Jiang Chen looked at the father and daughter in front of him obscurely and scrutinizingly. No further introduction was needed, as he already knew their identities.
Sure enough, after Li Xiao greeted Jiang Chen, he introduced him, "I didn't finish just now. This is He Qianyu, my good friend. She danced the Black Swan in the last ballet performance you saw. This is Qianyu's father, Mr. He. Uncle He, Qianyu, this is Jiang Chen."
He Yanfeng and He Qianyu looked over at the same time. The father and daughter had similar eyebrows and eyes, but different expressions.
He Qianyu's ears were stained pink. She glanced at Jiang Chen quietly before saying softly, "Hello, I'm He Qianyu."
He Yanfeng was a little surprised when he saw Jiang Chen pursing his lips and smiling and nodding to He Qianyu, but he quickly restrained his expression and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that a boy of your age would like to watch ballet performances."
Jiang Chen raised his eyes and met He Yanfeng's smiling eyes. They were both stunned for a moment. Jiang Chen said politely, "Hello, Uncle He."
He Yanfeng felt something strange in his heart, but he couldn't tell what it was. He looked at the boy's eyes carefully again, suppressed the strange feeling, and said with a smile: "Hello, since you are Xiaoxiao and Liuyi's friend, please come to our house often in the future. I have a son who looks about the same age as you, and you should have common topics. By the way, Jiang Chen, how old are you and where do you go to school now?"
Jiang Chen lowered his gaze, pursed his lips and smiled faintly, "Eighteen years old."
"Eighteen." He Yanfeng paused for half a second, unable to explain the emotion that flashed through his mind. He stopped thinking and said, "Then he should be in the third year of high school. My eldest son is seventeen, about the same age as you. You can meet each other if you have a chance. Maybe you can become friends."
Jiang Chen smiled: "There will be a chance."
He Qianyu pulled He Yanfeng's sleeve, looked up and called out, "Dad."
"Hmm?" He Yanfeng looked down at his daughter, and seeing her pouting, he suddenly said, "Sorry, we have something else to do later, so we have to leave now. Xiao Jiang, you and Xiao Xiao can come to our house to play when you have the chance."
He Qianyu's eyes widened as she hurried to check Jiang Chen's expression. She just wanted her father to stop asking her questions. When was he going to urge him to leave?
Jiang Chen said politely: "Okay, goodbye uncle, goodbye Qianyu."
He Qianyu paused at what she was about to say when she heard the name "Qianyu" from the boy in front of her. She blinked her wide eyes, then slowly lowered her head and covered her hot ears.
Li Xiao and He Yanfeng both noticed her strangeness, but they thought in different directions.
Li Xiao felt that He Qianyu was a little strange from the beginning, peeking and blushing. Maybe there was a boy she liked in the bookstore, and she was curious about who it was.
He Yanfeng thought that He Qianyu was in a hurry to go to her grandfather's house, and she got angry because he kept talking. He Yanfeng took He Qianyu's hand and nodded to the two of them: "Then we will leave first."
Li Xiao and Jiang Chen said at the same time: "Goodbye."
After the two left, Li Xiao also paid the bill and left the bookstore with Jiang Chen.
Halfway through the journey, she suddenly remembered something and asked curiously, "I remember my sister said you were only seventeen, why did you tell Uncle He that you were eighteen?"
Jiang Chen's eyes were cold and he said calmly, "The age on the ID card."
"Is that so?" Li Xiao nodded. She was not a talkative person to begin with. The reason she talked to Jiang Chen was because of Pan Liuyi and the math competition. Seeing that Jiang Chen seemed to have something else to do, she said goodbye: "I'll take the bus at the next stop. I'll leave first."
Jiang Chen nodded and said, "Be careful on the road."
"goodbye."
On the other side, in He Yanfeng’s car.
He Qianyu leaned on the car window, watching Jiang Chen and Li Xiao walking further and further away with reluctance.
He Yanfeng retracted his gaze, and seeing her like this, he smiled and said, "Are you so reluctant to let her go? When you and Xiaoxiao are both on vacation next week, Dad will discuss with Xiaoxiao's uncle and bring her home to play. Let her stay at our house for a night, okay?"
He Qianyu sat up straight and said with a puffed face: "Xiaoxiao is now in the second year of high school. Her studies are very stressful. I always bring her home to play, which will delay her studies."
"Oh!" He Yanfeng raised his eyebrows: "Our little princess can feel sorry for others, but it's a pity that the person she feels sorry for is not Daddy. Daddy is so sad."
"Dad!" He Qianyu crossed her arms and turned her face away: "I don't want to pay attention to you anymore!"
"What did Dad say again to make my baby angry?"
"snort."
He Yanfeng smiled and shook his head, then changed the subject: "Have you bought all the music scores you wanted?"
"I bought it." He Qianyu nodded, and suddenly thought of something. She leaned over to the front seat and whispered, "Dad, I discovered a secret of my second brother!"
He Yanfeng said with a smile: "What secret of your brother have you discovered?"
"He's been checking his phone a lot lately! He often ignores me when he texts me! And he's really into studying! Do you think he has a girl he likes?"
"The girl you like?"
"That's right!" He Qianyu nodded slightly to confirm herself and continued to reason: "Also, I noticed that he came back very late from school several times. On Tuesday, I met Brother Yunlong after school. He said that my second brother ran to another school after school. I think he must have found a sister from another school to date!"
