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This is a warning.

There was a chill in those deep pool-like eyes, with a hint of resentment, Cheng Suran's whole body was stiff, his hands and feet were cold, and his lips trembled uncontrollably.

At that moment, she remembered her identity——

Canary.

A small pet that is not eligible to make demands on the gold master.

Cheng Suran's mind was buzzing, only to hear something shattered, and she was pulled down by an invisible hand.

Fall into the frozen lake.

The ups and downs of the real world, this is where she should belong.

It turned out that she had a dream.

"I'm sorry..." Cheng Suran let out a whimper like a kitten's meowing in her throat, and a sour feeling approached her eyes. She couldn't hold it back, it was too late to avoid people, and tears just flowed down like this.

"I'm sorry... my sister... yes, I'm sorry..."

She gasped and said sorry many times, her eyelashes were wet with tears, they were black and translucent, some of them were still stuck together, and her cheeks were brightly stained with tears.

Around the eyes and the tip of the nose are all red.

Jiang Yu didn't know that one word of hers had such a devastating effect, and she was helpless for a while. A faint regret rose from the bottom of her heart, but she didn't want to coax him immediately, so she pushed Cheng Suran aside, turned her face away, and looked at the phone by herself .

It just so happened that Tian Lin sent her a general work schedule for the next month.

Magazines, advertisements, festivals...still busy, flying around.

The difference is that she did not have a holiday on National Day before, but this year she can have a whole week of holiday.

She thought about where it would be better to take the children to play.

The most preferred place is Paris. For children to learn French, experiencing the French environment is very beneficial for learning, but the idea came too late, and it is too late to apply for a passport and visa now...

Jiang Yu fell into deep thought, and the sobbing beside him subconsciously stopped, when a phone call came in.

"Hello? Well, yes, you guys come up."

After hearing her hang up, Cheng Suran knew that he couldn't stay any longer, silently wiped away his tears, stood up wisely, and said obediently: "Sister, then I'll go first."

Jiang Yu raised his head.

The child's eyelids were closed, his nose was red, his thin lips were tightly pursed, and he looked stunned, looking pitiful after being bullied.

A sense of familiarity welled up in the depths of the memory, and blurry images flashed across Jiang Yu's mind, and then disappeared in an instant.When I came back to my senses, before I had time to think about it, the softest part of my heart was stabbed.

"Go wash your face." She looked away.

You can't coax now, let the children have a longer memory.

Cheng Suran obediently went into the toilet.

After pouring cold water on her face, she woke up completely. She raised her head, looked at herself in the mirror with reddish eyes, expressionless, and pulled out a sarcastic smile.

It was she who overstepped.My sister gave her a good face, so Xiao thought of something messy, but there is still time to save her.

Walking out of the toilet, Jiang Yu was reading a wedding dress album, and Cheng Suran casually glanced at it.

"!!"

Is my sister going to get married?

Thoughts flashed through his mind, Cheng Suran hurriedly looked away, picked up his backpack and books, "Sister, I'm leaving."

"Ah."

Jiang Yu didn't raise his head, "I'll go over tonight and wash up."

"...Okay." Cheng Suran murmured.

She walked to the office door, and was about to stretch out her hand to open it, when suddenly there were two sounds outside, then the door was pushed open, and Qi Yan's figure appeared in her sight.

Followed by a person, slightly shorter than Qi Yan, with long curly hair, cold brows, and a black tear mole at the end of his eyes.

The two looked at each other.

"Xiao Cheng?" Lu Zhiqiao looked the girl up and down.

Cheng Suran exclaimed: "Boss Lu...you..."

Qi Yan: "?"

Jiang Yu: "?"

The air condenses for a few seconds.

Lu Zhiqiao's eyes fell on the textbook in the girl's hand, and she became even more puzzled: "Are you still studying?"

"I, uh, I—" Cheng Suran choked for a moment, faltering, not hiding the textbook in his hand, or not hiding it.

Seeing that she couldn't hold back a word for a long time, Qi Yan, who was watching from the sidelines, was dying of anxiety, and couldn't help but ask, "Qiao Qiao, do you know each other?"

Lu Zhiqiao nodded: "Xiao Cheng is an employee of our company." After he finished speaking, he paused, "But he resigned at the end of last month, and he hasn't had time to become a full-time employee yet."

Jiang Yu & Qi Yan: "???"

Cheng Suran lowered his head, said "I have to go first", and left in a hurry.

The three looked at each other.

Jiang Yu suppressed his doubts calmly, and waved at them, "Come here and talk about business."

The two walked over, Qi Yan took a step ahead, and found that it was inconvenient for three people to sit in a row to see things, so he pointed to the single sofa and said, "You sit there, and Qiao Qiao and I sit here."

