The two stood there in silence for a while.
They are too familiar with each other, yet there seems to be a chasm between them.
There is no use in saying anything, there is no point in saying anything.
In fact, although the two said they wanted to talk, they didn't really want to talk.
One is that I feel guilty and want to know his current condition. I hope he can overcome this hurdle and live a good life in the future.
One just wanted to confirm with his own eyes how she had been in the past and whether she was okay now.
Or maybe you just want to see her up close.
Even if it's just watching quietly without saying anything, it seems that this can ease the dry pain of the heart that has long dried up into cracks.
Su Ruo felt that remaining silent was not a good thing.
She thought for a moment and said, "Brother Cheng Yang, I know that you..."
And to Grandpa Yuan, "...it's all very unfair, but it's already happened, I'm really sorry. To me, Aunt Shu is like my mother, and the same goes for you. If I had a biological brother, he wouldn't be more important than you...I hope we can all let go of the past and live a good life. Those evil people destroyed many of our precious things, they will definitely be punished, but we can't let them stop us from giving up on ourselves, destroying ourselves, and hurting the people around us."
In the past, if another woman had said to her ex-fiancé, "You are like my older brother", Su Ruo would have thought that this was really disgusting...but now her feelings for him are really like this.
She shook her head and said, "Later..."
"good."
Su Ruo just started to say "later" when he interrupted her.
He lowered his eyes slightly, looked at the cup in front of him, brushed the rim of the cup with his hand, and said with a twitch of his lips, "On the first day you came back, my mother told me that if I couldn't treat you as my own sister, she would not let me see you."
He raised his head, looked at her carefully, and said, "I heard from my mother that you are helping her with a project. I think our previous relationship will be dug up soon... There are always people with ulterior motives in this world, but we can't cut off contact from now on because of rumors and the eyes of the world. So, if you don't mind, I will talk to my mother later and ask her to pass the contract and take you as her goddaughter. In this way, I will really be your brother, and everyone can save some worries."
Su Ruo looked at him in a daze.
This is certainly the best.
But is it really good?
******
Yuan Chengyang left first.
Su Ruo was a little worried and didn't want to go back to the dormitory, so she took a stool and sat next to Aunt He to watch her make clothes.
Aunt He is gentle and calm. When she sews clothes, she really gives people a sense of the vicissitudes of life. The years after the great waves have washed away the sands are quiet and peaceful, which can make people feel calm.
Su Ruo saw that the material was smooth and silky, so she reached out and touched it, and said, "Hey, is this silk?"
Although her family had no silk clothes, Aunt Shu taught her to identify the materials of various ancient clothes when she was a child.
Aunt He smiled and said, "Yes, I found this from somewhere, and seeing that the color is fresh and suits you, I decided to make you a pair of pajamas."
It was made for her!
Su Ruo touched it again, feeling both pleased and excited, and said softly, "Thank you Aunt He, you are so kind."
Aunt He reached out and patted her.
At this time, Aunt Zhang brought out the dishes from the kitchen. Su Ruo hurried to help. Aunt Zhang muttered, "Hey, since it's time for dinner, eat first and then go back. I'll take you home in a while."
The school was just opposite, so there was no need to send her. However, since it was Aunt Zhang's kindness, Su Ruo would not refuse and agreed with a smile.
This is her good point, her emotions come and go quickly...some people might say she is heartless.
Sometimes she felt that way herself.
But Aunt Zhang likes her personality very much.
After dinner, while packing up, Aunt Zhang said, "Who hasn't experienced a few setbacks in life? Look at me. I've had few full meals since I was born. Later, I was sold to your Aunt He's house. Your Aunt He was kind, so my life gradually got better. But things are unpredictable. Later, there were endless wars and I was worried all day long. Later, I was finally liberated, but I was no longer afraid of dying inexplicably one day and being sold to another country as a slave... Alas, I heard that was really miserable."
