Lincheng.
In late summer, dark clouds gather and the air is humid and sultry.
There is no business in the coffee shop, and it is too deserted.
A cold and slender figure stood behind the bar.
The dim yellow light shone down like moonlight, shrouding her in a shadow.
She had her head half down, a strand of hair fell from her forehead, and she could vaguely see the bridge of her straight nose and two thick black crow feather-like eyelashes.
The skin that is as white as jade is a little pale, but it is still incredibly delicate and clear, and the whole person seems to be glowing with light.
A baby face finished collecting the cutlery and came over:
“Xiao Li, I heard that you are leaving tomorrow?”
Ning Li nodded gently:
“Hmm.”
“Then it will be difficult for us to meet again…”
Babyface sighed and hesitated.
They all know that Ning Li grew up with her grandmother since she was a child.
But half a month ago, Grandma Ning Li died of a heart attack.
As a result, Ning Li’s guardianship fell to her mother.
——No one knew that her mother was still alive and married into a wealthy family. Moreover, it is in Yunzhou, which is only an hour’s drive from Lincheng.
“However, since I haven’t seen you for so many years, your mother must miss you very much.” Babyface said dryly.
Ning Li made a movement and raised her eyelashes slightly.
It was a pair of extremely beautiful peach blossom eyes, hooked on the outside and warped on the inside, clean and bright, but the pupils of the eyes were extremely dark, like a hazy night, adding a bit of desertedness.
The corners of her lips were curved, and there seemed to be shreds of light rippling from the depths of her eyes, and her voice was light:
“Maybe.”
As long as there is a little miss, it won’t mean that you haven’t seen your face for so many years.
Her father, Ning Haizhou, came from an ordinary background. When he was young, he coaxed Su Yuan into marrying him because of his good looks.
But the good times didn’t last long. After the marriage, Ning Haizhou had nothing to do and didn’t seek to make progress. Su Yuan, who was arrogant and arrogant, couldn’t stand such a poor life. In a fit of rage, she divorced and left when Ning Li was six years old.
One month after she left, Ning Haizhou was sentenced to life imprisonment for causing death in a hit-and-run accident after drinking.
Since then, Ning Li has followed her grandmother for life.
If it wasn’t for the accidental death of grandma this time, Ning Li felt that she might never see Su Yuan again in her life.
No one will like such a tow oil bottle.
Everyone understands this truth, but in her previous life, she yearned for family affection, she was naive to the point of stupidity, disfigured, slandered, lost everything, and gained notoriety. In the end, she was placed under house arrest in a sanatorium for a year, and died of an unfortunate death.
Waking up again, she found that she was seventeen again.
It’s okay, it’s just the beginning.
……
Babyface is a little surprised.
When Ning Li talked about this before, her eyes were always full of joy, why today…
I don’t know why, but Ning Li seems to have changed a bit since she had a high fever three days ago.
The phone in Ning Li’s pocket vibrated.
She took it out and took a look. On the screen was a string of phone numbers from Yunzhou.
Her eyes narrowed slightly, then she cut off the phone neatly and set it to mute.
Babyface curiously said:
“Who is it?”
Ning Li doesn’t care:
“I don’t know, it may be a harassing call.”
The baby face nodded knowingly, turned around and went to the cubicle to change clothes and come out.
Originally, she was on the night shift today, but when something happened at home, Ning Li took the initiative to change shifts with her. She was very grateful.
“Ning Li, then I’m leaving! Be careful when you go back later.”
Ning Li smiled and waved goodbye to her.
……
The sky is getting darker.
There was a roar of thunder, and the pea-sized raindrops crashed down.
Ning Li stayed in the store for another two hours, and the hour hand pointed to ten o’clock.
She sat on the high stool, tore off a sticky note, and wrote whatever she wanted.
Suddenly, a harsh car whistle came from outside the door.
She looked up and saw a black Cayenne parked outside the door.
She sat up slowly.
The driver got down, opened an umbrella, and came to the back door.
A well-dressed woman walks out and walks into the cafe.
The interlaced light and shadow reflect the woman’s well-maintained face.
At this time, the expression on this face is not good-looking.
She frowned and stared at Ning Li. She had seen Ning Li’s photos before. This was the first time in eleven years that the two of them saw each other officially.
The girl in front of her was wearing a simple black T-shirt, a delicate collarbone looming, and smoky gray pencil pants, which outlined her straight and slender legs.
She has a clear and beautiful face, and there is an indescribable sloppiness between her eyebrows and eyes.
The driver Zou Hua stood on one side and looked at Ning Li with a contemptuous look.
When Madam came in, Ning Li didn’t even want to stand up to say hello, and there was a sense of alienation and indifference all over her body.
Is this how you treat your mother?
How uneducated!
Su Yuan also felt this, and even felt that her face was dull.
But many years of life in a wealthy family have made her accustomed to maintaining a posture at all times.
She paused, trying to keep her voice calm:
“Ning Li, I just went to school. Director Zhang said that you haven’t been to school for the last few days. Why are you here if you don’t go to school?”
It took a lot of inquiries to find this place.
Ning Li closed the pen cap and said lightly:
“I’ve had a fever for three days, and I’m fine today. In addition, I owe a debt for my grandmother’s funeral, so I can only pay by working here.”
Su Yuan choked.
“I called you so many times just now, and you didn’t answer—”
Ning Li raised her eyebrows, took out her phone, and saw that there were more than a dozen missed calls, she suddenly said:
“So it turns out, I thought it was a harassing call.”
Of course she doesn’t have Su Yuan’s number in her phone.
Su Yuan closed her eyes.
