The place to meet was at Yulan. Compared with the last time we met, there was still no wrinkle on the collar of Louison's shirt, but his face seemed to be a bit older, with obvious fatigue between his brows. When Yu Nian entered, he stood up politely, "I take the liberty of asking you to meet, I'm really bothering you."
Yu Nian also nodded in response, "I don't have any plans these days, so I can't talk about disturbing you."
The two sat down, the amber tea was poured into the cups, the fragrance of the tea permeated, and Yu Nian waited quietly for the other party to speak.
The teacup in front of Luisen was still steaming. He was sitting upright and his voice was a little hoarse. He said first, "Mister's physical condition is very bad. He got better a few days ago. He got worse last night. The accompanying doctor I have been busy all night, and I didn't settle down again until this morning."
Yu Nian was puzzled, "Then you—"
Luisen answered, "You want to ask, why at such a juncture, I didn't stay by Mr.'s side, but came to see you, right?"
It was unnatural for Yu Nian not to be seen through, "Yes, this is indeed my doubt."
"Actually, I asked you to meet this time to persuade you to accept the bronze gui." Luisen looked at Yu Nian with complicated eyes, and there was even a bit of pleading in his words, and he commented on what he said, "... this piece The bronze gui, Mister takes it very seriously, and he is worried about handing it over to someone else."
"Mr. can't bear to force you to accept it, but I've been with him for so many years, and I can't bear that he won't let go in the end, so I decided to meet you in private."
Holding the teacup tightly, Yu Nian shook his head lightly, "I am very moved by your sincerity, but now that we have reached this point, I would like to know that you and Mr. He are stubborn in entrusting the bronze gui to you. My real reason. Otherwise, I dare not ask for it."
The box was quiet, not even the touch of teaspoons and cups, and the air was filled with faint incense. Luisen lowered his eyes and took a few breaths before replying, "Sorry, I can't say."
Meng Yuan and Shi Rou were waiting in the car. When Yu Nian came back, Meng Yuan asked with concern, "How is it? What is the other party's purpose?"
"Luisen said that he invited me to meet on his own initiative." Yu Nian pondered, "From what Luisen said, it can be heard that Mr. He Xiao is in poor health, and he probably won't last long. They want to give the bronze gui to him. I, however, said that I couldn’t tell me why.”
Meng Yuan has never encountered such a situation before, he rubbed his chin, "According to my thinking, one situation is that your Qingshan Yu family and Mr. Xiu Ning are too famous, you are a descendant of the Yu family, and the bronze gui He is so precious that he is not at ease in giving it to others, so he believes in you, so he stubbornly wants to give it to you."
Yu Nian listened and nodded.
Meng Yuan continued, "The second is that there is some kind of conspiracy and trap in it. If there is a conspiracy, then, first, it is your own hatred, and second, it is your family's hatred. This hatred is quite deep, so In the end, this Mr. He will find the right opportunity to trick you."
Yu Nian pondered, "The other party did ask me two questions. They asked me if my grandfather was Yu Xiuning, and if my grandmother was Sheng Lingyi. They also asked if my birthday was on New Year's Eve."
Shi Rou, who had been silent all this time, said, "I may be thinking a little naively, but... Could it be that this Mr. He has no descendants or heirs, so he wants to find someone who can be trusted a little bit before he dies, Can you entrust the base of the bronze gui?"
Shi Rou's words kept spinning in Yu Nian's mind.
When Xie You came back, he saw Yu Nian sitting on the recliner in front of the French window, as if in a daze. He walked over, loosened his tie with one hand, leaned over and kissed Yu Nian, "What are you thinking?"
Yu Nian came back to his senses, moved to the side, and when Xie You also sat down, he habitually leaned on Xie You, "I was thinking, in fact, the situation is almost the same in comparison. At that time, Mrs. Feng I have no descendants, and I feel that my life is almost over, and I might die someday, so I entrusted the "Prayer for Heaven and Virtue" to me, and brought it back to China, let me do whatever I want.
This time, Mr. He Xiao wanted to entrust me with the base of the bronze gui, but I accepted Mrs. Feng's "Praying for Heaven and Virtue Manuscript", but why am I wary of the bronze gui? It's like a subconscious... resistance. "
He hooked Xie You's fingers with his fingers, as if talking to himself, and confirmed again, "Yes, it was indeed a resistance. From the housekeeper named Louison finding me, to seeing He Xiao on the hospital bed together , I don’t know why, but I’m very resistant.”
Xie You pulled him into his arms and asked softly, "Why do you resist every year?"
Yu Nian was stunned for two seconds, "... I don't know either."
Xie You rubbed Yu Nian's hair, "If you can't think clearly, then don't think about it."
The curtain of night opened, enveloping thousands of high-rise buildings into darkness. Louison opened the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows, revealing the flashing neon lights of the entire city in front of He Xiao.
