Department of Architecture Office.
Shu Yuelan took two cups from the cupboard and a kettle to pour tea for Su Ruo. Su Ruo hurried forward and said, "Aunt Shu, please sit down. I'll do it."
Shu Yuelan did not argue with her, and put down the kettle for her to pour. After Su Ruo finished pouring, she took a glass of water and put it in her hand, pulled her to sit on the sofa, and said, "Ruoruo, sit down and tell Aunt Shu how you have been these years, and how you got admitted to Qingdao University."
After that, he sighed and said softly, "Back then, your father was reported by someone, saying that your mother was a bourgeois lady and you were bourgeois... You took the initiative to break off relations with your family and went to the countryside for reform... You must have suffered a lot at the time, right?"
What was not said was “bourgeois bastard.”
Su Ruo was stunned when she heard his words.
Take the initiative to sever ties with your family and go to the countryside to undergo reform?
That's not what was written in her notebook. She remembered clearly that the entries were as follows:
Because of her background, her father was reported.
Lin Wanhua found her and said that in order not to implicate her father and brother, she had to be sent to the countryside to be reformed.
Su Jia went to Qingdao University instead of her.
Her father said that it would be a waste if this spot was not given to Su Jia, and that he would find a way to bring her back from the countryside after this storm had passed.
Lin Wanhua sent her a letter, saying that her father and her family had drawn a line between them and her, and asked her not to contact her father again in the future.
Also, Yuan Chengyang and Su Jia are together.
There was indeed a letter of severance of relationship between father and daughter in her cabinet, which was stamped by her father at the street office.
So after she lost her memory, she didn't doubt the truth of what she saw.
After all, it was true that her father loved her, but it was true that their relationship was a little strange in that family, because it was also true that he was very harsh on her because of Lin Wanhua, not to mention that she had a younger brother...
But why did they tell Uncle Yuan and Aunt Shu that she took the initiative to sever ties with her family and went to the countryside for reform?
Instead of them abandoning her?
Su Ruo didn't know what to feel for a moment.
But there is no point in talking about these old things.
I met Aunt Shu today, and I think I will see them soon too... these things will be revealed soon.
She was silent for a long time before she said, "It's all in the past, Aunt Shu. Now I'm taking the entrance exam to Qingdao University on my own."
As for whether she suffered a lot back then, she no longer remembers it, and even if she did remember, she certainly wouldn't want to say more.
She shook her head and asked Shu Yuelan, "Aunt Shu, how have you been these years? And Grandpa Yuan, Uncle Yuan... Brother Cheng Yang, are they all okay?"
Are you all right?
Shu Yuelan didn't know how to answer her for a moment.
It’s hard to say, but compared with many people, theirs is not the worst.
But as expected, her father-in-law was beaten and died from both mental and physical torture.
And Cheng Yang...
She shook her head, her eyes reddened, and said, "It's not bad, but your Grandpa Yuan passed away a few years ago. Our lives have been a bit chaotic in the past few years, but we haven't suffered too much. Like you said, everything is over now."
Grandpa Yuan passed away...
Su Ruo held Shu Yuelan's hand.
In her memory, Aunt Shu had always been calm and strong. Looking at her now, although what she said was simple, she knew it wouldn't be very good.
Seeing her like this, Shu Yuelan patted her hands comfortingly.
Smiled at her.
But he didn't mention anything more about his son Yuan Chengyang.
She saw Su Ruo's expression when she asked about their family, and saw that her eyes were gentle and concerned, but as clear as ever, with no other content. She knew that she should have let it go.
But what about Cheng Yang?
Cheng Yang is engaged to Su Jia, and the wedding is due in two months.
But she knew what her son was thinking.
The engagement was a last resort.
That year, he went to the farm to look for Su Ruo, but learned that Su Ruo had already married. After he came back, he fell seriously ill. Su Jia came to see him during his illness, but he mistook Su Jia for Su Ruo and made a big mistake.
Su Jia must be held responsible for what happened, so the two had no choice but to get engaged.
But his heart is not on Su Jia at all... Who knows what kind of trouble will be caused when Su Ruo comes back this time.
Thinking of this, she began to worry again.
She said, "Ruoruo, are you okay now? Is the man you married treating you well?"
She could see that Su Ruo didn't look like someone who had ever done farm work or suffered any hardship.
Moreover, based on her birth background, she should not have been able to register for the college entrance examination... But not only did she register, she also got admitted to Qingdao University. There must be a reason behind this, and it must be related to the person she married.
But I don’t know what kind of person that is.
Is the man she married good to her?
The topic suddenly turned to this and Su Ruo felt a little uncomfortable.
