However, Huo's mother did not treat her badly, and finally gave Chen Xuehua a sum of money.
Nangong Xi drove for more than four hours and arrived in a small city. This place is famous for tourism, so although the place is not big, it is already a prefecture-level city. The center of the city is an ancient city. Huo Yanyue has never been there, but I've heard that before.
The car drove through the city center and headed to the new city, but finally stopped in front of a very dilapidated building at the intersection of the old and new cities.
“This is a residential area of a former factory.”
Nangong Xi opened his mouth to explain, and Huo Yanyue looked out the window. He saw a brick-red building, a typical building from the last century. Withered ivy could still be seen on the wall. In the four-pane window that was opened, a piece of glass was missing. , the windows were shaky, as if they would fall down and hit people at any time.
Huo Yanyue's brows furrowed deeply: "How could this happen? There's no way mom can do this."
The "mother" here naturally refers to Huo's mother. Even though that woman has lost the capital to threaten her, Huo Yanyue believes that it is absolutely impossible for Huo's mother to retaliate against Chen Xuehua and let her live such a life.
Huo Yanyue opened the car door and got out of the car. After walking a few steps into the alley, she smelled a foul smell, as if something was rotten.
There were people upstairs looking down, as if they were looking at some strange animal.
This is a typical slum. Although it is winter, the sun is not bad today. Some people took out quilts to dry them. The large holes clearly visible in the quilts highlight the poverty here.
Nangong Xi had already followed and reached out to hold Huo Yanyue's hand. Huo Yanyue looked at him nervously: "Are you sure that woman is here? You must have made a mistake!"
"follow me."
Nangong Xi led Huo Yanyue through the alley, walked a little further back, and turned a corner. Huo Yanyue saw a thin woman wearing a thick sweater, and her face was gone. She arrived wearing heavy makeup, holding a spatula in her hand, and was cooking.
Huo Yanyue couldn't see clearly what was being stir-fried, but Chen Xuehua took out the contents of the pot and shouted to one side: "It's time to eat."
Not long after, a middle-aged man and a boy who looked like a teenager came down.
The boy picked up the plate and smelled it: "Mom's craftsmanship is good."
The clear male voice praised without hesitation, and the middle-aged man next to him picked up Chen Xuehua's hand very protectively and took a few breaths: "Is it cold or not? It's frozen. I'll tell you later. Come."
The stove is upstairs, but the cooked food has to be taken upstairs to eat.
When Chen Xuehua turned his head, Huo Yanyue subconsciously hid behind Nangong Xi. In fact, if he looked at her from that side, he couldn't see her unless he looked deliberately, but Huo Yanyue just hid subconsciously.
In the distance, Huo Yanyue could still hear the cheerful laughter of a family of three over there.
"Want to go take a look?"
Nangong Xi's gentle voice sounded in her ears, and Huo Yanyue didn't answer for a moment. She couldn't describe how she felt now. She was confused, but more of a kind of relaxed. She took the initiative to see this woman before, But seeing such a dirty and disgusting scene made the hatred in her heart intensify, and her heart was always heavy. Even though she reconciled with Huo's mother and put the matter aside, that scene would still be in her mind from time to time. Flashed past, causing waves of nausea.