Chapter 33
"Why ask him? I don't want to know..."
Meng Yinyin deliberately pretended to be completely uncurious and muttered, "Besides, this is Lu Chen's private matter. How can I ask him about it? He and I are not really dating. We are just working together."
Meng Xuan: “…”
At this moment, he inexplicably felt a little sympathy for Lu Chen.
Really, even when faced with this capricious, ruthless and stubborn girl in his family, he can still work hard and without complaint. This is definitely not something that ordinary people can do.
Thinking of this, Meng Xuan suddenly had a better impression of Lu Chen.
So there should be no comparison in everything. Once there is comparison, then everything that you dislike will become something you like.
In the end, Meng Xuan was too lazy to persuade her. He just snorted meaningfully and turned back to the house.
As if he was laughing at her.
Meng Yinyin glared at his back angrily, then looked outside the door. Lu Chen was no longer on the road. She didn't know whether he had been walking so fast or because he wanted to see Dabao's mother earlier.
The more Meng Yinyin thought about it, the more depressed she felt.
But she remembered that she had just told her brother that she was not curious about Lu Chen and Lin Xiuzhi's past. If she went to Dabao's house to see what was going on, he would definitely laugh at her!
After thinking about it, Meng Yinyin finally did not go out, but returned to her room in depression.
Anyway, if I have the chance in the future, I will figure these things out myself.
And at this moment, Dabao's house.
Lu Chen brought the watermelon and the snacks that Meng Yinyin gave to the two children to Dabao's house, and immediately saw Dou Zhengrong, who was moving with difficulty on crutches.
Lu Chen actually didn't know what the current condition of Dou Zhengrong's legs was, but he could see that the man's legs were basically powerless and he could only rely on the strength of his arms and the crutches to stand and move.
Seeing this, Lu Chen immediately stepped forward.
"Do you need help?"
He was not familiar with Dou Zhengrong, but because he was Lin Xiuzhi's husband and the father of Dabao and Erbao, considering these two relationships, Lu Chen decided to help him to the best of his ability.
Dou Zhengrong glanced at him upon hearing that. He was stunned for a moment before he recognized who Lu Chen was. Then he smiled with an effortless politeness.
"It's Lu Chen. Could you please fetch some water for me?"
He wanted to cook, but now he had to use crutches in both hands and had no hands free to carry the bucket. Before, he used a ladle to carry water to the pot, but perhaps he was tired of that or was disappointed with his own incompetence, so he wanted to try to carry the bucket while using a crutch.
In the end, it turned out that he overestimated himself. He simply couldn't carry water with his crippled legs.
He is already, really a piece of crap.
Faced with his despair, Lu Chen seemed not to see it. He carried the bucket to the stove without any reaction and poured the water into the pot for him.
Then he turned around and handed the basket and the contents of the basket to Dou Zhengrong.
Lu Chen explained: "Thank you for the food."
When facing someone he was not familiar with, Lu Chen spoke as little as possible, but these few words were enough for Dou Zhengrong to understand the meaning of Lu Chen.
This is a matter of reciprocity.
Looking at Lu Chen's expression, Dou Zhengrong hesitated for a moment, but finally accepted the return gift.
After all, neither he nor Lu Chen were the kind of people who were used to making excuses.
"Thank you, Dabao and the others will probably like the things you sent them."
As he spoke, Dou Zhengrong's face unconsciously revealed a look of bitterness and guilt.
As a father, he hadn't been back for so many years and was supposed to bring gifts for his children. However, this time when he came back, not only did he fail to bring them anything they liked, he even became a burden to them.
Lu Chen saw the pain in his heart, but did not say anything to comfort him. He just said it was nothing and planned to leave.
But suddenly a sound came from inside the house. It was Dabao's scream.
"Dad, Dad, Mom is awake, she is awake again!"
Upon hearing this, Dou Zhengrong didn't even have time to explain to Lu Chen, and quickly turned around and walked into the house with his crutches.
