Considering the long journey, Su Beibei booked two first-class tickets and one economy-class ticket. Auntie sat in the economy class, while Li Ao and Su Beibei sat in the first class.
The seats are spacious and the cabin is very quiet. After boarding the plane, Li Ao fell asleep after watching cartoons for a while. When I woke up, the plane was still flying in the air.
Li Ao put on clean socks on his feet, stood on the seat and looked at the clouds outside the window. Seeing the big white clouds outside, Li Ao finally felt better. Li Ao asked Su Beibei: "Mom, will we fall?"
Su Beibei: "."
This is the most taboo thing about flying.
Su Beibei told Li Ao in a low voice: "Neil, we have to trust the captain, he will definitely send us to Los Angeles safely."
Li Ao sat down, hugged his panda toy, and said, "I know, Auntie Song Song is the captain, she is very powerful."
"yes."
"I want to be a pilot when I grow up!"
"Yeah?"
"En!" Li Ao nodded vigorously, and told Su Beibei, "Fly a fighter jet!"
Su Beibei touched Li Ao's head and said with a smile: "I believe you will become an excellent air force fighter!"
"hey-hey."
Li Ao was bored, seeing that everyone was sleeping, he didn't dare to make a fuss, so he pestered Su Beibei and said, "Mom, tell me your novel, I want to listen to "The Seventh Girl"."
The total number of words in the book "The Seventh Girl" is 320,000. Su Beibei patiently read 70,000 to 80,000 words, and her mouth was dry, and Li Ao finally showed tiredness.
"I'm going to sleep, Mom."
"good."
Su Beibei covered Li Ao with a blanket, and when she saw her son fell asleep, she put down her things and went to the toilet. After returning to her seat, Su Beibei also fell asleep under the blanket.
After waking up, Su Beibei heard the stewardess reminding passengers in Chinese that the plane is about to land, please fasten your seat belts. She fastened her seat belt, woke up Li Ao again, and fastened her seat belt for Li Ao.
There was a bump when the plane landed, Li Ao was a little nervous, his little hand tightly grasped his mother's hand, and his lips were pursed into a straight line. He stared straight at the small TV with both eyes, not daring to move.
It was the first time to take such a long plane, and it was an unfamiliar country, Li Ao became a little timid. It wasn't until the plane landed smoothly that Li Ao let out a long breath, and said to Su Beibei with sweaty hands, "Mom, I seem to have peed just now."
Su Beibei: "."
Su Beibei took Li Ao to the bathroom, and found that his panties were a little wet, and didn't say anything to him. "Go down first, and mother will change your pants later."
"Okay."
The three of them took a taxi and went to the house they had rented in advance.
Su Beibei had made a strategy in advance, considering that she had a child, she did not apply for on-campus accommodation. He also considered that Li Ao would be noisy when he was crazy, and he was afraid of disturbing other students. After some weighing, Su Beibei finally rented a house.
The house has three bedrooms and two living rooms. Su Beibei rented it directly for a year, and the cost is naturally not low. But she has saved a lot of money over the years, and there is no shortage of this money.
The car stopped in front of the rental house, Su Beibei took off the luggage, stood in front of the house with her aunt and Li Ao, and looked at the house in front of her.
The house is on the north side of the school, and it is a one-story single-living building. The 7-step staircase connects the sidewalk and the entrance door. Two small tree altars are built with red bricks between the house and the sidewalk, and coconut trees and rose flowers are planted inside. There are supermarkets and restaurants nearby, so life is quite convenient.
Su Beibei asked Li Ao: "Neil, do you like this place?"
Li Ao nodded, "I like it."
The landlord has already cleaned the house. Su Beibei went to get the keys from the landlord. The landlord is a blond and slightly fat woman who is more cheerful and always smiles when she talks.
She took Su Beibei and the others to look at the house, explained all the precautions, then put down the keys and left.
Auntie disliked that the house was not cleaned enough. With exhausted energy, she re-wiped the tables and chairs in the house, and replaced the four-piece set on the bed with a pure cotton four-piece set brought from China. pleasing to the eye.
After having a casual meal, the three of them went to bed early and suffered from jet lag.
The next morning, Su Beibei got up and made seafood porridge for Li Ao, and fried a leek pancake. She has an American driver's license, and after dinner, she took her aunt and Li Ao to buy a second-hand car.
