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On Sunday, Zheng Ao's team lined up directly at the door of my store. After realizing that this would hinder the traffic, the girls made a [-]-degree turn and lined up at the door of Niu Niu's Taekwondo Hall.

"These people are horrible," Xiaoxin sat at the door of my house basking in the sun and playing with her mobile phone: "The wifi in Xiaoyi store has exploded, and I can't even log in to QQ."

I put on a red baseball cap for Ruirui, picked up his water bottle, and hugged him: "Please help me take care of the store this afternoon."

"It's okay, I have nothing to do anyway," Xiaoxin was very carefree, and even touched Niu Niu's head squatting next to her: "Anyway, there is no business in your store, so I just sit and play with my mobile phone."

Ruirui was probably displeased with her evaluation of our store, so he took off his hat angrily and threw it on the ground. Niu Niu reacted quickly, picked it up for him immediately, and handed it to him, but he refused to pick it up.

As early as I found that Ruirui's IQ was a little too high, I restrained him from hurting others and asked him to learn to control himself, so he gave up the habit of beating people and started throwing his own things.For me, throwing things is easier to accept than him plotting against Xiaoxin.

I took the hat from Niu Niu's hand and walked towards the street with Rui Rui.

Passing by the cold drink shop, Zheng Ao looked up in his busy schedule. It is not an easy job to show his face, but according to Xiaoxin's internal information, he seems to have discussed salary issues with Lin Yi.At any rate, he was once in charge of a listed company, so it's not a problem to deal with a self-employed owner like a cold drink shop.

He is not worried that we will run away, one is that if I want to run, I will not be so open and aboveboard, and the second is that I can't run away-I believe he has arranged someone secretly.

I took Ruirui to see someone.

When I decided to settle in this city, my dad once asked me to babysit someone for him.

That person is Lin Youqi, who used to be a famous professor of medical school, and now he lives at the other end of the city.He lives alone and has a garden at home. Ruirui likes him very much.

It was almost noon when we arrived at Lawyer Shen's house.

Lawyer Shen is also one of my father's old friends back then. Her name is Shen Wanyi. She is a very powerful woman. Now she has a certain status in the southern legal circle.In her own words, she has gotten older in the past two years, so she likes to "hide away" more and more. When I arrived at her house, she was cleaning at home, and when she heard the knock on the door, she quickly opened the door and let us in.

When Professor Lin arrived, Attorney Shen was still cleaning. I was preparing lunch in the kitchen. When I heard a man’s voice, Professor Lin was already lazily leaning on the sofa. He stepped on another chair, sucking Yan criticized Lawyer Shen who was mopping the floor: "Shen Wanyi, you are really wasting time, devoting your limited life to unlimited housework..."

"I am happy." Shen Wanyi dragged on for a round, and quarreled with him with a mop: "Can't I treat this as entertainment? The Zen family talks about hard work, and mopping the floor is not practice?"

It is said that she was also a beauty as bright as a rose when she was young. Now that she is getting older, she can still see her original appearance, with cloudy temple hair and picturesque eyebrows. One eye is like a small knife, only with a few wrinkles.

Professor Lin's thin lips curled up.

"You still talk about Zen practice with this level of wisdom?" He took a puff of the cigarette between his lips, then put it aside and dusted the cigarette ash: "Nun's nunnery won't even accept you."

"Bastard, where are you flicking your cigarette ash?" Shen Wanyi's eyes were sharp, and she immediately went into a rage.

Professor Lin smiled happily.

"Aren't you going to practice?" He leisurely pointed to the soot on the ground: "Come and practice."

Shen Wanyi was so angry that she wanted to beat someone, threw the mop away, and went into the study.

Professor Lin was still leaning on the back of the sofa, smoking a cigarette leisurely. There was always something about him that I couldn't understand. At first I thought it was the years, but later I found out it wasn't.In my impression, he seems to have a lover, but I have never seen it, and neither does Lawyer Shen.

Neither has my father.

He was sitting there, wearing a thin shirt, his hair was black, with a little silver on his sideburns, like snow falling on an inkstone.His eyes are unpredictable, he seems to like to be alone, Ruirui likes him, and often moves a bench to sit beside him, he thought about something, came to his senses, saw Ruirui, just Laughing, patted Ruirui's head.

