Zhou He's face was blank, and he quickly calmed down in a short period of time. broke free from Cheng Wei's embrace, leaned against the wall behind him, and said coldly: "I'm going to rest, you can go." ”

Between her brows was a deep tiredness.

Her mood tonight was too unstable, Cheng Wei was silent for a while, didn't stay long, and went outside.

Zhou He closed his eyes and sat on the ground as he slid down the wall. Buried his head in his knees and sat for a long time.

Cheng Wei walked out of the yard, but he didn't leave, just stood outside and smoked.

Qi Jingran's surprise was something he didn't expect at all.

When Qi Jingran was first used, his situation was difficult. At that time, there were no suitable people around him.

When he learned that Qi Jingran was the daughter of his father's subordinates, he didn't plan to tell her about her background, but wanted to wait for everything to calm down before telling her. But later, when he saw that she was fooling around with others and willing to fall, he was angry and told her.

For a long time after Qi Jingran's death, he was thinking that if he had concealed the matter, then now, all this must be fine. No matter how willing Qi Jingran is, at least, he is still alive.

In any case, he is responsible for Qi Jingran's death. In the end, it was he who failed to protect them.

It's not so much that he underestimated Qin Yang, it's better that he overestimated himself. He thought that no matter what the final result was, he would be able to arrange a way out for Zhou He. And in fact, he didn't.

Cheng Wei leaned heavily against the wall, looked up at the dim light of the street lamp in front of him, and took a big puff of cigarette. Occasionally, a pedestrian passed by, and his inquiring gaze fell on him, and he stood motionless, as if he were about to become a statue.

As the night wore on, and when people slept in the alley and quieted down, there was already a pile of cigarette butts at his feet. The lights in the house had gone out for some time, and he looked back for a long time before heading back to the yard next door.

Zhou He, who woke up the next day, was as usual, and he couldn't see the sharpness and hysteria of last night at all. She didn't want to see Cheng Wei again, so she simply packed her things and booked a ticket to Kyoto after just making a phone call to Shu Hua.

On the way to the airport, she called Li Peiyuan, and the call was from the landline in the old house. Li Peiyuan went out for a run, and it was his aunt who answered the call.

The aunt in the old house is still the same as the original aunt, and she is very happy when she learns that Zhou He has bought a ticket to go over. I asked about the flight and said that I would let the driver go to the airport and wait now. Li Peiyuan should not be back for a while after running, and she will tell him as soon as she returns.

Zhou He couldn't resist his aunt's enthusiasm, and hung up the phone after saying a few words. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile.

She bought a morning flight and arrived at the airport at noon. I thought it was the driver who came to pick her up, but when I came out, I found that it was Li Peiyuan who came over in person.

They haven't seen each other for more than a year, and Li Peiyuan is still the same as before. Hardly anything has changed.

He was dressed in a formal suit, and his face was as cold as ever, but it still attracted a lot of attention.

Zhou He didn't expect him to come to pick her up in person, he was a little uncomfortable, and said, "Little uncle, why are you here? Just let the driver come." ”

Li Peiyuan frowned when he saw that she was simply carrying a backpack, and quietly took the bag and said, "I'm fine today." When did you come back? Why didn't you call me in advance?"

Zhou He smiled and said, "It's been a few days since I came back, so I'll go back to Yucheng first." Aren't you busy, thinking about waiting to call you. ”

He was in a high position at a young age, and he was not busy. Now when I watch TV, I often see him. It's just that when he's on TV, he's often serious and cold, not like he's in private.

Li Peiyuan did not delve into this topic, and escorted her to the parking lot in the crowd. His car was parked at the entrance of the elevator, and when he got into the car, he gave her the snacks he bought on the road, and said, "Eat some mats first, and Auntie will make a big table of dishes for you to pick up the wind and wash the dust." Go back and eat more. ”

Zhou He hadn't touched sweets for a long time, and smiled in response, but didn't move.

Li Peiyuan started the car and drove the car out of the parking lot, then looked sideways at her and asked, "Do you still plan to go back?"

He knew everything about Zhou He's outside, and the two of them would call from time to time. He would also give her advice when she was in trouble occasionally.

Zhou He nodded and said, "I want to go back." It's just that I haven't come back for too long, so I'm back to see Aunt Qi. ”

Li Peiyuan knew about Qin Yang, Cheng Wei must have told her, and he also knew what she came back for this trip, nodded and didn't speak again.

The development here is fast, although it has only been a little more than a year, but the street scene has become unfamiliar. It can't be connected to the street scene when she was a child.

Zhou He looked sideways, slightly distracted.

