Next door to this park is a tennis hall, after Lu Yan arrived in the UK, he accompanied several business partners to greet and play, and just came out of the tennis hall.

Originally, he planned to leave directly and go to Cheng Mansion to attend the dinner party, but Lu Shumu didn't know why he kept staring at the riverside of the park, and then said to Lu Yan: "I want to go over there." ”

Lu Yan followed Lu Shumu's gaze and looked over, separated by a distant space, separated by a cool wind, and separated by heavy figures, there were obviously so many people on the riverside, but he could see the words at a glance in the crowd.

Her long hair was draped over her shoulders, her black hair fluttered gently with the wind, and when she bent down slightly, her back outlined a graceful arc, occasionally turning her face sideways, her side face was graceful and elegant, with a touching beauty.

Lu Yan was silent, obviously there were thousands of waves in his heart, his face was still expressionless, and his lines were cold and not the slightest moved.

He was silent for a while, agreed to Lu Shumu's request to go over, and even took the initiative to invite his partners to go to the riverside to enjoy the scenery.

Shi Jiaran was a little surprised when she heard it, but she didn't say anything, didn't ask anything, just showed a shallow arc, but that kind of arc seemed to understand everything.

There are some smart women who see through and don't say anything, and they behave like the gentle breeze of spring, giving people warmth, but not oppression.

Lu Yan didn't notice Shi Jiaran's mood change at all, he pursed his thin lips, and walked in the direction of Yan Yu with his pocket, Lu Shumu followed him unhurriedly.

Lu Yan's dark eyes like midnight saw that Yan Yu was about to fall into the water, the luster in the depths of his eyes condensed, his Adam's apple rolled silently, his pupils shrank, he opened his long legs, and strode in the direction of Yan Yu.

He saved Yan Yu, and only then did he see the little star next to Yan Yu.

At that moment, Lu Yan felt as if he was in a different world, and the blood in his body seemed to start flowing backwards, retrograde in the blood vessels, clashing, bringing bursts of spreading pain.

His heart contracted so hard that he could barely restrain himself from bending over.

His eardrums vibrated and roared, and he cut off all the noise around him, staring at the little star with dark eyes, for a moment.

This little girl with no conscience has grown so big all of a sudden.

Lu Yan's fingers hanging by his side slowly tightened and tightened tightly.

This is his daughter, his little princess, even if he and Yan Yu are no longer together, he can't bear the little princess.

That's how people contradict each other.

Lu Yan took the initiative to let go of the custody of the little star back then, even if there was a lot of dissatisfaction, estrangement and resentment between him and Yan Yu back then, there was a voice in his heart telling him that he had to give the little star to the metaphor, in that case, if the metaphor did not have the custody of the little star, the metaphor would definitely collapse completely.

And he is a man, a father, and a husband......

No matter how much reluctance there is, you can only give up custody in pain.

Yan Yu Yu found someone to help conceal the news of leaving the country, and after Yan Yu arrived in the UK, which city he went to, Qin Rang also found someone to block the news.

Lu Yan pursed his lips, and at that time, he was under the enemy on his back, and Steward Cheng would never take the initiative to help him find words and little stars, and he himself had not yet gained a firm foothold in the UK.

The battle was too long.

It was so long that he gradually got used to the lack of words and little stars around him, used to thinking about the little stars before going to bed, and got used to being alone until he ...... He found out that Lu Shumu was his son and Yanyu's son.

Those suppressed flames faintly showed some signs again.

Those suppressed emotions were like magma before the eruption of volcanic rock, red, hot, tumbling, and he restrained them little by little.

He wanted to convince himself to give up, no one left anyone, he couldn't get by.

But he didn't want to give up.

The two extreme emotions collided fiercely in the depths of my heart, melting, and hitting the atrium so much that it hurt faintly.

Yan Yu tightened Xiaoxing's hand, she pursed her red lips, her eyes were resolute, there were so many people, she didn't believe that Lu Yan would do anything to their mother and daughter.

