Chapter Ninety-Three: Xu Zhai
Yuran returned to Xu's house in a depressed mood, and her mind was full of bits and pieces with Fang Ziye all the way, until she got out of the taxi.
Xu Shixiong found that there was something wrong with her mood from the moment Yuran entered the door.
"What's wrong, Yuran? Did something happen yesterday when you rushed out? Xu Shixiong asked worriedly.
"It's okay, you don't have to worry." Yu Ran smiled reluctantly.
"Did Fang Ziye trouble you again?" Xu Shixiong asked with a frown.
"No, he told me which school Little Sun was in, and he was with Little Sun all the time yesterday."
"He didn't embarrass you, did he?" Xu Shixiong asked with concern.
"Not this time, he seems to have changed a lot and become human." Yu Ran said with a smile.
"If he bothers you again, tell me, and I'll protect you." Xu Shixiong said lovingly.
"Probably not, I'll treat him as a stranger after I make it clear to him." Yuran sighed and said.
"In that case, why are you unhappy, can't you let go?"
"No, as I said, we are not people in the same world." Yuran said with a wry smile.
"If you don't try to walk in, and you don't try to let him walk in, how do you know that you're not a person in the world." Xu Shixiong looked at this kind-hearted girl, and really hoped that she would be happy forever.
"You don't understand, there's so much going on between us, and there's a chasm that can never be bridged."
Yuran said softly, she didn't understand why she told Xu Shixiong what had been pent up in her heart for a long time, from the first time she saw Xu Shixiong, she trusted him, and she always felt like a relative.
"If you want to open something, the hurdle will pass, don't always shut yourself in the door, the sun is shining outside." Xu Shixiong enlightened her.
Yu Ran smiled bitterly, how could the hurdle between her and Fang Ziye be so easy to pass.
"Uncle Xu, there is something to trouble you." Yu Ran said embarrassedly.
"Just say anything." Xu Shixiong looked at her and said with love in his eyes.
"Little Sun's school is an aristocratic school, and he can learn a lot there, so I don't want him to change schools, but I didn't bring money out this time, so I can only borrow it from you, and I'll pay it back to you when I have time to go back and bring the money."
"How much do you need?"
"I haven't asked yet, I'll tell you when I'm done."
"Okay, say hello and tell me, I'll call you, but you don't have to remember to pay back, I'll deduct it from your salary." Xu Shixiong said with a smile.
"Thank you, Uncle Xu, I really don't know what to do without your help." Yuran said gratefully.
"Don't always say such things in the future, you are like my daughter in my heart."
"Hmm!" Yu Ran nodded gratefully.
The two chatted for a while, and Yuran stood up and said.
"Uncle Xu, I'll help Sister Wang and them prepare lunch, I'll make you a pot of tea, you can sit down for a while."
"Just let them do it."
"I'm just helping out and learning to cook by the way." Yuran said with a smile.
"Then you tell Sister Wang to get a few more dishes in the evening, and Lulu will come back in the evening."
"Hmm." Yu Ran was stunned for a moment, thinking of the girl who was as domineering as Fang Ziye, and she had the kind of momentum she developed because she was rich, and she did whatever she wanted.
It seems that he can't live here for a long time, if Xu Menglu knows that he lives here, he doesn't know what he will be angry, Fang Ziye is no longer entangled, and he doesn't need Uncle Xu's protection.
Xu Shixiong looked at Yuran's thoughtful back, knowing what she was worried about, if only Lulu had half of Yuran's calmness.
He lit a cigarette and smoked slowly, if Yuran was his own child, what a lucky thing it would be, his heart couldn't help beating wildly at the thought of this possibility.
He took out his phone and called his lawyer, who had to find out about it.
The call was quickly connected.
"Mr. Xu, what are you looking for me?" Lawyer Wu's voice came from the other side.
"Help me check someone, Wang Dezhou, Wang Sihan's husband, but this matter is difficult to investigate, it was all more than 20 years ago."
"Okay, don't worry, I'll help you find it out as soon as possible." Lawyer Wu assures.
"Well, this matter is very important to me, I hope you will have a snack." Xu Shixiong instructed.
"Well, I won't let you down."
Xu Shixiong hung up the phone and turned around and walked into the study, took out the yellowed photo from the old book and stared at it for a long time, he had been in love for so long, but he gave up because of his dream, and now he thinks about how stupid he was.
Yuran came to the study with the brewed tea, and Xu Shixiong was holding the photo and immersed in the memories of the past.
"Thinking about your first love again?"
Yu Ran's words interrupted Xu Shixiong's thoughts, and he put down the photo and looked at Yu Ran embarrassedly and said.
"At my age, I can only rely on memories to add to the joy of life."
"You never thought about finding another woman to live with?" Yu Ran asked puzzledly, there should be many women like Xu Shixiong who want to marry him, no matter how old they are.
