While Su Ruo and Shu Yuelan were talking, Su Jianzhou had already set off for the provincial capital with Lin Wanhua and his son Su Zhen.

It was Lin Wanhua who suggested bringing Su Zhen along.

Lin Wanhua said that Su Zhen was Su Ruo's biological brother. She hadn't seen Su Ruo for five years, but she had never met his brother-in-law and little nephew. It was time to meet them and recognize them as relatives... In fact, she felt at ease with her son. When necessary, the son card was still very important.

Several people arrived in the provincial capital around 3:00 p.m.

Su Jia and Yuan Bocheng both went to the station to pick them up.

Yuan Bocheng told Su Jianzhou that they would have breakfast and dinner together first, and then he would take them to see Su Ruo after dinner.

On the way, Su Jianzhou couldn't help but ask Yuan Bocheng about Su Ruo.

But Yuan Bocheng himself had never seen Su Ruo, so naturally he couldn't say anything.

The group arrived at Qingdao University at about four o'clock.

After Yuan Bocheng took them to the guesthouse to settle down, he took the two families to have breakfast and dinner together.

Su Jia and Yuan Chengyang are both here.

The two are still engaged, but they have both decided to cancel the engagement. Su Jia was originally unwilling to do so, but now she has other goals and can remain indifferent to Yuan Chengyang.

Now she was even very grateful. After all, she had seen He Zongxi in newspapers and on TV in her previous life. His appearance and temperament were no worse than Yuan Chengyang... He was even more imposing. After all, he was the richest man in S Province and a son of an aristocratic family. No matter how you looked at it, he was much better than Yuan Chengyang, who still had someone else in his heart.

Her mother was right, she was really blinded by greed in the past... She had suffered a lot in her previous life, and her vision was limited. The best person she had ever seen was Yuan Chengyang, and of course she couldn't even think about the characters on TV... This time, she was stimulated by Su Ruo's return and remembered that He Zongxi, who was so unattainable in her previous life, is actually still trapped in shallow water.

So even though the meal was dull and everyone was preoccupied, they still ate in harmony.

After dinner, Yuan Bocheng and Shu Yuelan took Su Jianzhou, Lin Wanhua and Su Zhen to meet Su Ruo.

Su Jia lowered her head and said that Su Ruo had just returned and was meeting her father for the first time, so she would not go.

Let’s wait until Dad meets her first.

Shu Yuelan glanced at her and said calmly, "Aruo did say that he doesn't want to see you for the time being, so you can go back."

There was a flash of resentment in Su Jia's eyes.

But he quickly lowered his eyes and said obediently, "Okay."

******

Yuan Bocheng and Shu Yuelan took Su Jianzhou and his family to Fangyuan Road.

Walk to the entrance of Fangyuan Road Garden.

Su Jianzhou, Lin Wanhua and Su Zhen were all a little surprised.

Lin Wanhua's eyes flickered as she looked at the beautiful courtyard and small Western-style building... She thought of what her daughter said, that the man Su Ru married was not only not a poor soldier, but his family even had some power, which even his eldest brother was afraid of.

She couldn't help but probe, "Doesn't Aruo live in the dormitory? Why did she ask us to meet here?"

Shu Yuelan glanced at her and said, "This is the house of Aruo's mother's friend."

Lin Wanhua was stunned, and then her face showed embarrassment.

I glanced at Su Jianzhou and saw that he also looked uncomfortable.

Su Jianzhou coughed lightly, turned around and asked Yuan Bocheng beside him: "Bocheng, are A Ruo's wife and children here today?"

Shu Yuelan had said before that Aruo was going home this weekend, and now it was Sunday night, and Su Jianzhou had never thought that they would be there. He asked this question just to eliminate the awkwardness and change the subject.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Bocheng replied: "Come here, you should be able to see them when you turn around."

Su Jianzhou was stunned. He was about to say something out of unexpected excitement, but unexpectedly everyone had already arrived at the door of a small Western-style building.

The door was closed. Shu Yuelan walked up to it, knocked on it, and then pushed it open.

As soon as Su Jianzhou entered the living room, he saw Su Ruo standing in front of the window fiddling with something.

