Seven's secret

In Murong Qing's memory, Cheng Qiao has always been a very distinct existence.He felt fear and respect for this person.Even because he was treated like a child by Cheng Qiao during those half a month, this complicated feeling was mixed with a bit of indescribable intimacy and trust.But that doesn't mean he can completely relax his vigilance against this person.Murong Qing is used to being cautious. After experiencing the ruthlessness of his adoptive parents, grandfather and cousins ​​who have been with him for many years, it is difficult for him to trust anyone wholeheartedly, not to mention that he and Cheng Qiao are so miserable. a beginning of

For Cheng Qiao, Murong Qing now has such an attitude of trusting, but not completely trusting.But it is undeniable that he is an extremely capable businessman - 50.00% trust his ability and vision, [-]% trust his character.This is what prompted him to find Chengqiao in the end.

After Murong Qing returned to the hotel, he went to bed without eating dinner.It wasn't all because of fatigue, but the meeting with Cheng Qiao consumed too much of his energy.He was lying in a strange place, his nose full of strange breaths, which made him feel difficult to settle down.The whole night seemed to be sleepless, and for a while, I saw Murong He sitting on the sofa in the hotel and said guiltily, "Without Cheng Qiao's help, it would be difficult to sell this batch of goods here"; He walked on the path of the botanical garden, surrounded by lush tropical plants, and the hot and humid air was full of the fragrance of grass and trees.

Those past memories, it turned out that even after so long, they are still clear.

Murong Qing felt that his mind was a little confused, but he didn't feel any pain.Cheng Qiao is not an existence that makes him feel painful, so he has the courage to come back and face him.What makes him feel difficult to face is always just his own past experience.Murong Qing knew that she needed courage.I thought I had already made enough psychological preparations, but now it seems that it is not enough.

Pei Rong held back his impatience and stood behind Mr. Pei, sending Grandpa Liu and his precious granddaughter out of the door with a smile on his face.As soon as he turned around, his face sank.Mr. Pei closed the door just in time to see this scene, and slapped him on the head casually, "Who are you showing your face to? The girls are sitting there, won't you even peel an orange for them? What? Entertaining guests? If you say this, others will say that you are rude and have no tutor, do you understand?!"

Pei Rong slapped him, and the slight wavering in his heart became firmer.He originally wanted to wait and wait for a suitable time to have a good talk with his grandfather, but seeing his grandfather's enthusiasm, he was afraid that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment of the old man when he turned around. Then, things got worse.

Pei Rong supported his grandfather's arm, brought him to the living room and sat down, made a pot of tea himself and brought it over, and carefully poured it for him, "This is the tea brought back by Xiaoqi, you can try it."

Mr. Pei was still angry with him, frowning, looking at him with helplessness, "You think grandpa is meddling in his own business, don't you? I didn't say hello to you beforehand, so you think I'm doing this against your will. Do that one?"

Pei Rong also felt helpless, "I didn't blame you."

Mr. Pei put down his teacup, and said earnestly, "I know that children are very opinionated nowadays, and they don't want the elders in the family to ask about your relationship. But look at you, you are already 26, and your father was already married when he was this age. .Why don't you let me worry?"

Pei Rong looked at him speechlessly, thinking what happened to 26? Is 26 very old?It's clearly in its prime, okay?

Mr. Pei said again: "Usually you are too busy to see anyone, even if I want to help you, I have no chance. You just stay at home for two days. Isn't it good to meet girls of your age? If you want to develop and develop, you don’t lose anything if you don’t see it right, right?”

"You're always worrying about it." Pei Rong said, "My job has such a high risk factor, have you told other people's children? If something really happened later, they can't blame you?"

"Nonsense!" Mr. Pei didn't like to hear such words, and the occupational problems of his children and grandchildren had always been a hidden worry in his heart.The son he raised was assigned to a secret post by the army, and he disappeared for several years; the grandson he raised went to work as a policeman.The police are the police, at least they are in a better situation than his son, but unexpectedly he joined the SWAT team in a blink of an eye.He doesn't know what the nature of the SWAT team is, but one thing is obvious: the bad guys and villains that the ordinary police can't deal with will let the SWAT team go out.The danger is definitely different from that of ordinary police.

Pei Rong knew what his grandpa was thinking, so he didn't say much. He reached out and patted his back, and said softly, "Grandpa, what impression do you have of my mother? What kind of person is she?"

Mr. Pei thought for a while, "She looks energetic, has a straightforward personality, and doesn't know how to cook. Your father said she is a sharpshooter."

Pei Rong pursed his lips and smiled, "Then my grandma, what kind of person is your old man's mother?"

Elder Pei's eyes suddenly became far away, and he held Pei Rong's hand and sighed for a long time, "She, she is a very traditional rural woman. Relying on her. When I was young, how many years had just been liberated, the living conditions in the countryside were unimaginable. My father was in poor health, and my mother had to rely on my mother for the work in the field. People in the village praised She holds up half the sky of our house."

Pei Rong refilled a cup of tea for him, and quietly listened to him talk about his childhood.

