Mai Xiuze thought that he had seen it wrong, and blinked his eyes fiercely, making sure that it was Tong Qiangqiang and Yan Xi who suddenly appeared in front of him, and his first reaction was to clarify to Han Lie in a panic and whisper: "I swear I really don't know how my little nephew and daughter-in-law are here!"

I almost didn't have two fingers up and swore to the sky.

However, Han Lie gave him an expressionless look, obviously not believing his explanation.

Mai Xiuze only felt that he had beeped the dog in his heart.

Outside the chapel where Tong Qiangqiang got married that day, he received a call from home to go home to attend the funeral. After returning from Australia, he was afraid that Han Lie, an old bachelor, would "not be able to think about it", so he took the opportunity of coming to the funeral to call Han Lie to the suburbs to relax. Who would have thought that Tong Qiangqiang and Yan Xi would "cross" here from Australia?

Mai Xiuze hurriedly got off the horse, flew directly over the railing with agility, trotted in front of Tong Qiangqiang and Yan Xi, and asked in confusion: "What are you ......?"

Tong Qiangqiang's gaze withdrew from the stalemate with Han Lie's gaze, and he heard Yan Xi's little uncle ask suspiciously, "Aze, do you know Yan Xi?"

Mai Xiuze and Yan Xi glanced at each other, but no one answered for a while.

In the end, it was Mai Xiuze who smiled at Yan Xi: "It turns out that we are relatives for a long time?"

He had already seen Tong Qiangqiang and Yan Xi's clothes in his eyes, and asked guessingly, "You are also here to attend the funeral of this old uncle?"

Yan Xi gave Tong Qiangqiang a somewhat innocent, helpless and apologetic look. Tong Qiangqiang naturally understood that he didn't know in advance that he would meet Mai Xiuze, let alone Han Lie.

He took the initiative to greet enthusiastically and was ignored by them, and Mai Xiuze was a little unhappy: "Mr. Yan won't forget things too much, so he won't remember me so soon, right?"

Yan Xi didn't deliberately not answer, not to mention that he chatted happily with Mai Xiuze on the topic of red wine in the wine cellar that day, and he had a good impression of Mai Xiuze, but the occasion was not very convenient at the moment, so he simply nodded: "I'm here to attend the funeral." ”

Where could Mai Xiuze hear that Yan Xi didn't want to talk to him here for the time being, and he didn't want to stick his hot ass with his love anymore, so he snorted twice from his nose and glanced at Tong Qiangqiang.

Tong Qiangqiang walked over from Mai Xiuze, and she lowered her eyes and stood beside Yan Xi without saying a word, looking like a quiet and obedient little wife.

Mai Xiuze knew that she was probably still angry with him, so he didn't say hello to her boringly, remembering that the lonely old Han was still thrown on the racetrack by him, and was ready to go back to continue to accompany him.

A man who looked like a butler hurried over at this moment. Leaned into Yan Xi's little uncle and whispered in his ear. The little uncle's expression changed slightly, and he said to Yan Xi: "Your eldest uncle seems to know the news of your return, and he is sending someone to invite you." ”

Tong Qiangqiang immediately felt Yan Xi's fingers tighten. Her heart was also raised by Yan Xi's subtle reaction, and it was not difficult to see from her uncle's expression that the eldest uncle had come to trouble Yan Xi.

She was a little scared.

From Yan Xi's hesitation before returning to Rongcheng, all the weirdness after coming here, plus Yan Xi's saying that his mother and grandfather have a disagreement, Tong Qiangqiang guessed that Yan Xi and his grandfather's relatives are afraid that they also have a disagreement.

"Yan Xi, let's get out of here. Tong Qiangqiang pulled Yan Xi in a panic.

Yan Xi had already recovered from the subtle reaction just now. From an angle that Tong Qiangqiang couldn't see, his eyes glanced at his little uncle a little coldly, and he was very unhappy that the little uncle said it directly in front of Tong Qiangqiang.

"Mr. Mai, please wait a moment. Yan Xi suddenly called Mai Xiuze.

Mai Xiuze froze his pace: "What's wrong?"

"Are you free now?"