"..."

Jiang Yu glanced at them both, got up and moved his position.

Talk about a business but also eat dog food.

Qi Yan and Lu Zhiqiao came here today to choose the wedding dress.They have known each other for more than a year. At that time, Qi Yan was still a middle school teacher, and Lu Zhiqiao was still the marketing director of a technology company. Now one has changed careers to become a photographer, and the other has been promoted to vice president. Getting ready for a wedding next year.

The wedding dresses in the mainstream market are mainly heterosexual, and there are no styles for female and female couples. Earlier, Jiang Yu and his designer friends founded a fashion brand "ETERNO", which has wedding dresses specially customized for female and female couples. meet their needs.

The brand name means "eternity". It is headquartered in Milan, Italy. Now it is managed by a friend, Jiang Yu is the shopkeeper, and occasionally used to be a free model.

Qi Yan took the picture album from Jiang Yu's hand, tilted his head and leaned against Lu Zhiqiao to flip through it.

"These are cases customized by other customers, for your reference." Jiang Yu couldn't stand it anymore, and just wanted to finish the business quickly and ask what happened to the kid just now.

Head to head sweetly flipping through the picture album.

"I think this one looks great."

"Well, it's beautiful."

"This is also good, I like the design of the shoulders."

"Yes, I like it."

When Lu Zhiqiao said something, Qi Yan agreed.

"Don't you like anything?"

"If you like it, I will like it."

"Don't make trouble."

"I'm serious, my wife has the best aesthetics."

Jiang Yu was so bored that he started playing with his mobile phone.

Finally, the couple finished flipping through the picture album, and after summarizing their opinions, Qi Yan turned his head and said, "The style should be sexy, with solemnity as the supplement, not the old-fashioned traditional wedding dresses. I don't think any of these cases Step on thunder, believe in your aesthetics."

"Danilo will come to China next month, and you will discuss the details." Jiang Yu mentioned the name of a designer friend.

"Is his English OK?"

"nonsense."

One of them has studied in Canada, and the other is engaged in foreign trade work. They have dealt with overseas customers all the year round, and there is no language problem.

The three of them agreed again, and the business was over.

You look at me, I look at you, no one moved.

Qi Yan wanted to relieve the embarrassment, coughed lightly, and said first, "Qiao Qiao, Jiang Yu wants to know about that little sister just now..."

Lu Zhiqiao's eyes flicked back and forth between Jiang Yu and Qi Yan.

Finally, it stopped on Qi Yan's face.

The meaning is clearly: How do you know your ex-girlfriend's mind so well?

"She's my younger sister, and Qi Yan helped her take a film." Jiang Yu was amused and helpless, and he made a timely rescue. A joke at this time could be fatal.

Qi Yan interjected: "What sister, you are still sophistrying, a girlfriend is a girlfriend."

Jiang Yu: "..."

When Lu Zhiqiao heard about his girlfriend, his tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and after thinking about it for a moment, he said, "Xiao Cheng joined the company at the end of June, and our company has business dealings with several French-speaking countries in Africa, so we recruited a group of French-speaking voice customer service staff. About the end of July, there was a big project that I led. Two translators were needed. I planned to hire her now, but her boss recommended her, saying that this child is very good, and I can save money and effort by using my own people. After I inspected her, I hired her left behind."

"She can seamlessly switch between English and French simultaneous interpretation. It is really good for a freshman to reach this level. I wanted to transfer her to my side at the time, but she resigned after the project ended."

After speaking, there was a strange silence.

"She's only in her third year," Jiang Yu said calmly, "Doesn't HR check the original graduation certificate for your new employees?"

"You have to ask the HR department." Lu Zhiqiao sighed.

"I think she seemed guilty just now. Is it possible that she was lying..." She glanced at Jiang Yu and didn't continue.

Jiang Yu lowered his eyes, wondering what he was thinking.

The atmosphere fell into embarrassment again.

Qi Yan looked left and right, and changed the topic: "Is there any arrangement for the holiday? How about going out together? Qiao Qiao and I will sign up first."

"Just say free dog food." Jiang Yu sneered.

Qi Yan frowned: "You are sick."

"Say one more word?"

"Sick and sick."

"Don't go."

"My dad's friend built a cultural town, and I want to organize my colleagues to join in the show. Of course, I pay for it, three days and two nights. You can take your little Ranran with you."

"But you called it?" Jiang Yu glared at her.

Just as Qi Yan was about to refute, Lu Zhiqiao quickly stopped her, "Okay, are you guys going to fight? Talk to each other carefully."

