Like a different person
As he had been busy all the time, he missed the important event of Hong Kong's return. Taking advantage of the free time, Shen Xingyan stayed at home to make up for the return ceremony. Hong Kong had already returned to China when she was born, and her knowledge of Hong Kong came from books or family discussions. She also had not experienced the prosperous period of Hong Kong's film and television industry, nor had she experienced the scene where the streets were filled with Cantonese songs.
Entering this era, she understands how her mother felt when she talked about Hong Kong. In the memories of the older generation, Hong Kong has a different existence, so much so that even now, many people still have a filter for Hong Kong.
When she saw the handover, Shen Xingyan's eyes became wet unconsciously, and she felt Guo Jia's power. People today don’t know that Guo Jia will become even more powerful in the future, and these changes are the result of the efforts of several generations.
Shen Xingyan thought that she should also work hard to become better and be worthy of her future self.
After watching the broadcast, she picked up a tape and put it into her Walkman. Gu Fang seemed to be afraid that she would not take the tapes, so he brought a lot of them, including various albums and famous songs. He also enthusiastically told her which songs were good.
What he didn't know was that she had heard many of the "new songs" before. She didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm, so she listened patiently and nodded from time to time. Who knew that her behavior encouraged Gu Fang, and Gu Fang talked for two hours before leaving.
Familiar music sounded, and Shen Xingyan recalled the scenes of listening to these songs in later lives. She had never felt the distance of time so deeply. Bitterness welled up in her heart. Her parents' faces became clearer in her memory and she began to miss them.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
Shen Xingyan was wearing headphones and immersed in his own world, so he didn't hear anything. It wasn't until the phone on the table rang that she pulled herself out of her own world. She answered the phone and heard Chen Hua's voice, "Yanyan, are you home? Why don't you open the door?"
Shen Xingyan didn't want to make him worry, so she lied, "I fell asleep and didn't hear anything. Where were you?"
"Your store downstairs, I'll come up now."
The moment Shen Xingyan opened the door, he thought he had recognized the wrong person. The person in front of him had a tall and straight figure, sword-like eyebrows, bright eyes, a high nose bridge, a perfectly curved jawline, and hair that was neither long nor short, revealing his entire forehead. He looked very energetic and suddenly looked a dozen years younger.
Shen Xingyan opened his mouth wide, "Dad?"
Chen Hua touched his face and then his belly, smiling with both pride and shyness, "I listened to you and started exercising, and I lost weight. My colleagues said I was like a different person."
Shen Xingyan nodded vigorously, "So handsome!"
Chen Hua's ears turned red. "I came a few times, but you weren't at home. No one answered the phone, so I thought you might be busy. I was thinking that if you weren't at home today, I would come back later."
Shen Xingyan turned aside to let him in, "The case has come to an end for now, so I have some free time."
"I heard about it. You did a great job." After all, they were all in the same system, so some news spread particularly quickly. The people in the institute knew that Shen Xingyan was his daughter, and their eyes were filled with envy, jealousy and hatred.
Shen Xingyan poured him a glass of water and said, "I didn't embarrass you, did I?"
"My daughter is the best!" Chen Hua looked at Shen Xingyan with a particularly doting look. In fact, he has always loved his daughter very much, but he is not good at expressing it and is busy with work. He put the fruits and snacks he bought on the table and asked, "Why do I see that you have lost weight? Have you not been eating well?"
"It's too hot in the summer, so it's hard to eat."
"You were like this when you were a kid. You didn't eat well in the summer and always liked to eat cold food. You're a girl, don't always eat cold food. It's not good for your health."
"I see. Have you visited your mother?"
Chen Hua shook his head, "She is impatient to see me."
That was in the past, things are different now.
"You have to go see her!" Shen Xingyan said solemnly. Chen Hua was stunned for a moment, "I don't have time. I'm too busy."