Lu Shen paused for a moment, but in the end he did not leave. Instead, he stood where he was and paid attention to what was going on inside.
He heard the voices of Dou Zhengrong and Dabao and Erbao coming from the room.
"Xiuzhi, Xiuzhi, how are you? Are you okay?"
"Mom, Mom, are you sober this time?"
"Mom, do you recognize me? I'm Dabao..."
What does this mean?
Outside the house, Lu Chen frowned, and a bad guess arose in his mind.
Could it be that Lin Xiuzhi has lost her memory?
But just when he was wondering, Dabao's happy laughter was finally heard from inside the house.
"That's great, Mom. You finally remembered me. Woo woo woo. I was afraid that Mom really forgot us... Mom, you don't know how scary it was when you woke up yesterday. You said you didn't recognize us. Woo woo woo..."
Lin Xiuzhi's voice in the house was very soft and Lu Chen could hardly hear it, but from Dabao's voice, Lu Chen roughly guessed the current situation.
It seemed that Lin Xiuzhi had woken up in the past two days, but perhaps she had not recovered from her illness yet, or perhaps she had slept too much in the past few days, so when she woke up, she did not recognize Dabao and the others for a while.
Fortunately, hearing Dabao's voice now, Lin Xiuzhi should be completely sober.
Lu Chen felt relieved and finally turned around and left.
What he didn't know was that at this moment, Lin Xiuzhi finally woke up in the house and didn't recognize the wrong person anymore. Everything seemed to have finally returned to normal.
But only Lin Xiuzhi herself knew that everything had not returned to normal for a long time.
In other words, things will never go back to normal.
Because the "Lin Xiuzhi" of the past is dead, the Lin Xiuzhi at this moment is a soul from the 21st century.
Lin Xiuzhi, who came from the 21st century, had no idea how she ended up in the body of another woman with the same name and surname. She had clearly just taken a nap, but when she opened her eyes, she found a dark and dilapidated roof in front of her.
Not only that, when she opened her eyes, there was a strange man and two children she had never seen before, who kept calling her mother.
Lin Xiuzhi was very frightened. She had never been married and had no children, so she naturally thought she was dreaming. In her dream, she angrily said that she didn't know them at all. Even though the man's face was full of worry and the children's crying suddenly sounded, she still looked at them with disgust and wariness.
But she soon fell into a coma. She thought she would wake up soon and leave this strange dream. But to her great disappointment, when she opened her eyes again, she found that she was still in that dilapidated house, and the strange man and two children were still by her side!
Lin Xiuzhi couldn't believe it and closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.
However, this time, she had some memories that did not belong to her in her mind. It took her more than a day to accept that she had traveled through time and space and was now another woman with the same name and surname. This was the 1970s, and the living conditions were poor. She had a lame husband and two children...
After she sorted out her memories of the original "Lin Xiuzhi", she was even more surprised to find that the names "Lin Xiuzhi" and Dou Zhengrong sounded very familiar, as if they were exactly the same male and female protagonists in a period novel she had read before!
Lin Xiuzhi can no longer remember the specific plot of the novel, but she only remembers that in the original work, the heroine and the hero worked together from adversity to glory, during which they experienced all kinds of hardships, such as torture from parents-in-law, family accidents, and finally the hard work of starting a business. In short, it can be said that there was nothing that the heroine in the book had not experienced, except what people could not imagine.
Rather than saying it is a sweet story, it is more like a sad story. Only in the final chapter can it be considered a happy ending. Unfortunately, the heroine was already in her forties at that time, and she had spent most of her life in misery.
People only gain a little happiness when they reach middle age or old age, but compared with decades of hard work and struggle, that little happiness is nothing to Lin Xiuzhi.
After all, I don't have many years left to live, so what's the use of having more money?
When she read the novel before, she thought the heroine was too stupid and dumb. If it were her, she would definitely not be so stupid. She took the trouble to take care of the whole family even after her husband had a problem with his leg. She should have gotten rid of these burdens and embraced a new life long ago. Only a masochist would continue to stay here.
