"Hello sister-in-law, I've missed you!"

Lin Jian was picked up in Nan Cheng and spent the weekend at home with Shen Ke.

When Lin Jian came back on Saturday morning, he asked suspiciously, "I thought Ai Jia was there?"

Shen Ke took off her coat and handed it to the maid waiting at the door, laughed softly and said: "Why do you still say that you believe in everything, Ai Jia is now in her third year of graduate school in Australia, it is the time when she is being pressed by her tutor to do simulation experiments in the lab every day, however, her school is not far away from where my parents live, so next time when you go there, you should be able to see her. "

"...... like this." Lin Jian nodded thoughtfully, "I've just been thinking on the way ......"

"Thinking about what?" Shen Ke walked over and naturally took his hand, leading him over to the couch and sitting down.

Auntie brought the freshly brewed fruit tea, Lin Jian poured two cups, one of which was placed in Shen Ke's hand, holding the other cup without answering.

What else to think about--

Shen Ke's shocking words in front of the apartment building on the campus had not only scared off Fang Jingwei, but also Lin Jian, who had been caught off-guard.

He thought Ai Jia was really with Shen Ke, and spent the whole trip wondering how to explain his relationship with Shen Ke in front of the young lady he had grown up with.

In the end, he didn't know what to say.

"Don't think nonsense." Shen Ke seemed to easily perceive his current inner activities, naturally raised his hand and rubbed the top of his hair, "Don't need you to worry about all this, I've got you covered in everything, so relax."

The warmth of Shen Ke's palm came from the top of his hair, just like the warmth of being comforted every time when he was young, Lin Jian's heart was ironed, and he followed his words and asked, "There is you in everything ...... Then what do I do?"

"Do whatever you want." Shen Ke smiles and says, "Anything, no worries."

With me behind you, you can even do whatever you want without fear.

Lin Jian slightly tilted his head, looking at Shen Ke's calm and quiet eyes, his low and calm voice drifting in his ears, and suddenly felt that he really had nothing to worry about anymore.

Shen Ke here, that's enough.

"After a while ......" Lin Jian suddenly opened his mouth, his voice first a little floating, and then suddenly became clear, "I will accompany you to see your grandparents."

Shen Ke was slightly stunned at his words, then raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you sure?"

"Uh-huh." Lin Jian nodded slowly but firmly, "Wasn't it you who said I could do whatever I wanted? Then this is the first one."

"...... Good." Shen Ke smiled a little and agreed before asking, "Any more?"

Lin Jian looked at him and didn't say anything, after two seconds, he suddenly rose slightly and dropped a very light kiss on the corner of his lips, "This is the second one."

And want to kiss you a thousand times.

Here and now, every moment.

But Lin Jian was not greedy, his lips were just a little bit away from the corner of Shen Ke's lips, and after pulling the distance a little bit, Lin Jian clearly saw the gentle smile that was magnified in the bottom of Shen Ke's eyes.

"...... is fine." He didn't need to say anything, Shen Ke understood everything, but just when Lin Jian thought he would kiss him back, Shen Ke said softly, "But there's one thing you've forgotten."

"What is it?"

"Lin Jian, it's another year." Shen Ke's warm and deep voice with a smile fell on his ears, seeming like a hint, seeming like a decision, "After waiting for so many years, it's time for your father to come and see the spring in South City."

Lin Jian pondered for a moment, and after realizing what he meant, he was abruptly stunned.

*

The day for Lin Jianghe to move his grave was chosen on this year's Qingming Festival.

Lin Jian and the two of them left a day earlier, first to Lin Jian's hometown, in the county center of the hotel to make do for the night, the next morning, and the town has contacted the special tomb moving graves of the white team to Lin Jianghe's grave together.

The ground to open the tomb to pay attention to a lot of things, time, customs and so on have a lot of taboos, Lin Jian originally do not believe in these, but Shen Ke still ask the local know the old man of the White Council to point out one by one, calculated the time and direction, the old rules have not been left behind.

Shen Ke said to him, "I know you don't believe me, but let's say it's for your father's sake that it's better to be polite, after all, at his age, he still values these things."

Lin Jian pursed his lips and said nothing more.

