Xiao Tingli followed Zhen Xin into the living room and saw her daughter Nini, who was crawling and playing on the mat.

"You may be seated." Zhen Xin stroked the hair of her sideburns a little uncomfortably, "Do you want tea?" Or fruit juice? Coffee? ”

"Coffee." Xiao Tingli spoke unceremoniously, and Li Yi on the side hurriedly followed, "Me too." Trouble Miss Zhen. ”

Zhen Xin replied 'no' and went to the kitchen to grind coffee.

Sikong Lan is also a person who has high requirements for the quality of life, and only drinks freshly ground coffee, which is the same as Xiao Tingli.

Xiao Tingli sat on the sofa, his eyes swept over everything in the living room, from the coffee table in front of him, to the TV wall in front of him, and then to the surrounding decorations, furniture, and all kinds of small details.

Anyway, it didn't feel like a warm family for him.

Empty, cold.

The photos on the TV cabinet are actually only Nini's alone, and there are no large-scale family photos or wedding photos as he imagined.

He couldn't help but feel happy, and his gaze at Nini was gentle.

"Uncle, can you play Thomas?"

Nini suddenly ran towards him with small steps, holding a small blue train remote control in her hand, her chubby little face was smiling, and her voice was soft and glutinous, very cute.

Xiao Tingli was in a good mood, so he nodded, "Yes." ”

"Teach me to play." Nini shoved the remote control into his hand, and then lay on his lap, looking up at him with a small face.

Looking, like a curious kitten, no one can bear to refuse her.

Xiao Tingli couldn't help but glance at her, it was rare for a child to take the initiative to get close to him again and again, after all, what he exuded around him was always a 'no one should enter' atmosphere.

But Zhen Xin, the daughter, seems to have not recognized him at all since she first saw him.

He didn't know what was going on in his head, but he also had such patience to play with toys with children other than Haohao.

When Zhen Xin came out with coffee, what she saw was such a warm scene: Xiao Tingli was half-squatting on the ground, his fingers flexibly controlling the small train, moving forward and backward in the living room, flipping and jumping. Nini leaned into his arms, two small hands around his right arm, laughing and screaming happily, her eyes full of adoration.

Her heart couldn't help but skip a beat because of this, because she was shocked, because this picture was so harmonious, it was a matter of course.

Immediately, I felt sour again, the father and daughter got along so well, but they didn't know that the other party was one of the most important people in their lives.

"Miss Zhen."

Li glanced at Zhen Xin out of the corner of his eye, and immediately got up and took the initiative to take the tray in her hand.

Zhen Xin hurriedly stretched out her hand to Nini, "Nini, come over to Mom." ”

"Don't!"

Nini hugged Xiao Tingli's arm tightly, "I still have to play Thomas with my uncle." ”

Zhen Xin suddenly felt a little embarrassed, so she turned around and walked to the refrigerator, "Nini, do you want to drink yogurt?" ”

"I want to drink."

The temptation of food, the little guy couldn't resist it, and immediately let go and got out of Xiao Tingli's arms, Zhen Xin carried her back to the sofa and sat down.

The daughter was quietly drinking yogurt in her arms, and Xiao Tingli also sat back on the sofa and quietly picked up the coffee.

No one spoke, and the atmosphere in the living room was indescribably eerie.

Zhen Xin couldn't help but look upstairs, a little uneasy. But after waiting for a while, I didn't see the two brothers Sikong Lan coming down.

There's a lot to say, right?

After all, I haven't seen each other for three years.

The servant came out of the kitchen at this time, "Madam, dinner is ready, I'll go back?" ”

"Okay, stay safe on the road."

The servant was gone, and no one spoke.

Li Yi looked at Xiao Tingli, and then at Zhen Xin, I really don't know what Mr. Xiao insists on staying, what does it mean?

"Since you are staying outside well, why did you suddenly come back to Qingcheng?" Xiao Tingli's slender fingers tapped on his legs.

Zhen Xin glanced upstairs, "Just to come to find his brother." ”

It turns out that it has nothing to do with him?

