Chapter 50 Chapter 50 "Han Jingyuan, can you divorce Jiang Xiaoci...

Jiang Xiaoci separated from Song Zhaoan. When she returned home, her second brother saw that she was unhappy and asked, "Are you worried about your cousin?"

Jiang Xiaoci said: "No, I met Song Zhaoan at the station. He had thought it through and sent his sister-in-law to Shenzhen. He apologized to me, but he just wouldn't cancel the engagement. I was very angry."

"Is there anything fishy between him and your cousin?" Jiang Yunyi asked.

"Luckily he didn't." Jiang Xiaoci thankfully said, "I'll find a good partner for my cousin later, and he'll give up."

Jiang Xiaoci wants to take her second brother to the clothing store opened by her aunt and mother to choose clothes for him.

Jiang Yunyi said: "You can visit relatives, but I don't need clothes. I can't wear other clothes in the army. Don't waste money."

Jiang Xiaoci argued: "If a kind-hearted military family member introduces you to a blind date, you should always wear something different. It's better to bring two sets."

"That's even more unnecessary." Jiang Yunyi said with a smile: "Didn't I tell you that I'll leave my marriage to you to arrange, there's no rush."

Jiang Xiaoci did say this to her second brother, so that was fine. She was still worried about the person being introduced to her second brother by someone else.

At night, my second brother lived downstairs in a small room built next to the kitchen. This was also the room where my grandparents lived before.

Jiang Xiaoci slept alone on the second floor with her child. Han Jingyuan was not at home. She had to get up at night to prepare milk powder for the baby, so she bought two alarm clocks and set the time.

Before she fell asleep, she heard someone knocking on the door. Her second brother was downstairs, so Jiang Xiaoci ignored the knock.

But the knocking continued for a long time. Why didn’t my second brother get up to open the door?

The baby was sleeping soundly and was not woken up. Jiang Xiaoci didn't want to get up in the middle of winter, but the knocking on the door never stopped.

She had no choice but to crawl out of the warm bed, put on her clothes and ran downstairs. She looked out from the safety lock and saw that it was Han Jingyuan.

He just left last night, so there was no way he could come back so soon. Jiang Xiaoci didn't understand what was going on. She opened the door and was shivering from the cold wind.

She reached out and touched Han Jingyuan's cheek. It was so cold. She reached into his clothes and felt warm, but even more strange. She asked, "Why are you back?"

Han Jingyuan was stunned: "The work is done, and the New Year is the day after tomorrow, why don't I come back?"

"New Year's Day the day after tomorrow? I just sent my cousin and aunt to the station this morning."

The two of them looked at the rain and snow outside at the same time, and they both knew what was going on.

…

According to experience, Han Jingyuan would most likely not be seen by others at this moment, but Jiang Xiaoci was still worried, so she pulled him into the door and closed it.

Chinese New Year is the day after tomorrow, so today is the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month. Han Jingyuan and his colleague, cousin and aunt finished the case in just over ten days, which was very quick.

She ran to the room in the backyard, and sure enough, her second brother was not there. According to the time, he had returned to the army a few days ago.

Without bothering to ask about the details of the case, Jiang Xiaoci asked, "You will only come back from the future if you find me as a matchmaker. Who do you want to be a matchmaker for?"

Han Jingyuan blushed and now he couldn't hide it anymore.

"I've been thinking all this time that after the Chinese New Year, I'll ask you to introduce a date to Cheng Yanshu."

Jiang Xiaoci was getting more confused: "He hasn't graduated yet, and why are you so concerned about his marriage? You shouldn't be the one bringing it up. What happened?"

Han Jingyuan said, "I don't understand either. The case had just been handled when I received a call from Cheng Yanshu in the hotel. He actually asked me if I could get a divorce?"

Jiang Xiaoci was shocked: "It's only been a dozen days, there's no way I could have had anything with him."

Han Jingyuan said: "I thought so too. I asked him what was wrong, but he didn't say anything."

Jiang Xiaoci thought hard and said, "Is it possible that he had a dream in which the red thread was not broken, and the dream was a completely different process. He and I were together, and you were still yourself. After waking up from the dream, he was very sad?"

Han Jingyuan was struck by this possibility and felt his whole body go cold and his face darkened.

