Offensive change: superficial love

Yan Ju was inevitably taken aback.

He actually guessed.

After all, Mr. Zhao should have been in Jingcheng before retiring. The case in his family back then had a high degree of social influence, and since the other party was willing to help Chu Ruxu, he would naturally know about the house, check the identity of the owner, and other All the relevant information came out along the way, which is not a difficult task for the other party.

Yan Jue even felt that Mr. Zhao's sudden heart attack last time might not only be because Chu Ruxu insisted on coming to the airport to look for him, but it probably had something to do with finding out that the person his grandson liked had such a family background.

Therefore, the moment Yan Jue entered the door, he had already started psychological construction, but the old man's embarrassment came too directly, and he didn't even want to leave him the slightest time to pave the way.

He hadn't talked about this matter with others for many years, Chu Ruxu was an exception, but in the end, he was very ceremonial and resolutely ignored it.

If I knew it earlier, I should have forced him to listen.

Yan Jie slandered.

It's like a dress rehearsal.

At least he won't be caught off guard by the opponent's grandfather like he is now.

"That's it, what do you think?" Yan Yan's hands and fingers were naturally crossed together, gently resting on his knees, he was calm and calm, and his tone was light, as if this matter was important to him Said, it has long been an innocuous past, "Do you mind?"

Mr. Zhao didn't seem to expect that the young man in front of him could handle this matter so freely.

He originally thought that even if he wouldn't get directly sullen due to his status as an elder for his rude behavior of exposing people's scars when they met, at least the other party would show some aggression.

But Yan Ju let alone being aggressive, it seemed that he didn't even intend to defend himself, and even took the initiative to take over the leading position of the topic, and asked his opinion gently and calmly.

Mr. Zhao pursed his lips, his serious expression softened slightly, but his tone was still blunt: "How old are you? Are you thirty?"

Yan Ju frowned slightly indistinctly, and he didn't quite understand the meaning of the other party's sudden change of words.

"Not yet, I will be 26 years old at the beginning of October this year." Yan Ju replied with a smile on his face.

"Oh." The old man replied, but his sharp eyes were slightly closed, as if he was calculating something.

The two sat in silence for a while, and Yan Ju even felt the feeling of restlessness for the first time.

He had never been so nervous before when he failed in the bidding and lost seven or eight figures of initial investment.

The emotion of "like" is really not healthy.

Yan Ju tried his best to soothe his gradually accelerating heartbeat, and sighed again by the way.

He was even a little envious of Chu Ruxu.

I don't have any parents to meet with, so the greatest difficulty is at most when I go to pick flowers for Yan Ziyou, and let Chu Ruxu choose by himself based on his local aesthetics.

After about half a minute, the old man slowly opened his eyes.

Yan Ju immediately straightened his already straight waist reflexively.

Mr. Zhao looked at Yan Ju, still frowning and staring at him, finally willing to speak again, his voice was low and serious: "Birthday in early October, that's Libra."

Yan Ju, who was nervous for a long time: ...

……what?

For a while, Yan Ju couldn't even tell whether he suddenly had auditory hallucinations, or whether he was ignorant and failed to comprehend the deep meaning of the other party's words.

His originally calm and calm expression even showed a slight crack due to extreme confusion.

It wasn't until the other party's next sentence came out that Yan Ji was sure that he didn't hear hallucinations, nor did he misunderstand the meaning.

It's not him who has the problem, this old man is really not quite right...

"That bastard Chu Ruxu is a Gemini. In theory, you two have a good compatibility, and you are quite a match."

Yan Ju: Huh? ?

Yan Ju has never seen such a world.

The old man used a serious posture as if he was holding a meeting, with a straight face ready to scold at any time, squinting Brownie with his hands and humming, but the words he said seemed to be taken away from him.

Yan Yan blinked blankly, held back for a long time, and then relied on the conditioned reflex developed over the years of work, stiffly and soullessly echoed: "Really? That's great, you are so knowledgeable about constellations Ah, very... very powerful."

Unexpectedly, when Mr. Zhao saw Yan Ju's reaction, he smiled lightly, and said bluntly, "Okay, don't you be nervous?"

Yan Ju turned his eyes back to the other party in surprise, only to find that the old man's tense expression had softened a lot. Although it still had nothing to do with "kindness", it was not so "scary" anyway. "

It was probably because Yan Ju showed his confusion too clearly, and before he could react how to continue the conversation, the other party spoke first: "What? I thought I left you alone to give you a bad impression? "

Mr. Zhao snorted: "I'm not that boring."

"Just click on you casually to let you understand that as long as I want to know something, I will definitely know it. It's best not to have any small thoughts."