Unexpectedly, she has now turned into the heroine whom she thought was a fool, and has the same life as her.
And only after she experienced the harsh conditions here firsthand did she realize that the descriptions she had read in books before were too superficial.
The real world is countless times more difficult than she imagined.
For example, the dark, narrow room and bed that seemed to have a strange smell, the two ignorant children who only knew how to cry, and most importantly, the husband with disabled legs who couldn't even eat, drink, defecate or urinate by himself...
If she continues to stay here, won't she become a free babysitter serving the whole family?
She doesn't want it!
But now she could feel that her body had not fully recovered. She felt weak all over and had difficulty getting out of bed, so she would have to wait for a while before escaping.
So before leaving here, she must pretend that nothing happened and must not let others know that the soul in this body has been replaced.
Otherwise, she was afraid it would cause trouble.
Fortunately, she is sick now, and she has the original owner's memories, so she has no problem pretending to be the original owner. It's just that sometimes she can't control her disgust and hatred in her eyes, but because the vision in the house is blurred, it won't attract attention.
"Xiuji, how are you now?"
Just as Lin Xiuzhi was thinking, Dou Zhengrong's voice rang again, interrupting her thoughts.
Lin Xiuzhi came back to her senses, suppressed her impatience, and weakly responded, "I don't have much strength, I may need to rest."
Her voice was very weak, but her tone was a little stiff for some reason, as if she was suppressing some emotion.
When Dou Zhengrong heard this, he didn't think much about it. He just thought that Lin Xiuzhi was acting like this because she was sick.
In addition, they had been married for several years, and he had very little time with her because of work. Lin Xiuzhi had to take care of two children at home alone, so it was impossible for him not to feel guilty towards her.
Thinking about it this way, he felt that she might be like this because he had neglected her.
So Dou Zhengrong softened his tone and said to her, "Are you hungry now? What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."
Lin Xiuzhi almost subconsciously thought that he was so useless that he couldn't cook anything for her, and she would have to rely on others for help!
Fortunately, he came to his senses in time and swallowed back his disgust. However, when he spoke again, his tone was inevitably a little irritable.
"What's the food? It's ready. Just let me fill my stomach first."
This body had been lying there for so long that it was already extremely hungry. Even if it was just a coarse grain biscuit, she had to accept it reluctantly.
But to her surprise, Dou Zhengrong only hesitated for a moment and then asked her.
"There's watermelon, can you eat it?"
What!
watermelon?!
The moment she heard this, Lin Xiuzhi couldn't help but widen her eyes.
She was now hungry and thirsty. In fact, she wanted to drink something sweet rather than eat, but she knew very well that there was no such luxury in this era.
But watermelon was something she had never expected.
"want!"
Hearing her impatient words, Dou Zhengrong went out with difficulty using his crutches to bring in the basket.
Fortunately, the basket was not heavy, otherwise he would not know how to lift it in.
After coming in, Lin Xiuzhi looked at the red and juicy watermelons and couldn't help swallowing. The moment the basket was passed to her, she picked up the largest and reddest watermelon, put it in her mouth, and started eating happily.
After taking a bite of the sweet watermelon, Lin Xiuzhi realized that something was wrong.
Because according to the original novel, it is impossible for Dou Zhengrong's family to have watermelons, which are almost a luxury in that era.
So where did this watermelon come from?
Or is it that Dou Zhengrong is actually more capable than one imagines?
Just when Lin Xiuzhi was surprised, Dou Zhengrong had already told her what she wanted to know.
He explained, "This watermelon was just delivered by Lu Chen. I asked Dabao to send him some vegetables as a thank you for getting medicine for you last time."
"But I didn't expect him to send me watermelons, and I don't know where he bought them from."
Lin Xiuzhi, who was eating watermelon, was stunned for a moment when she heard this vaguely familiar name.
Land sinking?
Land sinking!
The boss in the original novel who never married for the sake of the heroine? ! !
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