Su Ruo took Guoguo back to the third floor.
Han Zecheng was still repairing the socket, but he was repairing a different one.
The original electrical sockets in the house were old and loose, which was not only unsightly but also dangerous, so Han Zecheng planned to replace them all.
When he saw Su Ruo coming back, he put down his work, stood up, looked at her, and said, "What are you doing here, Su Jia?"
"Mom?"
Guoguo looked at his mother with sparkling eyes.
Su Ruo understood his desire to express himself. As she was too lazy to talk about this bizarre incident, she patted Guo Guo on the shoulder and said, "Explain it to your father."
After saying that, she went to sit at the table... There was hot tea in her cup.
Take a sip, the temperature is just right.
When Guoguo received the order, he was very serious... In fact, he was so excited that he began to repeat the conversation between Su Jia and Aunt He to his father.
He said, "Dad, she actually wanted to buy my mother-in-law's house. She said her mother gave her money and jewelry...Are those things from my grandmother?"
Go straight to the core.
"Why do you say that?"
Han Zecheng asked him.
Guoguo said, "Because mother-in-law keeps asking about her jewelry. It's obvious that she can't sell the house to her, but she still wants her to send the jewelry over. She even told my mother that she wants me to take a look at the jewelry after she sends it over. So there must be something wrong with the jewelry... Didn't my mother say at noon that grandma left something with grandpa, and grandpa might have given those things to my mother's stepmother and her child?"
Isn't it obvious?
This is what children in the village often do, stealing things from home to exchange for candy!
No, he had heard of adults doing such things!
Not only Su Ruo was stunned, even Han Zecheng was speechless.
Seeing that his parents were silent, Guoguo turned to his mother and asked, "Mom, am I right?"
"right,"
Su Ruo accepted that her son was very smart, after all, she herself was also very smart...
She said, "Okay, now that you've finished talking to your dad, go down and talk to Grandma and Grandma Zhang. Don't you have some questions for them?"
Guoguo looked at his parents suspiciously.
It always felt like they were sending him away.
Su Ruo reached out and patted his head.
Guoguo covered his head and said, "Mom, please stop patting my head. You're making me stupid. I won't be able to fly a fighter jet anymore. I can only drive a tractor!"
He once said that his mother doesn’t need to worry about not getting into college, because he will become a pilot and fly fighter jets to support his mother!
Su Ruo
He burst into laughter.
She said, "Okay, Mom and Dad have something very serious to discuss. Mom will explain it to you later."
Classmate Han Guoguo looks at his father.
Unfortunately, his father didn't seem to plead for him at all, so he could only reluctantly open the door and leave.
He always had the illusion that his father sometimes seemed to dislike him and thought he was superfluous...
Guoguo left feeling aggrieved.
But in Su Ruo's eyes, he left with a look of arrogance and "disdain".
So she didn't feel bad. After the door was closed, she turned to look at Han Zecheng and said, "I didn't expect Guoguo to be so perceptive. I also suspect that there is something wrong with the money and jewelry in her hand."
Then he explained, "Her mother wouldn't have any money, let alone any valuable jewelry. Those things were either left by my mother or looted from other people's homes by her uncle. Now that the policy has changed, he is eager to sell them and wants to exchange them for real estate... Zecheng, do you think it is necessary to check Su Jia's uncle Lin Zhihe?"
Han Zecheng frowned slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Su Ruo continued, "If those things were obtained by Lin Zhihe illegally, I have no objection whether you want to check it yourself or hand it over for someone to check. But as for Su Jia... I want to check it myself."
If what she was holding was really her mother's thing and it got on there, she might be targeted.
After all, although the situation is better now, it is still hard to say.
Han Zecheng stretched out his hand, probably wanting to pat her, but he pulled his hand back.
He had just been changing the electrical sockets and his hands were covered in dust.
She has always been the cleanest.
He said, "Wait until she brings the jewelry back tomorrow and then you can take a look. I'll have someone check on Lin Zhihe."
The reason why we didn’t investigate further before was simply due to circumstances.
Su Ruo was actually in a pretty good mood.
The original uncomfortable feeling of meeting that father was gone, and I felt a little bit hesitant.
It couldn't be better because Su Jia herself bumped into her hands. If those were really her mother's jewelry and Su Jia sold it somewhere else, she would be really depressing if she couldn't get them back.
Rely on her father?
Oh.
