Two pots of water

One after the other with a distance of two meters, Jiang Chu went straight to the side of the car to drive back up, only to realize that Tan Zui had a torn bag on his body, and he didn't even drag a suitcase.

"Have you packed everything?" He turned around and asked, "No suitcase?"

Tan Zui kept looking at him silently from behind, and when Jiang Chu asked him, he said "hmm" again and came over to unload the big bag into the trunk.

Jiang Chu buckled the back cover of the car, took his bag and stuffed it directly into the back row.

"Get in the car." He went around to the driver's seat and pushed the passenger door open from the inside.

Tan Zui didn't know whether he was worried about his bag or Jiang Chu, he stood outside hesitating for two seconds before bowing and sitting in.

He couldn't smell it outside just now, but now sitting next to each other in the closed compartment, Jiang Chu could smell the sweat coming from Tan Zui's body.

It's not just sweat, it's the indescribable sourness from being squeezed on the train all night, which is very complicated.

He turned up the air conditioner and drove out from the underground garage.

Jiang Liantian called again and asked Jiang Chu if there was anyone waiting. They had already ordered food.

"10 minutes." Jiang Chu directly turned on the loudspeaker so that Qin Zui could also listen.

Jiang Liantian said something nonsense like "slow down on the road", Jiang Chu glanced at Tan Zui's reaction out of the corner of his eye, but Tan Zui didn't react, and didn't raise his eyelashes much.

Originally, before Jiang Chu came here, he thought to himself, in case the former son had just lost his biological father, it would be quite a headache to meet his stepfather's son who would be unhappy or cry.

Now it seems that he was just thinking too much, Tan Zui fixed his eyes on the window when he got into the car, he didn't know whether he was looking at the scenery or pondering, and he didn't speak all the way.

Although it saves trouble, the two of them can't really be so silent in the end holding the title of "brother", can they?

"Did you come from the sleeper?" Jiang Chu looked at the car ahead and asked in a casual tone.

Tan Zui looked out the window with an expressionless face. After waiting for a while, he finally said the first sentence after meeting: "Standing ticket."

Jiang Chu glanced at him and said, "It's tiring enough."

Qin Zui didn't speak again.

After parking the car in the hotel parking lot, Qin Zui opened the car door and went to grab his big bag.

"Your bag..." Jiang Chu wanted to go up to have a meal, such a big bag doesn't need to be carried with him, just put it in the car.

He opened his mouth to realize that Tan Zui followed his mother to Jiang Liantian's place, and left the bag in his car. He had to wait for them to finish eating before coming down to open the door to pick it up.

Tan looked at him the most, Jiang Chu changed his face with a big face: "You can take it."

Tan Zui didn't intend to refer to his opinion. Before Jiang Chu's words fell off, he had already stretched the bag straps back to his shoulders.

When entering the door, the lobby manager looked at them both left and right, and wanted to come over to take Tan Zui's big bag and store it at the counter, but Tan Zui didn't cooperate at all, and went straight into the elevator from behind Jiang Chu.

"It's okay." Jiang Chu smiled at the manager, really didn't know what to say, raised his hand and pressed the keyboard.

When they arrived at the door of the private room, Jiang Liantian was greeted from the door.

"My son is here, thank you for your hard work." Jiang Liantian patted Jiang Chu's shoulder, and was a little surprised when he saw Tan Zui's appearance, but he was impeccable and showed more enthusiasm than his own son, and pulled Tan Zui over. "Come on, come in and cool off."

Tan is the most obviously unwilling to be greeted by a stranger... No, the stranger's father greeted him like that, but it's not easy to respond.

Jiang Chu watched him being abducted by Jiang Liantian with stiff shoulders from behind, and suddenly wanted to laugh.

"Xiao Chu is here." Tan Shuman stood up from the seat and called him with a smile.

"Ah." Jiang Chu nodded, wondering that she didn't talk to her own son first, subconsciously turned to look at Tan Zui.

After Tan Zui entered the door, he stared at his mother, the corner of his mouth moved slightly, but he didn't make a sound.

Don't call out when you see your mother?

Tan Shuman then looked at Tan Zui, looking around from head to toe, and the first thing she said was: "Why did you come here like this."

She is a very temperamental woman, she has two different styles from Jiang Chu's mother, her frown and smile are very gentle, although the tone of her words to Tan Zui is not high, it is not the kind of friendly reproach between mother and child.

Even a little rusty.

