Although mentioning going to Shen Yanru's house, it is indeed a big problem for An Zhizhi - this has nothing to do with her sincerity, I believe that no matter who it is, when she first goes to the door of her father-in-law's house, she will be nervous and even subconsciously want to retreat, right?

However, perhaps it was precisely because of this pressure that the fatigue caused by the concert was distracted, and in the next two concerts, An Zhizhi also successfully persevered.

Although there were some problems in the process, fortunately, they were all small flaws, which did not affect the perfection of the whole concert, so in the end, An Zhizhi's first concert ended perfectly. This is something to remember for both Ahn and the fans, because for a long time, this was the only concert Ahn had ever held.

Shen Yanru accompanied the whole process, and according to her own words, she stayed backstage every time and became a competent staff member.

Fans talked about it at first, but then their attention turned to An Zhizhi. The online praise for her performance is almost overwhelming, and occasionally mixed with a few bad comments, it looks like she is provoking.

However, it was not like Shen Yan as he imagined, An knew that one person was shining brightly, and everyone else was extremely dim. In fact, many critics believe that the reason why An Zhizhi was able to have such a performance is inseparable from Shen Yanru. Not to mention Shen Yanru's teaching to An Zhizhi, after all, this is all a private matter, and everyone can't see it, and there is no way to say it, but almost all of the songs that An Zhizhi sang were created by Shen Yanru, which no one can deny.

is like what a freelance critic said: "If An Zhizhi sang the songs written by Shen Yanru at the beginning, she performed well, then now the lessons she sings at the concert can be called her true colors." Or should I use another word: tailor-made. Yes, I think these songs were tailored for Shen Yanru in combination with An Zhizhi's new path to come out. Without these songs, An Zhizhi would not have performed so well, but without An Zhizhi, these songs may have to be shelved. ”

"If I have to evaluate it, it's probably a fateful encounter." Finally, the critic concluded the article with this sentence.

All in all, An Zhizhi's transformation can be regarded as a success, and it has been unanimously recognized by the media and fans. Even before the concert ended, some fans had already asked the studio to release DVDs, especially in Shanghai, and many fans said that it was very commemorative and would definitely buy it for collection.

The aftermath of the concert was that An knew that he had rested for a whole week before finally adjusting his state a little. And throughout the week, she slept most of the time, and spent a little time awake, sitting on the sofa in a daze, not saying a word. Even if you have to speak, try to solve it in one or two words.

All of a sudden, he became incredibly concise.

Shen Yanru is very accustomed to this, and almost all of the concerts are like this in the later stage, when his voice is overloaded on stage, he doesn't want to say a word when he gets off the stage. With her careful care, An Zhizhi quickly recovered.

Then An knew that he began to prepare to go to Shen Yanru's house.

In fact, it is only the middle of October, and there are still more than three months before the Chinese New Year, so there is really no need to start worrying from now. However, after the concert, An knew that there was almost no arrangement for the future, and there was no album this year, and the Golden Melody Awards had nothing to do with her, so she simply started preparing early.

The first is a gift to Shen Yanru's family. An knew that she went to ask Shen Yanru about what kind of people she had in her family, so she could prepare gifts. As a result, I didn't know if I didn't ask, and I was shocked when I inquired.

There is a very strange phenomenon, there are very few old-fashioned big families in China now, and even if there is, it is still thin. On the contrary, abroad, there are many families like this, and the whole family is closely linked around a core. Everyone lives together as a clan, and no matter what happens, they face it together. And the Shen family is one of the best.

Therefore, when it comes to some people in Shen Yanru's family, there are too many.

Shen Yanru's grandfather Shen Jiahua has a total of three brothers in this generation, Shen Jiahua is the eldest brother, married five wives, except for the current Ye Qing who has not given birth, leaving him a total of four sons and a daughter. And the five children got married and had children, and Shen Yanru was a cousin of this generation, a total of seven. The second grandfather, Shen Jiaming, and his wife are very affectionate, have two sons, and now have five grandchildren. The third grandfather has a similar personality to the eldest brother, the people around him change very diligently, and he is the kind of person who shows mercy everywhere, although there is only one wife who gave birth to a daughter for him, but there are six illegitimate children who recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors, not to mention those who are outcast.

Combined, there are more than 30 of these people. Not to mention Shen Yanru's brothers and sisters of this generation, many of them are married and have children, plus their partners and children, the number will only be more.

