Chapter 5 chapter Five

After a long time, Qifang raised her glass and drank the ice water in front of her, "I don't understand." Shao Shao further explained sadly, "Our mother was married twice, my surname is Xu, your surname is Qu." "Your surname is Qu." "I only found out last week, too." "You are my sister?" Shao Shao nodded. Qi Fang stared at her, her eyes were red, "Why did you come to know each other until now?" "I said I just found out, too." "Who kept this matter from us?" Qi Fang suddenly raised her voice. The tea drinkers around have turned their heads to look around.

"Three of them." "Which three?" "My mother and your parents." "Why won't they tell me themselves?" "It's hard to open your mouth." Qi Fang suddenly covered her face and laughed. Shaoshao understands this situation, and her emotions are under too much pressure, and she is either crying or laughing alone. She pressed Qi Fang's hand, "Let's go for a walk." Shao Shao was afraid that the rest of the guests would not understand. Qi Fang did not object, Shao Shao held her hand, dragged her out, and stood in front of a window in the mall.

I could only hear Qi Fang muttering: "I understand, many unexplainable details are completely revealed at this moment, and it is only now that I suddenly understand why my treatment is completely different from Yan He's." Shaoshao persuaded gently: "Auntie Su is not that kind of person." Qi Fang said bitterly: "Of course she didn't frame me, but she doesn't love me either." At this time, the salesperson in the window smiled at them, and she pushed the door out, "You two ladies, please come in and have a look." Shao Shao hurriedly said, "Another day."

Qifang raised her head, "Come to my house, let's talk for a while." Helpless like a child. "certainly." Qifang's home is furnished in a novel and elegant way, and the Victoria Harbor is outside the window. You can tell at a glance that it is a subsidy from the father. Shao Shao is sad, she has no backer, all she has is her own hands, can't she be smart, can't she do it? Shao Shao opened her handbag, took out the old and new photos of her mother, and handed them to Qi Fang. "my mom?" Shao Shao nodded. "It looks so beautiful." Qi Fang burst into laughter suddenly.

Shao Shao recalled that Deng Zhineng saw her for the first time, Shang praised: "Auntie is really gentle and dignified." Qifang said again: "So I resemble her." Shao Shao said, "I feel the same way." She lay gently on the sofa and let out a sigh of relief. She was so nervous that her muscles ached all over her body. Qifang stood up, "I want to have a good talk with my dad." "Sit down, now is not the time." "I do not understand." "Of course he'll call us when he's ready." "Why give him time?" "Because we are adults, giving convenience to others is convenience to ourselves."

"He's my father." "Father is also a human being. It's not a good thing to force him into a poor alley." Qi Fang was stunned for a while, then asked, "How old are you, Shao Shao?" "One year older than you." "But your wisdom is a hundred times greater than mine." "Don't dare to be." Suddenly, they embraced each other tightly, and both of them were crying. At this time, Shaoshao's wireless phone rang in her handbag. It was Deng Zhi who was able to find him, "Where are you?" Shao Shao gave the address.

"Your voice is hoarse, it seems that you have recognized Qi Fang, I will pick you up in thirty minutes." Qi Fang held out the photo album. "This book is full of birthday photos." Shao Shao quickly opened it to take a look. As for photos, they are boring and exhausting when they are taken, but they look so interesting later that they are simply priceless. In the photo, Shao Shao witnessed Qi Fang grow up year by year, and every year, she would sit in front of the beautiful birthday cake and wear new clothes to take pictures. Aunt Su also treated her very well. Qi Fang suddenly asked: "Who grew up with you?"

Shao Shao was taken aback, "Mom." Qi Fanghuo stood up, "She has been living in this world?" "She just passed away last year." Qi Fang changed color, "All these years, she knew that I was homeless, but she ignored it? What kind of mother is this!" Shaoshao became angry, "What qualifications do you have to criticize her like this? You don't know her at all, and you live with your biological father, how can you be considered a homeless person!" "You don't know what my childhood was like." Shao Shao's voice was even louder, "How do you know my childhood!"

