During dinner, after everyone was seated, Chen Xu could feel the awkward atmosphere in the air. Fang Huiwen didn't even look at the old lady, and no one knew what had happened between the mother and daughter.

Fang Huiwen and Fang Zhiyuan's relationship doesn't seem to be very good either, and the two hardly chat with each other.

It seemed that she was dragged back by her husband. However, since she came back to see her mother, it meant that her attitude had softened. Now all that was needed was an opportunity to reach a reconciliation.

At the dinner table, it was not until his uncle-in-law mentioned it that Chen Xu realized that today was the old lady's birthday. The strange thing was that Luo Xiyun had never mentioned it to him before.

Fang Zhiyuan suddenly asked, "Xiaoxuan is about to graduate from college, right?"

He was asking about Fang Huiwen's son, whose full name was Zhang Yixuan.

Zhang Yixuan replied, "Uncle, I have already received my diploma."

“Do you plan to work abroad or return home?”

Zhang Yixuan said as a matter of course, "Of course I will return to China. Discrimination is too severe over there. Even if you do well, it is difficult to get ahead. And there are more opportunities in China."

Fang Huiwen couldn't help but say, "What nonsense! Isn't your dad doing well over there? As long as you are good enough, you can make it anywhere."

Zhang Yixuan curled his lips and said, "It's your business if you want to stay abroad, but I'm going back to China anyway."

"You..." Fang Huiwen was very angry.

Zhang Rui, who was standing next to her, grabbed her hand, and she endured it and did not have an outburst.

At this time, Luo Xiyun took the opportunity to say, "Aunt, uncle-in-law, why don't you return to China as well."

Fang Huiwen didn't say anything, but Zhang Rui said, "We need to think about this matter."

After that, no one mentioned the topic again.

Chen Xu noticed that during the whole process, the old lady didn't say a word and it was impossible to tell what her attitude was.

After dinner, Luo Xiyun accompanied the old lady back to the house first, and little Fang Hao went to the piano room with a tutor to practice piano. Fang Zhiyuan didn't know where he went.

Chen Xu and Fang Huiwen's family were the only ones left in the living room, and they naturally started chatting.

During the chat, Chen Xu learned that Zhang Rui was in the field of microelectronics and was a partner in the company. Fang Huiwen was a lawyer and had also opened a law firm with others. She was considered a successful person in the United States. No wonder she couldn't let go of her career there.

Next to him, Zhang Yixuan remained silent, lowering his head to play with his phone. He ignored Chen Xu, seemingly still upset about what happened at the airport last time.

Fang Huiwen asked, "Chen Xu, what do you do for a living?"

After Chen Xu came to the Fang family, she was the first person to ask about this matter. Before that, neither Mrs. Fang nor Fang Zhiyuan had ever asked him about his work.

"I used to work in the same company as Xiyun, but later I started my own business and opened a noodle restaurant and an IT company. Later, I opened several laboratories."

Laboratory? Zhang Rui was slightly startled, but he thought that he opened a noodle shop, so maybe it was related to food. This also indirectly proved that his company should be quite big.

Fang Huiwen said, "He is really young and promising."

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At night, Chen Xu spent the night alone in the guest room. It was his first visit to the house, and out of respect, he did not go to Luo Xiyun's room and slept alone in the guest room that night.

I don't know when she started to pay attention to exercise. However, she didn't have the amazing endurance like Chen Xu, and she could only run two or three times a week at most.

It was just dawn at this time, and the street lights on the side of the road were still lighting up with orange light. The greening in the community was well done, with green plants on both sides of the road.

There was silence all around, and Chen Xu heard Luo Xiyun's slightly rapid breathing beside him.

He controlled his pace and jogged side by side with her on the road. The cold wind blew on his face, making his lips a little dry.

After running for ten minutes, Luo Xiyun felt a little exhausted and slowed down, breathing heavily while walking. Chen Xu accompanied her.

After a while, Chen Xu saw that her breathing had calmed down a little, and asked, "What's going on between my aunt and grandma?" He didn't have a chance to ask this question yesterday.

Luo Xiyun wiped the sweat off his face with a towel draped over his shoulders and said, "After my aunt graduated, she worked in Fang Group. After a few years, she became a department manager. Then, my uncle also joined the company and soon his position surpassed hers."

"In terms of ability, my uncle is indeed not as good as my aunt. So, she always felt that my grandmother was partial to me. Later, when my uncle became the CEO, she was so angry that she ran away to settle abroad."

Chen Xu listened to her story and thought, she really has a bad temper. From this point of view, her personality is somewhat similar to Luo Xiyun's, and I don't know if it's genetic.

He felt that things were definitely not as simple as Xiyun said. From yesterday's contact, Fang Huiwen didn't seem to be a difficult person to get along with. She had a falling out with her biological mother and brother, most likely there was some other hidden reason.

However, he did not ask any further questions.

He talked about another thing, "By the way, why didn't you tell me that yesterday was grandma's birthday? I should have prepared a better gift for her."

While the two were talking, they had already returned to the Fang family's villa.

Luo Xiyun asked, "I'm going back first, are you still running?"

"Let me run another lap." Chen Xu had just run for a short while and was not even sweating.

Next, he ran around the community alone until the sun came out. He was sweating all over and returned to the villa. He saw Zhang Yixuan and Luo Xiyun playing basketball.

At some point a simple assembled basketball hoop was erected next to it.

Luo Xiyun dribbled the ball and Zhang Yixuan defended. She made a fake move and changed direction to move inside, but was discovered and could not break through, so she shot on the spot.

Zhang Yixuan was half a head taller than her. He stretched out his hand and blocked the ball. Then he burst into laughter.

The ball rolled all the way to Chen Xu's feet and he picked it up.

"Chen Xu, educate him." Luo Xiyun shouted.

Zhang Yixuan looked at Chen Xu with a provocative look.

Chen Xu picked up the ball and said, "Well, let's play."

"Come on."

(End of this chapter)