The eastern suburbs of Nancheng are the earliest old urban areas developed in Nancheng.
The old city developed early and retained many old buildings. However, now that the era of high-rise buildings has arrived, this place is no longer the urban center of Nancheng. Even so, it is still a treasure land full of historical and cultural heritage - it is said that a long time ago In the dynasty, the area in the eastern suburbs of Nancheng was already a prosperous city.
Even though the times have changed and it is no longer a prosperous center, the eastern suburbs have long become a well-known treasure place in the eyes of Nancheng people. There are rumors that this area is a place where wealth is accumulated and a lot of luck accumulated over the years.
Therefore, many families that have lived in Nancheng for a long time almost all have some real estate or land in the eastern suburbs of Nancheng. Even some famous and promising people who have just integrated into the city often like to buy a property in the eastern suburbs of Nancheng. .
In addition to the ordinary old city and old city scenic spots, the eastern suburbs also have the largest villa area in the entire Nancheng. Many families or wealthy people who have been in Nancheng for some years love to build villas there, even if they don’t come often. Even if you live there, there will always be a building there.
The Tang family's old house stands on the edge of the villa area, in an area close to the old city scenic area.
It is said to be an old house, but in fact, the current villa of the Tang family was not built for many years, but it was just a building erected by Tang Yuanyuan's grandfather. In fact, the Tang family was not a particularly famous family in the past. In other words, Tang Yuanyuan's grandfather was not the one who inherited the old Tang family. His father was the illegitimate son of the old Tang family in the old days and was not welcomed by the so-called aristocratic family. , so he never lived the life of a famous young master when he was young, but later he met Tang Yuanyuan's grandmother Ran Lin, and the two set up their own business together to support each other, and worked hard in the business world until now, and they became Tang Yuanyuan today. Home.
It is said that the land where the Tang family's old house is now was personally selected by Ran Lin, and the house was built under her command over several decades.
So Tang Yuanyuan actually prefers to call her old house her grandparents' house, or her own hometown, because she often lived in the old house when she was a child. At that time, their family lived together happily, until something happened that changed everything. .
Now she has moved out to live alone. Except for visiting home during long vacations, she only went back once a year during the winter and summer vacations, and she usually didn't stay too long.
Because as long as she returns to that old house, she will think of the happy time of her family in the past, as well as her deceased mother and missing grandma. This is very painful for her. Even after so many years, her mind has gradually matured. Those scars cannot be easily buried.
But some things seem to have to be faced...Sadness is like this, and fate is like this.
So nearly a week after the official winter vacation, Tang Yuanyuan took Yi Huai and Zhen to the Tang family's old house by car as planned.
The person driving the car was their driver, Lao Chen. Hearing that the young lady was going back to her old house to stay for a long time, he happily took her all the way home.
In fact, Tang Yuanyuan's hometown is not too far away from where she currently goes to school and lives. After all, it is still the same city. Although Nancheng is big, it is not far away from her. Even if her old house is located on the outskirts of the city, it is only a short drive away. It only takes about two hours to arrive.
Tang Yuanyuan often takes two or three hours' drive and has no interest in the scenery along the way, but Yi Huai and Zhen, who have never traveled far, are different.
It was the first time for them to take human transportation seriously. In the past, they had only seen this kind of iron shell running on the road from the outside. It was particularly strange to sit in it by themselves. This kind of thing can automatically change the scenery along the way without having to move on its own. It is also rare for them. Yi Huai's evaluation is that although it is not as efficient as some soul transfer techniques on the other side, it is extremely interesting.
He was pretty good. Even if he found it interesting, he would just sit by the car window and look out occasionally. Zhen was lying on the car window the whole time. Tang Yuanyuan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked back at them and giggled, saying what a car was. This time I will take you to take a high-speed rail flight.
Tang Yuanyuan thought that it was just that the high-speed train would be more difficult to get on a plane than a private car. After all, you need to apply for documents for that thing. Most of the time, Zhen would be classified as a pet and sent to the cargo cabin. It was obviously impossible for Yi Huai to have an ID card unless he had always used it as a pet. The ghost form follows him throughout the journey.
