Jinling love story

Except for Xia Ranjiang, Tong Zhe hardly talks to anyone.When there is no class, I will go to the gym and vent my emotions on the equipment.

Xia Ranjiang quietly followed Tong Zhe for a long time until he reached the school gate.

"Come on, I'll take you somewhere."

Xia Ranjiang was taken aback, thinking that Tong Zhe didn't know that he was being followed.

"I'll take you somewhere."

Before Tong Zhe came to his senses, Xia Ranjiang grabbed Tong Zhe's handlebars and forced Tong Zhe to the back seat.

"Jiming Temple?" Tong Zhe was a little surprised, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Yes, the cherry blossoms in Jiming Temple are blooming. Look."

Xia Ranjiang pointed to a tree of cherry blossoms not far away that was as bright as clouds, and the pink petals were colorful, paving the way shallowly.The wheels ran over, and the petals soaked in the wet mud of early spring, melting like snowflakes.

"Isn't it like walking a red carpet?"

"Haha, I also wanted to bring you to Jiming Temple just now, but I didn't expect the two of us to go together."

Tong Zhe laughed out loud, just as a petal fell into his mouth, Tong Zhe spat out "poof, poof".Looking back, Xia Ranjiang couldn't help laughing when he saw Tong Zhe's embarrassing appearance.

After parking the car, the two walked in side by side.

"Hey, do you still remember the lottery you asked for?" Xia Ranjiang saw someone casting lots in front of him from a distance, and the bamboo tube rattled.

"Remember, before you went to Hainan. Do you remember what wish you made?"

"How can you tell others casually about the wish you made. It won't work if you say it."

Xia Ranjiang was tired from climbing the stairs, so he found a step in a remote corner and sat down.

"I only remember that it was signed at the time. From this point of view, there was indeed a blessing from the gods along the way."

Xia Ranjiang took Tong Zhe's arm and motioned him to sit beside him.

"Aren't I your god?"

"Cut." Xia Ranjiang gave Tong Zhe a white look. "This temple is full of gods and Buddhas, what kind of god are you?"

"Male god."

Xia Ranjiang pursed his lips slightly, stretched his hands with his hands up, and ignored Tong Zhe.

But when Tong Zhe heard Xia Ranjiang's words, he didn't seem to care about it on the surface, but he obviously felt his heart beating faster-remembering the secret swap at that time, he didn't expect this kind deception to make Xia Ranjiang happy for so long.

"Why don't we ask for a lottery again." Xia Ranjiang had a whim.

"Bodhisattvas are annoyed by you. Are you addicted to asking for lottery? The so-called 'people help God to help you', you ignore subjective initiative like this, and rely on God to help you. How can God have so much time to help you. "

"Tch, you still have a set, so much nonsense. At this time, you should go to burn incense and worship Buddha to get rid of the bad smell on your body. Let's go!"

Without any explanation, Xia Ranjiang dragged Tong Zhe up the steps.

"When I was young, my grandma often took me to the temple. Let me tell you a funny thing. When I was only a few years old, I knelt down and kowtowed when I saw these Buddha statues. I have a special root of wisdom."

Xia Ranjiang searched for all kinds of stories in his mind, added fuel and vinegar together, and tried his best to coax Tong Zhe so that he could temporarily forget the misfortune of the past few months.

"It's also possible that you were a little eunuch in your previous life. You got used to kneeling when you saw your master, or you did something bad. In this life, you have to kowtow to the Bodhisattva to admit your mistakes! Oops, shit!"

Holding three sticks of incense in his hand, Tong Zhe raised his arm and pointed at the Buddha statue. An unburnt incense ash fell on the back of his hand, causing Tong Zhe to grin his teeth in pain, and almost threw away the incense in his hand.

"Look how dare you open your mouth to talk nonsense." Xia Ranjiang mumbled nervously. "Hurry up and let's go down."

At this moment, there is no one in the Daxiong Hall, and a volunteer-like person in the corner is distributing scriptures to pilgrims.