He smiles like a man who does whatever he wants, even the wrinkles around his eyes are pretty.But when the smile faded from his eyes, he looked like a person who had lost something important.

The four of us ate lunch together, and Ruirui also sat on the adult's stool, trying to eat with chopsticks.

For the past three years, I have been taking care of these two stubborn middle-aged people for my dad, cooking for them every few weeks, listening to their bickering, and stepping on each other's painful feet.Lawyer Shen is a bit more sophisticated. Professor Lin is very unconstrained, but once in a while, a word is like a sword that breaks the sky, enough to clear away all the haze in your heart, and awaken your obsession with a single word.

He seems to be meditating lately.

He lives with his lover. He said that person is young and very smart. He gave Rui Rui a set of Lego robots, saying that he programmed them. After studying for a long time, Rui Rui couldn't figure it out. There are people outside the sky and there is a sky outside the sky.

But he is actually so smart.

When I was young, I followed my dad back here to visit the grave, and I would meet them and eat with them, but I never went to his house, nor did I meet his mysterious lover.My dad seemed worried about him, as if he had had a really bad time when he was young and lost someone very important.

I used to think that what he lost was his lover, but when he mentioned his current lover, there was light in his eyes, and I dismissed this idea again.He called that person "Zuo Qi", or it may be another homonym.

After dinner, I drove him back home.

He hasn't worked for many years, but he has some assets in his hands. He is very smart. Ruirui can solve the most critical point in Sudoku with just a few glances.The house he lives in is a small white western-style building. The lawn has been abandoned for a long time, probably from random seeds. Cosmos roses and double-petaled impatiens grow, and the rest are weeds with leaves shaped like asparagus.

I parked the car outside his house.

He didn't get out of the car right away.

"Has something good happened recently?" He sat in the back seat and asked me in the rearview mirror: "Could it be that your man came to look for you?"

I don't know where he got it, but I swear I don't see a gleam of joy on my face.Ruirui sat on the safety seat next to him, and was very unhappy when he heard him say that.

But don't lie in front of your children.

"It's not a good thing." I explained, "It's just an accident, so it will be considered."

Professor Lin smiled.

"A lot of things in this world are actually not that important." He said lightly: "There is nothing that can be compared with life and death. In this world, one day is less and less. If you let go of others and yourself as soon as possible, everyone is happy. Isn't it much better? ?”

"That's the truth," I knew I couldn't explain it to him, but I still couldn't help explaining, "But life is not just about making everyone happy. Principles are much more important than making everyone happy."

Professor Lin laughed.

"You are just like your stubborn father." He smiled and said with emotion: "But you have to think this way, because you like him, so you want to play with him, and he comes to beg you to save him, so don't be bitter and bitter." Yes, you can play however you want, as long as you enjoy yourself. You always hold your breath in your heart, and you feel uncomfortable too, don’t you?"

I looked at Professor Lin in the rearview mirror suspiciously.

He smiled with crooked eyes. Attorney Shen said that he was a monster when he got angry, and he was indeed. Just smiling like this made me a little shaken.Thinking about Zheng Ao's current appearance, maybe I can consider Professor Lin's proposal.If he gave up because of this, it would be a good idea.

But Ruirui disagreed very much, and kicked the back of my seat so hard that my shoes almost fell off.

"Come on, I'm going to get off the bus." Professor Lin saw me hesitating, laughed, turned his head and patted Ruirui's head: "Kids, don't worry about adults' business, good boy..."

Rui Rui was angry with him and didn't say goodbye to him anymore.

The door of the small western building was closed tightly, and the curtains were drawn. I don’t know what kind of world it is inside. The balcony on the second floor is probably where he often drinks afternoon tea. I saw a small round wrought iron table.

The car window was knocked suddenly.

I turned my head. Professor Lin was wearing a windbreaker, with his hands in his pockets, and his face was stuck out of the car window.

"Would you like to come to my house for a while," he said, "My wife is at home."

I hesitated.

"I still don't want it, I have to go back," I smiled at him: "Say hello to your lover for me."

Professor Lin just smiled, turned around and left without saying anything.

