The next day, after Ji Ran got up, there were two obvious black greens under his eyes, as if he hadn't slept all night, sitting alone at the dining table in the lobby staring at the big bowl of clear porridge and soup.

When Zhan Suiyu cleaned up and came out, Zhang Qining had already leaned on the railing on the second floor and watched for a while.

"I don't know what to do, and I go deep. I don't know where the suffering comes from, and it is difficult to recover from the water. Zhang Qining muttered softly, looking at Ji Ran and couldn't help but shake his head.

Zhan Suiyu walked over and called her, looked at the depressed Ji Ran downstairs and said, "What's wrong with that kid?" ”

There were three or four tables of people eating breakfast downstairs, and the first batch had already finished eating and left, only to see Ji Bai still sitting in a daze, holding a steamed bun in his hand and not moving his chopsticks, as if he could be full just by looking at it. put it down without moving, got up and went upstairs, and when they saw Zhang Qining, they were slightly stunned, raised their eyes and glanced at Zhang Qining, and then stopped, and said, "Morning." I'll go back to my room first. ”

He wanted to ask Tao Xueqi about it, and told him if he had a night's rest. Since he didn't come to ask, there was no need to rush up and tell him. Zhang Qining turned around and leaned against the railing, and said in his heart: "Do you say he can't get along with Tao Xueqi, or can't get along with himself?" ”

"Ji Ran." Zhan Suiyu called out to him and said, "Pack up your things, you go back to Yueyang with me first." ”

Ji Ran turned to look at him helplessly, and his gaze turned to Zhang Qining again. Zhan Sui Yu sighed in his heart, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, and said dissatisfiedly: "What I said, what do you think Qi Ning does?" ”

"Miss Tao's whereabouts won't reach me until two days later, so let's go with Master Ji." Zhang Qining smiled.

Ji Ran's eyes flashed, and as the light in his eyes dimmed, he nodded in response, and turned back to the room to pack his things.

Zhan Suiyu looked at the closed door and couldn't help frowning.

"To be human, habits and beliefs are terrible. If changing habits is confusing, how does a change in beliefs affect a person? At the same time, one person has habits for another. Ji Gongzi has experienced changes, it is normal to have abnormalities, don't worry too much. ”

Zhang Qining pulled Sui Yu's sleeve and continued: "Don't worry, Ji Gongzi, what he is thinking about now is no longer Tao Xueqi. Yesterday he had calmed down and would be fine for a short time. ”

Zhan Suiyu sighed and said, "Do you know who you have the most headaches when you are investigating the case?" ”

Zhang Qining raised his eyebrows and said, "In my opinion, except for those criminals who are willing to admit their crimes obediently and can explain the crime clearly, everyone else is very troublesome. ”

That's true.

Zhan Suiyu: "But sometimes you can explain the case clearly, and it is not the real murderer who surrenders." ”

"You mean... Substitution for others? ”

Zhan Suiyu nodded, "There are many such people in the cases I handled. There are those who voluntarily confess because of their feelings, and such people are often the parents and lovers of the murderer. There are people who are forced to be helpless and can only be dragged to bear the guilt, such people are often of low status, and even if they bear the guilt, they are unable to resist. There is another kind, which is like Ji Ran. obviously has nothing to do with him, but because of the so-called kindness, he blames all the faults on himself. ”

"Goodness, justice, no taking, no purpose for being good to you, neither because of indebtedness, nor because of liking, there is no reason at all—why is there such a person in the world? It's something I've never been able to figure out. ”

Zhang Qining held on to the railing with one hand and said: "No matter how many books I read and imitate more people, all I can master is the way more different people speak, do things, and think, and I can more accurately figure out the thoughts of others." ”

She looked at Zhan Suiyu with a smile, a little helpless and frustrated: "During this period, the more people I think about, the better I am at dealing with them, and those who are really simple and have no purpose make me not know how to get along."

