Zhao Pearl was a little surprised, in her memory, Su Xiang was still stuck in the image of a soft persimmon at the wedding banquet that only smiled and did not argue. She hated Su Xiang, after all, if it weren't for her, Mrs. Xiao Zhou, who was standing here today, could only be her little niece Zhao Yiren. At that time, the Zhao family's voice in the Zhou family is not ordinarily big, and it is better than expecting a husband who can't come out of half of the fart now.

So when he saw Su Xiang stepping into this door with a noble spirit, Zhao Pearl was angry and decided to take a few more handfuls of this soft persimmon.

But after a round, she began to realize that something was wrong-

Sue thought differently.

In the silence of the room, Su Xiang sat motionless and sat next to the old man and looked slowly, with a seemingly absent smile on the corner of his mouth. The woman is good-looking, but the previous good-looking is mixed with the restrained and pretending to be knowledgeable, at this moment, she has no scruples to throw away that layer of hypocrisy, and wantonly shows the charm in her bones in front of Zhao Zhuzhu, even if she is a junior, this good-looking smile does not reveal the contempt of the superiors.

Zhao Pearl didn't react for a while.

Is this dead girl looking down on her?

How dare she look down on her!

was about to have a seizure, Zhou Zhennian, who was quietly drinking tea next to him and had not expressed his position, coughed, and put the situation that was about to collapse back together.

"Okay, think about it, I finally came back to see me, so don't ask around her, and go back and help me scare people back. Just do what you have to do, didn't you still have to get out of the way some time ago, hurry up and do what you should be busy with, and disperse. ”

When the words fell, the people in the room didn't move immediately, and the eldest aunt sitting on the side chair got up to say goodbye first, from the beginning of entering the house, she was the only one who didn't take the initiative to greet Su Xiang, and at this moment, she didn't look at Su Xiang's face at all and only said in the direction of Zhou Zhennian: "Then I'll go back first, there is a problem with the birthday banquet and let people call me." ”

"It's hard work. Zhou Zhennian nodded, and suddenly turned his eyes to the woman next to him who was still in place trying to say a few more words: "Your sister is gone, you still don't leave?"

Su wanted to look along, but the second aunt pouted and reluctantly moved away, complaining, "I don't want to wait and think about chatting." ”

This aggrieved expression is nothing if it is a little girl, and it is full of hypocrisy with people in their forties, but the second aunt is an exception, so cute that even Su Xiang couldn't help but smile and said, "I'll look for you later." ”

This sentence verified Su Xiang's thoughts, because the person who was still wronged in the last second immediately cheered up when he heard it, his eyes lit up, and he didn't forget to turn around and tell him when he walked to the door: "Think about it, don't forget, the second aunt is waiting for you in the house." ”

Su Xiang nodded hurriedly: "Okay, good." ”

When the others finally left, only the old man and Su Xiang were left in the hall, and there was Li Yanchuan who stood by the door from beginning to end, Li Yanchuan just wanted to find a reason to escape, Zhou Zhennian spoke, "Yanchuan don't leave first, you can listen to what you say later." ”

Looking at this posture, it seems that there is something important to order, could it be that it is a birthday banquet in three days? Su wanted to put down the teacup and sit down, and Li Yanchuan also stood by the door.

In the early years, when he was still young, Zhou Zhennian could still ride a horse and play ball every once in a while, and his body can be said to be the healthiest and toughest among the old guys, and he also half-joked at Zhou Chongliang: "What should I do, your father seems to be really going to live a long life." When the time comes, I don't care about the company's affairs, I will leave it all to you and my good grandson, I will find a small yard with a good environment to care for the elderly, walk a few steps to see the sea, blowing the sea breeze, and planting flowers. ”

Zhou Chongliang also laughed at him: "Dad, the soil by the sea is highly salinized, and your delicate flowers and plants can't be raised. ”

This is naturally good, Zhou Zhennianguang is looking forward to this day coming, from spring to summer, and then from summer to winter, waiting to unload his responsibilities to go to his small yard to care for the elderly, as a result, in the autumn ushered in the death of Zhou Chongliang.

