Chapter 20: Back to my hometown
After leaving the Civil Affairs Bureau, Xiao Zhongchuan drove Xue Jiaqi out of City A and drove towards City Y, thousands of miles away.
Xue Jiaqi was wearing headphones to listen to songs all the way, and when she first got on the highway, she thought that Xiao Zhongchuan had prepared a surprise for herself somewhere near City A, so she didn't ask anything, and now she was about to leave the province, and she realized that something was wrong, and looked at Xiao Zhongchuan with some confusion: "Mr. Xiao, where are you going to take me?" ”
Xiao Zhongchuan glanced at the woman in the co-pilot, chuckled and shook his head: "You only realize that something is wrong now?" Kiki, you have to be glad I'm not a bad person, and if I were a bad person, you don't know how many times you'd die. ”
"So where are you taking me?" Xiao Zhongchuan, how should she say that he is good! When he thinks he's a good person, he wants to do something bad, and when he thinks he's a bad person, he treats himself well. It's really contradictory, why can't she see this man clearly!
Xiao Zhongchuan smiled helplessly, maybe Xue Jiaqi himself didn't notice that she was full of distrust and defense, but he found out: "My eldest lady, do you not believe me so much?" I'm your husband, will I hurt you? ”
Xue Jiaqi stuck out his tongue and gave him a blank look: "That's not necessarily, as the saying goes, you don't know your heart!" I'm not a roundworm in your belly, how can I know what the hell is in your belly? ”
Xiao Zhongchuan was in a good mood, but he felt that this girl was a little blind to his title and title of Mrs. Xiao.
Sometimes I think she's smart, but sometimes she's stupid.
"You did it on purpose, didn't you?"
Xue Jiaqi was at a loss and didn't understand what it meant: "What did I deliberate?" ”
"Deliberately angry with me." Xiao Zhongchuan had to suspect that she was pretending to be stupid: "Are you pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger?" ”
"I swear I didn't!" Xue Jiaqi said it with deep affection, so people can't see where she said it wrong.
Xiao Zhongchuan smiled again: "Let's do it." ”
"So where are you taking me?" In the spirit of breaking the casserole and asking to the end, Xue Jiaqi asked again.
This time, Xiao Zhongchuan said very neatly: "Didn't you say that you want to go to Y City to find the sunshine boy and innocent and cute little girl of the year?" I'll take you to get them back and erase the damage that was left on you before, so don't hate me, okay? ”
Xue Jiaqi was dumb, and suddenly became speechless, she remembered that she had never said that she hated him?
"I ...... I...... Don't remember...... What did I say, if you misunderstood? Xue Jiaqi finally said such a paragraph. Just now, Xiao Zhongchuan suddenly said something, and he directly told himself.
"If you don't hate me, why don't you love me?" This is something that Xiao Zhongchuan has always been puzzled about, he used to be able to clearly see that Xue Jiaqi liked him, but now he can't see through her at all.
Xue Jiaqi was silent, unable to argue for her contradictory behavior for a while, so she simply changed the topic: "What should we do if we leave Xiaojun like this?" And did you ask my dad for leave? No, that's absenteeism. ”
Xiao Zhongchuan thought: Forget it, if she doesn't want to say it, don't say it! It's not a matter of hard pressing.
"Xiaojun I've already arranged it, someone will send her to school, as for work!" Xiao Zhongchuan blinked his eyes and deliberately teased Xue Jiaqi: "My father-in-law said, for the sake of you and my newlyweds, give us half a month's vacation, and he will be in the company for half a month." The father-in-law also said that he hoped that we could give him a grandson as soon as possible, so that he could also live a life of teasing his grandson. ”
Xue Jiaqi was speechless, this father sold his daughter too quickly, which caught her off guard.
"I refuse to talk to you." Xue Jiaqi turned his head after speaking, put on headphones, and pretended to be asleep, he really didn't want to pay attention to Xiao Zhongchuan, he was too good at pretending.
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When the two arrived in Y City, it was already the evening of the next day, Xiao Zhongchuan didn't stop halfway, and directly took Xue Jiaqi to the previous villa, where he was a child.
Coming here again, Xue Jiaqi's mood is complicated, and the picture of that year is still vivid. What flashed in front of me was the picture of Uncle Xiao sitting on the ground, lying in his father's arms, the knife and blood on his body were still so bright red.
"What are you bringing me here for?" Xue Jiaqi looked up at Xiao Zhongchuan.
Xiao Zhongchuan's thin lips were pursed, and a touch of sadness flashed in his eyes, he didn't want Xue Jiaqi to find out, this sadness was just a moment: "I just want to take you back to meet my father and tell him that we are together." ”
As soon as he walked out of the living room, someone came over on crutches, his face was a little familiar, and when he approached, Xue Jiaqi found out that he was Butler Yu, and Uncle Xiao's funeral was handled by Butler Yu and Dad together. Now that I saw Butler Yu again, I realized that it was not the old man with a friendly and kind face at the beginning, and his face was a little more vicissitudes.
