[The Pretender Lou Cheng] Non-public Notes

"Mingtai," Ming Jing waved at Mingtai who was walking down the stairs, while glancing in the direction of Minglou's room, he whispered, "Come here."

Mingtai looked at Mingjing strangely, and also looked at Minglou's room, seeing if he saw any strange signs, he walked downstairs quickly, took a big step to sit next to Mingjing, and took Mingjing's arm , widened his eyes and asked in a low voice, "Sister, what's the matter?"

Ming Jing lowered his voice, half covered his mouth with his hands, and asked him nervously, "Do you think your elder brother has been acting weird since he finished breakfast today?"

It turned out to be this.Mingtai suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't train himself, it would be fine.He let go of Ming Jing's arms, turned to pick up the washed apple on the coffee table, and took a big bite, explaining indifferently, "Maybe it's because I received a letter from Brother Ah Cheng this morning."

"A letter from Ah Cheng?" Ming Jing looked at Mingtai in surprise, wondering in his heart, it's been almost a day, why Minglou didn't tell him about Ah Cheng's letter.

"Yeah," Mingtai replied inarticulately, chewing a large piece of apple meat with a reasonable expression on his face, "every time big brother's mood fluctuates too obviously, there are eight out of ten Nine is a letter from Ah Cheng."

Ming Jing didn't pay attention to this matter before, but now that Ming Tai is so concerned, she thought about it carefully, and it seemed that it was indeed the case.Ming Jing nodded slowly, indicating that he knew it, and suddenly realized something, grabbed Ming Tai and asked, "Then what's going on this time, why is your elder brother in a bad mood?"

Mingtai swallowed hard a large piece of apple in his mouth, and then whispered to Mingjing's ear, "It seems that Brother Cheng is busy with studies this year, so he won't be able to come back for the New Year."

"Ah?" Ming Jing was quite surprised when she heard that, and her face was immediately stained with disappointment. She murmured, "Ah Cheng can't come back..." After finishing speaking, she couldn't help but pull Ming Tai to confide, "Hey, you said I haven't seen Ah Cheng for a whole year. He is growing up fast now, and I don't know what he looks like this year..."

Mingtai is still young, and he doesn't have any worries about this separation. Besides, he will go to Paris to study in a few years, so he doesn't have any thoughts about Mingcheng not being able to go home for the New Year. Ming Jing persuaded, "Brother Ah Cheng is busy, don't be sad, big sister, it's not like we won't see each other again, we should be back next year."

Ming Jing glared at Ming Tai, thinking that if this period of growth is missed, it will never be made up again. It is very precious, and I am afraid that she will regret not being able to watch Ah Cheng grow up in the future.But at Mingtai's age, how could he understand Mingjing's thoughts? In the end, Mingjing just sighed, waved his hand and let Mingtai go out to play.

Mingtai was at a carefree age, and when he saw that Mingjing had let him go, he jumped out of the house.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, Ming Jing had thought that Ming Cheng would come back today, and A Xiang had even tidied up the room.Speaking of Ah Xiang, Ming Jing also had a headache. She thought of Ah Xiang humming a little tune happily when she cleaned up the room. Announcing the news made Ah Xiang feel lost, she had to walk slowly to the kitchen as if nothing had happened, and told Ah Xiang to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner as usual.

Ah Xiang is just a young girl who worked with her mother in the Ming family since she was a child. Later, when her mother got old, she was grateful for the kindness of the eldest lady and sent A Xiang's mother to Suzhou for retirement. A Xiang stayed in the Ming mansion in Shanghai. .Her usual playmates are Mingtai and Mingcheng, but since Mingcheng went to study in Paris, Mingtai doesn't like to stay at home anymore, she always runs out to play, left Axiang really thinks the big house It was quite empty.It’s not easy to get to the end of the year, the busiest time of the year, thinking of being able to reunite with the family, Ah Xiang is so happy that he even has the energy to cook and tries many new dishes. Although the first time is always unsuccessful, he fails repeatedly After repeated battles, the more they fought, the more courageous they became, but they tried a few ingenious dishes.

