Chapter 230: Chicken Feathers
"There is a wall of honor in the training hall of the national badminton team, on which are the world champions of the Chinese team. On the first day I walked into the national team, I thought, I don't know when I will be able to become a part of it. When I came back from Birmingham, my wish was finally fulfilled and the team held a ceremony for a few of us to join the list. At that moment, in addition to joy, I also had a heavy responsibility in my heart. As badminton players, we must not only do our best on the sports field to compete for the championship, but also show the vigorous and upward spirit of our generation of Chinese young people in front of the world. Soon, my teammates and I will usher in the Olympic competition that has attracted worldwide attention, and we will definitely continue to move forward, dare to work hard, and live up to our mission!"
On the podium, Zhou Yu raised her head from behind the lecture and looked at the students in the small hall who were desperately applauding her, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, she shouldn't have messed up today.
The night before yesterday, Qiao Fang received a phone call, and the leaders of the sports school hoped that Zhou Yu could give a speech to the students to inspire the children.
So, Zhou Yu had to catch the ducks on the shelves.
At the end of the event, saying goodbye to the leaders, and meeting the autograph and photo requirements of the younger brothers and sisters, Zhou Yu followed Qiao Fang to the outside of the office building, and couldn't wait to ask for praise: "Mom, I did well today, right?"
"The meaning of the manuscript is that you are too nervous. Qiao Fang's words really don't look like praise.
Zhou Yu was a little disappointed, but he didn't want to give up: "Don't you think that my last paragraph is particularly exciting?"
Qiao Fang glanced at Zhou Yu: "Zifeng helped you write it?"
"Look down on me so much!" Zhou Yu shouted, then looked left and right, smiled at the few children who were looking over, and turned back to Qiao Fang and said, "Senior brother helped me polish my color, he said that I wrote well, especially the last paragraph, he didn't change a word." β
"Really, when did my daughter become so literate," Qiao Fang finally praised Zhou Yu, and then struck while the iron was hot: "Isn't there a recuperation period after the Olympics, go back to school in the sports institute." β
Zhou Yu was stunned, and was about to speak, Qiao Fang said again: "I didn't say that you should retire, I just hope you can take some time to complete your studies." Zifeng also won a bachelor's degree while playing that year. I don't believe what people can do, and my daughter can't. β
"Well...... this" Although Zhou Yu had a headache when he heard the word "going to school", he saw Qiao Fang's expectant eyes and quickly nodded: "No problem, I will strive to graduate within two years." β
Qiao Fang was really satisfied, and reached out to straighten Zhou Yu's somewhat loose ponytail.
"Qiao Fang, you still teach your daughter well and train the child!" A voice came from behind Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu didn't look back, only looked at Qiao Fang, whose expression had sunk.
"Qiao Fang, do you have time? I'll talk to your mother and daughter. Li Shihong still has that smiling face.
In the venue just now, Zhou Yu saw Li Shihong sitting in the guest seat, and admired him in his heart, and he was embarrassed to show off everywhere if he was going to jail at any time.
"There's nothing to say," Zhou Yu blocked Qiao Fang with his body, and said unceremoniously to Li Shihong: "The court will judge how it should be judged, and we will not issue a "Letter of Understanding". β
Li Shihong has been rolling in the rivers and lakes for many years, and when he heard Zhou Yu's words, he didn't blink his eyelids.
Qiao Fang stretched out his hand to pull Zhou Yu away and looked at Li Shihong: "What's the matter, just say it!"
"Would you like to find a place to have a cup of tea and let's talk?" Li Shihong proposed.
"Don't bother, it's here, what should be made clear, all be clear, and when we meet in the future, we will be complete strangers. Qiao Fang said with a cold expression.
Looking at Qiao Fang, Li Shihong's expression looked a little complicated, and after a while, he said: "Speaking from the heart, I wanted to find you some time ago, and it was indeed the lawyer who told me that if I get your understanding, the court will reduce the sentence as appropriate when it weighs it." β
Zhou Yu looked at Li Shihong coldly, although the death of his father and Huihui was not directly related to this person, but in Zhou Yu's heart, he was also a murderer. Because of Li Shihong's protection and connivance, Min Rufen, who should have been punished, was at large until she died.
Li Shihong touched his nose at this time and said, "You refuse to forgive, and you should be." During this time, I thought about it a lot. For most of my life, I have not done anything to be proud of, but I have made a lot of mistakes. I was mentally prepared, and when the day came, I would admit it, even if I was sober and sober inside. β
Qiao Fang stared at Li Shihong, with disdain and hatred in her eyes.
Zhou Yu was angry at this time, her home was destroyed by Li Shihong and his gang, and as a result, people felt that they were in prison just to be sober.
"You ......" Zhou Yu was about to speak, but was grabbed by Qiao Fang.
After waiting for a while, probably seeing that Qiao Fang did not respond, Li Shihong sighed, and said: "I have been in my heart for so many years, and there has always been a knot, for the sake of you calling me 'brother-in-law' in the past, Qiao Fang, I beg you to tell me, the child that Qiao Yuan gave birth to, is now ...... Okay, okay?"
