The room Lin Qingya booked for Li Mu was the best luxury business suite in this three-star hotel.
The so-called luxury business suite is nothing more than an extra living room of about 20 square meters, with ordinary decoration.
Lin Qingya followed Li Mu to the room without picking up her luggage. Li Mu invited her to sit on the sofa for a while. It was too painful to wait outside for two or three hours in the winter. The room was warm, so Li Mu asked her to rest here. When the time comes, he will take her to the station so that she can sleep on the train and arrive in Yanjing after sleeping one night.
As soon as the two sat down on the sofa, Li Mu's cell phone rang. He took it over and saw that it was Su Yingxue. Li Mu naturally said to Lin Qingya, "My girlfriend's phone number."
Lin Qingya nodded lightly and cooperated without making any sound. She knew that Li Mu had a girlfriend. When he confessed to Su Yingxue, the Renmin University students were shocked. Dong Ai even told her specifically that at that time, she still felt that Dong When Ai said this, his tone seemed to be a little sad.
As soon as the call was connected, Su Yingxue asked Li Mu: "What are you doing, dear?"
Li Mu said: "I'm in Qilu, doing something. What about you?"
Su Yingxue said: "I came out to buy a pack of cigarettes for my dad. All the cigarettes at home were given away by my mom."
Li Mu smiled and said: "Auntie probably wants uncle to quit smoking. If you buy him cigarettes, be careful that Auntie gets angry with you."
Su Yingxue said: "It's okay. Anyway, my mother knows that she is deceiving herself. Once my father goes to work, she can't stop him from smoking."
After saying that, Su Yingxue added: "By the way, my sister is going to take the art exam at Yanjing Film Academy in Chujiu. I agreed to accompany her there. I will go back to Yanjing with my sister-in-law and her family the day after tomorrow."
Li Mu heard Su Yingxue mention this matter before, and said: "Since you have agreed to her, then go ahead. I will go back after celebrating the fifteenth day at home."
Su Yingxue said: "Xinran has been pestering me for the past two days, asking you to treat her to dinner. When my family saw your name while watching "Oldboy", they didn't even think about you, but she guessed it was you right away. So I have to get to know you, do you think you are free tomorrow night?"
Li Mu said without hesitation: "If you have time, let's do this. I'll invite you two to eat at the ecological park. The environment there is better."
Su Yingxue said: "Okay, you can eat anything. I'm afraid you don't have time."
Li Mu said: "Don't offend my sister-in-law. I will satisfy her tomorrow."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Qingya said with envy: "You are so kind to your girlfriend."
Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "My girlfriend must be nice to her."
Lin Qingya nodded and asked, "She is also from the National People's Congress, right?"
"Well, we were classmates in high school."
Lin Qingya asked: "Then does she know what you are doing now?"
Li Mu shook his head: "You know part of it, she knows about 3321, Alipay, and I filmed "Oldboy", but she doesn't know about Makino Technology and others."
Lin Qingya looked curious: "Why didn't you tell her?"
Li Mu shrugged his shoulders and said, "I can't tell. Maybe he wants the relationship between us to be as pure as possible, or maybe he's afraid of scaring her. Not only him, but my parents don't know yet."
Lin Qingya nodded in understanding. As a young man, his achievements were indeed too great. Even the people closest to him may need time to slowly accept this fact.
Li Mu thought of the family issues Lin Qingya was facing and asked her, "Have all your family issues been resolved?"
Lin Qingya nodded: "It's all settled. In fact, it's just a matter of money. As long as they are satisfied."
Seeing that her expression was a little unnatural, Li Mu comforted her and said, "Any problem that money can solve is actually not a big problem."
Lin Qingya sighed softly and said: "I was still thinking on the way here from home today. From now on, I will only come back to this home once a year during the Chinese New Year. In fact, to them, it doesn't matter whether I come back or not, as long as the money is Just give it. I mainly don’t want to spend the New Year alone in Yanjing, otherwise I really won’t even have the heart to come back. If I get married and have a place to celebrate the New Year, I’m afraid I won’t even have the heart to come back once a year. If my future husband can love and pamper me, I will never want to come back to this family in my life."
Li Mu realized that he might have said the wrong thing, and he shouldn't have opened and raised certain pots. But looking at Lin Qingya's appearance, she must be hiding a lot of things in her heart. It may not be a good thing for her to keep everything in her heart and carry it alone. .
Lin Qingya looked up at Li Mu and asked him, "Mr. Li, are you interested in hearing my complaint?"
