Peaceful journey

Chapter 39

In Qiutong's anticipation, the time slowly came to Thursday night, and the next day was the day when she was scheduled to pick up An Ning.

But that night, she received a call from Qiu Zhai.

She was typing on the computer when the phone rang, and without even looking at the caller ID on the screen, she picked it up and got connected.

Qiu Wensheng's old voice came from over there: "Qiu Tong, do you remember what day tomorrow is?"

Upon hearing this voice, Qiu Tong subconsciously wanted to hang up the phone, but Qiu Wensheng had already said: "Come back to see your mother tomorrow."

With a pause on her fingertips, she suddenly remembered that tomorrow is Xia Shuyun's death day.After Xia Shuyun died, she was buried in the back garden of the old house. In previous years, she would go to the autumn house to pay respects to Xia Shuyun in advance, but this year she actually forgot about it!For so many years, this was the first time she had forgotten the anniversary of Xia Shuyun's death.She was greatly affected by her birthday some time ago, but since An Ning's illness, she has put those sad feelings behind her, and her eyes are only on that sick little girl.In the past few days, I have been worried about peace and alienation, so I don't remember any special days.

However, asking her to obediently agree, she didn't want to fulfill Qiu Wensheng's wish, even if it was just a casual response.

"I won't see Qiuyuan tomorrow, right?" She said with a smile, but the corners of her slightly curved lips were not warm at all, and her eyes were as cold as water.

Qiu Wensheng coughed a few times, and Qiu Tong could hear his suppressed anger through the phone: "No!"

Then the phone was hung up.Facing the hidden mobile phone, Qiu Tong laughed out of joy.It's just a pity that she has tirelessly angered Qiu Wensheng for so many years, why hasn't he been angered to death by her?

The next day, she went back to the Qiu family's old house, and she postponed her original plan to pick up An Ning by a day, planning to go find her again on the weekend.

Qiu's old house was the same as before, the huge yard was empty and deserted, and the big black iron gate opened when she approached, and she rushed all the way to the villa's entrance, "squeaking" and stepped on the emergency brake.Uncle Six was waiting aside and opened the car door for her.

Qiutong is wearing a white dress today, and even the high heels on her feet are white.She is actually not suitable for the pure white color, her eyebrows and eyes are too gorgeous, but they are wrapped in such a clean and pure white, which seems a bit out of harmony.

Sixth Uncle accompanied her into the house, and on his old face, those eyes looked at her gently and kindly.

He gently warned: "Miss, go in and don't quarrel with Mr. He has been in poor health for a while."

"Oh?" Qiutong raised her eyebrows and chuckled, "He's also getting old, it's normal for him to be in poor health."

Qiu Wensheng is a child of old age. He was over 40 years old when she was born. He had several lovers outside, but after so many years, he only gave birth to Qiu Yuan, who was only six years older than her.Qiutong once suspected that there must be some problem with his health, because she had seen him drink a kind of medicine, and he drank it all year round. It was a custom-made medicine.Later, when she grew up, she investigated in private, and it turned out that the medicine was used to improve the vitality of sperm.However, he has taken the medicine for so many years, and he has only given birth to two children so far.

He is getting old, and he will be 70 years old in a few years. He also likes to grasp the company's affairs at once, and never delegates power. It's too late.

Qiutong walked into the living room and saw the old man sitting on the sofa at a glance.She paused, surprised at Qiu Wensheng's aging state.The last time I saw him was three months ago, at a charity party named after Xia Shuyun's birthday banquet.He was wearing a suit at the time, and his face should have been maintained. Although his skin was wrinkled, it was still smooth, and his hair was also dyed black.Now he is sitting there, his back is curved, his hair is half white, his face is drooping and dimpled, and there seem to be spots of age spots.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, his cloudy eyeballs moved, and he looked at her. There was no joy or anger on his face, only lifelessness.

Before he could speak, he coughed a few times heavily, and the middle-aged maid standing beside him hurriedly put a blanket on his lap.Only then did Qiu Tong realize that the air conditioner was not turned on in the room, and the heat of early September floated in the air, yet he was actually wearing long-sleeved trousers.

He seems to be running out of time.Such a sentence suddenly flashed in her mind, but she didn't feel happy in her heart, nor did she feel a little moved.

"You're here." Qiu Wensheng spoke first, his throat seemed to contain a lot of phlegm, and his voice was vague and hoarse.

Qiu Tong nodded, still looking at him with weird eyes.

Qiu Wensheng didn't care. He seemed to have lost a lot of strength after a serious illness, and he no longer had the energy to get angry, angry, and growl.Now that he thinks about some things, his brain starts to hurt. Seeing this daughter who often disobeys him, he can't think about it anymore.He clearly knows that he is old.It was only when he was about to die that he realized that those rights and money were not as good as his own life.

He said lightly: "Let's go and see your mother."

Then he got up and walked out first.Qiu Tong followed behind him, watching his staggering steps, and remained silent.

After Xia Shuyun was cremated, she did not enter the public cemetery, but was taken to the old house by Qiu Wensheng and buried in a rose garden.When Xia Shuyun died, the Qiu family was not yet at its peak. He was afraid of the Xia family's censure, so he acted like a sea of ​​love, and carried Xia Shuyun's urn all the way back. After that, she didn't marry again for many years, and touched countless rich and wealthy wives in Haishi, earning herself a reputation for being affectionate and righteous.

Qiutong stood in front of the small tombstone and lowered her eyes.This tombstone is very small, no more than half a meter high in marble, with the words "Tomb of my wife Xia Shuyun" briefly engraved on it, plus a photo printed on it, so plain that it doesn't look like a mausoleum.In the end, Qiu Wensheng was still taboo about building a mausoleum in the garden, so he buried Xia Shuyun's ashes in a field of white roses. Instead of making a tomb, he only erected a small tombstone. Usually, the low stone monument is hidden by roses. I didn't know that there was a grave hidden in the blooming flowers.

