Facing my questioning, the corners of Uncle Xu's mouth couldn't help twitching twice. After that, he said: "We are forced to leave Jiangcheng. At that time, you were caught and used up your family's savings in order to get you out, and on the other hand, because of your father, I promised him that when you went to high school, he would let you live alone and let you learn to be independent. Learn to be a man......"

Listening to Uncle Xu say these words word by word. I felt that my heart was aching, and at the same time I understood something, maybe the sudden change in Sister Xiaoru's attitude towards me was because of this. But why did my father arrange this, and what was his purpose in doing it?

I don't think I knew exactly what my father did, only that he worked overtime. But Uncle Xu is not like this, Uncle Xu is a person who is prepared for business. Work in a public institution.

My parents disappeared for no apparent reason. I left Uncle Xu with such a mission, as well as the mysterious old man who had come to me twice before, and he seemed to know everything about me. What's the connection between all of this?

I couldn't help but look at Uncle Xu and said, "My father? You say my father made you do this? Can you tell me where he is now? I want to ask him why he left his son alone and went to live happily. ”

Speaking of this, Uncle Xu's emotions suddenly became excited, which I had never seen in my memory, Uncle Xu stood up directly, tried his best to suppress his anger and said: "Xiaohai, you can't say this about your father, he didn't go to live happily, he and your mother didn't abandon you, since you are back, you can spend this year in peace and then leave, you must go back to Jiangcheng District to continue school!" ”

After saying that, Uncle Xu turned around and left, I didn't know that what I just said would cause such a big reaction from Uncle Xu, and now there are only two people left in the room, me and Sister Xiaoru, I feel that I have a stomach full of words and want to say to her, but I don't know where to speak, for fear that I will say something wrong.

The two of us just sat like this, neither of us spoke first, and these things that happened for a while made my brain a little busy, what the hell are Uncle Xu hiding from me, why do they always avoid this topic every time they mention my father, and Aunt Xu will be angry at me directly.

Looking at Sister Xiaoru in front of me, I really wanted to rush up and hug her like I did when I was a child, and now she doesn't seem to want to quarrel with me, at least she is willing to sit with me like this now.

I wanted to say "I miss you", but when the words came to my lips, they became: "Sister Xiaoru, are you doing well?" ”

Sister Xiaoru only replied to me lightly: "It's okay......"

At that time, when I heard myself ask such a question, I felt like I was a fool, how could I live well under such conditions......

Perhaps in order to ease the atmosphere, Sister Xiaoru said to me with some pride: "After I came back from Jiangcheng, I went to high school in the town, the classmates here are good, everyone is very good, there is no intrigue, and no one looks at the kind that is not pleasing to the eye, when I first went to the class, many girls looked at the clothes I wore and thought they were so beautiful, and many girls came to ask me how to put on makeup after class, they were really funny, no matter how they joked, they would not be angry, the days with them, It's much happier than in Jiangcheng, and there are several boys chasing me in the class. ”

When she said this, Sister Xiaoru was even a little proud, she was a top beauty, and there was no shortage of suitors in a place where there were so many beauties in Jiangcheng Middle School, let alone this kind of place, although I felt uncomfortable listening to it in my heart, but I was always happy to hear Sister Xiaoru talking to me so kindly for the first time in so many years.

Seeing her happy, I asked, "Do you agree?" ”

Sister Xiaoru may be on the rise, and said directly: "Of course not, sister, I ......"

She didn't continue to say the next words, and then changed the conversation and said: "Xiaohai, you have to study hard, and when we take the university entrance examination in the future, we will be admitted to the same school again, so that my sister can continue to bully you." ”

As I spoke, Sister Xiaoru giggled, I listened to it and laughed along, and when I stood up and looked out the door, I asked, "Sister Xiaoru, have you been to my house since you came back?" What happened to our family's old house? ”

"I've been there, some of the walls have collapsed, my dad and the uncles in the village helped to rebuild it, it looks okay, but it can't live anymore, and now this kind of rainy day may collapse later......" Sister Xiaoru said behind her.

"How about coming with me to my old house?" I asked.

Sister Xiaoru didn't refuse, and said hello directly, and it can be seen that the estrangement between us at the beginning is gone, and in her heart, maybe I am no longer the cowardly little boy I was at the beginning.

The two of us were holding an umbrella, the sky was drizzling, Wu Ming and they were sitting in the car and watching us, I didn't let them out, Sister Xiaoru also smiled politely when she saw Wu Ming and them.

Our family's old house is not far from Uncle Xu's house, dozens of meters away, looking at the somewhat dilapidated house in front of me, I have a lot of thoughts, I have been looking at the house for a long time, Sister Xiaoru has been standing with me like this, I said lightly: "I know you know where my father and they went, can you tell some news about them?" Even if it's a little bit......"

"Xiaohai, I'...... I can't, I'm sorry, I really don't know about Uncle Xue and them......" Sister Xiaoru paused and gave this answer.

But I am not satisfied with this answer, I want to untie another knot in my heart, Sister Xiaoru thought for a while and said: "I just wanted you to be a man, to be a responsible man, not Uncle Xue after they left, your silence, your tolerance everywhere, this is not the Xiaohai in my mind, but then I really didn't expect you to stab Sun Zhiqiang with a knife and stab him like that, although Sun Zhiqiang doesn't like me, but I want to be strong not to let you be strong with a knife, Do you understand? ”

"So, you're going to jump into the river after school that afternoon, right?" I asked calmly.

Sister Xiaoru nodded silently, but she didn't explain much to me, just like that, the two of us slowly walked back to Uncle Xu's house, and when we returned to Uncle Xu's house, Wu Ming and they had already been called out of the car by Uncle Xu, and borrowed some tables and stools from the neighbor's house, it seemed that they should be ready to eat.

But there are so many people, but there is no Chen Lu, I glanced at her and was still sitting in the car, Aunt Xu pointed to the car and said to me: "Xiaohai, you go and call that girl out for dinner, just now I and your Uncle Xu went to call her and refused to come out." ”

Hearing this, I thought to myself, could it be that this Chen Lu is putting up a shelf at this time? But she didn't seem to be that kind of person, and in the end, I had no choice but to go over and call her out in person.

Knocking on the car window, I asked, "Aunt Xu just now they called you, why didn't you come out?" ”

At this time, Chen Lu said with a little temper: "You just said that they are just your uncle and aunt, I'm here to see your parents, take me quickly......"

Listening to Chen Lu say this, I knew that she was deliberately making things difficult for me, and then Zhengse said: "You know that I didn't know where my parents went since I was a child, it was Uncle Xu who brought me up, they are my parents, who else do you want to see?" ”

After saying that, Chen Lu walked out of the car with an ugly expression, but as soon as she got out of the car, she immediately smiled, and after seeing Chen Lu come down, Uncle Xu, Aunt Xu and Sister Xiaoru all greeted her, because Chen Lu was the only woman among so many people, so the treatment was naturally different.

Aunt Xu walked over with a smile and asked, "Xiaohai, who is this girl?" Tell us about it. ”

I also smiled, and when I was about to introduce it, Chen Lu suddenly took the lead and said, "Hello Auntie, I am Xue Hai's fiancée, and I came back this time to visit Uncle Xue and Auntie." ”