But it also made her inevitably think of Yuan Chengyang again.
After all, they were once engaged.
So she couldn't explain this matter in detail to Aunt Shu.
She thought for a moment and said, "He's a good man, a soldier, and he's very good to me and my children."
Thinking of her previous question, he added, "After I got married, I worked as a teacher in a rural commune primary school. I didn't have to endure any hardship. When the national policy was to resume the college entrance examination, I signed up. I had a solid foundation, so I passed... This was all thanks to Aunt Shu. If Aunt Shu hadn't let me learn math, physics, and chemistry on my own, I probably wouldn't have been able to get into Qingdao University."
"Do you have children already?"
Shu Yuelan was stunned again and asked, "How old are you?"
"Four years old."
Su Ruo smiled.
Speaking of Han Guo, she suddenly felt much more relaxed, and her previous sadness faded away.
She said, "His name is Guoguo. He looks a lot like me, but he's a little naughty. Aunt Shu, next time he comes over I'll bring him to you."
"good."
Shu Yuelan reached out and held Su Ruo's hand, saying, "That must be a lovely child."
She knew that what happened in the past might really be over for this child.
The two talked about Guoguo for a while, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed.
Shu Yuelan thought about the department Su Ruo had chosen and said, "Ruo Ruo, why did you choose the Department of Cultural Relics and Art? Were you afraid that the Department of Architecture was too popular and you wouldn't be able to get in? If that's the case, you're the top student in the college. You can apply to the college and they should be able to help you transfer to the Department of Architecture."
Su Ruo hurriedly shook her head and said, "No, that's not necessary, Aunt Shu. I specifically applied for the Department of Cultural Relics and Art."
Facing Shu Yuelan's puzzled look, Su Ruo explained, "Aunt Shu, I like architecture mainly because I like ancient buildings. I hope to do work on ancient building surveys and restorations. In fact, I also like related ancient cultural relics, but I'm not so good at modern architectural design. Comparing the courses of the two departments, the Department of Cultural Relics and Art is actually more suitable for me."
After hearing her say this, Shu Yuelan's brows slowly relaxed.
This is indeed the case.
She has loved ancient buildings since she was a child.
Although Shu Yuelan herself graduated from the Department of Architecture, she is currently also doing research on ancient architecture.
She smiled and said, "I see. You are right. You can choose to study some professional courses in the Department of Architecture. I think they will be useful to you in the future."
Su Ruo responded: "Yeah, I think so too."
Shu Yuelan thought of something and said, "Then I have some projects on hand. Would you like to participate? The country has begun to pay attention to the protection of ancient buildings and cultural relics, but most of these buildings and cultural relics have been severely damaged in the past few years. There is a lot of work to be done now, and there are not enough people, so what can be done is very limited."
"I was transferred to Qingdao University only last year. I have a lot of projects but no students, so I have to do everything myself. However, there are very few things I can do. I have tried to find assistants from students in previous classes, but they were all recommended by workers, peasants and soldiers. Their foundation is too weak and they can't do many things."
"Ruoruo was brought up by me. I know your abilities very well. If you are willing, please come and help. This will not only be a good exercise for you, but will also be a great help to our work."
This is really a very meaningful thing.
Su Ruo didn't expect that she would have such an opportunity as soon as she entered university, so she was naturally very willing to do it.
only......
She knew something was out of place.
But she couldn't help but worry about Yuan Chengyang.
She didn't know Yuan Chengyang's current situation. If she participated in Aunt Shu's project, would she have a lot of contact with Yuan Chengyang?
She is not a fool.
I don't know how much Han Zecheng cares about this...
What's more, she didn't know Yuan Chengyang's current condition.
Too much contact before many things are clarified is not good for anyone.
So she didn't agree directly.
She hesitated for a moment. Although she really couldn't speak, she still said with some difficulty: "Aunt Shu, is Brother Cheng Yang okay now?"
Shu Yuelan was stunned for a moment.
I didn't know what to say for a moment.
Subconsciously, she didn't want to tell Su Ruo about Cheng Yang and Su Jia... She knew how much Su Ruo rejected Su Jia in the past.
Although she knew she couldn't keep it secret, she didn't want to talk about it now.
She didn't want to, and shouldn't, tell her that Cheng Yang still had her in his heart, adding to her burden.
She was silent for a moment before she said, "Ruoruo, Cheng Yang is now working in a design company and is very busy. You don't have to worry about him. These projects are my official business and have nothing to do with him. He won't be involved... I will also talk to him about your return. You don't have to take these to heart."
At this point she paused again and said, "Ruoruo, since the past has already happened, let's turn the page. Now you have the opportunity to go to college again, to continue studying the major you love, and to work hard for it. It is such a rare thing."
