It is reasonable for you to take care of them. Don't feel sorry for your father." I am usually eloquent, but when I need to comfort others, I am at a loss for words.In fact, if I were in his situation, I think I would be caught in it myself, in a dilemma.Who doesn't know the majestic truth?But not everyone can see through.

After waiting all night, Zhou Shouxin didn't come back.I snuggled up to him and fell asleep in the middle of the night. When I woke up in the morning, I found myself lying comfortably on the high-end leather sofa in the study, covered with his coat.

There was a note under the coffee table next to it, which read: "Tourma, I'm going to the hospital first, you don't have to rush over when you wake up, go buy some porridge and bring it here at noon, I'll wait for you in my office."

I quickly got up, went to the bathroom to freshen up briefly, grabbed my hair twice and rushed out.In the taxi, I called Zhou Nuoyan on his cell phone, and he quickly picked it up.

"Why didn't you wake me up?" Although he knew that he had good intentions, he still felt annoyed.

"It's just an IV drip, and you don't need two people to accompany you." He explained with a slightly hoarse voice.

I lost my temper immediately, and said with concern: "I didn't sleep all night last night? You find a place to rest. Anyway, there is a nurse watching over the IV drip. By the way, I will buy lunch and eat with you later."

"Remember to bring the porridge here..." He did not forget to tell me.

"Is the preserved egg and lean meat porridge okay?"

"Row."

"OK, wait for me."

When I went there at noon, the door of the office was open, but no one was there.I found a few newspapers and put them on the table, and called him as soon as I put down the takeaway.The bell rang twice before being pressed, and someone knocked on the door. I turned around and saw him standing at the door.

"Have you bought it?"

I nodded and handed him the preserved egg and lean pork porridge.

"You eat first, I'll be back soon." He turned around quickly, and it was only then that I noticed that he was wearing a white coat.

He sat down absent-mindedly, opened the lunch box, and flipped through a magazine he had placed on the table, eating while reading.For some reason, I remembered that I used to have dinner with him, and I was so dual-purpose, but he gave me a good meal every time.

"What are you laughing at?" He came back and saw that I was enjoying myself alone.

"No." I urged him to eat quickly, and then asked, "How is your mother? I'll go and see her later."

He took something out of his pocket and put it in front of me, "My mother asked me to hand it over to you."

I glanced at the thing, and it was a black suede square box, very delicate and beautiful.I murmured with a spoon in my mouth.He raised his hand and patted me, he got used to it naturally, and began to teach me again: "Don't hold the spoon in your mouth, why haven't you got rid of this bad habit?"

"Why are you just like my dad..." I whispered.

He seemed a little stiff.

I smiled and said, "Are you taboo about this? My parents have passed away for so many years, and I have long accepted the reality."

"No," he denied my statement, "it's just that I feel uncomfortable when you suddenly mention the deceased."

I didn't bother with him, I opened the box and took out an emerald bracelet from it.After taking a closer look, I asked him, "Your mother gave it to me?"

"Yeah." He glanced at it, "Put it on, it matches your skin tone very well."

I smiled and handed it over, as if it was a matter of course.

He held my wrist, put the bracelet in carefully, looked at it for a long time, and then said: "My father bought this, I don't think she still has it."

I thought about it, pulled out a tissue and stood up, "Which ward is she in? I'll go thank her."

Goodbye Guo Jiahui, I was taken aback by her.I remember the first time I saw her in the Mingzhu Building, she gave me an amazing feeling at that time, but after only a few months, she has become so haggard and old.

She was very happy to see me coming, the creases in the corners of her eyes were smiling, and she repeatedly asked me to sit next to her.

I first checked the infusion situation, sat down beside her according to Yan, raised my hand and shook it, motioning her to look at the bracelet, "It's very beautiful, thank you auntie, I like it very much."

"As long as you like it," she put her palm on the back of my hand, "Have you chosen a date? I can help. I asked about the promise just now, and he said it hasn't been decided yet."

"Yeah, it's not decided yet." She probably thought that Zhou Nuoyan didn't tell her on purpose, but I looked down and saw the bruises with pinholes on her arms. Say it again."

She stopped insisting, paused, and said with a slightly self-deprecating tone: "As people get older, their hands and feet become weak."

I quickly comforted her: "Don't think so, you are still in good spirits. Injury is an accident. If you don't pay attention, it will happen. It has nothing to do with age. I will trip myself when I wear slippers at home."

She smiled, even though she was in poor spirits, her smile was still beautiful, exuding nobility and elegance.Such an extreme woman, if the facts were not in front of me, I would really find it hard to believe that she would commit infidelity to her husband.

The preserved egg and lean pork porridge I brought was still intact. After obtaining her consent, I picked up the porridge and fed it to her spoon by spoon.She looked at me intently, as if she was looking at something, which made a thick-skinned person like me unable to resist.

After eating porridge, I wanted her to lie down and rest, but she kept holding my hand, so I had to chat with her.She told me a lot about Zhou Nuoyan's childhood. I naturally listened very deeply, but the person who told me was more devoted than me.

