Chapter 69 Reality Story
[Can be skipped, does not affect the main storyline]
Youyu carried a backpack and took a two-hour flight back to his birthplace, a little-known small town.
When she opened the door, a faint smell hit her in the face. She didn't know what the smell was, but it suddenly opened the door to her memory.
I heard that compared to photos, smell can evoke a more immersive feeling.
She walked in, and her brother happened to push the door open. He was slightly stunned when he saw her, "You're back."
You Yu greeted him indifferently and pointed to the back, "Dad is making lunch inside. You're back just in time. I don't have to go."
Youyu called him, "Don't you want to go see mom together?"
He walked into the room without looking back, "I've been gone for several days. It's tiring to take care of patients. You can go when you come back."
After he finished speaking, the door was closed.
Father You heard the conversation outside in the kitchen, "Who's back? Is it Xiaoyu?"
Youyu replied, "It's me, Dad."
You's father poked his head out, "Are you back? Come over for dinner, and bring food to your mother later."
"Your mother was seriously injured this time. She was so unlucky that she slipped on the road and was hit by a car turning right. Although the surgery has been completed, I have to go to work. Your brother is a boy and it is not convenient to take care of him. I also think that outsiders are always not as caring as my own daughter."
There was a chattering sound coming from the kitchen.
At the dinner table, You's father talked about how difficult it had been for him in the past few days. He had to go to work, cook, and go to the hospital to take care of Qin Shu, Youyu's mother.
He was so exhausted that his only son couldn't help much except bringing him meals.
This scene was like a replay of scenes from many years ago. She was sitting at the dinner table, but her heart was wandering somewhere unknown.
The fish picked up a piece of fish and it tasted familiar.
She raised her eyes and interrupted his chattering, "Dad, didn't mom do this for the past twenty years?"
You's father was stunned, and he knocked the bowl with his chopsticks, saying sternly, "How can it be the same? What can Qin Shu do with the little money he earns? Besides, it is natural for men to work outside and women to work inside. It will be the same when you get married in the future."
After he finished speaking, he regretted it. His daughter hadn't been home for more than a year, and he shouldn't have been so serious with her on the first day she came back.
He relaxed his expression, "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Do you want to drink some wine? I remember that you could drink since you were a child. At that time, I took you out to a banquet and it was so impressive. Everyone said that I gave birth to a wine god!"
As he spoke, he began to become cheerful again.
Youyu also remembered this. Her ability to drink was not acquired, but was innate.
Her grades have been just okay since she was a child, neither outstanding nor lagging behind. Her parents have no awareness of cultivating her special talents, so she has no special talents at all. She is the type who would hesitate when asked what color she likes and has absolutely no personality.
For a long time she thought she was the most ordinary person in the world, until she was in the second grade of junior high school and accidentally discovered that she could drink three small glasses of white wine without changing her expression. From then on, she had her first special skill in life, which was the ability to drink!
She also had a second specialty, which was that she was extremely lucky. She performed exceptionally well in the college entrance examination, just enough to get into a medical school. When the results were announced, her parents were already preparing to wait for the admission result, and then hold a banquet to show off in front of relatives and friends.
As a result, she changed her college entrance examination choice, shattering her parents' hope that she would study medicine. She still remembers how furious her parents were, and of course there was no banquet.
As her memory came back, she smiled and said, "Dad, I have to bring food to Mom later, so I won't drink it."
Walking in the hospital corridor carrying the thermos, she was thinking about the last time she saw her mother. It was very unpleasant as they left in a quarrel, so she didn't go home during last year's Spring Festival.
The hand holding the door handle gradually tightened. I was going to see my mother, but for some reason I still felt nervous.
She took a deep breath and pushed the door open.
The ward was a triple room, with people already living on both sides. The person in the middle had a thick layer of plaster on his left foot, which was hung in the air by a piece of white cloth.
He moved a small chair and sat next to Qin Shu.
Qin Shu watched her finish all this and asked, "Have you eaten?"
She didn't expect the first sentence to be like this, her eyebrows moved slightly, "I've already eaten, my father cooked it for me at noon."
She set up a small table for Qin Shu, adjusted the angle of the bed, and put food on the table.
