Because of the fireworks show that he wanted to see at night, it was postponed and cancelled due to weather conditions, and Song Shinuo couldn't catch up with the curfew, so he had to go to Huo Yizhou's place for a temporary stay for one night.

It is not the old house of the Huo family, it is a top apartment that Huo Yizhou usually lives in alone, the community is quiet and high-end, and the traffic of the whole Kyoto can be seen from the balcony. The décor is duplex style, with black marble floors and bright lamps.

The house is usually cleaned regularly by part-time workers, and other chores are only taken care of by a housekeeper aunt, who is called Aunt Zhang. She is old, has no relatives and descendants, and has served in the Huo family for most of her life, so she is capable and loyal. Because he took Huo Yizhou when he was a child, he was very respected, and he was half an important elder who was not related by blood.

Aunt Zhang hadn't slept yet, when she heard the door open and came out of the room, saying that she would cook for the two of them to make supper. Seeing Huo Yizhou bring the girl back for the first time, she was curious and kind, took Song Shinuo's hand and looked left and right, and the more she looked, the more satisfied she became: "Ah Zhou's girlfriend, right?" The little girl is so beautiful, how old is she this year? ”

"Adulthood." Huo Yizhou took off his coat and hung it up, and hurriedly answered, afraid that Song Shinuo would be embarrassed to relieve the siege, "Okay, Aunt Zhang, too enthusiastic will scare Nuo Nuo." You go back to your room, I remember there are still frozen wontons in the fridge, I'll just cook a little. ”

"I look at Xiao Nuoya and like it in my heart, I made it for her, I don't have your share." Aunt Zhang pretended to glare at him, turned around and went into the kitchen, her skills were really good, and she quickly put two small bowls on the table and pushed them in front of Song Shinuo, "Taste, peach gum stewed milk and clear soup noodles, warm your stomach." ”

"I'll live here today, and tomorrow Auntie will make you something to eat during the day."

"It just so happened that the old house sent a fresh leg of lamb by air yesterday and roasted it." Aunt Zhang bent her eyes and smiled, with kind eyebrows. The assist in the words is exactly what Huo Yizhou wanted. He leaned back in the chair, his peach blossom eyes were slightly raised, and as soon as he opened his mouth to call "Nuonuo", he was glared at by Aunt Zhang, and changed his expression and warned seriously: "Especially you, you are busy every day and run out every day." Don't go out to the restaurant tomorrow at noon, and try my craft with you. ”

Seeing the rapid decline of his status, Huo Yizhou smiled dumbly and responded in a good voice.

Aunt Zhang can talk and loves to chat, especially Song Shinuo, who looks well-behaved and quiet, is deeply loved by the older generation, and can talk a lot. Huo Yizhou watched for a while, said, "It's too late, let's rest first", and led Song Shinuo back to the guest room.

There are spare bath gel towels at home, Huo Yizhou asked the assistant to buy a new set of women's pajamas in advance and sent them, he went downstairs to the door to get them, and the mobile phone was placed on the table. Song Shinuo was about to go to the bathroom in the room, when he suddenly heard his mobile phone vibrating, and someone kept calling. Song Shinuo frowned and approached, due to privacy protection reasons, she only glanced at the word [Xu Yue] in the remarks, and the screen was locked immediately after it lit up.

It's still on call. She thought about it, and when she saw that Huo Yizhou hadn't returned, she still pursed her lips and picked it up, ready to go downstairs to give it to him. didn't take a few steps, Song Shinuo met Huo Yizhou who was coming over in the corridor, he handed over the paper bag containing the clothes, and asked with peach blossom eyes: "Why did you come out?" ”

"You've got a call." Song Shinuo handed over the phone. Huo Yizhou unlocked it with his fingerprint, the black screen lit up again, he glanced at the word Xu Yue, slid down and hung up, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that Song Shinuo's expression was flat and curious, and he still took the initiative to explain: "It's not important." ”

"Nuno, you go take a shower first, will you ask me to help you blow your hair?"

......

The sound of water was faint, and the sound of the bathroom door was faintly heard. Huo Yizhou seemed to answer the phone again, and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" After saying something, he walked out of the room, and his voice disappeared.

After a long time, Huo Yizhou came back again, his tone was a little hurried, and he knocked on the bathroom door with his fingers: "I'm sorry Nuonuo, I'll go out to deal with things and come back soon." ”

This "very soon", but like a counterword, extends indefinitely.

Song Shinuo recognized the bed a little, her sleep was lighter than usual, and the experience of the haunted house during the day stimulated, she did not bring melatonin and was haunted by nightmares.

After a while, she returned to the dark room where she was often locked in when she was a child, the door was locked from the outside, and she couldn't open it anyway, she could only put her feet on the small and narrow window, and in the courtyard outside, Song Yunzheng was scolding and smashing wine bottles, and her drunken eyes were scarlet: "Where did that little broom star hide?!" ”

Shi Yun stepped forward to stop him, and then he was thrown to the ground and began to cry in a dumb voice: "Do I owe your family in this life......"

After a while, the picture landed on her when she was in school, because she didn't get a full score in the exam, Shi Yun grabbed her by the collar and locked her in, and didn't let her out until it was dinner time. It was so dark inside, and there was the smell of dust, and she cowered in the corner and cried over and over again, promising countless times that "I won't make a mistake again.......

The sky was faintly bright. Song Shinuo woke up suddenly, slowly opened his eyes, and found that it was the early morning of the next day. After she finished washing, she went downstairs to the bar to pour water and drink, and her eyes swept over the shoes at the entrance, missing Huo Yizhou's pair, he shouldn't have come back last night.

