cool autumn

When he arrived at the hot pot restaurant, Zhou Ran was still thinking about the woman's weird smile just now. Tang Mo sat side by side and took the menu and ordered a lot of things, and finally emphasized to the waiter, "Spicy, spicy."

Tang Jinglin was talking to Huo Wendong, when he heard the words, he turned around and took the list written by Tang Xiaomo, raised his hand and crossed out a few, the children who saw it were immediately unhappy, "We agreed, I will eat this, what are you doing?" Well cross it out, tsk," turned to the waiter, "I won't change this, I won't change it, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up."

Zhou Ran came back to his senses, grabbed the menu and had a look, Tang Xiaomo chuckled, pointed to some of them and murmured to Zhou Ran in a low voice, the appearance of whispering to each other was extraordinarily intimate, Huo Wendong felt it was a bit of an eyesore .

Rubbing between his eyebrows, Zhou Ran dropped the menu and looked at the hot pot that had just been placed on the table. The soup surface was bright red, and the water was boiled. Zhou Ran remained silent, recalling the scene he saw in the lobby just now, thought for a while, and tentatively asked, "Are you still thinking about that woman who slipped and fell? I think you've been in a trance for a long time."

Zhou Ran frowned slightly, and glanced at the two men opposite from the corner of her eyes, hesitated, and then lowered her voice and said, "I think that man looks familiar, but I don't seem to know them?"

Tang Mo waved his hands nonchalantly, and also murmured in a low voice, "Of course I'm familiar. That man is the right-hand man of a certain important person in the imperial capital. I heard that he even married the daughter of that important person. He is very capable. He will occasionally appear on TV or something. It is estimated that you just glanced at it by chance before you feel familiar."

Zhou Ran nodded and said nothing.

Tang Jinglin put a lot of meat and vegetables in, and saw that the red soup was boiling, and he could eat it in a short time.As soon as the sound was heard, Tang Mo couldn't wait to grab something to eat with an iron spoon. Huo Wendong is a guy who loves spicy food, so he was unambiguous when he saw this, so he scooped up all the vegetables and meatballs first , After dividing half of it to Zhou Ran, he settled it in twos and twos, and put a lot more to start fishing.

As for Tang Xiaomo, who yelled for spicy food from the beginning, but when he ate it, his eyes filled with tears, and he turned to ask his brother for water when he ate it spicy. He lowered his nose, chewed the food in his mouth carelessly, and held Tang Jinglin in his hand, asking him to help him grab food.

Zhou Ran was also horrified by the spiciness. Tang Xiaomo just ordered the hottest hot pot on his own initiative. Except for Huo Wendong and Tang Jinglin who remained unchanged, he had to drink a mouthful of water after taking a mouthful of spicy food. His entire stomach was on fire, and his whole body It's hot and panic, but the feeling of sweating all over the body after eating is not bad.

The four of them booked a box. Originally, Zhou Ran and Tang Xiaomo sat side by side, but Huo Wendong snatched it too hard. Even if Tang Xiaomo asked his brother Tang Jinglin to help him grab it, Tang Xiaomo was not fast enough, so he simply dragged Tang Jinglin to sit aside. , against Huo Wendong.

Huo Wendong was happy to pull Zhou Ran into his camp, and with a smile on his face, he kissed Zhou Ran with his mouth full of chili flavor, and winked provocatively at the other side.

Tang Xiaomo groaned, and held Tang Jinglin's face unwillingly to be left behind and took a bite. Anyway, they were in the box, and they were not afraid that others would see them. They raised their eyebrows and bared their teeth at Zhou Ran, looking at the child who was buried in eating meatballs with a blank face, "What's the matter?" ?”

"It's okay, eat yours," Huo Wendong rubbed his head, picked up some vegetables and put them out of the pot, and smiled with his lips curled up.

The four of them went shopping on the street after dinner, the night market was very lively at night, especially when there were so many tourists here, the hawkers who set up stalls worked extra hard, of course the things were not cheap.

As soon as he walked to the street, the warm feeling that he had eaten in the hot pot restaurant just now was blown away a lot. Tang Xiaomo pulled Zhou Ran to look left and right, squatting down from time to time to whisper to Zhou Ran Muttering, grinning, grabbing a gadget and haggling with the stall owner.

Zhou Ran was dragged away helplessly, but he also bought a lot of things, but he had a sudden headache between his brows, and a gust of cold wind blew, and suddenly remembered that Zhou Huaning hadn't called in the past few days, and his eyelids also twitched , I always feel bad, taking advantage of the time when Tang Xiaomo turned his head and dragged his brother to look at other stalls, Zhou Ran took out his mobile phone and made a few calls to Zhou Huaning, but the unexpected party did not answer, holding the mobile phone and thinking After thinking about it, he still called Su Yao and asked him to send someone to help him take a look.

