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Recently, Jiang Chan's life has been very comfortable.Ning Zhi felt guilty for missing an appointment two years ago, and always wanted to make it up to him, so he turned into a pony next to the gang boss, booing and asking Jiang Chan how he was, serving tea and water, and being very attentive.Jiang Chan concluded that such a good time would not last long, so he enjoyed Ning Zhi's service with peace of mind, and made many tricks on the bed.On the weekends, the two of them spent most of their time in sex, the air conditioner was turned down very low, their limbs entangled, they hugged each other while watching movies, they hugged each other while eating salad, and they had to touch their heads when playing Tetris. head on.

Ning Zhi seems to be participating in a love competition, and he is temporarily behind in the score, so he tries his best to rush forward. Jiang Chan loved him longer in time, so he made up for it in quantity, and loved him back a lot.

"My mother just called to remind me." At eleven o'clock at noon, Ning Zhi tried to drag Jiang Chan up from the bed, "We should go."

He was trained hard last night, and now his whole body is sore, his arms are weak, he didn't pull Jiang Chan, but put himself on it, and fell down in embarrassment, as if he was kneeling and prostrating, his forehead hit Jiang Chan's abdomen, The posture is very ambiguous.

Jiang Chan quickly pushed away the laptop, looked down at Ning Zhi's blushing face, and teased, "Hungry again?"

Ning Zhi was so ashamed and angry, he bit Jiang Chan's stomach through his pajamas, it was so hard, he let go of his teeth, and accused: "Jiang Chan, you have been bullying me for the past few days, you have exposed your scumbag nature."

Jiang Chan pretended to be confused: "Why did I bully you?"

"You use my guilt to manipulate my feelings." Ning Zhi walked to the refrigerator, opened the door and took a bottle of Coke, and added: "And the body."

"Really," Jiang Chan said, "I'm thirsty too, help me get a bottle."

Ning Zhi threw the Coke in his hand to Jiang Chan, and when he turned around to take it again, he suddenly reacted and said angrily: "Look! You still order me!"

Jiang Chan laughed a few times, hooked his fingers to ask Ning Zhi to come over, but Ning Zhi refused, saw for a while, and then dragged his sore thighs to Jiang Chan, Jiang Chan kissed him, and put his finger on Ning Zhi's back. Draw a circle, close to his ear and say: "How dare I order Teacher Ning."

"I see you are very happy to be around." Ning Zhi pulled off the round neck of the t-shirt, revealing a few crimson hickey marks, drooping his eyebrows and eyes in annoyance, "What if my mother sees it?"

Jiang Chan let out a thoughtful "Oh", lowered his head, and licked* those hickey marks, the tip of his tongue was very gentle, but unfortunately it didn't relieve any pain, instead it made them wet.

Ning Zhi turned his head left and right to avoid his kiss, and hugged Jiang Chan's waist tightly with both hands. His behavior was very contradictory, like a butterfly stuck in a cocoon, and said to himself: "You wait, I will wait for you later." Report to Uncle."

The happy life came to an end, Jiang Chan did his calculations, it was a few days earlier than he expected.

They drove to Xiyuan, the suburbs were sparsely populated, and white-painted houses popped up at the foot of the mountain every now and then, and the fields were green, growing rice and vegetables.

The car was driving smoothly on the asphalt road with a narrow window open, and the whistling wind poured in, echoing the impassioned Dvořák Ninth Symphony, setting off the atmosphere of the "Jiang Confession Criticism and Struggle Conference" at this moment.

Ning Zhi justly complained: "You are so rich, but you only tip ten yuan each time, so stingy."

"Really," Jiang Chan thought for two seconds, before responding lightly, "But your other friends don't even tip."

Ning Zhi couldn't refute, held back for a long time, and said very imposingly: "Okay."

The start was unfavorable, but Ning Zhi was not discouraged. After some searching, he finally caught Jiang Chan's braid and shouted excitedly: "Jiang Chan!"

Jiang Chan turned to look at him and said with a smile, "What's wrong? You scared me."

"That cold knowledge about horses, you actually read it from my article, right? I wrote it before."

Ning Zhi looked complacent like an arrogant kitten, and his ignorant demeanor was particularly bullying. At this time they had arrived at Xiyuan, and the butler was gesturing to Jiang Chan not far away. Jiang Chan nodded at him and put the Porsche Pull into the garage.

