Scout Finch decided to move in.
When she mentioned moving out, her parents still objected as always. Calpurnia threw herself into Tom Robinsons arms and cried that her daughter had grown up and didnt want her anymore, and her son was abroad all year round, and her daughter was so unconsiderate.
Tom Robinson coaxed her while feeling distressed, and he was also helpless about this daughter who was determined. He could only call his son Nick Carraway who was in Finland. Unexpectedly, his son, who had never helped him persuade his daughter before, chose to stand on the side of his sister this time, and miraculously persuaded Calpurnia!
Calpurnia said she would help her move and tidy up the house over there, but Scout Finch refused.
"Mom, Im moving out to be independent. If I still need you and dad to help with these little things, why should I move out? Dont worry, I have prepared everything, and I will come back to eat and see you as soon as I have time."
After a lot of persuasion, she finally convinced her parents. She simply packed up her daily necessities and clothes and moved to Jay Gatsbys place.
The house is located in a community not far from the city hall. She just remembered that Calpurnia had mentioned that her blind date was a high-ranking secretary.
Carrying the suitcase into the door, she looked at the unfamiliar space and felt a move, took out her mobile phone and sent a WeChat to him who was in Athens -
Can I change the curtains and sofa cover? By the way, I want to buy some soft decorations to dress up.
After sending the message, she put her phone aside and looked at the layout of the whole house.
The layout is regular, four bedrooms and one living room, all in a minimalist black and white style. His master bedroom is at the end of the corridor. She thought about it and chose a guest room next to him.
After tidying up the luggage she brought, she walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator only to find a variety of ingredients, fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, and even a few bottles of pickles. A variety of pots and pans are neatly placed on the sink, and she looked at the very clean sand pot, thinking about making some white porridge for herself in the evening to nourish her stomach that has been aching recently.
When Jay Gatsby called, she was lying on the sofa watching Korean dramas. The repeated misunderstandings and misses between the male and female protagonists made her a little tearful, and her voice was a bit hoarse, "Hello -"
"Are you sick?" His warm voice came from the other end of the phone, and she couldnt help but sniff, "No, Im watching TV."
"Hmm, you can change everything you want at home. There are ingredients in the refrigerator. If you can cook, you can do it yourself. If you cant, you can order takeout. Just clean up after eating."
Scout Finch was a bit stunned for a moment, and she couldnt accept his sudden change for a while. The warm and deep male voice in her ear seemed how it couldnt be connected with the cold and distant face in her mind.
"Can I really decorate according to my preferences?" She asked cautiously.
"Of course. I dont have time to deal with these things at all, all done by the decoration company, if you have a design you like, go ahead. The housekeeper will come to clean up every Tuesday afternoon."
Scout Finch was very excited, she began to plan to change some furniture and soft decorations at home, but she received a WeChat transfer from him, and he specially noted that it was for decoration.
Her heart suddenly softened, as if he had taken a feather and gently brushed it.
Between them, even if there is no sticky love, at least they respect each other, why bother with the dead.
The next morning, Scout Finch was awakened by the alarm clock. When she woke up holding the quilt he took out from his master bedroom, she was a bit confused and panicked, not knowing where she was.
Thats right, shes married.
She smiled and rubbed her hair, got out of bed, got dressed, and simply cooked oatmeal for herself, and went out to work after drinking it.
In the funeral home, there is currently only one female undertaker, but fortunately, these two days are peaceful, and there are no new bodies sent over, so she is happy to be idle.
When idle, she cant help but think about him, what is he doing, has he eaten on time, does he have a social gathering, does he drink a lot...
Scout Finch felt that she was finished, and the whole person seemed to have returned to the time when she was in love for the first time.
Im afraid Im poisoned by that person, but on second thought, he is her husband, and there is nothing wrong with it... Thinking of this, she, like a girl, was deer hitting in her heart.
She took out her mobile phone and changed her WeChat status to "The deer in my heart is alive," with a cute little flower and a smiling face.
Then she sent him a WeChat, asking him to eat on time, and then opened IKEAs online mall to see the curtains and sofas.
She chose for a long time, and when she was hesitating between brown and off-white, her brother Nick Carraways video popped up. Her right eye twitched wildly, could it be that her brother knew that she had hidden her marriage certificate from them?
