Chapter 153
Chapter 152
On the other side, the protagonist of the story in Luo Huaiyuan’s mouth is standing in the courtyard, looking sadly at the crescent moon in the sky.
Yan Mo has developed a habit since he was a child. He would take a short walk after dinner and saw the figure as soon as he stepped into the hospital. He and Shen Ran live in the same courtyard, while Shen Yiyao lives in another adjacent courtyard.
When Shen Ran saw him, he nodded slightly, Yan Mo smiled back and stepped into the door. This journey is more than a thousand miles, and the two inevitably have a lot of communication, so they know some of each other’s habits.
After seeing Yan Mo hidden in the door of the room, Shen Ran stood for a while, and turned back to the room he was staying in.
No words for a night.
Luo Huaiyuan was entangled that Yan Yan didn’t believe the story she told. In order to prove that she didn’t tell the story, she went to Yan Mo early the next morning. The two got together and didn’t know what they said. After returning, Yan Yan saw him look strange.
Even Yan Mo saw some clues, but only for clues, and Luo Huaiyuan did not summarize it so profoundly. Yan Yan also had to believe it, maybe there was something tricky in between?
After that, Yan Yan will inevitably pay more attention to her daily life. It’s just that men and women are different after all, and it’s rare to encounter Shen Ran and Shen Yiyao when they appear together.
According to Luo Huaiyuan and Yan Mo’s observations, only Shen Ran unilaterally moved some thoughts between the two, and Shen Yiyao was still in a unaware situation. Perhaps the preconceived notions are deeply ingrained, and Shen Yiyao still treats Shen Ran as her elder brother.
No one knows whether the truth of the matter is as described in Luo Huaiyuan’s story. Because of such comparative privacy issues, it is impossible for a junior to take the initiative to ask an elder. Maybe because of the story that Luo Huaiyuan invented before, Yan Yan always feels weird, and even can’t help but wonder if it is true, is she opposed to her mother’s remarriage or not?
The answer is actually no objection!
Maybe before getting married, in Yan Yan’s opinion, life is just like living alone, there is no difference between living alone and living alone. Only after marrying did you discover that it is better for a woman to have someone who knows the cold and the hot to accompany her, because the loneliness in the dead of night is something you can’t stop yourself.
Yan Yan had a particularly profound experience during Luo Huaiyuan’s visit to Fuzhou in the past six months.
With this kind of thought, it is especially unbearable to see the two of them ignorant and depressed in their hearts. But this kind of problem is not anxious for outsiders, maybe Shen Yiyao has no plans for that aspect at all, and just wants to live it alone?
It is unavoidable to use words to test one or two, such as a mother and daughter chatting, Yan Yan always talks to Shen Ran and asks Shen Yiyao how this person is. Or ask Shen Yiyao with a curious attitude, why didn’t uncle marry a wife?
This method is Luo Huaiyuan’s bad idea, as the name implies, it is called an indirect prompt.
Many things weren’t mentioned, so everyone subconsciously ignored them. When they really looked at it before their eyes, they could discover that there were many hidden secrets in them.
After her daughter mentioned it twice, consciously or unconsciously, Shen Yiyao was also curious. Yeah, why didn’t Shen Ran get married? The age is not too young, and it is time for a descendant to pass on the incense.
In Shen Yiyao’s mind, Shen Ran is equivalent to Shen Ding. When she was a child, her two older brothers were much older than her because of her young age. No one played with her. There was always someone who would come in the free time of martial arts training. Play with her for a while, that person is Shen Ran.
Shen Ranzhi is an older brother to Shen Yiyao, and this kind of relationship was established at a young age, so he can’t help worrying about these things for him.
After all, the relationship between the two is different from ordinary people, so they are not as particular as ordinary men and women. In his spare time, Shen Ran would also visit Shen Yiyao, and the two would sit together to drink tea or play chess.
