Eighteen Years Old

This is a big hotel, and the hotel's elevators are naturally more luxurious than ordinary elevators. Yu Yao almost trotted all the way, and finally squeezed in before the elevator closed. It's just that Zhou Yan leaned against the corner of the elevator and lowered his eyes slightly, as if he didn't see her. The condensed expression on his face almost made Yu Yao wonder if something bad happened.

Maybe something like this happened to Zhou Yan, could it be that something happened to Qingqing?

As the elevator door closed, Yu Yao slowly moved back to Zhou Yan's side, and turned her head to look over.

Zhou Yan naturally felt her gaze, and also saw her looking at him from the corner of his eye, but he just didn't speak.

He wanted to see what Yu Yao wanted to do!

Yu Yao didn't want to do anything, but she was worried that something would happen to Qingqing. If she knew that Qingqing was still alive, she would have no way to take Qingqing's body and not return it. So if something happened to her body, she would suffer when she went back.

Such thoughts made her unable to bear it, and she spoke when the elevator went down two floors.

"What's the matter, what's the problem with your niece?"

She asked cautiously, but Zhou Yan suddenly looked up at her.

What kind of look was that? Yu Yao really couldn't describe it right now, but she just thought that look was very strange. She had never seen Zhou Yan look at others with that look in so many years. There was a smile in Zhou Yan's eyes, but that smile was brought out when he was angry, but he couldn't be really angry with Yu Yao, so this could be said to be an angry smile, but it contrasted with his next If you say it, you can also say that there is a slack in the eyes.

He said, "You care so much about my niece?"

"Huh?" Yu Yao's eyes were puzzled, and she didn't understand what he meant.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Am I that good? You like me so much, and you even care so much about my niece."

Yu Yao thought about it twice before she understood what Zhou Yan was talking about. After she understood, her face completely burned.

"You... What nonsense are you talking about!" She defended softly, but her face turned even redder.

How could Zhou Yan talk like that!

Is he teasing her?

But doesn't he like the real her, so what's the point of flirting with her now?

Yu Yao was shy and wronged, she turned her head and ignored Zhou Yan.

He misunderstood that Yu Yao liked him, and Yu Yao was naturally aware of this, Zhou Yan said this just to see Yu Yao's reaction. He's her little uncle, so she just let him misunderstand and secretly watch him joke like this?

But he didn't expect him to say that, but saw Yu Yao blushing.

Zhou Yan was in a mess, why?

So the two went downstairs without saying a word, the elevator door opened, and Yu Yao walked out quickly.

Zhou Yan took a step back, seeing Yu Yao walking in the opposite direction, he hurriedly shouted: "Yao Yao, this way!"

Now Yu Yao finally noticed the change of Zhou Yan's address.

He used to call her Yu Yao before, but now he calls her Yao Yao, so Zhou Yan really "transfers love"? Yu Yao watched Zhou Yan open the co-pilot's door for her, thinking that Zhou Yan would "transfer love" so quickly, although she was still the person, Zhou Yan didn't know. This shows that Zhou Yan really doesn't like her in the past, but likes her now. What do you like about her now?

Presumably, like Su Ming, he likes this face.

Yu Yao's heart was suddenly sour, and as soon as she got angry, she slammed the passenger's door and ran to the back seat.

Zhou Yan: "..."

Obviously he was the one who was angry, why did Yu Yao suddenly become angry?

But the point is, what is Yu Yao angry about?

Zhou Yan's single-minded thinking made him drive downstairs to Chen Juan's house without thinking about it.

Chen Juan was already waiting downstairs. When she saw her boss' car, she rushed up to meet her. As soon as the car came to a stop, she ignored Zhou Yan and hurriedly stepped forward to help Yu Yao open the door of the back seat, and said gratefully: "Master Yu, thank you for your hard work. I went to the hospital after catching the plane. You have to come to my house later."

Yu Yao is angry, but she will not be rude in front of outsiders.

It's just that I feel uncomfortable in the end, so I can't smile on my face, I just said dryly: "Ms. Chen, let's go to your house first."

Zhou Yan naturally followed all the way, but Yu Yao and Chen Juan walked in front, not to mention paying attention to him, not even giving him a look.

Chen Juan lived on the twelfth floor, and the elevator arrived soon. Yu Yao followed Chen Juan out of the elevator and her face became serious. Because of what happened to Zhai Manman last time, she didn't dare to take it lightly this time. After waking up from a nap, she drew the yellow talisman herself. It's just that it's her first time drawing. Although Miao Anping said before that she has a strong learning ability, she still doesn't have much confidence in the yellow talismans she has drawn.

