After temporarily dealing with the matter at hand, I looked up and it was already dark.

Lin Chen had stored the documents on the table. Seeing that Lian Jue had not moved for a long time, he remembered that he had not left the company for several days. He hesitated and persuaded him: "Mr. Lian, you haven't been back to see the young master for a long time. The young master... I miss you very much. Why don't you go back tonight?"

Lian Jue seemed to be reminded by him now, rubbed his eyebrows and asked, "What day is today?"

"August 6th." Lin Chen guessed what he was going to ask, and then said, "The young master's study held a final exam at the end of last month. The school held a parent-teacher meeting on the day he returned to school. When the young master called, you were talking to Mr. Alex. It was the aunt at home who went there."

Lian Jue had no impression of the parent-teacher meeting he mentioned, so he nodded and asked, "What is the summer camp?"

"Wait." Lin Chen took out his cell phone and checked the record book, and said to Lian Jue, "On August 8th, that is, the day after tomorrow."

Lian Jue said he knew, and told Lin Chen to ask someone to buy the items needed for the summer camp, and Lin Chen recorded them one by one.

As soon as the car drove into the yard of the villa in the city, the door opened.

Lian Jue got out of the car and saw Kang Tong running out in a hurry. The aunt shouted from behind: "Slow down, don't run so fast just after dinner."

Perhaps he ran out when he heard the sound of the car. Kang Tong's face was a little red and his breathing was rapid. He stood on a few steps, unable to hide his excitement on his face, and shouted loudly: "Dad!"

"Yes." Lian Jue walked over, Kang Tong hugged his legs and said happily: "Dad, you are back!"

Lian Jue's body was not very stiff for a moment. Although he had adopted Kang Tong for nearly two years and had hugged Kang Tong when he was sick or asleep, he obviously was not used to such intimacy.

After a while, he touched Kang Tong's head, then took a small step back almost invisibly and asked, "What did you eat for dinner?"

The child's attention is easily distracted. Kang Tong thought about it and replied obediently: "Beef, egg custard, mashed potato..." When he followed Lian Jue into the house, he thought, "Oh, there are broccoli."

He was also particularly excited about his unexpected surprise when Kang Tong returned home. When Lian Jue sat down for dinner, he sat next to him and chattered about what had happened to him these days.

Lian Jue basically did not respond much, but only occasionally responded to it that he was listening.

After Kang Tong had finished speaking, he followed the rules and asked Kang Tong a few questions about grades and school. Kang Tong answered them seriously, and said aloud, but couldn't find the words to say, so he just asked him to study hard.

But Kang Tong's excited state lasted for a while, and then he returned to his original state of staying very obediently.

He lay on the coffee table to read a book, but his eyes glanced at the kitten running around his feet from time to time. He found that he had noticed it with the Lianjie sitting on the sofa and reading a tablet, and then quickly turned back to reading a book.

This house is much smaller than a villa in the suburbs. Usually, the aunt and Kang Tong are there at home, but now there is another cat, so it should be lively.

But the house was too quiet. Apart from the thin rustling sound of the kitten pulling the wool ball and the occasional sound of Lian Jue slashing the screen, there was only the ticking sound of the wall clock moving when it was handed.

It was obviously no different from the scene when I went home in the past, but Lian Jue felt deserted in vain.

"Why don't you turn on the TV?" Lian Jue said.

Kang Tong was stunned and asked, "TV?"

In fact, Kang Tong occasionally watches animations, but when Lian Jue is at home, he will habitually avoid doing things that may affect Lian Jue's rest or work. The aunt will subconsciously remind him to try to keep quiet.

Kang Tong realized after a while and hurried to the TV cabinet and took the remote control to Lian Jue and sent it: "Dad."

Lian Jue glanced at the remote control in his hand, took it and placed it beside him, and said to continue reading.

So the living room fell into silence again.

Lian Jue couldn't help but think of Chen Tingwei. He felt strange, why Chen Tingwei could still create such a vibrant atmosphere when he lived alone.

Kang Tong lay back on the coffee table, but still did not focus on the book in front of him. Instead, he changed from sneaking into the kitten to sneaking into his face from time to time, making Lian Jue feel tired.