It seems to me that it is impossible to be kind to people without a god or a holy, so in my opinion such people are either hypocritical or stupid. Whether it is a god or a saint, even if he is let down, he will not feel resentful, he will not feel sad, and he will not be troubled and painful because of it, which is something that people cannot do. ”

Zhan Sui Yu couldn't help but look at her, Zhang Qining said a long time, and concluded: "Ji Ran is not a god, but he is much more generous and kind than ordinary people, and he just hasn't met anyone who can make him sad before." There is no comparison between an uninjured person and a devastated person. ”

Zhan Suiyu sighed, "Qi Ning, I think you seem to be very strict with Ji Ran, this shouldn't be my delusion, right?" ”

Zhang Qining tilted his head suspiciously, winked at him innocently, and then smiled. "Is that so? I just don't think it's a happy event if I don't feel happy, and vice versa. But..."

"But?"

Zhang Qining hooked his lips, "But people are like plants and trees, and they can't help themselves, so they are born to the sun." ”

She thought that Tao Xueqi would never like it at first sight when she saw Ji Ran, people like them who can grow darkness in their hearts are very resistant to light.

Now that she has the moon in her night sky, Zhan Sui Yu is not like Ji Ran, he does not reject his dark side, and even takes the initiative to step into his own world.

To Tao Xueqi, Ji Ran is not a candle flame or moonlight, but the sun. If the sun is too strong, it will burn people, just like Tao Xueqi set fire to "burn" Ji Ran.

"There are some things that you don't decide, and others can't help you." Zhang Qining took Zhan Sui Yu's hand, stood on tiptoe and said on a whim in his ear: "I think I'm much luckier than Tao Xueqi, Xianggong." ”

The last sound of Xianggong brought the girl's lingering and rising end, and the sweet smile was like amber maltose drawn in the sun, Zhan Suiyu couldn't help but move in his heart.

"Naughty." He laughed, his heart filled early in the morning.

*

The three of them were ready to leave for Yueyang, Ji Ran rode alone, and Zhan Suiyu and Zhang Qining rode together. At this rate, they will be able to go to Yueyang soon after lunch, and Zhan Suiyu will also go with Zhang Qining to choose a meeting gift for Zhan's father and mother, so he asked Ji Ran to go first, and by the way, he gave the second elder a letter.

"Lin Zhao, do you have any preferences for uncle and aunt?" Zhang Qining asked.

Zhan Suiyu smiled: "Don't be nervous, my father and mother are very easy-going people, and my family is from the rivers and lakes, so I don't pay so much attention to it." ”

Zhang Qining shook his head, "Mrs. Zhan was a young lady of the hairpin clan in Beijing before she got married, and etiquette must be spoken, and it must not be rude." And this is the first time I've seen them, and it's one thing for them to not care, and it's another thing for me to be a junior or not. ”

Zhang Qining said well, and Zhan Suiyu followed her and told her in detail about the preferences of the second elder. Zhang Qining thought about it after hearing this, and took him to the shop under the name of the Zhang family in Yueyang City. As Zhan Sui Yu just said, she thought that there would be no better condition in the whole Yueyang than her own shop.

Outside the Zhan Mansion, Zhan Sui Yu saw Zhang Qining take a deep breath, nodded solemnly at him, and said, "I'm ready." ”

He couldn't help but laugh and said, "I assure you, my father and mother must like you very much." ”

"Thank you, but what you said doesn't count." Zhang Qining said.

"Okay, okay, what I said doesn't count, then you can go and see the head office yourself. Let's go. ”

Zhan Suiyu was holding something in one hand and knocked on the closed door with the other.

"Who?" The door opened, and an old housekeeper with an approachable face came out of it, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that it was Zhan Suiyu. "Childe! Oops, it turned out that Childe was back! Hurry up, come in. ”

"Uncle Chen, I'm back. Look, this is the young lady I brought back to show you, isn't it beautiful? Zhan Sui Yu hugged Zhang Qining, pushed him in front of Uncle Chen, and said to her: "Qi Ning, this is Uncle Chen, my housekeeper, who usually hurts me." ”

Zhang Qining smiled and said to him: "Uncle Chen is good." ”

Uncle Chen had long known that Zhan Suiyu was going to bring his sweetheart back when he came back this time, and the two families had already said that they were going to get married, and they were starting to do it, and the son's Geng post was still prepared by him in person to Zhang Luo.

