At the end of February, before the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival dissipated, the news of Ning Lan leaving the AOW group temporarily due to injury made headlines on major entertainment pages.
Some passersby laughed and said that this was the most traffic since Ning He He He debuted. Most of the fans also have the mentality of watching the fun. They all know that being injured is a pretense. Everyone knows the actual situation. Ning Lan is not their destiny. For the sake of being in the same group, it is a good thing to not end in schadenfreude.
Sui Yi got off the plane and took out his mobile phone in the taxi. He didn't read any useful news, but saw a bunch of ugly comments. He was so irritable that he put the mobile phone back in his pocket and turned his head to look out the window.
This is his second visit to this southwestern town this month. The spring here comes earlier than the capital, the cold wind is quietly gone, the river water is frozen, the fresh fragrance of the grass is wrapped in the air, the long streets and alleys have just woken up from their sleep, and there is a little lazy noise in the tranquility, Looking up, the mountains are looming in the early morning mist.
This is where Ning Lan grew up.
The city is not big. Sui Yi got out of the car at an alley on the side of the street and walked along the cement road that was only three or five meters wide. After a while, he saw an old pipe building.
The last time I came was in the early morning, only the old man who collected garbage was busy downstairs, but this time it was very noisy. The closer he was, the more harsh the noise.
"You think everyone else is a mother like you, just give birth and not support!"
"What, I have the ability to have such a promising son, can you? You can only give birth to a prodigal daughter!"
"Suck your son's blood, don't be ashamed! You call your neighbors out to judge, are you such a mother!"
"No matter what, I'm his biological mother, and the son's adoptive mother. It's just right! It's you, with ulterior motives, who come to me every day to ask my son for money, shameless!"
"Have you raised him before? You are right? You are shameless!"
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When he got closer, he found that two middle-aged women were arguing, one of them was Ning Lan's mother.
After Ning Lan left, Sui Yi spent three days looking for all the places he could find, and even contacted the fat-headed boss Liu. Fang Yu and Lu Xiaochuan were as impatient as him, and they were looking everywhere. No results so far. He really didn't know where Ning Lan might go, so he had the cheek to contact Ning Lan's sister Ning Xuan on WeChat and asked her for Zhao Jinshan's contact information and address.
"Auntie was not at home for the Chinese New Year, so she went on a trip a few years ago," Ning Xuan said at the time.
Zhao Jinshan couldn't get through on the phone, so Sui Yi immediately set off for a run. What if Ning Lan found out that her mother was not there when she got home, why would she be at home alone for the New Year
The flight in the early morning was late, and it was only dawn. He followed the vague address and asked a few passers-by. He managed to reach the door. The Spring Festival couplets on the wooden door were obviously from last year. Can't read the words. Sui Yi knocked on the door nervously, and no one came to open the door until her heartbeat returned to normal.
So when he saw Zhao Jinshan this time, he finally saw hope, and regardless of the fact that people were still arguing, he strode forward and said, "Hello, Auntie."
Zhao Jinshan and Jin Feng were arguing hotly, and they ignored Sui Yi for the first time, and continued to swear: "If you have the ability, ask him in front of Lan Lan if he recognizes you or me! The blood in his body is my blood. , the broken bones are still connected to the tendons. Haven't you extorted enough in the past few years? People are not enough to swallow elephants!"
Jin Feng was so angry that she vomited blood, she rolled up her sleeves and said, "Lan Lan promised Xiaoxuan to finish university, but who extorted it? It's extortion like you taking your son's money and having fun! Fraud! Extortion! Call the police! Get it!"
Zhao Jinshan also rolled up her sleeves: "What kind of fraud is it to ask your own son for money? Come on, report it, but I want to see if the police understand the traditional virtue of honoring parents!"
Sui Yi, who was next to him, turned blue when he heard this. Seeing that the two shrew-like women were about to fight, he couldn't help but take a step forward: "Hello aunt, I'm Ning Lan's friend."
Ten minutes later, Sui Yi entered Ning Lan's house.
He was sitting on the small sofa, and the coffee table in front of him was covered with dried oil stains and covered with a thin layer of ash.
The house is old, and the walls are mottled and cracked. On the south-facing wall is a row of faded and yellowed certificates with Ning Lan's name on it. There are three good students and learning pacesetters.
Zhao Jinshan brought a glass of water, followed his gaze and looked at the wall, showing off: "It's all the certificates that Lan Lan got when he was in elementary school. He didn't live at home in middle school, so he wouldn't give me the certificate when I asked him for it. , from childhood to high school, my grades have been very good, every time there is a parent-teacher meeting, my aunt and I rush to go to it, and being praised by the teacher is called a face."
Putting the water in front of Sui Yi, Zhao Jinshan took a tissue and wiped it on the table twice, then smirked, "I haven't been back for a while, and I haven't had time to clean it."
