cool autumn

The leaves rustled all night, and in the blink of an eye, it was already a yellowish color, and the thin short-sleeved shirt was packed under the wardrobe early.

Walking out of the Lin family's mansion, Zhou Ran turned around and waved goodbye to the old housekeeper. With a whisper in his ears, he stretched out his hands to gather his collar, and took a large bundle of information books that Lin Jingxian had prepared for him in advance, and walked towards the side of the road. Waiting for a passing taxi with passengers.

A taxi stopped in front of Zhou Ran, the door opened, and the information book was first lifted into the car seat. Zhou Ran was bending down to enter the car door, when he caught a glimpse of a figure in the corner of his eyes, and the action stopped immediately.

"Master, wait a minute," Zhou Ran quickly got into the car, raised his hand to stop the driver from trying to start the car, poked his head and looked back, through the thick glass window, he saw the figure coming from the car. The small door at the back of the Lin family mansion came out, and he took out his mobile phone in his pocket while walking, and looked around vigilantly with his head crouched. deja vu.

The man walked away slowly, and his short figure quickly disappeared on a small soil slope at a corner, and he could not be seen any further.

Zhou Ran stared at that direction for a while, pondered for a few seconds, and then turned back to let the driver drive home.

Rubbing his index finger and thumb, Zhou Ran tried hard to recall where he had seen this person before. The passerby-like face did not have any distinctive features, and he only vaguely felt that there was such a person in his memory.

The rapidly receding scenery outside the car window is like the fast-forward and rewind buttons of a movie, and even the pictures in Zhou Ran's memory appear in front of his eyes, but before Zhou Ran can grasp the clues, he is caught by a burst of "bell" Ringing..." The ringtone of the mobile phone startled me.

"Hello?" An unfamiliar number was displayed on the phone screen.

There were two coughs and coughs, and the voice was squeezed, "Dongyao (01), Dongyao (01), I am Dongdongqi (07), I am Dongdongqi (07), please answer if you hear it. Please answer…"

Zhou Ran stared at the phone that was coming from inside, and murmured suspiciously, "Dong Dong Qi?" What the hell?

"Right, it's me, hehe." After a few smug smiles, he seemed to realize that he was off topic, and then continued mysteriously while pinching his throat: "I am the spy Dong Dongqi, and now I have discovered the situation of the enemy attack." , please Dongyao quickly go home to support your old lady, please Dongyao quickly go home to support your old lady, over." Then quickly hung up.

The light in the car window was a little dim, and Zhou Ran's face became more and more white and delicate under the light of the mobile phone. The voice of the phone call was familiar, but there seemed to be no such person in his mind, at least, not He is very familiar with the right people.

"Master, please hurry up," Zhou Ran couldn't help but sit up straight and urged the driver in the driver's seat, no matter whether he knew the man or not, but Zhou Ran couldn't ignore the message he revealed, he didn't dare to take it Zhou Huaning went to gamble.

On the other side, Ningzi Pastry Shop Kancha welcomed two distinguished guests.

At that time, Zhou Huaning was still steaming pastries in the kitchen, and bursts of tangy aroma kept pouring out from the kitchen, circling around Zhou Zhiyang's nose, so that he didn't even bother to read the recruitment information in the newspaper, and directly Baba stood at the door and waited.

Zhou Huaning smiled and reproached him for a few words. He really treated Zhou Zhiyang like his own child. He just handed him a freshly steamed pastry from the drawer. There was a "dong dong dong..." knock on the door.

"Here we come, here we come, please wait a moment," Zhou Huaning replied hastily after washing his hands and walking out, wiping off the water droplets with a handkerchief.

Standing outside the door was a couple in their early fifties, dressed casually, but Zhou Huaning's neat posture and imposing gaze made Zhou Huaning's eyes startled, and he hurried to greet him, not daring to neglect easily.

"Do you need to buy some pastries?" Zhou Huaning asked with a smile as he brushed the corner of his clothes unobtrusively as he walked forward.

Zhou Huaning dressed very casually at home, wearing a pink floral dress with graceful fringe and exquisite music, and the long hair that was gently rolled up made the whole person more graceful and radiant, even if it was a cheap skirt, Can also wear the most charming style.

The couple looked at each other, their eyes lit up, and they saw surprise in each other's eyes, but they were more determined in their hearts in their original intention to come here.

"We're looking for the owner of this shop, Zhou Huaning," the woman took a step forward and spoke first.

Hearing that he was looking for himself, Zhou Huaning was obviously taken aback, and was puzzled. When he looked at the two people carefully, he found that the man's facial features were obviously similar to Yuan Dingbang he was dating now. I don't know if he remembered it. What, the complexion is a little subtle, this menacing appearance really makes people can't help but think about it.

Thoughts were going back and forth, but the smile on his face became more calm, "I'm Zhou Huaning, what can you do for me?"

Zhou Zhiyang, who was standing inside the door, saw such a scene, his eyebrows twitched slightly, and his intuition was a little bit bad.On the contrary, Zhou Huaning waved to him with a smile and asked him to look after the store first, while she led the two of them to sit down in the living room.

