Chapter 433, Regret
In the next two days, Li Xiang and Jin Zhu did not go out to play again, but looked at the house wholeheartedly.
Originally, Jin Zhu was very in love with the villa group where the Smith couple lived, not to mention the green trees, in Li Xiang's words, the plot ratio is still very low, the distance between each villa is relatively far, the privacy is very strong, and there is a point, most of those villas are located in the middle of the mountain, and the terrain is slightly higher on the balcony to watch the sea.
But because they saw Li Yifang and Li Ruizhao passing by, Jin Zhu and Li Xiang stopped thinking about it, and besides, the villa group was also a high-end villa group, and the price was not something the two of them could afford at the moment.
Therefore, the two finally fell in love with a single-family villa with a fence near Harvard University, less than a quarter of an hour's drive from Harvard University, although the house is second-hand, but the decoration inside is not old at all, it is very clean and elegant, you can move in with a little tidying up, and the most important thing is that the layout of this house is very golden, the three-story house has a total of eight bedrooms plus two kitchens, each bedroom has its own bathroom, each floor also has a common bathroom, and there is also a basement, which is divided into a games room, cinema room, billiard room, storage room and other functional areas, the most important thing is that such a large set of single-family villas covering an area of more than 600 square meters and a construction area of more than 600 square meters is just 1.2 million US dollars, which is absolutely impossible to buy in the imperial capital.
Who knew that the next day, when the two were just about to go out to pay the deposit, Li Xiang's mobile phone rang, and it was Li Fangfang calling, saying that he knew from the domestic news that Li Xiang had come to Harvard and wanted to meet him.
Li Xiang was just about to hang up the phone and refuse, but Li Fang suddenly said that the old man had also come to the United States to see a doctor.
This news made Li Xiang a little gloomy, and he was silent for a while.
Half an hour later, Li Xiang and Jin Zhu saw Mr. Li who was lying on the bed with his eyes closed in a ward of the Massachusetts General Hospital, accompanied by Li Ruizhong and Li Ruizhao, and there was also a twenty-five or six-year-old girl, but they didn't see Li Fangfang.
"Grandpa, Ah Xiang and Jin Zhu have come to see you." Li Ruizhao first found Li Xiang and Jin Zhu standing at the door, and stood up in surprise.
"Jinzhu, when did you come over?" Li Ruizhong also stood up.
"Li Xiang, Jin Zhu, huh? Let me introduce myself, my name is Yu Yan, the Jurchen synthetic concubine, I am Xiaozhao's cousin, and I should be your cousin. The girl smiled and stood up.
Li Xiang and Jin Zhu naturally had no interest in recognizing any relatives, they came to see the old man, so after listening to the greetings of the three people, they smiled faintly, walked a few steps forward, and arrived at the old man's hospital bed.
At that time, the old man had already opened his eyes, looked at the two people in front of him in disbelief, his lips moved, he didn't say anything, and his eyes were red.
Jin Zhu saw that the old man had indeed lost a lot of weight, and his mental state was much worse than when they first met, with white hair, an old face, and a pair of eyes that were penetrating the world no longer had the wisdom of the past, he couldn't help but feel sour, and pulled Li Xiang forward and shouted, "Master." ”
Li Xiang opened his mouth, looking at the eager gaze of the old man on the sickbed, he closed his mouth again.
At this moment, his heart was also quite uncomfortable.
I have witnessed my grandmother lying on the operating table and not coming down, this time it is the turn of the old man, although he does not admit that he is the Li family, nor does he admit that the other party is his relative, but one thing is undoubted, from the first time he saw the old man, the old man has a little love for him, and because of this love for talent, he has a kind of admiration for a strange old man for the first time in his life.
So, he put aside those past grievances and followed Jin Zhu into this hospital.
But this title still stumped him.
Grandpa definitely couldn't call it, and he was afraid of hurting the old man's heart when he called him, so he had to choose silence.
The old man's eyes darkened, and the smart Li Ruizhao hurriedly stepped forward and pushed Li Xiang aside, "Li Xiang, you sit next to grandpa and talk to grandpa." ”
Seeing that Li Xiang was still entangled, Jin Zhu pulled him to sit down together, "Master, we went to visit an American couple a few days ago, and we saw a painting of Shigong twenty years ago at his house, but that day at his house it was still a seafood dinner, looking at the big crabs one by one, I thought, when can Shigong eat crabs and draw crabs with us again?" ”
Jin Zhu's words reminded the old man of the time when he was looking for crabs in Li Xiang's attic to catch crabs and draw crabs, and he couldn't help but smile a little on his face, and also showed a little childlike fascination.
