Chasing Tides
Chapter 58
At the end of February, before the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival had dissipated, the news that Ning Lan was temporarily leaving the AOW group due to injury hit the headlines of major entertainment editions.
Some passers-by laughed and said that this was the most trafficked Ning Han since his debut.Most of the fans also had the mentality of watching the excitement. They all knew that the injury was a cover, and everyone knew the actual situation well.
Sui Yi got off the plane and took out his mobile phone in the taxi. He didn't get any useful news and saw a bunch of ugly comments, so he put the phone back in his pocket and turned to look out the window.
This is his second visit to this small southwest city this month.Spring here comes earlier than in the capital, the bitter cold wind goes away quietly, the river thaws, the fresh fragrance of green grass is wrapped in the air, the long streets and alleys have just woken up from sleep, and there is a little lazy noise in the tranquility, Looking up from a distance, the mountains are looming in the early morning mist.
This is where Ning Lan grew up.
The city is not big, so Sui Yi got off the car at an alley on the side of the street, walked along the concrete road that was only three to five meters wide, and saw an old tube building after a while.
The last time I came here was also early in the morning, only the old man who collected the garbage was running downstairs, but this time it was very noisy, the closer you got, the more piercing the noise.
"Do you think that other people are mothers like you, just care about life and care!"
"What's the matter, I have the ability to give birth to such a successful son, can you do it? You can only give birth to a prodigal daughter!"
"Suck your son's blood, don't be ashamed! You call the neighbors out to judge, are you such a mother!"
"No matter what, I'm still his biological mother, son's adoptive mother, it's only right and proper! But you, with ulterior motives, come to me every day to ask my son for money, shameless!"
"Have you ever raised him? You are justified? You are shameless!"
……
When I got closer, I found that it was two middle-aged women who were arguing, and one of them was Ning Lan's mother.
After Ning Lan left, Sui Yi spent three days searching all the places he could find, and even contacted the fat boss Liu. Fang Yu and Lu Xiaochuan were just as anxious as him, and they were also looking everywhere. So far to no avail.He really didn't know where Ning Lan might go, so he cheekily contacted Ning Lan's younger sister Ning Xuan on WeChat and asked her for Zhao Jinshan's contact information and address.
"My aunt was not at home during the Chinese New Year, and she went on a trip a few years ago." Ning Xuan said at the time.
Zhao Jinshan couldn't get through on the phone, so Sui Yi immediately left for a trip. What if Ning Lan found out that her mother wasn't there after returning home, so why not spend the New Year at home alone?
The flight in the early morning was late, and it didn't arrive until dawn. He asked a few passers-by according to the vague address, and finally found the door. The Spring Festival couplets on the wooden door were obviously from last year. I can't read the words clearly.Sui Yi knocked on the door anxiously, but no one came to answer the door until her heartbeat returned to calm.
So seeing Zhao Jinshan this time, he finally saw hope, and regardless of the quarrel, he strode forward and said, "Hello, Auntie."
Zhao Jinshan and Jin Feng had a heated argument, and ignored Sui Yi for the first time, and continued to scold: "If you are capable, ask him in front of Lanlan if he recognizes you or me! My blood is bleeding from his body , Broken bones are still connected. Haven’t you blackmailed enough in the past few years? People’s hearts are not enough to swallow elephants!”
Jinfeng was so angry that she vomited blood, rolled up her sleeves and said, "Lanlan promised to help Xiaoxuan finish college, who blackmailed you? You are blackmailing with your son's money and going out to have fun! Fraud! Blackmail! Call the police! You grab it!"
Zhao Jinshan also rolled up her sleeves: "What kind of fraud is it to ask your own son for money? Come on, report it. I want to see if the police understand the traditional virtue of filial piety!"
Sui Yi next to him turned blue when he heard that, seeing the two shrew-like women were about to fight, he couldn't help but took a step forward: "Hello, Auntie, I'm Ning Lan's friend."
