There were not too many pedestrians on the streets in winter. Everyone was wearing coats or down jackets, and many people put fluffy jumpsuit hats on their heads to protect themselves from the wind.
Liu Yifei wore a baseball cap, sunglasses, a mask, and a scarf around her neck. She put her hands in the pockets of her down jacket and walked beside her father.
"Dad, did you and mom quarrel?" she asked aloud.
"It's not noisy." Ankang said quietly.
"That's good." Liu Yifei's eyebrows arched under her sunglasses.
Ankang glanced at his daughter, then looked forward. When the words came to his lips, he suddenly didn't know whether he should ask.
"Are you in love?" He asked anyway.
Liu Yifei was stunned for a moment, glanced at her father and then looked away.
"Mom told you?" She shrank her head and hid her chin and mouth in her scarf.
Ankang nodded and said: "As I said, I know everything about you, including that Wang Jinhua."
Liu Yifei raised her eyebrows and said, "It's okay as long as you know."
Ankang was silent for a moment and said: "Do you think it's good to fall in love at the age of 17?"
Liu Yifei glanced at her father and said: "Dad, we haven't seen each other for nearly two years. Are you sure you know me better than mom? Are you sure you know Chu Xuan better than mom? You don't know what's going on with Chu Xuan and me.
, you also don’t know what he and I think. Then dad, if you ask me this question, I don’t think I need to answer.”
Ankang laughed dumbly and was speechless.
My daughter's temperament is just like her mother's at times, very aggressive.
"What will your godfather think if you terminate the contract? Have you considered this issue?" he asked.
"I never thought about it, and my mother doesn't want me to take care of it." Liu Yifei stroked her hair beside her ear.
"I only know that I can't stay in his name forever, but I can stay with Chu Xuan forever." Her tone was soft, but full of determination.
Ankang was speechless.
The father and daughter were stuck for a while because of this topic, and they were speechless all the way.
After choosing two sets of clothes at a brand clothing store, they hurried back to the hotel.
"Let Sissi go home for a few more days and visit her grandparents. I will go to the capital with you in a week."
Ankang sent his daughter back to her room, said something to Liu Xiaoli, then turned around and left.
Although Ankang's request made Liu Xiaoli unhappy, seeing the desire in her daughter's eyes and Ankang's promise to go to the capital for peace talks, Liu Xiaoli took her daughter to stay in Jiangcheng temporarily.
The next day, after sending her daughter to the "doorstep" of her home that she had not seen for a long time and never wanted to enter again, Liu Xiaoli turned around and left.
The arrival of Liu Yifei made the An family happy. Grandma even tidied up the bedroom where Liu Yifei lived when she was a child so that Liu Yifei could live in it.
Liu Yifei discovered that she was expecting and excited when she didn't come, but felt unfamiliar after arriving.
This is still facing my own family.
Divorce is really bad.
Liu Yifei suddenly had this feeling.
In such an environment that was half unfamiliar and half familiar, Liu Yifei stayed for a week and enjoyed seven days of father's love and the warmth of family. This was a feeling that she had not experienced since she had been with her mother for a long time.
When her mother came to pick her up and her father packed her luggage, and when her family reluctantly waved goodbye after she walked out the door, she felt a little disappointed.
But when she took off on the plane at Jiangcheng Airport, she looked out the window at the white clouds and blue sky, thinking about signing the contract immediately, thinking about getting closer to Chu Xuan again, thinking about pursuing her dreams with Chu Xuan in the future.
Her yearning and expectation arose spontaneously again, and her initial disappointment was gradually dissipated.
——December 19.
Beijing, noon.
As soon as the group of people walked out of the passage, a cold wind that was more severe than Jiangcheng suddenly hit them.
Liu Yifei's hair flew back from the brim of her baseball cap, and she curled up with her arms folded to resist the cold weather.
When she got into the commercial vehicle that came to greet her, the warmth filled the car, making her let out a long sigh of relief.
"Have you told that Chu Xuan?" Ankang asked.
