Yan Yan

The Bai family has two restaurants, a small home-style restaurant and a large restaurant for meeting guests.

The large restaurant is located in a separate room, and the decoration is very stylish, which is even better than the private rooms of five-star hotels.

Nine matching wooden chairs were placed beside the large round table made by Huanghuali.

After everyone was seated, the luncheon began.

The first time I came to Bai's house for dinner, Su Yan was quite embarrassed and couldn't let it go, so she didn't dare to pick up the food casually. It looked like she was eating, but in fact she was already starving to death.

Sitting next to her, Bai Xingfan naturally noticed this, but he also knew that she was thin-skinned, so he didn't open his mouth to persuade her to add more dishes, but directly helped her to serve.

The cold dishes were served first. He first put a chicken leg on her plate, then two or three boiled shrimps and a few pieces of beef, and finally put a piece of glutinous rice lotus on her.

Su Yan was a little embarrassed, after all she was in front of so many people, but it was undeniable that her heart was still very happy, as sweet as honey.

More importantly, she finally no longer has to suffer from hunger!

Of course, the others at the dinner table also noticed Bai Xingfan's behavior, but no one said a word, and just beamed with eyes to the others.

Mrs. Bai and Mr. Bai sat on the top. After seeing the eldest grandson's performance, they looked at each other, and both read out what the other wanted to say from each other's eyes: It seems that they really like it.

Because there was a boyfriend beside her all the time, Su Yan had a very full meal, and she couldn't bear it until the end, because Bai Xingfan had too much food for her.

When he was about to roll her roast duck roll again, she hurriedly held his wrist: "Enough! Enough!"

One more bite and she'll vomit.

Bai Xingfan was still worried that she would not have enough to eat, so he picked up an empty bowl from the table: "Have another bowl of soup."

Su Yan: "…"

For caulking?

After Bai Xingfan finished the West Lake beef soup, he put the white porcelain bowl in front of Su Yan.

Su Yan stared at the bowl full of soup in front of her, wanting to cry without tears, but finally had to tell the truth: "I can't drink it anymore."

Bai Xingfan: "Drink as much as you can."

Su Yan pursed her lips and whispered, "There will be a lot left."

Because of the poor conditions at home when she was a child, she did not like to waste food until now.

Bai Xingfan also knows her: "I can drink as much as I can, and I will drink the rest."

The eyes of the rest of the people who were sitting were gathered in an instant, and there was surprise in their expressions.

Especially the three teenagers - who doesn't know Bai Ge's cleanliness? Can you drink leftover soup?

Su Yan's face turned red when she "rubbed", she was too embarrassed.

Although he hasn't eaten less of her leftovers since they were together, it was the first time in front of his family.

Bai Xinglan stared at his brother like a dream, and said expectantly, "Brother, I can't finish my soup."

Cheng Jiheng: "…"

Ji Shubai: "…"

Lan Lan, why are you humiliating yourself?

Bai Xingfan was merciless and concise: "It fell."

Bai Xinglan: "…"

The difference is a bit obvious!

After lunch, Mr. Bai called Bai Xingfan away alone.

Jiang Lin went to the kitchen and was going to cut some fruit for everyone. Su Yan immediately followed and said she was going to help her.

A servant aunt was busy in the kitchen, and Jiang Lin found a reason to take her away.

Su Yan closed the kitchen door after her aunt left, then turned to look at Bai Xingfan.

In the spacious kitchen, only the two of them were left.

Jiang Lin smiled at Su Yan: "Thank you."

Su Yan immediately replied: "It should be."

At the door of the bathroom just now, she agreed to Jiang Lin's request, but at that time, the time was tight, and they couldn't start talking immediately, and they didn't find this opportunity until after lunch.

She had always been curious about what the **** Bai Xingfan would say to her, but she was a little nervous.

"Are you looking for me, what's the matter?" she asked proactively.

Jiang Lin saw her unease and said warmly, "Don't worry, I have no hostility towards you."

Su Yan breathed a sigh of relief, then walked towards the countertop in the center of the kitchen, rolling up her sleeves and saying, "Let me help you."

"No, I'll do it myself." Jiang Lin took out a small watermelon from the fruit basket and put it on the cutting board dedicated to cutting fruit, "Just stand and listen to me."

"Oh." Su Yan could only do as she did, standing by Jiang Lin's side, waiting for her to speak.

In fact, Jiang Lin didn't know how to open her mouth, even though she had something to say to the girl in front of her.

After pondering for a long time, she opened the topic: "Xingfan really likes you, he didn't interrupt me on purpose today, he was worried that I would say something bad to embarrass you."

Su Yan was stunned, she never imagined it would start like this, and her heart suddenly felt awkward: This is a mother, no matter how her child treats her, she will still speak for him.

