After the two of them walked for a short distance, the man asked Ruan Tiantian, "I wonder where the little girl lives? Uncle will take you back."
"The Hudi Lao Restaurant just in front is owned by my mother."
The man looked up in the direction she pointed.
A faint smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and then he lowered his head and asked again: "I wonder if uncle knows your name?"
After what happened just now, Ruan Tiantian was no longer prepared for him. She raised her head happily and replied with a milky voice: "My name is Xiao Tiantian."
"Tiantian?"
"Hmm, does it sound good?"
The man nodded, "That sounds good."
"What about uncle? What's his name?"
"My name is...Ajiu, you can call me Uncle Ajiu."
"Ajiu? Is it the nine of one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine?"
The man nodded again, "Well, that's nine."
"My name is Tiantian because when I was born, I had a very sweet smile, so my mother just called me Tiantian."
"What about you? Why did you choose this name?"
The man smiled and said, "I'll keep it simple. I'm the ninth child in my family, so I'm called Ah Jiu."
"Oh, does Uncle Ajiu have many brothers and sisters in his family?"
The man nodded but said nothing.
"Tiantian also has an older brother. He doesn't like to go out to play. He only likes to read books."
"Tiantian has a brother?" Ah Jiu's face showed a bit of surprise, and at the same time, there was a bit of hurt in his eyes.
"Well, my brother's name is Ranran."
"How old is Ranran?"
"He's as big as Tiantian! But I'm a little taller than my brother!"
Tiantian looked proud. She actually wanted to be a sister, but her mother said that she was a sister and could not be a sister.
But now that she is a little taller than Ranran, she can be considered a sister.
"So how old is Tiantian this year? How old is Ranran again?"
"Tiantian is the same as Ranran, they are both three years old!"
"Three years old." Ah Jiu murmured to himself.
He said this softly, but Ruan Tiantian also heard it.
"Yes, Tiantian is three years old, and Ranran is also three years old. Ranran and I used to live together in my mother's belly."
Following Ruan Tiantian's description, the man tried hard to imagine what she looked like with a big belly, but he couldn't imagine it at all.
She has always been slim and slender.
"Tiantian, do you remember when your and Ranran's birthdays are?"
Ruan Tiantian thought for a while, with confusion on her face, and then shook her head.
"Why does Uncle Ah Jiu want to know Tiantian's birthday? Do you want to give Tiantian a birthday gift?"
Ah Jiu smiled and nodded, "Yes, Uncle Ah Jiu wants to give Tiantian a birthday gift."
"Then I'll go back and ask my mother, Uncle Ajiu, you have to prepare the gift!"
"Okay, let's go back today and Uncle Ajiu will prepare."
When Ruan Tiantian heard this, she was so happy that her eyes narrowed into a crescent moon.
The two walked for a while, and Ah Jiu suddenly pointed to the Hudi Lao Restaurant not far ahead and asked, "Which restaurant is Tiantian's mother's restaurant?"
Ruan Tiantian raised her eyes and nodded, "Yeah, it's my mother's restaurant."
"Then uncle sent Tiantian here. Later, the two of them will help Tiantian take these things in."
"Uncle, why don't you go in?"
"Uncle, I won't go in. I have things to deal with later."
Ruan Tiantian's face immediately dropped, her mouth pouted slightly, and her unhappiness immediately appeared on her face.
"I ran out secretly, and my mother will definitely be angry when I get back. I also thought about asking my uncle to tell my mother that it was you who asked me to go out, so my mother wouldn't blame me."
Ah Jiu couldn't help laughing, "Your logic is wrong. Even if I really asked you to go out, why do you think your mother will not blame you?"
"Mother likes good-looking uncles. If Uncle Ajiu is good-looking, mother must like her. When she sees uncle, mother must have forgotten to punish me."
"You like good-looking uncles?" The smile on Ah Jiu's lips faded, and a hint of undetectable displeasure flashed across his face.
"There are many paintings hidden in my mother's room, and they are all full of beautiful uncles." Ruan Tiantian continued.
Ah Jiu's face became even more ugly.
But Ruan Tiantian didn't notice and kept talking: "Mother always secretly watches alone in the room, and she watches for a long time every time, and..."
When Ruan Tiantian said this, she deliberately lowered her voice, "And every time I look at it, my mother always smiles, so I guess she likes the uncle in that painting very much. Just like Uncle Ajiu, he looks like Just as beautiful.”
Ah Jiu slightly curved the corners of her lips and did not answer.
But my mood was obviously not as good as before.
After a while, he said, "Tiantian, please go back quickly, otherwise mother should be worried."
Although Ruan Tiantian was a little reluctant to return, she was also afraid that her mother would be really angry after a long time.
"Now that Tiantian is gone, will Uncle Ajiu come to play with me again?"
"Yes, Uncle Ajiu will come see Tiantian whenever he is free."
"Okay, let's pull the hook." Ruan Tiantian said, raising one little finger and extending it.
Ah Jiu knelt down and imitated her and extended her little finger. Ruan Tiantian took the initiative to hook his finger and said, "Hang yourself with a hook. You are not allowed to change for a hundred years. Whoever changes is a puppy."
Ah Jiu smiled and raised his other hand, put it on her head and rubbed it.
After the hooked fingers were loosened, Ruan Tiantian said, "Tiantian is going back. Uncle Ajiu must remember to come find me."
"good."
Ruan Tiantian finally turned back three times step by step and slowly walked towards the bottom of the lake to Lao Restaurant.
Ah Jiu stood there and watched Ruan Tiantian walk to the door of the restaurant. He saw her running out, pointing at Ruan Tiantian and scolding her, and then hugging her and crying.
It wasn't until the two of them entered the restaurant that Ah Jiu turned around and left.
After walking about two hundred meters, he turned around and entered an alley, and then entered a house deep in the alley.
As soon as he returned to the room, he ordered someone to bring a basin of hot water.
After dismissing the waiter and closing the door, he put the soft towel into the hot water. After the soft towel was completely soaked in the hot water, he picked it up and wrung it half dry.
Then walk to the bronze mirror and use a warm soft towel to gently press around the face.
After he felt that all the water stains on the half-dry soft towel had penetrated, he took the soft towel away and threw it back into the basin.
He looked at the person in the bronze mirror. A thin layer of dough-like material was slightly raised around his face, and he gently tore it off.
This was what he prepared for this secret trip to the west. It was mainly to prevent Shen Qianyi and his party from discovering his traces, so he used this secret technique.
This was a secret technique that he had accidentally obtained a few years ago, but he had never used it before and had always kept it in the warehouse.
But fortunately he used this secret technique, otherwise, if she saw him, she would probably leave here overnight.
He raised his hand and touched his face. This face was more familiar and more pleasing to the eye.
But now he prefers the face just now, because she will not avoid that face like a snake or a scorpion.
And she didn't like the current face either.
He placed his hands on the bronze mirror stand and looked at himself in the bronze mirror, with a hint of sadness in his dark eyes.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
