Surrender III

It was getting late, and Chu Yichen was getting away from a party. After getting into the car, he received a report from Bai Xiao.

"The young master went to Lihao just now because a hostess had an argument with someone. According to investigations, this hostess named Lan Xin is 38 years old and lives with her five-year-old daughter. Her husband is a bad gambler. The lending company has several accounts and some foreign debts. Usually, they often beat the mother and daughter and ask her for money. This time, Lan Xin was forced to try to borrow money from the customer. When the customer was angry, the young master Stopped it. Afterwards, the young master ordered Bai Yang to mobilize some people from the Eastern District, to teach Lan Xin husband a little lesson, and..." He paused in embarrassment, seeing the man looking up at him, he had to continue, "And Bring Lan Xin and her daughter back to Qinglan's mansion."

Hearing the words Qinglan mansion, Chu Yichen was slightly taken aback, his handsome face looked a bit lonely under the flickering light outside the car window.He seemed a little tired, leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes, without any emotion in his tone.

"Let him go."

How long has it been since you came back here?

After getting out of the car, Chu Yunhan looked at the European-style building in front of him, feeling a little disappointed.After his father passed away and his mother suffered mental problems and was sent to a nursing home, he rarely returned to this place called "home".

At first I lived in an apartment under my own name, and later I lingered in hotels or holiday villas, and the days passed by like that.It's not that I don't want to come back, it's just that every time I step here and see those familiar people and things, I will always think of those happy days in the past, which makes me feel even more uncomfortable when I am alone.

Feng Tai, the old housekeeper who was waiting at the door after receiving the news, saw him, his eyes were a little moist, and he said, "Master, you are back."

"Yeah." He laughed, "Uncle Feng, I don't wear more clothes at night, it's not good to be so elegant." Walking inside, he said, "Miss me, don't you?"

"Yes, we all miss you very much." Feng Tai's voice was a little choked up.He watched Chu Yunhan grow up, and also watched him suffer from his parents' misfortune. Although his identity was a master-servant relationship, he always treated Yunhan as his son emotionally.He understood why Yun Han didn't come back, and was willing to stay here and wait for him to come back.

"Young master is back?!" A mellow female voice rang out, and the fat and white woman hurried out wearing a coat. Seeing Chu Yunhan weeping with joy, she complained, "Young master, how could you leave this house and leave us alone?" , while asking, "Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you." Out of the corner of his eyes, he caught sight of the mother and daughter Lan Xin who were following behind. ..."

"Aunt Song, she is my friend." Chu Yunhan knew that she was thinking about it again, he couldn't laugh or cry, rubbed his belly and said, "I'm really hungry, cook us something delicious, okay?"

"Okay, okay." The chubby woman failed to gossip, and went to cook with a little disappointment.

Over there, Feng Tai has already brewed the tea and brought it up, and he didn't forget to prepare some biscuits for Yuanyuan.Lan Xin thanked her repeatedly, while the thin and small Yuanyuan timidly stared at the biscuit jar in his hand, not daring to take it.She is only five years old and still doesn't understand the complicated world of adults.She only knew that her father was easily angry and would beat her when he was angry, so she dared not do anything, even dared not call "Daddy".My mother was often beaten, and she always hugged herself and cried.Mom has to make money to support herself, she works very late and is very tired, so she can't ask for this or that.

Seeing this, Chu Yunhan squatted down, took a biscuit and threw it into his mouth, then handed it to her, grinning: "It tastes good, try it?

Yuanyuan stared closely at Chu Yunhan in front of her with her big eyes.She remembered that this uncle brought a lot of people in black clothes to the house just now, and then said, "Don't do anything in front of the children", and those people in black clothes dragged the drunk dad out.Where did Dad go? She didn't ask, and neither did Mom.Mom only told her that this uncle was named Chu and would protect them.My uncle is different from my father. He is very beautiful, clean, and soft-spoken. He also asked people to find warm clothes for him to wear, so he doesn't look scary.

"Really don't want it? Then I'll take it." Chu Yunhan shook the jar.

Yuanyuan bit her lip, mustered up the courage to reach out to take a piece, and kept looking at the other person's face the whole time, like a vigilant little animal.

Chu Yunhan didn't move, just kept smiling at her.

She finally put the biscuit in her mouth, took a bite, and mumbled thank you.

"Is it delicious?" he asked.

She nodded.

"It's all for you." He handed the jar over.Feeling flattered, Yuanyuan looked up at Lan Xin, her eyes were red, and she said, "Take it." The little girl then took the jar and thanked her immediately.

"You should let her go to kindergarten and spend more time with the children." Chu Yunhan stood up and said to Lan Xin.

