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Summer nights always seem extraordinarily long in places where there are few human voices.

Cheng Yi and Zhou Si sat together in the mourning hall, which could be said to be deserted. Occasionally, a few rich ladies who came to express their condolences in a hurry, followed the ceremony and went through the process, and then left.

Zhou Si sent people out, and Cheng Yi stayed in the hall. He bent over to light the fire, refilled new candles, and whispered a few words to the void before the spirit, which was an agreement between him and her.

As soon as Cheng finished speaking, he turned around and saw an extraordinarily dressed lady standing at the door.Her black satin dress had hidden silver lines, which shone brightly under the light, but she was wearing a black top hat, which looked extraordinarily low-key.

Cheng Yi didn't see her face, but had an intuition that it should be someone from Qiu Tong, so he walked towards the lady with a stick of incense.

The man waved his hand: "Thank you. I'll just take a look at it."

Cheng Yi was puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask further questions.He put down the incense, came to the door holding the undelivered tea, and looked at the lady.

And the lady just stood motionless outside the front door of the hall, looking at the girl in the hall with a particularly bright smile in the posthumous photo—according to Zhou Si, it was the first time when Qiu Tong brought Rongrong back to her natal home. They took pictures together, Qiu Tong specially asked for the original film, cut it down and put it in the phone.It may be that a few days ago, I deliberately turned it into black and white, probably because I prepared it for myself early.

Cheng Yi looked away, just as he bumped into the lady's trembling hand, he took out a handkerchief from his handbag and wiped it on his face.

"Ma'am, do you want to come in and sit down?" Cheng Yi waited for her to tidy up before opening her mouth.

The lady raised her head slightly, glanced at Cheng Yi, and smiled. Her smile was extremely dignified, generous, but alienated: "No need, I'll just look at her."

"Would you like a cup of tea?" Cheng Yi handed over the paper cup.

The lady was stunned for a moment but still took it: "Are you Tongtong's friend?"

Cheng Yi was stunned by the question, friend - if it really counts, it is probably a friend who met once; or, a rival in love, which is more suitable?

It took him a while to nod guiltily.

But in what capacity he stands here, it doesn't matter to the lady in front of him.The lady took a sip of her tea, and waited until she had swallowed the bitter tea before continuing: "I have three daughters, and she is the only one who suffers the most... But it's good now, at least, I don't have to suffer so much. gone."

"Mother-in-law!" Zhou Si's voice suddenly came from behind, "You're here, why don't you go in and sit down?"

The lady's back stiffened for a moment, and she became more upright. She turned around slowly and said with a smile, "No need. Qiutong's father is busy with something. I happened to be traveling here with my friends, so I just came over to take a look." .”

As soon as he said those words, Zhou Si frowned, but his tone remained unchanged.

"Well, okay, then take your time at night, the road is not easy to walk at night, and the people here are unfamiliar, did you ask the driver to follow?"

The lady returned the paper cup and asked Cheng Yi to take it: "By the way, is that girl Rong Rong still at the villa?"

Zhou Si put his hands behind his back, but cut straight to the point: "Zhou Xiaotong's surname is Zhou after all, so it's not like her sisters and brothers would even have such a niece idea."

The lady looked back at the girl in the posthumous photo again, and sighed: "It seems that school is about to start. Just give her a place to live. Such a big villa is not suitable for a little girl. The house next to your company, I think it's almost the same, after all, it's better for children to stay with them."

Zhou Si's eyes suddenly changed, and the coldness that had been born suddenly softened a bit.

He looked at the person in front of him in disbelief.

The lady had a clear face and a calm demeanor: "I am also a mother, and I know what is good for children..."

She also muttered something, but Zhou Si didn't catch it clearly, but Cheng Yi did.

I am also a mother, I know what is good for children, but I can't do it.

That's why she stood motionless outside the door with a sad expression, that's why she shed tears, and that's why she didn't dare to go into the mourning hall.

"Also, the person standing here just now is not Mrs. Qiu."

When she finished speaking, her eyes fell on Cheng Yi like a sharp knife. These words were meant for Cheng Yi.

Zhou Si took a step forward, blocking Cheng Yi behind him, and also blocked the sharpness in Qiutong's mother's line of sight.He took advantage of the opportunity to help him up: "I know, tonight, you are just a mother. I'll take you home."

In the end, Zhou Si only sent the man to the small gate, where the driver was waiting, and the man quietly disappeared into the night, and some family relationships that had never been described seemed to be suppressed in the vast night.

The only moon above his head quietly watched the figure in the dark night.

Zhou Si came back with a moonlight on his shoulders. Cheng Yi was sitting in front of the hall, searching the Qiu family with his mobile phone, which made him feel that it was not easy. For a while, he didn't even feel Zhou Si walking behind him.

Zhou Si leaned slightly: "What are you looking at?"

As soon as the words came out, Cheng Yi was startled, and after Zhou Si finished asking, he locked the screen: "It's nothing. You're back."

"Well," Zhou Si sat down beside him, "Do you want to know more about the Qiu family?"

Cheng turned his head to look at Zhou Si: "Did you see it just now?"

"Unintentionally, I saw it." Zhou Si explained, took out his phone and sent a text message.

"Actually, I want to know Qiutong more, from a stranger's point of view." Cheng Yi looked at the woman framed by the square frame in the hall. "She...I met her before I came here."

