After faking his death, he stopped pretending to be a substitute.

Chen Huai looked at him deeply, hesitated for a few seconds, and then said: "In the past, on the first of every month, I would pay the hospital where Mr. Chu's father was located to pay for the treatment. Now Mr. Chu has... Today happens to be the first day of the month." No., will you continue to pay this month’s treatment fee?”

Song Yanxi was silent for a moment: "Continue to pay, and don't stop until Father Chu dies."

Chen Huai was surprised. It seemed that his boss didn't have any feelings for Mr. Chu, but he hadn't realized it yet.

"I see."

After Chen Huai exited the office, Song Yanxi flipped through the information in his hand again, read it word for word, locked it in the drawer, and then leaned back on the seat, staring at the ceiling above his head without focus.

Before Chen Huai presented the investigation results, he even had a faint feeling of luck in his heart, thinking that Chu Yanyi was losing his temper and deliberately cheated his death.

But after seeing the complete and flawless survey results, he realized that the person who specially went to learn cooking skills for him and learned how to cook the dishes he liked, stood at the door to greet him and smiled every time he went to Huajin Garden. Yi Yingying said that the person who said "Mr. Song, welcome home" was not throwing a tantrum, but was really dead.

Just when he was freeing his mind to recall everything about Chu Yanyi in the past two years, his cell phone suddenly rang. It was Song's mother calling.

After Song Yanxi got through, Song's mother didn't say much. She just asked him to go home for dinner and then hung up.

When Song Yanxi returned to the Song family's ancestral home, he found that Song's father had also returned.

Dabao and Erbao were not there. After asking Song's mother, they found out that they were taken out to play by his sister and Yu Xiao again.

"Come on, Lao Song, try this garlic pork ribs and this beef roll with enoki mushrooms. I just learned them recently. Please try them out."

At the dinner table, Song's mother put a chopstick of each of the two dishes into Song's father's bowl and urged him to taste them quickly.

After Song's father tasted the two dishes carefully, under Song's mother's expectant gaze, his eyes showed a smile: "It's okay."

Father Song is the vice-president of military scientific research. He is a rigorous man who talks little. If the word "okay" comes from other people's mouth, they will think that the other party is perfunctory, but from Father Song's mouth, it is absolutely sincere. Meaningful.

Song Yanxi immersed himself in eating in silence, and couldn't help but remember that every time Chu Yanyi learned a new dish, he would let him try it immediately, and then look at him expectantly like Song's mother, and ask him, "How does it taste?" , is it delicious or not?”

If he said "It's okay", he would immediately curl up his beautiful eyes and say with a gentle smile, "If you like it, I'll do it for you next time."

After Song's father's approval, Song's mother was very happy and pushed the plate of the two dishes in front of Song Yanxi: "You can try it too."

Song Yanxi obediently took some from the two plates, and after tasting them one by one, he replied like Song's father: "It's okay."

However, before she could finish her words, Mother Song gave her a blank stare: "What do you mean by that? What do you mean it's okay? You answered so perfunctorily, do you think my cooking is not delicious?"

Song Yanxi was speechless: "...Mom, don't you think you have double standards? The same words were said from dad's mouth, and you were smiling, but from my mouth, I only got a scolding from you."

"Your father answered sincerely, but you answered too perfunctorily."

Song Yanxi suddenly stopped talking, and suddenly remembered that he had always answered Chu Yanyi like this before, but Chu Yanyi never felt that he was perfunctory.

Every time he heard "It's okay" from him, Chu Yanyi would smile happily, with his eyes crooked like little crescent moons.

After dinner, Song Yanxi was called by Song's father to the study to say a few words. When he went downstairs, he saw Song's mother sitting in the living room waiting for him, obviously looking like she had something to say.

Song Yanxi paused for a moment, walked to the sofa opposite and sat down.

"Mom, what do you want to tell me?"

Mother Song looked at him and asked with a very serious expression: "Is Xiao Chu really dead?"

The expression on Song Yanxi's face was frozen for a moment, then he nodded solemnly: "Yes."

"I heard someone said that his death was related to Xiao Lian. Is it true?"

Song Yanxi took a deep breath, and his deep eyes were filled with deep regret and self-blame: "Xiao Lian and I have unshirkable responsibilities for Chu Yanyi's death."

"How did Xiao Chu die?"

"Suicide by swallowing rat poison."

"Why did he commit suicide by swallowing rat poison?"

Faced with Song's mother's aggressive questioning, Song Yanxi could only briefly describe the cause and effect of the incident: "He learned from Xiao Lian that he was Xiao Lian's substitute, and he couldn't think about it for a moment..."

After hearing this, Mother Song, who had always been good-tempered, was almost furious: "Someone told me before that your son had a substitute lover for his first love, but I still didn't believe it. I thought that Xiao Lian just went abroad and was not dead. If you like Xiao Lian, wanting to see him is just a matter of a plane ticket. I didn't expect you to actually do such a bastard thing."

"The Song family is not bankrupt, and you are not short of money to buy air tickets. As for keeping a substitute lover by your side? You ruined a good child for two years, and finally died because of you committing suicide. Although he was born because of Lian when he was a child. He committed suicide after learning the truth from his mouth, but the real culprit is you, you are the murderer who killed him."

Song Yanxi lowered his head and allowed Mother Song to scold him. When Mother Song's voice finally stopped, he said solemnly: "Whether you believe it or not, I have never regarded him as Xiao Lian's substitute."

"You didn't regard him as Xiao Lian's substitute, so why would he believe Xiao Lian's words? I heard someone say before that he and Xiao Lian look very similar. Is that true?"

"He and Xiao Lian do look somewhat similar."

Song's mother was doubtful: "Isn't it true that you raised him by your side because he looks like Xiao Lian?"

Song Yanxi shook his head helplessly: "...really not."

"Then why do you want to keep someone who looks like Xiao Lian by your side?"

Song Yanxi remained silent and did not answer.

Mother Song stared at him: "Do you like Xiao Chu?"

He didn't know whether he liked Chu Yanyi or not, but every time he thought about that docile and well-behaved person in the past two days, he would never call him "Mr. Song" with a smile and crooked eyes, and his heart felt like a needle pricking him.

Seeing that he was silent again, Song's mother suddenly became confused: "You don't like Xiao Chu, nor do you regard him as Xiao Lian's substitute. Xiao Chu and Xiao Lian look very similar, but you clearly like him in your heart." It's Xiao Lian, but she has kept Xiao Chu by her side for two years..."

I don't know what came to mind, but Song's mother suddenly said: "Song Yanxi, do you like someone else, and Xiao Lian and Xiao Chu are both substitutes for that person?"