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"What do you want to ask mom about?"

"Do you know that my dad has a date now?" Duan Chuiyu asked her.

Xu Yafei's expression changed: "You——Duan Shixian, has he looked for you?"

Duan Chuiyu didn't answer, and asked again: "Did you divorce your father because of that woman?"

"Xiaoyu..." Xu Yafei hesitated, "How do you know that person? Your father told you?"

"She is my English teacher."

Xu Yafei's eyes widened slightly, turned his face away and said in a low voice, "What's all this..."

"Is she a third party? Did you divorce my dad because he cheated on him?" Duan Chuiyu was aggressive.

"No—Xiao Yu, what on earth are you—" Xu Yafei couldn't speak, and didn't know how to explain it for a while.

"I saw the two of them together." Duan Chuiyu had no expression on his face, "When you were at school, you and your dad hadn't divorced yet."

Xu Yafei squeezed the center of her eyebrows, a little anxious: "No, Xiao Yu, it's not what you think, your father didn't do that kind of thing—"

Xu Yafei stopped, lowered her head and covered her forehead, and murmured: "Why do you still know about these nonsense things?"

"My dad didn't cheat?"

"……No."

"Isn't that woman a third party?"

"No." Xu Yafei raised his head, "Xiao Yu, you should study hard now, don't do these things between your parents..."

Duan Chuiyu interrupted her: "When did you two get divorced?"

Xu Yafei pursed her lips and fell silent.

"Did you leave long ago?" Duan Chuiyu's throat choked, "Before I bumped into them together?"

Xu Yafei and Duan Shixian ended their marriage earlier than Duan Chuiyu guessed.

They got divorced when Duan Chuiyu was just in junior high school. It was not long after Duan Xifeng went to study in England, and that was the time when the family was most separated.

After Xu Yafei's career grew bigger and bigger, she drifted away from Duan Shixian, who was an educator. Both of them had to be strong and strict, and their views became more and more different, and eventually they separated.

At that time, Chuuyu was still young, and Duan Xifeng had just left home to study abroad, so they could only choose to hide it, maintaining this crumbling shell in a detached manner.

It was kept a secret for five years.

During those five years, Duan Chuiyu always felt that her life was blank, especially after Duan Xifeng left.

He didn't know why, no matter how busy his parents were at work before, it wouldn't make him feel empty inside.But after his brother left, he felt that the family suddenly fell apart and became fragmented.

He was reluctant to talk to them at first.

Start banning anyone from entering his room.

He built a city wall in his heart, hid behind the solid wall, and silently waited for his brother's return.

In the years when Duan Xifeng left, that huge house was silent in one spring, summer, autumn and winter. In summer, there was hoarse cicadas, and in winter, there was the sound of bleak wind. Duan Chuiyu walked through that period just listening to these sounds A time of silence.

When he was a child, he used to do his homework on the bay window, and looked downstairs through the bay window from time to time, hoping that one day before the stars climbed into the night sky, someone would return at the door.

He had been looking forward to it for a long time.

Until the day when he saw Ren Yan for the first time, he leaned against the floating window and saw that tall, thin and refreshing figure, the anticipation that had been forgotten in time became clear again in an instant.

Now Duan Chuiyu finally understands why he always feels that this family is scattered and has no sense of belonging, because his parents have already emptied this broken shell five years ago.

Xu Yafei grabbed Duan Chuiyu's hand, and her voice was a little hoarse: "At that time, we didn't talk about it because we were afraid of affecting your emotions."

Although the two are no longer in love, they can still live together in peace for the sake of their children. In addition, both of them put their careers first, and have not sought a new partner for several years of divorce.

Until Duan Shixian met Chen Yun.

Xu Yafei said in a low voice: "At first he never mentioned that person to me, I found out by myself, I think if I continue to hide it like this, sooner or later something will happen, he won't cut me off completely, with that woman How come, if someone sees it, they will definitely make irresponsible remarks..."

Xu Yafei grasped Duan Chuiyu's hand with sharp phalanges, his fingertips were cold, and his face was full of guilt: "Mom is really sorry for you, and shouldn't keep it from you. Now we have nothing to do with your father. Mom can take good care of you." Very good, we don't want these bad things anymore, okay Xiaoyu?"

Duan Chuiyu understands the adults' difficulties, and can't influence their choices, but the empty shell is broken, and if you fill it with anything, it won't be full.

He slowly pulled out the finger held tightly by Xu Yafei, his eyes were already calm.

The door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

Duan Xifeng was carrying a bag of family buckets, and stood at the door with a gloomy expression.

Duan Chuiyu shouted in confusion: "Brother..."

Duan Xifeng listened to the conversation between Xu Yafei and Duan Chuiyu outside the door. He glanced at Duan Chuiyu, his heart suddenly sore, and he suddenly felt very sad.

It was the first time for Duan Chuiyu to see Duan Xifeng with a serious face, and his face was covered with clouds.

"Brother." Duan Chuiyu stood up, glanced at the family bucket in his hand, and reached out to take it, but Duan Xifeng suddenly placed the family bucket heavily on the table, pulled him into his arms, and murmured on his head with his big hand a handful.

"Hey! What are you doing!" Duan Chuiyu was dissatisfied and straightened his hair.

Duan Xifeng walked out with his arms around him, and said, "Go, let's go out and play."

"Hey, my whole family hasn't eaten yet."

"Don't eat, brother treats you to a big meal."

