Xia Hanming reluctantly accepted the gift.

"Brother, you're not going to lose weight for the sake of taking photos, are you?"

Xia Sheng said: "How is it possible, I am not fat. ”

"Then why have you lost so much weight?" Xia Hanming pinched Xia Sheng's shoulder, feeling that his brother was thinner and thinner than the last time they met.

"Drained by your sister-in-law." Xia Sheng said shamelessly.

Xia Hanming: "......"

Xia Zili shouted Xia Sheng's name over there.

"I'll go over and my uncle will call me." Xia Sheng patted Xia Hanming's shoulder, turned around and walked to Xia Zili.

Xia Zili stood up, pointed in the direction of the study, and said with a smile: "We haven't had a good chat for a long time, come, talk to my uncle alone for a while." ”

Xia Sheng didn't go back to Xia's house for a while, and even if he lived in Xia's house before, he rarely had the opportunity to chat with Xia Zili.

He felt that Xia Zili definitely didn't just want to chat with him.

After the two sat down facing each other, Xia Zili did not speak immediately, but opened the drawer and took out a photo album.

Xia Sheng glanced at the photo album, a little confused.

Xia Zili looked at the photos inside, and said with a little emotion: "In a blink of an eye, you are all so old." ”

Xia Sheng felt that he didn't know how to answer this, so he simply didn't speak.

Xia Zili's eyes stayed on a family photo for a long time, when Mrs. Xia held a grand banquet in the hotel on her birthday, and the family of four took a family photo in a lively and festive atmosphere.

"Have you chosen a date for your engagement?" Xia Zili asked suddenly.

Xia Sheng said: "Not yet, such a big matter must have been discussed with my uncle and aunt before deciding." ”

"Well," Xia Zili nodded, with a smile on his face, "Then let's see when Mr. Tao is convenient, our two families will make an appointment to have a meal together and talk about you and Xiao Tao." ”

Xia Sheng hurriedly smiled and agreed.

Xia Zili began to look down at the photo again.

Xia Sheng felt that he must have something to say, not just talking about his marriage to Hua Tao.

Sure enough, Xia Zili looked at the photo for a while, and then said, "How is your company now?" ”

Xia Sheng said honestly: "I recruited a group of new artists, some of them are in training, and the other part is starting to take on some advertisements and TV series. ”

Xia Zili looked up at Xia Sheng and asked slowly, "How did you come up with the idea of opening an entertainment company?" ”

"At that time, the resources on hand were more suitable." Xia Sheng said.

"What else?" Xia Zili continued to ask.

Xia Sheng was stunned for a moment, there was really no more reason, so he had to say: "It's just because the resources at hand are suitable for the development of the entertainment industry." ”

Xia Zili stopped talking again.

"Uncle, you don't like me getting involved in the entertainment industry?" Xia Sheng asked.

Xia Zili didn't answer his words, but asked, "Then what did you shoot that commercial for?" ”

Xia Sheng said calmly: "No, it's a request from Jinsheng Entertainment." ”

"Didn't you want to shoot it yourself?" Xia Zili asked.

"It's not." Xia Sheng didn't understand what Xia Zili wanted to ask him, and he always felt that the other party was knocking on the side.

He was a little annoyed in his heart, but in the face of his elders, he couldn't show any impatience, so he could only suppress the irritability in his heart and pretend to be docile.

Fortunately, Xia Zili did not continue to test him, but said directly: "I thought you wanted to become popular in the entertainment industry so that your biological parents could see it." ”

Xia Sheng was completely stunned: "What? ”

"Haven't you always wanted to find them, I thought it was a means for you to find them." Xia Zili sighed and said slowly, "All this time, I haven't told you about my biological parents, do you hate me a lot?" ”

Xia Sheng shook his head: "How come, my uncle is very good to me, I wouldn't have that idea anyway." ”

"That's good." Xia Zili nodded with satisfaction, "I didn't tell you when I was a child, because I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to accept it, but later when you grew up, you didn't ask about them anymore, I thought you had thrown it away, and I didn't know until recently that you were still looking for people to ask about them." ”

Xia Sheng's hand unconsciously clenched slowly, looked at Xia Zili and asked, "Yes, uncle, I...... Still curious to know what happened to them now. ”

Xia Zili also looked at him, curled his fingers, and tapped rhythmically on the desk.

"After all these years, it's time to tell you."

Xia Sheng subconsciously straightened his back.

Xia Zili sighed, his expression a little sad.

"Your father's surname is Xia, the same surname as me, and he is my college classmate." Xia Zili fell into the reminiscence of the past, "He was a scholar when he was a student, and later became a scientific researcher. ”

Xia Sheng's eyes widened.

He always thought that he was adopted by Xia Zili, so he was surnamed Xia, but he didn't expect that his surname was Xia.

"Then my name is also ......"

