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Song Aiyun stopped the car and led Ye Ran to a community in the city center.It is said to be a residential area, but in fact there are only a few six-story old-fashioned residential buildings scattered. In the night, you can vaguely see the anti-theft nets and blue-green sunshades installed by the residents.The sky has completely darkened, the community is gradually lit up, and some people start cooking dinner, bursts of fireworks wafting in the cold winter night air.

"Squeak—" Pushing open the rusty iron door at the bottom of the building, Song Aiyun said: "This is the compound of the city government, all retired old cadres and children. It's close to the school, and Zhou Si usually lives here for convenience." The cramped corridor has poor lighting during the day, and it's pitch black at the moment.Song Aiyun stomped her feet, just now there was a dim light above her head.

"Zhou Si has studied in N City for four years, and you are the first to come here. Auntie, I see you as a child with a kind face, and I like you very much."

At the door of 301, Song Aiyun touched the key and opened the door. At the entrance, she changed into cotton slippers by herself, and then found some slippers that were not commonly used for Ye Ran. Then she called Zhou Si: "Zhou Si, come out quickly, look what I brought. Someone is back."

"Have you hit the 3rd round? How does it feel to be a cheap aunt for the first time?" But I saw a person walking out of the room on the west side of the living room, with a pair of gold-rimmed round-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, looking very gentle.The air conditioner was turned on in the room, and he only put on a black and blue knitted sweater, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and walked over with slippers in his hands.

Seeing that Zhou Si just looked at him and didn't speak, Ye Ran had no choice but to say hello first: "Zhou Si, good evening."

"How did you come."

Under the dim yellow light, Zhou Si's face is distant and indifferent, like a cold plaster statue in the studio, looking at you without a trace of emotion.

Ye Ran didn't expect Zhou Si's cold attitude, and he didn't know how to answer him for a moment.

Seeing that something was wrong with the atmosphere, Song Aiyun hurriedly smoothed things over and said: "This room is only about [-] square meters, and you two are not too crowded at the door. Hurry up and eat some fruit on the sofa." She patted Zhou Si on the back as if , leaned close to his ear, and whispered: "Stinky boy, his parents are not at home, I treat him to a light meal, and it won't cost you much. Look at your stinky face, who will dare to come to our place for dinner in the future .”

The sofa is newly replaced, with an off-white leather surface, and a few dark gray pillows are randomly thrown on it. The whole set of sofas takes up nearly one-third of the living room.Zhou Si didn't care about Ye Ran, and sat down on the couch in the middle, crossed his legs, grabbed the remote control on the coffee table, and turned on the TV.

Ye Ran picked up the single seat on the left side of the coffee table.After he sat down, Song Aiyun said: "I'll cook a few dishes first, you two eat some fruit. I can't remember where they got this pomegranate, but it is said to be very sweet and juicy. There are also cherries, which are also very sweet. Zhou Si, don't be like a master, greet guests. Xiaoye, don't stick to yourself, just like you are at home."

Ye Ran said: "I'm causing trouble for auntie. Do you want me to help you cook?"

Song Aiyun smiled and said: "Don't worry about asking you boys for dinner, just don't make trouble for me."

When Song Aiyun turned to go to work in the kitchen, the living room was silent again, CCTV9's South Pacific documentary was playing on TV, and there was the sound of the monsoon blowing across the South Pacific from time to time.

Ye Ran picked up a peeled pomegranate in the fruit plate and asked Zhou Si, "Do you want to eat it? Pomegranates in this season are rare and expensive."

Seeing that Zhou Si still ignored him, he found a paper cup, picked out half a cup of pomegranate seeds with a toothpick, put it in front of Zhou Si, and said, "Thank you for finding Aunt Song today, otherwise I really don't know what to do."

"I don't know what to do?" Zhou Si snorted coldly, "Aren't you very social? I see that Yu Yue really likes to play with you. If it's not good, there's your bean sprouts at the same table. How could you not know what to do?" what to do?"

