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I got up very early on the first day of the new year, and the others stayed up all night at the vigil last night, and now they are all catching up on sleep.When I was sitting downstairs having breakfast, only Xu Yucheng was sitting across from him. He didn't look like he was staying up late at all, and he was still smiling and full of energy.

"I'll get you some ointment to apply later, and now I'll send someone to buy some cosmetics to cover you up." He looked at the side of my face and sighed, "Does it still hurt?"

I shook my head, this little pain was nothing, it was the embarrassing scene I might face later that made me afraid.

"Grandpa is scaring you. If Uncle Yang comes, he won't mention this." Seeing that my complexion is not good, he said in a gentle voice, "Go upstairs to sleep for a while after dinner, didn't you sleep well last night? They If you want to come, you will come in the afternoon."

I nodded, put on my mask, stood up and left the table.When he passed by Xu Yucheng's side, he said very lightly: "This time, brother will remember it for you, and I will get it back for you later."

I knew he meant that Xu Yuzhong took the opportunity to slap me last night, nodded and went up the stairs silently.

The maid bought a concealer, and the servants of the Xu family are very strict with their mouths. She lowered her eyes as if she didn't see the finger marks on my face, and was only responsible for carefully covering them for me.Xu Yucheng told her not to cover it all up, lest Grandpa would get angry again when he saw it, so the scars could still be seen to some extent.

She held up the mirror and asked, "Master Junyan, is this okay?"

"It's good, at least you can't see it when you wear a mask." I said, "Go down."

There were still quite a few people who came to visit in the afternoon, and most of them put down their gifts in the main hall in front as a token of goodwill and left, but there were also quite a few family friends who came to visit.My uncle is still sick, and Xu Yuzhong and Xu Yucheng are responsible for receiving guests. Even if I lie about having a cold and wear a mask, I still have to greet the guests who keep coming, so Yang Chen didn't react at all when he came.

He patted my shoulder suddenly from behind me: "Xu Junyan!"

I was startled, and almost spilled the tea in my hand. I turned around and saw that it was him, and the guest who was talking to me smiled and said, "It's Young Master Yang, is your father here today?"

"Hello." Yang Chen put his arm around my shoulders, and casually reached out to shake his hand, "My dad left the country to discuss business with people, so he didn't have time to come back."

"Understood, I have to ask him about business experience when I have time, Mr. Yang will go back and make an appointment for me."

"Okay, just a word."

The other party said a few words politely before leaving, leaving me and Yang Chen standing in the quiet side hall.Yang Chen brushed his hair up today, wearing a well-tailored black overcoat, with flirtatious and sharp facial features, he looks quite mature in such a formal occasion.But he still treats me like that, reaching out to take off my mask without even asking: "What are you wearing this for?"

I was caught off guard when he saw the finger marks on my face, and Yang Chen's expression turned cold instantly: "Who hit it?"

"Grandpa saw the old photos of the two of us, and got angry last night, and Brother Yuzhong just made a move on me. It doesn't matter..." I said, "Your dad won't be here this year?"

"It doesn't matter if I come." He looked a little gloomy, "Does your grandpa know?"

"Yeah." I shrugged, "It's a good thing your dad didn't come, otherwise I'm afraid he'll beat me up again."

"...I'll go talk to your grandpa."

Yang Chen said that he was about to leave, and I quickly grabbed his arm: "Don't! This matter is over, aren't you courting death when you confront the old man?"

"It's not over." He turned around and pinched my chin, and said viciously, "Xu Junyan, you are also a fucking coward, and you can't even hide. If someone hits you, you just send your face away to save people effort What about it? Just looking at me makes me angry, you really haven't changed for so many years."

He held my wrist tightly and dragged me to the back of the villa: "I can't make it clear, you go with me."

I couldn't resist him, and I was afraid that the main house would be disturbed by people coming and going, so I could only give up struggling and quickly followed him, whispering to him: "Yang Chen, don't do anything, the old man has guards by his side, or go back Your dad will have to whip you too."

He said with a cold face: "Don't worry, I have a plan in my heart, and I won't mess around."

Xiao Wang stood straight at the door of the corridor of Mr. Xu's study, and I was pulled over by Yang Chen, who stopped us with his hand: "What's the matter?"

