Time comes and goes. These ruthless years buried Shen Guojun's emotions, it suffocated him, it made him miserable, it made him worse than death in these ordinary years.

This is not what he wants, he has gained supreme authority, he has obtained wealth that no one else has, he has all he has, but he will never get the person he loves, he has lost his lover, and he has lost himself.

Is this really the case? He was confused, for more than 20 years, every day and every night, he would dream of Lu Lan, she was still so young, still so lively and naughty, like everything had never happened, her age like a flower, but it was just a dream, she caressed his old face, and the ruthless time carved a texture on his face, which was the best proof.

Shen Guojun will always remember that day, he saw Lu Lan's life pass little by little in front of him, but he had no way at all, he wanted to save her, but he couldn't save anything, he was not omnipotent, Lu Lan looked so weak, even the last breath, he didn't want to swallow it, his eyes were slowly closed, and he always had a smile on his face.

She didn't cry, but he cried, and he lost her forever.

He couldn't forget, he couldn't forget Lu Lan's expression at the moment he left, desolate, sad, but relieved. Did he bring him a daughter? No, he suddenly didn't want to see his daughter at that moment, it was his daughter who took her, why did everything come to this.

Shen Guojun took his daughter, and his daughter cried in Shen Guojun's arms, without the slightest intention of stopping, Shen Guojun looked at the child's wrinkled skin, and his heart swelled with sadness.

It was his and her daughter, their only daughter. However, it was because of this daughter that he suddenly didn't want to see her, but he thought of Lu Lan's last words, "Be good." "Yes, it's going to be good, but she's gone, how can Shen Guojun be okay himself?

In the days when Lu Lan left, Shen Guojun would dream of her every night, dreaming of the days when they were still in their hometown, Lu Lan was so stupid at that time, she followed him every day, even if Shen Guojun was impatient, she still followed him. is so persistent, that sincere feeling, only she can afford it.

"Don't go, don't leave. Shen Guojun was drunk every night, and he didn't have any mind to manage anything in the company, even Shen Nianlan was sent by him to his father to take care of.

He didn't want to be so decadent, his father had come to advise him, and his friends and partners had also come to persuade her, but he couldn't cheer up, his world seemed to have collapsed, uncomfortable, painful, he suffocated in pain, and he couldn't scream out of the pain.

One night, still as usual, Shen Guojun was drunk into a puddle of mud, he staggered back to the room slowly, I don't know if it was because his body was hot, or the room was very stuffy, he pulled the tie around his neck, which Lu Lan bought for him before his death, he took it every day, and he was lying on the bed.

After a long time, he saw a figure, that figure was very familiar, very petite, Shen Guojun rubbed his eyes, and said a person's name with a trembling mouth, "Lu Lan..."

"Don't go on like this, I want you to take good care of our children, Nianlan, she's very cute. The woman said softly, her tone full of etherealism.

"I miss you so much, I miss you very much, Lu Lan, come back. Shen Guojun choked up and swallowed, but Lu Lan's figure walked farther and farther, and finally disappeared into the room.

Shen Guojun woke up again and found that it was a dream. However, that dream was extremely real, and the room was filled with the smell of Lu Lan, the breath of Lu Lan.

Is that really the case?

Since then, Shen Guojun has returned to his original appearance, he took Shen Nianlan back, and his father also took him home, but he had a little less smile and a serious look.

Until today, more than 20 years have passed so slowly and shakingly. In the past 20 years, Shen Guojun has lived a very good life, he is using his own efforts to give Shen Nianlan the best happiness and the best education, so that now Shen Nianlan looks more and more like Lu Lan.

The relationship between Shen Nianlan and Shen Guojun is not very good, because Shen Nianlan is growing up day by day, even if he wants to chat and talk with Shen Guojun, Shen Guojun does not dare to look at Shen Nianlan, because he found Lu Lan's figure in his daughter's body.

"Dad, look, is this flower beautiful?" When Shen Nianlan was young, she picked a wild flower from the yard, and the flower was very beautiful, Shen Guojun thought so. However, Shen Guojun turned his head and looked up at Shen Nianlan's smile, and for a moment, he was stunned, and his heart continued to throb.

Many people say that once you love someone, then you will spend a lifetime forgetting the person you love. Is that really the case? If so, he'd rather not forget it.

Today is the death day of Lu Lan's death, and it is also the birthday of their daughter, Shen Nianlan. Whenever it was her death day, Shen Guojun would look out the window at the orchids in the yard, how beautiful, beautiful but not delicate.

