The girl in the photo is sitting in front of the piano, with a gentle smile on her mouth, a pair of slender hands lazily resting on the black and white keys, and an elegant and cool temperament all over her body.

The 15-year-old Rozen is completely different from now.

Ning Rou pursed her lips, reached out to take the photo, all kinds of emotions in her heart fluctuated, her eyes darkened slightly.

"She's Mom's friend."

"You can't call her sister."

"If you want to call, you can only call Auntie."

"do you know?"

Hearing what her mother said, Baby Ning tilted his head and thought for a while, wondering if he had figured out the relationship, so he nodded obediently.

"Baby remember~"

I have seen this beautiful aunt twice, and I still don't know her name.

Ning Baobao was about to ask, but Ning Rou put the photo back into the ledger.

Before he could make a sound, he was carried into the bathroom by his mother.

There are two mother and daughter, one is taking a bath under the curtain, and the other is standing on a stool to brush their teeth.

Ning Rou took a quick shower, and when she opened the curtain to come out, Ning Baobao was rinsing her mouth with her pink children's cup.

The temperature was high in summer, and there was no air conditioner at home. She didn't wear underwear, and she was only wearing a loose long nightdress for women. The color was the simplest light yellow, which looked a little old and faded.

It must have been worn for a long time.

"Mom sua teeth~"

Seeing that Ning Rou had finished taking a bath, Ning Baobao stretched out her hand to beckon, and urged her mother again.

Because there was still foam in his mouth, he couldn't speak clearly.

Ning Rou couldn't help chuckling when she heard this, and after putting the dirty clothes she had changed into under the bucket, she also came to the pool.

Standing side by side, one big and one small, still wearing pajamas of the same color.

When looking from the back, the atmosphere is warm and beautiful.

Life is hard and poor, but it does not mean that every day must be spent lamenting and complaining.

Some happiness is small and fleeting, but as long as you are willing to feel it with your heart, you will always have the opportunity to seize it.

After Ning Baobao brushed her teeth, Ning Rou immediately carried her back to the bed, and went back to the bathroom to wash her clothes.

After 10 minutes, the switch of the night light was pressed, and the room was completely plunged into darkness.

This also means that she can finally rest after a tiring day.

Recently, she has always had trouble falling asleep. Tonight, for some reason, she started to feel sleepy while doing laundry.

As soon as he lay down, a strong sense of sleepiness surged through his mind.

Baby Ning huddled in her mother's arms, narrowed her eyes for a while, and then opened them secretly again.

She heard her mother's breathing gradually calmed down, and guessed that her mother was about to fall asleep.

After struggling for a long time, I still couldn't hold back, and called out softly.

"Mom~"

Is the baby still not asleep?

Ning Rou's eyelids twitched slightly, she couldn't open her eyes, so she could only close them and respond softly.

"Well, mom is here."

Her voice was very soft and gentle, and there was no impatience at all.

When he responded, his hands were still gently stroking the daughter's back one after another through the clothes.

This is a habit left behind from living with Luo Zhen in the past.

At that time, Luozhen's career had just started, and all the burdens were on her alone. Occasionally, the pressure was too high, and she couldn't sleep for days and nights.

Ning Rou looked distressed, and when she went to bed at night, she would pat Luozhen's back with her palm like she was coaxing Baby Ning now, and Luozhen would be able to fall asleep in peace in a short time.

This move is effective for Luo Zhen, and it is also effective for Ning Baobao.

Thinking of this, Ning Rou felt a little dazed.

Drowsiness struck in an instant, and even Baby Ning could barely hear what he was talking to.

"Mom, what's your aunt's name?"

Aunt?

Ning Rou closed her eyes, and the movements of her hands became slower and slower. After a while, she murmured.

"Alo~"

There was a soft moan, as if she was being coquettish.

Because the voice was too low, Baby Ning couldn't hear clearly, so he could only ask again.

"Mom~"

"What's Auntie's name~"

After two consecutive inquiries, Ning Rou finally got a second of clarity, but it was only a second.

In her sleep, she stretched out her hand and took her daughter into her arms. Then, in the scorching darkness and the whirring of the fan, she gently and tenderly said the name.

"Her name is Logan."

Luo Zhen, it turns out that the beautiful aunt's name is Luo Zhen.

Baby Ning thought of the girl in the photo, and the bowl of glutinous rice balls he ate at night, subconsciously bit his lip and smiled.

Lost for a moment, she didn't hear her mother say another sentence after saying Luozhen's name.

In that words, there was the word 'mother' vaguely.

When she came back to her senses, Ning Rou had completely fallen asleep.

That night, Baby Ning fell asleep very late.

