Aunt Xu stared at Father Lu coldly, demanding an answer persistently.

There is indeed a lot of history between her and Mr. Lu.

At that time, both of them were young and were sent to the same place. They fell in love with each other and got together. The love at that time was so green and beautiful.

Later, Father Lu was recommended to go to college as a worker-peasant-soldier student. Before going to college, he told Mother Xu that he would marry her once he settled down in college and would try to bring her with him.

Anyway, both of us have city hukou, so as long as we can find a way to return to the city, everything will be fine.

So Aunt Xu waited in the countryside for a year, but instead of receiving news that her lover would come back to take her back to the city, she received news that he was going to marry someone else.

Aunt Xu was disheartened and accepted a blind date arranged by her family and married her husband. Later, her husband died and she lived alone.

If she hadn't met him today, she would never want to see this person again in her life.

Before Father Lu could say anything, Aunt Xu could not help but sneer, "Am I sorry for waiting for you in the countryside for a year, or am I sorry for not cursing when your date came to me? Explain it to me clearly."

"My partner? How can I find a partner?" Father Lu was completely confused. "When did you wait for me for a year?"

Aunt Xu: "Are you still pretending to be stupid?"

After she finished speaking, she took a closer look and found that the puzzled expression on Mr. Lu's face was too real. It didn't look like he was pretending at all. He didn't have such good acting skills to make it look so real.

So a trace of doubt emerged in Aunt Xu's heart, and she was finally willing to stop and have a good talk with Father Lu.

Father Lu had no idea what Aunt Xu was talking about. What she said had never happened to him before.

But he was a quick thinker and soon found the problem. "There may be some misunderstanding between us. How about we find a place to talk it out?"

"No need, let's talk about it here." Aunt Xu said lightly.

Father Lu asked, "You said you waited for me in the countryside for a year, and my partner still came to find you. What's going on?"

Speaking of this, Aunt Xu was still furious and said, "At first you said you were going to college and would come back to pick me up when you were settled, so I waited for you in the countryside. But within half a year, your partner came to me and said you two were going to get married and asked me not to wait for you anymore. What else could I say? I just stopped waiting."

Father Lu was stunned. "Half a year? I didn't have anyone at that time. Who was that person you met?"

"I didn't know her. She was a woman with a braid. They said she was your girlfriend. I just remember that she was not tall and had dark skin." Aunt Xu recalled.

Father Lu thought about it and his face suddenly darkened.

This person looks exactly like Lu's mother when she was young.

"What else do you have to say? Am I sorry for you or are you sorry for me?"

Father Lu slowly exhaled, and said with a sigh, "I went to college at that time, and finally found a house outside the school. When I wanted to go back to find you, the villagers told me that you went back to have a blind date. I found your house and saw you walking with a gay man. Your neighbors said that you had been together for a long time and were preparing to get married. When I saw this, I went back to college."

He did not talk about what happened next, but there was actually a sequel. After returning to university, Lu's father had never thought about falling in love again. As a result, Lu's mother came to the house on her own initiative and said that they were from the same hometown and were studying at the Red and Expert College next door. She said she had some problems with her studies and wanted to ask for advice.

After asking for advice back and forth, they gradually became familiar with each other. One time, a few friends got together and everyone drank some wine. The next day, Lu's mother said that her innocence was gone and she wanted to die.

That’s how Mr. and Mrs. Lu got married.

When they compared the time, they found that it was just a misunderstanding.

To be honest, it was not a misunderstanding. It was Mother Lu who did it on purpose. If she hadn't gone to find Mother Xu, Father Lu and Mother Xu would never have broken up and might have even gotten married long ago.

So the two of them clarified the misunderstanding and talked frankly about what happened.

After that, Aunt Xu said, "Let's forget about the past. It's been so long, and we are both old now. I don't want to pursue anything anymore. Let's just leave it at that. When we meet in the future, we can just nod and remain friends."

Seeing that Mr. Lu looked depressed, she said, "Don't go back and cause trouble for your lover. It's all in the past. If you have anything to say, please say it politely. Goodbye."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and left.

The love I had at the beginning was real, but half of my life has passed now, and no matter how much I loved you, it has all been worn away. Now it’s not bad to live alone.

It was Father Lu who stared at Mother Xu's back for a long time, then took off his glasses and wiped them.

On the way home, Mr. Lu kept thinking about this matter, thinking about how he got together with Mrs. Lu in the first place. He didn't think about it carefully before, but now he thinks it was all a trap.

It's just like the hunters in the past setting traps for their prey. He is the prey, and Lu's mother is the hunter holding the trap. She is really amazing.

When Mr. Lu returned home and saw Mrs. Lu sitting on the sofa, he tried to bring up the incident, "Do you still remember what happened when we got married?"

