She walked to the door and mechanically took out the key from her bag to open the door, but then she remembered that she had asked Chen Yuan's classmate to deliver lunch to her husband last night and had already destroyed the door lock.
She silently put the key back into her bag and pushed open the old iron door of her house.
Squeak—
The door opens with a push.
Aunt Chen dragged her tired body after not sleeping all night and just stepped into the room. She tried to make her tone sound normal and said to the people in the room: "I'm back. You last night..."
Before she could finish her words, she saw someone she hadn't seen for almost three months in the living room. She stood there in a daze, rubbing her eyes vigorously to make sure she was not hallucinating.
Aunt Chen then stammered, "Far, far away?"
Uncle Chen was supported by Chen Yuan to eat breakfast in the living room.
The aroma of porridge wafted from the kitchen. Chen Yuan even peeled an egg for Uncle Chen and put it in the bowl. Then he stood up, wiped his hands with paper, and looked at the person coming in from outside.
"I'll scoop some rice for you. Do you want eggs?" He looked as natural as if he had just come back from vacation. He wiped his hands and said, "Go wash your hands first, and you can eat when you come out."
Aunt Chen's feet felt as if they weighed a thousand pounds and she couldn't move at all. She watched Chen Yuan go into the kitchen and bring out a bowl of rice for her.
She finally came to her senses and remembered something. She grabbed Chen Yuan's arm anxiously and said, "You didn't tell Nian Nian, did you?"
Chen Yuan saw her grabbing his hand anxiously, but he was not angry. He slowly put the food on the table and patted the back of her hand soothingly: "Don't worry, I didn't say anything."
"That's good." Aunt Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen Yuan looked at her loosened hand, suppressed the anger in his eyes, and asked her in a low voice: "Mom, you can always tell me what happened."
"this… "
Aunt Chen's heart, which had just been put at ease, rose to her throat again. Her eyes flickered and she subconsciously looked at Chen Yuan, only to see that Chen Yuan's eyes were gloomy, as if he was waiting for her to explain.
She knew her son had a stubborn temper, so she sighed inwardly and told them that someone had come to their house yesterday to ask them for something, and left after making some threatening remarks.
Later that afternoon, she told Chen Yuan everything that happened when she went to set up the stall.
There was only the patient who had a stomach upset last night. She kneaded the corner of her clothes and insisted, "The guest last night must have been a coincidence. I have already explained it to them. The police have also been here. We just have to wait for the final results of the investigation."
Chen Yuan sneered in anger, looked at her with a very gloomy look, and suppressed the depression in his chest: "Mom, do you really think that guest last night was a coincidence?"
"If it's not a coincidence, what else could it be..." Aunt Chen immediately looked away and didn't look at him.
Then, not wanting Chen Yuan to continue pursuing the matter, she pushed him inside and said, "Don't worry about it. Buy a plane ticket back to school this afternoon. Your dad and I will take care of it, so don't worry!"
"Yes, Chen Yuan. Listen to your mother! Go back to school in the afternoon. It's not okay to run home every day just to study! The teacher will be angry if he finds out." Uncle Chen knew what his wife was thinking.
If I tell Chen Yuan that the customer who suffered from food poisoning last night was probably framed, then it would be a big deal and the other party would definitely not give up easily.
But they decided that even if they lost everything they had, they would not bother Nian Nian, so the most important thing was to let Chen Yuan go back to school first, so as to prevent him from getting involved.
Aunt Chen hadn't slept all night, her eyes were dark, and she forced herself to pat his shoulder and said earnestly, "Yuanyuan, listen to your father and buy a plane ticket this afternoon."
(End of this chapter)