Ten minutes later, Sui Yi entered Ning Lan's house.
He was sitting on the small sofa, and the coffee table in front of him was covered with dried oil stains and covered with a thin layer of dust.
The house is old, and the walls are mottled and cracked. On the wall facing south, there is a row of faded and yellowed certificates, all of which are Ning Lan's name. There are three good students and learning pacesetters.
Zhao Jinshan brought a glass of water, followed his gaze to look at the wall, and flaunted: "Lan Lan got the certificate when he was in elementary school. He didn't live at home in middle school, so he refused to give me the certificate even if I asked him for it. He , his grades have been particularly good since he was a child, and his aunt and I rush to go to every parent meeting, and it is a face to be praised by the teacher."
Putting the water in front of Sui Yi, Zhao Jinshan took out a tissue and wiped it on the table twice, then said with a smile, "I haven't been back for a while, and I haven't had time to clean it yet."
Sui Yi remembered that Ning Lan loved cleanliness very much, and he had to wash his dirty clothes as soon as he changed them, but his fearless stubbornness was very similar to his mother's, thinking that "inheritance" was really a mysterious thing.
Sui Yi didn't go around the bush, and directly explained the purpose of coming: "May I ask if Ning Lan has contacted you recently?"
"No." Zhao Jinshan replied without thinking, "He must have not contacted me for more than half a month, and he didn't reply to text messages."
"Then when was the last time he contacted you?"
Zhao Jinshan snapped her fingers: "Maybe five or six days before the Chinese New Year, it is said that he has a job during the Spring Festival and won't go home."
Sui Yi fell into deep thought. Ning Lan had no job at all during the Chinese New Year. He stayed here to... accompany me?
Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhao Jinshan tentatively asked, "What's the matter? Our family, Lan Lan, is disobedient, making you unhappy?"
Sui Yi shook her head, unwilling to say more because she wanted to prevent her elders from worrying.Zhao Jinshan went on to say: "Oh, my son is good at everything, he just has a stubborn temper, admits to death, and can't pull back nine bulls for what he thinks. Xiao Sui, you have a lot of adults, don't be as knowledgeable as him, he just has a stubborn mouth. Everyone is soft."
Sui Yi was immersed in the depression where the last clue was broken, and she said "um", just about to ask something else, when Zhao Jinshan's cell phone rang.
She picked it up and glanced at the screen, her expression changed, she stood up and said, "I'm sorry, I have a call." After speaking, she ran into the room and closed the door.
The sound insulation of the old house was poor, and Sui Yi's musical ears were extremely sensitive since elementary school. Even if she didn't intentionally eavesdrop, Zhao Jinshan's voice still fell into her ears verbatim.
"Hey, thank you, boss... I didn't hide from you. I went on a trip during the Chinese New Year, and I didn't turn it on... Lan Lan, Lan Lan didn't come home during the Chinese New Year... If you want, if you want, please keep it for me, I ask Lanlan took the money and went to sign... Well, I have to ask Lanlan what he means, he is a star now, and I heard that there are many rich people chasing him in the capital... Hey, what do you mean? , you have been thinking about Lanlan for so many years, I also see it, but which mother doesn't want her son to live well, you say it is... well, let's not talk, Lanlan's new boss is at home Well, I have to go and greet him."
Sui Yi suddenly turned into Ning Lan's "new boss". Seeing Zhao Jinshan coming out of the phone and continuing to approach him without changing her face, she couldn't ask any useful information, so she didn't want to stay here and waste time, so she stood up and said to go.
"Aren't you going to stay for a meal?" Zhao Jinshan also stood up, and said wryly, "You said Lan Lan is really a dead child, running around all day, intentionally causing people to worry. Xiao Sui, don't worry, this child has been a child since childhood. He loves to run around. When he finished the college entrance examination and his grades were not yet available, he packed up his things and said that he would go out to work, and he disappeared in the afternoon. He was like this, thinking as soon as he came out, and he would come back when he was tired from playing. "
Sui Yi hoped that Ning Lan really just went out to relax.He heard something else from Zhao Jinshan's words: "He has taken the college entrance examination? Then why didn't he continue to study?"
