Ambush from all sides

It has been almost half a month in the exhibition house.For more than ten days, Zhan Hao just let Dead Ye follow him to deal with some things, and take care of the two troublesome cats by the way.

When you think about it, there really isn't much to do.Dead Leaf remembered the night when Zhan Hao led him out of the stable, what he said was, I always have something to do for you.

Thinking of this, Dead Leaf pouted contemptuously.All he was talking about was running errands, raising cats, and drinking tea with him.In comparison, it is only a little bit better than the previous life.Zhan Hao is a laid-back person, so laid-back that he can take it for granted and take it for granted, even making the people around him feel that this state is justified.Withered Ye thought about it carefully, after he arrived here, the feeling of confusion in his heart that had nothing to do was much better.Sometimes he would sit in the small yard in front of the room, look at the flowers and cats, and spend the whole morning in a daze.

What is Zhan Hao doing at this time?Usually, the person in charge of the industry under him is called to discuss matters in the lobby.It is said that it is a matter of discussion, but in fact it is others who are saying that he is listening.Standing on the edge of the dead leaf several times, seeing people diligently reporting to him the latest business situation of restaurants or silver workshops, this guy squinted his eyes and leaned on the chair from time to time. He took something out of the bag and stuffed it into his mouth.

After the other person finished talking dryly, the master slowly opened his eyes, smiled leisurely, said a few words that were not painful, and then sent him away.Withered Leaf squinted at his expressionless face, feeling bored, turned around and went back to the east courtyard.

One day at lunch, Zhan Hao was picking and choosing, and suddenly he raised his eyes and glanced at the dead leaves who were eating sullenly, and said, "From now on, except for the convenience of sleeping and bathing, you have to follow me wherever I go." .”

Withered Ye raised his head and stared at him, Zhan Hao didn't smile this time, but just looked at him indifferently with raised eyes: "You are the guard I hired back with money, and you live a more leisurely life than me, it doesn't make sense."

Hearing one sentence made the dead leaf's eyelids throb--doesn't he know who Zhan Hao is?Back then, he had practiced the Bliss Gate Kungfu at the Eldest Young Master's place to ten percent, so what kind of guards do he need?But since the boss said so, he should just follow, anyway, he has a lot of free time.

There was nothing to do anyway.

The housekeeper of the Zhanjia Mansion is Zhong Yunde, an old man in his 50s.Uncle Zhong has followed Zhan Tianxing since he was young, and half of Zhan Hao's business skills are taught by him.This Uncle Zhong, in Zhan Hao's words, was born to fumble in the ledger, and he would feel uncomfortable even if he didn't count the expenditure details once a day.

Zhan Hao sent Min Wei to call Uncle Zhong when his former son Qu Xiaolian and Yan Peng mentioned that the restaurant in Suzhou Mansion was framed.After hearing this, Zhong Yunde left for Suzhou without saying a word.The Zhan family has several restaurants and tea shops in Suzhou Prefecture, and the best farm at the mouth of the sea is also under the name of Zhan Tianxing.If something happened to that farm, although the Zhan family would not suffer serious damage, it would damage their reputation and reputation.

Some things Zhan Hao doesn't say, doesn't mean he doesn't know.Spiders always hide in the dark, quietly watching the places where the light can and can't.It does not weave its nets in broad daylight. It is necessary to do such things as spreading nets without anyone noticing, so that he will have the pleasure of manipulating the overall situation.

A dripping rainstorm announced the end of spring.

Magnolia magnolia bloomed, and the dead leaves stood by the threshold, watching the huge white flowers on the tree being swayed by the rain in the green leaves.In the past few days, the little mandarin duck's body has become heavier and heavier, with a big belly.It wraps around the dead leaf's feet, trying to grab his pants and climb up, but with its current body shape, it probably will take off his pants directly.Withered Ye looked down at the pitiful little mandarin duck, one person and one cat looked at each other for a long time, finally bent down helplessly and hugged it.

