Sugar Cookies

"Hey, husband, do you feel that something is wrong with Shaoyang recently?" Jian Yuchuan raised his neck and asked while watching Hong Hai tie his tie.

"What's wrong?" Hong Hai put his hands on Jian Yuchuan's shoulders and asked with a smile when he saw that the tie was tied perfectly.Jian Yuchuan is tall enough, but he can't always tie a tie well, so every time he helps tie it. It's been less than two months since they got married, but this has become a habit.

"I don't see other people lately, haven't you noticed?" Jian Yuchuan raised his wrist to look at the time, "I used to see him walking in the garden in the morning, but I don't know if it's cold or something. I can't see anyone else."

"Hehe, you know him pretty well, you see him every morning?" Hong Hai grabbed his tie and pretended to be angry, "Why didn't I get this treatment?"

"Hmm, are you jealous?" Jian Yuchuan smiled badly and a little proudly, and Hong Hai kissed him, "Don't worry, I only have eyes for you. I'm talking about him today because of what you said. How about being a younger brother? It’s not easy for him to be alone without a father or a mother, so as brothers, we must be more concerned, right?”

"What about us? He's two years older than you." Hong Hai pondered for a while, "But you're right, he's been a little weird lately."

Shaoyang has a habit, as long as he is not busy, he will take a walk in the garden every morning.As far as Hong Hai knew, this habit had been maintained for at least eight years.Sometimes when he sees and asks Shaoyang what he is doing, Shaoyang may laugh and say: I am thinking about life.

Whether Hong Hai is really thinking about life is not clear, but Shaoyang really likes to walk in the garden in the morning.

But this kid suddenly stopped leaving recently.

Hong Hai knew that Jian Yuchuan only had him in his eyes, so when Jian Yuchuan mentioned Shaoyang, he must not be jealous. He was just worried about what happened to Shaoyang.

As Jian Yuchuan said, he really regarded Shaoyang as his younger brother.

Shaoyang worked as Hong Hai's assistant for five years. During these five years, he changed from a brat who didn't know anything to a special assistant who could stand alone.It can be said that as long as he is here, Hong Hai can not ask about the affairs of the hotel for ten or eight days, and he can never worry about safety or life.

Recently, Shaoyang didn't let him worry too much. Although he couldn't see anyone in the morning, Lifeng was still running very well. He was just worried, why didn't this kid get up early for a walk all of a sudden?

"Shaoyang, where are you?" Hong Hai thought for a while and called Shaoyang directly.

"I'm in the city, what's the matter, Brother Hai?" Shaoyang answered the phone quite quickly, "Is there something wrong?"

"It's nothing, I'm just curious about what you've been up to lately, you've never seen him."

"Just...cough, it's nothing." Shaoyang said, "I'm driving right now, and I'll be in Lifeng soon. I'll talk to you when I get back."

"Okay, then I'll wait for you in the entertainment area." Hong Hai hung up the phone and stared at the screen.

Is it his illusion?Why do you feel that Shaoyang was embarrassed when he talked to him just now?

Although Shaoyang's driving speed was not as fast as Jian Yuchuan's, there were not many people who could keep up with his car on the road.After about seven or eight minutes, he arrived at Lifeng.He also had a parking garage specially reserved for him by Hong Hai in Lifeng. After parking the car, he took the direct elevator to the entertainment area.

There are two entertainment areas in Lifeng Hotel. One is located in a four-story single villa next to the main building of Lifeng Hotel. Not only can you sing karaoke, play games, but also play cards, dance, etc. , a wide variety, can meet the needs of most customers.But the entertainment area that Hong Hai pointed out was exclusively open to their internal high-rises, it was on the twelfth floor of the main building.Here you can play billiards and bowling, drink tea and sing K.There are not as many functions as the auxiliary building, but it has all the favorites of several leaders.

Except for looking for Hong Hai, Shaoyang doesn't come here often.After he came up, he took off his coat first, and then found Hong Hai in the billiards area.

"Brother Hai, why did you come to play early in the morning?" Hong Hai seldom appeared in the entertainment area in the morning, when he didn't know Jian Yuchuan before, and even more after he met Jian Yuchuan.After getting to know Jian Yuchuan, what Brother Hai did most in the morning was to walk cats.

