After being given to a wealthy family

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the next day.

Chu Siyuan looked at each other with the head nurse in his office. The head nurse was holding a huge package in her hand, which had been half unpacked, and it could be seen that there were several blankets inside.

Just judging from the glossiness and softness, you know that it is worth a lot.

Chu Siyuan: "?"

Head nurse: "This is sent in the name of Mr. Lu, saying that the blanket that was taken from our hospital last time will not be returned."

Chu Siyuan: "..."

As Chu Siyuan grew up, it was the first time he experienced what it was like for someone to throw money at him. With complicated emotions, he pulled out a blanket, and then another... Speechlessly, he said, "He gave so much?"

Head nurse: "There are still some outside, I sent three boxes over."

Chu Siyuan: "..."

Chu Siyuan: "Then replace the current ones with new ones."

It was probably the first time that the head nurse had encountered such a thing, and she nodded dumbfounded.Could it be that the patient complained that the blankets prepared by the hospital were not easy to use last time, so he hurt his hands?

After the head nurse left, Chu Siyuan immediately called Lu Shiyu.

"Brother, why are you mentally retarded after not seeing you all night?" Chu Siyuan said incredulously, "Did you read some novel about the domineering president yesterday? The kind that Gu Manman often reads?"

"—Then what blanket did you send? If you want to spend money, you should buy me a machine. Our hospital just needs a newly researched machine. It's not far away in Germany, and it's not expensive. It's only 7000 to [-] million."

"..."

"Didn't you ask me to return the blanket?"

"Did I ask you to pay it back like this?" Chu Siyuan finally went back to the desk and finished, poured himself a cup of cassia seed tea, and said slowly: "Brother, are you in love? The token of love is a blanket , don't you feel a little shabby?"

"It's okay, I'm hanging up."

"It's really something." Chu Siyuan reached out and flipped through the calendar on the table, "You brought your little friend over last time—the time when his shoulder was injured, I told you to bring him back for a follow-up visit in two weeks. You promised well, it's been a month, why haven't you come?"

Lu Shiyu really forgot, since he took over Huanyu, he has been spinning around, doing everything just to sneak in.He took a quick look at his recent itinerary, "Then next week."

"Don't wait until next week, I think you've already recovered." Chu Siyuan said with a pun, "Brother, there are some things that I can't wait."

When Chu Siyuan called, Gu Manman happened to be reporting to Lu Shiyu.After he hung up the phone, Gu Manman asked, "Mr. Lu, has the schedule changed?"

Lu Shiyu obviously hesitated for a moment before saying, "No change."

Gu Manman nodded, and was about to return to the topic she talked about before the phone call - Lu Shiyu suddenly asked him, "How many blankets did you send to Chu Siyuan?"

Gu Manman was stuck in the cognition of "I am your tool for falling in love", and even the resentment of working overtime for several weeks turned into a shopping desire, just like buying eight sets of clothes for Lin Xiyan back then. This time, the keyword "Lin Xiyan" was also included in the blanket purchase, so she bought it in the same way.

Hearing Lu Shiyu's doubts, this secretary who spends so much money even developed a kind of dissatisfaction and disgust, "Isn't it true that Mr. Lu should be like a domineering president when he is in a relationship? Why is he so stingy?" , replied without shame: "One hundred blankets are paid from your private account."

"..."

Lu Shiyu asked others to buy what else he could say. He tapped on the table and forcefully returned to the topic: "Well, what did you just say? Continue."

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Lin Xiyan hadn't felt wronged for a long time, but after Lu Shiyu went downstairs during the breakfast time and found that he had missed nothing, he felt a little frustrated for no reason.

This is actually untenable, after all, they didn't make an appointment, but Lin Xiyan unilaterally wanted to meet by chance.However, Lu Shiyu didn't plan to have breakfast today and went out early.

"It seems quite far from here to his company." Lin Xiyan lay on the window sill, looking at the white road leading from the entrance of the villa to the outside of the manor, thinking quietly: "Will he come back today?"

Lin Xiyan was usually very quiet. When Lu Mingyuan wasn't looking for him, he always huddled in the room by himself, as if treating himself as some kind of exquisite decoration, and put it there quietly, like a A quiet and far-reaching beauty draft.

He often thinks of the canary, and sometimes worries whether he has lost the instinct to struggle, and if he really has a chance to break free, will he really lock himself into the exquisite cage again.

Lin Xiyan looked up at the sky, but still couldn't think of any answer.

He may not really realize how out of his mind he looks, but there are too many eyes around him, and he can't wait to analyze his every move back and forth several times, figure out what signs of deviant, and then report To Lu Mingyuan.