Xia Ranjiang straightened the futon in front of him, kneeled down on his knees solemnly, and slowly closed his eyes.Tong Zhe turned his face to the side, thinking that Xia Ranjiang really has the roots of wisdom, and this kneeling posture is really impossible to learn if he is not a professional.

Xia Ranjiang kept talking to himself, and Tong Zhe sneaked closer to try to hear it clearly, but he couldn't hear it.

Xia Ranjiang's face was expressionless, but his heart was full of turmoil.

"What are you talking about?"

Tong Zhe looked puzzled.At this time, Xia Ranjiang, who had been standing still, suddenly opened his eyes and bowed three times. Tong Zhe was startled, and quickly turned his face, and imitated the same practice, holding up the incense sticks and bowing abruptly to the Buddha statue.

"I always feel that this place seems familiar." Xia Ranjiang walked, stroking the khaki-colored wall with his hand.

"It's in the TV series." Tong Zhe sneered. "Everyone has this feeling when they come here. The place where the White Snake is locked up."

"Ah, I remembered. It's really true. Look at that pagoda, it's exactly the same as in the TV series." Xia Ranjiang raised his head inadvertently, and in the middle of his vision stood a pagoda of the pharmacist.

"Let's go and see."

Tong Zhe didn't seem to be very interested, but Xia Ranjiang ran over by the hem of his clothes in three steps.

"Haha, isn't this the Leifeng Pagoda?" Xia Ranjiang stood at the main entrance of the pagoda, looking up. "Right here, Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian were forced to separate, and Fa Hai imprisoned Bai Suzhen in. Seeing this scene when I was a child is still fresh in my memory."

"Student Xiao Ran, I can only say that your childhood was really miserable. You are so easy to lie, a TV series makes you so happy."

"At that time, there was no entertainment. Watching TV was enough. I always wanted to go to Hangzhou. It turned out that the tower in my memory was right in front of me. As expected, I couldn't find it. Looking back, that person In dimly lit places."

Xia Ranjiang covered the sun with his hands and carefully observed the spire.

"What are you talking about..."

Tong Zhe suddenly realized that there was something wrong with the poem Xia Ranjiang quoted.

"At that time, I never understood why Bai Suzhen was arrested."

"Because she is a demon and has violated the rules of heaven."

"Is the water flooding the golden mountain?"

"That's just the proximate cause."

"Is there a fundamental reason?"

"Yeah, the root cause is that she fell in love with humans. This kind of feeling is unreasonable. There are always people who hate Fa Hai, but Fa Hai is just an executioner, so no one opposes the rule makers? Actually, the rules are just People or gods make it according to their own preferences and interests. What they can’t get or what they don’t like is a violation of the rules. There is no natural law at all. Rules can be used to break as well as to obey. The white snake is the only one to blame The ability is too weak. If it’s like Sun Wukong, this tower can’t withstand him. The most fundamental thing is to become stronger yourself. Isn’t it, classmate Xiao Ran.”

"No wonder you are said to be smart. Others watch TV dramas for a while, and you can see so many truths."

Xia Ranjiang reached out and pinched Tong Zhe's slightly flushed cheeks—I don't know when, "pinching the face" became one of Xia Ranjiang's actions of admiration for Tong Zhe.

"This is called a boundary."

For some reason, Tong Zhe had a sudden inspiration and talked so much, but he always felt uncomfortable after talking, but he didn't know where he was uncomfortable, so he could only drag Xia Ranjiang out of the right and wrong.

"Why didn't you draw lots?"

After leaving the Jiming Temple, Tong Zhe pushed the bicycle, and Xia Ranjiang followed.A gust of wind blew by, and the cherry blossom petals scattered and fell on Tong Zhe's hair at the end of his eyebrows.Xia Ranjiang carefully picked up the tender petals, put them near her mouth and blew them back into the wind with a "poof".

"Since I have already paid homage to the Buddha, I think it is better not to draw lots. If the wish I should make, I will come back to fulfill the wish if it can be fulfilled."

"Then what were you talking about just now?"

