Chapter 7 Chapter VII

When I got off work, I received a call, "I am Li Huizhen, a trainee reporter from Guangming Daily." "Yes, Miss Li, what can you do?" Shaoshao was still respectful. "Miss Au, I know that your one-month housing allowance is equal to half my annual salary, and I may become your servant in a few years, but I still have the courage to ask, to this day, your promotional draft is still for Lao Ying. What is the intention of whitewashing the peace without telling the truth?" Shao Shao smiled, "Which manuscript did you say that based on?" "Like today's article—"

Based on experience, Shaoshao knew that this angry young man might take an hour to explain, so she said, "May I let Ms. Chen explain to you?" "Is she your subordinate?" "No, she's my colleague." "A lower grade than you?" "Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect you to have such a strong sense of hierarchy." At this time, the witty Ms. Chen had already answered the phone, "Hello, Guangming Daily?" Shao Shao couldn't help but said, "Tell Old Dong to restrain his subordinates." "Come on, you go." Shao Shao did have more important things to do.

As soon as she left the office, her face was pulled down, her complexion was livid, and she looked old-fashioned, which was very different from her usual self. Shao Shao drove the car all the way to the district government. The Ou family has a private road, and there is a small red sports car parked at the intersection. It deserves something. Shao Shao didn't know the distance, so he squeezed onto it and pushed the small sports car forward a few meters. Someone in the house heard the sound, and when they saw it was Shao Shao, they immediately screamed, "Call the police! Call the police!" It was Yan He.

Qi Fang also came out, seeing this scene, she just smiled, folded her hands on her chest, and said nothing. Shao Shao walked up the stone steps of the gate, "Is Ou Yongliang in?" The hostess hurriedly stopped Shao Shao, "Speak slowly if you have something to say." "Aunt Su, this matter has nothing to do with you, please step aside." "Everything is related to me. I and Ou Yongliang have been married for more than 30 years. This is my home, so it's the same if you have something to say to me." Shao Shaohong focused, "One person is responsible for the work, so ask Ou Yongliang to come out."

At this time, both Qifang and Yanhe have been silent. Shao Shao clenched her fists, "Come out!" Ou Yongliang came out. With a gray face, he looked at Shao Shao and said, "Please come in." Shao Shao didn't go in, just at the gate, she pointed at Ou Yongliang, and hissed accusations: "You betrayed my father, you took over my mother, you, you," Shao Shao wanted to curse him, but she never did this I have scolded people before, but I don't know how to use words. Suddenly, I remembered the favorite sentence used by the resentful heroine in the movie. It came in handy. She said fiercely: "You will die!"

Qi Fang listened, and was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, she pulled Shao Shao's trembling hand, "What are you talking about?" "What did I say, Ou Yongliang understands best!" The hatred crystallized in Shaoshao's heart, and a large group gathered in an instant, "It was you who tipped off the news that night, which led to my father being arrested and shot, and then you pretended to be kind and took my mother south Marriage fraud, my mother saw through your treachery, so she left you, she hated you so much that she couldn't face Qifang, she sacrificed Qifang, she—" Shaoshao was about to rush forward.

At this moment, a pair of strong hands held her arms tightly behind her. Shao Shao struggled hard. "Shao Shao, it's me." It's Deng Zhineng. Shaoshao couldn't listen, and tried her best to break free from Deng Zhineng. Deng Zhineng had no choice but to shout in her ear. Shao Shao scoundrel stopped. She stared blankly at Ou Yongliang, only to see that he was trembling all over, Shao Shao suddenly woke up, hey, what is that cold face?She reached out and touched it, and it was tears. How did this happen?How could the plot and dialogue be like an old-fashioned bitter movie? Shao Shao covered her mouth and took three steps back.

Deng Zhineng held Shao Shao's hand tightly. "Let's go," Deng Zhineng said, "Qi Fang, let's go together." Qi Fang yelled: "I don't want to leave, I don't understand what you are talking about!" Shaoshao was tired and said in a low voice, "Qifang, don't admit that a thief is your father." "He was my biological father, do you know him or not?" At this time, a clear voice asked from the side: "Yongliang, is this kid telling the truth? Is this why Xiangru left you?" Shao Shao was so tired that she couldn't even open her eyes, "Aunt Su, you always knew the truth, but at that time you wanted him so much that you couldn't care so much, and he wanted Yao Xiangru too much, so Xu Xuhao was sacrificed."

