"But, you know, for a man, what's the point of dignity in front of someone you like? Dignity can't buy you dinner, right?"

The little aunt smiled, "Just kidding, my sister's not here."

"Whether she's here or not, these words should be said."

"Whatever you say. By the way, you still like my sister, right?"

The little aunt moved closer to Zhou Ze, nudging him gently with her arm.

"My sister's legs, her figure, and if she wore a uniform with stockings, even I'd be jealous! And she's tall and slender, not too fat, not too thin, and she's got some meat on her."

Zhou Ze,

Really wanted to nod,

But,

He controlled himself.

"Xu Le, actually, I used to really dislike you and look down on you."

"Seconded."

I also look down on that idiot Xu Le!

"What are you agreeing to? I'm telling you, now I actually like that you're my brother-in-law. I'd be happy if you and my sister could be good together."

Zhou Ze was silent.

"What kind of hurdle can't a couple overcome?"

Zhou Ze continued to be silent.

Actually, now that he thought about it, the grudges of the past, even the ethical entanglements, didn't matter anymore. But Zhou Ze felt that things were pretty good now.

The bookstore wasn't very big, but it was just enough to contain him.

He didn't want to get involved in any other entanglements or ties anymore, because… he was lazy.

Many people actually found it hard to understand Zhou Ze's current state of mind, because in this world, all living beings were busy every day, for life, for dreams, for many, many purposes.

Even occasional leisure trips were a race against time, and taking photos and posting them on social media felt more like a task.

And Zhou Ze's kind, who had seen prosperity and now lay down, holding a pot of tea, watching the ephemeral days go by in leisure, was truly a rare breed.

Zhou Ze really liked this leisure and tranquility. If he continued to add cumin, vinegar, and millet peppers to the tea, he would lose that artistic conception.

"Alright, take care of yourself. If you need anything, you can find me."

Zhou Ze reached out, wanting to touch the little aunt's head like an elder.

But the little aunt took two steps back, dodging Zhou Ze's hand.

This girl.

"I'm leaving, you go up."

Waving his hand,

Zhou Ze walked back to the playground and crossed it to get to the school gate.

To his surprise, the little black girl was still sitting on that bench, with Deadpool sitting on the ground beside her.

"You guys haven't left yet?"

Zhou Ze asked.

The little black girl pointed ahead.

The old Taoist and the little monkey were playing with a ball on the playground.

The old Taoist tossed it, the little monkey caught it, and the ball kept changing hands between them.

Under the night sky,

The man and the monkey were a charming sight.

…………

When he returned to the bookstore, it was almost midnight.

Xu Qinglang had prepared a midnight snack: a plate of stinky tofu, a plate of peanuts, a plate of Bai Pu tea cakes, a plate of Cui's pig head meat from Xingren Town,

Plus a pot of old yellow wine.

Zhou Ze, the little black girl, and the old Taoist with a monkey sat together and ate for a long time, then took turns taking showers before returning to their respective rooms.

Yingying had changed the sheets on the bed. When Zhou Ze came in, she was sitting on the edge of the bed, painting her toenails.

She was wearing a light-colored nightgown today, with embroidered patterns, very classical. Her hair was draped smoothly to one side, and a graceful beauty poured down like quicksilver.

Very beautiful.

My Yingying was a lady of a great family.

"Don't paint them, nail polish is poisonous."

Zhou Ze walked over and said.

"But, Boss, I'm not going to eat my own toes."

After saying that,

Yingying seemed to have thought of something,

Covering her mouth,

Could it be that

The boss was afraid that he would be poisoned?

"What are you thinking? Go to sleep."

Zhou Ze lay down.

Yingying immediately covered Zhou Ze with the quilt, then turned to face Zhou Ze and lay on her side.

Zhou Ze closed his eyes.

He was tired today,

He fell asleep quickly.

Yingying watched her boss sleeping soundly, watching his eyelashes flutter, and a small arc appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Watching,

She became entranced.

…………

When he woke up in the morning,

He took a shower as usual,

Then walked to his most familiar position.

Sitting across from him was Lawyer An.

In front of him was a super-sized cup of coffee.

Looking at this cup early in the morning, Zhou Ze's eyelids felt heavy.

He also sat down.

Yingying brought him coffee that Lawyer An considered very "low quality."

"Where's the newspaper?"

Zhou Ze asked.

Then he saw it; the newspaper was in Lawyer An's hands.

"You're up pretty early today," Zhou Ze said.

"Yeah."

Lawyer An handed the newspaper to Zhou Ze and said, "Look at today's sports news. The General Administration of Sport has transferred dozens of U25 national team members for training."

"Oh?" Zhou Ze was a little surprised. "You watch soccer?"

"I even had dinner with Li Huitang."

"Don't know him."

"Hehe, there used to be a saying: 'See Mei Lanfang for opera, see Li Huitang for soccer.'"

Oh, that was a long time ago.

Zhou Ze stopped talking because he felt Lawyer An was showing off his age.

"Hopeless, hopeless. The domestic league is still going on, and they're directly transferring players from the clubs. Do you know what the training is for?"

"What for?"

"Military training!"

Lawyer An had an exaggerated expression. "Let a bunch of soccer players go to military training, dress them all in military camouflage, give them buzz cuts, and make them march in formation."