He Yanfeng: "You don't want your second brother to have a relationship?"
"No." He Qianyu patted the chair a few times and muttered, "He likes to bully people so much. I'm afraid he will treat girls badly. If they dump him, he will be so sad. If he is sad, he might bully me."
"I only saw you bullying him." He Yanfeng laughed, "And you always say bad things about him."
"I didn't!" He Qianyu crossed her arms and said, "I don't want to talk to you anymore, Dad. I don't want to talk to you until we get to Grandpa's house."
He Yanfeng stopped the car and said, "Then are you willing to open the door?"
He Qianyu turned her head and said, "No."
Someone knocked on the car window. He Qianyu looked up and saw He Qianmin's face.
She rolled down the car window and made a face to the outside: "I won't open the door! You sit in the front!"
He Qianmin reached out and ruffled her hair, then opened the front door as she was flailing in anger. After sitting down, he asked He Yanfeng, "Who pissed her off again?"
He Yanfeng glanced at the rearview mirror and said with a smile, "I just separated from Xiaoxiao and I was reluctant to leave. I was in a bad mood."
"Oh." He Qianmin glanced back and saw her combing her hair strand by strand. He said, "Don't do it. It's still ugly."
He Qianyu replied: "You are my brother, if I am ugly, you are ugly too!"
"The He family's good-looking genes are passed down to males, not females." He Qianmin turned around and angrily said to her, "That's why I'm handsome and you're ugly."
"You're ugly!"
He Yanfeng was used to it and let the two of them fight. He didn't show any reaction and just drove quietly and attentively.
When he was almost at the He family's old house, he suddenly remembered something, looked at his children who had already quieted down, and said, "Sister Xiaoxiao's friend hasn't said where he goes to school yet."
"He's in Yanyi Middle School." He Qianyu swung her legs and said, "My mother asked about him when she went to see my performance last time. It's this brother."
He Yanfeng was startled, and backed the car into the garage. After the car was parked, he turned around and asked, "Is that him your mother saw last time?"
…
When Jiang Chen returned home, Yang Si was talking to Mr. Miao.
Seeing them come in, both of them smiled and said, "You're back."
"Grandpa!" Miaomiao let go of Jiang Chen and quickly threw herself into Mr. Miao's arms.
"Why did you buy so many things?" Mr. Miao hugged Miao Miao and saw the doll in her hand, the big puppet in Jiang Chen's hand, and the bag of books. He said, "What a waste of money."
Jiang Chen placed the doll next to Miaomiao, sat down on the sofa, and said with a smile: "Today is Miaomiao's birthday and also Children's Day. Of course I have to accept two gifts."
"But there are so many books and this doll." Mr. Miao picked up the big doll and looked at it for a while, then said distressedly, "It must cost a lot of money."
"Not much, not much." Yang Si also picked up the big puppet and took a look at it. He grabbed the puppet's hand and teased Miaomiao. While teasing her, he said to Mr. Miao: "The gifts in here, one is Miaomiao's birthday gift, one is Miaomiao's Children's Day gift, and the other one is my gift to Miaomiao. How can there be too much?"
"Isn't there a cake as a birthday present?" Mr. Miao looked at the cake Jiang Chen brought back. Although he had never eaten it, he knew it was definitely not cheap just by looking at the packaging. He reached into his clothes, took out money, and said to Jiang Chen: "Chenchen, how much is it? Grandpa will give it to you."
"That won't do!" Yang Si held Mr. Miao's hand and said with a smile, "This cake is from Lao Jiang for Miao Miao. He is in the hospital now and he specifically told me to bring a gift for Miao Miao. He is already very disappointed that he can't come to the hospital. If Miao Miao doesn't want his gift, she will be even sadder."
“This… Hey, but this…” Mr. Miao could naturally feel Yang Si’s enthusiasm and kindness. His eyes were filled with warmth. He touched Miao Miao’s head and said, “Our Miao Miao, you have met some great people. Go and thank your brother and aunt.”
Miaomiao turned her head to look at the smiling Yang Si, then turned her head to look at Jiang Chen across from her, and said obediently, "Thank you, Auntie and Brother Jiang Chen."
She still spoke with her accent, but it also had a child-like softness and milky tone, which instantly softened Yang Si's heart. She let go of the doll and said to Miaomiao, "Auntie, can you hug Miaomiao?"
Miaomiao nodded confusedly and opened her arms waiting for Yang Si to hug her.
Yang Si held her on his lap, grabbed her chubby little hand, and said with a satisfied smile: "My dream of many years has finally come true." Holding Miaomiao, he turned his head and blinked at Jiang Chen: "Miaomiao is so cute, she let me hold her when I asked her to hold her. It's not like when you were a child, you had to coax me for a long time before I could hold you."
Jiang Chen smiled helplessly: "Mom..."
Mr. Miao took Miao Miao to stay at the Jiang family for the whole afternoon. After dinner, blowing out the candles and eating cake, he took her home.
After a day of excitement, the house became quiet again.
Yang Si looked at the cake plate on the dining table that had not been cleared away yet and said with a smile, "It's been a long time since the house has been so lively. Miaomiao is really cute. If it weren't for family planning, I would really like to give you a brother or sister. You will definitely be the best brother."
Jiang Chen was helping to put away the things. When he heard this, his eyes flashed and he suddenly said, "Mom, why don't you and Dad have another child?"
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