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In mid-December, Meng Liangren took a flight abroad and came to the outskirts of City M. There was a villa near the nursing home.

The gate is open here, and inside is a beautifully manicured lawn, various flowers and trees, and a big tree that is taller than the villa, and there is an easel under the tree.

Meng Liangren rang the doorbell twice, and a young foreign maid came to open the door for him, looked at him, and asked in blunt Chinese, "Are you, Meng Xu's younger brother?"

"Yes. Is he home?"

The maid laughed: "Of course, he didn't go to class today just to wait for you."

As he said that, he welcomed him into the living room. There were floor-to-ceiling windows on one side of the room, and the sunlight came in. The walls were patchwork, with large and small paintings hanging on them.

Looking at those paintings, Meng Liangren felt a little comforted.

There was a sound of footsteps on the stairs, he turned his head, Meng Xu stood on it, looked at him carefully, and then smiled: "Long time no see."

Meng Liangren couldn't help laughing, "Long time no see."

Near noon, they chatted while eating.

"Are you leaving tomorrow?"

"Yeah, do you want to stay a few more days?"

Meng Xu said: "The teacher has been trying to keep me, but I have to go back sooner or later, so I have to let him down."

"Well...you can let him come to China to see."

Meng Xu smiled and said, "Caroline said that the guest rooms here have not been lived in for a long time, only the Junjun room is vacant, and it is cleaned regularly every week. You can live in his room at night."

"it is good."

He followed the maid to the upstairs room, where there were still traces of people living there. Meng Liangren looked around for a while, and saw the kumquat tree on the small balcony, the leaves glowing in the sun.

He was a little surprised. The maid saw that he was looking at the pot of kumquats, and said: "The young master brought these from home. They have been raised for a long time. The small pots don't grow big, and they still fruited in the last two months." fruit."

After a long time, she heard the other party's almost inaudible sigh: "It's been almost ten years."

"Yes, the young master also checked the information on the Internet, saying that kumquat trees are repotted every two years. If they are well maintained, they can be raised for another ten years." The maid covered her mouth and smiled, "He usually doesn't like to talk to us. , but because of this potted tree, he told us a lot."

"After raising it for so long, it would be a pity to leave it here after returning home. Let's take it back too."

"Ok."

After sending Meng Xu back to Meng's house, Meng Liangren left, planning to devote himself to work, after all Cheney complained to him that he had been idle for a long time.

He kind of wants to see Odie, but Meng Jun should take care of it.

He came back once during the Chinese New Year, and Meng Xuan and Meng Jun were called to Mrs. Zhou's place. He had a New Year's Eve dinner with his eldest brother and Cong Rong, and rushed to the new crew the next morning.

Time flies by in all kinds of announcements, and work can paralyze people more than alcohol.After staying with the crew in the poor mountains and rivers for almost half a year, the reputation of the new film is very good. In addition to the previous year's "General Doctor", he can be considered to have some achievements, and gradually stopped taking TV dramas and turned to the big screen.

During this process, the people who once played an important role in his life almost never appeared again.Meng Jun's grades in the college entrance examination are very good. He studied in a famous school in Linchuan for two years and then flew abroad. Learn about his recent situation in words.Apart from growing up together in Meng's family, his and Meng Jun's lives actually had no intersection at all.

Later, when Meng Liangren recalled the past few years, he only vaguely remembered what movies he made, what nominations he won and what awards he won, and Meng Zhe managed the company, and he never intended to marry a wife. Meng Xu had a good life, held one or two art exhibitions, and gradually became famous. His teacher really came to China to find him, and opened a gallery on the street not far from Meng's house. When he was a guest at Meng's house, he met I have been to Meng Liangren.

In addition, he couldn't remember any details of Cheney's life as a workaholic. Sometimes he could rest for a while, and he would feel sorry for him. After being alone for a long time, he seemed to have lost his popularity.

This spring, his 30th birthday was approaching.

Recently, Fan Xing funded a small fresh love movie, and asked him to act as the male lead. Newcomer.

This is also the practice of various companies.The heroine is very beautiful, in line with the mainstream aesthetics, but the kiss scene with Meng Liangren, ng several times, always laughing, the last one can be regarded as passed.

Meng Liangren's mouth had the bitter taste of a woman's lipstick, so he asked his assistant to rinse his mouth with water.