After all, he is a child, and if he goes to bed late at night, it is difficult to get up in the morning.

The sweet soup contained soothing tonics, Ning Rou slept well and felt much more refreshed the next day.

Seeing her daughter sleeping soundly on the bed, she couldn't bear to wake her up, but the school bus was coming, if she didn't get up, she would definitely be late today.

She works late at the bar and gets off work too late. Every time she comes home, she tries not to make any noise, but she has to take a bath and do laundry, so it is inevitable that some noise will be brought out. Baby Ning's sleep will be affected to some extent.

Ning Rou stood beside the bed, holding the breakfast she just bought downstairs in her hand, frowned and sighed quietly.

Maybe it's time to change jobs.

Tomorrow is Saturday, and it happens to be a day off during the day. You can take this opportunity to go to the street to see if there are other shops recruiting people.

I thought so, but it was impossible to say not to worry.

Not being able to read and write means that most of the work cannot be done, and hearing problems make it even more difficult to find suitable jobs.

Ning Rou lowered her head slightly, her thin back was straightened up, like a tough and tenacious new bamboo.

The sun shone into the room from the window, covering her whole body in a soft light. Her figure was thin, but she was so unyielding.

A few minutes later, Baby Ning woke up to Ning Rou's calling.

Although she didn't get enough sleep, she wasn't angry at all. After getting up from the bed, she didn't forget to straighten her little shark pillow, and then smiled and got into her mother's arms, obediently asking her to change her clothes .

A sensible child is always easy to make people feel distressed.

It wasn't until Ning Baobao got on the school bus that Ning Rou suppressed the smile on her face, frowned and sighed heavily.

***

In the hotel, Luo Zhen was still worried about Pei Yi's arrival.

Since the two met that day, Pei Yi didn't show up again. She thought that Pei Yi had left, but she learned from Luo Fanxing yesterday that Pei Yi just went to the province for business, and her luggage was still in the hotel.

After all, she is the youngest and most well-known pianist in China, and has won so many prestigious honors in the world. Pei Yi returned to China this time, and various media wanted to catch the heat.

Hearing that she came to Yuanxiang from the capital, the staff of Yuanchuan Provincial TV Station immediately found her and specially invited her to record a talk show on the station.

Counting the days, it should be back in these two days.

The computer on the desk was still on.

The folder opened on the desktop was sent by Yu Bai in the morning, and it contained Ning Rou's detailed life trajectory in the past five years, including her job changes, interpersonal communication, address change, and medical records.

Luo Zhen has carefully read all the previous three documents. As Zheng Bang said before, there has never been any ambiguous relationship with the opposite sex around Ning Rou, and even the number of female friends is close to zero.

In her world, there are only her and Ning Baobao.

The only person who can be called a friend is the bar manager Liu Wei.

And the reason for their acquaintance is simply because their daughters are close friends and both go to the same kindergarten.

Regarding the identity of the child's father, Zheng Bang consulted many people, and the answers he got were without exception that they did not know.

It was as if this man did not exist at all.

Luo Zhen sat in front of the table, pressed his right hand between his eyebrows, his face was gloomy and depressed.

Now, there is only one last document left to read.

The medical records include both Ning Rou's and Ning Baobao's.

Unable to explain the reason, she suddenly felt a little uneasy, and felt a little timid in her heart for a moment, and she didn't press the right mouse button for a long time.

Ning Rou has always been against hospitals. When she was in Haishi, she was only willing to see a private doctor when she was sick.

No need to think about it, even in a small place like Yuanxiang, she would definitely not go to a regular hospital for treatment.

Although it had been expected that there were not many records about Ning Rou's medical treatment, Luo Zhen's expression changed uncontrollably at the moment after reading the document.

Because in this document, almost all of Ning Baobao's medical records, just a few, there are probably hundreds of copies, ranging from heart disease to minor colds and coughs, all of them are found; as for Ning Rou's medical records, there are only Twenty copies.

On the one hand, it’s because she seldom goes to see a doctor; on the other hand, it’s because she goes to small private clinics, and some are quack doctors who don’t even have a business license. No electronic and paper information will be left on the website.

Zheng Bang was able to find [-] copies, and he had spent a lot of thought.

Luo Zhen frowned, and first went through Ning Baobao's diagnosis and treatment sheet, only to find that most of it was about heart disease.

This child's physique is very poor. He suffered a lot when he was a child. From birth to three years old, he has never stopped from various minor illnesses. Taking medicine is as normal as eating. After three years old, his health is slightly better. For heart problems, even now, I have to go to the hospital for regular checkups every month.

I met Ning Baobao only three times including the time on Pingyang Road.