The first three shovels of soil were dug by Lin Jian himself, which is a rule that cannot be broken. After the old tomb was filled in, Lin Jian lit three sticks of incense with his own hands and sprinkled a stack of paper money around the original site.

It was just about sunrise when everything was done.

Lin Jian held the wooden box containing Lin Jianghe's ashes and got into the car that drove back to the southern city.

The new cemetery is just outside of South City.

As the car drove into the suburbs, it skirted a sea of green pine forests, at the end of which was the gate to the cemetery.

It was already mid-afternoon.

Lin Jian got out of the car with Lin Jianghe's urn in his arms and walked up the long stone steps in front of the cemetery with Shen Ke side by side.

Around the air to explain the freshness of new grass, spring afternoon sunshine through the lush lush canopy sprinkled on the body, casting a piece of mottled bright light and shadow, cool breeze, surrounded by the treetops gently swaying, every time came the sound of fine rustling, as if it was a life cycle in the whispering and singing.

The staff of the cemetery had long been waiting at the door, and when they saw Lin Jian and his team walking up the steps, they busily greeted them, "Mr. Shen, Mr. Lin, it's all ready."

"Good." Shen Ke nodded in response, "Hard work."

Then he turned to Lin Jian, who hadn't said a word along the way, "Let's go."

Lin Jian pursed the corners of his lips and still did not speak, only the light of his drooping eyes, impartially and gently fell onto the dark red wooden box in his arms.

All the way, he had held Lin Jianghe's urn securely in his arms, and the polished wooden body of the box was vaguely colored with the warmth of his arms.

Just this hurried side, all the way to embrace, to this moment, and then to the time of separation.

The site they chose for Lin Jianghe is a private grave site, deep in the cemetery, facing the water, with the tombstone facing the sun. Behind the grave is a vast pine forest.

By the time Lin Jianghe closes his grave, it will be time for the most beautiful afterglow of the day to fill the sky.

Lin Jian placed a bouquet of white blossoming flowers in front of the tombstone and gently rubbed his fingertips over the freshly seal-engraved words before sitting wordlessly in front of the monument for a long time.

Shen Ke was always by his side.

It was not until the moon rose and the sun set, and the stars leapt out of the clouds above the diaphanous sky, that Lin Jian rose from the ground and, after gazing deeply at Lin Jianghe's tombstone, said softly to Shen Ke, "Let's go."

"Good." Shen Ke watched Lin Jian pass by and walk straight up the path leading to the entrance of the cemetery, the young man's elegant and upright figure passing through the wind blowing from the depths of the pine forest, appearing lonely and untamed.

Two seconds later, Shen Ke steps up to follow.

The hand hanging down at his side was suddenly held, and the slightly cool fingertips were completely wrapped in a warm palm.

Lin Jian paused slightly, his eyes slowly panning upwards from the hand he was holding to finally land on Shen Ke's eyebrows.

Shen Ke held his hand, just as he had done when he first returned to his hometown to add incense to Lin Jianghe's grave as a child, his steps calm and steady.

Lin Jian let out a silent sigh of relief.

After taking two more steps, he suddenly stopped, turned to Lin Jianghe's tombstone, and waved the hand he wasn't holding forcefully.

"Dad, we're off, we'll see you next time!"

When he turned back, Lin Jian's mournful and gloomy mood had completely disappeared, and Shen Ke slightly lowered his eyes to meet a pair of clear and smiling eyes.

Shen Ke raised an eyebrow very lightly, and a very faint but warm smile slowly rose under his eyes as well.

Lin Jian pursed the corners of his lips, said nothing, just gently moved the hand that was held by him, and the five fingers that had already been colored with the temperature of Shen Ke's palm slowly stretched out from his hand, and then slightly flexed back a little bit, and then, immediately after that, it was interlocked with his fingers.

"Let's go, go home."

The two slender figures gradually disappeared into the twilight, only the hands that held each other, never separated.

*

Shortly after the Ching Ming Festival, the May Day holiday was celebrated.

Lin Jian boarded a direct flight to Australia with Shen Ke on the evening of the last weekday in April.

