November twenty-seventh.
The temperature has officially dropped below zero, and it is no longer the temperature of late autumn in the traditional sense. Daily news broadcasts remind people to put on more clothes to avoid seasonal flu.
On the streets, most men, women, young and old, wore masks.
The air is not too good, but not too bad. Every autumn and winter, people in the capital habitually wear masks to prevent dust from entering their lungs.
Following the fashion trend, I bought a box of adult masks with patterns. When I put them on, the upper half of my face was exposed, with handsome and cold eyes, while the lower half was covered by colorfully printed small animals, which looked quite interesting.
When Yan Yongwang saw him, he couldn't think of anything to say for a moment. He was stunned for a while and then smiled.
He said to Lingxi in a low voice: "What are you laughing at?"
He heard his daughter say, "Why are you coming out wearing a child-sized mask?"
Chao Lingxi: "It's not a children's mask." He shook his finger, a little smile in his eyes: "The model is for adults, I just picked the one that looks the best."
Yan Yongwang also wore a mask today, but he took it off halfway through the drive because he felt too hot. Whenever the temperature drops, he will wear a thick scarf - usually a "Chao Juan" scarf, in different colors, all bought for him by his mother, Ms. Shi Xianyuan, a few years ago.
There are a lot of wardrobes in the closet, all with classic styles, and they won’t look outdated even after a few years of wearing them.
When driving, wearing a mask and scarf is too stuffy. Even with the car windows open, I still feel uncomfortable.
So, halfway through the drive, I took off my mask and wrapped a scarf around my chin, leaving only the tip of my nose, which was red from the cold, exposed.
The warming measures have been done very well. When he saw Chao Lingxi, he could feel the warmth still on his body.
Chao Lingxi looked at the weather forecast and knew that the temperature would be low today, so he lowered his head and took out a portable hot pack from his coat pocket.
Into the baby goose girl's hands.
Yan Yongwang: “?”
"I brought this especially for you. Girls should keep warm." Chao Lingxi's fingertips were cool, like the temperature of jade, and his palms were warmer. Because his hands were very delicate, when he handed something to him, it was soft and smooth, like silk.
When he handed the things over, their hands touched briefly, and Yan Yongwang felt that he was very deliberate, not touching him with his cold fingertips, but only slightly touching his palms.
"Where did you learn this?" Yan Yongwang muttered, but still accepted it. He walked side by side with Chao Lingxi and entered the mall.
Today Chao Lingxi said he wanted to treat him to a meal - before that it was Yan Yongwang who treated him, after all, Chao Lingxi was not very familiar with the capital. In other words, he was not very familiar with this world.
Yan Yongwang received his invitation in the morning, and before he could recover from the news he heard yesterday evening, he agreed in a daze.
The two walked side by side, chatting happily together, and even hummed along with the music playing outside the shops in the mall.
Yan Yongwang listened carefully and found that his humming was always out of tune. However, this did not stop Chao Lingxi from humming along without any shyness.
He listened in silence.
The restaurant Chao Lingxi chose was one Yan Yongwang had never been to. As soon as he sat down, Chao Lingxi said, "I looked up information before. The ribs in this restaurant are delicious!"
He looked across at his daughter, who was holding her chin and looking at him slowly: "Oh. Have you tried it?"
"I ordered takeout once...and thought it was pretty good."
Chao Lingxi is a typical person who needs to experience things himself and summarize the experience before he would bring Yan Yongwang with him.
He will only share something with people he likes if he thinks it tastes good.
Yan Yong laughed and said, "Then I can look forward to it, right?"
Chao Lingxi folded the mask carefully, printed the small animals on the outside, folded it into a small square, wrapped it with a tissue, and threw it into the trash can. Hearing him say this, I responded, "Yes, you can look forward to it. I think it's delicious!", and took out a few more individually wrapped masks from my pocket.
"After we finish eating, do you want to wear a mask with me?"
With anticipation in his eyes, he introduced the patterns on the masks: "There are kittens, puppies, and bears."
