Dip in fire

Xiao Huan is getting nervous.

Zhong Ning had guessed the man's identity, both good and bad.But he really didn't expect that Xiao Huan would react like this when he just asked a casual question.He is not Zhang Weilan.

"What's the matter?" Zhong Ning frowned, and rarely put down his face on Xiao Huan, "You tell me and I will listen."

Xiao Huan looked at Zhong Ning again, and then looked at the ground for a while. Finally, her big eyes dodged and she bit her lip and whispered, "Don't tell my brother. Don't tell my brother, I'll tell you."

Zhong Ning's face turned cold completely: "Still making a request? What is it that you want to hide from your brother?"

Xiao Huan held her mouth shut, hesitated for a while, and shook Zhong Ning's arm twice.

Zhong Ning let her beg for favors, but his expression did not loosen in the slightest. He still asked sternly: "Hurry up, what's going on? Are you trying to kill me?"

Xiao Huan could only bow her head, as if confessing her guilt.Her mouth moved a few times, but the voice was too low for Zhong Ning to hear clearly.

Zhong Ning simply bent down and leaned in front of Xiao Huan: "What?"

"It's my uncle." Xiao Huan whispered.

"Uncle? What uncle?" Zhong Ning didn't react.

"My mother's younger brother." Xiao Huan said again.

Zhong Ning stared at him for a moment, and took a few breaths before he finally got on the string: "Your uncle?"

Xiao Huan nodded, but still did not raise her head.

Standing in the cold wind, Zhong Ning felt his head was in a daze and he didn't know what to say.

"You..." Zhong Ning rubbed his face, he looked at his watch, "Your brother hasn't come home yet, let's go back and talk about it."

home.Xiao Huan found some old photos from the closet and handed them to Zhong Ning.

"...Really..." Zhong Ning's expression was not very good-looking, "He came to you on his own initiative?"

"Yes." Xiao Huan replied.

Zhong Ning pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed.He didn't know what Lin Boyang's sudden appearance was for.Where was he when his sister died in a foreign country?

What is he trying to find Xiaohuan now, saying that he is Xiaohuan's uncle?

Zhong Ning pondered for a while, then asked Xiao Huan: "During this period, does he come to see you often? Has he said anything to you? For example, he wants to take you away or something."

Xiao Huan's black eyes suddenly widened, and she hurriedly shouted: "I'm not leaving!"

Zhong Ning: "..."

Even if this girl has a conscience, Zhang Weilan didn't love her in vain.

Zhong Ning sighed, and comforted him: "I know, I didn't say you were leaving. I just asked you. Did your uncle mention it once?"

Xiao Huan shook her head, thought about it seriously, and shook her head again: "No. Just show me a picture of my mother and buy me some delicious food."

Xiao Huan talked and pulled Zhong Ning to the bed.

"What are you doing?" Zhong Ning didn't know what kind of medicine this girl was selling.

Xiao Huan pointed at the bottom of the bed.

Zhong Ning: "...Under the bed?"

Xiao Huan nodded.

Zhong Ning had no choice but to lie on the floor and look under the bed: "..."

There were several packs of unopened snacks stuffed under the bed, Zhong Ning dragged out a pack and looked at it: "You put it under the bed, don't you think it's dirty?"

Xiao Huan: "I don't mind, I haven't opened it anyway."

She looked at the bag of food in Zhong Ning's hand: "My brother usually doesn't let me eat these."

"It's better to eat less, you won't grow tall..." Zhong Ning thought for a while, and put the snacks back under the bed.

He wiped the ashes off his hands, sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Xiao Huan: "Why didn't you tell your brother about this? Do you think you can hide it?"

Xiao Huan frowned, fell silent for a moment, gritted her teeth as if making up her mind, and said, "It's not good to tell my brother. It's not good..."

"..." Zhong Ning slowed down, and comforted Xiao Huan's bangs, "Afraid to tell your brother? This matter...he won't scold you, and it's not strange." What are you?"

Xiao Huan tore off Zhong Ning's hand, suddenly unhappy: "It's not because I'm afraid of this."

"Then what are you afraid of? It's not a problem to hide it like this all the time. If your brother finds out one day, he won't scold you, but he will scold you..."

