At around five o'clock, Zhou Wei went back to pick up Chang'an in advance, and arrived at Zhou's house before six o'clock.

"Grandpa, Dad, Mom..." Chang An still called very obediently, and handed over the gifts prepared in advance.

"Grandpa, I wish you happiness like the East China Sea and longevity than Nanshan!"

The old man was naturally very happy, and opened the gift box, which was a set of purple clay pot tea sets, with exquisite and meticulous workmanship, and it was a good thing at a glance.

"Just because I heard you say that you like this last time, Chang An specially asked the Yixing master to order it. Zhou Wei reminded with a smile next to him.

The old man likes it even more.

"Good, good, sensible!"

Liu Shulan next to her took a closer look at a set of things in the box, although she didn't understand much, she could see that it was a high-quality product, so she suppressed her voice and asked, "It's expensive, right?"

Chang An didn't understand the meaning of her words for a while, and only said, "Grandpa just likes it!"

The old man was even more comfortable when he heard it, "I like it, I like everything Xiao An buys, let's go and eat!" He sat down with a cane in one hand and Chang An in the other.

Liu Shulan didn't say anything when she saw this, she only glanced at Zhou Xian, and muttered to Zhou Shiqing next to her: "It's all here, why don't you know how to save a little bit when you spend money, this kid!"

Zhou Shiqing's eyes cooled and motioned for her not to make a sound.

The family was seated, and the babysitter began to serve the food.

Since the trial of the case, this is the first time Chang An has gone back to Zhou's house for dinner, and he is a little uneasy.

"Where's the stars!" Zhou Shiqing asked suddenly.

The old man snorted, "I don't see anyone all day, and I don't know how to come back early on this kind of day?" He has always been very dissatisfied with Zhou Xin's style, and he has never concealed it, but Liu Shulan protects his daughter in his heart.

"I just called her, and I'm already on my way, isn't it half past six yet, wait!"

As soon as the words fell, the sound of cars came from outside the door, and the movement of kicking and clattering high heels came from far and near.

"Sorry, am I late again?"

Zhou Xin walked in in a hurry, walked directly to Zhou Fushan, hugged the old man's neck from behind and shook it.

"Grandpa, I wish you a good old age, a good year!"

The old man was so shaken by her that he couldn't bear it, and pushed: "Go, go, the bones are going to be scattered by you!"

"Don't, grandpa, you are old and strong, how can you be so easy to disperse!"

Liu Shulan on the other side was half-scolded and half-laughed: "Hurry up and let go, it's not big or small!"

Zhou Xin stuck out his tongue and threw his hand, took out a box from his bag and put it in front of Zhou Fushan.

"For you, a gift!"

The old man was still a little angry, but he was coaxed by her like this, and half of his anger disappeared.

"If you have a heart, hurry back and sit!"

Zhou Xin walked quickly to Liu Shulan's side, and when he looked up, he just saw Chang An and Zhou Wei sitting diagonally opposite him.

"Brother, little sister-in-law!"

Zhou Wei responded, and Chang An replied with a smile: "The road is quite congested, right?"

"Yes, it's the weekend, it's blocked, you and my brother are losing early. ”

"yes, it's early. ”

It was purely an embarrassing conversation, but fortunately, Zhou Xin didn't break it up much.

It was supposed to be an extremely lively birthday, but because the previous case was very simple, the atmosphere was not very good, and even a little depressing, even Zhou Xin, who is usually good at mobilizing the atmosphere, didn't talk much, and everyone naturally didn't make a proposal very interestingly.

Dinner was finished in this seemingly tacit but slightly depressed rhythm, but as soon as he put down the chopsticks, Chang An was called to the study by the old man.

"Grandpa, do you want to play chess with you?"

Chang An went to the cabinet to get the chessboard as usual, but was stopped by the old man.

"I'm not playing chess today, come, sit there, talk to me. The old man took his cane and pointed to the wooden chair opposite.

Chang An's mind was already clear, and he sat down.

"Lost weight?" Zhou Fushan came up and asked.

Chang An shook his head: "No." ”

"Do you still say no, I can't see it? Also, the recent succession of things, you have hidden your mind deeply, grandpa knows, it must be very hard. ”

After a few words, he didn't say anything specific, but Chang An felt that his throat was being pulled a little tighter.

"Hey, you kid... Some things actually have nothing to do with you, you don't have to care too much about other people's opinions, don't hide everything in your heart, you still have to say what you should say, you still have to be uncomfortable when you should be uncomfortable, I know you are sensible, but you can't carry everything alone, you can make money again when the money is gone, people are fine, and don't you have my grandson?

