Nan Xiaonan held Qu Zhiming's hand, but her small hand put great pressure on Qu Zhiming.
What does sugar mean? Qu Zhiming, who was completely confused, began to weigh in his mind whether he should say given or not given? No matter which one he said, the accuracy was 50%, but... the reflection in the child's eyes
His figure seemed to be able to see through all his hesitations and lies. In the end, Qu Zhiming could only smile helplessly and squatted in front of Nan Xiaonan.
"Why do you ask this question?"
Nan Xiaonan looked at the eldest brother in front of her, thought for a moment and said, "Are you a good friend of eldest brother?"
Qu Zhiming couldn't help but look in the direction of their dining table, but suddenly he saw Nan Qinse standing there. He stood upright and looked at Nan Xiaonan quietly with his back to him. Qu Zhiming couldn't help but
funny.
But after following him for a few minutes, he rushed to look for him anxiously. It was obvious that he was really worried.
When he met Nan Qinse's eyes, he didn't have any panic or hesitation. He suddenly understood in his heart that Nan Qinse didn't care what he answered and he accepted any outcome.
"Why do children think so?" For some reason, Qu Zhiming felt that Nan Qinse probably wanted to know something.
"So it's not? Or is it?" Nan Xiaonan was not sure either, so she only dared to ask secretly when her elder brother was not around.
Qu Zhiming smiled: "Your eldest brother and I are friends, but not good friends."
"Oh, that's true." Nan Xiaonan didn't seem surprised at all.
"Can you tell me how you know?" Qu Zhiming pretended not to notice Nan Qinse, who had walked up behind them openly and eavesdropped openly, and carefully asked the child in front of him.
"Well, because the elder brother and the eldest brother are not holding hands."
As soon as this sentence came out, the air was filled with weirdness for a moment. Qu Zhiming's expression was weird. Even if he was a good friend, he wouldn't hold hands, right? This child's definition of friends should still be in kindergarten? So he blew himself up?
However, Nan Xiaonan continued: "Brother and eldest brother are not very close. You don't talk or look at each other when you come out together. Good friends don't do this."
After hearing this, Qu Zhiming smiled helplessly: "So that's it."
He originally thought that the secret was exposed in the car, but he didn't expect that the clues would have been noticed so early. Before he saw the child, he had already caught them early after they came into view.
observe.
Qu Zhiming understood why Nan Qinse said that this child was sensitive. Such sensitivity was indeed a skill given by God.
"Then will Xiaonan be disappointed? You didn't meet your eldest brother's good friend?" Qu Zhiming rubbed Nan Xiaonan's head, "I'm sorry, I disappoint you."
Nan Xiaonan shook his head: "Then do you like big brother?"
"What?"
"Do you want to be friends with Big Brother?"
Qu Zhiming was stunned, thinking that the conversation between them should end there.
"Well, don't even think about it." Nan Qinse stood in front of him, and Qu Zhiming couldn't help but think about his words, "There are many people in school who want to be good friends with your eldest brother, but I already have a lot of them.
Friends."
So it is not very important to him whether he has Nan Qinse as his friend.
Nan Qinse had so much aura that while people around her were attracted, they also felt the gap.
"So, does the eldest brother have no friends in school?"
Qu Zhiming smiled delicately and couldn't help but glance at Nan Qinse. Nan Qinse stood there with a look of helplessness on his face, seemingly helpless against this younger brother who could see everything clearly.
"Can I tell the truth?" Qu Zhiming asked.
"Of course!" Nan Xiaonan answered naturally, but Qu Zhiming actually asked the person standing behind him. Nan Qinse didn't look unhappy, and her calm eyes acquiesced to what Qu Zhiming had done.
"You don't have many friends. Your eldest brother is usually a little cold and not very warm to others, but it's definitely not because your eldest brother is ostracized in the class. On the contrary, your eldest brother is very respected and convincing."
"But you don't have any friends?" Nan Xiaonan asked, tilting her head.
Qu Zhiming chuckled: "Yes, I just have no friends."
"Then, brother Qu Zhiming, can you like your eldest brother more? How about being your eldest brother's friend?"
Nan Qinse also seemed surprised. She lowered her head and looked at Nan Xiaonan who was looking at Qu Zhiming seriously.
Qu Zhiming didn't expect Nan Xiaonan to say this suddenly.
"But you don't just need to like someone to be friends?" Qu Zhiming didn't know if such words were too profound for children.
"But if you don't like me, you can't be friends?" Nan Xiaonan is very firm in her opinion, "If I can like my elder brother a lot, I will definitely want to be friends with him! You and your elder brother are not good friends now.
, it must be because I don’t like it enough!”
Qu Zhiming was helpless: "Does the child like all his friends?"
"like."
"Then am I your friend?"
"Yes!"
