Just as he was thinking about how to leave, Ye Weizhou noticed that in the back seat of the car behind Zhong An, there was a little girl.

The little girl was wearing a pine-colored cheongsam and combing two braids, and was sitting quietly in the car. A few months ago, the foreigner rag doll that Ye Weizhou saw in the car downstairs in the Zhao family garden is now being held in the arms of this little girl.

The little girl looked intently in the direction where Zhong An was, her lips pursed slightly, and her eyes were full of expectant joy.

Ye Weizhou looked at her, and she was also looking over.

Ye Weizhou unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth and showed a smile. The little girl in the car was obviously stunned for a moment when she saw this smile, and then seemed a little nervous, hurriedly turned her face away, and quickly rolled up the window.

Don't like her?

Ye Weizhou's heart was a little hurt.

Zhong An looked at her thoughtfully.

The shopkeeper had already weighed two catties of chestnuts and called her: "Little girl, you want chestnuts!"

Zhong An also said to Ye Weizhou: "No, two catties of chestnuts." ”

He seems to have deliberately emphasized the word "two catties". This made Ye Weizhou a little embarrassed, but he still turned around decisively and went back and took the chestnut from the shopkeeper.

As soon as she took it, she didn't say a word and planned to leave.

The shopkeeper hesitated: "Girl, you haven't paid yet......"

Ye Weizhou reacted, reached out to touch the handbag, but didn't touch it all of a sudden.

However, Zhong An, who was beside him, took out two pieces of ocean without hurry, pressed them in front of the shopkeeper, and said slowly: "I paid for this young lady, I don't have to give change." Weigh me two pounds more. ”

The shopkeeper laughed attentively, quickly accepted the ocean, and quickly weighed the chestnuts for this handsome and generous boy, and respectfully held them up with both hands and presented them to him.

Walking to the side of the street, Ye Weizhou touched the silver dollar. She counted out a few pieces and handed them to him, saying, "Mr. Zhong, I'll give you back the money." ”

Zhong An only glanced at it, but didn't reach out to take it: "What?"

"Pay you back," Ye Weizhou glanced at him, "I don't want to owe you." ”

Zhong An smiled: "You don't owe me. ”

"I ......"

Ye Weizhou moved his lips to explain this matter clearly. Zhong An squinted his eyes at her again: "Miss Ye, you seem to want to draw a line with me, is it because you hate me?"

After a pause, he continued to ask, "Why?"

Ye Weizhou's eyes flashed slightly, as if he was avoiding something. Zhong An suddenly added, and his voice was very low: "Don't hate me." ”

Ye Weizhou choked, and didn't know what to say for a while.

After a moment of silence, the little girl in the car raised her hand and knocked on the window, and the driver also stood on the side of the road and said, "Mr. Zhong, it's time for us to go."

Zhong An nodded slightly to the driver, and then turned back to Ye Weizhou: "I still have something to do, I have to go first." Miss Ye, see you later. ”

Ye Weizhou let out a "hmm", his expression was a little complicated. Completely unconsciously, Ye Weizhou's gaze kept moving to the car with Zhong An.

Before the car drove away, Ye Weizhou saw that the little girl holding the chestnut in the back seat quietly turned around and looked at her more.

After Zhong An left, Ye Weizhou walked slowly along the street alone, she peeled chestnuts and thought of many years ago.

Because she remembered Zhong An, she even remembered the brilliant daylight that day, the good coffin, and the people who knelt in front of the coffin and wept. She remembered the smell of fat powder all over her nose, and the coldest expression she had ever seen.

Although it was ten years ago, he has changed a lot compared to ten years ago, but his expression of rejection at that time has been engraved into her heart since then, and the scar left behind has not been erased until now.

She didn't like him a lot, it was true.

However, the person who has a low voice, a smile on his face, and words like "don't hate me" is really the indifferent teenager who seemed to change his face ten years ago?

Ye Weizhou frowned and chewed the chestnut harder.

That night, because he ate a big bowl of rice after eating two catties of chestnuts, Ye Weizhou ate very well, and in addition, because he was thinking about many miscellaneous things, Ye Weizhou couldn't sleep well.

She spent the whole night, and she couldn't sort out this mood about Zhong An.

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Half a month later, the "patriot" Zhao Tianqing returned to the Jianghaiguan Building. He pinched the time to come back very accurately, it was five o'clock in the afternoon, the time of the end of work at Jianghaiguan.

As soon as he came back, he found Ye Weizhou.

When he broke into the office of the Taxation Division, Ye Weizhou had just finished packing up the last pile of declarations, and was talking and laughing with Ryosuke Tanaka.

