Father's Land Mother's River

Chapter 129 Real Estate
Liu Xiaonan sat in front of Gu Yu, stared at her blankly, did not speak, and silently and stiffly smirked.

Gu Yu stretched out a hand, shaking it in front of Liu Xiaonan's eyes, she couldn't smile: "Why are you smirking? After walking for a month, could it be that a village girl in the mountains took your soul away?"

Liu Xiaonan still smiled: "With your kind words, the three-year romantic agreement between me and Yue Xuelian turned into a big joke in the end."

Gu Yu was stunned for a moment, and then she understood what was going on. She patted Liu Xiaonan on the cheek: "What happened to you and Yue Xuelian?"

"Haha!" Liu Xiaonan finally laughed dryly: "Thinking about it is ridiculous, extremely ridiculous. I have always advertised that I have never forgotten true love, I have always claimed to believe in love, and instilled my views on Yue Xuelian. As a result, Yue Xuelian married an American for a green card."

"Stop laughing." Gu Yu walked around the desk and gently hugged Liu Xiaonan's head, with tears in his eyes: "Silly brother, do you really understand women now? I'll give you another week off." , want to trade stocks, want to go home, do something you want to do. It’s okay, you just treat this as a big joke, it really doesn’t matter!”

Liu Xiaonan shouted: "But we are husband and wife! How can husband and wife betray so easily?"

"Wake up, my silly brother." Gu Yu shook Liu Xiaonan vigorously: "Stop being naive and childish, what kind of couple are you two? No matter how nice you say it, it's nothing more than illegal cohabitation. Go back, you're in this state You can’t work at all, and letting others know about it will cause bad comments and influence. I believe in your self-regulation ability, let it go completely, and come back to work.”

Coming out of Gu Yu's office, Liu Xiaonan ruthlessly speculated on stocks all day, and at night concentrated on writing.Regardless of day and night, it took a full six days, in a state of ecstasy, to complete the first draft of the novella "Flying Sand and Walking Stones".

After writing the last word, he looked up at Yue Xuelian who was smiling in the photo, and found that the pain in his heart was not so painful, and he could face it calmly—at least, on the surface, he could pretend to be like this.

He cut his hair and took a shower, put on clean clothes and went to see Lin Yidan.When he came to the door of Lin Yidan's house, he took out the key, stopped the moment he inserted it into the lock, pulled it out and reached out to knock on the door.

The door opened, Lin Yidan let Liu Xiaonan into the room, poured a cup of hot tea, held Liu Xiaonan's hand, and asked with concern and caution: "Xiaonan, do you know about Xuelian?"

"Aunt Lin, I'm sorry." Liu Xiaonan sincerely expressed her apology: "It's been more than a week since I came back, and I haven't fully figured out some things. I feel uncomfortable and dare not come to see Auntie. I'm sorry, I delayed Auntie's schedule. "

After speaking, he took out the door key and put it on the table.

Lin Yidan glanced at it, but didn't put it away. She took out two boxes and put them in front of Liu Xiaonan: "Xuelian said, she doesn't deserve to have these two things anymore, let me return them to you."

It was a box with jade Guanyin and bloodstone seals.Liu Xiaonan opened a box, took out the two bloodstone seals, looked at them, put the seal that belonged to Yue Xuelian into the box, and put away the seal that belonged to her.

He said: "Auntie, that jade pendant was given to her before my relationship with Xuelian was established. At that time, we were still a teacher-student relationship. She helped me complete the script creation. I bought her this jade pendant to express my gratitude. She deserves it. Likewise, that seal belongs to her."

"It's rare that you have a kind heart. Auntie thanked you on behalf of Xuelian." Lin Yidan put away the two boxes: "I know that Xuelian is also reluctant to part with these two things, so Auntie will accept them for her."

After a pause, Lin Yidan asked again: "Xiaonan, Auntie has always regarded you as her own child, do you believe it?"

Liu Xiaonan replied: "Auntie, I can feel it."

"Well, Auntie has something to say." Lin Yidan no longer has any worries: "Xuelian only lived at home for five days. After she left, Auntie started to deal with the sundries in the house, leaving only Xuelian's books. Put everything you can take away into your bag, but you can't take this house with you no matter what, so Auntie wants to leave this house to you."

Liu Xiaonan said, "Auntie can sell the house."

Lin Yidan said: "The house cannot be sold. This is the only foothold for my aunt in China. Maybe one day, my aunt will be homesick and want to return to her roots. Where will she live? Auntie left the house to you, not to make up for Xuelian's feelings. , but treat you as my own child, and let you keep and take care of this house for my aunt."