Speaking of this, Zhao Jinshan looked frustrated: "Don't mention it, I was hit by a blind motorcycle when I went out on the first day of the exam, it was still raining heavily, and he didn't have a mobile phone on him, so he almost failed to enter the exam room , and then he started to have a fever in the afternoon. I took time to pick him up and drop him off for two days. In the last exam, I fainted in the exam room and was sent out by the invigilator. My grades were not enough to apply for a scholarship, and my family was in trouble, so I didn’t continue to study for him. "
Sui Yi looked at Zhao Jinshan nonchalantly. She was wearing gold and silver, and the crisp cashmere coat was made of exquisite materials. She really didn't look like she was too difficult to pay for college.
With a little turn of his head, he understood that Ning Lan had been the mainstay of the family's finances since several years ago, including his uncle's and aunt's family, and his cousin's university expenses all depended on him.
After inferring this result, Sui Yi didn't feel suddenly enlightened, but instead felt more and more heavy.
Zhao Jinshan sent him to the door, implying him to leave a contact information with a shy face, Sui Yi reported her number, and asked Zhao Jinshan to call him if she could reach Ning Lan.
In fact, Sui Yi knew in her heart that Ning Lan would not contact her mother anymore, at least not for the time being.
During the few days when he was frantically looking for him all over the world, he had already asked all the people he could, and he never let go of every clue.Zhang Fan told him that Ning Lan had replaced the card number he used to get his salary with his mother's card number, and he had already had a hunch. He found this place again and again, but he refused to let go of the last possibility.
Ning Lan seemed to be waiting for his words, and when he said he didn't want him anymore, he would be able to retreat immediately.
Thinking of this, Sui Yi clenched his back molars, feeling a sudden resentment in his heart.
How could he be so ruthless, so free and easy, leaving as soon as he said, without leaving a word for himself.
Some passers-by laughed and said that this was the most trafficked Ning Han since his debut.Most of the fans also had the mentality of watching the excitement. They all knew that the injury was a cover, and everyone knew the actual situation well.
Sui Yi got off the plane and took out his mobile phone in the taxi. He didn't get any useful news and saw a bunch of ugly comments, so he put the phone back in his pocket and turned to look out the window.
This is his second visit to this small southwest city this month.Spring here comes earlier than in the capital, the bitter cold wind goes away quietly, the river thaws, the fresh fragrance of green grass is wrapped in the air, the long streets and alleys have just woken up from sleep, and there is a little lazy noise in the tranquility, Looking up from a distance, the mountains are looming in the early morning mist.
This is where Ning Lan grew up.
The city is not big, so Sui Yi got off the car at an alley on the side of the street, walked along the concrete road that was only three to five meters wide, and saw an old tube building after a while.
The last time I came here was also early in the morning, only the old man who collected the garbage was running downstairs, but this time it was very noisy, the closer you got, the more piercing the noise.
"Do you think that other people are mothers like you, just care about life and care!"
"What's the matter, I have the ability to give birth to such a successful son, can you do it? You can only give birth to a prodigal daughter!"
"Suck your son's blood, don't be ashamed! You call the neighbors out to judge, are you such a mother!"
"No matter what, I'm still his biological mother, son's adoptive mother, it's only right and proper! But you, with ulterior motives, come to me every day to ask my son for money, shameless!"
"Have you ever raised him? You are justified? You are shameless!"
……
When I got closer, I found that it was two middle-aged women who were arguing, and one of them was Ning Lan's mother.
After Ning Lan left, Sui Yi spent three days searching all the places he could find, and even contacted the fat boss Liu. Fang Yu and Lu Xiaochuan were just as anxious as him, and they were also looking everywhere. So far to no avail.He really didn't know where Ning Lan might go, so he cheekily contacted Ning Lan's younger sister Ning Xuan on WeChat and asked her for Zhao Jinshan's contact information and address.
