In the living room, a blonde woman is wearing a simple yoga dress, with her hands straight up, one foot on the ground, and the other leg slowly lifted up and straightened.

"Hello. Mischa. ”

Yang Xiaoxiao smiled and waved her hand to Misha, "I'm going to make pasta, do you want to eat it?" ”

Misha's outstretched arms made an OK gesture, "And steak." Medium rare. ”

This is Yang Xiaoxiao's roommate, a beauty of mixed European descent, who is at the same time as Yang Xiaoxiao at the Proda Hotel, however, it is clear that Misha is higher in rank than her and is her top boss.

Yang Xiaoxiao made pasta and steak in the kitchen, mixed a bowl of fruit salad, held the square table in the dining room, turned on the crystal chandelier overhead, and came out to call Misha, but there was no one in the living room, and there was a yoga mat in front of the TV. The yoga instructions on TV are clear and to the point.

Yang Xiaoxiao took off her apron, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Misha carrying Rui Rui downstairs.

Rui Rui still held the eleventh-order Rubik's Cube in his hand. A pair of small fingers fiddled with the Rubik's Cube, and the six sides had gone from a completely out of order to six neat colors.

Misha put Rui Rui on the chair on the dining table and took the Rubik's Cube in his hand, "Rui Rui, let me ask you, how can you be so smart?" ”

Rui Rui did not show the ecstasy of other children when they were complimented, nor was he shy, as if he was supposed to do this in the first place.

Yang Xiaoxiao put the steak in front of Rui Rui and instructed him to lay out the napkin himself.

Misha fiddled with the Rubik's Cube in her hand and casually asked Yang Xiaoxiao, "What did Professor Laura say there?" ”

Yang Xiaoxiao shook her head and scooped a bite of the salad with a spoon, "I still can't check anything, there is no problem with the large and small brains." And the intelligence is significantly higher than that of normal children, that is, they are a little slow in speech and action. ”

Rui Rui learned to walk at the age of three and a half, except for the first word "Mom" that he could call out when he just started to speak, until now, he spoke as if he was jumping on beans, and he spoke extremely slowly, at first Yang Xiaoxiao felt that the child was autistic, but after going to check, there was no problem, Rui Rui's situation did not belong to autism. Autism is a congenital brain problem and the influence of the acquired living environment, but after living here for five years, Yang Xiaoxiao dared to pat her chest and say that she definitely took care of her children.

Misha looked at Rui Rui's face, "If it's not autism, what did the professor say was the reason?" "Remember the demon garbage.

"Developmental delay," Ms. Yang said, "is not anything else." ”

Yes, Rui Rui is thinner than children of the same age, but it's not that nutrition can't keep up, Yang Xiaoxiao specializes in studying nutrition at home, and changes the way to make him some nutritious food, but it is still growing at an extremely slow rate.

"That's why Professor Laura isn't willing to let you go?"

There was a sound at the door, and a warm voice came, Yang Xiaoxiao turned his head and glanced at the door, it was Jason.

Jason was British, tall and well-nosed, a student of Professor Lola's who specialized in the study of various psychophysiological aspects of children.

Yang Xiaoxiao shrugged, "Jasont, you come over to eat my this, there is still a steak in the kitchen that is not fried." ”

Jason changed his shoes and went straight into the bathroom, "I've eaten out, don't bother." ”

………………

Two days later, Yang Xiaoxiao took Rui Rui to Professor Lola's office again.

Professor Lola, wearing a pair of rimless glasses, leaned over, "Clever little boy, will you come with me to the toy room?" ”

Rui Rui blinked, glanced at the kind old woman in front of him, and then at Yang Xiaoxiao behind him.

Yang Xiaoxiao smiled and touched his head, "Good, go ahead." ”

Rui Rui put a small hand in the palm of Professor Lola's hand, followed him, and slowly walked to the front room.

On the side of Professor Laura's laboratory, the sun was particularly good, and the clouds in the sky were drifting away.

Just when Yang Xiaoxiao's eyes fell on the window, a white porcelain mug came over with one hand and put it in front of Yang Xiaoxiao: "White coffee." ”

Yang Xiaoxiao smiled and looked up at the tall Jacente.