However, since Su Jia could only take out one piece of her mother's jewelry, it was hard to say how much of it ended up in her and Lin Wanhua's hands. She had to find a way to get them all back.
When she was in a good mood, she treated Han Zecheng better.
Seeing him withdraw his hand, she walked up to him, pulled his clothes, stood on tiptoe and kissed him.
She always makes some unexpected moves, so Han Zecheng was surprised by her sudden affection, but not too surprised.
He lowered his head a bit, and the kiss she placed on his jaw fell on his lips.
Then he opened his mouth, and she became passive.
The two of them lingered tenderly for a while before he whispered in her ear, "I'm going to wash my hands."
Otherwise, you can only be gentle.
Su Ruo smiled.
He never paid attention to these details before.
Maybe it's because his hands are covered in mud, so he would just press her and kiss her.
She stepped back and leaned against the wall to watch him go to the kitchen.
But when he came back and wanted to bend down to kiss her, she put her hands on his chest and said, "We will go downstairs to eat in a while. If we are late, Aunt Zhang will come up to call us."
Han Zecheng reached out and touched her cheek.
Because of the previous kiss, the blush on her face had not yet faded, and it was pink and tender, like the petals of a newly opened peach, and still warm.
And because he had just washed his hands, his hands felt cool, and when they touched her skin, they both felt an electric shock.
He said, "Is this the reason you dare to seduce me?"
Every time he was about to get serious, she would get scared and shrink back.
But every time she thought he wouldn't do something or was hesitant about something, she would like to stretch out her claws to test him...as if it was fun to see him enduring.
Su Ruo blushed and her eyes drooped.
He blinked slightly and said softly, "How could it be?"
The light flutter of her eyelashes as she spoke set his nerves alight.
Han Zecheng chuckled.
I wanted to do something but suddenly remembered what Zhang Ma said in the morning. My heart sank, and my lust subsided a little. But my pity for her became stronger. I lowered my head and said, "No, we'll just be intimate for a while and then go down."
It means that you won’t go deeper.
He added, "My son is here to collect debts. Let him go to Aunt He's place to play when he comes over. Fortunately, Aunt Zhang brought a cat."
Su Ruo:? ? ?
But before she could say anything, his kiss had already landed on her, lightly and heavily, making her heart go up and down, and she could no longer care about anything else.
Han Zecheng had no intention of going deeper, he just caressed her.
But this was what Su Ruo couldn't stand the most. In the end, when he was about to withdraw, she hugged him instead and asked for sex with her seductive eyes.
She also knew in her heart that usually when Han Zecheng was so gentle to her, she knew he would not exploit her too much, so she felt free to tease him boldly. In the end, Han Zecheng could not bear it anymore, and the two of them half suppressed and half released their feelings before they stopped.
Dinner was naturally late.
******
The next morning, Su Jia
Brought a piece of jewelry over.
It was the pearl brooch her mother had given her.
Aunt He raised her eyebrows when she saw the brooch.
She took it and looked at it several times, from the front to the side, inside and out.
Su Jia was very nervous.
In fact, she herself couldn't see what was special about the brooch.
There are nine black pearls on it, eight small pearls surrounding a big pearl. Apart from the fact that each pearl is round and exactly the same size without any flaws that make them look fake, the big pearl is not that big, only the size of the tip of a little finger.
In later times when cultured pearls were everywhere, even if this was valuable, it would only be limited.
Oh, there is also a 19383-point water engraved on it.
The three-drop water pattern was a bit special, but she thought it was the suffix of 1938.
But she couldn't see what was special about the brooch, and she felt uneasy seeing Aunt He looking it up and down like that.
Are you afraid that she will say that this is all she has, so you dare to use it as a deposit to buy my house?
It's indeed ridiculous if you think about it carefully.
Fortunately, Aunt He finally let go of Pearl.
She looked at Su Jia and said, "It's really good. I can promise you that you can keep this brooch and I will write you a contract. When you have raised the money, I will give you the title deed and we will complete the signed document. Can you trust me? Or do you want to find a middleman and we can go to the government to handle the formalities?"
Su Jia breathed a sigh of relief, and the heart that had been stuck in her throat finally settled down.
Of course she wouldn't distrust Aunt He.
Even if she doesn't believe her, she still believes in her memories of her past life.
So she quickly signed a pledge with Aunt He.
Let’s say Aunt He is willing to sell the small western-style building at No. 2 Fangyuan Road to Su Jia for RMB 20,000, and Su Jia now wants a pearl brooch as a settlement.
