Stone roads, blue and gray walls, green grass, golden sunshine, and rows of straight purple bamboos in the corners and wisteria trellises in the center of the yard. Everything is the imprint left by the old time, and it also has a strong historical atmosphere, but it is more unique than other buildings in the old house.
Under the wisteria trellis, there is a whole set of tea sets for making tea on the stone table. Several cups of strong tea are poured, and the fragrance of Longjing floats into the nose along the mist from the teacups, which is refreshing.
Under the bright and shadowy flowers and vines, Xu Nianyi sat on the stone bench, watching the old man who was over seventy years old in front of him tell her the story of Shao Jun's childhood with a benevolent expression and a kind voice.
The old man said it very euphemistically, but Xu Nianyi could still see the shadow of Shao Jun through the lines.
Only then did she know why Shao Jun changed his surname. Why did he change his temper drastically. Why is the relationship between him and his younger brother and father so rigid.
It turns out that Shao Jun and Yan Kuan are just half brothers. Ji Zhen, the current mistress of the Yan family, is not Shao Jun's biological mother.
And Shao Jun's biological mother passed away due to an accident more than ten years ago.
In the second year after Shao Jun's mother died, Yan Yanqing married Ji Zhen and had a second son, Yan Kuan.
The old man is a kind person. Although he speaks slowly, he always has a kind smile on his face. Especially when it comes to matters related to Shao Jun, his eyes will become extraordinarily soft.
She could see that this old man loved Shao Jun very much, and probably the whole Yan family, the old man was the person Shao Jun was most worried about.
Now she can also understand why Shao Jun's temperament changed drastically. Just one year after his mother died, his father married a new lover in the second year. The grief of his mother's death has not yet passed, and he has to accept a new stepmother when he is young.
This kind of thing would change anyone's temperament drastically.
According to the old man, Shao Jun's mother was a very sensible and obedient child before the accident happened. He respects his teachers and respects his elders. He has learned the three-character scriptures before going to kindergarten. After school, his academic performance is also among the best.
When the school made home visits, almost all the teachers agreed that Shao Jun was a smart and capable boy.
However, when his mother died unexpectedly, the "good boy" praised by all the teachers and relatives died with him.
Since then, Shao Jun's personality has changed drastically. Originally lively and enthusiastic, he has since become taciturn and full of mistrust of the people around him. Resist contact with anyone. At such a young age, his eyes look like a dormant cheetah on the prairie, sharp and cold, and he seldom sees a smile on his face, especially he hates the new stepmother.
This situation lasted for a long time, until he entered junior high school, he still had that cold face. The deep black eyes seemed to live in a desert, flying sand and rocks, covering the sky and blocking out the sun, barren without a trace of life.
At that time, she was attracted by his cool appearance. She only thought that he had such a personality, but never thought that he was like this because of family accidents.
Listening to the old man's narration, Xu Nianyi felt mixed feelings, both sour and astringent. If Shao Jun's grandfather hadn't told her this, perhaps she would never have figured out the root cause of Shao Jun's drastic change in temperament.
After drinking a cup of tea, Shao Jun had already walked out of the room, and the old man also changed the subject.
Xu Nian could tell that the old man had said so much about many things in the past. Many things were not directly stated.
"Ajun, have you delayed many things in the company in the past two days since you came back?"
As soon as Shao Jun sat down on the stone bench, Yan Qingshan asked with concern.
"It doesn't matter, it's all trivial matters. The company has high-level management in charge, but in some projects, you need to call me to report." Shao Jun put down the plate of cloud cakes in his hand, and answered with a warm voice.
Seeing that the teacup in front of Grandpa was empty, I personally picked up the purple sand teapot and refilled a cup of Longjing for Grandpa.
There was a kind smile on the face of the old man, and he said happily: "When you entered the house just now, read a lot of words with me. You came home this time and brought back a girlfriend, which is really the best thing for me. birthday gift."
"I just think it's time to bring Nian back and let you meet." Shao Jun raised the corner of his mouth, a gentle and gentle smile appeared on his fair face.
Seeing his smiling face, Xu Nianyi couldn't help feeling emotional in his heart. This is different from the appearance of having dinner at noon.
"Ah Jun, you have already passed your thirties. It is indeed time to find someone you like and get married." When the old man said these words again, his eyes were fixed on Shao Jun's face, observing his expression, Seeing that he didn't show a disgusted expression, he continued, "You can choose whoever you like, and Grandpa will support you."
