ATAMMDO 87

Chapter 87- …..

 

Just as Jiang Liucheng finished speaking, the two bickering people suddenly stopped talking and looked at him at the same time.

 

“What’s wrong?”

 

Jiang Liucheng was puzzled by the two of them, thinking that there was something wrong with what he said.

 

The good news came a bit suddenly. Qin Lu waited for two seconds before asking: “Didn’t you say that you will date for a period of time and wait until you get to know each other better before you get married?”

 

“What nonsense are you talking about?!” Ms. Long thought to herself. Thus was a great thing, and this stupid son of hers actually went to ask him this.

 

Of course, Qin Lu knew, but he wanted to hear from Jiang Liucheng himself. The two had been dating for less than half a year and filming took up more than half of this half year.

 

Seriously speaking, in the past six months, it can be said that they gather less and leave more. And they don’t spend much time together.

 

Based on what he knew about Jiang Liucheng, the two had to date for at least half a year before the other party agreed to get married.

 

Jiang Liucheng thought about this question seriously, and after a while, he came up with an answer.

 

“If it’s with other people, it’s true, but I think if the subject is you, I can also change my standard that easily.”

 

Qin Lu’s entire portrait was fixed in place, and these words were like hearing the other party say ‘I like you.’ for the first time all over again.

 

Ms. Long saw her silly son’s dumbfounded look and realized there might be a story she didn’t know.

 

This time she didn’t speak again and took a leisurely sip of tea, admiring her son’s embarrassing appearance.

 

“But there is one more thing before we get married.”

 

Qin Lu came back to his senses and quickly asked, “What’s the matter?”

 

Jiang Liucheng said, “You may have to go back to my hometown with me next weekend.”

 

Jiang Liucheng’s hometown is not in Yunshi; it takes seven or eight hours to get there by bullet train. It is relatively far away, and it is also a bit remote. After leaving the station, it takes nearly an hour to get there by bus.

 

Qin Lu could probably guess why Jiang Liucheng wanted to go back to his hometown, so he worked harder before the weekend came.

 

Finally, before the appointed day, he finished all the work at hand.

 

The butler helped them move their things into the car early the next morning. And when the two got off, the driver took them to the airport.

 

After three and a half hours, Jiang Liucheng and Qin Lu walked out of the airport with their luggages.

 

There was a car waiting for them outside the airport passage, and as soon as they got out, Guo Qifan, who was leaning on the car door, immediately waved to them.

 

“Here!”

 

Guo Qifan strode forward and took the luggage from Jiang Liucheng’s hand.

 

Jiang Liucheng asked: “Didn’t you say you won’t come to pick us up?”

 

Because they flew all the way there, the airport is still a long way from their hometown, and the roads in the countryside are not easy to walk. There are many small roads, and it takes at least two hours to drive there by car.

 

“As soon as my mother heard that you were coming back, she immediately kicked me out of the house and told me not to go back until I get you. Do you think I can not come with that threat on my skull?” Guo Qifan opened the trunk, and put the luggages in as he muttered.

 

“You won’t know unless you tell Aunt Guo that you didn’t pick us up.” Jiang Liucheng said with a smile.

 

Qin Lu put away his luggage, and opened the door of the back seat. He lets Jiang Liucheng sit first and then sits in himself.

 

Guo Qifan fastened his seat belt after getting into the car. He rolled his eyes and said, “If I didn’t tell her in advance, she would kill me even worse. My mother still has the stick that she used to hit me with when I was a child.”

 

Jiang Liucheng smiled before speaking to Qin Lu: “Guo Qifan was too skinny and disobedient when he was young. He used to dig out the hornet’s nest but was chased by them afterwards, which stung him face all over his face. After returning home, he was beaten up by Aunt Guo.”

 

Qin Lu asked: “What about you?”

 

Guo Qifan said: “My mother loves him so much that it’s too late. Every time something happens, I feel that she has spoiled Liucheng. Liucheng likes to pretend to be good in front of my mother. Without knowing that he was the one who encouraged me to dig out the hornet’s nest.”

