Ruan Nan entered the house lightly. In the living room, only his father Ruan Huyue was reading the newspaper on the sofa. When he saw Ruan Nan coming back, he took a sip from the teacup and said, "Are you back?"
"Um."
"Junior high school classmate?"
"high school."
"Oh, high school." Ruan Huyue nodded and thought for a while: "Dad seems to have never heard of which high school classmate you have had such a good relationship with before. Are you in love?"
Ruan Nan glanced at him: "Then do you know who I am with now?"
Ruan Huyue was stunned for a moment, but Ruan Nan did not continue, and said lightly: "Girl."
"Oh, girl, it's a girl. Is that the one who went to the concert with you before?"
"Um."
"Then you have a really good relationship. Dad remembers that you didn't like watching these before. Do you remember that when we were young, we watched opera together in Spain. Dad hugged you. When the dancer in the red dress appeared, your little face Immediately frowned..."
The light shone on Ruan Huyue's already fat back. When he was middle-aged, no matter how high the entertainment was all day, he would gain weight. Ruan Nan felt that he could vaguely see a few white hairs on his temples.
He was talking about Ruan Nan when he was very young.
When my mother was still young, a family of three lived in Spain together. It doesn't matter if there are so many things that I don't understand, because the family is solid and powerful no matter what.
The atmosphere in the room fell silent for a while, and after a while, Ruan Nan lowered his eyes: "Will you still have time to go this year?"
Ruan Huyue reacted: "Go, Dad will definitely go this year. Dad will book air tickets in advance this year..."
Ruan Nan opened his eyes wide, and before he could say anything, someone was unlocking the door. Ruan Huyue quickly stood up, Ruan Nan turned his head to look out, Gu Ying was pulling a small suitcase, a coat in his hand, and the driver behind him Come in with the baby.
"Dad!" The three-year-old son cried out in a milky voice.
Ruan Huyue hurried up to meet him and took his younger son into his arms: "Did you miss Dad?"
"Think about it!"
Ruan Huyue put his forehead on his little head affectionately, and turned to look at Gu Ying: "Why do you carry so many things yourself?"
Gu Ying smiled softly and shook her head: "I brought you winter clothes, it's cold here."
"It's fine if you can't buy it again, and you still use yourself so hard."
Ruan Huyue said so, and motioned to the driver Xiao Liu to help put the box aside.
"The new ones are uncomfortable, you're used to them."
Ruan Nan watched the happy family of three, and stood there for a while, and just about to turn around and leave, his father suddenly called out, "Nan Nan, Aunt Gu has already said that she bought you new clothes, come and have a look. "
Ruan Nan was stunned for a moment, and looked at Gu Ying coldly. The woman was under forty years old, tall and well-kept, with almost no excess flesh on her face, and there was a sense of shrewd meanness in her thinness.
But when he looked at his father, he would lose his edge.
But he couldn't hide it in Ruan Nan's eyes.
After meeting again for nearly a year, Ruan Nan was stunned for a moment. Gu Ying put a kind smile on her face and pointed to the suitcase: "Nan Nan, it's here, it's your favorite white."
"I don't like white." Ruan Nan replied coldly.
"It doesn't matter, if we don't like it, let's buy it again. It doesn't matter which mall, as long as Nannan likes it, we'll go shopping." Ruan Huyue smoothed things out like coaxing a child.
"No need Dad, I'll go up first."
Gu Ying was about to lower her head to open the suitcase, when the three-year-old son in Ruan Huyue's arms suddenly pointed at Ruan Nan and shouted, "Damn!"
Ruan Huyue was startled, and slammed his younger son with a calm voice: "What are you talking about? Where did you learn these nonsense words?"
"Damn!" the child repeated.
Ruan Huyue still wanted to teach a fake lesson, but Ruan Nan suddenly remembered how Qin actually taught the bear child on the day of the concert, raised his head to look at the three-year-old child, and said earnestly, "You are the one."
"?"
