The next day is Zhu's birthday.

Fang Yifan brings his family, Xu Wenkang and Yi Youxia to Yongji restaurant, where the gold medal roast goose is well-known.

"Mom Qi, I know you like roast goose best. This shop has a history of more than 60 years, and the roast goose in it is the best." Xu Wenkang said to Zhu with a smile.

Fang Yifan nodded, "a lot of outsiders are attracted to it. I heard that the walls, tables and chairs are just constantly renovated, but the decoration is the same as it has been for more than 20 years. It has never changed."

"Is it?" A Zhu raised his head and looked thoughtfully at the huge signboard at the door of the shop. There was a glimmer of stars in his eyes.

Yi Xia stroked her slightly protruding stomach again. She was nearly four months pregnant. She had a big appetite. She wanted to eat anything and could eat anything.

"Aunt Qi, are you still used to living in Longcheng these days?"

"It's very good. I haven't been here for nearly 30 years. I didn't expect that Longcheng has changed so much that I don't know many places. Only this Yongji has not changed. " A Zhu smiles and looks around as she walks. She seems to miss everything here.

Fang Yifan was slightly surprised: "Mom, have you ever been to Longcheng before?"

"Yes, your grandfather did business here for several years." Zhu said lightly, as if to avoid something.

Just then, a middle-aged man came in from the outside, followed by four young men with big horses and stiff suits.

The middle-aged man was tall, burly, handsome, and full of mature charm. Because of the good maintenance, I can't tell my age from my face. At a glance, it seems that I am only in my thirties. But a pair of swarthy eyes, it is particularly deep, as if already tasted the ups and downs of the world.

When a Zhu passed by, he turned his head to have a look intentionally or unintentionally. Suddenly, a Zhu seemed to be stabbed by a needle. She was shocked. She quickly turned her head and flashed to her daughter, "we Come on in Holding her daughter's arm, she hurried into the restaurant.

Fang Xiaojie thinks his mother is hungry, so he follows Xu Wenkang and Yi Youxia upstairs.

The middle-aged man stood at the door of the shop, watching ah Zhu's back for a moment. A complex and indescribable look rose on his face. It was like the joy of seeing each other again after many years of separation, and the sadness of being close to each other.

Xu Wenkang's reservation is on the second floor.

After sitting down, Fang Yifan took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "it's been a long time since we've had dinner together."

"Yes, you were in Longcheng, my mother and I were in Jiangcheng. It was not easy for us to get together. Now my mother and I are here, so we can eat together more often in the future. " Fang Xiaojie said with a smile.

Xu Wenkang looked at him and laughed: "how was your date with Li Siyu that day? "

" very good. " Fang Xiaojie nodded with a smile.

"Of course, I've spent more than 5000 yuan swiping my credit card. Can a girl be unhappy?" Fang Yifan poked his brother's forehead.

Fang Xiaojie Nunu mouth: "sister, you are a big star now, don't be so stingy, OK?"

"Fang Xiaojie, your task now is to study, not to pick up girls. Do you know?" Fang Yifan feigned anger at her.

Yi Xia smiles again: "it's OK to make a girlfriend, but don't look for a girl who is too material. What love needs is sincerity."

"I know." Fang Xiaojie answered in a low voice.

While they were talking and laughing, a Zhu kept silent and drank the tea in his hand absently. Then he got up and went to the bathroom.

She holds the cold water mercilessly to pour on the face, the deep coolness, seeped into the bone marrow from the skin.

The dragon city is so small!

She gave a sad smile.

If it wasn't for her daughter, she would never want to step into this city again.

The mirror clearly reflected her face. She was old, with white hair on her head and wrinkles on her face, so old that she could hardly recognize herself.

He will not recognize it!

With a slight breath, she wiped her face with a tissue and went out.

On the corridor, a young man in a stiff suit came to meet him.

"Is that Ms. Qi Qiaozhu?"

Zhu was slightly surprised, "you What can I do for you

"My boss wants to see you."

"I I don't know your boss. " Zhu dropped her words and hurried forward, her heart beating like a drum.

The young man's voice rang out from behind, "my boss's name is Han. He said that even if you don't want to see her, he will come to see you."

Zhu stopped. The children's happy laughter came from the bakery. Her heart trembled. She closed her eyes and hesitated for half a while. She turned around and said, "take me there."

In the VIP Hall on the third floor.