Song Shinuo drank warm water, walked to the window of the living room, and looked at the green plants in the sunny flower room in the yard. It's still early. Ah Zhou went out in a hurry last night, I asked him what was the matter, but he didn't say, is there no one yet? ”

Aunt Zhang scolded a few words with a knife mouth, turned her head to Song Shinuo and smiled embarrassedly: "I'll bake a few slices of bread, Xiaonuo will drink some milk to cushion his stomach first, and I'll cook a big meal at noon." ”

For this feast, Aunt Zhang has already thrown herself into the kitchen and is busy processing the ingredients and preparing for it.

Let the elders do the work but sit by themselves, Song Shinuo's education since childhood can't do this. She stood up: "I'll give you a hand." ”

Song Shinuo was in charge of choosing dishes. The pea seedlings are booked to the market early in the morning, and they are freshly delivered in the store, and the leaves are still stained with dew.

"Ah Zhou's question. The first time I brought my girlfriend to the house as a guest, I ran out, and when he came back, my aunt trained him. Aunt Zhang said indignantly while chopping vegetables.

"He may, the company is busy." Song Shinuo was silent for a moment, pinched off the top of the thick stem with his fingernails, and then collected the green seedlings into the bowl, replied lightly, and comforted in turn. Aunt Zhang heard that she was helping Huo Yizhou explain, so she didn't say more, changed the topic and asked, "Where is Xiaonuo studying?" What to learn? ”

"Z big, learn computers."

"Z Da Yo, it's no wonder that we are alumni and have fate. It's good to learn computers, it's promising," Aunt Zhang recalled, "What do you say about the phrase that is often said on TV?" Technology...... Science and technology change society and make great contributions to society. ”

Song Shinuo rarely faces this situation, facing strange elders without any purposeful liking and kindness. She doesn't feel rude because she doesn't talk much, she just needs to be herself as a listener.

The atmosphere is very warm, which makes Song Shinuo gradually relax and integrate from the beginning of the alienation and vigilance, and the last one who made her feel the same way was Aunt Ye. After Ye He returned to the Ye family, how is Aunt Ye now? She seems to have been a character that no one has mentioned...... Thinking far away, Song Shinuo thought of this, frowned slightly and thought, a little distracted.

"Arnold, Arnold?" Aunt Zhang was wearing an apron after cutting vegetables, when she heard the phone ringing in the living room and instructed, "You help me look at the fire, be careful of burning your hands." I went to answer the phone, it should have been from Azhou. ”

When she went, she was full of anticipation and brisk, and she turned back after a while, but her mood was obviously angry: "Say come back as soon as possible, so that we don't have to wait, what are you talking about!" ”

Halfway through the stir-frying, it's impossible to stop just saying. Turn off the heat, set the plate, and serve. The lunch on the table is sumptuous, the color and dishes are very appetizing just by looking at it, and the fragrance is also wafting in the air, such as lotus leaf rice, chicken feet, cola chicken wings, three fresh soups, and fried pork with bean sprouts..... The roasted leg of lamb in the middle exudes the smell of charcoal fire, drizzled with a specially prepared sauce, Aunt Zhang is afraid that the roast will be too hot, so she has to go over to adjust it every once in a while, and it is freshly baked: "Xiaonuo, why don't you go up and sleep for a while?" Ah Zhou will come back in a while, and I will call you again. ”

"It's okay, I'll wait with you." Song Shinuo shook his head slightly.

The ticking of the pendulum pin of the clock may be the reason for the different mentality, Aunt Zhang changed from complete anticipation to anxiety in waiting, and there were a lot fewer words, walking around from time to time to look at the entrance.

"Is there a traffic jam on the road? Why hasn't Azhou come back yet......"

The mobile phone vibrated in his pocket, Song Shinuo took it out, lowered his eyes and read the newly received message, from Huo Yizhou:

[Nono, I'm sorry, the matter hasn't been dealt with yet. Eat first, and I'll send you back to school in the afternoon. 】

Song Shinuo's fingertips tightened slightly, and quickly let go, she raised her head, and after thinking, she conveyed in euphemistic terms: "Aunt Zhang, Huo Yizhou said that he can't come back at noon for the time being." ”

Aunt Zhang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly became angry, probably wanting to scold and fool around again, but because of Song Shinuo's presence, she only sighed and said: "Busy every day, I shouldn't be busy and busy, when I come back, I'll clean him up." ”

Song Shinuo pursed her lips, hooked her lips and smiled very lightly, she looked at you with those very shallow pupils, serious, she couldn't see the emotional waves, but she was very convincing: "The company is busy, it's better to be busy." ”

The leg of lamb is not resistant to preservation, and after a while outside, it will form a layer of grease, and Aunt Zhang will scrape it off and reheat the dish that has been cold. was comforted in turn, she was embarrassed and ashamed, and pulled out the chair: "Don't wait for him, Xiaonuo, you eat first." In the afternoon, I bake desserts in the oven, and my aunt told you that I am also very good at baking cookies. ”

"Let's do it together." Song Shinuo smiled very shallowly, "You can't waste food." ”

She asked Aunt Zhang to sit down, and the two of them dined. After chewing and swallowing slowly, and carefully washing his hands, Song Shinuo pinched his mobile phone and replied:

[No need. 】

[There is still work in the laboratory, so I'll go back by myself first.] 】