Tropical Highway

On the afternoon of the last day of July, Jiang Fang actually came to the store.

Jiang Fang is a rare customer on holidays. Although he has been with You Zhen for many years and is the former owner of Boss You, Jiang Fang does not appear at certain times, and it seems that he has nothing to do with this store.

There is no other reason. As a qualified social animal, Jiang Fang is too busy on weekdays.

He pushed a baby carriage and pushed the door in. He first saw Zhai Lan who was nailing pictures on the wall, and called out to him: "Xiao Lan!"

Turning his head when he heard the sound, Zhai Lan's "Brother Jiang Fang" was dumbfounded by his posture before he yelled, "You...you moved? Why are you packing so much?"

Except that the stroller is fully equipped, and Jiang Fang is carrying a big schoolbag, he doesn’t look like a financial elite who goes to work on weekdays. The old man’s T-shirt and big pants, and a little Hu Qing on his chin, if it’s not for his appearance, he must be Xiao Yu will beat him out with a sign saying "No disheveled clothes are not welcome".

"Why are you so haggard!" Xiao Yu viciously put her hands on her hips and scolded him, "Can you let yourself go if you don't go to work?"

Jiang Fang pointed to the baby carriage in front of him and sighed exaggeratedly.

Daddy can't say anything about his suffering.

Xiao Yu: "... count yourself as ruthless."

I found a seat for Jiang Fang, near the back, with air-conditioning and away from the crowded routes. Jiang Fang sat down peacefully and thanked her. Xiao Yu rolled her eyes on purpose and raised her voice: "Boss! There is a commotion——"

In the kitchen, an ink-blue head popped out: "Come on?"

On the other side, Zhai Lan, who hadn't seen the big and small bags, also suddenly raised his head: "Where is the trouble?!"

It's like watching a cartoon episode for a few seconds.

Jiang Fang: "I really admire you two."

In the afternoon, after a round of busy work in the store, he got a moment of respite, and You Zhen had to continue tidying up, so Zhai Lan came out first.

He had heard about Jiang Fang's legendary story earlier, so Zhai Lan was full of curiosity about the legendary daughter of the Hunshi Demon King. When she saw someone, she couldn't help but lower her voice, even if she spoke louder, she was afraid of blowing the soft white balls to pieces.

"She's so small..." Zhai Lan looked at the girl sitting in the stroller, and waved, "Hello, Jiang Naonao?"

Jiang Naonao was unmoved and concentrated on gnawing his hands.

"The name is so strange, I wanted to ask it before," Zhai Lan raised his head, "Why is it called this?"

Jiang Fang had a headache: "Originally, 'Naonao' was a nickname, because when I was just born, I was in the hospital every night, and the doctors, nurses, and I were going crazy—oh, I don't mean noisy, she was I was in poor health, and I couldn’t live without people all the time. Later, when I got my household registration, I didn’t think of another name for a while, so I just went with it.”

Zhai Lan was a little contemptuous: "It's so perfunctory."

"I didn't expect to be a father so early." Jiang Fang teased him, "Xiao Lan, sometimes I think it's good to be like you and You Zhen, at least there won't be a sudden big surprise."

He casually made a somewhat restricted joke, thinking that Zhai Lan is an adult and has been with You Zhen for a while, so he should be immune to it.

Zhai Lan didn't understand at first, and Jiang Fang looked at him jokingly for a while before realizing that what the man said just now seemed to be colored.Thoughts involuntarily flashed in his mind, and for no reason there was a soft touch between his lips that was gently licked by You Zhen that day, Zhai Lan's mind suddenly blew, and his face blushed visible to the naked eye.

Jiang Fang was full of question marks: "Hey..."

"Get out if you talk nonsense again!" You Zhen's voice came from the kitchen, fierce.

Jiang Fang: "Huh?"

Someone raised the bread knife and opened the curtain: "Master, it's me!"

Jiang Fang: "..."

Facing You Zhen's distressed and annoyed expression, and then looking at Zhai Lanhong with his ears pierced, he just bowed his head and counted the squares of the tablecloth. The nasty adult finally came back to his senses:

Oh, what bad friends are talking about is pure chat under the quilt.

Immediately, I was very ashamed, and felt that my mind was really full of embarrassment.

The light music quickly cleared away the embarrassment, and the inappropriate words did not affect Zhai Lan's mood when he saw the little girl. He held a branch of dried flowers for decoration and waved it in front of Jiang Naonao.

He was disturbed halfway through gnawing his hand, Jiang Nao Nao was displeased, and stared at Zhai Lan with a stern face.

"She doesn't cry!" Zhai Lan seemed very pleasantly surprised, "My neighbor's little grandson cries from morning to night every day, and it can make my head hurt from making noise through the wall."

"Well, I don't like to cry very much." Jiang Fang sat against the wall and began to drink the ice boke that had just been served on the table.

"Are you going to change your name?" Zhai Lan joked, teasing the little girl with dried flowers, "Don't cry, don't make noise, I don't think it should be called 'noisy', what if I grow up and trouble you."

Jiang Fang said indifferently: "It's fine to name her yourself when she grows up. The names are all code names."

While talking, You Zhen took care of the kitchen, took off her apron, came to the table and sat down with two glasses of sparkling water.

