Chapter 140: Don't Let Me Down
Chapter 140: Don't Let Me Down
Cheng Bing suddenly tensed up, looking at her parents, "...Okay, I'm listening."
You're still young.
Lin Guohui had barely uttered a sentence when Cheng Bing couldn't help but blurt out, "I..."
"Don't interrupt me yet," Lin Guohui said. "Listen carefully."
Cheng Bing had no choice but to shut up.
“You’ve just started university. You can continue your studies later. Once you graduate, whatever job you want to do, your parents will definitely support you. Since you’ve made up your mind, we can’t ask you to change it.”
Lin Guohui had calmed down, but he was still a little moved as he spoke.
“Xiao Yuenian, he grew up with you. You have two older sisters, so no matter what, this relationship can’t be broken. Your second sister committed bad deeds when she was young, and Xiao Yuenian has been committing bad deeds ever since… He can’t take any more trouble. Besides, we don’t want you to be sad in the future. This path is not easy. You want him now, and he wants you too, but who knows what the future holds?”
Tears welled up in Cheng Qiuyan's eyes, and she turned her face away.
“If we agree to you two being together today, as long as you're doing well, even if things get out and outsiders find out and talk badly about our family, or if Xiaoyue’s family comes to make trouble, or even if your own grandfather and mother-in-law can't accept it, your mother and I will take responsibility for all of these things. But if you don't stay together and separate and find other people, as long as you can get along well, that's fine. But if you don't handle this well and it causes chaos in the family, making things difficult for your two older sisters, and you've let us down, and we can't even be family anymore, then you can live your life however good you are outside. We don't welcome you or him at home.”
Cheng Bing's eyes were already bloodshot, and her throat felt as if it were sealed, making it difficult for her to utter a single word.
Lin Guohui looked at him and said, “You are highly educated and should know how to cherish each other and how to live your lives. Although you can’t get married, your parents believe that you can keep things in check. This is a lifelong matter. But whether you are a man or a woman, if you don’t learn to behave properly and do messy things, then you are abandoning this family.”
"Dad, Mom," Cheng Bing suddenly stood up, her voice trembling, "I, I really..."
“You shouldn’t be like this,” Cheng Qiuyan choked up. “You chose this path yourself, and you have to walk it yourself.”
Cheng Bing wiped away her tears and said solemnly, "Dad, Mom, I'm sorry for making you sad, but don't worry, I will not let you down, Grandpa, Grandma, my sisters, and Fang Yuenian. There's no point in saying more. I will prove it to you in the future. I... thank you."
Lin Guohui silently rubbed his eyelids and rubbed Cheng Qiuyan's shoulder. "Alright, you know your son. He means what he says. From now on, he'll have to make his own way."
Cheng Qiuyan sniffed and didn't want to say anything more. Lin Guohui saw her rubbing her temples and said, "Alright, let's leave it at that. Qiuyan, go and get some sleep."
Cheng Qiuyan had cried for too long and was too tired, so she nodded and left.
Lin Guohui didn't really want to say anything more, but seeing Cheng Bing still standing there, looking at him earnestly, he couldn't bear to leave. After thinking for a moment, he said, "You..."
Cheng Bingxin brought it up.
“These past few days, things haven’t been peaceful at Xiaoyue’s house either, so you… should take good care of him.”
Cheng Bing: "..."
“Okay,” he immediately agreed, “I understand.”
Grandma Fang had been to the hospital three or four times during this period, which was equivalent to the number of times she went to town in a whole year. However, she was found to be ill, so on the fourth visit, Teacher Fang got angry.
In Fang Yuenian's memory, it was always Old Lady Fang who would berate Teacher Fang, spewing insults at will, with spittle flying everywhere—no one wanted to live under such abuse, so Teacher Fang chose to live in the school's teachers' dormitory for a long time—but now everything is different.
Teacher Fang flipped the table, revealing tea that Fang Wu had just brewed for Old Lady Fang, which she said was too hot to drink. The tea splashed and landed on Fang Yuenian's hand.
"Stop acting up here!" Seeing the old lady's astonished expression, Teacher Fang's face turned completely red as she shouted angrily.
Grandma Fang was stunned by his shout. Just as she was about to speak, Teacher Fang stepped forward and pointed at her with a slightly trembling finger: "Grandma, let me tell you, from now on, no one in the family will follow you around and take care of you! You've seen his mother leave, and you're afraid that you won't be able to be a good old lady and can't boss people around anymore, so now you've been causing trouble every day, right? You wish!"
Old Mrs. Fang had never been scolded like this by her husband before. She was momentarily stunned and, after a long while, clutched her chest, pointed at her husband, and said, "Fine, fine, now you can't stand me and want me dead, is that it? Huh?"
Upon hearing her rambling, Teacher Fang became even angrier: "You're an old woman, you've lost face your whole life, you've been stubborn your whole life, isn't that enough? Who are you trying to impress? Your son? Your grandson? Listen to me, from now on you'll just hold onto your money and mind your own business. I won't starve you, and don't think you're being waited on hand and foot. I've never expected you to cook or do my laundry, and I don't need you to in my old age. We'll stay in these three rooms and live a peaceful life. Let Xiao Yuenian study hard. If you keep making trouble like this, after he leaves tomorrow, I'll immediately apply for a re-employment at the school, even if it's just as a doorman's job. From now on, you can live alone behind closed doors! Wait until your son finds you a capable wife, then we'll see if you still have a good life!"
