Sound of Rebirth

Although the mention of going to Shen Yanru's house is indeed a big headache for An Zhixiao-it has nothing to do with her sincerity. I believe that no matter who it is, when it is the first time to enter the door of the father-in-law's house, it will be nervous or even subconscious. Want to back off?

However, perhaps it was precisely because of this pressure that the fatigue caused by the concert was dispersed, and An Zhixiao also persisted in the next two concerts smoothly.

Although there were some problems during the process, fortunately, they were all small flaws, which did not damage the perfection of the whole concert, so in the end, An Zhixiao's first concert ended perfectly.Whether it is for An Zhizhi or for fans, this is something worth remembering, because for a long time, this is the only concert that An Zhixiao has held.

Shen Yanru accompanied the whole process, and according to what she said, she stayed in the backstage every time, being a competent staff member.

The fans discussed it at first, but then their attention turned to An Zhixiao.There are almost unanimous praise for her performance on the Internet, occasionally mixed with a few bad reviews, which seem to be provocative.

However, it was not as Shen Yanru imagined, An Zhi knew that one person was shining brightly, while others were extremely dim.In fact, many critics believe that the reason why An Zhixiao can have such a performance is inseparable from Shen Yanru.Not to mention Shen Yanru's teachings to An Zhizhi, after all, this is a private matter, no one can see what happened, and there is no way to say, but the songs that An Zhixiao sang are almost all composed by Shen Yanru. No one can deny this.

Just like what a freelance critic said: "If it is said that An Zhizhi performed well at the beginning singing the songs written by Shen Yanru, then the lessons she sang in the concert now can be regarded as true performances. Yes. Or I should use another word: tailor-made. Yes, I think these songs are tailor-made for her by Shen Yanru combined with An Zhixiao’s new path. Without these songs, An Zhixiao would not be would perform so well, but without Ann knowing, these songs might just go on the shelf."

"If you have to comment, it's probably a fateful encounter." Finally, the reviewer ended the article with such a sentence.

All in all, An Zhizhi's transformation is considered a success, and has been unanimously recognized by the media and fans.Even before the concert was over, some fans asked the studio to release a DVD, especially the Shanghai show. Many fans said that it was very commemorative and would definitely buy it for collection.

The aftermath of the concert was that An Zhixiao had rested for a whole week before he finally adjusted his state back a bit.And for the entire week, she slept most of the time and was awake for a small part of the time, sitting on the sofa in a daze, without saying a word.Even if you have to speak, try to use one or two words to solve it.

The speech suddenly became extremely concise.

Shen Yanru is very used to this, and it is almost always like this until the end of the concert, her voice is overloaded when she is on stage, and she doesn't want to say a word when she is off stage.With her careful care, An Zhixiao recovered quickly.

Then An Zhixiao began to prepare to go to Shen Yanru's house.

In fact, it is only mid-October, and there are still more than three months before the Chinese New Year, so there is really no need to start worrying now.But after the concert, An knew that there were almost no plans for the future, and there was no album released this year, and the Golden Melody Award was nothing to her, so she simply started to prepare early.

The first is a gift for Shen Yanru's family.An Zhixiao deliberately went to ask Shen Yanru who was in her family so that she could prepare presents by herself.As a result, I didn't know if I didn't inquire, but I was shocked when I inquired.

Speaking of which, there is a very strange phenomenon. There are very few old-style big families in China now, and even if there are, they are still small in number.On the contrary, in foreign countries, there are many families like this, and the whole family revolves around a core and is closely connected.Everyone lives together as a family, and no matter what happens, they face it together.And the Shen family is one of the best.

Therefore, when it comes to who is in Shen Yanru's family, there are too many.

Shen Yanru's grandfather, Shen Jiahua, had three brothers in his generation. Shen Jiahua was the eldest brother and had married five wives. Except for the current Ye Qing who had no children, he left four sons and one daughter in total.And the five children got married and had children, Shen Yanru's cousins ​​in this generation, there are seven of them in total.The second grandfather, Shen Jiaming, and his wife are very affectionate. They have two sons together, and now they have five grandchildren.The third grandfather has a similar personality to the eldest brother. He changes people around him frequently, and he is the kind who is merciful. Although there is only one wife who gave birth to a daughter for him, the illegitimate child who recognizes the ancestors and returns to the clan is enough. There are six of them, not to mention those living outside.

These people add up, there are more than 30 in total.Not to mention the brothers and sisters of Shen Yanru's generation, many of them are married and have children, and with their partners and children, the number will only increase.