Yan He stepped forward, "Who? Who is Yao Xiangru and who is Xu Xuhao? What do these people have to do with us? What if the Bu family finds out?" Shaoshao looked at Yanhe and said, "The Bu family knows, and they each go their own way." Yan He turned pale, "No, Mom, no." Su Shunjuan asked her husband, "Is it true?" Ou Yongliang's face became calm instead, "Yes, it's true." After years of carrying the burden of guilt and pleading guilty, he was suddenly relieved of the heavy burden, and felt comfortable instead. Su Shunjuan's face turned gray.

It was only then that Shaoshao realized, hey, it turned out that she didn't know the truth. "Xu Xuhao was arrested because you revealed the secret?" "Yes, I will tell the secret agent personally that Xu Xuhao is an underground party member." "why?" "I hate this man, and I want to get rid of him quickly." Su Shunjuan trembled all over, "But relatives, friends and classmates all think you are his best friend." "Is that so, you read it wrong." "You hate him because of Xiangru, right?" At this time, Qifang stood up with a "huo", "I don't understand these dialogues, and I don't want to continue listening. I'm sorry, I'll go out for a while."

Yanhe's actions are the same as Qifang's, and the two of them leave the study. Ou Yongliang's tone was flat, as if he was talking about other people's past: "I have always hated Xu Xuhao. I got close to him because of Yao Xiangru. Xu Xuhao was born rich, handsome, tall, and intelligent. He didn't need to take notes and do homework at all. On the eve of the exam, he can be ranked among the top by just flipping through the textbooks. Why is he so blessed? I hate people like him who want the wind and the rain." Su Shunjuan sat down covering her face. "I'm a poor boy. My mother's private savings have been exhausted just to raise two yuan of silver for college registration fees. What did she say, the two yuan was originally used to buy wool for your younger siblings to knit a new sweater for the New Year. People and people How could there be such a big difference in the circumstances?" Deng Zhineng said at this time: "This does not mean that you can frame others and put them to death." Shao Shao flicked his hands, "He's right, people really distinguish between the inferior and the inferior, he is a bad person." Deng Zhineng held Shao Shao's hand, "Let's go." "No, listen to him finish." Deng Zhi Neng said: "There is no need, I feel sick." But Ou Yongliang couldn't seem to keep his mouth shut, he had to say these words, he wanted to tell himself, and said it quickly. "I reported him, just to make him suffer a little bit, to lock him up—" Shao Shao raised her head, "Let's go." "Wait a minute." It was Su Shunjuan who called them to stop. "I'm going too." She opened the door and left Ou's house with the guests. She told Deng Zhineng: "Put me down in the urban area, I have friends." Deng Zhineng didn't say a word, and drove the car all the way out of the suburbs. Shao Shao said, "Look for a place, I want to have a drink." Ah, fortunately there is such a treasure as old wine, which benefits mankind. After Su Shunjuan got off the car, Shao Shao and Deng Zhineng went to the bar to sit down and have a drink. "I'm so grateful." "To whom are you grateful?" "My mother, thank you for not saying a word, allowing me to have a full teenage and young adulthood." "She was indeed a good mother." "She doesn't intend to take revenge." Shao Shao was depressed. Deng Zhineng said consolingly: "She lives so well, she has already taken revenge." "I'm not capable of avenging her either." "She doesn't want you to do that." "Will Ou Yongliang go crazy with guilt and spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital?" Deng Zhineng smiled, "The chance is slim." "Can he sleep at night?" "So keep helping your grandmother." "Now there is no need for him, the Xu family no longer wants his stinky money." Deng Zhineng pressed his wife's hand, "The truth is finally revealed." "What's in it for me?" "One must know one's parentage." "I would rather not know that before this, I was a happy person, and now I am full of hatred." Xiao Deng pushed the empty bottle in front of him, "Let's go home." "Thank God I finally have a home." In the middle of the night, Shaoshao got up and vomited. Deng Zhineng served her, "I will take leave for you." "Big mouth, I don't want to go to work." "Just take a day or two off." "No, I want to resign and take a lifetime leave." "Let's discuss after we wake up." "I'm tired. I haven't stopped for a long time. I came out to tutor naughty elementary school students when I was fifteen. I was so tired that I couldn't lift my head." "I support you, if you don't do it, don't do it." "Da Zui, thank you." Deng Zhineng hugged his wife tightly. But the next morning, Shao Shao went to work again with dark circles like pandas. A voice in her body called her to be self-reliant since she was a child. Going to work is a major event in life. All glory comes from work. Unless she falls down, she will be a man with the