"Play a game of chess with me."

Jian Xiu lowered his eyes and looked at the chessboard on the table, and raised his lips slightly, "But it's disrespectful." ”

The two sat on opposite sides of the chessboard, quietly facing each other.

Shen Huandong took the lead in moving the chess pieces, and asked at the same time, "You promised me to leave her, why did you come back?" ”

Jian Xiu's face was pale and he didn't look up, "If I'm not mistaken, I never promised you, I just made my own choice." I chose to leave and now I choose to come back, and the two are not contradictory, are they? ”

Shen Huandong pursed his lips, "Even if you don't have to give me an explanation for this matter, but in the end, Shen Yan is my daughter, since you married her, you should give me an explanation, right?" ”

"I wonder what you want?"

“…… Why marry her? You know...... I don't believe you can let go of that, so, are you here to get revenge on her, to get revenge on us? ”

Jian Xiu chuckled, "Huh...... It turns out that you also know that I can't let go easily, so it seems that you also clearly know that you were wrong in the first place. ”

Shen Huandong twisted his eyebrows, and his voice, which had been calm, fluctuated slightly, "I know it's our fault!" But I just want to protect my daughter, and besides, I gave you a lot of money, so that your mother can have enough treatment expenses for so many years, since you accepted it at the beginning, and now you are thinking about it, don't you think you are too much? ”

Jian Xiu's heart suddenly ached, and even his movements were a little chaotic.

His original compromise was also an indelible pain in his life, but now it was nakedly laid out by Shen Huandong, and it was unavoidable.

He pinched the fingers of the chess pieces and tightened them slightly, then he took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the mood fluctuations in his heart, this time he didn't detour anymore, and answered his question straightforwardly, "It's that you think too much, I don't mean to retaliate." ”

answered, but only half of the answer, and the reason why he married Shen Yan, he still didn't say.

Both of them fell silent, and the only thing left in the room was the faint sound of chess pieces falling.

You have been competing back and forth for a long time, and finally at the end, Jian Xiu dropped the last word and said in a deep voice, "You lost." ”

Shen Huandong stared at the chessboard for a long time and didn't speak, and after a long time, he raised his head and looked at Jian Xiu's eyes slightly moistened, "I'm old, I can't care about you young people, I don't know what you think, but I only ask for one thing...... Even if you want to take revenge on her, you can torture us, just don't let Yan Yan know the truth, just think it's the price I paid for the money I gave you. ”

Jian Xiu's eyes moved slightly, "Even if ...... Shen Yan and I have not been happy together, don't you want her to know the truth and make her completely dead? ”

Shen Huandong smiled lightly, shook his head slightly, and said, "Yanyan this child, although she is a little stubborn, but after all, she is not stupid, no matter how persistent a person is, but in the face of a heart that can't be stopped, there will always be a tired day, so sooner or later she will see clearly." ”

"What do you think...... Will she leave me? ”

"Who knows, I can't guess the heart of Yan Yan for a long time."

Jian Xiu went downstairs alone, Shen Yan kept looking upstairs, and when he saw Jian Xiu coming down, he immediately ran forward, with a slight nervousness on his face, "My dad didn't embarrass you, right?" ”

Jian Xiu stared at Shen Yan's nervous little face, and recalled Shen Huandong's words in her mind, she ...... Will you really leave yourself one day?

Subconsciously, as soon as he stretched out his hand, he took Shen Yan into his arms, hugged it tightly, and Shen Yan was almost out of breath, "What are you doing?" ”

She was a little embarrassed, her mother was still sitting there, why did she hug her suddenly? She struggled a few times, but was hugged tighter by Jian Xiu, "Don't move, let me hold for a while." ”

Jian Xiu's voice was a little low, I don't know why, Shen Yan seemed to hear a little fragility inside, her struggling movements subconsciously stopped, and then she pursed her lower lip slightly, and patted his back a little awkwardly, "Did my dad tell you something?" Don't worry about it, he's got that temper...... You didn't quarrel with him, did you? ”

She was originally more worried about her father, after all, Jian Xiu was an uncontrollable factor, sometimes gentle and sometimes crazy, she was always worried that the two would quarrel again, then she would have no face to stay at home, but she didn't expect that Jian Xiu showed such a bullied appearance at this time, which made her slightly embarrassed, it seems that her father's combat power is not comparable to ordinary people.

After about a minute, Jian Xiu let go of Shen Yan, and then shook his head slightly, "No." ”

...... "So you're kidding me?"

Then Jian Xiu looked at Chen Jie, "Auntie, is there anything else I need to buy?" I'm going to go out in a while, and I'll bring it back with me if I have one. ”

"Huh? You're going out? Is there any work left undone? Shen Yan asked curiously.

"Well, there's a video of New Year's greetings to record."

