As soon as I arrived at the restaurant, I saw a lot of dishes on the table, and Zhou Xixue was wearing an apron standing at the table serving soup: "Quick, hurry up and wash your hands, we will eat as a family." ”

The attitude of her and Qiao Jingyi seems to be that the Qiao family has always been the only one of them.

It's as if Joan Ann never existed.

Since neither of them mentioned it, Lin Ran was naturally happy to be quiet, washed his hands and sat down, touched a pair of chopsticks, and ate the sweet and sour tenderloin in front of him.

"Is it delicious?" Zhou Xixue rarely didn't mention table manners, put the small bowl with soup in front of her, and asked with a smile, "I know that you must not eat well in Yancheng, this is the black pork that Lao Qiao went out early in the morning today, and came back to buy the black pork for me to make for you." ”

Lin Ran glanced at Qiao Jingyi, who was smiling lovingly: "Thank you, Uncle Qiao." ”

Zhou Xixue was stunned: "You kid, go out, who made you so polite to us?" Family, what do you say thank you for? ”

She lowered her head and munched on the tenderloin intently, but did not answer.

Qiao Jingyi did the first year of junior high school, she didn't want to do fifteen again, this stepfather really thought that he could give what he wanted?

To paraphrase the second uncle's style, it is time for people who have been daydreaming to recognize reality.

Lin Ran paused for a moment when he drank the soup, and he didn't know if the second uncle was out for dinner tonight or went home for dinner......

The three of them ate around the table, but because everyone was pretending to have something in their hearts, the atmosphere was a little dull, although Zhou Xixue tried her best to enliven the atmosphere, and the scenes in the restaurant were also very subtle.

It's not like a happy reunion dinner for a family of three, but a bit of a false calm before business negotiations, where the three parties have their own ghosts and test each other.

"Ranran, when will school start this time?" Zhou Xixue looked at her daughter opposite.

I have mixed emotions in my heart.

From the moment she received the news of Lin Ran's good news, she felt proud and embarrassed.

is proud because Lin Ran won the first place in this exam quietly, and she also has a light on her face when she says it.

The embarrassment is because Lin Ran is so good, it makes Qiao An'an even more unbearable after the accident, even if the limelight passes in the future, as long as An An and Qin Hanhai are still together, they will definitely be poked in the backbone and say that this is a vase junior who can only use his brains to rob men.

She glanced at Qiao Jingyi next to her, and sighed deeply in her heart.

Lao Qiao still thought that if Lin Ran didn't pass the exam or didn't do well, many things would be easier to handle if she stayed in Suzhou City, but now that she did so well in the exam, not to mention how much scolding would be caused if she blocked it, the Lin family and even the Mo family would not agree.

As a mother, she wouldn't agree.

"The fifteenth day of Yan Dading will start, and I will have to go to the school to go through the procedures from the day after tomorrow." Lin Ran said.

If it weren't for the many formalities to go through, she would even want to stay in Yancheng until there were two days left before coming back.

Not for anything else, because she really didn't bother to go back to Sioux City and face these people.

"Then there are about ten days," Qiao Jingyi smiled all night today, "It's good to rest at home these days, and I will also take two days off from the company, and then we will go out shopping and buy you something." ”

You know, this kind of smile turned out to be exclusive to Qiao An'an.

"Aren't you going to take nearly a month less classes this semester than your normal students?" Zhou Xixue counted the days.

Lin Ran had already checked the course plan clearly: "The missing classes will be made up in the summer vacation, which is equivalent to adding an extra semester in July and August." ”

"That's ......"

This topic is tantamount to being interrupted bluntly, and it is completely impossible to continue.

Lin Ran looked at the two couples who were racking their brains and thinking about a new topic opposite, and suddenly felt funny.

They themselves were afraid that when they were preparing for Qiao An'an's coming-of-age ceremony with great interest, they didn't expect such a day, right?

Such a family sits together, but like the most familiar strangers, they still need to find topics to keep the scene from cooling down.

How can this be true of real relatives?

Once when Qiao An'an was still young and had not yet been as calculating as she is now, the four of them sat at the table for dinner, and even if they didn't say a word from beginning to end, they wouldn't feel embarrassed.