"So, now that life is getting better and better, everyone should move forward and stop looking back."
"In fact, it's you scholars who think too much. For those of us who are used to hard times, as long as we have enough to eat, warm clothes, and are not starving, we are always worried and afraid that the Japanese devils will attack us, or that our family members will be captured and forced to serve in the army, or that they will be sold somewhere else. That's a good life, and we should be happy."
Aunt Zhang kept nagging, but Su Ruo didn't find it annoying... She was more patient than Guo Guo.
Su Ruo listened attentively. Aunt Zhang was very satisfied, so she continued, "Ah Ruo, don't think Aunt Zhang is nagging. This is how you should be as a person. You should cherish your blessings, but at the same time, you should know the limits. The most taboo in the relationship between husband and wife is suspicion. Although Xiao Yuan is unlucky to have met a crazy woman, no, a pair of crazy women, who have messed up their good life, but as an old woman, I say, it's also because he is incompetent."
"Since ancient times, there have been many women who have thrown themselves at the arms of the sons of wealthy families since childhood. They have all kinds of tricks and methods that you can only imagine. There is nothing they can't do. If you reach that position, if you can't identify those methods and suppress other people's bad intentions, then you can't keep the family business. This is all very normal, nothing strange."
"Why don't you try to let the mother and daughter surnamed Lin plot against Deputy Commander Han? Not to mention Deputy Commander Han, even our Zong Xi, she can't even get close to him, how can she be tricked into getting engaged to her? She's really too good for her. Even an old woman like me can tell she's a traitor as soon as we meet!"
"But speaking of this, your father is the most sinful. Less than a year after your mother passed away, he remarried. There are so many women in the world, but he married a pair of vixens. Ugh."
Aunt He didn't say anything at first, but just listened to Aunt Zhang with a smile.
But as she talked more and more, he smiled and said, "Okay, these are none of Ruoruo's business. There's no point in talking too much. If you keep talking, she'll finally get better and she'll be panicked again because of you."
Su Ruo was very supportive.
She said, "It's okay. Listen. I will tell Brother Han and Guoguo about this in the future. Let them know that beautiful women have many ways to deceive people. This way they can be on guard."
He then praised Aunt Zhang and said, "Aunt Zhang, you know a lot. It is true that every old person in the family has a treasure. Tell me more about the past, Aunt Zhang."
Aunt Zhang's eyebrows raised several points because of the praise, and she added a few more pieces of snacks to the one Su Ru was going to take back.
Aunt He was amused, but also happy. Aunt Zhang finally found a soulmate...
******
Aunt Zhang sent Su Ruo back to school.
This time, Su Ruo went back to the dormitory and brought a large box of snacks to share with everyone.
Everyone was amazed but also felt strange.
It was understandable that she brought back snacks in the morning, but where did she bring these from now?
Guan Tongtong was the quickest to speak. She sighed, "Sister Ruo, you are so lucky. What kind of skill is this? Did Professor Shu give it to you? Could it be that besides being a master of ancient architecture, she also has such good cooking skills? What kind of woman is she that people admire?"
Su Ruo smiled and said, "Professor Shu is very nice, but she is so busy that she doesn't have the time and energy to make so many complicated snacks. This was made for me by an elder on my mother's side."
As she spoke, she briefly told the story of Aunt He and Aunt Zhang, as well as their backgrounds.
But she did not mention the relationship between Han Zecheng and them, nor did she say that Han Zecheng had already bought the house. She only said that they were relatives on her mother's side.
She took this opportunity to tell them this after thinking it over carefully.
Because she will often go to Fangyuan Road in the future, and even Guoguo might live there.
They are his roommates, there is no way they don't know.
She didn't want to live a life of secrecy, so she simply told them openly that if they disliked Aunt He and her family background, it didn't matter if they treated each other coldly.
Everyone was very surprised and surprised after hearing this.
