163, Misplaced Life

"Ah Chu, when you came back after playing basketball at noon, you mentioned the child who had the same birthday as you. Is it true or false?"

Dinner was cooked by Zhang Guoqing. When it was almost time, Lin Fang also calmed down and asked Yan Chu curiously while eating.

"It's rare to meet a child born on the same year, month and day as you. It's quite fate."

Lin Fang added, suddenly thinking if this would make him look guilty, he quickly lowered his head to scoop up a bowl of soup, and then pushed the soup bowl in front of Yan Chu.

"Drink more soup. Your dad is not very good at other dishes, but his soup-making skills are pretty good."

She pretended to be a loving mother, and Yan Chu accepted her orders.

"Yan Jinyu and I are not familiar with each other. We just met and played a basketball game today. He is the cousin of Yu Haikuo from No. 2 Middle School. It seems that he is just here to play around during the summer vacation. He will probably go back in a few days. Come on."

Yan Chu took a sip of the soup and praised his father's craftsmanship.

Zhang Guoqing didn't take this conversation between mother and son seriously. There were many more children born on the same day in the same year and month. He remembered that when Lin Fang gave birth, all three delivery rooms in the hospital were full.

"Yu Haikuo!"

Lin Fang's voice rose a little higher, yes, that woman's surname was Yu, and the Yu family is now her biological son's maternal family.

"Yan Jinyu, which Jin is it, which Yu?"

Over the years, Lin Fang forced herself to pretend that nothing had happened, because she knew that she would be heartbroken once she learned about her son, even though she knew that there were so many things that she had no choice but to do, and so many things that she could not help but do.

Who knew how sad she felt if her son called that woman mother.

But after enduring it for so many years, she couldn't bear it anymore. After hearing about her biological son from Zhang Chu, she couldn't wait to know more.

"Mom, why don't you ask who Yan is? Do you know his last name?"

Yan Chu did not answer her question directly, but suddenly asked a question out of nowhere.

"No, how can I possibly know which Yan his surname is? However, this surname has few homophones, so there are only a few choices left and right."

Lin Fang didn't expect her son to ask this question, so she responded quickly and explained.

"Oh, Yan is Ri'an Yan, and Jin is Jin next to Jin Yu. As for Yu, it is the one with two horizontal and vertical hooks. It is also Yan Jin's mother's surname. These names are connected together, which means that he is his father's surname. The crystallization of my mother’s love, I hope he can be as beautiful as jade and possess virtues and talents.”

Yan Chu smiled at Lin Fang: "It seems that his parents have a good relationship?"

His words and smile were like a knife that penetrated deeply into Lin Fang's heart.

Yan Jinyu, Yan Jinyu, every time she said this name, her yearning grew stronger and her jealousy grew stronger.

It's simply pain and pleasure that torture each other.

"That classmate is still telling you this?"

Zhang Guoqing didn't realize that something was wrong with his wife. Instead, he couldn't help but smile because of his son's explanation about the name. If parents can give their children such a name, at least they will have a good relationship when they get married, which is not like him.

Alas, let’s not mention it. The more I think about it, the more sentimental it becomes.

Now that the child has grown up and is sensible, and can understand his father, he has nothing to ask for.

In the past twelve years, Zhang Guoqing really cared deeply for this son. Even if he later found out that the son was not his biological son, he had doted on him for so many years. In addition, the child was innocent, and he would never treat Lin Zongzhi no matter what. Fang's complaints were placed on the child.

Over the years, his son had been a little sad because he had defended his mother for no reason, but all the sadness had disappeared after his son's behavior these days.

Zhang Guoqing thinks this is good. No matter who his son's biological father is, giving kindness is always inferior to nurturing kindness. A Chu calls his father of nineteen years, and this is his biological son.

"Ah Chu, you see you are quite destined. Why don't you invite that classmate to come to our house for a meal before he leaves our Pinghai City? It would be good to make one more friend."

Lin Fang interrupted Zhang Guoqing. Her son would not stay in Pinghai for too long. She wanted to see her own flesh and blood up close, even if she was just a classmate's parent, she was satisfied.

"It's not like he's a close friend. Didn't you hear that A Chu said that the kid only played one basketball game with him? He's also the cousin of a second middle school student. He won't have any contact with our A Chu in the future."

Zhang Guoqing felt that Lin Fang was just looking for trouble. Two people who had no relationship at all suddenly asked his son to ask if he would like to come to his house as a guest. How embarrassing it would be for his son.

"What do you know!"