Xia Zili nodded, confirming his guess: "Yes, it was taken by your parents, the meaning of bright and blazing, the meaning is very good." ”

Xia Sheng suddenly felt a little excited: "Then they ...... now"

"Listen to me patiently." Xia Zili said, "Your mother is also a scientific researcher, a beautiful female doctor from Ireland, who came to our country Z because of a certain research and development project, and met your father by chance, and they fell in love not long after." ”

"It's just that the people in your mother's family are very opposed to this transnational relationship, and your grandfather even personally brought people to country Z to forcibly arrest your mother back."

Xia Sheng's heart was shocked.

"Your mother naturally didn't want to go back, and your father wouldn't let go, so they found me and begged me to help them elope."

Xia Sheng couldn't help but interject: "You helped them." ”

"Yes, I'd rather demolish ten temples than destroy a marriage, not to mention, my father and I are very good friends." Xia Zili said, "They are going to elope, so naturally they can't care about work, but the R&D project they participated in is a national-level scientific research project, not to mention that it is against the professional ethics of scientific research workers to leave like this, and the country is also very worried that they will leak the project technology." ”

"During that time, they were in hiding in Tibet, no different from wanted criminals, people from both countries were looking for them, and your mother's family seemed to be quite a small one, and they had spread a wide net all over the country. They did not dare to live in the city, for fear of being found, so they could only go to remote and remote towns to live incognito, and their lives were very difficult. Xia Zili sighed, "They only contact me once in a long time, and I know their living situation intermittently. Then one day, they came back secretly and found me. ”

Xia Sheng listened intently, knowing that the point was coming.

"Ah Sheng, you actually have an older brother, who is only one year older than you." Xia Zili had an unbearable expression on his face, "But...... He contracted pneumonia, which could not be cured and died. ”

Xia Sheng was stunned, and after the shock, he had mixed feelings in his heart, and he couldn't say what he felt.

"They came to me to beg me to adopt you." Xia Zili said, "At that time, they had already put you in a welfare home, because you were infected by your brother's illness at that time, and the high fever did not go away, and if you dragged it on, I am afraid that you will never get better." ”

Xia Sheng frowned.

At that time, he was still very young, and he didn't have much of an impression of whether it was a serious illness.

The only thing I can remember in my heart is that my mother hummed a song to put him to sleep, I don't remember what song I hummed, I only know that when I woke up, my mother was gone.

No matter how much he cried or made trouble, his mother never showed up again.

"And ...... they now?" Xia Sheng finally knew the reason why he was sent to the welfare home, and it turned out that they had no choice but to do it.

Xia Zili said: "Not long after they returned to Cloud City, they were discovered by the people who your grandfather stayed behind to monitor Cloud City, your mother was forcibly arrested, and your father ......"

Xia Zili couldn't say it anymore.

Xia Sheng only felt a chuckle in his heart, and a bad thought flashed almost immediately.

"How's he doing?" Although it is possible to hear a sad ending, Xia Sheng always wants to know the truth of the matter.

Xia Zili calmed down for a moment before continuing: "Your father had an argument with them, and in the chaos, he was seriously injured by the person over there, and he died on the way to the hospital. I later inquired about your mother, and learned that she suffered from depression shortly after returning to China, and it got worse and worse, and she committed suicide several times and was rescued, and finally no one knew how she got some broken glass and swallowed it...... By the time I found out, it was too late. ”

Xia Sheng only felt a bang in his brain, and it seemed that he had also eaten broken glass, his stomach hurt uncomfortably, his heart hurt uncomfortably, and his whole body was uncomfortable

All along, he dreamed of reuniting with his family, but now he knows that it is really just a dream.

They're gone.

It's not been that long.

No wonder even if he tried to find them.

Xia Zili stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, wanting to say something comforting, but he felt that no matter what he said, he was pale and weak.

"I know you've been trying to find them for years, and I wasn't going to tell you the truth. Sometimes, it is happier not to know than to know, at least there is a glimmer of hope in the heart. ”

"No, I'd rather know." Xia Sheng said, "Thank you for telling me, uncle. ”

Xia Zili said: "I have always regarded you as my biological son, if you want, don't call me uncle in the future, like Han Ming, call me dad." ”

Xia Sheng opened his mouth and couldn't shout.

In addition to the habits that have been developed over the years, it is also because of Mrs. Xia.

He knew that Mrs. Xia did not treat him as her own like Xia Zili. And she was wary of him, always worried that he would take away everything that should have belonged to Xia Hanming.

He can understand her feelings as a mother, which mother does not think about her son.

That's a matter of course.

Xia Zili only thought that he hadn't turned the corner for a while, and he always remembered his biological parents in his heart, so he couldn't shout out that affectionate name.

He nodded in understanding: "It doesn't matter, no matter how you call it, it's just a title, and our relationship won't change anything because of this." ”

"Hmm." Xia Sheng nodded heavily.

He was very grateful to Xia Zili in his heart, although he really didn't spend much time at home, he taught him a lot of things. He was like an older friend, and like a patient teacher, taking care of him and loving him.

When she went back, Hua Tao always felt that Xia Sheng's face was a little wrong.

"What did Uncle talk to you about?" She couldn't help but ask.