mantra. Deng Zhineng went through the formalities of changing her surname for her. "Are you sure you don't take your husband's surname?" "I don't even think about it." "You are a strong woman." "thanks." She has been surnamed Au for so many years, and it is really not easy to change it. It is not easy to change the surname on the certificate, but colleagues, friends, and even acquainted shop assistants still call her Miss Au or Dajie Au. She doesn't correct it either. She changed her surname to Yao. "I have to remember my mother," she said. Yao Shaoshao, just like a Shanghai girl with the same name. After the change, I feel much more comfortable inside. Qifang found her. "That story, is it true?" Shao Shao nodded. "I'm finally figuring out what's going on." "Qifang, I'm sorry, you are also a victim." "However, even if my biological mother didn't give up on me, life would be hard if I followed you." "Yes, before I was fifteen, I only had a pair of black leather shoes." "Then, Shao Shao, you are the victim." "But mother loves me." Qi Fang raised her head, "When I was young, I often dreamed that there was a woman with long hair who kissed me gently, very intimately, is that her?" "No, she's always had short hair." Qi Fang said sadly, "I must have made a mistake." "How is Aunt Su?" "Her? She is divorcing my father." Qi Fang seemed indifferent. Shao Shao was taken aback. After so many years, she endured for so long, and finally decided to end this relationship. Shao Shao suddenly asked: "What will the Bu family think?" Qi Fang smiled: "We don't need to care about the Bu family anymore, Bu Zhijian and Yan He have already broken up." Shao Shao breathed a sigh of relief, "That's great." "Okay? Don't gloat." "I really think it's good. Freedom is more important than anything else. It's hard to get rid of the tyranny and eliminate the cannibalism. Why bother to put the shackles around your neck?" Qi Fang was silent. After a while she said: "Shaoshao, you are different from me, you are like a vigorous wild animal, foraging for food in the wilderness since childhood, advocating freedom, I am with Yan, but you go from one home to another , Complaining is nothing but complaining, thinking of the heavy wind and rain outside, I shiver with fright." "Bullshit, get a job, practice, make sure you run faster than me." Qi Fang just smiled wryly. "Hey, don't forget you're my sister." "Environment makes man." "Not promising." "To succeed is to suffer a lot." "But," this is an experience, "it's not impossible." "When I think about suffering, I feel boring. Like you, when you were young, you took the scholarship exam. If you made a slight mistake, you would drop out of school immediately. I really can't do it. I have poor qualifications and no perseverance. I'm not that kind of material." Shaoshao sighed, if Yao Xiangru hadn't left Ou Yongliang back then, she had been growing up in the district's parents, and she would have acquired Qifang's habits; she was worried about a new dress, shed tears over her boyfriend's words... She laughed. "why are you laughing?" "I laugh at how panicked the colonial Chinese were when they heard they were going back to their motherland." Qifang was annoyed, "You are too good at satirizing the past." Shao Shao laughed again. "I'm about to move, the place is much bigger, my father allocated the best apartment under my name to my name, Shaoshao, thank you." "Thank me?" "You made him feel guilty, and I, the fisherman, benefited from it." "He decided to split up?" "Yes, Yanhe also got her share." "Where's Aunt Su?" "She won't suffer." How could such a shrewd person break up his property? "It is said that you have too." Shao Shao didn't understand for a while, "What do you mean I have it too?" "He'll give you part of the property, too." Shaoshao stood up with a "huo" and said flatly, "I don't want it!" Qifang was surprised, "You are like the heroine in a literary novel who cannot be moved by wealth." "Tell him not to harass me, or I'll be rude to him." "Shao Shao, there is something wrong with you." "He is my father-killer!" Qifang took a look at Shaoshao, "Shaoshao, you dramatized this matter. At that time, a large number of college students who were involved in another political party were hunted down locally. They would rather kill the wrong one than let them go. Your father's blatant activities are completely out of date. Going to die for what he believes in, sooner or later he'll be locked up." "Of course you speak for your father." "Yes, in my opinion, he is a good father." Shao Shao sneered. "Look at how thin you are, the grievances of the previous generation haunt you like a ghost." "Has not the fate of our mother grieved you?" Qi Fang shook her head, "Although she is my biological mother, I don't know her at all. Her experiences and misfortunes failed to impress me. We have no relationship emotionally. Shao Shao, I am luckier than you." This meeting is over. Soon, Shaoshao noticed that her belt was getting wider and all her skirts were loose, which