smouldering

When the body is overworked, the brain is less active.

After a busy day, Le An almost entered a state of emptying his soul.Before she walked into the bar, like a cramming student, she went through the existing bean menu in the store briefly in her mind, so that she could make appropriate recommendations in response to customers' requests.

But after she lifted the curtain, all of these became useless, and all of them disappeared in light smoke.

Because the people sitting there were people she was familiar with in blood, and the purpose of their coming here was obviously not to drink coffee.

On weekend nights, even when it was close to ten o'clock, there were always more people in the store.Young lovers, social animals who were still working overtime to catch up with work, filled the lobby, but Le An still caught her mother from the crowd in one go.

They haven't met face to face for many years since she came to Yunteng to study.

After being stunned for a while, she slowly started to walk towards the table.Try to maintain a professional attitude and control the trembling voice: "What do you want to drink?"

Le Changning wore a plain but well-crafted fractional dress, and a jacket with dropped shoulders on his upper body. He led his son Le Yi to sit at the table.

As the founder of a beauty brand, while busy with work, beauty care is obviously not left behind.Although she no longer has the graceful figure of a young woman, she still looks very energetic. No one would have guessed that her two children have grown up so much.

Le Changning had a slight smile on his face, but he couldn't hide his strong aura.

Le Changning said, "You know mom can't drink bitter."

Le An handed over the menu and pointed to the introduction: "Then I would recommend this hazelnut latte to you. The beans are a combination of these two brands. With the addition of milk and sugar, it will not be bitter, and it has a nutty aroma."

Le Changning had no objection, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Le An put away the menu and was about to leave. The neglected Le Yi anxiously raised his hand to seek a sense of presence: "Sister! Sister, I want Dirty!"

After washing the cups and saucers, Tang Weiran put them one by one into the dryer cabinet, and then opened the curtain to come out. He saw Le'an resting on the table with one hand, staring blankly at the powder falling from the grinder.

She took a step forward and pressed pause, then moved the plate away: "What's wrong? I'm restless."

Le An bowed his head and didn't answer.

Tang Weiran pinched her face, "Poor baby, are you hungry? I'm going to buy you something to eat."

Le An: "My mother is here."

Tang Weiran's hand stopped, and the smile disappeared instantly.

"Where is it?"

Le An picked up the powder hammer and sighed: "Sit outside."

Tang Weiran suddenly gasped, his eyes almost doubled.

God, there is no escape from what should come.

Since being threatened by Le Yi, Tang Weiran has imagined the scene of meeting Le An's mother several times. Although she was afraid of Le An's mother, she still had a pure friendship with Le An at that time. How terrible my mother thought.

Besides, she thought, the meeting will be at the press conference, and there will be so many people at that time, how will the brand boss have the time and opportunity to pay attention to such a small blogger as her.

But this was caught off guard, she and Le An only shared their minds yesterday, and it seemed like they were trying to catch her.She was terrified of guilt.And because he was a few years older than Le'an, he always felt guilty that an old pig had spoiled the fresh and tender cabbages in other people's fields.

Le'an reassured her, "It's okay, don't tell her about our relationship."

Tang Weiran was a little relieved, but fortunately Le An was not a reckless person.

Seeing her, Le An was obviously relieved: "We'll talk about it later when we're ready, don't worry."

Tang Weiran was relieved that her little lover was really considerate.She especially wanted to hug her to express the happiness of being connected, but the bar was only covered by a coffee machine from the outside table, and she didn't want to take the initiative to storm the thunder.

Tang Weiran turned his body slightly, hiding behind the machine with one eye exposed, quietly peeping at the table outside the lobby.

There is no need for Le An to explain, she has already recognized who is Le An's mother, one is that Le Yi is the indicator of human flesh, and the other is that Le Changning really looks like a different aura.

Le'an pulled her back, she didn't seem to want Tang Weiran to be involved in her family relationship immediately.

"You can buy me something to eat, will you?"

It really gave her a good excuse to avoid it.Tang Weiran exhaled, she understood Le An's good intentions, nodded and said, "Okay."

There are two cups with very different shapes on the tray. One cup is steaming, and the side of the cup is dripping with water.

Le An put down the tray lightly, and before he could take it out, Le Yi consciously took his own cup and drank it. After swallowing it, he gave her a thumbs up and praised her: "Sister! It's still delicious!"

Le An didn't even look at him, brought out the hazelnut latte, placed it in front of Le Changning, put away the tray, but didn't intend to leave, she knew that Le Changning would definitely keep her.

Sure enough, Le Changning stroked the cup and said, "An'an, let's have a chat."

There were no new customers in the store, and Xiaoshan was still here for a refill, Le An thought for a while, and sat down on the armchair opposite.

Not knowing how many complaints Le Yi had filed, Le An didn't take the initiative to give any information.Le Changning didn't ask too many questions about her living conditions in Yunteng these years as she expected, so Le An guessed that the investigator Le Yi must have passed on the information.

