Chapter 1600 - 1598: Past and Present Lives 36
Chapter 1600: Chapter 1598: Past and Present Lives 36
Chapter 1598
"Xiao Qingqing, have you gone silly?"
"No lights, not answering the door, I almost thought you weren’t here!"
Wenwen fumbled in the dark and turned on the lights.
Xiaoxiao followed behind, placing bags on the small table.
The two of them then came over to look at her.
"What’s wrong with you? Are you unhappy?"
"We’re about to go on a trip, what are you unhappy about?"
Wenwen came closer trying to liven up the atmosphere, but looked up to see Xia Ruqing’s face full of tears.
"What’s the matter with you?"
"Is someone bullying you? Is it that Shih Wanxin?"
She asked seriously.
Xiaoxiao echoed with a serious expression.
"Yes!"
"What’s wrong? Even though we’re poor, we shouldn’t be afraid of her!"
Xia Ruqing quickly shook her head.
"Don’t misunderstand, no one is bullying me!"
"I just... miss my grandma!"
This...
Wenwen and Xiaoxiao exchanged glances, there was nothing they could do about this.
"Why don’t you go back to the old house in the countryside!"
"Tomorrow is Sunday, we’re all free; we can accompany you if you want!"
"We’ve managed to get such a long vacation, perfect for going to the countryside to relax!"
Wenwen gently persuaded, and Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement.
Xia Ruqing looked at them gratefully with tears in her eyes.
"Alright! Thank you, I’m so lucky to have you!"
If she didn’t have two good friends, she really didn’t know to what extent her thoughts would wander.
Let’s go then.
They hurriedly prepared, and the next day took her car back to the countryside.
The old house was dilapidated and had been neglected for many years.
But fortunately the things inside were still preserved well, no leaks or dampness.
It’s just that it’s been a long time since anyone lived here, there’s some dust and it feels quite desolate.
Entering the house, they saw the vegetable patch overgrown with weeds, the swallow nest under the eaves had fallen partially, and there were numerous cobwebs on the windowsill.
She was overcome with emotion and couldn’t help but shed tears.
Grandma loved cleanliness the most, if she knew her house had become like this, she would surely be unhappy.
It’s all because of her unfilial behavior, always busy in the big city with no time to come back for cleaning.
She wiped away tears, picked up the broom from the corner and started to clean.
Wenwen and Xiaoxiao came to help, and soon the three girls had tidied up the yard.
Looking at the clean, lush green countryside courtyard, Wenwen felt quite emotional.
"It finally feels a bit like home!"
"This place isn’t bad, if it weren’t for work, I’d actually want to stay here forever!"
"Yes!"
Xiaoxiao also felt quite emotional.
Xia Ruqing, with tears in her eyes, asked them to rest under the big tree while she went inside.
The arrangements in the room hadn’t changed, still the same as when grandma left.
She feared facing reality, so she hadn’t dared to return.
And with grandma having no relatives here, so... no one would come to tidy up.
Looking at everything familiar in the room.
The old table and chairs, the wooden bed, the dust-covered medicine box on the table, grandma’s sewing basket on the windowsill.
She couldn’t hold back her cries of pain.
"Grandma!"
"Grandma, I miss you so much!"
"Grandma!"
When grandma passed away back then, she suppressed her pain and hardly cried, but now returning home.
Seeing the changes, she ultimately couldn’t bear it.
She realized that in this world, there’s truly only herself left.
Besides grandma, no one loves her, no one cares, not anymore.
Her face turned pale as she collapsed on the ground, heart aching like being cut.
The tears wouldn’t stop, streaming down her cheeks.
Wenwen in the courtyard heard the noise and wanted to come in and check.
Xiaoxiao held her back.
"Don’t go, let her be alone for a while!"
"There’s been too much going on lately, perhaps crying will help!"
Wenwen nodded, quieting down.
...
After half an hour, Xia Ruqing came out with red eyes.
Seeing the two of them teasing some wild sparrows in the yard, she forced a smile.
"I must have scared you, just now I..." she started.
Wenwen stood up first.
"It’s okay, Xiaoxiao said crying will make it better!"
"No matter what, you still have us!"
Xiaoxiao smiled timely.
"What’s past is past, let’s start fresh when we come back!"
"You’re young, and a little rich lady, what’s there you can’t do?"
Wenwen chimed in too.
"Exactly!"
"Let’s take over a small market and get a little car going, we’ll be businesswomen!"
Xia Ruqing shook her head with a bitter smile.
"I... I’m not as good as you say!"
"Suddenly... I feel no motivation!"
Without a single relative, what’s the point of working so hard?
Dreams? Ha, guarding a piece of barren land by oneself? That would be too cruel to oneself.
"Enough about that!"
Xia Ruqing sniffled.
"Let’s go, our town has a farmhouse where the little grass chicken is the best!"
"I’m treating today!"
The kitchen couldn’t be used, there was nothing, so they could only go out to eat.
"Alright!"
"Let’s go! Don’t overthink!"
The two thoughtfully comforted her, and Xia Ruqing drove them in her car.
The farmhouse’s food was tasty, the little grass chicken was perfect in color, aroma, and flavor, and the three ate to their fill.
A foodie’s joy is always so simple.
When the heart is empty, as long as the stomach is full, it’s not too devastating.
Indeed, by the afternoon, Xia Ruqing’s mood was much better.
She tidied up the things in the old house, took a few of grandma’s cherished photo albums, and the three went back to the city.
...
They got home in the evening as usual.
The three had a simple dinner.
Wenwen and Xiaoxiao came to accompany her, lying on Xia Ruqing’s not-too-big bed watching shows on their phones.
Xia Ruqing, meanwhile, turned the pages of grandma’s photo album.
Most of the photos in the album were of herself.
At two years old, three, five, eight, during middle school, high school, all times were captured.
There were also some of grandma’s own.
Of course, there were also some... of her parents back then.
After many years, the photos had become blurry.
But the smiles on the faces remained clear, at that time her own size looked barely a year old.
The family of three seemed to have some semblance of happiness.
What a pity...
She stared at the photos of her parents for a long time, not knowing when Xiaoxiao had already moved closer.
Her eyes were a bit red, and she choked out a sentence.
"Qingqing, if you can’t let go, why not try looking for them!"
"Sometimes the truth often isn’t what you think it is, don’t let a misunderstanding lead to a big mistake in the end!"
"Just like me!" Xiaoxiao said, starting to cry.
She was the one who left home in anger, refusing to return.
When she later received news from home, her relatives had already passed away unexpectedly, and she regretted it deeply, but it was too late.
If she hadn’t left home back then, her parents wouldn’t have worried and searched for her everywhere, and the accident wouldn’t have happened; it’s all her fault.
If she could go back, she would definitely stay home properly, at least not be stubborn.
"Really? Is there truly a misunderstanding?" Xia Ruqing murmured to herself.
Xiaoxiao nodded.
"There definitely is!"
"There’s no parent who doesn’t love their child; they must have their reasons!"