The man stood under the maple tree on the roadside, smiling slightly and waving to Jiang Heshu.
He was wearing a camel-colored windbreaker, with a slim figure. The wind blew the corners of his clothes, and he looked elegant and majestic.
Jiang Heshu stepped forward with a surprised look on his face, "Brother Xu, why are you here?"
The evening breeze ruffled Jiang Heshu's hair, and Xu Zhiyuan naturally pushed back the hair that blew onto her face.
While explaining: "I have changed my job and will work at Z City Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. Before I had time to tell you, I saw your post on Moments..."
Before he finished speaking, Ding Ruirui suddenly realized: "No wonder you asked me what time Sister Heshu's high-speed train is. You were already ready to pick up Sister Heshu?"
Xu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Well, give He Shu a surprise."
Quite a surprise indeed.
Seeing Xu Zhiyuan chatting and laughing with Jiang Heshu, their actions showing a familiarity, alarm bells rang in Pei Yue's heart.
She ran over with her suitcase, "Sister-in-law, let's go back first. It's getting late, and Suisui should be hungry."
Pei Sui'an touched his belly and said, "Suisui ate snacks. Suisui is not hungry."
It didn't matter whether she was hungry or not. What was important was that Pei Yue interrupted Xu Zhiyuan and Jiang Heshu to continue chatting.
Xu Zhiyuan remembered Pei Yue. The last time they met, Pei Yue looked at him with vigilance and caution in her eyes.
He smiled and didn't care.
Xu Zhiyuan came by car, so Jiang Heshu no longer had to book a ride.
Half an hour later, they returned to grandma's small house.
Because there were too many people, there was no room for them at home. At the same time, Jiang Heshu was also afraid that Pei Yue and Mu Xueqing would not be used to living in such an old community, so he offered to book a hotel for them.
Mu Xueqing agreed, because there were only two bedrooms in the house that could accommodate people. Aunt Liu lived in one, Jiang Heshu and Ding Ruirui lived in one, and they were gone.
However, Pei Yue disagreed.
She glanced at Xu Zhiyuan, who was going to the kitchen to boil water, and said, "Let Mu Xueqing stay in the hotel, and Aunt Liu and I will share a room."
In order to prevent Xu Zhiyuan from taking advantage of her brother Yan, she had to stay and guard.
After hearing this, Mu Xueqing was unwilling to stay in a hotel.
"Then I'll stay too, I don't want to stay in a hotel by myself."
But if Mu Xueqing stayed, there would be no place to live.
Jiang Heshu was worried for a while.
At this time, Xu Zhiyuan came out with a kettle.
Hearing this, after thinking for a few seconds, he suggested: "How about letting Miss Pei and Miss Mu live at my place? I have two empty rooms there."
The house Xu Zhiyuan rents is very close to here, about five minutes' walk, but the conditions are much better than here.
Hearing this, Jiang Heshu looked at Pei Yue and Mu Xueqing.
It was up to the two of them to decide. Although they trusted Xu Zhiyuan's character, to Pei Yue and Mu Xueqing, Xu Zhiyuan was just a strange adult man.
Pei Yue looked at Xu Zhiyuan, then at Jiang Heshu, rolled her eyes, nodded and said, "Okay, we'll stay at Brother Xu's house."
She didn't want to stay in the hotel because she was afraid that Xu Zhiyuan would secretly abduct Jiang Heshu. It would be different if she stayed at Xu Zhiyuan's house. She could better monitor Xu Zhiyuan.
Xu Zhiyuan could see Pei Yue's little thoughts, but he didn't care.
That's how it was settled.
Because of the long journey, Jiang Heshu didn't let Aunt Liu do the cooking and took everyone to an old hot pot restaurant.
This restaurant doesn't look great, but it tastes great and everyone ate it to their heart's content.
Pei Sui'an took a bite of the meat in the spicy pot while Jiang Heshu wasn't paying attention.
In an instant, her fair and tender face turned red from the heat, and tears fell down.
Pei Sui'an tugged on Jiang Heshu's clothes and said vaguely: "Nummy! My tongue is numb!"
