Chapter 13: Painful Memories
Mulan felt that she was about to sink, out of breath, and wanted to swim ashore to breathe a breath of oxygen, so she sat up suddenly, exhaled heavily, but found that her whole body was soaked with sweat, Mulan Xin stroked her chest and lay down obliquely, her eyes empty and weak.
"This dream is connected with the previous dream, Lan Xin, Ling Xiao, who are they, why do they always appear in my dreams, my name is Mu Lanxin, could it be that Lan Xin is me...... That...... What about Chu Nanfeng? Who is he?"
Mu Lanxin scratched her head with her hand, she actually fell asleep on the sofa, and saw that the time was already 2 o'clock at night, Mu Lanxin got up lazily, walked to the window, and found that Chu Nanfeng's house was still lit up, Mu Lanxin muttered: "Don't sleep yet, are you dreaming?"
Chu Nanfeng, who was opposite the window, was sitting in a rocking chair at the moment, looking at the sky outside the window, the stars were twinkling, and when he came back from the night market, Chu Nanfeng did not feel the slightest sleep.
Looking back, he didn't know how long it had been since he had felt so relaxed.
This apartment is the only property left to him by his mother Liu Qiulian, Chu Nanfeng's hometown was originally in Shuicheng, and the family conditions are also good, but when he was 13 years old, a fire ended all his happiness.
My father was in business, was deceived, lost all his money, and owed countless foreign debts, because he couldn't stand the blow, he jumped from the 17th floor, died on the spot, and handed over the whole mess to Chu Nanfeng's mother.
And when the father has not yet entered the ground, the creditors have begun to come to the door to collect the debt, the mother is very sad, and everyone whispered with tears in her eyes: "My old Chu is gone, can you let him enter the earth first?" I will definitely find a way to repay your money. ”
Chu Nanfeng was in a state of extreme panic every day, looking at his mother's tearful eyes and old age, watching all kinds of ugly faces continue to persecut, even if he was resentful in his heart, he still had to accompany his mother to apologize to them, and his groveling request could be relaxed for a few days.
At that time, Chu Nanfeng's mother couldn't sleep all night, and the first thing she did when she opened her eyes every day was to go out to borrow money.
On the second day after Chu Nanfeng's father passed the first seven, Liu Qiulian got up early, dressed up, made his favorite three-fresh stuffed dumplings for Chu Nanfeng, and fried a large table of dishes.
At the dinner table, his mother kept serving Chu Nanfeng vegetables, took his hand and said to him: "Nanfeng, you have to study hard, you have grown up now, my mother believes that you have been able to take care of yourself, you must remember that all the hardships will pass, and in the future, you must learn to be brave." ”
Chu Nanfeng was eating dumplings and vegetables, and his happiness had made him completely ignore his mother's changes, and he thought that his mother had finally cheered up.
And he didn't know that this day was goodbye, Chu Nanfeng's mother recorded a video and sent it to all the creditors, she shouted to them in the room: "You remember, you forced me to die, you forced our family to ruin, and each of you is guilty." ”
After shouting this, he set the house on fire, and muttered in his mouth: "Feng'er, don't blame my mother, my mother can't bear it, this is the only way I can think of to give you innocence, don't be bound by us, live freely in this life." ”
After school, Chu Nanfeng took the bean paste bag he bought for his mother, hummed a song happily and walked home, and before he arrived at the door, he had already heard the bustling crowd talking, and then saw that the cordon had blocked the perimeter of his house.
Chu Nanfeng threw away the bean paste bag and ran forward, ran outside the cordon, pushing the crowd, only to find that his house had burned to ruins.
The police, fire, community and other departments are dealing with the scene, but his mother is missing.
Chu Nanfeng struggled to push away the crowd, pulled the cordon and shouted frantically: "Mom... Mom", the police hurriedly ran over to stop him, Chu Nanfeng felt that something was wrong in the morning, but he thought that his mother saw it, and he never thought it would be like this.
Fear spread throughout Chu Nanfeng's body, he suddenly didn't dare to move forward, he didn't dare to cry, he was afraid that if he shed tears, all this would be true.
The policeman ran to Chu Nanfeng and asked, "Are you Liu Qiulian's family?"
