my daughter

"Why do you help him pay it back? What does it have to do with you that he owes money from gambling?" Zhan Qianrui was indignant.

Before hearing this, she had already shed a lot of tears.While feeling sorry for Xuanyou and not being worth it, at the same time feeling grateful and guilty.The completely opposite feelings circled in Zhan Qianrui's heart.

Xuan You was silent: "I thought at the time that after paying off his debt, Wu Liangquan and I would have nothing to do with each other anymore."

Zhan Qianrui hugged her, wrapped her arms tightly around Xuanyou's slender waist, hoping to hug her even tighter: "They don't agree with you looking for a similar job, so how do they want you to pay it back?"

"They want me to work in their store." Xuanyou laughed, with a very bitter smile: "You have been to that store before."

Zhan Qianrui's eyes suddenly widened.

Xuanyou stretched out his index finger and tapped her lips: "Yes, it's the bar where you and I first met."

"It's very lucky, if I didn't work as a waiter there, I wouldn't be able to meet my Ruirui." Her smile gradually softened.

If she didn't work as a waiter there, where would her life go?Xuan You squinted his eyes, secretly sighing the impermanence of the world.

Zhan Qianrui patted the bed hard: "That's not right! How much money can I earn as a waiter in a bar? It won't be much more than doing technology in a big company. Are these loan sharks out of their minds?"

Xuanyou looked at her with a smile, but didn't speak.

That night, Zhan Qianrui didn't sleep well, and had many dreams intermittently.

First, she dreamed that her parents took her to the movies when she was a child.

It was the first time she entered a movie theater, and after entering, she was sitting comfortably when all the lights suddenly went out.It was pitch black inside, and many characters appeared on the big screen at once.

She couldn't see their faces clearly, but felt that the people in the movie were very far away from her, and then they gradually came in front of her, and their faces became clearer and clearer. They were a group of terrifying zombies with dark red liquid sticking to the corners of their mouths.

Zhan Qianrui was so frightened that she called out to her parents, but no one responded.She ran out of the movie theater in a panic. There were a lot of people outside, but no one had the faces of her parents.

Next, the scene transition begins.

At that time she should be smaller, sitting in the old house at home.The old-fashioned radio made a "chachacha" noise and began to play an unknown old song.

The female singer's voice is soft and waxy, and she babbles when she sings.

Zhan Qianrui didn't know where his parents were, and he didn't know how long he would have to sit here and wait.

When I woke up, the sky outside was already slightly bright.Before going to bed, the blackout curtains were not drawn, and only a layer of tulle covered the window panes.

Zhan Qianrui's heart was hanging, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.Her neck was a little sore, and she wanted to turn over, but she couldn't, so she just lay on the bed and let herself go.

This was the first time she felt her uneasiness so clearly.

In the depths of her soul, the fact that she is not the biological daughter of her parents has been tormenting her.

Even though mom and dad tried their best to give her enough sense of security, even though Xuanyou was always so gentle, even though her life didn't seem to change much.

It's not that Zhan Qianrui never thought that Guo Lu chose to break up with him because he knew the truth.However, who is willing to admit that everything he is proud of is because of the relationship between his parents.When I left my parents and didn't survive as their daughter, I became worthless.

This recognition made Zhan Qianrui feel pain.

She didn't want to think about it any more, and took out her iPad to finish watching the short film that she hadn't finished watching yesterday.

The plot was really boring. When the short film finished and the list of the director, actors and creative team behind the scenes appeared, Zhan Qianrui still didn't understand what the film was about.

I only remember a few people chatting in it all the time, but the content of the chat did not arouse her interest at all, and she didn't know why she wanted to watch this movie.

Xuanyou: "Are you awake?"

Zhan Qianrui turned his face sideways, Xuanyou didn't know when to open his eyes.

The beautiful eyes are slightly confused.Under the morning light, her bare face was damn pretty, with bright and delicate skin.

I can't believe that after sleeping at three o'clock in the morning and waking up so early, there is not even a trace of dullness on my face.

Zhan Qianrui rolled her eyes and continued to look at her iPad: "I woke up early."

She slid her finger on the "Hot Show" interface of the video network for a long time, planning to find another movie to watch.

Of course, she would never watch highly rated literary films.It's too boring, but commercial movies that meet the taste of the public are still her appetite.

After all, watching movies is just a pastime, not a hobby. There is no need to watch the kind of trivial, medium and advanced ones, so let her be a layman.

"Are you going to get up?" Xuan You got off the bed and tied his long hair into a tug with a rubber band.

Zhan Qianrui shook her head: "Why do you get up so early, are you bored and wandering outside?"

It's only less than seven o'clock now, and it is estimated that other people will not get up so early.Might as well lie in bed and watch a movie.

"The weather is so nice and the sun isn't too strong in the morning. Do you want to go for a run?" Xuanyou leaned over, his eyes sparkling in the sunlight.

Run……

Are you sure Xuanyou is not joking?

I have been with myself day and night for so long, and I don't know that as a nerd, let alone getting up early for a run, even if I spend a huge sum of money to get a VIP card in the gym, I can go twice a month without seeing each other.