In addition to signing the signature, Su Jia finally used her expertise as a graduate of architecture and drew a pattern of a pearl brooch on it, which was quite lifelike.
After completing these procedures, Su Jia did not leave.
She calmed down and started to be relaxed, unlike her initial nervousness. She began to chat with Aunt He and Aunt Zhang, asking Aunt He if she had seen a doctor and if she needed any help.
Aunt He was a little cold.
But Aunt Zhang was happy to talk to her and ask her questions, and later Su Jia stayed in the small western-style building for more than half an hour.
Su Ruo and Guo Guo were almost suffocated in the back room.
She also helped Aunt Zhang with housework for a while, and said that if Aunt He needed anything and they didn't have tickets and it was difficult to buy, she should be polite to tell her...
if
If Aunt He and Aunt Zhang didn't know who she was, they might really think that she was a warm-hearted, lovely girl.
Aunt Zhang said, "Alas, I misjudged you. Now that you've said that, I really do have something to ask you for help. Tonight, an old friend of my elder sister is coming over for dinner, and I want to go out and buy some vegetables this afternoon... You see, we didn't have any money to begin with, and now that you've brought some money, we thought we'd just go out and buy some vegetables, but you know that vegetables nowadays can't be bought with money, so I wonder if you can help us get some tickets. We definitely won't let you suffer a loss with these money and tickets, so we'll just deduct them from the rent you owe, how about that?"
Su Jia was naturally very happy and quickly agreed, saying, "No problem, no problem."
Aunt He's attitude was cold, and she was still worrying about how to get closer to them.
It turned out that this was how Su Ruo became close to them back then.
However, Su Jia still had to go to the station to pick up Su Jianzhou and her mother this afternoon, so she made an appointment with Zhang Ma to meet at the state-owned vegetable store on East Street nearby at 5 pm. It was near Qingdao University Guesthouse, which made it convenient for her to get there.
******
Su Jia left, Su Ruo pulled Guo Guo out, and Aunt He handed the brooch to Su Ruo.
Su Ruo looked at the engraving and pattern on the brooch thoughtfully.
There is actually a pattern, which is much better than having no information at all.
Her mother was close to Aunt Shu, so Aunt Shu might know what the pattern meant and might have even seen the brooch.
Su Ruo said, "Aunt He, can I use this brooch first?"
Aunt He smiled and said, "If you want to come here, it's for you."
Su Ruo thought about it carefully and did not go back to the third floor. Instead, she went directly to the next room to call Aunt Shu.
First, he called Shu Yuelan's office.
Unfortunately, today is Sunday. Even though Su Ruo was hoping for a lucky break, the phone rang for a long time and no one answered the call.
Su Ruo was helpless.
She hesitated for a while, but finally let out a sigh of relief, prepared herself mentally, and called Yuan's house.
Guoguo is right next to us.
He found the way his mother looked really strange.
Isn't it just a phone call?
He was quite normal at first, but now, as he grabbed the microphone and hasn't even started dialing, his face turned red, as if his cousin had done something bad and had to go to the office to see the teacher.
"Mom, who are you calling?"
Guoguo couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
Su Ruo glanced at him and said, "The aunt you met yesterday."
Guoguo said "Oh".
Su Ruo hadn't noticed Guo Guo at first.
But Guoguo looked at her with such a suspicious expression, she felt something was wrong, so she took back the hand that was dialing the phone and said, "Guoguo, your father is still waiting for news from here. Go up and report what happened here to your father, and tell him that mom is calling and will be back soon."
Guoguo shook his head.
Su Ruo put her hand on the table, raised her chin slightly, and said, "Do you only listen to your father's words now? You don't listen to me at all?"
Guo Guo: ...
Isn't it just a phone call to my aunt?
So what? !
But he fucking said this.
He was afraid that she would get hurt, so he went out reluctantly.
Su Ruo breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the phone, and finally made up her mind to dial.
I thought to myself, this can’t be such a coincidence.
And even if it was Yuan Chengyang who answered the phone, this matter...she would have to face him sooner or later. It was just a phone call, what was there to be afraid of?
"Hello."
The call was connected and a voice came from the other end of the phone.
Su Ruo's hands shook and she almost dropped the microphone.
This is really, what a coincidence.
"Brother Cheng Yang,"
Su Ruo took a deep breath, put on a smile, and tried her best to pretend that nothing had happened, just like what she said "half a year ago". She said, "Brother Cheng Yang, it's me, A Ruo. Is Aunt Shu at home? I have something to say to her."
