Night fell quietly.

In the small private room of a Chinese restaurant, there were six or seven home-cooked dishes on the table, Liu Qing was feasting on a greasy mouth, and opposite, Fang Lan had already stopped his chopsticks, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and looked at him unkindly.

"Sister, I just accidentally said that I missed my mouth, you don't have to look at me with this kind of eyes all the time, it's been an afternoon, in fact, I'm also helping you." After nibbling on a chicken leg, Liu Qing took the time to look at Fang Lan, what was the latter's angry appearance, of course he understood in his heart, so he had to sigh.

"Oh, you're kind, so I still have to thank you. Fang Lan said with a smile.

"That's not necessary, we are cousins, and the younger brother contributes to the lifelong happiness of the elder sister, and that is how it should be. Liu Qing shook his hand generously, picked up a piece of salt and pepper strips and sent it to his mouth, suddenly thought of something, and stopped at his mouth: "Sister, don't blame me for not reminding you, I took a closer look today, the one surnamed Ye is a fragrant dumpling, the two women in your security department know that something is wrong when they look at him, and your best friend Miss Wu, you can be careful, the relationship between men and women is the first thing to do." After saying that, the strip went into his mouth.

Hearing this, a touch of shame flashed in Fang Lan's eyes, and then a thoughtful look appeared on his face, and it took a long time before he shook his head with a faint sadness: "Don't worry about my business, but you, you have been practicing martial arts all these years, you are not afraid of being out of touch with society, this shipping mission is going abroad again, back and forth for twelve days, don't cause me any trouble." ”

"Don't worry, you usually go online, you and I are isolated, besides, I am a congenital powerhouse, if I get into any trouble, can I still suffer?" Liu Qing snorted, his childish dissatisfaction was slightly inconsistent with his actual age, and stretched comfortably.

"Hmph, if you don't lose the bet this morning, it's called Ye Ning Dadu, don't worry about you, otherwise you will really be called 'grandpa'." Fang Lan said disdainfully.

"He dares, I am his future brother-in-law. Liu Qing yelled around his neck, causing Fang Lan to be ashamed for a while, and he almost smashed a teacup when he raised it.

"You give me more nonsense, see if I don't fix you. ”

Liu Qing shrunk his neck, and then changed his bitter gourd face, which was quite shocked: "Sister, to tell you the truth, that person surnamed Ye is really quite perverted, and I am convinced if I lose to him." Suddenly, he smiled again: "But that's right, if he is too mediocre, how can he let you look at it, even if you can see it, auntie, aunt-in-law will not agree, by the way, sister, the news of your internal injury healing, I haven't told the family yet." ”

"You dare to talk too much in front of your parents, be careful that I tear your mouth. Fang Lan put down the teacup, glanced at him with threatening eyes, hesitated slightly, and said in a quiet voice: "Liu Qing, I said I can catch up with him?"

Hearing this inexplicable question, Liu Qing was stunned at first, but after coming to his senses, he didn't always open his eyes and say nonsense, changed color and changed a bit, and smiled bitterly.

A congenital powerhouse who is less than twenty-five years old, the power of one punch is more than a ton, if Fang Lan hadn't delayed those years because of internal injuries, maybe there would still be a little chance, as for now, wouldn't it be self-deception to say that there is, after all, everyone's prime time for martial arts training is fixed, and there will be no difference of two years before and after.

Fang Lan found the answer from Liu Qing's expression, but he was not too surprised, he also smiled bitterly, with a bit of self-deprecation in his smile: "I joined the army at the age of nineteen, and after being idle for half a year after being discharged from the army, I joined Huayuan, and I worked as a security manager, unlike Kexin, who took the enterprise management route, except for being able to dance knives and guns, everything else started from scratch, don't you think the distance between me and him is too big?"

She has a very strong character since she was a child, otherwise a woman would not choose to be a soldier at the age of nineteen, or start from the hardest training scout, six years of military career, more than half of the time is spent on the border and in the mountains, the degree of hardship and danger can be imagined, but she has never surrendered, even after being seriously injured and discharged from the army, the dark time when the stubborn disease in her body led to the regression of the realm, she still gritted her teeth and competed with herself, however, Ye Ning's appearance made her feel powerless for the first time in her life.

It's not that she has to surpass Ye Ning competitively, but through the attention of the past few months, she has a strong feeling that as time goes by, the distance between her and this man will only get bigger and bigger, and it has nothing to do with whether she is confident or not, and it is an objective attitude to face reality.

This has become a knot in her heart.

Liu Qing frowned slightly: "Sister, this is not like you, although it is indeed difficult for you to surpass him in the future, it is still possible to gradually reduce the distance, after all, the further you go, the more difficult it is to improve the realm." ”

Fang Lan was like a boulder pressing on his shoulders, and sighed faintly: "You don't understand..."

Liu Qing was out of options, he didn't know how to enlighten him, after thinking about it, he took out a bottle of liquid medicine from his pocket and handed it to Fang Lan: "Sister, no matter what, it's always wrong to give up, you have to have confidence in yourself, this is a good thing, the grade is almost equivalent to ordinary second-grade medicinal materials, I saved a bottle when I broke through, just as I gave you your sponsorship." ”

A different color flashed in Fang Lan's eyes, and he looked at a small bottle of the blue medicinal liquid that was blended intently, and after a while, he handed it back: "You keep it for yourself, it is equivalent to a second-grade medicinal material, even if you enter the innate stage now, it will definitely be of great benefit, don't let down your uncle, the second aunt's expectations of you." ”

Liu Qing shook his head resolutely: "Sister, this was originally left for you by me, when you were seriously injured, I had a big fight with my family, but grandpa is an old antique, otherwise, your internal injuries may not have a little hope..."

Fang Lan saw Liu Qing's expression of indignation, and a warm current flowed in his heart, so he didn't refuse again, and after putting away the medicine bottle, he joked: "Then treat it as if your cousin owes you, and you will have a chance to pay it back in the future." ”

"That's not easy, cousin, you find a capable brother-in-law, when the time comes, maybe grandpa will ask for your head, I want to see how he pulls down that old face." ”

Hearing Liu Qing's somewhat angry words, Fang Lan really couldn't cry or laugh, in fact, she didn't have a grudge against the Liu family's "seeing death and not saving" back then, after all, this relative was a little farther away, and even if the Liu family agreed to help, the chance of healing was less than fifty percent.

"Sister, you promise me one thing. ”

Fang Lan saw that Liu Qing suddenly became serious, and nodded subconsciously.

"Sister, you have never admitted defeat since you were a child, this is the first time I have heard you say that you like a man, no matter how big the distance between you is, you must not admit defeat easily. ”

When Fang Lan heard this, he was embarrassed, pretending to be annoyed and angry, got up and walked up, grabbed Liu Qing's ear, and didn't stop until the latter begged for mercy, and then sat back in his place, he didn't say much, his eyes were biased to the street of Hongliu Road outside the window, his eyes gradually blurred, and at the same time he said to himself in his heart: I won't admit defeat.

(End of chapter)