"But today is just the first time you see me, will you like me?"
"yes?"
Qu Zhiming held Nan Xiaonan's hand. He didn't quite agree with Nan Xiaonan's statement, but he didn't want the child to see the reality clearly as soon as possible: "Really? My brother is very happy."
"you do not believe me."
Qu Zhiming was stunned and said with a smile: "How come I don't believe you?"
"Brother likes you very much, so I also like you very much." Nan Xiaonan seemed to be sure that Qu Zhiming didn't believe him, and was eager to explain.
"How do you know that eldest brother likes me?"
"Because the eldest brother is not looking for anyone else, but you." Nan Xiaonan held Qu Zhiming's hand, "If it wasn't because I liked you, I wouldn't have let you come to see me?"
Just when Nan Xiaonan was still trying to say something, a pair of big hands suddenly lifted her armpits. Nan Xiaonan watched helplessly as the ground became farther and farther away from her, and then she was pulled into a familiar and safe embrace. She instinctively
He wrapped his arms around the other person: "Brother."
"What are you secretly saying about me where I can't see you?" Keep saying in front of him that he likes Qu Zhiming? Nan Qinse couldn't bear to listen.
"Brother, does he like brother Qu Zhiming?" Nan Xiaonan asked.
"That's not how liking is used." Nan Qinse was very worried that her brother was always too straightforward when speaking to him, "This is not something you can say casually."
"Why not? I like eldest brother, so I like to say I like eldest brother!" Nan Xiaonan was surprisingly stubborn about this matter. "If you can't say it directly, then no one else will know. Isn't that sad?"
"Xiao Nan, I was wrong to lie to you today. Can you please forgive me?" Nan Qinse tried to bring the topic to a close, "Standing here all the time will definitely affect others."
Nan Xiaonan suddenly stopped talking, as if she was embarrassed because she had affected others, looked around, and then buried herself in Nan Qinse's arms.
Qu Zhiming smiled at Nan Qinse: "Your brother is very cute."
"Yes, I know." Nan Qinse's eyes were very soft, and she patted Nan Xiaonan's back gently, "What do you want to eat? Big brother will get it for you."
"Nan Qinse." Suddenly Qu Zhiming stopped Nan Qinse, "I'm sorry, I may not be able to continue with you today."
"Thank you for your hard work, please cooperate with me today." Nan Qinse did not show any nostalgia or retention for Qu Zhiming.
"Thank you for the dinner. It's very delicious here. See you at school tomorrow."
Nan Qinse nodded and turned to leave, but Nan Xiaonan secretly looked over Nan Qinse's shoulder at Qu Zhiming, who was gradually disappearing.
Nan Qinse hugged Nan Xiaonan and left. Qu Zhiming's mood was too low when he left the restaurant. The child's definition of liking was very simple. The simplicity made him wonder if he had given too many unnecessary definitions to liking.
Just like Nan Xiaonan said, he was too rigid.
In fact, it is very simple to say that you like someone. Only by saying it can you let others know, so that you won't feel sad if you like someone.
But in a world that has gradually grown into adulthood, it is impossible to be as simple as a child.
Nan Qinse brought Nan Xiaonan back to her seat. Nan Xiaonan was buried in her elder brother's arms, not in a high mood.
Nan Heming raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong with Xiao Nan?"
"Are you angry?" Nan Qinse was doting and helpless, "It was discovered that Qu Zhiming and I are not friends."
Nan Heming raised his eyebrows and stretched out his hand towards Nan Xiaonan: "Brother lied to you, he is a bad brother, Xiaonan, come to the second brother!"
Huang Hai looked on from the side: "Xiao Nan, your second brother and I are indeed good friends, right?"
"I know." Nan Xiaonan's voice was muffled in Nan Qinse's arms, "Brother Hai and second brother look very similar."
Huang Hai was stunned: "Nan Heming and I look alike? Are you serious?"
Nan Heming snorted coldly: "I don't think you and I have any similarities."
"Where is that friend?" Nan Heming asked Nan Qinse.
"He went back first."
"As expected." Huang Hai smiled and placed a piece of soufflé in front of Nan Xiaonan, "Kid, today my brother will teach you a truth, don't work together if you don't agree. People like that will never be able to integrate into our circle.
"
"What kind of person?" Nan Xiaonan asked.
"Don't listen to his nonsense, Xiaonan." Nan Heming took the initiative to interrupt the conversation.
Nan Xiaonan looked at Nan Qinse's arms and tilted her head to look at Huang Hai. Huang Hai looked back at Nan Xiaonan, but was blocked by Nan Qinse.
After leaving the restaurant, Huang Hai's car was waiting outside. He took the initiative to say hello and leave. Nan Xiaonan vaguely realized that today's meeting was not a good thing.
The housekeeper sighed.
