Chapter 33: Encounter
The last time Jian Ru made an appointment to see the old man was during the Spring Festival, it had been half a year since the calculation of the days, and no matter whether the old man really missed her or not, Jian Sixue must be thinking about something.
Before going to the old mansion, she specially went to [Royal Mansion] to buy some big red robes for the old man.
The old man likes to drink tea and pays attention to ...... This [royal li] big red robe is his favorite.
After Jane entered the door as promised, she shouted, "Grandpa!"
The old man didn't even lift his head when he read the newspaper, which was obviously angry.
The housekeeper next to him smiled and said, "The old man has been reading you for a few days...... I guess I'm angry!"
Jian Ruyu looked at the newspaper that the old man hadn't moved for a long time, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, and turned around and went to the kitchen.
When she brought the freshly brewed tea to the old man, the person who was still stinky just now finally spoke.
"The little girl still has some conscience, if I don't call you home...... Are you going to forget that you still have a home?"
"Grandpa, there's nothing to do...... Am I not busy making money!"
The old man is old, but he is a little more innocent, he snorted arrogantly, "Don't be afraid to flash your tongue when you say this kind of nonsense, you don't care about grandpa if you lack money!"
"Grandpa, I was wrong......" Jane said coquettishly.
She didn't want the old man to take out another real estate certificate and say that he wanted to transfer the property to her.
Back then, when she and Xu Fan got married, she jokingly said that she wanted to make money to buy a house, and the next day, the old man arranged to send her a real estate certificate.
It's a pity that she was afraid that Xu Fan would be unhappy at that time, and she didn't live in the luxuriously decorated house for a day.
Now that I think about it, I only feel sorry that I wasted a piece of my grandfather's heart.
The old man didn't know what Jian Ruyue was thinking, squinted his eyes and sipped the tea, and nodded comfortably, "It's okay, I haven't forgotten the effort to pick tea!"
"How can it, grandpa taught it himself!"
"Sycophant, huh...... Now that you know it's wrong, let's go and kill a few games with grandpa!"
"Okay, you can do whatever you say!"
When the two of them walked to the courtyard, Jian Sixue, Wu Shuxian and Jian Nianen's family of three came together.
"What are you doing here?" The old man didn't want to see Jian Sixue, let alone Wu Shuxian and Jian Nianen.
"Grandpa...... Let's take a look at you!" Jian Nianen said sweetly, without the slightest embarrassment of being unwelcome, obviously this kind of scene has been seen.
When Jian ran back to China as promised, and after a big quarrel with Jian Sixue, the old man was angry and drove his son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter out of the old house.
Now in this house, there are only the old man and the housekeeper.
Usually the old man doesn't call them, and they don't come here to be cold.
It's just that today, they're not just a family dinner.
"Dad...... You miss your granddaughter, we miss your granddaughter, you can't favor one over the other!" Wu Shuxian said softly, but she was dissatisfied with what she said.
"Here's your share of talking!" said the old man with a cold face.
The old man is traditional but not old-fashioned, if Wu Shuxian was found after Jian Sixue's divorce, he would definitely not be like this, but no, Wu Shuxian not only entered the door by herself, but also brought a daughter who was about the same age as Jane.
To put it mildly, Xiao San entered the house with his illegitimate son, and the old man has been upright all his life, so naturally he can't tolerate these people in his eyes.
Wu Shuxian's face stiffened, and Jian Sixue's face was not good-looking, but after all, the old man was his father, and he was not good at seizures, so he had to say, "It's been so many years, why are you still holding on to the past!"
The old man was angry, and he had to say it again, Jian Ru was afraid that the old man would be angry, so he hurriedly grabbed his arm, "Grandpa...... Let's go play chess!"
"Hmph...... If you don't have the right mind, I tell you not to be busy, I won't give you the shares in my hand!"
The old man lost such a sentence and left.
Jian Sixue panicked, he didn't expect the old man to be so direct, and he was a little incredulous for a while, "Dad, don't talk angry!"
"Get out of here!"
The old man began to chase people.
Jian Sixue was not convinced, originally he thought that he could talk about the marriage with the North and the South in front of everyone today, but the old man didn't even give him a chance to speak!
But even so, he didn't say a word.
The family left in a huff, and Jian Ruyue and the old man didn't have the heart to play chess.
The old man looked up, looked at the sunset, and let out a long sigh.