"Just follow." Liu Xiaoli replied.
"Tell me the place and I'll go alone." Ankang said.
Liu Xiaoli shook her head and said: "If you suddenly want to see him, who knows what kind of nerves you will get out of your mind and what unpleasant words you will say. Don't affect the relationship between him and Sissi."
Liu Yifei looked stunned in the back seat.
By saying this, did her mother directly acknowledge her and Chu Xuan?
Of course, my mother’s previous behavior was considered acquiescence.
However, there is a difference between acquiescence and recognition.
Is this an unexpected surprise?
Liu Yifei frowned, planning to tell Chu Xuan about this later.
When Ankang heard this, he frowned slightly and said, "Do you really regard him as your son-in-law? Take such good care of him?"
Liu Xiaoli crossed her arms and said, "Do you have any opinions?"
Ankang laughed angrily, pointed at his daughter, and said to Liu Xiaoli: "Let's not mention Chu Xuan for now, but let's talk about whether Sissi gets married in the future. It's none of my business?"
Liu Xiaoli didn't look at him, but looked sideways at the scenery outside the window.
"What does it have to do with you? If that day comes, you don't have to come, and I won't send you an invitation." She said calmly.
Ankang was furious. After a pause, he said with a speechless face: "You will send me an invitation for my daughter's wedding, right? Liu Xiaoli, you can really do it."
"Oops! Can you please stop making noise!" Liu Yifei frowned in the back seat.
After hearing her daughter's words, Liu Xiaoli shut up and looked at the scenery passing by outside the window; Ankang pursed his lips and finally chose to remain silent.
--Shangri-La Hotel.
Familiar hotel, familiar restaurant on the third floor, familiar seating area.
The waiter brought a pot of tea and handed over a menu.
"Mr. Chu, let's see what we want to order?" she said with a smile.
"Put the dishes here and wait for the next order. If there are still people, don't close the door." Chu Xuan said.
"Okay." The waiter bowed slightly, turned and left, without closing the sliding door of the private seat.
Chu Xuan had just been handling official business with Wang Jinhua at the company when Liu Xiaoli called and asked him to book a private room or a private room, whichever was better.
Chu Xuan was a little puzzled because this was the first time Liu Xiaoli called to make such a request.
However, the next moment, Chu Xuan became nervous.
"Zhao Ling'er's father wants to see you." Liu Xiaoli said on the phone.
Such a thing also made Chu Xuan understand why Liu Xiaoli suddenly asked to book a private room or private room in a better place.
And through Liu Xiaoli's phone call, he also knew that Sissi's father probably knew about them.
"Meeting the parents today?" Chu Xuan frowned.
The incident happened so suddenly that he was caught off guard.
"Is it too fast?" Chu Xuan couldn't laugh or cry.
But if Sissi's father found out about Sissi's relationship and wanted to see him, he would also understand.
The saying that a daughter is her father's little cotton-padded jacket is widely spread, which shows that it makes sense.
If he had a daughter in the future, and her daughter suddenly fell in love when she grew up, he would probably want to see the man immediately and examine her.
Then he learned through Liu Yifei's text message that her father originally wanted to come alone, but her mother refused, fearing that he would not be able to cope with her father.
Therefore, Liu Xiaoli, Liu Yifei and her father will come together.
"Mother-in-law is still fine." Chu Xuan felt very relieved.
If you are alone with an unfamiliar elder who is your girlfriend and her father, it would be a lie to say that you are not nervous.
Now that Liu Xiaoli, a very familiar mother-in-law, was supporting him, half of his nervousness disappeared.
Chu Xuan glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw someone appearing at the entrance of the restaurant. He stood up from the sofa and hurried to greet him.
"Auntie, Sissi." He greeted.
Liu Xiaoli nodded slightly at Chu Xuan.
Liu Yifei smiled brightly, raised her left hand, bent her fingers a few times like a lucky cat, and gave an interesting greeting.
"Hello, uncle, I am Chu Xuan." Chu Xuan said shyly, stretching out his right hand.
