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Tang Weiran's family always had dinner very early, and before she finished cleaning up the dishes and was about to throw out the trash, she finally received the news that Le An had returned.

An overhead dining table looks like a western restaurant with an elegant atmosphere.From appetizers to cream soups to main courses and desserts, there was a large table full, and it seemed that the serving size was indeed more than two people.Tang Weiran skipped over the food inexplicably, and keenly noticed that there was a rose flower on the far side of the wooden dining table, which was bright red and exquisitely packaged. The person who sent it must have put a lot of thought into it.

Do ordinary friends send flowers when they have dinner?Variety or Rose?

Was it sent by Le'an?Or was it sent by her friend?

Tang Weiran replied lightly: "The food is quite rich."

It seemed that it was different from when she asked to see the food and posted emojis and tildes just now. Le An felt the subtle emotional changes from the cold screen.

R: "Hmm ^_^."

R: "Have you eaten?"

He also sent emoticons, and it seemed that he was having a good time.

Tang Weiran's mother passed by the entrance at this time: "Why are you standing still, hurry up and come back after taking out the trash, wear more clothes so you don't get cold."

Tang Weiran responded to her mother while typing: "Eat, eat slowly."

R: "OK."

Tang Weiran put away her mobile phone, picked up the trash and went out.

Facing a large table of food, Le An swallowed.

Lunch was a plate of dumplings that Tang Weiran ate together on the first night of the first day of junior high school. She reheated them in the pot, and there were thirteen dumplings. She dipped them in vinegar and counted them, and she was very full.In the afternoon, when I had nothing to do, I turned on the TV. As soon as my butt touched the sofa, I kept touching the sugar oranges and melon seeds and pistachios next to me. Now the nail of my thumb is still yellow.

She was planning to stop eating at night and empty her stomach... The plan couldn't keep up with the change.

The waiter who had just heard her boast about Haikou happened to pass by the table, and Le An returned her ugly smile.Then he stopped her in embarrassment.

"Ma, can you give me some packing boxes, please?"

The waiter smiled lightly: "No problem, just wait a moment."

Le An breathed a sigh of relief, took the lunch box from the waiter, and picked it out with a spoon.This, Robusta can eat, and that, Robusta can't eat, but keep it home and put it in the refrigerator, she can have it for lunch tomorrow.

Picking and picking, there were only a few plates of appetizers and snacks left on the table. Le An closed the lunch box and picked up a fork to wipe them all out. There was no waste at all.

She left the restaurant with a large bag full of food. Although the waiter's expression was still calm and professional when he sent her away, Le An also guessed that her weird behavior would definitely become a topic of conversation for others.Forget it, she couldn't help sighing, what was she doing.

It was still a little light when I went out, and it was already dark when I returned home.Le An stood downstairs in the building where she lived and looked up. The whole building was lit, but her house was pitch-black.

She was a little dazed for a moment.

Yesterday she went home with Tang Weiran, but today she is alone again.But obviously before she went home alone and turned on the lights, Tang Weiran had only been here for less than a month, and she was already used to having lights in the house.

Inexplicably, she raised her mobile phone to take a picture outside the building and sent it to Tang Weiran.

Tang Weiran had just finished washing her hands at the garbage collection point, and the wind was blowing cold, but she still quickly responded to the message: "What's wrong? Is there a power outage?"

She was afraid that Le'an would not know how to deal with it, so she sent a voice message anxiously: "Take a look and see if it has tripped? The switch is on the top of the shoe cabinet. There is a cover. Just push the switch up."

Le An was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Tang Weiran's misunderstanding caused by her little emotion, so she also sent a voice message.

"There is no power outage, don't worry."

There was wind in Le An's voice, as if he was still outside.

Tang Weiran urged, "Go back quickly, it's cold outside."

Le An couldn't help laughing, she picked up her phone and quickly went back to the building, got on the elevator before returning to Tang Weiran and said, "I'm coming in, are you outside too?"

Tang Weiran: "I was taking out the trash just now, and now I'm going back."

Le An didn't respond.She had a sense of crisis that the topic would end because of this. She ran out of the elevator with a thud, quickly opened the door with the key, and kept her shoes on. There was a rattling sound, which attracted Robusta's attention.

"Robusta, come and eat! Extra food for supper!"

Something is wrong, this is not the time to eat.It seems that the call of the devil makes Robusta afraid.

Le An waved again: "Robusta, come on."

Unable to control himself, Robusta ran over quickly, saw that the bowl was twice as large as usual, looked up at Le An, then looked at the rice bowl, and took two steps back.

Le An waved again: "Robusta, come and eat."

Robusta didn't dare to respond.Le'an hugged it around its neck and forcibly hugged it. She said softly, "Don't be afraid, eat it."

Robusta was dubious, lowered his head and sniffed the mountain of rice bowls, took a small bite tentatively, chewed, it seemed that there was no problem, then bit his mouth full, and there was indeed no problem, so he began to eat happily.

