In the following days, I stayed obediently with Guan Yue.
Guan Yue said that Qiao Nuo specifically told me to do this because he was afraid that Su Yuan would do something to hurt me again. I didn't contact Su Yuan either. We were already distant and distant, so why bother pretending? This is also good, we don't bother each other.
On weekends, I asked Guan Yue to invite Qiao Nuo and Guan Xia to come over for dinner, and I cooked for them myself. In fact, my cooking skills are no less than Dong Mingyang. After all, in the past few years living in the shantytown, I had to cook for Ai He and his daughter. Guan Xia knew that I could cook, and he made sarcastic remarks for a long time, until Qiao Nuo gave him a cold look, and he shut up. Guan Yue, the eldest lady who never touched the water, was eating snacks and playing games in the living room. Only Qiao Nuo came to the kitchen, not minding the smell of oil smoke, and sincerely offered to help.
I agreed readily, but then I regretted it. He, a young master, was even more clumsy than Guan Yue in cooking. After he messed up my dish for the fifth time, I pushed him out of the kitchen in dissatisfaction. His expression was a little embarrassed and aggrieved, but it disappeared quickly. He reluctantly agreed to leave and told me to be careful when cooking. As soon as he left, I suddenly couldn't help wanting to laugh.
It seems that he should not be angry anymore. That's good. I am the worst at coaxing people.
The dishes were quickly prepared. When Guan Xia found out that I was the only one who made the five dishes and the soup, her jaw dropped and she even forgot to make sarcastic remarks. Guan Yue was only busy eating and didn't want to give me any compliments. Only Qiao Nuo loosened his collar and asked with a strange look, "Jing'an, how did you manage to prepare a table of food in such a short time?"
"Oh, practice makes perfect!" I said with a smile, took off my apron and gave him a big bowl of rice.
"Uncle still lets you do these?" His expression became more and more ugly, and Guan Xia and Guan Yue's movements slowed down.
"No, no, I always ask her to cook for me!" Guan Yue tried to smooth things over, and I nodded, "Yes, Guan Yue, this greedy guy always asks me to cook for her."
Jonno looked at both of us doubtfully, then smiled.
"That's good." He looked at me and said in a light voice.
I don't know if it was because of Qiao Nuo, but Guan Xia didn't bother me so blatantly, and even took the initiative to help clean up after the meal. Watching these three normally self-respecting young people busy washing dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen, I actually found it funny that I could actually see this scene in my lifetime.
Looking at the sunlight pouring in through the French windows, I suddenly felt that life could be beautiful. There are a few people to chat and eat with, a sister who can hug you and cry with you, and a man who will be worried because you are too skilled in cooking.
My eyes unconsciously fell on Qiao Nuo's back, and my heart suddenly began to panic.
No, no, don’t be too pretentious.
I was muttering to myself and looking away, when my cell phone happened to ring. The moment I saw the number, I had a bad feeling. The number was not Su Yuan's, but Su Yuan's secretary's.
Qiao Nuo wiped his hands and came out of the kitchen. Seeing my gloomy expression, he asked me what was wrong.
I looked at him with a wry smile, and suddenly felt that Su Yuan really played a good hand.
Half an hour later, the four of us arrived at the largest hospital in the city center to visit Su Yuan.
Su Yuan's secretary told me that Su Yuan was attacked by unidentified people on his way back from a meeting and was admitted to the hospital with injuries.
As Su Yuan's daughter, I should be at the hospital as soon as possible. Qiao Nuo and Guan Xia shouldn't have come, but when they saw that I looked upset, they followed me anyway.
When I saw Su Yuan, he was already lying on the bed with his wound bandaged. Chen Pei, who was standing by, had not had a good look since she saw me come in. I knew why she was angry, after all, Qiao Nuo had warned Su Yuan because of me.
"Go back, you are not needed here." Su Yuan saw that Chen Pei and I were looking at each other. It would not be good if this continued. He did not want to make a fool of himself in front of Qiao Nuo and the two children of the Guan family.
"Okay, I'll go back first, take care of yourself!" Chen Pei kept telling me, and I couldn't bear to look at her in a coquettish tone. When she left, Chen Pei deliberately walked past me and gave me a fierce look.
I pretended I saw nothing and rolled my eyes in my heart.
After Chen Pei left, the first person Su Yuan greeted was naturally Qiao Nuo. He had a happy face, and I hadn't seen him flattering for many years. Qiao Nuo also gave him enough face and politely called him uncle. The two of them exchanged greetings. I sat down in a random place with a cold face. Guan Yue held my hand beside me because she knew that I was suppressing my emotions.
Everyone knows that he called me just to ask me to bring Jonno over.
