Chapter 24 Section 5

The next day, Shao Yimin was packing up his things and preparing to go back to school when his cell phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was a call from home. He was a little surprised and quickly answered it. "Xiao Min, it's me." It turned out to be the stepmother, her surname was Hu, and she was the head nurse of a certain hospital.In the past, Shao Yimin deliberately called her Aunt Hu when she was young and stubborn.Later, when I grew up a little, I felt that this name was hurtful and not good for myself.In any case, this stepmother had never been mean to herself, so she changed her name to Auntie, which was a little closer, and reached the limit of her intimacy.

"Hello, auntie, what's the matter?" She was a little puzzled, her stepmother had never called her before, let alone she called back yesterday. "I called your dormitory last night and this morning, but you were not there. A girl in the dormitory said that you didn't go back to sleep, so I had to call your cell phone." Shao Yimin ignored the quarrel: "What do you want from me?" "Yesterday you asked your father about the house. I think I have some ideas and I must tell you clearly, otherwise it will be really uncomfortable." "Okay, tell me." Shao Yimin guessed that what she was going to say would not be good, but he could only listen.She walked to the bay window and sat down, thinking that it would be better than answering the call while everyone in the dormitory was watching.

"I don't know what to say. Xiao Min, the fact that your grandparents arranged to sell the house hurts my heart. Xiaofei is also a child of the Shao family just like you. Her grandparents have ignored her for many years. Up to now, there is no point in leaving her even a symbolic amount." Shao Yifei is Yi Min's half-sister, and she spoke so emotionally that her stepmother's voice was a little choked up, "She was still asking me yesterday why my grandparents only I like my sister and don't like her." The grandparents really refused to see their new daughter-in-law because they hated their son's extramarital affairs, and they didn't even have much affection for their other granddaughter.However, Shao Yimin didn't think that a girl under ten years old would care whether an old man who had never lived together and only met a few times liked her, so she kept silent.

"I know it's not your opinion to deal with the house like this, Xiao Min, and I don't mean to blame you. But you should know that now that Xiao Fei is growing up day by day, your father and I are just salarymen, and the unit benefits can't even be said Well, it is really hard to afford the education expenses of the two sisters. I heard from your father that you still plan to study abroad, which is a good thing, but I have to say that I am afraid that the expenses are beyond our ability Something happened." "I told my father earlier that I will be independent after graduating from college. As for where I will be independent, you don't have to worry too much. Auntie, is there anything else?"

"That's what I said, but right now the house can't be sold for the time being. Your father definitely can't ignore the cost of your study abroad. I can't make him understand that Xiaofei is also her daughter, and she is also the inheritance of her grandparents." You should have a share. You have always been reasonable, so I hope you can make it clear to your father that you will not make extra demands on him, we really can't afford it." "Auntie, let me remind you that grandparents are still alive right now. The house is their property, not an inheritance. They have the right to deal with it according to their own wishes. It doesn't matter who has a share and who doesn't."

"But is this fair to Fei?" "Fair? Auntie, since you talked about this issue, do you think it's fair to me that my father basically disappeared while I was growing up? Do you think I might get tens of thousands of dollars to sell the house?" Is money luckier than Xiao Fei?" Yi Min smiled, "I forgive my father, at least he shouldered another complete family responsibility besides me, at least let Xiao Fei enjoy a complete father. But don't Ask me for fairness, but I can't give it to you." Her stepmother was at a loss for words, and after a pause, she said, "I think your father has fulfilled his responsibilities to you. He just thinks you are pitiful, so he has always paid you as much as you should for your education and living expenses. Don't procrastinate, and I never said anything to him. If I didn't feel worthless for my daughter now, I wouldn't say these things to you. "

"Does my father really feel sorry for me?" Shao Yimin laughed back angrily, "Well, Aunt Hu, please tell him, I admit that my father has fulfilled his financial responsibilities to me so far, and I hope he can continue to do so. The responsibility will not be borne by him until I graduate next year." "Do you really have no feelings for your father at all? I dare not tell him that you didn't live in the dormitory and spent the night outside. A girl should respect herself, and he will be very angry when he hears it." "It's okay. I guess my dad has the mental capacity to bear it. Tell him directly. I'm not in the dormitory. I'm with a man. But I can guarantee that this man is not a married man."

The stepmother over there was completely speechless, and Shao Yimin hung up the phone, only feeling her hands shaking violently.She casually threw the phone on the window sill, and looked at the big tree in the middle of the lawn outside the window that could only be embraced by several people.Su Zhe told her that this is a nearly hundred-year-old camphor tree, and it is in the flowering period at this time, but the small yellow-green flowers are mixed in the dense leaves and are very inconspicuous. Only by looking hard can you see the shape of the flowers.Her eyes widened, almost sour. Su Zhe came out of the bedroom at some point, hugged her with one hand, and held her trembling hand with the other.She pulled back hard without thinking, but failed to pull it back. He said comfortingly: "Don't be angry, poor baby."

