Hearing this, the people who didn't know the truth widened their eyes again: "Qiu Wen?? How is it possible?! Among the girls in his family, anyone could be the one except Qiu Wen. You don't know what she is like in normal times. She is the most worry-free, sensible and considerate girl in our compound. Who wouldn't envy Feng Xiuying for having such a sensible and good-looking daughter!"
People said: "It's just that she behaves too well in normal times, so it's really shocking! Feng Xiuying always talks about how bad her daughter and niece from the countryside are, and she's afraid that they have never seen the world and are confused. As a result, who could have thought that it would be Qiu Wen who did such a shameful thing for her! I'm afraid she won't dare to come out again in the future!"
"Who wouldn't be so embarrassed if this happened to them? Think about how Feng Xiuying used to show off Qiuwen. In front of her Qiuwen, all the girls in the compound couldn't even compare to her little finger, oh? Now it's different!"
"That is to say, Qiuwen is her and Ruan Changfu's face and pride!"
Who knew that this face and pride would secretly do such a thing!
Disregarding the trust of parents, disregarding parents' face!
Isn't this trying to kill parents and deliberately making them unable to hold their heads up!
"So this person should not show off too much. If he shows off too much, he will fall sooner or later!"
"And it will be a big fall!"
Feng Xiuying really fell into a big fall that she couldn't get up from. She didn't want to be a human being anymore and even wanted to die. Her world collapsed more severely than Ruan Qiuyang's, so severely that she dared not go out of the house, and could not even straighten her back or raise her head at home.
She cried in the bathroom all night, and after washing up and lying down in the bedroom, she lay on her side and cried all night, her eyes were swollen.
Ruan Changfu did not scold her again, nor was he in the mood to talk to her. He turned his back to her all night.
The next morning, he did not stay at home for breakfast. After washing up, he went directly to the unit.
Feng Xiuying got up and made breakfast, after all, the children had to eat and go to school.
The atmosphere among all the children in the Ruan family was also very bad that day. Ruan Hongjun did not fight on the way to school. It was also the first time that Ruan Qiuyang took the initiative to distance himself from Ye Qiuwen. After dinner, he went out directly to find Su Mengmeng and went to school with Su Mengmeng.
As Ye Qiuwen's younger sisters, Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie and Ruan Qiuyue naturally had to endure some stares. However, because they didn't have much contact with Ye Qiuwen, Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie and Ruan Qiuyue didn't raise their heads like Ruan Qiuyang, and they didn't care.
Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie carried their schoolbags to school for morning reading as usual, and went to class after the morning reading.
During the break, they read books and studied by themselves, seizing every opportunity to memorize the text and practice exercises.
The first two classes in the morning were relatively normal, and there were few discussions. But when the second class was over, the school suddenly became noisy. Many students ran out of the classroom, ran to the bulletin board to read the bulletin, and then whispered to each other.
Ruan Jie was attracted by the sudden noise outside, and she turned around to look outside. Seeing that the bulletin board in the distance was crowded with people, she turned back to look at Ruan Xi and whispered, "Is it... about Ye Qiuwen?"
Ruan Xi also turned around to look outside, and when she looked back, she suddenly saw a few boys enter the classroom. After they came in, they sat down at the two tables in front of Ruan Qiuyang, and asked Ruan Qiuyang with a smile, "What are your elder sister and Lu Yuanzheng doing in the park?"
Ruan Qiuyang glared at them, "It's none of your business!"
The boys laughed, "Your elder sister is really open-minded!"
Ruan Qiuyang blushed because of their laughter, and felt angry and suffocated in his heart. Just when he was about to speak again, he heard a knock at the back door. She turned around and looked over with the boys, and saw Xu Zhuo and Chen Weidong.
Xu Zhuo came to look for Ruan Xi, but the boys were scared away and stopped harassing Ruan Qiuyang.
Seeing Xu Zhuo, Ruan Xi stood up from the stool and went out the back door.
Standing outside the door, Xu Zhuo tilted his head towards the classroom, "No one is laughing at you or bullying you, right?"
Ruan Xi shook his head at him, "No."
Xu Zhuo said, "If you have any questions, just tell me and I'll make them pay for it."
Ruan Xi didn't want to say anything else, so he nodded at him again, "Yeah."
The atmosphere was not suitable for chatting about other things. After a few words, Xu Zhuo took Chen Weidong away. But because he came once, everyone else restrained themselves a lot. Even Ruan Qiuyang didn't dare to joke anymore. At most, they just leaned their heads against each other and whispered.
