The two children rushed out of the house, and were stunned by what they saw, staring wide-eyed at the scene.
Yan Yan spoke first: "Dad..."
Song Guomin's face darkened: "All of you, get inside! Yan Yan, keep an eye on your little brother, don't let him come out."
Yan Yan stood still, hesitating for a moment.
She's in elementary school now and knows what it means for her parents to divorce.
She and her younger brother lived with their father.
Lele burst into tears and rushed over to hug Liu Aimei, but Yanyan immediately grabbed him and pulled him into the house.
Liu Aimei was furious. "Song Guomin, even if we're divorced, I still have the right to see my children. Why won't you let me see them?!"
Song Guomin sneered, "Do you really want to see her, or do you have some ulterior motive? Liu Aimei, don't take me for a fool!"
Having said all that, they've completely torn off all pretense of civility.
Liu Aimei glared angrily at Song Guomin, "You really don't even have this much affection for us? Song Guomin, the two children are still so young, who knows what will happen in the future? Haven't you thought about what will happen if your cancer relapses? Then I'll be the only one left! Only I will take care of them! Song Guomin, don't be so heartless!"
Song Guomin moved his lips, "Liu Aimei, things haven't come to that point yet. Even if I'm ruthless, it's because you forced me to!"
Facing Liu Aimei's furious face, Song Guomin sneered, "Couldn't make it outside? So you want to come back? Liu Aimei, not everything can go your way. I, Song Guomin, am not a garbage dump that takes all sorts of junk."
Liu Aimei was furious, her liver and gallbladder about to burst, and she roared, "Song Guomin, shut up!"
Song Guomin pushed the person out of the room.
"You can leave now, and don't come back again."
Liu Aimei finally uttered a harsh threat, glaring angrily at Song Guomin: "Song Guomin, you'll regret this!"
Song Guomin: "I'll return those words to you!"
Liu Aimei was furious.
The snow was falling heavily outside, and it was getting dark. It was almost seven o'clock, and the buses back to the city had stopped running. Liu Aimei would have to stay in the town tonight.
There were only two or three hotels in town, and she found one that looked fairly reputable to check in.
I ran into a wall with Song Guomin, and now I have to pay extra for a hotel today!
When she handed over the money, Liu Aimei's heart was bleeding!
She couldn't find a job and had no income.
A while ago, her father asked her to borrow money to open a grocery store. Liu Aimei refused, but in the end, she cried and had no choice but to lend him 100 yuan.
As her savings dwindled, Liu Aimei became increasingly anxious.
Meanwhile, Song Guomin had already prepared dinner.
Both children had signs of crying on their faces, and Lele was slurping while eating.
Song Guomin pinched the bridge of his nose. "Eat your food, stop crying."
Yan Yan quietly ate her rice and asked her father, "Dad, when are we going back to the city?"
The little girl knew that most of those New Year's goods were for her grandparents.
The children didn't think about many things; they only knew that they hadn't seen their grandparents for a long time, and that their grandparents wouldn't let them in.
Song Guomin: "I'll be back in a couple of days."
Yan Yan: "Dad, will we go back to the city in the future?"
I've been in this town for over two years.
Song Guomin smiled bitterly, "If I don't get a job transfer, I'll probably be stuck here for the rest of my life."
"Isn't this place nice?"
Lele muttered, "I won't be able to eat roast duck."
Song Guomin: "That stuff is greasy, we can eat it every now and then."
Yan Yan lowered her head unhappily and hummed softly, "The clothes and shoes in town are all ugly."
The little girl didn't have many ideas. When she lived with her grandparents, she could wear clean clothes every day. But after coming here, her father could never get the clothes clean, and he hadn't bought her any new clothes in a long time.
Song Guomin smiled bitterly, then felt a pang of sadness.
"I'll buy it back in the city this time."
The two kids were still not very happy.
Song Guomin sighed, unable to say anything more.
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The next day.
Liu Aimei got up early and went to the station to take the bus back to the city.
Before returning to her rented room, she also bought some New Year's goods and vegetables. She only planned to go back to the Liu family on New Year's Eve. She remembered that last year, she was still with Tong Hongyun, and her mother and Aunt Xiong had even stopped her car on the road.
Liu Aimei had no sentimental thoughts; she just felt that last year she was living a life of luxury and had no worries about money, but in just one year, she had been reduced to this state.
Song Guomin couldn't think of a solution; at worst, she would just find someone else.
There are more than just Song Guomin and Tong Hongyun in the world.
New Year's Eve arrived in the blink of an eye.
Liu Aimei returned to Chengxiang Lane.
The Liu family now has one more person.
A bald man with a receding hairline was standing in the Liu family's courtyard, talking to Liu Qiangdao. The two were smoking and exchanging words. The man with the receding hairline was getting impatient. "It's already six o'clock. Why hasn't your sister come back yet?"
Liu Qiang said, "Oh, I was probably held up by something. Brother Xu, don't mind me."
The man with the Mediterranean surname, surnamed Xu, is the deputy workshop foreman at Liuqiangdao Factory, making him a minor leader in Liuqiangdao.
Mediterranean married three wives in a row, and each of them died unexpectedly within a few years of marriage. Matchmakers disliked Mediterranean's reputation for bringing bad luck to his wives and refused to introduce him to anyone. Girls from all around knew about Mediterranean's situation and were unwilling to marry him.
Six years had passed since his last wife passed away, and Mediterranean had remained single. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he decided to find a solution himself. His coworkers at the factory secretly laughed at him, saying he was destined to never have a wife. Unexpectedly, Liu Qiangdao was willing to marry his daughter to him.
To fawn over one's superior to this extent is truly unparalleled.
Mediterranean paused for a moment, then continued smoking.
Liu Aimei arrived quickly.
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