Not an illusion, at this moment, there was not even a sound of breathing in the room.

Xu Ziran looked at her mother's face, and it changed color in an instant.

"I read it in my book." Xu Ziran immediately added.

However, it is clear that although many daughters are the image of good girls in their mothers' minds, Xu Ziran does not belong to this category, and Xu's mother looks at her suspiciously—no, it is not so much doubt, but rather a complete lack of faith.

Xu Ziran was inevitably flustered - firstly, because she had no intention of taking the blame, she and Qiu Yurou for so many years were really innocent, and secondly, because the topic she said was too sensitive, so she put aside her face and pretended to be coquettish: "Oh Mom, why are you talking about this, I'm shy." ”

There was still silence.

Obviously, this hypocritical sentence did not get any emotion from Xu's mother.

After about three minutes like this, Xu Ziran felt her mother stand up and walk out of the room in silence.

And throughout the rest of the night, Xu Ziran was somewhat aware that her mother was unrelenting, and occasionally saw her gaze, which was different from before.

While she was worried about this, Tian's mother asked her if she knew Tian Jiaqi's whereabouts, although Xu Ziran had drawn a clear line with Tian Jiaqi in her heart, but after all, she had been friends for so many years and was a neighbor, and it was not easy to get rid of it.

Because of these things, an hour had passed when Xu Ziran saw the blessing text message sent by Qiu Yurou.

She hurriedly replied and explained, and after clicking send, she felt that it still didn't work, so she simply hid on the balcony and dialed the phone.

As soon as the phone was picked up, Xu Ziran was busy and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't see some things just now." ”

Qiu Yurou naturally didn't care: "It's busy at night, right?" ”

"It's not that I'm busy...... Xu Ziran hesitated for a moment, and then told Tian Jiaqi and Xia Qian about it.

After hearing this, Qiu Yurou was silent for a moment and said, "This is not like what Tian Jiaqi would do." ”

Xu Ziran thought so: "So I also feel strange, will there be anything greasy in it?" After all......"

Qiu Yurou knew what Xu Ziran meant, after all, Tian Jiaqi and Liu Yizhen had been in contact, and no one knew if anything would happen later.

However, Qiu Yurou can give an accurate answer to this matter.

"I'm afraid it has nothing to do with Liu Yizhen, my mother told me that Liu Yizhen's current situation is not very good."

"What's wrong?" Xu Ziran cheered up.

"I didn't say anything specific, it seems that Governor Liu was shuanggui, and now Liu Yizhen is really working on this matter, but I heard that there is little hope."

"That's it." This was expected, Xu Ziran still couldn't help but show a smile, and at the same time said, "Then it should just be a problem between the two of them, on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, don't say these disappointing words, what did you eat at night?" ”

The next two of them had nonsense for half an hour, until Qiu Yurou said that her father was looking for her, and then she reluctantly hung up the phone.

After hanging up, Xu Ziran sighed at the dark night sky for a while, and then turned around-

"Oh my god!" Because of the figure that he could vaguely see behind the curtain, Xu Ziran was so frightened that he took a step back, leaned on the balcony railing, and almost didn't fall.

At the same time, she found that it was really her mother who scared her.

Xu Ziran pressed his violently beating heart and said, "Mom, how long have you been standing?" Xu Ziran was worried that if the other party stood up from the beginning of the call, he would be cranky when he heard something.

Mother Xu's eyes are dark—of course, this may be mainly because the balcony is not lit—and the atmosphere is a little weird.

After a long time, Xu's mother spoke: "Call Qiu Yurou." ”

Xu Ziran chuckled in his heart, why did he call his full name? Usually her mother calls Qiu Yurou "Rourou".

She swallowed and nodded.

"Seems to be in a good mood? Her parents are at home. ”

Hearing Mother Xu say this first, Xu Ziran estimated that Mother Xu should not be there when she said Liu Yizhen's matter earlier, so she should have just listened to some sweet words later.

Xu Ziran didn't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief or be more nervous for a while.

After all, her mother hadn't given her any clear reaction to the incident during the day.

She nodded and said, "yes, it's just happening." ”

Mother Xu said, "If you don't come back, you're going to live in her house, right?" ”

Xu Ziran: "......"

Xu Ziran couldn't say anything to explain, because it was the case, but the problem was that the reason why she did it must not be the same as her mother thought!

Sure enough, seeing that Xu Ziran was silent, Xu Mu probably thought it was a tacit acquiescence, shook her head, and turned to leave.

Xu Ziran felt that she couldn't wash it even if she jumped into the Yellow River now, but after thinking about it, she felt that there was no need to wash it, anyway...... Anyway, it's only a matter of time.

It's just that her mother's reaction, she is really unpredictable.

