Fall in love with your enemy

Last time, I seemed to have let go of my harsh words, but in fact, I still had a sense of proportion. After all, the main purpose of coming to the ancestral hall was not to fight against the second grandma, and I couldn't fight against her with my current ability. she.

My second grandma and I faced off for a long time. We were each at war with each other, but neither of us was willing to stop first. There was a deathly silence in the hall.

It wasn't until Xu Ting let out a scream that sounded like a ghost that my second grandma and I looked in his direction together.

"What's wrong?" Second Grandma asked.

Xu Ting bit his tongue and was speechless for a moment. He just pointed at his phone that had fallen to the ground with fear in his eyes, trying desperately to signal his second mistress to read the contents on the phone.

"Miss, the Xu family's business with ours is broken." Liang Sen whispered behind me.

I nodded, secretly thinking that I deserved it.

Over the years, the second grandma's natal family has been attached to the Fu family like a vampire. It can't be driven away, and it gives them a headache to keep it. The second uncle is filial to his mother, so he supports the Xu family at his own expense, but who would have thought that the Xu family's appetite would get worse. When I got older, I didn’t just keep an eye on my second uncle’s business. I even took the ideas of my old man and my younger uncle into consideration. The old man and my younger uncle also looked at my second uncle’s face so they didn’t care about them. Now it counts. For more than ten years, the Fu family has been extremely kind to the Xu family. It would be better to take advantage of the opportunity to end it early today, so as to save my old man from having a headache at such an old age and with high blood pressure.

"If one person makes a mistake, his family will be implicated. This is the first rule of the Fu family. My second grandma is confused." I sneered.

The look on her face finally showed a hint of anger, and she stood up and pointed at me: "That only affected part of the family, why is the entire Xu family now out of business! What's the point of this!"

"Oh, I forgot!" I pretended to be surprised, and then I covered my mouth and smiled softly: "Sorry, Second Grandma, I remembered it wrong. It was one person who made a mistake, which implicated the family. I just changed it. This is what grandpa promised before his death." My privilege." I pointed to the old man's tablet in the hall.

The second grandma was at a loss for words, but I took advantage of the victory and said, "If you are not convinced, you can give me two more sticks of incense and ask him to give me a dream at night and scold me. When I wake up in the morning, I will definitely change the family rules back. Do you think so?"

The hall was empty for a while, and the second mistress stared at me as if she was eating me up. Not to be outdone, I looked at her without hiding.

"I really underestimate you. It seems that a daughter raised by a small family in the market is even more cunning and cunning. It is worthy of your good brother who has slept with you for many years and taught you carefully." Second Grandma Suddenly he smiled and said every word.

The small family she was referring to was naturally the Lin family who raised me, and the brother I slept with was naturally my brother. When I heard this, I frowned, but I quickly distanced myself.

The Second Wife, who is so magnificent, can only use her family background and innocence to mock me at this moment. Doesn't this prove that she has no other way out?

"Do you think you can win like this?" Second Grandma said sternly.

And I was smiling and in high spirits.

"At least, I didn't lose."

I bowed to my second grandma, and Liang Sen followed me behind me.

"Second Madam, I'm sorry." Liang Sen clapped his hands, and people from outside came in again and dragged Xu Ting away in front of the Second Mistress. Xu Ting's roar filled the wall, disturbing the Second Mistress. Anguish and reluctant to live.

Sin, sin.

"My granddaughter will leave first." I saluted my second grandma again, and then left the ancestral hall without looking back.

I don’t know when it cleared up outside the hospital.

Thousands of rays of sunlight slanted down, passed through the dense forest, and folded on the surface of the lake. The flat lake suddenly broke into pieces, with sparkling waves reflecting the nine heavens, and it felt quite inclusive of the world.

I was riding a tall horse, looking at the scenery in the distance and was shocked for a moment. Liang Sen also accompanied me to look into the distance. I looked at him, and then I suddenly thought of Brother Shu.

Most of everything I have gained now is due to Brother Shu. I brought down Shang Enci and got rid of Liu Zonglan. His preparations were indispensable for everything. Even Liang Sen, who I trust the most now, is his preparation. He found it for me. If he hadn't planned for me before leaving, I probably wouldn't have survived this long.

He is the person I care about most in my life, and no one can surpass him so far. But even though I am the person I love with all my heart, everyone thinks he is a stain in my life.

I am the eldest daughter of the Fu family, and he is a small businessman. We are not related by blood, but we have been dependent on each other for thirteen years.

The second grandma’s words just now brought back memories that I had hidden deep in my dreams, the darkest memories.

What is the relationship between Brother Shu and I, and whether we are still innocent, became a hot topic of discussion among the Fu family after dinner in the first six months after I returned home.

