Chapter 479 The truth
of that year Eighteen years ago, Tang Xiu’s original name was still Tang Xiu. She was the most beautiful unmarried woman in the entire Donghe Village. She had beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and was graceful and elegant. The people who came to propose marriage almost broke the threshold of the Tang family.
Such outstanding beauty naturally attracted the covetousness of ruffians.
At that time, Tang Xiu was selling clothes in a clothing store and had to work until 9 o'clock in the evening before she could go home.
Once, the store was closed late and it was almost 10 o'clock when Tang Xiu got off work. She was walking home alone and was forcibly dragged into an empty alley by several thugs who had been targeting her. When they were about to do something bad to her, a man fell from the sky, rescued her, beat up the thugs severely, and then called the police to send the man to the police station.
This man is Qin Jingxiu.
Qin Jingxiu was sent to City B to carry out an undercover mission. He settled in an old courtyard next to an alley. He heard her cry for help and came out to save her, but attracted the attention of the suspect who was under surveillance.
In order not to alert the enemy, Qin Jingxiu had to take the frightened and crying Tang Xiu back to the yard.
At that time, Qin Jingxiu had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, was tall and handsome, and was the most handsome and elegant man Tang Xiu had ever seen in her life.
Moreover, the man exuded dignity and had extraordinary conversation. It was obvious at first glance that he came from a noble family. He also saved her from a dire situation. Tang Xiu fell in love with Qin Jingxiu almost the moment she saw his appearance.
She asked Qin Jingxiu what his name was, in the name of gratitude for saving his life. Qin Jingxiu used a pseudonym because he was on a mission.
"My last name is Jing, Jing Xiu."
Qin Jingxiu then found some clean clothes for Tang Xiu to change into, and waited until the suspect under surveillance stopped looking at him before sending her back to the entrance of Donghe Village.
From then on, Tang Xiu, who was in love, would bring an extra breakfast to work every day and deliver it to the gate of Qin Jingxiu's yard. She would also take a detour after get off work in the evening, pass by the gate of his yard, and take the lunch box home.
Although Qin Jingxiu declined again and again, Tang Xiu was too stubborn to continue to do as she pleased.
Qin Jingxiu rented a room in the courtyard under the pretext of being a college student from another place to collect folk songs and travel, but in reality he did so to monitor members of an international criminal group living nearby.
Before Tang Xiu appeared in the courtyard, the members of the criminal group were very wary of him and defended him tightly. He lurked for almost half a month but did not find any clues.
Things didn't take a turn for the better until Tang Xiu showed up.
After the group settled here, they must have surveyed the surrounding environment and knew that Tang Xiu was from Donghe Village. So when they saw Tang Xiu and Qin Jingxiu having close contacts, they gradually relaxed their vigilance and caution towards him. Sometimes, when they saw Tang Xiu running to find Qin Jingxiu, the group even made faces and whistled, teasing Qin Jingxiu for being so lucky.
Afterwards, Qin Jingxiu took advantage of the situation and pretended to be in love with Tang Xiu.
The appearance of being in a relationship was to paralyze the members of the international criminal group, but privately, Qin Jingxiu made it clear to Tang Xiu that the two were just pretending to be in a relationship.
As for the reason, in order to prevent Tang Xiu from being afraid and revealing her cowardice, Qin Jingxiu only said that he wanted to write a novel about love between a man and a woman, but he had no inspiration, so he came here to travel and relax, and pretended to be in love with her in order to find inspiration.
Tang Xiu had no doubts and agreed readily.
Faced with Tang Xiu, who was completely unaware of the danger and was instead full of joy, Qin Jingxiu felt guilty. He had always been frugal and self-disciplined, but he was generous and magnanimous in front of Tang Xiu.
On the one hand, he hoped to compensate Tang Xiu financially as a way of thanking her for her help. On the other hand, he also wanted to show the image of a rich young man who spent money like water so that the criminal gang would let down their guard.
But what Qin Jingxiu didn't know was that his deliberate display of extravagance and debauchery greatly satisfied Tang Xiu's fantasies and vanity, and she became madly obsessed with him. She was even bewildered enough to put aphrodisiacs in his food in an attempt to confirm their romantic relationship.
After a night of passion, Tang Xiu woke up early. She was shy about losing her virginity and afraid that Qin Jingxiu would blame her when he woke up, so she put on her clothes and ran back home.
A few days later, when she mustered up the courage to look for the person again, she found that the courtyard was empty.
Later, she asked around and found out that an explosion occurred next door to the courtyard the day after she left. Many police officers came and arrested all the people next door.
As for Qin Jingxiu, who rented the courtyard, no one knew where he went.
In the following months, Tang Xiu lived in a daze because of the blow of losing her virginity and heartbreak. It was not until her belly slowly swelled and she had pregnancy symptoms that she realized she was pregnant.
That era was still very conservative. Being pregnant before marriage would be nailed to the stake of shame and be despised and looked down upon by people around you. Tang Xiuyi wanted to secretly go to the hospital for surgery, but she had no money.
Until her belly became too big to be concealed, and she was already more than 5 months pregnant, no hospital dared to perform an abortion on her.
Thinking of the past, Mrs. Chen's heart was in turmoil. It was not until Mr. Chen on the phone repeatedly asked about it that she replied perfunctorily: "Dad, I will explain this to you in person when I get back."
Old Master Chen waited patiently for a long time, but his daughter-in-law said this. He immediately said in dissatisfaction: "Is it so difficult to answer the question of whether you know a word or not?"
Mrs. Chen hesitated for a moment, thinking that if Qin Jingxiu was "Jingxiu", the other party would definitely come to her house again, and she couldn't hide it even if she wanted to.
"Dad, I need to see the photo to know if Qin Jingxiu, the man I once knew, is the same person as the man named 'Jingxiu'."
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After hearing this explanation, Mr. Chen's dissatisfaction subsided a little, and then he suddenly realized something and stood still as if struck by lightning.
He wanted to ask what the relationship between Mrs. Chen and Jing Xiu was, but he didn't know how to ask. After a long pause, he could only ask Mrs. Chen: "When will you come back?"
After asking, without waiting for Mrs. Chen to answer, he said, "Come back as soon as possible, the sooner the better."
Mrs. Chen had no choice but to agree.
After hanging up the phone, Mrs. Chen stood alone on the balcony for a long time, until the sun sank below the horizon and a gust of wind made her feel cool despite being sweaty. Only then did she come to her senses.
The sky was dyed blood red by the sunset, as if foreshadowing something.
In the living room, grandma was staring at the TV screen with a dazed look on her face, as if she was in a trance.
When she heard the door opening from the balcony, she came back to her senses and turned to look over.
Mrs. Chen called out to the old woman, "Mom."
The air was filled with the tempting aroma of food. Aunt Liu put the dishes on the table. When she heard Mrs. Chen's voice, she turned around and smiled, "It's time to eat."
Mrs. Chen glanced at Aunt Liu, with an expression of embarrassment and struggle on her face.
"Mom, I have something urgent to do. I have already booked a flight for 9pm. I will skip dinner. I will go back and pack up and leave for the airport right away."
Hearing her say this, Grandma and Aunt Liu were very surprised.
Grandma looked at Mrs. Chen with eyes full of concern and reluctance, "What happened? Why are you leaving in such a hurry? At least eat something to fill your stomach. You can't go home hungry."
(End of this chapter)