warm winter

Jiang Zhilan probably began to listen to Jian Xin's words after that injury, to be exact, to obey orders.Before that, she never knew that Miss Jane, who always looks gentle and generous on the surface, would have such a fierce side, let alone that she would order herself with her hips on her hips.

At first, Jiang Zhilan thought that Jian Xinhe was depressed because of the failure of his secret love, and if he was unhappy, his temper would not be much better, so she endured it.Unexpectedly, after getting in touch for a long time, she discovered that Jian Xin is no different from girls of the same age, she can also get angry, has a bad temper, and sometimes has a hint of arrogance of a spoiled young lady?

Jiang Zhilan was so angry that her head hurt, she could only keep reminding herself not to care about young people when she was old.Who knew that Jian Xin and her progress would become less and less concealed in front of her.

"Why are you still in a daze, you're coming back soon!" Jian Xinhe's hand was already on Jiang Zhilan's arm, trying to pull her back to her side.

"But... it's already here, don't you want to say hello?" Jiang Zhilan was still unsatisfied, staring at the door of the hotel reluctantly.

They hugged for a long time, and now they finally separated, holding hands as if preparing to leave.If I don't go now, I'm afraid I will miss it, Jiang Zhilan doesn't understand why Jian Xinhe doesn't want to show up at this time.

Jian Xinhe still stood there fixedly, and even subconsciously took a few steps back and shrank a little under the eaves of the roadside shop in order to better hide himself.There were various indications that she did not want to be discovered by the person opposite, and her actions had already answered Jiang Zhilan's question very well.

"They seem to have solved the problem, so let's not bother." Jian Xin and Youyou said, and turned to leave.

She was still holding Jiang Zhilan with her hand, so today was a waste of time.I could have had a good night's sleep, but the benefits I got from staying up late in the laboratory last night were wasted.

Sitting in Jian Xinhe's car, Jiang Zhilan was so angry that her face was puffed up.Seeing that she hadn't fastened her seat belt for a long time, Jian Xinhe stopped and looked at her.

"what happened?"

Jiang Zhilan glared at her angrily, and snorted, "You're obviously playing tricks on me, do you think it's too much time for me to recover from my injury?"

Jian Xin and Wuyu shook their heads: "I'm not that boring."

"Then you were so anxious before, and you were so restrained after you came here. Aren't you just jealous and uncomfortable, so you dare not face it!"

Jiang Zhilan was severely sleep deprived, her temper was a bit grumpy, and she felt very humiliated by being dragged around by Jian Xin and others just now, so she impulsively said something she shouldn't have said.

Sure enough, the atmosphere in the car instantly cooled down.Jian Xinhe simply turned off the engine, but didn't look at her but looked straight ahead.

Jiang Zhilan realized that she had said the wrong thing, and thought hard about how to remedy it, but found that she couldn't find the right words, and was so anxious that she almost suffocated to death.

Jian Xinhe waited for a long time but did not wait for Jiang Zhilan's next words, even his neck was almost stiff.She felt very uncomfortable because of Jiang Zhilan's words.It's not because she was told what was on her mind, but because Jiang Zhilan still thinks about her like this now.

The phone's ringtone broke the deadlock, and Jiang Zhilan quickly opened her handbag and took out the phone.After seeing the caller's number, his face froze, and his original intention to answer also stopped.

Jian Xinhe looked at her sideways, seeing that she seemed to be fixed, and couldn't help being curious: "Why didn't you pick it up?"

Jiang Zhilan pursed her lips and answered with a sigh: "Mr. Jian, hello."

Jian Xinhe frowned upon hearing this title, why did her second brother call Jiang Zhilan?

After Jiang Zhilan was discharged from the hospital and returned home, Jian Xincheng asked to see her several times, but was declined.Later, he also asked Jian Xinhe to take advantage of his sister's relationship to take a ride to Jiang Zhilan's place, but unfortunately his own sister refused politely.

