Chapter Seventy-One: A Lost and Found Note
"Who was the person who asked you to take care of me in the first place?"
Gan Luo half-squatted down beside Old Man Yuan's wheelchair and looked up at him, "Since someone asked you to take care of me, do you know what happened four years ago?"
"That person's life and death are unknown now, what's the use of telling you?"
Old man Yuan looked at the red rope on her head and sighed, "His pseudonym is Crow, I don't know his real name, and he is kind to my Yuan family, so when I was entrusted with taking care of you, I agreed to him." What happened to you four years ago, I know very little. ”
"You'd better not mention the name Crow to Zhang Xiao, his identity on the police side is very sensitive, I'm afraid it will be bad for you. Just know for yourself, and maybe, one day he will come back to you. ”
"Well, I remember. ”
Gan Luo responded, and saw that Old Man Yuan was tired and pale, "Push you over to rest first, I'll go and make lunch, what do you want to eat?"
"Ouch, don't bother me with your cooking...... Your Uncle Yuan has asked for care, don't worry about me, go back, review well at the end of the semester, and don't fall behind in your studies. ”
Gan Luo pretended to be displeased, "My cooking skills can still be eaten." ”
"Uh-huh, you can enter it, that is, when you don't toss. ”
He looked at Gan Luo with a smile in the corner of his eyes, and pursed his lips, "Don't forget Grandma Li's matter, the last time, if she still doesn't want to see me, don't force her verbally." ”
"Hmm. ”
Gan Luo nodded in agreement, looked at the eyes of the old man in front of him, his nose was sour, and he couldn't help but ask, "You are interested in each other, why do you stay lonely and delay the rest ......of your life?"
"The old rites before the founding of the People's Republic of China are engraved in the bones of our generation, how can it be so easy to be together? Besides, I have an inextricable grudge with her dead husband. ”
The old man had a little regret on his face, and turned to look at Gan Luo jokingly, "It's different now, the times are open, girl, if you like someone, don't follow my old path." ”
She nodded with a smile in her eyes.
Old man Yuan has taken care of her over the years, and Gan Luo knows in his heart that when she wanted to go to Wang Xiong to learn how to train pigeons, she was reprimanded by him for no reason.
If you think about it, over the years, he has been helping her avoid contact with those people, but at that time she only felt that he was lenient.
Seeing Grandma Li's wish, Gan Luo made up his mind to help him complete it.
Walking out of the door of Yuan's house, her eyes were slightly red, she looked up at the sky, it was already three strokes in the sun, the autumn wind was not dry, her eyes looked in the direction of the police station, thinking of Zhang Xiao, she couldn't help but subconsciously reach out and take out the note that was stacked in her pocket in the morning, but her hand was empty.
I rummaged through my pockets and didn't see it, when did it fall off?
She looked at her feet, looked into the door of Yuan's house, the ground was empty, and her palms were clenched and she hurriedly turned around and looked for it along the way home.
The side of the road, passing by the grass, even if she just in case tore off the name on the note, so, she ......... Gan Luoyu stopped in place, what was she doing?!How could she care so much about a piece of paper!
"If you like someone...... If you like someone...... If you..."Old Man Yuan's words sounded over and over again in his head, and the sound sounded like thunder in his head.
From the initial encounter, his suspicions, his help, his protection, her deliberate avoidance, the waiting of the hospital, the throbbing in her heart when she rescued her on a rainy night, her mouth gradually pursed into a line, she stomped her feet and shook her head, "Impossible!"
Staring at the ground, Gan Luo pinched himself, he had to wake up, the other party was twice as old as himself!
But six years later, he was twenty and he was thirty-two, and the other party was only a young man, and Gan Luo grabbed himself again, thinking that when he fell, other people's children ran away on the ground!
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that my idea had crossed the line, and he said that it was his duty!
Protecting himself is to protect her clue, he just doesn't want to put himself in a disadvantageous position, how can he blaspheme the kindness of others!
Besides, in his eyes, she is a little girl, such an idea, unacceptable!
Ganluo returned home in a daze, looked for all the way but didn't find it, thinking about what note he left, and now she is annoyed!
took the books that needed to be reviewed and opened the back door, and the Yueji Pavilion in the backyard fell a lot of residual flowers, and just sat down, the back door of Grandma Li's house creaked open, "Yo, the girl is here." ”
"Grandpa Yuan is sick, I went to him in the morning and just returned. ”
Gan Luo looked at the supple Grandma Li with combed sideburns, observed her reaction, and deliberately added, "Grandpa is so sick that he coughed up blood." Uncle Yuan was not at home, so he looked at the passport materials and didn't know that the care was not exhaustive. ”
Grandma Li didn't answer her words, put down the dustpan she was holding and picked it up, entered the door in a trance, brought it, opened the door, and turned to look at her again, her voice was much hoarser than before, "In recent days, there are people around the house, don't run around if you have nothing to do, come to grandma's place and stay here in case of trouble, don't take your head." ”
"Yes, I know. ”
The corner of Ganluo's mouth smiled and agreed, looking at her panic just now, Grandma Li was obviously worried about the old man, but she didn't ask a word.
With a sigh, he opened his book to prepare for the final exam, which was still four days away.
The daylight is fading, and it is almost evening when I raise my eyes.
I heard someone knocking on the door in front of the house, she stayed in the backyard, the front door was locked, glanced at her watch, five forty, and thought to herself, Could it be that Zhang Xiao came over in advance?
"Zhou Jingrui?"
Ganluo opened the door and looked at the person standing in front of the door, only to see that he was holding a note in his hand and reached out to hand it to her, "You dropped it, right?"
She took it, and it was the note that Zhang Xiao left for her in the early morning, "I looked for it all the way, where did you pick it up?"