And now there is no time to prepare other things on her body, so she plans to take a look later.

Hit if you can beat it, run if you can't beat it, and then use the old method from last time.

In short, as long as you can help customers get things done, as long as the goal is achieved, the process is not important.

But from the elevator to the door of Chen Juan's house, to entering the door, even seeing Chen Juan's mother-in-law and her daughter Chen Xiu who she said had a problem, Yu Yao didn't notice anything wrong. Without any bad premonition, she looked at Chen Juan and asked her for the crystal hairpin on her head.

This crystal hair clip is often used by Chen Juan, because Yu Yao noticed with sharp eyes that a small crystal had fallen off.

However, the strange thing is that she can't see anything while holding the crystal hairpin. Whether it's Chen Juan, Chen Xiuyi or Chen Juan's mother-in-law Xia Guihua, nothing bad will happen to them. This made Yu Yao wonder, Chen Juan would never lie to her, what's going on?

She was about to look at the previous events again when Chen Juan's cell phone rang suddenly. The incoming call reminded that the music was Jiang Meiqi's "Why Are You Aren't By My Side", Chen Juan took the mobile phone and nodded to Yu Yao, then quickly walked into the bedroom.

And as soon as she got in and stood firm, there was a low panting sound from the living room, which came from Chen Xiu.

Chen Xiu originally sat obediently on the sofa and ate oranges, but now she had already thrown the oranges away, and she also waved away the melon seeds and fruits on the tea table in front of her indiscriminately, panting lowly, she slowly got up . The girl, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, had a cut head similar to that of a boy, her face was pale, her eyes were dull, but there was an unconcealable hostility in the corners of her eyes and brows.

"Xiuxiu, what's the matter with you, Xiuxiu?"

"Don't get excited about Xiuxiu, grandma is here, grandma is here!"

Xia Guihua hurriedly went to hug Chen Xiu, the old lady was obviously used to this, and she didn't look too panicked. Chen Xiu was very thin, wearing a bright red loose T-shirt, she was almost invisible when Xia Guihua hugged her. Her wheezing and wheezing voice also gradually became smaller, and she shrank into Xia Guihua's arms.

This is strange, being persuaded so easily doesn't look like being caught by something.

Yu Yao touched the yellow talisman in her pocket, walked over, and stopped in front of the tea table.

Unlike Chen Juan, Xia Guihua didn't show much gratitude and respect to Yu Yao, and even her face was a little cold: "Master Yu, do you see the problem?" For a moment she saw Zhou Yan following her. Thinking of her daughter-in-law's high-paying job, Xia Guihua suddenly came to her senses, and quickly changed her words: "I brought up Xiuxiu, and I am the closest. Now she goes crazy from time to time. Only I can take care of it. Master Yu, please take a look and see what's going on, my son is gone, and I only have Xiuxiu as a family member!"

Probably talking about sad things, Xia Guihua's eyes turned red, and there was a hint of crying in her voice.

Yu Yao didn't speak, but stared at Chen Xiu. Chen Xiu was lying in Xia Guihua's arms, but her hand was hanging down. Seeing Xia Guihua was sad, her hand actually patted Xia Guihua's back lightly.

It's not like being entangled in something.

I also know that I care about my closest grandma, but it seems like nothing is wrong.

Yu Yao said: "She is calmer now, can you let me see her?"

Xia Guihua glanced at Zhou Yan, hesitated for a while before pulling Chen Xiu away: "Xiuxiu, Xiuxiu, Xiuxiu, raise your head and ask the master to see you, okay?"

Chen Xiu raised her head slowly, and looked at Yu Yao with a pair of blank eyes.

The tails of the eyes are drooping, the corners of the mouth are sunken, and the body seems to be lifeless.

Yu Yao looked at her quietly, although she guessed in her heart that she was faking it, but she didn't dare to conclude without evidence. It's just that Chen Xiu is a little girl after all, and her psychological endurance should not be too strong. Whether she is pretending or not can be known after a little testing.

Yu Yao smiled at her and said, "Chen Xiu, do you think my sister is pretty?"

Xia Guihua: "???"

What kind of way is this?

Zhou Yan: "..."

Chen Xiu's face was expressionless, and she still looked so condescending.

Yu Yao was not surprised either, she waited for a while, touched her face lightly, then raised her finger to Chen Xiu.

"But Chen Xiu, you are really ugly like this!"