She hesitated to discuss this matter with Qiu Yurou, but after thinking about it, she felt that the outcome of this matter was not easy to say, so she decided to wait for everything to settle before talking to Qiu Yurou.

She lived this Chinese New Year's Eve with a heavy heart, and she was not even interested in replying to the New Year's wishes she received constantly on her mobile phone, until she saw a new text message reminder and found that it was from Tian Jiaqi.

[Happy New Year, I'm sorry about what happened before.] 】

Xu Ziran hesitated for a moment and replied-

What do you think? She didn't send this text message for herself or for Tian Jiaqi, but for Aunt Tian and Uncle Tian.

The reply was quick over there—

[Actually, there are not many complicated reasons, in that case, you can only leave first.] 】

Xu Ziran looked at this sentence, his fingers moved on the keyboard for a long time, and finally nothing was sent.

She was thinking all over her mind that she had always felt that Tian Jiaqi was selfish in her heart, but in this case, the other party was much more decisive than herself.

Probably because Tian Jiaqi is such a person.

Xu Ziran thought about these things, her head hurt, but fortunately, the text message sent by the company quickly diverted her attention, and after replying to the necessary people, she found out that it was very late, strange thing, today she did not have the impression that the system "coerced" her to go to bed on time.

She hurriedly flipped out of the system and flipped through the list of messages.

There was no message reminding her to go to bed on time, but there was another sentence - [Happy New Year]

Every year in the past, it's never been so smart.

So come to think of it, it should be related to "Qiu Yurou".

Happy New Year, this was originally a very simple blessing, but Xu Ziran saw it here, but he felt mixed feelings.

So she muttered to herself, "I don't know what to say to you, but - Happy New Year." ”

……

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xu Ziran was woken up by the sound of firecrackers.

The sky is still bright, but she can't sleep, the cold she got a few days ago has not been good, sometimes good and sometimes bad, this morning, it seems to be more serious, the whole nose is blocked.

She rubbed her nose and went downstairs to pour water, and when she got to the living room downstairs, she found that the door of the living room was open, and after drinking water, she went out by the way, but found her mother squatting in the yard at the door, with her head down and not knowing what to do.

She walked slowly over and saw her mother crouching in front of a firecracker, her hands clasped to her chest, as if in deep thought.

Xu Ziran got closer, and the other party probably heard the footsteps, so he hurriedly raised his head, and when he looked up, he wiped his face with his hand.

Xu Ziran was shocked all of a sudden, because although she wiped her face, Xu Ziran could completely see that her mother was crying.

All the construction that Xu Ziran had done in her heart collapsed, and she was at a loss and didn't know what she could do.

Her mother stood with her back to her and said, "Why did you get up so early today, the firecrackers are too loud?" ”

Xu Ziran didn't have time to speak, because his nose was itchy, he sneezed first, and directly made a snot bubble.

Mother Xu looked back and saw Xu Ziran looking embarrassed, and sighed: "We are Ranran, when will we grow up." ”

Xu Ziran felt that she had always been quite mature, and the people around her had various evaluations of her, but she was never "naïve", so Xu's mother would sigh like this, probably because all mothers felt that their children would never grow up.

There was still a teardrop on the tip of Xu's mother's nose, probably because she didn't feel it, so she didn't wipe it, so she took out a roll of tissues from her pocket first, handed it to Xu Ziran, and said, "Hurry up and blow your nose." ”

Xu Ziran took it and tore off a paragraph, but first stretched out his hand and wiped away the tear on the tip of Xu's mother's nose, then clenched the tissue and clenched his fists.

She didn't know what to say, so for a while, she only said in a thick nasal voice: "I'm sorry." ”

I'm sorry, but I'm still going to disappoint you.

Sorry for worrying you so much.

I'm sorry to put you under so much pressure.

Mother Xu looked at her.

The sky was blue-gray, the morning mist rose from the ground, and the moisture soaked the flowers and plants in the yard, everything looked fresh and lovely.

However, in this space, the atmosphere of the two people is heavy and delicate.

Xu Ziran's voice was slightly hoarse: "I'm sorry, if I choose to live alone in this life, that person must be Qiu Yurou, I like her, not an ordinary like a friend, it's a lover's like, admiration, and attachment." ”

"I'm sorry I couldn't live up to all your expectations."

Xu Ziran raised his hand slightly, wanting to hug his mother, but found it difficult to do so.

She didn't know what kind of reaction her mother would give her next, and she could only guess through her previous experience, and I was afraid it wouldn't be particularly wonderful.

So she could only look down at her feet, waiting for the coming storm.

However, in the cold morning breeze, only a calm sighing voice sounded—

"So, what are you going to do next, Mom doesn't understand you, but it's good to have someone to take care of you."