Hearing this voice, several people who were eating in the courtyard had strange expressions.

Gu Xiaoying frowned and put down her chopsticks, while Gu Xiaolong and Gu Ruotong looked at each other, a little puzzled how that person could come to the door at this time.

On the contrary, it was Xia Yun, whose expression was the most calm, just froze for a moment, and then signaled to Gu Xiaolong and asked him to get up and open the door.

can make everyone's expression so weird, the person outside the courtyard is naturally the father of Gu Xiaolong and Gu Ruotong - Li Zhongda!

Gu Xiaolong put down the dishes and chopsticks, stood up and went outside the courtyard, and opened the door for Li Zhongda.

"Dad!"

It can be seen that in the past four months, Li Zhongda has done a lot of work and achieved a lot of results, at least Gu Xiaolong, the word father, shouted quite smoothly, and there was not too much twisting and reluctance.

However, this may also be related to Gu Xiaolong's honest character, at least Gu Ruotong, who was sitting next to Xia Yun, just rolled his eyes when he saw Li Zhongda enter the courtyard and come to his table, did not get up, nor did he say hello, let alone call his father!

Li Zhongda was obviously used to it, and he didn't care about Gu Ruotong's attitude, he just looked at Gu Xiaoying with a smile, "What about eating?" ”

Gu Xiaoying nodded and asked calmly, "What's the matter?" ”

"It's nothing, just after work, when I pass by the front, I will come in and see you."

Gu Xiaoying nodded again, oh, "Have you eaten the meal?" ”

"Not yet......"

"Dinner here?"

"Good!"

The two of you say a word, and they seem to be plain and warm. There was a dialogue like a chasm in the tone, as if acting in a shadow puppet play, for some reason, Xia Yun couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard it.

Obviously, Aunt Gu and Li Zhongda are not much closer to each other than when they were in Licheng before, and they may be a lot more unfamiliar.

Glancing at Li Zhongda's smiling face and no unusual expression, Xia Yun even felt some sympathy for Li Zhongda in his heart.

After greeting without nutrition for a while, Gu Xiaoying turned her head and instructed Gu Ruotong. "Tongtong. Go get a bowl of rice for your dad, and bring a pair of chopsticks! ”

As Xia Yun expected, Gu Ruotong rolled her eyes, but she didn't talk back. He just turned his head and instructed Gu Xiaolong, who had just sat down. "Little Dragon. You go! ”

Gu Xiaolong obviously had no ability to resist his sister, so he answered and stood up again honestly. I went back to the house to get food.

Li Zhongda shook his head slightly, looked around, found a chair in the courtyard, and sat down beside Gu Xiaoying.

This small square table for eating is not big, originally there were four people, and everyone sat on one side just right, but now that Li Zhongda sat in, it was a little crowded, Gu Xiaoying frowned, and moved to the side a little.

The courtyard, which was originally a little singing and laughing, was a little embarrassed and quiet.

Li Zhongda's eyes flashed with a hint of gloom, and he immediately returned to normal, looking at Xia Yun lightly, "When did you arrive?" ”

Facing Li Zhongda, Gu Ruotong could be presumptuous, but Xia Yun naturally couldn't, and replied slightly respectfully, "It didn't take long to arrive." ”

Li Zhongda glanced at Gu Ruotong, who was bored eating, and nodded, "How many days do you plan to stay?" ”

"The time to go back is undecided, it depends on the situation, and I will go back when the matter is done!"

Just told Gu Ruotong that he would go back in three or four days, naturally he was teasing her, he came to the capital this time, there were a lot of business, and there were a lot of personal matters, and three or four days would definitely be busy, although Li Zhongda must have just asked casually, Xia Yun didn't dare to be sloppy in front of Li Zhongda.

Li Zhongda nodded slightly, "Has the place to live been arranged?" ”

Xia Yun was just about to answer, but Gu Ruotong next to him had already put down the dishes and chopsticks heavily, "Of course my brother lives here with us, what else do you need to arrange, ask in such detail, what about checking the household registration?" ”

Li Zhongda's face was slightly gloomy, Xia Yun turned his head and glared at Gu Ruotong, Gu Ruotong pouted unconvinced, and the three of them fell silent.

Footsteps sounded, Gu Xiaolong came out of the house with a bowl of rice, connected a pair of chopsticks, and put it in front of Li Zhongda, "Dad, your rice!" ”

Li Zhongda nodded and picked up the dishes and chopsticks, "Let's eat!" ”

……

With Li Zhongda here, the meal became a little tasteless.

After eating in silence, Li Zhongda sat there and chatted with a few people for a while.

Mainly chatting with Gu Xiaoying, Gu Ruotong obviously doesn't buy his account much, Gu Xiaolong is too honest and introverted, ask and answer, Xia Yun really doesn't know what to talk about with this youngest ministerial-level senior official in the history of the Celestial Empire and the future governor of Zhejiang Province, and can only be an honest listener.

