Chen Fu and Chen Fan got into the carriage, and as soon as the coachman shouted, the carriage slowly ran forward, followed by two of Chen Fu's entourage, both riding horses and following behind.

When on the road, Chen Fan and Chen Fu did not speak, Chen Fan seized the time to cultivate the "Divine Qi", and strive to raise the level to the seventh level in these few days, because the "Divine Qi" is not afraid of the interference of the external environment when cultivating, it can be stopped at any time, and there is absolutely no danger of "going mad", now when Chen Fan cultivates the "Divine Qi", he no longer needs a fixed posture to carry it out, and now Chen Fan has cultivated the "Divine Qi" to the point that he is not in the chariot. Or when walking, you can do it, but it's not as fast as when you sit and practice quietly.

An hour later, the carriage came to a quiet manor.

When Chen Fu and Chen Fan stepped out of the carriage, several people in front of the manor greeted them.

The man in the lead had a face with a national character, tiger eyes and a hawk nose, a burly figure, and a ray of light flashed in his eyes from time to time, followed by a person dressed as a housekeeper, and two family members.

Guozi walked quickly towards Chen Fu and hugged Chen Fu: "Haha! Brother Xian, I finally waited for you to come." ”

Chen Fu also hugged the national character face, and said with a smile: "Brother Chen Jin, today is your great day, why don't I come?

"We brothers don't say a word, if there is no you, I wouldn't be here today, I'm very happy today, so Brother Xian, you must accompany me to have a drink today, and you can't quit halfway." ”

"Okay, let's drink enough today, and we won't get drunk and go home. ”

Chen Fan was a little stunned, listening to their tone, this national character face was actually Chen Jin, the county commander of Chen County.

Chen Fan looked at it and felt that Chen Jin was not fifty years old. At most, he was only about forty years old, and when Chen Fan heard the name Chen Jin before, he felt that Chen Jin should be the same as Chen Fu, chubby, with a big belly, and a mustache on his face. At first glance, people feel that he is a rich man or something, but now when he sees a real person, he is completely different from the image he imagined, and Chen Jin in reality is more like a soldier than a county magistrate.

Chen Fu patted Chen Jin on the back, let go of him, and then pulled him to Chen Fan and said, "Come, Brother Chen Jin, let me introduce you, this is my dog Chen Fan." Then he said to Chen Fan: "This is your Uncle Chen." Call someone quickly. ”

Chen Fan already knew before he came here that he was going to socialize with other people, although he was not happy in his heart, after all, his character was not used to this kind of entertainment, but he would still do some necessary etiquette, so he saluted obediently: "Nephew Chen Fan to meet Uncle Chen, I wish Uncle Chen a year today, a year and a future." ”

Chen Jin looked at Chen Fan carefully, and then laughed: "Haha." Very good! Very good! You are Chen Fanxian's nephew, and you look like a talent. It's been a long time since I've seen you, and I can't imagine you're so old now. Virtuous nephew, you don't have to be polite, you just treat this place as your own home, and you and I are not outsiders, so you don't need to be polite to me. ”

"Thank you, uncle! ”

"Haha. Okay, let's go inside, I'll take you to see my daughter first, you haven't seen you for so long, you must have a lot to say. After speaking, he waved his hand and took the lead towards the manor. Chen Fu and Chen Fan also followed.

Suddenly, Chen Fan's face changed, he suddenly remembered a very important matter and hadn't asked Chen Fu yet, so he immediately walked to Chen Fu's side and asked in a low voice, "Father, what is the name of Uncle Chen's daughter?"

In a hurry, the word "father" blurted out, in fact, Chen Fan did not resist this name in his heart, but his personality dictated it, and he couldn't let go for a while, Chen Fu's concern for him, he knew, and Chen Fu was even more responsive to his requests, Chen Fan's heart had actually accepted his current new identity.

