quench thirst

To get Santa's presents, one has to go to sleep.

After receiving Suo Yu's text message, Xu Yan looked at the short message on the screen and put away the phone.

This is the room he has lived in for more than ten years. Although he has not lived in it for a long time, the breath and comfort left behind have not dissipated.Xu Yan slept well, woke up the next morning, washed up briefly, changed his clothes, and left the room.

The festive atmosphere in the living room was stronger than last night. Everyone in the Xu family, old and young, were all opening Christmas presents.The so-called Christmas presents are just tricked by adults to children. There is no Santa Claus at all, and they are all bought by parents.

But even if they knew it was a lie, they had actually received what they wanted, so their happiness was beyond words.

When Xu Yan came out of the room, the living room was filled with laughter and laughter, as well as the hearty smile of the old man.Xu Yan saw the old man sitting on the main seat on the sofa. He came down the stairs and called out.

"grandfather."

When Xu Yan came back yesterday, Xu Minqing had already fallen asleep. The old man still regretted not seeing Xu Yan before going to bed.Unexpectedly, as soon as he woke up the next day, Xu Yan would obediently stand by his side.

When the old man saw Xu Yan who was standing beside him healthy and beautiful like little Bai Yang, his already good complexion became even more rosy.

"Yanyan is back." The old man asked with a smile.

"Yes." Xu Yan also smiled.

While he was talking, Xu Minqing had already held his hand and let him sit beside him.The old man's hands were dry and cold, without the slightest trace of blood, and when he was grasped, they looked like dead branches with no vitality.

"Are you tired from studying recently? I think you've lost weight compared to last time." Xu Minqing looked at Xu Yan carefully, with the concern and kindness of an old man in his eyes.

"No, it's pretty good." Xu Yan said.

"That's good." Xu Minqing said with a smile.While the grandpa and grandson were exchanging greetings, the cheers of unpacking presents in the living room did not stop.Xu Minqing followed the voice and looked over, then turned to Xu Yan and said, "Why don't you open the present?"

After the old man finished speaking, everyone under the Christmas tree turned around and took a look.Everyone looked a little embarrassed because of the old man's words.Xu Yan glanced at the gorgeous Christmas tree, and under the tree where the presents were in a mess, and said to Xu Minqing.

"My gift hasn't arrived yet."

"That's it." Xu Minqing replied with a smile, "That's a bit slow."

Thinking about the text message Suo Yu sent yesterday, Xu Yan also smiled and said, "It's a bit slow."

After a brief conversation with Xu Yan, Xu Minqing's nurse next to him reminded the old man, "Old man, it's time for breakfast."

"Oh, yes." Xu Minqing came to his senses. Because of his illness, he actually didn't feel much about hunger and food and clothing. He needed a nurse to remind him on time.

Today, Xu Shi was in a good mood, but Xu Minqing felt really hungry after the nurse reminded him.He stood up from the sofa, took Xu Yan's hand and said.

"Yanyan, let's go eat together."

"Okay." Xu Yan followed.

The old man lived in a nursing home all year round and rarely returned to Xu's house.

This time the old man's [-]th birthday, the descendants of the Xu family rushed back from near or far. For breakfast, the long table in the dining room was full of people.

The Xu family is thriving and thriving, and there are more than a dozen descendants in Xu Yan's life alone.Some of you are abroad and some are in China. It is difficult to agree on everyone, and the breakfast on the table is also prepared.

Xu Yan was dragged into the restaurant by the old man, so he naturally sat beside the old man.As soon as the two sat down, the person who took care of the food and beverage served the old man porridge and tea, and the old man looked up at the breakfast table and said.

"What about tea eggs and seafood porridge? Yan Yan likes to eat this."

After the old man finished speaking, everyone looked at Xu Yan, and Xu Yan also pursed his lips slightly after the old man finished speaking.

At this moment, the catering person next to him brought seafood porridge and tea eggs, and handed them to Xu Yan.Xu Yan took his own breakfast and thanked the person who handed it to him.

After Xu Yan took the porridge and tea eggs, Xu Minqing looked at him with a smile.The tea egg has already been peeled, and it is covered with the color and soup after soaking. Xu Yan took a bite of the tea egg and said something to Xu Minqing.

"delicious."

After hearing this, Xu Minqing smiled and said, "Your favorite food, the recipe has never changed."

After Xu Minqing finished speaking, Xu Yan smiled and said, "Thank you, Grandpa."

After finishing speaking, Xu Yan took the porridge spoon and started to drink seafood porridge.

The old man was present, and everyone seemed to have the backbone. The atmosphere of the breakfast was very harmonious when the old man was in a good mood. In this way, the Xu family had a happy breakfast.

The whole day today, Xu Yan was kept by Xu Minqing's side.