 

Qin Lu turned his head to look at the young man with a smile in his eyes: “So you were so sly when you were young?”

 

Jiang Liucheng argued, “Don’t listen to his nonsense. I just said that honey is delicious since my grandfather let me have some when I was young. He made a fuss about digging out the hornet’s nest as soon as he heard that the honey was delicious.”

 

Guo Qifan: “He just seduced me on purpose. Liucheng was very smart when he was a child. He didn’t even blink when he was calculating. Every time he did something bad and he was caught, he would had an innocent expression on his face. But he was the first to bring up many bad things, such as stealing peaches, going to the reservoir to catch fish, and shooting birds with a slingshot. He told me, and he knew that I clearly couldn’t help it. He always just said it in front of me on purpose.”

 

Jiang Liucheng saw himself as innocent. “Don’t talk nonsense. I didn’t deliberately seduce you or anything to make you do trouble.”

 

“Look, brother Qin, look!  He is always trying to act innocent with that very same expression. He actually has a bad heart.”

 

Qin Lu really didn’t expect that the young man who usually looked so serious could be so mischievous when he was a child.

 

They chatted all the way. Most of the time, it was Guo Qifan and Jiang Liucheng talking about what happened when they were young.

 

Although Qin Lu didn’t talk much, he listened with gusto. Learning about Jiang Liucheng when he was a child showed him another side of the young man.

 

The two-hour journey seemed not so long, and in a blink of an eye, they arrived at Xinghua Village, the village where Jiang Liucheng lived when he was young.

 

The village is as its name suggests. The reason why Xinghua Village is named Xinghua is because there is an apricot forest on the mountain here. Every spring, the scene of the apricot forest blooming can attract some tourists from the city. They pick apricots and eat them themselves.

 

Compared with the past, Xinghua Village is not so primitive. In addition to farming, the village has also slowly developed tourism.

 

In order to attract more tourists, the roads in the village are not bumpy like before, but paved with cement roads.

 

Guo Qifan’s family is very famous in the village. Because the road is not so vast, when the villagers see that they are approaching, they start to drive slowly to greet them. Thus, when they meet people in the village on the road that day, they will greet Guo Qifan in glee.

 

Soon they finally saw Guo Qifan’s house as well as a middle-aged woman standing at the door, stretching her neck in the direction of the intersection. This person was Guo Qifan’s mother.

 

When the car stopped in front of the door, Jiang Liucheng got out of the car, and Guo’s mother passed Guo Qifan directly to greet Jiang Liucheng.

 

“Xiaocheng, you are finally back. I haven’t seen you for more than a year. Why do you look thinner than before?” 

 

Before Jiang Liucheng could respond, her biological son protested, “Mom, I’m such a big living person standing in front of you. How come you can ignore me like this? And it’s not true that you haven’t seen him for a year. Liucheng is a celebrity, and you have occupied the TV and the computer all day just to keep track of him and his popularity.”

 

Guo His mother gave him a blank look: “Do you want a good beating?”

 

Jiang Liucheng smiled and said, “Aunt Guo, it’s been a long time since I last saw you. You look younger.”

 

Guo’s mother was coaxed into a smile. Only then did she see Qin Lu, who got off the car.

 

Qin Lu is tall, standing straight and has an outstanding temperament, which makes people notice him even if he doesn’t want to. Guo Ma noticed him almost the moment he came down.

 

The man was wearing a three-piece suit and a huge black windbreaker. He looked very elegant like the boss of a big company sitting in the office giving advice. Not the same type of person as Jiang Liucheng and Guo Qifan.

 

When Jiang Liucheng was about to come back, Guo Qifan told his mother that he didn’t come back alone this time but also brought his boyfriend with him.

 

When she heard that Jiang Liucheng was dating a man, Guo’s mother, who she grew up with and almost regarded the youth as her son, was the same as many elders in her family. Her first reaction was no. However, after seeing them, she was persuaded to think again.

 

Seeing Qin Lu’s outstanding appearance and strong aura, Guo’s mother was a little stunned.

