Curse Love Game

But Xu Qiubai could see that there was a hint of sadness in Zhong Xiaomian's eyes.

She took Xu Qiubai to the master bedroom and took out a photo album from an old-fashioned cabinet.

"Let me show you my photos for a while. I'll go clean up the house."

"You're allowed to complain a little bit."

Zhong Xiaomian seemed to want to use Xu Qiubai as background music while cleaning the house.

Xu Qiubai turned to the first page and saw a childhood photo of Zhong Xiaomian. She was wearing a small cheongsam and two hair buns, a very cute Chinese style outfit.

"What a delicious kid."

Xu Qiubai drooled deliberately.

"The guy below is dead!"

Zhong Xiaomian still couldn't help but come over and hit Xu Qiubai.

Later, Xu Qiubai saw a photo of his whole family.

Just as Zhong Xiaomian said, her father is tall and handsome, the kind of handsome guy who would look natural if he made his debut right away.

Compared with her father, her mother is indeed much inferior. She looks to be only a little over 1.5 meters tall. Zhong Xiaomian's height of less than 1.6 meters is probably due to her mother holding her back.

My grandfather does look very old-fashioned, and even in family photos, he rarely smiles.

Xu Qiubai flipped through the pages again and discovered that his father, Zhong Nanyi, also didn't seem to like laughing much, and had a particularly strong scholarly air.

As for her mother, Xu Qiubai could only say that one cannot hide the love in one's eyes. She really loved this man named Zhong Nanyiyi, even to the point of selflessness.

How did this marriage end?

Isn't this a top-notch two-way run?

"Why did you get divorced? Can I ask that?"

This question was indeed a bit sensitive, and Zhong Xiaomian suddenly slowed down her movements in cleaning the house.

"It was my father who suggested it."

Xu Qiubai smelled a hint of gossip.

Zhong Xiaomian continued to tell the story intermittently.

While pursuing his doctorate, Zhong Nanyi obtained a household registration in Jiangsu Province through the talent introduction policy, and began to discuss getting married and settling down with his girlfriend Ge Zhi.

But Ge's father still disagreed because his family background was unclear and he had no idea who his biological parents were. He was an adopted child in his early years.

Also, he didn't understand why Zhong Nanyi fell in love with his daughter.

"Your old man is quite rude...but this also means that he recognizes your father's excellence, right?"

"Well... I also thought my grandfather was evil when I was a kid, but I didn't understand his voice-over until I grew up..."

Ge Zhi was deeply hurt by these words and thought that her father was looking down on her. She got angry and stole the household registration booklet one night.

"Ah, there really is a plot about stealing the household registration booklet?!"

"Well... my father had a very high academic level, and the school allocated him an apartment, so the two of them lived there. By the time my grandfather realized what was happening, my mother was already pregnant with me..."

After having a child, it was too late for Mr. Ge to change.

But he was still very wary of Zhong Nanyi and did not welcome him to visit him. He always used his connections in Jiang and Shanghai to inquire about his various news.

Zhong Nanyi made rapid progress in academics and later even joined a national scientific research institution. Ge Zhi then became a full-time wife, taking care of her husband and children.

But according to Zhong Xiaomian's recollection, although he was very busy, he would still take time to spend with his family.

At work, there were many female colleagues who were attracted to him and tempted him to divorce their wife and find another wife more than once, but he remained unmoved and remained loyal to his wife and family.

The early days of the family of three were quite warm and happy.

"Can this be divorced?!"

The more Xu Qiubai listened, the more incredible it seemed to him.

Zhong Xiaomian seemed to have the same idea as Xu Qiubai and continued to talk about the past.

"The incident happened during a summer vacation ten years ago. I had just returned home from playing with my friends and found my mother crying alone in the room. No matter how I asked her, she refused to talk to me.

From that day on, my father never returned home.

My mother didn't explain anything, she just sent me to my grandfather's house, which is, here..."

Zhong Xiaomian looked up at the ceiling where she often stared at as a child.

“It just so happened that around this time, my grandfather fell seriously ill and needed to be hospitalized.

My grandmother stayed at the hospital to take care of him, so I spent the entire summer vacation here alone."

"I was able to cook for myself every day! Now I can't imagine how I did it!"

