Chapter 93
The newlywed couple went home happily.
As soon as I entered the alley, I met Aunt Liu and her family of five going out.
Aunt Liu saw Chunliu's face full of joy, then looked at Xing Fei who was following behind her and asked jokingly, "Chunliu, have you two gone to get your marriage certificate?"
"Yes!" Bi Chunliu took out the wedding candies and divided them among the five people. She was not surprised that Aunt Liu knew about it. Aunt Liu had met Xing Fei not long ago and greeted him. As for the news of their registration, it was probably what the brothers Liu Jiang and Liu He heard from Wei Guo and Qiu Guo.
Liu Xiaoyue peeled off the candy wrapper, put one candy in her mouth, and stuffed another into Anqing's mouth. She smiled and said, "Sister Chunliu, congratulations!"
Anqing and the brothers Liu Jiang and Liu He also followed behind to say congratulations.
Bi Chunliu was very happy to be congratulated on her marriage for the first time in her two lives. She pulled Xing Fei over and introduced them to him, "This is Sister Xiaoyue, this is Brother Anqing, and these are Xiaojiang and Xiaohe. Their nicknames are Shuanzi and Zhuzi, and they are good friends of Weiguo and his men."
Xing Fei greeted the family and politely offered Anqing a cigarette. Anqing took it and put it between his ears. He wasn't a heavy smoker, but he could share it with others later.
Bi Chunliu saw that the family was dressed neatly and asked, "Aunt Liu, Sister Xiaoyue, are you going out?"
Aunt Liu tugged at her Dacron shirt and said, "Yes, your sister Xiaoyue and her husband said they would take us to a state-owned restaurant for dinner and then to a movie."
Bi Chunliu nodded and gave a thumbs up. "Aunt Liu, you are really something that people envy. When I get old, I will live with you as my role model."
Aunt Liu was so coaxed that she burst into laughter.
Liu Xiaoyue and her husband looked at each other: "..." She didn't expect Chunliu to be so good at coaxing people. Her mother/mother-in-law was laughing so hard that her teeth were showing.
"Aunt Liu, let's talk about this another day. Go ahead, we're going home."
"Okay, okay, Xiao Xing, when you're free, come to Auntie's house with Chunliu and visit."
"Okay, Aunt Liu, see you later."
After returning to the compound, Bi Chunliu and Xing Fei shared another wave of wedding candy before entering the house.
Bi Weiguo and the other two had already changed their clothes. Bi Chunliu waved his hand and referenced the Liu family's happy mode today on his own family's model. "Let's go take pictures, then have dinner, and then go to the movies."
"Okay!!" Bi Qiuguo responded loudly and happily.
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If you ask Bi Chunliu what changes with and without the marriage certificate, she will say that nothing has changed, except for having a legal husband. Because they haven't held a wedding banquet yet, Bi Chunliu and Xing Fei still live in separate homes, but there is occasionally one more person at the Bi family's dinner.
On the evening of the 20th, not long after Xing Fei left, Aunt Liu came to the Bi family's house and said that she, Aunt Zhang, and Aunt Wang were going to the hospital to see Uncle Qi the next day. Deng Hong came back during the day and said that Uncle Qi wasn't feeling well. The doctor said that his brain seemed to be damaged by the stress and he might need someone to take care of him.
Bi Chunliu expressed his doubts: "That shouldn't be the case... Isn't the scourge a thousand-year-old legacy? It's a bit early for Uncle Qi to be offline now."
"Alas... Liu, you said that everyone has their own destiny, and we really shouldn't be too stubborn, right? You said that Old Qi insisted on having a grandson, and he's going his own way. I remembered that Qi Chao's mother used to be nagging, but I didn't expect that Old Qi also has this problem." Aunt Liu sighed with emotion.
Bi Chunliu: "That's right. I don't know what Uncle Qi is thinking. As a grandfather, why is he so concerned about his nephew's family affairs? He insists that his nephew have a son. I don't think he cares that much about Brother Qi Chao's family!"
Aunt Liu waved her hand and said in a mysterious, low voice, "That's not the case."
She paused for a moment, satisfied as the person in front of her looked at her curiously, before continuing, "Qi Chao's parents didn't have a good relationship before. I heard that Qi Dashan, oh, that's your Uncle Qi, he and his brother Qi Ershan were only one year apart in age. At the time, their parents wanted to hold weddings for both sons at the same time, so the matchmaker introduced them to two girls from the same village. One came from a less-privileged family but was average-looking, while the other had many siblings but was pretty.
At that time, Qi Dashan fell in love with the better-looking one. You can also see that your uncle Qi was not attracted to him. Moreover, both brothers had jobs at the time, so the two girls naturally fell in love with the better-looking Qi Ershan. Later, no one knows how it happened, but your uncle Qi married Qi Chao's mother. Later, Qi Ershan died in an accident. Fortunately, he had a posthumous child, so Qi Ershan also had descendants. Since Qi Dashan's brother died, he would often go to his brother's family to help. At that time, there was a lot of gossip, and he and Qi Chao's mother often quarreled because of this.
Actually, many people say that your Uncle Qi is still thinking about his brother's wife. Otherwise, just like what you said, why would he, as a grandfather, care so much about his nephew's grandson?
Bi Chunliu: "Is that so..."
Qi Dashan, what a disgusting man!
Bi Chunliu sighed inwardly. Everyone had the right formula for the Qi family's affairs, but they'd gotten the numbers wrong. From what she knew, Grandpa Qi didn't really like Qi Chao because he disliked Qi Chao's mother. But Qi Ershan's posthumous child wasn't a posthumous child at all; it was the product of Grandpa Qi's combined inheritance from two different families. That's why he was so angry when he learned Qi Guang had fathered two more sons.