After taking a bath a few days ago, the little mandarin duck became much cleaner, and the fleas on her body gradually disappeared.The dead leaves hugged it, and put their palms carefully on its side.He didn't understand why this guy was so clingy to him, Dead Leaf thought he had never had a relationship with small animals, but these two cats liked him very much.He always gets up early, and sometimes when he wakes them up, Xiao Hei will slap them unceremoniously, of course, with his paws closed.However, Dead Leaf was still a little surprised when she was patted on the cheek by the furry cat paw for the first time.While I was annoyed in my heart, I felt a sense of intimacy that I hadn't seen for a long time.

When sleeping at night, the little mandarin duck likes to squeeze on his shoulders, licking his left cheek from time to time, which happens to be where he is covered by scars.He licks it every day, and one day he is so energetic that he can't sleep, and he will stretch out his paws to hug his neck and lick it endlessly.

The dead leaves are often licked by it, making it extremely embarrassing, but they can't do anything to it-she is a pregnant woman.

Thinking of this, Dead Ye lowered her head, frowned and glared at the different-colored pupils of the little mandarin duck.The blue eye is like the sky, and the copper-yellow eye, at first glance, is almost exactly the same as Zhan Zhao's.

To be honest, Dead Leaf really doesn't like Zhan Zhao very much.But so many things have passed, liking or disliking, hating or being an eyesore, all gradually lose their original meaning.He and Zhan Zhao, even Bai Yutang and the fourth son, have lost their contact with each other, and their worlds are slowly separating.They continued to be active among the crowd with gusto, while they gradually retreated into the dark and closed cocoon.

He's a killer and used to being a loner.Over the past ten years, thousands of days and nights, he has only been accompanied by a group of dead leaf butterflies.

Four long whistles and nine short whistles are his secret signals to summon butterflies.The sound is so low that ordinary people don't listen carefully and think it is the sound of a bird flapping its wings as it flies across the sky.

A butterfly with withered leaves flew over from the corridor, landed on his shoulder, and flapped its wings slowly.Withered Leaf stretched out her fingers to pick it up, held it up to her eyes and looked at it quietly.This little guy is probably nearby, otherwise how could it fly over in such a heavy rainy day.Thinking about it, Dead Leaf's eyes were unusually gentle, and she pursed her lips slowly, and blew a breath towards the little butterfly.The white cat lay in his arms, looking curiously at the butterfly on his finger.The dead leaf lowered its eyes to see its longing eyes, the corners of its mouth curled up slightly, and it reached out and landed the butterfly on the cat's head.

The little mandarin duck didn't move, just lying on its stomach cautiously, trying to open its eyes wide and look up, wanting to see what it looks like now.The dead leaf was amused by its cute and silly appearance. After a while, the dead leaf butterfly crawled along the hair to the tip of the cat's ear. The little mandarin duck felt it, and twisted its ear, slowly lowered it, and then straightened it up again. , as if afraid of frightening the children on the ear.

The dead leaves listened to the sound of the rain, felt the fragrance of Magnolia magnolia wetted by the rain, and drifted into the room with the cool wind slowly passing by her side.For a moment, he felt that his mind was completely empty, and the scenery his eyes could see were just scenery, flowers, trees, and rain, but they could not be transformed into information and transmitted to his mind.The cat in his arms carefully teased the little friend on his ears, and his little paws flipped to the rhythm of the ears from time to time, hooking his sleeves nervously.

Dead Leaf quietly closed her eyes and lowered her head, sniffing the scent on the cat's forehead.The scent of soap locust left in the bath a few days ago, the warm smell of animals, incense, and the smell of soil, rain, and various flowers, it is clear at a glance where it has passed in the past few days.Maybe it was from the back garden where the mandala grows, through the grass, climbed into Zhan Hao's room, then slipped to the west courtyard, gnawed a few jasmine plants, and then climbed up the blooming magnolia tree... …

It's dishonest, and she's pregnant with a baby.Withered Leaf slowly opened her eyes, letting the cat's fur scratch her eyelashes.Only the naked right face can feel the wonderful touch of a quiet creature's fur, and Dead Ye suddenly has an urge to take off the mask on his left face.

While sighing, the butterfly on the cat's ears suddenly flapped its wings and flew away lightly.Withered Leaf raised her head, and watched in surprise as it slowly crossed the corridor and flew towards the gate of the small courtyard.Behind the piles of pillars, there is a faint figure standing faintly.