Le An smiled, raised his phone to take a picture, and sent it to Tang Weiran.

R: "Robusta is good to eat today."

Tang Weiran sent a long series of haha, followed by another voice: "Good boy, I miss Robusta, you can warm your hands while watching TV, it's too cold here in my house."

R: "Don't you have an electric blanket at home?"

Tang Weiran typed and sent it: "No, I don't live much at home, I haven't prepared anything, the quilt is so thin, my feet get cold after sleeping all night."

Le An frowned, and thought about sending it: "Another bed."

Tang Weiran: "I've added it, it's still cold... I want to go back to your place, and the air conditioner is still there."

Le'an quickly typed "Then go back", but soon regained his senses and pressed the delete button.Tang Weiran is going back to accompany her parents, she can't be willful.

Le An: "Why don't you soak your feet in hot water before going to bed, it will warm you up."

Tang Weiran: "Well, good."

After a while, Tang Weiran sent another message, "I'll go back tomorrow, okay? You don't dislike me, do you?"

Le An secretly rejoiced that Tang Weiran would not notice the uncontrollable upward movement of her lips through the screen, revealing her selfishness.

R: "How come. When are you coming back?"

Tang Weiran was also on the spur of the moment, she hasn't told her parents yet, and she doesn't know the arrangements at home tomorrow, and the return time is really uncertain.

"I don't know, maybe later?"

R sent a voice, "It's getting dark quickly now, if it's too late, tell me, I'll pick you up if you take the subway, and give you a license plate if you take a taxi."

Tang Weiran couldn't help laughing, "Got it, Teacher Le! You are really strict."

R's reply was serious: "Safety first."

Glancing at the top of the dialog box, Tang Weiran suddenly asked, "Hey, what does the R in your WeChat name mean? Does Robusta start in English?"

Le An didn't know what he was doing, and it took a long time before he replied with a text, "Yeah."

Then another message came: "It's getting late, I'm going to take a shower."

Tang Weiran: "Ah."

She still wants to talk about it.

On the morning of the third year of junior high school, Le'an was woken up by a phone call from a friend, and the little lie she told Tang Weiran turned out to be true.A friend I know who is also opening a store is only ready to open for business after three days of rest. Knowing that she is still resting, I called her to play.

My friend's store is quite close to Tang Weiran's home. The store is located in the middle of the city, probably because of the good location, so I would rather give up rest, and no one would be willing to part with the huge passenger flow during holidays.

Le'an and this friend are considered to be from the same school. They were taught by a master, and they both set up shops in the same city. They exchange some industry news with each other on weekdays, and the relationship is fairly close.Unlike Le'an, his friend's shop does not need to purchase from other places. He roasts coffee beans himself, so when new products come out, he often invites Le'an to taste them.

Le'an mostly declined because there was no one guarding the store except her, but this time the whole world is on holiday, so it would be a bit rude for her to refuse.

She was invited to go, and when she returned, she took a large bag of new products from her friends.

Thinking of Tang Weiran coming back at night, her joy level rose to another level. She took out her mobile phone, and there happened to be a red dot on Tang Weiran's profile picture.

Tang Weiran: "I'm visiting relatives and listening to adults gossip, I'm so tired."

She took a picture of the big living room, where it looks like parents are sitting on the sofa talking, several young people of the same age are all immersed in playing with their mobile phones, and three or four children are chasing and running between the TV and the coffee table. Photos only show afterimages.

Le'an's heart was full of waves, Tang Weiran would be willing to share his life and true feelings with him, does it mean that their relationship has become closer?

R: "Eat some sugar? Sweets will ease the mood."

Tang Weiran: "Do you treat me like a child?"

R: "Aren't you just a kid."

Rolling on the lawn with the Robusta with a firework stick is something only a child can do.

Tang Weiran was so angry that she tapped on the keyboard: "Le! Ann! I'm much older than you! Call me sister!"

Le An covered his mouth and smiled, "Don't bark."

Tang Weiran: "Le'an!"

Tang Weiran sent another message: "Le'an! Call me sister!"

R: "Children."

After she finished typing, she raised her head and coughed.Fortunately, there are fewer people on the subway when the Chinese New Year arrives. She is the only one in this car, and no one will find out that she is smiling so stupidly when she sends a WeChat message.

Hiss, no.

Le'an looked up again, and there was a man in the next car who frequently cast his gaze at her, his eyes dodging his wretched eyes, it was strange.

Le An frowned, looked back with staring eyes, and found that the man didn't have any plans for her, but took advantage of the lack of people in the carriage, he put his hand on the thigh of the girl sitting next to him.

The girl was wearing a short skirt that was higher than her knees, and there was only a thin layer of stockings on her legs. It was impossible for her not to feel the movements of the people next to her.Is an acquaintance?Le'an looked suspiciously, and the girl's eyes looked over at the same time.

Full of panic, fear, and calls for help.

Le An couldn't sit still anymore, stood up and walked straight to the next compartment, while turning on the phone camera.