A night wind blew. The ball game on TV was over, Chi Yan picked up the remote control and changed the channel at random. The male and female singers on the stage were singing duet: "… even, you and I have made a promise for a hundred years. If anyone dies at the age of ninety-seven, Naiheqiao Three years in the upper class…”
Chi Yan was stunned for a while. He is no longer the one who didn't understand anything, got lost, was chased by ghosts and cried out in fright, ran into someone's yard, saw the boy's figure stunned for a moment, then rushed in and hugged the little doll that was holding on to his thigh. He knew the severity, and he had also experienced Yan Liang, so of course he understood the meaning of Xu Rui's words. He went back with the help of the Xu family's brothers and sisters, naturally it was better not to cause more troubles.
Besides, what Xu Rui said also made sense. After all, so many years have passed, how can he be sure that the person has not changed, and that person will still treat him the same as before
Chi Yan shook his head in his heart, looked at Xu Rui, nodded and said, "Don't worry, I understand."
The next morning they were about to leave, so Chi Yan and Xu Rui packed up the scraps and went to sleep separately.
Lying on the bed with closed eyes, Chi Yan couldn't sleep for a long time. Because of Xu Rui's words, he suddenly realized clearly that he would definitely see that person again after going back this time. His thoughts were flying, as if he had returned to the spring of the nine-year-old. He foolishly followed a few cousins out to play, but they all sneaked away when he was not paying attention, leaving him alone in a train. Unfamiliar road.
He tentatively walked forward, and after walking for a long time, he finally saw a figure. He trotted over to ask for directions, raised his voice and said "hello" several times, but the person never looked back and ignored him. He couldn't help but patted the man's back with his small hand, and the man finally turned his head, there was nothing on "his" face.
Chi Yan was so frightened that he turned around and ran away, like a small animal that was in a panic, not knowing where to go.
In the end, he broke into a quiet and unique courtyard. There were many flowers and trees in the courtyard. It was in the flowering season. Every wrong step and one turn were the scenery.
The young man stood tall and was wearing a white shirt. He was standing under a magnolia tree and reached out to pick a hanging jade-white flower.
Chi Yan was stunned, and deliberately flicked to the side, secretly looked at the young man's face, confirmed that the other party was a human, and rushed forward without hesitation, hugging the other party's thigh and crying...
Most celestial master families like the Chi family live in seclusion, but the Chi family, the Ye family, and the Xu family are very close together. intention. It was only later that Chi Yan found out that he broke into the Bieyuan Garden where the youngest son of the Ye family's patriarch used to recuperate, and that the person he hugged was Ye Yingzhi, the third son of the Ye family.
The next morning, the three of them drove on the road. Although Xu Xin was only born a little later than Xu Rui, the brothers and sisters fought every day when they were young, but Xu Rui will still feel sorry for her sister now that she is older and sensible. After resting for a while, Chi Yan didn't know the way, and when he finally approached the destination, Xu Rui came to drive all the winding road.
In fact, the Xu family is no longer in the remote mountains and fields, but on the outskirts of M City, a well-known prosperous city in China. However, due to the effect of various formations, the possibility of ordinary people straying into their family is extremely low. Panshan Road is the road that leads directly to Xu's house.
Looking out of the car window, there was a cloud of mist, and the scenery outside the window was almost invisible, and there were no other cars in front and behind. Chi Yan sat in the passenger seat, took out his mobile phone and looked at it, but there was no signal. All this shows that they are getting closer and closer to Xu's house, and also to Chi's house and that person.
Looking at the fog outside the window, he couldn't help recalling what happened back then.
At that time, he hugged someone's thigh and cried, and the boy who seemed to be only four or five years older than him was neither angry nor speaking. He even picked him up, put him in his arms, and even took it off. the magnolia flower that he had to play with. He carried him into the room and put him on a soft sofa, then brought a hot towel over to wipe his face and poured him warm milk to drink.
No one but his mother had taken care of him so well. Chi Yan was a little frightened all of a sudden, holding the large glass with milk in both hands, looking up at the young man in front of him. He was small, holding a large cup on his chest, and his black round eyes were filled with a layer of water, and the eye sockets were still red and swollen, looking innocent and pitiful.
The boy took the glass out of his hand and put it on the table, and at the same time he took him into his arms, and coaxed him with a soft voice: "My dear, poor little one, tell my brother, what's your name?"
The boy's fingers were a little cold, but his embrace was warm and reassuring. Chi Yan couldn't help but took the initiative to lean over, lay softly on his chest, and whispered, "...My name is Chi Yan."