I think, she is too lonely, she needs someone to listen to her talk.

It was evening when she finished her transfusion, and I took her home, to Zhou Nuoyan's home.She didn't want to at first, and no matter how much I tried to persuade her, I had an idea and said, "Auntie, you can move here. After two days, when you feel better, please accompany me to try on the wedding dress."

She was moved, but still hesitated, "But, keep your word..."

"Auntie, let the promise handle the matter of keeping promises, and don't worry about it."

She still wanted to say something, I walked two steps quickly, and went forward to hail a taxi, but she had no choice but to keep silent.

Along the way, she seemed a little silent, and I didn't speak. I took out my mobile phone and sent Zhou Nuoyan a text message. He went to find Zhou Shouxin and packed his mother's luggage by the way.I asked him when he'd be back, but he didn't, probably in a showdown with someone.

"Tourma, do you think I'm too eccentric as a mother?" She asked me suddenly.

I was leaning over to help her make the bed in the guest room. After thinking about it, I said lightly, "It's understandable. After all, Shouxin has been with you since childhood. People are like this. If you see more, your heart will be biased."

She smiled slightly: "Amber is your older sister. I have been with her for a long time, so I need to get a little more familiar with her. In fact, you two sisters not only look alike, but even have the same lovable aura. You are very good at talking and making people happy, but Amber has good intentions, but you are natural."

After that, I went back to my room to surf the Internet, and the image of He Amber was always in my mind.She and I have been used as cross-references more than once or twice. It is no exaggeration to say that I have lived in her shadow since childhood.At that time, the most compared was a face. My parents were not partial, and I must have my share in buying her clothes, shoes and socks. But this is even worse. Wearing the same style of clothes, it is easier to compare.Since she was in elementary school, boys have fought for her, and they wanted to be at the same table as her.After entering junior high school, it was even more remarkable. She received several love letters almost every day, and her seniors accounted for the majority, and the romance of her life began.I was miserable. I was thin and small when I was in elementary school. I sat in the first row for six years. Fortunately, my skin was fair, and I finally made up for it. Otherwise, I would be the best interpreter of malnutrition.My mother was worried about my height, and my father and I were secretly studying some genetic mutations. For a long time, I was forced to drink milk as water. It was the kind that made me feel sick. I don’t know if it is really effective , but I really grew taller. I broke out completely in the second year of junior high school. The first half of the school year seemed to be a watershed. I had a faint upward trend, but it was not obvious. After that, I started to grow rapidly, and I probably jumped in six months. I grew by five or six centimeters, and then thrived at a rate of two or three centimeters per year. I was 1.7 meters tall in my third year of high school, three centimeters taller than He Amber, and because I was thin, I looked particularly tall.Because of this, He Amber was worried, and I finally felt elated, but I didn't have much confidence in my figure, and I felt that it was incomparable with her exquisite and graceful.

Zhou Nuoyan came back very late that day. I wanted to ask him how the conversation was going, but I swallowed the words again. When this man wanted to say something, he would naturally say, I'm fine, so why bother.

The marriage was delayed like this, Zhou Nuoyan returned to work, and it was not enough to stay in the hospital during the day, and often worked overtime at night.I think he is deliberately avoiding his mother, and so is his mother, so I became a transit point.It happened that I hadn’t gone out to look for a job yet, and it took me a day to watch TV with her, talking and laughing, but even so, I could still feel that something was wrong with her. The foot injury was slowly getting better, but she was getting better and better. Haggard and rapidly aging, she looks like a different person from the first time they met.What makes me angry is that she moved here for two weeks, not to mention He Amber, and even Zhou Shouxin never came to visit her. This kind of son is really a waste of money.

Until one day, when I was cleaning his mother's room, I accidentally found a medical record card that I had never seen before.

I secretly copied a copy of the medical record card, and then went to the hospital to find Zhou Nuoyan.

He glanced a few times, his expression a little dignified.

I had an ominous premonition, and cautiously probed: "How is it? What is the disease?"

"Where did you find it?"

"On your mother's bedside table, she told me early this morning that there seemed to be mosquitoes in the room, which disturbed her to sleep well at night, so I went in to help her take a look."

"Leave it to me, you go back first." He put the paper into the bottom of the folder, planning to continue looking at his files.

I was anxious and said, "Why are you acting like a normal person? It clearly says 'cancer'. I can't understand the academic terms on the medical record, but it doesn't mean I can't understand English."

He looked up at me and said calmly, "Since you understand everything, why come to ask me?"

"You..." His indifferent attitude made me very uncomfortable. I felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't say anything. "Your mother's illness is very serious? You seem to have known it a long time ago, why did you hide it from me?"

"I didn't know until I saw what you copied."

"Cancer will kill people at any time! That person is your mother, aren't you nervous or in a hurry?"

He thought for a while and said, "Well then, do me a favor, call Shouxin and tell him about it."

I was a little confused: "Why don't you say it yourself?"

(End of this chapter)