hope and gift

The room was so quiet that you could even hear a needle drop.Mu Xiao looked at the smiling Teng Jiangyan in fear, and swallowed with difficulty.

"I suspect that he must have watched the promotional video of the competition in Hangzhou, and happened to see me. I guess he just happened to have some contacts with the organizer, so let the organizer directly book the hotel for this competition here." Teng Jiangyan knew that Teng De didn't have his current contact information. Even if he knew that he was in this hotel, as long as he didn't want to see him, he wouldn't know which room he lived in. After all, he used Mu Xiao's name when registering. open room.

But what kind of mentality is behind Tender's sudden desire to find him?Teng Jiangyan couldn't understand it.

Mu Xiao finally regained his composure, he heard a bit of intentionality from Teng Jiangyan's tone, and knew that Teng Jiangyan intended to play tricks on him.But he was not annoyed, instead he said kindly: "Xiaoyan, I didn't even know you were a rich second generation, and I will rely on you to support me after I retire."

"..."

"You're not ashamed to say it." Teng Jiangyan gave Mu Xiao a blank look.

"That's right, I'm not good at thinking, and I don't know anything about business. Everything in the house will definitely be for Mu Qin in the future. I have to hug my thighs in advance." Mu Xiao looked miserable, "Otherwise, I will only Living on the streets, doing art for a living."

"I'm not poor with you, let me ask you, do you really want to see my father?" Teng Jiang's face turned serious, and he asked a bit solemnly.

Mu Xiao still remembered Han Zi's words, and he definitely couldn't wish for this kind of opportunity. He nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "It's not that ugly daughter-in-law always wants to see her parents, I have to pay a visit to my father-in-law in advance."

"Then you wait for my news, I'll go down." Teng Jiangyan turned and walked out after finishing speaking, with a little hesitation every step he took.

Compared with Shaoqian or Ran Hongyu or Teng Jiangyan, Teng De gave a much better impression of Teng Jiangyan.Although he had never felt such a thing as fatherly love from Tender, Tender had also protected him when he was most uncomfortable and painful out of his father's duty.

But after so many years of coming here, looking back, Teng Jiangyan really can't think of anything other than kinship for Teng De, just like he is a familiar stranger he knows.Now he really doesn't understand why Tender, who did nothing at the beginning, has to pay such a high price to find him, because of guilt?Teng Jiangyan shook his head and shook off those chaotic thoughts, and could only decide to take Mu Xiao to ask him what he wanted to do.But I haven't seen him for half a year, and Teng Jiangyan really feels a little disgusted with him.

He walked to the front desk in the lobby on the first floor with ease, and politely said to the somewhat familiar girl at the front desk: "Hi, may I ask where your boss is?"

"It's Xiaoyan, you've become handsome again." The girl at the front desk recognized him immediately, and greeted him happily, "The boss is waiting for you on the second floor, he said you must come today Yes. In the private room 1001 on the second floor, you just go to have lunch."

"Well, then I'll go by myself, see you later." Teng Jiangyan lowered his head and sent a message to Mu Xiao, and went to sit on the sofa in the lobby on the second floor and wait for him.

Teng Jiangyan waited for quite a while, but Mu Xiao finally arrived.

Mu Xiao changed into more formal clothes, combed all his hair, and looked extraordinarily energetic.When he approached, a smell of cologne rushed towards Teng Jiangyan's face.

Teng Jiangyan looked up at him, smiled and said: "I feel that you are showing a peacock with its tail open now, which is very flirty."

"I'm going to borrow the perfume from Su Jinnian. I don't usually use it." Mu Xiao put his hand up to Teng Jiangyan's nose, and said angrily, "I think I sprayed too much, and Jinnian is still there." Laugh at me and spray it like toilet water."

"It's okay, it smells good, let's go. 1001 is a small private room if I remember correctly, you have to get close to my dad." Teng Jiangyan gave Mu Xiao a psychological inoculation.

Mu Xiao didn't understand why, but he still felt nervous, he nodded his head twice in a daze, and after nodding, he muttered softly: "Why are you nervous, Xiaoyan's father can't eat people."

