There is a small courtyard at the entrance of the villa. There are some flowers and plants planted in the courtyard, and there is a wooden swing chair next to the flowers and plants.

At first glance, the owner of the small courtyard doesn't like life very much. What the small courtyard was like when the house was handed over is what it is like now.

The summer evening in Linjiang was a bit sultry. Zhang Mingyang and Xu Duanran sat side by side on a swing chair and watched the moon.

They couldn't hear the sound of traffic, and the sound of cicadas could be heard in their ears.

At the beginning of the month, a large piece of the moon was missing. Zhang Mingyang thought it was a good thing that it was not a full moon. The full moon day of this month was the Ghost Festival, so it would be better to stay at home if there was nothing to do.

At the request of the eldest lady, Zhang Mingyang agreed to stay here tonight.

He was indeed a little worried about the strong kid upstairs. He would get up tomorrow morning and check the situation before leaving.

It was still early and neither of them wanted to sleep, so they decided to sit out for a while.

Zhang Mingyang guessed that the eldest lady might have a lot to talk to him.

He sat on the swing chair and waited for her to speak first.

"Zhang Mingyang, do you remember the last time we looked at the moon together like this?" Xu Duanran raised his chin and narrowed his eyes slightly, enjoying the summer night breeze.

Zhang Mingyang was stunned and didn't know why Xu Duanran mentioned this matter. Those impressive things from his childhood came to mind.

"I remember so well, that time you suddenly said you wanted to watch the sunrise, so you took me and ran up the mountain in the middle of the night. When we went back the next day, my mother almost beat me to death." Zhang Mingyang was still frightened.

At that time, Xu Duanran was living with his grandma, but his two children suddenly disappeared and they were still unable to be found, which frightened the old man and sent him to the hospital.

After returning home, Yan Hui immediately assumed that Zhang Mingyang abducted Xu Duanran and beat him up.

Zhang Mingyang explained that it was not him, but Xu Duanran who wanted to watch the sunrise.

Yan Hui said that you are an elder brother, and if your sister is not sensible, then neither are you, and then she was beaten again.

Later he found out that not long after Duan Yunyun's death at that time, Yan Hui thought that the child could not get over it and went with his mother.

It frightened the two families quite a lot.

Speaking of which, Xu Duanran's personality at that time was quite normal, he was lively and active and liked to play around.

"I thought you forgot." Xu Duanran was amused by Zhang Mingyang's exaggerated expression.

Many memories from her childhood were a bit fuzzy. She only remembered that the moon was beautiful that night and there were many stars in the sky.

Her mother said that she turned into a star and guarded her in the sky, and she could see it as long as she raised her head.

"Don't worry, every time you caused me to be beaten when I was a child, I will remember it clearly in my heart. Sooner or later, I will find an opportunity to take revenge." Zhang Mingyang was just about to turn around and make a face to scare the young lady, but the unique floral fragrance on the girl's body suddenly disappeared.

near.

Xu Duanran rested his head on his shoulder, closed his eyes and said nothing, his long eyelashes trembled slightly, and his soft body was within reach.

The two sat quietly, with only the chirping of cicadas around them.

"I didn't go back to Linjiang the next day. I went to see Lin Jingxi." Xu Duanran suddenly spoke, his tone a little low.

Zhang Mingyang gave his answer with action. He took the initiative to put his right hand around Xu Duanran's shoulder.

Lin Jingxi is Xu Linyou's mother, and she is also the woman who destroyed Xu Duanran's family.

When he was a child, he eavesdropped on what adults were saying. As long as his old mother mentioned this person, she would immediately become angry.

Zhang Mingyang remembered this nice name. It sounded so nice that it didn't sound like someone from that era.

Perhaps the dark night gave the eldest lady the courage, so she moved slightly to the side and got closer.

"I didn't want to go, but she heard that I was in Linjiang and took the initiative to call me and said she wanted to see me one last time."

In the past, let alone meeting each other, Xu Duanran would never come to this villa in Linjiang. He spent every Chinese New Year at Zhang Mingyang's house.

He didn't know how Xu Duanran felt when he met that woman.

"We agreed to meet in the hospital, but she was lying on the bed and couldn't get up." Xu Duanran narrated softly: "I thought I would scold her severely when I saw her, but when I saw her like this, I couldn't.

Know what to say."

"The first thing she did when she saw me was to apologize to me. Then she asked me to take care of Xu Linyou after she left."

After saying that, silence fell between the two again.

When he first received Xu Duanran's call this evening, Zhang Mingyang was still thinking about what he had done to disrupt normal history.

So that’s it.

Because Xu Duanran came to Jiang to celebrate his birthday, the two people who had not seen each other for many years met again in the hospital.

She didn't say it, but the answer was obvious. Xu Duanran promised Lin Jingxi, otherwise she wouldn't have appeared in Linjiang today.

In her last life, she had never been to Linjiang during the entire summer vacation, and she didn't know what happened to Xu Linyou afterwards or whether she was really picked up by her relatives.

"Then what do you think now, do you want to stay here?" Zhang Mingyang asked.

Xu Mo will definitely not take care of his daughter.

If Xu Duanran doesn't stay, Xu Linyou has only two consequences.

Being taken home by that group of relatives, or growing up alone like Xu Duanran.

But Xu Duanran was in a special situation. Even if she lost her family, her mother's best friend still lived across from her, and Yan Hui always treated her as her own daughter.

Li Zhu is just a nanny, Xu Linyou may really be picked up by those relatives in the end.

"I didn't agree to her at that time, I just said I would think about it."

"But you still came today."

There was another long silence between the two.

"I don't want to stay here." Xu Duanran said: "I just can't worry about her. When I see her, I feel like I can see myself when I was a child."

The two sisters have the same experience, and no one can empathize with each other better than them.

"Lin Jingxi told me that this was her retribution, the punishment she deserved, but the child is innocent. She said that Xu Mo didn't like Xu Linyou, but Xu Mo liked me, and she could only survive if I took care of her."

"Do you still hate her?" Zhang Mingyang asked, naturally referring to Lin Jingxi.

Xu Duanran nodded in his arms and shook his head again.

"I have almost forgotten her. I couldn't even remember what she looked like before I saw her."

"Then do you like your sister?"

Xu Duanran nodded, then immediately shook his head.

"I know she is a good child and innocent, but there is always a voice in my heart saying that without her, my parents would not have divorced. I know this is unrealistic. They will always divorce, and it has nothing to do with the children."

Xu Duanran's mood was very contradictory, neither up nor down, just stuck there.

She probably wanted to stay and take care of Xu Linyou, but the self of the past ten years would not agree.

Zhang Mingyang didn't know if Lin Jingxi asked Xu Duanran to take care of Xu Linyou in her previous life, nor did he know why she didn't agree.

But it's no longer important, at least the eldest lady is shaken now.

"Do what you want to do most now and don't let yourself regret it."

Zhang Mingyang said these words to Xu Duanran, but also to himself.

He didn't know why he was reborn, but since he already had a chance to do it again, why bother holding on to the past.

Continuously thinking about regrets is of no use except creating new regrets.

After a while, Xu Duanran raised his head from Zhang Mingyang's arms and looked at Zhang Mingyang with a serious expression.

"No matter what I choose, will you support me?"

"Of course." Zhang Mingyang said matter-of-factly.

After receiving a satisfactory answer, the eldest lady's face showed a smile again.

"I remember what you said. Since you performed so well today, I decided to shorten your test period." Xu Duanran stretched out five fingers and put down a little finger: "At least there are as many as your little finger!"

Zhang Mingyang: "?"
Chapter completed!