As soon as he turned the corner, Su Yan entered the shopping mall opposite, saw the girl tidying up her dress through the glass, and got into a car with a "military LS" license plate at the door and left. She immediately crossed the street and returned to the coffee shop.

In the booth not far from the seat they had just taken, Xu Ningran sat in a daze, looking at the iced latte in her hand, her eyes were not red, and her demeanor was not loose, just sitting quietly, as usual. Su Yan saw the lingering sadness in her body.

This is Xu Ningran! In Su Yan's mind, a former diplomat who is as dazzling as the sun and as powerful as a goddess, Xu Ningran! Many times Su Yanyan is upset and at a loss, as long as she sees Xu Ningran, it is like seeing a savior, like having a backbone.

But now, she sits, with a deep sadness, with the powerlessness of the whole world.

Su Yan sat down opposite her and pondered for a long time before he spoke cautiously: "We can't listen to this woman everything, she must have exaggerated parts." Or, why don't you ask Lu Tao? ”

"Okay." Ning Ran smiled weakly, obediently took out his mobile phone, and dialed: "Taotao, where are you?" …… Can you come over later? There's something I'd like to ask you. ”

I don't know what was said on the other side of the phone, Ning Ran was silent for a moment, and said word by word: "You come." I don't care what you're doing, or you come to see me, or we don't see each other again. ”

Su Yan had no way to participate in the rest of the matter. Ning Ran went back to the northern suburbs alone, watering flowers and making coffee in the house, the mailbox was opened, and the messy inbox was closed again. The coffee was brewed, I didn't drink it in a sip, and it was left there to cool down.

At nine o'clock in the evening, as soon as the apartment door rang, Lu Tao opened the door and came in, frowning at the darkness of the room: "Why don't you turn on the lights?" "Reach for the switch.

Ning Ran curled up on the sofa, instinctively raising his hand to block the sudden light, pale and tired.

Lu Tao walked to the edge of the sofa, squatted down, and rubbed her hair and cheeks affectionately. At that moment, Xu Ningran's instinct shrank back. She suddenly imagined Lu Tao's hand caressing other people's long hair.

Lu Tao didn't notice it, and said softly, "What's wrong with you?" What happened? Have you eaten? ”

Ning Ran looked at him blankly and shook his head.

"I'm sick of you." Lu Tao frowned deliberately: "If you don't eat, you're like a ghost." What time is it? Get up, let's go out for a bite to eat. ”

"Lu Tao, sit down." Ning Ran sat up straight: "I really have something to ask you." ”

"Even with a last name?" Lu Tao was a little lazy, and he smiled a little impatiently: "It's not called Taotao, and it's not a black chestnut peach?" It seems that I have a lot of trouble with this today. ”

"Tian Fei'er, who is it?"

Ning Ran looked at Lu Tao's face and instantly turned snow-white. Her heart sank.

Tian Fei'er, father Tian Zhengying, deputy commander of the Linzhou Military Division, with the rank of colonel. Tian Zhengying and Lu Tao's father, Lu Yuansheng, knew each other as early as when they were commanders in a small place called Xiazhou in Sushan and have been old friends for many years. Tian Fei'er also has an older brother named Tian Yingjie, who is currently stationed in the peacekeeping force on the outlying islands.

The Tian family has prosperous males, many of whom are from military backgrounds, and there are too few female dolls. So this Tian Fei'er grew up pampered like a little princess, and it is inevitable that she will be arrogant.

But this arrogant girl almost fell in love at first sight when she saw Lu Tao.

The last time Tian Zhengying brought her to K City, she originally had the intention of matching the children of the two families. You don't need to ask to know that this is also what Lu Tao's parents meant.

In fact, this kind of meeting has never been terminated intermittently since Lu Tao's father Lu Yuan secretly knew about Xu Ningran's existence in his statement. It's just that Lu Tao never went before, and he didn't mention it to Ning Ran. Ning Ran is not a boring person, and he will not take the initiative to find this kind of unhappiness by himself.

But in a family of Tian Zhengying's level, the relationship between the two families is old friends, which has never been before.

That meeting was just over a month ago.