Li Peiyuan drove quietly, and after a while, he asked, "Do you want to meet your Senior Brother Xu when you come back this time?"

It's rare for her to come back, and after coming back this time, I don't know how long it will take to come back.

Zhou He turned around, smiled, and said, "I want to see you." Xu Yuanning was married during her trip, she didn't have much contact with him, and she barely made phone calls after she changed her number, and the only contact was occasional emails. But she rarely goes online, and even if she sends an email, she doesn't see it until much later.

She paused slightly, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Uncle, is Senior Brother Xu doing well?"

Although Xu Yuanning is married, he does not mention his wife in the occasional email exchange. The only thing Zhou He knew was that they were married. Nothing else is known.

Li Peiyuan sighed and said, "I don't know very well, it should be fine." The two of them perform their own duties, and they don't meet Xu Yuanning much, and they occasionally meet on important occasions. Just a simple pleasantries.

Xu Yuanning's wife, he has only met once at the wedding. I haven't heard any bad rumors.

After he finished speaking, he thought for a moment and said, "You have a good rest today, and then call him tomorrow to invite him out for a reunion." I'll have people make a reservation. ”

Zhou He didn't plan to stay here for a long time, so he nodded and said hello.

Li Peiyuan asked about the trivial things in her life and work. Let her know if she needs help.

Zhou He smiled and nodded.

When I went back, my aunt had already prepared a large table of dishes, and when she saw Zhou He, she was distressed and said that she was dark and thin. I told her to eat more.

Zhou He couldn't resist his aunt's enthusiasm at all, and the bowl soon became a hill.

After eating and sitting for a while, Li Peiyuan asked Zhou He to rest. She woke up early this morning, didn't sleep well last night, and her brain was groggy. She didn't refuse, and went upstairs.

She hadn't been here in a long time, but her room was still there. Even the furnishings were the same as when she came over.

Zhou He couldn't help but be stunned.

The aunt came up with her and said softly: "You will have to come back often in the future, you are outside, Mr. Xiao Li has always been worried about you." She sighed and said, "Mr. Xiao Li is not young, but he always refuses to get married. For this matter, Mr. Da Li didn't know how many times he lost his temper when he came over, but he still went his own way. Only you and Mr. Xiao Li can talk a few words in this family, you must persuade him well. ”

Zhou He came back to his senses and said hello.

The aunt soon left, and she lay in bed, but she couldn't sleep. I don't know why, she remembered what Li Peiyuan told her about the girl when she was studying abroad. Zhou He's heart was heavy for a while, and he lay motionless.

She was still too tired, she didn't know when she had fallen asleep. When I woke up, it was already evening, and the glow outside lit up half of the sky.

The phone kept ringing, and when she woke up, her brain was a little dull, and she picked it up after a while.

The call was from Xu Mingze, and Zhou He didn't know what was wrong with him, so he immediately picked it up and called Dr. Xu.

Xu Mingze has been busy during this time, and it was not until today that he saw a nurse bring a child to the hospital that he knew that it was a holiday.

He took off his glasses on the bridge of his nose and wiped them, and asked, "It's a holiday, when do you plan to come here for a review?"

Zhou He didn't expect him to call for this at all, and said honestly: "I'm not in D City right now." ”

Xu Mingze on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment and asked, "Then where are you?"

Zhou He didn't hide it from her, and said, "Here in Kyoto, it's a bit of a matter to come back." ”

It was inconvenient for Xu Mingze to ask more about her private affairs, so he nodded. As if something suddenly occurred to him, he asked, "When will you be back?"

Although Zhou He didn't plan to stay here for long, the itinerary was not set yet. He said: "It's not decided yet, it should be just a few days." ”

Xu Mingze groaned on the other end of the phone and said, "I just happened to be going to Kyoto to attend a seminar in the next few days, can I call you then?"

Zhou He didn't expect that he was about to come here so coincidentally, but he helped so much that he couldn't even invite him to a serious meal, so he said hello. Said to ask him to come over and call her in advance, and he went to pick him up at the airport.

Xu Mingze said no, saying that he arranged a car to pick him up at the airport. Let her go to the hotel at that time and meet and have a meal together. If the itinerary is similar, let's go back to City D together.

Zhou Ji did not refuse, and responded with a good word.

After saying this, the two of them couldn't find anything to say, Xu Mingze simply asked her about her recent life, and he hung up the phone when someone called him over there.

After making a phone call, Zhou He was much more sober and went downstairs after a simple wash in the bathroom.

Downstairs is quiet, and the aunt is busy in the kitchen. I didn't see Li Peiyuan's figure.