"It's not easy, grandpa, when you come home from the hospital, I'll buy a few baskets of live crabs, lobsters, squid, or something, let you draw one, and when you're done, we'll be able to eat enough." Li Ruizhong saw that Li Xiang was still pursed and took Jin Zhu's words.
"Brother, this is a good idea, and then we will take my grandfather's painting to the beach to find someone to exchange for crabs, and see how many big crabs we can exchange." Yu Yan smiled and clapped her hands in agreement.
Jin Zhu had heard of this allusion, saying that the late Master Qi Baishi once used a fake cabbage to exchange a cart of real cabbage with a vegetable farmer, but the other party said indignantly, "How can you old man be a scoundrel, and want to use a fake cabbage to trick me into a cart of real cabbage?" ”
I still heard this allusion from the old man, so Yu Yan also used this allusion to make the old man happy.
Sure enough, the smile on the old man's face became even stronger after hearing this, "That's why you dare to practice my paintings like this." ”
"Grandpa, how is this practice, this is to help you open up your popularity in the United States, if this news comes out, you will definitely become an Internet celebrity." Yu Yan stepped forward and shook the old man gently.
"Who wants to be an influencer?" Before he could say a word, he saw Li Fang striding in.
Seeing that Li Xiang and Jin Zhu were there, Li Fangfang's face had a slightly sour smile, his lips moved, and finally only two words were spit out, "Coming?" ”
Li Ruizhong looked at his father, then at his grandfather, and then at the silent Li Xiang, and said with a smile: "Jin Zhu, Li Xiang has come to the United States to study, what are your plans?" ”
"Me? I booked a plane ticket to return home tomorrow, and it was time for school to start. ”
"I mean, after graduation, do you plan to go to graduate school in China or come to the United States to accompany you? When are you going to have children? ”
"We haven't discussed this yet, let's talk about it after graduation, the child's affairs are fateful, and we want it."
In fact, Xie Jinhua has just contacted Jin Zhu, and it is indeed indispensable to find Jin Zhu, a descendant of the Khitans, this time, and another reason why he put Jin Zhu's name in the first place is that he wants to recommend Jin Zhu to graduate school.
In his opinion, Jin Zhu's knowledge of history and ancient Chinese is quite powerful, and he is too suitable for research work, so such talents should stay in China to study for graduate studies, and it is a waste that there is little point in going abroad.
But Jin Zhu doesn't think so, her husband must be the first in her concept, if Li Xiang finally figured out and decided to come to the United States to study, Jin Zhu would have wanted to take a leave of absence to come to the United States to accompany her.
As for her plans after graduation, she really didn't think so far, what she thought was that King Kang had already suspected her, she wanted to leave the imperial capital as soon as possible, give birth to Li Xiang's child as soon as possible, and dispel King Kang's doubts as soon as possible, everything else was secondary.
"I heard Kang Xin say that the teacher may recommend the two of you to graduate school, you are so good, it's a pity not to stay in school to do academics." When Li Ruizhao heard that Jin Zhu was planning to have a child, he hurriedly persuaded him.
He really felt sorry for Jin Zhu.
He heard Kang Xin say that Jin Zhu seemed to be a historian by nature, not only for the historical events of each dynasty, customs and habits, but also for Jin Shi, the general people do not know the small seal, the big seal she can not only recognize but also write, even the oracle bone inscription she can know a lot without a teacher, which Kang Xin is not as good as herself.
Such talents should really stay in China to do their studies, and it is really a waste to go abroad to accompany their husbands and children.
"What do you mean? Jin Zhu doesn't want to stay in the country anymore? Are you planning to have a baby in the U.S. and settle down? Li Fangfang heard something else from his little son's mouth.
"I haven't thought about it in the end, but next year I plan to come over to accompany Ah Xiang for a year, and Ah Xiang will see where he is willing to stay after graduation." Jin Zhu replied.
"You're done designing that historic theme park?" Li Ruizhong asked.
Jin Zhu shook his head, "It's almost there." ”
"Li wants to say goodbye to the entertainment industry completely?" Yu Yan asked.
"Almost, these two years must be dominated by academics." Jin Zhu nodded.
"Okay, you young people have something to say to go out and talk, grandpa is old and can't listen to the noise, just let Ah Xiang accompany him." Li Fangfang saw that Li Xiang kept pursing his mouth and didn't speak, and the old man opened his mouth a few times to open his mouth but was always interrupted by everyone, so he found a reason to pick people up.
