Shen Jie, with Luo Yunxuan's personal support, limped down the stairs and came to the restaurant.

Shen Hongsheng was wearing a scarf for eating, and he was in the first place. Luo Yunxuan sat on his right hand with Shen Jie in her arms, and then she sat opposite Shen Jie herself. Sitting on Luo Yunxuan's left hand side was Johns, who wore gold-rimmed glasses. With such a long table and so many dishes, only these four people are enjoying it.

Two waiters stood at the long table, one on the left and one on the right. They wore black suits, white shirts and black ties, their clothes were cut to a fit, the buttons and ties on their shirts were neatly knotted, their glossy uppers reflected the light, and they held silver plates and cutlery, ready to serve.

Their presence is very low-key, as if they have disappeared into the whole environment, their movements are very smooth and skillful, their expressions are serious and focused, and they scan the four people on the table from time to time, ready to catch their needs.

As Shen Hongsheng picked up the tableware at hand, the meal of several people began in silence. Shen Jie lowered her head aggrievedly and peeked at her father's face out of the corner of her eye, while Shen Hongsheng pretended not to notice.

Miss Shen, who is always confident, calm, elegant, and has a strong aura, reveals the side that can only be shown in front of Shen Hongsheng, like a little lamb.

Shen Hongsheng finally spoke: "In the past few days when you have been out, have you missed the meals at home?" ”

Shen Jie squeezed out a smile: "I have money, I can buy whatever I like, there are still a lot of delicious things in the magic capital." ”

Luo Yunxuan said: "Eating is a thing, taste is only one aspect, in this era, people are not short of nutrition, the key is to be clean and hygienic, after all, disease comes from the mouth." ”

Shen Jie had to nod again and again: "Yes, yes." ”

Shen Hongsheng answered: "It's a good thing that this person has a little ability to endure hardships and suffer crimes. Our family is not a prince or noble, and we can't afford to raise a pea princess. ”

Shen Jie frowned and retorted in a low voice: "I'm not the princess of peas." The youth hostel is already good, with me, I don't have to be afraid of sleeping in the bridge hole. ”

She remembered the dilapidated bridge that had entered and exited the "temple of all."

Luo Yunxuan said with a smile: "Yes, yes, our Xiaojie is not a pea princess, Xiaojie can live alone in a place like a youth hostel, and after so many days, she can already be called a copper pea that cannot be steamed, cooked, pounded, fried, or exploded." ”

"It's hard to go from luxury to frugality," Shen Hongsheng sandwiched a large piece of barbecue meat on Shen Jie's plate: "I think back then, our family was an ordinary small family, and there were no living conditions, but when I was in Lingnan in 73, when I entered the house arranged by my fellow villagers, I also frowned. ”

Shen Jie listened to Shen Hongsheng begin to tell about his experience of going up the mountain to the countryside to cut the queue and settle down, and she was secretly relieved. The girl's mind is wandering in the world, but on the surface, she looks very attentive and interested.

"Okay," Shen Hongsheng sighed and stopped reminiscing about the bittersweet meeting: "If you really tell your Aunt Luo, it's good to be a copper pea, I'm afraid that you are not only a princess, but also a mermaid princess, and in the end only foam remains." ”

"Old Shen, don't talk nonsense," Luo Yunxuan blamed Shen Hongsheng, and then said with a smile: "How could Xiaojie fall in love with that kind of ungrateful man, even if she is a prince." You say yes, right? ”

"Of course," Shen Jie hurriedly answered: "The Xiao Yao you have seen is the one I pulled a strong man with a raw face and wanted to be angry with Zhang Zhengkai that day, and we have no special relationship." ”

I'm sorry, dog, expedient, expedient. Shen Jie secretly apologized to Xiao Yao in her heart.

"Who did you learn this set from?!" Shen Hongsheng suddenly slapped his palm on the table, causing Shen Jie to shrink her neck in fright, and Luo Yunxuan also closed her mouth.