Sitting back on the chair beside the bed, Luisen heard He Xiao ask, "Did you go to see him today?"
"I can't hide anything from you." Louison spoke the truth in a very soft voice, "Mr. Yu accepted my invitation and met with me. But Mr. Yu is very persistent. If he doesn't explain the reason clearly, he will not agree to accept the bronze gui .”
He Xiao leaned on the pillow, his lips pale. He coughed softly twice, with a smile in his eyes, "It's very similar to his mother, very stubborn. On the surface, it looks like a soft temper. In fact, as long as a decision is made, others will say it a thousand times and ten thousand times." over and over again, and won’t listen to a single word.”
Luisen nodded and was silent for more than ten seconds before he asked again, "Sir, are you really not going to say it?"
He Xiao looked at the neon lights outside the window, shook his head slowly, and said in a hoarse voice, "In the past twenty-two years, I never appeared in his life, and I didn't even know that he existed. What right do I have now, to suddenly appear , meddling in his life? Besides, I don’t have much time to live now, how can you make me bear to tell him?”
After coughing a few more times, He Xiao said weakly, "He is still so young, he lost his mother, sent away his grandpa, and sent away his grandmother. Why let him send me away again, which will only increase the sadness? On the contrary, I am safe. Died quietly, making him think that even if he doesn't know where it is, but there is still a relative in this world after all, it can be regarded as a sustenance. Otherwise, how sad he is. "
Louison couldn't bear it, "Sir, but you—"
"I'm already satisfied." He Xiao stopped Luisen from saying, "He's very good, really good, very good. Don't be greedy, just take a look, and I'll be satisfied."
He told Luisen again, "You are an old man by my side, don't go to him on your own."
Luisen folded his hands in front of him, and finally replied, "Yes, sir."
Yu Nian could realize that he felt very light sleep and was always dreaming repeatedly.
In the dream, when I was very young, when I came back from kindergarten, I asked my grandpa and grandma suspiciously, besides grandpa and grandma, other children also had parents, grandparents, and some had brothers and sisters. Why didn’t I
At that time, my grandfather was reading books. Hearing this question, my grandfather pulled him to his side. He didn't avoid it or lie. He left this world. Who is Niannian's father? The answer to this question, neither grandpa nor grandma, because this is the little secret of Niannian's mother."
"It's like I have my own little secret. Grandpa bought a porcelain vase quietly two days ago. Grandma can't let her know. This is also my little secret, right?"
"Yeah, Niannian is right. Because it's my mother's little secret, we don't know about it. But, although we don't have a father or grandparents every year, Niannian's mother, grandma, and I all Love you so much, you can feel it, right?"
"Yes, you all love me."
He also dreamed that when he came back from school with the schoolbag he used in elementary school, Uncle Shen had already prepared dinner. He sat on a chair, holding his chopsticks, and as he ate, tears fell into the rice.
Grandma patted his head worriedly and asked, "What happened to us every year? We were wronged at school? Or is there something sad?"
He raised his head, and only then showed a hint of crying, and asked with a sob, "Grandma, Dad, Dad, doesn't he want me and my mother, so he never showed up? My parents at the same table come to pick me up every day." When he comes home, I really want my parents to take me home... "
Struggling to wake up from the dream, there seemed to be tides in his eyes. The bedroom was quiet, surrounded by Xie You's breathing. Yu Nian stared blankly for a while with his eyes open, turned sideways, and let himself curl up in Xie You's arms.
When he was very young, he used to cry quietly many times without telling his grandfather and grandmother, and even imagined what it would be like if his parents were there. Or one day, his father suddenly appeared in front of him, touched his head, and hugged him, what kind of scene would it be
But the longer he grows up, the more he understands that he can't let himself be indulged in beautiful fantasies, and he can't put all the good things and expectations on a complete stranger. Otherwise, he will not be able to see clearly the goodness of the people around him, and even the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.
He is timid, and thus checks all his fantasies, because these are extravagant wishes.
"Every year?"
Hearing Xie You's sleepy hoarse voice, Yu Nian squeezed into Xie You's arms again, "Huh?"
Xie You's warm palm touched Yu Nian's cool side face, and kissed again, "Did you have a nightmare?"
"No, it's just a dream about what happened when I was a child." Yu Nian held Xie You's wrist, letting the other's palm stick to his face, not taking it away. His voice was a little low, "You asked me why I resisted, but it's not that I don't know."
Xie You didn't speak.
Yu Nian's voice dropped two minutes, "I'm afraid."
A tremor could be heard from the end of his speech, Xie You stretched out his hand and hugged the person in his arms tightly.
Yu Nian lay in Xie You's arms, biting Xie You's pajamas tightly. After a long time, a choked sob leaked from the darkness, "Xie You, I'm really scared..."