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the pieces fell into the go jar, and the sound of them hitting each other was clear and loud. jing hanchuan was the first to put away the white pieces. he lowered his head and rubbed the go jar. there was a simple pattern on it, and the edges were painted with enamel. it was very delicate.
âthis jar is pretty.â
âyes, zhichu made it.â
âhowâs huanhuan?â jing hanchuan had reminded fu chen last time.
âitâs good.â
......
after exchanging a few pleasantries, they changed the topic.
âwho do you think asked the question just now?â jing hanchuan looked at him with his usual warm and clear expression, as if he would not stop until fu chen gave him an answer.
fu chen knew that he was an old fox. once he opened his mouth, it would be a bottomless pit. no matter who he pushed out, jing hanchuan would definitely turn the problem to fu qinyuan and jing xingyao.
just as he was thinking, the sound of a car engine came from outside again. it was fu sinian.
fu sinian rarely visited. when he saw the jing familyâs car parked in the courtyard, he put away his car keys. what day was it today? why did he â come out â?
âthird uncle,â fu sinian entered the room and immediately felt that something was wrong.
âwhat are you doing here?â fu chen put down his chess piece and looked at him.
âi want to discuss with you about fatherâs birthday.â fu shinan was going to celebrate his birthday. although he was not planning to make it a big event, he wanted to make it look more presentable by inviting some people.
âdo you have any plans? or what are your thoughts?â fu chen naturally forgot about jing hanchuan.
â i wanted to invite some of my fatherâs old colleagues, but i was worried that it would cause more rumors. â fu shinan was in a high position, and sometimes, even a look from him would be interpreted too much, let alone a birthday celebration.
âyou go first, iâll listen.â
fu sinian wasnât a person with no reason. he was just worried that if he didnât think carefully, it was easy to make mistakes, so he had to discuss it with fu chen.
he looked at jing hanchuan. they were talking, so he ...
why do you keep staring at it?
âspeak.â fu chen said bluntly.
fu sinian only gave a brief overview and sent the details to fu chen by email.
âsi nian,â jing hanchuan saw that they were almost done talking.
âwhat?â
âlin bai asked me a question today ...â
fu chen sat on the side and raised his hand to rub the buddha beads, giving fu sinian a hint with his eyes.
fu sinian frowned and thought, what is duan linbai doing now?
âwho do you think will be the first one to be a grandfather?â
it was a death sentence!
fu sinian did not hesitate and kicked duan linbai out. â lin bai! â
without waiting for jing hanchuanâs question, he had already started to prove his point.
âfirst of all, huanhuan is still young and in high school. itâs impossible for her to get married or even get pregnant in the near future. our xiaoyu doesnât want to get married, so you can get rid of me. â
â furthermore, qinyuan and xingyao are both very sensible and polite. even if something were to happen, they wouldnât overstep their boundaries. getting engaged, getting married, and having children, this process would take at least half a year. â
âas for lin bai ...â
ânono has fallen in love with someone recently!â
fu chenâs fingers clenched the buddha beads. â that girl has someone in her heart? â
â someone in my circle warned lin bai, but he didnât seem to mind. â
âisnât it normal for her to like someone?â jing hanchuan scoffed.
â itâs different this time. heâs quite serious. iâve reminded lin bai, but he didnât listen. i canât do anything about it. as a friend, iâve fulfilled my duty to remind and help him. â
fu sinianâs tone did not change at all from the beginning to the end.
â we all know his daughterâs personality. sheâs capable of doing anything out of line. she might even give him a surprise. â
it wasnât impossible for a grandson to appear from the heavens!
âdo you want to remind him again?â fu sinian looked at the two.
âone reminder is enough,â fu chen said.
âheâll be annoyed if thereâs more.â jing hanchuan added.
âand he probably wonât believe anything we say.â
fu sinian nodded and said, â
how did lin bai offend these two people?
in fact, duan linbai couldnât be blamed for not believing them. they were all old foxes who had been around for a thousand years. it was scary enough that they suddenly cared about his family affairs.
**
duan linbai was so happy that he wanted to send fu qinmao a message to cheer him on. he wanted to see fu chen and jing hanchuan argue, and he was already looking forward to what the wedding ceremony would be like.
when duan yinuo went downstairs, she saw her father happily looking at a small robot in front of him. this was the companyâs newly developed product.
