In time

Although he didn't drink much, the alcohol still soaked his mind. Jimoli covered his eyes. The room was pitch black, and the drawn curtains couldn't block out all the light. Jimoli let go With his hands open, he looked at the ceiling lamp in the bedroom, suddenly turned over and sat up, went to the study, and found the portrait of Lin Nan that he drew back then, that was in the year of high school, he was like a mouse that came out to look for food at night, Stealthily peeping at Lin Nan's portrait after playing basketball, the boy in the painting has raised eyebrows and is full of youth.

A few years have passed, and the paper has already seen signs of wear and tear, but the smiling face of the boy in the portrait is as clear as yesterday.

Sitting blankly, fingers stroked the corners of the young man's eyes and eyebrows, picked up the pen, without even setting up the easel, just a pencil and a piece of paper, a grown young man slowly appeared.

Ji Moli painted very slowly. For Lin Nan, he only painted it once, but every time he saw him, he could clearly remember the appearance of his brows and eyes. After putting down the last stroke, Ji Moli looked at the painting in the portrait. The young man's eyes and brows are no longer flying, but instead they are somewhat gloomy and silent.

Ji Moli didn't stop writing, but started writing again thinking of Lin Nan's appearance when he was young, the appearance of Lin Nan riding a bicycle, the appearance of eating cake, the appearance of blushing, the appearance of being depressed by himself, all kinds of appearances , At the end of the painting, Ji Moli fell asleep on the table holding a pen.

A night of sleeplessness is exchanged for continuous coffee in the mornings in the next few days. For a person who rarely stays up late, the consequences of staying up once in a while are unimaginably serious.

Ji Moli was drinking coffee, pondering over the scanned pictures, and in his hand was a thick notebook, which recorded the characteristics of Tang paintings in different periods.

Everyone in the restoration room went out to eat. Qu Xingzhi tried his best to invite Jimoli out to eat together, but Jimoli refused. Sensing Qu Xingzhi's unusual enthusiasm, Jimoli's only reaction was to hide A little farther away, the breath from the other party made him feel too dangerous, and he subconsciously wanted to stay away.

There was a knock on the door, and Ji Moli raised his eyes to see that it was Liao Yuan.

Liao Yuan was carrying a lunch box in his hand. Seeing Jimoli looking at him, he blinked and put the lunch box on the table.

"It's time to eat. Your partners will be under a lot of pressure if you work so hard."

Ji Moli smiled and said nothing. He walked to the table and opened the lunch box. Inside were braised ham with pickled peppers and bamboo shoots and stir-fried broccoli. There was also a piece of grilled fish steak. The lunch box was very insulated, and when it was opened, it floated out A burst of heat and aroma.

"Although I have eaten it, I really want to eat it again!"

Liao Yuan opened his mouth exaggeratedly and made a gesture of jumping over to eat.

Ji Moli pushed the lunch box in front of him silently, then took out a spoon from the drawer and handed it to Liao Yuan.

Liao Yuan shook his head helplessly: "Just kidding, Wang Mu has done a lot, and I ate a lot, and I'm still struggling."

Ji Moli took the spoon back: "Thank you, and thank Wang Mu for me."

"Why are you being so polite? Wang Mu said thank you for sending me back that day, and I've always wanted to invite you to dinner. I said that if you come back to show your unrivaled culinary skills in the future, you can make more and I'll bring them over to eat with you."

Ji Moli nodded, took a piece of broccoli with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, and suddenly looked suspiciously at Liao Yuan who was opening the newspaper to read the news.

Liao Yuan was a little puzzled by him: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Then he touched his face again: "Is there something on my face?"

Ji Moli shook his head: "I'm just curious about the relationship between you and Wang Mu? Why did I send you back? Is he the one who should thank me?"

Hearing what Jimoli said, Liao Yuan coughed several times. His gaze that was focused on the newspaper wandered for a while before he replied, "We are good roommates! Ah, isn't this your high school classmate?"

Is this changing the subject?It seems even more wrong.

