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Song Ting kept arousing Xu Yan's curiosity about his future father-in-law.

But the future father-in-law has not shown up for a long time.

After the table was filled with hot meals, Song Ting sat down the overly cautious Xu Yan and asked his mother, "Where's Dad?"

Fang Ru replied, "I'm fishing outside, I'll be back later."

As soon as she finished speaking, there was movement outside the door.

Aunt Li went to open the door, and the future father-in-law, who had not shown up for a long time, finally walked into the house.

Xu Yan once guessed what Song Ting's parents would look like, they would probably be typical strict fathers and loving mothers.

A rigorous and serious father, and a gentle and kind mother, thus created Song Ting's gentle and delicate heart under his serious face.

The aunt was indeed very kind, and the uncle who came late, Xu Yan looked back and saw the person he had expected, with a serious face and a serious face.

Song Ting is six points similar to him, completely inheriting his heroic appearance.

Song Chenghai sat down opposite Xu Yan without saying a word, without bending over or hunchback, and still had the demeanor of a soldier.

He picked up the chopsticks, as if he was going to pick up the dishes on the table, and when he met Xu Yan's eyes, he stopped the movement of his hands again, "Is your name Xu Yan?"

Xu Yan noticed that this serious uncle was a little nervous, so he responded with a smile, "Yes, hello uncle."

Uncle is not good at chatting, and his words are very short, "You're welcome, let's eat."

I still want my aunt to come out to chat, and asked, "Xiaoyan, did you and Xiaoting meet on a snowy day?"

Xu Yan almost couldn't hold the meat in the bowl, and was very surprised.

He replied, "Yes, how do you know, Auntie?"

The aunt smiled and said, "Xiao Ting told us that he met you near the flower shop on the snowy day, and you happened to be holding a large bouquet of roses, and he was moved when he saw it from a distance."

Did Song Ting even tell his parents these details?

Xu Yan stretched out his left hand that was hanging under the table to the person beside him, and tugged at the corner of Song Ting's clothes.

Gently tugged at his thigh.

Song Ting didn't feel any pain, and his expression didn't change.

Xu Yan, on the other hand, couldn't vent his anger, and had to smile happily when facing his aunt, "I didn't expect you to know!"

"He even showed us the painting!" Auntie was very excited at the moment, quickly opened the picture on the phone, turned the screen to show Xu Yan, "This is this one, I am so satisfied with seeing you in the picture, than Xiao Girls want water spirits!"

Xu Yan saw the picture on the phone clearly and was dumbfounded again.

Ah, it's the painting hanging by the bedside in the bedroom...

No wonder my aunt kept praising him for his good looks. It turned out that it was because I had seen this painting...

And the aunt boasted, "I can't think of it, you look better than in this painting!"

Xu Yan was so praised that he didn't know how to deal with it.

The aunt noticed his bewilderment, and hurriedly explained, "Xiaoyan, your aunt likes good-looking people, so she is so happy to see you."

"Didn't scare you?"

Xu Yan quickly shook his head, "No, thank you, auntie..."

He's just not good at dealing with the enthusiasm of his elders.

The aunt was relieved, "It's fine if I don't scare you, or Xiao Ting will accuse me again." She picked up a piece of the most tender fish for Xu Yan, "Xiao Ting specifically told us not to be too enthusiastic about you."

Song Ting revealed it mercilessly, "Mom, in fact, I only told you."

Hearing this, Xu Yan couldn't help laughing.

Song Ting always has a way to help him resolve his anxiety.

In the middle of the family sitting together for dinner, my aunt answered the phone.

It seemed to be good news, she smiled happily again, sat back and said, "Xiao Qi's engagement time has been set."

Uncle finally said, "Finally it's settled. Before, Lao Li has been unable to make a decision. He always said that the days are unlucky. In fact, he is reluctant to marry his daughter."

The aunt was very relieved, as if it was her daughter who was going to marry, "We watched Xiao Qi grow up, and now she is going to get married."

She looked at her 32-year-old son who was still unmarried, and sighed loudly, "Xiao Qi is five years younger than Xiao Ting, and she is married now..."

It's impossible for Song Ting not to understand, "Mom, just say what you have to say."

With her son's permission, the aunt immediately asked, "Xiaoting, have you and Xiaoyan thought about when to get married?"

Knot... get married! !

Xu Yan was frightened by this question, and he tugged at the corner of Song Ting's clothes again, telling him to answer cautiously.

And Song Ting told the truth, "I haven't discussed it with Xu Yan yet."

Before my aunt could speak, my uncle spoke up first, "It's already 32, it's time to discuss it."

The aunt followed up and said, "Look, your dad is also in a hurry."

Song Ting was not in a hurry, "Take your time, the company is quite busy."

Xu Yan didn't dare to interject. He saw his uncle's expression became unhappy, and he didn't dare to speak out.

He and Song Ting never talked about marriage.

It's not because they are afraid of marriage, but because they haven't thought of that step yet.

In fact, no matter whether they are married or not, their lives will not change much.

After dinner, Song Ting and his father went into the study, chatting about something.

Xu Yan stayed alone in the living room, a little scared.

Fang Ru could see his nervousness, and comforted him, "It's okay, let the two of them chat, we won't quarrel."

Xu Yan didn't understand the communication between father and son, let alone the thoughts of a father, he worried, "Is uncle angry because of our matter?

The aunt shook her head, "He's not angry, but angry."

Angry?

In other words, uncle is sulking...

While Xu Yan was thinking, Fang Ru said again, "Xiao Ting is too assertive, making him, a father, feel that he doesn't have the majesty of an elder."

