half thorns, half joy

Deng Langyue was good at speaking, to put it bluntly, she was strong on the outside but hard on the inside, and she was terribly fierce through the screen, but when she came in front of him, his style of painting completely changed again.

What Cai Lin didn't know was that Deng Langyue treated her differently from others.

However, not only Cai Lin didn't notice this, even Deng Langyue enjoyed it and didn't notice anything wrong.

"Ms. Cai, good morning, please come in." Seeing Cai Lin, the nanny couldn't stop smiling.

Cai Lin bowed politely and asked the nanny, "Morning, is Aunt Zhao at home?"

The nanny nodded, "Yes, Ma'am just finished breakfast, this meeting is still in the dining room, do you want to go there?"

"Well, I'll chat with Aunt Zhao."

The nanny took Cai Lin to the restaurant, and quickly stepped forward to report Cai Lin's arrival to Zhao Suizhi.

Zhao Suizhi turned his head and saw Cai Lin's calm face immediately smiled. She stood up to meet Cai Lin, grabbed Cai Lin's arm, and said affectionately: "Linlin, you've come to see me again."

"Hmm..." Facing Zhao Suizhi's enthusiasm, Cai Lin, who had forgotten Zhao Suizhi these days, felt quite guilty, "I'm a little busy these days, I'm sorry, Aunt Zhao."

"Hey, it's okay. Auntie knows that you young people are busy, so it would be great if you can take time to visit me." Zhao Suizhi took Cai Lin's hand and sat down on the sofa, "Have you had breakfast? What do you want to eat? Shall I let the kitchen do it for you?"

Cai Lin waved her hands again and again, "I have eaten Aunt Zhao, and I came here after eating at home."

Families like the Cai family and the Xiao family have a nanny who is responsible for cooking, so Zhao Suizhi also knows that Cai Lin is not being polite and shy, but telling the truth.

"Then have some tea." Zhao Suizhi turned his head to look at the nanny standing with his hands down, and ordered, "Ah Xing, hurry up and make Linlin the tea that I entrusted someone to buy from England. "

"Yes, ma'am." Ah Xing took the order and left.

Cai Lin shyly said, "Aunt Zhao, don't bother. I don't know much about tea. You got good tea, so you should keep it for yourself."

Zhao Suizhi didn't mind, "It's okay, anyway, I can't finish it all by myself. If this tea is left undisturbed, after a long time, the taste will not be as good as it is now."

Hearing what Zhao Suizhi said, Cai Lin felt a trace of sadness in her heart.

After all, for the former Xiao family, entertaining guests and holding afternoon tea parties was a common occurrence. How could such things as "one person can't drink it all" and "spoil the tea" happen.

No matter how it sounds, Cai Lin has a feeling, like the Xiao family is about to fall, and Zhao Suizhi feels lonely and boring.

Cai Lin felt sorry for Zhao Suizhi, and her tone softened a lot. She asked Zhao Suizhi, "Auntie, what have you been up to recently? Are you mainly growing flowers?"

"Me?" Zhao Suizhi was stunned before replying, "I don't have anything to do, I just walk around the yard casually every day, raise flowers and read books, just pass the time."

"Then... didn't you go out?" Cai Lin was actually a little puzzled, because even if the Xiao family is not as good as before, it is still better than many, many families. Even if Zhao Suizhi went out to the party, he would not be ridiculed or left out.

Zhao Suizhi sighed softly, "I haven't been there, but some former friends called me, but I'm not in the mood now."

Cai Lin: "..."

Sure enough, it was Aunt Zhao's own problem.

"But now it's pretty good, it's very comfortable." Zhao Suizhi looked around the large living room, and said lightly: "I used to be restless and always liked to make things lively, but now I don't like it. It's okay, just be quiet like this."

Now that Zhao Suizhi has said so, it is inconvenient for Cai Lin to say words of persuasion. No matter what Zhao Suizhi is, he is an elder, and the younger generation has no position to pity the elders.

Cai Lin then nodded, took Zhao Suizhi's hand back, and said with a smile, "Auntie, you can do whatever you like, as long as you are happy."

"Why are you happy? I'm old, and I'm just messing around like this." Zhao Suizhi's tone added a little desolation.

Cai Lin couldn't bear it any more.

She was originally a soft-hearted person, and seeing with her own eyes that Aunt Zhao, who was gentle, kind, elegant and generous in her memories, turned into a depressed person, it was impossible to say that she was not uncomfortable.

