Lin Yao finally arrived in Pengcheng and came to the downstairs of the apartment where Mu Wanqing lived.
And as soon as I got off the car.
Lin Yao saw Mu Wanqing standing downstairs, independent from the world.
She was still wearing the professional suit she usually wore to work.
Mu Wanqing, who put on a skirt, black stockings and high heels, looked like she was wearing armor.
Although seen from a distance, it still has a feminine charm.
But for some reason, Lin Yao always felt like looking at a cold machine wearing steel armor.
"Thanks."
Lin Yao expressed her gratitude to Xu Huan who was driving, and then walked towards Mu Wanqing.
Mu Wanqing, who was standing motionless downstairs, finally reacted.
"sorry to bother you."
Mu Wanqing greeted Lin Yao, walked up to her, and then smiled gently.
There is nothing strange about his expression.
Just like seeing it at work.
Lin Yao looked up and down at the girl with black glasses and glasses in front of her, then showed a suspicious expression.
"What's wrong?"
Mu Wanqing smoothed her wind-blown hair on her temples and asked in a low voice.
"You're really wearing black stockings..."
Lin Yao smiled softly: "You don't mind the cold either, it's only twelve degrees in Pengcheng today."
"I have no choice. In order to let you accompany me, I have no choice but to do this."
Mu Wanqing burst out laughing.
She sent a message to Lin Yao yesterday, and before she could regret it, Lin Yao's reply came.
Lin Yao agreed to accompany her, but the only requirement was to wear black stockings.
Mu Wanqing also agreed.
"Now that I've seen it and the price has been paid, do you want to change into something more comfortable?"
Lin Yao withdrew her gaze and looked at Mu Wanqing's face.
"...No, that's fine." Mu Wanqing immediately shook her head.
"That's such a big sacrifice... let's go."
Lin Yao didn't force Mu Wanqing to change her clothes. She smiled like a spring breeze and pulled her up: "I'll accompany you home."
Mu Wanqing was pulled forward, looking at Lin Yao's ponytail swaying gently as she moved forward, she smiled gently.
soon.
The two of them sat in the car.
Xu Huan started the car.
Mu Wanqing officially embarked on her return journey.
Her hometown is not far from Pengcheng, it can even be said to be very close, just over two hours' drive.
It is a small inland city located in the northeast and belongs to the same province as Pengcheng.
Lin Yao had only heard it once.
That city is called Yicheng.
Two hours.
fleeting.
On the car.
Mu Wanqing remained silent, mainly because she fell asleep as soon as she got in the car.
Leaning on Lin Yao's shoulder, he fell into a deep sleep.
Lin Yao didn't call her, but admired the scenery along the way with a little curiosity.
It was fine at first.
After all, fifth-tier cities are also cities, but as time goes by, the closer they get to Mu Wanqing's hometown, the more desolate the scenery outside the window becomes.
Lin Yao took a few photos along the way, and then informed Lin Xi that she was safe and told her not to worry.
And after driving for more than half an hour without any people around.
A figure finally appeared outside the window.
The destination has arrived.
It was a small mountain village with towering mountains at its back.
Far away from the town, there were only a dozen families in total, and even Lin Yao didn't see a canteen.
The car stopped.
Xu Huan didn't know where to drive.
And just then.
Mu Wanqing suddenly opened her eyes and pointed to a muddy path next to her that was large enough for a car to pass.
"Turn right and go straight down."
"……good."
Xu Huan nodded, and then drove the car very steadily into the side road.
The faint sound of firecrackers reached my ears through the car window.
The wheels rolled over the debris of firecrackers on the ground, and finally I saw a large drying yard and two two-story buildings leaning against each other.
In front of the small building, the couplets are very new and have just been posted.
It shows the fact that New Year's Eve has just been celebrated.
At the same time, it also forms a strong contrast with the shed set up on the drying ground.
The mainly pale white shed was covered with white cloth, with a bed placed in the middle. White gauze separated the inside and outside of the bed.
