Yun Chu faced complicated personnel changes and huge renovations and upgrades. Even if the surgery area was still painful, Gu Ningzi was still busy every day.
About a week later, Guan Luo asked Gu Ningzi and Chi Nuan to eat together. This news was notified to Chi Nuan by Gu Ningzi in the form of a text message. At that time, Chi Nuan was grading the test papers in the office, and a large area of damp mist was clinging to the window glass beside him.
Gu Ningzi: "Guan Luo, please have dinner tonight, are you free?"
Chi Nuan: "Yes."
Gu Ningzi sent a positioning: "Be here before five-thirty."
That is the address of Dr. Zhou's psychological consultation room. Gu Ningzi should be interviewed by a financial journal now, she has temporarily changed the schedule
There was more than enough time, and Chi Nuan replied, "Okay."
Not long after, I received another restaurant information from Guan Luo. Chi Nuan stared at the name of the restaurant for a long time.
After the goose feather snow, the snow was melting everywhere in Yuncheng, and the temperature was extremely low. Chi Nuan tightened the collar of his coat, opened the door and went out.
The cafe on the first floor of the small bungalow was crowded with customers.
Chi Nuan walked along the open-air stairs to the second floor. This was the second time she came to Dr. Zhou's consultation room. The last time was on New Year's Eve six years ago.
Walking through the glass door, she turned her head back reflexively.
It seemed that she could still see the back of Gu Ningzi leaving alone and the footprints she left on the snow that night.
… Memories of the past left her with too many regrets.
Gu Ningzi and Dr. Zhou walked out of the consultation room together, Chi Nuan hurriedly put away her emotions and said hello to Dr. Zhou. Dr. Zhou chatted with her a few words, parted, and told Gu Ningzi: "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, you have recovered very well."
Gu Ningzi nodded, and Chi Nuan left.
The snow on the branches on the side of the road was blown by the cold wind and scattered in the air like white flakes. Gu Ningzi, who was about to get into the car, suddenly stopped and turned her head suspiciously.
Reflecting the color of the snow, the sky will be dark, the street lights illuminate the scattered white snow, and at the end of the stairs, there is a brightly lit consultation room.
Chi Nuan asked her, "What's wrong?"
Gu Ningzi didn't answer, and sat in the car after watching for a while.
The car drove to the restaurant that Guan Luo had reserved. The mountain is covered with snow, and the restaurant on the mountainside is lit by candles. From the foot of the mountain, the whole restaurant looks like a golden treasure box.
This scene has appeared countless times in Chi Nuan's dreams.
"The dishes here are average, so it's better than the atmosphere." Guan Luo fiddled with the candlelight and smiled slyly: "With such a good atmosphere, does our boss Gu have a little bit of heart?"
Gu Ningzi used to ignore Guan Luo's boring jokes.
Guan Luo laughed twice, rarely looking straight: "Ah, by the way, you taste, I finally got this wine, is it the kind you're looking for?"
"Chi Nuan?" A surprised male voice suddenly interrupted their conversation at the table.
Chi Nuan, who had been acting as the background, turned her head, and the man took two steps closer: "It's really you... Long time no see!"
Chi Nuan looked at Gu Ningzi and Guan Luo embarrassedly, and stood up: "... Long time no see, Zhong Min."
A girl was holding Zhong Min's arm, and Zhong Min introduced to Chi Nuan, "This is my aunt's sister. She is clamoring to come here for her birthday today."
Chi Nuan: "Hello."
The girl said, "Brother, this is the teacher Chi you have been thinking about all the time?"
Chi Nuan: "…"
Guan Luo propped his forehead, restrained his smile and went to find resonance with Gu Ningzi. Gu Ningzi raised the wine glass and put it under his nose for a light sniff.
With embarrassment written all over Zhong Minqingxiu's face, he said to Chi Nuan, "It's nothing, I'm just happy to meet you here... I won't disturb you and your friends for dinner."
After they left, Chi Nuan sat down again, and Guan Luo winked at her: "Ex-boyfriend?"
Chi Nuan: "No."
Gu Ningzi: "No."
Guan Luo: "… "
Gu Ningzi put down the wine glass and flicked the glass wall.
Guan Luo realized that what the two of them said were not the same thing. She felt a little sad about the red wine she had received at a high price. She asked Gu Ningzi reluctantly: "Would you like to try it?"
Gu Ningzi: "No, it's not that kind."
Guan Luo spread his hands: "Are you sure you have drunk that wine in reality, not in a dream?"
Gu Ningzi thought about her words seriously and replied, "I'm not sure."
Guan Luo clapped the table and smiled: "I'm so sorry for He Zhen, since she became your assistant, the wine you've found for you is not one thousand but eight hundred, right? You said you're not sure?—Miss Assistant, before you My boyfriend is still looking this way."
"..." Chi Nuan, who was drinking water, coughed again and again, his face flushed, Yu Guang couldn't help but look for Gu Ningzi, and explained: "It's really not, I'm not familiar with him."
Guan Luo teased her: "What are you in a hurry? We don't mind."
Gu Ningzi, one of the "us", gently turned the wine glass on the table, Chi Nuan met her half-smiling eyes, and her hot cheeks gradually cooled down.
... Yes, Gu Ningzi wouldn't mind.
Guan Luo received a call from Qingqing halfway through the meal. After two or three sentences, she stood up: "Her child is not feeling well. I'll accompany her to the hospital now. I'm sorry, we'll make an appointment next time."
As soon as he said that, he left in a hurry.
There was someone playing the violin in the restaurant, the melody of love, lined with flowers and candlelight, and the atmosphere was very strong.
