Chapter 135 Glass Cover
After putting away her high school books, Ye Rou took the prepared food and went to the cowshed with Jiang Chen.
Zheng Zhiyuan drank the soup made by Ye Rou, but he felt very uncomfortable. Lily couldn't cook, so his daughter didn't have to cook. But Xiao Rou was different. Being capable meant she had to endure a lot of hardships, and having a good temper meant she had suffered a lot of hardships.
He would rather Xiaorou be a little naughty than see her so well-behaved and sensible.
Ye Rou sat on the edge of the bed, looking cute and pretty. Behind her stood the annoying Jiang Chen, who was pulling her hair and playing with it non-stop.
Zheng Zhiyuan thought about what Lao Liu and the others said that day, and he looked at Jiang Chen with particular displeasure.
He smiled at Ye Rou and said, "Go see Zheng Xiu. I met her yesterday."
Ye Rou nodded.
As soon as she moved, Jiang Chen followed.
Zheng Zhiyuan said in a deep voice: "Jiang Chen, please stay. I have something to ask you."
Ye Rou turned back nervously, and Zheng Zhiyuan immediately raised the corner of his mouth and said with a smile: "Go quickly, it's just some small matters."
Jiang Chen also waved his hand and said, "Wait for me over there."
Ye Rou didn't understand what they were talking about, so she went to find her aunt with questions.
Zheng Xiu took the medicine sent by Ye Rou on time, and her injuries improved a lot, but her arm was broken and she couldn't move it.
She pulled Ye Rou to sit down, took out an oil-paper package from her pocket, opened the layers of oil paper, and found a pair of earrings inside, with a square-cut diamond on top and an exceptionally round pearl hanging underneath.
"This is the coming-of-age gift my father brought back from Southeast Asia."
Zheng Xiu took off the tea stick that Ye Rou was wearing and put the earrings on her.
He loosened his grip slightly, and the pearl earrings hit Ye Rou's cheek, and it was hard to tell which one was whiter and softer.
The pearl earrings make Ye Rou look more delicate and noble.
"It looks good." Zheng Xiu looked at Ye Rou with admiration in her eyes and an admiring tone in her voice.
"Aunt, I can't accept it." Zheng Xiu kept the pair of earrings very well. They were jewelry she treasured very much.
Zheng Xiu held down her hand that was about to take off the earrings and said, "You look good in them. This is what I promised my sister."
The summer of 1950 was colder than the winter. She and her sister huddled in the cabin. The constant teasing and obscene talk from the men outside frightened Zheng Xiu to the point of trembling.
In order to divert her attention, Zheng Lili said softly, "I'll tell you a secret."
"I'm pregnant." My sister's voice was very soft, but her words were like thunder.
"If Wang Mazi knew, he..." Zheng Xiu frowned slightly.
"Shh." Zheng Lili whispered, "Only you know."
Zheng Xiu was infected by her calm expression, relaxed her brows, and gently pressed on her belly, "When the baby comes out, call me auntie."
"Okay." Zheng Lili agreed with a smile.
Zheng Xiu felt around her body and only found pearl earrings. She took them off and stuffed them into Zheng Lili's pockets: "This is my gift to her."
Zheng Lili pushed her hand back and said with a smile, "When she grows up, you can give it to her yourself."
Almost twenty years have passed. Zheng Xiu looked at Ye Rou in front of him and touched her long hair lovingly.
She looks like her elder sister, but is luckier than her.
Zheng Xiu's eyes were kind, and there was endless nostalgia in them. Ye Rou often saw this expression on Zheng Zhiyuan's face.
Ye Rou asked softly, "Aunt, what's your real name?"
"Tang Panxia." Zheng Xiu said three words with a smile.
Ye Rou's eyes trembled.
She had seen the name in a book.
Tang Panxia killed her husband and mother-in-law and brutally dismembered them. She escaped during arrest and disappeared for three years until she reappeared in Beijing in 1980. She used the alias Chunhong and became a nanny for the wealthy businessman Xiang who had returned from China. She later poisoned seven members of the Xiang family. The tragedy shocked the whole country once it was discovered.
