Chapter 44: Returning Home for the New Year
Because the weather was too cold, Qingzi lived at Chen Xiaofei's house to watch a movie, and when she finished watching "Later Us" directed by Liu Ruoying, she seemed to think of something and asked Chen Xiaofei, who was working overtime on the other side.
"If we didn't have a later life, would you still think of me?"
"Fool, why ask such boring words, we will definitely have a bright future!" Chen Xiaofei didn't understand what Qingzi said.
Kiyoko was a little disappointed, but she still continued to ask stupidly: "Can we still be together after the New Year?" ”
Chen Xiaofei listened to Qingzi's words and found that something was wrong with her, so she stopped what she was doing and walked into her side and found that there were tears on her face, Chen Xiaofei reached out to help her dry it, she was a little embarrassed, and explained: "I was so moved to watch the movie." ”
"No matter what happens, we'll always be together as long as you want!" Chen Xiaofei held Qingzi in his arms distressedly, and at that moment Qingzi felt that she must be the happiest woman in the world.
Unconsciously, it was late at night, Qingzi didn't go home this night, she lay on Chen Xiaofei's bed and hid tightly in the quilt, looking at Chen Xiaofei who was still busy warmly, and she was very satisfied. Even if Chen Xiaofei can't give her the life she wants, as her parents said, he at least worked hard, and as long as she works hard, she has no regrets, so she has nothing to find fault with.
Qingzi woke up the next day first, she found that she had been tightly held in her arms by Chen Xiaofei, she remembered that he must have been busy until late to sleep last night, otherwise she woke up so easily that she didn't wake up all night, she quietly looked up to see that Chen Xiaofei was so quiet and cute in her sleep, and then the corners of her mouth rose slightly.
She wanted to secretly change her position and get up, but as soon as she moved, Chen Xiaofei hugged her tighter, and she had to obediently hide in his extremely warm arms, listening to his even breathing, and slowly fell asleep again.
It wasn't until Qingzi's phone rang that they won from their deep sleep, Qingzi quickly opened her eyes, picked up the mobile phone on the bedside, and saw that the caller ID was her father, she was startled and hurriedly asked Chen Xiaofei not to make a sound.
"It's a holiday today, you and Xingchen should come back for dinner!" Kiyoko's father said.
"Okay!" Kiyoko was nervous.
"You just woke up? What did you do last night? ”
"It's not a holiday colleague party, so it's better to go to bed late. Oops, I'll go back and rest assured! Qingzi hung up the phone in a hurry for fear of revealing flaws, and then hurriedly got up: "I'm going back, my dad asked me and Xingchen to go home for dinner." ”
"I'll give it to you!"
"No need."
"Is that a statement before leaving?" Chen Xiaofei deliberately leaned his face over and waited, Qingzi immediately understood, and then kissed him on the face before leaving.
As soon as Xingchen got home, she saw that a hot meal had been prepared on the dining table, and she was very moved, she felt that Qingzi was so happy, this is how many times she has appeared in her dreams, it turns out that it is so easy in other people's homes.
She stood by and watched until Kiyoko pulled her to the table.
Kiyoko's mother took out the red wine and poured it for them, smiling all over her face. Qingzi saw that her father was also in a good mood, and slowly let go of the matter of spending the night at Chen Xiaofei's house last night. The atmosphere at the table was very warm.
"Xingchen, why don't you stay and spend the New Year with Qingzi." Kiyoko's mother said after eating.
"I'm going home for the New Year." Xingchen explained, but it could be seen that Kiyoko's mother was desperate for her to stay.
"You are really, Xingchen, who is a big Chinese New Year, also wants to reunite with her family, who stays here to accompany her parents for the New Year, don't just think about yourself and ignore others!" Kiyoko's father couldn't help but complain when he heard this.
"How can I ......" Kiyoko's mother was a little embarrassed, and then said with some shame: "Xingchen, I definitely didn't mean that, I just wanted to be more lively." ”
"It's okay Auntie, I can understand!" Xingchen tried to restrain the uneasiness in his heart, smiling.
"Then you come back early!" Kiyoko can only say this, she knows that Xingchen is unwilling to let people know her past in front of others, especially knowing that Xingchen is no different from an orphan.
Kiyoko's mother suddenly left another room, then took out a few large bags from it and put them in front of Xingchen and said, "These are all New Year's goods sent by others, and we can't use them out, so you can take them back!" ”
"Thank you, Auntie, but I ......" Xingchen didn't dare to take the bag, because she saw that the bag contained bird's nest and other valuable things.
"You just take it, it's a waste to put it here, take it!" Kiyoko knew that Xingchen was embarrassed and hurriedly said.
Kiyoko's mother looked at Xingchen and still hadn't taken it, so she said, "I'll put it in the car first, lest you forget to take it." With that, he opened the door with his things and went out.
"When are you going to be home? Did you buy a ticket? Kiyoko asked.
"In two days!" Xingchen didn't know exactly when she would go home, and she didn't know if there was a place for that so-called "home".
