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On the afternoon before leaving, Tao Ran received a call from Bai Manman and got the news that the big client had officially signed a contract with Yang Baijun for the coming year.

The matter of old man Jia was settled now, Tao Ran thought he should tell Chang Zheng, dialed it, and turned off the phone.

Two hours later, I called again, but it still turned off.

Chang Zheng sent Wu Guizhou all the way to the alley, turned around and walked back, and turned on the phone. When he saw the text message reminding him of two missed calls, he already had a bad feeling in his heart.

He immediately called back, and Tao Ran answered the call without saying a word.

Whenever the emotions are agitated, such as when a client makes trouble unreasonably, Tao Ran will habitually lighten his breath, take a few deep breaths first, and calm down before thinking about how to speak.Chang Zheng had heard it countless times while sitting next to him, but now this movement appeared in their private conversation.

Chang Zheng wanted to explain, but before he could organize his words, Tao Ran spoke out first.

"Every year when you see him, you must turn off the phone, right?"

Although he was mentally prepared, Chang Zheng was still choked at this second.

Tao Ran didn't wait for him to slow down, and hung up immediately after speaking.

Chang Zheng had walked the way home countless times, and Chang Zheng stopped in the middle of the road unconsciously, not knowing where to go for a moment.

This was the first time that Tao Ran explicitly expressed his dissatisfaction to him.When the matter of Wu Guizhou was revealed, he didn't say a word.Interests at work were inconsistent, and he asked in a moment of anger, "Leading soldiers or doing business", and quickly restrained his temper.

So what is his true nature?

Chang Zheng asked himself, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had no idea, so he could only play it safe, and didn't look for him again for a few hours, and only sent a message to him before going to bed that night.

"Today I'm going to say goodbye to him. This is the last time."

Tao Ran replied "Yes" the next morning.

Sixteen or seventeen-year-old first love has never been so uneasy. Chang Zheng didn't sleep well all night, so he had to grit his teeth and reply in seconds, "Remember to say it when you land."

After waiting for a while, the plane over there was about to take off according to the time, before he received a reply.Another "good".

So throughout the first half of the New Year's holiday, his face was ugly.The parents wanted to take advantage of the Huatou already had, and took the opportunity to ask him a few words about how his private life has been these years, so they didn't dare to mention it.

On New Year's Eve, the projection TV that Chang Zheng brought back this time was working hard.There are home appliances and furniture that he purchased one after another everywhere in the house, but the decoration is not so good. After all, the overall taste is still the taste of his parents. At a glance, everything is incongruous.The noise of the New Year's Eve party was the background, and Chang Zheng was awakened by his father's cough, and suddenly realized that he was already holding the phone, with a sullen face, and hadn't said a word for a long time.

The cold white light reflected the hesitant to speak on the parents' faces, and Chang Zheng himself felt a little funny when the parent-child relationship became like this.

"You can watch it if you want, don't worry about me... I don't like to watch this, it's noisy."

That being said, the others still sat there for company.In fact, it has always been like this in previous years, but this year some things were suddenly said, and the family of three couldn't adapt well.

After thinking about it, Chang Zheng still decided to call Tao Ran.It's time for family reunion, even if you can't be around, the voice will always come.

As a result, he had something on his mind, so he didn't pay attention in front of him. When he stood up, he almost bumped into the old-fashioned hanging lamp in the room.

Although the lamp was wiped clean, it couldn't wipe off the greenness on the copper-plated surface. Chang Zheng took a closer look and couldn't help frowning.Father hurriedly stood up to stabilize the dangling lampshade, and mother pulled Chang Zheng to sit beside him, and looked closely at his forehead.

"Oh... I asked you to change it a long time ago. You insisted that it was not broken, but you refused. Take a look..."

Hearing his father's scolding, his mother, who had always been quiet, didn't try to argue with him, but just caressed Chang Zheng affectionately, which reminded him of his childhood in the distant past.

Why bother.

Chang Zheng sighed in his heart, turned on his phone and searched for several types of ceiling lamps that were in harmony with the decoration of the house, and showed them to his parents to choose one by one, and placed the order on the spot.

Without further ado, he bought things for the family again, as if he had put an invisible seal on his parents' mouths with his own hands.Then he went to the yard to make a phone call, apparently for a personal matter, and he didn't see them trying to ask any more questions.

Forget it, it seems that no matter what the relationship is, the party who pays will always have an advantage.

But now, in a relationship that was more sober and more precious that didn't cost him money, there was nothing he could do.

"...How is your family? How are uncles, aunts, and Zhizhi?"

Although Tao Ran's answer was still brief, there was a deep smile on his face: "Well, everything is fine."

There were laughter from his family behind him, and a few more dog barks, from far to near, Chang Zheng was so focused that he even recognized it as a puppy.

"Don't make trouble... Zhizhi! I'm on the phone! Get it away first!"

It seemed that the little dog refused to obey, and after a long time of fuss over there, the whining sound was still very close.Tao Ran said "Sorry" with a smile, as if he walked outside with his mobile phone for a while, and the surroundings gradually quieted down.