He was thinking about what kind of girl made his son-in-law take the initiative to ask for marriage, and when he saw it today, he was not only good-looking, but also had an excellent tutor in his gestures, and his eyes were clear and clean, and he was a good girl, and he was a perfect match for his son-in-law standing together!

"Miss Zhang, come on, come in, come in. Ji Gongzi came over one step ahead of you, and the old lady knew that you would come back before dinner, so she had already asked people to prepare. Miss Zhang, old man, I have taken care of my son for so many years, and it is the first time I have seen him say something to the master in such a hurry. I knew from this look that he really reassured the girl. ”

Zhang Qining glanced at Zhan Sui Yu, imagining Zhan Sui Yu's anxious appearance in his mind, he couldn't help but smile and said, "I know, he has always treated me very well. ”

"That's good, that's good." Uncle Chen led the people to the lobby and shouted outside: "Master, madam, the young master is back!" ”

"Miss Zhang, please." He made a gesture of please.

"Thank you."

"Dad, mother, daughter-in-law has brought back your second elder. Come and see! As soon as Zhan Suiyu entered the door, he said this, and Zhang Qining couldn't help but pause, and his cheeks were dyed red. You, you pay attention. ”

Zhan Suiyu completely let go of his own territory, "I don't, I just want to let everyone in the mansion know that this son has brought back the future young lady." Hee-hee. ”

Zhang Qining was originally quite nervous, but she was completely thrown out of the clouds by her nervousness, how could parents who could teach him such a difficult temperament?

Uncle Chen stood aside silently, looking at the young man who seemed to be mixing oil in honey, he couldn't help but nod and smile.

Zhan's father and mother walked out side by side from inside, Zhan Suiyu has a good skin, and Zhan's father and mother are not bad.

Although Zhan's father is a native of the rivers and lakes, he is not rough and heroic in terms of figure and appearance, and he is masculine with a gentle and calm that has been baptized by the years.

He walked over with his wife in one hand, although Mrs. Zhan was middle-aged, but she was extremely well maintained, not only the years were very tolerant to her, but she herself also carried the calm and softness of the scholarly family.

The two walked out, looked at Zhan Suiyu and Zhang Qining with a gentle smile on their faces, and after seeing Zhang Qining, the two glanced at each other halfway, and a trace of surprise flashed in Zhan's mother's eyes, so the smile on their faces became stronger.

"Why did you bring so many things with you?" Zhan's mother looked at her son, looked at Zhang Qining, and couldn't help but gesture with her eyes.

Zhan Sui Yu naturally understood, took the gift in Zhang Qining's hand and put it aside, pushed the person forward, and proudly introduced it to them. "Dad, mother, this is my son's sweetheart - Qi Ning. Let's see, isn't this daughter-in-law very good? ”

"Uncle, aunt." Zhang Qining was about to be praised by Zhan Sui Yu to the sky, and it was rare for him to be ashamed, so he pretended to say hello to the second elder calmly.

Zhan's mother took Zhang Qining's hand and kept saying yes, and pulled the person to take a good look, it was really good.

His son took a fancy to him, looking at his anxious appearance, and Zhan's father wanted to be beautiful at that time. Now that I see it, this looks really not ordinarily beautiful!

The cheeks are condensed with new li, the nose and cherry lips are beautiful, the eyebrows are like the distant mountains and green daisies, clear and elegant; The eyes are like a hollow valley and a quiet spring, quiet and profound. Words and deeds are generous, the essence of the literary style, and the vulgarity is forgotten. Smiling slightly, the pear vortex is shallow, the tassels in the hair are swaying, beautiful and well-behaved, as if they have just come out of the painting, very smart. Indeed, as the son said before, she is a good girl, and they will like it when they see her.

