"Brother, I don't want to discuss this matter anymore. I only have one idea, that is, I don't want to see her again." Cheng said decisively.
"Okay then." Seeing Acheng's resolute attitude, Minglou said nothing more and chose to respect his opinion, "I will let her leave this afternoon."
"Thank you, brother." After saying that, Cheng turned around and walked out the door.
Minglou also turned his attention to the documents that Acheng had restored. Although some were incomplete and some even had blurred numbers, he could still see through them and truly feel the danger that was about to pervade the battlefield.
The thick smoke, the deafening roar of cannons, and the shocking mountains of corpses and seas of blood...
Unknowingly, his brows were knitted together, and his brain was running rapidly, planning the next course of action.
At the same time, Mingtai was half-lying on Mingjing's bed, leaning against the soft and bright silk bedding, reciting loudly the copy of Dante's "Divine Comedy" in his hand in his slightly broken Latin.
Even though he knew Ming Jing could not understand it, he still read it with great enthusiasm.
And this trick really worked, Ming Jing was also happy to hear it, although he didn't know whether he read it correctly or not, in short, it was something like that.
But in fact, Minglou guessed it right. The reason why Mingtai tried so hard to please Mingjing was that he was worried that it would be revealed that he did not go to the University of Hong Kong. Although this matter was still under strict blockade, what if he was looking for help from Big Brother?
What should I do if those papers were exposed when I came in?
Instead of doing that, it would be better to take advantage of the first day of the new year, when I have just made Ming Jing so happy, to say it, so that I can at least take the initiative to explain.
However, even though Mingtai's wishful thinking was sound, he hesitated when he saw the satisfied smile on Mingjing's face.
At this moment, Acheng accidentally knocked on the door and walked in, breaking Mingtai's inner tangle.
"Sister, are you looking for me?" Ah Cheng stood with his hands lowered and said respectfully.
Ming Jing nodded, "A-Cheng, please sit down."
"I won't sit down anymore." Cheng said in a low voice, "If you have anything to do, just tell me!"
"Ah Cheng." Ming Jing sighed slightly, "I know you are not happy because of Aunt Gui's return. The pain of childhood cannot be forgotten...but she is back now, you see.
Can you... let her spend the New Year at home and stay for a while, mother and son..."
Seeing Cheng's face becoming more and more ugly, Ming Jing coughed lightly and stopped talking. Instead, he stood up, picked up a package and said to Cheng: "Where's Aunt Gui, I made it for you in the countryside.
A cotton robe, she said herself, does not look good with thick needles and large threads. However, she came all the way to bring it, so you should just keep it and give her a thin noodle!"
However, Acheng didn't answer after hearing this. His hands were already clenched into fists, and he didn't seem to have any intention of taking the package.
At this moment, Mingtai beside him couldn't stand it anymore. He put down his book and said, "Brother Acheng, please forgive Aunt Gui! She looks so pitiful!"
Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, Ming Jing scolded him, "Children, don't interrupt!"
"A Cheng... I know I shouldn't force you. But..."
After Ming Jing said this, Acheng finally stretched out his tightly clenched hands and reached out to take the package, but he still said coldly: "Brother promised me that I will arrange for her to leave in the afternoon."
After saying that, he said nothing more, turned around and walked out. However, he was stopped by Ming Jing again after only a few steps.
"A-Cheng, if that's the case, then I won't force you anymore. But no matter what, you are still a mother and son. I hope you can come with us to see her off, even if it's just out of politeness, okay?
"
As soon as these words came out, Acheng's body shook violently, and after a long time he slowly said, "...I'll try my best."
After saying that, he slowly walked out of Ming Jing's room as if his legs were filled with lead.
However, as soon as Acheng walked away, Mingtai immediately turned into a curious baby. He pulled Mingjing and asked: "Sister, Brother Acheng and Aunt Gui..."
Before he could finish his words, Ming Jing retorted, "Go! Don't ask questions about adults' matters!"
Mingtai couldn't help curling his lips, "I'm not allowed to ask about adults' matters, so I can ask about my own matters, right?"
"Your own business? What is it?" Ming Jing asked strangely.
