Chapter 22: Past and Present Lives 4
On a summer day in the second year of He Yonghui and Xia Xueqin's reconciliation, the god of death once again befell He Yonghui's relatives------ and his brother died in a car accident.
"You may not understand that for people like us who are used to being free and casual, returning to real life again is tantamount to going up a mountain of knives and going down to a sea of fire. He Yonghui took a sip of wine and said with a wry smile: "When I heard the news of my brother's death, in addition to grief, I also had fear of my future life. I wanted to take my helpless mother over to live with me, but my mother was very stubborn, and she had to stick to the family property that she had fought with her brother to live or die, so, hey, so I could only..."He Yonghui sighed and didn't want to talk about it again.
And Li Shaohui had vaguely understood what was going on, so he said He Yonghui's heart in one breath: "So the final outcome is that you went against your will and returned to Shanghai with Sister Xue." But at that time, your mood was also contradictory, on the one hand, you wanted to take Sister Xue back to Shanghai, on the other hand, you couldn't bear to let Sister Xue follow you to the troubled waters, and against her wishes, there is one more important point, you are afraid that your two pure love will not be able to withstand the smear of the big dye vat of reality, and the ground will be polluted beyond sight. ”
He Yonghui nodded and agreed, "Actually, people are selfish, although when I first returned to Shanghai, I showed Xue'er that everything respects her decision, but at that time, I was better to her, making her more reluctant to leave me, and I will inadvertently express the hope that she will go back with me, so after thinking about it again, the painful Xue'er finally agreed to give up her leisurely life for me, and chose to plunge into the reality of right and wrong with me." But what about me? After all, I didn't fulfill my promise to her, failed to protect her properly, gave her the life she wanted, the warmth she wanted, until finally forced her to run away from home. He Yonghui's eyes were red and swollen when he said these words, and tears kept rolling in his eyes.
In China, there is a complex relationship called mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, there is a sharp contradiction called mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, this kind of conflict has existed since ancient times, the ancients relied on five thousand years of wisdom, racking their brains but also unable to solve it, "Peacock Flying Southeast" is like this, "Hairpin Phoenix" is also the same, and in the end people can only helplessly leave a sentence "It is difficult for a clean official to cut off family affairs", sighing silently.
Unfortunately, He Yonghui fell into this eternal problem on the first day of his return, although he could scold Fang Yu in the treacherous shopping mall, but in the face of the two mountains of his beloved wife and beloved mother, he was helpless, and could only move forward cautiously.
He Yonghui's mother has been in the shopping mall for so many years, and she has already cultivated a strong character, and the people of that era are more or less superstitious, so Xia Xue inadvertently encountered a flying disaster--- He Yonghui's mother stubbornly thought that Xia Xue was a broom star, killed her eldest son, and abducted her younger son to be outside the wind and snow, not doing her job.
So on the first day He Yonghui and Xia Xue returned to Shanghai, He Yonghui's mother began to raise her eyebrows and raise her eyes, and began to toss in various ways, either explicitly or secretly.
And Xia Xue had no choice but to put away her proud self-esteem, began to endure humiliation, and begged to please her mother-in-law. But such a few years of persistence had little effect, and it did not impress He Yonghui's mother, so later, under He Yonghui's bitter pleading, Xia Xue became pregnant again, thinking of impressing her grandmother with the affection of her grandson or granddaughter.
It's just that when Xia Xue was pregnant for five months, He Yonghui's mother was once again unreasonable and cynical, which made the aggrieved Xia Xue collapse and faint.
When Xia Xue woke up, there was a bad news that the fetus in Xia Xue's womb could not be saved because it was implicated, so she could only be forced to have a miscarriage.
Seeing a fresh little life die in her womb, Xia Xue, as a mother, was grief-stricken. At that moment, on the cold table of the operation, Xia Xue suddenly hated He Yonghui and her mother-in-law, at that time her pale face was lifeless, as desolate and desolate as the dead branches and leaves in winter, but her eyes were like the edge of the unsheathed cold sword, cold and invisible, He Yonghui was looked at by Xia Xue's cold eyes, and his heart trembled, he knew that at that moment, Xia Xue's hatred for him went deep into the bone marrow.
After being discharged from the hospital, Xia Xue gave He Yonghui an ultimatum, between himself and his mother, he could only choose one of the two, He Yonghui hesitated, and in desperation, Xia Xue resolutely moved out, and the two officially began to live separately.
Li Shaohui regretted in his heart, the two of them experienced great hardships and hardships, but they lost to the cruel reality of killing people without seeing blood, no wonder He Yonghui was so rich that Xia Xue still had to come out to work, no wonder the arrogant Xia Xue was willing to mix in this pile of men who were lustful and horses, no wonder Xia Xue was a woman who didn't like to go home, it turned out that she lost her child, and she was heartbroken by the person she loved the most.
