Li Yanjin retorted: "But Sister Yan, if Chuchu and I are indeed not related by blood, those people will not say that. Taking a step back, even if others say it, so what if?"

Li Yan smiled: "How is it? People are shameless when they live. You and Xia Chuchu don't want it, I want it! I want this old face! I don't want it to be looked down upon by others!"

Li Yanjin spoke lightly: "Sister Yan, people live for themselves."

"I'm all for this family, for reputation, and for your career prospects!"

"But you never know what I really want."

Li Yan laughed so hard that tears flowed down her face: "So I tried my best to hide it for so long, but in the end, I will be criticized by you, right?"

"I don't mean to blame you. Sister Yan, I just hope you will tell me the truth."

"The truth? Haven't you found it all? Have you known it all? Are you still asking me what the truth?"

Li Yanjin pursed her lips tightly and looked at Li Yan.

This is his sister who has always been very kind to him and has done her best for this family.

Even when he knew that Li Yan didn't know his own sister, he had no dissatisfaction.

He is still very nice to Li Yan.

But……

Li Yan was bound by the world and bound by the traditional thoughts.

At the entrance of the stairs, a sound suddenly came. Li Yanjin looked back and said, "Chuchu..."

I saw Xia Chuchu coming down the stairs very slowly, looking at the situation here, without saying a word.

Li Yanjin shouted again: "Chuchu..."

Xia Chuchu just walked towards this side in a stern manner, stopped and stood firm.

After a while, she spoke softly: "I just heard it upstairs."

"Where is Xiatian?" Li Yanjin asked, "Didn't you leave with Xiatian?"

"She's gone to bed. If your voice continues to be so loud, she might be awakened."

Xia Chuchu's voice was very calm, without any slight turbulence.

But looking at Xia Chuchu like this, Li Yanjin felt very nervous.

What he hopes to see is a living, vital, and happy girl as carefree as before.

Instead of now, like a puppet, like a walking corpse, without vitality.

He panicked.

"Chuchu." Li Yanjin walked to her side, raised his hand tremblingly, wanting to hug her, but he didn't dare to touch her, for fear that she would be bored, "Chuchu."

"Uncle."

"I'm here, I'm here."

Li Yanjin could no longer hold it back and raised his hand to carry her into his arms.

He lowered his head and kept kissing her forehead, wanting to give her a little warmth and get a little peace of mind from her.

Xia Chuchu did not resist, and even her whole body was soft and had no strength at all, so she let Li Yanjin hold her.

"Chuchu, you talk." Li Yanjin urged, "If you are unhappy, you can say it out. If you don't want me to hug you, just push it away."

"Whatever..."

"Chuchu!"

"I don't care." She smiled, "Really, uncle, to this point, I don't matter to me anything except summer."

"You have a lot to look forward to!"

Xia Chuchu shook her head: "No more."

"Life will last so long." Li Yanjin said, "After passing this hurdle, everything will be fine."

"Okay?" Xia Chuchu suddenly sneered, "Uncle, tell me, how about it?"

Li Yanjin felt his heart was as if he was shattered: "Chuchu, don't do this. Are you blaming me now?"

"I don't have the right to blame you. The initiative is in your hands. I can't persuade you, nor can I control you. For you, it's very important when I'm important. When I don't, I will throw it aside at will."

"No, no, first, from beginning to end, from beginning to end, from beginning to end, you are extremely important. In my heart, you will always be the first!"

Xia Chuchu replied: "Who can't say love words? And my uncle's love words have always been spoken into the hearts of people."

After saying that, she raised her hand and gently pushed him, without any force at all.

Seeing this, Li Yanjin left and let go of her.

But Xia Chuchu was shaking, as if he was about to fall down at any time.

He wanted to reach out to help him again, but his hand froze in the air and shrank back.

Xia Chuchu raised her eyes and looked at Li Yan: "Mom... I'm sorry."

Li Yan didn't say anything.

"I don't know why I'm sorry, why I apologize." Xia Chuchu smiled self-deprecatingly, "It seems that I did nothing wrong."

Li Yan still didn't say anything.

"If I have to say something wrong, I think I am wrong because I am too weak, too tolerant, and too considerate of the overall situation. Mom, if I am a little tougher and if I don't think too much, I am a little willful and selfish, and my life will be much better than now."

"Personal? How else do you want to be selfish?" Li Yan asked, "Chuchu, you are now at your age, and you are already doing whatever you want, so why don't you take the ordinary path?"

Xia Chuchu smiled bitterly: "Mom, I think the biggest contradiction between me and you is that you think I am too willful, and I think I am too sensible."

"Aren't you willful enough? Are you not going to be in love with your uncle? Are you not going to be willful? Are you going to give birth to Xia Tian privately?"

"If I were willful, mom, I wouldn't have gone to London to have a summer vacation. I'm in Mucheng, I'm at home, and I'm going to make a big fuss. Why do I have to hide from a foreign country alone and endure this pain?"

Li Yan opened her mouth and had nothing to say.

"Mom." Xia Chuchu looked at her, "I didn't expect that my uncle would choose this time to tell you everything. But now you already know, there is nothing to talk about."

Li Yan asked desperately, "Do you just believe in Mu Chi Yao so much?"

Xia Chuchu asked back: "Do I want to believe your words? I know very well what kind of character Mu Chi Yao is."

"you……"

"Mom, tell us the truth." Xia Chuchu almost begged, "and even if this matter is over, I will never mention it again from now on."

Xia Chuchu wanted to fight.

She didn't want to drag it like this all the time, dragging down everyone's relationship and hurting the family's feelings.

"I don't have any truth, I don't!"

"Mom!" Xia Chuchu couldn't hold back her tears, "Mom, I beg you, it's all for this, you're still hiding it, what's the point?"

"Don't force me!" Li Yan shook her head, "Don't force me either!"

"mom!"
Chapter completed!