After resting for a while, Li Gaobo and his father led the police team out of the train, and Zhang Song's journey continued on. The train won't arrive until tomorrow morning. Fortunately, after last night's incident, the train returned to its previous tranquil state. Zhang Song also moved from the hard seat to the comfortable, soft sleeping carriage, no longer needing to continue suffering.
Just as Zhang Song was riding on the train back to his hometown, Zhang Song's home received a few important guests.
It was ordinary and simple, but it seemed very clean.
The man was Cao Gongde who had come before. The three women were Zhang Guinan, Zhang Yu and Lin Xia. Originally, Zhang Fangxia was also home, but he was deliberately ejected by Zhang Guinan and Lin Xia, so only the four of them were left.
The four of them faced each other, but no one spoke. The room was extremely quiet, but everyone knew that this was the calm before the storm.
Zhang Yu was the first to be unable to bear this quiet suppression, and the first to speak: "Sister-in-law, I believe that you know the reason why we're here. It's been so many years, so what can't you see?"
"Yes, sister-in-law. Could it be that you will bear to see Fang Xia and Xiao Song suffer here?" We know that you have suffered a lot in the past few years, but Fang Xia and Little Song are after all, still children, and they should not have suffered this much. " Cao Gongde saw that his wife had started to speak, and agreed with her.
"If you had said this a few years ago, perhaps I would have thought about it. However, some things have already become a foregone conclusion, so is there still a chance to change it? "It's too late. It's already too late. What should have happened has already happened, and what shouldn't have happened has already happened. Don't you think that it's too late for you?" Zhang Guinan's eyes were like sharp knives as he stared at Zhang Yu and Cao Gongde.
Lin Xia stared at Zhang Guinan with sadness in his eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly moved, as though he wanted to say something, but when the words reached his mouth, he swallowed them back, but his eyes never left Zhang Guinan's face.
"Sigh, sister-in-law, it's not that we don't want to redeem ourselves, we don't want to make up for the hardships you've gone through. It's just that we haven't been able to find any trace of you. As soon as we heard the news about you, we immediately rushed over. You are our sister-in-law, while Fang Xia and Xiao Song are also our nieces and nephews. Cao Gongde kindly said to Zhang Guinan.
"Yes, sister-in-law. I can understand your feelings, but I can't help myself. After so many years have passed, we still have nothing to put aside. We are all human mothers, we should look forward, even if it is not for our own sake, it is also for the sake of Fang Xia and Little Song. " When Zhang Yu thought about the past, she really wanted to cry. At this moment, her eyes had already dimmed.
"Isn't that better? In this generation of the Zhang Family, there are only three children. If Fang Xia and Xiao Song don't go back, you should be satisfied. Without them, Little Jia could reasonably become the Zhang Family's successor. Not to mention that I don't want them to go back, even if I wanted them to, they wouldn't go back so easily, like you all have said. I've already experienced the warmth and coldness of family seventeen years ago, so I don't want to see my own children living in a family that doesn't have any feelings for others. Zhang Guinan said faintly.
"Sister-in-law, since we have come, we have made all the preparations. As long as you are willing to go back, I will leave with Gongde and Little Jia. You don't have to worry about these siblings fighting over who is the successor. As long as you are willing, we will disappear forever." Zhang Yu promised sincerely.
"Looks like he put pressure on you. Xiao Yu, I know that you and Gongde are kind-hearted people, but, there are some things that we cannot decide. " Zhang Guinan shook his head and sighed.
"Sister-in-law, I understand everything you say, and I can understand it too. I know that you are as kind as you were back then. However, his father was only a year older than him, and public virtue was only his son-in-law after all. It couldn't be compared to his elder brother's flesh and blood. Even though the old man is smiling like a flower with Little Jia by his side, I can see how much sadness and disappointment the old man has hidden behind his smile. Even if he's my biological grandson, he's still far from being able to compare to the old man's grandson he hasn't seen for many years. " Zhang Yu explained.
"If he had known what life was like with his own grandson and granddaughter, he would not have been so resolute seventeen years ago." Zhang Guinan gritted his teeth in hatred when he thought of the past. She had never forgotten that year, that time when she was in that family with no humanity to speak of.
Lin Xia, who had never spoken before, could no longer hold it in, and spoke out: "Xiao Nan, you must know that the future of Fang Xia and Xiao Song is limitless, they still have a lot to do, they have already grown up, and have built a family, so there is a heavy burden on them." Lin Xia tried his best to persuade Zhang Guinan.