Ganluo opened the door, and the sunset sun outside shone into the verandah, and she squinted in the sunshine, "The front room is hot, follow me to the backyard pavilion." ”
"Hmm. ”
Zhou Jingrui followed her to the backyard, glanced at the pavilion made of Yueji in the backyard, and sat down on the bamboo chair, "It was Zhang Min who picked it up, and she asked me to return it to you." ”
"It turned out to be her, I passed by your house this morning and met her, maybe it was at that time. ”
Gan Luo's eyebrows drooped slightly, that woman was faintly hostile to herself from the beginning, and at this moment asked Zhou Jingrui to deliver the note, what did it mean? Zhou Jingrui came to this point, thinking that he was curious about who gave him the note, and the two of them bumped into each other later, just saying that Zhang Xiao is a new neighbor.
She folded the paper and put it in her notebook, raised her eyes to see Zhou Jingrui watching her movements, and said with a smile, "What are you doing all the time staring at me?"
"The handwriting on the note doesn't look like yours. ”
He glanced at Ganluo's homework book on the desktop, the handwriting was beautiful, and his brows frowned slightly, this note was picked up by Zhang Min on the side of the road in the afternoon, and the handwriting was not Ganluo's, not to mention that she saw her for the first time today, how did she know that this note was dropped by Ganluo?
"My handwriting is going to be so good, and I sleep happily. ”
Gan Luo picked up the notebook and entered the house, put it next to the bookshelf, and returned the "Seventh Day" he borrowed last time, "I finished reading it a few days ago, and I haven't found time to return you, thank you." ”
As soon as she sat down, she heard a knock on the door and hurriedly got up, "You sit down for a while, and I'll open the door." ”
When Gan Luo left, Zhou Jingrui glanced at the time, six o'clock, the other party was very punctual, he pinched the time to come over, he wanted to see who the owner of the note was, although it was very likely that it was the person who sent Gan Luo home that night, but he still wanted to see it in person.
Opened the door, and saw that Zhang Xiao was standing in front of the door, the sunset was gilded on his face, Gan Luo stepped out of the door, turned sideways to avoid the dazzling sunset, raised his hand and pointed to his left arm, "Is it better?"
The girl was really obedient and waiting for him at home, Zhang Xiao smiled, saw her hair curled, and habitually raised her hand and pressed it, "It's okay, I went to the hospital this morning to deal with it." Did those two guys come back last night?"
"I didn't see it, but Grandma Li in the backyard reminded me that there were people around recently. ”
Gan Luo saw his movements, his heart jumped, he took a step back, skillfully avoided his hand, the wall outside was hot, and his face was hot, Zhang Xiao saw her movements, frowned slightly, and withdrew his hand and held it slightly at his side.
"Come in, it's hot today, it's hot. ”
She was turning sideways to let him into the house, but Zhou Jingrui's voice came from behind her, "If Xiao Luo has guests at home, I'll go back first." ”
Zhang Xiao looked at Zhou Jingrui, who went out to stand next to Ganluo, his eyebrows and eyes had no emotion, and he only smiled faintly at the corner of his lips, "I just came to see the girl, and I will stay soon." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Min's voice came from the other end of the corridor, with a gentle voice, looking at Zhou Jingrui's direction, "Rui, grandma told you to go home!"
She stood in the distance and did not get close, looking at Zhang Xiao's back, the suppressed emotions in her heart for several years were difficult to suppress, she passed by him several times in the imperial capital, but she didn't dare to go up and call out, but she saw the scene just now, when Zhang Xiao was willing to touch the girl's head!
Even though he was jealous, Zhang Min still spoke softly when he looked at Ganluo, "Grandma made a few snacks and asked me to invite Luo Yatou to come over." ”
"Thank you grandma for your kindness, my brother is going home today, and he has to prepare dinner, so he won't go today. ”
Gan Luo refused politely, looking at one or two, the note was really sent, even if the name was torn, it was still the person who was attracted to follow the dumplings to stir up, Zhou Jingrui was curious, but she looked at that Zhang Min's eyes but it was very wrong!
Zhou Jingrui glanced at Zhang Xiao, the two collided and moved his gaze to Ganluo, "If you don't go, forget it, but be careful at home." Yu Ba walked towards Zhang Min.
"Hmm. ”
Gan Luo crossed Zhou Jingrui and looked at the graceful woman standing by the wall, raised his eyes to look at Zhang Xiao, and muttered, "Zhou Jingrui's little aunt seems to be very curious about who you are." ”
"What auntie, don't shout nonsense. Zhang Xiao frowned and didn't let go, didn't turn to look at the person behind him, but leaned over to look at her slightly, "You two really don't matter? I see that he is very worried about you!"
"I see that woman is also very concerned about you, maybe she caused an affair before!" Gan Luo stuck out his tongue and pulled his sleeve into the door, "Go to the living room and sit, your hands are not convenient for cooking, it will be solved at my house these days, and when my brother comes back, I will say that you are a neighbor who came to visit the door." ”
Zhang Xiao sat down according to her arrangement, the house was cleaned up, the tone was warm, and then he thought of Zhang Min, and turned his head to look in the direction of the kitchen, "It was his stepmother who asked Zhou Jingrui to go back before, you better stay away from her." ”
"So young!" Gan Luo was washing rice, poked his head out of the kitchen to look at him, a little unconvinced, "Are you kidding me? ”
"I'm making fun of you. Zhang Xiao was amused by her expression, this girl didn't know yet, and if she didn't make a statement, it was this woman who was playing tricks.
It's just that the name Zhang Min feels a little familiar to him, but he doesn't remember it when he thinks about it, so he gets up and walks to the kitchen, "The lady mentioned by the person last night should be her." ”
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