When she left Lincheng without looking back, she never thought of coming back.
The past marriage, and this daughter, are the past she doesn’t want to mention.
The Ye family has a head and face in Yunzhou. She really put a lot of effort into standing up.
Finally, Ye Ming’s daughter, Ye Ci, accepted her and gave birth to another son, Ye Sheng. She thought she could live her life in peace, but she was stabbed by Ning Li.
She was reluctant to come, but there was nothing she could do.
Moreover, as soon as she saw Ning Li, she could not restrain herself from thinking of the embarrassing past, which made it impossible for her to get close to Ning Li no matter what.
“You don’t have to worry about these things, go back and clean up, and come back to Yunzhou with me tonight.”
Su Yuan’s tone was unquestionable, and she turned to leave after speaking.
Ning Li suddenly said:
“I can’t finish packing my things, and I can’t leave at night.”
Su Yuan looked back, a little impatient:
“What do you have to clean up at your house? Everything is prepared for you in Yunzhou, you—”
“I’m not used to using other people’s things.”
Ning Li interrupted her.
Su Yuan was stunned for a moment.
But before she came, she had already told Ye Ming that she would go back in the evening. If it wasn’t for Ning Li, she wouldn’t have delayed until this time.
Wow!
The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier.
Zou Hua glanced at the phone and his face changed slightly:
“Madam, because of the heavy rain, the expressway in Huiyun Prefecture was closed.”
“What?” Su Yuan was surprised.
Now, I’m afraid I really can’t go back.
Ning Li rested her cheek in one hand.
There is really nothing to pack, she just doesn’t want to leave tonight.
On this day in my previous life, it was raining heavily in Yunzhou, and dozens of vehicles on the highway were rear-ended, killing three and injuring seven.
Ning Li was one of the wounded.
In that accident, both Zou Hua and Su Yuan were fortunately only bruised, but Ning Li suffered a fracture in her right hand and had to support her for three months.
Most importantly, since then, her right hand has lost part of its function.
At that time, she felt that there was a problem with the car. She wanted to check it, but was told that the car was scrapped and there was nowhere to check.
Again, she wouldn’t take the risk again.
Seeing that the situation had changed, Su Yuan could only say:
“Then I’ll call my family and stay here tonight. Zou Hua, go and book a hotel.”
“Yes.”
Ning Li said:
“I’m going home.”
Su Yuan was on the phone when she frowned when she heard this sentence.
Since Ning Li insists, she has nothing to say, but she will never step into that broken place again.
She closed her shawl.
“Zou Hua, send her back.”
……
Half an hour later, the black Cayenne drove into an old town.
In recent years, Lincheng Chengdong has developed rapidly because it is next to Yunzhou.
In contrast, the west of the city is much more crowded and dilapidated.
Finally, the car stopped in front of an alley.
At this time, the rain had subsided a lot. Under the dim street lights, a pothole could be seen on the narrow road, and the adjacent Tongzilou was mottled and dilapidated.
Su Yuan only glanced at it, then withdrew her gaze in disgust.
She sat there motionless:
“I’ll pick you up at eight tomorrow morning.”
Ning Li picked up her black backpack, got out of the car neatly, and turned to leave.
In the dark night, she held an umbrella in one hand, her back was slender and thin, straight and arrogant.
……
A white car drove past.
Cheng Xiyue was driving and asked lazily:
“I really don’t know what’s so good about this little Lincheng. It’s worth your visit once a month. After you come, don’t do anything else, just hang out on this road. It’s been almost a year, really I’m your full-time driver?”
The man sitting in the co-pilot looked sideways out the window.
His skin is very white, his black hair falls down, the line from the brow bone to the bridge of the nose is almost sculpturally perfect, and the jaw line is clean and sharp.
He was wearing a black shirt with two buttons on his neck unbuttoned at will, revealing his **** Adam’s apple.
The two extreme colors of black and white are distinct, but they are perfectly integrated.
It’s clearly a very lazy and casual attitude~IndoMTL.com~ But those eyebrows are elegant and cold, revealing the ultimate sense of abstinence.
He spoke, because he didn’t sleep well last night, his deep voice was a little hoarse.
“Hmm.”
Cheng Xiyue: “…”
People are really stunning, but with the temperament of their ancestors, I don’t know who can serve them.
He remembered what the old man of the Lu family had said before, coughed, and said:
“If you want me to say, you can’t do it all the time. It’s been a year since that, so go see a psychiatrist—”
Before he finished speaking, he found that the man sat up slightly and was staring outside.
He looked down and saw a familiar license plate.
“Huh? Isn’t this the Ye family’s car? It seems that I have come to pick up the little girl.”
Lu Huaiyu looked at the back figure that was hidden in the alley, and it took a while for him to regain his senses.
“The Ye family?”
Cheng Xiyue shrugged:
“The current Mrs. Ye Ming has a daughter from her ex-husband. She is still underage and has no one to raise her. The Ye family said they would take her back, but this has not caused a lot of trouble recently. That little girl will live in the future. I guess it’s not going well.”
Lu Huai thought for a moment, then suddenly asked:
“In a few days, it will be Mr. Cheng’s 70th birthday. Have you sent the invitation to the Ye family?”
Cheng Xiyue shook his head: “No.”
“Tomorrow I will accompany you to deliver.”
Cheng Xiyue slammed the steering wheel and looked at him in disbelief:
“It’s just a Ye family–wait, you wouldn’t go for a little girl, would you?”
His face was half-bright and half-dark under the light of the lights, as if there was a stream of light, passing from the depths of those thick eyes like the sea.
He chuckled softly:
“Didn’t you say that the little girl is unsupported?”