Thinking of this, Li Shaohui's heart turned, and he asked again: "Didn't you still have a child on the run? Where did he go again?"
When He Yonghui heard this, a bitter smile appeared on his face, and he choked up: "Child, that child, he was beaten by us." On the way to escape, Xue'er was displaced all the way, Xue'er's body was greatly damaged, and she had no choice but to do it. Speaking of this, He Yonghui actually laughed, but there was a cry in the laughter, and after a while, he hugged the vermilion guitar like a child and cried in a low voice.
Waiting for He Yonghui's crying to stop, he said intermittently: "What's more unfortunate is that the second miscarriage caused more damage to Xue'er's body, the day Xue'er had an abortion was a stormy bad weather, when Xue'er woke up from the hospital bed and learned the news, her face was colorless, she just looked out the window with empty eyes, and didn't say a word."
When I went out to pay the bill, she dragged her sick body and ran out into the street alone, letting the wind blow and the rain rain... So, after that night, she was left with the root of a headache on a rainy day, and what was even more sad was that Cher could never get pregnant again and could no longer be a mother. ”
"What? How can this be? Why don't you stop her a little, how can you let a patient run out on a rainy day?" Li Shaohui was shocked and angry when he heard that Xia Xue had been wronged like this, and he couldn't help grabbing He Yonghui's collar and roaring. But when he saw He Yonghui's face full of vicissitudes, he didn't know how to vent the anger in his heart, so he had to ask in a dumb voice: "What happened later? What happened later?"
He Yonghui was still immersed in the sadness of the past and remained silent.
Li Shaohui's anger that had just subsided suddenly came out again, and in a fit of rage, he gave He Yonghui a punch and asked sharply: "You are dumb, let me ask you what happened later?"
"Later, later, didn't you know later?" He Yonghui woke up from his pain after Li Shaohui's punch, and said slowly, his tone was much calmer.
"He Yonghui, as a man, Lao Tzu really despises you, do you say that these things you do are what a man should do? Xia Xue, what a good woman, she has paid so much for you, and she has been hurt so deeply by you, you don't want to make up for her, love her, but you are messing with flowers and grass outside, do you say that you are still a man?" After that, the more Li Shaohui thought about it, the more angry he became, he thought of Xia Xue smiling and shouting his "Hui Wazi", and also thought of Lin Yue'er's sad smile when she was separated. These two women who are inextricably linked with themselves, these two women who are loved by themselves to the bone and put on the tip of their hearts, but they are completely injured by the hateful man in front of them.
It's just that Li Shaohui, who is indignant at the moment, I don't know if he has calmed down and thought, are these two innocent women just injured by He Yonghui?
Accused by Li Shaohui, He Yonghui became more and more ashamed, lowered his head and was silent, Li Shaohui thought that Lin Yue'er and Xia Xue would no longer speak.
After a long time, He Yonghui raised his head, muttered for a long time, and suddenly stared at Li Shaohui like a torch, as if something earth-shattering was about to happen, Li Shaohui was very unnatural by him, and said impatiently: "What else do you have to do?" If it is something that continues to hurt Sister Xue, don't be grinning, I am ashamed of you." ”
He Yonghui said astringently: "It's not Xue'er's business, it's Yue'er's business, I think this matter still has to be explained to you anyway, Yue'er and I were completely broken off on the day we separated, although she also looked for me later, but I still rejected it ruthlessly, and since then, we have never been in touch, so please believe me in this point, and please believe in Yue'er's character." ”
Li Shaohui sighed and said: "I naturally believe in our girl, you don't need to explain this, and then I also figured it out, I used to be dizzy and impulsive, so I did those bastard things." ”
He Yonghui nodded and said, "It's good if you believe it, it's good to believe it, so have you ever gone to find Yue'er?"
Li Shaohui didn't answer immediately, he stared at He Yonghui with a very unhappy expression, and after a while, he suddenly sneered: "Her name is Lin Yue'er, you are in the past tense, you give me some respect, Yue'er is only called by me." ”
He Yonghui smiled awkwardly when he heard this, and said with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, I was abrupt." ”
Then, the two fell into a short silence, and after a long time, He Yonghui asked again, "Have you looked for Lin Yue'er?"
Li Shaohui smiled bitterly: "Naturally, there is, but the world is so big, in the vast sea of people, how can I easily find the person who deliberately avoided me?"
He Yonghui said with relief: "Yue--Lin Yue'er, I still have some understanding of that person, she is angry with you, but her temperament, she will not always hate you, the last incident hit her too hard, she needs a quiet place to heal, and when she recovers, she should come back to give you a chance to admit her mistakes." ”
"Really? Is what you said true? You can't lie to me on purpose, right?" Li Shaohui was excited when he heard this, and even his voice trembled a little.