Lian Jue raised his face and said to him: "If you want to read a book, sit up and read it well."

Kang Tong quickly sat upright, afraid of causing Lian Jue to get angry, so he stood up again: "I, I'll go back to the room to see..."

Without waiting for Lian Jue to speak, he ran away quickly with the book.

Many times, Lian Jue feels that he cannot get along with Kang Tong very naturally, and even realizes that he will deliberately avoid the interaction between normal father and son at some point, so that sometimes he will think about whether the decision to adopt Kang Tong is wrong.

In fact, he had an answer in his heart, but he deliberately tilted the balance towards the answer he wanted, so he continued according to the current pattern of getting along.

A few years ago, Kang Tong's biological father Kang Lijun suffered from bone cancer, but due to his poor family, he was unable to stand up and sent to the hospital in the late stage. His condition gradually worsened and he transferred to kidney failure, so he could only rely on chemotherapy to maintain it. His mother left him and Xiaokang Tong, who was only six years old, to work in another place, saying that he was working, but in fact he never came back.

At first, it was a family member of the patient in the same ward. Every day, he watched the little-protected child who had just passed the bed at that time run and urinate for Kang Lijun. He couldn't bear it and posted the matter online. Later, many reporters came suddenly and exposed the incident to local news, which attracted Feng Jue's attention.

Since Lianjue took over the Chen family's medical industry and founded Fengjue, the company's charity projects have set up hard indicators every year, so Kang Lijun has naturally become their funding target that year.

But the good times did not last long. Kang Lijun's condition became worse and worse, and it was so serious that no matter how much money was spent, it could not be saved. Even if Feng Jue's financial resources were helping him behind his back, he had only spent two more years on the hospital bed.

When Kang Lijun left, Kang Tong was less than eight years old, but his mind was much more mature and sensitive than children of the same age.

After being adopted by Lian Jue, he kept in mind the kindness of Lian Jue and was careful in his words and doing things at home, for fear that if he was not careful, he would make Lian Jue angry. He finally eased his relationship after eased his household registration at the beginning of the year, and because he had not met for more than two months, he became cold again.

Lian Jue's elbow was placed on the armrest of the sofa, and his knuckles hit his temples, making him feel a little upset.

He put down the tablet and before the aunt could cook the tea, he went upstairs and returned to the room.

As lunch time approaches, this high-end psychological clinic located in a prime location in the city center where every inch of land is valuable and has temporarily stopped receiving it.

The assistant knocked in and looked embarrassed: "Doctor Liu, a gentleman is looking for you."

Dr. Liu was frowning and twirling back and forth in the takeaway lunch box with chopsticks. He heard the sound: "It's time to eat, let him come back in the afternoon if he has something to do..." Halfway through her speech, she raised her eyes and looked at a familiar figure. She looked surprised and quickly called her assistant, "Wait a minute."

She put the lunch box away and threw it into the trash can, got up and walked out of the office, and smiled at the man who was at the front desk: "Long time no see."

The other party nodded politely to her: "Doctor Liu."

"Please treat me to a meal," said Dr. Liu, "I won't charge you this time."

The dining location is nearest to choose the Western restaurant downstairs of the clinic. Dr. Liu put a piece of Xilian steak into his mouth, looked at the tall and handsome man in front of him, and said, "If I remember correctly, you haven't been here for two years."

She still clearly remembered the first time the man came to her. At that time, her psychological clinic was still in an inconspicuous office building on the Second Ring Road, and the man at that time was just a teenager carrying a schoolbag.

The reason why she remembered her deeply was that in addition to the boy's appearance at first glance, he also pushed the door in and said to her directly: "I need psychological intervention." He did not let the doctor determine whether he had any problems like many patients when they came, but instead told the doctor directly that I needed treatment.

Her clinic only had a simple clinic, and the boy received nearly ten years of psychological treatment in her clinic, and it continued to go from studying to working. Later, the boy grew into a man. Perhaps because of work, or because she was no longer needed, the number of times he came here was getting less and less. Until she changed her new address, the man almost never came again.

Dr. Liu still remembered what he said to him during the last meeting, so he asked him: "Have you tried my previous advice?"

