After leaving the Mu family, Ouyang Yiman returned to Australia.
After leaving the airport, she stopped a taxi and went straight to a company in the city center.
She vaguely remembered that Mommy Mu told her that the company where her father worked was named after him, and he had never changed companies.
"Miss, who are you looking for?!" The lady in charge of the reception spoke pure English.
Ouyang Yiman was stunned for a moment. She actually forgot that the language here was no longer Chinese. When she came to her senses, she immediately reported her father's name.
The receptionist's face changed slightly. She hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Excuse me, Miss, what is your relationship with Mr. Ouyang?"
"I am his daughter. I have been living abroad. I just came back today. Is my dad at work now?" Ouyang Yiman had a smile on her lips, and the joy of meeting her parents tightly surrounded her.
"Miss, please wait a moment while I contact the boss."
After a moment, the receptionist stood up and said respectfully, "Miss, regarding your father's matters, the boss needs to explain some matters to you personally."
"Thank you!" Ouyang Yiman just responded politely. Although he was suspicious in his heart, he couldn't tell what was wrong.
The boss of the company is a young man with blond hair and blue eyes. When he saw her, he greeted her politely, "Miss Ouyang, we have been looking for news about you for three months!"
"Three months? Why are you looking for me?" An ominous feeling surged up, and Ouyang Yiman tightened the handbag in his hand.
"It's about compensation for your parents' death in the line of duty."
Died in the line of duty?!
These two simple words were like a bolt from the blue, leaving her frozen in place.
Her parents died in the line of duty? How is that possible? Daddy and mommy... She no longer dared to think about it anymore, so she could only turn her eyes to the man and wait for his next words.
Seeing that she had regained her composure, the man slowly told the whole story.
Back then, after Ouyang Yiman left with Mu Niancheng's family, Ouyang's father and Ouyang's mother joined the company one after another. Both of them worked very well and worked hard. After Ouyang's mother was transferred to Ouyang's father's department,
They are a good partner at work. The two of them have worked together and won many big cases, becoming representatives of model couples in the company.
Unfortunately, during an outing for inspection work, the bus the two people were riding suddenly failed to brake on the mountain road, and the car rolled directly down the mountainside. By the time the rescuers rescued them all, they were completely lifeless.
signs.
"We have always known that Mr. and Mrs. Ouyang had a daughter, but they left them and went abroad since she was a child. We also tried to find out your whereabouts through many relationship channels, but only waited until a couple took care of their funeral affairs.
But I didn’t get your contact information..."
Ouyang Yiman stopped listening to what the man was still saying. She didn't even know how she got home.
She couldn't believe her ears, let alone the news she heard.
How could her daddy and mommy disappear like that? She didn't even have time to see them again!
They clearly agreed to wait for her to come back to see them; they also said that they would go back to live with her after retirement... They had clearly agreed, how could they go back on their word, how could they...
Tears blurred her vision little by little, and the blurry images of her parents in her memory kept reappearing in her mind.
Three months, it had been three months since they had died. She didn't even have time to pay tribute to them, and she didn't even have time to see them for the last time.
Three months? Three months?!
She suddenly remembered that three months ago, Daddy Mu and Mummy Mu suddenly disappeared for several days.
At that time, it seemed that it was the time when Daddy and Mummy passed away. Were they here to see Daddy and Mummy off? Didn’t the boss of the company just now say that a couple came to handle the matter for them?
thing?
But why didn't they tell her the news? Why did they hide it from her?
No wonder Mommy Mu took extra care and concern for her after she returned. No wonder Mommy Mu forced Mu Niancheng to marry her.
It turns out that you sympathize with her, pity her, and are afraid that she will be sad? So, do you want to use this to divert her attention and make her happy?
But, when had she ever asked for their pity? When had she ever needed the sympathy of others?
So what if she marries Mu Niancheng? What shouldn't belong to her still doesn't belong to her after all.
"Your life experience is pitiful, so what? You have a pitiful life experience, so you should spend my whole life trying to compensate you? I, Mu Niancheng, have never owed you a penny. Marrying you is already my biggest
Patience!"
Mu Niancheng's words rang in her ears again, and she suddenly realized that everyone knew everything, and she was the only one who was kept in the dark.
Ouyang Yiman, you are so pathetic! You don't even know that your father and mother are dead!
Standing up with tears in her eyes, Ouyang Yiman walked slowly in the house where her parents had lived for more than 20 years. Everything here seemed to be the same as in her memory.
She suddenly rang. During a certain phone call with his father, he told himself very excitedly that he had bought back the house he had lived in for a long time.
At that time, she already had some financial acumen, and felt that it was a waste of money for Daddy to buy a house worth only 400,000 yuan for a high price of 600,000 yuan.
He even laughed at him on the phone for wasting money. If he had so much money, wouldn't it be better to buy a new house?
The dad on the other end of the phone just smiled and said dotingly that there were three members of his family in that house. No amount of money could buy the most beautiful memories...
Thinking about it, it seems that since she was fifteen years old, she has had less and less contact with her parents. On the one hand, it is because her parents are too busy at work and they want to help her prepare everything; on the other hand...
Because she put all her attention on Mu Niancheng and ignored the contact with her parents.