I suddenly understood why my dad and Lawyer Shen didn’t go to Professor Lin’s house as guests. Maybe we all know what’s behind the curtain, but that’s not important anymore.

Whether it is a god, a ghost, or just a character in his own imagination.It doesn't matter whether Lin Zuoqi is real or not.

It was enough that he would smile so happily when he mentioned that person.

When I returned to the bookstore, the sun was just right.

Ruirui was not happy along the way, and as soon as the car stopped, she jumped down with her water bottle in her arms. Xiaoxin was looking at the store at the door, and she didn't know what she was laughing at. Seeing him, she quickly raised her head to say hello: "Ruirui is back?"

Ruirui snorted, threw the hat on the ground, and went into the house.Niu Niu reacted slowly, and squatted under the flowers to watch the earthworms, sweating from the sun, before he could say a word, Rui Rui disappeared.

I also got out of the car.

"What happened to Ruirui? Are you angry again?" Xiaoxin asked me.

I glanced at her: "What are you hiding?"

"It's nothing." She took out the phone hidden behind her back.

I went in to put things in, and a bunch of new wifi popped up on my phone. Only then did I find out that the password of my home wifi had been changed by her to "Please dial 1 if you think the little bun in the bookstore is the son of Lemon Xishi?" and the password changed to 11111111.

When I came out to settle accounts with her, she had already run away.A few girls outside gathered together and didn't know what to talk about. They were still looking at my bookstore and smiling mysteriously. No matter how good my temper was, I was a little angry and slammed the door.

Zheng Ao is still making lemonade absent-mindedly, but his technology has not advanced but retreated. I don’t know if it is because of the wifi, his face smells so bad.I changed the wifi name and password, and there was a wailing outside.

During dinner, I blocked Xiaoxin at the entrance of the corridor.

She had the expression of returning from being a thief, and she was guilty at first glance. I grabbed her schoolbag and carried her aside, and she shrank into a ball silently.

I snatched her phone away, opened it, and looked at it. They were all WeChat groups with inexplicable names, such as "Shengziwen Tonghao", "Favorite to run with the ball", etc. I put it aside first, lest she follow Others call for help.She also knew she was wrong, so she could only watch helplessly.

I suppressed the anger in my heart, and asked her as calmly as possible: "Do you also think Ruirui is Zheng Ao's son?"

"Ah?" She was confused: "What did you say?"

"Zheng Ao!" I pointed to the area in front of my house that was wiped clean by my aunt: "Lemon Xi Shi!"

"Oh, you said him." Xiaoxin suddenly realized: "We were just joking, we just look alike... Wait, you asked me specifically, it can't be true, right? Oh my god, it's so explosive information!"

I looked at her expression of "God, I'm going to tell everyone in this world this good news" and warned her coldly: "If you dare to say it, you will be finished."

"Okay, okay, if you don't tell me, don't tell me..." She agreed readily, and pushed my shoulder: "Tell me the inside story, is Lemon Xi Shi here to find her son?"

"Be serious." I felt uncomfortable seeing her sloppy look.

"Okay, be serious." She reluctantly stood up straight, with a playful smile on her face, chasing after me and asking, "Tell me quickly, what's going on."

"This matter involves a lot, and I can't tell you in detail." I told her: "You have to remember, don't mention this matter in front of Rui Rui, he is still a child, and he can't handle this matter."

I don't know if it's my illusion, but I always feel that when I said that Ruirui was still a child, she rolled her eyes.

"Okay, okay, I know this is a state secret." She obviously didn't take it to heart: "Housekeeper, do you still want to tell the inside story?"

"What do you want to hear?" I frowned.

"It's the specific details. How was Ruirui born, why did you run away, and how did Lemon Xishi chase after me..." She suddenly looked at me with her arms tightly folded: "Why, you don't want to kill someone to silence you, do you?"

"Where did you know so much?" I looked at her suspiciously.

"You can guess it." She had a wretched expression on her face, crossed her arms and bumped me with her shoulder, raised her eyebrows, and said with a playful smile: "Lemon Xi Shi used to treat you badly, did you have a crush on me outside?" Another little goblin? Did he bully you and force you? Did you run away with Ruirui as soon as he was born? Lemon Xishi regretted it now, so she knelt outside your house and begged you to forgive me? Why don’t you? I understand..."