"I just hope that we can all be safe and sound. After this catastrophe, everything will be calm. What else can there be?" Xia Ranjiang avoided Tong Zhe's gaze. "Then you didn't make any wish?"

"Of course, I hope we can stay together forever."

"You bastard, didn't you say you hoped your dad would be released sooner?"

"Let's forget it after thinking about it." Tong Zhe's excitement just now seemed to have subsided a lot. "It's better not to embarrass the Buddha. This is my father's fault. Putting aside the fact that he is my father, crimes must be punished. Smuggling and bribery are unforgivable. Your mother is such a powerful lawyer. , After spending so much energy, my dad has been sentenced for so many years. I hope he can redeem his crimes in the future." So I think, compared with letting my dad be released earlier, the Buddha should feel that the wish of letting us be together forever is more important. Easy to achieve, right?Always choose the same. "

"Xia Ranjiang, I have to thank you."

"What did you say? Didn't hear clearly."

"I didn't listen to it and settled it. Don't say good things twice."

"Why do you think you seem to have grown up?"

Xia Ranjiang glanced sideways at Tong Zhe, who had his head down, closed his eyes slightly, and looked up at the boundless cherry blossom bushes.

"Are you praising me or hurting me?"

"What do you think?"

"I think you've grown up too."

"what?"

"I'm starting to feel sorry for others. I used to feel sorry for you. I just saw that I was burned by incense ash. There is something unusual in your eyes."

"Go aside."

"Humans, always have to go through some ups and downs to grow up. Birthday is just a biological age. People always say happy birthday, happy birthday, indeed, the birthday of the body is very happy. But some people are pampered all their lives, but in fact they don't. I have had my soul birthday, but the soul birthday is painful, so my whole life is actually a baby."

"Oh, it's really unbelievable that such profound words came from your mouth." Xia Ranjiang put his arm around Tong Zhe's shoulder. "Welcome Baby Tong Zhe to the adult world."

"Baby? Who are you talking about baby?"

Tong Zhe touched Xia Ranjiang's waist from behind, grabbed it, and tickled him vigorously.

"what……"

This time Xia Ranjiang didn't dodge as usual, his brows were furrowed, and his palms were resting on the back of his head.

"What's wrong? Headache again?"

"It's okay, it's okay. There are a lot of things these days, and I haven't slept well. It will be fine slowly."

"You have a headache for a day or two. When will you go to the hospital for a CT examination?"

"No need, old problem, just tired."

Xia Ranjiang's forehead began to be covered with fine beads of sweat.Suddenly, two hands grabbed Tong Zhe's waist.

"Damn, it turns out that the wolf is coming, you kid can use tricks, see if I don't tidy you up today." Tong Zhe stood up and avoided Xia Ranjiang's hand.

"Stop making trouble, stop making trouble." Xia Ranjiang's brows and eyes always seemed to be a little heavy.

"You won't leave me, will you?" Tong Zhe asked suddenly.

Xia Ranjiang was startled, wondering if Tong Zhe already knew something.

"will not."

Xia Ranjiang squeezed two words out of his throat, caught a glimpse of Tong Zhe's expectant face, and quickly dodged away.

"That's good. I only have you now, don't lie to me."

Everything seems to be back to normal.Tong Zhe slowly opened up the knot in his heart, and the smile reappeared on his face.With Tong Sixian in prison, Xia Ranjiang seems to have finally freed himself from a big rock that oppressed him—even though the investigation results of the case show that the cause of his father's death is still doubtful, it has a lot to do with Tong Sixian after all.

And these few months also made Xia Ranjiang get to know Yi Jihong again.However, the hatred in Xia Ranjiang's heart seems to have become a habit, like a huge snowball, because of the inertia, it can't stop for a while.It's just that the snowball is slowly becoming hollow now, and it is also slowly bumping into various obstacles during its travels, gradually peeling off, and gradually slowing down.

Moreover, Xia Ranjiang knew that his "judgment period" was coming soon, but this "judgment" existed between Xia Ranjiang and Yi Jihong, and no one knew about it.