"Am I right?" Ning Zhi was still provoking enthusiastically.

"That's right." Jiang Chan pulled out the car key, unbuckled his seat belt, turned to look at Ning Zhi, Ning Zhi met his gaze, felt that something was wrong, shrank his neck like an ostrich, and grabbed the door handle with his right hand, Ready to run away.

With a smile on his face, Jiang Chan approached Ning Zhi slowly, like fluttering a butterfly, and surrounded him calmly.Ning Zhi sniffed, with a flattering face, and whispered, "Don't be angry, you know what you know, and you don't know what you don't know, it's—"

Jiang Chan lowered his head and kissed him for a long time, fierce and urgent at first, then became affectionate, when Ning Zhi was almost out of breath, Jiang Chan finally let him go, raised his hand to touch his face: "Good boy. "

Ning Zhi hasn't seen Zheng Qiudai for two weeks. Compared with the last time we met, her condition has improved a lot. The thin and sharp face lines have become softer, and her skin is no longer dull and yellow, because she grew a little longer. The flesh, the curves of the body are also back.What surprised Ning Zhi the most was that Zheng Qiudai wore a cheongsam and light makeup today.

She is an elegant and beautiful woman, Ning Zhi has always known, but after his father passed away, he never looked at his mother's face carefully again, as if doing so was disrespectful, until today, Zheng Qiudai dusted off the dust and picked up the glory of the past, Only then did he feel astonished that his eyes brightened.

Ning Zhi attributed Zheng Qiudai's changes to the beautiful environment of Xiyuan and Jiang Qiping's careful care.He was glad that he chose to trust Jiang Qiping at that time, a man who had experienced many trials and tribulations and had also suffered emotional injuries.

Although Ning Zhi was a little afraid of him, he had to admit that Jiang Qiping had many means, and he had a way to get Zheng Qiu to take the medicine.When Zheng Qiudai was sober and rational, he would communicate with her patiently, and he was very persuasive—Ning Zhi had a deep understanding of this. If Zheng Qiudai had a sudden attack and could not listen to the advice, Jiang Qiping would order the chef to dissolve the medicine in water In the rice, in the rice, it finally entered Zheng Qiudai's stomach without anyone noticing.

He is a good caregiver, and he called Ning Zhi regularly to inform him of Zheng Qiudai's recovery. When Ning Zhi went to visit his mother in Xiyuan, he also gave him the warmest reception.In order to repay his kindness, Ning Zhi bought a lot of gifts, but Jiang Qiping didn't lack anything, and he only hoped that he would bring Jiang Chan home more.

Ning Zhi didn't want Jiang Qiping to feel that he couldn't do such a small thing well, so he blew pillow wind at Jiang Confession twice a day.Jiang Chan is a shrewd businessman. Ning Zhi suspects that he has seen through his intentions long ago, but every time he pretends to hate Hui Xiyuan, and he will only reluctantly agree if Ning Zhi uses various methods to curry favor with him.

One late night, Ning Zhi was lying on the bed dripping with sweat, thinking of all the sacrifices he had made to mend the relationship between Jiang's father and son, he couldn't help feeling: "I will definitely go to heaven in the future."

Jiang Chan was lying beside him, laughing so that his chest trembled, Ning Zhi became more and more angry, and punched him, but Jiang Chan didn't know how to reflect, but instead grabbed Ning Zhi's finger, put it to his lips and kissed it.

Nasty, really nasty.

The gorgeous crystal chandelier casts different shades of light on the dining table. In the dining room, four people sit opposite each other on both sides of the long table.Steamed Olong is today's main dish. Ning Zhi likes seafood. Jiang Qiping specially ordered the chef to make this dish and kindly advised him to eat more. Ning Zhi said thank you, put a piece of shrimp meat into his mouth, and ate Chewing tastelessly.

He always felt that something was wrong. This feeling of something wrong also existed when he visited Xiyuan a few times ago, but it was not obvious. They were like the rising tide at night, rising inch by inch, and suddenly became impossible to ignore today.

During the dinner, Jiang Qiping casually started a topic: "Xiao Ning, did you know that Teacher Zheng has started playing the piano again."

"Really?" Ning Zhi looked at his mother in surprise, seeing her nodding, he couldn't help cheering up: "That's great."