She suddenly exploded, pushed him away, and went straight to the entrance.Su Zhe held her back, and she struggled desperately to get rid of him: "Don't tell me anything pitiful, no more." She shouted hoarsely, "I've had enough of your self-righteous pity, am I really pitiful? ? Well, then I don't need your sympathy." Su Zhe hugged her tightly, regardless of her kicking or beating, and wrapped her around his chest.She couldn't break free, and in a rage, she slammed her head into his body hard.He snorted in pain, but still didn't let go.She quickly broke out the sweat all over her head and face, but she was also weak all over, so she stopped struggling and let him hug her and sit on the sofa.She buried her head in his arms, and after an unknown amount of time, she suddenly found that the shirt under her face was wet, and the wet marks were getting bigger and bigger, obviously not caused by sweating.She jumped up and ran into the bathroom, only to see that her face was covered with tears, her hair was disheveled, and a little bit of hair was stuck to her forehead with sweat, she looked really embarrassed.

Shao Yimin turned on the faucet, lowered his head, scooped up water with both hands, and washed the sweat and tears on his face. After a long time, he pulled his own towel to wipe it clean, patted toner on his face, rubbed some lotion, and combed his hair. The self in the mirror seemed to be He regained his composure, but his eye circles were red and his face was numb, which seemed strange no matter how he looked at it. She forgot when was the last time she cried.What's ridiculous is that she still remembers the scene of Chen Yuanyuan suddenly falling out of love at the end of last semester and crying loudly on the bed in the dormitory.She cried so heartily that everyone in the dormitory comforted her one after another, even Li Sibi, who had always looked down on her, stood a little far away, talking coldly about the theory that a man cannot be relied on and a daughter should be self-reliant.On this occasion, Shao Yimin couldn't get in the way at all, she was only surprised, knowing that she had never been able to express her feelings so confidently.

She opened the bathroom door listlessly, and Su Zhe was standing outside the door. He took off the shirt that was wet on his chest, threw it into the laundry basket, then took her hand, walked back to the living room, and let her sit on the sofa. He turned around and went to the kitchen to pour a glass of water and pass it to her.Holding the cup in both hands, she drank half a glass of water and put the cup on the coffee table. "Look, it's bad enough that I'm in a bad mood." She said in a hoarse voice, "Next time you see me go crazy, please leave me alone." Su Zhe sat beside her and hugged her, let her sit on his lap, and stroked her hair: "Silly boy, it's no good to suppress your emotions for a long time." "But venting out is just tired, not a pleasant feeling." She did feel tired, "Do me a favor, don't ask me why I got angry, okay?" "If you want to talk, I will listen; if you don't want to talk, I won't ask." Shao Yimin stretched out her arms to hug him, pressed her face against his naked chest, and said sullenly, "Thank you." "Thank you for what I'm doing. I said that I'm willing to coax you, and it's okay to make trouble for no reason, let alone if you're really unhappy." She smiled bitterly: "I didn't coax you yesterday, you made me ashamed." "Love is not fair, and I'm afraid you can't coax me if you want. Actually, yesterday afternoon, I also received an annoying call from my father. He and I have been together for almost a year. I didn't speak anymore." This was the first time Su Zhe talked about his family. She didn't know what to say, so she just listened quietly. "The conflict between us is too deep, so there's no need to say more. I thought I ignored him, and I didn't care what he said, but I was wrong. We were so far apart and only talked a few words, and we had an argument. stand up." Su Zhe frowned, "As a result, he dropped the phone, and I was half-dead in anger alone on the street." Shao Yimin pressed against his chest, listening to his heartbeat, which was faster than usual, in contrast to his calm voice. "But I'm angry, I have to call his secretary and ask her to remind him to remember to take his medicine. I don't dare to risk his heart attack. See how useless I am." "I knew you weren't so sullen about your ex-girlfriend." She muttered. Su Zhe smiled, reached out and lifted her face, so that she was facing him: "Yes, it's not for her. If I could be so depressed for her, I would have dragged her to elope with me, and watched her marry Anyone else?" "Isn't it depressing to meet a woman crying in your arms for two days in a row?" "Okay, you can make fun of yourself now, and it's probably fine. Do you want me to give you some life advice?" "Speak, I'm listening." "We all have people and things we have to live with, and it's not worth thinking about when you're angry." Shao Yimin put her head on his shoulder for a long time without making a sound.She thinks that she has never lacked tolerance. Basically, she has low expectations for people and things, so she can accept any pessimistic situation.Although her stepmother's words were annoying, once she encountered something more annoying than this, she would just swallow it silently.She really didn't know why it broke out today. What's more, it's okay to get angry, but being hugged by this man made a big grievance, and the tears couldn't stop rushing out.She contemptuously thought to herself, this is no different from Chen Yuanyuan crying more vigorously when she listens to others' persuasion more earnestly. "If it's for money, it's not worth it, I can..." She raised her hand to cover his mouth: "It's not about money, it's just a family matter. I won't think about it anymore, so forget it too." Su Zhe smiled and kissed her hand: "If it is a trouble that can be solved with money, it is actually the least worth worrying about. You will understand this truth in the future." Let's talk about it later, part of Shao Yimin's troubles right now is indeed money, but she refuses to leave this trouble to Su Zhe to solve, the relationship is already too delicate at the beginning, if money is involved, she will have to deal with it even more Not coming, she didn't want to make this burden for herself.