Extra: Back then (Palai & Zhou Qixiao + Wen Ran’s parents)

the little boy above had an expressionless face, but his deep eyes were exactly the same as Qi Yue’s.

The little boy's name and some basic information are crookedly written on the back of the photo.

Zhou Sui Ning's eyes suddenly turned red.

She remembered that Qi Yue was good at handwriting.

When Zhou Sui Ning found a child named Qi Xiao in the purgatory camp.

The child was covered in wounds and blood.

He sat helplessly in the sea of ​​blood and corpses, holding an unknown arm in his hand.

Those deep eyes that were supposed to be passionate were now full of deathly silence.

The moment he numbly opened his mouth to bite it, she rushed over, threw the arm away, and held him tightly in her arms.

Tears welled up unconsciously.

Nanzhou is really hell...

From then on, Zhou Suining took Qi Xiao with him.

I originally thought it would be very difficult to deal with my father.

Unexpectedly, his father seemed to think highly of Qi Xiao and wanted to adopt him as his tenth adopted son.

But Qi Xiao was very resistant, so in the end he did not go through the formal adoption procedures.

However, the Zhou family began to claim that Zhou Qixiao was the tenth young master of the Zhou family.

On the day Qi Yue's body was found, it rained heavily in the sky.

Zhou Suining and Qi Xiao stood in front of the rotting corpse.

When she looked at Qi Xiao, who was still expressionless and not at all sad, her heart ached.

This child was also destroyed in the war.

When Zhou Suining took Qi Xiao's hand and walked back, he remembered the first time he saw this child.

The child, whose eyes were filled with deathly silence, called her mother in a daze.

Thinking of this, she gently said to him: "We will be family from now on. You and I will be named Zhou."

From then on, Qi Xiao changed his name to Zhou Qi Xiao.

Zhou Sui Ning.

Zhou Qixiao is only six or seven years old, but he is extremely smart.

Moreover, Qi Yue should have taught him a lot of homework before. He can actually learn junior high school textbooks at such a young age, and his self-study ability is amazing. At this rate, he will be able to learn high school knowledge in no time.

Zhou Qixiao has experienced hellish torture. Although he seems quiet and not aggressive now, he is too precocious and boring.

Zhou Sui Ning was worried that he wouldn't get along with children of the same age, so he found a private tutor for him.

In less than half a year, he had to change three teachers because he learned too quickly.

Zhou Qixiao was silent almost all the time, and his gem-like blue eyes revealed an inorganic coldness.

Although he should be at an age where he can cry and make fuss, the child is too quiet.

Zhou Suining was a little panicked at first, but then he felt relieved.

But she would always sit next to him, talking to him about school and her own troubles, showing her kindness to him without hesitation, just like how she used to talk to Qi Yue. .

The too quiet villa seems to have become more popular when Qi Yue was here.

That day was Ning's birthday.

She sat in the small yard and watched quietly as her father sent someone to deliver a huge birthday cake.

The cake was very beautiful, but my father didn't even call.

The house was still as quiet as a tomb.

Zhou Suining held his chin with one hand and couldn't help but think of the only lively birthday.

Qi Yue was with her at that time.

Sometimes, she couldn't help but think about if she had been older and knew more.

Or in the five or six years since Qi Yue left, if she had tried harder to find her, would she not have become what she is now...

The self-blame was eroding her like waves of tides over time.

The breeze blew by, carrying a faint fragrance of flowers.

Zhou Suining opened his eyes and looked over with some confusion.

Zhou Qixiao, with a cold expression, was standing in front of her.

The little boy still looked cold and uninterested in anything in the world.

But he raised the hand holding the flower and handed the slightly withered carnation in front of her.

"Happy birthday."

Zhou Qixiao didn't speak for a long time. When he opened his mouth, his voice was a little hoarse, but he said every word clearly and seriously.

Zhou Sui Ning was stunned for a moment. In a blink of an eye, the huge joy diluted the loneliness and self-blame in her heart.

She took the flowers, half-crouched in front of Zhou Qixiao, and said solemnly: "Thank you, Xiao Shi."

Zhou Qixiao did not He responded, but did not leave. Instead, he turned around and sat opposite Zhou Suining, his eyes falling on the candles placed on the table.

He remembered that birthdays were celebrated by blowing out candles and making wishes.

Although he has never experienced it once, he has seen other children do this kind of thing.

In his opinion, the nagging Zhou Suining is just like an older child, and he should make a wish on his birthday.