Ruan Huyue and Gu Ying were both stunned. Ruan Nan continued to stare at the child, tilting his head a little weirdly and smiling: "You'll wet the bed at night. And the big bad wolf."
The youngest son cried out in fright, and Ruan Huyue looked puzzled: "Nannan, why are you scaring your brother, he is just a child..."
Ruan Nan looked at him and shrugged, and smiled sarcastically: "I'm just a child too."
Ruan Nan wanted to turn around and leave, but Gu Ying didn't have her son who was crying right away. Instead, she continued to open the suitcase, took out an off-white coat, and walked over to Ruan Nan and gestured: "This dress is over The temperature is just right for two days."
She gestured very seriously, as if she didn't care about what happened just now. Ruan Nan couldn't help but glance at Ruan Huyue suspiciously. Aunt Gu made a special trip to choose it for you, so you can try it."
Gu Ying hung her coat in the air, and the atmosphere in the room was awkward for a while. Ruan Nan glanced at Ruan Huyue again, frowned slightly, and reached out to take the coat in her hand and put it on.
There is a full-length mirror in the living room, and Gu Ying is really like an elder, coming over to help her tidy up her shoulders and collar.
Ruan Huyue looked at his daughter in the mirror: "My daughter is beautiful and looks good in anything. Nannan, do you like it?"
The brand of this coat is expensive. Gu Ying seems to have been staring at the mirror waiting for her answer. Ruan Nan glanced at her and nodded awkwardly.
Ruan Nan was in a trance for a moment. She hated her so much before, and she pretended to be so pitiful in front of her father, making herself an extremely embarrassing position in the family. Why haven't we seen each other for a year. Is it really like what Qin actually said, there is no constant contradiction
Before Ruan Nan could speak, Gu Ying asked her with a smile, "Nan Nan, did you just say you don't like white very much?"
"Um."
"Is that so?" Gu Yin walked closer to her and looked at the girl who was a little shorter than himself in the mirror: "But Auntie just saw that your classmate was wearing a white coat, and you were still looking down. Her coat, Auntie thought, you like white."
There was a different meaning in Gu Ying's eyes. Ruan Nan felt that his back was numb for a moment, and turned to look at Gu Ying with wide eyes: "Did you see it?"
Gu Ying nodded with a light smile, and reached out and rubbed Ruan Nan's sleeve: "All, see, here, here. This is the girl you asked for a ticket to the concert last time, right?"
"It's pretty."
"Which girl? Do I know?" Ruan Huyue answered from the side.
Gu Ying smiled at him: "Nan Nan's friend, how do you know." She said and gave Ruan Nan a meaningful look: "Nan Nan cares about this friend so much, maybe she wants to hide it from us. "
After she finished speaking, she picked up her son from Ruan Huyue's arms and walked away, leaving only Ruan Nan standing there, her hands folded in her sleeves and clenched into tight fists.
On New Year's Eve, Qin's family woke up early. Qin Haotian was about to go to work in the kitchen as soon as he put on new clothes, and was slapped by Zuo Yanzhen again.
Qin actually walked over with a smile and gave him a sympathetic look. Qin Haotian pulled her and deliberately asked in front of Zuo Yanzhen, "Of course, don't you want to call Nannan for the New Year's Eve dinner tonight?"
"She doesn't necessarily have time, and she may also have a party at home."
"Their family must eat early. After eating, they come to us to eat authentic food. Dad will take you to set off firecrackers during the New Year. There are still fires at the back of this year. They must not be in high-end communities."
Before the relatives could reply, Zuo Yanzhenjiu said, "You are the only one who will show up. I haven't seen anything before, but I didn't invite you to worry about it."
Zuo Yanzhen went out after speaking, Qin actually looked at Qin Haotian, Qin Haotian shrugged, Qin actually nodded in understanding, again, not all parents can be like Qin Haotian, let alone Ruan Nan's father Now, even Zuo Yanzhen may not be able to accept it.
Qin actually followed him out, just as Zuo Yanzhen was going to water the flowers with a watering can, Qin actually walked over to help catch it: "Mom"
"Why do you understand?"