Lin Xiyan had made such a mistake before, and regarded the housekeeper and maids in this house as good people.Because each of them spoke softly to Lin Xiyan, and at first glance, there was hardly any disrespect.

But in fact, he was coaxing him into being a fool.

Lin Xiyan, who knew nothing, would naturally ask for help from those around him in an unfamiliar environment.These people knew everything he wanted to know, but they wouldn't tell him anything, they would only build a cage with warm, soft, cold violence, and become Lu Mingyuan's accomplices.

He is probably very socially inept, until now his safe range of activities is still limited to this bedroom on the second floor, at most it may be those occasions where Lu Shiyu appeared.

He actually knew very little about Lu Mingyuan, it was all based on his own observations, but the information he could ascertain was really limited, so he could only piece together some in general, and find some ways to deal with it.

Over the years, it seems that all his desire to express and talk has been wiped out, but the habit of clearing his mind has been formed.This is his subconscious protection for himself, because he cannot make mistakes, so he should minimize the things he usually does.

All unnecessary actions and unnecessary words are to be avoided.

In order to better achieve this state, he spends a little time every day thinking about what he did and why he did it.

Anyway, he has plenty of time to do these boring things.

The only joy is probably that he always remembers every second of being with Lu Shiyu clearly, and when he can't bear it, he takes it out and thinks about it, as if it is so sweet that he can continue.

He was still able to hold on, and he was not driven crazy by the environment he was in, perhaps because of that little bit of sweetness.

At noon, if he didn't want to go downstairs, the maids would bring lunch to his room.The meals are pretty much the same, mostly Chinese food, with occasional sweet salads.

Most of them are done according to the menu formulated by the nutritionist, and there are few changes.

But today, the maid on duty brought him a bowl of wontons.

Suddenly Lin Xiyan seemed to be enveloped by a sense of oppression that slowly surged up but could not hide, and even his breathing became heavy.

He was headstrong last night and asked Lu Shiyu to cook that bowl of wontons because he met Lin Wenhai. His father always played the family card when he forced him to curry favor with Lu Mingyuan.

The phrase "I worked so hard to bring you up" is always on the lips, because Lin Wenhai knows that Lin Xiyan is doing this, and Lin Xiyan's guilt towards him is engraved in his nurturing grace.

Lin Xiyan actually needed someone to tell him that it was not your fault that your parents divorced, so that he might be able to let go of some needless guilt.

He was only less than two years old that year, and before he could even speak clearly, he encountered such anger, and everyone seemed to point the finger at him.

The grandmother who loved him very much refused to even hug him, and wanted to leave him in the ice and snow to fend for himself.In the end, a passing stranger picked him up from the snowdrift and asked the police for help because he was unclaimed.

"Comrade policeman, this child is a loser. Even his own mother doesn't want him anymore. How dare our family want him." His grandmother refused to take him home again, and asked the police: "That woman go away!" I took all the money from the family away, please help me and get all the money back for me, right?"

Seeing this, the police station had no choice but to try to contact the child's guardian. In those days, information technology was not popularized, so it took two days to contact Lin Wenhai in another city.

During those two days, Lin Xiyan was kept at the police station.

Fortunately, there is a kind-hearted female police officer who can take care of him when she is on duty at night.

Lin Wenhai was also in a state of desperation at that time. He had been losing money in business, and the debts he owed would crush him to death.But he just wasn't reconciled, he didn't want to be an ordinary worker, and wanted to go out and make a living.

The family's property is so little, even if it is all emptied, it will not be able to fill the hole.

There is really no way, so I have to go to other places to find opportunities.

At such a time, there is absolutely no way to take a child as young as Lin Xiyan with him. He can't even take care of himself, so he has to entrust the child to his mother who lives alone.

The old man was willing at the beginning. The couple worked hard outside to make money, and she enjoyed taking care of the children at home. She believed that life would be better.

But since hearing that the son and wife were divorced, the child's grandmother seemed to have suddenly lost some kind of support in life.She didn't know where she heard the rumors, saying that the daughter-in-law got married outside and handed over the money her son earned to her lover, and then the two ran away together.

Life was already difficult, and I couldn't stand such a stimulus.

Looking at Lin Xiyan again, I don't like it at all. When did that woman hook up with a wild man? Is this my grandson?Whether it is or not, it must be a dead star.

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they will grow wildly.

The reason is also very simple. At that time, Lin Xiyan was short and couldn't reach the table—even the low cabinet beside the bed, but he wanted to drink water and couldn't find anyone, so he had to reach for it by himself.

