It took more than two hours to fly from City K to City B, and Zhang Heling was playing games the whole time.
Zhang Yansheng kept staring at the two people in front of him and listening to their conversation.
She found that Yue Song was a person who was very good at listening and getting along with elders. Her father was reserved and maintained social distance at the beginning, and his attitude was "Zhang family vs. Yue family".
But slowly, with Yue Song's patient listening, sincere questions and genuine compliments... Zhang Huan adjusted his attitude to "elderly vs. young". This time, their attitudes became more intimate.
"I've had a great time working with your cousin over the past two years." Zhang Huan said, "She's a formidable person. The younger generation is always pushing the older generation out. We, the older generation, are going to be beaten to death on the beach. From now on, you young people will rule the world."
"I heard my cousin mention you." Yue Song said slowly, "They say Xingnan is steady and your old lady is at the helm, as steady as a mountain, and should not be underestimated in our province. So the old ones are still the best, and we are still young, and there are many things we need to learn from the older generation."
Zhang Huan praised him sincerely: "You are so modest, so modest!"
Zhang Yansheng had a strange feeling. Sometimes Yue Song spoke to Zhang Huan at a steadier and slower pace than Zhang Huan.
Maybe it was because he had many faces. Zhang Yansheng had long observed that when Zhang Huan was in front of the old lady, his speech speed became faster and his voice became thinner; when he returned home and faced his wife and children, his tone became deeper; and when he gave orders to his secretaries, he sounded very majestic.
Yue Song now speaks to Zhang Huan in a neither humble nor arrogant, neither hurried nor slow manner, and he doesn't feel like a young man. If I close my eyes, I feel like an old man. Of course, Zhang Huan is very used to his tone and speed of speech, because the older people get, the more like it.
But a few days ago, when they met by chance in the restaurant, although they only exchanged a few short words, Zhang Yansheng was very sure that the way Yue Song spoke then was completely different from how he speaks now.
Zhang Yansheng couldn't help but find it very interesting that even he himself would unconsciously adjust his tone and intonation when facing different people.
So Yue Song will behave mature and steady in front of people like Zhang Huan, but what will he be like at other times?
During the two-hour journey, Yue Song was talking to Zhang Huan and hardly ever looked back at Zhang Yansheng. Zhang Huan was in a very talkative mood and chatted with him all the way. When they got off the plane, they were each met by someone and said goodbye with a smile.
Sitting in the car, Zhang Huan sighed: "This is the child of other people's families. The Yue family taught their children so well. Oh, this boy! I hope Shuo Shuo will be like him in the future, and I will be satisfied in this life."
What a big face!
Zhang Shuocheng has her watching over him throughout his life, and he doesn't do evil or hurt others. He should be grateful to her!
Zhang Yansheng rolled his eyes almost to the sky!
Zhang Huan completely misunderstood. He thought Zhang Yansheng looked down on Yue Song and even spoke up for Yue Song: "Why are you rolling your eyes? I tell you, people like this are called steady, don't you know? Do you think everyone is like Xiao Xu, a big monkey who raises his eyebrows four or five times and curls the corners of his mouth several times after saying a few words? And like this, like this, curled diagonally!"
He personally demonstrated what "slanted corners of the mouth" meant. In fact, it means that one corner of the mouth remains still and only the other is raised. A rather wicked kind of laugh.
“He looks like a villain in a TV drama,” Zhang Huan complained.
Anyway, he just couldn't stand Xu Lichen. He didn't like anything about him, even his mouth and eyebrows.
"Don't say that," Zhang Yansheng said coldly, "When you smile like that, you really look like a villain in a TV series."
"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhang Heling expressed his thoughts sincerely, "It's just like the eldest disciple of the master in "One Man Holding Up the Sky". Didn't he always look down on the male protagonist at the beginning? He always smiled like this, with a crooked mouth, just like that. Later, he was very miserable, and the male protagonist killed his whole family."
