Yan Ran's hometown is 30 kilometers away from the city, which is not a long distance, but because of the traffic jam, it took almost two hours. Mr. and Mrs. Qiao Bai and Qiao Mo said very little on the road, carefully taking care of Yan Ran's emotions, but Yan Ran did not change much on the surface.

She quietly looked at the scenery speeding by outside the window, feeling strange and familiar. Her shadow was reflected in the bright car window, bright as spring, but her thoughts grew like weeds. Since returning from abroad, she has not dared to touch this exclusive memory that belongs to her. She was afraid of breakdown, afraid of memories, afraid of the past......

Haruka remembers that the day before she went to Australia, her mother told her to pack her things, not to cause trouble to adults, and not to disappoint her father who was far away in Australia, and to be a good child.

The wooden door made a "babbling" sound, and it was covered with moss. Walking into the stone path of the garden, there is a chicly designed oval country house, which is immediately attracted by the surrounding square houses. What caught the eye was that the owner of the house hadn't been seen for three and a half years, and now, a group of strangers had returned with their former children.

Qiao Bai and Yang Fei were fetching water from the well outside, starting to clean up, and Yan ran into their parents' room, the neatly laid bed was covered with dust, the door of the wardrobe was still open, and the group photo of a family of three on the table was blurred.

Yan Ran looked through the wardrobe and noticed that there was a small mezzanine in the hidden part of the wardrobe, at that time Yan Ran often heard her mother and father on the phone, and when her mother thought about her father, she opened the mezzanine and took out something, and closed it again after hanging up the phone. At that time, Yan Ran had not grown taller and couldn't touch this mezzanine, but now I know that this is the place where my mother puts her private belongings.

There was a thick stack of letters from my father to my mother. She took it out and patted the ashes, and a picture fell down.

This is a picture of a young man, the picture has not been over-sculpted, and has been eroded a lot.

But if you look closely, the eyebrows and eyes are so familiar......

"What's wrong?"

Yan Ran's body trembled, startled by the sudden words. She was fascinated by the thoughts, unaware of Jomer's presence.

"I didn't ...... It's okay. Yan Ran quickly hid the photo in the letter and put it in the mezzanine before Qiao Mo saw it.

Qiao Mo gently silently shook her head and comforted, "It's okay, I'm here." ”

Yan Ran was absent-minded, and only nodded after a few seconds, she panicked in her heart, and pushed Qiao Mo out.

"You don't go to help your uncle and aunt, what are you doing here? "Words change the subject.

Qiao Mo let Yan Ran push him and entered another room, full of princess style, there is no doubt that it is Yan Ran's room.

There is a photo wall on the wall, on which are all photos of Yan Ran 1-15 years old, and the timeline drawn with colored pens has been drawn to the age of 25, but the photos have come to an abrupt end by the age of 15.

"I've been a beauty since I was a child. ”

Yan Ran listened to him say this "frivolous" words, glared at him lightly, and said: "The genetics are good, and my mother is also a big beauty." ”

"Looks like you're not ashamed, can't you tell I'm comforting you?" jomo quipped, opening the workbook in the drawer.

"Don't show it, don't look at it. Yan Ran stretched out the book in his hand, he was so tall that Yan Ran couldn't reach it.

"Why are you so stingy, see what's wrong?"

Yan Ran was discouraged, and if he couldn't get it, he had to compromise: "Then you see." ”

Downstairs, the Qiao couple were busy, and a large truck stopped in front of the door. The driver instructed the workers to carry several large boxes of things down and remove some debris.

"Be careful, don't break it. Yang Fei reminded the workers and continued: "Today's task is to repaint the exterior wall of this house and restore it to its original appearance, but don't touch the things inside the house. Including outside doors, weeds and floors are cleaned. ”

"Yes, ma'am. ”

Yang Fei pinched her sore waist and arms, she hadn't worked like this for a long time, and she was tired after sitting for a while.

"Take a break and don't tire yourself out. Qiao Bai put down the broom in his hand and rubbed her waist.

"I'm not tired, I feel quite fulfilling, I feel like I'm back to before we started our business, and I did the work at home, and now it's nothing. ”

Qiao Bai sighed with emotion: "Thank you for your hard work." You take a break outside in the sun while I'll go in and tidy up. ”

"Good. ”

Qiao Bai went into the house with a feather duster, and Yang Fei saw several villagers watching, and took some New Year's goods out to distribute them to everyone.

An old grandmother became curious, looked at Yang Fei carefully, and realized that she had recognized the wrong person: "I thought it was Chen Lu who came back." ”

Yang Fei knew that Chen Lu was Yanran's mother's name, and everyone was puzzled by the sudden disappearance of this family, so she simply smiled and did not answer, and prepared to enter the house.

"Yes, who are you, if it weren't for our relatives, we would have called the police. This middle-aged woman took the things given by Yang Fei in her hand and stuffed it into her mouth, and she didn't forget to give others a grievance.

