Gu Yan was stunned for a moment.
He didn't seem to think that Yan Suizhi would ask such a question, and there was a hint of surprise on his face, but he just stopped for a very short moment before holding back.
This is actually a good joke to answer. With Gu Yan's temperament, he can block it back when he opens his mouth. Before Yan Suizhi teased him, he even thought about what he would say.
But Gu Yan didn't speak...
He looked at Yan Suizhi's eyes as calm as always, and there might be something other than the quietness, but he had withdrawn his eyes as soon as it leaked out a little bit.
The wind from the cherry orchard passed through the creeping vines, and the place surrounded by shrubs and shrubs was quiet and private.
And Gu Yan never spoke.
This sudden silence is like a cat's paw with the tip of its claws closed and only fluff left, and it scratched lightly in the heart.
A corner of the elegant tablecloth was lifted by the breeze, and brushed by Yan Suizhi's wrist, and he scratched it along with it. His fingers resting on the edge of the table moved, and the corner was pulled back by the wind.
Gu Yan looked down at the sweet wine in his hand for a while, picked it up and shook it twice.
In fact, Yan Suizhi didn't like this wine that much. For him, the aroma of cream and violets was a little heavier, and it was a little sweet, so it was suitable for dinner here. But for some unknown reason, he smelled a faint scent of wine from Gu Yan across half of the tabletop, and he thought it should taste pretty good.
hum—
The smartphone on his finger suddenly vibrated, both timely and untimely.
Yan Suizhi paused for a while before calling up the screen, and had already put on the ear clasp on one hand.
It was Fitz who dialed the communication. He just said "Hello" when he was connected, and the other side exclaimed "Ahhh". This voice was really refreshing, and the fragrance of sweet wine, breeze and butter disappeared. Even Gu Yan, who was sitting across from him, heard it, raised his eyelids and looked over here.
"… "
Yan Suizhi met his gaze, and said helplessly, "Miss Fitz, you don't need to speak up when dialing the communication."
Fitz added: "My mother—"
Yan Suizhi: "It's not convenient for me to take advantage of it."
This sentence is easy to remind people of his joke just now, so he raised his eyes and glanced at Gu Yan, but saw that Gu Yan had no obvious expression, and just drank the glass of sweet wine with a fragrant aroma.
Not a drop remained.
After drinking, he also raised an empty glass to the side, gentlemanly and calmly.
Yan Suizhi: "..."
Fitz was blocked by him for two consecutive sentences, and he was a little puzzled: "How come you have such a good mouth today."
It may have been suffocated by a certain student.
Yan Suizhi said.
"Never mind, I just wanted to say, you actually won Mr. George Manson's case!" Fitz sounded really excited, "Oh my God! I'm texting you and Gu when the trial is over. At that time, why didn't you two say the result?! And when you asked for leave to hide from the reception, you didn't even mention it! If it wasn't for the letter of victory sent to the law firm today, I wouldn't even know that you actually won the case!"
Yan Suizhi was very innocent: "You haven't asked about the result, Miss Fitz."
Fitz: "I thought you would definitely lose! Of course, I'm not questioning your ability, but you understand that I'm embarrassed to ask, I'm afraid that you will be sad if you lose the case-"
"Very understanding."
Fitz said "oh": "No matter, you don't even mention it! Such a big thing! God, do you know that the law firm saw all the letters today, especially Hobbs's face hahahahaha ."
She laughed so cheerfully that Yan Suizhi couldn't help but remind her, "Are you talking about this in the office?"
"Of course not, am I that stupid in your eyes?" Miss Fitz said dissatisfiedly, and then laughed a few times, "You forgot? These two receptions, this afternoon and all day tomorrow, They have to spend their time slapping each other. I'm allergic to alcohol, so I went back to my house after two glasses of juice."
"Are you allergic to alcohol?"
