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Chapter 101

On the way down the mountain, I received a message from Fang Hongyuan, who said that he would be free anytime recently.

I was very pleasantly surprised. I thought it would be difficult to get an appointment with a busy person like him, so I immediately replied: "How about this weekend? What is more convenient for you? Tell me, I'll go there."

It is best to find a suitable script and role for Song Cheng as soon as possible, but everything is always difficult at the beginning, but now it is smooth.There were no cars on the road, so I stepped on the accelerator to accelerate, lowered the window to let the mountain wind blow over my face, and felt very relaxed.

But this kind of ease disappeared completely after seeing the text message from Xu Yucheng.

"Go back to the main house tonight, grandpa will go to the hospital to visit dad tomorrow, we have to go with him."

I pursed my lips, it seemed that my plan to go to the supermarket with Song Cheng tonight fell through, and I had to find a suitable excuse for my temporary refusal.

The car happened to be near the research institute where I picked up Song Cheng's cell phone last time. I stopped and waited for the red light. Thinking of Song Cheng's trusting eyes, I felt a little hesitant, so I picked up the cell phone and replied: "I have something to do at night, I can go there tomorrow morning ?"

Before Xu Yucheng could reply, the green light came on first.I kept this incident in my heart, and started the car while paying attention to whether there was any news on the phone screen.

This distraction made me almost run into the pedestrian in front of me. I slammed on the brakes and barely stopped.

"Are you okay?!"

The other party was an elderly man with a briefcase in his hand. He was bumped by the front of the car and fell to the ground with an ouch.

I hurriedly got out of the car to help him up, muttering in my heart—today is really unlucky, even though the old man ran the red light and crossed the road first, I couldn’t tell if it was wrong.

Unexpectedly, the uncle stood up with my arms around him, and patted the dust on his pants: "It's all right, it's because I didn't pay attention to the traffic lights, and it has nothing to do with you, young man."

When he said that, I felt embarrassed for my malicious speculation just now: "I'll send you to the hospital for a checkup, so I can rest assured."

"No, really no, what to waste that time, I'm busy!" He glanced at his watch, waved his hand, "You go."

The more he said that, the more I felt uneasy. You must know that there are some cases where I didn't feel anything at the time of the car accident, and then there were big problems later.The old man seems to be in good spirits now, if something happens when I go back, can I still be a human being?

I sighed: "You go to the hospital with me, just treat it as if I took you for a physical examination, and I will pay for it."

The old man was very stubborn and insisted on disagreeing: "I'm really fine, you go about your business. I know what you young people are worried about. Otherwise, I will record a video for you to prove that if there is anything wrong with you, it has nothing to do with you."

I couldn't laugh or cry when I heard his words: "It's not for this reason. Anyway, I bumped into you too. I'm sorry. I'll check with you to make me feel at ease. Where are you going later, I'll drive you."

A few pedestrians gathered on the side of the road to watch the excitement.The traffic police came to mediate, and asked me to move the car to the side of the road, and said to the uncle: "The owner of the car offered to take you to the hospital. You should go, and the children can rest assured when they go back."

A few aunts helped to speak up: "What is more important than your body? You can go to the hospital to check it out, and see if it makes people and children anxious."

Unable to be persuaded, the uncle looked at his watch again, and turned to me and said, "Young man, how about it, do you have anything to do tonight? I will hold a meeting later, about half an hour. If you have nothing to do, you can stay there." Wait a minute, I'll take you to the hospital for an examination later."

I estimated the time, Xu Yucheng hasn't responded yet, so I probably won't be able to return to Song Cheng tonight.Since it's time to go back to the main house, it doesn't hurt to be late.

"I'll take you there." It's not a problem to stop here all the time, I let the uncle get in the car after negotiating with the traffic police, and turned to ask him, "Where are you going?"

The uncle looked at him with an air of old pedantry, and his speech was as if he was giving a report: "Carrier Rocket Research Institute, turn left at the next intersection."

I was taken aback when I heard this location - I just went there to pick up Song Cheng's cell phone yesterday, and I'm going there again today, so it's a coincidence.

"Going to the research institute, are you a high-level intellectual?" It was a bit boring not to talk on the road, so I spoke to him, "What's your surname?"

"Miangui's surname is Gao."

"Then I'll call you Teacher Gao." I smiled, "My surname is Xu, you can call me Xiao Xu."

He nodded to me: "It is commendable that young people like you are so eager to take responsibility these days."

I smiled helplessly, and thought to myself, am I brave enough to take responsibility? I am afraid that you are getting old, and if something really happens, something serious will happen.

The research institute is not far from here. I parked the car nearby, registered with the security guard, and accompanied Teacher Gao in.

I still remember that the security guard kept watching me yesterday, and today another person changed and let me in after filling out the form.

It was the first time I entered here, and I didn't know the way at all. Teacher Gao took me outside a building, turned his head and said to me politely: "I'm here for a meeting. Outsiders are not allowed to enter here, Xiaoxu you Come meet me here in half an hour, okay?"

I took a photo with my mobile phone to prevent myself from being lost, and nodded, "It's okay, you can do your work first, I'll walk around."

After he entered, I walked along the road for a while, and my phone vibrated suddenly, and Xu Yucheng replied to my message:

"Xiao Yan, be obedient."

