"Hello, Mrs. Xiao."
"Hello."
The elegantly dressed lady outside the door nodded her chin slightly. Her middle-aged but still fair and beautiful face had a kind smile on it. She glanced at Song Xuanhe's face and said in a gentle tone, "Can I come in?"
"Of course." Song Xuanhe glanced at the convoy that had already gone far away, then retracted his gaze and said, "Please come in."
"This doesn't seem to be where you and Yuanmu live." Madam Xiao walked to the sofa and sat down. After looking around, she smiled and said, "I've been to his apartment once before. Although the conditions are not very good and the place is a bit cramped, he is not willing to move back home to live with us. I think he is waiting for Mr. Song to live with him."
Song Xuanhe smiled slightly, but did not respond. In front of Madam Xiao, he leaned forward slightly to put away the tea set that Xiao Bocong had just drunk from, and then smiled and said, "I didn't have time to clean up after the guests left just now. Please forgive me for my poor hospitality."
"It doesn't matter." Madam Xiao shook her head gently, "Please sit down. You don't have to be so polite."
Song Xuanhe then sat down.
"You are different from what I imagined and what the rumors said." Madam Xiao said with a smile, "I knew you were with Yuan Mu before. I thought I could meet you at the banquet held for Yuan Mu's return home, but I didn't expect that you had something to do and couldn't come. I finally get to see you now."
Song Xuanhe asked with a smile: "What do you imagine me to be like?"
"Younger people are more impulsive." Madam Xiao said with a smile, "When I heard those rumors, I was a little worried that it might be inappropriate for you to be with Yuan Mu. Now it seems that I was too worried."
Song Xuanhe smiled but said nothing.
"It's just that I don't know if you, Xiao Song, have heard about something that happened in our family." Mrs. Xiao asked him with a slight smile.
"Xiao Yuanmu doesn't talk to me much about the Xiao family." Song Xuanhe said, "We are still just in love for now, and we haven't reached the stage of talking about our respective families."
Madam Xiao paused, with a hint of scrutiny in her smiling eyes, and asked, "Aren't you planning to get married?"
"At least I haven't for now." Song Xuanhe smiled and said, "I think Xiao Yuanmu probably hasn't either. His current focus is on his career. You should know that although RE is developing rapidly, it is still too young. Its growth requires the owner to spend more energy to maintain it. Not only will the building collapse in a moment, but I also have my own career. I also think that my focus at this time is my career. Xiao Yuanmu and I have reached a consensus on this point."
After explaining, Song Xuanhe seemed to have just remembered what Madam Xiao said, and said apologetically: "You just asked me if I had heard of something about the Xiao family. What was it?"
Madam Xiao shook her head: "It's not an important matter."
"Is that so?" Song Xuanhe said with a smile, "I heard that Madam Xiao likes to drink scented tea, but I only have Tieguanyin here. If you don't mind, I'll make you a cup of tea."
Madam Xiao was almost stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise, "How do you know that I like to drink scented tea?"
The Xiao family had a strict hierarchy and regarded themselves as a prominent family in ancient times. The family members rarely revealed their true preferences, so Mrs. Xiao was surprised by this.
"Xiao Yuanmu said that?" Song Xuanhe's eyes widened, with a hint of doubt in his clear and innocent eyes: "Did he remember it wrongly?"
"No..." Madam Xiao lowered her eyes and smiled. Her voice was not as gentle as before, but it had a hint of real smile: "I didn't know that he knew that I like to drink flower tea."
"Of course he knows." Song Xuanhe smiled and said, "He not only knows that you like to drink scented tea, but also knows that Mr. Xiao Lin likes to drink black tea with milk. But because you don't like it, Mr. Xiao Lin often has to drink it secretly. And Xiao Bocong, he knows that he likes to drink Tieguanyin, so there is always Tieguanyin at home. This box is what I brought from the apartment."
Following Song Xuanhe's words, Madam Xiao's gaze fell on the Tieguanyin on the table. A trace of moisture flashed across her eyes. She said softly, "I didn't expect Yuanmu... to be so considerate."
"He's always like this." Song Xuanhe said, "He silently remembers the preferences of people around him and silently gives, but he never says anything. I've had many fights with him because of this before. I thought he didn't love me or care about me, but later I realized that he actually did a lot for me."
Madam Xiao said: "He is actually a kind and careful child."
"It's just that the environment he grew up in made him not good at expressing himself." Song Xuanhe sighed softly and said, "In fact, he cares about you and Mr. Xiao very much, but he never says it out loud. It's only when he occasionally mentions you that he can casually mention your preferences, which makes me know how much he values you."
"I... never knew." Madam Xiao clenched the bag in her hand and said, "I always thought, I always thought..."
"Why?"
Madam Xiao forced a smile and shook her head: "Nothing, I just thought he didn't care about us before, I didn't expect him to be so attentive."
Song Xuan and Xiao Xiao deliberately changed the subject and asked, "Mrs. Xiao, I didn't ask you just now, is there anything you want to talk to me about today?"
"I just wanted to come and see you." Madam Xiao quickly calmed down and returned to her previous gentle and elegant appearance: "By the way, I want to ask you something."
"Are you sure about where Xiao Yuanmu is now?" Song Xuanhe said.