The young master knows that friends of friends may not always be friends, but today he may have learned that friends of friends may not become friends even if they work hard.
It's not a profound truth, but it's a pity that the young master's expectations for the whole day were all in vain in the end.
Nan Heming's cell phone kept vibrating.
Huang Hai: Is this your beloved brother?
Huang Hai: It seems too innocent. He is truly worthy of being a child.
Huang Hai: Children from the countryside are careless, but they are quite cute.
Huang Hai: But it’s not worth taking so seriously. If you have nothing to do, just play with your brothers. There’s no need to waste time on a child.
Huang Hai: Anyway, he won’t remember it when he grows up.
Huang Hai: Just give me some food to kill you. There is a party tomorrow, will you come?
Huang Hai: Without our distinguished Young Master Nan, we will lose a lot of fun.
Nan Heming lowered his eyes and looked at the messages that were constantly sent to him, not even interested in replying to them.
Nan Qinse stretched out her hand and rubbed Nan Xiaonan's neck, as if stroking a cat: "How about I go back tonight and play hide-and-seek with you?"
"No need." Nan Xiaonan shook her head.
"Second brother has already finished his homework today during recess. How about letting second brother play with Xiao Nan? Do crafts? Or paint?"
"Second brother, go do your homework." Nan Xiaonan shook her head and rejected the proposal of the eldest brother and second brother, "I have very important things to think about today!"
"But……"
"It's very important. It's just as important as the big brother and the second brother doing their homework!"
The two brothers looked at their youngest brother. They originally thought that today's unhappy separation would be a huge blow to Nan Xiaonan, but... they didn't feel Nan Xiaonan's loss. Although he seemed to be in a low mood, he was not.
Any look of displeasure.
After returning home, Nan Xiaonan was bathed by Nan Heming and put on bear pajamas. Nan Xiaonan ran away without a trace holding the cartoon fish pillow. Before leaving, she told them to do their homework well.
, if he sees it is not finished, he will be angry.
Nan Qinse smiled helplessly. Even if she didn't do anything, Nan Xiaonan probably wouldn't be able to tell anything.
Such a young child doesn't even know the words.
Nan Heming said while copying boring words: "Brother, are you angry?"
"No." Whether it was Qu Zhiming or Huang Hai, perhaps what they did was inappropriate, but Nan Qinse's own anger dissipated after seeing Nan Xiaonan's unconcerned look.
"I'm a little angry." Nan Heming's pen tip flew up, but his voice was very calm, "Were we then just like these two people now?"
When they were teenagers, when they first met Nan Xiaonan, their moods and thoughts were not the same as theirs?
I look down upon this child's thoughts.
Ignore this child's feelings.
Self-care shows one's own thinking.
Now he can no longer remember the details of those years. The more hazy it is, the more distressed it becomes.
"I have been thinking about how Xiaonan would feel towards these two people, whether she would be angry, disappointed, or sad. No matter what it is, I have already thought of a countermeasure, except..."
Only what Nan Xiaonan is showing now, he has no way to deal with.
He is very calm.
The kid told them seriously that he needed to think now.
What is he thinking about?
Why not get angry?
Was the child back then also so calm when dealing with them being so willful?
Nan Heming's pen tip stopped. Even if he were born again, he still could not understand this child.
He was obviously their blood brother, but he couldn't guess what he was thinking.
The housekeeper had been busy all day, and had put on blue striped pajamas at night. His usually meticulous hair was scattered, and his eyes showed a bit of softness and kindness. At this time, he was preparing to go to bed in his separate room, but
Suddenly there was a knock on the door from outside.
The butler raised his eyebrows. If it was the master and his wife, they must have contacted him through the internal phone. People would knock on the door late at night...
After opening the door, the housekeeper looked down and saw a little brown bear holding a cartoon fish pillow at the door of his room.
The housekeeper couldn't help but put his eyes on the cartoon fish pillow in Nan Xiaonan's hand, thinking about whether he should ask the second young master for the store link one day and buy a set for his grandson.
"Young Master, what's the matter?"
"Have you gotten off work?"
"Hmm... No, young master can give you direct instructions if you need anything."
"Then I'll wait for you to get off work." Nan Xiaonan hugged the fish and looked up eagerly.
The housekeeper thought for a while: "Okay, I'm off work now. Xiao Shao... Xiao Nan, do you want to see me for anything?"
"Have you gotten off work?"
"Um."
"Then can I go in?"
"Of course." The housekeeper made way for him, and the little brown bear walked in with his slippers on.
The butler's room is in the corner of the first floor. There are not many things in it and it is very orderly. Even the bed is neat and tidy without any wrinkles.
Nan Xiaonan looked at the bed: "Can I go to bed?"
"Do you need my help?"