But there was a strong wind outside, and the white gauze was blown up frequently, revealing a corpse lying on the bed with an egg covering its mouth.
In front of the shed, a huge white candle burned.
Paper money was constantly being thrown into the huge brazier.
Smoke swirls.
Xu Huan drove the car into the drying yard.
The seven or eight middle-aged people standing in front of the shed with their arms tied with white cloth all turned their heads.
The car stopped.
Mu Wanqing looked at the scene outside through the front windshield, and fell silent when she looked at the faces looking back.
"Wait for me in the car."
Mu Wanqing looked ahead. After a long time, she turned her head and looked at Lin Yao with a smile.
The smile was not forced.
On the contrary, he looked very relaxed.
Say it.
She planned to open the car door and leave.
But just when she was about to stand up, Lin Yao held her hand.
Mu Wanqing turned around.
"I'm with you."
Lin Yao shook her ponytail.
"..." Mu Wanqing shook her head and refused.
But Lin Yao held her hand hard and wouldn't let go.
Mu Wanqing was silent for a moment, then held her hand firmly and pushed open the car door with the other hand.
The sound of wind and noise filled my ears.
I saw Mu Wanqing in professional attire.
The middle-aged people standing guard in front of the temporary mourning hall showed angry expressions.
Mu Wanqing met their gazes with an expressionless face.
After getting out of the car.
She let go of Lin Yao's hand and walked to the temporary mourning hall.
Lin Yao tied up her ponytail and followed quietly.
"..."
finally.
A middle-aged man came up to him and spoke to Mu Wanqing in his native dialect.
Of course Lin Yao didn't understand.
Mu Wanqing could understand, but she just looked at the other party coldly, and then said something after the other party stopped.
Be calm, straightforward and merciless.
Just like when facing work in Linmu Studio.
The middle-aged man's tone gradually became excited.
Lin Yao finally understood a word.
dad.
However, Mu Wanqing ignored the other party and walked directly to the shed, then looked at the motionless people inside through the screen window.
The wind blew the white gauze again.
The pale man inside was revealed again.
The middle-aged man seemed angry at Mu Wanqing's neglect. He waved his hand and turned around and walked towards the small building.
Mu Wanqing didn't respond, just looked at the gauze blowing in the wind.
Lin Yao, who was standing next to her, took a look, then took out three sticks of incense from the small stand, lit it on a white candle, and handed it to Mu Wanqing.
Several other relatives looked at Lin Yao strangely, but they didn't know who she was and couldn't speak for a while.
Mu Wanqing finally reacted. She looked at Lin Yao who handed the incense to her, whispered thank you, then reached out to take the incense and bowed towards the mourning hall.
Put incense.
then.
She casually grabbed a bunch of paper money and threw it into the fire plate, then walked aside.
There were no tears, not many expressions, and she would have even forgotten to offer incense if Lin Yao hadn't reminded her.
And finally.
She only did the minimum necessary.
Even though the person lying in the shed was her biological father.
Several middle-aged men couldn't help but shake their heads.
But they didn't seem to be as close as the first middle-aged man to Mu Wanqing, and they didn't say anything.
then.
The middle-aged man who left angrily came back, handed a photo of his body to Mu Wanqing, and said something.
Then Mu Wanqing didn't wait for her reaction.
He turned around, called to the others, lifted the white cloth, and moved the body into the coffin.
At the same time, Lin Yao died.
A pickup truck drove in...
Mu Wanqing took the photo of the deceased and didn't even look at the person in the photo. She just mechanically turned the photo over and looked into the distance.
…
Cremation, burial, banquet with guests.
The vigil is waived.
Keep everything simple.
Mu Wanqing participated in the first two sessions.
She held the photo and sent the body to be cremated.
Then he followed the team and buried his father's ashes in the mountains.
And Lin Yao has always been with him.
Xu Huan wanted to speak several times, but Lin Yao stopped him.
Lin Yao stood next to Mu Wanqing and accompanied her through all the steps.
Come down from the mountain.
The group was ready to go back for dinner.
