Xia Xiangbo and his wife saw from afar a little girl in the welcoming crowd looking in their direction.
Shoulder-length hair, white skirt.
There were so many people, but at that moment, it seemed as if she was the only one left...and this figure soon overlapped with another figure from many years ago.
It felt like a dream.
When they left, their daughter was only sixteen years old.
Just entered college...looks similar to the girl in the distance.
But when they got news of her again, it was already news of her death.
When they walked over, they saw the little girl in tears.
Old Madam Xia burst into tears, and everyone else couldn't help but have red eyes.
Old Madam Xia reached out and touched Su Ruo's hair, and said in a trembling voice: "Ruoruo, are you Ruoruo?"
How could it not be?
She looks at least 70% like their daughter.
Su Ruo wiped her tears, took a deep breath, grinned, and said, "I'm sorry... Well, actually I don't usually like to cry."
When Old Madam Xia saw her smile like this, her heart ached violently.
Over the years, she has cultivated her character and will not let her emotions control herself easily. But at this moment, she couldn't help but feel heartbroken. She went forward and hugged Su Ruo, and almost blurted out "Lanlan"... It was really that Su Ruo's smile just now was too much like their daughter.
......They wanted to take her away back then.
If they had taken her away back then, maybe she wouldn't have died so early.
Su Ruo hugged Old Madam Xia, and then said softly, "Grandma, let's go home first."
It was her fault. She shouldn't have made them sad.
Madam Xia wiped away her tears and said with a choked smile, "Okay, let's go back and talk slowly."
As he said that, he pulled Su Ruo to look at Han Zecheng beside her.
Su Ruo saw it, smiled and didn't rush to introduce them. Instead, she called Xia Xiangbo "grandfather", and then introduced Han Zecheng to the two old people. She pushed Guoguo and Nannan forward and asked them to call people.
Guoguo and Nannan naturally became the focus.
Everyone had just gotten to know each other when a voice suddenly said, "Hey, what a big boy, what a pretty girl, Mr. Xia, Mrs. Xia, please stop urging me to get married, now I have all my grandchildren."
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a smiling young man.
"Even if Guoguo and Nannan didn't exist, would you get married if we urged you to? You are so shameless."
Old Madam Xia spat, "You didn't even mention that you are older than Ruoruo, but Ruoruo's child is already this big."
Then he introduced him to Su Ruo, "This is your cousin, his name is Yuan Ye."
Perhaps she remembered his strange name and explained, "He is usually weird. He likes to call me and his grandfather Mr. Xia and Mrs. Xia in a serious manner, and call his parents Mr. Xia and Mrs. Xia."
Su Ruo felt that the name was a bit strange, but it seemed a bit cute when he called it.
Xia Yuanye smiled at Su Ruo, then turned to his mother and said, "Mrs. Xia, I was wrong. I shouldn't have opposed you giving me a sister back then. She's so pretty and cute. I could have had one... But fortunately, I have one now... Alas, I even have a niece... I think I can stay here."
He has such beautiful eyes.
Su Ruo thought it was normal for Xia's eyes to be on her and Nan Nan's faces, but she didn't expect that they would be so beautiful on a man's face.
She thought, no wonder her mother's notes and Aunt He both said that her two uncles were very good-looking...
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The Xia family's old residence was a garden house not far from Fangyuan Road. It was requisitioned by the Nationalist government after Xia Xiangbo and his wife disappeared before liberation.
Later, the house changed hands several times. Before Mr. Xia came back, the government specially requisitioned the house, redecorated it, and returned it to the Xia family.
This time when the Xia family came back, they lived in the old residence of the Xia family...After the house was renovated, the specific layout was taken care of by Su Ruo.
After everyone met each other, they took a car to the Xia family's old residence.
That day, Su Ruo was considerate of their long journey and did not talk for too long. After sending them there, he let them get familiar with the old house and let them eat something and have a good rest.
However, Old Madam Xia was reluctant to let Su Ruo leave, so Su Ruo simply stayed in the garden house with Han Zecheng, Guoguo and Nan Nan.
The next morning, Su Ruo complied with Xia Xiangbo and Old Madam Xia's request and took them to her mother's grave in the cemetery.
But they never expected that they would see Su Jianzhou and Su Zhen there.
Su Jianzhou and Su Ruo's mother met and fell in love after Xia Lan went to college and after Xia Xiangbo and his wife disappeared.
So Xia Xiangbo and his wife did not know Su Jianzhou.
Su Jianzhou had never seen Xia Xiangbo and his wife. Even though he had seen a photo of Xia Xiangbo and his wife at Su Ruo's mother's place, that was thirty years ago...How could he remember anything about the people in just two photos?
So he was a little confused when he saw Su Ruo suddenly bringing a group of people to her mother's grave.
He came to Xia Lan's grave to pay his respects not because he heard any rumors, but because he came today specifically to pay his respects.
But he had not been living a happy life in the past few years, and he often thought of the old days. He would come here to see Xia Lan every once in a while, talk to her, and recall the beautiful and spirited time of his youth.
It's strange.
Su Zhen was originally full of hatred towards Su Ru because of the sudden change in his life... This was of course also because his mother had been nagging about it for the past four years.
His mother was knocked down by his aunt and cousin, and due to the trauma and fear for life, she fell ill and never recovered.