"Then let's go now." Shen Xingyan said as he entered the house, "Wait for me, I'll change my clothes."
Chen Hua rubbed his hands, very reluctant, "Don't go, your mother's place is too far, you finally get some rest..."
"I'm fine, let's go."
Chen Hua: ...
Changing clothes is a bit too fast.
Shen Xingyan pushed Chen Hua out and picked up some fruits and snacks.
Chen Hua was dissatisfied, "That's for you."
"It doesn't matter who you give it to."
Chen Hua didn't know when she became so impatient and wouldn't allow others to refuse him, so he could only follow her passively.
Shen Xingyan didn't take the bus either, but just hailed a taxi.
Chen Hua complained, "You should save some money."
"I don't usually spend much money, so it's okay to take a taxi occasionally. Besides, my mother will reimburse me."
"She just likes to spoil you."
Shen Xingyan smiled, "You too."
Chen Hua laughed and looked at the street scene receding outside the car window. His smile gradually faded and his hands on his knees clenched into fists.
Shen Xingyan knew that he was nervous, so she talked about some work matters to divert his thoughts. But Chen Hua is a policeman after all, and he has received training. While listening, he can still immerse himself in his own emotions.
The car stopped at the entrance of Chengyuan Garden Community. Chen Hua saw through the car window and said with some disapproval: "Living in such a luxurious place."
Shen Xingyan smiled secretly and urged him to get out of the car. Chen Hua came down reluctantly. After seeing it up close, he felt it was extravagant. "She lives on the second floor by herself. How can she live there? She earned some money and saved it up. She built it."
"This money is not money to my mother, so don't talk about it in front of her."
Chen Hua snorted, which was considered as his tacit agreement.
Shen Xingyan had the key, so he opened the door and went in directly. Yaya was the first to jump over and kept wagging her tail at her.
Chen Hua frowned immediately, "She even learned how to raise a dog. Doesn't she hate dogs the most?"
“This one is different.”
Chen Hua suddenly understood. He squatted down, touched Yaya's head, and said solemnly: "Thank you."
Shen Lin ran out upon hearing the noise, looked at Chen Hua in surprise, and asked Shen Xingyan who this was.
Shen Xingyan laughed, "This is my dad, cousin."
Shen Lin was stunned, “Chen Hua?”
Chen Hua nodded, "Is Chen Lan at home?" He actually calmed down, being polite but not distant, and walked inside, looking like the host.
Shen Xingyan sighed secretly, he is worthy of being the director.
Shen Lin hurriedly followed, "She should be back soon. She comes back quite early recently."
Chen Hua entered the house and frowned when he saw the furnishings inside. Shen Xingyan coughed and shook his head at him. Chen Hua sighed, took off his shoes, and since he couldn't find men's slippers, he walked into the house barefoot. With his hands behind his back, he walked around the living room.
Shen Lin made some tea and placed it on the coffee table, "You guys sit down for a while, I'll go cook."
"No need to worry."
"You and Yanyan have come here with great difficulty, you should eat before leaving." Chen Lin went into the kitchen and started busying herself.
Chen Hua turned his head to look at her and whispered to Shen Xingyan: "She also hired Shen Lin as a nanny. She really knows how to live." He became the nagging Chen Hua again.
Shen Xingyan said to him, "My mother earns her own money, so she can spend it however she wants. Don't always think of her according to your own ideas. You are the director now, and your salary is not as good as before. You can't always talk about saving money. You have to change your mindset. Money is earned, not saved.
Although my mother spends a lot, she also earns a lot. She obtained the agency rights for several cosmetics brands and started her own company. She enjoyed herself with her own money and had no problem with it. ”
Chen Hua sighed, "Forget it, we're divorced anyway, let her do whatever she wants. Like you said, she spent her own money, I shouldn't say anything more."
"Yes, you should think like this in the future. I think the way you treated your aunt just now was pretty good. You act like a director."
"What do you mean by very similar? I am one."