"I know it's wrong," Shen Jie snorted, "But Zhang Zhengkai ......"

Shen Hongsheng softened his color and said, "I know you don't like Zhengkai's kid very much, he is younger than you, and he is extremely immature. In my message to you, I said that this matter is negotiable - don't think that I said this to trick you back, and I have no regrets. ”

"Okay." When Shen Jie heard this, she was sincerely happy again.

"But no matter how you and Zhengkai choose in the future, there is no place for other people's children to be sorry for you, no matter who you are engaged to, play and play, the bottom line still has to be there, and I have repeatedly emphasized the bottom limit to you. When you are outside, you have to remember that you represent our Shen family and the face of our Shen family. If you ever run away from home without saying a word, or make some of the that makes us laugh at us, I'm going to be very, very disappointed in you. ”

Shen Jie could probably understand the weight of this "very, very disappointed", and nodded again: "Dad, I know." ”

Let's take it one step at a time.

Shen Hongchang let out a long breath, leaned back in the high chair, and looked at Luo Yunxuan.

Luo Yunxuan understood: "You have a good rest today, there has been a lot of delay recently, Johns has already arranged four tutors for you, and in the next month, you can make up for the schoolwork you have missed, and don't run around." ”

"Got it." Shen Jie hung her head.

"I haven't taken the AP test, I haven't told your dad anything about you, have I?" Luo Yunxuan said in a calm tone: "I can't take the ACT test again, if you study for another year, aren't you letting others see our Shen family's jokes?" ”

"No, wait a minute," Shen Jie just relieved her taste: "What do you mean not to go out if you have nothing to do for a month?" Is this to put me under house arrest? ”

"What house arrest, this is called grounding. If you do something wrong, you must always accept the sanction of family law. ”

Shen Hongsheng said loudly.

"Isn't that enough?" Shen Jie pointed to her face and shouted.

The girl's eyes were still a little red and swollen, there were still some tears left in the corners of her eyes, and her lips trembled slightly. On her right cheek, there was a swollen bruise, and even a faint ...... could be seen Fingerprint?

The girl's whole body trembled.

"Xiaojie, don't worry," Luo Yunxuan hurriedly persuaded: "Old Shen......"

Shen Hongsheng waved his hand and said: "You don't need to persuade her, you are used to her, look at what you are used to?"

"You should know that I have a habit of running every morning." Shen Jie told Shen Hongsheng.

"I remember Johns also had a habit of running in the morning." Shen Hongsheng said.

"Boss," Johns pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, "you're going to make my relationship with Miss worse and worse." ”

"A week." Luo Yunxuan insisted.

“…… Three weeks. Shen Hongsheng gave way.

"Two weeks." Luo Yunxuan said.

“Sir.” Johns joined the admonition.

The door of the restaurant was knocked on "tuk" and "tuk", and then Shen Hongsheng's work assistant walked in quickly, leaned down and whispered something in his ear.

Shen Hongsheng stood up: "I'm full, you use it slowly." ”

Shen Jie, Luo Yunxuan, and Johns stood together and sent off.

Shen Hongsheng walked to the door of the restaurant, took the hot towel from the waiter's hand, wiped his hands, and returned to Shen Jie's side.

He reached out the back of his fingers and touched his daughter's face.

Shen Jie subconsciously shrank and let herself not move.

Shen Hongsheng stroked Shen Jie's cheek: "Does it still hurt?" ”

The man's eyes showed genuine concern.

"It's a lot better." Shen Jie looked at the desktop and replied in a low voice.

"Two weeks." In the end, Shen Hongsheng said.

He walked out of the dining room, and the two waiters re-entered. The atmosphere in the whole restaurant became relaxed and cheerful with the departure of the host.

"Xiaojie......" Luo Yunxuan stood up, bypassed Shen Hongsheng's position, sat next to Shen Jie, and reached out to caress the girl's shoulder.

