Solstice Secrets

Ling Dongzhi got up together, and Zhuang Zhou also stood up, "I'll see off Teacher Ling."

"No need," Ling Dongzhi hastily declined, "I live not far away, and it will take more than half an hour to walk along the lake."

Zhuang Zhou looked at him, raised his eyebrows slightly, showing a half-smile, "Are you afraid of me? Did Zhuang Lin say something?"

Zhuang Lin immediately jumped out to point out the sky and the earth, saying that he usually only sees Teacher Ling in the art class once a week, and he has no chance to say bad things.

Zhuang Zhou didn't bother to talk to him, took the car keys from the coffee table, and went out first.Ling Dongzhi had never encountered this kind of hardliner who only gave orders and ignored other people's opinions before, and he didn't know how to deal with it. He looked at Zhuang Xiaolin, who had a resentful expression on his face, and followed him helplessly.

Zhuang Zhou had already started the car, Brown Tang's front paws were touching the open window, and he was swishing his big tail.Zhuang Zhou stretched out a hand from the car window, stroking its head one by one.Seeing Ling Dongzhi coming out, there was a snoring sound in Brown Tang's throat, but he didn't know what it meant.

Zhuang Zhou patted it on the head, Brown Tang jumped down, trotted to catch its flower ball, and when he turned around, he gave Ling Dongzhi a sideways look, his eyes were full of resentment.

The winter solstice smiles.

Seeing him approaching, Zhuang Zhou leaned over and pushed open the passenger side door.

Ling Dongzhi inexplicably felt a little cramped, "This... is too much trouble for Mr. Zhuang."

The corner of Zhuang Zhou's mouth twitched slightly, "Mr. Ling is too polite, but I actually want to ask you for something."

"Oh?" Ling Dongzhi quickly sat up straight, and the question that a student's family member could ask with the word "ask for advice" was undoubtedly about the student.The little embarrassment in Ling Dongzhi's heart was immediately forgotten, and the whole person unconsciously showed a posture of sitting upright, "Don't dare to ask for advice, just ask if you have any questions."

Zhuang Zhou's eyes lightly swept across his face, is he nervous?Why are you using honorifics?

"That's it." Zhuang Zhou started the car and drove out of his yard slowly, "The third child told me some time ago that he would study art in the future. If he really wants to choose this direction... Teacher Ling thinks he has the ability Qualification?"

Ling Dongzhi lowered his eyelids, his long eyelashes trembling non-stop because he was thinking about something on his mind, and his two straight eyebrows unconsciously frowned, "Did he tell you?"

"Yeah," Zhuang Zhou turned his head and glanced at him, a seemingly casual glance, which seemed to have some deep meaning.For a moment, Ling Dongzhi couldn't figure out what the young master was thinking. Did he suspect that Zhuang Lin was instigated by him?Or children from big families like them will study business management in the future?

Ling Dongzhi felt that he had grasped the crux of the problem, "You don't want him to make such a choice?"

Zhuang Zhou pondered for a moment, then shook his head slowly, "I don't agree because I think the reason that prompted him to make such a decision was not his hobbies, but... anger."

Ling Dongzhi felt that the word "pissed off" sounded a bit conspiratorial.Because Zhuang Lin revealed in front of him that the relationship between himself and this second brother didn't seem to be that harmonious.No matter how he answered Zhuang Zhou's question, it seemed a little... not so safe.

Zhuang Zhou obviously misunderstood his silence, stretched his eyebrows, tried his best to put on an amiable look and said: "Xiao Lin is actually not too young, I think only an objective evaluation can prompt him to make a judgment on himself. The most favorable decision. Teacher Ling doesn't have to have any worries, please tell the truth."

This difficult problem thrown in front of him is obviously unavoidable, Ling Dongzhi thought it over and said slowly: "Zhuang Lin is the class representative in my class, and I have more contact with me than other students. He also knows a little more than the other students."

Zhuang Zhou nodded, expressing his acceptance of the opening remarks.

The topic turned around Ling Dongzhi's familiar domain, which made his expression calm, "Based on what I know about him, Zhuang Lin's strengths are not in art... Well, how should I put it?" Ling Dongzhi Winter Solstice looked at Zhuang Zhou with a listening face, and tried to express himself as simple as possible, "He grasps the shape very accurately, and the lines are very good, but the color is too weak. I think so, Zhuang If you are interested, you can consider architectural design or industrial design in the future.”

Zhuang Zhou raised his eyebrows, his eyes showing real surprise.

Once the thinking was straightened out, Ling Dongzhi's articulate became sharper, "Zhuang Lin is young, but he is a very rational person. He gives me the feeling that he is closer to a technician than an artist." From childhood to adulthood, Ling Dongzhi has had the most contact with art students and teachers.Although these people are of different ages and temperaments, they have some common characteristics, such as sensibility, such as sensitivity.Sensitivity to light and shadow, color and shape, movement and stillness, and change.However, he did not find this subtle quality in Zhuang Lin's body.

Zhuang Zhou nodded thoughtfully, "I think I understand what you mean."