"I once decided to be the best, and the rest became generals, and I would rather guard the pure land in my heart and endure loneliness." Xu Shixiong said in a low voice.
"My mother's spirit in heaven would be very touched if she knew that you loved her like this." Yuran was shocked by Xu Shixiong's love for his mother.
"It's me who I'm sorry for your mother, she doesn't hate me, I'm very satisfied."
Xu Shixiong sighed and said.
"I'll take you to meet her after lunch, her spirit in the sky will be happy to see you so well-behaved and sensible."
"Going to Mom's grave?" Yuran asked excitedly, she should have gone to her mother's grave to worship a few years ago, but in order to escape Fang Ziye, she missed so many years at once.
"Yes, I should have taken you to her a long time ago."
After the two of them finished eating, the driver was already waiting for them in the car.
"Don't be in such a hurry, you can take a break and we'll be able to leave." Yuran persuaded because she knew that Xu Shixiong had the habit of taking a break after eating.
"No, I want her to see you sooner." Xu Shixiong got into the car as he spoke.
Yu Ran had no choice but to sit in.
"Where is my mom buried? Is it S City? ”
"Yes, I bought the mountain where we first met, and her ashes are buried there."
"Didn't my father object?" Yu Ran asked curiously, after all, his father had the right to decide where his mother's ashes were buried.
"Your father left your mother shortly after you were born, and there has been no news since then, and after your mother died, because there was no one with her, the hospital had to cremate her, and her attending doctor kept her ashes in a temple so that someone could claim them later.
When I found out about this hospital, I found out that your mother's ashes had not been buried, I found your grandparents and told them about it, and your grandparents only learned that your mother was dead, and in your mother's last letter to them, there was no mention of her illness, the letter only said that she had a daughter in the xx orphanage, and begged them to take her back and raise her, and they did not find you when they arrived at the orphanage, and they did not know about your mother's death.
I begged your grandparents to let me bury her where we met, and your grandparents were also very guilty about your mother's death, and if they hadn't been so opposed to us being together and not kicking your mother out of the house and severing our relationship, your mother might not have died, and out of guilt for your mother, they agreed to my request. ”
"Why hasn't my dad looked for me in so many years? How could he be so cruel to leave my mother alone? Yuran's heart hurt as if someone was tearing it.
"I don't know, only your dad can answer this question."
As he spoke, the car drove into a small mountain bag surrounded by mountains, and Yuran was immediately shocked by the scenery in front of him, the entire mountain bag was covered with a sea of purple flowers, and was surrounded by neatly trimmed cypresses.
Xu Shixiong took her to walk among the flowers, and the wind gusted on her face to bring an intoxicating fragrance of flowers.
"Thank you for letting my mom stay in such a beautiful place." Yuran said gratefully.
"You don't have to thank me, after a hundred years, I only hope that you will bury my ashes with your mother, and I have fulfilled my wish for many years."
"Well, I think, my mom would be glad I did, too." Yuran replied softly, she had never done anything for her mother, and burying two people who loved each other should be the most correct thing to do.
The two walked to a tombstone surrounded by flowers, the tombstone reads, the black and white photo on the 'lover Wang Sihan', is a smiling woman looking at her silently, when the tears flowed she doesn't know, a heart is full because of the photo on the tombstone, that is, the woman who gave birth to her in October, she trembled and stroked the photo with her trembling hands.
"Mom, why are you so cruel to leave me alone, do you know how much I suffered? How much bullying have you suffered? I've always resented you for throwing me at the door of the orphanage and didn't want me since I was a child, so I've been avoiding any news about my biological parents, until I met Uncle Xu, I didn't know your hardships, it turned out that you didn't want me, you had to do that, Mom, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I have resented you for so many years, if I had opened that letter earlier, our mother and daughter would not have met so late, it's all my fault. Yuran hugged her mother's tombstone and cried.
I don't know how long I have been crying, the sun has slowly moved west, Xu Shixiong picked up Yuran on the ground and whispered.
"Well, it's time for us to go back, your mother will definitely want to see you happy, and she will be sad to cry like this."
"Hmm." Yuran stood up obediently.
"Knowing that she is here, I will come to see her when I have time in the future and report her safety, she will rest assured." Xu Shixiong said in a deep voice.
"I know."
"Let's go." Xu Shixiong took one last deep look at the woman on the tombstone and turned to leave.
"Mom, I'm leaving, and I'll come to see you often in the future." She lowered her head, kissed her mother's photo, and then caught up with Xu Shixiong.
"Is there someone here who is in charge?" Yuran looked at the flowers and trees that had been trimmed into various shapes and asked curiously.
"Yes, your mother is a woman of great artistry, and only all good things are worthy of her."
Xu Shixiong replied in a low voice.