Liang Zhaoyue has been waiting for Zhou Yunchuan's call.

She thought that if Zhou Yunchuan really needed that painting, then after knowing that Xu Mingheng had failed, he might come to her in person.

She's betting on a possibility.

A probability of winning is close to 50%.

In the past, she would never let herself fall into such an anxious, even whimsical situation.

Seeking truth from facts is her first choice.

But after meeting Zhou Yunchuan, this kind of gambler-like luck happened to her.

What's more, she hopes to win from the bottom of her heart.

She wanted to have more of a relationship with this person, even though she knew it was wishful thinking.

But it was this dangerous and fascinating thought that made her abandon her reason for the first time.

Liang Zhaoyue waited for half a month, and the number with the note "Zhou Yunchuan" in the address book did not appear on the screen once.

Obviously, she lost.

She didn't even have time to take the first step.

It's sad, she thought.

In the blink of an eye, the time has entered October, and the golden holiday is coming.

Liang Zhaoyue was originally teaching primary school students to practice calligraphy, and this holiday primary school students are going to travel abroad, so the tutoring matter has come to an end for the time being. The holidays were so empty, but she was not idle.

According to her classmates, Liang Zhaoyue came into contact with a part-time job with a good salary, which was to work as a waiter in a high-end hotel.

During this long holiday, the hotel received many foreign tourists, including some large-scale business meetings, and were in urgent need of part-time staff who were proficient in foreign languages.

Liang Zhaoyue is good at English and German, and quickly passed the interview.

Her tuition is still a little short, and the cost of seven days of part-time work is just enough to make up for that shortfall.

Liang Zhaoyue put aside the lost emotions and devoted herself to part-time work during the holiday.

At eight o'clock that night, she returned to the dressroom on the second floor, changed her clothes and was about to leave work, when her mobile phone rang.

It was my mother Lin Tingwan who called.

Liang Zhaoyue hesitated for a moment and picked it up.

Lin Tingwan said: "Ah Yue, your father and I have come to Beicheng, do you have time to meet?" ”

Liang Zhaoyue was a little surprised: "Why are you here?" ”

"Aren't you still a little short of tuition? That's what your dad and I came here for. ”

On the way to the hotel to meet her parents, Liang Zhaoyue never understood the real purpose of their visit to Beicheng.

According to her perception of her parents, they are definitely not the ones who came all the way to Beicheng to solve her tuition fees.

For as long as she can remember, her parents have spent their time together in quarrels.

The father disliked the mother for being too beautiful and strong; My mother disliked my father, who was honest, weak, and unmotivated.

In this way, the life of chickens and dogs lasted until Liang Zhaoyue was thirteen years old, and the two were finally willing to let go of each other and signed a divorce peacefully. As for the daughter who is jointly owned, it has become the existence of mutual shirk, and neither of them wants it, saying that it will affect the remarriage market.

In the end, it was Liang Zhaoyue's grandfather who came forward to reconcile, and his granddaughter was raised by him, but the two needed to pay for living expenses and tuition.

The child has a place to go, and the two naturally have no opinion.

At first, the expenses were paid quite diligently, but later, as the two remarried and a new child was born, there were many excuses.

When Grandpa was still there, Liang Mingkai and Lin Tingwan didn't dare to be too presumptuous, and they would give some money. After the death of grandpa, the two of them no longer pretended, and every time they had to pay living expenses at the end of the month, there were always various reasons for prevarication.

Liang Zhaoyue didn't expect much from them, they have been working and studying part-time all these years.

When this kind of behavior comes to them, it becomes that she is a child who knows how to endure hardships and is reassuring.

Liang Zhaoyue felt extremely sarcastic, but she didn't argue with them further.

Back in the time they decided not to have custody of her, it all said for it.

There was really no need for her to rub salt in her wounds and let herself down again.

-

The meeting point is set at a tea restaurant.

Liang Zhaoyue's grandfather used to work in a tea restaurant and was very good at making Cantonese refreshments, and after Liang Zhaoyue lived with him, he could always eat exquisite refreshments from time to time.

Over time, she gradually fell in love with Cantonese morning tea.

On the weekend of the first semester of her junior year of high school, in order to earn living expenses and tutoring fees, she worked part-time at a tea restaurant near the school for a while.

This time, the parents set the meeting place here, and Liang Zhaoyue frowned.

I always feel that my parents have bad intentions on this trip.

Sure enough, not long after sitting down, Liang Zhaoyue just drank two sips of tea, and Liang Mingkai asked, "Ah Yue, how much is the difference in tuition?" ”

The tuition fee for the Master of Finance at Beicheng University is nearly 130,000 yuan, which is paid in two years.