 

“Aunt Guo, this is my fiancé, Qin Lu.” Jiang Liucheng introduced.

 

The first time Qin Lu heard him say the word fiance, he was dazed for a moment. After realizing it, he said to Guo’s mother: “Hello, Auntie. I often hear Chengcheng talk about you.”

 

Seeing the man so polite, Guo’s mother also put away her scrutiny. “Okay, it’s cold outside. Everyone, don’t stand at the door and talk. Go in first.”

 

There is no heating in the countryside, but there is a hot air conditioner in the house, and Guo’s mother is usually reluctant to turn it on. But today, when the kids came back, she was afraid they would freeze, so sjhe kept it on since morning.

 

Guo Qifan’s mother was very enthusiastic about keeping Jiang Liucheng and Qin Lu at home for dinner. Jiang Liucheng did not refuse because it was useless to refuse. Aunt Guo must have bought vegetables and meat in advance.

 

After dinner, they planned to go back, but they were left behind by Guo Qifan’s mother. During that period, she deliberately sent Jiang Liucheng and Guo Qifan away and asked them to go out and buy something for her.

 

It was already half an hour after the two came back after shopping.

 

Seeing that it was getting late, Guo Ma let them go back.

 

On the way back, Jiang Liucheng asked Qin Lu: “What did Aunt Guo tell you?”

 

Qin Lu smiled and said, “You want to know?”

 

Jiang Liucheng said, “After grandpa passed away, she was afraid that I would live alone. She often let Guo Qifan come to play with me, so that she can justifiably call me to their house for dinner. She is so nice person to me besides grandpa.”

 

Qin Lu put his hand in his palm and played with it: ” In her heart, you are her son. After you went out, she asked me a lot of questions as if she cared about her son’s marriage. She was afraid that I would treat you badly and said that if I was not serious, I should not hurt you. I promised her that it is impossible to hurt you in this life. I will only treat you well and let her be rest assured that it will be our reality.”

 

Qin Lu added: “To be honest, I am very glad to have such a person in your life.”

 

Jiang Liucheng snorted as he held his hand: “I feel lucky, too.”

 

Jiang’s old house was full of dust because it hadn’t been cleaned for a year.

 

The two can only simply clean out a room where they can sleep, and the rest will be done when they have time.

 

In the next day’s early morning, a ray of sunlight penetrated the window and fell dappledly beside the bed.

 

Jiang Liucheng opened his eyes first, but Qin Lu also woke up before getting used to the sun’s glare.

 

Jiang Liucheng realized that Qin Lu’s arm ended up being the pillow under his head, so he got up quickly.

 

Qin Lu tried to raise his hand but found that his arm was already numb.

 

“Is your arm numb?” Jiang Liucheng noticed his slightly wrinkled expression.

 

Qin Lu hummed, “It’s been too long. The blood is not circulating, but it will be fine after a while.”

 

Jiang Liucheng knelt beside him and helped him pinch his arm. After a while, he spoke again: “How do you feel now?”

 

Qin Lu shook his arms, “I feel better. I went to bed late last night. Do you want to sleep a little longer? It seems to be very early now.”

 

Jiang Liucheng shook his head. He got up, and got out of bed: “I still have to prepare things for the grave. We also have to go up the mountain. We may need to have to walk for a while. Not to mention the fact that the mountain road is not easy to walk, so we have to go to the grave early this morning. The  mountain road is even more difficult to walk later, cince it is still winter, and the sun would go down earlier.”

 

 An hour later, Qin Lv mentioned He was wearing a basket that was incompatible with his identity, and he was wearing a pair of boots for walking on mountain roads. He couldn’t hide it anyway if it wasn’t for his outstanding temperament. This equipment can be said to be neither fish nor fowl.

 

“It rained two days ago, and the mountain must be very wet now. If you don’t wear boots, you may not be able to walk halfway through your shoes. These shoes were worn by my grandfather before. Fortunately, your feet are the same size as my grandfather.”

 

Jiang Liucheng was worried that Qin Lu couldn’t wear his grandfather’s boots, but he didn’t expect them to be just right. So, he didn’t need to borrow them from others.

