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One month before the New Year's Eve, the servants began to be busy. The red Chinese knots were affixed upside down, and the house was usually quiet, but this time it also added a bit of excitement.

Meng Jun loves to cling to Meng Liangren more and more, and takes Garfield to his bedroom every day, and when it's time to sleep, he acts like a baby and acts cute, wanting to sleep with his little uncle.

Fortunately, Meng Liangren's bed was big enough, and the child slept honestly, so he didn't have to worry about getting up at night to cover him with a quilt, so he did what he wanted.

Meng Jun clamored to see tulips, so the maid set up a small greenhouse in the flower room next to the house, and transplanted tulips into it.

When Meng Jun finished his painting, he ran to the painting in the living room and asked the maid, "Does my painting look better than it?"

The maid smiled and said, "Young master has the best paintings."

Meng Jun said, "You lied." He turned around and ran upstairs.

Pushing open the bedroom door and looking in, Meng Liangren was sitting on a chair and making a phone call: "Tell me about it."

Pan Tao on the other end said: "The driver you asked me to find someone to investigate died on the day of the car accident. However, two months before the accident, he was diagnosed with a terminal illness in the hospital, and he would not live for half a year."

Meng Liangren's hand holding the pen paused.

"Later, I found out his hometown. Three months after his death, the house was refurbished and a car was bought. His eldest son just finished his college entrance examination and went to Australia."

Meng Liangren didn't speak for a while, Meng Jun climbed on the door and shouted: "Little uncle."

Meng Liangren looked back at him and said to the phone: "I owe you a lobster meal, we'll talk about it tonight."

Meng Jun ran over, held the painting in front of him and said, "Little Uncle, guess what it is?"

Meng Liangren carefully distinguished: "Tulip?"

Meng Jun asked, "Do you like it?"

Meng Liangren stroked his hair and said with a smile, "Well, that's a good painting."

Meng Jun observed the expression on his face, showing a disappointed expression: "You lie, you don't like it at all."

Meng Liangren choked, thought for a while, took the painting and went downstairs, and asked the servant for a roll of double-sided tape.

The uncle and nephew stood in front of the bright and splendid tulips. Meng Liang tore off the tape and neatly pasted Meng Jun's painting next to it. After finishing the work, he said, "Isn't it a lie now?"

Meng Jun nodded, looking thoughtfully at the two paintings on the wall.

As the new year approached, when Meng's father was still alive, he always stayed at his family's house to watch the new year. After Meng's father passed away, he went to Zhou's house every year to accompany the old lady to watch the new year.Except Meng Liangren.

On the evening of the 26th, everyone packed up and prepared to go to Zhou's house early the next morning.

When the food was served, Meng Xuan looked at Meng Liangren and gave a fake cough: "What are you going to do this year, stay at home? Do you want to watch the new year with us?"

Meng Liangren raised his head: "Isn't it the same as before?"

Meng Xuan glanced at Meng Zhe, and said, "Actually, you can go with us, just for fun."

Meng Liangren didn't notice her small movements, and said to himself, "No, it will take a lot of effort to go back and forth, I'll be fine at home."

Meng Xuan said, "You... just be lazy."

The butler at the side said: "Miss, those who are older than Chinese New Year can't say those words."

Meng Xuan quickly patted his cheek: "If you are not careful, you will forget."

Early the next morning, the Meng family's car drove away.Meng Liangren sat up from the bed, rubbed his hair into a mess of grass, and got out of bed to look for food.

Slippers clattered on the wooden floor, and there was silence down the stairs.

There was no sound of Meng Xuan calling the housekeeper to add a cup of soy milk, no sound of a maid calling Meng Jun for breakfast, and no sound of Meng Zhe answering the phone and talking calmly.

Suddenly there was a loud noise, and Cong Rong hurriedly came out of the kitchen with a plate, and said shyly, "Master, do you want breakfast?"

Meng Liangren went downstairs and sat down at the dining table. He saw a bowl of rice porridge and two eggs.

He said embarrassedly: "The kitchen is on vacation and I'm home. I... only do this."

Meng Liangren said: "It's not that I can't eat it." He picked up an egg and peeled it, it was okay, it was cooked.

After breakfast, the two sat at the dining table and looked at each other.

"What can I do now?"

Cong Rong proposed to review and write papers together, but was sternly rejected.

Meng Liangren remembered that there was a square near the house, so he decided to change clothes and go for a stroll.

Sitting outside the fountain sculpture, a family of three was feeding the pigeons in the distance. Little Lolita asked her mother, "Why is that big brother always there?"

"Don't look, big brother is waiting for his girlfriend."

Meng Liangren blew the wind for a while, and when he was about to stand up and find a shop to sit down, someone suddenly called, "Young Master Meng?"

Looking back, it turned out to be Xue Can.

Meng Liangren has seen many beauties, and there are many who are more delicate than Xue Can, but Xue Can has fair skin, bright eyes, and a smile that is unscrupulously brilliant, exuding the unique vigor of a girl, which is another style.

"Young Master Meng, the New Year's Eve sat alone in the square blowing wind, and was dumped by a girl?"

"Aren't you alone too?"

Xue Can pursed his lips and said, "Just passing by by chance." As he spoke, he picked up his bag and wanted to leave.