The old man is in the nursing home all the year round, and he only goes home once a year when his birthday is over.After all, it is the home where he has lived for decades, and the old man is in a far better mood than when he was in the nursing home.But even so, the nurses still measure the physical signs of the old man at any time.

Fortunately, the result was good. The old man's physical signs remained stable until the birthday banquet in the evening.

The Xu family is a big family, and the old man's [-]th birthday is a big event in Beicheng.The dinner originally started at eight o'clock, but after six o'clock, luxury cars stopped outside the gate of Xu's mansion.

As soon as the car door opened, people from the business community dressed up to celebrate the birthday got out of the car.After getting off the car, everyone exchanged greetings and went to the main hall of the birthday banquet together.

Since Xu Yan met the old man in the morning, he never left the old man's side.Today is the old man's [-]th birthday, he changed into a Tang suit, with a smile on his face.But for the sake of his body, he has been sitting in a wheelchair since this afternoon.The nurse pushed the wheelchair, and Xu Yan stood beside the wheelchair to accompany the old man.

After all, it was Grandpa's birthday, so Xu Yan was also asked to change into more formal clothes.He was wearing a slightly flamboyant white shirt, black trousers, and an irregular embroidered tie between the collar of the shirt.

The white shirt is made of silk, and under the light, along with his movements, pearls flow.The shirt is tucked under the trousers, and the waist of the trousers also overlaps up and down, which is not only luxurious, but also fashionable and beautiful.

Xu Yan was originally exquisite and beautiful, even if he usually dressed casually, it was already good-looking enough.However, the upper body of a dress today changed him from a cold and straight boy to a luxurious and thin noble young master.When others came to celebrate his birthday, he stood beside his grandfather, like a delicate and precious work of art that integrated all the financial resources of the Xu family.

When seeing this work of art, while everyone's expressions were amazed, some complexities that could not be concealed flashed to some extent.But business people know how to restrain their expressions best. After blessing the old man, they looked at Xu Yan calmly and said a few words of praise.

Xu Yan thanked him politely for being praised. His smile was not fake, which made people feel that his praise just now was too perfunctory.

Just like that, the birthday banquet was about to begin, Xu Yan put on a perfect smirk, but when he saw Suo Jing, there was a change.

"Yanyan~" After congratulating the old man on his birthday, Suo Jing went over and hugged Xu Yan's arm, looked him up with a smile, and said, "Lin Xun said that you took a day off today, and I went home after thinking about it." How is it? Are you happy to see Grandpa?"

"Auntie." When Suo Jing came over, the smirk in Xu Yan's eyes stopped a little, he called Suo Jing, and then answered her question.

"Well, happy."

"Haha." When the old man heard Xu Yan's answer, he also laughed heartily. After laughing, the old man said to Suo Jing: "Why didn't your little Xun come together? I remember when I was young, Yan Yan and little Xun is the best."

After hearing the old man's words, Suo Jing smiled and said: "Damn, I won't let him come. On such a big occasion today, he is a child. I am afraid that he will embarrass our Suo family by being dishonest."

After finishing speaking, Suo Jing looked at Xu Yan again with a smile and said, "It's better to be obedient and stay with grandpa all the time. It would be great if my little Xun was half as obedient as Yan Yan."

Hearing this, the old man smiled and said, "You can't say that. The children have different personalities, and Xiao Xun is more lively. Only when they complement each other can they become good friends."

After finishing speaking, the old man patted Xu Yan's hand and told him, "Yanyan will get along well with Xiao Xun in the future, do you understand?"

After hearing the old man's advice, Xu Yan obediently responded, "Got it."

At a birthday banquet like today, there were too many people celebrating the birthday, so Suo Jing could only talk to the old man and Xu Yan for a while.Having said more or less, Suo Jing gave Xu Yan a look and left.

When he came back yesterday, he told Lin Xun that he would follow Suo Jing for a day today.But what he said at the time was just to reassure Lin Xun.Today is the old man's birthday banquet, and he can't leave the old man's side at all.

But this situation did not last long.

Although it was Xu Minqing's 80th birthday party, his body couldn't last long for such an occasion.So shortly after the banquet started, he was persuaded by the nurse to go to the room to rest.

Xu Yan naturally went back to the room with him. After the old man fell asleep, he left the old man's room and returned to the banquet hall.

For the business community, a birthday like today is actually a business banquet, where everyone finds an excuse to get together to socialize and cooperate.The old man's departure did not have any impact on the atmosphere of the banquet. In the banquet hall, everyone was drinking and chatting and laughing.

After Xu Yan returned to the banquet hall, he went to a corner and sat down.He didn't know if the old man would wake up later, he was going to wait for a few minutes, and if the old man didn't call him, he would just leave.

Thinking of this, Xu Yan leaned back in his chair and tugged at his tie.

"Who called him back?"

"Old man, who wants to see him except the whole Xu family?"