When Chen Fu heard Chen Fan ask, he came to his senses, he hadn't told Chen Fan the name of Chen Jin's daughter, so he smiled and said, "Hehe, you see I'm confused, I forgot that you don't remember Chen Jin's daughter's name anymore." Okay, I'll tell you right now that Chen Jin's daughter's daughter's name is Chen Ruyan. ”

"Chen Ruyan!" Chen Fan said silently in his heart. Well, now I finally know the name of my fiancée.

Chen Jin led Chen Fu and Chen Fan to the living room and sat down, and then instructed his subordinates: "Go and ask the young lady to come out." ”

After a while, when Chen Jin and Chen Fu were talking, and Chen Fan on the side was looking left and right, bored looking at the decoration in the living room, a gentle voice came from the side: "Father, are you looking for me?"

Chen Fan looked in the direction where the voice came from, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

I saw a beautiful and elegant girl walking slowly.

The woman was wearing a pale green dress, with black and shiny green silk draped over her shoulders, and no jewelry on her head, only a snow-white silk scarf was used to tie part of the green silk, and then a bow was tied on it, and the two straps fluttered in the wind, fluttering like a fairy. With a faint smile on her beautiful jade face, coupled with her watery eyes, she looks so gentle and lovely, which makes people want to get close to her, but her face also reveals a cold breath like a glacier, with a noble and holy temperament, like an ice lotus on an iceberg, which can only be seen from afar, not closely, and people dare not blaspheme. These two contradictory temperaments appear in her body at the same time, and it doesn't make people feel incongruous, but they feel very harmonious, as if it should be like this.

Chen Fan's heart was beating a little fast, and his mouth was a little dry. Is this his future daughter-in-law? It can't be a dream, right?

Chen Fan was sure that this was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, including in his previous life, he couldn't describe the feeling he felt about this woman the moment he saw this woman, but he had to admit that he was moved.

At this moment, he even had the idea of letting go of the goal in his heart and spending the rest of his life with this woman in the future, it turned out that in this world, there was really something like love at first sight.

Chen Jin stood up with a smile and said, "Yan'er, come here, I'll introduce you to two people." This is your Uncle Chen, and this is your Uncle Chen's son Chen Fan, that is, your future husband, do you remember him? You used to play with him all the time. ”

"Yan'er greets Uncle Chen. Chen Ruyan first saluted Chen Fu, and then turned her eyes to look at Chen Fan. Her eyes were complicated and a little excited. There are some grievances, and there are other unspeakable emotions.

"Chen Fan has seen Sister Zhao. Chen Fan stood up and saluted Chen Ruyan, and then said, he didn't know how he used to call Chen Ruyan, and he didn't know how to call him now, but his age is relatively young, and the two families have a deep friendship, so it should be okay to call him "sister", right?

Chen Ruyan also returned the salute, but did not speak. just looked at Chen Fan fixedly, but the look of grief in his eyes when he looked at Chen Fan was deeper.

Chen Jin also felt a little strange when he saw his daughter's behavior, but thought that it was just because the two had not seen each other for such a long time, and they suddenly felt uncomfortable when they met again, so he didn't dig deeper, so he said to Chen Ruyan: "Yan'er, you and your nephew haven't seen each other for a long time, why don't you take him to the back hall." Let's talk about it slowly. ”

"Yes. Chen Ruyan responded, and then said to Chen Fan: "You...... Come with me. ”

Chen Fan stood up. Bow to Chen Jin and retreat, and then follow Chen Ruyan towards the back hall.

The two walked all the way inside, through the front yard, to a pavilion in the backyard.

"Please take a seat!" Chen Ruyan stretched out her hand to signal. Chen Fan answered and sat on the stone chair.

Chen Ruyan also sat opposite Chen Fan and looked at Chen Fan. Silent for a long time.

Chen Fan was a little hairy when Chen Ruyan saw it, and he didn't know what was wrong with him.

"How have you been doing all these years?" Chen Ruyan finally spoke, and asked faintly.

"Ah, it's fine. Chen Fan was a little overwhelmed by Chen Ruyan's sudden question, and replied casually.

"We haven't seen each other for 10 years, haven't we? I remember I was eight years old when I left home. It's been ten years in the blink of an eye. Ten years have passed, and many things, many people, have changed, and I don't even know them anymore. Chen Ruyan looked at Chen Fan and said slowly.