After Ling Dongzhi expressed his opinion, he began to worry about the situation of his students again, "I am very touched by Mr. Zhuang's concern for his younger brother. But I think that a person's future path should be chosen by himself. You have to bear the corresponding consequences if you choose. No matter what the consequences are, I think it’s best to bear them yourself.”

Zhuang Zhou turned his head and glanced at him.The seemingly random glance gave Ling Dongzhi an illusion, as if as his gaze swept across, every inch of his face was meticulously traced by the sharp tip of a knife.Behind Ling Dongzhi's back unconsciously, there was a trace of coldness.However, upon closer inspection, Zhuang Zhou still had a careless expression on his face, as if the conversation just now was just a topic he picked up randomly to pass the time due to his boredom.

Ling Dongzhi felt more and more uncertain.The relationship between him and Ling Lidong has never been so eccentric, Ling Lidong would shout at him when he was angry, and even shook his fist with him when he was a child.Later, when I grew up, I didn't do much hands-on work, but I never talked around the bush.He didn't understand the way Zhuang Jia's brothers got along with each other, but it was obvious that Zhuang Lin was not that satisfied with this brother's attitude.

Maybe I said too much?Ling Dongzhi went through what he had said carefully in his mind, and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.So I feel more and more that the temper of the rich is a little unpredictable.

The car slowly circled the leisure square by the Bibo Lake.Ling Dongzhi sees the west gate of the teaching staff living quarters from a distance through a clump of rockery.He never thought that this old Ximen would look so pleasing to the eye as it does today.

"Let's just go here," Ling Dongzhi said hastily, "This gate is rather narrow, so cars can't get in."

Zhuang Zhou glanced at the half-closed iron gate, frowned slightly, "Is this far from where you live?"

"Not far, not far." Ling Dongzhi pointed to the buildings exposed in the shade behind the courtyard wall, "I live there, the building with a circle of gray stripes under the balcony."

Zhuang Zhou looked in the direction of his fingers, his eyes stayed on his slender fingers for a moment, and then he moved away as if nothing had happened, "Then I won't be polite to you. Speaking of which, my family Zhuang Lin trusts you very much, and I, too, Don't treat Teacher Ling as an outsider. If there is anything I can help, Teacher Ling, don't be polite to me. "

"Where's the matter?" Although Ling Dongzhi is a little cold by nature and doesn't like to get in touch with people too much, he still can say polite words, "He is my student, and these are all as it should be."

Zhuang Zhou seemed to want to say something else, but after thinking about it, he endured it and said goodbye politely.Ling Dongzhi watched him leave, turned around and trotted home.

Perhaps because of something in his heart, Ling Dongzhi felt that this road was quieter than ever.There were no sparrows chirping on the branches, no cats and dogs strolling in the lawn by the roadside, and even the croaking mynah behind the building did not call his name loudly or softly.

It made him feel uneasy.At the last stretch of the road, he almost trotted back.

The window of his house was half open, and the sofa covers that had been washed but not put away were still drying on the balcony, but the balcony was quiet, and there was no sign of any living creatures from downstairs.Ling Dongzhi ran upstairs in three steps and two steps, and even felt a little nervous when he opened the door.But everything was quiet inside and outside the house.

The little one didn't come.

On the other side of Bibo Lake, in the bushes next to the leisure square, the little boy who had just been frightened huddled up, lying lazily on the grass to bask in the sun, and his companion, a tan The little civet cat master lay beside it, licking the little boy's head with his tongue comfortingly.

"Winter Solstice won't be angry with you," the servant's big tawny eyes swept over the bushes vigilantly, flicking his tail a little uneasy, "last time we dirty the white blanket in his studio No, he wasn't angry."

Xiao Mao'er said dejectedly, "This time it's different."

The servant comforted him, "It's nothing different. Didn't you come back? Dongzhi said, if you make a mistake, just correct it."

Little Man buried his head under his paws, and said in a muffled voice: "But his handkerchief was taken away by the police. I heard them say that they should look for clues from the handkerchief and find the person who tied the handkerchief. If they I really found the winter solstice..."

"No." The servant was also a little uncertain when he heard what it said, "Didn't the winter solstice mean that no fingerprints would be left on the handkerchief? And it's a new handkerchief, and he hasn't used it before."

In fact, Xiao Yang doesn't really understand what a fingerprint is. He only knows that the police can catch people by following this thing called a fingerprint, which is very powerful.Now it understands that it really got into trouble this time, and it's a little scared in its heart, fearing that the winter solstice will be taken away by the police, and it won't be able to make fried small yellow croakers for them in the future.

The servant flicked his tail twice, "How about... let's steal that handkerchief."

Xiao Mao looked at it suspiciously, "Go to the police station?"

The servant's eyes were a little excited, and his tail flicked more cheerfully, "Didn't you say that someone is following you? Are they going to meet the guy with the handkerchief? Let's just follow them."

Xiao Mao's big eyes blinked, thinking that what it said made sense.

"Bring back the handkerchief, the police won't find Dongzhi again." The more the servant thought about it, the more it made sense, "I'm going to find that stupid guy who followed you just now."

Seeing it darting out of the tree hole under the bushes, Xiao Mao'er hesitated for a moment, then got up and followed, "Master, wait for me!"