Chapter 387 - Someone Was Happy While Someone Was Sad

Chapter 387 Someone Was Happy While Someone Was SadAfter Xia Yu and Shen Yan left, Wu Mei asked Xia Mingde, “Darling, what do you think of Young Master Yan?”

Wu Mei was not sensitive. But Shen Yan came over with so many expensive luxurious gifts on the first day of the New Year. Did he really just come for business? Their chain stores of Ruyi Tower had spread all over the country and had been actively expanding overseas market in the past two years.

Their business became bigger and bigger. More and more merchants cooperated with them. Although Wu Mei had always been behind the scene, she had attended many big fancy parties and meetings with Xia Mingde.

She had never seen anyone who did business like Shen Family.

“He is nice. Although there were many people having a negative comment of him before, I found him smart and capable through a few contacts. I think he will get a success in the future. There will be no problem if our daughter keeps working with him.” Although Shen Yan had contact with Xia Mingde just once or twice, he had left Xia Mingde a very great impression.

“Working together is fine. But what about living together?” Wu Mei asked with great care on the side.

Xia Mingde was about to kill the fish when he just heard what his wife said. The fish in his hand just slipped into the sink. Since it was still alive, and there was no water in the sink, the fish jumped onto the ground after struggling twice inside with two plops.

Then Xia Mingde came to his reaction. He quickly bent down to put the fish into the sink and then put some water in the sink. The fish finally stopped jumping out.

“This is unlikely.” Xia Mingde wiped the water off the table with a rag. He hadn’t known Shen Yan for a long time, but Shen Yan had no reason to hide the truth even though he was really dating his daughter.

“Then how do you explain why he came over on the first day of the New Year with so many gifts for my whole family?” Wu Mei didn’t think that the wind came from the hollow cave. The whole thing was not as simple as it looked like indeed.

Especially, their daughter’s words were very strange. She said that one of her friends would come over. Now that Shen Yan just had an ordinary subordinate relationship with her, she could directly say that her boss wanted to pay a visit. Why she didn’t tell them directly?

His wife’s words were really reasonable. Xia Mingde didn’t notice at that time that Shen Yan was a little bit strange indeed until his wife hinted at him. “Let it be if they are really in a dating. Xiao Yu is an adult now, and you shouldn’t make decisions for her. It is her own business.”

“Darling, is it your attitude? This child has almost the same talent, background, and age as Xiao Yu, but he is a playboy. It was said lately that he had an illegitimate child who was a few years old.” Wu Mei was not as positive as Xia Mingde. Although she couldn’t say that they were as rich as Shen Family, they had enough wealth to support Xia Yu’s carefree life.

What she wanted was that her daughter could find a man who she really loved and went through their whole life peacefully. Shen Family was a big and rich family which was once splendid and famous. But there was always much trouble in such a big and rich family. Their daughter had been stubborn since she was a child, so Wu Mei was really afraid that their daughter couldn’t bear the restriction.

“Wasn’t it later said that the mother of the child was arranged by Young Master Mo to trap him?” Xia Mingde had certainly heard of such a sensational event.

“That is exactly what makes me worry. Don’t you know the temper of Xiao Yu? Her eyes can’t hold even a little sand. How does a family like Shen Family suit her?” Wu Mei was really worried.

“What you said makes sense indeed. But if they are really in a relationship as you said, what if she refuses to come back home for five more years again? You know her temper well.” What Xia Mingde worried was another thing.

What he worried was exactly what Wu Mei worried as well. But would their daughter regret if they let them continue dating?

Seeing that Wu Mei didn’t speak, Xia Mingde said, “According to my understanding of Shen Yan, he is not so unbearable as he is said to be in gossip magazines. How about letting them try to date first?”

“If he is the same as his brother, won’t he get Xiao Yu’s heart hurt?” Wu Mei was aware of the relationship between Wu Shiyu and Shen Mo. It was said that Shen Mo was a good man, but that was not what Wu Mei saw with her own eyes.