Liang Zhaoyue asked directly: "How much can you give me?" ”

Liang Mingkai laughed dryly: "At that time, I told you, it's good to be an undergraduate, you want to go to graduate school, what do girls do when they read so many books." ”

Knowing that he would say this, Liang Zhaoyue couldn't be discouraged.

Lin Tingwan said: "Ah Yue, I discussed it with your father, but in fact, this tuition fee is not unsolvable." ”

Liang Zhaoyue looked at her and asked, "Mom, how do you want to solve it?" ”

Lin Tingwan glanced at Liang Mingkai, put his hands on the table, and leaned forward: "Didn't your grandfather leave an old house for our family?" Recently, someone has taken a fancy to the old house, and you will have to stay in Beicheng to live in the future anyway, so I discussed with your father to simply sell this house. ”

The grandfather was afraid that after his death, his granddaughter would not be found, so he changed the name of the house to a family of three.

Grandpa said that as long as there was this house, they would treat her more or less.

However, this is not the case.

Liang Zhaoyue said expressionlessly: "What if I don't sell it?" ”

Lin Tingwan and Liang Mingkai looked at each other, and after a while, Liang Mingkai said embarrassedly: "Ah Yue, it's not that we have to sell this house, it's really that the family is short of money." Your sister is going to take the piano exam, and your grandfather's house is too small to fit the piano, so I want to change the house, but I am short of money. ”

After he finished speaking, Lin Ting picked up in the evening: "Your brother is going to get married, and the down payment is still a little missing, and your brother, he is going to take the high school entrance examination next year, and the tuition fee is tens of thousands." ”

Liang Zhaoyue listened calmly, and her eyes swept over her parents: "Does this have anything to do with me?" My younger siblings are somewhat related to me, and your stepson has nothing to do with me. ”

Lin Tingwan was embarrassed: "It's all a family." ”

"You've never treated me like family."

Liang Mingkai sighed: "How can you talk like a kid, we haven't treated you badly all these years." ”

Liang Zhaoyue sneered: "How much money have you given me since I went to college?" ”

As if they had been stepped on a pain point, Liang Mingkai and Lin Tingwan stopped talking for a moment.

Xu Mingheng and the others, who listened to their conversation word for word, looked a little uncomfortable across a hollow carved screen.

Liu Yitang still cared about Zhou Yunchuan's personal problems, and took advantage of his friend's granddaughter Lu Xiyuan to come to Beicheng to play, so he tried every means to arrange for the two to be alone. Zhou Yunchuan didn't want to shake his grandmother's mind on the surface, so he privately brought Xu Mingheng, who had nothing to do, to have dinner together.

These days, Xu Mingheng took Lu Xiyuan to taste all the special food in Beicheng, and Lu Xiyuan was really embarrassed, so he invited them to eat refreshments from his hometown Guangcheng.

This tea restaurant has an authentic taste and an elegant environment, which is a good place to eat.

Xu Mingheng praised Lu Xiyuan for choosing the position.

Unexpectedly, I met an acquaintance and listened to someone's family affairs.

It's embarrassing.

Seeing that Zhou Yunchuan's expression was calm, he didn't move between his eyebrows, and there was a kind of indifference to staying out of the matter.

But with his cold temperament, Xu Mingheng didn't care.

Mainly considering Lu Xiyuan.

Xu Mingheng took out his mobile phone and sent a message in the group.

[Lao Xu: Why don't we go first? It's not a matter to listen to other people's family affairs all the time. 】

[Xixi: I can do it all.] 】

Only Zhou Yunchuan did not express his opinion.

Xu Mingheng looked at his mobile phone and put it aside, pushed his hand, and motioned him to look at his phone.

Zhou Yunchuan picked up his mobile phone, glanced at it, and said lightly: "You go back first, I have something to do later." ”

Xu Mingheng looked at Lu Xiyuan, who touched his neck and nodded: "I have to catch a plane tomorrow, and I want to go back and rest first." ”

As she spoke, she looked at Zhou Yunchuan.

Zhou Yunchuan said: "Xu Mingheng will send you." ”

Xu Mingheng rolled his eyes at him, and then said to Lu Xiyuan with a smile: "It's my honor to escort the beauty back." ”

Lu Xiyuan showed a polite smile, and glanced at where Zhou Yunchuan was sitting when he left, and saw that his eyebrows were lowered, as if he was thinking about something, as for his departure, he didn't care at all.

