Chapter 40: Let’s just pass it by.

Seeing Su Taotao so serious, it might not be a trivial matter. Fu Zhengtu’s eyes sank and

he asked, “What is it?” Su Taotao didn’t beat around the bush and directly took out a letter from the drawer:

"Before I met you, I was dating someone in the city. It's not really dating. Anyway, we grew up together as childhood sweethearts. Our parents had a good relationship and we lived in the same alley. Everyone thought we would be a couple when we grew up, but we didn't expect to meet the Down to the Countryside Movement, and we were assigned to two different places.

Not long after I went to the countryside, I married you despite my family's opposition. My family cut off contact with me, and they also cut off contact with him. Recently, I don't know how he got my contact information, but he found me again. He probably said that I was treacherous and wanted to be with you. I didn't reply to him.

I just think you have the right to know about this matter, and I don't want others to make a fuss about it and sow discord between us. I thought about returning to the city before, but not to continue any relationship with him. Strictly speaking, our relationship started with love and ended with courtesy, so it can't be considered a relationship. "

This statement is also made in combination with the plot and the character of "Su Taotao". Su Taotao has no choice. It is impossible for her to not contact her natal family for her whole life. This matter is like a time bomb. If it is not defused in time, it will cause new conflicts at any time.

Su Taotao didn't lie about her childhood sweetheart. Nowadays, men and women are very cautious and Su's mother is very strict. The two of them have never even held hands. Su Taotao is good-looking and many people like her, openly or secretly. She is also the kind of princess who waits for the price, enjoys others to serve her, and disdains herself. Except for meeting Fu Zhengtu and being obsessed with him, she really didn't let any man other than Fu Zhengtu touch her.

Su Taotao wanted to take advantage of the fact that there was no affection between the two of them, so these words would be easier to say. She made it clear first. If you accept it, accept it. If you don't accept it, don't accept it. She said it in advance, and no one can expect to settle the score later.

She would take him back to her parents' home one day, and these rumors would always reach his ears. Since it has come to this, he might as well dismantle this time bomb himself.

Hearing Su Taotao say "I will marry you regardless of my family's opposition and cut off contact with my family", Fu Zhengtu's eyes became deeper. He still didn't know why she was obsessed with marrying him. In fact, there was no point in digging up the past. This marriage has exceeded his expectations so far. She is a more competent wife than he thought, but he is not doing well enough.

Fu Zhengtu did not open the letter and put it back in her hand: "I know."

Su Taotao thought he would ask something or say something, but he didn't ask or say anything.

Su Taotao took back the letter and laughed at herself. She didn't know whether to say that he was mature and would not ask questions, or whether to say that she, as his wife, didn't mean much to him. He might not be interested in her affairs at all, or it didn't matter.

Or maybe she didn't need to explain at all. Forget it. It didn't matter.

She was thinking too much. She even went back to her parents' home with him. She was worried that he would have some ideas after hearing rumors. In the era of free love in her last life, she had been searching for love for more than 20 years without getting it. In this life, getting married blindly was harder than winning the lottery.

What was he thinking?

Forget it. Just think of it as finding a high-quality legal sex partner.

Su Taotao turned around calmly and put the letter away: "Let's go out for dinner." Then she turned around to open the door.

Fu Zhengtu felt that her aura seemed to have changed. She still had that face that smiled before she spoke, but her eyes were cold and distant.

This feeling continued until the end of dinner, and there was no change. Fu Zhengtu also discovered that this indifference and alienation were only directed at him. She was as warm and intimate as ever to her son, and was almost the same to Zhou Linglan and Fu Yuanhang.

After dinner, she was still thinking about the piece of meat sent by Uncle Fu. Before dinner, she asked Zhou Linglan to put it in brine to cook it, and now it was just right for Fu Zhengtu to take it to Cao Guohua.

Fu Zhengtu had no way to ask about Su Taotao's change, or he didn't know where to start. He really didn't understand much about lesbians.

Fu Zhengtu went back to his room, got a few packs of cigarettes and a chess set, and knocked on the door of the cowshed. Cao

Guohua was used to Su Taotao sending him things from time to time, so he opened the door without asking.

