Jigsaw puzzle

Qi Xin's show was arranged to a relatively late position. After the show started, Li Ran asked her to put away her phone and not be too presumptuous.Every time the little host wearing a gauze skirt next to her came out to announce the scene, Qi Xin would secretly roll her eyes.

"Is she your monitor?" Li Ran asked her.

"Yeah", Qi Xin said very resentfully: "What can you do, it's the No. 1 hurtful person."

Li Ran made a high-five gesture to her: "Go up and abuse her in a while!"

Qi Xin took a symbolic pat on Li Ran's palm, and handed him the phone: "Can you take a video for me too? I want to send it to Han Yicheng later, today is his birthday."

Li Ran took the phone and watched Qi Xin run to prepare the phone, feeling secretly in his heart, no wonder Qi Xin wanted Han Yicheng to come and see her so much, the little girl looked so cold, unexpectedly her thoughts were so delicate.

When Qi Xin came on stage, she could tell that she was very nervous, her walking posture was stiff, but when the music started, she obviously relaxed.

This dance was taught by Li Ran in class, and Qi Xin has been very diligent in going to the dance studio recently, and learned it twice.This song is a classic black hip-hop style, Qi Xin dances with a strong sense of power, coupled with her own temperament bonus, the stage effect is still very cool.

Li Ran shifted his gaze from the phone to the stage, and began to make some small calculations in his heart.

It's obvious that Qi Xin's movements are somewhat flawed. It's fine to fool elementary school students and parents, but many details are obviously due to lack of training.But she also has many very rare advantages, such as a sense of music and accurate points. As a girl, the strength and tension displayed are very attractive, and she has not undergone any one-on-one meticulous guidance.

In the past when Li Ran was in the class, Qi Xin was always consciously or unintentionally not so serious. It wasn't until today that she put all her strength into competing with her classmates that she showed her sharpness.

In the end, the parents who sat upright in the auditorium applauded thunderously amidst the unbearable English swear words, which can be regarded as a magical reality spectacle.

Especially when Qi Xin stepped down from the stage, she was still very calm, with an undisturbed appearance, which made Li Ran feel very grateful.

"You're doing very well, sister!" Li Ran gave her a thumbs-up, "Is there anything you want to eat? I'll take you to eat!"

Qi Xin hardly thought about it: "McDonald's!"

"What? Are you too lacking in pursuit?" Li Ran pouted, "Why do you want to eat McDonald's?"

Qi Xin: "I think chicken nuggets are delicious..."

Li Ran: "Let's go! I'll take you to a place! Guaranteed to have chicken nuggets that are [-] times better than McDonald's!"

The restaurant that Li Ran took Qi Xin to was a Korean-style fried chicken restaurant. In fact, the price was not more expensive than McDonald's, and the store was much smaller.This store opened not far from Zhang Lingyu's nail salon, and Li Ran used to order takeaway from their home.

The aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, and the taste of delicious food is not afraid of no one coming.

Taking Qi Xin to his seat, Li Ran ordered some of his favorite flavors before.The fresh and tender chicken was wrapped in crispy bread crumbs and covered with a layer of sweet and spicy sauce, which made Qi Xin, who had been hungry for a long time, almost want to do it immediately.

"Don't forget to wear gloves!" Li Ran reminded.

Li Ran watched Qi Xin gobble it up, and began to think about how to talk to him. After thinking for a long time, he thought it might be easier to attack Han Yicheng.

"Old sister," Li Ran continued the school's affectionate name, "Is the dance you danced today recorded for Han Yicheng, is it a birthday present for him?"

Qi Xin shook her head: "No, I just want to give him an explanation so that he can see that the money he spent on me was not in vain." Qi Xin lowered her head and ate a few more mouthfuls, looking a bit distressed: "I still have to give a birthday present Give it to him?"

Li Ran nodded: "Yes, you haven't sent it before?"

