The next morning, Lu Xiaolin contacted Anna and said that her father asked her to meet at home in the evening.

Lu Zhongjun's father promised to see him, which was expected by Anna. I didn't feel anything to be nervous about. The time was almost up, so I cleaned up a little as usual, and looked for the address given by Lu Xiaolin.

The environment where the Lu family lives is very quiet, and through the iron fence exterior wall, you can see that all of them are two-story western-style houses with a small courtyard left before the liberation. It looks old, but it has a different style than the usual hutong bungalows or black-and-gray concrete buildings that are commonplace in the city.

Anna arrived five minutes earlier than scheduled.

Lu Xiaolin was already standing at the door and waiting. Seeing Anna appear, her face showed joy, and she hurriedly ran to welcome her into the door, briefly introduced Anna to Aunt Zhang, who was standing at the entrance of the living room, and took her to Lu Jianlin's study.

“…… My dad came home earlier than usual today. I also changed my clothes. I've been waiting in there......"

When accompanying Anna to the study, Lu Xiaolin whispered, when she arrived at the door of the study, knocked on the door, pushed open the hidden door, probed in and said, "Dad, Sister Anna is here!"

"Let her in. ”

A slightly old, but steady-sounding voice came from the door.

Lu Xiaolin looked back at Anna. Anna nodded at her, and walked in, and saw an old man in his fifties or sixties, with gray hair, in a chair behind the desk, slightly thin, with a straight waist. The buttons of the military uniform on his body were tightly buttoned, and there was no trace of wrinkles.

At this moment, the serious-looking Father Lu in front of her made it difficult for Anna to reconcile him with the kind old man who was about to die that she had visited in her previous impressions.

She continued to walk a few steps forward, and finally stopped five or six paces away from her desk, her eyes fixed on her father, and a smile on her face.

"Hello uncle, I'm Anna. Thank you for taking the time to meet me. ”

From the moment she entered the room, the old man's eyes fell on her. Seeing her smile and greet herself, her expression was finally not as tense as at the beginning, revealing a faint and gentle color, and pointed to a chair next to her for Anna to sit.

Anna went over and sat down.

Aunt Zhang came in to deliver tea. Anna smiled and thanked her.

"You are An Guoqiang's niece?"

After Aunt Zhang went out, Father Lu asked.

"Yes. ”

"Xiao Lin said you want to see me?" Father Lu's gaze fell on Anna's face again, with a slight look of inquiry.

"Yes," Anna nodded again.

"Uncle, I know that I have come to see you in such a rash manner. But after thinking about it, I think it's still necessary. You should already know that your son Lu Zhongjun and I are dealing with each other. I also know that he contradicted you the other day because of me, and there was a bit of a conflict between you......"

Father Lu's expression, which had already been gentle, tensed up again, staring at Anna.

Anna smiled.

"Uncle, I have come to see you today for two purposes. The first is to apologize to you. Because of me, there is a discord between your father and son. I hope you can forgive me. Second ......"

She paused.

"Second, I think there's something I need to let you know. ”

Father Lu looked at Anna and did not make a sound.

"Uncle, I don't have to hide anything from you. To be honest, I like your son very much. ”

Father Lu's brows jumped unconsciously, and he looked at Anna with a little surprise in his eyes.

“…… He does have a lot of shortcomings," Anna calmly accepted the scrutinizing gaze of Father Lu on the other side, "but under the shortcomings, he is a man with responsibility and affection. ”

The old man's shoulders moved and he snorted. "He's as good as you say?"

"Yes. "Much more than you've judged him before." ”

"You mean, I wronged him?" the old man asked faintly.

"Uncle, I think your biggest disappointment in him should be the incident between him and a female member of the art troupe a few years ago, right?"

Father Lu didn't make a sound and frowned.

"You didn't wronged him in this matter, because it was all his own choice. But I'd like to tell you about another possibility. He had nothing to do with the female regiment, but at that time, in order to protect the reputation of a close friend who had died, and in order to let the family of that comrade-in-arms get the living allowance they deserved after losing their son, so in the end he stood up and took the matter on himself. ”

Father Lu's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Anna sharply.

"What did you just say?"

He asked, his voice unsteady and slightly trembling.

"Uncle, it's really inappropriate for Lu Zhongjun to do this and never tell you the truth. He doesn't take into account your feelings. In fact, he didn't tell me at first. He felt that he should keep the secret of his best friend who had saved his life for the rest of his life. It was I who asked him, and finally he was forced to tell me. ”

Father Lu was motionless, his expression stiff.

There was silence in the room.

"Such a thing, he actually ...... He kept it a secret from me...... He never thought of me as his father......"

After a while, Father Lu seemed to have finally relieved himself and said to himself. There was no joy after learning the truth, on the contrary, his expression was stunned, and his tone sounded a little desolate.