Le Changning: "Is it convenient to live with others?"

Le An touched the side of the tray, thought for a while, and asked, "Shared rent?"

Although Tang Weiran is very obedient and calls her the rent every month on time, and she will also call her rent to the landlord's account on time, but she has never told anyone about her, except for the landlord, Ms. Mu, who is invisible to Shenlong. Sharing with others, including Leyi.

Le Changning was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Isn't it shared rent? Xiao Yi said that there is a girl living with you, even if you are willing to pay for free, how can the landlord be willing."

Le An loosened his fingers on the tray: "It won't be inconvenient."

Le Changning hummed, and finally picked up the cup to take a sip. It was rare for her not to hesitate to praise: "An'an, your ability, you will succeed in everything you do."

Le An's lips parted slightly, as if touched.

"If you have a bigger stage, you will definitely play better."

Her mind is so straightforward every time.Le An shook his head: "Mom, I really like my life now."

Back to the beginning again.Le Changning sighed: "Mom is old, and I can't even climb to the top of the mountain recently. Tell me, what will Meile do in the future?"

Le An pursed his lips tightly, and took a while to let go: "Xiao Yi is here, what are you worried about?"

Le Changning patted Le Yi's back with his backhand, and said angrily, "It's fine if this kid doesn't cause trouble for me."

At home, Le Yi, who is used to being complained about, is not ashamed, but proud, and his hippie smile is out of shape.

Le An is very helpless, is Le Yi really so indifferent?She didn't know his true feelings, but she felt that they had grown up, no matter what, Le Changning shouldn't say this in front of her and Le Yi.

"The current professional managers are very professional, you can consider hiring more talented people."

Le Changning stopped talking.Every time she talked about this matter, she would get into a situation like today where no one wants to let anyone take a step forward. Over the years, she often repeated many times, and she could guess what Le An's next sentence would be.

Le An will definitely use her sexual orientation to ask her to make compromises, just like when she failed to come out at the age of 17 and insisted on changing her mind to leave home.

But this is the only thing that Le Changning can't let go of. She also knows that Le An is a piece of flesh that fell from her body. He looks gentle, but he is as stubborn as her. Can't return.

It was another unhappy breakup.Le Changning took Le Yi away, left a business card before leaving, and signed a verbal agreement with Le An, asking her to go to the scene to make coffee for the guests on the day of the press conference.

Le An originally wanted to refuse, but her mother did not hesitate to use huge sums of money to lure her, and she also blamed Le An for refusing big business for the coffee shop owner without authorization.

Tang Weiran came in with pancakes hidden in her coat, she stood outside the door and dared not enter, until she saw Le Changning and Le Yi walking away, she pushed the door open like a thief.

The pancakes were protected by her body temperature, and they were still hot enough to make a crispy crackling sound after one bite.

After the customers in the store had left, Xiaoshan also left after cleaning up the garbage at the bar.The two sat in the lobby, and Tang Weiran watched Le'an quietly finish the last bite of pancake.

She took a tissue to wipe off the sauce on Le An's lips like she was serving a baby. Seeing that her face was no longer so pale, she finally felt relieved, "Are you comfortable?"

Although Tang Weiran didn't ask, but knowing that her mother and younger brother had just left, she must be worried.

Le An sighed: "I'm so tired."

Tang Weiran let her lean on her: "Well...I know you are very tired."

Le An slowed down for a while, stood up and untied the strap apron on his body, "Let's go, go home."

Woke up Robusta, who had fallen asleep, and took him out, locked the door of the store, and the two cuddled together and walked on the middle street.On this mezzanine path, the street lights are far apart, and there are only a few of them, which look dim and unclear.

"I came out after the college entrance examination, and I came out to my mother outside the examination room."

Tang Weiran turned to look at her, and was a little stunned to hear her rambling words, "So brave? Then you knew you liked girls since you were very young?"

"Yeah." Le'an just wanted to nod, but stopped and thought for a while: "Actually, I don't know when, many people said that there was a process, or there was a flash of inspiration. I don't seem to have this Process. Naturally, without resistance, I accepted myself."

Regarding the flash of inspiration, Tang Weiran felt that he had the right to speak.The deep liking for Le'an may be the accumulation of emotions from living together later, but the moment her heart moved, she felt it right away, and she didn't dare to confirm it at the time. In retrospect, she realized that it was not pure same-sex affection.

Le An took a deep breath and said, "But my mother can't accept it."

Tang Weiran nodded, and responded: "Yes."

Le'an lowered her head: "She loves me very much, but she can't love all of me."

Tang Weiran hugged her tightly, "Le'an...it's normal for the older generation not to accept it."

"Then what should I do? Do I want to run away from her for the rest of my life? Do I want to be like this for the rest of my life, is it embarrassing for mother and daughter to meet each other?"

This question is really good, Tang Weiran was overwhelmed by the question, and she was also confused about the answer.

Because as long as she thought of her parents and how they would react if they found out that she was in love with a woman, she would feel panic and sweat.