"Poof......

Hanging up the phone in his hand, He Yunxi looked at Qu Jinyan who squirted out tea inexplicably with a pair of big eyes, and said quite unhappily: "What are you doing?

wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth, cleaned up his mood, and immediately said casually: "It's nothing, I suddenly remembered something funny, can't you?"

Suddenly, the office was in a-for-tat confrontation again.

Hearing Qu Jinyan say this, He Yunxi thought that the funny thing in his mouth meant that he was spoofed and splashed with water a few days ago was the same thing. In fact, it's not, Qu Jinyan, who has a weak heart, is just just finding a reason to cover up his gaffe, and he didn't think about it so much at all.

How did He Yunxi know that the old scar was mentioned and ridiculed, she was naturally unhappy in her heart, and immediately put on a face, coldly dropped a sentence, and walked out with a "snap", and did not forget to frame the door.

"I'm taking a leave of absence and not coming in the afternoon. ”

"If you don't come, you won't come, and you can scare me. Qu Jinyan was equally indignant.

After He Yunxi left, Qu Jinyan frowned without frowning, and only then called, obviously because of the previous incident with the public toilet on Xiayun Road.

No one knows this matter better than Qu Jinyan, because this matter is the trap he set up for He Yunxi, although there are other people who really do it, but it still has nothing to do with him.

Listening to what she said on the phone, she obviously didn't give up on what happened that night, she has been investigating, and now she has found important clues. It is not difficult to imagine that if you follow this clue, you will definitely find his head in the end.

With his current relationship with He Yunxi, water and fire are incompatible, as bad as it is, if she knows about the toilet, she won't kill him?

"It's a good thing, but I'm glad I had the foresight. ”

He shook his head with a light smile, and didn't take it to heart, he had already expected that there would be such a day, even if he looked for it, he wouldn't be able to touch him, so he could sit back and relax.

It just so happened that as soon as He Yunxi left, he was easier to do, and he already had an idea about the demolition and the dispute over the orphanage, and he definitely had to go again.

The most important thing is that after checking Miao Yike's files, I became very interested in where she went, what she did, and what her identity was in the past ten years.

After getting off work ahead of schedule and talking to Lin Ke, Qu Jinyan drove an Audi to Guangming District in the east of the city.

He didn't go to the Dandelion Orphanage for the first time, but first went to a nearby large shopping mall, bought a lot of toys, and then went to the supermarket, picked up several bags of snacks, and then drove towards his destination.

Around five o'clock, at this time, An Ruo would regularly go to the nearby vegetable market to buy vegetables. The reason why she went at this time naturally also had her intentions.

Although the morning food is fresh, but now the price is so high, it is still in an international metropolis like Tianzhou City, ordinary people are too expensive to buy vegetables, not to mention a group of children in the dandelion orphanage, and the food cost for a day alone is not small.

Compared with the morning, although the quality of the food is a little worse, it is not much worse, and it can still be eaten. Moreover, in order to be able to sell these leftover vegetables, vegetable vendors often sell them at a low price, so that they can reduce the daily capital of the orphanage, which is not a small amount over time.

As usual, before dinner, An Ruo would prepare the ingredients and go back to the orphanage early to prepare dinner.

But the difference today is that she heard a more cheerful voice than usual when she was still some distance away from the orphanage.

With suspicion, looking inside through the iron fence, a group of children can be seen surrounding a tall young man, reaching out to hug him, and begging for the toys in his hands.

The man is none other than Qu Jinyan.

You must know that Qu Jinyan is a kind of developer, and it is probably not a good thing for the orphanage to come here.

"What are you doing? Not even behind me. ”

Suddenly, such a stern voice sounded, attracting everyone's attention.

Seeing that it was An Ruo, and it was unprecedentedly serious, a group of children suddenly became a little afraid. Although he never forgot the toy in Qu Jinyan's hand, how dare he not listen to An Ruo's fear?

looked at the children who all ran away for a while, and Miao Ye, who was eyeing him, touched the bridge of his nose without embarrassment.

I don't eat people, should you be so wary of me?

Just in the midst of embarrassment, a hoarse voice sounded from a toddler old woman who walked out of the courtyard, and the slightly tense atmosphere eased slightly.

"It doesn't matter, this young man is not a bad person. Although my eyes are a little bad, I have lived a lifetime, and I still have this kind of vision. ”

The old woman was over seventy years old, with her back on her back, her face wrinkled, and her hair gray. Although he is old, he does not have the twilight of ordinary old people, and he always has a kind smile on his face, and he must have a smile when he was young.

"Children, don't be afraid, my uncle bought you something to eat just now, did you say thank you?"

"Yes, Grandma, thank you, uncle. A group of children immediately whispered.

Qu Jinyan's face softened, and he handed out the toys in his hand to the children. When the old woman spoke, the children had no scruples, took the toys in Qu Jinyan's hand, and scattered happily and went to play.

