call my name

Qi Yue coughed suddenly.

Lin Xia quickly denied: "No, no!"

Zhenzhen insisted on her opinion: "But when I went this morning, weren't you already at my little uncle's house? Uncle Qian asked you if you had breakfast."

Lin Xia hurriedly explained: "I just stayed there for one night yesterday..."

Qi Yue suppressed a smile: "Cohabitation doesn't mean that... Where did you learn this word?"

Zhenzhen replied: "My mother, she called her friend and said she wanted to live with someone and sent me to my grandparents' house. I refused to go. I knew my grandparents didn't like me, so I asked her to send me there. Little uncle's house. Little uncle, you won't and won't you want to live with me, will you?"

Qi Yue stroked her braids: "Of course I welcome you to live together. But this is not called cohabitation. Cohabitation means, uh, two people who like each other and are going to get married live together."

"Oh, then will my mother marry someone else?" Zhenzhen asked with wide eyes.

Qi Yue was at a loss for words.

The little girl seemed ignorant, but she asked herself and answered: "She wants to marry someone else, because Dad won't marry her. Dad doesn't like me either, so he hides from us."

Zhenzhen said, drooping her little head.

Qi Yue tried to comfort her: "Your parents like you, there is no parent who doesn't like their children..."

"You liar! Then why don't they want me?!" Zhenzhen stomped the little leather shoes under her feet.

Lin Xia squatted down and looked at her: "Your little uncle didn't lie to you, but he didn't know where your father went. Adults are very busy and have their own things to do, so it's not that they don't want you; besides, even if they're not here, isn't it? Is little uncle with you?"

The little girl gradually quieted down.

Qi Yue looked at him with folded arms: "A Xia, you are very good at coaxing children!"

Zhenzhen clung to Lin Xia and refused to let go, Qi Yue, who was busy with work, took the opportunity to give him the hot potato.After going round and round, he followed Qi Yue back to Qi Yue's house, and it was not until Zhen Zhen fell asleep after dinner that he finally went to Qi Yue again to say goodbye.

Qi Yue's study and bedroom are on the third floor. When Lin Xia walked up the stairs, Qi Yue was resting on the sofa on the third floor looking at the roof.

Lin Xia hummed: "Okay, throw the child to me, and you lie here to hide yourself."

Qi Yue burst out laughing, half stood up: "Hey Axia, don't make it sound like we are a couple."

Lin Xia's face was hot. Fortunately, Qi Yue only had a floor lamp on, so it was difficult to be noticed in the dim light.

Qi Yue explained to him: "Zhenzhen is my brother's child who was not married. Her mother originally wanted to use this child to marry into the family, but my parents always disagreed and only gave them living expenses. Later my brother disappeared. The matter was even more delayed. Her mother had quarreled a few times, and now she may have lost her patience, and sent her to me as soon as the school holidays came."

Lin Xia herself is an orphan, and she can empathize with this: "The child is very sad, you have to treat her better."

Qi Yue smiled: "After all, I'm too busy to spend much time with her. So my parents asked me to go yesterday, and reminded me that I should consider choosing a marriage partner."

Lin Xia asked dryly, "I...was that the one who called you then?"

Qi Yue applauded him: "Yes, it's my parents' divine assist."

Lin Xia smiled awkwardly, Qi Yue stopped talking about it, and got up: "It's too late, I'll take you back."

When he reached the stairs, he suddenly said again: "You don't need to bother preparing presents."

Lin Xia didn't understand: "What?"

Qi Yue looked back at him: "Don't prepare to give me a wedding gift, I won't get married."

His look was no joke.

Lin Xia took back what she wanted to tease, and nodded her understanding: "Because it's not that person, so it's okay? But," he added unwillingly: "Life is very long, maybe you will fall in love with someone else in the future."

Qi Yue's tone was calm and firm: "No, only him."

The light cast the shadows of two people, one tall and one lower, on the wall, making them look close at hand.

—but you can't get him.

Just when he was about to reach the first floor, the lights of the whole small building went out without warning.

Lin Xia was taken aback: "Power outage?"

Qi Yue stood vigilantly, listening to the movement in the darkness.

Lin Xia reacted immediately: the high-end villa area will not cut off the power easily, unless the power is cut off artificially to destroy the security system.

There was a soft sound from nowhere, like a leaf hitting the window lattice.

Before Qi Yue could distinguish the source of the sound, Lin Xia had already noticed it keenly: "It's on the second floor!"

The two looked at each other in the dark, and ran to Zhenzhen's room at the same time.

As soon as he stepped onto the second floor, a white light flashed across his face - a dagger!

The sensitive reaction made Lin Xia stop in an instant, and pulled Qi Yue who was rushing to the side to avoid the opponent's surprise attack together.

At the same time, he aimed at the source of the sword light and kicked quickly——

With a "snap", the gangster was kicked in the wrist, the dagger fell to the ground, and the other party screamed "Ouch".

Another person rushed out from the darkness, hugged Lin Xia's back and tried to knock him down.Although Lin Xia had never fought before, he didn't panic in this kind of life-and-death struggle. He clamped the opponent's arms, straightened his waist, and fell over his shoulder, throwing the opponent heavily on the floor.Immediately, he added another kick and felt that he was kicked in the opponent's abdomen. The person grunted in pain and then fell silent.