"My aunt was not at home during the Chinese New Year, and she went on a trip a few years ago." Ning Xuan said at the time.
Zhao Jinshan couldn't get through on the phone, so Sui Yi immediately left for a trip. What if Ning Lan found out that her mother wasn't there after returning home, so why not spend the New Year at home alone?
The flight in the early morning was late, and it didn't arrive until dawn. He asked a few passers-by according to the vague address, and finally found the door. The Spring Festival couplets on the wooden door were obviously from last year. I can't read the words clearly.Sui Yi knocked on the door anxiously, but no one came to answer the door until her heartbeat returned to calm.
So seeing Zhao Jinshan this time, he finally saw hope, and regardless of the quarrel, he strode forward and said, "Hello, Auntie."
Zhao Jinshan and Jin Feng had a heated argument, and ignored Sui Yi for the first time, and continued to scold: "If you are capable, ask him in front of Lanlan if he recognizes you or me! My blood is bleeding from his body , Broken bones are still connected. Haven’t you blackmailed enough in the past few years? People’s hearts are not enough to swallow elephants!”
Jinfeng was so angry that she vomited blood, rolled up her sleeves and said, "Lanlan promised to help Xiaoxuan finish college, who blackmailed you? You are blackmailing with your son's money and going out to have fun! Fraud! Blackmail! Call the police! You grab it!"
Zhao Jinshan also rolled up her sleeves: "What kind of fraud is it to ask your own son for money? Come on, report it. I want to see if the police understand the traditional virtue of filial piety!"
Sui Yi next to him turned blue when he heard that, seeing the two shrew-like women were about to fight, he couldn't help but took a step forward: "Hello, Auntie, I'm Ning Lan's friend."
Ten minutes later, Sui Yi entered Ning Lan's house.
He was sitting on the small sofa, and the coffee table in front of him was covered with dried oil stains and covered with a thin layer of dust.
The house is old, and the walls are mottled and cracked. On the wall facing south, there is a row of faded and yellowed certificates, all of which are Ning Lan's name. There are three good students and learning pacesetters.
Zhao Jinshan brought a glass of water, followed his gaze to look at the wall, and flaunted: "Lan Lan got the certificate when he was in elementary school. He didn't live at home in middle school, so he refused to give me the certificate even if I asked him for it. He , his grades have been particularly good since he was a child, and his aunt and I rush to go to every parent meeting, and it is a face to be praised by the teacher."
Putting the water in front of Sui Yi, Zhao Jinshan took out a tissue and wiped it on the table twice, then said with a smile, "I haven't been back for a while, and I haven't had time to clean it yet."
Sui Yi remembered that Ning Lan loved cleanliness very much, and he had to wash his dirty clothes as soon as he changed them, but his fearless stubbornness was very similar to his mother's, thinking that "inheritance" was really a mysterious thing.
Sui Yi didn't go around the bush, and directly explained the purpose of coming: "May I ask if Ning Lan has contacted you recently?"
"No." Zhao Jinshan replied without thinking, "He must have not contacted me for more than half a month, and he didn't reply to text messages."
"Then when was the last time he contacted you?"
Zhao Jinshan snapped her fingers: "Maybe five or six days before the Chinese New Year, it is said that he has a job during the Spring Festival and won't go home."
Sui Yi fell into deep thought. Ning Lan had no job at all during the Chinese New Year. He stayed here to... accompany me?
Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhao Jinshan tentatively asked, "What's the matter? Our family, Lan Lan, is disobedient, making you unhappy?"
Sui Yi shook her head, unwilling to say more because she wanted to prevent her elders from worrying.Zhao Jinshan went on to say: "Oh, my son is good at everything, he just has a stubborn temper, admits to death, and can't pull back nine bulls for what he thinks. Xiao Sui, you have a lot of adults, don't be as knowledgeable as him, he just has a stubborn mouth. Everyone is soft."