"Isn't this a game room specially set up for Fat Orange and the others? They are all playing there. If they have not played enough, I will let them come out and they will not come out. I will come and play for a while." Hong Hai said and took it. Qiao Fen wiped the tip of the pool cue, "Come to play?"

"Okay." Shaoyang also took the cue and played a snooker game with Hong Hai.

Hong Hai's technique is better than Shaoyang's, but sometimes he loses. For example, Hong Hai lost this time.

Shaoyang won the ball, put the cue aside and stood up: "I knew I should have made a bet with you, I lost."

Hong Hai lit a cigarette: "Don't be cheap and act good. Tell me, what's the matter recently? I don't see you thinking about life in the morning, and I don't see you busy in the daytime. Is there something wrong?"

Shaoyang didn't expect Hong Hai to discover this when he was mixing oil with Jian Yuchuan's honey. He glanced at Hong Hai in surprise, then scratched his head, and lit a cigarette.

He picked up a new club and mumbled as he played, "Someone introduced me to someone."

Hong Hai was slightly stunned, then laughed: "Who is it? Is it reliable?"

Shaoyang said: "It's the child of the Weixin design director who did the interior design for the second phase of our hotel. The boy is two years younger than me and just graduated from college for a year. He looks good, but I don't have a cold .”

As soon as Hong Hai heard that it was not a bad thing, his mood lightened up: "The time spent together is short, right? Sometimes you can't make a conclusion in three or two days if you have a cold. Look at me and Jian Yuchuan, hey, I was speechless to him at first, Isn't it good now?"

Shaoyang thought it was very good, you have paid a lot, directly from absolute one to absolute zero...

Hong Hai didn't know that Shaoyang was thinking of something weird, so he just stood the cue and watched Shaoyang hit it.He said, "Do you have a photo of that person? Let me take a look?"

Shaoyang went there only after looking at the photos. To put it bluntly, he sometimes went on a date with that young man when he couldn't see anyone in the past two days.It may be embarrassing to tell others about this, but he and Hong Hai have been friends for more than ten years, which is really nothing.He took out his phone and looked through it: "It's him."

Hong Hai took a closer look: "..."

In the photo, there is a very fashionable young man who looks really good-looking, but his hair has been dyed several colors, and the movements of his hands are particularly... Secondary.

Hong Hai didn't know what to say, but he suddenly understood what Shaoyang's phrase "not catching a cold" meant.

Shaoyang thought that person was inappropriate.

Shaoyang lost his mother when he was young, and later his father went out to work, so he lived with his grandmother.Later his grandma passed away, and his father took him out.It was only at that time that Shaoyang knew that his father had remarried with an overseas Chinese for several years and that he had a half-brother.

At first, Shaoyang was happy to be able to live with his father again, but when he moved to his stepmother's house, he realized that many things were different from what he thought.

His stepmother didn't like him, and this dislike was clearly written on her face.Not to mention his half-brother, who would show him embarrassment a hundred times if he saw him a hundred times.After a long time, he would rather stay alone than get along with that family.This also includes his father, because his father always would rather keep him in the room than let him come out to affect everyone's mood.

Probably no one in this world would like to be isolated, not to mention that it was his own father who isolated him.

Shaoyang had just arrived abroad not long ago, and he hadn't been in touch with the school.He didn't get a good education, and he didn't know what to do except read books by himself during the day.

The language barrier and his family's ignorance put him in a particularly embarrassing situation.But even then, he naively thought it was only a matter of time before he could go on to school.

However, when he went abroad for a month, his family did not contact him with the school. Instead, his stepmother opened a restaurant and was short of two helpers, so he was hired.

At that time, Shaoyang suddenly understood why his father, who hadn’t been home for many years, would suddenly take him abroad. He had been working on it for a long time to find a cheap helper.

But this is not the most bizarre thing. The most bizarre thing is that the restaurant closed for about six months because it was not profitable, and then his father and stepmother moved away with the whole family.

The house money, furniture, car, everything was taken away, but he was forgotten.

Shaoyang foolishly stood at the door of his "home" occupied by strangers all night before accepting the fact that he was abandoned again.He couldn't figure it out, since he was destined to take this step, why did he take him abroad in the first place?Wouldn't it be better to just let him fend for himself in the country?At least he can understand his mother tongue.

