Chapter 174: The young couple is really hard to break up...
Butler Zhang was recently surprised to find that the young master has been returning to the old house more often.
Ever since that incident two years ago, the young master and his wife have been in an awkward situation where they appear cold to each other on the surface but are actually at odds with each other.
I heard that it was because the lady secretly sent the girl the young master liked abroad. Although the fault was not entirely on the lady alone, after all, they were both parties to the transaction, the young master did not say anything on the surface, but he was resentful about it in his heart.
As they had watched the young master grow up, they didn't know how to persuade him, but recently, the young master came back once, and then came back again in less than a week.
Butler Zhang paused while pruning the roses, noticed the visitor, and the scissors almost cut his fingertips.
Xie Siyan's black Bentley slowly drove into the courtyard of the old house. The sound of the tires rolling over the ginkgo leaves startled the two white-crowned sparrows that Xie Yanhua had bought at a high price from under the eaves.
"Master, you're back."
Butler Zhang quickly put down the scissors and went forward to watch Xie Siyan stride out of the car with his long legs.
The young man wore a light-colored casual outfit today, a rare sight. He even changed his watch to a low-key Jaeger-LeCoultre, which gave him a bit of the coolness of his student days. However, the sharpness between his eyebrows remained. His eyes behind the glasses swept across the courtyard. The new gardener held his breath unconsciously. He had been in this family for more than half a year and had only seen this young master twice.
Xie Siyan nodded slightly and stopped by the fish pond made of Taihu stones.
He casually picked up a handful of fish food from the table with his fingertips and fed it to the fat carp in the pond.
Ripples suddenly appeared on the water surface, and several fat koi fish scrambled for the food. Among them, the snow-white one was the most domineering. It opened and closed its little mouth and ate a lot.
Xie Siyan suddenly felt like a bunch of chicken wings wrapped in rice were swimming in the lake.
He lost interest in feeding the fish. He just felt that this thing also needed to lose weight. Not only would it not look good, but if it ate more, would it still be able to swim?
He put down the fish food and casually asked Uncle Zhang, "Is Mom here?"
Butler Zhang was stunned and hurriedly gave him instructions, "Madam is arranging flowers in the greenhouse. They have newly arrived Juliet roses... Young Master, do you want to go and take a look?"
Before he finished speaking, Xie Siyan had already walked towards the glass greenhouse.
The sunlight shone on his tall figure, vaguely outlining the contours of the muscles on his back. Butler Zhang was stunned for a moment, and saw that Xie Siyan had disappeared at the entrance of the greenhouse.
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In the glass greenhouse.
Cheng Yu was bending over to prune a Juliet rose. Just as the sharp scissors touched the flower stem, there was a sudden sound of fallen leaves being crushed behind him.
"Mom." The deep voice startled Cheng Yu and made her wrist tremble. The next second, the newly bloomed rose fell to the ground with a "click", and the petals fell into the fallen leaves.
Cheng Yu turned around.
Seeing Xie Siyan standing three steps away, the evening sun shone through the glass on the ceiling, casting light and shadow on his shoulders. She seemed to see Xie Siyan's appearance when he was young, and was stunned for a moment.
Cheng Yu knew from the beginning that his son looked exactly like his father, with handsome features. It was only because of Xie Yan's good looks that he threw his heart into him and wasted half his life on him.
"How did you..."
Cheng Yu took off his gardening gloves, his voice filled with undisguised surprise.
In the past two years, because of that incident, the son returned to the old house only a few times. Every time he came and left with a cold face, he rarely said a few words to her.
Xie Siyan bent down to pick up the fallen rose, brushed the dust off the petals with his fingertips, handed it over, and said, "The pastries last time tasted good."
Cheng Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, a little bit of disbelief.
Her son had hated sweets since he was young. When he was in kindergarten, he only took a symbolic bite of his birthday cake. Before Cheng Yu could ask any questions, Xie Siyan suddenly said, "Next time, mother, make a few more boxes. I'll take them away."
The greenhouse was filled with the smell of damp earth.
Cheng Yu suddenly noticed the faint teeth marks on his son's collar. He sighed, a soft look flashing across his eyes. "...Do you like to eat that?"
She chose to avoid the topic of women and seize the opportunity to ease the relationship with her son. Cheng Yu did not catch the fallen flower. Xie Siyan directly put the flower back into the glass vase. He did not answer the question, but just said:
"Mom's been free at home lately, so making a few boxes shouldn't be a problem, right?"
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The midday sun is scorching and dazzling.
Cheng Yu stood in front of the China Construction Building, the gilded food box in his hand shining brightly under the scorching sun, and Bai Yirou followed beside him.
"Ma'am, this way please."
When Xie Yan was in the company before, Cheng Yu had come here before.
When the assistant learned that Cheng Yu was coming, he quickly went downstairs to greet him. Cheng Yu waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to disturb others. Bai Yirou also smiled gently beside him.
Cheng Yu had two plans for calling Bai Yirou. On the one hand, Bai Yirou would act as a lubricant to prevent the atmosphere from becoming awkward and his son from blaming him for coming rashly. On the other hand, with outsiders present, even if Xie Siyan wanted to get angry, he had to suppress it.
During the short time the elevator was rising, Cheng Yu was tidying her hair through the mirrored wall.
The lunch box contained pastries freshly made this morning. The pastry was still warm, making it the best time to eat it. Cheng Yu asked as he sorted it out, "Is the young master in a meeting?"
"Boss Xie..." the assistant's Adam's apple rolled, "He's in the office.
It's ten in the morning, not unusual in the office, except...
Cheng Yu asked disapprovingly, "I heard he stayed at the company last weekend. He was so tired. Why didn't you try to persuade him..."
The assistant smiled gently, indicating that he understood.
The top-floor corridor was eerily quiet.
Cheng Yu's sheepskin heels stepped on the handmade carpet without making any sound. When she grasped the door handle of the office, she found that the door was ajar.
"Si Yan, Yi and I..."
The moment the door was pushed open, Cheng Yu's unfinished words stopped abruptly.
The gilded food box hit the marble floor with a thunderous sound.
Layer upon layer of pastries rolled out, and the date paste filling spread a red tint on the pure white carpet, like rouge.
The overlapping figures in front of the window suddenly separated.
Mu Jia's lips were glistening with moisture as she eagerly pushed the person away and dodged. Her collar was askew and there were kiss marks on her fair neck. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell what had happened.
It was almost instinctive for Xie Siyan to immediately protect the person behind him. It took less than a second for the eyes behind the lenses to go from confused to clear.
"mom."
This sound woke Cheng Yu up.
Cheng Yu frowned as he watched his son subconsciously protecting the other person's arm.
Bai Yirou hadn't expected to come here at this time and see this scene. Her eyes were fixed on the person behind Xie Siyan who was protecting him...
Although she only caught a glimpse, she was absolutely sure who it was...
But, she came back?
"Sorry to bother you."
Cheng Yu bent down to pick up the food box as if he didn't see it. His voice was surprisingly calm. He picked up the pastry that had rolled out with his hand. The assistant hurried over and took it.
"Since you are busy, we will leave first." After saying that, he pulled Bai Yirou, turned around, and glanced at the girl who quietly grabbed the corner of Xie Siyan's clothes.
The girl who had been sent away by her own hands was now looking up at her son, with a light in her eyes that Cheng Yu had never seen before.
Sometimes, young lovers really can’t be separated…
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