When Ye Huang arrived at the entrance of the alley of Dugujia Siheyuan, it was already dark, it was already the Qingming Festival, and the climate in Yanjing still seemed to be cold in spring.
After finding a vendor on the roadside and ordering a bowl of hot wontons and a basket of steamed buns, Ye Huang reluctantly walked into the alley.
Across the alley, the hustle and bustle of Mr. Zhang's birthday party has come to an end, but in the evening, people are still coming in and out. It seems that they are relatively close people visiting.
Without passing by, Ye Huang turned directly into the alley of Dugu's house.
Two red lanterns hang high outside the far door wall. After several rains, the red color during the Spring Festival has faded, but they still look particularly eye-catching.
Originally, Ye Huang was still thinking about calling Mr. Dugu to tell him that he had arrived.
But he didn't expect that a beautiful figure stood under the lantern.
Wearing a pure white windbreaker, Dugu Xiaoxuan's somewhat haggard face had a blush blown by the spring breeze. The weather was still a bit cold. The latter stood at the door rubbing her hands from time to time and looking left and right at the entrance of the alley, as if waiting for something.
Suddenly, her eyes stopped.
The hands that were rubbing each other slowly came down.
In the distance, under the shadow, that figure looked all too familiar.
Unknowingly, a touch of joy appeared on Dugu Xiaoxuan's face, which was very shallow but very real.
She originally thought that Emperor Ye would not come again, and her waiting was just a little comfort in her heart.
"You...you're here..."
His voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of disturbing anyone.
"Hmm! Why are you standing outside?"
Hearing what the other party said, Ye Huang nodded, and his voice became much softer.
At that moment, he seemed to be in a trance.
The beautiful figure standing in front of the door looks like a wife waiting for her husband to return, which fits her perfectly.
"Grandpa is a little impatient for waiting. Let me come out to see if you are here. Are you done with your work?"
"I just finished my work, so I'm coming over now."
After a brief moment of softness, Ye Huang's tone became somewhat hard again.
"Grandpa said that when you come back, let's go into the house. The food has been prepared at home and is waiting for you." I don't know if I was overthinking it or what, but after saying this sentence with some ambiguity, Dugu Xiaoxuan's
His face was obviously a little red.
He was just carrying Ye Huang on his back, and the latter did not see him.
Ye Huang's attention was not here, so naturally he did not understand the meaning of this sentence. He nodded and followed Dugu Xiaoxuan expressionlessly into the courtyard of Dugu's family.
I can't feel anything during the day, but at night, the Dugu family obviously looks a lot colder.
In the huge courtyard, except for a few guards and Dugu Aotian and Dugu Xiaoxuan, there was no one else.
If it weren't for the guards constantly walking back and forth, Ye Huang would really feel like this was an empty house.
Thinking that the old man and the young man had endured the grief and loneliness of losing their loved ones for so many years, Ye Huang's eyes looked much softer when he looked at Dugu Xiaoxuan.
"It must be very difficult for her to come here like this..."
Looking back on his past and looking at Dugu Xiaoxuan now, Ye Huang suddenly felt that the two of them had similar experiences.
However, compared to Dugu Xiaoxuan, her first twenty years were much miserable, but her parents and relatives were still alive after all, but she was not so lucky.
Perhaps because he was afraid that the house would be too quiet, the old man in the central hall turned on the TV very loudly, and what was playing was CCTV's news broadcast, which Emperor Ye didn't watch much.
The reason why Ye Huang doesn't watch it is because the right to speak in the media of official interest is usually in the hands of the government.
Someone used this sentence to describe the content of CCTV’s news broadcast:
In the first ten minutes, the leaders were very busy;
If you win for ten minutes, the people all over the country will be happy;
In the next ten minutes, people in other countries around the world were living in dire straits.
Very ironic, but very relevant.
Emperor Ye didn't think there was anything wrong with the emergence of this situation.
After all, as the official media, if CCTV does not praise the country and the party, who will praise it?
Being in the dark side all day long, the role of the news network will still be somewhat progressive.
At least Ye Huang knew that Qin Yue and his daughters often watched the news broadcast, but what they watched was not the news, but the national weather forecast five minutes after the news broadcast.
In their words, maybe fifteen of the first thirty minutes were image engineering. At least this weather forecast was the most accurate in China.
Ye Huang also deeply agreed with the women's statement.
Sometimes Ye Huang even thought that if the ratings were calculated, it is estimated that the weather forecast behind Xinwen Lianbo might be several percentage points higher than Xinwen Lianbo.
Of course, as to whether it is really high, Ye Huang has not verified it.
Thinking about it, it won't be any worse.
"Your grandpa likes to watch the news broadcast?"
Seeing the old man sitting on the bench and watching TV attentively, with the food in front of him still steaming, Ye Huang asked.
"Grandpa likes to see the people inside."
Dugu Xiaoxuan turned back to Ye Huang and said, "Grandpa said that he is old and can't go out too much. Watching the news broadcast, you will see some people he knew before, and you can look back on the past."
Saying this, Dugu Xiaoxuan felt deeply helpless.
Although I have been deliberately avoiding some problems, as time goes by, some things cannot be avoided.
At the age of ninety-two, the then chief had never really overcome this hurdle.
Grandpa is also ninety-two years old this year, and no one says anything.
But Dugu Xiaoxuan could still feel that her grandfather's overall mental state had deteriorated a lot.
There is less time to go out, and there are fewer people to watch. Watching TV, the old man hopes to remember more people and leave more calmly.
Seeing the deep helplessness in Dugu Xiaoxuan's eyes, Ye Huang felt somewhat heartbroken.
Looking up at Old Man Dugu, Ye Huang said with a smile.
"Don't worry, I don't dare to tell you. I will guarantee that your grandpa will live to be a hundred years old."
"Thank you."
Before, Dugu Xiaoxuan didn't know that Ye Huang used this dragon energy to treat Chief No. 1.
Today, his grandfather told him in person, and only then did Dugu Xiaoxuan understand the true value of the dragon energy she wanted.
Dugu Xiaoxuan was very touched that he was able to take it out.
But it is a pity that in the front, his indifferent attitude caused the relationship between the two of them to freeze again.
Dugu Xiaoxuan knew very well that if it hadn't been for Grandpa's request today, Ye Huang would never have stepped into Dugu's house. In other words, all of this was due to Grandpa.
And I did a very stupid thing - I completely hurt the person I least wanted to hurt.
So much so that now, Dugu Xiaoxuan doesn't know if she still has this chance if she wants to make amends.
