Jian Xiaoxing and Jian Xia had never been very popular with their grandmother, so they simply didn't want to make things awkward and didn't go with them.
Jian Xiaoxing got up early in the morning and was about to take a nap when Shen Ze came over to wish him a happy new year.
He said he was here to pay New Year's greetings, but in fact he kidnapped Jian Xiaoxing because he wanted her help with something.
The story begins in the morning.
Li Changsheng, as the superior leader, came to the factory to express his condolences, and Li Weimin and Shen Ze accompanied him throughout the visit.
After finishing, several people went to the largest state-owned restaurant in the living area to have dinner with District Chief Li.
Li Feng and Li Weimin had dealt with each other several times. They even spoke on the phone when Jian Xiaoxing was injured on the fishing island.
As the local top leader, no matter how powerful a company is, it has to pay homage to him.
Li Changsheng was of a high rank and behaved neither arrogantly nor servilely, but Li Weimin was extremely respectful, even a little servile.
However, Li Feng was only interested in Shen Ze.
He had heard that Shen Ze was a skilled technician, but he didn't expect that when he saw him today, he was still so young and handsome.
He then had the idea of making him his son-in-law.
After returning home from dinner, he mentioned this to his wife, and the two of them hit it off and decided to invite Shen Ze to their home for dinner.
When Shen Ze received the call and heard that Li Feng wanted to talk to him about work, he couldn't refuse and had to agree.
When I hung up the phone, I heard Li Man say coquettishly: "Dad, don't use work as a pretext to arrange a blind date for me!"
He figured it out. It was Li Feng who arranged for him to go on a blind date with Li Man.
Li Man and Jian Xiaoxing are friends. Shen Ze went to find her, firstly to let her go to Li Man to explain, and secondly because he didn't want Jian Xiaoxing to misunderstand.
He really has no interest in other women!
Jian Xiaoxing came to Shen Ze's house and called Li Man. The two chatted for a while and happily canceled dinner.
Li Feng was very angry that his daughter acted so independently, but Li Man said that she was not interested in Shen Ze and she was attracted to a doctor.
When Li's mother heard that he was a doctor, she immediately became interested: "What kind of doctor? How advanced are you?"
Li Man laughed sweetly: "Mom, I haven't even started yet. I'm still chasing him! He's a surgeon, but he can't cure Dad's headache."
Li Feng suffered from headaches because he worked without restraint when he was young. Whenever his mother had the chance, she would seek medical treatment for him.
"It turns out that you are just too eager. You are not a child anymore, you have to hurry up." Li Feng smiled at his daughter.
This daughter has a personality very similar to his. She is not willing to be manipulated by others and dares to think and act.
Since she had a goal, he would not force her.
The matter was resolved and Shen Ze breathed a sigh of relief, but he found that his mother had disappeared.
Jian Xiaoxing found a note on the kitchen table.
It said: I went to the restaurant. Since it was late, I stayed at the guesthouse next door. I made dumplings and you can cook them yourselves.
There was a guesthouse next to the Chen Xiu Lian Hotel. The proprietress often went to the hotel for dinner, and over time, the two became friends.
Jian Xiaoxing's face flushed, knowing that Mother Shen was creating an opportunity for the two of them to be alone.
"I'd better go!" Jian Xiaoxing raised his leg and walked out.
Shen Ze looked at her leaving back with an unclear expression and chased after her.
At this moment, the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and the strong wind blew the coal surface rushing around. Raindrops as big as beans fell down, making a small hole on the ground.
Shen Ze hurriedly pulled her back to the house: "Let's wait until the rain stops before leaving!"
For some reason, a smile played across his lips.
A huge wind roared through the roof, making a terrifying roar.
The rain shows no sign of letting up.
Jian Xiaoxing quickly called his uncle's neighbor to ask about Jian Xia's situation.
Fortunately, the neighbor saw Jian Xia collecting clothes, so he should stay at home.
Chen Ze turned on the TV, and the black and white screen kept flashing. Emergency news was interrupted in the TV series, saying that a strong typhoon would land in Haicheng tonight.
It is very unusual for a strong typhoon to occur in winter.
Before I could take a closer look, the picture completely turned into snowflakes.
He immediately called the factory and asked the dispatching room to prepare an emergency plan to ensure production.
We encountered a strong typhoon at night and everyone took shelter indoors.
Before he could say anything else, the power line outside the house was cut off, leaving only a busy tone.
The room was suddenly plunged into darkness, with only the occasional flash of lightning across the sky illuminating the room.
Shen Ze picked up his raincoat and wanted to go out, but was stopped by Jian Xiaoxing:
"I know you really want to go to the factory, but it's dangerous outside. You can't go. Besides, I'm hungry."
Shen Ze had no choice but to put down his raincoat and said gently, "I'll cook dumplings for you."
He left, leaving Jian Xiaoxing alone, which made him even more worried.
He found a candle from the top of the cabinet, lit it, and started cooking dumplings.
Because I was concerned about the safety of the factory, I scalded my hands with boiling water when I was fishing out the dumplings.
Jian Xiaoxing was sitting at the dinner table, watching his back intently. When he saw him retract his hand, he knew he was scalded, so he rushed over and took his hand and rinsed it under cold water.
The cold water in winter was icy and biting, so Shen Ze quickly took her hand away.
"Keep going for two minutes." Jian Xiaoxing ordered, looking at his bloodshot hands.
He didn't say a word even when he was burned. If she hadn't seen it, he would probably have just endured it.
Afterwards, Jian Xiaoxing found some burn ointment and applied it to him, and stopped him from touching water.
Jian Xiaoxing pressed Chen Ze onto the chair and automatically took over the task of serving dumplings, which seemed like he was taking over as host.
The dumplings were filled with mushrooms and pork. When Jian Xiaoxing took the first bite, tears flashed in his eyes.
In the dim candlelight, Shen Ze still noticed something strange and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing. These dumplings remind me of my mom's. They taste exactly the same." Jian Xiaoxing sniffed.
"Then let my mother make it for you often in the future." Shen Ze's eyes were deep.
They get along so well, it would be nice for them to live together in the future.
However, the happier his life was, the more guilty he felt towards his brother.
Twenty years ago, his mother took him and his younger brother to play on the street, and they also encountered a rainstorm.
They were taking shelter from the rain under the eaves of a house on a street where people were everywhere. Suddenly, he was choked by a glass ball because he was playing too much. His mother was in a panic to save him and forgot about her brother. After the rain stopped, his brother was swept away by the crowd of people who were hurrying on their way and could no longer be found.
They put an ad in the newspaper looking for him, but there was no news.
Because my father had a job, his heart gradually became numb over time, but my mother thought about this matter every day and became silent.
His mother never blamed him, but she kept blaming herself: "Tell me, why didn't I notice him? What if Xiaokun was kidnapped by bad people? What if he was washed away by the water?"
During that period, newspapers often reported news about children being washed away by heavy rain, and it was very likely that my younger brother was washed away by the water.
Whenever he thought of this, Chen Ze's heart ached as if it were being pricked by needles.
The two of them finished their meal in silence, each with their own thoughts.
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