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The day before New Year's Eve, Ji Shuyan sent Duan Zhi to the high-speed railway station, and Ji Yuan was also in his car. Later, they will go back to their hometown together to celebrate the New Year with their grandma and grandpa who are watching Ji Yuan.

People came and went at the high-speed railway station before the New Year's Eve, and Duan Zhi didn't bring any luggage. Ji Shuyan watched and packed his suitcase, only a few changes of clothes, and the rest were left in his small villa.

Now the small villa is locked, and the three owners have all left home. The courtyard that was bustling with fireworks two days ago has suddenly become deserted. Looking in through the glass windows, the beautiful embroidered sofa and black mahogany bookshelf are quiet and elegant. , but empty.

Ji Shuyan didn't have anything to say to Duan Zhi, seeing that the departure time was getting closer, he helped Duan Zhi put on his scarf a little.

"Remember to tell me when you get there." He glanced at Duan Zhi, paused, and added, "If you don't enjoy your stay, tell me."

Duan Zhi gave a low laugh.

There are people coming and going at the station, people seeing them off everywhere, young couples are reluctant to leave, friends and relatives are talking and unwilling to part, and there are many people who came alone and can't wait to go home.

And in this crowded crowd, he only had room for Ji Shuyan in his eyes.

He stepped forward to give Ji Shuyan a hug.

"wait me back."

He also said goodbye to Ji Yuan, then picked up his suitcase and entered the ticket inspection hall.

Ji Shuyan stood outside the door and watched for a while, then turned his head and waved at Duan Zhi before he went in, until the tall and straight figure disappeared, he looked away.

"Let's go." He said to Ji Yuan.

Ji Shuyan's parents actually still live in Wucheng, but in a town on the edge of Wucheng, which is nearly an hour and a half away from the city.

Their family has an old house here, which was handed down from their ancestors. It was already dilapidated, but it has been completely repaired in their generation, and it is a beautiful courtyard with blue tiles and white walls.When Ji Shuyan and Ji Mingyou were young, they often came here with their parents to escape the summer heat, but their father was busy with work and often couldn't stay for a few days.

Now that his father has retired, he and his wife have lived here for a long time, playing chess and fishing, and planted several tanks of lotus in the yard. In summer, they enjoy the shade while admiring the flowers. The days are very nourishing.

Ji Shuyan's car parked outside the small yard.

Shen Lanxiu had been paying attention to the movement by the window. As soon as Ji Shuyan brought Ji Yuan into the yard, she pushed the window open and said excitedly, "Yuanyuan, Shuyan, you're back."

Ji Yuan held the gift for his grandma and grandpa in his hand, he took a few steps forward, and without waiting for his grandma to come out to meet him, he stepped up the steps in two or three steps, and shouted as soon as he entered the living room, "Grandma."

Shen Lanxiu immediately came out from the next room.

She is in her early [-]s this year, wearing a light green knit dress. Although she is old, she still has a gentle and elegant demeanor. She hugged Ji Yuan and touched him for a long time. Looking at this darling, her son next to her became the background board.

Ji Shuyan was also used to it, and called Mom.

The whole family only had Ji Yuan as a baby, and everyone was used to it. After he said a few words to Shen Lanxiu, he went to the kitchen to look for his father.

As expected, Ji Rang was cooking. His father was a good cook, and his father had been in charge of the cooking for the past few years after retirement.

"Dad," Ji Shuyan called from behind, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Ji Rang turned around. He was a few years older than Shen Lanxiu. He was almost seventy, but he was still in good spirits. He looked at his son with a smile, "It's just in time, go and help me steam the crabs."

Ji Shuyan responded, and also took an apron from behind the door.

The father and son were chatting while cooking, and Ji Shuyan reported to his father about the operation of the hospital. At the end of the year, he would also make a summary.

Ji Rang nodded, focusing on two tasks, observing the color of the braised pork while listening to his son's plan for the second half of the year. At the end, he smiled and didn't intend to be Ji Shuyan's master.

"It's good that you know it yourself," he said lightly, "I'm old now, and I shouldn't be in charge of business matters anymore, but medical skills can be discussed."

