Chapter 9 Chapter nine

Qiuzhen and Qiqi go back to Xiaoguo's apartment. The whole room is full of books and newspapers, but they are arranged in an orderly manner. Usually the houses of the elderly have a smell, but here the air is circulated and the windows are bright and clean. Xiao Guo has worked hard. "When I'm old, I won't be fat, I won't be lazy, I won't be stubborn, and I won't be a lifeless person..." These wishes seem easy, but it takes a lot of effort to implement them. Xiao Guo has done it. Qiqi contributed a lot. But she said: "I seldom come to his side. He always opens the window and it's chilly. I'm most afraid of the wind in the back of my head."

Qiuzhen sat down on the easy chair, looked up, and saw a brown envelope with unfamiliar handwriting, Qiuzhen recognized Xu Hongmei's beautiful pen. She couldn't help reaching out to get it, the envelope hadn't been opened yet. Qiuzhen turned to Qiqi and asked, "Can you give me this envelope?" Qiqi blinked, "What did you say? I didn't hear it. The things here don't belong to me. You have to read the will to know what belongs to whom." Seeking the truth, she immediately understood, it would be best if Qiqi couldn't hear her. She opened her handbag and put the envelope in it.

Qiuzhen said, "You didn't see it." Qiqi said: "The wind is strong, and the sand blows into the eyes. I am fascinated and can't see anything." Qiuzhen quietly closed the handbag. Really, seeing and hearing nothing when necessary is the best thing, at least it is good for the body and mind. This first-level ability should be learned from Qiqi. "Look, these are his notes." Stacks in a small storage room, photos, physical evidence, newspaper clippings, and his own records. "Why doesn't he use a computer?" "dislike." "With a computer, it is very convenient to organize."

"I persuaded him too." Qiuzhen picked up a delicate diamond ring in a box, "What is this?" "Heh, a gentleman suspected that his girlfriend was unfaithful, so he asked Xiao Guo to ask for the ring back. When the other party returned the ring, he realized how stupid and unnecessary he was, and never came to get it." "Another story." "Yes, another story." Qiuzhen threw the ring back into the carton. "Everything is a story." "Yes, a person has at least one story, and sometimes, the same person has three to five stories."

"We're a strange animal." "This strange animal has bid farewell to us forever." Qiqi sighed. "I want to say goodbye to you." "To be honest, I'm planning to live in another city, probably starting tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, so you don't have to see me off." "Qiqi, why do you have to leave?" "Move more frequently, be more busy, life is easier, nothing to do, move, busy with it for a few months, soon to the end of the year... I believe you understand." "But even you are leaving me." "I'm going to leave you after all, there is no banquet in the world that never ends."

"Hateful life." "Guo Qing will be with you." Qiuzhen showed a slight smile, "He is a copy of Xiao Guo." Qiqi sent Qiuzhen to the door. When Qiuzhen came home, she suddenly felt that the trees were too shaded, the hall was too big, the study was too quiet, bills fell out of the mailbox, and there were no letters from relatives and friends... She was depressed. The key fell to the ground with a clang. She suddenly heard someone say: "You are back, I will wait for you!" A very familiar voice, a very familiar smiling face: "Guo Qing, how did you get in here?"

"You didn't lock the door?" Too rushed to leave the house this morning?No, no, Guo Qing has some evil ideas. He sat in front of the 9/11 projector, oh, what did he see? Guo Qing immediately explained, "It's boring to wait for others, so I'll entertain myself on my own, won't you be offended?" The three disks on the table are Xu Hongmei's memories. Seeking the truth without saying a word. But Guo Qing couldn't help but said: "What a strange experience." The truth-seeking answer: "Yes." Seeing that the senior didn't bother and blame, Guo Qing cheered up, "Come on, let's have a cup of tea and talk slowly." Going further presumptuous, turning against customers.

Qiu Zhen knew that she frightened the kid away by putting on a straight face, so she had no one to laugh with her, so she had to endure it. Alas, what is free? I only heard Xiao Guo Qing continue: "I have a feeling that their story is not over yet." The opinion is exactly the same as Xiao Guo. "But," Qiu Zhen took a sip of tea, "We, the audience, are exhausted from just watching." Xiao Guo giggled. Qiuzhen took out the envelope from his pocket, "I still have volume four and volume five here." "Heh," Xiao Guo was shocked, "Look quickly."

