Xia Anyan actually understands everything; she just wanted to ask and confirm her own thoughts.
Now that it's confirmed, there's no need to ask any more questions, lest they recall painful memories.
But those two elderly people were quite old, looking about the same age as her grandfather, but now they were hunched over and looked to be in very poor condition.
Xia Anyan felt a pang of guilt.
"Grandma, don't be too sad. You and Grandpa have sacrificed so much for education. It's good that you can rest now."
"By the way, do you two have children? What kind of work do they do?"
She tried to change the subject, hoping not to let them dwell on their sadness.
Xia Anyan spoke very gently, coaxing the old lady for a long time, and the two gradually changed the subject.
The old man sitting up had opened his eyes at some point and sat up in bed.
He kept staring at the two people talking below.
Until he discovered Gu Shen.
"Kid, are you a soldier?"
Gu Shen nodded: "Yes, sir, I am a soldier."
The old man beckoned to him: "Come here and help me down."
Gu Shen was stunned for a moment before reacting quickly.
He instinctively opened his arms, wanting to lift the person down, but was glared at fiercely by the old man.
"I'm not so old that you need to carry me down yourself. You just need to lend a hand."
Gu Shen still felt a little awkward, but he nodded nonetheless.
He did as the old man said, and the old man didn't resist and obediently followed him to the lower bunk.
Seeing him come down, the old lady sat up slightly: "Old man, what are you doing..."
"People, when they get old, they just can't lie down anymore. I heard you two chatting quite well just now, why did you stop now?"
This old man has a rather sharp tongue.
He glanced at Xia Anyan and then sat down next to the old lady.
Because of his arrival, the bed became a bit small, and Xia Anyan had to retreat to her own bed.
Gu Shen was sitting on his bed, which brought the two of them much closer together.
The old lady glared at the old man, then looked at the two of them with a smile: "You two seem quite affectionate, you must have just gotten married not long ago."
She has a lot to say about this.
She praised the two of them as a perfect match, and said a lot more. By the end, she had a big, warm smile on her face.
The two people sitting down felt a little awkward, especially Gu Shen, who seemed to have something growing on his butt and stood up abruptly.
He quickly moved to the side.
This terrified the old lady and the old man.
The old man glared at him: "What are you doing? So impulsive. You're so old, and you still don't know how to behave properly."
Xia Anyan smiled awkwardly and quickly explained, "No, Grandma, you've misunderstood."
"We are just engaged, not married yet, but it will be soon. We are going back this time to prepare for the wedding."
The old man and the old woman noticed this from the state of the two people.
However, the old lady's aunt-like smile did not disappear.
She just felt that the two children were a perfect match.
But the old man frowned.
"What's wrong with you two young people? Where are you going back to? Don't you live here permanently?"
The two of them had quite a bit to say about this.
Xia Anyan simply told him about her situation.
She had nothing to hide, after all, this kind of thing couldn't be kept secret forever.
After hearing what Xia Anyan said, both the old man and the old woman frowned.
Gu Shen was worried that they might hurt Xia Anyan, so he took a protective stance.
But the old man looked down on him for his appearance: "I've seen it all before, why are you being so wary of me?"
“If I really had any designs on that girl and wanted to get rid of her, we wouldn’t be sitting here talking like this now.”
With just one sentence, Gu Shen's face instantly turned bright red.
He felt a little embarrassed, after all, his thoughts just now were indeed somewhat...
"Alright, I'm not one to nitpick. Since this girl has already revealed her identity, I won't hide it from her anymore." The old man sighed and looked out the window, seemingly lost in thought.
Seeing him like this, the old lady felt a little sad.
"Sigh, actually our family used to live quite well. Although we wouldn't say we were middle class, we were much better off than the average family."
"However, when we came out this time, all our belongings were taken away by someone. The little we have left are only because we had connections to bring them out."
Actually, the things they brought in weren't much. Besides some simple bedding and some old clothes, there wasn't anything valuable.
When the old lady saw this, her eyes filled with tears.
No matter who it is, after years of hard work, if all the wealth they've accumulated is taken away, how can they be happy?
It's truly remarkable that these two elderly people can still persevere and maintain such energy and spirit.
Xia Anyan thought about her own experience, and realized that it was no different.
To distract the two elderly people, she decided to tell them about her experiences.
Actually, those things weren't a big deal to her, but Gu Shen felt heartbroken every time he heard them.
Especially after learning that her biological father wanted to leave with his stepmother's son and daughter, and had even bought the driver's boat tickets, leaving only her, his own daughter, out.
No matter how you look at it, you can't help but feel sorry for her.
Xia Anyan recounted everything she had experienced, especially how her scumbag father brought women home after her mother's death.
"To be honest, although my sister looks exactly like her mother, if you look closely, she also looks a lot like my scumbag father. We're not that far apart in age."
"That means that my mother had only been pregnant with me for a short time when these two had already slept together. No, to be precise, they may have been together for a long time, and my mother was the victim."
Xia Anyan had no intention of using this to gain others' sympathy, so she remained indifferent.
But the other three people thought she had suffered a great injustice.
The old lady, in particular, was already in tears from heartache.
She hugged Xia Anyan tightly, pulling her into her arms and patting her back gently: "Good girl, it's all in the past. We need to look forward. People like that are definitely not doing well now. They will never have a good ending!"
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