When Hang Hang saw Li Shi again, it was obvious that he was much more indifferent. His eyes were no different from looking at a stranger, and he no longer called him "Dad" or "Dad". Occasionally, he had something to look for him, but when he couldn't avoid it, he muttered "Dad" in a mosquito-like whisper, but his eyes were evasive and blurred.
As for Li Shi, when he was with Hang Hang, he also became unnatural. He tried his best to be the same as before, but even outsiders could see the awkwardness in his expression.
Ding Nan tried many times to deal with it, but the effect was not obvious. He could only let nature take its course. However, he sighed in his heart. The child had indeed grown up.
When Hu Yu called her again, it was already a Saturday afternoon in early April. She put down the phone and knew that the goods had arrived. She called Li Shi, who was playing cards on the computer, to go down and get them. Li Shi stared at the computer and said,"You go down first. I'm almost done here.”
She frowned and sighed out of habit. She ran downstairs to pick it up and saw a dark red taxi parked at the steps in front of the building. The trunk was open and Hu Yu was standing behind the car, looking in her direction.
She ran down the stairs and came to the back of the car. As she greeted Hu Yu, the two of them carried two big bags of things from the trunk. The taxi drove away. After waiting for a few more minutes, Li Shi did not come down. She had no choice but to combine the two bags into one and carry them up with Hu Yu.
When they went upstairs, she asked casually,"Sis, don't you have a car? Why didn't he drive here? Why did he take a taxi? How inconvenient."
Under the dim light in the corridor, Hu Yu's expression changed slightly and seemed to have turned red. She did not look at Ding Nan and walked up the stairs step by step. She said,"I sold my car."
Ding Nan stared at her for a few seconds. His intuition told him that she had never gotten into the car. But why did he lie? Perhaps there was a little vanity in it, but Ding Nan analyzed that it was probably because she felt that at her age, she should have had a good foundation. Moreover, she was in the wholesale business. It was really unreasonable for her not to have a car, so she lied to others.
She went up to the second floor and carried him to the front of the house. She took out her keys and was about to open the door when the door opened by itself. Li Shi looked like he was about to go out and said,"I was just about to go down. Heh, this big bag is not light.”As he greeted Hu Yu, he carried the big bag of goods inside and placed it on the balcony outside.
She rolled her eyes at him and did not say anything. She brought Hu Yu into the house.
She was stunned when she opened the package. She didn't order the packaging for those goods. She thought that the simple packaging from the factory would be enough. The Chinese goods she bought online were all like that, so she didn't mind. However, the new goods all had exquisite individual packaging with the same logo printed on it. One look and she knew that it was Hu Yu's work.
She looked at Hu Yu and was touched." Sis, you're really thoughtful. How much do you need to add?"”
Hu Yu waved his hand." No need. It's not much money." I heard that you wanted to brand the pants with the Han national standard, so you definitely wanted to increase the quality and price of the pants. I thought that a more formal packaging was also necessary, so I helped you get it. Actually, it's not much money, but the quality of the pants has increased a lot.”
Ding Nan nodded and said," That's right. We can't lose a lot of benefits just to save a little money. This is neglecting the essentials and pursuing the trifles." I'll buy all the goods from your house in the future. I gave you 1000 yuan last time, and you're still short of 2000 yuan, right? I'll give it to you now." As she spoke, she walked to the table on the south wall of the room and pulled open the drawer. She took out the 2,000 yuan that she had prepared earlier and put it in an envelope. She walked over and handed it to Hu Yu.
Hu Yu took it, tapped it, and put it in her bag.
Ding Nan brought a pot of tea from the living room and poured Hu Yu and himself a cup each. He sat down and looked at Hu Yu."By the way, Sis, didn't I order a hundred black and white ones? I want fewer colored ones. I want a total of fifty pieces.”
Hu Yu nodded and said," Alright, tomorrow will do. The day after tomorrow at the latest. I have all these in stock. There's no need to ship them from the factory."”
"I also want the same Han national standard and packaging for these other colors. Is that okay?" Ding Nan instructed.”
Hu Yu thought for a moment and said," It's a little troublesome. I have to find a tailor shop to process it. But no problem. Sure, I'll give it to you later. I'll send it to you the day after tomorrow."”
Ding Nan thought for a moment and asked again,"By the way, I forgot to ask you last time. If these goods have quality problems, they can be returned, right?"”
Hu Yu said readily," No problem. Usually, custom-made ones won't have any major problems. If there really is a quality problem, I'll return it to the manufacturer for you to exchange."”
Ding Nan nodded and said,"Okay." He picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of tea. He glanced at Hu Yu and said,"Sister took a taxi here today. How are we going back later? Take the bus?"
Hu Yu's face flashed with an imperceptible hint of embarrassment, but it quickly disappeared. He said indifferently,""Wang Bo will pick me up on an electric bike later.”
"Ah?" Ding Nan said in surprise. That's good. I'll take a look later and help you advise.”