"It's your Uncle Jiang who pushed me," Zheng Qiudai smiled, with lines of joy appearing in the corners of his eyes, and his expression was a little shy, "He is so good at persuading people, he praised me so much that I couldn't get off the stage, so I had to take out the piano to practice. , Afraid of hands."

Ning Zhi laughed twice: "Uncle Jiang is really good at persuading people."

He seemed to be wearing a prickly sweater, his whole body was itchy and he couldn't scratch it. He prayed for the lunch to be over quickly, and occasionally cast a glance at Jiang Chan, and found that he was not at ease.

The two elders seemed unable to see their cramps, and exchanged views on gardening, art and music in a leisurely manner. Zheng Qiudai asked, "Ning Zhi, how is the photo exhibition you planned?"

"The first exhibition will be held in Lujiang on the [-]th of next month."

"Do you have any extra tickets? We also want to join in the fun." Zheng Qiudai was rarely interested in anything, pointed at himself, and pointed at Jiang Qiping.

Ning Zhi's eyes stared straight, the ticket is of course not the problem, the problem is - the moment he heard Zheng Qiudai say "we", he finally understood the source of his discomfort today.

"Yes, I have a ticket. I'll bring it to you in a few days." Ning Zhi picked up a choy sum and bit it into bites. On the dinner table, Zheng Qiudai blocked Jiang Qiping with chopsticks: "Didn't the doctor tell you that day? High uric acid, eat less seafood, don’t take it seriously.”

Jiang Qiping let out an "ah" as if begging for mercy, and the chopsticks really turned around: "Okay, okay, listen to Teacher Zheng."

Ning Zhi turned to look at Jiang Chan, and the two exchanged glances quickly, and it was too late to understand each other's meaning, but for the next time, they were unusually silent.

After lunch, someone came to clean up the restaurant. Jiang Qiping suggested going out for a walk. Before going out, he naturally took a parasol, opened it and handed it to Zheng Qiudai.The four of them walked half a circle around the villa, passing through the quiet and humid woods, and came to the mirror-like lake.The surrounding scenery is beautiful, with rippling blue waves and emerald green water plants. Ning Zhi came with Jiang Chan before, and even harmed an innocent grass. Now facing the lake, he felt a little guilty.

The two elders walked in front, talking in a low voice, and soft laughter sounded from time to time in the woods, leisurely and relaxed.Ning Zhi and Jiang Chan were ten meters behind, walking around the lake in their footprints, listening to the whispers coming from ahead.

Some kind of bird suddenly chirped, and Ning Zhi couldn't hold back any longer, and tugged at Jiang Chan's little finger: "Then what, do you think there's something wrong..."

Jiang Chan gave him a funny look, then turned his face away: "That's not right."

Ning Zhi was full of worry: "What should I do?"

Jiang Chan was also helpless, and after discussing, he decided to talk to his parents.

That night when they rested in Xiyuan, Ning Zhi was careful and found that Zheng Qiudai had entered not the master bedroom, but the guest room diagonally opposite, and he was slightly relieved.Zheng Qiudai didn't know that he was harboring ulterior motives, and was about to close the door after saying good night, Ning Zhi rushed over suddenly, squeezed the door open with his hands, and said with a smile: "Mom, let's talk."

Zheng Qiudai was stunned for a moment, and stepped back to let him in. Ning Zhi sat on the single sofa cautiously, while Zheng Qiudai sat down next to the bed.The two looked at each other for a moment, and Zheng Qiudai asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

Her voice was very gentle, Ning Zhi really couldn't get straight to the point, rubbed her trousers awkwardly, and said, "Mom, I think you look much better recently."

"Is there?" Zheng Qiudai touched his face, "I don't think so myself."

"Xi Garden...the scenery is quite beautiful."

Zheng Qiudai said "Yes", and seeing that Ning Zhi hesitated to speak, he said a few more words: "It's just that you, Uncle Jiang, have leisure time and take care of those flowers and plants with the gardener every day. The wild lake in the back mountain is also beautiful. A few days ago We're still going fishing there."

Ning Zhi hurriedly said, "You and Uncle Jiang get along very well."

