Chapter 6 Something Left Behind
Jiang Jibai finished the final draft and prepared to go home.
Qin Ting called just now and asked Jiang Jibai to go home for dinner.
Qin Ting is her stepmother. Jiang Qingfu remarried a year after Jiang Xiaolan's death and had a son with Qin Ting. Now their child is in kindergarten.
She had indeed not seen her father Jiang Qingfu for a long time.
It takes half an hour to take the subway from the company to Jiang Qingfu's home. It is now rush hour and there are a lot of people on the subway.
Compared to the days when he had a private driver to pick him up, Jiang Jibai has completely adapted to this down-to-earth life.
At first she complained about the unfairness of fate, but life gradually smoothed out her edges, and she had to go with the flow and become one of these ordinary workers.
Jiang Jibai followed the flow of people and squeezed onto the subway.
When she arrived at Jiang Qingfu's house, Qin Ting opened the door for her.
She saw Jiang Qingfu playing with building blocks with his youngest son Jiang Tianyou. The lights created a warm atmosphere, and the family of three looked very happy.
Standing in the hallway, he felt like an outsider, which was why Jiang Jibai didn't want to come.
"Nuannuan, come in and sit down. We can start eating with just one more dish." Qin Ting greeted politely.
Nuannuan is Jiang Jibai's nickname, and only those closest to her call her that.
Only her parents called her that before.
In addition there is Gu Moyang.
Qin Ting followed Jiang Qingfu's call, which made her seem closer, so Jiang Jibai agreed.
"Nuannuan is here." Jiang Qingfu stood up when she saw her coming. She wanted to say something more, but her lips moved a few times and she didn't say anything in the end.
Jiang Jibai did not deny that Jiang Qingfu was a good man, and he could also be called a good father.
He doesn't have big ambitions. He works diligently and honestly, plays the role of a good father and husband in the family, and will not indulge in wine and women outside.
He took good care of Jiang Xiaolan and her. During the most important period of Jiang Jibai's life, Jiang Qingfu, as a father, was never absent.
It was Jiang Xiaolan's death, the breakdown of their happy family, and Jiang Qingfu's formation of a new family that alienated their relationship.
She could understand Jiang Qingfu's desire to start a new family, but in her eyes, Jiang Qingfu still betrayed her and this family after Jiang Xiaolan's death.
At the dinner table, Qin Ting kept picking up food for Jiang Jibai.
"Eat more. You seem to be thinner every time I see you."
Jiang Jibai has had no appetite these past two days and can't eat.
Faced with Qin Ting's kindness, she was embarrassed to refuse and said politely, "Thank you, Aunt Qin."
Jiang Qingfu put some food into Youyou's small bowl and said, "Youyou, eat more too, so you can grow taller and bigger."
Youyou responded in a baby voice.
Qin Ting laughed aside.
Jiang Jibai stared at the food in the bowl and couldn't smile. He felt that it was a bit unnecessary to sit there.
She took two bites and put down her chopsticks: "I'm done, you guys take your time, I have something to do and I have to leave first."
Qin Ting glanced at Jiang Jibai's bowl, which he had barely eaten. "Is the food Auntie cooked not to your liking? I'll make you something else if you want."
Jiang Jibai: "Don't bother Aunt Qin, I have a poor appetite recently."
Jiang Qingfu, who was usually mild-tempered, got angry. "Every time you come back, you eat a little and then leave. Do you know that every time your Aunt Qin knows you're coming, she goes to the market early in the morning to pick out ingredients and prepares the meal two hours in advance? She's afraid you won't like the food she cooks, so she specifically asks me what I like to eat. If not, she'll research it step by step online."
"She spent hours preparing this meal today, and you are ruining her kindness."
Qin Ting signaled Jiang Qingfu to stop talking.
Youyou, not knowing what was going on, started crying, and Qin Ting went to comfort her son.
The warm atmosphere just now was broken.
Jiang Jibai let out a long sigh, it seemed like she had messed up again.
"Yes, it's my fault, everything is my fault!"
"Bang!"
She took her bag, closed the door and left the place.
Walking along the street, it is still a few hundred meters away from the subway entrance.
This place is so far away from home.
The cool autumn wind at night blew on her, and Jiang Jibai hugged his arms tightly and walked against the wind.
She's a little piece of trash that no one wants.
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It was almost ten o'clock when I got home.
After taking the medicine, Jiang Jibai took a hot bath and felt much more relaxed both physically and mentally.
While she was sitting on the sofa drying her hair, her cell phone rang.
She took the phone and looked at it, then paused.
She knew this number by heart, but she had deleted it from her contacts a few years ago.
Staring at the ringing phone screen, she felt a little confused.
Could it be him? He should have changed his number long ago. Could someone else be using this number?
After hesitating for a long time, the phone kept ringing.
Jiang Jibai finally swiped the green button and answered the call.
There was a long silence on both sides, waiting for the other to speak first.
Finally, the man on the other end spoke first. His voice was somewhat tentative: "Your phone number hasn't changed?"
Jiang Jibai immediately recognized the voice of Gu Moyang. Her heart skipped a beat, then she regained her composure.
She said "hmm", resisted the urge to hang up and asked, "What's the matter?"
She didn't know if it was because he was on the phone, but the man's voice was tinged with electricity and she could even hear some happiness in his voice.
"Something fell."
Jiang Jibai's heart skipped a beat when these words came through the receiver of the phone.
Gu Moyang saw another long silence on the other side, "Your pearl bracelet is here with me."
Jiang Jibai barely hesitated for a moment, "No need to give it to me, it was originally given by you, and now it's back to its original owner."
After saying that, Jiang Jibai hung up the phone and threw his phone aside.
Gu Moyang looked at the hung-up call on his phone screen, veins bulging on his forehead.
He threw the pearl bracelet into an inconspicuous corner, his chest heaving violently.
Ji An pushed the door open and saw Gu Moyang standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with a gloomy expression.
"It's so late, go back early and don't stay up any longer."
He is the only one who knows how hard Gu Moyang has worked over the years. He has no father, no money, and no background, and he can only rely on his own life to fight for a way out.
During the busiest period in the early days of his business, Gu Moyang worked day and night for a whole week without rest, and this situation lasted for nearly half a year.
Ji An was afraid that he would die suddenly in the office.
When Gu Moyang saw him come in, he turned around, lit a cigarette, leaned on the edge of the desk, and overlooked the bustling night view of Jinghuai City through the floor-to-ceiling windows, with loneliness in his eyes.
"You go back first, I'll leave soon."
Ji An inadvertently caught a glimpse of the white pearl bracelet lying on the leather sofa.
He recognized this bracelet. It was Jiang Jibai's personal item. He saw her wearing it every day when she was in college.
How come you are here?
So Ji An asked, "Isn't that Jiang Jibai's bracelet? How come it's here with you?"
Gu Moyang's eyes fell on the bracelet and quickly moved away. He irritably poked the cigarette butt into the ashtray, "So many people can wear the same clothes as a woman, and every woman wears a bracelet. How do you know it's hers?"
"If it's not hers, whose is it?"
It's hard not to have dirty thoughts when something you wear close to your body like a bracelet falls on the sofa.
Gu Moyang: "Hurry up and get off work!"
Ji An immediately shut up. This dog must have been humiliated again.
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