Chapter 24: Family Portrait
Half a month later, Meng Jie finally couldn't find an excuse to delay, and brought the completed procedures for going abroad.
"Urge, urge, I must have owed you in my last life, give it to you, all the formalities are in order, I will fly tomorrow, and I will wait for you to die."
"Don't curse me for being good, my parents still expect me to give them a fat grandson."
"Hmph, I want to be the king next door across the country, no wonder I'm so anxious, I can remind you, people have been married for many years, don't do things that hurt morals, you don't have any bottom line, but you have to think about Wanwan, she has forgotten a lot of things, maybe she has already empathized with the kid surnamed Bai."
"Hmm."
"Well, what do you mean, I'm telling you so much, have you listened? You have to listen to me when you go abroad, or I'll tell your parents right now! Meng Jie chattered as he poked the absent-minded Lan Xingchen with his hand.
"Tell me what?" Lin Xiaotong pushed the door in with chicken soup and fruit, and when he saw two people pushing and shoving, he was still frightened when he saw him.
“…… Alas, after experiencing life and death, I can't look down on anything, even if you come out tomorrow..."Lin Xiaotong was interrupted by Meng Jie before he finished his joke.
"We won't ......" Meng Jie just wanted to deny going abroad when he was interrupted by Lan Xingchen.
"We'll come out now!" Lan Xingchen kissed Meng Jie on the cheek, he knew that his mother must have wanted to make fun of them just now, but was misunderstood by Meng Jie, who was weak-hearted.
“…… Stinky boy, don't take advantage of Meng Jie. Lin Xiaotong lightly slapped Lan Xingchen.
"That's it, don't take advantage of me!" Meng Jie echoed.
"What if Meng Jie is serious, I still want to hug my grandson!" Lin Xiaotong continued.
"It's just... Alas? Auntie, you can also make fun of me~" Meng Jie puffed up and became coquettish.
The three of them laughed for a while, and Meng Jie winked and left. Lan Xingchen was left to talk to his mother about family life.
"Mom, why are you here today, aren't you very busy?"
"No matter how busy I am, I have to care about you, I am just a child of you."
"Well, what a coincidence, I'm just your mother."
"It seems that you are really good, and your mouth is sharp. However, the doctor still recommends that you stay in the hospital for another month, especially if you are not tired from running around. Lin Xiaotong said meaningfully.
"Oh, by the way, in the past few days, many colleagues from the police force have come to see me, and the leaders have also come, saying that I can rest assured and welcome me back to the team at any time, but I am still hesitating, I want to help my family company more, so as not to make you work too hard." Lan Xingchen pretended to be relaxed.
"Don't divert the subject, I'm talking about your body." Lin Xiaotong was a little angry.
“…… I'm sorry Mom, I have something very important and I need to travel abroad, it's really important, don't worry. Lan Xingchen knew that he might have been seen by his mother when he had just hidden his passport, and with the strange behavior just now, his mother should have guessed it.
"It's been delayed for 5 years, do you have to go desperately?" Mom's eyes were full of doubts and pleading.
"It's been delayed for 5 years, and I'm desperate to go." Lan Xingchen's eyes were full of determination and pleading.
"It's for the girl in the photo, I helped you turn on the camera that day, and I saw the 5 photos that Meng Jie sent you." Lin Xiaotong calmed down a lot
"Well, I have to go and make good on what I promised 5 years ago, I made her wait too long, not just 5 years, it should have been 8 years." Lan Xingchen was full of self-blame.
"If you hadn't slept for 5 years, would I have hugged my grandson?" Lin Xiaotong had tears in his smile, and he had already understood Lan Xingchen.
"Definitely!" Lan Xingchen also smiled bitterly.
The airport is always full of people coming and going, people of different colors and countries gather here, everyone hides their worries and pretends to be very calm and waits for the flight. Lan Xingchen quietly observed everyone: this person should be on a business trip, this person should be a tourist, this person should be a student, this person should be a businessman, but no one is like him, to redeem the irreparable love.
The cemetery is always deserted, there are only a few people, Lin Xiaotong learned about his son and Huang Wanwan, so he checked her, coincidentally, today is the death day of Grandpa Huang and Grandma Huang, Lin Xiaotong brought a bouquet of chrysanthemums to worship. After looking for a long time, she finally found that the tombstone that had been being held and crying was what she was looking for. She looked at the two people from a distance, the man knelt in front of the tombstone to comfort the woman, the woman was emaciated, crying so sadly, and finally cried and fell into the man's arms. Lin Xiaotong hurriedly stepped forward, handed over tissues and water, and when she looked at these two people again, she was suddenly speechless.
"Thank you, my wife is too sad and just returned to China this morning, tired from the journey, fainted, can you help me help her, I will feed her medicine."
"Oh, okay, she's okay, if you don't go to the hospital, I'll take you there."
"There shouldn't be a big deal, I'll give her another massage after taking the medicine."
"Does she often do this, I think you're very professional."
"Well, I've been sick for 5 years, but it's okay, I've survived the hardest times, and you seem to know this."
"Yes, I also have a person in my family who has been sick for 5 years, and I also need to give him a massage."