Huo Wendong stood beside him to help him wrap up the scarf, stood at the corner of the dim street and leaned over to kiss Zhou Ran's frowning brows, and said softly, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Ran shook his head. Seeing that Tang Xiaomo had gone far away, and his corner was quite secretive, he immediately pulled down the man's head and kissed back with a smile.

In the end, before Huo Wendong could say anything, he swiped and smashed a lot of bean-sized raindrops that day. Zhou Ran smiled, and suddenly felt that running in such a rainy day was not bad. Looking back at Huo Wendong, "Let's run." .” Said to run, and really pulled Huo Wendong forward.

Huo Wendong was startled by Zhou Ran's bright smiling face at first, but then he quickened his pace and pulled Zhou Ran forward, his heart beat faster. This scene made him feel that Zhou Ran would be willing to accompany him no matter where he went. illusion.

When the two returned to the hotel, their bodies were so wet that it was horrible to look at, but they couldn't hide their happy mood.

Huo Wendong took Zhou Ran's hand and walked towards the elevator entrance. When passing by the lobby, Zhou Ran subconsciously looked at the place where the woman slipped and fell in the afternoon, and grabbed the man's warm big hand. The temperature from his palm made him feel reassured.

Entering the elevator entrance, two waiters came in behind, pushing the dining car and whispering there, "Hey, tell me, did the child survive after the lady fell in the afternoon?"

Another waiter shook his head, "It doesn't seem to be. You didn't see it. There was a lot of blood on the spot. Even if the child was kept, it would be enough. Let me see, Xuan."

Zhou Ran stood with his back to them, Huo Wendong could clearly feel the child's dark and unclear face, subconsciously curled up his fingers, then let go as if nothing had happened, and repeated several times before he calmed down his inexplicable irritability.

Back in the room, the two took a hot bath together. Considering Zhou Ran's annoyed appearance today, Huo Wendong didn't dare to do anything more this time, he just ate tofu to take advantage.

Tang Mo came back a bit late, slapping the door and striding in, holding a lot of his trophies and showing off to Zhou Ran with a face full of fear. Tang Jinglin seemed to be in a good mood, sitting next to Tang Mo with curved lips, turning himself Put all the things in your hands on the table, and wrap your right hand around Tang Xiaomo's waist indiscriminately.

Zhou Ran sat cross-legged on the sofa and let Huo Wendong blow his hair. He didn't blink when he saw Tang Jinglin's movements, but he was a little upset to see Tang Xiaomo completely eaten to death without realizing it.

"Tang Xiaomo, you can sleep with me tonight, we haven't had a good chat for a long time." Zhou Ran propped his chin with one hand and smiled with interest.

Tang Xiaomo's eyes widened in surprise, "Really, that's great. It's been a long time since we stayed together in Haibin City last time." He searched the things on the table and put them into a big bag , turned around and ran out the door excitedly, "Aran, you wait first, I'll get the pajamas."

The faces of Huo Wendong and Tang Jinglin on the opposite side were all dark. Zhou Ran smiled and watched Tang Jinglin give him a gloomy look, then turned around and followed him out, sighing in his heart, well, this Tang Xiaomo won't be able to come back.

Just as he was feeling melancholy, the hair dryer on his head was suddenly withdrawn, and he felt a shadow covering his head, and saw Huo Wendong bit his lips expressionlessly, Zhou Ran blinked, put his arms around his neck and smiled , Just about to say something, the cell phone on the glass table rang, and it showed Su Yao's phone number.

"Hello?" Gently pushing away the man who was still pestering him to kiss, Zhou Ran tilted his head and spoke to the phone.

Su Yao over there said with a gloomy tone, "Aran, your mother is in the hospital."

"What's going on?" Zhou Ran sat up straight and asked seriously.

"Our people saw a group of people taking your mother away from the gate of your house, and we chased after it. It happened that Yuan Dingbang's soldiers had something to do with your mother, so they also followed." Su Yao paused. After a pause, "That group of people wants to destroy your mother. Some of our people know that group of people. The client who hired the murderer probably has something to do with Yuan Dingbang. The Wang family is the most suspected one at present."

Zhou Ran unconsciously picked the leather cushion on the sofa with her fingers, and asked again, "Then how is my mother now, is she okay?"

"She's fine. Yuan Dingbang's people came in time, but when they rescued her, she had already fainted from fright. The doctor said that she was just a little frightened and nothing serious. You don't have to worry too much." Su Yao was over there little Zhou Randao comforted him.

