Chapter 182: Poignant Love
After a while, the old man really controlled his emotions.
"Grandpa, my gift is too big, so I put it in the car, I'll go get it!"
"No need to go, I've already arranged for someone, and I'll send it in a moment. β
Before Song Xijun finished speaking, several people came in with several large boxes. The old man happily stepped forward to take a look.
When the first box was opened, the old man was happy. It turned out to be succulents of different shapes placed in the nine-palace grid.
"Grandpa, this is the first batch I planted myself!"
"Good, good!"
The second box opened with a pot of green and lush mint, and the third box was a pot of violets with flowers in full bloom.
"Grandpa, mint and violet have a calming effect, which is very suitable for you!"
"Good, good!" said the old man, smiling from ear to ear.
Wang Qi and Aunt Wang also came over to look at the pile of plants full of life, and they were very happy for the old man. The old man has lived alone in the old mansion for so many years, except for the sunflower garden, everything in life is lifeless. In the past, everyone thought that the old man's age was suitable for calmness. But today, it looks really too monotonous, and it's too sluggish.
"Grandpa, I've got a small watering can for you!"
"Good, good!"
The old man seemed to be happy and would not say anything more than "good, good".
"Grandpa, the company I opened with Xijun is about to open, can you take a look if you have time?"
"Good, good!"
"Grandpaββ, won't you say anything else?"
"The old man is happy, and he will say that it's okay!" Aunt Wang is also an old man, and when she saw that everyone was happy, she interjected. Usually, I can't hear Aunt Wang say a word more.
Wen Qingshui quietly leaned over and leaned on Aunt Wang's ear and said a word.
Aunt Wang was suddenly elated, and she staggered away, as if she was dozens of years younger all of a sudden.
Even the old man noticed it and couldn't help asking, "Why is she happy like that?"
"Qingshui quietly put two basins in the kitchen!" Wang Qi explained in a low voice.
"No wonder, is there you?" the old man suddenly asked.
Wang Qi scratched his head in embarrassment: "I moved to my house!"
"Good fellow, are you going to buy you all?" said the old man, pretending to be angry.
"That's, I'm going to buy my grandfather too!"
The crowd burst into laughter.
After eating, the two were left behind by their grandfather. Song Xijun was dragged to the video by Wang Zheng, and Wen Qingshui went outside the villa when he was bored alone. In the place where Song Xijun turned on the light last time, Wen Qingshui fumbled for a while and found the button.
The lights stretched out all at once. Wen Qingshui's heart also brightened a lot.
"It's boring to go shopping alone, do you want the old man to accompany you!"
The old man's loving voice came.
"I can't ask for it!" Wen Qingshui said mischievously. The two of them walked slowly among the fruit trees.
"Grandpa, I'm happier to see you than I am to see my own grandfather. β
"Oh, what do you say?" the old man smiled, and even the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes seemed to be full of joy.
"I saw that my grandfather always felt a little restrained and nervous. It was as if he had failed to live up to his expectations. β
"Understandable. Actually, I also have a lot of expectations for Xijun. My relationship with him is not as easy as it is with you. But I also expect a lot from you. β
"Grandpa, what are your expectations?"
"It's that you can cherish each other's feelings and not be swayed by the outside world. Especially you, don't always think about the past. β
"How could I not want to? I always felt that Xijun deserved better. And not me!"
"Are you bad?" the old man asked rhetorically.
"Grandpa, actually, I don't say you understand my thoughts, right?"
"Yes, very well! You want to say that you are from the countryside and have never seen the world. And he is rich, powerful, highly educated, broad-minded, and an excellent person. When you are with him, you are always afraid that you are not worthy of him. And your living habits are also different, and your values are also different, you can be together by love now, but I am afraid that there will be many contradictions when you get married in the future. You are also worried that because you have been married, he will look down on you in the future, quarrel with you because of this matter, or even break up. You are even more afraid that one day he will find out that he doesn't really love you, and everything is just an illusion caused by the situation at that time. You're afraid that he will regret it, and you're afraid that you won't be able to bear it yourself. So you've been wanting to back off. It's just that now you have no way back. Isn't it?"
"Hmm. Wen Qingshui was completely said to the center, and tears flashed in his eyes. She didn't want to cry, but she found it hard to control herself. She lowered her head and whispered.
"Kid, you're wrong! no matter how good he is, no matter how good he is, how he is compatible with other people. But no one else is you. He loves you, the real you, not anyone else. β
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"You didn't hide it before you got married. In the future, he should not and will not hold on to this matter. Instead, he will always reflect on his actions, for fear that it will cause you harm. He will accommodate you everywhere and defend you all the time, and that's why he loves you! Do you think he doesn't love you?"
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"You're always scared now, you're always having low self-esteem. But low self-esteem won't bring you any good. On the contrary, it will make you lose sight of the other person's sincerity. You can't see the efforts that the other person has done for you. After a long time, he will get tired. When the time comes, you will ruin yourself and fail him. β
"In the face of love, you should be brave enough to catch up! Who knows if you will love in the future? Do you think the same today as you did yesterday? Yesterday has passed, tomorrow has not yet arrived, you think so at this moment, just do it! No matter how much you think, it is meaningless to hinder today
"Grandpa!"
"Girl, you are the same person you used to be. You still have a chance, but I've been lonely for fifty years! Fifty years, half a century! Every day I look at that sunflower field, imagining what she used to be like. β
"......" Wen Qingshui knew that the sunflower field had such a poignant love story.
"She loved me so much, but I didn't understand it, I was immersed in my own thoughts, and I didn't understand until she left! But I never found her again! I learned later that she left because she loved me, and he couldn't bear to see me in pain. I used to know that she loved me, and I loved her. But I had low self-esteem, and I even felt that her love was too much for me to bear. She's gone! I realized that losing her was harder than bearing the burden of her love!"
"......" Wen Qingshui didn't know what she could say to comfort this infatuated old man.
"For so many years, I have regretted it all the time and blamed myself all the time. I learned that self-blame is more terrible than low self-esteem. β
"Grandpa, are you talking about grandma?"
"Yes! she's the only woman in my life. But I missed the quality time we had together!"