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In March, the chill in Jiangcheng still persisted, the sky darkened, the temperature dropped even more, a layer of mist formed on the road, and under the illumination of the neon lights, it became colorful.

It had just rained in the afternoon, and the ground was still wet, and the road was full of traffic and very crowded.

The roads around the pedestrian street have always been congested. In the past two years, the subway has been under construction, and there are traffic lights guarding it. Vehicles pass by like ants.

Liu Tang propped his left elbow on the car window, and controlled the steering wheel with his right hand, looking at the front with a little loss of interest.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the car stopped and went all the way before passing the nearest traffic light.

Turning and turning, the entrance of the underground parking lot began to be blocked again.There were a lot of people coming to the pedestrian street at this time, and there was a crowded flow of people everywhere. Liu Tang watched the cars in front of him go in one by one, and doubted if there was any space inside.

Finally arrived at him, took the card and went in.

Liu Tang drove and watched all the way, and finally found an empty seat in a corner.

He invited someone to have a meal. The restaurant is behind the pedestrian street, which is a European-style street with ancient European architectural styles, very exotic, and attracts a large number of newcomers to take wedding photos every year.

Although Liu Tang usually doesn't like to go shopping, he has come here a few times, mainly for dinner.

The restaurant was chosen by Chen Meimei after searching the Internet and comparing the decoration style, service attitude and food taste.The time was set at 07:30, but just after five o'clock, he was rushed out by Ms. Chen Meimei, for fear that he would be late.

But it's true, his house is not far from the pedestrian street, if there is no traffic jam, it can be reached in half an hour, but it took almost two hours to get through the traffic jam.

Compared with the pedestrian street, the flow of people on Fengqing Street is much less, and it doesn't seem crowded.

Liu Tang talked about the restaurant he found on the map on his mobile phone. The decoration is indeed quite tall, and the welcome guests are also pretty. When they saw people coming, they smiled and said, "Welcome."

This is a western restaurant, and the decoration is also in the style of a typical western restaurant, with red and black bases, warm and dim lighting, and mirrored walls...

Liu Tang deeply felt that Ms. Chen Meimei also took great pains.

The waiter led them to sit in the reserved seats, and Liu Tang asked them to serve a glass of water first.

It is the position by the window, looking out from the floor-to-ceiling windows, it is a tall church. There are many people outside the church, either waiting, or a group of people discussing evening activities.

The other party was very punctual, as soon as he arrived at 07:30, he was led by the waiter and walked over.

She was a woman with exquisite make-up, her figure was not very good, not tall enough, estimated to be less than 1.6 meters, although she was not short because of wearing high heels, she was not very thin, of course, the red woolen coat wrapped her well The body should not be fat.

"Hello!" She greeted Liu Tang with a smile, "I'm Xie Li."

She took off the scarf around her neck and sat down. Liu Tang summoned the waiters and asked them to bring the menu.

The dishes were ordered by Xie Li. She was very measured, the price was neither high nor low, and the taste was not heavy. She would occasionally ask Liu Tang a few questions, but she was obviously a woman who was used to making decisions on her own.

The conversation was initiated by Shelly, who works in the sales industry and can easily stir up the atmosphere of the conversation by cutting in from seemingly subtle points.

The conversation gradually deepened.

"I heard that Mr. Liu is a local, an architect?" Shelly was cutting a steak. Her nails should be newly done, with rose red as the base and sequins on them, very beautiful.

"I used to be an architect," Liu Tang said calmly, "I don't have a job right now."

"Oh?" Xie Li raised her eyebrows, "Aunt Ke didn't tell me, are you planning to change jobs? Aunt Ke said that you have passed the exam, so it should be easy to find a job!"

Blind dates are all true and false. They don't necessarily need to be fabricated, but they always choose the appropriate content to say. Liu Tang is not surprised that Ms. Chen Meimei will hide his physical condition, but now, he has no intention of hiding it.

He stopped cutting the steak and wiped his mouth with a tissue.

This was a very cautious action, which indicated to others that what he was going to say next was very important. Sure enough, Xie Li's expression became serious.

"I occasionally accept some related jobs online, but I may not formally engage in this line of work in the future," Liu Tang said, and saw the smile on Xie Li's face fade, "My health is not very good, and Not suitable for high-intensity work, currently I am resting."

The expression on Xie Li's face was already a bit reluctant: "Oh..." After a long silence, he asked again, "Does Mr. Liu live by himself now?"

"No, I live with my parents," Liu Tang shook his head.

"I see..." Xie Li nodded, "I heard from Aunt Ke that you bought a house?"

"Yes," Liu Tang nodded, saw Xie Li smiled, and said, "It's just that my parents are afraid that I'll get sick, and don't trust me to live alone, so now I live with my parents."

The smile on Xie Li's face became stiff again, and she didn't take the initiative to speak after that. When she didn't speak, Liu Tang was happy and at ease, only thinking that he was fighting with someone.

After dinner, Liu Tang proposed to send Xie Li back, and Xie Li said politely: "No, I have a friend over, just go there by yourself."

