164, Misplaced Life

"How are your uncle and your cousin doing in Pinghai?" Yu Tong pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose and asked his son Yan Jinyu.

She and her brother Yu Jinjiang have always had a good relationship. Two years ago, Yu Jinjiang was deployed elsewhere due to work and didn't even have time to go home during the Chinese New Year.

Originally, she had planned to go to Pinghai with her son, but something happened at the company midway, so she had to let her son go as a representative. Fortunately, technology is now so advanced that people can often communicate with each other without having to meet each other. However, the connection through video calls is not as intuitive as seeing it in person.

No, as soon as his son came back, Yu Tong grabbed his son and asked about the current situation of his brother and nephew.

"When I went there, my uncle was busy and we only had a meal together. However, my cousin was still the same. He was taller than when he came back for the New Year last year, and his temper became more out-of-touch.

Speaking of his cousin, Yan Jin was not without envy.

Everyone thinks it is a blessing for him to be born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but there are some things that only the person involved knows.

When his cousin, who is one month younger than him, was playing around, he had to learn English, Russian, French and other common languages. When his cousin did not want to study and wanted to be a sports student, he had skipped a grade and started studying high school and university courses. , even in financial management, you have to dabble in everything.

Many people envy his perfection, but being a perfect person is really tiring sometimes.

Of the twenty-four hours a day, he only spends six hours sleeping, and the rest of the time is fully scheduled. Occasionally playing a basketball game with his peers in the compound is a rare luxury and relaxation.

Yan Jinyu knew that he was the only child of his parents. Many people's eyes were focused on him, especially his father. Although the other party did not say it, Yan Jinyu could clearly feel that the other party did not seem to be what he showed. If he likes him so much, as long as he shows a little bit of lack of excellence, the disappointment in the other person's eyes will make him sad and speechless.

He thought that most children like them were like this. His cousin was just a little luckier. There was an older brother in front of him, so he could be himself happily.

Yan Jinyu calmed down his thoughts. In fact, he was much happier than those children who were born in remote mountainous areas. At least he did not need to worry about his livelihood, and all the knowledge he had learned now was his own.

Although his father was strict, his mother really loved him.

Yan Jinyu thought that he should stop being so pretentious. If others knew what he was thinking, they might think that he was getting an advantage and was acting like a good boy.

"That kid Haikuo has always been a monkey who can't stand still."

Speaking of her beloved nephew, Yu Tong couldn't help but smile. She couldn't bear it when she looked at the son in front of her who was sitting upright and didn't relax at all even in front of her own mother.

"Your dad is too strict with you. The vacation is not over yet. I am going around with my friends. If you are short of money, tell your mom."

To be honest, who wouldn't like an excellent and filial child, especially his own son.

When Yan Jinyu was young, the business of Yan Jibei and Yu Tong had just started. At that time, Mr. Yan took Yan Jinyu with him to take care of him because his grandson had forgiven them. Seeing that the couple could not even take care of themselves, he took Yan Jinyu with him to take care of them. When the children got older and started to become sensible, Yan Jibei pursued elite education and arranged a full schedule for the children's homework, which made the children endure the losses.

Yu Tong didn't dare to say that she was a responsible mother. She really didn't do much to take care of her son. Over the years, the company has been on the right track, and her children have grown up and become more sensible, not to mention the same as when they were children. Act coquettishly and behave with her.

All she can do now is to provide financial support to her children. The same is true for other juniors in the family. The specific manifestation of which one they like is to give them more money and bring various gifts when they go on business trips.

"Mom, I have already agreed with Dad that I will go to his company for an internship when I get back from this trip. I am also in college now. This can be regarded as a kind of social experience."

People flock together and birds of a feather flock together, Yan Jin and her friends are also among the elites of this generation, and having fun is quite a luxury for them. During the summer vacation, many people have already begun to try their luck in the industry that their parents have worked hard for, Yan Jin Jin Yun is naturally unable to lag behind others.

Yu Tong persuaded his son, but seeing that he was determined, he didn't say anything more.

******

"Do you think we pushed Jin Yu too hard?"

When going to bed at night, Yu Tong couldn't help but said to her husband beside her.