Yan Yongwang: "..." Holding back the word "childish", he picked one up at random and walked away in a bad mood, "Okay? Okay? Let's order the food. The waiter has been waiting for a long time."
He handed the mask to Lingxi in a good mood. He was already very good at ordering food. He marked on the menu with a pencil and picked out the dishes he liked, and also selected the dishes that he knew Yan Yongwang liked.
After the menu was passed around and finally in Yan Yongwang's hands, he found that most of the items on the list were his favorite foods.
So I just ordered a few dishes and handed the menu to the waiter.
The father and daughter began to chat casually.
"You've been in a good mood these past two days?"
"Yes." Chao Lingxi studied the teacup on the table, looking at the gold-plated pattern printed with modern technology, and gently rubbed it with his fingers. Their seat was in the corner of the restaurant, which was very private. Behind the curtain, the light was clear. The light from the top of his head fell on his face and shoulders, and his dark eyes were full of smiles.
In front of him, he always looked gentle and happy.
When we first met, I didn't know how to smile. But as we got to know each other longer, I smiled more often and my facial expressions became softer and softer.
But this is only limited to in front of Yan Yongwang Chaojuan. In the eyes of others, he always looks cold, gloomy, cold and unpopular.
"Are you happy to see the sea?"
Yan Yongwang asked casually. He poured a cup of hot fruit tea for Lingxi, adding lemon and apple to it. When it was poured from the spout of the pot, the air was filled with a sweet and sour aroma.
When he did this, he looked at the cup intently, his eyelashes drooped, and half of his face was hidden in the clear light.
He said "hmm" to Lingxi again.
He was too frank. No matter that he lived next door to Shen He's house before, he never concealed anything when asked; and when he was asked why he was happy, he always expressed his feelings faithfully.
"Which city did you go to see the sea?"
Yan Yongwang preferred the fruit tea and pushed the cup to him.
Chao Lingxi took it and took a sip. He didn't answer him formally, but just said, "It's a city with spring."
The cups made a slight clinking sound, and Yan Yongwang calmly poured himself a cup of fruit tea.
He took a sip, leaned back in his chair, and whispered, "The sea is nice? Is it nice?"
"Good? It's good to see."
Recalling yesterday to Lingxi, he squinted his eyes, and the wall decoration of this restaurant was reflected in his dark pupils. It was a bunch of tiny, star-like dried flowers. He spoke softly, "The blue sea is so beautiful."
“…”
He saw his daughter staring at him silently, with a look of helplessness on her face.
A little bit of indescribable emotion slowly rose in those extremely beautiful brown-gray eyes.
Chao Lingxi thought, his child couldn't be smarter. He guessed where he went yesterday with just a few clues.
So he praised: "Juanjuan is so smart!"
Yan Yongwang was choked by his words for a moment. He choked on his fruit tea and slowly raised his head with a speechless expression: "You have never concealed it. Do you still need me to use my smart brain to think?"
Towards Lingxi: “Oh.”
After a pause, he continued: "That's still very smart!"
“Like me!”
Yan Yongwang was totally at a loss as to what to do, and was suddenly overwhelmed by his jokes.
He raised his head and met Chao Lingxi's smiling eyes, thinking: Will he always be like this?
In this way, even if you might have done something bad, you can be calm and not feel that there is anything wrong with yourself.
Yan Yongwang didn't hesitate for a moment, and said calmly, "Joey is dead."
He asked him, "Did you kill him?" It was a question because he was not sure whether he had done it.
The action of drinking tea from Lingxi froze, and he blinked slowly. After a few moments, he finally realized what his daughter meant. He reacted so violently that he was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and he whimpered miserably: "How is this possible!!!"
"I obey the law?! I am an honest citizen?!"
Yan Yongwang was completely relaxed after getting the answer. He knew that Chao Lingxi might hide something in front of him, but she would never lie.
Why am I so sure? It must be some inexplicable intuition.
Maybe it was blood ties, maybe Chao Lingxi was really sincere, or maybe it was that Yan Yongwang placed a lot of trust in him.
