Chapter 46 Yu Li and Chen Song returned to Lu Yuan's home, but Gu Xingjue didn't...
Chen Song returned to Lu Yuan's house, and Gu Xingjue did not follow him.
Tang Shihe and Lu Fenghai each gave Chen Song and Lu Yuan a generous red envelope. Outside, fireworks were blazing, and no one was asleep. Four of them gathered around a mahjong table and played until almost dawn. Chen Song didn't know how to play, but with a simple tutorial from the three, he picked it up, having learned a lot in one night.
Of the four, only Tang Shihe won money; Lu Fenghai didn't win or lose, and Lu Yuan didn't lose much. After the game was over, Tang Shihe returned the winnings to Chen Song and Lu Yuan.
After the mahjong table ended, the couple went to bed. The fireworks outside the window had disappeared, and under the gray sky, every house was lit, the bustle not seeming like late at night.
Chen Song walked to the French window off the living room and opened the glass door. The cold wind from outside blew in, making him even more awake. Chen Song walked to the balcony, resting his hands on the railing and looking out. From here, he could take in the bustling city center.
The more prosperous the city, the more empty Chen Song felt in his heart.
Lu Yuan came to Chen Song at some point and brought him a glass of wine: "If you can't sleep, have a drink?"
The sweet aroma of fruit wine was blown to the tip of his nose by the wind. The fragrance was intoxicating. Chen Song looked at the dark red liquid in the glass.
Lu Yuan shook his glass and said, "Homemade bayberry wine. Try it. A little tipsiness will help you sleep."
Chen Song saw the alcohol and recalled the first time he got drunk and came out publicly, leading to an awkward scene with Gu Xingjue. Drinking certainly messed things up, but it also seemed to give him courage.
Chen Song took the wine glass and took a sip. The sweet and strong taste of bayberry juice lingered on his tongue and slid through his lungs, warming his body up a lot.
Being tipsy had also given him courage, and it was that impulsive courage that had led him to seek reconciliation with Gu Xingjue on Christmas Eve. If he could do it all over again, Chen Song would still drink and would still go to Gu Xingjue.
People always decide to let go of their obsessions and leave only after hitting a wall.
Lu Yuan clinked glasses with him, took a sip, and said, "You and that Xiao Jing can't be real, right? I don't think you two have that vibe. That psychopath named Gu and you do have that vibe. But it's not the kind of idiotic, pink-bubbled idol drama. It's the melodramatic, wife-chasing, crematorium kind of thing you see in novels."
Chen Song also took a few sips of wine, his cold voice tinged with the warmth of the wine: "Those involved are confused, but those who are on the sidelines can see clearly. Even you can see that there is no relationship between me and Brother Jing Sheng. He just can't see it."
Lu Yuan laughed: "He's stupid. But how did he get here? And why did he come with you? He's dressed up like a peacock, showing off to someone. If you don't know him, you'd think he's here to be a live-in son-in-law. Or if it wasn't for the gangster look he saw a few days ago, I really got him today, thinking he was a big star. You don't know how gloomy his face was when he saw you and Jing En making love at dinner."
"Oh my god!" Lu Yuan yelled, pointing his finger at a place, "Why is that psychopath there? Oh my god, when did he get there? He's not been watching us the whole time, is he?"
Chen Song gently bit the glass for a moment, took a sip of bayberry wine, and did not look in the direction Lu Yuan pointed, but quietly looked at the colorful high-rise buildings in the distance.
You can look back, but you can't turn back. But Chen Song didn't even want to look back now. He wasn't afraid of being soft-hearted, but he didn't know how to face such a Gu Xingjue.
Gu Xingjue is a man who seems to be deeply in love, relentless in pursuit, and begging for forgiveness in a humble manner.
"Let's go back," Chen Song turned and walked back into the house. "It's windy outside."
"Wow, you didn't even look at me," Lu Yuan glanced at Gu Xingjue who had been looking up eagerly, then turned around and went into the house with Chen Song, "How ruthless! I really like you~"
Perhaps because he was a little tipsy, Chen Song quickly fell asleep in bed. When he woke up, it was eight o'clock in the morning. Tang Shihe knocked on his door and asked him to have breakfast.
