1987 My Era

Chapter 447: Developing in an uncontrollable direction
Chen family.

I wonder how the call with the Shanghai Stock Exchange ended?
Listening to the "beep beep" sound coming from the red receiver, Chen Zijin's mind was a mess. He put the receiver on the sofa in a daze and sat there in a daze.

At this moment, her mind was full of the word "husband".

Did this teacher Yu also end up like this?
Was it him who teased Teacher Yu?

Or is it that Teacher Yu fell in love with him?

There are Song Yu and Xiao Han in front, Yu Shuheng behind, and an unclear Mai Sui. My dear husband, what are you doing?

How greedy can you be, husband?
At this moment, Chen Zijin's eyes were filled with tears, but she tried hard to hold back her tears. Because her mother was cooking in the kitchen, and her father and grandfather were playing chess in the study, she didn't want her family to hear.

Unable to bear seeing her niece like this, Chen Xiaomi wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, then put her arm around him and pulled her into his arms: "Do you think Yu Shuheng likes Li Heng?"

"Yeah." The woman's intuition told her that this was true.

"Who is the person who shouted "Shuheng, someone is looking for your husband"? Do you know him?"

"I don't know him, it could be Elder Yu Shuheng."

Chen Xiaomi was puzzled: "Since Yu Shuheng also likes Li Heng, why did you allow him to come to Beijing to find you?"

Chen Zijin closed his eyes and said painfully: "He went to find Xiao Han."

Chen Xiaomi was shocked: "Who is Xiao Han?"

Chen Zijin said, "Aunt, you know her."

Chen Xiaomi searched her memory and suddenly remembered someone: "Your best friend from junior high school? The daughter of Secretary Xiao in town?"

Chen Zijin said in a low voice: "It's her."

Chen Xiaomi frowned: "On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year this year, if I remember correctly, Xiao Han came to Shangwan Village, and you and him chatted for a while near the crossroads. When did you become rivals in love?"

Chen Zijin said: "She came here on purpose, to show me and Li Heng."

Chen Xiaomi couldn't help but raise her voice a little: "To demonstrate to you?"

Chen Zijin nodded and shook his head: "I guess so. Maybe Xiao Han heard that I stayed overnight at his house during the Chinese New Year, so he came here on purpose."

Chen Xiaomi understood. No wonder her niece didn't ask Xiao Han to come in for a cup of tea on the fourth day of the Spring Festival. It turned out that their relationship had become so tense. She couldn't figure it out at first and was confused, but now she finally got the answer.

Recalling Xiao Han's appearance, Chen Xiaomi asked, "Tell my aunt that you two are rivals in love."

Chen Zijin felt very uncomfortable, and after taking a breath, he told his sister-in-law: "We have always been rivals in love, since the first grade of junior high school. It's just that I was in the open and she was in the dark. When I didn't leave Shao City, I was more cautious and she never had a chance.

The scandal happened the summer before last, and I was forced to leave Shao City. That gave her a chance, and it also gave other women a chance."

"Other women?" Chen Xiaomi asked sharply, "Anyone else?"

"Have."

"Tell my aunt, who is it?"

Chen Zijin finally said a name: "Song Yu."

Chen Xiaomi asked anxiously, "Song Yu? Is she the one I know? The incredibly beautiful woman?"

Chen Zijin said: "It's her. It's because she is so beautiful and has the best temperament that Li Heng was fascinated by her."

Chen Xiaomi always thought that Li Heng was a very good man. Seeing that he and Zijin had a stable relationship, she thought that Zijin was his only confidante. She didn't expect that!
I really didn't expect this. Now Xiao Han, Song Yu and Yu Shuheng would pop up.

Although she felt that a man as outstanding as Li Heng would surely be courted by countless women, she did not expect that in just two short years, Li Heng would succumb and be corrupted by beauty.

It took a long time to digest this shocking news. Chen Xiaomi gradually came to her senses and asked, "Xiao Han and Song Yu were both your best friends. They were your best friends. Does he like his best friends the most? Does he only eat the grass near his home?"

Chen Zijin was speechless, not knowing how to answer this question. She wanted to deny it, but this was an indisputable fact.

Seeing more and more tears in her niece's eyes, Chen Xiaomi felt distressed and sad. After a long while, she asked, "When did you know?"

Chen Zijin's eyes were dull, and it took him a while to react: "I knew about Xiao Han in the first grade of junior high school. We often quarreled and had conflicts because of him. As for Song Yu, I had a vague feeling in the first semester of the first year of high school that he treated Song Yu differently, but because I was there, he was able to control himself well."

Chen Xiaomi asked: "So, Li Heng fell in love with Song Yu at first sight?"

Chen Zijin didn't say anything at first, and after a long while, he said, "This is the pain in my heart. Aunt, you know, I have been trying to forget this matter, trying not to let myself think about it. I used to think that as long as I graduated from high school and didn't go to the same school as Song Yu, Li Heng would no longer miss Song Yu, and we would still be fine."

Chen Xiaomi asked: "During your first and second year of high school, when you were still in Shao City, did Song Yu have feelings for him?"

