Yan Qiu naturally wouldn't go to see Lu Ruan, but he still took the time to go back to the old house.

After all, recent incidents and events in the Fu family have forced Fu Jianting into such a situation.

Grandpa is getting old, don't know if he can bear it?

He really didn't care about the life and death of the Fu family, but he cared about his grandfather. After all, in a place like the Fu family, only his grandfather had ever given him a little warmth.

So his feelings for the Fu family are all on his grandfather.

The decline of the Fu family is not only reflected in the company, but has even spread to the old house.

The ground, which was always spotless, was scattered with pieces of yellowish fallen leaves, and the flowers in the garden bloomed chaotically and disorderly. It seemed that no one took care of them for a long time.A servant, even the fountain at the gate has been shut down.

Yan Qiu got out of the car and looked at the deserted villa in front of him, feeling neither sad nor happy.

He went up and knocked on the door, but it was unlocked, so he opened it himself and walked in.

As soon as he entered, he saw two people already sitting on the sofa in the living room. Hearing the movement from the door, they all raised their heads and looked at him.

Then, after seeing who came in, one of them stood up excitedly and walked towards him, and called to him in disbelief: "Xiaoqiu?"

Yan Qiu took a closer look, only to realize that it was Lu Ruan, and the person sitting next to her was Mrs. Fu.

In Yan Qiu's impression, the relationship between their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law doesn't seem to be good. Anyway, in the Fu's family in her previous life, she had never seen the two of them sitting and chatting together calmly.

Didn't expect to see it today.

"Where's grandpa?" Yan Qiu asked the servant who came up to him as if he didn't see Lu Ruan.

Although the Fu family is nervous now, they still left a few servants to take care of the villa.

"Mister is not feeling well, rest in the bedroom." The servant replied immediately.

"Okay." Yan Qiu nodded, got up and was about to go upstairs.

However, after walking a few steps, Lu Ruan stopped her.

It was far away just now, so Yan Qiu didn't look at her carefully, but now that he was getting closer, Yan Qiu realized that she, like Fu Jianting, had aged out of shape in just a few days.

The originally black and smooth long hair was mixed with a lot of white hair, and the plump face was also sunken, revealing the high cheekbones, and the long and thin neck was covered with blue veins that were unwilling to bulge outward.

Yan Qiu looked at her, and for a moment he couldn't connect her with the pampered Lu Ruan from before.

"As long as you're fine." This was the first sentence Lu Ruan said to him.

Regardless of the purpose, at least it is more sincere than Fu Jianting's opening remarks.

Yan Qiu knew what she was talking about, turned his head and smiled lukewarmly, and deliberately stabbed her with words, "Yes, of course I'm fine, isn't it Fu Chenze who has something to do?"

Upon hearing Fu Chenze's name, Lu Ruan's expression changed instantly.

There was a sudden, rapid whimper in her throat, and tears fell without warning.

"You... your elder brother..." Lu Ruan seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted by uncontrollable sobs before he finished speaking, so he didn't say a complete sentence for a long time.

Yan Qiu didn't want to see her expressing feelings here, so he passed her and continued to walk up.

Yan Qiu went up to the second floor, came to Grandpa's room, raised his hand and knocked on the door, and soon there was a low voice from inside, "Come in."

Yan Qiu pushed the door open and walked in, and then saw grandpa sitting on the bed, holding something in his hand.

When she looked up and saw it was him, she hurriedly carried the things in her hands, and then greeted him.

But even though grandpa deliberately avoided him, Yan Qiu still understood that what grandpa was holding was a family photo.

The family portrait of the Fu family does not include him.

Grandpa seemed to know that he had seen it, and he shoved the photo frame under the quilt with some embarrassment, and then asked him to sit down.

Grandpa looked really sick all over his body, and even his voice was weak.

"Grandpa, has the doctor visited yet?" Yan Qiu asked.

"I've seen it." Mr. Fu said, coughing lightly a few times, "It's nothing serious, it's just that I caught a cold."

After finishing speaking, he asked with concern: "Xiaoqiu, are you okay?"

Yan Qiu naturally knew what he was asking, so he shook his head and replied, "It's okay."

After speaking, both of them fell silent in unison.

Too many things have happened recently, and Yan Qiu and Fu Chenze are involved. The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh, so Mr. Fu can only ask this question, and if you continue to ask, someone will be sad.

