Li Xiaoxiao suddenly came back. Old Li was overjoyed, but pretended to be calm and indifferent on the surface.
But when he listened to Li Xiao's novel and refused to leave, he finally couldn't control it anymore. He couldn't stand it any longer. He jumped up from the chair with joy and anger. His movements were as smooth as a wild goose falling on the sand. He was worthy of being a man who has been hanging around in the center of the square all year round.
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Lao Li couldn't understand why his daughter suddenly figured out that she had been abroad for a month and then came back without saying a word.
He quickly reacted and wondered if his daughter had suffered any huge setbacks abroad, such as career failure or emotional trauma.
Thinking of emotional issues, Lao Li couldn't help but glance at Zhang Tan. He had asked Zhang Tan to have a heart-to-heart talk with Xiao Xiao and learn about Xiao Xiao's emotional life, but there was no news after that, and even he forgot about it.
It's not that he didn't care, but while asking Zhang Tan to take action, his wife also had a heart-to-heart talk with Xiao Xiao, the kind of thing a mother and daughter would do behind closed doors.
He couldn't get involved. He only heard from his wife that Xiaoxiao had not been in love. He had been busy with work and various judicial examinations abroad, and was immersed in various cases. He had no time and had many suitors, but he had been single.
Li Xiaoxiao is a lawyer with a practicing license. She mainly helps Chinese people represent various legal disputes overseas. She has outstanding abilities and founded a small law firm with a group of like-minded friends when she was in college.
At first, the firm was unable to receive business, but by chance, it represented a Chinese international student in a case, which made it famous in a small area. The relative of this international student has considerable influence in the local Chinatown. In order to express his gratitude,
I introduced them to a lot of businesses. Although most of them were trivial disputes, they were still very challenging. Especially for legal practitioners like them who were still studying and had no practical experience, it was just right for them.
In these complicated cases, they got a lot of training, gradually became famous, and began to receive some larger legal cases. After graduation, they all naturally entered the firm full-time and devoted themselves to legal work.
"I will leave all the work matters to others. I will gradually let go and focus on my country from now on," Li Xiaoxiao said.
His daughter had just come back, so Lao Li didn't want to ask any more questions, so he asked her to go home and rest. He sat back in the chair, half-lying down, leisurely, and had no intention of sending his daughter home.
Zhang Tan smiled and said, "Xiao Xiao, why don't you help me carry such a big suitcase? Go home, I'll guard here tonight."
Lao Li glanced at him nonchalantly, waved his hand and said, "Put the suitcase here, I'll take it home after get off work."
"It's not heavy, I'll take it myself."
Li Xiaoxiao dragged her suitcase and left. The onlookers followed her one by one, asking questions about this and that. They were curious about where she came from and whether she could sit down easily. She was about to go out. Behind her,
Lao Li's roar sounded.
"You're not allowed to go out!! Come back -"
Li Xiaoxiao paused and looked back, thinking it was her who was calling.
At her feet, the melon boys were holding hands and filing out, turning a deaf ear to Lao Li's shouts.
did not hear!
did not hear!
So what if I heard it?!
They are quite confident, I really don’t call them ducks!
Seeing that they were still running away, Lao Li pretended not to hear and shouted louder: "Those little ones, stop! Don't go out!"
Li Xiaoxiao smiled and turned to look at the nest of melon seeds running away from her feet.
These little guys quickened their pace, showing a guilty conscience.
She reached out and grabbed the last one, who happened to be pretending to be fine.
Liliu:(?｀?Д?′)!!
"You're not allowed to go out, it's dark outside."
"Eh? Little sister, did you arrest the wrong person?"
Liuliu was stunned, pretending to be stupid, and his ability to adapt to changes was outstanding. He was a big Yanyan.
She saw Xiaobai and the other friends going out, and she was the only one caught at the end of the crane. She was a little irritated. Why was she always the one who got hurt?
Dudu teased Lao Li before, but Lao Li couldn't catch Dudu, so he caught her and beat her up, making her angry and angry for several days.
"Don't go outside." Li Xiaoxiao caught up with the other Guawazi and called them to come back.
"Run duck——"
Someone yelled, and the melon boys immediately dispersed and ran away.
Zhang Tan and Lao Li also chased after her. When Zhang Tan passed by Liuliu, he glared at her angrily and said to her with an innocent expression on her face: "Follow up the flames and make noise!"
Liuliu shook her head, with an innocent look on her face, saying she didn't understand and didn't know what Boss Zhang was talking about! It seemed that the voice just now did not come from her small mouth at all.
She shut her mouth tightly and stood obediently. Her fleshy little body was straight and upright. She looked really well-behaved, but her expression was excited and eager to try. She watched her friends outside running away and cheered them on excitedly.
"Come on, Dudu, Dudu, Fat Dudu - 6666 Duck~~Cheng Cheng, aren't you a little rabbit? Why did you get caught? Hurry up and bite Boss Duck~~~Xiaobai, Xiaohuahua,
Please save Xierya quickly, she is going to be beaten to death by Li Baibao..."
