At noon, the bright sunshine poured down on the courtyard of the Nalan family's ancient house, giving this long-standing courtyard a new lease of life.
As the third generation member of the Nalan family, Nalan Xiangxiang's status in the Nalan family can only be regarded as average because she is a daughter.
Her residence is located in the southwest corner of the ancient house and is a two-story building.
The bright sunshine shines through the window into Nalan Xiangxiang's room.
In the room, there are all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and paintings. There are two vases on the windowsill. The flowers in the vases are a little withered because they were not watered in time.
Standing in front of the window sill, Nalan Xiangxiang stretched out her hand, gently took out the withered flowers in the vase, and gently and slowly peeled off the withered petals.
One piece, two pieces, three pieces...
The withered petals fell off one by one, and finally only one petal with sufficient moisture was left, which exuded a faint fragrance in the sunlight.
Holding the last unwithered petal in hand, Nalan Xiangxiang faced the sun and cast her gaze on the quiet lake.
The small lake was her favorite place to play when she was a child. She and her sister would go boating in the summer, and in the winter they would build snowmen and have snowball fights on the frozen lake.
She has a stubborn temper. When she was having a snowball fight with the third generation member of the Nalan family, even though her face was swollen by a snowball, she did not cry, make trouble, or complain. Instead, she fought back against the person who swollen her face again and again, until
Beat those naughty third-generation male members of the Nalan family until they begged for mercy.
As a result, those third-generation male members of the Nalan family did not dare to offend him, nor did they dare to bully his sister Nalan Mingzhu.
The elders in Nalan's family all said: She is more like Nalan Mingzhu's sister.
In fact, this was indeed the case. From childhood to adulthood, she was the one who protected her sister.
Looking at the lake, Nalan Xiangxiang couldn't help but think of her carefree childhood life and her sister Nalan Mingzhu.
Thinking, thinking, Nalan Mingzhu's bright smiling face appeared on the lake. Nalan Xiangxiang's body trembled slightly, and her originally quiet face also turned pale.
"Sister, Xiangxiang and Baoer both miss you so much..."
Looking, looking, Nalan Xiangxiang's eyes turned slightly red, and the last petal fell from her hand and fell to the ground.
She did not grab the petals again, but looked at the lake quietly.
Just look at the lake quietly, letting your vision blur and the picture disappear...
at the same time.
The dragon girl drove a Cayenne into the Nalan family's ancient house compound.
The sun shines into the car through the car glass. In the car, Long Nu is as indifferent as ever, concentrating on driving, while in the back seat, Bao'er is nestling in Chen Fan's arms with a face full of happiness.
Last night, after Chen Fan followed Nalan Yongke to send Yu Wenhu to the hospital, he immediately came to the Nalan family's ancient house and met Bao'er.
Bao'er didn't expect that Chen Fan would come to Dalian, so she was so excited that she danced with excitement and kept making fun with Chen Fan until after twelve o'clock before falling asleep with a face full of exhaustion.
She went to bed late, but Bao'er got up very early - this morning, at dawn, Bao'er got up and found Chen Fan doing morning exercises in the courtyard. She dragged Chen Fan out with her, saying that she wanted to show Chen Fan
Take a look at the scenery of Dalian.
This insight has reached the present.
Even...if Nalan Yongke hadn't called and asked Chen Fan to come back for lunch, Bao'er would have continued to drag Chen Fan to play at the beach.
"By the way, big brother, my aunt doesn't seem to be in a good mood today." After playing all morning, Bao'er seemed a little tired. After lying in Chen Fan's arms and resting for a while, he suddenly remembered something, sat up, and blinked.
With big eyes, he said: "Bao'er went to see my aunt this morning and asked her to go out with us, but she said she wouldn't go."
Bao'er's innocent eyes showed in his eyes, Bao'er's doubtful words rang in his ears, and Chen Fan sighed secretly in his heart.
Naturally, he knew very well why Nalan Xiangxiang was in a bad mood!
While sighing, Chen Fan's eyes flickered, hesitating whether to have a serious talk with Nalan Xiangxiang.
Seeing Chen Fan's silence, Bao'er didn't ask any more questions, but obediently leaned in Chen Fan's arms.
Soon, the dragon girl drove the Cayenne to the door of the two-story building in the center of the ancient house compound.
At the door of the second floor, Jia Ping'an had been waiting for a long time. Seeing the car stop, he quickly stepped forward and opened the back door of the car for Chen Fan, saying: "Mr. Chen, the young prince and the prince have been waiting for you for a long time."
Chen Fan nodded and let Baoer get out of the car first.
"Bao'er, your grandpa and great-grandfather want to talk to Mr. Chen. Uncle Ping'an will take you to wash your face and eat later." Seeing Chen Fan get out of the car, Jia Pingan took Bao'er's fleshy little hand and said.
"good."
Bao'er has always been surprisingly sensible, and this time was no exception. When Jia Ping'an said that Chen Fan wanted to talk to Nalan Yongke and Nalan Long, he nodded obediently and did not make any fuss about going with Chen Fan.
Go in.
"Big brother, see you soon!"
After agreeing to Jia Ping'an, Bao'er waved her fleshy little hand and said goodbye to Chen Fan.
Chen Fan smiled and waved.
The dragon girl said calmly: "I won't accompany you in."
"Okay." Chen Fan thought for a while, but did not refuse: "But... you will have dinner with me later."
"Um."
