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Christmas is a Saturday, and He Zhao suspects that people from the whole city have come out to celebrate, and people are crowded everywhere.

He was a little nervous at first, but he was stuck in traffic for an hour after class, exhausting his patience and nervousness, and he just felt hungry.

The place where Yi Qian made an appointment to eat was a western restaurant with unique and elegant decoration. He Zhao had never had a formal meal in a western restaurant, so he couldn't help but look around a few times when he came in.

There is a boy playing the cello in the center of the restaurant. The whole restaurant is shrouded in low-brightness warm light, and the atmosphere is very peaceful and elegant.

The waiter led the two of them to the reserved location.

"Have you ever acted like this before?" He Zhao asked quietly.

"Yeah." Yi Shi said.

"Will someone ask for marriage or order a song?" He Zhao asked again.

That's what TV shows do.

"Very little." Yi Shi said.

Yi Qian booked a seat by the window, overlooking the beautiful night view of the city through the huge glass.

Yi Xiaoqiao didn't come. Sitting next to Yi Qian was a woman who was about his age. She was tall and slender. Compared with the good-looking Yi family, she wasn't very beautiful, but she was bold and sharp, exuding the free and easy confidence of a professional woman. temperament.

"I'm sorry, we're late, the traffic jam was too long." He Zhao apologized and explained politely.

"It's okay, we just arrived. My name is Xiao Yun, and I'm Yi Qian's wife and Yi Shi's aunt." Xiao Yun introduced himself first with a smile.

"Hi aunt, my name is He Zhao." He Zhao greeted obediently.

"You look so good-looking," Xiao Yun sighed, "No wonder Yi Xiaoqiao misses brother Xiao Zhao every day."

"Why didn't Xiao Qiao come?" He Zhao smiled.

"She wants to come, but she has to go to cram school." Yi Qian said, "You guys order first."

The waiter gave everyone the menu. He Zhao had no idea about Western food, so he opened it and flipped through it. Yi Shi naturally turned his head to look at him: "Shall I order for you?"

"Okay." He Zhao said.

Yi Shi glanced at the menu, slowly gave a few long names with place names, and then asked He Zhao in a low voice what dessert he would like to eat.

He Zhao leaned over to look, and chose an apple pie ice cream.

After clicking and raising his head, He Zhao found that Yi Qian was looking at them and met his gaze. Yi Qian smiled slightly: "Do you often eat together?"

Yi Shiwen ordered appetizers, soup and main dishes for He Zhao without asking, and also told him his preference, as if he knew He Zhao's eating habits very well.

He Zhao touched his nose with a guilty conscience: "It's not too often."

Just two or three times a day.

"You elder, don't keep inquiring about other people's children. How embarrassing are the young lovers." Xiao Yun joked.

little couple...

He Zhao couldn't help opening his eyes slightly. His eyes were already big. Yi Qian clearly saw He Zhao's eyes trembling slightly, and he swept from Xiao Yun's face to his in shock, and finally fell on Yi Shi as if asking for help. But Yi Shi was still browsing the menu and didn't notice.

He was a little funny: "Don't be nervous, you decide your own affairs, we just want to have a meal with you, that's all."

Only then did Yi Shi cast a glance at He Zhao from the corner of his eye, but He Zhao hastily withdrew his gaze and looked politely at the two elders who were talking to him.

"Actually, it's because I really want to see you, Xiao Zhao, and I just asked Yi Qian to invite you out today when I have free time." Xiao Yun spoke straightforwardly, "Didn't it disrupt your plans?"

"No." He Zhao unconsciously stroked the glass of lemonade.

He Zhao has a lively personality and is especially good at talking. He can always find suitable topics to chat with people. He chatted with Yi Qian and Xiao Yun in a harmonious atmosphere.But Yi Shi could see that He Zhao was not as relaxed as usual, his smile and his words more or less matched Yi Qian and Xiao Yun, decent and polite.

He Zhao's protection mechanism was activated.

The waiter brought up the champagne and poured it into a slender glass with tiny bubbles.

"He doesn't drink." Yi Shi said.

"I drink." He Zhao answered quickly.

"You drink?" Yi Shi was expressionless.