I have heard so many dirty words since I was a child, and they are all the same. Since I returned to the Fu family, every one of them has made the most filthy guesses about us. No one will understand. No one can feel the same way I feel.

No one would understand how I felt when even the old man finally leaned into my ear and asked me to confess to him whether Brother Zhi had done anything to me.

I remember that I had been home for less than three months, and I was almost numb when answering such questions. But when Lao Fu also came to doubt me, I still cried.

I said, we have nothing. I said, since you mind such a thing, why did you send me to the Lin family in the first place? You knew that Aunt Lin had a son who was three years older than me. Why didn't you think of the consequences at that time?

When I was young and ignorant, I said that I wanted to marry Brother Shu, but it was just a joke. I still don’t understand why they insisted on clinging to my joke until death. Please let me go, I don't understand what's so interesting about creating a girl's yellow ballad? The most frightening thing is that the target of this rumor is actually my brother who raised me.

It doesn't matter what happens to me, but I don't want to see him get hurt. Brother Shu has protected me for thirteen years, but I can't protect him for a moment.

My second grandma said that I "sleep together" with him. This is already the most pleasant word I have ever heard, and I don't even bother to explain it.

That’s it, that’s all, it’s been so long...

I turned my head back to the front and looked at Pinghu not far away. There was a small boat sailing on the lake. From a distance, it looked like a quiet painting.

The boatman stood at the stern of the boat and shook the oar, and the boat moved forward. A wave was made on the calm lake surface, the sound of gurgling water flowed, and the cry of cicadas was heard.

I searched around and finally saw my cousin sitting there reading a book under the shade of a tree. I knew that as long as my cousin lived in the old house, he would hide here most of the time. If I wanted to find him, I didn’t have to ask him. Where.

I drove my horse forward and approached my cousin step by step.

My cousin was fascinated and didn't see me for a moment. I pursed my lips and felt a little unhappy, so I had to take off the red agate bracelet and threw it into the lake according to the original plan, and then shouted the lines loudly. : "Hey! My bracelet fell off! You guys, go and get it back for me! That one is very expensive!"

This was true on the surface, but privately he pulled Liang Sen over and said, "Tell the brothers to fish slowly..."

Liang Sen didn't know what he meant, but he nodded anyway, and then he asked the people to take off their coats and go to the lake with some confusion. Even the boats on the lake were requisitioned.

After making such a big noise, my cousin finally noticed me. He closed the book with a smile and put it aside. He came forward and took me off the horse. He pinched my face and said, "Smelly girl, were you not careful?" You must have done it on purpose, you almost threw it into the center of the lake."

"Hey, I don't have one. I wanted to throw stones for fun, but accidentally threw the bracelet out." I shrank in my cousin's arms and acted like a baby.

Ever since I figured out how older brothers treat their younger sisters, it has become much easier for me to deal with my cousin. No, without any effort, my cousin couldn't do anything about me. Not only did he not blame me, but he also All the people were sent into the water to find the bracelet for me.

I was a little panicked at first, fearing that they would easily retrieve the bracelet, but then I felt relieved. I thought, this lake is as big as seven or eight playgrounds, and it would not be that easy to retrieve a bracelet. thing, and my goal is almost achieved...

I looked at the location on my mobile phone and saw that my second uncle was walking this way and would be arriving soon.

I took a deep breath, calmed down, and then raised my head to look at my cousin.

"Brother, I'd better go look for it with them. The old man just gave me that thing less than two hours ago! If I go back soon and he finds out that I don't have it with me anymore, then the petty person will accuse me again." I blinked my eyes and pretended to be a pitiful child, and then quickly put the phone with recording turned on into my cousin's hand, "Hold it for me."

"Okay, then please be safe." My cousin ruffled my hair.

I held back my tears, squeezed out a smile and said "goodbye" to him.

After this incident, my cousin probably won't forgive me. I shouldn't take advantage of him, but I'm desperate.

I got on the boat anyway.

Hiding in the small room on the boat, I listened to the sounds outside.

As expected, the second uncle came, walking in a hurry. I wonder if it was because he was a little more worried about the old house. He is not yet fifty years old, and his temples are already covered with frosty white. He is more mature than when I saw him a month ago. A bit older.

He eagerly pulled his cousin over to tell him something that was on his mind. He didn't have time to know what his cousin was doing now, so he pulled him over and left.

I opened a corner of the curtain and watched their figures drift away, slowly turning into a small dot and no longer visible.

I opened the curtain completely and walked out. At this time, the boat was already sailing in the center of the lake. I walked to the bow and sat down gently for fear of disturbing the fish. I took out a few balls of sky-blue silk thread and A small bell was placed aside to signal everyone except Liang Sen to leave.

The boatmen took off their coats, jumped into the water and swam away. Liang Sen took the oar and paddled gently. Then I took out an object the size of a bottle cap from my pocket, pressed the button on it and put it aside. I picked up those silk threads again, twisted them with my fingers, and made the wind chime that Brother Shu once taught me.