"Um?"

Yan Jibei was resting his head and opened his eyes when he heard his wife's words: "Did he complain to you?"

There was no joy in his tone.

"No, you don't know Jin Yu's temper yet. No matter how sad he is, he will swallow it alone and not let us know." Yu Tong shook his head.

"I think he is too old for his age. We didn't understand that much when we were nineteen years old. You would fight with the old man every now and then, or you would secretly climb the wall of my house and be beaten by me. Dad caught me and scolded me again."

Speaking of what happened when she was young, Yu Tong couldn't help but smile.

At the beginning, Yan Jibei was not as powerful as he is now. He had a capable elder brother in the family, and his youngest son had always been in a semi-free state. Every day, he followed a group of second-generation people in the compound who also had nothing to do, riding motorcycles and wearing sunglasses to travel around the city, and he thought he was very handsome and powerful.

Therefore, when Yan Jibei fell in love with Yu Tong, the Yu family was not very happy when he wanted to date her.

There were many boys in the Yu family, and they were not worth money. After three generations, there was a girl like Yu Tong. She was not spoiled as a baby. Her future plan must be to find a mature and stable husband, and definitely not a playboy like Yan Jibei.

Who made Yan Jibei look good at that time? In addition, they grew up together and had a friendship that no one else could match. When the family opposed it, Yu Tong fell in love with Yan Jibei and insisted on him.

Maybe it was related to the opposition of the elders. Yan Jibei really made progress for a while, and followed the arrangement of Mr. Yan to enter politics, and he seemed to have changed his mind and become a good person.

During that period, Yan Jibei was a model of a prodigal son who turned over a new leaf in the compound, and a role model in the mouths of many parents.

Seeing this, the Yu family was relieved and agreed to the marriage of Yu Tong and Yan Jibei.

Who knew that not long after the boy got married, he suddenly resigned from the system and went into business. How could the Yu family tolerate this? Isn't this a marriage fraud?

At that time, he was angry, and Yu Tong kept speaking for her husband. The old man in charge of the Yu family was also angry. He followed the old man Yan and asked the younger generation of the clan not to give them any help. If the two families had not been equally firm in their positions at the time, Yan Jibei and Yu Tong would not have had such a hard time during that period.

Apart from anything else, Yan Jibei's mind was still very good. He caught up with the trend and became one of the earliest merchants who became rich by entrepreneurship. As a virtuous wife, Yu Tong was influenced by him and soon had her own business.

Now suddenly thinking of the ups and downs of that period, Yu Tong sighed a little. It has been more than 20 years, but when she thinks about it, it seems to be still in front of her.

"You, you just think too much."

Yan Jibei took Jiang's wife into his arms and patted her on the shoulder.

"Jin Yu's current situation is different from ours. He has a heavy burden, and he is willing to bear it. I also hope that he can take over the work earlier. At that time, we will hand over the company to him. If we can still walk and jump at that time, we will travel around the world. This is what I promised you at the beginning."

Before getting married, Yan Jibei promised his wife that he would take her to all the places she wanted to go, but the couple has been busy with their careers in recent years. They have been to many different countries, but they are all separate, and even if they have been, they are mostly for business, and they have not traveled well.

Yu Tong spit at her husband. How could he think of enslaving his own son so early?

But the smile on her face was particularly bright, sweet and happy like a girl in her first love.

Yu Tong felt that the best decision she had made in her life was to marry Yan Jibei, who was not optimistic about everyone, and time has proved that her choice was correct.

In this circle, there is no shortage of couples who are in love but not in love, especially now that temptations are so great, not only men, but also women are tempted.

She has seen many couples who are in love for their families, but they play with each other behind the scenes. In comparison, Yan Jibei, who is clean and has never had any gossip, is precious.

They have been married for so many years, and no matter how busy his business is, he will never forget her birthday and wedding anniversary.

With a loving husband and a promising son, Yu Tong feels that she is simply the luckiest in her life.

The couple talked for a while, and Yu Tong couldn't stand it anymore and fell asleep first.

Yan Jibei looked at his sleeping wife for a long time without moving his eyes.