"Why don't I drink?" He Zhao asked.

"Drink it." After two seconds of silence, Yi Shi said.

He Zhao picked up the wine glass and took a sip, it was sweet and a little astringent.He really doesn't like the taste of alcohol, and rarely drinks alcoholic beverages.

"Is Xiao Zhao the only child?" Xiao Yun asked casually.

"It used to be, but it's not anymore," He Zhao explained, "My family's situation is similar to Yi Shi's. My parents are divorced. My father has two younger sisters, and my mother has a younger brother."

"So, what kind of work do your parents do?" Xiao Yun asked again.

"My father is a doctor, and my mother owns a dessert shop." He Zhao replied simply.

Xiao Yun: "Then you are?"

He Zhao understood what she meant, and replied, "I live with my mother."

Xiao Yun: "Your parents must be very good looking. Do you look more like your father or your mother?"

"Everyone says my eyes and mouth are like my mother's, and my nose is like my father's." He Zhao said with a smile, "I don't seem to have the same personality, more like my grandmother."

"Grandpa and grandma must love you very much, right?" Xiao Yun said.

Few children will take the initiative to say that they are like the older generation.

"Okay, don't commit occupational diseases, let Xiao Zhao eat." Yi Qian interrupted their conversation in a gentle voice.

"Ah, I'm sorry, Xiao Zhao, I've been a reporter for a long time, and I can't help but chat in this way of question and answer." Xiao Yun smiled.

"Don't you always use the way you like when chatting?" He Zhao also smiled.

While they were talking, Yi Shi neatly cut the steak into a small piece, and then cut it into smaller pieces. He Zhao likes to eat slowly and in small bites.

Yi Shi put the cut steak in front of He Zhao, and took away the whole steak in front of him.

He Zhao paused for a moment, and gave Yi Shi a warning look, could he not be so blatant?

"Aren't you hungry?" Yi Shi asked.

He Zhaolai kept shouting for hunger all the way, saying that he was going to starve to death.

Hungry is hungry, but I always feel a little embarrassed...

He Zhao didn't dare to look up at the expressions of Yi Qian and Xiao Yun, and silently picked up the fork and started eating as if nothing had happened.

I ate this meal for nearly two hours, during which time I changed a lot of topics, talking about what movies were released recently, what kind of TV children like to watch and what games they play, and about the impact of the choice of college major on life.

It's less like eating with elders, more like a small gathering among friends, but not as relaxed as between friends.

Finally leaving the restaurant, Yi Qian said that he was drunk and could not drive, and asked Yi Shi to call the driver to pick them up, and he could also send He Zhao and Yi Shi back on the way.

Yi Shi walked a few steps faster to call the driver, Xiao Yun answered the phone and fell behind very slowly, Yi Qian walked beside He Zhao unhurriedly, He Zhao thought that Yi Qian should have something to say to him .

Sure enough, after a while, Yi Qian said, "What do you think of Yi Shi?"

He Zhao didn't know which answer he wanted to hear, so he said carefully, "He's fine."

"I asked Yi Shi, and he also used these three words to describe you." Yi Qian's tone was gentle and calm, but he spoke quickly, "Yi Shi's parents divorced just like you, but he was not as lucky as you. No, we all thought that his grandmother was taking care of him. In fact, his grandmother had emotional problems and had been abusing him. By the time we found out, it was too late. Maybe because of this, Yi Shi was a little withdrawn since he was a child. He really He is very smart and independent, he can do everything well, he is outstanding, he doesn’t need others to worry about him, and he doesn’t need others to care about him. But as an elder, I don’t think it’s a good thing. I always think about you when I see you, but in fact he also Like you, even in an incomplete family, you can grow up simply and happily. Xiao Zhao, thank you for being by Yi Shi's side. No matter what the future holds, I hope you will treat him well and not hurt him. he."

Yi Qian knew he shouldn't have said those words, He Zhao was just a child.It's not because He Zhao is naive, but because he has a sense of innocence, which is the characteristic of a well-protected child who has never suffered.

Although Yi Shi is two or three months younger than He Zhao, he couldn't look at Yi Shi with the eyes of a child a long time ago, because Yi Shi has long since looked like a child.