Both of them shut up at the same time.

It was dark and the night breeze was cool.

Cheng Suran, who had been wandering around for a long time, returned to the hotel, plunged into the bathroom, and washed himself inside and out three times, just like the night he first met Jiang Yu.She used all the cleaning products available, and it was so clean that even her pores smelled like milk.

She didn't eat dinner, her stomach and heart were empty, and today's task of brushing questions was only half completed.

Suddenly I can't do anything.

Eating is meaningless, and doing questions is meaningless.

When the time approached 07:30, Cheng Suranku sat on the sofa in a daze, her mind was in a mess, her soul seemed to be out of body, and the vibration of her mobile phone pulled her back.

Aunt's phone call.

She stared at the note in silence, then calmly picked it up: "Hello?"

Let her guess what reason she is looking for for money?

"Your grandma is gone." The hoarse voice of a middle-aged woman came from the phone.

Cheng Suran was stunned.

gone.

died.

She stared blankly at the air, without any waves in her eyes.Without waiting for her to respond, the aunt continued: "The doctor said that brain death means dying. You and your sister will come back tomorrow for the funeral."

"Buried in my hometown?" Cheng Suran asked dumbly.

There was a moment of silence over there, and the aunt's tone suddenly became excited: "Bury it? Bury it for her? Do you have to bury it for her? Set her on fire and throw her away! It's a good idea to bury her..."

She didn't know whether to cry or laugh, and hung up before finishing her sentence.

Cheng Suran let out a long sigh of relief.

It's good to be dead.

There is no excuse to ask her for money, and life has been peaceful since then, not only for her, but also for her aunt and cousin. The suffering of the three of them is over.very nice.

— beep

The door opened.

Jiang Yu came in from the outside, carrying a light scent of duck tail. His tall figure was dressed in a gray suit, and he had a sense of alienation and coldness.

She always wears a suit.

Cheng Suran immediately stood up, and obediently called her sister.

Her eyes were dull, and her smile was more like a sticker stuck to her face. Jiang Yu stared at her for a while, and for a moment she felt remorse. Maybe she was too fierce and shouldn't treat children like that.

Before she could speak, the girl opened her mouth first:

"I cleaned it up."

Jiang Yu was slightly startled, with a faint smile on his lips. He sat down, stretched out his hand and pulled her into his lap, and hugged her into his arms, "Where do you want to go on vacation? My sister will accompany you."

As soon as these words fell, Cheng Suran's eyelashes trembled, and his eyes shone brightly, but soon dimmed again.

"My family called just now. My grandma passed away and I have to go back to attend the funeral..." She obediently leaned on Jiang Yu's shoulder.

The drooping lashes concealed reluctance in the eyes.

She didn't want to go home for the funeral at all.She wants to go out with her sister.

It's just that I can't get over my conscience...

Jiang Yu was silent for a moment and said, "Lingzhou is quite far away, I'll buy you a plane ticket."

"No need," Cheng Suran shook his head, "The air ticket is too expensive, and... I'm going back with my cousin."

At that time, I don't know how to explain where the air ticket money comes from.

Jiang Yu frowned: "Lingzhou doesn't have a high-speed rail station. You have to take a seven-hour high-speed train from Jiangcheng to Nanyang, the provincial capital, and then take a three-hour express train. It takes almost a whole day to go back and forth, and it's very tiring."

"Sister, how do you know?" Cheng Suran looked at her in surprise.

"..."

Jiang Yu wouldn't tell the children that he was getting to know her hometown recently, and even remembered the local specialties clearly.

She casually said, "Tian Lin was on a business trip there."

"Oh."

Cheng Suran didn't think much about it. In her opinion, it's not surprising that her sister knows everything, but she is very sensitive when she mentions her hometown. "It's okay, I'm not afraid of being tired."

"Be careful of your butt becoming deformed after sitting for a long time, my sister won't like it." Jiang Yu teased her.

The kid pursed his lips.

puff.

So cute.

"Just kidding," Jiang Yu lowered his head and pecked her lips, "no matter what you become, my sister will love you the most."

Cheng Suran's eyes are bright: "Really?"

"Ah."

She leaned into Jiang Yu's arms and smiled, and the two little pear dimples sank astringently.

My sister just likes her to be obedient, even though she understands that when she hears these gentle words, she will believe them desperately and can't help but look forward to them.

"About how many days?" Jiang Yu comforted her with a light kiss.

Cheng Suran thought for a while and said, "I don't know if it's cremation or burial. If it's quick, it's one day, but if it's slow, it's two or three days. I'll try to come back before the [-]th... At that time, do you still have time to go out and play?"

