Jigsaw puzzle

Li Ran made a phone call with the second elder in advance, saying that Qi Xin is the child of an important client of his, and emphasized to Zhang Lingyu several times not to ask random questions.

The family hadn't seen anyone for a long time, Zhang Lingyu made a large table of dishes as if offering a treasure, Qi Xin swallowed drooling at the sight, wanted to use chopsticks but hesitated to pick them.

"Oh, this kid is so polite!" Zhang Lingyu smiled and poured a big spoonful of meat for Qi Xin, no matter how Qi Xin likes it, "This little dress is so pretty!" She glanced at Li Ran's loose T-shirt, "Better than your teacher's." It looks much more pleasing to the eye with a torn rag!"

Qi Xin had never been treated so warmly before, she looked a little embarrassed sitting at the dining table, stuffing food into her mouth mouthful, her cheeks were bulging, like a little hamster.

Zhang Lingyu's cooking skills are very good, and she finally put it to good use. Seeing the little girl devouring the food, she felt a long-lost sense of satisfaction in her heart.Talked endlessly at the dinner table like a chatterbox.

After eating, Li Ran ran to the kitchen to wash the dishes, halfway through, he was pulled aside by his father.

"Go and see what your mother is doing with that child, you are so godly, don't scare the little girl!" Li Weiguo raised his chin towards the back room.

Li Ran pushed open the door of the back room and found that Zhang Lingyu was painting Qi Xin's nails, and Qi Xin quietly stared at her fingers with curiosity.

"Hey, Mom, don't make trouble, can you? She is still a student and has to go to school!" Li Ran looked at Qi Xin's bright red nails covered with goosebumps.

When Qi Xin saw Li Ran coming in, she ran over and asked him to do homework.When Zhang Lingyu heard this, she quickly put away the bottles and cans, and smiled and touched Qi Xin's head: "Good study, I love studying at such a young age! But look at her homework, can you understand it?"

Li Ran felt that Zhang Lingyu was insulting his IQ, so he hurriedly kicked her out of the room, then picked up Qi Xin's homework and looked at it carefully.

Qi Xin's grades were not too good, and her handwriting was crooked and ugly.There are a lot of red crosses in her math homework book, but unexpectedly, in addition to her and the teacher's words, there is another neat handwriting on the side of the book, clearly marking the cause of the error and the correct step.

"Your teacher is so serious," Li Ran said, "No one judged my homework so seriously when I was in school."

"That was written by Han Yicheng!" Qi Xin said in a somewhat smug tone, "He can do all kinds of questions~"

Li Ran was a little surprised, he looked through Qi Xin's other workbooks, and found that except for the composition text, almost every one had Han Yicheng's serious annotations.

He began to recall Han Yicheng's fierce face that day again in his mind.

Li Ran didn't have the habit of prying into the privacy of his students, and he was aware of Qi Xin's situation. If he randomly asked about his family situation, he might touch a minefield.So he suppressed his curiosity, picked up Qi Xin's composition, and began to read the above article.

There is an article titled, It’s All XX’s Trouble, and Qi Xin wrote “It’s All Dreams’ Trouble”

Today, the teacher asked me what my dream is.I said, my dream is to be a dog, the whole class is laughing, I don't know what they are laughing at.The class monitor said that his dream is to be president, but Han Yicheng told me that our country does not have a president, but there is no joke that the class monitor wants to be president.

I don't really want to be a scientist, I get bad grades, and being a scientist could be explosive.I don't really want to be a fireman, because if I die, no one will cry for me, I will lose face, and I don't want people to watch me cry.

I want people to look at me and smile like people smile when they see a dog.

When Li Ran was enjoying watching, Duan Chenyi's WeChat came again, this time only a few short words.

You come out, I am at the gate of your community.

Li Ran sighed, seeing Qi Xin sitting obediently on the bench, quietly and seriously doing homework, he stood up, put on his clothes and went outside.Do mental construction while walking, and this time you must make it clear that if you don't clean up, you are a dog.

When he saw Duan Chenyi standing alone under the light with a mask on, Li Ran still couldn't help but feel a twinge in his heart.

The makeup on Duan Chenyi's face has not been removed, and some liquid foundation has been rubbed on the black mask.He looked very tired, and without saying a word, he pulled Li Ran into the car with a bit of flattery.

The two of them were silent in the car for a long time. Li Ran couldn't stand the atmosphere, so he spoke first.

"Why are you here, can't you say something on WeChat?"

Duan Chenyi trembled slightly, and reached out to hug Li Ran.Li Ran wanted to hide, but he couldn't help that the space in the car was limited, and his unbelievable body was habitually dependent on Duan Chenyi's familiar smell, so he was finally pulled into his arms.