"Chunliu, do you want to go?" asked Aunt Liu.
Bi Chunliu really wanted to go to the hospital to see how miserable Uncle Qi was now. He was in that state even after having a granddaughter. If he knew that Qi Chao's two cousins had three daughters and two daughters respectively, wouldn't he be so angry that he would die on the spot?
"I'll go take a look. I don't have anything else to do right now."
"good."
The next afternoon, after work, Bi Chunliu hurried home to reunite with the others. Perhaps everyone had the same idea, but someone from every household in the compound came. Even Lei Xiuying, who rarely interacted with the others in the Third Courtyard, came along with Aunt Lei.
There are not many people in the ward where Uncle Qi is staying. There are six beds in total. Except for a pregnant woman who has two extra bed companions, the other five beds only have one bed companion.
Qi Chao looked visibly haggard. Seeing the neighbors coming, he was deeply moved. A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. These close relatives didn't look at his father much, but Aunt Liu and several neighbors helped him a lot. "Aunt Liu, are all the neighbors here?"
Aunt Liu nodded and said, "Qi Chao, how is your father? We bought this together as a token of our appreciation."
Qi Chao's sunken eyes were red, and he sniffed and thanked, "Thank you."
Aunt Zhang craned her neck and asked, "I heard from your wife that your father's mind is a little confused. Is that true? Does the doctor say it can be cured?"
Qi Chao smiled bitterly: "My dad is sometimes lucid and sometimes confused. It's unpredictable."
"Oh, maybe it will get better slowly." Everyone comforted him. At this time, words of comfort are powerless, and one can only rely on oneself and time.
"Hey—don't run—"
There was a commotion outside for some unknown reason. Aunt Liu and Aunt Zhang rushed to the door and looked out into the hallway. They saw two young nurses chasing a young... girl? They hesitated because if they called her a girl, she was tall and thin; if they called her a boy, she was very handsome. In short, it was hard to tell whether she was male or female.
Aunt Zhang asked someone, "What's going on? Didn't you pay?"
"Well, I don't know. How could he have come out without hearing any noise? I was thinking of asking someone else. Hey, brother over there, do you know anything?"
The man raised his tightly wound arm and waved it, "I don't know, but those two nurses were the ones who checked to see if the bones were broken. They were the ones who bandaged my hand."
Aunt Zhang asked several people but couldn't get any information. She returned home disillusioned. "I didn't find out anything. I just know that the two nurses were bandaging the hands of people with broken bones."
Aunt Wang felt sorry. It was really annoying that she was just watching the fun but didn’t understand it!
Aunt Liu coughed twice and whispered, "We are here to see the patients, not to watch the fun in the hospital."
Bi Chunliu hadn't noticed the commotion just now. As soon as she turned around, she noticed the look Uncle Qi gave the pregnant woman in bed six. It looked clear, not a bit confused. Was there something wrong with Uncle Qi? She couldn't help but wonder if he had any thoughts about the unborn child. Then she shook her head. He wasn't stupid. Even if Qi Guang had given birth to a daughter, Qi Chao and Deng Hong were still young and wouldn't be thinking about adopting someone else's child.
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On the 25th, everyone finally knew what Xie Liang had done wrong.
Director Yao and his team posted a notice detailing the incident. Xie Liang, exploiting his professional identity as a sports car driver, had accidentally come into contact with spies hiding in China who were attempting to endanger national security and legitimate rights and interests. Under their influence, he began providing them with information and concealing their identities. He was subsequently sentenced to death for multiple crimes. Several of his superiors were also successfully apprehended and sentenced to death.
Suddenly, the names of Xie Liang and his companions were hotly debated by the people of Nanshan, even more infuriating than the Zhu brothers' corruption scandal. Someone secretly poured swill mixed with manure into Xie Liang's parents' house, but Xie Liang's parents didn't dare to curse, and even walked out the door with their heads down.
Xie Liang's house was being cleared out, and Bi Chunliu went to check it out. She found a white bed sheet that had been cut into several pieces. The cleaners threw it away, realizing it would be of no use. A few mischievous children picked it up and played tag with it.
Bi Chunliu: ...
She smiled and said, "You know what, this really looks like something mysterious."
Wait, is this some kind of trick? She remembered the day before Zhang Yu was arrested, when she and Qiu Guo went to the bathroom and turned around to see a white figure in Xie Liang's compound. Could that be Xie Liang?! Bi Chunliu suddenly wondered if it was really him. The thought of Zhang Yu and Xu Gaojie being arrested in the first place was truly terrifying...
The espionage case came to an end, which meant Xing Fei had some free time. Bi Chunliu had to go to work, so Xing Fei took over the wedding preparations from Han Zhong.
Four or five days before, Bi Chunliu called Uncle Bi and Grandma Bi to tell them she was getting married. Aunt Bi called back, saying that Uncle Bi was adamantly refusing to come, and that she and Old Lady Guo would bring Bi Guangyao to the feast that day. Bi Chunliu thought it was a good thing Uncle Bi wasn't coming, so she didn't say anything. She simply told Aunt Bi to bring Wangdi to dinner and offered to pay for her travel expenses. Aunt Bi happily agreed.
October 1st is a great day for the whole country to celebrate, with clear skies and beautiful weather.
Bi Chunliu and Xing Fei are finally getting married and having a wedding banquet!!
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