Chu Nanfeng held back his tears with difficulty, only to feel that the tears flowed back into his heart, so painful, Chu Nanfeng restrained himself, and said with difficulty: "My mother...... Where?"
The policeman sighed, everyone was still, watching Chu Nanfeng run madly to the stretcher covered with a white cloth, kneeling on the ground, trembling hands carefully uncovering the white cloth, a charred female corpse, no longer alive.
Looking at such a mother, Chu Nanfeng couldn't control it anymore, he cried loudly, he hated life, hated his father, and hated those creditors who collected debts every day.
He slowly stretched out his hand, pulled the hand that was no longer warm, only hard and scorched, and with the other hand, wiped his mother's face, and muttered: "Mom, is it very painful, Feng'er will help you rub it, you used to love beauty so much, but now your face is dark, and it doesn't look good." ”
It wasn't until Gu Xiaoqing's mother Xue Xue arrived that Chu Nanfeng's silence was broken.
Xue Xue carefully sat beside Chu Nanfeng, gently wrapped her hand around Chu Nanfeng's shoulder and said, "Your mother entrusted me to take care of you, and she left a letter for me, Nanfeng, you ...... Would you like to take a look at it first?"
"Letter?" Chu Nanfeng turned his head to look at Xue Xue, his eyes were full of blood, which really surprised Xue Xue, Xue Xue took out the letter from her bag and handed it over.
Chu Nanfeng let go of his mother's hand, took the letter with both hands, the tears and blood were like water, drop by drop on the letter, and the letter that had not been opened several times was opened by Xue Xue and handed over.
"Nanfeng, mom went to find Dad, mom knows I'm sorry for you, leaving you alone in this world, but mom is reluctant to take you away, your life has just begun, mom really can't bear it. ”
"Forgive mom for being selfish, don't be resentful, this account is owed by us, and you and I should pay it back to me, we shouldn't let you be with us, you have to live a good and happy life." ”
"Mom can't be with you anymore, but my parents still love you in another world, watching my son grow up, watching my son become my pride. ”
"Nanfeng, don't be strong enough like your parents in the future, you have to live hard, there are 1 million in this card, the password is your birthday, it is the New Year's money saved for you since childhood, your grandmother still left an apartment in Hongshi, and I have transferred it to your name. ”
"Leave this place with your Aunt Xue and start over, this jade pendant is handed down from my ancestors and left to my future daughter-in-law, although my mother can't see it, but I think you must be very happy at that time, and your mother is also happy, you have to promise your mother to take care of yourself, your mother loves you, and she loves you very much. ”
Chu Nanfeng was almost crazy at the moment and pounced on his mother, Xue Xue hurriedly hugged him, and the comrades in the community also came to hug him, and the whole territory could only hear Chu Nanfeng's heart-rending cry, Xue Xue hugged Chu Nanfeng and said: "Nanfeng, your mother is dead, the deceased is gone, you have to live well to be worthy of your parents." ”
Xu was exhausted from crying, and Chu Nanfeng muttered in a low voice: "Yes, I want to be worthy of my parents, and I want to make my mother feel at ease." ”
Chu Nanfeng slowly picked up the jade pendant in the envelope, hung the jade pendant on his chest, and patted it gently with his hand.
Chu Nanfeng didn't notice that when the jade pendant was hung on his chest, it emitted a moment of bright light, and then fell silent again.
Then Chu Nanfeng picked up the letter again, blew the dust, swept it with his hands, folded it and put it in his pocket.
Silent tears and distress impacted Chu Nanfeng again and again, and at this moment he became an orphan completely.
Chu Nanfeng didn't want to go to Xue Xue's house to live, but Xue Xue insisted on raising him, and said that it was to comfort his mother's spirit in the sky, which made Chu Nanfeng unable to refuse, and Chu Nanfeng was young and needed a guardian.
After dealing with his mother's funeral, Chu Nanfeng followed Xue Xue back to Hongshi and lived in the apartment left by his mother.
Chu Nanfeng, who was sitting in the rocking chair, caressed the jade pendant with his hand, he hadn't remembered this painful memory for a long time, but he didn't feel as painful as before.
Thinking back to the encounter with Mu Lanxin at night, he deeply felt that a beam of light had entered his heart, and he was completely defenseless, and Chu Nanfeng, unconsciously, raised the corners of his mouth instead.