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Compared with a "villa", Xiao Tong's house is more like a small western-style building, with three floors, plus a basement and a small attic.

Ji Yao originally thought that her house would be in the suburbs, but he didn't expect that it was not far from the urban area, and it was hidden in a private community with a good environment on the edge of the old city.

Looking out from the small balcony on the second floor, you can see a small river with a clear bottom.

"This house was left to me by my father." Seeing that Ji Yao couldn't help looking around, Xiao Tong said with a smile, "It's been a long time, but I have lived here since I was a child, and I have feelings."

"It can be seen." Ji Yao said, "It's well taken care of."

Xiao Tong has been abroad for several years, but the house doesn't look decayed like it has been vacant for a long time.The interior decoration probably still looks like an old bungalow, but the soft furnishings have changed drastically.The complete sets of tables, chairs and benches are decorated with small pastoral-style flowers, but the decoration on the dining table is more European-style. There are a few soft pillows on the fabric sofa, with cartoon patterns of cats and dogs printed on them.

The end of the month is Christmas, so the interior has been decorated in advance. A Christmas tree stands quietly in a corner of the living room, and the string lights hanging above the entrance have not yet been officially powered on.

This is obviously not an arrangement made by Xiao Tong before going abroad. I also know that it should be Jiang Heng's arrangement.

Ji Yao couldn't help but look back at him, feeling very puzzled.

Does he have 48 hours in a day?Ji Yao couldn't help thinking.

How can he easily remember everyone's preferences, and then handle everything seamlessly.

"Yaoyao and Xiaoheng will live upstairs, right?" Xiao Tong took Ji Yao's arm out of nowhere, and pointed to the layout of the house with a smile: "The first floor is my room, and there is a restaurant—at night. Come here if you want to eat snacks."

Ji Yao was a little dumbfounded, and wanted to say that he was already running for three, so he wouldn't sneak out to eat snacks in the middle of the night.But when Xiao Tong led him around the room with great interest, and told him that messy little secret, Ji Yao didn't want to say these words again.

"The small courtyard behind here also belongs to our family." Xiao Tong said: "If you want to take a walk, you can go directly to the small river from the back door."

"Understood, Mom." Jiang Heng checked the water, electricity and gas in the room for the last time, and then came to rescue Ji Yao: "Let him put his luggage first."

"Oh, that's right." Xiao Tong waved his hand at him, and said, "Go quickly, come down quickly after you put your luggage."

Ji Yao nodded, and was about to pull the suitcase he packed temporarily, but Jiang Heng picked up the suitcase before him and went upstairs.

The layout of the upper floor is similar to that of the lower floor. There is a small living room outside near the balcony, and two bedrooms of similar size on the opposite side. The doors of the rooms are wide open, revealing two identical sets of bedding inside.

"Which room do you live in?" Jiang Heng asked.

Leaving the eyes of the elders, Ji Yao became a little more courageous, he smiled and asked knowingly, "Aren't you going to live with me?"

"It's early." Jiang Heng didn't wait for his answer, so he made his own decision and pushed Ji Yao's suitcase into the room next to the stairs.

Then he clapped his hands, and when he turned his head and saw that Ji Yao was still leaning against the stairs, he smiled and walked over leisurely.

"Guess why my mother asked you to come?" Jiang Heng asked.

"Why?" Ji Yao blinked, jokingly said, "It's not that you tricked me in and then killed me."

"She really wants to come out, but she's not stupid." Jiang Heng put his arms around Ji Yao, held the railing of the stairs behind him, and leaned slightly closer to him: "She just wants to see if we are How do you get along?"

Jiang Heng's distance was well controlled, he seemed to be wrapping Ji Yao in his arms, but he didn't touch him at all, he looked intimate and distant, only warm breath intertwined with each other.

Ji Yao leaned back slightly, smiled when he heard the words, and said, "Then I have to treat you twice as well? Otherwise, what if Auntie doesn't pass my exam and asks you to break up afterwards?"

"Break up?" Jiang Heng smacked the word with great interest, clicked his tongue lightly, and pretended to be troubled: "Have you caught up with me?"

"Soon." Ji Yao was very dissatisfied with his preoccupied behavior, hissed lightly, and said, "I'll catch up soon, okay?"

Jiang Heng smiled sullenly, and Ji Yao realized something was wrong after reacting for a while, clicked his tongue angrily, and immediately became righteous.

"No, aren't we 'pretending' now?" Ji Yao's voice was very low, and it sounded like he was gnashing his teeth: "Are you going to act or not? Are you professional?"

Ji Yao said, as if unwilling to be deceived by Jiang Heng again, he straightened up and wanted to kiss the corner of his lips.

But Jiang Heng stood up straight, tilted his head slightly, and avoided the kiss.

"Okay, okay, okay." Jiang Heng softened quickly: "You won, okay."

The two of them hadn't finished talking, Xiao Tong had already quickly changed his clothes, stood at the bottom of the stairs and raised his head to call their names.