In fact, Chen Xiu doesn't look ugly, she probably looks more like her father. Chen Juan is just ordinary-looking, but Chen Xiu can be said to be very beautiful. There is a saying that people depend on their clothes, which means that a person with an average appearance can also be beautifully dressed. But Chen Xiu has a cropped hair, pale skin, dull eyes, and drooping eyes and mouth corners. All these things are pulling her into ugliness, but at a glance, she is still a pretty little girl.

Such a little girl must have been very beautiful in the first place, I'm afraid that she is not only a school belle but also a class belle in school.

And being called ugly by someone suddenly, and a very beautiful girl calling her ugly, if there is a comparison, under normal circumstances, she will definitely not be able to bear it.

No one expected Yu Yao to come out suddenly, Xia Guihua and Zhou Yan were both dumbfounded by her words.

And Chen Juan, who just came out of the bedroom, also stood there dumbfounded.

Zhou Yan didn't think much about it, but Xia Guihua and Chen Juan were not very happy. Usually, their own children still think they are beautiful even if they are ugly, not to mention that Chen Xiu is really not ugly, Xia Guihua hastily explained: "No, no, Xiuxiu's hair was cut recently."

But Yu Yao could clearly see Chen Xiu's face turned ferocious for a short time, and then quickly retracted it, replacing it with a silly smile. Then she probably heard the sound of Chen Juan walking, she turned her head for a quick glance, then jumped out of Xia Guihua's arms, and threw herself at Yu Yao across the coffee table: "Xiaojuan, Xiaojuan, you are so beautiful Let me kiss, let me kiss."

Chen Xiu's reaction was sudden, Xia Guihua didn't react, and neither did Yu Yao.

So she was immediately embraced by Chen Xiu, and the little girl's hand was like a branding iron, grabbing one of her arms and lower back fiercely, and then said it was a kiss, but actually hit her with her head. Because Chen Xiu is shorter, now she is half-kneeling on the tea table again when she rushed over, so she hit Yu Yao's chest and the lower part with her head and face.

Girls are the softest place, but after being hit twice, Yu Yao's expression changed due to the pain.

At this time, Zhou Yan had already reacted, but it was difficult to do anything to a child. He could only grab Chen Xiu's hand vigorously, and then pulled Yu Yao away to protect him. It was too late to hide, and it was not easy to throw Chen Xiu out directly, so Chen Xiu grabbed her tightly. Chen Xiu's strength was even stronger than before. One hand grabbed Zhou Yan's arm with the cuff rolled up, and the other hand beat and scratched Zhou Yan's back.

Xia Tian's shirt was flimsy, and Chen Xiu exerted all her strength, and soon Zhou Yan's white shirt was scratched with blood on his back.

Only then did Chen Juan and Xia Guihua react from the frightening situation, and they rushed forward to pull Chen Xiu.

"Xiuxiu let go! Let go!" Xia Guihua shouted.

"Xiuxiu!!" Chen Juan was so angry and scared that she was about to shed tears, "Boss, are you okay, boss?"

But Chen Xiu seemed to be possessed by a ghost, and that ghost was her father, Chen Juan's husband Chen Tianhai!

"Wild man! Where did the wild man come from! Bully me Xiaojuan, bully me Xiaojuan, I will kill you! I will kill you!"

"Heaven...Tianhai?" Chen Juan couldn't believe it, but seeing Chen Xiu's movements again and again, she hurriedly followed Chen Xiu's words: "Tianhai, you misunderstood, this is my boss, this is not some wild man, this is My boss!"

But at this moment, Chen Xiu seemed to have taken a powerful pill, and Chen Juan and Xia Guihua were reluctant to kill their children, so the two pulled Chen Xiu several times without pulling Chen Xiu away.

Zhou Yan's arms and back were torn apart by Chen Xiu, so he couldn't bear it anymore, and said in a deep voice, "Chen Juan, help her up!"

"Okay, okay!" Chen Juan hurriedly agreed.

In the next moment, Zhou Yan was no longer polite, he threw Chen Xiu away, and moved to the side with Yu Yao in his arms.

"Yaoyao, are you okay?" Zhou Yan asked anxiously as soon as he stood firm.

How could it be all right? The little girl Chen Xiu is very vicious, and when she bumped into her, she hit her mercilessly. But no matter how painful she was, she took two or three blows, but Zhou Yan rushed up to protect her, and Chen Xiu tore and scratched behind him for almost a minute!

Yu Yao didn't answer, she got out of Zhou Yan's tightly hugged arms, and immediately pulled his right arm over to look.