Because Wei Zi and Meng Liangren are both artists under Gao Yang, they always make up a pair and "package and sell".This time she plays a role that is almost the second female lead, with relatively few roles, which is much more relaxed than Meng Liangren.The shooting location is at the university, and the cherry blossoms are in full bloom along the road, which is very beautiful.

She moved a deck chair and lay down under the tree to rest.Seeing Meng Liangren avoiding the leading actress frowning and rinsing his mouth, he laughed so hard that his branches trembled wildly.

Meng Liangren returned the water glass to the assistant, and said helplessly, "You're so happy to see my bad luck?"

Wei Zi laughed and said, "Is the beauty's rouge delicious?"

"It's not delicious." Meng Liang said humanely, "Why bother, it's okay to play without makeup."

Wei Zi snorted, "That's you, how can she see people without makeup?"

"What's the explanation?"

Wei Zi glanced at the heroine who was talking to the director in the distance: "She padded her nose, opened the corners of her eyes, cut her double eyelids, and may have had her jaw corrected, making it hard to see with makeup, but without makeup, people will definitely be criticized of."

Meng Liangren was stunned and said, "Why can't I see it."

Wei Zi snorted: "Straight men like you, it's better to lie."

"..."

Wei Zi looked at him, smiled again and said, "Come to my house for dinner in two days, Jasmine misses you."

Jasmine is her four-year-old daughter. She had a brief underground relationship with a male singer, and later became pregnant by accident. The man was about to go abroad for development. She didn't want to take responsibility for it and asked her to get rid of it.But she secretly stayed and gave birth to a daughter named Wei Moli.

Meng Liangren has been concentrating on her career in the past few years, but she often gets in touch with her. The two get along very well. Wei Zi asked her daughter to recognize Meng Liangren as her godfather, but she felt that this title was ambiguous and too offensive, so she asked Jasmine to call him father directly.

Meng Liangren shook his head and said: "Not this week, let's go next week, my sister's child is full moon, I have to go back and join in the fun."

Wei Zi sighed regretfully, "Okay."

After the break, the director called for someone over there. Meng Liangren got up and went over. Wei Zi leaned on the couch and watched the leading actress greet him with a smile. snorted.

On the day of the full moon ceremony, Liangren Meng asked for leave and left to return to Meng's house. Meng Xuan got married three years ago. The man was a single-parent family. His mother died of illness two years ago. He had no other close relatives, so he married.

This is Meng Xuan's second child. The first child was a little boy, and this time she gave birth to a little girl.

As soon as Mr. Meng Liang came back, Meng Xuan asked his servant to bring his daughter to him. Seeing someone's body stiff and motionless in the swaddling baby, he laughed and rolled on the sofa.

Meng Liangren said helplessly, "Stop teasing me, I don't know how to hold children."

Meng Xuan said: "Not now, but in the future when you get married? I'm training you in advance."

Meng Liangren said, "You just hand her over to me, so you're not afraid that I'll knock her down?"

Meng Xuan snorted and said, "How dare you?"

While they were talking, the sleepy baby suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Meng Liangren intently.

Meng Xuan said, "Huh? She didn't cry. She's not afraid of you."

Meng Liangren looked at her for a while, then carefully handed it to the servant: "Don't let me hold it, my arm is sore."

For such a soft little thing, if you hold it loose, you are afraid of falling, and if you hold it tightly, you are afraid of her pain, which is really painful.

Meng Xuan looked at him with his head propped up, and suddenly said: "Brother told you, Junjun is back."

"What?" Meng Liangren was taken aback, "When?"

"Just last weekend, I brought back a girlfriend, Chinese-Australian mixed race, named...mia, very pretty."

"...They don't live at home?"

"At home, didn't he go shopping with his girlfriend early in the morning?"

Meng Liangren was stunned, then recovered his senses and said, "I haven't seen him for a long time."

"Yes, when he comes back later, you guys should catch up on the old days. He was not sensible when he was a child. As an elder, you don't care about it until now, right?"

"Of course not." He smiled, "He's doing well now, so I'm relieved."

After graduating and returning to China, with a beautiful and lovely girlfriend, who is about to take over the family's company, such a Meng Jun must not want to recall the confession when he was young and ignorant, so that they can sit down and forget the confusion and misunderstanding at the beginning , chatted like a normal family.

He breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down.

