Lu Mingfei, who had read Dragon Clan before slaying the dragon

"Who knows?" Su Xiaoyan gave an open answer, "Do you think you already understand women?"

“No.” Chu Tianjiao found that he, who used to be eloquent, could only beg for mercy in front of this woman, so he quickly changed the subject, “Actually, I was a little afraid to come today.”

As soon as he said this, Chu Tianjiao wanted to slap himself. If there was an undo button in front of him, he would click it without hesitation... But it was too late, because Su Xiaoyan heard this sentence clearly.

"Why? Because you feel guilty?" Su Xiaoyan was not angry, but nodded calmly, "You should feel guilty. At that time, my relatives, friends, and Chu Zihang's grandmother all scolded you for being an ungrateful man. They all said that I was blind to follow you and gave birth to a child for you. After that, you ignored us. To be honest, I was laughed at by my relatives quite a lot."

“I’m sorry…” Chu Tianjiao lowered his head, his nails clenched into his fists almost digging into his flesh. In fact, his heart had been clenched for a long time. “It’s my problem… I’m an asshole.”

"You are what you are, a complete bastard. If you feel guilty about these things, you deserve it. If you don't feel guilty, then you are even worse than a bastard." Su Xiaoyan paused, "But I don't really hate you that much now. It's not that time has diluted everything, nor that my life is good enough now. In fact, to be honest, I always feel that I haven't thought about you for a long time."

"I'm telling you the truth. I still remember that during the time we were apart, I often dreamed about you. When I woke up in the middle of the night, my tears wet the pillow. I woke up crying every time. At that time, I really hated you. I hated you for appearing in my life, I hated you for lying to me, I hated you for not having the responsibility of a man, and I hated you for disappearing from my life without a word." Su Xiaoyan said, "But then I don't know when, I seemed to have forgotten you. Not gradually, but suddenly, as if you had never appeared in my life. Even when I saw Chu Zihang, I couldn't quite remember you. Although you did disappear for a long time, after all, we have been together for several years and have a son. How could I suddenly forget about you? I think it may be because I am more heartless than you."

No, no, Chu Tianjiao shouted in his heart. On that rainy night seven years ago, he really disappeared from this world, and only a few people remembered him... That was the power of "God", the tampered reality, the modified world line. There were very few hybrids in this world who could resist that kind of power, let alone an ordinary woman like Su Xiaoyan.

"But there is something very strange." Su Xiaoyan changed the subject, "Didn't I get sick some time ago? My husband even hired someone to take care of me at home, but I don't have much memory of that person. The doctor said that I had a slight amnesia due to a concussion, and I seem to have been sent to a certain hospital."

Chu Tianjiao's heart trembled. Su Xiaoyan was sent to Sacred Heart Hospital. Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei had both told him about this. When he heard about this, his heart was in a knot.

"Are you feeling unwell?" Chu Tianjiao couldn't help but ask Su Xiaoyan with concern, "Do you have a headache? Or do you feel like you forgot something? If you can't remember, don't think about it."

"No, I just suddenly remembered something." Su Xiaoyan shook her head and said, "I remembered that during the time when I was sick, I had nightmares every night. Do you know what I dreamed about?"

"What?" Chu Tianjiao asked.

"You." Su Xiaoyan suddenly turned her head and her eyes fell on Chu Tianjiao's face.

This was probably the first time Chu Tianjiao and Su Xiaoyan looked into each other's eyes since he entered the room. This woman was over 40 years old, with thin, barely noticeable wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. No one in this world could resist the erosion of time, but in Chu Tianjiao's eyes, this woman was still as beautiful as when she was young. Her eyes seemed to smile, and her figure was as graceful as a proud white swan spreading its wings on the stage.

"I...?" Chu Tianjiao murmured.

"Well, I had forgotten about this matter. I always forget it after I dream. I just remember having a sad dream and waking up with tears soaking my pillow." Su Xiaoyan looked at Chu Tianjiao and said, "I remembered it recently. In those dreams, I dreamed of you."

"You dreamed about me?" Chu Tianjiao still had a dazed expression.

"Yes, I remembered the contents of those dreams these days. I remembered that I saw you driving a car on an endless viaduct, and your favorite song when you were young, 'Heartbreak Hotel', was playing in the car." Su Xiaoyan thought for a moment, "I can't describe the expression on your face, I just felt it was very strange."