"Before I saved up the money and wanted her to go, but later..." She thought of her husband who was not as good as a beast, and she felt hatred and guilt for her daughter, so she couldn't continue.

"I'll take care of Yuanyuan's tuition. Your husband won't come to trouble you anymore, and you'll stay here temporarily. Lihao don't go anymore. Uncle Feng will arrange a job for you here. Cleaning or helping the kitchen won't do. It’s very tiring, the salary will be higher than before, and you can spend more time with Yuanyuan. If you don’t want to work here, I can ask someone to find you another job.”

Lan Xin's tears rolled down, and she choked up: "I think, I think. I don't know how to thank you anymore, really, I really... thank you..."

"Why are you crying again?" He laughed helplessly, and teased, "I remember you used to say that you were a tigress, and tigers don't cry so easily."

She couldn't help laughing through tears and wiped away the tears.In the harsh living environment, she is used to being covered in armor and fighting alone. When she has a solid shoulder to rely on, she reveals the softest side of being a woman.

Lan Xin understood that what Chu Yunhan did was just to repay the favor she gave him at that time.These things are probably not worth mentioning to Chu Yunhan, but to her, this man dragged her and Yuanyuan up from the mud and saved their lives.Starting tomorrow, everything will be different.

After the mother and daughter settled down, Chu Yunhan happily drank the seafood porridge made by Aunt Song and took a shower. It was already midnight.He lay down in his room, looked at the family photo on the bedside, brushed his fingers over the smiling face of the old man and the faces of his parents, his eyes were full of gentle light.His eyes slowly turned to himself who was in high spirits at that time, he smiled, and finally stopped on the face of Chu Yichen who was at the side.

He still remembers the day when the photo was taken, the elders were laughing and talking, and the children were playing around.He stood between the two of them, and secretly stretched out his fingers behind the heads of Chu Yichen and Chu Minran to make rabbit ears when taking pictures, and was scolded by his father.

Sure enough, in this house, he would always recall the old days, and he gave a wry smile.After experiencing betrayal, pursuit, detention, struggle, rape and suicide, looking back at the old photos, thinking of the intimate companionship when I was young, it seems like a lifetime away.

In the still photo, the young Chu Yichen looked at him silently with those black pupils.Chu Yunhan suddenly felt a little upset, and put the photo frame face down on the bedside table.

Soon, a little more effort can get rid of this person.

He covered his head in the blanket and fell asleep.

Lan Xin's mother and daughter were handed over to Feng Tai to take care of them, Chu Yunhan was relieved, and went to work in the company with vigor the next morning.Next, he needs to focus all his energy on winning the tough battle to increase sales by [-]%.The store celebration week is getting closer, and he is getting busier, staying in the company all day long.But the more he gets to the point, the more problems will appear, just like a candidate who is about to enter the examination room, he finds that the rubber is not on his belt, and the pen is out of ink. Although these are small problems, his nerves are always in tension stretched.

A few days later, the anxious examinee Chu Yunhan finally ushered in the big exam.The seven days of the shop celebration week were probably the shortest seven days in Chu Yunhan's life.Although the business hours have been extended by four hours a day, they still feel that it is not enough.

He doesn't have much hope for the increase in offline sales, but only hopes to maintain a relatively flat state, and mainly focuses on online sales.Since the celebration of the store, Chu Yunhan, who has been staring at the background information of the website, has hardly had a break. He drank cup after cup of coffee. Three days later, the whole person almost fell into a strange state of confusion and excitement. Eye circles and stubble covered his head of messy hair, and he barely fell asleep until Bai Yang forced him into the rest room of the office.

In a trance, he felt that someone sat down beside him and gently stroked his hair.That warm touch was somewhat familiar, as was the faint fragrance in his nose. He wanted to avoid that hand, but he didn't have much strength in his body. He couldn't even open his eyes to recognize it. In a strange dream.This sleep was not very solid, and I woke up an hour later. There was no one around me, only a thermos bucket on the table, which contained fragrant wild ginseng stewed chicken soup.

Chu Yunhan took a sip and asked Bai Yang, "Where did you just say the soup came from?"

"Aunt Song made it, and someone brought it over."

He stared at Bai Yang for a while, without saying a word, lowered his head and finished the soup, saying, "Tell her not to give it away."

"Yes."

He has a very tricky taste since he was a child and is very sensitive to the taste of food.The soup tasted bland, the ginseng flavor was not strong, the chicken was soft, it was not made by Aunt Song.And he had tasted this chicken soup before.

In the old house of the Chu family, it is Aunt Wang's handicraft.

Who brought the chicken soup?Who was that person who couldn't see clearly in the dream just now?

Since the other party deliberately concealed it, he didn't want to reveal it.

Chu Yichen, you are here to see if I can win once, right?