cast a peach

Chapter 14 Stay Here

Although Tan Mingli drank a little wine, his mind was very clear.She looks slender and doesn't seem to be able to drink, but she actually has a good capacity for alcohol.

She still remembered to ask Xiao Shui for his opinion, but the atmosphere was so good now that she was a little reluctant to break the warm and tranquility that flowed like water.

But in the end it has to be said.

She looked softly at the girl's expression, Xiao Shui seemed to be a little drunk, her cheeks were pink, and her eyes were swaying with water.

He looks more obedient.

Tan Mingli's heart softened, and he called softly: "Xiao Shui?"

Zhao Guangshui agreed in a daze, looked up at her in confusion, his eyes seemed to blink more slowly than usual.She did get a little drunk.

Tan Mingli stretched out his hand to gently support the girl's chin, and touched the girl's soft red lips with his thumb.

Lips are not punctured but vermilion, eyebrows are not painted but black.

These are a few ancient sentences she can memorize rarely, and they seem to be suitable for describing Xiaoshui.

Tan Mingli smiled lightly, and carefully hugged the confused girl.

Forget it.

Xiao Shui was so sleepy that he couldn't keep his eyes open, let's talk about it some other time.

early morning.

Zhao Guangshui sat on the bed in a daze.

Last night, she drank a little red wine, which helped her sleep a little bit. She rarely slept well, and she seemed to have a very good and sweet dream in a vague way.

I dreamed that Sister Li gently tapped her lips.Sister Li is so gentle and soft, carrying the fragrance of Qingze, the gaze that looks at her is like a deep river.

Then Sister Li leaned closer to her...

Dream here is gone.

oops!Annoyed, Zhao Guangshui took the quilt and wrapped himself into a spring roll—why didn't it disappear?

She usually remembers nightmares clearly, why did she finally have a good dream and it stopped abruptly... She sighed in frustration.

The uncontrollable throbbing in the dream seemed to still linger in her heart, and she pressed her lips lightly in a strange way.

strangeness……

Why can't I feel anything when I touch it?

It's completely different from the feeling of being lightly tapped by Sister Li in the dream.

The throbbing that seemed to have touched the soul through the lips was still trembling in the heart.

Because of the dream, Zhao Guangshui didn't dare to look directly at Tan Mingli this morning, and felt inexplicably shy when he saw Sister Li.She quickly finished her meal and wanted to sneak away to wash the dishes, but Tan Mingli stopped her softly.

"Little water."

The face of a woman without makeup in the morning is pure and gentle, like clean and transparent white porcelain, and like a self-made white lotus petal. Compared with Duanyan who put on light makeup last night, she has a more elegant style.

"Why did you eat in such a hurry this morning?" Tan Mingli teased her with a smile, beckoning her not to leave yet:

"Let's talk for a while, okay?"

Zhao Guangshui obediently nodded and agreed, not showing it on the surface, but he was a little nervous in his heart.

——Did Sister Pear find anything?

Tan Mingli hesitated to speak slowly in his heart, and said softly: "Xiao Shui, have you been in touch with your mother recently?"

After thinking for a long time last night, she didn't know how to ask Xiao Shui if she would like to stay.

It was strange for her to say this.

In fact, Xiao Shui might not necessarily be willing to live with her - after all, she has no status or position.

What is she?Zhao Zhihua's friendship is not deep or shallow, or is it a divorced woman who lives alone with an embarrassing status, or Xiaoshui's distant elder?

It seemed that once something happened to Xiao Shui, she didn't know what to do.Xiaoshui is like a piece of precious and fragile porcelain. She wants to cherish it too much, but she seems timid and self-defeating.

Zhao Guangshui was stunned for a moment, he really didn't expect Tan Mingli to ask her mother, he thought for a while and replied: "No contact..."

The last time I called was about military training.

In fact, she has her mother's wechat phone number, but her mother doesn't like her, and she doesn't want to disturb her mother's mood for no reason.

And she herself really doesn't know what to say to her mother. It's okay to have someone else on the surface. Zhao Zhihua can still tease her through adults with a smile on her face. When the two of them are alone in private, the atmosphere will suddenly become silent. Every time Conversations between mother and daughter are always stilted and awkward.

I often video chat with my grandfather.

Although grandpa didn't say it clearly, she could tell that grandpa missed her very much, and he often told her that he talked even more than she did at home.She was brought up by her grandfather, she has a temperament and nostalgia, and she misses her grandfather very much.

Tan Mingli sighed slightly in her heart, her expression became softer:

"Then do you want to live with mom?"

Zhao Guangshui was extremely smart and transparent, so he didn't need to say any more, just these two sentences had already comprehended the meaning behind Tan Mingli's asking these questions.

She raised her eyes and looked straight at the woman in front of her.

——Sister Li wants to go home and live with her mother?

What is this?Are you politely seeing off a guest?Zhao Guangshui's heart tightened suddenly, and he felt a dull pain.

She didn't dare to imagine that Sister Li wanted to spend more time with her, but... She originally thought that she could at least spend another ten days of military training with Sister Li.