The number of times is not too many, but Luo Zhen can also see from some tiny details that this is a very obedient and sensible kid, with a different personality from Luo Fanxing and Luo Baiyue.

No matter how much she doesn't like children, when she looks at these case records and thinks of that little face that is [-]% similar to Ning Rou, her heart still tightens subconsciously.

The temperature of the air conditioner in the room is a little low.

The hot water in the glass had run out of heat at some point, and there were a few round drops of water stuck to the wall of the glass, flowing down silently.

Luo Zhen held the cup in his hand, and several minutes passed before bringing the mouth of the cup to his lips.

After looking through Ning Baobao's medical records, it's time to look at Ning Rou's.

On the computer screen, the cursor moved slightly, and soon, Ning Rou's few medical bills were also called out.

The more she looked, the tighter her frown became.

Ning Rou's medical records are all about fever records.

It seems that, in her eyes, fever is far more terrifying than other diseases.

According to the data, several times her body temperature was only slightly higher, and she immediately went to the clinic to prescribe medicine.

Why are you so afraid of fever?

Luo Zhen's red lips moved slightly, his eyes were full of puzzlement.

Of course she didn't know that Ning Rou's deafness in the left ear and hearing loss in the right ear was caused by fever.

Twenty medical records were quickly read.

Zheng Bang is still looking for the small clinic where Ning Rou gave birth.

Luo Zhen was inexplicably absent-minded, staring at the computer without moving for a long time.

It wasn't until the phone rang that he regained consciousness.

The call was from Jian Zining.

She hesitated for a few seconds, but finally took it.

"Mr. Luo, you still know how to answer the phone!"

Friends for so many years, they left as soon as they said they would leave, didn't even say hello, and asked to take time to go back to get together, but also directly refused, Jian Zi would rather not be angry?

Luo Zhen lowered his eyes, not knowing how to explain.

Thinking of Pei Yi, his eyes became colder again.

"As I said, I have no plans to go back for the time being."

It was still a cold voice.

It can be heard that Luo really doesn't want to go back.

After looking for a wife for five years, I finally found out where she was. How could I be willing to leave so soon?

Jian Zining's heart choked, all the words were blocked in his throat, and it took him a long time to hold back.

"I didn't let you come back."

"Didn't Pei Yi go to your place?"

"We are also going to find you."

"Since you don't have time to go back to Haishi, then we can go to your place to get together."

Luo Zhen was taken aback when he heard the sound, and immediately frowned.

Jian Zining and the three of them are coming too?

Just as she was about to refuse, a woman's voice came from the phone again, and in an instant, she was silenced.

"We are already in Yuanchuan Province, and we can reach Yuanxiang at night."

Luo Zhen never told the other three about the things with Pei Yi.

In the eyes of Jian Zining and the others, the five of them are still close friends.

Before Luo Zhen could respond, a soft voice full of smiles came from next to his ear, it was Lu Yao's voice.

"Boss Luo, see you tonight~"

"When will you bring your precious wife out so we can get to know each other~"

"Weizhi came to Yuanxiang this time, but even turned down the blind date arranged by the family~"

Before she finished speaking, the phone was snatched by Zhou Weizhi.

"Luozhen, don't listen to her nonsense!"

"I don't intend to go on a blind date!"

The mood of the three friends is obviously very good.

Luo Zhen pursed his lips, the coldness on his face dissipated quietly, and when he spoke again, his voice was much gentler.

"Ah."

"Be careful on your way."

"The traffic here is not very good."

Having said that, I agreed with a few people to come to me.

The phone finally returned to Jian Zining.

"Let's go back with Pei Yi at night."

Luo Zhen was not surprised by the expected words.

She even guessed why Jian Zining and the others suddenly came to Yuanxiang.

"Pei Yi called you here."

When Pei Yi was mentioned, her voice became a little colder.

When he lowered his eyes, his eyes just fell on his wrist.

There is a faint scar hidden between the snow-white flesh, the scar is very small, and the color has completely turned into a pale pink, which cannot be seen unless you look carefully.

Even Ning Rou didn't know that she had this wound on her wrist, let alone other people.

Luo Zhen lowered his eyes, and there was no expression on his face.

Several minutes passed before Jian Zining let out a soft 'hmm' and asked one more question by the way.

"You and Pei Yi quarreled?"

Luo Zhen was still paying attention to the old wound on his wrist, and it took a while before he gave a reply.

"No."

The atmosphere is always a little weird.

Jian Zining felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out.

It wasn't until I hung up the phone that I realized something.

Back then, Luo Zhen and Pei Yi participated in the finals of the most prestigious piano competition in China - Jintong Competition.

The champion of this competition, in addition to the prize money, will also get the opportunity to go abroad for exchange and study.