After buying the car, she took the child and aunt to the supermarket and let the aunt know the way to the supermarket in advance.
The aunt asked Su Beibei to write her a piece of paper with some common expressions, home address, and Su Beibei's contact number written on it.
She put the paper in a plastic sleeve and tied it around her neck like an identity badge. The aunt patted the sign and said with a vow: "Don't worry, with this, I won't get lost."
Su Beibei asked: "What if I get lost?"
The aunt thought for a while, and said, "Then call 110." She slapped herself on the mouth again, and said, "Bah! It's 911." It's a new arrival, and the aunt is not used to the emergency call here is 911.
Su Beibei found a part-time undergraduate student to teach Li Ao English. That is a mixed-race child who speaks English and Chinese very fluently.
After arranging all the trivial matters in life, Su Beibei went to report to school. It was three o'clock in the afternoon after returning from school. Su Beibei was sitting on the steps in front of her house with a bag of cheese sticks and called Noland.
Finding that the phone number was from an unfamiliar number, or from Los Angeles, Noland answered the phone and asked in a cold tone, "Hello?"
Su Beibei took a bite of the cheese stick before asking, "What are you doing, kid?"
Hearing the sound of 'kid', the other end was quiet for two seconds, and then Noland's surprised and joyful voice sounded, "Belle?" Noland immediately turned over from the bed and sat up, asking Su Beibei: "Bell, Where are you living right now?"
Su Beibei reported the address, and then ate all the cheese on the cheese stick in one gulp. She twirled the key ring in her hand and asked Noland, "Kid, are you coming to my house for dinner tonight? You haven't met my baby Neil yet."
Noland immediately agreed.
He said again, "Pearl, I want to eat."
"Braised pig's trotters, shredded cabbage, and hot pot! I remember them all." Su Beibei completed Norland's words.
Noland laughed dumbfounded, "You are so kind."
"Okay, I'm going to buy vegetables, and call me when I arrive."
"OK."
Su Beibei drove the child and aunt to the supermarket to buy vegetables, and it took more than forty minutes. Back home, Li Ao was in the living room putting together the jigsaw puzzle Han Jun gave him, while Su Beibei was cooking with her aunt in the kitchen.
Auntie is going to make mandarin duck pot, and she is making high soup. Su Beibei was making braised pig's trotters on another stove. When the pig's trotters were about to come out of the pot, Su Beibei's cell phone rang.
Seeing that it was Noland calling, Su Beibei turned off the ignition, took the mobile phone, and walked out of the house while talking on the phone. "Where have you been?"
Noland was sitting in a Mercedes-Benz, and he was looking at the house outside while driving. "I was turning the corner and saw it," he said
"you."
Noland saw Su Beibei.
She stood at the gate of a house, her black hair was tied up casually, two black hairs hung down on her forehead, and her cherry red lipstick made her look full of aura.
She was wearing a tight white camisole with a black motorcycle leather jacket, and light gray jeans wrapped around a pair of long legs. It was originally a cool and sassy outfit, but on the soles of his feet he stepped on a pair of black fluffy slippers with two devil horns on them.
Those cute slippers broke her coolness and added a lot of cuteness.
Su Beibei heard the sound of the car, looked up towards the concrete road, and saw a black Mercedes driving. She narrowed her eyes, as if trying to see the driver clearly.
Noland parked the car on the side of the road.
He put on his sunglasses, opened the door and walked out. Norland is wearing a beige gray long trench coat, a round neck casual T-shirt, and light gray vertical stripe casual trousers.
The white sneakers kicked the stones on the ground lightly. Noland stretched his hands out of his pockets, opened his arms towards Su Beibei, raised his lips, and said, "Bell, come, give me a hug."
Su Beibei walked down the stairs and stood in front of Noland.
She found that Noland was much taller than herself.
Noland made a gesture of waiting for a hug, but Su Beibei reached out and punched him on the chest, "Get out, what are you hugging, do you think you are still a child of seven or eight years old?"
Su Beibei was sent abroad by Mu Mian when she was less than seven years old. When she was ten years old, the housekeeper found that she could do everything independently, so she left her and returned home.