Yang Fei didn't want to cause misunderstanding, so she asked rhetorically: "If we have the key, it means that we didn't come in illegally, in what name did you call the police?"

The middle-aged woman disagreed, spit out the melon seed skin and continued: "The Yan family has been empty for more than three years, didn't Chen Lu elope with someone? There are also rumors that the joint lover murdered the male master. The police have come to investigate. ”

Yang Fei was shocked, how could there be such rumors! But she had nothing to argue, after all, she had no contact with Chen Lu before her death, and she didn't know about these things.

"Yes, the police didn't investigate the reason, but Chen Lu never came back, and eighty percent ran away with her lover. Another said.

"Is there any evidence for what you say? It seems immoral to speak ill of people behind your back?!" Yang Fei was very angry, but her birth upbringing did not allow her to turn her face.

"Yan Chen used to come back a few times a year, but in the past few years, the figure has disappeared, and we can't contact him because of the community, which shows that the rumors are not groundless. ”

Then the silent old woman spoke, and she pointed to the small house next to her and said, "I live next to them, and now I can't see very clearly, but I could see a few years ago." I saw a man who often came in the evening and left in the morning, and I didn't see who it was, but it was definitely not the father of Yanran. ”

"yes, I saw it too. I also said hello to him, and he drove away in a hurry and ignored me. ”

……

Everyone discussed in a few words, the past things could no longer be verified, but when they thought of the car accident of the Yan couple and thought about it carefully, a cloud of doubts lingered in Yang Fei's mind, could it be ......

"Is the license plate clear?" Yang Fei asked.

"I don't remember even if I saw it, but it was definitely a local car. A dark-skinned man seemed to remember something again, and said, "By the way, I also saw the logo of the store on the car, and the car was rented!"

"How do you remember so clearly?" asked the middle-aged woman.

"I was so impressed, the man often came during that time, and a mother with a child often left a man overnight, I must have been curious and paid more attention. The man said.

Everyone saw that Yang Fei's face was displeased, and walked away with some interest, and some stayed in place to watch the excitement. The old grandmother couldn't bear it, so she said: "Don't think too much, they don't have any malice in this matter, it's just that this small place, as soon as there is a little wind and grass, it will be rumored, it's over, don't you care." ”

Yang Fei barely raised a smile, she was not in the mood now, and went straight into the house.

"Fei Fei, what are you talking about?" Qiao Bai saw Yang Fei come in, looking absent-minded, just watching her chatting with the residents.

"I just heard about Chen Lu's things, and I don't know if it's true. ”

Qiao Bai suddenly became interested, put down the work in his hand and asked, "What's the matter?"

Yang Fei glanced at Qiao Bai, not knowing whether to say it.

"What do you mean?" asked Jober.

"I don't know how to speak...... It's Chen Lu's gossip at home...... It shouldn't be true, I'm just afraid that the words will be affected. ”

Qiao Bai breathed a sigh of relief: "Alas, what should I be, Chen Lu looks good, Yan Chen hasn't gone home for a long time, and it's normal to be looked at." ”

"How do you know that Chen Lu is good-looking?"

Qiao Bai couldn't answer for a while when asked, and said hesitantly: "I've seen the photos, what do I have to do with Yan Chen, how can I not even see his wife." ”

"I'll just ask casually, see if you're nervous. Yang Fei no longer embarrassed him, "They didn't say this, they said that Chen Lu used to have men spend the night at home, and everyone saw it." ”

"We can't control this kind of thing, and now that people are gone, what's the use of talking about it. It is better not to let Yan Ran hear these words, lest he touch the scene and think of any sad things. ”

"Yes, that's what I thought, but seeing these people so gossip, I don't want to come back. ”

"I won't come back very often, tell Jomo and he'll be fine. Qiao Bai looked around and continued: "The two of them are probably still upstairs, so don't let Yan get out." ”

"Got it. ”

Late at night, the workers who repaired the exterior wall called it a day, and Yang Fei paid the wages after checking it, and the workers left.

"Uncle and aunt, we have cleaned the upstairs and can go back. Upstairs, Yan Ran poked his head out and said to the Qiao couple downstairs.

"Then come down quickly, we have just cooked our meal, and we will stay for one night tonight and go back." Yang Fei said while setting the dishes and chopsticks.

"Sister-in-law, it's too sudden, there's nothing here. Jomo worried.

"I've got all the new ones ready, don't worry. But you're going to sleep in the guest room tonight, it's a little small, don't you mind?"

"Thank you, sister-in-law, for still leaving a place for me to sleep, thank God for not letting me lay on the floor. Jömer sat down.

"I'm not that mean to you, don't talk nonsense. The corners of Yang Fei's mouth curled, knowing that what he said was his preference for words.

Qiao Bai: "You still eat the vinegar of words." ”

Mr. and Mrs. Qiao and Yan Ran looked at each other and smiled, and the "family" had a happy meal.