cool autumn

The car slowly drove towards the Lin family's mansion. Lin Jingxian was not a talkative person, and Zhou Ran was always a man of few words. He only talked a few words at the beginning on the way, but in the end, he really had nothing to say and had no way to start.

It was quiet all the way, and when she was about to follow the car into the Lin family's mansion, Lin Jingxian covered her mouth and smiled softly, leaned slightly closer to Zhou Ran, widened her shining eyes, tilted her head childishly and asked He said: "Why is the relationship between Ah Ran and your mother so good?" It stands to reason that they really don't have much contact with each other.

Zhou Ran was questioned, but he didn't intend to be perfunctory. He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said softly: "Probably, it's because she treats me sincerely." When he mentioned Zhou Huaning, he couldn't help being gentle She raised her eyebrows and smiled slightly, rubbed the temperature between her index finger and thumb, and seemed to be sighing, but also sighed, "Which mother doesn't love her child?"

The two were a little close because of their posture just now, and at such a short distance, Zhou Ran could even smell the faintly familiar scent of Lin Jingxian's body. He couldn't detect it at first, but he couldn't help it after smelling it a few more times. Follow the sweet smell and move your nose a few times, take a deep breath, and you will find the refreshing fragrance.

Perhaps Zhou Ran's fluttering of the nose was a bit conspicuous, Lin Jingxian raised her hand and breathed out, smelling a sweet smell, she couldn't help but smiled, and explained: "I was not feeling refreshed when I came here yesterday. It was my elder brother who was considerate of me and made me a cup of delicious medicinal wine to relieve my fatigue. Your uncle also said that the wine was very precious, and you bought it for him specially, and he was reluctant to let me take another sip. Why, this taste Or did you hear it?"

Zhou Ran nodded knowingly, but he was a little surprised that Lin Kuofeng paid her so much attention, that he even gave her a little of such a precious monkey wine, just to relieve her fatigue, to shake off the discomfort of her body, but I don't know what kind of background this little aunt is, and what is the reason for returning to China suddenly this time?

Lin Jingxian sat on the side and looked at Zhou Ran with a smile. The more she looked carefully, the more distracted she became. Perhaps it was Zhou Ran's bland eyes that easily reminded her of how her second brother treated her back then, and he was so lukewarm. But in the bottom of my heart, I was very soft-hearted. Even if there was no reaction at the time, I would still do things well for you and solve them secretly. I am really a cold-hearted person.

The car drove into the Lin family's mansion, and as soon as the car stopped, the old butler got out of the car first, bowed and opened the car door for Lin Jingxian, smiling kindly and respectfully, "Fifth Miss, please get out of the car."

Returning to Lin's house again, this feeling is really not too new. Seeing the old housekeeper still treat her as before, Lin Jingxian was as happy as a lark, and happily walked out of the car, as if she was still the same love from before. Like a coquettish child, "Uncle Lin, did you make me my favorite boneless duck feet? Ouch, it's been a long time since I tasted good food at home. I really miss it."

The old housekeeper bowed beside him and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law Qin has already prepared it, but she has been thinking about Miss Fifth, why did you say that you will come back early in the morning to buy fresh ingredients, just for Miss Fifth to eat?" To her old craft."

"Oh, sister-in-law Qin still remembers me. She used to be nice. She would always secretly stuff a box of bamboo cakes for me, just in case I wouldn't have enough to eat after school and would treat my body badly." After two steps, the family The old memories of Lin Jingxian have already made Lin Jingxian unable to walk. Here, here, there, there, where is there no memory of her in the Lin family mansion?Zhou Ran followed behind silently, listening to Lin Jingxian's figure as light as a girl, and slowly thinking about her own affairs.

But after walking a few steps, he was thrown away by Lin Jingxian, who had been thinking about it all the time. After a few steps, he could still see the old housekeeper turning around and pointing at him with a smile at the inner house not far away. Go to the inner house to rest, and don't follow Fifth Miss to run around.