Jason was wearing a white research gown and a pair of glasses hanging from his neckline.

"Asked for leave again today?" Jason said, "I said I would bring Rui Rui in the morning." ”

"I'm going through the resignation procedures, and I'll do the final handover this week," Yang Xiaoxiao picked up the steaming coffee cup in front of him, pursed his lips, put it to his lips and took a shallow sip, "Anyway, there are not many things in the hotel, and there is Misha as the manager to help me." ”

Because Yang Xiaoxiao studied hotel management, he happened to be a professional counterpart in a star-rated hotel here, and he also started as a staff, and now after a few years, he is already a supervisor, so the resignation procedures are a little more cumbersome.

Jason leaned back on the back of the sofa, his long arms rested on the sofa, and turned to look at Yang Xiaoxiao: "You really want to go back to China?" Isn't life good enough here? ”

Yang Xiaoxiao turned his head to look at Jasonte's eyes, which were emerald green, clear and shiny.

"My roots are in China, and I still have to go back."

Here, no matter how good someone is to her, it is not home after all.

Yang Xiaoxiao took out the phone from her bag, just brought out a jingling chain lock from the bag, she was in a hurry to answer the phone, so she didn't have time to pick it up, made an apologetic gesture to Jacente, turned around and pushed open the sliding door in front and walked out.

Jason picked up the chain lock on the ground, several traps together, and then twisted and twisted, he shook twice, and began to unravel.

Outside the door, Yang Xiaoxiao glanced at the name on the phone screen, and originally wanted to hang up, but finally connected the phone.

"Shen Dong."

It was Shen Shi who called, and Shen Shi's voice was even older than five years ago, as if he was still breathing, but he was always there with a sigh of relief.

Shen Shi asked: "Yang Xiaoxiao, are you going to return to China with your child?" ”

Yang Xiaoxiao said, "Yes." ”

"It's not the best time for you to come back now, it's not the best time for Rui Rui," Shen Shi coughed twice, "What are you doing coming back now?" ”

"It's not the best time for you, but for me," Yang Xiaoxiao said, "Shen Dong, thank you for taking care of me all the time, it's my own choice." ”

After calling from outside and coming back in, Rui Rui had already come out of the toy room, looking at the tall man in front of him with a pair of big eyes.

Jason held up the chain lock in his hand to show Rui Rui, "Can you untie it?" ”

Rui Rui nodded heavily.

Jacente handed the chain lock to Rui Rui, and Rui Rui's small hands twisted back and forth between the locks a few times, and with a click, one lock had been opened.

Jason knew that this little guy was very smart, but he had practiced it himself for a long time, and his fingers were almost blistered by this lock, and he couldn't find the trick to unlock it, and this little guy, who was only five years old, successfully untied it.

He shook his head and pursed his lips, "Amazing." ”

Yang Xiaoxiao hugged his arms, leaned against the wall, and watched the little guy smile in the process of untying the chain lock, and the last lock was unfastened, and he raised the chain lock like a treasure to let Yang Xiaoxiao be good.

Yang gave a thumbs up.

For her children, Yang Xiaoxiao has never been hesitant to praise.

………………

The day before leaving, Yang Xiaoxiao went to the hotel to go through the final resignation procedures.

The superior leader was trying to keep Yang Xiaoxiao until the last second, Yang Xiaoxiao politely declined, and the boss got up and shook hands with Yang Xiaoxiao, and took out a letter of recommendation from the drawer: "I know the manager of Dia Hotel, you can go directly to work in his chain hotel." ”

"Thank you."

This letter of recommendation is really useful for Yang Xiaoxiao, coupled with the work experience of the world's first-class hotels in the archive resume, it is really a rare wealth for Yang Xiaoxiao, even after returning to China, with this letter of recommendation and a beautiful resume, you can also find a satisfactory job.

Walking out of the high-rise office, Yang Xiaoxiao happened to meet Misha, so he accompanied her to the mall to buy clothes, visited the mall, and went to the café to drink coffee.