No one knows that Shen Yiyao once had a hobby, that is, playing chess. In his early years, he was proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Learning these is just a way for boudoir girls to pass the time, and it is also a way for the noble ladies to nurture their temperament. If she said she liked it, Shen Yiyao really didn’t like it to the extent she liked it. The only thing she liked was playing chess. It was a pity that there was no one at home to accompany her before she left the pavilion. Her parents, elder brother and sister-in-law didn’t like this set, so Shen Yiyao liked it after a while and threw it away.
The only person in Zhenguo Gong’s mansion who knew about this was Shen Ran, because Shen Ran played chess with Shen Yiyao for a while, but then Shen Ran left Zhenguo Gong’s mansion to go to the border, and the matter was sealed.
After Shen Ran returned to Beijing this time, he met Shen Yiyao again.
The two of them sat together to talk about the past, and they mentioned it before, but it evoked Shen Yiyao’s long-closed memories and also aroused the interest she had buried for a long time. So the two of them occasionally put on the chessboard and play for two hours as they did many, many years ago. There are few words in between, but there is no interest in it.
Shen Ran is a silent person, and rarely speaks actively when getting along with Shen Yiyao. Shen Yiyao is a more focused person, and he doesn’t care about words when he is really working hard. So the picture of the two playing chess is like a silent picture, only the hand is raised and the other is not seen.
Today, Shen Yiyao’s mind doesn’t seem to be on the chessboard, and she seems a little absent-minded when placing the pieces.
She is not good at chess, and has lost things for decades, but the person playing chess with her is no longer what she used to be. The reason why this game of chess can continue is that the opponent has been letting her go.
In the past, Shen Ran allowed Shen Yiyao to spend one or two distractions. Today’s so obvious, Shen Yiyao has never found it, enough to show that her mind is not on the chessboard.
“Brother Shen Ran is coming back this time, do you have any plans to get married? You are not too young, and you should consider inheriting incense.”
Shen Yiyao hesitated for a long time, but she still said this, she deliberately made herself appear less deliberate, so as not to think too much.
Shen Ran, who looked down at the chessboard, did not expect that Shen Yiyao would mention this. She held a black chess piece with her rough fingers for a long time before placing it on the chessboard.
He raised his head, glanced at her, and smiled seemingly indifferent, “Your brother Shen Ran is so old now, how can a good woman be willing to marry me, the inheritance of incense is not anxious, let it happen.”
Shen Yiyao was taken aback, and some wanted to say that inheriting incense doesn’t necessarily require marrying a good woman. But she couldn’t express this kind of statement. It was not that she felt insulted, but she felt insulted.
Shen Ran stayed at the border for decades. Compared with Shen Dong, it was only a long time, but he kept abiding by himself, disciplined himself, and kept himself clean as an ascetic monk. Shen Yiyao knows all these things, because father and second brother talked about it more than once, and looked quite worried. For such a man, asking him to find a woman casually, just to pass on the incense, always feels an insult.
The topic couldn’t go on anymore, and Shen Ran also looked attentively at the chess game and didn’t want to say more. Shen Yiyao hesitated for a while and didn’t know what to say, so she could only sigh and look down at the chessboard.
She was taken aback by this look, it turned out that she was determined to lose. Before, she was still struggling. Just now, Shen Shen lost a son, but it made her lose half of the country. At this time, she lost another son, which was a total loss.
Shen Yiyao put down the chess pieces in her hand and said with a smile: “Brother Shen Ran, your chess skills are getting better and better. Compared to you, Yao’er is ashamed.”
Shen Ran smiled bitterly, his mouth full of bitterness and unable to speak.
How can you not be proficient?
For countless long nights, the most he did was set up a chess game, holding black in his left hand and white in his right hand, just as he did in the past.
It’s a pity that she never understood…
Shen Ran stood up and said, “Sister Yao, come here today, I have something else.”
After saying this, the man left in strides.
Shen Ran thought he could be calm, but found that he still couldn’t control himself.
No one understands why he abandoned everything decisively and came back, just as many colleagues and brothers in the army said. Many people have left. You have stayed for decades, and you should rest.
Should I take a break too?
No one knows that the reason why he came back was just an impulse, an unstoppable impulse.
After I came back, I saw her and found it really good.
Just look at her like that, keep watching.