Su Ruo said "hmm".
She really can't be too narrow-minded, she must always move forward.
But in fact, Aunt Shu had such an attitude, and she had already let go of most of her worries.
Later, Shu Yuelan took out some materials and introduced them to Su Ruo in detail. When the two talked about this, the atmosphere became very warm and harmonious, and time passed quickly without them noticing.
Su Ruo had to attend the college's welcome party in the afternoon. Seeing that it was almost time, she said goodbye to Shu Yuelan and said, "Aunt Shu, I have a college welcome party this afternoon. I'll come to see you next time."
Shu Yuelan is a professor at the college, so of course she knows about this welcome party.
She stood up with her and said, "Okay, let's go to Aunt Shu's house for dinner in a few days."
Then he handed her a stack of materials on the table and said, "I have a backup of this. Take it back and take a look. If you find any project that interests you, tell me."
This time Su Ruo did not refuse. She accepted it and then stood up to say goodbye.
Shu Yuelan saw her out, but when she was almost at the door, she suddenly thought of something and said, "Ruoruo, you took the initiative to draw a line with your father and his family because you were worried about your bad background and that it would bring trouble to them. Now that you have been admitted to university, since the country can allow you to go to university, the issue of your background should be resolved. Have you contacted your family?"
The reason she asked this was because she and her husband had returned to South City during the Chinese New Year and met Su Ruo's father Su Jianzhou.
He didn't mention Su Ruo at all.
If he knew that Su Ruo was admitted to Qingdao University, there was no reason for him not to tell them.
At this point, Shu Yuelan felt a little confused. Su Jianzhou said that Su Ruo was afraid of bringing trouble to her family, so she took the initiative to draw a line with her family and cut off ties. Then Su Ruo was able to become a teacher in the commune primary school, so the impact of her background issue should not have been significant. Why didn't she contact her family again and even tell Su Jianzhou about having a child?
Su Ruo stopped in her tracks when she heard Shu Yuelan's words.
She turned her head and looked at her. She was silent for a few seconds, then said, "Aunt Shu, I didn't take the initiative to break off relations with Dad. It was Lin Wanhua who wrote to me and said that because of my background, Dad had drawn a line between me and me and severed ties. She asked me not to contact my family in the future, so as not to implicate Dad and other family members."
Shu Yuelan's face changed drastically.
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Su Jia stood far away, looking in shock as a female student came out of the office building gate and headed towards the school teaching building.
The girl had a slender figure, shoulder-length hair tied into two loose braids, and wore a fashionable tweed skirt and black leather shoes. Even if her face could not be seen clearly from a distance, just a profile, she was still fresh and beautiful enough to attract attention.
Even if she couldn't see the face clearly, the figure and profile were enough to give Su Jiaru an electric shock and cold hands and feet.
That's Su Ruo.
Su Jia’s nightmare is also her inner demon.
Su Ruo.
She knew that Shu Yuelan had gone out on a business trip two days ago and only came back last night.
So I came here specially to see her today, and to celebrate the New Year together.
Anyway, she had to cross the campus to get to Yuan's house. Seeing that it was almost time, she decided to go to Shu Yuelan's office to check on her. If she was off work, she would pick her up and go back for dinner together.
But she never expected to see a female student who looked very similar to Su Ruo coming out of the office building of the School of Architecture and Art.
Su Jia's heart was beating fast, her head was rumbling, her hands and feet were weak, and she almost couldn't hold on.
Why did Su Ruo appear here?
Appearing on the campus of Qingdao University, coming out of the office building of the School of Architecture and Art?
Shouldn't she have married a poor soldier and lived as a village woman in a mountain village thousands of miles away from here?
Why wasn't she wearing vulgar clothes, having a deformed figure and a face that was completely tanned and changed?
Why is she still like this...still looks like a vixen who only knows how to seduce men?
Su Jia felt dizzy and could hardly move.
What's going on?
what is going on?
She found a big tree to lean against, and she didn't know how long she stayed there before she regained her strength.
Naturally, she was no longer in the mood at this time, and she didn't dare to look for Shu Yuelan again, for fear that she would notice something was wrong with her... Shu Yuelan has always been very perceptive. Although she accepted what happened between her and Yuan Chengyang, she knew that she had never liked her in her heart.
There was only Su Ruo in her heart and eyes.
Just like Yuan Chengyang, no matter how much she has done for them and how well she has done it over the years.
Thinking of Yuan Chengyang, her heart became even more confused.
She left the school in a daze.