"Yes, Director Chen."
The father and daughter were chatting and laughing when the door opened and Shen Lan came back. She heard voices and looked towards the sofa. The person sitting on the sofa heard the door open and looked towards the door.
For a moment, their eyes met, and in the air, sparks exploded.
Chen Lan was wearing a commuter suit that outlined her perfect figure, with long wavy hair draped over her chest, and a small handbag. Her makeup was just right, making her look more beautiful than a flower.
Shen Xingyan clearly felt Chen Hua's nervousness. His body was tense and his hands were clenched into fists. He just looked at Shen Lan. He hadn't seen her for a long time, and his impression of her was still that harsh. At this time, Shen Lan was in high spirits because his career was going well. His brows were full of joy and he unconsciously had the aura of a superior.
As for Chen Hua, after these years of training, his mind has become more resilient. He no longer thinks like a small policeman, but thinks about problems from a higher perspective.
The two people's meeting again seemed like a reunion that had undergone a transformation.
Chen Hua spoke first, "Yanyan said that he hadn't seen you for a long time and missed you, so he came to see you specially."
Shen Lan lowered her eyes, took off her shoes, and put on slippers, but she put her shoes on the wrong way. She hurriedly changed them, "Yanyan hasn't been here for a long time." Shen Lan looked up at him, "What about you?"
Chen Hua swallowed nervously, "I happened to be going to see her, so I came over."
"Are you just stopping by to see me?" Shen Lan frowned, threw her small handbag on the carpet in front of the sofa, and looked Chen Hua up and down. Chen Hua instantly closed her legs and clamped her hands around her vagina, looking like a young wife.
Shen Xingyan became anxious and answered for Chen Hua, "My dad came to see you specially, he's just shy and can't say it." Shen Xingyan helped Shen Lan sit down. It was the first time for the family of three to sit on the same sofa.
Shen Xingyan clearly felt that after Shen Lan sat down, Chen Hua's body became more tense. She was wondering why he was so nervous.
Chen Lan sneered, "The sun has risen from the west, and he still remembers to come and see me. I was almost killed last time, and he didn't come to see me, so why would he come to see me now!"
"Dad was too busy at that time, and he was afraid that you would dislike him, so he came to see you as soon as he got himself ready." Shen Xingyan blinked at Shen Lan with a somewhat ambiguous smile.
Shen Lan slapped her on the forehead, "What nonsense are you talking about as a girl!"
Shen Xingyan pouted and said, "It's all for you guys."
Chen Hua immediately said, "Why did you hit her? She has been so busy with work recently that she has lost weight."
"So you're the only one who feels sorry for your daughter, but I don't." Shen Lan rubbed Shen Xingyan, but glanced at Chen Hua, "It looks like it now."
Chen Hua's ears turned red when she looked at him, and he turned his face away slightly.
Shen Lan frowned and said, "What are you wearing? You look like an old man from the countryside. It's still early, I'll take you to buy some clothes."
Chen Hua waved his hands hastily, "I..."
Shen Xingyan held his hand and interrupted him, "I think so too. Ten dollars can buy several pieces of this dress."
Chen Hua: “No…”
Shen Lan: "Who said it wasn't? Hurry up and put on your shoes and follow me."
Chen Hua: "I..."
Shen Xingyan pulled him up and urged, "Go quickly, don't delay dinner, I'll wait for you at home."
Chen Hua: "You..."
Shen Lan changed into flat shoes and said, "If we come back late, you should eat first. Don't be hungry. You are too thin."
Chen Hua: “Yes…”
Shen Xingyan: "I understand. Don't buy him anything too expensive. He is the director now. If he dresses too nicely, it will easily lead to misunderstandings."
Chen Hua: “Yes…”
Shen Lan: "I know." She grabbed Chen Hua's ear and said, "Hurry up!"
Chen Hua: ...
They were talking to each other, and he didn't say a word.
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