Zhou Si's cell phone landed heavily on the table and made a muffled sound: "Meet her? When? What did she tell you? Did she make things difficult for you?"

Cheng Yi saw the look in Zhou Si's eyes: "Don't be nervous, it's a chance encounter."

"How can there be so many chance encounters in the world, it's a coincidence in the world." Zhou Si muttered disapprovingly.

Cheng Yi patted the back of his hand: "But it is true. I was in Sumei at that time, and I lived next door to her. She was wearing a red dress, with gorgeous makeup, exquisite and gorgeous, but she said despair. Later I When I knew she was dead, I wondered what kind of experience it was that allowed her to face death so calmly."

Zhou Si looked up at Cheng Yi, and rubbed his fingers against Cheng Yi's palm: "You want to hear it?"

Cheng nodded and said "hmm".

Zhou Si withdrew his hand from Cheng Yi's palm, he sat down with his arms folded, and then slowly said: "Their family is a native of City C, and the property has always been very large, but in her father's generation, her father was a single passer, until In her generation, the family wanted a son to inherit the family business. She was the third daughter after her two older sisters. So after she was born, it didn’t matter whether she lived or not. Her younger brother was born after she was three years old ..."

This made her already precarious old and young status immediately gone. She was not as favored as the two elder sisters before, and all the care and attention of her parents was taken away by her younger brother later.In this way, she grew up slowly.

"Then you and her," Cheng Yi looked at Zhou Si and asked tentatively, "How did you know each other?"

"Cheng Yiyi," Zhou Si narrowed his eyes, and pointed at Cheng Yi, "So you're waiting for me here. I'm going to answer, isn't it a proposition?"

"I'm serious with you." Cheng Yi said helplessly, "What do you think about all day?"

"I'm thinking of you." Zhou Si raised his eyes to see Qiu Tong's smile, "I wonder if you would mind if there is an extra Qiu Tong and an extra Rong Rong between us."

Cheng Yi raised his eyes and answered honestly: "I don't mind, on the contrary, I am very grateful to her."

"Thank her for what?" Zhou Si approached and asked.

"Let me meet you again."

Zhou Si turned his gaze back to the new message on his phone, and was extremely confident: "Without her, I would meet you again."

"You are too sure, Mr. Zhou."

"Isn't it? As long as you still love me..." Zhou Si frowned suddenly as he spoke, he didn't know whether it was because of the content of the text message or because of Cheng Yi's words, "Don't tell me you don't love me anymore, Cheng Yiyi? "

Cheng Yi smiled, "To love or not to love", he didn't dare to say it in front of Qiu Tong.

Even if he knew that the marriage between Zhou Si and her was a fake show.

And Zhou Si was about to ask something, but was interrupted by Cheng Yi's phone ringing suddenly.

Cheng Yi obviously heard it too, but he didn't move for a long time, just staring at Zhou Si, Zhou Si also stared at him, after a while Cheng Yi said, "Your call? No answer?"

Zhou Si nodded: "The phone is with you, bring it to me to answer it."

Being reminded by Zhou Si, Cheng Yi suddenly realized, and took out the mobile phone that Zhou Si had left for him from his pocket.

"It's Rongrong." He glanced at the phone screen.

Zhou Si took it and pressed the speakerphone.

"Hey, Dad!"

"Well, what's the matter?" Zhou Si asked, "Have you stayed up so late?"

"Can you come to pick up Rongrong tomorrow? Today there is a villain with sunglasses who wants to pick up Rongrong, and he was expelled by Hua'er's godmother, but every time the godmother comes to pick up Rongrong, the children will be scared. Rongrong doesn't want her godmother to pick up Rongrong, woo woo Woo..."

Zhou Si said coldly, "Then what do you want?"

The little girl answered without fear of death: "I want Dad! I want Dad to drive a red car to pick up Rong Rong. It's best to have the balloon of Princess Belle that Rong Rong likes, so that they can all envy Rong Rong, hehe, is it okay, Dad?"

"No..." Before Zhou Si finished speaking, he was frightened by Cheng Yi's eyes, and he organized his words a little bit, "Dad is very busy, so I can't pick up Rongrong tomorrow, or let the godmother pick up Rongrong?"

"No! Rongrong doesn't want the godmother to pick her up! The godmother wants to bring a little tail, and there are villainous uncles outside the house, but the godmother didn't notice, Rongrong did!"

Cheng Yi and Zhou Si met each other's eyes, and wrote on the table: I will return to China tomorrow.

Zhou Si hesitated for a few seconds before asking: "Then can you, Uncle Yi, pick up Rongrong tomorrow?"

"what?"

"Let Uncle Yi Yi take you back to Dad's house, Dad won't be home until a few days later, is that okay?" Zhou Si cast his gaze on Cheng Yi this time, more like asking for Cheng Yi's opinion.

"That's fine, then Dad must come back in a few days! Pull the hook! Don't lie to Rongrong."

"Well, I will definitely come back, I won't lie to you, little girl."

Zhou Si patiently coaxed the little girl on the other end of the phone, probably because Zhou Si didn't give enough care at ordinary times, so she kept clinging to Zhou Si and nagging for a long time, until Zhou Si told her for the third time that it was time to go to bed, she Only reluctantly said "good night" and hung up the phone.

In an instant, the room was silent, leaving only the three adults in the hall silent in their respective worlds.