Shen Yan heard that it was a matter of work, so he didn't ask anything more, and turned his head to look at Chen Jie, "Mom, do you have anything to buy?" ”

Chen Jie shook her head, her face looked a little cold, "There's nothing to buy." ”

Jian Xiu nodded, "Then I'll go first, and I'll come back for dinner in the evening." ”

Jian Xiu left, leaving Shen Yan's family of three, sitting together and chatting in the afternoon, this time everyone paid attention, no one talked about some sensitive topics anymore, which made Shen Yan a little trance for a while, and felt as if he had returned to the past when the family was happy.

"Let's come back often in the future, your dad hasn't been in good health lately." Even though Shen Huandong said that he was not allowed to mention this matter before, but when he really saw Shen Yan, Chen Jie still couldn't hold back.

As soon as she spoke, Shen Huandong frowned and scolded, "What nonsense? I'm in good health! ”

But Shen Yan will not be fooled, and his mother will not talk nonsense about this kind of thing.

She immediately frowned and looked at Chen Jie nervously, "Dad, what's wrong?" What's wrong with your body? ”

Chen Jie glanced at Shen Huandong, "You can ask him yourself, otherwise you will blame me." ”

Shen Yan looked at Shen Huandong, "Dad, what's wrong with you?" I'm your daughter, so there's no reason to hide it from me, right? If you don't, I'm going to worry even more. ”

Shen Huandong pursed his lips stupidly, "It's not a big deal, it's just a little high blood pressure, isn't it like this when you're old?" ”

Shen Huandong said it easily, but Shen Yan didn't dare to be careless, "Even if it's just high blood pressure, you can't be careless, it is likely to cause other diseases!" Dad, you should pay attention to your diet in the future, eat more light vegetarian dishes and other things, remember? ”

Shen Huandong waved his hand impatiently, "Your mother has said it many times, I will recite it backwards, don't worry." ”

Shen Yan nodded reluctantly, "That's okay...... If you feel unwell, be sure to call me in the future. ”

The three of them were talking, when suddenly the doorbell rang, and Chen Jie said, "I guess who came to pay New Year's greetings, right?" We've had several receptions these days. ”

Shen Yan got up and said, "You guys sit, I'll open the door." ”

Shen Yan was slightly stunned when she opened the door, she didn't expect that the person who came would be Uncle Xu's family next door, including Xu Jin'an.

She was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, and hurriedly greeted them with a smile, "Uncle Xu, Aunt Xu, you are here!" I just came back today, and I still have time to go see you next door. ”

The two families have been neighbors for almost thirty years, and the relationship between them is comparable to that of relatives, but since she had some unpleasant trouble with Xu Jin'an, she rarely went to play next door anymore, and she didn't go back to home in the past two years, let alone go next door.

So Xu's father and Xu's mother were a little surprised to see her, and Xu's mother immediately took her hand and said affectionately, "Ah! Yanyan is also back? It feels like I haven't seen you in years! ”

In the past, Xu's father and Xu's mother loved Shen Yan very much, but now when she heard them say that she hadn't seen her for a long time, she felt slightly guilty, and hurriedly said with a smile, "I've been a little busy in the past two years, and I haven't been home much...... Don't be surprised! ”

While speaking, Shen Huandong and Chen Jie also greeted him, "Lao Xu is here!" Ah, Jin An is here too? Come in, sit in, sit in! ”

The two families haven't sat in the same room as neatly as they do now for a few years, Shen Yan is also very happy, and even the little discomfort in his heart when facing Xu Jin'an has dissipated a lot, everyone sits together and talks and laughs, it seems to have returned to a few years ago, but at that time, she and Xu Jin'an were very wild, and they never honestly sat here with adults to chat.

Xu's mother likes her daughter, but she has raised a son, so she has always loved Shen Yan, and at this time, she is sitting next to Shen Yan and holding her hand and reluctant to let go, "We are getting more and more clever in what we say, and I can occasionally see you on TV in the past two years, looking at your hard work, you will definitely be a big star in the future!" ”

Shen Yan couldn't help laughing, "I'm still early from the big star, I'm just busy working." ”

"If we say so well, we will definitely succeed." Mother Xu said with a smile, and then changed the topic, "By the way, aren't you married?" Didn't your husband come back with him this time? His name is Jian Xiu, right? I often see him on TV, I wonder if the real person is more handsome? ”

"He's coming back with me, too, but he's out for some business in the afternoon, and he'll be back for dinner when you'll see him then."

Shen Yan is talking to Xu's mother here, Chen Jie is also talking to Xu Jin'an over there, Xu Jin'an has just come back from abroad, and they are also meeting for the first time, so naturally there are a lot of things to say, what they are talking about here is lively, Shen Huandong pulled Xu's father to get up, "Let them talk here, let's go upstairs and play chess!" ”

The remaining four people chattered for a long time, and finally Xu's mother glanced at Xu Jin An, and then looked at Shen Yan, with a hint of helplessness in her eyes, "Yanyan, I know that there may have been some unpleasantness between you and Jin An, and even let you have a weak relationship with us in the past few years, I have always felt uncomfortable in my heart, and now I can sit together like this and talk again, I am really happy in my heart." ”