"Yeah, Mayor Xu was just discharged from the hospital two days ago, and he is still recuperating at home. I heard that it is basically impossible to recover. When he was on stage, he was very beautiful, but now he is worse than us ordinary people. , Alas—” the driver sighed a lot as he spoke, with a hint of sympathy. Xu Nianyi hesitated for a moment, and asked casually, pretending to be chatting: "He is also a mayor, even if he steps down, will someone take care of him?"
"The country will definitely not treat him badly, and the pension will definitely not be less, but his two wives are dead, and his two daughters have severed their relationship with their father and daughter. There is no one to take care of him. No matter how much money he has What's the use?" The driver continued with a sigh.
Xu Nianyi was a little surprised, "His daughter severed the father-daughter relationship with him? Why?"
"Miss, you must not be a local?" The driver glanced at Xu Nianyi and asked with a smile.
"Oh, yes, I'm from City C, and I just arrived in Xiahai."
"It's no wonder that Mayor Xu's family affairs have almost become a family drama in our Xia Hai. He married twice, and later he divorced his ex-wife and married his second wife. Her ex-wife went crazy for some reason and stabbed his second wife with a knife. Later, she was found to be mentally ill and was spared from prison, but before his injured wife was discharged from the hospital, Mayor Xu Announcing her divorce and severing the father-daughter relationship with the second daughter, we don't know the details." The driver began to talk, the expression on his face should be more vivid.
Listening to the driver's narration, Xu Nian's heart was agitated. She never expected that the information she couldn't get from Shao Jun actually got it from a taxi driver.
"Master driver, do you know where Mayor Xu lives? I want to visit him."
"He used to have a villa, but now I don't know if he lives at home. After all, he is in such a physical condition and has no one to take care of him..."
"Would you please take me to him? I want to see him."
The driver glanced at Xu Nian a few times from the corner of his eye, and his eyes were visibly more alert.
"I can only take you to the entrance of the villa area. The security check there is very strict, and I don't know which building he lives in. You have to find it yourself."
"Okay, thank you!" Xu Nian thanked repeatedly, took out a few hundred yuan bills from his wallet and put them on the workbench.
The taxi stopped outside the 'Yunhuayuan' villa area, Xu Nian thanked the driver again after getting out of the car, and walked into the villa area.
Seeing that Xu Nianyi was well dressed, the security guard at the gate didn't question him too much. He simply registered and let him go.
Looking at the Gothic style villas, Xu Nianyi was a little at a loss. There are at least a hundred villas here, and if you look for one by one, you don't know when you will find it.
While she was looking around, a black car stopped beside her.
"Miss Xu?"
Xu Nian was taken aback for a moment, looking at the black car parked beside him.
A young man in a suit was sitting in the car, and he was looking at Xu Nianyi through the window in surprise.
"Are you here to see Mayor Xu?"
Xu Nianyi immediately realized that this person must know him. So she said calmly, "Yes, my car was parked at the hospital, so—"
"Oh, let me take you with me. I just came to see the old leader. My surname is Li. I used to be Mayor Xu's secretary. You should remember me?"
"Oh, yes, Secretary Li." Xu Nianyi sneered a bit, as if he had gotten away with it.
The man seemed very enthusiastic, and opened the car door for Xu Nianyi.
Xu Nianyi hesitated for a moment, and got into the man's car.
The car drove for five minutes in the villa area and stopped in front of a villa. During this period, the man in the suit didn't say a word to Xu Nianyi, and seemed to be in awe of Xu Nianyi affectionately.
After getting off the car, Secretary Li stepped forward and knocked on the door, and then a middle-aged woman in her forties opened the door.
"Sister Zhang, let me come and see Mayor Xu." Secretary Li greeted with a smile.
The woman looked at the words of the two with some displeasure, and said lightly: "Come in."
Xu Nianyi followed Secretary Li into the villa.
Xu Rongsheng was sitting in a wheelchair, basking in the sun by the window, with a photo album on his lap, and a flower mirror hanging on his chest, looking out the window with a dull gaze.
Seeing Xu Rongsheng's appearance, Xu Nianyi was secretly surprised. She met Xu Rongsheng at Gao Xuehan's wedding. At that time, Xu Rongsheng was full of black hair and was full of energy. In just one or two months, his hair was completely white, and his face was sallow, which could even be seen on his face. to visible age spots.
Xu Rongsheng was unaware of their arrival, his eyes were still staring out of the window, as if he was concentrating on something.
Secretary Li walked to Xu Rongsheng's side lightly, knelt down and picked up the photo album he had pushed and put it aside, and said in a low voice: "Old leader, Miss Nianyi is back to see you."
When he heard the word Nianyi, Xu Rongsheng's eyes seemed to brighten instantly, he turned his head slowly, and set his eyes on Xu Nianyi.
"Nian... one..." Seeing Xu Nianyi standing in front of him alive, Xu Rongsheng's eyes widened in surprise, the muddy pupils also became clear, and a layer of tears slowly appeared in his eyes. He struggled to call out the name, but when he opened his mouth, saliva flowed down and dripped onto his chest.