But maybe it's because He Zhao and Yi Shi are about the same age, and seeing them together, Yi Qian couldn't help making comparisons. It turns out that this is the cheerful sunshine that this age should have.

He could also see Yi Shi's silent care and protection for He Zhao. It's rare and good that Yi Shi is willing to be close to others, but it seems to remind him that some children are born with proper care, while others lack that. Part of it can never be made up.

He Zhao is a very good and smart kid, but he is Yi Shi's uncle after all, and he always favors Yi Shi.

He didn't want He Zhao to be too naive, sometimes naive sharpness would hurt people without realizing it.I don't want Yi Shi to be too hard. When one party is naive, the other party often has to bear more.

In the domestic environment, a relationship like theirs will face many problems and difficulties.

The innocent child has the characteristics of being soft-hearted and kind-hearted, and he hopes that He Zhao's soft-hearted kindness is a deviation from Yi Shi.

"Uncle Yi Qian, I like Yi Shi, I think he is good from the bottom of my heart, I don't think he needs my sympathy." He Zhao looked at him, his bright eyes showed no emotion, and his tone was relaxed, " Uncle, I don't think Yi Shi needs your guilt."

To be honest, He Zhao was a little angry.

But Yi Qian is Yi Shi's uncle, so he held back.

There seems to be nothing wrong with Yi Qian's diction and tone, but there is vague guilt and regret lingering between the lines.He sensitively felt that it was harsh, which was a kind of polite offense, and gently denied Yi Shi.

He wanted to say, uncle, have you watched Yi Shi carefully?Even though there may have been too much unhappiness in the past, he still grew into a tall and outstanding boy.

Yi Shi's excellence, Yi Shi's excellence, Yi Shi's prudence, and Yi Shi's uniqueness are all his advantages, not sequelae.

Maybe he didn't grow into the way others hoped, he didn't turn out to be sunny and lively, but he grew up well.

Who doesn't want to grow up simply and happily, but will it be questioned if it is not simple enough to grow up happily?Is it his permanent flaw?

Even if it is a flaw, who can be without a little flaw?

Who can define what kind of character is good and what kind of character is bad?

He Zhao once heard his grandmother say that children float in the sky without knowing the sufferings of the world, and when they grow up, they return to the ground.The lucky ones will be caught layer by layer, and will be lifted back to the ground without too much pain. The unlucky ones may continue to fall straight down from the sky one after another.

Yi Shi landed naturally when no one cared about him, and no one caught him, forming a solid shell by himself, groping and struggling to grow up.

It's hard, it hurts, and it's amazing.

But it sounds like Yi Qian thinks that Yi Shi shouldn't grow up like this, Yi Shi's independence, and Yi Shi's excellence should wait.

According to He Wenyan's theory, none of Yi Shi's elders fulfilled their responsibilities as elders.Then why deny Yi Shi's hard work to the present and say "I don't think it's a good thing"?

It’s ridiculous.

Yi Qian can feel sorry for Yi Shi, but he can't look at him with pity and sadness because he feels guilty and wants to make up for his regrets on Yi Shi.

No one's life can withstand scrutiny and scrutiny.

No one is perfect.

In such eyes, it seems that no matter how good Yi Shi is and how hard he works, he will always be a failed product that bears the misfortune of the past.

It was as if it was Yi Shi's fault to endure everything alone.

In fact, it was Yi Qian who had been staring at the shadow behind Yi Shi.

In fact, it's not that Yi Shi has been stuck in the haze of the past, but that Yi Qian keeps looking for traces of the past haze from Yi Shi. He feels that this is not good, this is wrong, and tortures himself with guilt to pity Yi Shi.

It doesn't make any sense.

Besides, Yi Shicai is not bad, he is very good, very very good.

"Xiao Zhao, I think you may have misunderstood me. I'm not asking you to sympathize with Yi Shi. I just hope you will be more considerate. It's not easy for him." Yi Qian said.

However, when you want a person to be more considerate of the other party, you are putting the other party on the opposite side of yourself on the premise that the other party is an incomprehensible object.

"Uncle, maybe I don't know what happened in the past, but Yi Shi is fine in my eyes, and I'm very proud of him." He Zhao said.