Chapter 31
Sister Zhou said mysteriously that she heard that Shu Yutong's father had an acute illness, which took only a few days from the onset to his death. Sister Zhou sighed: "He is usually very healthy and lively. At that time, we lived not far away. Sometimes we could see him playing basketball on the playground of the school. Who would have thought that he would die suddenly."
The family of three was helpless in the capital, so after Shu’s father passed away, his mother took him back to his hometown! Teacher Meng looked into the distance, with deep and sad eyes.
Sister Zhou said again: "They are both graduate students, and they are inevitably a little arrogant. They don't communicate much with us, but they are very kind to each other. Although Shu Yutong's mother borrowed 200 yuan from me, she left me a necklace. I have kept it for so many years, and I don't expect her to pay back the money. You can bring this necklace to her son! Let him have a thought."
So after returning to Hong Kong City, Teacher Meng had a few more photos and a necklace in her bag, but she felt a lot more sad. On Monday, she arrived in the classroom early in the morning. Tong Tong's seat was adjusted to the southernmost line, and he was bathing in the sun and studying hard.
Teacher Meng smiled with relief, but as he smiled, his chest ached again - if there were no changes at home, he wouldn't have taken so many detours, and he should have grown up vigorously in the sun!
Teacher Meng took the necklace away and promised Sister Zhou that if he found Shu Yutong, he would definitely ask him to thank her. But Teacher Meng had a strong intuition that Tong Tong was Shu Yutong.
Niu Changqing was not idle either. Since he learned about Tong Tong’s biological parents, he has been asking his colleagues about Su Zishan’s whereabouts. “Teacher Meng, I’m sorry, the Su Zishan you were looking for died in the fall of 1995.”
"I know."
“…?”
Teacher Meng smiled indifferently, feeling quite sad: "Officer Niu, I don't know his father very much, but I have an impression of his mother. After all, I was already seven years old that year."
Officer Niu was confused: "What's going on? After searching for him, he actually found the child of an acquaintance?"
"I was about to end that year. After the accordion class that day, it was raining heavily. My father took me to meet an aunt. He asked me on the way that the aunt was a piano student and was beautiful and kind. Unfortunately, life was not satisfactory. If I wanted, could I be her goddaughter."
“…”
"My family was very happy at that time. I never thought of being a daughter for others, so I was a little confused. I told my dad that I would decide after meeting. But after meeting, the aunt really scared me..."
Lao Niu also became nervous: "That aunt is Su Zishan?"
"Well, but I didn't know at the time. Because it was raining, the sky was very gloomy, and there was a person sitting on the sofa in the living room. I walked up and saw that I almost cried out. Her house was big, luxurious, but empty. She was as thin as a skinny man, with messy hair and dazed eyes. How could she look like a piano teacher? She looked like a female ghost!" Teacher Meng paused for a moment and corrected her words: "It's not good to say that, but I was still young at that time, and all I could think of was a female ghost. My father asked about his well-being, but she was mumb and had no reaction. Finally, my father pointed at me and said, Zishan, let Xinghe be your daughter in the future! You both learn music and should have many common topics."
Teacher Meng continued to say in one breath: "I was very scared at that time and actually shook my head. Then she said, "Look, no one wants to approach me." My dad comforted her for a long time, but she just smiled and said, maybe it's only been these two days!"
"After coming out of her house, there was a thunder and lightning in the sky. I was so scared. My father looked solemn. After returning home, he discussed with my mother that he would take the piano teacher to his house for a while. My mother disagreed. My father said that she had a strong idea of suicide. If we didn't pull her, she would probably not be able to survive. I couldn't help but interrupt and asked, why did she want to commit suicide?"
"My dad said that in less than half a year, her husband and son were both dead." As she said that, Teacher Meng shivered: "I felt very sympathetic to her after hearing this. I thought about it all night and agreed to be her goddaughter. As a result, my dad told me that she committed suicide that night. Her son was swept away by the waves, so she chose to jump into the sea, and in the end she couldn't even find her body."
"After hearing the news that she jumped into the sea, I blamed myself for a long time. If I promised her that night and was willing to be her goddaughter, would she feel that life had a little hope and thus survive? My father comforted me, it was useless. After my husband died, her son was her only thought; once her son died, she had no motivation to survive. Her husband was the junior that my father cherished the most, and he was also his student, so after learning about his misfortune, my father and others tried every means to make her live for more than two months, but perhaps for her, that period was not better than death."
Niu Changqing hasn't spoken for a long time. Such a miserable person is very pale in any language. He sighed and said, "Who knows? Her son is not dead, but he has been separated forever in this life."
"This is also the place I can't understand the most. Her son was swept away by the waves, so how could he appear in Xingfu Village again? Although the coastline of the port city is very long, it has to be five kilometers from Xingfu Village to the nearest beach. Could a child over two years old go so far? And there is no beach there, so it is impossible for a child to go there alone. Obviously, he was taken to the beach by someone. Was he rescued after falling into the sea or taken away while playing on the beach? It's really puzzling."
