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This year's heat is a bit later than in previous years, and Weining really entered the hottest stage of summer in August.

The gardenia that Aunt Wu raised in a water tank had not had time to bloom, and a layer of dry yellowish brown appeared on the edges of the tender green leaves.Aunt Wu is very concerned about this potted flower. After asking the flower shop staff carefully, she bought soil containing nutrients and ferrous sulfate, and fertilized and watered the gardenias strictly according to the instructions of the flower shop staff.However, this unsatisfactory plant is only full of flower buds, and the flower buds are a little snow-white, but the surrounding leaves are gradually drying up, showing a lifeless yellow-brown.

Aunt Wu went to the doctor in a hurry, and asked a few friends who like to grow flowers. The friends helped to analyze the causes of the disease, but they all mentioned the problem of light.So Aunt Wu moved the flower pots around for a few days, and finally moved them to the balcony, where the sun is the most.

Standing on the balcony, she was spraying the dry leaves with a watering can, remembering that a friend told her to remember to kill insects on the flowers and leaves, so she shouted: "Doctor Ji, help me get a bag of lime sulfur mixture in the bathroom come over."

Soon, Ji Zheng walked from the living room to the balcony, handed Aunt Wu a pack of powdered lime sulfur mixture, looked at the withered gardenias, and said, "It seems to be better than yesterday."

Ji Zheng was wearing a homely light gray round-neck long-sleeved T-shirt and loose slacks at home. His hair was not combed. The soft hair made his always lean and elegant temperament look gentle and lazy.He held a white blanket in his arms, and an orange kitten was wrapped in the blanket.This cat has been nursed and has grown up a lot, but its dislike of bathing is still the same as when it was picked up, especially after taking a bath, it does not want to be dried by a hair dryer. It's heart-piercing.

Ji Zheng has always spoiled it, wrapped it in a blanket after bathing it, and patiently dried it with the blanket, fearing that it would catch a cold, and held it in his arms all the time.At this time, the kitten was lying in his arms, with only a wet head exposed, rubbing against Ji Zheng's chest, and soon wiped a puddle of water stains on Ji Zheng's light gray T-shirt.

Aunt Wu replied: "It's still the same. I pulled off the dried leaves, so it looks better."

Ji Zheng turned around and leaned against the balcony railing, lifted the corner of the blanket and gently wiped the kitten's ears, and asked solemnly, "I took the egg yolk to the pet hospital yesterday, what did the doctor say?"

Aunt Wu sighed with lingering fear: "The doctor said that the reason why the egg yolk can't make a sound is because the hot water choked in his throat, and there are no other problems."

Ji Zheng picked up the kitten, put it close to its mouth and listened carefully, and could vaguely hear the cry of 'woo-woo' in the kitten's throat.He frowned, turned his head and kissed the kitten's head lovingly: "Does the doctor say it can be cured?"

"The doctor said that he should take medicine regularly every day and go for regular check-ups. It should be fine."

After Aunt Wu finished speaking, she turned her head to look at the empty living room, moved two steps towards Ji Zheng, and whispered: "Doctor Ji, this time is really too dangerous, I just cook soup in the kitchen, I don't have time Thinking of Xiao Que, I threw the egg yolk into the bathtub filled with hot water, if the egg yolk hadn’t screamed, I wouldn’t have known—”

Ji Zheng wiped the kitten's body with a blanket, and lowered his voice slightly: "Stop talking."

As soon as the words were finished, there was the sound of the door being pushed open in the living room, and then Bian Xiaoqu came out sleepily in a pink nightgown.

When passing by the floor-to-ceiling windows, she saw Ji Zheng and Aunt Wu on the balcony, so she rubbed her eyes and smiled sweetly at them: "Good morning, Brother Ji, good morning, Aunt Wu, huh? Did you take a bath with the egg yolk?"

As she said that, she ran towards the balcony, bent down and nose to nose with the kitten: "I gave it a bath yesterday and it didn't cooperate. It seems that it only likes Brother Ji."

The kitten turned around in Ji Zheng's arms as if frightened, and climbed up on Ji Zheng's arm.

Ji Zheng hugged it and turned slightly sideways, stroked its body to comfort it, and smiled at Bian Xiaoqu: "Hurry up and wash up, let's go out early."

"Okay, give me 10 minutes!"

Bian Xiaoqu cheered, turned and ran to the bathroom.