Withered Ye subconsciously frowned, took a step sideways, and then saw the person coming.

Zhan Hao stood there with a smile, wearing a moon-white gown, with one hand outstretched, and his dead leaf butterfly landed lightly on it.

Dead Leaf remembered that that night half a month ago, this guy smiled casually and led himself out of the stable.The shell that had been covering him all the time, was gently lifted by him, and he smiled and said to himself, it's boring, I'll take you out to play.

The little mandarin duck let out a "meow" in the arms of the dead leaf, broke free, and trotted to Zhan Hao's feet to circle around him.Withered Ye woke up from her stupor, the long-lost love in her heart dissipated in an instant, and returned to her usual desolation and indifference.

Looking at his face that suddenly became serious, Zhan Hao sighed secretly and shook his head.He pretended to hold the dead leaf butterfly and walked slowly towards the dead leaf, saying: "Little butterfly, your master is really not poetic, huh?" : "Hey, he is really hard to please, right?"

Withered Ye frowned, feeling that her eyelids were throbbing again.

Zhan Hao walked up to him and stopped, looked at his stinky face and smiled, and said, "It's almost time, you still don't want to eat, do you want to become a fairy?" He stared at his own butterfly resting on his slender fingers, and after a while he gritted his teeth and asked, "Why does it listen to you?" The implication is that this is not my butterfly!How did you call me over? !

Zhan Hao made a few mouth shapes softly, and lifted his finger up, and the dead leaf saw his little butterfly fly away lightly again.Zhan Hao looked at him leisurely, and smiled faintly: "Have you forgotten that there is a kung fu for summoning animals in the Gate of Ultimate Bliss?"

Hearing what he said, Dead Ye remembered that Zhan Hao could still summon tiger fish.After thinking about it carefully, I feel that this is too evil, wild ones can call around, and domesticated ones can too?When he thought that his butterfly was called away by his formula, Dead Leaf felt resentful.He gave Zhan Hao a hard look, turned around and rushed out straight away.

Zhan Hao hugged the little mandarin duck and helplessly looked at his angry back and smiled.Xiao Hei got out from nowhere, walked past Zhan Hao's feet, and followed the dead leaves.The little mandarin duck also jumped to the ground and trotted to catch up with her husband.

The rain gradually weakened, and the scenery under the rain curtain gradually became clear.Zhan Hao walked slowly in the corridor, thinking back to the way the dead leaves were standing opposite the rain curtain, hugging the cat and gently blowing on the withered leaf butterflies on his fingertips, and the way he closed his eyes and kissed the little mandarin duck on the forehead... Really Let him feel a little bit of quiet time.

He is obviously a delicate person, why do he always reject people thousands of miles away?

Staring at the hurried back of the dead leaves, Zhan Hao narrowed his eyes and laughed lazily.With his hands behind his back, he slowly followed behind the dead leaves, followed behind the two cats, passed the rippling lotus pond, passed the small pavilion with octagonal eaves, walked to his eating and living place, and went to talk to the famous killer Dead Leaf. ——The current guard of Zhanjia eats No.16 lunch.

Today, Zhanjia's meals are as exquisite and hearty as ever.Sweet-scented osmanthus chicken wings, cherry meat, chestnut and water chestnut meat, soy rice white, corn wolfberry duck soup, just four dishes and one soup, no more, no less, just right for two big men to eat.

Zhan Hao ate less as usual, that is, he picked up two chopsticks of wild rice stems, gnawed two pieces of corn, and then began to lean over to drink a little wine.Withered Ye didn't talk when eating, but he didn't talk much, often he just had two mouthfuls of food, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that Zhan Hao had already started to lose his mind.Holding a cup, I don't know what I'm thinking, and my eyes are out of focus.

Today, Zhan Hao is not in a daze.When he was full, he put down his chopsticks and started staring at the dead leaves.Dead Leaf ignored him, and continued to eat her own food, scooped up a spoonful of soup with a chicken wing, and ate it unambiguously.Zhan Hao watched his movements with great interest, watching Dead Leaf with a serious face use chopsticks to pull away the goji berries floating on the soup surface, and then drank the soup with a serious face.Zhan Hao squinted his eyes, but couldn't hold back, and let out a "chi" laugh.