"Did you see your mother?" Mr. Fu took the initiative to change the subject.

"I saw it when I came up." Yan Qiu replied.

Mr. Fu also knew that he didn't want to see Lu Ruan, so he said helplessly: "She came to see me just now and said that she hasn't seen you for a long time. She misses you very much, but you don't want to see her."

Yan Qiu fell silent upon hearing this.

Ever since he followed Mr. Fu back to the old house, he and Lu Ruan haven't seen each other much.

I don't usually see her thinking about herself that much, but now that Fu Chenze is gone, and the Fu family is about to collapse, all of them suddenly start thinking about him.

The miss of the Fu family is utilitarian as always.

Yan Qiu thought that his grandfather would persuade him to go downstairs to meet her next time, but unexpectedly, what his grandfather said next was, "I said she deserved it, feelings don't come out of thin air, and we don't maintain them on weekdays, and now the child doesn't need her."Come on, what's the use of you here?"

Yan Qiu raised his head upon hearing this.

Then saw Grandpa slowly stretching out his hand to hold him, looking at the ring on his right middle finger, he understood instantly.

"I know they've been looking for you recently, whether they're sincere or not, and they want me to get rid of this old face to find you, so I didn't let that unfilial son in, but I can't let your mother in, she is a daughter-in-law.”

"I know that they have been suffering a lot recently. Your mother had a problem with your grandma in the early years, and now she has asked your grandma. I hope your grandma's family can help, but their family is not as good as it was back then, and they can't help.It’s just going to the doctor indiscriminately.”

"It makes me sad to see this situation now, but they did it all by themselves, so what does it have to do with you? What's more, they are not asking for you, but Li Zhi behind you. But why is it so easy? This isThrowing away real money is not a matter of lip service, and you and Li Zhi are not husband and wife, so why should you beg him to make great efforts to save the Fu family? So you don't have to talk to them."

"Grandpa..." Yan Qiu looked back at him with some emotion.

Mr. Fu squeezed his hand, looking at him with sad and powerless eyes, "You two are men, you can't get married, and you won't have children. The relationship is not as stable as ordinary people.It's the end of the battle. When you fall, you won't even have a backer in the future. Of course, I'm not asking you to help, I'm just worried about you, Xiaoqiu, it doesn't make sense for you to be well-matched. You may be in love now, but the relationship has faded? Ordinary people can use marriage, children, responsibilities, and family relationships to maintain, what about you? What will you do then?"

"What's more, with such a large property in the Li family, it is impossible to allow Li Zhi to have no children all his life, so I have always disapproved of you being together, but now it seems that it is useless, so Grandpa can only advise you, don't get too deep, be ready to withdraw at any time, otherwise, you will only suffer."

Yan Qiu listened carefully, without any impatience, on the contrary, he liked this kind of detailed reminders very much.

It turned out that there were also people planning the future for him and thinking about him.

In fact, he understood what Mr. Fu said. Although he and Mr. Li had made up their minds with each other, Yan Qiu still felt that there was no connection between them.

Like a kite being pulled by a string.

If the line is broken, it will be scattered.

but……

"I understand." Yan Qiu said and held his grandfather's hand. How could he not understand that people are greedy. Although he has thousands of worries, why doesn't he want to be with Mr. Li?The more he cares, the more careful he becomes. He wants to lengthen the bond between them, but he feels empty-handed and doesn't know how to work hard.

He originally wanted to comfort grandpa, but his eyes turned red when he said it, "I know...we won't have a future."

"You..." Mr. Fu wanted to say something more, but seeing his distress, he couldn't bear to say any more.

Yan Qiu knew that Mr. Fu's suffering at this time was no less than that of Fu Jianting. After all, this was a company he had built up from scratch, but now he could only watch it being ruined by Fu Jianting.

Plus the matter of Fu Chenze.

It's fine that Fu Shuangchi isn't the real flesh and blood of the Fu family, but Fu Chenze is not only his first grandson, but also the expected heir.

This is indeed an unbearable pain for ordinary people.

Looking at grandpa's old and painful face, he thought of the fine lines around Lu Ruan and Fu Jianting's eyes and the white hair on their heads.

Yan Qiu felt envious of Fu Chenze for a moment.

You see, he has done so many evils, but there are still so many people who are sad for him.

