Trajectory 2: entangled curves

The three of them walked out of the elevator, Huang Cangran and Mi Bei were walking in front. He suddenly slowed down and habitually waited for Zhuge Qinuo to open the door, while Mi Bei stepped forward and calmly pressed the password.

The door opened and Zhuge Qinuo entered the room first.

Han Xin: "Mom, where have you been? Uncle is looking for you."

Zhuge Qinuo: "I, we, my uncle and I went to pick someone up. Look who's here."

Mi Bei came out from behind the door: "Baby, it's me."

"Baby brother." Han Xin jumped onto Mi Bei happily.

"Hello, Brother Mibei!" Han Cheng greeted politely.

Then Han Cheng ran to Huang Cangran and said, "Uncle, the meal is only half cooked."

Huang Cangran nodded quickly, changed his shoes, and arranged: "Nuo'er, take Mi Bei to rest first, I'm still cooking! Chengcheng, pour a glass of water for the guests."

"You don't have to be so polite," said Mibe.

"You've come from far away, it's my duty." Huang Cangran said.

Zhuge Qinuo helped Mibei hang up her coat; Han Cheng took out alcohol and hand sanitizer for Mibei, and carefully disinfected Han Xin who had hugged Mibei. Zhuge Qinuo and Mibei went to the bathroom to wash their hands together. Han Cheng followed Huang Cangran's instructions and poured water for Mibei. Han Xin enthusiastically pulled Mibei to sit on the sofa and shared TV programs with him.

Mi Bei watched Huang Cangran, wearing an apron, busy preparing lunch in the kitchen. The steam rising from the pot and the sound of the knife hitting the chopping board intertwined into a unique melody.

Zhuge Qinuo was also in the kitchen, opening the refrigerator and busy preparing fruits. Looking at the hot tea poured by Han Cheng and Han Xin who was introducing the program, he could fully feel their enthusiasm. But he actually didn't like it, because this kind of enthusiasm was hospitality, and he was the "guest".

At noon, bright sunlight shone through the window onto the living room floor. As Zhuge Qinuo had said, the floor heating was on, as if the cold outside had nothing to do with the warmth inside, like two different worlds. And he and they seemed to be in two different worlds, too. He seemed so out of place.

Zhuge Qinuo washed a large cherry and put it over: "Eat it quickly, it's very sweet."

"Okay! Stop busying yourself." He smiled faintly.

"How can I not be busy? You have come here from so far away, so just sit down, eat more and have a good rest," she said.

In fact, Han Cheng and Han Xin could take good care of Mi Bei without Zhuge Qinuo's orders.

After a while, she brought out winter dates and mangosteens. Together with Harujian and Qingwang who were already on the table, the table was almost full.

Mi Bei really wanted to ask Zhuge Qinuo, who was coming and going frequently, to sit down, but he knew that it was actually inappropriate. It would be meaningless for both of them to sit there and act like the bosses, leaving Huang Cangran busy alone.

Sure enough, Huang Cangran was also driven out after a while. He came to the living room and sat on a separate sofa to chat with Mi Bei: "She said that she must show you her skills today."

Mi Bei couldn't believe it: "She? Cooking?"

Huang Cangran also laughed.

Zhuge Qinuo glanced at the scene in the living room. The two men were talking and laughing. The atmosphere was much more harmonious than she had imagined.

Mi Bei and Huang Cangran were indeed having a conversation, but whether it was as harmonious as Zhuge Qinuo felt was a matter of opinion.

"To be honest, I haven't heard anything about you from Zhuge, but I should be considered to know you." Mi Bei started another topic very frankly.

"Oh?" Huang Cangran took a Chunjian and peeled it slowly.

Mi Bei continued: "Deng Qing, you should know him, right? I learned about it from him."

As soon as he heard Deng Qing's name, he knew what Mi Bei knew about him. He knew that Mi Bei knew very well that he and Zhuge Qinuoyuan were not as close as he had shown before.

"Mr. Deng is a very interesting person." He handed the peeled Chunjian to Mi Bei and said, "Try it. It's very sweet."

"Indeed! Brother Deng has a high status, but he is not arrogant at all. He is also very nice to Zhuge. By the way, what does Mr. Huang do for a living?" Mi Bei's tone seemed normal, but there was a hint of inquiry in it.

"Financial industry. I've been abroad before. You said she didn't mention me in front of you. It's not surprising. She and I had no contact for more than ten years." Huang Cangran was also very frank.

"How come we haven't seen each other for more than ten years? You have been abroad for more than ten years and never came back?" Mi Bei asked.

It’s no wonder that he has a lot of hostility and curiosity towards Huang Cangran.

Zhuge Qinuo had indeed never mentioned Huang Cangran in front of him, but what Deng Qing had told him about what happened between her and Huang Cangran on the crew, as well as the time when she got drunk, and Deng Qing's meaningful expression, all made Mi Bei unable to let go.

The moment she saw Huang Cangran, Mi Bei had the answer to Deng Qing's behavior. He was warning him, hinting to him that there was someone else in her heart, someone that Deng Qing was afraid of.

"This is a long story." Huang Cangran was still answering his question.

Mi Bei: "I heard Chengcheng and Xinxin call you uncle, so you are relatives?"

Huang Cangran stared into Mi Bei's eyes: "Do you want to know about our relationship?"

Mi Bei didn't expect him to be so direct. He neither admitted nor denied it, but just smiled and lowered his head.

"We are not really relatives. We were childhood sweethearts, I guess." Huang Cangran replied, "She was in kindergarten and I was in elementary school. At that time, you, according to your age, you were not even born yet."

"When we were young, it might be different from when you were young. At that time, everyone played games with people, but you played with machines. So the emotional foundation between people is still different."

Huang Cangran was talking and laughing, but Mi Bei saw a warning behind his smile. He said he was smiling but had a knife in his heart.

"It is indeed different. The friendships established at that time were purer. When I was young, I didn't have many electronic products. At most, I watched TV and liked to play with my friends outside. If I hadn't gone abroad in junior high school, I might have had a deeper relationship with those people."

Mi Bei countered the move and directly understood the "emotion" in Huang Cangran's "emotional foundation" as friendship, and also understood the affection between him and Zhuge Qinuo as friendship.

"If I hadn't gone abroad at that time, maybe my situation would be different now. Nuoer has told me many times about your talent and hard work. As a young person, you have well interpreted what it means that 'opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.'" Huang Cangran could of course hear the mystery in it, but he didn't mind and instead praised Mi Bei generously.