Misha said: "My annual leave is going to take next month, and I will buy a ticket to go with you then, or I will definitely go to China with Jason tomorrow." ”

Yang Xiaoxiao interrupted Misha's words with some surprise: "Jacente is also going to China?" ”

"Don't you know?" Misha added a sugar cube to the coffee cup, "It was approved by Professor Lola, and he was in charge of Rui Rui throughout the whole process, you have nothing to say, you can only cooperate." ”

Yang Xiaoxiao: "......"

Dr. Laura doesn't think Rui Rui has a problem, but his intelligence is extraordinary, and similarly, Yang Xiaoxiao doesn't think Rui Rui has a problem, but his development is much slower than that of children of the same age, and his nutrition can keep up, but he is still thin. However, the IQ and mental activity are much higher than those of children of the same age, and Yang Xiaoxiao is a little surprised by his intelligence. In other words, in the past five years, this little guy has grown his brain.

………………

City C.

In the night, Dong Zhe handed over a new report.

"In the record, Miss Xin called the same number in Norway three times this month, and after checking, this is a Chinese woman, whose English name is Marshall, and her Chinese name cannot be found, this is a photo."

Gu Qingcheng took the photo, glanced at the paper, and hooked his lips upward.

A new identity?

He buttoned the button on his suit with one hand and got up, "Book a ticket for tomorrow and go to Norway." ”

………………

I don't know if it's a coincidence, when Yang Xiaoxiao boarded the plane to return to China, Gu Qingcheng just flew over the Aegean Sea, and it should have been delayed for another day.

Gu Qingcheng had already gotten on the plane, but a text message in his mobile phone was intercepted in the data stream because of the airplane mode, and he couldn't turn it on again until ten hours later.

In the sky above the airport in City C, a passenger plane was circling, and when the flight attendant on the plane prompted that she was about to land, Yang Xiaoxiao wanted to wake up Rui Rui, who was sleeping on the plane, but Jason next to her blocked her hand, "I'll carry him down." ”

Rui Rui slept deeply, and there was an imperceptible flush on his face, and Jacente's tentacles sensed that something was wrong.

Xin Man had been waiting outside the airport for half an hour, rolled down half of the window, looked at the figure coming and going, and suddenly saw Yang Xiaoxiao walking not far away, so he opened the car door and waved his hand.

"Dawn, over here!"

However, when she saw a white man with strong Western characteristics behind Yang Xiaoxiao, she was stunned for a moment, "...... is this?" ”

Yang Xiaoxiao had already opened the car door and asked Jason to lean in, "A friend of mine, drive to the hospital quickly." ”

It's really a child's poor resistance, Rui Rui just arrived in China and was a little uncomfortable, a little complication of high fever and pneumonia, and on the first day of arrival, it was an injection and a drip.

Yang Xiaoxiao stayed in front of Rui Rui's hospital bed all night, and the high fever finally subsided in the second half of the night.

Jassente's Chinese level is not very good, but simple Chinese can also be understood, and there is no big problem with the communication with the nurse, but the words spoken are really ugly.

Yang Xiaoxiao held back a smile and let Jason find someone to practice spoken Chinese without saying a word.

In the second half of the night, it was not until early in the morning that the infusion needles were withdrawn, and Yang Xiaoxiao carried Rui Rui out of the hospital.

Xinman has settled in City C, and the house is a three-bedroom apartment, "Your foreigner's friend, let him come to live with me temporarily, the house is big enough." ”

Yang Xiaoxiao nodded.

"I'm a classmate here, and I'm going to my classmate's house," Jason said. ”

When he arrived at Xin Man's house, Yang Xiaoxiao first cooked vegetable porridge and gave Rui Rui a small bowl before letting him continue to sleep.

After Yang Xiaoxiao let Rui Rui fall asleep, Jason outside was asking Xin Man about the inheritance of Chinese culture, but Xin Man was stunned for a moment.

………………

Returning to the place where he lived in the past and hearing the familiar local sound, Yang Xiaoxiao really felt that the past five years seemed like a dream.

At night, Yang Xiaoxiao wears a two-piece loose and comfortable cotton pajamas, standing next to the wine rack in the dining room, and Xinman sits at the table eating fruit.