Zhou Huaning is a person who knows how to live a good life. The corners and corners of the store at home are tidy and tidy. There are also several cut fruits on the glass table in the living room, arranged in different fancy platters. There are small narcissus blooming in pots.

"Would you like some tea? Longjing or Pu'er." Sitting on the main seat, Zhou Huaning took out three elegantly printed white porcelain cups, washed them carefully with boiling hot water, and asked with a smile.

The woman was well maintained, except for the slightly exposed wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, her face was as smooth as new, even if she didn't speak, she had a coercive aura, looking at Zhou Huaning with serious scrutiny in her eyes.

"Do you have Tieguanyin?" The man with a straight face spoke for the first time. He doesn't like drinking tea very much, but he has a special liking for Tieguanyin, and he only drinks this kind of tea.

Zhou Huaning nodded, bent down and found it from the small cabinet next to it. There were a lot of precious tea leaves in there, which Zhou Ran usually put in there.

The woman's eyes were sharp, and she recognized the few kinds of tea in it at a glance, which were difficult for ordinary people to taste. She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows slightly, and she couldn't help secretly raising Zhou Huaning's status as a market woman who opened a pastry shop.

After offering the brewed tea with both hands, Zhou Huaning said in a leisurely manner, "I don't know what you two want from me?"

The man squinted his eyes and took a sip of the tea, winked at the woman from the corner of his eyes, and signaled her to act as the sole agent and take over the command.It caused the woman to frown in dissatisfaction. Before they came, they had agreed that he would be the black face, and she would give her son a good lesson when she got home.

"We are Dingbang's parents. We came here this time to hope that you can break up with our family Dingbang." As a female soldier, her way of handling things is naturally smoother than that of a man, but her straight-forward characteristic cannot be changed.

Zhou Huaning was slightly taken aback, and his hands were kneaded into a ball unconsciously.Even though she had vaccinated herself in her heart, the feeling of facing the attack like this was really not joyful. After a long while, she said leisurely: "Let Dingbang come and tell me, if he also thinks this relationship is not worth going down , then I have nothing to say."

"Dingbang is someone who wants to go up in the future. What he needs is a woman who can help him and can be his wife, and you are not within the scope of this choice," that man is Yuan Mingguo. With a glance, it seemed that she was re-examining her value to her son, her eyes were sharp and sharp like a knife.

With her own husband as the striker, the woman Ke Yuhong began to speak softly, understanding it with emotion and reason, "I know you are a good girl, but you also have to think about our family's Dingbang. You are young, don’t ruin your future just because of the current impulsiveness, let’s talk about it again,” the words paused, and then continued: “A family like ours will definitely not let Dingbang marry a person with children. Yes, I don't want Dingbang to be a stepdad as soon as he gets married, stepfather, I think, you can understand, right?!" The words clearly revealed that no matter whether Yuan Dingbang insisted on marrying Zhou Huaning Enter the door, but it is impossible for Zhou Ran to enter the door of their house.

Zhou Huaning bit her lip, her face was a little pale, her mouth murmured and she didn't know how to speak, her appearance was already delicate and lovely, so she looked weak and pitiful in such embarrassment.

"Ran Ran is my child, just like you can't give up Dingbang, I will never give up my child," Zhou Huaning said firmly after struggling for a while, even though the couple on the other side of the sofa had eyes She straightened her spine and said slowly: "I don't want to say anything more about the relationship between Dingbang and me. You have your difficulties, but I also have my persistence, unless Dingbang took the initiative to break up with me, otherwise I wouldn't leave easily."

"It's useless to say more, just let Dingbang break up with her," Yuan Mingguo, with his usual fiery temper, slapped the table loudly and vigorously before he could say a few words, got up and left.

Ke Yuhong had nothing to do with her husband's outburst of temper, so she hurriedly got up together.Before leaving, he still didn't forget to turn his head and warn Zhou Huaning, "You should give up, we can't let you stay with Dingbang, don't force us to resort to tactics."

As soon as Zhou Ran entered the door, he heard such a sentence, and immediately stopped the pace of entering the door, and stood at the door with a big horse, watching the couple approaching him.

"Are you Uncle Yuan's parents?" Zhou Ran casually put down the bundle of materials in his hand, tilted his head, and asked softly.

Yuan Mingguo's aggressive footsteps stopped, and even Ke Yuhong, who followed him, stopped. "That's right," he nodded, scanning Zhou Ran with impolite eyes, from top to bottom, from the inside. go outside of.

Zhou Ran pursed her lips and smiled softly, "My mother is just a weak woman, and I really can't stand your presence. If Uncle Yuan doesn't want to be with my mother, I know it, and you don't have to make this trip again." Now, if you have time, go back and persuade Uncle Yuan. Uncle Yuan is a lump of gold in your family. Isn’t my mother a unique treasure in our family? May I ask, is it really a big husband to use tricks on my mother? Or the girls that Uncle Yuan brought home in the past, as long as you are not satisfied, you will break them up by means of your means."