Lian Jue said "yes", paused, and said to her, "I adopted a child."

The steak that Dr. Liu sent to his mouth was in the air and was stunned: "Adoption?"

"Yeah." Lian Jue said, "A patient funded by my former company passed away, and I adopted that child."

Dr. Liu misinterpreted his suggestion and had a moment of aphasia.

She looked at Lian Jue thoughtfully for a while, and based on his behavior he found himself again, she guessed: "Is the effect not good?"

"……yes."

"Well..." Dr. Liu did not show much surprise to his answer and asked, "What problems did you encounter this time?"

Lian Jue looked at her calmly and said, "I'm married."

When Dr. Liu heard this, his face was full of surprise, and then he frowned and asked him tentatively: "It's because I told you..."

Lian Jue shook his head and said, "No."

Dr. Liu looked at him and spoke for a long time, saying, "It's a good thing."

She asked, "What kind of person is the other person?"

This question made Lian Jue's face suddenly blank.

He slightly raised his eyebrows, and many pictures of Shen Tingwei appeared in his mind.

He was a little stunned, like a low and gentle voice that he didn't intend to make people hear clearly, his frown when he couldn't figure it out, he always had a special liking for some childish things, and his stupid things he often did.

But the last scene in my mind was frozen in the villa at noon that day, with abundant sunshine, soup rolling on the fire, lines in the TV series, and eyes that bent up in the heat.

Lian Jue was silent for a long time, and he struggled to extract an appropriate word from this scene. His tone was a bit stiff and he said, "...warm."

"Warm?" As if it was incredible to hear the word from him, Dr. Liu opened his eyes wide and then smiled lightly under Lian Jue's obvious unhappy gaze, "No, I don't mean anything else, I just think that you don't seem to be someone who can use this kind of word to describe others."

"But I feel very uncomfortable." Lian Jue frowned.

Dr. Liu asked: "Do you feel resistant?"

Lian Jue nodded hesitantly.

Dr. Liu understood that he was still confused about the sudden start of a family. She did not talk quickly and thought about how to organize language in her heart.

"Doctor Liu." Lian Jue, opposite, suddenly asked, "I want to know how others talk to--" When he said this, he paused for a moment, as if he didn't know how to ask this sentence.

Dr. Liu quickly followed his words and said, "How do others get along with their families?"

Lian Jue quickly said "Yes".

Dr. Liu was already very familiar with his question. After thinking about it, he replied: "Every family has a unique way of getting along with each other. I can't tell you this. You need to experience it yourself... Before that, the first thing you have to do is accept it. It may not be easy for you. You can try to feel them first and then try to release yourself."

The two of them chatted for a meal. Dr. Liu gave him a lot of advice, but was afraid that he would misunderstand his words again, so he emphasized: "These are only auxiliary functions. The most important thing is that you must be able to open your heart and let yourself go out first so that others can come in."

After lunch, the two left each other. Dr. Liu returned to the clinic. The assistant at the front desk followed and asked: "Doctor Liu, what's wrong with that handsome guy just now? He looks quite normal."

Dr. Liu sighed and said, "He suffers from severe emotional deficiencies."

"Ah." The assistant blinked, "What a pity, but why have I never seen him?"

"He hasn't been here for a long time." Dr. Liu walked to the office with her. "I remember he was in high school when he first came to find me. He was only in his teens at that time. His adopted father's daughter went hiking with him. She broke her leg in front of him and cried heartbrokenly. He didn't react at all. It was not until his sister called him by his name that he thought of going to help. After this incident, he found me by himself and said that he had psychological problems and asked me to intervene in him."

The assistant opened his eyes widened: "High school? Isn't that been many years?"

"It's been many years. When he was young, he was retired from his adopted family because of his indifference in his emotions. I guess it was related to his experience of both parents dying when he was very young." Dr. Liu recalled the days when he gave Lian Jue psychological treatment. "Do you know, I rarely meet patients who cooperate like him, and they say anything, but they just feel useless. He is like a robot, I am like a program for him, and he does whatever I say to him. Sometimes I feel that he is not trying to treat any psychological problems at all, but wants to learn how to be a normal person from me."

"He said he wanted to be a normal person."
To be continued...