As the sun sets, there is still a faint afterglow on the horizon, as if the entire earth is enveloped in a soft and warm color.
At this moment, the earth is quiet and peaceful, as if enjoying the warmth of this moment, and the depressed scene outside the car window becomes even more beautiful under its reflection.
Lin Zhixia was sitting in the car, looking at the fleeting scenery through a thin layer of mist on the car window. She thought that going out to eat now would be the same as last night, and that Li Ci might take him there. There was a famous restaurant in T city. Unexpectedly, he took her directly to Liang Rong's home.
As soon as the two of them entered the door, Xie Jiaheng's little guy went straight to Li Cilai who was beside her. From a distance, he could hear his childish voice shouting: "Dad Li, I miss you so much."
Li Ci quickly put down the toys and some gifts he bought, stretched out his hands to catch his armpits, and picked him up.
And Xie Jiaheng's voice unexpectedly caused laughter and scolding from several other people in the room, "This brat, no matter how you coaxed him just now, he said he didn't want them, but now it's good that he even called him out."
After speaking, they looked at each other and laughed loudly.
Lin Zhixia raised her eyes and took a look, only to realize that it was not only the two of them, but also several others in the room. Except for Yao Wenyu who was present, she didn't know anyone else.
Liang Rong heard the noise and hurriedly walked out of the kitchen, still holding the spatula in her hand. She smiled gently and said to Lin Zhixia, Li Ci and the others, "You are here."
Lin Zhixia felt a little restrained for a moment, and responded to Liang Rong with a slight nod and a smile, while Li Ci beside her put down Xie Jiaheng in his arms and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry."
"Since Lao Xie left, you guys have been coming here every year before the Chinese New Year. I should be the one to say this," Liang Rong's eyes showed a hint of pain that was imperceptible.
Hearing this, several people sitting in the living room stood up, and one of them, an older man, said in a serious tone: "Sister-in-law, if you say this, you are being disrespectful. Don't you treat us as a family?" .”
"That's right, you don't need to be so polite with us brothers," Yao Wenyu, who was standing aside, agreed.
Li Ci was afraid that if he continued chatting and causing Liang Rong's sadness, he raised his finger to the kitchen and said casually: "Sister-in-law, how can I help you?"
Hearing this, Liang Rong shook her head, "No, there are only a few dishes left."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Feng leaned out from the kitchen and looked at Li Ci with a silly smile on his face. "Captain, don't worry about me helping my sister-in-law." After saying that, he looked at Lin Zhixia and stood up straight. He shouted "Hello, sister-in-law."
Xiao Feng's voice was a bit loud, and Lin Zhixia's body trembled slightly for no reason, and she nodded slightly to him with a smile on her face. At the same time, she felt the gazes coming from the living room.
When Liang Rong and Xiao Feng entered the kitchen again, Li Ci took Lin Zhixia's hand and sat down on the sofa, then approached her and asked in a low voice: "What do you want to drink?"
Lin Zhixia felt a little embarrassed when she was asked, because she saw the other people sitting looking at her. She blushed and replied softly: "Just drink boiled water."
Li Ci stood up, took the water from the water dispenser on the side and put it in front of her. He did not forget to say: "It's a bit hot, drink it carefully."
"Um."
Lin Zhixia nodded and whispered.
"Old Li, you are here too. The way you were before, I almost thought you were going to be single for the rest of your life," the man sitting next to Li Ci looked at Li Ci with a wicked smile and said teasingly.
Li Ci turned his head and glanced at Lao Liu. Without any unnecessary expression on his face, he asked unhurriedly: "What was I like before?"
When asked, Old Liu raised his hand to support his chin and pretended to think seriously. After a while, he suddenly said: "Arrogant and indifferent, self-admiring, indifferent and ruthless."
As soon as he finished speaking, he caused loud and unrestrained laughter from several other people sitting nearby. It was a kind of laughter that quite agreed with what he had just said, and seemed to express the thoughts of several of them.
"Old Liu, you still like to be so sharp," the older man sitting next to Old Liu said in agreement.
Old Liu's eyes missed Li Ci's glance at Lin Zhixia next to him from time to time, and he continued teasingly: "It seems that even the most arrogant god will one day descend to earth."
"Pfft...cough cough cough..."
Hearing this, Yao Wenyu almost couldn't help spitting out the tea he just drank, swallowed it hurriedly, coughed several times, glanced in the direction of Lin Zhixia with a smile on his face from time to time, and said to Li Ci: "Old Li , I wholeheartedly agree with what Lao Liu said, we have all seen you like this before."
Listening to their teasing, Lin Zhixia kept her head lowered with red cheeks, not daring to raise her head to look at them. She would only pick up the cup on the table and take a sip of water from time to time to cover up her discomfort.
The man sitting next to her always had a calm expression on his face. He ignored the teasing of some of them and took her hand and squeezed it gently.
Suddenly, he spoke to her and said, "Zhixia, let me introduce you to some of them."
Hearing this, Lin Zhixia slowly raised her head and looked at him.
"This is Zhang Yi," Li Ci said, pointing to the older man.
"Hello."
Lin Zhixia followed the pointing finger and looked over, nodding slightly and saying with a smile.
"This is Lao Liu," Li Ci pointed to the person sitting next to him and said.
"Hello."
Lin Zhixia was very impressed by what he just said, and her face felt a little hot for a moment. She finished speaking in a hurry and turned her head sideways.
"Old Li," Old Liu said, handing over a cigarette and giving one each to Zhang Ji and Yao Wenyu. However, Li Ci, who got the cigarette, just held it between his index finger and middle finger, maybe He was worried that Lin Zhixia was sitting in front of him and did not light it up.
Looking at Xie Jiaheng who was sitting next to him playing with toys, Lin Zhixia stood up on his own initiative and whispered to Li Ci: "I'll go over and play with Xiao Jiaheng for a while."
Maybe they haven't seen each other for a long time, and maybe they can't let go of her presence.
After listening, Li Ci nodded, "Go ahead."
When Lin Zhixia walked away, Li Ci put the cigarette in his mouth, picked up the lighter on the coffee table and lit it.
His movements were casual and lazy, but he still had the charm of a mature man.
Lin Zhixia, who had just walked over, turned her head to see this scene, and she couldn't help but curl her lips.
Zhang Yi, who was sitting on the sofa, happened to capture this fleeting smile.
Although the smile is very shallow, one can feel the shyness and deep love in her eyes.
