On the morning of the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, the four brothers Zhao Changan and Wen Ye returned to the mountain city.

After several days of strong sunshine on the city's roads, the snow on the sunny roads has completely melted away, making running very smooth.

As soon as it was built on the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, it was a holiday, so Zhao Changan drove Daben directly into the wood saw factory.

In a large workshop that is more than thirty meters long and twenty meters wide and nearly ten meters high, the four brothers gathered around a specially built fire pit in a corner and lit a blazing bonfire with the bark of decades-old trees.

Red bean glutinous rice glutinous rice cakes, smoked bacon, steamed buns, sweet potatoes, Taohua Lake fish, and goat steaks are put on long iron rods and grilled over the fire.

Crackling peanuts, melon seeds, pistachios and pine nuts, I speculated on the possible methods Xia Wuyue would carry out.

In the past few days, although Qian Xiaoyong's new mobile phone number has been silent, I guess there must be non-stop planning and design there.

"Ling ring ring~"

Zhao Changan's cell phone rang, it was Shancheng's landline number.

"Hello, who's there?"

"Is it Zhao Changan?" a young woman's voice said.

"I am, you are?"

"We are Shancheng City TV Station,——"

"terribly sorry,--"

Hang up the phone.

"Brother, the TV station asked you to attend the New Year's Eve party. Why don't you attend? Show your face more!"

Zhong Lianwei doesn't understand.

"It has already put too much pressure on Xia Wuyue and Qiao San."

Zhao Changan said with a smile: "If the turtle's head, which is about to stick out after a long time, shrinks back in fear, the gain will outweigh the loss."

——

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao Changan sent Wen Ye and the others to the first construction community and drove towards Moon Lake in the north of the city.

When approaching the intersection of the highway, Daben forked onto a sand-paved path and headed between wheat fields, hills, and Moon Lake (North Lake).

Soon, they entered a huge and continuous battlefield, and a three-story building built by the lake was particularly conspicuous.

Liu Cui had spoken to Xu Wanrong's mother on the phone before, saying she was here to see Xu Wanrong, but Liu Cui was forcibly escorted back to Zheng City by her mother, so this task fell on Zhao Changan.

To be honest, Zhao Changan really didn't want to come to visit a crazy girl whom he didn't even know.

However, in the afternoon he called Liu Cui's landline number and explained Liu Cui's situation. To his surprise, a woman on the other side of the phone actually approved of his visit.

Having said this, Zhao Changan had no choice but to come over.

When he drove to the small building, Zhao Changan discovered that the small building was actually separated from the Moon Lake by a 6-7 meter wide ditch.

A duty room was also built at Qiaotou and two wolf dogs were raised.

When they saw the car coming, two wolf dogs barked and looked fierce.

Across the bridge, there is a large flower garden, and the car is parked outside the tall courtyard gate.

"Woof woof woof——"

A middle-aged woman opened the door, and there were two Tibetan mastiffs tied inside. They were huge and looked like two black-haired lions.

"Aunt."

Zhao Changan actually didn't like to have contact with this kind of people, but he still had to be polite: "Liu Cui brought a photo album and asked me to deliver it."

"Thank you, come in and sit down."

"No."

"Come in and sit down."

As soon as the voice of the middle-aged woman in front of her changed, she couldn't help but shed tears.

"Um, um, sorry for bothering you, Auntie."

Zhao Changan looked at the tears of the woman in front of him, and his thoughts flew thousands of miles away. He couldn't help but think of the scene when he went to Mo Tongtong's house that summer fifteen years ago.

I couldn't help but feel soft in my heart, and nodded in agreement.

"Rongrong, your classmate came to see you, and he brought a photo album with him."

At the door of Xu Wanrong's room on the second floor, her mother wiped away her tears and opened the door with a smile in her voice.

Zhao Changan followed in.

This is a very large bedroom of more than 100 square meters, gorgeously decorated, and there are two doors inside, which may be a bathroom or something.

Outside the huge floor-to-ceiling windows is the boundless green North Lake.

It's very warm inside, and the whole building must be heated by central air conditioning.

A thin, human-shaped girl, wearing very loose cartoon pajamas, was sitting on the bed with her knees in her arms, motionless.

Her long black hair hangs down, covering her small face.

The dazzlingly white little hands and feet were covered with veins, and they were skinny and skinny.

On the wrist, one can see shocking knife marks!

A young woman stood up on the balcony, probably Xu Wanrong's escort.

——

Zhao Changan drove away with a box of Maotai in the trunk.

Zhao Changan really didn't want it, but Xu Wanrong's mother said that she also knew Zhao Changan's parents, so even if it was a New Year's courtesy, she couldn't refuse it at all.

When leaving, Xu Wanrong's mother kept sending Zhao Changan to Qiaotou and said that she would go to Zhao Changan's home to pay New Year's greetings after the New Year.

The car drove for a while and stopped by a lake.

Zhao Changan walked to the North Lake and lit a cigarette.

Looking at the vast lake.

"Beauty is not born from a mother's womb, but should grow from a peach blossom tree. I hate that peach blossoms fall easily, and the falling flowers are more sentimental than you. - I once worried that being sentimental would harm the holy life, and when I entered the mountains, I was afraid of not being able to fall in love with you. In this world, I have both the Dharma and Dharma, and I will live up to the Tathagata.

I'm sorry for you."

He chanted quietly.

Zeng Xiaoxiao, Liu Cui, Jing Xiu, Xia Wenzhuo, Li Shiya, the looks of these women.

It was surging in Zhao Changan's mind.

What happened to Xu Wanrong awakened him to how deadly a single-minded and infatuated silly woman would be once she got serious.

——

In the evening, Zhao Changan had dinner at Zhong Lianwei's house, and Liu Yihui was the chef.

The four brothers worked together and quickly knocked down Mr. Zhong Lianwei and carried him into his bedroom. The room suddenly became clean.

In Zhong Lianwei's bedroom, Zhong Yuanqiang specially bought two wire beds for Wen Ye and Liu Yihui to sleep on.

The four brothers talked and played cards drunkenly.

"Ling ring ring~"

Wu Yue’s home number.

"Etsuko."

"Chang'an, I'm going to treat you tomorrow night. Meet me at my house first. You must come!"

"Don't let him drive drunk. If it's troublesome, just ride a bicycle. It's okay to fall while drunk, haha~"

Qi Xiangfeng's voice came from the other side of the phone.

"That makes sense. If I don't drive, my brothers will never come home drunk!"

Zhao Changan sneered in his heart, as cold as a knife.

Hang up the phone.

Seeing the expressions on the brothers' faces, Zhao Changan smiled and shook his head: "It's simply impossible this time. In the downtown area, even at night, there are better opportunities. They are not so crazy."

"That has to be guarded against."

Wen Ye frowned and said, "We don't bet!"

——

On the afternoon of the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Changan came to Wu Yue's house.

"The great singer is coming!"

Qi Xiangfeng ran out to greet him with a smile.

That night, at the hotel outside Wu Yue's house, Zhao Changan, Wu Yue, Qi Xiangfeng, Fan Chao, Zhang Xiaoxue, and Li Yanqiu gathered happily.
To be continued...