Stand-in self-cultivation

The winter in F province still came quietly, Jia Ran didn't realize that the Spring Festival was coming until the temperature dropped sharply.

In the past years, he stayed in the local area and spent the New Year with the employees who worked overtime during the Spring Festival. The most exaggerated one time he ran to three stores in one night to give red envelopes to the employees. He never felt lonely.Now, the new store is on the right track, and Li Zhiyuan has received a sum of money from his father to expand the territory. Everything is developing in a good direction, but he feels a little lonely.

The mobile phone WeChat is ringing non-stop, the management group is discussing how to play during the holiday, and the large group is the employees sending out small programs to help cut tickets.Jia Ran propped his chin with one hand, sat in his own store drinking a hot drink, and shifted his gaze from his mobile phone to the employees who were idle because the store was deserted due to the end of the year.The little girl was young, and she looked at her phone from time to time, wondering if she was waiting for news from her boyfriend.

Money is hard to earn: Mr. Jia, this year my parents and my sister will come here to accompany me during the Chinese New Year, and they will bring me when they patrol the store [raise hand]

Jia Ran: [picture]

Jia Ran: Sorry, I will go home this year.Since you are so active, I will leave the job of distributing red envelopes this year to you, patrol the four stores, and strive to surpass my record.

Money is not easy to earn: ...

Without looking at what Qian Hao was saying, Jia Ran closed the dialog with a smile, and blocked the group.Get up and throw your drink in the trash.The little girl playing with the mobile phone looked up at him, then her eyes widened, and she was about to walk over to say hello to the boss.Jia Ran waved at her, pushed the door open and left alone.

After struggling for so long, the psychological preparation for returning to City B has already been completed, but the busy official duties near the end of the year still make him postpone until the Spring Festival.When winter first came, Jia Meng bought spring and summer clothes. After much hesitation, Jia Ran still didn't bring them back. He just went to the bank to open a secondary card, and planned to let his sister buy whatever she liked.Therefore, apart from his own briefcase, Jia Ran didn't even have a suitcase, so he took a taxi to the airport with his bag in hand.

It's just that this flight seems to be full of weirdness.

There was no room for the economy class when he booked the ticket, so he booked the business class, but there were only dozens of people in line for the check-in, so he also checked whether the position of the boarding gate had changed—the answer was naturally No.However, the more wicked thing was still to come. The staff told him that because of a problem with the ticketing system, there was no seat in the business class, and they directly upgraded him to first class.Suspicious, Jia Ran got on the plane, and as he walked, he thought that maybe a tour group was late, and then accidentally bumped into someone else.

"I'm sorry." Jia Ran quickly apologized, stretched out his hands and rubbed his sore nose, thinking to himself that this man is really energetic.

"What a coincidence, we meet again."

"..."

Ma Qiming smiled slightly.

Fuck... why is he everywhere?Wait a minute... Jia Ran's eyes widened: "Is it your fault for my ticket?!"

Carrying the suitcase, Ma Qiming walked side by side with Jia Ran in a personable manner, "I don't know what the ticket is. It's fate that we return to City B on the same day."

Some nonsense.Jia Ran rolled his eyes at him, walked quickly a few steps and left him behind, boarded the plane first, found his seat and sat down.The next moment, Ma Qiming, who had recovered his indifferent face, sat beside him.

Since the last one-night affair, the two have never seen each other again, and they haven't even passed a phone call.It's not that Jia Ran deliberately avoided him, it's just that he didn't have the time when he was busy with work... and he wasn't mentally prepared to face him with any attitude.At this time, "unexpected reunion", the two had no communication except for the conversation at the beginning.One is working, and the other is looking at the scenery with his head tilted.On the contrary, the stewardess ran to them one after another, Jia Ran listened to Ma Qiming's patient conversation with the stewardess, and the documents on the computer did not turn over a page for a long time.

"You didn't have your coat?"

What?Jia Ran raised his head, looked at Ma Qiming looking at him calmly, and shook his head.

"Anyone pick you up?" he asked.

Jia Ran hesitated for a moment, swallowed "You don't need to worry about it" and replied politely, "Go by yourself."

Ma Qiming didn't say much, and after taking a look at him, he closed his eyes and rested his mind.

Jia Ran felt a little unsettled, so he simply devoted himself to his work, trying to forget the little discomfort in his heart.

When the plane arrived, Jia Ran was so cold that he sneezed as soon as he got out of the cabin, and almost fell to the ground with too much force. Ma Qiming from behind stretched out his hand and grabbed him, grabbed his wrist as if nothing had happened, and then let go.

"You've been in the south for too long, and now it's the coldest time in city B." Ma Qiming said in a nonchalant manner, and handed Jia Ran a tissue.

Jia Ran's face turned pale from the cold, he took the tissue to wipe his face in embarrassment, and walked forward without saying a word.

Ma Qiming followed him unhurriedly, watching him pass through the crowd at the airport and walk towards the taxi waiting area.

"I caught a cold after a while. Jia Meng's health is not good. Do you want to take care of your health and miss seeing her on New Year's Eve, or spend the New Year with the little girl with a cold?"

Jia Ran's footsteps stopped, and he sneezed again.

"...Of course you can choose to go with me, I'll drop you off." After Ma Qiming finished speaking, he grabbed the paper from Jia Ran's hand and threw it into the trash can.

Ten minutes later, the two sat together in Ma Qiming's spacious Bentley.

"Lao Wen didn't come to pick you up?" Jia Ran asked wearily, "It's a new car, I like this one too."

In the driver's seat, Ma Qiming responded lightly, turned on the heater, and then naturally reached out and touched Jia Ran's forehead, and withdrew his hand without waiting for the man's disgust. "Put on the clothes in the back seat, and the scarf."

