CHAPTER XLII
Shuning looked at the piggy bank and asked casually, "Why didn't you give it back to me five years ago?" ”
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart.
“…… Forgot. Zhang Mingkai looked at her with a weak heart, the expression on his face was very unnatural, he had forgotten it, but he was reluctant.
Fortunately, Shu Ning's attention was on the piggy bank and didn't look at him.
She gently shook the piggy bank in her hand, listening to the familiar sound of coins colliding inside, which was an action she used to do when she was a child, her father said that when she shook and couldn't hear the sound of coins colliding, she could go to school in the city, she longed to go to school in the city at that time, she wanted to see the city where her parents loved each other, so she would stuff coins into the piggy bank as soon as she had them, and then couldn't help shaking them to listen to the sound.
But in the end, she smashed the piggy bank before it could be filled.
"Be careful......" Zhang Mingkai was shocked, for fear that she would be shaken by her with a hard piggy bank, after all, it was repaired by the pieces he picked up.
He has been carrying this piggy bank with him for ten years, and he has always carried it with him when he was a police officer in the army, and he can always see it when he looks up, the pink pig, although it is a little damaged, but it still looks cute and cute, which is very inconsistent with his temperament, so he was ridiculed by his comrades for a long time.
At first, he also thought that one day he would be able to find Shuning and return it to her in person, but when he found her later, he was reluctant.
Between them, he always wanted to leave a memory.
Shu Ning's hand movements paused, looking at him suspiciously.
Zhang Mingkai stumbled and explained: "I ...... I mean, this one is patched, not very strong, in case you shake it like that...... will hit you in the foot. After saying this, he felt that the sweat on his body came out, and lying was also a technical job, especially when Shuning looked at him calmly with black and white eyes, he was afraid that he would be seen through by her.
Shu Ning didn't think much about it, just nodded.
"Do you want it now?" He asked cautiously.
"You seem to like this piggy bank?"
Zhang Mingkai was stunned, did he behave so obviously? But he still said stiffly: "No...... No, how could I like such a gadget? ”
"Oh, then I'll take it."
Zhang Mingkai nodded with difficulty, and the expression on his face was obviously reluctant.
Shu Ning smiled, he didn't expect that a big man would like such a cute thing, "Since you mended it, it's yours." She put the piggy bank on the table and was about to leave.
This thing is no longer a good memory for her.
Zhang Mingkai saw her put her things down, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Leave a contact information, just in case...... There's still something to do. ”
It makes sense for Shu Ning to think about it, and after leaving his contact information, he left without staying any longer.
When she went back to Liang Xiu's house, she only saw the memorial at the gate of the community, her brows couldn't help frowning, she pretended not to see it, and walked directly to him.
The memorial is waiting for her, how can she be easily let go.
"Aning ......" Memorial took her hand, and there was a rare serious expression on his face: "Let's talk." ”
"There's nothing to talk about." Shu Ning indifferently shook off the commemorative hand and walked forward.
"You're doing this to me!" Remembrance shouted in the back, "You can't do this to me. ”
"Fair?" Shuning sneered, stopped, and looked back at him, "What does it mean to be fair?" Did your grandfather ever be fair to me? ”
Shuning walked back and walked to the memorial, she said: "The biggest reason why he didn't interfere in the disciplinary trial back then was because of you, and now he wants to bail out the discipline for you, from beginning to end, he didn't count me in it, but I still went abroad because of the agreement with him, and I came back this time to see him, but what about him?" And what did you do to me? ”
Thinking that she has carried so much for so many years, alone abroad, and still can't get the desired results in the end, tears unconsciously slide down.
"A-Ning." Seeing Shu Ning crying, Memorial felt a pain in his heart, and reached out to wipe her tears, "I will persuade grandpa to ......"
Shu Ning turned his head, dodged the hand of the memorial, and raised his hand to wipe away his tears, "Does it work?" Can you persuade me? ”
She has never been a cryer, because she knows that tears can't solve anything, but this time she was really aggrieved.
Commemorate the silence, grandpa's temper is indeed not so easy to persuade, and he is still in the hospital bed, he does not dare to quarrel with him at all.
Shu Ning sneered, how could she not know his grandfather's temper, she knew too well, in the five years of the Ji family, she had learned many times.
"Go back!" She said, turning to leave.
"Aning, don't do this." Memorial suddenly hugged her from behind, didn't let her go, and said eagerly: "Grandpa said, discipline will be sent away, sent far away, his punishment is not over yet." ”
"Send away? How far can it be delivered? Is this a punishment? Shuning went to break the hand that imprisoned her, and the already calm heart rose up with irritability again.
Memorial still hugged her tightly, reluctant to let go, he said: "I know you are very uncomfortable now, but it is already like this, I will ......"
Shu Ning interrupted him: "So, I have to accept it, right?" Finally breaking free from the confines of remembrance, she pushed him away vigorously, looking at him with cold eyes, "You have to accept all this unfairness?" ”
So, I never felt the same way.