"Auntie, brother Zihan actually cares about you." Cai Lin stared at the expression on Zhao Suizhi's face, and said tentatively, "Are you serious, don't you intend to reconcile with him?"

Before Cai Lin finished speaking, Zhao Suizhi's face turned dark.

Before Zhao Suizhi got angry, Cai Lin hurriedly said again: "Auntie, I didn't mean to say these words to make you angry, but I heard from my brother that Zihan's life is not good, and he has been very uncomfortable, so I couldn't bear it." Just what I wanted to say. Don't be angry."

Cai Lin originally had a different status with Zhao Suizhi. Cai Lin was someone she knew in the past, and she and Zhao Suizhi had experienced the happiest and most relaxing time together. Therefore, although Zhao Suizhi's face turned dark, he did not get angry at Cai Lin.

She was silent for a moment, and then squeezed her lips tightly and said a few words, "That's what he deserves."

"Auntie, in fact, you really care about Brother Zihan, right?" Cai Lin held Zhao Suizhi's hand obediently, her voice was as soft as her parents' favorite intimate little padded jacket, "I remember at that time, he liked Playing basketball, even if you get hurt even a little bit, you will feel bad. Now, you still love him the same."

Mentioning the past, Zhao Suizhi's hard heart moved.

Anger, sadness, and bewilderment slid across her face, and finally all turned into disappointment. She looked into Cai Lin's eyes and couldn't help but open her mouth to confide.

"Linlin, it's not that I don't care about him, it's that Zihan is too heartless. He treats his father so indifferently, and he treats me so indifferently. He doesn't care about making things like this. I can't help it. Forgive him."

Cai Lin heard Cai Jinyu mention some things about the Xiao family in general. Although Cai Jinyu didn't understand it as thoroughly as Cai Jinyu, she probably knew that the biggest conflict between Xiao Zihan and Zhao Suizhi was Zhao Suizhi's desire to get Xiao Mingyuan out of prison.

Seeing that Cai Lin was listening seriously, Zhao Suizhi continued: "Linlin, Xiao Zihan actually sent someone to imprison me in order not to let me save his father. Can you believe that he can do this kind of thing to my mother? ?”

"Brother Zihan did something wrong in this matter." Cai Lin sighed.

"I really didn't expect that he would dare to do such a thing to me." Zhao Suizhi smiled bitterly, "He also told me that his father was cruel, no matter what his father was, he would never do anything to his family."

Cai Lin listened to what Zhao Suizhi said, and she became more and more biased. It was obviously just a time of weighing, and she said it as if Xiao Zihan had done something heinous to sorry for the family.

Cai Lin thought for a while, and then said in words: "Auntie, you have suffered. Brother Zihan did too much. But Auntie, you may not know that Brother Zihan is also being targeted by bad guys. A piece of cake as big as Xiao's , how many people want to share, brother Zihan is also working very hard."

"Heh, isn't that just for profit, regardless of family members?" Zhao Suizhi began to argue again.

"No." Cai Lin defended Xiao Zihan patiently. In order to make her words sound convincing, she also processed the language herself. "Auntie, you know Brother Zihan. He is not a person who is greedy for vanity and power. The reason why Brother Zihan protects the Xiao Group is because the Xiao Group is his uncle's hard work. Brother Zihan said, We must not let uncle's painstaking efforts go to waste."

This is true and not adulterated.

However, Xiao Zihan had never told Zhao Suizhi like Cai Lin did.

Zhao Suizhi was a little moved when he heard Cai Lin say that.But the expression was moved, it was impossible for her to dissipate her anger towards Xiao Zihan so easily.

"Auntie, I really see that you are unhappy, and brother Zihan is also unhappy, and I feel anxious and distressed for you two." Cai Lin said with emotion, her voice became choked, "I wish you could be like As before, peacefully."

"impossible."

Cai Lin was confused and let out an ah.

"Impossible." Zhao Suizhi repeated, sighing and said softly, "Now between me and Zihan, there is another Tang Xuan. As long as Tang Xuan is still around, it is impossible for me and him to go back to the past of."

"Auntie...Actually, Tang Xuan is not that bad..." Cai Lin gritted her teeth, "Really, Auntie, I won't lie."

Zhao Suizhi frowned, and stared at Cai Lin, "Linlin, do you know Tang Xuan?"