"That's right, Sister-in-law. If Fang Xia and Xiao Song can return, then their future will be as limitless as what Sister Lin Xia said. At the very least, they will be able to take fewer detours than most children. Zhang Yu took the opportunity to add.
"This …" Lin Xia's words caused him to sink into deep thought.
Just when it was difficult for Zhang Guinan to make a decision, his own daughter, Zhang Fangxia, was aimlessly strolling in the desolate alleys and alleys.
"Mom and Auntie Lin Xia must have concealed something from me and deliberately kept me away from her. It's just that, if there is any secret between them, I am not allowed to listen on the side." Zhang Fangxia whispered to himself as he walked in the alley, puzzled.
As he spoke, he couldn't help but take out the jade pendant that was given to him by the mysterious youth who was slightly younger than him.
He thought back to an afternoon a few days ago, when he went to see Mu Xinyi as usual. Arriving at the grave, he helped Mu Xinyi carefully clean the weeds on the grave.
The mysterious youth nodded to himself and walked over to the grave. Zhang Fangxia stood at the side and silently observed this mysterious stranger. Even though his back was facing Zhang Fangxia, it was as if the mysterious youth had seen through Zhang Fangxia as he turned around and smiled at Zhang Fangxia, and then said softly, "You should not have been born in this world full of unsettled worries. Maybe the heavens are jealous of beauties, so a profound woman like you, who only exists for nine days or more, will experience the suffering of the mortal world's love, hatred, and the deaths of people of both life and death. "
Zhang Fangxia stared fixedly at the mysterious youth who had uttered those astonishing words, and asked doubtfully: "Are you praising me, or reprimanding the heavens for being unfair?" As he spoke, he pointed his finger towards the distant horizon and said weakly.
The mysterious youth laughed, and did not answer Zhang Fangxia's question. Maybe this question was too profound to him, and he did not know how to answer Zhang Fangxia. She then took out half of the jade pendant and held it in her hand, but the place where Zhang Fangxia was standing was blocked by the mysterious youth, causing her to be unable to see the broken jade pendant in his hand.
The mysterious young man's voice sounded a little aged as he said, "The love between marriage and disaster is accompanied by fortune; destiny and fate are intertwined on the Stone of Three Lives; true love goes through the vicissitudes and perishes with women."
Zhang Fangxia was even more confused by the young man's words, so he asked: "Who are you? Why do you always say things that don't make sense? "Could you explain to me what that really means?"
The mysterious youth still had his back facing Zhang Fangxia and said with a chuckle, "I am only sighing with emotion, you don't need to understand. "I'll ask you this: If I were to give you a choice, would you believe in manpower over the heavens, or would you believe in the unfathomable nature of heaven?"
Zhang Fangxia thought for a moment, then replied: "Although people say that humans are superior to heaven, I feel that they are only looking for psychological comfort, and can also be said to be a form of motivation to give themselves courage, if I were to choose, I would rather look at the second point of view," Heaven's will is unfathomable. "We are not envied by people, we are only mortals, we have no way of knowing what we will face in the next moment, just like how I was unable to predict your arrival here previously. I wonder if my answer will satisfy you? "
"Hehe, very good. From those words, I can hear the thoughts in your heart. "Then, the next question that I want to ask you is the last one." The mysterious youth paused for a moment, then said, "Do you believe in love, or in the love of two people who truly love each other?"
Zhang Fangxia replied without hesitation: "Why can't I believe it? If they truly love each other and truly stick together, I would rather believe that they can grow old together. Otherwise, how can there be such things as "together forever", "forever", "like silk in the shrubbery", "like a rock without shifting its shape", "like a wingbird", "like a branch" from ancient times until the present … "Waiting for these beautiful modifiers."
The mysterious youth continued to ask, "If it's as you said, then how do you explain the day you were jealous of my beauty? How can she explain this, who has already turned to dust in front of us? "
"This question, let us return to the first question. Just as I said, heaven's will is hard to predict. To them, it is fate that makes people mad. No one can see through this mysterious heaven's will, no one can see the future, and no one can predict what will happen in the future. Some people are destined to be each other's life in a hurry, there is no such thing as an endless banquet. Although there are some stops, but they will still leave in the end. This is something that heaven has predestined for a long time, only then will we be able to find the person who truly belongs to us in the vast sea of people. Just like the old saying, "Not yours. Even if you use all kinds of methods, he or she will still leave eventually. It's yours. Even if you don't use any methods, he or she will always be yours. He or she won't be able to escape." Everything has to be left to its own devices. "