The voices of my second uncle and cousin came from inside, and I listened silently, word by word.

"The third child must have said something to Shi Shi, she already knows it..." The second uncle was pacing around the room, and he had never seen him so anxious in his life.

The cousin didn't understand what he meant and asked with confusion: "What do you know?"

The second uncle has always wanted to protect his cousin from trivial matters at home, so my cousin knows no more about my grandfather’s will than I do, but now, the second uncle has to tell him.

I heard someone on the other end rubbing his hands helplessly and letting out a long sigh. Someone leaned against the wall uneasily, not knowing the way forward.

The second uncle calmed down for a while, and finally made up his mind: "Shu Chen, you will go back to Linjiang tomorrow. If I don't call you, don't come here."

"But Shishi's illness hasn't healed yet, and the house is in such a mess, I can't leave her alone." My cousin retorted.

"Don't worry about it. Not only now, but also in the future, try not to worry too much about current affairs. It's not during the holidays, and there is no need to meet in private."

"Why?! That's my sister! You clearly said you wanted me to protect her!"

"I know! But things are different now!"

"What's the difference? Isn't it just because someone in the family is targeting her? So what, you are the head of the family and I am the heir, why are you afraid of them? I will also persuade grandma."

"Stop making trouble! Shuchen, you are my son. I can't just watch you fall into this. Do you really think that everyone in our family is just a paper tiger? You just backed away when you threatened me? I will follow you today. Let’s be clear, the person who wants to die now is not your grandma, nor your cousin Fu Yunqin, but your grandpa! It’s the old man who wants to sacrifice Shishi’s life in exchange for us taking back all the property in the old house. !" The second uncle shouted these words, and he seemed to feel much more comfortable.

I waited for a long time and didn't wait for the next sentence. I think my cousin was probably shocked when he heard the news. When he thought about everything I had experienced in the past, he realized that there were many things that the word "accident" could not explain. of.

"It was not your uncle's intention to be sent to the Lin family to be raised carelessly. It was the old man's arrangement. He knew that Lin Shuyuan had no choice but to give birth to a child. He knew that Lin Shuyuan's child had congenital heart disease and that the treatment of the child would cost a lot of money. , he stipulated that the annual child support your uncle gives to the Lin family is barely enough to treat the child. Human hearts are made of flesh. As a mother, Lin Shuyuan will definitely prefer her own child when faced with a choice. She will definitely Shi Shi's child support is used to treat her own children, so Shi Shi can't live a good life. If you don't say it, Shi Shi will be raised in a rough way. If you talk too much, Shi Shi will be infected with some unclean disease. , when Shishi comes back to our house, she will be useless and can no longer be raised, so everyone will hate her, even your uncle, and eventually, he will agree to use Shishi as bait..."

"do not talk!"

Before the second uncle finished speaking, my cousin had already collapsed, but I on the other side was surprisingly calm.

I may have been numb, but my hands were still calmly finishing my wind chimes.

My cousin cried on the other side, very quietly, but I still heard him.

"Then what should we do now... Dad, Shi Shi can't die. According to what you said, we are already very sorry for her, right? Let me stay. I can still be of some help. I... "

"Lin Mo is dead! Do you think you are smarter than him?" The second uncle kept hammering on the table, and the loud hatred was like a sharp knife piercing people's hearts.

I thought I wouldn't be sad anymore, but when I heard this, I was still slapped hard by God.

What does "Lin Mo wrote and wrote dead"?

I temporarily stopped what I was doing and listened with bated breath. My cousin asked me what I wanted to ask: "What do you mean? Didn't Lin Mo die of a heart attack?"

"It is written silently that the child endured financial difficulties for so many years and his condition has always been stable. On the contrary, your uncle returned home and lived a prosperous life, but his health deteriorated and he died of illness not long after?" The second uncle's words poked at my heart.

A rhetorical question stopped me as the client. When I looked back and reflected on this question, I realized that Brother Zhu’s death was really strange...

I used to think that the old man hated Aunt Lin for raising me so sick that he deliberately reduced the treatment fee paid to the Lin family. But if I think about it carefully, didn't the old man pay more than before? Not mentioning Lao Fu, let’s just say that Gao Xinci spent a lot of money in the hospital in those years just to make me happy. How could my brother’s health get worse?

Unless someone tampered with it.

My heart sank suddenly, and then I remembered that my brother had said many strange things to me that year, and every word seemed like his last words. He seemed to have seen his own end, but I didn't say a word. not understand.

