Solstice Secrets

Ling Dongzhi packed a beef rice in the store, and when he got home, he saw that the lights upstairs and downstairs were all dark.Ling Dongzhi entered the door, put the lunch box in his hand into the kitchen, leaned on the window of the storage room and glanced at the back garden, and sure enough, he saw Zhuang Zhou sitting under the grape arbor in the back yard without saying a word, and he didn't know that he was giving birth to someone else. I'm still angry with myself.Brown Tang lazily lay beside him, wagging his tail boredly.Several cats were scurrying around under the loofah stand, and they didn't know what game they were playing.

The sun had already set, and the sky above had turned a slightly chilly blue-gray.The light in the distance passed through the dense green vines climbing on the railings around the small courtyard, and fell faintly on the green brick floor under the grape arbor.Insects whisper in the grass, and the summer night is quiet.

Ling Dongzhi heated up the packed beef rice, washed a few fruits, cut them up and put them on a plate, took a large tray and carried it to the back garden, and put it on the low table next to Zhuang Zhou without saying a word.

Zhuang Zhou hadn't moved yet, Brown Tang, who was lying on his stomach and pretending to be asleep, shrugged his nose and stood up with a whoosh.It was big, and when it stood up, the dog's head just touched the top of the low table, and when it poked forward, it went straight into the plate.Ling Dongzhi stretched out his hand and slapped it on the forehead, "Go ahead, don't you eat meat at night?"

Brown Sugar suppressed his voice and whined, "I ate meat, but I'm growing up, and my digestion is fast."

Ling Dongzhi was angry and funny, "You still have a long body? Who are you, you are already in shape, okay?"

"You can't say that." Brown Tang glanced at the beef rice on the low table and licked his tongue greedily. "Although my body shape has not changed, I still have to gain some flesh. When I went out yesterday, a kind old woman said that I was too tall." thin."

"It's kind to say you're thin? It's not kind to say you need to lose weight?" Ling Dongzhi looked at it with contempt, "Do you know what a standard weight is?"

Brown Sugar quit, "Standards and whatnot, are you human beings who made them? We don't care about standards and non-standards. We only pay attention to health! Be strong! Eat enough!"

Ling Dongzhi stopped doing it, "Who didn't make you full? Do you still have a conscience? When did I starve you? When will you be hungry?!"

Brown Sugar, "...Anyway, I'm hungry."

Ling Dongzhi was amused by its rascality, and was about to retort when Zhuang Zhou, who was sitting on the side, asked lightly, "Does it ask you to eat again?"

"That's not it." Ling Dongzhi felt helplessly on Heitao's head, "Brown sugar, you told your uncle that if you continue to eat it like this, you will soon become a bald and protruding middle-aged man." Old wretched uncle, he is no longer handsome. You should think about it yourself."

Brown Tang hesitated for a moment, "Talk to Uncle?" In its mind, Heqing still has a high status, and he is a doctor who specializes in treating them, and has the most say in their physical condition.

Ling Dongzhi nodded affirmatively.

Brown Tang struggled for a while, then turned around sadly and ran away.

Zhuang Zhou looked at this scene dumbfounded, and couldn't help asking, "You didn't catch it, did you?"

Ling Dongzhi snorted disdainfully, "Either let it fool you, or make you hungry. If it were you, how would you choose?"

Zhuang Zhou, "..."

Ling Dongzhi finally teased him to speak, picked up the chopsticks and put them in his hands, "Eat it quickly, it won't taste good when it gets cold. You said you too, marrying a wife at the end of summer, you are in a hurry to get angry What are you doing? What does your reaction make me think? Are you secretly in love with Xia Mo, or are you secretly in love with Cao Mingzhu?"

"What are you talking about?" Zhuang Zhou frowned.

Ling Dongzhi shrugged his shoulders, "You're just full of food and worrying about nothing. Although Xia Mo doesn't have any EQ, that person has a strong brain. If you have to play tricks, I'm afraid that the two of you combined won't be a match for him. Are you still worried that he will be cheated? I think it is more practical to worry that he will not cheat people to death."

Zhuang Zhou sighed, "Although I was angry when he left the dealer, I knew he did it to protect my mother. But why did he become like this now? Listen to what Cao Mingzhu said, a little My son didn't take my mother seriously. At the beginning, Xia Mo didn't even want the banker for my mother, why now she allows her unmarried wife to belittle her..."

Ling Dongzhi replied lightly, "Because this unmarried wife can bring him benefits."

Zhuang Zhou was silent.

That's right, it's benefits.This was the most embarrassing thing for Zhuang Zhou.He could understand that late summer made things difficult for Ling Dongzhi before as a concern for himself, but now it is hard to deceive himself that he is really thinking about his own happiness.I'm afraid that what Xia Mo thinks most is whether Ling Dongzhi's entry can bring huge benefits to Zhuangzhou, the entire dealer, and even the onlookers including Xia Mo.

Zhuang Zhou really didn't want to admit that his elder brother, who was closely related by blood, had turned into a monster who couldn't smell anything except the stench of copper.

"Maybe the family forced him?" Zhuang Zhou tried to find another reasonable explanation, "The elders of the Xia family, or my grandfather put pressure on them?"

"Perhaps." Ling Dongzhi lazily took a fruit fork to pick mangoes from the fruit plate to eat, and reminded him indifferently, "It's easy to prove, why don't you just call your grandpa now?"

Zhuang Zhou hesitated for a moment, took out his phone and dialed the old house's number.It was Uncle Qi who answered the phone. He heard that he needed to find Mr. Zhuang, so he answered it quickly.

The grandson took the initiative to call, and Mr. Zhuang was still very happy, his voice was full of excitement, "Why do you think of calling me at this time?"