I held my phone in silence for a moment.

When I saw this sentence, I seemed to hear Xu Yucheng's voice, gentle, calm, but not refusing.

I have always been a coward, and I can bear any unfair things. I have only blatantly quarreled with him once since I was a child.

After the scores came out, the discussion in the class turned into the school and major to apply for.Because we have to fill in our volunteers before the college entrance examination, the teacher asked us to discuss with our parents now.

I secretly filled out the simulation report form that I sent out from the old man, but when I turned around for class, I was called out by the teacher: "Xu Junyan, come to the office."

I pushed open the door of the office in a daze, and found Xu Yucheng sitting there smiling and chatting with the head teacher, holding the simulation sheet I handed in in his hand.

On the way back that day, we all sat in the back seat of the car, and the driver drove without saying a word. Xu Yucheng suddenly said, "Grandpa wants you to study finance."

"I do not want."

"Why?" He didn't meet my eyes, "I can go to the company to help in the future."

"The Xu family doesn't need my help." I said, "I don't want to study finance, I don't like it."

"You haven't tried it yet, how do you know you won't like it?"

"I don't even know what I don't like? And I don't have a chance to go back on it after I try it."

Xu Yucheng smiled, his voice was very soft, but there was a bit of sarcasm in my ears: "Xiao Yan, you are still young, and you don't know what you want."

"Are you much older than me?" I choked back so bluntly for the first time, maybe it was because the form was changed to financial form, or because the faint condescension in his tone hurt me, "I I said I don’t want to, and I won’t budge on this matter.”

Xu Yucheng was not angry.He turned his head to look at me, frowning slightly, coupled with his elegant and handsome face, he still had a gentleness mixed with worry: "Don't talk to grandpa like this when you go back later, he will be angry."

I suddenly felt bored, tired of his gentle mask, tired of his obedient playing the perfect role, tired of Xu Yucheng's whole person.

"I do not care."

In my imagination, this sentence should hit the ground heavily, like shackles and iron chains suddenly falling off.

When I said it, it felt like a dead leaf, lightly falling on Xu Yucheng's knee, and was brushed away without causing any ripples.

His beautiful peach eyes narrowed slightly, and he shook his head helplessly: "Look, it's so easy to get angry and say that I'm not a child."

When getting off the car, Xu Yucheng gently put his arms around my shoulders, and unloaded my heavy schoolbag to the servant.Before I walked into my grandfather's study, he straightened my collar and said softly in my ear: "Don't be wronged, just smile. Just treat it for me, don't disobey Grandpa's arrangement, okay?"

As if it was for him... In the whole family, he is the only one who has been taking care of me who is not popular. If I do something that shouldn't be done, grandpa will be angry because of it, and he will be implicated.

What I am wronged is not paying for you.I looked at Xu Yucheng's gentle eyes as always, but I couldn't say what I wanted to say.

I want to say that you clearly know what I like, you have clearly said that you will let me learn what I want to learn, why can't you say a word for me in front of the old man, even a sentence is fine.

I want to ask if the old man's love is so important, so important that you are willing to give up your real self, put on a flawless mask and never take it off again?

I want to ask him, do you feel any guilt about this matter?

"It's time to go in, tell grandpa that you are willing to study finance, he will be happy."

His voice is gentle and peaceful, but it cannot be refused:

"Xiao Yan, be obedient."

obedient.The one command I hate the most.

It has appeared in my life countless times since I was a child, and I have to be obedient.Listen to the nanny.Listen to Mr. Xu.Listen to Xu Yucheng's words.Listen to Yang Chen's words.

Listen to fate.

"I see," I replied, "I'll be back, but later."

Swipe your finger across Xu Yucheng's information, because the company has a lot of things to deal with every day, and Yang Chen's news soon sank to the bottom.I looked at the dialog box at the bottom with complicated emotions, stayed on "Delete this chat" for a few seconds, and clicked on it.

When it is broken, it is broken, and I will not be disturbed by it—not to mention that I already have Song Cheng.Thinking of him made me feel a little better, and even going back to the main house tonight seemed less annoying.

Song Cheng, he is my unknown paradise and a new route for me to deviate from my destiny.

I will explain to him later that I have to sleep in the company because of overtime work today, no, I have used this reason several times... There are still pears I bought in the refrigerator, let him remember to peel them before going to bed, I feel his voice recently Both are a bit dumb.

My thoughts diverged uncontrollably to other places, and suddenly someone patted my shoulder, and I was so scared that I almost threw my phone out.When I turned my head, I looked at the person who patted me on the shoulder. I asked awkwardly, "What's the matter?"

"I recognized the wrong person." The other party apologized again and again, pointing to his eyes, "I'm sorry to go out without glasses."

I smiled, the sky was getting dark, and this kind of thing is normal: "It's okay."

The other party left along the road, and I continued to edit the message I wanted to send to Song Cheng: "I'm going to visit my brother today, I don't have time to get back to sleep, you go to bed early. Remember to warm up before eating pears, and protect your throat when you read lines. It's too hard. If you are free on Sunday, we can go hiking on the mountain. The air on the mountain is fresh and good for your health. What do you think?"

After thinking about it, I added a sentence at the end:

"I miss you."

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