Chapter 65: The Past Comes Again and Again 2
It was a secret that he had hidden very well, in order to protect that secret, and even more so to protect his Lan Hongda's last dignity, he allowed his son's misunderstanding of him not to mention a word, he allowed the frozen relationship between father and son for so many years not to ease, and allowed his wife to practice here without giving more care. He was only for his last self-esteem and that pitiful vanity, yes, this was Lan Hongda, a man who was not open-minded. If he had turned back the clock, perhaps he would have chosen the same cruelty as he had done in the past.
Lan Hongda is not a strong person, it can be said that he is a somewhat cowardly person, he was hit hard behind the city-wide divorce, he collapsed, and even scared to go out. While he endured the fingers of others, there was also a dark distortion in his heart, and his unconfidence attacked him more and more. Until one day, he met Lan Yi's mother! That's a sign of beauty, that's a woman with a gentle temperament, that's a woman whose cardamom years will make many people want to go home.
Of course, Lan Hongda thought so at that time, although he was not confident enough to win the heart of such a beauty, but he felt that this might be an opportunity, an opportunity given to him by God, and a compensation for his humiliation. Therefore, he mustered up his courage once, his courage was commendable, and he was also rewarded by Lan Yi's mother, but the woman was kind and honest, she told him that she was not alone, she was pregnant for less than a month! Of course, this kid is not Lan Hongda!
Lan Yi's mother's honesty is tantamount to a catastrophe for Lan Hongda! Perhaps, few people are willing to accept such a reality, but on the one hand, there are beauties, and on the other hand, there are gossips, and the best and fastest way to get rid of it is to get married as soon as possible, according to the current form, although Lan Yi's mother is not the best choice, but I have to say that it is also the only choice.
After a few nights of tossing and turning, Lan Hongda accepted Lan Yi's mother, and they got married, and it caused a lot of waves in the capital. Although Lan Hongda is not well-known, some people who love to be lively will always remember the final fate of the man who was abandoned by Mrs. Ran. Fortunately, they didn't wait too long to see it, and they still opened their eyes to see that penniless little man marrying a stunning beauty!
For a while, words of praise and envy flew everywhere in the capital, and Lan Hongda's injured heart also got a trace of satisfaction and comfort. But as Lan Yi's mother's belly got bigger and bigger, the self-esteem that had been satisfied was sad again, it wasn't his Lan Hong's blood! It was a wild seed that he didn't even know who his father was! Gradually, the former vows and promises began to waver, and Lan Hongda's heart became dark day by day.
Eight months later, when a full-term baby girl fell to the ground, Lan Hong's patience had reached the extreme, and his evil heart was finally fully revealed on a dark and windy night, and he cruelly discarded the baby girl!
Lan Yi's mother went crazy after knowing that her child was abandoned, she cursed and beat Lan Hongda, looking all over the world, but unfortunately, even if she went to the place where Lan Hongda lost the child, she couldn't find the whereabouts of the baby girl after all. Everything was like a nightmare, but in the blink of an eye, one person made a demonic move, and for this it tortured another person's life!
It's a pity that this is all Lan Hongda's inner demon, he didn't have a career back then, and he couldn't attract any attention at all, except for the scandal of being divorced. As for whether his wife gave birth to a child, a boy or a girl? Why did that child suddenly disappear? No one pursued, and no one thought about it, except for Lan Yi's mother.
Life goes on, Lan Hongda, who lost his child, although he has suffered a temporary setback in his heart, he has not regretted his original behavior, he has always thought that instead of watching the baby girl grow up in front of him for a long time, cruelly calling his father but not half of his blood relationship, he is a decisive choice that is better for a long pain than a short pain!
It was also because of Lan Hongda's cruelty that there was a huge rift between Lan Hongda, who was originally respectful, and Lan Yi's mother, and that strong woman no longer accepted Lan Hongda, let alone had any husband and wife with him, and refused to give him any good face. Since then, a gentle and kind woman has become a woman, and the daily life of meeting between them is nothing but quarrels and fights, which is also the most common scene in the early years of Lanfu!
Gradually, the people in the house slowly accepted the couple's quarrel, and one day they became accustomed to it, and if there was no quarrel one day, they would seem to feel that something was missing.
