Chapter 88: Parents were kicked out?!

Lu Xiao held Su Ma's skinny arm firmly. The touch of bony bones in his palm made him feel heavy in the heart.

"Mom, how can Tangtang and I stay here peacefully if you're like this?"

"We are one family, so we should keep our differences."

Lu Xiao's words were calm and steady, like a stone, suppressing the uneasiness in Su Ma's heart.

Su Ma's eyes were red again, not because of sadness, but because of relief.

When Su's father told her that he had found a husband for Su Tang, she actually disagreed.

They only have one daughter, Su Tang, and they tried their best to support her to go abroad.

It's not to get her married.

If Su's father hadn't explained the whole thing to her, Su's mother would never have been willing to do it.

To put it bluntly, the Lu family are all from humble backgrounds, and Lu Xiao only comes home a few times a year while in the army.

How could she be willing to do that?

Now it seems that she was too short-sighted at the time.

No one is as foresighted as Su's father.

She nodded vigorously, patted the back of Lu Xiao's hand with her backhand, and then took her daughter Su Tang's cold hand and put them together.

His lips trembled, and in the end he just let out a long sigh, and that sigh contained too many unspeakable things.

"Okay, okay, I won't say any more. I won't say any more... Tangtang, Xiaolu, you must be exhausted from traveling. Mom will make a place for you to rest."

Su Ma seemed to have found her backbone. The energy and spirit inspired by the unexpected arrival of her daughter and son-in-law supported her tired body. She turned and walked to the other end of the room.

There are actually only two rooms here, and even the kitchen is outside.

There is no fresh water on the island, so water for drinking and drinking has to be brought in from outside.

Ever since Su's father fell ill, the job of fetching water fell entirely on Su's mother.

Su Ma, who had been living a life of luxury, suddenly had her back bent.

Su Tang's eyes followed Su Ma's movements, but he seemed to be nailed to the spot.

She didn't move, her eyes slowly sweeping across the low, dim room filled with the smell of sea and mold.

On the walls, large patches of gray-green and black mold spread wildly, and the mud underfoot was bumpy and uneven.

Against the wall stood a rickety old table, its surface covered in cracks and grease.

Is this where my parents live? The house assigned to the technical station?

An indescribable bitterness suddenly rushed up my throat.

She watched her mother walk to the broken table, pick up an old rag of unknown color, and wipe the table hard a few times.

The action was more of a futile cover-up than wiping.

The rough edge of the rag was caught by a protruding wooden splinter on the table, tearing a hole in it.

"mom."

Su Tang's voice rang out softly, and she asked, "Is this place...really allocated to Dad by the technical station?"

She paused, her gaze shifting from the moldy spots to her mother's instantly stiffened back. "Is my aunt's house... far from here?"

Su Ma's hand, which was wiping the table, suddenly stopped, as if it had been pricked hard by the thorn.

She turned her back to her daughter and son-in-law for a while before turning around.

Su's mother pursed her lips tightly, and her eyes panickedly avoided Su Tang's clear eyes that seemed to see through everything. She subconsciously glanced at Su's father who was resting with his eyes closed on the bed.

"No... not too far..."

Su Ma's voice tightened, as if she was hiding something: "Your father...he has a stubborn temper..."

“Cough… cough cough…”

Dad Su coughed and interrupted Mom Su's words.

"dad!"

Su Tang and Lu Xiao rushed forward at the same time.

Lu Xiao moved even faster, half-kneeling on the edge of the bed, holding Su Dad's shoulders firmly with one hand, and skillfully guiding his breathing on his chest with the other hand, his strength steady and precise.

Su Tang quickly poured a cup of warm water and carefully handed it to his father's mouth.

Lu Xiao took it tacitly and fed it in bit by bit.

The violent cough gradually subsided with the soothing effect of warm water.

Dad Su shook his head at Mom Su.

Su Ma looked at her husband's dejected face, and then at her daughter and son-in-law's worried and anxious faces.

She sighed deeply, supported Su Dad and said, "Just tell Tangtang."

Su Tang listened to this, his eyes full of confusion.

What are her parents hiding from her?

"It's not a technical station, it's your dad... He insisted on moving out..."

"We originally thought that your aunt was our sister, so we came to live with her. When we first arrived, your aunt... was warm... but your uncle..."

She couldn't continue and just shook her head.

Tears flowed down through his fingers, dripping onto the worn quilt, leaving a small dark wet mark.

The unfinished words revealed the embarrassment of living under someone else's roof and the chilling coldness of being looked down upon.

Dad Su seemed to want to say something, but in the end it just turned into a sigh from his throat, with a heavy feeling of resignation.

"Don't blame your aunt."

He said this with a breath.

Lu Xiao held Su's father's hand, as if he had made an important decision.

"Dad, Mom."

He spoke, his tone negotiating.

"It's too damp here, and it's not good for Dad to recover. Now that the policies have relaxed a bit, it's fine for him to go back to Shanghai or come back to the northwest with us. What do you think is more convenient?"

The air in the cabin seemed to stagnate for a moment.

Su Ma suddenly raised her head, her face was covered with tears, but her eyes were wide open with disbelief in them.

She looked at Lu Xiao, then at her husband lying on the bed, and finally at her daughter Su Tang's face.

Su Tang met her mother's gaze and nodded vigorously.

"Mom, listen to Lu Xiao. We'll take you away."

"If you stay here any longer, Dad's illness will never be cured."

Before coming here, Su Tang had prepared for the worst, so he was much calmer now.

Lu Xiao is right, the best thing to do now is to take my parents away.

There is a shortage of supplies on the island, and once a storm hits, things cannot be delivered.

It would be strange if Mr. Su could recover from his illness after being in such an environment for a long time.

"This...is this possible? We came here because of connections."

Su Ma was a little uncertain. She was worried that Lu Xiao would be implicated by them.

Su Tang held Su Ma's hand and said, "Mom, since Lu Xiao said so, he has a way. He is my man, I trust him."

These words were spoken with great force and full of pride.

Lu Xiao met Su Ma's gaze and nodded: "Mom, just tell me where you want to go, and I'll figure out the rest."

Since he dared to say so, it meant he had a plan in mind.

At most, you need to rely on connections and owe favors to others, but that’s not a big deal.

The most important thing now is to cure Su Dad’s illness.

If we delay any further, the condition will probably only get worse.

Mother Su leaned close to Father Su and whispered, "Jianmin, let's go back to Shanghai, okay?"

As soon as she finished speaking, before Su's father could reply, a voice came from outside.

There was a hint of laughter in the voice, and Su Ma's face looked a little bad.

One look at Su Ma's face revealed to Su Tang and Lu Xiao that there was nothing they didn't understand.

Who else could it be other than Aunt Su and Uncle Su?

"Brother! Sister-in-law! I heard from Lao Li that Tangtang and her son-in-law are here? Oh, what a distinguished guest!"