"I think you're pretty particular about what you eat, but why don't you eat goji berries? It's good for your body by clearing your liver and improving your eyesight." Zhan Hao said with a smile.Withered Ye raised his head and gave him a neutral look, and said, "I don't like it."

Zhan Hao sat upright, put his arms on the edge of the table, and asked again: "Why don't you like to eat?"

Dead Leaf glanced at him: "Godberry is what women eat."

"Oh..." With a half-truth and half-fake smile in Zhan Hao's eyes, he made an expression of sudden realization, and said, "But I love wolfberries."

Withered Leaf glared at him.

Zhan Hao smiled, laughed for a while, stretched out his hand to fill the bowl with soup, then picked up the goji berries floating on it with chopsticks and ate them one by one, and asked him from the corner of his eyes, "Am I a woman?"

Looking at his handsome face and bewitching eyes, for a moment, Dead Ye felt faintly dizzy.He secretly pinched his leg under the table, only to regain consciousness a little, and then turned his head decisively away.

Zhan Hao laughed softly beside him, the laughter made Dead Ye gnash his teeth.Zhan Hao saw that his mandible was sharply grinding and the veins in his arms were clenched, and he thought to himself not to blow his hair, so he stopped when he saw it, and sat up straight, cleared his throat, and said, "After dinner, you can talk to me later." I went to Fengyuan Tower, Uncle Zhong came back and wanted to tell me about things in Suzhou."

Withered Ye stayed silent for a long time with a dark face, and then let out a muffled "Hmm".

Before going out, the little mandarin duck wanted to follow the two of them, but lingered around her feet and refused to leave.Pushing withered leaves is neither kicking nor kicking, in the final analysis it is the pregnant woman Jingui.Zhan Hao clasped his hands and pretended to be a grandpa, looked at them and smiled as if it had nothing to do with me, and said without back pain while standing: "You just hold it, take it out to relax."

Withered Leaf glared at him viciously: "Why don't you hug me?!"

Zhan Hao put on a reasonable look: "I'm the young master, why did you hire you as a guard?"

Withered Leaf gritted her teeth: "I am a guard, not a servant!"

Zhan Hao blinked: "Is that so, then from now on you are both a guard and a servant."

"I..." The next word was swallowed again, Zhan Hao looked at the stinky face of the dead leaves with a smile, and said in his heart that his endurance has improved, which is a good sign.He turned around and walked out the door contentedly, and said, "Isn't it just hugging a cat, do you still care about others looking at it?"

Withered Ye stared angrily at his wobbly figure, took a deep breath, and then hugged the little mandarin duck.

Walking on the street, the strange combination of two people and one cat really caught the attention of many people.Withered Ye had a stinky face the whole time, while Zhan Hao was smiling all the way.However, passers-by looked at it after watching it, and it was not too strange to see what to do or what to do after reading it.Zhan Hao said: "Every time Zhan Zhao comes back, all the cats and cats in the city will go to the house to say hello, and there are still several cats at their feet when they go out on the street."

Withered Ye said with a stinky face, "Then why are these two little bastards left now?"

"It's Zhao'er who recruited the cats, not me." Zhan Hao smiled leisurely and walked leisurely with his hands behind his back: "As soon as he leaves, all the cats will also leave, I hope he stays longer Well, it's a pity that there are many things to do in Kaifeng Mansion, and it will only be a day or two for him to come back. Now that we are married, we can't even go home."

Hearing the word "marriage", Dead Leaf naturally thought of Bai Yutang, and his face became stinky again in an instant, his brows were lowered.Zhan Hao noticed the change in his mood and couldn't help laughing secretly.

Withered Leaf squinted at him: "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing." Zhan Hao touched his eyebrows as if to cover up, and said with his eyes bent, "my son-in-law is really flirtatious."

One sentence made the dead leaves explode, and couldn't help shouting at Zhan Hao in the street: "I don't like him!"

Zhan Hao pretended to be innocent: "Did I tell you that you liked him?"