Ji Zheng also told Aunt Wu: "Go and see the luggage that Xiao Qu packed, don't let her leave anything behind."

"okay."

Aunt Wu put down the kettle and walked into the living room, when she heard Ji Zheng's mobile phone on the coffee table rang, she shouted, "Doctor Ji, your mobile phone is ringing."

Ji Zheng returned to the living room with the cat in his arms and sat on the sofa. He picked up the phone and saw the name 'Yan Shen' displayed on the screen. He was silent for a while, and waited until halfway through the call before answering.

He said with a smile: "Morning."

Yan Shen said, "It's getting late, Doctor Ji."

Ji Zheng heard that his tone was slightly displeased, so he didn't answer, waiting for him to speak.

Yan Shen waited, but did not hear back, so he asked directly, "You didn't go to work today?"

Ji Zheng was silent for a while, and he already understood the reason for his call: "Are you in my office?"

"I made an appointment with you three days ago. My grandma will talk to you today. Have you forgotten?"

Ji Zheng said without any confusion: "Yesterday, I asked Xiao Jiang to notify all the clients who made an appointment today, and the appointment time was changed to the [-]th."

"No. [-]? Why are you going for the five days in between?"

The kitten lay obediently on his lap, motionless, Ji Zheng gently stroked its head and neck, and said softly: "Take care of some private matters."

Yan Shen smiled disapprovingly: "Is vacation considered a private matter?"

No need to ask Yan Shen how he knew he was going on vacation, Yan Shen must have asked Xiao Jiang or his other colleagues.

Ji Zheng took a deep breath slowly, and said calmly: "Of course it's a private matter to take a vacation with your family."

Yan Shen paused, then suddenly asked, "Are you going to Jinshuiwan, Bailu Town?"

"Yes."

Yan Shen smiled and said: "What a coincidence, my team is going to Jinshuiwan for a meeting these two days, maybe I will meet you again." He said with a slightly contemptuous smile: "Don't get me wrong, it was half a month ago Just set the itinerary."

Ji Zheng smiled without showing emotion: "I will not misunderstand, and I am looking forward to meeting you."

Only then did Yan Shen laugh non-aggressively: "Then see you at the Golden Water Bay Hotel."

After hanging up Yan Shen's phone call, the smile on Ji Zheng's face disappeared immediately, and he lay down on the sofa a little tired, with a pillow on his head, and put the cat on his chest.

The kitten walked up and down on him, rubbing the top of its head against his neck and licking his chin with its little pink tongue.

Ji Zheng was tickled by it, closed his eyes and smiled lightly, then turned his head to avoid it, picked up his phone and looked through the information that he hadn't had time to check yet.

Half an hour later, Aunt Wu packed a suitcase. Ji Zheng changed his clothes, took the suitcase in one hand, and carried the cat in the other to go downstairs to pick up the car in the parking lot on the second floor.Bian Xiaoqu sat in the co-pilot and wanted to hug the cat, but the cat always avoided her, which made her very puzzled.Ji Zheng didn't explain anything, just handed the cat to Aunt Wu who was sitting in the back seat, helped Xiao Que adjust the seat belt, and then drove to the direction out of the city.

The rare vacation made Bian Xiaoqu very excited. She put down the window of the car and yelled towards the wilderness beside the road, then turned her head and smiled and asked Ji Zheng: "Brother Ji, how many days shall we play?"

Ji Zheng concentrated on driving, looking at the road ahead, with a smile that was neither deep nor shallow: "Five days."

"Ah? Five days is so short, can't we stay a few more days?"

Half of the journey passed unknowingly in the voice of Bian Xiaoqu constantly coquettishly begging him to take a few more days off. Half an hour later, Bian Xiaoqu was sleepy, so was Aunt Wu, and even the cat was sleepy. Two people and a cat all fell asleep one after another.

Ji Zheng turned off the rock song played by Bian Xiaoqu just now, and drove silently in the bright afternoon sun to Bailu Town, which is nearly a hundred miles away from the main city.

When the car got off the highway, an old stone gradually appeared on the side of the road. On the stone was written the three words 'Egret Town' mottled in red paint.

Ji Zheng woke up Bian Xiaoqu and asked her to look at the scenery on the side of the road.

Bailu Town still retains most of the features of the ancient town. Most of the residents here make a living by planting rice. The large rice terraces on the roadside extend like a ladder to the blue sky. There are large flower fields sandwiched between the rice fields. There are often strawberry gardens beside the flower fields, and white egrets can often be seen flying over the flower fields.

