The second brother raised his eyebrows and frowned at me, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Do you want to withdraw now?" I'm afraid it's already a step too late, and I won't be able to get out of it for the time being. But fortunately, I still have some connections in the Shanghai stall, as long as you don't run around, don't provoke people who shouldn't be provoked, and don't leave my sight, I will do my best to protect you. He beckoned to me, and I obediently walked over and sat down obediently against him.

I only felt that the strength I was holding on was instantly removed, I leaned my head on the shoulder of my second brother, and my tone was lonely: "So what about Mom, I have been kidnapped for so many days, she must be worried, right?" ”

The second brother's deep voice had a wonderful effect: "Don't worry, I told her that everything is safe in school, but you are busy with your homework near graduation, and the situation has not been peaceful recently, so I stayed at school on weekends." She doesn't know you're in distress, so you can rest assured. ”

I noticed the loopholes in his words, but I didn't seem to expose him: "Since Mom doesn't know, then I don't have to worry." "I rested my head on his shoulder, and in just these short periods of time, the second brother's originally thin and immature shoulders have now become broad and thick.

When I got home, I noticed that the atmosphere at home had become very strange. Although there are no inquiries and doubts, and there is no undercurrent of eye exchange, you can feel that this silent silence is like an impenetrable net hood, so that people can't struggle and can't pass through. At this moment, if one person could break this terrible silence and ask me why I hadn't been home for days, and why I looked so embarrassed, I would have some room to excuse myself, but everyone was silent.

But this silence of theirs is like a provocation, as if everyone is viciously shouting, "I know, I know everything." Whoever asked you to provoke those who should not be provoked for no reason, deserves retribution. "I think if the second brother hadn't picked up the burden of the family's expenses as soon as he came back, then they wouldn't have let me go without saying a word. And at this moment, what they think in their hearts must be "If you want to die, don't die in this family, you cause trouble outside, don't bother everyone." "My mind floated through all sorts of hideous faces and their vicious clamour. But the reality is a happy mess. At this moment, there was a roaring fire in the English fireplace in the house, and I could not feel the warmth at all.

As for my grandfather, with his observation and keen thinking, it is impossible for him not to be suspicious of my whereabouts in the past few days, and it is more likely that he has already guessed eight or nine times. But he didn't say a word, as if he didn't know anything. Naturally, my mother was the same, just gently beckoning me to eat, but I could see the clue in her tired face, and she had no less psychological pain and suffering than I had endured these days.

After dinner, I deliberately found time to confess to my mother. But I didn't expect Shui Qing to come to me panting: "Miss, Miss, Mr. Gu is waiting for you downstairs, saying that he has something important to tell you." ”

I froze, and a sense of foreboding crossed my mind. I asked her, "You are really getting more and more unreasonable, since he is here, why don't you let him come up and sit?" ”

Shui Qing pouted, with a look of reluctance: "Well, you can't blame me for this, I naturally asked Mr. Gu to come up and sit, but he said that he wanted you to go down, and he wanted to tell you alone, what do you let me do, I don't necessarily have to tie him up with a rope." ”

I saw that she was really anxious, and there was a kind of stupid cuteness. So I had to seriously comfort her: "Okay, okay, I'll tease you, where is Mr. Gu now?" I'll go to him. ”

"He's in the living room."

I hurriedly went downstairs, and at the same time turned around and instructed Shui Qing: "By the way, the second brother had something to do with me just now, and I was afraid that he would be in a hurry." You wait for me to talk to him, and then I will say that Mr. Gu came to look for me at home, and I will go downstairs to see him. ”

Ah Xiang didn't know why, nodded and went. I was a little sure that when my second brother heard the news I passed to him, he would definitely protect me in secret.

Gu Zuoyan still looks like a gentleman, and even the hairstyle after taking off his hat is not messy. But under this meticulous appearance, there is no way to hide the busyness of the wind and dust. Perhaps it was a little long for me to go downstairs, so he lit a cigarette and stood quietly in the north wind between the living rooms. The dim yellow light fell on him, dragging a long shadow on the tiled floor, making him look unusually lonely.

I coughed softly, breaking the silence. Gu Zuoyan turned his head, and the glittering water in his eyes was as turbulent and intense as a sea of stars: "Ranran, are you okay?" In the past few days since you disappeared, I have almost turned over Shanghai, and I am afraid of ...... I'm afraid I'll never see you again. "His moving and affectionate appearance is intoxicating, if this is not a feeling and a sincere expression, then the acting skills are really smart, and the mind is really deeper.

I made up my mind to deal with him, but I also wanted to know how much he was true about me: "Well, you should see it by now, I went home safely, unharmed or sick." ”

Gu Zuoyan still looked worried: "You know that what I'm worried about is not this, of course your disappearance can't be because you ran out willfully, you must be in danger." I've heard...... I heard that the kidnappers offered a sky-high ransom, and your second brother was angry and took someone to copy the kidnapper's old bottom. ”

His question made me can't help but scoff: "How can I know these things, if you really want to know, it's better to ask the second brother directly, he may have the answer you want, but I definitely can't give it to you here." ”

Gu Zuoyan's eternally unwavering face showed a bit of solemnity at this time, lining his blue chin that had just grown stubble, outlining the taste of loneliness and frustration: "Ranran, do you have any misunderstanding about me?" You...... If you blame me for not coming to save you in time, I am really irrefutable. But now it is different from the past, the Japanese have intensified their crackdown on underground intelligence organizations, several of our contact points have been cut off, and many comrades have died as a result. So this time, although I knew that you had been kidnapped, I had no way to immediately find out who your kidnapper was and where you were taken. Later, your second brother sent someone to me, saying that he knew your whereabouts. But when we arrived together, the kidnappers were looking for you everywhere in a hurry, and I don't know who was so powerful that they took you away without knowing it, and even the Japanese could not find your whereabouts. ”

I was still indignant and wanted to ridicule him with words, but hearing the meaning of his words made me nervous: "Japanese? How did this matter have anything to do with the Japanese again? ”