The second brother should be busy with going back to China recently, so how come he still has time to harass and harass Jiang Zhilan?

I don't know what was said on the other end of the phone, Jiang Zhilan kept saying no.Jian Xinhe suppressed the boredom and impatience in his heart and waited, but why did this call take so long?

"Give me the phone."

Jiang Zhilan stared blankly at the hand stretched out in front of her, not knowing which muscle was wrong, so she honestly put the phone in her hand.

Jian Xinhe took the phone and said in a colder voice than before: "Second Brother, are you free today?"

Jian Xincheng was taken aback, and coughed a few times: "Ah, no, I just finished a report, and I have some time in the afternoon."

Fearing that his younger sister would know that he would not accompany her when he had time, Jian Xincheng explained again: "I happen to have a friend who came from England, who seems to be close to Zhilan's research direction, so I want them to meet, maybe they can help each other, Let’s make progress together.”

Zhilan?When did you become so familiar?Doesn't the second brother know that Jiang Zhilan is older than him, he is really not polite at all.

The irritability in Jian Xinhe's heart became heavier, completely ignoring that Jiang Zhilan called Mr. Jian just now, anyway, she is very upset now!

"Second brother, Zhilan and I have important matters to deal with today, please make an appointment with your British friend next time."

"Ah? What's important?" Jian Xincheng suddenly lowered his voice, and after a while he tentatively asked, "Is it related to Yuan Yuan?"

"you know?"

"I planned to tell you at night, but I didn't expect you to be so well informed."

Jian Xincheng also received the news in the morning, but he didn't want his sister to get involved.Yuan Yuan has a deep relationship with Ye Qing, since Jian Xinhe chose to quit, there is no need to take the initiative to post it.

"Xinhe, let's have lunch together. Now that we know about this, we need to talk about it."

For the time being, Jian Xincheng refrained from wanting to ask Jiang Zhilan out, and both Uncle Yuan and Aunt Liu came over in person. This matter would not be a trivial matter.He is a person who can distinguish priorities. Since his sister has already acted, he doesn't have to deliberately conceal and delay.

After hanging up the phone, Jian Xinhe sighed heavily.

"Let's have lunch with my second brother at noon."

Seeing Jiang Zhilan's furrowed eyebrows, Jian Xinhe's mood suddenly improved.

"Don't worry, it's just the three of us, there is no friend from England."

Jian Xin and Xin Xin drove the car, she didn't hear what Jiang Zhilan muttered, but it seemed that even without that British friend, she was not very happy.

Jian Xinhe suddenly clenched the steering wheel, bit his lips and said hesitantly, "You don't want to have dinner with us?"

Jiang Zhilan said frankly, "I really don't really want to have dinner with your second brother."

Jian Xinhe loosened his hands a little, and the remaining boredom in his heart completely disappeared.

**

Sure enough, Yuan Honghao never troubled Yuan Yuan again, and he didn't even make a phone call.On the evening of the second day after meeting Aunt Liu, Yuan Yuan received a message from Yuan Honghao, saying that they were going back to Haicheng.

"Leave so soon?" Ye Qing was mixing a salad, a little surprised by this.

"Staying any longer won't change anything. It's better to go back and report to grandma earlier."

Knowing grandma's attitude from Aunt Liu, Yuan Yuan already knew it well.If she and Ye Qing want to pass this level, the person who needs to be persuaded is not someone else, but the old lady of the Yuan family.

Yuan Yuan took the small pot from Ye Qing's hand and continued to mix, as if the two people who suddenly appeared in F City had not brought any disturbance to their lives.

Yuan Honghao and Aunt Liu boarded the return flight, and they were silent most of the time along the way.Aunt Liu looked at the empty scenery outside the window indifferently, the closer she was to Haicheng, the less room for her to choose.