Thinking about four or fifty people gathering together, the living room might not be able to accommodate even a little bit smaller, so An Zhixiao couldn't help but feel dark in front of her eyes.

This is still from the grandfather's side. Shen Yanru's mother, Zhang Yu, also came from a big family, and her grandfather Zhang's family was no less numerous than the Shen family.Shen Yanru later lived in his grandfather's house for a few years, and the relationship was actually closer than that of the Shen family. This test must be passed.

"No wonder you said you were going to fight a war," she murmured, "There is no possibility of victory in this kind of battle, right?"

Shen Yan felt helpless.This is the reason why she has been reluctant to mention her family matters to An Zhixiao.No matter who they are, when they hear that the family group they have to face is so powerful, they will probably shrink back.

Originally, she could bring An Zhixiao to visit in normal times, usually, there are only Shen Jiahua and Ye Qing in the old house, and occasionally some juniors stay overnight.In this way, the pressure An Zhizhi had to face would naturally not be so great.However, Shen Yanru finally decided to go back during the Chinese New Year.

In fact, regardless of the number of people, An Zhizhi had to bear even more pressure, but in fact, this pressure was spread over dozens of people.The most important thing is the big day, and everyone will not be too demanding on An Zhizhi.Of course, those things that make things difficult for the school can only be let go.

Besides, during the Chinese New Year, the juniors all gathered together, asking one question and another, time passed, and they wouldn't all be staring at An Zhixiao.Besides, Shen Yanru had already made preparations in advance. This year, at least two cousins ​​would bring people home. She brought An to know, so it was not so eye-catching.

In addition, no matter how harmonious the family is, there will always be some internal conflicts. It is rare for all of them to gather together, and some parts will be exposed to some extent, which can distract some people's attention.In this way, everyone was fighting in a mess, and An Zhixiao was in the middle of it. It would be safer to be careful.

Hearing that Shen Yanru analyzed these things clearly and logically, An Zhixiao couldn't help but be amazed.She looked at Shen Yanru sympathetically, "Living in this kind of family since childhood is very stressful, right?"

"You think too much." Shen Yanru calmly said, "I grew up with my grandmother."

Oh yes, she grew up in Shanghai, she is an authentic Chinese.An Zhizhi was a little curious, "Then is there anyone here at your grandmother's house?"

Shen Yanru shook her head, "Although there are still, but their relationship with the Shen family is very bad, and they have almost no contact."

"But weren't you brought up by your grandmother?" An Zhixiao was a little surprised.

Shen Yanru smiled wryly, "Because I was brought up by my grandmother, they don't want to see me."

In the old big family, a woman's marriage is a lifetime.Shen Yanru's grandma stayed abroad and received a new education, so she handled the divorce calmly, but that didn't mean her family could accept it.In fact, they took her as a disgrace.If she was willing to accept the family's arrangement to remarry after divorce, maybe the situation would be better, but she didn't, not only set up a separate family to live alone, but also had no clear relationship with Shen Yanru, the Shen family, which made the family disliked even more.

"Forget it." An Zhixiao said immediately, "Anyway, you already have enough relatives in your family, and I'm afraid you can't handle any more."

Even though she knew she was comforting herself, Shen Yanru couldn't help laughing.

But in this way, the matter of buying gifts has to be re-planned, otherwise, it is really impossible to completely ignore it.According to Shen Yanru's suggestion, bring some special products from here, and everyone will share a point and it will be over.Then just bring a gift to Shen Yanru's parents, grandfather and Ye Qing.

This way, the stress is much less.

This year's Golden Melody Awards was held earlier, scheduled for January 1th.An Zhixiao thought she had nothing to do with herself, but was unexpectedly invited to attend as an award presenter.

This is the first time since An Zhixiao's debut that she is not accompanied by Shen Yanru, but attends the Golden Melody Awards alone.Naturally, it inevitably caused a lot of speculation, but fortunately, no one didn't have eyes to ask An to know, so she took it calmly.

Before An Zhixiao believed Shen Yanru's nonsense, she believed that she didn't want to be on the same stage at the concert because she didn't want to affect her.So she agreed very happily at that time.But when Shen Yanru didn't even want to participate in the Golden Melody Awards, An Zhixiao realized something was wrong.

Shen Yanru was quietly fading away the traces of her by his side.

Discovering this made An Zhizhi very unhappy, but Shen Yanru convinced her again, of course.