Liu Xiaonan readily agreed: "I accept Auntie's proposal, but can you also leave me those photos of Xuelian?"

When he entered the room, he had already noticed that the picture frames on the wall were gone.

"Auntie has been waiting for your words." Lin Yidan said with a smile: "Auntie put the photo frames of Xuelian in the closet temporarily. If you ask to keep it, Auntie will hang it up again; if you want to leave no trace, Auntie is not surprised, she puts it in her bag and takes it away. As for Xuelian's books, you can handle them at your own discretion."

In order to avoid unnecessary troubles during maintenance, renovation or demolition in the future, Lin Yidan insisted on transferring the house to Liu Xiaonan's name.The reasons are sufficient and realistic, Liu Xiaonan can only agree.

After completing the transfer procedures of the property rights of the house, Lin Yidan immediately flew to the United States without stopping to reunite with Yue Xuelian.Liu Xiaonan and Fang Juan saw them off at the airport.

At the moment of parting, Lin Yidan hugged Liu Xiaonan and choked with sobs: "Xiaonan, you are a good boy. Auntie hopes that you can find a good girl who will live with you steadily. If you still remember Auntie, when you get married, don't forget to write Write a letter to Auntie."

Liu Xiaonan promised: "When I get married, I will definitely tell my aunt and Mr. Yue."

A Boeing plane roared into the sky and flew to the other side of the ocean.Liu Xiaonan looked up, the dazzling light reflected by the wings hurt his eyes, and he couldn't help crying.

Teacher Yue, Yue Xuelian, and Aunt Lin all once occupied extremely important positions in his life, but now they have all flown to the other side of the ocean, far away from his real life.

Liu Xiaonan felt that her body and mind had been hollowed out, leaving only a walking body.Fang Juan took out a handkerchief and wiped away his tears. His face was numb, without any feeling.

Fang Juan took one of Liu Xiaonan's arms and said softly, "Xiaonan, let's go back. You are still that talented young writer, nothing has changed, and our life will continue."

Liu Xiaonan followed Fang Juan blindly, took the bus, and returned to Lin Yidan's home—to be precise, from a legal perspective, it was the property that Lin Yidan gifted to him—his home.He wanted to do something, turned around, but there was nothing to do.

The room was very clean, completely empty, except for a few sets of new bedding, Yue Xuelian's books and photos, nothing related to the past could be found.

There was still some hot water in the thermos, so Liu Xiaonan poured herself a cup, then sat down weakly, her eyes were empty and she didn't know where to look.Even though Fang Juan was always by his side, he didn't seem to feel her presence.

Fang Juan brought a wet towel, wiped Liu Xiaonan's face carefully, and said softly, "Xiaonan, you move here as soon as possible, and we will be friends and neighbors from now on, okay?"

Liu Xiaonan looked at Fang Juan: "This is not my house, I won't move here."

"Why are you so serious?" Fang Juan sat across from Liu Xiaonan, and comforted her, "You are the actual property owner of this house now, if you don't move here, you won't live up to Teacher Lin's love for you?"

"I agreed to protect the house for Aunt Lin so that she could go to the United States with peace of mind. The property rights belong to the property rights. I can't take it for myself with peace of mind. How is that different from a robber?"

Really different.Fang Juan held Liu Xiaonan's hand naturally: "Xiaonan, you should cheer up and start a new relationship. This will help you repair your psychological trauma and return to the normal track."

Liu Xiaonan glanced at Yue Xuelian's photo: "Doctor Fang, you once discussed with me what true love is. Do you think I can still believe in love?"

Fang Juan swallowed hard what she wanted to say.However, she didn't believe that Liu Xiaonan would feel uneasy about losing love and getting a house.

Especially for young people like him who have struggled from the countryside, although they rely on their own efforts to gain a foothold in the city, it is almost impossible to obtain such a building if they wait for the welfare housing allocation.How many families live in the same room for three generations, and the living environment is crowded.

Love is easy to get and a room is hard to find, and its difficulty is harder than going to the sky.Wasn't Yue Xuelian's former poet just thinking about this house?Could he, Liu Xiaonan, be a fool?

Fang Juan changed her mind and said, "Could it be that you want to be a bachelor for the rest of your life, staring at Yue Xuelian's photos for the rest of your life? Yue Xuelian betrayed you, you should forget about her as soon as possible."