Zhao Tianqing couldn't speak Japanese, and seeing that they were engaged in chatting, it was not easy to disturb. He could only stand on the side and wait.

Ryosuke Tanaka was the first to notice Zhao Tianqing. He took the initiative to stop and asked, "Miss Ye, is this your friend?" As he spoke, he pointed to Zhao Tianqing next to him.

Ye Weizhou looked over and finally saw the visitor.

"Ah, yes," after saying it to Ryosuke Tanaka in Japanese, Ye Weizhou changed his Chinese and asked Zhao Tianqing, "What's wrong, is there something wrong?"

"It's not a big deal, it's just that I haven't seen you for a long time, and I want to invite you to play on Ansi Road. ”

"What are you doing there? There haven't been any big parties lately, and I don't play snooker. Ye Weizhou didn't understand.

Ansi Road generally refers to the customs Chinese club of Jianghai Customs, because the address is No. 10, Lane 497, Ansi Road, so many people call its club "Ansi Road".

This customs club was founded by Ding Guitang, deputy chief tax secretary of the General Taxation Department, and many employees of Jiangxi Customs will go to the club in their free time to take a look, hold parties, give speeches, play snooker billiards, and so on.

Ye Shenxing didn't like to go to the club very much, and this habit affected Ye Weizhou, so that she didn't like to go to that place either.

However, Zhao Tianqing likes it very much.

Hearing Ye Weizhou say that, Zhao Tianqing grabbed his hair: "Who said that you must go to a party or play snooker? After all, it is a Chinese club, and it is also interesting for us to just sit there." ”

Regarding his remarks, Ye Weizhou was silent for a moment, and then asked sincerely: "Zhao Tianqing, can't you find a reason to convince me?"

Zhao Tianqing laughed dryly.

Ye Weizhou asked him, "What are you going to do, why do you want me to go?"

Zhao Tianqing cleared his throat: "Didn't I go to a meeting these days? During the meeting, I met a little girl, who is also studying taxation and is currently studying at Shanghai Taxation College. ”

"And then?"

"Her uncle is a teacher at the Shanghai Taxation College, and you also know the old Xu who taught us tariffs. Today, I want to take the little girl to the club, so I plan to take a look. ”

Ye Weizhou understood what he meant, but he was still strange: "It's the little girl you like, if you want to go and see it, you will go too, what are you pulling me for?" In the past, you had no lack of experience in pursuing girls, but you have never seen you pull me." ”

"The problem is," Zhao Tianqing looked at her, "you used to be a very optimistic student of Lao Xu, and the little girl heard a lot about you, and told me that she would like to have the opportunity to meet you......

At this point, Ye Weizhou finally fully understood.

In fact, she wanted to refuse.

But Zhao Tianqing looked at her with blank eyes, and said the words of refusal, which was a little too cruel.

Ye Weizhou sighed: "Okay, I'll go with you." ”

After speaking, she turned to Ryosuke Tanaka next to her and said in Japanese: "Mr. Tanaka, I want to accompany my friend to a place, and we will see you tomorrow." ”

Ryosuke Tanaka nodded: "See you tomorrow, Miss Ye." ”

Zhao Tianqing looked at Ryosuke Tanaka thoughtfully several times.

After getting off the building, Zhao Tianqing suddenly said: "Weizhou, I think the Japanese just now is far less good than Mr. Zhong." If you want to get married one day, be sure to choose Mr. Chung. ”

After a pause, Zhao Tianqing said again: "My sister also thinks it's good for you to marry Mr. Zhong." My sister also said that Mr. Zhong likes ...... like you."

Inexplicably, Ye Weizhou's heart beat violently three times.

She quickly took a deep breath to adjust herself, and then asked in an unkind tone, "Zhao Tianqing, do you want me to say good things about you in front of the little girl?"

Zhao Tianqing instantly comprehended the meaning of her words, and immediately said, "I'm sorry, I was wrong!"

"But you, don't you tell me what kind of person that little girl is?" Ye Weizhou changed the topic, "What's her last name and what is her name?"

Zhao Tianqing told her: "Her surname is Lu, the Lu of Shuangkou Lu, is named Lu Xiang, Xiang of Xiangjiang." She has an older brother on top of her, who is married. She originally had an aunt, who was well-read and a celebrity in Shanghai, but unfortunately passed away earlier. Her family opened a textile factory, which seems to be called the 'Lui Brothers Textile Factory'. The factory was founded by her father in collaboration with her uncle, and has now been passed down to her brother. ”

Ye Weizhou was stunned for a moment, and many past events flooded into his mind in an instant.