After catching up with his cousin, Baohua pulled her into his car.
The car was a wedding gift from her second uncle. Although her marriage was opposed by her family at first, they later recognized Xia Bang under her determination and naturally gave her their blessings.
The children of the Wen family have been very low-key since childhood, but the old house of the Wen family that they are about to drive to, just shows that this place is unusual because of the sentry post in front of the yard.
The black iron gate slowly opened and the car drove in silently.
The two sisters didn't speak all the way. This was not the first time Wen Baohua accompanied her cousin to a blind date, nor was it the first time she was silent.
When he got home, Wen Baohua breathed a sigh of relief. His young aunt was waiting for the result of the blind date. He believed that she could guess the result just by looking at the speed of the blind date without asking.
Before getting off the car, Wen Jialuo finally opened her eyes, which had been slightly closed, and said lightly: "Sister, I won't be so troublesome in the future."
Wen Baohua was still confused when Wen Jialuo opened the door and got out of the car.
The old house was full of greenery because my grandfather liked plants, as if I had walked into a park. A paved boulevard with cobblestones led directly to the main building. Wen Jialuo was wearing flat shoes, which were a bit uncomfortable, but she walked steadily. Wen Baohua behind her was not so lucky. She walked crookedly and cautiously in a pair of high heels. Wen Yu liked to see the women in the family make a fool of themselves wearing high heels here.
Oh, Wen Yu is her second uncle’s son, the only male in the Wen family of this generation.
The door to the main building's front hall had been opened, and the servants welcomed them in with a smile.
"Miss, here are the slippers." A maid took a pair of slippers and placed them in front of Wen Baohua.
Wen Baohua thanked him, quickly relaxed his feet, and then chased Jia Luo to the second floor.
The second floor is antique. It is undeniable that the decoration style of the second floor of Wen Baohua's house was influenced by the old house. The marriage of her grandparents is quite legendary. The iron-blooded soldiers in the fierce battle and the well-educated and polite young lady in the boudoir are like a perfect movie, but this movie has not ended yet. Wen Baohua's marriage was finally decided by the old lady. The disparity in status cannot determine whether they can be happy in the end, just like they had gone through wind and rain in the beginning.
All the furniture on the second floor are genuine antiques, which were gradually completed by the old lady's sons in order to fulfill their mother's nostalgia. But in the end, the old lady turned this place into a "Gathering Hall" according to the old man's instructions. The layout looks like it can hold a meeting of senior generals at any time, and then rush out to arrange the troops.
Luo Linyi, the third daughter-in-law of the Wen family, was sitting in an armchair in the deputy general's position, waiting for news about her daughter, but she didn't expect to see her come back so soon. She said she didn't expect it, and when she saw her, she had no other thoughts except helplessness.
"Kara..."
"Mom," Wen Jialuo called her, and then said calmly, "Don't arrange blind dates for me anymore."
Luo Linyi pretended not to hear anything, frowned slightly and asked, "Have you had lunch?"
"I haven't eaten yet." Wen Baohua finally caught up and quickly asked, "Aunt, is there anything to eat at home?"
"I don't want to eat." Wen Jialuo expressed his attitude.
I don't want to eat - these are four simple words, but in the Wen family, these four words are very deadly. For example, Luo Linyi's face suddenly became bad, and she stood up anxiously: "If you don't want a blind date, then don't have a blind date. How can you not eat? Look at you..."
The second half of the sentence was stuck in her throat. She felt so distressed when she saw that her once beautiful daughter was now so thin.
"I have no appetite," Wen Jialuo paused, "If you arrange another blind date for me, I may never have an appetite again."
Wen Baohua's heart skipped a beat, and she finally understood what she had said before getting off the bus. She saw her aunt's face turn pale in an instant, and she couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.
Wen Jialuo, the daughter of her uncle and the youngest child of the Wen family, was naturally very much loved. As you can see from Wen Jialuo's name, her uncle Wen Yuan directly gave his and his wife's surname to his daughter, which carried all their love.
The Wen family had only three children in this generation, but they did not live a luxurious and spoiled life. They grew up like other children, and everything went very smoothly in studying and making friends.
The change happened when Jia Luo was in college.
The university she chose was far from home, almost across half of China. When she applied for the exam, her aunt was very reluctant to let her go. In the end, it was her grandfather who said that she should spread her wings and fly when she grows up, and not be a sparrow. Only then did she allow her to go so far away from home. In fact, in her aunt's heart, she probably just hoped that Jia Luo could be a docile white dove, stay by her side forever, and never forget the way home.
As for her father, her uncle, he would never go against her grandfather's words. Even though he was reluctant, he ordered his office secretary to accompany her to the university.
But when she came back during the summer vacation of her second year, the whole family could feel her change. The smiling girl became melancholy, as if she was always thinking about something, or just in a daze. At that time, Wen Yu said with a smile that she must be in love, and was suffering from lovesickness because they were separated. This sounded a bit like it, but when they asked about it, Jia Luo dodged again and did not confirm everyone's guess. Young people always fall in love. After hearing about it, the uncle went home to talk to her once, and then said so, and asked everyone not to tease his daughter all the time, so that Wen Yu let her go.
Then, school started again, but this time, it was not as easy as my uncle said.
