Chapter VII

In the year of the college entrance examination, the cool and lonely life in summer seemed to be covered with dust. She is like a cold machine every day, only knowing how to read and write like crazy, looking forward to leaving this grizzled town as soon as possible.

After that fire, after some simple repairs, it seems that the entire No. 1 Middle School is back on track, but everyone who survived knows that the laughter and laughter of the past are no longer there.

Lin Mu no longer discusses Cang with others. The well is empty, Ma Shan will no longer grandstand for the so-called "love", and Li Xiaoqiu can no longer swagger through the market in front of the small mirror with heavy makeup every day.

Everyone, it's like they've changed their faces overnight.

And those days were like sand on the fingertips, flowing along the fingertips unconsciously.

After the college entrance examination, on the day of filling in the volunteers, Xia Liangshan checked Shen Liangye's Baidu Encyclopedia on the Internet again, she stared closely at the "location" column, looked at the two words "Haicheng", and seemed to be eager to see through.

In the end, she did not hesitate to apply for Haicheng A University.

This is the first time in her history that she chooses to go to a city because she loves someone.

Because she thinks that if she loves someone, she must go to his city, or walk casually, see the roads he has walked, the clouds he has seen, and the air he has breathed; Either stay in his city, even if you can't be with him for the rest of your life, you can live with hope every day.

To old age, to death.

And what she doesn't know is that there is actually another person in this world who has the same humility as her in dealing with love.

This person is Lin Mu, he secretly looked at Xia Lianglone's volunteer form, and did not hesitate to apply for the same school in the same city with her.

On the day he got the admission letter from Shanghai A University, Xia Lianglone's grandfather sighed in the study.

Since Xia Lianglone's father left, he has obviously aged. He had white hair, a wrinkled face, and his hands were covered with dull yellow calluses. He looked at Xia Lianglone, who finally had a smile after a year, and could only sigh slightly: "That's it, that's it." Liang Lonely, although you failed to follow my wishes to apply for the medical university in the province, but seeing you so happy, grandpa's regret is not worth mentioning. ”

On this day, Xia Lianglone's mother Qin Yan suddenly called, she first briefly inquired about Xia Lianglone's college entrance examination results, and then she became distracted.

Since Qin Yan went to Haicheng to work, in the past year, Xia Liangshan has been busy preparing for the college entrance examination, and Qin Yan has been working overtime day and night in order to make a living, so the contact between their mother and daughter has become less and less.

In fact, Xia Liangshan can understand Qin Yan's pain and hardships over the years better than anyone else, since she got rid of Xia Zongbao's violence and entanglement, she still has to carry the burden of the family alone.

Until Qin Yan told her: "Liang Lonely, my mother is getting married, and it will be on the 28th of this month." You'll bless your mother, right? ”

Suddenly hearing the news that Qin Yan was about to get married, Xia Lianglone's hands became cold at that moment, her whole person was still for a few seconds, and after taking a deep breath, she smiled, her eyes were red, "Mom, I will wish you happiness." ”

"So, will you come to your mother's wedding?"

"Of course."

She looked at the calendar on the wall, there was less than a week before the 28th, and school was about to start, and she thought it was time for her to pack her bags and get ready to go.

When Xia Liangshan was about to pack his luggage, Ma Shan came.

It was late summer dusk, and the sun had set into the western mountains before the water vapor evaporated by the sunlight had evaporated from the flowers and plants in the yard.

On this day, Ma Shanxi was dressed in leather shoes, he was wearing shiny leather shoes, and the whole person looked refreshed.

When I got closer, my hair was waxed and stood on end. If you look closely, his face is not as round as before, and Ma Shan at this moment has a little more maturity and restraint.

As soon as he walked into the house, Xia Liangliang froze there. Because at that moment, she suddenly remembered a sentence: "Time is not reserved for teenagers, it is too hurried." ”

Ma Shan smiled at her, hesitated for a few seconds, and then said, "Liang Lone, I'm here to say goodbye to you." ”

"Farewell? Where are you going? Xia Liangshan looked him up and down, with a questioning face.

"I'm going to Guangzhou, you know, my dad has a garment factory over there. He said a long time ago that I was not a student material, so it was better to go to society as soon as possible and start a business with him. ”

His voice became lower and lower, and finally he even choked up a little: "My mother was burned to death in this town, and my family's old house has long been unrecognizable. Cool Silence, after saying goodbye to you, I don't think I'll ever come back. You have to take care. ”

After speaking, Ma Shan's eyes moistened. The golden glow shrouded his back, and she watched him, her lips open to reveal a soft note. In that grand twilight, all the qiē was cast as part of the rigid river of time.

Goodbye, Mashan.

Goodbye, that time of chaos.

15

In the evening, when Xia Liangshan was packing his luggage, he suddenly found a yellowed old photo in the crack of the wardrobe.

The photo is five inches in size, and the corners and corners are slightly wrinkled. A smiling girl stood on the bank of the Huangpu River, about eight or nine years old, wearing a pink puffy dress, like a flower fairy coming out of a painting.

Xia Liangshan looked at it a few times, racking her brains, she couldn't remember who the girl in the photo was.

Until a neat line of small print appeared on the back of the photo: beloved daughter Lin Shanshan in 1998, Shanghai. Qin Yanliu.

At that moment, Xia Liangliang's mind began to go blank.

Beloved daughter Lin Shanshan?

Qin Yan?

Xia Liangshan couldn't have imagined that her mother Qin Yan actually had a daughter!

That night, through the dim light, Xia Liangliang's grandmother told her a dusty past.

In the story, there are Qin Yan, Xia Zongbao, Lin Shanshan, and even, Shen Liangye.