On the weekend, Xia Ranjiang lied that he was going to class, bought a train ticket temporarily, and went straight to Shanghai.

According to the address, Xia Ranjiang found Yi Jihong's office.

"Hi, who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for Yi Jihong." Xia Ranjiang stood at the front desk, not knowing where to put his hands.

"Do you have an appointment?"

"Oh, do you still have an appointment? I don't have an appointment."

"You need to make an appointment for consultation." The front desk glanced sideways at Xia Ranjiang's hand, and smiled. "Didn't you bring any materials?"

"No... I'm not here to consult the case. Please let me know. I'm her son."

Xia Ranjiang was a little anxious, and he gritted his teeth and said the words "I am her son", but the voice of these words was low and low, as if a mosquito was flying by.

"Are you Lawyer Yi's son? Don't be joking. Lawyer Yi has always been single, how could he have a son. You are slandering, you know? Go away quickly! If you don't leave, I will call security! What's wrong with everyone now, just recognize him Mom, I'm out of my mind."

"what happened?"

Xia Ranjiang followed the sound and looked back, the automatic door opened, and a girl in a dark brown suit walked in, holding a Prada handbag in one hand and a cup of Starbucks coffee in the other.

"Sister Liu, this man came in and said he was Lawyer Yi's son. He wanted to see Lawyer Yi, but he didn't have an appointment. I told him to leave but he didn't leave. He was really sick."

Lawyer Liu walked to the counter in two or three steps on high heels, and put down the coffee and bags.Staring at the slightly raised chin at the front desk, squinting his eyes, he slapped him across the face, and the front desk's glasses suddenly tilted to one side.

"you……"

At this time, Lawyer Liu took out a stack of documents from his bag, took out a piece of paper, took out a pen to sign on it, and handed it over.

"This is your internship report. I went to the finance department to settle my salary. I don't need to come here tomorrow."

"You hurt on purpose, I'm going to sue you."

"Sue me? Hmph, aren't you playing big swords in front of Guan Gong? Go ahead and sue, regardless of whether you will win or not, the surveillance will remember clearly what you have done during this time. Even if you win, I will I can guarantee that you will never get this amount in the final sentence." Attorney Liu gave a slanted look at the front desk who was covering his face, and then glanced at Xia Ranjiang from the corner of his eye.

"Come in with me."

Lawyer Liu nodded slightly towards Xia Ranjiang, motioning him to follow him.

"Sorry, I made you laugh just now."

Lawyer Liu changed his domineering style at the front desk just now, but now he appears respectful.

"I'm Lawyer Yi's assistant. Call me Liu Wen. This is Lawyer Yi's office. She's out meeting clients today. You sit inside for a while, and I'll call her."

Xia Ranjiang stood by the window.Looking from a distance, the Shanghai Center on the other side of the Huangpu River stands in front of you, and the ever-flowing Bund is at your feet.At this time, a refracted light came into Xia Ranjiang's eyes, and when he looked back, it turned out to be a photo frame on the desk beside him.Walking closer, the picture framed was not a printed photo, but a part cut from a newspaper.It was none other than Xia Ranjiang in the photo frame, smiling at the applauding audience with his award certificate in both hands.

A calendar stands to the right of the frame.There is nothing special about the calendar itself, except that times like "00:05" and "01:30" are marked with a red pen in each date box.Xia Ranjiang flipped through several pages, which seemed to be the case in the past few months.

"That's Lawyer Yi's work schedule."

The door opened again, and Liu Wen came in with several cans of drinks and put them on the coffee table.

"Lawyer Yi has a habit of writing down the start and end times of his work every day. He took up a smuggling case a few months ago, and he almost left at midnight. It was too hard."

Hearing this, Xia Ranjiang's heart sank.Originally thought that Yi Jihong did not try his best on purpose, so Tong Sixian could not be exonerated, it seems that he wrongly blamed her.

"I called Lawyer Yi just now, and she will be there in 15 minutes." Liu Wen paused. "When she heard that you were coming, she was so happy that she wished she could come right away."