"Brother Ran," Duan Chenyi's voice was a little hoarse, "What exactly do you want?"

Li Ran was surprised to find that even though his heart twitched and felt uncomfortable today, he didn't want to cry much anymore.

He opened his mouth, didn't think of what to say, and patted Duan Chenyi's back helplessly.

Duan Chenyi pressed Li Ran on the car seat as if he had been stimulated by something, and leaned over to kiss him.Li Ran was stunned for two seconds, then suddenly became angry, and pushed Duan Chenyi away vigorously.

"You are so capable, do you want to rent a room with me?" Li Ran stared at Duan Chenyi and said, "It's been a long time, it's been hard work, do you still think of me?"

"Brother Ran..." Now it was Duan Chenyi's turn to be stunned.

Li Ran stared at Duan Chenyi for the last time, opened the door and left.

He tried his best to remind himself not to look back, don't look back, but when he walked to the door of the unit building, he hid in the wall and took a look outside.

The car is gone.

The next morning, Li Ran encountered a rather embarrassing situation.Qi Xin, who was sleeping in the same room with Zhang Lingyu last night, suddenly stopped saying a word, her eyes dodged, as if she had made some mistake.

"Qi Xin?" Li Ran asked her at the breakfast table, "Are you full? Where is your school? Shall I take you there?"

Qi Xin was taken aback, she stood up abruptly, carried her schoolbag, and ran to the door in a hurry.Li Ran was left alone with question marks all over his face.

"Hey", Zhang Lingyu winked at Li Ran, whispered in a low voice, "The little girl is on her period, it seems to be the first time, I will go with you later, and accompany her to the supermarket to buy something."

"Oh." Li Ran didn't expect this, and touched his nose in embarrassment.

Walking to the entrance of the supermarket, Li Ran took the bags of the old and the young, and stood at the door waiting for them.As soon as the two entered, the mobile phone in Qi Xin's schoolbag rang. Li Ran took it out and saw that the caller was Han Yicheng.This situation made Li Ran scratch his head for a long time, and he answered the phone bravely.

"Hello? Mr. Han, I am... Qi Xin's dance teacher." Li Ran said dryly.

The other side obviously didn't expect this situation, and the deep voice became visibly tense.

"Huh? Qi Xin is with you now?"

"Uh, she was here just now." Li Ranyue said that he also felt that something was wrong, "She went shopping with my mother, and she will be back in a while."

"Where are you? I'll go over now." Han Yicheng sounded a little anxious. Although Qi Xin lived an unreliable life with his father since he was a child, it's also very uncomfortable to go home and spend the night with a male teacher of the opposite sex who he doesn't know very well. Worrying.

Li Ran gave an address and hung up the phone. Suddenly, he felt a little headache again. This matter was messed up. He was obviously helping others, but he ended up abducting a girl.

When Han Yicheng arrived, the old and the young together with Li Ran were waiting for him by the side of the road.Seeing that Zhang Lingyu, who was an aunt, was waiting for him, Han Yicheng felt that he might have acted too anxiously on the phone just now.

He probably also knew that Qi Xin probably ran out by himself, and he was kind enough to help, but he just had a pressing tone on the phone.

"Let me take you back first, auntie, it's too cold." Han Yicheng glanced at Zhang Lingyu who was sitting in the back row from the rearview mirror. Qi Xin and Zhang Lingyu were sitting very close, almost sticking to each other.

Zhang Lingyu didn't think there was anything wrong, "Xiao Han is too polite, thank you for your hard work!" She said while looking at Han Yicheng's car, "Oh, no wonder you are an important customer, and the cars you drive are different! This The car is really roomy!"

What Han Yicheng drove was a Volvo SUV, the price of which was around 30 yuan.

Sitting on the co-pilot, the corner of Li Ran's mouth twitched/twitched. He glanced at Han Yicheng from the corner of his eyes guiltyly, only to find that the other party's expression was also a bit embarrassed, and he held back for a long time before saying: "Uh, I bought it on a loan."

"Ah?" Zhang Lingyu suddenly became nervous, "Young people have to be careful, don't over-consume or over-consume. Once you're in debt, it's not a trivial matter."

Han Yicheng's expression became entangled again, as if he was desperately thinking about how to reply.

"Just stop at the intersection ahead." Li Ran hurriedly stopped the boring conversation and continued, "Mom, you should go back quickly."

After seeing off Zhang Lingyu, the atmosphere in the car changed from very embarrassing to generally embarrassing.

Li Ran still peeked at Han Yicheng from the corner of his eye, and found that the other party opened his mouth several times, trying to say something, but he was struggling again.

"Teacher A Ran," Li Ran opened his mouth helplessly, "Or you can just call me Li Ran."