"yes, everything is different now. Chen Fan sighed. He remembered what happened to him, this body was still the same as before, unchanged, but the soul inside had become another person's.

Under the agitation of the mood, Chen Fan couldn't help but casually chant a poem: "Last year, in this door today, the peach blossoms on the human face were red; ”

Although people are still there, the heart is no longer what it used to be. Everything has changed, and there is no going back.

Chen Ruyan read this poem silently, comprehended the artistic conception in the poem, and unconsciously became a little stupid.

The two sat quietly opposite each other, each thinking about their own thoughts, but neither spoke.

After a long time, Chen Ruyan suddenly said, "Can you call me like before again?"

"Uh!" Chen Fan was stumped, he didn't have any impression of what happened to him and Chen Ruyan at all, and according to Chen Fu, he had already forgotten about her after that serious illness when he was a child. At this time, Chen Ruyan suddenly asked him to call her like he did when he was a child, how could he call her.

When I was a child, I called her or something, sister, chubby, little daughter-in-law, Chen Fan had a little headache, and finally under Chen Ruyan's gaze, he had to say honestly and embarrassedly: "It's been too long, I forgot." ”

Chen Ruyan's face was a little gloomy, and she continued to ask, "Then do you remember what you said to me when you carried me home ten years ago?"

There was a kind of anticipation in her tone, as if she hoped that Chen Fan would give her a positive answer, as if a person who didn't know how to water wanted to get a lifebuoy when he accidentally fell into the water......

It's a pity that Chen Fan's answer shattered her last hope: "I'm sorry, this ...... I forgot about that, too. ”

Chen Ruyan's jade face instantly darkened, and the look in her eyes disappeared, she lowered her head, sat silently, and stopped talking, and a faint sad aura began to spread in the air.

Chen Fan looked at Chen Ruyan, he didn't know what was going on at all, he knew that it was because of his own words that he was like this, but he didn't know why his words caused Chen Ruyan to react like this.

In fact, Chen Fan had already noticed that since Chen Ruyan saw him, his expression looked very strange, and after coming here, he just stared at himself, and asked a puzzling sentence from time to time. And that's how it ended up.

From the conversation just now, Chen Fan could hear that something must have happened between Chen Fan and Chen Ruyan when she was a child, and this incident was very important to Chen Ruyan, otherwise she would not be so sad after hearing that he had forgotten about it, but unfortunately, he had already forgotten her. All the memories of her were no longer in his mind, and he couldn't remember them even if he wanted to break his head now.

The two of them sat silently opposite each other in silence in the pavilion.

Neither of them spoke again, until someone came to inform them that they could go to the table, and the two of them stood up silently and walked out together.

When the two came to the birthday banquet, they saw that everyone else had already entered the table, so they were left behind.

Seeing the two of them come in, one of the young men sitting at Chen Jin's table suddenly stood up. Meet the two.

The young man came to Chen Ruyan and said with a smile: "Senior sister, you are here, I have been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Chen Ruyan's face was still not very good, she raised her head and glanced at the young man, and said lightly, "Senior Brother Qin!"

When the young man was about to speak, Chen Jin had already come over and pulled the two of them and confessed to the young man. He went to each table and introduced the two to his colleagues, such as the chief bookkeeper and the county lieutenant, whom they knew. Between the words, Chen Fan was already regarded as his son-in-law. And when the two of them were introduced to those wealthy businessmen and wealthy people in the county, Chen Fu was also accompanied. During the introduction, Chen Fu also regarded Chen Ruyan as his daughter-in-law in his words, of course Chen Fan would not object to this, although Chen Ruyan looked gloomy. But there is no exit to refute, as if it has been acquiesced.

Seeing this situation, Chen Fan's heart was secretly happy.

After the introduction, Chen Jin and the others returned to the chairman's seat. Chen Jin's left is Chen Fu, while on the right is Chen Fan. Chen Ruyan sat on Chen Fan's right side, and then to the right was the senior brother Qin, and the rest were the main bookkeeper, the county lieutenant, and some big names in the county.