Shen Yanru believes that the two of them have now reached the stage of meeting their parents, and they will definitely go in and out together more in private in the future, and it is not impossible for them to be photographed by reporters.It would be inappropriate to make a high-profile public appearance together at this time.

After all, the media is a group of people who can produce good people even if they have nothing to do. If two people appear together frequently, maybe someone who is interested will see something.

Just like those celebrities who immediately turn to the underground after falling in love, and may even deliberately create conflicts and pretend to have a bad relationship on the surface, they have to start avoiding suspicion.

This kind of avoiding suspicion does not mean abruptly denying all the relationship between the two people, after all, they used to be so close, and it is impossible to break them off all at once.What's more, Shen Yanru didn't want to make trouble like that, she just hoped to fade away from An Zhixiao's side little by little without being noticed by outsiders.Until one day, when everyone came back to their senses, they would realize that before they knew it, the relationship between Shen Yanru and An Zhizhi had become so estranged.

An Zhizhi also had to accept that Shen Yanru could always think ahead of her.

She remembered that Shen Yanru said that she was not so perfect, and everything was just because she worked harder.In terms of her own affairs, Shen Yanru has indeed reached the limit of what she can do.

So An Zhixiao also made a silent decision in his heart. ——Shen Yanru can't always pay for her, sometimes she needs to do something.

……

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, An Zhixiao boarded a plane to the United States with Shen Yanru.

Because it will take a long time to go this time, after thinking about it, they decided to take Dahua with them.After all, Da Hua was fostered with Zhou Yu when he left last time, and he didn't want to pay attention to them for a long time after he came back.As for the pet hospital, don't mention it, Dahua doesn't want to stay there at all.

And considering that at a critical moment, there is such a cute pet that can share the attention of everyone on An Zhixiao, this approach is very necessary.Especially Grandpa Shen, according to Ye Qing secretly revealed that he actually likes cats very much, but he is allergic to fur, so he had to stay away from them.

But as the saying goes, what you can't get is the best, so the old man is very greedy for other people's cats. Even if you can't touch them, it's good to have a look at them from a distance.

The best part is that because of this, it would be inconvenient for the two of them to live in the ancestral house if they brought the cat with them.

At the beginning, the three brothers Shen Jiahua went to the United States to work together. At that time, the situation of Chinese in the United States was still very difficult. It was not only out of dependence and trust in the traditional big family, but also due to external pressure. The three brothers worked together and insisted on living together. They also follow the teachings of their ancestors and do not live in Befu.

Although this clause has long existed in name only. ——The business of the Shen family spreads all over Europe and the United States, and it is always necessary for the children to go to various places to manage it, and it is imperative to live scattered.However, whenever you return to San Francisco, you must return to live in your ancestral home, which has not changed.

Although Shen Yanru didn't grow up here, she still has to abide by the rules.But the place An knew could be discussed further, even if he wanted to live, he would arrange a room far from the main house.In this way, at least you don't have to stay under the eyes of the elders every day.

In order to bring the person home this time, Shen Yanru took great pains.

However, the flight time was close to [-] hours. Although the cage prepared for Dahua was breathable and the food was placed in advance, An Zhizhi still couldn't help worrying.It wasn't until after landing that the cat was brought back again that he breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that Dahua still looked listless, and even became more intimate with An for the first time.You know, it used to be a pair of master's money, looking at her with its chin.As a result, An Zhixiao felt even more distressed.The fatigue of the journey, even the spirit of a person will not look good, let alone a cat.

"Let's find a place to rest first." Shen Yanru looked at An Zhixiao, then at the cat, and said.

An Zhixiao nodded in agreement.When she came to visit for the first time, she naturally wanted to show her best state, and this is not appropriate now.

The two recuperated in the hotel and got over the jet lag, before officially visiting the hotel the next day.

The Shen family's ancestral home in San Francisco occupies a large area of ​​private land, which is equivalent to a huge independent manor, but this manor is located in the city, and there is no mountain forest land attached.But even so, there is a large open space around it that is isolated from other places, which shows the power of the Shen family.

If not, it would not be able to accommodate so many clansmen.However, there are still a few days before the Chinese New Year, so most people haven't rushed back yet, and the manor still looks deserted.

Shen Yanru took An Zhixiao to the main house to visit Grandpa Shen.

Ye Qing was waiting for them in the living room because he called ahead of time.As soon as we met, he smiled and said to An Zhixiao, "Just treat it as if you are at your own home, don't be restrained and polite." Then he turned to Shen Yanru and said, "Your grandfather heard that you came back, and pretended to go back to the study. You are only willing to come down when you ask for it. When you are old, you can learn to display these scores. Go up and ask for it."