Xiaobai was captured in the school, and Xi'er was also captured... All the children were captured one after another, and the escape attempt was a complete failure! A disastrous failure!
"Liuliu, keep shouting, why don't you stop shouting? Aren't you taking pleasure in others' misfortune and fanning the flames?"
Zhang Tan angrily scolded Liuliu. Although this little guy failed to escape successfully, he stood in the yard and shouted, disrupting the situation.
Luoliu was dissatisfied, but he didn't have the guts to fight with Boss Zhang. First, he couldn't beat Boss Zhang, second, he couldn't outrun Boss Zhang, and third, he couldn't stand Xiaohuahua's flower arrangement.
“()**&…&…￥…%#%￥”
Although you can't fight openly, you can always learn how to fight Dudu secretly.
"What do you mean? Liuli." Zhang Tan looked unhappy. Now whenever he heard such baby talk, he would automatically translate it into a curse word.
"Ho ho ho ho~~~~ Let's go dig sand! Xiaobai!"
Liuliu jumped up and down, knowing that there was nothing he could do, so he ran away quickly. If he stayed here, he might be beaten.
——
Lao Li was finally persuaded by Zhang Tan to go back. He dragged Li Xiaoxiao's suitcase and walked with Li Xiaoxiao on the gravel road home. The footsteps clicked and the reflection under the street lamp was particularly light.
That night Zhang Tan guarded the gate of Little Red Horse until twelve o'clock in the night before sending Xiao Jun off. He was the last child to leave.
Xiaobai and Xi'er were watching cartoons at home, yawning repeatedly, and forced themselves to wait until he got home before going to bed.
On the third day after Li Xiaoxiao came back, Zhang Tan had the opportunity to ask her what happened. Why did he really come back?
The two of them were sitting in a quiet bar on West Chang'an Street. Li Xiaoxiao ordered a low-concentration cocktail, while Zhang Tan drank some orange juice.
"You really don't want some of this? I remember that you used to love drinking and have a good capacity for drinking." Li Xiaoxiao asked, gently touching the cocktail glass on the table. There were ice cubes in the glass, and the color of the wine turned amber.
This cocktail is newly developed by the bartender and tastes a bit like rice wine.
"I'm going to pick up Xiaobai from school later." Zhang Tan said, and then asked, "What? Have you really given up on this relationship?"
Li Xiaoxiao looked down at the cocktail glass and muttered: "I can't say it's feelings, it's just a one-sided liking. We've been together for so long at work, and I'm a little nostalgic, but I'll just let it go."
"Have you made your choice?"
"Why are you so nosy!"
"I don't say yes, you pay the bill this time."
"Okay, okay, let's make it clear, he doesn't have that feeling for me, okay. You won't report it to my parents, will you?"
"I'm not that gossipy. Oh, by the way, why doesn't he have feelings for you? You're pretty good-looking."
"Thank you, you actually praised me for my good looks! Haven't you always said that my body looks like a tablet?"
"I've matured, my aesthetics have improved, and now I think you're so good-looking. Don't talk about this, talk about you, why don't people have feelings for you?"
"Maybe after staying abroad for a long time, I like those with big breasts and fat buttocks."
"I suspect you are alluding to Berry."
…
Li Xiaoxiao lied.
One afternoon a week later, a young man found Little Red Horse Academy and wandered at the door.
Lao Li happened to be away that day, so Zhang Tan took Xiaobai and Xi'er to play football in the yard. Zhang Tan entertained them personally.
Zhang Tan recognized it at first sight. This was Li Xiaoxiao's crush.
The other party also recognized Zhang Tan, and combined with the little red horse's sign, deduced Zhang Tan's identity.
"Do you have time to chat?" the other party suggested.
Zhang Tan invited the other party to come in and sit down, and asked Xiaobai and Xi'er to go to the comic studio to watch cartoons with Xin Xiaoguang.
He moved out Lao Li's chair and small coffee table, made tea, and poured a cup for himself and the other party.
"Do you know me?" Zhang Tan asked, sizing him up close. He was a handsome man with mixed blood, a tall nose, and a well-defined face. No wonder Li Xiaoxiao had a crush on him.
The other party nodded and said, "You should have recognized me after seeing the photo of you and Xiaoxiao, right? My Chinese name is Weng Zhong."
Zhang Tan picked up the tea cup and took a sip. The afternoon sun was shining brightly, the cool breeze was blowing in the grove, and the leaves were rustling. It was very pleasant. He finally understood why Lao Li always liked to sit in the yard like this.
"Did you just come back from abroad? Did you come after Xiaoxiao? Or did something else just happen to pass by?"
The other party also followed Zhang Tan's example and took a sip of the tea. Maybe it tasted good. He drank the tea in another sip, put down the cup, and picked up the teapot to fill it up.
"I just got off the plane and came directly from the airport. I had nothing else to do but wanted to see the place where Xiao Xiao grew up and lived."