Zhuang Zhou didn't bother to go around in circles with him, so he asked him bluntly, "Grandpa, do you have any friendship with the Cao family?"

"The Cao family?" Mr. Zhuang asked him back, "The Cao family that is in the jewelry business?"

"Yes, it's his house."

"I know," Mr. Zhuang thought for a while and said, "their old man still had some friendship when he was alive, but now he basically has nothing to do with each other. Why do you ask this?"

Zhuang Zhou felt a little uncomfortable, "I heard that their family is quite close to Xia Mo."

"Oh?" Mr. Zhuang immediately caught the meaning behind his words, "You're not talking about the daughter of the Cao family, are you?"

Zhuang Zhou said in a dull voice, "I heard that Xia Mo is going to be engaged to Cao Mingzhu, and I want to ask you if you know."

Mr. Zhuang pondered for a while, and felt that Zhuang Zhou's tone was obviously not to inquire about the situation, so he was a little unhappy, "Do you suspect that I arranged it?"

Zhuang Zhou remained silent.

"You bastard!" Mr. Zhuang scolded, "I've let go of both of you's messes, so how can I manage the affairs of the Xia family? Even if I want to, can the people of the Xia family let me take care of them? Is your head caught by the door?!" The wronged old man Zhuang was very angry, after repeated provocations from Zhuang Chengyan Xia Xueying and Zhuangzhou Ling Dongzhi, he no longer dared to stretch out his hand to blindly lead people.The most important reason is that he is at a loss now, he doesn't have a standard of happiness in his heart at all, and he doesn't know what the consequences will be if he pulls the red line.

"What a pig's brain!" Mr. Zhuang hung up the phone angrily.

Zhuang Zhou, "..."

Zhuang Zhou looked innocently at the hung up phone, and then at Ling Dongzhi who was watching a show, "I was scolded."

Ling Dongzhi laughed, "You deserve it. I don't know how to be polite when talking to the old man."

Zhuang Zhou threw the phone aside in annoyance.Since Mr. Zhuang didn't come forward to discuss this matter, it is very likely that someone from the Xia family got involved. How could it be his turn to express opinions on the Xia family's affairs?

"Your mother...do you want to ask?"

Zhuang Zhou shook his head.He hadn't talked to his mother calmly for many years. If he asked directly about Xia Mo's marriage now, he didn't know how he would figure out his intentions.Thinking of this, Zhuang Zhou felt disheartened again.

"What the hell am I worrying about..."

The corner of Ling Dongzhi's mouth curled up, pretending that he didn't hear anything.

The phone rang again, it was from the old house.Zhuang Zhou thought it was Mr. Zhuang's call, but unexpectedly, it was Qibo's voice that answered, "Second young master, the old man asked me to inform you that he will come back for dinner on the weekend. Eldest young master and Miss Cao will also come together."

Zhuang Zhou froze for a moment, then turned around and asked Ling Dongzhi, "Are you going?"

Ling Dongzhi nodded enthusiastically, "Of course!" This is a living example of a marriage between a wealthy and aristocratic family, how can one not be worthy of this opportunity if you don't take a close look at it.

Zhuang Zhou said to the phone: "Please tell grandpa, we will be there on time."

Uncle Qi said again: "The old man asked me to remind Er Shao that since we are going home for dinner, we must calm down our temper, and don't make any trouble in front of the old man."

Zhuang Zhou sighed, "I understand."

After hanging up the phone, Zhuang Zhou couldn't help but sighed again, "How could I predict that this would be a very aggrieved party?"

Ling Dongzhi nodded seriously, "Young man, I am very reluctant to make such a prophecy for you, but I have to say that your premonition will most likely come true."

Zhuang Zhou, "..."

With two days left until the weekend, Zhuang Zhou paid attention to the recent developments in late Xia, among which there was indeed the news that he had acquired Yuancui Building.

Yuancuilou is a well-known jewelry company in this city. The boss of Yuancuilou passed away two years ago, and the company was handed over to the boss's son to run the company.The new boss knew nothing about the jewelry business, and the business became more and more frustrating, and it gradually became difficult to turn around.Before, some people speculated that Yuancui Building would fall into the hands of the Cao family, but they did not expect that a cross-river dragon would appear halfway and cut off the Cao family's business.

Zhuang Zhou couldn't guess whether the Cao family was very angry at Xia Mo's actions at that time, but his positive attitude towards the marriage with the Cao family undoubtedly made the Cao family very pleased.After all, Xia Mo is backed by the Zhuang and Xia families, and he has outstanding abilities, and his appearance and demeanor are also top-notch among the children of the aristocratic family.

Zhuangzhou searched and searched, and also found a gossip: the eldest daughter-in-law of Xia's family, that is, Xia Xueying's sister-in-law, Xia Mo's aunt Lin Ting and Cao's head's wife Huang Haimo are classmates and friends. The famous British girls' school Cheltenham Ladies'College had a very good personal relationship when she was studying.

The last line is also strung together.

Zhuang Zhou felt that the marriage was probably true.This made him very frustrated.

"Do you think I should talk to Xia Mo?" Zhuang Zhou hesitated to ask Ling Dongzhi for advice, "I want to know what he thinks. He is already very rich, money status and so on, he really has that in his heart." Is it important?"

"Eat salty radish and don't worry about it." Ling Dongzhi taunted him with a look of contempt, "Isn't it a family hereditary disease of men in your farm to be nosy?"

Zhuang Zhou, "..."

He knew that Xia Mo was older than him, calmer than him, and of course more ruthless than him.But he still wants to talk to him and ask him what he thinks—maybe after listening to his own answer, he can give up.