Seeing Xu Rongsheng like this, Xu Nian felt a pang of sadness in his heart.
She had no impression of the old man in front of her at all, and no picture appeared in her mind. But she can be sure that this person must be her father.
Although she doesn't have any feelings for him, seeing an old man who has lost the ability to take care of himself looking at her like this makes her heart ache.
Xu Nianyi walked slowly in front of Xu Rongsheng, squatted down, and said in a low voice, "Hello, I'm Nianyi."
Xu Rongsheng suddenly sobbed, with tears flowing down his face.
"Gao... Fei..." Xu Rongsheng grabbed Xu Nianyi's hand and said these words intermittently.
"Don't fly high, it's time to take medicine!" The middle-aged woman walked up to Xu Rongsheng with a glass of water in her left hand and a small medicine cup in her right and said coldly.
Xu Nianyi frowned slightly, this nanny looked fierce, I really don't know who hired her.
"Sister Zhang, how about I come?"
"Why do you still need me?" Sister Zhang choked on Secretary Zhang, but he could only look at Xu Nianyi with a wry smile, stood up and stepped aside.
Sister Zhang walked up to Xu Rongsheng and ordered, "Open your mouth."
Xu Rongsheng looked at Sister Zhang in horror, and opened his mouth reluctantly.
Sister Zhang roughly stuffed the medicine into his mouth, and then began to feed him water. As a result, Xu Rongsheng's chest was wet in a large area.
After finishing the work, Sister Zhang pushed Xu Rongsheng's wheelchair and walked straight to the bathroom.
"Although this Sister Zhang is a bit fierce, she is quite considerate in taking care of the old leader. After all, it is not easy to hire nurses now. Young people don't like to do this. Older ones have no strength. Mayor Xu can't even defecate now. He has to be taken care of, and only Sister Zhang can touch him."
Xu Nian nodded, and reached out to pick up the photo album that Secretary Li put on the coffee table.
After opening, the first page is an old-fashioned half-length color photo. In the photo, a man and a woman's heads are slightly approaching. In that era, this action was considered relatively intimate.
The man was wearing an old-fashioned military cap and a military uniform, and the woman was also wearing a military cap. Two braids hung from her shoulders to her chest, and her pretty face was filled with a happy smile.
There is a line of cursive Chinese characters printed on the line of the photo, "Comrade Xu Rongsheng and Comrade Jiang Xiangru's Wedding Commemoration 1987"
Xu Nianyi took a closer look, then turned a page.
The second page is a photo of a baby, and the words below it read "Nannian first-year-old photo***".
On each of the following pages, there are almost photos marked with the name, covering every stage of her life from infancy to adolescence.
But the careful Xu Nianyi found that the frequency of Xu Rongsheng appearing in the photos became less and less, and almost all of the photos in the back were photos of her and Jiang Xiangru. This also proves why he later divorced Jiang Xiangru and married Gao Meihua again.
Maybe his mother had mental problems because of this, and finally died together with Gao Meihua. In the final analysis, Xu Rongsheng is irresponsible to his family.
The last page of the photo album is a photo of Xu Nianyi wearing a wedding dress, but this photo was obviously torn in half, and the groom beside Xu Nianyi was gone.
"Miss Xu, we didn't get any information about when you escaped from danger. At that time, we were all worried about your safety..." Secretary Li might feel that the atmosphere was a bit dull, and began to find nothing to say.
"I'm sorry Secretary Li, I don't want to mention the past, please forgive me." Xu Nianyi closed the album and said flatly.
Secretary Zhang sneered, "Just get out of danger..."
At this moment, sister Zhang, the nanny, pushed Xu Rongsheng out of the bathroom, and said to the two of them, "Mayor Xu is a little sleepy after taking the medicine, you two, please go about yourselves."
These words made Xu Nianyi feel a little uncomfortable, how could the order of expelling guests be so bare-bones
Looking at Xu Rongsheng again, his expression was even duller than before, as if he was drowsy.
Xu Nianyi sighed. Even when Xu Rongsheng was sober, he still couldn't say a complete sentence, and this state was even more difficult.
"Miss Xu, then we-"
"Let's go, I'll come back another day when I have time." After Xu Nian finished speaking, he took out the check book from his bag, filled out one, tore it off and handed it to Sister Zhang.
"This is a little thought from me. You can keep it. It's my thanks for taking care of Mayor Xu."
"Take it back, someone will pay me." Sister Zhang turned around and pushed Xu Rongsheng towards the bedroom without even looking at it.
"Sister Zhang is like this, don't be surprised..."
Sister Zhang watched the two of them leave the villa, with a sneer on the corner of her mouth, she took out her mobile phone and dialed a number.
"Miss, Xu Nianyi has been here, yes, but you don't have to worry, Xu Rongsheng will not tell the truth, because the medicine you gave him is enough to make him lose the ability to speak forever."