During the banquet, Chen Jin kept pulling Chen Fan to speak, asking some about Chen Fan's situation this year, but it was only about Chen Fan's body and reading, but he avoided talking about Chen Fan's other things, it seems that he has long known some of Chen Fan's past bad deeds, and it is not easy to mention it here.

Chen Fan was there to deal with Chen Jin sentence by sentence, but his mind was focused on Chen Ruyan's body.

Chen Ruyan sat quietly next to Chen Fan and did not speak.

Senior Brother Qin kept teasing Chen Ruyan next to him, but unfortunately Chen Ruyan never responded to him, his young and handsome face always had a gentle smile, and between conversations, he showed his demeanor, it seemed that he should be a child of a family. This kind of person should be the easiest to please girls, but he hit a wall with Chen Ruyan, no matter what Senior Brother Qin said, Chen Ruyan just didn't react, and finally said a word, and dealt with him casually.

Senior Brother Qin still didn't give up, and he kept looking for topics to tease Chen Ruyan there, but his eyes were aimed at Chen Fan from time to time, and a grim light flashed in his eyes at the same time.

After a while, Senior Brother Qin saw that Chen Ruyan still ignored him, and after a little thought in his heart, he picked up a glass of wine from the table, stood up and said to Chen Fan: "Brother Chen, Qin Wen, a disciple in the Xia Ning Snow Palace, is meeting Brother Chen for the first time today, but at first sight, he wants to make friends with Brother Chen, I don't know if he is high?

Turning his head, Chen Fan looked at Qin Wen, and had to admit in his heart that this Qin Wen was much better than himself in terms of appearance and conversation, if he was looking for a girl from the outside to choose the two of them as a partner, then maybe 100% of people would choose Qin Wen, because there was not much comparison between the two. Chen Fan's appearance can only be said to be delicate, definitely not handsome, and his thin body gives people a feeling of "weak and can't help the wind", compared with Qin Wen's slender body and the shape that looks like a jade tree in the wind, he is extremely insecure.

It's a pity that Chen Ruyan is a very special exception, for some reason, Chen Ruyan's heart now in addition to Chen Fan, will never accommodate the second person, although she is now in a confused period, I don't know how to get along with Chen Fan in the future, but it is impossible for her to accept others.

Qin Wen's attitude towards Chen Ruyan, Chen Fan had already seen it in his eyes, and now when he heard Qin Wen say this, although he didn't want to be close to him in his heart, he couldn't lose his demeanor in front of so many people, so he had to stand up, pick up a glass of wine, raise it and say: "Don't dare, Qin Gongzi is high, it's right to climb down." After speaking, he clinked glasses with Qin Wen and drank them all.

Qin Wen also drank all the wine in the cup, and after the two sat down, Qin Wen said again: "Brother Chen, Senior Sister Zhao and I belong to the same family, and we have been getting along day and night in the Ningxue Palace for ten years, and our relationship has always been very good, so this time I heard that Uncle Chen was on his fiftieth birthday, so I immediately came uninvited and came with Senior Sister Zhao to congratulate Uncle Chen on his birthday. ”

Chen Fan smiled faintly and didn't answer, but secretly sneered in his heart: After saying so much, I just want to say how deep the relationship between you and Chen Ruyan is, and what do you say "get along day and night for ten years", what's the use of saying so much, you have to Chen Ruyan to ignore you.

When Chen Fan thought of this, he couldn't help but be secretly excited, because Chen Ruyan's attitude towards him was obviously different from others: although Chen Ruyan was not smiling when she talked to him, her tone was still very gentle, and she obviously revealed a close attitude, and for others, including the senior brother Qin in front of him, the look on his face was very indifferent, although the tone could not be said to be cold, but there was also a feeling of rejecting people thousands of miles away, which was difficult to get close to, but others would not think that her tone was bad, but would just take it for granted, which was all because of the fusion of the two contradictory temperaments on Chen Ruyan's body。 (To be continued......)