Su Mengmeng came back from outside the classroom, sat down, dragged the stool, and walked to Ruan Qiuyang and whispered: "Just post it on the bulletin board and announce the criticism to the whole school. Record a serious demerit, but don't expel him. I heard that there will be a self-criticism meeting in the afternoon, and we will self-criticize in public."
Ruan Qiuyang's face turned red like liver, and he buried his face deeply in his arms.
When school was over at noon, there were still people gathered around the school bulletin board.
Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie went home with their schoolbags, and did not join in the excitement to read the announcement.
Ruan Changfu and Ye Qiuwen were not seen at the lunch table, and no one spoke.
From last night to now, everyone in the family seemed to have lost their voices, and no one could hear a word.
Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie and Ruan Qiuyue only said a few words when they went upstairs to their rooms and closed the door.
Ruan Qiuyue did not sympathize with Ye Qiuwen at all. She just said, "Dad made it very clear at the dinner table that you are not allowed to have a romantic relationship. On the day he left on a business trip, he emphasized before getting in the car that you must never do anything that you shouldn't do. Ye Qiuwen and Lu Yuanzheng are role models in the school. She knows better than anyone what she should and shouldn't do. Otherwise, how can she perform well in her daily life? Since she did it recklessly out of luck, she deserves to bear any consequences now. Ye Qiuwen had the courage to do such a thing, which is inseparable from her parents' 'cultivation' over the years. They held her in high esteem, protected her, and trusted her blindly. It is only right for them to share the consequences with her."
There were no classes in the school in the afternoon. All the teachers and students organized a review meeting.
Students from all classes in junior high and high school took their stools and lined up to the playground, where they sat down to listen to the lecture.
In the past, Ye Qiuwen and Lu Yuanzheng would speak on the stage to everyone's applause. This time, they were the same two who spoke on the stage, but there was no applause or cheers, only the contemptuous looks of others.
Especially for people who have fallen from the altar, they can arouse the deepest and strongest hatred in others' hearts.
Because they had admired them and taken them as role models and learned from them, the contrast after the incident was too great, and everyone felt a sense of being deceived, so the hatred and contempt in their hearts were magnified infinitely.
Ye Qiuwen was reviewing on the stage, and just after she read two lines of the review, several small stones suddenly flew up from the stage and hit her in the face. One of them hit her hard enough to make her forehead purple.
Not only were there small stones, but there were also nasty words, such as "Shame on you!"
Lu Yuanzheng was standing at the back and was about to go on stage, but was stopped by someone.
When Lu Yuanzheng went on stage to make a self-criticism, he was not much better than Ye Qiuwen.
There were still people throwing things at him from the stage, and there were still people scolding him as a hypocritical hooligan.
After the self-criticism meeting, Lu Yuanzheng and Ye Qiuwen went from being role models that everyone in school wanted to emulate to being rats crossing the street and flies. The once perfect image was completely shattered, the reputation was gone, and they fell to the bottom.
Ye Qiuwen took a week off and did not go to school because half of her face was swollen by Ruan Changfu and her forehead was injured by a small stone. She didn't know how to go out and meet people.
She seldom left her room at home. She would wait for her family to finish their meal, then go downstairs to eat a few bites and then go back to her room. She tried not to meet anyone, especially Feng Xiuying, who once trusted her the most.
Although she made a public self-criticism at school, she never said sorry to anyone at home.
She stayed in her room, leaning on the bed and staring out the window in a daze, most of the time without blinking.
After a few days, her face was swollen and the wound on her forehead had scabbed over, and she seemed to have come back to life.
She took out her schoolbag to organize it, and took out a brand new piece of red-grid letter paper from it.
She opened the red-grid letter paper and saw six words written on it - no regrets, no giving up.
She could recognize the handwriting at a glance, it was Lu Yuanzheng's.
She couldn't help it, she covered her mouth and her eyes were wet again, tears fell one by one and wet the handwriting.
After a long time, she sniffed her nose, trembling her voice and said hoarsely: "No regrets, no giving up."
The incident caused by Ye Qiuwen did have an impact on Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie, Ruan Qiuyue, Ruan Hongjun and Ruan Hongbing, but the impact was not very big, mainly because they had an ordinary relationship with Ye Qiuwen, and soon they didn't take it seriously in their hearts.
As Ye Qiuwen's younger brother, Ye Fan was more affected, but he didn't show any attitude towards this matter.
The three people who were affected the most were Ruan Changfu, Feng Xiuying and Ruan Qiuyang. Ruan Changfu was inevitably dragged down by Ye Qiuwen, and had to bear strange looks and pressure in the unit, as well as some other invisible or long-term effects.