"Yes," Jiang Yu's voice was slightly hoarse, he hugged her and turned to his side, then lowered his head, "No hurry, my sister is waiting for you."

A kiss landed on her forehead, slowly moved along her nose, and the scorching breath flowed down, she sobbed, and couldn't help but raised her head, not knowing when she was lying on the sofa.

In this quiet space, breathe each other's breath.

……

What Cheng Suran didn't expect was that her cousin had originally planned to go home for the National Day, so she bought the ticket early, but she was notified temporarily that she couldn't buy the ticket at all, and she couldn't take the railway.

The price of the air ticket tripled that day, leaving one ticket for each of the two flights, and it was several hundred more expensive in the afternoon than in the evening.

Jiang Yu bought an afternoon ticket for Cheng Suran without hesitation.

The child wanted to save money, but she was worried when it was too late.

"First swipe your ID card to get the boarding pass, then check the luggage, and then go to the security check. If you are not sure, you can ask the staff. When you arrive, follow the others. Look at the road sign arrow to get the luggage, and then send me the location, understand?" On the way to the airport, Jiang Yu personally sent Cheng Suran off.

The child was nervous about flying for the first time, so she explained the general process and reminded her of the precautions.

Cheng Suran listened silently and kept it in his heart.

When she left home and came to Jiangcheng, no one said even a word of advice to her. She was lucky and did not encounter any danger.

In fact, she can find out these things on the Internet, but listening to people say it feels different from checking it out by herself.

especially……

That person has an indescribable place in her heart.

After flying for three hours, Cheng Suran returned to his hometown Lingzhou. The airport is very small, so he just walked out.After two years, I heard the dialect of my hometown again, and I felt an indescribable intimacy.

This city is not big, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the environment is particularly good. Unfortunately, the economic development cannot keep up, and talents are flowing out.

Cheng Suran took a taxi to go to his aunt's house.

There is no elevator in a small building in the urban area. I climbed up to the fifth floor step by step. I knocked on the door several times but no one opened it. She called, but answered quickly: "Auntie, I'm here. Why is there no one at home?"

"Why are you so fast?"

"I...can't buy a train ticket, so I borrowed money to buy a plane ticket." She lied.

There was an oh over there, without further questioning, and continued to say: "At the end of your grandma's old house, there is someone in the village to help, so hurry up and come over!"

"Ah? Isn't it going to be cremated?"

"Turn off your head, bury the quietness, so as not to dream of me at night."

"Oh……"

Cheng Suran hung up the phone sullenly, turned around and went downstairs.

The old house is in Chengjia Village in the eastern suburbs. There used to be no access. After going there, you can rub two catties of dirt on your body. In recent years, a large road has been built, and it is very convenient for cars to get in and out.Today's rural areas are generally not the same as before. Every household has built two or three storey small buildings.

It was the busy time of farming, and harvesters could be seen everywhere in the field. Two or three people wearing straw hats and carrying hoes, chatting and working.

The old house is at the southernmost end of the village.

Yellow brick exterior wall, sloping roof with black tiles, a wooden fence full of hedges around the door, two small white lanterns hanging from the eaves, and chicken droppings all over the yard.

A middle-aged woman in white was carrying a bowl of rice and sprinkled it into the chicken coop.

"aunt……"

Cheng Suran stood behind her, his heart beating fast with nervousness.

The woman turns around.

That face was dry and yellow, with a few obvious wrinkles, his eyes were a little numb, and his whole body revealed a vicissitudes of life.

Not seeing each other for two years, great changes.

getting old.

"Here we come." Cheng Xiufang glanced at her up and down, said nothing, and pointed to the back room, "Go and kowtow to your grandma."

"……it is good."

Cheng Suran thought she would be scolded, but her aunt's attitude was beyond her expectation.She silently entered the back room, and a dark coffin appeared in front of her eyes, with the lid slanted on it, and it was not sealed yet.

White candles were lit on both sides of the small table, and the portrait of the old man was in the middle.

It looked like a mean face.

The past came to my mind, either hatred or anger, I couldn't tell what it was like... Cheng Suran knelt down expressionlessly, with his knees touching the straw mat, and reluctantly kowtowed.

Then the phone vibrated.

As if she had finished her task, she couldn't wait to back out and took out her phone.

Sister: [Are you home yet? ]

Cheng Suran was startled.

Forgot to send location to my sister!

She typed quickly: [Hmm. ] Then send a positioning message.

Did not receive a reply from my sister, but received a text message from the bank.

—— 20 yuan arrived in the account.

Cheng Suran stared at the string of zeros, but couldn't react for a moment, and sent Jiang Yu three question marks.

Sister: [Pay in one lump sum. ]