Withered Ye stared, all the words were blocked in his throat, and he couldn't help being angry for a while.Seeing his angry and depressed face, Zhan Hao suppressed his stomachache from laughing, thinking why didn't he notice that this kid was so interesting before?At first glance, it looks cold, but as long as you find the right place, you will be ready to blow your hair as soon as you tease it.In Zhan Hao's heart, he felt satisfied, and even his steps became much lighter.

One of them was happy and the other was ashamed, and they were walking with their own thoughts, when a beggar-like child next to him suddenly brushed against Zhan Hao and ran over.Withered Ye paused for a moment, he saw that the little guy was a thief, when he ran over just now, he ran along Zhan Hao's waist with a dirty hand.But he didn't want to catch that kid, was it because Zhan Hao provoked him just now for one reason, and another reason - you Zhan Hao is so rich, it's nothing to be stolen, right?

So the dead leaves were left alone with peace of mind.But just after the little guy ran out two steps, Zhan Hao grabbed his slender arms with a smile.Withered Ye stared at the two with a rather optimistic attitude, only to see that the thief had a frightened face, and Zhan Hao's big-tailed wolf had a kind face.

The small bag in the child's hand hadn't had time to put it in his arms, but he was clutching it pitifully in his palm at this moment.Withered Ye took a closer look, and saw that it was the one Zhan Hao had been carrying with him these days.He thought it was strange before that some young masters like to wear a sachet around their waists, but Zhan Hao doesn't look like a sachet, it looks a bit heavy, and it seems to contain something.

Zhan Hao looked at the child with a smile, and said in a low and gentle voice: "Little guy, you took the wrong bag." Then, he took out a small bag from the other side of his waist: "This is the silver tael, Shall I change it with you?" The little beggar stared at him blankly, not knowing what kind of calculations this man had in mind.Seeing that he didn't move, Zhan Hao switched the two bags by himself, and then let go of the child's hand.

The little beggar was dumbfounded, he opened the bag in a daze, and saw some broken silver inside.Looking up at Zhan Hao again, he was just taking something out of that bag, stretched it out and stuffed it into his mouth with a smile.The little guy licked it foolishly, only to realize it was a candy bar.

Zhan Hao also picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, saying: "Be careful next time you steal something, my bag is for sugar, not silver. That's enough, you can go... What are you doing in a daze, why don't you go quickly?"

The little beggar suddenly came back to his senses, and ran away quickly with the money bag in his hand.Dead Leaf looked at Zhan Hao with some disdain, and said, "I never expected you to be a good person." Hearing this, Zhan Hao turned his face and smiled at him meaningfully: "A good person? Heh, you think highly of me. Ah." After laughing, the playful expression in his eyes subsided a little, and his eyes became cold and long: "Dead Ye, you should know that I am a businessman—do you understand what a businessman is?"

Dead Leaf looked at him, raised her chin slightly and said nothing.

"A businessman is one who counts carefully, only seeks profit, and does not get early without profit." His eyes opened slightly, revealing more than half of his eyeballs: "I never do business that loses money. What I give to others today will be given to others one day." They come back double, understand?"

Zhan Hao's eyes at this time are like the faintly visible silk from the sky, looking slender and light, yet real, sharp and frightening.Withered Leaf lowered his eyes subconsciously to dodge, but soon he realized his cowardice at that moment just now.But when he raised his eyes again, the guy had returned to his usual lazy and leisurely appearance.

So, he never saw through Zhan Hao.Dead Leaf remembered that Zhan Hao had said similar things when he dealt with the second prince of Nanman in Dali.He said that businessmen don't believe in what they say, they only believe what is written in black and white, and they must get it completely, and that is [-]% sure.

——Thirty percent, maybe this is Zhan Hao's principle of dealing with the world.Talk only three points, and it is the same with people.He is not false, because the [-]% he gave is indeed sincere, but the other [-]% is always hidden in his heart.

Arriving at Fengyuan Building, Zhan Hao went directly to the meeting room on the third floor.Withered Ye was holding the little mandarin duck in his arms, and followed behind with a froze face. Along the way, many guests and the waiter who passed the dishes looked at him and snickered.