He acts like he cares about her so much, but he can't understand her feelings.
"A-Ning, that's not what I meant." Memorial shook his head, realizing that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly remedied: "I will find a way, I will stop grandpa's ......"
"There's nothing you can't do, and you can't stop your grandfather." Shuning's eyes were like water, she looked at it coldly, and stepped back step by step, she said, "I shouldn't have come back, then, I won't know all this filthy!" ”
"Aning ......"
Under the dim street lamp, Memorial looked at the resolute expression on Shu Ning's face, and suddenly panicked in his heart, he once again blocked her way, and asked with difficulty: "Are you ...... Are you going to go again? ”
"If you don't leave, why are you staying here, watching discipline get out of prison? Watching everything happen and not being able to do anything about it? Shu Ning looked at the dark and boundless sky in the distance, and said expressionlessly, her words were full of mockery, and she didn't know whether she was mocking others or herself.
Memorial's face turned pale, but he suddenly said, "Can't you stay for me?" ”
Shu Ning finally turned his head to look at him, but his eyes were full of mockery.
The heart of remembrance sank little by little under Shu Ning's gaze, until finally, it sank to a bottomless place.
It's him who is delusional.
At this moment, she hated him and hated him, how could she still stay for him.
Memorial lowered his head, there was no more brilliance in his eyes, and silently retreated.
He got out of the way, and Shuning immediately left without hesitation, his back was terrifyingly indifferent.
Looking at the distant back, the commemorative ten fingers unconsciously clenched hard.
It's this feeling that can't be mastered, and A-Ning always makes him helpless.
It didn't matter if it was five years ago, or now.
He has always been the one who has been mastered.
She took care of him for five years and spent all her mind on how to rehabilitate his left foot.
She cared about his body, but never his heart.
When he was hurt, she would be distressed, but when he was sad, she never cared.
Before she didn't know the truth, she regarded him more as her responsibility, and after knowing the truth, she seemed to have let go of her responsibility, so she just wanted to stay away from him.
Now, she seems to hate him even with him.
On one side is the seriously ill grandfather, and on the other side is the love of his life, A-Ning, what should he do? In order to satisfy both sides?
There was a deep sense of powerlessness that surrounded him, if he intervened to stop him, grandpa would not be able to bear it, and if he did nothing and watched the discipline get out of prison, then A-Ning would leave.
Maybe never to come back.
The memorial stood in place for a long time, until Shuning's back completely disappeared from his sight, and then turned to leave.
When Shu Ning came back, Liang Xiu found that her face was very bad, her breath was cold, as if there was no trace of temperature, she asked worriedly: "What's wrong with you, why is your body so cold?" "It's still summer!
"It's fine." Shu Ning shook his head and said casually: "The wind outside is blowing." ”
"Is it windy outside?" Liang Xiu was puzzled and asked her again, "Have you eaten dinner?" ”
Shu Ning continued to shake her head, how could she be in the mood to take care of her stomach at this moment.
Liang Xiu said: "I cooked porridge, you wait, I'll go and heat it up for you." ”
"No, I'm not hungry." Shuning grabbed her.
Seeing that she was not in a good mood, Liang Xiu sighed, "Are you too tired from running to the hospital these days?" Will you go again tomorrow? ”
"I'm not going." Shu Ning lowered her head and whispered, tears flashing in her eyes, "I won't go in the future." The latter words, the voice was so light that Liang Xiu couldn't hear it clearly.
"What's wrong?" Liang Xiu asked her, but she didn't get an answer, she just thought that Grandpa Ji's condition had deteriorated again, so Shuning was in a bad mood.
She stood up and walked to the kitchen, "I'd better go and give you hot porridge, you'll be more uncomfortable if you don't eat." ”
As soon as the porridge was heated, Liang Xiu received a phone call, she asked Shu Ning to drink the porridge, and then went out without having time to change her clothes.
Closing the door, Shuning looked at the hot white rice porridge on the table, and the coldness in his heart seemed to be warmed a little.
Early the next morning, Shuning received news from Zhang Mingkai: he was released from prison after three days.
Shu Ning looked at the phone screen in a daze, moved his fingers stiffly, and typed three words: Got it.
Grandpa Ji's movements are really fast!
For three days, even if she really wanted to do something, she couldn't do anything.
But she couldn't watch him get out of prison, so she immediately bought the fastest flight, and she was going to leave here.
If she stayed, she didn't know what she would do.
As soon as Liang Xiu woke up, she saw that Shuning was packing up her things, and she looked confused, "You...... What are you doing? "She didn't come home until midnight last night, so she woke up late.
"Pack your things." Shu Ning didn't raise his head, and put the clothes in his suitcase one by one.
Liang Xiu irritably pulled at his still messy hair, "Of course I know you're packing up, I'm asking you what you're going to do when you're packing up?" ”
"Let's go!"
"Let's go? Why are you leaving? Am I not being well treated? Liang Xiu was anxious, and remembered whether he had lost his temper with Shu Ning when he came back last night.