Chapter 137 A visitor from the Lou family, brothers confess

After Zhou Yi left, Liu Mingan faced Lou Lianyu alone. In fact, he was also very uncomfortable.

"Cousin, come in and sit down."

Liu Mingan made a "please" gesture, then took Lou Lianyu into the house and sat in the living room.

"I'll go get you a glass of water."

Liu Mingan was about to move, but was stopped by Lou Lianyu: "Mingan, don't bother, I still have official business, I'll say a few words and leave."

Lou Lianyu waited for Liu Mingan to sit down, and then went straight to the point: "Grandfather and father asked me to come to you. The last meeting was too hasty, and there are still many people in the family that you didn't meet, so they want to invite you home, big Let’s have dinner together at my house...”

Speaking of this, Lou Lianyu paused, but remembering what Lou Yuhuan had said, he continued: “If you want, you can stay in the mansion for a while.”

Lou Lianyu thought that Liu Mingan would at most refuse the second half of the sentence, but he shook his head and said apologetically: “Cousin, I’m sorry, I can’t leave here now.”

“Why?” Lou Lianyu was puzzled. What did “can’t leave” mean?

Liu Ming'an didn't want to say anything more, just said: "I want to wait for someone here to come back. I'm afraid that if I leave, she won't be able to see me when she comes back."

When he said this, there was a hint of longing in Liu Ming'an's eyes. Seeing him like this, Lou Lianyu suddenly remembered that his father had mentioned to him, and Liu Ming'an himself had said that he had a beloved girl by his side.

"I can send someone to stay outside the yard. If she comes back, let them tell you as soon as possible. How about that?" Lou Lianyu suggested.

Liu Ming'an still shook his head, and said a little embarrassedly: "I also want to see her as soon as possible."

Lou Lianyu pressed his temples and had a headache. He really didn't expect that this cousin was still a romantic.

Just as Lou Lianyu was thinking about how to continue to persuade him, he heard Liu Ming'an say, "Cousin, I will be in the capital anyway, and there is a long time to come. Why rush now? We will have the opportunity to meet each other later."

After Liu Ming'an finished speaking, he found that Lou Lianyu's eyes were staring at him motionlessly, as if he was examining a prisoner, and he saw him clearly.

"Ming'an, how can you not be anxious when your family reunites?" Lou Lianyu sighed, and the loneliness in his eyes was obvious: "You are not anxious, just because in your heart, you don't regard us as family. If I am not mistaken, you don't even want to have anything to do with the Lou family anymore, right?"

If you admit this, it would be too hurtful; if you refute it, it would be too offensive.

Liu Ming'an chose to remain silent.

Silence explained everything at this moment.

Lou Lianyu also stood up silently and walked towards the gate. Liu Ming'an followed and saw him off.

When he was about to go out, Lou Lianyu turned around and looked at Liu Ming'an's face that looked like an old friend, with a dazed look in his eyes: "You really look like my second uncle, not only in appearance, but also in personality. You look gentle and kind, but when you do things, you are ruthless..."

Liu Ming'an knew that Lou Lianyu was talking about his father leaving home, so he smiled and did not comment.

"Here is this for you."

Lou Lianyu took out a piece of paper from his sleeve. Liu Ming'an guessed that it was the title deed of this yard and took it.

"This house is already in your name," Lou Lianyu explained, and after thinking for a while, he said, "It's a little gift from my grandfather, but it seems unnecessary. You are much closer to that Mr. Zhou than to us."

Finally, Lou Lianyu waved his hand, said "let's go," and stepped out of the yard.

"Cousin, take care."

Liu Ming'an said a polite word, closed the door, turned back to the house, put the house deed away, took out a piece of white paper and wrote:

An Ning, I'm going to Junyue Restaurant to find Brother Zhou, and I will be back soon.

After putting the paper in a conspicuous place in the house, Liu Ming'an also closed the door and left the yard, walking towards Junyue Restaurant.

Lou Lianyu was right. Compared with the Lou family, Zhou Yi was much more important to Liu Ming'an than them.

Just as they walked to the front of the Junyue Restaurant, a waiter ran over from a distance and said to Liu Mingan with a smile on his face: "Mr. Liu, the young master asked me to wait for you outside."

Liu Mingan remembered this waiter. It was he who called Zhou Yi when he and Jiang Ning first came to the Junyue Inn.