Su Beibei lives alone in a foreign country, and it would be a lie to say that she is not afraid. Fortunately, there lived a pair of old people next to her house. The old lady was Chinese, that is, Norland's grandma. The old lady regards Su Beibei as her granddaughter and often cooks delicious food for Su Beibei. Because of the old man's company and protection, Su Beibei will not be bullied by others.
When Su Beibei was ten years old, Noland came to her grandparents' house for the summer vacation, and that was the first time they met.
Noland was kidnapped and blackmailed when he was a child. When he was found, he was almost dying, and his heart was traumatized. After a period of treatment, the psychiatrist learned that Noland was very attached to his grandparents, so he proposed to send Noland to his grandparents to raise him.
The first time Su Beibei saw Noland was one afternoon after school. She got off the school bus and saw Noland being chased and bitten by a neighbor's puppy.
The little boy was very afraid of dogs, he ran and fell down while barking.
Su Beibei pulled Noland up and ran wildly with him. Disgusted by Noland's limp legs and slow running, Su Beibei directly picked him up and ran wildly.
Later, the dog chased Noland again, but was beaten away by Su Beibei.
Norland lived with his grandparents for three years.
In those three years, whenever Su Beibei was on vacation from school, Noland would always play with her, she was her little tail.
Norland thinks that Su Beibei who can beat the dog is a hero.
Knowing that Su Beibei is Chinese, Norland, who admired Kung Fu superstar Bruce Lee, pestered Su Beibei to teach him Chinese Kung Fu. Su Beibei didn't know kung fu, so she bought two wooden swords as swords, and taught Noland how to practice the Emei sword.
Accompanied by Su Beibei and his grandparents day and night, Noland finally got out of his psychological shadow. He was taken back to his parents and received an elite education. He only came to his grandparents' house during holidays.
The two grew up together, and they didn't separate until Su Beibei returned to China when she was 20 years old.
When she first returned to China, Noland also flew to China to meet her.
Su Beibei still clearly remembers what happened on her 23rd birthday.
Su Beibei's birthday is the sixteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. It snowed in Wangdongcheng that day, and there was no one in the cafe at night, so Su Beibei asked Akun to leave work early.
She was about to close the door of the coffee shop and go upstairs to write, but she saw a tall and tall figure standing in the middle of the road outside the coffee shop.
The 18-year-old boy was wearing a blue down jacket, a knitted hat on his head, and was standing in the snow with a big black umbrella.
At that time, Noland was preparing for the SAT test in March. He was not a very bright teenager, and he had to study hard on his own.
He has a full schedule every day, so Su Beibei was very surprised to see a young man who was supposed to concentrate on studying in New York appear at the door of her coffee shop despite the wind and snow.
Noland walked into the room against the wind and snow, handed a birthday present to Su Beibei, bowed his head and said to her, "Happy birthday, Belle."
Su Beibei was surprised.
Holding the small box, she asked Noland, "Why are you here?"
Noland said, "Happy birthday to you."
Su Beibei was a little moved. She looked at the heavy snow outside the door and said, "Wangdongcheng is snowing heavily, and all flights are grounded. How did you come here?"
Noland actually said: "I first flew to Junyang City, and then came here by high-speed train." Noland poked her hand and asked her, "Aren't you going to make me a cup of coffee?"
Su Beibei made a cup of coffee for the boy and added a few cubes of sugar.
The teenager drank his coffee, looked at the time, and said to her at the last second of her birthday, "Happy birthday, Belle."
Su Beibei's eyes were red with emotion.
"I have to go, or I won't be able to catch the flight, Belle, I hope you like the gift."
The boy came in the snow, and left on the snow.
It was also in the late summer and early autumn of that year that Su Beibei met Li Li.
Calculating carefully, Su Beibei and Norland haven't seen each other for almost four years, but the young boy who looks very young has grown into a charming man.
Noland heard the familiar 'child', and he told Su Beibei very seriously: "I am 21 years old, I am not a child anymore. Now I am a national idol, and I have reached the legal age for marriage gone."
Su Beibei snorted, and then said, "Children."
Noland showed a discouraged expression.
Su Beibei smiled, and suddenly called out, "Cong Nuo."
Noland was taken aback for a moment, and then a bright smile appeared on that deep and handsome face. "Since my grandma passed away, no one has called me by this name anymore." Noland's grandma died when he was 14 years old. Since then, no one has called him by his Chinese name.