Chang An didn't reveal a word, but the old man just has the ability to get to the point every sentence.

Chang An's disguise for so long seemed to have been torn open by someone, and something couldn't be contained.

"Grandpa...", the voice that came out was already a little broken, and she didn't dare to say the next words at all.

The old man also seemed to hear the emotion, and leaned over and patted her on the shoulder.

"Okay, okay, I understand, come, don't talk about this, accompany grandpa to kill two games!"

Chang An was called away by his grandfather, Zhou Wei brought the computer with him, and there were still some things to do during the day, so he sat on the sofa and dealt with them every detail.

"Ah, busy?" Liu Shulan suddenly came over and brought a bowl of things in her hand.

Zhou Wei didn't look up, but answered.

Liu Shulan leaned over, the screen was full of dense drawings, she couldn't understand it, so she only put the bowl on the table.

"Rest for a while, drink this. ”

Zhou Wei swept his eyes, something black.

"What is this?"

"Cordyceps, for your body. ”

Zhou Wei frowned, he usually pays attention to fitness, but he really rarely eats these things.

"No need, I'm not used to eating!"

"Why can't you get used to eating, you look at your recent complexion, you have lost weight, my mother knows that you are busy, and it is estimated that you can't eat on time, and so many bad things have happened recently, Xiao An's girl is young and young, and she is usually pampered, I guess she won't take care of you..."

Listening to Liu Shulan's more and more talking, Zhou Wei was afraid of pulling out some more moths.

"Got it, you can put it here, I'll drink it when it's cold in a while. ”

Zhou Wei wanted to stop the conversation with this, but Liu Shulan sighed and simply sat down next to Zhou Wei.

"Anything else?"

"Hey..."Liu Shulan's expression was sneering, she thought about it, and asked half-concealedly, "Xiao An's case this time, did it cause your company's business to suffer a lot of losses?"

Zhou Wei's original action of typing on the keyboard stopped, and he turned his head slightly.

"Who did you listen to?"

Looking unkind, Liu Shulan hurriedly rounded the field: "Is it really my mother who doesn't understand anything? Besides, this matter is known to everyone, the inheritance left by Xiao An's mother before her death was the stolen money of corruption and bribery, and she was found out when she invested in your company, and now you will definitely be implicated if it is like this, you don't say that someone outside also told me, and your father failed to get promoted this time because of her mother's case." ”

Zhou Shiqing has been the deputy mayor for several years, and this year the mayor will be transferred, and the new mayor candidate will be promoted from one of several deputy positions, originally Zhou Shiqing's voice was the highest, but because of Xue Bing's case, he has already been talked to, which means that he may have to be replaced.

Zhou Wei also knew about this before, but he was afraid that Chang An would be sensitive, so he kept it a secret and never said it, but now that Liu Shulan suddenly mentioned it, he stiffened his face.

"One yard to one yard, Dad never said this in front of her, don't mention it again!"

"Okay, okay, I don't want to mention this, but what about your company? I heard Xingxing say that this time is very troublesome, after the case is decided, no bank is willing to lend to you, and it may lead to the collapse of the company, isn't that so?" Liu Shulan is also very anxious, after all, it is her son's hard-earned career, don't have nothing and have to bear a lot of debts when the time comes.

Zhou Wei's eyes were cold, and he didn't answer, but he reached out and took the bowl, and drank all the medicinal juice in the bowl in one gulp.

"Okay, I can still deal with the company's affairs, you play mahjong and drink tea, don't torture these if you have nothing to do, let's go, I'll take her back when I'm done!"

Zhou Wei put the empty bowl in front of Liu Shulan, and his face was already very ugly.

Liu Shulan swallowed, she didn't feel good in her heart, but she couldn't say anything more.

After the person left, Zhou Wei fell on the computer screen again, but he couldn't do anything anymore, his brain sank hard, and the pressure of days was like a mountain above his head.

Chang An stood in the corridor not far away, and the man in the living room was half-hanging, with one hand on his knee and the other pinching his eyebrows.

He was really tired, although he didn't say a word when he came back, but she could feel it, just like now, he was facing her sideways in the dim light, although he couldn't see the specific appearance, but she was sure that he had black green under his eyes, and his eyes must be full of red bloodshots.

In addition to project and financial pressure, he also has to face company employees, banks, door-to-door debt collectors, and most importantly, he has to take care of her emotions from time to time.

Chang An stared at the silhouette, and suddenly wanted to walk over and give him a hug, they were difficult for each other, but they should support each other more, but Chang An just wanted to walk over, and someone suddenly came down upstairs.