Mr. Fu was tired, so Yan Qiu didn't stay too long, got up and helped him lie down to rest.

While tucking in the blanket for grandpa, Yan Qiu saw the family portrait exposed by the quilt.

He froze for a moment, then pulled the quilt up as if he didn't see it.

After walking out of Grandpa's room, Yan Qiu did not rush down, but leaned against the wall of the corridor to calm himself down slowly.

I can't help but recall the past in my mind.

If you include the previous life, Yan Qiu only took one family portrait.

When first returned to Fu's house, grandfather suggested to shoot it.

When he was in the Yan family, Yan Jing's birthday every year, Yan's father and Yan mother would take him to the photo studio to take pictures, but they never took him.

When they come back, they will frame the photos and hang them on the wall.

Yan Qiu looked up at their photos countless times, Yan's father and Yan's mother stood on both sides, hugging Yan Jing in the middle.

They laughed happily, as if Yan Qiu should never have appeared.

Later it was Fu's family, Fu Shuangchi's birthday party.

It was also their family who stood together, only Yan Qiu was still redundant.

Yan Qiu already understood when he went in and saw the family portrait in his grandfather's hand.

Even grandpa loves him, but in grandpa's heart his family is still the Fu family.

He has not entered that family portrait, nor has he squeezed into this home.

He has long since lost his home.

Lu Ruan was still there when she went downstairs, but her tears had been wiped away, and seeing him coming down, she walked over again.

She reached out to grab his sleeve, but she didn't dare, so she hung in mid-air in embarrassment, with a bit of flattery, "Xiaoqiu, mom didn't ask you for help, mom just wanted to ask if you could help me."Can't go home? Mom has thought a lot these days, we did neglect you too much before, can you give mom a chance to make it up to you? "

Hearing this, Yan Qiu turned and looked at her, "Are you trying to make up for me or find a sustenance? From the moment I moved out, I have nothing to do with you. If you want to find someone to accompany you, you can visit Fu Shuangchi in the prison more often.".”

Lu Ruan was so choked by him that he couldn't speak, the old lady Fu couldn't listen anymore, she also got up and walked over and said, "What are you talking about?"

Mrs. Fu has been haggard a lot these days, but she still tries her best to comb her hair well. She wears her beloved high heels and cheongsam to save face.It's not as good as before, and it doesn't have the aloofness in front of him in the past.

Talking to Yan Qiu is also a little more polite than before, "No matter what you say, she is your mother. I want to see more about you. What's wrong with you? What's more, so many things have happened in the family recently. How can you say that she is also your mother?"Don't run around outside all day, come back more often to help out, and get through this hurdle together with your father."

Yan Qiu heard it funny, looked at her and said slowly: "It's so strange..."

"When you tried to drive me out, why didn't you feel that I was a part of this family, but now you think about it?"

When Mrs. Fu heard it, she also remembered the past, and a trace of embarrassment flashed across her face.

"That incident was... an accident."

It's just that she didn't believe this explanation herself. Sure enough, Yan Qiu didn't even answer, but just looked at her with a half-smile.

Looking at Yan Qiu's eyes, Mrs. Fu felt depressed for a while. She raised her hand to support the sofa next to her and tried to stand still.The ending of bowing his head in front of the junior.

Although she has never been to work in her life, and has never been involved in shopping malls, she has never seen anything in these years, so she is aware of the current situation, and she knows that the Fu family is about to lose.

Lu Ruan came to beg her today and asked her to ask her natal family for help.

Why doesn't she want to, but on the one hand, her natal family is not as good as before, even if she helps, there is only so much she can help, and nothing can be saved at all;There were many conflicts among the family members.

If she begged now, she really couldn't bear it.

She had heard about the relationship between Yan Qiu and Li Zhi, so she gave Lu Ruan an idea to coax Yan Qiu back first, and then treat him better.

He is soft-hearted and will always help.

But looking at today's situation, Mrs. Fu is not sure yet.

Yan Qiu seemed really hurt by them.

But no matter what, the blood relationship is always there, no matter how you say it is a family.

What's more, now that Shuang Chi is in jail, Shen Ze is gone.

As long as he is willing to save the Fu family, the company will definitely be his in the future.

What good would it do him to see Mrs. Fu fall?

Therefore, always felt that there was still something to be done, but when Mrs. Fu looked up and saw Yan Qiu's indifferent expression, she felt uncomfortable again, but the situation was stronger than others, and now she had to bow her head.