"Thank you, Aunt Luo." Shen Jie settled down and looked at this sister who looked a few years older than her.

"You know your father," Luo Yunxuan said, "You are a little better these days, what do you have to tell your aunt......"

-- Dividing line --

"You say, that man, still alive, yes, what do you mean?" Xiao Yao asked cautiously.

"It's literally, my biological father, still alive." Yu Luying told him succinctly: "Don't say it, the reason why I told you is only because...... I think we're connected. ”

"Guaranteed to rot in the stomach." Xiao Yao made a movement to zip his mouth.

Since she emphasized "biological", she must not be very kind to this father, Xiao Yao thought.

"Don't tell my sister either." Yu Luying added.

Xiao Yao's first reaction was, how much did I suffer last time in order to help you hide the secret? However, since this time it was purely her family matter, she nodded and said, "I know." ”

"So......" The boy cleared his throat and looked at the black-and-white photograph of the prayer platform, "This is not a memorial, but some kind of ...... Curse? ”

"If you have to understand it that way, it's not impossible." Yu Luying said with some embarrassment.

"Your uncle said that Christians can only be blessed, not cursed." Xiao Yao scratched his head.

"That's right, that's what my uncle told my mother too," Yu Luying's eyes fell on her "biological father's", uh, black-and-white photo: "And then my mother quibbled, what's wrong?" Can't I put here to repent for his prayers? ”

"Is it a prayer for his repentance?" Xiao Yao corrected his mistake.

"Yes." Yu Luying stuck out her tongue slightly.

"However, it is useless to deceive the priest," Xiao Yao said thoughtfully, "because God cannot deceive." ”

"Yes," Yu Luying sighed, "Uncle said the same thing." ”

"How many of your enemies who love your enemies will be able to do it." Xiao Yao sighed: "Ah, I'm not ridiculing your faith, I'm just sighing-"

"I know, you don't have to be nervous." Yu Luying shook her head and said, "There are few people who can do it, but the ideal is always beautiful, right?" ”

Xiao Yao thought for a few seconds and said honestly: "To be honest, I still prefer the pleasure and enmity in the Old Testament. ”

"The Old Testament will be fulfilled in the New Testament." Yu Luying doesn't seem to want to talk about this topic anymore: "Still don't do the question?" ”

"Do it, do it." Xiao Yao said.

Yu Luying urged Xiao Yao to bury her head in the papers, Xiao Yao didn't write a few questions, she said again: "But...... I said this, it seems that you are not very surprised? You already know? ”

"Why should I be surprised?" Xiao Yao continued to bury his eyes on the scroll, turning the pen in his hand: "Your surname is Yu, and your mother's surname is also Yu, if it is only the death of her father, who will change her daughter's surname?" Even if it was your mother, such a wonderful woman, I don't think she would do that. ”

Actually, Xiao Yao was still surprised in his heart, but in order to pretend to be forced, he pretended to be calm.

Yu Luying's father died, why did she have her mother's surname, Xiao Yao actually muttered in his heart, but in order to avoid offending her, he never asked.

He thought about some possibilities, for example, Yu Luying's father was a son-in-law, but the Yu family didn't look like a very rich Yazi; For another example, Yu Luying's father is simply a ...... It's a ...... What is the name of the word that Tianyun mentioned, turtle man? So the daughter has the mother's surname.

But this kind of "divorce her husband and lie about the death of the other party, and pay tribute to his portrait at home", Rao is Xiao Yao has been watching "The Emperor of Science Fiction" since the fifth grade of elementary school, and his imagination has not been enriched to this extent.

"Oh." Yu Luying said.

"What's wrong with him? Cheating? Xiao Yao continued to bury his head in the test paper, but he couldn't read a question: "I'll just ask like this, if you think you can say it, if you don't want to say it, forget it." ”

"Xiao Yao," Yu Luying put her chin on the glass table of the dining table, "I think you have really matured a lot in the past two months." ”

"What's the ...... Suddenly, such a sentence? Xiao Yao said.

