Blackening starts from the golden years

After driving away from the funeral home, Su Mingyu took off the mourning seal on her arm. Seeing that she was about to cry, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but ask with concern:
"Mingyu, are you okay?"

"It's okay. What can happen to me? Do you drink?"

"what?"

Looking at Su Mingyu, Yuan Xudong said in surprise:
"You're not going to your mother's funeral?"

"No, I'll just quarrel with Su Mingcheng if I go."

After saying that, Su Mingyu turned her head and looked at Yuan Xudong and said:

"Let's go have a drink. I'll treat you. It'll be a welcome dinner for you."

"Okay, it's up to you."

Yuan Xudong smiled and knew that Su Mingyu was in a bad mood, so he decided to go drinking with her.

……

At the same time, Su's mother's funeral continued. After putting the ashes scattered on the ground back into the urn, the group took a bus to the cemetery.

The cemetery that Su Mingyu bought for her mother is very good. Not only is the scenery of the cemetery nice, but the distance between the graves is also very large.

After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars, the 20,000 U.S. dollars that Su Mingzhe asked his wife Wu Fei to transfer to him was not enough to buy the cemetery.

Of course, this piece of cemetery also has a property rights period. If it is not renewed upon expiration, it will be taken back.

Closer to home.

Su's mother's funeral continued. After seeing the excitement between the Su brothers and sisters, people attending the funeral were now talking about Su's mother's grave. Some said that Su Mingyu was filial and bought such a good grave for her mother, while others said it was unnecessary and a waste of money. In short, everyone's topic was on Su Mingyu, saying that she was rich and capable now.

Some people praised Su Mingzhe for making a lot of money in the United States, but not only did no one praise Su Mingcheng, but everyone also talked about him in a low voice, saying that he fought and cursed with his own sister at his mother's funeral, saying that he was really ignorant.

Su Mingben had already suffered a loss at the hands of Yuan Xudong and had two front teeth knocked out. Now, hearing these friends, relatives and neighbors talking about him, he almost exploded. If his wife Zhu Li hadn't held him down, he would have had another big fight with those who whispered about him and completely ruined his mother's funeral.

"One bow, two bows, three bows."

The funeral was finally over, and everyone took a bus to the hotel for a banquet, and then went back to their homes. Except for Su Mingyu, everyone in the Su family returned to Su Mingcheng's home.

……

In the evening, in Su Mingcheng's living room, everyone in the Su family was sitting on the sofa.

Su Mingzhe sighed softly, looked at Su Mingcheng and frowned:
"Mingcheng, what you did today was a bit too much."

"Am I going too far?"

Looking up at Su Mingzhe, Su Mingcheng said angrily:

"She smashed my mother's urn, and my two front teeth, and now you say I'm going too far?!"

"Mingcheng, your mother's urn fell, it was just an accident, and your tooth, Mr. Yuan didn't do it on purpose, he just wanted to protect Mingyu."

Looking at Su Mingcheng, Su Mingzhe frowned and said:
"How would your relatives and friends feel when they saw you treating Mingyu like that?"

Then, he said awkwardly:
"Besides, I put the urn there. Mingyu is not to blame. If you want to blame someone, blame me. But no matter what, you can't do it in front of so many relatives and friends. How embarrassing is that?"

"I just moved, so what?"

Looking at Su Mingzhe, Su Mingcheng widened his eyes and said:

"You said I was ugly in front of so many people, but she said I sucked my parents' blood in front of so many people."

As he spoke, he looked at Su Daqiang standing beside him and asked:
"Oh, by the way, is this true, Dad?"

After looking at Su Mingcheng, Su Daqiang was really a little afraid of him, but he was unwilling to speak up for him and wrongly accuse Su Mingyu, so he said:

"You siblings' quarrel is none of my business."

This answer actually explained the problem. Coupled with Su Daqiang's cautious demeanor, Zhu Li and Su Mingzhe both understood it. Only Su Mingcheng didn't understand it, because he was used to taking money from his mother, two thousand today, five thousand tomorrow. He always said that he was borrowing money, but he never paid it back. He thought this was normal and he was not sucking his parents' blood.

Seeing Su Mingcheng staring at Su Daqiang, Su Daqiang was a little afraid of him, Su Mingzhe quickly changed the subject and said:
"No matter what, we all grew up in the same family. Aren't we all responsible for Mingyu's current situation?"

"Okay, brother."

Looking at Su Mingzhe, Su Mingcheng said directly:

"Be a good person. From now on, I will never be compatible with Su Mingyu. I'm leaving."

After saying that, he stood up and took Julie beside him out of the living room and walked towards the bedroom.

"Mingcheng, Mingcheng."

Su Mingzhe called out twice, but Su Mingcheng ignored him. Only Zhu Li turned around and smiled at him:

"Brother, he can't speak. I told him to go."

Watching Su Mingcheng pulling Zhu Li into the bedroom, Su Mingzhe looked at Su Daqiang and said:
"Dad, you have to explain to me today what happened to Mingyu, Mom, and Mingcheng. Is it necessary to cause such a mess?"