"Brother..."

Chang An's footsteps stopped, Zhou Xin had already taken the lead in walking to the living room, she should have just finished exercising, with a towel hanging around her neck, a black tight quick-drying suit on top, a sweetheart collar and an open-waisted style, and yoga shorts underneath, lined with convex and backward curves, long legs and thin waist, and a little vest line could be faintly seen.

"What are you busy with?"

Zhou Xin wiped his sweat and came to the front of Zhou Xin's computer, Zhou Xin rubbed his face, pointed to the things on the computer and said a few words to her.

Zhou Xin frowned and looked at it, "There seems to be a bit of a problem in this place, the exhaust shaft and stairwell should try to avoid the landscape axis, otherwise it will reduce the value of the residence, and the cost of the underground garage can actually be properly controlled, especially the independent basement, which should adopt the structural form of beamless floor and supporting plate and column cap......"

Chang An gradually retreated, and in the shadow of the corridor, she leaned against the cold wall, and the sound of the two communicating not far away flickered and flickered.

It was almost ten o'clock when I returned from Zhou's house.

Zhou Wei drove and used the gap between the red lights to shake Chang An's hand, her hand was a little cold, and Zhou Wei didn't let go of it.

"What's wrong, I didn't listen to you all the way back!"

Chang An watched him wrap his fingers little by little, and an indescribable emotion slowly overflowed in his heart.

"Nothing, just a little tired. ”

"Then go back and rest early!"

"Hmm. ”

Chang An was indeed a little tired, so he went upstairs directly after getting home, and Zhou Wei came up with a cup of warm milk a few minutes later.

"I still have some things to do, you can go to bed after drinking milk!"

At that time, Chang An was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror to tie her hair, biting the hair ring in her mouth, and answered vaguely, but when she tied her hair, Zhou Wei was still standing there.

"Didn't you say you were going to do something?" she asked.

Zhou Wei walked over and circled her from behind.

"Chang'an..."

The sudden intimacy made Chang An's body stiffen, but he quickly relaxed, and his arm was also clasped on his hand around his lower abdomen.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just want to hug you!" his lips and teeth pressed against the root of Chang An's ear, and he murmured, and his voice was gentle and sexy for no reason.

Chang An seemed to soften his body all of a sudden, leaning back against his chest, and in the mirror was a pair of overlapping figures, and the two of them stood there tightly.

At this point, there is no need for words at all, and feeling each other's breath and body temperature is more than anything else.

The two of them stood in this position for several minutes, like a healing process.

"Okay, it's not too early, you have something to do quickly, don't delay until late every day. In the end, Chang An broke the pattern first.

Zhou Wei was finally willing to stand up straight.

"Got it, then you go to sleep first. ”

"Good!"

As she spoke, the person behind her leaned over and gnawed on her neck, Chang An shrunk his shoulders to dodge, turned around and pushed the person away.

"Let's go, rub it out here!"

Zhou Wei just left, but when he walked outside the door, he leaned in again, and pointed to the cup of warm milk at the head of the bed, "Remember to drink it before going to sleep!"

"Got it, it's verbose like an old mother!"

Angry Zhou Wei glared at her, and finally closed the door and left, until the footsteps on the stairs disappeared, Chang An slowly sat on the bed, the glass of milk was not cold, she took it and held it in her hand, and soon the warm touch spread from the palm of her hand to her body.

Chang An was so fortunate at that moment, if everything she had suffered recently was the pain she had to endure in her life, then at least fate favored her to have him by her side at such a difficult time.

……

Chang An was woken up by the WeChat ringtone on the morning of the second day, and Zhou Wei had already gone to work at that time, she touched her mobile phone in a daze, but when she opened it, it was Chang Jiahui's avatar.

"Sister, do you have time? I want to have a meal with you. ”

There was an interval of almost three months, this was the first time the two contacted after the case was exposed, Chang An couldn't describe his mood at the time, but his fingers trembled a little when he replied.

She edited word by word on the screen: "Okay, how about noon?"

The two finally made an appointment at the seafood restaurant where they had dinner together last time, which was downstairs from the office where Chang Jiahui worked.

Chang An arrived on time and walked into the store, probably because of lunch time, and the attendance rate was quite high.

Chang An swept around, but he didn't find anyone, but he heard a shout: "Sister, where is this!" Looking for prestige, I saw Chang Jiahui sitting on the edge of the table next to the bed and waving to her, just like the scene of every dinner appointment before, it seemed that nothing had changed, but Chang An actually had the illusion of being in a different world.