"Is your family alright?"
"The body is fine, but the heart disease is difficult to treat."
"Hehe, same."
"I forgot to introduce myself, I'm also here to worship Wanwan's grandparents, this is Wanwan, right?" Lin Xiaotong recognized these two people as Huang Wanwan and Bai Qingzhou in the photo.
“…… Yes, who are you? Haven't seen you before? Bai Qingzhou was a little alert.
"Well, my lover is Huang Dayong's classmate, and we only recently learned that the second elder is gone." Although Lin Xiaotong made a detour, he was right.
"Thank you today, my wife and I have to catch a plane in a while, so we'll go first." Bai Qingzhou saw the assistant running over in the distance and hurriedly wanted to leave here.
"Wait a minute, this is my phone, Wanwan can find me for anything, just treat me as family." Saying that, Lin Xiaotong quickly wrote a note and put it in Wanwan's clothes.
Bai Qingzhou nodded slightly, and helped Wanwan with the assistant to leave, Bai Qingzhou just wanted to throw away the note, when Wanwan woke up, she glanced back at Lin Xiaotong.
"Xingchen, mom can only help you get here, I hope Wanwan can call you back!" Lin Xiaotong looked at Huang Wanwan and said to herself.
No one else heard Lin Xiaotong's words, but Wanwan heard it, she stopped Bai Qingzhou from throwing away the note, and repeatedly thought about the name "Xingchen", a name that often appeared in her mind.
Lin Xiaotong suddenly remembered that she should quickly inform her son Wanwan of the matter in China, but Lan Xingchen didn't answer the phone, and she hurriedly called Meng Jie again.
Lan Xingchen and Meng Jie were about to board the plane, but Xiao Li of the police force suddenly called Lan Xingchen, saying that they found out that Huang Wanwan and Bai Qingzhou had entry records this morning, and they were probably here to worship their grandparents. Lan Xingchen hung up the phone and said to Meng Jie: "Is today Wanwan's grandparents' sacrifice day?" ”
"That's right."
"Wanwan returned to China this morning, and she was supposed to come to worship, but they booked a ticket back to the United States at 5 p.m. I'm going to find her now. You wait for me here, by the way to change the ticket but at 5pm, on the same flight as them. ”
"But it's almost 1 o'clock now, when you get to the cemetery, it is estimated that they will also leave, besides, we are business class, if we change the book, it is likely to become economy class......" Meng Jie didn't finish speaking, Lan Xingchen had already run away.
Lan Xingchen finally heard the third call from his mother when he arrived at the gate of the cemetery, Lin Xiaotong told Lan Xingchen that Wanwan had been gone for more than 10 minutes, and the three of them were wearing black clothes, and Wanwan had just fainted...... Lin Xiaotong didn't finish speaking, Lan Xingchen saw Bai Qingzhou helping Wanwan get into the car and drive away, Lan Xingchen hurriedly chased after him, and not far after chasing him, Lan Xingchen stopped, if he had been placed before, he would definitely be able to catch up, but now that he had just run for a while, his heart felt like it was going to explode, he decided to give up, he was afraid of dying here, and he had to let his mother who had just come out of the cemetery collect his body, it was too unfilial. Lan Xingchen approached the cemetery, Lin Xiaotong saw his son's lonely appearance, just hugged him, didn't say anything, Lan Xingchen silently bowed to Grandpa Huang and Grandma Huang, and went back with his mother.
Meng Jie called and said that the flight at 5 o'clock was only in economy class, so they couldn't see Wanwan while waiting for the flight. Lan Xingchen said that he would arrive at the airport on time to reassure him.
When it was almost 4 o'clock, Lan Xingchen rushed to the airport, Meng Jie silently thanked the Buddha, thanked God, and thanked the ancestors of the Lan family, and they finally flew towards the United States.
Huang Wanwan wanted to go home to see, Bai Qingzhou said that she was afraid of missing the flight, but Huang Wanwan was very insistent, Bai Qingzhou had to compromise, fortunately, Bai Qingzhou had already cleaned Wanwan's house, especially Lan Xingchen's room. Huang Wanwan approached the familiar and unfamiliar home, and suddenly thought of a lot of things, she went back to her house and wanted to be quiet alone for a while, Bai Qingzhou agreed, but told her not to take too long, he would be worried. Wanwan closed the door, sat down, closed her eyes, and recalled the ordinary life in the past, she thought of the days before the college entrance examination, but there was a person who was vague, she felt out the photo in her clothes, which should have been secretly stuffed to her by the strange woman when she was in the cemetery. Wanwan took a deep breath and prepared herself, but when she saw the five happy people in the photo, she still couldn't stop having a headache, this is a family photo, there are kind grandparents in the photo, there is a carefree self at the time, and a particularly familiar uncle, but I can't remember who it is, and who is the brother who is about the same age as Brother Qingzhou? They were so familiar, but she just couldn't remember it, Wanwan not only had a headache, but her heart was also broken, and she saw a beautiful candy box on her desk, which was opened, and there were seven stacked stars inside. Brother Xingchen! Wanwan thought of a name.