"Pah, pah, pah!" Zhang Huan was so angry, "What are you talking about!"
When they arrived at the hotel, Xu Lichen was waiting for them.
"Uncle Zhang, long time no see!" Xu Lichen greeted Zhang Huan enthusiastically, "I'm sorry, I have classes and can't pick you up in time. Let's have dinner together later."
I'd like you to answer.
Zhang Huan curled his lips and said, "It's okay, just go to class... Hey, what class are you taking?" It's summer vacation now, and this is not K City.
Xu Lichen talked about his acting class.
Zhang Huan said falsely: "Very good, very good, work harder, uncle is looking forward to watching the movie starring you in the future."
Most people would be humble after hearing this, but look at Xiao Yue, he is so reserved and elegant when he is humble. Zhang Huan followed the procedure and waited for Xu Lichen to say "I won't let you down" and "I will definitely work hard".
However, Xu Lichen never knew what modesty was. He raised his eyebrows, curled the corners of his mouth, and said confidently, "Of course I can!"
Zhang Huan: “…”
I feel very uncomfortable in my chest.
Not pleasing to the eye! Still not pleasing to the eye!
But Xu Lichen is not a fool, and he knows clearly Zhang Huan's attitude towards him. He whispered to Zhang Yansheng, "Is your dad in menopause?"
Zhang Yansheng: “…”
Xu Lichen swore: "Really! I suspect he is."
"Let me tell you," he explained to her, "Among the men in their 40s and 50s that I know, the only two I can't handle are our dean of studies and your father! You see he's smiling at me, but he must be thinking something about me in his heart."
"It goes without saying that the Dean of Studies is a natural enemy of students. But your dad is really strange. Is it really because his aura is incompatible with mine?" Xu Lichen was confused. "Really? Other people can be so friendly with me, but I can't handle him."
Xu Lichen has a skill. He can quickly integrate into a new environment and get others to gather around him.
It was like this in his previous life, and it was not bad in this life either. He went from Class 8 to Class 5, and soon he made friends. They were the kind of friends who would genuinely worry about him when he was in trouble. They even went to Zhang Yansheng to inquire about the situation.
In this life, Zhang Yansheng helped him, enabling him to deal with adults like Xie Dong early on, and he was equally adept at it. From producer Wang to Xie Dong to assistant directors to lighting and makeup artists, they all call him a brother and even hang out with him.
He can handle so many people except Zhang Huan.
A person with overflowing self-confidence like Xu Lichen certainly doesn't think the problem lies with himself.
There must be something wrong with Zhang Yansheng’s father!
Zhang Yansheng's mouth twitched: "Maybe..."
After talking about Zhang Yansheng's father, Zhang Yansheng also asked Xu Lichen's father: "What's the situation with your father now?"
Xu Lichen's eyes dimmed, then he covered them up and said nonchalantly, "That's it. He takes a handful of pills every day and gets two injections. He's already mentally ill and doesn't recognize me when he sees me. That kind of place is dark inside."
Zhang Yansheng asked again: "Your dad suddenly became like this, didn't those two people react?"
"So what if there's a reaction?" Xu Lichen snorted, "My dad can't beat my mom, so the two of them still want to fight my mom?"
In the past few months, Mother Xu has completed a series of finishing work.
When Bai Yueguang hadn't contacted Xu's father for a week, she started to become neurotic and suspected that Xu's father had abandoned her.
She tried hard to call Xu's father's secretary. The secretary has surrendered to Mother Xu, handed over all the materials and documents, disclosed all the information he had, received a severance pay, and has resigned.
He never answered Bai Yueguang's calls and even blocked her later. Bai Yueguang felt that it was Mr. Xu who was going to abandon her and began to collapse. Finally, Xu Mulin called from a shared phone outside, and the secretary answered the call without noticing.
After finding out it was him and hearing the child's sincere pleading tone, the secretary softened his heart and told Xu Mulin and his mother the truth.
