C41

Chapter 41 - Surrender

"Are you Su Rong's daughter?" Su Qiao An had just returned from the market and was holding a vegetable basket.

When the neighbors upstairs saw her, they greeted her affectionately.

The corner of Su Qiao An's mouth twitched as he smiled, "Grandma Chen."

"Hey, little girl, it's really you who's back!" Grandma Chen sat on the stairs and waved towards her. "Come come come, let this old lady take a good look at you."

Su Qiao An carried the vegetable basket up the stairs and sat on the small stool beside Grandma Chen.

"I'm already old, so I can't see clearly through others. I thought I was mistaken." Grandma Chen squinted her eyes as she looked at Su Qiao An, inspecting him carefully, "Girl, you left for a few years and still haven't returned to visit me."

"Grandma Chen, look, didn't I return?" She and Su Rong had lived in this building before. Although the building was old and narrow, it was still full of memories of the mother and daughter pair.

"Since your mother died, you have also left. Grandma is here alone! They all feel lonely. " The Grandma Chen let out a long sigh, "All of the young people here have left, it's not as lively as before. All of the moving people have left, and only we, the lonely old man, are left here."

"Granny, I will always be here to accompany you." When Su Qiao An heard the Grandma Chen's words, his heart ached.

In the past, this building had been very lively, with many small families living in it. The sound of people chopping vegetables and cooking could be heard the moment dinner was served.

Now that they were all old, the young people naturally wouldn't want to live in this place. They had already left this place, and the more people there were, the more people there would be.

"It's good that you're back … "It's good that you're back …" Grandma Chen held Su Qiao An's hand and gently patted the back of her hand.

When Su Qiao An saw that those who had taken care of her in the past were already old, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Time flew, and people changed.

She would not be able to return to the past, and there would be no one waiting for her at home like Su Rong, and he had even lit a lamp for her.

"Little girl, how have you been these years?" Grandma Chen asked with concern.

Su Qiao An nodded slightly, "Grandma, I'm doing pretty well."

She wasn't sick or handicapped, but she was fine holding her breath. She wasn't asking for anything else.

"When I saw you being taken away by a rich person, I saw many rules from rich people. Grandma was afraid that you wouldn't be happy." Grandma Chen doted on her from the bottom of her heart.

Su Qiao An's cold heart seemed to have a warm current flowing through it. It had been a long time since someone was so concerned about her life and death.

Sure enough, anyone should be standing in the same position. She shouldn't be deluding herself into a world that didn't belong to her.

At the very least, there would still be people who would care about her.

"Grandma, I'm really fine. Don't worry about me." Su Qiao An forced out a smile, the lens around his eyes had turned into a thin layer of mist.

She wanted to run away, but when she thought about it, where could she hide now?

Even if she wanted to emigrate, the paperwork would still take some time. If she wanted to go abroad, she would need to find a suitable time and leave so that no one would be able to find out where she was.

She couldn't leave now, and she wasn't willing to stay in the apartment. She was afraid that Zhu Jiangci would come knocking on her door at any time.

This was the only place he could come to, and the only place he could hide.

In these past few years, Su Qiao An had never dared to return. Ever since the incident with Su Rong, she had never once stepped half a step into this place.

Now that she had fled in a sorry state and returned to this old place, she didn't feel good in her heart either.

It was impossible for him to face his own mistake, and even more so unable to accept that Su Rong had died because of her.

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The sky was clear and the sky was sparse. The tube building, which was located far away from the city, was exceptionally quiet during the night.

The soundproofing didn't work well. She could still hear the television being played in other people's houses.

He opened the window with great difficulty. Perhaps it was because he had been out of repair for a long time, and the window was stained with rust. It was not easy to push and pull the window.

The sound of the window opening was loud, especially in the quiet and empty night. It was as if there was a clear echo in the valley.

The locust tree outside the window was swaying slightly with the wind, its branches swaying in the wind.

The small room once carried her full of memories. Before the college entrance examination, there would always be a lamp burning in this room, and she would always stand at this window to watch! She was looking forward to it!

She excitedly drew out a magnificent blueprint, but before she could realize it, it was shattered.

It was foolish to look into the darkness at night and not see anything. How could she have felt that there was a beautiful future awaiting her?

Zhu Jiangci was too outstanding. From the first time they met, Su Qiao An felt that he was different from the others, and deeply captivated her heart.

She had forgotten that this difference was formed from the common world and reality. He was eye-catching, and she was not the only one who could see his brilliance.

She traversed the gullies that separated them, hoping to see the light.

However, she had forgotten again that the dazzling light would make her miserable appearance appear everywhere.

People go crazy about something once, she went crazy over it, she was paranoid, she lost everything.

The leaves rustled in the wind, and through the gaps in the leaves, a blurry figure could be vaguely seen.

The dim yellow street lamps lit up the quiet road, moths circled around the lights.

A moth flying into a flame, it was only because she was thinking about that light, wasn't she the same as well?

The man leaning against the car was tall and well-built, his shadow drawn long by the dim light of a street lamp.

Su Qiao An was in a trance, the closer he got, the more shocked he was. His heart was beating faster, until even his blood was boiling.

She knew she should be hiding, but she couldn't help but walk out of the building and walk straight into the trap.

"Have you had enough fun?" In the quiet night, his voice was like a pot of old wine that had been stored away for many years, low and mellow.

"I didn't play …" She didn't do anything wrong, and just had to lower her voice unconsciously when facing Zhu Jiangci; she was inexplicably guilty.

"Not playing? If you didn't play, then why did you come here and disappear? " Zhu Jiangci frowned, his tone carrying a bit of ridicule towards her: "How old are you, to be able to pull such childish tricks?"

How big was he now?

She couldn't even remember which year she started, and she slowly walked into a dead end. No matter how she walked, she couldn't find it. She despaired!

"Do you know where this is?" "This place should be a slum for you, a trash heap. You might not step even half a step into this place in your entire life, but this is my heaven, the only place I can see happiness in."

"But a few years ago, I destroyed it myself. I have no more happiness, no more memories." From the moment she reunited with Zhu Jiangci, she had nothing left.