"Nothing. That's why I'm running here. ”

Yan Xi bowed his head clearly, and then said: "I'm sorry, please don't leave yet, wait for me here for a while, I'll talk to Xiaoyin for a few words." ”

After speaking, Yan Xi took Tong Qiangqiang's shoulders and pulled her to stand aside slightly, his eyes had changed to his usual smile, and said, "Don't worry, it's okay." Didn't I tell you? This time, in addition to attending the funeral, there are some things my mom has left to take care of. My uncle came to me for this matter. ”

Tong Qiangqiang shook his head: "Don't lie to me. Shall we get out of here right away?"

"Xiaoyin, don't be nervous, relax. You look me in the eye. Yan Xi's palms pressed on her shoulders, leaning down to look at her: "I didn't lie to you. I really didn't lie to you. When did I lie to you?"

Tong Qiangqiang bit his lip.

Yan Xi rubbed the corners of her forehead: "Now that my uncle has come to invite me first, then I will go and handle things first." I just happened to run into Mr. Mai, you are old acquaintances, so stay with him first. It's huge, with a racetrack, tennis courts, a beauty club, and everything you need. I'll come back to you after talking to my uncle. ”

Tong Qiangqiang's eyelids jumped, and he grabbed Yan Xi's arm: "Why do you want to keep me again, I want to be with you!"

Yan Xi caged her in his arms and teased: "I knew that you would be so sticky to me after getting married, I should have married you earlier." ”

"I'm not kidding you. Tong Qiangqiang lightly slapped Yan Xi. Maybe her current behavior is unreasonable, but she just doesn't feel solid in her heart. She suddenly regretted that she respected Yan Xi too much to leave him private space, and she should have learned everything about his grandfather's side before she came!

"Okay, let's chat with Mr. Mai first, catch up, wait for me, I'll be back soon, huh?" Yan Xi gently coaxed.

Tong Qiangqiang was silent and did not agree immediately.

Yan Xi's expression was very helpless: "I promise, my uncle is not a jackal, tiger and leopard, and he will not swallow me." I'll come back to see you in one piece. When the time comes, you can scold as you like. As he spoke, he leaned into her ear, "Why don't you save some face for me now, don't you see that everyone is looking at us?"

Of course, Tong Qiangqiang knew that there were other people around.

She also knew that Yan Xi really insisted on not letting her follow this time.

Tong Qiangqiang stood on tiptoe and hugged his neck: "What is your secret?"

Yan Xihui hugged her: "I have no secrets from you." ”

Tong Qiangqiang let go of him, stood up, straightened his collar, and reluctantly said, "Come and pick me up early." ”

"Yes, Mrs. Yan. Yan Xi quietly breathed a sigh of relief, held Tong Qiangqiang's hand, and pulled her back to Mai Xiuze.

"Yo, the little couple's show of affection is over?"

Yan Xi ignored Mai Xiuze's yin and yang ridiculous ridicule, and said: "Mr. Mai, I have some things to deal with, I don't worry about Xiaoyin alone, and she is not familiar with this manor." Can you please take care of it for a while?"

Obviously not expecting Yan Xi to be like this, Mai Xiuze was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned his head and glanced in the direction where Han Lie was. However, only his horse was left on the side of the railing, and Han Lie had already ridden his own horse and continued to walk away at some point.

Mai Xiuze guessed that he couldn't stand the greasy crookedness between Tong Qiangqiang and Yan Xi, sighed secretly in his heart, and replied to Yan Xi with a hippie smile: "I don't have any trouble, the question is, can you rest assured that Miss Liang will be handed over to me to take care of?"

Tong Qiangqiang turned his face away when he heard this, and put on a look that he was not very willing to deal with him.

Seeing this, Mai Xiuze snorted and said to Yan Xi meaningfully: "You should train your wife well." She wasn't such an impolite temper before. ”

Yan Xi smiled: "I'm sorry. I spoiled her. ”

Mai Xiuze: "......"

Tong Qiangqiang's ears burned red, scratched Yan Xi's palm, and glanced at him.

Mai Xiuze coughed with a snort, and Yan Xi looked back at him: "Thank you Mr. Mai first." ”

Mai Xiuze hooked his lips: "You don't need to say it, let's do something real." ”

Yan Xi smiled knowingly: "What kind of red wine do you like, wait for me to send it to you when I go back." ”

Mai Xiuze's eyebrows suddenly fluttered.

