"Wu Yan?" He was a little happy to see Sang Wu Yan.
"Has your whole family moved here?"
"Yeah, I heard that you stayed here to work. Is your father's illness getting better?"
"My father's illness? When?" Sang Wuyan was suspicious.
"I went back last month and happened to see him. He had a cerebral hemorrhage. I heard that his condition was very critical."
Sang Wuyan was shocked.
"Wang Lan, I don't want to eat anymore." Sang Wuyan said goodbye and walked out of the restaurant.
Wang Lan chased after her, touched her cold hand and said, "Maybe something went wrong. You should check it."
Sang Wuyan nodded helplessly.
No one answered the landline at home, then Mother Sang’s cell phone.
"Hello?"
"Mother."
"Wu Yan, I received your photos, they are very good." Mother Sang's tone was normal.
"Where's Dad?"
"He's on a business trip."
"Mom, why did you hide it from me?" Sang Wuyan asked.
Mother Sang was a little surprised. After a moment of silence, she asked, "Wu Yan, how did you know?"
"Why not?"
"You have your own things to do. Your father said he didn't want to force you to go home for his health. Besides, the most dangerous time had passed, and it was too late to notify you then."
"Mom—" Sang Wuyan cried on the street, "Don't you need me anymore? Are you going to punish me because I'm willful? You don't want to care about me anymore, and you don't want me to know about you?"
"Nothing..."
"We just don't want to hold you back. You'll eventually fly away when you grow up."
Sang Wuyan hung up the phone and said to Wang Lan, "Lanlan, please ask for leave for me. I need to go back."
"Back to where?"
“Hometown.”
"But didn't you say you promised him that you would visit his father tomorrow?"
"My dad is more important."
In the taxi, Sang Wuyan wondered: Was she really wrong
The person who rang the doorbell was Yu Weilan.
Su Nianqin was a little surprised, "Xiaolu is out."
"I'm not here to see her." Yu Weilan smiled, "Why don't you invite me in to sit down?"
Su Nianqin stiffly turned sideways to let her in.
"I heard that you are going to bring your girlfriend back tomorrow."
"Yes."
"After your father received your call today, he actually ate two bowls of rice. You can see how happy he is."
There was a hint of sneer on Su Nianqin's lips.
"You're still so stubborn."
"No. I'm not stubborn about certain things."
"Nianqin," Yu Weilan sat next to Su Nianqin as usual and put her hand on his palm, "If Madam Su were alive, she would definitely be very pleased." For many years, she still called Su Nianqin's mother like this.
"You are the current Mrs. Su." Su Nianqin retracted his hand and said teasingly.
Yu Weilan didn't take Su Nianqin's sarcasm seriously and said kindly, "I'm happy for you too."
Su Nianqin suddenly became angry, "Of course you are the happiest one. Because no one will bother you anymore. This man who annoyed you and abandoned you can finally use his love to bind others and will no longer bother you! Madam Su, you don't have to be so self-indulgent. Your stepson has never loved you in his life!"
Yu Weilan's face turned pale, and it took a long time for the color to return to normal. "After so many years, you finally said these words. It shows that you really like Miss Sang."
"Whether I like her or not is none of your business."
"Let's have a harmonious meal tomorrow so as not to embarrass Miss Sang. I'm leaving now, Nianqin."
As soon as Yu Weilan got into the car and closed the door, she saw a short-haired girl at the door of Su Nianqin's house, rummaging in her handbag for keys. After trying for a long time, she still couldn't figure it out, so she had to ring the doorbell.
She must be Sang Wuyan, a petite and delicate girl from the south. She rolled up the car window, leaned back in the chair tiredly, and asked the driver to drive.
Sang Wuyan was a little anxious. She didn't bring her keys with her. She hoped that Su Nianqin didn't go out. Thinking of this, she pressed the doorbell again.
"That's enough! Yu Weilan!" Su Nianqin roared.