Qi Fang stared at Shao Shao, Shao Shao stared at Qi Fang. Both of them have big round eyes. Finally, Qifang sat down on the sofa, "I don't believe it's true, but I know it's true. My life is like a puzzle, and this is missing from the thousand pieces." One piece, as soon as you said it, I knew it was true, and I have suspected that there must be a reason for my mother's indifference to me many times." Shao Shao pressed Qi Fang's shoulder. Qi Fang held her hand tightly. Shao Shao said, "Tell me about your marriage." Who dares to ask a friend like this, thirty years of deep friendship will not work.

Blood is thicker than water, sisters are sisters, just met, she doesn't mind asking, she doesn't mind answering either. "Long story." "There is no story that cannot be told in three sentences." Qi Fang smiled wryly, "It's purely a misunderstanding." "More exquisite, one sentence, four words." "Shao Shao," Qi Fang laughed, "Is your tone so sharp and sarcastic?" "Excuse me, this is the accumulation of my youthful skills." "That's good, you can help me deal with Yanhe." "Sorry, I'm not going to be anyone's thug."

"Duh." "Besides, you should be patient with your sister." Qi Fang pointed at Shao Shao and laughed, "Okay, okay, it depends on your self-cultivation, and you will soon know what it is like." At this moment, Shaoshao's wireless phone rang again. It turned out that Deng Zhineng was already downstairs and asked if he could come up. Qifang said: "I invite my brother-in-law." Shao Shao looked at her, "Aunt Su and Yan He are with him." Qi Fang was taken aback, and sneered, "Aren't you surprised, but they have to rely on their brother-in-law as a shield." Shao Shao said: "Auntie Su is just a thug, she can't help herself, and it's very embarrassing, so don't make things difficult for her." "Heh, who is the mastermind then?" "My lord." Qi Fang waved her hand, "Of course, invite them to come up too." Shaoshao opened the door on behalf of the younger sister to welcome the guests. Aunt Su looked gloomy and remained silent. The younger Yan He complained bitterly and indignantly! "Mom, what will the Bu family think when they find out? I already guessed that Mrs. Bu would say this. She would glance at me and say with a half-smile: Hey, Yanhe, it is common in your family to get married twice. Mom, what to do?" Everyone ignored her, but Shaoshao was suddenly furious, and slapped the table with a "bang", and all the cups and saucers almost jumped, she sternly shouted: "What to do! You put your arms around Bu Zhijian's family and jump into the sea It's fine if you don't." Yan He also asked quickly: "Who are you, you teach me?" "You insult me, and I can teach you a lesson." His hand was faster than his voice, and Yan He had already been slapped. Everyone present, including Deng Zhineng, did not expect Shaoshao to hit someone. In fact, even Shaoshao himself was so frightened that he couldn't hold back for a while. Deng Zhineng hurried to stop him among his wife and sisters-in-law. Yan He cried out immediately, and her mother protected her and left in a hurry. Only then did Deng Zhineng scold: "Shaoshao, what is this for, Prime Minister of the Six Kingdoms?" Shao Shao sat down dejectedly, "Say, say you loved me by mistake, I don't blame you." Unexpectedly, after a while, Deng Zhineng whispered, "That Ou Yanhe is really too arrogant." Seeing that her brother-in-law was so protective, Qi Fang couldn't help laughing out loud, but then she thought that a person has to love another person very strongly to have such words and deeds, and couldn't help being greatly moved. "Shaoshao, God is fair after all, if you lost your father, I will give you back Deng Zhineng." At this time, Xiao Deng said: "If Yan He goes to the police, you will not be able to bear it." Shao Shao grinned ferociously, "She won't, she's scared to death." Qifang said, "Yes, she was afraid that the Bu family would know." Deng Zhineng said: "Shaoshao, you are too treacherous." Qi Fang was so impressed, "Shao Shao, you are really Wu Zhuge." Shaoshao can't laugh or cry. Xiao Deng said again: "I think you have to come to the door to apologize." Shao Shao agreed, "Yes." Qi Fang was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, "What, you