Volume 2 Cold Dew Chapter 1 Tourism
On the evening of August 25, some criminals poured gasoline in the yard outside a store on Wenhua Street and ignited it with a lighter. Fortunately, the store owner discovered it early and the store was equipped with a fire extinguisher. The fire brigade also arrived in time and controlled the fire in a very short time. The store owner was slightly injured and there were no other casualties...
After nearly a month of recuperation, Jiang You's hand injury was finally healed.
He just stopped exercising, and Chen Nan came to cook for him every day, and his weight quickly returned to over 80 kilograms.
After removing the gauze, the skin was revealed to be darker and lighter in patches, and a bit uneven, which looked very ugly.
When I walked out of the store, the ground was bare. The grass was gone, the chrysanthemums were gone, the succulents were gone, and the pomegranate tree was gone.
There are black burn marks left on the bluestone slab.
The family fortune that I had worked hard to build up over five or six years was lost in one day.
"Let's go."
Jiang You turned around and shouted. A little boy of five or six years old looked at him, slowly moved down his chair and walked to his side.
Jiang You turned around and locked the door.
Dragging the suitcase in one hand and holding Jiang Mo in the other, he walked out of the yard.
They went to attend the wedding of Zhao Shiqi and Zhang Qingsu.
Took a taxi to the airport.
Get your boarding pass and check in your luggage and go through security.
As he walked into the terminal, he heard someone calling his name.
"Jiang You!"
He looked in the direction where the voice came from and saw Yuan Shu standing near the departure gate, waving at him.
There was a woman standing next to Yuan Shu, wearing a black and white plaid high-waist dress. She had beautiful features and a somewhat uneasy expression.
Jiang You took a few quick steps and came in front of them.
"You guys arrived really early," his eyes fell on the face of the woman next to Yuan Shu, "Xue Bei, long time no see."
Xue Bei looked down at Jiang Mo, "Is this your child?"
"Yes." Jiang You laughed, "His name is Jiang Mo. Come here, Jiang Mo, call uncle and aunt."
"Isn't he a friend's child?" Yuan Shu exposed Jiang You.
After hearing Yuan Shu's words, Xue Bei's expression visibly relaxed.
"He's mine. I adopted him. The paperwork is still going through and he'll be here soon. Look how much he looks like me. He has the same last name as me."
Jiang Mo took a step back.
Yuan Shu noticed the skin on Jiang You's arm, "What's wrong with you?"
"On the day of the Ghost Festival, a psychopath came to my yard with a bucket of gasoline and sprinkled it everywhere. It was all over the news. My yard was burned beyond recognition. Fortunately, it didn't burn into the store..."
"No way, it's so miserable?"
"That's right, I met a psychopath."
The gate opened.
They walked out and slowly moved forward along the line, walked out of the boarding gate and got on the plane.
Three hours later, they arrived in Jinrong City.
When taking a taxi, Yuan Shu glanced at Jiang You and Xue Bei, and he sat directly in the passenger seat. Jiang You opened the back door and waited for Xue Bei and Jiang Mo to get in before he sat down and closed the door.
"We're almost there." He said to Jiang Mo.
"What's wrong with him?" Xue Bei found that Jiang Mo had not said a word.
"I didn't have breakfast because I was in a hurry to catch the flight. I only had a bite of bread on the plane. I guess I'm hungry now. I feel a little dizzy too." Jiang You found a few yogurt , stuffed one into Jiang Mo's mouth, gave one to Xue Bei, threw one to Yuan Shu, and ate one himself. "Is there anyone else coming from class?"
"There are just a few of us, including Zhou Tao." Yuan Shu's voice came from the front.
"Have you been in Tangjiang all the time?" Xue Bei asked.
"Yeah, where do you work?"
"In Ning'an District, a clothing foreign trade company."
"Foreign trade?"
"No, accounting. I got an accounting certificate after graduation."
“That’s amazing.”
“You opened a store on Wenhua Street?”
"Yuan Shu told you, right? Did you watch the new MV of the popular girl group 123 Go Forward, the latest square dance hit song "Ice Cream Summer"?"
"The lyrics, durian, banana, cantaloupe or something?"
"Yes, that one, from 2:28 to 2:33, the background was my store. After 3:11, it appeared several times again," Jiang You touched his arm, "It's a pity that it was all destroyed in a fire. Do you think I should get plastic surgery, skin grafting or something like that?"
"Does it hurt?"
"Of course it hurts."
Jiang Mo pulled Jiang You's sleeve.
"It's actually not that bad. It's just my flowers. Yuan Shu, you remember my pots of chrysanthemums and succulents," he sighed and looked out the window. "This time I just came out to relax. I'll slowly start over when I come back."
Yuan Shu recalled the appearance of the yard and said, "What a pity."
"Add me on WeChat," Xue Bei said.
"Look at my memory. I wanted to ask you for your WeChat ID before I got on the plane." Jiang You took out his phone and clicked on the QR code business card. "Scan mine."
Xue Bei took out her cell phone and scanned it.
Jiang You passed the friend.
Arrived at the hotel, took the room card and opened the door.
Jiang Mo walked straight to the bed and sat down. Jiang You opened the suitcase, took out an iPad from it, and threw it to Jiang Mo, "Look for the wifi password on the bedside table and connect it yourself."
Ginger caught it.
After a while, various Douyin hits started playing.
Blue sky and white clouds...
Meow meow meow…
Durian, banana, cantaloupe, vanilla, milk chocolate...
There was a knock on the door. Jiang You stood up and opened the door. He saw Yuan Shu standing outside.
He moved aside, "Where's Zhou Tao?"
"He can't take a leave, so he won't be here until tonight," Yuan Shu looked at Jiang Mo who was sitting on the bed watching Douyin, "He really looks much better than last time, and his eyes are much more lively."
"I raised him well."
Yuan Shu pushed the door shut.
They walked over to the sofa by the window and sat down.
Yuan Shu hesitated for a moment, "Xue Bei, I accidentally let it slip that you would come too, and she said she would come."
"fine."
"Did you really adopt him?" Yuan Shu whispered.
“Really?”
"You said last time that you brought a burden... "
"His parents died in a car accident. He was in a coma for more than a week before he woke up. His brain function was damaged," Jiang You picked up a bottle of mineral water from the coffee table, unscrewed it, and took a sip. "His uncle was a gambler and his eldest uncle abandoned him. In the end, the custody was awarded to the welfare home. You know what the welfare home is like, so I used some connections to get him back. Look, he can watch short videos by himself now."
Jiang Mo raised his head, glanced at Jiang You, and lowered his head again.
The background music of Candy Crush sounded.
Yuan Shu remembered that Jiang You's parents also died in a car accident. He said, "No wonder, it's so pitiful. What are you going to do, Xue Bei? She asked our class counselor for your home address and came to see you several times. After graduation, she came to Tangjiang."
"It's good like this now," Jiang You stood up, "I'll take him to eat something and visit the Jinrong Giant Panda Breeding Base. We'll meet again in the evening."
"OK."
