Ren Zhiping and Yu Jiahou put down their work, took the money and went out to the supermarket to buy a lot of vegetables. When the two entered the house, it was already half past eleven. Yu Jiahou closed the door, and Ren Zhiping put her things and sat on the sofa to rest. As soon as her butt touched the sofa, Ren Zhiping's cell phone rang. She took the phone out of her bag and saw that it was Ming Yusong's number, and hurriedly pressed the answer button nervously.
"Hello! Are you the owner's friend?" As soon as the call was connected, the voice that came from the phone was not Ming Yusong's, but the voice of a strange man.
"Yes... yes! May I ask... why is his phone in your hand?" Ren Zhiping nervously clenched the phone.
"It's like this! I'm a traffic police officer on duty on the highway. Unfortunately, I have to inform you that your friend was involved in a nasty traffic accident on the highway. He was seriously injured and is now unconscious. He has been sent to the nearby Q City Municipal Hospital. Please come quickly!"
"You, you, what did you say? You mean... he had a car accident?" The traffic police's words scared Ren Zhiping so much that she stood up from the sofa, staring with eyes wide open in disbelief and asked back.
"Yes! Please notify his family as soon as possible!"
"Yes, I'm sorry, I, I don't know his family members..." Ren Zhiping's hands began to tremble with nervousness.
"Okay, then I'll think of another way!" The other party hung up the phone as soon as he heard it.
Ren Zhiping stood there in a daze, holding her cell phone, and it took her a long time to recover from the traffic police's words.
"What's wrong with you?" Yu Jiahou walked over and looked at his wife puzzledly and asked.
Ren Zhiping came to her senses and looked at her husband in front of her. Her body softened and she collapsed on the sofa. She looked ahead with lifeless eyes and tears of regret welled up in her eyes: "Ming Yusong... had a car accident... If anything happens to him, Xiaoxiao will hate us to death! What should we do? What should we do?" After saying this, Ren Zhiping burst into tears.
"Car accident? How could he... get into a car accident?" When Yu Jiahou heard what his wife said, he froze in place, and after a long time he sat down on the sofa in a depressed look.
"What should we do? Xiaoxiao will hate us to death... wuwu... what should we do?" Ren Zhiping kept saying words of regret, tears streaming down her face.
Yu Jiahou stared blankly ahead: "Let Xiaoxiao come and tell her the truth. If we don't tell her now, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future!"
Ren Zhiping kept shaking her head, tears rolling down her cheeks: "How should we tell her? Should we tell her that her biological father is dying? I can't say it... I can't say it..."
Yu Jiahou let out a long sigh, took out his cell phone, looked at his daughter's number on the phone, hesitated for a moment, and finally found Kang Shaonan's number and dialed it.
"Dad! Can't you get through to Xiaoxiao on the phone?" Kang Shaonan was somewhat surprised when he received the call from his father-in-law.
"Shaonan, can you take Xiaoxiao home right now? Xiaoxiao's mother and I have something important to tell Xiaoxiao!" Afraid that Yu Xiao could not bear the blow, Yu Jiahou told Kang Shaonan to come back with his daughter.
"Okay! I'll take her there!"
"Just be quick, okay?"
"Got it, Dad!"
When Kang Shaonan hung up the phone, Yu Xiao just came back. Kang Shaonan briefly told his father-in-law what he said, and Yu Xiao didn't say anything. The two closed the store and went back to their parents' new home together.
Not long after the car drove out, Kang Shaonan looked at his wife and asked, "Wife, where did you go just now?"
"I'm not going anywhere, I just want to go out for a walk!" Yu Xiao answered calmly while looking out the car window.
Seeing that his wife was not in a good mood, Kang Shaonan deliberately joked with her: "Tell me the truth, did you go to meet your lover?"
"Yes..." Yu Xiao responded lightly, An Jingya's words still echoing in his ears.
Kang Shaonan laughed when he heard his wife's answer: "Tell me, who is he? Let me meet him!"
"Do you really want to see him?" Yu Xiao turned around and looked at him and asked calmly.
"Of course! How can I not meet such an important person? I have to teach him a lesson in politics. It is shameful to steal someone else's girlfriend! Wife, who is he? Do I know him?"
"know!"
"Who is it?"
"Sister Jingya!"
As soon as Yu Xiao finished speaking, the car screeched to a halt on the side of the road. Kang Shaonan held the steering wheel and looked at his wife nervously: "What did you talk to her about?"
“We didn’t talk about anything…” Yu Xiao answered indifferently while looking at the person in front of him.
"Xiaoxiao, let me tell you... there's really nothing between her and me, you, you have to believe me!" Kang Shaonan scratched his head anxiously, worried that Yu Xiao would get stuck in a rut again.
"I know… "
"Do you really believe me?" Kang Shaonan tilted his head and looked at his wife in disbelief.
"Didn't you say my parents have something important to tell me? Let's go!"
"Hmm..." Kang Shaonan started the car and continued driving forward.