It's really strange, the dead leaves are all in black, with a mask on their face, and only half of their face is so fierce that it looks like they are going to kill someone's family, but there is a snow-white fluffy cat in their arms, looking It's really a joy.When he got to the third floor, Dead Ye felt that his face was dead, but the damn thing was that guy Zhan Hao still had the heart to smile at him!The bastard who killed this day...

Zhan Hao led him into the conference hall with a smile, and saw that Uncle Zhong had already made tea and waited inside.Uncle Zhong saw the dead leaf holding a cat behind Zhan Hao with an angry face at a glance, he was startled for a moment, and then smiled gently.

"Master, who is this young man?" Uncle Zhong took out another cup, filled it with tea, and put it on his right hand.Sitting opposite Uncle Zhong, Zhan Hao said with a smile, "My newly hired guard, Cen Bie, has a bit of an awkward temper."

As soon as Zhan Hao said the word "awkward", Dead Leaf turned her face and glared at him angrily.Uncle Zhong couldn't hold back, and laughed again, but thinking of Zhan Hao saying that the child was awkward, he lowered his head to cover it up and said, "You two get along pretty well."

Zhan Hao nodded with a smile and said yes, but the dead leaves were slandered, how could I get on well with him?Is this old man bad eyesight because of his age?As soon as he ground his teeth and sat cross-legged on the futon, the little mandarin duck yelled "meow meow" and jumped down and rubbed against Uncle Zhong's legs.Uncle Zhong bowed his head and patted its head lovingly, and said, "Little guy, when did it become so clean?"

The little mandarin duck acted coquettishly, with its tail raised high.Zhan Hao took a sip of his tea, smiled and glanced at the dead leaves with a still stern face, and said, "Ah, this guy was cleaned by my guards. The two of them have a good relationship, and they sleep together."

Dead Leaf listened, resisted the irritability and made three actions—closed eyes, gritted teeth, and clenched fists.

"That's right! That's really good." Uncle Zhong smiled, seeing that Zhan Hao's teacup was empty, he stretched out his hand to pour it back.In a blink of an eye, he saw that the cup with the dead leaves was still full, so he greeted him and said, "Xiao Cen, why don't you drink it? Is this tea not to your taste?"

When Zhan Hao heard Uncle Zhong call him Xiao Cen, he wanted to laugh out loud, but he held it in his throat.The dead leaf had a dark face, neither angry nor agreed, so she turned her head awkwardly, picked up the tea and poured it into her mouth in one gulp, and then without any suspense——was scalded.

Zhan Hao looked at the face of the dead leaf, his teeth were clenched so hard that his mandible was almost broken.After a while, he finally stopped laughing, and then said: "Go out and turn left, there is a water tank at the end of the corridor, or you can go to the backyard, there is a well." With a green face, without looking at him, he got up and rushed out.Uncle Zhong looked at his embarrassed back with a smile and sighed: "This kid is really energetic, but his temper is a bit weird. Hey, young master, is he the second boy of the Guihu Cen family?"

Zhan Hao nodded his head, squinted his eyes for a while and smiled enough, then straightened his waist slightly, straightened his face, and said, "Uncle Zhong, how is the fishing ground going?"

After the dead leaves soothed their scalded tongue with cool well water in the backyard, a quarter of an hour had passed.He didn't want to go back so soon, that Uncle Zhong, who looked kind and kind, actually sang with Zhan Hao.Zhan Hao obviously used words to resist, but he secretly played with the text trap... Zhan's family, there is no good thing!

Withered Leaf cursed viciously, then scooped up a handful of clear water from the bucket and splashed it on her face.For the convenience of washing his face, he took off the mask and put it on the edge of the well. Several young guys in the back kitchen were shocked when they saw it. They quickly hid back for fear of offending the guests.

Withered Ye sneered, and said to himself that Zhan Hao had trained these fellows very well, and he knew how to see no evil.After thinking about it angrily, he put on the mask, turned around and went upstairs.

When walking to the edge of the second floor, Dead Leaf inadvertently glanced at the first floor from the height.He saw in the lobby on the first floor, a gentle and delicate young woman with her three or four-year-old son sitting on a seat with a little maid.A waiter took away the vacant dim sum trays on the table familiarly, and asked them what they wanted with a smile. The young woman smiled and waved her hand.Looking at it like this, it should be a regular customer.

