Chapter 62: Unexpected Gratitude
Accident, Chu Yan's first impression.
This house is not big, the usable area is about 80 square meters, the standard layout of two bedrooms and one living room, the interior decoration has a touch of simple European style, and the color is mainly white, the house is not big, but it is very warm.
Chu Yan's surprise came from the cleanliness and tidiness of the room, he knew that girls liked cleanliness very much, but he didn't expect Jiang Xiaoran to love cleanliness so much.
Since the first day he met Jiang Xiaoran, he has seen the character of this confused little girl clearly, confused but not sloppy, sleepy eyes all day long as if he never woke up, love to sleep is certain, but anyone who loves to sleep lazily is rarely diligent, and Jiang Xiaoran is obviously a big exception.
Although this little girl loves to sleep lazily and likes to eat, but the house is clean, the living room is very simple, a set of wide beige sofas, in front of the sofa is a glass coffee table, under the coffee table, neatly placed a large number of snacks.
TV, refrigerator, air conditioner, these things are not lacking, they are reasonably placed, and the cleanliness makes Chu Yan a little embarrassed, and in front of the sofa is an LCD TV of about forty inches.
Looking at Jiang Xiaoran, who was sleeping on the sofa, Chu Yan couldn't help but take a step and admire the kitchen, bathroom and bedroom.
"I really didn't expect how you came over all these years alone. Chu Yan said, his eyes fell on the background wall behind the LCD TV in the living room, on the glass partition on one side of the background wall, there was a photo frame, the photo in the frame was Jiang Xiaoran and her parents, and the background seemed to be the Ferris wheel of Disneyland in Nanshan City.
Chu Yan knew that Jiang Xiaoran's father had passed away, and her mother had remarried into a wealthy family, but he didn't know why Jiang Xiaoran's mother wanted to remarry, and whether she still cared about Jiang Xiaoran after remarrying, but now it seems that this answer is about to come out, in this house, Jiang Xiaoran only has such a photo, with her mother's figure, and the rest of the photos are photos of her and her father, which intuitively illustrates some problems.
Jiang Xiaoran will sleep for a while, yesterday's incident was a big blow to her, this kind and confused little girl may have never encountered this kind of thing, fortunately, things did not develop to an irreparable step.
Holding the key that Jiang Xiaoran threw on the coffee table, Chu Yan opened the door and went downstairs, he wanted to take a look around the community here, as familiar with the environment here as possible, and in the future, he would inevitably come here.
Most of the people living in the Luofeng Garden Community are some elderly people, and few young people come to live here, because when it was first built, it was positioned as a warm pension residence for the elderly, so the greening and entertainment facilities in the community are very complete, of course, the necessary living facilities are also very rich.
Coming to the supermarket at the entrance of the community, Chu Yan, who was in a hurry, walked into the supermarket, and then went straight to the sales area of vegetables and meat, he wanted to have lunch here, and with Jiang Xiaoran, he had a lunch he made himself.
As soon as this thought appeared, it became extremely strong, so Chu Yan returned to Jiang Xiaoran's house after buying a piece of beef, a Wuchang fish, and some vegetables in the supermarket.
It was almost noon, Chu Yan looked at Jiang Xiaoran, who still showed no signs of waking up, and walked into the kitchen with a smile.
After smothering the rice, Chu Yan turned on the gas stove, he had not cooked in person for a long time, he had a warm smile on his face, the oil was gradually heating in the pot, Chu Yan tied his apron and picked up the shovel on the side.
With the sound of stabbing vegetables into the oil pot, the aroma of onion and garlic foam being exploded in the oil pot was overflowing, Jiang Xiaoran, who was lying on the sofa in the living room, and his small and cute nose also moved gently at this moment.
"Uh, braised Wuchang fish, cumin beef, celery, mushrooms?" As the fragrance in the kitchen became stronger and stronger, Jiang Xiaoran, who was sleeping in the middle of nowhere, suddenly opened his eyes, his nose kept shrugging, and he greedily inhaled the fragrance of vegetables wafting in the living room, and his saliva almost flowed out unconsciously, and the sound of muttering in his mouth became louder and louder.
I haven't done it for a long time, and I don't know if my skills have regressed. Putting the last dish of mushroom-roasted rape on the plate, Chu Yan clapped his hands and untied his apron, looked at the four dishes and a pot of soup in front of him, and nodded with satisfaction.
Just as Chu Yan was admiring his work, a strange sound suddenly came from behind him, and he turned his head to see that it was Jiang Xiaoran who was drooling and looking at him with his eyes shining... The dish in front of her, this sound, came from her stomach.
"Are you awake? Come over and help, Big Brother will accompany you to lunch." Chu Yan smiled and brought the dish to the table in the restaurant, Jiang Xiaoran didn't forget to stretch out his hand and pinch a piece of shredded beef and put it in his mouth when serving cumin beef, and then he only exhaled when it was hot, but when the beef entered his mouth, this little confused eye actually became extremely energetic, and the sleepy eyes that were confused all the time actually became bright.