"Did my dad tell you what important thing it was?" Yu Xiao was a little puzzled. When he went to his parents' house in the morning, the two of them didn't look unusual. He wondered what important thing had happened.
"He didn't explain in detail on the phone, he just told me to take you home! But it sounds like it's something very important!"
"Oh..." Yu Xiao nodded lightly.
"Wife, did you really not talk about anything with Jingya?" After the car drove out for a while, Kang Shaonan couldn't help but ask again.
"Are you feeling guilty?" Yu Xiao narrowed his eyes and looked at him.
"Why should I feel guilty? I haven't done anything wrong!" Kang Shaonan immediately answered with his chest puffed out.
Yu Xiao raised his eyebrows, looked out the window and stopped talking.
“Wife…” Seeing that Yu Xiao didn’t say anything, Kang Shaonan called her while driving.
"What?"
Kang Shaonan smiled and said, "I'm not doing anything, I just want to see if you agree..."
Yu Xiao looked at this person speechlessly and continued to remain silent...
When Yu Xiao entered the living room, his mother was sitting on the sofa wiping her tears. His father opened the door. Seeing his mother's expression, Yu Xiao hurried over nervously, sat beside her and asked worriedly, "Mom, what's wrong with you? What happened? Did someone come to ask for money?"
After hearing what her daughter said, Ren Zhiping felt even more ashamed and kept shaking her head: "No..."
"Dad! What's wrong with my mom?" Hearing his mother not saying anything, Yu Xiao looked up at his father in confusion and asked.
Kang Shaonan also came over puzzledly: "Dad, Mom, if you have any difficulties, just tell us and we will solve them together!"
"Xiaoxiao!" Ren Zhiping, who was sobbing with her head down, suddenly grabbed her daughter's hand and looked at her daughter with tears in her eyes: "Xiaoxiao, Mom is sorry for you... Mom is sorry for you... You must forgive us..."
"Mom! What are you talking about? You raised me up, how could you be so unfair to me..." Yu Xiao took a tissue to wipe the tears from the corners of her mother's eyes and comforted her softly.
Ren Zhiping kept shaking her head: "No, Xiaoxiao, Mom only raised you, but you were not born by Mom..."
Yu Xiao was stunned when she heard what her mother said. She was confused for a moment and said, "Mom, what are you talking about? I'm not your child. Could it be that I was born by someone else?"
"Xiaoxiao, you must forgive your mother! Please forgive your mother, okay?" Ren Zhiping could no longer endure the reproach of her conscience. She clutched her daughter's hand tightly, then suddenly knelt down in front of her, tears streaming down her face.
"Mom! Don't scare me! What happened to you?" Yu Xiao was startled by her mother's sudden action. She immediately realized the importance of the matter. She reached out and helped her mother back to the sofa. She stared at her mother and asked, "Mom, you just said... I'm not your biological child, so where are my biological parents?"
“Xiaoxiao…” Ren Zhiping burst into tears.
Yu Jiahou next to him sighed heavily, looked at his daughter and said, "Xiaoxiao, let me tell you!"
Yu Xiao nodded immediately and stared at his father nervously, afraid that he would miss any word.
"Your mother had a very good friend since she was a child. Her name was Yao Bingyan. Later, Bingyan married to this city and married a man named Ming Yusong, the uncle Ming you often mentioned to us. Not long after the marriage, they had a lovely and beautiful daughter named Mingyao. At that time, Bingyan often went back to her parents' home. Every time she mentioned her daughter, she was very happy. However, Ming Yusong was a very career-oriented person. After marriage, he devoted himself to the tea garden and threw all the family affairs to Bingyan. Even his parents were sick and Bingyan took care of them. Later, when Mingyao was five years old, Bingyan asked Ming Yusong for a divorce. In fact, she didn't really want to divorce, but just wanted to see her position in Ming Yusong's heart. Who knew Ming Yusong still put all his thoughts on the tea garden. Bingyan returned to her parents' home in a rage, and stayed there for one or two years. Ming Yusong didn't know at the time that Bingyan was already three months pregnant when she returned to her parents' home. Later, Bingyan gave birth to a girl. She originally wanted to tell Ming Yusong, after all, this was his own flesh and blood, but not long after the child was born, Bingyan was diagnosed with uterine cancer. At that time, the family was poor, so Bingyan gave up treatment. When the child was more than one year old, Bingyan died. Before her death, Bingyan entrusted the child to your mother and asked her to give the child to Ming Yusong, but at that time your mother was found to be infertile. We had selfish motives at that time and finally kept the child. Xiaoxiao, you... are that child..." Yu Jiahou looked at his daughter with shame and sighed. After telling the truth of more than 20 years, he felt relieved.
Listening to her father's words, Yu Xiao's eyes were already filled with tears. She looked at her mother and then at her father in disbelief: "What you just meant... is... Uncle Ming is my... biological father?"
"Yes! We knew the truth when we first heard his and Mingyao's names. Xiaoxiao, I'm sorry, please forgive your parents! We are really afraid of losing you..." Ren Zhiping, who was standing next to her, grabbed her daughter and explained with tears in her eyes. (To be continued)