But after all, they are husband and wife, and there are many opportunities for contact together, and after a quarrel, Lan Hongda bullied Lan Yi's mother......
Perhaps for a mother, the cry of a baby is the best medicine, and the same is true for Lan Yi's mother. She lost a child, and now she has another one, although this child belongs to the man she hates, but this does not affect her love for Lan Yi. But maybe God is really not fair to this woman at all, just when everyone thought that things would slowly get better, this woman's spirit had a slight problem, at first it was still controllable, and then it became intermittent seizures, until once, she hurt Lan Yi, Lan Hongda had no choice but to take Lan Yi away from his mother and hand it over to a special subordinate to take care of.
I thought it would be another bloody storm, but surprisingly, Lan Yi's mother didn't resist too much, she accepted everything calmly, as if she knew that she would hurt that child, even if she was far away every time she saw Lan Yi, lest her negligence cause any harm to that child.
Later, this woman proposed to live alone, and Lan Hongda felt guilty about her, so he built a hut for her in the last courtyard of Lan Mansion. According to Lan Yi's mother's request, the hut was extremely simple, although Lan Hongda later proposed to improve her living conditions several times, but the woman ruthlessly refused! She said she was going to suffer for her!
The house is the same as it was more than a decade ago, and if you have to find anything different, it may be a little older. The summer heat didn't make any waves here, the cold pot and the stove, only the crisp sound of the wooden fish beating in the house. A woman sat on a stool, and a clear strand of white hair appeared on her sideburns, which suddenly pierced Lan Hong's eyes, and the faint wrinkles at the corners of the eyes loomed in the light of the sunset. The woman reverently tapped her wooden fish, not noticing that anyone had walked into her room, and she hadn't welcomed anyone here for so many years, except Lan Yi.
A light gray coarse cloth clothes shone broadly on the woman's body, compared with ten years ago, she seemed to be a little thinner, but she did not lose her spirit because of this, the slightly closed eyes, the face full of tranquility, no one would believe that this woman's spirit had been too stimulated!
It's not that this woman doesn't have the capital to wear new clothes, even if Lan Hongda can't bear to give alms, Lan Yi will never be stingy, but she said that she is atoning for her sins, how can the person who redeems her sins be clothed in fine clothes? Only then can her heart be a little better. So, I didn't force her anymore, as long as she could live at ease, it would be better than everything.
Lan Hongda leaned on the door frame and looked at this woman, everything was strange and a little familiar, he stood there quietly, did not speak or bother, until the woman finished knocking the wooden fish. When the still thin white hand gently put down the wooden fish, the woman's casual gaze skimmed to Lan Hongda at the door, not too much surprise, just a faint glance, she regained her calm for a long time!
"Qinglan!" Xiao Zheng called, although he couldn't hear any waves in his tone, but Lan Hongda's heart was hit hard, this name, how long has it been since he called it?
The woman put everything in place and got up slowly, she glanced at Lan Hongda without any expression, as if only her eyes were asking him, why did you come here?
Lan Hong let out a big sigh, he felt that it was very depressing here, I don't know if it was because of the heat or if he had met such a person he didn't want to see. He moved his steps and walked in, Qinglan clearly resisting.
"Don't get me wrong, I have something important to look for you, otherwise ......" Lan Hongda looked like a child waiting to be punished, his eyes dodging and not knowing where to look.
"Did something happen to Yi'er?" Qinglan asked. Between them, there was nothing to discuss, except for Lan Yi. Lan Hongda nodded, Qinglan let down her guard, she casually picked up a string of Buddhist beads and counted them carefully in her hand, and there were Buddhist words in Lan Hongda's mouth that gave her a headache when she heard it.
"What's wrong with him?" Shaoqing After a moment, Qinglan asked.
Lan Hongda breathed a sigh of relief, and told her an overview of how Lan Yi opened a silk village and how ingenious she wanted to go to the field to do business, she just listened quietly, although her eyes would occasionally close, but when she opened her eyes, her eyes were still unimaginably unreveling.
Looking at Qinglan's expression, Lan Hongda was really unpredictable, was it because he didn't say it seriously enough or was the person in front of him no longer knew how sinister the outside world was? Otherwise, why would she not even be worried about her son's life?