After paying the bill, Liu Tang and Xie Li separated at the door without even leaving their contact information.

It took less than half an hour to finish the meal, and it was just after eight o'clock when we came out. The pedestrian street was bustling, and the sounds of various music mixed together, making it very lively.

Just as Liu Tang got into the car and fastened his seat belt, his cell phone rang.

Caller ID: Chen Meimei.

Liu Tang sighed and connected the phone: "Mom..."

As soon as she heard the voice, Ms. Chen Meimei asked, "How is it?"

"I'm done eating, I'm going home now," Liu Tang said.

"Why so fast! Talk to me more! This girl is really nice. Although her family background is average and her education is not high, she is really capable. The sales executive who was just promoted at the beginning of the year has a monthly salary of tens of thousands! Of course, our family does not want The daughter-in-law's money is mainly due to her good temper, and there are many people chasing him!"

"That's right! She is so good, how could she like me," Liu Tang said as he drove the car out.

Ms. Chen Meimei has a bad temper, and she can't listen to his words: "Hey, what do you say, what do you mean, how do you like you, you are handsome, you have a house and a car, but you don't do anything now, a month The income is also tens of thousands of yuan, so why can't it be worthy of it!"

"Mom," Liu Tang laughed, "Of course you think I'm fine with everything, okay, have you had dinner yet? Is there anything you want me to bring?"

"Eat it early!" She thought for a while, "I want to eat Zhou Hei duck, you can bring me that, I want duck tongue and duck neck."

As soon as he came out, he came across a red light, and the road ahead was blocked again. Liu Tang looked forward and said, "Okay, I'll bring it back."

Just as she was about to hang up the phone, Chen Meimei suddenly remembered: "By the way, you can go to Niu Niu's cram school and pick her up!"

"Where's my sister?" Liu Tang frowned, "Working overtime again?"

"What kind of extra work! I'm on a business trip, and it may take me a week to come back." Speaking of this, Ms. Chen Meimei couldn't help complaining, "She's so light. She didn't call back until everyone arrived in Beijing. She was sure about me. You won’t care about Niu Niu, will you?”

"Don't you just not care?" Liu Tang joked.

"Okay! Come back early and talk to me about it!"

Liu Tang wailed: "Mom..."

The cram school that Niuniu attends is not far from Liu Tang's house, only ten minutes by car.

The cram school is private, rented outside the residential area, two floors, not very big, divided into several small rooms, from the first grade to the sixth grade.

Liu Tang went to pick up Niu Niu before, and the teacher inside had seen him too, and when he saw him coming, he let him in.

As soon as he entered, Liu Tang heard the children's laughter, chattering, but it made people relax unconsciously.

After finding Niu Niu's classroom, Liu Tang opened the door and went in.

There are more than 30 children in the classroom, all of whom belong to the surrounding residents, and Liu Tang still knows a few of them.

Niu Niu is doing her homework on the table.

Because of Liu Tang, his family has always been very strict in correcting Niu Niu's sitting posture. She is usually very obedient, but when she is out of the sight of the elders, she reveals her true nature, which is quite a headache.

"Yuanyuan, your uncle is here!"

The girl behind Niu Niu saw Liu Tang and patted Niu Niu on the shoulder to tell her.Niu Niu immediately sat up straight, turned her head and took a peek at Liu Tang.

Liu Tang stared back, her body shrank suddenly.

Sensing the commotion here, the young man on the other side of the classroom who was bending over to teach students homework turned around and looked over.

As soon as the man turned around, Liu Tang's face turned pale and he froze.

Enemy road is narrow!

The man's gaze was also concentrated, and then he walked over and asked, "Are you Xiang Yuanyuan's father?"

His voice was not loud, polite and distant, piercing Liu Tang's heart like a thorn.

Niu Niu heard it, she lay down on the desk of the classmate behind, stretched her neck and said with a smile: "Teacher! Wrong! He is my uncle!"

"Oh, so..." the young man nodded, "I'm sorry, I thought..."

Liu Tang just stared at him without speaking.

Niu Niu had already put away her things, she ran over with her schoolbag on her back, and opened her arms for Liu Tang to hug.

Only then did Liu Tang come back to his senses, and realized that he was looking at the other party, feeling a little flustered, so he quickly squatted down and hugged Niu Niu to cover up his gaffe just now.

Niuniu "baji" kissed Liu Tang on the face: "Uncle, Uncle, I miss you so much!"

Liu Tang laughed, hugged her and stood up: "Oh! I like uncle so much!"

And when his eyes fell on the young man's face, the smile faded, and he looked a little uncomfortable, "Then I will take her back."

"Yes," the young man nodded, watching him leave with Niuniu in his arms.

Niuniu looked at the teacher, narrowed her eyes with a smile, and waved to him: "Teacher, I'm leaving! See you tomorrow!"

The young man stood at the door, watching their figures disappear up the stairs, the smile on his face gradually faded, his eyes were dark and silent.

"Liu Tang, long time no see."