Chapter 155 Mother Ye Lan
In the early morning, there was a rustling sound in Gu Xing's room.
He slowed down his dressing enough, but Ruan Xingmian still woke up.
"Is the car coming?"
Gu Xing hummed, "At the courtyard gate."
The military green military vehicle was parked low-key in the morning light of Wangshanping, like a dormant leopard.
Ruan Xingmian got up and opened the curtains. From this angle, he could see the road outside the courtyard.
She rubbed her eyes and walked towards Gu Xing in a daze, "Okay, I'll take you to the car."
"No need." Gu Xing coaxed her back to bed, his tone gentle and his movements soft, "Mianmian, I'll go out by myself. It's cold outside."
He bent down and gave him a princess hug, and Ruan Xingmian skillfully put her arms around his neck.
She was relaxed and trusting, her body slightly curled up, her arm resting lightly on the back of Gu Xing's neck.
The posture is extremely affectionate.
She stared at his profile, her nose sore, and suddenly said: "I want to hold the wedding in July or August, it's too cold in winter..."
The straight long legs paused, and the eyes raised slightly, "Okay."
"I want flowers and meadows."
"Okay." He gently put the person into the bed.
"I want you to come back soon..."
"……Um."
In the kitchen on the first floor, warm light shone on the dining table, and Gu Xing was eating red oil dumplings seriously.
Liu Fumei stood by the stove, preparing to cook a pot of porridge while the fire was burning.
"Eat slowly, don't choke on the chili pepper."
Only she knew that Gu Xing was going out in the morning. She was woken up by the barking of the village dogs and lost her sleepiness. She thought about getting up and making a bowl of hot soup and dumplings for the children so that her stomach would be warm before going out.
"good."
Under the light, Gu Xing's profile looked cold and serious.
I can't say anything to please you.
Not the type most elders like.
Liu Fumei felt soft-hearted when she saw this. Her youngest son was just like that. He never said polite words and always had a stern face since he was a child.
When he encounters some adults who speak without thinking, he can stare at them coldly for a whole day without swearing, until the person leaves with a frown.
"Mianmian's dad studies very hard and travels a long way around this time every day. He loves this bowl of wonton with red oil."
Gu Xing finished eating, put down his chopsticks, and nodded solemnly, "It's very delicious."
Liu Fumei smiled kindly and glanced at the building, "I thought Mianmian would come to see you off."
Gu Xing got up to wash the dishes.
"Put it there, kid. Don't get it dirty in your work clothes. Grandma will wash it later."
"It's cold outside, so I didn't let her out."
Liu Fumei thought that there was a difference between little Gu and the young Ruan Tao in that he was more caring.
Walking in the night, Gu Xing walked towards the road.
Liu Fumei stood at the door and looked around.
I remember the morning when I sent my youngest son away from home, and the night was similar to today.
Before getting into the car, Gu Xing looked back and could see a figure behind the glass window on the second floor.
His heart tightened and he stared at it for a full minute.
"Teacher Gu..." the driver tried to speak.
Gu Xing withdrew his gaze, lifted his legs to get into the car, closed his eyes, and swallowed his reluctance with his Adam's apple.
Stroking the ring on his ring finger, he opened his eyes, took out his cell phone, and sent the same message repeatedly—
Go back to sleep obediently.
Until the taillights of the car were no longer visible, Ruan Xingmian lowered the curtains and lay back in bed.
I tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.
Remembering that her mother-in-law was in the kitchen, she got up, put on her coat, and went to the kitchen.
"Why are you up so early? Are you hungry?" Liu Fumei turned around and smiled.
She thought she hid it well, but Ruan Xingmian saw her wiping her tears.
Under the warm light, my mother-in-law's eyes were obviously red.
"Grandma, are you crying?"
"Nonsense, I'm old enough, I have everything I want, there's nothing to cry about."
She motioned Ruan Xingmian to sit by the stove to warm up.
Ruan Xingmian didn't say anything. She sat on a small stool, looking up at her mother-in-law with a wronged look.
Liu Fumei couldn't stand her pitiful expression and said helplessly: "Xiao Gu looks a lot like your father in some ways. I just saw him leave in a military vehicle..."
When I think of how she saw Ruan Tao off from the village, and how he only came back with a military uniform.
Liu Fumei tilted her head back and turned her face away, not wanting her little granddaughter to see her tears.
Ruan Xingmian went to pinch her hand, "Don't be unhappy.
She turned around and smiled cheerfully: "I should have forgotten all this long ago. I was really going crazy today and remembered everything all at once."
"What kind of person is my dad?"
Liu Fumei was suddenly stunned: "Mianmian wants to know?"
"Um."
"You used to not like your family members mentioning Ruan Tao and Ye Lan."