Zhong Xiaomian suddenly smiled, but Xu Qiubai knew that she was using her smile to hide the pain of the past.

"I wasn't really sad at the time. My mom gave me a bank card and a new phone. Especially the phone, it allowed me to watch all kinds of cartoons every day. I even forgot to do my summer homework."

Zhong Xiaomian washed her hands and then tied her hair up again.

“But luckily I didn’t write it. If I had, I would have lost a lot since I transferred to another school at the beginning of the semester.

Although it is a full-boarding school, the conditions are really good and the teachers are very caring towards me. "

Zhong Xiaomian stretched and continued cleaning the room.

"When I saw my mother again, she told me that she had divorced my father and that my grandfather, who always had a stern face, had passed away. She didn't tell me because she didn't want to affect my studies.

But I still cried after hearing this, because I suddenly remembered how good my grandfather was to me. Although he didn't smile, he would always watch me from a distance. When eating, he would always put the dishes I liked in front of me. He bought a doll especially for me, but he insisted that it was one that the kid next door didn't want, and I had to ask him about it and it made me very embarrassed...

It was because of watching anime over the summer that I realized he was actually an old tsundere.

But it is already late.

During his illness and hospitalization, I only visited him once and didn’t even speak to him a few words…”

At this point, Zhong Xiaomian suddenly choked up.

Xu Qiubai quickly took the mop from her hand and patted her on the back to comfort her.

There was a lot of dust on her hands, so Zhong Xiaomian leaned her head over and wiped all her tears on Xu Qiubai's collar, and finally sniffed her red nose hard.

"My mother didn't ask me whether I was with my father or mother. She just told me that they didn't have a fight and that they divorced peacefully. Even after the divorce, she still loved me.

But I can feel that mom still likes dad, so it must be dad's problem.

So I started to be angry with my father, stopped seeing him, and came to my grandmother's house during the holidays.

But when I saw my father again, I was confused again, because he did not look well and looked haggard, and his eyes were not as bright as before.

He changed his job and the salary should be much better than before. He gave me a lot of money and the place I lived in was much bigger than before.

I secretly asked his colleagues, and they all said that my father was a very pure person and had absolutely no intention of finding a new mother for me.

So why did they divorce?

A few years later, my grandmother passed away, and my mother moved a lot of things here, most of which carried memories of my father. I knew she had never let go of them. "

After simply cleaning the floor, Zhong Xiaomian began to look for things in the cabinet.

“In fact, my academic performance was very average and I had no chance of getting into Tunghai University, but my father used some connections to get me in.

But since I went to college, I saw him less and less. I could only see him during the Chinese New Year, and every time we met was at work.

A while ago, he suddenly came to me and wanted me to help him get two things, which are here. "

Zhong Xiaomian finally finished explaining the whole story.

"Is it easy to find? Do you need my help?"

"The things must be there. Mom wouldn't lose them. I just don't know where I put them."

"What is it?"

"A biology illustrated book, and a box of his postcards."

What kind of weird combination is this?

Zhong Xiaomian also noticed Xu Qiubai's confusion.

"He read that biology encyclopedia repeatedly at home a long time ago, but I don't have much impression of the postcard."

Xu Qiubai couldn't help much and could only wander around.

Zhong Xiaomian's search process was not smooth. She turned out a lot of things, but still couldn't find those two things.

"I guess I have to ask my mom. Let's ask now. She should reply when she sees the message tomorrow..."

"tomorrow..."

Xu Qiubai repeated this sentence and then glanced at Zhong Xiaomian.

What I mean is: What's going on tonight?

"Can you take tomorrow off?"

"Taking leave is no problem, but the question is where to sleep?"

"I can make the bed for you..."

"Ding Ding Ding-"

Zhong Xiaomian's cell phone rang very suddenly.

"Hey, mom, why aren't you asleep yet at this hour?"

She answers the phone.

"Mom, did I wake you up..."

"Mianmian, Mianmian!! What else did your dad tell you?! Tell me quickly, tell me quickly!!"

Even without turning on the speakerphone, Xu Qiubai could still hear the shrill female voice on the other end of the line from several steps away.

Chapter 196 Doubt and Humanity

Zhong Xiaomian was also caught off guard by this series of shouting.