"But I know it was you. I wasn't sitting in your passenger seat. It was more like I was watching you from a third-person perspective. You were humming a song, and I didn't know where you were going to drive the car." Su Xiaoyan used her limited language skills to describe the scene in her dream. "The road ahead was submerged in the wind and rain, and I couldn't see the end. You kept driving forward, stepping on the accelerator faster and faster. Gradually, I couldn't keep up with you, so I slapped the windows and the roof hard, but you didn't pay attention to me. I could only watch you get farther and farther away from me until you disappeared on the dark elevated road. It felt like you would never come back."

Chu Tianjiao’s body froze.

"It's weird, isn't it? I've had the same dream for many nights. You drive a black car with a logo of two overlapping mountains. Sometimes the car plays 'Heartbreak Hotel', sometimes 'Hey Judy', and sometimes very sad songs I've never heard of." Su Xiaoyan said, "The ending is always the same. I wake up from the dream when you disappear. Every time I cry, my pillow is soaked. When I wake up, I forget the content of the dream and even forget you."

"Anyway, I feel very strange. We have been apart for such a long time, why do I dream about you?" Su Xiaoyan's eyes were a little absent-minded. She said softly, "Didn't you leave a long time ago? Why do I cry when I dream about you leaving? I don't understand where that inexplicable sadness comes from. I just feel sad every time I wake up, but I forget the scene in the dream and I forget you. Why do I feel sad?"

Is it strange? Of course it is strange, but the strange thing is not Su Xiaoyan’s dream, but that she actually dreamed of Chu Tianjiao.

There are only two people in this world who have the deepest entanglement with Chu Tianjiao. One is Su Xiaoyan, and the other is Chu Zihang. One of them is the woman he loves most in his life, and the other is his son... Needless to say, Chu Zihang is a mixed-race, with half of his blood flowing in his body, and he also has the mark of Odin on his body, so he remembers Chu Tianjiao and that rainy night seven years ago.

But what about Su Xiaoyan? How did she remember Chu Tianjiao? Even if he only appeared in her dreams, she had not experienced the rainy night seven years ago, and she didn't know where Chu Tianjiao had gone. This man who had disappeared from her life long ago actually kept appearing in her dreams on rainy nights in this city... Everyone in the world had forgotten him, but this woman still remembered him. He lived in her subconscious. She didn't know why he left, but she had a premonition of something in her dream. She was so sad about his departure.

This woman, this woman who has always been said to be heartless, actually resisted the rules of "God" with her mortal body!

"Hey, why are you crying?" Su Xiaoyan looked at Chu Tianjiao and asked curiously.

The man who had been sitting upright on the sofa was now in tears and sobbing.

Su Xiaoyan stood up, took papers from the table, and stuffed them into Chu Tianjiao's hands one by one. Later, there was not enough paper, so Su Xiaoyan simply stuffed the whole bag into Chu Tianjiao's arms.

She didn't know why Chu Tianjiao was crying, but she could clearly feel the man's emotions at the moment. Sadness spread in the room like a tide, just like a person who had been walking alone with a mountain on his back. Suddenly one day the mountain on his back was removed, and someone patted him on the back and asked him if he was tired. This sentence touched the softest part of his heart.

After completely drying the corners of his eyes, Chu Tianjiao took a deep breath and whispered to Su Xiaoyan, "I'm sorry."

He was really embarrassed, because any man would feel ashamed to show such a weak side in front of his beloved woman.

"That's nothing, but I think I should be the one crying." Su Xiaoyan said jokingly, "I'm talking to you, isn't it time to find a stable life for yourself? It's not going to work if you keep living like this, right? You can't be single for all these years, right?"

Su Xiaoyan had a joking expression but Chu Tianjiao's expression was more serious than ever.

"It's not because of guilt." Chu Tianjiao suddenly said this.

"What is not guilt?" Su Xiaoyan was stunned.

"Just now I said I didn't dare to come to your house, and you asked me if it was because of guilt. Actually, it's not." Chu Tianjiao looked at a huge wedding photo in a gold frame on the rock wall.

Following Chu Tianjiao's gaze, Su Xiaoyan also saw the photo. In the photo, the young and beautiful her was leaning on the shoulder of a man wearing glasses and a well-ironed suit. They were both smiling and looked like a really happy couple.

Even if Su Xiaoyan is slow, she should understand what Chu Tianjiao means at this moment.

"What's the point of doing this?" Su Xiaoyan's eyes were a little complicated.

"It doesn't need any meaning." Chu Tianjiao shook his head slowly. He took a deep breath, as if he had made some important decision.