People really can't make mistakes in their lives, otherwise the anxiety and regret will be like poison attached to the bones, hurting the tendons and rotting the bones.

His happiness now is standing on a dangerous wall near the cliff. When the wall falls, he will be shattered.

Yan Jibei's expression was complicated, and it took a long time for him to calm down.

He turned off the light, closed his eyes, and didn't know if he fell asleep.

*****

A year passed in a flash. Zhang Guoqing asked for annual leave from the company. During the days when Yan Chu was taking the college entrance examination, he accompanied him almost 24 hours a day. After the college entrance examination, he took his son to run all over the mountain. He went to the mountain to worship Buddha and burn incense if there was a temple that was effective.

He almost used up the annual leave for next year, and finally waited for the day when the college entrance examination results came out.

Early in the morning, Zhang Guoqing waited by the landline at home, and when the time came, he called.

"Ah Chu, grades are not the most important. Don't be sad if you don't do well in the exam. In fact, some technical colleges are not bad. At least you can learn a craft and don't have to worry about starving to death in the future."

Lin Fang became more and more sad this year. It was common for her to cry in the wind. Zhang Guoqing was too lazy to pay attention to her. Yan Chu occasionally cared about her, but she didn't take it to heart.

If he wasn't worried that Lin Fang would tell him about his son's life story if he filed for divorce, Zhang Guoqing really didn't want to live with her anymore. But his son was his weakness now. If Lin Fang told him the secret, Zhang Guoqing didn't know what his son would think, and whether he would want to find his biological father.

He didn't dare to bet on this possibility, so he could only tolerate Lin Fang.

But now that he heard the other party say such cold words, Zhang Guoqing really couldn't stand it.

You said that if your son's grades were always bad, it would be fine, but Yan Chu, including the original body of this body, has always had very good grades. The original body's math was a drag, but other subjects were outstanding. With his grades, even if he couldn't get into a famous university, he was sure to get into a good undergraduate program.

Not to mention that Yan Chu is here now. His math grades have improved day by day this year. In the recent mock exams, the teacher said that if he can maintain his current grades, he can expect to be admitted to the top universities in the country.

Zhang Guoqing was so happy, but Lin Fang poured a bucket of cold water on him. Can he accept it?

"Our Ah Chu is going to a key university. If you think junior college is good, you can have another son in the next life to study junior college."

Zhang Guoqing thought about the relationship between him and his son. In the next life, this child will definitely be reborn as his own. At that time, he will open his eyes and will no longer be entangled with the woman in front of him.

Who knows which unlucky guy will become her son by then? Anyway, it has nothing to do with his Ah Chu.

Zhang Guoqing didn't look down on junior colleges. After all, everyone has different talents in studying, and junior colleges can also produce talents that are useful to the country and society. He just couldn't stand Lin Fang's words and was just arguing with her.

Ah Chu was her own son after all, so why did she dislike her son's goodness?

Several times when he got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, the light in his son's room was still on. Zhang Guoqing felt sorry for his son. He worked so hard and paid so much, but he couldn't hear a good word from his mother.

Apart from anything else, your son studies so hard, can't you, as a mother, help him cook some midnight snacks at night? At the very least, you can buy more fresh milk when you go to the supermarket on weekdays, but these cares and considerations are not seen on Lin Fang.

The little care Zhang Guoqing had left for her was also consumed by her behavior. If this continues, I'm afraid he won't even have face.

Lin Fang couldn't see these, her nails were almost digging into her flesh. Her biological son was promising, he would be thousands of times better than Zhang Chu, how could he possibly go to a technical college, unless Yan Jibei and Yu Tong were crazy.

"Dad, Mom is also concerned about me, time is up, let's check the results."

Yan Chu lowered his head, his eyelids drooped, and the expression in his eyes could not be seen clearly.

In Zhang Guoqing's eyes, his son was sad after hearing his biological mother's words, and he still wanted to protect her. He felt more sorry for him and became more impatient with Lin Fang.

"Yes, yes, let's check the results."

Zhang Guoqing didn't want to be unhappy on such an important day, he picked up the phone, made enough mental preparations, and dialed the number to check the college entrance examination scores.