Yan Ju didn't feel offended. After all, it was because of his negligence that the other party's daughter was irreparably hurt by a beast like Chu Jing. Now that she finally recognized her grandson, the other party found another The boyfriend with a not-so-prosperous family background, the age difference between the two is more than six years.

Thinking about it differently, Yan Ju only felt that he might have done too much than the other party.

He calmly looked at the slightly raised eyebrows of the other party, and inexplicably saw a bit of Chu Ruxu in this small detail, and finally he was a little relieved and smiled lightly: "Ruxu looks a bit like you."

Mr. Zhao was taken aback when he heard this, but after a while he started to blow his beard and stare: "How is it? He doesn't look like me."

"He looks exactly like his father." He muttered dissatisfied.

Since Chu Jing was diagnosed with AD, it has been two or three years since he appeared in public. Yan Jue recalled that he was not very clear about the specific appearance of the other party, but it seemed that the outline was indeed very similar to Chu Ruxu.

Thinking of this, Yan Ju could understand why the old man couldn't be gentle with Chu Ruxu.

After all, it was really difficult to get close to such a face, which resembled the face of the person who caused the misfortune of his daughter's life.

"The demeanor is like yours." Yan Ju bent the corners of his lips with a sincere expression, "The lifelike temperament is more pure, not like a child like Chu Jing."

Hearing this, Mr. Zhao nodded his head, seeming to agree with it: "It's true, a bastard is still very decent."

He refocused his eyes on Yan Ji thoughtfully, looked him around a few times lightly, and after a while, said meaningfully: "You are not bad, too."

"It's hard work for one person to get to where he is today."

The old man's tone was indifferent, as if he wasn't summarizing the ten years of Yan Ji's repeated labor pains in the ups and downs, but just a simple and ordinary concern.

It's strange, maybe it's been too long since I have communicated with the elders in the true sense, Yan Ji's nose is a little sore because of this simple greeting.

"Fortunately, the first few years when the incident happened were difficult, but later on it gradually got better." Yan Yan pretended to be normal and brought the topic back to the matter that he had avoided.

He probably really hangs out with Chu Ruxu for too long. In front of this person, the specific impulse to tear his own wound can grow wantonly along the roots that entwine the two of them, spreading to the other's family members.

Yan Ju pursed his lips, and didn't even realize that his voice was trembling: "Life must go on, our family's misfortune is not very special, after a long time, everyone has forgotten it, and few people mention it." gone."

"Others have forgotten, but you haven't." Mr. Zhao's tone was softer, as if he was afraid that being too strict would disturb the child in front of him, "If you can't untie your knot, you will never be able to get out. "

Yan Yan lowered his eyes and just nodded, not knowing what to respond for a while.

Mr. Zhao has read his information and helped him, so it is easy to guess his obsession with his childhood home, and it is impossible not to know that his father has not heard anything yet.

Of the two parties involved, one died and the other disappeared.

Even though Yan Ju has tried so hard to untie this knot for so many years, he has been unable to do so.

So he can only whitewash the peace like this, and live a seemingly normal life step by step, allowing this past to take root in his soul and consume him day after day.

Yan Ju had no solution but to wait.

Waiting for the day when the suppressed emotions and doubts of these years will burst out.

Fortunately, he met Chu Ruxu.

Although the root problem is still there, at least Chu Ruxu will help him clean up the minor pain caused by it in time.

Thinking of this, Yan Ju couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth.

The image conjured up in his mind turned out to be a miniature version of Chu Ruxu, standing on his heart covered with black rhizomes, holding a pair of sharp scissors, carefully pulling out the spikes on the vines, trimming Remove the ugly branches, and finally put a sun-shaped band-aid on the hideous scar.

After finishing the work, he still didn't forget to pat it lightly, and said to himself proudly and flamboyantly: "I know his nickname is not Yangyang, but I just think this pattern is cute."

"Call secretly a few times, he won't find out."

Yan Ju raised his head slightly, looked at Mr. Zhao, and said with a smile: "I was really tortured by this incident before, but it doesn't matter now."

"I'm alive." His tone was gentle but firm.

Mr. Zhao narrowed his eyes, and there was an indistinct smile on his face. He snorted coldly, and teased, "Does he still have such abilities?"

"Don't be fooled by a fool."

Yan Ji also laughed and said, "He just pretends to be stupid every day so that he can act like a baby, but he is actually smart."

Mr. Zhao curled his lips, noncommittal.

After pausing for a moment, he sighed softly, his smile stopped temporarily, and he brought the topic back: "Actually, when he mentioned you to me last time, I was very disgusted."

"Because of my family?" Yan Ju's tone was still gentle.