“I think that the second Mister is more responsible than the eldest Mister. Since he came here without knowing that Xiao Yu is our daughter, it means that he really has feelings for Xiao Yu. Would you like to see it first?” Xia Mingde asked for his wife’s opinion on the side.

It seemed that this was the only way. In any case, Shen Yan was their guest, so they had to treat him well. This couple was busy in the kitchen.

They still had two dishes to finish when Xia Yu and Shen Yan returned home. Xia Yu was setting off fireworks in the yard with Shen Yan. She was really very childish with an innocent smile on her face. She was totally different from the one in the office.

The fireworks were soon finished. Time of joy was always short. Xia Yu looked down, and Shen Yan still stood in a place not far from her. He curled up the corners of his mouth and looked at Xia Yu with a faint smile on his face. And there was obviously a sense of satisfaction on his face as if he just finished watching a well-played drama.

These two people just looked at each for a while, standing there at a distance. Shen Yan did not walk over with a cigarette in his mouth until Xia Yu’s emotion in the eyes faded away. He just kept walking to the front of Xia Yu. Seeing the breath exhaled from her mouth, the tip of her nose as well as her black eyes peeking out of her thick scarf, he suddenly curled up the corners of his mouth and gave out a smile. Then he dropped the cigarette to the ground and put it out with his foot.

“It’s so cold. Go into the house!” He reached out to hold her hand.

Xia Yu was all at sea. Shen Yan held her hand and walked into the living room before she could come to her reaction. She couldn’t throw off his hand after trying several times, so she had to follow him into the room.

She took a deep breath and thought it was the first day of the New Year, so she should be peaceful and let him go.

They just met Wu Mei in the living room. She didn’t have much reaction, seeing that they were holding each other’s hands. She just smiled faintly and said, “Get ready for dinner.”

Didn’t Mom see that they were holding each other’s hands? Xia Yu was stunned for a while and then said, “Okay, we’ll come soon.”

Shen Yan curled up the corners of his mouth in a good-looking arc and was wondering if it was a sign of acquiescence. He felt relieved at once after worrying for a few hours and said in a hurry, “I will help you, aunt.”

“No need! You should accompany your Uncle Xia to have a drink first. Xiao Yu can help me.” Wu Mei smiled at Shen Yan and then waved her hand at Xia Yu. “Come over and help me serve the table.”

“Oh!” Xia Yu answered and followed her mother into the kitchen. After standing behind her mother for a while, she said, “I didn’t mean to hide it from you. I just have no chance to tell you actually.”

“You are an adult now, and you can make a decision for yourself as soon as you think it is right. What else can I say?” Wu Mei saw that her daughter was a little overwhelmed, so she turned around and took her hand with a smile.

“Mom, is this your consent?” Xia Yu simply could not believe it. How could she agree so easily? Was this person in front of her really her mother?

“Hey! You are so happy. It seems that you really like the child from Shen Family.” Wu Mei patted on her hand.

“Am I so obvious?”

“Quite obvious.”

Being teased by her mother, Xia Yu also laughed. “Mom, you don’t know that he has been worried about this since noon and afraid that you will not agree.”

“Ho! Will the second Mister of Shen Family be worried?” Wu Mei shook her head.

Her words made Xia Yu feel awkward. “Mom, what are you talking about? Is your daughter very bad?”

Wu Mei also smiled. “How could my daughter be bad? It is his fortune to marry my daughter. Fine. Let’s serve the table.”

It seemed that her husband was right. Their daughter grew up, and she could make a decision for herself.

Xia Yu followed her mom and exhaled a long breath. It seemed that her parents didn’t regard her as a child anymore as before. They really changed a lot.

It was a good thing, which Xia Yu had been dreaming of before. Now her dream finally came true. However, she still felt an empty hole in her heart. It seemed that she missed her past life a little.