Jiang Chu remembered when Jiang Liantian called and said that she was not ready yet, judging by her attitude now, it was more than not ready, it was almost unwelcome.

Tan Zui looked at her silently, Jiang Liantian hurriedly said: "I just came here, I haven't rested all the way, let's eat first. Jiang Chu, sit by yourself, there are dishes you like to eat."

Jiang Chu originally wanted to send people away when they arrived, but now he was a little curious about the weird atmosphere between Tan Zui and his mother, and he hadn't eaten since morning, so he was really hungry.

He opened a stool and sat down, and Jiang Liantian opened a stool for Tan Zui on the other side, trying to help him pick off the big bag.

Tan Zui didn't let him touch him, turned sideways to avoid it, instead of sitting next to his mother, went to sit next to Jiang Chu, and put his bag at his feet.

Jiang Chu was washing the tableware, raised his eyebrows, and without saying anything, he dragged the bowls and chopsticks in front of Tan Zui, and cleaned them up slowly.

Jiang Liantian and Tan Shuman looked at each other, a little embarrassed.

Tan Shuman flipped her hair, smiled helplessly, and said softly, "Come and sit, he can eat by himself."

Jiang Liantian greeted the waiter to serve hot dishes, and wanted to say something more about Qin Zui, but in the end, Tan Zui was still the same, and there was no change when he saw his mother.

Jiang Chu didn't bother to talk, the two of them sat together, just eating.

While eating, Jiang Chu discovered a detail——Tan Zui had been picking things up after him.

He picked up some beans with sesame sauce, and Qin Zui also ate beans with sesame sauce.

He picked up a piece of sweet and sour short ribs, and after a while, Tan Zui also ate sweet and sour short ribs.

Jiang Liantian waved the sea cucumber and prawns warmly recommended by his serving chopsticks, but he didn't even touch a single chopstick.

Designers have some basic qualities of empathy. Jiang Chu observed Qin Zui, and remembered watching Dream of the Red Chamber when he was in school, and when Lin Daiyu first entered Jia's mansion.

People who are not familiar with the environment and who can't tell the truth from the truth, are afraid that they will make a fool of themselves if they take a wrong step and say a wrong sentence, so they just look at what others are doing and learn by themselves.

I really have to put myself in my shoes, my mother remarried for a few years and never took him over to live with him, and now that my father is dead, I didn't feel welcome when I came here by train alone.

Boys in the [-]th and [-]th years are when they are most concerned about face, and Tan Zui is so unreasonable, it is probably a kind of self-protection.

Still young after all.

Jiang Chu thought about it numbly, and when he moved his chopsticks, he intentionally put more on the expensive dishes.

Anyway, it was Jiang Liantian who spent money, no matter from him or from Qin Zui, he was always a father, and he didn't eat for nothing.

"Tan Zui is here, has the school arranged it?" Jiang Liantian asked Tan Shuman as he put down his chopsticks and poured a cup of tea at the end of the meal without atmosphere.

"Yeah." Tan Shuman wiped her mouth with a tissue, "Before he...Dad, he finished the school over there. I also communicated with No. 27 Middle School. When the procedures are transferred, I will go to school immediately after the school starts at the end of the month Sophomore."

Jiang Chu was pouring vinegar on the oysters, this is the way he learned from Da Ben, when he raised his eyes and saw both of them staring at him, he said casually: "27th is pretty good, the key point."

"Yes." Tan Shuman nodded.

"That's right," Jiang Liantian rubbed his hands with a smile, leaned forward with his arms on the dining table, looked at Jiang Chu and said kindly, "It's also close to your place, so it's convenient for commuting and studying."

Tan Zui was eating a piece of beef, his masseter muscles followed this sentence, and raised his eyelids to stare at Tan Shuman.

Jiang Chu was so choked by the vinegar that he tilted his head and coughed, threw the oysters onto the dinner plate, and said, "It's too much."

Then he pulled out a paper towel to wipe his hands, looked back at Jiang Liantian while wiping, and asked sincerely, "What did you say?"

Tan Shuman smiled mischievously, and Jiang Liantian waved at him and walked out: "Come on, son, accompany Dad to smoke a cigarette, your Aunt Tan also wants to talk to Tan Zui."

It was really hard to say anything in front of Tan Shuman and Tan Zui, so Jiang Chu made a ball of tissues and threw them on the dinner plate, stood up and followed Jiang Liantian out.