showed that she was really thin. The boss called her back to the headquarters, "If you are really that unhappy, I can transfer you back." "It's too late, people will think you and I are having an affair." "Are you sick?" The foreigner was very concerned. The British are definitely good at this kind of superficial work. "I can go to the government hospital for a blood test right away." "I'm not afraid of infection, I just want you to take care of yourself." "My husband is a doctor, don't worry." The doctor handed her a card that night. Shao Shao looked at the card and saw "Psychiatrist Chen Riliang" written on the card. Shao Shao threw the card to a corner with a "swish", "Do you think I'm crazy?" "I'm doing it for your own good." "I'm fine." "It's too late for you to admit something happened." "Stop talking!" "An alcoholic never admits he has a problem—" "Big mouth, believe it or not, I will poison you." Deng Zhineng was also angry, "You are so powerful." He shut himself in the study. Shaoshao turned off the light in the bedroom. Recently she was afraid of going to sleep. It's not that she couldn't fall asleep. She was extremely tired and fell asleep almost as soon as she lay down. What she was afraid of was those nightmares. Confusedly, she walked into a square in the thick fog, not knowing the direction. Suddenly, gunshots rang out, like firecrackers, and she heard moans. , fishy smell, blood on one hand, Shao Shao wailed, one after another, pain, pain, pain. "Wake up, wake up, Shao Shao, drink some water." The whole head is covered with cold sweat. Shao Shao is ill. She was taken to hospital. After diagnosis, it was acute appendicitis. The operation is going to be done immediately, Shaoshao was complacent when she heard about it, "Big Zui, that's why I married you." Deng Zhineng was so worried that he almost shed tears, but when he heard that his beautiful wife had returned to her true colors, a big stone fell from her heart. The operation went well, Shao Shao woke up with a strange feeling of peace in her heart, and she didn't mind not being able to sleep. Suddenly she understands her mother's feelings a little bit, she came back to life after death, so she wholeheartedly takes care of Da Shaoshao, she has nothing else to think about. For so many years, she was alive, but she was not alive. "How are you?" Deng Zhineng held Shao Shao's hand. Shao Shao smiled bleakly, "You have good sword skills, Deng Zhineng." "Look who's coming." Aunt Su stood behind Deng Zhineng. Shao Shao bowed his body, the wound was as painful as a knife cut. "Lie down, lie down," Aunt Su held her down. Shao Shao burst into tears suddenly. Deng Zhineng deliberately said: "I can't stand this way, what kind of a strong hero do I usually pretend to be." Shao Shao also took advantage of the situation to fall, "The hero is only afraid of illness." Xiao Deng said, "I'll go out for a while." Shaoshao said: "Aunt Su, I have troubled you—" "It's absolutely none of your business. Freezing three feet doesn't happen in a day." "It's because of me." "No, I am going to Shanghai with you to find the answer myself." "I'm deeply sorry, and Yanhe has been implicated in this." "Yanhe is waiting for me outside, do you want to see her?" Shao Shao suddenly didn't mind, "Okay, I'm going to apologize to her." "Hey, sisters, why bother to say such things." At this moment, the door of the room opened with a "Yiya", and Yanhe came in. Shao Shao's eyes lit up, somehow, this woman has removed all the real and fake jewelry on her body, she is relaxed, she is dressed in casual clothes, without makeup, she looks elegant and refined. She threw her handbag on the chair and looked at Shaoshao with a half-smile, "It's over, I don't need to think about it anymore." Shao Shao was taken aback, feeling guilty spontaneously. Unexpectedly, Yan He went on to say: "Forget it, I have been worrying about what other people think, and after marrying, I have more nights and dreams, and my heart is terrified. It is probably not a blessing. Shao Shao couldn't help laughing. Yan He braced his back, "But their family is really famous," sighed, "If they can get married, it will really be impressive." Shao Shao asked, "But, are you in love?" Yan He was still pacing, "Believe it or not, he is actually not a bad person." "Could it be that Xi Shi is in the eye of the beholder? I've never seen him well." Yanhe was surprised, "Your eyes are just like my mother's." Shao Shao and Aunt Su looked at each other and smiled. Yan He looked at Shao Shao on the hospital bed, "You owe me a slap in the face." Shao Shao stretched out her face. "Now? No, I want you to remember that I will ask you for it at your most embarrassing time, and punish you for abusing lynching." Yan He's tone was still very angry. "Do you want interest?" Unexpectedly, Ou Yanhe was very generous, "There is no interest, but the capital must be paid back." She turned around and went out. Shaoshao said to Aunt Su: "Look, hasn't she grown up?" "I still cry every day at night." "it will be