"He wants Xiao Ting to listen to him, but Xiao Ting always has his own plan, and every time he plans it very well. Can he not be sullen?"

Xu Yan thought, if he was an uncle, with an overly outstanding child like Song Ting, he might be depressed occasionally.

He understood his uncle's mood and couldn't help laughing. "I see."

Fang Ru felt that saying these words would make Xu Yan relax, so she said more, "When Xiao Ting was a sophomore in high school, he suddenly told his father that he was going to study art, and he was really so angry that he couldn't eat. But he In the end, I didn't stop it, and I let Xiao Ting learn it."

Not only against it, but also reluctant to support it...

Is this what every father thinks?

Xu Yan would not put Xu Hengyuan among his fathers, he was just wondering if there were other fathers who couldn't bear to wrong their children.

And in front of him, sat a gentle mother.Xu Yan couldn't help asking, "Auntie, what kind of person did you want Song Ting to be?"

Fang Ru replied with a smile, "Xiao Ting's father hopes that Xiao Ting will become a soldier like him. But I don't want him to suffer such hardships. When he went to study art, I was relieved a lot."

"But he later reported to the police academy, and finally chose a dangerous path."

When the aunt said this, she sighed lightly.

She didn't tell her son these words, but she told Xu Yan first.

"Your uncle and I have gradually figured it out. Our child is so smart that we never need our parents to help him make choices. He has his own ideas and judgments."

Xu Yan could hear her aunt's mood, she was both proud and helpless.

He said, "But Song Ting has always been very grateful to you, thank you for understanding and supporting his decision."

Fang Ru comforted, "We all know."

The communication between father and son is hidden in the quiet study room.

They sat opposite each other by the window, and played a game of chess first. No one spoke, and the conversation was all in the falling chess pieces.

It ended in a draw.

Song Ting cleared the chessboard and put the pieces back, "Dad, you don't seem to be angry anymore."

Song Chenghai was the first to make a move on the empty chessboard, and said helplessly, "You are a very nice person, why should I be angry?"

Song Ting followed with a chess piece, looked up at his father and said, "Xu Yan is very sensitive, you can't hide anything from him if you are dissatisfied."

However, his father Song Chenghai said bluntly, "I am not dissatisfied with him, but with you."

Song Ting knew in his heart that his father was still sulking, but he laughed when he heard this.

How can a son laugh when he hears his father's accusation?

Song Chenghai was even more helpless, "Forget it, forget it, I won't tell you these things."

"Xiao Qi is already engaged, luckily you didn't delay her."

Song Ting held the chess piece in his hand and refused to put it down for the time being, saying, "Dad, isn't this matter over?" He attacked his father on the chessboard, "Don't mention it in front of Xu Yan."

Song Chenghai said dissatisfiedly, "You don't need to remind me, I am your father, and I am more modest than you."

Song Ting immediately gave in, "Okay."

Halfway through the chess game, Song Chenghai said with emotion, "Hey, it's a good thing you and Xiao Qi are not married, you and her are really not suitable."

At the beginning when he and Lao Li matched these two juniors, they really thought they were a match.

And when Song Chenghai met Xu Yan, he knew what kind of person was suitable for his son.

He felt a little guilty, "Xiao Ting, it seems that every decision I make for you is wrong."

He wanted his son to enlist in the army, and he wanted him to walk the path he had walked.

I thought it was for the sake of my son's future.

However, in the end it was Song Ting who made the right choice.

Song Ting said, "Dad, you sometimes choose the right one, at least in terms of supporting or opposing my choice, you have always chosen the former."

Without the support of his family, he would not be where he is today.Song Ting didn't want his father to blame himself for this, "I'm on a smooth road now, it doesn't mean that the choice you made for me was wrong, it's just that I don't like it myself."

Song Chenghai listened to his son's persuasion, and sighed, "Okay, I will try to interfere with your affairs as little as possible in the future."

He added, "I remember when you just came back from the police force, the two of us basically had nothing to say."

"I was really going to be pissed off by you at that time, a good special policeman, who ran to be the president! Isn't the money your father and I earned enough for you to spend?"

"And you were about to be promoted in the police force at that time!"

This is what Song Chenghai is most concerned about. He knows how difficult it is for a special policeman to make achievements in battle and get promoted.

But his son didn't cherish it.

The chess game was completely put on hold, and Song Chenghai said earnestly, "But what can we do with you? Don't you still have to walk your own way?"

Song Ting said gratefully, "Dad, I am very grateful to you and Mom for your understanding."

"Xiao Ting, your mother and I have been trying to understand you better." Song Chenghai is a father with a temper, but also a gentle father, "We know what you are doing, and we know that you are very My opinion, you don’t need me and your mother to take care of it, you just let it go.”

When he said he knew, he probably meant what he couldn't say.

Song Ting understood, "Yes."

There are still many traces of Song Ting in the bedroom where he lived.

Unlike the bedroom in the safe house, this room holds older memories.

Xu Yan saw a lot of unthrown textbooks in the bookcase, the edges of the exposed books had turned yellow, and they were all from high school.

When he saw the troublesome math book, he immediately looked away and contacted Song Ting who lived in the guest room.

【WeChat】

Make sense: Can I see what's in your house?

Ting: Take a look.

With permission, he directly opened the unlocked bookcase and pulled out the most conspicuous graduation photo album.

The photo album is heavy and sticks back and forth when flipped.

Xu Yan carefully tore apart the glued photos, and saw Song Ting's personal photo on the first few pages.

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Papa Song debuts in the next chapter