Qiao Jingyi looked at the two people who were silent, and his eyes rolled: "By the way, it's time for you to come back this time, just in time for the school examination of the art examination to start......

"Mom, I'm full." But Lin Ran, who didn't want to listen to people quietly all the time, put down the dishes and chopsticks and stood up suddenly.

"That's enough?" Zhou Xixue looked at her with a small half bowl of rice left, "Sit down and eat a little more, I also gave you dessert in the kitchen." ”

"No, I ate on the plane, and if I ate again, I will make it." Lin Ran even yawned a little, "I'm so sleepy, I want to sleep." ”

Zhou Xixue hadn't seen her like this for a long time, and her heart softened at first glance: "Okay, okay, you go back to the house first, I'll bring you a hot drink later, and you can drink it and then go to sleep." ”

Lin Ran smiled and bent her eyes: "Then I'll go upstairs first." ”

Until the figure disappeared on the stairs, he didn't look at Qiao Jingyi from beginning to end.

As soon as she left, Zhou Xixue had no idea of continuing to eat, put the chopsticks on the table, and sighed: "Didn't you say that if she didn't ask today, we wouldn't mention An An, why are you ......?"

"What's wrong with me?" Qiao Jingyi was still aggrieved in his heart, and he also threw down the chopsticks, "I'll just mention the art test, she will dare to show me face, go to Yancheng, who taught her like this?!" ”

If Lin Ran heard this, he would definitely reply to him very calmly-

My second uncle taught me.

Zhou Xixue's fire that had been suppressed in her heart all night was ignited by this sentence: "You still say that she is saving her face?" If you didn't have to call her that day, these days have passed, no matter how big the fire is, it won't be gone, let's persuade again, how can things not get by! ”

When it came to the phone call that day, Qiao Jingyi also knew in his heart that he was at a loss.

That day, I was supposed to call and ask Lin Ran if he had finished the exam and when he would come back, but he had to grab the phone and make such a big call.

As a result, the speakerphone was turned on, and Lin Ran's words in response to him were also heard by Zhou Xixue, which made his face flush at that time.

But now he is still shouting with his neck stalked: "Family, what can't you say!" Didn't I do enough today, you see she said a few words to me from beginning to end! ”

Zhou Xixue will not know her daughter's temperament.

There are some things that Lin Ran doesn't care about, but if she really gets in a hurry, she cares about you, it's exactly the same tough character as her father, and she won't give up if she hits the south wall.

Thinking of her deceased husband, she only felt uncomfortable, and she didn't want to quarrel with Qiao Jingyi anymore, so she was silent for a long time: "I'll talk to her later, and you won't mention An An's matter tomorrow for the time being, let's do what we said, and I'll talk about it when the phone calls tomorrow afternoon." ”

Seeing that his wife gave in, Qiao Jingyi, who was already weak-hearted, also weakened his voice: "Okay, okay, I know, I promise not to say a word more." You eat so little tonight, I'll stew you a bird's nest porridge later, right? ”

"Forget it, where do I have the heart to eat." Zhou Xixue waved her hand, stood up and began to clean up the table, "The palms and backs of your hands are full of meat, and my two daughters ...... Alas, if this matter is not solved quickly, I think I will have a few more gray hairs. ”

Lin Ran naturally didn't know about this little dispute in the restaurant, as soon as she entered the room, she simply washed her face, turned off the light, locked the door, and got into the soft quilt.

After thinking about the message Mo Zhi sent before, she touched the charged mobile phone and replied: [I'm done eating, second uncle, are you entertaining tonight or eating at home?] 】

I don't know why, every time she sends a message, Mo Zhi replies in seconds, as if it happened to be when he didn't have a job-

[Alone now? 】

Lin Ranwan didn't understand what he meant, so he had to reply truthfully: [Yes, I've already gone back to the room. 】

Is there something to say that is inconvenient for others to know?

Before she could bite her lip and figure it out, an invitation to a video call popped up, and the invitation sound frightened Lin Ran to the door.

The soundproofing of her room is not particularly good, and the movement in the house is a little louder, so that people outside can hear it.

Hurriedly connecting the headphones, Lin Ran stroked his chest, and then connected to the video invitation.