Of course she didn't want to go against the wishes of the old lady, but Xiao Yuan was brought up by her painstaking care and care for many years, and she loves like a mother and daughter even if she is not a mother and daughter.She was astonished and saddened by Xiao Yuan's choice, but seeing Yuan Yuan crying in front of her but still telling her heart firmly, how could she not be moved?

Among the members of the Yuan family, in terms of blood relationship, she is the farthest from Yuan Yuan.In terms of time spent together, she is the one with the longest time.

After so many years of getting along with her, she fully understood how firm Yuan Yuan's heart is.Since the child is not just for fun, why not go back and try to intercede with the old lady for her, Aunt Liu sighs that this is all she can do.

She withdrew her gaze, turned her head and looked at the person who was more silent than her beside her, feeling worried.

"Master Honghao, are you okay?"

After Yuan Honghao came back from Yuan Yuan's apartment, something was not quite right. He looked extremely depressed, without the hidden but sharp demeanor of the past.Aunt Liu knew that she didn't dare to presumptuously ask too many questions, but they were about to go back to face the old lady together, and there were some things that needed to be communicated beforehand.

"I'm fine, I'm just thinking about things, but I find that the more I think about it, the more chaotic it is. It seems that many concepts before were wrong."

Yuan Honghao's voice was very deep, exhaustion was born from the heart, which made people feel sad after hearing it.Such a young master Honghao is really worrying. Compared with Yuan Yuan's persistence, Aunt Liu is more worried about Yuan Honghao's sudden change.

"What special happened?" Aunt Liu probed, trying to solve the problem before returning to the mansion.

Yuan Honghao looked at her and rejected her offer to share her distress.

The two fell into silence again, but Yuan Honghao couldn't relax at all.

At Yuan Yuan's house that day, Xin Ya didn't argue with him, and didn't even say a few hurtful words.Her calm tone made Yuan Honghao restless. For the first time, he felt that the distance between himself and Xin Ya was truly far away.

Xin Ya advised him not to push the child too hard, Yuan Yuan has his own choice when he grows up, and as a parent, if he can't support him, he should respect it as much as possible.

Of course Yuan Honghao didn't agree with the so-called foreign practices. Yuan Yuan was his daughter, so naturally he had to follow the traditional rules.Xinya looked at him for a long time, helplessness and disappointment were evident in her eyes.

Yuan Honghao refused to budge, and Xin Ya stopped arguing with him.She opened her mouth quietly and changed the subject, but suddenly broke Yuan Honghao's defenses.

She said: "Yuan Honghao, have you lived happily all these years? You have followed the path that your mother thought was good for you, so now, do you think you are really on the right path?"

Xin Ya's tone was very light, so light that it was almost impossible to hear whether it was questioning, accusing, or resentful.Like the usual greetings like how do you think the weather is today.

But Yuan Honghao couldn't answer, but he knew the answer.

For so many years, he was unhappy, really unhappy.

Seeing his slumped face, it was too easy for Xin Ya to guess the other's mood for them who were very familiar with him.

She hooked her lips and said, "So after all these years, you haven't remarried or even had a regular girlfriend. You're just being angry."

"I……"

"You work day and night, and you are on business trips all year round and don't go home. You are also angry."

Yuan Honghao shook his head and denied: "I didn't. At first I worked hard because I wanted to forget the pain caused by your departure. Later, I traveled around on business to find you."

After he finished speaking, he was stunned for a while, and suddenly said what he had kept in his heart for so many years.

Xin Ya kept avoiding him, didn't have any obvious reaction to his statement, and seemed very indifferent to everything.

This made him very uncomfortable, as if he was the only one who remembered the past.

"Since you have experienced such hardship yourself, why do you force your daughter to go through it again?" Xin Ya turned the topic back to Yuan Yuan, the relationship between her and Yuan Honghao was over.

Yuan Honghao woke up from painful memories, and he also has his own inherent thinking.

"Everything was fine before her, and she has never shown any abnormalities in this aspect. Suddenly falling in love with a woman, and she is so many years older, this is very abnormal, this is love, mother, this is sick !"

