"After tomorrow, I will be a year old again." Although he couldn't ask for a happy birthday, Chen's father always felt that he should say something on such a day. "Tomorrow, are there any arrangements?" This year, no matter what the reason, Chen Pengwei was willing to go home and have a meal with him and his mother, which made Chen's father feel a lot more relieved, so he naturally wanted to ask more. just turned her head to look at Chen's mother, who was still eating with a calm face, and sighed deeply in her heart. The knot between the mother and son is afraid that they will not be able to untie it for the rest of their lives.

"Well, I'll go out with Wen Hao and them tomorrow."

"Huh? Oh, yes, it's not bad to hang out with friends. Chen's father didn't expect Chen Pengwei to be so excited this year, and he would go out with friends for his birthday.

"Wen Hao has been busy lately, right?"

"Well, he has to hurry up with the matter on his hands, so that he can ask Ye Lao for a few more days of marriage leave."

"Oh, yes, the old man of his house told me last time, when will the wedding be held?"

"At the beginning of October, are you going?"

"Well, I received his invitation two days ago, and I went with your mother that day."

Chen Pengwei frowned slightly, and then paused.

"By the way, as soon as you are transferred like this, Wen Hao has also changed places, who are the two of you watching, don't be careless?"

"Dalin and Dongzi have both been promoted, and Wen Hao and his brother will be able to practice in two years, and they have all been arranged."

"That's good, the manpower has to be replaced, although you are gone, you can't really let go of that piece, the Song family is so easy to suppress it......" Father Chen didn't finish speaking, he heard Chen's mother put down the chopsticks heavily, and swallowed the rest of the words, frowning and looking at his wife with an angry face, "What are you doing, my son is so easy to come back for a meal......

"Hmph, what am I doing? I want to ask him what he wants to do, it's really hard wings, I know about such a big thing as a transfer, I know it from other people, I want to ask, what does he think of me? "Mother Chen's fire has been holding back for several days. A few days ago, when she went to a meeting, others came to congratulate her, saying that she had raised a good son and was promoted again, she didn't know what it meant, so she could only vaguely greet others. After coming back, when I asked, I learned that the good son I had raised, and the report on his promotion and transfer had already been obtained, but she didn't even tell her, and Chen's mother's anger came up all of a sudden. Now, when I heard the conversation between him and Chen's father, I felt that I was completely excluded by the two.

Chen Pengwei looked at Guo Caiping, who suddenly lost his temper with him, pursed his lips, and was still silent. Chen's father looked at Chen's mother, who was angry, and took a deep breath, "This matter was only made public a week ago, you have been busy this week, how can my son have time to tell you, won't he come back today." Chen Guoping suppressed his anger and said patiently, it was easy for his son to go home for dinner today, he didn't want to ruin the atmosphere, and he didn't want to quarrel with her.

After saying this, Chen's mother was even more angry, let out a heavy sigh, put down her chopsticks, and glanced at the father and son, "Hmph, it was only made public a week ago, so how did you know?" I'm full. After speaking, he took a napkin and wiped his mouth, got up and left.

Chen Pengwei lowered his head and slowly drank tea with an expressionless face, Chen's father looked at his wife who got up to leave, and then looked at his silent son, and couldn't help but sigh deeply again.

Chen Pengwei finished drinking the tea in the cup and looked up at his father sitting on the left.

"Let's go, let's go upstairs." Father Chen retracted his gaze and stood up first.

The father and son went up the stairs one after the other, and when they reached the second floor, Chen's father slowed down, waiting for Chen Pengwei to catch up, "You don't know your mother's temper, after so many years, you can't expect her to change." In addition, she has been in menopause for the past few years, and she has not been well, and she herself is uncomfortable, don't pick on her. After thinking about it, he added, "She also cares about you." ”

"Dad, I'm 33," Chen Pengwei looked at Chen's father helplessly, what the hell is his temper, he has known it since he was a child. He never picked on her, but since he learned ten years ago that Lan Qing's disappearance was involved in her mother's disappearance, and may even be the leader, he had no way to treat it with a normal heart, and as Lan Qing disappeared for longer and longer, life and death were unknown, and the resentment towards his mother in his heart became deeper and deeper.

But she is his mother, and he can't do anything to her, but he really can't go against his will to return to the good way he used to be, so he can only be silent from time to time, he is afraid that once some words are spoken, they will become irreparable wounds.

Father Chen looked at his silent expression and sighed deeply. He was in that position, and things at work, which had never bothered him so much, but this family, hey, perhaps, he was wrong from the beginning.

"Sit down, what do you want to ask me?" The father and son sat on the sofa, and Chen's father spoke in a deep voice.

Chen Pengwei lowered his head and was silent, and looked up at his father opposite again, "I only have something to say, do you know Master Shuixin?" The words are questions, and the tone is affirmative. With that, he looked intently at his father's expression.