"Uh...Alcohol allergy if necessary," Fitz corrected. "Let's not mention that, I'd say you should actually come back with Gu, although this wine will be rich in flattery, but it's actually good for you. You know what? , Many people mentioned you today and are very curious about you, including several barristers, judges, and even our senior affairs officers and partners, you should really come back."
"Yeah, then I'm even more fortunate to have taken leave." Professor Yan Da said solemnly, "I just graduated with no experience, so I can't handle that kind of situation."
Gu Yan: "..."
Some people are starting to be shameless again.
After Fitz's communication was cut off, Yan Suizhi said to Gu Yan, "She said that there were a lot of people at the reception, maybe including those involved in the bombing."
In this situation, Gu Yan actually had an expectation, "The wine will be too passive, and it is safer to be active than passive."
Fitz's communication led to a serious matter. The previous joke was like a stone particle thrown into the lake. After a few ripples, it became silent, making people mistakenly think that there was no trace left.
Joe took Ke Jin to the cherry orchard, it was almost evening.
"Are you the one who went to the next planet to pick you up?" Gu Yan said.
Joe raised his hand in a gesture of surrender, "I apologize, I apologize, a little bit later than expected..."
"Three and a half hours." Yan Suizhi didn't mind adding a knife.
Joe: "I wanted to take a shower and change my clothes before going out, but I accidentally fell asleep in the bathtub."
But who are Yan Suizhi and Gu Yan? If nothing else, their power of observation has always been far beyond ordinary people. If you really soaked in the bathtub and slept for three hours, you can tell from the state of the edges of the fingers. Joe's fingers couldn't see anything, but there were some slight sleep marks left on Ke Jin's left cheek.
It is reasonable to guess that the person who really slept for a while was Ke Jin. Maybe Joe couldn't bear to wake him, so he simply waited a little longer until he woke up.
People who are not in a good state of mind are sometimes extremely sensitive to emotions. Maybe everyone doesn't care or blame for being late, but Ke Jin thinks so. So Joe simply jokingly used himself as a shield to pull over.
Yan Suizhi and Gu Yan are both smart people, and they really don't care about the so-called lateness, so they just skip the topic.
Because of Joe's appointment, Cherry Manor did not receive other foreign guests that night, and there were only four of them in the whole garden. The park was arranged in advance by the waiters, and simple and beautiful dining lamps were hung on the garden table they reserved, and stars were dotted around the branches, tables and chairs.
There is an elegant wine rack on the table, with six bottles of freshly brewed A-class wine and a bucket of ice cubes.
But Young Master Qiao is still obsessed with his own bottle of special wine, "Can you help me find it?"
Yan Suizhi shook his head. In fact, he really forgot about it in the afternoon.
Qiao half-truths complained to the waiter, "Tell your boss, don't hide so deeply next time, every time I look for wine, I suspect that my IQ may be a little problem."
The waiter couldn't help laughing, and quickly said, "Of course not. In fact, there are always only a handful of guests who can be found without clues."
Joe: "No, don't tell me the clue, I'll try again."
"Okay, ring the bell at any time if you need to." After the waiter finished speaking, he left the garden for them and went back to the building first.
Although he said before that he hoped that Yan Suizhi would have a unilateral chat with Ke Jin, but in fact he didn't really ask Yan Suizhi to talk to him, after all, Ke Jin would not respond. And deliberately talking to Ke Jin will make Ke Jin more sensitive.
However, his expectations were not wrong, because when there were only four of them, Ke Jin did seem to relax a bit.
"Go get my wine first?" Joe tried to suggest.
Yan Suizhi and Gu Yan naturally had no objection. Ke Jin reacted for a while, looked up at them, and also stood up.
Jordan was very happy, and happily dragged them through the cherry orchard with hanging lights.
"Give me some information, such as a birthday or an anniversary." Yan Suizhi asked Qiao.
Although he himself has not seriously searched for exclusive wine here, he still knows the rules of wine storage in the manor. The manor will not hide the guests' exclusive wine randomly. After all, the cherry orchard is so big that if you really want to find a place to hide it, it will be difficult to find it for a year.