 

For the convenience of walking on the mountain road, Qin Lu also changed the suit he wore yesterday with a pair of trousers and a sweater inside his jacket, looking more refreshed like a young man full of energy.

 

Then the two went up the mountain.

 

The mountain roads are really not easy to walk on. Qin Lu had been to some places with rough terrain when filming before, but the crew considered safety issues and did not choose particularly difficult road sections.

 

Not to mention the fact that this uphill road leading to the destination is not crowded with many people every year. People only go there when they visit graves, so the road is overgrown with weeds.

 

After walking for more than ten minutes, Qin Lu found that his clothes were stained.

 

If Jiang Liucheng hadn’t bought him a pair of boots to wear, his shoes under his feet might not be able to walk because of the thick layer of mud.

 

On the mountain road, after the rain, you can see a small pond piled up in some potholes everywhere, and you may step on it if you are not careful.

 

Jiang Liucheng looked back and saw that Qin Lu had stepped on it a few times. Thus, he decided to intervene and say, “Follow the route I took. Some small puddles are covered with grass, so it’s hard to see with the naked eye.”

 

Qin Lu also saw that, so he didn’t try to be brave. He simply followed the path Jiang Liucheng took and sure enough, he didn’t step on the puddle again.

 

The distance to the tomb is not particularly far, but because it is on the mountain, and the recent mountain roads are not easy to walk, it is only supposed to be half an hour to walk, but it took them more than that.

 

“This is still relatively fast.” Jiang Liucheng deliberately picked a section that is a little easier to walk unto. If it is going in another and usual direction, it will take longer.

 

When they arrived at their destination, Qin Lu saw a tombstone. The weeds around it had been cleared away, and there were traces of scythes on it. It seemed that someone had come to cut the grass on the grave not long ago.

 

“When I have money, I’ll hire someone to come here regularly to remove the weeds.” Jiang Liucheng explained, putting down the basket in his hand.

 

Qin Lu put the basket in front of the tombstone. There were some yellow paper and candles in it, which Aunt Guo helped prepare in advance. The basket in Jiang Liucheng’s hand contained some food. He took them out and put them in front of the tombstone to set it up.

 

“Is this a custom in your village?” Qin Lu has never seen such worship for the dead. In big cities, relatives would bring a bouquet of flowers to worship them, let alone burn paper money.

 

 “The more remote the place, the more particular it is. We have already counted it here, and there are not many customs left.”

 

Jiang Liucheng said while lighting candles and a few sticks of incense. He then distributed three sticks to Qin Lu. After they made their worship, the incense were inserted on the small mound in front of the tombstone.

 

It was Qin Lu’s first time doing this kind of thing, and he was a little unfamiliar, so he imitated Jiang Liucheng’s movements to offer incense.

 

After doing all this, Jiang Liucheng introduced Qin Lu to his grandfather. “Grandpa, I found another partner who I want to live with. His name is Qin Lu. I don’t know if you will be angry. Although he is a man,  I really want to marry him. Even if there would be an accident ought to happen, I will not have a second one who’d I’d rather spend my entire life with..”

 

Qin Lu raised his brows. “There will never be accidents. I will be bound to you in this life. Now, don’t scare grandpa. Since I have inherited his mantle, I have an obligation to take care of you and love you forever.”

 

Jiang Liucheng smiled and said, “What did you inherit from grandpa?”

 

Qin Lu stretched out a leg, enough to make Jiang Liucheng smile. Liucheng followed his gaze to Qin Lu’s legs and saw the boots on his feet. He said, “I am the most suitable person for these boots, and they have been passed down to me.”

 

Jiang Liucheng couldn’t help laughing, “It is just a pair of boots. Why are you calling it a family heirloom?”

 

Qin Lu thought for a while and thought it was okay, “These heirlooms are not bad, and when our descendants have someone they like, they will pass these boots on to him.”

 

Jiang Liucheng: “Our offspring?”

 

Qin Lu: “Although we won’t have one, we can adopt one. There are many children in the offshoots of the Long family, and not every offspring can get the attention of the main family. When the time comes, you can pick one at will, if you like children.”

