Chapter 10: Mrs. Ann's Thoughts
Mrs. An received Shuqing in the living room on the first floor, and Shuqing noticed that there was another person in the room, who she thought looked a little familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it for a while. She carefully looked at the man sitting in the single chair in the corner of the living room, and could see from his slender legs that he was a tall man, about 40 years old, dark brown eyes, and slightly high cheekbones, but his facial features were distinct. 'What a talent,' Shuqing thought to herself.
"Oh dear, you're here, thank you so much for coming. When Mrs. An saw Shuqing, she immediately greeted her. She took Shuqing's hand and walked over to the man. As he walked, he whispered: "Oh, I don't know if you remember, he is Li Zhen's husband, oh, it is Xin'er's husband." ”
Jin Peng saw that Mrs. An and Shuqing had left, so he immediately stood up.
"Jinpeng, this is Shuqing, we have been good friends for many years, back then, Xin'er, oh, Li Zhen was born thanks to her help take care of it. Mrs. An looked at Jinpeng and said, she paused, and then looked back at Shuqing, "Shuqing, this is Li Zhen's husband, Jinpeng." ”
After a period of greetings, Mrs. An cut to the chase, she told Shuqing Li Zhen that she had returned to Longmen Town, she was very worried, she heard that Hu Sheng had been released from prison, she didn't know if Hu Sheng had threatened Li Zhen again and forced her to divorce Jinpeng.
"Are you divorced?" Shuqing looked at Jin Peng in surprise.
"Yes. Jinpeng seemed a little uncomfortable, divorce is not a good thing.
"Shuqing, it was Li Zhen who wanted to divorce, this child would always be so reckless. Mrs. Ann interrupted them, her tone full of helplessness. "I didn't mention it to you, she married Hu Sheng just to provoke me, and I told her how that kind of country man can be relied on. Of course, this may be my prejudice, but I have to admit that some countrymen just can't change their savage nature. Hey~" Mrs. An sighed deeply after speaking. She doesn't know if she is too strict with Li Zhen, which leads to her character defects, she never allows her to go out with her friends or classmates, nor has she ever given her independent financial authority, she is always afraid that her baby daughter will meet bad people, will be taken badly, will follow her old path, she cuts off the bridge between her independent contact with the outside world, and never allows her to have money to control independently...... She controlled almost her entire life before marriage, but unfortunately no matter how she interfered in her life, she still ruined herself in the end. And developed a super desire to control money, which may be the reason why she married Jinpeng, but Mrs. An did not stop her from marrying Jinpeng, Jinpeng is a good man, the family is well-off, Mrs. An thought that maybe this will make Li Zhen start a new life, she did start a new life, but this life may be too short......
"Xiaowen, what do you want me to do?" Shuqing interrupted Mrs. An's thoughts and said.
Mrs. An came back to her senses, she raised her eyes to look at Jin Peng and then at Shuqing, and said, "That's the case, Jin Peng wants to go to Longmen Town to find Li Zhen, you know that girl is reckless, I'm really afraid that something will happen to her." Mrs. An sighed again as she said this, feeling more and more that she seemed to have done something wrong to Li Zhen.
"You want me and Jinpeng to go back to Li Zhen together. Shuqing took Mrs. An's words.
"Oh, Shuqing, you're always so understanding, I owe you so much. ”
"Oh, where, my old woman has nothing to do all day free, just enough to go back and see. Seriously, I haven't been back in years. ”
"I paid all the costs incurred to go back. Thank you so much. Mrs. Ann took Shuqing's hand again, her eyes filled with tears.
"We don't have to be so polite. Shuqing patted Mrs. An's hand, she just wanted to go back, she hid something from Mrs. An about Anna, when Mrs. An dragged her to inquire about Anna's whereabouts, she did not tell Mrs. An, Anna was sent to an insane asylum. And she never knew that so much had happened in her so many years away from Chongqing. The missing Anna will actually reconnect with Anxin because of the same man. Love is truly the most amazing thing in the world.