"Xiaoheng, Yaoyao!" Xiao Tong said, "Is it packed? Are you still not coming down?"

Ji Yao dared to tease Jiang Heng, but he didn't dare to act presumptuously in front of his parents. He subconsciously distanced himself from Jiang Heng, lowered his head and stroked the hem of his clothes to hide it, and responded vaguely.

"Come down quickly." Xiao Tong said, "Let's go shopping!"

The topic of shopping seems to be an eternal topic for women of all ages. Xiao Tong was middle-aged and took another cross-border flight, but he didn't show fatigue at all. Shopping was faster than two young and middle-aged men. Be great.

Xiao Tong hadn't returned to China for several years, and she felt excited about reunion after a long absence. Fortunately, Ji Yao persuaded her quickly, otherwise she might have bought a coat and a cape for Amber at the pet store.

"What a pity." Xiao Tong said regretfully, "That panda cloak is so pretty."

"But it's too cartoony." Jiang Heng said without changing his face: "And it's too plain, not suitable for winter wear. I think the lion dance jacket you returned to China is very good. You can compare it to that."

Xiao Tong thought about it, and was easily persuaded by him.

"It makes sense." Xiao Tong said, "Then let's go pick out a tie for Yaoyao."

Xiao Tong's desire to buy was very elusive. She bought two sets of clothes for Ji Yao, a bottle of perfume, and a jade pendant.Ji Yao was embarrassed to ask for it, but Xiao Tong said it was a meeting gift, so he had no choice but to accept it.

Before going out, Ji Yao thought that his experience of working as a doctor on the operating table in recent years would be more than enough to go shopping in shopping malls. Who knew that Xiao Tong could go shopping better than he imagined. lap.

Rao Jiang Heng, who looked like a human AI with three heads and six arms, couldn't stand it after a long walk. He and Ji Yao tacitly slowed down each other, and stayed far behind Xiao Tong, just waiting to carry things for her.

"Is Auntie like this before?" Ji Yao whispered carefully to Jiang Heng, and said, "I think Auntie is much better physically than you."

"What's wrong with my physical fitness?" Attorney Jiang was not very happy, and retorted: "I have been exercising regularly."

"Then you drank yourself into the emergency room." Ji Yao mercilessly pierced him.

Jiang Heng opened his mouth, as if he wanted to explain something, but he was interrupted by Xiao Tong's call before he could form a word, so he could only give up.

As the end of the year approached, activities were held everywhere in the shopping mall. A small carnival was held on the open space on the first floor. One of the items was listening to music, and the prize was a lottery ticket.

Xiao Tong was very interested in this project, and happened to have learned piano when he was young, so he tried it out and composed the score easily.

There are too many people in the carnival, Jiang Heng and Ji Yao don't like to squeeze with a group of half-grown children, they were standing outside the crowd talking, when they saw Xiao Tong coming out with a smile, holding a box of chocolates sprinkled with nuts .

"Yaoyao." Xiao Tong stuffed the chocolate into his hand and said with a smile, "This is for you."

"Ah?" Ji Yao was stunned for a moment, and said, "Give it to me?"

"Take it." Jiang Heng curled his lips into a straight smile: "Children only eat snacks."

Ji Yao: "..."

"Don't be jealous!" Xiao Tong said quickly: "Wait, mom will win one for you too!"

Her voice was about to fall, and she had already rushed back to the carnival venue, Jiang Heng shook his head and smiled helplessly.

But Ji Yao lowered his head, looked at the childish box of chocolates in his hand, and was silent for a while strangely.

After a while, he tore off the wrapping paper, took a piece from it and stuffed it into his mouth.

The target group of this chocolate is obviously children before the age of 13. The taste is sweet and greasy, and there is no bitter taste. Just sip it with the tip of your tongue, and you can taste the sweet aroma of milk chocolate in your mouth.

Ji Yao's expression calmed down a little bit, he pursed his lips and thought for a while, then picked out a piece of chocolate from it, held it in his hand and touched Jiang Heng's lips.

"Children's snacks, who—"

"Eat one." Ji Yao interrupted him: "It's very sweet."

It may sound childish, but looking at Xiao Tong's back at this moment, Ji Yao suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart—it was a very mysterious concept, which seemed to combine freedom, equality, and respect, etc. Something he had never experienced in his own family.

It would have been nice if he had grown up in such a family when he was a child, a childish idea suddenly popped up in Ji Yao's mind: If so, then he might not grow up to be such a coward who hesitates and hesitates in front of him. For everything, maybe you can be a little more courageous.

Jiang Heng blinked his eyes, observed his expression, didn't know why he didn't refuse again, but opened his mouth slightly, and put the piece of chocolate in his mouth.

"Jiang Heng—"

"Jiyao—"

After a while, the two of them suddenly called each other's name at the same time, and then stopped at the same time.

"You talk first." Jiang Heng said.

"I just want to ask you one thing." Ji Yao licked his lips and said softly, "If I can hand over the other end of the chain to you, would you like to get back together with me?"