I sat at the table and ate the hot food of my mother, while my mother sat opposite me with me. My father still sat on the sofa and watched TV in his original position.

If my heart doesn't move, it won't hurt, so I didn't let my emotions affect my appetite, and I ate it voraciously under the control of hunger.

"Zhaoyang, do you know how old you are after this year?" My mother finally said the first sentence to me.

“27.”

"Well, I'm not confused yet!"

I stopped chewing, looked at my mother, and said for a while, "Mom, why do I feel like you always treat me as a fool? It's okay to forget it, is this the first day of the beginning of the New Year suitable?"

"If you are not stupid, can you do so many unrestrained things? Tell me, what kind of life should a 27-year-old man have?"

"Is this answer reliable when marrying a wife and having children, and stable career?"

"It's reliable, but look at yourself. Does the eight words now have something to do with you?"

I shook my head with little confidence and said, "No...but since the second half of last year, I have been following these eight words and working hard. You must not deny me."

"I don't deny you, but you have to tell me what you have achieved after your hard work."

"Mom, this is not something that can be achieved overnight. How can it be fruitful so quickly?"

"No matter how you say it, you have a way to argue... I don't want to nag you during the Chinese New Year, just ask you something."

"You ask, I promise to give you a comment."

My mother nodded and said, "Tell me, after finishing the matter in Suzhou, do you plan to go back to Xuzhou?"

"This...I'm really unsure of this now."

My mother's expression suddenly became unhappy: "You are a child who is not adjusted, I don't expect you to wake up. I will do this for you. I will give you another two months, and you will return to Xuzhou in two months... It just so happened that your father and I also used this time to ask relatives and friends to borrow some money and help you pay the down payment for the house. From now on, you will stay in Xuzhou to find a job and pay the mortgage by yourself!"

"Mom, how can I worry about the house and my dad? I'm so old, I really can't bear it. Even if I buy a house, I will find a way myself..."

My mother sneered: "I think of a way? When one day the housing prices in Xuzhou drop to two or three thousand per square meter, I have to consider whether you can do it."

My face suddenly faded, and I knew that my mother was so skillful that she wanted to use a house to completely trap me in Xuzhou. If I really bought a house and had a high mortgage, I wouldn't be honest anymore.

But what can I do? In these unbearable years, my mother has completely lost confidence in me. I think I am really failure, so no one is willing to give me a little trust.

At this time, the father Ban finally spoke. He said to his mother: "I don't agree to borrow money to buy a house. This matter should be solved by himself. We support him to finish his college years and have fulfilled his obligation to be a parent."

"Old Zhao, it's wrong for you to say that. We have been busy all our lives just for our son? We bought a house for him not to indulge him, but to put some pressure on him, otherwise he wouldn't know how to calm down."

"He lets him walk his own way. If you support him like this and support him, he will never be able to walk steadily for the rest of his life."

"Lao Zhao, why are you so relieved? Let me tell you that half of the reason why our worry-free son has become like this now is because you are indulging him. If you were willing to take more control at the beginning, he wouldn't have broken up with Xiao Yun... What a good girl, I feel sorry for thinking about it now!"

I felt cowardly in my heart, and I was even more afraid that the two of them would argue about me on the first day of the New Year. I hurriedly said, "Dad, Mom, don't argue, especially don't make a fuss for me. It's really not worth it..."

Daddy Ban said nothing, but his mother said angrily: "Zhaoyang, if you don't want to see our family restless, hurry up and calm down."

"Mom, you just want to be at ease, right? Can't I listen to you?"

My mother sat back on the chair and said to me: "I'll call Xiao Yun later. You can find a place to chat in the evening and see what Xiao Yun is thinking now."

I felt helpless and said with a wry smile for a while: "Do you think I'm embarrassed to recruit Xiaoyun?"

"Why are you so embarrassed to have so many boys? I'll call Xiao Yun now. If Xiao Yun says he doesn't want to see you, I will never force you. If Xiao Yun wants to, you will go out to meet her in the evening."

After saying that, my mother didn't give me a chance to speak at all and immediately took out her cell phone and dialed Li Xiaoyun's phone number.

A moment later, the phone was answered. My mother said a few words and handed me the phone and said, "Xiao Yun wants to talk to you. Look, no girl is as squeamish as you!"

I can't say anything about my suffering, of course Li Xiaoyun doesn't need to be shy, because she has never felt sorry for me, but I am ashamed of her.

I took the phone from my mother's hand and felt my heart beating faster. I tried my best to think of the opening remarks in my mind, but I was completely silent when I put the phone in my ears, until the strange and familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Zhaoyang, are you listening to the phone?"

"Well... this, that... I'm listening!" My first sentence was incoherent.

Li Xiaoyun smiled and said, "Have you been stuttering in Suzhou?"

After being joked by Li Xiaoyun, I finally felt a little relieved, and then in a normal tone, I said, "I didn't stutter... Happy New Year, Xiaoyun!"

"Happy New Year."

I fell into silence again, because the two people who broke up could not talk about the past or the future, and I really couldn't find the topic.

My mother winked at me, and I also needed to solve this awkward silence, so I simply let my mother go, and finally said to Li Xiaoyun: "Are you free tonight? I'll treat you to coffee."

Li Xiaoyun smiled but didn't say anything.

I hurriedly said, "If you don't have time, just forget it, don't force it!"

"If you have time, you have time, but you have to tell me if you came empty-handed again this time and finally let me pay the bill!"

Facing Li Xiaoyun's joke, I felt embarrassed and sad. At this moment, I think Li Xiaoyun is really a very good girl. She accommodated my poverty and downturn when she first met.

After a long silence, I said an extremely serious sentence in a joking tone: "Don't worry, I still saved some money. As long as you want, the coffee will make you vomit."

"Okay, at 8 o'clock in the evening, it's still the same cafe."

"Yeah, see you at 8 o'clock."

...

After finishing the call with Li Xiaoyun, I returned my phone to my mother. My mother looked at me with admiration and said, "I look like a man. I have a good chat with Xiaoyun at night. The girl's temperament will last for a while. If Xiaoyun really cares about you, she will give you a chance."

"Mom, don't be too expectant. You have to go on a date with Xiao Yun tonight. It was completely imposed by you. I guess Xiao Yun is like me. She can't wipe your face and will reluctantly agree."

"Does Xiao Yun look at my face? I don't care... or the same thing, if Xiao Yun is willing to forgive you, you can live with her well. If she has no feelings for you, Zhaoyang, I will never force you."

"Mom, you are so clear about the righteousness of your words, and you can't miss it!"

"Shaoxiaopo, I'll take a good chance tonight. I know a little bit about the situation of that Suzhou girl. She is not suitable for you, Zhaoyang. Don't dream of eating swan meat anymore. Hurry up and calm your heart down, do you know?"

I felt a little bored again and didn't say anything. As for Li Xiaoyun, I would rather chat with her as a friend I met again after a long time.

...

After ending the torture my mother gave me, I finally returned to my room to rest, and then took out the engagement diamond ring I gave to Li Xiaoyun from my bag.

After staring at this diamond ring for a long time, I made a decision. I planned to use this ring as a good example, and then go to Aji to redeem the guitar that Jian Wei gave me.

This seems ridiculous, but I have lived a ridiculous life and don’t care about being ridiculous once. At least this absurdity can be fulfilled after this absurdity, and face her openly from now on, it seems that it is not ridiculous.
Chapter completed!