Why it never ends

Chapter 875 Signs

The home became increasingly empty.

Shortly after Hesta moved out, Ding Yuqing suddenly asked to live on campus. Although this matter was signed by Xu Ruyi, she was the one who couldn't adapt to it the most - there were countless noons and nights when Xu Ruyi needed to get something or prepare for something, she would always blurt out "Xiao Qing" ". Sometimes she can't react even if she shouts a word. She has to shout several times in a row before Xu Ruyi remembers that her daughter will only come back for half a day on Sunday afternoon.

Whenever this happens, she will realize that this is the reason why her daughter needs to live in school.

On Saturday evening, Xu Ruyi came back from the market. She bought extra fruits that Ding Yuqing liked and planned to make a platter for her tomorrow afternoon. However, not long after arriving home, before she could put everything in the refrigerator, the doorbell rang again.

Xu Ruyi called to Ding Guisheng to open the door, but no one answered after calling for a long time. She had no choice but to walk out of the kitchen in a hurry, wiping her hands while muttering "Here we come, here we come."

"Who?"

"I'm a teacher from the University of Technology," the voice outside answered, "I'm here today..."

Xu Ruyi opened the door, "Are you here to see Hesta? She has already -"

Their eyes met and Xu Ruyi's voice stopped abruptly.

"Teacher Chen……"

"It's really you," Chen Beiyi looked at Xu Ruyi's face. "When did you return to Orange Town? Why didn't you tell me? If Hesta hadn't asked me about your thesis, I still wouldn't have known that you lived there. It’s next to the school.”

Xu Ruyi opened her mouth several times, then fell silent, just looking at her without saying a word.

"Can I come in and sit down?" Chen Beiyi asked.

"Oh... of course." Xu Ruyi immediately took a step back and gave way to the entrance.

Not long after Chen Beiyi entered, Ding Guisheng walked out of the bedroom. He glanced at the strange visitor warily, and then looked at his wife with a questioning look.

"Ding Guisheng?" Chen Beiyi spoke first.

Ding Guisheng's eyes changed slightly and he focused again on the peer in front of him, "...who are you?"

"I am Ruyi's university teacher," Chen Beiyi said. "You used to come to Wenhui Building to wait for her to finish class. I remember you."

Ding Guisheng was surprised for a moment when he mentioned the past. He looked at the visitor at home blankly, "Oh, which teacher are you? I don't even remember."

Chen Beiyi did not answer, but just looked at Xu Ruyi and smiled, "Back then, I tried my best to persuade Ruyi to continue studying, but she struggled for a long time and still left school."

"Sit down." Xu Ruyi pulled out a chair, "I'll get some water..."

Chen Beiyi glanced at the living room, "You don't play the piano now?"

"what?"

"I see there's no piano in the living room."

"Qin...is upstairs."

"Then let's go up and talk." Chen Beiyi raised his head, "Does your house have... oh, three floors?"

Without waiting for Xu Ruyi to greet him, Chen Beiyi was already slowly walking up the stairs against the wall. Ding Guisheng looked coldly at Xu Ruyi who was following behind him, and soon heard the familiar sound of the attic closing the door again. He was the only one left in the living room again. Ding Guisheng walked around the dining table several times with a calm mouth, and quickly rushed into the kitchen to bring a pot of lemonade upstairs. However, after entering the door, he remembered that he forgot to bring the cup, so he came down again.

Chen Beiyi didn't stay too long. She sat on the piano bench in the attic and chatted with Xu Ruyi, sometimes about Jane Hestad, sometimes about the house prices in Orange Town and Songxueyuan... Ding Guisheng always remained calm. Standing next to him with a glass of water, he stared at Chen Beiyi's face with burning eyes, but Chen Beiyi didn't even look at him.

About a quarter of an hour later, Chen Beiyi stood up and left. After changing her shoes, she turned back and said, "I just stopped by to see you today... Let's exchange mobile phone numbers? I live very close to you now. If you have time, you can Come and sit with me too—"

"She has a bad waist and can't go out all the time." Ding Guisheng interrupted.

"You can go to the vegetable market, why can't you come to my place as a guest?" Chen Beiyi still didn't look at Ding Guisheng, "There is no elevator in my building, but my apartment is on the second floor, so it won't be a hassle."

She handed her mobile phone to Xu Ruyi, and Xu Ruyi entered the number on it.

"Goodbye."

The door was gently closed, and Xu Ruyi stood in the entrance hall without moving for a long time.

When she finally came to her senses and turned around to walk back, she discovered that Ding Guisheng's face had turned pale with anger.

"...What's wrong with you?" Xu Ruyi's voice was weak. "I noticed something was wrong with you just now."

"Why does this guy come to our house so well?"

"You've been really crazy recently." Xu Ruyi looked at her husband, "Teacher Chen just stopped by to take a look——"

"By the way! It's been several years since we moved here and she hasn't come here once, but she just dropped by today? Xu Ruyi, you don't tell the truth now, and you still say that I'm crazy - look at what you have been like these days. With a face like a living death, no wonder everyone in the family is leaving... What on earth do you want to do?"

"I'm tired," Xu Ruyi pushed Ding Guisheng's hand away and walked inside, "I'll go back to the room and take a nap..."

"Stop!" Ding Guisheng grabbed his wife's arm, "You have to tell me the truth today - what happened to you recently? Did you meet someone or heard some rumors -"

"Let go..."

Ding Guisheng almost roared: "If you don't speak clearly today, our life will be miserable!"

"Really?"

This sudden rhetorical question made Ding Guisheng stunned for a moment. He thought for a moment what the question "really" was about. Xu Ruyi had already continued: "When you get angry, you will smash me when I play the piano. Xiaoqing plays the violin." You smash it too... you have to smash everything in the house, don’t you get tired of smashing it?”

Ding Guisheng stood there, speechless, and could only watch Xu Ruyi walking towards the bedroom. Since the last time Ding Yuqing talked back, he had felt a change - something was disintegrating, falling apart, quietly.

Ding Guisheng's hands gradually trembled, and all the anger accumulated in the past began to avalanche.

Xu Ruyi was halfway there when she suddenly remembered that not all the food in the kitchen had been put into the refrigerator, so she turned around muttering to herself. However, before she had even taken a few steps, her hair was suddenly grabbed and she lost her balance.

"Who are you showing your face to?" Ding Guisheng blushed, grabbed Xu Ruyi's head and pressed it on the table, "Tell me! What did you mean by those words just now? Did you not want to get over it and want to see you again? That pen pal eloped—"

"You're crazy!" Xu Ruyi's voice finally started to rise and fall, "What elopement? The person who wrote to me is also a woman, and I have never done anything sorry to you!"

"You lied!" Ding Guisheng screamed, swearing obscenities - he had not lost control like this for many years, but he firmly believed that his feeling was right, just like when he was aware of Xu Ruyi's intention to leave, now he I also felt that uneasy feeling in my wife again.