Xia Ranjiang lowered his head and smiled, with his hands behind his back.

"What do you think my mother is like?"

This question was asked so suddenly that Liu Wen didn't know how to answer it.

"You judge for yourself?"

"You're a lawyer, and what you're talking about is the truth. I'm speaking with emotion. It's not accurate."

"I have been with Lawyer Yi for a long time, and I also have feelings."

"But your feelings are based on facts."

"I can only tell you what I see, you need to judge for yourself."

"Ah."

Liu Wen leaned against the edge of the desk, crossed her legs slightly, hugged her chest with one hand, and rested her chin lazily with the other.

"In the past few years, whether in the United States or in Shanghai, Lawyer Yi would go to Yunnan every year to burn a stick of incense on your father's grave, and then leave in a hurry. I have always been puzzled, but then gradually realized Learned a few things."

"But I never saw her."

"Of course you can't see it. Every year, she goes a week early for Qingming Festival. She just doesn't want too many people to see it."

Liu Wen sighed softly, hesitated to speak, but found Xia Ranjiang's expectant eyes, and continued:

"You must have heard that this case is not that simple. It involves the cause of your father's death. Lawyer Yi searched for a long time, and finally found some clues. It can be said that the evidence she found, the crime of intentional homicide is a certainty. However, Lawyer Yi struggled for a long time, and at the end of the day, he didn't know why he burned the evidence. After the case was concluded a few days ago, Lawyer Yi's health also collapsed. At that time, she fell down the stairs and broke her elbow in a daze. I lay in the hospital for half a month and had a high fever. At that time, I wanted to go to Nanjing to find you, thinking maybe you could come and see her, and she would feel better."

Having said that, Xia Ranjiang turned around, his eyes flushed.

"I shouldn't have told you this. But you are the son of Lawyer Yi, and you have the obligation to know the facts. You came here today, she must be very happy, so let's have a good chat with your mother. She has always wanted to contact you , but I dare not bother you."

At this time, there was a burst of hearty laughter outside the door.The door was pushed open, and Yi Jihong walked in with a smile on his face, carrying a gust of wind.

"Then I'll go out first."

Liu Wen played tricks on Xia Ranjiang, let Yi Jihong in, went out by herself, and then gently closed the door.

"Xiao Ran, why did you come here on purpose today?"

Yi Jihong sat on the other side of the sofa, poured a cup of tea and pushed it in front of Xia Ranjiang.

"Come and see you." Xia Ranjiang's voice was a little low, and he took out a cardboard box from the backpack behind him. "It's your birthday today, here's a birthday present."

Yi Jihong was stunned.Staring at Xia Ranjiang's smiling eyes, he couldn't believe for a moment that the one sitting in front of him was Xia Ranjiang who had been speaking coldly.

"What is it? Let Mom guess."

Yi Jihong suppressed the excitement in her heart, but her eyes still couldn't stop crying.For so many years, Yi Jihong's birthday has been spent in the office, and he never dreamed that one day his son would give him a gift.

"Open it and have a look. It's not a special surprise, and I don't know what you like, so I just bought it."

Yi Jihong's hands trembled a little.Carefully tear open the box for fear of hurting the gift inside.

a pen.

"I thought this was the first birthday gift for you, so it must be beautiful and practical. You often sign, and the last time I saw you were wearing rose gold earrings, so I picked the same color, it should be useful .”

"It's useful, it's useful."

Yi Jihong was so excited that he could hardly speak, he held the pen in his palm and looked at it for a long time.

"However, where did you get so much money to buy such an expensive pen? In fact, you can come to see Mom, and Mom is already satisfied."

"This is the money I earned from giving lectures. Since I won the award, many training institutions have come to find me to give lectures." Xia Ranjiang turned his head and glanced at the photo frame on the desk.

"Oh, that's it."

Yi Jihong also noticed Xia Ranjiang's gaze, stood up slowly, held up the photo frame and looked at it.

"How did you know?"