She was lying sideways, wearing a plaid jacket, but her shoulder-length hair was braided into two braids. Not the kind that hangs down like most girls do nowadays, but slightly curled up, which was very youthful and cute, and matched with her delicate profile, she looked like a teenage girl.

Su Ruo turned around when she heard the noise.

Su Jianzhou was already stunned when he saw her silhouette, and when she turned around, he was more than stunned, he was simply fascinated.

Not only Su Jianzhou was stunned.

Others, including Yuan Bocheng, Su Zhen, and Lin Wanhua were also shocked.

It can be said that over the years, time has left some cruel marks on everyone, but it seems to be particularly attached to her.

There was no trace of the vicissitudes of time on her face; she was fresh, pretty, fair and delicate, with eyes as clear as a flowing stream; she was no different from the girl she was back then.

No, it's still different.

After all, five years ago, Su Ruo was just an eighteen-year-old girl who had just graduated from high school. Although her features were delicate and pretty, she was still immature.

But even though it looks small now, you can still see that it looks more like a flower that has bloomed in the early morning, covered with frost and dew, and is very dazzling.

It doesn't look like she went to the countryside to suffer and reform.

It was as if he had gone somewhere and taken some magic medicine and practiced for a while before coming back.

"Ruoruo."

Su Jianzhou looked at Su Ruo with red eyes. After calling her, he couldn't say anything.

Su Ruo looked at him without saying anything.

His eyes were calm, without any coldness or hatred, but there was definitely no warmth or excitement either.

Yuan Bocheng sighed inwardly, withdrew his gaze from Su Ruo, turned to Su Jianzhou and said, "Let's sit down and talk."

He asked Su Jianzhou, Lin Wanhua and Su Zhen to sit down, and then said to Shu Yuelan, "Yuelan, let's go out first."

At this time Su Ruo spoke.

She said, "Uncle Yuan, Aunt Shu, please sit down too."

Yuan Bocheng was stunned.

He actually didn't want to get involved too much in this matter.

As a man, he actually understood Su Jianzhou's choice back then...and of course he could also understand his wife's anger.

But no matter what, this is the Su family's family affair.

Yuan Bocheng hesitated, and Su Ruo smiled and said, "Uncle Yuan, we will talk about Su Jia later. I heard that Su Jia and Cheng Yang are engaged, and the wedding will be in two months. Maybe you will be interested in what happens next."

Yuan Bocheng felt awkward for a moment.

Oh, this kid...he speaks so directly.

You are already married, why do you still care whether Cheng Yang and Su Jia are engaged or not? Oh, this matter...

"Ruoruo,"

Su Jianzhou spoke first, saying, "Jia Jia has already told Cheng Yang that they have cancelled their engagement."

Jia Jia?

Su Ruo glanced at Su Jianzhou, chuckled, and said, "The engagement is not as simple as Su Jia saying so."

Then he looked at Yuan Bocheng and Shu Yuelan, his tone much gentler, and said, "Uncle Yuan, Aunt Shu, please sit down. I am meeting with Principal Su today to settle some old matters. Because it involves my late mother, I need Uncle Yuan and Aunt Shu to be witnesses for some matters."

Everyone's expressions changed to varying degrees.

Maybe it was because of Su Ruo's words "Principal Su", or maybe it was because she said she wanted to settle some old matters involving her deceased mother.

"Ruoruo..."

Su Jianzhou frowned, looking very ugly.

He asked, "Why are you calling me Principal Su? Are you blaming dad for drawing a line between you and severing ties with you?"

She called him Principal Su.

His attitude was distant and cold, and his tone of voice was even sarcastic.

His face was full of pain, and he said, "Ruoruo, those were just excuses we had to make to the public..."

"You are forced to say so?"

Su Ruo had no expression on her face after hearing what Su Jianzhou said. She just said "Oh" softly, and then said, "But the letter from Comrade Lin Wanhua that I received back then didn't say that."

As she spoke, she walked to the table, pushed a yellowed old letter in her hand onto the table, and said, "Comrade Lin Wanhua told me in this letter that Principal Su has already drawn a line between us and severed our relationship, and that Brother Cheng Yang is already with Su Jia, and asked me not to shamelessly contact you, lest I get you into trouble and cause harm."