Thinking about the gathering of forty or fifty people, the living room may not fit even if it is a little smaller, An Zhizhi can't help but feel that his eyes are dark.

This is still on the side of his father's ancestor, Shen Yanru's mother Zhang Yu is also from a big family, and her grandfather's Zhang family is no less than the Shen family. Shen Yanru later lived in her grandfather's house for a few years, and the relationship was actually closer than that of the Shen family, and this level must be passed.

"No wonder you say you're going to war," she murmured, "there's no chance of victory in this kind of battle, is it?" ”

Shen Yanru was helpless. This is the reason why she has been reluctant to mention her family affairs to An Zhi before. No matter who it is, when they hear that the family group they are facing is so powerful, they will probably retreat.

Originally, she could take An Zhi to visit in normal times, but under normal circumstances, there were only Shen Jiahua and Ye Qing in the old mansion, and occasionally some juniors would stay overnight. In this way, the pressure on An Ming will naturally not be so great. However, Shen Yanru finally decided to go back during the Chinese New Year.

In fact, don't look at the number of people, An knows that the pressure to bear is greater, but in fact, this pressure is dispersed to dozens of people. The most important thing is that on the day of great joy, everyone will not be too strict with An Zhi. Those who are difficult to take the school examination or something, of course, can only be put down.

Besides, during the Chinese New Year, the juniors are all gathered together, and if they ask this and that, the time will pass, but they will not all focus on An Zhizhi. Besides, Shen Yanru has already prepared in advance, and there will be at least two cousins to bring people home this year, and she will not be so eye-catching if she takes An Zhizhi.

In addition, no matter how harmonious the family is, there will be some internal contradictions, and it is rare for all of them to get together, and some of them will be exposed, and some of them can be more distracted. In this way, everyone is in a mess, and An knows that it is safer to be careful.

Hearing that Shen Yanru analyzed these things to the top, An Zhi couldn't help but be impressed. She looked at Shen Yanru with a sympathetic expression, "It's very stressful to live in this kind of family since I was a child, right?" ”

"You're thinking too much." Shen Yanru's expression was calm, "I grew up with my grandmother since I was a child. ”

Oh yes, she grew up in Shanghai, a true Chinese. An Xiao was a little curious, "Then is there anyone else at your grandmother's house?" ”

Shen Yanru shook his head, "Yes, although there are still others, their relationship with the Shen family is very bad, and there is almost no contact. ”

"But didn't you grow up with your grandmother?" Ann was a little surprised.

Shen Yanru smiled bitterly, "It's because I was brought up by my grandmother, so they don't want to see me." ”

In the old-fashioned big family, a woman's marriage is a lifetime. Shen Yanru's grandmother stayed abroad and received a new education, so she handled the divorce calmly, but this does not mean that her family can accept it. In fact, they saw her as a disgrace. If she was willing to accept the family's arrangement and remarry after the divorce, maybe the situation would be better, but she didn't, not only did she set up another door to live alone, but she was also involved with Shen Yanru, the Shen family, which made the family even more unhappy.

"Then forget it." An Zhizhi immediately said, "Anyway, your family has enough relatives, and I'm afraid I can't handle it anymore." ”

Even though she knew that she was comforting herself, Shen Yanru couldn't help but laugh.

But in this way, the matter of buying gifts has to be re-planned, otherwise, it is really impossible to completely take care of it. According to Shen Yanru's suggestion, bring a little bit of the specialties here, and everyone will be done with a point. Then just bring a gift to Shen Yanru's parents, grandfather and Ye Qing.

This way, the pressure is much less.

This year's Golden Melody Awards were held relatively early, scheduled for January 17. An knew that he didn't think he had anything to do, but he was unexpectedly invited to attend as a guest of honor.

This is the first time after An Zhizhi's debut that he was not accompanied by Shen Yanru, but attended the Golden Melody Awards alone. Naturally, it inevitably caused a burst of speculation, but fortunately, no one didn't come to greet her with long eyes, so she handled it calmly.

Before An Zhi believed Shen Yanru's nonsense, he believed that she was unwilling to be on the same stage at the concert because she didn't want to affect herself. So at that time, she said yes very happily. But when Shen Yanru didn't even want to participate in the Golden Melody Awards, An knew that something was wrong.

Shen Yanru was inconspicuously fading the traces of her beside her.

Finding this made An know very unhappy, but Shen Yanru convinced her again, of course.

Shen Yanru believes that the two of them have now reached the step of meeting their parents, and they will inevitably go in and out more privately in the future, and it is not impossible for them to be photographed by reporters. At this time, it is not appropriate to make a high-profile public appearance together.