"If you didn't talk like this before, well, for fear of offending others." Yu Luying said.

"Hey, what kind of maturity is this," Xiao Yao said with a smile: "It's just a frightened bird—I'm just scared of this society." ”

"That person didn't cheat," Yu Luying said softly, "It's just a simple divorce." ”

"Oh?" Xiao Yao thought to himself, can he hate like this? divorced and offered each other's "posthumous portraits" on the table, and cursed each other to die early every day, this Yu Lihua was too ruthless.

Xiao Yao recalled the happy family of three in the "Parent-Child Education Center", he had seen the face of "that man" (color version), and he also saw that Yu Luying was very attached to her father.

What is it that makes her refuse to even say "dad" or "father" now, only "biological father" and "that person"?

The boy put down his pen, raised his head, and quietly looked at the girl in front of him. Although his stomach was full of doubts, he did not say a word.

"You can ask whatever you want," Yu Luying lowered her eyelids: "I won't be angry." ”

"So, who mentioned the divorce and what is the reason?"

"Of course it's that person," Yu Luying told Xiao Yao, "In fact, it was he who forcibly abandoned my mother." As for the reason......"

Xiao Yao waited quietly for the following.

"Why, I want to know why." Yu Luying's face was full of sorrow, and her lips pursed.

……

In Xiao Yao's impression, Yu Luying is a girl who can hardly speak foul language.

If Shen Jie "doesn't say much", then Yu Luying "almost doesn't say".

Therefore, even if you don't look at the content, this sentence is enough to surprise Xiao Yao.

"Then ......" Xiao Yao swallowed a mouthful of saliva with some difficulty: "For so many years, he hasn't come to see you?" ”

Yu Luying chuckled: "If it weren't for this black and white photo, I would have forgotten what he looked like." He had a wife and children of his own, and the only proof of his existence over the years was a small amount of alimony transferred over the 1st of every month - and later, even that was gone. ”

"Why not, you're not an adult, it's okay," Xiao Yao said in the imperial capital: "In this way, you still have younger brothers and sisters." ”

"I don't know, I haven't seen it, I don't care."

“…… Oh. Xiao Yao said.

"Do your parents pay child support?" Yu Luying asked with some curiosity.

"My grandmother is raising me, my dad should give grandma money," Xiao Yao stretched and said, "As for whether my biological mother will give it or not, it's a matter between her and my dad, and I don't bother to ask?" Anyway, not a penny will reach me. ”

Yu Luying pursed her lips and smiled: "What biology...... How can you learn from me? ”

"I didn't learn from you," Xiao Yao pouted and said, "That guy is not a thing compared to your father, she is a serious cuckold for my father, and there is more than one." ”

"Uh......" Yu Luying stretched out her hand a little embarrassed and grabbed Xiao Yao's wrist: "Tell me about your family." That day, when I looked at your photo album with my sister and Tianyun, I saw ...... Seeing my aunt's face, in several photos, it was cut out, and we were embarrassed to ask......"

"Yes, I cut it out." Xiao Yao nodded.

"However, only a few were cut, and everything else remained." Yu Luying asked cautiously.

"Well, after cutting a few photos, I suddenly felt very troublesome and ridiculous," Xiao Yao nodded: "Just stuff the entire album into the bottom of the box, how do you know that your sister will dig it out?" ”

"Ha," a smile hung on the corner of Yu Luying's mouth: "Don't blame my sister, I actually dug it up when I helped her find a skirt." ”

"It doesn't matter." Xiao Yao shrugged.

"Looks like we're really the same kind of people." Yu Luying held Xiao Yao's wrist tightly, and Xiao Yao responded to her, flipping her wrist and gently holding her fingers with her fingers.

Their eyes met.

(End of chapter)