Ji Shuyan also smiled. He had just taken over the hospital from his father a few years ago, but he was in a hurry and at a loss. Although he knew that he would take over this burden sooner or later since his sister passed away, he never thought that it would come sooner or later. So fast.

But two or three years later, he gradually got used to it.

He became the helm, and his father was willing to be his second-in-command.

He went down with a knife, cut open the ribs, and casually said to his father, "After dinner, I'll play two games of chess with you."

Ji Rang smiled deeper, wiped his hands, and patted his son on the back, "Okay!"

Lunch was ready soon, Ji Shuyan and Ji Rang brought out the food, and Ji Yuan helped to arrange the dishes.

Just now, Ji Rang was busy cooking, before he had time to ask his precious grandson, he began to serve Ji Yuan with food as soon as the table was served, and asked Ji Yuan kindly what he had been up to lately.

Ji Shuyan laughed a little at the side.

How about intergenerational relatives, his father was quite strict with him and his sister, but when he came to Ji Yuan's place, no matter how old Ji Yuan was, his father would still talk like a child.

Ji Yuan answered his grandfather's questions one by one, looking at the rice bowl, he was a little worried, the dishes were all piled up, and he didn't have time to eat.

It was Shen Lanxiu who knocked on Ji Rang from the side, and said, "Will you let Yuanyuan eat? There are so many words, I won't ask after the meal."

Ji Rang had no choice but to shut up, and put another piece of chicken wing in Ji Yuan's bowl, and found that there was no room for Ji Yuan's bowl, so he turned around and threw it into his son's bowl.

Shen Lanxiu felt that her son seemed to be thinner, so she looked at Ji Shuyan with distress, "When you came last time, you seemed to be a little fatter than now." She touched Ji Shuyan's hand, "It's only two or three months. Are you too tired?"

Ji Shuyan didn't feel tired, he spoke with facts, "No, it may be that I have exercised recently, but my weight is two catties heavier than that of Qiu."

Shen Lanxiu could only stop the rest of the sentence, but she looked at her handsome son, she was still a little worried, and sighed, "You, you have no one to take care of you, and you are busy with work, how are you doing well. Yuanyuan is still a child, so she can accompany you."

She wasn't urging her to get married, she had also thought about it in the past two years, but she couldn't help feeling sorry for her son being alone.

Ji Shuyan looked calm, "I'm doing well."

Ji Yuan was listening to the music, it's not that his uncle is not being taken care of now, Duan Zhi had nothing to do a few days ago, so he cooked for his uncle in different ways, once he came down from upstairs, he even bumped into Duan Zhi cooking for his uncle massage.

This standard of living has not improved by a single bit.

While grandma and grandpa were talking, he secretly smiled at Ji Shuyan, with a hint of teasing on his brows, proud of having caught his uncle's pigtail.

Of course Ji Shuyan knew what he was laughing at, the corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he gave him a piece of bitter melon, "Eat well."

What goes into the bowl cannot be wasted.

Ji Yuan stared at the bitter gourd for a while with a sad face, but he ate it cruelly, so bitter that he stuck out his tongue secretly.

After lunch, Ji Shuyan played chess with his father, and Shen Lanxiu watched TV with his grandson.

Ji Shuyan also brought a gift for his parents this time. His parents like to collect antiques. He got an embroidery study screen from the auction this time. The embroidered plum blossoms and white cranes are beautiful and unique. , he specially brought it here, his mother liked it very much, so he put it on the table to admire.

His father played chess and looked back from time to time.

But he took a few glances, and then turned around, and found that his son was also absent-minded, frequently looking at the phone.

"What's the matter, is there anything else going on in the hospital?" Ji Rang asked.

"It's okay," Ji Shuyan slammed, "Just take a look."

He blocked Ji Rang's chess pieces, hugged them, Ji Rang didn't bother to ask questions, and put his mind back on the chess game.

An afternoon passed in this kind of gossip.

In the evening, a neighbor next door came to deliver a box of freshly made green tea cakes.

Ji Shuyan was eating green tea cake and sitting on the sofa, and finally received a message from Duan Zhi. Duan Zhi said that he had arrived, and the road was delayed for half an hour due to heavy snow, and there was another traffic jam in the urban area, so he replied so late.

