After breakfast, Shen Qingzhao and her mother parted ways, went back to their respective bedrooms and began to change clothes, and the two quickly went out. Shen Qingzhao drove the car, and when he arrived at the door of He Fanglin's unit, it was only half past seven.

In winter, it dawns late, and at this time, the sky is still glowing with duck egg blue.

Shen Qingzhao took out his mobile phone and glanced at it: "He Sibai said that he would come back later." Let's go collect the rent of the other houses first. ”

Her mother was just about to open the car door, when she heard this, she turned her head and glanced at her: "You're not going?" ”

Shen Qingzhao smiled lazily, his legs folded and straightened, and he was half-lying in the seat like an uncle: "I'm lazy, you can go by yourself." ”

With a sighing expression of "the mud can't support the wall", her mother got out of the car and entered the corridor alone.

Shen Qingzhao raised her eyes and watched the corners of her mother's gray nun's robe flutter and disappear at the entrance of the building.

Then she took out her mobile phone and sent a WeChat message to He Sibai.

After a while, He Sibai's figure appeared at the end of the alley.

The young man was still dressed in gloomy black, with black clothes and black pants, and his face became more and more pale. There is a layer of cold color at the corners of the eyes and eyebrows, which is very conspicuous among the mediocre pedestrians.

Shen Qingzhao honked his horn and motioned for him to get into the car.

He Sibai opened the car door and sat in the co-pilot, turned his head to look at Shen Qingzhao, and smiled very lightly: "Have you had breakfast?" ”

"I've eaten it." Shen Qing responded and asked, "Did you hide out on purpose?" ”

"Just going out for breakfast," He Sibai shook his head, "Where's Auntie?" ”

"I went upstairs. There are still a few households that need to collect rent. Shen Qingzhao leaned into the wide chair and tilted his head to look at him.

"Oh," He Sibai nodded, reached into his pocket, and neatly handed over a bank card, "Then I'll give you the rent directly, right?" ”

Shen Qingzhao glanced at the bank card and didn't answer it.

He Sibai maintained the posture of handing the card and did not move.

The two were at a stalemate for a moment, and Shen Qingzhao frowned: "If you pay half a year's rent at a time, you have to worry all day long, for fear that loan sharks will come to collect debts...... Is it worth it? ”

He Sibai asked rhetorically, "Don't you want me to live here?" ”

"Me?" Shen Qingzhao rubbed the steering wheel, was silent for a moment, and said jokingly, "I very much hope that you can move over and live with me." ”

What Shen Qingzhao meant, He Sibai would not understand.

He Sibai said calmly: "Forget it. I sometimes work late and staying with you will disturb your rest. ”

Shen Qingzhao shrugged his shoulders. She had known for a long time that He Sibai would not agree to stay with her for a long time.

He Sibai is not the kind of character of the silk flower.

The two were silent for a moment, and He Sibai spoke again: "Don't worry, my mother called my alimony yesterday, plus my salary last month, which can almost make up the rent for half a year." ”

Shen Qingzhao was not very relieved: "What about the loan shark that your father owes?" ”

He Sibai said it was okay: "I'm slowly paying it back." I should be able to pay it back. ”

Shen Qingzhao nodded, and made a casual smile: "If you don't have enough money, remember to look for me, don't be reckless." ”

He Sibai was stunned for a moment, nodded slowly, and then hooked a faint smile: "Well, okay." ”

The two sat in the car for a while, and Shen's mother finally walked out of the corridor.

It was still the dusty robe, but she had a small cloth bag in her hand.

Shen Qingzhao squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully, oh, it was still an advertisement for marriage and dating in the same city.

She whistled happily.

He Sibai looked up a little puzzled, and before he could figure out the reason why Shen Qingzhao was laughing, he saw Shen's mother walking out of the corridor at a glance, and he hurriedly went to pull the car door: "I'll go and sit in the back." ”

"Hey-" Shen Qingzhao grabbed him and smiled lightly, "What's the panic?" What, what have we done to see the unseemly? ”

"It's not." He Si blushed and held Shen Qingzhao's hand, wanting to take Shen Qingzhao's hand down.

He broke free a few times and didn't take it down, and couldn't help but whisper: "Don't make trouble." ”

Shen Qingzhao raised his eyebrows in slight surprise, but he still didn't let go.

Her eyes kept following Shen's mother outside the car window, and when Shen's mother had approached and reached out to open the co-pilot's door, Shen Qingzhao let go.

The boy was relieved, and quickly opened the car door, ready to jump out of the car.

As a result, he just collided with Shen's mother.

Shen's mother was startled by the figure that suddenly came out, and subconsciously covered the small bag printed with the advertisement of "Marriage and Dating in the Same City", looking vigilant.

Even if she knew that her mother was guarding the bag, it was purely because the bag contained the rent money of the tenants.

But the pure-hearted nun robe with that advertising slogan is simply too funny, and Shen Qing in the car saw this scene and couldn't laugh.

The two of them suddenly met under the car, and Shen's mother, who had been lowering her eyebrows, couldn't help but be stunned.

He Sibai hurriedly smiled: "Hello, Auntie." I'll pay the rent. ”

"I made it very clear last night that I have to pay half a year at a time." Shen Mu stared at He Sibai and said.

"Well, I know," He Sibai reached out and handed her the bank card, "half a year." ”

Shen's mother was a little surprised, as if she didn't expect He Sibai to really be able to take out half a year's rent at one time.