Bian Xiaoqu had never seen such an idyllic scenery before, and asked excitedly, "Brother Ji, where do we live?"

Ji Zheng pointed to a green mountain shadow that appeared behind the terraced fields and said: "There, behind the mountain is the sea."

When going up the mountain, they passed a local middle school. Because the school was out of school, the two ends of the road in front of the campus were put up with roadblocks.

Ji Zheng parked the car on the side of the road, waiting for the road to pass.

Bian Xiaoqu leaned on the window, watching the students in white shirts and aqua blue skirts or trousers coming out of the school gate, and then moved his eyes to a few wrought iron typewriters on the school gate, and read: "Bailu Town middle school."

Ji Zheng was also looking at the children who were talking, laughing, free and happy, and when he heard Bian Xiaoqu muttering something, he turned his head to look at Bian Xiaoqu.

Bian Xiaoqu stared blankly at those students, his eyes gradually became envious: "Brother Ji, what's wrong with me? Why can't I go to school?"

Ji Zheng rested his left arm on the car window, put the back of his hand against his lips and was silent for a moment before saying: "You are not sick, but your health is not very good."

Bian Xiaoqu looked at him expectantly: "Then can I go to school?"

Ji Zheng was silent for a long time before smiling at her: "I am helping you find a suitable school."

"Really? That's great!"

A few minutes later, the roadblock was removed, and several waves of tourists who were stuck on the road drove past the gate of the school one by one and went up the mountain along the road.

Jinshuiwan Hotel is built on the mountainside, deep in the quiet dense forest, backed by the rough sea, facing the whole Bailu Town, and can have a panoramic view of the original style and rural scenery of Bailu Town.Now is not the peak season for tourism, so the road leading to Jinshuiwan Hotel is deep and quiet, the lush forests on both sides cast a heavy shade, and the sound of falling water and flapping wings can be heard from somewhere in the direction of the mountain stream.Walking inside makes people feel separated from the world.

Ji Zheng parked the car in the garage on the first floor, then took the suitcase and took the elevator directly to the lobby on the first floor.He went to the front desk to apply for the room card, Bian Xiaoqu and Aunt Wu sat in the dining area next to them with the cat in their arms to rest.

He booked a family suite. When he received the key card from the front desk staff, he heard the staff on the side ask the front desk: "Has the business suite on the sixth floor been packed? Mr. Yan from Qitai Real Estate will be here soon." .”

Ji Zheng didn't listen to the latter words.He took the key card and led Bian Xiaoqu and Aunt Wu to take the elevator upstairs, but hesitated a little when the elevator door opened.

"Brother Ji?"

Bian Xiaoqu looked at him suspiciously.

Ji Zheng handed the key card to Aunt Wu, and smiled at her: "You go up first, and I will help you order lunch." After speaking, he asked the staff: "Please help them take their luggage to the room."

After the elevator door closed, Ji Zheng turned back to the lobby, picked up a single sofa and sat down, picked up a magazine and put it on his lap to read.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, he heard that the first floor suddenly became a little rushed, and several staff members stepped up to the entrance of the lobby, followed by the sound of rustling footsteps.

He turned his head and looked towards the door, and saw Yan Shen leading seven or eight men and women in formal attire walking in. As soon as Yan Shen came in, he looked down at his mobile phone, looking very impatient with the crowd around him.

Afterwards, Ji Zheng's mobile phone rang a message notification tone.

Yan Shen asked him: Where is it?

Ji Zheng closed the magazine and put it on the table, picked up his phone and replied: "Front."

Yan Shen looked up and saw Ji Zheng sitting on a sofa in the lobby, looking at him with a smile.

Yan Shen picked up his mobile phone, left everyone behind and walked towards him.

"When did you arrive?"

Yan Shen sat down opposite him and asked.

Ji Zheng looked at his watch and said, "15 minutes ago."

Yan Shen slightly raised the corners of his lips and looked at him for a moment, then asked, "Which room did you book?"

Ji Zhengdao: "The family suite on the twelfth floor."

There was some amusement in Yan Shen's smile: "Is it really a family room?"

Ji Zheng also smiled: "Otherwise, you go up and check?"

Yan Shen raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm not interested in checking who you're staying in the hotel with."