"Don't you like Ruan Nan very much?"
Zuo Yanzhen paused: "It's not that I don't like it."
"That's why you're still angry about high school?"
Zuo Yanzhen sprayed the flowers twice: "Of course, Mom is not angry, she just thinks that we are not the same family. Mom held a parent-teacher conference for you and knows how rich her family is. You should be friends with such people, Mom. It's not that I'm afraid that you will learn to spend money indiscriminately, or that I'm afraid that you will not feel good when you are with them."
Qin actually tried to figure out what she meant by "not very good": "Are you afraid that I will be inferior to others and will be looked down upon with them?"
Zuo Yanzhen nodded: "Nannan is very good to you now, Mom knows. If something goes wrong, Mom is afraid that it will be you who will suffer."
Zuo Yanzhen's words can be said to be crooked, but Qin actually can't help laughing and crying: "No mom, Ruan Nan and I don't know each other. How bad our relationship used to be, how good is our relationship now. Recently She has always been helpful to my company, and maybe she will be a partner in the future, and she has to work together for a lifetime."
Qin actually said and smiled softly. Zuo Yanzhen also saw that her daughter was not ordinary to this friend, so she pouted and said nothing.
"Mom, do you think that because Ruan Nan is rich, she is like a little princess. She has eaten and seen everything and is much happier than us?"
"It's not happiness either. Mom just thinks that a family of ordinary people like us can't give them anything, and I don't want them to think that we are taking advantage."
"Mom." Qin actually lowered his head slightly and looked at Zuo Yanzhen, who was a little shorter than himself: "Ruan Nan's mother died when she was very young."
The kettle in Zuo Yanzhen's hand almost fell to the ground.
"Her father married another wife and gave birth to her two younger brothers. Their relationship is not good."
The bloody plot of the wealthy stepmother can be thought of without Qin actually repeating too much about Zuo Yanzhen. No matter how rich she is, a little girl who lost her mother since childhood is a long enough thing to be lonely.
"Actually, Nannan envy me. I regard her as a very important person in my life. She can spare no money and status. I also want to share my love and warmth from our family with her."
"So Mom, I hope you can be like Dad and don't reject this little girl so much."
Zuo Yanzhen hadn't recovered from Qin Juan's words, but Qin Jun walked out after helping her water the flowers.
When the New Year's Eve dinner was ready in the evening, Qin actually heard Ruan Nan say that their family members had gone back, so he didn't insist on letting her come. The Spring Festival holiday is very short, and they will go back to S City to continue the project on the eighth day of the first day. The reunion time is beautiful but short.
After the family finished dinner in the evening, Qin Haotian asked their siblings to stay up all night, and when they went out in the early morning, they went out together to catch up with the fire. Zuo Yanzhen was a little afraid of the cold, so she didn't go with them.
Qin actually went back to the house and was using the computer to read emails when the phone suddenly vibrated, it was a text message.
Qin actually opened it, it was an unfamiliar number with only one line on it: [Happy New Year. Accumulate material. After enough rest, continue with the project.]
Qin actually reacted: [Thank you. Happy New Year, Mr. Qin.]
It should be Qin Yuan.
After a while, the other party came back with a message: [With your family?]
[right. Mom made a table of New Year's Eve dinner, and later went out with my dad and brother to make a splash.]
Qin Yuan looked at the phone and frowned quietly. Every word Qin actually chatted with him seemed to refer to "parents" intentionally or unintentionally between the lines.
He had investigated more than once before, and the couple who opened the small restaurant still didn't know what was wrong. Qin was even less likely to know.
very smart kid.
[Mr. Qin is also celebrating the Spring Festival with his family?] Qin actually asked.
[I have a meeting in Switzerland.]
[one person.]
Qin actually looked at her phone and suddenly remembered her biological father in her previous life. Every time during Chinese New Year, she would make a video call to her from an unknown country. She lowered her eyes, Qin Haotian had already told her to go out twice. He quickly agreed and sent Qin Yuan a message back:
[Then don't disturb President Qin for now, and we'll meet again if we have a predestined relationship.]