Youyu seemed a little silent, but Qin Shu didn't seem to feel that way. "You didn't come back during the Spring Festival last year. Did you have a good time out there?"
"It's okay. I'm fine."
Qin Shu picked up his chopsticks and started eating lunch. "Is work going well?"
Youyu paused, concealing the fact that he had resigned, and only said, "It went smoothly."
She smiled slightly. "If everything went well, you wouldn't have this reaction. If I had told you to study medicine earlier, would you still have these problems now? You're just doing some useless work."
The hand on his thigh slowly curled up, "No matter how useless I am, I still pay the household expenses every month. Do doctors have so much salary to pay your household expenses?"
In order to prove that her choice was right, she gave them more money than her peers. Doesn't this prove her ability?
Qin Shu was so angry that he said, "The daughter of one of my classmates is a doctor here now. Her job is leisurely and respectable. If you are obedient, you can live this kind of life now."
"If you can become a doctor, you don't have to pay us every month, and we will even pay you. You can only blame yourself for not being clear-headed!"
She was not exaggerating. In a small city, working in a hospital is undoubtedly a very respectable job. If one person is a doctor, the whole family will be proud.
Qin Shu gave her everything he could to help her become a doctor. He enrolled her in a college entrance examination prep class, provided her with one-on-one instruction, and even planned to accompany her to college. He just didn't ask Youyu's opinion.
Therefore, the fact that Youyu changed her choice of major without her permission had a great impact on her, so much so that over the years she couldn't help but criticize her by saying that she didn't consider herself a doctor.
Such topics are endless. She has verified it more than once. Youyu remained silent and did not respond. She just said, "Let's eat."
Qin Shu also realized that he was a little excited and didn't say anything else.
He just said calmly: "One of my old classmates has a son who graduated from a 211 university. Go meet him when you have time."
He glanced at her again and said, "Dye my hair back to black. It looks so white."
Youyu pursed her lips and said, "I won't see you, and I won't dye my hair."
Qin Shu: "Forget about the hair, but you are not young anymore, you are 25, and he is more than qualified for you. He is a civil servant, with a stable job, you have to go and meet him no matter what."
The answer I got was a firm "No, and I'm only 24."
"I'll be twenty-five next year. I've already made an agreement with my classmates. If you don't go, I'll have to get out of bed tomorrow and apologize to them. The doctor said I'll have to stay in bed for another half a month. If there are any sequelae, it'll be your fault."
"Raising my daughter, raising my daughter. How can I harm you as your mother? I have raised you for so many years, and I don't ask you to give me anything in return. Can't I just let you go and meet someone?"
She softened her voice again, "Just go and meet him. If you're not satisfied, just come back. Would I force you to do it?"
Coercion, inducement, and appeal to emotions are Qin Shu's usual tactics.
After looking at the heavy plaster and her rare expression of weakness, Youyu said slowly, "Just meet once."
Seeing that she agreed, Qin Shu ate contentedly.
But as soon as he arrived at the restaurant, Youyu regretted it deeply.
The person opposite her warmly entertained her, "Eat, eat, Aunt Qin said you work in the media, is that true?"
Youyu nodded stiffly. She had been sitting there for five minutes, and this man was simply too enthusiastic.
He seemed not to notice that Youyu was emitting the aura of "don't come near me" and even put a piece of meat in her bowl.
He picked it up with his chopsticks. Youyu didn't know how to eat it and could only force a smile.
"So, do you people who do this get to see celebrities often?"
"Fortunately, I can only see some minor stars, but not the big stars."
The enthusiasm and familiarity are exactly what the fish needs.
"Oh... Excuse me, do you have any plans to get married this year?"
“Not yet.”
This statement has been made very directly, except that the word "not" is written on the top of the head.
"Then you can think about it now."
Swimming fish:?
He seemed to see the confusion in Youyu's eyes and explained, "My mother is quite anxious. I thought you were a good person the first time I came in. I like to take the initiative when I see good things. Don't mind that I am too straightforward. I am not like this when I am working. It is because the people in our unit tend to speak in a roundabout way. So I like to speak more straightforwardly in my daily life so that everyone can understand me better. After all, home is not the workplace..."