He knew that she was afraid of being alone, and since she saved him, he would stay with her.

The flower she held in her hand

was given to him by Zhou Yuzhi.

That day, Zhou Suining had a lively second birthday.

Even if she is the only one chattering, it is still very lively for her.

Zhou Que initially disagreed with Zhou Suining's decision to go to China.

But Zhou Sui Ning, who has always been obedient, seems to be particularly persistent in this matter, so determined that he is almost out of his control.

In order not to affect his future plans, he temporarily compromised.

After all, he did need to spend some time away from Zhou Suining.

Because he saw the unlimited potential of Zhou Qixiao, a wolf cub, and he would definitely be more useful than the nine puppies he had adopted before.

The deadline to report to school is coming soon.

If Zhou Suining was still worried about Zhou Qixiao before, now she sees that he can study and live like a normal child, which makes her feel more at ease.

So Zhou Suining discussed with Zhou Qixiao and wanted to send him to a private school.

Private schools also have a boarding system, so while she was studying abroad, she would not let her child stay alone in an empty villa.

Zhou Suining knew that feeling best, and she didn't want Zhou Qixiao to experience it.

Zhou Qixiao still looked like he was following you, so in the end it was a happy decision.

On the day they left, Zhou Qixiao didn't react at all and remained taciturn and indifferent.

Zhou Suining's eyes turned red. She tried for a long time and originally wanted to rub Zhou Qixiao's head.

In the end, she just put her hand on his shoulder and pressed lightly.

"Remember to call me if you need anything. Let's go home during the winter, summer, and holidays."

After hearing the next four words, Zhou Qixiao, who was not interested, raised his eyes and said nothing.

But when Zhou Suining turned around to leave, he nodded slightly.

Zhou Suining immediately turned around happily, squatted down, and hugged Zhou Qixiao's small body vigorously.

"Xiao Shi, wait for sister to come back!"

[The story of Wen Ran's parents: Zhou Suining (Palai) & Zhou Yuzhi (Wen Xiangru)]

Zhou Suining did not expect to go to China to study alone.

On the plane, she looked at Zhou Yuzhi who was sitting next to her with some restraint.

Zhou Suining knew Zhou Yuzhi and had met him several times when he was a child.

The tall and thin brother has a handsome face and a pair of clear deer eyes, showing a kind of harmless kindness when he looks over.

So although the two of them didn't exchange a few words, Zhou Suining was extremely impressed by him.

It stands to reason that he should be the first child adopted by his father, but no information about him has been disclosed to the outside world.

Especially in the past three years, Zhou Yuzhi seemed to have disappeared.

It seems that apart from his surname Zhou, he has nothing to do with Zhou Que.

But why did he suddenly appear now

and want to accompany her to China?

Zhou Yuzhi seemed to feel Zhou Suining's eyes, turned around and looked over, smiling softly and kindly.

"Miss, if I make you feel embarrassed, I will protect you where you can't see me after getting off the plane."

Said "Miss," Zhou Suining blushed.

Although the bodyguard who usually protects her will always call her missy.

But... hearing it from Zhou Yuzhi's mouth, she still felt uncomfortable.

Because after all, when she first met Zhou Yuzhi, she thought this would be a relative accompanying her.

Nowadays, relatives become bodyguards...it's weird.

"You, you don't need to call me Miss, just call me by my name." Zhou Suining was afraid that he would follow the rules of the family and not change his words, so he quickly explained, "This is very strange in China. I, I want to live a normal life. "

The man pondered for a moment, then leaned forward politely and looked over. He clearly had a pair of round deer eyes, but when his smile was half-squinted, there was an indescribable feeling of doting.

Zhou Sui Ning suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Just as he was about to look away, he heard him ask with a smile: "Really? If it doesn't attract anyone's attention, can I call you Ning Ning?"

His tone of voice also sounded like a breeze. Gentle, Zhou Suining felt as if his heart was stirred, and he nodded quickly with a face the color of a big tomato.

She didn't know why her heartbeat suddenly started to beat so fast. She hurriedly grabbed the blanket, threw it over her head, and whispered, "I'm sleepy."

There seemed to be a slight smile in her ears.

She didn't know whether it was because the temperature in the plane was too high or the blanket was too stuffy, but Zhou Suining felt a surge of heat coming up, and her face felt as hot as a fever.

At this time, she felt the edge of the blanket being gently pulled, and the gentle and pleasant sound sounded in her ears again.