"I love you." Chu Tianjiao said.

Chapter 1117: Separation is a pity, reunion is not

"What?" Su Xiaoyan was stunned.

"I said, I love you." Chu Tianjiao looked into Su Xiaoyan's eyes. His expression was more serious and solemn than affectionate, just like a devout believer swearing to God, "In fact, I have always loved you all these years."

Su Xiaoyan's expression froze, her body stiffened, and a light of surprise flickered in her wide-open eyes.

She never thought that Chu Tianjiao would suddenly say this, and say it in her home... Love, this word has disappeared from her life for too long, and today she suddenly heard it again, from the mouth of a man she almost forgot.

"You..." Su Xiaoyan blurted out the word "you" and then fell silent again. She subconsciously wanted to curse Chu Tianjiao and even wanted to throw the ashtray on the table in his face.

But when she saw Chu Tianjiao's expression, she was stunned... The expression on this man's face was so sad and so sorrowful, as if the three words "I love you" were not a confession, but a farewell.

A complete farewell that will never appear in your life again.

Just like the nightmares Su Xiaoyan had had.

Chu Tianjiao's brain told him that he had never done such a crazy thing in his life. Even if he had entered the "Island of Death" or slashed at the "God" with a knife, in his opinion, it did not require as much courage as saying "I love you" to his old lover in front of him.

Chu Tianjiao admitted that he was indeed a little impulsive. After Su Xiaoyan told him about the dream she had about him, his emotions began to get out of control...but he did not regret it, and even wanted to be more impulsive.

He wanted to rush up, hug this woman, kiss her lips until she was suffocated, and then whisper in her ear how much he had missed her all these years... But he couldn't do that, because it would undoubtedly be hurtful and blasphemous to Su Xiaoyan.

Then just say it, even though words can never express this love.

"My, I'm not drunk, nor am I crazy. I'm sober and I know what I'm saying." Chu Tianjiao looked at Su Xiaoyan and said, "After I left, I actually secretly met you a few times... maybe more than a few times, in places where you couldn't see me, because I couldn't help looking for you, but I was afraid of ruining your life. I kept telling myself that this was enough, this was enough, your life now is very happy and perfect, much better than when you were with me."

"I never expected to see you again, nor did I expect us to be together again. You're right, I'm a bastard, selfish, I made a mistake, but I used excuses and lies to deceive and numb myself, living in a vicious circle of contradictions I created." Chu Tianjiao whispered, "I love you. I fell in love with you the first time I saw you and I can't help it. I still love you today. My love for you has never stopped. I mean every day, every minute, and every second of these years... but my love shouldn't have existed from the beginning."

"What... do you mean?" Su Xiaoyan was completely confused.

"I'm talking about the fact that I fell in love with you. It was a mistake from the beginning, but I don't regret it. But I really shouldn't have been with you. Oftentimes, love can be a matter of one person. I can do it now, and I should have been able to do it before." Chu Tianjiao said slowly, "I couldn't help it, so I made a mistake. I won't forgive myself, and you don't have to forgive me either. You can continue to hate me and dislike me, but I will still love you. This is the only thing I can't give up."

"Are you...under too much psychological pressure?" Su Xiaoyan asked cautiously.

At first she was indeed a little surprised and a little angry, mainly a little frightened. When Chu Tianjiao suddenly said that he loved her, there were a few moments when she wondered if the man in front of her was really crazy.

But she began to find it difficult to understand what Chu Tianjiao said later. She didn’t understand the meaning of many of his words... But she could feel Chu Tianjiao’s tone. He was both regretful and regretless, like a complex of contradictions. He was happy and sad. The way he looked at her was as if he was looking at the most beautiful thing in the world for him, which was right in front of him but out of reach.

Inexplicably, Su Xiaoyan felt that this man was a bit pitiful... This man, with whom she had lived together for many years and yet had not met for many years, seemed so familiar and yet so strange. Su Xiaoyan recognized this man's face, but she didn't know what was going on in his mind. She just felt that he looked very tired, as if his heart was filled with so many things that he was unable to breathe.

"No, I'm normal. I feel like I've never been so normal." Chu Tianjiao shook his head and said to Su Xiaoyan, "Maybe you can't understand what I'm saying, but I don't want to burden you with what I'm saying. Loving you is my own business. All you have to do is live your life well."

"I am living a good life." Su Xiaoyan paused, and there was a hint of concern in her tone of voice when she spoke to Chu Tianjiao, "Are you under too much pressure in life?"