The foundation of the Zhou family is big, and now the backbone of the backbone has collapsed, and those forces with their own ideas are ready to move openly and secretly, everyone says that Xiao Zhou is young and has excellent ability, but for him, at this age, it is not as simple as everyone thinks.

The dark tide is surging, just like this old mansion, what kind of thoughts are hidden under the face, I can't say clearly, and I don't dare to understand it very well. Zhou Zhennian has no doubt about Zhou Sichen's ability to do business, but in terms of human feelings, his seemingly unkind grandson is the most soft-hearted.

Zhou Zhennian wants to support him again, and the Zhou family who will support him for a few more years, as long as he doesn't die, people with their own thoughts will not dare to move, he originally thought that he could last a long time, but people can't disobey old age.

In the past year, his body has been visibly not good with the naked eye, and his back hurts only on rainy days, but now it is very wet and cold on sunny days, and his eyesight is declining day by day.

Zhou Zhennian also gradually realized that if he couldn't hold on, there must be someone to take his place and have the supreme voice and status in the Zhou family.

That person still needs to stand by Zhou Sichen's side forever.

Su Xiang waited for a long time, and there was no sign of Zhou Zhennian speaking, but she found that the white hair on his forehead had an extra layer, as if people were prone to aging very quickly at this age, and his face was full of tea smoke at the moment, looking tired and old.

After a while, Zhou Zhennian came back to his senses and apologized to her: "I'm old and can't concentrate, and I want to go east and west." ”

Su Xiang took the teacup for him, filled it and wiped it clean before handing it over, shaking his head: "It's not old at all." ”

Zhou Zhennian smiled all of a sudden, his eyes were full of relief, he looked at Su Xiang for a long time, and the smile lines at the end of his eyes were like a butterfly spreading its wings to fly.

"Grandpa was very happy. He said.

Su thought, "Huh?"

Zhou Zhennian was on crutches to stand up, Su wanted to go up to help him, and the three of them went to the courtyard side by side.

Zhou Zhennian said: "There is an artificial lake in front, accompany me to the lake to sit and sit." Turning his head, he looked at Li Yanchuan, "I'm sorry, Yanchuan, I want to stay with you for a while, and I'll tell you about things later." ”

Li Yanchuan handed over the clothes to Su Xiang, bowed and left. Su wanted to help the person to sit down on a bench by the lake.

The lake breeze is leisurely, blowing the hair of the two people in the wind, and as far as the eye can see, it is a stretch of woods, connected into a forest sea, and above the turquoise, is the vast sky. Su Xiang took a deep breath and said, "I probably understand what Grandpa meant by letting me come back." ”

Zhou Zhennian withdrew his gaze and asked, "What do you think?"

"It's not an easy thing for me, Zhou Sichen protected me very well, I thought he didn't want to admit my identity early on, so if he can take me on important occasions, I won't take me, like aunts and uncles, many people, I haven't seen before. Now I understand that he has enclosed me in the riverside villa so that I don't have to meet some people and face some things. ”

"When I came, he asked me if I thought clearly, I think I thought clearly, just like he doesn't mind raising me to be useless and make sure I live comfortably, I also want to do something difficult to help him, he has his way, I have my choice, those difficult things can't be let him do all the time, maybe I can. ”

Zhou Zhennian folded his hands on the head of the crutches, and the wind in the distance blew the green forest swaying, like rolling waves at low tide, and he suddenly remembered what it was like when he first heard Su Xiang's name from Zhou Sichen.

It was an auction, and all the young girls came, at that time, Zhou Sichen had just returned from studying abroad, and he was not familiar with the domestic environment, so he proposed that Li Yanchuan take more people out to relax, participate in domestic dinners or something, but every time Zhou Sichen was not interested.

One evening, his grandson, who had disappeared all day, opened the door of his study and ran in, and opened his mouth to ask if he had time tomorrow to accompany him to an auction.

Zhou Zhennian is mostly responsive to his only grandson, but when he got the ticket, he still couldn't help but be surprised, the ticket showed that this was a jewelry auction with women as the audience, and the name of the designer on it was unheard of in the circle.

