Seven's secret

The soup pot on the stove was already boiling. Aunt Fang put a few herbs into the pot, turned the flame to the minimum, let it simmer slowly, and started cleaning the fish in the tank by herself.Pei Rong was leaning against a small table in the corner of the kitchen to peel garlic, and there were piles of carrots and potatoes he had just peeled on the table.

"This fish is a bit big," Aunt Fang put the packed fish under the faucet and washed it, and said to Pei Rong, "But you big men, there shouldn't be any left. Teacher Ling is coming to eat too?"

"They came back together." Pei Rong said with a smile: "When I called yesterday, not only Xiaoqi was talking about wanting to eat your cooking, but Teacher Ling also kept talking about Auntie Fang's pork ribs."

Aunt Fang also laughed, "If you like to eat, eat more. In my opinion, you are better, Xiaorong. Both Xiaoqi and Teacher Ling are too thin. Boys, you will be healthy if you eat more."

Pei Rong nodded again and again, "Aunt Fang, you are right! Both of them are picky eaters. They don't like carrots or anything. They are very, very annoying and immature at all." He loves to eat meat, and he barely eats vegetables. He doesn't even want to touch carrots and onions. He buys some fish and shrimp from time to time and buys them for his pets. He doesn't know how to feed him.

Aunt Fang laughed amusedly, "When they come back, I'll definitely talk about them! I'm no longer a child, why would I still be picking things up for a meal?"

The two were chatting, when they heard someone knocking on the courtyard door, Pei Rong dropped the garlic cloves in his hand and ran out.He didn't expect that Xiaoqi and the others would come back so soon. When they called yesterday, they clearly said that they wouldn't be home until dinner.Pei Rong excitedly ran to open the door, his face immediately changed.

The person standing outside the door was Murong Jin.

Murong Jin was also very surprised when he saw Pei Rong. His first thought was that he knocked on the wrong door?Immediately afterwards, he realized that there were no neighbors nearby at all, and it was impossible to knock on the wrong door.With Xiao Qi's character of keeping a distance from everyone, what kind of relationship would a man who can freely enter and leave Xiao Qi's house have? !

Murong Jin's face suddenly sank, "Who are you?"

Murong Jin felt that this man looked a little familiar, he must have seen him somewhere, but he couldn't remember exactly where.Yu Bai met Pei Rong a few times while following Xiao Qi, but he didn't have the ability to find out Pei Rong's identity, so he didn't report to Murong Jin.

Standing at the door, Pei Rong didn't seem to be receiving guests at all, his face was uglier than Murong Jin's, "It doesn't matter to you who I am, what's the matter with you?"

Murong Jin held back his anger and said, "I have something to do with Xiaoqi."

"Xiaoqi?" Pei Rong sneered, "Who is that?"

Murong Jin said angrily: "This is Xiaoqi's home, he is the master, and who are you? What right do you have to dictate here?"

Pei Rong folded his arms and looked at him casually, "I'm standing here now, so naturally I am the owner of this place. There is no one named Xiaoqi here. Please come back if you are fine."

On the contrary, Murong Jin was stunned for a moment, wondering if Xiao Qi sold the house? !That day when Xiao Qi had a scene in front of them because Bo Yan leaked his address, he kept wondering if Xiao Qi would throw this place in a fit of anger just because he already knew his address. Sold it?You know, Xiao Qi really, really doesn't want the Murong family to know his address.

"Wait a minute." Murong Jin stopped Pei Rong, "The Xiaoqi I'm talking about is the original owner of this place."

Pei Rong was also taken aback, but he reacted quickly, and immediately realized that Murong Jin was thinking of going wrong, and said without changing his expression: "I haven't seen any little ones, only real estate agents. What, is there a problem?"

Murong Jin opened his mouth, he was actually just asking a question tentatively, he never thought that this possibility was actually true.The feeling in my heart suddenly became complicated.Sure enough, I still know Xiao Qi very well.

"When did he sell this place to you?"

