I called again and again, but every time it was turned off.
Xia Xi closed her eyes, took the phone from her ear, and tossed it into her pocket. She had completely given up hope on her father. Such a serious incident had happened, and he hadn't come forward to face it, nor had he informed his family in advance. Instead, he had gone into hiding, leaving his wife and daughter to clean up after him. Had he ever considered the elderly person at home?
He really has no sense of responsibility as a man.
When Su Jinru got married, her family wasn't particularly wealthy, but it was much better off than their neighbors. When Xia Xi was little, she asked her mother why she chose to marry her father.
Xia Xi heard from her grandmother that Su Jinru had reached the age of marriage, and many outstanding young men had taken a fancy to her and actively pursued her. There were also many matchmakers who came to propose marriage, and they all introduced young and promising men.
She chose Xia Chenggang, who seemed to have no future but was just an honest man. Before marrying her, he didn't even have a decent job and made a living by doing odd jobs.
Su Jinru put her arm around her shoulders at that time, using a palm-leaf fan to drive away mosquitoes for her, and told her the story in a gentle voice.
A very vulgar first encounter.
When Su Jinru was returning home at night, she was followed and teased by two little hooligans. In a panic, Xia Chenggang appeared and stood in front of her. He was beaten black and blue by the two little hooligans, but he still protected Su Jinru tightly and did not let her get hurt at all.
Su Jinru was deeply moved and from then on, her heart was devoted to him, and she could no longer tolerate the young men who pursued her. The old lady did not agree with their relationship at first, as she looked down on Xia Chenggang. However, Su Jinru spoke well of him in front of her mother day after day, and finally she got married to him as she wished and gave birth to three daughters for him.
Su Jinru's original words were that your father was willing to be beaten to protect a stranger, which shows that he is kind and reliable at heart. This is very rare and worthy of her entrusting her life to him.
I don’t know if Xia Chenggang changed later or if he hid it too well at the beginning, but now it seems ridiculous and ironic.
How is he reliable?
Run away when you encounter trouble.
Xia Xi couldn't sleep on the high-speed train, and with nothing to do, she could only wait for news. The two hours or so were particularly unbearable. She folded her arms, her head tilted against the seat, her brow furrowed, never once relaxing.
*
The street scene kept receding from her eyes. Xia Xi had already gotten off the high-speed train and was sitting in a taxi, staring out the window in a daze. There were several marks on her fingertips from being pinched, but the anxiety in her heart was not relieved at all.
The phone rang, and she quickly picked it up, her voice unable to conceal her urgency: "Sister, how is it?"
The person who called was Xia Yue, who first asked her, "Where have you been?"
Xia Xi looked at the familiar road and said, "We'll be home in about ten minutes."
Xia Yue was silent for a few seconds, as if she didn't know what to say. The situation was far more serious than she had imagined, and just speaking out took a lot of energy. "There's a problem with the machinery in the food processing factory my dad runs. It doesn't meet quality inspection. It malfunctioned during startup, resulting in three workers having their limbs amputated. I can't contact my dad yet, and his partner, Yao Guangliang, is also missing. The police and the family members of the workers who came to demand an explanation have already left. I'm going to the hospital now to advance the medical expenses, and then I'll talk to a lawyer about compensation."
After a pause, Xia Yue's breathing became heavy. "The incident is still under investigation. I asked the police, and Dad...should bear the corresponding criminal responsibility. If it was an accident, it would be easy to explain. The key is that the quality of the machine is substandard. The purchase contract was signed by Dad, so the probability of him not knowing is very low."
Xia Xi probably guessed that Xia Chenggang was greedy for bargains and bought a second-hand machine that others had discarded. He only thought about making money and did not consider the consequences, and as a result, something went wrong.
"Is Mom okay?" Xia Xi asked.
"She was in a very bad mood, with no color on her face." Xia Yue didn't hide it and sighed, "And grandma, she also knew about it. She heard the police's words when she walked in and almost fell down. I asked Xuanxuan to look after grandma and mom. You comfort them when you get home. Now that things have happened, we have to solve them one by one."
Xia Xi: "Yeah."
Ten minutes later, the taxi stopped at the door of her house. Xia Xi opened the door and was called by the driver. It turned out that she forgot to pay.
"Sorry." Xia Xi apologized to the driver, picked up the card with the payment code printed on it, scanned the code to pay the fare, and ran away in a hurry.
The house was filled with a gloomy and solemn atmosphere, as if it had rained for ten days or half a month, with thick clouds pressing down on our heads, making it hard to breathe.
The living room was extremely quiet, and the sound of the door opening was particularly loud. The three people sitting on the sofa raised their heads. Su Jinru looked panicked, and when she saw Xia Xi walking quickly towards her, the tears in her eyes rolled out.
Xia Xi hugged her shoulders and stroked them: "I'm back, don't be sad, everything will be fine."
Grandma was sitting nearby. She was an old woman who had experienced many ups and downs. When she first heard about this, she couldn't bear it and almost fainted. Now she has calmed down and comforted Su Jinru: "It's not the end of the world yet. Don't ruin yourself first. We should pay compensation. When the police find Cheng Gang, let him take the responsibility. It's not like the sky is falling."
Xia Xuan held the pillow in her arms, her face still pale. She bit her lip and looked at them, feeling more anxious than anyone else. Would everything really be alright? But she already felt like the sky was falling.
A crisp cell phone ringtone broke the depressing atmosphere in the living room and startled the nervous Su Jinru.
Xia Xuan glanced at the phone on the coffee table: "It's Mom's phone. Aunt Lin called."
Su Jinru was in such a state that she couldn't even answer the phone. She would be terrified by the slightest movement.
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