Zhou Si tapped his knee with his slender index finger, his eyes were cool, as if he didn't care much about Ye Ran's answer.Ye Ran was frightened by his stare, and his mind quickly turned around, but he didn't know when and where this young man was offended, so he could only answer honestly: "Mr. Zhang knows their parents. This matter is up to me." It's not convenient for schoolmates to help. I'm in N city... I don't have any relatives or friends, and I only know you from other schools... So I asked you to help me."

The phrase "I only know you" pleased Zhou Si. He leaned over and pinched the paper cup, poured pomegranate grains into his mouth, and said while chewing, "Then what about the invitation card I gave you at the last welcome song?"

"I......"

Zhou Si adjusted his sitting posture and looked at Ye Ran leisurely.

"Yuan Xuwei recently fell in love with a girl from the high school attached to your Normal University. I gave him an invitation to the concert... I wanted to give him a little chance to chase her girls..."

"And then, ask Yu Yue to bring you in to watch the show together?"

"I watched it alone. I went to the bathroom after you finished the performance, and I ran into Yu Yue there. Just when I wanted to go home and do my homework, he sent me to the entrance of the theater...but how do you know that I What about Yu Yue?"

Zhou Si turned his head to watch TV uncomfortably, picked up a cherries, and said, "You are alone, and you don't have an invitation, where did you watch the show?"

Ye Ran scratched his head embarrassingly, and said, "It's right next to the door of the safe passage, and the sound effect is not bad."

Zhou Si snorted, and said, "Why didn't you get kicked out by the security guards! Take my invitation to help your brother chase his girlfriend, you are the most loyal in the whole world. If you take what I give you next time, please give it to me." Keep it for yourself. Don’t think about passing it on to irrelevant people as a favor, I don’t know it, if you teach me, you have to pay me back ten times and a hundred times.”

Ye Ran suddenly realized that it turned out that Zhou Si had learned about this, no wonder Zhou Si didn't give him a good face since he broke into his house.But this popularity is really great, it has been almost a month, and I still remember this!

He nodded and said: "I remember, I must pay attention to it in the future."

Satisfied, Zhou Si took out what Ye Ran had said just now and savored it, and found an extraordinary thing——Ye Ran returned home after watching his show!Thinking that he made a special trip to watch his own performance, Zhou Si thought happily, he made a special trip because of heavy schoolwork, and couldn't get into the concert hall, so he just nestled in the safe passage, squeezed together with some old men and aunts.

The more Zhou Si thinks about it, the more beautiful it becomes. It seems that Ye Ran in the crowd is trying to identify himself on tiptoe, and he can't help but take out chocolate from his pocket, saying: "My mother brought it from Switzerland last week. I don't like it. I'll give you a taste." I had planned for a long time how to be so cold and so cold, so that I could teach him to bow his head and admit his mistakes, but I just threw it all away, and now I just want to pile up the good things on the table. in front of him.This young man's temperament is really Juneday, and he can change as he says.

Dinner is fried beef tenderloin with pepper, sweet and sour short ribs, and fish soup. They are surrounded by a small wooden dining table covered with a checkered tablecloth. Under the light, there was smoky white steam, which made people's faces blurred, making them unreal.

Seeing Ye Ran helping Song Aiyun with the dishes, Zhou Si also went into the kitchen to help Song.Song Aiyun finished ironing the bowls and chopsticks, wiped her wet hands on the dark blue apron, and said with a smile: "You, what did you do so early? When I saw someone helping to carry the bowls and chopsticks, I just remembered to help Aunt Song. But what now? Do you have any work to do? Just open your belly and eat."

Ye Ran first filled Song Aiyun with rice, and then picked up Zhou Si's bowl to fill the rice.Zhou Si took the bowls and chopsticks and was overjoyed. Seeing that Ye Ran had taken off his coat, his collarbone was so obvious and skinny, he couldn't help but persuade Ye Ran to eat this and that.After all, Ye Ran is a guest, so how can he be ashamed to follow Zhou Si's words, but just listen to Zhou Si's words of persuasion and nod his head.