Naturally, she did not go to Yuan's house again, but went back to the mail room of her unit, took out a box of pastries that she had originally intended for Shu Yuelan and gave it to the aunt in the mail room. The aunt went outside to read the newspaper, and she stayed inside to make a phone call.
She tried to adjust her breathing and tone, and called the Yuan family first.
It was Yuan Chengyang who answered the phone.
"Hello."
She heard a calm male voice from the other side.
That voice had accompanied her throughout her girlhood.
She had heard him speak to Su Ruo in this voice countless times, telling Su Ruo this and that, calling her Ruoruo...but his voice was very gentle at that time, unlike now, which was wrapped in coldness beneath the calmness, and even seemed to be filled with thorns.
"Hello?"
The other party repeated it, probably because he didn't hear the sound.
Su Jia hurriedly stopped her drifting thoughts, brought them back, adjusted her voice, and said, "It's me, Brother Cheng Yang, I'm Jia Jia."
Yuan Chengyang fell silent.
Su Jia said in one breath, "Brother Cheng Yang, I'm not feeling well today and can't come to your house for dinner. Please apologize to Aunt Yuan and Uncle Yuan on my behalf. I'll visit them another day."
"good."
Yuan Chengyang Dao.
"That's it, Brother Cheng Yang, you should take care of yourself and don't work too hard. Goodbye."
"Okay, bye."
“Beep, beep…”
Following the word "goodbye", the phone began to beep.
No greetings, no asking where she felt uncomfortable, whether she had taken medicine, whether she had seen a doctor, and no asking her to have a good rest...
Su Jia listened to the "beep" sound in the microphone and couldn't hold back her tears anymore.
But what's the use of crying?
She also didn't want the auntie outside to hear the noise...who knows what rumors would spread throughout the unit tomorrow.
She wiped away her tears, took a deep breath, took out a phone book from her cross-body bag, found a phone number, and called it.
"Hello, is this Brother Shao? I'm Su Jia."
The call was connected. Even though the person on the other end of the phone couldn't see her expression due to the phone line, she still smiled and said to the other end.
"Su Jia? You don't come to see me for no reason. Why did you think of me today?"
The man opposite laughed and teased.
The voice sounded like that of an office worker.
"Yes, I want to ask my senior brother for help with something."
Su Jia said in a steady voice, "I went to school yesterday and saw someone from a distance who looked a lot like a distant cousin of mine. I don't know if I was mistaken. Senior Brother Shao, can you help me check? Is there a freshman named Su Ruo in the Department of Architecture this year?"
"Su Ruo?"
There was a laugh from the other side, saying, "There isn't one in the Department of Architecture, haha."
Su Jia felt relieved. The person on the other end of the phone laughed a few times and then continued, "There is no one in the Department of Architecture, but this year the first place in the School of Architecture and Art is Su Ruo, who is in the Department of Cultural Relics and Art... Oh, Su Jia, your sister is a big beauty. As soon as she came here, I don't know how many boys in the school came to our School of Architecture and Art to ask about her..."
"Well, this girl is not only pretty, but our hospital held a test yesterday, asking everyone to submit a work. This girl's paintings are up to professional standards, and our dean is so happy, as if he had found a treasure. I say, Su Jia, you have such a sister in your hometown. She doesn't look like you at all. To be honest, even if you graduated from college, you can't draw a picture like that. Your fiancé should be able to, hahaha..."
Because they had a good relationship in the past and were used to teasing each other, Shao Mingsheng did not forget to make fun of Su Jia in the end.
But these words were like a sword to the heart, piercing through the last bit of Su Jia's soul.
Su Jia didn't even know how she hung up the phone.
What she feared the most, what she was most worried about, finally happened after the country announced the resumption of the college entrance examination.
At that time, she kept telling herself not to worry too much.
With that family background, it would be impossible for Su Ruo to register for the college entrance examination.
In a few years, the competition will become increasingly fierce. Su Ruo will be old and has not studied for many years. Even if the country abolishes the restrictions on family background in the college entrance examination, she will definitely not be admitted.
By that time, she had already married Yuan Chengyang and had a child...
But I didn't expect that she would pass the exam this year.
I was admitted to Qingdao University. Although not in the Department of Architecture, it is also in the School of Architecture and Art, so what’s the difference?
Su Jia walked out of the mailroom in a daze and heard the old lady say, "Hey, Su Jia, what happened to you? Are you okay?"
"No, it's okay."
Su Jia said mechanically, "Auntie Wang, it's my mother. Something happened to my mother's body. I'm going home first."
Aunt Wang watched Su Jia leave in a daze and thought to herself, Oh my God, could something serious have happened?
Look at her pale face, as if her mother has died. Oh, bah, bah, how could I curse her mother?
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