Zheng Qiudai did not deny it. When talking about Jiang Qiping, her tone was full of praise and admiration: "Uncle Jiang knows both classical music and oil painting. He is humorous and very interesting. You will know it after getting in touch with him more."

humor?Ning Zhi suspected that he had heard wrong, and rolled his eyes in his heart.He asked as tactfully as possible: "Then what do you think of him?"

"What do I think of him?" Zheng Qiudai felt baffled, seeing Ning Zhi's serious expression, couldn't help laughing, "Didn't you just say——"

Smiling, she realized something, opened her mouth in surprise, and looked at Ning Zhi fixedly.After checking her eyes and realizing that she really understood what she meant, she smiled again, but this time it was mostly helpless.

Ning Zhi said: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to stop you."

"Where are you going, we are just friends." After saying this, Zheng Qiudai fell silent, the quiet night outside the window seemed to infect the bedroom, and Ning Zhi dared not speak out.

After a while, Zheng Qiudai spoke again: "We just keep each other company. To be honest, I felt very sad after your father left, but I never told you that you, Uncle Jiang, have lived enough alone for so many years. When we get together, we hope that old age will not be lonely. People who are in their 50s and [-]s don’t think so much.”

Ning Zhi sniffed, a sour feeling rushed to the top of his head, he said: "Mom, I really didn't mean that. If you fall in love, I will bless you."

"Oh, you child," Zheng Qiudai sighed softly, his kind and vicissitudes eyes fell on his young face, "Ning Zhi, people's emotions are very rich and complicated. At present, I and Mr. Jiang will not get married, but thank you for your blessing."

At the same time, another conversation was going on in the private study with two mahogany doors closed.

Jiang Chan had a project to ask Jiang Qiping for advice, and he didn't leave after the consultation, instead, he leaned on the grand teacher's chair, rubbing the smooth armrest constantly.

The relationship between their father and son is much stranger than the mother and son over there. For so many years, non-interference in each other's private life is the tacit principle of getting along with each other.

Jiang Chan rehearsed and deliberated his words in his mind, his lips were tightly pursed, but Jiang Qiping noticed his abnormality and asked, "How is the company?"

Jiang Chan came back to his senses and truthfully reported what happened recently: "Jiang Ruicheng filed a lawsuit with the court, demanding that the shareholders' meeting's capital increase resolution be revoked."

Jiang Qiping snorted, and said, "The court's judgment can't be passed for a year or so, and our capital increase procedure fully complies with the company's articles of association. He can't win. But you, how are you preparing for the director's election speech next month?" "

Jiang Chan said cautiously: "It's okay." He knew that Jiang Qiping's intention to go was already decided, and he would completely let go when he was helped to gain a firm foothold in the group's board of directors.Jiang Chan has a heavy responsibility, and he occasionally suffers from insomnia during this time. Fortunately, Ning Zhi is with him, so he doesn't feel tired no matter how hard he works.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at the man across from him with a new look. There was no need to concentrate on looking carefully, the signs of Jiang Qiping's aging were already obvious.Although his body is still tough and his eyes are still determined, he is no longer as vigorous as when he was young, especially not as good as when his wife was alive.

Jiang Chan's mind flickered, and he subconsciously asked, "Do you miss my mother?"

Jiang Qiping raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Of course. I think about it every day."

A moist wind blew from the window, dispelling the sweltering heat in the study, Jiang Chan smelled the smell of rain, and soon, the pattering sound really sounded.

The father and son listened to the rain in silence. After a while, Jiang Qiping said: "Your eyes look very similar to Manman's. When she just left, I thought of her when I saw you, so I put you at my aunt's house—— "

Jiang Chan stopped his apology: "I understand."

Jiang Qiping turned his head, surprised and emotional, Jiang Chan also looked at him, the two looked at each other for a few seconds, then smiled at the same time, relieved.

They talked for a long time that night, and they didn't leave until two o'clock in the morning.When Jiang Chan returned to the bedroom, Ning Zhi was already asleep, and a desk lamp was dimly on, illuminating his face as snow-white.Jiang Chan lifted the quilt and lay down carefully beside him. Ning Zhi turned over, bumped into his shoulder, and called his name in a daze.

"It's me." Jiang Chan kissed him on the lips, turned off the lamp, and said, "Go to sleep."