As a result, the water was not drunk, but the glass was broken.

This was not an auspicious sign, and it happened to appear at that time, as if silently confirming something.

In the snowy days in the north, the snow does not have time to melt, and it often accumulates so thick that children cannot pull it out even if they step into it.The cruel grandma stuck the child who was less than two years old straight into the snow, and kept company with the snowmen piled up around him in the vast expanse of whiteness.

He was so young at that time that he couldn't even cry when he was picked up from the snow.The old policeman on duty sighed when he took the child from the arms of passers-by. It was thanks to meeting a kind person. What if he met a human trafficker?

Two days later, Lin Wenhai arrived by train.

Lin Xiyan was finally picked up from the police station, but he had nowhere to go.There was no way to go to grandma again, and Lin Wenhai didn't want to take him away either.Even if Lin Xiyan was a year or two older, she could barely send her to kindergarten, but she just happened to be stuck at such an embarrassing age.

After several days of embarrassment for Lin Wenhai, Lin Xiyan was sent to foster care with a distant relative.

This trip lasted for five or six years.

Lin Wenhai didn't take him back until Lin Xiyan was about to go to school at the age of seven or eight under his relatives' parents.At that time, Lin Wenhai had achieved some success in his career and settled down in S City.When we met again, Lin Xiyan had already developed a taciturn personality, but he had a good-looking life, and he wouldn't be annoying if he didn't speak.

Lin Xiyan, who is seven or eight years old, has grown to Lin Wenhai's waist, and he can just touch his head when he reaches out.

Lin Wenhai did not know what kind of emotion it was, and reached out to pat Lin Xiyan's shoulder—his hand actually lingered behind Lin Xiyan's head for a moment, and finally landed on his shoulder.

His paternal love for Lin Xiyan was probably poured into this moment.

Lin Xiyan timidly embarked on a journey north with his strange father.Everything he was familiar with before will be let go, and he will once again integrate into a new family.

Lin Wenhai remarried not long after the divorce, and soon had a new son.In the year when Lin Xiyan was taken home, his youngest son was already older than Lin Xiyan.Lin Wen was raised at home as the only child who was loved all the time, so it was naturally difficult for him to accept an older brother who appeared out of thin air, and he even cried several times because of this.

Lin Xiyan's grandma had already been taken to S City for the elderly, and she no longer spoke ill of Lin Xiyan when she saw her again.After getting along for a long time, she still thought that a bowl of water was flat and was good to both grandchildren.She even occasionally blamed Lin Xiyan for not being able to speak, for being very clueless, and for not being filial to the elderly at all.

Most of the injuries in the world are like this. The perpetrator has already forgotten all about it, but the victim still moves forward with the pain in his heart.Anyone who cannot forgive generously will be accused of not being grateful and haggling.

"It's all over—"

Lin Wenhai said such a sentence when he saw Lin Xiyan again after many years, which seemed to set a certain tone for Lin Xiyan's future life.It's just that although Lin Xiyan was more sensitive than ordinary children, he didn't understand right away.Later, I gradually realized that Lin Wenhai's words had actually taken Lin Xiyan's helpless years away. The happy family he got through hard work does not allow misfortune.

That morning in the north.

Lin Wenhai took Lin Xiyan to eat a bowl of wontons at a roadside stall next to the station.That was probably Lin Xiyan's deepest and most figurative understanding of fatherly love in his life, and it was specific to the smell of tobacco mixed in that morning.

Unexpectedly reassuring to him.

Probably some emotional touches can be shared, and somehow the sense of security Lu Shiyu created for him last night overlapped with the scene in his memory.He may not have thought of that time immediately, but subconsciously wanted to confirm this sense of security.

The maids in the villa never talked much to Lin Xi, they just brought the food to the table, set the tableware and left.Her actions and words are no different from usual, but there is still an invisible sense of oppression.

Lin Xiyan didn't know whether this bowl of wontons was a warning or a temptation, so he had to think about everything together.He was afraid that his hands would shake because he was too afraid, so he moved very slowly when picking up the tableware, and it took almost all his strength to get the spoon in his hand.

For two years, he has been trying to adapt himself to this kind of life, trying to force himself into a puppet without emotions and thoughts, but how is this possible?

As a human being, there are always seven emotions and six desires.

There will always be hesitation and fear, and there will be some kind of trace in the fleeting sense of security.No matter what the situation is, there must always be even a moment of rest, so that these emotions that have nowhere to rest can have a shelter.

Otherwise, wouldn't the only choice left is to sink into the mud?