Xiao Tingli's gaze swept around again, "Zhen Xin, is this really your home?" ”

"Or else? Is it your home? ”

"I don't see a little bit of home here." The man raised his finger and pointed, "It doesn't look popular." ”

Zhen Xin gave him a strange look, "Originally, I just rented a place to live temporarily. If we don't hear from his brother this month, we're leaving. ”

"Where to go?" The man immediately asked.

Zhen Xin looked away, "It has nothing to do with you." ”

Xiao Tingli felt uncomfortable being pricked by a needle in his heart.

Li Yidu looked at him worriedly, but his face seemed very natural, "Except for your daughter's things, I don't see anything that belongs to you, even those books, they are neatly placed." Either it's because you're cleaning up too cleanly, or you're not at all comfortable in this so-called home. You didn't think of this place as your own. And,"

His gaze fell on Zhen Xin, "I didn't see a single wedding photo of yours." This is unreasonable. ”

If Sikong Lan is financially constrained and has no mood for life, it is normal. But on the contrary, Sikong Lan's economic strength is good, and he is also a person with a lot of interest in life on weekdays, how could he miss such an important sense of ceremony?

Zhen Xin didn't expect that Xiao Tingli had never been idle since he walked into this room.

It only took a moment to observe so many details.

She coughed silently, "We didn't take wedding photos." ”

"It's not like your style."

"What's my style?" Zhen Xin asked him rhetorically, "When you and I hurriedly got the certificate, we didn't have anything, didn't we?" ”

The man's gaze suddenly dimmed, "Originally...... It's me who is sorry for you. ”

Everything was too hasty.

As if just to be angry with his father, he took her to the Civil Affairs Bureau overnight, neither picking a day, nor preparing gifts and rings, so angry that he got the marriage certificate.

He didn't want to treat her badly all the time, he thought at the time, when that incident passed, whether it was a wedding photo or a grand wedding, he would definitely make up for her and give her the best in the world, because she was worth it.

But who knows, the world is impermanent......

Zhen Xin didn't mean to stab him.

That sentence naturally blurted out, with resentment that she couldn't even imagine.

She thought she had seen it a long time ago.

Unexpectedly, the things she cared about had actually been in her heart and had never forgotten them.

She looked at Xiao Tingli's expression and looked gloomy, she wanted to explain something, but after thinking about it, she gave up again: That's fine.

Diverted his attention.

lest he continue to think about it and think that something is wrong with Nini's life experience.

Upstairs.

Sikong Lan and Sikong Jia sat facing each other, the two clasped each other's hands, and they couldn't speak for a long time.

"Where have you been these three years?"

Sikong Jia shook his head, "You may not believe it when you say it, I have always been in Qingcheng, but I was locked up." ”

"What?"

Sikong Lan felt incredulous, "But I started looking for it from Qingcheng at the beginning...... Going around and around, going around the country in a big circle, how can there be no news? ”

"That person has a great background and is cautious in his work." Sikong Jia seemed reluctant to talk more, "Now, it's good that we're reunited." ”

Sikong Lan listened, but felt uncomfortable: Is all this retribution? But why did all the retribution go to his brother?

He should be the one who deserves retribution!

"No, tell me, who locked you up?"

"That man said I looked like his fiancée, and for the past two years, I have been pretending to be crazy and stupid to get by, and I was locked up in a dark attic"

Sikong Lan almost couldn't listen to it, he grabbed the fingers on his brother's shoulder, as if he was about to pinch into the flesh, and the hatred in his eyes wanted to tear people apart, "Who, who is he?" ”

"Lan Lan," Sikong Jia raised his face, "I won't tell you. ”

"Why?" The dark tide at the bottom of Sikong Lantan is surging, and his face is fierce and terrifying.

"What do you do when you know that? Killing? ”

Sikong Lan patted her brother's shoulder soothingly, "I have checked all the surveillance near the homestay where you live, and I didn't find out how you disappeared at that time, do you know how hard I have been looking for you in the past three years?" ”

"That person said that he hadn't been observing me for a day or two, he was just a mentally ill madman," Sikong Jia gently touched his face, "But I'm back now, Lan Lan, I'm back, forget about this matter, okay?" ”

"Forget it?" Sikong Lan sneered in disbelief, "Even if you don't elaborate, I can know how you have been tortured in the past two years, you have to say it, unless I die!" ”