I wondered if she was sent by Li Xiu.

"Since you have already guessed it," I asked her a little hesitantly, "do you think I should return Rui Rui to him?"

"Ah?" Xiaoxin had an expression of being unable to respond.

I explained to her: "You see that Ruirui looks so similar to him. Anyone who has seen him will know that he is Zheng Ao's son. And it's better for children to grow up with their parents. Zheng Ao and Ruirui With such a similar personality, I can understand him better and give him some support and guidance..."

"Stop, stop!" Xiaoxin made a "stop" gesture, and leaned over to look into my eyes: "Aren't you going to forgive the lemon xih tzu?"

"It's not about forgiveness," I told her the truth: "Three years have passed, and I have my own life. I don't care about what happened back then. And it wasn't just him who put me in danger, I also have a certain responsibility for rushing to the doctor when I was in a hurry. We have been friends for so many years, so there is no need to hold grudges."

Xiaoxin looked at me in shock.

"What about feelings? Aren't you in a romantic relationship with him?"

"There is no love." I told her frankly: "I have a unilateral crush, and he is mainly dependent and guilty."

Xiao Xin froze.

"Actually, I have a very clear distinction," I explained to her: "Love should not be mixed with other things. Those people he fell in love with without any prerequisites, like Ning Yue and the others, are the true love. love. He is nothing but something else to me."

Xiaoxin looked shocked, and didn't know if she listened or not.He murmured: "I suddenly feel that Lemon Xishi is so pitiful..."

"Poor?" I was a little surprised: "He is indeed a bit embarrassed now, but if I return Rui Rui to him, he should go back to Beijing. He has an heir and can be as free as before, so he won't be pitiful ..."

Xiaoxin shook her head.

I saw that she didn't really want to chat, so I returned the phone to her.

"If you think my idea is wrong, then I'll go back and think about it." I don't think her current situation is suitable for chatting.Ready to go back to your own home.

"Wait." She called me from behind: "Do you know about the lemon shih tzu fighting with someone this afternoon?"

I turned to look at her and shook my head: "Did he have a conflict with the guest?"

With Zheng Ao's temper, I wouldn't be surprised if he couldn't go on, but it's only been three days, I thought he could last a little longer.

"It's not a guest," Xiaoxin quickly explained, "It's a girl who came to see him, and then the girl's brother came to arrest her."

"Did he have a conflict with someone else's brother?" "That's right." She told me in a low voice, "That girl's brother is quite powerful. It is said that black and white eat everything. There is only one younger sister who skips school every day to see Lemon Xi Shi. He brought bodyguards to arrest his sister, and seemed to say something about Lemon Xishi. Lemon Xishi smeared his face with a lemon... Some people said that he flirted with Lemon Xishi, and he was beaten. That person was still well-dressed, What a gentle beast."

"How did he molested Zheng Ao?" I was annoyed and funny when I heard it.

"That's just a legend. I was researching how to change the wifi in the store at the time, but I didn't see the scene. I only heard about them in the group later..." Xiaoxin also admitted to changing the wifi: "I guess they are yy of."

"What's crooked?" I asked her.

"Yy, you don't even know? Obsessive!" Xiaoxin said surprisingly.

"Girls, don't say such words." I taught her.

"Obviously you're too old-fashioned," Xiaoxin insisted, "You're only in your 20s, why are you so serious like Confucius..."

"You have to say it and just talk about it in private, don't let Ruirui hear it." I couldn't help her: "Niu Niu can't hear it either."

"I got it, I got it, you go back quickly." She pushed me towards the door of my house: "Go and take care of your son, it's a natural mother's fate!"

I don't know where she came from so many weird adjectives, and I want to ask Zheng Ao about today's affairs in detail. She has already pushed me to the door, and I only heard footsteps on the stairs. Zheng Ao is already carrying a thermos up.

We were all taken aback.

Xiaoxin didn't know what she was guilty of, as if she had been burned, she quickly put her hand back, said "hi" to Zheng Ao, and slipped back to her home.

Zheng Ao made lemonade for about a day, and his whole body was a little sluggish. He didn't even take off his work clothes. Seeing our posture, he stood there without moving.

"What are you doing?"