And while Tang Yuanyuan was casually chatting with Yi Huai, Lao Chen, who was sitting next to her, couldn't help but murmur in his heart.
In fact, when he went to pick up Tang Yuanyuan, he was shocked and frightened when he saw Yi Huai and Zhen, two people who appeared out of thin air. The explanation Tang Yuanyuan gave at the time was that they were her friends. I will stay at her house temporarily, and then I will go back to my hometown with her this time.
Forget about the fox, it was nothing more than a special pet that the young lady kept on a whim. He had seen it twice before, but the other "big living person" was not that simple.
Old Chen panicked and shouted, "What! When did a strange man appear in the young lady's house? He didn't know about it, and he didn't report it to the master and the others. Now he actually wanted to take him back to his hometown directly. This relationship is too big." It’s complicated.”
The main reason is that although this man who appeared out of thin air has the face of a young man of eighteen or nineteen, his temperament inexplicably makes even a middle-aged man like Lao Chen feel intimidated. Especially his red eyes are intimidating. Not to mention looking at each other, he felt chills on his back even when he was being looked at.
Therefore, as a retainer, he did not dare to ask about the origins of the young lady's friends. He just silently sent a message to Mr. Tang who was far away in the Tang family's old house, so that the other party could be mentally prepared. For Lao Chen, he hoped that this report It is not too late to remedy the situation.
The car drove on the national highway around the city for a long time, and finally entered the city again when it entered the eastern suburbs of Nancheng. It drove for a while. When it was about to enter the villa area, Lao Chen received the call. A call from Mr. Tang.
Lao Chen glanced at Tang Yuanyuan and turned on the phone that was placed in front of the driver's seat.
The old man's voice on the other end of the phone sounded energetic, and he spoke with great energy:
"Xiao Chen, where have you driven? Is my precious granddaughter here?"
"Master, we are on the way. We have just entered the villa area. We will be there soon. Don't worry." Old Chen responded repeatedly. Knowing that Mr. Tang opposite was eager for his granddaughter, he uttered a few words of comfort and said to Tang Yuan Yuan cast a look for help.
Tang Yuanyuan understood immediately and shouted into the phone: "Grandpa, we are almost there! If we drive a few steps, we will be able to see the house!"
The old man on the other end of the phone heard Tang Yuanyuan's voice, and his tone immediately filled with joy: "Oh, Yuanyuan! It's almost there, it's almost there, grandpa is waiting for you at home, call you Aunt Mei. I’ve cooked your favorite dish and I’m waiting for you to come back!”
Tang Yuanyuan smiled at the phone: "Okay, okay, we'll be there soon."
Just when Tang Yuanyuan thought that Mr. Tang would hang up the phone after just a few more words of advice like before, the person on the other end actually asked something again that surprised her.
"Yuanyuan, I heard that you brought friends home to play this time, right? Why didn't you tell me earlier? I didn't have time to prepare for this. I will ask Xiaosheng and the others to clean up the guest room later. It's rare for you to bring friends When you come to your home once, don’t neglect your guests.”
When Tang Yuanyuan heard this, she turned around and looked at Lao Chen who didn't dare to meet her eyes while driving. The latter seemed to want to pretend that nothing happened.
Seeing that Lao Chen didn't say anything, she sighed helplessly. She first answered her grandfather and said that it was no problem. She could go back and ask her friends for their opinions before making arrangements. Then after hanging up the phone, she asked again: "Lao Chen , did you tell grandpa in advance?"
"Miss... I just think that when you bring your friends home, you really need to tell them in advance..." Old Chen said with a smile. Seeing that Tang Yuanyuan was helpless and not angry, he was not so nervous anymore, "After all, you are here alone. Living outside, neither the master nor the great-grandfather have met your friends, so the family will always be worried if you don't say something in advance."
"Okay, I know you mean well. I didn't tell Grandpa in advance just for some other reasons, but actually it doesn't matter if I did."
Tang Yuanyuan actually knows that Lao Chen has always been wary of Yi Huai. After all, as her driver who has almost watched her grow up, he has always cared about her as his own little daughter, and she is basically half of her. As an elder, think about it, any elder would be a little wary when they see a man of unknown origin appearing next to the girl they treat as their daughter, right?