Zhou Si saw that although Ye Ran nodded, he was still chewing the food in small bites, and did not stretch out his chopsticks to pick up the food.He went straight to add vegetables to Ye Ran, wishing he could feed Ye Ran with all the vegetables on the table, and teach him to grow some meat.Ye Ran repeatedly said "Enough is enough", and while dodging, a hill was piled up on the top of the bowl.

Song Aiyun watched carefully from the side, found it interesting, and said with a smile: "I ate at the same table as Zhou Si for about four years. When did I see him so attentive. It can be seen that this child's elbows are turned outward."

"Ah Ran is a guest, so I, the host, should naturally be more enthusiastic, but I can't neglect him, otherwise he won't want to enter our house next time."

Song Aiyun smiled and said: "You are a smooth-tongued child, but you have a lot of truths."

The three of them were eating when they heard a sound of tinkling metal at the entrance.Everyone turned their heads to look at the entrance, and saw that the door was pushed open, wrapped in the cold wind and snow outside the house, a middle-aged man in a long black trench coat appeared.

It was Zhou Si's father, Ye Ran recognized him.

He is a tall and thin man with a square face, a pair of long and narrow dark eyes as bright as diamonds in a ring, under the light, people dare not look directly at him.His glossy black hair was combed meticulously, probably with the use of mousse, gel water and other styling products. Although the wind and snow outside have been blowing since dusk, he is still calm and unhurried, without a trace of dusty smell.

"Father, are you here?" Zhou Si hurriedly put down the bowls and chopsticks and stood up, "Is there no dinner tonight?"

"Push it. It's been a while since I had dinner and talk with you. I originally planned to come and pick you up to eat, but it seems unnecessary."

Song Aiyun hurriedly got up and took the man's briefcase, and found a pair of slippers for him: "Huaizhu, why didn't you let me know in advance, if I knew it, I would have eaten with you."

"It's quite early for dinner today." Zhou Huaizhu took off his coat and scarf, and hung them on the pear wood hanger in the corner, "Zhou Si, why don't you introduce me, is this kid your classmate?"

Zhou Si stood up straight, with her middle finger pressed against the seam of her trousers, and said respectfully, "His name is Ye Ran. I met him when I transferred to Fuxing Primary School. His family also moved to N City last summer, and now he is studying in No. 3 Middle School."

"Is it Ye Weixin's son?"

"Yes, Ye Weixin is my father." Ye Ran didn't have any troubles on his face, but his heart was already overwhelmed.

"Your father is an amazing person, and he is a great hero who led Ye Family Village out of poverty!"

Zhou Huaizhu looked at Ye Ran carefully.He had heard from Du Ying a long time ago that this child was one year younger than Zhou Si, born in winter, caught up with the first snow that year, was almost entangled by the umbilical cord when he was born, and was taller than the daughter-in-law of Captain Qin's family. The baby boy was a whole circle smaller, wrinkled, and pitiful.Now that Zhou Si has grown into a teenager, Du Ying's child still has slender arms and legs, looks like a milk dumpling, and looks so weak.

This child's eyes... are so much like Du Ying, these almond eyes seem to have gurgling water flowing through them, crushing the starlight in the sky, looking at you purely and innocently, making you fall into a trance The parallel space of the world——where you are an omnipotent giant, surmounting mountains and ridges, overcoming thorns and thorns, and giving up everything and sacrificing yourself for these eyes that are always as pure as a child but unconsciously radiating temptation.

On Ye Ran, Zhou Huaizhu saw the woman he once loved so much. It was in the distant age of innocence, when he was still a teenager.

He recalled the afternoon many years ago, misty and rainy, the inn was green, it was the season of ripening plums in the south of the Yangtze River.

A slim and slender girl with eyebrows like distant mountains, eyes rippling with water, smiling lightly, holding an ink-splashed oil-paper umbrella, stepping on delicate lotus steps, walking slowly at the end of the bluestone path.