Li Mu sat up straight and said, "I'm all ears."
Lin Qingya smiled slightly and said: "Actually, I just want to complain about my fate. It's not about how miserable I am. I just feel that I have never been loved or pampered by anyone since I was a child. In Zaoshi, there is a concept of favoring boys over girls. It’s especially serious. When my grandparents’ generation was young, each family used to compare themselves with the number of sons. My grandparents had a total of six children, but only my father was a boy, so the family was always bullied by people in the same village. "If there are few sons in the family, neighbors with many sons will bully you and take advantage of you. My dad has been bullied since he was a child, and the concept of favoring sons over daughters is much more serious than that of my grandfather's generation."
"My dad had a good time. When he was young, he caught up with the recruitment of workers in state-owned enterprises, and he was able to find a stable job. However, state-owned enterprise employees were very strict about family planning. He had my brother, but he always felt that there were not enough sons. I also wanted to secretly have another child. In order to give birth to me, my mother went to the countryside to hide in my second aunt’s house for more than half a year after she got pregnant. After I was born, she found out that I was a girl, so she left me in the countryside to be raised by my second aunt. When I was young, I took my second uncle's surname. At that time, I always thought that my second uncle was my parent, until when I was two years old, my mother returned to the countryside with a pregnant belly and secretly gave birth to three children."
"The third child was a girl, and my mother wanted to leave. My second aunt really didn't have the energy to take care of my sister, so my mother told her to give the child away. At that time, I didn't understand. I didn't know who the girl was. My sister, when I am seven years old, it is time for me to go to school. I don’t have a household registration. My second aunt and uncle have two children. If they apply for a household registration for me, I will be considered an overachiever and will be fined. But if I don’t register, I won’t be able to go to school. , my second aunt took me to my parents' place, had a fight with them, and then left me at my parents' place, and left in anger. My second aunt's idea was very simple, she just wanted me to go to school. , and a child who is seven years old is still a gangster, which will delay a lot of things. My parents didn’t agree at first, but they had no place to place me, so they had no choice but to leave me at home temporarily.”
"In those years, state-owned enterprises were the most strict in catching family planning violations. Not only did they have a dedicated working group to investigate day and night, but they also introduced a reward policy for reporting. Not long after I lived at my parents' house, my parents Someone reported it, and the working group came down to verify it, but they refused to admit it and kicked me out of the house indiscriminately. I was only seven years old and had no money in my pocket. I cried downstairs all day. My dad Mom’s neighbor couldn’t stand it, so she secretly took me home and asked me if I knew any relatives’ contact information. I remembered the address of my second aunt’s house, so she took me on a bus and sent me back.”
"My second aunt was so angry after hearing what I said about what happened at home. She called my other four aunts together. Five of them sent me back and asked my parents to keep me and register me as a household registration. , my dad had no choice but to apply for a new household registration for me with the help of several aunts. The family planning team came right after and fined me 8,000 yuan. My five aunts chipped in half of it. From then on, I I stayed with my parents, but my parents had no feelings for me and didn't want me to go to school at first. Later, teachers from the school for the children of my work unit approached my parents. They reluctantly agreed to let me go to school because of their reputation among co-workers. "
"In the junior high school entrance examination, I ranked first in the school and fifth in the county. My parents didn't want me to continue going to high school, so I gave up the best high school and went to a mine school that was willing to waive my tuition and fees for three years. After I was admitted to the National People’s Congress, I received a scholarship from my high school alma mater, received red envelopes from five aunts, worked as a tutor in the city for two months, and collected enough tuition for the first year. For the next three years, I I relied on poverty subsidies, scholarships, and part-time jobs to support myself until I graduated. After I graduated from the National People's University and started working, my parents' attitude immediately changed. I want money. I want money from me when laying cement floors in my yard. My brother wants money from me when he is doing small business. My brother comes to me for gambling and is chased by his creditors. Now that he is old and can’t find a partner, he also wants money from me. Money, after a slight hesitation, the three of us immediately turned against me and called me a white-eyed wolf. They managed to support me until I graduated from college. However, I turned against anyone and told people everywhere that I was blind and had raised a wolf cub..."
Li Mu was dumbfounded when he heard this. He had heard of similar things before, but he had never experienced such an extreme experience as Lin Qingya. There are also people who go back to their hometown in rural areas to give birth secretly, and then bring them back after many years, but they dare not change their household registration, and they always claim that the child is the child of their relative. However, these families love their second child very much, regardless of whether they are male or female. It's very simple. His parents feel that he has lost too much money and want to make up for it.