"Hmm..." Qi Xin thought about it, "Last year on his birthday, he took me to the amusement park for a day, and he didn't seem to have received any gifts from others, and he didn't seem to care much... Before that, we didn't know each other very well. Yes." Qi Xin looked at Li Ran seriously: "Do adults also give gifts to each other on birthdays?"

Li Ran said without thinking, "That's right!"

Qi Xin: "Then are you ready?"

Li Ran: "...I, of course I'm ready! No, isn't it about you now? Have you decided what to give?"

Qi Xin: "No."

Li Ran cleared his throat, and looked like a caring big brother: "Do you know that our city has an art festival for elementary and middle school students every spring?"

Qi Xin: "I won't participate."

Li Ran: "...you refused so quickly!"

Li Ran didn't expect that he was rejected so quickly, he continued to organize his words in his heart a little unwillingly, thinking about how to make this little girl let go.Qi Xin also seemed to see Li Ran's depression, and tentatively said, "Are you still taking me shopping?"

Just as Li Ran was about to open his mouth to answer, he suddenly felt his head was pushed down suddenly, and his face almost fell into the sweet and spicy sauce.

"Teacher Aran, why are you hanging out with other girls here? I'm going to sue you for child trafficking?"

Chen Xian put on a peaked cap and stood behind Li Ran with a mean smile.She very consciously sat next to Qi Xin, took Li Ran's drink and began to drink.

"What about child abduction, is this my old sister?" Li Ran came to his senses, and he poked Qi Xin, "From now on, you will call me Brother A Ran, do you hear me?" Seeing Qi Xin nodding, he was a little proud Looking at Chen Xian, "I'm here to buy a skirt for my old sister, but you, why are you wandering around in broad daylight without going to work?"

"I got fired." Chen Xian said indifferently, "I feel very uncomfortable. I came out to find Auntie Zhang to get my eyelashes fixed." After she finished speaking, she blinked vigorously at Li Ran.

Li Ran was dazzled by her thick eyelashes, and looked at Chen Xian helplessly. She typed quickly on the phone with her bright red nails, nothing more than cursing some celebrity.

"Let me tell you, these female stars are more difficult to serve than the other!" Chen Xian was still immersed in his anger, "If you hire me to do the styling, then you have to listen to me, right? You have to change this too." You want to change it, you think it looks like their face? If you say change it, change it!"

Qi Xin was so teased that she laughed twice, and looked at Chen Xian with adoring expression.Li Ran's mood was complicated by the scene, and he suddenly felt that his child had been taught badly.

"Let's listen to your chat some other day." Li Ran stood up and picked up his coat. "It's important that we buy skirts."

"Stop!" Chen Xian yelled suddenly, and the few customers in the shop all looked sideways.

Li Ran was not surprised by Chen Xian's behavior, and stopped helplessly: "Sister, what do you want?"

"Isn't it just a skirt!" Chen Xian squatted down / normally Qi Xin put his hands on her shoulders, with a very sincere expression: "Sister, can I do it for you?"

Qi Xin was extremely excited: "Really?"

Li Ran: ...

Before being abducted by Chen Xian, Li Ran took Qi Xin to Zhang Lingyu's shop. There was no one in the shop on weekday afternoons, and only Zhang Lingyu was left watching.

Since Li Ran moved out, Zhang Lingyu had been depressed for a while, and Li Ran went home to visit her twice, and Zhang Lingyu looked so dejected that she didn't want to stay.It was Li Weiguo who whispered to him, don't bother with your mother, she will be fine in a while, there is no son who will stay with his mother for the rest of his life.

Li Ran understood that Zhang Lingyu was afraid that he would dislike her, so in order to make up for his mother's glass heart, he came to apologize with French fries and fried chicken.

"Hey——" Zhang Lingyu thought there was a visitor, and was just about to say hello, but Li Ran shut up immediately.Looking at Chen Xian and Qi Xin in the back, they endured it and didn't get angry.

"Hello, Auntie." Qi Xin called out.