But she was still a little nervous, she didn't expect to let Xiaoxing touch Lu Yan today, her chest was like a big bell banging, she didn't know if Xiaoxing still remembered Lu Yan, it stands to reason that a child who is more than a year old should not have such a strong memory, and after three long years, she should not remember Lu Yan.

Xiaoxing raised her slender eyelashes, and Lu Yan was reflected in her dark and beautiful pupils, she seemed to be a little curious, but her eyes were very focused.

Lu Yan was seen by her, his palms were faintly wet, and he broke out in a slight cold sweat.

Little Star looked at it for a while, and laughed, her smile was soft and cute, revealing a row of beautiful teeth, and her eyelashes fluttered like feathers.

She broke away from the hand of words, stretched out her hand, and suddenly hooked her finger at Lu Yan, bent her eyes and smiled, and said nothing.

And in front of everyone's eyes, Lu Yan, who was obscure, expressionless and cold, in everyone's minds, actually bent down obediently, and the eyes of the partners widened unconsciously.

Little Star stretched out two hands: "Hug." ”

Lu Yan's chest seemed to have a warm current, a cold heart had already warmed, surging, surging, he pursed his thin lips, restrained the trembling of his hands, and hugged the little star.

Yan Yu also looked at the little star's actions in a daze.

A trace of indescribable emotion flashed through her amber pupils, her heart shrank, and she felt a little sore, could this be the power of bloodline? Xiaoxing still remembered Lu Yan...... Is it?

Xiaoxing was hugged by Lu Yan, she raised her eyelashes and stared at Lu Yan's face, her smile was sweet, her oblique single ponytail was cute, and her little milk voice was almost cute: "Uncle, you are a hero, you just saved my mother!" The teacher said, to give a warm hug to a kind person, you have to continue to be a hero." ”

As soon as her last note fell, the light in Lu Yan's dark eyes became cold a little bit, dyed a little cold.

His lips tightened, like a straight line without a curvature.

If you say, how warm it was just now, how cold the heart is now, the chest seems to have a hole, shivering, and the cold wind is whistling.

Disappointment was like an overwhelming tide that overwhelmed him and made it difficult for him to breathe.

His eyelids drooped, the lines of his jaw were cold, his face was expressionless, and when his fingers were curled, there was the sound of bones colliding.

Xiaoxing didn't hear Lu Yan's answer, and touched Lu Yan's face, her palms were warm, her voice was very thin and thin, and she said secretly: "Uncle, I think you look a bit like a person, but I don't remember." ”

Lu Yan seemed to be speechless, and he struggled to squeeze out a word from the depths of his throat: "Hmm." "The voice is dull to the extreme.

Yan Yu didn't know why, she subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and reason told her that Xiaoxing had the right to know the existence of her father, and she also had the right to know that her father was Lu Yan, but emotionally, she was vaguely afraid that Xiaoxing would be snatched away by Lu Yan, and now she didn't want to be involved with Lu Yan anymore, if Xiaoxing didn't remember Lu Yan, it would be the best choice.

Lu Shumu looked at Xiaoxing and Lu Yan, thoughtfully, lowered his thick curly eyelashes, and did not say a word.

Shi Jiaran raised his eyebrows in some surprise, it was already surprising that Lu Yan took the initiative to save that woman, and now he actually took the initiative to hug this cute little girl.

Lu Yan only hugged Xiaoxing for a while, then quickly let go of her, stood up, didn't say anything, and left, in the cold air of spring, his back was full of condensed cold.

*

On the school bus back to Leeds, Xiaoxing lay in Yan Yu's arms, playing with a rag doll in her hand, swaying, she mentioned Lu Yan with a smile: "That uncle today ran so fast, he saved my mother in one fell swoop." ”

"Hmm. Yu curled his lips and smoothed her hair.

Little Star: "He's a little good-looking, Uncle Qin is also good-looking, and Brother Nanfeng is also good-looking." ”

"Really?"

"yes. Little Star nodded vigorously, "Mom, have we seen that uncle before?"