"That year, your uncle and I went back to Linjiang to pick Shishi back home, and we thoroughly examined the child Lin Mo wrote. He was indeed a smart child, and he had raised Shishi since he was a child. He had deep feelings. We have thought about taking him home with us. We will find a way to cure his illness, and he only needs to be responsible and continue to accompany him all the time. In the future, when he gets older and gets engaged, forget about it. What kind of property and wealth does not matter. We just want to live a peaceful and happy life, and the child is also willing, so we feel at ease. Who would have thought that not long after your uncle and I made this plan, he entered the hospital. We knew that this was being calculated. But we can’t find the murderer at all, so we can only wait for his death.”

The second uncle sighed deeply, and for a moment, I seemed to hear the sound of wiping tears.

"Later, in order to keep Shi Shi safe, Xiao Zai insisted on praying for us to find someone who can protect Shi Shi. He can keep a distance from Shi Shi for this reason, even if we don't see each other for the last time. Boss and I can't bear it, but we can't I had no choice but to agree, so I went to the Gao family and met the Zhao family one after another. The Zhao family was wealthy and safe inside, but the child Zhao Kanhai was really naive. For Shi Shi, he was not a good choice. As for Gao Xinci, you have seen that kid and you can see what kind of person he is. He is also infatuated with Shi Shi, so even if the Gao family is in crisis, Shi Shi can only break through this ghost gate."

I choked up for a moment, and when I heard this, I basically understood that my brother was just a little bit close to being able to stay with me forever, but it was a pity that he couldn't because he gave up his entire life for me.

Before he died, he had no resentment and was filled with worries about me. He gave up his feelings just to save me. He pushed me out alive and died alone...

Who can understand how Brother Shu felt when he watched me reluctantly sign an engagement with Gao Xinci?

He personally said that he didn't like me, and then personally gave me to someone else.

"Human greed is terrible. You may think that just a bunch of people like Laozhai can't change the world, but you have to know how strong the wind is blowing here. There are hundreds of thousands of people here! Shuchen , it’s a piece of cake for a few people to cause trouble, but what if each of these thousands of people comes with bad ideas? We are masters, not gods, and we can’t see some dangers. We think we We can't protect Shishi, so when the Gao family wants to propose marriage, we can only send her out. Shishi may not be willing, but this is the only way for her to live. Fortunately, Shishi likes him. So Shuchen , stop acting like a child and let’s go, Dad is here at Shishi.”

The second uncle patted his cousin on the shoulder, but the cousin remained silent and couldn't make up his mind for a long time.

He refused to leave me, but he had to leave me, just like Brother Shu back then; and I, I used to stalk him so much that I would rather die than Brother Shu leave me alone, but I wanted to rely on him. But now, facing a cousin who looks so much like him, I just hope that my cousin will leave me quickly.

I am a disaster star. No matter who comes close to me, there will be no good consequences. I can no longer harm others.

But after all, I didn't wait for my cousin to give up.

"What is this?" The second uncle was suddenly startled. I couldn't see the situation on his side, but I could guess from the tone that it was the second uncle who discovered my mobile phone that my cousin kept.

My cousin didn't know why, so he said calmly: "Shishi's cell phone."

"Where is Shishi? How come her things are on you?!" The second uncle was anxious. Of course, he also noticed my peeping.

"Shishi's bracelet fell into the lake. It seemed quite important. Then she fished it out together. On the boat, she gave me her mobile phone."

"Oops..." The second uncle's voice began to tremble. It was the first time in my life that I heard him so panicked.

My cousin didn’t know that I had fallen into the water, so naturally he wouldn’t understand how my second uncle felt.

No matter where I am, my second uncle would not be so frightened, but I am on the lake. You must know that what I am most afraid of is water. Water is a barrier to me! If I can't cross it, I will still be the timid, naive and innocent Fu Xishi. But if I cross it, then there's no telling...

I heard a sound of rapid running from the other end. I knew that my second uncle would come to me soon, but I became much calmer.

I picked up the unfinished silk thread again and wrapped all my life's pain and grievances in it.

This is what Brother Shu held me in his arms for the last time before he died and taught me step by step.

I cried and said that I couldn't bear to leave him.

He wiped away my tears, kissed me gently on my forehead, and said to me: "Baby, when you miss your brother from now on, hang a wind chime at the door. When the wind chime rings, your brother will come back."

Even though I was young at the time, I also knew that he was lying to me and that the dead would never come back. But I still worked on it like crazy for several years. Now I am almost as good at making wind chimes. There are craftsmen who specialize in doing this.

I finally tied a few small bells on a ribbon and hung the finished wind chime on the bow of the boat. In my peripheral vision, I saw my second uncle and my cousin standing on the shore.

The wind blew and the bell rang again. My brother never came back, and he never even appeared again in my dreams. I hated him and hated him for lying to me, but I still stood up and kept praying to the wind bell. .

"Brother, I have made tens of thousands of wind chimes. When will you come back..."

But the thing is, reality is always unsatisfactory.

No one is waiting and no one will come.