The two entered the smoking room, and lit cigarettes on the pot of monstera bamboo, one on the left and one on the right, Jiang Liantian exhaled deeply on the smoke.

Jiang Chu didn't ask any questions, just leaned on the window sill to watch him, waiting to hear what he could say.

As a result, before he finished listening, he flicked the cigarette butt, turned and walked outside.

"Son, Jiang Chu!" Jiang Liantian immediately grabbed him, "Your mother taught you what kind of fucking dog temper you are... Okay, listen to what Dad has to say first..."

"I can't hear it." Jiang Chu pushed his hand, "Don't you think it's funny to say it yourself? Let him live with me, do I owe him or the fuck? Don't drag me, let go, I won't run away. "

"It's not a long-term stay, it's a stay for a while," Jiang Liantian explained to him carefully, "We'll see how to arrange it when your Aunt Tan is ready."

"What is she planning?" Jiang Chu was really puzzled, "Isn't it her own?"

"You don't understand, and I can't explain it to you now." Jiang Liantian took a breath and waved his hand to signal that he would not mention it, "Just do Dad a favor, you don't need to pay for his living expenses, everything is ready , in fact, it is equivalent to renting out a room and earning some money, how nice it is!"

"If you are so rich, buy him a suite to live in." Jiang Chu even laughed, feeling unreasonable and irritable.

"He lives by himself and has to wait for him to adapt to our life here. A child, underage, and unfamiliar with the place of life." Jiang Liantian lowered his voice next to him, "Look at the clothes, the clothes that can't be bored. Jiner, his eyes are as wild as a wolf cub, if he can't live alone for a few days, he will have to go to the juvenile prison to find him."

"It has nothing to do with me." Jiang Chu turned around and wanted to leave again.

"I'll give you [-] a month." Jiang Liantian said.

Jiang Chu stopped and turned to look at him.

"Fifteen thousand." Jiang Liantian immediately added some more.

"Twenty thousand." Jiang Chu sat on the ground and raised the price.

"Ten sixty thousand, enough for the two of you, and your father's money didn't come from a strong wind." Jiang Liantian put his hips on his hips, and exhaled smoke from his nostrils, "It's not my own son, it's enough."

Jiang Chu was really amused by his innermost thoughts.

After smoking another cigarette, Jiang Chu thought about it carefully. It is not impossible to take Tan Zui for a short period of time. The main reason is to see his posture. He is not a troublesome master. He put it at home and gave him something to eat. If you drink it, you probably won't be able to fart for a day.

"How long has he lived?" He asked Jiang Liantian.

"Look at him." Jiang Liantian is also quite weak in being a big daddy. "At least take care of him for a semester. Later, if you think he is annoying, let him go to live in school to open your mouth."

Going back to the private room with Jiang Liantian, Tan Shuman and Tan Zui's mother and son sat in their seats the same as they did before they went out. They didn't see what they were talking about, and they were not at all enthusiastic.

It's just that Tan Zui had an extra card in his hand, and he slammed it on the table in circles between his fingers.

Hearing the door knock, he turned his face to look at Jiang Chu.

Jiang Chu was full, didn't want to stay here any longer, and didn't bother to talk nonsense, so he raised his chin when he met Tan Zui's eyes: "Let's go, come home with me."

Tan Zui stopped his movements, and Jiang Chu thought that maybe the child would be disappointed and buy another train ticket to go back.

But Tan Zui didn't show anything, and took another look at Tan Shuman. He put the card in his pocket, put his big bag on his back, and followed Jiang Chu downstairs without looking back.

After all, this bag is for nothing.

Jiang Chu couldn't help thinking in his heart.

On a hot day, he was sent out to pick up someone, after a lot of tossing around, he brought him to his home.

Tan Zui was still speechless all the way, Jiang Chu was thinking about this and that, pondering over it, thinking that Tan Zui was the most trouble-free for a while, and regretting it for a while.

——I have to worry about bringing a kitten or puppy home. No matter what, this is a big living person. I have never seen him before. He knows people and faces but doesn't know his heart. The whole idea is to recruit a thief into the house.

His daily life is really dramatic.

"Don't want to say something?" Jiang Chu looked out of the window and asked a question when he reached home after turning another intersection.

Tan Zui clenched his hand on his thigh subconsciously, without making a sound.

Jiang Chu stopped the car on the side of the road with a "squeak" and then unfastened the seat belt after "cleaning".

"Get out of the car." He and Tan Zui looked at each other and said.