In the past two days, Xingchen has been bored at home and does not go out, Qingzi is busy in love, but she can't worry about Xingchen who is at home, so she has to tell Enron to let him come and knock on the door from time to time to chat with her, so she feels very happy and comfortable at home.
In the morning, Xingchen was still asleep when she heard a knock on the door, she thought it was Kiyoko who had not returned all night, so she went to open the door unkempt, but the man standing at the door was still carrying tofu flowers and fritters, which were Xingchen's favorite.
Xingchen still didn't have the courage to mention the word "Dad" in front of this man, even though she knew that the winter morning was very cold and the smoky breakfast.
"I haven't eaten it yet! I'll bring you breakfast. The man said, and followed the stars into the house.
Xingchen suddenly didn't know how to face this familiar and strange man.
"I bought you a ticket to go home today, you pack your things, let's go home!"
Xingchen loved and hated after hearing this, she thought that she had waited too long for this sentence, but it really happened as if everything had become so unreal again, and the most pitiful thing was that grandma left without waiting for this sentence after all.
There was a knock on the wooden door again, this time it was Enron, it turned out that he was not worried that Xingchen would go home alone and specially asked Xingchen's father to come over, and he planned to drive them to the station.
"Hurry up and have breakfast, or it's too late." An Ran urged the dazed Xingchen, at this time he didn't want to explain anything to comfort anything, he felt that no matter how many words in such a scene seemed pale, he just hoped that the two father and daughter could understand each other, and let time resolve all the past pain.
Xingchen listened numbly to the instructions of the two men, took the train to the station step by step, and then followed the man home.
It was a full five hours to go home, and Xingchen still didn't say a word to the man sitting next to him. She stared blankly at the scenery outside the window, she should be familiar with this road, but this time she seemed to have seen a lot of differences, this strangeness made her have the illusion that she was lost and had not been seen for a long time.
Today, Chen Xiaofei is going home for the New Year, Qingzi deliberately got up early to send him to the airport, and when she just opened the door, she met An Ran, who had just gone out.
"I heard Xingchen say that you took her and her dad to the station?" Kiyoko asked.
"Well, I think there should be some misunderstanding between them!"
"Misunderstanding? Do you know them well? Have you ever met Xingchen her dad in private? ”
Qingzi saw An Ran bowing his head and acquiesced, knowing that all this was his arrangement.
"You know what? Xingchen hates the most is that others interfere in her family affairs, because everyone thinks that she should forgive his father, but everyone is not a party Why do you say this, I have been with Xingchen for so many years, I never dared to talk about this in front of her, because this is a scar for her life! ”
"Since the scars have become the past, why punish yourself with the pain of the past......
"Don't say it, you won't understand, I'll leave first in a hurry."
The moment the elevator door opened, Kiyoko hurriedly walked in, wondering what Seungchen would think if she knew that his father's timely appearance and her return home were nothing more than safe arrangements.
Because the old house he lived in with his grandmother had not been lived in for a long time, and there was some water leakage in disrepair, Xingchen had to go back to live with his father. Her father bought a two-bedroom apartment in the local small county a few years ago, and she remembers one time when her grandmother was hospitalized in the small county town because she was sick, and she went there once and never went again.
"Sister Xingchen, you're finally here, Dad has been looking forward to it for a long time." A little girl who looked like she was fifteen or sixteen years old said very happily when she saw Xingchen enter the house.
Xingchen knew that this very cute girl in front of her was related to her but was not familiar with her at all, although she didn't want to admit that her father had left her because of this girl, but when she looked at the girl's home, her heart was very painful. Why does the same father have a different experience?
"Xingchen, you're here, hurry up and wash your hands and eat!" A thin woman came out of the kitchen.
Xingchen was still silent, here she felt that everything was strange, she was uncomfortable, she wanted to escape but there was nowhere to go.
"You are like being at home, you are hungry after sitting in the car for so long, hurry up and eat!" Her father thoughtfully took her luggage and put it in a room.
This dinner was very rich, her father kept serving her vegetables, the woman and the girl, talking and laughing, everything was so beautiful that it was unreal, wasn't this the scene she dreamed of? But this woman is not the woman she wants to see, and the girl is not herself, she is even thinking about whether her mother will be the same as the thin woman in front of her at this moment, busy taking care of the children around her, talking and laughing around the dining table?
Xingchen lowered her head and a tear fell into the bowl, she didn't want to show her weakness here but she just couldn't control it, and her father gently patted her shoulder to comfort her.
At this time, the girl's mother saw it and said, "Xingchen, I don't know what you are thinking at the moment, but I hope that since you are here, you will celebrate the New Year happily, we are very welcome to you!" ”
"Doudou, hurry up and call Sister Xingxing to dinner, she also bought you a gift." The father said to the girl after watching the stars and not moving his chopsticks.
After dinner, Xingchen offered to go out for a walk, and the girl followed. It can be seen that this girl likes her very much, and keeps calling her sister, as if no matter how unaccustomed you are, but after calling too much, she becomes accustomed to it.