give me years of peace

Chapter 120 An old friend

He pursed his lips, his brows gradually furrowed, and the deepness in his eyes became deeper and deeper.

"Oh, by the way, Miss Chi also came this afternoon and sent a bouquet of flowers." The butler held out a bouquet of flowers.

Du Anran took a glance and saw the card on the flower, which was written in English, but to the effect that I love you forever, thank you for the wine and tenderness last night.

Du Anran suddenly felt very uncomfortable, and she didn't want to take care of Xin Zimo's affairs, so she said good night to the housekeeper, and was going to go upstairs to take a shower.

"If that person comes again in the future, don't take anything!" When Du Anran just went up the stairs, he was startled by Xin Zimo's raised voice and stopped in his tracks.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Xin."

"Throw it away." Xin Zimo handed the name card to the housekeeper.

"Yes, I'll throw it away right away. Miss Chi's flowers..."

"It's up to you."

Du Anran went upstairs, when she heard footsteps behind her, she knew that Xin Zimo had also come upstairs.Although their rooms are on the same floor, one is on the east and the other is on the west, quite far apart.

As soon as Du Anran went upstairs, he closed the door. Xin Zimo wanted to have a few words with her, but he was turned away, so he had no choice but to go back to his room embarrassingly.

After she returned to her room, she checked her phone, and there were thirteen missed calls, eight of which were from the housekeeper, three from Uncle Chen, one from Liu Wanwan, and one from Xie Chenjin.

Du Anran was really glad that her phone was out of battery, otherwise if Xin Zimo really saw it, she would definitely die a miserable death today.In order to prevent Xin Zimo from acting like this again, she quickly deleted all the call records and all unnecessary text messages.

She swiftly put the bug back into the USB flash drive, and then inserted the USB flash drive into the computer.When the recording was imported into the computer, she suddenly hesitated.

Should I send it to Xie Chenjin...

She has thought through all the consequences, good, bad, everything.

After hesitating for a long time, she finally clicked on the chat software in the USB flash drive.

Xie Chenjin was always online and seemed to be waiting for her.

She deleted unnecessary things from the bug, and only kept the part from the meeting. After she clicked send, Xie Chenjin gave her an "OK" expression.

When she thought of how Xin Zimo treated the Du family back then, she no longer softened her heart.

Whatever the result is, leave it to fate!

Du Anran closed the computer and went to take a shower. When she finished the shower, she found that Xie Chenjin had typed a few lines for her: "Go to Laidu Garden tomorrow, my friend is waiting for you."

Du Anran was puzzled, and asked Xie Chenjin what was the matter, Xie Chenjin only replied "you will know when you go".

Du Anran knew that Xie Chenjin and Xin Zimo were both old foxes, and he didn't know who would win the contest between him and Xin Zimo.But these have nothing to do with her, all she wants is Xie Chenjin's promise.

Early the next morning, Du Anran got up early, but she didn't expect Xin Zimo to go out earlier than her.

She took a leisurely walk in the garden. It was cold in the winter morning, but the air was very fresh, and the scenery of this villa was also excellent.

While having breakfast, she casually asked the housekeeper where Xin Zimo had gone. The housekeeper said that he had gone to see some bank bosses, but she didn't ask any more questions.

In London, Du Anran hardly knew anyone, so he had to call his mother Bai Ruyun all morning, then Liu Wanwan, and finally Jin Shaonan.

She talked a lot in the morning. She knew that Jin Shaonan's health had improved a lot, and that the children in her mother's violin class were very obedient, and that Liu Wanwan had gotten very close to Sun Ping recently.

In fact, after Liu Wanwan had an accident in the church last time, Sun Ping rescued her, and Du Anran realized that Liu Wanwan's attitude towards Sun Ping had changed 180 degrees.It turns out that it is quite simple to make a woman tempted.

Du Anran remembered what Xie Chenjin told her about Laidu Garden last night, she thought she had nothing to do anyway, so she just went there.

Laidu Garden is quite far from Xin Zimo's Strait Villa, and you need to take a taxi to get there.

Laidu Garden was a private garden, but when Du Anran approached, he realized that it was actually a Chinese-style garden, but it must have taken a lot of effort to build such a delicate and beautiful garden.

Of course, if there is no certain financial resources, it will not help.

"Is anyone there?" Du Anran called through the fence.

"Yes, yes!" After a while, an old man came out. He already had white hair and looked about 80 or [-] years old.

But he was still in good spirits, walking slowly towards the door leaning on crutches.

"Excuse me, who are you looking for?" The old man asked kindly.

"Excuse me... who is Xie Chenjin's friend?" Du Anran looked into the garden curiously, only seeing a few servants working in the garden.

"Xie Chenjin? I haven't heard of it..." The old man shook his head.

Did you go wrong?Du Anran looked at the house number again, it was indeed Laidu Garden, there was nothing wrong with it.

Just when she was about to call Xie Chenjin, the old man asked back, "Is your surname Du?"