"If there really is such a world, I will definitely destroy it. No one can destroy my current life."

Jiang Xiaoci hurriedly comforted her: "I'm just saying a possibility."

The more Han Jingyuan thought about it, the more he could not accept that consequence. He said, "Xiaoci, there is no if in life. If Cheng Yanshu comes to destroy my life, I will never be polite to him."

Jiang Xiaoci has such a good relationship with Grandma Xie's family, and Uncle Cheng next door is Cheng Yanshu's biological father, so it's a little bit troublesome.

Anyway, there are still ten days before that time, so there is no need to rush now. She said to Han Jingyuan: "Okay, let's not talk about it anymore. Go to the kitchen and take a shower, and we will go upstairs to sleep."

Han Jingyuan was shocked again: "That's not good, right?"

Jiang Xiaoci asked: "What's wrong? You don't want to sleep at home after you come back, where do you want to go?"

Han Jingyuan explained: "I came back from more than ten days later. Logically speaking, there is still a me at this time. How can I sleep here?"

Jiang Xiaoci laughed: "Brother Han, isn't that all your fault? Are you thinking too much?"

Han Jingyuan said: "Think about it, I have so many thoughts at the moment, so will I have more thoughts in the future?"

Jiang Xiaoci was almost confused by him. She didn't know what would happen after the rain stopped, so she asked him to stay in the room downstairs temporarily.

Han Jingyuan really wanted to hug her, but he held back.

Jiang Xiaoci got up at night to prepare milk powder for her baby. Seeing the light on in the small room in the courtyard, she went downstairs and knocked on the door. Han Jingyuan was standing at the door, looking so pitiful.

Jiang Xiaoci hugged him and said, "I don't want to think too much. As long as it's you, I like you. I know you feel bad, so I'll give you a hug."

Han Jingyuan hugged her tightly.

…

When she got up in the morning, the rain and snow outside had stopped. She hurried downstairs. The house was empty. Her second brother was washing his face with cold water. He was puzzled when he saw her coming downstairs.

"Up so early? Are you dreaming again?"

Jiang Xiaoci did not hide the secret from her second brother and told him the secret that Han Jingyuan had returned last night.

"Han Jingyuan said Cheng Yanshu called him and asked if he could get a divorce. He was very worried. I don't know what's going on."

Jiang Yunyi understood. It turned out that Xiaoci chose to open a matchmaking agency here for this reason.

Xiaoci has hardly met Cheng Yanshu since she became pregnant. What happened that made him call?

Jiang Yunyi asked: "So what are you going to do now?"

Jiang Xiaoci said: "Of course I'll go find Cheng Yanshu."

Jiang Yunyi: "Okay, I'll go with you."

In the morning, Jiang Xiaoci handed the baby to Sister Meiping. No matter how the baby clung to her mother at night, it didn't matter who the baby clung to during the day. Jiang Xiaoci could get rid of the baby and go about her own business.

It was winter vacation, and she bought some ingredients for hot pot, then went to Grandma Xie's house and said that her second brother was here and wanted to invite Cheng Yanshu out for dinner.

As soon as Cheng Yanshu had a holiday, he stayed at home and didn't go out. Xie Shuju was eager for him to go out for a walk. As she was about the same age as Jiang Yunyi, she urged him to go out.

As soon as he left the house, Cheng Yanshu asked, "Jiang Xiaoci, what are you planning?"

Jiang Xiaoci smiled and said, "I'll take you to see the secret."

She took her second brother and Cheng Yanshu to the abandoned welfare home, entered the underground passage, introduced them to the story of her great aunt and grandmother, and then said: "Once their case in Shenzhen is solved, this place will be sealed off. Grandma will have to live here for the time being, and wait for her cousin to come back."

Cheng Yanshu was shocked by the underground fortifications, and was even more attracted by the stories of his grandmother and great aunt's past. He was glad that he came out today.

…

Grandma was bored and was very happy that someone came to have dinner with her. Eating hotpot was just right in the cold weather.

Jiang Xiaoci was being cunning today, and begged her grandmother, "Grandma, please help Brother Cheng to look at his face."

Grandma had just been talking about the thrilling experience in 1945 when she was interrupted and was very confused: "This is weird, didn't you say you wouldn't let me watch it?"

