The arrival of Mo Shaobei made the originally calm Xiao family become a dark tide.

At the dinner table, Hou Keqing greeted Mo Shaobei vigorously, and Xiao Xiao felt embarrassed when he saw it.

Even Old Man Xiao, who rarely spoke at the dinner table, couldn't stand it anymore, and reminded loudly: "It's good for the young man to treat this place as his home, if you want to eat, you can just clip it yourself, don't be restrained." ”

The implication is that Hou Keqing is more restrained. Trying to serve food to a junior who is new to him, at first he will feel that he cares for the junior, but if he is too much, it seems to be intentional.

Hou Keqing heard Old Man Xiao's words, and the smile on his face couldn't help but freeze.

She took back the chopsticks she had just stretched out, sat down in her position again, and said with a somewhat embarrassed smile: "Shaobei, you treat it as your own home, you can eat whatever you want, don't be restrained." ”

Xu was a little uncomfortable by her enthusiasm just now, Mo Shaobei breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and said with a smile: "Auntie, you don't have to worry about me. You haven't eaten anything since now, so you should eat more. ”

Everyone didn't pay much attention to this little episode at the dinner table, and the small talk after the meal was the main event.

Old man Xiao, who has always gone to the garden or the study to sit after eating, rarely stayed to chat today, which made Xiao Xiao a little unexpected.

Xiao Xiao walked up to Mo Shaohang and whispered in his ear: "Sixth brother, is there a relationship between grandpa and Mo Shaobei that we don't know?" ”

Hearing this, Mo Shaohang looked at Old Man Xiao and Mo Shaobei seriously, and said thoughtfully: "I don't see it." ”

Xiao Xiao was puzzled, and Mo Shaohang then whispered: "Grandpa and Mo Shaobei are obviously meeting for the first time, to see if grandpa is looking at Mo Shaobei, he should be sure of this." ”

"Sure of what?" Xiao Xiao asked curiously.

"I don't know, let's wait and see what happens, and then you can ask grandpa."

Old Man Xiao was drinking tea while talking to Mo Shaobei.

"Young man, you work in a magazine?" Old Man Xiao asked.

Mo Shaobei sat upright, and when he heard the question, he put his hand on his knees, and said very seriously: "I used to work in the same magazine as Xiao Xiao, but now I don't do it." ”

"Not doing it?" Old Man Xiao asked curiously, "Then what are you doing now?" ”

"Because I have just returned to China, I was adapting to the lifestyle in China some time ago, and although I haven't made it clear what I want to do, I am already making preparations."

Mo Shaobei answered the question unhurriedly, giving people a good feeling.

This topic just allowed Hou Keqing next to him to interject, and couldn't help but smile and say to Old Man Xiao: "I heard that Shaobei is amazing." He is a returnee, and after graduating from a famous foreign university with a master's degree, many headhunters poached him. ”

After saying this, Hou Keqing looked at Old Man Xiao with a smile, hoping to see the look of expectation on his face, but as a result, Old Man Xiao's face was nothing but calm, which couldn't help but make her face a little unbearable.

Returnees are not returnees, and Old Man Xiao is not interested in understanding.

He looked at Mo Shaobei and asked, "You went abroad because you were studying?" ”

Hou Shihan, who had already mastered a lot of information about Mo Shaobei, saw that Old Man Xiao paid so much attention to him, thinking that he pretended to have an excellent relationship with Mo Shaobei, and maybe he could also get some of Old Man Xiao's attention.

Thinking like this, she naturally answered the question: "Brother Shaobei grew up abroad since he was a child, and he only returned to China this year. ”

Regarding Hou Shihan's interjection, Old Man Xiao was obviously a little displeased.

Hou Shihan, this girl, he can't say whether he likes it or not, but he is just a junior, and he has always treated her kindly. It's just that this kid has been with Hou Keqing for a long time, and he has more or less contracted some of Hou Keqing's bad problems.

The two of them interrupted the conversation between him and Mo Shaobei one after the other, which made him very unhappy.

Mo Shaobei, who noticed this, hurriedly took over Hou Shihan's topic, and then said: "Yes, my adoptive parents are both foreigners, so they took me to live abroad when I was very young, and I didn't return to China until this year. ”

"Then why did you choose Anhai City?" Old Man Xiao asked.

"Actually, I don't know where my biological parents are, but I heard from my adoptive parents that they adopted me in Anhai City, so I naturally came back here."

Mo Shaobei's answers, there is a lot of information that confirms Old Man Xiao's guess at the beginning, the expression on his face is becoming more and more solemn, and the atmosphere around him is becoming more and more depressed.

Xiao Xiao, who was sitting next to him, was a little worried that something would happen, and when he wanted to stand up to ease the atmosphere, he was stopped by Mo Shaohang.

"Wait and see." He whispered in her ear.

Xiao Xiao thought that Mo Shaohang was here, if there was anything between his grandfather and Mo Shaobei, he would definitely be able to solve it as soon as possible.

Thinking like this, her heart that had been hanging was let go again.

"When were your parents absent?" Old Man Xiao asked.

Hou Keqing noticed that this question was becoming more and more personal, and couldn't help but remind him loudly: "Dad, isn't it good for you to ask like this, after all, these are sad things." ”

Mo Shaobei faced Hou Keqing thinking about himself so much, his face was full of grateful smiles, and he said, "Auntie, it's okay." My dad was gone before I was born, and my mom passed away in a car accident while I was two years old while traveling with me. ”

Hearing this, Old Man Xiao, who had a solemn face, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face again.

He smiled and said to Mo Shaobei: "Young man, don't blame my old man for asking so much, I can see that Keqing likes you very much, so I can't help but have an extra heart." ”

At this point, he stood up on crutches and said to the group, "All right, I've been sitting long enough to go out for a walk." ”

Seeing this, Xiao Xiao, who had a lot of questions in his heart and needed to be answered by Old Man Xiao, quickly stood up and volunteered: "Grandpa, I'll walk with you." ”

"Okay, Shaohang, you can stay and see if there is anything else you need help with later." After saying this, Old Man Xiao took Xiao Xiao's hand, and then said, "You girl, go for a walk with me." ”

With that, the two walked out of the house one after the other.

The night in Anhai City, which has already entered winter, comes very early, and the street lights on the side of the road in the community have already been lit, and the dim light shines on the ground through the leaves, which looks extremely soft.

The grandfather and grandson walked side by side, and after a long distance from Xiao's house, Old Man Xiao finally spoke.

"I saw that you were holding back so hard just now, and you didn't take the initiative to speak at this time, it's enough to choke, right? If you have any questions, just ask grandpa, grandpa will definitely not hide it from you. ”