"Sister, there are some things I can't figure out. You and eldest brother always ask me to study more, but the current situation is not good, and reading more books can't strengthen the country, so reading is useless, right?"
"That's nonsense!" Ming Jing immediately retorted, "At your young age, what strength can you add? Are you going to have some evil thoughts again?"
"I...what evil thoughts could I have?" Mingtai said hesitantly, "I just want to do something useful!"
"Stop!" Before Mingtai could finish what he said, Mingjing immediately made a "stop" gesture and lectured, "You finish your studies well, get your degree, marry a wife and have children, this is what you are saying to the Ming family.
The most useful thing is also the most useful thing for the country, do you hear me?"
"Oh." Mingtai had no choice but to respond obediently. Naturally, he did not dare to mention the matter of "dropping out" from the University of Hong Kong again.
…
After coming out of Ming Jing's room, Cheng, holding the package in his hand, accidentally met Aunt Gui in the corridor.
And this scene happened to be seen by Li Qiang on the other side of the corridor.
I saw Aunt Gui shying away from Acheng's gaze, showing a bit of strange guilt in her fear.
Acheng, on the other hand, had a cold face the whole time and watched Aunt Gui walk past him without saying a word.
It wasn't until Acheng returned to his room that Li Qiang continued to follow Aunt Gui quietly, secretly monitoring her every move...
After returning to the room, Cheng felt a little dizzy and his mood became very unstable.
Looking at the "confession" gift in my hand that was over 20 years late, I shed two lines of tears unconsciously.
This was the first New Year's gift given to him by his adoptive mother. It was also a gift in exchange for so-called "family affection" when he needed it least. He didn't need such a gift!
As soon as he saw that cotton robe, Cheng would unconsciously think of his painful experience of being abused by Aunt Gui in his childhood. For this reason, he wanted to tear that cotton robe to pieces!
However, with only a trace of reason, he finally gave up on such an idea and could only throw it to the ground and stomp it over and over again with his feet...
After venting his heart out, Acheng slumped down on the ground with some exhaustion. After an unknown amount of time, there was a knock on the door.
"A-Cheng, it's me!"
Is it A Qiang? Why is he here? Are you looking at my jokes?
Ah Cheng thought subconsciously, but he had no intention of getting up and opening the door.
But at the next moment, Li Qiang pried open the locked door in a majestic manner and walked in swaggeringly.
"you!"
"Hey, you're okay! I've been knocking on the door for so long but there's no response. I thought something had happened to you!"
"I think you're hoping that something will happen to me, right?" Acheng slowly got up from the ground and said angrily.
Li Qiang shrugged, "If my eldest brother hadn't noticed that you didn't even come down for lunch and was worried about something happening to you and asked me to come over and have a look, I wouldn't have bothered to come over and ask for trouble!"
"I'm fine! You can go out!"
He didn't want Li Qiang but ignored his eviction order, "Really? Why do I feel that your current condition is very bad?"
"What on earth do you want to say?" Acheng finally said impatiently.
"It's nothing. I just came to tell you that my eldest sister has already talked to Aunt Gui. My eldest brother also called the car rental agency and called a car to take Aunt Gui away."
"That's the best, out of sight but quiet!" Acheng said lightly, "Is there anything else? If not, I want to be alone for a while."
However, Li Qiang had no intention of leaving and said coldly, "You really don't think Aunt Gui will leave the Ming family so easily, do you?"
Ah Cheng felt a little funny after hearing this, "What else? Without the approval of eldest brother and eldest sister, how can she still stay here and not leave?"
"But in fact it's just the opposite. Since Auntie Gui came back, everything she did was seeking your forgiveness, because she knew that she could only stay if you nodded."
Hearing this, Acheng couldn't help but snorted, "Then she really found the wrong person. There is absolutely no way I can forgive her."
"Really?" Li Qiang showed a playful smile, "But I do feel that some words should not be said too fully!"
"You..." As Cheng was about to say something, there was another knock on the door.
Then Aunt Gui's voice came, "Acheng, I know you are inside, can you open the door and let me in? I'm leaving, but before I leave, I still have a few words to say to you.
