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Netizens hid themselves, Qi Xia didn't pay much attention to the comments after reading a circle, clicked to play the video, and pulled to Chen Xifan's interview part.

When Chen Xifan was interviewed, he looked very serious with a correct attitude, and the reporter asked mostly some professional questions, and Chen Xifan's answers were clear and informative.

Probably because of this, he has a minute more in the video than the others.

At the end of the interview, there was a tidbit: Chen Xifan packed up his things and left, and the reporter asked him if he had any urgent matters.

Chen Xifan threw the bag on his shoulder, pulled up the suitcase, and said in a light tone: "Well, I'm in a hurry to see my girlfriend." ”

*

After returning to China, Chen Xifan had a seven-day vacation.

When he woke up in the afternoon, Qi Xia had already gone to work, and the cake ran into the room at some point, squatting on the bedside table to watch him.

Caught the cat, the cake was rare and tame, and he didn't scratch him, meowed twice, and licked his palm flatteringly.

When I went out to look, I realized that there was no food in the automatic feeder.

Qi Xia was probably in a hurry this morning, so I didn't pay attention.

"It turned out that there was a request for people."

Chen Xifan chuckled, filled the automatic feeder with cat food, and suddenly received a phone call.

The phone call came from Chen Kuisong's assistant, asking him if he was free and that it was best to go to the hospital now, because Chen Kuisong's condition was not very good.

Chen Xifan frowned.

Before going abroad on a mission, he heard Grandma Chen mention that Chen Kuisong had some physical problems and might need to take targeted drugs for the rest of his life.

The Chen family is not short of money, and can hire the best doctors, the best medicines, and the most professional nurses. But the biggest concern is drug resistance, once the new drug cannot be developed, then it can only wait for death.

And whether and when new drug research and development will be successful are uncertain.

On the other end of the phone, the assistant spoke earnestly: "Mr. Chen is about to go to the United States for treatment, and he has recently invested in some drug research and development companies, and he has some documents here that you need to sign." Chen Gongzi, come here. ”

The weather is sunny, and at the end of August, it is already the tail of summer.

Chen Xifan listened quietly for a while, frowning: "What document?" ”

"I can't tell you on the phone, but you'll find out when you come here."

He said coldly: "I'm not interested. ”

Having said that, Grandma Chen called in the evening, and Chen Xifan decided to go to the hospital with his grandmother.

Chen Kuisong lives in a high-end private hospital, and several doctors are hired specifically from abroad. His ward occupies a separate floor, and in the corridor, there are nurses, company assistants, and several company executives, including uncles.

Chen Xifan pushed Grandma Chen out of the elevator, looked around, and didn't see Zheng Rong.

Seeing them, the assistant trotted over and said, "Wait a minute, Mr. Chen will go for a genetic mutation test and come back in half an hour." ”

Chen Xifan's tone was light: "Hmm." ”

After greeting several uncles, the company's senior management knew him, Chen Xifan was too lazy to deal with it, exchanged a few words, and stood on the balcony to smoke.

Chen Kuisong is complicated for him.

This man, whom he called his father, used to be his friend and teacher when he was growing up, but those trusts turned into strong hatred after the family broke down and Lin Shuangyu died.

And now, Chen Xifan has found that as time goes by, it seems that the hatred has also dissipated, and he is more like a stranger.

After smoking a cigarette, Grandma Chen came over in a wheelchair and called him, "Ah Fan." ”

Chen Xifan turned his head with a faint expression, "What's wrong?" ”

Grandma Chen sighed.

The view of the private hospital is good, and when you look out, you can see the trees and the sparkling lake. Grandma Chen stood in the shadows, and the sun didn't seem to shine on her.

"Ah Fan, you must have hated him and me, right?"

Chen Xifan paused and didn't speak.

"Your grandfather left early, and as soon as he left, I, as an elder, would be less majestic. Your dad has no fear, so he did a lot of bastard things. ”

Grandma Chen has been spoiled like a princess since she was a child, and even after marriage, she has never worried about family affairs, so although she complains and feels guilty about Chen Kuisong and Zheng Rong, she still thinks that it is her own son, and she turns a blind eye to many things, and she can't make a decision.

Chen Xifan's expression was even lighter, "It's none of your business." ”

"The wicked have their own harvest, probably that's the reason." Grandma Chen sighed, her white hair blown by the wind, "Not long ago, I talked to him once, and he has made a will, and you will inherit all the property after his death, and there is nothing to do with that woman." ”

Chen Xifan shook his head: "I don't want his things." ”

"That was yours!" Grandma Chen said solemnly, "I know that you are young and promising, and you have made some achievements in the field you like, but what should be yours is yours, and you will sign the relevant documents later." ”

"What about Zheng Rong? Why didn't you see her? ”

Grandma Chen paused before saying, "She's in the detention center." ”

Zheng Rong and Chen Kuisong did not have a marital relationship, and after Chen Kuisong made a will, Zheng Rong saw that she could not get a penny, so she naturally refused to give up.