She smiled, this kind of thing is about affection, since Luohua is ruthless, she doesn't need to focus on him alone.

Thinking about this clearly, she left with Xu Mingheng without looking back.

The two walked for less than two minutes when the long-silent voice at the next table sounded again.

Liang Zhaoyue said: "You can solve your problems by yourself, and I will not sell the house." ”

Lin Tingwan sighed and said, "Didn't you say that you would stay in Beicheng to live in the future?" Taking advantage of the high housing prices in Lincheng now, I sold the old house, and the money was left in the bank to eat interest, and you will have money to buy a house in Beicheng in the future, right? ”

After speaking, she glanced at Liang Mingkai, and the latter understood, and immediately echoed: "Your mother is right, the house price in this city is one price a day, and the market has been good recently, so let's get rid of it as soon as possible." ”

Liang Zhaoyue took a deep breath, looked up at them, and said, "It's so rare." ”

Lin Tingwan didn't understand: "What do you mean?" ”

She said: "After so many years, I am afraid that today is the most harmonious time for you. ”

Hearing this, Lin Tingwan and Liang Mingkai looked ugly one after another.

Liang Zhaoyue said: "Do you know why grandpa added the names of the three of us together? ”

The two were silent.

She looked at them, took another deep breath, and said, "He thinks you can't give me a home, forget it, he will give it to me." But today you suddenly came to me and said that you were going to sell this house for your family, you know when I received your call, I thought for a moment, you have ignored me for so many years, this time you have not noticed me. So I just got off work and rushed over to see you before I had time to eat. ”

She paused and said with a smile: "Unfortunately, no, all you think about is yourself." ”

With that, she got up and was about to leave.

Lin Tingwan stopped her: "Ah Yue, your father and I have decided, this house must be sold." ”

Liang Zhaoyue felt that what she said just now was in vain.

She stopped, didn't look back, and said, "The house is here, and you can't sell it without my consent." ”

The words fell, and no matter how they reacted, Liang Zhaoyue walked downstairs quickly.

She walked in an unusually hurried manner, as if there was a flood beast behind her.

Zhou Yunchuan watched her figure disappear at the entrance of the building, and after a while, he pulled out a piece of paper, wiped his hands clean, and got up to leave.

As he passed by the next table, he glanced sideways and looked inside.

The woman anxiously asked, "She doesn't want to sell, what should I do?" ”

The man said: "You and I are all on it, she doesn't sell it, give us our share we deserve, and if we don't give it, we will sue the court and let the court judge ......"

Hearing this, Zhou Yunchuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes were gloomy.

-

Walking out of the tea restaurant, Liang Zhaoyue realized that it was raining outside.

The streets were foggy, pedestrians were in a hurry, and the rain splashed on the ground.

The rain came suddenly, and many people did not bring umbrellas, so they could only wait for the rain to stop under the eaves of the porch before leaving.

Liang Zhaoyue is also one of them.

She found a place to stand on the side, looking at the foggy world.

The night is dark, and the buildings are soaked with rainwater, which makes it even more reinforcing the true color of the forest.

The air was also soaked in humid moisture, and it was vaguely cold.

Liang Zhaoyue rubbed her arms.

Just then, the phone rang.

She took it out and looked at it, thinking it was her roommate Song Yue calling, and asked her to go back to help bring supper, and was about to pick it up, when suddenly, she caught a glimpse of the caller ID on the screen, and she was stunned.

It's Zhou Yunchuan.

The note she gave him was different from Xu Mingheng's "Mr. Xu", his real name.

It's a little selfish of hers.

It's like the two are good friends.

The words "Zhou Yunchuan" jumped on the screen, she looked at it, and what she thought in her heart was-

Did he come to her because of the painting?

She picked it up, held it to her ear, and was about to speak, when the person on the other end of the line was one step ahead of him.

Zhou Yunchuan's deep voice slowly reached her ears from the current.

"Look up, look ahead."

Liang Zhaoyue didn't know why, but she still did as he said.

She looked up and looked ahead.

The next second, seeing the person in front of her clearly, she was stunned in place.

On the other side of the road, Zhou Yunchuan held a black umbrella in his right hand, and held a mobile phone in his left hand next to his ear, looking at her across the air through the vast rain curtain.

The rain seems to be getting heavier.

Raindrops crackled down on the ground, splashing strings of fine droplets.

The voice was loud and loud, drowning out the vibrations in her chest.

Heaven and earth seemed to become quiet at this moment, and in her eyes, there was only the person standing opposite.