He called the butler, who nodded and disappeared at the end of the living room, and after a while, a car outside the villa stopped at the door of the courtyard, and the butler got out of the car.

Helping Shen Guojun out of the villa, Shen Guojun got into the car and disappeared on the avenue of the villa.

In the cemetery, rows of tombstones stand there, and people stand in front of the tombstones of their relatives and friends to say a few words. The wind is rustling in the cemetery, the weeds next to the tombstones seem to have not been cleared for a long time, and the few bouquets of flowers placed in front of some tombstones seem to have not come for a long time, and the flowers have long since withered.

Shen Guojun walked slowly, walked for a long time, and finally stopped in front of a brand-new tombstone, which seemed to have been taken care of for a long time, so that the tombstone was very new, and the flowers in front of the tombstone were also very fresh.

He smiled softly, then slowly crouched down, and stroked the top of the stone tablet with his calloused hand, which was inlaid with a photograph.

It was Lu Lan, who was in her twenties, and she was smiling so brightly and brightly in the photo.

"I've come to see you. Shen Guojun said in a choked voice, and then, tears couldn't help but flow out of his eyes, and in just a moment, there were more and more tears, and finally, Shen Guojun cried in front of the housekeeper.

In the eyes of the housekeeper, this has long been taken for granted, Shen Guojun can cry, proving that he is a man, there can be such an infatuated man in the world, even if Mrs. Lu Lan has died for so long, she can still maintain her feelings, and the feelings are growing day by day without weakening at all, for now, this kind of man is rare.

The butler sighed softly, didn't go up to appease, and let Shen Guojun squat there motionless.

"Today is Nianlan's birthday, Lanlan she... In the past 20 years, I have never given her a good birthday, it's not that I haven't given it, it's that I really can't celebrate her birthday, fortunately, Lan Lan is a good boy and can understand her father's intentions, Lu Lan, it's you, how are you doing?" Shen Guojun stroked the tombstone, wiped the tears on his face, and said something from time to time.

He paused for a moment, and then continued: "I'm doing well, but I miss your cooking a little, I haven't eaten it for a long time, and the nanny at home doesn't make it as good as yours." ”

"Have you been bored for so many years? I miss you so much, I just want us to be together. Shen Guojun kept saying something to the stele.

"In the days when you are away, I have a bad life, don't you want me to have a good life, why don't you come back?"

“……”

Shen Guojun actually knew that it was completely useless to speak to the tombstone, but he didn't care about it, for so many years, he thought that Lu Lan could see it. Therefore, every year to this day, he will come here to talk to Lu Lan, even if Lu Lan has been buried under this tombstone.

But he knew that she could hear it. She must have heard everything he said.

He still remembers that more than ten years ago, his father introduced him to a woman who was unmarried, and the woman looked so much like Lu Lan that he mistook her for Lu Lan.

Even if the woman was crying faintly, why didn't he accept her? He could only leave mercilessly, he couldn't do such a nasty thing behind her back.

Lu Lan will definitely be jealous, thinking about Lu Lan's jealous appearance, Shen Guojun felt cute in an instant, but with a jealous expression, Shen Guojun would never see him again.

In the past few decades, he has seen too many ** women, and the people around him feel sorry for him, why should he be obsessed with Lu Lan alone?

They didn't know at all that what he and Lu Lan had experienced, in Shen Guojun's eyes, those people were nothing more than fancy his status and wealth today. But Lu Lan is not, what she wants is only him.

No matter how old or sick she is, whether she has money or not, she just wants him.

Shen Guojun stayed in the cemetery until the sun set, and under the reminder of the housekeeper, he slowly got up, because he had been squatting for too long, Shen Guojun leaned on crutches, otherwise he would have fallen down long ago.

He rubbed his legs, which were already numb to the point of being unconscious, and when he turned to leave, he looked back at Lu Lan, who was smiling brightly on the tombstone, and his eyes were full of infinite tenderness.

Then, he turned around and left, and with the support of the butler, he returned to the car and took a deep breath.

"Go home. Shen Guojun said calmly, as if what had just happened had not happened, and after speaking quietly and indifferently, he leaned back, closed his eyes, and didn't think about anything.

The car drove slowly to the road of the Shen family's villa, and along the way, Shen Guojun did not say a word.

After Shen Guojun returned home, his mood was still not calm. continued to reminisce about the time with Lu Lan, that time was simply the happiest day of his life.

Since Lu Lan left, Shen Guojun felt that the colors of his world had also been taken away by Lu Lan. Shen Guojun's eyes were now full of gray and black desolate scenery.

