Southwest thought for a moment and shook her head: "North South, you don't earn money easily. If you have a lot of money, why don't you invest in some projects with South South? As for the house, I'll see about the college entrance exam next year. If I get into a university in Beijing, then it won't be too late to buy a house."
Bei Nan nodded. Everyone has their own ambitions. Besides, Xin Nan is already married. After spending the last few days together, Bei Nan didn't have a good impression of Tang Xiaoling. Xue Mei, who is also a wife, is much more generous than her. This is the biggest reason why he was willing to spend money to invest in the project established by Dong Nan.
Tang Xiaoling was anxious. How could Southwest not seize such a good opportunity? But she dared not speak. What if she angered Southwest and he sent her back? That would be the best outcome. What if he became stubborn and divorced her? Forget it, it's safer to just listen to him.
Yan Xiaonan's eyes were slightly closed, but she could see everyone's reactions. Dongnan and Xuemei just smiled and coaxed Fubao to eat. Tang Xiaoling looked anxious but calmed down. Xinan looked determined, and the little Wujinban nestled next to Xinan and nodded in agreement.
Seeing that Southwest insisted on not taking the house, North South kept quiet. He decided to buy the house first, put Southwest's name on it, and let his parents keep the property certificate. Southwest could take it out when he needed it, thus fulfilling their brotherly bond.
They spent several days on the train, and Duoduo cried and fussed for those days. He would wail whenever things didn't go his way, which finally angered everyone. Someone was sleeping peacefully when Duoduo's loud wails startled them so much that they almost fell off their bunk. Once or twice was one thing, but he did it countless times every day.
So everyone started cursing Duoduo, Tang Xiaoling, and Xinan, and even demanded that they pay for their medical expenses. Because Duoduo had scared them, they had developed heart problems, became neurotic, and were afraid to sleep. In the end, even the train conductor showed up, and Duoduo finally showed a look of fear on her face.
Yan Xiaonan had a sudden inspiration and whispered a few words to Xinan. Xinan hesitated for a moment, but seeing everyone's disgusted look, he shook his head and put Duoduo in the train conductor's hands: "We don't want this child anymore. You can throw him away if you want, or feed him to the wolves if you want."
The train conductor was stunned. He came to solve a problem, not to take back the child. He was about to refuse when Bei Nan pulled him outside. No one knew what Bei Nan said, but the train conductor came back in and, with a wave of his hand, a train attendant viciously picked up Duo Duo.
Duo Duo's already somewhat frightened expression finally turned into fear. He wanted to scream, but the train conductor was staring at him fiercely. His little head told him that he absolutely couldn't scream, or he would be thrown off the train.
He tried to ask Southwest for help, but Southwest wouldn't even look at him with a straight face. He then looked at his grandmother, who also shook her head. Finally, he looked at Tang Xiaoling, who was even more ruthless: "Take her away, take her away. I don't want this kind of child anymore."
The train attendant carried the child to the staff break room, then threw Duoduo inside, locked all the doors and windows, took away everything that could potentially harm the child, closed the door, and left.
Duoduo couldn't bear this drastic change any longer and finally started crying. But after crying for almost three hours, no one came to open the door. The little guy was desperate, and kept thinking about what Tang Xiaoling had said, realizing that he had been abandoned by the adults.
He stopped crying and looked out the door, but the door was closed and he couldn't see outside at all. He climbed to the window, but the trees rushing past him frightened him and made him stay away from the window.
The door opened, and Duoduo was overjoyed. She quickly turned around and saw the fierce man from before holding a water cup and handing it to her. After feeding her the water, he put down a chamber pot, pulled down his pants, and made her urinate.
When he was nervous, he forgot about thirst and needing to urinate. Now that he saw water to drink and a place to urinate, Duoduo obediently completed the task. Then the door was closed again. Looking at the tightly closed door, Duoduo sat quietly, his eyes fixed on the door, hoping that his father would come to pick him up.
Two more hours passed, and the train conductor outside the door shook his head. This child was too stubborn; he never begged for mercy. He took his water cup and chamber pot, opened the door again, went back in, and then came out shaking his head.
Southwest was restless. Yan Xiaonan patted his hand to indicate that the child was alright, but that the child definitely had psychological problems and needed strong treatment. Southwest nodded, but his heart still ached. He glanced at Tang Xiaoling, wanting to say something, but ultimately shut his mouth and took out his review questions to distract himself.
Duo Duo was locked in the rest room for six hours. Apart from being given water twice, he wasn't even given any food, and his stomach was rumbling. When water was brought for the third time, Duo Duo grabbed the train attendant's clothes and said in a trembling voice, "I will never cry again."
The train conductor's heart had already softened, and he was overjoyed to see the child begging for mercy. But in order to achieve his goal, he could only keep a straight face and say, "I'll go ask your parents if they still want you. If they really don't want you, I'll send you away."
The train attendant took an hour to arrive, and finally Tang Xiaoling was brought to the rest room. When Duoduo saw that it was Tang Xiaoling, her disappointed look was undisguised, which made Tang Xiaoling angry and she turned around and left.
Seeing that things were going to get bad, the train conductor quickly said, "Your mother is here. Do you want to go back with her? If not, I'll send you away."
Duo Duo was only a little over a year old and couldn't withstand such torment. He quickly climbed down from his seat and followed Tang Xiaoling out. Tang Xiaoling glared at him and walked ahead on her own. Duo Duo could only follow behind. The train attendant, fearing an accident, resignedly followed behind until they entered the soft sleeper compartment and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as Duoduo saw Southwest, he rushed over and opened his mouth to howl, but was scared into shutting his mouth by Tang Xiaoling's angry scolding. He looked at Southwest, North South, Southeast, as well as Xuemei and Fubao. Everyone was looking at him with stern faces. Only then did he realize that his crying had annoyed the adults to no end.
"Dad, I don't want Duoduo to come back. I can't sleep when he comes back because his crying is so awful." Fu Bao rubbed salt into Duoduo's wounded heart, and Duoduo's tears fell, but he kept his mouth tightly shut, afraid that if he opened his mouth, the adults would abandon him again. He looked down at his shoes, a feeling of helplessness enveloping him.
At dinner time, Xuemei and Yan Xiaonan brought back the food. Each of them had a large meat bun, a bowl of white porridge, and some side dishes. Xuemei also took out some marinated pork and hard-boiled eggs from her luggage, put them on the table, and then started feeding Fubao.
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