She stepped onto the wooden spiral staircase with bare feet. She remembered that her favorite thing when she was a child was to sit on the handrail of the stairs and slide down like a slide from top to bottom. At that time, her father was always there to protect her.
Looking at her, mommy always smiles and looks at them with the gentlest eyes...
The corners of his mouth could not help but curve upward slightly, but there was a hint of sadness in his smile.
Ouyang Yiman followed her memory and came to the room that once belonged to her. She paused for a few seconds and then opened the door. The inside was still the same as before.
Pink decoration, her favorite princess bed, the little wooden horse that daddy made for her...
No one had cleaned it for more than three months, and thick dust had accumulated in the room, but it still couldn't hide her strong memories.
Her cheerful laughter, Daddy's mellow and doting voice, and Mommy's gentle calls filled the small room...
Did the only beautiful memory in her heart turn into nothing?
Despair, unprecedented despair, surrounded her fiercely, eating away at her heart and reason bit by bit. If Mu Niancheng's harm caused her to despair that she couldn't bear to live. Then, the death of her parents, with
What she was given was fatal despair, the despair of having no more worries...
Tears kept falling from the corners of her eyes. Ouyang Yi bare her soles, found a mop and a rag, and cleaned the dusty house bit by bit.
After finishing this, I cooked a meal that both Mom and Dad liked, and lit white candles on the Western dining table.
She picked up the glass of red wine and faced the family portrait on the wall. She raised the glass and said bitterly, "Daddy, Mommy, I'm back. My daughter is unfilial and can't stay with you... even
In the end...I couldn't be with you..."
The man and woman in the family photo just grinned and said nothing.
Looking at the photo, Ouyang Yiman also laughed out loud. The smile on the corner of her mouth was helpless and sad, and the flashing light in her eyes was also mixed with tears.
Ouyang Yiman picked up the knife beside her right hand unhurriedly and said with a smile, "Daddy, Mommy, don't blame me anymore. My daughter will be here to accompany you soon..."
As soon as she finished speaking, the knife in her right hand slashed hard towards her wrist, and soon a bright red color appeared, dripping, forming a line, and fell from her wrist to the wooden floor.
Ouyang Yiman leaned on the back of the dining chair and stared at her parents in the photo, feeling unprecedentedly relieved in her heart.
The blood drained from her body bit by bit, taking with it the temperature of her body, and her consciousness began to become blurry.
"Daddy, Mommy, my daughter is here to accompany you... We can finally be reunited..." She said the last words with a smile, and then slowly fell on the dining table, knocking her right hand aside.
of candles.
The candle that fell to the ground did not go out after a few chirps. On the contrary, it burned more vigorously with the help of oxygen. The rising flames burned the tablecloth of the Western dining table little by little. Under the scorching temperature, the tablecloth
It was finally ignited, and then spread quickly at lightning speed...
Since Ouyang Yiman left, the Mu family has fallen into an inexplicable silence, and everyone's mood seems very depressed.
Mu Niancheng, in particular, was extremely depressed. After Ouyang Yiman left, he moved back from the villa, but he didn't know what he was busy with every day, and he came and went without a trace all day long.
The time to go home is always getting later day by day.
He was touched by Mu Lengrui two or three times, and he smelled strongly of alcohol. Although he was sober, he could smell the alcohol on his body, and he obviously drank a lot.
The two elders saw his reaction and felt very distressed, but they didn't know what to say.
However, Mu Nianxue looked a little strange. Looking at her brother's appearance, not only did she not feel any distress, but she felt a little gloating. Seeing that her brother came back later and later every day, and her mood became more and more depressed, she felt unusually good.
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That night, Mu Nianxue stopped Mu Niancheng who was returning home in the middle of the night.
"Mu Niancheng, what are you doing? Haven't you always wanted to drive away Manman? Shouldn't you be happy when she leaves? What do you think you look like now?"
"You don't need to worry about my affairs." Mu Niancheng just said coldly.
"Mu Niancheng, look at what you look like now. You still look like the president of Magic City International. You are just like a destitute beggar on the roadside. I didn't leave Manman to make you look like this.
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"Don't mention that woman in front of me!" When he mentioned Ouyang Yiman, his chest felt angry, and his tone unconsciously rose a bit.
"Don't mention her? Haha, Mu Niancheng, how do you still want to deceive yourself now?"
"Deceiving myself? Why should I deceive myself? Mu Nianxue, what nonsense are you talking about!" Mu Niancheng snorted jokingly, and a strange flash flashed in his eyes.
"Mu Niancheng, I always thought that although you were cold, you were at least a responsible man. I didn't expect you to be such a timid and fearful man! Is it that serious to admit that you like Manman?"
"..." Mu Niancheng said nothing, but frowned tightly.
"Mu Niancheng, Manman only has relatives like us here. Because of you, she doesn't even have friends! Where else can she go after leaving this home? Aren't you worried at all about her being alone outside?"
"She has the ability to protect herself." He forced himself to abandon the strangeness in his heart and spoke calmly.
"Haha, Mu Nianxue, I finally understand now why Manman chose to leave without hesitation! Because you have no heart at all!" Mu Nianxue roared out such words, and ran back to his house angrily.
Room.
Even though he is so depressed and so sad, he still refuses to admit that he is in love with Manman. This man has no heart at all and does not know how to love at all...