Ji Zheng put his hand on his forehead and looked at him with a helpless smile, then gestured towards the front desk: "Your colleague is waiting for you."

Yan Shen came and went gracefully, got up immediately and left, leaving only one sentence: "Wait for my call."

After Yan Shen left, Ji Zheng also went upstairs.

The viewing conditions of the family suite he booked are excellent, with a 270-degree view of the sea without dead ends, and a large balcony with an invincible view. The room is filled with sunlight and the sound of waves.Bian Xiaoqu and Aunt Wu watched the sea from the five-meter-long half-circle of the balcony, and only one cat was left wandering around in the living room.

Ji Zheng bent down to pick it up and walked towards the balcony. Standing by the sliding window, facing the rippling sea, he felt the pressure in his body gradually dissipating.

Bian Xiaoqu lay on the recliner, patted an empty recliner next to him: "Brother Ji, come quickly."

Ji Zheng pushed back his hair that was blown by the wind, and said with a smile, "I'm a little tired, so I'll go back to my room to sleep for a while. Lunch will be delivered later, and you can eat it yourself."

He returned to a master bedroom on the first floor, put the cat next to the pillow, listened to the faint sound of the waves outside the window, and soon fell asleep.

Two hours later, the rigorous and punctual biological clock woke him up.

He walked out of the bedroom and saw that there was no one in the balcony or living room, so he went up to the second floor, gently pushed aside a bedroom near the stairs, and saw Bian Xiaoqu taking a nap on the bed.

Helping Bian Xiaoqu lower the temperature of the air conditioner, he went downstairs to tidy up briefly, changed his wrinkled shirt, picked up the car keys and room card and went out.

When he walked to the lobby on the first floor, he received a text message from Yan Shen, who asked him to have dinner at the restaurant on the seventh floor in two hours.

He replied with a 'good' word, then took out the car from the underground garage and drove down the mountain.

Bailu Town Middle School is built at the foot of the mountain, and it takes three to 10 minutes to drive down the mountain from Jinshuiwan Hotel to the school at the foot of the mountain.

When he arrived at Bailu Town Middle School, he first found the age group leader, and then met the principal under the guidance of the group leader.When I saw the principal, it was the end of get out of class time. The students and teachers in the corridor came and went in a hurry, and the laughter of the lower grade students filled my ears. I closed the office door in time, but it could not be completely isolated.

Ji Zheng conveyed to the principal that he hoped that his niece could study in this school. The principal carefully asked Bian Xiaoqu about his household registration, age and reasons for dropping out, and then very enlightenedly asked Ji Zheng to bring his niece over when he had time. The two sides met and chatted.

Ji Zheng thanked him, then stood up and said goodbye.He walked out of the principal's office, stopped a female teacher in the corridor, and asked with a smile, "Excuse me, where is the bathroom?"

The female teacher pointed forward: "Go to the end and turn right."

"Thank you."

When Ji Zheng washed his hands in the bathroom and walked out, the class bell just rang, and a student ran out recklessly and bumped into him.

Ji Zheng fell a step to the side, his glasses were knocked off, and the student who caused the accident ran away in a hurry.

He knelt down to pick up his glasses, took out a wet tissue from his pocket, wiped the lenses and stood up, but the moment he stood up, he found that the corridor he was in and the classrooms on both sides changed drastically.

He is still in this school, but this school has become extremely depressed and dilapidated in an instant. The mottled walls have almost shed all the walls, and the corridor floor is covered with a thick layer of dust. It is extremely barren, as if It was abandoned many years ago.

Ji Zheng calmly put on his glasses, stood at the door of the bathroom and looked around the corridor, then tried to return along the original path, and found the stairs that the senior group leader led him up to just now.

He walked forward slowly, bypassing the broken tables and rotten chairs piled on the ground from time to time, when he suddenly heard a faint sound coming from a room with a sign of 'Teaching Room' on the front left.He turned his footsteps, changed his walking track, and walked towards the room with light steps, and found that the door of the classroom was wide open, and inside were several desks piled up in the corner.

He stood at the door watching for a moment, raised his right foot and just stepped into the room, but suddenly stopped, and suddenly turned to the left, catching a chair leg that fell towards him.

Xia Bingyang saw that the weapon was caught by someone, so he pressed the chair leg against the opponent's chest and pushed back hard, and then he was about to kick out a high-side kick.

Ji Zheng hurriedly said: "Bingyang!"