Xiao Huan held her mouth: "Then scold me, I'm not afraid that my brother will scold me, I'm afraid that he won't scold me."

Zhong Ning: "..."

Xiao Huan looked down at Lin Mei's photos, holding several photos tightly with her small hands.Zhong Ning heard her say: "My brother doesn't like my mother."

Zhong Ning was taken aback for a moment, his throat was stuffed suddenly, making him very uncomfortable.

Xiao Huan: "I know. So I can't tell him."

Xiao Huan looked at Zhong Ning helplessly, and in a childish tone, almost forcefully demanded Zhong Ning: "Don't tell, or my brother will be unhappy, and my mother will not be happy either."

Zhong Ning suddenly became dumb.

He scratched his head, and his hair was ruffled.After a long time, Zhong Ning let out a long breath.He took Xiao Huan into his arms and hugged her: "Don't tell, don't tell your brother, brother Zhong Ning, don't tell."

What kind of thoughts is this girl hiding?

Sometimes you really can't underestimate a child, otherwise you might poke that little thing sourly.

Zhong Ning patted Xiao Huan's head and said, "But if your uncle wants to look for you again, you have to tell me."

"En." Xiao Huan nodded.

Zhong Ning: "Good boy."

Zhong Ning knew that Zhang Weilan couldn't hide this matter, and Zhang Weilan would find out sooner or later.But it's already like this, let's forget it for now, after all, such a young child actually said that kind of thing to him...

There was some noise outside the house, and Zhang Weilan's voice rang out a few seconds later: "Xiao Huan?"

"Your brother is back, pack your things." Zhong Ning said to Xiao Huan, "I'll go out first."

"Yeah." Xiao Huan quickly hid the photo back in the closet.

This is the first time that Zhong Ning deliberately concealed something from Zhang Weilan.

It's a pity that I didn't hide it for a few days.As Zhong Ning expected, what should be revealed will eventually be revealed.

Years ago when Zhang Weilan cleaned up at home, Xiaohuan's closet and under the bed were not spared, which was completely exposed.

Zhong Ning happened to be at home during the winter vacation.That day, he was helping to clean the glass in the kitchen, when he suddenly heard Zhang Weilan reprimanding Xiao Huan: "I've asked you three times, don't you understand me?"

Zhong Ning's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly threw the window-cleaning newspaper and ran into the house.

All the snacks under the bed were dragged out, one bag after another, lying pitifully on the ground, and the photos of Lin Mei and Lin Boyang were also on the table.

If it's just snacks, Xiao Huan can sneakily make buckles, saying that Zhong Ning bought it, but unfortunately this girl is not up to date, she hesitates for a long time and refuses to make up nonsense to lie to her brother. out.This is unbearable.

The evidence is conclusive.I simply recruited, anyway, sooner or later I have to obey the law.

Zhang Weilan glanced at Zhong Ning, then at Xiao Huan: "How many times do I need to ask?"

Xiao Huan still refused to say anything.

Seeing this, Zhong Ning hurried up and pulled Xiao Huan behind him: "That..."

He didn't know what to say, and turned his face to look at the photo on the table.

Zhong Ning groaned: "...I found them all..."

Zhang Weilan looked at Zhong Ning's expression again, and asked Zhong Ning in surprise, "You already knew?"

Zhong Ning: "Um..."

"I'm sorry, I really didn't hide it from you on purpose, Xiao Huan...she has a reason, she is afraid that you won't listen and feel uncomfortable." Zhong Ning turned around, stretched out his hand to Xiao Huan who was behind to pull out , looked up at Zhang Weilan again, "I can't decide to tell you about your brothers and sisters...I'm sorry."

Seeing Zhang Weilan's face, his mouth was constricted when he said anything, Zhong Ning's voice softened: "Don't be angry."

"..." Zhang Weilan closed her eyes, "I'm not angry."

Zhang Weilan: "I just want to know how everything came about."

Zhong Ning sighed: "It's Xiao Huan's uncle, the guy in the photo with...."

Zhang Weilan was stunned immediately.