After all, the media is a group of people who can even give birth to nothing, and if two people appear together frequently, maybe they will be seen by someone who cares.

Just like those celebrities who immediately went underground after falling in love, and may even deliberately create conflicts on the surface and pretend to have a bad relationship, they also have to start avoiding suspicion.

This kind of avoidance of suspicion does not mean that all the relationships between two people are abruptly denied, after all, they used to be so good, and it is impossible to break them off all at once. What's more, Shen Yanru didn't want to make trouble to that extent, she just wanted to fade out of An Zhi's side little by little and without being noticed by outsiders. Until one day, when everyone comes back to their senses, they will realize that unconsciously, the relationship between Shen Yanru and An Xiaoxiao has become so estranged.

Regarding the fact that Shen Yanru can always want to be in front of him, An Zhizhi also has to accept it.

She remembered that Shen Yanru said that she was not so perfect, and everything was just because she was more attentive. In her own affairs, Shen Yanru has indeed reached the limit of what she can do.

So An Zhizhi also silently made a decision in his heart. - can't always Shen Yanru pay for her, sometimes she needs to do something.

……

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, An Zhizhi boarded a plane to the United States with Shen Yanru.

Because it was a long time to go this time, after thinking about it, they decided to take the big flowers with them. After all, the last time he left, he fostered Dahua with Zhou Yu, and after he came back, he didn't want to pay attention to the two of them for a long time. As for the pet hospital, don't mention it, Dahua doesn't want to stay there at all.

And considering that at the critical moment, there is such a cute pet that can be saved, and it can also share everyone's attention focused on An Zhixiao, which is very necessary. Especially his grandfather, according to Ye Qing, he actually likes cats very much, but he has an allergy to fluff, so he has to stay away.

But as the saying goes, what you can't get is the best, so the old man is very greedy for other people's cats, even if he can't touch it, it's good to look at it from a distance.

The best thing is that because of this, if you bring a cat, it is inconvenient for the two to live in the ancestral house.

At the beginning, the three brothers of Shen Jiahua went to the United States to work hard, and the situation of Chinese in the United States was still very difficult at that time, not only out of reliance and trust in the traditional big family, but also under external pressure.

Although this clause has long existed in name only. ——The Shen family's business is all over Europe and the United States, and it is always necessary for the children to go to various places to manage it, and it is imperative to disperse the residence. However, whenever you return to San Francisco, you must go back to your ancestral home, and this has not changed.

Although Shen Yanru didn't grow up here, the rules still have to be followed. However, the place of residence that An knows can be discussed again, and even if he wants to live, he will arrange a room far away from the main house. That way, at least you don't have to stay under the noses of your elders every day.

In order to bring people home this time, Shen Yanru took great pains.

However, the flight duration is close to twenty hours, and although the cage prepared for Dahua can be ventilated and the food is placed in advance, An Zhizhi still can't help but worry. It wasn't until he landed and brought the cat back that he breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that the big flower still looks wilted, and even has a lot of intimacy with An Zhi for the first time. You know, it used to be a master's style, looking at her with its chin. In this way, An Zhizhi was even more distressed. The journey is tiring, and even the spirit of a human being will not be very good, let alone a cat.

"Let's find a place to rest first." Shen Yanru looked at An Xiaoxiao, then at the cat, and said.

An Zhi nodded in agreement. The first time she came to visit, she naturally wanted to be in the best condition, and now this is not suitable.

The two repaired at the hotel, poured jet lag again, and only officially visited the next day.

The Shen family's ancestral home in San Francisco occupies a large area of private territory, which is equivalent to a large independent manor, but this manor is located in the middle of the city, without mountains and forests, etc. But even so, there is a large open space around it that is isolated from other places, which shows the power of the Shen family.

If it weren't for that, there wouldn't be enough people to live. However, there are still a few days before the Chinese New Year, so most of the people have not yet rushed back, and the manor still looks a little deserted.

Shen Yanru took An Zhizhi to visit Grandpa Shen in the main house first.

Because of the phone call in advance, Ye Qing was waiting for them in the living room. As soon as they met, they smiled and said to An Zhizhi, "Just like you are in your own home, don't be restrained and polite." Then he turned to Shen Yanru and said, "When your grandfather heard that you were back, he pretended to go back to the study, and he didn't want to come down until someone invited him." When I get older, I still learn to put up these scores. Go up and call it. ”

Shen Yanru had no choice but to go upstairs.