Zhou Yu almost laughed angrily, and after doing it for a long time, it turned out that it was still for the same thing.
Qiao Fang finally opened his mouth: "Answer me a question first!"
"You say!" Li Shihong's eyes lit up.
"Did you know about the car accident between my husband and son back then?" Qiao Fang stared at Li Shihong.
After being stunned for a few seconds, Li Shihong hurriedly explained: "Qiao Fang, no matter how bad I, Li Shihong, dare not do anything to kill people and set fires. At that time, the old man was critically ill in Beijing, and I stayed by the bedside all the time. One day, Min Rufen called me in a panic and said that she had bumped into someone. After a while, I couldn't get over again, so I asked Fan Lin to help deal with it. I just take the money, but I don't really know the specific causes and consequences, and who I bumped into. β
"Just take the money?" Zhou Yu couldn't restrain his anger after all, "Li Shihong, you wait, if the court gives you a lenient sentence this time, I will definitely appeal!"
Li Shihong looked stunned, and his eyes turned to Qiao Fang again.
"So, you haven't really felt guilty at all, have you?" Qiao Fang looked at Li Shihong coldly, "In your eyes, the lives of my husband and son are not worth mentioning." You're just unlucky, after many years, and you've been turned out of old accounts. β
"I ...... It doesn't mean that. Li Shihong was a little afraid to look at Qiao Fang.
"Qiao Yuan told me when she was dying, never tell you what happened later, this is the last dignity of her life," Qiao Fang said, looking at the sports field not far away, "My sister is such a simple and kind woman, but you let her leave this world with hatred." β
Li Shihong's eyes flickered for a while, and he asked carefully, "How did she die?"
"I will respect Qiao Yuan's last wishes, there are some things that you are not qualified to know," Qiao Fang smiled at Li Shihong, but there was sarcasm in his smile, "Li Shihong, people like you, indifferent and selfish, mean and ruthless, how can you have children? That child was indeed born, but he didn't live long." Maybe he felt that he was not ashamed to have a father like you, and would rather accompany his mother. β
"You...... You won't lie to me, will you?" Li Shihong didn't seem to believe it.
"What did I lie to you," Qiao Fang looked at Li Shihong coldly, "If that child is still alive, will I let him wander alone?" I heard that you have been married several times later, but you have never had children. That's why you're pinning your hopes on the child who has slept with his mother, right?"
"Really...... Didn't survive?" Li Shihong's eyes showed a trace of despair.
Qiao Fang looked at Li Shihong's eyes and said again: "He is long gone." β
Probably the long-term sustenance has fallen short, and Li Shihong's back turned away, with a depression that could not be concealed.
Seeing Li Shihong get into the car, Qiao Fang couldn't help but shake his head.
"Mom, why isn't that brother or sister gone?" Zhou Yu couldn't help but ask.
"Your aunt returned to our hometown with bruises all over her body, and she thought that she could finally start a peaceful life, but ......" Qiao Fang said here, a trace of sadness appeared in her eyes, "Just when Qiao Yuan plucked up the courage to regain her strength and live well with the child who was about to be born, she suffered a difficult birth. β
Having said this, Qiao Fang seemed to be unable to continue.
"Mom, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked this!" Zhou Yu hugged Qiao Fang from behind.
"She stayed up in the hospital all night while I waited alone outside the delivery room. When I was called in, Qiao Yuan was already dying due to postpartum hemorrhage. She grabbed my hand and begged me to take care of her newborn son," Qiao Fang said this, wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes with her hand, "Until the moment Qiao Yuan closed her eyes, I didn't dare to tell her that the child stopped breathing not long after being carried out. β
Zhou Yu's heart was sour, and tears couldn't help but burst out of her eyes, she couldn't imagine that scene, but she felt the pain of her mother back then.
"I wish your cousin would survive, but God won't even give you this opportunity," Qiao Fang closed her eyes, "Later, I did the funeral for the mother and son alone." According to Qiao Yuan's last wishes, her ashes were scattered into the sea, because she said that she would never let Li Shihong stand in front of her grave. β
"My aunt is so pathetic. Outside the Xiao family's small building, Zhou Yu was sitting in Xixi's car and had been talking to her for a while.
In the evening, Professor Xiao held a family banquet to congratulate Zhou Yu and Lin Kou on their return, in addition to Qiao Fang and the Lin family's parents, Shang Ke and Xi Xi were naturally invited.
"I understand now why your mother always opposed you and Xiao Zifeng before, she should have been frightened by that tragedy. Xi Xi had a look of sudden realization.
Zhou Yu nodded. My aunt's death must have left a shadow in my mother's heart. Therefore, she was paranoid that Xiao Zifeng, who had an age gap with Zhou Yu, might become another Li Shihong.
Looking back now, Zhou Yu regretted that he didn't ask his mother what he thought, but instead yelled at her, making her so unhappy.