"Not bad." Chu Tianjiao shook his head. He looked at Su Xiaoyan and suddenly asked, "Can I hug you?"

Su Xiaoyan was stunned, her expression changed unconsciously. She didn't know whether to agree or refuse, but her eyes were always looking in the direction of Chu Tianjiao. She was not concerned about anything other than this man.

As if he couldn't wait for Su Xiaoyan's answer, Chu Tianjiao had already started walking. He walked quickly and with big steps, as if he couldn't wait to be by this woman's side and hold her in his arms the moment she answered.

Su Xiaoyan didn't say anything. She didn't avoid or retreat when she saw Chu Tianjiao approaching her. Her beautiful eyes twitched twice. It was unknown what she was thinking, and finally she nodded slightly.

A strong body leaned over and gently embraced Su Xiaoyan's slender body in his arms. A pair of big hands stayed on Su Xiaoyan's waist very measuredly, and the palms felt warm. Her head slowly leaned on a broad chest... The familiar chest, long-forgotten memories were suddenly awakened, and the bits and pieces of her time with this man that had been buried deep in her memory flashed quickly in Su Xiaoyan's mind like fragmented movie clips.

The hug was not short, but it was actually very shallow. It could not even be called an ambiguous hug. It was only a little deeper than a polite hug between friends... But Su Xiaoyan could feel the man's passionate emotions, just like the hot temperature in his body. The man's body could not help but tremble. Perhaps he was suppressing his emotional impulse towards her and did not want to do anything more presumptuous that might hurt her.

At this distance, Su Xiaoyan could even hear the man's wildly beating heartbeat.

"This is probably the last time I will be selfish." Chu Tianjiao whispered in Su Xiaoyan's ear in a voice that she could hardly hear, "Thank you."

Not until the second hand on the wall had completed a full circle did Chu Tianjiao slowly let go of Su Xiaoyan's body. He took several deep breaths in succession, like a thief who had just stolen something and was almost caught by the owner, and was trying his best to calm himself.

"This is just the first time. It won't happen again." Su Xiaoyan turned her head and smoothed her hair, which was not messy at all. She warned Chu Tianjiao, "How will I explain this if my husband sees it?"

"The love of the boat tracker?" Chu Tianjiao seemed to have returned to being the playful, slick middle-aged man. "It sounds quite exciting, like stealing the sunshine."

"You idiot!" Su Xiaoyan said harshly, "You are so old, you don't think you are humorous, do you?"

“Okay, okay, I was wrong.” Chu Tianjiao raised his hands in surrender. “Actually, I’m quite grateful to your husband. He takes good care of you and at least doesn’t mistreat you. That’s why I was able to resist the urge to leave my shoe prints on that guy’s face.”

"What right do you have to hit someone?" Su Xiaoyan gave Chu Tianjiao a sidelong glance. "Why do you care whether someone treats me well or not? No matter what, at least they treat me better than you do."

"Yes, yes, all men in the world are better than me. I'm the worst." Chu Tianjiao said with a typical double-faced face, "Young girls like bad men, and only middle-aged women like good men, right?"

"Who are you calling a middle-aged woman?" Su Xiaoyan raised her eyebrows.

"I didn't mention anyone by name. The middle-aged woman who was scolded should be angry, right?" Chu Tianjiao kept talking. He looked left and right. "By the way, your house is really spacious. It's different from a big villa and a staff dormitory."

"I thought you've changed a little." Su Xiaoyan said helplessly, "You really are the same as before."

"Really? Do you still remember what I was like before?" Chu Tianjiao laughed, "It seems that I left a deep impression on you."

"I've almost forgotten everything else. I just remember that you always smelled like braised pig intestines." Su Xiaoyan pretended to pinch her nose.

"By the way, are there braised large intestines in the dishes prepared today?" Chu Tianjiao showed an expectant and smug expression.

"What a bullshit braised large intestine. I'll just give it to you for your beauty." Su Xiaoyan rolled her eyes.

……

It was as if Chu Tianjiao had vented all his thoughts and feelings about his beloved woman over the years in just a few minutes, and then they returned to their normal way of getting along... Although they had never been in this kind of relationship before, no one would think that these two were old lovers. Instead, they were more like childhood sweethearts or old classmates who often bickered during school.