Only then did Zhang Lingyu put on a smile: "Hey! Hello, hello!"

Li Ran handed her something to eat, and sat next to Zhang Lingyu.

"A new batch of winter vacation classes were opened two days ago, and quite a few people signed up," Li Ran looked at her and said, "I transferred the loan repayment account to my card, so you can save your money in the future."

Zhang Lingyu suddenly raised her head to look at him, her eyes began to turn red again.

"Hey, you started again, didn't you?" Li Ran frowned, and moved a mat to sit on the side, "I really don't think I'm having a bad time, and I never blamed you, I just...need something of myself space, do you understand?"

Zhang Lingyu saw that he didn't speak, so Li Ran said, "Let's go now, the dance room is okay, and it's not impossible to open a branch store in the future. With the money from the two of you, go travel and buy some nice clothes. You can spend whatever you want," Li Ran paused, "Our family's life is life, if you two live happily, I will be less stressed, right?"

Zhang Lingyu nodded, and Li Ran stood up and hugged her, "Okay," he said, "Then I'll go back, I'm busy with classes during the winter vacation, and I'll go back to accompany you guys after the Chinese New Year."

"Wait a minute," Zhang Lingyu suddenly remembered something, ran to the side shelf, took a few small boxes and handed them to Qi Xin, "Isn't it possible to be smug after the winter vacation?"

Qi Xin carried these bottles of brightly colored nail polish all the way to Chen Xian's work, until she was reminded by Chen Xian not to stain anything, and then honestly handed them over to Li Ran.

Chen Xian's office is in the corner, and there are several other designers in the studio. From the clothes to the office items, they all look very high-end, but Chen Xian is like a killer all day long, and the room is also a mess.

"Come on, let me measure the sleeve length!"

Chen Xian carried Qi Xin like a puppet, and worked up and down, moving the plaid skirt hanging from the shelf from the side, and nailing it up with pins.

"Did you see this?" Chen Xian said to Qi Xin while revising, "This is a look for the XX Award supporting actress nominee to watch the show, immediately, immediately, this suit is yours!"

Li Ran found a seat to sit on the side, he was too lazy to respond to Chen Xian's venting behavior, but before Chen Xian's topic continued to swear, he interjected in time: "Isn't it too thin to wear the same size as Qi Xin? "

"It's all paper men, clothes racks, and big-headed dolls!"

Qi Xin suddenly responded, "Well, she's not as good-looking as sister Chen Xian."

Chen Xian suddenly jumped up on the spot: "Huh? Such a young age! You are so smooth-tongued! Don't imitate this!"

Somehow, Qi Xin touched Chen Xian's Ni Lin, mustered up the courage to flatter her but failed, and silently shut up.For a moment, only Chen Xian's cursing voice remained in the studio.

Li Ran said to Qi Xin sympathetically: "Don't try to flatter sister Chen Xian, it's not only useless, but also very dangerous." Seeing that Chen Xian was very devoted to talking to himself, he lowered his voice: "She's a little hurt. Abusive tendencies.”

After speaking, Li Ran took out his mobile phone and ordered a cake for Han Yicheng.Today I thought I would spend a sum of money to buy clothes for Qi Xin, since I didn't spend the money, why not give some surprises to that poor guy who is still at work.

"Come on!" Chen Xian handed the clothes to Qi Xin who was standing aside, "Go to the toilet and try on the skirt, is it too big?"

Qi Xin ran away and there was no one left, so Li Ran opened his mouth and asked Chen Xian: "You said, a friend celebrates his birthday at night, and I want to buy a gift now, what else can I buy in time?"

"Which friend? So plastic?"

"Just... my landlord."

"Oh?" Chen Xian got excited, "Li Ran, what's the situation with you? You share the rent, take care of the children and give gifts. Do you want to pick him up?"

Li Ran curled his lips and said nothing.He was also not sure what he thought about Han Yicheng.Maybe he has never been in contact with this type of person before, everything about Han Yicheng is very novel to him.In addition, that face has become more and more pleasing to the eye recently, making him always have some dangerous thoughts.