In the afternoon of New Year's Eve, counting the time, it was time for the eldest lady and the eldest young master to take a nap. As usual, Ah Xiang made tea for everyone and sent them to their rooms, first for the eldest lady, then for the eldest young master.However, thinking of the gloomy expression on the young master's face since yesterday morning, Ah Xiang's hand holding the tea tray trembled slightly. She knew that the young master must be angry, but she didn't know who she was angry with. Of course, she didn't dare to ask, so she walked in quickly to deliver tea and then quietly exited.

It's strange to say, it's already this time, why hasn't Brother Ah Cheng come back yet?If it was the previous year, he would have come back by this time, no matter how bad it was, he would still be on his way.Ah Xiang was puzzled, but she didn't know who to ask. Mingtai seemed to be playing crazy these days. With a somewhat resentful look, Eldest Young Master...?Ah Xiang shook her head violently, she didn't dare to ask even if she was killed!

Mingcheng didn't come back until the New Year's Eve dinner was served, Ah Xiang was really anxious at this moment, holding an empty bowl in her hand, she couldn't help standing by the table and whispering, "This... Ah Brother Cheng hasn't come back yet, should his meal be served first?"

As soon as the words fell, Minglou's face became even uglier. He put down the chopsticks in his hands with a "snap", and wanted to leave the table, but he dared not get up because of Mingjing's face, so he put his hands on his knees and sulked.

Ming Jing had been carefully watching Ming Lou's face before, she had never been in control of Ah Cheng's affairs, and she had negotiated with Ming Lou a long time ago.Although Ah Cheng can't go home, Ming Jing is also disappointed, but for the Chinese New Year, if Ah Cheng doesn't come back, there will still be Mingtai. We can't let Mingtai have a bad New Year with him.Thinking of this, Ming Jing's complexion was also a little ugly. She glanced at Minglou, said with a little reproach but also understandingly, "What are you doing, it will be a year if Ah Cheng doesn't come back? Besides, Ah Cheng didn't do it on purpose. If he doesn't come back for the New Year, he is busy with his studies, so why are you angry?"

If I was really busy with my studies, I wouldn't be so angry!Minglou thought to himself, but he still didn't say anything.His people in Paris replied that Cheng's whereabouts were strange recently, and he had a close personal relationship with a few people but deliberately kept it from himself. Well, Mingcheng didn't come back for years at all. I'm afraid he was still with those people, and he didn't know what the relationship was.

The more Minglou thought about it, the angrier he became, and he couldn't help but lose his temper at the dinner table.But this matter, he can't tell Ming Jing to worry about it, not to mention the dark and obscure secrets hidden deep in his heart, none of which can be told to Ming Jing.Not only Mingjing, but Minglou could not tell anyone in this world frankly, not even Mingcheng.

Ming Lou gritted his teeth, suppressed the irritability and jealousy in his heart, picked up the chopsticks again, and said, "Yes, the elder sister taught me the lesson. Come on, come on, it's the Chinese New Year, Ah Xiang's cooking has improved... He changed his gloomy expression just now, put on a smile and said humorous words, which made both Mingjing and Mingtai laugh.

Hearing this, Axiang couldn't be clear about Mingcheng not coming back for the New Year this year. Although she was disappointed, she couldn't show it after seeing the scene just now, so she forced herself to smile.

Under Minglou's toast, everyone at the table raised their wine glasses. After drinking this wine, the New Year's Eve dinner was about to begin.Minglou said a few more auspicious words to bring good fortune for the new year, and the wine glasses of the four of them clinked lightly, making clear and crisp sounds.

But Ming Lou didn't hear the sound of wine glasses clinking because it was overwhelmed by another louder sound.

The door was closed with a "bang", and he ran into the dining room alone. He looked at Minglou who was staring at him in a daze, and couldn't help but smile with raised eyebrows. His voice was deep and magnetic with a youthful tone. Bright, he asked, "Brother, I'm not late, am I?"

Minglou had all sorts of dissatisfaction and anger in his heart, but it disappeared the second he saw Mingcheng. He waved to Mingcheng with a smile, and said, "It's not too late, it's not too late."