It took a while for the tall and handsome man at the door to react, with a happy expression on his face: "Zhengtu?" Fu Zhengtu nodded: "Uncle Cao, it's me." Cao Guohua was obviously very happy, and patted Fu Zhengtu on the shoulder affectionately: "Glad to be back, your mother and Xiao Su don't have to work so hard." "Sit down." Cao Guohua pointed to the only stool in the house that was missing a leg and needed to be leaned against the doorstep. Fu Zhengtu handed him the things in his hand and sat down. Cao Guohua didn't bother to be polite. He took it and looked at it. He left the chess pieces and took out a pack of cigarettes and threw them on the table. He was a little surprised to see the brine. He asked Fu Zhengtu: "Why are you sending brine over at this time?" They had already sent brine once at dinner. Fu Zhengtu: "Borrowing flowers to pay respect to Buddha, Xiao Su's idea." Xiao Su... Fu Zhengtu just remembered that he didn't seem to call Su Taotao by this name. In front of outsiders, Xiao Su seemed to be pretty good. Cao Guohua didn't continue to ask who he borrowed the flowers from. He knew Su Taotao's personality. If she dared to send it back, she would dare to throw it into the trash can. If there was food to eat, she would eat it. Why waste it. Cao Guohua put the things in the "kitchen" and after a while, he brought two bowls of tea over. "Try it, it's good. Thanks to your wife, I can drink good tea in this shabby place." Su Taotao didn't mention the origin of her and Cao Guohua. Fu Zhengtu didn't know and thought she was told by Zhou Linglan to take care of Cao Guohua. "You, you married a good wife, you don't have to stay away from home for a few years in the future." Fu Zhengtu: "No." Fu Zhengtu found that people who were familiar with Su Taotao were basically praising her in different ways, whether it was her family, the people in the state-owned hotel, and now even Cao Guohua. Thinking of her cold and distant eyes, Fu Zhengtu didn't know how he had offended her. Cao Guohua had already set up the chessboard: "I haven't played for many years, I don't know if I can play again, come on." Then he lit a cigarette and took a deep puff: "I haven't smoked for many years." Then he pushed the cigarette to Fu Zhengtu. Fu Zhengtu shook his head. He didn't have a smoking addiction. He would only smoke when he was particularly irritable. These few packs were given to him by others, and he didn't want to smoke now. Knowing that Fu Zhengtu didn't like to chat, the two of them played a game of chess in silence without saying a word.

In the end, Cao Guohua lost and said with emotion: "I have never beaten you once in all these years, and you don't even give me a chance."

"How long do you plan to stay here?" Fu Zhengtu asked.

Cao Guohua lit another cigarette and shook his head: "I don't know, it's pretty good here."

Fu Zhengtu looked at him intently: "It's not your fault, even if it's for atonement, these years are enough."

Cao Guohua lowered his eyes, his eyes were unclear, and finally shook his head: "Zhengtu, some things are not about right or wrong, but about whether the result is good or bad. The bad result was caused by me, and I can't feel at ease. You don't have to persuade me. I will leave here when I figure it out."

Fu Zhengtu didn't say anything else.

Cao Guohua asked again: "When are we leaving?"

Fu Zhengtu: "The day after tomorrow."

Cao Guohua was stunned: "So soon? What about Xiao Su and Chen Chen?"

Fu Zhengtu: "They are going with me. Xiao Hang should also receive a more systematic education. Mother doesn't want to go."

Cao Guohua comforted him: "That's OK. I'm still here. Nothing will happen anyway."

The two played another game of chess and chatted casually. After the game, it was time for Fu Zhengtu to leave, but the chess pieces stayed.

Fu Zhengtu seemed to have said something this time, but it also seemed like he said nothing.

When they got home, Su Taotao had already turned off the lights and gone to bed.

The moonlight tonight was still very good. Fu Zhengtu could see Su Taotao's fair little face and slightly wrinkled brows through the moonlight. She was not sleeping soundly and seemed very unhappy.

Fu Zhengtu couldn't help but think of Cao Guohua's last words: "Be nice to Xiao Su, she deserves it."

She deserves it.

But how should we treat her well?