Sang Wuyan was stunned when he saw Su Nianqin's angry face, and said, "I forgot to bring my key."
Then, ignoring Su Nianqin's embarrassment, she hurried back to the house to pack her luggage.
"What are you doing?" Su Nianqin noticed something strange.
"Pack your things," she said, "and tell your father I'm sorry I can't go tomorrow."
Su Nianqin held her wrist tightly, "Where are you going?"
"Go home..." She didn't know how to explain to him. Sang Wuyan felt that he was very strange and tried to break free from him, but the grip was even more painful.
Su Nianqin's anger gathered. Why did she run away every time he said he would take her back to the Su family? This time, she was going home, to a place where he couldn't find her.
Did she regret it? Did she regret falling in love with a blind man like him? Did her mother finally wait for this day
"My father is not in good health, and my mother asked me to go back..." Sang Wuyan said while enduring the pain.
"I know!" Su Nianqin interrupted her rudely. He had lost his mind at this moment. Thinking of what Sang Wuyan's mother said that day, he angrily said, "They want you to go back. Just when I want to take you home, they want you to go back?"
"Yes, it's such a coincidence!" Sang Wuyan also got angry, "Your father is a father, but my father is not a father?"
"Your mother told me in person that I am a blind person who is hindering your happiness! They look down on me and think that I am useless and that I will be a burden to you. Now they are using these tricks to trick you into leaving!"
"Su Nianqin!" Sang Wuyan glared at him, "You can't say that about them."
"This kind of contempt is worthless in my eyes, Su Nianqin." Su Nianqin's anger grew stronger and stronger.
"Su Nianqin, please stop being unreasonable, okay? Let me go!"
"Unless you don't leave." Su Nianqin's unfocused eyes were filled with gloom.
"I have to go back."
"I told you to stay!"
"You can't do it!"
When Su Nianqin heard this, he was extremely angry. He grabbed Sang Wuyan's hand and pulled it hard, causing Sang Wuyan to crash into him. At the same time, he threw the phone in his other hand away with force.
The phone hit the wall and bounced back, hitting the photo frame on the chest of drawers.
The two objects fell to the ground one after another.
"Clang—" Two urgent sounds were heard.
The heated words between the two of them also stopped with the noises.
Sang Wuyan looked up and saw that the bracket behind the photo frame had fallen to the side. The photo in the frame was a photo of her and Su Nianqin at school when she graduated.
The top of her forehead just touched his chin, and the movement he pulled her just now caused her head to hit his chin. In the past, when they were playing and frolicking, even if she was touched so lightly, she would lie on his chest and pretend to be in pain, so that he would immediately admit his mistake with a heartache. However, this time, it really hurt, but she did not stick to him and act like a spoiled child. And he did not hold her in his arms.
It really hurts.
Her eyes were a little red, and she said stubbornly, "Let me go." Her tone was unusually calm.
He paused, and finally slowly let go of her hand, "Unless you want to never come back."
Sang Wuyan felt somewhat helpless, and sat down dejectedly on the bed. He moved his right wrist, which was almost broken by him, and said after a moment of hesitation, "Su Nianqin, if you are still willing, we can go and register for marriage first."
Su Nianqin's face darkened when he heard this, but he smiled again in a moment and said sarcastically, "You think too highly of yourself."
Sang Wuyan raised her head and stared at him for a long time. Suddenly she felt as if she didn't know him, and suddenly she felt that this was the Su Nianqin she had just met. Finally, she said, "If you keep doing this, I will get tired too."
After saying this, Sang Wuyan stood up, picked up his luggage and left.
Cheng Yin said: "I always thought you two loved each other very much."
"I thought so."
"He has always had a bad temper, you know."
"Why do you have to treat me the worst?"
"Maybe because he loves you most."
"real?"
Cheng Yin did not answer, but Sang Wuyan had already silently said to herself in her heart: It’s true, Sang Wuyan, you can doubt whether the earth is flat or square, but you cannot deny Su Nianqin’s feelings.