It was already late spring and early summer, and they boarded the plane with a warm night breeze, and after a long ten-hour flight, they landed to meet an early winter morning in Melbourne.

It was a good thing that both of them were wearing thin, long trench coats so that they wouldn't be caught off guard by the cold air blowing head-on from the South Pacific.

Lin Jian came down all the way through the flight, looking relaxed, and even settled in for a short, restorative nap during the night flight.

But ever since the plane landed and they got into the car the Shen family had sent to pick them up at the airport early in the morning of the first, Shen Ke had clearly noticed that he was starting to get a touch nervous.

"Lin Jian," Shen Ke whispered his name as the car drove smoothly past Collins Street in the center of town.

"Huh?" Lin Jian got his eyes back from the luxury stores lined up outside the car window and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Relax." Shen Ke's low, slow voice seemed particularly mellow in the closed compartment with no windows open, "My parents missed you and were very happy to hear that you came along this time." Shen Ke's slow voice soothed his tense nerves, "So don't think too much, they're looking forward to seeing you."

"...... I know." In the middle of the day, Lin Jian whispered back, "It's just ......"

Shen Ke listened to him quietly, but Lin Jian paused but halfway closed his voice, "Forget it, I have my measure."

He looked calm with a trace of certainty, certainty seems ...... to be wrapped in a little indefinable, similar to the righteousness of the death of the complex.

Shen Ke seemed to be able to peek in his eyes and expression to find out his ups and downs along the way ...... For a while, he just felt funny and cute.

"Don't think too much." As the car approached the door of the familiar garden house, Shen Ke gave a final reassuring word, "It's just to meet your parents, you really don't need to be nervous."

"......" Lin Jian: "Huh?"

Seeing your parents, and seeing your parents, are just one word, but their meanings are far apart.

The words were a little vague, but if you think about it, you can get several layers of meaning out of it, but Lin Jian didn't have time to ask more questions, the car drove straight into the courtyard of a house, and a few moments later, it stopped.

Lin Jian quickly came back to his senses, and before he got out of the car, he was already the first to see the two people waiting at the entrance of the main building in the courtyard through the car window.

Time rushes by, but the old couple, who haven't seen each other for years, seem to be the same as they remembered, when they parted ways.

Shen Ke stepped out of the car ahead of him, walked around to Lin Jian's side, pulled open the door for him, leaned slightly toward the car, and said softly, "Let's go."

Lin Jian pressed down on the sudden surge of heat in his heart and stabilized his mind before getting out of the car.

At the entrance of the main building, when the Shen Zhangqian couple saw the visitor, a flash of surprise first flew across their eyes, and then more and more intense emotions surged up.

It seems like a long time of longing finally landed at this moment, but also seems more and more full of heartache.

Lin Jian and Shen Ke walked side by side, and before they reached the entrance of the main building, Cong Wan had already pushed Shen Zhangqian to meet them.

When his eyes touched each other, Lin Jian could see the unconcealable joy and deep longing in the bottom of the eyes of the two people across from him, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and in the midst of such eyes, he took the initiative to take a step forward, and muffled his voice and shouted, "Grandpa, Grandma, I came to see you."

"Little Jane ......" Cong Wan took his hand, the voice line that called his name already had a noticeable tremor, scrutinized the youth in front of him for a long time, and said in a gentle trembling voice, "... ...grown so big, you've become an adult."

The hands on the back of the hand, the strength is so strong, as if it carries all of Cong Wan's gentle but unspeakable emotions, Lin Jian took a deep breath, gently backhanded her, and then pulled Cong Wan's hand, walked to the back of the Shen Zhangqian's wheelchair, squatted down, and only after a moment did he call out, "Grandfather. "

Shen Zhangqian although no longer young, but still hale and hearty, and for many years always calm and collected old Chairman Shen, at this time but quietly red eyes, staring at Lin Jian for a long time, before lifting his hand heavily patted his shoulders, mute voice: "back ... ...Our little Jane ...... is back just fine!"

Shen Ke had been standing not far behind Lin Jian, not interrupting the three people in front of him as they slowly and steadily declared their feelings of longing. It was only when Cong Wan gently pulled Lin Jian, who stood up, that he came over, supported his mother's shoulders, and smiled warmly, "Mom and Dad, let's go in first, it's not urgent to catch up with each other. Lin Jian is underdressed and it's cold outside."