Chen Zijin thought for a while and said, "Yes, Song Yu definitely has her in his heart. Song Yu's personality is quite indifferent. If she doesn't have him in her heart, she won't give him a chance to pursue her."

Chen Xiaomi asked: "Li Heng took the initiative to pursue Song Yu?"

Chen Zijin said yes.

Chen Xiaomi asked: "Where is the relationship between the two now?"

Chen Zijin shook his head: "I don't know."

Chen Xiaomi asked: "Don't you have any idea?"

Chen Zijin continued to shake her head: "Don't ask me, little aunt, I really don't know."

Chen Xiaomi sighed, "Then tell your aunt, how did you know that Li Heng went to see Xiao Han?"

Chen Zijin said: "Ying Wen told me some time ago that Xiao Han and Ying Wen are inseparable friends. Ying Wen said that Xiao Han was at Union Hospital with a tutor during the summer vacation."

Chen Xiaomi comforted her: "Then this doesn't prove that Li Heng went to find Xiao Han, right? Maybe he's still on his way to Beijing?"

Chen Zijin was silent for a while before she spoke: "Aunt, how long does it take to fly from Shanghai to Beijing?"

Chen Xiaomi replied: "About two and a half hours."

Chen Zijin said in a low voice, "It's almost 10 o'clock now. When Teacher Yu returned to Lushan Village at 8 o'clock, he had already left. And every time he came to Beijing, he would call me in advance.

If they can’t contact me, they will call the Drum Tower. But I didn’t receive a call today, and my second sister also said no.”

Having said this, she bit her lower lip with her white teeth and stopped talking.

Chen Xiaomi asked in confusion: "You mean, either Li Heng went to find Xiao Han and didn't contact you, or Li Lan is helping her brother lie?" Chen Zijin agreed, that's what he meant.

Chen Xiaomi took a deep breath and reached out to grab the landline on the table. "I'll make a call and ask."

Chen Zijin stretched out her hand to stop her: "Aunt, please don't do that. Second sister is doing this for my own good."

Chen Xiaomi was puzzled: "She is clearly protecting her son, how can it be for your own good?"

When Chen Zijin opened her mouth to speak, there was a noise coming from the direction of the kitchen. The two girls turned their heads at the same time and saw Zhong Lan walking over with a white porcelain bowl of soup.

Seeing this, Chen Zijin was so scared that he quickly lowered his head and wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeves inconspicuously.

Zhong Lan put the corn and pork ribs soup on the table, then tilted her head and stared at her eldest daughter for a while, asking suspiciously: "Zijin, why are your eyes red?"

"Ah? Is it really red?" Chen Zijin tried hard to smile and raised his head with a smile.

Chen Xiaomi pretended to look at her niece, then smiled and said to her sister-in-law, "Oh, sister-in-law, are you talking about her eyelids? Just now we were outside in the yard, and the wind was strong, so a grain of sand blew in."

Zhong Lan looked out the window and saw that there was indeed a strong wind. The treetops in the yard were shaking violently. Without saying anything else, she ordered, "Xiaomi, help me serve the dishes. It's time to eat. Zijin, go to the study and call for help."

The two women took action upon hearing this.

After a while, the Chen family gathered at the dining table.

While eating, Zhong Lan suddenly asked her eldest daughter: "The summer vacation is almost over, and that little thing hasn't come to see you yet?"

Chen Gaoyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and picked up a piece of chicken thigh for his wife: "Li Heng is now very famous, don't call him little thing, it doesn't sound nice."

Chen Zitong helped to speak up, "Yes, my brother-in-law is very famous now. During Chinese class, my teacher asked us to recite a passage from "Cultural Journey", saying that the text was very elegant."

Chen Zitong is a chatterbox. He then added, "Speaking of which, my brother-in-law is recording an instrumental album. Mom, you can read. Have you read the People's Daily? They all praise him as a legendary musician. Wow, once this album comes out, maybe this title will be realized."

Zhong Lan sneered, "Humph, I've not only read the People's Daily, I've also read Seven Heroes and Five Gallants. Don't be another Chen Shimei, who can endure hardships but not happiness. I'm afraid he's gone wild long ago when he spends every day recording an album with those two women from the Spring Festival Gala."

If it were in the past, after hearing her sister-in-law say this, Chen Xiaomi would definitely be the first to come out and smooth things over. But today, after learning about Xiao Han, Song Yu and Yu Shuheng, she didn't know how to refute for a moment.

Chen Zitong was the most jumpy. "Oh! I think you are just jealous, mom. You just can't stand seeing my sister doing well. You wish my brother-in-law would become a bad guy, so that you can show how good your taste is. Let me tell you, if my brother-in-law really becomes a bad guy, it's because of you. Didn't you see that my brother-in-law is unwilling to come to our house every time he comes to Beijing? It's just that you used to be too vicious."

After saying that, Chen Zitong first glanced at grandpa, then did not forget to stick out her tongue at Chen Xiaomi and Chen Zijin as if to take credit, and said: This girl did not charge you 30 yuan in vain, I will say what you dare not say, and I will talk back to you if you dare not talk back, as long as the money is in place, it's fine.

