It was almost five o'clock when they returned to the foot of the mountain, Zhao Wenlong and Zhu Baoyuan were already in a hurry, and they were asking long and short questions around Li Rui and Yu Meixia. As for Yu Meixia, she was lost because she had to see some waterfall, and she was embarrassed to say anything.

The schedule is only two days, Zhao Wenlong and Yu Meixia still have a lot of things to deal with, and after eating something briefly, they hurried on the road. A long section of the return journey is a mountain road, Zhao Wenlong is not familiar with the road conditions, and he is driving a night car, and the driver is replaced by Zhu Jie.

Li Rui didn't get out of the car when he passed by Nanqiao, and he had a three-day holiday on the National Day, so he had nothing to do in Nanqiao. Besides, I haven't been to my uncle's house for a long time, last time he took the initiative to ask to be transferred to Nanqiao to work, and he didn't ask for his uncle's opinion. I happened to go tomorrow to listen to my uncle's nagging.

"Everyone's hungry, aren't they? Let's go to my restaurant for supper. When he was about to arrive in Pengcheng, Zhao Wenlong suggested.

When they came out, everyone didn't eat well, so they naturally responded enthusiastically. Arriving in Huazhong City, Li Rui had just gotten out of the car when the mobile phone in his bag rang.

Because there was no caller ID, Li Rui was still wondering who would call him in the middle of the night, but when he answered the phone, he heard a noble voice: "Are you back?" ”

"I'm back, in Pengcheng, just got off the bus." Li Rui said.

"I ...... There are some things I want to talk to you about, is it convenient now? Gao Jie's tone seemed hesitant.

"We're getting ready for supper in Flower City, so come over too!" Li Rui said in a calm voice.

In fact, there was already an ominous premonition in his heart, since Gao Jie came back from Jiangning last time, his attitude towards him began to become cold, and he called several times to make an appointment for dinner or tea, Gao Jie used various reasons to shirk. Before going to Shagou this time, Li Rui also invited Gao Jie to go for a break, but Gao Jie did not agree.

Gao Jie didn't speak, only the sound of thin breathing came from the earpiece, obviously hesitating, Li Rui didn't urge, waited quietly, and only after about a minute did a voice come: "Good ......"

"Then we'll wait for you." Hanging up the phone, Li Rui breathed a long sigh of relief, clenched his fists and made a cheering motion.

"What's so good? So excited. Yu Meixia, who was standing at the door, witnessed this scene and couldn't help but ask when she saw Li Rui coming over.

"There's a friend coming over later, it's Gao Jie." Li Rui didn't give Yu Meixia a chance to ask questions again, and said Gao Jie's name bluntly.

"It turned out to be Gao Jie! I haven't seen her in a long time. Yu Meixia was suddenly surprised when she heard this, she had no friends in Pengcheng, the last time Li Rui brought Gao Jie to dinner, the two chatted quite speculatively, and left each other's phone numbers, and occasionally talked on the phone to chat or something.

Zhao Wenlong and Zhu Jie, who were sitting in the hall, heard that Gao Jie was coming, and they glanced at each other in unison, and at the same time showed an ambiguous smile.

Gao Jie slowly put down the microphone in her hand, sat on the bed and was stunned for a long time, her mood was extremely conflicted and complicated when she made this call today. During this time, she has been preparing to keep a certain distance from Li Rui in the future, for which she refused Li Rui's invitation several times, and today when Li Rui invited her to go to supper with her again, she actually agreed.

Gao Jie has to admit that she does have a deep affection for Li Rui, but is this affection equal to love? She couldn't figure it out herself. Gao Jie remembered what her mother Cen Aini said to her in the car when she went to Jiangning last time: Don't talk about being single often, God created Adam with dust, and then used Adam's ribs to create Eve, which means that a woman still has to be attached to a man after all, and she will be in love with each other for a lifetime, and growing old together is the greatest happiness of being a woman. You are almost thirty years old, and a woman's best years are so short for more than ten years, you should hurry up and find a man to live a stable life.

Gao Jie knew that if she wanted to choose a marriage partner, she needed a mature and stable man, not a hot-blooded and impulsive teenager like Li Rui. Gao Jie realized that there was no result between her and Li Rui after all, and if she continued to sink, she might hurt not only herself but also him. During this time, Gao Jie has been trying to clarify the concept of their relationship, but the moment she promised Li Rui, she knew that everything was in vain, maybe it was loneliness, maybe loneliness was at work, or maybe her body dominated her brain......

Gao Jie let out a long sigh, stretched her body, cheered herself up and got up from the bed, opened the closet and chose clothes to go out.