Dragon Girl hesitated slightly and nodded in agreement.
Seeing Long Nu nodding, Chen Fan stopped talking nonsense and turned around and walked into the second floor.
In the hall on the second floor, Nalandron and Nalan Yongke stopped talking when they knew that Chen Fan had arrived at the ancient mansion compound.
Seeing Chen Fan walking into the hall at this time, the two of them stood up to greet him.
"Xiaofan, come on, come and sit." Nalandron made an inviting gesture with a smile on his face, gesturing for Chen Fan to sit on the lower left side of him.
Seeing Nalandron smiling and changing his name, Chen Fan felt a little confused.
Because...when Nalandron saw him yesterday, he always called him "Mr. Chen".
Although Chen Fan was confused, he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he smiled and sat on the lower left side of Nalandron.
Seeing Chen Fan take his seat, Nalan Yongke took the initiative to make tea and water, while Nalan Long sat down on his grand master's chair with a smile, stroked his white beard, sorted out his thoughts, and said slowly: "Little
Fan, how do you feel about Dalian?"
"It's a very nice place." Chen Fan said with a smile: "It gives people a very comfortable feeling. It is a very suitable city to live in."
"Then if you are free in the future, stay here for a few more days." Nalandron smiled and said, "If you are not used to living in an ancient house, you can live in a villa by the sea."
Um?
Chen Fan was slightly startled, wondering why Nalandron's attitude towards him changed so quickly.
Perhaps sensing Chen Fan's doubts, Nalandron stopped trying to be mysterious, but looked straight at Chen Fan and said, "Xiao Fan, there is something I think it is necessary to tell you."
"Mr. Nalan, please tell me." Chen Fan was even more curious, but his expression was still calm.
"The sweet girl is here." Nalandron said slowly.
Got it?!
Chen Fan didn't react and looked confused.
"She has your child." Narendron added.
Nalan Xiangxiang has my child?!
Hearing this, Chen Fan was shaken all over, and a shock from the depths of his soul completely occupied his body, so that he seemed to be stunned, his eyes widened, and he stared blankly at Nalandron, without saying a word for a long time.
.
"Hey, Xiaofan, I'll tell you the truth. Xiangxiang doesn't want to tell you the news because she feels guilty, sorry for you. She feels that if she tells you, you will be punished because of your child.
I am forced to be with her." After Nalandron said this, he sighed: "Although she likes you and wants to be with you, she also knows that she is not worthy of you!"
There was no answer, as Chen Fan seemed to have not recovered from the shock.
Nalandron continued: "However, I think it is your child after all. We should not hide this matter from you. After all, it is not an option to keep hiding this kind of thing -
According to Xiangxiang, she plans to raise the child by herself, but... when the child becomes sensible, it will not be good if you, the father, are not around, what do you think?"
Chen Fan nodded subconsciously, his expression still a little dazed, as if he couldn't accept this fact for a while.
Unacceptable, it’s not that he doesn’t want to take responsibility!
On the contrary, he has always been an extremely responsible man!
It is precisely because of this that after having that kind of relationship with Nalan Xiangxiang, he didn't know how to face Nalan Xiangxiang.
And now...he and Nalan Xiangxiang have a child...
As the secret leader of the Nalan family, Nalan Long would naturally be willing for Chen Fan to be the son-in-law of the Nalan family!
At this moment, seeing Chen Fan's dazed expression after hearing the news, he couldn't help but feel worried, worried that Chen Fan would not accept Nalan Xiangxiang because of the child.
While worried, Nalan Long sighed and said: "At the beginning, after the Mingzhu incident happened, our Nalan family knew that you didn't owe us anything. On the contrary, we still wanted to be grateful to you. But Xiang Girl didn't understand the reason and insisted on
I think you killed her sister! I have taught her a lesson for this, but she has been stubborn since she was a child, and no one can convince her of things she is sure of."
"In order to avenge her sister, she knelt in front of my door for three days and three nights. She did not continue to kneel until she passed out. After that, she took Bao'er south alone to seek revenge on you."
"Originally, I, the leader of the Nalan clan, should have stopped this matter. However... her temper is too stubborn. I'm afraid that if I can't stop it, it will only irritate her even more. In the end, I can only acquiesce and let her go south." Nalandron said.
When he got here, he apologized and said: "I know that Xiang Yatou has caused you a lot of trouble in the past period of time, but not only did you not blame him, you even risked your life and death to rescue her when you were in Hong Kong!"
"Today, I take this opportunity to thank you on behalf of her and the Nalan family!"
After the words fell, Nalandron stood up and bowed deeply to Chen Fan!
"Mr. Nalan." Upon seeing this, Chen Fan suddenly came to his senses, stepped forward and supported Nalan Long, and said: "Don't do this. I have never blamed Nalan Xiangxiang, because...I
It’s indeed my fault that I didn’t successfully rescue Miss Mingzhu! If I want to thank you, I should be the one thanking the Nalan family!”
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Chen Fan's face turned slightly gloomy.
Although his post-war psychological syndrome has been cured now, he still has not forgotten the accidental killing of Nalan Mingzhu.
That incident still had some impact on him.
"Xiaofan, everyone in the Nalan family is worried about Mingzhu. Today, the reason why I told you the news that Xiangxiang has your child is not to force you to do anything, but I just think you should know!"
Landron said sternly: "How to deal with Xiangya and the child, the choice is yours, the Nalan family will never force it!!"
