Qi spirit

After a five-hour voyage, Han Yuling set foot on his native land again. The last time he came back was more than three years ago. He was accompanied by Han Feng and Luka.

In order to get along with Lu Shaozong more comfortably, Han Yuling refused Yan Yuqi to pick him up.Yan Yuqi's wedding banquet is on this night. According to the custom, the process of marrying the bride has just ended. Under normal circumstances, the bride and groom must be extremely tired at this time, and they must take advantage of the short few hours before the wedding banquet to take a good rest to cope with the fatigue during the day. Still tossing the night.

Yan Yuqi is willing to sacrifice his rest time to pick up the plane, which cannot but be said to be very intentional.

"Let's eat Bak Kut Teh first, then nasi lemak, and Indian pancakes!" Han Yuling recorded the arranged itinerary on his mobile phone, and moved the screen in front of Lu Shaozong while talking.

"Are you sure you want to eat like this?" Lu Shaozong didn't look expectant at all.

"Of course! There are only a few dishes that come and go at the banquet. The really delicious things are local snacks that we can't eat when we go back." Han Yuling put away his mobile phone and continued: "Don't worry, brother Zong, I have done enough homework , The selected store is definitely one of the best, and the location has been carefully studied to ensure that all the must-eats will be eaten in the most efficient route."

"You know I'm not worried about these things." Lu Shaozong lowered his voice.

Han Yuling scratched his cheek, and said unwillingly: "Then... let's order a portion of each dish, and share it with the head office, shall we?"

"No, one meal has to be enough for one person. You can only eat two more meals today. If you are sure that the banquet will not move your chopsticks, I will accompany you to eat what you want for dinner. No need to talk about supper. We will serve you tomorrow night." You still have three meals before the flight, which should be more than enough."

"Huh?" Han Yuling was dumbfounded, "Brother Zong is also born here, so you think you can eat all the delicacies in five meals?"

Lu Shaozong remained calm, slowly folded up his long sleeves, and said casually: "If you have the guts to eat, I will have the guts to strip your pants in public and beat you up."

"I do not believe!"

"It doesn't matter, you will believe it after you practice it."

Han Yuling gritted his teeth and said nothing, thinking that it was absolutely impossible for Lu Shaozong to do such a thing. It would be hard to say if it was Han Feng, but the possibility of being settled by Qiuhou after returning to the hotel could not be ruled out.

Ever since he gave physical punishment to his most indulgent boyfriend, Han Yuling no longer dared to doubt the possibility that each of his godfathers would pick up a beating tool and beat him up.If Lu Shaozong made an exception, one day Xia Mu would too.

Han Yuling felt depressed for a while, and silently mourned for his ass that was "encroached on five sides".

"Why? Believe it or not?"

"letter……"

"Do you want to practice?"

"do not wish……"

The corners of Lu Shaozong's mouth turned up, but Han Yuling's face was ashamed.

"Go get the car and give the luggage to Brother Zong." As Lu Shaozong said, he took off the mountaineering backpack that Han Yuling was carrying, lowered the brim of his hat for him, pulled up the mask hanging around his neck, and handed it carefully He tidied up, making sure no one would recognize him behind the hat, sunglasses, and mask.

"Huh?" Feeling the vibration of the mobile phone in his trouser pocket, Han Yuling took out the mobile phone, but found that it was an unfamiliar local number.

Han Yuling felt very uncomfortable. No stranger should know this private number. He reckoned that the people most likely to leak this number were the Yan family and his son. Neither father nor son knew how much he valued privacy. If he knew That wedding invitation would not have been issued.

Han Yuling hung up without hesitation, and strode towards the taxi customer service counter. He had reserved a taxi in advance.

"I'm sorry, the car you booked broke down temporarily, we have arranged another one." The counter lady with a not-so-kind tone said that without asking for advice, she handed the keys and receipt documents to Han Yuling directly.

Han Yuling suppressed his displeasure. In order to avoid general crowds, he always came into contact with various service industries with first-class quality, and rarely received such unprofessional treatment.