He didn't think much when he asked the question, he was just asking.
After getting the answer, I felt relieved, without realizing how problematic this way of asking the question was.
But Chao Lingxi was obviously hurt by his words, and her eyes were red.
"I just went to see the sea and that psychopath..."
"Juanjuan, am I such a cruel and heartless villain in your mind?"
He looked like he was about to cry!
Yan Yongwang was stunned, and was also at a loss as to what to do with his appearance. He rarely coaxed people, and the one he coaxed the most in the past was Chen He, and he always gave money as gifts to try to win back the secretary.
When facing Chao Lingxi, his eyes were red and he looked very sad. He stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do.
"I admit, I just felt that there was something wrong with that person, so I went there."
As he spoke to Lingxi, his tone became more and more sad. His face was very pale, his eyes were red, very obviously, his black pupils were fixed on him, and his calm and indifferent voice was also filled with a lot of sadness.
"But I didn't do anything..."
Yan Yongwang: “…”
He held the cup nervously and wanted to speak, but was forced back by Chao Lingxi's accusation: "I know that no matter how much I like you, I will never be the best father in your mind."
"If it was Yan Chi, what do you think? Would he do something bad?"
He waited for an answer, but when he saw the blank look on his daughter's face, he knew the answer.
He whispered, "I know.
road?. "
"That's what I know."
He kept silent, feeling aggrieved.
Yan Yongwang: “…” He was nervous and guilty, and at the same time he felt guilty, he also reflected on his attitude.
——Did he speak without considering his psychological endurance?
"sorry."
A few seconds later, Yan Yongwang honestly faced his mistake and apologized honestly, "I didn't think too much about it. I subconsciously thought you wouldn't care about these, so I asked directly."
After he apologized, he secretly glanced at Lingxi's face. He still had that sad expression on his face, as if to say, "I'm hurt and need someone to comfort me."
"Telepathy——"
Chao Lingxi raised her head and looked at him.
Yan Yongwang had never formally called him "Dad". It was impossible for him to call him "Dad" casually because he really could not accept calling someone who looked like him "Dad". Not to mention, although they were relatives, they had spent too little time together. Even if they were close to each other unconsciously because of blood ties...When Yan Yongwang mentioned "Dad", the person he thought of was still Yan Chi.
Chao Lingxi would call him "Juanjuan" or "Yongwang".
Yan Yongwang habitually called him without any title, and in WeChat chats, he often spoke directly without mentioning his name.
When they were face to face, sometimes he would say “Hello”, and sometimes he wouldn’t even say “Hello”, but Chao Lingxi knew anyway that he was calling him.
It was the first time he called him like this, without his surname. He uttered the word "Lingxi", with the tip of his tongue against the roof of his mouth. When he uttered the last word, the corners of his mouth raised, as if he was smiling.
Chao Lingxi stared at him blankly, her moist eyes sparkling and bright.
"Lingxi, I'm sorry."
Suddenly, Chao Lingxi took a piece of tissue from the side, covered his face with it, and said in a muffled voice: "Juanjuan, don't look at me like that."
"I forgive you for now."
Yan Yongwang's lengthy apology was interrupted by Chao Lingxi before he could finish it. He blinked and asked, "You, what's wrong?"
She whimpered softly to Lingxi: "You are so cute."
"... Wow, why is my daughter so cute?"
The tissue was swiped, revealing his eyes, which were filled with love and affection for him, a look that only elders could have: "Jianjuan, call me a few more times."
"...Telepathy?"
“Woo woo.”
"Telepathy."
"Dad's heart is melting."
“…Telepathy.”
"Juanjuan," Chao Lingxi crumpled up the tissue and threw it into the trash can. He seemed to have completely forgotten what happened before and said very seriously, "I don't allow you to call people by their names in the future."
"ha?"
"Even if you want to call someone by name, you must call them by their given name and surname!"
"Why?"
"Because you are so cute when you talk," Chao Lingxi almost danced and gestured, "Do you know that when you talk, your eyes light up and your voice is so sweet!"
