It was dark, and the lights in the living room and kitchen on the first floor were on in the villa.

In the kitchen, He Qingzhu was wearing an orange apron and stood in front of the stove. On the stove, the pot covered with the lid was rumbled and white steam continued to emerge from the small holes in the lid.

She looked out the window, and from this angle, she could see a building not far away. Her eyes seemed to be looking through that building, and she didn't know where she looked.

Dingdong.

Suddenly, the doorbell outside rang.

He Qingzhu was shocked and quickly turned off the fire and walked out quickly. When he was about to reach the door, he remembered something again, took off his apron, hung it aside. He took a breath and went out to open the door.

Outside the door, there was a middle-aged woman with a little excited expression, "Qingzhu, do you still remember me?"

A hint of disappointment appeared in He Qingzhu's eyes, and soon recognized the woman in front of him, and said happily, "Aunt Zhao?"

It was the aunt who helped her at home when she lived here before.

I haven't seen you for ten years, Aunt Zhao has not changed much, so she recognized her at a glance.

"It's me, Qingzhu, it's really a long time since I saw you." Aunt Zhao held her hand, "It's been ten years, and you're getting more and more beautiful."

He Qingzhu said, "Come in and talk, don't stand outside."

After entering the house, He Qingzhu poured her a cup of hot water and asked, "How do you know I'm back?"

"It was yesterday that a neighbor sent me a WeChat message and I came over and took a look."

"You don't live in this community anymore?"

"My mother-in-law is not in good health and she doesn't want to move to the county town, so we have to go back to the countryside to take care of the elderly." Aunt Zhao said, sighed, and asked again, "Where is your dad?"

He Qingsheng said, "There are a lot of things in his company, so where can we go?"

"I have heard that Mr. He's business is getting bigger and bigger. A few years ago, he said he was coming back for inspection, and even the secretary was accompanying him."

"I don't know this. I've been abroad for many years."

"By the way, how is your mother's health?"

“It’s much better.”

"That's good." Aunt Zhao said, glanced at the kitchen, saw the light inside, and asked, "Are you cooking?"

"Um."

"I'll help you." Aunt Zhao said, and was about to get up.

He Qingzhu hurriedly grabbed her and said, "No need, it's done."

"Then, you have dinner first, I'm going back."

"Let's go slowly."

He Qingzhu sent her to the door.

Aunt Zhao had already left the door, suddenly turned around and said embarrassedly, "There is something that I should have told you long ago."

He Qingzhu asked, "What's the matter?"

"At that time, before you went abroad, your phone disappeared and you couldn't find it everywhere. In fact, my youngest son secretly took that phone. That day, he came to find me, but I didn't let him enter the house, just in the yard. Who knew that he sneaked in while I was not paying attention, but he took a cell phone without taking anything else."

"He had a girlfriend at that time and pestered him to buy the latest fruit mobile phone. He could not afford it. Seeing that there was one in the house, he became obsessed with it and secretly left it and gave it to his girlfriend."

"I doubted him later, but he refused to admit it, so I believed it. It was not until two years ago that he missed it. I realized that it was him who stole it. Qingzhu, I'm so sorry, I'll pay you how much the phone cost."

"No!"

He Qingzhu closed the door, leaned her back behind the door, and slowly slid down until she sat on the ground, holding her knees with her hands, and everything in front of her became blurred.

If I hadn't lost my cell phone, how could I have lost contact with him...

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly the cell phone in her pocket rang.

He Qingzhu took out his cell phone, and when he saw the caller, he felt warm and answered the phone.

"Why did it take so long to answer? Are you doing something bad?" On the phone, there was a cheerful voice of a woman.

She said, "Cooking."

"What kind of meals are you cooking? Come and pick me up."

"You can't accept you, I'm in my hometown now."

"I know."

"and you……"

"Guess where I am now?"

"ah?"

"Haha, I didn't expect that I'll come to you. Just at the station in your county, there is a big circle in front of you. Come over quickly and take me to have delicious food. After driving for a long time, I starved to death."

He Qingzhu quickly stood up and said, "I'll go there right away."

…………

Twenty minutes later, He Qingzhu rushed to the station and met his friend Su Muyan. He complained, "You don't say anything in advance if you come."

"How about it, are you surprised or surprised?" Su Muyan was about the same age as her, with a melon-shaped face and very delicate makeup. She smiled happily when she saw her.

"You're not at home and spending more time with your uncles and aunts?"

"After staying for two days, they felt annoyed. This time, I brought my luggage here. I want to stay with you for a while, won't you not welcome me?"

He Qingzhu said helplessly, "Of course we welcome."

"That's about the same. Let's go and eat first. If you have any special food here, take me to try it."

He Qingzhu shook her head, "I have lived here for a few months, and I really don't know much about this." As she said that, she took out her cell phone and started searching.

"Then you ran back specifically?"

Su Muyan looked at her with a playful look, "Is there any secret that cannot be told? I understand, it must be related to the man in the photo on your phone. Have you come to find him?"

He Qingzhu said angrily, "Aren't you hungry? Let's go quickly." As he said that, he put the phone that had already opened the navigation on the phone holder.

Su Muyan laughed and started the car.

The restaurant He Qingzhu chose was not far away, and it arrived in a few minutes.

The two got out of the car, found a seat by the window, and after ordering the dishes, they talked about some of their experiences after returning to China.

As they were chatting, Su Muyan suddenly looked behind He Qingzhu, first shocked, and then the expression on her face became extremely strange.

"What's wrong?"

He Qingzhu felt strange and was about to turn around. Su Muyan opposite pointed at her and said, "Don't move, don't look back, don't talk."

"?"

He Qingzhu looked at her with some confusion, wondering what she was doing.

Su Muyan reached out to take her phone over, pressed the power button, lit the screen, pointed at the man in the photo on the screen, and pointed behind her.

He Qingzhu immediately understood that it was Chen Fan. He also came to this restaurant, and he was sitting behind her.
Chapter completed!