Ruan Xingmian's eyes became dull and she forgot to breathe for a moment - it turned out that her mother's name was Ye Lan.
She was not as resistant as she was during adolescence and was willing to listen. Liu Fumei happily mentioned her youngest son.
"Ruan Tao is more aloof and serious than Xiao Gu. He's methodical and principled, and he often lectures Ruan Ze. He's more like an older brother."
The warm yellow light flickered in her wrinkled eyes. "As for Ye Lan, she is a warm and beautiful child. She is cheerful and loves to laugh. She is easy to coax even when she is angry. She loves your father very much."
Ruan Xingmian lowered her eyes: "But she doesn't love me..."
Hearing this, Liu Fumei was silent for a few seconds, "It's not like that, Mianmian. She loves you, very much."
"She left me and took Dad's pension with her."
Liu Fumei's eyes turned serious, "Mianmian, who told you that?"
Who said that?
She had this knowledge when she came here.
"That's not true, Mianmian," Liu Fumei said excitedly. "There were spies in the battle where your father died. Your mother studied abroad and was a famous photographer. That year, all the soldiers' families were taken in for questioning. Your mother had just given birth to you and was taken away before she even left the confinement period."
A year later, an urn came back.
Among his belongings were a scribbled diary and a thick stack of medical records. Ye Lan had been suffering from severe depression for a year and committed suicide by taking pills on November 14, 2004.
"Mother-in-law, I want to eat the wontons that Gu Xing eats, too."
Ruan Xingmian spoke in a hoarse voice.
She had guessed what had happened.
The yellow butterfly comes to mind.
Who implanted these absurd memories into her brain?
Or was it the cognition instilled into Ruan Daya?
How much of what's in her head is fake?
Apart from the vicious system, she couldn't think of anyone else.
Suppress her original memories and instill false memories into Ruan Daya, making Ruan Daya vicious.
As soon as she came over, she accepted all of Ruan Daya's knowledge without even realizing it.
"Mianmian, come and eat. I didn't put any chili in it, but I put too much vinegar in it."
My mother-in-law was very quick and cooked a lot, but Gu Xing only ate one bowl.
"Okay, thank you, grandma."
Ruan Xingmian held the bowl and lowered his head to eat seriously.
Tears rolled down my cheeks into the bowl.
She didn't bother to wipe it off.
When Liu Fumei turned around and noticed, the child's face was red from crying.
"What's going on? Don't cry about being pregnant, my dear..."
Ruan Xingmian twitched and twitched: "Mother-in-law, you know everything?"
"Well, Xiao Gu told me that, and when you came back last time, you had to protect your belly wherever you went. Xu Yanzi's mother and I noticed it."
She wiped her granddaughter's tears and said, "Don't cry while eating."
"I'm not a good daughter. I've always misunderstood her."
"Who did you misunderstand?"
"I thought she didn't want me, mother-in-law. I would rather she didn't want me than turn into a butterfly and fly away..."
She spoke incoherently, sitting on a small stool, holding the bowl and her shoulders twitching.
"What's going on..." Ruan Ze rushed over in pajamas.
He ran towards his little daughter with open arms.
Ruan Xingmian leaned against her mother-in-law, sobbing uncontrollably. The cell phone in her pocket kept vibrating, and Ruan Ze helped her take it out.
It’s Gu Xing.
He went out to answer the phone.
Li Xue came over in slippers, "Mianmian..."
"mom……"
Ruan Xingmian stood up, threw herself into Li Xue's arms, and slowly stopped crying.
Li Xue stroked her back, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes, and whispered in her ear: "When Mianmian cries, Baby Ruan will cry too."
Ruan Xingmian hurriedly looked down at her belly. She just noticed that the baby was moving around.
"Mom, will she be okay?"
Li Xue lowered her head: "You comfort her, and then comfort yourself."
Ruan Xingmian hummed, raised her hand to touch her belly and said softly: "Baby, Mommy is a little sad now, but it will be better soon..."
Liu Fumei took a hot towel and wiped her granddaughter's face with her own hands, while talking to her daughter-in-law, "Xue, do you want to take Mianmian to see a psychologist? I'm worried that she might be suffering from prenatal depression."
Li Xue was stunned: "Mom, you know everything?"
"I have sharp eyes and I knew it a long time ago."
After crying, Ruan Xingmian felt much better.
Unwilling to go to the hospital.
When she heard that she had misunderstood that Ye Lan didn't want her, Li Xue's face darkened: "It's probably just gossip that the neighbors told Mian Mian."
Your mother doesn't want you, she took your father's pension...
The fact that Ye Lan was taken away is confidential.
The ashes were sent back quietly. According to her last wish, they were buried at sea without a grave or a tombstone.
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