In the past, Lin Fang was gentle and gentle. Even when she was angry, she would cry silently alone. She would either put down the dishes or close the door tightly to let the other two people in the family know that she was feeling very uncomfortable.

He had never spoken so loudly before. Even Zhang Guoqing didn't react for a moment. He kept his chopsticks in the same position as he was about to pick up the food and looked at her with his mouth open.

"I was thinking that it's always good to have one more friend, and Yan Jin——"

Lin Fang didn't want to be called by that name, so she paused: "And isn't that classmate Yan from Yanjing? If our son's university is in Yanjing in the future, it is always good to make a local friend in advance."

She slowed down her voice and spoke softly.

This reason is barely established, but Zhang Guoqing still doesn't think there is a reason to have people come to his door. He and Lin Fang both studied in universities in Yanjing. It's just because their hometowns are in Pinghai, so after getting married and giving birth, After having children, he chose to return to his hometown.

The two of them are relatively familiar with Yanjing. Zhang Guoqing thought that when his son goes to college in the future, he will definitely accompany his son there. By then, he will be able to be his son's guide, but he doesn't know that more than ten years have passed. I wonder if Yanjing has changed much. If he leads his son in the wrong direction, he will be very embarrassed as a father.

Zhang Guoqing diverged his thinking and suddenly forgot about Lin Fang's previous abnormality.

"Yan Jin and I are not familiar with each other, and he may not come to our house as a guest."

Yan Chu gave Lin Fang an ambiguous answer: "But Mom, you are really weird today. You never cared about my friends before. When I brought Cheng Sheng to my house before, you still thought it was too troublesome to greet the guests."

He looked at the woman across from him in confusion, and saw that her pupils were slightly shrunk, and she seemed to be avoiding his gaze unnaturally, as if she was concentrating on eating.

"Cheng Sheng and you are so familiar. We don't need mom to entertain us. That's different with classmate Yan. Besides, he was born on the same day as you. Don't I think you two are destined?"

Lin Fang wondered if she was too hasty and seemed to have to slow down a bit to avoid arousing the suspicion of Zhang Guoqing and Zhang Chu.

"Ah Chu, if you are really not familiar with that classmate, don't go out of your way to ask someone to come to your home. If they refuse, you will not be able to live with your face. But if you really want to make friends with that classmate, then Just call someone and tell dad in advance and he will pack some good food for you. "

Zhang Guoqing made the final decision. Lin Fang wanted to say something else, but her lips moved, but because her abnormality had aroused suspicion, she did not speak after all.

******

In the end, Lin Fang still couldn't wait for her biological son. One day, when she couldn't help but ask Yan Chu about Yan Jinyu's current situation, she learned from Yan Chu that the other party had left Pinghai City and returned to Yanjing. news.

Because of this matter, Lin Fang was angry with Yan Chu for more than ten days, and she treated her son as an invisible person at home.

Zhang Guoqing is busy at work, and it is common for him to work overtime for commissions, so he did not notice this situation.

It was Lin Fang who saw that her son did not bow to her as usual and realized that she still needed to rely on this son to maintain the marriage, so she endured her grief and anger and unilaterally reconciled with Yan Chu.

Most of the summer vacation passed in the blink of an eye, and Yan Chu, as a prospective high school senior, also started early tutoring courses at school.

He didn't even know how many times he was facing the college entrance examination. Yan Chu took the review materials for the third year of high school and felt that if he published an autobiography about his experience in the college entrance examination, it might still sell out.

"Zhang Chu, I heard that you confessed to Zhao Xinhan and was rejected? What's going on? Didn't Zhao Xinhan show a good impression of you before?"

In the tense senior year of high school, this bit of sexy news can serve as a daily diversion. Especially the protagonists of this sexy news are the school sweethearts of No. 1 Middle School and the school beauty of No. 2 Middle School, which makes the general public curious.

Therefore, as soon as school started, before Yan Chu's chair was warm, some boys who usually had a good relationship with him heard the news and hurried over to ask.

"Well, I felt the same way before, but maybe it was our misunderstanding. They are not interested in me at all."

Yan Chu didn't feel it was embarrassing at all to be rejected for his confession. He put all the books in his schoolbag on the desk and explained to the gossiping crowd beside him.

"It's okay to ask questions now. Once you have solved a troublesome matter, you can also focus on the college entrance examination."

The original person's temperament is such that he is neither arrogant nor impetuous. He talks more to familiar people and less to strangers. In the eyes of others, he is a bit indifferent. Only those who are familiar with him know that he has no temper. A good old man, this temper was probably tempered by Lin Fang.