But after Mu Wanqing came down from the mountain, she did not follow the flow of people back. Instead, she grabbed Lin Yao's wrist, let the others leave first, and then took Lin Yao to another direction.
Lin Yao glanced at the crowd, then followed Mu Wanqing and walked forward.
The two walked through the fields and then came to a small stream.
Mu Wanqing pulled Lin Yao and walked for a short distance by the stream. Then she suddenly stopped and picked off an unknown vegetation that resembled grapefruit leaves. While walking around Lin Yao, she swept it over her body.
There are still words in his mouth.
"The bad luck has dissipated."
Lin Yao: "..."
She looked at the serious Mu Wanqing and did not struggle, but allowed her to complete the ceremony.
Mu Wanqing walked around Lin Yao, scanned it carefully, and then scanned her own limbs.
at last.
She looked at Xu Huan aside.
Xu Huan shook his head: "I don't believe this."
Mu Wanqing didn't force anything either.
Xu Huan glanced at the two of them and thought for a while: "I'm going to go shopping in front. If you need anything, just call me."
"good."
Lin Yao smiled at her and then said, "Sorry to trouble you."
Xu Huan nodded, then walked forward and quickly disappeared from sight.
Mu Wanqing also dropped the branch and turned to look across the stream.
"Lin Yao."
Mu Wanqing looked at the scenery across the creek for a while, then suddenly called out to Lin Yao beside her.
"Um?"
"I have herded cows here, do you believe it?"
Mu Wanqing turned her head and asked with a faint smile on her face.
"Ah?" Lin Yao was stunned.
"It's right opposite. You can't see it in winter now, but there's quite a lot of grass there in spring and summer."
Mu Wanqing said softly: "When I was in elementary school, the first thing I did after school every day was to pull out my own cows with other peers, and then go to the opposite side to let them eat grass, while I sat on the grass and played
Stone……"
"...It's hard to imagine."
Lin Yao glanced at Mu Wanqing, who was wearing a professional suit next to her, and said from the bottom of her heart.
"Actually, I'm quite happy."
Mu Wanqing smiled and said: "No one cares about me. As long as the cow is not lost, the time belongs to me. Although it sounds unpleasant, it is indeed the happiest time for me."
"Um."
Lin Yao looked at Mu Wan's fair face in profile, and then nodded gently.
"It's a pity that this time didn't last long. I was in the sixth grade, probably when I was in the sixth grade."
Mu Wanqing whispered: "The cow was sold, it seemed to cost two thousand yuan, and I couldn't come out. After all, I couldn't let myself go. At that time, I had to stay at home after school..."
Speaking of which.
Mu Wanqing paused, then said with a gentle smile: "I can't say that I am happy at home... But I can see Quan Wuxing, one accuses the other of gambling, and gives away the two thousand yuan from selling the cow that has not yet been heated to others.
The other one accused the other person of stealing someone, and it was unclear who he was referring to... Then he pulled his hair and punched the other person in the face, which was really hilarious."
Lin Yao: "..."
"Of course, we are husband and wife after all, and sometimes we can reach a consensus."
Mu Wanqing looked across the stream again: "For example, facing me, both of them felt that it was useless for girls to study. They had already prepared for me to work. Even when I graduated from junior high school, they even found a husband for me.
Already.
As a small mountain village, it may be said that it is ignorant or it may be said that it is too poor to do anything. In short, the matter is settled like this.
Of course, I didn't agree, and then the two of them started to speak out in unison... One said that I had no conscience and cried all over the place, while the other punched me so hard that my face was so swollen that I didn't even dare to go out."
"……never mind."
Lin Yao suddenly walked around to Mu Wanqing, held her face in her hands, and said with a sullen face, "You'd better stop talking, I don't really want to hear it."
Mu Wanqing looked at the serious expression on the face of the girl in front of her and smiled softly: "Although it sounds uncomfortable, it's actually okay after it passes. I don't mind it for a long time."
"I mind."
Lin Yao pursed her glossy red lips, and then repeated: "I mind."