 

Jiang Liucheng: “You should better pick good.”

 

Qin Lu: “That’s what you said.” 

 

The two chatted casually. Upon seeing that the candle was almost burned out, Jiang Liucheng burned the paper money next.After burning it, he pour water on it and then pack up their things with Qin Lu before they go down the mountain.

 

Back in the village, Jiang Liucheng returned the basket to Aunt Guo. Seeing that it was still early, he then decided to take Qin Lu around.

 

Xinghua Village is the place where he has lived for more than ten years, and his and Guo Qifan’s footprints have been left in many places.

 

Jiang Liucheng led him to an apricot tree. “This apricot tree is the oldest one in our village, and it still bears fruit when I was young. At that time, Guo Qifan and I often climbed up to pick apricots, and we are still on it later. It has been carved.”

 

He turned around and found the words carved by two people in a corner.

 

“The goal is Q big?” Qin Lu read out the above words.

 

“Guo Qifan didn’t study well at the time, and then he set a goal to take the Q University exam with me. I would give him extra lessons every night. Although he was born deficient, fortunately he made up for it the day after tomorrow. In the end, Guo Qifan passed the exam by one point. At that time, the two of us were the only two students in Xinghua Village who was able to go to Q University. The village committee was very happy, and they even pulled up a banner at the entrance and exit of the village to celebrate. He also gave Guo Qifan and I a bonus as a reward. Guo Qifan was also proud of this achievement of ours. It’s been a long time, huh.”

 

“What about you?”

 

“Me?” Jiang Liucheng thought for a while, “I’ve been studying since I was a child, and everyone in the village thought that I would definitely be able to pass. I was recommended and didn’t take the exam, though. When I was helping Guo Qifan with tutoring, I also gave tutoring to a few students in the village who did not do very well in their studies. Although they did not do well in the exams like Guo Qifan, they all went to a good school, and everyone is very grateful to me.” Because he has the experience of helping others make up with their lessons, after he went to college, he often found time to be a tutor.

 

Qin Lu could not help but praise him: “I didn’t expect my fiancé to be so powerful before.”

 

Jiang Liucheng smiled modestly, “Lowkey.” 

 

The two walked a lot of places and didn’t go home until the sun was about to set.

 

They didn’t plan to stay in Xinghua Village for too long, and they planned to go back on the third day.

 

Qin Lu had to deal with the work load from the Qin Group. Also the fact that Jiang Liucheng had to return to his work as well.

 

Knowing that they were very busy, Guo Qifan’s mother bought a lot of special products for them to take away. She then woke up Guo Qifan, who was still sleeping late in bed to send them to the airport.

 

Jiang Liucheng was used to Aunt Guo’s concern, so he didn’t refuse the souvenirs she gave her.

 

After saying goodbye to Aunt Guo, they set off on their way back.

 

The plane flew across the sky, leaving a long cloud of arrows in the sky.

 

After returning to Yunshi, Qin Lu didn’t even have time to rest and continued to go back to work. He raised a knife several times and finally cleared Qin Dong and Qin Hao from the group. He heard that Qin Dong had come to their place to make trouble. Still, because of the Ms. Long’s order before that Qin Dong was not allowed to enter the community, they were chased away by the security of the community without even meeting him.

 

When Qin Lu was busy, Jiang Liucheng was not idle. He followed his manager to participate in several promotional activities for the Paradise crew.

 

Due to the strong promotional efforts of the movie Paradise, which obscured the light of other Lunar New Year movies to a small extent, it may not have an advantage in film schedule.

 

Recently, there have been some not-so-good comments on the Internet. There are always people breaking the news that Qin Lu and Jiang Liucheng are dating.

 

But because there is no evidence, and this kind of material has been said before, everyone has already seen it and eventually ignored it. On the contrary, cp fans will keep urging the person who broke the news to show them photos and evidence.

 

Over time, netizens took every revelation as a joke and sometimes turned the whistleblower, saying that they didn’t know that the new wine was replaced by the old wine and that there was nothing new about it.