"What are you talking about? Let him go about the past. People have to look forward, right? Your parents only have three children, and both of them..."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Fu paused, "You are the only one left in this family now, of course you have to take on your responsibilities, and of course it's not for nothing. Your grandpa, your parents' things will not be all in the future.It's yours, stop making trouble and go home with your mother."

Yan Qiu wondered if the old lady had been domineering and foolish all her life, otherwise how could she still say such things now?

"Of course you can make it through." Yan Qiu looked at them pityingly, "But I can't make it through, so wait until the day you lose everything too, and then persuade me to let go."

After finishing speaking, Yan Qiu passed them and walked out.

"Xiaoqiu." Lu Ruan still called him mournfully from behind.

However, Yan Qiu never looked back.

After leaving the Fu family's old house, the driver sent by Li Zhi was already waiting at the door.

As soon as he got in the car, Li Zhi called.

Yan Qiu watched the name jumping on the screen of the phone, collected his emotions, and then answered the phone.

"Mr. Li." Yan Qiu called out.

"Why are you still called so unfamiliar? I told you, you can call me Li Zhi."

Yan Qiu opened his mouth when he heard the words, but for some reason, it was just a name, but he still couldn't utter it.

Li Zhi didn't make things difficult for him, and asked, "Have you finished watching Grandpa?"

"finish watching."

"Going home?" Li Zhi continued to ask.

Yan Qiu knew that Li Zhi was referring to the Li family, since Li Zhi had confirmed his intentions, he had always regarded the Li family as their home in front of him, Yan Qiu couldn't help feeling warm, and said to him: "I'll go and seeMaster."

The last time Li Zhi had an accident, Yan Qiu asked Master to help him ask where Li Zhi was.

He was too obvious that night, and the cause of Li Zhi's accident was not difficult to investigate at all, so Yan Qiu was always afraid that Master had already guessed their relationship.

Therefore, Yan Qiu has not seen the master these days. The reason he gave himself was to take care of Mr. Li, but in fact Yan Qiu understood that these were just excuses.

He just didn't dare to face the master.

But running away all the time is not a solution, the master is very good to him, it is impossible for Yan Qiu not to see him all the time because of guilty conscience.

So today I simply forced myself to go there.

The driver quickly sent him to the Li family's ancestral house. It wasn't the first time Yan Qiu came here, but it was the first time he was so scared.

But he knew that he couldn't avoid it for a lifetime, so he did some mental construction in the car for a while, and then opened the door and walked in.

The Li family's ancestral house is too big, and every time come to the old man's study, always have to walk for a long time.

But today is the first time feel that the road is so short, and arrived in a short time.

Yan Qiu looked at the closed study door in front of him, summoned up the courage to lift it up and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Soon Mr. Li's voice sounded from inside.

Old Master Li was practicing calligraphy, so Yan Qiu called out, and "Master" didn't speak any more.

Mr. Li didn't speak either, so the whole study was silent for a moment, only the sound of the brush writing on the rice paper could be heard.

Yan Qiu didn't know how long he stood there. It wasn't until his legs felt numb that Mr. Li finally put down his pen and looked up at him.

"Sit down." Old Master Li pointed to the chair next to him and said to Yan Qiu.

Yan Qiu nodded, and as soon as he sat down, Old Master Li asked, "I've heard about the Fu family, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, thank you Master for your concern." Yan Qiu replied.

Hearing this, Old Man Li put away his pen, and while removing the paperweight pressed on the rice paper, he asked seemingly unintentionally, "How is Li Zhi?"

When Yan Qiu heard him mention Mr. Li, he cheered up immediately, "It's better."

"That's good." Old Master Li said, and finally raised his head to look at him.

"I heard about what happened that night. I watched Li Zhi grow up. He is not an impulsive person. It seems that my grandson cares about you very much."

As Mr. Li said, he looked at him with complicated eyes, "What about you? Do you care about him too?"

Mr. Li's words were already tantamount to a clear question, so Yan Qiu didn't know how to answer for a while.

Mr. Li has seen too many people and things in his life, so they can't escape the eyes of the old man.

Just what will his attitude be?

In fact, there is no need to ask, if he stands on the standpoint of the master, even if the relationship is not good, he will not want his grandson to be with a man.

