When it comes to this step, everyone's respective conditions and goals have been achieved, and there is nothing more to say. Aunt Cao hugged Kuan Kuan back and said to me with a smile: "The baby is not picky when eating, I fed him a fruit puree, a shrimp dumpling, and a slippery egg custard, I guess he is full." ”

"Thank you, Aunt Cao." I took Kuankuan, who had eaten with a small belly, and said.

He Zelin looked at Kuankuan and became more and more pleasing to the eye, so he took it and hugged him in his arms and talked to him happily.

He Liancheng looked at the time and said to He Zelin: "Dad, Kuankuan went to bed early, let's go back first." ”

He Zelin looked at Kuankuan's blinking eyes distressedly, finally let go of his hand, and said to us: "Go back, after the wedding is over, move back to live." ”

He Liancheng pulled the corners of his mouth, didn't say yes or no, said goodbye to He Zelin with Kuankuan, and then took me out the door.

On the way home, he was silent for a long time before asking me, "Leyi, do you think I should agree?" My dad is indeed old, and the last hospitalization was considered dangerous, and he suddenly had a myocardial infarction, and if he didn't pay attention to it, he would do it again. I don't want him to ...... with worry and regret."

I don't know how to answer him, he has to decide on his own question. Although I knew that my words had little impact on his decision, he still did not dare to speak lightly.

He Liancheng is a person who looks lazy on the surface, but is actually very resolute in his heart, and he has always made his own decisions. Even if he is as intimate as me, mine can't influence his choice. Just like just now, he was asking me on the surface, but he was actually asking himself.

I didn't speak, he didn't ask, and there was only Kuankuan's muffled voice calling for Mom and Dad in the car.

After a while, he stared at the road in front of him and broke the silence and said, "My father has confessed to this kind of journey, will it be a little bad if I continue to persist like this?" However, if I really agree to recognize He Xiao as my younger brother, how can I explain to my deceased mother? ”

"Otherwise, don't be in a hurry to make a decision, I'll talk about it after I go to see He Xiao." I asked him tentatively.

Kuan Kuan was a little sleepy in my arms at this time, his eyes were open and closed, and he was about to fall asleep. It was very quiet in the car, He Liancheng glanced at Kuan Kuancai and said softly: "I'd rather my father be simple and rude to me, and more deliberately difficult, so that I will never understand his position." But today he mentioned Kuankuan, and I suddenly understood his feelings. The most annoying thing is, why don't they deal with the mistakes they made back then, and they have to delay until now, and they must have my opinion? I don't want to make that decision, really. At last he raised his voice, and his irrepressible anger was about to explode.

"I understand him, but I don't support him because he hurt you." I put one free hand over his hand holding the steering wheel and said, "Think about it, three days is quite a rush." ”

There was a lot of traffic on the road, there was a little jam, and we were stuck in a jam on the way home.

"He doesn't give an example of Kuankuan, and I won't hesitate to say yes. He mentioned Kuankuan and asked me what I would do if Kuankuan was in his twenties and had not yet entered the door of He's house, and I suddenly relented. He Liancheng sighed, reached out and touched Kuankuan's head.

"Don't think like that, Kuan Kuan and He Xiao are not comparable at all. Kuankuan was born out of wedlock, but you have always been by your side, and you love him so much, he does not lack fatherly love. He is not the same as the child born of an extramarital affair, all he lacks is a formality. Besides, I don't care if you marry me, don't make any decisions against your will for me. I saw that he was depressed and entangled, and immediately persuaded him.

He looked at the traffic jam in front of him, leaned over and put a touch on my forehead and said, "Silly, how can I make decisions without thinking about you." In the process of growing up, we cannot lack the love from any loved ones, including grandpa and grandma. ”

I was touched by what he said in a flat tone, and suddenly I felt that my throat was blocked uncomfortably, and I quietly turned my head out of the car, not wanting him to see my already red eyes.

He didn't directly turn my head to embarrass me, but quietly squeezed my hand and said, "You go to see He Xiao tomorrow, listen to what he will say, and then we will make a decision." ”

I muttered something under my breath.

What He Liancheng can't stand the most is this kind of "gentle policy", he can't see others showing weakness or crying. When He Zelin was so ruthless to him, he gritted his teeth and carried it, even at the expense of taking the initiative to come out of the group. Now, He Zelin didn't even mention the conditions, but just said his true words, and He Lian's achievements were shaken to the point that they couldn't be seen.

The next day, I met He Xiao at Blue Mountain Café, and he was still dressed as an elite. Expensive and decent suits, handmade Italian shirts, pale cyan striped ties, and meticulously combed hair.

His face was as usual, a little pale, with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his delicate nose, and his eyes behind the lenses were as calm as water.

"Sit down and have a drink?" He asked thoughtfully.

"Whatever." I replied briefly.

"This is an authentic Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee, the taste is very good, you don't need to use various methods to concoct, drink the original flavor?" He asked me very calmly tentatively, as if he were really meeting old friends.

"Okay." I nodded.

Blue Mountain coffee is extremely expensive, and what you usually see on the market is fake, and the best ones are only produced in the area around the Blue Mountains Mountains.

He Xiao summoned the waiter to order two cups of coffee very skillfully, and when the waiter left, he leaned back, as if relaxed, and said, "I won't say anything superfluous, I didn't do that thing." I know that He Liancheng hates me to the bone because I pose a threat to his position. To be honest, I don't want to be such an embarrassing identity because it's too hard. If you do a good job, others will say that you are the illegitimate child of so-and-so; If you don't do it well, others will say that you are just an illegitimate child of so-and-so. The word 'illegitimate child' is like a mark of humiliation that will never be removed from me for the rest of my life. However, I had no choice, I could not have known that I was an illegitimate child before I was born. If the fetus is conscious in the mother's womb, I think I will give myself a break before birth. ”

I was shocked by his direct words, I never thought that He Xiao, who had always spoken only half a sentence, would be so straightforward and honest in this matter that should be concealed the most.

