Chapter 1883: Su Mingzhe and Wu Fei at the End of the Volume (Two in One)
Chapter 1883 End of Volume - Su Mingzhe and Wu Fei (two in one)
Su Daqiang said slowly: "Mingyu sent me here, and she doesn't care about me anymore."
"..."
Nie Laijin didn't know how to comfort him. After thinking for a long time, he patted his hand and said, "Actually, it's good to live in a nursing home. You don't bother others and you have a group of old friends you can talk to. Lao Su, do you know? "The biggest problem between our generation and our children is the generation gap. We don't agree with what they say, but they can't understand what we think. Living in a nursing home... is good... it's good."
"What's good? Not good, not good at all." Su Daqiang said: "No one agreed with me when I wrote a word. They just watched those... what are they called, what young people said... oh, anti-Japanese drama, Pingtan... Not many people are willing to listen. They talk all day long about whose child is visiting whom, what kind of car they drive, how much clothes they bought, a bunch of ignorant guys.”
Nie Laijinxin said, aren’t you like this too? When you were living at your daughter's house, you showed Lao He and Lao Song the sunrooms, Mercedes-Benz cars, and big houses. When Su Mingzhe wanted to take you to the United States for retirement, he was still mocking Director Gao in the hotel. Now he is acting like he stands out from the crowd. Look, what should I say?
It seems that the caregiver said that his lack of sociability was not simply a matter of Alzheimer's disease coming and going, but also because he was too good at pretending.
Thinking about it, my daughter used to be an executive of a large group, and my eldest son studied in the United States to get a Ph.D. and was a top student at Stanford. Because he has been envied for too long, he is now in a nursing home, and his mentality is unbalanced.
"Yes, yes, a bunch of ignorant people."
Nie Laijin changed the topic: "But Lao Su, you have to learn to adapt. You see, everyone goes to the lobby on the first floor to stay. The people in the nursing home cannot let everyone suffer from the cold. If the central air conditioner is broken, you have to find other ways to keep warm. When I went there, there was an electric heater inside. It was quite warm with so many people gathered together, but look at you, staying up there alone, how miserable it is in such a cold day. "
"I would rather stay up there than get together with those people." It was obvious that Su Daqiang was holding a breath in his heart.
Think about it, how can a family with good conditions and filial children let the elderly live in a nursing home and have to either take care of them themselves or hire a nanny to take care of them.
"Old Su, if I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?" Nie Laijin seemed to have learned the truth from Lin Yue: "You are already at this age, so what can you do if you treat them as your own sons? Mingcheng and Mingzhe are so filial, and why? Can I treat you badly? It’s so good now..."
He sighed heavily, with a look of regret on his face.
"Old Nie, you came to see me just to make sarcastic remarks?"
"Why is this a sarcastic remark?"
Nie Laijin didn't know how he had offended him. Isn't it human nature for old friends to gather together and sigh and complain?
"Let's go, let me go too. Just like when I was being collected for debts, you abandoned me and ran to the United States. What kind of friends are you? I don't have friends like you."
"You...Old Su, are you being unreasonable?"
He did do that in an unethical manner, but essentially it was for the good of the Su family - if Cai Genhua dared to seek the Su family's property, Su Mingcheng could use the debt to eat her up.
However, God knows that he and Su Mingcheng know this matter well. Su Daqiang, Su Mingzhe, Su Mingyu, Wu Fei, etc. are not clear about it. The reason why Su Daqiang is angry now is because he thinks he went to the United States to hide from debts. Under those conditions, he ran there Isn’t it a normal script interpretation for the United States to avoid debt? Is it possible to stay and suffer with you, Su Daqiang?
"Go, go quickly, I don't want to see you."
Su Daqiang got excited and fell ill again: "Hu, get out of my house and take Zhao Meilan and those two bastards back to your Shanghai. Don't let me see you adulterers and adulterers again."
Nie Laijin was stunned for a while before he realized that he thought he was the doctor from Shanghai.
"Su Daqiang...you are so unreasonable."
Nie Laijin left angrily and walked out of the nursing home with a sullen face. He looked back in the cold wind and made up his mind to go to the United States. If nothing serious happened, he would not come back.
…
South Gate of Gusu District, same as Delhi.