At this time, Qiuzhen suddenly felt younger, and time seemed to turn back, and the Xiao Guo in front of her was her old friend Xiao Guo. The two of them watched volume four quietly. Lie Jiahui, who appeared on the screen, was already a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy. And Xu Hongmei's temples have already appeared a trace of gray hair. She asked angrily, "Where have you been?" "I'm going to play." "A visit for seven or eight hours?" "Go eat ice after playing ball." "Jiahui, I've been waiting for you at home all day, and I'm so bored."

"Why don't you find a show yourself?" With a sound of "expansion", Lie Jiahui dropped the ball to a corner. Xu Hongmei was speechless, and shed tears in a daze. Lie Jiahui looked bored and walked away on his own. Xu Hongmei said softly: "At this point, I know that I couldn't be more wrong. I wanted to reverse our fate, and it was really unnecessary. Lie Jiahui, who is in his teens, has no such person as Xu Hongmei in his heart. He regards me as his Nanny, I can’t blame him, he told me earlier in the morning: Hongmei, let’s continue the relationship in the next life, I didn’t listen to him.”

On the screen, Xu Hongmei bowed her head in thought, while the young Lie Jiahui sneaked past her and jumped out from the French windows. Young people have limitless energy, how can they stay at home in a daze. Xiao Guo turned off the projector. "It seems that Ms. Xu has always lived such a dull life." "Yes, Lie Jiahui treated her with the utmost filial piety, but he had no other affection at all." "And when she reaches a certain age, it's too late for her to find other emotional outlets." "Yes," Qiuzhen laughed at himself, "once I passed forty, I realized that I was just a human being without gender." Xiao Guo smiled, he admired her, "Miss Bu, let me call you aunt." "What!" Qiuzhen yelled strangely, "Is this a big deal?" "Hey, you're my uncle's friend. It's absolutely correct for me to call you aunt or aunt." "What are you arguing about? I'll be my Ms. Bu." Xiao Guo snickered, he couldn't see through it like this. It will take a long, long time before Xiao Guo understands Ms. Bu's mood at the moment. "Come on, Ms. Bu." He said immediately, "Let's read on." The venue changed, it was the gate of a school, Xu Hongmei was sitting in the driver's seat of the car, as if waiting for someone, maybe Lie Jiahui. He came out, grabbing the racket, what a great young man!A group of friends around him chatted and laughed, and dispersed for a while, only one young girl was still chatting with him. The girl was tall and tall, with thick hair and slightly brown skin. In fact, she was not very beautiful. In middle age, she was just a woman with a middle-aged appearance. But at the moment she was young, and youth had its charm. The girl is also holding the racket, which becomes the best prop. She snuggles her face against the shelf at one moment, and uses it to cover her face at another moment, peeping at Lie Jiahui from the grid, and she never has a moment to spare. Xiao Guo said softly: "All the images we see on the screen come from Xu Hongmei's memory. Is her memory really reliable?" Truth-seeking answer: "I believe she is fair." "I mean, is this girl more beautiful than Xu Hongmei's memory?" "Won't." "How did you see that?" "Because the Xu Hongmei in Xu Hongmei's memory is not more beautiful than the reality, she didn't give herself any extra points, so naturally she won't deduct points from others." "well said." The girl was reluctant to let Lie Jiahui go. Finally had to say goodbye, she seemed to be invited by Lie Jiahui, so she jumped away with joy. Only then did Lie Jiahui see Xu Hongmei waiting for him. He got into the car, but Xu Hongmei didn't say a word. At this time, does he know who Xu Hongmei is? Xu Hongmei said, "Jiahui, haven't you always wanted to know who I am?" Lie Jiahui was startled, "Yes." Of course he wanted to know about his life experience. " "I'm going to let you know today." Lie Jiahui pretended to be relaxed, "I always knew you were not my biological mother." "I'm not your adoptive mother either." Xu Hongmei said with a straight face. The scene just now visibly displeased her. Lie Jiahui's tone also became stiff, "Then, please tell me who you are, why you raised me, what kind of relationship we have, why you have no relatives or friends, and no life of your own at all." Xu Hongmei suddenly turned her head, "Are you tired of life?" "Living with you is stressful and I want more freedom to choose my friends, my hobbies, and when I go home." Xu Hongmei looked at him blankly, "You've grown up, you