"waste."

"Come back and eat."

"It should be cold."

"I eat."

"whispering sound."

Not long after the two left, Xu Yafei received a call from Duan Xifeng.

"Hello? Xifeng?"

"Mom." The voice on the other end of the phone was a little heavy.

"what happened?"

"You are too selfish."

Xu Yafei was taken aback for a moment. It was the first time that the usually gentle and elegant eldest son spoke to her in such an indifferent tone.

"Xifeng..."

"You and Dad are too selfish." Duan Xifeng's voice was choked, and his voice was very low, and every word he said was very heavy: "You were hiding the divorce at the beginning, but now that the situation has changed, you are not hiding it anymore Divorce peacefully? Why don't you just tell the truth at the beginning, Chuubao is now a senior in high school, you two can really pick your time, have you considered his feelings? Why are you so selfish? Everything follows your own ideas Come?"

"Xifeng, I know, I know it's my bad relationship with your father, and I'm trying to make up for it—"

Xu Yafei paused for a moment, and suddenly, like a deflated ball, he couldn't continue.

"Chuibao doesn't want to go abroad, so don't force him." Duan Xifeng said, "His life is for him to choose."

Xu Yafei sighed softly: "I know."

After chatting with Xu Yafei, Duan Chuiyu felt that he was very stupid before.

It feels like wasting a lot of emotion on unnecessary things.

He guessed that Xu Yafei probably divorced Duan Shixian a long time ago, and when she really heard her admit it, he still felt a little resentful.

Anyone who has been cheated for so many years will feel uncomfortable.

But he didn't want to compete with himself any more, and he didn't want to waste his energy on unimportant things.

There is nothing wrong with the shell being empty, you can mend it yourself and put something better into it.

Duan Chuiyu squatted down and picked up a shell on the beach.

Sea waves, sea breeze, sunshine and water vapor.

As long as you have a broad heart, what can't you put in it?

Duan Xifeng took Duan Chuiyu to the aquarium together, and originally called Xu Yafei to go with him, but Xu Yafei said he was not feeling well, so he rested in the hotel.

In the blue underwater world, Duan Chuiyu took a lot of photos with his mobile phone novelty, he clicked on the photo album to choose, and chose a few photos that he thought were not bad and wanted to send them to Ren Yan.

He didn't like to take pictures when he traveled before. He didn't like to commemorate, and he didn't like to freeze time in the camera.

Mainly lazy.

It is also the first time in 17 years that I feel this eagerness to share the moment with others.

I heard Li Yi said in the past that liking someone means unconsciously wanting to share good things with him, like a kid who likes to show off and ask for praise, expecting the other person's reaction.

Li Yi said that this is how he feels about Lin Jiaqi.

That guy had a crush on Lin Jiaqi since childhood.

Duan Chuiyu's hand holding the phone trembled, his fingertips pressed the send button, and he paused.

After a moment of hesitation, Duan Chuiyu still clicked send.

He knew that he had been a bit sticky and reckless recently.

That person is so nice.

It is always easy for people to push forward with gentle people, which is specifically manifested as frequently seeking a sense of presence in front of the other party, in other words, acting like a baby.

He also loves to act like a baby with Duan Xifeng, but that's all from his childhood.

At that time, he was not as long as Duan Xifeng's legs, and he could barely grab the hem of his clothes when he raised his arms. At this time, Duan Xifeng would wrap his arms around him and lift him up to the top of his head, facing the ceiling Looking at the chandelier, he said with a smile: "We Chubao are so fond of acting like a baby, we are so beautiful, if we are a little girl, we will be abducted by others."

Ren Yan still didn't reply.

Duan Chuiyu looked at the phone calendar, it was October [-]th, and Ren Yan hadn't heard from him for three days.

"Brother." Duan Chuiyu suddenly called Duan Xifeng.

Duan Xifeng turned his head: "Huh? What's wrong?"

"Did Brother Ren Yan contact you in the past two days?"

"No, what's wrong?"

Duan Chuiyu frowned, and muttered in a low voice: "Did he not bring his mobile phone when he went back to his hometown? Why hasn't he replied to my messages?"

"Forget it, don't care." Duan Chuiyu stuffed the phone back into his pocket.

Xu Yafei and the two young ones discussed going to the hot spring together at night. When dinner was approaching, Duan Chuiyu suddenly received a WeChat call from Ren Yan's grandma.

The three of them were heading to the cafeteria when Duan Chuiyu stopped, went to the side and connected the phone: "Hello, grandma?"

"Cub, it's grandma, you haven't eaten dinner yet?"

"Just about to eat, what's the matter, grandma, what do you do?"

"Don't eat it if you haven't eaten it yet. Come to grandma. Today is Yanyan's birthday. Come and help grandma celebrate Yanyan's birthday, okay?"

Duan Chuiyu was taken aback: "Birthday? Brother Ren Yan didn't return to Jiangsu?"

"No, he didn't tell me he was going home."

"His... is his birthday today?"

"Yeah, come and stay with grandma."

Duan Chuiyu hesitated for a moment, turned to look at Xu Yafei and Duan Xifeng not far away, and agreed: "Okay, but it may take some time for me to rush over—"

"It's okay, grandma is waiting for you."

Duan Chuiyu pursed his lower lips and asked, "Is he with you now?"

"You mean Yanyan? He's not here, he's probably still in school."

"Sure, then I'll come over now."