"It's a coincidence. Le Qingxiang, do you know? I was studying law in the United States at the time, but I missed the application because of part-time jobs. It was Le Qingxiang who helped me, so I was able to enroll. After your competition, Le Qingxiang I mentioned you by chance, and only then did I know that you are my son."

"Huh?" Xia Ranjiang felt a little unbelievable.

"He said that you saved his son, but he didn't have time to thank you. He also told me to give him a chance to take his son to thank you. He will bring you to see him when he returns to China next time. It's quite honest. Alone, his son is about your age. The last time was too hasty and the timing was not right."

"It just happened to happen. I saw someone drowning, but I would go to rescue anyone who encountered such a thing."

Yi Jihong said nothing, just smiled approvingly.This ordinary conversation made Yi Jihong suddenly think of Xia Ranjiang's father again.The Xia Ranjiang in front of him not only looks very much like Xia Chenglu in his eyebrows and eyes, but his words and words that are no longer hostile are a replica of Xia Chenglu.The previous Xia Ranjiang was a stranger, and the traces of blood relationship seemed to be just the legal text on the case, and everything was just a symbolic family relationship.But now Xia Ranjiang is familiar, as if she has removed the armor engraved with annual rings, and no longer carries the weight to move forward.

At this time, after three light knocks on the door, the door was pushed open, Yi Jihong followed the prestige to look, with doubts on his face at first, he stood up suddenly, and rushed to meet him.

"This is really about Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here. Lao Le, when did you come back? Why didn't you notify me in advance?"

"Isn't this your kind invitation, so I decided to choose a date instead of bumping into it. Anyway, I have nothing to do these days, so I hurried back. Oh, Xia Ranjiang."

"Professor Le."

"Didn't you bother your mother and son to reminisce about the old days?" Le Qingxiang turned around and let the person following behind him come to him. "Peter, do you still remember brother Xia Ranjiang? He saved you."

Xia Ranjiang glanced over. Peter seemed embarrassed, palms clasped loosely, thumbs rubbing against each other.Brown hair covers half of the head, just below the eyebrows.Although the face is thin, but the puffy cheeks can still see the slightly bulging baby fat, which falls lazily at the corner of the mouth, and seems a little unhappy.The slender neck is hidden between the raised coat collar, only the protruding Adam's apple can be seen rising and falling with the continuous swallowing movements.

"Thank you, Xia Ranjiang."

Peter still kept his head down, like a child who did something wrong, muttering absently, watching everyone's reactions from the corner of his eye from time to time.

"The jet lag is not reversed now, Peter must be tired." Seeing Le Qingxiang's ugly face, Yi Jihong hurriedly smoothed things over. "Xiao Ran, take Peter down for a walk, I still have something to talk to Professor Le."

Xia Ranjiang went downstairs with Peter.The two walked along the side of the road in tandem like this, silent, until Peter crossed the road with his head down and was almost knocked down by a car, and then pulled back by Xia Ranjiang, Peter laughed out of shock.

With this smile, Xia Ranjiang felt as if he had been teased, and his face showed displeasure.

"Are you a mixed race?"

Xia Ranjiang knew it was a bit sudden to ask, but for some reason he blurted it out.

"Can't you see it?"

Peter raised his chin slightly, pretending to be surprised, and approached Xia Ranjiang with his dark blue eyes without blinking.

"It can be seen that it is doing well."

Xia Ranjiang suddenly felt that the Peter in front of him had completely escaped from the cute appearance just now, and he seemed to be. When Peter approached, Xia Ranjiang breathed a faint scent of agarwood perfume.

"Cut, it's boring."

Peter sniffed, straightened up, and stretched.At this time, Xia Ranjiang realized that Peter was half a head taller than himself, but Peter was always hunched over, acting like a rascal.

"What fun is there in Shanghai?"

"I don't know either." Xia Ranjiang continued walking forward. "You haven't been here?"

"I've been here, but no one is playing with me." Peter quickly followed up with small steps. "I'm thirsty."

Xia Ranjiang pursed his lips, looked around, and walked straight into the branch road next to him.

"Boss, two cups of hot chocolate."