don't need me anymore." This tone, how like an infatuated mother. Seeking truth sigh. I only heard Lie Jiahui say: "Of course I need you, I need your advice, your support, your love, today I am a 22-year-old third-year college student, there are many trivial matters, I can decide by myself .” Lie Jiahui is a good young man, and his words are neither humble nor overbearing. Xiao Guo asked, "How old was Xu Hongmei that year?" "She is an old woman of fifty-nine." "It's well maintained and looks like it's only in its mid-fifties." Qiuzhen suddenly asked: "What about me, what about me?" Xiao Guo Qing got a good chance to flatter her, so she had no reason to grasp it, and immediately said: "You look so handsome, I thought you were my uncle's student at first, at most you look like forty-eight or nineteen." Qiuzhen tilted his head and thought about it: "I thought you thought I was twenty-eight." Xiao Guo laughed, and he also laughed for truth. But Lie Jiahui and Xu Hongmei couldn't laugh on the screen. They continued to look at the other side of volume four. From the very beginning, it was Lie Jiahui's expression of astonishment, horror, hesitation, and disbelief. His handsome facial features were distorted, and the sweat dripped from his forehead. "You, you are my lover? How is it possible!" The most horrible things in general. Xu Hongmei's expression was more complicated, she was disappointed, sad, and regretful, "You don't have any feeling or memory of the past?" "No, no, you fabricated such a strange thing to deceive me!" Lie Jiahui yelled in horror. How frightened he is! Qiuzhen stood up and turned off the projector. "Hello!" Xiao Guo called. "If you want to see it, you can take it back and have a look." "You're not interested?" "It's so embarrassing. Xu Hongmei spent the past twenty-two years completely wasted. She miscalculated. She thought that she could fall in love with him when she was young. Then, he would reciprocate the same way when she was young. It didn't work out." "However, Lie Jiahui respected her from the beginning to the end, and he was very filial to her." "It makes this even more horrible." Xiao Guo said with emotion, "Time is too good at joking with us." Qiuzhen suddenly raised his head, "Who, who is here?" Her ears are still so sensitive. Xiao Guo stood up, opened the curtain, and saw a car gently parked in front of the door, he was shocked, "I saw Lie Jiahui and Xu Hongmei, they are together again!" "Shh, don't shout." The young man and woman knocked on the door. Qiuzhen welcomes them in immediately. What a pair of wall people, they looked very comfortable, they snuggled up tightly. "Seek the truth," Xu Hongmei kept calling her that way, "Jiahui and I realized that there is still room for redemption." "That's great," Qiuzhen said gently, "That's really destined." "He and I don't remember much about the past. I heard from Qiqi that you have records here. Can you show us?" Qiuzhen coughed, "What does it look like?" Xu Hongmei said innocently: "It helps us understand each other." "Duh!" Qiuzhen snorted, "It's best to forget all about the past, everything starts today, do you understand?" Lie Jiahui laughed, "She wants to check my history." Xu Hongmei also laughed, "He used to have countless confidants of the opposite sex." This is a typical mentality of men and women in love, both happy and sad, worrying about gains and losses, seeking truth and understanding very well. "You can't go wrong if you listen to me." Xu Hongmei stared at Lie Jiahui, "You won't make the mistakes of the past again, will you?" "Where was I wrong?" "Then why did I break up with you?" "It's all a misunderstanding." Lie Jiahui turned his head, "Girls are the most careful." Xiao Guo Qing's eyes stared like copper bells. After half a century of vicissitudes, they can finally be together happily in love. Xiao Guo swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looked at this pair of young men and women, and suddenly laughed from the bottom of his heart, "Yes, the girls are narrow-minded, and the boys are reckless. Now that the misunderstanding between you has been resolved, what are you doing here? Go home. Bar." Lie Jiahui and Xu Hongmei held hands and smiled at each other. Xu Hongmei said, "I really don't remember anything terrible about what you did to me." Lie Jiahui snorted, "Maybe you failed me even more, so tell me the other way around now." Please really think, whoever owes everyone is good, don't miss this opportunity again. Xu Hongmei said: "To be honest, we bother you enough." "It might as well." They left their partners of the opposite