After all, the Li family still needs an heir.

Although Old Man Li's eyes were cloudy, they were still sharp, as if he could see through Yan Qiu directly, leaving him nowhere to hide.

The confidence that had been accumulated with great difficulty by Li Zhi's side these days disappeared instantly.

He didn't even dare to raise his head to meet Mr. Shang Li's eyes.

Obviously, he had prepared himself mentally before coming here, and made up a basket of words, but when he actually sat in front of the master, he couldn't say anything.

After all why?

Not to mention that the master is very kind to him, teaches him everything, appreciates him, accepts him as a disciple, paves the way for him everywhere, and has the grace of rebuilding him.

The status difference between them is too big, even if a person like Li Zhi is backward compatible in marriage, the original Fu family is out of reach, let alone him.

What is he worthy of?There is no one behind him, no power and power, and he can't give Li Zhi any help in his career, even his status is embarrassing.

As long as he thinks of these things, Yan Qiu can't say "I care about him very much".

"I……"

Yan Qiu tried several times, but in the end he still didn't have the courage to say that sentence, "I like him", so he could only lower his head and close his eyes, trying to restrain his trembling figure, and put the ring-wearing right hand behind his back.

"Mr. Li..."

Yan Qiu lowered his head, afraid that Mr. Li's eyes would turn red when he saw him, "Mr. Li has helped me many times, I am very grateful..."

"That's all."

When Yan Qiu came out of the old house, he felt that his whole body was out of strength.

Inferiority and cowardice finally prevailed, Yan Qiu still did not dare to admit his relationship with Li Zhi in front of Mr. Li.

He managed to walk to the door, got into the car, and then curled up behind the car, wishing he could bury himself completely.

"Mr. Yan, where are you going now, or..." the driver turned his head and asked.

However, before he finished speaking, Yan Qiu buried his head on his knees and replied sullenly: "Go back to my house."

The guilt and pain in his heart almost overwhelmed him, he didn't know how to face Li Zhi now, he knew that he had ruined everything.

The driver was taken aback when he heard the words, and then realized that Yan Qiu was talking about the place where he used to live.

Although don't know why, still drove there according to Yan Qiu's instructions.

Yan Qiu took out the key and opened the door. The room remained the same as he left last time, except for some dust.

However, he was extremely tired and didn't have the time to tidy up. He simply changed the sheets and bedding in the bedroom, then lay on the bed and fell asleep as if escaping.

I fell asleep directly until it was dark.

Turning on the phone, it was already eight o'clock in the evening, there were several missed calls on the phone screen, all of them were Li Zhi without exception.

If it was before, he would probably pick it up immediately and explain the reason to Li Zhi, but now he just wants to escape.

He didn't know how to face Li Zhi, and he didn't know how to continue to face this relationship.

Although they agreed to be together by default, the mode of getting along between them has not changed much.

In Yan Qiu's heart, he still respects Li Zhi more than he likes him.

He knew it was wrong, but he didn't know how to change it.

This relationship has always given him the feeling of walking a tightrope, and there is always a sense of precariousness that will not last long.

There are too few bonds between them, and the gap is too great.

So even though sometimes the two of them were very close, Yan Qiu still felt that he couldn't reach him at all.

He has learned many things since he was a child, such as being cautious, observing words and emotions, but he has not learned to love and be loved.

So now, his first reaction will be to flinch.

What's more, even he himself dare not admit that he likes Li Zhi in front of Mr. Li.

He has cut off this relationship with his own hands.

Yan Qiu felt uncomfortable in his heart, and subconsciously wanted to touch the little raccoon flower.

However, looking at the empty house, he realized that he had been living in Li's house during this time, and the little raccoon was not taken care of, so Li Zhi asked someone to take the cat over.

The cat is still at Li's house.

In fact, he should pick it up, but the person he is most afraid of facing is Li Zhi, so he can only send a message to the driver.

"Linye, help me get my cat back, thank you."

The other side quickly responded to his message.

"Okay, Mr. Yan."

Yan Qiu was very upset, so he got up and cleaned while waiting for the driver to bring the cat back.

It seems that I don't think so much when I'm busy.

Just after cleaning the living room, the doorbell rang.

Yan Qiu hurriedly got up and went to open the door.

However, when the gate was opened, it was not the driver standing at the gate, but Li Zhi who was holding the little raccoon flower.

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