"At that time, there was not enough food for every household, so my mother took our brothers to the mountains to dig wild vegetables and bird eggs, and when they came back, they washed and chopped the wild vegetables, beat the eggs into them, and grabbed two handfuls of rough noodles. Spread the pancakes on the stone pan." Mr. Pei laughed while talking, but his eyes were slightly red, "You don't even know how delicious the pancakes are..."

"She also took us to grow vegetables in the yard, and divided the vegetable plots into small pieces for us to take care of. Whoever took care of the vegetable plots well, she would give rewards. The rewards are usually sweet potatoes roasted in the stove. Squeeze open There is a hard shell on the outside, and the sweet potato flesh inside is roasted yellow, not to mention how fragrant..."

"Once I broke my foot, she carried me across the river..."

"One time my sister got a fight with a village child and got a scratch on her forehead. She took us brothers to find someone to reason with. She still had a rolling pin in her hand..."

"One more time..."

Pei Rong interrupted him softly, "Grandpa, I really envy you."

Old Pei was taken aback.

Pei Rong asked him, "Do you know my impression of my mother?" He looked at Mr. Pei's melancholy and excited eyes, and said word by word: "Strict living habits, unsmiling, and can't cook. , Never hugged me."

Mr. Pei blinked, suddenly feeling guilty.If there is no previous memory, he may not have realized the problem about his mother-the daughter-in-law is an officer with heavy responsibilities, and it is understandable that he has no time to take care of his small family.An old-fashioned literati like him knows that there is no small family without everyone, so naturally he never complained about anything.But from the standpoint of a son and a mother, his grandson is really pitiful.

Paying attention to the changes in Pei Lao's expression, Pei Rong said with a wry smile: "Since I was a child, she hasn't said much to me... One or two hundred sentences may be a little less, but three to five hundred sentences must be a little bit less." No."

Old Pei's mood became more and more unpleasant.

"Since I was a child, I have never used the stationery she bought, I have never eaten the meals she cooked, and I have never been taken by her to go shopping, visit the zoo, or the playground. She has never even attended my parent meeting." Pei Rong's expression was indifferent, as if he was not talking about his own affairs, but someone else's, "Grandpa, do you know how envious I was when you talked about your mother's affairs just now."

Old Pei's eyes were red, "Isn't there no way to do it. Your parents' occupations..."

"I know," Pei Rong patted the back of his hand, and he also felt a little guilty about calculating his grandfather's sympathy for such a roundabout way, "but this is what I want to talk about. You are a scholar, you naturally know , People’s cognition of gender starts from the people around them. Knowing my father, I know that men should be like this. Knowing my mother, I know that women are like this. But I only have grandpa, and I only know how to be a A decent person, a man with a sense of right and wrong, and good intentions. But I never know what women are like in this world—because I don’t have such a specific female reference in my life.”

Old Pei looked at him in shock.

Pei Rong looked directly into his eyes, with deep helplessness in his eyes, "Grandpa, you can also say that I'm just arguing, looking for reasons for myself, and shirking responsibility. But the fact is that, I have no concept of women at all. I don't like women, and I never felt I needed to find a woman."

Old Pei was dumbfounded.What does it mean not to like women?What does it mean to have no concept of women? Could it be that the grandson he has worked so hard to raise is a person with a personality defect? !

Pei Rong rubbed his hands with difficulty, "What I want to say is... I can only react to men."

Mr. Pei felt that something fell from the top of his head, and he was knocked unconscious all of a sudden.He saw Pei Rong come over to rub his chest with a panicked face, and patted his hand in a daze, "I'm fine, I'm just..." He was just too surprised, and couldn't accept it for a while.

Pei Rong helped him to lie down on the sofa, and pulled a thin blanket to cover him.

Seeing the terrified expression on Pei Rong's face, Mr. Pei slowly cleared his mind, "Is what you said true?"

Pei Rong gritted his teeth and nodded.

There was a look of despair in Mr. Pei's eyes, and he said to himself: "How could this be...how could it be..."

"I'm sorry, Grandpa." Seeing him blaming himself, Pei Rong also felt uncomfortable.But he didn't want to keep this kind of thing from him all the time. He couldn't bear to stand aside and watch him hopelessly make things for himself that could not have any results.

Old Pei sighed.He now understands why Pei Rong raised the topic about his mother before.This may be a strategy, but it is more likely to be a foreshadowing.His little grandson was worried about his body, for fear that he would be unbearable if he suddenly asked about his sexuality.

But is it really just Pei Rong's own problem?Does it really have nothing to do with the influence of his son and daughter-in-law who have been missing for many years?Old Pei was not sure.Because subconsciously, he agrees with Pei Rong's analysis.Pei Rong has never had a close woman in his life. During those winter and summer vacations in middle school, other boys were chasing after girls, but he was taken to the army by his father's comrades-in-arms for training.After graduating from high school, he took the initiative to apply for the Police College. He heard that there were more boys than girls, and then he entered the police station... Now he is going to join the SWAT team...

Old Pei sighed.

"Grandpa," Pei Rong squatted on the edge of the sofa, with a worried expression on his face, "Is there something uncomfortable?"

"It's okay." Mr. Pei patted his hand, sighed and said, "Let Grandpa think about it."