"Ning Ning, I'm wearing a blindfold, do you want to use it?"

Ning Ning was only called by Qi Yue before, and even her father just called her Sui Ning or Xiao Ning.

At this time, this overly intimate title came out of Zhou Yuzhi's mouth, and paired with his gentle voice, it seemed even more intimate.

Only then did Zhou Sui Ning remember that she had just been shy and forgot to refuse his title.

The eyes covered under the blanket rolled, and Zhou Suining thought quietly: It would be too unkind to refuse at this time, right?

His mind was thinking wildly, and Zhou Yuzhi's polite inquiry came to mind again: "Don't you need it?"

Mingming It was a very normal tone. Zhou Sui Ning felt that he was definitely suffocated by the blanket and was starved of oxygen. Otherwise, how could he feel that he was showing disappointment!

The surroundings suddenly became quiet. Zhou Sui Ning slowly pulled down the blanket and thought a little uneasily. I want to secretly look at Zhou Yuzhi's expression.

Unexpectedly, a pair of beautiful willow-leaf eyes were revealed, facing Zhou Yuzhi's smiling deer eyes.

She was like a frightened little rabbit and almost couldn't control herself and pulled the blanket up again.

But in an instant, I was immersed in those clear eyes.

A beam of light happened to fall in his eyes outside the window. The moment he narrowed his eyes slightly, the pure black "black gem" suddenly shimmered.

A word suddenly popped into Zhou Suining's mind: colorful black.

The buling buling is so beautiful!

At this time, the man raised the blindfold in his hand, shook it gently, and asked patiently again, "Do you need it, Ning Ning?"

Zhou Sui Ning felt very uncomfortable at this time. Sorry, the other party has asked me three times and she didn't even respond. It's really rude.

She nodded slightly and thanked her as she took the blindfold.

"You don't need to say thank you to me. I should do whatever I do for you." The man's tone was slow, giving people the illusion of being extremely serious and focused.

Zhou Suining pursed her lips slightly and couldn't help but think: Did he say this because of her identity?

For a moment, she lowered her eyes in disappointment.

It seemed like she was back in school for a moment, when her friends who were familiar with her suddenly became attentive to her because they knew her identity.

Everything has gone bad.

But she didn't know if the man could read minds. Just when she was about to put on the blindfold, she suddenly said: "It's just because of you, not because of the Zhou family."

Zhou Suining's eyes widened little by little in shock. He looked over with confusion.

The man chuckled: "Because you are my eldest lady."

Zhou Suining came back to his senses, blinked, and curled his lips slightly.

It was because of her identity!

But she quickly adjusted her emotions. After all, she was used to this kind of thing.

Zhou Sui Ning put on her blindfold gloomily, but missed the man's complicated and doting look when he looked at her.

After school started, Zhou Suining naturally chose to live on campus.

Originally, she was worried about how to get along with Zhou Yuzhi, but she didn't expect that after the man gave her a key to an apartment near the school, he never took the initiative to contact her again.

Zhou Yuzhi seemed to have disappeared from her life.

That hasty encounter at the airport suddenly became a little unreal.

However, school life in China is peaceful and lively.

Zhou Sui Ning's little regret was instantly filled up.

Zhou Sui Ning speaks Chinese very well, and no one among the students here knows her identity.

So she lives quite freely.

The only thing that made her a little uneasy was that she had just learned that Zhou Qixiao's private school was a fully closed military school, and she could only contact him during the winter and summer vacations.

But thinking that she would go back during the National Day holiday, her father couldn't deceive him at all, so she felt relieved.

One week into school, the freshmen in the class met to go out for dinner and bond.

It was Zhou Sui Ning's first experience and he couldn't help but drink two more drinks.

The restroom of the food stall has to go through the alley, so Zhou Suining went to the restroom with his roommate.

But they didn't expect that when they came back, the two of them went astray because they were unfamiliar with the environment.

Looking at the increasingly dark alley, the two of them were about to turn back, but were blocked by two drunk men.

The man blocked the only exit and talked obscenely.

The roommate immediately took out his cell phone vigilantly, as if he was going to call the police if you didn't get out of the way.

But the two people across from him got drunk, and one of them slapped him in the face and knocked his roommate's cell phone to the ground.

Although Zhou Suining had learned self-defense techniques, they were all used with pistols.

When her hand unconsciously touched her lower back, she remembered that China banned guns.