Fortunately, Qin Ge was lucky and did not have the abortion. Later, Qin Dafu changed his temper for some reason and stopped beating Song Yuwen. He told her that the child would have his surname after birth and he would treat her as his own child. He asked Song Yuwen to live a good life with him and promised not to beat her in the future.
Song Yuwen had no choice. After giving birth to Qin Ge, Qin Dafu wanted to force her. She was too scared, so she left this letter. She knew that Qin Danian was a good man, but he was incompetent, so she had no way to ask him to help her. She just asked him to keep the letter. If she could come back alive, she would definitely come back to pick up Qin Ge. If she couldn't survive, she would give this letter to Qin Ge and tell him that his mother really couldn't hold on any longer and had to leave him here.
Qin Ge sat in the car, a layer of white mist condensed on the window outside and in his eyes.
Qin Ge closed his eyes for a long time, then took out a lighter from his pocket and the letter started burning. She hadn't come to pick him up for so long, maybe because she felt that he was a stain on her.
The flames reflected in Qin Ge's eyes. He threw the envelope out of the window. The wheels ran over it, leaving only cold ashes.
The old house where Qin Ge used to live had a new lock. He left the key to Qin Danian and did not keep it for himself.
He had no other place to stay in Qingshui. On the 29th day of the lunar year, Qin Ge drove to the downstairs of Shengxia's building. It was already past ten o'clock in the evening. Every household was waiting at home for a reunion. The lights in Shengxia's room were turned off. The cold of the night sank with the boundless silence, forming a vast expanse of white frost on the ground.
Qin Ge turned off the car lights. He was tired and wanted to spend the night in the car.
He took out a cigarette and looked upstairs. Through the window, the house was lit up with a faint light in the midsummer.
Then, the cell phone in his pocket rang.
"Hello? Qin Ge?"
The voice of Shengxia on the other end of the phone was filled with a little secret joy, and there was an echo of her body rubbing the quilt, as if she was carefully covering the phone receiver with her palm: "Qin Ge! It's Shengxia! The phone has been installed! This is my number, please write it down quickly. I waited until grandma fell asleep before I dared to call you! Qin Ge? Did you hear that? Why didn't you say anything?"
Qin Ge looked at the lights upstairs. After a while, he spoke: "I heard it."
"This phone is so useful! Grandma cleaned the table extra clean this afternoon, afraid it'd get dusty, and she won't let me touch it! I haven't even gotten in line yet! Where have you been? Are you in town?"
Qin Ge put down his cigarette: "We're here."
"So fast!" Shengxia's little face was pressed against the phone, she pulled the phone cord, and turned over on the pillow: "I envy you so much, you can even use a flush toilet!"
Qin Ge seemed to be able to imagine Sheng Xia's expression. His chest warmed up a little and he smiled faintly: "Be good, bear with it for a while. I will come to pick you up after the New Year."
Qin Ge never broke his promises. Sheng Xia said "hmm" obediently, but then she felt that Qin Ge's voice on the phone sounded a little strange, so she asked, "Qin Ge, what's wrong with your voice? Why does it sound a little hoarse? Do you have a cold?"
Qin Ge paused for a moment before speaking: "I opened the window on the way... I guess I caught a cold..."
"You open the window in such a cold day?"
Shengxia sat up suddenly, and realized that her voice was too loud. She hurriedly listened to see if her grandmother downstairs could hear it. After waiting for a while and hearing no response, she breathed a sigh of relief.
She clutched the phone and lowered her voice, "You always blame me for not being able to take care of myself! Look at you, why are you opening the windows in such a cold day? There's only a little warmth in the car, and it's all been blown away by the wind! Did you get yourself some ginger water? Drink it to warm yourself up, sweat a little, and you'll be fine tomorrow!"
Shengxia sat up on the bed. The curtains in her room let in light. In the dark night, Qin Ge looked up and saw a vague figure behind the curtains.
"I know...don't worry."
"Really? You caught a cold after just one day away from me!" Shengxia rarely had the opportunity to teach Qin Ge a lesson. She leaned against the phone and hummed coquettishly, "Qin Ge, can't you leave me..."
Qin Ge lowered his eyes: "Well, I can't leave you..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the figure behind the curtain grabbing the phone and falling onto the bed again.
Shengxia held the phone, her face flushed, and she scolded herself for looking like a young girl in love!
"Qin Ge! Why, why are you suddenly so sweet-talking! I think you should just buy that fancy suit!"
The two of them talked a lot on the phone, mainly Shengxia talking and Qin Ge listening.
Shengxia said that she went to see Song Wenjing in the afternoon. Song Wenjing is now an apprentice in her Xiaogu restaurant. The dishes she cooks are delicious. She also said that she has a boyfriend and was very embarrassed to tell Shengxia that she held hands with her boyfriend.
Shengxia giggled into the phone: "How long do you think they've been dating? When I asked, they said they've been together for almost half a year, almost half a year, and they just started holding hands."
Shengxia was laughing so happily that you could hear through the phone line that she was almost out of breath.
Qin Ge followed her and smiled with his head down: "Slow down, smile more slowly..."
Shengxia took two deep breaths, rubbed her stomach which hurt from laughing, and then told Qin Ge that she had been talking on the phone non-stop until after twelve o'clock, which was after New Year's Eve.
"Qin Ge, it's New Year's Eve! Remember to eat dumplings tomorrow. Go buy some downstairs. Their dumplings are delicious!"
"Yeah, I remember."
Shengxia looked up and fiddled with the phone, staring at the call time on the small screen, which kept ticking up. It had already been an hour.
"How come it's already been an hour so quickly... I hope the phone bill isn't going to be mailed home... If grandma knew I was on the phone for an hour, she'd definitely hit me with a rolling pin."
Qin Ge chuckled: "No, I won't let you get beaten."
Shengxia put the phone back on the cabinet gently and patted her chest cautiously: "That's good, that's good..."
She glanced at her watch and curled her lips: "What should I do? We just separated and I already miss you..."
"I miss you as well."
Through the car window, Qin Ge looked at the remaining houses with lights on: "It's getting late, go to bed, be good at home and wait for me to pick you up."
Shengxia hummed, she was also a little sleepy. She asked Qin Ge not to drink so much wine when he entertained them, and if it really didn't work, just add some water, because foreigners wouldn't understand anyway. After she finished teaching her tricks, she kissed the phone again.
"You should come earlier."
"Okay, I promise."
Qin Ge stayed awake all night, and before dawn the next day, he drove away under the cover of darkness.
Shengxia didn't know Qin Ge was downstairs last night. She stayed in bed until after ten in the morning. Her grandmother came up to call her for breakfast, but no one answered after calling several times. She went straight into the house, drew the curtains, opened the window, and the cold wind blew in unhindered.
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