The middle-aged man leans in front of the French window, gazing at the dim sky. The dusk drips down from the leaves, as if his thoughts, wisps by wisps, are scattered in the air with the evening wind.When the knock on the door rang out, his heart was slightly shocked, like a small stone falling into the calm lake for many years, arousing a wonderful spray.

Another young man in the room opened the door. After a Zhu came in, everyone inside went out.

The door closed and there were only two of them left in the room.

His eyes lingered on her, and there were two tiny flames in his eyes Qiao Zhu, long time no see. "

She half hung her head and raised her hand to lift the broken hair beside her ears. She looked a little cramped. "Long time no see, Hongyao." Her voice was light and low, like a gust of wind passing through the sparse flowers.

He slowly approached, by the light, carefully looked at her, "still remember here?"

She nodded slightly, "it's the place where I invite you to dinner for the first time after I get my salary. Here It's the same as before. " Her voice was still as thin as a thread. She raised her head slightly, looked at him, then quickly dropped down, as if she didn't want him to see what she was like.

His face showed a smile, smile with a little unspeakable desolation, "every time I think of you, I will come here, I don't want it to change, just bought it."

"Hongyao..." A stream of bitterness suddenly surged up from the bottom of my heart, straight to the forehead, and broke the high embankment. The dusty memory for many years was like a flood, like ten thousand horses galloping, surging out uncontrollably. Her eyes became red unconsciously, and her eyes were filled with wet meaning. "For more than 20 years, I have become almost unable to recognize myself. I didn't expect that you could recognize me."

"I recognized you as soon as I came in." He frowned a smile, "just with you, is your children?"

A Zhu nodded, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and an indescribable complex look floated in her eyes.

"That's good." Han Hongyao's face across a touch of sour, "your husband, how can I not see you with him?"

She didn't seem to hear it. She stroked her hair beside her ears. "I should go, or the children should come out to me in a hurry." Before he could respond, she turned and walked out.

"Zhu!" He called at the back, but her steps were more hasty, like escaping something, and disappeared outside the door in the blink of an eye.

She ran downstairs, and just at the corner of the stairs, he rolled up in front of her like a whirlwind.

"Zhu, do you know that I've been looking for you all these years, tell me where you live now, and I'll see you in two days, OK?"

"No, Hongyao, you've never seen me before."

She bit her lip and tried to break his hand, but he refused to relax. "What are you worried about? After all these years, I just want to visit you as an old friend. As long as you live well, I will be relieved. "

"I'm fine Good... " Tears swirled in her eyes, and a strong ache blocked her throat.

"Really?" He watched her deeply, penetrating her tears with sharp eyes, and probing into her heart.

She lowered her head, as if afraid of being seen through, and her thick eyelashes covered her eyes, as well as the pain she could not hide.

"Even if you don't want to say it, I have a way to know. I..." "He swallowed," this time will not let you go easily

"Hongyao..." She looked up at him, with a kind of unspeakable emotion in his eyes, low and gentle, quiet and turning, like a layer of smoke, floating into her heart, a kind of unspeakable bitterness suddenly surged up from her chest

In the private room, Fang Yifan has lit the cake. When she comes in, everyone sings a birthday song together.

Fearing that the children might find something unusual, Zhu quickly pulled up her sleeve, brushed away the tears from the corner of her eyes, and then squeezed out a smile: "at my age, I don't want to have a birthday, because having a birthday will make me one year older."

"Mom, you are not old at all." Fang Yifan ran over with a smile, took her arm and pulled her to the dining table, "make a wish and blow the candle."

Ah Chu closed her eyes with her hands together. Her heart was still beating. I didn't expect to see Han Hongyao one day.

A few days later

As soon as Fang Yifan and Xu Wenkang came back from riding bicycles in jiangtan, they received a call from their younger brother, saying that they had something important to tell her.

"Don't you want money to pick up girls?" As she opened the door, she jokingly asked her brother.

"No Fang Xiaojie vomits his tongue. After entering the door, he pulls his elder sister to the sofa and sits down, "elder sister, I have something very important to tell you face to face."

Fang Yifan slightly a Zheng: "you can't make trouble in school?"

"No, I'm very good." Fang Xiaojie shook his head like a rattle. "It's mom. What's the matter with mom?"

"What's the situation?" Fang Yifan was confused by him.

"It's a serious situation." Fang Xiaojie leaned on his sister, deliberately lowered his voice, a mysterious look, "Mom seems to have a boyfriend, and she is still a local tyrant.""What?" Fang Yifan was so shocked that he was stunned for half a while, and his chin was almost scared, "are you right?"