"I remember, what's wrong?" Lu's mother was quite happy, thinking that her husband came to her to reminisce the past.

As a result, Mr. Lu's next question was, "The night I got drunk, you said you were drunk too. Were you really drunk or was it fake? Actually, nothing happened between us that day, right?"

Mother Lu's face suddenly changed, and she looked a little guilty, "Why are you asking this suddenly? I don't remember." She clearly said that she remembered just now, but now she has forgotten it.

"You don't remember this? Then you should remember that you went to find Xu Yongfang and told her that we were together. We didn't know each other at that time." Father Lu asked again.

"Why are you saying this? What do you mean?" Mother Lu was furious and started to nag at her, "You went to see Xu Yongfang? You are so shameless at your age!"

"We just happened to meet and chatted for a few minutes. After the chat, we found out that everything that happened was a misunderstanding. Don't make a fuss about it!" Father Lu said immediately.

Mother Lu: "What do you mean? It was a misunderstanding on her part, but on my part you are just taking advantage of the situation, right? You are such a shameless old man. Your children are so grown up, but you still meet Xu Yongfang."

In the past few decades, Lu's mother almost never lost an argument because she was a well-educated housewife. Whenever she had an argument with someone, she would start throwing dirty water on the person, forcing the person to keep proving that they had not done it, and then Lu's mother could continue to throw dirty water on them.

Father Lu felt like a scholar who was unable to explain himself to a soldier. He said angrily, "Don't tell me these things. Explain to me why you went to Xiao Xu and told him that I was with you. Why did you lie?"

"Why? No reason. I have never done such a thing." Mother Lu immediately denied it.

Father Lu was so angry that he raised his voice, "You are still lying to me at this point, what's the point? Xiao Xu and I have already made things clear. If you hadn't lied to her, we wouldn't have come to this point."

He quarreled with Lu's mother, "You are still talking nonsense to me at this time. It has been like this for so many years. You are either making a scene, crying, making a fuss, or you never tell the truth and always lie. Do you know why I applied for an overseas assignment but didn't come back? It's because I don't want to see your face like this."

Mother Lu even argued with him, picked up a pillow and threw it at him, scolding him, "The child is already so big, what's the point of saying such things? Even if I was wrong at the beginning, I have given birth to two children for you now, and you are still pursuing this matter, you are shameless!"

"You're still hooking up with Xu Yongfang. You two are a pair of shameless people. I'm going to ask her clearly if she won't let us go until our family is torn apart! She's here to get revenge on me. She just hates me for playing a joke on her. I'm going to kneel down in front of her and beg her to let me go, let the three of us go, and don't break up our family. Are you satisfied with this?"

Mother Lu got anxious and started cursing. She did this partly because she liked Father Lu and partly because she valued Father Lu's conditions.

She would collapse at the thought of Mr. Lu leaving her.

Father Lu stared at Mother Lu in astonishment. He was stunned for a long time, and finally blurted out, "You are slandering me, you are crazy!"

"Okay, I knew it a long time ago. You just look down on me. You just resent me for mixing fake drugs in some time ago." Mother Lu started wailing right away.

When she was first arrested by the police, she was fired as soon as the truth was verified. In the end, Lu Deping took the money and redeemed her.

This incident also affected Lu's father's work. He could no longer be sent abroad and had to return to work in North City. He could no longer work in his original position. The best way now was to teach students at school or work as a technical consultant in other units.

Because of this incident, the atmosphere in the Lu family has been bad and there are always quarrels at home.

Lu's mother lost her job and was bored to death at home. She would always pick a quarrel with someone and always make an excuse to vent her anger, saying that the whole family looked down on her.

Seeing that Mother Lu was up to her old tricks again, crying, making a scene, and even threatening to hang herself, Father Lu suddenly said, "Let's separate. I want to move out."

In the minds of the older generation, divorce is a big deal and should not be spoken about lightly. Moreover, if one talks about divorce, not only will they be embarrassed, but their children will also be affected.

Father Lu didn't want to affect his children. After all, Lu Xueping hadn't married yet, so he said, "I will move to the dormitory that the university has arranged for me. You live here by yourself and don't come to see me."

"You really want to kick me out and live with Xu Yongfang, that vixen, right? Am I right?" Mother Lu threw several pillows at him and started to blame him directly, "Just wait, if you dare to get involved with Xu Yongfang, I will report you to the school immediately for having an affair."

Father Lu was also angry. "You can report it all you want. Even if you report it to the sky, we will investigate for three days and three nights, and we only said a few words."

The more she acted like this, the more Father Lu wanted to separate them. "You can do whatever you want, but don't harm others. We've been separated before!"