"No, no, man, can bear it!"
"Dad is also a man. I'm sorry, I gave birth to such a lovely girl. I want to say sorry to all men in the world!"
“…”
Yan Yongwang remained silent.
He raised his hands to cover his face speechlessly, and felt that his ears were burning and extremely red. But towards Lingxi, he was still praising her: "You are so cute, Juanjuan."
"I am the coolest man in the world, how come I have such a lovely baby girl?!"
Yan Yongwang drank the fruit tea fiercely. He tried his best to hold back the blush brought by the exaggerated praise and coughed twice. "Don't praise me all the time, okay?"
Chao Lingxi: “…” It can be seen that Chao Juan was really embarrassed, and the waiter who was coming over with the dishes was also looking at them, very curious.
The dishes were served one by one.
They don't talk much in front of strangers.
When all the dishes were served, Chao Lingxi watched the blush on Chao Juan's cheeks across from him fade away, and then she apologized to him very seriously and attentively.
"I will be more careful with my words next time. If I have any doubts, I will ask you in a better tone."
"...Well, I forgive you."
Chao Lingxi was immersed in the "Lingxi Attack" a few moments ago, and her heart was soft and sweet: "It's also because I didn't tell you that I went there to see that psychopath."
"I know that when you go to a place, you must abide by the laws of that place."
"I won't do anything bad that is unacceptable to this society," Chao Lingxi said, "You live here, I can't make things difficult for you."
He saw his beautiful daughter blink and smile softly.
They officially reconciled.
"Speaking of which, how did you get to Country Y?"
"Just go there," he smiled slyly at Lingxi, "It's a secret."
"Well, I know you won't want to tell me."
Chao Lingxi said in a Zen-like tone: "Juanjuan, it's not time yet."
"Be patient."
Yan Yongwang took a bite of the ribs he recommended and thought that the taste was really good. He wanted to invite Chen He to come and eat next time.
This thought went around in his mind, and he couldn't help but think of the uneasiness he felt when Chen He called him yesterday and he encountered a murder case for the first time.
He ate his meal in silence and sighed imperceptibly.
"By the way, how did Joey die?"
Yan Yongwang raised his eyes and glanced at Lingxi. After the formal reconciliation, their atmosphere returned to normal. He said, "He died suddenly." It was very puzzling. When Chen He told him, both the boss and the secretary were stunned.
"..." He raised his eyebrows towards Lingxi and said "Wow" to express his surprise, "Pretty cool."
Although Chao Lingxi said that he would abide by the law, looking at his expression, he seemed to be a person with a defective personality and was antisocial, and he seemed to be gloating over other people's misfortune.
Yan Yongwang thought silently, it was no wonder that he felt that Chao Lingxi was suspicious.
First of all, Chao Lingxi seems to have some magical powers that ordinary people don’t have, which allows him to return to China from Country Y in such a short time.
Secondly, he cares about him very much and also hates people who get close to him.
He knew that he cared about him very, very much, so much that even if he really was the villain created by his mother Shi Xianyuan, she still had a patient and gentle heart towards him.
Good? Like whatever he does is right, no matter what he does, he can always be forgiven.
Just like this time, he easily said words of doubt about him, and the words were like sharp blades, enough to hurt people's hearts for a long time.
But he was only angry for a short while before he forgave him.
…
"Why do you think he died?"
She smiled at him and answered his question, "I think? Ah."
"Someone must have known that I had met him, so they wanted to sow discord between us."
Yan Yongwang didn't expect this. He looked at him blankly, and heard Chao Lingxi ask: "If I really killed someone, would you still be close to me?"
He thought about it and shook his head.
"I can't accept that."
Chao Lingxi had a very strange expression on his face. He seemed to have guessed his thoughts long ago. He sighed slightly and said lightly, "You were raised to be very upright by them. You are not like me at all."
The last half of the sentence was said very quietly, so he couldn't hear it. Yan Yongwang only heard the first half of the sentence, and he replied: "Because my father and mother are very good people."