"It's been almost two months. The procedures are complete, is there any problem?"

Two months, isn't that the time when you just finished the Yaobian Tianmu lamp for yourself?Could it be that at that time Xiao Qi made up his mind not to see him again?Or... Never see him again? !Murong Jin was depressed.In fact, it's not that he doesn't know that Xiao Qi doesn't want to see him. If he hadn't tried his best to pester him, Xiao Qi wouldn't have gotten involved in Murong's affairs from the very beginning, let alone doing something for him with his own hands. ... "Xiaoqi..." Murong Jin looked at Pei Rong with a glimmer of hope, "That is the original owner, did he explain why he sold this place?"

Pei Rong pretended to think about it, "I think this place is quite new, so I had some doubts. The real estate agent said at the time that the homeowner's career was not going well and he wanted to develop in other cities."

Murong Jin looked at him hopefully, "Which city did he say he was going to?"

Pei Rong shook his head, "I don't know."

Murong Jin took a step back in disappointment, "Excuse me."

Pei Rong smiled happily from the bottom of his heart, and even waved his hands politely when Murong Jin walked away.Captain Li is still staring at the Murong family responsibly, and Pei Rong naturally knows the latest news about Murong Jin: He was pushed down from the throne of the family's biggest boss by another cousin, who got most of the shareholders With his support, Murong Jin was totally powerless to fight.The newly appointed big boss sent him to the south.It is unlikely that Murong Jin will have the opportunity to return to Binhai in at least a few years.As for the future... Pei Rong thinks that he and Xiao Qi don't need to worry too much about this matter, this cousin will definitely care more about Murong Jin's movements than they do.

At the same time, on the other side of the city, there was a person doing the same thing as Murong Jin, but his luck was worse, because when he touched the gate, there was not even a single person who came out to sneer and watch the excitement.

This situation was so unexpected that Yu Bai stood at the gate, dumbfounded.

The furniture in the living room has been covered with dust covers, the carpet has been rolled up, all the green plants have been removed, and even the oil paintings on the wall have been covered with dust covers.There are no scarves and gloves on the coat rack in the hallway, no half-eaten fruit plate on the coffee table, and no half-opened magazines on the sofa... Familiar scenes have been deliberately erased from life, and suddenly become strange up.

Yu Bai blankly walked through the living room and walked up the stairs to the second floor.This is Murong Jin's bedroom and study room, and the gymnasium is on the other side of the corridor. At this moment, all the rooms are silent.As downstairs, the furniture had been covered with dust covers, the windows were closed and the curtains were even drawn.Yu Bai ran to the cloakroom in three steps and two steps, and pushed open the glass door of the cloakroom. To his disappointment, there were only a few shoe boxes and a few rows of clothes that were not often worn on the hangers. That grid is empty.

Yu Bai turned around like crazy, rushed out of the bedroom and ran into the study.In the tall bookcase, all kinds of books are still placed neatly, but Murong Jin's laptop is gone, and the over-organized appearance of the desktop indicates that no one uses it anymore.Yu Bai rushed over and opened the drawer. The blank paper, letterhead, paper knife, ink...these bits and pieces were still there, but the pens he had seen Murong Jin using were gone. .

Yu Bai staggered two steps and leaned against the door frame, feeling unable to believe his eyes for a moment.Murong Jin really left, without even leaving him a note, he just left without a sound.

"Will not……"

Yu Bai walked down the stairs in a daze, and finally sat down on the last step as if he lost his strength.

In addition to his job as an appraiser in the company, he also works part-time as Murong Jin's assistant.Even if he couldn't wait for Murong Jin to let him move here, the number of times he came and went here is too many to count.There was nothing inside or outside this small villa near the park that he was not familiar with.Bedrooms, study rooms, stairs... Yu Bai couldn't think of any other places where they hadn't made out.Such an intimate relationship, such a seamless distance, once made him feel that the two of them would stay together for the rest of their lives.