A table of lovers, whispering, kissing from time to time, Chi Nuan and Gu Ningzi sitting opposite each other, no one said a word.
After dinner, the two were ready to leave. Someone tapped the window glass of the driver's seat, and Chi Nuan saw that it was Zhong Min again.
"What a coincidence, I'm parked next to you." Zhong Min pointed to his car.
"...Yes." Chi Nuan said.
Zhong Min's sister laughed "Puchi", and Zhong Min laughed too, shaking his phone: "Then Chi Nuan, let's get in touch again."
Gu Ningzi's eyes swept over them, looking at the white snow covering the mountain.
It was getting late, Chi Nuan went to the nursery first to pick up Xiao Wutong. Xiao Wutong took out a painting from her schoolbag, covered the words in the lower right corner, and asked Chi Nuan cheerfully: "Mom, guess who I painted?"
The immature lines and disproportionate facial features can't be said to be like anyone, because they don't look like anyone, but it can only be seen that the painting is a girl with a high ponytail tied behind her head.
Chi Nuan said, "I guess it's your roommate?"
Xiao Wutong: "Oh..."
Xiao Wutong sat next to Gu Ningzi and removed her fingers in disappointment. Gu Ningzi saw the name of the painting: My mother.
Gu Ningzi: "..."
After a few minutes, Gu Ningzi took out a pencil from Xiao Wutong's pencil case. The painting facing Xiao Wutong only dropped a few strokes, and Xiao Wutong's eyes opened wider and wider: "Aunt Gu!"
Gu Ningzi put her finger between her lips, Xiao Wutong glanced at Chi Nuan who was driving intently, covered her mouth, and nodded sensible.
After taking Gu Ningzi to Henan Mountain, Chi Nuan took Xiao Wutong back to the downstairs of the community. After the car was parked, Xiao Wutong showed Chi Nuan the painting on her hand, and her big eyes were full of little stars of worship.
The original lines were completely covered, and the table-mate painting of Xiao Wutong that Chi Nuan thought was her own was changed to her own appearance. She, who had a soft face in the painting, was smiling slightly.
Temperament and rhythm, especially precise.
"How can Auntie Gu be so powerful? Even better than our art teacher?" Xiao Wutong's fair face was flushed with excitement as she climbed the stairs and asked Chi Nuan, "Mom, does Aunt Gu paint in this world? The most powerful person?"
Chi Nuan's heartbeat was out of control when she saw the painting at first glance, and it didn't return to normal until she entered the house.
Xiao Wutong put on his bear pajamas, rolled up his trousers and soaked his feet. Chi Nuan boiled a pot of hot water in the kitchen. In the sweltering heat, she was staring at the cup in a daze, and her mobile phone alerted that a text message had come in.
"Chi Nuan, it's me, Zhong Min. It's the end of the year, and the school is quite busy, right?"
The intention of his temptation was obvious, and Chi Nuan did not intend to reply to him. Before the phone was put down, there was a sharp sound of gold and stone smashing outside.
Then came the second and third...
The woman's scream pierced the silent winter night.
"Mom, what's the sound? Mom, come here." Xiao Wutong urged Chi Nuan in the bathroom in fear.
Chi Nuan boldly walked to the door and looked out through the cat's eyes. When he saw this, he almost screamed with the hostess at the opposite door!
There was a sturdy man, holding an axe, facing the door lock on the opposite side, smashing it desperately!
Chi Nuan felt cold all over, and immediately called the police, stating the address and the case, and repeatedly asking the police to come over quickly.
"Help! Help!" The hostess on the opposite side shouted for help in the room, and the tone-shifting voice revealed a sense of panic.
In the whole building, no one dared to come out to stop a madman with an axe, but her screams and calls for help stimulated the man who was chopping the door, and the man laughed strangely.
Chi Nuan kept shaking, and gave Xiao Wutong the phone, and she squatted down to help him dry his feet.
"When will the police uncle come? Mom, I'm afraid." Xiao Wutong hugged Chi Nuan's neck, and Chi Nuan comforted him with a trembling voice: "They will come soon, they are very close to us, don't be afraid."
Chi Nuan took Xiao Wutong out of the bathroom, and before she passed the living room, there was a dull sound from the door, and the sound seemed to be happening close to her ears.
Chi Nuan's whole body was stiff, and Xiao Wutong looked in the direction of the door in horror. Chi Nuan put down Xiao Wutong, and after that sound, there was no movement outside.
Chi Nuan nervously walked to the cat's eye.
The man outside the door shook his head strangely, with a ferocious and terrifying expression, his bulging eyes, looking at Chi Nuan's house for a while, and the opposite door for a while.
After a few seconds of silence, the voice-activated lights in the stairwell dimmed silently.
There was darkness in the field of vision, Chi Nuan held her breath and slowly stepped back. In the next second, the phone rang, and at the same time, the door lock suddenly rang loudly, and Chi Nuan screamed: "Chi Zheng! Quickly dial 110! That person is smashing our door!!"
Xiao Wutong swiped the screen frantically, her face pale and pale: "I can't be afraid, I want to protect my mother... I can't be afraid... "
Every time the door was smashed, the whole house seemed to vibrate. Chi Nuan quickly turned off the light, hugged Xiao Wutong to hide in the room, and locked the door with her backhand.
The phone screen was on the dialing interface, and Chi Nuan was breathing rapidly. Unsteady on her feet, she simply knelt on the floor, wiped away tears, and called 110 again.
The police station in the jurisdiction is not far from here. She believes that she will not be the only one who calls the police in the building. The police will be here soon, and they will be here soon...