"Yes." Madam Xiao frowned slightly, with a layer of worry on her face. She said, "Yuan Mu left suddenly three days ago without informing me and his father. Now we can't contact him. We are very anxious."
"He seems to be in China now." Song Xuanhe looked at Madam Xiao and said, "Mr. Xiao Bocong also came here before and asked about Xiao Yuanmu's current location. Unfortunately, I don't know. I even heard that he is in China from Mr. Xiao Bocong."
"Cong Cong has been here?" Madam Xiao was surprised for a moment and asked, "What did you talk about?"
"Some things related to Xiao Yuanmu. Most of the time he was expressing his concerns about Xiao Yuanmu's disappearance."
"He has always been like this." Madam Xiao smiled and said, "This child has been kind and considerate since he was young. He sincerely cares about everyone around him. When he heard that he had a brother, he was so happy. Even though Yuan Mu's return might not be a big deal to him..."
"But he is always like this, looking at everything with optimism and tenderness." When Mrs. Xiao spoke, her eyes were filled with the pride and love of all mothers who deeply love their children when talking about their children with others. The corners of her mouth curved slightly involuntarily, and her smile was soft and full of love: "It is precisely because of this that his father and I are always worried that he can't face everything that may not be so friendly in reality, although he has proved to us that his intelligence and wisdom are enough to deal with everything..."
Song Xuanhe raised his eyebrows slightly, and the system said in his mind: [Do you think Xiao Yuanmu's mother knew from the beginning that Xiao Bacong had been here, or did she only know about it after you told her? 】
You can use your data analysis. Song Xuanhe said: Doesn’t your data know everything? 】
[I didn't collect her data. Even without data analysis, I could accurately calculate that she had known that Xiao Bacong was the previous visitor, because I knew very well the number of cars in Xiao Bacong's motorcade, the speed of the entire motorcade, and the overall length of this street. Before Xiao Yuanmu's mother arrived, his motorcade would never have completely left. Moreover, those were the Xiao family's cars. It was impossible for Xiao Yuanmu's mother not to recognize them. 】
[You are so smart.] 】Song Xuanhe complimented without any emotion, and then said: [It is more likely that she rang the doorbell after watching Xiao Bacong's motorcade leave. 】
The system thought for a moment: [Your guess is very likely. 】
"...Congcong always worries about the people around him. Even if he sometimes neglects himself, he doesn't care. I remember when he was five years old, he heard his friend Angus say that the servants would get up every morning to prepare breakfast for him..." Most mothers talk endlessly about their children, and so did Mrs. Xiao. She told Song Xuanhe many stories about Xiao Bocong's childhood, and then smiled and said, "He is a little angel sent by God to me and his father."
Song Xuanhe listened quietly with a smile on his face, not saying a word from beginning to end.
The smile on Madam Xiao's face faded, and she sighed inaudibly, "It's a pity that Yuan Mu doesn't seem to like him very much."
Song Xuanhe raised his eyes. Madam Xiao saw him looking at her and sighed, "Compared to Bai Cong, Yuanmu is actually more suitable to inherit this family. No matter his personality or anything else, he is more suitable to be the manager of the Xiao family. However, this point is a little difficult for Bai Cong to accept. He has been instilled with the idea that he will inherit the family when he grows up and sacrifice everything for the family. He has regarded the Xiao family as his responsibility since he was a child. But when Yuanmu came back, he was still willing to give all of this to Yuanmu. Even though this was different from the ideas he had accepted for more than ten years, he still did it because he has always been such a child..."
Madam Xiao looked at Song Xuanhe and said, "But even so, Yuanmu is not willing to get close to him. I can see how worried he is about Yuanmu, and I can also see how much he wants to get close to Yuanmu. Yuanmu... grew up in such an environment. It was his father and I who made the mistake. We will do our best to make up for it, but Congcong should not bear all this. He was not even born when Yuanmu got into trouble. He was even ready to give the Xiao family to Yuanmu as compensation... Auntie knows that Yuanmu likes you very much, and he is willing to listen to you. Auntie wants you to persuade him to get along well with Congcong, okay?"
With every word Madam Xiao said, Song Xuanhe's hands on his legs clenched a little tighter. When Madam Xiao said the last sentence, he finally couldn't bear it anymore.
Song Xuanhe stared at Madam Xiao and said, "I can't comment on what kind of person Xiao Bocong is, but forgive me for being frank. I think it's ridiculous for Xiao Bocong to say that he will give the Xiao family to Xiao Yuanmu. Xiao Yuanmu is also your son. If there hadn't been those mistakes, he would be the only legitimate heir to the Xiao family. He would have grown up in the love of you and Mr. Xiao Lin, just like Xiao Bocong. He might also be as generous as Xiao Bocong to give everything to his brother, because he never lacks anything."
"But even without these, even though he encountered so many difficult and painful things along the way, he is still a warm and gentle person. In my opinion, these are more worthy of respect than the innocent warmth in the greenhouse."
"I'm sorry." Song Xuanhe stood up and said as if to see the guest off, "I'm afraid I need to stay quiet for a while."
Madam Xiao's expression changed slightly. Just as she was about to speak, she saw Song Xuan and the people behind him. Her face turned pale instantly. She took a step forward and said, "Yuan Mu..."
Song Xuanhe suddenly turned his head and met the eyes of the tall man standing not far away.
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