But this was originally Sister Li's house, and she only accepted her mother's favor to stay here and disturb her for a while. Even if Sister Li asked her to leave now, there was nothing to blame.She tried her best to calm down, ready to respond.

Looking at the girl's trembling expression, Tan Mingli couldn't understand that Xiao Shui misunderstood her meaning.

The girl was still too young, and although she was considered very good at calming down among her peers, she tried her best to pretend to be calm in front of Tan Mingli, and she still looked young and had nothing to hide.

She couldn't help sighing inwardly, Xiao Shui seemed to subconsciously think of the worst ending no matter what happened.

On the contrary, she really made a mistake this time, and felt something was wrong as soon as she said it. These few words were indeed misleading.

She shouldn't have used this method... To Xiaoshui, you should be more direct. If you like her, you should say you like her, and if you want her to stay, you should say you want her to stay. Shui thinks and is sad.

But luckily she can fix it.

"What I mean is," Tan Mingli said softly, "are you willing to live with my sister?"

There is only gentle pity and tenderness in women's eyes, which embraces and encourages young girls like water.Zhao Guangshui suddenly understood Sister Li's hesitation and position just now.

"elder sister."

She groaned softly as if bewitched.

"...I want to live with you."

She couldn't resist such tenderness, and she didn't want to hear Elder Sister Li's thoughtful, devious guidance and inquiries little by little in order to take care of her mood, and she directly and boldly expressed her heart for the first time.

The stone in Tan Mingli's heart finally fell to the ground, and she smiled slightly: "I want to live with you too, Xiaoshui."

Her tone was as gentle as the breeze caressing the surface of a lake.

"I've already discussed with Sister Zhihua, as long as you want, you can stay with me forever."

School finally starts in September.There are always a lot of things at the beginning of school, Zhao Guangshui is busy every day, and he settles down a little after a week.

But no matter how busy she is, she will always find time to chat with Tan Mingli, tell interesting things about the school and what she has learned, and help Tan Mingli water the flowers and do housework.

She is obviously not a person who knows how to do housework, and she can hardly even turn on the washing machine. She looks clumsy when using the sweeper for the first time, as if she is holding a red-tasseled gun in her hand. She couldn't persuade her again, so she went.

Xiao Shui seems to be very persistent in the things he has decided... Tan Mingli thought silently.

She is soft-tempered and calm-hearted. She doesn't have the impatience of young people, and she doesn't deny anything in a hurry. She just asks Tan Mingli to sit down obediently, and continues to read the manual while trying to turn on the machine. The next day It makes it look different.

small water.

It seems that the more I get in touch with Xiao Shui, the more I feel that she is good. Xiao Shui is almost a person with flawless character.She sighed in her heart, how did Grandpa Zhao raise such a good child?

Just thinking about Xiao Shui, Xiao Shui's news came.

Zhao Guangshui is undoubtedly delicate and caring. Since the beginning of school, he has reported the itinerary to her every day.What class did she attend today, what meal did she eat, what beautiful cloud did she see, obediently ask her what she was doing, did she eat well, and so on.Tan Mingli felt that her cell phone, which had been silent for a long time, had become youthful and energetic.She unconsciously opened the phone with a gentle smile.

"Sister, look at the cat, it's an orange cat! [Picture] [Picture]"

Xiaoshui seems to have a more lively tone when speaking on social software than in real life.Tan Mingli couldn't help but lowered her eyes and smiled, imagining Xiaoshui saying this happily.

Very cute, she likes it very much.

She clicked on the big picture, and a lazy cat was stretching its body under the shade of a tree, its face was wrinkled and its back was arched, full of fun, and it was captured by Xiaoshui at a perfect time.

You can also see the shadow of the girl squatting down in the photo.

She smiled gently and clicked on the shadow, feeling soft in her heart, saved the picture, and replied: "Got it, it's very cute!"

Another post: "Next time, can you take a picture of a cat named Zhao for me to see?"

There is no photo of Xiaoshui in her phone.

Xiao Shui is thin-skinned and shy, and Tan Mingli just wants to tease her, not embarrass her, he really wants Xiao Shui to take pictures.

It stands to reason that a young girl of this age should like to take selfies. She often sees girls from Tan's family and Xiaoshui's age posting Jiugongge photos in Moments.

She clicked on Zhao Guangshui's WeChat avatar, it was a stick figure of a little fox, very cute, as if it was drawn by Xiaoshui himself.

Xiaoshui's circle of friends is also very clean, there is no time limit, except for a few articles reposted with brief reflections this spring, she has basically never posted anything.

Well, Xiao Shui is only in his late 80th birthday, and he is already living like an [-]-year-old cadre.Tan Mingli couldn't help but smile slightly.

Just thinking about it, the phone vibrated.

Xiao Shui texted back.

So fast, she smiled a little, wondering if Xiao Shui was embarrassed?

It's a selfie.

In the photo, the girl's cheeks are slightly red, her eyes are clear, her lips are red and full, her cloud-like hair is obediently hooked behind her ears, revealing a clear and snow-white face, her eyes are bent and she smiles sweetly and shyly.

Tan Mingli's heart beat suddenly.

She was silent for a moment, and nodded gently to save.