"Leave the rest to me to check!" Niu Changqing said heroically: "It's not easy for you to find so many things. You accompany Tong Tong to take the college entrance examination and I'll investigate what happened that year. To be honest, I really admire you."
"Thank you for your praise, I'm not very good! I graduated from college last year and didn't pass the police exam."
"Haha, you are a quiet girl, how could you think about taking the police exam? How good is it to be a teacher."
"It doesn't matter whether I want to think about it or not. I have a heart problem and I can't be a policeman." Teacher Meng touched his chest and felt lost: "But since I was a child, I never thought I had a heart disease. I practiced long-distance running for a while when I was in junior high school... Why did I have a heart problem after graduating from college?"
"Let's check it out in another hospital!" Lao Niu said: "There may be a mistake in the hospital! Look at the surrounding areas. If your unit has a physical examination and someone has found a tumor or something, then you must not check it out in three or four hospitals to be relieved!"
Teacher Meng suddenly froze.
Yes, why didn’t she expect to check again in another hospital?
The inspection results may be wrong or artificial errors.
"Officer Niu, thank you really!"
"Hey, thank you, you young people have no experience. After you reach the age of forty, your health will turn on the red light and you will have experience." Lao Niu smoked and said happily: "Besides, I see that you have a rosy complexion and you have endless energy. There must be no problem."
The two of them were busy again, and the truth was right in front of them, and they were full of energy when they were busy. They just wanted to keep Tong Tong secret, which made them suffer. Tong Tong knew nothing about this, and he was making the final sprint for the college entrance examination. He raised his head from the sea of books, and suddenly he was a little dazed - why didn’t I see Niu Changqing and his wife for a while?
June 2nd is the day when he was wandering to the Three Villages of Happiness, and it is also his birthday in his household registration book. In the past, Lao Niu's wife, Aunt Hu Wenjuan, would buy him a small cake to celebrate him. Now that the college entrance examination is about to come, why didn't she buy it?
Maybe he was afraid of wasting his time, so he would make up for it after the college entrance examination! Tong Tong was not too disappointed when he thought about this. Although there was less than a week left and the overall situation was basically decided, he still had to seize the last time to sprint. Sun Ping'an, who was not under the pressure of the college entrance examination, was still willing to answer the difficult questions for him. On the weekend, Tong Tong went to No. 2 Middle School to ask him for tutoring as usual.
Geng Xiaoqing was too psychologically stressed and was already tired before the college entrance examination. He left after self-study in the evening and had to go out to relax on weekends. Tong Tong was worried that she would let her go alone. When he couldn't get any time, he asked Gao Xiaobao to send her off.
When he first met Geng Xiaoqing, Gao Xiaobao looked straight. He didn't even hear anything Tong Tong said, so he agreed to the errand of the Flower Protection Messenger. Geng Xiaoqing looked down on him. He heard that he was learning to be a fitness coach. She said contemptuously: "Fitness coach? Your figure is too unconvincing!"
Gao Xiaobao was not discouraged: "When I get fat, I will have muscles. If you wait, I will become a muscular man immediately."
Geng Xiaoqing rolled his eyes: "Who likes muscular men?"
Gao Xiaobao was shameless and said shamelessly: "Your name is Xiaoqing, my name is Xiaobao. This is our fate."
"Bad fate!"
Although she disliked Gao Xiaobao and blamed Tong for being too broad, Geng Xiaoqing was still afraid that her father would come to take revenge. She told Gao Xiaobao that she could only follow her twenty meters behind her, otherwise even if she crossed the line, she would not want to have an affair with "this kind of person".
Gao Xiaobao was immersed in the fantasy of unrequited love. Geng Xiaoqing said he didn't care anything. He was worried all day long, how could he chase Geng Xiaoqing? Tong Tong made him give up: "Come on, she doesn't even look down on Zhang Yaoyao."
Zhang Yaoyao is good-looking and can barely reach the level of a bancao. In addition, his family is well-known, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he is handsome and rich. But in Geng Xiaoqing's eyes, he is just a rich man in a small place and has no future at all.
Gao Xiaobao did not give up. After meeting the young and beautiful Geng Xiaoqing, he was like Lu Zhenhua in "Deep Love" and although he was poor, he suddenly had ambitions and wanted to fight the world for her. However, he only had three minutes of passion and didn't even get this gym, and that unrequited love cooled down.
Although he was briefly fascinated by Geng Xiaoqing's beauty, he was soon persuaded to retreat by her sarcastic tongue. He said that if he fell in love with Geng Xiaoqing, he would be eaten to the point of being left.
After he woke up, he turned his interest to Tong Tong. He made an appointment with Tong Tong, and after the exam, he had to compete seriously. Tong Tong said helplessly: "I will sleep for a few days and nights after the college entrance examination, so as to improve my spirit and then compete with you. I am almost exhausted now. Even if you win me, you will be invincible."
"Okay! Then let you slow down first. Anyway, you are not in a good mood these days, so I won't bully you."
Tong Tong was very surprised: "Why am I in a bad mood?"
Chapter completed!