Zhang Tan felt that both he and Li Xiaoxiao were weird. His intuition told him that Li Xiaoxiao lied to him that day, and it was probably not because the boy didn't have feelings for her, but because there were other reasons.
"I heard Xiaoxiao mention you. You were classmates in university. You studied together, started a business together, and established a law firm. From unknown people to a little famous, you are now famous in the local area and your future prospects are limitless."
Weng Zhong laughed and said: "It's too much to praise without limit, and that's not my personal credit, but the result of our collective efforts. Although Xiaoxiao is a woman, she is very decisive, quick in thinking, quick in response, and outstanding in ability. She is our
The core of it.”
"you like her?"
Zhang Tan looked directly into his eyes.
He was not afraid, did not dodge, nodded and said yes.
He immediately added: "About half a month ago, it was the weekend. After finishing the day's work, we celebrated the successful conclusion of another case. As usual, if we win the case, we would have a barbecue and drink in the yard, chat and relax.
.Everyone was in high spirits that day, looking forward to the future, and thinking about the future. It was getting late, and the sunset hung on the horizon. Everyone returned happily. Xiaoxiao stayed until the end, called me, and suddenly opened up her heart and told me her feelings. She liked it.
I have for many years! At that moment, I felt that I was the happiest person. You know, when the girl you like suddenly confesses to you and tells you that she has liked you for a long time, the happiness is doubled. I thought at the time
, We are such a perfect couple. We complement each other and support each other at work. We have many things in common in life. Emotionally, we have liked each other for a long time..."
Zhang Tan listened quietly and agreed: "It sounds like a beautiful love story."
After saying that, he felt a little strange. He raised his head and looked towards the studio. The sun was shining on the door and there was no one there.
However, when he raised his head slightly and looked at the balcony on the second floor, he discovered a clue.
The two little ones stood on the balcony, looking towards him with binoculars, laughing and joking. Seeing that he was discovered, Xiaobai quickly squatted down and hid, while another child, Tan Xier, jumped up excitedly and waved to him, fearing that he would not be there.
As if he was aware of it, he hurriedly squatted down and hid himself until his pants were pulled down secretly.
"But it didn't end well."
Weng Zhong's bitter voice sounded in his ears.
Zhang Tan looked away, and in the subsequent chat with Weng Zhong, he gradually learned that Li Xiaoxiao had lied that day.
It's not that Weng Zhong didn't accept her, in fact, Weng Zhong was also interested in her.
The two are in love.
But after they talked openly, they discovered a contradiction that was difficult to resolve.
Li Xiaoxiao hopes that the two of them can return to China to develop their lives. She can't let go of her aging parents, but Weng Zhong can't.
Weng Zhong's family is abroad. He is a second-generation immigrant and an only son. He cannot abandon his parents and "go abroad".
This is the biggest obstacle between the two.
Lawyers are always good at analyzing problems rationally, even when it comes to emotions.
In the end, Li Xiaoxiao decided to let this relationship end without any problems. Between love and family ties, she chose family ties.
Although Weng Zhong was sad, he respected her decision.
The next day, Li Xiaoxiao returned to China without saying a word or saying goodbye, so decisively.
Weng Zhong couldn't let go and chased after him.
He originally planned to meet Li Xiaoxiao again, but after talking to Zhang Tan, he changed his mind. Maybe it wasn't necessary.
Since you can't give the other person the results they want, it's better for you and her to be less affectionate.
"I often think, if I were in Xiaoxiao's position, what would I choose? Love? Family affection? To be fair, I would make the same choice as Xiaoxiao. Our parents gave us flesh and blood, how could we abandon them and go to other countries?
I can't do it, so I understand Xiaoxiao very well."
Zhang Tan lamented their relationship and regretted that lovers could not be together.
"Stay one night first, calm down, think carefully, and make a decision tomorrow."
Weng Zhong said gratefully: "Thank you, but I can't. I will go back as soon as it gets dark. I have already bought a plane ticket. I will go to court tomorrow morning to seek justice for a little girl."
It was getting dark and the sun had set behind the city buildings. Weng Zhong stared at the setting sun for a long time until he could no longer see it. Then he had to stand up, smooth his trousers, stretched out his hand towards Zhang Tan, shook it tightly, and said gratefully again:
"I heard what I was saying after vomiting. Thank you. I feel much better."
Zhang sighed: "At the right time, at the right place, you will definitely meet the most suitable love. I wish you all the best and wish you success in your lawsuit tomorrow."
"Thank you. I'm leaving. Goodbye Zhang Tan."
"Goodbye, Weng Zhong."
Zhang Tan saw him out of the little red horse and watched him turn left and head towards the busy West Chang'an Street.
"Who is this?"
Lao Li didn't know when he came next to him. He followed Zhang Tan's gaze and saw only Weng Zhong's back.
"A friend I just met a day ago is really nice."
Lao Li looked at him strangely and wandered into the Little Red Horse. Suddenly he saw the chairs and small coffee table by the woods. He was startled and looked around quickly:
"Dudu is here??? They have moved my table and chairs out!!! Didn't my teapot and cup break!!!!"