Solstice Secrets

Qingshu left, and Ling Dongzhi's life returned to the original track.Go to class, leave get out of class, take care of cats and dogs, have dinner with family on weekends, or take Ling Baobao back to Yujingyuan to take care of his private plot.The tomatoes planted by Ling Baobao have already borne fruit, and the little guy likes them very much. He took a lot of photos with his mother's mobile phone and used them to chat with the kindergarten children.

As summer approaches, the solstice is also getting busier.Among the graduates of this year, there are six or seven who are preparing to apply for the Academy of Fine Arts. He and Lu Xing from the art teaching and research group led a few students. In addition to tutoring works, they also had to guide the children to take the exams at all levels before the unified exam. , Going home late has become a common occurrence.

Zhuang Zhou also got busy, leaving early and returning late every day, sometimes he had to ask his little assistant Li He to feed the cats and dogs.The two of them hardly even had time to see each other.But maybe this is also a good thing, because since Zhuang Zhou got busy, Mr. Zhuang has never made any tricks against the existence of Ling Dongzhi.

Although Ling Dongzhi thinks he is thick-skinned, he is not so thick-skinned that he loses his mind. He will not take it for granted that the old man is conquered by his charm after only meeting him a few times.Judging from the situation he got along with Grandpa Zhuang, nine out of ten people are worried about the relationship between the grandfather and grandson who are slowly mending, and are just too lazy to think about him for the time being.

Because everyone is busy, the days of Lingdong Solstice have become unprecedentedly harmonious.

After the college entrance examination, although the school hadn't closed yet, Ling Dongzhi and Lu Xing let the ducks go immediately.On the one hand, it was too tiring to lead the graduates some time ago, on the other hand, ordinary classes are preparing for the final exam at this time, and subjects such as music, beauty, and physical education are temporarily suspended.Even if the few of them came to school, they were still busy in their own studios, so they simply gave themselves an early summer vacation.

Ling Dong Zhi slept for two full days and started cleaning.Although Qibo in the family regularly brought people over to do the cleaning, but places like the studio and study had to be cleaned up by himself.Moreover, he had to go to the vegetable market to cook some delicious food for the cats and dogs at home. He was too busy a while ago and didn't care about anything. Only after he was free did he realize that when he didn't know, the family actually Something big has happened!

Ling Dongzhi looked at the servant on the window sill dumbfounded, suspecting that he had heard wrongly, "What did you just say?!"

The servant twitched, "I mean... can Cherry live here? I will give her my own food. Really, I won't waste the extra cat food..."

"Wait," Ling Dongzhi was a little dizzy, the focus of the discussion now is not on cat food, okay, "You said it's called Cherry, and it's about to have a cub. Cub... is it yours?"

The servant nodded shyly.

Ling Dongzhi looked at it, and then looked at the brown furball sleeping under the crabapple tree in the yard, still feeling unbelievable.He always thought that the first one to find a wife would be the little one, after all it looked the most energetic.Unexpectedly, the servant is going to be a father, and Xiao Mao is still a poor dick wandering around.

In Ling Dongzhi's heart, he suddenly felt a feeling that our family had a son who had just grown up.Is he going to upgrade to be a grandfather? !

Ling Dongzhi hurried to the market to buy fish and pork ribs, he was busy during this time, and he didn't have time to prepare delicious food for the little ones at home.Except for cat food and dog food, only Qibo came several times to improve their food.Now that he is fine, he can just use delicious food to connect with them.

When the winter solstice was busy in the kitchen stewing ribs and frying small fish, the cats and dogs were basking in the sun on the steps outside the kitchen.The cat daughter-in-law named Cherry is still wary of this new environment. She not only hides from Brown Sugar all the time, but also won't get too close to Lingdong Solstice.It will not eat anything until it is brought to its mouth by the master.However, when facing Xiao Hui and Xiao Yang, its attitude is relatively relaxed.

Ling Dongzhi thought about it, but still felt that he should call He Qing in advance, so as not to cause everyone to be in a hurry when the cherries were about to be born, and make any mistakes.

He Qing asked about the situation of some cherries, and then asked him to supplement nutrition for the cherries.

Before Ling Dongzhi hung up the phone, he saw Zhuang Zhou's car coming along the boulevard.Ling Dongzhi hurried over to open the door for him, and through the windshield in front of the car, he saw that there was still a person sitting in the passenger seat.At first, Ling Dongzhi only thought he looked familiar, but the man smiled at him before he realized that this is not Captain Zuo He Zuo? !