Sang Wuyan thought: Am I really wrong
She felt a little regretful.
After their last fight and reconciliation, they finally had some time alone together, and Su Nianqin could not wait to bend down and kiss her fiercely, holding her arms tighter and tighter, as if he wanted her to become a part of his body. It was a kiss that lasted a century, and Sang Wuyan had never seen Su Nianqin so panicked and uneasy that he almost suffocated her.
After a long time, Su Nianqin reluctantly let go of Sang Wuyan's lips, buried her face in her neck, took a deep breath of her breath, and said, "Wuyan, do you know that I'm scared?"
Sang Wuyan slowly inserted her fingers into his hair and said with great distress: "Aren't I back?" All the words that she had originally wanted to use to tease or question him could not be said at this moment.
Later, Yu Xiaolu said, "Ms. Sang, it's great that you're back."
Yu Xiaolu had always been polite and distant to her, but with that one sentence, Sang Wuyan felt her sincerity.
"Xiao Lu, you can call me Wu Yan if you want."
"Wu Yan." Yu Xiaolu tried to call out once, and smiled slightly. When her lips and teeth were pondering the two words, she suddenly remembered something and said, "Wu Yan, do you like the chestnut cakes at the corner of the community?"
"yes."
"The one with the longest line?"
Sang Wuyan smiled and said, "I'm not very picky, but the taste of that restaurant is particularly good, so there are so many repeat customers." She asked again, "How do you know?"
Yu Xiaolu showed an expression of understanding, "That day, I happened to buy some when I was passing by. Su Nianqin had just come back from outside. When she smelled the fragrance, she smiled and said, 'Wu Yan, look at what you like...' Halfway through her words, she suddenly remembered that you were not there at all."
"You know what a good nose he has."
"He has been sitting on the sofa in a daze all night these past few days. His lost expression is really distressing."
After listening to Yu Xiaolu's words, Sang Wuyan turned away, with tears welling up in his eyes.
On the way to the airport, she felt that she was too impulsive and should explain to Su Nianqin. However, after dialing the number, she hesitated and finally sent a text message to Yu Xiaolu: "Xiaolu, my father is critically ill. I'm going home. Please tell him."
There weren't many flights to City B, and the nearest one was at 7:30 p.m. She didn't have much extra money in her bank account except for her living expenses, and her family definitely didn't have the energy or time to remit money to her on short notice.
Sang Wuyan stood in front of the bank's ATM in a daze: she didn't have that much money to buy a plane ticket.
After coming to this conclusion, Sang Wuyan felt helpless. She glanced at the clock over there and called Wei Hao. Half an hour later, Wei Hao rushed to the airport with money and bought a ticket for Sang Wuyan.
There were still five hours before ticket checking, and Wei Hao accompanied Sang Wuyan to rest in the cafe.
"Don't worry, Uncle Sang's condition has stabilized. I just called my dad and he is rushing to the hospital. He just came back from a business trip and didn't hear from anyone, so he didn't tell me," said Wei Hao.
Sang Wuyan nodded with unfocused eyes.
After Wei Hao ordered the drinks, the waiter took the drink menu and asked Sang Wuyan: "What would you like to order?"
After asking twice, Sang Wuyan did not answer.
The third time, the waiter's expression was a little stiff, so he changed the way he asked: "Would you like a glass of lemonade?"
"Let's have milk tea. You don't like sour food." Wei Hao said, "Wu Yan?"
"Okay." Sang Wuyan came back to his senses and nodded.
"On the rocks, no pearls." Wei Hao added for her, "right?"
"Yes." Sang Wuyan forced a smile, "You still remember."
"Of course you remember. When you were a kid, you often drank just water when you drank milk tea. After you sipped it with a straw, half a cup of dry pearls was left for me to eat." Wei Hao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
She has never eaten sour food since she was a child, but she always buys candied haws. After eating the sugar on the surface, she usually throws the remaining hawthorns to Wei Hao to eat.