"By the way, I have something to tell you. Tao Zhi applied for gapyear, and wants to settle with us first, and then walk around the country. The school's formalities are going through, and I don't know when it will be... Anyway, always will come."

In the cold night sky, there were one or two stars that could not be seen clearly. Chang Zheng raised his head and tried to distinguish them, while nodded in the dark.

Tao Ran didn't speak for a long time before he realized that he was being stupid.Nodding to him across the Pacific Ocean, how can you see it over there, he made a late "hmm".

"Is your house okay?"

"...Nothing changed, so be it." I have long been used to opening my mouth to say that everything is fine, and I don't need to think about it anymore. Chang Zheng took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and gradually lowered his voice: "My parents said before. A few days later, he suddenly made it clear to me."

Tao Ran understood immediately: "Then we can spend New Year's Eve well together, shouldn't I congratulate you?"

Chang Zheng couldn't help laughing: "...you are poor."

"Okay, I won't tell you more. Tao Zhi said that he would not be at home for a year, so my parents got a puppy... I don't know what happened, and they will pester me. They can't handle it. This will I'm scratching at the door again."

"Tao Ran?"

"……Um?"

"I miss you."

The sound of breathing on the other side suddenly became disordered, and Chang Zheng laughed silently, finally feeling the surge of enthusiasm in his heart again.

"...Me too. Happy New Year."

"Well, happy new year."

Probably busy with his family and the new puppy, Tao Ran didn't send a screenshot of the ticket order to Chang Zheng until the day before he boarded the plane, telling him when to pick him up at the airport.

I thought that on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, people who went out to travel would come back together. Chang Zheng went out early, but unexpectedly the road conditions were good, and he drove all the way to the parking lot, and it was more than half an hour early.

Taking advantage of this time, Boss Chang, with his rare romanticism, wrote several long and sincere messages to Tao Ran.After finishing writing, he felt complacent and read them carefully before sending them one by one, thinking that the time from landing to getting his luggage through customs should be just enough for Tao Ran to read them all.

The past is over, this is the first meeting in the New Year, I hope everything can have a better start.

With such a beautiful wish in mind, when he saw a tall and handsome young man following Tao Ran, his feeling was... really hard to describe.

After not seeing him for ten days, Tao Ran's eyes lit up when he saw him.This happiness can't be faked, seeing his reaction like this, Chang Zheng was finally able to let go of half of his heart.After a generous hug, Tao Ran introduced Tao Zhi to him.

"This is my younger brother. The procedures were completed quickly, so I brought him back by the way. Tao Zhi, this is Chang Zheng."

Chang Zheng stretched out his hand to him very naturally, Tao Zhi was still studying and hadn't had any serious social interaction yet, so he was taken aback for a moment before holding it.While shaking hands with Chang Zheng, he turned his head to look at Tao Ran: "...what do I call him? Brother or sister-in-law?"

Even an old fox like Chang Zheng was stunned by the blunt accent.

"Brother, what kind of sister-in-law, who taught you." Tao Ran was extremely embarrassed, and comforted him at both ends: "Sorry, Zhi Zhi's Chinese is a mess, don't mind."

After recovering, Chang Zheng smiled warmly: "...I don't mind."

Tao Ran: "..."

Tao Zhi's Chinese didn't know whether it was too bad or too good, so he showed a smirk at the moment.

The boyfriend seduces the public at the airport, the younger brother pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger, and Tao Ran is caught in the middle, his head is as big as a bucket.

This overly relaxed and happy atmosphere reached its peak after the three of them got into the car together.Tao Ran sat in the back with Tao Zhi, and only now remembered to turn it on, but there was a series of vibrations as soon as it was turned on.

Chang Zheng's words came into his eyes together.

Before he could take a closer look, let alone be moved, Tao Zhi's head was already poked over.

"Who sent you so many messages, confession?"

Chang Zheng suddenly couldn't feel whether he was stepping on the brake or the accelerator.

Tao Ran raised his eyes, met a teasing look with Chang Zheng in the rearview mirror, and then hurried to find out about Tao Zhi: "What are you looking at, are you literate?"

Chang Zheng suppressed a smile and continued driving.

Tao Zhi may be a delayed crosstalk actor: "Literacy? Literacy, and recognition, do they mean the same thing?"

Chang Zheng: "...Yes, it means the same thing."

Tao Zhi replied seriously: "Oh, then I can't read."

The three of them laughed together in the car, creating a reverberation effect. Chang Zheng laughed so hard that his whole body was shaking, so he had to find a place to park the car and turned on the double flashing lights.

Tao Ran took a few breaths before recovering his normal voice: "You...hahaha, sometimes you laugh so hard that you can't drive..."

Tao Zhi didn't really understand it, but seeing the two of them happy like this, he was aroused: "I'm not either, I can't read at all."

Tao Ran wiped away the tears that just came out of laughter, and corrected him: "'completely', not 'all'."

"Oh I mean totally."

Chang Zheng shook his head and restarted the car, feeling that his life must be full of joy from now on.