The sound of the car in the yard alarmed Cen Aini, who had not fallen asleep, as a mother's instinctive worry about her daughter, she hurriedly woke up Gao Changlong, who was already asleep: "Old Gao, why do you say that Gao Jie, this girl, wants to go out in the middle of the night?" Will it be like last time? ”

Gao Changlong was sleepy, and said vaguely: "What do you care about her?" She's almost thirty, will she not have this weight? Hurry up and go to bed! ”

Cen Aini lay on the bed tossing and turning but couldn't sleep, and Gao Changlong couldn't sleep steadily.

"I said you're baking pancakes, and I told you that my daughter is older, so let her do some things. What kind of heart are you in? ”

"No, I'm still not at ease. I see that she has been listless for the past few days, as if she has something on her mind. Cen Aini simply sat up from the bed and said.

"I still want to ask you, last time I went to your sister's house in Jiangning with you, what did you and your sister tell him again? She's been sullen ever since she returned. Anyway, he was woken up, Gao Changlong also sat up and turned on the lamp.

"Didn't you say anything?" Cen Aini recalled carefully: "That is, when I was in the car, I told her something to make her think about being single and find a suitable partner as soon as possible." It's all a cliché. Look at a young man in the army introduced by Commander Li's lover last time, I have seen the photo, 1.8 meters tall, long and spirited, who came back from studying abroad, he is already a cadre at the deputy regimental level in his early thirties, and he is in Pengcheng, how good is this! As a result, she met once and said that it was not appropriate. This time she went to Jiangning, Ai Lian looked for another executive of a foreign-funded company, with an annual salary of hundreds of thousands, and her parents were both university professors and scholars, so she didn't even bother to meet in person. What do you think you should do if you continue like this? ”

Listening to his wife's chatter, Gao Changlong said with a smile: "Aini, I found out how you have become so snobbish now, what level is it at every turn!" Annual salary! Mendi! You weren't that kind of person before. ”

"What snobbery? I'm thinking about my daughter! Cen Aini glanced at Gao Changlong, and then sighed: "She has already experienced an unhappy marriage, and I don't want her to repeat the same mistakes." The gap between the two sides cannot be too big, too big to have a common language; And the age can't be younger than her, women age faster than men, and when she is older, men are still in their prime, and they are prone to problems. ”

Gao Changlong smiled: "You think about your daughter in detail, just like the two of us, I am five years older than you, and now I look much older than you." ”

"Hmph, come on! Are you an honest person? If I hadn't watched closely over the years, you would have made a mistake a long time ago. Let's not talk about the past, just look at your new deputy secretary now, Jiaodidi! will flatter in front of men, and you stinky men will still eat this set. ”

Talking about how his daughter's matter came to himself, Gao Changlong was really a little crying and laughing: "Where is this!" Don't talk nonsense. ”

"Of course, I'm not worried about her now, you just can't think about it, people have already climbed the high branches, otherwise how would she become the deputy secretary!" Cen Aini said with a mocking expression.

When it came to this kind of sensitive matter, Gao Changlong's face suddenly tensed, and he said seriously: "Is this kind of thing you should say?" I warn you, you must not talk nonsense outside. ”

"I'm just talking to you, do you think people outside don't know? Privately spread everything! Only you, the high-ranking officials, don't know anything. ”

Gao Changlong said with a tiger face: "No matter how it is spread outside, you shouldn't say this kind of thing, and you can't say it, this is a political influence, do you understand?" ”

"Okay, don't talk to me anymore, I've been with you for so many years, and I still have this bit of proportion." Cen Aini said impatiently, "I won't tell you, I'll call Gao Jie and ask her what she is doing?" ”

"Don't fight!" Cen Aini was stopped by Gao Changlong as she just picked up the phone, "Haven't you been urging your daughter to find a partner, what kind of call are you making at this time?" ”

Cen Aini's mouth opened wide, thought about it and hurriedly said, "You mean she already has a partner?" ”

"I don't know if there's a partner, but I'm sure my daughter will never fail to marry. I also advise you to worry less, Gao Jie is twenty-eight years old this year, not eighteen years old, she has her own feelings and her own judgment, and interfering too much can only backfire. Anyway, I'll make it clear to you, it's up to you to fight or not, I don't want to listen to your nagging anymore, go to sleep! After Gao Changlong finished speaking, he turned off the light and got into the quilt.

Cen Aini had to think that Gao Changlong's words were reasonable, but in her heart, she felt like a stone that she couldn't put down, and she hesitated for a while with the phone receiver, and finally sighed and put down the phone.