"I know, I will do things according to my own ideas." Shao Jun leaned on the back of the chair leisurely, looked at his gray-haired grandfather, and said in a low tone with a slight obedience, "I have grown up and can take care of myself Myself. Now you can take care of yourself in the old house, and I will come back to see you when I have time."
"Ah Jun..." Yan Qingshan's eyes darkened, and he looked at Shao Jun expectantly. There seemed to be a trace of pleading in his old voice, "Let go of the past. You were going to leave home to study abroad. , Grandpa also promised you. Now that you have achieved success and started a company with your own ability, you have proved your own strength, so don't get angry with your family."
"Grandpa, I'm not angry with anyone. I started a company not just to prove myself. It's been a long time, but it's not a reason for me to forgive him. It's been so many years, has he said sorry once? Did he seriously repent at my mother's grave?" Shao Jun sat on the chair, the smile still hanging on his face, but the lines of his face were much tighter, and his tone of voice was lower and colder than before, "Once No. He still doesn't feel that he did anything wrong. But what about my mother? She died in the hospital and couldn't even close her eyes. Want me to forgive him? Impossible."
"He..." Yan Qingshan was at a loss for words immediately, and looked straight at him with some cloudy eyes, with grief flashing in his eyes, and after a long time, he lowered his head and said, "This matter, in the final analysis, is my fault, if it was not my fault back then I am determined to go my own way, insisting on matching them according to the ideas of the older generation, and tying the two of them together, so that the following things will not happen. Originally, when your father was in college, he already knew Ji Zhen. It was me He just broke them up. Ah Jun, if you want to blame, you can blame grandpa... "
"Grandpa, this has nothing to do with you directly." The smile on Shao Jun's face has faded a lot, and the color of his eyes has become colder, "Some people are cold-blooded and heartless people, even if they don't like my mother, but After getting married, has he fulfilled his responsibilities as a husband? Does he have any affection for my mother?" Shao Jun seemed to be unable to bear it when he said this, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and a sneer appeared, "As long as he has a little bit of humanity, he won't even look at my mother for the last time. How much regret and pain did my mother leave? But he acted like a normal person."
"Ah Jun, your father was young at the time, so he did many things wrong. He also knew that he had done too much these years, and he has been working hard to change." Yan Qingshan frowned, his tone full of helplessness, " You have also seen that he was such an arrogant person before, but now he bows his head to you when he sees you?"
"Grandpa, don't you think it's too late to change now?" Shao Jun seemed to be telling a story that had nothing to do with him, and looked at the bamboo forest at the foot of the gray wall with a smile, and murmured to himself, " What I want is not that he bows his head to me. I will never get what I want most.”
"Ah Jun..."
The old man's face froze, and his eyes turned red instantly.
"Shao Jun, you probably haven't told Grandpa about our engagement next month, have you?"
Seeing that the old man sitting beside him was about to cry with excitement, Xu Nianyi hurriedly opened his mouth to change the subject.
When the old man told her about those things just now, she only knew that there was indeed a misunderstanding between Shao Jun and her father. But he didn't expect that the contradiction between their father and son would be so deep!
Through the conversation between Shao Jun and the old man just now, she has probably figured out the ins and outs of the matter. However, as an outsider, it is not easy for her to interrupt and say something, and she is not qualified to talk about serious right and wrong.
I can only regard myself as transparent air and listen silently.
But right now, the old man is clearly emotional. If she doesn't try to persuade him, the old man will probably cry.
"Yeah. Grandpa, I'm going to get engaged to Nianyi next month. I'm coming back this time to inform everyone about it." Shao Jun's black eyes turned, and his eyes fell back on the old man, with a gloomy look in his eyes Has faded away.
Yan Qingshan was overjoyed immediately, the disappointment in his eyes disappeared without a trace, and he looked at Shao Jun with a smile on his face: "Okay, good, good engagement. The male college is getting married, and you should have found someone you like to marry. Engage well, Grandpa has wrapped the red envelopes long ago, and is waiting for this day."
Seeing that the atmosphere finally returned to normal, Xu Nianyi breathed a sigh of relief.
From this point of view, it is not unreasonable for Shao Jun to hate Yan Kuan. No wonder he didn't allow himself to get close to Yan Kuan.
To say that Yan Kuan is not a good person is probably only because he hates the Yan family so much.
Because no matter how you look at it, Yan Kuan is a gentle, simple, kind and harmless person.
*
back yard.
Under the gazebo in the middle of the French garden, a woman's earth-shattering scream erupted: "Ah—bugs, bugs! Kaikai, there are bugs!"
Hearing the ear-piercing screams, Xu Nian Bai used his little finger to pick his ears out of boredom.