Jiang Xiaoci smiled and said, "He is one of our family members, and family members are not shy about it. Grandma, you can speak boldly."

Grandma carefully looked at Cheng Yanshu's face and palm, then looked at Jiang Xiaoci's palm, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Jiang Xiaoci was also hesitant to speak. It seemed that she and Cheng Yanshu really had some fate, otherwise Han Jingyuan would not have come back and her grandmother would not have taken care of him for so long.

Jiang Xiaoci wanted to understand more: "Grandma, just tell me what you want to say."

Grandma said, "Well, don't be angry or overthink it. I think you and Cheng Yanshu are destined to be together. Why didn't you get married?"

Cheng Yanshu was so scared that he put down his chopsticks: "Grandma Zhou, don't make such a joke."

Grandma ate meat with big mouthfuls while saying, "How is it a joke? Is the world you know the only world? It is said that one big world is made up of one thousand middle worlds, and one middle world contains one thousand small worlds. And in the three thousand big worlds, how many small worlds are there? There must be a world where you made a different choice, and in that choice, there was a situation where you and Jiang Xiaoci were married."

Cheng Yanshu was stunned by his grandmother's words. He had come across some parallel world theories in school, which were similar to the three thousand worlds his grandmother talked about.

Jiang Xiaoci saw that the time was almost right and slapped him hard:

"Brother Cheng, don't let your imagination run wild. Even if there is such a world, people will not be the same person if they make different choices and have different experiences. Even if there is such a world, it is someone else's world and has nothing to do with us."

Cheng Yanshu felt lost. What Jiang Xiaoci said made sense.

He nodded: "Of course I understand this."

Jiang Xiaoci said, "That's good. We talked about this topic today. Maybe you will dream about it tonight. If you do dream about it, don't worry about it."

Cheng Yanshu felt that Jiang Xiaoci was being very deliberate today: "What you said today was very strange."

Jiang Xiaoci said, "Because I know you are a person who thinks too much. Grandma read our fortunes and said that we are destined to be together. I am afraid that you will regret it. People should look forward. Don't think about the decision you have made."

Cheng Yanshu was quickly attracted by his grandmother's story and did not respond to the conversation. They had a satisfying meal until three in the afternoon and finally left.

Jiang Xiaoci asked: "Second brother, do you think he can get over it?"

Jiang Yunyi said: "It's better for him to be open-minded. If he is not, he can only bear it by himself. You don't like him, right?"

"Well, I don't like him. I think he is not decisive enough in his relationship. He was still in contact with Ji Qinglan before, and I really didn't like him."

Jiang Xiaoci was very straightforward. She liked Han Jingyuan because he gave her a sense of reliability, security and assurance. She would feel at ease no matter how far or how long he was away.

…

Cheng Yanshu really had a dream at night. In the dream, there were completely different choices. In this dream, he and Jiang Xiaoci were engaged because of their grandmother's generation, but Ji Qinglan was still entangled with him. A rift appeared between him and Jiang Xiaoci, and their relationship was no longer as good as before. Jiang Xiaoci always looked at him with disgust.

Cheng Yanshu was frightened awake, and after waking up the real world continued.

After feeling disappointed, he was glad that instead of the development in his dream, it was better to be like it is now. Jiang Xiaoci would always be his sister, and they had a good relationship so that they could share secrets together.

While having breakfast, grandma also said that she had a dream that lasted a lifetime.

In her dream, she made a choice that was completely different from when she was young and lived a different life.

Grandma also said: "At my age, I can still have such a real dream and experience another life choice. It is really a very happy thing."

Cheng Yanshu was touched by his grandmother's words and asked quickly, "Grandma, if time could really go back to the past and if you could really make changes, would you change?"

Xie Shuju looked at her grandson lovingly and shook her head firmly: "No, in this life till now, you, your father, and your aunt are all very happy. I can't risk changing. It's good enough now. It's enough for me to live a different life in my dreams."

Xie Shuju suddenly thought: "Have you ever had a similar dream?"

Cheng Yanshu nodded: "In my dream, I was engaged to Xiaoci, and Ji Qinglan kept pestering me. Although we were engaged, Xiaoci and I were much more distant."

Xie Shuju was stunned. At the beginning, she and He Suwen did joke about becoming in-laws.

She thought positively: "People should not think about things that have not happened, but look forward, understand?"