After hearing this, Teng Jiangyan secretly laughed at him, then stretched out his hand to take Mu Xiao's hand, and squeezed his palm lightly.

Mu Xiao glanced at Teng Jiangyan in surprise, then lowered his head and secretly flattered himself.

1001 is a small bag for private business meetings, and the decoration is very elegant.The whole private room is not big, the outer wall is a whole piece of glass, you can see the panoramic view of the hotel's self-planted garden.A square table is placed against the window, with a deep red velvet sofa on each side.In the center of the room is a Ziyu double-layered fountain, which is gurgling with the rotation of the white ball at the top.

Tender was sitting on a sofa, his eyes fixed on the computer, and his hands were typing.As soon as he heard the sound of the door opening, he shut down the computer, put it on the side locker without haste, and looked at the person with a kind expression.

"Dad." Seeing the tall man in front of him, Teng Jiangyan greeted him with some awkwardness, and then took Mu Xiao to sit opposite him.

"You brought friends? It's quite unexpected. I haven't seen you for half a month, and you seem to be much happier." Tender's pronunciation of every word in this sentence is very standard, which makes Mu Xiao have a particularly strange feeling.After all, a foreigner's pronunciation is as standard as that of a Chinese, but with a particularly exotic face, anyone who looks at it will feel a sense of weirdness.

"Hi Uncle, my name is Mu Xiao." Mu Xiao hurriedly stood up to introduce himself, and shook hands with Teng De in a friendly manner.

"Mu Xiao, this name sounds familiar." Teng De pondered for a while, then asked hesitantly, "Mu Yueru's son, right?"

Mu Xiao's expression froze for a moment, his hands retracted as if they had been scalded, and he looked at Teng De with a pale face.However, adhering to the concept of maintaining a good image in front of his father-in-law, Mu Xiao adjusted to a happy emotional state, looked at Teng De with a smile, and said calmly: "It's Fang Shimei's son."

Teng De is not a fool, so he naturally heard the implication, but he was still a little surprised by what Mu Xiao said.

Mu Yueru and Fang Shimei are model families in the industry. It is said that the husband and wife respect each other like guests and live happily ever after.But judging from Mu Xiao's attitude, Mu Yueru didn't seem to have handled the relationship with the child well.

Tender is a businessman, so he naturally knows how to speak in the most appropriate manner.He pushed the menu in front of Mu Xiao, and said in an apologetic tone: "I was abrupt, sorry. But I am very happy that Xiaoyan can make a friend like you, and you must be responsible for his cheerfulness. Do you think Just order whatever you want, you don’t have to be polite.”

Mu Xiao took the menu and gave Teng De a step down.The two people here are "having a good time" talking to each other, but Teng Jiangyan, who was silent on the side, suddenly retorted: "He is not my friend."

Mu Xiao's eyelids twitched, and he had an ominous premonition, as if he sensed what Teng Jiangyan was going to say next. The hand that flipped through the menu froze for a while, then immediately withdrew it. Keep your mouth open.

Teng De was a little surprised, and smiled at Teng Jiangyan in an extraordinarily gentle manner, and asked curiously: "If it's not a friend, what is it?"

"He's my boyfriend." When Teng Jiangyan finished speaking, although he looked calm on the surface, his palms were already sweating, and he was holding them tightly under the table, trembling slightly.He leaned a little closer to Mu Xiao, looking like he was ready to protect Mu Xiao at any time.

Tender frowned, but he soon calmed down.He looked Mu Xiao up and down, got serious and said: "Xiaoyan, you told your family that you are gay a long time ago, so don't be nervous. Didn't I teach you at that time that it's okay to like someone regardless of gender?" Is it wrong? But... Dad doesn't really want you to be with Mu Xiao."

Teng De hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Mu Xiao, and said with a not-so-good complexion: "Your boyfriend's father is not a talkative person like me."