Zhou Ran stopped in his tracks, and smiled at him, showing that he understood what he meant.It just so happened that the bell rang at this time, Zhou Ran hurried to a quiet corner to answer the phone, he didn't recognize the number when he saw the number, and didn't realize who the person on the other end of the phone was until he connected the phone?

The red sun was slowly sinking dizzily, and the faint afterglow reflected on the ground, as if it was covered with a warm protective film, which was quiet and light.

Zhou Ran frowned and listened to the other end of the phone. Mu Wei always spoke straightforwardly, and this time she didn't intend to hide it. She sent him pictures and information, and also told him what the boy had done recently. She talked a lot in bits and pieces, but she didn't intend to hide her identity at all.

"So, your little aunt is a kite?" Zhou Ran raised his eyebrows and asked, now he was quite sure that Huo Wendong must have some kind of interest connection with Mu Nan, and it was still a big deal.Otherwise, Mu Nan wouldn't be able to send all his nieces out to @insert by his side.

Mu Wei on the other end of the phone hesitated for a while, but still gave an 'hmm' forcefully. She really likes her current life and makes friends with people like Zhou Ran. Do what you can, and look at the situation.She treats people like Zhou Ran intuitively, if she doesn't get along, it will be a waste of her enthusiasm for more than a month.

She has a special status in the Mu family. Because of her uncle's sexuality, Mu Wei's mother was well-intentioned. She actually forced her husband to change the surname of her beloved second daughter abruptly. Putting it into the Mu family's surname, at any rate, Mu Nan doesn't have to worry about the family inheritance and lineage issues in the future, so Mu Wei was trained as the future heir of the Mu family, and trained and shaped according to Mu Nan's original training plan. .

Zhou Ran probably didn't expect such an answer. Although he felt a little surprised, it didn't affect Mu Wei's impression and good evaluation in his heart these days. It's just that the time is wrong and the place is wrong. At a good time, he hurriedly explained a few words, hung up the phone, turned around and walked into the inner house.

Before he had taken two steps, Zhou Ran saw a person, a person he seldom saw, and couldn't help but twitched the corners of his lips, and smiled. It's true that you can meet people you don't like wherever you go.

Lin Kuofeng attaches great importance to Lin Jingxian's return, so many core figures of the family have gathered in the mansion, all of whom have made great achievements in their careers, whether in business or politics. The bustling mansion makes the mansion full of popularity.

As the former patriarch's eldest son, Lin Chongwen, it is naturally impossible not to come. It is not surprising that Huang Kaili will follow.

Originally, Zhou Ran wanted to take a detour and didn't want to face the woman directly, but he couldn't help her to move forward by himself, so Zhou Ran just waited in place and watched her approach step by step.

Huang Kaili has not been in a good mood recently. There are not many things she can contact and intervene in the Lin family. It is the result of her hard work and painstaking efforts.In fact, in the bottom of her heart, she looks down on her husband Lin Chongwen very much. Both his personality and ability to deal with things are much lower than her own. Too much waste.

And my own pair of sons and daughters are also disappointing, one is arrogant and domineering and doesn't know how to be a low-key person, and his behavior and things are very offending, the other is not as good as his own daughter's arbitrary and reckless behavior, but he is timid and flirting with a show It seems that he only dares to play tricks behind the scenes that others can't see, and Yu is a bit clever but even more incapable of appearing on the stage.

She is so worried, what do you think she is working so hard for, one or two are not up to date, isn't it a waste of her blood and thoughts.In order to cooperate with the actions of the family, she took a lot of effort to break into Lin Wangbei's small company first. Anyway, the company is not a big one, but it is still an important industry of the family, but she has not waited for her to take action. , was told by someone in the family that the illegitimate son of the Lin family, Zhou Ran, had secured himself as a minority shareholder of that small company before her.