Chen Xiu was the real villain. Zhou Yan already had dozens of fresh scars above the elbow joint of his right arm, and almost every one of them was oozing blood.

Yu Yao's complexion completely sank, she was not so angry when she was bumped just now, and when she pulled Zhou Yan away and saw his back with blood stains on his snow-white shirt, she couldn't control the anger in her heart.

This Chen Xiu! What hatred, what resentment!

Even if you are not happy to be called ugly by yourself, there is no reason to hurt people like this!

On the other side, Chen Xiu hasn't calmed down yet, she is still moving towards Yu Yao's side just as maniacally as before: "Xiaojuan, Xiaojuan, what are you doing, why are you going to that wild man? Xiaojuan, I am Tianhai, I am It's Tianhai, look at me, look at me!"

Chen Juan's tears came down completely, she hugged Chen Xiu's waist and cried, "Tianhai, I'm here, I'm here!"

Chen Xiu didn't look at her, and didn't want to talk to her, she still shouted at Yu Yao: "Xiaojuan, you don't love me anymore? I'm dead, you don't love me anymore, you fall in love with someone else, you don't want to Look at me, but I have been following this wild man, you...you have changed your mind!"

Chen Juan stopped crying, and then her tears became more violent.

But she opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say. Does she not love Chen Tianhai?

She didn't know that Chen Tianhai had been dead for eight years, and she would never see or talk to this person for eight years. She didn't know how to love. She is not the kind of person who loves first in movies and TV dramas or novels. Chen Tianhai is dead. She has to take care of Chen Xiu, who is only seven years old, and Xia Guihua, who has no job and can at most cook at home. She has to work hard Paying off the mortgage is really tiring.

When she was so tired that she couldn't stand it, she even hated Chen Tianhai.

Why die? Why leave this mess to her? Why treat her so well, making her reluctant to remarry?

Yes, in the two years before Chen Tianhai died, she was only in her early thirties. Although she was not very good-looking, it was definitely not difficult to remarry. But she really couldn't forget Chen Tianhai at first, and couldn't imagine how it would feel to marry another person, and she was worried that she would not be able to survive if she remarried her mother-in-law Xia Guihua, and worried that if she remarried, she would either refuse to ask Chen Xiu or treat Chen Xiu Show is not good.

But those two years were also the hardest and most tiring time for her. After finally getting through it, life was a little easier, but she was afraid when she thought of that time. Thinking of her as a woman who has to raise a daughter to raise her mother-in-law to pay off the mortgage, and to be filial to her natal parents, she herself feels tired and flustered. That kind of tiredness is not only the heavy pressure on the shoulders, but also the mental exhaustion and emptiness. There are many grievances and sorrows that no one can say. If you come home a little later, your daughter and mother-in-law will worry, but she herself really need companion.

Even if you can't give her money, even if you can only comfort her and encourage her, even so, she is satisfied.

She had waited for this person, although it was only in the sixth year after Chen Tianhai's death.

Wu Li can not only comfort her and encourage her, because he is a customer of her company, he even has very good financial conditions. Of course, she agreed to marry Wu Li not because of money, but because of Wu Li. This person is humorous, this person understands her and loves her, this person doesn't mind her widow remarrying, and even agrees with her to raise her daughter to raise her ex-mother-in-law.

Not only was she moved, but she really loved Wu Li.

Otherwise...it would be good for them to be companions at their age, and there is no need to go through the procedure of marriage.

Chen Juan's silence not only made Chen Xiu unbearable, but also Xia Guihua. Seeing Chen Xiu keep moving forward without speaking, Xia Guihua couldn't bear it anymore, and scolded Chen Juan: "Chen Juan, what do you see in your eyes? Only the man surnamed Wu, who only wants to marry him, doesn't care about me, the old woman, or your daughter?"

"Xiuxiu is your own! She is like this now, she doesn't ask for anything from you, can't you even lie to her?"

"I really don't know, you are such a cold-blooded and heartless woman!" Xia Guihua scolded, and pulled Chen Juan's hand away forcefully, then pushed Chen Juan out: "Okay! You go, you go Find that man to marry! Xiuxiu and I, our grandparents and grandchildren, live alone, we don't want you to worry about it!"

Chen Juan fell back on the sofa, ignoring the pain from the fall, she was too busy to talk.

Yu Yao was faster than her: "Ms. Chen, I think your mother-in-law is right, then you should marry someone and leave them alone!"

"What did you say?" Xia Guihua glared at her angrily.

Yu Yao said it again: "I said, Ms. Chen has worked so hard for so many years, it's time to be liberated and live for herself."