Chapter 436 I will definitely be able to (big chapter)
In the early morning, Liu Weicheng, who was about to go out, stopped when his cell phone suddenly rang in his pocket.
He was confused about who would call in the early morning on a holiday, but when the communication name on the phone screen appeared in his sight, Liu Weicheng suddenly felt like he didn't want to answer the call.
Looking at the phone call from Lin Nianwei, he suddenly felt that it was not the right time.
I thought that if the other party wanted to ask me out, he would have to make a good choice between what he had arranged with Zhao Xuanying last night.
His mind began to become confused, and he let the ringtone of his mobile phone ring, and he held it in his hand as it vibrated. It was not until he suddenly realized that continuing like this was not an option, that he quickly answered the call and put the mobile phone to his ear.
beside.
"Hello."
It was a very conventional one-word opening, and as soon as the words fell, Lin Nianwei's explanation came from the receiver.
He said a lot, but after a little summary, it means that he didn't see the phone calls he made last night because he was talking to someone else at the time and went straight to wash up and go to bed after the end.
Although this explanation is somewhat unconvincing, at this moment Liu Weicheng has no idea of going further.
Instead, he informed the other party of his schedule for today.
"I promised them, so I will drive there soon."
【Does it take a long time?】
"I don't know, it's my first time there too."
Given the reasons, Lin Nianwei on the other end of the phone did not choose to stop him. Even if he learned that Liu Weicheng was going with Zhao Xuanying's family, he had no suspicion at all.
After just a few words of warning to pay attention to safety, he claimed that he had made an appointment with Duan Yining and would be leaving soon.
Facing the call that was about to be hung up, Liu Weicheng was supposed to let Lin Nianwei on the other end of the phone hang up first, but when the word "bye bye" came from the receiver, he suddenly stopped the caller.
"Wait a moment."
【……】
【What's wrong?】
"Let's meet when we get back. I have something to say."
[Didn’t I tell you that I’m going to see Yi Ning soon? It might be very late.]
"Then give me a call when it's over. No matter how late it is, I will come over to see you."
Liu Weicheng on the other end of the phone said this with a serious face, while on the other side of the receiver, after a moment of silence, he started mumbling as if he was a little shy.
[Really, don’t say such disgusting words in the future, you know~ I’ll call you after it’s over.]
"Well, then you go and play."
As the call ended, Liu Weicheng's hand holding the phone slowly dropped down. Already fully dressed, he could push the door and leave at any time, but he took no action because of the call.
It wasn't until there was a knock on the door that he raised his head again in silence.
After reacting, he hurriedly opened the door and looked at Zhao Xuanying standing outside.
I don't know if it's because of the different position now, so the pictures I saw began to change. Zhao Xuanying's clothes today were obviously not much different from usual, but the look in Liu Weicheng's eyes became more and more cute.
There is nothing wrong with using the word cute to describe it.
Compared with Lin Nianwei, Zhao Xuanying looks much younger. Perhaps because she is still in high school, she is born with a temperament unique to her youth.
Although her face without makeup is not as stunning as Lin Nianwei's look after makeup, at a glance it makes people feel that she looks extremely comfortable.
Especially after seeing myself, that smiling face always looks like...
"Grandma and I are ready. Do you still have something to do?"
The two of them were silent after opening the door. Zhao Xuanying took the initiative to break the silence. After hearing the other party's inquiry, Liu Weicheng, who had been focusing on the girl, came back to his senses.
Pretending to be nonchalant, he spoke softly.
"I'm ready too. When can we set off?"
"Um...is that okay now?"
"No problem at all."
With that said, Liu Weicheng casually grabbed the car keys that he had thrown on the shelf when he had just changed his shoes. Liu Weicheng stepped out of his room and looked at Zhang Cuilan, who had gone down to the corner of the stairs and was alone in silence.
He looked away and returned to Zhao Xuanying.
"Wait a moment, I'll lock the door."
After locking the door and checking to make sure that he had not forgotten anything, Liu Weicheng urged Zhao Xuanying to go downstairs quickly.
The two of them were a few steps behind and looked at Zhang Cuilan who was going downstairs slowly but with very steady steps.
Although it was a bit unrealistic, Liu Weicheng felt that something was not quite right when he saw Zhang Cuilan's current mental state.
Looking at Zhang Cuilan walking out of the corridor towards the parking place, Liu Weicheng suddenly reached out and grabbed Zhao Xuanying's arm.