There is Lin Kuofeng, an old and immortal stumbling block, and Zhou Ran, who has thorns in his eyes behind him. Just thinking about it, I wish I could crush her silver teeth, and I will have to get her back no matter what I see. Some interest, at least let yourself vent your anger.

"Hey, this is Aran, why are you here at this moment? You also know that this is a family gathering, and you can't tolerate outsiders messing around. You, you should go back and rest early, ah," Huang Kaili smiled with her mouth covered You are so happy, and you look like you are thinking about you, which is really shocking.

Zhou Ran glanced at her indifferently, and didn't even bother to explain. This woman has always been cunning, and she is not inferior to others in her ability to make troubles and be righteous. If that mouth can spit out ivory one day, then he will be surprised. .

Huang Kaili didn't please and was not ashamed, but she still circled around Zhou Ran, stabbing him from time to time, "I saw you answering the phone just now, why, was your cheap mother calling? She really knows how to do it." Caring about people, don’t think that you can become a phoenix if you pick up that chicken, don’t be so whimsical and try to reach the sky in one step.”

Zhou Ran pursed her lips indiscriminately, and smiled instead of anger: "My mother is naturally a good person in every way in my heart, but no matter how good she is, she is not as good as you in one thing." After a pause, seeing that she was really interested in coming over, she said again: "She, she can't compare with you, not everyone can clean up the mess for her husband like you for more than ten years, and still pay attention to her." You want to follow behind and help wipe your butt, don't you think?"

Huang Kaili was so angry that she blushed and her neck was thick. She pointed at Zhou Ran and was about to jump, but her reason stopped her impulsiveness in time. No, I can't do such a shameful thing at this moment, and then think about what my brother asked me to do Only then did the precarious feeling of losing control be suppressed abruptly.

"If you can't eat grapes, don't always dislike the sour grapes. After all, it's a matter of personal luck." The anger that was trying to suppress slowly calmed down, and Huang Kaili smiled and changed the topic.

Before Zhou Ran could say anything else, Lin Chongwen came forward at some point, "Kai Li, my aunt is already here, what are you still doing here? Come on, hurry up, don't be late." They couldn't easily lose the opportunity to make arrangements for uncle with such a big fanfare, and did the last thing.

Seeing Lin Chongwen, Zhou Ran's smile became deeper. Thinking of the information Mu Wei sent him just now, and thinking that there is nothing more exciting than this, he felt a burst of joy.

"Father," Zhou Ran said to him with a smile, seeing him noticing that he was not annoyed, but still smiling happily, "Do you know this man?" Zhou Ran took some photos from his phone Turn it out and zoom in for him to see clearly.

Lin Chongwen didn't like his illegitimate child, but he couldn't lose face at such an important moment, not to mention that the child called his father, he hesitated for a while before looking at the photo with his eyes wide open.

"Isn't this you?" Lin Chongwen asked suspiciously.

Zhou Ran shook his head, turned out another frontal photo, pointed to the photo above and said, "I just met him before, do you think our profiles look alike?" Before Lin Chongwen could answer, he asked himself Gu Zi smiled happily, "He said he is my half-brother."

Lin Chongwen was so surprised that he couldn't close his jaw, not only because of another illegitimate child, but also because in this photo, the boy who looked a bit like Zhou Ran in profile was actually being hugged by a man, and This man is still a son of a family he knows, so he can understand what is going on without thinking about it, and he can't help laughing, "It's just a little duck for sale. You think it can belong to any cat or dog." Are you coming to Lin's house? Hmph~"

Zhou Ran took back the phone with a chuckle, looked at the distorted Huang Kaili next to Lin Chongwen, and said meaningfully: "Yeah, it's just a duckling, after all, it won't be able to turn around the storm. The most important thing for a person is self-knowledge." Speaking of At the last sentence, Zhou Ran glanced in Huang Kaili's direction with a gentle smile.

Naturally, the meal was not too harmonious. In fact, this meal was just an excuse for Lin Kuofeng to introduce Lin Jingxian to everyone. It is estimated that there are not many people who really think about eating.