Only then did Ye Qing turn to An Zhizhi, "It's been a hard journey, you arrived yesterday?" ”

An knew that he was startled at first, but quickly reacted. This is San Francisco, the Shen family's base camp, and it is too easy for them to know something. Although she didn't say anything about Shen Yanru's return in advance, it was not difficult to find out.

An Zhizhi nodded, "Yes, because the journey is tiring, it is not good to come to the door rashly, so I only came here today." ”

"I see you didn't have any luggage?" Ye Qing asked again.

This question is not unsharp, and it is obvious that she has already guessed the idea that An Zhi does not plan to live here.

An Zhi keenly noticed that the Ye Qing in front of her now was very different from Ye Qing who appeared as her fan when she was in Shanghai before. But it's not surprising to think about it, after all, she is the head mother of a huge family, and being able to be favored by Shen Jiahua can't be useless in itself. When she brought out the shelf of the hostess of the Shen family, it was estimated that not many people would be able to withstand it.

However, this style of painting has changed naturally, and it is still very strange.

"The first time I came to the door, I didn't dare to disturb." Ann said implicitly.

"What don't you dare to bother? Since you don't dare to disturb, you shouldn't come! A loud voice suddenly came from behind him, and said unceremoniously.

An Zhi turned his head and saw Shen Yanru's grandfather, Shen Jiahua.

In her imagination, as the head of the Shen family, Shen Jiahua should be a very serious character, with a straight face all day long, and an aura all over his body. However, in fact, this is not the case, Shen Jiahua looks quite elegant, wearing a green robe, with a handsome face and a thin body, as if he is a scholar in the old era.

But this does not mean that the old man has no majesty, on the contrary, his back is straight, his eyes are bright, and he naturally looks like he has a sense of abyss, which makes people dare not make a mistake.

And the old man's age should be in his seventies, but he only looks like he is in his fifties. The voice is loud, the steps are steady, and it seems to be in good spirits.

An knew a little bit why Ye Qing would marry her. Although she hadn't asked before, she was still quite guilty of muttering about old husbands and young wives. But when I met at this moment, I knew that some people could indeed make people forget his age.

As soon as he appeared at this moment, Ye Qing and An Zhizhi both subconsciously stood up.

"How?" Ye Qing greeted the old man and took the old man's arm, and said unhappily, "The guest I invited, why do you have any opinions?" ”

"Of course not. It's just that since you're a guest, you should stay at home. Turn around and let people pick up their luggage and stay in peace. Grandpa Shen sat down on the sofa, and waved his hand to let everyone else sit down with him, before he looked at An Zhiming. But at this glance, he couldn't help frowning and asked Ye Qing, "Do you see if she has a good face?" ”

Ye Qing glanced at An Xiaoxiao and couldn't help but smile, "I've seen Xiaoxiao, of course I'm kind." But you, where have you seen it? ”

"No, no, no." Grandpa Shen waved his hand, "I mean, she looks like someone." ”

"Then you shouldn't have asked me." Ye Qing said with a smile, and then shouted again, "Uncle Zhong! ”

The housekeeper of the Shen family immediately came out and stood respectfully at the door, "Madam, what's the matter?" ”

"The old man said that Xiaoxiao looks kind, maybe she looks like an old man, you can also come and have a look." Ye Qingdao. She has been married to the Shen family for a short time, and naturally she has not seen many people. But Uncle Zhong has been following Shen Jiahua, and for most of his life, he knows almost all the people Shen Jiahua has interacted with.

And as a housekeeper, knowing people is one of their necessary skills, and in this regard, Uncle Zhong is one of the best, as long as he has met someone once, he can almost remember it.

Uncle Zhong came over and said an offense to An Zhi, and then raised his eyes to look at her. I couldn't help but be surprised at this look, "Oh, Miss An looks like the cousin from Mr. Xu's family." ”

"You mean Xiang Yujie?" Grandpa Shen also reacted, glanced at An Xiaoxiao again, clapped his hands and said, "Isn't it like that?" I haven't seen each other in seven or eight years, so it's no wonder I can't remember. Alas, older. ”

After he finished speaking, he looked at An Xiao and asked her about her family history and other things.

An knew vaguely what he meant, and couldn't help but say, "Grandpa Shen, my parents have passed away, and there is no problem with the origin, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you." "Her parents are just ordinary people in a small mountain village, how can they have anything to do with the Shen family's family friends?