Thoughts and love are undoubtedly rich. A few minutes is too short to describe twenty years of love... But so what? Just like a broken mirror can never be put back together, just piecing together a few bits and pieces of the past is enough. There are too many things that cannot be helped in this world, and too many things that are not satisfactory. In the journey of life, we should cherish the journey we have together. Separation is a pity, but reunion is definitely not.

About ten minutes later, Lu Mingfei poked his head into the living room from the backyard. He glanced at Chu Tianjiao and Su Xiaoyan, who were sitting not far away from him on the sofa.

"Mingfei, what's wrong?" Su Xiaoyan spotted Lu Mingfei acting like a thief.

"It's okay, it's okay. I just want to see if Fang Fang... Oh no." Lu Mingfei changed the topic and said, "I want to see if you guys are still chatting, uncle and aunt."

“What’s the inconvenience?” Chu Tianjiao waved at Lu Mingfei, “Don’t hide in the yard. You guys are being too deliberate.”

"Ahem... OK." Lu Mingfei nodded to Chu Tianjiao, then turned and announced to the people in the yard, "Brothers, the alarm is lifted, the alarm is lifted, entry into the living room is allowed."

"Have you become stupid from playing games?" Nuo Nuo complained and pushed Lu Mingfei into the house.

"Junior sister, what do you know? It's reasonable for me to be cautious. I was right about him. Xiaolu has the potential to become my successor as the head of the News Department." This time, Finkel stood on Lu Mingfei's side.

Chu Zihang also walked into the room. He looked at Su Xiaoyan, then glanced at Chu Tianjiao... This guy has always been a super gossipy person in his heart, and this time the targets are his biological parents. I'm afraid that the gossipy person in Chu Zihang's heart would have already activated the Eight Gates of Ninjutsu and flew out of his heart.

After so many years, these two people finally appeared in front of him at the same time again. Chu Zihang always felt as if he was in another world.

In fact, it wasn't just Chu Zihang. Others couldn't help but look at Su Xiaoyan and Chu Tianjiao... After all, they were a single man and a single woman, and they were once husband and wife. It was inevitable that people would have wild thoughts when they were alone in a room.

Finkel stretched his head, closed his eyes, and moved his nose at high speed.

"What are you doing?" Nuonuo pushed the guy's shoulder, "Are you having rabies?"

"Don't bother Junior Sister." Finkel shook his head, "I'm just smelling the gossip in the air."

At the same time, footsteps were heard on the stairs.

"I smell it! The strongest smell of gossip!" Finkel tilted his head to a certain direction, suddenly opened his eyes, and met the gaze of Lu Tianming who was coming down the stairs.

Lu Tianming paused and Finkel's neck shrank back.

"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll pickle your tongue!" Nuonuo warned the unscrupulous paparazzi in a vicious whisper.

"Is it time to eat?" Su Xiaoyan got up from the sofa and walked to Lu Tianming.

"Aunt Tong and the others should be almost ready." Lu Tianming pointed in the direction of the restaurant, "Let's take our seats too."

The dining room of the Chu residence is a huge independent space. Apart from the yard and the living room, the dining room is probably the largest area in the entire house.

A huge round table that can accommodate at least twenty people is placed in the center of the restaurant. In the center of the round table is a misty landscape. The delicious dishes prepared by Aunt Tong and Chu Tianjiao's specially hired chefs are lying on exquisite gold-plated plates. The variety of dishes is more than twice the number of people present.

Even though Lu Tianming was a wealthy man, he would not normally be so formal at home, and it was even a bit too formal... Obviously this was a meal with another meaning. Just as Chu Zihang guessed, before they came, Su Xiaoyan and Lu Tianming might have planned to take advantage of today's opportunity to talk about something important.

The matter between Chu Zihang and Xia Mi.

Chapter 1118 Chu Family’s Things

"Butter crab, Northeastern forest frog, rock sugar bird's nest, saffron fish pond soup..." Old Tang held the chopsticks and soup spoon in both hands and read the names of the dishes on the table excitedly, "Wow, all of them are precious Chinese dishes!"

"Isn't this China? The bride and groom are both Chinese, so there's nothing strange about a table full of Chinese food." Lu Mingfei glanced at Chu Zihang and Xia Mi and joked, "Oh no, it should be said that they are the groom-to-be and the bride-to-be, but they are not very friendly to foreigners."

"Because we are preparing a family dinner," Lu Tianming explained, "I don't know where the foreign students are from, so I don't know your tastes. But I have asked the chef to prepare some Western food. If you are not used to Chinese food, please make do with the inadequate preparations."