Yan Hong adjusted her glasses. "Then can you tell me where my cousin lives? I've only been here once before, so I don't remember it very well!"
As Hu Xianghui turned around, he said to her, "Then you can come with me. She lives in the same courtyard as me. I haven't seen you before, probably because I was living at school at the time."
Yan Hong hadn't expected such a coincidence. She hadn't seen this guy before, and the two looked to be about the same age.
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Lu Zhixia and Gu Lingxiao asked several people and finally found the small courtyard where Tao Lihua lived. After entering, they found that it was a very small door, but the area inside was very large.
Judging by appearances, there are at least seven or eight households living there; it's a very old-fashioned courtyard.
Some people are fetching water to wash clothes, while others are picking vegetables to cook.
There were also people collecting laundry, and three or four children were running around in the yard, which looked quite heartwarming.
Tao Lihua came out of the house with a cold face. She and her husband hadn't spoken for half a month, so she found everything displeasing.
The little girl kept running around her, which annoyed her.
"Old Qi, you'd better keep a close eye on your child!"
"Why is it like firecrackers going off in the middle of the day!" the woman retorted, then quickly went over and took the child away.
Tao Lihua actually likes children, but her husband doesn't touch her, which is why they don't have children.
She suspected her husband might be ill, and as a former nurse, she had repeatedly advised him to see a doctor.
It was no use. Her hand involuntarily touched her rotting right cheek. If it weren't for the fact that it couldn't be cured, she would still be working in the hospital, have her own career, and wouldn't be overthinking things all day.
Lu Zhixia walked over and looked at the woman in front of her. When she inquired, she heard that Tao Lihua's right cheek was injured and she had become an ugly monster.
I can picture the girl in the photo with such a radiant smile.
Compared to the woman in front of him with gray hair, dull eyes, and a sallow complexion, she was completely different and didn't look like a woman in her thirties at all.
Her right cheek was wrapped in gauze, which had turned yellow, indicating that it had been on for a long time.
"Are you Comrade Tao Lihua?"
Looking at the woman in front of her, Tao Lihua examined her carefully, then became wary.
"Who are you? What do you want with me?"
"Well, I need to talk to you about something. Can I come to your house?" Lu Zhixia said politely.
I just bought fruit and pastries at the convenience store; they really made sure to provide plenty.
"I will not give Asheng to you!" Tao Lihua shouted, trying to scare the woman in front of her away.
Lu Zhixia sensed that the woman's mental state was problematic. "Are you misunderstanding something? I didn't come here because of Asheng!"
"Then what brought you here? Did you come to laugh at me?" Tao Lihua continued to roar!
Lu Zhixia extended her hand, "Calm down first, calm down, and then we can talk."
Tao Lihua noticed the man beside the woman, and her distress subsided somewhat.
"What do you want from me?"
"Can we go inside and talk?" Lu Zhixia said with a smile.
Tao Lihua brushed some stray hairs aside. "Of course, it's just that my house is a bit messy."
Lu Zhixia: "It's okay!"
Tao Lihua hadn't spoken to strangers in a long time. Apart from her husband not talking to her, the people in the courtyard didn't really talk to her much either.
Most of those people were just laughing at her; ever since her face disintegrated, she saw nothing as beautiful anymore.
He turned around and led the people into the house, tidying up as he went.
Lu Zhixia saw that the room was indeed a bit messy, but still relatively tidy. She followed them into the inner room and saw the messy quilts on the kang (a heated brick bed).
The woman busied herself folding the quilt, then swept the kang (heated brick bed) with a broom, but still felt it wasn't clean enough, so she went to find a towel and wiped the kang down.
Then he said to them, "Okay, you can sit down now. I'm sorry, things at home are in such a mess."
After Lu Zhixia sat down, she looked at Tao Lihua in front of her more carefully.
What happened to your face?
"I—I'd rather tell you about your situation!" Tao Lihua didn't want to talk about her own affairs with strangers.
Lu Zhixia could tell that she didn't want to talk about it, so she didn't press further. Instead, she organized her thoughts and began to speak.
"Here's the thing, I gave birth to a child 10 years ago. The doctor who delivered me was Ma Jianguo. Do you remember him?"
“Of course I know Ma Jianguo. He went to the same school as me and was assigned to that hospital before me. I was assigned there later. As for giving birth, to be honest, it was such a long time ago, I really don’t remember it very clearly!” Tao Lihua looked apologetic, not knowing why the other party had come to see her, but she really couldn’t remember.
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