The wind from the south of the Yangtze River kissed her waist-length black hair, lingering and entangled|tightened his soul.

He thought she should be his girl.

At that time, he fled the wind and sand-ravaged city in the north, and fled the dense courtyard. With empty hands, but a young heart and ridiculous dreams, he headed south all the way.

God is merciful, in Jiangnan in March, he finally met his girl.

At that time, relying on being young and frivolous, fearless and fearless, one glance can be seen for thousands of years.

"Green Ant's new grain wine, a small red mud stove. It's going to snow in the evening, can you drink a cup?"

She turned the wine glass, her eyes rolled, she sneered delicately, her fingertips were delicate.

On a cold autumn night, he embraced her and slept together on the same pillow.The night was dark, her gentle breath was in his ears, and her warm heartbeat was in his chest. With the rain outside the window and the plantains falling in the courtyard, he knew the thought of the phrase "painting a boat and listening to the rain".

In fact, I just wish for a stable life.

A stable life is enough.

It's just that most things in the world are difficult to fulfill people's wishes, and there is no way to err on the side of marriage.In this world, how many times can a full moon be spent?

Zhou Huaizhu called the secretary and told him to go back first, and then said: "Sister Song, please add another pair of bowls and chopsticks, I will have a meal with this kid."

But Ye Ran, who was standing by the table, did not sit down, but took the coat and scarf on the back of the chair, and said goodbye: "Thank you Uncle Zhou for your kindness, but the teacher assigned a lot of homework today, and I will return it early tomorrow morning." If there is class, I will not accompany you to eat, and I will go home first."

Zhou Huaizhu has been around for a long time, and he is usually held and coaxed by others. Even if he has an opinion, he will discuss it with him in a twist and turn. Wait for those who don't buy his account.However, Ye Ran's eyes, which looked very much like Du Ying's, made the anger in his heart unable to come out, swaying and swaying, and then disappeared.

Zhou Si saw that Zhou Huaizhu's face was not hesitant, and hurriedly said: "Father, last time I asked Ye Ran to borrow some books, but I haven't returned him yet. You and Aunt Song have dinner first, don't worry about us." He dragged Ye Ran into his room.

Zhou Si admired Ye Ran's ability to advance and retreat when he was young. Although he is young, he is extremely stable and understands the general situation.Ye Ran is so good, Zhou Si originally thought that his father would have a good impression of him today, so he would take the opportunity to praise Ye Ran in front of his father, and then find opportunities to bring him to meet Zhou Wang and his wife. Family, if things go on like this, they will be able to pull Ye Ran into their own world little by little.

Unexpectedly, Ye Ran seemed to be in a daze tonight, and he spoke without any regard for affection—look at what he said just now, it seems to have gone too far!

"Eating a meal can delay you for a few minutes." Zhou Si closed the door with a "bang", pressed the chandelier hanging from the ceiling with a "snap", turned around and frowned at Ye Ran and said, "My father is usually very busy. Very, it's rare to go home for a meal, so just beg me, do you have a meal with us?"

The bright incandescent lamp hit Ye Ran's face, his eyes were a little uncomfortable, he squinted his eyes, lowered his head, and didn't speak.

Zhou Si looked at Ye Ran's exposed weak neck, sighed, and said, "Okay, Ah Ran, promise me, just this once, okay?"

He didn't wait for Ye Ran to reply, he pulled him out of the bedroom, pushed him to sit on the chair by the dining table.

When Ye Ran wanted to get up, Zhou Si secretly tried his best, which made him helpless, so he had to accompany the Zhou family to have a meal that was neither salty nor bland.During the dinner, Zhou Si was naturally satisfied, but Ye Ran didn't have any smile on his face from the beginning to the end.

However, Zhou Huaizhu is very enthusiastic about Ye Ran, and he is very satisfied with Zhou Si, the youngest in his words.Zhou Si was immersed in the satisfaction of his father's approval of Ye Ran, so he didn't pay much attention to Ye Ran's emotions.

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