The stopped steps stopped in place along with the advancing girl.
"What has grandma been worried about recently?"
Facing the puzzled look cast by Zhao Xuanying, Liu Weicheng did not explain anything in a roundabout way, but directly asked the doubts in his heart.
Although I didn’t meet Zhang Cuilan much during this period, I learned from Zhao Xuanying that she had recently become obsessed with so-called square dancing with other old men and women.
But facing Zhang Cuilan, who suddenly became less talkative and silent from time to time, he still felt strange even though he had no chance to communicate in depth.
After hearing Liu Weicheng's inquiry, Zhao Xuanying thought for a moment and then shook her head slightly.
At the same time, he also gave his own answer.
"Although I feel a little strange, there should be nothing wrong with grandma. Maybe it's because of grandpa's memorial day. There have been times in the past where she said as little as she does today."
"Really...but I always feel like something's not quite right."
"Let's discuss it when we get back."
Not wanting to let Liu Weicheng speculate any further, Zhao Xuanying pulled the other person away quickly.
After the group got in the car, they went according to the destination provided by Zhao Xuanying.
The distance is not too close.
The drive took nearly two hours. If he hadn't driven the two of them there, just taking the car would have been enough for Zhao Xuanying, grandma and Sun to spend most of their time on the road.
During this period, Zhang Cuilan was not seen preparing anything to be used for worship. Not to mention things like paper money, she was not even able to prepare a single flower.
He walked empty-handed. Although he had concerns, seeing that neither Zhang Cuilan nor Zhao Xuanying mentioned this, he could only pretend not to know.
Along the way, Liu Weicheng and Zhao Xuanying chatted about topics from time to time. The topics revolved around the school and the company he ran, but Zhang Cuilan, who was in the back seat, never made a sound from the beginning to the end.
She just stared out the window with squinted eyes in a loss. If she hadn't blinked her eyes from time to time, an uninformed person would have thought that the old lady in front of her had fallen asleep.
Arrive at destination.
After finding the parking area, Liu Weicheng got out of the car and took a good look at the surrounding scenery.
Perhaps because there are so many deceased buried there, although the surrounding environment is beautiful, it always gives people a deserted and creepy feeling.
It's a bit like the atmosphere in old Hong Kong movies.
Rows of tombstones were engraved with the names of the deceased. Following the two people walking in front, Liu Weicheng was finally brought to the tomb of Zhang Cuilan's husband.
The photo on the tombstone appeared before his eyes. This was the first time Liu Weicheng saw his long-dead grandfather.
Judging from the content presented in the photo, my grandfather was a very kind-hearted person during his lifetime, and he was only in his early fifties when he died. Compared with other tombstones in the surrounding area, my grandfather's tombstone seemed quite deserted.
Standing aside, Liu Weicheng was still hesitating whether to remind him or not. However, the next second he saw Zhang Cuilan, who had not said a word during the entire journey, and took the initiative to greet Zhao Xuanying to get the bag.
He watched Zhang Cuilan take out an object made of a wooden box from her bag, opened the lock and took out a cigarette.
Liu Weicheng on the side saw it very clearly and didn't know what this behavior meant until he saw Zhang Cuilan lighting a cigarette and placing it in front of the tombstone.
Looking at the wisps of green smoke rising from the cigarette butt, it seems to be rippled by the wind.
"I told you not to smoke before...but you still smoked secretly. I collected all the ones you left behind before leaving. When I finish smoking them, I will go find you."
"grandmother!"
Every year she hears her grandma say this, and Zhao Xuanying feels sad but also complains a little.
On this day every year, grandma always feels particularly sad.
From time to time, she would say some words that would make her relatives very sad after hearing them. After calling her grandma, Zhao Xuanying had no intention of complaining anymore. Instead, she opened her arms and went upstairs to comfort her grandma and her.
Accompany each other.
However, what Zhao Xuanying didn't know was that if she and her biological mother hadn't suddenly broke into Zhang Cuilan's life, she might have gone to accompany her husband who died of illness.
As the granddaughter Zhao Xuanying may not understand the reason, but Liu Weicheng, who has had close communication with Zhang Cuilan, knows exactly what is going on.
I remember that Zhang Cuilan told him about Zhao Xuanying's life experience last year after she was hospitalized for heat stroke.
It was also at that time that I mentioned how I met Zhao Xuanying and her daughter.