Therefore, he naturally thought that there must be some rare and priceless good jewelry at this meeting, otherwise how could he attract the attention of his own good grandson, who was extremely critical.

I went like this that day, and when I arrived at the location, Zhou Zhen was familiar with the road and went to the first row, but he didn't expect Zhou Sichen to grab him and say, "Grandpa, our location is here." ”

Zhou Zhennian looked at it fixedly, and then was stunned.

It was the last row, and it was the most remote corner, and when had he ever sat in a position other than the first row in most of his life, he got angry and pointed to the stage and scolded: "What's the matter with the organizers! Does he know who you are? Who is this humiliating?"

Unexpectedly, the calm words of the good grandson rang in his ears: "It has nothing to do with the organizer, I chose the position myself." ”

Zhou Zhennian didn't quite understand: "You chose? It's so biased, it's strange that you can see the exhibits clearly!"

Zhou Sichen only smiled: "I can see clearly." ”

The two sat down like this, and he was confused, but by the end of the first half, he seemed to understand a little.

This is a less professional auction, there is no professional host from start to finish, only a young girl is in charge of cross-talking, and the donor himself will go up and introduce which exhibit.

When it comes to the ordinary pearl ear pendant, the material is average, and the design is unique, and the little girl said: "Next, please invite Miss Su Xiangsu, the donor of the exhibits, to come to the stage to introduce us!"

The good grandson next to him straightened up all of a sudden, and the hand that took the mobile phone to reply to the email snuffed out the screen, and looked up.

The stage lights were bright, and after a while, I saw a white dot slowly rising up. The woman stood in a custom-made white dress, as white as the snow in early winter, and occupied a large part of the retina, just like the exhibits in her hand.

The woman talked eloquently, her tone was very tactful, like any little girl of her age, delicate, and the family was well raised, which was not uncommon in the Zhou family's social circle.

I don't know what joke the people on the stage said, Zhou Sichen suddenly laughed, and there seemed to be a bright light in his eyes, flashing with a strange light.

At that moment, Zhou Zhennian suddenly had a strange feeling, his good grandson seemed to be burning, and that kind of vivid existence made him a little frightened.

Couldn't help it, he asked, "What's this little girl's name?"

Zhou Sichen smiled: "Su Xiang-"

"Her name is Su Xiang. ”

She has bright eyes, pampered and delicate, and dazzling eyes that people can't take off the stage from.

Like the stars, like hope, like the rest of your life decades from now.

This is the meaning of Su Xiangzhi to Zhou Sichen.

"I can do something for him, maybe nothing compared to what he did for me. ”

Zhou Zhennian looked sideways at her.

"Don't help me this time, I want to see how far I can do on my own. ”

The butterfly in the corner of Zhou Zhennian's eyes spread its wings again, and he smiled: "Okay." ”

*

After returning from the lakeside conversation, Su Xiang went to the second aunt's house again, this elder was the only one who was willing to show her kindness after she came back, the two chatted for a long time, Su Xiang recommended to her a few more popular jewelry, and was willing to put people back when she had to eat at night.

Dinner was eaten with Zhou Zhennian, although the old house of the Zhou family was big, and everyone lived together, but daily activities such as eating were still separated, and after eating, Su Xiang walked in the yard again.

The old house during the day is different from the old house at night, the countless small stars above her head seem to merge with the dim street lamps around her, she tilts her head and closes her eyes, and slowly walks forward according to the route in her mind, because the vision is turned off, the rest of the senses are infinitely magnified.

There was the sound of the wind, the sound of running water, and the chirping of insects, and Su wanted to step on the gravel road, feel the wind sliding over his skin and finally fall into the wind.

The bench where she had sat with Zhou Zhennian during the day was still in the night, she walked over, and when she got closer, when she opened her eyes, she saw someone standing in place.

The man opened his arms to her and said, "Think about it." ”

Su Xiang's eyes lit up, and he trotted over and plunged into his arms, and then looked up at him and said in surprise: "Why are you here?"

Zhou Sichen was still wearing the suit he wore when he parted in the morning, and his tie was loose and loose at the moment, as if he had rushed over after work. But there was no trace of fatigue on his face, and his chest trembled with laughter in the night wind.

