Chapter 52
No one is wrong, maybe the timing is not right.
A bitter taste slowly appeared on Xia Weining's lips. This time it was really over.
How could he, such a proud man, allow himself to be humiliated again and again?
My heart gradually grew cold. Since I had already rejected you cruelly, it was pointless to think about these things now. It would not help and would only add to my troubles.
Xia Weining forced herself to stop the random thoughts in her mind, calmed down, and went to wash her eyes with red and swollen eyes.
The man lay in bed but had no desire to sleep, staring at the heavy dark circles under his eyes until dawn.
The same is true for Sheng Huaizhou next door.
In the early morning, sunlight shone through the window onto the floor. Sheng Huaizhou had been sitting on the floor leaning against the bed all night, motionless, not knowing what he was thinking.
A high-pitched ringtone suddenly rang out, and Sheng Huaizhou woke up with a start. He shook his head, his eyes became much clearer, and he hurriedly looked for his cell phone. He waited for a few seconds to adjust the volume before answering the call.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
"Come home, we have something to tell you."
Sheng Huaizhou looked down at his messy situation and refused without a second thought, "Let's do it another day. I have something else to do."
"It's okay. It won't take you long. We'll be waiting for you at home."
"Okay then." Seeing his mother's insistence, Sheng Huaizhou didn't refuse anymore. "I'll go back later."
He got up and took a shower to wash off the smell of alcohol and decadence on his body.
Thrown into the trash can were also the painful memories of yesterday.
After a simple cleanup, he was no longer as messy and shabby as before, and was still as clean as before, and still as energetic.
But the loneliness in his eyes could not be concealed.
When he went out, he stared at Xia Weining's room for a while. The closed door separated them again. He could not find out any news about her, nor did he know how she felt.
Sheng Huaizhou raised his head, basking in the sunlight and suddenly laughed at himself.
She shouldn't be sad, right?
He hoped she wouldn't be sad.
He didn't want her to be sad.
Sheng Huaizhou turned and left. Xia Weining in the room, who had been staying up all night, finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell into a deep sleep.
When he got home, his family was surprised to see him. Sheng's mother pulled him aside and asked with concern, "Where have you been? You look so bad."
Sheng Huaizhou wiped his face and said, "It's okay. I couldn't sleep yesterday."
"Then go inside and get some sleep."
"No, what do you want me to say?"
The flesh on Sheng's mother's face twitched twice silently, a little embarrassed, as if she needed a step.
Of course Sheng Huaizhou could sense it, and he thought that his mother was embarrassed to speak up, so he took the initiative to pass on the message.
"We are all family, what can't we say?"
Han Zhi came over and supported Sheng's mother. "Mom, just tell me what you want to say. Huaizhou is not an unreasonable person."
Mother Sheng winked at Father Sheng, who was not far away. He quickly brought out the meal from the kitchen and said, "Let's talk while we eat."
The family gathered together, and Sheng Huaizhou's eyes swept over his parents, elder brother and sister-in-law. If they didn't say anything, there was no need to rush. He was a little hungry because he hadn't eaten yet, so he might as well eat in peace.
Sheng Huaiyang rarely participated in these things at home, but everyone was pushing him, so he had no choice but to sigh softly and look at Sheng Huaizhou sympathetically, "Actually, Mom and Dad asked you to come back because they wanted to talk about you and Chu Yu."
Sheng's father, mother and Han Zhi all looked confused, as if they were listening to a foreign language.
Sheng Huaizhou was stunned and put down his chopsticks. "I have already made it clear what happened between her and me."
"But my parents don't agree..."
Before Sheng Huaiyang could finish his words, his mother raised her hand and hit him on the shoulder. "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Sheng Huaiyang was completely confused, "Did I say something wrong?"
Han Zhi gave him a look of disgust, "Nonsense, you are wrong."
"What's wrong?" He didn't dare to retort and could only mutter in a low voice.