From the time he was sensible, he felt sorry for the boy whose mother helped him with housework. How could his temper be so bad? That is to say, as he encountered more things later, he became more and more extreme and got into trouble.

Now Zhang Chu has many good friends. After studying in the same class for two years, everyone knows each other's temperament. In addition, he plays basketball well, so he is very popular among boys and girls. high.

He can be regarded as an excellent person. Given the level of education he can receive, it is a pity that compared with him, he is a child carefully cultivated by two big families. It seems that he is not as good as him in every aspect. This is also a tragedy. , if he makes mistakes, he may still be able to live his life happily like an ordinary person.

"It's impossible. Her previous behavior always seemed like she was interested in you. And if she really wasn't interested in you, don't accept it when you brought her milk tea and breakfast. When we made fun of you two, Please explain it earlier. If you really don’t have that intention, you shouldn’t have been hanging on to you for more than a year. Everyone has made it so clear. How can she still say that she doesn’t know that you like her? "

A girl in the class who had a crush on Yan Chu, but had never shown it, said sensitively. Her words were echoed by many classmates.

"I used to think so too. Didn't you notice that the school beauty of No. 2 Middle School was very close to Yu Haikuo before? It's just that Yu Haikuo never paid attention to her. She was thinking about the big pot while eating the bowl, and used our Zhang Chu as her spare tire."

This explanation was very sharp. Considering that the "spare tire" Zhang Chu himself was still there, he was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable after hearing it. After one person said this, everyone remembered it in their hearts, but did not say it again.

"Okay, she just doesn't like me. What spare tire or not? If such words are spread out, it will be bad for Zhao Xinhan's reputation. Don't say it in the future."

Even at this time, Yan Chu still spoke for Zhao Xinhan, which made those who were close to him a little uncomfortable, wondering if he had not let go of Zhao Xinhan, this two-faced woman.

"You think too much. I really let it go. From now on, Chinese is my queen, mathematics is my concubine, English is my virtue concubine, chemistry is my virtuous concubine, physics is my sage concubine, biology is my virtuous concubine. I can't dote on so many concubines, and I really won't consider any emotional matters anymore."

Yan Chu made a joke to divert everyone's attention.

"As an imported product, English must be given the position of imperial concubine anyway, which also shows the magnanimity of our great country."

Cheng Sheng interjected a sentence on the side, and how to arrange the concubine position for several courses became the center of the topic. Everyone talked and laughed, and put the unpleasant things aside for the time being.

However, the conversation just now was also remembered by everyone. Zhao Xinhan, the once highly sought-after school beauty of No. 2 Middle School, at least in Yan Chu's class, became a joke of playing with emotions.

***

The same scene also happened in No. 2 Middle School. Compared with Yan Chu, Zhao Xinhan did not receive such a good treatment.

There was a lot of competition among girls, and many people were dissatisfied with Zhao Xinhan, the school beauty who was elected by boys. Now that they finally caught her handle, they would promote her vigorously.

And because No. 1 Middle School and No. 2 Middle School are separated by a road, Yan Chu, the school hunk of No. 1 Middle School, is still quite popular among the girls of No. 2 Middle School. Zhao Xinhan kept Yan Chu hanging for so long, until Yan Chu decided to make things clear, and then came out to explain that she had no intention of developing a relationship with him beyond friendship, and immediately became the green tea in the minds of those girls who were obsessed with Yan Chu's face.

It was just the beginning of the school year, and Zhao Xinhan could clearly feel some girls pointing fingers at her behind her back, as well as some sarcastic and contemptuous eyes.

Needless to say, some boys are insensitive to these things and don't care, and some boys also feel the same way. Who would be willing to be a spare tire? Even the school hunk of No. 1 Middle School is not taken seriously by their school hunk, let alone those of them who have poor grades and bad looks.

Except for some die-hard fans of Zhao Xinhan who tried to whitewash Zhao Xinhan by belittling Yan Chu, her popularity plummeted in just one summer vacation, which was something Zhao Xinhan had not expected when she rejected Yan Chu's confession.

Fortunately, they were still students and were indeed facing the huge study pressure of the third year of high school.

Even the poor students in No. 2 Middle School faced many art exams this year, and at most they would discuss a few words after studying.

Zhao Xinhan hid herself in grievance, but she resented Yan Chu more and more in her heart. A man like that should have some self-knowledge. What qualifications did he have to be with her?