Just two months later, the Wen family received a call from the school, who tactfully suggested that Jia Luo take a long vacation to rest and recuperate. After further questioning, the school finally mentioned the word "anorexia".
What is "anorexia"
The Wen family didn't know about it at first, but when the young aunt went to pick her up, she suddenly understood. When she saw that her precious daughter had become skinny after just two months of not seeing her, she felt dizzy and almost fainted. So she slammed the table in the principal's office, scolded the principal harshly, and ordered the school to find out why her daughter was so thin in school.
Just when the young aunt was furious and vowed not to give up, Jialuo, who had been silent all the time, finally spoke. She said, "Mom, I'm hungry."
This sentence made everyone present overjoyed. At this time, everyone knew a little about what "anorexia" was, and Jia Luo then said, I want to eat the food cooked by my aunt.
Aunt is the servant who cooks in the old house. When the three sons of the Wen family are busy outside, the younger generation usually stays with their grandparents in the old house. It can be said that they grew up eating Aunt's food.
After hearing this, the young aunt let the principal go and promised repeatedly to go home immediately. Then she immediately called the old house and asked her aunt to prepare a table of sumptuous food.
However, when they finally returned to the old house and a table full of hot meals was ready, Jia Luo did not even pick up the chopsticks, but just said very quietly:
"I don't want to eat."
Since then, the Wen family has focused on this cousin. Grandpa's doctor has visited her many times, trying numerous methods, both Western and Chinese, but none of them have alleviated Jia Luo's symptoms. Simply put, she vomits whenever she eats.
How can you grow well without eating? In the end, you just need to get nutritional injections.
Anorexia can also be considered a psychological problem, so the Wen family invited the best psychologist to come home. However, the psychologist said that he had talked to countless people, but had never met someone as strong-willed as Jia Luo. So, they had no choice but to try hypnotizing Jia Luo, trying to understand what happened to her. In the end, they only got one sentence from her clam-like lips.
Jialuo said, I’m heartbroken.
These are just four simple words, but they seem to encompass everything that happened to Jia Luo.
It is not uncommon for a woman to suffer from love. After everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, they did not know anything more. But the strange thing was that the uncle secretly sent people to the university to investigate and found that she did not seem to have ever been in love. At least her classmates did not know about it. They just watched her become increasingly thin and emaciated for no apparent reason.
Later, when Jia Luo knew that he had said that, he said calmly, "If my secret love failed, can't I just say it's a broken heart?"
This is really unbelievable. She was hurt so much just by a secret love. Is the boy she secretly likes really so outstanding
But the investigation of this matter could not go on any further. Secret love is a person's inner thoughts, which does not need to be made public, and will not be known to everyone. The most important thing is that there will be no one who is wrong.
When the grandfather found out that there might be a man who had hurt his granddaughter to this point, he was so angry that he shouted "I'm going to kill him" - but it turned out that there was no man who abandoned her, no one who fell in love with someone else, and no one who had made a mistake. The Wen family had no way to vent their anger, and they could only watch Jia Luo continue to become abnormally thin.
What's more, Jialuo said that the senior she liked had just graduated and they would never have any contact again in this life.
In this case, there are always better lovers out there, everyone advised her. But she said, I have spent all my energy in liking only this one person in my life, and it is impossible to change.
This is what it means to be stubborn.
When Wen Baohua heard this, she felt both pain and resentment. At that time, she was already in love with Xia Bang. If she didn't dare to say that she would be together for a lifetime, she just hoped that the two of them could manage this love well and let it finally blossom and bear fruit. However, Jia Luo, who was only 20 years old that year, declared to the whole family with a firm and serious face that she would guard the flower in her heart that had never bloomed for the rest of her life.
No one dared to attack Jia Luo, who was so weak. Finally, after the uncle finished smoking the cigarette in his hand, he responded calmly like her, saying, Dad will support you for the rest of your life.
Wen Baohua still remembers that day when his aunt cried bitterly, but life still had to go on. After getting his uncle's promise, Jialuo's health gradually improved, but he was still so thin, as if a backbone had been taken away and he could never go back.
However, the young aunt never gave up the idea of getting Jialuo to give up her single life. Unfortunately, Jialuo has always been alone in the past few years. Even after she started working and her social circle expanded, she did not waver at all. This made the young aunt even more anxious. Look, the blind date at the Seventeenth House today was the fifth one recently. The young aunt saw through Jialuo's unwillingness to find a boyfriend, so she thought of the "blind date" method.
But I didn't expect that Jialuo had been holding it in at first, but finally exploded today.
The only person who can pinch a mother's weak spot is her daughter. Jia Luo's words "I don't want to eat" made the young aunt dare not say anything more.
Perhaps because she saw that her mother was struck by her slight threat, Jia Luo softened her tone and said, "I want to have a bowl of porridge."
Luo Linyi's eyes immediately lit up: "Drink porridge, eh? Okay, okay, mom will make it for you."
Looking at her young aunt who stood up and rolled up her sleeves, Wen Baohua sighed deeply in her heart. She glanced at Jialuo and seemed to see a trace of sadness at the corner of her lips. Her heart sank. Perhaps because they were of the same generation, she and Wen Yu had discussed Jialuo's big change in private. They always thought that something must have been missed and neglected. A secret love that ruined a lifetime may have existed in the special era of grandpa and his family, but it always sounds so unreal when it happens now.