Compared with the easy and happy atmosphere in Xia Family, Zhou Yan was in a bad mood. During the New Year, his grandpa began to nag again. In desperation, he had to go out for a breath.

It was a cold day, and there were very few people on the street. Zhou Yan walked alone. He went to the community unconsciously where Wanru lived. When he was just about to leave, Wanru happened to come back from the outside and just saw him.

“Zhou Yan, why are you here?” It was quite unexpected to Wanru.

Zhou Yan also wanted to know why he was here. He shrugged and threw up his hands. Then he said, “I am here for you. Do you welcome me?”

For me? Wanru really didn’t believe it. But since they met, and he said so, she couldn’t let him stand outside during the New Year.

“Of course! Why not?” Wanru took Zhou Yan to her home.

The house was very clean and warm. She probably did not turn off the air conditioner when she went downstairs. However, even so, it was still appeared to be a little cold and cheerless. It was the first day of the New Year after all.

She seemed to be alone, too.

Zhou Yan rubbed his cold fingers again. “Is there anything to eat?”

“What?” Wanru was so surprised that she nearly wanted to kneel down. He was a famous doctor, Doctor Zhou. How could he go to his subordinate’s home for eating? Who could believe it?

“Yes or no?”

“No!”

“What do you eat for dinner tonight?”

“Dumplings!”

Yesterday was Lunar New Year’s Eve, so she bought some dumplings and didn’t eat them all. She put some of them in the fridge, and she ate only dumplings all day today.

“Then dumplings.”

Wanru really wanted to roll her eyes at him. “Well, didn’t you have dinner?”

“Yes, I did. Just a little.”

The dishes were just put on the table, and his grandpa began to nag. In such a bad atmosphere, he just ate a little for dinner at a venture. Instead, he was full of anger. However, he would not tell Wanru all of these words.

“But I didn’t eat enough, and now I am a little hungry.” He was really frank and did not take himself as an outsider. He immediately gave her an order. “Go ahead quickly!”

Years later, when he recalled today, Zhou Yan still felt incredible. How could he command Wanru so naturally? Was he out of mind?

Wanru looked at him and tried to adjust her breath. But thinking that the first day of the New Year after all, she just forgave him and became very kind to him. Then she took off her scarf as well as coat and turned her head, going into the kitchen. Zhou Yan’s mood was much better at once, and he went to sit on the sofa to wait for his dinner. He just saw a trolley case standing upright against the walls once turning his head.

Soon Wanru came out with a plate of hot dumplings in her hands and put it on the end table.

“Where are you going?”

“What?”

Wanru didn’t understand for a moment, and then he pointed at the case beside him after picking up the chopsticks.

Wanru answered, “A city! I still have a few days off. It is boring to stay alone at home, so I choose to go out for a walk.”

It was really boring to be alone. Yes, a little bit boring indeed.

Zhou Yan didn’t ask anymore. This topic came to an end. He picked up the chopsticks and ate a dumpling. Then he frowned obviously.

“Did you make these dumplings?”

“No, these are quick-frozen dumplings. I bought them in the supermarket near the community.”

Zhou Yan wanted to vomit, but he couldn’t. He could only bite the bullet to swallow the one in his mouth and then ate two or three more dumplings. After that, he pushed the plate aside.

“No more?”

These dumplings could not be compared to those made by Xia Yu at all. He pulled out a tissue and wiped his mouth. Then he said, “I shouldn’t eat too much at night.” He just meant that he could not eat too much. Wanru didn’t debunk him at all. She walked over and took the plate away. Then she just threw all the rest of these dumplings into the dustbin. Zhou Yan was walking around in the living room when she just came back from the kitchen. It seemed that he was looking for something.

“What are you doing?”

“Where is the remote control for the TV?”

Didn’t he plan to leave? It seemed that he had a quarrel with his grandpa. She didn’t know how long he would stay here. Although Wanru didn’t want him to stay here, she couldn’t drive him away directly.

Wanru could only hand over the remote control to him helplessly.