Although this is the truth, I still can't stand his inherently mean look. It feels like you want to be inferior to me, but you have to take my self-esteem away with you. Especially after Guan Xia looked at me with that mocking expression, this suppressed anger became even stronger.
After taking three deep breaths, I couldn't control myself anymore. I stood up, walked to Su Yuan, and smiled, "Dad, you are tired too. It's time to rest. Qiao Nuo and the others have something to do. Let them go first. I will take care of you."
Su Yuan was stunned, then smiled awkwardly and nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, yes, uncle forgot that you still have things to do, you go back first, and come to my house for dinner another day!"
Qiao Nuo smiled and nodded , then turned around and exchanged glances with Guan Xia. Guan Yue also knew that this was my family matter, and since Su Yuan was fine, it would be inappropriate for her to stay here any longer. So she decided to go with them. Before leaving, Qiao Nuo patted my head and gave me a comforting look. I knew he saw through my bad mood and hoped that I would calm down. I took a deep breath and nodded heavily.
After they left, the huge ward suddenly became much emptier, with only Su Yuan and I left.
I turned around and looked at the man intently.
Time seemed to go back to the moment when he slapped me in the face. The conflict between him and me did not subside because of the few days of not seeing each other. Maybe this was not the conflict between him and me a few days ago, but the resentment that had been bubbling up for so many years, which both he and I pretended to ignore.
I hate him for bringing me into this world but not loving me and even abandoning me.
He hated me for not being a boy and for being of no use to him.
"Tell me, what tricks are you going to use next time? Lose arms and legs? Or become a vegetable?" I put my hands in my pockets and walked arrogantly in front of him. I already look like this anyway, so why bother pretending?
"Su Jing'an, I don't want to be angry with you now. Get out of here. I don't want to see you." There was not a trace of disgust in his eyes. He drove me away like a big boss. The more he did this, the more interesting I found it. I even moved a stool and sat in front of him.
"Please don't. I am your only child. I am worried about you ."
"I don't have a daughter like you! How dare you let Qiao Nuo use the company cooperation to threaten me?!" He was so angry that veins bulged.
"You asked for this. If you let me get close to him, you should be prepared to be threatened! I tell you, don't go too far. This trick may work once or twice, but you should know that it won't work more than three times!" I raised my voice, and he started to cough in anger. I watched coldly, not moved at all. This man who looked extraordinary and a successful entrepreneur was nothing in my eyes. He brought me into this world, but threw me into the darkness.
"Su Jing'an, fine, let's see who has the last laugh between the two of us," he forced a smile from his gloomy expression, "You can be free and don't consider me at all, but don't forget your mother. I can't beat Qiao Nuo behind you, so can I beat her?"
"If I don't have a good life, you won't have a good life either!"
I suddenly felt that I had never really known him.
A man actually uses his former wife to threaten his own daughter. Is he still a human being?
In the end, I laughed, shaking my head as I laughed, as if I wanted to shake off all the disappointment in my heart.
He looked at my reaction with a cold face, and I didn't want to give him any reaction at all. After all, arguing with a meaningless person is a particularly meaningless thing in itself.
There is still a long time to go, so let’s just wait and see.
I said this to him in my heart.
That night, I didn't go home, nor did I go to Lin Fang's place.
Guan Yue sent me a message, but I didn't read it. I wandered along the river bank for a long time, and I didn't know where to stay. The depressed and bad emotions in my heart were like layers of tangled threads that entangled me. I wanted to be alone and quiet. It was not until the night got darker and the weather turned cold that I thought of the school as a place to stay.
In fact, I seldom live in the dormitory, but the sisters in the dormitory did not isolate me because of this. Every time I come back, they are very welcoming.
It was also at this time that I realized that the dormitory was the only little world that truly belonged to me.
I am not a person who is particular about my bed, but I slept very well that night in the school dormitory.
It seemed as if all the troubles had nothing to do with me. I was just a female college student who came here to study like everyone else.
It seemed like I hadn't slept so soundly in a long time, so when I opened my eyes the next day, it was already afternoon. If I dawdled a little longer, the sun would surely have set.
I got up and turned on my phone in a daze, only to find a lot of missed calls from Guan Yue. Fearing that she had something urgent to say, I called her back immediately.
But what I didn't expect was that after the call was connected, her first words were: "Honey, something happened to me!"
I jumped out of bed in shock. Without even bothering to wash my face or brush my teeth, I just threw on my clothes and rushed out.
To be honest, in this life, besides my mother, she is the only person who makes me feel scared to the point of my legs going weak .
When I learned that she was in the school clinic, I immediately rushed over. Along the way, I even imagined all kinds of plots like Qiong Yao's dramas in my mind, and my tears were almost bursting out because of my own artificial sentimentality.