His words really touched people's hearts, Ke Yuhong was immediately annoyed by what he said, and said sharply: "I don't see that you have such a sharp tongue at such a young age, let me tell you the truth, Dingbang There was a marriage contract a long time ago, and that girl is his childhood sweetheart, if Dingbang doesn't marry, she will be waiting, you think your relationship is true, but you don't know that compared to her, she is nothing but bullshit."

Regardless of the situation, Zhou Huaning walked up to Zhou Ran with a single stride, and asked softly, "Why did you come back so early, today's class is over?"

Zhou Ran turned back and smiled at Zhou Huaning, nodded, "Auntie asked me to go home and review by myself." He has been going to Lin's house to receive special lectures from Lin Jingxian since the beginning of this winter vacation.

Seeing that she was ignored, Ke Yuhong's dissatisfaction skyrocketed, "Mingguo, let's go." After finishing speaking, she dragged Yuan Mingguo away.

"I would like to remind you, too hard is easy to break, you should not have the opposite effect." Zhou Ran leaned on Zhou Huaning's shoulder, smiling happily from behind.

Seeing the figure slowly disappearing from his eyes, Zhou Huaning sighed softly, touched Zhou Ran's head, said nothing, just tugged at the corners of his mouth, and turned to Zhou Ran, "Mom, go and make you something to eat .”

At night, Siyue, who was crazy enough outside, hugged Erbao and looked towards the bedroom with a mysterious face, and whispered to Zhou Ran, "Brother, do you think Mom will elope with Uncle Yuan?"

Zhou Ran looked up the information with his head down, and was a little surprised when he heard this, "Who said that?"

"It's always played like this on TV," Si Yue shrugged, looking helpless, seeing that the bedroom door was still closed, and went on to gossip: "I just heard her call Uncle Yuan, and she seemed to be crying Woolen cloth."

"What else did you hear?" Zhou Ran frowned, sat up straight and asked.

"Click," before Si Yue could gossip again, the bedroom door was opened.

Zhou Huaning still cared about Yuan Mingguo and Ke Yuhong's words, and didn't know what she and Yuan Dingbang said in it, but her red eyes, slightly haggard face and firm eyes all told others that she was very happy. Sad, she has her own plans.

"Ran Ran, I'm going back to Chunlin Town with Zhiyang tomorrow, do you want to go back with me?" Her smile was a little off, and her eyes were full of indescribable fatigue and weariness.

Zhou Ran looked at Zhou Huaning suspiciously, paused, then nodded and said, "I'll stay here with Yaya, and I won't go back." Although Zhou Huaning's sudden behavior is strange, but in this situation, It's good to go back and relax

Si Yue secretly scratched Zhou Ran next time, hoping that he would open his mouth to ask what happened to Zhou Huaning, but Zhou Ran didn't see any action, Duduzui gave up, she should not go to her mother to mention her sad things .

Zhou Huaning told Zhou Ran, then turned and went back to the room to pack his luggage. April and Zhou Ran looked at each other, "Shall we go out to eat tomorrow?"

"Yeah." Zhou Ran spread his hands and nodded as a matter of course. He doesn't know how to cook, it's inevitable.

The next day, Zhou Huaning brought Zhou Zhiyang to Chunlin Town early in the morning.

At noon, I went to a small restaurant with Si Yue for a meal, and after eating, the two of them sat in the glass window to digest.

Si Yue kept chattering about that little fat man, and by the way, talked about school affairs, while Zhou Ran looked out of the window boredly, nodded from time to time, and echoed a few words casually.

There was a crowd of people outside the window, and the time when people got off work at noon was the busiest time. Zhou Ran didn't want to go out and rub their heels with them at all, so he ordered a cup of tea and took a nap there.

Suddenly, a familiar figure flashed across the crowd. Although it only stayed in his eyes for a few seconds, Zhou Ran recognized his hunched body immediately, but it was too late to chase him.

Zhou Ran pondered for a few seconds, then took out his mobile phone and called Gu Yang. He only said that he had an order for him, and asked him if he would like to cooperate, and the remuneration is negotiable.

Gu Yang over there thought for a long time before accepting the order. Although he doubted his own skills, but after thinking about it, he felt that the opportunity must never come again. The purpose - to pull Geng Xu into the water.

After sending Si Yue back to Grandpa Xu, Zhou Ran took a taxi and went directly to the Lin family's mansion, but he didn't go in. He just stared secretly at a remote corner of the gate. He had a hunch that the stooped man must be It will still appear here, although he still can't remember who he is?

From the time when the sun was high at noon until the sunset at dusk, Zhou Ran sat there and waited.

Slowly, a little black figure came out from the small back door. The hunched body and the habitual shrugging of the shoulders were the person Zhou Ran had been waiting for.

As it got closer, even closer, Zhou Ran faintly felt that this person's identity emerged in his heart.

Suddenly, the man turned his head suddenly, and Zhou Ran was so startled that he immediately shrank his head and didn't dare to look any more, but the moment the man turned his head, he could clearly see the appearance of the man——

Hu Jinbiao.