"He must know the news of your return, and he will come back tomorrow to harass me, if he comes to me this time, even if I don't tell you the news, he can find out that you live with me."

Yang Xiaoxiao leaned against the glass cabinet, "Then say it." ”

Sinman: "......"

It's that simple?

"If you want me to say, you two should sit down and have a good talk, at least there is a Rui Rui in the middle, how about you can't let Rui Rui not have a father, right?"

Yang Xiaoxiao's expression suddenly darkened, and he put the water cup in his hand on the coaster, "Let's talk about it." ”

In fact, in the past three days, Yang Xiaoxiao passed the appointment of Dia Hotel through a letter of recommendation and a very beautiful file resume, and directly parachuted into the position of supervisor, and Dia's boss called the Nordic star hotel on the same day and praised Yang Xiaoxiao.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Xiaoxiao reported the best kindergarten in C city for Rui Rui, entered the large class, and had an in-depth conversation with the kindergarten teacher about Rui Rui's situation, and the kindergarten teacher said: "I will do our best to care for this child." ”

Yang Xiaoxiao shook her head: "No, no, I want you to be treated equally, my child is the same as other children, without any illness or defects." ”

In the end, Yang Xiaoxiao went to the city hospital.

It was the hospital that Shen Jiayou was admitted to five years ago.

Yang Xiaoxiao still clearly remembered which ward he was in at that time, walking through the long corridor, and at this moment, the beds in that ward were empty. She stood at the door for a while, and she seemed to be able to see Shen Jiayou lying on the bed at that time.

She came to the doctor's office to look up the records from five years ago.

Five years have passed, and if you really want to investigate, it will definitely not be easy, and the intermediate doctors and nurses have undergone several major changes, and they are basically no longer in the same position.

Yang Xiaoxiao stood at her desk, waiting for the nurse to bring up the materials from five years ago.

After about three minutes, I finally typed it out, "Is it called Shen Jiayou?" He died five years ago. ”

Although he had known the news for a long time, when he really saw the words on the computer screen, Yang Xiaoxiao felt that he was still full of pain.

"Oh, thank you."

Yang Xiaoxiao took two steps outside and turned around again, "At that time, who came to take him out?" ”

The little nurse flipped the form to the last page, and there was a signature, "Yes...... Eh, I didn't sign it, how could I not sign it? ”

This is an oversight of the hospital, and without signing, it will not let others take people away.

Yang Xiaoxiao didn't think much about the little nurse's doubts, just thanked him and walked out of the hospital, it was almost six o'clock in the evening.

In this way, even if he returned to City C and spent three days quietly, without a trace of waves, this kind of calm, even Xin Man felt incredible.

"Why didn't Gu Qingcheng come to you? And he didn't look for me, it's really a bit ......"

"Ding Dong" "Ding Dong" The eager doorbell rang, Xin Man frowned, and shouted at the door: "Who?" ”

It won't mean that Cao Cao Cao has arrived.

"It's me."

The voice......

Xin Man looked at Yang Xiaoxiao: "It's my cousin Pei Sicheng who can't beat the eight poles." ”

What did Pess do here? Come to match her and Gu Qingcheng again in the big night?

Yang Xiaoxiao's residence here, Xin Man has never told anyone else.

Yang Xiaoxiao had already stood up and walked towards Rui Rui's small room, "I'll go to the room, and I'll come out when your guests leave." ”

Xin Man nodded, and waited until Yang Xiaoxiao entered the guest room and closed the door before getting up to open the door.

Outside the door, there are naturally two people, one big and one small.

Pei Sicheng and Pei Haoyu, the father and son, actually look quite alike, of course, except that Pei Haoyu is more fat and round.

"What kind of wind is blowing you today?"

As Xin Man spoke, he had already pinched Pei Haoyu's fleshy cheek with his deep hand.

Pei Sicheng was about to enter the door with a long leg, "It's hard to come once, just let you stand here?" ”

Pei Haoyu straightened his belly, "That's it, it's rude!" ”

In front of outsiders, Pei Haoyu, a little sycophant, seems to be in step with his father, at least he can't turn his elbow outward.

Xinman hurriedly invited the father and son who were dragging to death to come in, "Please come in, please come in." ”

"Drink something?"