Sui Yi remembered that Ning Lan was very fond of cleanliness and would wash dirty clothes immediately after changing them, but his stubbornness was very similar to his mother's, thinking that "hereditary" is really a mysterious thing.
Sui Yi didn't go around the corner, and directly stated his intention: "Have Ning Lan been in contact with you recently?"
"No." Zhao Jinshan replied without thinking, "He hasn't contacted me for more than half a month, and he won't reply to text messages."
"Then when was the last time he contacted you?"
Zhao Jinshan snapped her fingers: "Five or six days before the Chinese New Year, say he has a job during the Spring Festival and won't go home."
Sui Yi fell into contemplation. Ning Lan didn't have a job during the Chinese New Year. He stayed here to... accompany me
Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhao Jinshan asked tentatively, "What's wrong? Our family Lanlan is not obedient, making you unhappy?"
Sui Yi shook his head, reluctant to say anything because of the idea of not letting the elders worry blindly. Zhao Jinshan continued: "Oh, my son is good everywhere, but he has a stubborn temper and admits his truth, and he can't pull back what he thinks is a nine-headed cow. Xiao Sui, you have a lot of people, don't know him in the same way. Everyone is soft."
Sui Yi was immersed in the low pressure where the last clue was also cut off, and said "um", just about to ask something else, Zhao Jinshan's cell phone rang.
She picked it up and glanced at the screen, her expression changed, she stood up and said, "I'm sorry, I'll take a call." After speaking, she ran into the room and closed the door.
The soundproofing of the old house was poor, and Sui Yi's ears were extremely sensitive to music since elementary school. Even if he didn't intentionally eavesdrop, Zhao Jinshan's voice still fell into his ears word for word.
"Hey, Boss Xie... I didn't hide from you, I went on a trip during the New Year, and I didn't turn it on... Lan Lan, he didn't come home for the New Year... I want it, I want it, please keep it for me, I'll ask Lan Lan to take it Sign it when you have the money... Well, I have to ask Lan Lan's meaning, he is a star now, and I heard that there are many rich people chasing him in the capital... Hey look at what you said, you care about Lanlan For so many years, I have also seen it in my eyes, but who is the mother who doesn't want his son to have a good life, do you think so... Well, let's not talk about it, Lanlan's new boss is at home, I have to go greet him."
Sui Yi turned into Ning Lan's "new boss". After seeing Zhao Jinshan's face after answering the phone, she continued to talk to him without changing her face, and couldn't ask any useful information, so she didn't want to stay here and continue wasting time, she stood up and said to go.
"Aren't you going to stay for a meal?" Zhao Jinshan also stood up and said, "You said that Lan Lan is a dead child who runs around all day, which is deliberately worrying. Don't worry, Xiao Sui, this child has been a child since he was a child. Love runs everywhere. Back then, before the grades came down after the college entrance examination, he packed his things and said he was going to go out to work. In the afternoon, he disappeared. He was like this. "
Sui Yi hoped that Ning Lan really just went out to relax. He heard something else from Zhao Jinshan's words: "He took the college entrance examination? Then why didn't he go to school?"
Speaking of this, Zhao Jinshan looked frustrated: "Don't mention it, on the first day of the test, he was hit by a blind motorcycle. It was still raining heavily, and he didn't have a mobile phone on his body, so he almost failed to enter the test room. , and then started to have a fever in the afternoon. I took the time to pick him up for two days. The last one passed out in the examination room and was sent out by the invigilator. The results were not enough to apply for a scholarship, and the family had difficulties, so I didn't continue reading for him. "
Sui Yi looked at Zhao Jinshan without a trace, she was wearing gold and silver, and the crisp cashmere coat was well-made.
As soon as he turned his head, he understood that Ning Lan had obviously been the breadwinner of the family since several years ago, including his uncle and aunt's house, and his cousin's college education all depended on him to pay.
Inferring this result, Sui Yi didn't feel suddenly enlightened, but his mood became heavier.
Zhao Jinshan took him to the door, and hinted him to leave a contact information with a shy face. Sui Yi reported his number and asked Zhao Jinshan to contact Ning Lan to give him a call.
In fact, Sui Yi knew in his heart that Ning Lan would not contact her mother, at least not for the time being.
In the days when the whole world was looking for him frantically, he had already asked everyone who could ask him, and he had not let go of every clue. Zhang Fan told him that Ning Lan had changed his salary card number to his mother's card number, and he already had a hunch.
Ning Lan seemed to be waiting for his words, and when he said he didn't want him, he would be able to retreat immediately.
Thinking of this, Sui Yi clenched his back molars and suddenly felt resentment in his heart.
How could he be so ruthless, so free and easy, just leave without leaving a single word for himself.