Ankang looked at Chu Xuan.
Wear a velvet white shirt inside and a dark blue casual suit.
Wear a light brown belt around the waist and dark blue casual jeans on the lower body.
He is wearing a silver watch on his left hand and a pair of neat white sneakers on his feet.
Her broken hair doesn't look messy, her whole face is clean, and her smile looks good.
"Hello, I am An Feng's father, Ankang." He reached out and shook hands with Chu Xuan.
"Hello, Uncle An." Chu Xuan said gently.
"Auntie, uncle, Sissi, this way." He led the way.
He took two steps and waved to the waiter, "Order."
"Okay, Mr. Chu." The waiter quickly followed.
The waiter's title of "Mr. Chu" made Ankang raise his eyebrows slightly, and then relaxed them in an instant.
A group of four people took their seats in the private seats.
Ankang and Liu Xiaoli were sitting on the sofa on the left, but they were a little far apart.
When Chu Xuan, who was sitting with Liu Yifei, saw this scene, he thought for a moment and became convinced of the relationship between the two.
The four of them each ordered one or two dishes. While the meals were being prepared in the restaurant, Ankang and Chu Xuan were chatting, while Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei listened silently.
It's just that the things Ankang and Chu Xuan were talking about were not the focus. They just asked Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei about some small things in their daily life at school and on the set.
However, when the waiter served the food and closed the sliding door and left, the four of them took a few bites of the food, and Ankang got down to business.
"Chu Xuan, let me ask you, how can you guarantee that you can do what you said? Keep walking with Sissi?" He asked as if he casually.
Liu Xiaoli glanced at Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei glanced at her father, mother and daughter went back to picking up vegetables and eating, and listened to the following.
Chu Xuan put his chopsticks on the bowl and said: "Uncle An, if you ask this question, it means you don't trust me. If you don't trust me, then you won't believe anything I say. Uncle An, I can't help you with this question."
answer."
Liu Xiaoli's right hand, which was holding chopsticks to pick up vegetables, quietly gave Chu Xuan a thumbs up and looked at Chu Xuan again.
Chu Xuan caught this scene and couldn't help laughing.
Ankang looked deeply at Chu Xuan for a second or two, lowered his eyebrows and took a bite of food.
The future is uncertain and any guarantee is useless.
No matter what this kid says, he can always find fault.
But this guy avoided talking about it and killed him.
Ankang took a bite of food and changed the topic.
"Some places in the entertainment industry are dirty and messy, and they are also entertainment venues for rich people. What do you think?" He looked at Chu Xuan.
Chu Xuan nodded and said: "This is indeed the case, but uncle, you can't just look at dirty things. There is a saying: The night gave me a pair of black eyes, but I used them to look for light. But this sentence
In my personal heart, I say: The night has given me a pair of black eyes, and I only use them to see the light. I only see good things, and those dirty things have nothing to do with me."
"Well said." Liu Xiaoli gave a thumbs up and publicly liked it.
Liu Yifei arched her eyebrows and gave a thumbs up to the space on the sofa under the table.
Ankang glanced at Chu Xuan and continued eating.
It’s rare for a 20-year-old to say this, but is it worth believing?
He personally doesn't believe it, and he has never really understood Chu Xuan, so where does his trust come from?
But he also believed in Liu Xiaoli. At least Liu Xiaoli's love for Sissi was very clear to him as a father.
The reason why Chu Xuan can be trusted and valued by Liu Xiaoli is because of Liu Xiaoli's long-term observation and understanding.
If this Chu Xuan is pretending, then he has been pretending for so long, then he is not pretending.
Liu Xiaoli told him yesterday that her daughter Qianqian and Chu Xuan have a deep relationship, and the disadvantages after separation far outweigh the advantages.
Regarding his daughter, he believed in Liu Xiaoli.
He came today just to take a look at his daughter's so-called boyfriend. He didn't really come here to cause trouble. Even if he could find fault, he would just laugh it off in the end.
With his daughter present, there was no way he could quarrel with Chu Xuan.