Sixteen years ago, Zhang Cuilan, who had just experienced the death of her husband due to illness, was still careless in this world. When she was preparing to do stupid things by herself in the house that the couple had worked hard for half their lives, if it weren't for Zhao Xuanying's biological mother who brought her young
When a girl from that period came to visit her, she might have already passed away at that time.
It was the intrusion of the mother and daughter that made Zhang Cuilan, who had been childless all her life, experience the care of her relatives for the first time.
In the beginning, she was like a stubborn old lady, full of disappointment in the world because her most important person had passed away.
But the arrival of the mother and daughter was like a beam of light shining in the darkness, especially Zhao Xuanying, who couldn't even talk to her at that time, but kept playing with her. The mother and daughter were like a good medicine to cure the disease, dispelling Zhang Cuilan.
The thought of doing something stupid also made her realize a new reason for living in this world.
Accompanied by her mother and daughter, Zhang Cuilan spent some of the few happy moments since her husband's death.
However, such days only lasted less than half a year, because of the arrival of a bad news that once again made Zhang Cuilan return to the ranks of loneliness.
However... facing Zhao Xuanying, who had no one to take care of her at that time and could not find any relatives.
The only future waiting for that child was to be sent to a so-called welfare institution for support. Maybe he would meet a good family to adopt him in the future, but in those six months, Zhang Cuilan had already established a deep relationship with the mother and daughter.
In the end, the old lady who had no memory of this world adopted the girl who had no one to take care of her.
Claiming to be the other party's grandmother, she transferred the child's household registration to her own name.
Change your surname to your late husband's surname.
The two mothers and grandsons spent a long period of hard work. As the days passed, Zhao Xuanying also grew up little by little. Only then did Zhang Cuilan, who had worked hard so far, feel spiritual comfort.
Looking at the pair of grandsons embracing each other in front of him, Liu Weicheng slowly moved his eyes away and looked at the photo on the tombstone.
The smiling grandfather seemed to be staring at the two grandsons in front of him.
As if still alive...
"Come here for a moment."
A sudden sentence made Liu Weicheng, who was sighing, come back to his senses. He looked up and saw Zhang Cuilan waving towards him.
He was a little surprised and stood in the distance. It was not until Zhao Xuanying on the side reminded him in a low voice that he regained his composure and stepped forward.
When he came to Zhang Cuilan's side, before he could react to what he was calling him, the other person's hand grabbed his arm and pulled him down in the next second.
Just like that, she was pulled to her knees, and Zhao Xuanying on the side was treated in the same way by her grandmother.
Just when the two people present were puzzled by Zhang Cuilan's behavior, the words that came out of the old lady's mouth the next second made Zhao Xuanying on the side stunned.
He opened his eyes wide and looked at the grandma beside him with surprise.
In my mind, I kept repeating the words I just said.
"Our grandson-in-law is here too. His name is Liu Weicheng. How about... he looks very energetic."
"..."
"Milk, grandma!"
Zhao Xuanying stammered and shouted, and Zhao Xuanying seemed to be shaken when she regained consciousness. She didn't know why her grandmother suddenly said such words for no reason.
She was about to open her mouth to explain something, but the nanny's next words stopped her from uttering a single word.
"You two, please don't lie to me. Although I don't know what happened specifically... but after living for so many years, I still have a sharp eye."
"Grandma...I..."
"Don't say anything yet."
After interrupting Zhao Xuanying who was trying to explain, Zhang Cuilan, who was trying to stop him, turned her attention to Liu Weicheng.
His eyes lingered on his face, like sharp blades. Faced with such a gaze, Liu Weicheng suddenly had the idea of avoiding it.
However, before he could think about it, Zhang Cuilan's words reached his ears the next second.
"I won't ask you for specifics. Now I just want to hear what you have to say."
After a pause, Zhang Cuilan held her breath and watched.
"If you can make my family Yingying happy, just tell me if you can. Don't say much else."
"..."
Faced with Zhang Cuilan's inquiry, the two of them had a similar conversation when the other party was hospitalized for heat stroke.
But at that time, it was Zhang Cuilan’s unilateral entrustment.
However, now, after experiencing so many things, Liu Weicheng's mentality now is completely different from that then.
He also knew that what Zhang Cuilan needed at this moment was just a promise from himself.
A... heartfelt silence.
On such an occasion, under the watchful eyes of grandpa and grandma...
Under Zhao Xuanying's gaze, Liu Weicheng nodded slowly.
Open your mouth and respond.
"able."
Pause for a moment and continue adding.
"I can definitely do it." This chapter has been completed!