"......" Yan Yu paused with her hand running through her hair, she didn't answer for a while, she was silent for a few seconds, fortunately Little Star didn't seem to need her answer, and continued, "Is that uncle the father of that little brother?"

Yu raised his eyes, his eyelashes fluttered, and he looked out the window.

Spring is revived, dead trees are spring, although the sun is thin, but it is warm, she pulled out an arc of a smile: "Yes, that's the father of the little brother." ”

Little Star was quiet for a while, and continued to lie on Yanyu's chest, she asked, "Mom, does the rag doll have a father?"

Yan Yu's chest rose and fell, and she knew the meaning of the little star.

About today, when she saw that Lu Shumu had a father, she felt a sense of loss in her heart, and she was still thinking about how to answer, so Xiaoxing comforted herself: "The rag doll should not have a father, just like me, but the rag doll has my love, and I have Uncle Qin and my mother who love me." ”

As she spoke, the fog between her brows cleared and was replaced by a bright smile.

The words are soft and painful in the heart.

She leaned over and gently dropped a kiss on the forehead of Little Star.

She thought to herself, Mommy will love you even more.

*

At the Cheng family's dinner, the lights and shadows were staggered, the music was quiet and flowing, Lu Yan's eyes were slightly dark, his expression was cold, and under the light, his body was unconsciously flowing with innate nobility.

A black suit is ironed straight and neat, and the bearing is excellent.

He gently clinked glasses with his collaborator and laughed.

Shi Jiaran appeared at the banquet scene, she was wearing the Dior Starry Sky Group, wearing a simple diamond necklace around her neck, holding a Dior sachet in her hand, and walked towards Lu Yan with a smile.

Several of the collaborators smiled and walked away in a sense of humor.

Shi Jiaran bent his lips and smiled generously: "Lu Yan, is my dress beautiful today?"

Lu Yan's dark eyes glanced at her, and said lightly: "Beautiful." ”

"Perfunctory. Shi Jiaran said, she also picked up a glass of red wine from the waiter on the side, took a sip lightly, and glanced at Lu Yan with a pair of beautiful eyes, "You don't have anything to say to me?"

Lu Yan's dark eyes flashed with a dark light: "What did you say?"

"Say your ex-wife, and your daughter. Shi Jiaran's tone was very relaxed, as if the topic they were talking about was just the weather.

Lu Yan's hand holding the goblet tightened and slowly clenched it.

His dark eyes were sharp, and his voice was cold and tight: "You went to check on them?"

"Shall I check?" Shi Jiaran smiled a little, and his voice was very soft, "You can't help but look down on me too much, I am Shi Jiaran, the eldest lady of the Shi family, your reaction this afternoon is so abnormal, can I not know?"

Lu Yan was silent for a while, his tone was not wavering, and he admitted calmly: "That's indeed my ex-wife and my daughter." ”

Shi Jiaran frowned slightly, then slowly stretched and quieted down.

Lu Yan leaned against the bar, his posture was tall and long, his eyebrows were full of cold nobility, and he said lightly: "Now I finally understand that my conditions are very poor, right?" He snorted, "I have two children, I have been married once, and I can't let go of my ex-wife, you shouldn't want to, as soon as you marry me, you can be the stepmother of the two children." ”

When Shi Jiaran heard this, he lowered his eyes, and the curvature of his lips was indistinguishable.

Raising her eyes again, her eyes were still shining, her neck was slender, her skin was fair, and her temperament was noble: "Shumu is my son......" she paused, "But what woman would want to take the initiative to be a stepmother." ”

She smiled, every inch of skin on her face was delicate, she gently put the cup on the table, and added with a smile: "However, my father, who wants me to be a stepmother, will not take into account my thoughts, I am just a tool that can be used in his eyes, he wants me to marry you, he pushes me to get closer to you, what can I do but accept?"

She was a sensible person, and she saw her position early on.

In this game of chess for power, she is just a helpless chess piece, she cannot decide the direction of her fate independently, and her fate is all in the hands of the chess player.