Zhou Ran doesn't care about these things. He is used to being alone on weekdays. Even on the table of such a big dinner, he can eat happily by himself, eating crab roe paste with great joy.

After the meal, Lin Kuofeng told them to disperse, and only Lin Jingxian left Zhou Ran alone. No matter what the others thought, they didn't actually talk about any nutritious topics, and the one they talked about most was their grandfather. , her second brother.

After the old butler sent someone to drive Zhou Ran back, Lin Jingxian sat on the recliner opposite Lin Kuofeng, swaying slowly, looking at it with a surprising sense of contempt from the corner of her eyes, her tone was light He said: "Zhou Ran is a good kid, a good seedling."

Lin Kuofeng was leaning on the chair with a cup of tea, he couldn't deny it, and after a while he said something unclear, "This matter has to be agreed by himself, but don't just want to hold on to a treasure when you see it. No, put it in front of me, you can't go wrong when you grow up, so don't talk nonsense in your heart."

Lin Jingxian listened, but smiled, and casually put a black key in her hand to play with, but her eyes had already drifted away.If you can look carefully, you can find that this key has the same texture and shape as the one that Mr. Lin gave to Zhou Ran back then, but I don't know if it is the same.

No matter how confused Zhou Ran was, since that day, Lin Jingxian often asked the driver to drive Zhou Ran to pick her up and go out. Sometimes she went for a walk in a small park, and sometimes she went to taste various flavors. Different styles of delicacies, sometimes come to Zhou Huaning's pastry shop and sit for a few hours, although Zhou Ran can't figure out the mystery, but Lin Jingxian's elegant temperament and calm posture are really hard to hate.It was Zhou Huaning's restraint after hearing her identity at the beginning. After getting along with each other in the next few days, the two went shopping together miraculously.

Lin Jingxian, on the other hand, understood that Zhou Ran would protect Zhou Huaning, a weak little woman. Perhaps, no one could bear to let a clean and pure white heart be stained with other weird colors.This is a warm and gentle woman, this is the conclusion Lin Jingxian came to after getting along with her for so many days.

Because she has important things to do when she returns to China this time, it is strange that Lin Jingxian can spend so much time on Zhou Ran, but anyone who comes across such a good seedling will probably be reluctant to leave.These days, Lin Jingxian often inquired about Zhou Ran's affairs, and got along with him unexpectedly harmoniously, whether it was his behavior, or the arrogance that was stolen from his bones, whether it was his impeccable conduct, or His thoughtful and meticulous thoughts are all in line with Lin Jingxian's reserved position in her heart.

This day was just right, Zhou Ran had just come back from school, but Lin Jingxian had been sitting there for a long time, Zhou Huaning and Si Yue were eating fruit with her, and when they saw Zhou Ran, they greeted him with a smile.

Taking advantage of April to do homework and Zhou Huaning to go to the kitchen to do housework, Lin Jingxian specially asked him to take a walk in the shade of the green trees near her home.

Along the way, Lin Jingxian was very silent. The two of them walked in silence for more than ten minutes before she found a quiet stone bench and sat down.

There was a gentle breeze in the forest, and the wind messed up her hair and blurred her face. Lin Jingxian sat quietly for a while, then turned her head and smiled at Zhou Ran, "Did the second brother give you a piece of paper when he passed away?" A black and gold key?" As he spoke, he took out a similar key from his body, pointed at it and said, "Here, that's how it is."

Zhou Ran's pupils shrank, and his hands paused. Under her clear and clear eyes, he couldn't deny it. He refused to admit it. He lowered his eyes and remained silent for a while. He still nodded slightly. Since If Lin Jingxian could take out the same key, and she was so sure that her grandfather must have given her the key, then no matter how he tried to justify it, it would be useless, she might as well just do it.

Lin Jingxian smiled, lowered her head and gently rubbed the key, her voice was as soft as a gust of wind could blow it away, "Do you want to know what this key does?"