"I want a strawberry milkshake." Peter poked his head over the items on the menu.

"That hot chocolate, a strawberry milkshake."

After ordering, the two found a seat by the window and sat opposite each other. Peter bit the straw in his mouth and swiped it vigorously.

"Are you still in school?"

At the same time Peter asked this question, Xia Ranjiang almost asked the same question.

"Ah."

"What are you studying?"

"English."

"Do you think we are sitting like a blind date? Hahahaha..."

Xia Ranjiang almost spit out the hot chocolate, and the hot smell filled his nostrils, and it took him a long time to get over it.

"What did you study?"

"I can't ask the question I asked again."

"Then how many days are you going to stay in Shanghai?"

"I don't go to school."

Xia Ranjiang couldn't stabilize himself again, his throat was a little sore from choking just now, but now he only felt that the backflow of liquid stimulated his throat to convulse.

"Are you sick?" Xia Ranjiang cursed inwardly.

"Didn't you say that you can't ask questions that have been asked?"

"I didn't say I couldn't answer the questions I asked." Peter bit the straw, his long eyelashes flickering.

"It's up to you, you can say whatever you want." Xia Ranjiang was a little impatient, and turned her head to look at the pedestrians coming and going outside the window.

"I know your secret."

"Tell me?" Xia Ranjiang tilted his head and squinted at Peter.

"You're going to America."

"Not always."

Xia Ranjiang suddenly became vigilant, and thoughts flashed through his mind, wondering whether Yi Jihong and Le Qingxiang were just discussing how to send him to the United States at this moment.

"Do you have a girlfriend?"

"Why do you ask this?" Xia Ranjiang turned around and saw that Peter was holding his mobile phone. The mobile phone was placed on the table just now. Although it was locked, several information prompts on the screen seemed to arouse Peter's interest.

"stop looking."

Xia Ranjiang grabbed the phone and put it in his jacket pocket.

"I think so."

Peter continued to suck the milkshake innocently, ignoring Xia Ranjiang's anger at the moment.

"No."

"Have."

"No."

"Then why don't you go to America? I'm in America."

Xia Ranjiang felt helpless and funny for a while, but he couldn't find any real reason to deal with this curious baby.Seeing Peter still looking out of the window with an innocent face, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and looked at the messages one by one.

"I'm done. Buy me another drink."

"With something so cold, you won't be afraid to drink it up."

Xia Ranjiang watched Peter hiccup with satisfaction, and just about to get up and go to the front desk, he sat down again.

"Ok?"

"I've run out of money." Xia Ranjiang took out his wallet and poured out a few coins from it.

"Isn't this money?"

"not enough."

"How much?"

As Peter said, he took out a folding wallet from his jeans pocket, opened it, counted out five hundred dollars from it, and pulled it out.

"It doesn't cost that much at all." Xia Ranjiang looked at the five hundred dollars on the table in surprise.

"Can I buy it?"

"It's not a question of whether you can buy it or not. The key is that others don't accept dollars. Even if they do, they probably won't be able to find it."

"Why not accept it?"

Xia Ranjiang was at a loss for words again.I just watched Peter grab the money and go to the front desk by himself.After a while, Peter came back biting the straw again.

"Buy it? How much did you find?"

"No money." Peter shook his eyebrows, still innocent. "The old woman gave it to me."

At this time, Xia Ranjiang saw from a distance a woman who looked like a proprietress walking by holding a small tray. She was still smiling, but when she heard Peter's word "old woman", she immediately pulled her face.

"It's the old woman."

"Be quiet."

"why?"

"You're swearing."

"No, I also thanked her. That old woman is very kind."

Xia Ranjiang sighed, knowing that nothing would work.Anyway, Peter can't change his language habits for a while, so it's better to have fun.

"My dad asked me to thank you." Peter put down the plastic cup in his hand and looked at Xia Ranjiang solemnly. "Then how should I thank you?"

"Your father asked you to thank me? Does that mean you were forced?" Xia Ranjiang pouted, although he was upset, but he thought Peter finally said something human.

"I haven't thought about it yet, let's talk about it later."