Everyone stared at the letter, with a look of surprise and confusion on their faces.

Then he retracted his gaze and looked at Su Ruo again, and finally fixed his gaze on Lin Wanhua, who now looked as if she had seen a ghost.

Shu Yuelan knew that there was an information error, but she didn't know there were such details... and Su Ruo's words clearly meant that as soon as she went to the countryside, Lin Wanhua lied to Su Ruo and said that Su Jia was with Cheng Yang... This bitch!

Without waiting for others to react, Shu Yuelan glanced at the date on the letter and was already furious. She turned around and yelled at Lin Wanhua, "Lin Wanhua, is this the letter you wrote to A Ruo when she first went to the countryside? In January 1973, you wrote to A Ruo saying that Su Jia was already with Cheng Yang?"

"I remember it clearly. It was in May of 1973. Cheng Yang was sick. Su Jia ran into Cheng Yang's room with her clothes off. She then said that Cheng Yang had done something bad to her while he was sick and that she wanted Cheng Yang to be held responsible. We had no choice but to get them engaged. Could it be that you had already planned this when Su Ruo went to the countryside?"

"You first sent Aruo to the countryside, then took Aruo's university quota, then lied to Aruo, saying that Su Jia was already with Cheng Yang, and then used despicable means to force us Cheng Yang to take responsibility for her? ... Or was it you who was responsible for Aruo's sending to the countryside?"

"You are slandering me!"

Lin Wanhua was scolded so much that all the blood in her body rushed to her brain. She was panicked, frightened, ashamed and angry. She cursed back in anger, "Who are you spitting at? You are a bunch of stinky old men. Do we Jiajia care about you?"

"Our Jia Jia doesn't want to marry anyone. Think about your situation back then. If it weren't for my eldest brother, you would have been living in a cowshed. Your Yuan Chengyang is so crazy that he thinks our Jia Jia is Su Ruo, treats her badly, and even wants to turn the tables on her. Do you still have a conscience? You should have... "

“That’s enough!”

Su Jianzhou saw that she was getting more and more outrageous, and finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Stop drinking her.

Lin Wanhua burst into tears, covering her face, looking at Su Jianzhou with red eyes, and said, "Jianzhou, then tell me what's going on with this letter, so that I and our Jiajia won't have to bear the blame. She is a girl, and over the years, she has devoted her heart and soul to you, the Su family, and the Yuan family. How could you treat her like this?"

Su Jianzhou's face turned red and white at what she said, and then he sighed with a sullen face.

When Shu Yuelan saw Su Jianzhou like this, she already had a guess in her mind and became even more angry.

She said, "Su Jianzhou, Lin Wanhua asked you to tell me what this letter means. Did you instigate all this? You forced your own daughter to go to the countryside, cut off ties with her, and then lied to us that it was all Aruo's idea... Su Jianzhou, you abandoned your daughter and did it so righteously. Are you still thinking about saving face?"

Su Jianzhou was even more embarrassed by her scolding.

Yuan Bocheng was also shocked.

But after all, he and Su Jianzhou have been friends for many years, and he doesn't want his wife to scold Su Jianzhou like this.

What can I say? Su Ruo is Su Jianzhou's daughter after all. The Su family's affairs...

As for the matter between Cheng Yang and Su Ruo, if that was what Su Jianzhou agreed to do, he could actually understand his approach.

After all, Cheng Yang has deep feelings for Su Ruo. If he knew the truth, he would definitely not give up on Su Ruo.

Maybe I will have to go to the countryside with them... Oh, this is really...

He was just thinking about how to get out of this predicament, but Su Jianzhou couldn't stand it anymore and finally said, "Sister-in-law, it's not what you think. You know the situation very well. If we don't make a move, our whole family will be implicated. It's okay for me, but Ah Zhen is still young and has never suffered. His health is not very good. If he is sent to the countryside for reform again, how can he bear it?"

There are also Lin Wanhua and Su Jia, they are also innocent.

Shu Yuelan sneered, but her heart felt like being stabbed by something.

Su Zhen is still young and has never suffered, so he cannot be sent to the countryside for reform. Does Aruo deserve it?

