Chapter 15: Parents and Brothers
After thinking about it carefully, Xiao Ruo decided to make a medicinal meal to help her family recuperate, so as soon as breakfast was over, she went to the kitchen to get busy.
In the living room, Wen Changzong and several people were chatting with tea in their hands, and Wang Yu looked curiously at Augustine, who turned on his small portable computer after eating, and asked, "Augustine, I always see that you are using this, well, this is a computer, right?"
Augustine raised his head when he heard this, nodded, and said, "Yes."
Then there was no sound, and Wang Yu had to ask again: "Then what are you doing with this?"
Augustine replied, "Programming."
Wang Yu suddenly felt a cold wind blowing in the living room, looked at the serious Augustine, and was speechless.
"Old Wen, my lord, they are here, I want to see you, you can see ......" There was silence in the living room, and a young man who did not look amazing came in from the door, walked to everyone's side, and said after a salute.
Wen Changzong was stunned for a moment, and then realized, it would be strange if Xiao Lin and them didn't come, but ......
"Let Ruoruo decide for herself." Wang Yu saw the master's embarrassment and said.
Wen Ya also nodded, got up and went to the kitchen.
"Ruoruo!"
Xiao Ruo was putting the cut vegetables into the crockpot on the stove, and when she heard that it was gentle, she smiled without looking back: "Mother Ya, you are too anxious, it's only less than ten o'clock, and I have to wait for a long time for this meal."
Wen Ya hesitated for a while, but still walked behind Xiao Ruo, pressed her hand to chop vegetables, and waited for Xiao Ruo to look up at her suspiciously, then looked into Xiao Ruo's eyes, and said with difficulty: "Ruoruo, your parents are here, you ...... Would you like to meet them?"
As soon as the words fell, Wen Ya felt Xiao Ruo's hand shake violently. And quickly lowered his head. It took a long time to look up at her, and there was indifference in his eyes.
"Ya Mom, what are you talking nonsense? Mom and Dad are no longer here, how can they come and see me?"
Wen Ya felt a pain in her heart and held Xiao Ruo's hand. said, "If you don't want to see it, don't see it."
Xiao Ruo laughed, shook his head and said, "Why don't you see it?" The visitor is a guest, and Master Tai has always taught me to be polite. ”
Wen Ya stared at Xiao Ruo for a moment, sure that she was still in a calm mood, so she nodded and said, "As long as you want."
When Xiao Lin and Yang Bing came in with Xiao Chu, they saw Xiao Ruo sitting on the sofa alone. Holding a thick book-like thing flipping through it, beside him was Anthony, the almighty butler, which he strongly requested.
Several people looked at the serious Xiao Ruo, their expressions were a little trance, and when the long-term expectation became a reality, it seemed so unreal, this person. Is that their daughter/sister?
Hearing the sound of people coming in, Xiao Ruo raised his head. There was a shock in my heart.
These are her family members, biological parents? Biological brother?
But. In the first life, she could only grab food and drink like beggars, where were they?
Where were they when she was being sold around by human traffickers?
Where were they when she was insulted, innocent, and benefactor-like like like a family member died?
Where were they when she was locked up for nearly a decade and lived a hellish life every day?
……
Xiao Ruo smiled and shook her head, for so many years, she had been walking alone. She has parents, Chen Chuan and Wen Hui, and she has relatives, Master Tai and Uncle Yu. Ya Mama. As for these people. What does it have to do with her? She never relied on them.
"You three of you, please be seated, Anthony. Go and prepare tea. Xiao Ruo said lightly.
"Yes, Xiu." Anthony glanced at Xiao Ruo worriedly, and when he saw the persistence in her eyes, he still went down.
"What if...... If you ...... I...... I am ......" Yang Bing spoke eagerly, but looking at Xiao Ruo's indifferent face, he couldn't say a word.
"You mean to say you're my real mother, right?" Xiao Ruo interrupted Yang Bing's words and turned to the two men, "The other two, are my biological father and twin brother?"
Xiao Lin nodded with difficulty and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.
Feeling the slightest connection between himself and Xiao Chu, Xiao Ruo was surprised, and then cut it off without hesitation. With her strength, this is effortless to do.
Xiao Chu was shocked and looked at Xiao Ruo in astonishment, at that moment, he seemed to feel that something important had been lost. Moreover, it can never be recovered.
"I already know about this, so do you guys have anything else?" Xiao Ruo sat there with a faint smile on his face, polite but detached.
Yang Bing felt as if his throat was choked by something, his eyes were hot, and tears flowed out unconsciously.
Xiao Lin and Xiao Chu were also uncomfortable in their hearts, but they didn't know what to say.
"Can I know what my grandfather does?" Xiao Ruo thought of Alice's entrustment and asked with a sigh.
Xiao Lin coughed several times before he finally found his voice, and replied hoarsely: "Now it's the core No. 5 leader."