Chao Lingxi: "So, if I don't explain it to you, or if you don't believe what I say."
"We will never have any contact with each other again because of this matter." As if she thought of something terrible, she looked at Lingxi with a gloomy look in her eyes, "Juanjuan, if you really don't believe me..."
"No," Yan Yongwang interrupted him unexpectedly. He thought for a long time and told him, "You are a little stupid. Although you have concealed things, you have never lied to me."
Chao Lingxi looked at him quietly.
His beautiful and lovely daughter gave him a very gentle smile, "Although I don't know why, we haven't been together for a long time, but I still feel that you are a good person, at least you won't lie to me."
"I like you like this." After a pause, she looked at Lingxi with bright eyes and called him, "Lingxi."
"..." He squinted at Lingxi, his icy face melting into the warm sun. He felt in a very good mood, as happy as when he first saw him in the Ling City Cemetery that day. He was nervous, flustered, and excited. He didn't know what to say.
At that time, he only learned "I am your father", but now, he has learned so many words.
So, Tiantian said, "I will never cheat on you."
Yan Yongwang wondered if his mouth was filled with honey, why did he say such sweet words? He rolled his eyes slightly and tapped the edge of the bowl: "After meeting you, my life has been covered with the color of urban fantasy."
Snickering at Lingxi: "Hehe."
"Fool."
He pursed his lips to suppress his smile and pretended to be serious: "No way, I'm still quite smart."
"For example, I know that Joey was a trap set up by someone who didn't like me."
Yan Yongwang listened to him speaking his mind in a few words: "They can't stand the fact that you and I have a good relationship, they can't stand the fact that you like me, they can't stand the fact that you care about me... They want to sow discord between us."
"..." Yan Yongwang was particularly annoyed by his words, "Be normal." He got goose bumps! He almost turned his face to him on the spot!
Laughed loudly at Lingxi.
Then, he whispered softly: "Juanjuan."
"In this world, there are bad guys who covet you, and there are also..."
"Someone like me who only wants to protect you."
"Yan Chi, Shi Xianyuan, and me."
The expression on Yan Yongwang's face gradually faded. He stared at Chao Lingxi in a daze, listening to him say words he had never heard before.
"We are all here to protect you."
==
November 28th.
Late at night, Yan family villa.
The young woman lay on the bed, her brows furrowed and her eyes closed, falling into a long, difficult dream.
…
At first, Yan Chi could not accept his son's transformation into a girl. At least normally, when Yan Yongwang approached him, he would not stop him. But when he approached in the form of "Chao Juan", Yan Chi would keep a distance from him in annoyance.
Shi Xianyuan was laughing beside him, "Hahaha, baby, don't embarrass daddy!"
The cause of the incident was very simple. Yan Yongwang saw his father reading a book and wanted to go over to see what he was reading. As a result, Yan Chi was so nervous that he kept backing away, as if Yan Yongwang was a man-eating little tiger.
Yan Yongwang got angry after being treated like this and insisted that he be hugged by him.
Yan Chi didn't know what to do.
Yan Chi has a handsome face and affectionate eyes, and he always smiles when he looks at people.
Both of his parents love to laugh, but Yan Yongwang was born with a face that is expressionless, cold and indifferent, without any extra expressions.
It's better when I feel tired in the morning, but after all, I don't have much time to have a female body, and I feel uncomfortable when I try to smile.
Yan Yongwang watched Yan Chi take two steps back and said to him seriously: "Baby, you are a girl now!"
Yan Yongwang: "I am a man."
Yan Chi had a very conflicted expression on his face. He scratched his head and said, "I'm sorry, Dad still doesn't know how to keep a more appropriate distance from his daughter."
Their family was once again in the situation of new parents.
Shi Xianyuan was fine, but Yan Chi felt that as a father, he had to have a proper balance with his daughter. It was impossible to be like before, when Yan Yongwang saw him reading a book when he was a few years old, he would climb onto his knees to read with him. When he was older, sometimes the little girl would act like a spoiled child and ask him to hold her up high.
