Stars warm firefly

Chapter 11 Starting over does not mean going back to the past (2)
Xu Heyin half held the photo album, looking a little funny.When an old lady who was about to go for a walk passed by her, she stopped and stared at her for a long time with a somewhat inexplicable expression.

"Really, it will cause trouble for me!"

Xu Heyin smiled at the old woman, quickly threw away the trash, then looked at the photo album left in his hand, thinking secretly what to do.

By the way, use this!

Xu Heyin opened the mailbox, but another letter fell out of it.She was worried about her parents' cross-examination, so she decided to put the letter and the photo album into the mailbox first, and wait until tomorrow to pick it up.

After everything was settled, she ran upstairs and wondered what Bu Zidu was doing in such a hurry, but she didn't think of it.

Forget it, let him go.Xu Heyin shook his head. Today is the first time Dad has appeared after a business trip, and it is also his first time here. The three of them should take advantage of this rare opportunity to have a good meal together!
Xu Heyin's father, Xu Yannian, is still tall and straight in middle age. He has neither a beer belly nor a bald head.In addition to benefiting from his habit of climbing mountains and exercising regularly, it is also inseparable from his decent attire and years of workplace experience in the company's middle managers.These made him a bit more elegant and stable than his peers.

Xu Heyin's mother, Ai Berry, met Xu Yannian after graduating from high school, and under his introduction, she entered a new work unit and was in charge of logistics and general affairs.Aunt Zhou took over her father's class, married her father's apprentice and became a double-employee.However, within a few years, the two of them caught up with the disbandment of the unit, so they had to switch to some small businesses.Therefore, at this point, Aunt Zhou is both envious and unconvinced towards Ai Berry.

In fact, Xu Heyin can understand Aunt Zhou's mood somewhat.

Although Aunt Zhou is tall and dark-skinned, Zhou Jingyou has inherited her father's slender figure and fair skin.So when I, who didn't inherit the good genes of my parents, always have a feeling of envy and jealousy when facing her.Because of this, every time Xu Heyin was with his parents when he was young, he was worried that his parents would dislike him.Or would he dream that if he became as smart as Zhou Jingyou, would his parents like him more?But now, although Zhou Jingyou's grades are good, she is also a repeat student of the college entrance examination just like herself. She wonders if this will reduce her parents' disappointment in her?
After thinking wildly for a while, when Xu Heyin came back, his father was already sitting at the dining table, and his mother was bringing out the prepared cold dishes and salad.Xu Heyin washed her hands and came to the dining table, and immediately smelled a tangy aroma. She took a closer look and found that her mother had reheated the two meat and two vegetarian dishes with the newly bought microwave oven.

"Let's eat!" Mom greeted Xu Heyin, and Dad also took the steamed buns and started eating.

Originally, Xu Heyin was worried that his father would blame his mother for wasting money when he saw the extra things in the house.But she thought again, maybe Dad didn't know which items were newly added in this room, after all, this was his first time here!
"This dish tastes good." Mom pointed to a plate of roasted eggplant and said with interest, "Is it the restaurant next to the bus station on the street? I know it too. The landlord introduced it to me and said that her son loves it. For the dishes there, he will definitely buy the signature dishes there when he comes back."

"Her son?" Xu Heyin was stunned. Could it be that the landlord already knew about Bu Zidu's return?
"Yes, I heard that we are back, but it is only a short stay, so it will not affect our continued living here." Mom sighed while eating, "After all, it is very convenient for us to live here."

When Dad heard this, he suddenly turned his head and asked Xu Heyin, "Do you think it's okay to live here?"

Xu Heyin frowned, looked at her mother, and then at her father. She wondered if they were still fighting over living here?She didn't know how to answer for a moment, so she said:

"It's more convenient to go to school, and the greening is also done well, but the supermarket shopping is a bit lacking, and there is no hospital nearby."

"Oh, then you like living with mom..." Dad nodded thoughtfully, and then mom let go of her hand suddenly, and the spoon fell to the ground with a "slap".

"Heyin, help mom get a new spoon."

Xu Heyin listened to her mother's words, picked up the spoon on the ground and put it in the kitchen sink, and then took out a new spoon.

After returning to the living room, my mother turned on the TV: "There is a variety show tonight."

Xu Heyin put the new spoon on the plate, and gave Dad a spoonful of salad.Dad was stunned for a moment and took it, but smiled a little uneasy.