hummed all of a sudden?" Shao Shao looked at Qi Fang, "So you are a failure, why can't you turn a corner, have you never heard of being able to bend and stretch?" "Shao Shao, so you are so hypocritical." "It's easy to say, otherwise how can I come out to live." Qi Fang had an epiphany, "No wonder, no wonder I'm not likable." "Learn slowly, and I will teach you." Shao Shao turned her head away, "What are their mother and daughter doing here?" "Mr. Ou wants to see you, Shao Shao." "He has already seen me." Shao Shao was not interested. "He can provide clues to your father's family." Shao Shao raised his eyes, "What is that?" "You still have relatives in the Mainland." Shao Shao was startled. "Aunt Su came here to invite you specially. I didn't expect it to be so unpleasant." "when?" Qi Fang asked: "You really plan to go, aren't you afraid to see Yan He?" "Afraid?" Shaoshao sneered, "I am afraid of so many things, but this one is not included. I am afraid that I will not be able to pay the rent, I am afraid that I will not be promoted for a long time, I am afraid that I will be tortured by a serious illness, and when it will be my turn to worry about this." kind of people." Qifang looked at her and said for a while, "Shaoshao, I understand, your childhood and youth were more difficult than mine." "The hard times have passed, but I have been honed to be a hundred times stronger than you. It is really a blessing in misfortune." Xiao Deng persuaded from the side: "Is the training finished? One day is enough, I'm afraid Qi Fang won't be able to digest it." Shao Shao was taken aback, "I'm sorry, I was too excited for a while and couldn't control myself." Shaoshao bids farewell to Qifang and promises to meet again the next day. Qi Fang suddenly calmed down, she said: "I have to think for myself too." On the way, Deng Zhineng asked: "What does she mean by saying that?" "I don't know, but her father will definitely satisfy her." After sleeping until late at night, Shaoshao suddenly woke her husband up. Xiao Deng was confused, "Gah, gah, what's the matter?" "Why didn't my mother mention my life experience before she was alive?" Xiao Deng woke up, rubbed his eyes, poured a glass of water to drink, and then replied, "She doesn't want you to carry the burden of the previous generation." "I'm starting to feel like it's not just a baggage, it's a cross." "Well, there are a lot of articles in it." "Dazui, it looks like you and I are going to star in an excerpt." Xiao Deng nodded. The play is called "Looking for Relatives in Thousands of Miles". Xiao Deng accompanied Shao Shao to the Ou family. Shao Shao was not fully prepared mentally, she expected that Ou's environment was good, but she did not guess that he was so rich. If you can live in a detached house in this city, your family property is considerable. But the mother is unwilling to live with him, even after giving birth to Qifang, she still insists on breaking up, why? So decisive, but not allowing Shaoshao to restore his original surname, why? Aunt Su came out first. She always goes first and never gets a medal of merit. Deng Zhineng strode forward, "Ms. Su, will you forgive Shao Shao, who is rude and disrespectful?" He handed over a small pot of lily-of-the-valley, which was very fragrant. Ms. Su sighed, "I underestimated you young people." Shaoshao originally wanted to add in an ugly way, I said earlier that I am not like my mother, but later I thought about it, I have already beaten someone, and I am still waiting, it is better to keep silent. Why beat someone? Shao Shao thought about it all night, and she has a reasonable explanation, she is venting her anger for Qi Fang, no matter what, Qi Fang is her younger sister. Shao Shao said, "I would like to apologize to Yan He." "Apologize?" came a shriek from behind, "I'm sorry for everything? Get out, get this guy out, you hear me? This is my home, I beat them up, call the police to drive them away!" Shaoshao knew that Ou Yanhe would not let her go, so she stood up and opened the door, intending to leave Ou's house. At this time, they heard a cough, and everyone fell silent. Ou Yongliang appeared. He said to Yanhe, "Didn't you make an appointment with your friends to