But she didn't ask much, took the card, and got into the car.

Seeing that He Sibai, who was standing on the side of the car, glanced at Shen's mother, and had no idea of getting into the car, Shen Qingzhao hurriedly shouted: "Come up, I'll send you back to school." ”

He Sibai hesitated for a moment, but did not move.

Shen Qingzhao's voice cooled down: "Do you want me to go down and invite you?" ”

He Sibai sighed inaudibly, and still got into the car.

"Just drop me off in the city center," he said. ”

Shen Qing responded: "Okay." ”

Before He Sibai could say "thank you", Shen Qingzhao glanced down at the time of 9:42 on the electronic screen again, and said casually: "But it's almost noon now, so let's just have lunch together." I'll send you back in the afternoon. ”

Her tone was understated, but it was one that could not be denied.

The other two people in the car had different expressions when they heard this.

He Sibai was helpless, he understood that he had been deceived by Shen Qing again.

When Shen's mother heard this, she turned her head and stared at her very unhappily: "What time is it?" You're just going to have lunch? ”

Shen Qingzhao's tone was light: "Oh, that vegetarian restaurant is in the suburbs, wait until you get there, just have lunch." ”

Shen's mother laughed angrily: "It's really hard for you, you can find a restaurant with such a remote location." ”

Shen Qingzhao said: "You're welcome. ”

Mother Shen's lips moved a few times. Shen Qingzhao felt that her mother was definitely not reading Amitabha Buddha now. should be secretly scolding her.

However, her mother's daily worship of the Buddha in the temple still has some effect. Shen Qingzhao thought that if it had been in the past, her mother would have launched the lion's roar gong when she encountered such an unhappy moment.

Without the lion's roar, the threat in the eyes and the secret scolding are simply not worth mentioning, and there is no lethality. Shen Qingzhao didn't see it at all, adjusted the navigation by himself, and drove in the direction of the vegetarian restaurant.

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This year, for some reason, there is an unusually high amount of snow in Jiangcheng, and all kinds of flights are often delayed or canceled.

After a day of vegetarian fasting, Shen Qingzhao waited with her mother in the VIP room at the airport.

She watched as the man at the next table strode away angrily, knowing that another flight was about to be delayed.

Her mother was playing with Buddhist beads with her eyes closed, and Shen Qingzhao stretched out her toes to touch her mother's legs.

Her mother opened her eyes: "What are you doing?" ”

Shen Qingzhao pointed at the man's back with his eyes: "There is sleet today, and most flights are delayed." Why don't you leave tomorrow? ”

"Tomorrow is the eighth day of the lunar month, and there is a shortage of manpower in the temple soup kitchen, so I must go back today."

Her mother said, bent down, patted the non-existent dirt on her legs, frowned and blamed: "A habit of flowing in and out, your high heels are too pointy, and they will leak my robe." ”

Shen Qingzhao smiled lightly: "Then I'll buy you another one." ”

"My robe is five figures." Her mother's tone was flat.

"Grass? Just such a gray robe? Shen Qingzhao was stunned and couldn't laugh, "Sure enough, it's the era of the Great Compassion Mantra and all VIP, and I don't want to be poor." ”

Her mother's brow jumped, and she just said "you" halfway, when she suddenly closed her mouth tightly again.

Shen Qingzhao also wondered what made her mother, who was beyond the rules and precepts, suddenly return to politeness.

As a result, as soon as she looked up, she saw a uniformed staff member walking behind her, and politely bent down to her mother: "Mrs. Shen, you can board the plane." ”

Her mother bowed slightly at the beautiful staff, Sven smiled, and stood up.

Shen Qingzhao also hurriedly stood up and cleared his throat: "That...... I'll send you there. ”

"No," her mother sternly refused, "Let's go, don't contact me if you're okay in the future, I want to enjoy a quiet life." ”

Shen Qingzhao: "......"

"-Oh, you have to remember to collect the rent." Her mother left this advice, wore that low-key and luxurious gray robe, walked through a group of business elites, and walked on the VIP boarding channel flutteringly.

Shen Qingzhao waved at her mother helplessly, scooped up the coat hanging on the back of the chair, and walked out of the VIP room.

She hadn't walked far when her phone rang.

Shen Qingzhao walked straight forward, and took it out and looked at it. It was a message from her mother.

"Compared to your previous ones, the surname He is not bad."

It seems to be an inexplicable evaluation, but Shen Qingzhao understands that this is her mother's affirmation of He Sibai.

Thinking about it carefully, since eating vegetarian food that day, her mother's attitude towards He Sibai has changed a lot.

I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup He Sibai made for her mother.

Shen Qingzhao smiled and casually sent a message to He Sibai:

I'm surprised that my mom thinks so highly of you.

He Sibai didn't reply, he should be busy. Shen Qingzhao put the phone back in his pocket.

This time coincides with the end of work, and the road is blocked.

Shen Qingzhao sat in the car, bored waiting for the green light. A call came in, and she answered casually: "Which one?" ”

"I, Yu Lan. Are you at home? Yu Lan asked.

Shen Qingzhao said: "I went out. ”

"I'll go, you're positive enough today, why did you go so early," Yu Lan was stunned, "My car is limited today, and I want you to pick me up later." ”

This time it was Shen Qingzhao's turn to be stunned. She stared at the car in front of her trying to plug in and narrowed, "It doesn't seem like what we're talking about." I went out to drop my mom off at the airport. Why do you want me to pick you up? ”