Teng Jiangyan was reminded of Fang Shimei's warning to herself by Teng De's words, and felt a little heavy for a while.Mu Xiao originally prepared a lot of words, but when Mu Yueru was mentioned, all words became pale nonsense.He was speechless for a while, and found that he really couldn't find the words to refute Teng De's words, so he could only keep silent with Teng Jiangyan.

"If I don't mention these things, I'm talking too much. After all, this is your freedom. You have grown up and have the ability to make your own decisions." Teng De saw the embarrassment of the atmosphere, and quickly changed the subject: "I can talk to you today. Sitting here to talk, I accidentally found you when I saw the promotional video of the game during the discussion, and I am very pleased to see that your condition is much better than before, and I would like to apologize to you on behalf of your mother."

"I went to a lecture on children's psychology a few days ago, and I benefited a lot. After listening to it, I really wanted to say to you, Dad, I'm sorry, but I couldn't find you. But I saw you in a few days I think it should be a chance for redemption given to me by God." Tender's eyes turned red as he spoke.

Teng Jiangyan was a little panicked when he heard this, his hands were shaking with his fists clenched, and his mouth was tightly closed.Mu Xiao saw his small movements, so he quietly pulled his hand over, put it on his palm, rubbed his wrist, trying to make him relax.

"I used to think that your mental illness was due to your sensitivity and your mother's beating and verbal abuse. After listening to that lecture, I found that your personality is not as sensitive as the lecturer described. Instead, you are a bit resigned. cowardly and weak. I thought about it for a long time after listening to it, and I thought it was all my fault." Tender lowered his head as he spoke, as if reflecting, "I didn't do a good job as a father in the traditional sense, let you Do you think that I was too partial to your sister and caused a psychological imbalance, and finally made you like this?"

Mu Xiao snorted coldly, and couldn't help feeling secretly in his heart: A father who doesn't even know what kind of life his son has lived so many years is not as good as a pig or a dog, he is really a failure.Return Teng Jiangyan, Teng Jiangyan is like this, does she have half a cent to do with her?

After thinking about it, he took a more distressed look at Teng Jiangyan.

His cold snort was deliberately lowered, Teng De didn't hear it, but Teng Jiangyan heard it, and Teng Jiangyan immediately pinched his palm gently.This pinch made Mu Xiao feel as if his palm had been bitten by an ant, a little itchy, but he restrained himself obediently because of the seriousness of the occasion.

"Before you were born, your elder sister clamored for a younger brother or younger sister every day, so I decided to have a second child with your mother. Later, when your mother was four months pregnant with you, she went for a B-ultrasound and found out that she was pregnant with a baby." Boy. It seems that the older generation in your domestic family attaches great importance to boys. After the news spread, your grandparents were ecstatic and ran all the way to take care of your mother, looking forward to your birth. I was busy with work at the time, From five to nine, I haven't been able to talk to your sister much. Your mother sends me messages from time to time telling me that your sister likes you very much, and saved her pocket money to buy you a lot of toys." Speaking of this, Teng De's eyes became gloomy, and his tone was a bit sad, "At that time, no one thought that she would get such a serious illness all at once."

"Your mother went to the hospital when she was eight months pregnant with you. I was still busy every day, and I had to find time to go to the hospital to meet your mother. Because of this, I haven't asked about your sister's situation for a long time. .Your sister also had to go to school at that time, so she could only be taken care of by the hired nanny. On the day you were born, your sister asked the school for leave and came to the hospital. It was a coincidence that you were born, as soon as the doctor came out and said 'mother and baby are safe, it's a boy', your sister fainted straight away."

"When we hurriedly sent your sister for an examination, the doctor scolded us and said that your sister had a low-grade fever for at least a week. What did our parents do?" Tender's voice began to choke when he said this, Sighed several times, "Your sister was wearing loose clothes at the time, and I didn't even see that her stomach was so swollen. The doctor said that she had ascites, and there was a tumor near the ovary. The initial diagnosis was yolk sac tumor. Later, it was removed by surgery. The tumor weighed two catties, and it had grown for at least two or three months. After a week of test results, it was determined to be a malignant tumor. At that time... I really regretted it. If I had paid more attention to your sister earlier, I wouldn’t have This happened."