"Heyin, you can eat too." Mom also gave Xu Heyin a piece of beef.

Xu Heyin took a peek at Dad, wondering what Dad was going to say just now, is it because he doesn't want to live alone in the original home?
"Dad, why don't you come over for dinner every day, and then go back, or you are alone..."

Xu Heyin thinks this is the most reasonable.

"No, it's too troublesome to run back and forth. I can just eat at work." Dad refused without thinking.He put down the bowls and chopsticks, looked down at the time, "I have to go, the car is almost out of gas, and I have to go to refuel!"

"That's right, it's a bit far from the city." Xu Heyin watched his father go out, but when he turned around, he saw his mother staring at a bag of snacks on the coffee table in a daze.

"Ah, I asked my father to buy this. It's the mung bean shortbread that my mother and I both love!" Xu Heyin looked at the wrapping paper, and immediately recognized that it was from the Cookie House.She opened it excitedly, but found that it was not mung bean paste but red bean paste.

"Really, Dad made a mistake again." Xu Heyin muttered, but couldn't help but took out a piece and ate it.

When Xu Heyin was a child, her mother asked her father to bring freshly baked mung bean shortbread when he came home from get off work every day.How can a father who is familiar with mother's habit remember it wrong!Alas, it seems that I originally wanted to give my dad a chance to "perform" but was "wasted" by him.

"Oh, your dad said he wanted to take this mosquito repellent away, why did he forget? I'll give it away quickly." Mom came back to get the mosquito repellent, changed her shoes at the entrance and chased it out.

Xu Heyin bit the red bean salad and opened the curtains to look downstairs. Dad was in the car, and mother went up to meet him.

It's just in time to go down!Xu Heyin was sighing, when her mother's cell phone rang suddenly.

After Xu Heyin took a look, his heart beat suddenly accelerated.

It was that mysterious number.Subconsciously, Xu Heyin pressed the answer button.

"Ai Berry, I'm Ke Yang, what you told me yesterday, I found some cases, as the husband and wife's fault, it's..."

"Who are you? How do you know Ai Berry?" Xu Heyin continued to open the curtains and look down while talking. Fortunately, Mom and Dad were still talking.

"Ah, you're not Ai Berry! You're... her daughter... Heyin!" The other party obviously didn't expect him to answer the phone, and his tone was a bit cramped, but he still patiently explained to her, "I'm Uncle Ke Yang, I don’t know if you still remember. Your mother took you to our party five years ago, when you were a junior high school student..."

Xu Heyin seemed to have a little impression of Uncle Ke Yang.She remembered that it was the joy of a housewarming for a high school classmate of her mother, and she held a class reunion through the relocation.Uncle Ke Yang is tall and thin, with a pair of glasses, he looks inconspicuous.Xu Heyin's impression of him was entirely because Ke Yang ordered pizza and ice cream for all the children who went there.His behavior was ridiculed by the aunts including Aunt Zhou, who laughed at why he was still single, and it turned out that he couldn't live a life.Uncle Ke Yang just smiled with a good temper: "It's rare to get together, let the children have fun once!"

"Oh, do you have something to do?" Xu Heyin's tone softened a little after remembering who the other party was.

"I want to discuss something with your mother."

"My mother is not here, I can convey it."

"Forget it, I'll contact her later."

"Is this a big deal that needs to be discussed on the phone every day?"

"Heyin, I think you may have misunderstood, in fact...your mother..."

"My mother is with my father now! Do you have anything else to do?" Xu Heyin became impatient.

"Okay, I'm sorry to bother you." The other party paused and hung up the phone hastily.

Xu Heyin thought for a while, then deleted the call history in her mother's phone, and looked downstairs anxiously. When she found that her parents were still talking, she smiled with satisfaction.

Although Xu Heyin didn't know what they were talking about and needed to talk for so long, she still didn't want to gradually alienate her father because her mother lived here with her.

At this time, Ai Berry and her husband Xu Yannian were in a stalemate downstairs.

"Xu Yannian, what did you mean just now? Did you ask Heyin like that to let her know about us? Didn't we agree to wait this year?" Ai Berry held the mosquito repellent water tightly in her hand , This is basically an excuse for her to come down to find her husband to make a theory.All she has to do now is to keep her daughter from harm.