Yan Chi has a reserved personality. He has his own way of educating his son, but he is not good at it when it comes to his daughter.
The eleven-year-old Yan Yongwang had a gloomy face. The clothes he wore were still those of a boy, but his face was that of a tender girl.
The brown-grey eyes were clear and angry. "Only two hours a month, and I will be a girl for two hours!"
"Dad, you won't even hug me!"
Yan Chi: "Listen to what dad says!"
Yan Yongwang was very angry. Normally he didn't like to talk much, but after changing into the identity of a girl, he actually talked more.
Perhaps anger clouded his mind, and Yan Yong said: "Is there any difference between girls and boys?"
"Aren't they all your children?"
Yan Chi smiled bitterly: "Yes, they are all daddy's sweethearts."
He thought about it, sat down, and opened his arms, "Come on, daddy, hug me."
Yan Yongwang saw Shi Xianyuan trying to hold back his laughter, and he said coldly, "I don't want you to hug me now."
Shi Xianyuan finally couldn't hold back his laughter and burst out.
Yan Chi: “…”
He apologized to Yan Yongwang: "Dad knows you are angry, but... Dad is a man, you understand, right?"
"I'm a man too."
"No, baby," Yan Chi half-knelt in front of him, gently stroked his cheek, and whispered, "None of us knows what the future will be like. What if you want to be a girl for a long time in the future?"
"Then you can't be like this now, thinking you're a boy and getting close to men without any scruples."
"Dad is Dad, he won't hurt you..."
"But other men may not."
He heard Yan Chi's sigh, so patient and gentle, like a spring breeze, like a stream.
He looked at him with a smile, pinched his cheek, and said humbly: "Baby, can you forgive daddy once?"
Yan Yongwang glanced at him coldly, but finally nodded reluctantly.
Then he hugged him gently, his lovely father, and said softly: "Just this once, you are not allowed to do this again next time!"
The eleven-year-old Yan Yongwang was a child who grew up in the arms of his parents and was spoiled.
Although he looks cold, he grew up with too much love from his parents and is a gentle and lovely boy at heart.
He was taught by his parents how to grow up as a girl.
Yan Chi told him not to think that just because he was a man, he could openly approach men as Chao Juan.
Shi Xianyuan told him that as a girl, she must also be strong so that she will not be bullied when she goes out.
Their life span was only a short 40 years, but they spent more than 20 years teaching Yan Yongwang to grow up, caring for him and doting on him.
They left behind enough status, money and property to support themselves.
He left behind a trustworthy right-hand man and a large and generous inheritance.
It seemed as if he came only to protect him, to teach everything to the church, and then left quietly.
…
Yan Yongwang woke up from his sleep.
This was a beautiful dream full of love, but to him, it was like a nightmare and sad in some ways.
My mood is so tense and I can't express it in words.
He stared blankly out the window. The moon was bright, the stars were sparse, and the window was covered with frost.
This year's Mid-Autumn Festival has long passed. He looked at the round moon and thought absentmindedly - how did he get through this year's Mid-Autumn Festival?
Forgot.
Maybe, it's a very sad and lonely life.
What a terrible dream, he thought silently.
The screen of the mobile phone on the bedside table lit up. It was an advertisement pushed by some software. Yan Yongwang reached out and grabbed it, unlocked the screen, and before he saw the advertisement push, he noticed the message from Chao Lingxi.
He posted: "You asked me yesterday why I didn't tell you which city in Country Y we went to."
"I was too ashamed to tell you."
"Now that I've calmed down, I feel comfortable saying this."
"Because I can't pronounce the foreign name of the city you're going on a business trip to. It's too long and difficult to pronounce."
"I think? If I'm not accurate, you'll laugh at me."
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Yan Yongwang was stunned, vaguely remembering that yesterday he told Lingxi that he was going to see the sea. He asked which city he was going to, and Lingxi beat around the bush and said very poetically, "It's a city with spring."
He thought about the whole thing and couldn't help laughing.
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