inferior possession

In the next few days, Ji Lu waited for the flower delivery car at the door every morning as usual, and then watched Tongtong go to school with his schoolbag on his back.

Duan Congzhen never came again.Maybe he went back after the meeting, or maybe there were other reasons, that is, the deer didn't want to think too much, but it had nothing to do with him anyway.

Han Shuo has been very busy recently, and it looks like something happened at home. Even Lu hasn't seen him for a while, and when he calls occasionally, he hastily explained a few words, and then hangs up in a hurry.

At first Ji Lu didn't take it seriously, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

It doesn't matter whether he is suspicious or delusional, but he can't help but doubt Duan Congzhen and suspect that he will do something bad to Han Shuo.

Of course Lu would not think that he was jealous, Duan Congzhen is a lunatic, even if he does nothing, as long as he thinks, he can always find a reason to attack.

In order to avoid irritating him as much as possible, Ye Lu has been very careful not to get too close to Han Shuo during this time, and has returned to the lukewarm state of the two when they first came to the flower shop.

Han Shuo also noticed his abnormality. After asking several times, even the deer remained silent and did not explain. As time passed, Han Shuo did not continue to persist, but subconsciously kept a distance from him.

Han Shuo came to the flower shop again a week later.

His face is vicissitudes, it seems that he has not taken care of himself for a long time, the stubble on his face is faintly visible, and his clothes are a little wrinkled, which is quite different from his usual handsome and straight appearance.

Even Ji Lu was a little surprised when he saw him.

"...What happened?" Ji Lu stood up, his eyes widened slightly.

Han Shuo smiled bitterly, shook his head, lit a cigarette, took two puffs in silence, and said in a hoarse voice, "Brother Lu, I might ask you to look after the store these few days. I have something to do."

"What's the matter?" Ji Lu suddenly became alert, and the man's face appeared in his mind, "Has something happened at home? Is it serious? Is... what is it?"

He wanted to ask who did it, but felt that the direction was too obvious, so he changed his words hastily.

"No, it's nothing serious..." Han Shuo was evasive, lowered his eyes, and twisted his cigarette anxiously, "I may not be back these few days, so can I trouble Brother Lu to take care of the store?"

"Don't say that," Ji Lu shook his head and said it's okay, "Call me if you need help."

"Ah."

Han Shuo forced a smile, took out a few keys and gave him some important handover matters before leaving in a hurry.

Ji Lu watched his back disappear into the alley, his heart beating fast for no reason.

He didn't know what happened to Han Shuo, but he had a vague feeling that it had something to do with Duan Congzhen.

Absent-minded, staying in the store like sitting on pins and needles, Tongtong ran in disheveledly after class, holding a small flower pot in both hands.

Seeing her coming, Ji Lu regained his composure, looked at the mud on her face, and couldn't help laughing, "How did you make it like this?"

"The teacher taught us to grow red beans, mine sprouted!" Tongtong said excitedly, holding up the flower pot in his hand, and handed it to Ji Lu to see.

Ji Lu took it with his head down, looked at the bright expectation in the little girl's eyes, smiled softly, looked carefully at the sprouts of the red beans, and nodded in approval, "Well, it's very good, very beautiful."

"I've been planting it for a long time, and others have sprouted, but mine is the slowest, and I thought it was dead." Tongtong couldn't help curling her lips, looking at the little bud, she became happy again, "But it still grew, and it still looks like this." healthy!"

"It's all thanks to you." The deer smiled and touched the little girl's head, "It's because you have been taking good care of it that it will sprout."

Tong Tong hugged the flowerpot, loving it, as if raising a small pet, with a smile on his face, curious and expectant, and cautious.

"Brother, what does this one look like when he grows up?" Tong Tong asked him, tilting his head.

"I don't know either." Ji Lu said, "Why don't Tong Tong plant it and see?"

"Okay!" Tong Tong grinned, "Then I'll show it to my brother too!"

"Yeah." Ji Lu wiped her face with a wipe, "I'm looking forward to it."

As soon as the words were finished, a pair of shoes slowly appeared out of the corner of my eye.Even before the deer had time to raise its head, it heard a familiar voice falling from above its head.

"What to expect?"

In the afternoon, the flower shop with no customers was very quiet, and the sunlight outside the window shone in through the gaps in the streets and alleys, drawing clear and bright lines on the ground.

It seems to separate the black and white worlds.

Ji Lu stood in the dark, looking at the person leaning against the door against the light, his face became stiff for a moment, and without thinking, he stretched out his hand and dragged Tong Tong behind him.

Duan Congzhen tilted his body lazily and leaned against the door to look at him. He didn't get an answer, so he asked again, "What do you expect?"

"Nothing." Ji Lu pursed his lips and stared at him warily.

Duan Congzhen met his gaze with a calm face and deep eyes. After a moment, he raised his leg and approached, stared at Ji Lu's eyes, and stretched out his hand.

Almost instantly, Ji Lu clutched Tong Tong's neckline to protect Tong Tong behind him, and closed his eyes.

He knew that Duan Congzhen didn't like other people looking at him with that kind of eyes, even though Lu made an exception, he continued that kind of staring for nearly half a minute.

The last time he looked at Duan Congzhen like this, the man almost used a dagger to gouge out his eyes.