âyouâre going out at this time?â duan linbai looked at the time. it was already past five o âclock.
âiâm meeting a friend, so i wonât be back for dinner tonight.â
âmale or female?â duan linbai asked casually, just like an ordinary parent.
â heâs a man, my boyfriend and my future husband. is that okay? â duan yinuo laughed a little rashly, and her words also seemed to be fake.
âcome back early tonight.â
duan yinuo often played around like this, and duan linbai did not take it to heart at all. â donât play too late. â he had always been unbothered with children making friends, as long as he had a limit in his heart and didnât make friends with shady people.
âi know.â
if xu jiamu was at home, duan yinuo wouldnât have dared to say that, so she could only joke with duan linbai.
after she left, duan yiyan came down from upstairs.
duan linbai glanced at him. duan yiyan was too much like xu jiamu, even an upgraded version of her 2.0. she was meticulous and looked like she was working and resting at home. she was dressed very neatly, and no one could find any flaws in her.
the elders of the duan and lin families both said that their ancestors had burned high incense for duan linbai to give birth to such a son.
âyouâre done with your work?â duan linbai felt that a child should act like a child and not be so heavy and boring.
âthereâs one more thing.â duan yiyan poured himself a glass of water and poured away duan linbaiâs half-finished coffee.
âyi, you ...â
âdonât sleep tonight if youâre drinking coffee at this hour.â
âgo out and play more. donât stay at home all day.â duan linbai kept feeling that their identities seemed to have been swapped. he was more like his father than he was. how could twins have such different personalities ...
âyour sister went out just now. why didnât you go with her?â
when duan linbai spoke to him, he wouldnât be too flippant because it was too boring. no matter how you overturned the sky and stirred up the waves, he would only give you a look as if you were looking at an idiot.
âitâs not convenient to go with her.â duan yiyan said casually as he drank some water.
âwhatâs inconvenient about that?â duan linbai scoffed, â you have to learn to balance work and rest. even if you can earn money, you have to learn to spend it. â
duan yiyan glanced at him but didnât say anything. he wouldnât believe it anyway. ever since he started his internship with duan linbai, he had always suspected that his father had multiple personalities. there was really a huge difference between work and private life.
duan linbai frowned. what was this kid cursing in his heart again?
just as he was about to speak, duan yiyan had already made him a cup of wolfberry water and said, â âitâs good for health.â then, he went upstairs.
**
chuanbei
when jing hanchuan got home, he had dinner and took a shower. he glanced at his phone and casually glanced at his wechat moments. his social circle was not big, and no one posted anything. for the next few days, duan linbai, xu yao, and jiang er were the only ones who posted.
at this moment, a post from jing xingyaoâs moments popped up.
[ itâs beautiful. ] she added three hearts and even tagged fu qinyuan.
in the nine pictures below, apart from the night view, there were also photos of the two of them. they were all figures or side profiles. there was not much intimacy, but it was obvious that they were showing off their love.
as an old father, it was a little heart-wrenching to see this.
âhanchuan, the fu family is having a birthday party. what should we give them?â xu yufei came out of the shower and was drying her hair. she was not familiar with fu shinan, so she should give him a present that suited his taste.
âiâm still thinking.ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âyou donât look well?â
âsee for yourself.â jing hanchuan handed his phone to her. â itâs that girlâs wechat moments. â
xu yufei took his phone suspiciously, but there was nothing on his moments page.âwhat are you looking at? thereâs nothing here?â
she even went to jing xingyaoâs side to check her moments. there was indeed nothing. the last post was posted during mid-autumn.
jing hanchuan frowned, took the phone, and looked at it carefully.
hehe hehe
it was either deleted or blocked!
jing xingyao was tidying up his moments with a slight frown.
âwhatâs wrong?â fu qinyuan looked at her nervous face.
â i forgot to block my family when i sent the status just now. i only remembered after i sent it, so i deleted it immediately. â
âi donât think anyone saw it.â
jing xingyao nodded hard. his parents and elders rarely played with these things, so he should be fine.
little did she know that jing hanchuan was staring at his phone with a myriad of emotions in his heart.