Zhan Qianrui said expressionlessly, "No."

"It's good to walk instead of running." Xuan You sat down on the bed cheekily.

It's not that she insisted on dragging Zhan Qianrui out, but in the past few months, she could see that she had gained weight.Maybe I have to go to work in the company before, and I still have a little exercise every day.Since she was expelled from home, Zhan Qianrui has been staying at home all day, and it is not good for her health if it continues like this.

Zhan Qianrui pouted: "I don't even want to walk."

Xuanyou thought about it, and seduced her with delicious food: "I heard that there is a new breakfast restaurant in the south of the city, which is opened by a well-known retired pastry chef. His breakfast is really good, especially the cakes. Waxy and chewy."

She pretended to take out her mobile phone, and slid it with a smile: "Wash up now, just in time to drive there. They don't sell breakfast at ten o'clock, are you sure you don't want to take a look with me?"

Zhan Qianrui put down the iPad and swallowed uncontrollably.

She loves sweet glutinous rice snacks the most: "I thought about it for a while. It's hard to wake up early. It's not interesting to watch a movie in bed. It's better to go out to breathe fresh air and have breakfast by the way."

——Breakfast is the focus!

Xuanyou smiled, put away the phone and said, "Then get up quickly."

After driving for more than 20 minutes, we came to the south of the old city.

After walking in, I didn't expect it to be a piece of southern Anhui architecture with white walls and black tiles, giving people an illusion of time travel to ancient times.

The breakfast shop is easy to find, beside a bridge.Early in the morning, many people lined up at the door, buying and taking away.

Zhan Qianrui pointed to Xuan You: "It's actually opened here, that bridge is very famous!

Stone bridges are not uncommon at all, but what is uncommon is that this bridge was painted into the painting by a famous contemporary painter.The small bridge and flowing water in the misty rain have a unique charm.

Zhan Qianrui and Xuan You chose a seat by the window, looking out at the river.

They asked for soy milk and glutinous rice to eat.It's good to have an early shop, and the food is served very quickly.

After eating and drinking, the two of them strolled around and saw a lot of strange little things.One of the shops sells small traditional toys.

Xuanyou picked up a metal cord and fiddled with it a few times.

"What is this?" Zhan Qianrui approached curiously.

Xuanyou dismantled it: "It's called Jiulianhuan, it's a kind of intellectual game, you have to take out this metal rod."

"Can it really be taken out? Looking at it, I feel that it must not be taken out." Facing the complicated ring-shaped chain, Zhan Qianrui expressed that he did not believe that this thing could be untied through a method.

Xuanyou laughed and said, "Of course intellectual games aren't that easy to solve. Otherwise, you wouldn't be intelligent."

Zhan Qianrui: "How do you know, what is this thing called?"

Not to mention the name, she has never even seen this before.

Xuanyou: "Well, there is such a thing in "A Dream of Red Mansions". Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu often play together."

Zhan Qianrui laughed when she heard that: "I didn't expect you to be a cultural person, you have read "Dream of Red Mansions"."

""Dream of Red Mansions" seems to be a must-read extracurricular book for middle school students, right?" Xuan You glanced at her.

"The Jiulianhuan is very interesting, but it's not so easy to solve it." The store owner is an old man, who saw the two girls playing with Jiulianhuan for a long time, so he walked over with a smile.

"Many people of your grandparents' age have played with them before." The old grandpa smiled kindly.

Zhan Qianrui suggested: "Otherwise, let's buy it."

On the return journey, Zhan Qianrui kept fiddling with Jiulianhuan for a long time to no avail.And it seems to be getting tighter and tighter.

She lost interest, and put Jiu Lianhuan into the storage space next to the car.

"Give up now?" Xuanyou teased her.

Zhan Qianrui: "Yes."

Xuanyou smiled and said, "You have to be patient when playing puzzles."

"I haven't." Zhan Qianrui pouted impatiently.

The phone in his pocket vibrated a few times.

Zhan Qianrui opened it and saw that it was a few messages from Meng Xiaomeng.

"What happened to Guo Lu and Xuan You?"

"do you know?"

"Guo Lu likes Xuanyou!"

Zhan Qianrui's face was going dark, not only did she know, she also saw Guo Lu confess to Xuanyou with her own eyes.The problem is, she thought she was the only one who saw it, but she didn't expect everyone to know it early this morning.

Zhan Qianrui replied: I know, what's wrong?

Meng Xiaomeng: Go to our group and have a look

These friends have a WeChat group.It is convenient for everyone to contact during activities. Everyday, everyone chats and blows water in it, and there are hundreds of messages.

For this group, Zhan Qianrui set no reminders.Unexpectedly, the group exploded at this moment, and there were 999+ unread messages alone.

Zhan Qianrui kept scrolling through the chat history, the first one was a photo sent by Song Zhi.

Yesterday afternoon, Xuan You and Guo Lu were secretly photographed while sitting on the porch chatting and drinking.

Song Zhi: Guo Lu and Xuan You are together

Xie Yu: No way

Song Zhi: Where's Zhan Qianrui?what did she say

……

Meng Xiaomeng: WOC, see you soon, that's okay

Xie Yu: They seem to have known each other before