Before we knew it, the day to release the report arrived.
Xu Guiying went to the hospital to pick up the report. She glanced at it, her gaze lingering for a moment, then stuffed the report into her cloth bag and rode her bicycle towards Luo'an Town.
It's mid-September now, and thankfully it's not too hot.
Xu Guiying rode her bicycle for more than an hour, panting heavily. When she arrived at the teahouse in Xingfu Village, she took advantage of a break while going to the toilet and found an opportunity to ask the old woman who was washing teacups.
Xu Guiying said she was Xu Xue's colleague at the movie theater and had come to see Xu Xue about something, asking where Xu Xue lived.
The old woman saw that Xu Guiying was dressed properly and didn't seem like a swindler, so she pointed to a house on another side of the road.
"See that? Go up that slope and you'll find Xu Xue's house."
Xu Guiying: "Thank you so much."
Xu Guiying wore a headscarf and a faded white coat today, clearly not the attire of a wealthy person.
She reached the edge of the hillside and pretended to sit by the roadside to rest.
His eyes kept looking around.
Finally, a figure came into view.
Xu Songyuan had just returned from working in the fields, carrying a hoe and walking slowly.
Xu Guiying squinted as she watched Xu Songyuan approach.
Damn it, he's no different from an old ox.
Xu Songyuan suffered severe side effects from this drug trial. He felt weak every day, as if he had contracted a disease of affluence, and had no energy to do anything.
"Xu Songyuan!"
A shout came from above.
Xu Songyuan looked and realized it was the girl from outside the hospital that day!
"Hey girl, what brings you here?!"
Xu Guiying looked complicated and sighed, "Where does your second uncle live?"
Xu Songyuan was stunned. After thinking for a moment, he pointed to another large house next to his house.
One was an earthen house, and the other was a brick house.
The feeling of Xu Guiying cannot be summed up in the simple word "sadness".
She frowned and spoke quickly and urgently, "I am Xu Guiying. Let's find a place where we can talk, without letting Xu Zhongtang's family know."
Xu Songyuan's eyes widened at a speed visible to the naked eye, staring at Xu Guiying with an incredulous expression.
The sound of Xu Guiying's name ringing in my ears was like a bombshell.
It's been twenty or thirty years.
Even now, my second uncle's family still occasionally curses Xu Guiying, saying she's a terrible person. If Xu Guiying hadn't run away halfway, they would have had more food and money to exchange for, and they wouldn't be stuck in Xingfu Village. They might even be living in the town!
Xu Guiying and her brother's lineage is now down to Xu Songyuan, who has lived here for decades. He can't move away, and his daughter is from Xu Zhongtang's family, so they have close ties with his second uncle's family.
At first, Xu Songyuan would argue with them, but later the arguments became pointless. If Xu Zhongtang hadn't introduced him to the drug trial, Xu Songyuan and his second uncle's family wouldn't have spoken to each other for months.
Xu Songyuan stared at Xu Guiying, his eyes growing redder and redder, his chapped lips trembling, unable to utter a single word for a long time.
Xu Guiying cursed, "Just like Song Xinfu!"
She pinched Xu Songyuan, "What are you standing there for! Just standing there like an idiot?! Find somewhere to talk, so no one can see us."
Xu Songyuan held back for a long time before finally calling out "Sister!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Guiying almost burst into tears.
Under Xu Guiying's glare, Xu Songyuan took a shortcut back to his home.
Xu Guiying: "No one saw it, right?"
The grove of trees they were walking through blocked Xu Guiying's view.
Xu Songyuan whispered, "Sister, it's okay. If anyone sees you, I'll just say you came to see the medicinal herbs."
Anyway, Xu Songyuan planted things in his fields, and medicine dealers would come to collect the medicines regularly.
They went around to the back of Xu Zhongtang's house.
Looking at her younger brother's mud house, Xu Guiying's eyes reddened again.
Once inside, Xu Guiying said directly, "Close the door first, I have something to tell you."
Xu Songyuan was still feeling uneasy. He looked around to make sure no one was there before closing the door.
"Sis, did you recognize me that day?"
There was no one around; the siblings hadn't seen each other for decades.
Bound by blood ties, the siblings looked at each other with tears in their eyes.
"Sister, I thought you were gone!" Xu Songyuan hadn't heard any news about Xu Guiying for so many years.
Several years passed after Xu Songyuan let Xu Guiying go. When he grew up, he was shocked to realize that his older sister was beautiful and had run away alone at a young age. What if she was kidnapped by someone with ulterior motives?
Xu Guiying wiped away her tears and showed the test report from her bag to Xu Songyuan.
"Little brother, take a look at this first."
Xu Songyuan didn't even need to look; it seemed that his eldest sister had been doing quite well all these years, and she looked quite young.
Xu Guiying observed the expression on Xu Songyuan's face and, following her prepared remarks, began to speak:
"Xu Songyuan, I'm asking you seriously now, do you consider Xu Xue your biological daughter?"
Xu Songyuan didn't expect his older sister to ask this question. He nodded and hesitated before saying, "After raising them for so many years, there's bound to be some affection for them."
After she finished speaking, the eldest sister's face darkened.
Xu Songyuan thought he had said something wrong, and his expression was a little strange. "Big sister?"
Xu Guiying took a deep breath, her face serious, and said what she had overheard at the restaurant in town last time.
"Xu Xue already knows she's not your biological daughter. Also, she wants you to continue testing the drug to help Xu Zhongtang's son pay off his debts. Xu Zhongtang's son still owes 1,000 yuan to pay off his debts. I don't know what kind of debt it is. Is it gambling debt?"
“Young man, you treat Xu Xue like your own daughter, but she treats you like a blood donation bag. I heard these words from Xu Xue myself. You have raised her for so many years, so you should know her personality. If you don’t believe what I’m saying, find an opportunity to test her.”
Xu Guiying spoke one sentence after another.
Xu Songyuan was stunned, as if struck by lightning. He couldn't believe it. "Did she really say that herself?"
Xu Guiying nodded and described the appearance of Xu Zhongtang's son.
He was short, had a dark complexion, a face full of acne, and triangular eyes.
It looked disgusting, and Xu Guiying wanted to throw mud at his face.
Xu Guiying didn't speak again, watching the surprise and doubt on her younger brother's face, from shock to suspicion, and she frowned in thought.
Xu Xue is a girl who is a bit vain and has loved dressing up since she was a child.
Xu Songyuan gave most of the money he made from farming, selling grain and medicinal herbs to Xu Xue, who also found a boyfriend, the son of the town party secretary, based on her looks.
Xu Xue wanted to get married, so Xu Songyuan had no choice but to put together a dowry for her.
But he didn't know when Xu Xue found out about her background.
When Xu Xue was adopted, she was very young and had no memory of anything. Could it be that Xu Zhongtang's family told her?
Xu Guiying continued speaking:
"Also, the robbery you were robbed last time wasn't that simple either; it was probably arranged by Xu Zhongtang."
Another blow to the head.
Xu Songyuan was shocked. "How could this be?"
Xu Guiying gave Xu Songyuan time to think.
After a while, he said:
"Think about it, the last time the money was stolen, it disappeared from Xu Zhongtang's hands. Xu Zhongtang didn't eat any noodles in the middle, saying he needed to go to the toilet. Who knows where he went?"
"Young man, if drug testing were truly a lucrative job, would Xu Zhongtang have told you?"
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