go out?" "If this woman doesn't leave, I won't leave either." But her father got angry, "I told you to go, so you go." "This is my home!" Ou Yongliang reprimanded his daughter in public: "Wrong, I'm still here, this is my home!" As soon as this remark came out, everyone was taken aback. Ms. Su's expression changed immediately, and she couldn't get off the stage. After a while, she said bitterly to Yan He: "Go, go to see a play with friends." Yanhe didn't know each other yet, so he still wanted to say: "Mom, you have always been cowardly and incompetent. You are even afraid of Qifang, and now you are afraid of this pair of strangers. You always let people ride on your neck!" After Yan He finished speaking, he angrily opened the door to go out, and closed it with a "bang". Yanhe's words expressed Su Shunjuan's infinite bitterness. Shaoshao was sad, she heard Qifang's one-sided words, she thought her sister had been wronged, it seemed that all the women in this room were unhappy, no one was the winner, Deng Zhineng guessed it completely correctly. Shaoshao glanced at her husband, only to see Xiao Deng raised an eyebrow, as if to say: How about it, how can I tell you?He looked like Kong Ming after the fact. At this time, Ou Yongliang asked Shao Shao: "You hit my daughter?" Shao Shao could only answer: "Yes." "How can you beat someone with your hands!" "Yes, I'm wrong." Shaoshao noticed that it was only at this time that Aunt Su's face relaxed. "Who taught you this?" Ou Yongliang scolded her. "Society of the jungle." "How do you talk like that!" Ou Yongliang didn't appreciate it, "Every answer is so forceful." Shao Shao jumped up, "Fuck you, why are you teaching me a lesson?" Seeing that the momentum was not right, her Aunt Su came to act as a peacemaker again, "Okay, okay, it's almost dawn, let's talk about something important." Only then did Ou Yongliang take a deep breath, "Shaoshao, maybe you don't remember that you once called me Dad." "You're right," Shao Shao replied quickly, "I don't remember at all." Ou Yongliang has nothing to do with her. After a while he said, "I heard that you are very capable." "It's easy to say, but you can support yourself." The tone was stubborn. Ou Yongliang sighed, "Have you met Qi Fang?" "Yes, may I make a request on her behalf?" "Please say." "Mr. Au, please treat her kindly." "I've always loved her." "She lost her mother when she was young, please love her more." "What about you, Shaoshao, what about you?" "Me? I'll take care of myself, I'm sure you've seen that." Ou Yongliang sighed. Shao Shao couldn't help asking: "Mr. Ou, why are you sighing so often? Your apartment is like a palace, and the porch is bigger than my living room. What's wrong?" Ou Yongliang was unable to answer this question. He suddenly got tired, wiped his face with his hands, took out an envelope, and put it on the table solemnly, "This is your grandmother's address." He turned around slowly and walked away, looking from behind, he also looked like an old man. Shaoshao was also tired after hustle and bustle for so long, she murmured, "Is there a mystery of my life in the envelope?" When I looked up, I realized that Auntie Su had also left, and she and Deng Zhineng were the only ones left in the big living room. "Huh, such a disrespectful master." Xiao Deng gave her a sentence: "just to deal with rude guests." Well said. "Shaoshao, let's go." Shaoshao didn't know how lucky she was, she could just walk away, Qifang couldn't, Yanhe couldn't, and Aunt Su couldn't. In the car, Xiao Deng asked: "Why is Ms. Su afraid of Au Yongliang?" "She loves him, he doesn't love her." Xiao Deng looked at Shao Shao: "Why aren't you afraid of me?" "Joke, why should I be afraid of you?" "Don't you always say you love me?" "Don't forget you love me too." "Oh, that's even." "Of course, the status of husband and wife is not equal, what's the point?" Shao Shao opened the envelope, his hands trembling slightly, it was just a note, writing "Xu Xuying, Lane 3, No. 100 Maoming North Road, Shanghai". "What's Sannong?" "The third alley, LANE." "Thanks for the advice." "Who is Xu Xuying?" "Xu Xuhao's brother or sister is your uncle or aunt." "Big mouth, walk with me." "I can't help you this time, I'm