Recalling this, both of them laughed, but halfway through their laughter they seemed to remember the unpleasantness of the past and stopped talking at the same time, feeling a little awkward.
Sang Wuyan turned around. When she had no money to buy a plane ticket, the first person she thought of for help was Wei Hao. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Perhaps apart from the chestnut cake that she took the initiative to tell Su Nianqin about her favorite food, Su Nianqin didn't even know whether she liked spicy or sweet food, lemon or strawberry, or whether she liked to drink soup before or after meals.
But another voice in my heart said, "That's not the case. You just had an argument with him, and now you are shamelessly asking him for money. You definitely can't do it, so you didn't think of him."
"Xu Qian and I will be back in a few days, and we will visit your father then."
"I heard from Xu Qian that you all signed with your hometown employer?"
"Yes. We are both only children, so it would be inappropriate not to go back. Anyway, there are opportunities in my hometown, so I decided to go back."
"I am also an only child, but I have never thought about these things. Compared to others, I am quite unfilial." Sang Wuyan laughed at himself.
"That's different. Xu Qian's father is over 60, and her mother is in the same situation. Your parents are so young, and they both have jobs that allow them to retire without worrying about security, and the government will support them when they get old. People in their family can only work for a day to eat, and they don't have any security at all."
Sang Wuyan looked at Wei Hao's face and said, "I suddenly understand why my mother always says you are a good son-in-law."
Hearing her sudden words, Wei Hao blushed immediately.
"Actually... you like Xu Qian very much, right?"
Wei Hao said: "Yes. I planned to propose to her one year after graduation."
“Why a year?”
"By that time, I was already financially independent, so I could still support her even if my family objected."
"She doesn't need you to support her." Sang Wuyan smiled, thinking of Xu Qian's reckless appearance at the school's job fair at the end of last year.
Wei Hao smiled foolishly.
"Since the proposal is still a year away, why are you telling me so early?"
"I want your affirmation." Wei Hao suddenly said seriously.
"Haozi, let me tell you a story." Sang Wuyan took a deep sip of the milk tea. "A little girl had a doll. The doll grew up with her. But one day, the doll left with someone else. She suddenly realized that the things she thought belonged to her were so precious. When she realized all this, they had already been taken away by someone. She was so sad. She cried for a long time and didn't know what to do. She was obviously very sad, but she had to pretend that nothing happened. She was so sad, and then she did a lot of ridiculous things."
"I understand." Wei Hao said.
"You still don't understand. I didn't make a good analogy, but you and Xu Qian were both my favorite things. She was my best friend, and you were my dearest brother. And then one day, half of you were suddenly taken away. It was so sudden that I find it hard to accept."
Wei Hao stood up, walked to Sang Wuyan, bent down and hugged her, "Wuyan." He finally waited for the day when she figured it out.
"You know how I feel, yet you still play along with me." She even thought she had really taken him back from Xu Qian.
"That was not a joke. I thought at the time that if it could make you feel better, I didn't mind doing anything. It was indeed my fault for not being the first to tell you about Xu Qian and me."
Sang Wuyan burst into laughter, "If you like her, why did you tell me first? You should tell her first."
"You will always be as important as she is."
"Don't kid me. There must be high and low. It's impossible for a person to have two places in his heart that are always the same."
Wei Hao thought about it and said carefully: "It seems that she is more important."
“Come on, come on,” Sang Wuyan pushed him away, “If that’s the case, don’t be so direct.”
After a while, Sang Wuyan looked at the plane that had just landed outside the window and said, "In fact, I only figured it out after I fell in love with another person. What is attachment and what is love? These two things are sometimes very similar, and sometimes completely different."
Su Nianqin didn't call again until the evening before boarding the plane. When taking off, Sang Wuyan looked at the screen and quietly pressed the power off button.