But the reality is always cruel. When I rushed into the infirmary, what I saw was Guan Yue with her legs resting on a chair, leisurely eating a banana.
I breathed a sigh of relief, then rushed over and gave her a hard slap. She grimaced in pain and yelled, "Honey, why are you doing this to me?"
"What did I do to you? You scared me to death! I thought something happened to you. How did you get hurt? You were fine during the day." I sat down and wanted to see her injury, but found that it was just a scraped knee.
"The problem isn't the injury, it's the heart!" She covered her chest seriously, "I was scared to death!"
"I heard you chattering as soon as I walked in!" Guan Xia came in with medicine and put it next to Guan Yue, "The two of you together are more lively than the radio!"
When Guan Xia came, I unconsciously shut my mouth, but Guan Yue became happy and kept pulling Guan Xia, asking: "Are you going to have it, are you going to have it?"
"What do you want?" I couldn't help asking.
"Contact information!" Guan Yue laughed so hard that her body shook. She came over to gesture to me, "When I went out to buy things with a girl from the dormitory, we were dragged into a fight with a group of girls. I got angry and started arguing with them. Those female hooligans were too good at fighting. How could I beat them? At this critical moment, a handsome guy appeared!"
"Handsome guy?" I looked at her speechlessly. I knew her taste. After all, when the school hunk pursued her, she thought he was ugly.
"Oh, it was really cool this time, especially cool. Then he settled all these things and sent me to the infirmary." She described it with a smile on her face, and Guan Xia and I shook our heads helplessly.
"Guan Xia sent him out for me and even asked for his contact information for me!" Guan Yue blinked and asked Guan Xia for confirmation. Guan Xia sighed and replied helplessly, "Yes, I'll give it to you later!"
After that, he poured a glass of water for Guan Yue, and then handed the medicine to her and asked her to drink it. At this time, I noticed that Guan Yue's wound was not small, and suddenly I felt distressed again. If I was by her side, no one else could touch her.
"How did the fight between that group of people involve you?" I couldn't help but wonder. Guan Xia looked at me, indicating that I had hit the nail on the head.
"I suspect someone did it on purpose," Guan Xia said, rolling her eyes at me, "and it has something to do with you."
"It's about me?" I pointed at my face in surprise.
"You are a trouble, and your sister is also a trouble!" Guan Xia confronted me with a serious tone.
I still hadn't understood what Guan Xia meant, I just felt that this person had started to criticize me for no reason again, and I felt aggrieved.
Just as we were about to roll up our sleeves and start fighting, Guan Yue immediately called a halt.
"You two have no humanity, I don't care who plotted against me, I only care about that handsome guy now!" Guan Yue shouted at Guan Xia, then turned around and pulled me excitedly, "He dropped out of school and now has no formal job. I want him to work in my company!"
"Are you crazy?" Guan Xia and I said in unison.
Many times I admire the tacit understanding between Guan Xia and I, because Guan Yue makes our temper points exactly the same.
"What's wrong? He looks like a very decent person. Guan Xia has seen him before. He has thick eyebrows and big eyes. He is very loyal!" Guan Yue became more and more excited as she spoke. "Anyway, our company is short of staff. You can arrange one for him. He can be a driver!"
"Would they be willing?" Guan Xia advised earnestly.
"Of course. How could he not want to accept the invitation of a beautiful lady like me?" Guan Yue started to act coquettishly, pulling Guan Xia's arm and shaking it.
I shrugged my shoulders and looked at this funny guy. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart that Guan Xia was too concerned about his reputation. This sister-con man couldn't win over Guan Yue at all, but he still tried to save face. It was such a waste of his life.
I never do anything to waste my life.
Turning my head, I watched the sunset slowly move toward the horizon. The evening breeze blew in, and the curtains swayed slightly. Students who were leaving get out of class walked out of the school in groups, and the boys and girls chattered happily. People on bicycles would ring bells and shout "Excuse me, please." There were also teenagers sweating profusely on the basketball court.
Life goes on just as I have decorated it, and everything is so peaceful and beautiful.
Looking at all this, even the irritability that Su Yuan brought to me was much relieved.
I raised my arms and stretched.
If life goes on like this, it would be nice.
There is something to do and someone to accompany you.
At least, I am satisfied.
But I was too stupid and didn't realize that fate had reached out and blinded my eyes, making it difficult for me to see the path and trajectory of the future, so that I would always fall easily and lose my way.
God will only give you a answer sheet, but not the answer.
Just like I could never have imagined that the boy who had bewitched Guan Yue so much had such a close relationship with me.