Zhou He quickly walked to the kitchen door, and the aunt saw her with a smile on her face and asked, "Wake up." You will be able to eat in a while. Your little uncle has something to do when he goes out, so he shouldn't be back for dinner tonight. ”

Zhou He nodded and asked Auntie if there was anything she needed help with. casually asked Li Peiyuan what was going on.

The aunt didn't know either, saying that it should be a business matter. The focus of Li Peiyuan's life is on business, and he rarely hears that he wants to go out to party with friends or something.

Auntie quickly brought this matter over and asked Zhou He what he wanted to eat tomorrow. She went out early tomorrow morning to buy groceries. The ingredients that go out in the morning are fresh.

Zhou He now let her not have to be so troublesome, just eat a little. and said that he would eat out tomorrow night, so that his aunt didn't have to prepare dinner.

When Li Peiyuan came back, it was already late, and Zhou He had slept during the day, but he hadn't fallen asleep at this time. She had wanted to get up and ask if she wanted something to eat. But when I heard my aunt talking, I didn't get up again.

Li Peiyuan went to work the next day, and at breakfast time told Zhou He that he had made an appointment with Xu Yuanning and his wife to eat together in the evening, and the place had been booked, and he asked the driver to come to his home to pick up Zhou He at night. and let Zhou He go out for a walk if he has nothing to do.

Zhou Hecheng responded, but did not go out. has been staying in Li Peiyuan's study.

The collection of books in his study is varied, and he seems to have a habit of collecting newspapers, and there is a corner dedicated to newspapers, which are stacked thickly.

Zhou He took one and looked at it, and all he collected were newspapers on politics and people's livelihood. Occasionally, there is also the business community.

Zhou He flipped through it, and suddenly remembered Qin Yanglai.

Cheng Wei said that Qin Yang committed suicide, but until now, she feels that something is not true. She couldn't imagine that someone like Qin Yang would commit suicide.

She didn't want to think about it, and she didn't delve into it. Although I felt a little incredible, I was stunned for a while, and quickly put this matter behind me.

probably saw that her clothes were too simple, and the driver had not come over in the afternoon. Qin Yang arranged for someone to bring clothes to the door for her to try. People came to the door, and she naturally couldn't shirk it, so she chose a simple match under the advice of people.

When she finished picking and changing, the driver came. Tell Zhou He that he is sending her over now, and Li Peiyuan is already on the way to the past.

Zhou Hecheng responded and followed him out of the door.

When she passed, Li Peiyuan had already arrived, and she was talking to the waiter. Seeing that Zhou He asked the waiter to serve a snack first, he let people go down. pulled out a chair for Zhou He to sit down, poured her a cup of tea, looked at the time, and then said, "It's about six o'clock, your Senior Brother Xu, they should be there for a while." ”

Zhou He nodded and snorted.

There was still half an hour before the appointed time, and I originally thought that Xu Yuanning would come later, but the waiter's snack had just come up, and he actually came.

He changed his clothes after work and came over in a hurry, went into the private room and called Ah He, and said hello to Li Peiyuan, then looked at Zhou He again and asked, "Why don't you come over and talk to me?"

Zhou He smiled and said, "Didn't you already say it?" She remembered that Li Peiyuan was talking about Xu Yuanning and his wife, looked outside, and asked, "Didn't my sister-in-law come over?"

Xu Yuanning was more or less uncomfortable, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea in disguise, and said, "She's not here, I'll come over directly." Leave her alone, we eat ours. ”

She was clearly unwilling to continue on the subject, so she shifted the subject away from something else.

Zhou He originally wanted to ask again, but he didn't find a chance later. When the dishes were served, I had to put this topic aside.

I haven't seen it for a long time, so naturally I have to drink some wine. Xu Yuanning asked Zhou He about being at school, and Zhou He picked something interesting and said.

After saying that, most of the time it was the two of them who spoke. Most of the chatters were about the current problems, and Zhou He couldn't interject, so he buried his head in eating.

Although he was talking to Xu Yuanning, Li Peiyuan did not forget to give her vegetables. When he sees what she eats and eats more, he will move to her.

Halfway through the meal, the door of the private room was suddenly pushed open. Before Zhou He could react, a girl carrying a limited-edition bag walked in.

Xu Yuanning saw that her face changed slightly, and soon stood up quietly and asked, "Why are you here?"

The girl ignored him, called Uncle Xiao Li with a smile on her face, and then snorted and said, "Uncle Xiao Li obviously invited me too, and I didn't just invite you." After she finished speaking, she made a look of grievance and said, "Uncle Xiao Li, you have to talk about Xu Yuanning." He's not a man! I just waited on the road for a while, and he didn't even wait for me to come directly. If my aunt hadn't told me that he had come, I wouldn't have believed he had left me. ”

She crackled like pouring beans, Xu Yuanning couldn't help but rub her eyebrows, and asked the waiter to add dishes and chopsticks. Pull out a chair and let her sit down.

