After flirting with a rival

When Shen's mother was changing clothes upstairs, Shen's father also came back.

The middle-aged man has a self-evident majesty, wearing a suit and leather shoes, and the wind is blowing under his feet.As soon as Shen Xingchi saw him, he felt afraid, and the person who was still showing off his power outside immediately became a coward, and whispered: "Dad."

Father Shen was untying his tie, he glanced at him and handed the tie to Xiao Zhang who was waiting beside him.

Xiao Zhang left with his hands in his hands.

"Here we come." Father Shen said, "The meal is ready, let's go to the dining room to eat."

Shen Xingchi nodded, suddenly thought of it, and hurriedly said, "Mom is still up there."

Shen's father's eyes fell on the upstairs in vain, and it was fleeting. He said calmly: "Oh." He turned and walked to the dining room.

Shen Xing didn't dare to stay for long, so he took a few steps and followed behind his father.

The dining room is huge, and the chandelier is still dazzling and extraordinary, illuminating every dish with full color and luster.Shen Xingchi looked at them one by one, and saw that the dishes he liked were placed in front of him, and he was slightly moved.It's a pity that I don't have a good appetite, even if I am moved, I don't have the idea of ​​eating.

Dishes are placed on the large long table one by one, and finally ended with a bowl of hibiscus fresh vegetable soup.

Father Shen pulled the tight neckline, sat down in the middle of the dining table, and said, "Sit down."

Shen Xingchi walked to the side and sat down, and deliberately moved to his father's side, so that he could ask for help later.

At this time, Shen's mother, who had changed into casual clothes, came to the dining room after being reminded by the maid. Her eyes were straight and her steps were steady, as if she hadn't seen Shen's father, she simply walked over to the other end of the long table and chose a seat sit down.

It was supposed to be a close family, but now in the dining room, it was as strange as a tripartite confrontation.

Father Shen didn't know if it was intentional, coughed, and seeing that there was still no response, he gave up and seemed to pick up his chopsticks.

"Eat."

"Yeah." Shen Xingchi quickly picked up his chopsticks.

He didn't intend for the meal, but after the meal, so he very much hoped that this part could be skipped quickly.

There was nothing else in the dining room except the sound of chopsticks being moved. Shen Xingchi was absent-minded. He picked an order, swallowed two mouthfuls of food with difficulty, and couldn't finish it.When bored, he looked up along the edge of the table, over the vase in the center of the dining table and the bright and blooming roses in it, and continued to move forward, freezing on the half of his mother's face that was blocked by the vase.

He didn't know why he was staring at her suddenly, but his impression of his childhood mother's face seemed to be the same as now, indifferent, without the slightest smile in the luxurious room.Staring too hard, Shen's mother was slightly aware of it, and the moment she raised her eyes, Shen Xingchi lowered her head in panic.

Although it is a mother-child relationship, they have not been considered close since childhood.The marriage between mother and father was a pure family marriage without any emotional basis. Due to their incompatible personalities, their relationship was extremely bad, and they often quarreled when they were young.Whether half of the reason for giving birth to him was to deal with the family, Shen Xing didn't know for a long time.

"Don't eat?"

Mother Shen's sudden question scared Shen Xingchi, who was immersed in the past, back to reality.

The young master looked over in horror with his round eyes, and immediately realized, "No." He lowered his head, and continued to pick the rice in the bowl with his chopsticks, "I'm eating."

"Let's have a bowl of soup. Today's hibiscus soup is not bad." Shen's mother said, and called the maid loudly, and asked her to bring a bowl of soup to Shen Xingchi.

Shen Xingchi hurriedly took it and said "Thank you Mom".

Shen's mother hummed, and after sitting for a while, she got up and left first.

Shen Xingchi watched Shen's mother leave, went upstairs, and entered the room completely.He also put down his chopsticks and secretly glanced at his father.Father Shen continued to serve food, turning a blind eye to the lack of people on the table, and did not rush.

The young man waited anxiously, but there was nothing he could do.Finally, after Shen's father put down his chopsticks and gracefully wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, he stammered and called out: "Dad."

"What?" Father Shen didn't raise his head, "Have you gotten into trouble again?"

"...No." Shen Xing shook his head slowly.

Father Shen pondered: "That is, the money is not enough?"

"No." Shen Xingchi raised his voice secretly, and said it all at once, "I want to help with something."

Father Shen: "Help?"

"Yeah." Shen Xingchi nodded, "Go to your company, or other places, as long as I can go."

Father Shen frowned slightly: "I'm not dead yet, so you're in a hurry to take over the family property?"

Shen Xing was stunned for a moment, his face flushed rapidly, and he explained embarrassingly: "No, no. I just saw Cheng Hai go to work in his father's company recently, and I wanted to be like him, but I don't know anything about it. Besides... ..." He rolled his eyes, as if thinking of an excellent example, and added earnestly, "Look at Gu Jun, he is always excellent in this area. I hope to be as capable as him. Instead of going around blind every day Play and waste your time."