 

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the screening.

 

The agent checked the time and brought his assistant to the villa to pick Jiang Liucheng up in the afternoon.

 

In the end, no one saw him but was only told that Jiang Liucheng had gone out at noon and was picked up.

 

Li Qiu was dumbfounded. “Who picked him up?” 

 

The servant said, “Of course, he was picked up by our young master.”

 

Li Qiu hurriedly called Jiang Liucheng.

 

Qin Lu went out in the morning but came back in less than three hours. He said that he wanted to take Jiang Liucheng to a place. Jiang Liucheng saw that it was still half an afternoon before the screening time, so he thought it was not a big deal. Thus, he followed Qin Lu.

 

Who knew that when he found out that something was wrong, they had already arrived at the airport, and they were already flying in a private jet?

 

When he received Li Qiu’s call, Jiang Liucheng had already boarded the private jet and was about to take off.

 

“Liucheng, where are you?” Li Qiu’s anxious voice came over as soon as the call was connected.

 

“On a plane.”

 

“What plane? Did you forget that you’re ought to attend the screening at night? You also need to do styling, which takes a lot of time. If it’s not very important, can you do it later?”

 

“I’m afraid not.”

 

“Why?”

 

“I want to go abroad to get married.”

 

Li Qiu’s breathing stopped, and it took him a long time to react, “What? You want to go abroad to get married?! Why so suddenly?”

 

“It was quite sudden, yes. I just found out about it as well. I didn’t expect Qin Lu and Mother Long to move so fast. But anyway, we will get married sooner or later. If I don’t go now, it may be a waste of time. That is why I can’t go to the screening. Please help me tell Cheng Dao. I’ll go when I need to promote it next time.”

 

Li Qiu didn’t expect that Jiang Liucheng would successfully ‘marry’ himself into a wealthy family in less than two years after entering the entertainment industry. How many actresses dream of marrying into a wealthy family, who is not cautious and careful. And to think that Jiang Liucheng is a man to marry to that wealthy man?

 

There is another thing that Li Qiu finds inconceivable, Jiang Liucheng’s tone doesn’t sound ecstatic at all. There is even a feeling that he’s going to get married and come back soon.

 

“Are you not happy?”

 

Jiang Liucheng was a little puzzled as to why Li Qiu asked, “I am happy.”

 

Li Qiu: “Your tone doesn’t sound like that at all.”

 

Jiang Liucheng groaned: “Maybe I’m already happy, but I’m actually more anxious than happy.”

 

Qin Lu, who was talking to Ms. Long on the phone about the end of the matter, suddenly stopped.

 

Jiang Liucheng didn’t notice it, but he explained: “After all, I’m getting married for the first time, and I will no longer be alone in the future. There is one more person in my life who needs to be cared about. I’m suddenly not sure if I can do my bes on running our marriage and our family, so there will be a little pressure. But I will try my best.”

 

After listening to his words, Li Qiu suddenly felt that his worries were completely unnecessary. Yes, he was happy that the other party married into a wealthy family, and the other party had already begun to imagine life after marriage.

 

Marriage is a major event, after all; Li Qiu has no reason to stop him

 

Initially, he went to participate to let him get to know more contacts, but now he is going to become a man from a top wealthy family, so what are these contacts for?!

 

Jiang Liucheng hung up the phone.

 

Qin Lu also also told Ms. Long that he will talk about it later. He put down the phone, stared at Jiang Liucheng for a while and said with a sigh: “You don’t have to be worried. It’s me who should be worried. I’m afraid I won’t be able to meet your expectations and become the perfect husband you envisioned in your heart. What if I let you down in the future?”

 

Jiang Liucheng was stunned for a moment, but then a smile formed on his face slightly: “It doesn’t matter. The husband standard I envisioned in my heart is what you look like. My husband is what you look like, it is what you are.”

 

Qin Lu bit the tip of his tongue as he was so teased by the young man’s sweet talk.

 

Qin Lu thought for a while and finally summed up five words.

 

“The same goes for me.”