"Yes, I know, grandma, don't worry, I won't cause myself unnecessary trouble."

…

Cheng Yanshu wanted to go out and breathe some fresh air, but when he walked out the door, he was startled by Ji Qinglan who was leaning against the wall in his yard. She had fallen asleep with an incense burner in her arms.

It's winter now, and even though she's wearing warm clothes, her lips are still frozen blue. Besides, everyone will be getting up and going out soon, with people coming and going, and I don't know what to think when I see her.

Cheng Yanshu hurriedly woke her up: "Ji Qinglan, what are you doing leaning against my door?"

Ji Qinglan was in a sweet dream when he was suddenly awakened and had to face reality.

The only consolation was that I saw Cheng Yanshu as soon as I opened my eyes.

She stood up quickly, held up the incense burner to him, and said, "Cheng Yanshu, that old man bought a kind of incense from an ancient tomb from a tomb robber. When this incense is lit, people will dream of a different future. You must have dreamed about it last night, right?"

"In my dream, I dreamed that your family had not been relegated, and that there were no irreparable conflicts between the two of us. We got engaged and married naturally. What a wonderful future that would be. It meant that we could be together. Could we go back to the way we were before?"

Only then did Cheng Yanshu realize that it was because of this incense that he had had that dream.

What he and Ji Qinglan dreamed of was completely different. This kind of incense would only fulfill one person's regret, and it was still incomplete.

But it's even more true that no choice is perfect.

Cheng Yanshu flatly refused: "Ji Qinglan, don't go crazy. I'll tell you again, there is absolutely no possibility for me and you."

Ji Qinglan refused to give up, and now this beautiful dream was her only hope.

She pleaded: "Cheng Yanshu, I did something wrong. As long as you forgive me, we still have a future."

Cheng Yanshu just felt sticky and nauseous: "That's just your future, not what I want. My life is very good now, and I don't want any changes. Your regrets have nothing to do with me."

After driving Ji Qinglan away, Cheng Yanshu thought that the matter was over.

But that night, he had another dream. In this dream, it was a TV series. He and Jiang Xiaoci got married, but a rift had already existed between them and things could never go back to the way they were before.

If this is the outcome, he would rather be a brother and sister with Jiang Xiaoci who trust each other.

After being frightened awake, Cheng Yanshu went crazy.

When he came out, he saw Ji Qinglan leaning outside his house again, holding the incense burner.

He called the police, and Ji Qinglan was taken to the police station and detained. He would probably stay in the detention center for the New Year.

…

Jiang Xiaoci heard about Ji Qinglan's affairs, and she really wanted that fragrance, but it was no longer available. Ji Qinglan's behavior caused her husband to be investigated by the local police, and as a result, no one was able to get her out of the police station.

Jiang Xiaoci had an idea and discussed it with her second brother: "After being messed up by Ji Qinglan, I'm afraid Cheng Yanshu will think too much, so why not ask him to experience life in a dream."

Jiang Yunyi was happy: "I think it's great, but I'm afraid you won't be able to explain it to Han Jingyuan, he'll be jealous."

Jiang Xiaoci is not afraid: "As long as what I do is reasonable and well-founded, he will approve even if he is jealous."

Jiang Yunyi supported: "As long as it is something you want to do, Second Brother will support it."

His vacation is almost over and he has to go back. He really doesn't want to let him go. It will take another year before they meet again.

After sending her second brother to the station and watching the car drive away, Jiang Xiaoci felt lost. Why do we have to go our separate ways when we grow up? It would be great if one day, everyone could be together.

After seeing her second brother off, Jiang Xiaoci went to Grandma Xie's house, told her about her idea, and asked Cheng Yanshu to help her take care of the child.

"Thank you, Grandma. I want Brother Cheng to be the baby's godfather so that he can get used to the future married life in advance. This way, he will know what kind of partner he wants to find."

Xie Shuju thought this was a great idea and supported it very much, even pushing it to her grandson.

Cheng Yanshu was frightened by her idea: "Han Jingyuan is solving a case outside, and you are fooling around at home. Don't you consider his feelings?"

Jiang Xiaoci said, "Don't play dumb. I just want you to feel that if we were really like in the dream, we might not be happy. This way, you won't think about it anymore."