Even though he thought so, he couldn't say it out loud. Ji Moli's eyes followed Liao Yuan's gaze. There were two overlapping photos, one of a man and the other of a woman. The photos were very clear. , People are good-looking, and the photos look good too.

Jimoli's eye was pricked by an invisible needle, and it hurt a little. Next to the photo was a bold headline: "With a helping hand and skillful help, marry a daughter as a 'daughter'", the title was so big that Jimoli couldn't imagine It doesn't work if you can't see it.

"Isn't it? Your classmate's company is in financial crisis, so you want to get married?"

"I don't know. We haven't contacted for a long time. What newspaper are you reading? How do you report this?"

Ji Moli took out the newspaper from Liao Yuan's hand as naturally as possible, and found that it was a gossip tabloid in this city, with various reports, and it was difficult to distinguish the true from the false.

Liao Yuan saw the front of the newspaper being opened, and saw the name printed in huge characters on the front of the newspaper, his face turned red, he snatched the newspaper from Jimo Li, crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the trash Bucket: "It's all untrue and messy news, and I picked it up by chance."

Ji Moli glanced at Liao Yuan suspiciously, and Liao Yuan shouted in embarrassment: "Eat quickly, I have to go back to work."

He looked at his watch, and there was still an hour before he went to work in the afternoon, but Jimo Li didn't expose anything, and lowered his head to eat seriously.

When returning home from get off work, he passed the newsstand, and Ji Moli hesitated for a moment, but in the end he couldn't match his inner desire, so he rummaged left and right in the newsstand, trying to find the published gossip tabloid.

The old man at the newsstand looked at Ji Moli looking uneasy as he flipped left and right, and asked enthusiastically, "Young man, what newspaper do you want to find? Or a magazine? Just tell me your name and I'll find it for you."

When Jimoli mentioned the name of the gossip newspaper, the old man at the newsstand took a look at Jimoli, with a complicated look on his face, and pulled out a newspaper from his small square table: "Here, I Haven't watched it yet."

Faced with the meaningful look of the old man at the newsstand, Ji Moli hurriedly paid and left.

When he got home, Ji Moli took a deep breath, opened the newspaper, found what he was looking for, read it at a glance, his face was a little pale.

Although the gossip newspaper said that the two married because of business, but Ji Moli understood that the girl not only liked Lin Nan, but also had the ability to help Lin Nan.

And he can only paint.

However, although that girl likes Lin Nan, if Lin Nan's company really encounters a crisis and needs the help of that girl, then Lin Nan and his company will be hindered in the future, and then they may be bullied. If the other party is a big family, Lin Nan's situation will be even worse.

My own departure is to let Lin Nan return to a normal emotional and normal life, not to take the detours in the eyes of the secular people, but to marry a wife and have children, to achieve the consummation in the eyes of the secular people, not to let Lin Nan be restrained marriage.

For a moment, Ji Moli had a lot to think about.

My brother will remit money to me on a regular basis, I also have a salary, and the usual expenses are very small, the money in the passbook looks pretty good, plus the crazy rise in housing prices in City B in the past two years, when added together, the money is very considerable , it should be enough for Lin Nan to use for emergency.

Jimo Li's thoughts are very simple, and he doesn't think about whether Lin Nan is really in crisis in the company, let alone whether Lin Nan really needs his generosity, he just wants to help Lin Nan .

Ji Mengyan felt baffled by Ji Moli's phone call. Ji Moli seldom contacted him proactively. This time, he repeatedly confirmed whether he had ownership and control over the house he was currently living in.

What does xiaoli mean?Is it because of the uneasiness after having a wife and child, having a family, or other reasons?

Ji Mengyan's eyes were extremely dark. Since his parents passed away, those eyes had never been as bright as the sun in Ji Moli's memory, and even less bright after receiving his brother's call.

Tapping the table lightly with his fingers, perhaps, the reason why Xiao Li made this call needs to be investigated.

After getting his brother's confirmation, Ji Moli was very happy, and immediately started to prepare for this matter. The house may not be sold so quickly, but the deposit can be withdrawn and used immediately.