The door behind him opened, Li Ao stood in the crack of the door, looked curiously at the man in front of Su Beibei, and asked, "Mom, is it Uncle Cong Nuo?"
Noland took off his sunglasses, revealing a pair of emerald green eyes. He walked around from Su Beibei's right side to behind Su Beibei, shook his head to Li Ao who was standing under the gate, and said, "Hi Neil, I'm Cong Nuo."
"Hello, Uncle." Li Ao stared at Noland's appearance, thinking to himself: Where did this fairy come from, so look good!
Su Beibei turned to Noland and said, "Come in, you're a celebrity now, it's not good to be seen."
"good."
Noland was tall, at 1.9 meters. He stood in front of the door and looked at the door frame to make sure that he would not be hit on the head before striding into the room.
Auntie saw that Su Beibei's friend was such a tall and handsome young man, her expression changed slightly, and she didn't know what was going on in her heart.
After entering the house, Noland took out the car keys from the pocket of the windbreaker, and said to Li Ao, "Uncle brought you a gift, it's in the trunk, do you want to go and see for yourself?"
"Wow!"
Li Ao didn't admit it, he took Noland's car keys and ran out.
Li Ao is still young, very short, standing behind the buttocks of the off-road Mercedes-Benz, like a dwarf, there is no way to open the trunk.
Noland stood by the window and looked at him, seeing Li Ao's deflated look, he couldn't help shrugging and laughing.
Su Beibei warned him: "Don't bully my son!"
Noland said, "Okay, don't bully him."
Noland walked out of the house, strode to the rear of the car, opened the trunk, and carried out a large box.
After entering the house, Noland and Li Ao unpacked the packing box together. Finding a children's balance bike in the box, Li Ao immediately cheered, "Wow, it's a balance bike!"
Li Ao pulled the balance bike out of the box by himself, Noland helped him adjust the height of the seat, and said to Li Ao: "Neil, sit on it and have a look."
Li Ao quickly spread his short legs and sat up.
The seat jumped to the lowest position, which was just right for Li Ao to play. He was sitting on the balance bike, holding the faucet with both hands, raised his head and asked Noland, "How do you know I want a balance bike?"
Noland said: "I saw your mother's WeChat. She posted a video yesterday of you standing in the park watching children ride a balance bike."
Noland patted Li Ao's head, and he said, "Isn't Uncle very smart? Did you guess your mind correctly?"
Li Ao nodded.
Noland put on the helmet for Li Ao, and said to Li Ao: "Ride a bike by yourself, a man should not be afraid of falling."
"good!"
Li Ao rode his bicycle around the small living room a few times, then went to the kitchen door, showing off his new baby to Su Beibei. "Mom, look, the balance bike my uncle bought for me."
Su Beibei had a smile in her eyes, "Well, have you thanked Uncle?"
Li Ao yelled at Noland: "Thank you Uncle Cong Nuo."
"You're welcome."
Noland was a public figure, so it was inconvenient to take Li Ao out for a ride, so he played with him in the living room. While making hot pot, my aunt looked at the big and small people in the living room, feeling bad.
She felt that this gringo was flattering Li Ao.
Why do you want to please Li Ao
Auntie stared at Su Beibei who was cutting the beef beside her, and at Su Beibei's beautiful young and sexy figure, she immediately guessed some kind of possibility.
Auntie couldn't ask too bluntly, and she couldn't care too much about the master's affairs. She asked from the side: "Beibei, that Nuo." She didn't know the young man's name.
"Cong Nuo."
"Yes, does Cong Nuo have a girlfriend?"
Su Beibei said: "He is a singer, he is five years younger than me, so he is not in a hurry to talk about a girlfriend."
It's over, still a single man!
The aunt asked again: "Then what kind of girl does he like?"
Su Beibei shook her head, sliced each piece of beef into a uniform thickness, and said, "I don't know, we haven't seen each other for many years, so I have nothing to do with it."
Aunt didn't ask any more.
Noland likes to eat Chinese food very much, but his father did not learn the skill of cooking Chinese food from his grandma. When he wants to eat Chinese food, he can only go to Foreigner Street. But the Chinese food outside doesn't always have the taste of grandma's cooking.
However, Su Beibei learned her cooking skills from her grandma. Eating Su Beibei's cooking is just like eating grandma's cooking.
