Xu Tiansheng was chatting with Xu Tianbang and Xu Tianqi in the living room.
"According to the timetable, Jin Yue and Jin Feng will be back soon, and I have to go back to Shangxin Village too," Xu Tiansheng said. He hadn't been back for almost two months and really missed his fellow villagers.
"Second brother, isn't the capital good? Why do you always want to go back to Shangxin Village?" Xu Tianqi looked at Xu Tiansheng in confusion. He had heard his second brother say that he wanted to go back more than once. Is that place really better than the capital?
"That's right. The three of us brothers have finally reunited. Can't you stay in the capital?" Xu Tianbang also persuaded.
Xu Tiansheng took a sip of his tea. "I've gotten used to life there. If I had to stay in the city forever, I really wouldn't be used to it." In Shangxin Village, he could go to the mountains to collect herbs and help the villagers with their illnesses. In the capital, he could only chat with his eldest brother and third brother. He had nothing to do all day and felt like he was almost wasted.
"You'll get used to it slowly. Didn't you also get used to it when you first came to the countryside?" Xu Tianbang said. He really didn't want Tiansheng to go back and suffer again.
The housekeeper came in and said, "Second Master, someone is looking for you outside."
Xu Tiansheng was a little surprised. "Who is it?" Besides his eldest brother and third brother, he only knew Xiaoman in the capital. If it was Xiaoman, the housekeeper would have told him directly.
"It seems to be the second wife's sister." The housekeeper said. He has been in the Xu family for many years and knows about what happened back then.
"Xue'er, she's not dead?" Xu Tiansheng asked in shock. He thought she had died 28 years ago, but he didn't expect she was still alive.
"Kick that woman out! She's not welcome in our Xu family," Xu Tianbang ordered in a deep voice. If it weren't for Lin Junxue, who was born without the ability to escape marriage, the brothers wouldn't have been separated for so many years.
"How dare she even come here? Hasn't she harmed our Xu family enough?" Xu Tianqi was also furious. Because of Lin Junxue, his second brother left home on his wedding day, leaving his second sister-in-law to be criticized and criticized by everyone, making the Xu family lose face. All of this was caused by that woman.
"Let her go to the courtyard where I live," Xu Tiansheng said. He wanted to know what happened back then.
"Tiansheng." Xu Tianbang frowned and shouted. After so many years, is Tiansheng still stubborn?
"Brother, think about your sister-in-law. All the suffering she's endured over the years is due to that woman. Don't you still want to give up on her?" Xu Tianqi said angrily. If Xu Tiansheng wasn't his second brother, he really wanted to punch him to wake him up.
"I just want to know what happened back then." Xu Tiansheng put down his teacup, smiled at Xu Tianbang and Xu Tianqi, and walked out. He was no longer the reckless young man he once was, and he would no longer get carried away by a few words.
Lin Junxue heard footsteps, turned around and saw Xu Tiansheng. She blinked, letting the tears that had been brewing for a long time slide down from her eyes, "Tiansheng, I miss you so much, have you been well these years?" Why didn't Xu Tiansheng and Lin Junman age, but she was the only one who aged?
Xu Tiansheng now looked no more than thirty years old, only a little more mature and more masculine than before. Back then, she had truly loved Xu Tiansheng, but she didn't want to live a hard life with him, so she chose to leave him that way. She had suffered from hardship since childhood and didn't want to continue suffering by marrying a poor man.
"What's wrong with your legs?" Xu Tiansheng looked at Lin Junxue's legs. Meeting her again, he found that his emotions hadn't fluctuated at all, as if he was meeting a completely unrelated stranger. This made him a little confused.
"I went to see my sister and saw her with a young man. That's the man who beat me in the leg," Lin Junxue said, wiping away tears. She knew Xu Tiansheng well; the more pitiful she acted, the softer he'd become.
"Why did he hit you?" Xu Tiansheng asked calmly. He had seen Chen Jingyu before, though he had never met him. But he could tell that he was not a man who would hit a woman.
"I just asked my sister a few questions, and then the man rushed up and hit me. Tiansheng, I just cared about my sister and had no ill intentions. You know me. I have always valued my sister in my heart." Lin Junxue said, then lowered her head and cried softly.
Xu Tiansheng suddenly realized that he had never really understood Lin Junxue. He didn't know why he had fallen in love with her back then, even giving up his family for her.
Xu Tiansheng didn't speak for a long time. Lin Junxue was filled with anxiety. She raised her head and looked at Xu Tiansheng with tears in her eyes. "Tiansheng, I didn't mean to marry someone else. I thought you were dead at that time. Can you forgive me? I still love you."
Xu Tiansheng suddenly had an urge to laugh, laughing at himself for being stupid, laughing at himself for being so stubborn back then. Just because of a few words from her, he abandoned his wife and family without hesitation, causing Xiaoman to be laughed at and his family to feel sad for him.
"Lin Junxue, you planned that accident back then, didn't you?" Xu Tiansheng looked at Lin Junxue calmly. She had seemed so pitiful back then, but now she looked so ironic.
A trace of panic flashed in Lin Junxue's eyes. "Tiansheng, what do you mean? Why would I do that?" Was he guessing? Or did he know something? What she did at the time was very secretive.
Catching the hint of panic in Lin Junxue's eyes, Xu Tiansheng already knew the answer. "Go away, and from now on, we'll pretend we've never met." He no longer wanted to dwell on the past. After all, he was also at fault for what happened back then.
A look of disbelief flashed in Lin Junxue's eyes, "Why do you treat me like this? Didn't you always say that you only loved me? Is it because I'm getting old and ugly that you dislike me?" She couldn't leave, otherwise she would have no one to rely on in the future.
"Perhaps I've never truly known you," Xu Tiansheng said calmly. Even if she grew older and uglier, he wouldn't despise her. But her ugliness wasn't her appearance, but her inner self.
"Xu Tiansheng, you are such an ungrateful man. In order to be with you, I even betrayed my beloved sister. Now that you see I'm old and ugly, you don't want me anymore. Do you have any conscience?" Lin Junxue screamed hysterically.
"Your beloved sister? Are you sure?" Xu Tiansheng sneered. At that moment, his heart was filled with deep regret. Was he blinded by shit? How could he have thought she was kind? He had actually abandoned the truly kind Xiaoman for her, causing her to suffer for so many years. He truly felt sorry for Xiaoman, but he knew she would never forgive him. He would only be able to spend his life in regret.
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