After Guan Tongtong was surprised, she seemed to suddenly think of something and said, "Ah, Sister Ruo, you said that Aunt He was a big capitalist in Qingcheng. Then, your mother is a relative of hers, so your mother...she doesn't come from a simple background either."
In fact, Wang Dongmei and Zhao Xiuli also thought of this.
They are older and have richer life experience, and they even react faster than Guan Tongtong.
It’s just that they are more calm and won’t easily ask questions that may offend Su Ruo.
Su Ruo hummed, and said, "My grandpa's family used to be capitalists, but my grandparents disappeared during the war before liberation, and my uncle died in the Anti-Japanese War, leaving my mother alone in the family... But later someone reported that my grandpa was abroad, and that's why I needed to go to the countryside for reform."
Everyone was really shocked again and again.
Guan Tongtong stuttered a little: "Then, how could you sign up for the college entrance examination?"
Wang Dongmei glanced at Guan Tongtong, then said softly to Su Ruo, "Su Ruo, there's actually nothing wrong with your background, right? I heard you say before that your mother died when you were a child, and then you married your lover, who is in the army. Military marriages are strictly reviewed, and if you have a problem with your background, it would definitely not be so easy to approve. Even if your grandfather used to be a capitalist, it doesn't have much to do with you."
Su Ruo smiled and said, "Yes, that's right. The report back then was also a false alarm."
Guan Tongtong heaved a sigh of relief, reached out and took a piece of red date cake, and said, "Oh, Aunt Zhang's cooking skills are really good. Will we be able to enjoy this delicious food in the future?"
The atmosphere in the dormitory suddenly relaxed again.
No one distanced themselves from Su Ruo because of her background. On the contrary, perhaps because Su Ruo talked about such private personal matters, everyone's relationship became closer invisibly. Even Su Ruo herself did not expect this to happen.
******
Su Ruo was sharing snacks with everyone. Someone from another dormitory climbed onto her roommate's bed and told her a secret.
At night, Li Yu climbed onto Han Qinqin's bed and said, "Qinqin, you said that man had nothing to do with Su Ruo. Do you know where I saw them go together later?"
Han Qinqin was stunned and looked at Li Yu in disbelief.
The two of them had a conflict before, and Li Yu found an excuse to leave. Han Qinqin thought she was just having a temper tantrum and couldn't save face after what she said, so she didn't want to have dinner with her and ignored her. Unexpectedly, she was actually following Su Ruo and that man!
Li Yu ignored Han Qinqin's surprised expression and thought to himself, you will be even more surprised when you hear it!
She lay down beside her and whispered, "I felt that there was something strange between the two of them, and their relationship must be complicated, so when I saw them going out the east gate, I followed them."
"Guess what I saw? I saw Su Ruo actually followed that man to the small Western-style building on Fangyuan Road! You know the small Western-style building on Fangyuan Road, right? They used to be private residences of wealthy families. I heard that they were requisitioned by the government a few years ago, but the policy has changed this year. The staff living there have all moved out. They may have been returned to the original owners one after another, or bought by those who can afford it."
"Hey, you think Su Ruo has been in school for only a few days and she's already hooked up with some man? ... I don't know who that man is. I specifically asked around tonight and found out that Su Ruo didn't go back to school for dinner. She came back to the dormitory after 8 o'clock with a lunch box in her hand... You think she's really brave?"
"But it's true. I heard that she married a local soldier when she was sent to the countryside as an educated youth. She looks so delicate and talented. It's okay that she couldn't return to the city before, but now that she has been admitted to university, she can still fall in love with a poor soldier who didn't know any interest in the countryside before? It's just that other people can divorce if they want, but it's not easy to divorce her military marriage. Does she have to stay with someone forever..."
"What the hell are you talking about!"
Han Qinqin couldn't listen any longer and sat up suddenly, gasping for breath. She finally suppressed her temper and said through gritted teeth, "You can imagine so much just by seeing them go out. Why don't you go and put on a big show?!"
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