I don’t know who’s water pipe was frozen and cracked. The alley was originally deep and narrow, and the buildings on both sides were built relatively high to block the sun. There were fine moss growing on the corners. Now that the water has washed away, the ground is very slippery.
"Xiao Mi, look at your feet."
Wu Fei reminded her too late. Xiaomi's feet crooked and she fell backwards.
Fortunately, Su Mingzhe had quick eyes and quick hands and hugged her from behind.
"Scared me."
Wu Fei breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the people running for water in the depths of the alley with an angry face and complained: "There must be a lot of old people living here. They have made the alley so slippery. Who will be responsible if they fall and get hurt? They are really unqualified." "
"Feifei, please keep your voice down."
Su Mingzhe was born here and has been here for a long time, so he is naturally more familiar with the situation in Tongli than she is. In an old house like this in an old city, countless elderly people fall down every year due to the complex terrain and rain and snow. If they are lucky, they will be injured. It will be fine in five days. If you are unlucky, you may not be able to get off the ground and lie down until you die.
If you are an old man who has lived in Tongli for a long time, you can just complain a few words. The old Su family caused so many things last year. If people hear these words, they may make up some ugly jokes to laugh at them.
Wu Fei rolled her eyes at him, dissatisfied with her husband's cautiousness. They weren't just thieves entering the village. Do they need to be so cowardly when they return to their old home?
"It should be here."
Su Mingzhe identified the surrounding buildings, put down the microphone, took out the key Su Mingcheng gave him, and opened the courtyard door of the house in front.
Since settling in the United States, he has never returned to his old home. Zhao Meilan died unexpectedly before, and the old man would not come here if he could. Naturally, he had no chance to revisit his old place. Later, the Su family and his son faced Bo in court, which was embarrassing. He was even more embarrassed to return to Tongli when he was at his grandma's house. Therefore, compared with those wanderers who had not returned for many years, his current mentality could be said to be a large "cowardice of being close to home".
It had not been occupied for more than a year, and the lock on the door nose was rusty. I inserted the key and turned it several times before turning the lock cylinder.
Squeak~
Accompanied by the abnormal sound of the door shaft turning, the courtyard door opened, and a scene that had not changed much from the impression appeared in front of him.
There is a ladder at the angle between the rusty faucet and the moss-stained sink. Diagonally opposite are four or five flower pots, in which are the flowers and plants that Zhao Meilan grew. Today, they have long since withered, leaving only There are withered branches and fallen leaves. On the left side of the door is a bucket for swill. There are some empty beer bottles piled less than a foot apart. A bunch of dry yellow weeds come out from the cracks in the bricks. They look quite tenacious. of.
The door lock in the living room is easier to open, and you can hear a clicking sound when turning the lock core.
Su Mingzhe took off the iron chain and pushed open the door.
Wu Fei couldn't help but frown as a musty smell unique to vacant houses hit his face.
“It’s just not possible to live in an old house like this.”
"Then it's none of our business. It's thanks to Mingcheng that he negotiated with Mingda's boss, and they allowed us to dispose of the items in the house."
Wu Fei didn't answer, walked to the stairs leading to the second floor, and found that it was used to pile debris.
"All the rooms above were sold, and the neighbor opened the wall and built a B&B. The one you saw when I came here just now is doing very well." Su Mingzhe explained to her, and took Xiaomi into Zhao Meilan and Su Daqiang's bedroom. .
A piece of light leaked from the window, illuminating the photo frame on the opposite wall. He walked over and stared at the family photo inside.
Wu Fei followed and walked to her side: "This...is Mingyu, right?"
In the photo she was talking about, Su Daqiang and Zhao Meilan were standing in the front, and Su Mingzhe and Su Mingcheng were standing in the back with their arms around their shoulders. Next to them was Su Mingyu, who deliberately leaned away without looking forward. Moreover, she was carrying a bag and was looking forward. He looked like he was leaving at any moment.
"That's right."
"Her standing posture is quite strange, and her eyebrows have given people a feeling that she is very powerful and difficult to get along with since she was a child."
Su Mingzhe nodded: "If you say so...it's true, this look...looks more powerful than my mother's."
Wu Fei said: "By the way, should you call her and ask her if there is anything she particularly wants to keep, so that we can help her find it."
"Okay, I'll ask her."
Su Mingzhe picked up the phone and was about to dial Su Mingyu's number when he heard a strange noise behind him.