"Wait another year? What if she doesn't get into college next year? Am I still waiting next year?" Xu Yannian leaned on the car door and crossed his arms and said, "Ai Berry, do you think the reason for keeping Heyin from knowing that we have divorced Is she okay? Sooner or later she will know, and the later she knows, the greater the impact on her."

"That can't be now! It's not like you don't know how much the failure of the college entrance examination this year has hit her! She has been depressed for so long, don't you feel sad as a father?"

"Of course I'm sad. After all, she is also my daughter! However, if you want your son to become a dragon and your daughter to become a phoenix, you'd better look at the situation. I don't agree with repeating the exam. You don't know the result of Heyin. Girls? It doesn't matter if she doesn't go to college, I'll help her find a similar job and introduce a young man, and it will be like this for the rest of her life." Xu Yannian said while lighting a cigarette.

"Yeah! Isn't I just an example? In my early twenties, I gave you the best years. This is another 20 years. How many 20 years can there be in life?" Ai Berry chuckled, " Then, look at what will happen to me in this life!"

"I knew you were going to drag me. As I said, we have different personalities, and there is nothing we can do if we can't go on." Xu Yannian breathed out a puff of smoke and said, "You can use the money in my account, and I will also use it. Didn't say anything, I don't mind if you want Heyin to live here, what do you want from me? Is it interesting to pretend to be affectionate after we are separated?"

"If you have to tell He Yin, you tell her that we are incompatible, do you think she will believe it?"

"Whatever you think! In short, I can't wait too long. Anyway, everyone is going to start a new life. If you don't tell me, I will." Xu Yannian looked down at the time, pinched out the cigarette butt, opened the car door and was about to leave, but was caught by Ai Berry. Hold down the door.

"You can't wait any longer... you left us in such a hurry..."

"Making trouble for no reason, I can't stand you." Xu Yannian broke away from Ai Berry's hand, and when Ai Berry couldn't hold back his own strength and staggered backwards, he opened the car door and got in, then lit the ignition and stepped on the gas pedal to grow up. and go.

"Bastard!" Ai Berry squatted down weakly.

In fact, the relationship between their husband and wife had problems three years ago.Xu Yannian came home later and later, and he no longer cared about what Ai Berry said, and he didn't care about everything in the family, including his daughter Xu Heyin.At first, Ai Berry thought that Xu Yannian was too tired from work, so she didn't take it seriously. After all, when people reach middle age, fatigue will inevitably occur.Until last year when Xu Heyin was preparing for the college entrance examination, parents were required to participate in the school's parent meeting, the two-model result explanation meeting, and the college entrance examination school's consultation meeting.At that time, it was catching up with the personnel adjustment of the company where Ai Berry worked, and Ai Berry was too busy with housework, so she hoped that Xu Yannian, as her husband, could share some housework.Unexpectedly, Xu Yannian excused himself because he was tired from work.

"Aren't I tired if you're tired?" Ai Berry finally broke out, "If I don't do housework, I'll leave all my daughter's work to me. You think I'm an iron man!"

"That's what you said! If you feel tired, you can leave, I have no objection." Holding a newspaper in his hand, Xu Yannian sat on the sofa to rest after get off work as usual.

"What did you say?" Ai Berry didn't seem to understand.

"I said, if you feel wronged by following me, let's separate!" Xu Yannian didn't even raise his head, "You hate me like this, and I'm tired of you like that, everyone feels comfortable apart."

separate?At that time, Ai Berry only thought that Xu Yannian was talking angry, but later she found that Xu Yannian's indifference towards her continued unabated.Although Ai Berry was suffocating, in order not to interfere with her daughter's exam preparation, she decided to hold back for the time being.She originally thought that she would leave home and live in school after her daughter was admitted to university. At that time, she would have plenty of time to deal with matters with her husband, but she didn't expect Xu Heyin to fail the exam in the end.This time posed a problem for Ai Berry.

Although she finally agreed to the divorce, she still put forward her own requirements, including that Xu Yannian must unconditionally cooperate with her to conceal the fact of the divorce and maintain a complete family in front of her daughter.Xu Yannian also agreed.But now the situation seems to have changed, ex-husband Xu Yannian is unwilling to continue acting.

Ai Berry stood up slowly, feeling helpless and dizzy when she was going up the stairs.