not fake." "I can wait until you're on vacation." "Miss, how old is your grandmother? Can you wait any longer?" "Then, I will call Qifang to accompany me." What does this have to do with Qifang?Qifang's surname is Qu, not Xu. " Shao Shao was silent. "Aren't you not afraid of nothing, you can defeat an invincible opponent?" He teased her. Shao Shao's eyes turned red, "Deng Zhineng, be careful that I will never end with you." she cried. Xiao Deng glanced at his wife. If he were her, he would also cry to vent his emotions. Taking advantage of the transfer, Shaoshao took two days off, a total of four days in a row, and planned to single-handedly go thousands of miles to find relatives. When I arrived at the airport, I found Aunt Su unexpectedly. "Are you coming to see me off?" "I'll accompany you to Shanghai." "Deng Zhi can ask you to do this?" "You overestimated that kid's mana." "why?" Aunt Su was silent for a while, "I want to find the answer too." "Alright then," Shaoshao breathed out, "let's go together." Su Shunjuan walked silently with Shaoshao to the waiting room. After a while, Shao Shao asked, "What answer?" "The answer to my lifelong failure." Shao Shao disagreed, "Aunt Su, you are a responsible wife, mother, and friend. No one can do better than you. Your role is not easy to play. I think you have too high demands on yourself." Su Shunjuan looked at Shaoshao, "You speak too well of me." "You are too accommodating to your family, and your family will inevitably be pampered." It was rare for Su Shunjuan to hear such considerate words, and she couldn't help crying. Shao Shao smiled, "Our generation is more open-minded and values ​​ourselves, but it's just tiring to have your breasts and belly protruding for many years." Aunt Su couldn't help laughing. On the plane, she told Shaoshao, "At that time, the times had changed. Rich people packed gold bars in wooden boxes and carried them southward. The three of us, Ou Yongliang, Yao Xiangru, and I ran out on a ship. Yongliang I have always been poor, only Xiangru, she has a little private savings." Shao Shao was silent. "We rented an apartment in North Point. As I still remember, that street was called Tsing Fung Street. We lived downstairs. The windows faced the street, and hawkers passed by from time to time." Shaoshao continued for her: "There is a radio in the living room, called Li's Voice, which listens to the news broadcast in Mandarin every day." "Mother told you?" Shao Shao nodded, "There is also Sherlock Holmes radio drama." "At that time, your mother was already pregnant with you, but we have never heard from Xu Xuhao." One year later, Shao Shao thought, I was born. "Yongliang decided to marry Xiangru at that time." Shao Shao said, "Aunt Su, you should fight for it." Su Shunjuan replied: "I told Yongliang that Xiangru doesn't love you, but he scolded me like a mad dog and blamed me for being jealous." "Listen to him, jealousy is human nature, there's nothing wrong with it." "At that time, the more hidden human emotions and desires became, the more noble they appeared." Really hypocritical. "I moved out and found a job as an elementary school teacher. I was self-sufficient. I thought it was just a temporary rest. Unexpectedly, I lived here for more than 30 years." She looks down. "I went to see you, a small ball, but with extremely dark eyes, very good at laughing, Xiangru kept crying, but I can see that Yongliang took good care of her, I remember Xiangru said, she There's nothing left to ask for." Shao Shao suddenly turned her head, covered her mouth and yawned. It was boring, she reproached herself, not interested in the details of her parents' past. "Then Qi Fang was born. At that time, Yong Liang was working in a plastic factory, and he was very handy. My heart gradually calmed down. I learned my homework and prepared to live the rest of my life like that." Shao Shao smiled, "Nonsense, you were only in your twenties then." Su Shunjuan continued: "However, on a hot summer evening, Ou Yongliang suddenly came to see me." Su Shunjuan remembered very clearly that she was correcting papers in her room when the landlady said to her, "Miss Su, someone is looking for you." There was great surprise in her voice.