Pei Haoyu immediately said in a loud voice: "Coke! ”

However, he lacked confidence, and was stopped by Pei Sicheng with a look, "How can you guarantee it with Qiaoqiao?" ”

"Okay, plain water."

Xin Man poured Pei Haoyu a glass of orange juice and asked Pei Sicheng, "Why are you coming here so late?" Isn't your wife about to give birth? ”

The potential meaning of this sentence is: Why don't you have a wife and children to go to the hot kang head when you are about to give birth, and run outside all day long.

Pei Sicheng leaned forward and tapped his fingers on the table, "I'm just here to ask you, do you have any feelings for Gu Qingcheng?" He's really a rare touch, I haven't seen him in the two years I've been back. ”

Then you will definitely not see it, five years ago you were still abroad, and men's friendship is different from that of women, and it is not something that you have to talk about across thousands of mountains and rivers.

However, this is really a misunderstanding.

Xin Man crossed his legs forward, "It's hard to say, Pei San, if you really think about it, you don't care about it." ”

Pei Haoyu's little short legs had already jumped off the sofa, and then walked around the house several times, with a picky look, he was really a big ghost.

"This room is locked!"

Pei Xiaohuo, the little guy, reported the results of his investigation very conscientiously.

Sinman: "......"

She really wanted to throw this little ghost out directly, and finally understood Pei Sicheng's mood sometimes.

Xin Man ignored this little kid, turned around and said directly to Pei Sicheng: "Pei San, I'll call you the third brother, I really have nothing to do with Gu Qingcheng, you don't have to bother pulling the red line." ”

Pei Sicheng raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then I don't have to worry about it?" ”

Siman nodded: "No, I can do it myself." ”

Pei Sicheng immediately picked up his mobile phone and dialed a number: "Come on, Manman said, don't worry about me." ”

Simon frowned, "Who are you calling?" ”

Pei Sicheng said: "Gu Qingcheng." ”

In just two minutes, the doorbell rang, and Pei Xiaohuo, who was wandering around the room, heard the doorbell and ran over to open the door quickly, but ...... How do you open this door?

"Auntie, how did you open this door?"

What a hateful little ghost!

Xin Man walked over and opened the door very reluctantly, only to see that the person standing outside was Gu Qingcheng.

Gu Qingcheng's coat and windbreaker were on his arm, a black shirt was tied inside the black waistband, the metal belt buckle was shiny, and the corners of his mouth turned up, "Miss Xin, good evening." ”

"Hello."

Xinman's eyes glanced at the bedroom next to him, and now he was all here.

………………

In the guest room, there was no light on, Yang Xiaoxiao pulled Rui Rui to sit on the edge of the bed, watching him half-kneeling on the edge of the bed, fiddling with this Transformer, a scattered Transformer that had been completely dismantled, so that Yang Xiaoxiao felt a headache when he looked at these small parts, but this little guy could quietly disassemble and reorganize.

When Yang Xiaoxiao vaguely heard the familiar voice outside the door, his heart suddenly tightened, and his hand grabbed the sheets beside him.

Rui Rui noticed Yang Xiaoxiao's action and looked up at her inexplicably.

Yang Xiaoxiao tugged at the corners of her mouth and smiled: "It's okay." ”

Rui Rui handed one of the legs that the Transformers had already installed to Yang Xiaoxiao, "Here." ”

Yang Xiaoxiao took it and squeezed it in the palm of his hand.

The mobile phone on the table suddenly shook, Yang Xiaoxiao got up and walked to the table, picked up the mobile phone and looked at it, it was a text message from Xin Man: "As soon as you notice something is wrong for a while, you go to the bathroom to hide." ”

Yang Xiaoxiao held the phone and replied with three words: "Got it." ”

She stared at a white-pink ornament on the wall, her eyes were a little scattered, in fact, she decided to come back, she knew that there would be a day, she was prepared, but when it came to this day, she found that the original preparations were all fake, and her heart was beating very fast.

………………

Xin Man took advantage of the fact that he was squeezing juice for Pei Xiaohuo in the kitchen, and sent a text message to Yang Xiaoxiao by the way.

