good night my sir

It is said that there must be someone in this world who will always be waiting for you, no matter where your heart is or what you are doing; he will always light a candle for yourself at night to illuminate your home.

Maybe many people haven't met that person yet, but Ah Cheng met Minglou, Minglou who had been by his side since he was a child.

Ah Cheng used to think that if his parents hadn't abandoned him, everything would have been different.But as he grew older, he no longer thought so.

If his parents hadn't abandoned him, he wouldn't be able to follow his elder brother like he is now, let alone fall in love with his elder brother.In his heart, staying by his elder brother's side in this life is the best destination. No matter what his status is, he has no complaints or regrets.

He knew that when the two of them were together, the eldest brother would bear no less pressure than himself.In order not to add to the burden of the big brother, Ah Cheng can only temporarily suppress his guilt.

The eldest sister went home, and Aunt Gui followed her. Ming Lou and Ah Cheng could no longer be as unscrupulous as they were a few days ago.They still have to maintain the illusion of "breaking up" in front of Aunt Gui, and also act like they are in harmony, so as not to show their feet in front of Yoko Nantian.

Fortunately, the matter of Mingtai's suspension of school can be regarded as muddling through, and they can have one less thing to worry about.

Minglou handed over the management of his flour mill to Mingtai. On the surface, it was to give him a self-supporting job to reassure the eldest sister; in fact, it also gave Mingtai an excuse to pretend to be a cover.

Satisfied, Mingtai finally stopped saying that only the eldest sister and brother Ah Cheng loved him.

After the meeting with Luo Fangxiong, many resources were circulated privately. Ah Cheng and Tong Guangren were the bridge between the two parties. Fortunately, they had a good personal relationship, and no one would be suspicious when they visited each other's home.

With such convenience, Ah Cheng and Tong Guangren have closer contacts than before.

On this day, Minglou drove to attend a financial meeting by himself, because Ah Cheng wanted to send a set of communication codes to Luo Fangxiong.

Tong Guangren came to the Ming mansion at the appointed time, ready to pick up Ah Cheng to meet Luo Fangxiong, but the bathroom pipe in the mirror room was temporarily broken, and he was asking Ah Cheng to help him fix it, so he asked Tong Guangren to wait in the living room.

Tong Guangren had nothing to do, so he looked at the paintings on the wall in the living room, as well as the family photos on the closet.

Aunt Gui made a cup of orange tea and came to the living room, and said, "Sir, let's have a cup of orange tea first. The oranges grown in my backyard were picked yesterday."

"Okay, thank you, I'm sorry to trouble you." Tong Guangren took the teacup with a smile on his face, with a gentle and polite attitude, and said, "I'm Ah Cheng's friend, don't call me Mr., just call me Xiao Tong."

When Aunt Gui saw Tong Guangren, her expression changed slightly, and she said, "Little Tong?"

"Yes, my surname is Tong, so everyone calls me that." Tong Guangren took a sip of orange tea and said with a smile, "By the way, Auntie, I haven't asked you what your name is yet?"

Aunt Gui was stunned for a while, only to recover after being called out by Tong Guangren, and said, "I, I am Aunt Gui."

"Aunt Gui, the tea you make is really delicious, and the oranges grown at home are really different." Tong Guangren smiled all over his face, and talking to him often gave people a feeling of spring breeze.

Aunt Gui stared at him obsessively, and couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Tong, can you tell me what your father does?"

"Huh?" Tong Guangren was a little surprised. After all, no one had ever asked him about his father as soon as they met. However, seeing Aunt Gui's expectant look, he said politely, "My father is a Hunan embroidery merchant."

Hearing this, Aunt Gui let out an "ah" and asked again, "Do you have any brothers?"

"No, I'm the only child." Tong Guangren smiled slightly.

Aunt Gui looked in disbelief, and wanted to ask more questions, but Ah Cheng had already come down the stairs.

"Xiao Tong, I'm sorry to keep you waiting." Ah Cheng said.

"Don't say that, it's just that I've never been good at these things, and Charlie is usually doing them, otherwise I could have helped just now."

"There's no reason to ask customers to repair the water pipes." Ah Cheng smiled, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Let's go!"

Tong Guangren nodded to him, handed the teacup to Aunt Gui, and said, "Aunt Gui, thank you for your orange tea, I like it very much, see you another day!"

"Okay, okay, see you another day." Aunt Gui was stunned, holding a teacup in her hand, looking at the backs of Ah Cheng and Tong Guangren, she was fascinated by it.

Luo Fangxiong went to Du Zhongliang to talk about the matter, so Tong Guangren drove Ah Cheng to Du's mansion.

Because it was agreed that Minglou would pick him up on the return journey, after successfully handing over the communication code and related usage rules to Luo Fangxiong, Ah Cheng stayed on the terrace of Du's mansion to drink tea with Du Zhongliang.

Bai Ruolan was not at home, Luo Fangxiong and Tong Guangren left first as they still had work to do, and only Ah Cheng and Du Zhongliang were left on the terrace.