Hearing this, Zhong Lan became furious and smashed the chopsticks hard on her little daughter's arm.

This was not the first or second time that Chen Zitong had done such a thing. He was well prepared and dodged it by quickly backing away. Then he hid behind Old Man Chen and said, "Grandpa, Grandpa, your daughter-in-law is going to beat your precious granddaughter. Hurry up and protect her. My sister will marry into the Li family in the future, and I will be the one to pick her up and continue the Chen family's incense. She can't be beaten."

Zhong Lan was even more angry. This damn girl had nothing else to say, but she had to talk about this. Do you think she didn't want to give birth to a son for the Chen family? Didn't the third son die? The fourth son was deformed and they didn't dare to keep him. Can you blame her?
The fortune teller also said that the Chen family was destined to have no sons in this generation, and they could only rely on having a son to continue the family line.

Mr. Chen, who had been calm before, had to put down his chopsticks and said to Zhong Lan, "You should calm down and stop taking it out on Zijin. Things have changed over time. Now is different than before."

Although Mr. Chen's words were a bit biased towards his eldest granddaughter, his tone was still gentle.

Upon hearing this, Zhong Lan, who was always angry with everyone, did not confront her father-in-law. Instead, she glared at her little daughter, then picked up her chopsticks and started eating.

Chen Gaoyuan was afraid that his wife would be angry, so he personally poured half a glass of wine, "Come on, today's food is good, let's drink some."

After drinking a few sips of wine with her husband, Zhong Lan couldn't help but said to her eldest daughter: "I had a dream recently. I dreamed that Tian Run'e hit me in the face with her son, pointed her finger at my forehead and said that he married a daughter of a wealthy family, but the bride was not you. You run to the Drum Tower every day, don't run so hard, in the end they didn't marry you."

Chen Gaoyuan smiled bitterly, "Lanlan, you have a demon in your heart. Dreams are the opposite of reality, so don't take them seriously."

Chen Zijin didn't say anything back for the first time. He put the bowl and chopsticks on the table and left without eating. When he turned around, tears filled his eyes and flowed down his cheeks silently.

She still didn't cry, and tried hard not to cry out loud, not wanting to be laughed at.

"Hey, sister-in-law, please say less next time." Chen Xiaomi sighed, put down her bowl and chopsticks, and chased after her.

Chen Zitong muttered, "You only know how to bully others and be a snob. You have no ability at all. Haha, if I were Li Heng, and I had a hapless mother-in-law like you, I would not marry your daughter even if I was in power. I would just play with her for fun."

Before he could finish his words, Chen Zitong bent down to avoid a big hand and immediately shouted, "Grandpa! Grandpa! Your daughter-in-law hit someone! Your daughter-in-law killed someone!"

Mr. Chen sat there without moving.

Seeing this, Chen Zitong glanced at Chen Gaoyuan with the whites of his eyes, and ran around the table, calling for help: "Dad, my dear dad! Save your daughter. If you kill me, you will lose a daughter."

Chen Gaoyuan tried to separate the two, but Zhong Lan, who was completely enraged, couldn't do anything and chased after him with gritted teeth.

After running around the table a few times, Chen Zitong saw that his father was useless, so he ran out the door in a hurry, complaining as he ran: "Cowardly dad, you are really useless. You have been controlled by your wife all your life. Can you be tough for once? What's the point of keeping such a wife? Divorce her! Ah! It hurts so much, you actually took off your shoes and hit me...!"

The sound became farther and farther away, and Chen Zitong finally held his head in his hands and ran out of the yard.

Leaving Chen's house and the alleys, Chen Zijin felt confused when looking at the very few pedestrians and bicycles on the streets.

It’s such a big capital city, but I don’t know where to go?
Fortunately, Chen Xiaomi caught up in time and held her niece's arm from behind, "How about we go to my aunt's house and buy some braised dishes and drink some wine?"

Chen Xiaomi has her own home, not far away. But she is not married and is usually busy at work, so she rarely stays at home. She always stays at her brother and sister-in-law's house, one is to accompany Grandpa Chen more, and the other is to have a place to eat hot meals.

Although Zhong Lan has a bad attitude towards Li Heng and the Li family, she is still nice to her three sisters-in-law, which is why Chen Xiaomi can continue to live there.

Chen Zijin shook his head and walked towards the Drum Tower unconsciously.

After walking about 150 meters, Chen Xiaomi asked, "Do you want to go to Li's house?"

Chen Zijin stopped and realized that he had walked towards the Drum Tower unconsciously. He looked around for a while and fell into a trance.

Seeing this, Chen Xiaomi took out the car keys from her bag and said, "Let's go, I'll drive you there."

Usually she sent her eldest niece there, and Chen Zijin went there quite often, so Chen Xiaomi didn't think much about it and didn't feel anything was wrong, so she just said it out naturally.

Chen Zijin hesitated: "It's so late, isn't it bad?"

Chen Xiaomi comforted him, "It's okay. Your parents-in-law are reasonable people and think highly of you. I won't be back tonight. I'll stay over there with you for one night."

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