Sure enough, Father Shen's face softened when he heard Gu Jun's name, but he still didn't approve and said: "I think you just had a whim. Besides, you can't compare with Gu Jun, as long as you don't harm him."

Shen Xingchi lowered his head and did not speak, letting his heart flutter.

Father Shen continued to scold: "Gu Jun stayed on the island with you during that time ago, I don't know how to thank him for this matter!"

Shen Xing muttered unconvinced: "I didn't let him go, and he didn't suffer much..."

Father Shen was so angry that he slapped the table: "How dare you talk back!"

Shen Xing stopped talking.

Qi returned to Qi, to be able to hear words from the young master's mouth, such as reforming himself, still touched Father Shen.After a while, Father Shen calmed down, recovered his tone, and said indifferently: "Well, I just passed a small plan recently, you do it, and practice it. I will let Lao Zhao watch you. If you are lazy and joking If you don’t have an attitude, just leave me where it’s cool, and don’t bother me.”

Lao Zhao is an old friend and comrade-in-arms of Shen's father. He is considered a senior figure in the company and has a lot of experience.

Shen Xingchi smiled openly, and the heavy rock in his heart finally fell.Anyway, he finally took a step forward and immediately said: "Thank you Dad, I will do well with Uncle Zhao."

"Since you have decided to do it, you have to be careful in the future." Father Shen warned, "Your Auntie Gu's birthday is coming soon, and the three of us will go to congratulate her that day."

Shen Xingchi, who was still happy at first, was going to Gu's house when he heard it, and instantly withered, subconsciously trying to find an excuse to escape: "That day I..."

Shen's father figured out his little thoughts, and said in a more serious tone: "If you don't go, you won't be able to get the plan! It's enough kindness to not force you to apologize to the Gu family and the Lin family."

Shen Xingchi bit the bullet and said, "Yes."

As long as he thinks about seeing Gu Jun soon, those ambiguous and bad memories of the past can't be controlled, including the close hug in front of the bright elevator in the dark company not long ago.

A little bit of flame gradually burned and grew stronger with his mind, Shen Xingchi felt his whole body was hot, and his heart beat more and more chaotically.

Father Shen probably saw that his child was in a bad mood, and after the two of them were silent for a moment, he took the initiative to ask: "Do you have anything else to do?"

Shen Xing seemed to be awakened suddenly, staring at his father for a long time, then slowly shook his head.

Father Shen wanted to get up: "If you have nothing to do, go to bed earlier."

"That..." Shen Xingchi also wanted to stand up from the chair, "Dad, I won't stay here to sleep today, I still want to go back to the apartment I live in..."

Father Shen's movements were a little slow: "Well, let's go back quickly, it's a little late, pay attention to safety on the road."

Shen Xingchi nodded, watching his father leave the dining room and walk into the study opposite, and closed the door.

Going back to the study after eating is considered a habit of Shen's father, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he lives in the study.

He remembered that when he was a child, Shen's father was busy working in the study, and Shen's mother was upstairs. In the empty hall, except for the occasional servants who passed by, he was left alone on the floor playing with cars.The car is not automatic, it needs to be pushed by hand to go, so Xiao Xingchi slowly pushed it from here to the end wall, and then pushed back from the wall.Back and forth, you can play all afternoon.

Trapped in memories for too long, Shen Xingchi pressed his forehead uncomfortably.

Excessive indulging in the past and loss is definitely not a good thing, the last time it was like this was on that remote and unknown island, when the mist covered the moon that night, Gu Jun was sitting by his bed, exchanging secrets with each other.

When the servant came to clean up the dishes, Shen Xingchi took the initiative to step aside. He wanted to help, but seeing that they all looked expressionless, he held back his outstretched hand and sat back on the sofa in the hall, so as to save himself from embarrassing himself.

After sitting for a while, seeing that his parents didn't plan to come out again, Shen Xingchi drank the tea on the table, rubbed his stomach habitually, got up and prepared to leave.

A maid came over and handed him the packaged meal: "This is a special product that Madam bought on a trip two days ago, and there are some desserts she made by herself. She asked you to bring some home, young master."

Shen Xingchi pressed the tip of his tongue against the palate, and he could almost imagine the scene of being sweetened while eating.Shen's mother's taste was sweet, and the young master remembered the first time he tasted the shredded coconut milk square cake made by his mother. He felt that he was not eating a small square cake, but a white sugar aggregate.

He never liked sweets, and neither did his father.

Even so, Shen Xingchi took it with a smile and thanked the maid.

Carrying a heavy bag and walking out of the Shen family's gate, the voice of the servant seeing him off had faintly faded away.

Shen Xing raised his head, facing the dark night, and sighed deeply.

The backlog of burdens on the body is gradually unloaded with the distance, even if it is no longer a young and ignorant stage, it is still not used to the suppressed, tense and undercurrent of the atmosphere at home.Looking back at the past, the duplex building still stands behind the strong and large iron gate, silently emitting an unreal light.

This is really like a cage, Shen Xing said inwardly, lock the people inside tightly, no one can escape, and in the same way, no one can leave.