Lao Chen probably just couldn't ask more questions due to his status and not wanting to talk to Yi Huai, otherwise he would probably have gotten to the bottom of it long ago.
Although Tang Yuanyuan wanted to complain every time he saw this situation, he said in his heart that in fact, this is not the first time that Old Chen and Yi Huai have taken a ride in your car. Didn’t you say before that it was chilly behind the wheel twice? It's Yi Huai sitting behind in ghost form...
Of course, she would not tell these things, because Yi Huai's identity is not that easy to explain. He is a transparent person with no identity in the true sense. If anyone really wants to ask about his personal background, then it is really difficult to explain. I couldn't answer a single sentence.
It can't be said that he has no family, no status, no education, he was laid off from the underworld and started working, and now he is working as a full-time bodyguard and nanny for her at her house, right?
Zhen can easily get away by pretending to be an ordinary fox, but not a "person" who can see. However, if Yi Huai has to follow her all the time, it will not be convenient for her to only show up as a ghost, so she The original plan was to make up a human identity for him.
But she hasn't thought about it yet, so she calls Lao Chen her friend for the time being... As for her grandfather and father, Tang Yuanyuan plans to tell part of the truth.
Although her father has no yin and yang eyes and no spiritual power, and can only occasionally feel a little bit of unclean things, her grandfather is different. The old man was born with a special physique, a bit yin-prone, and is very sensitive to these things. Yi Huai is not Humans basically can't hide this from him. So she never thought of hiding Yi Huai's existence from the beginning, just because his origin and identity were a bit complicated and needed a better opportunity to explain.
At first, she planned to explain it to her grandfather in detail when she got home, but now it doesn’t matter if she knows it in advance. It’s just a pity that the excuse of being a friend was passed on from Lao Chen, which would probably make her grandfather a little disappointed... Well, after all, grandpa always used to She was told to bring some friends back to her hometown to play, but she really didn’t have any really close friends except Gu Yuan. Only Gu Yuan had been to her home over there at school, let alone back to her hometown...
Thinking of this, Tang Yuanyuan shook his head helplessly and looked out the car window at the Tang family's old house, which he could really see at this time. He turned back and glanced at Yi Huai who was sitting in the back seat. The latter immediately looked over at her. He focused on her, then looked at her with a smile and pointed at the building outside the window.
"Look, that's my old house."
Yi Huai followed the sound and saw an antique Chinese-style mansion in the distance outside the car window. He nodded lightly and said:
"very beautiful."
Seeing that the atmosphere in the car was very relaxed, Lao Chen finally got over the hurdle in his heart. He smiled and said: "Oh, the Tang family's old house is beautiful and magnificent. It is said that all the construction was done by the Dowager herself. This Tang family's old house is so beautiful." The home and this old house are truly their house."
"In the past, many people liked to build all kinds of small Western-style buildings, but Mrs. Tai chose the Feng Shui of this land and said that she wanted to build a Chinese-style mansion. This house of the Old Tang family is quite famous in the neighborhood. This Many people in the neighborhood want to imitate Madam Tai's design, but unfortunately they haven't learned the taste. The Tang family has good land, good houses, and good people..."
As Lao Chen was talking ramblingly, he unintentionally recalled the time when he was working with Tang Qi and Ran Lin when he was young. So many years had passed in a flash.
Now the house is still there, but things have changed... Thinking of this, Lao Chen suddenly came back to his senses and realized that he had said too much, and he had not even had time to say hello to the lady's guests after driving all the way. So he smiled again, finally glanced at the young man sitting in the back seat who always looked at the lady, and asked:
"Oh, it's nothing of the past. It's rare for new guests to come here. Speaking of which, you are the lady's friend. I haven't had time to ask you what your name is, so please bear with me."
Yi Huai was slightly startled when he heard this. He was used to being treated as a transparent person and rarely asked his name. He also didn't like to tell his real name to people who were not familiar with him. He thought out of habit. I reported the codename No. 4 again, but then I remembered another name.
"Huai Yisheng." He said, "You can call me Huai Yisheng."