He cradled the man's chest, listened to his heartbeat, and burst into tears without knowing it for no reason. Ye Yingzhi only thought that he was still afraid, and hugged the hot and soft little baby in his arms for a long time before comforting him.
Later that day, Chi Yan stayed at the Bieyuan where Ye Yingzhi lived. Ye Yingzhi feeds him milk, accompanies him to dinner, tells him stories, and tells him that the thing he met on the road is just a lost wandering spirit. After entering the yard, that thing will not dare to follow. When the two of them slept together on Ye Yingzhi's bed at night, Ye Yingzhi also coaxed him to sleep, watching him fall asleep before falling asleep.
The next day, the people from the Chi family came over and took Chi Yan back. Ye Yingzhi made a blessing bag and hung it around his neck. The blessing bag contained a dual-source road talisman. His Bieyuan was not far from Chi's house. When Chi Yan wanted to come over in the future, he could follow the path of the guide talisman. The guide came over, and as long as he started to walk in the direction of Bieyuan, Ye Yingzhi would be able to detect it, and he could go out ahead of time to meet him on the road and take him over.
Chi Yan was young at that time, but he could tell the difference between good and bad. He was unhappy at Chi's house, but he lived comfortably in Bieyuan. Since then, he has been running to Bieyuan every three days. Others in Chi's family didn't care about him very much. Chi Yan's mother also knew that her son was not happy at Chi's house. After learning about the situation, she acquiesced in Chi Yan's frequent visits to Bieyuan. Later, Chi Yan even stayed there for a month, and his mother specially sent someone to pick him up before he left reluctantly.
The housekeeper Fu Bo, who was in charge of Bieyuan's affairs, was very surprised at first, but as he got older, he gradually got used to it and was not surprised—before Chi Yan, he had never seen the cold-hearted Third Young Master get so close to anyone.
Ye Yingzhi is the old son of the head of the Ye family. The two older brothers are about twenty years older than him, and they are friends with Chi Yuanshan. According to his seniority, Chi Yan should have called him uncle. But because they met under such a chance and the age difference was not big, Chi Yan kept calling him brother.
Chi Yan slowly closed his eyes, the figure of the man was in his mind from time to time, sometimes clear and sometimes blurry, but when he deliberately recalled it, every action, every expression, and every sentence of the man became very vivid, as if It was only yesterday that the two separated.
The car stopped slowly. Xu Rui took off his seat belt and said loudly, "Okay, here we are, it's time to get out of the car."
The Xu Rui brothers and sisters took Chi Yan back to see their parents first, and they didn’t know how they told their elders, whether they confessed the fact that they were just helping Chi Yan to participate in the Rewarding Festival with a reasonable identity, or made up other people. acceptable story. In short, the second master Xu and the second wife did not have much reaction to his so-called "boyfriend" of their own daughter, just like their son and daughter brought an ordinary friend back, they told the housekeeper to arrange housing for him, and their words and deeds were not too hot. The network is not cold either.
In the evening, Chi Yan and Xu Rui's family had dinner together. Xu Rui's father said to his son, "In ten days, the festival will begin, and all the guests should arrive tomorrow. Be careful when you go out these days. Some."
Xu Rui nodded yes.
His father glanced at Chi Yan and said again: "Tomorrow night, in order to welcome all guests and friends, the clan will hold a banquet, and everyone will be there. Then you can bring Xiao Chi with you."
Chi Yan raised his head, looked at Father Xu, paused and said in a deep voice, "Thank you, Uncle."
Father Xu waved his hand, and the five continued to eat without bringing up the topic. Chi Yan vaguely guessed that the Xu Rui brothers and sisters should have told everything truthfully without hiding from their parents, and then Father Xu would intentionally make a point.
The banquet was held in the Xu family's venue, and it took ten minutes to walk from Xu Rui's residence. In the evening of the next day, Chi Yan and Xu Rui and Xu Xin set out together. Xu's father and Xu's mother had already gone ahead and did not go with them.
It has been seven or eight years since Chi Yan left the Chi family. His stature has grown tall, and his youthful appearance has faded. Many people feel familiar when they see him, but they can't recognize him for a while. When Xu Rui introduced it, he didn't explain it, he just said that it was his sister's current boyfriend, and this time he came back with Xu Xin on purpose.
These celestial masters also have some tacit rules and particulars within themselves. Usually, ordinary people who are not involved outside are not allowed to participate in ceremonies such as the reward to the heavens, but since it is Miss Xu's boyfriend, it is naturally different. It is only natural for people to accompany their girlfriends home, and if their relationship develops harmoniously and steadily, they may become a family in the future.