Shen Yanru had no choice but to go upstairs.

Only then did Ye Qing turn to An Zhixiao, "It's been a hard journey, you guys arrived yesterday?"

An Zhixiao was startled at first, but he quickly realized it.This is San Francisco, the base camp of the Shen family, it is so easy for them to know anything.Although she and Shen Yanru hadn't said anything about her return, it was not difficult to find out.

An Zhixiao nodded, "Yes, because of the exhaustion of the journey, it is not easy to rush to the door, so I came here today."

"I see you didn't bring any luggage?" Ye Qing asked again.

This question is not unreasonable. Obviously, she has already guessed An Zhixiao's idea of ​​not planning to live here.

An Zhixiao keenly noticed that the Ye Qing in front of her now was very different from the Ye Qing who appeared as her fan in Shanghai before.But it's not surprising when you think about it, after all, she is the mistress of such a big family, and it is impossible for her to be useless by Shen Jiahua.When she put on the airs of the hostess of the Shen family, it is estimated that not many people would be able to resist.

However, this style of painting has become completely natural, and it is still very strange.

"It's the first time I come to the door, so I don't dare to disturb you." An Zhixiao said implicitly.

"Why don't you bother? Since you don't dare to disturb, you shouldn't come!" A loud voice suddenly came from behind, saying unceremoniously.

An Zhixiao turned his head and saw Shen Yanru's grandfather, Shen Jiahua.

In her imagination, as the head of the Shen family, Shen Jiahuayi should be a very serious person with a straight face all day long and an aura around him.But in fact it is not the case, Shen Jiahua looks quite elegant, wearing a green robe, handsome face, thin figure, just like a scholar in the old days.

But this does not mean that the old man has no majesty, on the contrary, his back is straight, his eyes are bright, and he looks naturally with a sense of awe-inspiring stamina, which makes people dare not make mistakes.

Moreover, the old man should be over 70 years old, but he looks only in his 50s.The voice is loud, the footsteps are steady, and it looks energetic.

An Zhixiao understands why Ye Qing married her.Although she hadn't asked about it before, she was still quite upset about things like old couples and young wives.But now that I met him, I knew that some people could indeed make people forget his age.

As soon as he came out, both Ye Qing and An Zhixiao subconsciously stood up.

"How did you talk?" Ye Qing went up to hold the old man's arm, and said unhappily, "The guest I invited, why do you have any objections?"

"Of course not. It's just that since you're here as a guest, you should stay at home. Turn around and ask someone to fetch your luggage, and stay here at ease." Grandpa Shen sat down on the sofa, waved his hand to let everyone else sit down, and then looked at Ann knows.But seeing this, he couldn't help frowning, and asked Ye Qing, "Do you think she has a kind face?"

Ye Qing glanced at An Zhixiao, couldn't help laughing, "I've met Xiaoxiao, of course she has a kind face. But you, maybe you've seen it somewhere too?"

"No, no." Grandpa Shen waved his hands, "I mean, she looks like someone."

"Then you shouldn't ask me." Ye Qing said with a smile, then raised his voice, "Uncle Zhong!"

The housekeeper of the Shen family immediately responded and stood respectfully at the door, "Ma'am, what's the matter?"

"The old man said that Xiaoxiao looks good, maybe she looks like an old friend, you should come and have a look." Ye Qing said.She has been married to the Shen family for a short time, so she has not met many people.On the contrary, Uncle Zhong has been following Shen Jiahua for most of his life, and he knows almost all the people Shen Jiahua has dated with.

And as housekeepers, knowing people is one of their essential skills. In this respect, Uncle Zhong is one of the best. As long as he has met people once, he can almost remember them.

Uncle Zhong just came over, insulted An Zhixiao, and then raised his eyes to look at her.I couldn't help but be surprised when I saw this, "Oh, Miss An and the cousin of Mr. Xu's family look alike."

"You mean Xiang Yujie?" Grandpa Shen also realized, took another look at An Zhixiao, clapped his hands, and said, "Isn't it just like that? I haven't seen him in seven or eight years, no wonder I can't remember it. Sigh ,Getting older."

After he finished speaking, he looked at An Zhizhi again, and asked about her family background and other things.

An Zhixiao vaguely guessed what he meant, and couldn't help saying, "Grandpa Shen, my parents have passed away, and there is no problem with their origins. I'm afraid I will disappoint you." Her parents are just ordinary people in a small mountain village. How could it be related to the Shen family's family friends?