"I'll help you. ”

In addition to the old woman, there were only An Ruo and Qu Jinyan left. Seeing that she was still holding the dish in her hands, he said politely.

"No need. ”

An Ruo glanced at the latter, put the dishes aside, and then helped the old woman back to the room to rest.

After a while, when he came out of the house and saw Qu Jinyan under the camphor tree, he was a little distracted. Not only did Qu Jinyan think about it for half the night yesterday, but how could An Ruo not? He didn't even sleep well all night because of this, and his mind was full of things about the orphanage.

"Come out, I have something to tell you. ”

She dropped such a sentence, leaving Qu Jinyan with a beautiful back and getting out of the iron fence of the orphanage.

In May and June, the weather is quite mild, and it is the time of sunset, which is not sultry, and sometimes there is a breeze blowing, but it is also refreshing.

Out of the dandelion orphanage, An Ruo did not speak to Qu Jinyan, one after the other, not in a hurry, and walked leisurely.

After walking for about ten minutes, he also went further and further, until he came to a small river, and An Ruo, who was walking in front, stopped his pace.

"How's it going here?"

I didn't hear any emotion, just a normal question.

Looking away from her somewhat lonely back, I saw the scenery of small bridges and flowing water, weeping willows on both banks, and green grass.

"Nice, quiet, close to nature, very pleasant. "Retract your gaze, he is the way.

It seems that the previous sentence was just An Ruo's casual behavior, Qu Jinyan answered for a long time, but she didn't see an answer.

I don't know if it's touching the scene, or under this afterglow, I feel emotional, I saw her speak slowly, as if a little girl's figure appeared in front of the two.

"Twenty years ago, there was a little girl here, and she used to hang out here. All year round, spring, summer, autumn and winter, no matter the cold winter or heat, that bridge is her only harbor.

I still vaguely remember those days, the temperature was very high in summer, and under the open bridge, not only was it hot and sweaty, but it was also sucked by a group of mosquitoes at night.

Of course, she can shelter from the sun and rain under the bridge, but she can't hide under the bridge all the time, and she always has to solve the problem of hunger. Walking barefoot, wandering on the hot ground, in the afternoon when everyone else is resting, there is always her thin body on the street.

In winter, she was thin, she had no shoes to wear, and the only clothes on her body were just a torn coat that she had picked up. At night a few degrees below zero, the water by the river was frozen, and she just found a few pieces of cardboard and wooden planks and set up a simple tent to try to withstand the cold winter day.

It didn't work, the biting cold wind was pervasive, always invading her vulnerable petite body, like a bare willow branch, desolate and helpless in the cold wind.

Day after day, such days are undoubtedly long, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as years. It's cold, but that's not the girl's biggest problem. I remember that it was snowing heavily in the winter, and the road was either covered with snow or melted icy water stains, which was difficult to walk on the soles of the feet that had no shoes to wear and were already red and swollen from the cold.

Despite this, the hunger in her stomach was irresistible, driving her out of the bridge. The days of freezing and starvation not only consumed her physical strength, but even her will was shaky.

The moment she closed her eyes, she remembered the once warm home, and longed for the days when she used to be stable, to be able to eat around the stove in winter. ”

She told slowly, telling the story of a desolate and distressed little girl.

As her voice sounded, Qu Jinyan's mind suddenly had such a little girl, as she said, in the scorching summer day, ragged, barefoot haunted the streets, rummaging through garbage cans, and living by picking up other people's leftovers. Isn't winter just like the little match girl who has a similar tragic fate?

"Isn't the little girl supposed to have a home? Why is she lonely and helpless?"

Hearing this, An Ruo's resolute face was a little more stubborn, but it was only relieved.

"She comes from a small township in Yunyu, which is remote and poor, patriarchal, and has many children in the family. Once the little girl's parents took her to this bustling city, but in the end they were separated. ”

In an instant, Qu Jinyan remembered the mother who had left him, and although she did not make it clear, was she not as good as herself, and she was smaller and more miserable than herself, at least she had an aunt who had adopted her.

Qu Jinyan didn't speak again, looking at her back, there was already something more.

The little girl did not die, but was fortunately rescued by an old couple and adopted her until she was raised. You also know that the place where the little girl fell at that time was the door of the Dandelion Orphanage, and the place where she grew up was also the Dandelion Orphanage. ”

As the sun set, the sky was blazing red, and under the bridge by the river, in the lawn on the side, there was a dandelion blooming alone.

The evening breeze caressed her short hair that fell from her shoulders and blew the dandelion.

Drifting in the wind, like a small elf, flying in the air at will.

Looking at the scattered dandelions, Qu Jinyan was full of thoughts and sighed: "Is the dandelion in the wind as symbolizing the yearning for freedom as it seems? Or is it a completely different side, hiding loneliness and helplessness?"

But this answer, after seeing the back of the woman in front of him, he had the answer.

"Dandelion orphanage?"