Sui Yi was immersed in the depression where the last clue was broken, and she said "um", just about to ask something else, when Zhao Jinshan's cell phone rang.
She picked it up and glanced at the screen, her expression changed, she stood up and said, "I'm sorry, I have a call." After speaking, she ran into the room and closed the door.
The sound insulation of the old house was poor, and Sui Yi's musical ears were extremely sensitive since elementary school. Even if she didn't intentionally eavesdrop, Zhao Jinshan's voice still fell into her ears verbatim.
"Hey, thank you, boss... I didn't hide from you. I went on a trip during the Chinese New Year, and I didn't turn it on... Lan Lan, Lan Lan didn't come home during the Chinese New Year... If you want, if you want, please keep it for me, I ask Lanlan took the money and went to sign... Well, I have to ask Lanlan what he means, he is a star now, and I heard that there are many rich people chasing him in the capital... Hey, what do you mean? , you have been thinking about Lanlan for so many years, I also see it, but which mother doesn't want her son to live well, you say it is... well, let's not talk, Lanlan's new boss is at home Well, I have to go and greet him."
Sui Yi suddenly turned into Ning Lan's "new boss". Seeing Zhao Jinshan coming out of the phone and continuing to approach him without changing her face, she couldn't ask any useful information, so she didn't want to stay here and waste time, so she stood up and said to go.
"Aren't you going to stay for a meal?" Zhao Jinshan also stood up, and said wryly, "You said Lan Lan is really a dead child, running around all day, intentionally causing people to worry. Xiao Sui, don't worry, this child has been a child since childhood. He loves to run around. When he finished the college entrance examination and his grades were not yet available, he packed up his things and said that he would go out to work, and he disappeared in the afternoon. He was like this, thinking as soon as he came out, and he would come back when he was tired from playing. "
Sui Yi hoped that Ning Lan really just went out to relax.He heard something else from Zhao Jinshan's words: "He has taken the college entrance examination? Then why didn't he continue to study?"
Speaking of this, Zhao Jinshan looked frustrated: "Don't mention it, I was hit by a blind motorcycle when I went out on the first day of the exam, it was still raining heavily, and he didn't have a mobile phone on him, so he almost failed to enter the exam room , and then he started to have a fever in the afternoon. I took time to pick him up and drop him off for two days. In the last exam, I fainted in the exam room and was sent out by the invigilator. My grades were not enough to apply for a scholarship, and my family was in trouble, so I didn’t continue to study for him. "
Sui Yi looked at Zhao Jinshan nonchalantly. She was wearing gold and silver, and the crisp cashmere coat was made of exquisite materials. She really didn't look like she was too difficult to pay for college.
With a little turn of his head, he understood that Ning Lan had been the mainstay of the family's finances since several years ago, including his uncle's and aunt's family, and his cousin's university expenses all depended on him.
After inferring this result, Sui Yi didn't feel suddenly enlightened, but instead felt more and more heavy.
Zhao Jinshan sent him to the door, implying him to leave a contact information with a shy face, Sui Yi reported her number, and asked Zhao Jinshan to call him if she could reach Ning Lan.
In fact, Sui Yi knew in her heart that Ning Lan would not contact her mother anymore, at least not for the time being.
During the few days when he was frantically looking for him all over the world, he had already asked all the people he could, and he never let go of every clue.Zhang Fan told him that Ning Lan had replaced the card number he used to get his salary with his mother's card number, and he had already had a hunch. He found this place again and again, but he refused to let go of the last possibility.
Ning Lan seemed to be waiting for his words, and when he said he didn't want him anymore, he would be able to retreat immediately.
Thinking of this, Sui Yi clenched his back molars, feeling a sudden resentment in his heart.
How could he be so ruthless, so free and easy, leaving as soon as he said, without leaving a word for himself.
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