Tong Qiangqiang was very distressed by Yan Xi's red wine, and said, "Actually, you don't need to ask him. I'm such a big person, I just need to walk around. ”

What she didn't say was. If you stay with Mai Xiuze, you will inevitably have to meet Han Lie.

"Yo yo yo, you're not happy, I haven't even disliked you. ”

Before Tong Qiangqiang continued to quarrel with Mai Xiuze, the little uncle who had been watching for a long time interjected to remind Yan Xi: "People are here." ”

In the distance, sure enough, they saw two tall men in long robes walking in their direction.

"Mr. Mai, please. Yan Xi finally said a word to Mai Xiuze and left with his uncle.

Tong Qiangqiang stood in place, watching Yan Xi and his uncle meet the two men halfway. Then, accompanied by the two men, they drifted apart, until they turned a corner and disappeared.

Her heart was inexplicably uneasy.

"Hey, your husband isn't very simple. Mai Xiuze, who was beside him, suddenly spoke.

Tong Qiangqiang glanced at Mai Xiuze when he heard this, but he didn't answer, and walked away.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Mai Xiuze called Tong Qiangqiang, "Didn't you hear your husband's words? ”

Tong Qiang Qiangpi smiled but didn't smile: "My understanding seems to be that he asked you to accompany me." ”

Mai Xiuze clasped his arms in his hands: "That's good." You go. But don't blame me for not reminding you, this isn't a place to run around. ”

These words made Tong Qiangqiang think of one thing and asked, "Where is this?"

Mai Xiuze: "......"

"Didn't your husband bring you here? You don't know where this is?"

Tong Qiangqiang pursed her lips - she hadn't had time to ask him properly.

Ten minutes later, Tong Qiangqiang followed Mai Xiuze and led the horse back to the stable. Han Lie, who was waiting for Mai Xiuze in the stable, was obviously stunned when he saw Tong Qiangqiang.

Tong Qiangqiang lowered his eyelids, his long eyelashes fell two shadows under his eyelids, pursed his lips, and heard Han Lie ask Mai Xiuze in a deep voice, "What's the matter?"

Mai Xiuze laughed thiefly: "Her husband has something to do and walks away, let me take care of her for a while." ”

Han Lie stopped talking and walked out.

Mai Xiuze hurriedly followed, not forgetting to call Tong Qiangqiang: "Let's go, go eat something with us first." The horse ran to death. ”

Walking out of the stable, turning left and right, there is an elevator, holding the elevator to the second floor, which is an empty glass room, looking out through the glass. It is able to take in the panoramic view of the entire horse farm. Of course, you can also see the courtyard where she was before.

The scale is quite large, three in and three out, with a back garden. The ancestral hall is in that back garden, and the exit at the other end of that back garden is connected to the racecourse here.

Walking towards the back of the glass house, through the door, there is a glass promenade that straddles a river. There is also glass under his feet, and when Leng Buding just stepped on it, he had the illusion of stepping on the air.

In fact, it is about three stories high, but this kind of glass floor, coupled with a slight fear of heights, is enough for Tong Qiangqiang to be soft.

Tong Qiangqiang only found out after taking a few steps, and suddenly froze in place, staring at the river under his feet, a little dizzy in front of his eyes, and he didn't even dare to turn back.

"What's wrong, why don't you leave?" Mai Xiuze's inquiring voice came out.

"I ...... I ......" Tong Qiangqiang swallowed, trying to condense the focus in front of her, and vaguely saw a figure walking back in front of her. She thought it was Mai Xiuze, and raised her hand to press on his arm, a little crying for help: "I, I'm afraid of heights." ”

"Don't look down there. She was responded to by a familiar deep voice.

Recognizing that it was Han Lie, Tong Qiangqiang subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand, but Han Lie was one step faster than her, clasped her wrist, pulled her to step away, and did not forget to remind her loudly: "Close your eyes." ”

Tong Qiangqiang just wanted to get rid of this hellish corridor as soon as possible, so he was not hypocritical, listened to Han Lie's words, closed his eyes and couldn't see it, and let Han Lie lead her away.