Feng Xiuying was the one who was hit the hardest in the face by Ye Qiuwen. After the incident, she dared not go out to see anyone, let alone talk to anyone. She even went to buy vegetables when there were fewer people. She hurried out and hurried back, fearing that others would stare at her.
Ruan Qiuyang took the initiative to distance himself from Ye Qiuwen. His mood was seriously affected and he kept his head down at school.
Ye Qiuwen's mental quality was much better than Ruan Xi and the others imagined, even better than Feng Xiuying. After her face was swollen and the wound on her forehead scabbed, she returned to school to continue her studies, but she became a loner from then on.
Lu Yuanzheng was in the same situation as her.
It seemed that they were not alone, and they were probably full of strength in their hearts.
Love that goes against the whole world naturally has its beauty.
No matter how big the storm is, there will be a day when it calms down.
Since Ye Qiuwen continued to go to school, Ruan Xi and the others gradually stopped paying attention to this matter. They still live in their own little world, in a corner without too much spotlight, doing repetitive things.
Their lives have not changed much, but the family structure of the Ruan family has changed a lot.
Ye Qiuwen is naturally no longer the proud girl. She has even become the person with the least status and the least say in the family. Feng Xiuying
bowed her head and hunched her back every day because of this matter. In addition to cooking and doing housework, she kept the house clean and took care of the children comfortably. She didn't say much, as if she had lost her voice. The person
who is closest to her at home and who usually talks to her the most is Ruan Qiuyang. Ruan Qiuyang stays with Su Mengmeng outside and stays with Feng Xiuying at home. The mother and daughter are closer than others.
The two women who were hurt by Ye Qiuwen huddled together at home for warmth and were silent most of the time.
Ye Qiuwen used to be their support, but now she is a thorn in their faces.
The relationship between Ye Qiuwen and Ruan Changfu has reached a freezing point. Ruan Changfu's slap was too hard, swelled Ye Qiuwen's face, and also hit her heart. Of course, Ye Qiuwen also disappointed Ruan Changfu to the extreme.
The higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment. This is absolutely true.
When you are extremely disappointed in someone, you probably just turn a blind eye.
In his heart, Ye Qiuwen is different from Ruan Qiuyang and the others. Ruan Qiuyang and the others made mistakes because they were young or spoke too quickly, and they needed to be educated. But Ye Qiuwen knew everything, and this was the most unforgivable thing for Ruan Changfu.
Even if Feng Xiuying was useless and had a muddled mind, and failed to catch her problem and stop her, he had clearly said that they were not allowed to fall in love or violate school rules and regulations. Ruan Qiuyang and the others understood this, but didn't Ye Qiuwen understand it?
She knew everything, and she could even easily control Feng Xiuying, but she didn't take him, her father, seriously.
He treated her more like his own daughter, and everyone in the family had been wronged, except Ye Qiuwen. Since childhood, they were afraid that she would be too sensitive and miss her biological parents, and afraid that she would be wronged with her brother Ye Fan, so they tried their best to be good to her.
For her, he wronged all his children, let Ruan Qiuyang and Ruan Qiuyue not compete with her in everything, and even threw Ruan Xi in the countryside to be raised by grandpa and grandma. In the end, this is how she repayed him as a father!
In this family, he, Ruan Changfu, owes everyone, but he has a clear conscience to her, Ye Qiuwen!
If the family does not give her enough sense of security and love, she goes out to seek hugs and warmth from others, and he, Ruan Changfu, hits himself in the face. But in their family, whether it is material or spiritual, Ye Qiuwen is the one who gets the most. Among the eight children in the family, she is the one who should not do this!
Sometimes he thought, maybe this is retribution.
He abandoned his classmate Ruan Xi in the countryside for Ye Qiuwen, and delayed going back to pick her up year after year. It has been more than ten years. From the moment Ruan Xi came to the city last year, his retribution has begun.
Today, he has become a father who has failed terribly. He was very careful and devoted to his eldest daughter, but he did not raise her well. He abandoned his second daughter in the countryside to suffer for more than ten years, and now she does not recognize him as a father at all.
He is a father who has failed terribly!
The sycamore and ginkgo trees on the street have lost their branches.
It is already winter.
On the last day before the winter vacation, there are only a few sparse students left in the classroom.
Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie came to school to get the final exam papers. After getting them, they did not leave in a hurry. They stayed in the classroom for a while. When it was time to go home, the two packed up their schoolbags and went home.
The sunset in the evening was very red, stretching the shadows of people on both sides of the street.
Ruan Jie asked Ruan Xi: "Are you going back to celebrate the New Year this year?"