Jian pursed her lips as promised, not knowing how to comfort the old man.
The grandfather and grandson stood at the door for a while, and after half a ring, the old man suddenly asked, "Are you okay with the Yu family's boy?"
"Grandpa, there's nothing!"
"Whether it's okay or not, if you want to marry him, grandpa will call the shots for you!"
As soon as she heard this, Jane was so frightened that she even lost her breath, "Grandpa, I don't like her...... Besides, I just got divorced, what does it look like to marry again, besides, Jian Nianen likes her!"
"Although I am old and my eyes are spent, my heart is open, with your father's posture just now, she will definitely match Jian Nianen's girl to the Yu family when she turns around!"
"It's good if they are really together!" Jian Ruyue felt that he and Duan Yucheng had been tossing for so long without results, and there would be no other way out in the future.
The old man looked at his granddaughter like this, and felt a little distressed, "You stupid boy...... You think you'll end up with nothing to fight for, that's it......"
Jian shook the old man's arm and smiled, "Don't you think about it so much, I have my own idea!"
The old man frowned, "Dancing?"
Jian Ruyue was a little apprehensive, but asked expectantly, "Can't you?"
"Of course you can, but ......," the old man changed his words, looked at Jian as promised, and said, "But I have one condition!"
"Huayan's side, even if he has a false position...... You have to go too!"
Hearing this, Jane's heart finally fell, and the time to come finally came.
But in the next second, the old man's words almost made her think it was an auditory hallucination, "I left you the position of vice president." ”
"Grandpa...... I don't know much about publishing, and besides, I ......"
Before Jian Ruyue finished speaking, she was interrupted by the old man, "If you don't understand, go and learn, it's okay to dance...... But you go to Huayan to study for three months first!"
When the old man said this, it was a sure thing, and Jian had no choice but to accept his fate.
"Grandpa, you're such a stubborn old man!"
"Don't forget...... You are my own granddaughter!" The old man reminded Jian unhappily as promised.
Since he promised the old man, even if Jian Ru was unwilling to go to Huayan, he still had to go.
As a result, on her first day of work, during the morning meeting, everyone gave her a dismissal.
By the end of the meeting, the papers in front of her had piled up higher than hers.
Jian Nianen took a folder, ran over with concern, and asked, "Sister, I'm really happy that you can come to work!"
In the past, Jian Ruyue still doubted whether Jian Nianen was really stupid, but now it seems that ...... People are pretending to be stupid!
Jian Rupi hooked the corners of her mouth without smiling, "But I'm parachuting...... Daddy couldn't be happier!"
After speaking, she picked up the pile of materials and walked to her office.
Jian Nianen said behind him, "Dad is just angry for a while!"
Jane smiled as promised, and said without looking back, "It's okay...... I didn't pay attention to it either!"
At the beginning, the old man said that he was hanging on to the false position of vice president, if it wasn't for the old man arranging someone to deliberately throw her some work, she would have been okay in Huayan.
The days of soy sauce are very fast, and in a blink of an eye, it has entered October, and thinking that the three-month period is coming soon, she is going to go to Fenghuili on the weekend.
Fenghuili is in the east of the city, surrounded by a cluster of high-rise buildings, and next to the cold and ruthless cement is a simple courtyard that has gone through vicissitudes.
This is the most intact piece of courtyard house, except for some aborigines, the rest are some real rich people.
After the road surface was rectified, taxis were not allowed to enter, except for private cars.
Jian had no choice but to get out of the car, stepping on the mottled bluestone slabs, and walking through the intricate alleys, until she saw a yard with many small flowers planted at the door, and she stopped.
Before she could knock on the door, the door had already opened from the outside, and a woman dressed in plain cotton and linen came out, showing the elegance and classical beauty of a woman in her gestures.
"Teacher Yu!" Jane called softly.
She is Yu Qiuyue, and now she is the head of the dance troupe, and Jane's dance teacher is her.
Although Jane stopped dancing over the years, she has always been in contact with her teacher.
They haven't seen each other for some days, and they can't stop talking.
While the two were talking, the door of the next practice room opened, and a group of children ran out giggling.
"Goodbye, Mr. Yu!"
"Goodbye ...... Mr. Yu"
Yu Qiuyue smiled softly and said, "Goodbye!"
When the children were gone, Yu Qiuyue said to Jian Ruyu, "There are a few good seedlings among these children, but if you want to say my favorite...... It's still you, a girl!"