"Later, the nanny also ran over and knelt down to apologize to me, saying that your sister had told her about the stomachache a few times, and she thought it was just a child who had a bad stomach and didn't tell us. She didn't expect it to be such a serious illness." Teng When De said this, tears fell directly, and he couldn't say a word.

Teng Jiangyan really didn't know that there was such a big fuss before he was born. After listening to it, it seemed that his world view had been subverted. He couldn't digest the information for a while, so he just sat there, his mind full It's the sentence: "Your sister likes you very much".

I actually misunderstood my own sister for more than ten years!

Teng Jiangyan remembered that the hatred and anger he had felt towards Teng Jiangyan from the bottom of his heart had now turned into a knife and was inserted into the apex of his heart. The pain started from his heart and spread to his internal organs, making him want to A feeling of throwing up.

Tender was immersed in his own sadness, and after a while he spoke again.He looked at Teng Jiangyan with a bad complexion, sighed and continued: "Your mother's family is really traditional. When you were born, such a big thing happened, they hurriedly went to a fortune teller to tell you a fortune I still remember that the fortune teller said that your horoscope is too light, what is it, and what is your fate... I don’t remember very clearly, it means brother and sister. Your mother and I don’t believe this, but Your grandma and grandpa believed it, and thought you were a scourge. It was you who killed your sister and wanted to strangle you in the hospital. Your mother tried her best to protect you and almost severed her relationship with her parents. Protected you."

"The horoscope is too light, and it is easy to attract evil spirits. Fate has a hard-eyed evil spirit. It is a person who is a big evil, and he will restrain his parents, brothers and sisters. As long as I am alive, the whole family will not start well, and will not be loyal."

Teng Jiangyan held his pants tightly with both hands, lowered his head, and finished the sentence word by word.This sentence seemed to be engraved in Teng Jiangyan's flesh and blood. Every time a word or two was mentioned, he could recite it backwards.

Tender saw his strangeness, and quickly comforted him, saying: "Don't think so much, really, people are born to atone for sins, so there is no absolute right or wrong in the world, if you do good deeds, the Lord will bless you .”

"I'm fine. Go on. I really want to hear these stories that I don't know. No one has ever told me before." Teng Jiang's face was as pale as if he had lost his blood. There was sweat in the room.

Teng De saw that he wanted to hear, so he continued to talk: "Later, your sister underwent chemotherapy and was in poor health, but the aseptic environment provided by the hospital was better, so I kept her in the hospital, and it became more and more difficult to go home every three days. The less. Your mother's temper becomes more and more strange. Sometimes she will fight with me for no reason, and sometimes she will beat you to death, saying 'you are a dead star' while beating. words."

"I thought it was strange at the time. She was the one who protected you from her parents, but now she is the one who blames you. But out of guilt for your mother, I just stopped her from doing anything to you, but I didn't ask the reason, but I think she, as a mother, should blame herself too much for your sister."

"Later, your sister became weaker after several rounds of chemotherapy. I wanted to give her a better environment, so I rented a house near the hospital to house her and hired a nurse to take care of her. The company happened to have a I come back even less because of these problems. I can understand your mother’s cheating. The thing that can destroy the loyalty of love is boundless loneliness. It’s my fault. I went home and saw the leather shoes at the door, and When I laid men's clothes on the sofa, I knew that my marriage with her had come to an end a long time ago. I didn't dare to go to your room to see you, and I only put the divorce agreement that was prepared before it was placed on the coffee table I left and went back to your sister. When she asked for your custody, I think it might be out of a desire to make amends. After all, you were the one who protected her at the beginning. I think the person who caused her pain has left. , she won't take her anger on you. In the end I made a concession and only took your sister away, but when I saw her beating you even harder, I can only say that I'm sorry for you. "

Mu Xiao was aggrieved when he heard it, and his heart was full of fire. He slapped the table regardless, and shouted at Teng De: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, what's the use of saying sorry so much? Why don't you go to the room See what kind of ghost your son was tortured at that time?"