Liu Mingan smiled at him gently and said, "Thank you for your help."

"Hey! Mr. Liu is too polite, what are you talking about..."

The waiter smiled and led Liu Mingan upstairs. Zhou Yi, who was calculating the accounts, saw him and immediately dropped his abacus and account book, walked over, and pulled him to sit down at the table.

After the waiter closed the door and left, Liu Mingan waited for Zhou Yi to ask him questions. Zhou Yi was afraid of asking something he shouldn't ask, so he had to wait for Liu Mingan to speak first. The two of them stared at each other for a long time without saying anything.

In the end, Liu Mingan lost his temper first. He had to go back quickly. What if Jiang Ning came back at this time?

"Brother Zhou, ask whatever you want to ask. You and I are brothers, don't worry." Liu Mingan looked at Zhou Yi and said sincerely.

These words gave Zhou Yi more confidence, and he asked the question he was most curious about: "Brother Liu, are you a member of the Lou family? Is Lou Lianyu your brother?"

Liu Ming'an nodded and explained the situation concisely: "My father is the younger brother of Grand Tutor Lou. For some reasons, he left home and changed his surname. In terms of blood relationship, I am a member of the Lou family, Lou Lianyu is my cousin, Grand Tutor Lou is my uncle, and the old Grand Tutor is my grandfather."

"Oh my God..." Zhou Yi looked at Liu Ming'an in disbelief. Because of shock, his mouth was so open that it seemed like an egg could fit in it.

Liu Ming'an found his expression a little funny, but he continued, "Brother Zhou, I only learned about these things after I came to Beijing. Some of the past events are inconvenient to tell you, please forgive me. Anyway, I will not go back to the Lou family, I will always be Liu Ming'an."

At this point, Liu Ming'an reached out and patted Zhou Yi's shoulder, just like Zhou Yi did to him before: "Brother Zhou, I don't want us brothers to become estranged. Brother Zhang is not here, you are my only friend in Beijing."

Zhou Yi simply He was directly moved and grabbed Liu Ming'an's hand, with a heart full of righteousness: "Brother Liu, what are you talking about? I'm just afraid that your status will become noble and you won't play with me, a businessman, anymore. I like you as my brother the most! Since you said so, we will be good brothers for life. I will protect you in the capital!"

Liu Ming'an smiled brightly: "Okay, thank you, Brother Zhou!"

After that, Liu Ming'an reminded again: "Brother Zhou, I don't want this to be public, please--"

"Don't worry, I promise to keep it a secret, and I won't even tell my own mother a word!" Zhou Yi continued.

"Thank you very much, Brother Zhou."

After the matter was made clear, Liu Ming'an stood up and said goodbye: "Brother Zhou, I have something else to do, I have to go home first."

"Ah?"

Zhou Yi was very surprised, so anxious?

"Brother Zhou, I know you are also busy, so I won't disturb you any more, goodbye."

Liu Ming'an stood up and walked to the door. Zhou Yi remembered another thing and chased after him: "Brother Liu, are you still living in that house? If you don't want to live there, I can find another one for you."

Zhou Yi was not stupid either. He could hear that Liu Ming'an didn't like the landlord very much.

Liu Ming'an knew that Zhou Yi was thinking about him sincerely, and looked at him gratefully: "Thank you, Brother Zhou, that place is pretty good, I'm used to it, and I'm too lazy to change, so let's leave it like this."

"Okay then."

Zhou Yi didn't say much, and went downstairs with Liu Ming'an, sent him to the outside of the Junyue Inn, and watched him go away before he went back to the account office to continue to settle the accounts.

Liu Ming'an hurried home all the way, with expectations in his heart.

Maybe, as soon as he opened the door, Jiang Ning would be standing in the yard, smiling and asking him: "Liu Ming'an, where have you been?"

Thinking of that scene, Liu Ming'an's steps became faster.

However, when he really pushed open the door, the courtyard was empty, just as it was when he left. The piece of paper with the letter was still there, without any change.

Liu Ming'an slowed down his pace and walked over, crumpled the paper into a ball, and held it in his hand, pinching it over and over again.

"It's only been a few days, how can it be so fast."

Liu Ming'an laughed at himself, sighed, and said to himself.

"But..."

After a moment, a low voice came from the quiet courtyard and was blown away by the wind.

"Aning, I really miss you..."