Most of their wine collection is based on the information of the guests, such as birthdays, initials, or important anniversaries. The more information you leave, the more ways they can hide.
Master Qiao thought for a while and said, "Then I have too much information. After all, I have been secretly hanging out here since I was in my early ten years. I think about it, my birthday is March 21, and there are too many anniversaries. The day I fought with someone for the first time, the day I drank for the first time, the day I graduated? And the day I met Ke Jin, the day I met Gu
The young master went on a long list.
Yan Suizhi: "..."
Take it, the winery doesn't cheat you, who is it
Fortunately, Joe is not completely stupid, and he looks like six points of stupidity when rounding up, so he repeatedly ruled out a few days that the winery has used many times in recent years, and the rest...
The rest is enough for a few people to have a meal.
The cherry orchard at night is actually very suitable for relaxation. It is said that it is looking for wine, and it is not boring to stop and go occasionally to look at the ivy. In the middle, Qiao also took two glasses of wine and handed one to Gu Yan, drinking and chatting casually while rummaging.
Sometimes they are talking about recent business affairs, and sometimes they are complaining about a few family elders.
Yan Suizhi didn't stay with them all the time. He said hello at a fork in a bush and walked to the dining table marked "J of Hearts" by himself. He took down Joe's birthday as a message, and walked along the cherry trees in the third row of the J of Hearts table, intending to see if there was any wine in the vicinity of the 21 horizontal trees.
Joe's voice could be vaguely heard from a few rows of vines, "Hey—have you seen this tree? It is said to have been growing for more than 20 years. Look, the scar on the trunk is still there, or it was when I was with me back then. Manson and Zhao Zemu left it here, how old were you at that time? 10 years old... I remember that Manson got a new military dagger and tried it here."
After he finished talking about the past, he quietly thought about it for a while, and said to Gu Yan, "... You know, when I received news from the hospital this morning, I heard a word from the doctor in charge, he said that Manson was special this time. Fortunately, because the time of being sent to the hospital was very coincidental. If it was a little later, it would be difficult to say whether I would wake up or not. That night, it was not that we remembered to call Manson, but Zhao Zemu said something. What we remembered…”
Yan Suizhi walked very slowly as if pacing, but gradually became further and further away from them, and Qiao's voice gradually became fainter.
He stood there for a while before continuing to walk.
Originally, he only needed to go straight to the cherry tree with the small iron plate of No. 21, but when he passed No. 17, his steps suddenly stopped.
For about ten seconds, he stood in front of the No. 17 tree in the third row without moving, his dark eyes reflecting the tree lights, clear and gentle.
This date was the wedding anniversary of his parents, and in his childhood and teenage memories, it was a day that was treated with grandeur every year.
Even if they were gone, every March 17th was still not completely forgotten. Yan Suizhi would always remember to order a rose branch, ask someone to prepare the nourishment, and plant it in the courtyard of the residence for more than 20 years. It has grown into a movie...
Maybe Joe's rambled voice was no longer clear, and the area seemed too quiet. After standing for a while, Yan Suizhi walked to the back of the No. 17 tree, raised his hand and touched the long vines on the wall.
Behind the long vines are the wine storage holes reserved on the wall by the manor, and the exclusive wine customized for the guests is hidden in these wine storage holes.
There is also a bottle of wine in this hole, which is not surprising in itself, the surprise is the owner of the wine…
Yan Sui subconsciously pulled out the wine bottle, and the guest's initials and remarks on the bottle fell into his eyes—
Mr and Mrs L
wedding anniversary
The year of signing is a long time ago, 28 years ago.
That year, Yan Suizhi had just turned 15, and after that, he was the only one left.
He never thought that he would inadvertently see something related to his parents in such an accidental place.
This may be a surprise, but he held the bottle for a long time and looked at it for a long time, but suddenly felt a little lonely...
Until Gu Yan's warm voice moved from far to near, "Why are you standing here?"