"Miss, this is a small truck with a manual transmission..." Han Yuling handed back the photo of the car attached to the document to the counter, trying to maintain a gentleman's attitude: "I'm not good at driving, can I trouble you to change to an automatic car."

"Ah? We don't have any for the time being. Business is so good recently. Don't men all drive manual cars?"

Han Yuling frowned, and cursed in his heart, he didn't have the confidence to drive the unfamiliar car well, and he didn't want to bother Lu Shaozong to be responsible for driving.

"Then I don't want it anymore, please return the deposit to me, thank you." Han Yuling also returned the car keys to the counter.

The lady at the counter immediately twisted her mouth, "Boss, you don't want the car yourself, it's not that we don't have a car for you. According to regulations, the reservation deposit cannot be returned."

"But what I want is not this pickup truck, are you being unreasonable?" Han Yuling lost his patience.

"That's the rule! You didn't read the terms clearly when you made an appointment with us? Our company has the right to temporarily change the model, so you're being unreasonable!"

"You!" Han Yuling wanted to argue with reason, but suddenly a person beside him came over and put his hand on his shoulder.

"Cousin, don't worry about such a small company that doesn't make a fortune. It's their loss that they can't do your business."

Han Yuling immediately backed away, getting out of the reach of the man's arm.

Lu Shaozong also rushed over at this time, he didn't notice that Han Yuling was arguing with the counter lady, but seeing a stranger approaching Han Yuling was a big deal.

"Ah, this is Mr. Lu! Wow, I'm so lucky to meet you!" The man who called Han Yuling's 'cousin' stretched out his hand to Shaozong Lu, "Hello."

Lu Shaozong looked this person up and down and shook hands with him at the same time, said: "Forgive me for my poor memory, I don't remember your name, your father is Yan Yunchi."

"Mr. Lu actually knows me?" The man was surprised.

Lu Shaozong let go of his hand, and lightly hugged Han Yuling's shoulder, "After all, I have taken care of him, so I know his relatives a little bit."

"Yes, cousin, you have a wonderful boss."

Han Yuling glared at the man unceremoniously.Yan Yunchi 'used to be' Han Yuling's uncle. Han Yuling knew that his uncle had a son who was a few years older than himself. Han Yuling only met this 'cousin' when he was young. Because the uncle and his cousin's mother divorced for many years, the cousin His brother was raised by his mother, so Han Yuling's memory of his cousin is very vague.The cousin in front of me looks to be of real age, tall and tall, half a head taller than Yan Yuling, his skin is tanned, his arms have protruding biceps, his waist and abdomen are a little fat, maybe he is engaged in Working hard, his facial features have no obvious features, but the small single eyelids and eyes seem to be inherited from their Yan family.

Han Yuling didn't have that kind of inheritance.

"I have no blood relationship with you." Han Yuling tried not to make his tone too bad.

Lu Shaozong gently pinched Han Yuling's shoulder, and said, "Let's talk in another place, Yuling, where is the car?"

When it comes to cars, Han Yuling gets angry.

"Let's take a taxi." Han Yuling took his backpack on his back, grabbed Lu Shaozong's wrist and walked away. Seeing the 'cousin' start to follow, he immediately glared at him again, and warned in a deep voice: "Don't follow. ,I do not know you."

'Cousin' stood still, he shrugged helplessly, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and said casually: "Why are you so desperate? In fact, many people in our family don't know about you. Uncle has been hiding it from the elders. , only he and your brother, me and my dad, my grandpa and grandma still miss you until they die, and they left a box for you, I think my uncle sent it to you."

"What?" Han Yuling couldn't help being excited.He felt that he might have lost it or sent it back.

'Cousin' shook his head, "I don't know, what I received is a stack of stamps that are very collectible, maybe yours is a book? I saw you a few times when I was a child, and you were always immersed in reading books, even glass bullets Beads can't play either."

Han Yuling gritted his teeth, trying to recall whether he had received gifts similar to those from his grandparents. He remembered a lot of things sent in the name of Yan Yunhyuk. He only read the notes on the package and did not open it at all, including the gift he bought. send it back.Those notes are nothing more than general categories, such as dry food, medicinal materials, seafood, local products... Do you have any books?I really don't remember... If it was a book, it was probably just sent back intact, and the person who helped send it was Xiao Jiong.