Zhu Jian didn't pay attention to her at all, his eyes fell on Zhou He's body, sat down directly beside her, and said with a smile: "You are Ahe, right? I heard Xu Yuanning talk about you." ”

She is lively and has shallow dimples on her face when she laughs. She wasn't very old, she looked like she was only twenty-two or three.

Zhou He couldn't guess who she was, with a smile on his face, and called his sister-in-law.

I don't know if no one called it that or what, Zhu Key's face turned red all of a sudden. whispered: "My name is Zhu Key, you can call me Zhu Key." I have nothing to do with Xu Yuan. ”

This is childish. Zhou He couldn't help laughing and said, "That's not good, Senior Brother Xu will beat me." ”

"He didn't dare. Zhu Jian said domineeringly.

Zhu Jian is like a little demon king, Xu Yuanning has no way to take her. didn't pay attention to her, and after serving her a bowl of chicken soup, he continued the topic with Li Peiyuan just now.

Zhu Jian and Zhou He muttered about Xu Yuanning on the side, complaining that Xu Yuanning was boring, saying that he was like a wooden man, and he wouldn't give her any surprises even on his wedding anniversary.

Although it is a complaint, it is like a child angry. After saying a few words, she asked Zhou He if there was anything she wanted to go, and she took her to go shopping.

She's idle anyway, and she eats and drinks all day long.

There are a lot of words to wish the key, just like a child's imagination. Talking about a lot of interesting things.

She was a little drunkard, and while Xu Yuanning was not paying attention, she poured wine and drank it herself.

Zhou He didn't know how much she was drinking, and it wasn't until he noticed that her cheeks were crimson and her words became nagging.

I can't drink enough, but I love to drink secretly. The family didn't even dare to put alcohol in it. Xu Yuanning couldn't help but have a headache when he thought that she would get drunk in front of her. I called the driver to drive over and take Zhu Jian home.

Zhu Jian was not drunk one by one, and took Zhou He's hand to have a few drinks with her. In the end, Xu Yuanning carried her away directly.

When he got into the car, Zhu Jian didn't know whether he kicked Xu Yuanning or what, Zhou He rarely saw the angry Senior Brother Xu, and couldn't help but laugh slightly.

She knew that the relationship between the two was good.

Xu Mingze came faster than expected, and came over on the afternoon of the third day. He didn't call Zhou He before getting on the plane, but after getting off the plane and arriving at the hotel.

The hotel they stayed in was not very far away, and Zhou He said hello to his aunt and said that he had something to go out and took a taxi over.

When she passed, Xu Mingze had already packed up, took a shower and changed clothes. Seeing Zhou He's simple greetings, he said, "Let's go out to eat?" I don't know what to eat, just call the shots." ”

Zhou He knew that he was not coming alone, so he asked if he wanted to call his colleagues along. Xu Mingze said no, saying that they wanted to rest, and they would order takeout by themselves later.

He has something to do tomorrow, and he needs to rest tonight. Zhou Ji didn't take him far. She didn't know what flavors he liked, so when she asked him, he said he wasn't a picky eater, and after much deliberation, she took him to a local restaurant.

They were lucky, and when they went, they only had one last private room. The waiter led them into the private room, served the menu, and quickly went down after ordering.

Zhou He poured tea for Xu Mingze and asked, "How many days are you going to stay here?"

Xu Mingze thought for a moment and said, "Let the hospital come over for a week." But it should only be busy for the first two days. If you're not in a hurry to go back, can you take me for a walk here? I've been here before, but I've come and gone in a hurry, and I've never been anywhere. ”

Zhou He can be regarded as half of the host, so naturally he can't shirk it. After answering the sentence, he said that he would go back and list the nearby attractions, see which places he wanted to go, and then go together when the time came.

Xu Mingze agreed, and politely said that he was bothering her.

Zhou He smiled slightly and asked him not to be polite.

The dish didn't take long to come up, and Xu Mingze was indeed not a picky eater. He must have been hungry and had eaten quite a bit. Zhou He breathed a sigh of relief.

Before the meal was finished, Zhou He's mobile phone rang.

She smiled apologetically and said a few phone calls. When he took out his mobile phone, he found that the call was from Li Peiyuan. She picked it up and called her uncle.

Li Peiyuan seemed to be driving and asked, "Auntie said that you have something to do outside, I just finished busy, where am I stopping by to pick you up." ”

His tone was flat.