The other party shook his head: "At that time, I hadn't asked anyone to check you."

Mr. Zhao's words were full of sadness: "When he described you, the expression on his mother's face when he described Chu Jing to me was almost exactly the same."

Upon receiving this somewhat unexpected answer, Yan Ju couldn't help being startled: "His mother..."

"That kid should have told you." Mr. Zhao glanced at him lightly.

Yan Ju nodded and shook his head again: "I mentioned a few words in the car just now, but not too detailed."

As expected, the old man snorted again: "I said why did it take me so long to come in, so I was giving you a vaccination."

Yan Ju rolled the corners of his eyes, neither admitting nor denying.

"His grandmother, my lover, also committed suicide." Mr. Zhao closed his eyes and said slowly, "In her suicide note, every word in her suicide note complained that living with someone like me was hard and hopeless. So she chose to get rid of me completely in this way."

Yan Ju frowned, and comforted with some sadness: "You know, people who have been eroded and tortured by this kind of disease are easy to say radical things when they are not in good condition. She may not mean that."

"No, that's what she thinks. I'm busy with work and have a bad temper. I can't see her for the last time in a few months. She must have been wronged, so when she sees her, she will want to coax me. I can't pull it off. Either she was cold or she was quarreling, but by the time I realized what I was doing wrong, it was too late." Mr. Zhao rubbed Brownie's head, "After she passed away, Zhao Jin was still very young."

"Oh, it's Chu Ruxu's mother."

"I didn't know how to take care of her, and I was worried that she would feel that living with me was painful, so I simply used more work to escape reality, and left her at home to live with the nanny, hiding away by myself."

"I didn't expect to do it wrong." He sighed and continued, "We rarely contact each other, and we only spend time together during the holidays and festivals, so when I find out that something is wrong with her, she I have been with Chu Jing for four or five years."

"I checked and found out that Chu Jing's original wife died of illness much later than when she told me that the two of them were dating. I was immediately furious and said a lot of angry words."

"But after all, I have never been by her side since I was a child. Xiaojin has no feelings for me. She just excitedly told me how good that scumbag was to her. When I called her "shame", she nodded coldly and left After saying "I've always known", he left directly. "

"Because I was angry, I didn't contact her directly for several years. When I finally thought about it and decided to accept the unethical relationship between her and Chu Jing, Chu Jing told me that he and Xiao Jin had been separated for a long time. " Mr. Zhao showed a very remorseful expression, "I dubiously asked someone to investigate, but the result I got was indeed the same."

"Chu Jing hasn't had any women around her these years. She seems to be nurturing his eldest son wholeheartedly, but Xiao Jin seems to have evaporated from the world, and there is no trace of it."

"I thought she just found a corner alone after she separated from Chu Jing, and planned to live a new life quietly. Because she was very disappointed in me, she deliberately didn't want me to find her."

"But I think I'm in good health. It's not a problem to wait for the last ten or twenty years. I can always wait until the day she is willing to give me a chance." Mr. Zhao shook his head, "But all I'm waiting for is her death, and A box of letters addressed to me."

"Although she didn't say a word about what Chu Jing did to her, and Chu Ruxu didn't want to tell me, and said that it was specially instructed by his mother before his death, but I can still guess something."

"But Chu Jing's arrangements are really thorough. No matter what method I use, I can't find any evidence against him."

Yan Ju also shook his head: "Ruxu's mother committed suicide, and using mind control to injure people is difficult to obtain evidence. No matter how bad the result is, it is difficult to give reasonable punishment at the legal level."

"I know, and I admit it too." Mr. Zhao clenched his fists tightly and nodded, "I've retired a long time ago, and I can't reach Ning Cheng. Even if I want to, I can only do something against him. A painless stumbling block."

"So now that Chu Jing suffers from some kind of dementia, I will take it as his karma." He paused, as if relieved, "Chu Ruxu hates him no less than I do, he only deals with a patient, that child knows it well. "

"Besides, to put it bluntly, all these tragedies are actually caused by me."

Yan Ju frowned, but did not respond.

He really didn't know how to respond, because going back to the source, whether it was Grandma Ruxu or his mother, their tragedies were all caused by Mr. Zhao's indifference, evasion, self-righteousness and taking things for granted.

It is difficult for mind control to cause too much harm to a child who has grown up soaked in love.

Because they have everything and lack nothing.

They don't need to find substitutes from deformed and distorted falsehoods, and they are not easily deceived by superficial calculations.

They have the unconditional support of family and friends, so even if they occasionally make a wrong choice, there will always be a smooth retreat.

The two sat opposite each other in silence. After a long time, Mr. Zhao spoke again.