After the rain, the wind was sunny and moist overnight, and some mushrooms, big and small, appeared in the forest.Butler Liu of Xiyuan is from Yunnan. He grew up in the mountains when he was a child, and he is very familiar with fungi. He took Jiang Chan and Ning Zhi to the back mountain to pick up half a basket.

While picking them up, he gave lectures, introducing the characteristics of each type of mushroom, which ones are poisonous and which ones are non-toxic, which ones are delicious and which ones are bland, and he talked endlessly.Ning Zhi followed step by step, with clear eyes open, listening very attentively, spread out a few mushrooms in his hands for comparison, and nodded from time to time in response to the teacher's teachings.Taking advantage of Steward Liu's inattention, he leaned into Jiang Chan's ear and taught him a lesson: "Why don't you listen carefully? Maybe you will use this knowledge sometime."

Jiang Chan laughed, and teased, "Is it time to survive in the wilderness?"

Ning Zhi glared at him, then trotted after the teacher.

The fresh mushrooms picked were handled by the chef at noon that day, and they were either fried, boiled or fried, and a mushroom feast was prepared.

Jiang Qiping called the housekeeper, gardener, and chef over for dinner, and everyone sat down at a large table lively, with laughter and laughter echoing in the villa.

Ning Zhi turned his head and asked Jiang Chan in a low voice, "Have you talked to Uncle?"

"We talked, and he said that he just wanted to be a companion with Mr. Zheng."

"That's what my mother said."

Ning Zhi raised his head, Liu Butler was telling the story of being a soldier when he was young, and all kinds of experiences on the border, Jiang Qiping and Zheng Qiudai listened intently, the corners of their mouths curled slightly, and there was no haze in their eyes.

That's great, he said in his heart.

After lunch, Jiang Chan and Ning Zhi were going back to the city. The two elders sent them to the side of the road and stuffed a lot of fruit and tea in the trunk of the car. Zheng Qiudai also trimmed two bunches of flowers for Ning Zhi to take back.

There was no scene of reluctance, the two parties simply told each other, Jiang Qiping told Jiang Chan to drive carefully, Zheng Qiudai said, come back next week.

After driving a few hundred meters, Jiang Qiping and Zheng Qiudai could still be seen in the rearview mirror. Ning Zhi was a little sad, so he stretched out his right hand out of the car window and waved it vigorously.

After going down the mountain, Jiang Chan glanced at Ning Zhi several times, and seeing that he was still unhappy, he asked, "What's wrong?"

Ning Zhi shook his head, and after a few seconds, cheered up and said, "Jiang Chan, if I leave this world before you in the future, you must not be too sad."

He had something to say later, but was interrupted by Jiang Chan: "I can't do it."

"How can you not? There are infinite possibilities in life, just like my mother and your father. I hope that after I'm gone, you can find another person who makes you happy."

Ning Zhi's hair danced gently in the wind, and his whole face was serious, looking at Jiang Chan stubbornly.

Jiang Chan smiled slightly, and said, "I will never find someone like you who likes cold knowledge and is good at being a teacher."

After a few seconds of silence, Ning Zhi couldn't hold back any longer, laughed out loud, rubbed his nose a little embarrassedly, and said sincerely: "I can't find anyone who is willing to wait for me at the Pompidou for a day. "

"So," Jiang Chan braked before the red light, turned his head and looked at Ning Zhi seriously, "You must not go ahead of me."

"Then you can't either!" Ning Zhi will demand a rebound.

"Okay."

Jiang Chan agreed easily, but Ning Zhi was worried, and confirmed, "It's a deal?"

Jiang Chan pulled on the seat belt, leaned over and kissed Ning Zhi, then turned to the front, put the gear on and refueled, and the car roared through the intersection.

"It's a deal," he said with a smile.

Ning Zhi licked his lips, his ears began to smoke, and changed the subject: "Where is this going?" He found that Jiang Chan was not driving into the city.

"Take you somewhere."

"Where? By the sea?"

Ning Zhi refused to let him go, but Jiang Chan refused to reveal it, and made up his mind to give him a surprise.

In fact, Ning Zhi didn't care much about the destination, as long as he was with Jiang Chan, no matter what the wind and rain ahead, it was the best future he decided to go to.

The author says:

Thank you for your company, see you at the next intersection!

ps There may be a few chapters of V, you don’t need to buy it if you read it, thank you ^ω^