Huo Wendong has been carefully observing Zhou Ran's face, seeing his face sinking like water, holding back his expression, he was a little worried. After hearing about Zhou Huaning's situation, he immediately called and asked Assistant Xiao Wang to order two back to Xunyang City air ticket.

The poor assistant Xiao Wang didn't even wake up, looked at the alarm clock at 45:[-] in the morning, and replied helplessly: "Boss, there are no planes taking off at this hour, even those pilots have to sleep ah…."

Before he finished speaking, Huo Wendong clicked and hung up. Zhou Ran turned his gaze, seeing that his emotions had calmed down, and said to Huo Wendong lightly: "Book the flight tomorrow morning, don't make things difficult for him."

This time was no different than the time when Zhou Huaning was taken to the hospital by the Du family, at least he was fine and there were people around him, so Zhou Ran could relax a little bit, but he still couldn't sleep well when he was lying on the bed.

Early the next morning, when Zhou Ran was lying on the plane with two dark circles under his eyes to catch up on sleep, Huo Wendong realized belatedly that they forgot to tell Tang Jinglin and Tang Xiaomo.

After Lin Lang heard the news, she arranged a vehicle to wait outside the airport in advance, and when Zhou Ran and Huo Wendong got off the plane, someone would come to pick them up.

That night, Zhou Huaning followed Yuan Dingbang to condolences to the soldiers, and took the snacks she prepared to the army early. Those soldiers were very enthusiastic about Zhou Huaning, and the atmosphere of the cultural performance at night was even more exciting. The scene was extremely high until the end of the performance. Only then did Yuan Dingbang let Xu Sizhu send Zhou Huaning and Siyue home, and he had to go back and get those big soldiers who were secretly drinking back to the dormitory, so as not to get up in the morning and make a mess.

Who knows, those gangsters had been waiting there for a long time, and as soon as Xu Sizhu's big red flag car left, Zhou Huaning was wrapped in a bag and taken away.

At that time, Su Yao's people were watching not far away, and after hastily reporting the situation, he drove up and followed, but Xu Sizhu hurried halfway because of Zhou Huaning's gloves on the car and the gifts returned by the soldiers. Turning around and driving back, he saw Siyue collapsed outside the gate, and Zhou Huaning was missing. He immediately informed Yuan Dingbang of the exact situation at that time, and quickly notified the nearby patrolling police team to help find him.

After the man was rescued, Yuan Dingbang was really worried and took him directly to the [-]th Military Hospital. He was relieved only after the hospital confirmed that he was fine.

When Zhou Ran and Huo Wendong rushed to the hospital, several people gathered in the ward, some they knew and some they didn't know, they immediately squeezed through the crowd and walked to Zhou Huaning's side.

"Ran Ran, you're here," Zhou Huaning saw that Zhou Ran was a little surprised, so he sat up and greeted him with a smile.

Zhou Ran nodded, turned his head and shook his head with Yuan Dingbang and the others as a greeting.

Sitting on the opposite side of the hospital bed was an old man and a woman about the same age as Yuan Dingbang, with a gentle expression, but the atmosphere was not so harmonious.

"Dingbang, you haven't come to my place for a long time. It's rare to meet you today. Why don't you go out and walk with me?" The old man was dressed in ordinary clothes and smiled leisurely, but his aura was obviously not what ordinary people would expect. comparable.

The woman standing behind hastily echoed: "Yes, brother Dingbang, we haven't seen each other for a long time, and I went to look for you last night, but I couldn't find anyone," complained, and the words were full of quiet intimacy behave in a spoiled manner.

Yuan Dingbang frowned, and refused with a stern face, "Grandpa Wang, I'm so sorry, I want to stay with my fiancee, she was frightened last night, just when she needed me."

The woman immediately became dissatisfied, "Isn't her son here now? It's the same with you or without you. What's the difference?"

The corner of Zhou Ran's mouth twitched, and he smiled, "Of course it's different. As a son, do I want my future father to compete for favor? Auntie, what you said is unreasonable."

Looking at the woman carefully again, it is Wang Ting, Yuan Dingbang's old Qingmei. She has always sneered at Zhou Ran's existence. You didn't marry your mother into the family, so you can call him father or something, how can you be so thick-skinned at such a young age, is this what your mother taught you?"

Zhou Ran was not annoyed, felt that Huo Wendong patted him on the back lightly, turned his gaze to the old man, and said calmly with calm eyes: "Coincidentally, I am young, but my heart is not too big " Turning his eyes to Wang Ting again, without blinking, he said word by word: "I believe in an eye for an eye, bully me for ten."

For some reason, Wang Ting suddenly felt a little dazed all over, and the old man's eyes became deeper and deeper.

After watching them leave, Zhou Ran smiled and turned around to chat with Zhou Huaning, but only Huo Wendong could see the sternness in his eyes.