The snow-white rose is pure and beautiful, blooming in the golden sun.Xia Shuyun on the stone tablet is dressed in a pure white dress, her straight black hair is draped over her shoulders, her fair face has a charming smile, and her eyebrows are as elegant as a landscape painting in splashed ink.

Qiu Wensheng said suddenly: "I remember...you are also 21 years old?"

Seeing his dying old state, Qiu Tong rarely felt sympathy for him, or in other words, finally seeing him dying, she felt a sense of emptiness that her goal was about to be achieved.

"Ah."

"You start school next week, right? Are you in your third year?"

Qiu Tong looked at him sideways, and said with a half-smile: "So you still know."

Qiu Wensheng didn't seem to hear the insinuation in her words, sighed in compromise, and said in a deep voice: "After school starts, you can come to the company and help me."

Qiu Tong smiled in surprise: "Why, Qiu Yuan can't help you?"

"He... is too mediocre." Qiu Wensheng was silent for a while before opening his mouth, with a hint of disappointment in his tone.

"Then what do you want me to do? To help Qiuyuan manage the company? Give him the company after you die?" Qiu Tong shook his head, "Do you still say that you will leave the company to me in the future?"

"Yes." Qiu Wensheng said, "You are my biological daughter after all."

"Heh~" Qiutong said coldly, "No matter what you say, do you think I will believe it?"

She turned around, not wanting to make false claims with him anymore, and raised her foot to leave.It's still early, if you leave early, you can still pick up An'an.

Qiu Wensheng shouted behind him: "Qiu Tong!"

She just didn't hear it. When she walked out of the rose garden, there was a muffled sound from behind, like a heavy object falling to the ground.She paused, turned around when she heard the sound, and saw Qiu Wensheng lying in front of Xia Shuyun's tomb, his old body crushing a flower branch.

Things in the world are always not as people wish, and in many cases, the plan will never keep up with the changes.Qiu Tong spent two days in the old house, Qiu Wensheng fell ill and fainted, and she waited until he woke up before leaving.Before leaving, he promised him that he would go to the company to help after school started.Not out of pity, but out of necessity.If she didn't agree, maybe two days later the news would spread in the upper circles of Haishi that she was so angry that he fainted, then she really confirmed her reputation as an unfilial daughter.And he can also take Qiuyuan home logically, and recognize his ancestors.

Qiutong can not have the company, can be ignored and treated coldly, can tolerate him raising illegitimate children outside, but he will never allow those who bleed dirty blood to call her brothers and be her brothers and sisters.

Qiu Yuan, it is absolutely impossible to enter Qiu's house.

On Sunday afternoon, she finally had some free time and drove downstairs to Lu's house.Sitting in the car, he sent a message to An Ning.

Qiu Tong: An An, are you free now?I happened to pass by your house and wanted to see you.

An Ning was doing her homework when the WeChat notification sounded on her mobile phone beside her, and her heart beat violently.She has very few contacts on her mobile phone, and there are only a few people who will send her messages.

When I took the phone, I saw a message prompt on the screen, and the name displayed on the floating dialog box was "Sister Qiutong".Looking at the messages sent by the other party, An Ning seemed to see herself a few months ago. At that time, she was like Qiu Tong now. She took the initiative to contact and send messages, but the replies she received were always cold and distant.

She... can't be cold and distant, but she doesn't want to see her either.

She wanted to calm down, and when she could perfectly suppress that inappropriate feeling and not act strange in front of Qiutong, she would go to see her again.

The thin white fingertips lightly tapped on the screen, and typed a sentence hesitantly: Sister, I am outside now...

Qiutong squeezed her nose and swallowed a mouthful of bitter water, and could only reply: "Okay, then I'll go first."

He clearly wanted to see others so much that he was still working hard to maintain a chic and pretentious image, but only he knew the sadness in it.After Qiutong replied that sentence, she regretted it!Why didn't she say that she was waiting for her here!If this little girl avoids her in the future, how can she untie her knot!No, we still have to meet and explain clearly.

So she sat in the car and waited.

Qiu Tong kept looking at the gate of the community where the Lu family was located, and An Ning would definitely pass by the gate when she came back.However, within 10 minutes, a young girl slowly walked out of the community, wearing a large white T-shirt and cropped pants, her snow-white calves were slender and straight, and she seemed to be shining when exposed to the sun.

The girl turned her head, as if she was looking for something. When her eyes turned to Qiutong's car, she stopped walking outside, and then ran away like a rabbit with fried hair.

When the little girl ran into the community, she couldn't see her back.Qiu Tongcai lowered her head "Kaka Kaka" and glanced at "Outside" on the phone.

When did An An learn to lie!Wait, what should be troubled now is that the little girl seems to be avoiding her!

Why are you not at home!She just came downstairs to look for her!She lied to her that she wasn't there when she wanted to see her, and when she said she was gone, she squinted to look at her, Qiutong gritted her teeth and thought, damn it, why is this little girl still so cute!Sister Tong couldn't take it anymore, she wanted to tie her up and ask her: When will she be able to calm down and talk to her......

The author has something to say:

An Ning's Diary: She shouldn't have seen me, right?Have you seen it?She didn't send me a message, so she must have missed it?It's so embarrassing, QAQ was caught lying for the first time, will sister Qiutong hate me?I don't know why I ran downstairs, obviously she said she was leaving, but I still fantasized about seeing her, but when I really saw her, I didn't dare, am I, really cowardly...

Qiu Tong: I knew that An An couldn't bear to part with me!Hmph, still hide from me! (In fact, I am happy in my heart) The body is much more honest than Xiaozui!