After dinner, Noland chatted with Su Beibei for a long time. Talk about his life in the past few years, talk about his next work arrangement, and talk about interesting things in his childhood.
He is very smart and sensible, and he will not take the initiative to mention the matter between Su Beibei and her ex-husband, for fear of poking her heart.
Su Beibei heard him chatter a lot, and when he stopped, she asked, "Have you been in love in the past few years?"
Noland shook his head, "No, I want to focus on music."
Su Beibei laughed, sat on the floor to sort out her manuscripts, and asked, "What kind of girl do you like?"
Noland secretly glanced at Su Beibei.
She was packing her things with her head down, and the suspenders couldn't hide the large expanse of fair skin on her chest and collarbone. Noland secretly swallowed his throat, then turned his head to look out of the window, and said in an erratic voice, "The person I like doesn't like me."
Su Beibei stopped her movements and looked up at the young man. Seeing some sadness in the man's eyes, she showed concern and asked in surprise, "Oh? Is there anyone who doesn't like big stars?"
Noland laughed at himself, "I'm not really a heartthrob."
Noland took out a cigarette from his pocket, put the cigarette on the cigarette case and lit it twice. He wanted to smoke, but realized that there was a child at home, so he held back.
He stroked the cigarette with his fingers, lowered his head, and said in an inscrutable tone: "I have liked her for many years, but she doesn't like me."
"Have you confessed?"
Noland hummed, and said, "I confessed it a long time ago, but she didn't respond to my feelings." He blinked his eyelashes, and whispered, "She married someone else."
Su Beibei apologized to him with a surprised and helpless expression, "I'm sorry, I mentioned your sadness."
Noland smiled and said, "It's okay." He stared at Su Beibei's beautiful cheeks and cherry red lips, and whispered, "She will come to me soon, and I won't let her go this time. .”
Su Beibei frowned, her expression became much more serious, and she said to Noland very seriously: "Cong Nuo, if you get married, you are a married woman, you can't do this. You are a public figure, once this matter If you are exposed, your future will be ruined."
Noland laughed until his shoulders were shaking.
Su Beibei showed an inexplicable expression, "What are you laughing at?"
Noland burst into tears and laughed. He gently wiped away his tears with his hands that were holding the microphone while playing the piano and guitar, looked at Su Beibei and said, "You are so cute."
Su Beibei: "."
She kicked Noland with that foot.
Noland stayed at Su Beibei's until nine o'clock in the evening, and there were few people near the residence at night, so Su Beibei sent Noland to the car.
When Noland got into the car, he took off his sunglasses and said to Su Beibei, "You are very welcome back to America, Belle. When are you going to New York with me, I want to take you to see my grandma."
"Find some time."
"good."
After sending Noland away, Su Beibei played with Li Ao for a while, and then asked him to take a shower and sleep. After Li Ao fell asleep, Su Beibei also went to take a shower, then sat at the desk and turned on the computer, ready to complete the task assigned by the professor.
Li Li's phone call came.
Su Beibei answered the phone and heard Li Li ask: "Beibei, what are you doing?" Ironically, after the divorce, Li Li called her more frequently than before the divorce.
Su Beibei said, "I'm studying."
"It's hard work."
Su Beibei doesn't feel bitter. What kind of suffering is this? The really hard days have already passed.
Li Li told Su Beibei: "I bought a self-balancing scooter for Neil, and it will arrive probably tomorrow." Like Norland, Li Li also saw the short video Su Beibei posted on Moments.
Knowing that Li Ao likes balance bikes, Li Li ordered one online.
Su Beibei was a little surprised, and wanted to say that Li Ao already had a self-balancing scooter. Considering that Li Li would be sad when he heard the news, she didn't say anything.
The two chatted for a while, and finally ended the call with Su Beibei going to study.
The next day, after breakfast, Su Beibei went to class.
Li Ao couldn't sleep late at night, so he made a video call to his aunt, wanting to see Li Ao.
It was daytime in Los Angeles, and Auntie was playing with Li Ao on the balance bike. Hearing that Li Li said that he wanted to see his son, the aunt pointed the camera at Li Ao, and she said, "Look, sir, Li Ao is very quick at learning how to drive."
Li Li smiled and said, "Are you going to ride so soon?"
