Chapter 23: A Chance Encounter of Calculation (1)
Jiang Yan thought, probably there will be such a wonderful fate in life, and this fate is a chance encounter for Ruan Jianglin.
For her, it was a painstaking calculation.
More than 100 kilometers east from Kitashiro is Kyoto.
Next to the highway intersection outside the car window, there are camphor trees that are evergreen all year round, the car drives forward, the trees retreat, and Jiang Yan looks a little distracted.
Kyoto is a city of elites from all over the country, and people from all over the country want to make a name for themselves.
The sky here is filled with the yearning of strangers for the future.
Some people fight for the world here, and some people get up early and are greedy for darkness, can't sell enough strength, and suffer endless sins, and finally can only succumb to reality.
The sky was covered with dark clouds, and it didn't take long for the sky to sink down.
It didn't take long for it to rain.
This bustling city, which was originally lit by buildings, looked a little gray in the rain.
Jiang Yan touched his fingernails, remembering that when he left the capital last year, it was also like this.
For more than a year, she and Yang Sifang had no contact at all, as if they had completely disappeared from each other's lives.
The car drove through countless traffic, driving from the center of the city to the suburbs, until it stopped in a famous area of wealthy villas.
The old house of the Ruan family
The driver stopped the car and went to open the door for Don Man first.
It was raining heavily, and when I bowed out, my upper body was already wet.
It was too crowded for three people to play an umbrella, and the driver was almost completely in the torrential rain.
The umbrella in his hand was also deliberately biased towards Tang Man, half of Jiang Yan's body was exposed, and the rain seemed to be pouring from the head to the end.
Tang Man put his arm around her and took her into the umbrella.
I finally walked to the door, and the two of them were almost wet.
Especially Jiang Yan, her hair was stuck to her neck, and the rain dripped down her eyelashes, wetting her eyes, as if she had covered her with a layer of mist.
Tang Man took the paper and wiped it for her, so that her demeanor improved slightly.
Then, Tang Man took a deep breath before knocking on the door of the old mansion, and the aunt in the courtyard heard the noise and opened the door for her.
The aunt thought that Ruan Jianglin was back, but when she opened the door, she didn't expect it to be Tang Man, and she was also bringing a girl.
Seeing that the two of them were drenched in soup, he hurriedly asked them to come in first, and the driver went to get the luggage for the two of them.
Tang Man politely greeted first: "Aunt Li." ”
Aunt Li has been working in the Ruan family for many years, she is a simple person, much earlier than Tang Man, and she can be regarded as a person who has watched this child grow up.
Aunt Li walked in front and led the two of them, and Jiang Yan and Tang Man walked side by side in the back.
The Ruan family's mansion is not as magnificent as imagined, and it can even be said that it does not look like a rich family, it is too low-key.
The only thing worth saying about the quaint decoration style, chic. But it looks like the level of an upper-middle family, but it covers a large area and has the style of the older generation.
There is also a pond in the yard, and there is a rockery in the center of the pond with some moss on it.
Because of the heavy rain, the water inside is about to seep out.
Aunt Li didn't take Tang Man and them to the old man's house, this has become the consensus of the Ruan family, and Tang Man doesn't have to ask for trouble to get in front of someone.
But sooner or later, I will meet when I eat, I live under one roof, I will always be embarrassed if I look up and don't look down, so I asked: "Aunt Li, hasn't my little uncle come back yet?" ”
Jiang Yan's heart touched it, and he stopped wiping his hair with a towel.
Aunt Li turned around, and her eyes were full of a smile that had seen through Tang Man's careful thinking: "I want to come back, I heard him call the old lady." ”
As he was talking, there was a whistle in the courtyard, and he pressed it a few times.
Don't think about it, only the arrogant son of the Ruan family dared to drive the car into the yard.
The yard is planted with the old lady's vegetables and flowers, as well as a pond of fish carefully cared for by the old man, and there are birds in the cage next to it.
The old people always say that those cars pollute the air, and they are afraid that the tires will crush the flowers and vegetables, and they are afraid that the horn of the car will startle the birds in the yard.
So the people of the Ruan family parked their cars outside and didn't drive in.
But Ruan Jianglin has always had only others to do his part, and he is used to being a person who comes as he thinks is convenient.
Sure enough, not long after the sound of the car came, the birds in the yard began to chirp, and there were a few orioles during the period, and their voices were slender and noisy, which made people's ears hurt.
The torrential rain didn't frighten them, but they were startled by the sound of Ruan Jiang's car.
Aunt Li hurriedly came out again to make room for the bird and change the nest.
It turns out that these birds are the treasures of the old man's heart, and the old man said that this is an excellent place to raise birds.
She muttered while holding the birdcage: "Bird babies, the master who is more noble than you is back, you have to be sensible, don't be unhappy for a while, just stew you!" ”
He glanced at it, and went in as if nothing had happened, and the old lady heard a voice from upstairs and knew that he was coming.
Hurriedly turned off the TV in the bedroom and came down to look at her precious grandson.
The old man also came down, but with displeasure on his face, with a straight face, unhappy that Ruan Jianglin frightened his bird.
Seeing that Ruan Jianglin had returned, Tang Man had no reason to continue to shrink inside and not come out.
Jiang Yan was still changing her clothes, so she went out first to say hello.
The moment the two old men saw her, their faces drooped, especially the old man, whose face was even worse than just now.
After all, it was a person who had led the battalion before, and when his face sank, it made people feel terrified.
Seeing that Tang Man couldn't stand the fright, Ruan Jianglin spoke: "I'm back, I originally said that I would pick you up in person." ”
He restrained a little deliberately, and there was helplessness between his eyebrows.
Tang Man thought, Uncle He's shameless when he said this, and Yuanchangzi's words weren't like that.
The old man has always been used to being majestic at home, and Ruan Zhenhua even looks at his father's face to do things.
Only the second ancestor can continue to joke without changing his heart and face.
The old lady's face softened a little, "I heard what the driver just said, you brought a friend back, and let the family come down for dinner for a while, and I thought that our Ruan family wouldn't even give anyone a meal to eat, like something!" ”
Tang Man lowered his head and looked at his feet and nodded.
Ruan Jianglin saw her rare and well-behaved appearance, sat on the sofa and laughed, and asked her to go upstairs.
When Tang Man went up, Jiang Yan had already packed up, and he was standing in front of the window and didn't know what he was looking at.
She found that Jiang Yan was not quite right in the past two days, she always stared at something and began to be stunned, and she also sent a WeChat message with Gu Jiaming to ask if their professional summer vacation homework was too tired, so that Jiang Yan was too stressed?
As a result, people said that there was no summer homework at all.
Tang Man wondered if he had been too worried in the past few days, and he didn't let Jiang Yan feel the enthusiasm of the invitation, and he didn't feel at home, so that Jiang Yan felt that he didn't welcome her?