past
After Song Xiaojuan left, Xiao Hongjie could no longer maintain her gentle and kind expression: "Why didn't you explain yourself clearly just now?" she asked Xiao Hongying with a cold face.
Xiao Hongying sneered: "Are you afraid that others don't know your ambition? Even if you ask for help, you should have an attitude of asking for help. You can't wait to show your disgust and partiality on your face. I wonder, that's the flesh that fell from your body, aren't you moved at all?" Xiao Hongjie has been selfish and cruel since childhood, otherwise how could he become the eldest wife of the Xing family.
Xiao Hongjie's face turned even darker when he heard the words "flesh and blood" (likely a child or child). "Xiao Hongying! You have no right to bring that up. I have this disgusting experience because of you!"
"What are you arguing about?" Lingling just went to the bathroom and heard this when she came back. Her mother has always been gentle at home. Huh, I really don't know how many faces she has.
After Song Xiaojuan returned to the hotel, she felt uneasy for some reason, so she called Zhao Guomin to explain the situation.
Zhao Guomin said in a serious voice on the other end of the phone: "Buy a ticket tomorrow and come back quickly." After that, he coughed twice.
Song Xiaojuan frowned: "You have a cold"
"Well, I seem to have rhinitis. You should buy breakfast tickets tomorrow and come back quickly." Zhao Guomin said again.
Song Xiaojuan did not reply. She wanted to find out what Xiao Hongjie's purpose was. If this matter was not clear, it would always be a bomb.
She also told Zhao Guomin about her thoughts. He was silent for a moment and said, "Okay, you should pay more attention to it."
Song Xiaojuan didn't know that Zhao Guomin hung up the phone and took a train to Guangzhou the next day.
At this time, Song Xiaojuan was sitting in Liu Qingyun's office in the factory. When Li Yulan saw Song Xiaojuan, she was stunned at first and then said excitedly: "When did you come! Why didn't you call me and let me pick you up?" As she said this, she pinched her.
Song Xiaojuan dodged with a smile: "Tsk, how come you also learned hidden weapons? You seem to be living a happy life." She gave Li Yulan a sly look.
Li Yulan glanced at Liu Qingyun and saw him looking down at the contract, so she quickly pulled Song Xiaojuan out: "Let's talk about cooperation again."
Song Xiaojuan nodded: "Don't try to change the subject. What's going on with Andy Lau?" She is now familiar with Li Yulan and dares to dig up her gossip.
"I slept." Li Yulan said this without feeling shy at all. In the past two years in Guangzhou, she learned a lot and saw the outside world. Only then did she realize how narrow her vision was before.
She followed An Yushan when she was eighteen. She didn't know what love was. When An Yushan came, he served her. When he was not around, she took her child and waited for his call every day. She thought this was love and lived like this for the rest of her life.
It was not until she was driven to Guangzhou that she met Andy Lau for the first time. She just thought that this man was very handsome.
The first time she had dinner with him, he was very humorous and witty at the table. Since she didn't know how to order, the waiter looked at her strangely.
Li Yulan felt embarrassed, and Andy Lau took the menu calmly: "Tsk tsk, I'm treating you, can you let me order? You're so overbearing." He also ordered a few northern dishes.
It not only relieved her embarrassment but also catered to her taste.
At that time, Li Yulan wondered how this man could be so outstanding. Later, she approached him several times under the pretext of opening a store, and Andy Lau helped her get things done.
When she had arranged everything, she wanted to invite him to dinner. She hinted at something at the table, but he politely declined.
Li Yulan was not too sad, after all, there was not much to say, and she rarely looked for him after that.
But he acted as if nothing had happened and still asked her out for dinner. When he found out that Li Yulan's shop was hacked by a rival, he settled the matter directly.
Someone was harassing Li Yulan, so he beat the other person up. Li Yulan asked him what he meant, and he said that he couldn't bear to see his friend being wronged, nor could he bear to see her being pursued by others.
Li Yulan thought he was interested in her as well. From then on, she became more and more interested in him and confessed her feelings to him several times, but he did not respond.
When Li Yulan got closer, his attitude became cold. After Li Yulan finally persuaded him to let go, his attitude became warm again.
Li Yulan was very upset by him. She didn't know that there was a word called "ambiguity" nowadays.
Li Yulan was driven crazy by him. On her birthday, she got drunk and went to his bed. Li Yulan thought he would refuse.
But in fact, no. Li Yulan clearly remembered that afterward, he leaned against the bed and smoked a cigarette, his eyes seemed unfocused, and his tone was indifferent: "You can trust me, but don't rely on me, and don't have any expectations of me."
It was only then that Li Yulan realized that this man's enthusiasm and easygoing nature were all fake, and that he was actually cold-hearted by nature.
But Li Yulan couldn't let it go.
She picked these words carefully and told them to Song Xiaojuan.
The two have known each other for such a long time. Putting aside the issue of their relationship, Li Yulan is impeccable as a friend. When she wanted to ship goods in Ling County, she just called Li Yulan and she made everything clear for her.
Song Xiaojuan didn't want to see her get hurt again: "If you plan to have fun, leave as soon as you're done. Liu Qingyun is a good friend, but he's definitely not a good partner. Do you still remember Sister Xiao behind him?"