"...Actually, my story in my hometown ends here."
Mu Wanqing was stunned for a moment, then she took Lin Yao's hand that was holding her face, pulled her to sit on the grass, and said with a gentle smile: "What follows is the story of my life in other places, but let's talk about it.
It does make people feel a little uncomfortable. I'm sorry, I was negligent."
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Lin Yao held her fingers tightly and whispered.
"yes."
Mu Wanqing nodded lightly: "It's all over... I'm just feeling a little emotional. The person who spoke to me just now is my father's brother. I should call him uncle. You can also see that he is very dissatisfied with me.
, because I don’t even care about my father’s death.
Of course, it could also be because my mother died last time and I wasn't very concerned about it, so he was a little resentful.
After all, in the traditional concept, no matter what, the deceased is the greatest, and the other person raised me, even if I am hypocritical, my attitude needs to be blameless.
But I really can’t do it...let alone tears, I didn’t even feel sad just now.”
"After all, a gambling dog and a bitter shrew, they both brought nothing to me."
Mu Wanqing calmly commented on her parents: "I didn't agree to get married, so they asked me to work and asked me to give them money every month. In order to collect enough tuition and money for them,
I almost gave up.
At that time, they didn't say that I was working too hard and asked me not to pay. Not only that, the two of them wanted more and more... My uncle probably knew about this, but he didn't say anything at the time.
, now why do you say that the other party at least raised me?"
"When I was a freshman in college, my sarcastic mother passed away, my gambling father even asked me to pay for the funeral, but he didn't mention any of this? Instead, he remembered that I came back a day late.
I'm just wondering, is it true that as long as people die, everything they do will disappear?"
"..."
Lin Yao sighed.
"I really thought about it at the time. When my bitter mother passed away, I thought about what the couple had brought to me. I thought about it carefully... and finally came to the conclusion that in addition to giving them...
My life has led me to poverty. Marriage and men are all original sins. It has made me only want to make money and nothing else."
Mu Wanqing shook her head slightly, then turned her head, looked at Lin Yao next to her again, and asked: "Lin Yao, you should still remember, right? When we first met, you took the plan and asked if we could move forward.
At that time, I asked you if you could let me climb up again... At that time, I really wanted to make money, and make a lot of money, so much that I no longer had to worry about it, and so much that I could feel at ease...
When the project failed, I was really unwilling, very unwilling. At that time, I was probably already sick."
"I don't think you're sick. Your tone at the time... didn't sound like you were sick, but it seemed like you were putting on a show and wanted to explain the risks to me clearly."
Lin Yao disagreed with her statement.
Mu Wanqing smiled softly: "Only you would think so, and only you would think so... I was really extreme at the time. When I was kicked out of the second development unit, I really thought about dying with Chen Nuo.
"
"...?" Lin Yao looked at Mu Wanqing in surprise.
"real."
Mu Wanqing nodded and said seriously: "If you hadn't come to me, I would have really considered it. After all, I really want to make money and am afraid of losing what I got at that time... Of course, this is all in the past.
As you just said, everything is over."
"Then the two of us spent time together."
"I finally got the money and status I dreamed of."
"The general manager of Linmu Studio, you have an annual salary of tens of millions."
"And after I had these, I slowly stopped thinking about making money, and I was no longer extreme. I only thought about one thing... To a certain extent, Linmu Studio is indeed magical."
Mu Wanqing looked at Lin Yao's side face and smiled again: "Since last year, maybe it was because of my time at Lin Mu Studio that I slowly let go of my obsession and started to rethink family.
meaning, thinking about what my parents brought to me...
Of course, I still feel that they didn’t bring me many useful things, but I admit that they did give birth to me... I thought at that time, in a few years, when I don’t mind it anymore, I will return to my hometown in glory.
Let them see how well that girl who couldn't wait to send away is living now.
But it all ended before it could happen... He actually died outside because he was drunk and cold, ha, this is too ugly."
Mu Wanqing slowly put away the smile on her face, looked forward again, pursed her red lips: "It's really... too ugly."