Liu Xiaonan was speechless for a moment.Fang Juan went on to say: "When you are most depressed, maybe I shouldn't say such a thing, but I have to say it, because we are friends. Forget everything in the past, and find your true love again."

Liu Xiaonan said: "I won't talk about love anymore. If I can get married in the future, it will be just a marriage."

"How can you go from one extreme to another?" Fang Juan shook off Liu Xiaonan's hand, stood up impulsively and said, "Xiaonan, I wanted to tell you, can we take a step forward and see if you Can you fall in love with me and see if I can give you the true love you want. Now it seems that my words are meaningless."

Liu Xiaonan also stood up: "I'm sorry, Doctor Fang, let's be friends, I'm afraid I'll hurt you."

Liu Xiaonan locked the door and left.Fang Juan looked at the figure who disappeared in the stairs, sighed secretly in her heart, and shook her head slightly.

Liu Xiaonan went to work, did the work that should be done, and hardly left the office door for the rest of the time, sitting there immersed in editing and revising "Flying Sand and Walking Stones", or continuing to write the long novel "That Trombone".

When he returned to the dormitory after get off work, he deliberately opened the door. When others saw him writing at his desk, they consciously stopped disturbing him.

This afternoon, when there was no one else in the office, Gu Yu walked in, sat across from Liu Xiaonan, and asked, "Come out?"

"Yeah." The pen in Liu Xiaonan's hand didn't stop, she lowered her head and replied, "He walked out."

"Don't lie to yourself. Now Liu Xiaonan is like a lady from a great family. You just use crazy writing to cover up the pain in your heart."

"You still ask after you know it? It's not authentic, it's not kind, and you deliberately sprinkle salt on my wound."

"I'm afraid you'll get sick." Gu Yu reached out and snatched the pen from Liu Xiaonan's hand, closed the manuscript paper and said, "I'll give you a vacation in the afternoon, you go stock trading, and let yourself vent."

Liu Xiaonan took back her pen and said, "Now my thinking is very clear, and my desire to create is very strong, not to cover up anything."

"That's right." Gu Yu leaned closer to Liu Xiaonan and said, "If I announce the news of your breakup, all the little girls in our office will flock to it. I'm afraid you won't be able to resist it. Whichever one you choose, Tell me, and I'll help you find out."

"Please forgive me, let me write quietly, that is the real concern for me."

Every Sunday, Liu Xiaonan returned to the house that already belonged to him, opened the windows to let in the air, cleaned the dust in the house, and then went back to his own dormitory without stopping.

Sometimes, when Fang Juan heard that he was back, she would come over to help him mop the floor and wipe the dust.Liu Xiaonan has always been lukewarm towards her, not even a cup of hot water, and sees her off after packing up.

Fang Juan couldn't bear it any longer, and said angrily to Liu Xiaonan: "Writer Liu, why do you treat your friends like this? I like you, but don't think that I will cling to you. I already understood that I don't know how to live. In the shadow of Yue Xuelian."

"Doctor Fang, you misunderstood." Liu Xiaonan explained: "I used to regard this as my home, but now I am just a guardian. The master is not at home, so I cannot entertain you here. Every time I come back here, I will not be able to I fell into painful memories by myself, and had to leave in a hurry. I didn't avoid you on purpose, but to escape the entanglement of the past. How about this, in order to thank Dr. Fang for caring for me all the time, I treat you at noon, let's go out for a drink .”

"Do you think it makes sense for you to do this?"

"Not everything is worth doing because it has meaning and purpose."

"I'm curious about one thing. If you were to get married one day but didn't have a house, would you live here?"

Liu Xiaonan replied affirmatively, "No."

More than a month later, Liu Xiaonan brought the manuscript of "Flying Sand and Walking Stone" to the Federation of Literary and Art Circles to meet Teacher Zhao Guangzhi, and presented it with both hands: "Mr. In the opening part of "The River", I said that I accidentally touched on a major theme - the impact of the natural environment on the human living state and the spiritual realm. I didn't understand it at the time, but I kept it in my heart and kept thinking about it. In the past few years, I finally wrote such a novel, I don’t know if it is what you want to see, please read it.”

"It's rare for you to be so attentive." Zhao Guangzhi smiled, glanced at the title of the novel and said, "The title of the novel is fascinating, and the content must be correct. Sit down and make tea yourself. I will appreciate it."

In front of Zhao Guangzhi, Liu Xiaonan didn't feel restrained at all, and made two cups of tea by herself.Zhao Guangzhi held the manuscript of "Flying Sands and Rolling Stones" and read it intently page by page.
(End of this chapter)