"Han...Han Yicheng." After Han Yicheng introduced his name, he thought for a long time before opening his mouth, "Ah...Li Ran, where do you work? After delivering Qi Xin, shall I send you there?"

Seeing that it was almost eight o'clock, Li Ran asked, "Isn't it hindering you from going to work? Qi Xin said you've been very busy."

"It's okay, I don't need to clock in." Han Yicheng had a face like someone owed him 300 yuan, but he seemed to be struggling with himself every time he said a word, as if he was going through some kind of exam.

The third elementary school that Qi Xin went to was very close to Li Ran's house, and before the atmosphere in the car was completely awkward, Han Yicheng parked the car by the side of the road.She turned her head and asked Qi Xin who was in the back seat: "Is the money still enough?"

Qi Xin hummed, and Han Yicheng asked again: "After school at 04:30?"

Hearing this question, Qi Xin's eyes lit up, and she nodded vigorously.

"Okay," Han Yicheng said, "Then let me pick you up, and go to my unit to do homework at night?"

Li Ran watched Qi Xin running happily towards the school, and suddenly thought of something.He patted Han Yicheng's shoulder lightly, unexpectedly, the other party was shocked, turned his head and frowned at him.

Han Yicheng's face was so fierce that Li Ran was scared when he saw it: "I'm sorry, I, I just wanted to call you, why did you react so violently?"

Seeing that Han Yicheng was still looking at him with frowning eyebrows and did not make any further moves, Li Ran strengthened his courage and asked the next question.

"Did you usually give Qi Xin her pocket money? How much is it?"

Han Yicheng thought for a while: "About two hundred a week."

Sure enough, Li Ran sighed silently in his heart.

"Don't give so much money, she is a primary school student, where does she need to spend so much money?" Li Ran paused, "Besides, it's easy to get into trouble."

"Trouble?" Han Yicheng grasped the key words, relaxed his brows, and looked at Li Ran seriously.

"Hey, why do you look like you never went to elementary school?" Li Ran scratched his head, "I'll just say it, Qi Xin's family is a bit... special, right?"

Han Yicheng nodded.

"Don't look at those little bastards as elementary school students. They are all bad. They only pick this kind of children to bully, especially when it is profitable to bully others!"

After Li Ran finished speaking, Han Yicheng was silent for a long time. He obviously didn't think of this level before.Seeing that he didn't speak, Li Ran felt apprehensive, wondering if he talked too much and stepped into some minefield.After being silent for most of the way, Li Ran couldn't hold his breath anymore. He opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by Han Yicheng.

"Thank you."

Li Ran let out an "ah" and felt relieved. As soon as he relaxed, he thought of another thing.

"Well, how old is Qi Xin..."

"11 years old." There was a red light ahead, Han Yicheng stopped the car and glanced at Li Ran.

"Then what..." Li Ran touched his nose, "Yesterday she slept in the same room as my mother, and then, you know, girls have their menstrual period? She seems to be quite nervous? Today my mother accompanied her to buy something, you How about... find an educational film for her to watch?"

Li Ran was a little thankful that the lights had changed at this time, so Han Yicheng had to drive with his eyes straight ahead.

"Yes." Han Yicheng nodded.

Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief, and leaned on the back of the car to secretly look at Han Yicheng's profile.It was only then that he realized that Han Yicheng's nose bridge was really good-looking, high and not obtrusive, and he suddenly remembered the words that Xiao Zong screamed when he was looking at his phone on the sofa.

Brother, can I slide on the bridge of your nose?

What a mess.

While scolding himself in his heart, Li Ran cast a wicked glance at Han Yicheng's eyes.

Ah, the three white eyes really have sparse eyelashes.

Han Yicheng didn't know that Li Ran's inner drama was bursting into a small theater, because after he was educated by Li Ran, he had been struggling with a problem.

"That's great, I haven't gotten up so early to have breakfast!" Li Ran looked happily at the breakfast downstairs in the dance studio, pointed to the front and said to Han Yicheng, "Just stop at the entrance of the breakfast shop, thank you !"

"Wait a minute!" As if he had finally made up his mind, Han Yicheng grabbed Li Ran who was getting out of the car, but felt something was wrong when he just pulled him, so he quickly let go.

"Huh?" Li Ran poked his head back again.

"Thank you very much, can I treat you to a meal?"

"Ah?" Li Ran blinked, "Have you had breakfast?"

"No, it's more formal, it's a thank you." After Han Yicheng finished speaking, he added, "When you are free."

Li Ran smiled: "Okay! Then you have to treat me to something expensive!"

"Okay." Hearing what Li Ran said, Han Yicheng relaxed a little, paused, and asked again.

"Add your WeChat, okay?"