The two of them turned around and saw that it was Xiaomi who had stepped on the chair and climbed onto the table next to the bed, knocking over a dowry with a flowery moon pattern on it and knocking it over to the ground.
When Xiaomi saw the two of them looking back at the same time with reproachful expressions on their faces, Xiaomi realized that she had done something wrong, her eyes turned red, and she burst into tears.
"do not Cry."
Wu Fei yelled at her, and went over to take her off the table: "You dare to climb higher, you kid, you forgot what happened the day before yesterday so quickly."
After saying that, he slapped her butt twice as a warning.
This little girl is also a genius. She put her little hands on Wu Fei's neck, buried her head in her mother's chest and sobbed softly. Will the adults be willing to spank her now?
"This is the box my mother used to store jewelry and cosmetics. I heard it was the dowry my grandmother bought for her when she got married."
Su Mingzhe picked up the dowry and put it on the table.
Wu Fei said: "It looks a bit old."
Xiaomi dropped the makeup package to the ground. Su Mingzhe was worried about the contents inside, so he opened the lid to check. At this moment, he discovered an anomaly. There was a layer of leather sealed on the inside of the lid, which had aged and cracked due to time. After being thrown by Xiaomi, a large piece of the seal was broken, revealing a withered yellow line.
He took it out and looked at it, and his expression changed.
Wu Fei noticed the change in his expression and came closer with Xiaomi in her arms.
It was a photo. The surface had turned yellow and looked old.
The protagonist of the photo is a group of medical staff, with a total of three rows of female nurses. There are several men sitting in the middle of the front row, both young and old. Judging from their appearance, they should be doctors in the hospital.
"Is this mom?"
Wu Fei asked, pointing to the tall, thin and pretty woman on the far left side of the row behind her.
Su Mingzhe said nothing.
Wu Fei was puzzled. She followed his gaze and found that her husband's focus was on the second man from the right among the men in the front row.
"This person... looks like you."
She looked at the photo and then at Su Mingzhe, making sure that her judgment was correct.
The male doctor in the photo looks very much like Su Mingzhe when he was young.
"February 1978...February 1978..."
Su Mingzhe's hand gently rubbed the lower right corner of the photo, where there was a stamp recording the date of shooting.
Wu Fei remembered what Su Mingcheng said on New Year's Eve, and looked at the person in the photo again, wondering if this was Su Mingzhe's biological father. If he used this photo as a clue to find his relatives, could he find that person? Woolen cloth?
Also, could this person be the same person as the doctor in Shanghai?
If they are the same person and Su Mingzhe is really his son, what about Su Mingcheng? Who is Su Mingcheng's biological father?
"Mingzhe, could this be..."
Su Mingzhe glanced at her, did not answer the question, and just put the photo away silently.
Xiaomi looked at her thoughtful father and then at her melancholy mother, wondering what the two people were talking about.
"Mom, I'm hungry."
"Xiao Mi is hungry. Can mommy take you to eat Yangchun noodles?"
"good."
Xiaomi agreed crisply.
Su Mingzhe scratched her little nose, said "Let's go", turned around and walked outside.
Wu Fei pointed to the closest family photo in the frame and said, "Aren't you going to take this photo with you?"
Su Mingzhe paused for a moment, shook his head, and quickly walked out of the bedroom without saying anything else.
Wu Fei took a closer look at Su Mingyu in the photo, hugged Xiaomi, and followed him out of the old house.
…
The next evening.
Su Mingzhe walked into the community carrying a duck.
He originally planned to go see Su Daqiang and ask if the man in the photo was Zhao Meilan's favorite Shanghai doctor, but he got out of the taxi and chickened out when he saw the signboard of the Nursing Home in Mudu Town.
Not to mention that Su Daqiang suffers from Alzheimer's disease. His condition is good and bad, and he may not be able to respond to his questions. Even if the old guy is very awake, he is willing to answer his questions. What will happen afterwards? Is it possible that he went to Shanghai to find his biological father? Later, I told a person who could make soy sauce about his grandson that I am your biological son, and asked him why he didn't take me away back then? Why not resist the pressure from grandma and the street and elope with Zhao Meilan?
Now, what's the point of knowing the truth? It won't make any changes to the status quo, it will only increase worries.
