"What about you?" Ning Zhi asked.

Xi Lanyu looked at her, her eyes were still a little red, like a little rabbit who had been bullied, and he silently turned his face out of the window: "Arrange the company's affairs." ”

Ning Zhi was concerned about it, and then he remembered that with such a busy schedule, accompanying her on this trip would inevitably delay a lot of things.

She thought for a moment and said, "Your work is more important, I'll handle it myself on my grandmother's side, and when you get to Nancheng, you can go back first." ”

Xi Lanyu didn't respond, and his usual indifferent face was reflected in the glass, "Besides." ”

After Xi Lanyu finished speaking, he clicked on the iPad and looked through things similar to work documents, he didn't speak again, Ning Zhi had something on his mind, so he didn't bother to dwell on these boundary issues between men and women, so he simply pillowed in front of Xi Lanyu and closed his eyes.

Ning Zhi thought she would definitely not be able to sleep, but when she opened her eyes again, it was an hour later.

Xi Lanyu looked at her, straightened her sleeves and said, "In addition to the fracture of her left leg, grandma also has several skin injuries, but they are not serious and have been treated." ”

Ning Zhi hurriedly supported him, propping up half of his stiff body: "Was she frightened, how was her spirit?" ”

"It's said to be a bit of a blow. Be specific, and ask when you get there. ”

Ning Zhi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Luckily, just trauma.

She looked out the window at the familiar buildings, which were almost the same as when she was a child, revealing a sense of vicissitudes and heaviness baptized by time.

After many years, Ning Zhi once again returned to the city where she had lived since childhood.

Ning Zhi judged from the icons along the way that if it went well, they would have about ten minutes to drive.

She sat up slightly, Xi Lanyu was still reading the document, and did not have any superfluous expressions because of her retreat.

Ning Zhi realized this way, she and Xi Lanyu were too close.

She glanced at Xi Lanyu's calm side face with some weakness, his jawline was clear and neat, and his thin lips were pursed, as if no matter what happened, it was not enough for him to really feel at ease.

Ning Zhi silently turned his gaze back.

I have no intention of exploring the reasons for Xi Lanyu's actions, let alone whether I should explore them.

Ning Zhi sat quietly in the car.

When the driver parked the car in the ground parking space of the first courtyard of the city, she immediately pushed the door and got out of the car.

Her wrist was suddenly grasped, and Ning Zhi's movement was blocked, and she turned around and asked with her eyes.

Xi Lanyu had put down the iPad, got out of the car from the other side, looked at her and said, "I'll go with you." ”

"No, you-" Ning Zhi's refusal was not finished.

Xi Lanyu looked at her calmly: "Do you know which ward the old lady is in?" ”

Ning Zhi: "......"

……

Elevator room.

Ning Zhi stood in the corner with Xi Lanyu a little cramped.

Although the elevator was spacious, it couldn't stop a few patients who came in wheelchairs, and everyone invariably gave up space to them, and Ning Zhi got closer and closer to Xi Lanyu under this invisible push.

Close enough that she could see his slightly protruding Adam's apple as soon as she looked up.

Inexplicably a little abstinence.

Ning Zhi glanced at it, and pretended to bow his head to play with his mobile phone.

The elevator went to the third floor, and someone wanted to go out, but it was so crowded that Ning Zhirang had no place to let it.

She had no choice but to stand a little closer to Xi Lanyu, but she didn't want to get too close to him, after all, if she got closer, it would be like throwing herself into her arms.

Ning Zhi tried to squeeze him side, but someone suddenly pushed her from behind, and Ning Zhi almost fell under this strong squeezing.

There was a sudden warmth from her wrist, Xi Lanyu grabbed her, and when she went inside, Ning Zhi's back was pressed against the cold wall of the elevator.

Xi Lanyu turned around expressionlessly, and sank to use her back to prop up a safe little world for her.

Ning Zhi looked at his tall and powerful back, and his breath unconsciously missed a beat.

In a trance, she remembered that day in the kitchen, she had touched the tense and hard muscles through the fabric.

Ning Zhi silently twisted his fingertips, I don't know if Xi Lanyu is a deterrent on any occasion, or the elevator gradually reached the upper floor, and Ning Zhi was no longer squeezed by the people around him.

While remembering her grandmother, she was facing the subtle discomfort of being protected by Xi Lanyu, and just when she felt that her body temperature had gradually risen, the elevator finally arrived.

Ning Zhi quickly pushed Xi Lanyu away and got out of the elevator first, and the action was so fast that it almost meant that he was running away.

Xi Lanyu lightly hooked his lower lip and silently twisted the fingertips that the two had shaken.

He lowered his head and adjusted his sleeves, then grabbed his pockets with both hands, and followed behind Ning Zhi unhurriedly.

-

Ning Zhi was worried about the whole way, she thought that when she opened the door of the ward, she would see the old lady who was lying weakly on the bed and resting with her eyes closed.

Even the moment she approached the ward, her eyes couldn't help but moisten again.

As a result, as soon as Ning Zhi held the doorknob in his hand, he heard the old lady's angry chatter coming from the room.

"Ouch, let me tell you, the current people, it's really bad, I took a bus with her, talked all the way on the road, looked at a person who had no problem, but got out of the car, to the place where there were many people, she wanted to grab my mobile phone, thanks to my quick reaction, holding her alive and falling to the ground, she didn't grab the mobile phone, and the person also fell behind."