"Good, very good, what I saw in the "Beauty Spectrum" in Beijing when I was young was not as good as this one in front of me."

When Zhan Mu was young, it was popular in Beijing to go to various places to paint portraits of beauties, and then select the most beautiful 100 women's portraits to formulate a book, which was updated every five years, known as "Beauty Spectrum".

It is said that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is a big difficulty, but Zhan's mother really likes it after seeing Zhang Qining, she wanted a girl when she was pregnant with Sui Yu, but she was born a boy. Now this daughter-in-law is simply like the girl in her heart, can she not like it!

As for Father Zhan, the girl is a good girl, the lady is satisfied, the son likes it, and of course there is nothing wrong with him. Such a good girl, with a good family background, he couldn't help but think about how to fall in love with his son? It can't be tricked back by the stinky boy's rhetoric, right?

No matter what, it's his Zhan's family to deceive him back. You have to quickly pick an auspicious day for your son to marry someone back, even if it is a lie, let this kid cheat for a lifetime, and he sees that his son is serious this time, otherwise he won't let them call the shots.

Zhan Daxia didn't know what Zhan Sui Yu was thinking in his heart, if he knew, he would definitely give his father a big gift, and sincerely thank his father for his kindness.

Zhan's mother took Zhang Qining's hand and said, "Good boy, the preparations you should make when you come back today have already been made, and I will cook and wash the dust for you tonight." ”

As soon as the words of cooking in person came out, the father and son of the Zhan family paused and glanced at each other with ugly faces.

Zhan Suiyu: "Mother, Qi Ning just came, you two, isn't it good for us to talk together?" Just leave the kitchen to the cook. ”

"Yes, ma'am. You talk to the little girl, and the kitchen husband watches it himself. Father Zhan couldn't help but say.

Hey? Their reaction, could it be that Mrs. Zhan's cooking skills-

Zhang Qining looked at Zhan Suiyu, only to see Zhan Suiyu squeezing his eyebrows at her vigorously, and his expression was as hideous as he had never been.

Zhan's mother: "It's okay, I'm not here, isn't Lin Zhao still there." Qi Ning, I call you that, don't you mind? ”

"Of course not, aunt, you are free."

"Good. Tonight you're going to try your aunt's handiwork. ”

Zhang Qining smiled, as if he hadn't seen Zhan Suiyu's previous hint, nodded, and said obediently: "Okay." Shall I give my aunt a hand? ”

"Okay, come on. Let's go to the kitchen and let them talk for a while. ”

"Hmm."

Zhang Qining walked towards the kitchen with Zhan's mother in his arms, and the father and son of the Zhan family behind him gradually petrified in the wind.

Before dinner.

"Dad, I didn't hear an explosion in the kitchen, and I didn't run the water, today's meal... You should be able to eat it, right? ”

"Don't ask me, how do I know. Go, call Ji Ran's kid over. ”

"Oh."

When the meal was served, the three men obviously paused, even Ji Ran couldn't stand it, it seemed that the food cooked by Zhan's mother was really not complimentary.

Zhang Qining smiled, "Don't be stunned, let's try it." Auntie has put a lot of effort into it today. ”

It was still Zhan's father to give face, and he was the first to turn his head to face the dinner, and couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at the delicious and fragrant meal. Zhan Sui Yu and Ji Ran looked at it immediately and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"This is what my mother did?"

"yes. My aunt is so good, I just provided a few menus and she actually made them. Zhang Qining said with a smile.

Zhan Sui Yu leaned over and whispered, "You did it?" ”

Zhang Qining shook his head, "How could I possibly cook." I haven't done it, but I've seen a lot of it, and it's okay to talk about it on paper. The aunt was originally very good, and the cook controlled the heat well, and the result was not bad. ”

Divide and dissolve, so it is.

"The main thing is to make my aunt happy, as for the process... Just look at it. Zhang Qining said with a smile.