So he went around in a circle and came back. The only difference from when he went there was that he passed by a duck shop and saw that the newly cooked duck was good, so he bought one and came back.
Ding~
The elevator door opened, he walked in with his things and pressed the button to the tenth floor.
Now the house in Nanshan Lishe is written with Wu Fei's name. During the Chinese New Year, he was determined to live in it for Su Mingyu and Su Daqiang. After all, idleness is also idle. Unfortunately, Wu Fei reacted very fiercely and threatened him if he dared to give it to Su Daqiang. If they live together, they will not agree to remarry, so he can only give up this filial piety.
On New Year's Eve, Su Mingcheng exposed Su Daqiang's background. As a result, Wu Fei was even less likely to give the Su family a chance to move in.
Ding~
There was another soft sound, and the elevator reached the 10th floor. He took out the key and opened the door. Just as he was about to ask Wu Fei to come over and get something, he suddenly heard Xiaomi crying from the bedroom.
"Why are you crying?"
Wu Fei replied: "I choked on my milk."
"Why are you so careless?" Su Mingzhe put Yao Ya on the dining table, turned his head and looked at the bedroom. He felt that there was nothing serious and went straight to the bathroom.
He came back without going into the nursing home to meet Su Daqiang. It could be said that he had been holding back all the way. Now that he came home, the first thing he did was to relieve himself.
"Mingzhe, why are you back so soon?"
Wu Fei asked and got no response, so she tilted her head outside and found that Su Mingzhe was not in the living room. She listened carefully for a while and seemed to notice something moving in the bathroom. Her expression suddenly changed. She didn't care about Xiaomi anymore, got up and walked out. .
When she arrived in the living room, Su Mingzhe also finished draining the water and walked out of the bathroom, but he didn't come out empty-handed. There was a test strip between the thumb and ten fingers of his right hand, which could also be said to be a pregnancy test stick.
"Feifei, I just found this inside, do you...have it?"
The evidence for what he said was that there were two very eye-catching red lines in the display area of the pregnancy test stick.
"..."
Wu Fei's expression changed several times, thinking that she was really afraid of something. Calculating the days, it had been almost 2 months since she had her period. She was not sure about her situation, so after Su Mingzhe left, she went to the drugstore downstairs to buy a box of pregnancy test strips and took the test at home. Just when she was convinced that she was pregnant. , Xiaomi, who was playing in the bedroom, cried loudly. She was startled and put the things out to check.
Who would have thought that Su Mingzhe would come back at this juncture and go to the bathroom to drain the water as soon as she entered the door. She came out in a hurry just to see if there was any remedy. It would be best to divert Su Mingzhe's attention and not find it on the sink. pregnancy test stick, however... it's too late.
Su Mingzhe didn't pay attention to Wu Fei's facial expression. He was very happy. He picked up Xiaomi and rubbed her face with his stubble.
"Xiaomi is going to be a big sister. Can your parents give you a little brother? From now on, you will play together and go to school together."
Living in the United States, the pressure of raising children is naturally not as high as in China. It is common for a couple to have two or three children. The two had planned to have a second child before, but they did not expect this day to come so quickly.
"Okay, okay." The little girl clapped her hands and cheered.
Wu Fei looked at the father and daughter in front of her who were happily celebrating the birth of their little family, and didn't know what to do.
Is this child Su Mingzhe's?
probably.
Well, it should be... no problem.
She kept comforting herself in her heart, because that guy Su Mingcheng... didn't use safety measures that night, but she bought birth control pills the next day. The two of them slept together that night after Su Mingzhe's proposal for remarriage was successful, but they didn't do anything either. As a safety measure, now she found out that she was pregnant. Unless the birth control pill was fake, the child would be 99% Su Mingzhe's.
"Feifei, aren't you happy?"
Su Mingzhe looked beautiful for a while, turned around and saw Wu Fei looking absent-minded, and couldn't help but ask.
"ah?"
Wu Fei forced a smile and said, "No, I just think this child... came too quickly."
"What do you mean by fast? I think it's just right." Su Mingzhe said, "Don't you think this is a gift from God for our remarriage? He came just after we got the marriage certificate."
He touched Wu Fei's still flat belly and said, "This must be a son."
Wu Fei said, "What if it's a daughter?"
Su Mingzhe said half-jokingly, "Then we can save a lot of money on buying clothes in the future."