I originally thought Qi Siji would be a serious old man, but I didn't expect him to be so lively, cheerful and approachable, and he doted on his granddaughter Qi Juan very much.
"In our Qi family, we are all sons. We finally have a granddaughter, so naturally we have to hold her in the palm of our hands and pamper her. It's all because of the eldest son's stubborn temper that the child has suffered so much."
It should be about what happened when Qi Juan went to the countryside. She could have gone to college, but ended up staying in such a miserable place for more than a year. No wonder Qi Siji was angry.
Although the work was not hard, Shangshui Village was poor and lacked resources. No matter how much care was taken, it could not be as good as at home, and I had to delay a year of my studies in vain.
"Now it's good. Juan finally went to college."
When talking about his granddaughter, Qi Siji praised her highly, saying that Juan was smart, capable, considerate and gentle, and completely different from the men in the family.
"I've been in the hospital for so long, and those bastards haven't come once."
Qi Juan pulled on Grandpa's arm and shook it: "Grandpa, they are all busy. My eldest brother is also preparing for his thesis recently, and I heard that my younger brother is also preparing for an internship. But I called them all, and they will come to visit Grandpa this afternoon, or tomorrow at the latest."
Qi Siji looked like a child, with a proud face: "Who wants them to visit? I am living a good life, old man, and I am alone and quiet."
Qi Juan secretly winked at Mu Ruanruan and said, "Grandpa is like this, he says one thing but does another."
"Girl, what are you talking about? Who is saying something bad but doing something wrong?"
"Okay, okay, Grandpa is not like that. If they are busy, let them be busy. I will call them now and tell them not to come tomorrow. Grandpa doesn't want them to come over."
Qi Juan pretended to make a phone call.
Qi Siji quickly stopped him: "Since you've already said it, forget it. Don't bother. The phone bill is so expensive."
Qi Juan smiled, and after a while, she talked to Qi Siji for a while before saying, "Ruan Ruan has something she wants to ask Grandpa."
Qi Siji guessed that Mu Ruanruan came to see him for something. He was not completely unaware of the fact that she had been lingering at the door several times before and wanted to come in but was stopped by the security guard.
However, for someone of his level, there are many people who want to see him, so naturally he would not take this little matter to heart.
In fact, when Qi Siji saw Mu Ruanruan following Qi Juan in, he felt a chill in his heart, thinking that she had set her sights on his granddaughter, and his attitude towards Mu Ruanruan was always very cold and distant.
Afterwards, the three of them chatted together, and when Qi Juan talked about Shangshui Village, he realized that the two were really friends, and his attitude gradually improved.
Therefore, when Qi Juan mentioned this, Qi Siji frowned but did not say anything.
Mu Ruanruan took out Ruan Qing's photo and handed it over: "Mr. Qi, I want to ask you about someone."
Qi Siji took it silently, then took the glasses handed to him by Qi Juan, put on the glasses, took a look at the photo in his hand, the hand holding the photo trembled, and his expression suddenly became solemn.
Then he quickly returned to normal and asked, "Who is he to you?"
Mu Ruanruan knew that Qi Siji recognized this person, and her heart was excited, and her tone was also excited: "He is my grandmother's old lover."
Well......
Qi Siji's expression really changed.
"Old friend." She corrected herself.
Qi Siji: "Excuse me, who is your grandmother?"
"Mu Baizhi."
"Mu Baizhi." Qi Siji murmured, his expression no longer calm, the hand holding the photo began to tremble again, and his voice began to tremble as if he was suppressing huge emotions.
"Your grandmother's name is Mu Baizhi?" He asked again in disbelief, "She's not dead, she's not dead? She's not dead!"
Mu Ruanruan and Qi Juan exchanged glances, both of them somewhat confused about Qi Siji's reaction.
"Grandpa, do you know her?" Qi Juan sat beside him and asked gently.
Qi Siji's thoughts seemed to have flown to a distant place. He remained silent for a long time, then suddenly woke up, tightly grasped Mu Ruanruan's wrist, and stared into her eyes: "Mu Baizhi, is she okay?"
Mu Ruanruan said: "Very well, she is fine, but her physical condition has been getting worse in recent years, so she really wants to know about Ruan Qing. Mr. Qi, you know Ruan Qing, right? Is he okay?"
Hearing Mu Ruanruan mention Ruan Qing, Qi Siji's expression became very strange, with a mixture of dissatisfaction, regret, and sadness, which made Mu Ruanruan show a bit of abnormality.
No, that's not what she thought.
"I didn't expect that after so many years, she still missed him."
Mu Ruanruan: "......"
Qi Juan was also a little shocked, and seemed to have guessed something extraordinary.
"Grandpa, are you friends with them?"
Qi Siji nodded. "We've been friends for decades. The Mu family and I are old friends. We grew up together. Later, we went abroad together and met Ruan Qing. His name shouldn't be Ruan Qing, it should be Ruan Zaiqing."
"Ruan Zaiqing? What's your relationship with Yuan Zaiqing?"
Qi Siji laughed out loud: "Yuan Zaiqing, that's Ruan Zaiqing."
Mu Ruanruan was shocked: "Are these two the same person?"
Qi Siji nodded. "At that time, not many people in the army could read. Many people couldn't recognize the character 'Ruan', so they kept calling him Yuan Zaiqing. Over time, it became Yuan Zaiqing. He himself didn't argue."
I see.
"So what happened next? How did you break up?"
"Later, Zaiqing and I both went to fight in the war, and Baizhi returned home. During the war, communication was not very smooth. I only knew that she went overseas, and I had no idea when she returned. More than 40 years ago, Zaiqing sent me a letter saying that they were married. Only then did I know that Baizhi had returned."
"Did you see them later?"
Qi Siji shook his head: "Not long after we got married, Zaiqing returned to the army, and I stayed in the army. We were not in the same place. He was in the Air Force and I was in the Army, so we could not see each other.
It wasn't until that time, when we were surrounded by the enemy and they were ordered to come to our aid, and I managed to escape death during the artillery fire, that I met him again. That night, we slept together on a haystack, and he told me about Bai Zhi, saying that he would go find her after the battle was over.
But the war was not so easy to end, and it continued for another ten years. I heard that a few years later, Zai Qing went to see Baizhi again, but they separated again soon. That time was the last time he saw Mu Baizhi.
As soon as he left, the city was bombed to the ground by the enemy troops who were holding out. Zai Qing went back to look for her, but after searching for many days, he only found some of her clothes. We all thought Bai Zhi was dead.
Qi Siji burst into tears: "I didn't expect that she was not dead. If she was not dead, why didn't she come to find us?"
"Why didn't she come to us? We've been waiting for her in Qing for so many years. We've been waiting for her for so many years."
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