Jia Ran turned his head, looked at the two coats and scarves stacked together on the back seat and raised his eyebrows, obediently stretched his arms to hook the coats and scarves on the back seat, chose a number to put on, and picked again A dark gray scarf, and then handed the remaining two to Ma Qiming.

The man glanced at him, turned down the heater, stretched his stiff fingers and put on his coat.

"Go back to the city?" Ma Qiming asked.

Jia Ran huddled in the back of the wide seat, wrapped in a scarf, making her small face the size of a palm, extremely delicate.Ma Qiming tilted his head and watched, wishing he could go up and kiss him right now.

"No, let's go back to your house." Jia Ran was a little apprehensive.The house in the urban area was the new house they gave after the demolition. Jia Mengmeng should live there—he was not ready to meet her directly.

Ma Qiming seemed a little unconvinced that Jia Ran would say that he would go back to his house. He thought he would go to the hotel if he didn't go home, but he didn't expect Jia Ran to want to go back to his house!So after hearing this, the old man couldn't help but get carried away, and the wrinkles in the corners of his eyes almost killed flies.Little did he know that the young man sitting in the co-pilot was staring at him with a half-face and sneered.

"I'm going to stay at Chutian Xunming's house." Jia Ran said slowly.

Ma Qiming: "..."

"I'll ask for cleaning before I go," Jia Ran added.

Ma Qiming: "..."

"I have the key. They gave it to me before they went abroad. Let me keep it for them and watch their house." Jia Ran felt refreshed.

Ma Qiming: "...OK."

However, the Tao is one foot tall, and the devil is one foot tall. The young and fresh cub has never fought against the shameless big bad wolf after all.

When a group of elderly butlers came out to greet them in the cold winter, Jia Ran felt something was wrong.

"...I don't know what's going on. I was watching TV just now, and suddenly the power went out. The maintenance personnel said that the road was being built on our side, and the wires were cut off. It seemed that it was only us and the building next door, which was Chutian's house. There’s no electricity either.” Uncle Wang took a breath and continued, “Fortunately, we have a generator, so it won’t affect us. If we work together overnight, it should be repaired tomorrow. Fortunately, there is no one in Chutian’s house, so it doesn’t matter. It doesn't matter, hehe."

Jia Ran's face turned red, but he finally shut up.

After Uncle Wang finished speaking, he wiped off the sweat from his forehead, and looked at Jia Ran full of worry and longing.

"Uncle Wang..." Jia Ran called out unnaturally, Uncle Wang was the only one who treated him well.

Uncle Wang sighed. He grabbed Jia Ran's hand, squeezed it hard, then let go and took a step back: "It's good to be back, let's go in, it's cold outside. Qi Ming, let's go in and talk."

I haven't been back for three years, but this place is still the same.

It was already evening at this time, and the clanging and bustle of the kitchen could be heard from the moment one entered the door.Ma Qiming left his luggage and went to take a shower first, while Jia Ran carried his briefcase and walked slowly inside with Uncle Wang.

"I'm having trouble with my legs and feet, so I'm walking slowly." Uncle Wang chuckled, took Jia Ran's briefcase and hung it on the shelf for him.

Jia Ran's nose was a little sour, and he didn't dare to look at the surrounding scenery, but lowered his head and asked, "Why are your legs like this?"

"Rheumatism, it started to hurt two years ago. People are old and useless." Uncle Wang narrowed his eyes with a smile, "Before, it was hard to go to deliver him a supper at night, and he didn't want to find it again. An aunt waited on him, and he didn't eat at night. Now that you're back, I guess he should get fat again in two days..."

Jia Ran touched his nose in embarrassment, but finally interrupted Uncle Wang, "I... don't stay, I just come back for a new year and leave in a few days."

"Aren't you coming back?" Uncle Wang regretted.

Jia Ran: "My business is still in province F, so I really can't stay here all the time. But don't worry, I will try my best to come back to see you during the holidays."

"Oh, business, that's it." Uncle Wang nodded, his face full of relief, "I've also heard Qi Ming say it a few times, he said that you are doing well now, and it won't be long before you can get your job done. When the store opens to City B, you can take me there for a drink or two."

When Jia Ran heard this, his heart moved.

"He has been going there for the past two years. I see his tea business is doing very well, and he has a lot of fun. I wish I could live there and never come back. The company is doing things step by step, so there is nothing positive about it." Positive, otherwise, it’s no wonder that the master has been unhappy in the past few years. But if you ask me, this kid is not superhuman, he only sleeps for five or six hours a day, and he is so busy running around..." Uncle Wang chattered, Jia Ran helped him sit on the sofa, took a cup and poured him a cup of hot tea, and when he came back, he heard the old man still talking.

"If he lives in Province F, I'll follow him. The air there is much better than here. When the two of you live together, it will be lively."

"Jia Ran."

Jia Ran raised his head and looked at Ma Qiming, who had taken a shower, was wearing a plain turtleneck sweater, and was standing on the third floor looking down at him.Jia Ran lowered his head, patted Uncle Wang's shoulder, and swallowed the words again.

"It's winter so hard to take a hot bath, and it's over so quickly." Uncle Wang muttered, shook his head helplessly, and went to the kitchen to inform the meal.

The hall fell silent instantly, and the two looked at each other for a moment, then looked away.

After a long while, Ma Qiming said, "I'll be staying here for the next few days, don't leave, Jia Meng is here to celebrate the New Year, bringing his boyfriend with me."

Jia Ran was stunned, staring at Ma Qiming not knowing what to say.The relationship between Jia Meng and Ma Qiming is so good?He even knows that she has a boyfriend... How can I be my brother?