When the police arrested her, she cooperated very well.
When a reporter asked her why she wanted to kill the Xiang family, she said four words lightly: They deserve to die.
Ye Rou looked at Zheng Xiu. She had gray hair on her temples, a thin body, and a pair of calm eyes.
"Xiao Rou, what's wrong?" Zheng Xiu asked worriedly when she saw that she looked unwell.
Ye Rou lowered her eyes and shook her head.
"Auntie, I'm fine."
She grabbed her aunt's hand, feeling indescribably sad.
"Little darling." Jiang Chen stood at the door and knocked.
Zheng Xiu let go of Ye Rou's hand and said softly, "It's late, go back to sleep."
Ye Rou nodded and walked towards Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen's eyes met Zheng Xiu's. They both had the same indifference. They tacitly shifted their gazes, one after the other, and then fell on Ye Rou, and then turned to the same gentleness.
Ye Rou took the hand that Jiang Chen extended to her and looked back at her aunt.
She sat in the dim and dilapidated house, her body straight, her hands folded on her knees, her smile particularly gentle.
Ye Rou shook her head slightly, and the pearl earrings gently hit her cheek. She said, "Aunt, I want to take the college entrance examination and apply to a university in Beijing. Can you accompany me to Beijing?"
Zheng Xiu looked a little surprised.
Ye Rou asked again: "Aunt, will you accompany me to Jing City?"
Zheng Xiu looked at Ye Rou, who was standing at the door. The fiery red sunset cast a layer of light on her. The pearl earrings were warm and the diamonds sparkled, as clean and shining as she was.
"Okay, I promise you." Zheng Xiu said softly.
Only then did Ye Rou smile.
Jiang Chen pulled Ye Rou out of the cowshed.
Zheng Xiu stood up and stood at the door, watching them leave.
Heavy and slow footsteps sounded.
"Uncle Zheng, do you think Xiaorou knows?" Zheng Xiu said calmly without turning around.
Zheng Zhiyuan sighed: "This child is very thoughtful, maybe he noticed it."
"She can't know." Zheng Xiu said calmly, "She shouldn't get involved in our affairs."
"I told Jiang kid." Zheng Zhiyuan looked disappointed.
As the sky darkened, the cowshed was swallowed up by the darkness.
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Jiang Chen pulled Ye Rou away. Dahe Village was exceptionally quiet in the evening, and only two dogs barking could be faintly heard.
Ye Rou took Jiang Chen's hand and shook it.
"Jiang Chen, I've decided. I'm going to take the college entrance exam and go to Beijing."
She always felt that Jiang Chen, Zheng Zhiyuan and even Zheng Xiu were hiding something from her.
Ye Rou seemed like a person placed in a glass cover, protected but also isolated.
Jiang Chen stopped and saw Ye Rou frowning. For the first time, he didn't wait for a signal and raised his eyebrows and said, "Give me a kiss."
He would feel very good every time he kissed Ye Rou.
"No." Ye Rou coldly rejected his proposal and continued walking forward: "I want to go back to study and prepare for the college entrance examination."
This reason was so legitimate that Jiang Chen didn't know how to refute it.
The two men walked to the door of Zhou's house.
Ye Rou wants to go back to her room to read.
Jiang Chen grabbed her.
Ye Rou turned around to look at him. Jiang Chen was wearing a wrinkled white shirt, and there was a hint of depression on his handsome and gloomy face.
"What's the matter?" Ye asked him softly.
Jiang Chen kneaded Ye Rou's hand and said in a deep voice, "Come back and live with me, okay?"
"sure."
When Jiang Chen heard Ye Rou's answer, his eyes lit up and he suddenly tightened his hold on Ye Rou's wheat-colored hand.
Ye Rou changed the subject: "I'll move back after the college entrance examination."
After saying that, she firmly and gently pushed Jiang Chen's hand away and ran into Zhou's house.
Only Jiang Chen was left standing at the door, with a big word written on his tall back: annoying.
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