Lin Jian was shocked by this undisguised favoritism, but then she saw Cong Wan glaring at Shen Ke in anger, complaining in a low voice: "I know it's cold here, but I still don't let Xiao Jian wear more, I've grown up for nothing, and I don't know how to take care of people at all."

Lin Jian: "?"

He was even more surprised and couldn't help but secretly cast a suspicious glance at Shen Ke, but Shen Ke just gave a deep laugh and didn't refute, straightly pulling Lin Jian into the house.

Once in the door, the cold air is suddenly cut off from the outdoor, in front of Shen Ke's parents, Lin Jian is especially cautious, do not dare to reveal half of the clues between the two, at this time by taking the opportunity to take off the coat, quietly broke away from Shen Ke's hand, and then pushed Shen Zhangqian to the center hall, personally poured a cup of warm tea and handed it over.

"After waiting outside the house for so long, your hands are cold." Lin Jian put the teacup in Shen Zhangqian's hand and said softly, "Grandpa, drink a cup of tea to warm up."

Shen Zhangqian responded with a smile, and Lin Jian poured another glass and handed it to Cong Wan, who took it, then held her arm in place and let her take a seat on the sofa.

Shen Ke hunched over and sat beside Cong Wan, watching him carefully and thoughtfully tend to each one, and couldn't help but let out a chuckle as he asked in a low voice, "Where's my tea, don't you have any?"

Lin Jian raised his eyelids, coincidentally and Shen Ke's line of sight in the air, Shen Ke's eyes in the subtle banter and jokes were all caught in his eyes, but in front of Shen Zhangqian couples, he naturally will not say anything more, still properly maintained the former appearance of the meek young man.

Lin Jian voicelessly sighed, re pot pouring tea, and then steadily handed the cup of tea to Shen Ke face, opened his mouth, paused for two seconds, only to spit out a sentence in a very soft voice: "You also drink tea ...... little uncle."

This is said lightly and floating, if the uninformed outsiders hear, seems to be only young people in the face and their own age and young elders, unconsciously revealed embarrassment, but if they are placed between them, will suddenly more points only two people can understand, can not say the taboo and hidden charming.

Shen Ke reached out to receive the tea, the two fingers inadvertently touched, a touch of the moment, Lin Jian subconsciously go to look at the person in front of him, the result just raised his eyes, and saw Shen Ke covered in the rim of the cup of tea under the mouth of the indeterminable smile.

Lin Jian: "......"

He did it on purpose.

People really owe it.

Lin Jian silently sighed, no longer paying any attention to Shen Ke, and took out the gifts prepared in advance for Shen Zhangqian and his wife from the small suitcase.

Cong Wan was given a limited edition, hand-embroidered shawl by an international luxury brand. Although it is an international brand, the embroidery on the shawl is in a gentle Chinese Jiangnan style, and Cong Wan immediately wore the shawl on her body, saying softly that she liked it.

The gift for Shen Zhangqian was one that even Shen Ke hadn't anticipated.

It turned out to be the prize money from a design competition Lin Jian entered for the first time when he was a student at Penn.

Thick stacks of banknotes, Lin Jian with two very large but very plain document envelopes all loaded, he put those two large envelopes into Shen Zhangqian hands, the old man could not help but fingertips trembled slightly, said in a muffled voice: "Xiaojian ...... you this is the ......"

"Grandpa, this is the prize money I got from participating in a competition abroad, it's not much, but it's the actual first time I earned money with my profession, at that time I thought, I'm going to save this money, and if ......" Lin Jian said here with a slight pause, and then he breathed a sigh of relief , smiled and continued, "If I have the day to come back and see you again, I must give this to you, thank you for the decision you made back then, willing to let that homeless me stay."

Kindness and giving back have blossomed into a "twin flower" in these two generations.

There is no need to mention the "favor" between Shen Zhangqian and Lin Jianghe many years ago. Lin Jian has always been clear about the care and warmth given to him by Shen Zhangqian and his wife, which has long been more than just a phrase of "repaying the favor". The care and warmth given to him by Shen Zhangqian and his wife back then is not comparable to the phrase "repaying the favor".

