The first week after the winter break is Chinese New Year's Eve.

Liang Jiu sat at the window and looked out, this northern city was already covered in silver, and the outside was so white that she had a lot of time to be in a daze.

She originally wanted to ask her mother if she could go back to the UK for the Spring Festival, but unfortunately Liang Xianyun had not contacted her for many days since she was busy receiving visiting foreign guests, so Liang Jiu didn't even ask this question, and Chinese New Year's Eve came.

But she has long been used to it, and it was the same before, Liang Xianyun was very busy during the Spring Festival as an ambassador abroad, so Fang Xun went from a person who didn't understand what the Spring Festival was at all to a person who would buy New Year's goods on time.

This is the first Spring Festival without Fang Xun's company, and the first Chinese New Year's Eve without family by his side.

Liang Jiu held a warm baby in his hand and begged her to cook a bowl of sesame rice balls before her aunt got off work. She likes sweets the most, because the taste is so sweet that she doesn't have to think about anything.

But it seems that sweets are useless today, so she ran upstairs to put on a down jacket after eating a small half bowl of rice balls.

Secretary Cui was sent home by her early in the morning, who doesn't want to reunite for the New Year, she has to stay here, she doesn't want to be big eyes with them. At this time, there was only one childless old housekeeper left in the house, who must be making dumplings downstairs, and when Liang Jiu tiptoed away from the back door, he also saw the kitchen light on.

If she comes back in time, she might be able to catch the first pot of dumplings, she thought to herself and turned around and disappeared into the snow.

On the other side of the city, Lin Bei turned the last page of the book and turned his gaze to the bowl of walnut sesame dew that had been sitting for a long time, which was said to be very nourishing to his brain and was something he had to eat every day.

It's just that the taste is really unsatisfactory.

He took it up and drank it down, and patiently asked the servant to clean up the empty bowls, and then went into the library that was connected to the study, and he put the book on the shelf, and then touched the spine.

"The Imprisoned Mind" is the work of the Polish writer Miłosz, the Nobel Prize-winning novel, who did not appeal to him at all, and Lin Bei did not even have the desire to open it, he bought him only because of Liang Jiu's words before he left that day.

Liang Jiu said, "I really sympathize with you for being able to enjoy yourself in this impermeable environment, and I am proud of your chronic suicide, I really sympathize with you, your mind is like this book, imprisoned in a dead air." ”

This doesn't seem to be the first time Liang Jiu has expressed his opinion on him, Lin Bei has never received such an evaluation since he was a child, so he took her words seriously.

The phone rang from the other end, Lin Bei walked back to the study to find the phone, frowned at the unfamiliar phone string, and pressed answer, "Hello." ”

"This ...... Isn't it Liang Jiu's phone? I'm looking for Liang Jiu. ”

A young man's voice came from the other end of the line, the accent was strange, the kind of Mandarin with no accent but with an accent.

Lin Bei immediately understood that this was the person Liang Jiu contacted that day.

"You made a mistake, I am Liang Jiu's classmate, and she used my mobile phone to call you that day."

There was silence on the other end of the line for a few seconds, and then a strange accent came again, "Can you find her?" ”

This time, Lin Bei was stunned, "I don't know where she lives." ”

"Can you do me a favor, then?" The man made another request.

Lin Bei instinctively wanted to refuse, but a trace of curiosity rose, "You say." ”

"If you see her, I wish her a happy Spring Festival for me, thank you." Then the other party hung up.

Parting looking at the string of numbers, country number 44, it's the United Kingdom.

He didn't have time to think about it, because someone pushed the door in, and a clear voice came in with a smile, "Lin Bei, that kid won't be older than the New Year, is he still reading, what about people?" ”

Then there was a series of footsteps, and by the time Lin Bei walked from the study to the living room of the suite, there were already two people standing in the room looking around, and they laughed even more presumptuously when they saw Lin Bei.

"The most proficient person in your Lin family has finally appeared." It was Lin Bei's cousin Feng Xuran who spoke.