"Brother Zong, let me make a call..." Han Yuling took out his mobile phone as he spoke, walked a few steps away, and when he was waiting for the call to connect, he heard his 'cousin' tell Lu Shaozong that he was here to pick him up. His own person is him.

Xiaojiong didn't answer the phone, and Han Yuling wanted to leave a message but felt that it was difficult to explain in a few words, so he gave up.

"Where is your uncle now?" Han Yuling walked back to Lu Shaozong.

"At home, grandpa's hometown, he has arranged a room for you to stay overnight, so he asked me to pick you up, but Mr. Lu said that you have already booked a hotel, so you decide where you want to go?"

Without even thinking about it, Han Yuling said, "We're staying in a hotel, but I'm going to grandpa's house."

"Missing that gift?" the 'cousin' laughed.

"I must accept the wishes of my grandparents."

"Haha, you can really talk."

"What do you mean!" Han Yuling took a step forward, but was immediately pulled back by Lu Shaozong.

The 'cousin' put away his smile, his tone and complexion sank, and he asked slowly: "You speak nicely now, that old man was sick in bed at that time, and passed away one after another in less than a month, where are you?"

Han Yuling was stunned.About a month after his grandparents passed away, he didn't see the text message from his younger brother, hoping that he would go back to see the old man for the last time.At that time, he felt that he had already missed it, so there was no point in entanglement, but he didn't expect that being questioned like this many years later would immediately awaken the guilt buried in his heart.Suddenly he felt ashamed, unfilial, shameless, no amount of money would help, what else could he give other than money?He unconsciously leaned close to Lu Shaozong, wanting his godfather to resist this moment of helplessness for him.

"Yuling will pay homage to them when he comes back this trip." Lu Shaozong said while reaching out his hand to pat Yan Yuling's back.

"That's what it should be."'Cousin' sighed, and said quietly: "Before grandpa and grandma left, they told us to keep in touch with you even if we didn't have a chance to see you, otherwise you will always be alone. Human, very lonely, the old man's memory of you is still the child who always hid in a corner to read and not play."

Han Yuling's nose was sore instantly, and a stream of heat gathered in his eyes.

The 'cousin' said that the old man's ashes and tablets were placed in his hometown, so Lu Shaozong decided to ask 'cousin' to pick them up first.

Han Yuling had no time to refute his godfather's decision, and followed his most reliable godfather, trying his best to restrain the excessive ups and downs of his emotions.

After the 'cousin' got in the car, he handed the business card to Lu Shaozong, Yan Yusheng, and Han Yuling after seeing the business card.

——Sheng Sheng!don't run!Take Yuling to play!

—— Shengcheng, you have so many glass marbles, give some to Yuling.

——Sheng Sheng!You stopped letting Yuling watch TV, did you?Why did he hide in the kitchen as soon as the TV was on?

The fuzzy memories of childhood in the past became clearer in my mind bit by bit.

"Good grandson, grandpa loves you the most. Here, I'll give you marbles. Put them away and don't let mommy see them." The gray-haired, age-spotted grandpa held a pack of colorful marbles and secretly hid them. into the backpack.

"Hey, why doesn't my beautiful grandson grow meat? Come, grandma will give you chicken legs, chicken wings, ah, and fish, grandma will remove the bones for you, wait a minute..."

Those small, short, but warm memories with grandparents are so rare that if you don't think hard, you will forget them.

The heat slid down to the corner of the mouth, a trace of saltiness smudged the bitterness.

"Oh? A private detective?"

"Yes, it's been my childhood dream."

Lu Shaozong and Yan Yusheng chatted back and forth.

Han Yuling put on the mask and sunglasses that he had just taken off.

Lu Shaozong put his hand on his shoulder and patted gently.Yan Yucheng picked up the tissue box placed in the front seat and handed it back.

Han Yuling wanted to say 'I'm fine' lightly, but as soon as his teeth loosened, he burst into tears.