With eyes closed and eyelashes trembling, the deer stood quietly, with its back straight, as if waiting for a death sentence.

The expected pain did not subside, and the deer froze for a while before slowly opening its eyes.

The man's palm hangs in front of his eyes, his wrist bones are clear and smooth, his fingers are long and slender, with a little fragrance, they are very close, but they don't fall on his eyebrows.

There were some faint scars on Duan Congzhen's palm, and Ji Lu suddenly remembered that when he was in the bathroom that day, Duan Congzhen found that his chest was cut by broken tiles, so he reached out to cover the sharp cut for him.

He didn't expect that Duan Congzhen's hand was also injured at that time.

Ji Lu was in a daze, and looked up at him somewhat perplexedly.

Duan Congzhen was lowering his eyes, watching him lightly, as if he was examining his reaction.

Immediately, the man lowered his palm and gently covered his eyes, stroking the curly eyelashes with his palm, forcing him to close his eyes.

The warm and dry touch was instant, Duan Congzhen withdrew his hand, shook out a cigarette and held it in his mouth, glanced at him, and said in a loose voice, "Don't look at me with that look."

Ji Lu didn't speak, just nodded silently, as if he was afraid that if he slowed down a bit, the man would get angry again.

Duan Congzhen looked at him, took two puffs of cigarettes, and said, "I'll go back at night."

"En." The deer responded without much reaction.

Now his attention is no longer on Duan Congzhen, he only cares about protecting Tongtong, thinking that he must send her home in person later.

Every minute and every second he spent with Duan Congzhen made him very insecure.

Duan Congzhen didn't care about his perfunctory attitude, and looked down at him, "Come to check how you are doing today."

"What's the matter?" The deer didn't understand.

"Bathroom." Duan Congzhen said, "Let me see if your bathroom has been repaired."

"Please."

As Ji Lu said, he dragged Tongtong sideways to make way for him, and kept the little girl firmly behind him from the beginning to the end.

He himself had no one to protect him when he was a child, and he didn't want this kind of innocent disaster to fall on Tongtong again.

Duan Congzhen didn't embarrass him too much, walked into the back hall with a cigarette in his mouth.

The figure of the man disappeared into the corridor, and Ji Lu immediately leaned over and said to Tong Tong, "Go, I'll take you back."

The little girl was confused, "Why?"

"Go home first." Even Lu didn't dare to delay for a moment, touched Tongtong's face, and smiled very reluctantly, "Tongtong will go home first to find mom and dad, and brother will bring some flowers to play with you later, okay?" ?”

Although he didn't know what happened, Tongtong nodded obediently, turned around holding the flower pot, and stretched out his hand to hold Jilu's hand.

Ji Lu didn't dare to stay any longer, he pushed open the door and led Tong Tong out, just as he was stepping over the threshold, he suddenly heard the footsteps of a man behind him.

"Where?"

The body paused, and even Lu Meng turned his head, looking at the man with fear in his eyes, but still forced himself to be calm, "Send Tongtong home."

Duan Congzhen didn't respond, as if he was thinking about his words, for a moment, he slowly lowered his eyes, and his eyes fell on Tongtong.

"What's that?" he asked.

Ji Lu was taken aback, his lips parted in vain.

"Red beans." Tongtong said softly.

"Red beans?" Duan Congzhen asked leisurely, "Did you raise them?"

Tongtong nodded, "The teacher asked us to observe the red bean seedlings, which I planted."

"It's so powerful." Duan Congzhen smiled, raised his hand to put the cigarette between his lips, and waved to the little girl, "I have raised many things too, let me see it."

Hearing this, the alarm bells rang in Lu's mind, and he subconsciously grabbed Tongtong's hand.

Duan Congzhen noticed his movements, raised his eyes slowly, and looked at him coldly.

Even though Lu's back felt cold, he still didn't let go. Seeing Tongtong's eager steps, he had no choice but to follow.

Tongtong walked up to Duan Congzhen, raised his head and asked, "Have you ever raised red beans?"

"Almost." Duan Congzhen nodded, and said meaningfully, "I have raised deer before."

Tongtong's eyes lit up all of a sudden, "Little deer? Is it a bouncing little deer?"

"Ah."

"Amazing!"

Duan Congzhen smiled and looked down at her, "I'm an expert in raising pets, so I can give you some advice."

"Really?" Tongtong's eyes sparkled, and he became excited in an instant.

"Of course," Duan Congzhen smiled, and reached out to Tongtong, "give it to me."

Tong Tong hesitated for a moment, still pursed her lips, and carefully handed the flower pot to Duan Congzhen.

"The first rule of social survival..." Duan Congzhen took the flowerpot, slowly raised his eyes, and looked at Jilu, with a subtle smile and a gentle and low voice, "Never have unrealistic expectations."

The voice fell, and before the deer could react, Duan Congzhen let go of his hand, and the flowerpot fell straight to the ground, "Bang!", and fell to pieces.

Tong Tong was startled, and then let out a cry.

Ji Lu stared in astonishment at the crushed flowerpots, soil, and smashed red bean seedlings on the ground, and was instantly astonished to the extreme, his voice choked up, "You..."

"Raising red beans is too boring." Duan Congzhen took out a piece of paper to wipe his hands as if nothing had happened, looked up at him lazily, and then glanced at the little girl with red eyes, "Let your teacher give up this useless experiment."