Shen Guojun felt that except for Lu Lan, no one could bring him bright colors anymore, not even their daughter, Shen Nianlan, who had half of Lu Lan's blood in her body. Even Shen Guojun still has some resentment towards Shen Nianlan, if it weren't for this daughter, Lu Lan might not have died, and his world is still full of bright colors.

So for so many years, Shen Guojun has never been close to his daughter like a normal father. And every birthday of Shen Nianlan was spent in Shen Guojun's extremely sad mood.

Shen Guojun would not hold a grand birthday banquet for his daughter like other fathers, and Shen Nianlan when she was a child did not understand this, as the father of the richest man in City A, she was not as generous as the parents of an ordinary family for her birthday.

On Shen Nianlan's birthday, Shen Guojun was often so stingy that he wouldn't even buy a cake for Shen Nianlan. This made Shen Nianlan, who was invited to the birthday party by her classmates, feel a little uncomfortable. So on the evening before her twelfth birthday, Shen Nianlan asked her father for a birthday party for the first time, but that was also the last time.

Because Shen Guojun was angry, he yelled at Shen Nianlan: "You mourning star, do you know that you killed your mother on your birthday, and you still have to have a banquet and celebrate?"

Shen Guojun's reaction caught the twelve-year-old Shen Nianlan off guard, although Shen Guojun was usually very cold to Shen Nianlan, but he rarely lost his temper, Shen Nianlan only felt that this was due to his father's personality, and he got used to it after a long time.

But Shen Nianlanwan didn't expect that her father treated her like this because she killed her mother when she was born!

Shen Nianlan should have felt it a long time ago, didn't she, every time it was her birthday, her father was unusually indifferent. But Shen Nianlan was still lucky, thinking that her father treated her like this just because of her character, but in fact, her father still loved her in his heart.

But at that moment, in her father's roar, Shen Nianlan felt a strong hatred. So since then, she has never made any demands on her father.

And since then, Shen Nianlan has never thought about celebrating her birthday.

Until now, a full eleven years have passed. Shen Nianlan, who is now twenty-three years old, already has her own way of celebrating her birthday, that is, watering every flower in the garden.

Shen Nianlan is actually a very careful person, after carefully observing her father's behavior, she knew that her mother was a person who loved flowers very much during her lifetime, so she planted flowers in the garden.

In fact, Shen Nianlan is the most innocent, she doesn't want her mother to leave, she also needs maternal love. Shen Nianlan would long to wake up from a nightmare every night when she could have a pair of gentle hands gently patting her back to comfort her.

But she didn't kill Beren, but Beren died because of her.

In fact, Shen Nianlan really wanted to see her mother, but her father never told her where her mother was buried. Shen Nianlan knew that her father didn't want her to appear in front of her mother at all, and until now, her father still thought that she was the culprit who killed her mother.

Shen Nianlan knew that her father loved her mother deeply, and because of this, her father hated her deeply.

So, every day on her birthday, Shen Nianlan would stay in the garden all day, watering the flowers from time to time, and then telling the flowers about her mother, hoping that the flowers could bring their thoughts to their mother.

And when Shen Guojun came back from sweeping the tomb, Shen Nianlan happened to be watering flowers in the garden. Shen Guojun never told Shen Nianlan that she actually looked very much like her mother.

Shen Nianlan never knew what her mother looked like, because Shen Guojun locked up all the photos of Lu Lan. Shen Guojun has always regarded Shen Nianlan as the murderer of Lu Lan in his heart, so he doesn't want this murderer to know what Lu Lan looks like, as if letting the murderer know Lu Lan's appearance is a blasphemy against Lu Lan.

So until now, Shen Nianlan has been in the world for twenty-three years, but she still doesn't know what her mother looks like. This is undoubtedly the most cruel punishment for Shen Nianlan, it is just a person who dies when his mother is born, but he can't even see his mother's appearance, and he doesn't even know what kind of appearance he should miss.

Shen Guojun looked at Shen Nianlan, who was watering flowers in the garden, and even fell into a trance for a moment, thinking that it was the person he loved the most, the one who loved flowers like his life, and the person who also loved him to his life.

That woman is gentle like water, seemingly weak but has an incomparably strong heart. For him, the woman entered the cruel society early, and even took care of her father who was sick and couldn't take care of herself, so that she could complete her studies with peace of mind in a distant country.

Shen Guojun knew that in this life, no one could love her more than Lu Lan, and he would never love others as much as he loved Lu Lan, including their daughter.