The three sat together with the descendants of the Xu family, near the corner, unobtrusive at all. On the other hand, Xu Rui's cousins and sisters quietly looked at Chi Yan and thought he was familiar. After inquiring about his name again, when he heard the special surname of "Ci", they contacted the Chi family, and then they remembered that he was the one from the Chi family. "The eldest grandson who went out.
Chi Yan sat between Xu Xin and Xu Rui, quietly looking at everyone present, his eyes couldn't help but pay special attention to the main seat, he didn't see that person, but saw his father Chi Yuanshan. But Chi Yuanshan didn't notice him and kept talking to Xu Rui's grandfather. There were a few vacant seats next to them. Chi Yan looked at the vacant seat to the left of Xu Rui's grandfather, stopped for a while, and then turned his eyes away.
It was getting darker and darker, the main table was already full of people, and only that seat was vacant. Chi Yan has been paying attention to the dynamics in that direction, and seeing that Mr. Xu invited the big butler of the Xu family to give some orders, the big butler stepped back according to his words. After a while, the big butler hurried back and whispered a few words in Mr. Xu's ear, and all the people at the main table turned around to look at the door of the venue.
The rest of the people didn't know why, so they also looked at the door. Some people guessed something and whispered to the people around them.
Chi Yan also had a hunch in his heart.
I only heard the sound of cars parked outside the door, and then the two wooden doors of the banquet hall were pushed open from the outside in by the waiter. The waiter bowed his head respectfully and let the guests who had just arrived in.
A group of people filed in, and the first person was wearing a long black trench coat. He was tall and slender, with a handsome face, but his face was somewhat morbidly pale. His black eyes were deep and quiet, drooping slightly, as if he didn't care about everything, facing everyone's eyes, walking forward unhurriedly. It was obviously early spring, but with his arrival, there seemed to be a gloomy chill in the room.
Mr. Xu stood up long ago and left his seat to greet him, and the others at the main table also stood up. As a result, everyone in the hall stood up.
Chi Yan only felt that her breathing had stopped. From the moment the man came in, his eyes could not help but stick to the other person, as if the whole world could only see this person. Xu Rui might have shown something strange or behaved too strangely and quietly pulled his sleeve, but he didn't even realize it.
The man and Mr. Xu exchanged a few words, not knowing what to say, but Mr. Xu smiled and nodded, glanced to the left of the venue, and then returned to the main table alone to greet everyone to take their seats. But the man waved to the people behind him, turned his steps, walked straight to the left, and finally stood in front of Chi Yan, looking at him calmly.
Chi Yan suddenly stood up again.
Just now everyone has followed the people at the main table to take their seats, and the two people still standing in the hall at this time are particularly eye-catching.
But seeing the man leaned down slightly, stroked Chi Yan's chin with his left hand, raised it slightly, looked at his eyebrows, eyes and facial features carefully, the corners of his mouth had a soft arc, and said softly, "I haven't seen you for a few years, Ah Yan has grown up. already."
Chi Yan didn't know how to respond for a while, remembering what Xu Rui said before, and subconsciously looked at the person on the left. Xu Rui was also looking at him with a stunned look of helplessness.
Chi Yan hesitated for a while, then raised his eyes to look at the man, and whispered back: "Yes, the Ye family master, stay safe." He also felt that it was strange to call Ye family master directly, but he couldn't call him by the old name, and he didn't know anyone else for a while. How do you address the person in front of you.
The man hooked his lower lip, looking like a smile but not a smile, his dark eyes stared at him: "What did Ah Yan call me?"
Chi Yan looked into his eyes and instantly understood what he meant, hesitantly, and whispered, "...Brother Yingzhi."
The man laughed at once. Unlike the smile just now, this time it was a real smile. The lines of his entire face softened, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were also stained with a smile.
He seemed to realize that this is not a good place to talk and reminisce. He hugged Chi Yan to get him closer to him, and whispered in his ear: "Brother misses Ah Yan, and I will go back with my brother tonight, and let my brother feel good pain. you."
Knowing that the man always loves him and dotes on him, there is no other meaning in saying this, but just to invite him to reminisce, Chi Yan still couldn't help but blushed instantly. He felt that it was inappropriate for the two to behave so intimately in public. After all, he was no longer a child, but Yingzhi's brother still treated him the same way he treated the milk baby back then, hugging him.
He put his hand on Ye Ying's front chest, wanting to gently push him further away, but he didn't give up when it came to him.
It looked as if he was obediently lying on the opponent's chest.