Shi Jiaran looked at Lu Yan deeply, but he didn't know if Lu Yan, who seemed to be beautiful, would be a chess player or a chess piece.

*

Late at night, Lu Yan went to the children's room to look at Lu Shumu, and then returned to his room, he ripped off his tie, and the more night it was, the more irritable he became.

He tightened his lips, took a deep breath, then stood in silence for a moment, sneered, picked up the car keys on the table, turned and went downstairs.

He got into the driver's seat and started the car, the engine loud in the silence of the night.

Some of the servants in Cheng Zhai hadn't slept yet, and when they heard the voice, they asked as usual: "Are you going out so late?"

The lines of Lu Yan's side face were indifferent, and he tensed his outline: "Tomorrow morning Lu Shumu wakes up, you tell him that I have something to do and go out to work." ”

Before the servant could reply, the boy's quiet, clean voice sounded, "I'll wake up now." ”

Lu Yan was stunned, turned his eyes to look, his dark eyes were calm, and he reflected Lu Shumu's figure, Lu Shumu was wearing thin pajamas, and he knew how to wrap himself in a thick down jacket outside, and he was hurriedly wearing sneakers on his feet, and the laces were not tied yet.

Lu Yan frowned: "Why did you get up at this time?"

Lu Shumu pursed his lips and looked at Lu Yan quietly, obviously his eyes were bloodshot, he was very sleepy, but he was very stubborn: "I know where you are going, I want to go with you." ”

Lu Yan's lips straightened, his eyes were dark, he stared at Lu Shumu for a while, retracted his gaze, and said lightly: "I'll wait for you, you go upstairs first and get dressed." ”

A hint of joy flashed in Lu Shumu's dark eyes, he quickly changed his clothes and climbed into the back seat of Lu Yan's car, the father and son did not communicate, there was no dialogue, no eye contact.

Lu Shumu is very good at taking care of himself, he was very energetic at first, but after a while, after all, he was still a child, and when he was sleepy, he dragged the small blanket on the side, covered himself tightly, and then closed his eyes to sleep.

Lu Yan glanced in the rearview mirror in front of him, and a smile rippled out of the corner of his eyes.

Lu Shumu is really a worry-free child.

After driving for more than two hours on the night train, Lu Yan arrived in Leeds, he clicked on the message, and in the afternoon, a bodyguard followed the school bus and tracked down the current address of Yan Yu and Xiaoxing.

He entered his address into the map of his phone and followed the navigation to continue.

Finally arrived at the suburban house, the house is not big or small, there is a small yard, full of flowers and plants, from the prosperity of flowers and plants, you can see the owner's intentions and warmth.

Lu Yan saw that Lu Shumu was sleeping, so he didn't wake him up. Lu Yan got out of the car by himself, stood at the gate of the fence, and looked at the small wooden sign at the door, which was written in crooked font: Home of the Stars.

There is a Chinese version and an English version.

At first glance, it is from the hand of the little star.

Lu Yan bent the curvature of the corner of his lower lip very shallowly.

He looked up and looked at the second floor, there was a window with a faint light, warm yellow, dim, this was the room of the little star.

She has been afraid of the dark since she was a child, so she used to turn on the night light when she went to sleep, so that she would not wake up in the middle of the night and be afraid.

Lu Yan returned to the car, put Lu Shumu flat on the back seat, and covered the quilt.

The two children are really two completely different personalities, Xiaoxing is lively and cheerful, but Lu Shumu is more dull, and he is also very obedient and worry-free, he has long been used to sleeping alone, and he doesn't need the company of others, nor does he need such a thing as a night light.

Lu Yan didn't feel sleepy, he leaned in the saddle, watching the sky slowly turn white, and the junction of night and light was mottled.

Lu Yan looked at the time, it was six o'clock.

According to the time of Yanyu's work, she was about to get up, Lu Yan took out her mobile phone and dialed out a string of numbers, Yanyu's phone number was obtained by him from Yanyu Law Firm, the call was connected, but no one answered.

Lu Shumu, who was in the back seat of the car, also woke up, rubbed his eyes, and sat up straight.