"How's it going?" Chu Yan asked with a smile after filling Jiang Xiaoran's bowl with half a bowl of kelp soup.
"It's delicious!Big brother!The food you cook is so delicious!!" Jiang Xiaoran took a big sip of the soup, and then quickly answered Chu Yan's question, and then buried his head in eating, Chu Yan asked anything, and he just nodded to answer, as for the mouth, he was busy eating and had no time to talk.
The meal was quite warm, and after the meal, Chu Yan wanted to stand up and clean up the dishes and chopsticks, but was stopped by Jiang Xiaoran, "Big brother, I'll come, it's already very hard for you to cook." ”
Looking at Jiang Xiaoran putting away the dishes and chopsticks, and then busy in the kitchen, the smile on Chu Yan's face was meaningful, a little girl who lives alone, independence, autonomy, and taking care of herself are the first things she has to learn.
Half an hour later, Jiang Xiaoran walked out of the kitchen, ate a beautiful lunch, and after cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, the eyes on his little face returned to that hazy state again.
"Big brother, your cooking is so delicious. Jiang Xiaoran sat on the sofa, holding a cartoon pillow, she usually needs to take a nap after lunch, and today should be no exception.
"If you like it, Big Brother will often come over and do it for you. Chu Yan said to Jiang Xiaoran with a smile, Jiang Xiaoran smiled cutely on the side, and the two began to chat.
Time passed minute by minute, although Jiang Xiaoran decided to skip work all day today, and Chu Yan also wanted to accompany her as much as possible, but a phone call from Mo Xiyao came, and the short meeting of the two brothers on the sofa chat ended.
Leaving Luofeng Garden, Chu Yan rushed to Silver Palm as soon as possible, it was now three o'clock in the afternoon, Silver Palm had been open for an hour, Mo Xiyao was in the office on the third floor, opposite her, there was a short-haired girl in plain clothes, and next to the girl, there was also a middle-aged woman with a nervous face.
"Mr. Chu, you are here, Mr. Mo is waiting for you above. When Chu Yan pushed the door and entered the Silver Palm, Tina immediately came over and said with a smile, although in private she would call Chu Yan Brother Chu and Mo Xiyao Sister Mo, but during work hours, she would still call her more formal.
Nodding at Tina, Chu Yan stepped up to the third floor, and as soon as he entered the office, Chu Yan saw Mo Xiyao looking at the two people opposite her with a strange expression, this expression is really indescribable, say angry a little, say happy, there is also a little, in short, it is mixed mood, and finally there is a trace of helplessness and relief.
"Who are they?" Chu Yan walked up to Mo Xiyao and asked with some confusion, because Mo Xiyao just said on the phone just now that he wanted him to come here quickly, and did not mention anything specific.
"Let me introduce you, this is Zhou Xiaoyu, that's her mother. After Mo Xiyao's introduction, Chu Yan was also confused, as if he didn't know these two people, and with Mo Xiyao's actual situation, the possibility of intersecting with these two would not be very large.
"Who are they?" As soon as Chu Yan's question came out, Mo Xiyao turned the computer monitor on his desk to Chu Yan, and then clicked on a video in the folder, when Chu Yan's eyes fell on the video, he could be regarded as understanding who these two were.
"What are you two doing here?" Chu Yan wondered, Zhou Xiaoyu was the girl who placed * in the silver palm, and her mother was an onlooker who didn't know the truth, because Mo Xiyao had shown Chu Yan the video on the fat man Luo Kai's mobile phone, and the person who had been crying and begging Mo Xiyao to let her and a little boy go was her.
"I'm sorry!!I'm really sorry!!I'm forced!!My mom and brother were arrested and locked up by him, and if I didn't do it, he would starve my mom and my brother, I... I... My mother and brother are my last relatives, and I can't afford to lose them... I'm sorry..."The girl stood up from the chair with a trembling voice, and was about to kneel down for Mo Xiyao and Chu Yan as she spoke, but Chu Yan hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop her.
"I'm here to thank Boss Mo, the police originally wanted to arrest me and go to jail, and it was Boss Mo's intercession that allowed me to stand here, otherwise my mother and brother would have no one to take care of me! Thank you, thank you very much!" Zhou Xiaoyu was very emotional, although the tears kept stopping, they were all tears of joy.
Chu Yan finally figured out the ins and outs of the matter by now, looking at Zhou Xiaoyu and the middle-aged woman beside Zhou Xiaoyu who was choked with tears on her face and didn't say a word, the string at the bottom of Chu Yan's heart was gently plucked.
"Xiyao, look?" Chu Yan's words Mo Xiyao understood what they meant, she looked at Zhou Xiaoyu, and finally nodded, "Okay, Xiaoyu, don't cry, I'll give you a job so that you can take good care of your mother and brother, are you willing?"
"I... I do!" Zhou Xiaoyu heard this, and tears poured into tears in an instant......