After breakfast, Tang Shihe asked him to go back to sleep. When Chen Song was about to fall asleep, the ringing of his cell phone woke him up.
Chen Song glanced at the caller ID and answered the phone: "Hello, uncle."
The uncle on the other end of the phone sounded a little nervous: "Hello, Xiaosong. You...your mother is back. She said she has something to talk to you about."
Chen Songxin skipped a beat and slowly sat up from the bed: "She...you mean she is now..."
"Xiao Song," a cold female voice sounded from the other end of the line, "It's me. I'm waiting for you at my uncle's house. I have something to tell you when you come back."
The woman's tone was heavy, more than her previous harshness and indifference, it was filled with a touch of complex humanity. Like a weathered wooden door, it slowly opened up long-forgotten memories.
According to the original plan, Chen Song was to stay at Lu Yuan's house until the third day of the Lunar New Year. Now that he suddenly wanted to leave, Lu Yuan's family was very reluctant to let him go. When asked what the urgent matter was, Chen Song simply said that his uncle had asked him to go back.
Chen Song didn't want to tell them that Yu Li had returned. Tang Shihe and Yu Li had a very unpleasant quarrel in the past. Even if Chen Song mentioned his uncle, Tang Shihe was still unhappy. He said that he had never offered a helping hand in the past, so why was he suddenly pretending to be a good guy now?
Chen Song didn't want to make Tang Shihe angry because of this. Besides, Chen Song didn't think Yu Li came to him to repair the mother-son relationship. If she said there was something wrong, did she really have something wrong?
Chen Song coaxed Tang Shihe for a while, saying he would come back to be with her in two days, and Tang Shihe finally let him go. Lu Fenghai asked Lu Yuan to drive Chen Song, but Chen Song refused, saying he had already called an online car. The family had no choice but to send Chen Song to the car.
Tang Shihe looked at Chen Song's car driving away and said sadly, "Song Song, this kid has worked so hard."
Lu Fenghai hugged her: "Yes. I thought Xiao Jing was someone I could rely on. But how could a family like the Yun family have room for him?"
"Our Songsong is so outstanding, why can't we accommodate him?" Tang Shihe pushed him away. "If Xiaojing really likes him, he will naturally convince his family."
Lu Fenghai said: "That will definitely lead to suffering. It's better to end it early and find a good, ordinary family."
Tang Shihe sighed: "Why does Songsong, such a good child, have to suffer so much..."
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After the rain, the temperature in Vancouver dropped to around zero degrees Celsius. The wind picked up at night, making it as cold as winter in Beijing. However, there was no snow here, only the bumpy water surface reflecting the fireworks.
The fireworks on the first night of the Lunar New Year were loud, and rows of bright red lanterns were hung in front of the ground-floor houses in the countryside, swaying in the wind like bright fireballs.
Only Chen Song's house had neither red lanterns nor door curtains in front of it. The whole house was dim, and it looked very out of place among a row of houses celebrating the New Year.
The door of his uncle's house was open. Chen Song thanked the driver and got out of the car. Perhaps hearing the noise, a woman came out of his uncle's house.
Chen Song stood there for a moment.
Yu Li had loose straight hair, and her red eyes no longer had the sharpness she remembered. There were more fine lines on her face, and she looked much older, obviously having just cried.
He was no longer wearing anything fancy, just a simple black coat, so ordinary that it seemed as if he would be swallowed by the darkness.
She walked forward and looked at Chen Song carefully, and tears fell from her eyes.
"Xiao Song..." Yu Li reached out and touched Chen Song's face, speaking tremblingly.
Chen Song felt a bit complicated. He instinctively avoided the door and took a step forward to open it. "Come in and tell me what you want to say."
My uncle and his family also came out to see Chen Song.
"Xiao Song, are you back? Have you eaten? Do you want to come to your uncle's house and eat something first?" asked the uncle.
Chen Song turned the key and opened the door: "No need. I'm not hungry."