Speaking of this, both of them were a little embarrassed.
Jian Ruyue's hand holding the teacup tightened, and she said with some trepidation, "Teacher, you said I did it all over again...... Is it late?"
When Yu Qiuyue heard this, a little joy crossed her eyes, "Have you figured it out?"
Hearing this, Jane's curled up fingers loosened, still uneasy...... A look of confusion flashed in her eyes, "It seems that nothing else is very good...... If I dance, at least I'll be happy!"
Yu Qiuyue didn't know what she thought of, and sighed and said, "Life is short, the most important thing is to be happy, girl...... As long as you do what you love, it's never too late!"
If this kind of words came out of other people's mouths, it might be poisonous chicken soup, but Yu Qiuyue said this to Jian as promised, which was her most sincere words.
"Thank you, teacher!"
"Thank you for what I did...... The person you should thank is yourself!" Yu Qiuyue is one of the witnesses of the events of the year, she can see Jane's struggles and hesitations as promised over the years, and it is because she is clear that she feels sorry for her apprentice, but sometimes, others can't replace her.
Jian bit her lip as promised, her eyes were red, and she hugged Yu Qiuyue tightly, okay...... It's not too late.
When she came out of Fenghui, it was ten o'clock in the evening, standing in front of the endless road, Jian Ruyue had the illusion that the courtyard full of the fragrance of tea just now was an illusion.
But her heart is warm, and the beads that the teacher gave her in the temple are warmly attached to her wrists.
Jane smiled as promised and was about to take a taxi, but her skirt was ripped off.
She turned around in fright, but saw a little girl who was only up to her waist.
"Sister......
The little girl wore pigtails, her face was full of tears, and she looked pitiful, like a stray little flower cat, but judging from the clothes on her body, she was not an ordinary child.
Jane was stunned for a few seconds, she looked around, but she didn't see any adults looking for children.
She crouched down, slowed her voice, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Sister, I'm lost...... the little girl began to shed tears as she spoke, "can you call my uncle?"
Jane reached out to wipe the child's tears and asked, "Do you remember your uncle's phone number?"
The little girl wrinkled her little face, thought for a while, and then reported a string of numbers and said, "This is the phone number from my uncle's house!"
"Okay, I'll call your uncle!"
Jane called twice in a row, but no one answered, and she asked the little girl again, "Are you sure it's this number?"
The little girl flattened her mouth and said, "I can't be mistaken!"
"Okay, you're not mistaken, sister try again!"
This time, someone picked up the phone after the bell rang for a while.
"Hello...... I'm here at the intersection of Fenghuili and Jiangchuan Road now, and there's a little girl with pigtails......" Jane said as promised, and the little girl next to her said loudly, "My name is Duoduo!"
"Yes, Duoduo is lost, are you her family, come and pick her up!" Jane turned on the speakerphone as promised, and asked Duoduo to talk to the person on the other end of the phone.
After confirming that the other party was Duoduo's family, Jane hung up the phone as promised.
There were a lot of mosquitoes outside, so Jane took Duoduo to the dessert shop next to her as promised.
More than half an hour later, Duoduo beside Jian Ruyue suddenly jumped down from the stool and rushed to the door.
Jian Ruyu was afraid that the child would fall, so she hurriedly followed with her mobile phone.
Before I got to the door, I saw Duoduo coquettishly throwing herself into a person's arms, shouting aggrievedly, "Uncle!"
Seeing that the man was reproachful and distressed and picked up the little girl in his arms, Jian was holding the backpack as promised, but the hand clenched unconsciously.
She picked up a little girl casually, but she didn't expect it to be Duan Yucheng's little niece.
It's really a place in life where we don't meet.
Last time in the bar, she had cut off all her retreats, and Duan Yucheng was also neat, thinking that when they saw each other, it would be the relationship between her sister and brother-in-law, but she didn't expect life to be like a play.
By mistake, I actually said goodbye in such a way.
But it's only been more than two months since the last time, but Jane feels like it's been a few years.
She pursed her lips and said to the little girl with a smile, "Little girl, don't run out at night next time, goodbye!"
After speaking, she waved her hand, brushed past Duan Yucheng's side, and walked outside.
"I'll send you!"
Hearing this, Jane paused slightly, and said without looking back, "No need!"
But in the next second, her wrist was grabbed.