Qin actually followed Qin Haotian out the door, Qin Julai took half a box of cigarettes left by the guests, and the three of them walked all the way to an open space far away, Qin Julai placed two cannonballs on the open space: "Sister, you Dare not?"
Qin was actually wrapped in a down jacket. As it approached zero o'clock, there were deafening firecrackers all around, and fireworks also climbed beside him. Qin actually asked loudly, "Dare what?"
Qin Julai also replied loudly, "Take the cannon. This cannon is so powerful, you have to cover your ears."
Qin actually looked at Qin Julai with a wicked smile, and shook his head cooperatively. Qin Julai was smug, and was about to light a cigarette to fire a cannon when a cold wind blew, and a puff of smoke choked into his throat. Qin Julai almost Cough out the lungs.
Qin actually patted him and laughed at the side. When Qin Julai wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, Qin actually took the cigarette case in his hand, nimbly put one in his mouth with two fingers, and sucked it lightly. One mouthful, the bright yellow cigarette tail was particularly conspicuous, Qin actually walked to the firecracker, lit it and retreated calmly, Qin Ju could see it clearly, she spit out a beautiful smoke ring from her mouth.
After the three people fired the cannons, they went to turn the fire. The fireworks and firecrackers were not safe. Qin actually didn't drive out at all.
Zuo Yanzhen waited at home for a long time. There were firecrackers outside the house, so loud that even the TV could not hear clearly. Qin Haotian took a few pictures of the siblings and sent them to the family group. Zuo Yanzhen simply turned off the TV in the bedroom and seriously Zoom in to see their photos.
After a long time, the sound of the firecrackers gradually subsided. Zuo Yanzhen looked at her watch, it was already twelve o'clock, and she didn't know where a few people went to get busy and still didn't come back.
At around 12:20, Zuo Yanzhen felt that there was a knock on the door. Qin Haotian had obviously brought the keys when he went out. Zuo Yanzhen pricked up his ears and listened twice, as if there was no more.
After repeating this for two times, Zuo Yanzhen finally couldn't sit still. She walked to the door and asked who was it, and vaguely heard the voice of a little girl. Zuo Yanzhen thought it was Qin who came back suddenly, so she quickly opened it. As soon as the door was opened, he saw Ruan Nan was wearing a down jacket, standing at the door nervously, his eyes were a little red, as if he had been wronged. When he saw that it was Zuo Yanzhen, he was full of words and went back.
The two stood in a stalemate at the door for a while, Ruan Nan lowered her head, her nose was frozen red, and she said at a loss: "Auntie, sorry for disturbing you so late, is Qin actually here?"
"She went out and hasn't come back yet."
"Excuse me, when will you be back?"
Zuo Yanzhen paused for a moment: "I guess it will take a while."
Zuo Yanzhen is not tall, but she has a very capable temperament in her work all the year round, and she is not as kind as Qin Haotian at all.
Ruan Nan also knew that Qin Jun's mother didn't seem to like her very much because of high school matters, and she even went out to make phone calls. She nodded and didn't want to cause Qin Jun any more trouble: "Okay, I have something to ask her. , since you're not here, don't bother."
Ruan Nan said that she was about to leave, Zuo Yanzhen had sharp eyes and saw that she had almost bare legs under her down jacket: "Did you come from home?"
Zuo Yanzhen suddenly threw out such a sentence.
"Ah, yes." Ruan Nan didn't know what she meant.
Seeing Zuo Yanzhen staring at her legs, Ruan Nan took a step back and explained awkwardly, "I just got wet on the road..."
"Can you get wet shoes and socks while driving?" Zuo Yanzhen pierced her directly.
"… "
Without waiting for Ruan Nan to say anything, he reached out and grabbed Ruan Nan's cool hand, frowned and said, "I'm most afraid that the little girl will freeze her legs, so hurry in and warm up."