Pei Xiaohuo pinched his waist: "Auntie, why are you still playing with your mobile phone!" You're so inattentive, no wonder you did so badly on exams! ”

This is to apply the comments of the school teacher to himself.

Xin Man is also speechless to this little guy, he is really chattering, and he is a villain, the taciturn but extremely smart Rui Rui really doesn't know how many streets to dump him.

She brought the freshly squeezed mango juice to Pei Haoyu: "Juice can't stop your mouth." ”

However, after sitting at Xin Man's house for a while, when Pei Xiaohuo's children drank the drink, Pei Sicheng was about to get up and say goodbye.

Xin Man is really anxious, these two people are really cheeky, they don't have the consciousness of being guests, and they even regard it as their own home, and they can do whatever they want.

Gu Qingcheng said, "I'll stay a little longer." ”

Pei Sicheng's gaze stayed on Xin Man's face for a few seconds, and asked Gu Qingcheng: "Do you want to ...... tonight Overlord hard bow? ”

Overlord, you're big!

Xin Man stroked her forehead, she felt that she really needed to find a time to explain the whole thing to Pei Sicheng clearly, so as to prevent Pei San from continuing to do useless work on it.

Pei Haoyu asked his father puzzled: "What is the overlord hard bow?" ”

Naturally, Pei Sicheng would not explain so much to Pei Haoyu, and the little guy began to solve himself, "Is it the game console of Xiaobawang?" ”

Simman couldn't help but roll his eyes.

When she turned around, she saw Gu Qingcheng walking towards the door of the guest room, and hurriedly closed the door with her backhand, blocking the door, "Mr. Gu, where are you going?" ”

She deliberately raised her voice so that Yang Xiaoxiao, who was in the room, was alert and hid in the bathroom first.

Gu Qingcheng's eyebrows raised slightly, "Don't you know what I want to do?" I want to have a spring breeze with you. ”

Xin Man laughed dryly: "Mr. Gu, you can really be joking, hehe, both of us know it now, so you don't have to make a look like you're in love with me." ”

Gu Qingcheng suddenly took a step forward, his arm blocking Xin Man's side, "But what if I really like you?" ”

Simman's mind was a bit of a crash.

She finally knew why Yang Xiaoxiao had no resistance to Gu Qingcheng at all, this man himself was like a huge whirlpool, which could sweep everything within a safe distance.

Then, just two seconds after Xin Man was slow, Gu Qingcheng unlocked the door behind her.

Xin Man looked at the key in Gu Qingcheng's hand with a little surprise, "When did you get it?" ”

Gu Qingcheng pushed open the door of the guest room behind Xin Man and smiled: "Just now." ”

He was so quick with his eyes that he took the key in his hand without even noticing it.

Xin Man stretched out his arm in front of Gu Qingcheng, and turned around urgently to take a look, fortunately, there was no one in this room, Yang Xiaoxiao was still relatively fast, and entered the bathroom, and it was impossible for Gu Qingcheng to come in and go directly to the bathroom.

Gu Qingcheng put one hand in his trouser pocket, his dark eyes looked around the room, and his shiny soft leather shoes stepped on the secret floor, making a slight sound.

Fortunately, there was nothing else in the room, Rui Rui's toys were put away, the clothes were in the closet, and the bed was neatly stacked.

Gu Qingcheng paused slightly when he passed by the table, took out his hand in his pocket, pinched a machine part on it, there were two sections in total, put it in his pocket, and walked towards the bathroom.

Xin Man called Gu Qingcheng from behind: "Mr. Gu! You wait a minute! ”

Gu Qingcheng raised his eyebrows.

"This bathroom...... The toilet is broken, if you want to use it, go outside. ”

Yang Xiaoxiao, who was in the bathroom, sat next to the bathtub behind the sliding door with Rui Rui in his arms, and heard the clicking sound of the doorknob in the bathroom, and his heart suddenly rose.

Rui Rui looked at Yang Xiaoxiao with wide eyes.

Yang Xiaoxiao stretched out a finger and put it on her lips, "Shhhh ”

Rui Rui understood, of course, and nodded.