Nick Carraway was a complete dandy when he was a child, and he took pleasure in bullying her. At the age of five, he knew to use sugar to lure her who was only three years old to take the blame for him, and his academic performance was also very poor. However, he showed his talent in the field of chemistry. Tom Robinson sent him to study in Finland, and this has been more than ten years.
Now he has a green card over there and has opened his own company, and he rarely returns to China.
From childhood to adulthood, she has been very afraid of this brother, and even now that she is in her thirties, she still cant change this habit that has been ingrained for more than twenty years.
She couldnt help but swallow her saliva and answered the video. Nick Carraways smiling face jumped onto the screen, "Qingqing, good morning!" He seemed to have just got up, his hair was messy, and the background was a quilt twisted into a pretzel.
"Brother, how are you recently?" Sometimes she really feels that God is unfair. She is a girl, but she didnt inherit Calpurnias curly eyelashes and narrow peach blossom eyes, but was taken away by her brother. Is it really okay for a man to be so good-looking?
"Oh, right, I just got up and my head is not very clear, I forgot about the time difference. By the way, what does your status change mean?" Nick Carraway still smiled, but the smile didnt reach the bottom of his eyes.
Scout Finch knew what he was worried about, he was afraid that she was still thinking about that person.
So she smiled and responded, "I met a man I like, mom arranged for me, and I feel pretty good, I want to try to get along."
"Oh? You have always been unhappy with mom arranging blind dates for you, what kind of man? What work? How old? I have a project in my hand that will be completed soon, and after that, I plan to return to China to accompany you guys." He still smiled, but his tone was much more friendly.
"You can really... I havent figured out the other persons thoughts yet, when I have a number in my heart, I will bring him home for you to see." Scout Finch was a bit guilty and didnt dare to look at him, and Nick Carraway only thought that his sister was shy, and he didnt ask much, and then he urged her to go home to see her parents often and take good care of her health before hanging up the video.
Scout Finch let out a long sigh, and she didnt have the mood to choose soft decorations anymore, and she closed the website casually. She looked at the chat box with Jay Gatsby, and there was no new message, so she sent another message asking when he would be back.
After waiting for half an hour, there was no reply from the other side, but there was a car accident in the west of the city. Drunk driving directly hit people flying and then ran over, and the body was already broken and incomplete. She had to fill it with some filler and use artificial skin to sew up before making up.
When she was busy and realized Jay Gatsby, it was three days later.
He didnt come back, there was no call, no WeChat, as if this person had disappeared.
Scout Finch panicked, and there seemed to be no medium between her and him except for the mobile phone. His circle, his parents and friends, she didnt know any of them.
She thought of his work, so she opened the website of the city government, but found nothing, and specifically checked the news in Athens, and there was no car accident or anything.
So where did he go?
She called his number over and over again, from the beginning of no answer, to turning off, and WeChat didnt reply either. She couldnt sit still and went back to her parents place.
Tom Robinson was in a good mood when he heard that his daughter was coming back for dinner and cooked her favorite braised fish and ginger beef. She looked at her parents smiling at the dining table and bit her teeth and opened her mouth.
"Dad, I want to ask you about someone."
"Who?" Tom Robinson asked seemingly unintentionally, reaching out to fill a bowl of soup for his daughter and placing it in front of her.
"Jay Gatsby, the blind date mom introduced to me that day. I have been trying to get along with him recently, but he has disappeared these two days."
"Who?" Calpurnia heard her say this, and it seemed that she had thought of such a person, "Oh, him, didnt he stand you up? Have you contacted each other again?"
Scout Finch had no time to talk nonsense with Calpurnia. She looked at Tom Robinson and continued, "He said he was going to Athens for a meeting a few days ago, and then there was no news."
"Hmm... I chatted with the old guys in the courtyard, and I heard that the province has some movements these two days, and it is necessary to deal with a group of bad guys in several cities below. Dont worry, he will naturally come back if he is clean. If he gets wet, dont come to me, I dont know anyone, and I dont know anyone." Tom Robinson wiped the soup on his daughters hand with a piece of paper, so hot soup spilled on her hand and she didnt feel it, this man named Jay Gatsby...
"But..." He is her husband, and she almost blurted out in a panic, but when she got to her mouth, she turned a corner, "But I really like him, I finally met a person I like, Dad, I beg you..."
