Defeated By Love

At noon the next day, Shunian was woken up by a phone call.

Shunen slept very late yesterday. At this time, due to lack of sleep, she had a terrible headache. She rummaged through her phone, wrinkled her eyes at the caller ID, and answered the call: "Mom?"

As if she didn't expect that she was still asleep at this point, Deng Qingyu said in surprise: "Aren't you awake?"

Shunen turned over and buried himself in the quilt again, muffled: "Just woke up."

"You don't need to go to the recording studio today?"

Hearing this, Shunen immediately became sober and sat up. After thinking it through, she immediately lay back and said obediently: "No, there will be no work before the seventh day of the year."

"Then you..." Deng Qingyu asked hesitantly, "Do you want to go back to your hometown with your mother."

Shunen fell silent for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

"If you don't want to, mom will bring you something to eat now." Deng Qingyu sighed, "I didn't go back last year. I have to go back this year. I called your grandma yesterday and heard her say that my heart is not very good recently. I have to go back and have a look."

The "grandma" in Deng Qingyu's mouth is not Wang Hao's mother.

But Shu Gao Lin's mother, Shunen's grandma.

Shunen squeezed the phone and made up his mind: "When will you be back?"

"If you want to go, you will be ready to pass this afternoon." Deng Qingyu said, "We will drive there directly. If there is no traffic jam, we should get there at 6 or 7 in the evening."

"Okay, I pack things now."

"That's fine." Deng Qingyu said, "We will go directly to your downstairs in a while. By the way, you don't have to get down too early. I will call you and then come down."

"Great."

After hanging up the phone, Shunen pulled out the suitcase from the room. Thinking that this trip should be going for a week, she packed a few more thick clothes, took a cosmetic bag and skin care products, absently wandered around the house, and took everything she wanted to bring.

Confirming that nothing was missing, Shunen pulled up the suitcase.

She sat on the carpet, looking at the phone, her expression a little hesitant. If it was before, Shunian thought that he would pack things seriously, and then sat aside and waited for Deng Qingyu to contact her.

Instead of constantly thinking about a question when you can’t just pack things up like now,

Do you want to tell Xie Ruhe about her return to her hometown?

Shunen didn't know if it was necessary to tell him about this kind of thing.

What I said feels a little deliberate, and if I don't say it, I am afraid that he will find her no one afterwards.

She tangled for a while, and threw the phone aside depressed, not understanding why she was so coy, and she had to worry so much about making a call.

Shunen stood up and changed his clothes. She walked to the mirror and put on a thin layer of lipstick. Then he knelt down by the closet, flipped through his socks, and caught a glimpse of the phone on the floor.

Be quiet for a second.

Shunian picked it up and dialed Xie Ruhe's phone.

The answer was very fast on the other end: "Shunen?"

"Yeah." Shunen licked his lips. "It's me."

Xie Ruhe asked: "What's wrong."

"I'm going back to my hometown in a while." Shunen was a little nervous and said honestly, "So I can't accompany you during this period of rehabilitation, so I want to tell you."

Hearing this, Xie Ruhe fell silent.

He didn't speak, and Shunen didn't know what to say: "Just say this, nothing else."

Soon, Xie Ruhe asked, "Will you return to Shiyan Town?"

"Yeah."

Xie Ruhe thought for a while and exhorted a few more words: "Be careful and don't go out alone. If you have something to do, try to go out with someone you know, not alone."

After speaking, it seemed that he had overreacted, so he added another sentence in a low voice.

"For Chinese New Year, thieves are more rampant."

Shunen lowered his eyes, as if thinking of something, a little dazed: "I know."

The two said nothing more. It just so happened that Deng Qingyu called, Shunian said goodbye to Xie Ruhe, then pulled the suitcase and went out. At this time Deng Qingyu and Wang Hao both went downstairs.

Wang Hao came up to help her lift the box, and smiled at her kindly: "Niannian is beautiful again."

Shunen smiled crampedly: "Good Uncle Wang."

Deng Qingyu came over to help her tidy up the scarf, looked at her face, and frowned: "What time did you sleep yesterday? Why are dark circles so heavy?"

Shunen said vaguely: "It's a little insomnia."

The three got into the car.

Without getting out of the car, Wang Linxi stayed in the car and waved his hand happily: "Sister."

Shunian nodded at him, and sat with him in the back seat. She bowed her head and fastened her seat belt, but for some reason, she could not insert it into the buckle.

Noting her behavior, Wang Linxi blinked and pointed to another buckle: "Sister, you should be here."