Wei Shaokai turned around directly, jumped out of the gazebo in a few steps, stood on the lawn and looked up at the woman standing in the gazebo: "What the hell are you calling, I'm going to be deafened by your noise!"
"She, she threw a caterpillar in my collar!"
In the gazebo, Luo Yuanyuan, who was wearing a tube top dress, pointed at Xu Nianyi and screamed, while jumping in place, pulling her collar vigorously and shaking her body.
The full breasts are choppy because of her movements, rising and falling like waves.
Xu Nian glanced at the woman's chest, and praised in his heart: These breasts are not bad.
"Isn't it just a caterpillar? It doesn't bite." Wei Shaokai looked at Luo Yuanyuan mockingly, and laughed mischievously, "Besides, who told you to wear so little? If you wear a higher collar, you'll be fine. .”
"This woman threw it in! She did it on purpose!" Luo Yuanyuan blushed angrily, grabbed the neckline and shook it for a long time before shaking out the limp light green caterpillar that fell into her chest.
"Well, I did it on purpose." Xu Nianyi admitted generously, holding his arms in front of his chest, and looked at her with high spirits, "Who told you to speak ill of me in front of Wei Shaokai just now? Did you forget that I was in the shopping mall? Is it about being slapped?"
"you… "
Luo Yuanyuan was about to speak angrily, but was interrupted by Xu Nianyi directly: "You are also interesting, Wei Shaokai doesn't even like you, if you fail in confession, just walk with your tail between your legs, why do you still stick around him and speak ill of me? Is it flooded?"
"I...you heard what I just said?" Luo Yuanyuan froze and looked at her in surprise.
"Of course." Xu Nianyi nodded triumphantly. A look of 'you can't help me'.
Luo Yuanyuan's face became even uglier, turning red and then pale, and finally stamped her feet angrily, turned her head and left the garden.
Wei Shaokai walked back to the gazebo and asked with a smile, "Aren't girls afraid of caterpillars? Why do you dare to hold them?"
"It's just a bug, and that bug doesn't sting." Xu Nianyi put away the smile on the corner of his mouth, and explained lightly, "You also know that you spent three years in prison, and you know that in that kind of long-term confinement Under the circumstances, will people change drastically? They feel novelty about all life, and even a small grass growing from the cracks in the bricks is very beautiful. In the prison area, many people still keep cockroaches as pets. These people have lived for a long time, so I am also invulnerable."
"Cockroach?" Wei Shaokai raised his eyebrows in surprise, with an expression of disbelief, "There are still people who keep cockroaches as pets. Damn, don't tease me."
"Why should I make fun of you with this?" Xu Nian raised his eyes to look at his peach blossom eyes, and said solemnly, "People are already abnormal under such circumstances. Especially those who have been imprisoned for more than five years You can no longer understand their thinking from a normal perspective. This is why, after being released from prison, some people cannot adapt to normal society and will break the law and go to prison.”
"What about you?" Wei Shaokai asked abruptly. As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he regretted it.
"Me?" Xu Nianyi hesitated for a moment, then smiled suddenly, "I should be considered a relatively normal person. But compared to before, I am indeed abnormal."
That's right, how could a normal person agree to sign such a contract with Shao Jun
If it were someone else, I probably wouldn't even dare to think about it.
…
In the gazebo, Wei Shaokai expressed surprise at Xu Nianyi's words, exaggeratedly touched his arms, and put on a look of 'goosebumps all over the floor'.
On the other side, behind the green tree wall opposite the gazebo, Shao Jun happened to see the scene that just happened in the gazebo.
Through the gap between the branches and leaves, he saw Xu Nianyi teasing Luo Yuanyuan with a caterpillar, the expression on his face was so vivid, that kind of sly complacent look, which she had never shown in front of him.
Seeing her smile, he couldn't help curling the corners of his mouth, drawing an arc that he didn't even notice.
Her condition is getting better and better recently, much better than when she first saw her, and the expression on her face is getting more and more vivid. His eyes were no longer full of alertness and indifference like when we first met.
Seeing her bright smile under the orange sunset, he smiled unconsciously.
It's a pity that the smile on Shao Jun's lips froze at the corner of his mouth before it had time to get rid of it.
Because, not far away, he suddenly saw Yan Kuan standing behind a tree wall, watching Wei Shaokai and Xu Nianyi who were talking in the gazebo.
As if changing a mask in an instant, the expression on Shao Jun's face was already different. There was no trace of a smile on his fair face, and there was no expression on his handsome face. Step by step, he moved slowly and steadily. Yan Kuan walked over there.
"Say, how long have you been here?"