The most embarrassed people now are the Sheng Huaizhou brothers, who are like two clowns. Amid the murderous gazes of the people around them, they look so weak and pitiful.
Sheng Huaizhou broke free from his eldest brother's grasp, stood up, and asked, "Mom, what do you want to say?"
“We were wrong before.”
This sudden apology surprised Sheng Huaizhou, "Why are you apologizing?"
"You're right. Relationships can't be forced. We shouldn't force you and Chu Yu to be together based on the sentiments of the older generation."
"Did anyone say anything to you?"
"No one said anything." Mother Sheng smiled and shook her head. "What your father and I want is for you to live a good life. A good life requires a good relationship. A forced melon will not be sweet."
Sheng Huaizhou smiled with relief, "Mom and Dad, thank you."
"We don't object to you being with Xiao Xia. As long as your parents like her, we will treat her well."
At this moment, Sheng Huaizhou just wanted to hide and wanted to find a hole to crawl into. It turned out that he had communicated completely wrongly, no wonder he got beaten.
Hearing this, Sheng Huaizhou couldn't help but feel more sad, his chest began to ache again, and the smile on his lips slowly turned bitter, bitterer than the strongest bitter coffee.
"Huaizhou, what's wrong with you?" Mother Sheng was a little worried.
"It's okay." Sheng Huaizhou lowered his head and laughed at himself, muttering, "She didn't fancy me at all."
"Did you have a fight?"
"What do you mean by quarrel?" Han Zhi pushed him away. "Sometimes words are untrue. We need to see if she has any hardship."
Sheng Huaizhou racked his brains but couldn't figure out what Xia Weining's difficulties were.
Afraid of getting herself into trouble? She had nothing to get into trouble for.
Economic conditions? That's not a problem.
Career development? I won't stop her from working.
Family problems? That doesn't seem like it.
Sheng Huaizhou thought of one and eliminated it one by one, and in the end the only issue left was the emotional issue.
Could it be that she doesn't like herself at all?
Thinking of this, his face suddenly turned pale, as if something was strangling his breathing, and a fatal feeling of suffocation came over him.
Han Zhi guessed what he had just seen and said with a smile, "Don't scare yourself. Get to know her better, try to get into her heart, and find resonance with her emotions. Only then will you have a deeper understanding of each other. Relationships require both sudden heartbeats and constant companionship, like the silent flow of water."
Sheng Huaizhou was convinced by these words and couldn't help but give a thumbs up. "I can't believe it, sister-in-law, you are the emotional expert."
"You don't understand. You have to be good at talking to sell clothes."
"I admire you so much."
Sheng Huaizhou had a plan in mind. He wanted to plan it carefully and find an opportunity to have a serious talk with Xia Weining.
Suddenly, a light bulb went off in his mind, as if he knew what she was afraid of. He stared at the ground with deep eyes, and a determined smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Xia Weining was working on a lesson plan in the house when she sneezed several times. She rubbed her nose and angrily said, "Who scolded me?"
The holiday is over and she has to prepare lesson plans for tomorrow's class, finishing her homework when she is in school and finishing her lesson plans when she is teaching.
This problem can't be changed no matter what.
When they returned to school, everyone's face was full of the aftereffects of the holiday, and their eyes were tired and dull. Xia Weining hurriedly glanced at the teachers in the office and found that in comparison, he was in good condition, at least he looked presentable.
Soon, the office was filled with yawns, and the tea stock was rapidly decreasing. Xia Weining didn't want to be too different, so she went to make a cup of tea. There was still some time before class, so everyone started chatting.
"Where did you take your children during the holidays?"
"Nowhere." A female teacher waved her hands in pain. "The Olympics are coming up soon, and my kids are busy practicing for Beijing Welcomes You. They say there's a singing competition, and they're pestering me every day to take them to sing."
"It's the same at my house. The kids really like this song."
The music teacher at the side finally found an opportunity to chime in, "The kids in our school like this song too. They keep asking me to teach them this song every time they have music class."