"It's okay!" Throwing the cartoon fish on the bed, Nan Xiaonan climbed up on his hands and feet, knelt on the bed and patted the other side of the bed, "Let's chat."
The housekeeper smiled helplessly. He really couldn't do this posture of the young master because of his old bones, so he simply sat on it. Nan Xiaonan held the cartoon fish and tilted his head and thought: "Otherwise we lie down
Bar?"
Is this something you need to relax and chat about?
The housekeeper thought for a while and agreed. Lying on the bed, he saw Nan Xiaonan put the cartoon fish on the pillow and lay down.
"Uncle, I'm thinking."
"Thinking about what?"
"I may have done something not very good today."
"Why do you think so?"
"I shouldn't go to meet my brother's friends without saying hello." Nan Xiaonan said seriously, "My brothers won't reject me, so maybe I will make my friends unhappy."
The housekeeper smiled and said, "That's true. Perhaps we should seek permission from others before doing so."
"Yes!" Nan Xiaonan frowned, "I don't think things are that simple!"
"Well, for example?"
"The eldest brother's friends and the second brother's friends should not meet together! The eldest brother's friend is a high school student, and the second brother's friend is a junior high school student. I haven't gone to school yet. The three of us are of different ages, so it's harder to be friends, so we need to do it one by one.
!" Brother Hai said that the circles are different because of the different ages, right?
"It's true that one-on-one would be better."
"Also!" Nan Xiaonan grabbed the cartoon fish and turned over, "Every time the second brother likes to bully the eldest brother, so the second brother's friends also like to bully the eldest brother's friends."
The housekeeper couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. This sentence... seems to be right, but it also seems to be wrong. After all, people in the physics class are divided into groups. There is no guarantee that the two young masters' friends will not follow their whims. Suddenly, the housekeeper
Don't know how to answer.
"Maybe that's right." Don't worry too much, the young master has his own logic.
"There is something very important, I don't know, uncle..." Nan Xiaonan hesitated, "Does everyone have good friends?"
The housekeeper was stunned and suddenly didn't know how to answer.
"Before he met me, Slug didn't seem to have any friends." Nan Xiaonan twisted the tail of the cartoon fish in confusion, "Is it true that eldest brother actually doesn't have any good friends now? Otherwise, why would he find someone to lie to me?"
The housekeeper sighed softly: "Young master, good friends are not easy to get. Getting them is luck, but not getting them is natural. You can't force them."
Nan Xiaonan opened his mouth. What his uncle said seemed very powerful. He didn't understand.
"I have many good friends, many, many. I especially want to show my eldest brother and second brother to my good friends. That is to say, if the eldest brother and second brother have very good friends, they will definitely want to bring them as well.
Let me take a look, right?"
"Maybe." There is no way to deny it, but there is no way to confirm it.
"But the second brother has never wanted his friend to talk to me, which means that the second brother actually doesn't like that friend either, right?"
The butler was silent.
He seemed to understand what Nan Xiaonan meant when he said he was thinking in the car.
He is really thinking.
Thinking about every detail since they met.
This is a too complicated relationship for the young master, and he needs time to deal with it.
The results may be full of loopholes, but they are truly surprising.
The housekeeper looked at Nan Xiaonan's curious eyes and finally nodded: "Maybe."
Nan Xiaonan got a positive answer from the housekeeper and solved the doubts in her heart.
"Would it be lonely if the eldest brother and the second brother don't have good friends?"
"You can get a more accurate answer by asking the eldest and second young masters directly about this matter."
"I really want friends. If I don't have friends, I will be very lonely." Nan Xiaonan hugged the cartoon fish, "I will make more friends in the future and bring them to my eldest and second brothers to be friends."
"But maybe the eldest young master and the second young master don't want this? Maybe they prefer to make friends on their own?"
Nan Xiaonan was stunned for a moment, then she held the cartoon fish and thought. The housekeeper was very calm and looked at Nan Xiaonan with a light of thought in his eyes.
"Uncle is right!" Nan Xiaonan understood, "I will definitely say hello before bringing it to them, so that what happened today will not happen!"
"The young master is so smart."
"Uncle is the smartest!"
The butler smiled and said nothing. At his age, he might be more experienced than smart.
Nan Xiaonan fell asleep on the housekeeper's bed. She seemed to have let go of her doubts, so she slept soundly. Her little mouth opened, and the housekeeper helplessly wiped Nan Xiaonan's drool.
Good at discovering, thinking carefully, not digging into too many corners, and seeking consultation in a timely manner, this child has easily accomplished things that even adults cannot do.
The Nan family is blessed to have such a child.
When the two young masters knocked on the door of his room at night, the housekeeper even asked the two young masters to take away the quilt that had been warmed by Nan Xiaonan.
"You two young masters don't need to worry too much. The young master is more rational and strong than the two young masters imagined."