"Do you want to go in?" asked Xi Xi at this time.
Zhou Yu looked in the rearview mirror. Xiao Zifeng went to the Badminton Council in the afternoon, and just called and said that he was already on his way back. Zhou Yu accompanied Qiao Fang over, and he kept standing outside, planning to wait for Xiao Zifeng, but Xiao Zifeng didn't arrive, but waited for Xi Xi.
"Come in, I'll sit in your car for a while. Zhou Yu said unwillingly, she especially wanted to talk to Xiao Zifeng about today's events.
Of course, Xi Xi saw Zhou Yu's thoughts, and said: "Let's sit with you for a while, as soon as he comes, I will leave, and I will never be a light bulb." β
"What?" Zhou Yu laughed embarrassedly, his eyes fell on Xi Xi's stomach at this moment, and a topic came to mind: "When will you give birth?"
"It's going to be a few months," Xi Xi said this, and began to complain, "Shang Ke has too many mouths, I'm really afraid that the baby will learn from him in the future." People in their thirties can't hold anything in their hearts, and they can't see a little stability. β
"Perhaps, this is the temperament of an artist," Zhou Yu praised Shang Ke, then leaned his head on the back of the chair and asked Xi Xi: "It's very ...... to get married." Happiness, huh?"
"Don't tell me about happiness," Xi Xi pouted, "That guy sometimes looks okay, most of the time, I look at him and get annoyed." β
Zhou Yu looked funny, and when he was about to speak, Xi Xi asked, "Do you and Xiao Zifeng have any plans?"
Zhou Yu glanced at the small building of the Xiao family outside the car, turned around and asked, "You say, when the Olympics are over, I will take the initiative to tell my senior brother about marriage, okay?"
"Are you going to propose?" Xi Xi looked surprised at first, and then laughed.
Although Zhou Yu blushed, he was still holding on: "Who said that women can't take the initiative to propose." β
"Of course," Xi Xi smiled enough and asked, "You don't want to continue playing?"
"Getting married doesn't delay your career!" Zhou Yu said with bright eyes.
On the train back from Beijing, Lin Koukou said that several brothers and sisters in the team have become families. If his parents were in a hurry, he would get the marriage certificate with Jiang Yufei, anyway, sooner or later.
After listening to Lin Koukou's words, Zhou Yu's heart ...... Also alive.
Xi Xi looked at Zhou Yu for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "Come on, I think it's okay, there's nothing you can't do!"
"Zhou Yu is so powerful, what is she doing again?" a hand knocked on the window of the car on Xixi's side outside.
Without waiting for the people inside to react, the rear door opened, and Shang Ke got into the car.
"Why is it only here now?" Xi Xi looked at the rearview mirror and reprimanded.
"I was chatting with a few friends about a little business and almost lost track of time. Shang Ke replied, stretched his neck again, and asked Xi Xi's stomach: "Son, I haven't seen you for an afternoon, is it the same as your mother, I miss my father." β
Zhou Yu lowered his head, almost not being laughed to death by Shang Ke.
"You go in, I'll sit here with Xiao Yu for a while. Xi Xi impatiently chased people.
"Then I'll sit down for a while. Shang Ke laughed.
"Forget it, let's go down, you sit alone!" Xi Xi said, and was about to push the door.
"Okay, I'll go," Shang Ke hurriedly gave in, and was about to get out of the car, but sat back again, and said, "There's a gossip, do you want to hear it?" β
"Think!" Zhou Yu replied simply.
Shang Ke didn't open his mouth yet, he laughed for a while before he said: "Fu Xiaoyue is in big trouble, just a few days ago, the victim of her ex-fiancΓ©'s case sued her in court and demanded that Fu Xiaoyue bear civil liability for compensation, but that guy cheated hundreds of millions, see if you can't compensate her!"
Xi Xi shook his head: "Fu Xiaoyue is also speechless, in the media circle, she started quite high, and she is also smart and beautiful, but she made a mess of chicken feathers in the back." β
"One of my friends today is in the media, and he revealed the news that Fu Xiaoyue did a very popular show, and he was blocked this afternoon, supposedly because of his low style and promoting incorrect values. "Shang Ke gloated.
"Yo, your news came very quickly!" Xi Xi had already taken out her mobile phone, and she was still saying in her mouth, "The place where she works is in the same building as me!"
"What's so nice about it, the phone has radiation, the news I got is absolutely true. Shang Ke reached out to snatch Xi Xi's mobile phone.
"Claws back!" Xi Xi glared.
Shang Ke immediately looked at Xi Xi for a long time, and retracted his hand with a sneer.
Zhou Yu looked at the excitement, noticed that Shang Kewang was coming, held back his laughter, and said casually: "Why hasn't Senior Brother come back?"
touched Shang Ke, who had a gray nose in front of Xi Xi, and clearly spread his anger to Zhou Yu: "Do you guess, will he go to comfort his ex-girlfriend?"