The combination of two women and a child was quite eye-catching among the guests, so Dead Leaf couldn't help but take a second look.

When he reached the third floor, Zhan Hao had already come out with the little mandarin duck in his arms.Withered Leaf glared at him and said, "Are you finished talking?"

Zhan Hao raised his eyebrows as it should be: "Otherwise what do you think?"

Withered Leaf frowned: "So fast?"

Zhan Hao laughed leisurely, stretched out his hand to stuff the little mandarin duck into his arms, and said, "Businessmen pay attention to efficiency, now, we can go home."

Withered Ye reluctantly hugged the little mandarin duck, and followed him downstairs.He watched Zhan Hao's long hair loosely tied into a bunch behind his head swaying with the movement, the tip of the hair was longer than his waist, the black and straight hair swayed like a black-tipped snake.

The black snake wriggled lazily, with the tip of its tail pointing to the left and right for a while.Suddenly, the snake stopped moving and hung straight down its back.

Withered Leaf stopped in her tracks and saw Zhan Hao standing in the middle of the stairs leading to the first floor, quietly looking in one direction in the lobby.He followed Zhan Hao's gaze and found that he was staring at the young woman with the child just now.And that woman was also looking at Zhan Hao, her eyes were full of envy and excitement that couldn't be concealed.

Zhan Hao looked at her calmly, and after a while a faint and distant smile appeared on his face, and said, "I haven't seen you in a few months, how is Mrs. Lin?"

When Dead Leaf heard him talking about Mrs. Lin, she subconsciously recalled the rumors he had overheard when he first arrived in Changzhou Mansion—the Ma family, a wealthy family in the south of the city, heard that his daughter failed to marry Zhan Hao, and later married To... Lin Zhihuan, the nephew of Zhang Zhifu in Suzhou?Thinking about it, Dead Leaf raised her head and began to carefully look at the young woman in front of her.The woman looked a little over 20, with an oval face and willow-leaf eyebrows, and a beauty mole between her brows - the daughter of the Ma family, Ma Qingyun.

The surrounding atmosphere became a little strange at this time, and the people in the restaurant seemed to have stopped talking, just staring at this side indistinctly.The excited expression on Ma Qingyun's face gradually turned into mourning, she looked at Zhan Hao almost beggingly with her watery eyes open, but Zhan Hao was unmoved.The expressionless child in Ma Qingyun's arms smiled at Zhan Hao, then broke away from her mother's embrace, stretched out her hand and walked towards Zhan Hao.

Zhan Hao walked down the stairs, looked at the child with a smile, squatted down and hugged him, and said affectionately: "Fang Qiu, I have grown taller after half a year, do you still remember me?"

The child didn't speak, maybe it was because he couldn't speak or what, but he just opened his clear eyes and looked at Zhan Hao with a smile.After a while, she stretched out her small hand to touch his cheek, and then wrapped her arms around his neck.

Dead Leaves saw that the child was sober, his eyes were calm and alert, he didn't look like a fool, but why didn't he speak, could it be a mute?Thinking about it, he shifted his gaze to Ma Qingyun's face, noticing her sad eyes and unbearable face, he couldn't help but feel a faint movement, thinking that this child must not be Zhan Hao's kind?

Look at that child Lin Fangqiu again, although the quiet eyes look a little similar, but the nose and lips are completely different.The outline of Zhan Hao's nose is obvious, and the upper lip is a little raised. This child has a round nose, and the middle part is very shallow.Withered Leaf slowly breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt faintly disappointed - if so, then there will be more fun in the future.

Zhan Hao didn't seem to notice the change in his mood, he was teasing the children with great interest.Ma Qingyun took out a handkerchief to cover her eyes and wiped her eyes, sighed tremblingly, and then said, "Brother Zhan, can we go upstairs to talk?"

Zhan Hao squinted his eyes and stared at Ma Qingyun quietly, and said: "It doesn't agree with reason. If Madam wants to reminisce about the old days with me, I won't be too late to visit the house again in the future." These words were plain, but Ma Qingyun said it clearly. Eye sockets were wet again.She lowered her head, bit her lips, and said in a low voice, "Zhan Hao, the Changzhou government says it's big or small, but you managed to avoid seeing me for half a year..."

