Pretending to be cute

Things are getting more and more complicated.

According to Yu Qing, this mysterious man hired her to clean the Xiao family's old house, but the reward was extremely generous, at least twice the salary of his peers, and he also made a very strange request.

Yu Qing said: "His original words are that the place is as it was before, and it can be arranged according to what it is. No matter whether it is a plant or a tree, or the position of the furniture, it cannot be changed. Just ask him about what is missing, and he will deal with it. "

Xiao Ling became more and more confused.

This man obviously meant to keep the Xiao family's old house in its original state, so his relationship with the Xiao family must be very important, at least not the same as those white-eyed wolf relatives... Could it be that they are not relatives?

But such a person, with such a mind and ability, why didn't he show up in the most difficult time for the Xiao family?Xiao Ling knew that she shouldn't blame her benefactor, but she still couldn't help but greedily think, how nice it would be for such a person to come forward before those people come to rob and humiliate her?

Although when it comes to the bottom line, she will be easily manipulated by others, but because she is too weak, she can't protect everything in the family.

Wait, snatch?Everything at home?

Xiao Ling froze, no longer thinking about it, and strode to the location where the things in memory were placed.On the snow-white wall hung a landscape painting, which was the best work among all imitations of "Peaks Accumulating Greenery" by Liu Yanchong, a painter of the Qing Dynasty. She remembered that it had been taken away by a shareholder before.

Staring at this Xiao Fengkai's most proud collection for a long time, Xiao Ling didn't look away until his eyes were a little sour, and turned to other places.She moved her stiff feet, hoping in her heart, if this painting is there, then the others are also...

The antiques in the cabinet, the exercise ball on the table, the purple smoking bottle well stored in the box...every time he finds one, Xiao Ling smiles like a treasure that has been lost and found again.

Without thinking about what time it is, Xiao Ling took out his mobile phone and dialed the person he missed the most.After a few beeps, someone picked up over there, and a gentle female voice came through the receiver: "Ah Ling, it's me."

He didn't ask why he called or what happened, but showed that he was listening now-it's me, I'm by your side, don't be sad.

Xiao Ling kissed the red rope, smiled softly, but tears welled up in her eyes: "Sister Li, LD organized a visit to the museum today, I saw some interesting things and wanted to share them with you, are you free? "

There is no reason to organize employees to visit museums during the workday without any reason.Li Mi heard the problem, but willingly believed the lie, gestured to Lin Ge, and walked out of the conference room.

Most of the high-level people were having a meeting inside, the corridor was empty and very quiet, Li Mi was wearing earphones, and could hear the deliberately soft breathing on the other end, which seemed to be the girl's mood at this time, uneasy and sensitive.

Li Mi suddenly remembered that the snail she met by the flower bed when she was a child was also like this.As soon as it was poked, it immediately retracted into the shell, until it felt no longer dangerous, then slowly stretched out the tentacles, carefully testing the outside world.

"Coincidentally, I finished all the meetings and am sitting in the office doing nothing." Li Mi leaned against the cold wall and said to her little snail.

Xiao Ling held the mobile phone in one hand, and rubbed the glass window with the other: "There is a wooden sculpture that looks like a Pegasus. I didn't know many animals when I was a child. When I saw this kind of thing, I would point to it and call it Mama. My mother heard it. He always told me that this is a deer. My father and my elder brother are different. My father would shave my face with his scruffy beard and praise me for my imagination, while my elder brother would nod and agree with me that it was a deer. Ma, make mother mad."

Li Mi tightened his fingers.

Although they lived with Xiao Ling for seven years, the two rarely mentioned each other's original family.Knowing how painful the thorn that had been buried in flesh and blood for many years was, they tacitly avoided it, and then clumsily accompanied each other.

This was the first time that Xiao Ling talked about family matters proactively and naturally. Li Mi was happy, but belatedly realized that she might not know enough about this child who was brought up by herself.

"Ah, this."

Xiao Ling sat down on the clean sofa, stroking the cold fitness ball.

"After dinner, my father would always hold two balls in his hand, turn them around, and turn them around. I didn't know what this was for, so I asked my father why he held it every day. My father picked me up. And brother, asked us what it was, I said it was two balls, my brother said it was two big stone beads, guess how daddy answered?"

Xiao Fengkai, Li Mi has seen him several times.

It is often said that once a person who is used to being poor gets rich, he will gradually lose his heart in a life of luxury and wealth, and become more dependent on money and power.

But Xiao Fengkai is different. He started from scratch and achieved great success, but he did not abandon his first wife and chase after a young rich daughter like other men. Instead, he took Xu Mingqing's hand and said to the woman who hinted at him: "Let me introduce you, this is my wife."

Facing the identical smiling faces of the husband and wife, the woman who tried to hook up with Xiao Fengkai always stamped her feet and left in a self-defeating way.And this pleasant face-slapping scene was Li Mi's only pastime in those boring banquets.

Such a person should love his wife and children very much, just like that man.

Li Mi withdrew his unrestrained thoughts and guessed: "I will kiss your foreheads and say that what you said is right?"

Xiao Ling smiled and said: "No, Dad said that we guessed wrong, and put it in our ears mysteriously, saying that the bead was actually a treasure he stole from outer space, and he kept it in his hand every day, just to Absorb the mysterious power of outer space, so as to help the earth resist the invasion of aliens."

Li Mi: "...Pfft."

Xiao Ling didn't hold back either, and burst out laughing: "Papa is sometimes like a child, a super high school sophomore, and my mother dislikes him for leading us into trouble. Fortunately, my brother didn't follow what Dad said to be a great hero to save the earth. "

Li Mi's eyes are like water, and the circles of ripples are gentle ripples: "Then Ah Ling, have you ever thought about becoming a big hero?"

