When Lu Zhandong asked, Xia Lihua realized that she was speaking quickly again, and immediately said: "Although this matter didn't appear in the newspapers, it was spread all over the streets. When we were playing cards yesterday, Mr. Wang's wife asked me if I knew about it.
, what can I say about me? I really didn’t know beforehand, but what can I say after knowing it afterwards?”
After saying that, Xia Lihua looked humiliated and angry, and finally gave the father and son an annoyed look, and said: "If this had been left in the old times, she would have been dipped in the pig cage countless times. Now that she has been with Zhan Dong,
After the divorce, I don’t care about it. It’s just a villa, just treat it as the last mercy, but...she won’t even think about anything else as long as I’m still alive.”
As soon as Xia Lihua finished speaking, there was a 'bang' sound, which was the sound of a cane hitting the floor hard. Immediately, her heart beat rapidly, and she saw Lu Zhensheng on the sofa, his eyes as sharp as cold light, looking straight at her.
Looking into her dark eyes, it seemed that one glance could break through the heavy fog of her past and see through everything hidden in her heart. Then, Xia Lihua couldn't help but shudder.
"Dad, what mom said is right." Upon seeing this, Lu Manman immediately stood up to defend her mother.
Being blocked by Lu Manman, Xia Lihua calmed down a little. She thought Lu Zhensheng would get angry, but he just continued to stare straight at her and said in a deep voice, "Lihua, you were not such a person before.
"
One sentence immediately set off a storm in Xia Lihua's heart. For a moment, she almost couldn't help it and poured everything out, but...
In the end, Xia Lihua just bit her lip and looked at Lu Zhensheng with a stubborn and sad expression, "You were not like this before. You have changed, why can't I change?"
The atmosphere suddenly became very depressing.
Lu Zhandong's lips curled up with a touch of sarcasm, "I'm not interested in hearing about your past affairs. I've been very busy recently. I won't be back next weekend."
After saying that, he was about to turn around when he suddenly heard Aunt Fen shout, "Young Mistress! It's Young Mistress!"
Aunt Fen was so anxious that she had already forgotten Xia Lihua's usual stern words to her. She pointed at the woman in the news picture who was walking across the stone bridge with a basket on her back and started shouting.
The shot only lasted less than five seconds, but Lu Zhandong still quickly captured the scene at the last second.
Although the woman was wearing local clothes, carrying a small backpack, and wearing embroidered cloth shoes, the corners of her eyes and eyebrows... had already been deeply ingrained in his heart, especially the moment he realized that he was being targeted by the camera, and the smile on the corners of his lips suddenly
Stiff look.
She has always been afraid of the camera, and there are not many photos of her. Basically, most of them still have a tense face. No matter how they are teased by others, it is of no use. Instead, they look at each other with hatred. Only when taking wedding photos, she smiled reluctantly.
laugh.
It's her, it must be her!
Let’s look at the location where the news was shot - City C, Daliu Town, which is where Anjia’s former residence is located.
Lu Zhandong became even more convinced.
At this moment, Lu Zhensheng also noticed the shot, but his eyes finally fell on Jiang Zhengdu, who was being interviewed by reporters, and then he said to himself, "Why is he there..."
No matter what...
"Hurry up and bring An Ning back!" Lu Zhensheng shouted to Lu Zhandong.
Lu Zhandong paused for a moment, but without looking back, he replied, "I understand."
Then, he dialed the phone quickly, "Li Qi, I want to go to city C. Book me a ticket, immediately, at the nearest time, no matter what class of flight."
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The moonlight cuts through the clouds and fog, and is as smooth as water.
The residential buildings in the town are scattered irregularly. Although there are no street lights in front of the door, almost every household will hang two red lanterns on the door after nightfall. From a distance, it looks like a sea of lights, which is instantly beautiful.
Xia Wei said on the phone, "Guess who I met when I went to the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital to get medicine today? Lin Sijia! Why did you come to the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital? Her face was as white as paper and she was so thin.
I thought that something was wrong with her, but she actually told me that she was getting married soon, is it true or not?"
"You'll know when she posts your message," An Ning replied.