Grandma Fang was stunned.
To be precise, she was woken up by the scolding.
Old Mrs. Fang and Hongya's mother were shrewish for half their lives, relying on their shameless and restless nature. They also had two daughters-in-law with very different personalities, but neither of them really did anything to them.
Cheng Qiuyan once yielded and tried to make peace, but then resolutely left. Wang Jing stayed by her son's side and willingly endured it. Even though they argued and fought countless times, she never lacked food or drink or anything else. She also took on all the household chores, giving her a leisurely life that others could hardly find. These things were seen by outsiders, and even Old Lady Fang herself was probably aware of them.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have seemed to go mad after Wang Jing left, and then made a lot of trouble, fearing that no one would take care of her. She was almost seventy years old and still had to serve her husband and take care of her troublesome son.
But after her husband, who had always been taciturn and aloof when he entered the house, suddenly became angry, she realized that now was not the time to make a scene.
Her son was unreliable, her grandson was young and cold-hearted, and besides, he couldn't let go of his sister's past being forced to leave, so it was hard to say whether he would indulge her. And now the old man was like this... She stood there blankly, and for some reason, she started to shed tears.
After scolding her, Teacher Fang ignored her and turned to Fang Yuenian. Her expression softened slightly as she said, "It's burned? Come on, let's go out and get some ointment."
"It's alright," Fang Yuenian said calmly, glancing at her tearful grandmother. "Alright, let's stop talking about it. You all go and rest. I'm going to pack my suitcase. I'll go to school tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Grandma Fang became anxious again. "What? You're really leaving tomorrow? Niannian," she tried to pull her grandson away, but the mess on the ground prevented her from doing so. "School starts so early?"
Fang Yuenian hummed in agreement.
Teacher Fang said in a deep voice, "Go ahead, Grandpa will take you to the city to catch the train tomorrow."
“Oh, no need,” Fang Yuenian said. “I have a classmate who happens to have time, so he can come and give me a ride. No need to see me off.”
Grandma Fang asked, "Have you bought your train ticket? What time is it?"
Fang Yuenian didn't want to say much, but seeing her grandparents in front of her, old, with bitter faces and tears streaming down their faces, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart and still said, "I bought the plane tickets. My classmate will pick me up at about eight o'clock tomorrow morning. It only takes him two hours to drive to the airport, which is much faster than taking the train. The plane is at around 12 o'clock. I'll call home when I get there."
Grandma Fang felt it was dangerous as soon as she heard the word "airplane." "Oh dear... flying on an airplane, oh dear, anyway, you have to be careful."
Teacher Fang didn't know it was a plane ticket, but when she heard that it had been arranged, she said, "Okay, hurry up and pack your things. Your mom... sigh, don't forget anything."
In the past, every time she left home, Wang Jing would give her a series of instructions and prepare various things for Fang Yuenian to take with her. But now no one can take care of that. Old Mrs. Fang can't handle it, Teacher Fang has just started to take care of the household and is not yet so comprehensive, Fang Wu is out of the question, and Wang Jing can't get out of bed all the time. The divorce is only a trip to the Civil Affairs Bureau is needed.
Fang Yuenian then prepared it himself.
One by one, remembering Wang Jing's words, I carefully put the clothes into the box, and wrapped up the phone charger and earphones... Unconsciously, large tears fell onto my hands that had just been burned.
The sweater in his hand was bought for him by Wang Jing before the New Year. She said that she had been giving him money to buy his own clothes for several years, but when she saw this one, she felt it was suitable and bought it for him before he even went home for the holidays.
Wang Jing always told him to take better care of himself, that he was young and should be glamorous and beautiful, and not to always want nothing. Fang Yuenian would agree after hearing this, but then forget it, just like many boys who have just grown up and can't always keep their mother's advice in mind.
He felt that even breathing was cold and severing, and that staying in this house for even a moment longer was an ordeal.
Fortunately, Mom is now free.
He was so fortunate, incredibly fortunate.
The ringing of his phone brought him back to his senses; it was Cheng Bing.
Fang Yuenian answered the phone, and Cheng Bing asked, "What are you doing?"
His voice was gentle enough before, but it was even gentler now. When Fang Yuenian heard his words, a sudden wave of bitterness welled up in her heart again, and she replied softly, "Pack your things."
Forcing himself to catch his breath, he softened his voice and asked, "And you?"
"Knowing you're back, I just wanted to ask—can we have lunch together?"
Fang Yue Nian curled her lips and asked, "How are we going to eat? Eat with the video on?"
“My parents have gone out to visit relatives, and my grandpa and grandma aren’t here either. Come here, I’ll make it for you.”
Fang Yuenian let out a breath and said calmly, "Forget it, Brother Cheng, I'm a little tired, I won't run back and forth anymore."
Cheng Bing paused on the other end of the phone, then said in a low voice, "Is everything alright?"
"We had a fight just now, but it's over now," Fang Yuenian said with a wry smile, "It's good that we finished this fight before I left, and I can feel more at ease now."
Cheng Bing understood and said, "Okay, that's fine too." Author's Note: Thank you to my mentor 9492239 (9492239) for your support! For more exciting content, please leave a message for this book on Liancheng Reading.
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