Lu Yan said: "I'll go down first, it's a little cold outside, and when the door opens, I'll take you out of the car and in." ”

Lu Shumu nodded.

Lu Yan got out of the car and was still calling Yan Yu, when the other end of the phone was suddenly connected, and someone picked it up.

Lu Yan clenched his mobile phone, and heard a sleepy little milk voice coming over: "Who are you? Are you looking for your mother?"

Lu Yan's throat rolled silently, he heard the voice of the little star, his heart was invisibly torn down, and his voice was hoarse: "Little star, where is my mother?"

Little Star was sleepy: "Mom is not feeling well, I'm going to get up and go to school, uncle, you can call Mom next time, goodbye." ”

The unfamiliar "uncle" poked Lu Yan's heart again, and he tightened his jaw line.

Before he could ask his mother why she was uncomfortable, the little star on the other end had already hung up the phone.

After a while, Lu Yan saw a little girl wearing a round wide down jacket appear on the balcony, because there were flowers on the balcony, so Lu Yan couldn't see what she was doing, only that she was walking around.

Lu Yan stood under the balcony and looked up at the second floor.

He pursed his lips and exclaimed, "Little star." The man's voice was low and hoarse, a little magnetic, and he called the little star twice, and the little star heard it.

Lu Yan saw that Xiaoxing's figure did not move, and after a while, her head poked into the balcony where there were fewer flowers.

She wasn't tall enough, and she stood on tiptoe and struggled to look downstairs.

Lu Yan simply followed the direction she was walking and stood directly below her, he raised his head, the lines of his chin were smooth and distinct, and his black pupils were deep, and he said, "Little star, it's me." ”

Xiaoxing only showed half of her face, and she saw clearly that it was Lu Yan, the uncle who saved her mother that day.

She let out an "ah" and shouted happily: "Uncle, it's you, why did you come to my house!"

Lu Yan smiled and raised his eyebrows.

The little star on the balcony held her hands, and Lu Yan saw clearly that she was holding a small watering can in her hand, and she put the watering can on the balcony, because she was excited, she kept jumping on the balcony.

Lu Yan turned around and beckoned to Lu Shumu in the car: "Come here." ”

Lu Shumu opened the car door and got out of the car, but he didn't know why he stood still, his eyes looked at Lu Yan calmly, to be precise, at the direction behind Lu Yan.

There was a watering can there because of Xiaoxing's excitement, she accidentally pushed it down, and fell straight down from the balcony on the second floor, the lid of the pot had been overturned, and the cold water in the pot splashed directly on Lu Yan's head.

Before Lu Yan could react, he was overturned by the cold water, and the coldness drilled into the bone marrow, his eyebrows did not move, and the coldness rose from his back, densely.

His hair hung wet on his forehead, obscuring his dark eyes.

The man is tall, the suit is straight, even after a night, there is no half of the decadence, in the faint morning light, but looks noble and elegant, the style is outstanding.

However, this is all before being splashed with cold water.

As soon as the cold water is poured down, there is still something personable.

Thankfully, instead of hitting him in the head, the watering can landed on the ground, rolling non-stop.

Lu Shumu looked at his father quietly, even if he saw Lu Yan being splashed with cold water like this, there was no change in the expression on his face, the only thing that changed was perhaps the slight deep meaning in his eyes, and he walked in quietly.

Little Star didn't expect that she would splash on that uncle, and she subconsciously bit her lower lip.

In the living room, the nanny and aunt heard the sound of something falling, she walked out and asked Xiaoxing, "Baby, what's wrong?" ”

Xiaoxing opened her round eyes, looked at the nanny and aunt a little helplessly, and pointed to the balcony: "Watering can...... Dropped ...... also smashed an uncle. ”

"Uncle?" Auntie was stunned.

Little Star had already taken a short step and ran quickly downstairs, and she opened the door.

The suit on Lu Yan's body was almost soaked, and his wet black hair was still dripping down, he pursed his lips and looked at Xiaoxing indifferently.