It's just that after all, Chen Guoping has been up and down in officialdom for many years, and he has already practiced his ability to be quiet, and he has a "sudden" in his heart, but the expression on his face has not changed at all, "Water heart? As he spoke, he nodded slowly, "I remember you said that you were the teacher of the little girl you used to be." ”

Although Chen Guoping is an old fritter, Chen Pengwei is not a vegetarian either, "You know what I mean by understanding." As he spoke, seeing that Chen Guoping was about to speak, he waved his hand gently, "You don't have to deny it, I have seen you several times in Qiaoshan Cemetery." Your son and I are not stupid, don't tell me any coincidences. ”

In fact, he was full of calculations, he was really in Qiaoshan Cemetery, and he had only seen Chen Guoping three times, the first time was when Master Shuixin had just been buried more than ten years ago, but he didn't think much about it at that time, he just thought it was a coincidence. The second time was the year of Lan Qing's disappearance, Master Shuixin's death day, but that time, Lan Qing had just disappeared, and he didn't have the heart to think about other things, and the third time, not long ago, he met when he went to worship with Lan Qing.

"Back then, it was the tomb site you chose for Master Shuixin. At that time, although I chose Qiao Shan, I didn't have the ability to choose such a good place for the tomb, and when they told me at that time, I thought it was strange. ”

Hearing what Chen Pengwei said, Chen Guoping also knew that it was useless to deny it, so he breathed a long sigh of relief and nodded slowly, "Well, Shuixin, it's me ......" Father Chen said slowly, pondering every word, "...... Old friend, when I learned that she died, there was only a minor apprentice under my knees, so I thought about doing my best. ”

Chen Pengwei nodded, and he didn't know whether he believed Chen's father's words, or just said that he heard it. "Does Lan Qing have anything to do with you?" Chen Pengwei then asked, seeing that Father Chen looked at him with some apprehension, he couldn't help frowning, "Is she a ...... between you and Master Shuixin?"

The rest of the words, before Chen Pengwei could speak, was interrupted by Chen's father, "No," After speaking, he glared at him fiercely, but the expression on his face was a little complicated, there was nostalgia, melancholy, tenderness, and it seemed that there was a trace of regret. It's just that these expressions flashed in a flash, and Father Chen regained his composure, "What nonsense are you talking about, that little girl is the orphan picked up by Shui Xin." Don't think about it. Father Chen spoke, but there was a little strange in his heart.

Chen's father knew that his son, since the little girl disappeared ten years ago, the family could no longer mention the word Shui Lanqing, but today, he would take the initiative to mention this person to him again. Father Chen wanted to ask, but he suppressed the doubts in his heart and didn't dare to speak rashly.

"Why did you suddenly remember to ask me this?" Father Chen thought about it and changed the question.

Chen Pengwei looked at the tall bookcase on the side of the study, as if he was wondering how to say the following words. After a while, he began to ask questions again.

"Then have you seen Lan Qing?" Chen Pengwei listened to his father's answer, his brows furrowed slightly.

"I've seen it twice from afar." Chen Guoping replied slowly, "Why did you suddenly remember to ask these questions today?" ”

Chen Pengwei still didn't answer, but just asked the question in his heart, "Does my mother also know Master Shuixin?" After asking, Father Chen looked at him with some doubts, as if wondering how he could know this, and couldn't help but smile, "When I was young, you two quarreled and avoided me a little, and later, you probably also thought that I grew up, and you didn't avoid me too much." Chen Pengwei said it implicitly, but Chen's father understood it.

When Chen Pengwei was a teenager, the relationship between him and Chen's mother was very stiff at that time, Chen's mother didn't know what he heard, or what he found, she always felt that he was still connected with Shuixin, and every time she quarreled, she had to mention it and stab him.

These things back then, now let his son suddenly mention them, Chen's father felt a little embarrassed on his face, but the relationship between him and Chen's mother, his son couldn't be clearer, and everything he said made people feel that he was covering up, Chen's father could only touch his nose helplessly and smiled wordlessly.

But in fact, when he was a child, Chen Pengwei didn't hear Shui Xin's name from his mother's mouth, maybe he said it, but he didn't care about the two of them quarreling at that time, so as for the content of the quarrel, he simply forgot it. He really suspected that his mother and Master Shui Xin knew each other, or because of Shao Yan.

Lan Qing said that Shao Yan knew and admired Shui Xin back then, and wanted to cultivate it well, but later, for some reason, Shui Xin left, and Shao Yan has been haunted by it all these years. And Shao Yan worked in the art troupe when he was young all his life, and his mother was already in the art troupe at that time, so it is very likely that Shui Xin and his mother knew each other back then.

But he didn't need to explain these things so clearly to Chen Guoping.

Seeing that Father Chen didn't mean to speak, after a pause, Chen Pengwei continued, "Actually, I don't want to know what happened to the three of you back then, but," Speaking of this, Chen Pengwei paused, spoke again, and even softened his tone for three points, "She's back, so, I want to figure things out."

The simple four words actually made Chen's father hear the lingering meaning in it. After being stunned for a long time, Chen Guoping realized what Chen Pengwei meant, and couldn't help but widen his eyes and lean forward.