Chapter 1826 Phantom
"You have to promise to protect yourself like I did from now on and never hurt yourself for any reason."
The sun shone from behind the large clouds, making the girl's outstretched finger blurry and shiny.
The man half-knelt on the ground, and smiled after a while. He also stretched out his fingers, and hooked his slender fingers with hers.
"I promise."
Shen Pianpian finally smiled, shook her fingers, and her eyes curved into crescents.
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It was sunny in the morning and started to rain in the afternoon.
The weather in this season is always so changeable.
Shen Pianpian, who had taken medicine at noon, was now asleep in bed. Cheng Zhiyuan sat by the bed for a while, flipping through a book, until he was sure that she was asleep, then he quietly left the room.
The black Bentley drove out of Peacock Residence and headed towards the Cheng family's old house.
About half an hour later, the car stopped in front of the old house.
The man was wearing a long black trench coat, which made him look even taller and more upright.
The doorway where the orderly always stood has become empty. The huge mansion that used to look solemn and majestic now exudes a sense of desolation in the drizzle.
It's like a house full of ghosts.
The man's eyes reflected the place where he had lived for more than 20 years. I don't know what was hidden in the depths of his eyes, but it made people feel depressed and sad when they saw him.
He stood in the rain for a while before he pushed the door open and walked in.
Black leather shoes stepped on the wet ground and the fallen leaves that had not been swept for who knows how long.
He passed his yard.
There were messy fallen flowers and leaves in front of the yard, and the walls were mottled after years of wear and tear.
He paused for a moment.
Amid the crackling sound of raindrops, it seemed as if I saw time suddenly turning back.
The trees keep getting shorter and the brick walls keep getting newer.
Blurry figures began to appear in the desolate and desolate courtyard. They moved back and forth quickly, and the noisy voices surged like the tide. Finally, he saw a black-haired boy with a white bandage on his arm walking out of the yard.
Secretary Liu, who was still very young at the time, stood in front of him, lowered his head and said carefully in a very suppressed voice,
"The old man went abroad to relax, and the young lady is accompanying him. You will probably be the only one at the funeral."
Twenty-seven-year-old Cheng Zhiyuan stood at the gate of the yard, looking expressionlessly at the boy who had the same expressionless face as him.
Seeing him staring at Secretary Liu in front of him unconsciously with his dark eyes, I heard him ask in an even hoarse voice after a moment of silence,
"Did Grandpa say when he would be back?"
Secretary Liu bent down even deeper, but couldn't utter a word.
The boy understood instantly.
Maybe he hasn't said it, which means he won't be back for a long time.
The young man pursed his lips slightly, but his voice was extremely cold. He just said "oh" and walked towards the yard where the funeral was held.
Along the way, he passed by many people who came to pay their respects, and many of their discussions reached his ears undisguisedly as a teenager and as an adult.
"Commander Cheng seems to have gone abroad? What does this mean?"
"Is Cheng Zhiyuan the only child at the funeral? How cruel."
"Tsk tsk, it seems like it wasn't that long ago that his mother passed away? It's normal for Commander Cheng to be unable to bear the loss of both his son and daughter-in-law."
"You're saying that, as if a child could handle the tragedy of losing both parents. At his age, if he encountered something like this, he should be crying in the arms of his elders. Commander Cheng, on the other hand, went out to relax and left his grandson alone in a home without any adults. Isn't Cheng Zhiyuan the one who's more pitiful?"
The whispers were not very quiet, but in such noisy and clear discussions, the young man in the black suit seemed to hear nothing.
Cheng Zhiyuan stood under the tree, watching the young man walk towards him expressionlessly, and then pass by him.
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