“The lyrics are catchy and the melody is beautiful, who wouldn’t like it?”
Several teachers started talking and laughing, and the topic all revolved around this song.
Xia Weining listened for a while and suddenly realized that this was in 2008, the Wenchuan earthquake?
He was suddenly filled with a bad premonition, his face turned pale in an instant, and he stood up from his seat in a panic, with an abnormal behavior, which attracted the attention of others.
"Teacher Xia, what's wrong with you?"
“It’s 2008?”
"Yeah." The teachers around started laughing, "Have you been confused during the holidays?"
"Wenchuan!"
Xia Weining looked extremely serious and suddenly shouted this sentence without any context.
"Where is Wenchuan?"
"Sichuan."
An unknown small county became a nationally known pain through this earthquake.
The price paid here is too heavy.
"What happened in Wenchuan?"
“There will be a big earthquake.”
The smiles on everyone's faces gradually disappeared, and they looked at her solemnly, "Teacher Xia, you can't say that. What evidence do you have?"
"I have no proof but it's true, and I can tell you the exact date: May 12th."
"How do you know?"
"I dreamt it."
The teachers around her smiled helplessly, packed up their teaching materials and prepared to start class, not intending to listen to her nonsense any longer.
"I'm not lying to you, this is real, I've experienced it."
None of the teachers responded, just thinking she was talking nonsense.
"You have to believe me!"
The bell rang for class, and the teachers walked out of the office one after another. They secretly glanced back at Xia Weining, and then whispered to the people next to them.
"I heard she was a little abnormal before, and now it seems to be true."
"I heard that she used to cry all the time and act crazy. She even hit herself while crying once."
"Huh? Is it that scary?"
"Yeah, that's right. Stay away from her from now on. You never know when she might have an attack."
One teacher patted his chest in panic, "I'm so scared! Can I be a teacher in this state of mind? Don't scare the students."
"I guess the principal doesn't know about this."
After a few people discussed it, they nodded meaningfully.
Xia Weining didn't know that she had been classified as "mentally ill".
She was anxiously telling the teachers who were staying in the office about the seriousness of the matter, but everyone just hummed and hawed, and some even made excuses to leave to avoid her.
"Teacher Xia, this matter is under the responsibility of professionals from the Earthquake Bureau. Please don't spread panic and false information here."
"This is not fake news, you have to believe me."
"How do you know it's not fake news?"
"I……"
Before she could explain, she was interrupted by others, "Be careful, someone will sue you for spreading rumors and misleading the public."
Xia Weining wanted to say something else, but the entire office was empty and she was the only one there.
She said it to the air?
She took out her cell phone and was about to check the number of the Earthquake Bureau when Director Zhang came in and called her, "Teacher Xia, come here for a moment."
Xia Weining put the phone in his pocket and followed him out. The two of them walked to the corner of the stairs on the top floor. "Director, do you want to talk to me about something?"
"Teacher Xia, your job is to teach and educate. Don't spread false information. It will cause great panic."
Xia Weining understood that someone was going to sue him, and immediately explained, "This is not fake news, it really happened..."
"Alright." Director Zhang stretched out his hand in front of her, stopping her from continuing to speak. "Are you too tired and didn't get enough rest? Why don't you go back and rest for a few days?"
"I'm fine, I still have class to go to."
"I'll arrange for another teacher to take over the class first. You can go back and have a good rest."
"I don't need a break."
"You need to." The director stared at her firmly, "Go back and have a good rest."
She was forced to rest by the school.
Xia Weining did not intend to give up. She found the phone number of the Earthquake Bureau and called it, but no one believed her. She also sent various messages, but all fell on deaf ears.
Well, who would believe someone's casual words about such a big thing, and she is not a professional.
All the methods failed. At this moment, Xia Weining realized that she could not change the past, and she couldn't help feeling sad. She knew what was going to happen but was powerless. She could only watch the disaster coming, which was a huge torment for her.
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