Over the years, Zheng Rong and her family have not had a serious job, and they all rely on the Chen family's living expenses of 3 million per month.

Once Chen Kuisong dies and loses this big tree, the whole family will have to drink the northwest wind. Zheng Rong had the intention to modify the will, but unfortunately it didn't work out, and later, she and her family registered a company and let the people around her invest money to make a fortune together.

Because of Chen Kuisong's relationship, everyone was convinced at first, but it was not until more and more money was invested that they realized that something was wrong and called the police.

The amount of money involved in this case is as high as 10 figures, and Zheng Rong is likely to be imprisoned for illegal fund-raising fraud in the future, because Chen Kuisong has also been under investigation recently.

Chen Xifan's expression was unusually calm, "I know." ”

Knowing these things, it is difficult to say what it feels like in your heart.

Pleasure? It doesn't seem to be.

Chen Xifan's expression was indifferent, like an outsider who had nothing to do with himself.

At this time, the assistant said that Mr. Chen was back.

Across a long corridor, the father and son looked at each other silently, and after just one glance, Chen Xifan turned around in silence and went downstairs to leave.

He has a career he loves and a lover who has been with him all his life, and he has no energy left to hate an irrelevant person.

Outside the hospital, the sun is shining.

The phone rang, Chen Xifan picked it up, and Qi Xia's voice came from the earpiece: "Chen Xifan, are you coming to pick me up from work today?" ”

Chen Xifan smiled, his eyebrows were gentle, and said, "Wait for me." ”

*

In September 2022, the autumn is crisp, and the new semester is full of vitality.

This year, the school hired several new teachers, all of whom were graduate students who had just left the school, and there was a mechanism for the old to bring the new ones; Hu Zhonghai had already retired, but he could not be idle, so he took the initiative to take over the training of the new teachers.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the sophomore and junior high school classes were normal, and the first year of high school was in the track and field for military training, and the slogan of 121 was shouted to break the sky.

Hu Zhonghai took the new teachers on a tour of the school, and when they walked to the track and field, the freshmen were kicking the right steps and the teachers were watching from the side.

It was a hot day, and there were no people standing under the sun, so after kicking two positive steps, the instructor said that the students would rest for 15 minutes and move freely.

The sun would scorch, and there would be no sun in the vicinity of the playground, and after the disbandment, the students swarmed into the open space.

Teens and fifteen-year-olds chattered when they were together and there was no quiet:

"I heard that this saline-alkali land is going to be redeveloped? Will there be a library? ”

"It's better to have a garden, and it's so pleasant to sit here and read in the wind."

……

"I heard that the seniors used to like to bury the wishing bottle here, but I don't know if it's still there."

"It's long gone."

In the midst of the noise, a sudden exclamation: "Ouch-"

Hearing the sound, everyone looked sideways. It turned out that a boy was too bored, and he dug a hole in the ground with a branch, and when everyone gathered, they saw a deep pit in the ground, and the most important thing was a cylindrical wishing bottle, lying quietly in it.

The students were immediately interested, "Take it out and take a look." ”

Very quickly, the wishing bottle was taken out.

It was a glass-made wishing bottle, which had been buried for so long and was covered in mud. A student wiped it clean with a handkerchief, looked at it in the sunlight, and exclaimed, "It looks like there's a letter in it." ”

The classmates were even more excited, "Damn! Time Capsule! ”

"What's on the letter?"

Because the letter was folded, it was impossible to see the entire content, and one student slowly read out: "Chen ...... from the fifth class of the third year of high school." Chen Xifan......"

"Take it out and read it."

"It's not okay to peek at other people's letters."

When a group of chattering middle school students were divided into two factions, one group felt that it was nothing to look at it, and the other group felt that it was immoral to peek at other people's letters.

With his hands behind his back, he looked more and more like an old teacher, "What's the noise?" The instructor let the assembly not hear? ”

"Teacher, we found a time capsule."

"There is a letter in it, which seems to be addressed to a senior named Chen Xifan."

"Chen Xifan? This name is so familiar, and there seems to be his post in the post bar. ”

……

Hu Zhonghai's ears hurt from the noise of a group of middle school students, and when he heard Chen Xifan's name, he was stunned, and when he thought of something, he stretched out his hand: "Take it." ”

*

In the past week, Qi Xia and Chen Xi have been very busy.

There are too many events in the science and technology circle this month, Qi Xia is busy with interviews and rushing to catch up with the draft, and Chen Xifan flies on international long routes, and the two go out early and return late.

I finally met the two of them resting, and last night it was too crazy, from the sofa in the living room, to the bathroom, and finally to the bed, it was difficult to give up.

At six o'clock, the morning light was faint and the sky was white.

Qi Xia was still sleeping, Chen Xifan kissed her forehead, got out of bed softly, changed into sportswear and went for a run.

An hour later, when he came home with breakfast, he saw a package on the shelf in front of his house.