As soon as Xu Yan sat down in the corner, he heard two people talking in a low voice from the side of a curtain.And when he heard the conversation, Xu Yan's originally calm eyes turned a layer of coldness.

"The old man may not want to see him too. Isn't that Xu Yancheng died? It's quite complicated. The young master and Xu Yancheng look too much alike. The old man takes him as his spiritual sustenance. But he only entrusts him when he is confused. When I wake up, when I see him, I think of my dead son, and it hurts even more, I wish I could kill that young master Xu."

Speaking of this, the man's tone paused, and after a laugh, there was sarcasm in his words.

"However, Mr. Xu has a long-lasting relationship. He gave birth to a bastard son with an outside woman, and he still misses it after he dies. Now that the bastard son is dead, he puts his energy on the little bastard born to the bastard son..."

The man was talking when someone suddenly stood up beside him.When he looked at the man from the corner of his eye, a bottle of champagne was swished on his head.

"Bang!" The champagne bottle exploded.

"what!"

There was a piercing scream of panic in the banquet hall.

Xu Yan stood at the corner of the curtain, still holding the cracked champagne bottle in his hand.The bottle of champagne hit that man's head just now, the glass bottle shattered, and the champagne exploded on his shirt.

The white shirt looked like it was raining. Xu Yan looked expressionlessly at the man who was squatting on the ground with his head folded because he had endured the force of the champagne bottle being blown apart, and there was a buzzing sound in his ears.

After Xu Yan finished this, the surrounding crowd seemed to be blown away by Xu Yan's action, and they automatically moved away to form a circle.The beaten man hugged his head on the ground and howled in pain. He no longer had the restraint of a high-class person in his mouth, and was cursing loudly.

At this time, Xu Rucheng and Xu Changcheng, as the masters, had already arrived in a hurry. When they saw the man on the ground with a bloody head and the bottle holding a fragment of a champagne bottle, Xu Changcheng slapped him with a slap. Xu Yan's face.

The man slapped Xu Yan mercilessly, quickly and forcefully, as if he was slapping a piece of decoration that would not cause pain. He slapped Xu Yan's face, and five complete faces instantly appeared on the boy's fair and beautiful face. Fingerprints.

"Why the hell are you crazy? You apologize to me!" Xu Changcheng's voice was stern.

Just as Xu Changcheng finished speaking these words in a stern voice, Xu Yan slapped him back on the face.

The entire banquet hall fell into dead silence in an instant.

Xu Yan was also angry just now. After swishing the champagne bottle, the sound of the explosion and what the man said made him unconscious for a while.So when Xuchang City slapped him, he didn't react. Now that he has recovered, he also slapped Xuchang City back.

It wasn't because of the pain that he wanted to hit him back, but he felt that Xu Changcheng was not qualified to hit him.

Xu Yan's slap was stronger than the slap Xu Changcheng slapped him. For a boy of eighteen or nineteen years old, the bones of his fingers have not yet become hard and mature, but the youth's strength is there, with a fresh-blooded emotion.This slap stunned Xu Changcheng.

After beating Xuchang City, Xu Yan threw away the fragments of the champagne bottle in his hand. The sharp mouth of the bottle fell to the ground with a muffled sound. Xu Yan turned around and left.

Today is Mr. Xu's birthday. In the banquet hall, all the friends from the business community in Beicheng came. Everyone knew about Mr. Xu's romantic debts and Xu Yan's identity.Xu Changcheng didn't like his bastard elder brother who suddenly got extra property, and he even hated his bastard son who would stay in the Xu family after his death.And on such an occasion, he was actually slapped by this bastard son.This feeling of humiliation drove Xu Changcheng much more crazy than the pain caused by this slap.

Almost at the moment when Xu Yan turned around, Xu Changcheng was furious. His eyes were red and he yelled.

"Xu Yan!"

After Xu Changcheng finished shouting, he went up and pulled Xu Yan's arm to pull him back.But the moment he stretched out his hand, his wrist was grasped with a deep force.

At the moment when Xu Changcheng's movements were stopped, Xu Changcheng turned his head like crazy, and was about to strike after spitting.But as he was about to strike, the rage in his eyes turned to shock of disbelief at the sight of the man who restrained him.

"Mr. Suo?" Xu Changcheng called out.

Xu Yan turned around.

Suo Yu stood beside Xu Changcheng, holding Xu Yan's hand, but his gaze was looking in Xu Yan's direction.

After hearing Xu Changcheng call out his name, the boy's dull eyes moved slightly, and in the next second, a blush appeared at the end of his eyes.

Suo Yu looked at Xu Yan, his eyes fell on his blushing cheeks, he looked down at Xu Changcheng beside him, and said.

"Mr. Xu, what's going on? Isn't it your own child who doesn't feel sorry for you?"