After looking at Su Mingzhe, Su Daqiang stood up and prepared to leave.
"Go to sleep."

"dad."

Su Mingzhe quickly stopped Su Daqiang and said:
"Dad, do you really want this family to break up like this?"

Su Daqiang sat down again. He glanced at Su Mingzhe, then looked at the portrait of Zhao Meilan on the incense table, and said while recalling:

"This is not Mingyu's fault. It's all your mother's fault. Under your mother's arrangement, Mingyu had no choice but to give up the entrance exam to Tsinghua University and reluctantly went to that Normal College. She probably studied there for about a year and a half and never came home. Later..."

……

On the other side, in a restaurant.

Yuan Xudong and Su Mingyu sat together drinking. Looking at Yuan Xudong, Su Mingyu held a glass of white wine and smiled:
"What university did you go to?"

Looking at Su Mingyu who was already slightly drunk, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:

“Tsinghua, what about you?”

"Tsinghua? Great."

Su Mingyu smiled and said:
"I went to a local teachers' college..."

As she spoke, Su Mingyu couldn't help but recall the past.

At that time, her father Su Daqiang worked in the library. Su Mingyu had not been home for more than a year. Her second brother Su Mingcheng was getting engaged to Zhu Li, and Su Daqiang asked Su Mingyu to go home and attend the engagement party at the hotel. He accidentally let it slip that her mother had sold the family house again, bought a wedding house for Su Mingcheng, and prepared a banquet, etc.

Su Mingyu gave up going to university and went to a free teachers' college. Her mother's reason was that the family had no money. But now she has sold her house to buy a wedding house for Su Mingcheng and is also preparing a wedding banquet. Su Mingyu's grievances suddenly exploded, and she ran home to argue with her mother.

That was her last time going home. From then on until now, when her mother died and her father Su Daqiang accidentally fell when he went home to get the passbook, she went home again.

At that time, her mother sold the house upstairs, so she ran home directly from school and asked her mother:
"Mom, let me ask you, am I a member of the Su family?"

"What do you want to say?"

Mother Su asked directly. Looking at her, Su Mingyu said aggrievedly and angrily:
"When my eldest brother went abroad and had no money, you would rather sell your house to support him. When Su Mingcheng got married, you sold your house to buy him a wedding house and hold a wedding banquet. For the sake of these two sons, you would rather sell everything you have and go bankrupt. What about me? What about you for me? Why did my family refuse to pay for my college education? Do you still regard me as a member of the Su family?"

Looking at Su Mingyu, Su's mother said impatiently:

"Su Mingyu, you are a girl, how can you compare with your two brothers? We are only responsible for raising you until you are 18 years old. You will get married in the future, and we will not need you to support you when you are old."

"You despise me because I'm a girl, why did you give birth to me? You are not worthy of being my mother."

"What do you want to say?"

"You gave birth to me but you don't want to raise me. Why did you give birth to me? Am I to be your punching bag?"

"Shut up!" "I want to say it, I want to say it, I must say it all today!"

Looking at Zhao Meilan, Su Mingyu cried aggrievedly:

"Ever since I can remember, you have never treated me well. Take the time to talk about when I was in school. For breakfast in the morning, my two brothers always had ham and eggs, but I just had a bowl of rice soaked in boiled water. They either had juice or milk, but I just had a glass of boiled water. What's more hateful is that I had to wash the dishes, wipe the table, and sweep the floor. When I got to school, I was considered late and had to stand in front of the whole class as punishment. You paid for their education and bought a house, but what about me?
When I was taking the high school entrance exam, you didn't even bother to buy me a copy of the review materials. In other families, the older brothers love the younger sisters, and the parents love the younger daughters, but what about you? You are also a girl, why did you treat me like this? "

At this time, Su Daqiang ran into the yard from outside. He was afraid of his wife, so he said to Su Mingyu:
"Mingyu, don't talk to your mother like that."

"I won't tell her but you. Will it be any use telling you?"

"Don't come at me."

As he said this, Su Daqiang wanted to leave, but Su Mingyu grabbed him and said:
"Dad, don't leave. I haven't finished talking yet. You can't even protect yourself, how can you protect me? In front of my mom, you are just a soft persimmon that she can squeeze at will. I've seen it before. You hid the bonus money, and my mom slapped you in the face and asked you to kneel down."

"Shut up."

Su Daqiang whispered, and Zhao Meilan on the side roared:
"Let her say it!"

Su Daqiang trembled with fear. Su Mingyu let him go and continued:

"What's even more ridiculous is that since I was a child, whenever my mom hit me, you would run to the toilet, and whenever she scolded me, you would read the newspaper. Do you still act like a father? I'm not looking down on you, but if you could be a man and be the head of the family, and take good care of your wife, this family wouldn't be in the mess it is today!"

At this time, Zhao Meilan also looked at Su Daqiang and shouted:

"Look, this is the daughter you spoiled!"

Su Daqiang was like a punching bag, standing there being scolded by his wife and daughter.