In the dark, Qi Yue had already put down another person, and calmly said: "Go and see Zhenzhen first!"

There was a light coming from downstairs, and it was Qian Bo who heard the sound, turned on the spare lamp, ran upstairs, and shouted: "I have already called the police!"

The trapped beast is still fighting, and when the gangster heard it, he quickly got up, picked up the dagger and rushed towards Qi Yue. Qi Yue took a step away, but the person who fell on the ground stretched out his foot to stir him in the second step, and saw the blade stabbing him in the chest—— —

Lin Xia didn't even think about it, and rushed forward, blocking the blade with his bare hands—but his fingers that hadn't fully healed affected his strength, and the blade broke free and slashed across his arm.He didn't care about it, and just in time, he kicked fiercely, kicking the opponent's forehead.

The man fell straight down with a bang, and finally stopped moving.

Qian Bo bravely ran over with a lamp, and took a clear picture of the three intruders who were laid down on the ground.

Qi Yue opened Zhenzhen's room door to check. The little girl was sleeping soundly, but she rubbed her eyes after being woken up: "Little uncle?"

Seeing that she was fine, the three adults breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhenzhen suddenly screamed: "Ah——Beautiful brother is bleeding! A lot of blood!"

Lin Xia looked down, his arm was cut deeply by the dagger, and blood flowed.He was so nervous just now that he didn't notice it, but now he felt the burning pain, and the severe pain made him unable to help leaning against the wall.

Qi Yue lost his voice: "A Xia!"

Qi Yue came over to support him, held his arms, and almost hugged him into his arms.

Feeling that Qi Yue was trembling slightly, Lin Xia comforted him in turn: "I'm fine, I'm hurt, don't be afraid, don't scare Zhenzhen."

There were chaotic footsteps outside the gate, and the security guards rushed up in a hurry.

***

The results of the police investigation came out quickly. The three criminals who broke in were instigated by others, thinking that Qi Yue's home had a lot of cash, so they attacked the door in the dark.And the person who revealed the information to them was Zhenzhen's mother's "new boyfriend". He drove here with Zhenzhen's mother in the morning and remembered the address.

Qi Yue apologetically discussed with Lin Xia: "Can you not pursue the involvement of Zhenzhen's mother in this matter?"

Lin Xia understood his intention: "Of course I don't mind. You don't want Zhenzhen to know, and if your parents know, they won't treat their mother and daughter even more."

Even though Zhenzhen didn't see the murder scene directly that night, he was still frightened and pestered Lin Xia to ask him to stay at home; considering that Lin Xia had no one to take care of him, Qi Yue also insisted on keeping him until the wound on his arm healed.In this way, Lin Xia temporarily stayed at Qi Yue's house.

When Tian Bin heard that he was injured, he was very worried about whether the wound would leave scars and affect his image, so he told him to take care of it carefully.But Lin Xia didn't care at all, he was even very lucky, because of this wound, he was able to stay in Qiyue's house in a legitimate way, getting along every day and night.

Every day after dinner, Zhenzhen performed the new movements learned in the dance class that day, accompanied by Qi Yue playing the piano, Qian Bo applauded, and Lin Xia smirked.

Lin Xia thought it was as beautiful as a dream.He even didn't care for the wound on purpose, because if the wound didn't heal for a day, he could stay here for another day.

In the midsummer morning, the weather was fine, and Lin Xia used her uninjured hands to loosen the soil for the flowers and plants in the garden.When I looked up, I saw that half of the window in the basement seemed to be open, so I went in and closed it.

He closed the window tightly and was about to go upstairs when his eyes fell on the closed door opposite.

That is Qi Yue's studio.

Chamber had mentioned that a portrait that Qi Yue painted before was very similar to Lin Xia.

Now Qi Yue is working outside, Qian Bo sends Zhen Zhen to dance class, Lin Xia is the only one at home.

——No, it’s really rude to walk around in other people’s homes without permission.

Lin Xia forced herself to look away and walk towards the stairs, but she turned around halfway and stopped at the studio door.

——What if Chamber had misremembered the time when Qi Yue painted?Could it be that Qi Yue painted me?

With a trace of luck and expectation in her heart, Lin Xia slowly turned the doorknob.

Qi Yue probably hasn't been to the studio recently, there are no unfinished works on the easel, and all kinds of painting tools and paints are neatly sealed.Against the wall is a row of half-person-high sandalwood drawers, which should be used to store painted works.

Lin Xia looked around nervously, and carefully opened the first drawer like a thief.

At first glance, he was suddenly overjoyed, thinking that the painting was really himself, and almost cheered.But upon closer inspection, it appears that something is wrong.

The painting is a young man in ancient costume.

In the deep night sky and the gorgeous fireworks, when the crowd was looking up and cheering, a handsome young man in a strong suit stood tall, with his hand on the scabbard at his waist, and his eyes looked around alertly, as if he was guarding the most important thing.

The face of the person in the painting is almost exactly the same as that of Lin Xia.

—Is this painting of me?

Lin Xia tried hard to recall, it seems that he did not wear this style of costume when filming.

—and I never had that look, that unflinching look.

Thinking about it, Lin Xia couldn't help but close the picture, and then opened the second and third layers...