"It's our prince who is here, I just heard from the uncle that Lin Bei is the first in the grade and the first in the competition this year, and he must have to boast about going to his grandfather at night." This is Lin Bei's cousin Lin Huanran, he has not liked to study since he was a child, and he lives every day under Lin Bei's great achievements.

Because Lin Bei is the eldest son and eldest grandson, his status in the family is extremely high, but the responsibility is also the greatest, just like these cousins can play freely, but Lin Bei cannot.

"What are you doing to come to me so early." Lin Bei leaned against the window casually and asked, "Don't you think you didn't make enough trouble last year?" ”

Lin Bei was referring to the fact that they were dragged back from the bar by their parents after they were arguing about going to drink on Chinese New Year's Eve last year, and Lin Huanran smiled disapprovingly, "We are here to ask you someone." ”

"Ask me?" Lin Bei's eyes fluttered, his brothers were the best at playing outside, "Who?" ”

"Don't pretend to be with us, a few months ago my dad said that there was a big boy in the city, and he borrowed it from your school, this girl is not small, it is said that she is the daughter of a wealthy British businessman and the Chinese ambassador, and the mayor is now currying favor with people as if they were treasures." Feng Xuran touched his chin as he spoke.

"Aren't you the most powerful and powerful, who you can't inquire about, and come to me to ask?" Lin Bei raised his eyebrows, looking disbelieving.

"That's because this person is more wild than me, she is accompanied by bodyguards and servants when she goes in and out, and she doesn't easily participate in parties or anything, it is said that the last time someone talked to her at the mayor's house, she didn't even look at that person, not to mention those who rushed to hand her invitations to her home, were intercepted by the guards in the embassy district." Feng Xuran was very dissatisfied when he said this, "Even this girl herself is also tall, and it is really difficult to approach." ”

"What are you doing approaching her?" Lin Bei smiled, "You won't let go of a little girl?" ”

", don't Lin, your thoughts are really dirty, I just want to get to know each other, after all, I'm going to study in the UK in the fall." Feng Xuran asked Lin Huanran again, "Did you say that Lin Bei is just wilting?" ”

"He's just sullen, when did you take him out to play, didn't you go crazy, and in the end, it wasn't that we were scolded by our grandfather and brought the eldest and young master to ruin." Lin Huanran rolled his eyes as he spoke, "Grandpa doesn't know that Lin Bei is the craziest." ”

Lin Bei glanced at the drifting snow outside, and said lightly, "I know the person you are talking about, she is my tablemate." ”

Lin Huanran jumped in front of Lin Bei immediately, "Lin Bei, you are really not interesting, such a big ancestor is by your side, you don't introduce us." ”

Feng Xuran came to his senses as soon as he heard it, he mixed in a bunch of rich second-generation officials and second-generation circles every day to play, if he could ask this girl out, then he would have more face, "Lin Bei, make an appointment and everyone will get to know each other." ”

Lin Bei frowned, "Chinese New Year's Eve, what are you asking me to ask someone to come out for?" ”

It's snowing heavily outside.

"You can call and ask, and we'll accompany her to see what she wants to do." Feng Xuran is a few years older than them, and he is the most handy for dating girls, "You call quickly and turn on hands-free." ”

Lin Bei was helpless, so he had to dial Liang Jiu's mobile phone, in fact, he didn't think that Liang Jiu would answer the phone, after all, the relationship between the two was not there, and he was still thinking about what to say in the first sentence after connecting, after all, the atmosphere was a little awkward when the two were separated last time.

Who knew that the phone rang only once and was answered, he pressed the speakerphone, and a soft voice came from the other end.

"Lin Bei, where are you, do you want to come out to play?"

Several people were stunned, Feng Xuran pushed Lin Bei, and gestured to him anxiously.

Lin Bei squinted, he could hear that Liang Jiu seemed to be outside, so he turned off the speakerphone and put the phone to his ear, and whispered, "Where are you, I'll look for you." ”