It was only then that Meng Liangren noticed that she was dragging a heavy cloth bag, and it was quite difficult to walk, so he asked for some reason, "Need to help?" He had already picked it up for her.

Xue Can saw that he was willing to contribute, so he didn't push back, shook his red hand and said, "Thank you, just go to the intersection ahead."

Stopped a taxi at the intersection, put things in the trunk, Xue Can got into the car, looked at Meng Liang who closed the door for her, and said, "Young Master Meng, if you don't mind, why don't you come to my house for a drink of tea? Take it as a thank you."

Meng Liangren thought that there was nothing to do anyway, so he followed him and sat in.

The car passed through the bustling commercial district and stopped on an old street full of small restaurants and old karaoke halls. The two got out of the car and wandered around in the alleys where electric wires extend in all directions. When it came to some conspiracy, Xue Can said, "Here we are."

A small yard, a few bungalows, very old.

Xue Can yelled when he entered the door: "Mom, there are guests."

The woman cutting vegetables inside let out an "hey" and rushed out, wiping her hands on her apron. When she saw Meng Liangren, she smiled slightly and said, "Oh, it's Cancan's classmate, right?"

Meng Liangren glanced at Xue Can, who was noncommittal, then nodded and said, "Hello, Auntie."

The woman smiled and said, "Hey, the little classmate is quite handsome, let's go in and have a cup of tea."

Meng Liangren was invited to sit on a wooden sofa, which had been outdated for many years and had lost a lot of paint.

The surrounding furniture is very simple, but it has been wiped carefully and is very clean.

The woman worked in the kitchen for a while, and brought a bowl of tea, with pine needles and plum blossoms floating, and a faint aroma.

"I brewed it in a hurry, try to see if it tastes good."

Meng Liangren took a sip and praised: "Yes, it's delicious."

The woman's eyes brightened, as if she was affirmed, she pinned her hair behind her ears and said with a smile, "Do you want to stay for lunch? I'll go out and buy some food."

"Mom." Xue Can said, "There is a professional chef at home, and your skills may not be comparable."

"This child."

"Thank you, Auntie." Meng Liangren finished his tea, stood up and said with a smile, "But I have to go back, there are still people waiting at home."

The woman smiled and said, "That's right, it's Chinese New Year's Eve. Cancan, send it to your classmate."

Meng Liangren nodded, and was about to go out with Xue Can, when he turned his head and saw the photo frame on the cabinet, it looked familiar at first glance.

Seeing him staring at the photo, Xue Can said, "This is me and my sister, is there a problem?"

Meng Liangren said, "Tang Lan, is that your sister?"

Xue Can was stunned for a moment, then smiled ironically: "Yes, Tang Lan, it used to be Xue Lan."

Meng Liangren frowned and said, "She didn't live with you?"

"I left with a man half a year ago. I said it was to help him with something, and I will have food and clothing in the future, so I don't have to stay in our poor lump."

half year ago……

Meng Liangren didn't ask any more questions, and waited for Xue Can to send him to the gate of the courtyard before he said, "I'm bothering you, today... just pretend we haven't seen each other."

Xue Can was startled, and understood what he meant, nodded and smiled, "Young Master Meng owes me a favor."

Meng Liangren smiled, followed the original road back to the street, hailed a taxi and left.

I called Ye Hui in the car, but no one answered, probably because there were too many Chinese New Year guests.

Meng Liangren thought that he was not afraid to make this extra trip, so he went home first to get his bank card, and chose a bracelet that caught his eye at the jewelry store.

Then I got into a taxi and reported the address of Ye Hui's home to the driver.

Standing in front of Ye's house and ringing the doorbell, the little maid poked her head out and saw Meng Liangren hesitantly asked: "Are you...?"

"I'm from Meng Liang."

"Oh." The maid responded, "Young master of the Meng family? Please come in."

Entering the door, Mrs. Ye was leaning on the sofa and watching a TV series. When she first saw Meng Liangren, she was surprised and smiled: "Xiao Meng, happy Chinese New Year."

"Hello, Auntie." Meng Liangren smiled and handed the exquisitely wrapped gift box to the butler. When Madam Ye saw it, she scolded: "What kind of gifts do you children bring when you come to play? It's all adults who made up their minds. Come on, it's cold outside." , the butler went to pour a cup of hot milk, Ye Hui is in the upstairs room."

Meng Liangren followed the maid to Ye Hui's place, he was leaning on the bed, his laptop keyboard was rattling, he looked up and saw the person, his expression was neither surprised nor happy: "Go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing, something happened? "

"I have something to tell you." The maid closed the door behind her when she left. Seeing the door shut, Meng Liangren turned his head and told what he had seen at Xue Can's house.

Ye Hui finally stopped typing on the keyboard, and said, "Tang Lan... It's been half a year, and I'm afraid I've done everything I need to do. Think about it carefully."

Meng Liangren also recalled that when Tang Lan got close to him, it was nothing more than asking for some clothes and bags, or going out to eat, and there was nothing wrong with it.

After thinking for a long time, he finally said: "She once borrowed a piece of jade from me and said she was carrying it for fun."

That was the only time Aunt Gui scolded him, because he took his biological mother's belongings as a thing to outsiders.Fortunately, Tang Lan returned it in time, and the matter was considered over.

The clouds in his heart gradually dissipated, and it turned out that some things had already started when he was unconscious.