The person who lived with my grandmother was probably a young man, and after hearing this, she smiled and said, "Old lady, you are so old, don't do such a dangerous thing next time, isn't there still a policeman?" ”

Ning Xianglan sighed: "It's old, this old bone is not good, if this is put aside, I can get up and drive two more miles." ”

Ning Zhi couldn't laugh or cry when she heard this, she pushed the door in: "Grandma, you have suffered a loss this time, you should always believe that not all good people are outside, right?" ”

Ning Xianglan saw that it was Ning Zhi, and her heart was a little weak, she pinned her head to the side, refused to look at her, only awkward, and said like a child: "If you don't go to work well, what are you doing here?" ”

Ning Zhi laughed helplessly, didn't say anything, only bowed slightly to the person on the hospital bed next to her, she walked over and observed Ning Xianglan's wound with a serious face.

Fortunately, Ning Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

It didn't hurt the roots, just raise it for a few months.

After a while, Xi Lanyu pushed the door and came in.

He casually put his mobile phone in his trouser pocket, lowered his eyes and greeted Ning Xianglan: "Grandma." ”

Ning Xianglan was much more polite to him than Ning Zhi, she turned over after hearing this, and was very embarrassed: "Lan Yu, why are you here too?" I'm bothering you again this time, right? Ouch, what a sin, my old woman fell and couldn't work well for both of you. ”

Xi Lanyu bowed slightly and replied patiently: "I just haven't had any work recently, so I won't delay things." It's you, you have to recuperate, or Zhizhi will go back and cry secretly. ”

When Ning Zhi heard this, she turned her head to look at him, she didn't even notice the change in his title, she only opened her eyes slightly and her mouth stiffened: "What, don't talk nonsense." When did I cry? ”

Xi Lanyu smiled, glanced at her return to her normal expression, and did not refute.

-

At night, Ning Zhi was in trouble.

Ning Xianglan said that she could do it alone, but she really couldn't, so she found a nurse for her.

Ning Zhi disagreed, and he must stay here to accompany him.

The two were at a stalemate until the end, and Ning Xianglan directly said ruthlessly: "You are here, but I can't rest well, if you really want me to be a lot old and can't sleep at night, then so be it." ”

Ning Zhi thought about it for a long time, but had to give up and follow the old lady's wishes.

But when she sat in the car with Xi Lanyu, she thought that the simple old courtyard in her hometown was probably not qualified to entertain this pampered big man on her side.

She leaned over slightly and asked tentatively, "How are you going to rest for a while?" ”

Xi Lanyu glanced at her lightly: "You ask me?" ”

Ning Zhi choked, pursed his lips and said truthfully: "The house at home is a bit old, and I haven't been back for so long, and it is estimated that there is a lot of dust, you should not be able to live in it, why don't I book you a hotel in the city?" ”

Xi Lanyu glanced at her and replied, "Where do you live?" ”

"Of course I live at home." Ning Zhi casually pulled her hair, "It's just time to pack up a little change of clothes for grandma." Besides, I haven't been back for a long time, so I just went to check it out. ”

Seeing that the car was about to leave the city while the two were talking, Ning Zhi said, "Eh, let's stop on the side of the road." ”

The driver's speed gradually slowed down.

Xi Lanyu lifted the frame of the mirror and ordered lightly: "Don't care, drive the same way." ”

……

The old house is located in the suburbs, in the style of a single courtyard, and the surrounding people live like Ning Xianglan, who was born in Nancheng and grew up in Nancheng.

As soon as Xi Lanyu's car drove into the hospital, Ning Zhi heard the good-natured discussions of the surrounding uncles and aunts.

"This Mrs. Lan can be regarded as having survived to the end, she has pulled her granddaughter so big by herself, and now, she can finally enjoy Qingfu."

"No, other people's granddaughters are also angry, but they are admitted to the best university in Beicheng, in the end, they still have to study hard."

"However, where is this Mrs. Ning? Why did Zhizhi come back alone? ”

Ning Zhi was a little embarrassed and led Xi Lanyu into the house.

The people who live here are old neighbors who have been together for many years, and everyone is very kind, but they may live a more leisurely life, and they like to get together and chat about the gossip of Zhang's family and Li Jia's family.

Ning Zhi had already expected that the center of the topic in the next half month would probably be her and Xi Lanyu.

However, the cleanliness of this courtyard was beyond Ning Zhi's expectations.

Except for the few melons and fruit vines in the courtyard that died because no one watered them for a long time, the rest of the places are really passable.

Ning Zhi didn't care about it, and it is estimated that he will not come back often in the future anyway.

I don't know if it's because I'm familiar with the environment, as soon as Ning Zhi enters the house, he feels a little tired.

Xi Lanyu found a desk to work on the accumulated paperwork.

Ning Zhi went to her room and rummaged through it, and thankfully, she found a few pajamas that she had thrown away at home from college.

But what is Xi Lanyu wearing?

He had arrived in a hurry today, and he must have brought no clothes with him except the suit he was wearing, let alone pajamas.

But their family hadn't been in a man for a long time, and Ning Zhi stood in front of the closet for a long time, but didn't find a single piece of clothing that Xi Lanyu could wear.

In the electric light, the elevator opened a wardrobe that was not commonly used, and took out a loose bathrobe that she bought on a certain software back then.

The bathrobe was big enough to fit three of her, but when Ning Zhi opened the seal, it was past the time to return it.