No, she can't just fall down like this, she still has to protect her daughter!
Just now, Ai Berry's newly healed foot hurts a little from the pushing and pushing just now.A total of five floors of stairs now seem very difficult.She walked slowly step by step, taking a deep breath every time she stepped on a flight of stairs.When she reached the door of her own house, she pressed her chest and said to herself, "Okay, just pretend nothing happened." Then when she opened the door, she saw Xu Heyin waving at her: "Mom, Dad bought it." The red bean paste is also very delicious, come and try it!"

Ai Berry walked quickly to her daughter, took a piece and put it in her mouth and said loudly, "Yes, it's very sweet!"

Fortunately, my daughter didn't notice the mosquito repellent tightly clutched in her other hand.she thought luckily.

On the second day off, my mother went out.Xu Heyin hurriedly went downstairs to take away the letters and photo albums that were put in the mailbox last night.

When I went upstairs, I met the old woman I saw yesterday.She was holding a fan in one hand and a small bench in the other, as if she was going to bask in the sun.

She glanced at Xu Heyin, and then the small foldable stool in her hand fell off with a "click", and the stool fell to a place not far from Xu Heyin after somersaults.Xu Heyin took two steps forward, picked up the small stool and handed it to the old woman.

"Girl, you just moved in, right? I haven't seen you before! Do you live upstairs?" The old lady took the small stool and asked.

"Yeah, I live on the fifth floor, but it's temporary." Xu Heyin turned around and re-locked the open mailbox, not noticing that the old woman frowned while staring at the mailbox number of her house, which was also the house number.

"Live here, alas, her house!"

"What happened to her family?" Xu Heyin's curiosity was aroused, and then he thought that Bu Zidu was indeed mysterious, so he asked a lot.

"There was also a girl in her family. If she didn't die, she should be about the same height as you!"

"Girl? Dead?" Xu Heyin couldn't believe her ears. She thought the old lady was going to say something about Bu Zidu.

"It seems that you don't understand at all?" The old lady stared at Xu Heyin meaningfully.

If the landlord doesn't say it himself, how can we know?
Xu Heyin was a little hairy from being stared at by the other party, and he clasped the album on his chest with both hands, as if it could protect himself.

"Originally, there were two children in this family. Later, the little girl died. I heard that it was the boy's fault! He..." The old woman was interrupted by an old voice before she could finish speaking.

"Old woman, you are gossiping again."

Another gray-haired old man came down from upstairs. He seemed unwilling to let the old woman talk too much, so he dragged the old woman out of the house.While walking, he blamed: "It's all a thing of the past, don't talk about it, so as not to scare the child again."

"It's my kindness, remind me." The old woman was still muttering.

Could it be that something happened to this family?
Xu Heyin entered the house suspiciously, thinking of the strange letter he received, his curiosity grew stronger.She hurriedly opened the letter this time, and there was still an inexplicable sentence written on it: The firefly told you that there is a moon door in the house.

Xu Heyin came to the window of his bedroom.The windows are always open, but there is no moon door in the house!She closed the curtains to the left and right again, and when she subconsciously looked downstairs, she saw the boy with naturally curly hair again.He was looking up, and when their eyes met, there was some doubt and panic.

Could it be that he was passing by home again this time?Always following me like a shadow, still worrying about what "stupid things" I might do?
Suddenly remembering the chance encounter in the convenience store not long ago, a thought suddenly flashed in Xu Heyin's mind, these letters could not be written by this boy!He deliberately mailed it over and played himself around.After thinking about it, she denied this idea again.It's really ridiculous, I don't know him before, why should he do this?
Forget it, maybe it's just a passerby!Thinking of this, Xu Heyin went back to the window and glanced down, only to find that the place where the boy was standing just now was empty.

Xu Heyin calmed down to review his homework.When her eyes were sore and her body was tired after doing the questions, she stood up and walked around the room.This time it is written inside the house, so it must not be an object outside.

Where exactly will the Moon Gate open?

Although he hasn't figured out the answer yet, one thing Xu Heyin is more and more sure of is that no matter who wrote the letter, that person must have lived in this room and is full of affection for it.

She thought of the old woman's words again, and couldn't help but feel a little strange.Why did Buzidu keep silent about the fact that there was another girl who also lived here?The photo album I took was obviously a photo of a little girl, if she was her, then she was already dead, but why did Bu Zidu insist on taking her photos?

(End of this chapter)