"I brought some gifts for my nephew's wife, Xiaoxue, and Xiaoyu. Their names are all written on the labels. Please give the gifts to them. Dingyu, since you don't want us to bother you, then your uncle won't let the old man and the others know where you are. You and your family should live your lives well. Your uncle will only be at ease if you are doing well." The letter was left by Xiao Bolin at the end.
Xiao Dingyu folded the letter and put it back in his pocket. He thought it was for the best. He could not forgive Old Master Xiao and never wanted to see him again in this life.
Xiao Dingyu opened the gifts left by Xiao Bolin; inside were three boxes. He opened the box for Li Mei, which contained a bracelet and a red envelope with five hundred yuan. Xiao Dingyu recognized the bracelet as one his grandmother had left for his mother. He didn't know why the bracelet had disappeared from his mother's possession; it turned out it was with the Xiao family.
“Daughter-in-law, this bracelet was left to Mother by Grandma. I haven’t seen Mother wear it since, so she probably left it with the Xiao family. Now your uncle has brought it for you, so please take it! And please take this red envelope too. They will always be our uncles.”
Xiao Dingyu opened Xiao Xue's and Xiao Yu's boxes as well. Xiao Xue's box contained a women's watch and a red envelope with 300 yuan inside. Xiao Yu's box contained a young men's watch and a red envelope with 300 yuan inside.
Looking at all these things, Li Mei said, "Dingyu, these gifts and red envelopes add up to quite a bit of money. My uncle left without even having breakfast. Is that really a good thing?"
Xiao Dingyu patted Li Mei's hand. "My uncle chose to leave without saying goodbye because he didn't want to make everyone sad. I never resented my eldest and youngest uncles. What I can't forgive is their father, Old Master Xiao. I don't want to see him again, and I don't want him to ruin our family's peaceful life."
"We'll visit my eldest and youngest uncles when we have the chance to go to Beijing. Grandpa Xiao is still alive, so I don't want to go see them right now. We'll have to wait until later."
"Honey, I didn't mean to hide it from you, it's just that this experience was too painful. I feel terrible whenever I think about it, and I subconsciously try not to think about it. I just want our family to be together happily."
Li Mei held Xiao Dingyu's hand, "I know, I understand you. I just feel sorry for you for suffering so much. You lost your mother and your home at such a young age. I can't imagine how much you went through to get through it all."
Looking at the woman who cared for him, Xiao Dingyu smiled gently. It was wonderful; he, Xiao Dingyu, had a family, a loving wife, and children who respected him. The hardships he had endured in this life would slowly heal.
Xiao Bolin checked into a guesthouse in town to rest. It was too early and there were no buses to the train station. He remembered that Huang Tai'an was still in Stone Town. He had known Huang Tai'an before, so he decided to go and see him.
Hearing Xiao Dingyu's breakdown last night made him feel terrible. He took out paper and pen, wrote a letter, and left Xiao Dingyu's house around four o'clock this morning. He didn't know how to face Xiao Dingyu; it seemed that his arrival had upset Xiao Dingyu.
Xiao Bolin didn't want to put Xiao Dingyu in a difficult position, so he pretended he had never been there or found him. The old man had been asking people to look for Xiao Dingyu, but they hadn't been able to find him. The information the old man had given Xiao Dingyu was from before he changed his name, so it was normal that they couldn't find him.
The old man regretted his actions, knowing he had made a mistake, but what good was it? He couldn't bring back his eldest sister, Xiao Baiyu's, life. Nor could he quell Xiao Dingyu's resentment. Therefore, the old man was destined never to find his grandson again. Xiao Bailin decided to keep his discovery of Xiao Dingyu a secret.
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