If Shen Zhangqian hadn't made the decisive decision to let Shen Ke bring his young self back to the Shen family, Lin Jian's life would have been turned upside down and even fallen to the dust, where would he be today?

"Xiao Jian ......" Shen Zhangqian surprisingly in a short period of time red eyes twice, he held Lin Jian's hand, resolute face at this time all move, "Grandpa do not need, you --"

"Dad." Sitting aside always quiet next to the Shen Ke suddenly interrupted Shen Zhangqian next politely refused, said softly, "You accept it, this is Lin Jian's intention, after all ......" Shen Ke looked to Lin Jian, the bottom of his eyes vaguely emerged a little smile, "When the child did not say it, when you and Mom are older, he will also take care of you. Shen Ke looked at Lin Jian, the bottom of his eyes vaguely emerged a little smile, "when the child did not say it, when you and mom older, he also want to take care of you."

Lin Jian: "......"

Though but, you remember it well.

"Good." Shen Zhangqian remained silent for a moment before finally nodding and accepting the heavy, long-prepared gift, "Grandpa took it, put it here with me, and we'll all keep it for you!"

The scene of reunion was too warm and touching, Cong Wan didn't want Lin Jian, who had just entered his home, to be immersed in this "intensity" for a long time, so he put on a smile again and asked in a warm voice: "You must not have had a good rest after the overnight flight, right? Do you want to rewind the jet lag, go to sleep for a while first?"

"No need." Lin Jian lost his smile, "It's only a time difference of more than three hours, it doesn't matter."

"Then go upstairs first to rest for a while, even if it's a short nap." Shen Zhangqian patted Lin Jian's shoulder, "After flying for so long and not sleeping well on the airplane, people are always tired, go quickly, and let Auntie call you when it's time for lunch."

That's including Shen Ke in the equation.

Lin Jian turned to look at the person reclining on the sofa, not realizing that Shen Ke had risen from his words, and when he reached Lin Jian's side, he naturally took his shoulder and said with a smile, "Let's go, listen to your elders."

If he had said so, Lin Jian naturally could not refuse, but just as he took a step, he heard Shen Zhangqian coughing lowly from the side, seemingly unintentionally.

The two men stood still and turned their heads at the same time.

Shen Zhangqian met Lin Jian's steady, clear gaze, and his eyes suddenly averted for a moment, drifting slightly unnaturally to Cong Wan, as if signaling that he had something to say.

Lin Jian: "?"

Cong Wan received the signal sent by his own husband, first a stunned, then cleared his throat, disapprovingly glared at Shen Ke a glance, quite a bit of desire to cover up, said, "That ...... auntie packed two rooms, you still live in the original that room, little Jane live next door a little bigger that room, you ...... well let people rest, don't make trouble."

"......"

Shen Ke narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes falling meaningfully on his own parents.

Lin Jian: "????"

This is a somewhat unusual statement to imply, Lin Jian thought very suspiciously, in the Shen Zhangqian couple, he naturally has to sleep in two rooms with Shen Ke, ah.

-Or else what?

He tossed his eyes to Shen Ke again, but the latter thought only briefly, then smiled with downcast eyes and nodded, "Got it."

Without the need for an aunt, Shen Ke led Lin Jian directly upstairs, and the two of them walked in silence all the way through the corridor on the second floor, and when they stood at the door of the guest room, Lin Jian stopped his footsteps, swept his eyes back and forth from Shen Ke, and then, with the end of his eyes lightly raised, he asked in a voice that made sure that the people downstairs wouldn't hear him, "Is there something that you're not telling me? "

Shen Ke laughed, "Where?"

"Then why do I feel ......" Lin Jian smacked the details of the meeting with Shen Zhangqian and his wife just after a little bit, and said suspiciously, "The grandparents' attitude, something strange ?"

"Yes?" Shen Ke replied with a relaxed and easy-going demeanor, "I probably missed you so much that I couldn't help myself."

"You ......"

"Okay." Shen Ke smiled and pushed the door to the room in front of him open for him and said softly, "Don't think about it too much, go ahead and get a good night's sleep, and when you wake up you'll probably realize that it's just that you're too nervous."