"Have you eaten?"

"After eating, grandpa is playing chess, and I came out to breathe the wind. ”

Zhou Sichen took the person into his arms and walked along the lake, "I can only accompany you for a while, or sneak out of the company, there are a lot of things in the company recently, and I will accompany you well when it is over." ”

Su wanted to hug him gently and whispered, "It's okay, I'm not bored here at all." She pressed a handful on the man's waist and asked, "Is your waist well, is there a time to go to the hospital?"

"Almost. By the way, are you still comfortable here, is there anyone making things difficult for you?"

As soon as he mentioned the waist wound, Zhou Sichen's whole person became highly vigilant again, and quickly opened the topic after answering as quickly as possible. Su Xiang didn't notice the abnormality, and said to himself: "Fortunately, your group of sisters-in-law and uncles are quite interesting, and they are more difficult, but who am I!" she wiped her nose and was quite proud, "Specializing in all kinds of disobedience!"

Zhou Sichen was amused by her appearance, and praised sincerely: "It's amazing." ”

"yes, I think too!"

"Zhou Sichen. ”

"Huh?"

"Shall you go back when we're done doing this? ”

"yes, yes. ”

*

Zhou Sichen came last night, no one in the house knew, because Su remembered to meet Zhao Pearl when he was having breakfast, and the woman still looked snarky and sneered at her, in the acquaintance, she seemed to think that Su Xiang was a poor worm who was not favored and sat on a cold bench in Linjiang Villa.

Looking at Zhao Zhuzhu's ignorant appearance, Su Xiang looked quite happy and was too lazy to deal with it, but it was more difficult for the eldest aunt to deal with, because in the early years, she was in charge of almost all the big and small things of the Zhou family, and now Su Xiang snatched people's jobs as soon as she came, no matter how you say that the two will not be too happy to meet.

First of all, there is a list, the list of guests in previous years, she needs to find her aunt to come over.

Coincidentally, after coming out of the old man's side, the two met at the door.

Lan Haiyun is forty and three years old, and has a son who is studying abroad under his knees, and it is said that he has good grades and is ready to settle in the United States.

Lan Haiyun manages the affairs of the house a lot, so a face is always rigid, giving people a feeling of being cold as frost, standing with Su Xiang, one is serious and sophisticated, and the other is playful and young.

Su Xiang covered the sun above his head, and smiled sideways at Lan Haiyun, "Shall I invite my aunt to have a cup of tea?"

Lan Haiyun glanced at her, her eyes were heavy, and she stood in place for a while and followed Su Xiang into the house.

Su wanted to live in another courtyard, which was the wedding room where Zhou Sichen married her, but after cleaning it up, she didn't have a chance to live for a day, so the two went directly to the Linjiang villa.

However, the room is still cleaned regularly, and it looks no different from the wedding day.

Su Xiang poured a cup of tea for each of them, turned out the candied snacks sent by Zhou Sichen last night, and said to Lan Haiyun with a smile: "Auntie eat, eat." ”

Lan Haiyun looked at her and took a sip of tea, didn't sell it, and said straight to the point: "I'll let you send it to you later, but this year, the old man means that fewer people will be invited, and relatives and friends will be present." ”

This straight ball hit, Su Xiang was stunned for a few seconds. To be honest, Lan Haiyun was really surprised to be so frank, after all, this person was the first one with cold eyebrows from the moment she came to the door, and none of her eyebrows and eyes could look at her.

Su Xiang thought about it in his heart and thanked him conservatively, but as soon as he finished speaking, Lan Haiyun sneered.

"Little girl, I have been a home in the old house for more than ten years, and I can tell at a glance whether it is a donkey or a mule. ”

The two looked at each other silently.

For a long time, Su Xiang also burst out laughing.

"I didn't dare to communicate too much if my aunt didn't like me, but what should I do, now I find that my aunt's temper is particularly appetizing to me, and there are many things to do together in the future, if you still don't like me the same, then there's nothing you can do," Su Xiang shrugged, "I can only overcome it." ”