sex and returned to each other's arms. People like Yu Baoqi and Lin Yonghao innocently made their episode. "Still living in this city?" Qiuzhen asked. Lie Jiahui replied: "You have been to our house, you know the environment there is good." Oh, what would the housekeeper say? Sure enough, Xu Hongmei said: "Everything is good there, except that there is a strange butler who always likes to stare at people, as if he doesn't know us." To be honest, I have to laugh. "But his service is really thoughtful, forget it." Beg the truth to send them out. "Seek the truth, come and see us when you have time." Qiuzhen also said: "Yes, we need to keep in touch." Lie Jiahui first opened the other car door, waited for Xu Hongmei to sit in, closed the door, and then sat in the driver's seat.This is the rule of the last century.At that time, women were delicate and reserved, and male companions were proud to serve them. By the end of the century, the climate had changed so much that women had to step down from their thrones to help fight inflation, and ended up being gruff, unkempt, and depressed. The 21st century has finally arrived, everyone returns to their own places, their burdens are lightened, but they are even more lonely. Seeing this beautiful scene suddenly, Qiuzhen was a little dazed. When he returned to the house, Xiao Guo had already left. His style of seeing the dragon and seeing the shadow is even worse than that of his uncle. He took Xu Hongmei's five disks and left together. After reading the news of the day, Qiuzhen took a rest. For several days in a row, she worked hard to write, and the computer terminal confidentially typed out her manuscripts, and there was a large pile of them all at once. Seeking the truth, she felt infinitely moved, this is her years, this is her world. Two days later, an unexpected visitor came to Qiuzhen's house. He is the steward of the house. Qiuzhen had been treated with courtesy by him, so he was also very polite to him. As soon as the middle-aged man sat down, he said, "Miss Bu, I have resigned from my job, so you can bear witness for me." Seeking truth for a moment. "When Mr. Lie comes back in the future, please give me some good words. I have to go." He said angrily. "Speak slowly." "I couldn't get along with the young couple. They wanted to tear down the partition of the house and redecorate it. I strongly opposed it and had no choice but to resign." Qiuzhen nodded. "Who are they? Where did Mr. Lie and the old lady go?" Truth is speechless. "Are they legal heirs? Miss Bu, do I need to report them to the police station?" "Trust me, they're legit." "That young man does look like Mr. Lie, could it be..." He fell silent. Qiuzhen said eloquently: "It's fine if you quit your job, Mr. Lie will not treat you badly." The butler was silent, and after a while he said, "I'm going to retire, so where can I find a good employer like Mr. Lie again?" "How long have you been doing this?" "A full eleven years." "You can receive a provident fund." "Mr. Lie gave it to me before he left." He paused, "Miss Bu, if they come back, please tell them, I will come out to help them at any time, this is my home address." "no problem." The housekeeper said again: "The young couple are really weird. They don't sleep for days at a time, stay at home for days at a time, get angry and throw things around, but after a while they giggle at each other again, and even look at each other blankly." Tears, there seems to be something wrong with the spirit." Seeking truth, heh, since ancient times, men and women in love have such strange appearances. "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, they're fine." The butler said angrily, "I don't want to read any more." "Take care of yourself." "Fortunately, there is such a wealthy person as Miss Bu to witness for me." Seeking truth only promises. In the 21st century, how many people are qualified to do nothing, ignore what happens in the world, concentrate on it, and fall in love madly. Lie Jiahui and Xu Hongmei finally got their wish. Seek the truth and call Qiqi. A lady came to answer, "I'm a new tenant and I need to change my phone number immediately." "excuse me." "Didn't your friend give you the new number?" "I must be busy and forgot. Maybe she will contact me later." The other party was a little sympathetic and asked the truth: "Wait quietly for a while, she wants to find you, she will definitely find you, don't search for her everywhere." "Thank you for your advice, I will save it." The stranger was very knowledgeable. Qiqi wants to be quiet, let her be quiet for a while. Friendship is