This was a solemn plan at the beginning, but now he still plans it, but when she asked herself why she didn’t marry a wife and why she didn’t have children, a sourness from the bottom of her heart attacked her whole heart.
It’s just that, after all, this is a middle-aged man who has gone through hardships. Maybe he will lose control for a while, but he will soon calm down. After turning around in the garden a few times, Shen Ran recovered his usual composure, turned around and walked towards the residence, only to meet someone head-on.
“His Royal Highness King Yun.” Shen Ran bowed his hands in a salute.
Luo Huaiyuan waved his hand, “You are from Uncle A Yan’s generation, and naturally you are also the elder of the lone king. You don’t need to be polite.” He looked at Shen Ran’s place curiously, and said with a smile: “Uncle Ran also come to visit the garden? The lonely king also has this intention. He wants to travel differently? A Yan is pregnant and can’t catch the cold, but this summer is too hot. Every afternoon, the lonely king will come to sit in the garden. Passed the time.”
As he said, he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Shen Ran couldn’t refuse, and seeing King Yun sweating profusely, he couldn’t bear it, so he nodded and followed him. On the other side is Xiao Anzi carrying a bucket and fishing rod, and the three of them walked towards the shade of the lake.
When we got to the ground, a breeze came, and it was immediately cool.
Luo Huaiyuan exclaimed and went to sit down in his old position. Xiao Anzi ordered another chair to be moved and sat quietly beside him.
Luo Huaiyuan familiarly hung the bait on the hook, then fell into the water with a swing. Seeing Shen Ran sitting by and doing nothing, he ordered Xiao Anzi to get another fishing rod.
After taking the fishing rod, Luo Huaiyuan enthusiastically instructed Shen Ran how to use it. After a while, Shen Ran’s fishing hook was also launched.
“Ha, it’s all right now. With Uncle Ran’s help, I will definitely gain a lot today. At that time, I will set a whole fish banquet for A Yan and the others.”
Shen Ran smiled and said nothing.
The border area is wide and sparsely populated, and there are few lakes. He is not good at fishing, and he does not have the idle time to sit still for the whole afternoon just to fish. This King Yun was young, and his words and deeds were quite jumping, but he did not expect to have this kind of preference like an old man in his twilight years.
Soon, Luo Huaiyuan gave the answer.
“It’s better for a pregnant woman to eat more fish. Shrimp is fine. Crabs are not the only exception. This is the time when crabs are plump. It’s a pity that A Yan can’t use it. It’s a pity.”
“His Royal Highness is interested.”
Luo Huaiyuan smiled shyly, seeming to be a little self-satisfied, but also a little triumphant, the sweetness mixed with helplessness is really eye-catching.
“No way, the daughter-in-law was chased by her own hard work, how can she do it without a lot of heart? Since she promised to marry me, I will treat her very well.”
The brain circuit of King Yun is really very different from that of ordinary people, but Shen Ran has not missed the saying that “the daughter-in-law is chased by herself”.
Shen Ran couldn’t help but be a little curious. He knew the way that Zhen Guo Gong had always lived in the world. It stands to reason that King Yun as the prince would not be able to marry Yan Yan, but in the end he married the man back without any obstacles. Shen Ran is far away at the border, so naturally he doesn’t know what’s inside, but he thinks there must be a reason.
Luo Huaiyuan was not ashamed of the nature of his words. Before Shen Ran asked, he shamelessly began to describe his way of chasing his wife.
Since the two were still as big as buns, he has taken care of Yan Yan, pursuing and beating her all the way, fawning on her mother and cousin on her brother, as long as the people around her have worked hard by themselves. And now she has a sense of presence in front of her eyes. People can’t appear, but things appear. All in all, it is to let her remember him, remember him, remember his mind, all kinds of methods are endless and it is almost impossible to use them.
It was a stunned sound to hear it. It turns out that a gentle lady and gentleman are so beautiful, and there is such a trick?
Luo Huaiyuan patted his chest and said without shame: “Since I like it, I must grab her into my arms. Because I am convinced that no one can give her happiness except me!”