Madam Xu brought the whole set of English tea sets to the table, and made some exquisite desserts. Seeing the ostentation of the afternoon tea, Ah Cheng couldn't help saying, "Uncle Du, your afternoon tea is really more professional than a restaurant."

"I heard from Xiaotong that you like Earl Gray tea. Come and try this. It was just brought back from abroad." Du Zhongliang warmly poured tea for him.

Seeing him like this, Ah Cheng straightened his back and sat upright to take the tea with both hands, and said, "Uncle Du, you are too kind, I'll do it myself."

Du Zhongliang looked at him and said with a smile: "Hey! I don't have so many rules here. You are just too serious, and you put yourself under too much pressure in everything."

"Uncle Du is right." Ah Cheng smiled slightly and relaxed a little, but Du Zhongliang was an elder after all, so he still maintained the proper etiquette.

Ah Cheng took a sip and felt that the tea soup was mellow, and a warm citrus fragrance spread on the tip of his tongue.

He nodded and said with a smile, "This tea is very fresh and delicious."

"It's fine if you like it." Du Zhongliang smiled kindly, and said, "I'll ask Mama Xu to pack some for you to take home, and then tell Xiaotong after drinking, and ask him to send it to you."

"This, what an embarrassment, Uncle Du, you are so..." Ah Cheng wanted to get up to thank him, but Du Zhongliang held him back.

"Sit, sit. It's nothing, I ordered this after hearing that you like it."

"You say that, Mingcheng is flattered." He never thought that someone outside the Ming family would care about him so much.

When he was a child, he also enjoyed the short-lived love of his adoptive mother, Aunt Gui, but he didn't know when, Aunt Gui's temperament changed drastically overnight, and her cruel abuse made him always live in a kind of fear that he couldn't see the dawn inside.

This deep-rooted fear gradually dissipated after entering the Ming family for two years and changing his name to Mingcheng.

He is very wary of outsiders. Such a sensitive personality plays a great role in performing secret agent tasks, but in communicating with people, he often cannot be sincere.

But since Xiao Tong appeared, Ah Cheng's life circle began to intersect with the Qing Gang, and only then did he realize that he could actually let go of his guard against people other than the Ming family.Especially after knowing that they also belonged to the underground party, a rare sense of trust was established.

"To be honest, you are the person who cares about me the most besides my family," Cheng said.

"Once a person gets old, he always feels pity when he sees outstanding young people." Du Zhongliang looked at Ah Cheng, and even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes seemed to be smiling. "Did you know? My son should be around your age now. Every time I see you, I feel like seeing him."

Ah Cheng was embarrassed by the words, and said with a smile: "With a father like you, Master Du's character and talent must be excellent. I am just an ordinary person, how can I compare with Young Master Du?" Ah Cheng thought for a while, He also said, "Uncle Du, actually I've always wanted to ask, how did Young Master Du get separated from you? If we know, maybe we can help pay attention."

"Actually, the last time I saw him, he was still in his infancy." Du Zhongliang said, his thoughts returned to more than 20 years ago. "I still remember the feeling of holding him in my arms. His body was soft and warm. The child couldn't be held by anyone except his mother, and he cried as soon as I held him. But when I held him, he laughed and his cheeks were flushed." Yes. Those eyes are especially beautiful, exactly like his mother's."

Ah Cheng listened quietly to his story. Du Zhongliang took a sip of tea and continued: "That year, China had just experienced a new situation of reform. The Beiyang warlords made people miserable, bandits were everywhere, and the Qing Gang was also facing civil strife. At that time, only Shanghai It was fairly calm, I first arranged for my wife to take my son and flee to Shanghai to join my cousin, but suddenly I lost contact halfway, and their mother and son have never heard from each other again.”

"How could this be..." Ah Cheng never expected that this Young Master Du had been separated for such a long time.

He wanted to say something to comfort Du Zhongliang, but the situation sounded like the chances of finding Young Master Du were slim.

But Du Zhongliang didn't seem to be desperate at all. He smiled and said, "Last time you told me that as long as you persevere, there will be hope. I have always held hope. I believe that one day I will see him, I also believe that he will be so good that I will be proud.”

"Definitely." Cheng nodded.

He has never had a role like a father by his side since he was a child. For some reason, Du Zhongliang always gives him the feeling of a father every time he comes to Du's house. Now he understands that it is because Du Zhongliang always projects his father's love on himself. for the sake.

Ah Cheng looked at Du Zhongliang, and suddenly felt a little envious of this young master Du.

========= I’m a nonsense divider ===========

I especially like the scenes of Ah Cheng and Du Zhongliang together, there is a very special warm feeling

Even if Ah Cheng still doesn't know the relationship between Du Zhongliang and himself, but now it more or less makes up for the father's love he has always lacked

In fact, Du Zhongliang has never confessed his identity to Ah Cheng because he is also afraid of

After 27 years, everything has changed, and he is not sure how Ah Cheng will react to the rash confession

When he knew that his son was doing well in the Ming family, he didn't want to disturb Ah Cheng's current life at all.

After the meeting between the poisonous snake and the grizzly bear, Du Zhongliang discovered that he and Ah Cheng could have many intersections in life

So he began to choose to appear in Ah Cheng's life in a natural way