It turned out that Qin Yan had a failed marriage before marrying Xia Zongbao.

She and her ex-husband met while working in the same factory, and the two hit it off at first sight and soon entered the palace of marriage.

But the good times didn't last long, when Qin Yan was pregnant with Lin Shanshan, her ex-husband actually had an affair with a little female worker in the factory. Run. Qin Yanhan worked hard to raise Lin Shanshan until she was ten years old, and Lin Shanshan had a serious illness.

Faced with the high cost of surgery, Qin Yan, who was desperate, was introduced by a matchmaker to marry Xia Zongbao.

It was the summer of 1992, and after she received a gift of 20,000 yuan from the Xia family, she used the money to treat Lin Shanshan. Although Xia Zongbao looks honest and honest, he is impulsive and irritable.

So, in order to avoid Lin Shanshan being wronged in the Xia family, Lin Shanshan, who was basically recovered, was sent to her parents' house by Qin Yan to raise her, and paid Lin Shanshan child support regularly.

As for why Qin Yan concealed Xia Liang's existence about Lin Shanshan, there was also a reason.

Since Xia Liangshan began to babble, Xia Zongbao bought a second-hand motorcycle to pick up Xia Liangshan who went to kindergarten every day.

According to the grandmother, one day, on the way home when Xia Zongbao picked up Xia Lianglone, the motorcycle suddenly broke down, and that time, Xia Zongbao's head was traumatized by Yan Zòng, and even damaged the nerves in his brain.

Since then, whenever Xia Zongbao fell ill, the Xia family became the hardest hit area. Except for Xia Lianglone's grandparents, everyone has been beaten by Xia Zongbao to a lesser or heavier degree.

As a result, Qin Yan didn't dare to mention Lin Shanshan anymore, especially in front of Xia Zongbao.

Until Lin Shanshan graduated from university, she had heard about Qin Yan's domestic violence over the years, so Lin Shanshan simply chose to stay in Zhenyi Middle School to work in order to take care of Qin Yan.

It was 2005, and Lin Shanshan, as a young backbone teacher of No. 1 Middle School, was sent by the school to a high school in Haicheng as an exchange teacher for half a year.

In order to relieve Qin Yan's pressure, Lin Shanshan found a part-time tutor job while working.

Through this job, she got acquainted with Shen Liangye, the second son of the Shen Group.

It is said that since Shen Liangye was born, a master has pointed out the Shen family, saying that this child is dead. Lonely and widowed, destined to wander for a lifetime.

At that time, many people were concerned about this kind of "sealing. Build a fan. Letter" sneered, and so did the Shen family. However, it is as if it was predestined in the dark.

Less than two months after Shen Liangye was born, his father was imprisoned for an economic dispute, and his mother fell to her death due to being overwhelmed.

As a result, the Shen family began to unanimously believe that Shen Liangye was an "ominous" person as the master said, and his birth was destined to bring countless disasters to the Shen family.

Fortunately, Shen Liangye's brother Shen Liangnian has always loved him. But except for Shen Liangnian, the Shen family avoided him like a snake and scorpion.

In this way, Shen Liangye, who grew up in strange eyes, became unrestrained. Unruly, he fights everywhere and doesn't say anything, and even drinks heavily day and night, singing every night, but no matter what kind of outrageous things he does, Shen Liangnian will indulge him again and again.

Until Lin Shanshan appeared, she melted him with her warmth and enthusiasm, she let him regain his confidence to live, and even made him fall in love with photography and see the dawn of the road ahead.

But at this time, Shen Liangnian strongly opposed them being together. He kicked Lin Shanshan out of the Shen family on the grounds that she was approaching Shen Liangye and plotting against her.

At that time, Shen Liangye, who suffered a heavy blow in love, also suffered an unprecedented setback in his career.

It turned out that his long-prepared photographic works were stolen by his peers. won an international award, and the only person who has been in contact with that work is Lin Shanshan.

That day, the disheartened Shen Liangye began to doubt Lin Shanshan. So, the grief-stricken Lin Shanshan left Haicheng overnight and returned to Qingfeng Town.

But when she just returned to work at No. 1 Middle School, she was suddenly told by the school that she was suspended for investigation due to misconduct and chaotic private life.

On that day, Lin Shanshan, who suffered a double blow of love and career, called Shen Liangye in despair, but it was Shen Liangnian who answered the phone. He told Lin Shanshan that Shen Liangye was about to get engaged to Xu Qian, the daughter of the Xu family.

Lin Shanshan didn't believe it, at that moment she just wanted to find Shen Liangye, but during that time, Shen Liangye was like evaporating from the world.

In this way, Lin Shanshan, who had nothing to love, chose to commit suicide by cutting her wrists.

Strangely, when Qin Yan rushed to the hospital in grief, Lin Shanshan's widow. But the body is gone!

So, for so many years, Qin Yan had a strong hatred for the Shen family. She has always suspected that the reason why Shen Liangye's brother Shen Liangnian went to great lengths to break up Shen Liangye and Lin Shanshan back then must have an ulterior conspiracy.

She insisted that Lin Shanshan's death was not a suicide, and she asked the police in Qingfeng Town to find out the hidden truth and return Lin Shanshan's innocence. And where her body went is an unsolved mystery to this day.

Later, when Shen Liangye appeared in Qingfeng Town again, he told Xia Lianglone's grandparents that in fact, three years ago, he had come to Qingfeng Town to find Lin Shanshan, but he was in a car accident on the way, and he lay in the hospital for two full years before he recovered.

When I woke up, I was already a person.

He said that all these years he had been living in deep guilt and hatred, and he could not live in fear.

…

Grandma said that this was their story.

A story of love and hate, miss and life and death.