Ruan Xi said without thinking: "Of course I will go back. I will go back tonight and tell Ruan Changfu to ask him to get our passes and make some arrangements tomorrow. We will go back the day after tomorrow morning."
Ruan Jie smiled, "I can go back to see my grandpa and grandma again."
I haven't seen them for a whole year. It is usually difficult for the two places to communicate. It takes several months to send a letter back and forth, and there is not much to say in the letter. Every time I write some words and things to report safety, which can't relieve the feeling of homesickness at all.
The two of them walked home talking about going home for the New Year. When they were about to enter the house, Ruan Xi suddenly turned back and went to the mailbox to see if there was a letter for her. She usually didn't receive many letters, and would only check them every few days.
But today her luck was better, and she opened the mailbox and saw a letter addressed to her.
After reading the envelope, she smiled and said to Ruan Jie, "It's from Ling Yao."
She didn't tear the letter open immediately after receiving it, but held it in her hand and took it upstairs. She sat down in the room upstairs before tearing it open.
Because it was not addressed to Ruan Jie, Ruan Jie was of course not curious about what was written in the letter.
If it was a letter from her family, she would read it along with them.
Ruan Xi sat at the table and carefully unfolded the letter, slowly reading it. Halfway through, her eyes suddenly lit up, and then a smile appeared on her face. Finally, she looked at Ruan Jie and said, "Ling Yao's family has been rehabilitated!"
Ruan Jie was stunned when he heard this, and raised his head to look at Ruan Xi, "Rehabilitated?"
Ruan Xi nodded, "Since the four people fell, many people have been rehabilitated."
Ruan Jie thought silently for a while, and smiled, "Then can he and his parents go back to the city?"
Ruan Xi smiled and nodded again, "I may not see him this time when I go back."
There was no sadness at all when she said this, only full of happiness and joy.
Their family had been sent down for so many years, and they had been suffocated by the mistakes made by Ling Zhiyuan for so many years. Now that Ling Zhiyuan has been rehabilitated, the family can finally breathe a sigh of relief and return to the city to live a normal life.
Especially Ling Yao, he should no longer be as depressed as he was in the countryside.
Ruan Jie said, "It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to see them off. I guess I won't see them again in the future."
After all, they have been together in the countryside for two years, so they have feelings for each other. If Ling Yao is still in the countryside, they can see him when they go home. But if he goes back to the city, they will probably never see him again in the future.
Ruan Xi said happily, "There is nothing to regret. As long as we can go back, it is a great thing to be happy about. Zi Zi should have a bigger world. He does not belong to the small village on Fengming Mountain. It is a great fate for us to be friends. We just need to bless him and be happy for him."
People have to go to many places and meet many people in their lives, and most of these people are just passing through. Separation is the biggest norm in life. Although it is inevitable to feel sad, it is more important to move forward.
Ruan Jie nodded, "The city is where he should stay."
Ruan Xi folded the letter, put it back into the envelope, and then put the letter in the drawer of the desk. This drawer contains all the letters she has received in the past two years. There are not many letters, and each one is well preserved.
Because of the content of the letter, she was particularly relaxed and happy tonight. Even when she was eating, her tone of voice was much lighter than usual, and her eyes were smiling.
Ruan Changfu saw that she was in a good mood today, and thought that she was happy because she was going home, so naturally she didn't want to spoil her mood, and directly agreed and said, "Okay, I'll go to the unit to make arrangements tomorrow."
Then before Ruan Xi said thank you, Ruan Hongjun suddenly said, "I want to go too."
Ruan Changfu looked at him, then at Ruan Qiuyue and Ye Fan, and asked, "Do you still want to go?" With
such a spooky atmosphere at home, who would still want to spend the New Year at home, so Ruan Qiuyue and Ye Fan nodded together.
Ruan Changfu originally didn't want to let them go, because if they all left, there would only be him, Feng Xiuying, Ruan Qiuyang, Ye Qiuwen, and the little Ruan Hongbing left at home. It's easy to imagine how this New Year will be.
Last year was very quiet, and this year, with all the things that happened at home, it's even more so.
But when he looked at the faces of Ruan Hongjun, Ye Fan, and Ruan Qiuyue, he didn't say anything to stop them from going. Think about how lively it would be if they stayed, and no one would be happy, so it's better to let them go to the countryside to have a good New Year.
So he hesitated for a while and said, "Go if you want to."
It's not a good New Year at their home, anyway, it's not going to be lively.
Ruan Hongjun was very happy to see that Ruan Changfu agreed, and grinned, "Thank you, Dad."
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