The car stopped at a corner of the front yard, and Zuo He got out of the car with the boss holding a cardboard box, and grinned at Ling Dongzhi's surprised gaze, "Teacher Ling, long time no see, can you have a meal?"

Can Ling Dongzhi say that he is a bit messy in the wind?

"...Welcome," Ling Dongzhi looked at him and then at the sinking Zhuangzhou, wondering what the hell was going on, why did these two get together?

Zuo He saw his doubts, and while handing the things in his hand to Ling Dongzhi, he explained: "Mr. Zhuang and I met at the gate of the community. I just came to deliver things to your house. Now, it's all sent by your brother." here."

Ling Dongzhi was taken aback, "Why did my brother send it to you?"

Zuo He said with a smile: "Before he left, he promised to send me some local products. I'm not good at eating people, so I'm willing to run errands to deliver things to you." He pointed to the paper in his arms Box, "We are conducting a trial shipment of special express delivery within our system. It is fast and cheap, and the most important thing is that it has a high level of confidentiality and is extremely safe."

Ling Dongzhi looked at him with contempt, "How safe is it to send a souvenir? This clearly shows that you are taking advantage of the country!"

Zuo He laughed loudly, "Mr. Ling, you are really serious. Why do you speak so clearly? We just need to know it in our hearts."

Midwinter Solstice, "..."

Zhuang Zhou helped him move things in, "Let's all go in, can we have dinner?"

Ling Dongzhi hurriedly said: "I'll add two more dishes, it will be soon."

There are a lot of semi-finished products from Uncle Qi in the refrigerator, which can be eaten after opening and reheating. With the ribs, fried fish and two kinds of vegetables he just made, it is enough for three people.While packing up the dishes, Ling Dongzhi flipped through the paper box Zuo He brought over. Inside were dried fungus and dried mushrooms, as well as several dried vegetables that Ling Dongzhi didn't know.It smells very fragrant, and it should be all wild animals dried in the sun.Ling Dongzhi decided to make a phone call at night and ask how to eat those wild vegetables.

Zhuang Zhou washed his hands, walked into the kitchen to help serve the dishes, and took a few cans of beer from the refrigerator.

"Aren't you going in the afternoon?" Ling Dongzhi seldom saw him drinking during the day, so he was slightly surprised.

"I won't go." Zhuang Zhou was very tired these days, his eyes were bruised with a faint blue color, "I don't need to go tomorrow, and I will go with Kuan for two days first."

Ling Dongzhi rubbed his head with one hand, "I won't go to school tomorrow, we can sleep in together."

Zhuang Zhou leaned over and bit the side of his neck lightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "From now on, the king will not go to court early."

Ling Dongzhi was bitten by him so that his whole body went numb, and he couldn't help kicking him, "Beast, there are guests at home. Take out the beer first."

Zhuang Zhou smiled and went out.

Zuo He was sitting on the sofa watching the cats and dogs outside the door making a fuss, seeing the two of them coming out one after the other, he smiled meaningfully, "I've only heard of "Flower as a Match" before, but today I have seen what it means to be a cat as a matchmaker." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and tapped the little hair balls, "Is it because of them that you two hooked up together?"

Ling Dongzhi's sudden coldness was pierced by him like this, and he couldn't help it.But Zhuang Zhou said generously: "That's right, since they have helped me so much, of course they have to offer food and drink."

Zuo He really didn't think much about it, because it had already been confirmed that these little things were wild cats.He thought that these two people were adopted after that, and said with emotion: "It's good for you to raise them, lest these little guys are left alone, and they are all bold, and they will do some bad things later. Let people be humanely destroyed."

Zuo He really suspected Ling Dongzhi at the beginning, but after inquiring around, he found that Ling Dongzhi was more soft-hearted, he liked to take care of the stray cats and dogs around the school, and had no supernatural behavior of summoning small animals, and his background was also very innocent. There is nothing to doubt.The most important point is that this incident is at best an anecdote, and has nothing to do with crime, and the plaintiff has no substantial loss.Coupled with the fact that he still had a little bit of extra care about Ling Dongzhi, these doubts were slowly suppressed.

Ling Dongzhi glanced at Zuo He, seeing that he really didn't think of other aspects, he was slightly relieved.His performance back then had many flaws, but fortunately, this person's way of thinking was quite orthodox, and he didn't think of any strange directions.

Ling Dongzhi's culinary skills are extremely mediocre, given the choice, cats and dogs would not eat what he cooks.However, Zhuang Zhou felt that it was already a very happy thing for a person like him to wash his hands and make soup for him with peace of mind.So no matter what he does, he never picks.As for Zuo He, he has various tasks all year round, and sometimes he can't even eat instant noodles, so he is even less picky.Coupled with the fact that it's summer, I don't have a strong appetite. Having cold beer and a few side dishes to go with the wine is already very comfortable for a man.