Xiao Ling scratched his cheeks, a little shy: "Yes. Although he said he was good at the second grade, when he was young, he also thought about whether he would have some undeveloped abilities, flying into the sky and hiding from the ground, holding a long sword to beat all the big villains run……"

After a pause, he said again: "I didn't think about it later, because it's better to rely on myself than whimsical. As long as I have enough ability, I can protect everything I want to protect."

Li Mi knew the meaning of Xiao Ling's words, and he didn't want to make her sad anymore, so he deliberately changed the subject and said, "Then does Ah Ling want to protect me?"

Xiao Ling choked, and said without thinking: "I want to! I want to dream!"

Young people are always sincere and brave. Li Mi smiled and lied casually: "Then come pick me up after get off work, okay? A group of them didn't do a good job, especially Ling Sheng's engineering department, the most worry-free , and made me work overtime, I was afraid that I would starve to death."

Xiao Ling made a little noise, and said worriedly: "Is it very late? Then let Assistant Lin buy you some food to pad your stomach, and I'll bring you something to eat later?"

"No, it's not too late, just come and pick me up. By the way, if I am attacked by them, remember to protect me, kid."

The woman showed weakness softly, as if she was being coquettish, which made Xiao Ling's heart itchy and tingly, wishing he could drive to Hongjiang to block everyone's sight and not teach others to see this unique scenery that belongs to him.

No one can kill her sister Li.

But no matter how much thought was put into it, in the end it turned into a soft word "um".

Li Mi said: "Then I'm busy, why don't you continue to visit the museum?"

"it is good."

"So nice."

Just about to hang up, Xiao Ling called Li Mi again: "Sister Li, I want to ask you if you can help me..."

"what?"

Xiao Ling bit her lower lip and shook her head. After realizing that Li Mi couldn't see, she pretended to be relaxed and said, "It's all right, Sister Li, hurry up and get busy."

Although Li Mi was a little strange, he didn't ask any further questions and hung up the phone.As soon as he turned around, he saw Lin Ge poking his head out, and Ling Sheng smiling.

Li Mi: "..."

Ling Sheng widened his smile, folded his arms and said, "It seems that President Li has finished making work calls alone without the meeting? Does that mean that we are about to have a big deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars?" ?”

Having seen all kinds of storms and waves, Li Mi doesn't even blush when he tells a lie: "Yes, soon."

Ling Sheng's smile remained unchanged: "Oh, that's a good thing. But I have something, and I want to ask Mr. Li... I don't know what's wrong with my engineering department, which makes you so worried and even has to work overtime , why don't you point it out, if I have something, I can change it if I don't, or encourage me if I don't?"

"..." Li Mi got stuck.

Seeing Li Mi slumped, Ling Sheng finally felt a little better, glanced at someone's waist, and asked kindly: "Does your waist still hurt?"

Li Mi replied: "There is still a little."

Ling Sheng rolled his eyes, and went back to the meeting room: "It's better to kill you to death, pity my little girl, a delicate flower, who has been ravaged so badly, how can you still protect her? I don't even look at myself who is almost thirty Well, I'm ashamed to act like a baby and want to protect..."

Because of the distance, Li Mi couldn't hear the next few words.Glancing at Lin Ge, who was covering his mouth, his face was contorted with a smile. Li Mi rubbed his aching waist and said expressionlessly, "Aren't you working? Are you free?"

The angered assistant's smile froze, and he shook his head frantically. He didn't dare to watch his boss's joke anymore, and obediently followed Ling Sheng and retreated to his seat.

Li Mi snorted and pushed open the door of the conference room.

The Xiao family's old house.

Xiao Ling hung up the phone, even though he had other considerations and didn't ask Li Mi if he was involved in the matter of the old house, he still had a satisfied smile on his face, completely different from his previous vicious and violent appearance.Yu Qing who was waiting on the side listened to all the conversations silently, guessed from the title that this should be the person who took care of Xiao Ling, and felt a little relieved.

No matter whether he has money or not, as long as he really loves this child, he is not a bad person... Although, the two seem to be a little too close.

Xiao Ling came back to his senses, looked up and saw Yu Qing's gratifying eyes, he was shocked, and then remembered that he had been talking with Li Mi on the phone for so long in front of Yu Qing, and said embarrassingly: "I'm sorry, Aunt Yu , I'm just used to sharing everything I see with Sister Li first, forgetting that you are still by my side, it's too rude..."

"Silly boy, you didn't do anything wrong. Why do you apologize? I'm very happy to see you get along so well. You know, people are born to be lonely travelers. They can care about one person and think about one person all the time. Very happy, and the other party is also the same."

Thinking of his wife who passed away a long time ago, Yu Qing pinned her silver-white hair behind her back, and said in a nostalgic tone.

"Thank you, Aunt Yu."

Yu Qing motioned her not to be polite, and continued the topic she had interrupted before: "Lingling, there is a detail that I am very concerned about. The man who asked me to resume here seems to have never been to Xiao's house. I made some mistakes at first. He didn't notice where the furniture was at all."

Xiao Ling's pupils shrank slightly, and he reacted quickly: "Aunt Yu means that he is probably not the one who really came to help, but a messenger? He followed other people's orders, so he specially hired you to clean it?"

"Well, what you said is not impossible. Auntie's brain is not good, so she didn't think so much." Yu Qing smiled, handed her old mobile phone to Xiao Ling, and explained, "You want to find out the identity of that man so much , I have nothing else to help you. He will send me money regularly, and this text message ending in 7398 is related to him, do you think there is any way?"

Xiao Ling thought for a moment, then nodded.

"Auntie, please bring your ID card and go to the bank with me. Maybe you can find out the remitter's information."