Jiang Lin sighed lightly and continued: "He has always disliked me as a mother, you can even say he hates me, but it's not him, it's me, it's me who made him what he is now." She laughed at herself again, "I don't know if he told you about my origin."

Su Yan did listen to Bai Xingfan, but she felt that this kind of thing could not be admitted by herself, especially in this situation, otherwise it would be embarrassing, so she decided to tell a small lie, but at the moment when she was about to deny it. , She suddenly realized something, so she changed her mind and said the truth: "I told you."

She didn't want the woman in front of her to feel that her son chose to hide from her girlfriend because she disliked her background.

Jiang Lin was slicing the fruit for a while, obviously surprised by this answer.

After hesitating for a while, Su Yan said, "He didn't find anything difficult to say."

Jiang Lin was silent for a long time: "I always thought he disliked my origin."

Su Yan's tone was firm: "He never felt that way."

Jiang Lin smiled, but her eyes turned red: "I hate myself, I'm an actor, and logically speaking, I'm not qualified to marry into the Bai family, but I have Xingfan, and my mother married with her son. But I did not sit back and relax as many people imagined. I worry every day, worried that Xingfan will be ridiculed by others because of my background, worried that he will go astray because of my lax teaching, and worried that he will be influenced by me. The class went down, so I brought him up in a totally harsh, almost harsh way..."

She took a breath and kept her hard-working self calm: "I have very high requirements on him, and I demand him to be the best in everything. He was in the first grade of elementary school, and he took the first mid-term exam and took the second place in the class. The teacher gave him a certificate of merit, and he happily took it home and asked me to show it off, hoping that I would praise him. I also wanted to do so, but I was afraid that he would be proud and that he would not be enterprising, so I was ruthless. I tore up his certificate and scolded him, scolding him for only finishing second, what qualifications do he have to be proud of? I demanded that he must be first in the test and must not fall behind."

Su Yan suddenly felt a sense of suffocation, especially after hearing the words "tear up his certificate", her heart clenched fiercely, and it was extremely painful.

That year, Bai Xingfan was only seven years old.

He just wanted to be praised by his mother, but what he didn't expect was her mother's rebuke and reprimand.

How aggrieved that seven-year-old child must be.

Jiang Lin's expression also showed pain and remorse: "When he was in middle school, he was addicted to rock music and even formed a band, which really scared me, I was really afraid that he would go the wrong way. He was born in Xia Jiuliu, so he would never allow his own children to go on the road of throwing their heads and making jokes, so I smashed his practice room with his dad, and I even used a pair of scissors in front of him. , cut short his beloved guitar."

Su Yan held her breath and stared at Jiang Lin dumbfounded.

She couldn't imagine how ruthless a mother would have to be to treat her child like this, and she couldn't imagine how many times Bai Xingfan had experienced similar things during his growth.

She was not sure whether he resented his mother, but she was sure that he must be very disappointed with his mother, because there is not a child in this world who does not yearn for his mother's praise and affirmation, and he gets it from his mother. , is hurt and blamed again and again.

Jiang Lin raised her left hand and wiped her tears with the back of her hand: "Afterwards, he became submissive and never did anything to disappoint me. I thought he understood my painstaking efforts, but I was wrong, he It’s not that I’m obedient and sensible, but that I hate and dislike me, so I don’t even bother to have conflicts and frictions with me anymore.”

Su Yan couldn't help but persuaded: "Don't think nonsense, I don't think he hates you."

Jiang Lin smiled bitterly: "My son, can I still not know him? He moved out of the house after he graduated and returned to China. Unless it is necessary, he will never go home. What a big deal, as long as he works hard and makes progress, and he is so grown up, it is normal to live independently, until I found out that he has a nightingale, and then I realized the seriousness of the matter."

Su Yan was stunned and puzzled: Isn't it just raising a nightingale? How serious can the problem be? My dad also had parrots.

Jiang Lin turned to look at Su Yan, "You should have seen that birdcage, right?"

Su Yan did not deny it, and nodded lightly: "I have seen it."

"That was the birdcage he built for the nightingale. It was full of Juliet roses. He thought that the nightingale would like it very much..." Jiang Lin sighed, "but it was a wild nightingale, he was the The bird that was accidentally rescued by the roadside was born in nature and grew up in nature. How could it be willing to live in a bird cage? The nightingale wanted to fly away after recovering from the injury, but he refused and insisted on staying. He got down on the little bird, built a cage for it and planted roses for it, but the nightingale didn't like it, so he started a hunger strike and started pecking at the net on the cage, so he locked it out of the big cage and into the small one. In the bird cage, he just didn't let it go. Then one day, the nightingale finally started to eat, but it began to use the bird's beak to pluck out the feathers on its body, and the cage was full of circles. He thought the nightingale was disgusting. The birdcage was small, so I took the small birdcage to the big birdcage, and as soon as I opened the cage, the nightingale flew out, but instead of flying towards the rose, it hit the pillar to death."