It turned out...was it just an illusion?

Or I had a hunch, but I just refused to admit it.Long before Yan Qing said mockingly, "Don't trust people so much, you will regret it later", he actually had a subtle premonition in his heart.He is not really a fool, he can always feel whether others care about him sincerely.We have known each other for several years, and he has been chasing after him to care for him and take care of him. He understands the most subtle habits in Murong Jin's life.But that person has never asked what he likes to eat.

This kind of emotional contribution has been unequal from the beginning.

Yu Bai buried his face in his palm.

He didn't want to admit that the deepest nightmare in his mind had actually... come true.

Xiaoqi and the others rushed home before dinner.

Brown Sugar, Fish Head, and Spider-Man went crazy as soon as they entered the yard. After leaving for a month, they actually felt a little homesick.Although there is no freedom in the wild here, it is quiet and leisurely.They can run wildly in the woods outside, or lie comfortably in the yard to bask in the sun. Xiaoqi also cooks delicious food for them from time to time, such as frying fish, roasting chicken, etc., which cannot be enjoyed outside. treatment.

Mr. Pei, He Mao, Pei Rong, Zhuang Zhou, and Xiaoliu were all waiting for them in the dining room. The table had already been set with bowls and chopsticks and several cold dishes, and soup was still simmering on the stove. The air was full of warm food. aroma.

"Auntie Fang has prepared a few dishes that need to be warmed up," Pei Rong rubbed his hands, "There are still a few dishes that need to be eaten and fried now." He said, looking hopefully at the men and women present.

Mr. Pei was angry and funny, "Don't you two usually eat? Someone must learn how to do it?"

"I must learn, I must learn," Pei Rong praised his grandfather very much, "but I don't have time to learn today..."

Xiao Liu smiled and stood up, "I'll come, you all rest."

Pei Rong immediately beamed with joy, "Xiao Liu, you are really good, you can go to the hall and the kitchen, our sister-in-law is lucky."

Zhang Yu sat at the dining table and smiled triumphantly, "Don't just talk nicely, you have to learn. Xiaoqi's hands must be protected, and you have to learn how to cook in your family, otherwise neither of you will be able to cook." Knowing how to cook, what’s the point of making a meal of instant noodles?” When she first found out that Xiaoqi had found a man to live with, Zhang Yu was also awkward for a few days, and then it was her grandmother’s words that made her change her mind.The old man has lived a long time, what kind of things have he not seen?

"What's the matter?" The old lady stroked Zhang Yu's hair and said, "You just say that Xiao Qi is good? Does he treat you two well?" She looked at Zhang Yu's face and smiled. Said: "In his situation, in the future, your child will be regarded as his own child. This is equivalent to having two more parents to love and love the child before it is born. In the future, his arrangements for the child will probably be more important than your husband and wife. Thoughtful."

If you think about it, isn't that what happened?Zhang Yu had a good impression of Xiao Qi at first, so he gradually accepted it.Later, knowing that the partner he was looking for was a policeman, not some messy mess, I felt more at ease.After a long time, those who get along with each other have feelings, and the men and women are not important.

Xiao Liu was in charge, Zhuangzhou Pei Rong was in charge of helping, Xiao Qi and Ling Dong Zhi chatted with the elderly at home.

A meal arrived quickly.

Mr. Pei said to Xiao Qi: "It's time to start the banquet, master won't you say a few words?"

Holding the wine glass, Xiaoqi glanced at the elders, relatives and friends present one by one, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart, and finally turned into a warm smile on his face, "I hope...every year there will be today."

"cheers!"

"cheers!"

On the window sill, two pots of narcissus bloom quietly, and the lights project the slender flower shadows on the misty glass windows, and then on the blue brick floor in the courtyard.

A cat and a dog chased each other and ran quickly, and a little hedgehog stood on the rockery and jumped to persuade them to fight.

A group of bright fireworks exploded in the distant sky, and broken stars fell like rain.

Like a warm human lamp.

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