Finally, she looked at the whole house again with nostalgia, and left without hesitation.
She left alone, carrying her own suitcase, just as she came.
She took a taxi and returned to her parents' home.
It was already late at night when she returned. The entire neighborhood was dimly lit and silent, with only the sound of her suitcase's wheels rolling on the ground echoing on the road.
When she walked to the door of the unit downstairs, she suddenly saw a blurry black object on the ground. When she walked closer, she found that it was her father Tong Chengsheng squatting on the ground smoking. She didn't know how long he had been waiting, and there was a pile of cigarette butts under his feet.
Tong Chengsheng also saw Tonghua at this time. He stood up, walked directly over to Tonghua's suitcase, and said to her, "My daughter, your work must be very hard."
"Dad, why are you waiting for me here? Have you been waiting for a long time?"
Tong Chengsheng put the suitcase on his shoulder and said, "I thought our community doesn't have an elevator, and I'm afraid you, a girl, won't be able to carry such a heavy suitcase. I don't know when you will be back, so I'll wait for you here after dinner."
Although it was just a few short sentences, it made Tonghua feel very sad.
When she was in college, she lived in the school. Tonghua would go home during holidays such as National Day, Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year. Every time she was about to reach the gate of the community, she would call her father, and Tong Chengsheng would immediately put down his work and wait for her downstairs in the apartment building.
Every time, Tong Chengsheng would carry her heavy suitcase on his shoulders and carry it up to the sixth floor step by step. After a long time, if a neighbor saw Tong Chengsheng standing here alone, they would smile and ask, "Brother Tong, are you picking up your daughter again?"
Tong Chengsheng would just smile and not say anything, but even though he was very tired from carrying the things, you could tell there was no reluctance on his face; on the contrary, he was very happy.
Only last time, when Tong Hua and Qin Zun went back to her parents' home together, Tong Chengsheng did not go downstairs to greet them, but waited at home.
Tong Chengsheng carried the suitcase back home, and the house was now quiet.
He put the suitcase in Fairy Tale's room and then sat on the sofa to rest.
Tonghua looked at his tired and panting face and handed him a glass of boiled water.
"Dad, drink some water first."
Tong Chengsheng took the water cup, took a sip, and then said after catching his breath, "Does the uncle know that you are going home this time?"
Tong Chengsheng had previously received a message from his son saying that Tonghua was going to go home and live for a while, but she didn't say why. Tong Chengsheng was afraid that there might be some conflict between his daughter and son-in-law. He wanted to call Tonghua to ask about their situation, but he was afraid that if he asked, his daughter would think that he didn't want her to go home.
Tonghua's face froze, and she said, "He's going on a business trip for a while, and I'm bored there alone, and I don't know anyone there, so I thought I might as well move back home for a while."
She just needs to stay at her parents' house for a while, and when she gets her salary, she can rent another house. Then she can say that she has moved back to Lantian Chenyuan. After a while, if her father asks about Qin Zun again, she can say that they have divorced.
The matter is done, and when the time comes her father will at most scold her for treating divorce as a joke, but that won't arouse his suspicion.
Tong Chengsheng nodded and said, "Well, you should rest early too. You still have to go to work tomorrow."
After the father and daughter finished chatting, they returned to their rooms.
Tonghua's room now looks relatively tidy. It seems that her father cleaned it specially before she came back.
After washing up, Tonghua lay on the princess bed where she had slept for more than ten years, feeling a lot of emotion. She often thought that if her mother were still alive, she would definitely be a very happy little girl.
Her mother's love and care for her can be seen everywhere in this room, because in that era when every household had white walls, only her room was pink, and she also had a unique princess bed. It is said that when she was a child, she had many stuffed dolls, which were bought for her by her mother before she was born, but unfortunately they seemed to have been snatched away by other relatives.
Tonghua's memory of her mother also began to fade, and now the only traces of her mother's existence were this princess bed and this pink wall.
She thought she had to protect this place and the traces of her mother's existence.
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Tonghua was busy with work. She got up early in the morning and had breakfast on the way home as usual. After a busy day at work, Tonghua subconsciously walked towards Lantian Chenyuan. Only then did she realize that she had moved out and had to catch the bus to go home.
When she got home, it was already 7:30 in the evening.
Seeing her come back, her stepmother Zhang Guiying immediately rolled her eyes at her and said in a sarcastic tone: "Oh, Miss, you are finally back? The whole family is waiting for you to come back for dinner. If you don't come back, we won't be able to eat!"
Tong Chengsheng's expression suddenly turned ugly: "Come on, I just asked you to eat later, why are you making such a fuss?"
In the past, Zhang Guiying was better and would not confront Tonghua directly. But now, for some reason, after Tonghua got married, Zhang Guiying started to talk nonsense about Tonghua as soon as she saw him.
Zhang Guiying was about to say something else when Tong Zhengyuan quickly pulled his mother's sleeve and asked her to sit down and eat.
Tong Hua glanced at Tong Chengsheng and Tong Zhengyuan who were sitting at the table. Every time she and Zhang Guiying had a quarrel, they always looked like they were trying to calm things down, and advised them to stop quarreling. They would come and apologize to her afterwards, saying that for the sake of the family's peace, Zhang Guiying was the elder, and they used these reasons to persuade her not to bother with Zhang Guiying.
When she encountered these things in the past, she was young and had no choice but to tolerate her stepmother's overt and covert provocations. Now she is curious why her stepmother can still treat her so arrogantly and rudely when her son's marriage requires a lot of money and their family is so poor that she, the elder sister, needs to pay.
Isn’t Zhang Guiying afraid that she will get angry and stop paying?
Tonghua looked at Zhang Guiying with a hint of amusement and said, "Tong Zhengyuan may not be able to get married."
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