Jiang Lin: "That nightingale committed suicide."

Su Yan was stunned and stared in shock.

Jiang Lin sighed: "It was only through this incident that I discovered that he has an extremely paranoid personality. If he likes something, he must get it, and he must keep it by his side, no matter what means, but it's not his fault. Blame me, I forced him to be like this. He has been suppressed by me since he was a child, so he developed a strong resistance, which has accumulated over many years. This emotion distorted his character and turned him into what he is now. He doesn't like to be controlled, he doesn't like to be pushed around, and he doesn't like the situation to be out of control, which will further stimulate his possessiveness and desire to control."

Su Yan was suddenly at a loss, because this was not the Bai Xingfan she knew: "I don't think he is as paranoid as you said."

"Maybe it's because he really likes you." Jiang Lin replied, "I'm telling you this, not to make you prejudice against him, but to hope you can be more tolerant of him, if he doesn't do anything well Well, or too strong, don't blame him, it's all my fault, it's my mother who didn't teach him well."

Jiang Lin: "I killed him."

Looking at the woman in front of her, Su Yan suddenly felt very sad, for her.

Poor parents all over the world, she just wanted to make her son better and better, but in the wrong way.

Put yourself in the shoes and think about it, if you have a child in the future, will you be worried that he/she will drop in class because of your own reasons?

The answer is: yes.

But she would never educate her children in such an extreme way, she was reluctant.

"Actually, I am very grateful to my parents-in-law. If it weren't for them, his character would be more distorted." Jiang Lin continued, "Perhaps it was because they had discovered this long ago, so since he was sixteen years old, I have His father-in-law began to train him personally. In fact, my father-in-law had already retired for several years at that time. When he was studying abroad for a few years, my father-in-law came out again and took my mother-in-law to the American branch of the group. An old man cultivates him while correcting his character, otherwise he will not recognize me as a mother now."

Su Yan said from the bottom of her heart: "The second old man is really a good person."

"Yes, until Xingfan can be alone, the old man can retire with peace of mind." Jiang Lin smiled again, "My husband did not inherit it from the old man, but he is more like an old lady, gentle and kind, a good manager, but not An excellent heir."

Su Yan understands this truth: "So, Xingfan is still more like you. You have cultivated an excellent heir for the old man."

Jiang Lin was suddenly praised, but she was embarrassed: "I am nothing, I am nothing."

You are ambitious, your goals are clear, your mind is firm, you know what you want, and you are able to be hard-hearted for it - these are not derogatory words, but Su Yan can't say such things to her elders - to a large extent, Bai Xingfan's character is more inherited from his mother.

"There is no perfect child in the world, and there is no perfect mother." Su Yan said, "You have done your best to give him the best things."

Jiang Lin's eyes were hot again, but she smiled: "No wonder he likes you so much, you girl is really lovable."

An empathetic girl, who doesn't like it?

From the perspective of the elders, the little girl in front of her is indeed a very suitable daughter-in-law - gentle and considerate, with a clean family background, and a clean background - she is perfect for both the family and the son.

The only fly in the ointment is that he had a marriage contract with the Xie family, and it was so ugly.

But then again, young people today, who hasn't had any emotional experience yet? What's more, it wasn't her fault.

After Jiang Lin cut the fruit, Su Yan left the kitchen with her.

When the two returned to the living room, they found that the old man Bai and Bai Xingfan had not come back yet, so Jiang Lin asked, "Have the grandfather and grandson finished talking yet?"

The old lady Bai shook her head: "The old man always talks a lot." Then she waved at Su Yan, patted the sofa next to her, and said with a smile, "Come, girl, sit next to grandma."

Back garden, northwest promenade.

Since he came here, the old man Bai has not said a word, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the courtyard in front of him with a blank expression.

Bai Xingfan stood silently beside the old man, waiting for the old man to speak.

After a long time, the old man Bai said, "Do you know what happened to the Xie family?"

Bai Xingfan was startled and looked at the old man in astonishment.

The old man's expression sank, and he reprimanded sharply: "Really, I don't know what you did? I'm old, not blind and deaf!"

Bai Xingfan was silent.

When he was young, Mr. Bai slapped him earlier, but now that he is older, he is not so strong: "Xie Hehai's heart has a rejection reaction, it is estimated that time is running out, Yu Lilai Said, you didn't feel sorry for his Xie family, if it wasn't for this heart, Xie Hehai would not be alive now, but in terms of love, you really owe Xieyu, if that day comes, go to support his father Fragrant."

Bai Xingfan did not object: "I understand."

The old man Bai looked coldly at the heir he cultivated by himself: "It's not just Xie Yu that you are sorry for, but also Yan Yan, think about what you should do if she finds out about this in the future."

Bai Xingsan said calmly: "She will never know."

The old man Bai sighed deeply: "You are too conceited, there is no airtight wall in this world."