"Yes, I am, my name is Du Anran." Du Anran nodded.

"I got a call this morning, saying that a Miss Du might come today, so it should be you?" The old man smiled kindly.

Du Anran thought it was Xie Chenjin who made the call, and did not refute.

"Come in and sit!" The old man seemed to be the owner of the house, and he led Du Anran through the garden to a small garden-like attic.

Stepping on the wooden ladder, the wooden ladder made a "squeaky" sound, as if it had been a long time.

"Old man, sorry to disturb you." Du Anran followed into the attic.

The old man took out the old tea leaves and brewed two cups of tea, and handed one cup to Du Anran.

"Try it, it's been a while for this Pu'er." The old man laughed.

Du Anran sniffed it, indeed, it was very fragrant.

"Old man, what should I call you?" Du Anran asked with a smile.

The old man in front of her made her feel very kind, and she thought of her grandfather, who passed away when she was very young.She also remembered that when the family was reunited when she was a child, her grandfather loved to hug her the most and bought her many delicious and fun things.

"If you don't mind, just call me grandpa." The old man said with a smile.

"Of course I don't mind. If my grandfather is still alive, he should be about the same age as you."

"Old, old, useless." The old man sighed.

"Do you live here alone?" Du Anran looked around, and had to say that this place is comparable to Xin Zimo's Strait Villa, both of which are very luxurious.

"My wife passed away a few years ago, and my two sons also died young." The old man's face suddenly became more sad.

"What about your grandchildren?" Du Anran asked cautiously.

"They..." The old man paused and lowered his head, "I only have two grandsons. One of them was in a shipwreck when he went to sea this spring and never came back. The other one hated me since he was a child. Willing to see me."

Du Anran had no intention of mentioning the sadness of the old man, but she did not expect that this seemingly optimistic and cheerful old man did not have a complete family.

"Old man, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it." Du Anran was quite apologetic.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's all over." The old man looked at the bright sunshine outside the window and calmed down, "When you get old, you can't help but recall the past."

"Great-grandfather, great-grandfather!"

There was an immature child calling downstairs, Du Anran and the old man looked downstairs together, it turned out to be a five or six-year-old boy, and beside him stood a woman older than Du Anran.

"Grandpa has guests, so we won't go up, okay?" The woman knelt down and coaxed the little boy.

Du Anran looked at the old man: "This is..."

The old man smiled kindly as he walked down the attic: "He is the great-grandson of my old friend's family. He loves to play with me as an old man the most. I miss him very much even if I haven't seen him for a day."

"Grandpa, grandpa, my father bought me a lot of candy today, and I brought a lot here!" The little boy broke free from his mother's hand and ran to the attic, shaking the candy box of his phone while running.

"Really? Is it delicious?" The old man had trouble walking and walked a little slowly. Du Anran went over to help him.

"It's delicious." The little boy raised his face.

"Children can't eat too much sugar, they will have worms in their teeth." The old man pinched his nose to scare him.

"I know, I know, I'm very obedient, I don't eat too much."

The little boy grabbed a handful of candies and put them in the old man's hand. When he saw Du Anran, he also grabbed a handful of colorful candies and put them in Du Anran's hands.

"Auntie is so beautiful." The little boy took Du Anran's hand.

"Thank you for the candy, you are also very cute." Du Anran said happily.

The child's mother stood below and watched them come down. The little boy held the old man with one hand and Du Anran with the other.His mother laughed and said, "With my great-grandpa and beautiful auntie, I don't need my mother anymore."

"Grandpa, what are we playing today?" The little boy took his hand into the garden.

"Grandfather has a guest today, can you let your mother take you to play first?" The old man bent down and coaxed him.

The little boy looked at Du Anran and nodded sensiblely: "Then I'll come back at night."

"Okay, bring Dad tonight, Grandpa will prepare delicious food for you to eat."

"Goodbye, grandpa! Goodbye, beautiful aunt!" The little boy hugged his box of candies, and waved reluctantly with the old man and Du Anran.

"Goodbye!" Du Anran also waved.

After watching the mother and son leave, the old man still stood there for a long time without regaining his senses.Du Anran could tell that he must be feeling very uncomfortable. At such an advanced age, he has no relatives besides the servants.

"Miss Du, you say that I have everything now, even if I have no children under my knees, am I a failure in my life..." The old man sighed.

"Old man, don't think so. There is no such thing as failure or non-failure in life. In fact, I am not. I have no relatives except my mother. Maybe being happy every day is also a kind of happiness..." Speaking of these, Du An Ran was also a little sad.

The old man and Du Anran were walking and chatting in the garden, he was silent for a long time, Fang asked cautiously: "Are you Du Yuanheng's daughter?"

Du Anran was surprised. In a foreign country, an old man who had never met before would know her father's name.Her father had passed away for ten years, and no one had mentioned it for so many years, but the old man in front of him actually knew about it.

"Yes, Du Yuanheng is my father." Du Anran nodded.

(End of this chapter)