It's not enough to be ordinary friends, so it's better to take a step forward, anyway, there is still a distance between being friends and "sobbing" him?

"Forget it", Li Ran said, "It's better not to ask you, hey!" He looked at Qi Xin who had just ran out, "This little dress is so pretty!"

Chen Xian added some punk elements to the original plaid skirt, and sewed on a thin layer of lace. The finished product has the feeling of a Lolita skirt.Qi Xin was obviously very satisfied, and even turned around in the mirror, feeling extremely happy.

"It's not bad, it's not in vain to wear it on you, it makes me more comfortable than wearing it on that big-headed doll!" Chen Xian scolded them all afternoon like a trash can, and now he was refreshed and waved his hand Ready to go home.

Li Ran saw that it was getting late, so he took Qi Xin back, approaching the gate of the community, Qi Xin suddenly stopped at the convenience store and said he wanted to go in to buy something.

"What are you buying? Have you brought any money?" Li Ran asked her.

"Han Yicheng's birthday present, didn't you say that adults should also receive birthday presents?"

Qi Xin asked Li Ran to wait for her outside the shop, she went in by herself for a while, and came out with a cardboard box.Li Ran glanced at it and found that it was a nodding doll placed in front of the car.

When the two entered the room, Han Yicheng was fascinated by the cake. When he saw Li Ran coming back, he asked with a trembling voice, "Is this from you?"

"That's right." Li Ran sensed that Han Yicheng was a little strange, and he was afraid of touching something on his mind, so he answered cautiously: "You didn't tell me in advance when it was your birthday, and you said you were the only friend."

A flash of disappointment flashed in Han Yicheng's eyes, and he returned to his normal appearance randomly: "I... don't celebrate my birthday very much, I almost forgot about it."

"How old are you? You even forgot your birthday?" Li Ran pushed Han Yicheng to sit at the dining table, opened the cake box by himself, and began to insert candles, "Qi Xin prepared a gift for you!"

Qi Xin very solemnly took out the nodding doll she just bought, and handed it to Han Yicheng with both hands as if offering an offering.

Han Yicheng opened the package and saw the contents, he was taken aback for a moment, and the corner of his mouth lifted into a smile.Seeing his reaction, Qi Xin was a little surprised, she poked the doll's head with her hand, and the little doll immediately shook its head and started to move.

"You... like this?" Qi Xin asked.

"Well," Han Yicheng looked at the little doll with a deeper smile, "I like it very much."

"Then I'll give it to you next year!" Qi Xin walked around in a small skirt, "Brother Aran also has a gift for you!"

"I'll get it now!"

Li Ran quickly ran back to his room, took out a plastic bag from a backpack, and took out a small plastic bag from the plastic bag.He thought for a while, then pulled another napkin from the side, and wrapped the small plastic bag.

"What is this?" Qi Xin asked him.

"Open it and you'll know!"Li Ran stuffed the pile of napkins into Han Yicheng's hands, "Open it and have a look!"

Han Yicheng opened the layers of wrapped paper, stared at the small transparent bag for a long time, and finally raised his head and asked Li Ran: "This is... a seed?"

"That's right! These are the seeds of unknown flowers. If you cultivate them carefully, you can watch them turn into flowers."

When Li Ran said this, he was actually a little guilty. He just remembered when he was at Chen Xian's place. He brought a bag of seeds from home, and he always wanted to grow flowers on the windowsill, but in the end he was too busy to cultivate them.It's better to give it to Han Yicheng to take care of him, he seems to be a serious person.

Fortunately, Qi Xin was very generous, and immediately developed infinite admiration for this bag of seeds.

"That's cool!" she said, "Can it really bloom?"

Li Ran glanced at Han Yicheng: "It depends on your uncle's ability."

Han Yicheng took these seeds and looked at them carefully, and seemed to be very interested.

"I will plant it well." He said to Li Ran seriously.