The mother and son were shocked and immediately went to the police station to report that Mr. Xu was imprisoned by Mrs. Xu.
When the police took the case and registered it, they asked about the relationship between the two of them and Xu's father. Bai Yueguang naturally wanted to say "I am the one he loves". Fortunately, Xu Mulin was clear-headed and covered his mother's mouth, saying: "My mother and Uncle Xu are classmates. They have known each other for many years and have a good relationship."
The policeman looked at them both and nodded.
The two went home and waited. A few days later, the police station called them and told them: "Mr. Xu does have a mental illness. There is no illegal imprisonment or illegal restriction of personal freedom."
Bai Yueguang screamed, "That's impossible! Impossible! He was forced in by his wife! She hates him! She hates both of us! She wants both of us to die so that she can take over all the property!
But the police just routinely asked her to calm down and told her that they had investigated and everything was legal. Mrs. Xu was Mr. Xu's legal spouse and had obtained custody of Mr. Xu legally.
The words "legal spouse" stimulated Bai Yueguang.
"I am the one he truly loves! He married her just to make ends meet!" She cried hysterically, "He loves me, me!"
The policemen did not look particularly surprised. Apparently, they had learned about the relationship between the reporter and the "victim" she mentioned during their investigation over the past few days.
But the way they looked at her made Xu Mulin feel embarrassed.
In the eyes of the man who loves her, her tears and hysteria appear to be fragile and pitiful, a lingering girlish charm, and an echo of the love of her youth.
In the eyes of others, she is just a neurotic middle-aged aunt.
Xu Mulin dragged his mother away.
When they disappeared, the police took off their hats and muttered, "I think this woman should be sent to a mental hospital."
The truth is already very clear, Mrs. Xu controls his father and she has taken all the initiative!
Xu Mulin was just a high school student. He had no other options, so he called the secretary again for help. This secretary used to have frequent contact with them and was quite familiar with them.
He said, "What else can we do? Just pray that Mrs. Xu will be magnanimous and let you go. Don't mess around, you are no match for her. You have money, right? The house is also in your mother's name. Use the money and live a good life. Don't think about your father, he is finished. I am going to change my phone number, don't call me anymore, I have changed jobs, these things have nothing to do with me anymore!"
Human nature is so cold and indifferent. I had clearly told him kindly before, "Your dad is busy. Tell your uncle if you have any problems. He will help you right away."
Nowadays, people have left and the tea has forgotten.
But his mother didn't realize this and she urged him to call his secretary every day. She and he also went to the mental hospital to see Xu's father, but they were not relatives, and the legal guardian had already made arrangements with the hospital not to allow anyone else to see Xu's father.
They couldn't even see his face.
Xu Mulin was a little smart. He gave money to a caregiver and wanted to know about his biological father's situation. The caregiver violated the rules by recording what happened to Mr. Xu inside and showed the video to Xu Mulin.
Although it was only a little over a minute, Xu Mulin understood that unless he and his mother had the ability to rescue his father from this prison-like hospital, his father would be finished.
However, what could he, a middle school student with no social connections, do?
His mother broke down and cried every day, and when he got home from school, he was faced with a hysterical woman. He was already a sophomore in high school, with a heavy academic workload. He was exhausted every day trying to comfort her: "You still have me, you still have me."
He looked at the deposit in her bank card. Fortunately, there was still money and she could still live, he thought.
Xu Mulin realized that he was powerless to rescue his father, and decided to live a good life with the money in his hand as his secretary said, at least to finish the college entrance examination first.
But how could Mother Xu forget the existence of him and his mother?
Bai Yueguang received a summons from the court.
The house she lives in, the car she uses and the money in her account were all given to her by Xu's father.
Mother Xu thoroughly checked Father Xu's financial transaction records and filed a lawsuit to recover all those gifts made with marital property without her consent.
It was like a bolt from the blue.
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