Jiang Heshu hurriedly handed her the milk to drink, and nodded her little head helplessly, "Did you get hurt if you disobey me?"
Pei Sui'an drank the milk, feeling guilty and not daring to speak, so she could only smile at Jiang Heshu in a flattering way.
When Mu Xueqing saw it, she smiled evilly and deliberately placed the cooked meat from the spicy pot in front of Pei Sui'an.
Pei Sui'an stopped being greedy this time and immediately covered his nose and hid in Jiang Heshu's arms.
He also shouted: "Mom, help me! Auntie is going to hurt me!"
Everyone was amused by her.
Jiang Heshu also smiled and wiped the sweat from Pei Sui'an's forehead. Suddenly, the phone rang.
It's Pei Yan.
It was very quiet around Pei Yan, which made Jiang Heshu's place very lively.
"you are outside?"
A man's low and sweet voice came from the phone.
Jiang Heshu said 'hmm', "Eating hot pot."
Pei Yan on the other end of the phone heard this and glanced at the breakfast in front of him.
The presentation is exquisite and pleasing to the eye, but it is very cold and impersonal, which makes people lose their appetite.
Pei Yan's lips moved slightly, and when he was about to say something, he heard a male voice coming from the phone.
"Eat it while it's hot."
Jiang Heshu looked at the beef on the plate and thanked Xu Zhiyuan with a smile.
Then I heard Pei Yan ask: "Is there a man over there?"
"It's Brother Xu, he changed jobs..." Jiang Heshu explained briefly to Pei Yan.
When he heard it was Xu Zhiyuan, the coldness on Pei Yan's face faded, he chatted for a few more words, and hung up the phone.
He put his phone on the table, and what Pei Yue had said to him suddenly came to mind.
Is Xu Zhiyuan's love for Jiang Heshu more than just brother and sister?
Pei Yan shook his head, this is impossible.
Gu Jing had always regarded Xu Zhiyuan as her uncle. Moreover, although Xu Zhiyuan and Jiang Heshu got along skillfully, there was no ambiguity at all.
No matter how you look at it, Xu Zhiyuan and Jiang Heshu behave like siblings.
Thinking about it, Pei Yan continued to eat his breakfast.
The Western food he was used to eating was now a bit difficult to swallow and tasteless.
Pei Yan put down the tableware and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.
The morning sun was rising in the sky. He looked at the unfamiliar buildings outside the window and felt a sense of loneliness that he had never felt before.
Pei Yan has traveled to various countries and cities on business trips. For him, wherever he is, it is work, and he has three meals a day, all the same.
But now...
He wanted to go back.
Although he hadn't seen her for just a day, he still missed Jiang Heshu's voice and smile.
I want to go back to Jiang Heshu, hold her in my arms, and feel her warmth and softness.
Suddenly, a voice interrupted Pei Yan's thoughts.
"Sir, Miss Jiayi is awake. She refuses to take medicine. Please go and take a look."
Hearing this, Pei Yan felt a hint of impatience in his brows, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye.
He said 'hmm' expressionlessly and followed the nurse to another room.
——
Grandma's birthday is this Friday, which is also the day after Jiang Heshu arrived in Z city.
Early that morning, Jiang Heshu and others packed their things and went to the cemetery.
Pei Sui'an saw the photo of her grandmother on the cemetery and stepped forward to touch the photo, "Mom, it's my great-grandmother!"
As she said that, she lowered her head, "Did Suisui make grandma angry, so grandma stopped playing with Suisui?"
Pei Sui'an could not understand the true meaning of death. She simply thought that her great-grandma had gone somewhere else.
Jiang Heshu knelt down and hugged Pei Sui'an, "Suisui didn't make Grandma Tai angry. Grandma Tai likes Suisui the most."
Pei Sui'an said gloomily: "Then why doesn't Grandma come back to play with Suisui? Suisui misses Grandma so much."
Hearing this, Jiang Heshu's eyes instantly turned red, tears streaked down his cheeks and disappeared into the fabric.
She also misses her grandma, but grandma...
Pei Yue took out a tissue and was about to step forward when Xu Zhiyuan beat him to it.