In an unfamiliar place and speaking an awkward foreign language, Shaoyang didn't know how he spent that time.He has thought about going back to China, but he has no air ticket money, and even if he goes back, he has no place to live.The house left by his grandma was sold by his father before he went abroad, and he didn't even have a relative to turn to when he went back.

In order to survive, Shaoyang can only continue to work in another place, and he met Hong Hai under such circumstances.

Hong Hai had been abroad for several years at that time, he could speak foreign languages ​​fluently, and he knew the local affairs well.Except for studying so-so, everything else is okay, after all, the family is strong.So whether it's living, sitting, or eating, he doesn't have to worry about everything.

The only thing he had to worry about at that time was the lack of a friend to talk to, but it was not so easy to find in a foreign country.Generally speaking, those from very good families go abroad, and most of them are promiscuous, while those from poor families go abroad, and most of them study desperately. He despises the former and despises the latter.

Fortunately, I met Shaoyang.

Shaoyang was also working in a restaurant at the time, mainly in charge of washing dishes.Hong Hai went to that restaurant for dinner, and just happened to meet Shaoyang and had an accident.Shaoyang accidentally smashed a whole stack of plates, and the boss scolded him fiercely.

Originally, Hong Hai didn't really take this kind of thing to heart. After all, there are so many bosses in the world, some are gentle and some are fierce.To his surprise, the waiter who broke the plate was in a hurry and spoke Chinese in a few words, and the voice sounded quite young.

Hong Hai has been righteous since he was a child, and he is not used to bullying others, let alone his compatriots being bullied.Seeing this, he immediately grabbed Shaoyang, who was bent at ninety degrees, aside: "What's going on?"

The boss frowned and asked, "Do you know each other?"

The boss spoke English, and Hong Hai followed suit: "He is my friend, didn't he just break a few plates? I will compensate you."

Hong Hai directly put down three hundred dollars: "The rest counts as a half-day leave for him."

Shaoyang was stunned for a long time, and when he recovered, he was pulled out of the restaurant by Hong Hai.

Hong Hai asked him, "Are you new here? I haven't seen you here before."

Shaoyang nodded: "Thank you just now."

Before Hong Hai’s meal was eaten, he heard the words: “You’re welcome. If you really want to thank me, then introduce me to a reliable restaurant. The food here is terrible.”

Shaoyang only found out later that in fact, Hong Hai had a chef brought from China at home at that time, and he could cook whatever he wanted at any time, so there was no shortage of food.Hong Hai said that just to avoid embarrassing him too much.It's just that it was already a month later when he knew about it. He didn't know it at the time, so he really took Hong Hai to a very famous Chinese restaurant.

The two had a meal and became friends initially.After that, Hong Hai went to Shaoyang whenever he was free.

Hong Hai learned that Shaoyang was alone and younger than him, so he simply recognized Shaoyang as his younger brother and helped Shaoyang change his job.

This place is a pastry shop, run by relatives of Hong Hai, where Shaoyang works and can go to school at the same time.

Of course, Hong Hai helped to inquire and ask people to handle the school affairs. At first Shaoyang refused, but then he thought that only when he became stronger could he repay Hong Hai better, so he agreed.

Later, they returned to the country together, and then Shaoyang has been working under Hong Hai.During this period, many people spent high salaries trying to poach Shaoyang, but Shaoyang never agreed.Not even thinking about it.

So many years have passed in a blink of an eye, Hong Hai really didn't care much about Shaoyang's love life, but he knew that because of the above experiences, Shaoyang especially hoped to have a warm family.What Shaoyang likes should be the kind of person who can give him a feeling of home.

He is not that kind of person, so he and Shaoyang have known each other for so many years and have never called each other, otherwise Zheng Yan and Jian Yuchuan must have nothing to do afterwards.

"Why did you suddenly think of finding a partner? I used to think that you were having a good time by yourself." Hong Hai found a place to sit down, asked someone to bring some tea and snacks, and asked Shaoyang while eating, " What stimulated you?"

"Probably because you and the boss are very happy, so I am a little yearning." Shaoyang stopped playing, sat next to Hong Hai, wiped his hands, and said with a smile, "I didn't feel that way when you were both single before. It’s not good to live alone. I go out for a walk in the morning, and I’m busy during the day, and the day goes by like that. But then the head of the family got married, and you, Brother Hai, got married too. I was a little confused and always felt like I couldn’t make up my mind. Like."

