Chapter 893 Xiaoru, open the door
"Mom, do we... really have to go to Grandpa and Grandma's house at this time?" Zheng Yifeng stood at the door of the room and looked at Ye Hui. His younger brother also stood beside him and looked at his mother. Zheng Yifeng put his hand on his brother's shoulder, not knowing how to handle the current situation.
Ye Hui, already dressed, smiled at Zheng Yifeng and replied, seemingly unrelated to his question, "The car is already parked downstairs. Have you two brothers gotten ready?"
Zheng Yifeng: "Actually, there's not much to pack..."
The younger brother, unaware of the situation, couldn't help but ask, "Dad's coming back tomorrow, shouldn't we stay home and give him a big welcome ceremony?"
Ye Hui said calmly, "No need. He's already gotten used to being away from us."
She picked up her bag and walked towards the door, leaving behind the words, "Hurry up and follow me, I'll wait for you two in the car."
Watching their mother's figure disappear into the elevator, the younger brother looked up at his older brother and asked, "Brother, when will they make up?"
Zheng Yifeng shook his head.
The main problem now is that Zheng Ye is not taking the initiative. Ye Hui is already the one who is hurt, but these days Zheng Ye is not taking the initiative, not approaching, not explaining, as if he is giving up. Who can stand this?
Therefore, Zheng Yifeng did not think Ye Hui was being unreasonable at all.
"Let's pack our things first," Zheng Yifeng said to his younger brother.
He walked into the living room and picked up his bag from the sofa, but then he caught a glimpse of the trash can next to the coffee table. Zheng Yifeng looked over in surprise.
The trash can was stuffed with several framed photos of Zheng Ye. This…
This was clearly Ye Hui's handiwork, and it was placed so obviously so that Zheng Ye would see it at a glance when he returned tomorrow. Zheng Yifeng hesitated for a while, wondering whether to take it out. He stood there for a long time, but in the end, he pretended not to see it and turned to walk towards his younger brother's room.
Zheng Yifeng: I feel like my family situation is about to explode.
He sent a message to Lu Yuanqiu but received no response. Lu Yuanqiu was eating and didn't have his phone with him.
The situation at the dinner table tonight was a bit unusual.
Normally, Lu Yuanqiu, Zhang Ru, and Bai Songzhe would be the ones to start conversations at the dinner table, but today Zhang Ru and Bai Songzhe were both silent.
Lu Yuanqiu noticed that Zhang Ru's eyes showed signs of crying. Bai Songzhe would occasionally glance at Zhang Ru, but Zhang Ru would not look at him at all.
Zhang Ru finished eating quickly and went to the kitchen to wash the pots and pans.
Li Guizhi had always been a listener at the dinner table. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right tonight, she was a little confused. Not long after Zhang Ru finished eating, she also said hello and asked the nanny to push her back to her room.
Soon only three people remained at the table.
Bai Songzhe picked out some things about the branch office and asked Bai Qingxia and Zhang Ru about them. Hearing Bai Songzhe's voice, Zhang Ru in the kitchen slowed down her movements. Although she couldn't understand, she listened attentively.
After Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia exchanged a few words, Bai Songzhe fell silent again.
"I'm done eating, I'm going home now. I haven't said goodbye to my sister and the others yet." Lu Yuanqiu stood up and squeezed Bai Qingxia's shoulder before leaving.
Bai Qingxia turned to look at him, knowing that Lu Yuanqiu was reminding her of what would happen that night.
“Xiaxia…” Bai Songzhe’s voice came from the side.
"What's wrong?"
Bai Songzhe put down his chopsticks and touched the ring on the ring finger of his left hand with his right hand. This ring had been kept by Bai Qingxia. Even during the most difficult times, Bai Qingxia never had any thoughts about the ring. After her father recovered, she found it and returned it to him.
"Do you often think about your mother?" Bai Songzhe asked with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Ru in the kitchen quieted down, lowered her head, and watched quietly as the foam balls in the sink burst one after another.
Bai Qingxia shook her head: "I used to, but not anymore."
Baek Song-cheol: "Really? Me too, but I get a little nervous."
He interlaced his fingers and said gently, "I used to love her so much, but now I don't think about her as often. I used to share happy things with her as soon as possible, but now when I'm happy, I forget her even more easily."
"My love for her doesn't seem to be as strong as I thought."
"No." Bai Qingxia grabbed her father's hand.
She suddenly remembered what Brother Li had said in the car earlier, and thought it made a lot of sense.
“Dad, you don’t need to think about someone who has passed away all the time to keep loving them. As long as you remember them in your heart, they have never left. And Mom will also want you to move on.”
Bai Qingxia smiled as she spoke, explaining, "Before, when I closed my eyes, all I could think about were sad things. But not anymore. Now, when I open my eyes, I can see you healthy and Lu Yuanqiu smiling. I can't be happier. Although I don't think about my mother often, my love for her won't diminish in the slightest because of my current happiness."
Bai Songzhe touched his daughter's head thoughtfully upon hearing this, and Bai Qingxia took the opportunity to link arms with her father and rest her head on his shoulder.
Bai Qingxia: "You just haven't gotten used to the happiness you have yet. Look forward, Dad. It's okay to look back once or twice now, but don't forget that the future is what we need to experience next."
Bai Songzhe smiled and said, "Okay."
Zhang Ru continued washing the dishes in the kitchen, her movements much more meticulous than before, like embroidery.
At 10 p.m., after receiving instructions from Bai Qingxia, Lu Yuanqiu, dressed in short sleeves and shorts, sneaked to the entrance of the sixth floor.
He saw the newly installed camera above the door move. Lu Yuanqiu's expression froze for a moment, then he smiled and raised his hand to greet the camera. The camera moved away the next second, and Lu Yuanqiu could even imagine Xiao Li Feibiao's expression at that moment... He must have been speechless.
Thinking they had finally made a profit since opening, they never expected that the thief was actually their employer.
After pushing open the door and walking in, Lu Yuanqiu was about to change his shoes when he immediately squatted down and hid behind the cabinet, picking up Bai Qingxia's leather shoes to cover his face.
As Lu Yuanqiu lowered his leather shoes, his sharp gaze revealed that Bai Songzhe had come out of his room and walked to Zhang Ru's room, where he gently knocked twice.
Zhang Ru didn't open the door, so Bai Songzhe said, "Xiao Ru, open the door."
Zhang Ru opened the door this time, and the light inside illuminated a corner of the living room, as well as Bai Songzhe's face. Bai Songzhe went inside, and Zhang Ru closed the door.
Lu Yuanqiu had just put down his shoes when he suddenly saw Bai Qingxia's door open a crack. She cautiously peeked out and looked towards Zhang Ru's doorway, only to be startled to see someone rushing towards her in the darkness. Bai Qingxia was so frightened that she shrank back inside. When she saw that it was Lu Yuanqiu, she was relieved that she hadn't made a sound.
Lu Yuanqiu was dragged into the house by her and took a series of invisible punches to the chest.
You scared me to death!
(End of this chapter)
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