Shen Guojun looked at Shen Nianlan who was watering the flowers stupidly, as if he saw the woman he loved deeply. Shen Nianlan's watering action is exactly the same as Lu Lan's.

Shen Guojun seemed to have returned to the summer vacation when his father was seriously ill, and the two of them ran desperately in order to make up for Shen Guojun's father's medical expenses. Lu Lan and Shen Guojun used almost all the money they earned as Shen Guojun's father's medical expenses.

Except for the basic daily expenses, the two of them can no longer come up with any money. Even when I eat, I only eat the cheapest, and I am reluctant to eat meat.

Those days were undoubtedly extremely bitter, but Lu Lan was still happy in the bitterness, she hurriedly stepped on all kinds of wildflowers and weeds from the wild, planted them in discarded drink bottles, and put them in Shen Guojun's humble home. And these wild flowers and weeds also give birth to a trace of vitality and warmth in this extremely simple house.

And every morning, Lu Lan will take care of those flowers and plants, that serious look, that focused and warm expression, as if she is caring for a rare treasure. That kind of Lu Lan, Shen Guojun will never forget it for the rest of his life.

It's like, the current Shen Nianlan. And Shen Nianlan in the garden seemed to feel Shen Guojun's gaze, she put down the watering can, raised her head and looked in the direction of Shen Guojun.

When Shen Nianlan looked over, Shen Guojun had already walked out of his fantasy, it was not Lu Lan at all, and that face was completely different from what he remembered. Although there are similarities, Shen Guojun clearly knows that these are two faces at all.

Even if the two look alike, they can't become a person. Besides, Shen Nianlan's appearance is mostly like Shen Guojun's, but only when the face is sideways to a certain angle, can Lu Lan's shadow be seen.

Shen Nianlan couldn't be his own Lu Lan after all, thinking of this, Shen Guojun couldn't help but feel lost. That woman who is happy in her misery will really not return to him.

That kind of longing, devouring the heart and bones, often makes Shen Guojun feel painful. Shen Guojun knew that this person would never come back, she really disappeared, completely disappeared. No amount of money can be exchanged.

The money did not make Shen Guojun feel relaxed, but he longed for the kind of bitter and happy days with Lu Lan before. If he could choose, Shen Guojun would not hesitate to give up his family wealth and choose to be with Lu Lan.

No matter how bitter it is, as long as the two love each other, it is happiness. But there are often many helplessness in this world, when you want to choose, there is only one way, and when you don't want to choose, there are countless forks in the road.

Shen Guojun suddenly felt tired, he was old, he didn't want to create any more great achievements, he wanted to accompany Lu Lan. lived in the hut next to Lu Lan's grave, planted Lu Lan's favorite flowers around it, and accompanied her every day, so that she would not be lonely until she returned to dust.

There is no longer any deception in the mall, and there is no more the painful struggle of the human world. However, this kind of life, Shen Guojun is just thinking about it. Because, he has too many responsibilities, unless, he finds an heir.

And that heir will not be his own daughter, because he knows that his daughter's catty is not suitable for business at all. Then, it can only be a son-in-law.

But Shen Nianlan doesn't seem to be keen on men and women, from childhood to adulthood, relying on her prominent family background and beautiful appearance, Shen Nianlan has never lacked suitors around her, and among these suitors, although most of them are mediocre in qualifications, and some are even somewhat sloppy, there are also some young people who are excellent in all aspects.

But Shen Nianlan doesn't have much interest in anyone, and even at the age of twenty-three, she still doesn't even have a first love. This made Shen Guojun a little anxious, and it was not a way to go on like this.

So Shen Guojun decided to talk to Shen Nianlan, and after making this decision, Shen Guojun immediately walked to the back door, and the garden was at the back door of the villa, and he went out.

Pushing open the door of the back door, Shen Guojun walked to the bench not far from the back door, waved his hand at Shen Nianlan in the garden, and then said loudly: "Nianlan, come here, I have something to say to you." ”

Shen Nianlan was not far from the back door, and coupled with Shen Guojun's loud voice, there was no reason why he couldn't hear it. So Shen Nianlan walked towards the back door.

When she got closer, Shen Nianlan didn't speak. Shen Guojun's long-term snubbing of his daughter made Shen Nianlan develop a habit of never speaking before Shen Guojun spoke.

And when answering Shen Guojun's question, he also answered as much as he asked, and never said much.

This is the experience that Shen Nianlan has summed up in dealing with Shen Guojun over the years, her father doesn't like to be robbed, doesn't like to be passive in conversation, and doesn't like her to talk too much.