Contrary to Zhong Ning's expectation, Zhang Weilan didn't blame Xiaohuan anymore, and didn't say a word.

Xiao Huan didn't dare to speak to her brother, so she locked herself in the room.

With two old newspapers in his hands, Zhong Ning went to clean the windows in the living room, and he rubbed one window so absent-mindedly, the good glass was scratched by his hot hands.

Zhang Weilan took a wet rag to the window, wiped the window again, took the newspaper from Zhong Ning's hand, and started rubbing it.

Zhong Ning glanced at Zhang Weilan, and simply sat down on the window sill.He was bored for a while, then said in a low voice: "I thought you would be angry with Xiaohuan for hiding it from you, so you can tell her."

Zhang Weilan paused for a moment with his glass-cleaning hand, and the newspaper crunched in his hand.

He continued to rub against the window: "I'm angry because I'm worried about her. I'm afraid she will meet someone bad, and she won't tell me clearly. "

Zhang Weilan: "Since it's her uncle, it's fine. Looking at it now, my uncle shouldn't harm her as a child."

Zhong Ning: "..."

Zhang Weilan turned her head to look at Zhong Ning, and smiled very shortly: "Besides, I'm an outsider, and it's about Xiao Huan's family, so I can't get in the way."

Zhong Ning looked at Zhang Weilan in a daze, not expecting him to say that.

"Why are you just an outsider? What nonsense are you talking about, you are Xiao Huan's brother..." Zhong Ning murmured.

Zhang Weilan pursed her lips and said nothing.

Zhong Ning suddenly understood.

Thinking about it carefully, Zhang Weilan's statement seems to be justifiable.

Although Zhang Weilan is Xiao Huan's older brother, to the Lin family, they are not half related by blood.Even Lin Boyang, as Lin Mei's younger brother, would hate Zhang Zhiqiang who spoiled his sister even if he only had half a conscience, and it was even more difficult to say what attitude he had towards Zhang Weilan.

It is actually reasonable to say that Zhang Weilan does not interfere with the relationship between Xiaohuan and Lin Boyang.

Zhong Ning was silent, watching Zhang Weilan rub a shiny piece on the glass: "Then you never thought about it, what is he trying to do by sneaking up to please Xiaohuan?"

"Everything people do has a purpose." Zhang Weilan picked up another newspaper and stuffed it into Zhong Ning's hands, "Xiao Huan is my only family member, I can't think about it."

"Then you..." Zhong Ning sighed, raised his arms to clean the window with Zhang Weilan, "Then if he really wants to take Xiao Huan away, you are going to..."

Raising Xiaohuan is a burden for Zhang Weilan, Zhong Ning prefers Zhang Weilan, let alone the part of Xiaohuan, he actually doesn't want Zhang Weilan to be so tired.But Xiaohuan is Zhang Weilan's only blood relative again.

Zhang Weilan's loneliness is like a boundless desert, Zhong Ning is not so conceited, he knows that he can't monopolize this huge barrenness.He can only work hard to do his own role well, and he can't fill everything.For example, the emptiness of family affection is something Zhong Ning can't do anything about.

No one can completely pick up Zhang Weilan's lonely soul.In comparison, Zhong Ning is a handful of spring water in the desert, and Xiao Huan is a green seedling that has just sprouted. Although it is troublesome to raise, she is fresh and alive, and she is Zhang Weilan's only living relative.

Zhong Ning let out a breath: "What are you going to do?"

Zhang Weilan didn't speak for a while, and seemed to be concentrating on rubbing the glass. After he wiped the half of the glass clean, he rolled up the newspaper and threw it away. He said calmly, "I can't do it."

Zhong Ning: "Huh?"

Zhang Weilan said, "It depends on Xiaohuan's intentions."

Zhang Weilan: "Although she is still a child, she is not very sensible. But she still knows who she wants to live with."

Zhong Jing looked at Zhang Weilan quietly. He took Zhang Weilan's hand and scratched Zhang Weilan's palm twice with his fingertips: "She definitely wants to be with you."

Zhang Weilan glanced at the door beside him from the corner of his eye, but said nothing.

The door opened a little, and Xiao Huan leaned against the door, secretly revealing a small Yuan Bao ear.