"So you went to see someone as soon as someone introduced you?"

"Yeah." Shaoyang sighed, "Didn't I think that everything is possible? What if I meet a dead mouse and meet someone I can fall in love with at first sight? Unfortunately, it turns out that this probability It's too low, at least it's not my turn."

"Take your time, who can tell the fate? Maybe someday you will have a flash marriage." Hong Hai casually peeled a walnut, "Hey, let my parents see if there is a suitable one. Right? Or my father-in-law and mother-in-law, there must be good ones too. I heard that there is a very young lecturer in my father-in-law's school, who is the god of the whole school, would you like to ask?"

"Pull it down, this one is enough, I don't want to go on blind dates in the future. The young people nowadays are quite bold, I can't stand it."

"Ha, that sounds like how old you are."

"It's not old, it's just a different state of mind."

Shaoyang didn't have the nerve to tell Hong Hai that the design director's son was very enthusiastic, and he would find various reasons to ask him out from time to time, sometimes to bars, sometimes to discos, and it was noisy, which made him really nervous. I was a little scared of the other party.

He really didn't like this one, so he finally answered the other party today.

Hong Hai doesn’t go to bars or discos when he can play the most, so Shaoyang rarely goes to such places. After all, what kind of people he contacts is what kind of people.

After Shaoyang returned to China, he also met some relatively successful people in the business field, and most of them were older than him.Those who are similar to him or who are younger have little contact with him.

"By the way, the grapefruits have to be vaccinated in the afternoon, and Dr. Cheng will come over." Hong Hai said, "You can take care of me when the time comes. I have to go to Jian Yuchuan's grandfather in the afternoon."

"Does Doctor Cheng still live here?"

"No, but he will definitely have to observe for a while after the vaccination. During this time, you can leave him for a meal, or go to the hot spring or something. By the way, he seems to say that he should bring a child here. If If he comes here by car, then there is no need to send them. If he came by taxi, you can find someone to take them back. It’s snowing recently, and it’s not easy to find a car here.”

"Okay, I see." Shaoyang took off the coat hanging on the coat hanger, "Then Brother Hai, I will go to work first, and you can call me if you have anything to do."

"Okay, don't patronize the busy work, remember to eat."

"Understood!" Shaoyang has a routine inspection almost every day, and he hasn't checked yet today. He has to finish the inspection before Dr. Cheng comes.

Cheng Ning had just packed up the vaccines to bring, but he was a little worried.Because he will not only take these vaccines to Lifeng, but also take a child with him.It would be fine if the child cooperated, but right now he is having a temper tantrum.

"Come on, uncle will take you to a fun place, we will see a lot of kittens then, and uncle will bring you back when he finishes his work, okay?"

"Not good." The little boy who called was about four or five years old, and he said very little. After saying the word "not good", he squatted quietly in a corner, just not wanting to go out.

"But uncle has already made an appointment with someone. If you don't go, isn't it a breach of trust? It's not good." Cheng Ning squatted down and looked at the child as much as possible, and said with a smile, "Uncle promised you, you will go with uncle obediently When you’re done with your work, go home, how about uncle cooking boiled fish for you? Put a lot of shredded bamboo shoots in it.”

"I won't go to you, Grandma Li's house." Lailai said with her head down.

"Okay, don't go to Grandma Li's house, pull Gogou." Cheng Ning pulled Gogou and heaved a sigh of relief, closed the door of the pet hospital and took a taxi at the door with his nephew.

His place is not very remote, the traffic flow is not bad, and now there are taxi tools, so it is not difficult to stop a car.It's just that I don't know what happened today, and no car came over for a long time.

Lai Lai was very patient. Although it was cold while waiting for the bus, he didn't complain, but obediently held Cheng Ning's hand and stood waiting.

Cheng Ning himself said it was okay, but he didn't want to see his nephew suffer.He carried a bag on his back, squatted down and hugged the child in his arms, and stood up to stop a car when he saw a car. It took 15 minutes to successfully stop a taxi. There is still some problem with the heater in the car. The car is not as cold as outside, but it is definitely not warm.

But it's all up, and it's even more unreliable to go down.

Cheng Ning breathed into his hands, rubbed them together, and then put his nephew in his arms: "It will be warm when we get there, can you hold on for a while?"

The boy who was hugged so that only his small face was exposed nodded: "Yeah."