A few people ate and drank, and when the cold beer in the refrigerator was half gone, Zuo He finally asked the question he wanted to know the most, "Mr. Ling, are you and Qingshu really cousins?"

"Of course it's true." Ling Dongzhi looked at him, but didn't understand why he said such a sentence, "Do you think we look like fakes?"

Zuo He turned the beer can in his hand back and forth, with a look of hesitation between his brows and eyes, "If I'm not mistaken, Qingshu and his sister are orphans at all, they were adopted. He has nothing to do with Mr. Ling. The slightest blood relationship."

Ling Dongzhi's heart skipped a beat.He only cared about Zuo He being Qingshu's friend, and really forgot Zuo He's identity.A person like him is afraid that everything that happens under his nose will have to be checked out.If the relationship between him and Qingshu is to be brought out, there are too many flaws.

Zhuang Zhou was not happy anymore, "Why do you care so much? What happened to the cousin? Did the cousin break the law?"

Zuo He scratched his head, showing a somewhat apologetic look, "Don't get me wrong. I really didn't mean to get to the bottom of it, but Qingshu had already sent the information before he came to Binhai City. I know, the two sides can't get along, so I'm a little confused."

Ling Dongzhi knew that if there was no explanation today, this person would not know where his suspicions would go.He is a policeman, so if he is suspicious, he is not sure what action he will take. If he wants to find out where the Ling family is by beating around the bush and alarming Dad Ling, then things will be troublesome.

Ling Dongzhi stretched out his hand to grab Zhuang Zhou, and said to Zuo He: "There's nothing wrong with telling you, but this kind of thing is related to the secret of your life experience, can you promise not to tell the second person?"

Zuo He saw the seriousness of the matter from his expression, and subconsciously sat up straight, "Tell me. I don't dare to say anything else, and I'm a top-notch expert at keeping secrets."

Ling Dongzhi was suddenly a little tangled.Generally speaking, people who can say this are not very reliable, just like people who are drunk call themselves not drunk.

Zuo He also knew that he was a bit full of words, so he quickly explained, "Let me tell you this, in my line of work, all I come into contact with are other people's secrets all day long. The most important thing in this job is to keep your mouth shut." .If I were really a loudspeaker, I would have been silenced a long time ago, how can I still sit here and chat with you?"

Ling Dongzhi thought about it, and it seemed that this was the truth.

Zuo He said again: "The matter between you two is neither big nor small. The key is that it is right under my nose. If I don't make it clear, I will always worry about it. Isn't this killing people?"

Ling Dongzhi thought for a while, "Qingshu and I are indeed cousins. I was also adopted. The family was in trouble at the time, and the children were sent out."

Zuo He was stunned for a moment, "Impossible..." He checked Ling Dongzhi's situation, and there was no trace of adoption at all, otherwise how could he doubt Qingshu's words.

Ling Dongzhi nodded helplessly, "It's true, but neither my mother nor my brother knew about it. At that time, my mother had a difficult labor and was unconscious, and the child was out of breath after birth. I was brought back by my father."

Zuo He was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses, "No wonder..."

Ling Dongzhi told him, "The key is that neither my mother nor my brother know!"

Zuo He nodded quickly, "I understand, I understand. I've heard about this matter and let it go, and I will never bring it up again to argue with anyone. Besides, I'm still looking at Qingshu's face. Don't worry."

Zuo He's life circle basically has nothing to do with the Ling family's life circle.Ling Dongzhi is actually quite reassured about this.Today he is really going to die and if he doesn't tell the truth, Zuo He probably won't do anything.But how he will investigate in the future, and what will happen to the Ling family is hard to say.

There is a saying that says the lesser of two evils.

Whether other people's children are biological or not is a matter of great importance to our own people, but it is just an anecdote to outsiders.And he doesn't do his own business, who would really take this kind of nonsense to heart.However, seeing Zuo He being so concerned about the matter with Qingshu, Ling Dongzhi's guess involuntarily turned back to the previous direction: Does the Zuo Captain really care about Qingshu? mean?

Ling Dongzhi thought about it, if this is true...

Well, even if it's true, he doesn't think much of it. Ling Dongzhi doesn't have a clear gender concept, and there is no difference between men and women.Therefore, he didn't think there was anything wrong with Qingshu finding a man.The problem is, his brother seems to be straight.

This is a bit of a sight.

Ling Dongzhi glanced at Zuo He across the table, and smiled wickedly.