Mr. Yu Zeng looked at the half-empty dining table in surprise. Where did everyone go? "Did they go out to work?"
Yu Chong put on a flawless smile and said, "Yes, don't my parents have a social engagement tonight? They won't be back for dinner. What's the matter? Didn't they tell you? That's really wrong. I'll tell them later." He pretended to be angry.
Old man Yu Zeng said, "You are so young but you have such a bad temper. What do you think they are doing? It's normal to have social engagements. They are all doing it to support a half-grown boy like you and save money for you to marry a wife..." After a pause, he looked towards the girl's position again.
"Xiao Qin isn't here either. Is she out teaching students again?"
"She loves to be a teacher. She can't stop even though she's old. She just wants to make the best use of her skills and not waste them."
"Isn't this the tradition of our Yu family?" Yu Chong joked, "Don't you always go out now and then?"
"That's just setting an example for you." Old Man Yu glanced at him and said, "But you still need to rest more when you get older. It seems to be getting late today. You have to go pick her up later. Don't let your aunt walk such a long way. She is afraid of the dark."
"Of course." Yu Chong agreed without hesitation, feeling relieved.
He doesn't even need to make excuses!
The old man found excuses to comfort himself.
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...
Old Man Yu turned to look at Qin Yan, who was also wearing a mask at the dinner table, with a puzzled look in his eyes, "What?"
Yu Chong shouted, "Oh, she is Qin Hongfei!"
After listening to it three times, Mr. Yu put down the spoon and looked at Qin Yan, "Red-faced doll? You?" He looked him up and down.
Behind the mask, Qin Yan was wondering whether to nod or explain.
Old Master Yu retracted his gaze and said, "You are talking nonsense, kid. This kid has thick eyebrows and strong features, so he must be a boy. How could he be a rosy-faced girl? No, just because you like someone, don't think of other people as her. It's really embarrassing..." As he spoke, he picked up a bun for Qin Yan.
Qin Yan thanked him.
Yu Chong cried out in injustice and wanted to say that he didn't do it, but then he thought about the old man's age and winked at Qin Yan.
Qin Yan deliberately didn't look at him, thinking that old ginger is indeed more experienced.
After finishing the meal and cleaning up, the old man took a walk back to his room to rest. Yu Chong came down and was obviously asking for news on the phone. He couldn't hide his fatigue. When he saw Qin Yan, he said, "I'm sorry, my great-grandfather is old, and sometimes he can't help but say nonsense. Don't take it to heart."
Qin Yan thought to himself that he was not talking nonsense. He said, "Uncle Sun said that your great-aunt seemed to be walking towards the city."
Yu Chong's face changed. He knew who was behind Qin Hongfei, and it would be easier to find out than his own family. "In the city, why go to the city?"
Sun Shu also came back and asked him, "Do you have any relatives in the city? Maybe you want to visit them?"
Yu Chong had a headache, "That's a lot..."
I'm not bragging.
The Yu family's relatives are indeed from all over the country. In the city -
Yu Chong thought for a moment, "There must be at least seven or eight households in the city."
He didn't ask what relatives they were visiting suddenly. Old people are like this. They say they didn't eat when they had eaten, they call the wrong names and remember the wrong people, and sometimes they just want to visit old friends when they are in a good mood. In the past, Qin Yan still remembered the Qin family's relative, the ancestor Qin Zhengfeng. He didn't enter the research institute when he was young, but grew up in Chuian City, which was not called Qin City at that time. He entered the research institute to do secret research when he was in his twenties, and did this for decades. Then he got married and had children here, and he had no contact with people in his hometown.
Not contacting each other doesn’t mean not missing each other - just like the Qin family, they occasionally contact each other through letters and phone calls, and visit each other once every few years.
When he was old, a few months before Qin Zhengfeng passed away, somehow, he suddenly went to Qin City by bus, then to Qinhuai Street, walked the old roads, visited old relatives, and met old friends. A few months later, he passed away.
At that time, Qin Yan still remembered what he and Qi Wu had said -
Are there signs before a person dies? Otherwise, why would he suddenly go back to his hometown a few months before his death and meet all his old friends and their descendants? Of course, there is no way to verify this.
At this moment, Qin Yan didn't want to bring it up.
First of all, the two elders are indeed old.
Secondly, it is a bit superstitious and unlucky.
Thirdly, he was afraid that Yu Chong would become paralyzed if he told him.
Sun Shu asked, "Do you know the phone number or address of your relatives in the city? Ask them again."
Yu Chong was already looking for a phone number, "Some have phone numbers and some don't."
Sun Shu said, "If you don't have a phone number, give me the address and I'll have my men go there."
Yu Chong didn't have an address, so he contacted his parents and wrote down several addresses and gave them to Sun Shu to handle. Half an hour later, Sun Shu's people came back with news that Great-Aunt Yu did not go to any of the relatives' homes in the city, and his hopes were dashed again.
Yu Chong couldn't keep calm anymore and took out a cigarette to smoke.
Qin Yan could understand him. It had been four hours since he left and it was now dark.
It was easy to worry about the old lady's whereabouts, whether there was any kind-hearted person making arrangements for her, or whether she was still walking in the night, or whether she was hungry. They searched for her all night long, and vaguely heard that someone had met Aunt Yu, so Yu Jiaxing hurried to ask the proprietress.
The boss lady said, "The old lady said she wanted to visit her children..."
Yu Jiaxing’s wife said, “Your aunt has never been married, how can her children visit her…” She was so worried that her eyes turned red.
Yu Chong's face turned pale, and he thought to himself, if anyone could find his aunt now, he would kowtow to him.
Qin Yan frowned when he saw their anxious expressions.
The old lady must have been confused, so she went out suddenly - now we can only try our best to look in the direction of the clue.
Meanwhile, on the streets of Central City, Jiang Tianyuan had just finished a night of drinking and was being taken back after a social event to discuss work. The car was playing loud music and was making a lot of noise. When he passed a red light intersection, he was stopped by a traffic policeman on duty. He suspected that he was taking drugs and wanted to take him back for a blood test. Jiang Tianyuan went out to explain that he was just drunk and his brain was spinning, and he played music to calm them down. Then, as he signed the ticket and was about to get back in the car, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of his eye.
The figure also saw him, which frightened Jiang Tianyuan so much that he shouted "Fuck!" and then hurriedly explained to the traffic police who was staring at him unhappily outside the car window, "Sorry, I didn't mean to scold you...really."
It's really impossible not to be scared - after all, a person who should have been staying in Qinhuai Street appears here, with white hair and smiling at you kindly. Even in broad daylight, it's like seeing a ghost and makes people break out in cold sweats.
After confirming that it was not a ghost, nor a spirit that had left its body to see him, Jiang Tianyuan slammed the car door shut and strode over, asking tentatively, "Teacher Yu?"
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