They agreed on the time of departure and some other details to end the meeting and conversation, Jinpeng left first, and Mrs. An begged Shuqing to stay a little longer. Mrs. An then led Shuqing to her bedroom.
Shuqing and Mrs. An have known each other for many years, but they have never entered her boudoir, and when she stood in Mrs. An's bedroom, she looked around curiously, this room was very different from the suite she had seen when she came before, compared to the previous suite was more like a rich man's room. And this one, she thinks, is not very suitable to describe as "a rich lady's boudoir".
There was an old-fashioned bench and some not-so-cosy Victorian chairs, with bent backs and old, faded calico, but with a striking Crystal Palace motif. The room is smaller, but still larger than the living room of many ordinary families. There are several small tables with antique ornaments and photographs on display, which is crowded. Shuqing glanced at the photo, on it was a little girl, looking very lively, but under the thick bangs, a pair of eyes stared angrily at the world in front of her. Written below the photo is "Baby-Anxin".
Mrs. An invited Shuqing to sit down, and pulled a chair to sit next to her. Sook Ching began to voice her doubts. But before Shuqing could speak, Mrs. An spoke first.
"I've always been a little strict with peace of mind, or more than that. When she was a child, I never let her be alone. You know my mother is Shanghainese, and she's very traditional, and she's always been reluctant to bring me back from the countryside. I think in a sense, she thinks I'm damaging my family's honor. You don't know she's always making a big fuss. But there was no way, I was her only daughter, and fortunately my father did not despise me because of this. Either way, it affected my education of Anxin, who grew up in a wealthy family without a father, and I always ignored her, and I set strict rules for the nanny to keep a strict watch. I kept her fed and clothed, but never gave her money, even when she turned 18 and went to college. Mrs. Ann paused at this point. Then she went on to say: "Anxin had a car accident when she was 8 years old. ”
Shuqing was surprised, and then suddenly became serious.
"Did the car accident affect her severely?" asked Shuqing.
"Oh, no, no, no. Mrs. Ann shook her head and smiled. Then she continued: "It wasn't a big problem, I had a little bit of a broken calf and it was healed quickly. However, she hit her head when she fell, and the doctor said there was nothing wrong. Just a minor contusion. ”
"Then you think something is wrong. ”
"Two months after the car accident, the nanny said that Anxin was playing alone in the corner of the house, and she moved a lot of dolls to that corner. And one person had a lot of fun, and the babysitter said it seemed to be talking to another person. ”
"I think kids like to talk to themselves and play alone. ”
"Yes, I thought so at first, I thought it was the nanny who thought too much and didn't care. Until one day, the nanny found her lying in a corner and twitching, and her dolls that had been placed in an orderly manner were in a mess. The babysitter was too frightened to touch her. If it weren't for the doctor who happened to come to give my father insulin injections at home. Oh~ I can't imagine it. With that, Mrs. Ann put her hands on her chest, as if what she had said had just happened.
"What the doctor said. Shuqing became more and more curious.
"The doctor did a simple treatment, and then we took her to the hospital in time, took an X-ray, and the doctor showed me the film, and said that she had a seizure, epilepsy. ”
"Oh my God!" Shuqing was surprised. "You've had a hard time. ”
"Oh yes, yes, we operated on her, it was a tough time, but luckily the operation was very successful. Of course, it is precisely for this reason that I asked you to help me take care of Anna, you know that they are twins~" Mrs. Ann's eyes were soaked with tears.
"Xiaowen, Anna~" Shuqing was thinking about whether to tell Mrs. Ann about Anna at this time, but she was afraid that she would not be able to stand the double blow, so she left with peace of mind.
However, Mrs. Ann did not give Shuqing a chance, she calmed down a little, and then stood up and walked towards the dresser, she said as she walked.
"Hey, it's all in the past, I shouldn't bring it up to hurt my nerves. What I want to give you is, this~" As she spoke, Mrs. An handed Shuqing a file bag. "I think this might help me regain my peace of mind. I'm afraid she'll do something stupid!"
Shuqing took the document bag, which read "Xinqiao Hospital" on it. She looked at Mrs. Ann in surprise, but she motioned for her to open the file bag.