Cheng Yanshu tried to defend himself: "You think too much. I can't be bothered by things in my dream."

Jiang Xiaoci didn't believe it. If he wasn't troubled, why would he call Han Jingyuan a few days later?

…

Jiang Xiaoci used Cheng Yanshu just like she used Han Jingyuan.

But Cheng Yanshu's cooperation was far from tacit. In the morning, the child was crying because of hunger, and Jiang Xiaoci had to urge him: "It's already this late, why don't you go and make milk powder for the baby? Brother Han will do everything at home. I will eat breakfast directly after getting up."

Cheng Yanshu resigned himself to learning from Qian Meiping how to raise a child. Fortunately, he only needed to feed the baby with milk powder in the morning and then left the child to Sister Meiping.

He thought everything was fine. He had just washed the dishes and sat down at the desk to read a book when Jiang Xiaoci came over and called him, "New Year's Day is coming soon. We have to go to the mall to buy some New Year's goods."

Cheng Yanshu said: "You can decide on this matter yourself, why do you have to ask me to go?"

Jiang Xiaoci put her hands on her hips and said, "What are you talking about? Am I going to eat the New Year's goods alone? Do the relatives only need to entertain my side? You have to buy so many things, and you are embarrassed to let me go alone? Listen to what you say, is this human language?"

Cheng Yanshu: "Okay, okay, I'll go."

After buying New Year's goods, Cheng Yanshu thought he could take a break, but Jiang Xiaoci picked a few things and said, "Let's go see grandma."

Cheng Yanshu: "Can't we go and see it tomorrow?"

Jiang Xiaoci: "Tomorrow there are things to do tomorrow. Besides, can visiting grandma be anything else? Do you have anything bigger to do than this?"

Cheng Yanshu shook his head: "No."

Five days later, Cheng Yanshu broke down and confessed to Jiang Xiaoci:

"Jiang Xiaoci, I've tried it, and this is definitely not the life I want. I want to study hard, read books quietly, and do scientific research. I don't want to be stuck at home buying groceries, cooking, and taking care of the children. Although we share the burden together, and there is a nanny, these things take up a lot of my time and energy. I can't adapt to this kind of life for at least ten years."

Jiang Xiaoci smiled and said, "See, I told you that it would be good to try."

Cheng Yanshu felt relieved. After a few days of trying, he was completely relieved.

Dreams are just dreams, and we only see the good side of them. But after truly experiencing the daily life of firewood, rice, oil and salt, the feeling is completely different.

The life that Han Jingyuan enjoyed was not the life he wanted.

He was very grateful to Jiang Xiaoci for letting him experience this kind of life in just a few days, otherwise he would never know what he really wanted.

…

The problem of Cheng Yanshu was completely solved, but Jiang Xiaoci made a request to him, asking him to call the hotel where Han Jingyuan was staying and say a few words.

After being asked what he was going to say, Cheng Yanshu was scared to death: "I really don't have this idea, Jiang Xiaoci, don't scare Han Jingyuan."

Jiang Xiaoci felt that this was the right thing to do. This way, everything would be fulfilled and Han Jingyuan would have the same memory. Her decision would not be wrong.

At her repeated request, Cheng Yanshu called Han Jingyuan and asked, "Han Jingyuan, can you divorce Jiang Xiaoci?"

No matter how Han Jingyuan asked on the phone, Cheng Yanshu refused to tell him the reason, because he really didn't know where to start explaining. So he would wait until he came back and let Jiang Xiaoci tell him slowly.

After the phone call, it was soon the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, and all the shops were closed in preparation for the New Year.

My aunt is not going back to her hometown to celebrate the New Year this year. She asked Jiang Xiaoci to go to her house and said, "If Han Jingyuan doesn't come back, you and the children will come to my house to celebrate the New Year."

Cheng Lianjin also came over to say hello: "Your grandmother Xie has long told you to come to our house to celebrate the New Year."

Jiang Xiaoci declined everyone's invitation and said, "Brother Han will definitely be able to come back to spend the New Year with me and my baby. Maybe he can come back today."

Cheng Lianjin smiled and asked, "Are you sure? Is it telepathy?"

Because Jiang Xiaoci had seen that Han Jingyuan would come back on the night of the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, but it probably wouldn't rain or snow this time.