Luo Zhen learned to play the piano, initially to make Su Zhi happy, but later, it became purely a hobby and interest.

She doesn't like to participate in competitions, so her fame is far from that of Pei Yi.

Only their piano teacher knew that Pei Yi was far inferior to Luo Zhen in terms of talent.

The Jintong Competition is held once every five years. The designated tracks for the competition are extremely difficult, and there is also a limit on the age of the participants, and there is only one competition area for the youth group.

That year Luo Zhen was 17 years old and Pei Yi was 15 years old, both of them happened to be within the registration range.

At that time, Pei Yi was already well-known in the country. She had won all the awards in various competitions. The only thing missing was the gold medal in the Jintong Competition.

In order to go abroad, Luo Zhen also participated in this competition.

Unfortunately, on the night before the final, she accidentally fell and injured her hand tendon. Not to mention she retired from the competition, and she never touched the piano again.

And Pei Yi lived up to expectations and won this hard-won honor for herself.

Everyone knew that Luo Zhen participated in the competition to leave the Luo family, but the opportunity to go abroad fell into Pei Yi's hands in the end.

Jian Zining remembered Luo Zhen's indifferent attitude when he mentioned Pei Yi just now, and then he realized——

Luo Zhen may still be concerned about the fact that he did not go abroad that year.

But, who would have known that she would be injured before the game?

No matter how you think about it, you can't blame Pei Yi.

However, this is always a private matter between Luo Zhen and Pei Yi.

As mutual friends of the two, Jian Zining thought about it for a while, and decided to wait for a few people to meet before seeing what to do.

In a blink of an eye, an afternoon passed.

Because there was a car from the TV station to pick them up, the four of them arrived in Yuanxiang at seven o'clock in the evening.

The hotel where Luo Zhen stayed had no vacancies, so the three of Jian Zining had to go to another hotel.

The few people ran all the way and rested for four hours before recovering.

Jian Zining called Luo Zhen, but no one answered, so he had to call Pei Yi first, and the four of them went to the bar first.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, it happened to be the beginning of the night scene in the bar.

The four of them sat outside for a while, and within a few minutes the table was filled with all kinds of wine, all given by the men around them.

Jian Zining frowned, but still opened a box.

As soon as I entered the room, my ears were immediately cleared up a lot.

Although some loud music can still be heard vaguely, at least they won't be disturbed when they talk.

"Apei, don't you and Luo Zhen live in the same hotel?"

"Why didn't you call her when you came over?"

"We can't even get in touch with her."

Among them, Lu Yao was the least thoughtful, and she didn't see any problems between Luo Zhen and Pei Yi at all.

Pei Yi really didn't know why Luo Zhen didn't come.

Arriving at the hotel at seven in the afternoon, she didn't even see Luo Zhen, let alone talk.

At this moment, when asked by Lu Yao, I couldn't help being a little embarrassed.

In the end, it was Jian Zining who answered the question for her.

"Isn't Luozhen recently preparing for the company's listing?"

"She's probably in a meeting right now."

"I came all the way here, and I can't lose my job."

"I really want to know what kind of woman she is, so she can't forget it for five years."

Somehow, the topic turned to Luozhen and her mysterious ex-wife again.

Three women in one play.

The four women couldn't stop gossiping.

Regarding Luo Zhen's marriage, Pei Yi only found out about it after returning to China, and now listening to several people discussing this, her face was slightly disturbed and bored.

When you come to a bar, you can't have a drink.

Pei Yi didn't want to listen any more, so she got up on her own initiative, ready to order some wine.

When she opened the door, Ning Rou happened to pass by with a wine tray. For a moment, her thin back reminded her of the woman who came out of Luozhen's room that day.

It's a pity that the woman walked with her head down, and the speed was very fast, she didn't see the other person's face clearly at all.

Is it the same person?

Pei Yi stood still, a trace of confusion flashed across her elegant face.

Li Mei, who was on the side, was worrying that there were no customers to order. Seeing Pei Yi standing at the door, she immediately moved over.

Before she had time to ask, Pei Yi had already loosened her lips.

When she was speaking, her watery eyes fixed on Ning Rou who was leaving in front of her.

His tone was as gentle and gentle as ever.

"who is she?"

"Call her over."

"I want some wine."

作者有话要说:感谢在2021-08-1100:26:11~2021-08-1200:18:46期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angels who threw mines: 1m188, Beizhu, and Situ Yu;

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使:跪求不卡30瓶;忽时君、lionab20瓶;司徒虞、四公子10瓶;一只废龟8瓶;最可爱的人、ddddd5瓶;101552572瓶;354985061瓶;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

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