Zhan Hao lowered his eyes, hugged Fang Qiu a little tighter, and said: "Madam speaks a lot, Zhan is just busy with business and has no relationship with Madam, so he didn't deliberately avoid it."

Ma Qingyun's emotions completely collapsed when the word "no fate" came out.She covered her eyes with a veil, crying so softly that she couldn't even speak.The diners around were all watching and whispering to each other, gradually showing a trace of impatience in Zhan Hao's eyes.He carried Fang Qiu to the counter and said a few words to the shopkeeper, then turned to look at Ma Qingyun expressionlessly, and said in a deep voice, "Mrs. Lin, I will take you home."

The little maid who had been standing on the side anxiously wanted to step forward to hold Ma Qingyun when he heard the order to evict him, but she stretched out her hand and pushed her away.Ma Qingyun lowered her head, wiped her face with a handkerchief, and then raised her face.Seeing that she had sorted out her emotions in such a short period of time, and her face was calm, Dead Leaves couldn't help laughing in her heart.

A group of five people walked on the street, Zhan Hao walked in the front with Fang Qiu in his arms, and Ma Qingyun followed behind him with melancholy eyes.Her little maid walked closely next to her, and Dead Leaf walked last.The little mandarin duck lay on his shoulders like a scarf, tilting its head and rubbing against his ears from time to time.

Zhan Hao has been talking to Fang Qiu in a low voice, and he can see that he likes this child very much, which makes Dead Ye start to wonder if he is his father again, and can't help but start to speculate about his past with Ma Qingyun.It can be seen that Ma Qingyun's love for Zhan Hao is deeply rooted, but Luo Hua intends to be ruthless.Dead Leaf has known Zhan Zhao for more than a year, just like what he himself described, who can he care about a businessman like him who has no profit but no money.

People who are too scheming have to be defensive after all.It is estimated that there are not many people in this world who can knock on his fortress. His family members—parents, brothers, and others are gone.

Thinking of this, Dead Ye raised her eyes to look at Zhan Hao's back.Zhan Hao is tall and thin, but not thin.The way he hugged Fang Qiu and looked at Fang Qiu was indeed like a loving father.I am afraid that everyone likes such a calm, down-to-earth, wise and elegant man.

Perhaps sensing his gaze, Zhan Hao turned his head to look at the dead leaf, and smiled narrowly at him.Dead Leaf couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then she became inexplicably angry, thinking why did she speak so highly of this bastard?What wisdom and elegance, she is obviously cunning and cunning, putting on airs!Gritting his teeth, Lin Fangqiu, the little guy in Zhan Hao's arms, turned his face curiously, staring at him with big eyes without blinking.The dead leaf was stunned again—under the gaze of the child's clear eyes, he couldn't help feeling a little guilty, which was probably the sequelae left by the fourth son.

Zhan Hao also turned his head to look at him, smiled and hooked his hands at him.Withered Ye walked forward with a stiff face, and whispered angrily, "What are you doing?"

"Fang Qiu wants to see the cat." Zhan Hao smiled and hugged Fang Qiu to the other hand, letting him approach the dead leaves.Withered Leaf reluctantly grabbed the little mandarin duck from his shoulders and held it up for the children to see, but in the end, they didn't look at the cat at all, and kept their eyes glued to his face.

Zhan Hao laughed: "I thought he wanted to see the cat, but he wanted to see you."

Hearing this, Dead Leaf looked at Fang Qiu in bewilderment, and saw that the child was smiling at him with kind curiosity in his eyes.He suddenly felt his face burn, and subconsciously turned his face away.With a flick of his head, his eyes turned to Ma Qingyun behind him, and then he saw the woman's greedy eyes staring at Zhan Hao's gentle and smiling face.

Such a completely devoted and unreserved adoring gaze—for a while, Dead Leaf couldn't understand why someone would love Zhan Hao to such an extent.It would be fine if they were in love with each other like Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, but they didn't respond to you at all, and even said they rejected you explicitly, why are you