Chapter 382 Returning Home
The journey is long and there is no navigation.
Su Jiaojiao relied only on road signs and her memory to identify each fork in the road. She almost took the wrong road several times and entered the territory of Sudong. When she arrived at the service area in the provincial capital that they often went to, it was dark.
There are many large trucks parked in the service area. In order to save money, the drivers eat and sleep in the trucks. There is no shortage of guest rooms. The standard room has two beds and costs thirty yuan a night.
There was hot water and a TV, so the conditions were pretty good. It was too cold outside, so neither of them wanted to go to the restaurant for dinner. They ate a bowl of instant noodles and sat on the bed, watching TV leisurely.
The wind blew outside the window, making the glass windows rattle. The TV signal was sometimes good and sometimes bad, and we couldn't see the picture clearly. We simply turned off the TV and played with our phones.
Su Jiaojiao was lying on the bed, chatting with Lu Jingyou via text messages. Lu Jingyou said that there would be snow tomorrow and asked her to get up early and go out, otherwise the highway would be closed due to the snow if she was late.
Su Jiaojiao said she understood and would set off at dawn.
Lu Jingyou said that he would call her to remind her at that time, and said that she just needed to get home before noon. When it first snowed, the road would not be too slippery.
Su Jiaojiao agreed casually, thinking that the weather forecast was not that accurate, maybe it would just be cloudy and not snow. However, she didn't expect Lu Jingyou to actually call her early in the morning and ask her to get up and go, saying that it would snow today.
Su Jiaojiao checked her watch sleepily. It was only half past five, and the sky was still dark outside. She wondered if Lu Jingyou was sleepwalking, waking her up so early. Cai Ting was also woken up, so she quickly got up and put on her clothes. "Is it snowing?"
"No." Seeing that Cai Ting had woken up, Su Jiaojiao had no choice but to pack up, check out of the hotel, and drive away from the service area.
There were not many cars on the highway at this time. After driving for more than an hour, the sky gradually brightened and the weather became more and more gloomy. At ten o'clock in the morning, when we arrived at Jiao County, snowflakes began to fall.
The snow was falling harder and harder. When the car entered Century Garden, the ground was completely covered in white. Chen Guilan had been waiting at the gate of the community for a long time. Seeing the two of them return safely, she breathed a sigh of relief: "You are finally back."
Su Jiaojiao then realized that she had not been back for almost a year. The community was still the same, the house was still as bright and colorful, and the meals her mother cooked were still as delicious. Nothing had changed, and yet everything seemed to have changed.
While they were eating, Lu Jingyou called and asked her if she had arrived home. Su Jiaojiao said she had just returned and was eating. If he hadn't reminded her, they would still be on the road.
Lu Jingyou didn't say anything else, just asked her to have a good rest and say hello to her mother.
Chen Guilan heard everything but said nothing. She just asked the two of them to eat more. With such heavy snow, Cai Ting couldn't go back for the next two days.
Su Jiaojiao was tired and sleepy, and slept until the evening. Chen Guilan and Cai Ting sat in the living room chatting, asking about Lu Jingyou in a roundabout way.
The last time she went there, Su Jiaojiao didn't tell her in detail, which made her always have wild thoughts at home. She even dreamed that Lu Jingyou's mother didn't like her daughter, and she was sad for several days.
The mother felt heartbroken when she thought about her precious daughter being despised by others.
Cai Ting knew that Chen Guilan was worried about Su Jiaojiao, but she didn't know much, so she just said what she could.
Lu Jingyou's grandparents are still alive, as well as his uncle and aunt. Chen Guilan knows everything about Lu Jiaping and Qin Shuang, but she didn't mention it.
Su Jiaojiao listened to their conversation and didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mom, if you want to know something, just ask me. Why are you asking Cai Ting? She doesn't know the answer."
"I'd rather ask Cai Ting than you." A daughter knows her best, and Chen Guilan knows Su Jiaojiao best. "You only pick out the good things to say. It's better not to ask."
"I'm being disliked as soon as I got back." Su Jiaojiao sat on the sofa, helplessly picking up the remote control to watch TV. Chen Guilan scolded her, "I don't dislike you at all. I dislike you for not telling me anything."