Tom Robinson glanced at her, put down his chopsticks, and said to Calpurnia, "You make a phone call and ask the old couple Liu to come over for dinner tonight."
He took out the demeanor of a superior, and Calpurnia, who was usually a little girl, nodded obediently and went to make a phone call.
Seeing her father loosen up, Scout Finch felt a bit relieved. Although he may not necessarily help Jay Gatsby, at least let her know his current situation first.
The following things, take one step at a time.
"You look at you, you are thirty years old and you are not serious." Tom Robinson rarely educated his daughter who he had been reluctant to speak seriously since she was a child.
"A man who has only known for a few days, and you are so anxious? If he is really a black-hearted person, do you want your father to put down this old face and run for him?"
Scout Finch bit her lower lip lightly and murmured, "Dad, I have been separated from Li Xun for five years, and this man makes me feel that there is a bit of hope in my life, I dont want to lose him. If he is as you said, then I..."
Tom Robinson waved to interrupt her next words, sighed, and got up and went back to his study.
If they were just ordinary blind dates and love, then she might really give up on Jay Gatsby.
But now, he is her husband, the man she promised to know, care for, and promise in the Civil Affairs Bureau.
Tom Robinson motioned for her to go back to her place after lunch, some words are not easy to talk in front of the younger generation, Scout Finch nodded, helped Calpurnia wash the dishes, and left home.
Listening to her father, she also had a bottom in her heart, it should be that the person above Jay Gatsby was double-regulated, and he was implicated.
Thinking about it, she went back to her home with Jay Gatsby, walked into the master bedroom, packed two sets of clothes for him, and booked a high-speed train to Athens in the afternoon.
Sure enough, as soon as she got off the train, Tom Robinsons text message arrived, telling her that Jay Gatsby is currently just suspended for investigation, and he is fine, and he will be released in the next two days.
Scout Finch felt relieved, went to the detention center, brought the clothes she brought to him, although she didnt see him, she at least knew he was safe.
She found a hotel nearby and took a vacation from Director He, because she has been on the job for several years and has never taken a vacation, and there are many annual leaves saved up, and Director He didnt make it difficult for her, just let her come back early.
The next afternoon, she received a call from Jay Gatsby, and the mans low voice sounded weak on the other end of the phone, "Where are you?"
Hearing him ask in a hoarse voice, Scout Finchs nose turned sour and her eyes turned red.
She quickly covered her lips and nose, afraid that he would hear her vulnerability, and barely stabilized her emotions before telling him the room number of the hotel where she was staying.
"Stay there, Ill come to find you." Jay Gatsby said softly and hung up the phone.
Half an hour later, he rang the doorbell, and Scout Finch quickly opened the door. After he came in, she threw herself into his arms, hugged his waist, and smelled his breath, and her heart finally fell back into her stomach.
Jay Gatsbys body was stiff for a moment, then he reached out and pushed the little guy who was arching around in his arms, but found that she used ten out of ten strength and couldnt be pushed away.
"I havent taken a bath in four days, dont you think this smell is too strong?" He said with a smile, "Let me take a bath first, I feel that the smell on my body is no different from stinky fish."
Hearing this, Scout Finch let go of his waist, and felt a bit childish for her actions just now, and felt ashamed to look into his playful eyes, turned around and turned on the TV, and sat back to bed facing the TV.
Until the sound of water came from behind, she didnt pay attention to which station the remote control in her hand was on. As soon as Jay Gatsby came out of the bathroom, he saw his newlywed wife sitting on the edge of the bed, seemingly studying the passionate men and women on TV very carefully.
He was moved, and a bit emotional, threw the towel he was wiping his hair with, and pounced on her.
Scout Finch was startled, she was too distracted to think, and didnt know when the water in the bathroom had stopped. When she came back to her senses, Jay Gatsby had already pressed her under him.
He was only wearing a bath towel, his hair was not dried, and the fine water droplets fell on her cheeks, neck, and the bed sheet under her.
Just like his kisses, one by one, gently fell on her body, up and down, Scout Finch felt as if she was in a vast ocean, and the man in front of her was her only support, she could only rely on him.
She climbed onto his shoulder, and as he entered, her nails were embedded in the flesh on his back. Jay Gatsby thought he had hurt her, and his movements became more gentle, and Scout Finch couldnt help but hum, giving herself completely to him, sinking and sinking together with him.