After walking for a while, Han Lie's deep voice came out again: "It's here, be careful of the steps." ”

Tong Qiangqiang stopped.

A loose hand.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Han Lie's back just disappearing behind a door he had pushed open.

"Have you seen enough?" Mai Xiuze's hand waved in front of Tong Qiangqiang, his expression meaningful.

Tong Qiangqiang glared at Mai Xiuze.

Mai Xiuze put his hands behind his head and followed Han Lie leisurely.

Tong Qiangqiang pursed his lips and walked inside.

It's like a banquet hall. There were already a lot of people inside, and it was clear from the plain dress that they were also here to attend the funeral. Han Lie and Mai Xiuze seemed to have avoided the meal just now, and the others were scattered at the various tables in groups to talk and chat. Obviously, it's a funeral, but it's also a social meeting.

However, Tong Qiangqiang found that there were not many women in it, and almost all of them were men who were about the same age as Mai Xiuze.

Zhenghu was suspicious, and a man in his early twenties greeted Mai Xiuze with the food he had selected from the buffet area: "You are here? A few of us have just played mahjong in the back, and we have been looking for you for a long time." ”

Mai Xiuze stretched his arm and replied: "It's too stuffy inside, I went to the racetrack for two laps." ”

The man looked at Tong Qiangqiang standing beside Mai Xiuze with interest: "This is ...... again?"

Mai Xiuze said simply: "My friend. ”

The man snorted, "Do you think this is your private party?"

Mai Xiuze hooked his lips and smiled: "Aren't everyone the same?"

"Less poor mouth. The man's fist hit Mai Xiuze on the shoulder weakly: "I can't find you again and again if I miss one again and again for a while." ”

With that, he left. didn't wait for Mai Xiuze to respond at all, as if he was just talking casually.

Mai Xiuze didn't care, and while leading Tong Qiangqiang away, he said, "Don't look at your eyes." I don't even know how to introduce you. The individuals present all had red stickers on their bodies. For example, the one who just spoke to me is the son of our mayor, Du Ziteng. ”

Tong Qiangqiang pursed his lips: "Whose funeral is this?"

Mai Xiuze glanced at Tong Qiangqiang, and threw out words with a smile: "Ask your husband yourself." ”

Tong Qiangqiang supported the forehead.

Han Lie had already found an area where no one was there and sat down.

The design of this area is very classical, with a combination of wood and fabric combined with round, square and rectangular sofa backrests, and a round wooden table in the middle.

There are four seats in total. Mai Xiuze picked Han Lie's left-hand position. Tong Qiangqiang hesitated for a moment and sat down next to Mai Xiuze, but because of this, he also became face-to-face with Han Lie.

As soon as he sat down, he met Han Lie's gaze, Tong Qiangqiang subconsciously got up again, and said to Mai Xiuze: "I'll go to the self-service area to get some food, what do you want, I'll bring some for you?"

"Why are you rushing to do a man's job?" asked Mai Xiuze, chin on his chin.

Tong Qiangqiang turned his head and left: "If you don't want it, forget it." ”

"Yo, this temper. Mai Xiuze muttered, then withdrew his gaze from Tong Qiangqiang's back, turned to look at Han Lie, and poked Han Lie's elbow on the table with his elbow, "Tell you about an amazing discovery." ”

Han Lie silently picked up his cup and drank water, seemingly uninterested in Mai Xiuze's discovery.

But Mai Xiuze still couldn't help it, and asked, "Aren't you curious about why the little nephew and daughter-in-law are here?"

Han Lie still didn't look interested, so he took a sip of water.

"You know the one who showed them the way, right? If I heard him correctly, Yan Xi called him 'uncle'. ”

Han Lie's expression finally froze for a moment.

Mai Xiuze shook his head and continued: "I'll just say, how could Yan Xi unknowingly take his little nephew and daughter-in-law out of Rongcheng and take her to Australia three years ago, and she really has a background. ”

In the last sentence, what Mai Xiuze originally wanted to say was, "Sure enough, he has a background better than me."

Mai Xiuze's grandfather and this uncle are from the same family, and their ancestors have been officials for three generations. Mai Xiuze is on the side, and in his father's generation, the two roads of government and business are separated, which can be regarded as supporting and taking care of each other. This is the reason why Mai Xiuze can eat both black and white.