"On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I'll come to visit Grandpa Xu." Yang Chen said with a blunt smile, and raised his chin, "Go and tell Grandpa Xu that Yang Chen came to play chess with him. But it wasn't last year. You? You don’t even know me?”

Xiao Wang's face changed slightly, and he turned around and went in to report.Then I remembered that Yang Chen came to Xu's house frequently when he was a child, Mr. Xu liked him for being smart and clever, and often played chess with him, part of the anger last night was probably because my favorite junior was led to spoil by me.

Not long after, Xiao Wang came back and let Yang Chen and I go in. Yang Chen glanced at him with a sneer, and changed into a nice smile before stepping into the study, with his usual voice: "Grandpa Xu, Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year." Mr. Xu was sitting behind the desk with glasses and reading the newspaper. He nodded to us with a gentle expression, "Sit down. Why didn't your father come this year?"

"Father was discussing a project abroad, and the group of foreigners were only Chinese New Year, and the cooperation was so urgent that they couldn't make it back. He has always been concerned about Grandpa Xu's health. Before I came, he specifically told me that he must talk to you. Let’s talk, I’ll just greet you in person.”

Yang Chen immediately became a well-behaved boy. I sat on the chair next to him and listened to him anxiously: "I haven't seen you for two years, and you still look the same as last time. Spirit."

"You didn't come last year, but it's been two years." Mr. Xu looked like a kind elder at this time, with a smile on his face, "I've always been good, but your father is in good health?"

Yang Chen said: "He was found to have high blood pressure last year, but everything else is fine."

The old man pondered for a moment: "High blood pressure is caused by drinking. As a son, you should supervise him to drink less alcohol. The business is small, and people's health is the most important thing. Alas, the boss has not been as healthy as your father in the past two years..."

Uncle's illness made Mr. Xu frowned for many days, Yang Chen took over the conversation: "Is Uncle feeling better recently? I have always wanted to visit him, but I was afraid of disturbing his recuperation."

"It's not a serious illness, it just needs to be recuperated."

In fact, I know that my uncle's condition is worse than what the old man said, and the disease on the pancreas does not seem to be mild.But in front of outsiders, everyone in the Xu family said that they need to cultivate, lest outsiders have any ideas and start to move.

Yang Chen said: "My father and I met a professor of medicine at Loma Linda University when we were investing in projects abroad, and he has successfully done many cases related to pancreas. Experts are not exaggerated. He said that if necessary, he can come to China immediately. I think one more experienced doctor will also help recovery. What do you think?"

To say that Mr. Xu was just superficial greetings before, but now the smile on his face is a little sincere: "Good boy! The Yang family is really stable in doing things. It would be great if you could invite him."

Yang Chen nodded: "Then I'll make arrangements when I go back, and it's worth your help to our family for so many years if I can help Grandpa Xu." He paused, saw the old man's expression relaxed, and said with a smile: "There is still one more I have to report to you."

He turned his head and glanced at me, held my hand and said to Mr. Xu: "Junyan and I have been together since high school, and we have been in love for five years now. We really love each other, and we have planned to be together in the future. How to get there. So I hope you can understand this."

There was a turbulent wave in my heart, but I also knew that the words had already been spoken, so I could only cooperate with Yang Chen and pretend that I knew everything.Old Master Xu's face was slightly gloomy, but Yang Chen's words were earnest and his eyes were serious, and he still looked like that. Under such circumstances, it's not easy to refute people's face, so he took a breather and educated him earnestly: "You are still young, Maybe love is more important, but you must know that doing so is against the current general trend of the country, and it is very irrational."

Yang Chen said sincerely: "I have already discussed this matter with my father, and he also said that we should pay more attention to occasions and proportions in the future. I will pay more attention to this."

"Since your father has approved it, I can't say much about your juniors." Mr. Xu was silent for a while and said, "Junyan, have you thought it through clearly? This road is not easy, since the two of you are in this situation For a long time, we will support each other even more in the future.”

This sentence has a lot of meaning.

I didn't expect this matter to come to such a point at all, and I knew that if I nodded here, I would become the rope involved between the Yang family and the Xu family, but in this case, there was no room for me to refuse.The palm of Yang Chen's holding me was sweating slightly. Seeing that I hadn't answered for a long time, he suddenly grasped it very tightly. I was shaken by the pain and said in a low voice:

"Yes, Grandpa."