Chapter 18

"You said Tangtang, she has been gone for a while."

Song Ye turned around and left after hearing this.

Seeing him leaving in a hurry, Tao Ran and Luo Jiatong beside him sighed: "Tangtang is talking nonsense, what's wrong with Song Ye? You should care more about her, ugh...these two are such a perfect match, they both look so good-looking."

Luo Jiatong rolled his eyes: "He's not from the same place, he can't afford to support Fang Yantang."

Tao Ran choked for a moment, and then sighed lowly: "It seems that no one can afford it, only Shi Jingchen -"

Although they grew up together, Tangtang always had a temperament that was incompatible with the world. She went her own way and was immersed in her own world, as if she couldn't see her own differences.

Originally, with Shi Jingchen's departure, this feeling of incompatibility was gradually fading away, but for some reason, when I saw Tangtang recently, this feeling became stronger and stronger. She seemed to be different from others when she stood there, her eyes, and her gestures. The sense of dissonance between them became even deeper.

Song Ye left the compound of the blower factory, and sure enough, the bicycle was no longer there.

"Aqiang, you're watching a movie too, why don't you go in?"

The speaker was a dark-faced young man who was parking his bicycle in the corner. It could be seen that he had just arrived, and he still had an excited and eager expression on his face.

He is Song Ye's college classmate, but compared with Song Ye, he looks several years older.

"Lend me your car."

Huh? The young man was stunned and handed the bicycle to him: "Are you going to Biandu instead of watching a movie?"

Song Ye had already ridden out, turning his back to him and replied noncommittally: "I'll bring it back to you before the movie ends."

The young man asked doubtfully Looking at Song Ye's leaving figure: "Are you in such a hurry to chase after your wife?"

Finally, he couldn't help shouting: "Slow down, I borrowed the car."

The night wind was even cooler than when he came.

The scenery on both sides of the road drifted backwards rapidly, and the pale moonlight chased the figures into the dark distance.

It only took about ten minutes, which was half the time when Song Ye went there.

He panted violently, looking at Erba Dagang who fell at the door through the courtyard door, Song Ye closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.

He pushed open the half-open courtyard door, stepped on the weeds, and walked in.

The door to the building was open, which showed how intense the emotion the other party was when he came back.

As he got closer, he heard a quarrel coming from inside.

Song Ye stopped pushing the door.

Lin Wei felt very cold, but her body was wet with sweat, as if something was strangling her throat.

For the first time these days, she realized so clearly that this was not her original world.

On the way back, she watched a group of young people wearing red armbands, tying up an old man, shouting slogans as they passed her.

She suddenly felt extremely scared, but she couldn't stop sweating in the cold wind.

The empty and dark road, without the neon lights she was familiar with, winds and leads to an unknown future.

It was a world of disorder that seemed to her incomprehensible.

For a moment, she wanted to stop and ask. The old man looked so pitiful, with half-white hair and glasses, like an old professor. His temperament was so similar to Fang Lianxin's, Maybe she could help...

She thought she was brave and righteous. She once felt that she was not afraid of anything, but when she stopped and approached the group of crazy people, she was afraid.

She is obviously not afraid of death and can return to her original world if she is lucky, but she is afraid that her "good intentions" will harm her family and that she cannot change anything. She kept laughing at Fang Yantang, but it turned out that she was more cowardly.

As she left, she sped up, leaving behind everything that was terrifying and unbearable to look at.

She returned home in panic, and when faced with Fang Lianxin's questioning, all her emotions burst out instantly.

"Why? I can't understand. You would rather marry your daughter to someone she doesn't like than go to Hong Kong City or leave here."

Fang Lianxin was stunned for a few seconds, then his face turned cold, his eyes filled with disappointment. And angry: "What are you talking about?"

"You knew this earlier. You know it but don't want to leave. Do you think you are great?" Lin Wei looked at the middle-aged man wearing glasses in front of her, and suddenly there was a feeling in her chest. Uncontrollable fear, "You actually know everything, right? You even know that the university may be suspended in the future. You asked Fang Mobai to graduate early. You know that I may not be able to go to university again, so you came early to prepare for all this."

Fang Lianxin looked at his daughter who was full of fear, his eyes were filled with tears, his palms gradually clenched into fists, he suppressed his emotions, and stepped forward slowly: "It's not what you think, difficulties are temporary, you believe Dad ", we won't let anything happen to you, you will get better slowly -"

"No," she suddenly refuted Fang Lianxin loudly, her words sharper than ever before, "How do you know when it will get better?" Three years, five years, or ten years, eight years... The road ahead will only get darker. We can't escape it. You will become the bad guy in other people's mouth, and we will be dragged into the criticism stage."

Lin Wei looked at it . Fang Lianxin couldn't help but shed tears over his cheeks: "If we were still in Beicheng, we might not be able to stand here intact. We escaped because grandma donated a lot of land, houses and factories. Because of this There are many people in this land who have been supported by her, and there are a lot of connections she left behind, but these... these will soon be useless, because soon, these people, these people who have helped us will also fall into the quagmire... ..."

Lin Wei didn't know why she was so sad. Tears seemed to burst from a dam, raging uncontrollably on her face.

She seemed to have seen the tragedy unfolding one after another, and everything in the diary became reality again, but she could not change anything.

After a while, a hand put on her shoulder, gently soothing her trembling body.

Lin Wei slowly turned her face, looked at the worried Lin Hanzhi, and asked with some difficulty: "What's wrong with going to Hong Kong City? Is it selfish to go to Hong Kong City? Aren't we not coming back? I just want the family to be together, Can't you?" She sobbed aggrievedly, her voice sounding extremely desperate.