Shunen subconsciously switched to the buckle he said and successfully buckled it.

"Thank you."

Wang Linxi is thirteen years old this year, when he is growing up. Compared to the last time Shunian saw him, he seems to have grown taller. He was very delicate and fair, and his round eyes made him look like a hamster.

Shunian didn't spend much time with him, and the two were not familiar with each other.

She has always heard Deng Qingyu say that Wang Linxi's temperament is very noisy. He looks pure, but he looks like a bully in school. The number of times his parents are called in a semester can't be counted with ten fingers.

But in front of Shunen, he seemed to have become a real little sheep.

I listen to her very much, and have a close and friendly attitude towards her.

Shunian remembered that when they first met, Wang Linxi was not like that to her. He took a deep guard, resisting her coming, as if afraid that she would take his father away.

She did not remember when this attitude began to change.

Would be grateful.

Because of his attitude, Shunen occasionally has a feeling that he is not completely an outsider. In addition to her mother, there are people here who look forward to her arrival.

Shunen did not slept well last night, listening to Wang Linxi's twittering, he fell asleep without knowing it by leaning against the back of the chair. After waking up, he looked outside and found that he had entered Shiyan Town.

It was dark and there were no pedestrians on the road, deserted and desolate.

She subconsciously squeezed the corners of her clothes and withdrew her gaze.

Wang Linxi next to him was not asleep. Yu Guang caught a glimpse of her movement. He lifted his gaze from the phone and showed her neat white teeth: "Sister, would you like to drink water?"

Shunen lowered his head and turned into his bag: "It's okay, I brought it."

Deng Qingyu was sitting in the passenger seat and heard the sound, she looked over: "Niannian wakes up? It's coming soon. Let's go to Grandpa's first? Or do you want to live with Grandpa's."

Shunian thought for a while: "I'll go to Grandpa's side."

"..." Deng Qingyu looked hesitant and hesitantly asked her for advice, "Then let's go to Grandpa together first, and then go to see Grandpa together later, okay?"

Shunen nodded: "Okay."

The house they used to live in Shiyan Town has been sold.

The grandfather's house still lives with the uncle's family, and there is no spare room for them. Deng Qingyu can only live with her husband in her husband's house, but the house is not too big to accommodate so many people.

Shunian felt that it was more appropriate to live with his grandpa.

Shunen's grandpa and grandma are a bit patriarchal. Deng Qingyu's elder brother gave birth to two sons, who were brought up by them since childhood, so they didn't read this granddaughter in person.

Attitude is not bad, but not warm. I haven't seen her for a long time, and didn't ask her about her recent situation.

Wang Linxi was a child brought by her husband's family after Deng Qingyu's remarriage. Except for the three of them, there were basically no people who took the initiative to speak to him, and it seemed that they had come as a guest.

After dinner.

Perceiving the silence of the two children, Deng Qingyu did not stay long and offered to leave. The four of them said goodbye and got on the car again. Shunen's grandparents lived nearby, and it only took a few minutes to drive there.

The two old men knew in advance that Shunen was coming back, and they were all waiting at the door at this time.

Shunian got out of the car and shouted obediently: "Grandpa and grandma, I'm back."

"It's Niannian?" Grandma Shu smiled kindly, came over and took her hand, staring at her carefully: "Why are you so thin that you don't have a good meal in Ruchuan?"

Shunian pursed her lips and smiled without speaking.

Grandpa Shu reminded her from behind: "Come in first, don't let the children chill outside."

Deng Qingyu said a few words to the two old men, and then asked Shunen a few more words, and went to her husband's house with Wang Hao.

When their car drove away, Shunen was holding his grandparents' hands and was about to go into the house with them, when she heard a woman's cry not far away.

She looked back.

She was a middle-aged woman with disheveled hair and looked crazy. A young man was behind him, pulling her helplessly: "Mom, don't do this...have we gone home?"

The woman shed tears and said to herself: "Xiangxiang...Where did we Xiangxiang go, why can't we find it... New Year's Eve is coming, why don't you go home..."

The young man coaxed her: "Shall we go home first? Xiangxiang might be at home."

Shunian recognized her.

It is Chen Xiang's mother.

When he was in junior high school, the next class suddenly disappeared, and the body of Chen Xiang was found a week later.

Grandpa Shu looked at Shunian and subconsciously pulled her back: "Let's go back."