Xia Yun didn't know what Li Zhongda's usual treatment was in front of Gu Xiaoying and Gu Xiaolong and Gu Ruotong, whether it had always been like this, or because he was an "outsider" present today, he was a little colder.

If this has always been the case, then Li Zhongda is too pitiful, the dignified third-generation head of the Li family often comes here to stick a hot face and a cold ass......

However, Xia Yun thought about the grievances that Aunt Gu and Xiaolong Tongtong had suffered in the past 20 years, and felt that Li Zhongda deserved it and did not deserve sympathy.

Looking back, people are the number of people in the entire Celestial Empire, where is it their turn to sympathize with him!

Several emotions were mixed, and Xia Yun felt very strange.

After another while, the sky was completely dark, Li Zhongda looked at his watch, then at Xia Yun, and got up to say goodbye.

Xia Yun turned his head to look at Gu Ruotong, who had no intention of getting up at all, pondered Li Zhongda's eyes, and also stood up, "Li ...... Team Leader Li, I'll send you! ”

He still didn't know how to call Li Zhongda, but after thinking about it, he still used the original title.

Li Zhongda nodded slightly, did not speak, and walked outside.

Gu Xiaolong also wanted to stand up, but Gu Xiaoying gave him a look, shook his head slightly, and after a pause, he stood in place and didn't follow him.

Out of this courtyard, the verandah path of the courtyard outside has been lit up with bright street lights, illuminating the road clearly, but there is still no one appearing, empty and extremely deserted.

This courtyard house gives Xia Yun the feeling that it is more like a small villa community, several small courtyard houses with independent courtyards are forced together, sharing some large courtyards and facilities, and there is no feeling of living together as a family.

Li Zhongda walked slowly on the path in the courtyard with his hands in his hands, Xia Yun took two steps back, followed behind him, and did not take the initiative to speak.

It wasn't until he was about to arrive at the door that Li Zhongda finally stopped in front of a rockery fish pond in the middle of the courtyard for the first time, looked at the rockery in the pool, and was silent.

Xia Yun also stopped and stood behind Li Zhongda, waiting for him to speak.

"Actually, not long after you and Tongtong and Xiaolong came back, I was already standing outside your courtyard gate...... I listened for a full five minutes before I knocked on the door! ”

Xia Yun didn't expect that the first thing Li Zhongda said was actually this, and he paused for a moment, not knowing what to say at all, and after thinking about it, he simply didn't say anything.

Li Zhongda obviously didn't want to discuss anything with Xia Yun, but continued to take care of himself, "Your Aunt Gu has been in the capital with Tongtong and Xiaolong for four months, and it is the first time that she has smiled so happily without any defense, no pressure and no restraint, I want to thank you for this!" ”

Li Zhongda used three none, obviously from the heart.

Xia Yun continued to be silent.

"But ......"

Li Zhongda's words changed, "Tongtong's attitude towards me today is also the worst and most rebellious in the past two months, and it is obvious that it is also because of your brother's coming." ”

At this point, Xia Yun also faintly felt that although he came to the capital and Tongtong's bad attitude towards Li Zhongda, there was no causal relationship between the two, but Xia Yun just felt that it was because he came that Gu Ruotong's attitude towards Li Zhongda suddenly became bad.

It's a bit like a lonely child, who finally waited for a strong backer, and his heart was steady, so in front of the object of his usual repression, there was some arrogance and rebounded from the unreasonable girl's mind.

Although he is in front of Li Zhongda, he is as incapable of fighting back as an ant in front of an elephant, Li Zhongda can pinch himself to death at will, but Gu Ruotong just feels down-to-earth, that is, he feels that he is there, so he can talk back to Li Zhongda unscrupulously.

This feeling is very complicated and weird, and there is no reason at all, but whether it is Xia Yun or Li Zhongda, they can understand Gu Ruotong's thoughts.

I don't know if Lu Dao has something to do with Xia Yun and Li Zhongda when they met for the first time, they beat Li Zhongda violently, and took a bad breath for their family.

Xia Yun hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke, "Tongtong dares to be so presumptuous in front of you, which shows that in her heart, you are the kind of relative who will not hurt her no matter how much she does, and it means that she already has a certain recognition of you, and you should be happy!" ”

This is the same reason that many people are more arrogant to their relatives.

Li Zhongda basked slightly, "I don't need you to remind me of this, and I don't need you to play this kind of logic game with me, whether it is in Tongtong or Xiaolong, or even Xiaoying's heart, your status is higher than mine, I am more like an outsider than you, I know this very well in my own heart!" ”

Xia Yun didn't know what to say, and finally spread his hands, "If you have anything, just say it!" ”

The two men are both smart people, and they both know that Li Zhongda signaled Xia Yun to come out, and he must have something to tell Xia Yun.

Li Zhongda hesitated for a rare moment, and then sighed slightly, "Actually, you should be able to guess in your heart, I asked you to come out, it must be because of Tongtong's matter, in front of her, your words are even more effective than Xiaoying's words!" ”

"I hope you can enlighten her well, so that she can truly recognize me as a father and shout to me, Dad!" (To be continued......)