In the end, Su Jianzhou didn't have the heart to do it, and he took her back to the countryside with him... In fact, it was because he needed her.
Because apart from Lin Wanhua, he no longer had any relatives or friends, nor did he have any status or money. It seemed as if he had nothing left.
How can he survive without Lin Wanhua?
It turned out that Su Zhen was unwilling to return to the countryside.
But he lost his job in the city and had no money to eat... In the end, he had no choice but to return to his hometown with them.
Over the past few years, Lin Wanhua had often whispered and cursed in Su Zhen's ear, saying that the reason they were in their current situation was because of Su Ruo's cruelty and coldness.
If it weren't for Su Ruo, Su Jianzhou would still be the principal, his sister would have a decent job and a decent marriage, she wouldn't have disappeared, her health wouldn't have deteriorated, and she would still be the principal's wife, and Su Zhen would have a good future...
So Su Zhen was influenced by his mother in the past few years and resented and blamed Su Ruo.
He just couldn't understand how there could be such a cruel and heartless person in this world...
But for some reason he suddenly changed in the past six months.
He used to dislike Su Jianzhou going to Su Ruo's mother's grave to pay homage, but in the past six months he suddenly became obedient. Not only did he support Su Jianzhou's going there, but he also accompanied him there more and more frequently.
Even if Su Jianzhou forgot and hadn't been there for a while, he still had to remind him...
So that's why he is here with Su Jianzhou now.
Let’s get back to the present moment.
When Su Jianzhou saw Su Ruo bringing a large group of people over, he hurriedly took Su Zhen with him.
He called out "Ruoruo"... He hadn't seen Su Ruoruo for more than three years.
Then she looked around at the people around her and said bitterly, these people might be relatives from her husband's family.
It is obvious that these people are either rich or noble.
And he himself...
At this time, Su Jianzhou was no longer the respectable principal Su of the past.
His hair was grey, he was hunched over and looked haggard. The material of the clothes he wore was quite good... Those were the clothes he wore when he was the principal, but it was obvious that the material was old. In fact, because he was thinner now, the clothes no longer fit him, and he looked even more shabby when he wore them.
He glanced at those people, and as if he was afraid of hurting his eyes, he immediately retracted his gaze. He was just stunned for a few seconds when he saw Nan Nan, and finally looked at Su Ruo again and said, "Ruoruo, are you bringing relatives here to worship your mother?"
Su Ruo didn't want to see her father.
I don't want to bump into him at this time.
I was also reluctant to introduce my grandparents to Su Jianzhou...No one talked much yesterday. They just briefly talked about their current lives, and they only talked about the good things. I don’t know if it was a coincidence or something, but no one mentioned Su Jianzhou.
So Su Ruo didn't even know whether her grandparents knew what Su Jianzhou and his stepwife and stepdaughter had done... probably they didn't know.
She didn't want to mention it either.
She nodded to Su Jianzhou and said, "Yes, if Comrade Su has finished his worship, please move aside."
"Ruoruo."
Su Jianzhou felt uncomfortable listening to this and his body became more hunched.
After he called Su Ruo, his eyes involuntarily looked at Nan Nan who was standing next to him.
The little girl was small, and she was looking at him with her eyes wide open, perhaps with curiosity or confusion. Her eyes were clear and beautiful...making him think of Su Ruo when she was a child.
When his daughter was little, she was also soft and well-behaved like this...
Later, why did it become like this?
He knew that this child should be the one Su Ruo gave birth to later.
He heard from Yuan Bocheng that it was a girl.
He wanted to say a few words to her...but when he saw Su Ruo's expression, he knew she didn't want to talk to him, and he didn't want to anger her in front of so many people.
He sighed and moved aside.
I plan to take my son away... Even if I want to talk to Su Ruo, I can do it later.
But just as he stepped aside, he didn't expect Su Zhen behind him to speak suddenly.
When Su Zhen saw the two elderly people beside Su Ruo, he was ecstatic as if something in his heart had been confirmed.
There was unconcealed surprise and excitement in his eyes. After looking at the two elderly people with admiration, he said to Su Ruo, "Second sister, are you here to see Auntie? Who are these people? Are they grandpa and grandma?"
Su Ruo:! ! !
She looked at Su Zhen in shock and confusion.
Looks like being struck by lightning.
The others also looked at Su Zhen, with different eyes.
Su Zhen saw that everyone was looking at him, and he felt a little nervous and uneasy, but he still mustered up the courage to continue: "Second sister, you were not in Qingcheng in the past few years, and I often came to see Aunt with Dad. I heard from Dad that before Aunt died, she kept muttering that she didn't know where Grandpa, Grandma and Second Uncle had gone, and that if they came back in the future, they must be brought to her grave to tell her the news... So, when I saw Second Sister bringing people here, I suddenly thought of this..."
Su Ruo thought this was some kind of psychopath...so weird.
She turned to look at Su Jianzhou, intending to ask him to take his son away quickly.
She said: "Comrade Su..."
But she had just called out, and before she could say anything else, Su Jianzhou seemed to have been injected with an injection. He did not look at Su Ru at all, but at Xia Xiangbo and his wife... His eyes were red, and he called out "Mom and Dad" with trembling lips...
Su Ruo:......
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