"Little master, you're back." Steward Yu grew up in the Xiao family since he was a child, and he is of the same generation as Xiao Zhongchuan's grandfather. Xiao Zhongchuan's father Xiao Jingting and Xiao Zhongchuan grew up watching him, and speaking seriously, Xiao Zhongchuan has to call him grandpa.
Xiao Zhongchuan walked over and grabbed the old man's arm, and said with concern: "Grandpa Yu, why are you still here?" Didn't Uncle Yu take you home to care for the elderly? ”
Old Man Yu laughed twice and patted Xiao Zhongchuan's hand: "I'm used to living here, it's uncomfortable to live in another place, I still want to wait for you here to come back and serve you." ”
"Grandpa Yu, if you want to live, where do you want to live, and you don't have to wait, there is no such thing." Xiao Zhongchuan said politely, Grandpa Yu has worked hard for this family all his life, and he should be able to retire here.
As soon as he finished speaking, another person came to the side, who seemed to be also a servant here, about forty years old, someone Xue Jiaqi didn't know.
She bent down slightly and said, "Young Master, you're back." ”
Xiao Zhongchuan nodded and smiled slightly: "Mother Wu, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
"Eh, eh, long time no see." Wu's mother was very emotional and hurriedly responded.
Xiao Zhongchuan helped the old man sit down on the sofa, and also asked Wu's mother to sit together, pulled Xue Jiaqi and introduced: "Qiqi, this is Grandpa Yu, Grandpa Yu is the old man in this family, he watched me grow up." This is Wu's mother, because my mother died early, I was brought up by Wu's mother since I was a child. ”
Saying that, Xiao Zhongchuan took Xue Jiaqi's hand and said, "Grandpa Yu, Mother Wu, this is Jiaqi, my wife, we just got the marriage certificate yesterday, Grandpa Yu, you have seen it." ”
Old Man Yu knew and knew what was going on, so he responded happily: "Okay, I've been looking forward to it for so many years, and I finally hope that you, this kid, will get married, and I won't have any regrets." ”
Mother Wu also nodded again and again, covered her nose, held back her tears, and didn't let it fall: "Mother Wu is also satisfied to see you get married." ”
When there was an accident at the master's house, something happened to happen to Wu's mother's hometown, and she went back and was not there, so I don't know what happened. came back and told her that she only knew the truth of this incident. Thinking of this now, Wu's mother is sour, poor Zhongchuan's child, his mother has not been around since he was a child, and his father is gone when he has just grown up.
"Grandpa Yu, Mama Wu, hello." Xue Jiaqi greeted the two old men obediently and respectfully.
Although Xue Jiaqi didn't know who Wu's mother was, it didn't prevent Wu's mother from knowing her: "Eh, what a well-behaved and good boy!" ”
Old Man Yu smiled and said: "When you first came, I liked you very much, and now I still like it when I see it, have you been doing well in the past few years?" ”
"Thank you Grandpa Yu for your concern, I'm fine." Xue Jiaqi still has some raw feelings for them, so she is a little reserved in front of them.
A few people said some homely things, Old Man Yu was a little tired, so he went back to rest, and Mother Wu went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
Xiao Zhongchuan took Xue Jiaqi to the ancestral hall to burn incense for his father, this ancestral hall was made by Wu's mother after Xiao Jingting's death, and Xiao Zhongchuan did not live here when he was still here, which was also to worship Xiao Zhongchuan's father.
Xue Jiaqi took the incense in Xiao Zhongchuan's hand, bowed to his father with him, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.
Xiao Zhongchuan looked up at his father in the photo and introduced, "Dad, this is Qiqi, I brought her back." I'll show you, I think you'll be satisfied, I remember you saying that you wanted to help me set a family affair, and that person was Kiki, and I regret that it wasn't you who introduced her to me. ”
Xue Jiaqi looked at Xiao Zhongchuan in shock, he had never told him about it, she thought he didn't know! Thinking about it now, he should have known that she and his father would come to his house as guests, and his father wanted him to marry, so he ran away to play.
"Kiki, call Dad, say hello to Dad!" Xiao Zhongchuan hugged and smiled lightly, as if the person in the photo was still alive in front of him.
Xue Jiaqi changed her words and greeted familiarly: "Dad, I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't know if you still remember me, I'm sorry I haven't come back to see you in the past few years, I don't know if you will be angry with me?" ”
Xiao Zhongchuan pursed his lips, his eyes calm: "Dad used to say in front of me that he liked you very much, how could he be willing to blame you." ”
In the past, Xiao Zhongchuan's heart was full of regret, and he looked at Xue Jiaqi beside him.
After worshipping his father, Xiao Zhongchuan took Xue Jiaqi to his room. All the old things in the room had not changed, the pictures on the walls, the pictures on the desk, and the vase under the TV wall were still in the familiar position of him, even the sheets on the bed were still the same from the night of the accident.
Xue Jiaqi looked strange and familiar, but the strange thing was that this was not her home and did not belong to her. Familiarly, she had spent the night here, the only time in her life that she had slept naked with someone.
That night, in addition to screaming and sleepless, he held her tightly in his arms and couldn't move, and pinched her to the point that she was covered with scars.
She didn't regret that night, but she was glad he hadn't done anything more excessive.