The next moment, Aunt Chen raised her eyes and saw Shunian. She stopped crying, as if she had recognized something, her eyes widened, she walked over slowly and stood in front of Shunen.

Shunen subconsciously held his breath and took a step back.

The young man quickly grabbed her: "Mom!"

Aunt Chen didn't move anything else, looked at her blankly, and then started crying again: "Good boy...good boy..."

Shunen's fists were clenched and loosened, and softly comforted: "Auntie, don't be upset."

Aunt Chen should be the same age as Deng Qingyu, but her hair has turned gray, and her face is full of wrinkles, looking like she is old and decadent. Because of her own daughter, she is no longer happy under the tragic death of others at the same age.

No matter what happens, she is no longer happy.

Every day and night, it’s like living in hell.

I would rather let myself die instead of her than to live in this world like this.

Shunen was a little nervous, and the palms of her hands were sweating. She rubbed sweat on her trousers, stretched out her hand to hold Aunt Chen's hand, and said softly: "The bad guy has been arrested. Chen Xiang will rest in peace in the spirit of heaven."

Probably because of seeing Aunt Chen's appearance, my grandparents' feelings became heavy.

The three of them entered the house, and Grandma Shu said to her: "In fact, it's fine at ordinary times. As soon as the festival comes, she will start crying and look for Chen Xiang's baby girl everywhere."

Shunen gave a dull hum.

Grandma Shu looked at her, did not mention it again, and sighed: "In a blink of an eye, your dad has been away for almost five years, but it's really fast... Why is it buried in Ruchuan? Let me and your grandpa It takes a lot of effort to see him."

Shunian curled her lips and said, "I will drive you away from now on, and we will go together."

"Niannian." Grandpa Shu waved to her.

Shunian walked over and squatted in front of him, like a little milk dog: "Grandpa."

Grandpa Shu rubbed her head, looking dazed, staring at her eyebrows similar to those of Shu Gao Lin, unknowingly, his eyes blushed, tears crisscrossing, repeating three words back and forth.

"Really good..."

The two old men couldn't stay up late, and went back to the room to sleep on time at nine o'clock.

Shunen digs out the suitcase, takes a shower in the bathroom, and then returns to the room. She slept in the room that Shu Gaolin lived in before, and the furnishings in it were the same as before.

Only the windows are equipped with a layer of anti-theft barriers, and two more locks are installed on the door of the room.

When he saw the two locks, Shunen was stunned, and he could probably guess what Deng Qingyu said to them. She pursed her lips, her nose sour inexplicably.

She turned on the light, climbed onto the bed, and shrank into the bed.

The last few days have been festivals.

Yesterday was Shunen’s birthday, today is Valentine’s Day, and tomorrow is New Year’s Eve. Shunian took a look at the circle of friends, was fed a mouthful of dog food, and quickly retired.

Shunian didn't know what to do, so she lay bored on the bed and practiced the bubble sound for a while.

Soon there was drowsiness, and his eyelids gradually drooped down, as if being pulled down by something. She rolled over and was about to retract her whole head into the bed to sleep.

The next moment, the phone rang suddenly.

Shunen was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyelids, he answered the phone in a daze, "Hello?"

Xie Ruhe's voice came in his ear: "Shunian."

At this time, it was just over ten o'clock, and it was still early for the normal work and rest of the two of them.

Shunen rubbed his eyes vigorously. He didn't know what he was looking for. He just wanted to hear what he said, hung up the phone and went to sleep: "What's wrong?"

He was silent for a few seconds, then asked softly: "Are you going to keep the year old?"

Shunen repeated: "Shou Sui?"

"Ok."

Shunen felt a little strange, but after thinking hard for a long time, but couldn't find any strangeness, so he sat up, restrained his sleepiness, and nodded seriously: "Shou."

After the two spoke for a while, Shunen gradually became sober.

She remembered what she had done today, and hesitated to say: "Is it New Year's Eve today?"

"..." Xie Ruhe didn't say a word.

"Then I don't seem to have the New Year's Eve dinner today." Shunen scratched his head dumbly and asked in a low voice, "Should I make it up now?"

The other end was still silent.

Shunen thought about it, and wondered: "But wasn't my birthday just after yesterday..."

Before Shunian finished speaking, Xie Ruhe interrupted her suddenly, as if someone had punctured a lie, with a bit embarrassed tone: "I remembered the time wrong."

Shunen hadn't reacted yet: "Huh?"

"Today is not New Year's Eve."

"what is that?"

Xie Ruhe paused and whispered: "...Valentine's Day."