"The first time I saw Chu Ruxu, he held his mother's photo and a cardboard box, and looked at me hostilely, with cold eyes."

"He said, "Hello, Grandpa, I hate you, but my mother told me to treat you better on her behalf, and I will try my best to do what I promised her." The old man imitated Chu Ruxu's arrogant posture , repeating.

Yan Ju imagined for a moment, he seemed to be able to see the 16-year-old Chu Ruxu, frowning, reluctantly introducing himself in front of this strange relative.

A lanky adolescent, a fresh-faced child bluffs with aloofness and vitriol, trying to hide his grief over the loss of his mother.

"When I saw his appearance at the time, I knew that this must be my grandson." Mr. Zhao flattened the corners of his lips, "The bastard is exactly the same as when I was young."

Yan Ju smiled softly, and retorted: "He is very obedient in front of me, he will take care of my feelings carefully, he is a perfect partner."

Mr. Zhao made a "hiss" and commented: "It's disgusting."

Yan Ji was noncommittal, and he did feel that he had become more and more hypocritical recently.

Maybe this is a side effect of the honeymoon period.

"Tell him to deliver a piece of fruit, why is he so slow." Mr. Zhao stood up cursing, walked towards the backyard with Brownie in his arms, "Look at what he is doing."

Yan Jue nodded, and followed the other party out, but as soon as he entered the backyard, he saw Nan`feng in a dense rose bush, Chu Ruxu was pestering the gardener who was pruning routinely, asking the other party to pick some of the best roses for him. Beautifully tied into a bouquet, good for Yan Ji.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, Chu Ruxu's whole body seemed to be coated with a layer of soft orange light, and the hair on the top of her head was illuminated to make it fluffy, which looked easy to knead.

Yan Ju couldn't hold back any more, and laughed outright.

Probably because of a tacit understanding, Chu Ruxu seemed to sense the existence of Yan Ji in an instant, and immediately turned around, smiled brightly, and waved in their direction, revealing two pointed canine teeth.

At best, it is cheerful and sunny, but at worst, it is more or less silly.

Apparently, Mr. Zhao also felt the same way, he snorted coldly and commented: "That's all it takes."

Yan Ju's beautiful eyes were curved, and his tone was full of liking: "It's actually quite cute."

Mr. Zhao turned his head slightly, glanced at him, and after thinking for a while, he seemed relieved and said: "During this time, I have sent another person to carefully check your mother and father, and their social relations at that time. .”

Yan Ju's smile was slightly restrained, and his tone was flat: "Is there any new discovery?"

Mr. Zhao nodded: "Yes, but it's not too important. The police knew it back then, but it was invalid information for arresting your father."

"For you, it may be useful, or it may not be useful. You can judge for yourself after you get it."

Yan Yu frowned slightly, feeling a little puzzled.

"I sent someone to the archives room to adjust it, and it will be sent to you tomorrow."

Yan Ju said "hmm" and thanked him again.

He has been waiting for so many years and doesn't care about one more night.

Mr. Zhao looked at Chu Ruxu who was holding a rough package of roses in the distance and smiling like a fool, the corners of his mouth could not help but bend.

He put Brownie who had woken up on the ground, leaned on the crutch with one hand, slightly raised the other hand, and patted Yan Jue's shoulder twice: "I don't care about your past, and Xiao Xu doesn't care either. "

"So I hope you don't feel that this is something very bad."

"Of course, it's really bad, but it has nothing to do with what kind of person you are, what kind of person you are in the eyes of others, and what kind of person you want and can be." Mr. Zhao sighed softly Tone, "Don't stress, don't always punish yourself with other people's mistakes."

"My boy, you are worthy of anyone."

Yan Ji bit his lip as if he had been poked in his heart.

It turned out that the low self-esteem that he thought he had hidden well turned out to be so obvious and had nowhere to hide.

"I'm old, I'm not in the mood and I'm not qualified to care who that kid Chu Ruxu wants to be with, but with his mother's precedent, I always have to be a little more cautious when choosing a partner between him and Qianqiu." The old man said.

He probably hadn't had anyone to talk to for too long, so after opening a gap to Yan Ji, those squeezed emotions poured out uncontrollably.

After all, according to the description, Chu Qianqiu is probably heartless and has lived abroad all year round, and Chu Ruxu has witnessed the pain her mother has suffered in these years, and probably has resentment towards this indifferent, cruel, and unhelpful grandfather. of.

"I just hope that they can be treated with sincerity, and can also treat others with sincerity." Mr. Zhao smiled lightly, and patted Yan Ji twice, "Go, go find him."

"Remember to ask him to bring you to play often in the future."

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Come, come, come -3-

Sorry for being late, today is the two-in-one chapter 0v0