Xia Wei snorted, "If she hadn't come over to talk and looked at her like that, I really wouldn't want to talk to her, and why would I go to her wedding?"
"I remember that the three of us had agreed before that we would be each other's bridesmaids, even if we were married." An Ning just said.
On the other side of the phone, Xia Wei was silent for a while, "Have you ever thought about how she became like this?"
An Ning breathed out lightly at the night sky, how could she not have thought about it? Lin Sijia gave her a blow no less than Lu Zhandong.
"I think she became like this after something happened to her family during the year she graduated from college."
"I think so. She even took a year off from school."
"But that's not a reason."
"I know, so I will keep a certain distance from her in the future."
"Weiwei, that's between me and her. She has a bad temper and has few friends, especially in Tongcheng City. If you don't talk to her, no one will talk to her anymore."
"Actually, it's mainly due to my personal factors. I think Lin Sijia has become a little scary. Talking to her is like a dark wind blowing." Xia Wei said, paused, "Oh, by the way, Lu Zhandong called again today.
You came to ask me if I had any news about you, and you called me every day, which made my mother-in-law wonder if I was having an affair outside Wang Jian's back."
An Ning couldn't hold it back and was amused by the second half of Xia Wei's words.
Xia Wei immediately pretended to be angry on the phone and said: "Damn girl! You are still laughing! Come back after you have finished relaxing! I don't have many friends in Tongcheng. Once you leave, I won't even have a companion to go shopping with."
——It is possible that I will never go back again.
An Ning said softly in her heart.
"An Ning, I hope you know one thing. You are different from Lin Sijia. You will feel guilty and will use reason to control it after knowing the truth, but she will not. So, don't be too sad, and don't suppress yourself too much. Jing Ning
Come back when you're done, and... I ask you to tell me if you have anything in the future, don't be like this time, I have to listen to other people to know."
"The charm of the Internet is really great nowadays. If you want to be popular, you don't need to hire reporters to promote it. Once you post a post, the keywords are in place, the pictures are wonderful, and the text is exaggerated. If you are not careful, it will be difficult to become popular.
"
"Come on, you can still damage yourself. It seems that you have recovered more than half of it."
An Ning chuckled and joked a few more times with Xia Wei. They almost walked to the intersection when they saw a figure lying upside down at the intersection. The person was almost curled up and moaning in pain.
Voice.
Upon seeing this, An Ning immediately said something to Xia Wei, then hung up the phone and ran over.
"What's wrong with you?" An Ning said. Seeing that the man kept pressing his hand on her heart, her expression suddenly changed. Could it be...
"Did you have a heart attack?" As soon as An Ning finished speaking, the man turned his face sideways with some difficulty.
An Ning recognized it immediately. Isn't this the old leader wearing sunglasses?
Today during the day, she met him on the bridge, being interviewed by the media surrounded by a group of officials. She was originally a little curious about which official from Beijing, but after staying for a while, she was suddenly caught by a reporter's camera.
, she immediately walked away reflexively.
"It's...it's you..."
"Don't talk too much." An Ning said, looking at his difficulty breathing and painful look on his face, he frowned, "Hurry up and lie down!"
Jiang Zheng's frowned brows furrowed again, his expression seemed to express his dissatisfaction with An Ning's commanding tone, and even contained some harsh criticism.
However, An Ning was only thinking about one thing - when your heart feels uncomfortable, you must lie down first!
Therefore, seeing that Jiang Zheng did not follow what she said, An Ning immediately started to flatten his body. Then she recalled that when she first found him, his other hand seemed to be reaching for something, so An Ning looked forward based on her memory.
, I saw a small bottle of something lying quietly under this small slope.
Immediately, An Ning quickly walked over and picked it up, "Is this your medicine?"
After saying that, she found that although the old man looked like he was about to die at any time, his temper was really stubborn, and he still had that "no need for you to meddle" look.
Immediately, An Ning smiled coldly and said: "You can still hold on, can't you? Well, since this is not your medicine, then I will put it back to its original place. Maybe its owner will find it missing and come back to look for it.
.”
After saying that, she stood up, looked at the people on the ground, and said: "If you can hold on, hold on, I will help you make an emergency call, but the road here is not easy to walk, and it is not easy for cars to get in.