Yuan Honghao finally said what he had been holding back for so long, and he didn't want the face he cared about. He could take off his mask in front of Xin Ya.

Xin Ya was taken aback, if Yuan Yuan really had a deformed mentality due to lack of maternal love, she really couldn't get rid of it.But she has clearly seen Ye Qing and Yuan Yuan get along, every detail is like two equal people getting along, there is no awkwardness at all, what is awkward is just the traditional concept of others.

"You can have your own opinions but don't impose them on your children. You know whether Yuan Yuan desires Ye Qing for his mother."

Yuan Honghao obviously lacked confidence, he snorted and turned his head.

"Yuan Yuan will have no children in the future, and will be very lonely in the future." Yuan Honghao sighed, he was also worried about his daughter's future.

Xin Ya sneered, she didn't expect Yuan Honghao to live more and more regressively after not seeing her for so many years, and became conservative like this.

"I didn't expect you to be obsessed with children? Then why does Yuan Yuan only have one child in such a large property of your Yuan family?"

Yuan Honghao was so choked by her that he couldn't speak, so why hasn't he been urged for so many years.

"Isn't it painful to have a child with someone you don't like?"

Yuan Honghao opened his mouth, but Xin Ya still remembered this sentence.When they met at the European ski resort, they soon fell in love, and when the love became strong, they had Yuan Yuan.

At that time, Xinya was still hesitating. It was Yuan Honghao who told her that he was willing to take responsibility and promised that he would only have children with her and start a family with her.Then she believed it, dropped everything and went home with him, and gave birth to their child, but she never waited for their home.

Xin Ya's mood finally fluctuated, but it was not what Yuan Honghao expected.

"Your heart is against your mother's interference with you, but you can't resist, so you have been avoiding procrastination for so many years. But in the end, it is everyone who suffers. Now that your daughter is braver than you, why do you want to stop her? ?”

Xin Ya asked him loudly at the end, did he have to force Yuan Yuan to be the second one before he would be satisfied?

Yuan Honghao was unwilling, and even more reluctant.He loved Yuan Yuan, and even projected his guilt and regret towards Xin Ya onto his daughter, but he couldn't find the right way to get along with her.

In the blink of an eye, the daughter grew up and was completely out of his control.

Xin Ya's words woke him up. Years of pain and depression left him with nothing but his career.But do you really want to indulge Yuan Yuan to follow Ye Qing on such a road?How could mother agree easily?

On the way back, Yuan Honghao's attitude changed quietly. Although he was not as obvious as Aunt Liu, he was at least neutral.

But Yuan Honghao didn't reveal his thoughts to Yuan Yuan, he just continued to be cold, but the suppression of Ye Qing's studio has been completely withdrawn.Zhuang Yi's business is booming, and the investment he and Ye Qingqing made before is about to double.

Yuan Honghao didn't dare to test his mother's reaction, so he had to secretly prepare Yuan Yuan's way out.If the day comes to choose one of the two, the daughter will not live on the street.

**

In the blink of an eye, the summer vacation is coming, Jian Xinhe and Jiang Zhilan have been here a few times, but each time they are hesitant to talk, and they only pick Yuan Yuan for class or exams.Ye Qing knew what they were worried about, this time returning to Haicheng was the final test of their relationship, success or failure depended on this time, but no one could help this time.

"It's okay, Yuan Yuan and I are ready."

Ye Qing's words of comfort sent the guests away, but they could not change the unknown future they were about to face.

Aunt Liu sent intermittent news that the old lady did not make a clear statement, and only said that everything would be discussed after they came back from the summer vacation.Even Yuan Honghao tactfully revealed through Xin Ya that the old lady was very abnormal this time, making it completely incomprehensible.

The more this happened, the more uncertain they became, but they didn't delay at all, and boarded the flight back to Haicheng after Yuan Yuan completed the last exam.