"On the face of it, I do have a motivation to do it. But on a deeper level, I don't have to. Even if He Liancheng didn't attend the so-called homecoming banquet, it wouldn't have much impact on me. Even, I don't care too much whether He Zelin recognizes me or not. He Xiao said again.

The waiter came over with coffee and whispered, "Sir, your coffee." ”

He Xiao motioned for him to put it down, and then said to me again: "I want to get He Zelin's recognition, just so that the child will know who his grandfather is in the future, and I don't want him to be as unclear as me." ”

I took the silver spoon and gently stirred the coffee and asked, "You called me here to say this?" ”

"Yes, I don't have the so-called evidence, I just want to sue you that I didn't do this, as for who did it, you'd better find out again." He Xiao took a sip of coffee and said, "It doesn't matter if you believe it or not, I am only responsible for clarifying for myself, as for the clarification, whether others believe it or not, it is up to the listener to judge." ”

To be honest, I believed the first half of what He Xiao said, but I didn't believe it at all in the second half.

If he really didn't care if he could get He Zelin's recognition, why did he work hard for so many years? Why do you strive to join the group? Why did everything do right with Ho Liancheng?

"I don't believe or disbelieve your words, what I want to say is that people who do wrong things always have to pay a price to be forgiven. None of us know the details of the grievances of the previous generation, and we just guess based on the results. Regardless of whether your mother and He Zelin were true love back then, and what consequences she had to bear when she was with a married man, she should know. Besides, I understand your feelings, but I can't forgive you for doing so. Have you ever wondered what kind of psychology He Liancheng's mother had when she knew that your mother was saving zài? I thought about it in my heart for a long time before I reluctantly said it in an unsentimental tone.

He Xiao's identity is indeed not his own willingness, but everything in the world is about cause and effect. The cause of her mother's planting is for him to bear the fruit. No one can be forgiven without paying a price.

The law of conservation of mass is just as applicable to human feelings!

He Xiao rubbed his eyebrows, and said to me with a tired face: "You are no longer objective and fair, nor calm, you have become He Liancheng's woman from body to heart, and you have been branded by him." ”

"Do you know the reason for my divorce?" I didn't answer him, but asked him.

He nodded and said, "Not only do I know the reason for your divorce, but I also know what the world thinks of Xiao San'er." But that's what you think, no matter how unbearable that woman is in the eyes of the world, she is my mother, and I will defend her unconditionally whenever she arrives. ”

His body tensed up again, and he sat straight on the dark rattan sofa, like a leopard ready to fight back. His physical state, which seems to be negotiating at any time, shows that he has always been cautious. He has never been as reckless as He Liancheng. It's a bit pathetic indeed!

The tone of the two of us was already a little stiff, and it was completely impossible to continue the conversation. He has his position, I have mine, and no one is going to back down in this regard.

Years of forbearance made He Xiao's character particularly calm, he was silent for a few seconds, and first softened his tone and said: "That's the end of my words, as for how much you can listen to, I really can't control." Then he spread his hand and asked me to do as I pleased.

When I got home, I could only tell He Liancheng what He Xiao had said, and it was not appropriate to say more or less.

After He Liancheng heard what he said, he hugged me and thought quietly for a long time, and finally said resolutely: "I won't go to his so-called homecoming banquet, my father did something wrong and let him solve it himself." ”

I didn't expect him to make a decision so quickly, so I couldn't help but ask: "Your father is also very powerful, not to mention that he has made a lot of concessions in this matter, if you are so tough, I am afraid that the old man will not be able to bear it." ”

My words left him speechless for a long time, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "In that case, I will take the opportunity to put forward another condition." ”

After he finished speaking, he let go of his hand, picked up his mobile phone and called He Zelin directly, I didn't know what to do, so I heard him whisper and said: "Dad, I agree to participate in He Xiao's homecoming banquet, but there is one condition, that is, he leaves the group, as for where to go, I don't interfere, you can arrange a good place for him." ”

He Liancheng's words made my eyelids jump, and I suddenly thought of Shen Mo saying that he would give me a big gift. The gift he said was very clear - it was to let He Xiao come out of the He Group. How could he have guessed this step?

He Zelin over there didn't know what to say, He Liancheng said: "Okay, I believe you, you can do other things as usual." ”

After He Liancheng hung up the phone, the expression on his face was ugly, and he pinched the phone and turned around a few times before putting it down a little overwhelmed.

I walked over and put my arms around his waist and whispered comfortingly: "Lian Cheng, I'm sorry I said one more word to put you in a dilemma." ”

"I know my temper, and it's me who makes the final decision, and it doesn't have much to do with you. If you don't remind me, I will also think of the old man's body. I broke away from the group regardless of the fact that I was against him, and it hit him hard. Over the past few years, I have really worked with him. He was right that day, I didn't have the capacity to do things, and I did things as I pleased. To be honest, I'm even sadder than him to see him in a dilemma. After all, for more than ten years, we are the father and son who have come together for more than ten years. I think if my mother is still alive, I will definitely take He Xiao in, such a person can only rest assured if he is by his side. He Liancheng hugged me tightly, and his tone calmed down, "Don't worry, He Xiao has been a little passive when he comes to this point." ”