Starting from family and unit, he focused on talking about his unit. During these 20 minutes, Youyu wanted to run away, but facing his endless chatter, she could only lower her head and smile, maintaining the last bit of dignity.
"That's about it. So, do you want to change anything about my plan?"
Seeing that she didn't respond, I asked again.
"Ah? Me? How about we just leave it at that for today."
What I heard later went in one ear and out the other. I had no idea what he was saying. I felt like I was still sitting on the chair, but my soul had already floated to heaven.
The only thing we can do is interrupt his endless chatter and end this torture.
Before leaving, I wanted to add her on WeChat, but she evaded me.
After returning home, Qin Shu took out her phone and said that her classmate's son was very satisfied with her and asked her if she wanted to develop a relationship or something. She was ruthlessly rejected. She still had half a month before being discharged from the hospital, and she didn't want to deal with this kind of thing every day.
She was still talking about this until Qin Shu was discharged from the hospital. After half a month of her care, the atmosphere between them had eased a lot.
"Even if you don't like Xiao Chen, there are others you can meet."
"No, I'm still young, why do I have to get married now?"
"It takes time to fall in love, it takes time to get married, but you can't wait to have a child. It's better to have a child before the age of 30 to recover faster."
She pushed the wheelchair, turning a deaf ear to her and letting her talk.
You Yu's room was not closed. When Qin Shu passed by, his muttering suddenly stopped. Instead, he said loudly with an extremely dissatisfied attitude, "Raising a son is really useless. The daughter can still take care of her sick mother, but the son does nothing."
In response to her, You Yu stood up and closed the door in her face.
Qin Shu first preached in dissatisfaction, and after a while, seeing that there was no movement inside, he said to Youyu: "Your brother is like this, he is still in the rebellious period, your father can't control him at all, and he always relies on me."
As for his rebellious eighteen-year-old son, You Yu remained silent.
Youyu helped her to the bed. After she lay down, she asked, "I know you don't like serving me here. When are you going back?"
Youyu: “The end of the month.”
She nodded and said nothing.
Before leaving, I booked a morning flight. The sun had not risen yet and the sky was foggy. Except for the one at the door, Youyu did not turn on any other lights.
I only had one bag when I came, and I didn't take anything extra when I left.
Just as she was about to leave, a voice called her from behind.
"etc."
Youyu watched her slide the wheelchair in front of her awkwardly, took her hand, and stuffed a bank card into it.
"All the money you've given me over the years, as well as the monthly allowance, is in here. I haven't spent a penny, and now I'm giving it all to you."
Youyu looked at her with strange eyes and moved his upper and lower lips: "Why?"
Qin Shu was a cruel person who was willing to cut off all of Youyu's financial support just because she applied to a school that was not her ideal, so she didn't understand.
She had an expression I already knew: "What kind of media company can have a holiday for more than half a month? If you are not unemployed, what else can you do? Just take the money, it's yours in the first place. I'm your mother, how can I take your money?"
A pair of warm hands stuffed a cold bank card into her hands. Her first reaction was not touching, but absurdity. She had tried her best over the years to repay the kindness they had shown her, but in the end, it returned to her hands again.
As if all her struggles over the years were not worth mentioning.
She tried to control her emotions and said in a very calm voice: "I have money, I have a lot of money, so you don't have to give me money."
After saying that, he stuffed the bank card into her arms and left the place. He found an open space outside, squatted on the side of the road and gasped for breath.
It was as if he wanted to let out all the emotions that had been pent up over the years.
A text message popped up on my phone: Why are you running? I’m your mother, not a monster.
After a while it went out again.
Youyu took a taxi to the airport.
While sitting on a chair at the airport waiting for the plane to take off, the sun gradually rose outside the transparent glass window, a light red.
The airport is in the suburbs, far away from the tall buildings in the city, and you can enjoy the beautiful scenery by standing in front of the window.
With a "bang", she subconsciously turned her head to look over.
A girl accidentally dropped the cup in her hand.
She apologized to her mother in a childish voice.
The lady said: "Don't apologize to me, I am making it difficult for you. It is normal that you can't hold such a big cup."
It was as if a bronze bell was struck in my heart, the sound was stirring and far-reaching, making my head numb.
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