I can't guarantee how long it will take for the ambulance to arrive."
Jiang Zheng's eyes suddenly became extremely fierce, as if he wanted to kill An Ning immediately. He forced out a voice from his difficult breathing, "You... you... take the medicine..."
An Ning's lips curled up, with a sense of pride.
He immediately unscrewed the medicine bottle, poured one pill out of it, and fed it into Jiang Zheng's mouth.
Jiang Zheng did not swallow the pills, but held them under his tongue.
An Ning called the emergency call. Although his breathing gradually improved after taking the pills, An Ning still did not leave until the ambulance arrived.
When Jiang Zheng was being carried into the ambulance, he looked at her with a sudden look of hatred, as if he was still blaming her for being nosy.
An Ning felt that this man was really weird, so before leaving, he said, "If you really want to commit suicide, you can, but don't let me touch you. I have a shadow, especially for people who have heart attacks. You are really not lucky enough."
, I really can’t die this time.”
The moment she saw him in such pain, An Ning suddenly thought of the scene when Lu Zhensheng collapsed in the study.
Although so many years have passed since the incident, and even Lu Zhensheng repeatedly said that he did not blame her, she still had this knot in her heart.
Therefore, she should regard it as a kind of repayment for the sin that occurred in her heart! Although... the other party seemed to be extremely resistant to her help.
After the ambulance drove away, An Ning went to No. 97 to report the news. When she returned to the An family's old house, there was a flash of light in the originally calm night sky.
The wind wasn't very strong during the walk, but now, the lantern she hung on the door was blown away.
Yesterday's weather forecast said there would be heavy rain, but the sky was clear yesterday and I thought it would not rain. But looking at it this way, it turns out that there is a delay in the weather forecast for small places.
Just as I was thinking about it, there was another flash in the night sky.
An Ning muttered, "As long as there's no thunder."
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Lu Zhandong had been waiting in the waiting hall of Tongcheng Airport for nearly two hours. In the end, the flight he was waiting for was finally canceled due to the typhoon named "Butterfly" that was making landfall in Tongcheng.
Even charter flights became impossible. Lu Zhandong immediately called Li Qi again, "Check the nearest train to City C..."
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There was already lightning and it was raining heavily. How could there not be thunder?
The rain lasted for three days, and the thunder continued intermittently for three days.
The sky felt like it was about to be smashed and fall down.
In three days, An Ning didn't get much rest.
She is afraid of thunder. Although she is not afraid and cries when she hears thunder like she did when she was little, she still cares a little in her heart, especially when there are so many huge thunders that hit the sky from time to time.
It's like splitting the ground.
But in fact, it was not the tree that split, but some trees.
There was even a fire on the mountain not far away, and there were many people living in the mountain. It was raining and there were fires at night. It was said that fire and water were incompatible. However, at that night, water and fire were really incompatible.
exist at the same time.
Amidst the chaos, while An Ning was watching the fire through the glass window, a bolt of lightning struck down, hitting the old locust tree with a crooked neck that had grown wildly for many years in the yard of the old house.
The fire was right in front of her eyes. For a moment, An Ning felt scared again and again. When she was scared, the first name that came to her mind was Jiang Lichuan.
However, no matter how hard I tried to call him, I couldn't get through.
So, she began to leave one message after another in his voice mailbox, until the next day a huge thunder broke down the signal pole, and the mobile phone signal was cut off. She spent another day alone in fear.
.
On the third day, the rain finally slowed down and the thunder became extremely sparse.
While An Ning was drifting into a drowsy sleep, she suddenly heard a rapid knock on the door.
Immediately, An Ning thought of the words she had left in Jiang Lichuan's voicemail, and without thinking, she rushed into the yard with her shoes on, without even holding an umbrella.
However, the moment the door opened, she hugged him without thinking, "Jiang Lichuan, you bastard!"
As she cursed, she began to sob, and the fear that had been suppressed in her heart suddenly poured out.
The person she hugged just held an umbrella and stood there almost stiffly, letting her hold him.
After she finished venting her emotions, she finally raised her head and looked at the complex surprise on her face. He stared at her with sinister and crazy eyes and said, "Are you disappointed?"
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