What bothered her even more was that she finally found out some things about Yu Haikuo's cousin, and when she officially established him as one of her other half's goals, he had already left Pinghai City, leaving her no chance to get in touch with him further.

******

"Dad, this is my classmate Zhang Chu and Cheng Sheng from No. 1 Middle School."

Because of those two games, Yu Haikuo, a top sports student who always looked down on those top students from No. 1 Middle School, actually made friends with Yan Chu and Cheng Sheng.

Firstly, they admired each other in their exchanges of ball skills, and secondly, Yu Haikuo felt that these two top students from No. 1 Middle School were not like the top students he knew, who looked down on them because of their good grades. They were very happy when chatting, and their relationship became closer and closer.

Even though the schoolwork is tight now, a group of people always make an appointment to play ball every two or three weeks. Today, it was because Yu Haikuo showed off to them that he had a basketball and sneakers signed by Dan Qiao at home. Cheng Sheng was a loyal fan of Dan Qiao, so he dragged Yan Chu to broaden his horizons.

Cheng Sheng knew that Yu Haikuo's father was the deputy mayor of Pinghai City. He had seen such high-ranking officials on TV. He originally thought that Yu Haikuo's father should be very busy. Even Yu Haikuo himself said that his father was either visiting the grassroots people or on the way to visit the grassroots people every day. He rarely went home. Who knew that this chance would allow them to meet and look at the deputy mayor face to face.

Cheng Sheng couldn't help shrinking his neck, a little scared.

"Don't be nervous, uncle doesn't eat people."

Yu Jinjiang was obviously used to the way his son's friends looked when they saw him, and made a joke to help ease the atmosphere.

He was a handsome man when he was young, but it might be because being an official was exhausting. After entering the forty mark, the amount of hair on his head was getting less and less every day. He took a lot of tonics, but it didn't get better.

No matter how well a handsome man takes care of himself, as long as his head is bald, he will look a little funny. Therefore, when Yu Jinjiang goes out on business, he has to wear a wig. If you wear that thing for a long time, you will feel uncomfortable, so at home, Yu Jinjiang does whatever he feels comfortable with.

Looking different from what he saw in the newspaper, Deputy Mayor Yu of the Mediterranean, coupled with his humorous words, Cheng Sheng did relax a lot.

"This classmate looks familiar to me."

Yu Jinjiang's eyes turned to Yan Chu, and he noticed that the other party had never been nervous from the beginning, as if he was just an ordinary classmate's parent.

He admired the other party's psychological quality, and couldn't help but pay more attention to him.

Looking at it, he felt a little strange, as if he had seen this person before.

"Dad, you feel the same way, right? My cousin said the same thing before. Do you think he looks like you and your uncle? Do you think people with your type look similar? Is this considered an alternative common face?"

Yu Haikuo asked his father with a playful smile.

His father and uncle-in-law are both handsome men with elegant demeanor, gentle and refined manners, at least they looked like that in their youth. Yu Haikuo also thinks that men are more handsome, but unfortunately his nephew takes after his uncle. He and his uncle look alike, both of them are born with dark skin and strong physiques.

"Nonsense."

Yu Jinjiang smiled and glared at his youngest son. Since he usually favored his youngest son, he didn't say anything harsh.

However, his youngest son's words also reminded him that the boy in front of him was indeed a bit like himself when he was young, especially the nose, and the slightly raised hump in the middle of the nose bone, which was exactly the same.

The eyes were like his brother-in-law, peach blossom eyes, and the moles under the eyes were exactly the same, but one was on the left and the other was on the right. Speaking of which, his nephew's eyes were also like his father's, and they were all alike, with the moles on the same side.

Maybe all the good-looking ones are similar. Yu Jinjiang thought about Yan Chu's appearance in his heart, said a few words and let the children do their own things, not to care about him, and then sat in the living room to watch the news, putting the matter behind his mind.

*****

"Director Yan, this is the physical examination report of you, your wife and your master."

The Yan family goes to the designated hospital for physical examination twice a year. Because Yu Tong doesn't care much about these things, every time the physical examination report comes out, it is directly brought to Yan Jibei's company.

"Yeah."

Yan Jibei looked up, took the three documents from the secretary, and put them in a locked drawer beside him without opening them to check.

After handing the documents to Yan Jibei, the secretary reported his unfinished schedule today and left.

After the secretary left, Yan Jibei took out the three documents from the drawer again, put them into the shredder beside him, and then continued to concentrate on his official duties.