There was total silence on the other end of the line.
Just when Su Ruo was getting more and more nervous and a little panicked, thinking that she was too reckless, a voice finally came from the other side, saying, "Ruoruo? Wait a moment, my mother is outside, I will go call her for you."
It seems like many years ago.
She called him and asked him to do whatever he wanted.
Su Ruo on the other end of the phone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Yuan Chengyang, who was standing opposite him, put down the phone but stood there for a long time before walking to the kitchen and saying, "Mom, it's A'ruo calling."
Shu Yuelan was shocked.
She looked at her son suspiciously, but there was no sign of it on Yuan Chengyang's face.
She looked at her son's expressionless face for a while before saying, "Okay, I understand. I'll go take a look."
Shu Yuelan left, but Yuan Chengyang leaned against the wall for a long time.
It seemed that he had to rely on the strength of the wall to prevent himself from sliding down.
His emotions would not pour out like a flood that broke through a dam.
He knew not to pour it out.
Once a hole is opened, it can't be taken back.
So you must hold on.
"Ruoruo?"
Shu Yuelan went to the study, picked up the microphone and called.
"Aunt Shu?"
Su Ruo was a little nervous. She was able to hold on when Yuan Chengyang was talking before, but now that Shu Yuelan answered the phone, she didn't want to hide it anymore and said, "Aunt Shu, I'm sorry, I called your office before, but no one was there... I have something important to tell you... Brother Chengyang, he won't mind, right?"
"fine."
Shu Yuelan didn't think this was a big deal.
No matter what, my son has to get over this hurdle.
She said, "Isn't it just a phone call?"
Then he asked Su Ruo, "Why are you calling me so urgently? Your father said that the bus will be there at noon today and should arrive around 3pm."
"Aunt Shu, I have something here, I would like you to help me confirm it."
Su Ruo said, "I want to see you. I'll go to your office."
******
Guoguo returned to the third floor and told him listlessly that Su Jia had come and that his mother was on the phone.
Han Zecheng felt that something was wrong with his expression and asked, "What's with that expression? Did your mother ask you to come back? Who is she calling?"
Guoguo hummed and said, "Call my aunt."
Then she muttered, "Just make a phone call, it's like my cousin went to the teacher's office to see her after failing an exam. I was so nervous, I asked her a question and she sent me back."
Finally, he added, "She also said that I only listen to you, Dad, and not her..."
Han Zecheng's expression has changed.
Su Ruo finished her call quickly, and soon she went upstairs and told Han Zecheng that she was going to Aunt Shu's office.
Han Zecheng's gaze stayed on her face for a few seconds, and he said, "I'll take you there."
Su Ruo shook her head and said, "No need, it's just a few steps away..."
"Mom, I want to go to my aunt's office, too. Is that okay?"
Guo Guo said.
Han Zecheng had already reached out to take the key from the table and said, "Let's go."
Su Ruo felt that there was something wrong with Han Zecheng.
She looked at Guoguo, but Guoguo shrugged, indicating that I did nothing.
******
Office of the School of Architecture and Art.
Han Zecheng sent Su Ruo downstairs to the office, and after getting out of the car, he said to Su Ruo: "You go upstairs, I will take Guoguo for a walk around the campus."
Su Ruo snorted, then walked forward and picked up Guo Guo, then took his arm and said, "Come up with me? Actually, I just want to ask Aunt Shu if this jewelry is my mother's. If it is, I want to rearrange our meeting with my father tonight."
She is not stupid.
He was very jealous, so even if she didn't react at first, after thinking about it, she could roughly figure out what his expression was.
She tilted her head and said, "I plan to invite them directly to Fangyuan Road."
Previously, when Aunt Zhang asked Su Jia to help buy groceries, she caused the cat to meow in the inner room and asked Aunt Zhang to lead Su Jia to the kitchen. Then she handed a note to Aunt He and asked her to arrange it.
"Will you not wait any longer?"
Han Zecheng did not pull his hand back, but felt that she was too impatient.
But looking down at her, I feel that there is nothing wrong with her personality... If she weren't so reckless and impatient now, I'm afraid they would still be getting along pretty much the same as they did in those five years.
Su Ruo shook her head and said, "No need to wait. I don't like seeing them jumping around with my mother's things. I feel sick when I think that those things might be worn by Lin Wanhua or Su Jia... I just want to get all my mother's things back as soon as possible."
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