"Oh."

"They're really a bunch of geniuses, they're desperate for political achievements."

Zhou Ze silently put down the sports news section; he wasn't very interested in that.

Since he learned that Yingying had started buying property, Boss Zhou had developed a strong interest in real estate news.

So,

Between the proletariat and the speculators,

There's only one maid.

He saw a news item that after a building had its price reduced, the original owners of the apartments collectively held banners and stormed the sales office to protect their rights.

Zhou Ze silently stroked his chin,

Thinking that if any real estate company dared to lower the price of the house Yingying bought, he would get a bunch of ghosts to protect their rights, scare them to death, and see if they would dare to lower the price again.

Thinking about it,

Boss Zhou laughed to himself.

"Breakfast is ready!"

Old Xu called out.

Everyone went to eat breakfast. After breakfast, Zhou Ze habitually walked back to his sofa, only to find that the coffee and newspaper were gone.

"This…………"

"Boss, we have something to do today."

Lawyer An said.

"What is it?"

Zhou Ze turned around in confusion and saw the little zombie standing in front of him.

The little zombie was wearing very formal children's clothes, sneakers, and even carrying a schoolbag. With this getup, he looked like a cute little boy.

"Going to school!"

Lawyer An pointed to the little zombie next to him.

"Going to... school?"

"That's right, Boss, I'm bothering you. Send him to school."

"Don't tell me, it's the same elementary school as Lin Ke."

"That's right."

"Are you poisonous?"

"No."

"I want to go to school."

The little boy suddenly spoke.

This scene,

If someone who didn't know the situation saw it, they would definitely feel sorry and shed tears.

Look,

What a good child,

Saying he wants to go to school, how can you bear not to let him go to school?

"Lin Ke is Wang Rui now," Zhou Ze reminded him.

"I know she's there. Looking at her is a kind of satisfaction."

The little boy said very seriously.

Zhou Ze couldn't do anything with this love saint and pointed to Lawyer An. "Then you go send him."

Boss Zhou knew that the little zombie must have blackmailed Lawyer An with this matter. Lawyer An had to give in so that he could sleep peacefully every night.

With Lawyer An's abilities and connections, it wouldn't be difficult to get a child into a prestigious elementary school.

"The guardian has to send him," Lawyer An explained.

"So, the guardian is?"

"It's you."

"Why not you?"

Lawyer An heard this and pointed to the little boy next to him.

The little boy replied seriously, "He's not worthy to be my dad."

"Hiss…" Lawyer An.

Although he had heard this answer once before, he still wanted to hit someone when he heard it again.

A very simple reason, and a very direct reason.

Lawyer An used to have a friend who knew someone whose ex-girlfriend suddenly said she was pregnant, pregnant with another man's child, and she and that man had already broken up.

That friend hesitated for a moment, then prepared to take over.

He said, "Then come back to me, I'll raise the child."

As a result, the woman replied:

"No, you're not worthy to raise his child."

Lawyer An felt that he was a bit like that friend.

Zhou Ze gritted his teeth and nodded. "Okay, get in the car."

The little boy got in the car and fastened his seat belt properly.

Zhou Ze also got in and started the car.

"Knock knock knock!"

Lawyer An knocked on the car window and pointed to the passenger seat. "The documents and procedures are all in here."

Zhou Ze nodded and started the car.

After getting on Jianghai Avenue, it wouldn't be far from that elementary school.

In his previous life, he was alone.

This life is also alone.

Two lifetimes.

This was the first time Boss Zhou had ever driven a child to school.

Damn it,

It really did have a special feeling.

In this situation, Zhou Ze felt that he should say something, at least to ease the awkwardness.

"At school, study hard…"

You're telling a hundreds-of-years-old "old monster" to study hard?

"Never mind, at school, don't bother Wang Rui. Wait until it's time for her to come out, then you can go talk to her."

"Okay."

The little boy nodded obediently.

As long as he could see her every day, he was willing to do anything.

"Also, get along well with the children at school. Don't fight."

"Okay."

Don't fight,

Don't fight…

Zhou Ze subconsciously lit a cigarette,

Thinking about what would happen if the little boy got into a fight with the elementary school students at school.

A certain young bully rushed towards the little boy, preparing for a three-hundred-round battle to teach this newcomer a lesson.

As a result, the little boy waved his hand,

"Bang!"

The figure of a certain young bully flew directly into the sky,

Drawing a desperate arc,

A real-life version of

Beating up kids.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ze had to urge him again:

"No matter what happens at school, you are not allowed to use your hands. You are not allowed to use your strength."

The little boy asked with some confusion, "What if someone hits me?"

Zhou Ze exhaled a smoke ring and asked back:

"Even if all the kids in the class suddenly go crazy and bring kitchen knives from home to chop you,

Can they break your skin?"

"Okay."

Zhou Ze turned on the car stereo, didn't connect to Bluetooth, and randomly clicked on it, discovering that Lawyer An had put in a CD;

Next,

It was time to witness how much effort Lawyer An had put in so that he could sleep peacefully every night:

"Little kids,

Carrying schoolbags to school,

Not afraid of the sun,

Not afraid of wind and rain…………"