Xiao Ruoran nodded, then tilted his head and said curiously: "Then grandpa must have worked very hard in the turbulent era, right?" The special incident a year ago has only passed, and those who can get to this point must be with Deng Gongzhan, so the ten-year period will definitely be criticized.
I don't know why Xiao Ruo asked this, but Xiao Lin still answered, with a trace of memory in his words: "Yes, at that time, your grandfather was locked up in the cowshed and was criticized every day."
"Oh." Xiao Ruo nodded understandingly, "Yes, that's really hard." It must have been bad at the cowshed, probably about the same as what I ate. ”
Xiao Chu, whose face was full of complexity, raised his head suspiciously when he heard this.
Seeing his appearance, Xiao Ruo smiled lightly and said, "I think my brother also suffered a lot at that time." But I should be able to eat enough, I really envy you. If I want to be full, I have to go around several houses and fight several times to get enough food, which is really not easy. She sighed.
"Fight?" Xiao Chu muttered strangely.
"yes, fight." Xiao Ruo said happily, "You don't know, there was really not much food at that time, we were a group of more than a dozen people, although I was the youngest, but every time I got the most things, and no one could rob me." In the end, she proudly straightened her chest.
"What if...... Ruoruo ......" Yang Bing felt that her eyes were already blurry, she trembled and stretched out her hand, wanting to touch the now mature face that she hadn't seen for eighteen years, but she hung down weakly halfway, as if the distance between her and her daughter was like a moat, and she couldn't reach it.
"Well, I should thank you, if you hadn't made me so beautiful, I guess there wouldn't be so many people to feed me." Xiao Ruo looked at the three people opposite gratefully, as if he didn't see the sadness and tears on their faces, and said to himself, "Brother's kung fu is doing well, right?" Me too, so I'm even more grateful to you. I should have taken a medicinal bath when I was younger, and no one could beat me if I didn't grab something?" There was a flash of realization on her face.
"Moreover, I once slept in a bridge cave when I suddenly felt hot all over my body, as if I was about to fly into the sky. I thought that there must be a roast goose in the sky and a bed with a quilt, but just as I was flying to the happy time, I fell off and found that I was still in the bridge hole, which was really disappointing. It's so depressing to fall off every time like this. Xiao Ruo said indignantly.
Bridge holes?
Yang Bing and the others felt a pain in their hearts, if Ruoruo lived such a day when he was a child? How did she, a little girl who is less than six years old, come over?
Xiao Ruo seemed to think of something happy, and the expression on her face softened: "Later, my parents came, they are so nice, I have my own room, I sleep very soft, I can eat what I like every day, and beautiful clothes, I must be the happiest girl in the world."
"But......" she clutched her chest, as if she couldn't see through, "but Mom and Dad are gone, and it's me who killed them, it's me ......"
"Ruoruo ......" Yang Bing couldn't cry, involuntarily walked over and hugged her daughter, choked up, "I don't blame you, I don't blame you, it's me who should be blamed, it's me who is useless as a mother, and I didn't take a good look at you...... Ruoruo, you scold your mother fiercely......"
Xiao Ruo was hugged into Yang Bing's arms without resistance. This embrace, is it Mom? Is it? But why does it feel so strange?
For a long time, there was only the sound of Yang Bing sobbing in the entire living room, and no one spoke.
Xiao Lin leaned on the sofa weakly, closed his eyes in pain, and the remorse in his heart was indescribable.
What kind of father is he? Her daughter has been begging for a living since she was a child, and she has been on the verge of death several times, and she has finally been adopted and has to accept the grief of bereavement. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't take care of his family, how could this happen?
Xiao Chu sat dumbfounded, as if his soul was out of his body. With Xiao Ruo's narration, he seemed to be able to see a small figure, stumbling and living alone, and even almost died, but he still came strong. He couldn't imagine what kind of pain she had been through.
Even if the grandfather was locked up in the cowshed, everyone in the family was implicated, but he never missed a penny from these juniors, he couldn't understand the hardships that Xiao Ruo had suffered, and he almost felt cold when he thought about it. Because he had vaguely experienced those feelings, but he could be sure that what he felt would never be what Xiao Ruo could bear.
What the family owes to my sister may never be able to pay off. Maybe from the moment she lost it, she was no longer the daughter of the Xiao family.
But is my aunt to blame? She was betrayed by those closest to her, and she also affected the only girl in the family who loved her the most, and received two big blows in one day in a row, almost everyone blamed her. She has hardly returned home for more than ten years, and has been living in a simple place in Q University, living an ascetic life.
Xiao Chu, who has seen Xiao Qing's current situation, really can't tell who is to blame for this matter.
It should be the fault of the family, you shouldn't trust the Zheng family, you shouldn't let him get close to your sister, and you shouldn't even have a relationship with the Zheng family. But Lanling Xiao and Xingyang Zheng, how can they break off their friendship for nearly a thousand years?
Perhaps, my sister, shouldn't have been born in the Xiao family.