Yu Li walked up the stairs and stood in front of Chen Yongan: "Brother, let me talk to Xiao Song for a while. If you are hungry later, come over and eat."
Chen Yongan glanced at Chen Song and said, "Okay, then you two can have a good chat. I won't lock the door. Remember to come and eat later."
Yu Li nodded, entered the house and closed the door.
Chen Song opened the refrigerator and took out a jar of honey. He scooped out a spoonful of honey with a spoon and put it into the cup of water and stirred it until the honey on the spoon was completely mixed into the water. Then Chen Song brought the cup of water to Yu Li.
Yu Li's naked gaze roamed over Chen Song's body, peeling back layer upon layer of his skin, revealing him clearly inside and out. Her deep gaze was shrouded in a complex sea of emotions, and Chen Song, unable to withstand her surging emotions, looked away, pulled up a chair, and sat down.
"Sit down and talk." Chen Song pulled out a chair for her.
Yu Li sat down after a moment's silence. She gripped the warm glass, her hands trembling as she carefully lifted it to her lips. Dead skin crawled across her pale lips, and she moved them stiffly. She didn't drink the water, but placed the glass back on the table, tapping it softly.
Chen Song was not in a hurry. He sat beside her and waited quietly for her to speak.
After a long while, Yu Li finally spoke: "Xiao...Xiao Song...Do you still remember the man who left with me?"
Chen Song said "hmm": "Remember, it's your current husband."
There was another strange twist on Yu Li's stiff face: "I..."
Yu Li fell into silence again, and suddenly she grabbed Chen Song's hand tightly. The woman's hand was cold, and although she didn't have much strength, it was extremely painful.
"I'm sorry, Xiao Song. I hurt you. It's all my fault." Yu Li widened his eyes and choked.
Chen Song lowered his eyes and looked away without saying anything.
Over the years, Chen Song had blamed Yu Li, hated Yu Li, and resented Yu Li, but all these emotions faded with the passage of time. Yu Li had the right to abandon Chen Song for her own happiness, and Chen Song understood. But he couldn't accept it.
He could let go, but he couldn't forgive.
If Yu Li just came to apologize for all these years, there would be no need at all.
Chen Song was silent for a moment and then said, "It's all in the past."
Yu Li's brows were tightly twisted into a ball of hemp rope. She breathed lightly, opening and closing her mouth for a long time before finally taking a deep breath and saying, "Xiao Song, listen to me. I've been married to An Deming for all these years, and my body has been left with a root cause of illness from giving birth to you, making it difficult for me to get pregnant again. So we have no children. You are the only heir."
"Back then..." Yu Li's voice trembled violently, "Tang Shihe said she wanted to take you into her household registration, and I agreed. But An Deming disagreed. He told me... that he didn't mind you and wanted to take care of you. He said that my health was not good and I couldn't have any more children, and this was my only bloodline. I could support your studies and let you inherit all my property in the future. I didn't expect that this would harm you..."
"I..." Yu Li shed tears of regret, "I'm too selfish. I... I'm a first-time mother too. I married your father so young and moved far away. When I came here, I found out your father is a gambler. You know how hard it was for me to endure! That's why I took it out on you. I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, Xiao Song. I..."
Yu Li spoke hesitantly, and Chen Song always felt a strange feeling in his heart.
"The court originally awarded you to me, and you were registered under Andeming's household registration. I had just separated from your father at that time, and I didn't know how to face you. You look a lot like him, and seeing you brings back those disgusting and frightening days. That's why Andeming was the one who took care of your life. As time went by, I also wanted to visit you. But you must hate me very much, and I don't know how to face you."
"Until..." Yu Li let go of Chen Song's hand, her whole body trembling violently, "An Deming went bankrupt."
Chen Song looked at Yu Li after hearing this, and the strange feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger. He didn't know why, but he always felt that Yu Li came to see him today with a deep sense of guilt and remorse.
Yu Li's eyes dodged, and he continued with a jerky, stiff jaw, "He fled abroad, and the guarantor wrote... your name."
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