immortal. Friendship is not something that just gets cold when left alone. Seeking the truth and working quietly for a month. Xiao Guo Qing didn't show up, but she was very thoughtful, and often sent people to deliver delicious and exquisite food to his seniors. Now it's Brugao caviar, now fried shrimp, now chocolate cake, now a case of champagne. Later, Qiuzhen was not polite, and simply ordered: "Nong Ke, a lighter salad, and, will you make Cantonese dim sum?" Seeking the truth, she feels a bit lucky that all the men from the Guo family have become her good friends. She couldn't rely on her grandfather, grandfather, father, uncle, uncle, brother, brother-in-law, husband... But it was a strange fate to have Xiao Guo to care for her. A few days later, Xiao Guo finally visited. With a big briefcase, I greet my seniors, say hello, and sit down to meditate. Seeking the truth, he smiled, "Why do you make such a fuss?" "About Xu Hongmei and Lie Jiahui..." Qiuzhen interrupted him, "The case has been closed." "To tell you the truth, I have been investigating them both openly and unannounced for more than a month." "What did you find?" "Everything is true." "Duh!" He opened the folder and took out a large stack of enlarged photos, all flat on the carpet. Like his great-uncle, he disliked advanced slideshows. "Look" Qiuzhen glanced over, and all the photos were Xu Hongmei and Lie Jiahui. Is there anything wrong? "watch carefully." Qiuzhen glanced again, the photo was taken very well, the protagonist seemed to be posing specially for the camera. Seek the truth and spread your hands, expressing inexplicable. Xiao Guo snorted, "You didn't realize that they are getting old." Qiuzhen couldn't help laughing, "Of course people will grow old—" Halfway through speaking, he suddenly thought of it and said it immediately. Ah, Doctor Yuan said that if these two people fall in love, they will grow old quickly. Qiuzhen hurriedly squatted down and picked up the photo to observe carefully. Not bad, old. The photos are dated, the most recent one was taken yesterday, Xu Hongmei is a young woman, the muscles on her face are slightly slack, and she looks a little buoyant, the delicate outline of a girl disappears, and the fine lines around her eyes and mouth are exposed when she smiles. Qiuzhen raised his head, feeling very desolate. Xiao Guo was puzzled: "Human, how could it be possible to age so quickly?" Qiuzhen replied softly: "They are not ordinary people." "What exactly did Doctor Yuan do?" I really don't know how to describe it. But Xiao Guo Qing is extremely smart, "Isn't this a punishment for a lover?" Seek the truth and nod. Xiao Guo suddenly throws out a line of poetry, "Oh, since then, I have grown to hate water and Changdong." Seeking truth and shaking his head dumbfounded, "No, no, it's not this sentence, you are not familiar with ancient poetry, it should be that if there is love, the sky will also grow old." Xiao Guo seemed to be shocked when he heard this poem for the first time, "Oh, it's so apt, it's really well described." Qiuzhen said: "According to Dr. Yuan's understanding, we all age because of love, but at a slower rate. It turns out that the emotion of love makes our body produce more aging endocrine." Xiao Guo said again: "Passionate but annoyed by ruthlessness." He used it wrong again. Xiao Guo said: "There are many wonders in the world, I have to record this incident with pictures, and this is the time for me to start taking notes." "Plan to leave it to your son?" Xiao Guo shook his head, "I don't think I will get married." "Solitary?" "Knowing that I am mostly distracted, why make my family lonely?" "It's too early to say, you're still young." Xiao Guo said: "However, my younger brother married early and has two children, a boy and a girl. The boy and I have a good relationship." Oh, that is also a Xiao Guo. "How old are you?" "Five years old." Qiuzhen smiled, "Wait a few years, someone will inherit your mantle." "I think so too." That's a beautiful thing, passed down from generation to generation. Xiao Guo stood up, "I leave this set of photos to you, and I will continue to report this matter to you." "Thank you." Xiao Guo walked to the door and turned around again, "I know a master, he can make pan-fried buns, take a bite of soup, a bite of meat, wow..." "Half a dozen of each." "Eat it while it's hot." "yes." Xiao Guo went. Qiuzhen packed up the photos one by one and put them aside. Calculated at this speed, Lie Jiahui and Xu Hongmei will become middle-aged in less than a month. By the end of the year, they were both old. Seek truth shock.