"
And almost at the same time, before Acheng could react, Li Qiang jumped up to the window sill and quickly jumped out of the window.
While he was stunned, Aunt Gui opened the door and walked in without his permission.
"Who asked you to come in? I don't want to see you now, let alone talk to you!" Cheng said to Aunt Gui with an almost black face.
However, Aunt Gui changed her submissive attitude before, as if she didn't care about Acheng's attitude towards her. She casually pulled a chair over and sat in front of Acheng, and said to herself: "I know that no matter how I plead now,
, you will never forgive me, but after so many years, have you ever thought about why I treated you like that in the first place?"
As soon as these words came out, Cheng, who was determined not to forgive the woman in front of him, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
This is not because he has never thought about this question, but because he has silently asked this question countless times in his heart and thought about it countless times, but he never expected that it would come out of Aunt Gui's mouth. It was simply
What a huge irony.
Thinking of this, Acheng actually laughed out loud, "Then tell me, why did you treat me like that in the first place?"
"It's simple, because you are a descendant of Japanese spies!"
As soon as these words came out, the smile on Cheng's face froze almost instantly, and it took a long time before he roared angrily: "You're talking nonsense!"
Aunt Gui smiled and said, "Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, you can ask Aunt Wu at the Longhua Orphanage for confirmation. You will know as soon as you ask. She told me about your life experience back then, and mine... died in
You fell into the hands of the Japanese, so I lost my mind for a moment and used you as a punching bag to torture you...I..."
Speaking of this, Aunt Gui's eyes were filled with tears.
Needless to say, this old woman's acting skills are really superb and she can perform them freely! I'm afraid even those movie stars have to be willing to be inferior, right?
Li Qiang, who was hiding outside the window and observing secretly, couldn't help but cursed secretly.
However, before Aunt Gui could finish her words, Cheng raised his hand and interrupted her, "That's enough! Tell me, how much do you want?"
Aunt Gui didn't want to but shook her head, "I don't want money."
At this time, Cheng became completely angry and asked one word at a time: "What do you want?"
Aunt Gui wiped her tears and said bluntly: "It's very simple, as long as you agree to let me stay in the Ming family, I will continue to help you keep this secret. You don't want the Ming family to know that you are a descendant of a Japanese spy, right?
"
"You threaten me?"
"I have no choice. If I hadn't been forced to this point by you, I wouldn't have wanted to use such a despicable method!"
"You...why do you have to stay in the Ming family? If you want money, I can give you a large amount of money, enough for you to live comfortably for the rest of your life..."
Before she finished speaking, Aunt Gui sneered and said, "I'm afraid I have the life to take the money, but I don't have the life to spend it!"
Just as he was talking, there was a slight sound of braking outside the window.
"It looks like the car has already arrived. Don't blame me for not reminding you. This is your last chance. Think about it carefully!" After saying that, he stood up and left without looking back.
The sunshine in the afternoon is very good and dazzling.
In front of the building of Ming Mansion, the ground was covered with confetti left after the fireworks were set off last night. As far as the eye could see, everything was filled with the red color of New Year's celebration.
In sharp contrast, it was the mood of Ming Jing and Aunt Gui who walked out together. They said goodbye to each other as they walked, and their words were full of affection.
Mingtai and Minglou followed the two of them, seeing each other off out of courtesy.
Li Qiang bent over and gave instructions to the driver sitting in the cab.
While Aunt Gui and Ming Jing were acting out a sensational drama of inseparability, she kept looking at the door of the mansion with her peripheral vision, as if she was silently expecting that Cheng would rush out from inside at the next moment.
of.
After lingering like this for more than ten minutes, after confirming that Acheng would not come out to save her, Aunt Gui simply changed her mind, held Ming Jing's hand and said: "Miss, I'm leaving. I'll wait until I find a new owner."
, I will write back to you again. Just..."
"Wait a minute!" Just when Aunt Gui was about to tell the truth about Acheng's life experience, Acheng's voice suddenly rang out, and then he ran up to Aunt Gui and forcefully told her the second half of her sentence.