Li Li stared at his son riding a bike, and noticed that the balance bike under his son had a black body, but orange wheels.
He frowned suddenly.
Li Li hurriedly opened the shopping website to see the car he bought for Li Ao the day before yesterday. His car has a black body and green wheels!
Who bought this car for Li Ao
Li Li asked his aunt: "Who bought Li Ao's car?"
The aunt didn't think too much, and said bluntly: "Last night, a friend of Beibei came to our house as a guest. This car is a gift from him to Li Ao. I heard that it is not cheap! It is very light and light, and Li Ao likes it very much."
Li Li narrowed his eyes slightly, leaning against the head of the bed, his eyes were a bit dark, but he asked in his usual tone: "Oh? Did Beibei have any friends over when she first arrived in Los Angeles? What do her friends do?"
"I heard that he is a big star, and he is very handsome." Handsomeness knows no boundaries, and even my aunt can tell that Noland is a handsome man.
Li Li suddenly clenched his fists.
star
He said, "Is it Noland?"
"Yes! It's Noland, and there seems to be a Chinese named Cong Nuo."
Li Li smiled and said, "It's him, he is Beibei's childhood friend."
The aunt said: "I'll just say it. Seeing how familiar the two are, I wonder when Beibei met such a friend."
Li Li explained a few words to his aunt before hanging up the phone.
He couldn't help but brought his laptop and opened Noland's personal website. This personal website was made for Noland by domestic fans, and all of Noland's personal news will be updated as soon as possible.
The title of the newly released video is very catchy-
Norland's first public choice of spouse!
Li Li turned on the video and saw the blond young man in a blue suit sitting on a sofa, accepting questions from a well-known host.
The host asked him some work questions first, and then he asked personal questions.
"Norland, it's been two and a half years since you debuted, and you haven't seen your relationship in public, and the paparazzi haven't even seen a photo of you and a girl in pairs. I'm curious, Noland, what are your criteria for choosing a mate? What? Or to be more specific, is it male or female?"
When Noland heard this question, he shook his head and smiled, and replied in a slightly faster American English: "First of all, my sexual orientation is female."
The host made a regretful expression and said, "What a shame, I wanted to exchange phone numbers with you after the interview."
Noland smiled softly, and said: "Actually, I have someone I like in my heart, but because I haven't caught up with her yet, you definitely won't be able to take pictures of me and girls going out together. .”
"Oh? What type of girl do you like?"
Noland was about to speak when the host said, "You have to answer carefully, be careful not to drop fans."
Noland faced the camera with firm eyes. He said: "People who love me will naturally love me forever. I will never wrong the girl I like just to please the fans. When I succeed in courtship, I will announce her existence to the world! In my eyes, the girl I like is the best girl in the world. Of course, I also believe that my female fans will also meet those who regard them as angels Destiny."
Seeing that Noland was so serious, the host couldn't help becoming serious. "So, what kind of person is the girl you like?"
Noland's expression became gentle. He touched his ear very shyly, as if confessing his love in the air, and said, "She is very brave, full of courage, and amazing talent." After a pause, Noland Rand said: "Because of her, I fell in love with the world again."
The host had already done his homework. He winked at Noland and said gossipingly, "We all know that you have a wall of bookcases in your house, which are used to store the books of a Chinese suspense writer. Let me make a bold guess." Now, is that amazingly talented writer the girl you like?"
Noland smiled inscrutablely before saying, "This is a secret."
After watching the interview video, Li Li suddenly closed the lid of the laptop.
Maybe the host and fans would think that Noland simply regarded Su Beibei as an idol, but Li Li was well aware of this bastard's wolf ambition.
He is a superstar, he not only learns how the Chinese play WeChat, but also registers on Weibo, and only pays attention to Su Beibei! No one else knew what his plan was, but Li Li knew it well!
Li Li picked up his cell phone and dialed an international number.
"Mr. Li." A mellow male voice came from the receiver.
Li Li squeezed his phone tightly and asked him, "Did you take any pictures last night?"
The person at the other end was quiet for a while before saying, "I have something, I'm sorting out the pictures from the past few days, and I'm going to pack them and send them to you."
Li Li hummed, and said, "Send it to me as soon as possible."
"Okay, Mr. Li."
(end of this chapter)