Ji Shuyan felt relieved, "It's good when we arrive."

He thought for a while, glanced at his parents by the window, stood up from the sofa, put on his coat, went outside Sen Leng, and called Duan Zhi.

The phone was picked up quickly, and Duan Zhi's voice came over the airwaves, "Hello, Uncle Ji?"

Ji Shuyan sat by the fish pond, beside the lake surface covered with a thin layer of ice, and there were swimming fish swimming under the lake.

"Where are you now, a hotel?" he asked.

"Well," Duan Zhi heard the voice of hanging clothes, "I just arrived at the hotel and haven't gone home yet. I plan to go there tomorrow afternoon."

The hotel he booked is not far from Duan Zhai, from here you can even vaguely see the roof of his house, a group of magnificent villas, and a large family living there.

That was the place where he grew up, but it was the first time he saw his home from such an angle.

He lowered his eyes, took a relaxed tone, and asked Ji Shuyan, "What about you, Uncle Ji, what are you doing at home?"

Ji Shuyan then told him about the chess game in the afternoon, about the five-year-old daughter next door, who fell in love with Ji Yuan as soon as she saw her, and insisted on asking her older brother to play with her, saying that his mother wanted to learn how to make a cheongsam recently, but she was so clumsy , couldn't even make the gloves for Ji Yuan well, the threads were still exposed, but no one in the family told her and praised her for her superb craftsmanship.

Duan Zhi laughed, "What about you, do you have gloves?"

"No," Ji Shuyan replied very simply, "Ji Yuan is a limited edition at my mother's place, and my father and I are both gifts, not too important."

Duan Zhi laughed.

Ji Shuyan thought for a while, and then said, "However, when I was a child, I received a scarf knitted by my mother. My sister and I both have it. Unfortunately, the stitches are not good, and a hole was broken after wearing it for a long time."

Duan Zhi fell on the bed, listening to Ji Shuyan talking about these trivial matters, his body temperature from the cold wind passing through just now seemed to be recovering bit by bit, especially his heart was burning hot.

"That's great," he said. "Your mother sounds lovely."

Ji Shuyan looked up at the Bougainvillea in the yard, and said "Hmm".

His parents are really lovely, they are both open-minded and open-minded people, but he didn't say any more, but asked Duan Zhi about his evening arrangements.

He thought, in the past 20 years, Duan Zhi didn't know if he had ever received a clumsy but sincere gift from his parents.

He seldom visited Duan Zhi's family, but maybe it was because it was almost New Year's Eve, or maybe it was because he was not with Duan Zhi, he always thought of Duan Zhi sleeping alone in the hotel on this night full of New Year's atmosphere, The pain in his heart was like a needle prick, spreading from the tip of the heart to all the limbs.

So much so that he knew that he had been out for long enough that his fingers were frozen, but he still refused to put down his phone.

It was Duan Zhi who was urging him, "I seem to hear the wind, are you in the yard, go back to the house."

Ji Shuyan lied without changing his face, "No, I'm sitting in the study and just opened the window."

In the house, Shen Lanxiu and Ji Rang tasted the embroidered screen together.

Shen Lanxiu pushed his wife, "Who is Shuyan talking to? It's been almost an hour. He's not cold. It's time for dinner."

Wearing glasses, Ji Rang looked out of the window, and saw Ji Shuyan sitting on the stone bench, the soft light reflected on his face, illuminating the smile on his brows and eyes.

The old gentleman raised his eyebrows subtly.

"Yeah," Ji Rang pushed down his glasses, "he's chatting with friends, why doesn't he come in?"

The two of them looked at each other, and a guess arose in their hearts, but when they thought of Ji Shuyan's recalcitrant character, they didn't dare to get too hopeful.

Shen Lanxiu wiped her bracelet, said to herself, and lowered her expectations, "Maybe it's a colleague, something important."

Ji Rang snorted, colleague, which colleague can make his son smile like a flower.

But he didn't say anything, preferring to continue looking at the screen.

Ji Yuan was eating snacks next to him, and he was frightened all the way, not daring to show his air, watching his nose, nose, nose and heart, pretending that he didn't exist.