When Li Ruizhong and Li Ruizhao heard this, they hurriedly stood up and wanted to leave, but Yu Yan looked at Li Xiang several times quietly, and followed out without saying anything.
Jin Zhu also wanted to leave, but was grabbed by Li Xiang's hand.
"Ah Xiang, I have something I want to discuss with Mr. Li, and I'm outside." Jin Zhu patted Li Xiang on the shoulder.
She really wants to find Li Ruizhong for something, but except for Li Ruizhong, no one else can help her.
When she went out, she saw the three brothers and sisters standing in the corridor waiting for her, Jin Zhu stepped forward, and was about to speak, when she saw Li Ruizhong say, "Xiaozhao, you and Yu Yan go back first, I have something to talk about with Jin Zhu." ”
"Big brother, what are you talking about that we can't listen to?" Yu Yan glanced at Jin Zhu curiously.
It was only after Li Yifang was kidnapped during the National Day last year that she knew that this uncle had such a big illegitimate child outside, and she also knew how big the impact this illegitimate child had on the family.
After all, this mistake was made by my uncle, and my grandfather didn't know it, and even if he knew Li Xiang's identity, my grandfather didn't have to recognize this grandson, but just wanted to make up for this grandson secretly, which is also human nature, but my aunt was even angry with an eighty-year-old man, which was really undeserved.
"Alright, don't talk nonsense when you get back." Li Ruizhong knocked on Yu Yan's head.
Yu Yan pouted, glanced at Li Ruizhong and Jin Zhu unwillingly, and then left with Li Ruizhao.
"I haven't told you all the time, I have an aunt, they are all in the army, they can't get out, Yu Yan came to the United States after graduating from high school, she is in Massachusetts." Li Ruizhong explained.
Jin Zhu was not interested in these and did not answer.
Seeing this, Li Ruizhong didn't continue, and entered a hall with Jin Zhu, where there were several tables and chairs, and there were seven or eight people sitting in three places, among which there were two people in hospital gowns.
The two found a place to sit down at random, and seeing Jin Zhu looking at the surrounding environment, Li Ruizhong smiled.
"Foreign hospitals are much better than domestic ones in terms of hardware equipment and software humanistic care, and of course, the quality of people here is generally high." Li Ruizhong's gaze fell on the whispering people next to him.
"Mr. Li won't talk in generalities, right?"
"Jin Zhu, the relationship between the two of us, is it necessary for you to say a word to Mr. Li? Whether you admit it or not, I am also your big brother. Li Ruizhong had long been impatient to hear Jin Zhu call him Mr. Li, and every time he heard it, he was in a bad mood.
"Let's get down to business." Jin Zhu didn't want to dwell on this pointless question with him.
"Why do you think I came across something like you who doesn't know what to do?" Li Ruizhong leaned his head over, stared at Jin Zhu's face carefully, and when he saw Jin Zhu's willow eyebrows, he quickly sat back and pouted.
"I didn't wronged you at all, not only you, that kid is also a thing that doesn't know what to do."
Seeing that Jin Zhuzhen's apricot eyes glared and got up to leave, Li Ruizhong hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop her, and smiled flatteringly, "Okay, just kidding, it is necessary to be so serious, I really have something to find you, it is related to Xia Keyu." ”
When Jin Zhu heard that it was related to Xia Keyu, she was busy sitting upright, in fact, she also wanted to ask Li Ruizhong to help her check Xia Keyu, although the last Khitan language and Khitan text incident did not cause any big bad impact under Li Xiang and Jin Zhu's statement, but Jin Zhu always felt uncomfortable, thinking that someone was calculating her.
This person is unlikely to be Kang Xuexi, because Kang Xuexi just asked her to verify whether she was his princess, and Jin Zhu could also see that when she tried her best to deny that she was not the princess, Kang Xuexi was actually relieved, which shows that he didn't really want Jin Zhu to be the princess of his previous life, in this case, he would not make trouble for himself.
Excluding Kang Xuexi, two people flashed in Jin Zhu's mind, one is Li Ruizhao's biological mother Yuan Yuan, and the other is Xia Keyu, thinking about it, Jin Zhu feels that Yuan Yuan is not very likely, and the last thing she wants to see should be the success of Jin Zhu and Li Xiang's careers, so she will definitely not do this kind of thing that is likely to harm herself and others.
As a result, there is only one Xia Keyu left. (To be continued.) )