Xia Ranjiang originally thought that Peter would say a lot of moving words with gratitude, but seeing Peter pick up the milkshake again, pretending to be nonchalant and turning his head to look out the window, he felt as if a scoop of cold water had been poured into his heart.

"We should go back."

Xia Ranjiang caught a glimpse of the wall clock in the corner, it was exactly 12 o'clock.But the moment he stood up, he suddenly felt dizzy, the back of his neck began to throb, his throat was tight, and he almost couldn't stand still.Pressing his fingers tightly against the table, he gritted his teeth and persisted for half a minute before slowly recovering.

After staying in Shanghai for a long time, Xia Ranjiang caught the last high-speed train back to Nanjing.A sense of escape has been lingering in Xia Ranjiang's mind.The moment he left the station, Xia Ranjiang felt as if he had finally come home after wandering for a long time.

Following the flow of people, Xia Ranjiang walked to the station square.At this time, a figure not far away walked towards him.

It was Tong Zhe.

"Where did you go?"

"Going to Shanghai..."

Xia Ranjiang was just about to meet him, but was overwhelmed by the chill in Tong Zhe's eyes.

"Didn't you say go to class?"

"I'm just afraid that you won't worry..."

"What did you do in Shanghai?"

"Go to my mother."

"You started to change branches so soon? You are very quick to react."

Tong Zhe snorted twice, squinting at Xia Ranjiang, Xia Ranjiang could only lower his head and keep silent.

"I don't think it's as simple as just seeing your mother." Tong Zhe continued. "It's all about finding a new partner for my future love life."

"Tong Zhe, what do you mean?" Xia Ranjiang suddenly raised his head.

"What do you mean? Don't think that I won't be able to see it if I go to Shanghai! What's the matter, seeing that my family is in decline, quickly climb up to be rich and handsome?"

Hearing this, Xia Ranjiang immediately understood the reason for Tong Zhe's panic.However, it was the first time I encountered such a mean and ruthless look today.

"Jealous?"

Xia Ranjiang only felt that the muscles on his face were a little stiff.Even though she was a little embarrassed, she still struggled to squeeze out a smile, and reached out to pinch Tong Zhe's face.

"Get the hell out of here!"

Tong Zhe grabbed Xia Ranjiang's hand and shook it away vigorously.Xia Ranjiang almost felt dislocated.

"What's wrong with you? Can you listen to me?"

Xia Ranjiang finally realized the seriousness of the matter, and looked at Tong Zhe in horror.

"I know that too many things happened in the past, you are in a panic, but don't be suspicious, okay?"

"That's it, there's nothing to say. It doesn't matter to me what you do in the future. Goodbye."

Tong Zhe's voice was choked with sobs, and he disappeared into the midnight traffic without looking back.

Xia Ranjiang stood there in a daze for a long time.Just a few minutes ago, Xia Ranjiang thought he was dreaming.However, when he came back to his senses, the crowd leaving the station had dispersed, and he could only vaguely hear the sound of the radio in the waiting hall.The dim light was projected on Xia Ranjiang's body, and Xia Ranjiang felt that his whole body was numb.Helplessness, surprise, grief, all kinds of emotions were twisted into a rope, tightly wrapped around the brain, and bursts of pain hit like bursts.

After an unknown amount of time, Xia Ranjiang returned to school.Pushing open the bedroom door, I saw He Xiaoyu was lighting a desk lamp, with his feet resting on the desk, the computer in front of him, and an American drama playing.

"Are you back?" He Xiaoyu took off his earphones. "Are you hungry? I bought an extra piece of bread for you just now."

"I'm not hungry."

Xia Ranjiang replied feebly, and slumped on the chair.

"What's the matter? It seems that today's schedule is quite full."

He Xiaoyu sat down on the chair and reached out to pat Xia Ranjiang's back.

"Hey, don't mention it."

"It shouldn't be, shouldn't you, the son of a barrister, have a lot of face?" He Xiaoyu handed over the bread. "Having said that, only your background can explain many of my problems."