Hu Yu smiled bitterly and said," This person is not bad. He treats me very well, but he doesn't work."”
Just as they were talking, Hu Yu's phone rang. She looked at it and said," It's Bo Wang." She picked up the call. She said,"Oh, I'm done. I'll go down in a while. Wait downstairs for a while."”
"Why don't you let him come up?" Ding Nan asked hurriedly.”
Hu Yu shook his head repeatedly and said,"No need, no need."”However, he still sat there and did not have the intention of getting up to leave.
Ding Nan guessed that she still had something to say and did not seem willing to see Wang Bo immediately.
As expected, Hu Yu's brows were filled with melancholy as he slowly opened his mouth and said,""To be honest, it's quite contradictory sometimes. Wang Bo's parents are very good to me. Every time I go back to Shunyi, they bring us this and that. I'm willing to live a simple life like this if I have a house in the city. The car was cheap, let alone the car. There was nothing. There was no end to these days.”
Ding Nan was deep in thought. After a moment of silence, he said,"Yeah, it's not that we women are realistic. It's just that life is so realistic. We have to have a place to stay, right? We can't always live in the basement, right? Otherwise, there would be ready-made material resources. If there were none, it would be fine for the two of them to work together. They had to work hard together and see hope. A single woman was already suffering. How was she going to live if she found a useless man? It's better not to look for it."
Hu Yu could not help but ask,""Is Li Shi alright? After all, she lived in the city. If she couldn't do it, she could return to her home. Bo Wang's house was in the suburbs of Shunyi. It was the same as not having a house.”
Ding Nan bit her lip and said," That's true, and he said the same thing. If I were alone, even if my child grew up and was no longer by my side like you, it would not be a problem for me to live with him in his house. The situation now is that I'm taking care of a child, and he has a child too. Do you think it's appropriate for such a family to live with his elderly?”
Hu Yu thought about it and nodded. There were a lot of things to take care of in a combined family, so it was better to live alone if they had the conditions.”
As Hu Yu was speaking, her phone rang again. She looked at it and said embarrassedly,"It's Wang Bo. He's urging me. I have to go.”She pressed the phone, got up, and was about to leave.
Ding Nan also quickly stood up and said,"I originally wanted to invite you to stay for dinner. Let's go. I'll send you down and see your boyfriend at the same time. I'll help you decide whether to continue or give up.”
The two of them went downstairs together. Hu Yu looked around and then walked to an alley on the right. Ding Nan followed her and looked in the direction of her gaze. In the distance, a tall and thin man stood beside an electric bike and looked over. Looking at Hu Yu again, she actually had the reserved and excited look of a shy young lady. This made Ding Nan's heart skip a beat. Presumably, after putting aside the pressure of reality, this woman still had feelings for Wang Bo.
When they got closer, Hu Yu introduced them to each other. Wang Bo smiled and said," Hello." He reached out his hand, wanting to shake Ding Nan's hand, but before she could reach out, he retracted his hand, as if he felt that it was inappropriate to shake hands with a woman. Ding Nan could only smile at him and nod, saying," Hello."
She took a closer look at the man in front of her. He was tall, thin, and well-built. He was energetic, polite, and had a good temperament. Although they were the same age, he looked younger than Hu Yu. When the two of them stood together, they looked like brother and sister who were two years apart.
Wang Bo got on the electric bike. Hu Yu held his waist and sat in the back seat. She turned around and smiled at Ding Nan as she waved goodbye. The haze from the afternoon chat was gone from her face, and it was filled with happiness and sweetness. This expression caused Ding Nan to have an illusion and confusion for a moment. She did not know if the happy Hu Yu in front of her was real or the depressed Hu Yu in the afternoon was real. Perhaps both were real. Sometimes, many people did not know what they really wanted. She thought that she did not want simple and ordinary happiness and that she was more obsessed with high-quality life enjoyment. However, she did not know that in the process of pursuing the latter, she had lost her happiness. At that time, The only thing that encouraged him to move forward was unwillingness.
Unwilling, still unwilling. If one held onto the simple and ordinary happiness and gave up on the pursuit of a quality life, one would feel unwilling. On the contrary, if one sat on the life they wanted but no longer had the happiness in their hearts, they would definitely feel unwilling and would weigh the pros and cons in turn. Perhaps this life was a cycle of unwillingness, giving up, and pursuit.
When she returned to the house, she could not help but size up Li Shi carefully. Did she love the man in front of her? Did she feel happy with her current life? Back then, in order to keep Hang Hang in Beijing, in order for Hang Hang to have a complete family and a father with a Beijing household register, she chose to have a trial marriage with him for a year. Perhaps as long as she was willing, they could get married and live together forever. But was she willing? She asked herself in her heart. However, another voice quickly jumped out from the bottom of his heart. It was still unwilling. She was not willing to live a tasteless life with a man she did not love just for the sake of stability!
However, she was still willing to give it another try. She wanted to try to fall in love and make life more interesting.
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