After talking about Su Daqiang, Zhao Meilan looked at Su Mingyu and said angrily:

"I'm telling you, what on earth do you want to do today? You came back today just to teach us a lesson, right? We feed you, give you water, and raise you up. Are we guilty of something? If you have the ability, you shouldn't use our money!"

"Okay, since there is no place for me in this house, I will leave now and cut ties with you all!"

"Okay, leave now, leave immediately, and never come back!"

Su Mingyu glanced at her father Su Daqiang, who turned away as usual. She looked at her mother Zhao Meilan and said harshly:
"I won't be coming back!"

After saying that, Su Mingyu left home directly and stayed away for more than ten years.

……

Su Mingcheng's home, living room.

Su Daqiang recalled:

"Since then, Mingyu has never returned home."

After listening to Su Daqiang's story, Su Mingzhe frowned slightly and said:

"My mother was definitely wrong in this matter. Mingcheng and I were not sensible at the time, and we didn't think about protecting Mingyu, our sister."

Su Mingzhe felt a little guilty. After listening to Su Daqiang's words, he remembered that if it were now, he would definitely not watch his sister suffer like this. Back then, he and Su Mingcheng ate and drank well every day, so why didn't they think about his sister Mingyu?
Looking at Su Daqiang, Su Mingzhe asked:
"How did Mingyu live after that?"

"I also heard about it from other people later. She had been working outside, but later she didn't do much business..."

……

In the restaurant, looking at Su Mingyu with a blushing face and hazy eyes, Yuan Xudong asked:
"What did you do for a living afterwards?"

"Later."

Su Mingyu smiled and said:
"Later, I went to school and worked part-time at the same time. It wasn't until I met my master Lao Meng that I was able to live a good life today. Let's not talk about me, let's talk about you. I have always wanted to go to Tsinghua University. Tell me, what is it like to study at Tsinghua University?"

"Not very good, how can I put it."

Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"After studying at Tsinghua, many people want to go abroad. They think that foreign countries are better. Talents trained by our country's top universities all want to go abroad, especially to the United States. Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

"Why, you hate America?"

"of course."

Looking at Su Mingyu, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"The United States is a bandit country under the guise of democracy and freedom. Few of those who want to go to the United States are good people."

"is it?"

Looking at Yuan Xudong, Su Mingyu smiled and said:
“My dad wanted to go to America.”

"I think your father may not be able to go to the United States."

"why?"

The reason was naturally that Su Mingzhe was about to lose his job. However, Yuan Xudong did not intend to tell Su Mingyu. He looked at her and said:

"Stop drinking. I'll take you home. Where do you live?"

"One more drink, one last one."

"Okay, one last drink."

After drinking another glass of white wine with Su Mingyu, Yuan Xudong helped her carry her bag and helped her leave the restaurant. He found a designated driver on the roadside and took Su Mingyu home.

Su Mingyu's home is a two-story villa. Yuan Xudong helped her into the house, helped her sit on the sofa in the living room, and said with a smile:

"Okay, have a good rest. I'll come see you tomorrow."

After saying that, he was about to leave. At this moment, Su Mingyu, who had been sitting quietly on the sofa, stood up suddenly. She put her arms around Yuan Xudong's neck and kissed him randomly.

"Mingyu, don't be like this."

Yuan Xudong refused, saying that Su Mingyu was not his type. At this time, Su Mingyu looked up at him and asked quietly:
"Are you still not a man?"

Hearing this, Yuan Xudong frowned slightly. He pushed Su Mingyu down on the sofa and pounced on her.

"Ah~~"

……

The next morning, an alarm suddenly rang.

A snow-white arm stretched out from the quilt and touched the small alarm clock on the bedside table that was ringing non-stop. With a snap, the small alarm clock was slapped and the alarm stopped immediately.

On the bed, Yuan Xudong and Su Mingyu looked at each other, and Su Mingyu spoke first:

"Can you go somewhere with me?"

"can."

Yuan Xudong replied that everyone was an adult and some things were normal, but what Yuan Xudong had not expected was that Su Mingyu was still a novice.

……

The place Su Mingyu wanted to go was the Su family's old house, so Yuan Xudong accompanied her there. She had the key, so she opened the gate and walked in to a small courtyard of about ten square meters. Su Mingyu unlocked the door of the old house, and Yuan Xudong walked in with her.

The house was a bit old, and the furniture in the house was also old. On the wall was a calendar from a few years ago, and photos of the Su family were hung. They were all old photos. Yuan Xudong walked forward, looked at Su Mingyu in the photo, and smiled:
"Mingyu, you used to be very pretty."

After taking a look at the photos on the wall, Su Mingyu said:
"That was a photo I took when I was a senior in high school. I had just turned 18, so of course I looked good."

As she spoke, Su Mingyu walked slowly around the house. Seeing that the layout was still similar to that of more than ten years ago and some old items were still there, she couldn't help but recall her previous life.

Now that so many years have passed and her mother has passed away, she can't help but feel that everything has changed and people have changed. She can only sigh that time flies so fast. It seems that in the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed. She still remembers every detail of the past clearly, as if it were yesterday.

...(End of chapter)