He handed one of the cups to Zhai Lan, and he held the other's arm and pulled Zhai Lan up to signal him not to squat down.After finishing all this, You Zhen turned his attention to the guests.

"Why are you free to come over today?" He asked his friend, "Didn't your parents come to Chengdu?"

"Well, my dad also said that he will apply for sick leave next year and come directly to live here."

You Zhen: "Very good, but then you have to change the house, right? The second apartment is a bit crowded."

"That's right! I've settled accounts recently, and I have to choose between spending all my savings to pay a down payment and letting them stay at home quietly." Jiang Fang scratched his head depressedly, "It's really easier for them to come over, and I don't have to bring the children to do it myself. There is no need to get up in the middle of the night because she needs to drink milk... but it is even more annoying."

House, car, children, Zhai Lan can't feel the pressure of these topics for the time being.Holding the sparkling water, he listened to You Zhen comfort Jiang Fang, who was frowning, "there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain", and continued to shake the dried flowers one after another.

The other end was suddenly stressed, Zhai Lan lowered her head, and Jiang Naonao grabbed the end of the dried flower without knowing when.

The little girl stared at him stubbornly, and continued to pull the flowers towards her.

Like a tug-of-war, they dragged each other back and forth for a while, just when Zhai Lan felt that Jiang Naonao was getting impatient and worried that she would burst into tears suddenly, the little boy who was sitting upright in the stroller The girl leaped forward, grabbing Zhai Lan's wrist with both hands, then her grape-like eyes lit up, and she smiled.

The girl's crisp laughter interrupted Jiang Fang's plan to buy a house, and he turned his head with a surprised expression.

Zhai Lan was hugged by Jiang Naonao, the child was weak, and he didn't intend to rub his hands to drool, so he just hugged and played.He was even more puzzled since he had never played with children before, and silently asked Jiang Fang for help, not knowing what the way was.

"... Really." Jiang Fang left him and Jiang Naonao, "She really likes you."

A transparent red remained on Zhai Lan's ears: "Oh..."

Jiang Fang said, "Maybe because I don't like playing with her."

After all, there is a grievance, Jiang Naonao was an accident, which disrupted the established beautiful life.Facing her, Jiang Fang has a sense of responsibility, and may sometimes feel a little fun, but in the final analysis he will not be too positive.

"Then you should spend more time with her." Zhai Lan didn't understand his complicated feelings for his daughter, so he simply said, "I think she should like you too. Brother Jiang Fang, look... you take her out to Now, she hasn't lost her temper. I haven't seen many children, but Nao Nao must be the most obedient kind."

Maybe I'm also afraid that I will be abandoned again if I don't behave well.

Zhai Lan didn't say this sentence, but Jiang Fang already vaguely understood something.

"I'm just... sometimes busy." He said, reaching out and hugging Jiang Naonao to sit on his lap.

Bai Tuanzi, who is not yet two years old, is chubby, but her hair is not very thick. The two thin braids are about to fall apart at the moment, and Jiang Fang frees up his hands to rearrange the braids as he hugs her.

The new hairstyle was asymmetrical, but Jiang Naonao seemed very satisfied, and clapped vigorously with his arms open.She learned to speak late, and her progress was very limited after being assigned to kindergarten. At this moment, she babbled a few words, then tilted her head, as if she suddenly found her language ability.

"Dad!" Jiang Nao Nao shouted in a straight voice, "Dad!"

Jiang Fang was taken aback for a moment, and then he was quite disgusted: "Hey, your father is here."

"It looks more and more like you." You Zhen said suddenly.

"what?"

Zhai Lan also said: "Really, the nose and mouth are carved out of the same template as yours."

"Really..." Jiang Fang was embarrassed, but couldn't hide his happiness at all, "Hey, it would be even better if the eyes were like mine, so when I grow up, I will definitely be a little beauty..."

He also babbled something, Zhai Lan listened carefully, but You Zhen just looked at Jiang Fang.

Since that spring, it seems that he has not seen Jiang Fang's relief for a long time.He knew that Jiang Fang needed someone to affirm the little lump in his heart—he had always felt awkward about raising Jiang, and he was always worried and his head was turning green—the decision had already been made, and he couldn’t afford to start regretting it now, and take this road There is no turning back.

But the person who comforts Jiang Fang cannot be him, Song Yuanyuan or Yang Jin, Jiang Fang's parents.

They are so familiar that the truth sounds like a white lie.

Zhai Lan didn't know him for long, the first time he saw him getting along with his daughter, he said "you spend more time with her" unintentionally, but it had an unexpected effect.

Butterfly effect?It doesn't seem to be exactly what it means.

You Zhen snickered, raised his hand to rub Zhai Lan's hair.

"What are you doing?!" The boy turned his head, "If you touch my head again, you will really not grow taller!"

You Zhen: "Why do you want to be so tall..."

Saying so, Wu Wu hugged him into his arms without hesitation, and before he could resist, he wrapped his arms around Zhai Lan's waist, and rubbed the fluffy black hair with his free hand with the other hand.

Zhai Lan screamed.

The author says:

Power cuts made me dizzy, how are the folks in Sichuan and Chongqing? ((