However, Lin Qingya's experience was an extreme one. Instead of feeling that she owed her, her parents felt that she owed them. It was hard to imagine how Lin Qingya could go from elementary school to high school in such a family environment.
Lin Qingya said so much in one breath, but her mood did not fluctuate much, but became more and more relaxed. She continued: "My second aunt is old. I went to see her this year. Her two sons are not very filial. Maybe it's because of the limited conditions. She and her second uncle are still living on one-third of an acre of land. Qilu is different from other provinces. The per capita cultivated land area here is very small, not even one acre. The two of them I can also grow some rations. Fortunately, in rural areas, they exchange grains and a small amount of money for staple food such as pancakes and sesame cakes, so they can still survive. But over the years, I have been blindly trying my best to please the three members of my family. I couldn't really repay my second aunt and uncle, so when I left, I gave them all the year-end bonus we gave out this year."
Li Mu nodded: "Listen to what you said, you shouldn't give your brother any money for his wedding."
Lin Qingya smiled slightly and said: "Yeah, actually I regret it so much. I would have ignored it if I had known it, and let them cry, make trouble, and hang themselves. Anyway, they would not really hang themselves. If the money was given to my second aunt, and my second uncle, at least enough to support them in their old age."
After saying that, Lin Qingya suddenly became energetic, sat up straight and said to Li Mu: "You don't know, when I went out today, I told my parents that I have given back enough to this family over the years. Now I have paid for my brother’s wedding. From now on, I will not pay attention to any requests they make. If I come back for the New Year next year, I will give them 5,000 yuan for living expenses and accommodation. If I If you don't come back, forget it. You don't know how ugly their expressions were. They wanted to scold me, but I didn't give them a chance and left with the box. Thinking about it now, I feel so cool at that time."
Li Mu smiled and said, "It's quite satisfying to hear you say that."
Lin Qingya blinked and smiled, and said mischievously: "I feel the same way. Although I don't think it should be right, it still feels good to think about it. I can't live such a stupid life anymore. I have to be nice to those who are good to me. If I have a clear conscience, I can forget about those who are not good to me. After returning to Yanjing, I changed my mobile phone number. Anyway, they have not visited me in Yanjing for so many years. I don’t know. No matter where I live or work, once I change my phone number, they can no longer bother me.”
Li Mu smiled and nodded. He wanted to praise Lin Qingya for making the right decision, but unexpectedly, Lin Qingya looked at him and asked, "Mr. Li, can I ask you something?"
Li Mu then said, "You tell me."
Lin Qingya said with some embarrassment: "Actually, it's not a big deal. I just want to lend you a shoulder to lean on. I still feel a little uncomfortable at the moment, but don't worry, I won't make your shoulders wet from crying."
Li Mu saw that what she said seemed like a joke, but there was a hint of helplessness in her words, so he didn't think much, nodded slightly, sat down in front of her, patted his shoulder and said, "Come on."
Lin Qingya smiled shyly and said, "Mr. Li, you are indeed the best boss I have ever seen. Don't worry, I'll just lean on you."
After saying that, Lin Qingya slowly tilted her head over with a smile, and leaned her side face gently on Li Mu's shoulder. After a moment, she sighed: "It's nice to have someone to lean on at this time..."
Li Mu looked at the time. It was ten o'clock in the evening, which was still about two hours before the train she wanted to take. She said softly: "Take a moment. I will take you to the station at eleven o'clock."
"Well, thank you Mr. Li."
Lin Qingya, who was leaning on Li Mu's shoulder, felt an unprecedented sense of security in her heart. Li Mu let herself squint for a while. She didn't know why, but she felt sleepy.
His eyelids became heavier and heavier, and finally he couldn't hold it back and fell asleep on Li Mu's shoulder.
Li Mu also closed his eyes and squinted for a while but didn't fall asleep. After more than ten minutes, he felt some dampness on his shoulders. When he opened his eyes, he saw Lin Qingya, who was sleeping on his shoulder with her eyes closed, and the corners of her eyes were shaking silently. Tears welled up.
Li Mu didn't make any reaction, let alone wipe her tears rashly. He remained motionless and even breathed carefully for fear of disturbing her.
Li Mu knew that there was no greater sorrow than death, but it would not be a bad thing if she could completely give up on the fetters in her life. Lin Qingya was experiencing the moment of Phoenix Nirvana. If she could break these shackles and escape from these nightmares, If she comes out of the shadows, she will become stronger, which is not a good thing for her.
(End of chapter)