And this uncle's official position was originally all the way to the central government, and several sons were also particularly competitive, either as the head of the army or as an important cadre at the provincial and municipal levels. But more than ten years ago, during a diplomatic event, it seems that something has been done. When it comes to secrecy, even the Mai Xiuze family only knows vaguely, and it is too sensitive to inquire.

The blame is on the way the boss dealt with it, several sons stayed in the party for inspection, and this uncle was specially investigated, but there was no result for more than ten years. It wasn't until recently that it suddenly became known that something had been wronged, and that my uncle had died.

The so-called funeral here is actually just a mourning hall in my hometown. The people who came were all the official sons of Rongcheng and several nearby small towns, and they were responsible for the meaning. For example, Mai Xiuze's uncle went to Beijing.

From this, after Tong Qiangqiang disappeared three years ago. Mai Xiuze helped Han Lie I don't know how many channels he has passed, but he can't find any traces of life or death, and today the truth is finally revealed, it turns out that Yan Xi has a close relationship with this family.

Mai Xiuze squinted his eyes and watched Tong Qiangqiang walk back from the self-service area with a plate and hooked his lips at Han Lie: "The little nephew and daughter-in-law are really capable of finding such a husband." ”

Han Lie's expression was a little wrong.

However, in the next moment, Mai Xiuze's expression turned solemn and reminded: "However, it is not a good thing for her to look at her husband's background. ”

The end of the sentence is just right. fell in time for a second before Tong Qiangqiang returned to his seat.

Mai Xiuze immediately took a strawberry from Tong Qiangqiang's plate with a hippie smile: "Hmm." Nice, sweet. After complimenting him, he got up, "I'll also hurry up and see if there is anything delicious." ”

As soon as he left, only Tong Qiangqiang and Han Lie were left in an instant.

Tong Qiangqiang waited for a while, but Han Lie showed no signs of getting up, but instead made Han Lie notice her gaze and asked, "Is there anything on my face?"

Tong Qiangqiang's face was pale: "Aren't you going to get something to eat?"

Han Lie's face was expressionless: "No need." I'm not hungry. ”

Tong Qiangqiang didn't say anything more, and casually twisted an olive from his plate. The sweet, sour, bitter, bitter, and astringent tastes suddenly spread in the mouth. She frowned very lightly, and quickly picked up the water cup and took a sip, flushing the taste and moistening her throat.

When she raised her eyes, she found that Han Lie was staring at her. Tong Qiangqiang was a little uncomfortable, turned his face away, and glanced at Mai Xiuze's whereabouts, but saw that he was not in the self-help area at all. Instead, he went to other tables to socialize with others.

Tong Qiangqiang thought that Mai Xiuze was deliberate, and felt a little compassion in his heart, poking the scallops on the plate back and forth.

After a while, he heard Han Lie speak again: "Does it have an enmity with you?"

Tong Qiangqiang stared at the scallops on the plate that had been poked by her, and said in a very hard tone: "Yes." ”

Han Lie laughed softly, and immediately took the initiative to ask casually, "How many days will you come back this time?"

"Stay until Yanxi finishes business. ”

"Where are you going? back to Australia?"

"Listen to Yan Xi's arrangement. ”

"Do you want to go over and see grandpa?"

"I asked Yan Xi's opinion. ”

After speaking, she answered with a "bang-" sound.

It was Han Lie who slammed the water cup in his hand on the table with a cold face: "Do you have to talk to me like this?"

The movement was slightly louder, attracting the attention of several tables of people around.

Tong Qiangqiang pretended not to understand and asked, "Why did I speak?"

Han Lie stood up from the couch. Condescendingly, he and Tong Qiangqiang, who looked up at him directly, looked at each other for two seconds, and left with a cold air of "no one should approach".

"What's wrong?" Mai Xiuze turned back in time, looked at Tong Qiangqiang, and then looked at Han Lie's back in the distance, but no one answered his question.

As if something had happened, Tong Qiangqiang continued to sit, using a fork to pick up the lump that had been poked by her, and dipped it in mustard and soy sauce. Then put it in your mouth and chew it slowly.