"You're going on a blind date?" Xu Ningran looked at Lu Tao, she had a smile on her face, but that smile was enough to make people's hearts break: "At that time, I was still in Yage City. ”

Lu Tao tried to distinguish: "It was just the result of the family's arrangement, and I didn't know it in advance." And I haven't seen her since that time. ”

Xu Ningran looked at him quietly and repeated: "At that time, I was in Yage City, kidnapped and locked in a dungeon with an infectious disease. ”

Lu Tao was speechless. It was as if a flock of birds were flying around in his heart, and they were so irritable that he couldn't say anything.

How should he tell Ning Ran, saying that because of her kidnapping, he had a very stiff quarrel with his family, and he went back and forth between Hot Spring City and Ning Ran's apartment several times a day, and the whole person was worried, tired but couldn't sleep, and felt like he was about to collapse.

The moment he learned that Ning Ran was successfully rescued by Liu Daren, he fell on the bed, hung up the phone and slept for a day and a night.

When he woke up, he called Liu Daren, who was full of joy and anxious to hear Ning Ran's voice, but Liu Daren was hesitant, and Lu Tao could feel that Ning Ran didn't want to talk to him. He had never forced Ning Ran to do anything, so he hung up the phone, his heart as empty as a hole.

On the same day, his father took the initiative and arranged that meeting for him. At the beginning, he only said that the other party was an old leader of the military region and his family, and the two families had known each other for many years. It wasn't until he sat down in the hotel and saw Tian Fei'er's suddenly crimson face that he realized that this was a long-planned blind date!

At this time, it is impossible to turn around and leave, with Lu Tao's character.

This girl named Tian Fei'er is beautiful and elegant in front of Lu Tao, in fact, she is pampered and has elegant manners, even if any man doesn't like it, he will definitely not hate this kind of beautiful and delicate girl. She also played a rather complicated song "Kikujiro's Summer" for everyone at the behest of her parents.

Jean Hisaishi is a pianist and conductor that Xu Ningran likes very much. Ning Ran also once asked Lu Tao to help her queue up to grab tickets, and went to Hujiang and Beidu to see him and Wudao Long's concert!

Thinking of Xu Ningran, Lu Tao's meal, he was really a little absent-minded, Lu Yuansheng was furious, feeling that his son was not only rebellious, but also destroyed the friendly relationship between the two families for many years.

In the next few days, Lu Tao also compensated them for the short-term travel around K City, Furong River, Yuqing Pond, and ancient tombs, and was full of gentlemanly demeanor. He was originally a gentle and thoughtful person, always turning on the air conditioner in the car first, preparing parasols and shawls for ladies, all kinds of styles, which can be resisted by a girl like Tian Fei'er, who is used to seeing an iron man in military uniforms at home.

Tian Fei'er did not hide her liking for Lu Tao, and texted him from time to time. Lu Tao won't reply to every message, but it's impossible not to reply every time.

The day before Deputy Commander Tian's family returned to Linzhou, Lu Tao and his mother were assigned by Lu Yuansheng to accompany Tian's family to visit the mall and buy special products brought back to Linzhou. Before leaving, Lu's father specially asked Lu Tao to choose a gift for the Tian family as a friendly gift from the two families.

When his mother and Tian Fei'er went straight to the counter of "He Pearl" in the mall and chose this glittering pearl necklace, Lu Tao had already realized the twists and turns of the woman's mind. However, I couldn't stand the eyes that my mother had repeatedly handed me, so I still went to swipe the card.

Tian Fei'er put on the necklace on the spot, it was sweet and seemed to be colorful. But Lu Tao never thought that she would use this ambiguous gift to make a fuss.

When he had finished speaking, he sat pale as if waiting for judgment. Before today, he had been lucky enough to think that it would all pass quietly, but there was nothing in the world that left no trace.

Lu Tao wanted to explain, but he didn't know what to explain. Ning Ran looked at him, smiling slightly, his eyes were red, but no tears flowed.

She said slowly, almost word by word, "You are free, Lu Tao." You don't have to do anything, say anything, to remind me of that. But again, you remember, I'm also free. (To be continued.) )