Is that so?

Lin Jian pondered skeptically, could it really be his own illusion?

Just a little too nervous because of the sudden meeting of Shen Ke's parents and the need to hide some of the usual intimacy with Shen Ke without moving?

Maybe a good night's sleep will actually make it better.

Lin Jian nodded and said goodbye to Shen Ke at the door of his room, returning to the house to briefly wash up before leaning back in the center of the large, soft bed.

Perhaps the warm air in the room is blowing too gently and comfortably, Lin Jian obviously took a nap on the airplane last night, but at this time, he was once again aroused to sleep, and in a trance it seemed that it did not take much time before he really fell asleep.

When he heard Shen Ke's knock on the door and woke up, he had slept senselessly for more than three hours.

Lin Jian hastily glanced at the time, rolled out of bed, went to open the door, and then left a sentence of "wait for me", and went to the bathroom to wash his face, and came out of the sleepy nerves finally completely awake.

Shen Ke leaned against the door and waited for Lin Jian to walk side by side with him downstairs, then suddenly raised his hand and wiped his fingers from his jaw.

"What's wrong?" Lin Jian asked.

"And water droplets." Shen Ke laughed, "What's the hurry."

"...... Oh." Lin Jian responded half a beat slower, only to feel that the small piece of skin that had just been rubbed by the soft fingertips was slightly hot, then he had a footstep, as if suddenly reacting, and lowered his voice to warn the half-conscious person, "You ...... tighten up a little bit in the past two days. "

Shen Ke turned around and looked at Lin Jian's serious and solemn expression, and couldn't help but laugh, "What, so afraid of being seen by them?"

"...... If you don't want them to be pissed off." Lin Jian pursed his dry lips and said softly, "I don't want to upset them."

That's why it's such a dilemma and a desire to cover up.

"It's not as serious as you think." Shen Ke took two steps closer and stood in front of Lin Jian lifting his hand as if to rub the top of his hair, "And they--"

"-- Lin Jian!"

A clear shout suddenly came from the center hall downstairs, the two people standing in the corridor on the second floor were all startled, immediately after Shen Ke put down his hand, turned to shake Lin Jian's wrist, and said with a smile, "Go downstairs first, it should be Ai Jia coming."

That fast?

It had been nearly six years since Lin Jian and Ai Jia had met. His impression of the young lady who used to "protect" him whether in the Shen family or in high school is still stuck on the image of that agile and lively young girl, but when he went downstairs with Shen Ke and saw the girl standing in the hall on the first floor, he suddenly felt that the time was in a hurry, and that she had changed her face.

The original nature of the atmosphere of the young girl has grown into a graceful and tall appearance, standing there alone, will make people feel bright and difficult to move the eyes.

A girl dipped in her best years is going to shine.

Seeing Lin Jian coming down the stairs, Ai Jia first gave a surprised "ah", and then quickly looked Lin Jian over from top to bottom, and then a bright smile that Lin Jian used to be very familiar with appeared on her face: "I Lin, you're finally back! "

And then two steps rushed to Lin Jian, abruptly gave him a big hug.

Lin Jian's eyes rippled with a faint smile, and just when he wanted to raise his hand to give him a ceremonial hug, he saw Ai Jia, who had been dancing with excitement a second before, as if suddenly remembering something, slap his hand on Lin Jian's back, then let go of him with a whoosh and secretly glanced at Shen Ke, who was standing on the side, and then unnoticeably took a small step backward. Then he let go of his hand with a "whoosh" and glanced at Shen Ke, who was standing by the side, and then took a small step backward, unnoticeably.

Lin Jian: "?"

Lin Jian was unsure of what was going on, and was just about to follow Ai Jia's gaze to see Shen Ke's expression, when he saw this young lady he grew up with quickly compose herself, and also smoothly pull the hem of her jacket, clear her throat, and renew her greeting in a brittle voice---

"Hello sister-in-law, I've missed you!"

"......"

The smile froze, and Lin Jian's outstretched hand froze in mid-air before he could lower it.

This cousin who was originally a little aunt, what did you just, yell at me?