"Uncle, it was because you expected too much from him that the more disappointed you became. She hesitated slightly, then continued, "It wasn't my turn to say that. After your conflict that day, Lu Zhongjun didn't seem to care on the surface, but I felt that he didn't feel good in his heart, and you were his father anyway. I don't think there is a son in this world who doesn't want to be approved by his father, no matter how rebellious he seems on the surface. Sometimes, if you speak in a different way, you may have already untied the misunderstanding and knot. What do you say, uncle?"

Father Lu's gaze fell on Anna's face and did not speak.

Anna stood up from her chair.

"Uncle, I came here to tell you about this. Frankly speaking, Lu Zhongjun still doesn't want me to tell you. But I think it's necessary. So I came over myself. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. I won't bother you, I'll go first. ”

After Anna finished speaking, she bowed slightly politely to him, turned and opened the door and walked out.

Lu Xiaolin and Aunt Zhang were sitting in the living room waiting, their expressions looking a little worried. Suddenly, I saw Anna come out, and hurriedly stood up to greet her.

"Why did it get better so quickly?"

Lu Xiaolin was a little surprised.

"Yes," Anna laughed, "I've said that's all I have to say." Xiao Lin, thank you for the arrangement. I'll take my leave. ”

"Let's sit down for a while!" Lu Xiaolin left her, and when she saw that Anna was leaving, she had to send her out.

"Sister-in-law Zhang, tell your husband to drive her! It's a long way here, and it's inconvenient for her to go back by herself. ”

Suddenly, a voice came from behind him.

Lu Xiaolin turned around and saw that his father didn't know when he opened the door of the room and came out, so he stood there and ordered.

"Okay, no problem!"

Aunt Zhang had a smile on her face and hurriedly went to call someone.

Lu Xiaolin also showed a look of surprise and quickly glanced at Anna.

Anna was slightly stunned, thought for a moment, turned to her father and said, "Thank you, uncle." Then you're welcome. ”

Father Lu's expression looked similar to before, and he was still quite serious. He glanced at her, nodded, turned and went into the house again with his hands behind his back.

……

In a few days, the semester is almost over.

An Guoqiang had already gone home by this time. It should have been from Xiao Yu who knew about the accident that happened some time ago, and she was very uneasy, so she called Anna every once in a while and asked her to go home as soon as the semester was over.

On the side of Ms. Song's Five Dynasties Clothing Studio, the progress has been very tight, and Lao He's work is also busy at a critical moment. Even if it was a holiday, Anna really couldn't go back at this time, so she explained to her father on the phone, saying that she would go back when the things at hand were empty.

An Guoqiang already knew what she was busy with, and he was quite supportive. When I saw her say this, I gave up.

On this day, Ms. Song's studio called and said that she needed to go over to discuss a few recent problems. Anna took the time to go.

Lu Zhongjun also came back from the field on this day, found the school, and the eldest sister in the same dormitory said that she went to the studio.

Lu Zhongjun knew what she had been busy with lately. I felt that it was quite far away from me, and I wanted to see it, so I went straight to it, and when I got to the building where the studio was located, I was about to go in, and I saw Anna and a man standing at the bottom of the steps at the door talking, and the two were standing quite close.

The man's Lu Zhongjun happened to know him. Fan Ming. Although Lu Zhongjun and him don't have a deep relationship, they have met a few times in the past and can be regarded as acquaintances. I don't know how he got to know Anna together. Seeing his appearance at this moment, he seemed to be quite enthusiastic about Anna, and the alarm bell suddenly sounded in his heart, so he walked over directly, went to the side, and called Fan Ming's name.

Pham Minh is asking Anna to go to dinner with him. Suddenly, he heard someone call his name, turned around and recognized it as Lu Zhongjun, he was stunned, and then a smile appeared on his face, and the two shook hands.

"Aren't you busy? I haven't seen you in a long time. Why are you here today?"

"Come to my object. ”

Lu Zhongjun said with a smile.

"Haha! I haven't seen you for three days, and you actually have a partner? Who is so lucky to be in your eyes?" Fan Ming joked.

Lu Zhongjun raised his chin at Anna on the side. "That's it. ”

Fan Ming was stunned and looked at Anna.

When Anna came over in the afternoon, Fan Minh was there. Because he had taken his car before, although he felt that he was a little unusually enthusiastic about himself, he didn't say it explicitly, and she didn't want to pull down her face too much and not give face. As soon as she came out after finishing things, Fan Ming came out and was asking her to go to dinner. Before she could refuse, Lu Zhongjun intervened as if falling from the sky. I didn't expect these two to know each other. Seeing Fan Ming looking at him in astonishment, he smiled at him and said, "Thank you for taking me to the station last time." Next time I'm free, I'll treat you to a meal with Lu Zhongjun. ”