She is such a beautiful girl. Doesn't he have any idea of ​​what she might encounter if she goes to the countryside?

It's just that he gave up on her completely.

That's why I didn't want to contact him at all later.

Thinking of this, Shu Yuelan felt heartbroken and felt sorry for Xia Lan.

I wonder how she would feel if she knew how her husband treated her only daughter.

Shu Yuelan was extremely angry, but Su Jianzhou was still explaining in a nagging manner.

He said, "As for telling you that it was A'ruo who took the initiative, what do you want me to say about the situation at that time? Our two families have a deep friendship. Sister-in-law treats A'ruo like her own daughter, and Cheng Yang... Cheng Yang is also a good child. In that situation, how could I let her drag you down, or let you make the choice? It would be better for me to take the blame for this evil person."

Lin Wanhua, who had calmed down and regained her rationality, also interrupted and said, "Yuelan, you really can't blame Lao Su for this. You know how much Lao Su loves A Ruo. He didn't want to do it at the beginning, but he really had no choice. Even if we don't draw a line between us and A Ruo and sever ties with her, it won't help her situation. On the contrary, if we can protect ourselves and take care of her from time to time in the future, she won't be left without any support. The so-called drawing a line between us and severing ties is just for show to outsiders."

"Over the years, Aruo has been in the countryside, and Old Su has never had a good life. He has always been worried about her..."

"Remember her and take care of her from time to time, so that she won't be left without any support there?"

Shu Yuelan couldn't listen any longer.

She knew that Lin Wanhua had only said these words to Su Jianzhou.

Tell Su Jianzhou that you are very good to your daughter and you have not done anything wrong to her, bah!

She sneered and said, "So all these years, you have been worried about her, feeling guilty and ashamed, but you actually ignored her? Don't you feel guilty when you say these things?!"

"some,"

Lin Wanhua explained hurriedly, "We sent her things afterwards, but Aruo was stubborn. She might have been mad at her father for breaking off relations with her, so she really refused to have any contact with us and returned everything we sent her."

"We felt bad at first, but later she got married. Her father found out that she married a soldier, whose family was well off and who worked as a local primary school teacher. Only then did he feel relieved and gradually cut off contact with her."

"I'm still standing here,"

Su Ruo, who had been silent all this time and just listened to them arguing back and forth with one scolding and the other explaining, suddenly spoke.

She laughed and said, "I'm still standing here, Comrade Lin Wanhua, you can still lie with your eyes open... Didn't you write to me several times to tell me that my family had severed ties with me and asked me not to contact you shamelessly and not to implicate you? It's written in black and white here, and you can still lie with your eyes open. It shows how many lies you told and how many people you deceived!"

Lin Wanhua's sanity, which she had finally regained, was completely shattered by anger.

She had a lot of excuses.

But she could say those words to Su Ruo alone, and to Su Jianzhou alone, but she couldn't say them in front of so many people.

Su Ruo waved the things in her hands and said calmly, "Well, these old things, I think sooner or later the truth will come out. Anyway, the relationship is over, it's been more than five years, everyone is living well, there is no point in talking about it now."

"Principal Su, I asked you to meet me today because I have another matter to discuss with you, which is my mother's belongings."

"Principal Su should still remember that my mother left a few boxes of things with Principal Su before she died. She told Principal Su before she died that when I get married, Principal Su should give all those things to me."

"I'm married now, so I'd like to trouble Principal Su to give me all those things."

In the face of Su Jianzhou's stunned, dazed and bewildered expression, she chuckled again and said, "Of course, my mother knew that Principal Su might remarry soon, so she was afraid that Principal Su would forget things, so she left some letters with Aunt Shu. In the letters were a list of all the items left behind. So if Principal Su is free next weekend, he can bring the things over, and we can compare the lists carefully to avoid any misunderstandings."

Monads naturally do not exist.

She hasn't even looked at the things that were kept at Aunt Shu's place, so she doesn't know what they are. She just wants to trick Su Jianzhou and get him to take out all her mother's things.

He is a man who cares a lot about his reputation. I think he will try his best to take back what he gave to Lin Wanhua before.