pass away." "That boy has shown up with his new love." "I promise Yanhe will find someone better than Bu Zhijian." "what?" "No one is worse than that man." Aunt Su couldn't help laughing. "Yanhe is serious about him. He has not done anything for more than a year. He is only his accessory, worrying about gains and losses. In a word, the Bu family is extremely nervous..." Shao Shao sneered. Aunt Su suddenly said: "Ou Yongliang is also so important to me, but from the beginning to the end, he never paid attention to me." "Don't mention this person before me." "Okay, Shaoshao, you should rest a lot." I'm leaving. They are all gone. Shao Shao gently closed his eyes. When my mother was dying, she felt a sense of release. She could finally let go of all suffering and go back. She called softly: "Mom." It's like hearing my mother's response: "Shaoshao, Shaoshao." Sitting on the mother's lap, using the mother's chest as the back of the chair, the mother's hand kept stroking her hair, and she would occasionally raise her head, "Mom." "Shao Shao." Shaoshao's tears welled up like a spring. Whenever she wakes up, her mother always wakes up earlier than her, and when she falls asleep, her mother is still working. My mother didn't dare to get sick until she was an adult, but the disease didn't come back. On the day Shaoshao was discharged from the hospital, Deng Zhineng was about to enter the operating room, so she hailed a car to go home alone. Back home, the administrator came over immediately, "Mrs. Deng, you came back by coincidence, please move Dr. Deng's car, it blocked Lawyer Hua's car and couldn't get out." Shao Shao went to check, and it really was, so he had to go home to find the car keys, get in the car and drive Deng Zhineng's car away. Sitting in the driver's seat, when he looked up, he saw a person standing not far from the front of the car. That person was none other than Ou Yongliang. When the enemy met, he was extremely jealous. Although Shaoshao had just recovered from a serious illness, she still had the strength to grit her teeth and shout, "Executioner!" As soon as she stepped on the accelerator, the car rushed forward more than ten feet, and it was about to hit it, but Ou Yongliang didn't dodge, he stood motionless, as if he was about to die. Shao Shao slammed on the brakes at a critical moment, the car was a German car with good performance, she stretched out her head and scolded: "Looking for death?" The front of the car was less than a foot away from Qu Yongliang. The administrator immediately ran over and asked, "What's the matter, Mrs. Deng, what's the matter?" "This man is courting death!" The administrator laughed and asked, "Who is this gentleman looking for?" "I'm looking for Mrs. Deng." The administrator didn't want to bother with this matter, so he retreated far away. Ou Yongliang was very calm, "Shaoshao, I have something to tell you." "Killing one's father and enemy has nothing to say." "Shao Shao, listen to my explanation." Shaoshao said angrily, "If you pester me again, I will pay you one hundred and ten." "Shao Shao, that's not me." Shao Shao was furious, "What do you mean it's not you?" She entered the elevator and pressed the door close button. Before the elevator door closed, she heard Ou Yongliang shouting outside the door: "I am not the one who succeeded in reporting!" Shao Shao's head was dizzy, and he was panting on the elevator wall. Enter the house and fall on the sofa. She moaned in pain from the wound. I had to quickly take out a pill and take it. At this time, the phone rang. Shao Shao hopes to be Deng Zhineng. "Miss District? My surname is Hua—" "Uncle Hua, what's up, what's the news?" "There is no such person in Hong Kong." Shao Shao's heart sank with a "dong". "Will it be overseas?" "As long as you are overseas, you will definitely have contacts. Miss Au, life is a very serious matter." "Then, Uncle Hua, according to your guess, where is Zheng Jian?" The other party was silent for a while, and said, "I will continue to keep an eye on this person for you." Shao Shao thanked her, put down the phone, held the wound, and lay down on the bed. She heard her mother coughing again. Shao Shao wanted to back up, "Mom?" But I knew in my heart that it was just an illusion, so I could only lie down with peace of mind. Not long after, Deng Zhineng hurried home without taking off his shoes, went straight to the bedroom, and held Shaoshao's hand. Shao Shao forced a smile. Deng Zhineng sighed and said, "Forget about resigning." "I just proved to mediocre people like Tang, Li, and Jian that I am better than them. How can I quit my job?" "Better than mediocrity, what is good?" Shao Shao said nothing. After a while, he said: "My salary..." They used to support their mother and daughter, so they are reluctant to part. "Let's go out after resting." "Then I'll apply for a leave of absence without pay." "Don't worry, just rest in peace." She lost another circle of weight, ate every day without knowing the taste, and tossed and turned every night.