Meng Xuan pulled him again, and started another round of education: "Look, Junjun is already enlightened, why do you still look like this, let alone a girlfriend you can bring home, you don't even have a serious gossip girlfriend. Who are you flirting with, hold hands, and get rid of it as soon as the movie comes out."

"But those in the entertainment industry, don't worry about it. In this way, I know a girl who just graduated from university and is quite handsome. The family is a cooperative enterprise of our family. I know both parents. They are very good people. Why don't you... ..."

Three black lines brushed down Meng Liangren's forehead: "Second Sister, how come you have learned how to be a matchmaker, isn't that what those aunts do?"

Meng Xuan poked his blushing Danko on the forehead: "You mean to say that I'm old? You're so bold, you..."

They were chatting and joking when the door suddenly opened, and a young girl with brown curly hair and fair skin flashed in. Seeing someone in the living room, she stopped and greeted happily: "Sister Meng, we are back."

Meng Xuan smiled and said, "Mia, are you back so early? Didn't you find something you like?"

Mia has big eyes, long curly eyelashes, and a milky complexion, just like a large ceramic doll in the cabinet.

Meng Liangren turned his head and met her face to face. The latter exclaimed first, "Ah! You are that star!"

Meng Liangren smiled and said, "Hi, I'm Meng Jun's uncle."

Mia tilted her head and smiled, "Such a young uncle."

Meng Xuan looked behind her and asked, "Where's Meng Jun, did you come back with you?"

Mia said generously: "He met an old friend, went to a party with someone, and asked the driver to take me back. Alas, it's great, I don't have to face his ice cube face."

What she said was very playful, which made both Meng Xuan laugh and said, "He has neglected you so much, we will teach him a lesson when he comes back, he is not a gentleman at all."

Mia didn't respond, just pursed her lips and smiled, Meng Xuan beckoned her to sit on the sofa as well, she was obviously more interested in Meng Liangren, and after getting acquainted with him, she pestered him to ask questions.

Under Meng Xuan's insistence, the child's full moon ceremony was not a big one, but the whole family had a meal together.

But when the food was about to be served, Meng Jun called back suddenly, saying that he couldn’t make it back due to urgent business, and he would come back for dinner. Meng Xuan was very angry: “It’s not easy for the fourth child to come back, but he lost the chain for me and even ate for a while.” Not even a reunion dinner!"

Meng Liangren comforted her and said, "Since we're back, we'll have plenty of time to meet up later, let's have dinner first."

Meng Zhe also frowned, but did not speak.Meng Xu was a little puzzled.It was Meng Xuan's husband who calmed her down with a gentle voice, so she didn't call to question her.

At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, Meng Liangren seized the time to bid farewell to his family, and then said to Mia: "I came in a hurry this time and didn't prepare a gift. I will definitely make it up next time."

Mia laughed "puchi": "Meng Jun should be with your uncle often, so that he understands how to treat ladies."

Meng Liangren said goodbye to her with a smile.I thought to myself, such a pretty girl is indeed a good match for Meng Jun.

It's Meng Liangren's birthday at the end of this month, and the film just wrapped up two days ago. When he was leaving, the leading actress came to see him off, looking very reluctant.

Meng Liangren understood what she meant. During the filming period, for the sake of publicity, he always used some fictitious scandals to attract people's attention. This person probably wanted to have a fake show with him.

But on the one hand, he knew that the other party was not sincere, but just wanted to hug a thigh, and on the other hand, he was not tempted, so he had to pretend not to see it.

He avoided this rotten peach blossom, but he couldn't escape Meng Xuan's drive to act as a matchmaker. Meng Liangren couldn't stand her boring phone bombardment at home three times a day, so he had to agree to meet that Miss He.

Well, she is indeed from a prestigious school, with good looks and good demeanor.

The two chatted casually for two hours in the high-end restaurant under the dim light. When they checked out and walked out of the restaurant to say goodbye, Meng Liangren thought, why not promise Wei Zi to spend the night with Jasmine building blocks.

Say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will arrive.Meng Liangren was about to open the car door for Ms. He and was about to take her home when a Porsche drove up and stopped not far from them, and a young woman and a chubby girl in a lace shirt and denim overalls got out , it is Wei Zi mother and daughter.

Wei Zi led Jasmine over and patted his daughter on the head, so the little chubby girl called out in a clear and clear voice, "Daddy!"

"..." Ms. He, who was quite satisfied with the date, looked at the mother and daughter, and then at Meng Liangren, "You, have a daughter?"