Li Yulan nodded: "I remember, he and Sister Xiao... should just be friends."
"The Xiao sister he told you about runs an entertainment company. He even knows the business of the other company. How can they be just ordinary friends?"
The key point Li Yulan heard was not this: "How do you know he knows the other party's business?"
Song Xiaojuan: “…”
She could only tell her that Sister Xiao had come to see her, but she didn't mention the matter of her "biological mother" because she hadn't investigated it clearly yet.
Li Yulan seemed to be thinking after listening to this. She was silent for a few seconds before saying: "He and Sister Xiao have known each other for a long time. I don't know what their relationship was in the past, but it's okay as long as they have no relationship now." She didn't sound confident.
Song Xiaojuan has said everything she needs to say, and there is no need to persuade her any further.
Only by walking the road yourself can you know whether it is good or bad.
After Liu Qingyun finished his work, the three of them went to eat hot pot. When Li Yulan went to the bathroom, Liu Qingyun asked: "You came to Guangzhou when you called me last time."
Song Xiaojuan didn't deny it: "I came to you today to ask you something."
Liu Qingyun said with a look of astonishment: "Huh, I guessed it when you came here. Just tell me what you want to ask."
"Do you know Sister Xiao's situation? I mean her family background."
Liu Qingyun opened the window and lit a cigarette: "Why would you ask that? I don't know her background. I only know that she has an older sister who married Xing Zhigang, a wealthy businessman in Guangzhou. I don't know anything more than that."
Before Song Xiaojuan could ask any more questions, Li Yulan came back and she had to give up.
When she returned to the hotel that night, she looked for it in the newspaper again and found that there was indeed a report.
Xing Zhigang started his career in construction. Both his parents were in politics. There was no report on who his wife was, only that he had a son and a daughter.
It turned out that she had two children. When she left, Song Xiaojuan was eight years old and Xiao Hongjie was twenty-seven. Even if she was twenty-eight when she gave birth to the second child, Lingling's age would not match.
So her marriage was her second, but her attitude towards Lingling was not like that of a stepmother. Her husband was a wealthy businessman and she had a son. It was impossible for her to reminisce about her past unless she was unhappy.
Then coming to me would not solve her unhappiness. Song Xiaojuan felt that she was stuck in a dead end.
She really wanted to call Xiao Hongying and ask her directly, but that would only alert the enemy.
Before Song Xiaojuan could figure out what to do, Xiao Hongjie called her and asked her to come out for dinner.
They made an appointment at a high-end tea restaurant. When Song Xiaojuan arrived, Xiao Hongjie was already there.
The rich lady has a strong aura. She wears thin cashmere pants and a top of the same style with rolled up sleeves. There is no sign of being ravaged by society on her face. Her skin is well maintained. She looks like a beautiful and wealthy woman.
Song Xiaojuan sat down opposite her and drank the water on the table: "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Xiao Hongjie glanced at her and didn't answer directly: "Let's eat first. What do you want to order?"
Song Xiaojuan didn't hesitate and ordered a table full of dishes. Xiao Hongjie didn't say anything, and she didn't say anything either, just eating silently.
"Do you know where the "xiao" in your name comes from?" Xiao Hongjie said something completely unrelated.
Song Xiaojuan sneered in her heart, don’t say it was taken from her surname Xiao.
As soon as he finished thinking about it, Xiao Hongjie said, "It's taken from my Xiao."
Song Xiaojuan said expressionlessly: "Oh, you came here just to talk about this?"
Xiao Hongjie: ...
"I know you have hated me all these years, but I had no choice back then. After I returned to the city, I wanted to bring you over, but your uncle was getting married at that time, and your aunt and I had to squeeze into the kitchen to sleep. If I had brought you over, I would have made you suffer too. Mom was doing it for your own good at that time. Can you forgive me?" As she said that, she took out a tissue from her bag and wiped away her tears.
Song Xiaojuan didn't feel anything at first, but seeing her pretending, she found it a little ridiculous. If she really cared about her child, why didn't she take her with her when she left?
Even if the conditions were special at the time, she had the means after she got married, but she never thought of going to see the child.
Song Xiaojuan suddenly felt suffocated, and it was not until this moment that her heart seemed to react. Yes, she was an eight-year-old child, without a father or mother, only an elderly grandmother. The children in the village bullied her, and the boys liked to throw small whips at her to scare her during the New Year. Her only new clothes had a hole blown in it, and she didn't dare let her grandmother know. The ten-year-old girl sewed it up stitch by stitch by herself, and she didn't dare to say anything even when her hand was bleeding.
Other children all had hair flowers, but her grandmother bought her two as the first thing after selling corn. They were the only new things on her.
Everyone knew she had no parents when she was in elementary school. Even when her classmate behind her cut her hair, the teacher didn't care. She didn't dare tell her grandmother, and would quietly comb her hair back after school.
The thin and petite girl knew from a young age that she was different from others, and she became increasingly inferior and unconfident. When a man who treated her well suddenly appeared in her life, she felt like she had grabbed a straw and regarded the other person as light. That's why she treated Zhao Wenhua so well, even at the cost of her own life.
Where was Xiao Hongjie at that time! She might be in a big villa taking care of someone else's daughter and reuniting with someone else's family.
How could Xiao Hongjie ask for her forgiveness? It's impossible in this life!
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