Knowing that there is an abyss ahead of us, why do we have to jump into it?

She wanted to save them, but she couldn't use all her strength. The mountain stream behind her could be crossed with one step, but they just didn't want to turn around.

Lin Wei forgot how she ended up going upstairs. After Lin Hanzhi left, she lay on the bed and slowly calmed down, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

After an unknown amount of time, she slowly stood up from the bed.

Lin Wei sat at the desk, opened Fang Yantang's diary again, and wrote -

"On Friday, February 19, 1965,

I may not be able to help you take your parents to Hong Kong City.

But I may not be able to stay here . As bad as you imagine, I will work hard to protect your family.

Ten years may not be that long. I will make all preparations before everything comes.

I should not be afraid. When darkness comes, there is always a way. "Towards the Light"

After writing the diary, Lin Wei turned forward another page and saw what she had written before.

"Oops! Let me tell you some bad news. You might be engaged to Song Ye."

Lin Wei looked at those bold exclamation marks and couldn't help but laugh. She didn't write every day, she just recorded. Some important things, if Fang Yantang comes back one day, she hopes that he can be prepared to face everything.

After writing the diary, Lin Wei fell asleep tiredly.

But she didn't expect that she almost couldn't get up from her sleep.

...

Sun Yue'e shuddered when she heard the door open, then put down her sewing, stood up and went out.

"Is the movie good? Are you hungry? There's rice in the pot for you."

Song Ye glanced at the adoptive mother who was pretending to be enthusiastic, and said with a faint smile: "I'll do it myself."

"You don't have to, why are you being polite to me? "Sun Yue'e turned around and walked towards the stove. She picked up some steamed buns and said, "I don't know what's going on with my in-laws. She is a professor and has studied abroad. Her ancestors were still very rich here. I heard that a few streets on Dongwan Road It's all donated by their family. We really can't get rid of the pastry fabrics. Do you think we should ask someone to exchange some overseas remittance coupons and buy something good?"

Song Ye sat in front of the wooden table and piled the dishes on it. When they got together, she raised her hand and pushed it aside and said, "No need."

Sun Yuee'e paused, and the hand holding the pickles couldn't help shaking: "What...what's wrong?"

"Tangtang doesn't want to." Song There was no expression on Ye's face, and he calmly poured himself a glass of water from a thermos bottle. The thermos bottle was not very insulating, and there was no trace of heat in the water poured out.

"This is so... how could this be possible?" Sun Yue'e seemed a little confused about what to say. She calmed down before turning around and bringing the meal over, "Do they look down on our family, but didn't they already know about the conditions at home? , why are you still regretting it?" She looked like she was complaining about Song Ye. If her eyes weren't always avoiding him, she might have looked more convincing.

Seeing that Song Ye didn't speak, she quickly added: "I think they are also insincere. They just want to use you to gain a good reputation. What kind of family is this? I have to find them carefully -" Before she could finish her words, she said Song Ye's dim gaze was like someone suddenly stuck her neck. Sun Yue'e's face was pale and she couldn't say a word.

Song Ye looked at her with a calm expression, a soft smile on his face: "You know, I don't mind others taking advantage of me."

Just such a sentence frightened Sun Yue'e, and she took a step back with a pale face and forced a smile. Said: "Ah... yes, yes, I -"

Song Ye took out a small roll of money bills from his pocket and pushed it in front of her: "The school's subsidies for this month are all here."

Sun Yue'e quickly declined: "No - no, you don't eat at home very much, I..." She looked even more scared, as if no matter what Song Ye did, she would be frightened.

Finally, she made an excuse to leave and returned to her room as if to escape.

Song Ye withdrew his gaze and looked at the money on the table.

Is it really that scary?

Why? It was obvious that the man had slipped and fell into the well, and he just resisted.

Nothing seemed to work, and his adoptive mother looked like she wouldn't be able to hold on much longer.

Port City...

will there be a new beginning if we leave here?

...

The next day, Song Ye found out that Lin Wei was sick when he went to Fang's house again.

Fang Lianxin raised his face and glanced at him, his tone was calm but his voice was hoarse: "I don't blame you, she was scared."

Fang Yantang started to have a high fever in the middle of the night, and it didn't get much better after being sent to the hospital. Most of the time she They were all sleeping. Occasionally, they would wake up without much energy. They would just keep crying and whimpering for their parents. Their voices were too weak to be heard. The couple was so distressed that they burst into tears.

Their daughter looked so weak, as if a gust of wind could take her away.

Dr. Xiao, who lived on the same street, was taken away, and his English letters from when he was studying abroad were found at home.

They understand what their daughter is afraid of.

Many of their old friends in Beicheng can no longer be contacted.

Their daughter was raised too delicately by them. She would not be able to survive in such an environment without going through hardships.

Lin Wei has been in a daze these past few days, feeling so weak that she can't even open her eyes. Sometimes she hears someone talking in her ear, saying something she doesn't understand, and crying. Lin Wei just feels Quarrel.

I don’t know what happened to Wu Ming, so many people came to visit her and disturbed her rest.

When she gets better, she will definitely get rid of him when she gets back.

Maybe it's not that serious. After all, he has been with her for so many years and has worked hard, but his year-end bonus will still be deducted.

However, with so many equity options in his hands, it seems that even a small bonus deduction can't do anything to him. If he has to find a way, if he doesn't care anymore, it will be on her head.

Thinking like this, she fell asleep again.

She didn't know how long she slept until she heard someone telling her to go to Xiangjiang.

She couldn't explain why, but the boulder that seemed to be pressing on her chest was finally removed, and she suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.