Cai Ting smiled and went back to her room to rest. She looked at the heavy snow outside the window and felt worried about when the snow would stop. She was anxious to go home!
"How is my sister Juan?" Su Jiaojiao knew what Chen Guilan wanted to ask and quickly changed the subject.
Speaking of Chen Juan, Chen Guilan smiled. "Juan has a boyfriend. He's a local. Their family lives only 20 kilometers from our village. They have two brothers, an older sister, and a younger sister. Juan's boyfriend is the second oldest. His father died early, so his mother agreed to let him marry into the family. He's a very good-looking young man."
"That's great." Su Jiaojiao knew it was Zhao Shunfa as soon as she heard the conditions. Zhao Shunfa was indeed a good young man, a truck driver, but he only drove short distances, delivering goods near Jiao County, and his income was considerable.
"It would be great if you could find a local one." Chen Guilan turned the topic back to Su Jiaojiao. "Look how hard it is for you to come back. It takes two days just to be on the road. Aren't you tired?"
"From now on, my husband and I will take turns driving. It won't be tiring at all." Su Jiaojiao deliberately joked with Chen Guilan, "We can also take a plane back. It will only take half a day."
"People who are local can come back whenever they want. What about you?" Chen Guilan asked, "Even if you take a plane, can you come back once a week?"
"Mom, who goes back to their parents' home once a week after getting married?" Su Jiaojiao was incredulous and said seriously, "How about I ask him if he's willing to marry into our family?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? They only have one son, how could he possibly marry into their family?" Chen Guilan saw that Su Jiaojiao was getting more and more outrageous. "I'm talking to you seriously, but you're not talking to me properly. I haven't told anyone about your situation, so don't mention it either. Say we can talk about it after you graduate."
"I know." Su Jiaojiao didn't want to say it originally. If she said it, who knows what kind of rumors would spread about it. It's better to have less trouble than more.
It was snowing and very quiet outside.
The house was also very quiet. Chen Guilan always felt that Su Jiaojiao was too tired, so she urged her to go to bed after dinner and told her to talk about it tomorrow.
Su Jiaojiao slept all afternoon and was not sleepy at all. She lay on the bed and flipped through her cell phone, replying to a few text messages, some from Ding Linyu, Li Nuo and Zhang Miaomiao. There was nothing important, they just asked her if she had arrived home.
Seeing that there was another one about Lu Jingyou, she suddenly became interested and asked him, "Are you willing to marry into our family?"
Lu Jingyou quickly replied: "Yes, when will you marry me?"
"..." Su Jiaojiao blushed at his question and replied after a while, "You are not romantic at all."
"How can I not be romantic? Let's use your Jinyuan house as our wedding house. I'll move in when you come back. Then you'll take care of the outside affairs and I'll take care of the inside affairs. You'll earn money to support the family and I'll take care of the children at home."
Su Jiaojiao was bored and stopped chatting with him: "I'm going to sleep."
This man would take advantage of her and she asked him, he even had a child with her.
"This photo of Uncle Lu and Li Mo was secretly taken by paparazzi. It doesn't prove anything. I don't think you need to pursue it." Qi Heng was speaking when he saw Lu Jingyou staring at his phone. He couldn't help but jokingly said, "No way, Junior Sister's been gone for just two days and you're already feeling sick with longing?"
Seeing Su Jiaojiao say she was going to sleep, Lu Jingyou put away his phone and continued the previous topic. "I understand that they want to make Li Mo famous, but they can't use my father as a stepping stone. He's old, and a scandal with a new actress has already affected his image and that of our company. So we absolutely cannot remain indifferent to this matter."
"Do you think someone is behind this?" He Siyu, always a meticulous thinker, noticed the two of them expressing their opinions. He pointed to the photos published in the Entertainment Evening News of Lu Jiahe and Li Mo secretly meeting, and reminded them, "Look, judging from the angles, time, and location of the photos, they must have acted as a team."
"My father and Li Mo were just doing normal business, but they're accusing me of having a secret meeting. I'm definitely going to sue them." Lu Jingyou picked up the newspaper and took a look. "You don't have to try to persuade me. I'll hire a lawyer tomorrow."
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